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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1977
Page
25
A recent American Council of Life Insurance report shows life expectancy reaching 72.8 years at birth in 1976 with white male babies and white female babies both gaining markedly since 1900. Infant mortality fell from 20 to 15.1 per 1000 births by 1976, boosting overall longevity.
Raleigh Friday's State Debutante Ball saw each debutante escorted by a father or marshal. Several escorts listed include Robert Emery Bencini Jr and Thomas Guy Walker for Constance Snow Bencini. James Burnett Sloan and Thomas James Adams for Martha Sloan. Dale Morey and Douglas Morey for Maureen Morey. David Astor Dowdy Jr for Meredith Dowdy. William Donald Wright and Thomas John Wood for Anna Wright. Local debutantes head back to their colleges after the weekend, resuming classes.
The community calendar lists multiple gatherings including Women of the Moose at the Moose Home, Newcomers Club coffee at YWCA with lunch, Brooklea Garden Club with Mrs Harry Hauser, Wake Robin Garden Club hosted by Mrs Bill Morris, Oakview Extension Homemakers at Horneytown Fire Station with a film, Busy Bee Garden Club hosted by Mrs Vernon Ward, D A R Alexander Martin Chapter events, Overeaters Anonymous at High Point Public Library, Burbank Garden Club at High Point Museum, Dogwood Garden Club hosted by Mrs Robert Griffith, and Furniture City Woman's Club at Willow Creek Golf Club.
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