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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1943

Page

6

Calendar of Club Meetings and Social Events

A series of local club meetings and social gatherings through the week. W O T Club hosts Miss Mary Alexander. Emerywood hosts a Community Concert Campaign planning tea. Monarch Auxiliary and VFW Auxiliary meet at homes and halls. Garden Study Club wartime project. Utopian Study Club at Mrs Adams. Business and Professional Women at Sheraton with Ruth Goodman chair. Wild Flower Club with Montgomerys. Family Night Dinner at Emerywood. Canterbury Club and Philomathean Club gatherings. High Point College Alumni Executive meeting at the Student Center.

W.O.T. Club Mary Alexander English Street Emerywood Country Club Baa Monarch Auxiliary L. H. Zimmerman Carrick Avenue Canterbury Club Phil W. Grandjean Philomathean Club H. A. Millis North Main Street High Point College Alumni Association

Mid-Week Study Meeting Postponed to Later Date

The Mid-Week Study meeting planned for Wednesday has been postponed. Members should watch for a future announcement with the new time.

Three Classes Weekly For Nurses Aids

Nurses Aid classes will be held Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Y W C A at 7 30 p m It was announced today Mrs Edith Moore Sherrod will be instructor in the courses

Edith Moore Sherrod

Church and Bible Classes Meet This Week in Town

The Church Social Circle No 2 of First Evangelical and Reform ed Church meets Wednesday at 3 pm at Mrs Mary Clodfester’s home 920 South Main Street with Mrs Everette Hedrick leading. L L L Class of Green Street Baptist meets tonight at Miss Edna Hunsucker’s 1020 Grace Street for monthly meeting and party. Stephen’s Bible Class gathers Wednesday at 3 pm at Mrs M J Crowder’s home 309 Steele Street led by Mrs Crowder. Bethel Church Thomasville held a men’s service night with Rev Oakley leading and music by the Bethel quartet and piano by Mrs E E Bragg. Rev Kennedy spoke.

Circle No. 2 Woman's Guild of the First Evangelical and Reformed Church Mary Clodfester South Main Street Everette Hedrick Green Street Baptist Church Edna Hunsucker Grace Street Stephen's Bible M. J Crowder Steele Street Crowder Bethel

Y W Club Installs New Officers With Candle Service

The Florence Nightingale Club held a candlelight installation for new officers led by Mrs. Leta Anderson. Officers named were Betty Morrison president Elizabeth Clinard vice president Rebecca Jarrel secretary Shirley Dorsett treasurer and Joy Patterson finance chair. Plans for National Progress Day May 22 were discussed.

Florence Nightingale Club Adams Memorial Betty Morrison Elizabeth Clinard Rebecca Jarrel Shirley Dorsett Joy Patterson Leta Anderson Ola Carpenter Marie Strother

Meeting Of Fri Music Study Club Postponed

The Friday Morning Music Study Club postpones the Friday meeting due to Community Concert Course drive work. The club will reconvene one week later on May 14 at 1012 Club Drive with Mrs. Sidney Gayle presiding and others coordinating the Poem Forms session.

Fri. Music Study Club Sidney Gayle Tom Pitts Mary Sue Briggs Eleanor Amos

Deb-Teen Club Plans Future Social Events

The Deb-Teen Club held a regular business meeting at Miss Dorothy Pilson’s home 1104 East Russell Street Friday evening with president Miss Oleane Clodfelter in charge. Refreshments were served by Dorothy Pilson Ruth Bledsoe and Faith Strother. Members present included Janis Spencer Edith Holmes Frankie Cecil Sybil Garter Mildred Jester Reed Miller Oleane Clodfelter and Dorothy Pilson.

Dorothy Pilson East Russell Street Oleame Clodfelter Ruth Bledsoe Faith Strother Janis Spencer Edith Holmes Frankie Cecil Sybil Garter Mildred Jester Reed Miller Oleane Clodfelter

Mrs Reitzel to Be Honored With Bridge Tomorrow

Mrs Silas Casey will entertain Mrs Claude E Reitzel at Emerywood Country Club with eight tables of dessert bridge tomorrow afternoon. Decorations feature patriotic colors with red white blue flowers and gift packages. Mrs Reitzel’s husband, former clerk of municipal court, serves in the armed forces and Mrs Itze is visiting her mother in Washington NC.

Silas Casey Claude E. Reitzel Emerywood Country Club

Odd Bidding Lupus in Bridge Hand With Von Zedtwitz

The article notes unusual bidding in a bridge hand played by the narrator and Waldemar von Zedtwitz. An initial one diamond bid is described as natural while West passes an eight spade suit, suggesting a strategic delay. Von Zedtwitz, holding six diamonds, plans to prepare the hand for a no trump contract.

Waldemar von Zedtwitz West von Zedtwitz

Squeeze Play Brings Six Spades In Bridge Duel

In a contract of three no trump West starts an aggressive defense after North announces three no trump. The declarer wins the spade lead, exploits a heart misdefense, and when the diamond run finishes he drives the last trick with a club sequence. A heart king and club ace misguess nearly cost the six.

West von Zedtwitz East Dummy

War-Time Divorce Custody For Canned Goods

A Colorado judge orders a divorce case to bring all canned goods to court for equal division among husband wife and six children. The article imagines battles over victory garden preserves and picks and the impact on the kids if family favorites are allocated to one side.

Colorado

Sermon and Sea Story At Wesley Memorial and First Presbyterian

Dr. F. C. Morgan of Concord delivered the morning sermon on the 103rd Psalm at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church calling it a psalm of pure praise and worship. In the evening at First Presbyterian Church he spoke on A Tale of the Sea from John 6 15 21 using the miracle of loaves and fishes to illustrate obedience peril and faith as Jesus walked on the water and calmed the storm.

