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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1954
Page
6
W H Mathews spent a year converting a garage apartment at 605 Forrest Ave into a four room residence with ample storage. He did all carpentry himself except for a cork floor and final touches, overcoming zoning doubts and tight lot lines with neighborly support.
Community notices list multiple evenings of entertainments and wedding preparations. Mrs Crawford Mrs Gillie host for Miss Lee. garden club meetings. Chapman and Griffin households hosting for Miss Elizabeth Chapman. nurse and auxiliary group activities. First Baptist reception for pastor. YWCA book review. Payne White wedding rehearsal. Kennedy Farlow and White family events. rehearsals at Ennis Street Wesleyan and First Methodist venues. luncheon for Elizabeth Chapman. faculty wives wiener roast. social gatherings across Guilford Dairy Clubroom Chapman home and local churches.
A schedule lists 4:00 to 8:00 pm programs for 7th to 9th grade teens including separate meetings, Adams Club at 6:00, Finance Committee at 6:30, Crews Club horseback ride at 7:00, Robins Club bowling at 7:30, Board meeting at 7:30, a 10:00 book review coffee, open house for 7th and 8th grades at 7:30, and a YMCA Teen-Hi Dance at 8:00.
Mrs William F Gray formerly Margaret Barton returns to High Point after visiting California where her husband serves at Travis Air Force Base. Mr and Mrs Richard Lawson moved to 1003 Blain Ave from 1001 Thissell St last week. Mrs Jay M Witbeck formerly Sara returns to Ferndale Dr High Point Memorial and can receive visits. Also reports peptic ulcers affecting about half a million Americans.
Miss Patricia Ann Reid and Mr Will Alpheus White III wed October 9 1954 in Washington DC The bride from Lincoln Virginia a 1953 Guilford College graduate works at a DC playground center The groom son of Mr and Mrs W A White Jr of Washington DC trained at Guilford and UNC physics earned master’s degree and works with Naval Research Laboratory in radar operations.
A daughter named Susan Gwynn Bailey was born October 10 at Fort Bragg Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bailey. The family, formerly of High Point, now resides at Fort Bragg. Mrs. Bailey is the former Miss Bobbie Shumaker of Statesville.
The Twentyeth Century Study Club met at Otteray Dr to launch a study on Colonial America led by Mrs. Frank Smith. The program drew on works by Beard Adair Fletcher Gebler and covered North Carolina and Massachusetts with a luncheon among members and one guest.
The Edgar Whitener Bible Class of the Evangelical and Reformed Church will hold a bake sale on Saturday at 9 oclock in the Richardson Department Store.
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