YWCA Board Plans Negro Branch in High Point
The YWCA board met at Adams Memorial building to discuss forming a Negro YWCA branch in High Point and to plan the initial membership luncheon for fall. The group may invite a National YWCA representative to assist with the project while pursuing feasibility and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywca Board
City
Y.W.C.A
High Point
Adams Memorial Building
Charles E. Sheloff
A. G. Douglas
H. D. Sears
P. W. Flagge
Edgar Hartley
JH. P. Morrison
OPA Official Urges Cooperation to Keep Prices Down
Mrs. Ruth Vick Everett of Raleigh spoke at the September High Point B P W C dinner at the Masonic Temple on wartime pricing. She urged adherence to rationing, warned against giving away stamps, and named 11 women’s groups to aid the Home Front campaign. The event drew 32 attendees, with Miss Laurie McDonald and Mrs. Dess N. Gurganus among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Business and Professional Women's Club
Masonic Temple
Ruth Vick Everett
Raleigh
District Information Division
Office of Price Administration
Dess N. Gurganus
Laurie M. McDonald
Mary Watkins
Everett
McDonald
High Point
Allen Jay School
Willis Bond
326Th College Training Detachment
High Point College
Frances Casey
Garden Study Club Discusses Fall Beautification Project
The Garden Study Club met at Mrs. Clyde Barksdale's home on Lindsay Street for the first fall meeting. Plans for a beautification project were outlined, with a site selection discussed but no definite site chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Barksdale
Lindsay Street
Garden Study Club
Resigns Surratt as YWCA industrial secretary
Surratt, industrial secretary of the Y W C A for nearly two years, had her resignation accepted by the Board of Directors at the first Fall meeting. She arrived in High Point in January 1942 and leaves to become business girls secretary in the Y W C A at Nashville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Surratt
Surratt
Business Girls
Nashville, Tenn
Y.W.C.A
High Point
Denton
Community Symphony Orchestra
Sheloff
God
Board of Directors
Nashville
Saturday Duplicate Play at Emerywood Club
The weekly Duplicate club event will be held at Emerywood Country Club at 2 p m Members of the club are eligible to attend only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerywood Country Club
Winter Lawn Care Highlights From Garden Club Meeting
Mrs J W Van Loan chaired in the president’s absence. Reports from officers and committees were heard. Mrs Ray Ward summarized the High Point Council of Garden Clubs fall meeting and presented the program on Winter Lawns detailing soil prep for winter beautification and rye planting for green lawns during winter months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. van Loan
FE. A. Wright
Ray Ward
High Point Council of Garden Clubs
Births Lynda Kay Farlowe at Burrus Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Clayton Farlowe announce the birth of a daughter Lynda Kay on September 7 at Burrus Memorial Hospital. Also listed are births for Carol Anne Meredith and Larry Wayne Patterson and Charles Larry Tuttle and Janice Lee VonCannon with related parent details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynda Kay Farlowe
Clayton Farlowe
Lynda Kay
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Merediths
Harold F. Meredith
Carol Anne
Meredith
Ava Beane
JS. Patterson
Larry Wayne
Tuttles
J. C. Tuttle
Park Street
Charles Larry
Guilford General Hospital
Tuttle
Irene Haynes
Walter L. Voncannon
Janice Lee
Voncannon
Juanita Kinney
McKENNEY ON BRIDGE Bond Drive Roars At National Championship
At the start of the national championships tournament the American Contract Bridge League launched a Buy Amber campaign to sell 9.3 million dollars worth of bonds. A rally before the final masters pair session moved 300 thousand dollars of bonds in about ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Contract Bridge League
You Do Matter You Are the Harvest of the Ages
A motivational piece urging readers to reject the belief that they do not matter. It argues that every person is the result of generations of effort and sacrifice, carrying a torch for humanity. The message emphasizes inner worth, latent powers, and the duty to strive against despair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Thomasville Bridge and Garden Clubs Entertained
Thomasville activities featured Bridge and Garden clubs at homes on Spring Street and Lexington Highway. Ace of Clubs hosted a dessert bridge with three tables. prizes went to Mrs. J F Garner and Mrs. Vernon Snyder. Other clubs held Chrysanthemums programs, civic society meetings, and social gatherings with refreshments and decorations, including lotus blooms. Notables included Mrs. John Easter, Mrs. W E Tomlinson, and Miss Lois Johnson, with various hostesses and guests from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
