Philomatheans Elect Officers And Hear Review Of Life Of William Lyon Phelps
Philomathean Club elects new officers with Mrs W C Jones hosting at Farriss Avenue. Moffitt reviews William Lyon Phelps Autobiography With Letters, praising Phelps as America's most popular lecturer and Browning authority. Tea served. attendees include club members and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philomatheans
William Lyon Phelps
W. C. Jones
Ast Farriss Avenue
O. Moffitt
William Lyon
Leters
H. Tomlinson
W. C. Idol
Howard Hartell
Moffitt
Uncle Billie
William Lyon Helps
Yale
Thirteenth Annual Banquet And Dance Of Alpha Theta Psi
Members of the Alpha Theta Sorority at High Point College celebrated the thirteenth annual banquet and dance at the Sheraton Hotel. Renfrew Pirtle gave the invocation, Miss Izabeth Kivett welcomed guests, and toasts were offered by Irene Parker, Joe Jones, Danese Manley, Mrs. Alice Paige White, Mrs. Omas Bouldin, and Burke Rantz. Attending alumnae and escorts included Leon Chidester, Phil Ruth, Cameron as, Henry Hall Wilson, Ernest Ford, George Watson, Charles n, Joe Payne, Gilbert Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Bouldin, and Mrs. Moss of Florence, S. C. Chaperones were S. O. Peebles, Dr. C. R. Hinshaw, and Mrs. Alice Paige White. Basil Freeman and his orchestra provided music from 9 p.m. to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Theta
High Point College
Sheraton Hotel
Renfrew Pirtle
Izabeth Kivett
Irene Parker
Joe Jones
Danese Manley
Alice Paige White
Omas Bouldin
Burkentz
8. O. Peebles
C. R. Hinshaw
WPA Adult Class at Highland Mills Open House
The WPA Adult Education Class at Highland Mills will hold an open house Thursday at the community house at Highland. Mrs. J. W. McGuinn announces hours from 3 to 4:30 in the afternoon and 7 to 9 in the evening for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Highland Mill
Highland Mills
Highland
J. W. McGuinn
W C T U Meeting Hosts Mrs Royall Guest Speaker
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold a 3:30 p m meeting at First Baptist Church on Tuesday with Mrs F M Royall of Greenville South Carolina as guest speaker on Missions and Temperance The event marks a time change for summer meetings. Mrs Edgar Lee Bailey will be honored at a bridge party hosted by Mrs J Alson Gray at 410 Lindsay Street Wednesday night three tables of bridge planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
F. M. Royall
Greenville
S. C
High Point
Edgar Lee Bailey
J. Alson Gray
Lindsay Street
Bailey
Dorothy Jones
Fowler announces birth of son Gerald Franklin Fowler
Mr and Mrs Sam Fowler announce the birth of a son Gerald Franklin Fowler on Saturday May 18 at Guilford General Hospital. Mrs Fowler before marriage was Miss Chloris Smith of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Franklin Fowler
Sam Fowler
Gerald Franklin
Guilford General Hospital
Value Of Music In Penal And Mental Institutions Canterbury Club
Mrs. Capus M. Waynick spoke at the Canterbury Club on Adventures With Music detailing the therapeutic value of music in prisons and mental hospitals. She cited studies from William van der Wall and shared observations from Central Prison and state mental institutions. The group discussed concerts chapel programs and radio facilities as essential to prison life and readjustment. Club members meanwhile planned refreshments and spring flowers at the North Main Street gathering and voted $10 to Mobilization for Mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury Club
Capus M. Waynick
Owen Reese
North Main Street
Central Prison
Raleigh
Pedostess
Mesdames Waynick
Hoke Bullard
Carson Burns
W. F. Ellis, Jr
W B. Hall
E. T
Kathleen Roser Weds Charles W Kirk in Winston-Salem
Mrs Kathleen Younts Roser and Charles W Kirk married in a private May 18 ceremony at the bride’s brother B E Younts home. The couple, from High Point and East Bend, will reside in Winston-Salem after May 30 at Gray Court Apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Younts Roser
Charles W. Kirk
Winston-Salem
A. B. Conrad
McDowell
Margaret Pullen
Kirk
EF. A. Younts
Mr. Younts
High Point
Mr. Kirk
F. P. Kirk
East Bend
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Gray Court
Hatchel Bundy Vows in Danville Wedding Ceremony
Miss Virginia Lucille Hatchel and Otis Corwin Bundy Jr. wed in a Saturday ceremony in Danville Virginia with Rev. M L Sorrell officiating. The bride, daughter of Mrs Cora Hatchel, wore blue chiffon and taffeta. the couple will reside at 823 North Main Street in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Virginia Lucille Hatchel
Otis Corwin Bundy
M. L. Sorrell
Cora Hatchel
Texarkana
Tex
High Point
John Mason Brown to Close WCMC Lecture Series
Greensboro May 18 concluding the year's talk program John Mason Brown dramatic critic and popular lecturer will speak Tuesday evening May 21 at 8 30 Aycock auditorium He returns again this year by special request with Broadway in Review as the subject of his talk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Woman's College
John Mason Brown
Aycock
Ameri can Association of University Women Final Meeting
The local AAUW branch will hold its season finale Saturday at 3 30 PM in the home of Mrs Horace Haworth. The garden party will also install new officers. Also noted is the birth of a son, Robert Douglas Therrell, to Mr and Mrs Herman Therrell of 1106 Forrest Avenue on May 15 at Guilford General Hospital. Mrs Therrell formerly Miss Bobbie Green of Waxhaw NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Association of University Women
Horace Haworth
Herman
Redman and Taplin to Entertain for Mrs Lafferty
A Friday luncheon at the Woodland Drive home hosted by Mrs Kenneth B. Redman and Mrs A E Taplin honors Mrs R S Lafferty who plans to move to Richmond Virginia. Close friends are invited for 1 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
Redman
Taplin
R. S. Lafferty
Kenneth B. Redman
A. E. Taplin
Woodland Drive
R.S. Lafferty
Richmond
Home And Garden Club Meeting With Mrs Sumner
The Home and Garden Club will meet Wednesday at 10 30 a m with Mrs E A Sumner at her Florham Avenue home. Members should bring clippings for the club scrapbook.
