GSO Officers Dance at Emerywood Club Receives Festive Attendance
The Girls Service Organization of the USO hosted a dance for officers at the Emerywood country club. About seventy five officers from ORD Greensboro attended with Clyde Henry and his band providing music. Miss Virginia Frank announced a USO staff transport to ORD for a special dance Saturday with reservations via the USO.
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Emerywood Country Club
Girls Service Organization
USO
Ord
Greensboro
Clyde Henry
Sarah
Native Talent Discussed Before Study Club
The Twentieth Century Study club met at Mrs. Bruce Conrad's home for a luncheon and program on Native Talent. Mrs. J Willard Thomas spoke on Grace Moore and Albert Spalding, highlighting their rise from small towns to fame and detailing their careers and books. Two visitors attended alongside club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Thomas
Twentieth Century Study Club
Bruce Conrad
Rotary Drive
Frede
R. I. Quigley
J. Willard Thomas
Cornelia Spencer Love
Albert Spalding
Thomas
Grace Moore
Miss Moore
Pee Ype
J. G. Doggett
J. P. Hollingsworth
Mesdames C. T. Anderson
Mayne Bundy
W. W. Gluyas
E. D. Henderson Conrad
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted As Effective Remedy
An old advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a trusted medicine to relieve distress and strengthen resistance. It claims no habit forming effects and urges readers to buy today, emphasizing regular use and stomachic benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Pinkham
Saturday USO Dance Cancelled for Juniors in Greensboro
Anounced cancellation of the weekly USO dance for Saturday evening in Greensboro. ORD officials seek 65 local girls to serve as dance partners for servicemen. Miss Virginia Frank says any girl may attend with reservations via the USO office. two buses will depart at 6:45 PM.
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USO
Servce
OND
Greensboro
ORD
of Service Menex
Virginia Frank
Burrus Memorial Alumnae Meet Postponed to November
Burrus Memorial Alumnae Association plans a regular business meeting tomorrow at 7 30 in October. The gathering, originally set for November 1, will discuss upcoming business. Members are urged to attend at the Boulevard unit of the Miah Point Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrus Memorial Alumnae Association
Boulevard
Miah Point Memorial Hospital
Schedule of club events at Emerywood and related groups
Thursday 630 PM family night dinner at Good Country Club for members and families. reservations by Thursday noon. Friday 1 PM YWCA October meeting at Adams Memorial building with Mrs. Clara Harrison. RSVP by Thursday noon. 3 PM Priscillane meeting at Mrs. R K Young Florham Ave. Saturday 2 PM Emerywood golf event with Scotch foursome and Dutch buffet. reservations by Thursday noon at the club. 2 PM Emerywood debate club weekly play at the clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Country Club
YWCA
Adams Memorial
Clara P. Harrison
High Point College
R. K. Young
Florham Avenue
Emerywood Country Club
Emerywood Dubate Club
Mid-Week Club Current Events Program Opens Year
The Mid-Week Study club met at 3 pm at 519 Parkway with President A. Utley presiding. Mrs W Morrow inaugurated the year’s program urging each member to present a current event on a distinct topic. Members shared diverse, enlightening topics and Allen Welborn assisted as hostess.
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Oe A. Ie Utley
Parkway
W. Morrow
Ram
Ton
Allen Welborn
Leaves City On 86th Birthday With DPRB Group
Mrs. Minnie Vandever, aged 86, leaves her city with daughter Miss Jessie M. Vandever and War Department civilian personnel bound for St. Louis Missouri. She works with the demobilized personnel records branch and, though blind, has endeared herself here since moving to Merrywood Court apartments three years ago. The group totals about 140 as they depart, including Jacquelyn Baily Viola K. Carmichael Auda D. Cobb Helen M. Ferrell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Vandever
Jessie M. Vandever
War Department
St. Louis
Miss Vandever
Vandever
Themerywood Court
Addiiion
Jacquelyn Baily
Viola K. Carmichael
Auda D. Cobb
Helen M. Ferrell
Pearl A. Foust
Virginia I. Freeman
Jeannette Friddle
Michael F. Gallagher
Lucius Hipps
Beatrice 5. Huff
Lena B
Weavil Nixon Vows Announced
Weavil Nixon vows announced for Miss Elton Weavil who wed Robert C. Weavil on Oct 3 in Darlington South Carolina. The bride wore a two piece Pine suit with brown accessories. She is the daughter of Wade H Nixon of Hartwell Georgia and has lived at 303 Barker Street for two years. The groom is son of N C Weavil of High Point and recently received an honorable discharge after 23 months overseas in Greenland command.
