Tuesday Evening Garden Club Miniature Show Highlights
The Tuesday Evening Garden Club held its closing meeting of the 1940-41 year at Mrs. Gorge’s Wooden Boulevard garden. A miniature flower show impressed judges Mesdames F R Taylor and Grace Hayes with red white and blue ribbons. Mrs. Jones Burns won the top prize lavender pot. Twenty-two members and one visitor attended before a business session on plans for a June picnic. After adjournment members toured gardens of Mrs. John Teague and Mrs. J W Montgomery and planned further garden visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Teague
J. W. Montgomery
Social Calendar Highlights Busy Wednesday Night In High Point
Wednesday events include the High Point Graduate Nurses Club at Adams Memorial YWCA at 8 pm and a 7:30 pm YWCA board meeting at the Adams Memorial Building. Thursday features the State Traveling Act and Arts Exhibits at Elkis Club, Canterbury Club meeting at Mrs. Ellis’s Lexington Ave Extension home, and a 7 pm dinner-bridge for Miss Doris Pope. The wedding rehearsal cake cutting for Doris Pope and William Thompson follows at Green Street Baptist Church. The High Point Business and Professional Women host a 6:39 pm gathering at Elwood Hotel. The local AAUW final meeting of the year occurs at Mrs. Quigley’s Westwood home with associate hostesses Kirkman and Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis’ Club
Woman’s Club
High Point Business and Professional Woman’s Club
Elwood
Adams Memorial
Elkis’ Club
Canterbury Club
W. F. Ellis
Lexington Avenue Extension
W. E. Crissman
Doris Pope
O. V. Kester
William Thompson
Green Street Baptist Church
High Point
American Association of University Women
R. I. Quigley
Westwood
B. W. Kirkman
J. D. Ross
Business Girls Hear Musical Program By Two Local Artists
The Business and Professional Girls of the YWCA hosted a dinner meeting where two local artists performed. Cellist Charles Medlin and pianist Juanita Coppedge presented pieces including Tr 3 Cinquantaine and Liebesleil, Nina, and Lotus Land. Unity Nash presided as president with several special guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Medlin
Juanita Coppedge
Gabriel Matrie
Mies Coppedge
E. H. Blackard
Margaret Farley
Auber Smith
Henderson
Nine Provisionals Welcomed At Meeting Of Junior Service League
Welcome of the new provisional members by the president Mrs Everett Marsh opened the May meeting at Emerywood Country Club. Provisionals include Mesdames Armfield Bonner Lovelace Moffitt Parker Phillips Rawley Welch and Mildred Marsh. Officers and chairmen reports followed includingTuberculosis control donations and buyers for a furniture show cafeteria. Committee appointments covered finance milk education and social agency delegates. Bundles for Britain urged funds with meatless days. The League voted a hundred dollars for two nursery schools summer maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Marsh
Junior Service League
Emerywood Country Club
Frank Armfield
M. D. Bonner
James B. Lovelace
James Moffitt
Scott Parker
Earl Phillips
DB. A. Rawley
George Welch
Mildred Marsh
Jesse Washburn
Tuberculosis Control Committee
Horace Haworth
Marsh
John Pickett
Frank Wall
Amos Kearns
George Wood
Mesdames S
J. J. Cox
Howard Marsh
Wayne Sullivan
Britain
Willis Slane
Bundles
DAR Chapter Install Officers At Emerywood Country Club
Alexander Martin chapter DAR installed officers in a ceremony at Emerywood Country Club with Mrs. P W Flagge presiding. Officers sworn in included Bruce Carraway as chaplain and T S McKenzie as recording secretary, with reports on the Continental Congress in Washington DC. The chapter donated to Bundles for Britain and the School's Garden Lunch fund, while pages and visitors attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Martin
Daughters of the American Revolution
Emerywood Country Club
P. W. Flagge
Bruce Carraway
T. S. McKenzie
J. S. Welborn
T. A. Kearns
R. K. Stewart
W. L
Wayside Club Elects Mrs John Shceloff New President
