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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1946
Page
7
In spring like Helen Follett suggests a two month plan to shed fat and tone the body. Start with fat free meals and avoid heavy pastries while exercising ten minutes daily. A brisk walk and targeted moves reduce thigh and waist measurements and improve health.
Mrs George Matthews Jr hosted an informal tea at Emerywood Country club for Miss Clara Cole Sherrod bride elect. About 35 guests called between five and six, with punch and hors d oeuvres served under a lily centerpiece.
Knox Wilson Jr with his mother Mrs. Knox Wilson and brother Gurney travel to Saratoga Springs New York for his marriage to Marian Maria set for Sunday at Saint Peter's Catholic church parish house. Gurney to serve as best man. Nancy Marra maid of honor and her sister will be attendant. Additional guests include Mrs. H R Jones and Russell Clark Jr. They will pause in New York City at the Pennsylvania Hotel before wedding events.
Visual aid services at the University of North Carolina report a surge in demand for film libraries by schools churches and business firms across the state. The Carolina Film Library plans closer teacher coordination and preview requirements to ensure educational value while expanding equipment and revenue through modest rental fees and club plans.
The Manly Bible class of Calvary Methodist will meet tonight at 7 30 at G E Brewer home Highway 10 A. A cake sale is planned Saturday at 6 30 at 1224 Redding Street, sponsored by the Ladies of the Church of God to raise funds for the church. The Oak Grove Baptist Young People class met at Mrs. Alice Nicholson’s Clara Cox apartments with Clarence Wright in charge and Bill Dickens dismissing.
A night blaze destroyed a large lumber mill in Portland. KEX sent an announcer to provide a play-by-play of the fire, cutting phone lines to the fire department but drawing a crowd to the scene.
A new mildew killer, or fungi side, can be used in garbage pails, bread boxes, clothing, rugs, fur niture, draperies and shower cur tains to prevent mildew.
A Metropolitan Life survey reports that death by own action increased since V E Day, especially among white men, with higher monthly tolls than the prior year. It cites wartime job losses and postwar readjustment as factors and notes a decline after World War I before a similar rise.
In Wichita Kansas a monkey named Cachita caused a spree by tearing bags, grabbing hats, chewing flowers, and biting a 6 year old. Police and a humane officer supervised a ten day observation after the animal was captured with help from patrolmen and neighbors.
A. C. Blumenthal of New York and Mexico City and associates have taken over the new Hotel Casablanca in Acapulco and plan to control more hotels in Mexico City and nearby tourist centers. They currently run Ciro's in the Hotel Reforma and other locations.
Sugar heir John D. Speckels II, 35, and Mrs. Lou Dell Breese, 35, Malibu Beach costume designer, married in a disclosed ceremony on April 20 in Las Vegas. It is Speckels third marriage and Breese’s second. Breese was previously divorced from Vance Breese, a test pilot.
Twenty four year old Edith Baker a former WAVE is elected adjutant of the Massachusetts Jewish War Veterans at their 15th annual election making history as the first woman to hold an executive state department office in the organization.
In Lynchburg Virginia 95 year old Bedford resident Mrs Karen Haptuch Saunders is learning to walk again after a broken right leg using a walker device. She previously recovered from a left leg break two years ago and notes aging as a happy time while recalling courtship era.
A Laplander visiting Kiruna bank kept his wealth in reindeer and asked how many reindeer would secure a loan. After cashing a large meat sale he learned the bank would borrow his money and inquired about security in living assets.
The Indiana highway commission will build a roadside park on U S Highway 45 near Ernie Pyle’s birthplace as a memorial to the war correspondent killed April 18 1945. A Indiana limestone replica of the Ie Shima statue will be featured. The park is sponsored by the highway commission and the Ernie Pyle Memorial Inc.
In cities over a million population it is estimated that each resident takes more than 420 rides a year on subways street cars trackless trolley coaches and gas buses of his local transit system.
Mrs Rex Garris thought the exit blocked by the garage door but she was right the door lay on the ground when she backed into the driveway.
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