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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1945
Page
7
Verona Yazel of this city announced the engagement of her daughter to Claude F Kirkman of this city. The ceremony took place in York South Carolina on Sunday June 6 1945. The couple will reside at Woodrow Avenue after a wedding trip through North Carolina.
Mr and Mrs Marsh announce the engagement of their daughter Inez to C Hughes Jr son of Kirkman Hughes of this area. The wedding will take place.
The Rainbow Assembly number six will hold a public installation of officers Friday at eight o'clock in the Masonic Hall. Rainbow girls are asked to wear formal attire and arrive by 7 30.
D. H. Parsons has returned to his home at 614 West Farriss Avenue after spending a week in Richmond Virginia on legal business. Miss Myrna Hatley Spe third class in the WAVEs has returned to the WAVE station in Washington DC after visiting relatives and friends in Albemarle and here over the weekend.
The Thomasville Business and Professional Women's club installed its newly elected officers at a dinner meeting at the Woman's club on Elliott Drive with Miss Margaret McLeod officiating. Officers sworn in included Miss Clara Harrison as president and Miss Minnie Gilliam as first vice president. The session featured reports, year-end reviews, and pledges for a productive year. Also noted were activities of the Little Gardens club, the Thomasville Garden club, and the Clockwise Bridge club, with officer elections and social events among the highlighted items.
In a South dealer contract with AK Q765 and Q7 Q3 1039 9632, East’s passive defense costs the game and rubber. South’s risky jump rebid in hearts invites a strong counter, though West’s opening diamond jack and later heart play leave declarer safe after a spade ruff. East’s failure to cover the heart jack would have doomed the contract.
Pattern 4648 features a fresh shoulder yoke design and sweetheart neckline with sleeve options. It covers sizes 12 through 42 and requires 2% yards of 35 inch fabric for size 16. Send twenty cents to The Enterprise Pattern Dept for ordering and include name address.
A fragmentary meditation echoes William Carlos Williams on peace. The piece argues true peace comes from inner struggle, not escape, urging individuals to conquer hate, fear, greed, and pride to achieve lasting global harmony. It frames peace as a hard, personal battle requiring action and commitment.
The Magdalene Rebekah lodge will meet tomorrow evening at 7 45 at the lodge hall and members are asked to come dressed in appropriate costume for the degree work. The total land area of the Solomon Islands is estimated at 17 000 square miles.
A Morganton crash in heavy rain yesterday killed Joyce PaGter, 35, of Old Fort, and injured four other women from Old Fort including driver Mrs Homer Grindstaff 24, Mrs T B Carver 39, Mary Frances Carver 14, and Mrs Donald Lee Turner 27. One passenger, Mrs M G Turner 61, had minor injuries.
Luther L. Swaim 65 died at his home 1409 King Street Wednesday noon. Funeral services set for Friday after noon at 4 from the Methodist church conducted by Rev W B Penny and Rev O L Ruth. Interment in Floral Garden cemetery. Body to be removed from Koonce Funeral Home at 4 this afternoon to the residence.
Berchtesgaden dispatch reports Gerhardt Herrgesell, Hitler's chief secretary, says he is convinced Hitler died in Berlin. He cites Hitler's April 22 decision to stay in the capital and not retreat as the moment shaping his fate, noting the leader's last stand and final orders. A separate Detroit brief notes Willow Run workers receive on-site car repair during shifts at the Ford bomber plant.
The Pennsylvania Potato Growers Association agrees to apprentice World War II veterans. After completion, members pledge aid to help these men choose and finance farms and loan them machinery.
Mr and Mrs Warren Armfield of 1137 Monthieu avenue announce the birth of a son William Douglas on May 12 at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial hospital.
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