Community club meetings and socials listed for week
The schedule lists the Legion Auxiliary meeting on Lexington Avenue with Mrs N S Stirewall and other guests, a Kennel Club gathering at 1101 Greenway Drive, a Mid-Week Study Club at 1306 Greenway Drive, a Monthly Meeting of the Women’s Club at the Sheraton Hotel, the Entre Nous club at North Main Street, a family night dinner at Emerywood Country Club with reservations by noon, and the May Evening Membership event at the Vood Country Club hosted by Mr. and Mrs. C F Lehman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Legion Auxiliary
Stirewall
Lexington Avenue
Mesdames
Dan Arden
Roy Spearman
R. L. Waynick
Jesses
Kennel Club
Matt Wall
Greenway Drive
Charles FE. Carroll, Jr
Sheraton Hotel
Entre Nous Club
L. R. Terry
North Main Street
Emerywood Country Club
Vood Country Club
C. FE. Lehman
Local Women Travel to Charlotte for NCFWC Meeting
Mesdames J. F. Hayden J. A. and W. B. McEwen leave for Charlotte to attend the 42nd annual convention of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs running tonight through Thursday. Mrs. Hayden is retiring president, Mrs. Esherman incoming president, and Mrs. McEwen state traveling art exhibit chair. Mrs. Forrest, ill, departs by train for the first general session featuring Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Hayden
J. A
W. B. McEwen
Charlotte
North Carolination of Women's Clubs
Hayden
Esherman
McEwen
Forrest
Eddie Rickenbacker
Vows Announced for Sylvia Jones and Pvt Richard Pope
Mr and Mrs W H Jones announce the marriage of their daughter Sylvia Jones to Pvt Richard L Pope son of Mr and Mrs R P Pope The ceremony occurred May 3 at the Giles home with Rev G E White officiating The bride wore a powder blue jersey dress and a corsage of yellow rosebuds and lilies of the valley The couple will reside at 1207 West Green Street The groom has 26 months overseas and will return to duty May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Pope
W. H. Jones
Sylvia
R. P. Pope
United States Army
J. E. Giles
G. E. White
High Point Overall Company
Pvt
Pope
Thomas Carr Works
West Green Street
Bingo Party Planned Here for Shriners Guests
A bingo party to aid visiting Shriners and their wives and friends is planned at the Sheraton Ballroom Wednesday night from 9 to 12. Oasis Temple High Point Ceremonial in session Wednesday and Thursday prompts the event. Mrs. Kenneth F. Ellington chairs with prizes and entertainment by Oasis Temple Dixie Doodlers at about 10 p.m.
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Sheraton
Oasis Temple
High Point
Kenneth F. Ellington
Dixie Doodlers
Woodmen Circle Plans Regular Meeting Tomorrow
The Woodmen Circle will hold its regular meeting Wednesday evening at eight o clock in the clubrooms according to an announcement this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen
Stephens Bible Class Meeting Open to All
The Stephens Bible Study class will meet tomorrow at three o'clock led by Mrs. C. S. Grayson. Mrs. C. F. Ellington will host at 217 West Bay Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
C. F. Ellington
West Bay Street
C. S. Grayson
People Hunter Sechrest Returns Home From Hospital
Hunter Sechrest came home on Washington street yesterday after a three week stay at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem. His condition is satisfactory and he can receive visitors. Miss Ditsy Cash recovers satisfactorily at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial Hospital after an operation yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter Sechrest
Washington Street
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Ditsy Cash
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Colorful Figure Lost To Merchant Marine
Washington May 16 The Merchant Marine reported the death at sea of Capt Levi J Plesner 50 of New Orleans a colorful skipper whose career included South Pacific voyages and a two year stint as king of a cannibal island He was a heavy weight boxer and a powerful underwater swimmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Merchant Marine
Levi J. Plesner
New Orleans
War Shipping Administration
Plesner
South Pacific
Silk stockings shades cut in half by English makers
England’s silk stocking producers have halved color shade options from twenty to ten over the past year. Bolivia now accounts for more than fifteen percent of global tin production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Bolivia
Mothers Day USO visit drew 600 men and many families
USO Clubrooms hosted a Mothers Day open house with over 50 mothers and sons in service visiting, cookies and punch served by Mrs. Joe Boyd, and Ada Gashaw Pipkin the first Gold Star Mother introduced. A Cloverdale chorus and Dot Lewis accordion recital entertained, organized by Mrs. E M Brown with five sons in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Joe Boyd
Ada Gashaw Pipkin
Guilford County
High Point
E. M. Brown
Bill Brown
Cloverdale
Dorothy Lewis
Dot Lewis
E. S. Wall
Woman's Club
St. Edward's Guild
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Mitchell's Grove Church
C. A. Kersey
Ada
Ira Mae Kersey
Gayineties
Dorothy Hoskins
Mary Sue Briggs
Roy Padgett
Ile Serposs
Evelyn
George Hendry
H.D. Smith
CW. Davis
C. W. Kneessi
Margaret Dunn
Margaret Briggs
Sara Ray
Eleanor Griffith
Square Dance Colorful Affair At Altrusa Club Event
The Altrusa club sponsored a colorful square dance Saturday evening at the North Main and Richardson streets building. Charlie Whitlow and his four musicians played for the dancers while S. J. Best called the numbers with help from a soldier and a sailor. Service members attended as guests, others staffed the doors and drinks, and dancing ran from nine to twelve with plans for another similar event soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altrusa Club
North Main
Richardson Streets
Charlie Whitlow
Mr. Whitlow
S. J. Best
Jr Hostesses to Pick Ads for Sedgefield Horse Show
Junior Hostess staff of the USO are asked to visit the club this week to select the firm to solicit advertisements for the Sedgefield Horse Show. Misses Frank and Alderman will alternate in the USO from 7 15 to 8 30 p m each evening and request cooperation from the junior hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO Club
USO
Sedgefield
Frank
Alderman
Coat dress pattern 4808 offered with transfer motifs
One Ohlams advertises Pattern 4808 coat dress in sizes 12 through 44 with size 16 needing 3 yards of 35 inch fabric. Optional Ric rac and a transfer motif pattern are included. Send twenty cents for patterns or ten cents more for the Anne Adams Pattern Book to High Point Enterprise New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
High Point Enterprise
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. FX
Listen World Progressive Education Under Modern School System
Elsie Robinson argues that Progressive Education harms American youth by privileging self expression over fundamentals. She criticizes early childhood choice, urges discipline and basic knowledge, and warns taxpayers about the social and economic costs of such training.