J. S. Green
Spring Street
J. F. Garner
Vernon Snyder
Charles Lambeth
Mesdames
Charles Phillips
W. E. Tomlinson
Alvah Boyles
R. K. Farrington
C. F. Finch
G. L. Bryant
Moyer Mendenhall
Lois Johnson
John R. Myers
Lexington Highway
Carson Cox
Rook
J. R. Blair
Final Rites Held For F. T. Totherow
Funeral service for Frank H. Totherow of Fish er Ferry Street was held at his home Thursday at five o clock. Rev. D A Oakley Rev Thomas B Flowe and Rev Roy H Parker led the service. Harris Culbreth post American Legion pallbearers included Sam Blackman Cicero Cox Millard Alford J D Ross A B Shuford and Howard Hicks. A mixed choir provided music with Miss Eunice Gibson at the piano. Flowers were arranged by friends led by Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Frank H. Totherow
Fisher Ferry Street
D. A. Oakley
Thomas B. Flowe
Roy H. Parker
Harris-Culbreth Post
The
American Legion
Sam Blackman
Cicero Cox
Millard Alford
J. D. Ross
A. B. Shuford
Howard Hicks
Eunice Gibson
We the Women Mother Can Show Fighting Spirit At War
Ruth Millett argues women left to cope with wartime separations should embody fighting spirit through action. Citing Mrs Bessie Heers of Waterloo who followed family into service, Millett praises joining WACs or volunteering. She says any firm wartime effort strengthens bonds with family and yields happier homemakers after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Heers
Waterloo
Iowa
Navy
Wacs
Mrs. Heers
Uniformed Services
Eers
Local residents report health updates and college plans
Mrs C G Ferguson of 829 West Green has recovered from a serious operation at Guilford General hospital and may receive visitors. Fred Flagler leaves Tuesday for Chapel Hill to enter UNC for the fall term and plans to major in journalism after time at the National University of Mexico this summer. Helen Gibson of 405 West Howell will be a junior at Woman's College this year, her omission from a local list now corrected. Mrs Cora Kearns has returned from Bethlehem Pa after two weeks visiting friends, and Mrs C M Fiyum of Fort Lauderdale Fla, hospital to home transfer in Winston-Salem, now sees visitors at her sister Mrs W K Nance's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoke Shore
Jennings Cottage
H. J. Eikenbury
Phyllis
Tiffin
Ohio
D. A. Troutman
Fisher Ferry Street
Lois Johnson
Wake Forest College
C. F. Lambeth
Wake Forest
Women's Guild
The
Evangelical Reformed Church
Elgelical Reformed Church
Thomasville
Fred Fralick
Julius Gray
W. E.sechrest
J. A. Palmer
Dorothy Fralick
Joe Carter
C. G. Ferguson
West Green Street
Guilford General Hospital
Fred Flagler
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
National University of Mexico
Helen Gibson
West Howell Street
Woman's College of the
Miss Gibson
High Point
WCMC
Cora Kearns
Jones Street
Bethlehem
C. M. Fiyum
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Baptist
Second largest in Empire claims vast Nigeria area
Nigeria, a British possession, is described as seven times larger than England with an area of about 372,674 square miles and a population of 20,000,000, the most populous British dependency after India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nigeria
England
India
Myers and Mrs Goodman Interred at City Cemetery Service by Legion and VFW
Interment followed in the City cemetery with the service there in charge of members of the local American Legion Post and the High Point post of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Myers
Charles Goodman
American Legion
High Point
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Also Mentioned on This Page
OPA
Anton S
Lah
Elwood Hotel
Musicians Club 210
North Main Street
Rhythm Masters
Nabisco
MAL Biscuit Company
Mabisco
McKenney
William E
America's Card Authority
M'Kenney
South West Pass
N. T
Weather
South
Declarer
West
Elsie Robinson
Henry Poe
Little Gardens Club
John Easter
C. L. White, Jr
R. F. Lowry
Women's Society of Christian Service
Main Street Methodist Church
Tom Alderman Sykes
Lloyd Douglas
M. T. Cantheth
Phyllis Eikenberg
Helen Ann Reid
Nell Swaim
Marcia Black
Jean Rudisill
Mary Long
Shirley Green
Buddy Pepper
Bobby Rapp
Jerome Rapp
David Elliott
Billy Long
Tommy Gardner
Bobby Green
Evelyn Miller
Atlanta, Ga
W. K. Nance
Mary Hogan
North Hamilton Street
F. T. Totherow
Ruth Millett
National Bureau of Standards
Moose Hall
North Main ST
Samuel Hyman
Snel Jeweler
South Main Street
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