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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1944

Page

13

Colorful Banquet Marks Y Clubs National Progress Day

The Industrial Department of the YWCA observed its fourth annual National Progress Day with a banquet and program. Mrs. Virgie Lance presided as toastmistress as tables bore red white and blue to fit the We Produce For Today On the Beam For Tomorrow theme.

Industrial Department Y.W.C.A Industrial Y.W.C.A Virgie Lance Inter-Club Gris Adams Club Joyce Sugg Margaret Burgess Helen Craven Polly Prather Iris Burton Faye Hedrick Arwilla Jones Sally Ray Mildred Shives Jis Yarborough Bertha Dennis Louise Yow Lucille Hester Mabel Morrison Edith Lambeth Joyce Hunsucker YWCA Adams Memorial D. KR. Parker George Machen Ruby Williams Highland Lend-Ahand Club Parker Inter-club Council Ola Carpenter Florence Nightingale Club Machen Bertha Ann Dennis

Dobson Reunion Honors Mrs. Will Hauser at Home

Mrs. Walter Do Folger hosted a Sunday gathering at her Dobson home for Mrs. Will Hauser of New Castle Indiana and the hostess birthday anniversaries. About one hundred relatives and friends attended including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Folger and daughters Anne Sue and Jane and Mr. and Mrs. Myron H Folger of High Point.

Dobson Walter Do. Folger Will Hauser New Castle Ind Walter Folger Anne Sue Jane Myron H. Folger High Point Folger

Burbank Club Sets Dressings Session at YWCA

The Burbank club plans a Wednesday meeting at 10 oclock in the YWCA Red Cross rooms. Members will make surgical dressings under Mesdames J A Marsh and R H Sechrest. Guests are asked to arrive by nine for a nine thirty start.

Burbank Ywca Red Cross Mesdames J. A. Marsh R. H. Sechrest Po Fe

Emerywood Club Hosts Evening Bridge Gala and Dance

The Emerywood Country Club held a Friday art bridge evening for members and guests with ten tables in play and roses as floral decor. A May 27 dinner dance is planned with a popular orchestra and begins at 8:30 PM, aiming to top prior clubs events.

Emerywood Country Club W. FE. Outen Hal A. Davis

Bridal party honors Mrs Wyatt Hill before her army wedding

Mrs Wyatt Hill the former Iris Hicks was feted with a hospitality party at the Montgomery home on North Hamilton Street. Guests and hostesses enjoyed games and prizes, and a shower with many gifts was presented to the honoree before she leaves to join Lt Hill in Miami Florida.

Wyatt Hill Iris Hicks Lt. Hill Miami Fla James Montgomery Myrtle Cates Ruby Poole Montgomery North Hamilton Street T. R. Ballard Wilson D. Weldon Belvin Moore Hill Mrs. Hill

Spring Recital By Mrs Koonts Pupils At Presbyterian Church

The annual Spring piano recital of Mrs Henry Koonts pupils was held Friday in the ladies parlor of the Presbyterian church. Awards honored four years and two years perfect practice, memory contest winners, and top memorization honors. Guests and pupils included Sara Barrer, Nancy Gray, Lucy Heilig, Mary Strickland, Suzanne Slate, Frances Pickett, Sue Folger, Anne Folger, Sandra Casey, Tommye Lentz, Carolyn Murray, Carolyn Andrews, and Robert Ladehoff.

Henry Koonts Presbyterian Church Robert Ladehoff Nancy Gray Lucy Heilig Nancyray Sara and Margaret Barrer Mary Strickland Suzanne Slate Frances Pickett Sue and Anne Folger Sandra Casey Tommye Lentz Carolyn Murray Carolyn Andrews

Recital Friday at Union Hill School

Piano pupils of Miss Hazel Lanier at Union Hill School will perform in a recital on Friday evening May 26 at eight o clock. Seventeen pupils will take part and Jean Walton the featured soprano will headline the program.

Hazel Lanier Union Hill School Jean Walton

Births Across High Point Add Newest Citizens

Mr and Mrs Fli Griffin announce a daughter Mary Frances born May 19 at High Point Memorial Hospital Boulevard unit. Mr and Mrs H Bame report a son William Homer born May 20 at Washington street unit High Point Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs H R Haynes announce a son Dwight Roger born May 18 at Washington unit. Mr and Mrs J A Baker Jr reveal a daughter Betty Jean born May 19 at Washington unit. Pvt and Mrs C L Williams announce daughter Peggy Ann born May 18 at Washington street unit High Point Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs C L Hart report a son James Cleaver born May 18 at Washington street unit High Point Memorial Hospital. Lieut and Mrs John Dolen Hedrick announce daughter Kay Elizabeth born May 17 at Champaign Illinois. Mrs Hedrick formerly Nel Holton of this city. Mr and Mrs Carl Sink announce daughter Nancy Jean born May 8 at Boulevard unit High Point hospital.

