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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1946
Page
6
Miss Anna Lou Doctor, bride elect, honored at a Sheraton Hotel party with 11 tables of card play and a crystal shower. Local and out of town guests attended as a luncheon is planned Tuesday at Sedgefield Inn hosted by Mrs. Harry Kaplan.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Foreign Wars will hold a regular meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the VFW on Broad Street. All men are urged to attend as the election of new officers will take place.
The Pentagon club will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock with hostess Mrs. Robert Hoskins at 516 North Wrenn Street. Those unable to attend should call 53224 to contact the hostess.
The local Red Cross board will meet Tuesday at 12 15 PM at the Sheraton hotel, announced by chairman Mrs G I Humphreys. This will be the first board meeting since July, and attendance is urged. Arkansas has five major subterranean caves.
Winners at the Emerywood duplicate club were Mrs Farrell Gray and Mrs C T Ingram Sr in the north-south position and Mrs R D Tillson with Mrs Valette J Harris in the east-west pairing. Runners-up in north-south were Mrs J T Ryan and Mrs Laurance Ingram and in east-west were Mrs C S Beaver and Mrs S C Smalley of Monmouth New Jersey.
Miss Mattie Bright returns home to Durham after two weeks with Miss Rena Thompson on Denny street. Mrs. J. E. Thompson accompanies her for a week. Miss Juanita Phillips and Miss Reba Stagg of Hendersonville stay with Mrs. Roy Bennison in Archdale. The Hobsons, Ina Hobson, and Clarence Fort of Benson visit the Asheboro road family. Captain and Mrs. L. O. Stone of Honolulu tour guests of Captain Stone in Washington later. Rodney Borum attends Boy's State in Chapel Hill after winning the American Legion oratorical contest. Mildred Jester and Martha Parton leave for Wesleyan Methodist college in Central, S C. Lt. Estelle L. Smith on 15 day leave from U S A T Bridgeport visits parents on Denny Street before returning to sea.
The musty odor in bureau drawers signals mildew. Leave drawers ajar on dry days for ventilation and close them in moist weather.
High Point Chapter No. 106 Order of the Eastern Star held a covered dish supper at 6:30 PM in the Masonic temple to honor the North Carolina grand officers. Mrs. Susie Oldham presided, and Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. Reta Henley was escorted and welcomed amid musical tributes and talks by grand officers. Fourteen chapters attended as dahlias and asters brightened the room and an electric signet was unveiled by local officers.
Elizabeth Barringer Bloniak wed James Allen Thacker in Duke Chapel Durham in a Friday ceremony. The couple will reside in the area after a reception for family and friends. The bride, a Carthage High School and Flora Macdonald College alumna, teaches in High Point schools. The groom, a Point College graduate and former Duke student, served in the army and now studies at Duke.
A schedule lists events at Emerywood Country Club YWCA and nearby venues. Mrs. Fred Metcalfe Jr hosts a bridge party and Mrs. Sheroff hosts garden club activities. Luncheon meetings honor Miss Anna Lou Doctor, a bride-elect, with multiple dinners and a special OES meeting.
Mr and Mrs W A Gray announce the birth of a son Danny Edmond on September 1 at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital. Mr and Mrs William E Hiatt announce the birth of a daughter Barbara Jane on September 1 at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital. Mrs Hiatt is the former Christine Dix.
Green Street Baptist and Lindsay Memorial church announce several classes and societies meeting tomorrow night and Tuesday evening. T. E. L. and Philathea classes list locations and hosts. Loyal Workers and Lincoln Bible class set 7 30 start times. Women’s Society of Christian Service invites packages for a blind sale. Estherian class meets at 7 30 Tuesday with Mrs. Malpass.
A tip advises removing pins and metal ornaments from summer clothing to prevent rust marks on fabrics and protect garments.
To protect leather gloves and pocketbooks stored in drawers, dry them in sun and air, then wrap in tissue paper and then in waxed paper. This method aims to reduce mildew and maintain materials without direct moisture exposure.
Miss Lillian Faye Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs John Martin Mocksville and William C Hilton son of Mr and Mrs Charles I Hilton were married yesterday at 5 pm in Cross Roads Baptist church Courtney Rev E W McMurray officiated using the double ring ritual The ceremony featured white gladioli ferns and white pines with seven branched candelabra.
Sponging the spots with kerosene or carbon henge removes grease and lipstick marks and then washing in hot water completes the cleaning.
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