Bride Feted With Ridge Shower By Melrose Office Staff
Charles F Thorburn's bride Evelyn Sechrest received a courtesy shower hosted by Melrose Office Staff at Mrs R E Troxler's home. Guests joined in bridge and Chinese checkers with prizes and lilac and gold themed refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thorburn
Bride
Melrose Office
Charles F. Thorburn
Malley P. Sechrest
Thorburn
Sechrest
Joyce McCanless
Edna Wood
Lib” Marshall
Norma Loflin
Ethel Wagner
Mesdames
Bruce Thorburn
Bernard C. Fowler
A. Glenn Smith
George Hutchens, Jr
Fred Lambe
Oscar Smith
Esther Maness
May Dance Draws Piedmont Ger Club Guests
Off–town members of the Piedmont German Club and their guests gathered at Emery Country Club for a May dance. The event featured Wittstein and his orchestra providing music to accompany the gala evening as attendees from Greensboro, Lexington, Salisbury, Raleigh and other nearby towns arrived before 10. The list included Earl Greer Bill Charlies Hudson Slickah Virgil Cox and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Emery Country Club
Y Wittstein
Orches
Menry Millis
Earl Greer
Bill
Charlies Hudson
Slickah
Virgil Cox
Edgar Thomb Green
Ted Cope
Jimmy Ins
Fayetteville
C. EB. Miller
Boro
T. Winifred Blackwell Inston
American firm reestablishes fleet for core operations
An American company reorganizes its fleet into 16 210 units, halting all deliveries. The trucks are retained strictly for main execution work, reducing outbound service while preserving essential transport capacity.
Moose Auxiliary Holds Round Table Discussion at Moose Hall
At the Bi State meeting of Tar Heel Legion number 158 Loyal Order of the Moose in the Sheraton Hotel, 25 Women of the Moose met with local members. Mrs Ruasie Forward presided as visitors from Winster Salem and Hickory joined the session. The group will meet next Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Moose Hall per Mrs Walatka Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tar Heel Legion
Loyal Order of the Moose
North Carolina
Virginia
Sheraton Hotel
Women of the Moose
Ruasie Forward
Winster- Salem
Hickory
Moose Hall
Live Yers Have Annual Breakfast Program
The Live Yers Club of the YWCA held its annual May breakfast Sunday at the Marvand clubhouse near Fairfield road. Twenty five members and two visitors attended after gathering at the East Green and South Wrenn streets hut. Hazel Wright and Elizabeth Ellis sang duets and group singing capped the event with visitors Carrie Clemmona and Mrs Helen Hinkle present.
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Marvand
Fairfield Road
East Green
South Wrenn Streets
Hazel Wright
Elizabeth Ellis
Carrie Clemmona
Helen Hinkle
Woman's Club May Meeting Wednesday at YWCA
The High Point Woman's Club will hold its general May meeting Wednesday at 3:30 PM in the Adams Memorial YWCA building. Delegates will report on the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Greensboro and outline projects for the new club year. This is the final business meeting of the year. a social gathering in June will conclude the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Woman's Club
Adams Memorial Y. W. C. A
H. D. Sears
North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Greensboro
Tuersday
High Point Council of Garden Clubs
Emerywood Country Club
E. G. Watkins
Lloyd Flythe
Mary Alexander
English Street
Lucile Johnston
High Point Garden Club
F. R. Taylor
Durham
Sarah P. Duke
Fred J. Bartlett
Burbank Garden Club
Miss Pearl Idol
North Main Street
Good Will Garden Club
Pickett Farm
F. M. Pickett
W. W. Lentz
R. R. Blackburn
C. Co. Garrett
Rockford Road
Woman's Club
Business and Professional Girls Club
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
High Point Graduate Nurses Club
Edna Heinzerling
North Carolina State Nurses’ Association
Raleigh
Mrs Koonce to Entertain Social Arts Club
Mrs. A. J. Koonce will host the Social Arts Club at her South Main home Thursday at three o clock for the regular bi weekly meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Koonce
South Main
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Meetings
A week of organized gatherings in High Point features the YWCA luncheon chaired by Mrs. Thornton Glover, Garden Club sessions, bridge banks at Emerywood, and events hosted by the WOTC and various circles. Notable items include a Confederate memorial service in Oakwood Cemetery with Mayor Kirkman as speaker and a Legion Auxiliary tea Saturday afternoon.
