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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1953
Page
6
American airmen at special survival schools are taught to endure starvation by consuming unconventional foods such as snakes worms lizards locusts lichens seaweed and lemmings if forced to land in remote areas.
High Point Chapter No. 106 of the Order of the Eastern Star held a regular meeting at the Masonic Temple with Mrs. Ollie P. Lewis presiding as worthy matron. A membership petition was received and seven members attended Rob Morris Day Picnic at the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. News included upcoming North Carolina Secretaries Association meetings on Sept 26 in the Masonic Temple, with a Dutch luncheon. Visitors Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Strange greeted, and a letter from Rose Erickson noted the Rock Endowment Fund Religious Education project.
The final pre nuptial event for the Frazier Hancock wedding party was the cake cutting after a Monday rehearsal at the bride Belva Jean Frazier home Route 5. The tiered cake with bells and summer flowers was cut by the couple and served by Nancy Owens. Guests included the wedding party relatives and close friends.
Doris Martin, whose engagement to Tom Ellis was announced, received a bridal lingerie shower from the Villa Stout Circle of Green Street Baptist Church. The group hosted a small invited guest list and served refreshments after the regular meeting, with the wedding planned for October 4 at the church.
Miss Belva Jean Frazier and Donald Lloyd Hancock wed at Prospect Methodist Church in an 8 o’clock ceremony last evening. Family members attended as bridesmaids and ushers, with pledges exchanged beside chancel arrangements of gladioli, ferns, and autumn blooms.
Miss Dot Lewis guest artist presented a musical program for the Junior Musical Art Club at Patsy Caughman’s Rotary Drive home. She played Mozart and Debussy pieces, encore Chopin Etude Three, then answered Juilliard questions. A round table on music followed with a Federal Hymn, club pledge, and a brief business session.
The excerpt argues that pleasant disagreement earns respect, not constant assent. It promotes expressing honest opinions without hostility and cites a saying that one must have pepper in his makeup to be worth his salt.
Cpl. Howard M. Hutchinson, 45, a former prisoner of war, reached Columbus from San Francisco and had to borrow $3 for a taxi. He says the government owes him about $2 in back pay.
A crowded week of meetings and social events lists the Business and Professional Woman's Club dinner at the Sheraton, Nature Study and Garden Club gatherings, a Garden Club luncheon, and several honors and wedding rehearsals. Notable entries include Miss Jo Fanning, Miss Mary Jo Fanning, and the Dunn-Hennis wedding party events.
The Altrusa Club held its first fall meeting at the Sheraton Hotel with 14 members present. Ada Burgess presided and was named district meeting delegate with Bunny Tice as alternate. The group adopted the budget, voted a $100 contribution to the Bible in the city project, and created a visitation committee chaired by Lena Mann.
Washington figures a fashion forecast from the National Association of Retail Clothers and Furnishers says American women may wear shorter hems but men will not raise the cuff line. The group notes Bermuda length shorts are not endangering long pants.
The American Automobile Association backs Christian Dior's efforts to raise women’s hemlines. AAA safety director Burton Marsh says higher hems improve night driving safety by increasing visibility of pedestrians in headlights.
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