Wayside Garden club met at Mrs P W Flagge home on Colonial Drive. Mrs John Shceloff elected president succeeding Mrs A M Utley. Other officers named include Mrs A M Utley vice president Mrs P W Plagge treasurer and Mrs A M Lackey custodian. Club praised past president and celebrated flower show prizes. They voted to observe meatless days for Bundles for Britain and plan one meeting monthly next year. Picnic meeting May 27 at Mrs George Hutchens home ends club year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayside Club
John Shceloff
Wayside Garden Club
P. W. Flagge
Colonial Drive
A. M. Utley
E. 5. Wall
P. W. Plagge
A. M. Lackey
Unley
D. FA. Richardson
John Sheloff
Garden Club Council
Britain
Henry V. Koonts
F. F. Hallenbeck
George Hutchens
Eastern Star Convention Notes and Mothers Day Program
High Point chapter 106 Order of the Eastern Star met at Masonic Hall with Mrs. Chr istiana Snyder presiding. A ballot box was donated by Mrs. C. E. Harbinson and daughter Mrs. Beattie Mabry. Miss Virginia Harbinson named page and Mrs. Tenner Bennison grand sentinel for the Asheville Grand Chapter meeting June 10-12. A Mothers Day program featured readings by Mrs. Louise Black and a vocal solo by Miss Elizabeth Ellis with Mrs. Edwin Bennison at the piano, followed by refreshments for 25 members and one visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Chrisiana Snyder
Worthy Mavon
C. E. Harbinson
Beattie Mabry
Christiana Snyder
Leola Byerly
Virginia Harbinson
Tenner Bennison
Grand Sentinel
Asheville
Louise Black
Ellizabeth Ellis
Edwin Bennison
Monarch Auxiliary Sees Travel Slides At E Z Jones Home
Monarch Auxiliary met yesterday at Mrs. E Z Jones home on Montlieu avenue. Plans for a fish fry at the city lake on Friday May 23 were discussed. A three month program committee was appointed Abs H M Taylor chairman with Mesdames R B Cull er and R A Wilson. Mrs Jones presented colored slides of a Canada trip from last July. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch
E. Z. Jones
Montlieu Avenue
City Lake
Abs. H. M. Taylor
Mesdames
R. B. Culler
R. A. Wilson
Mu Beta Sigma Phi Installs New Slate Fetes Miss Gibson
Mu Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Mu chapter held a Blue Room Sheraton installation Monday naming new officers led by Virginia Dixon Dix on as president Catherine Ellison as vice president and Vere Ward as recording secretary Miss Josephine Gibson retired president was honored with a gift after presiding The group included Frances Muse Hildreth Gabriel Anna Ellison Catherine Ellison Anne Chappell Betty Cummins and Mesdames Tom Harvey W C Boyles and Walter Fleischman attending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Sheraton
Josephine Gibson
Miss Gibson
Virginia Dixon
Catherine Ellison
Vere Ward
Atiss Betty Cummins
Anna Ellison
Dinner Party Compliments Miss Anne Pleasants Before Wedding
Mrs. Mendenhall and Miss Kivett hosted a Greensboro dinner at Mrs. Herbert Cartland's home for Miss Anne Pleasants, whose marriage to Richard Addison Short is set for Saturday. The table setting featured miniature brides and a corsage, with a silver wedding gift provided by the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Mendenhall
Anne Pleasants
Richard Addison Short
Mafrs
Miss Ford Shown Bridal Courtesy At Small Dinner
Miss Eva Ford of Greensboro, betrothed to Glenn Venable of High Point, was treated to a bridal courtesy dinner by Mrs Bruce Atkins in the Alberta Apartments. Eight guests enjoyed a three course menu with dainty table settings and a floral nosegay marked her seat. A linen gifts shower followed the meal with attendees including Miss Ruth Holton Ruby Jessup Ina Ac Adams and Mesdames Ralph Bulla D C Wright and Elbert Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Ford
Greensboro
Glenn Venable
High Point
Bruce Atkins
Alberta
Miss Ford
Ruth Holton
Ruby Jessup
Ina Ac Adams
Mesdames
Ralph Bulla
D. C. Wright
Elbert Ford
Pentagon Club Red White and Blue Ball Dance Invite
