Oak Hill School Presents Colorful Pageant of American History
Oak Hill School staged a May Festival titled History of America on its lawn with pupils portraying stages of U S history. Crowning of America the King and Queen Douglas Bryant and Mozette Valentine followed by a may pole dance and scenes including a city visit by a country boy, Indians Puritans Pilgrims, Daniel Boone pioneers, Negro cotton pickers, rural square dancers and a diverse set of international folk dances ending with God Bless America.
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America
Oak Hill
Boo
Douglas Bryant
Mozette Valentine
Daniel Boone
Eight Tables In Play At Sedgefield Inn Duplicate Event
Eight tables played last evening at Sedgefield Inn for the weekly duplicate bridge tourney. Top North-South honors went to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Oliver of Greensboro, while East-West leaders were Mrs. Blanche Hughes and Garland Daniel of Greensboro. Remaining results list numerous Greensboro and High Point players with runners-up and third places noted, as the series continues with one more tournament May 19 and a first annual contract bridge event May 24 drawing players statewide.
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Sedgefield Inn
H. L. Oliver
Greensboro
Marshal B. Hall
Sedgefield
High Point
A. B. Nichols
Cleveland
Ohio
R. 5. Terry
Caesar Cone, II
George Brandt
Blanche Hughes
Garland Daniel
D. Newton Farnell
Mildred Mason
C.S. Beaver
N. H. Caughman
C. M. Waynick
Hal Davis
Mesdames
J. J. Lindsay
W. Guy Hopkins
Raymond Farber
Miriam Lindau
Frances Weise
Betty Hopkins
Garvin May
Henry Pact
W. H. Holderness
Buck Manley
Atlanta
Davis Philips
Bradford
H. H. Spalding
New York City
the Inn
A A A W Meeting At Mrs Quigley Home Saturday
The High Point branch of the American Association of University Women holds its regular final meeting of the year Saturday at 3 PM at Mrs R J Quigley’s Westwood home. Mrs R A Herring, local president, will preside with hostesses Mrs B W Kirkman and Mrs J D Ross. The meeting date has been changed from the usual schedule.
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High Point
American Association of University Women
R. J. Quigley
Westwood
R. A. Herring
B. W. Kirkman
J. D. Ross
O. V. Kester
Doris Pope
William Thompson
Green Street Baptist Church
Pentagon Club Meets at Mrs Bernard Home Tonight
The Pentagon Club will be entertained by Mrs Gilbert Bernard at her home 401 Parkway this evening at 7 30 o clock All members are urged to attend this meeting announced this morning
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Pentagon Club
Gilbert Bernard
401 Parkway
Monarch Auxiliary Meets With Mrs. Jones
The Monarch Auxiliary will meet tonight at 7 30 at the home of Mrs. E V Jones on Mont-Jeiu Avenue.
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Monarch Auxiliary
Jones
E. V. Jones
Mont- Jeiu Avenue
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Meetings
A string of May events across High Point unfolds with Altrusa and High Point Business and Professional Women hosting dinners at the Sheraton and Elwood Hotel respectively. The Deli Theta Chi Sorority, YWCA Finance Committee, and Twentieth Century Study Club also schedule gatherings, while public art and university women’s groups hold open and final-year meetings at Adams Memorial Building and Mrs. Quigley’s Westwood home.
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Altrusa Club
Sheraton
Sheraton Hotel
High Point Business and Professional Women’s Club
Elwood Hotel
Theta Chi Sorority
Adams Memorial Building
M. J. Wrenn
Circle Has Informal Party For Miss Pope
The Mabel Bullard Circle of Green Street Baptist Church hosted an informal party and bridal shower for Doris Pope bride-elect of Sunday at Mrs. Guy Conrad home on Winston Road. Pink roses decorated the room. Mrs. Sam Pendergrass and Mrs. Jack Otis won contests. The circle presented silver and crystal to the honoree. Refreshments included ribbon sandwiches and tea. wed ding bells were given as favors. Eighteen members attended, including Mrs. S. M. Pope.
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Mabel Bullard
Green Street Baptist Church
Doris Pope
Guy Conrad
Winston Road
Sam Pendergrass
Jack Otis
Conrad
Olin LeBaron Speaks To Y W C A Clubs Weiner Roast
Olin W LeBaron executive secretary of the Community Chest spoke at joint Adams and Florence Nightingale Y W C A clubs in High Point on why the city needs a Community Chest. A round table followed on agency work with the Y W C A Boy and Girl Scouts Red Cross and Family Service Bureau.
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Adams
Florence Nightingale
Adams Memorial Y. W. C. A
Olin W. LeBaron
Community Chest
High Point
Chest
W.C. A
Y. A. CG. AL
Boy and Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Family Service Bureau
Florence Nightingale Club
Adams Club
Ys Girls Club
City Lake
Nearly 100 Girls Receive Merit Badges At City-Wide Court Of Awards
Nearly 100 Girl Scouts earned second class and 200 merit badges at a city-wide Court of Awards held at Elm Street School auditorium. First class badges were awarded to Ella Page Harrison and Susan Young. 10 new Tenderfeet joined High Point troops under Mrs. R. A. Herring.