F. C. Morgan Frank Crossley Morgan Concord Wesley Memorial Methodist Church David Dr. Morgan First Presbyterian Church Sea of Galilee Jesus John Peter

Canned Goods Decide Family Dispute Courthouse Battle

A family fights over a store of canned goods with judges facing a heavy workload. The heated dispute hints at possible clashes over sardines hoarded by a snack loving husband and a wife seeking her fair share.

Gloria Vanderbilt

All City Band To Play Here Thursday Night

The All City Elementary School Band under L W Alrutz will perform at Junior High School Thursday at 7 45 PM. A war constrained lineup brings 85 players from all elementary schools. The program includes the national anthem military marches waltzes classical and popular pieces with a clarinet quartet and solo by Joanne Mason.

L. W. Alrutz Alrutz Joanne Mason Bobby Padgett Bobby Hayworth Peggy Martin

Tobacco Ration Conference Draws North Carolina Board Members

Representatives of 30 ration boards in tobacco growing regions gathered in Raleigh on May 4 for a conference on gasoline rations affecting tobacco supervisors and buyers.

Raleigh North Carolina

An Evening Note on War Losses and Spiritual Gain

A religious bulletin reflects on life after war, noting that plans may be broken yet spiritual heights emerge. Dr Morgan opens with An account of a Social En agement and invites expressions of appreciation for Dr Organ’s messages on the conference's final night.

Dr. Morgan Organ

Final Rites Held For F. C. Wright

Funeral service for Fred C. Wright, who died at his daughter Mrs. N A Petersons home, 404 Hin kle Street, was conducted at the family home Saturday afternoon by Rev. C C Roberts and Rev. C M Floyd. Pallbearers were Ed Hinse Wayne Elliott Luther Berry Charlie Wood John Peterson and Venon Yarborough. A quartet Miss Christine Doby William Mers Charlie Tobin and Lest Hicks provided music with Miss Eunice Giles accompanying on piano. Burial followed in Unit Chapel Church cemetery.

Enterprise Thomasville Fred C. Wrigh Daugher N. A. Peterson Hinkle Street C. C. Roberts C. M. Floyd Ed Hinse Wayne Elliott Luther Berry Charlie Wood John Peterson Venon Yarborough Christine Doby William Mers Charlie Tobin Lest Hicks Eunice Giles Unit Chapel Church

Half-and-Half Club at Y W C A Plans Bowling Meet

The Half-and-Half Club of the Y W C A will meet Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Arcade Building for bowling.

Arcade Y.W.C.A

Pentagon Club Dresses For Red Cross Meeting at YWCA

The Pentagon Club will meet tonight at the YWCA at 7:30 to make surgical dressings for the Red Cross.

Pentagon Club Red Cross

Alumnae Chapter Alpha Beta Psi Meeting Postponed

The Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Beta Psi postpones its meeting to Saturday May 8 as announced today. The notice names the organization and new date for the gathering.

Alpha Beta Psi

Ray Street Pre-School Clinic Held for entrants

The Pre-School Clinic of Ray Street School will be held Thursday May 6 from 9 to 12 morning. Parents with children starting school in September 1943 are asked to come to the school to register the children and receive medical blanks to be filled by their doctor.

Ray Street

Hedgecock Birthday Supper Honors Hedgecock Sons

Ivey Hedgecock and Marvin Hedgecock Jr were honored at a birthday supper hosted by their mother Mrs Iona Hedgecock at Kernersville Route One. Guests included Dil lard Wood J H Coe and families Paul Segraves Mary Brook Ruby Recton Hattie Greenwood Pauline Peele Ivey Hedgecock Stella Beard Lois Hicks Margaret Hedgecock Josephine Vaden Wilma Hedgecock Irma Lee Willard J H Hicks James Glascoe and other relatives.

Ivey Hedgecock Marvin Hedgecock Iona Hedgecock Kernersville Dillard Wood J. H. Coe Paul Segraves Mary Brook Ruby Recton Hattie Greenwood Pauline Peele Stella Beard Lois Hicks Margaret Hedgecock Josephine Vaden Wilma Hedgecock Irma Lee Willard J. H. Hicks James Glascoe Wesley Hedgecock

Local Social Notes and Population Count

Mr and Mrs Nifong and family with Mr Dowell Vuncannon spent Sunday at Fort Bragg visiting Pvt Dowell Vuncannon stationed there. Mrs D E Taylor leaves for Charlotte to join Mrs Elgeva Price then visit husbands Pvt David E Taylor and Pvt Price at Camp Robinson Arkansas. Mrs T J Snider has returned from Baptist Hospital Winston Salem much improved. Mr and Mrs C P Ellington and daughter Mrs George Moore returned from funeral of Mrs Ellingtons sister Mrs R J Martin Ruffin Route Two. Mrs Margie Smalley returns to Charleston after visiting Miss Connie Williams and Mrs G L Harper then resides in Greensboro at H D Smalley home 206 Blandwood. There are 2300 daily newspapers in the United States. Pennsylvania fish met distributed more than 600000 fish in a single year.

Mrs. Nifong King Street Dowell Vuncannon Asheboro Fort Bragg Pvt D. E. Taylor Charlotte Elgeva Price David E. Taylor Pvt. Price Camp Robinson Arkansas T. J. Snider Hobson Baptist C. P. Ellington George Moore Margie Smalley Charleston S. C Connie Williams G. L. Harper

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