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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1943
Page
6
Advertisement for pattern 4370 a princess style dress with back panel and curved front seams to slim waist. Available in sizes 36 to 50 with yardage and price details. order form requests name address size and style number. Pattern book offer included with extra ten cents.
Mrs E O Cummings entertained at a formal four o’clock tea in Emerywood Estates to honor sisters Mrs Barfield of Birmingham and Mrs Miller of Washington D C. About twenty five callers attended.
The Emerywood Country Club announces a series of spring social events led by the social committee chair Hugh with an Easter dance on an unannounced date. Reservations will be required early, and food rationing will limit wait times. New members T S MacKenzie and Samuel H Strickland join the club this month as hostesses for weekly bridge sessions and family night dinners continue.
The High Point Girl Scout Council gathers at the Y W C A for its regular meeting to plan a drive to enlist new leaders. The Friday Music Study Club meets at Mrs A B Huff's Brentley Circle home. The Priscilla Club to sew surgical dressings at the Y W C A, aligning social meetings with war work.
At the weekly ladies bridge gathering yesterday at Em erywood Country Club top scores were earned by Mesdames W P Hazelwood and H G Ide for North South, and Laurance Ingram with Robert Hubbard for East West. Mrs Ed Mendenhall Jr led contract players with the top score.
The High Point Council of Parent Teachers met at Elm Street School with Mrs. Blake Thomp presiding. A new two year slate was elected, and the Clare Tree Major plays for children were announced for next year in cooperation with the Junior League.
The North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers will hold its annual convention April 13-14 in Charlotte. The state executive committee conference opens April 13 afternoon with a dinner and reception that evening. Dr Julian S Miller of the Charlotte Observer speaks April 14 morning and a war work symposium follows.
Johnson Street School Parent Teacher Association schedules Thursday evening at 7 30 for its April session. The glee club leads a musical program and P M Davis agriculture committee chair will present Victory Garden Project films on Victory Gardens.
Mrs D H Parsons plans an informal tea on Saturday afternoon at her West Farriss Avenue home to honor Mrs David H Parsons Jr the bride of the season formerly Miss Cora Worth Parker. Guests may call between four and five thirty to greet the hostess and bride.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Archdale Methodist Church will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. G. E. White's home with associate hostess Mrs. F. E. Baker and program led by Mrs. B. F. Rogers.
The YWCA Business and Professional Club of the YWCA held a supper meeting at the Adams Memorial Building featuring Little Miss Jean Walton performing vocal selections with piano by Miss Martha Warner. The event was chaired by Miss Madeline McCain with Miss Lucille Browne presenting the guest artists. next week includes a business session and executive board meeting at 5 30, followed by supper at 6 15.
The Western North Carolina Methodist Conference Women’s Society of Christian Service holds its third annual session in Winston-Salem with more than 300 women registered. Officers were elected to lead the group as Bishop Arthur J. Moore spoke on making Christianization of the world the church’s mission.
Mr and Mrs Darrell Hornaday announce the birth of a daughter Linda Faye on March 27 at Guilford General Hospital. Mrs Hornaday is formerly Dorothy Willard. Mr and Mrs Richard E Neave announce the birth of Patty Jane on Monday March 29. Mrs Neave was Helen E Cecil of High Point.
Flora of Columbia S C president of the National Education Association will be the principal speaker at the opening session of the 59th NCEA convention in Raleigh The meeting runs three days with Dr Francis Gaines of Washington and Lee University as tomorrow's main speaker and new officers to be announced Friday morning
The High Point Library will order 125 new juvenile titles, mainly for primary grades and recreational reading. Many volumes focus on South America to meet growing youth demand, with a later purchase of adult best sellers planned.
The Silver Star Medal was presented to two Sixth District naval officers for conspicuous gallantry as pilots in the USS Hornet air group during action near the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. Lieut. John C. Bower Jr of Lexington and Lieut. Forrester C. Auman of Route 1 Sea Grove were cited by President Roosevelt.
The columnist warns against women criticizing non serving men as slackers and urges support for civilians essential to production. She cites a midwest farm community smear campaign painting farmer homes yellow and calls for stopping the prejudice that undermines fighters by depriving plants and farms of needed workers.
Local society column reports Mrs. Walker Barfield of Birmingham visiting sister Mrs. E. O. Cummings in Emerywood Estates and leaving for Greensboro with her mother Mrs. H. A. Wilhelm while husband serves in the armed forces. Various residents travel or heal, including Mrs. Jimmy Smith visiting from Baltimore, Dr. W. J. Hunt starting internship in Baltimore, and Earl Jackson recuperating from appendectomy at Burrus Memorial Hospital. Little Sara Ann Robbins ill with chicken pox at 123 Lindsay Street.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce coordinates a Red Cross War Fund Drive benefit dance at the National Guard Armory on Saturday. Rhythm Masters provide music with Armory use donated and four Nurses Aides sponsor duties. Local Cross chapter members will chaperone with their spouses.
Phi Beta Club members were hosted by Mrs. M B Hite on Salem Street with spring flowers and a tea service presided by Mrs. Robert Lambeth of Greensboro. Faculty guests from Main Street School joined a dessert bridge at Kinneywood hosted by Mr. and Mrs. R F Lowry with six tables of play and prizes.
Smithfield report says Glen Battle aged 31 was killed and Fred Scott aged 35 of Greensboro was seriously injured in a two car crash near Smithfield on March 31.
Charlotte March 31 a physician Dr Wyatt Clinton Baylston aged 53 died tonight in a local hospital after several years of declining health.
The text cites Giovanni Paoli of Mexico City as the first printer in the western hemisphere in 1539. It notes cork stripping begins on trees at 15 to 20 years, recalls the Pony Express lasting 16 months after its 1860 origin, and mentions Samuel Colt’s wooden revolver model.
The global population grows from about 1.009 billion in 1845 to roughly 1.9 billion, reflecting significant demographic expansion over the period.
Sgt. Joseph L. O Connor of New York attended the Eastern States Non Masters Pair event to defend last year’s title with Jules G Aeeves. At session end Captain and Mrs A C Manley of West Point led the standings.
At the end of the finals Private Martin J. Dupraw of White Plains New York and Louis Kelner of Scarsdale N Y won the championship. Sergeant O Connor congratulated Dupraw and urged him to keep the trophy polished for next year after their last victory. The hand featured strategic play with trumps and finesses leading to a six trick win.
The winner of a hand deals the next hand to give the loser a slight advantage of first chance to pick up the card showing. This rule creates a balanced rotation and sustains competition in the game.
William J. Lassiter 82 died at his home in Farmer at 11 30 after months of illness. Survived by sister Mrs R L Crawford four children and four grandchildren. Daughters Mrs Paul W Wagger Chapel Hill Mrs Charles Newlin Home Place Alma J Lassiter former Asheboro principal and son J Hal Lassiter Greensboro. Funeral at Science Hill Friends Church tomorrow at 3 00 with body in state 2 00 to 3 00.
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