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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1942
Page
6
A Ruth Millett wartime column urges women to adopt the mindset of Private Jones. Emphasizing sacrifice over luxuries, obedience to leadership, long hours, and personal duty on the home front, the article ties everyday living to national war effort.
The Tar Heel Gardener urges thorough soil preparation this fall to boost next year’s Victor Garden. Begin now by plowing breaking up land and applying manure for texture fertility and pest control. Superphosphate is recommended with manure. aim for 50 by 100 feet per load. Plant in spring once land is well prepared.
The Needlework Guild will hold its annual business meeting Thursday at four o'clock at the Sheraton Hotel. All section presidents secretaries and officers are expected to attend and others are welcome. Mrs. R. H. Sechrest heads this year's activities. The group recently held its Ingathering for Fall, collecting about twelve hundred garments and one hundred dollars in cash, plus cleaned or washed used garments. The report highlights its work supplying clothing to local people, especially school children.
Mrs. J. P. Armstrong in charge of nutrition classes under Red Cross sponsorship announces a new Canteen Aid course starting Tuesday November 17 at the senior high school. Classes will be held each Tuesday from 2 30 to 4 30, totaling ten hours to complete. Mrs. Lydie P. Horton will teach the course. An invitation is extended to any interested person to join.
Miss Helen Bundy and Miss Ruth Summey hosted a Friday evening gathering at the J. P. Rawley clubhouse for schoolmates and friends. Guests enjoyed games, prizes to Randall Johnson Duc ley Brewer and Loyal Hauser, and refreshments served by the hostesses and assistants including Ruby Bundy Pearl Newton and a long list of attendees.
The Entre Nous Club will be entertained by Mrs J F Hayden at her home 400 East Washington Street on Thursday afternoon at three o clock. The announcement came this morning and confirms the schedule for the gathering.
Altrusa Club will meet tomorrow evening at seven o'clock at the home of Mrs. Anne Gibson McNeil on Parkway. The change from 7:30 was made because several members attend defense courses after the session. President Mrs. Mabel Burnett announced the adjustment and urged prompt arrival.
The Social Calendar lists clubs and meetings in High Point with dates and hosts. Events include the High Point Garden Club at Mrs A E Tate West Broad Street, and the Em erywood Country Club bridge session hosted by Mrs Robert Garland, plus DAR and Eastern Star programs, nurse club gatherings, and a YWCA board meeting at Adams Memorial YWCA. The schedule also notes a tea honoring the new pastor Rev Wilson O Weldon at the First Methodist Church, a Needlework Guild meeting at the Sheraton Hotel, and a soldier-related Live Y'ers dinner dance at the YWCA.
The Oz Quick Chapter of Royal Ambassadors invites all city Royal Ambassadors to a Tuesday 6 o'clock picnic meeting. They will sit together at Wednesday evening prayer at Hilliard Memorial Church. Friday 4 pm meet to depart for Greensboro conclave. Sunday 7:30 pm they lead the preaching service at Hilliard Memorial to close Focus Week.
Mrs. Perry A. Harper returned to her Greensboro Road home after attending the funeral of her mother Mrs. Catherine Colebrook. The 79 year old died after a long illness at her daughter Mrs. Isabel Stout’s home in Wellsville Ohio. The funeral was held in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where Mrs. Colebrook had made her home.
The American Contract Bridge League will hold the fall national Championships at the Hotel Onondaga in Syracuse New York starting the week of November 30. The event supports War Orphans Scholarships aiming to raise 15 million dollars for the educators of the children.
Duplicate-None notes two killed in action with Albert H. Morehead of New York linked to War Orphans Scholarships. In a bridge hand, Morehead judged hearts and clubs, executing a king of hearts play to pressure the dummy and force a difficult endgame, highlighting strategic finesse by the opponent.