Trinity Woman Hosts Weiner Roast Birthday Party
Mrs William Crawford entertained at a weiner roast in Trinity last Friday honoring her husband. Forty five guests enjoyed the yard fire roasted weiners and a later showing of moving pictures at the Crawford home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
William Crawford
Day nurseries evolve to guide both child and family
Ruth Millett notes the shift from simple daytime care to holistic support for Johnny and his parents. Trained teachers, health staff, and social partners aim to stabilize homes, help fathers find work, and instill security and independence in children for a changing world.
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Ruth Millett
Johnny
Amerrica
Elizabeth Woodruff Clark
National Association of Day Nurseries
Clark
Church Social at Oak Hill Philatheas Meet Tomorrow Night
The Philathea Class of Oak Hill Friends Church will gather tomorrow night at 7 30 at their Burton Street Extension home hosted by Misses Naomi Pearl Alberta and Jessie Kennedy. The Faithful Workers Class of Green Street Baptist meets tonight with Mrs John Conrad on Winston Salem road at 7 20 with Mesdames Raymond Campbell and Paul Charping assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Philatheas
Piathful
Green Street Baptist Church
John Conrad
Winston-Salem Road
Conrad
Mesdames
Raymond Campbell
Paul Charping
People Miss Virginia Bennett Undergoes Procedures
Virginia Bennett, patient at the Charlotte Sanatorium in Charlotte, underwent foot and tonsil operations on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Bennett
Charlotte Sanatorium
Charlotte
Birthday Party for Evie McGhee in Jamestown Home
Miss Evie McGhee celebrated her birthday with a Saturday evening gathering at a Jamestown home hosted by Noaillie Tesh and Tracie McGhee. Friends enjoyed games and contests followed by refreshments. attendees included Evie and Lucille McGhee Adeline Davis Margaret Rhodes Pauline Edwards Julia Mae Ward Margaret and Norlie Phillips Ira Mae Cook Clyde Swaim Robert Moore Julian McGhee Boyce Wallace Paul Allen Ed Reynolds and Ralph Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noaillie Tesh
Tracie McGhee
Jamestown
Evie McGhee
Evie
Lucille McGhee
Adeline Davis
Margaret Rhodes
Pauline Edwards
Julia Mae Ward
Margaret
Norlie Phillips
Ira Mae Cook
Messrs
Clyde Swaim
Robert Moore
Julian McGhee
Boyce Wallace
Paul Allen
Ed Reynolds
Ralph Carter
Pre School Clinic At Johnson Street School
A pre-school clinic at Johnson Street School will run tomorrow morning from 9 to 12 with Dr. R A Herring from the city health department leading the physical exams. The annual event helps new entrants become familiar with school and receive a thorough check-up. parents with children turning six by October 1 are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Street
R. A. Herring
City Health Department
High School P.T. A. Meeting Set Tuesday Evening
The High School Parent-Teacher Association will meet Tuesday at 7 30 in the Senior High School building. Mrs P H Dalton the president says the newly organized group will hear business of importance and receive announcements for parents and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
P. H. Dalton
Get-Together Club Luncheon Moves To 1 P.M.
The Get-Together Club will be entertained by Mrs. C. M. Thomas at 245 Boulevard tomorrow. The luncheon starts at 1 PM to allow members to attend the Junior High School May Day Festival at City Lake in the late afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Thomas
245 Boulevard
City Lake
Delphey Seeks Parole After Six Months In Jail
Charles D. Delphey Jr asks parole after six months of a one to three year sentence for false pretenses saying he worked 16 hours daily and that he has completed a year's work in half a year. County court will hear the petition later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Charles D. Delphey, Jr
Delphey
Kettle Falls Rout Northport 40 to 4 in Junior Contest
Northport High School battled Kettle Falls but trailed 40 to 4 as the coach emptied the bench. The game ended after seven innings when Northport failed to finish against the last pitcher who was a girl and tiring. In Colorado, George E. Rieder returned from Baltimore for a 32 hour post office assignment to complete probation for a Baltimore job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kettle Falls
Wash
Northport High School
Northport
Colorado Springs
Colo
George E. Rieder
Baltimore
Glass relics flown from Jamestown to New York Fair
Officials of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities will apply a special cachet to covers on May 13 to mark a flight of ancient glass relics from Jamestown to the New York World’s Fair. Pilot Jacqueline Cochran will fly the relics dating to the Jamestown glass works era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Association For the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Glass Center
