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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1949
Page
6
The Pioneer Council 52 Sons and Daughters of Liberty will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Commerce street hall. Delegates will be chosen to attend the state convention in Wilmington in June followed by a social after the regular business session.
Miss Mae Kirkman presented a small group of piano pupils at her Jones Street home for the first recital in a series. Solo pieces included works by Gounod Pinto Chaminade Tschaikowsky Debussy Brahms and Chopin. Performers named include Margaret Stout Judy Metcalfe Carolyn Dillon Albert Alexander John Farr Patty Dillon Jane Sowers Jane Marlette Nancy Cridlebaugh and others.
RKO actress Martha Hyer will reign as Azalea Queen at Wilmington festival April 1 to 3. The court includes May and Beauty Queens from ten NC colleges, among them Katy Evans and Anelia Shannon. Hyer, from Dallas, notable for RKO films, will be crowned by Charlie Justice at the Lumina Ball on Wrightsville Beach April 2.
A Tuesday evening practice at 7 30 was held at the First Evangelical and Re formed Church. It was described as a most important session for the group.
High Point clubs and social groups announce meetings and events through Monday to Saturday. Highlights include United Daughters of the Confederacy at 513 Chestnut, Exchangette husband bingo at 411 Gatewood, several bridge clubs, and a Red Cross Grey Lady ceremony at Wesley Memorial Methodist church. Also listed are a Miss Ferree wedding bridge, private nurse club meetings, La Tertulia Spanish club, and a Moose dance at 9 p.m. with Mabel Beeson as hostess.
The Philathea Class of Green Street Baptist Church will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Mabel Moore at 604 Centennial. Associate hostesses are Mesdames E L Beasley J B Cave and C M Brown.
General Federation president Mrs. J L Blair Buck will speak at the 47th annual N C Federation meeting in Goldsboro April 1921 with focus on Our Friends in the Orient. First Lady Mrs W Kerr Scott to attend banquet as guest. Junior Extension Secretary Mrs Richard S Horan to address juniors. workshops led by Mrs Hugh Butler and others.
Mr and Mrs Natie Rosenfield and daughter Ruth of Boston visited Myer Skrull and Marty Sirull families in town. Mrs Edwin Cappell and son Richard returned from two weeks in South Carolina visiting Columbia and Georgetown relatives. Mrs George E Knight at Boulevard hospital underwent major operation last Monday and can receive visitors. Mrs Jack Wright travels to Philadelphia with son Dickie for Devereux Schools spring break. James Thomas of State College Raleigh spent spring holidays with parents. he is engineering major and was named on the honor roll.
Mr and Mrs A D Spivey of 210 West Point avenue announce the birth of a daughter Linda Darnell on March 26 at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial hospital Mr and Mrs W R Sykes of Chestnut Street extensions announce the birth of a son Stephen Ray on March 26 at the Boulevard unit of the local hospital Mrs Sykes is the former Miss Betty Moore
In Lillington on March 28 the jury was slated to hear arguments in the Cannady murder trial. Judge Burgwyn and Solicitor Hooks pressed for first degree conviction as Cannady denied killing his wife while officers testified he admitted the shooting. The slain woman was killed in Dunn last August.
Philadelphia report notes a local sandwich shop at 48th and Spruce displaying a window sign for a Bombshell Sandwich priced at 1.25 dollars. The item is presented as a complete delicatessen store between three slices of white or rye.
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