Mrs J R Sink announces the marriage of daughter Rachel Virginia Sink to Everett W Towery on Saturday October 30 in Gaffney South Carolina Judge Roy C Cobb officiated The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Sink of High Point Route Two and is a Trinity High School and Jones Business College graduate She works for Chase Manufacturing Company Mr Towery is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs George W Towery of 509 Prospect Street He attended local schools and now works for Adams-Millis Corporation The couple was accompanied to Gaffney by Mrs Yates Humphreys of Shetby
Brentwood School parents meet Tuesday at 7 30 pm for November program The American Way of Living will be played by Brentwood students in observance of Education Week A community sing is planned for Thursday at 7 30 pm at the school and friends are invited.
The Goodwill Garden Club meets Wednesday at 10 a m with Mrs J A Johnson at 318 Cable Street. Mrs John Whitescarver will give a talk titled Thanksgiving Tables. All members urged to attend.
Alicia Hart reports on moles and beauty marks, noting many people treat all moles as blemishes. See a skin specialist for removal decisions, especially if moles grow or are blue black and irritated. Even benign moles deserve checkups to confirm they are not malignant. Only a doctor can advise on a specific mole.
A Washington column explains how the Office of Price Administration will deduct hoarded goods from ration quotas. Examples show hoarding sugar, flour, coffee, and other staples leads to confiscation or waste. Households regret listening to inside tips on rationed items.
Miss Frances Bradsher Watkins of Kinston and Corp Glenn S Hedgecock of High Point Fort Bragg wed in a simple Friday morning ceremony at First Baptist Church Kinston. The couple, attended by family, left for a wedding trip and will reside at 3515 North Queen Street Kinston.
Mr and Mrs David N Wel announce the birth of their son David Jr born November 6 at Burrus Memorial Hospital. The newborn joins the Wel family at B 24 Norwood Court Apartments.
Oak Hill Friends Christian Endeavor met Sunday night for worship led by Mrs. Sarah Cecil with the talk Changing the Course of Nations by Practicing Peace. The group sang The Kingdom is Coming and discussed Our National Crisis and Promoting Peace before Edith Hussey led prayer. Members were urged to attend the monthly business meeting Monday at 7 30 with Ethel and Lucy Marsh as hostesses.
Mrs. J C Burton returns home from Guilford General Hospital. Harold Sexton promoted to sergeant after two years service, son of E B and Mrs E B Sexton of Trinity Rt 1. Mrs R C Alexander of Thomasville visits son Clyde in Newport News Va. James Urschel White spends week with parents J E and Mrs White. Elizabeth Hedrick recuperating at home in Gold Hill after appendectomy. J Roy Spencer Jr completes Coast Guard basic training at Manhattan Beach and visits family in Williamston. Births: Charles Edward Ellington Nov 6 Burrus Memorial Hospital. Vivian Louise Venable born Nov 3. Katherine Ayres born Nov 3. Aloma Lee Suggs born Nov 7. a son born to Herbert T Scarborough on Nov 5 at Guilford General Hospital.
The Sunday Christian Science service focused on the Lesson-Sermon “Adam And Fallen Man” with the Golden Text Romans 5 9 and Scriptural citations from Revelation 22 14 and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. The discourse emphasizes the great truth that the real man is perfect as the image of God, upright and Godlike, not inverted or subverted.
Raleigh Nov 9 E H Schellenberg OPA tire rationing officer says it will be illegal for North Carolina motorists who own idle tires to use gasoline after Nov 22. Motorists must register tires with Form 534 at local boards. records mailed to keep with autos. No new registration. old gasoline books remain valid.
Hollywood faces a new wartime funding snag as a retroactive salary cap threatens actors and agents. The rule limits annual earnings to around sixty thousand dollars and taxes may erase much of that, leaving contractees and extras anxious about 1942 taxes and pay. Gasoline tires and air raid precautions add to the strain as Hollywood adapts to wartime austerity and rationing.
Seventy five percent of retail concerns in the United States report annual sales under $20,000. Those firms account for less than 23 percent of total retail volume, per Department of Commerce data.
The Department of Commerce reports the newest transformer for Sweden's hydroelectric system is the largest in the world. It marks a milestone in national energy infrastructure and promises enhanced power capacity and grid reliability.
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