Thomasville Chair Company workers pledge for war bonds
Walter W. Rapp announces that almost all Thomasville Chair Company employees have signed pledges to buy war savings bonds. Under T Austin Finch and city and county bond leaders, a payroll deduction drive aims to boost Davidson County bond sales as the plant employs over two thousand people.
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Thomasville
Walter Wi. Rapp
Davidson County War Bond Committee
Thomasville Chair Company
T. Austin Finch
W. W. Rapp
R. L. Pope
Davidson County
Saving of Pins Needles Vital For War Metal
Wartime guidance urges conserving pins and needles as metals crucial for war use. OPA reports pin production down but adequate stocks exist. prioritizes armed forces and essential industries, warns household supply will be tighter. Advice covers storage, sorting, rust prevention, and using lighter needles to save high carbon steel.
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OPA
WPB
England
Altrusans Hear Reports Tuesday
Altrusa Club will hold its annual business meeting tomorrow evening in the Sheraton Hotel private dining rooms. The six thirty start includes dinner, with retiring president Mary Lou Rothrock presiding. Reports from officers and chairmen will be presented and duplicates prepared for incoming president Mrs. Mabel Burnett.
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Altrusa Club
Sheraton Hotel
Mes
Mary Lou Rothrock
Mabel Burnett
High Pointer Attendant in Morgan Abel Marriage at Camp Claiborne
Miss Anne Morgan daughter of Mr and Mrs James H Morgan of Fort Mill South Carolina wed Staff Sergeant Anthony E Abel 32nd Division artilleryman in a ceremony at the Division Artillery chapel Camp Claiborne Louisiana on June 1 Numerous Abels battery members attended Chaplain William J Reid officiated The couple met at Fort Mill during 1940s Army maneuvers in the Carolinas The maid of honor Mrs Fred Shackelford and best man Mr Shackelford from High Point North Carolina accompanied the couple Sgt Abel is the son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Abel of Breese Illinois.
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Camp Claiborne
Anne Morgan
James H. Morgan
Ft. Min
S. C
Anthony E. Abel
Set. Abels Battery
William J. Reid
Ft. Mill
Carolinas
Fred B. Shackelford
High Point
N.C
Pr. Shackelford
Shackelford
North Carolina
Sgt
Abel
Joseph Abel
Breese
Wartime Baking Ad Promotes Rumford Powder
An old wartime advertisement touts Rumford Baking Powder as a key baking aid. It claims free sugarless recipe supplies and urges readers to write for Victory Cake ideas to support the war effort.
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Romford
Rumford
Roz BS
Anne Adams Pattern 4120 Frock for midsummer wear
An Anne Adams dress pattern 4120 features front and back skirt panels and a yoked bodice with two neck and sleeve options. Sizes 34 to 46 available. size 36 requires 2% yards of 39 inch fabric. Pattern book Thirty-Two offers easy to sew fabric conserving styles for work sports and evening.
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Anne Adams
High Point
West
York, N
Social Calendar for High Point area events
Community clubs and gatherings fill the week. Alumnae chapter of Alpha Theta Psi meets at Mrs. S. Q. Peebles home on Archdale Road with Mrs. Honor Wardell as associate hostess. Other events include a Ladies Bridge party at Emery wool Country Club, a garden breakfast at Mrs. W. B. McEwen’s with Mrs. G. D. Pettibone, a BP Club talk by Miss Vera Idol at the YWCA, Altrusa final meeting at the Sheraton Hotel with annual reports, Eastern Star at the Masonic Hall, a picnic bridge luncheon at city lake park, Utopian Study Club picnic at Jamestown, Family Night dinner at Emerywood Country Club, and Junior Legion Auxiliary meeting at Mrs. A. L. Stevens’ North Main home.
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Alpha Theta Psi
High Point College
S. Q. Peebles
Archdale Road
Honor Wardell
Peebles
Emerywool Country Club
High Point Garden Club
W. B. McEwen
G. D. Pettibone
Vera Idol
Altrusa Club
Sheraton
High Point
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Clinton Kneessi
City Lake Park
Utopian Study Club
Rodney Snow
Jamestown
Dr Julius J Foust Donates War Bond to College
Dr Julius J Foust president emeritus of Woman's College of UNC presented the college a $1,000 War Bond. It marked the second bond of that size donated for scholarship applications.
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J. J. Foust
Greensboro
Julius J. Foust
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Mrs Frank Stell Fetes Miss Marsh At Birthday Party
Informal bridge party hosted by Mrs Frank Stell in IL honored Miss Julia Steele Marsh on her birthday at the host's mother Mrs Phil A Warner 111 West Farriss Avenue. Three tables played top score won by Miss Frances Holton who received a manicure set.
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Vene
Wie
Frank Stell
Julia Steele Marsh
Frances Holton
Tommie Tomlinson
Mary Jane Wilson
Florence Ellis
Irma Shore Sheroff
Jacqueline Kennedy
Rachel Hunt
Posey Redman
Pat Abel
Catherine Ryan
Clara Harcourt
W. C. Beavans
Visitors To Be Feted At Dance At Emerywood Club
Mr and Mrs Tom Marlowe host an informal summer dance at the Emerywood Country Club for visiting Easley guests Miss Jane Hagood and Carla Jean Crane, after their return from Easley South Carolina where they attended Miss Dorothy Hagood Grantham and George Grant ham wedding on Saturday.
