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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1970
Page
10
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Harris hosted a morning coffee for Senators Elton Edwards and Mac McLendon at the Smith home on Rockford Road. Guests discussed political issues and the senators’ three year backgrounds as they seek re election in November 3.
Mrs. Jim Keeton hosted Wiltshire Woods Garden Club on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Michael Lambeth led the meeting and announced a district council fall meeting held October 13 at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. Attendees were Mrs. Lambeth and Mrs. Geddie Loflin. Members will prepare soil and plant bulbs at the Wiltshire entrance this Saturday. A Christmas party is planned for December 4.
The notice reports multiple births at High Point Memorial Hospital and Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Names include Melissa Leigh Wardell, Jason Tyler Gallimore, Rogenia Louise Shumate, Eddie Leon Pearson, Angela Carol Clodfelter, Angela Denise Nelson, Sarah Becker Jarrett, James Lee McCall Jr., Robert Joseph Pratt, and Michael Ashley Stone. Parents hail from Route 3, Glenoa, Thomasville, Trinity, and Winston-Salem area.
In Biella Italy local industry and family income doubled as women took day shifts while men worked nights. The birth rate fell and divorces surged by 60 percent within a year provoking the mayor to push for couples to sleep together more often to curb the crisis.
Mrs Gaston Bouldin hosted the Pine Hill Garden Club at her Rt 2 Trinity home. A sweet course and coffee accompanied the business meeting led by Frances LeFever. Guest speaker Mrs Dennis Young discussed The Art of Flower Preservation and demonstrated drying flowers without losing color, displaying dried botanical art.
A new tole painting course at Adams Memorial YWCA begins Tuesday at 9 30 a m for six weeks. Instructor Mrs S L McFarland teaches beginners and intermediate beginners primary strokes and wood and tin applications. Students supply materials with a list at the Y 112 Gatewood Ave for advance registration and limited class size.
Mrs. Dennis Young presented a program on drying and preserving flowers for the Out Our Way Garden Club at Mrs. L. C. Brown’s Kennedy Street home. She explained drying methods for goldenrod fern hydrangea and cockscomb and curing holly magnolia leaves with glycerin and water. Fresh roses can be preserved by hammering stems and silica gel drying for 10 days.
The Xi Psi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at Mrs. Ray Maines home to review a scrapbook destined for the international office in Kansas City. Mrs. Melvin Kirsch received praise for yearbook contents and art work, while Mrs. Bill Walker outlined plans for Santa Claus hand puppets filled with candy for Handicapped Kindergarten children. Supplies and fundraising tote bags were discussed and a salad course was served.
Miss Janice Frazier the November bride elect was honored at a bridal shower hosted by Miss Joanne Moran at 807 Arthur Ave. About 20 guests attended from 7 to 9 p.m. A corsage welcomed her and an antique cookie jar was added to gifts. Mrs. Floyd Frazier attended as a special guest with plans for a November wedding to Mike Purkey.
Fred Yoder of Yoder's Garden Shop spoke to the Jamestown Garden Club at Town Hall on Wednesday. He covered bulb care and planting times, noted trends toward beds borders and naturalization, and demonstrated bulb forcing. Yoder endorsed Dutch bulbs for quality and bloom reliability, naming tulips narcissus and jonquils as top color and repeat bloomers. Associate hostesses were Mrs. George Johnson and Mrs. Floyd Wittman.
High Point Public Library children's department offers openings for four and five year olds in the Monday 1 30 to 2 pm and Tuesday 10 to 10 30 am story hours. Miss Elizabeth Gurley urges parents to register by calling. Programs run until mid April with stories films filmstrips games and songs.
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