The Pentagon Club schedules its annual spring dance as a patriotic event titled Red, White and Blue Ball. About four hundred invitations were mailed for a private event at Emerywood Country Club from nine to twelve on Saturday, May twenty fourth with Clarence Leonard and his orchestra performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon Club
Emerywood Country Club
Henry Hudson
R. T. Kornegay
Margaret Dunn
Clarence Leonard
Altrusa Club Hosts Dinner and May Business Meeting
Twenty Altrusa members met at the Sheraton Hotel for the month’s first dinner in the private dining room followed by the May business session led by President Jessie May Young. The club voted to fund two scholarships at High Point College next year and to contribute to the city health department contraceptive program. They also endorsed the National Senior Women's AAU Swimming Championship in August and appointed Lillian Massey as auditor. Lucile Johnston presented WLCLA Membership invitation tea, with new members joining, and plans for the May 27 banquet and June picnic were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altrusa Club
Sheraton
Jessie May Young
High Point College
City Health Department
Miss Young
Lillian Massey
Lucile Johnston
WLCLA
State Garden Club Council To Meet In Asheville May 27-30
Plans are set for the National Council of State Garden Clubs meeting in Asheville at the George Vanderbilt Hotel from May 27 to 30. Activities include regional meetings, garden visits, teas, a North Carolina dinner with a travelogue, an address on research benefits to growing, and a banquet with national awards. Delegates will also tour gardens and visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council of State Garden Clubs
George Vanderbilt Hotel
Asheville
South Atlantic
Board of Managers
Pearson's Falls
North Carolina
Naional Council
Biltmore Forest Country Club
S. L. Emsweller
Washington, D. C
Charles A. Cannon
Concord
Hickory Nut Gap
Biltmore House
Asheville Gardens
National Council
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Great Smokies
Arthur Stupka
Miss Frank Announces Musical Art Club Meeting at Emerywood
Miss Virginia Frank, president of the Musical Art Club, calls attention to a meeting next Monday at Emerywood Country Club. Executive board at 7:25 p.m. and general meeting at 8:00 p.m. Program covers North Carolina Composers with Mrs. Reid Marsh in charge. Ten minute talk by Nancy Ann Harriss, Federated Music Clubs director from Winston-Salem. Business includes constitutional changes and a 13 minute quorum voting period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Frank
Musical Art Club
Emerywood Country Club
North Carolina
Reid Marsh
Nancy Ann Harriss
Winston-Salem
Piedmont
Federated Music Clubs
Bridge Parties At Thomasville Homes Vows Centerpiece
Social notes from Thomasville detail a Friday bridge party hosted by Miss Beulah Norment with three tables, top score to Miss Allene Rigby and a guest soap prize to Miss Sallie J. Bond, plus a mixed menu. Separate items report a bridal shower for Mrs. Paul Saunders, a May 10 York, D C ceremony for Miss Mary Louise Coffey and James Webster Stone, and club events honoring a high school student council with a dinner featuring speaker Winfield Blackwell, remarks, and student council toasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Beulah Norment
Spring Street
Mary Louise Coffey
James Webster Stone
York
D. C
L. M. Coffey
Aycock Avenue
Cea
Stone
B. W. Stone
Lexington Avenue
Thomasville Chair Company
Howard Street
Myers Park
Woman's Club
Main Street
Parent-Teacher Association
Winfield Blackwell
Winston-Salem
Blackwell
W. B. May
P.T. A
Frances Hayes
Lucretia Eliott
Charles F. Finch
Coy Lanier
Marion Workman
Lois Johnson
Lucy Grey Hill
Miss Johnson
Frances Williams
Madge Peace
Doctors Frazier Zimmermans and Mc Kaughan Names
Drs. A. E. Frazier L. R. T. R. and L. H. Zimmerman and W. R Mc Kaughan appear in a roster-like listing likely from a medical staff or committee. The fragment mentions multiple doctors but provides no actions, dates, or context.
