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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1946
Page
7
Mrs. P Y Adams spoke at the Burbank Garden club May meeting about her New Orleans trip with the local delegation to the national garden club convention. She highlighted Belingrath home and garden beauty and discussed the June 14 picnic plans with husbands as guests.
Members of the Ever Ready class at Abbott's Creek Sunday school gathered at Roy Hayworths home to honor newlywed Harold and Mrs. Moore. Games and prizes shared among guests included Miss Mary McEver and Mrs. Numa Everhart, with spring flowers and a bridal shower scene on the dining room table. Refreshments served to a large list of friends and relatives.
Mrs John Hughes and Mrs Archie Newton hosted a morning brunch at 602 Hillcrest Drive for Miss Clara Cole Sherrod the month’s bride-elect. About 30 guests attended from 11:30 to 1:30 with spring flowers and silver gifts presented to the honoree.
Mrs. C J Bales hosted a dessert bridge at 505 Oakland Ave inviting brides elect Miss Jeanne Bales and Miss Jeanne Spencer with 8 pm start. Guests enjoyed bridal motif desserts, white floral decor, and candles as Dorothy Miller won high score and Nelson Mann low.
McKenney reports a chat with Gen Alf M. Gruenther at a Warns Scholarships board meeting in Washington. Gruenther, now deputy secretary of the National Security Council, and the author discuss bridge after the session.
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp in Nashville will start producing large passenger buses soon. Output will supplement vehicle production at American Car and Foundry in Philadelphia. The Nashville plant also handles appliance assembly.
West North discussed the war strategy and demonstrated an unusual hand. Declarer found a sequence to win despite three entries to dummy and a three-three club break. He secured the ace of trumps and clubs, then discarded losing spades on three solid clubs.
The Sunshine class of Pilgrim Holiness church meets at 7 30 tonight at 1406 Kin street with all members urged to attend. The Rankin Memorial Philathea class meets Friday evening at Mrs Ray Asbury's home 1210 Adams street with Mrs J R Jones and Mrs Frank Everhart as associate hostesses. Prefabricated housing remains a permanent trend per American Municipal Association noting Jonesville Mississippi and Tulsa Oklahoma have adopted permanent units. Iceland strengthens sports culture with compulsory swimming and gymnastics in schools under a 1940 law observed by officials after a Reykjavik meeting of the American Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation.
The Allen Jay school hosted a May PTA recital featuring piano students of Mrs. Tenner Bennison and Miss Beulah Moton. Rev. Milton Hadley gave devotionals before a business session marking the association’s final meeting of the year.
The Mid-Week Study club met at Mrs. Watsons Brentley Circle home with eleven members and two visitors. Mrs J M S Salsbury led the discussion as members contributed to the program. The group voted to continue the same plan for next year and a dessert was served after spring flowers in bridge shades.
The first ex-GIs nationwide to receive high school diplomas under the veteran pre-college program graduated recently in Knoxville. Six graduates served in the army, one in the Navy, and one in the Marine Corps.
The Icelandic Althing is described as the world’s oldest parliamentary body, reportedly active for more than a millennium.
Romansch is a Latin derived tongue spoken by about 44,000 people in Switzerland. It remains a recognized national language with cultural relevance and regional dialects.
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