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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1943
Page
7
Peace Council number nine of the Daughters of America will hold their regular weekly meeting Friday at eight o clock in their hall Members are urged to arrive promptly for special initiatory work and attendance by degree team members and officers is requested A social hour with light refreshments will follow.
W C Asbury offers decorative pillow baskets for cemeteries with fresh flowers potted plants cut flowers and corsages. Baskets are neatly made and available with delivery. Closed Sundays but Saturday work can be stored in a cool basement until Sunday pickup.
Ensign Ann Brewer navy nurse at the Norfolk base on furlough was honored at a bridge party hosted by Mrs. Coy Williard on Greensboro Road. Two tables played with Ensign Brewer top scorer and Mrs. John Mace runner up. gifts of handkerchiefs were presented to the honoree.
Mrs. Valette J. Harris spoke on Australia in war time before the Utopian Study Club on Club Drive. A new officer slate was elected: President Mrs. Ney Snow, Vice-President Mrs. Harry Alexander, Secretary Mrs. O. B. Bonner, Librarian Mrs. R. T. Holton, and Program Chairman Mrs. Irving Groome.
Pattern 4395 offers a simple stylish dress with smart yokes inset waistband and a full length back. The version shown features band sleeves square neck and is available in misses sizes 12 through 20 with size 16 needing 3% yards of 35 inch fabric.
Special to The Enterprise reports a busy start to the week in Denton. Families hosted include Mr. and Mrs. Claud Elliott with Mrs. Nannie Warner, Mrs. Clyde Loflin visiting Mrs. Frank Loflin, and the Morris family from Salisbury and Asheville attending a Lineberry Church memorial service and dinner with Mrs. James Smith. Odell Skeen from Charlotte dined with his parents, while the Skeens and Herbert joined shopping in Asheboro. Verlie Lax spent a weekend in Lexington, and the Lax household hosted Mr. and Mrs. Lester Spain and their young son from High Point. Tom Byrne and his two army sons spent time with their parents.
Brentwood School presents its annual May Day celebration Friday at 7 30 p m The upper grades perform I Am An American a pageant of American democracy with patriotic songs dances and scenery Primary grades stage Mother Goose Helps Uncle Sam in a wartime themed playlet The program is the school’s last whole school event of the year and the public is invited.
Mrs Sam DeLee Whitley wife of Ensign Whit ley joins him at Norfolk Virginia after leaving Candor where she served on the city schools faculty. The notice also notes farmers in Chile increasing purchases of farm machinery.
The piece notes bridge clubs and games as fundraisers for war relief and underprivileged children. It highlights the cancer fight in children and credits Mrs. Ralph H. Schellenberg of the Mayfair Bridge Club with steady work for Memorial Hospital’s children’s ward.
The article describes Mrs. Schellenberg in the lead, playing the dummy Ace to ruff clubs, and probing with the queen of trumps to induce a cover. After an attempted drop on the king, she forced West to reveal the king by a spade from dummy, then discarded to minimize losses and secure the critical fourth trick.
RALEIGH May 6 The maximum speed at which a driver may legally travel on North Carolina highways was reduced from a higher figure to 35 miles per hour statewide and applies to all public roads under state law.
Mrs. Silas Casey hosted a bridge and bing party for Mrs. Claude E. Reitzel formerly of High Point now in Washington N C. Eight tables competed with Mrs. Howard White winning bridge first and Mrs. J O Hauschild runner up. Consolation went to Mrs. W B Flaharty Jr. Bingo prize went to Mrs. Bruce Conrad. The event featured patriotic colors with flags and gift parcels tied in red white and blue and a dessert course followed after cards were put aside.
The governor using wartime powers issued a proclamation setting the speed limit at 35 miles per hour, effective at noon today. A stray scientific line notes a hummingbird’s neck forms more than half its vertebral column.
Mrs Homer H Leonard of 1317 Greenway Drive is reported much improved at Guilford General Hospital and now able to receive visitors. Dr and Mrs J J Hamlin who attended the Dental Association meeting in Raleigh have returned home.
A vintage advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a clear penetrating treatment for foot pain. The copy claims quick relief after initial application and short courses, promising solid comfort and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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