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America
Darling
Soth Spero
Coltese
Jun
Seetien
Citi
Grammer
Army Navy
Baptists Urge White Negro Co operation
Atlanta May 16 The Southern Baptist convention committee on Negro ministerial education urges a broad white Negro cooperative educational program for Negro preachers. The report cites Negroes elected to New York City Council and warns of communist influence. It seeks $5 000 yearly for 13 Negro colleges and joint maintenance of American Baptist Theological Seminary at Nashville.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Conventions Committee On
City Council of
New York
Southern
Northern
National Baptist Conventions
Southern Convention
Northern Conference
American Baptist Theological Seminary
Nashville
Tenn
Wartime Conference Booked for Raleigh
A retailers wartime conference will be held in Raleigh on June 5 and 6. The event is organized by the North Carolina Merchants Association Associated Credit Bureau of North Carolina and the North Carolina Association of Credit Women’s Breakfast clubs. Topics include personnel shortage merchandise scarcity retail survival inflation taxation government regulations credit and postwar planning.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Merchants Association
Associated Credit Bureau of North Carolina
North Carolina Assocation of Credit Women's Breakfast Clubs
Eisenhower Sends Lad Insignia Patch to Leo O Connors
Eleven year old Leo O Connor wrote to General Eisenhower asking for an insignia and received a package with a shoulder patch worn by the invasion commander in the North African campaign. The note expressed gladness to send the requested emblem. Rubies were believed to stop bleeding in ancient times. New York State mines and quarries yield materials valued at more than eighty million dollars annually.
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Philadelphia
Leo O'Connor
Dwight Eisenhower
Leo
New York State
Understanding Bridge Conventions Through a Sample Hand
West dealer in a non vulnerable set up. The bidding sequence leads to a 3NT contract doubled for extra tricks. East returns hearts oddly, enabling a successful defender run and reveal of how proper heart play could have left declarer with minimal defense.
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East
Declarer
West
Equal Pay Debate Shows States Lead Quest for Parity
The article surveys equal pay for women, noting no federal law and War Labor Board opinions, with four states plus Illinois enacting laws. It discusses how manufacturers judge equal work, citing setup, fatigue, and rest needs, and urges broader use of job analysis and evaluation to measure performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Labor Board
War Labor Board
New York
Montana
Michigan
Washington
Illinois
National Association of Manufacturers
Equal Pay Drives Extend Across Nations
The National Federation of Business and Professional Women launches a national push for an equal pay plank in party platforms and urges member clubs to lobby for equal pay bills. They call for surveys in communities to determine if absenteeism and turnover reflect women's faults or lack of transportation and child care options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Federation of Business and Professional Women
Italian Commentator Jailed by Germans
Giovanni Ansaldo, an Italian commentator on Axis radio and former director of Telegrafo of Livorno, has been placed in a concentration camp on charges of subversive propaganda in weekly reviews, according to a German radio broadcast monitored by Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Giovanni Ansaldo
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Telegrafo of
Livorno
Radio Today
Ministry of Information
Byrnes Declines South Carolina Democratic Delegate Seat
James F. Byrnes director of war mobilization asks not to be elected a delegate to the national Democratic convention in Chicago. He cites pressure of duties and cannot attend the state convention in Columbia nor the Chicago gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
D. C
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Chicago
Jesse W. Boyd
Spartanburg County
Byrnes
Columbia
Winnant Arrives in Washington for Roosevelt Hull Talks
John G. Winnant United States ambassador to Great Britain has arrived in Washington to meet with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull. The set trip marks his return home since last summer as details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John G. Winnant
United States
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Hull
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Dixons
J. C. Dixon
Tomlinson Street
Eva Ann
High Pont Memorial Hospital
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minnie Lee
Steed
Tris James
Helen Wright
Betty Trotter
Pauline Hedgecock
Princess Beauty
N. Main St
Tel
the Princess Beauty Shop
N. Main
Guilford Furniture CO
Vows
Woodmen Circle
Adam Lee Gibson
United States Naval Reserve
Charlyne Bowen
Chattanooga
A. Lee Gibson
Oakwood Court
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Jacksonville
David Paul Bowen
Ward-Belmont
University of Tennessee
Ensign Gibson
Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Miami-Fort Lauderdale Naval Station
Elsie Robinson
Eisenhower
Iak
Ivle
Adelaide
KER AP
Cae
Gger's
Utae Ld
Ann Hendrix
Eleanor. Younts
Aimee Des Plands
State College
Frank Thompson
Jim Fuller
Durham
Ernie Fields
Ann Paisley Hendrix
John M. Culp
Interfraternity Council
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Fred Page
Zebulon
Eleanor Younts
Bill Gupton
Pinehurst
I. N. Tull, Jr
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Winnant
Tadeo
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