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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1945
Page
6
The Emerywood Country club held a September Victory dinner dance on Saturday September 29 from 8 30 to midnight. About 230 dine rs and 300 attend some danced as J Peddicord and his orchestra provided music. Out of town visitors and servicemen joined members for the festive occasion.
Jamestown Oct. 1 special report. The Jamestown Parent-Teacher Association held its initial meeting of the new year with president Miss Lucille Bumgarner presiding. Reports outlined plans, attendance prizes awarded, and new teachers introduced. The women then hosted refreshments at the home economics building.
The Delta Kappa Gamma honorary society held its initial fall meeting at Women's College in Greensboro on Saturday afternoon September 29 with about forty members present. Miss Carrie Phillips presided and announced committee chairs for the year including Patty Spruill Ruth Fitzgerald Gertrude Leary Elmo Sellars Mildred Herring Elizabeth Yates Katherine Shipman Vera I Coe Mary Fitzgerald Sue Nash Marie Deneen and others attended from various chapters.
Multiple High Point couples report births at High Point Memorial Hospital. Jean Elizabeth Worrell born September 27 to Archie and Edna Worrell. Ernest Allen Miller born September 28 to Ernest and Margaret Miller. Robert Howard Sykes born September 28 to Robert and 1209 Doris Street. Paul Odell Fowler born September 29 to Paul and ... Fowler. Luther Hill Noah born October 1 to Luther and. Sharon Louise Knotts born September 22 to Darnell and Sharon Knotts, former High Point residents.
Sgt and Mrs Manny Weiner of Lincoln Nebraska announce the birth of a daughter Ruth on September 16 Mrs Weiner is formerly Miss Charlotte Parker daughter of Mrs D R Parker and the late Mr Parker.
A sequence of club gatherings appears for the week in Thomasville and Emerywood. Altrusa meets Monday with Miss Madeline Hoover hosting. W.O.T. hosts at 1101 Johnson Street with Mrs. Jones, Parker, and Miss Paylor. Emerywood country club hosts weekly bridge. Garden Study and Utopian Study clubs midweek. Twenty Century retail club luncheon. Business and Professional Women host dinner and program at the Sheraton with Hinkle Parker and Vance as speakers. Girl Scout council meets Thursday at camp. family night at Emerywood. Priscilla club hosts initial meeting. High Point Community Concert features Leonard Warren at the senior high school auditorium. Emerywood Duplicate Club Saturday afternoon.
The Legion Auxiliary invites all members to attend a meeting at the home location tomorrow. Members are urged to arrive on time for important business and updates.
The High Point Garden Council will meet tomorrow at 10 o clock at the YWCA. Council presidents and club representatives are urged to attend if possible.
The Friday Morning Music Study club announces a call meeting tomorrow at 4 PM at Mrs. C. F. Tomlinson's home on Parkway. All members are urged to attend.
The S'Amusante club plans its bi monthly gathering tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Miss Mary Wilson Wall residence Hillcrest drive.
Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Quigley stop at The Cloister Sea Island Ga. Mrs Johnsie Oakes Jackson weekends in Washington with her husband at work. Everett Marsh and Kathleen Tate leave for New York City for about a week. Mrs. D. R. Parker visits daughter in Lincoln Neb for two weeks. Miss June Parker returns from Pamlico River cottage stay. Herman Hunter ill at High Point Memorial Hospital Washington Street unit. Bryan Haworth returns from Philadelphia after AFSC meeting.
The Truth Seekers class of Green Street Baptist church will hold its monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Ruth Miller 1209 Filbert street tomorrow night October 2 Pass names will be revealed and all members urged to attend. The Philathea class meets October 2 at 7 30 pm at the home of Mrs Ed Pierce 905 East Green Street with Mesdames W M Morgan Grady Culler and Miss Patty Welborn as associate hostesses.
The Estherian class of Green Street Baptist church will hold an important business meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 at Miss Ruth Culler's home 320 Woodrow Avenue. All members are urged to attend.
North Carolina State College plans a 56th founding anniversary program in Pullen Hall next Wednesday. John W. Clark will deliver the era address, with Chancellor Jarrellson presiding. Col. Douglas N. McMillin will lead the academic procession as the college orchestra provides music.
The article identifies a former Boston University quarterback as a leader of anti-Japanese guerrilla activity. It notes his wartime ties to the United States, his role with Free Thailand, and reports that he helped obtain light weapons from Allies to attack Japanese trains, river convoys, and logistics facilities.
In Turkey's national assembly, the president is expected to wear formal dress clothes and a top hat during sessions. The rule reflects a ceremonial standard, underscoring a historic dress code observed in parliamentary proceedings.
Bridge column details a hand where South failed to find a winning line after West led a sequence that yielded a 700 down. The analysis discusses bidding errors, miscommunications, and preferable alternatives, noting South’s risk aversion and the impact on score and contract choice.
A 1940s pattern advertisement outlines a two piece blouse with notched collar belted waist and peplum. It lists sizes from 12 to 40 and yardage for size 16, plus pattern book access details and a fall winter collection note.
Lancaster man Harold Cambaugh is said to hold a so called victory auto end tag V-9245. Friends believe it signified the world would end on the second day of the ninth month in 1945. The note references wartime China and the United States.
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