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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1944
Page
6
The Monday to Sunday listings show meetings at Burrus Memorial Hospital Alumnae Association Wayside Garden Club and more. Notable events include a YWCA luncheon on Tuesday and a memorial library fundraiser concert by Helen Jepson at the high school auditorium.
Emile Serposs of the city schools Music Department entertained servicemen at the USO with singing and accompaniment as crowds sang along. Games, coffee and cake followed, with guests from Youngstown and local hostesses. The Rumba Orchestra from ORD provided a Saturday dance, and Cadet Nurses attended.
A lingerie shower hosted for Mrs. Marjorie Tucker, bride of Pfc. Jesse Tucker Jr., at Mrs. Lucille Hester’s home on Route 2 on Thursday October 12 featured games and prizes for Blanche Reddeck Sally Ray and Edith Lambeth. The event included a tiered cake with a bride and groom centerpiece and ice cream and cake served to guests including Mrs. Fannie Tucker Lucille Hester Rachel Beck Joyce Thompson Elizabeth Tucker and others.
Mr and Mrs Waldo E Carroll invite Dorcas Class members of Green Street Church to a weiner roast at 513 Fisher Street Tuesday evening at 6 30 o clock All members are invited to attend.
Mrs Rapp entertained the Con tract bridge club at her Fisher Ferry street home with a luncheon. Bridges played, prizes awarded to Mrs Cooksey and Miss McLeod, other guests listed. Mrs Minnie Atkins Edwards returned from Asheville. Mrs Williams hosted a neighborhood tea for Mrs Arnold and later a city schools faculty rook party with prizes and refreshments.
Representatives from the Brierfield chapter attended the North Carolina Division meeting in High Point last week. Mesdames G. W. Lyles J. R. Blair J. E. Lambeth and Charles Phillips joined York John R. York J. R. Myers with Miss Molly Lambeth serving as a page to Division resident Mrs. John S. Rowe of ciory.
The Literary club met at Mrs. Lee F. Tuttle on Colonial Drive for a luncheon and business session. Members listed include Mesdames Lambeth Jr., Newby, Rapp, Holliday and others. books were exchanged and plans for the year discussed. The Colonial Drive PTA met at the school with Mrs. William Van Liere presiding. Rev. Tuttle led a devotional and George Arnold spoke on the city school system.
Mrs Essie Kingston of Atlanta Georgia visits with Mrs A A Ingram of Best Street and Mr and Mrs Willis J Anderson at Pine Crest Centennial avenue. Ona Grard daughter of Mr and Mrs R R Leon of Jamestown entered Winston Hospital for treatment. Roy Pank of 300 Fourth Street is a patient at Washington Street Unit High Point Hospital where he will undergo an operation.
Eldora Haworth and Frank Pacher will discuss What Youth Ex cept Us In The Post War orld at a YWCA membership lunch tomorrow at 1 PM. Final in a series of programs, reservations by 9 AM Tuesday. Committee members are Mrs. A M Utley chairwoman Mrs C C Garrett Mrs John Clinard and Mrs A B Caldwell.
The Home and Garden Club will meet at the YWCA at 9 30 a.m. Wednesday to make surgical dressings for Red Cross war work. Members able to arrive by 9 o’clock are asked to come early.
The Burbank Garden Club met at the YWCA on Wednesday morning from 9:00 to 11:00. Hostesses were Mrs. H. A. Davis and Mrs. H. B. Fesperman. All members were asked to be present.
The LLL Class of Green Street Baptist church will hold its monthly meeting at the home of Mrs Edna Hunsucker on Tuesday evening at 7 30 oclock. All members are urged to be present. The Fidelis Bible class of the First Baptist church meets Tuesday evening at 7 30 oclock at the church. All members are urged to be present. The Midweek Study Club will make surgical dressings at the YWCA on Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock. All members are requested to be present.