Jacqueline Cochran
John Smith
Episcopal Convention Opens in Charlotte at St Peter’s
The 124th annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of North Carolina opens at St Peter’s Episcopal Church in Charlotte. The first morning includes communion registration and a business session. Bishop Edwin A Penick of Raleigh will preach at an inspirational evening meeting as the convention adjourns Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Edwin A. Penick
Raleigh
Fayetteville Man Held on Murder Charge
Wilbur Lockany, 22, is held in the county jail hospital ward on a murder charge after Grisson Joyce Bain, 22, was shot and killed near Fayetteville yesterday. Sheriff N H McGready said Lockany claimed Bain pursued his sister and, during a quarrel, Bain left to his car to fetch a gun, then Lockany rose from bed and shot him with a shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Wilbur Lockany
Grisson Joyce Bain
N. H. McGready
Lockany
Bain
Peace Council Degree Team Meeting Tomorrow
The degree team of Peace Council No. 9 Daughters of America will meet tomorrow evening at 7 30 with Mrs Charles Young in Jamestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Council No. 9
Daughters of America
Charles Young
Jamestown
State BPW Club Convention Set At Blowing Rock
North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs holds its twenty first annual convention at Blowing Rock June 14 16 with Mayview Manor as headquarters. Mrs Dess M Gurganus presides with sessions starting June 14 at 10 a m and executive board at 4 p m June 13 followed by directors meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Blowing Rock
Mayview Manor
Dess M. Gurganus
Raleigh
State Federation
Gurganus
Ruby Day Barfield
Durham
Genevieve Rutherford
Ashe
Stella J. Price
Hickory
Oriana B. James
High Point
D A R Plans Memorial Grove Dedication at Pisgah Forest
The North Carolina D A R with the U S Forestry Service will dedicate about 15 acres of pine seedlings as a memorial forest in Pisgah National Forest on May 15 with noon public exercises in Waynesville. Mrs Henry M Robert Jr of Annapolis Md will be principal speaker. A dinner for the visitors is planned in Asheville May 14 hosted by local chapters. Kenneth Harold Capps born May 6 to Mr and Mrs James Capps at 202 Burton Street. Lucille Myers, former Waynesville resident, is Mrs Capps. In 1939 about 143,909 new American passenger cars valued at 89,172,300 were exported. the average American car contains about 15,000 parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesville
Pisgah National Forest
North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution
U. S. Forestry Service
Henry M. Robert, Jr
Annapolis
Edward Buncombe
Ruth Davidson
Dorcas Bell Love
James Capps
Kenneth Harold
Burton Street
Capps
Lucille Myers
Newton
Mocksville
Black Mountain
Kings Mountain
Confederate Woman's Home
Fayetteville
E. R. McKethan
Council of State
Garland Daniel
Greensboro
North Carolina Confederate Memorial Forest
Memorial Day Observances By North Carolina UDC Chapters
North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy schedules Memorial Day events on May 10 with grave decorations for Confederate dead and wreaths for Spanish American and World War veterans. The main address in Hickory by Mrs. L. H. Fisher precedes related duties and district meetings across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
North Carolina
United Daughters of the Confederacy
South
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Jefferson Davis
Louisiana
Tennessee
Sidney Lanier
Macon
L. H. Fisher
Asheville
Abel A. Shuford
Nannie Dodson
Winston-Salem
State Recorder
Mount Airy
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Eline Hoover
Glenn Smith
Germany
Fes
Moffitt's
Sheraton
Industrial Committee of the
Thornton Glover
Adams Memorial Building
Social Arte Club
South Main Street
Tea and
R. M. Andrews
Guilford Avenue
Adams
Priscilla Club
J. F. Hayden
East Washington Street
Laura Wesson
Oakwood Cemetery
O. A. Kirkman
American Legion Auxiliary
Trinity Woman
Trinity High School
Mary Lou McRae
Swiggets Lake
Friendly Bible
Trinity Methodist Church
Robert Royals
Mary Elizabeth Harrison
Carrie Crawford
Duke University
W. E. Lowe
Eton College
Pearle Harris
Clarence Meredith
Jesse Westfall
Indianapolis
Ind
C. C. Walker
W. T. White
Ray Caudie
Breen
P.T. A
Episcopal
Peace Council
BPW
Memorial Grove
Pisgah Forest
American Institute of Laundering
D. C
Earl C. Rice
Bprnara Mackadden
Washington Street
New Spring
Thompson Shoe Store
United Market
North Main
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