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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1944
Page
6
Eight clubs attended the initial High Point district garden clubs meeting at the YWCA with Mrs. J. F. Hay presiding. The group discussed Harvest Festival plans for October and referred decisions to individual clubs with progress reports due soon.
Mr and Mrs Roy Bondurant of High Point announce the marriage of their daughter to Sanford Lewis Hedgecock Seaman first class in the United States Navy on August 31 1944 at High Point N C The ceremony was before N M Cates Sr local justice of the peace The bride wore navy blue with black accessories The groom son of Mr and Mrs Harien Hedgecock of High Point route one has just returned from sea duty with the Navy
The Women of The Moose will hold a regular meeting Thursday at 8:30 PM at the hall conducted by Regent Frances Lopp. Members are urged to attend for important business to come up.
Wednesday 6 30 p m High at Business and Professional Women club dinner and meeting at the Sheraton hotel. Mu chapter Beta Sigma Phi sorority initial Fall meeting at the Sheraton. High Point Graduate Nurses club dinner at the YWCA RSVP Miss Lillian Marlowe 3478. Thursday 6 30 8 p m family night dinner Emerywood Country club. Saturday 2 p m Emerywood Duplicate club at the Country club. 8 15 p m USO dance at the YMCA for area service men. Sunday 5 7 p m weekly buffet supper for service men in the old Elwood dining hall.
At a Legion Auxiliary meeting held at Mrs Dan Arden's 502 Chandler Street Mrs John Raper resigned after eight years as secretary and received a past secretary’s pin Mrs Fred Wiles was elected secretary Mrs Frank Carriker presided and thirty members attended New members joined and Mary Dykes Red Cross chairman urged bandage work Mondays at Red Cross rooms Betsy Spearman gave a reading and a junior auxiliary essay from Atlanta Ga A social hour followed with refreshments.
The Woodmen circle will hold its monthly business meeting tonight at eight o'clock in the hall. Members are asked to attend to discuss the organization’s future plans as announced this morning.
Mrs. Ruby Pickler of Maurice Beauty Shop earned honorable mention in a hair stylists contest at the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists convention in Chicago August 27 to 30. She recently returned and has been visiting friends in Columbus, Ohio.
A vintage advertisement explains that digestion requires olive juice to process food and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to speed digestion. The copy claims relief from headaches and irritability within about 30 minutes and notes the pills are available at drugstores for 10¢ or 25¢.
Mesdames C. S. Beaver and F. T. Howard led North South in duplicate bridge at the Emerywood Country Club. East West honors went to Mesdames Farrell Gray and R. T. Tillson while Mrs Everett Marsh topped the contract game. Runners up and other scorers are listed among club members and guests.
USO announces a combined meeting for junior hostesses and senior hostesses at the Junior High School at 7:45 PM on Monday of next week, with an army speaker to discuss Civic Responsibility to the Returned Service Man. The event is public and aims as a community educational project for returning service personnel. Fifty four junior hostesses plus senior staff attend ORD dance in Greensboro Monday night, leaving in base army trucks.
Friends and relatives report on health and movements among neighbors. Mrs. Roland Brewer remains ill at 708 White Oak Street while Miss Reba Porterfield returns home from Durham. Mrs. Lady Aycock goes back to Asheboro after a brief stay with her uncle Branson on Long Street. Grover Summey returns from New York with daughter Mrs. Robert Touhy, whose Coast Guard husband is in training in Norfolk. Pvt. Cecil Freeman and family depart for Tucson, and Norma Page returns to New York City from Cape Ann Art Colony. Anne MacCrea arrives back in Charlotte after visits here, and Miss Juanita Phelps recuperates at High Point Memorial Hospital after surgery.
The Officers club of the Magdalen Rebekah Lodge will hold a meeting tomorrow at eight o'clock evening at the home of Mrs. Addie Herndon located at 310 Phillips Street.
In a bridge hand, South dealt and North opened three hearts after long hesitation. West doubled to hint trump strength, but declarer used ruffs and cashing of kings to exhaust West. The result shows misread penalties can reveal defensive faults and alter play. New York Central commuters’ train scene follows.
The Cooperative Auxiliary met at 601 Sunset Drive yesterday afternoon to plan fall activities. They voted to continue serving sandwiches to the USO and to work each Monday at the Red Cross rooms. Vice President Mrs. Julian S. Hopkins presided. President Mrs. H. D. Minnis was away.
Mr and Mrs Harlen Hedgecock announce the marriage of their daughter Margie Marie to Carl Warr on August 22 1940 in High Point. The ceremony was before justice N M Cates Sr at his office. The couple reside in Cincinnati Ohio where the groom works at a war plant.
In Raleigh on September 6, the May 27 Democratic primary vote-buying case in Surry County is referred to Solicitor R. J. Cott of Danbury for investigation. The affidavits from the Non-Partisan Fair Election Association allege two women were paid $3 for their votes. The group had offered a $100 reward for information leading to convictions under state election laws.
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