Community clubs and events calendar highlights
A busy schedule features W O T Club and DAR meetings at 3:30 p.m., a March American Legion Auxiliary gathering with Roy Braden speaking, and several garden and social clubs including Friendly Garden Club and Entre Nous. The Emerywood area hosts Family Night, a USO dance at the YMCA, a Sunday buffet at Adams Memorial YWCA, and a March dinner at Emerywood Country Club with live music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Entre Nous Club
A. M. Corns
Fred J. Bartlett
Emerywood Estates
C. A. Ring, Jr
Emerywood Country Club
Aren
Y.M.C.A
John Peddicocd
Pinkham's Tablets touted as a blood iron tonic
An adv lifestyle pitch claims Pinkham's Tablets boost red blood and energy for pale tired women. It urges 30 days of use, follow label directions, and promises noticeable benefits.
Mrs McCain Addresses Adams Club On Inner Beauty
Mrs H W McCain spoke to the Adams club of the YWCA on Being Beautiful Within at the Adams Memorial building. A new slate was elected for the Adams club led by Joyce Sugg as president and Helen Dimsdale as program chairman. Members prepared hospital tray favors for service members after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. McCain
Adams Club
Y.W.C.A
Adams Memorial Building
Joyce Sugg
Maurine Sykes
Betty Welch
Helen Dimsdale
Hazel Fioramanti
Lilly Shore
Florence Nightingale Club
Ola Carpenter
Marie Strother
Ruby Wehry
Jude Thompson
Rose File
Joy Patterson
Inine Wacat
Fort
Nightingale Club
No Easter Outfits For Dutch Women Under Occupation
Dutch women face clothing shortages as German authorities ban new Easter wardrobes. Textile factories were destroyed by Allied bombing and plans to shift production to the Twente district failed. Half of the textiles rationed to the Netherlands may be requisitioned, risking confiscation of all remaining cloth and shop coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Germany
Gronau
Muenchen - Gladbach
Netherlands
Twente
Newcomers' Club Meeting With Mrs Wilkinson
The Newcomers' club will meet Friday at twelve noon at the home of L L Wilkinson on Wiltshire Boulevard. Mrs Evelyn L Penny, the club director, announced the event and noted an officer election. The venue has changed from Mrs Hawkins dwelling. RED CROSS: GIVE MORE IN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.O.T
Joseph D. Cox
A. 8. Caldwell, Jr
West Farris Avenue
Alexander Martin
Daughters of the American Revolution
Y.W.C.A
R. A. Herring
Roy S. Braden
L. L. Wilkinson
Wiltshire Boulevard
Evelyn L. Penny
1D. _ Hawkins
RED Cross
High Point Concert Drives 200 New Members Enrolled
The High Point Community Concert Association announces 200 new members enrolled as guests of Mia Slavenska during last night's performance. Officials urge more enrollments this week at campaign headquarters in the Sheraton hotel or by calling 2965 to submit names for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Mia Slavenska
Arthur Lake
Sheraton Hotel
Eleanor Baker Honored at Two Birthday Parties
Eleanor Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs L Hugh Baker of Gatewood Avenue was honored with two parties on Monday for her birthday. The morning party was at the kindergarten and the afternoon at her home with games contests and a large green and white birthday cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Baker
L. Hugh Baker
Gatewood Avenue
Gatven
Patricia McCain
A Oean
Lynda Ellington
Billy
Barbara Wilson
Becky Dowdy
Elizabeth Johnson
Anneth Kearns
Measles confine Koontz children at Gatewood home
Carolyn and J Koontz, children of Mr and Mrs C A Koontz of Gatewood avenue, are confined to their home with measles. Tally Wright, son of Mr and Mrs Wright of Jaman avenue, is ill with measles. Mrs H T Hethcock and her son Billy of Thomasville visited Sunday with Mrs D E Hoover at Mrs W L Hargett’s home on Johnson street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn
J Koontz
C. A. Koontz
Gatewood Avenue
Tally Wright
H. T. Hethcock
Billy
Thomasville
D. E. Hoover
W. L. Hargett
Johnson Street
Hi-Pie Club Observes Ladies' Night at YMCA
The Hi-Pie club of the YMCA will observe its first Ladies' Night at Wesley Memorial church tonight at 7:30. Harry G. Bell service club advisor will lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Wesley Memorial Church
Harry G. Bell
Woman Receives WSA Combat Bar First of Its Kind
Mrs Edna T Johansson of New Orleans becomes the first woman to receive the War Shipping Administration combat bar with star for abandoning ship after the torpedoing of the American liner Sixola in the Caribbean Sea on June 12 1942. The award honors her wartime service as a stewardess aboard the doomed liner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSA
War Shipping Administration
Edna T. Johansson
General Haig St
New Orleans
Birth of Richard Ransom Ingram Jr. announced
