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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1942

Page

6

Mesdames Humphreys And Sechrest Lead Needlework Guild

Officers elected to head the Needlework Guild for the new year include cochairmen Mesdames G. J. Humphreys and R. H. Sechrest at a meeting held at the Sheraton Hotel. Secretary H. P. Morrison and assistant secretary Wade Hiatt, treasurer Fred Whitescarver, and four vice presidents also named. The group reported about 1,200 garments and nearly $150 in cash were gathered for needy children, with plans to boost fall Ingathering and continue the reserve fund.

Sheraton Hotel G. J. Humphreys R. H. Sechrest Chhosen H. P. Morrison Wade Hiatt Fred Whitescarver Mesdames W. W. Lentz Edgar Hartley L. F. Causey Myrtle Poore

Miss Watson Honored At Bridge Party And Shower

Miss Margaret Watson hosted a bridal bridge and shower at 230 Woodrow Avenue, complimentary as she prepares to marry Ensign Harry M. Doud Jr. in Corpus Christi, Texas. Guests included Mrs. Bunn W. Hackney and Miss Dorothy Hackney. Top score won by Mrs. Charles Mendenhall. guests presented handkerchief gifts to the honoree.

Margaret Watson Harry M. Doud, Jr Bunn W. Hackney Dorothy Hackney Bridge Woodrow Avenue Miss Watson Hackney Ensign Doud Corpus Christi Tex Rodd Field Naval Reserve Charles Mendenhalm Pat Hackney Mary Ruth Kimrey Mary Elizabeth Bennett Clarkie Pleasants Eloise Best James Meadows Ross Armstworthy Charles Mendenhall Mabel H. Burmett Mary Ruth Connor T. B. Bennett

Beta Sigma Phi Dress Program Highlights Wartime Care

The Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi hosted a November meeting at Mrs. George Elkins home on Lindsay Street. Members discussed suitable wartime dress and garment care to extend wear during and after the war. Participants included Anna Lee Ellison Betty Lou Crawford and George Elkins with new initiates Grace McKaughan Barbara Matthews and Emogene Shields attending for the first time. A talk by Betty Lou Crawford covered the organization’s purpose and membership, followed by light refreshments for about ten members.

Beta Sigma Phi George Elkins Lindsay, Street Anna Lee Ellison Betty Lou Crawford Grace McKaughan Barbara Matthews Emogene Shields

Women leaders to attend New York Herald Tribune forum

Mrs J F Hayden president of the High Point Woman's club and Mrs J E Lambeth of Thomasville will travel to New York City to attend the eleventh annual Herald Tribune forum at the Waldorf Astoria on Monday November 16. Hayden represents her focal club and Lambeth represents Thomasville Women’s club. They plan to spend a week in the city after the meeting. The topic is Our Fight For Survival In a Free World.

J. F. Hayden High Point Woman's Club J. E. Lambeth Thomasville New York City New York Herald-Tribune Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Hayden Focal Club Lambeth New York

Entre Nous Club Entertained By Mrs. Hayden

The Entre Nous club met at Mrs. J. F. Hayden's Washington street home for a regular meeting with Boston rook, artfully decorated rooms, and fall chrysanthemum arrangements. Refreshments followed as Mesdames Z. I. Walser L. R. Terry A. E. Tate A. M. Rankin G. H. Kearns G. R. Humphreys C. F. Long H. S. Hartzell B. S. Cummings S. C. Clark W. C. Beavans and H. W. McCain attended.

J. F. Hayden Washington Street Boston Mesdames Z. I. Walser L. R. Terry A. E. Tate A. M. Rankin G. H. Kearns G. R. Humphreys C. F. Long H. S. Hartzell B.S. Cummings S. C. Clark W. C. Beavans H. W. McCain

Live Hunt Change of Meeting Place for Sedgefield Hunt

The Sedgefield Hunt changes the meeting venue to Sedgefield Stables from Ed Armstrong Estate for Saturday morning. The hunt starts at 8:30 and many members are expected to gather at the stables.

Sedgefield Sedgefield Stables Ed Armstrong

Birth of Kathleen Elizabeth Dean

Lieutenant and Mrs Darrell T Dean announce the birth of a daughter Kathleen Elizabeth November 10 at Burrus Memorial Hospital Mrs Dean is formerly Kathleen Fields of this city Lieutenant Dean is in the armed forces overseas after a forum session at the Waldorf Astoria

Darrell T. Dean Kathleen Elizabeth Burrus Memorial Hospital Dean Kathleen Fields Lieutenant Dean

Social Calendar Quietly Welcomes New Methodist Pastor

Saturday schedule includes 4:30 to 6 p m a reception at the YWCA honoring Rev Wilson Weldon and Mrs Weldon by the Junior Department of the First Methodist Church with parents and members invited. At 7 p m the Live Y ers Club at the YWCA hosts a dinner dance honoring soldiers from Sedgefield Air Corps Technical Training School.

