Calendar of club meetings and memorial services in High Point
Monday events include memorial service at Oakwood Memorial Park by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and numerous garden club and study club meetings at YWCA, Em Club, and residences. Officers and hostesses named. speakers listed. decor and participation requested. Friday notes Priscilla Club gathering hosted by Mrs Idol on North Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Oakwood Memorial Park
Y.W.C.A
C. E. Sheloff
Emerywood Country Club
Priscilla Club
W. W. Idol
North Street
Phillip Farlow's Sixth Birthday Party At Home
Phillip Farlow celebrated his sixth birthday with a party at his home on East Green Street. Friends gathered for games and contests while the host received many gifts and guests enjoyed ice cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Farlow
Phillips Farlow
J. Battle Farlow
East Green Street
Nancy Holloway
Jay Ward
Nancy Monroe
Brenda Kay Rich
Freddie Dickens
Johnnie Whaley
Rhonda Gail Dusenbury
Larry Wayne Dickens
Joyes Hall
Elane Broadway
Charlie F. Underwood
Ann Dickens
Local social notes from Washington and nearby towns
Miss Doris Holmes of Washington DC spent the weekend with her parents on Montheu Avenue. Miss Wanda Smith of Baltimore MD also visited her parents near Deep River. Mrs Aubrey W Dunbar and daughter Josephine returned to Dunn after visiting Mrs highsmiths, and attended the Fayetteville marriage of Charles Highsmith Jr to Virginia Adams Saturday. Mr Dunbar went to Fayetteville to attend the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Holmes
Washington, D. C
Wanda Smith
Baltimore
Maryland
Mrs
Frank Smith
Deep River
Aubrey W. Dunbar
Josephine
Dunbar
Charles Highsmith
Fayetteville
Charles Highsmith, Jr
Virginia Adams
Dunharlso
Mrs Ellison and Mrs Mowery Host Dessert Bridge Event
Mrs. Ellison and Mrs. Mowery honored Mrs. Irdell Hutton at a dessert bridge Saturday. Ann Chappell won top bridge score, Frances Chappell was second, Betsy York received the traveling prize, with Betsy York, Geneva Crowder, Wanda Harvey, Ronda Sebastian among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellison
Mowery
Hutton
Bridge
Arthur Ellison
W. T. Mowery
Irdell Hutton
Caroline York
Ann Chappell
Frances Chappell
Betsy York
Geneva Crowder
Wanda Harvey
Ronda Sebastian
Barbara Mathews
Dorothy Miller
Mesdames Steve Allison
George Elkins
Harry D. Crawford
Party Honors Miss Parrish Bride Elect
Mrs. George Osborne and Miss Mildred Parrish entertained Saturday evening for sister Miss Elizabeth Parrish whose marriage to Pfc. Frank Grant will be solemnized tonight. Names and contests were enjoyed and a shower of gifts given. Hostess gift to the honoree was silver. Refreshments served to guests including Mesdames Raymond White R F Honeycutt J W Meredith L E Parrish Lula Walker Talmadge McKenzie W W Grant Royal Grant Forrest Smith Charles Osborne Delano Parrish John Payne Vernon Peace Robert Royals Hugh Phillips and many Parrish sisters and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Osborne
Mildred Parrish
Elizabeth Parrish
Pfc
Frank Grant
Mesdames
Raymond White
R. F. Honeycutt
J. W. Meredith
L. E. Parrish
Lula Walker
Talmadge McKenzie
W. W. Grant
Royal Grant
Forrest Smith
Charles Osborne
Delano Parrish
John Payne
Vernon Peace
Robert Royals
Hugh Phillips
Ellen Nenend
Lucille Redding
Pearl Harris
Minnie Leach
Hazel Fulp
Edna Honeycutt
Betty Leach
Helen Spencer
Polly Payne
Dorothy
Betty
Carol Jean Parrish
Miss Dot Lewis To Perform At D A R Meeting
The Alexander Martin Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will feature little Miss Dot Lewis in a piano and accordion program at its May meeting. The event is set for Tuesday May 11 at 3 30 PM in Adams Memorial Building at the YWCA. Reports on the National DAR Conference in Winston-Salem will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Garden Club
T. A. Tilden
Montheu Avenue
Roy Owens
Washington
Dd. C
South America
High Point Garden Club
Rior
Y.W.C.A
Astesses
Mesdames
W. G. Ragsdale
W. C. Jones
Alexander Martin
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Dod Lewis
Adams Memorial
The
Young Women's Christian Association
Conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Winston-Salem
Masters Tourney Invites Bridge Elite
The world championship Masters event invites 36 top players chosen by the Masters Committee. Each player plays four hands with every other player as partner and eight hands against each, to determine the winner. Alvin L. Roth of New York, recently a Life Master, won this year.