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Home and Garden Club
E. A. Sumner
Florham Avenue
Miss Hinshaw Weds Ronald E. Jester In Danville Rites
Mr and Mrs J E Hinshaw announce the marriage of their daughter Margaret Frances to Ronald Eugene Jester The ceremony was May 13 at the Danville Virginia residence of Rev Russell W Wallis who officiated The bride wore blue and white with a sweetheart roses and lilies of the valley corsage The couple will reside in Washington DC where Mr Jester is with the Department of Agriculture and they are staying at 1312 Park Road NW
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Eugene Jester
Washington, Db. C
Margaret Frances Hinshaw
Danville
J. E. Hinshaw
Franklin Street
Margie Jester
Margaret Frances
Russell W. Wallis
Mr. Jester
Springdale Avenue
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Park Road
Girls Pentagon plan formal party at Emerywood Club
Plans are nearly complete for the private banquet and dance of the Girls' Pentagon Club at Emerywood Country Club. The event is Saturday May 25 with dinner at seven and a dance at nine in the main lounge. music by Russ Greggs and his Salisbury orchestra. Admission is by card only. club members invited guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon Club
Emerywood Country Club
Russ Greggs
Orchestra
Salisbury
Local residents listed returning home and visiting in area
Mrs Victoria Stanley has returned to 615 Cable Street from Burrus Memorial Hospital where she was treated after a broken hip from a fall. Miss Pauline Doss of Lawsonville visits Miss Margaret Rhodes and will also see Miss Tracie McGhee and Mrs Alvin Carroll. Miss Mary Alice Shipton will spend the summer in Myrtle Beach. Misses Jessie Frazier and Zelma Parnell return from UNC Chapel Hill. Mrs Fred Whitescarver was taken to Burrus Memorial Hospital for several days of treatment. Mr and Mrs W W Dickerson left for Cleveland Tennessee due to Mr Dickerson's father's illness. Mrs G D Pettibone returned from a 10 day Florida visit. Miss Violet Murphy will visit Washington DC with her niece Doris Lee Briggs. Mrs Hubert Bryant has recovered enough to leave Burrus Memorial Hospital for Hillcrest Drive. Henry Hall Wilson Jr of Duke University visits Mrs P Y Adams. Miss Virginia Matthews of Jamestown spends the weekend with Mrs Vance Dorsett in Randleman.
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Victoria Stanley
Cable Street
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Pauline Doss
Lawson Ville
Margaret Rhodes
Tracie McGhee
Jamestown
Alvin Carroll
Deep River
Musical Art Club Program Highlights Local Student Talent
The May meeting of the Musical Art Club at Emerywood Country Club will feature vocal and instrumental performances by local students who appeared in the state high school music contest. The event is open to club members only.
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Musical Art Club
Emerywood Country Club
Ada Blair Grade Mothers To Hold Board Meeting
The Ada Blair Grade Mothers executive board of the PTA will meet Monday at 2 45 PM at the school. All board members are urged to attend this important gathering.
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Ada Blair
Parent-Teacher Association
Betrothal announced for Sophia Taplin and Dr McClelland
High Point couple Mr and Mrs Arthur Taplin announce the engagement of their daughter Sophia Ellen Taplin to Donald Randall McClelland of Boston Massachusetts. Sophia a High Point native and UNC Greensboro alumna with honors and Phi Beta Kappa is in social service work with the New England Home for Little Wanderers. McClelland son of Rev and Mrs John A McClelland of Boston attended Bentley School of Accounting and Finance and is active in the electrical appliance business and Boston music circles.