First Methodist Church Wilson Weldon

County Classroom Teachers Dinner Meeting Saturday

Guilford County Class Room Teachers Association schedules a luncheon meeting in the College Cafeteria on Saturday Nov 14 at 12 30 following the County Teachers Meeting at Curray School Woman's College Greens boro. Miss Ethel Perkins state president will attend. A panel on classroom organization achievements objectives and future will be held. All teachers invited regardless of membership. Aliss Julia McNairy Guilford county unit president will preside.

Guilford County Class Room Teachers Association Curray School Woman’s College Greensboro Ethel Perkins Associaton Aliss Julia McNairy

Young People Meet New Minister at First Methodist

The First Methodist church invites youth ages 15 to 23 to meet Rev. Wilson O. Weldon Sunday at 6 30 p m in the Blue Room. Plans for weekly fellowship will be discussed. A formal reception honoring the new minister and his wife is held tomorrow evening for all congregation members to attend.

First Methodist Church Wilson O. Weldon

Union Hill School Fun Festival Tonight

Union Hill School hosts a fun festival starting at 7 30 tonight at the school building. The program features a sixth grade skit Paw Gets Took impersonations by seventh grade a grammar grade minstrel and popularity contest awards. Side shows and food and drinks will be sold.

Union Hill Paw

Patriotic Play at Main Street School Delights Parents

Thomasville on November 13 saw Main Street school present a three act musical We Hold These Truths for parents and teachers. Directed by Hilda Heatwole with Emma Mae Byerly in music and Frankie Craven on stage, the program drew on the Declaration of Independence to explain Life Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Thomasville Main Streetsschool Hilda Heatwole Emma Mae Byerly Frankie Craven Rena Bray Louacda Brooks Betty Lou Phillips Sherrill Ferguson Paul Gilliam Leona Skeen Addie Brown Lennard Jean Hasesler James Perryman Lucretia Fllett C. O. Pigler Glee Club Parent

Mrs C W Hollowell to Spend Weekend in Raleigh

Mrs. C W Hollowell of the St Marys School faculty Raleigh arrives this afternoon to spend the weekend with Mrs Laurance Ingram at her Rotary Drive home. She is Mrs Ingrams sister in law. Billy Mitchell son of Mr and Mrs G W Mitchell 103 West Chester Drive is recuperating at home after an appendectomy last Sunday.

C. W. Hollowell St. Mary's School Raleigh Laurance Ingram Rotary Drive Billy Mitchell G. W. Mitchell Westchester Drive

Pattern 4251 by Anne Adams apron pattern notice

Anne Adams offers Pattern 4251 with apple pocket and ric rac, a stylish Christmas gift. Describes a smooth waist fit and unbuttoning crossover straps for flat ironing. Pattern 4231 available in sizes small medium large. small uses 24s yards fabric and contrast yardage. Send ten cents, include size name address and style number to High Point Enterprise Pattern Dept. 243 West 1st St New York NY.

Anne Adams Ricrac High Point Enterprise Pattern Department West New York N. Y

Y Board Plans For Visits Here Of Two Officials

The Y M C A board meets to plan visits by Dr Mil dred Morgan lecturer for Girl Reserves and by Miss Kathleen McArthur of the National Y staff. Morgan will speak to youth groups including Girl Reserve clubs on Monday. McArthur will address the November Membership Luncheon next Tuesday and stay through Wednesday.

Mildred Morgan Kathleen McArthur Y.M.C.A W. C. Idol H. W. McCain Morgan McArthur Arthur The New Society Phoebe Meadows National Industrial Council Chicago Leta Anderson

HP College Elects Some Of Its Junior Marshalls

The High Point faculty elected five of nine junior marshalls for the year at a morning meeting and will elect four more at the start of the second semester. Elected were Kenneth Crose chief marshall Lexington Talmadge Cole Asheboro John Perry Enfield Eloise Cecil and Bonnie Lewis High Point. Marshalls will serve at public affairs including commencement, chosen by the Executive Committee for scholastic standing leadership and character.

High Point

Colonial Taxation Sparks Early Colonial Discontent

The tea tax did not start the revolution idea. Colonists were first stirred by a reduced molasses tax from a high rate to three pence, a shift that ruined local trade and intensified opposition to British policy.

Local hospital notes and family visit update

Day at Guilford General Hospital reports Miss Erma Sunits improving after a major operation at Wesley Long hospital Greensboro. She cannot receive visitors. Mrs R C Loman of Wise Street visits her son Mr C E Loman and wife in Roanoke Virginia over the weekend.

