Engagement of Marilynn Steffens to Capt Bencini Announced
Mrs W H Steffens of Arkansas and Detroit announces the engagement of their daughter Marilynn to Capt FE A Bencini eldest son of Mr and Mrs E A Bencini Sr of Emerywood Apts High Point NC Miss Steffens a Dallas native and Texas State College for Women graduate works as a chemist with Nechesane Products Co Port Neches TX Capt Bencini serves in the U S Army Dental Corps in England and holds a DDS from Baylor Dental College Dallas where he belonged to Delta Sigma Delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Steffens
Ark
Detroit
Mich
Ter
Marilynn
FE. A
E. A. Bencini
Emerywood Apts
High Point
N. C
Dallas
Tex
Miss Steffens
Texas State College For Women
Nechestane Products Co
Port Neches
Capt. Bencini
U. S. Army Dental Corps
England
Baylor Dental College
Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity
Altrusans to Hear Manpower Head on Tuesday
At the High Point Altrusa club March program meeting in the Sheraton hotel private dining room P. W. Geandioan regional director of the Manpower Commission will speak and chair the event. Mrs. Rose M. Thurman is dinner auction chair with Mrs. Lillian Kirkman and Mrs. Mildred Jenkins assisting. Dinner starts at 6 30 with president Mrs. Alice Dickerson presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Altrusa Club
Sheraton
P. W. Geandioan
Ie Be Manpower Commission
Rose M. Thurman
Lillian Kirkman
Mildred Jenkins
Alice Dickerson
Bricken to Direct Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Seattle March 25. Carl Ernest Bricken named director of the Seattle Symphony Association. Bricken succeeds Sir Thomas Beecham who resigned after conducting here the past two seasons. Bricken previously directed at the University of Wisconsin School of Music and chaired the University of Chicago music department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Seattle Symphony Association Board Today
Carl Ernest Brickens
University of Wisconsin School of Music
University of Chicago
Bricken
Thomas Beecham
Wanted Hard of Hearing Men and Women
An advertisement invites men and women who are hard of hearing to take a risk free hearing test promising money back if not improved. It urges trying the Online Home Method test and asks readers to inquire about Ourime Ear Drops at Eckerd's and drug stores nationwide.
JayCees Sponsor Red Cross Benefit Dance Saturday
The JayCees name sponsors for the annual Red Cross benefit dance to be held in the Sheraton Hotel ballroom from eight to midnight with Jimmy Harris and his Rhythm Masters providing music. Miss Amos, Janie Savos, Jeanne Kin, Sarah Hutchens and Violet Yokeley assist with plans and Sherman Aycock chairs the arrangements. Proceeds support the local Red Cross drive and tickets are encouraged even for non attenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Stirewall
Janet Russell
Fritzi Raymond
Patsy Gadd
Shirley Hart Lyne
Jane Davis
Lib Pegram
Betty Lou Nance
Beverly Hancock
Pat Padgett
Marietta Thompson
Susan Young
Jane Rhodes
Hazel Highfill
Doris Thomas
Virginia Forward
Jimmy Harris
JayCees
Red Cross
Cees
Missister Amos
A Or Janie Savos
Jeanne Kin
Sarah Hutchens
Violet Yokeley
Sherman Aycock
UDC Chapter To Hear Program On Stephen Mallory
The High Point chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will present a program on Stephen R. Mallory the first Confederate secretary of the Navy. Mrs C B Mattocks will lead the event with Hunsucker G H Kearns and N ae Stirewall assisting. The meeting starts at 3 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UDC
Stephen Mallory
High Point
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Will Hunsucker
G. H. Kearns
Nae Stirewall
C. B. Mattocks
Stephen R. Mallory
Florida
Shaw-Leonard Vows Spoken In South Carolina
Ruth Lee Leonard of Thomasville and Richard E Shaw of York DC wed on Thursday March 16 in York South Carolina. Ruth attended Hasty high school class of 1940 and works at Fremont MillsInsville. Richard a Lexington high school alumnus class of 1940 served in the US Navy since 1941 and is on thirty days leave through April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Leonard
Unity Street
Thomasville
Ruth Lee
Richard E. Shaw
York
D. C
Hasty High School
Fremont Mills
Insville
Noran
Lexington High School
United States Navy
Legion GI Bill Headed to House Committee Action
