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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1947
Page
21
The term plumber derives from the Latin plumbum meaning lead. Historical note links early metalwork and pipe fitting to these roots, explaining how craftsmen in ancient times worked with lead for water systems.
Mrs. M. Craig Yoder of Hickory, president of the North Carolina Synodical Women's Missionary Society, will be guest speaker at a public bank offering meeting at Emmanuel Lutheran Church tonight November 23 at 7:30 o'clock. The general public is invited to attend.
The Thomasville Business and Professional Women's club met for a turkey dinner and program. Dr. Carter Morgan spoke on The Misplacement of Jews in Today's World. Four new members joined and donations were approved to the Community Foundation and tuberculosis seal fund.
Doris Albertson formerly of High Point marries Cecil Smith of Ontario California in Quartzsite Arizona on November 10. Reverend George Higgins officiated. Mrs. Smith is daughter of the late B. C. Albertson and sister of Mrs. Ira L. Brown. The groom is a naval building contractor son of Mr. and Mrs. James O. Smith of Atoka Oklahoma. They honeymoon in Southern California and reside at 1258 California Boulevard Ontario.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet on November 25 at 1 PM at the Adams Memorial YWCA building for a luncheon. Rev. Paul Hardin Jr of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church will be guest speaker. Members are urged to attend.
The Wood County Duplicate Bridge Club announced winners from Saturday’s afternoon session. High north south went to Mesdames E. T. Howard and P. Y. Adams, while high east-west was won by Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Outen. Runners-up included north-south Mesdams Hal Davis and R. D. Tillson, and east-west Mesdames F. H. Gray and C. Durland.
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