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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1944
Page
14
The Thom asville Woman's Club held its annual luncheon at the Elliott Drive clubhouse to close the year. Mrs. Fred Gray was elected 2nd vice president and D Finch pledged 1000 dollars if 3000 could be raised to finish paying the club debt.
Fourth and fifth graders in Miss Inez Pitt's room presented a North Carolina program at the Junior Red Cross meeting at Brentwood School. They shared facts on the state flag seal flower bird industries products minerals mountains rivers cities, then sang Carolina and The Star Spangled Banner. Officers for the coming year were elected Hes sie Faye Meadows president Roy Garrard vice president Louise Wilkerson secretary Gladys Hall pm chairman Margaret Brunson. Girl Patrols will be installed by Miss Margaret Chat. Barbara Jean Sieele presided.
The High Point sub-district of the Methodist Young Adult Fellowship meets Tuesday at 8 in Ward Street Methodist Church for a quarterly business and fellowship gathering. W. T. Powell of Wesley Memorial will speak and lead devotional, with Horace Stephens presiding over the business hour. Plans for summer assemblies at Junaluska will be announced. Ward Street will host the social hour after the program.
The Philomathean Book Club will roll bandages for the Red Cross at the Y.W.C.A. Friday at 3 30 PM, replacing the usual social meeting in a charity effort.
Miss Anna Gracen wed Corporal Grady H. Wright on April 28 at Asheboro Friends Church in a small ceremony. Wright, stationed at Gowen Field Boise Idaho, will return to his unit after a short wedding trip. The couple will reside with the bride’s parents until his return.
Miss Arlene Bottoms of this city wed Henry Nelson Smith of Winston-Salem in York South Carolina on April 22 in a ceremony conducted by Judge Lee Nunn. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Bottoms of High Point route one and employed by the War Department. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs David Smith of Winston-Salem route four, in farming and dairying with his father. They will reside in Winston-Salem route four.
Miss Flowers of New Bern, senior class member, was crowned Queen of May at High Point College. She has held roles in Student Government and Woman's Athletic Association and participates in bands and clubs. May Day featured Miss Chapman as director, Edith Bailey and Marguerite Koontz at piano, and a Harrison Gymnasium dance with Jimmie Harris orchestra.
The Wild Flower Garden club opens the garden of Mrs. J. W. Montgomery and Mrs. Dale Montgomery at 1809 North Main Street to the public this afternoon from two to six o clock. The garden features native wild plants in bloom and is praised as a good example of native flowers.
The Double M club of the YWCA will meet Tuesday at 3 15 in the YWCA with Rev. O L Easter as guest speaker. Hostesses will be Mesdames J A Kidd and C R Lloyd. James Walton won visitors prize. A salad course was served. Juanita Kidd celebrated her fourth birthday at the home of her parents Harmon and Mrs Kidd in Ramseur route one.
High Point clubs and organizations outline a busy day with meetings at homes and YWCA across gardens, bird programs, luncheons, and speeches. Notables include Mrs Hazel Hardin hosting, Mrs C E Rozzelle arranging Wayside Garden, and Vera Idol speaking at 400 Washington street with alumnae gathering.
Josephine Culbertson analyzes a bridge deal where South uses safety plays to secure a home after West opens hearts. The narration contrasts common errors like seeking a 2-2 trump break and shows how entering dummy with diamonds and discarding clubs prevents East from taking the lead.
Miss Ella Lou Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs H M Taylor of 328 Woodrow avenue will present her graduating recital at Salem College Winston-Salem in Memorial Hall starting 8 30 P M Wednesday May 10 She has studied under Clif ford Bair and has sung as contralto soloist at St Pauls Episcopal Church and in Mozart and other festivals in Asheville and Winston Salem Her program includes Italian art songs a Mozart aria Schubert Brahms and Rachmaninoff with accompanist Elizabeth Johnston Open to the public invited to attend.
Canterbury club met at Mrs. Louis F. Voorhees home on Forest Hill Drive to elect a new slate. Mrs. R. V. Hayworth becomes president with Mrs. Everett Marsh as vice president and Mrs. W. F. Ellis as secretary treasurer. Next year’s program will be “Peoples and Places of the Mediterranean” as discussed by the program committee chaired by Mrs. W. D. Sales Jr. The group then gathered for refreshments with members including Mrs. Ellis, Charles W. Perry, J. W. Lindsay, Everett Marsh, R. V. Hayworth, P. W. Grandjean, Owen Reese, Craven Page and Carson Burns.
Mrs. Tom Gold Jr of 500 Hill Crest Drive is recuperating satisfactorily at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem after an operation last Friday. Miss Virginia Mathews remains convalescent at home in Jamestown following injuries from a recent automobile crash. Mrs. Clyde Grant of Phillips Street is recuperating satisfactorily at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial Hospital after an operation Friday. Mrs. I S Durham and her son have returned home at 114 Virginia Avenue after leaving Boulevard unit High Point Memorial Hospital.
Alumnae from Greensboro and Davenport colleges will meet at 400 East Washington Street, hosted by Mrs. J. F. Hayden, Thursday at 4 15 p m An informal tea will follow a program led by Miss F Vera Idol head of English at High Point College and Greensboro College alumna The gathering aims to include many local alumnae of the two schools
Mrs. D. R. Parker highlights the YWCA industrial department aiding working women amid wartime labor shifts. Club girls enjoy rest, music, games, and discussions while contributing to drives like War Bond and Red Cross, with regional exchanges for growth and community service.
Emerywood Duplicate club result lists top scorers for North-South and East-West directions. North-South leaders were Mesdames W. P. Hazelwood and C. C. Durland with runners-up Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Welborn. East-West top pair Mesdames Llnyd Flythe and Logan Porter Jr. Also noted are Mesdames J. T. Ryan FE. T. Howard and others: J. W. Thompson Harold Me Frank Wood C. T. Ingram Haze Hardin A. S. Caldwell Laurance Ingram Robert Hubbard and Hal Davis.
The Altrusa club May business meeting will be held in the Sheraton Hotel private dining room Tuesday evening after the 6 30 dinner. Election of new officers from the announced slate will be voted on. The ways and means committee will outline plans for a square dance set for Saturday at the vacant building at North Main and Richardson streets.
Miss Arlene Shackelford, daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Shackelford of High Point NC, was elected vice president of her rising senior class at Asbury College in Wilmore Kentucky. The honor caps a career of multiple honors for Miss Premmeltoré.
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