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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1941
Page
8
Top winners are pictured from the Emerywood county club duplicate bridge tourney last night with W E McKenney American Contract Bridge League secretary visiting as guest. Teams from Greensboro split honors. Capus M Waynick and Mr McKenney’s team won top honors in section A.
The Pentagon Club will meet tonight at 410 Lindsay Street the home of Mrs Alson Gray all members urged to be present. Also notes a born daughter Sandra Sue to Mr and Mrs Grady Summey at Guilford General Hospital in Greensboro on November 11th formerly Mrs Summey. Just arrived 1942 Philco Refrigerator at Ingram Furniture Co 309 N Main St.
The Andrew Jackson Post 87 of the American Legion and its Auxiliary hosted the Armistice Day banquet at Blair Park clubhouse with about 125 members and guests. Guests included North Carolina Department Commander R. L. McMillan and Mrs. McMillan, Dr. H. E. Castevens, and Amos Maynard. The program featured a talk on Americanism, music by Mrs. Ernestine Strickland and Evelyn Sharpe, and Roy Padgett’s vocal selections. The four course dinner and Thanksgiving motif table decor complemented the event, with Two Gold Star mothers honored and Corsages marking speakers.
Invites go out to several local women's groups by the focal branch of AAUW to hear Dr Ester Nejrade de Calvo of Panama. She will speak Thursday evening at Roberts Hall, High Point College, on fostering programs and understanding Latin American conditions. A large delegation is expected to greet her. groups invited include Utopian Study Club, WT Club, Mid-Week Study, Junior Service League, Wednesday Book Club, Twentieth Century Study, Philomathean, Tea and Topics.
Last evening three Y clubs Florence Nightingale Adams and Ys Girls met for a kids party with about 35 members in attendance. Costumes sparked games London bridge farmer in the den and others with much enthusiasm. prizes went to Mrs Mabel Jordan as a bandaged toe urchin and Miss Faydine Page for the balloon contest. Major Bowes amateur program featured youth talent while oranges and stick candy refreshments added to the nostalgic mood.
Tonight at 7 30 the Ray Street Parent Teacher Association will hold its regular meeting with Superintendent Charles F Carroll Jr as principal speaker, expecting a large attendance. Children from the school will present an additional program and an informal reception will follow.
A slate of organizations including the W C A executive boards the Needlework Guild and several clubs will attend a talk by Dr de Calvo. Represented groups span the High Point chapter of the American Red Cross several alumnae chapters and professional and civic associations. The lecture is scheduled for eight o clock on Thursday.
A dense schedule of meetings and events for Altrusa, Goodwill Garden, Century study club, Emerywood, and many local clubs in High Point. Highlights include dinners at Sheraton Hotel, speakers at YWCA and Roberts Hall, and bi weekly gatherings at Guilford Avenue, Parkway and Emerywood venues.
On Friday night November 14 the Union Hill school Parent-Teacher Association will sponsor a Harvest Festival at the school. Entertainment begins at 7 30 in the auditorium with a toy band from grades one and two, a sixth grade playlet, and a first grade mother goose character presentation. A small admission fee is charged. The king and queen of Union Hill School will be crowned in a popularity contest. Booths for fishing fortune telling and puzzles will be open for all to enjoy.
Members of the Canterbury club will be entertained by Mrs W B Hall at her home 901 Johnson Street for its regular bi weekly meeting Friday afternoon at 3730 o'clock.
The Domino Club will meet tonight at the home of Miss Katherine Swiggett on Louise Avenue at 7 45 oclock, the regular time, it was announced this morning.
Dr. and Mrs. G. B. Bonner returned last night from New York City after spending several days there while en route from Boston. They were accompanied by Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Harrison of this city. The Harrisons returned home after a New York overnight layover.
Mrs. Frank Wiser and Miss Mazel Wiser return to Keevletown Virginia after a weekend visit with Mrs. T. R. Zimmerman and Mrs. J. A. Hardison. Mrs. J. Ear Teague and baby Gloria Ruth of Charlotte are in High Point visiting relatives.
William E. McKenney, secretary of the American Contract Bridge League, won a trophy and the high score in a 14-table two-section Emerywood Country Club event attended by 55 players. Winners split between High Point and Greensboro, with Section A honors to High Point pair Mrs. L. W. Flythe and Mrs. J. E. Prettyman and top North South finishers. Section B honors went to a Greensboro team led by Mrs. Allen Mebane and George Brandi, with East-West captures by Mrs. R. L. White and Mrs. F. T. White.
In a rundown listing a Clock Center feature Birth of the Blues plays at 1 40 3 40 5 40 7 35 9 35. Broadburst shows Ringside Mantsie with showings 1 20 3 15 7 20 9 15. Paramount screens Caught in the Draftt at 11 45 2 34 4 20 6 06 7 52 9 38. Rialto presents Texas Terrors with times 10 45 12 05 1 42 3 51 4 56 6 33 9 47.
Mr and Mrs James Avery McGuire of High Point Route One announce the birth of a son, James Avery Jr, on Friday November 7 at Burrus Memorial Hospital. Mrs McGuire before her marriage was Miss Lucille Cachrane of High Point Route One.
Dr Owen B Ames a Boston psychiatrist and father of English Bagby wife of a UNC professor died yesterday at his Fairfield Maine home after a lingering illness. He was known for his work in mental health and had ties to the University of North Carolina through family.
Ensign Forrest C. Auman of Seagrove North Carolina will serve as a pilot with Navy and Marine Corps aviation squadrons during the Army Carolina maneuvers November 15 to 30. Four squadrons, seven planes, include a dive bomber squadron, an observation squadron, and two Marine fighter outfits under Colonel Louis E. Woods. Auman joined the Naval Reserve January 1 1941 after attending High Point College and completing Civil Aeronautics Administration training in Charlotte.
The Pauline Woosley Circle of Trinity Methodist Church has postponed its regular meeting indefinitely and will announce a new date later. Circle No. 1 will serve a Main Street luncheon tomorrow from 11:30 to 1 with baked ham potato salad pinto beans slaw hot rolls coffee and apple cobbler. The Stephens Bible Class meets tomorrow at 3 pm at Mrs. W. F. Hughes’s home, with Mrs. Nora L. Andrews leading the lesson.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell’s Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin as a stomach friendly remedy for constipation. It claims quick relief by waking lazy nerves in the intestines and touts pleasant taste, suitable for children, and urges purchase at drugstores.
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