Griffins Fli Griffin West Green Street Mary Frances Boulevard High Point Memorial Hospital Bame H. Bame Carter Street William Homer Washington Street Haynes H. R. Haynes H Point Route Four Dwight Roger Bakers J. A. Baker, Jr Sophia Route One Betty Jean Peggy Ann Williams C. L. Williams Clara Cox Peggy Ann HARTS C. L. Hart Barbee Street James Cleaver Dolen Hedricks John Dolen Hedrick Kay Elizabeth Champaign Nancy Jean Sink Carl Sink Route 2 Nancy Jean High Point Hospital

Simmersons Welcome Daughter Dorinda Carroll in Atlanta

Mr and Mrs James M Simmerson of Smyrna Georgia formerly of High Point announce the birth of a daughter Dorinda Carroll on May 9 at a hospital in Atlanta Georgia Mr Simmerson is connected with the Bell Aircraft company at Smyrna Georgia

Fe Simmersons James M. Simmerson Smyrna High Point Dorinda Carroll Atlanta Simmerson Bell Aircraft Company

Business Club of Y Planning Picnic

The Business and Professional Club of the Y W C A will hold a picnic supper at the city lake park on Tuesday evening. Members should meet at the Y at six o'clock and cars will be provided for transportation to the lake.

City Lake Park

Local social notes include graduations and visits across North Carolina

Local residents attend Susannah Matthews graduation recital at Woman’s College in Greensboro while others travel between High Point Lexington and Thom asville. Notables include Paul W. Crawford now a MGM cameraman in Hollywood after a US Army discharge and several hospital or home visits among families in High Point and Duncan with travel to Oklahoma and Maryland.

A. Lee Gibson Susannah Matthews Thomasville Woman's College Greensboro Miss Matthews High Point

Women of the Moose Plan Dressings and Barbecue

The Women of the Moose invite members to meet at the Red Cross surgical dressing rooms Tuesday evening to roll bandages. At Thursday’s regular meeting Dorothy Forward presided as Senior Regent and a new member ballot was held. Mothers day cards were sent to members' mothers, the Mooseheart endowment fund and march were observed, and group singing concluded the session. A joint barbecue for both W O W and Women of the Moose is scheduled for Friday May 26 at the hall.

Women of the Moose Red Cross Dorothy Forward Miss Forward Mooseheart Endowment Fund W.O.W

O. E. S. to Meet Tuesday Evening in High Point

The High Point chapter number 106 Order of the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting at the Masonic Temple on North Main Street Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, announced secretary Miss Bessie Pope.

High Point Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Temple North Main Street Bessie Pope

Emerywood and area clubs schedule week events

The calendar lists a busy week of club activities including the Emerywood Country Club bridge session hosted by Mrs. O C Durland, YWCA picnic at City Lake Park, Altrusa program at the Sheraton with Mr s Dickerson retiring, and a Burbank Garden Club dressing drive at the YWCA.

e_Emerywood Country club O. C. Durland City Council of Elm Street School Blake Thompson Business and Professional Club The YWCA City Lake Park

Volunteer by Vincy Wilder

A wartime tribute highlights a woman who crafts surgical dressings away from war sounds. She and many volunteers sustain wounded servicemen and air crews with careful preparation and faith in the care they provide.

Vincy Wilder

Alpha Theta Psi Sorority Feted At Hinshaw Home

Dr and Mrs C R Hinshaw hosted Alpha Theta Psi Sorority of High Point College with an outdoor supper at 902 Rotary Drive as a seasonal social event with a patriotic theme. Guests included Eloise Cecil Kathryn Cross Catherine Crawford Billie Frazier Hortense Futrelle Ruby Parker Judy Primm Dina Taylor and honorary faculty members Mrs Alice Paige White and Miss Ernestine Fields.

C. R. Hinshaw Alpha Theta Psi Sorority High Point College Rotary Drive Eloise Cecil Kathrryn Cross Catherine Crawford Billie Frazier Hortense Futrelle Ruby Parker Judy Primm Dina Taylor Alice Paige White Ernestine Fields The Alpha Theta Psi

Priscilla Club Meets As Mrs Hall Hosts Final Meeting

The Priscilla club will meet Friday afternoon at 3 30 at 901 Johnson street with Mrs W B Hall as hostess. Members will sew for the Red Cross and associate hostesses are Mesdames Owen Reese Harry L Brockmann and Vernon Idol.

Priscilla Club W. B. Hall Johnson Street Red Cross USO Ymca Gymnasium Emerywood Country Club Hall

Debating a Bridge Slam Blame in a Three No Trump Auction

A letter questions who erred after North passed three no trump with AKJ QKQ6 and K8548 1098 85 A1086. The writer argues South’s jump to clubs was risky given no club fit and weak hearts and diamonds, suggesting South should have moved to four notrump with better support.

North South Hearts and Diamonds

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