High Point Garden Club hears historic trees talk
Mrs. E. T. Harrison spoke on historic trees at Jamestown and Springfield, noting some specimens may be 500 years old, during a meeting of the High Point Garden Club held at Mrs. W. A. Hayes home on Edgedale Drive. Reports from the Flower Show and routine business followed the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Soldiers Welcome at Camp Davis from Gov Broughton
Governor Broughton and Brigadier General Crawford welcomed 4 500 soldiers, including a middle west selectee regiment, to Camp Davis anti aircraft firing center yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Davis
Birthday Party Honors Local Honoree with Gifts
The honoree received a shower of birthday gifts as twenty guests enjoyed ice cream cake and candies at the party. Mrs. R. S. Green returned home after a week in Davidson with sister Mrs. F. Johnson. Local attendees at the state bankers convention in Pinehurst included Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Pope and others. Thomasville Woman's Club members joined the state Federation meeting in Winston-Salem. Mrs. W. W. Rankin of Durham visited her mother Mrs. F. S. Lambeth on Randolph Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Green
Davidson
F. Johnson
Pinehurst
R. L. Pope
Charles F. Phillips
C. L Harris
Shirley Harris
J. F. Garner
Harry Brown Finch
Thomasville
Woman's Club
State Federation
Winston-Salem
Mesdames
Alvah Boyles
Walter Newby
J. E. Lambeth
Fred Gray
W. E. Tomlinson
W. W. Rankin
Durham
F. S. Lambeth
Randolph Street
Parsons Hepler Vows Announced Here
Miss Alva Louise Parsons of Beng and High Point and William Lloyd Hepler of High Point were married Sunday April 13 in Bennettsville South Carolina. Officiant Jude Jaby F. Kinney presided. Attendants included Mr. and Mrs Edgar Watson Forrest Jones both of High Point. Mrs Hepler is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edmond Blackley Parsons of Beng NC and Mr Hepler is the son of Mrs Walt L Hepler and the late Walter Hepler of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Louise Pasons
Beng
High Point
William Lloyd Hepler
Hig Point
Bennettsville
S. C
Easiz
Jude Jaby F. Kinney
Edgar Watson
Forrest Jones
High Poin
Hepler
Airs
Edmond Blackley
Parsons
Beng, N. C
Walt L. Hepter
Walter 2
Brown Family Reunion Set at Seagrove Homeplace
Brown family reunion will be held Sunday May 18 at the M. F. Bre homeplace near Seagrove. An all day program is planned with a noon luncheon on the grounds and invites kin by blood or marriage to attend. The annual meeting of the group is noted in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Seagrove
Church Group to Sponsor Play Friday at Oak View School
The Young Woman's Bible class of the First Evangelical church and a formed church will sponsor a play titled Aunt Abbey Answers An Ad Friday at eight o'clock at Oak View School. A small admission charge is being made. proceeds will be shared between the sponsoring class and the Pars Teacher association of Oak School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Bible
First Evangelical
Abbey
Oak View School
Pars Teacher Association of Oake School
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Graduate Nurses Club
Adams Memorial Y. W. Co. A
Oak Hill
Douglas Bryant
Mozelle Valentine
America
D.ar
Continental Congress
District of Columbia
D. L. Bouldin
John ‘Wwelborn
A. 5. Caldwell, Jr
Edgar Whitener
J. A. Morris
Edith M. Sherrod
H. L. Brockmann
C. T. Ingram, Sr
Miss Pearl Idol
Clark Brewer
King Street
Ronald Clark
Donald Andrew
Lydia E. Pinkham
Thompson Shoe Store, Inc
North Main ST
High Point, N. C
Sentinel
C.E.S
Monarch Auxiliary
Mu Beta Sigma Phi
Gibson
Miss Pleasants
G. W. Pleasants
Clarkie Pleasants
Geoss Price
Garnet Pollock
Collier Ellis, Jr
Lacey B. Jackson
Blanche Carr Sterne
Bessie Tesh
Mildred Crowder
Nell Hinshaw
Pentagons
State Garden Club Council
Miss Frank
Parker Wasnick
Duke Hospital
R. L. Wasnick
Waynick
Theo Sink
Paul Saunders
Gladys Ritchie
Paul Livengood
Glenn Finch
Shirley Tysinger
Elizabeth McKain
C. C. Mekhoin
Mills
Billy Lord
Jack Neilson
Ruth Honeycutt
Paul Conrad
Drs. A. E. Frazier
L. H. Zimmerman
W. R McKaughan
High Point Garden Club
Teethina
Columbus
Church Group
Time and Labor Saver
Diana
Brier
Holly
Play &Ux
Gilbert
Arcade Amusement Company
Mrs. Awhte
Annie Sherwood Howl
Lowry
W. Sechrest & Si
Aine
Hich
Pris
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