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Kernersville  Chapter,  U.  D.  was  instituted  on  April
                                                                                      14,  1932,  and  three  months  later  on  July  14,  1932  the
                                                                                      chapter  was  constituted  and  given  the  title  of  Kerners-
                                                                                     ville  Chapter  No.  205,  The  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star.
                                                                                     There  were  24  charter  members.
                                                                                           In February 1947,  a  Masonic Temple Building Fund
                                                                                     was started.  A beautiful Eastern Star .ii'lag was  1rn:tu.e  oy
                                                                                     Joyce Williams, Past Grand Matron, and presented to the
                                                                                     Chapter in  December 1952.  This  flag  is  still  being used
                                                                                     in 1971. Since 1953 the Chapter has had an adopted guest
                                                                                     at  the  Masonic  and  Eastern  Star  Home  in  Greensboro.
                                                                                     On  Sunday,  July  21,  1957,  a  picnic  and  ground-
                                                                                     breaking  ceremony  was  held  at  the  site  of  the  new
                            Order of the  Eastern  Star  1971.
                               Names  listed  on  page  96
                                                                                     Masonic  Temple  on  South  Main  Street.
                                                                                          The  Fourteenth  District  School  of  Instructions  was
                                                                                     held for  the  first  time  in  Kernersville  June  1965.  During
                                                                                     its  30  years  of  existence  Kernersville  Chapter  205  has
                                                                                     had one  Grand  Officer,  Eva  Mae  Williams,  Grand War-
                                                                                     den and four Grand Representatives;  Eva Mae Williams,
                                                                                     Betty  C.  Berry,  Mary  V.  Mullinax,  ·and  Geraldine  L.
                                                                                     Lingerfelt. The Worthy Matron for 1971 is Juanita Phelps

                                                                                     Jamerson.
                                                                                          The  Kernersville's  Extension  Homemakers  Club,  an
                                                                                     affiliate  of  the  North  Carolina  Extension  Homemakers

                                                                                     Association, was first  organized by Mrs.  Elizabeth Tuttle,
                                                                                     extension  agent,  about  1933  at  the  home  of  Miss  Mary
                                                                                     Linville with twelve  charter members present.  The club
                                                                                     remained active for over thirty years.  It was reorganized
       From  its  beginning  in  1859  as  a  small  discounter  of  tea,  A .  &  P.
   has  grown  to  be  the  world's  largest  food  retailing  organization.  It's  5000   in  February  1967  in  the  home  of  a  new president,  Mrs.
   stores  are  located  through  the  nation.  It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  A.  &  P.
   has  become  a  part  of  the  Kernersville  community  and  can  participate  in   Leo  Burks,  Jr.
   its  bicentennial  celebration.
                                                                                          The  purposes  and  objectives  of  the  Homemakers
                                                                                     Club  are  implemented  by  programs  and  activities  in
                                                                                     homemaking  and  citizenship  training.  The  work  pro-
                                                                                     grams include clothing, food  and nutrition, health, home
                                                                                     management, house furnishings,  crafts,  community beau-
                                                                                     tification,  and  rest  homes.  At  this  time  there  are  22
                                                                                     members  enjoying  every  activity  and  "striving  to  be
                                                                                     worthy  of  the  honor  of  being  a  homemaker."  The  new
                                                                                     president  is  Mrs.  Kenneth  Higgins.








                                                                                         Lemar  Electric  Co.,  Inc.,  110  Oakland  Ave.,  is  owned  and  operated
                                                                                    by  C.  R.  Lemar.  C.  R.  first  began  electricd  work  in  1945  with  the  W.  C.
       Kernersville  Fabric  and  Sewing  Center  opened  May  13,  1962.  Maurice   Craver  Electric  Co.  in  Winston-Salem.  In  1954  he  began  electrical  con-
   G.  Weavil  and  Mildred  Nelson  Weavil  are  owners.  Business  first  sold  notions   tracting  and  repair  in  the  Kernersville  area.  He  organized  his  present
   and  piece  goods  and  was  local  dealer  for  Singer  Sewing  Machines.  Now  in   company  in  December,  1968.
   1971,  piece  goods  and  notions  are  still  sold  along  with  the  Universal  Sewing
   Machine.  One employee  is  Mrs.  Vonda Gardner.




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                                      Temporary  hair  removal  was  practiced  as
                                    far  back  as  the  dawn  of  history,  but  a
                                    permanent  method  was  discovered  in  1815                           t
                                    by  Dr.  Charles  E.  Michel  called  Electro-
                                    lysis.  It  has  been  perfected  through  the
                                    years  to  a  speedy,  safe  and  comfortable
                                    treatment.  Mrs.  Clarice  Sheets  started  her
                                    Electrolysis  Service  in  March,  1970,  lo-
                                    cated  at  228  North  Main  Street  in  Kerners-
                                    ville.







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