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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1940
Page
6
Miss Pattie Thomas and Henry Betts will wed tomorrow evening at 1 o clock in a formal ceremony at the bride’s home. A cake cutting and hospitality events precede the wedding, with guests including family, friends, and out of town relatives arriving for the nuptials.
The social calendar lists the Salem College alumnae meeting at Emerywood Country Club with Mesdames Mann Welborn Burris Idol and Miss Gibson as hostesses. Canterbury Club gathers at Mrs Harrison's West Farriss Avenue home. Girl Scout service at Wesley Memorial Church marks Juliette Gordon Low Day. A cake cutting honors Miss Thomas and her fiancé Mr Betts at Brentley Circle after the rehearsal. Saturday features a luncheon at Emerywood for Miss Thomas and Mr Betts and a formal wedding at the Thomas home with a reception to follow.
The Entre Nous Club met at Mrs. B. S. Cummings home on South Hamilton Street for its regular gathering. Three tables of Boston Rock were played and refreshments were served by Mrs. Cummings with help from her daughter Miss Dorothy Cummings and sister Mrs. W. C. Phillips. Visitors included Mrs. R. H. Sechrest, Mrs. Lewis McBrayer of Greensboro, and Miss Mary Alexander.
Lyman and Calvin Lantn hosted the Duck Club meeting at the club house on Tuesday evening. Milton Crowson, local amateur magician, presented a magic program as the evening feature. The group then danced and played ping pong. Plans were formed for a trip to the Endless Caverns at Easter. A buffet supper served for about 40 people.
Dorothy Price was elected president of the inter club Girl Reserve council at the senior high school in a Y W C A meeting last night. Catherine Proffitt named recording secretary. Plans discussed include a summer Girl Reserve camp at Camp Betty Hastings and improvements to the Y W C A game room. The council coordinates activities of three senior high school clubs and meets every other Tuesday.
High Point Girl Scouts announced two week summer camp June 14 to 28 at Camp Uwharrie. Cookie sales begin March 26 with 5 000 box quota for High Point, deliveries April 12 13, proceeds aiding the Little House fund.
Mrs C F Ellington hosted a Household Arts Club gathering on West Bay Street with eight members and two visitors. Jonquils set a springlike mood as a brief business meeting planned an all day quilting party at Mrs Fred L Ingram’s home. Guests included Mrs Anna Blackman of Harbor Springs and Mrs Gilmore Strader.
Two YWCA clubs met jointly to hear Rabbi R. J. Rypins of Temple Emanuel Greensboro discuss Roads to Judaism. The session included forum discussion and plans for a house-warming party and a national business girls banquet. Officers for the Live Y'ers were elected: Ellen Jensen president Ollie Brown vice president Lena Belle Blair secretary Doris Friddle treasurer Juanita Reid program chairman.
Rev Lee Tuttle of Main Street Methodist Church announces a series of Pre Hauster Evangelistic services at the church. Rev James B McLarty, a well known young minister, will lead the singing during the services.
The Spinsters' Club of Thomasville invites all to a Saint Patrick's Day Ball featuring Russ Griggs and his orchestra on Friday March 15 at the Woman's Club, nine thirty to one thirty. A smaller private dance at the American Legion hosts with Paul Huffman arranging, Dr and Mrs Sherrill among guests. A highlight will be most attractive girl chosen among attendees.
The piece highlights women sewing sweaters and other warm items for the Red Cross wartime relief, with 92 333 pieces shipped from New York and 40 000 to Finland. It also promotes yarn sources and the 1940 Crosley Shelved refrigerator line featuring multiple cold zones and extra shelves for organized storage.
Local Girl Scout Council members Fay Huntley Edwards Mabel Burnett and R M Thomas returned after attending a Duke University Girl Scout Institute in Durham with representatives from thirteen communities. The program included A B C s of Program Planning coordinated by Helen Oppenlander of Atlanta and attended by Helen Gillard and others. Burnett and Miss Myrtle Cates Barbara Brooks and Gladis Kivett planned a Crab Tree Avenue training week and Gilson Camp Advisor led sessions.
Mrs Culbirt Parks Jr and Mrs Ernest Mathews observed their birthdays with a joint buffet supper Tuesday evening at Parks home on the Thomasville Road. Immediate family attended including Mr and Mrs Allen Watson of High Point Mrs M C Parks Sr and Dorothy Parks.
A Swedish shipbuilding concern announces the construction of 20 motor ships, signaling a sizable push in naval production and exports. The project highlights the firm’s capacity and strategic goals within the Nordic maritime industry.
North Carolina cannot become a balanced agricultural state without an adequate marketing program, Agriculture Commissioner W Kerr Scott told the Durham Civic Club. The speech emphasized needed support for producers and a coordinated marketing plan.
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