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Elton ‘Nixon
Robert C. Weavil
Darlington
S. C
Wade H. Nixon
Hartwell, Ga
Barker Street
Mr. Weavil
N. C. Weavil
High Point
U.S. Army
Greenland
Andrews Medlin wedding announced in Point
Ruth Medlin and Roy William Andrews announce their marriage. The ceremony was held at Holiness with Rev J A Grout officiating. The bride wore light blue with pink corsage. The couple, with ties to Jefferson Avenue and Point Route Five, plan future work with Crown Hosiery Mill and Robb Plumbing Heating. Only close relatives attended.
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Ruth Medlin
Roy William
Andrews
W. L. Andrews
R. R. Johnson
Point Route Five
Trinity High Area
Robb Plumbing and Heating Company
Lodge Officers Plan Supper
The Magdalen Rebekah lodge officers announce a chicken supper tonight October 18 starting at 6 30 p m at the hall on Street. The public is invited to attend.
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Magdalene Rebekah Lodge
Women Of Moose Hold Meeting On North Main Street
The Women of the Moose met at the Moose home on North Main Street with senior regent Louise Witherspoon presiding. A report praised last Friday's spaghetti supper. Nora Oates from the Grand Chancellors' office is expected November 7. The nine o'clock ceremony and Mooseheart endowment fund march were observed before adjournment. Members are urged to attend the October 22 meeting.
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Women of the Moose
Moose
North Main Street
Louise Witherspoon
Nora Oates
Grand Chancellors’ Office
Mooseheart Endowment Fund
Ce Ee
Rainbow Girls Meeting Tonight at Masonic Hall
Rainbow Girls assembly number six will meet at six thirty this evening at the Masonic Hall. The gathering aims to allow the girls to attend the football game afterward.
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Rainbow Girls Assembly
Masonic Hall
Church Social Meet at Springfield Friends Church
The Martha Jay Sunday school class will hold its monthly meeting at the home of the late Mrs. Dora E. Richardson on the Asheboro road with Edith Mattocks Ethel Hayworth and Elizabeth Reddick as hostesses. Members urged to attend.
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Martha Jay
Springfield
Winston Girl Returns From USO Copacabana Tour
Helene Cline of Winston-Salem North Carolina daughter of Mr and Mrs B W Scott has returned from a five months USO camp shows tour of France and Germany as a dancer with the Copacabana unit. The group formed for the 15th Army in Northern Germany and played in the south of France including Arles on V J Day. She plans to resume modeling after a short visit with family.
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Helene Cline
B. W. Scott
East 23d Street
Winston - Salem
North Carolina
France
Germany
Miss Cline
15Th Army
Arles
Winston-Salem
Presque Island Maine Key WW II Air Transit Hub
The chief jumping off place for tactical, cargo and passenger planes bound for Europe during the war was Presque Isle, Maine, serving as a vital staging point for allied air operations.
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Europe
Presque Island
Maine
Baker Child Has Birthday Party
Little Miss Christine Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Baker celebrated her fourth birthday with a party at home on Wesley place. Children played games then the honoree opened gifts and enjoyed refreshments from a themed table with a Halloween centerpiece. Numerous guests from High Point and nearby towns attended.
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Christine Baker
Roy Baker
Wesley Place
Hallowe'en
Diana
Ruby
Patrum
Carolyn Carpenter
Larry Dickens
Joyce
Viola Barker
Fred Westmoreland
Barbara Dean
Christine
Gail Baker
High Point
Geraldine
Josie Kennedy
Glenda
Kaye
Trice Freedle Thomasville
Mary Roberts Rinehart Says Writing Remains A Hard Job
Mary Roberts Rinehart, after four decades of mystery writing, says the craft is difficult and she revises each story three times with pen and ink.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Murder m
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GSO
Emerywood Club
Meena Fod
Diarees
Burrus
Famous Make
Bulova - Benrus - Green - Helbros
Main St
Roy W. Andrews
Ruth Frances Medlin
W. R. Medlin
Pilgrim Holiness Church
City
Dprb Group
Andrews-Medlin
Women of Moose
Rainbow Girls
Faithful Workers
Lindsay Memorial Church
L. Db. Ridge
Greenaboro Road
Azalie Smith
Philathea
Rankin Memorial Church
J. N. Hooper
Coltrane Street
C. F. Bouldin
A. L. Minor
Nelson Florist
Francis
Nelson
Minnie Lee
Steed
Ruty Tyne
Betty Trotter
Pauline Hedgecock
Princess Beauty Shop
Main &T
Winston Girl
USO Copacobana
Baker Child
Richardsons
Oxfords
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