Erma Sunits Wesley Long Hospital Greensboro R. C. Loman Wise Street Mrs. C. E. Loman Roanoke

McKENNEY ON BRIDGE BOLD TRUMP ATTACK WINS DIRECT HAND

Mrs. Jeff Glick of Miami Fla and her husband defended their national mixed title at Syracuse the week of Nov 30 after winning in Richmond last year. In a demonstration hand Mrs. Glick showed precise play by winning a trump control and limiting losses with a calculated heart sequence.

Trump Jeff Glick Miami Fla Richmond Syracuse Quick

Red Cross Sewing Room Ships Large Charity Shipment

Thomasville news reports the Red Cross Sewing Room led by Mrs. Carson Cox and Mrs. Hawthorn shipped 79 boys sweaters 40 children rompers 35 bed jackets 33 men s night shirts and three ladies dresses. Sixy sweaters for service members were sent to Greenville Mississippi Sea Girt New Jersey and Brooklyn Navy Yard. Volunteers and staff members listed praise from national Red Cross officials. The rooms operate in the New Lambeth building with open days and times inviting more helpers.

Thomasville Hawthorne Cox Red Cross N.C Army Elying Greenville Mississippi American Red Cross Sea ‘Girth N. J Brooklyn Navy Yard Charles F. Finch Jesse Green Julius Gray J.E. Hobgood Lindsay Loftin Thomas Peacock Charles Phillips J. C. Pennington E. F. Pepper Robert C. Rapp Ralph Wilson Irs Ellen D. Eller J. E. Lawing Nee English Dorothy Bumgardner T. A. Sykes Melton Jones W. G.smith R. A. Knight R. M. Cooksey Surgical Dressing Corps G. T. Alexander W. G. Smith M. T. Lambeth Lee F. Tuttle Cordelia D. Wolf National Red Cross Wold Lambeth

Nazi General Fired in Britain Chiefs Row Meant North Africa

Moscow radio reported Hitler dismissed Admiral Albert Kesselring, commander of the Axis air force in the Mediterranean, for failing to warn the German high command about the American and British offensive in North Africa.

London Moscow Adolf Hitler Albert Kesselring Anis Mediterranean North Africa

WE THE WOMEN Cheer Up Ma Your Boy May Be Having Fun

Ruth Millett argues that sons abroad are often enjoying new experiences and social life. Mothers should avoid gloom and encourage letters that emphasize learning and activities. Even in safe spots some boys miss home, but parental attitude can shape how they share experiences.

Ruth Millett England Solomons

Mrs J Moffitt Shows TB Film For City Lions

At the High Point Lions weekly meeting at Sheraton Hotel Mrs James Moffitt showed a TB education film with Joe Fidler as operator. The program urged early TB diagnosis and cited progress from Christmas seal funds. High Point’s quota is 3000 with 75 percent staying locally, separate from Guilford County Sanatorium funding. John Kalte and Rufus Russell won attendance prizes.

High Point Lions Sheraton Hotel James Moffitt Joe Fidler High Point Guilford County Sanatorium John H. Kalte Moffitt George Dobbins John H. Kalter Rufus Russell

Moscow Press Spreads Allied Action in Africa

Moscow reports publish extensive details of British and American Africa operations. The coverage includes Roosevelt's Washington press conference remarks and Churchill's House of Commons address, with full Soviet accounts of the Eighth Army’s North African success and Egyptian and French front operations.

Moscow Africa Roosevelt Washington Churchill House of Commons Eighth Army

Electrical thought experiments spark shared voltage idea

A playful concept suggests that if 2,000.03 people imagined the same thing simultaneously they could generate enough mental energy to light a standard incandescent lamp, illustrating collective focus as a visual metaphor.

Glorifying Yourself Eyes Right Fix Them

Eye makeup can create the illusion of larger brighter eyes with five items mascara eyebrow pencil brush eye shadow and discretion Start with clean lashes and brows use eye shadow to enlarge shadowed eyes blend edges to avoid a harsh line darken brows lightly follow natural outlines apply mascara in small amounts with upward strokes to lift lashes concentrate at centers for narrow eyes or outer corners for longer look too much makeup is counterproductive

Alicia Hartner Alicita Hart

Delicacy Spuds in Early American Colonies

In the 1700s American colonies white potatoes were rare and served only on special occasions with roast meats, highlighting their valued status as a delicacy among colonists.

Revival Meeting At Church Of God Opens Sunday

A revival meeting will open Sunday night at the Church of God with Rev. J. T. Stallings in charge. The event outlines a week of services led by the pastor and local church members.

Church of God J. T. Stallings

Government buys Arcade building in Asheville for federal agency

The federal government has purchased the Arcade building in Asheville to house a federal agency. It will be moved from Washington around January 1, with the announcement made yesterday.

Asheville Washington

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