Rep. Allen predicts the American Legion GI bill of rights will reach the House floor before Easter recess March 30 after the Senate cleared a similar measure 49 to 0. An executive session is planned for Monday as urgency mounts for veterans legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Legion
House
Rep
Allen
D-La
Veteran’s Legislation Committee
Senate
Birth announced for Randy Parris at High Point Memorial
Mr and Mrs George W Hutch Randolph Randy Parris were welcomed March 2 at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial hospital with a new arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy” Parris
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Birth of Carolyn Dawn Lee in Newport News
Mr and Mrs C J Lee of Newport News Virginia announce the birth of daughter Carolyn Dawn on March 15 at Riverside Hospital. The Lees, formerly of High Point, have many friends there. London report notes large coal miner abstentions in Yorkshire and Doncaster areas amid wage talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Lee
Newport News
Carolyn Dawn
Riverside Hospital
Lees
High Point
Miss Lawson Weds S Sgt Mickey in Lebanon Ceremony
Miss Mary Elizabeth Lawson and Sgt John Henry Mickey were married March 18 at the Lebanon Methodist parsonage with Rev. O. L. Easter officiating. The bride works in the War Department Demobilized Records Branch in High Point and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lawson. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mickey and has served overseas for twelve months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Lawson
John Henry Ane
States Army R Corps
Lebanon Methodist Parsonage
O. L. Easter
Lebanon Church
Methodist Church
War Department
High Point
C. H. Lawson
High Point Route Four
High Point High School
J. W. Mickey
Route One
Jamestown High School
John Henry Mickey
Mickey
H. Lawson
Route Four
Missing Slam Debate in Light Openings Bridge Column
North dealer, both sides not vulnerable. After 2NT by North, South bids four diamonds and misses a slam as the partnership ends in a part score. Postgame, North blames partner, but analysis finds the light 2NT opening highly unorthodox given South had no club protection. Southcknowledges risk taken to avoid pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
South
M Jon
NC farmers and workers log longer daily hours says official
Raleigh report shows farm operators averaging 10.8 hours daily this month while hired workers average 9.2 hours. Statistician J. J. Morgan notes operators are putting in about an hour more each day than four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
J. J. Morgan
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
These Women Kollontay by Adelaide Kerr
Alexandra Kollontay, 75, Soviet Ambassador to Sweden, is depicted as a refined diplomat and leading feminist. Her long career includes founding and leading the Russian feminist movement, advocating alimony funds and equal taxation, while maintaining a feminine public image and influence among Russian women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kollontay
Paris
Russian revolutionary figure rose from St Petersburg to envoy
Born in St Petersburg, daughter of a Russian general, she married at 16 and divorced three years later. She studied at Zurich University, joined the Russian Revolution era feminist movement, lectured in Italy, Belgium, and met Lenin and Trotsky. She became Russia's first welfare commissar, then first woman foreign envoy, serving as minister to Norway, Mexico, and Sweden before ambassador rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandra Kollontay
Sweden
Sufoe Ollonitay
Russia
Stockholm
Kollontay
Stalin
Lenin
Tas
St. Petersburg
Leningrad
University of Zurich
Switzerland
Kallontay
Italy
Belgium
Trotsky
United States
Kerensky Bolsheviks
Firs
Soviet Union
Norway
Mexico
Swea
Seral
Rai
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Etrothal
Bencini
Toiss
Steffens
Siving
Stlvey
North Main
Altrusans
Seattle Symphony
North Main Street
Qunton
South Carolina
High Point Steam Laundry
North Wre
Randy’ Harris
Hutchens
Carolyn Dawn Lee
London
Yorkshire
Doncaster
Yorkshire Mine Owners’ Association
Miss Lawson
S. Sgt
Josephine Culbertson
North-South
Ags
Adelaide Kerr AP
Peatures
Sears
Cataco
Helen Curtis
College Street
Goodfyear Service Store
North Main St
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