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Tom Marlowe
Easley
8. C
Dorothy Hagood
George Grantham
Jane Hagood
Carla Jean Crane
Marlowe
Mrs. Marlowe
Emerywood Country Club
Mrs E W Tipton Jr Plans Savannah Visit Tomorrow
Mrs E W Tipton Jr of Savannah Ga is due tomorrow morning for a ten day visit with her parents Mr and Mrs J E Gibson at their Forest Hill Drive Emerywood home She will also visit Tipton relatives in Kingsport Tenn and is the former Josephine Gibson of this city before her recent marriage. Ethel Bailey of The Enterprise recuperates after a tonsillectomy in Lexington her hometown and will return home later today. Mr and Mrs Bart Setzer and guests visited Mr and Mrs J A Setzer in Newton yesterday. F R Young spent Sunday in Mebane with friends and relatives before returning to High Point Sunday night.
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E. W. Tipton, Jr
Savannah
J. E. Gibson
Forest Hill Drive
Emerywood
Tipton
Kingsport
Tenn
Josephine Gibson
Ethel Bailey
Enterprise
Lexington
Bart Setzer
Mer
Bayne Keever
Judie Sikes
J. A. Setzer
Mr. Setzer
Newton
F. R. Young
Mebane
High Point
Father’s Day tribute marks Lebanon Methodist Society meeting
The Christian Endeavor Society of Lebanon Methodist Church met last evening with Miss Ruth Lee in charge of the Father’s Day program. Special music by Mrs. C. A. King preceded a short talk. Jeanette Cole presided over business, electing officers for the new year: president Jeanette Cole, vice president Doris Swaim, recording secretary Margaret Phillips, corresponding secretary Well Montgomery, welcome committee chair Doris King.
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Christian Endeavor Society of Lebanon Methodist Church
Ruth Lee
C. A. King
Jeanette Cole
Doris Swaim
Margaret Phillips
Miss Well Montgomery
Doris King
Women of Moose Install New Officers in Formal Rite
The Women of the Moose held a regular meeting and formal installation of officers led by Deputy Supreme Governor Walter L. York. New officers include Gladys Richardson as Senior Regent and Mabel Beeson as Senior Regent for the coming year, with gifts presented in appreciation.
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Women OF
MOOSE
Nell Cathcart
Gladys Richardson
Mabel Beeson
Sale of Moose Hall membership supper marked by campaign
Grace Beverly announced the Membership Campaign was a success. The losing side will entertain the winning side with a pot-luck supper at Moose Hall. Mrs Aussie Forward’s retirement was noted as part of the event.
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Aussie Forward
Grace Beverly
Moose Hall
Unusual Farm Machine Developed at College
Raleigh June 22 A farm machine beds fertilizes and plants seeds in one operation developed at NC State College by engineer G W Giles. No patent has been secured and it will be offered as a public service. Dr E R Collins aided in development. The distributor planter runs on one mule power and may cost about 30 dollars.
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Raleigh
Ph A
NW. C. State College
G. W. Giles
E. R. Collins
Giles
Three British Motor Torpedo Gunboats Claimed Sunk
German broadcasts said three British motor torpedo gunboats were sunk off the Dutch coast in a night engagement with minesweepers. Several other British vessels were damaged as the Germans claimed. The British withdrew, and Southampton endured considerable damage from night bombing.
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Berlin
Southampton
Germany
Nazi Aircraft Plots Reported On Crete and Greece
Alexandria June 22 Commander Thanos Spanides a Greek submarine raider said after returning to port that the Nazis appear to have large stocks of aircraft in Crete and in Greece They are hollowing and enlarging hangars in the mountains of Crete and expanding the Maleme airfield to accommodate more planes.
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Crete Island
Greece
Alexandria
Thanos Spanides
Crete
Maleme
Coal Dealers Meet in Greensboro at 12th Annual Convention
The North Carolina Retail Coal Dealers Association will convene its 12th annual convention in Greensboro on Thursday with the sixth annual coal conference co sponsored by the association and North Carolina State College extension division. Expected attendance exceeds 200.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
N. C. State College
JAP-CHINESE BATTLE REPORTS DEADLOCK NEAR CHIANG-KIANG RAILWAY
Chungking June 2 Japanese attempts to sweep between their lines from both ends of the 450 mile Chekiang Kiang railway have shown no real progress in four days leaving Chinese positions about 30 miles along the line intact. The Kiang province clash settled into a bitter see saw after five weeks of fighting with heavy losses claimed by Chinese and no Japanese gains since June 18.
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Chungking
Kiangs
Stilwell's Mother Dies in Yonkers
Mrs. Mary Peene Stilwell, 83, mother of Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, chief of Staff of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, passed away in Yonkers on June 22. The obituary notes her son’s prominent World War II leadership role and the Stilwell family’s long history.
United Nations Commander Dies After 10 Day Illness
A United Nations commander in China died at home today after a ten day illness. The death reduces regional command leadership and follows a brief period of illness noted by officials.
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Ed Nations
China
The Enterprise Offers Color Poster To Families of Men in Uniform
The High Point Enterprise announces a six color poster for families of men in training or in action with the American forces in World War II. The color reproduction features a soldier a sailor and a marine under the waving American flag with the caption We Serve. Bradshaw Crandell is the artist. Free posters available at the Enterprise office with coupon.
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High Point
Bradshaw Crandell
Crandell
Hich Palmt
Enterprise Office
Nate
Metal Service
Il Tabhes Te
High Point Enterprise
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