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Sophia Ellen Taplin
Donald Randall McClelland
Boston
Arthur Ernest Taplin
Woodland Drive
High Point
Sophia Ellen
Mass
Miss Taplin
High Point College
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina At
Greensboro
Alpha Kappa del
Farewell Shower Honors Miss Dorothy Trulove
Miss Dorothy Trulove who soon leaves to make her home in Winston Salem was honored at a farewell party given by Miss Doris Bowers. The event at Bowers home Friday night took the form of a shower with many gifts for the honoree. Miss Louise Hardison and Helen Gibson won prizes in contests as games were played and refreshments were served to about twenty young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Trulove
Winston-Salem
Doris Bowers
Louise Hardison
Helen Gibson
Smyre Angell Vows Solemnized May 19 in York DC
Mr and Mrs EF D Smyre announce the marriage of their daughter Evelyn Ernestine Smyre to Floyd F Angell on Friday May 19 1940 in York DC Judge E Gettys Nunn officiated The bride is elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest D Smyre of 610 Hedrick Street She attended local schools graduating in 1937 The groom son of J L Angell of Asheville and the late Mrs Angell works at Burlington Mills plant in High Point After a wedding trip to Asheville they will reside in High Point
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EF. D. Smyre
Evelyn Ernestine
Floyd F. Angell
York, D. C
E. Gettys Nunn
City
Angell
Ernest D. Mmyre
Hedrick Street
J. L. Angell
Asheville
Miss Thomas Talks on Summer Meet in Raleigh
Miss Susannah Thomas secretary of the local Y W C A is in Raleigh for the weekend to confer with Misses Marvin Morton and Dorothea McDonald about the Girl Reserve conference at Camp Betty Hastings near Winston Salem this summer. Thomas assists as program chairman for the conference. She is guest of Miss Grace Mewborn while there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susannah Thomas
Raleigh
Marvin Morton
Dorothea McDonald
Camp Betty Hastings
Winston-Salem
Miss Thomas
Grace Mewborn
Junior Leagues Of America Select Kansas City For 1941 Meet
The Junior League chapter of the American Legion Auxiliary will convene its final session in Kansas City Missouri for the 1941 meet. Helen Gibson will host the regular meeting at 405 Howell Street Saturday at two o'clock, replacing the previously planned arrangement with Caroline Arden. Announce the birth of a son Jerry Neal Thompson born May 9 to Mr and Mrs J L Thompson of Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Leagues of America
Kansas City
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Helen Gibson
Caroline Arden
Helen
Oscar L. Smith
Howell Street
J. L. Thompson
Thomasville
Jerry Neal
Kamera Kraft Klub Elects Officers At Initial Meeting
The Kamera Kraft Club met Thursday at Hill Photo Service on Washington Street electing Howard Henderson as president Miss Mary Louise Hasty as vice president Pauline Hill as secretary Josephine Pope as treasurer and Howard Wood as publicity chairman Eugene V Hill named adult advisor An advance committee and another committee were formed to draft a constitution and by laws The group will meet weekly and this week will meet again at the same location The program will feature the topic Optics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamera Kraft Club
Hill Photo-Service
Washington Street
Howard Henderson
Mary Louise Hasty
Pauline Hill
Josephine Pope
Howard Wood
Eugene V. Hill
Mildred Williams
Bernard Taylor
T. W. Henderson
Alfred Beck
Monnelle Hill
Rena
Local Alumni To Elect Officers Tomorrow Night
New officers of the local chapter of High Point College alumni will be elected at the chapter meeting tomorrow at 6 30 p m at the postal employees cabin off Highway 10A. A spaghetti supper will be served and Alumni Day plans tied to commencement will be reviewed. Members and other former students may attend. call 41146 or 7341 by tonight.
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High Point College
W. O. T. Postpones Picnic Scheduled For Next Tuesday
The W. O. T. Club postpones its picnic supper planned for Tuesday this week and will announce a new date once plans are complete. Hostesses will be those who have not yet served this year, including Mesdames T. J. Gold Hiram Armentrout Joseph D. Cox and H. A. Millis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. T. Club
Mesdames
T. J. Gold
Hiram Armentrout
Joseph D. Cox
H. A. Millis
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Hirteenth
Alpha Theta Psi
Hamiltons
America
Nororel
Hiamilton
Poshinpn
Alson Gray
E. L. Bailey
Hatchel-Bundy
WCMC
Miss Hinshaw
Ronald E. Jester
Mary Alice Shipton
Asheboro Road
Myrtle Beach
N. C
Esse
Jessie Frazier
Zelma Parnell
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Fred” Whitescarver
Parkway
W. W. Dickerson
Cleveland, Tenn
Mr. Dickerson
L. D. Dickerson
G. D. Pettibone
Edgedale Drive
Florida
Plant City
Violet Murphy
Doris Lee Briggs
Hubert Bryant
Hillcrest Drive
Henry Hall “Wilson, Jr
Duke University
Virginia Matthews
Vance Dorsett Ir Randleman
Sophia Taplin
Dr. McLelland
Kamera Kraft Klub
Sheraton
South Hamilton Street
Arena
High Point, N. Y
Sergt. L. C. McMahon
Elwood Hotel
Bashara
Purple
Blackjack Hader Vs
Jake Patterson
Sher
Tommy Marvin
Tom Mahoney
Utes
Whitey Grove
Iron and Elwood Hotels
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