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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1971
Page
6
A reader argues long hair and a beard should not bar employment, while the columnist advises compromise to fit employer rules. A second letter describes an unseen pregnancy during a parking lot birth and asks for explanation, and a widow notes a man’s blunt gift offer of twenty five dollars for her upcoming birthday.
Members of Troop 668 held a Court of Awards at Forest Hills Presbyterian Church. Badges were presented by leaders Mrs. James Spence and Mrs. O Rudy Frazier Jr. Artwork by the scouts was on display. Refreshments followed for scouts and mothers. Attending members included Karen Allred and others.
A group of writers share humorous anecdotes about the grind of composing. Laboring over tiny wins from a clean page to alphabetizing bills, they joke about the tedium and odd rituals that fill a writer’s morning and the strange coincidences like birthdays landing on weekend Saturdays. The talk shifts from soap operas to comedy bits about typewriter Xs and a pizza anchovy scene.
Joyce is criticized as not inventive enough to be a writer. A mothers group met after a social to plan the year ahead. Appreciation was given to Mrs. Spence Mrs. Frazier Mrs. Harold L. Martin and Mrs. Robert McCuiston for leadership. New troop leaders will be Mrs. Robert Hethcock and Mrs. Bernard R. Fitzgerald. A spring camp-out at Camp Shirley Rogers highlighted the year’s activities.
A short notice describes Ann Landers booklet The Bride's Guide as answering common wedding questions. To obtain a copy readers are directed to write to Ann Landers care of the newspaper with a self-addressed stamped envelope and 35 cents.
A roundup of evening events and club gatherings including AAUW banquet at Holiday Inn Downtown and Solo Parents Club dinner at Alexander's Barbecue. Also notes new officers for Women of the Moose, High Point Junior League activities, Deep River Extension Homemakers program, and multiple garden clubs and professional groups meeting around town.
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