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High Point Girl Scout
Elm Street
R. A. Herring
Ella Page Harrison
Susan Young
Mrs. Herring
Sarah Brooks
Lillian Andrews
Carolyn Ward
Odessa Lewis
Betty Jean Bury
Judith Rockwell
Doris Rich
Nancy Jones
Jean Williams
Paula Buie
State Art Exhibit Opens for Public at Elks Club
The Travelling Art Exhibit of North Carolina sponsored by the Woman's Club will be open to the public in the Elks' Club game room on Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local students will view it at the senior high library periods, while the exhibit at the Elks' Club features work by state artists with local participants contributing.
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Elks’ Club
Woman's Club
Adams Memorial
Ellis’ Club
Canterbury Club
W. F. Ellis
Lexington Avenue Extension
W. E. Crissman
Doris Pope
North Carolina
W. B. McEwen
Piedmont Women To Play At Starmount
The Piedmont Women's Golf Association led by president Mrs. Laurance Ingram will hold its regular tournament tomorrow at Starmount Country Club near Greensboro. Mrs. Floyd Hendley of Greensboro will oversee arrangements and members are asked to tee off between nine and eleven in the morning. A buffet repast will follow the event with many local women expected to participate.
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Piedmont Women's Golf Association
Laurance Ingram
Starmount Country Club
Greensboro
Floyd Hendley
Miss Lehndorff to Speak to Graduate Nurses Club
Austrian refugee Anna Marie Lehndorff, a Woman’s College student in Greensboro, will address the High Point Graduate Nurses club at eight o’clock tomorrow night at the Adams Memorial YWCA. She arrived from England about a year ago and can share insights on the European war situation. The High Point Jewish Women’s Council study group postpones its meeting to Wednesday May 20 at Mrs. Sam Hyman’s Edgedale Drive home.
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Twentieth Century Study Club
J. W.thomas
Otteray Drive
High Point Graduate Nurses Club
Adams Memorial Y. W. . AL
Anna Marie Lehndorff
Woman's College
Greensboro
Adams Memorial Y. W. C
Vienna
Lehndorff
England
Europe
High Point Council of Jewish Women
Sam Hyman
Edgedale Drive
Thomasville Churches Meet for Missionary Plans
In Thomasville the Janie Tuttle Missionary Society of Main Street Methodist Church held its May meeting at Mrs. Seymour McMillan home with Mrs. J. C. Lloyd and Mrs. F. R. Womack as hostesses. President Mrs. H. T. Hethcock presided, devotional by Mrs. Womack, district meeting plans discussed, program by Mrs. Lee F. Tuttle reviewing Investing Our Heritage For Christian Education. Social hour featured refreshments. Separately the Womens Missionary Society of First Baptist met at the church with talks on foreign missions by Mrs. W. K. McGee and Educating the Negro by Miss Lois Johnson. Mrs. L. E. Teague gave the devotional and Mrs. C. M. Howell led the business session. Closing prayer by Mrs. Fred Maier.
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Thomasville
Seymour McMillan
Janie Tuttle
Lee F. Tuttle
Woman’s “Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
W. K. McGee
Lois Johnson
L. E. Teague
C. M. Howell
Fred Maier
Ill Lady Mrs E W Cates Ill at West Guilford Street Home
Mrs E W Cates remains quite ill at her home on West Guilford Street. She has been confined to bed since last Thursday but today her condition was slightly improved. Other local residents visited family and returned from travels including teachers and graduates from Bath Louisville Chicago and Wake Forest College.
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E. W. Cates
West Guilford Street
Mary Green Matthews
Bath
B. EE. Williamson
Mary Barrett
Mount Airy
Miltie Snell
Mare Snell
Myers Street
Palmer Stoudemire
Salisbury
Arthur Black
Lexington Avenue
Ruby Matthews
West End
J. B. Matthews
John R. Myers
Norwood
A. J. Heilig
R. G. Jennings
Julius Howell
Wake Forest College
C. M. Howell
Girl Scouts Honor Mrs Diffendal With Surprise Visit
Ten members of Troop 14 of the local Girl Scouts paid a surprise visit to Mrs C E Diffendal at 403 Edgedale Drive. Co readers for the troop were Mrs C A Kirkman and Miss Sarah Matthews. They presented a gift of flowers as thanks for a Girl Scout handbook donated to the troop library at Christmas.
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Girl Scouts
C. A. Kirkman
Sarah Matthews
C. E. Diffendal
Edgedale Drive
Business Girls Dinner Meeting and Musical Program Tonight
The Business and Professional Club of the YWCA hosts a 6:15 dinner at the YWCA with a special musical program. Cellist Charles Medlin and pianist Juanita Coppedge, both young artists from High Point High School, perform. The Spring Hill Church memorial service, moved from May to June, will be an all day event on the first Sunday of June.
