Altrusans Honor Sykes At Annual Spring Banquet
Altrusa Club members and guests gathered at the Sheraton for the Spring banquet honoring retiring president Mrs. Marie Caddell. Guest speaker Tom Alderman Sykes of Thomasville spoke on The Pursuit of Happiness, with musical entertainment by Misses Frazier Ellison and others and remarks from district governor Miss Eva Wall.
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Altrusans
Sheraton
Tom A. Sykes
Altrusa Club
Tom Alderman Sykes
Thomas Ville
Sykes
Marie Caddell
Mary Ballard
Jessie Frazier
Louise Ellison
Love Cail
Friml
Thomas E. Strickland
Helen Daves
Charles Medlin
Verta Idol Coe
Caddell
H. L. Brockmann
Civitan Club
Brockmann
Altrusan
Helen Deans
Lucille Browne
Rachel Moser
Carrie McGirt
M. T. Lambeth
Rotary Club
Joe Barr
High Point Council of Jewish Women
Helen Vogler
Winston-Salem
Eva Wall
High Point
W. EF. Hiser
Shenandoah
Irene Crews
Thomasville
M. Z. Perkinson
J. O. Poindexter
Mary Lane Ballard
Ruth Young
H. T. Hethcock
C. H. Caddell
John R. Rothrock
Vera Idol
Ballard
Wall
High Point Club
Martin Brockmann
Altrusa
Miss Wall
Columbia
S. C
Baltimore
Huntington
W. Va
Daughers Of Colonial Wars Plan Marker For Fort Dobbs
The North Carolina Society Daughters of Colonial Wars plans a 400 marker at Fort Dobbs near Statesville to honor pre Revolutionary War soldiers. The group also voted to continue its Crossnore School scholarship. Distinguished visitors included national DA C officials and DAR leaders.
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Daughters of Colonial Wars
Fort Dobbs
Statesville
North Carolina Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars
Sheraton Hotel
John Scott Welborn
North Carolina Society
D.C. W
Crossnore School
Benjamin Wyche
W. H. Belk
National Society
Children of the American Revolution
Charlotte
Eugene N. Davis
Raleigh
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
North Carolina Society, Daughters of the American Colonists
Welborn
E. N. Davis
William 8. Stewart
Wyche
Maggie Earnhardt
Concord
G. D. B. Reynolds
Albemarle
FE. A. Branch
Charlotte's Queen Betty Collins to Represent City
Miss Betty Collins of Charlotte will represent Charlotte at the sixth annual Wallace Strawberry Festival this week. She heads the western state sponsors and will take part in the coronation ceremony Thursday night where Governor Clyde R. Hoey will crown the Queen. Collins is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Collins and is niece of Mrs. P. H. Dalton of High Point. Her escort is Hoover Adams of Dunn.
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Betty Collins
Charlotte
Wallace
Ben Collins
Clyde R. Hoey
Miss Collins
P. H. Dalton
Circle Drive
High Point
Hoover Adams
Dunn
Social Calendar for Thursday to Saturday Events
The Early American Arts Club meets at Mrs. D. E. Richardson's Asheboro Road house with Bottles as the program. Entre Nous Club gathers at Mrs. G. J. Humphreys West College Drive. Wild Flower Garden Club meets at Montheu Avenue with Mrs. Fred Gordy and Mrs. R. H. Shaw coordinating. Canterbury Club picnics Friday with Mrs. Roy Spearman. Emerswood Country Club hosts an evening bridge party. Junior Emerywood dancers honor the senior class with Clarence Leonard orchestra at the clubhouse, tickets by card.
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Early American Arts Club
CC. B. Mattocks
D. E. Richardson
Asheboro Road
G. J. Humphreys
West College Drive
Wild Flower Garden Club
Fred Gordy
Montheu Avenue
R. H. Shaw
Canterbury Club
Roy Spearman
Emerswood Country Club
Emerywood Country Club
Clarence Leonard
Wayside Garden Club Closes Season With Picnic
About 50 members guests and spouses attended the Wayside Garden Club final meeting of the season at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Amos. A quartet of local performers sang during a picnic supper in the Amos garden with spring blooms as a backdrop. No further meetings will be held until fall.
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Wayside Garden Club
Charles Amos
Amos
Miss Rada Poston To Represent RPG Club At Conference
Miss Rada Poston was elected to represent the Business and Professional Girls' Club at the summer conference of business girls and Camp Merriwood on June 10. The meeting at Adams Memorial YWCA featured speakers Jee F. Schaner on Better Government In North Carolina and a Elm Street School glee club program. Vera Smith presided in Miss Helen Deans' absence as about 30 members attended.
