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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
6
The issue lists a full schedule of meetings and events for Tuesday in High Point. Activities include D A R and YWCA gatherings at the YWCA, Altrusa dinner at the Sheraton, Eastern Star at Masonic Hall, several garden and study clubs, and a Women’s Club program with Tom A Sykes speaking on women in war service.
A series of Theta Phi Sorority events at High Point College begins tonight with a buffet supper hosted by Mrs. Anna Lee Mowery at 718 North Main Street for sorority members. This weekend includes an outdoor supper hosted by Mrs. F. M. Autry at 1112 Cedron Avenue and a informal gathering at Miss Dorothy Presnell’s Asheboro home with a supper. Next week’s activity is a seniors’ dinner at Asia Restaurant. Sorority seniors include Dorothy Presnell Nina Whitaker Zelma Parnell Jule Warren and Mrs. Anna Lee Mowery. other members listed include Dorothy Lee Usher Sue Woodruff Betty Brady Lena Sale Betty Deaneux Mary Anne Coe Garnet Hinshaw Miriam McCall.
The Altrusa Club will hold its May business session this evening in the Sheraton Room of the Sheraton Hotel after the regular dinner meeting at 6:30. Mrs. Mabel Burnett, club president, will preside.
Mrs Wadsley and Miss Buchanan hosted a joint celebration for Mrs Lester Williams on Fourth Street. Guests included family and friends, with prizes awarded for bridge and rummy and a shower presenting dinner plates in the bride’s pattern.
The High Point Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy held its annual memorial service at Oakwood Memorial Park. Mrs W A Bivins presided and read The Blue and the Gray as George Robichaux played colors and Taps. Miss Corallie Thoma sang Ave Maria and the group decorated the graves with flags and flowers afterward.
Mrs Alvin R Hammer announces the marriage of her daughter Mary Alvin to Staff Sergeant Ronald H Lefebvre on Monday May 1 1943 at Saint Edwards Rectory here. The ceremony was simple and attended by relatives and close friends. Mrs Lefebvre is the youngest daughter of Mrs A R Hammer and the late Mr Hammer and was raised in this city. She works for Sears Roebuck. Sgt Lefebvre is attached to the U S Army Air Corps at Sedgfield. The couple will honeymoon in Hartford Conn with the groom’s parents and reside at 609 English Street after June first.
Sunday luncheon guests included Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Porter and two Hillsville VA daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Kyle McMillan and two Ga lax VA daughters, Mrs. W. A. Neaves of Elkin, Mrs. Frank Folger Jr. of Dobson, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Leach Jr. of Winston-Salem, and Mr. and Mrs. F. L. McMillan of High Point. Virginia Caldwell, daughter of Mrs. G. C. Caldwell, is recovering from an emergency appendectomy at Providence Hospital Washington DC.
The Home Economics program at High Point College concludes a six week course in home management held in the practice cottage on College Drive. Six seniors and two juniors lived at the cottage with Ada Johnson as instructor and conducted five formal dinners and one high tea for numerous guests including Lt. and Mrs. Whitelock and other faculty and guests.
Mrs Archie M Newton and Miss Mary Ruth Woollen will share honors at a dessert bridge hosted by Mesdames Noble T Praigg and A M Utley at Emerywood Country Club. Five bridge tables invited. Miss Hallenbeck to wed Peter David Morrow of High Point on May 22 at Wesley Memorial Church. Mrs Newton will be maid of honor.
Arnold J. Koonce spoke on Jesus The Light Of The World at the Wesleyan Service Guild meeting held last evening at Mrs R B Moore's home. Mrs Worth Ivey gave a devotional and the program closed with accordion music by Dot and Jack Lewis and refreshments.
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The ad promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4305 in misses sizes 12 to 20. It features side buttoning, large pockets, a visor cap, and offers optional overalls or play suit. Fabric estimate 3 1/4 yards at size 16 with cap. Send 16 cents plus address details to The High Point Enterprise Pattern Department.
The Junior Service League hosts an art exhibit May 7 and 13 at the senior high school gym. George Lurey loans famous French and France-trained works by Sisley Renoir Van Gogh Monet Monnier Boudin Toulouse-Lautrec Vallard Picasso Bonnard and others. Morning admission is free for children. afternoon 2:30 starts cost 10 cents, adults 25 cents. Proceeds support League projects. committee chaired by Mrs. G Curtis Smithdeal includes Mesdames Brockman Kirkman Sumner Clinard Wall Kearns Ragsdale and Miss Bowne.
Ruth Millett notes a contrast between self absorbed civilians and servicemen who endure shared hardships. She cites a story of two women and a Navy pre flight group to illustrate lack of understanding, urging families at home to empathize with others' sacrifices as well as their own.
The Pentagon Club will meet at the YWCA this evening at 7 30 to work on surgical dressings. The group has abandoned social gatherings to focus on essential war work and will continue these efforts instead of regular meetings.
Cloth window shades darken rooms to improve daytime rest for American night workers. Dark rooms help sleep come quicker, boosting daytime productivity for workers and supporting pediatric rest for children as summer days lengthen.
The Stephens Bible Class will gather tomorrow afternoon at 1003 Lindsay Street with Mrs C H Kreienbaum leading the discussion. The Mount Vernon Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service holds its May meeting at Trinity Route Two church at 2 PM. Peru seeks funds for housing highway and irrigation projects.
Betty MacDonald reports on government driven standardization across consumer goods from baby scales to raincoats and sheets. WPB plans to simplify mop designs and limit colored mops while asbestos mats remain plentiful for safety use.
A special service at First Presbyterian Church in Thomasville honored church members serving in the Armed Forces. The ceremony listed A. R. Barker, J. A. Brown, J. E. Brown, G. B. Crews, Rev. Clyde H. DuBose, C. M. Good, Carl Howard, Jay Howard, J. A. Hope, T. F. Harrison, F. A. Lambeth, Moyer Mendenhall, Dr. R. L. McDonald, P. E. Moore, C. H. Newby Jr., R. W. Reid, and Robert Steed.
London memory service honors Lieut Gen Frank M Andrews and 13 others killed May 5 in Iceland. Attendees include Gen Jacob Devers Admiral Harold Stark and Ambassador Joseph Winant with British leaders among the crowd at Wellington Barracks Royal Chapel. Chaplain Joseph D Andrews led part of the services.
A bill to strip the War Production Board of civilian supply authority faced GOP opposition after being advanced by the Senate. Rep Wolcott says it risks creating another agency and may clash with military needs and civilian requirements for rationing and material needs. The proposal would replace the WPB civilian office led by Donald M Nelson with an administrator appointed by the president.
Lieut. Gen. Ashinari Uchida of Tokyo admits Japanese air force lags in tech but asserts Japan outmatches Americans in spiritual strength. He urges intensified war production and an air attack on the American mainland as the Pacific war nears a decisive phase.
Dr. R. L. Carlton, health officer of Winston-Salem, was elected president of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association at its Raleigh annual meeting. Other officers include Dr. David T. Smith of Durham as vice president and Mrs. Marie B. Noell of Raleigh as secretary, with a slate of officers and directors from across the state.
In Wilson on May 11 tobacco manufacturers foresee wide use of women as white collar workers in Eastern North Carolina factories and warehouses as men are drawn to draft and war work. Powder rooms are already installed for women at some plants ahead of the season. Teachers in India must undergo a three month physical culture course.
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