Roth South Pass M. T. Double l Opening lead
Bridge column fragment notes an opening lead by Roth on the South Pass in a Double l contract. The brief reads as a partial card-room commentary with unclear suit and result details.
Roth and the Two Hearts Bid Defies Weak Hand Fate
In a last round tournament win Roth held East and chose to bid two hearts despite a weak hand. South doubled two hearts after Roth’s bid, North passed, and the result yielded only three tricks. If Roth had doubled, he would have earned a top score and eight board points, altering the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roth
South
North
Need to recruit girls into nursing across New York City
The piece argues high school girls should tour hospitals to see nursing work, urging 3,000 NYC students be recruited. It stresses nursing is hard but worthwhile, that real need exists in military and civilian life, and that communities should show girls how they can help and enter training. It advocates widespread similar outreach nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Government sets half butter and seventy percent cheese quotas
Washington reports new wartime food controls as the government plans to take 50 percent of the country’s butter supply and 70 percent of April through June cheese. Rationing hides impacts for households, with production months showing rising milk output. Analysts urge stocking sauerkraut carrots beans while meat allotments stay at two pounds weekly. Odds and ends note tire and cinnamon catering to home canning and spice demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Agriculture Department
Florida
Pattern 4422 by Anne Adams for busy women
Anne Adams Pattern 4422 presents a clean cut stage suitable for career and home life with a yoke detail and optional pockets. Offered in nuises and women sizes 12 through 36, with 3% yardage for size 16. Spring Pattern Book available for ten cents more. Send orders to The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department 243 West With St New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
High Point Enterprise
West
St. New York N. Y
Grace McDonald defies Hollywood publicity stunt label
Grace McDonald rose from stunt girl roles to leading parts in Universal pictures including Flesh and Fantasy with Charles Boyer and the Abbott Costello comedy It Ain't Hay. In a year she became a national face through publicity stunts from parlor to rag salvage, even modeling ersatz stockings for war relief campaigns and government selling points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace McDonald
Hollywood
Grace
Desert
Universal Studio
Gracie
America
Charles Boyer
Church Social and Church Activities Highlight Mother's Day
Local gatherings feature a Christian Endeavor Mother's Day service led by Mrs. Colan Craven with songs by Moyelle and Victoria Cecil and participants including Ruby Marion, Gwendolyn Moore, Lois Byerly, Loretta Moore, and Harley Cecil. West End Baptist hosts Lottie Moon Circle meeting at 7:30 with Mrs. R. T Preslar. Wesley Memorial Church Intermediate Department hosts a Parents Night supper and candle lighting worship, followed by a Latin American film Our Neighbors Down the Road with proceeds aiding church remodeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Christian Endeavor
Colan Craven
Moyelle
Victoria Cecil
Harley Cecil
Ruby Marion
Gwendolyn Moore
Lois Byerly
Loretta Moore
Lottie Moon
W. End
West End
Wesley Memorial Church
Church Recreation Hall
Jimmy Teerdace
Buddy Deal
Ralph Ti
Jerry Farr
J. A. Johnson
Church School
C. A. McMurray
Jesse Johnson
Millicent Marsh
Frances Griffith
Patience
Betty Sue Short
Carolina Rozzelle
Donree Greenwood
Betty Ann Johnson
Latin America
South America
Rio de Janeiro
Ralph Tilten
Jerry Hancock
Owen Reese
Ari Wood
Lorene Osborne
Tomy Kearns