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Rada Poston
Merriwood
Adams Memorial Y. W. C. A
F. Schaner
Schaner
North Carolina
Department of State
Hazel Young
Elm Street School Glee Club
Elizabeth Dunbar
Glee Club
Helen Deans
Vera Smith
Mrs Pliskin Hosts Tea in Thomasville for Philadelphia Guest
Mrs. Jake Pliskin entertained two hundred fifty guests from Thomasville and High Point at the Woman's Club tea to honor Miss Lorene Davis of Philadelphia. The event featured a receiving line, a summer flowers theme, and a three tiered cake with nuptial motifs, with hospitality from Mrs. Ralph Wilson, Mrs. Joe Barr, and many others.
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Thomasville
Woman's Club
Jake Pliskin
High Point
Lorene Davis
Philadelphia
Ralph Wilson
Joe Barr
Mare Snell
Pliskin
Miss Davis
Charles
Mesdames Rose Savage
Harry Doctor
Wade Kennerly
Annie Lou Doctor
Estelle Layton
Mimi Wagger
Annie Bell Londner
Lee Miriam Layton
Alice Lambeth Wilson
Miriam Pliskin
Philip Silver
al Schwartz
Betty Jennings
Frances Griffin
Club Mikado Plans Friday Picnic at Guilford Battleground
The Club Mikado will hold its second weekly summer social a Friday night at 7 o'clock at Guilford Battleground. Earlier at Gibson Club rooms the first summer program included a yard party where Mrs. Ann Snotherly and Frank Deker won high score prizes.
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Mikado
Guilford Battleground
Gibson Club Rooms
Ann Snotherly
Frank Deker
Dominos Elect New Slate At Meeting
The Domino Club elected a new slate at its meeting held at Miss Martha Jarrett home on the Winston Salem road. Mrs Margaret Taylor was chosen president with Miss Billie Bundy as secretary Miss Martha Jarrett treasurer Mrs A G Ellington Jr social chairman and Mrs Claude Smith Jr publicity chairman. Plans were completed for a June private party at Pleasants cabin and a social hour with bridge and refreshments followed.
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Domino Club
Martha Jarrett
Winston-Salem
Margaret Taylor
Billie Bundy
A. G. Ellington, Jr
Claude Smith
Pleasants’ Cabin
Bridge
Mr and Mrs Gary Attend Raleigh Commercial Audition
Mr and Mrs BE Gary spent Tuesday in Raleigh attending a special commercial audition of Jack Wardlaw and his Rhythm Band in the Virginia Dare ballroom at the Sir Walter Hotel. They joined Mr and Mrs Fred B Gary Nick Gary and friends as guests of radio station WPTF for the Wardlaw program recording.
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BE. R. Gary
Raleigh
Jack Wardlaw
Virginia Dare
Sir Walter Hotel
Fred B. Gary
Nick Gary
WPTF
Wardlaw
Rehearsals Underway for Ada Blair Operetta Honey Pirates
Rehearsals are underway for the operetta Honey Pirates to be staged Friday May 31 at 7 50 p m in the Ada Blair School auditorium. Miss Thelma Parker directs with help from teachers. Leading roles include Queen Bee Jean Callaham Officer Buzz Jack Thomas Drowsy Crone Willard Rich Sun Walton Thrower Moon Mary McMullen and Big Bear Bruin Fabie Johnson. About 80 students from various grades are in the cast.
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Ada Blair
Thelma Parker
Queen Bee
Jean Callaham
Officer Buzz
Jack Thomas
Drowsy Crone
Willard Rich
Sun
Walton Thrower
Moon
Mary McMullen
Big Bear Bruin
Fabie Johnson
Thomasing
Grace McKaughan Heads to Elizabethtown as Guest
Grace McKaughan left Monday for Elizabethtown to be the house guest of Miss Dorothy Williamson for about ten days. Local friends inform that S. F. Plummer of Chapel Hill is recovering satisfactorily after an operation last week.
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Grace McKaughan
Elizabethtown
Dorothy Williamson
Alot
S. F. Plummer
Chapel Hill
Tea and Shower for Bride-Elect Miss Mary Louise Myrick
Greensboro hostesses honored Miss Mary Louise Myrick teacher at Bay Street School at a tea and informal shower at Mrs. Truitt W. Cox home. The pink and white decorations featured roses. gifts included a berry spoon, embroidered pillow slips, and bath towels from guests and helpers. The wedding to Albert Pennington Hyde of New York City is set for June 1 at First Presbyterian Church.