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Y. W. Cal
Charles Medlin
Juanita Coppedge
High Point High School
Spring Hill Church
Beauticians Hold Monthly Meeting At City Lake
The High Point Beautician Association met at City Lake for its monthly gathering. A chicken supper followed a business session led by president Mrs. J. D. Smith. Discussion centered on beauty culture issues with many members in attendance.
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High Point Beautician Association
High Point City Lake
J. D. Smith
Mable Bloomberg
Myrtle Martin
Edith Myers
Ruby Patterson
Margaret Harvey
Lula Hairr
Evelyn Lewis
Ruby Lee
Lala Mentin
Chaita Harries
Rose Vanderholm
Lou
Hartley Addresses Thomasville Lions on Making Friends
May 13 Thomasville High Point YMCA secretary Edgar Hartley spoke to the Lions Club at the Woman's Club building at 12 15. He discussed How Might We Make Friends and was introduced by Charles Kearns. Vernon Snyder presided. Joe Johnson joined as a new member.
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Thomasville
Edgar Hartley
High Point Y. M. C. A
Thomasville Lions Club
Woman's Club
Hartley
Charles Kearns
Vernon Snyder
Joe Johnson
States hold 85 percent of highway debt from 24 states
Latest figures show 24 states account for 85 percent of highway debt outstanding. The data highlights concentration of fiscal burden among a subset of states and raises questions about funding strategies and regional disparities.
States alter compulsory license purchase laws by April 1
Approximately 44 states have changed their compulsory license purchase laws from the usual date of January 1 up to and including April 1. The reform reflects broader shifts in procurement policy and public access to licensed materials across the states.
Members Named to Golf Committee in High Point
The High Point Parks and Juvenile Commission yesterday named a new golf committee, reelected Ralph Faust and added Robert Garland and Robert Guarino. It recommended City Council seek WPA support to build four tennis courts at the high school and awarded concessions at the Negro recreation park to ED. N. Moore Jr. The plan will be sent to City Council as a WPA project proposal.
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High Point Parks and Juvenile Commission
Works Progress Administration
Negro Recreation
Ralph Faust
Robert Garland
Robert Guarino
WPA
W. F. Bailey
ED. N
Nick) Moore, Jr
Bailey
Espionage Expert to Address High Point Woman's Club
Edward Scheidt of the FBI will speak to the High Point Woman's Club tomorrow at 3 30 p.m. at the Adams Memorial W. C. A. meeting sponsored by the Citizenship committee chaired by Mrs. Edgar Hartley.
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Edward Scheidt
Federal Bureau of Investigation of
Charlotte
High Point Woman's Club
Adams Memorial
Citizenship Committee
Edgar Hartley
Spencer Hall Vows Solemnized March 30 1941
Mr and Mrs Paul R Spencer announce the marriage of their daughter Martha Raye to Harold Eugene Hall of Jamestown on March 30 1941 in York Nebraska The bride is the eldest Spencer daughter a Jamestown High School graduate She wed in Jamestown and will live temporarily with the groom s parents in Jamestown The groom is a Jamestown High School graduate Class of 1940 and works at Bales Hosiery Mills in High Point
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Paul R. Spencer
Martha Raye
Harold Eugene Hall
Jamestown
York
Spencer
Greensboro Road
Jamestown High School
Hall
Clyde Hall
Bales
High Point
Local Notices on Returning and Visiting Residents
R W Willard returned to duty at Fu Bragg after weekend at his home 403 Coltrane Street. Byron Florry came back from Clarksburg West Virginia where he visited family over the weekend. Mrs A P Smith 724 South Main Street is ill at home. her daughters Mrs Odell Younger and Mrs Daniel Freeman visited Sunday to spend Mother’s Day and bring gifts and flowers.
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R. W. Willard
Fu. Bragg
Coltrane Street
Byron Florry
Clarksburg
West Va
A. P. Smith
South Main Street
Main Street
Odell Younger
Daniel Freeman
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Pentagon
Ite
Moffitt's
North Main Street
Circle
Miss Pope
Olin LeBaron
Y.W.C.A
Weiner
Friendly Garden Club
The
W. L. Kivett
Kivett Drive
June Murphy
Suffolk
Jack Boone
Portsmouth
Elon College
North Carolina Future Teachers Association
Asheville
North Carolina Education Association
Mary Jo Spencer
Diane Tucker
Betty Darby
Betty Lois Wail
Alegiance
Mesdames L. P. Earnhart
L. A. Creech
Suzanne Earnhart
Amelia Hough
Piedmont
Starmount
Spring Hill
Beauticians
Thomasville Club
Las Vegas
Lillian Cornell
Tommy Dorsey
Bert Wheeler
Constance Moore
Virginia Dale
the Broadhurst
Spencer-Hall
Diana
Butler
Holly
Gilbert
Arcade Amusement Company
A&p
Washington ST
N. Main ST
Groceres
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