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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1942
Page
9
A local note explains regular Sunday church announcements will appear in Saturday editions to standardize coverage. St Stephens A M E Zion will continue the WMFR radio series at 9 45. The NAACP branch meets Monday at 8 at First Baptist. St Marks Usher Board meets this afternoon at 5 at Miss Eva Mae Grahams home.
Aul section and Black leaders plan a 4 p.m. meeting at Dr. J. C. Morgan's office to discuss Meat Sharing information beginning the week of November 30. Rev. Sloan of Thomasville preaches at Mars Hill at 3 o'clock. Pilgrim Congregational Church hosts anniversary sermons led by Dr. F. A. Hargett of Greensboro. Usher Chorus to sing at Pilgrim Friday night. Ministerial Alliance meets Monday 11 a.m. at First Baptist. Daughter Elks officers and past rulers meet at the Elks Home Monday at 8 p.m. and a Tacky Party is sponsored by the Daughter Elks.
The Daughters of Dorcas will meet at 1411 Davis Ave the home of Mrs Annie Smith with Mrs Sylvia Alford as joint hostess The meeting is Monday night at 8 o clock.
The Junior Red Cross distributed food boxes to elderly residents for Thanksgiving. The Girl Reserves staged a pageant titled The Spirit of Thanksgiving last Wednesday in the Auditorium, with sponsors Mrs. S. E. Burford and Mrs. Eva Townes guiding the group.
The Grade Mothers of Fairview plan a meeting this afternoon at 5 to 6 o'clock hosted by Mrs. Lola Smith at 305 Loflin Street. The event will cover neighborhood activities and organizational updates.
The Junior Choir of the First Baptist Church will rehearse Monday night at 8 o'clock in the church.
Bethel Holiness Church observes the anniversary of pastor Rev. Bishop K. Mingo starting Monday night November 30. The week includes services with Rev. J. B. Jones Rev. W. F. Elliott Rev. A. M. Jones and Rev. Mrs. L. Simmons and a special quartet Friday. Public invited. Bishop Mingo and church elders are in Hamlet N C for the District Union of the Church of God U S A.
Corporal James R. Parham, now at Fort Belvoir Virginia, in the Engineers Section Adult Education, visited his mother Mrs. C. N. Parham on Underhill Avenue last Saturday. Frankie Fair 63-C Daniel Brooks Homes has traveled to Savannah Georgia for his sister Ellen Mackey’s funeral rites.
Mrs. Jeanette Brown Foushee and her daughter Castelle return to Newark today after attending the funeral of her grandfather, the late Rev. J. M. Brown. Mrs. Edna Huling, who was to appear at Pearson Memorial Thursday night, offers an apology to the audience.
A public figure explains an oversight due to a prior engagement at Calvary Baptist Church and expresses sincere apologies for not appearing as scheduled. The statement emphasizes regret and responsibility while outlining no additional details about future plans.
The 6 A class at Leonard Street School reports honor roll for the second six weeks. Haywood Matthew Naomi Leake Beatrice Will and Bessie Mackie made the honor roll while Mary Burris Annie Ruth Hussey Betty Lou McCollum and Marie Ramseur received honorable mention. Teacher L L Boyd leads the class.
E L Hayes 81 died after a short illness at his daughter’s home in Greensboro. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p m at New Salem Methodist Church near Randleman. He was a charter member of the church and is survived by two daughters, four sons, 37 grandchildren, and a brother. Burial in New Salem Church cemetery.
Funeral services for 51 year old Mrs Lucy Moffitt widow of Bascom P Moffitt who died Wednesday morning at a local hospital will be held Sunday at 2 pm from the First Christian Church at West Green and Tryon streets. The Rev John Q Pugh and Rev M A Pollard will officiate. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs Laura Loflin Young aged 76 widow of Will Young died at her Oakdale Jamestown home. Services were held Saturday at Mitchells Grove Methodist Church with Rev. Herman Yokeley and Rev E W Jones officiating. Songs were rendered by the Wil etc. Interment in Mitchells Grove Cemetery. J E Leonard funeral services for J E Leonard 81 who died at a local hospital after a two week illness forthcoming.
Multiple brief notices detail names and statuses of soldiers in training, overseas, or on furlough. Included are Pvt Bruce Crawford at Camp Claiborne and Ft Bragg, Pvt Arcelle Reddick near Ft Riley, Pfc Armitt Byerly in Army Air Corps, Sgt Shelton Warner at Camp Blanding, Staff Sgt Melvin Stone visiting family, Victor Horne at Camp Crowder, and others with towns and family ties. Burial notice also notes Leonard family in Guilford County.
Fourteen Scout troops with 125 boys finished their annual fall trek at Camp Uwharrie. Bunn W. Hackney, chief scout executive of the Uwharrie Council, announced the event which began Friday. Troops 25 of Pickett Cotton Mills and 4 of Wesley Memorial Church earned 100 percent in eight events including a nine mile full pack hike and first aid. High Point troops 7 4 20 6 3 14 25 88 10 23 and 13 took part along with Thomasville troops 21 and 26 and Lexington troop 231. Judges were C R Hook W W Lewis Odell Brown Ralph Harbison and Austin Elliott.
London reports Marshal Petain reading an order promising France will not die and honoring regiments and ships lost in the war. The message appeals to officers soldiers and sailors to keep honor and fatherland in their hearts as demobilization affects the army and fleet. A separate item notes a patriotic program by Prospect Methodist Church youths honoring service members.
In a simple ring ceremony at the bride’s mother’s home Ruth Edwinia Covington and Thomas Jefferson Burke Jr. wed with immediate family present. Rev. J W Braxton officiated as pianist Ethel Johnson played Liszt and MacDowell selections. Burke an Army Air Forces service pilot, stationed at Bradley Field.
Miss Frances Copple of Asheboro married Harold W. King of Seagrove on November fifth in the Presbyterian Church chapel at Cheraw South Carolina. Rev A H Arn officiated. The bride is daughter of Mrs Fannie Copple and the late J B Copple and attended Asheboro High School. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs B R King of Seagrove, serves with the U S Coast Guard and is stationed in Anniston Alabama.
Miss Johnsie Lawrence daughter of Mr and Mrs R J Lawrence Seagrove Route Two and De Laven Marley son of Mrs D L Marley and the late Mr Marley Ramseur were married Friday evening November 20 at the parsonage of the Methodist church in Randleman Rev J He Trollinger officiated
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