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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1943
Page
6
A busy calendar lists groups meeting across Elm School Fairway Drive and Emerywood areas. Notable events include the City-Wide Parent-Teacher Council with Mrs Blake Thompson and various garden clubs chaired by Mrs C T Ingram Jr and Mrs Harold Stout.
Mrs. Robert Cottam was elected president of the High Point Council of Church Women at its first meeting in Wesley Memorial Methodist church. Other officers named include Mrs. H P Hardin vice president Miss Thelma Patrick records secretary and Mrs D H Parsons corresponding secretary. Dr O C Wil reported strong interest in Bible study in city schools and plans to enlarge the senior course.
The Woodmen of the World local camp plans a regular meeting tonight at 7:30. The real feature will be the nomination of officers for the ensuing year.
The Bary Ensemble offers a concert at the senior high school auditorium at eight tonight. Founders Gertrude Bary and members Lorna Wren Mara Sebriansky and Virginia Peterson perform on prized instruments. Wren plays a hand made French model flute. Sebriansky’s Carlo Tononi violin. Peterson’s Giovanni Grancino cello.
Miss Etta Frances Dorsett daughter of Mr and Mrs Reid F Dorsett of Midway and Corporal Sidney F Bowers son of Mrs F Bowers former Lexington residents were married in a quiet ceremony November 20 at the Midway Methodist Parsonage Rev C O Kennerly officiated The bride wore Delft blue ensemble with orchid corsage She works at Cable Dairy Products in Lexington and holds a secretarial post Her husband on leave from Hawaii will report to San Francisco December 1 They left for a wedding trip to Eastern North Carolina and Virginia Lexington guests included Miss Mary Poovey Miss Janie Manning and Mrs John T Lowe
Teachers at Union Hill School were hosted to a surprise luncheon in the school music room by grade parents. The buffet served fruit and vegetables arranged in a pumpkin basket with magnolia leaves and autumn plants. Mrs. M C Holton led the hosting with assistance from other grade parents and representatives. Circle two of the First Evangelical and Reformed Church will meet Wednesday at three at Mrs. John Hedrick’s North Main Street home for the annual Christmas party with Mrs. S J Best as associate hostess.
The article advises caution when partner lacks a fit, devaluing many honor tricks. It analyzes a North-South match where misfit bids lead to a bottom score, explaining how South's early strong bids and wrong order caused North to misread the hand and overshoot to a hopeless contract.
The West Emerywood Garden Club will meet at 10 oclock tomorrow morning at the home of its president Mrs. C. T. Ingram Jr on Fairway Drive. The announcement came this morning.
Mr and Mrs Robert McDaniels announce a daughter Vivian Christine born November 14 at Burrus Memorial hospital. Mrs McDaniels is the former Christine Pearsall. Mr and Mrs Louis McGee announce a daughter Priscilla Jane born November 23 at Guilford General hospital. Mrs McGee was Pauline Williams of Taylorsville.
The wedding of Miss Frances Bailey to Marine Corporal Walter Thomas Hardister took place November 23 in the First Presbyterian ladies parlor in Carthage. Officiated by Dr. O C Williamson, the event drew about fifty guests including Mrs. Martin McQ Bailey and Mrs. G McL Bailey Sr. of Carthage and R C Fields of Aberdeen.
Mr and Mrs W A McCrae of Wadeville announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Janice to David Robinson youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs Butler Robinson of Pikeville Kentucky. The wedding occurred in Chesterfield South Carolina October 30. The bride wore a soldier blue suit with luggage accessories and a corsage of white gardenias. They will live in Newport News where Mr Robinson is employed.
Mrs Enoch W Tipton Jr and Lt Tipton have lived in San Antonio Texas since marriage. With him overseas in foreign service she stays a while with her parents Mr and Mrs J E Gibson on Forest Hill Drive and plans to divide time between them and Lt Tipton's parents in Kingsport Tennessee.
A health article urges slimming the waist through posture and exercises. It notes corset history, promotes keeping the tummy flat, strengthens back muscles, and provides a simple side to side waist turning routine for midsection remodeling.
Joseph F. Snider and former Miss Lorena Huggins were married in Whiteville Baptist Church on October 16 1943. The bride is from Clark ton and trained as a nurse at James Walker Hospital Wilmington. Snider, a High Point native, is with Selective Service in High Point.
The Pentagon Club will hold its regular meeting this evening at 232 Woodrow Avenue the home of Mrs Charles Green. The start time is eight o clock.
The Stephens Bible class will meet at 1006 Lindsay street with Mrs P R Dixon on Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. Rev Hugh S Smith will lead the discussion.
Poem urges lovers to accept the natural ebb of affection and meet cold spells without abandoning love. It notes times when hearts feel numb are normal and not proof of failed choice, urging perseverance and patience in relationships. It uses metaphor of blind weavers and night to describe forming lasting bond.
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