Lawrence Matton
David Lindsay
Adam and Fallen Man Lesson Sermon Across Churches
Sunday May 9 Christian Science churches and societies held a Lesson-Sermon on Adam and Fallen Man. The Golden Text cited I Corinthians 15:22. The Bible citations included Ephesians 5:9-14 and the Science and Health passages affirming the perfection of man as God’s creation and the eternal harmony of divine law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
Gracie Allen Shines in Universal Studio Portraits
Gracie Allen impresses producers at Universal with acting talent and still photography work. She models without garters, unveils McDonald limbs to a modest altitude, hosts at the Hollywood Canteen, tours army camps, and shoots fashion pictures. She jokes that being the Tomato Girl and Rag Salvage Girl beats being the Forgotten Girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracie
Universal
Hollywood Canteen
Benes Plans Semi Official U S Visit
London May 6 Eduard Benes says his trip to the United States will be semi official. He intends to see friends and hear American views on world questions and will meet President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull. He says the visit is not tied to the Russo Polish split and aims to discuss ending Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eduard Benes
United States
Benes
Roosevelt
Ctary
Hull
Hitler
Bence
Chicago
England
Munich
Giraud Invites De Gaulle to Unity Talks in Africa
The Algiers radio reported Gen. Henri Giraud invited Gen. Charles De Gaulle to meet in Marrakesh or Biskra to discuss unification of French forces fighting the Axis. De Gaulle had pushed for a meeting in Algiers, with Marrakesh in Morocco and Biskra in Algeria as proposed sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Algiers
Associated Press
Henri Giraud
Charles DeGaulle
Marrakish
Biskra
Giraud
DeGaulle
Marrakesh
Morocco
Casablanca
Algeria
U.S. Bombers Hit Messina Harbor in Sicily Mission
U S Army Air Forces heavy bombers attacked Messina harbor Sicily hitting the ferry slip a locomotive round house and other targets. Other planes damaged three small ships in an island harbor and attacked three at sea one possibly sunk. A vessel set afire and a sailing ship was sunk. All planes returned safely.
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Cairo
United States Army Air Forces
Messina
Sicily
Middle East
Aegean Sea
Work Resumed In Soft Coal Fields Today
Production returned to normal in the soft coal region after miners in two states ended a stoppage over $1-a-day fines for unauthorized absences. About 500 workers at the Shan nopin mines in Bobtown Pa. went back to work, while 1 4000 workers near California Pa. ended their strike. Ohio mines with 1 200 workers also resumed operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jones &Laughlin Steel Corporation
Bobtown
California
Ohio
Plans for Christian Endeavor convention in June
Local items note plans for the Christian Endeavor convention to meet here in June. Other notes report a stray kitten conquering a copperhead, a civil court holiday, commencement at High Point night schools, and a piano recital at the local college. Additional brief items mention a marriage in Blowing Rock, and various national and regional events and comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Convention
Charlie Brown
Thomasville
Brown
High Point
Textile Report Blames War Labor Board for Lax Planning
A Textile Workers Union report charges the War Labor Board failed to plan for maximum textile production. It says industry resistance and government officials on low pay hinder thorough planning, noting irregular schedules boost turnover and absenteeism. Emile Reive will preside at the convention with hundreds of delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Textile Workers Union of America