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Mary Louise Myrick
Bay Street School
Albert Pennington Hyde
New York City
First Presbyterian Church
C. W. Higgins
Truitt W. Cox
Miss Myrick
Mrs. Cox
Greensboro
Mrs. Higgins
Eleanor
Marguerite
Cecile Cox
Eastern Star Has Regular Meeting At Masonic Temple
Twenty six members attended the semi monthly High Point chapter 106 Order of the Eastern Star meeting at the Masonic Temple. One petition for membership was received as Mrs Beadie Mabry presided and notes were made of the thirty fifth annual Grand Chapter session at Wrightsville Beach June 9 to 13 with Golden Red chapter 142 as hostesse group.
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High Point
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Beadie Mabry
Grand Chapter
North Carolina
Wrightsville Beach
Goldenred
Cloverdale Orchestra and Glee Club Present P T A Program
The Cloverdale Glee Club and Orchestra directed by Miss Bodie Miss Modlin and Mr Alrutz offered a PTA meeting program. It featured orchestra solos duets and a final performance of Little Black Sambo from The Jungleland Suite with the glee club and orchestra. Attendance honors went to first grade and sixth grade.
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Cloverdale Glee Club
Winifred Bodie
Ruth Modlin
W. L. Alrutz
P.T. A
Jacqueline Meekins
Peggy Crawford
Farrell Deese
Doris Bruton
Carolyn Grant
Vivian Beck
Glee Club
Esther Bivens
Lottie Holden Bible Class Schedules Tomorrow Meeting
The Lottie Holden Bible Class will meet tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock with Mrs. O D McPherson on Newton Street.
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Lottie Holden
Lottie Holden Bible
O. D. McPherson
Newton Street
Traffic deaths rise monthly through April 1940
Chicago May 29. The National Safety Council reports a steady month by month rise in highway deaths. April saw 2,370 fatalities, up 3 percent from the previous year, and the four month total reached 9,390, about 6 percent higher than the same period in 1959.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Vacation-Beach Escapes Across North Carolina Coast
A travel promotion extols North Carolina coastlines from Nags Head to Hatteras and Wrightsville Beach. It highlights sun and sand, outdoor cooking, native strolls, Lost Colony play, inland waterway spots, and family-friendly recreation amid June gardening time.
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Carolina
Gulf Stream
Nags Head
Manteo
Oregon Inlet
Wright Memorial
Hatteras
Fort Macon
Hurst
Onslow
Lanier
Beethoven
Keats
Oscar the Anatomical Chart Becomes Billy’s Classroom Friend
An eighth grade pupil borrows a medical chart from his uncle to aid Mrs Freeman in teaching body structure. In the lunchroom Billy learns the chart is named Oscar by his teacher and shared as a playful nod to anatomy. Oscar remains a fixed figure despite time and science.
Glee Club Children Delight at Wesley Memorial Church
The Elm Street and Ray Street Schools Glee Club children sang Sunday night at Wesley Memorial Church. Their polished voices and joyful performance pleased the audience. Miss Dorothy Hoskins of the school music department directed the group with notable success.
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Elm Street
Ray Street
Wesley Memorial Church
Dorothy Hoskins
Surprising Father on Juneteenth Day Wardrobe Hint
A father’s day gift idea suggests two weeks for tailored shirts in lustrous rayon with monograms and a double breasted sport shirt. Outfit plans include a white dinner jacket with lapels and navy trousers, plus white tropical worsted jacket material.
Night in Bombay from Louis Bromfi harnesses mystery
A fragmentary review hints at a taj mahal hotel setting and a poised, clever protagonist. The note references a stimulating, intelligent personality with executive ability, calm amid obstacles, and a distinguished family name shaping local reception.
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Taj Mahal Hotel
Miliar
Louis Bromfi
Bombay
Stacles
Contest Winners to Attend Tacky Party at Calvary Methodist
Contest winners from the Molly Phipps Philathea group of Calvary Methodist Church will be guests at a tacky party tomorrow at 7 30 p m at Mrs Bates 430 South Main Street. Special speakers singers and refreshments will be served during the evening.
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Molly Phipps Philathea
Calvary Methodist Ch
Bates
South Main
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King-Smith Studio
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