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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1917
Page
5
A patriotic poem excerpt from Arthur Macy in Youth's Companion extols the flag. It praises soldiers sailors and the nation, calling for cheers and reverence to the flag and its defenders.
The special Easter service tomorrow night features cantata and pantomime by children. The cantata titled The Triumph will be in two parts with opening chorus Invocation duets and solo pieces plus a pantomime and exercises.
Mrs. K. D. Steele hosted a five course Easter luncheon at her Washington Street home. The event featured a green yellow and white color scheme and a centerpiece of jonquils. Guests included Miss Richardson of Rome Georgia and several Raleigh and Suffolk attendees before a movie outing.
Mr. and Mrs. J Elwood Cox and Miss Clara I Cox and Miss Effie Cox returned this afternoon from St Petersburg Florida where they spent the winter. The party left Richmond Virginia after Mr Cox could leave a hospital following a major operation. The Florida trip was made in an automobile owned by Mr Cox and he returned greatly improved in health though tired by the journey.
David Faulkner aged 97, reputedly the oldest citizen of High Point and possibly Guilford County, lies critically ill at his Green Street home with recovery doubtful due to advanced age.
A brief note indicates a meeting with Mrs Moore from the Wo literature department. The agenda and exact time are not stated in the fragment.
A men's club will meet with Mrs. B. E. Moore Tuesday afternoon instead of Mrs. A. S. Caldwell as announced in the year book. Members are urged to attend to elect officers and order test books for next year.
The Over the Tea Cups club plans a meeting with Mrs. B F Cummings next Thursday at 3 PM. The event centers on social gathering and club activities.
The Woman’s Missionary Society of Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church will meet Monday at 3:30 PM with Mrs. J Ed Kirkman on Washington Street. All members urged to attend on time as important matters will be discussed.
Miss Mary Bess Barnhart daughter of Rev J H Barnhart Greensboro visits Miss Katherine Pickett on Steele Street for a personal social call.
Marvin Denson has returned from the State college Raleigh where he is attending school to spend the holidays with relatives.
Wade Marsh of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is in the city with his parents for the Easter holidays. Dillard Ragan of State College West Raleigh joins relatives in the city. Henry Hall also visits relatives here during State College spring vacation. Mrs J H Farrell and daughter Mary Alice leave for Greenville Tennessee after weeks with city relatives. Miss Ida Gordon of Roanoke Virginia visits Mr and Mrs I Swartz on Glenn Street.
Mrs Paul A Burns and her young daughter from Greensboro are spending a short visit in the city, seen as the spirits of relatives returning for a brief reunion.
Miss Mary Sherrod a Randolph-Macon College student will spend the Easter holidays with Miss Adelaide Colburn in Roanoke Virginia.
Captain A. M. Rankin has returned from a business trip to Atlanta and other points in the south.
Mrs EF L Lowery and daughter Eva will arrive this evening to stay with Mr and Mrs T E McGee on East Green Street. Miss Maggie Campbell Jessie Campbell Bell Little and Jennie Rice left today for Carmount to visit relatives over Easter. Mr and Mrs Homer Wheeler returned from several weeks in New York City and New Jersey visiting Mrs Wheeler’s relatives.
Miss Onia Klutz travels to Salisbury to spend Easter with her parents, planning a family gathering and holiday occasions.
A Sarasota fishing smack captain and crew said they sighted a large submarine in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday. The craft came within a mile of them, men appeared on deck, the captain hailed without response, and no identifying marks were seen. The vessel was heading south three miles off shore.
A new state hospital board formed from three former boards met in Raleigh and Goldsboro led by J. G. Brown and R. R. Clark. They discussed funding for state insanity care, seeking 260000 though only 230000 was provided. Total patients about 3550 across Goldsboro Raleigh and Morganton.
Doct H W McCain was elected president and Dr R A Schoonover secretary of Guilford county auxiliary society of the officers reserve corps during a late Thursday meeting in Greensboro. The American Red Cross group includes Dr W P Beall Dr J A Williams and Dr J T Burrus. Enrolment lists doctors J A Boyles A T Smith W C Ashworth W J Meadows W N Mebane W P Knight A R Wilson H Ogburn A F Fortune W J Richardson H F.
A lengthy roster lists physicians including Starr W G Thomas Norman G W May A M Grove and Williams B B Schoonover J W Long W M Jones E J Tate R O Dees R E Dees H W McCain H B Hiatt I T Mann W L Jackson J T Burrus A C Whitaker N G Wilson and J E Foseue from Greensboro High Point Julian Summerfield and Jamestown.
A national congress of business women is planned to be held in Chicago next summer. The event will gather female professionals from various industries to discuss trade, leadership, and economic advancement.
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