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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1951
Page
17
Mrs Schoch, High Point's one woman attorney, tells YWCA luncheon attendees that wills and property sharing secure families. She links security to social legislation, old age benefits, and joint ownership of property, urging timely will-making amid a membership drive update.
In Korea May 19 soldiers show little awareness of Armed Forces Day. A spokesman noted most troops were too busy to observe the occasion as the president and top field commanders paid tribute to their valor.
A road into a small Korean village carries a stark warning from military police: Drive carefully. You may kill your replacement. The sign reflects harsh wartime morale and caution for stationed personnel.
Mrs Paul Walker and her two children Lafitte and Wray have settled in High Point awaiting Lt. Paul Walker’s return from Munich where he serves as provost marshal. The family kept cherished German souvenirs including rare M. T. Hummel figurines, watercolors, and portraits captured in their year in Germany.
The wedding of Miss Zola McDonald and George Carter was held at Rose Street Baptist Church. A Friday evening cake cutting at Mrs Willa Stout’s Sixth Street home followed the rehearsal with about fifty guests from the bridal party and families.
Officials probed sabotage after a $1,000,000 fire tore through a 600 foot pier and the British freighter Pineland injuring over 50. Harbor patrolmen searched the Delaware River for three missing men, two crew members who jumped overboard with 30 others as flames engulfed the cargo vessel. Fire marshals sifted ruins as crews battled the blaze with 27 fire companies, four fireboats, and two coast guard vessels amid ongoing pier fires.
Thomasville BPW Club held a banquet Tuesday at the Woman's Club with over 100 attendees. Miss Ya Hensley directed a high school chorus program and Rev. W. C. Reed spoke on The Influence of Women on Business. Officers were installed and Mrs. Mary G. Matthews commented on the officers as a key. Invitations were issued for the Alice Lambeth Wilson and William T. Dixon Jr. wedding.
Mrs Zoe Kincaid Brockmann of Gastonia stayed with local friends overnight before heading to Raleigh for the spring conference of The North Carolina Press Women. She is Gastonia Gazette woman’s editor and a noted short story and poetry author. Her poetry collection Heart On My Sleeve will be published by Banner Press Emory University later this month.
An old notice from June 1951 reports a memorial service at Memorial Rethding Church in Thomasville NC and an invitation from Mrs Ralph Harper Wilson for a June sixth gathering at the Thomasville Woman's Club. The item also notes cereal enrichment and a food tip about bread pudding with dates and walnuts.
Social guests gathered for the final cake cutting before the Corum Payne wedding of Miss Celeste Pa and W E Corum on Johnson Street. The celebration included Mrs Roth Havelka sister of the Chicago finishing the cake cut and Mrs Ralph Rains assisting at the bowl, with Annette Broome and Lillie Mae Moore in the gift room. Martha Hayworth registered guests as a three tiered cake and white summer flowers formed the centerpiece with greenery and candles nearby.
A Coast Guard board studied whether the coal ship event’s bridge was unmanned during a crash into the seaplane carrier Vailcour off Cape Henry. Capt. Eugene Tatum testified power failure hampered communications and steering, with 2 sailors dead and 3 missing.
Heavy rains cut a wide swath through Oklahoma forcing 500 families from their homes as rivers rose and streams flooded. The Red River near Sayre washed out stranding vehicles, while the Little Arkansas flooded Wichita and surrounding districts. In St Louis the Red Cross reported thousands displaced across Kansas and nearby areas.
Finely shredded carrot added to a green salad enhances visual appeal by brightening the dish with vibrant orange tones and light crunch, offering a simple way to improve color and texture.
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