Social Calendar Highlights Week Activities
Wednesday features an informal tea for N C Synod delegates at Mrs Carter Dalton’s on Johnson Street. The High Point BPW Club meets at Elwood Hotel with a Halloween party to follow. Thursday hosts Entre Nous at Mrs W C Beavan’s and Tea and Topics at Mrs J E Marsh’s. Friday sees Philomathean at Mrs A E Tate’s and Canterbury at Mrs J W Lindsay’s, plus a dinner and stag at Emerrywood to honor golf pro Merrilees. Saturday offers USO dance at Y M C A gym and a buffet supper at Adams Memorial with YWCA hostesses.
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N.C
Erian
First Presbyterian Church
Carter Dalton
Johnson Street
High Point Business and Professional Women's Club
Elwood Hotel
Hallowe'en
Entre Nous Club
W.C. Beavans
North Main Street
J. E. Marsh
South Main Street
Theta Phi dinner party honors rushees before Rush Week
The Theta Phi sorority hosted a dinner at the Sheraton Hotel to honor rushees and then attended a film at a local theater. Attendees included Miss Marie Brittain and several students from Long Island New York Burlington High Point Charlotte list. alumnae and matrons present.
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Theta Phi
Sheraton Hotel
Rrie Brittain
Anne Pacquet
Long Island
N. Y
Ruth Henderson
Burlington
Enola Sue Flowers
New Bern
Dee Taussig
New York
Sara King
Marjorie Payne
High Point
Louise Smith
Charlotte
Florence Elkin
Jeanne Rankin
Mary Holton
Miriam McCall
Dot Hoskins
Mesdames
H. T. Coward
Harry Brown Finch
Ed Mendenhall, Jr
Mrs C A York Presents Program For Legion Auxiliary
Mrs C A York led a Legion Auxiliary meeting at the Elk’s club with 26 members and two visitors present. She spoke on the organization’s constitution and by laws, and Miss Carolyn Ward offered musical selections as the group adjourned.
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C. A. York
Carolyn Ward
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Elk's Club
Miss Hyman Planned Bridal Week Activities and Wedding
Miss Bessie Hyman returns from New York for her Greenville wedding to Philip of Greenville South Carolina set for next Sunday at B Naim Israel Synagogue. A shower for the honoree featured crystal and linen gifts and a cutwork dinner cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Hyman
New York
Philipiin
Greenville
S. C
B'Nai Israel
Ruth Rose
Louise Avenue
S. Fram
Union
Samuel Hyman
Edgedale Drive
Philip Zagling
Parsons Hosts WCTU Meeting with New Member Count
Twenty members and two visitors attended the October session of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Mrs. D. H. Parsons home on West Farriss avenue. New member Mrs. S. S. Johnson joined, bringing 18 new members for the year. Mrs. M J Crowder, new president, read a soldier’s letter on courage. Plans for a WCTU cookbook and scrapbooks for wounded soldiers were announced. Visitors included Mrs. Roy Brown and Mrs. Matthews. next meeting to be hosted by Mrs. Dred Peacock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
D. H. Parsons
West Farriss Avenue
S. S. Johnson
Johnson
M. B. Hall
M. J. Crowder
Ww. Co. T. U
High Point
Roy Brown
Matthews
Dred Peacock
Philomatheans To Meet At Mrs Tate’s Home
The Philomathean club will meet at Mrs A E Tate’s home 716 West Broad Street Friday at 3 PM. Mrs J F Kirkman will be associate hostess and assist in entertaining.