Pvt. Richard R. Ingram announces the birth of a son, Richard Ransom Ingram Jr., on March 10 at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ingram is the former Margaret Marie Cecil of this city. The family notes he has returned to Camp Campbell Kentucky after a leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Ingram, JR
Richard R. Ingram
Richard Ransom, Jr
High Point Memorial Hosital
Ingram
Iss Margaret Marie Cecil
Pvt
Camp Campbell
Pattern 4719 Seers New Frock for Young Girls
An Anne Adams pattern offers a simple button front frock slip panties and sunsuit for ages up to eight years. The sew easy set favors easy laundering and early dressing. Order patterns by mail with size name and address to High Point Enterprise Pattern Department New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colina
Anne Adams
High Point Enterprise
Pattern Department
West 1Th St
New York
V F W Auxiliary Elects Slate Tonite
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Tuesday at eight p m. Election of officers will be held at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Darrell Winslow Honored at 12th Birthday Party
Darrell Winslow son of Mr and Mrs L H Winslow 317 Greer Street was honored Saturday afternoon for his twelfth birthday. Children enjoyed games and storytelling with prizes awarded to Mack ee Betty ae Sheffield and riders. Guests included Billy Culler Ronald Suits Donald Spencer Phyllis Walker Edna Wall and Geraldine Tysinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Winslow
L. H. Winslow
Greer Street
Ees
Mackee
Betty
Ae Sheffield
Riders
Cue Ren Ser
Billy Culler
Ronald Suits
Donald Spencer
Phyllis Walker
Edna Wall
Geraldine Tysinger
Prisoner Claims Sympathy for Gas-Rationed Motorists
A note found in Tennessee state penitentiary license tag boxes expresses sympathy for gas-rationed motorists. One message says the writer cannot return with the tag but will be back in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Shoe Panel Sets Up By Rationing Board
Officials appoint A. C. Sawyer and Z. W. Wall to serve on a shoe rationing panel. This month 232 pairs of shoes have been issued. The OPA will release a limited odd lot of children's shoes under a May 1 policy, not available ration-free, and few infants sizes 4 to 8 will be released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Sawyer
Z. W. Wall
OPA
Ada Burgess
Destruction Near San Sebastiano Amid Lava Flows
In the Naples area lava streams from Vesuvius destroy San Sebastiano and Masa Di Somma. American troops, led by Lt Col John A. Warner, evacuate residents as stalwart volunteers assist AMG in disaster response amid toxic fumes and rising flames. Red Cross urged to speed relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Sebastiano
Vesuvius
Naples
Masa di Somma
AMG
John A. Warner
New York State Police
Alfred E. Smith
RED Cross
Who Will Be Next First Lady
The Ent begins a series profiling likely White House hostesses. Readers will learn about Mrs. Thomas Pom, Mrs. Cordell Hull, Mrs. Wendell Willkie, Mrs. James Byrnes, Mrs. John Bricker, Mrs. Harold Stassen, Mrs. Robert Taft, Mrs. Jas Mac Arthur, and Mrs. Earl Warren in forthcoming installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Ent
Thomas
John Bricker
Harold Stassen
Robert Taft
Jas MacArthur
Earl Warren
Marine Phone Man Gets Japs Number
Marines on Bougainville search for Pvt. First Class Thomas E. Kelly of Farmington Minnesota who was to operate a field telephone during the beach assault. A combat team uses a guest Marine to clear a pillbox and relay a message to a mortar battery while another missing communications man remains unaccounted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bougainville
Kelly
Thomas E. Kelly
Farmington, Minn
Lava Flow Scene Outshines 1941 Piraeus Bombardment
The observer describes a lava stream as a moving, burn coal yard like spectacle. The event is said to surpass the April 1941 German air raid on Piraeus harbor during evacuations in Greece, noting human suffering and the dramatic contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piraeus
Greece
Listen World A Red Cross Call For Hope In War Brides
Elsie Robinson urges compassion for war brides and homefront wives facing loneliness after husbands deploy. She cites Alaska’s isolation and Robert Service poetry to push readers to help, not judge, and to support healing and Red Cross aid now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Service
Endless Wastes
Alaska
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the Friendly Garden Club
L. H. Matthews
Jamestown
Philomathean Club
H. F. Hunsucker
H. A. Millis
Canterbury Club
Craven
Hillcrest
Roy Spearman
Adams Memorial Y. W. C. A
Y Club
USO
Lydia Pinkham
Taglets
Mrs.McCain
Mrs. Wilkinson
Guilford Furniture CO
N. Main St
Ameril
Ao S
WAC
Newport News
Tna
Ranehams
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Johnson's Red Cross
Johnsons
Rep Cross
Sylvia Smith
Thomasville High School
Rotary Benefit
I. ‘Arity Fund
Elsie Robinson
Dan
Madison Avenue
Diego
San
Petsy
NS Lad
Rai
Caldwell
Piedmont-Carolina
Duke Power Company
Ment
Sion
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