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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1952
Page
8
Pictured at High Point College May Day Festival are Queen Bil lie Stroud and her court. Maids of honor Dot Stone and Sue Alfred stand beside florals, with Vickie Ellen Morgan, Barbara Jean Setzer, and Roddy Setzer in front. The May Court departs after the ceremony.
A large crowd gathered at the Jack and Jill School for a May Day Festival themed Children of Far Away Lands. Susannah Bell led as May Queen in authentic costumes with attendants and country dances representing Germany Japan England Italy Holland Norway France and the United States ending with the traditional Apple Dance.
Woman host entertained a suburban club with bridge at two tables. Mrs Trelarix earned high honors while Mrs H F Jr won the low score prize, a white bead necklace. A pair of rhinestone earrings went to the high scorer and visitors sent for the party, with Fred Ferguson of Thomasville noted among guests.
A fragmented report notes that Japanese women are aging and that more of them are employed in nonagricultural sectors. It cites shifts in labor patterns and the growing presence of women in urban workplaces.
The National Baby Week survey from the American Toy Institute says nearly 4 million babies were born in 1951 and similar birth figures are expected in 1952. Toy makers race to meet demand with safer more varied playthings as science adds new plastics to the nursery.
Ruth Millett argues wives often shift from praising their husbands to focusing on faults after marriage. She reflects on how pre marriage chatter centers on what she likes about him and warns that a critical turn harms the relationship. She urges long married women to assess their attitudes and preserve appreciation.
Jack Hough, 24, was fined 50 dollars after firing a stream from a water pistol at Patrolman Edwin during traffic control at an intersection in Mineola New York. A 24 block pursuit ended with the arrest. The report notes tobacco cultivation extends to Quebec and Stockholm.
Miss Andromache G Taongas of FAO reports Greece's school milk program feeding five to six hundred thousand children daily. Dried milk is delivered by jeep and donkey to mountain villages under guerrilla fire, then mixed at schools for breakfast. The program aims to improve health and attendance.
Charleston West Virginia area rep L Monde Rivers said the Ordnance Depot would gain a new lease as Army officials planned transfer to the Army Seas af stor epot and possible expanded use if full mobilization occurs. The Transition Corps would run its basin and repair facilities while most depots await mobilization. Officials declined to discuss specific plans, calling them highly classified.
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