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Philomatheans
Mrs
Philomathean Club
A. E. Tate
West Broad Street
J .F. Kirkman
Winners Named At Country Club Ladies Bridge Event
Yesterday at the rywood Country club Mrs A Caldwell hosted a ladies bridge contest with North-South winners Mesdames Farrell Gray and O C Durland and East-West top scorers Mesdames C S Beaver and Harold Bennett. Mrs W E Mitchell was conceded winner for contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rywood Country Club
A. §. Caldwell
Rae
Farrell Gray
O. C. Durland
Mesdames
C. S. Beaver
Harold Bennett
W. E. Mitchell
J. O. Hauschild
Reid McNamara
C.G. Mackintosh
Everett Bryant
Silas Casey
John Welborn
Bruce Conrad
Harold McKee
R. I. Quigley
F. T. Wilhite
C. G. Mackintosh
Logan Porter, Jr
C. H. Risch
Robert Hubbard
Grattan Foy
R. D. Tillson
Hal Davis
Grady Goldston
Roy Brookbank
E. S. Gilbert
Winston-Salem
Ralph Snider
D. T. ——Ewell
A. Holton
Jones
Y Business Club Hosts Sweet Musical Program
The Y W C A business and professional club met at Adams Memorial building for a musical program led by Carl G N Cronstedt and Emil Serposs. Cronstedt sang selections from Tannhauser and other works while Serposs accompanied and played Debussy and Brahms pieces. Maud Reynolds was named to represent the club at a forthcoming city manager dinner and letters from service families were read. Guests included Mrs. Lillian Kimrey Mrs. Jack Rives Mrs. Elizabeth Poston and Miss Pearl Bumgardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
Emil Serposs
Adams Memorial Building
Cronstedt
Tannhauser
Firestone
Malotte
Serposs
Lillian Kimrey
Jack Rives
Elizabeth Poston
Pearl Bumgardner
Woodmen Circle Social Meeting Set On West Commerce
The Woodmen Circle will meet tonight in their clubrooms on West Commerce Street for a social gathering, an announcement says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen Circle
West Commerce Street
Brentwood School P T A to Hear Safety Talk and Ration Slides
The Brentwood School Parent-Teacher Association meets Thursday at 7 30 p m. Sgt W B e will discuss Safety and Mrs Marie Forrest will show slides from the OPA explaining rationing and price control. All parents urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brentwood School
Parent-Teacher Association of
Sgt. W. B. E
Marie Forrest
OPA
Royal Navy Stoker Bill MacGregor Visits High Point Family
Mr and Mrs R M Hinkle host Bill MacGregor a first class stoker in the British Royal Navy visiting from Edinburgh while his ship is being repaired at Norfolk Navy Yard. He is a guest as the Hinkles’ guest and plans to attend local events and observe the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Hinkle
High Point Route Two
Bill MacGregor
Stoker
British
Royal Navy
Edinburgh
Scotland
MacGregor
Norfolk Navy Yard
Farewell Luncheon Honors Merrilees at Emerywood Club
Mrs. Merrilees and daughter Marjorie Merrilees leave for Durham residence at Hillendale. Emerywood Club treats them with a luncheon for twenty eight. Prizes awarded in club golf tournaments with war bonds and savings stamps as prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerywood Country Club
Andy Merrilees
Marjorie Merrilees
Hillendale
Durham
Merrilees
Stewart and Coffield Host Miss Hunt Bridal Party
Mesdames Stewart and Coffield entertain for Miss Jean Rainey Hunt on Lindsay Street with an ice dessert bridge. White chrysanthemums for the bride table and yellow and white at other tables set the color note. Miss Helen Marie Sheroff won top score, receiving a crystal cigarette box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Rainey Hunt
Donald
Lindsay Street
Helen Marie Sheloff
Hunt
Miss Hunt
Rachel Hunt
Ofain
Helen Marie Sheroff
Pa Douglas
Agnes Bowen
Clara Cole Sherrod
Josephine Jackson
Mesdames
Henry Betts
Kenneth Knorr
Furman Covington
Collier Ellis, Jr
H. J. Coffield, Jr
Frank M. Shore
John Lumpkin
Gilbert Clinard
Bittinger
G. W. Mountcastle
Lexington
Big Frank Stahl Remains At Haight Street Meat Market
The essay recalls Big Frank Stahl who plans to retire at fifty then stays on the job through years of Depression and wartime. At Haight Street, San Francisco, Frank and Harry MacKenzie run a market, aiding neighbors and enduring wartime shortages while the war drags on. The piece ends noting the unlikely endurance of their shop until peace returns.
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Big Frank
Nobod
BJ Frank
Pearl Harbor
America
Navy
Harry MacKenzie
Haight Street
San Francisco
Harry
Towser
Careless Opening Lead Costly Says McKenney on Bridge
McKenney argues that a partner’s opening lead misjudges the situation as West must hold three or four trumps. The article notes that the declarer hasn’t bid like holding an eight‑card spade suit, so leading the jack of clubs is wrong and risks giving away tricks.
