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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1945
Page
15
A reader asks how to raise sons who will be good men while avoiding overprotection. The answer argues that letting children choose friends and face consequences builds resilience, warns against excessive guidance, and asserts true love shows by keeping hands off. It cautions against overstructured etiquette and protected environments.
Steve Elmo Price turns two on Friday March 23 with parents Mr and Mrs Ted Price of 214 Vail Avenue. Emma Jane Carroll celebrates her first birthday today March 25, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Carroll of 207 Pope Street.
Randolph Book Club hosted Miss Mary Ina Shamburger of Salem College who spoke on the Roosevelt family. The Sorosis club heard Dr. N M Harrison discuss a Mexico trip. Community groups reported officers elected and local activities including patrol traffic talks and basketball team celebrations.
Barbara Ann Scott, 16, of Ottawa, becomes the first to hold both U S and Canadian skating golds. Daughter of the late Colonel Clyde Rutherford Scott, she trains nine to twelve each morning and devotes afternoons to tutoring and piano in addition to skating. She vows no dates, aims to study household science after competition and keeps a strict routine with horseback riding and Red Cross work in off-hours.
A column urges parents to curb overprotective raising of boys from kindergarten onward. It warns culture and carefulness can harm resilience, noting 14 year olds unprepared for reality risk future failure. It cites returning training camp youths as example of strength gained through hardship.
Announcement of the marriage of Grace Evelyn Hyde to Harold Ellington of the United States Navy. Vows were spoken on Saturday March 17 in Elizabeth City North Carolina. The bride is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hyde of 500 White Oak Street. She works at the Vultee Consolidated Aircraft plant in Elizabeth City and Ellington is stationed there with the Navy. They reside at 518 West Main Street.
High Point AAUW members will gather tomorrow at eight o clock at the Sheraton Hotel. President Mrs. Blake Thompson will lead the meeting. Guest speaker Mrs. Mary Louise Kennedy of Women's College UNC Greensboro will discuss Art as the program feature.
The Women of Moose held a supper meeting at the Moose hall with Senior Regent Frances Lopp presiding. Rev. Hoy L. Fesperman spoke on Work Play Love and Miss Jean Walton sang Mother Macree When Irish Eyes Are Smiling and Ah Sweet Mystery of Life with Ralph Tilton at the piano. Three new candidates were initiated into the chapter. A safety note advised placing a damp electric cord on a flat surface and not using it for several days.
In a deal that sparked clash between North and South the four spades contract is debated. The author notes the actual contract may be inferior yet the defense and line of play determined the outcome. South blames a misstep by North but a correct diamond sequence in dummy could have yielded nine tricks and still left spade entries for declarer.
Members who applied for the Red Cross nurse's aides classes at Adams Memorial YWCA were reminded that the new series starts tomorrow night at 7 o'clock. Mrs. T. D. Tyson Jr. is the instructor.
Mr and Mrs Ed Marshall Jr announce the birth of a daughter Patricia Lee on March 16 at the Boulevard unit of the High Point hospital.
Local authorities pledge full cooperation with the War Manpower Commission to enforce the midnight curfew. Police will report violations to the U S Employment Service for review by the area director s office. Willful violations may trigger employment ceiling reductions or other federal sanctions. Affected venues include night clubs theaters sports arenas dance halls and gambling outlets.
The Spiritual Life groups of all Methodist churches in High Point will hold a quarterly meeting Sunday at 3 pm at Main Street Methodist Church. Mrs H W McCain will be the guest speaker. All Spiritual Life members and the public are invited to attend.
Police appeal for Lilly Hawkins of Washington street High Point to care for a daughter described as critically ill with pneumonia and appendicitis. The mother has not been located despite police efforts and requests assistance from the public.
Hugh Smart manager of local theaters said the Carolina Theater will not reopen after its lease expires March 30. Equipment is being moved out and the theater has been closed for several years, with no plans for a reopening known to Smart.
Mrs. Marshall formerly Miss Cora Lee Bost of Thomasville is noted in the Memorial Hospital notices. E. D. Steele, recently at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial Hospital for ten days, has returned home at 401 East Washington Street and his condition is improving.
Observers report the Chinese Communists growing more assertive as war prospects shift. Chou En-Lai rebuffed new settlement terms while Chiang Kai-Shek links constitutional plans to one party rule. Hurley’s return signals American hopes for a united China, amid Sino Soviet uncertainties.
Rev Harold Williams who spent three and a half years in Alaska will speak at the Foursquare church 1800 English Street Monday Tuesday and Wednesday evenings next week. He will show motion pictures about Alaska and discuss Foursquare youth camps. Talks start at eight each night with topics America’s Greatest Youth Program America’s Last Frontier and America’s Youth At Work. Public invited.
Cpl Rufus Bostic Jr son of Mr and Mrs Rufus Bostic 800 Park Street has returned to Fort Huachuca Arizona after a furlough with his parents He is a brother of Pfc Herbert Bostic who is now home on furlough
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