War Labor Board
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Delea
New England
South
Emile Rieve
Thomasville Man Arrested On Desertion Charges
John DeBose, a Thomasville garage worker, was arrested by Davidson County Deputies on desertion from the U S Army. He is held in the local jail for transfer to military authorities. Separate arrest found Charles J Sechrist of Center Street charged as AWOL from Charleston Army Air Base since May 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Thomasville
John DeBose
Davidson County
Bob Kennedy
Jesse Green
U. S. Army
DeBose
Army
Charles J. Sechrist
Center Street
Thomasville Home Destroyed By Fire on Lake Street
A one story frame house on Lake Street in Thomasville and all furniture were burned around midnight Saturday. Occupied by James Davis and owned by H. B. Brewer, no one was home. Firemen arrived too late. damage estimated at about $1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Thomasville
Lake Street
James Davis
H. B. Brewer
Axis Forced To Cease Resistance In Tunisian Sector
Italian high command reports German and Italian troops southeast of Bizerte were forced to cease resistance as Allied forces closed in from north, west, and Tunis from the south. The Italian communique says Axis troops fought on until ammunition ran low, while the southern line held amid heavy artillery and air attacks on Palermo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuni Ian
Bizerte
United Stat
Nort
Tunis
Rome
Associated Press
Palermo
Sicilan
America
Final Rites Held For Mrs. L. Atkinson
Funeral service for Mrs. Lou Atkinson a well known resident of 509 Hill Street was held at Southside Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. The service was conducted by Thomas B. Fiwe pastor of the church with pallbearers Burton Smith Brewer Hill Knigh and Hennings. The choir quartet and Leaton Rue John C Rev C C Roberts and Miss Jol Bean sang with Clarice Baily at the piano. Interment followed in the Fair Grove Methodist Church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Lou Atkinson
Hill Street
Frida
Southside Baptist Church
Sunda
Thomas B. Fi We
Burton
William Smith
Cly Brewer
J. B. Hill
L. M. Knighen
Howard Hennings
Chu
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Madeline Hoover
Wayside
Henry Koonts
Ardmore Circle
H. W. Hayes
Twentieth Century Study Club
Lamar McCallum
Parkway
J. W. Chandler
Arbordale Drive
J. M. Millikan
W. A. Bivins
High Point Woman's Club
Tom A Sykes
High Point Graduate Nurses Club
Adams Memorial Y.W.C.A
Uth Hay
University of North Carolina
Mary Dunn
Miss Parrish
McKenney
By William EB. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
South Pass
S. Vul. North
Ruth Millet
Ruth Millett
Betty MacDonald
By Anne Dans
Erskine Johnson
J Film Apprentice
War Production Board
Christian Endeavor Mother's Day Meeting
Spring Hill
Omicron Delta Kappa
Duke University
Trinity College
College of Engineering
Harvey Bullock
Binghamton
N. Y
Stephen Clark
Robert Keller
Lavelle
Barney Brogan
Atlanta, Ga
Lyk Allen
Kirkwood
John Stovall
Ben Carlisle
Sandusky
Moffat Storer
Wheeling
W. Va
Howard Hardesty
Fairmont
Henry Nicholson
Statesville
U.S
H. A. Millis
Wilmington
North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames of America
Blowing Rock
Doris Poole
Wilbur Jones
Brdie
Alma Andrews
Roberts Hall
Paraguay
Bolivia
U.S. Senate
Germany
Berlin
Belzoni
Mississippi Delta
Loca
I. T. Mann
O. V Kester
Durham
Green Street
Horace Hawe
Asher
Tom McPheeters
Lotters
Parker
Lizzie Booe
Wiston-Salem
FE. Millis
Esther McNeill Thomasville
Eva Bull
Stat
W. N. Everett
Raleigh
Carolina Yadkin Railroad
High Poin Thomasville
Denton
Corsicana
Angus W. McLean
Robert E. Lee
New Bern
Textile Report
WLB
L. Atkinson
Vic
Rumford
Rhode Island
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