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West
East
Declaring Triumph in a Complex Bridge Hand
In a tricky North Pass play, West ruffs a club and signals for a continuation. The declarer defies misdirection by discarding and ruffing hearts, then cashes spades and queens, leaving East with the lead and the declarer set to win all remaining tricks.
Sewing Pattern 4583 for Junior Miss Sizes
Pattern 4583 offers a checked ray on taffeta dress with longer sleeves and a cat's whisker bow. Available in junior miss sizes 13 through 18, 2% yards of 39 inch fabric required for size 13. Send sixteen cents with name address and style number to High Point Enterprise Pattern Department.
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High Point Enterprise
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
Fairfield WSCS Meets Tomorrow
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Fairfield Church meets Thursday at 7:30 p m at Mrs Worth Lewallen's home. Plans for an observance Week of Prayer and Self Denial on October 24 will be laid. The A M Idol Philathea class of First Methodist meets at the YWCA Thursday at 7 p m to roll bandages for the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Wscs
Woman's Society of Christian Service of
Fairfield Church
Worth Lewallen
A. M. Idol Philathea
First Methodist Church
Red Cross
Junior American Nurse Lets Girls Learn Child Care At High Schools
In New York high schools, JUN instructors mentor girls to observe and aid tots two to six at a sunny nursery as part of JAN after school study. The program teaches self restraint, homemaking basics, and parenting, aiming to curb delinquency while building citizenship and wartime effort. About 250 girls completed the JAN course last year, with more requests than instructors available.
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Arlene Wolf
Thuuct Nuisey Scmui
New York
JAN
Sunny
Leonard Arkin
Dixie Love Dean
State Revenues Reach Over Five Billion In 1943
The federation of tax administrators announced that total state tax revenues for fiscal year 1943 will hit 5.099 billion dollars, a record high despite gas tax revenues dropping about 20 percent from the prior peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federation of Tax Administrators
Federation
Old Servicemen Guard the Gate in Silent Valor
Dramatic reminiscence honors the thousands of wartime workers behind counters who kept the country supplied. Their unseen courage and stubborn spirit are praised as essential to national security, even without medals or headlines to recognize their sacrifice.
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U.S.A
Big Frank
Congressional
Wartime Washington’s civilian recruitment and diet ideas
Wartime Washington reports a large navy civilian recruitment drive across 36 states despite halting uniformed enlistments. The piece notes Washington’s poor living image, efforts to debunk myths, and ongoing challenges meeting a 20 000 personnel target. It covers propaganda against doom and focuses on civilian job attitudes. It also mentions dietary experiments linked to Italy’s invasion and a government reorganization push under Harold D Smith and Leo Crowley.
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Washington
Navy
Department
Public may get radios early after conflict
Civilians could buy new radios sooner after the war if surplus army equipment is released. The War Production Board announced that a wide range and large volume of government owned radio mechanisms would be released after the war. Mexico City reports an electricity shortage.
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New York
War Production Board
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Westoe Street
Kirkman
J. W. Lindsay
Canterbury Club
Hillcrest Drive
Hillendale Club
USO
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
YWCA
Theta Phis
Vicki VapoRub
Vicks VapoRub
Burry
Rumford
Legion Auxiliary
Miss Hyman
Jack Simon
Vernon
Rose Hyman
Milton Krebs
el Paso
Tex
Ethel Hyman
Simon
Katie Simon
WCTU
Y Business Club
P.T.A
Albert Kirby
Burris Memorial Hospital
Ang
Arthur M. Upshaw
Tampa
Florida
A. M. Upshaw
O. M. Bundy
Jamestown
Mesdames Stewart
Coffield
Elsie Robinson
Big Frank Stahl
McKenney
Weéa
Anne Adams
Entence
Mrs. Arkin
Mrs. Dean
Young
Ulees
Barbara Anderson
Dunior Nure
Betty Sugarman
Jack Stinnett Hii
Italy
La 7
State Department
Budget Bureau
Smith
Lend Lease
Office of Economic War
James P. Mitchell
Army Service Forces
Harvard
Supreme Court
Felix of Frankfurter
Mitchell
New York University
Western Electric Co
Mexico City
Sunkist
California
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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