Mary Winn Corcoran celebrated her fourth birthday with a party at her East Main Street home. Miss Lillian Yow led games and songs for 35 children before an ice course and a cake decorated with Autumn leaves and Halloween favors were served.
Frances Eutelle and Jane Lindley hosted a formal dance and dinner at the Remington club in Washington D C on October 14 honoring Judy Primm of High Point as she heads to New York City. The party featured gladiola decor, orchid corsages, red and white centerpieces, novelty hats as placecards, and dancing with vocalist Lynn Murray.
Admiral Robert E. Peary led a diverse party to the North Pole in 1909 including a Black man and four Eskimos. The feat, long debated, remains a landmark in Arctic exploration history.
One yard or less fabric suffices for sizes 6 to 10 with a jumper pattern 4711. Available in girls sizes 6 8 10 12 and 14, sewing details include 1 yard 54 inch fabric for jumper and 1 1/8 yards for blouse. Patterns priced twenty cents with a needlework pattern, send to The Enterprise Pattern Dept New York NY.
At Harrington Manufacturing in Mansfield Ohio caltrops are produced for Allied use, aiding air and ground operations by shredding tires on planes and trucks. The firm explains two main designs, production on an assembly line, night drops, and field testing at Wright Field and Orlando.
A noted expert discusses how restraint in bridge bidding can affect outcomes. In a sample deal South, dealer, vulnerable, faced a six spade contract lost by one trick due to conservative rebidding. He argues stronger opening aggression might have yielded six clubs instead.
Mr. and Mrs. Clare Milliam of 191 Textile St announce the birth of a son Charles Mickey at Washington Street Unit of High Point Memorial Hospital on Oct 16. Mrs. Milliam was Julia L Robertson before marriage. Fireman 2nd class and Mrs Harry Roland Schwartz of 116 East Lexington Ave announce twin sons born Oct 14 at the Washington Street Unit of High Point Memorial Hospital. Mrs Schwartz is the former Nellie Lenora Durham. Schwartz is now serving in Gulfport Mississippi.
Local Navy recruiter Chief W. H. Crane seeks 17 year old high school graduates for Naval training. Interviews to be held at the local post office over three days with many youths contacted already. Navy Day observed the week of Oct 27 with state chair Max T. Payne in Greensboro. A joint dinner with the American Business and Civitan clubs is set for Oct 24 at the Sheraton hotel along with a radio talk. Also notes on lumber cube measurement, the Amazon River length and its tributaries, and diamond structure.
Mrs J L Skeen and Mrs Rhoda Johnson hosted a miscellaneous shower Tuesday night at the home of Mrs Skeen honoring Mrs Clarence Elliott recent bride and former resident. About 25 present and gifts described. Dainty refreshments served.
Panama beat Nicaragua 3 to 2 in eight innings and moved into the lead of the amateur baseball world series as darkness halted play yesterday in Caracas Venezuela.
An army officer from New Zealand, a POW in Germany, enrolled in Penn State's petroleum engineering correspondence course, marking one of the university's newest distance education students.
Bolivia covers about 650000 square miles becoming the third largest country by area in South America.
The Mary Stevens class of Green Street Baptist church plans a weiner roast at the City Bake on Tuesday evening. Transportation will be provided for those without a ride. Members are asked to bring their families and meet at the church at 6 30 p m.
The Susanna Wesleyan class of Archdale Methodist Church will gather Tuesday at 7 o clock at the Parsonage for a routine meeting.
A Mastic Beach resident, frustrated by a week without electricity after the east coast hurricane, took keys from an electric company repair truck. She demanded the keys be returned only when lights were restored and she then received service.
A report estimates that the typical American consumes about 42 bottles of soda water per year, reflecting beverage consumption habits and market trends.
Etienne Pellissier De Bujac petitioned the superior court in Los Angeles on October 14 to change his name to Bruce Cabot, the name by which he has been known to movie fans for more than ten years. He was born in Carlsbad New Mexico in 1904.
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