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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1939
Page
6
Readable items note office hours from 9 AM to 12 AM and include a listed phone number 4568. Edited by Madeline Hoover, the page outlines social and club activities with contact details for members seeking information or event participation.
Dr H Augustine Smith head of Boston University Church Music dept brings the Boston University Choral Art Society a 35 voice mixed choir to Wesley Memorial Church in High Point for a 7 30 pm Wednesday concert. He is a Chicago born educator and author of hymnal works with 2 000 000 copies in print and has directed massed choirs of 8 000 000 people on four continents.
High Point Garden Club etc says the two day NC Garden Fortnight and Pilgrimage was highly successful with gardens opened to club members and visitors from Virginia Alabama and South Carolina. Proceeds aid John J Blair Memorial Park and include daffodil gardens of Dr D B Carrick and the Carolina State Demonstration Garden.
The Piedmont German club hosts its tenth annual Post Easter dance at Emerywood Country Club with Johnny Hamp and his orchestra. Doors open 9 30 pm, early arrival prize before 10 pm. Members and invited guests only. board headed by James E. Foseque plans a large regional turnout.
Eleanor Amos a Randolph Macon College student will arrive in Lynchburg to stay with her parents Mr and Mrs R T Amos in Emerywood. She will be joined by Miss Elizabeth Hardy of El Paso Texas and Miss Margaret Ann Black of Philadelphia as guests. The Rothrocks of 208 Woodrow Avenue plan a Duncan South Carolina weekend with Mrs Rothrock’s relatives. Mr and Mrs Samuel L Calvert Jr and daughter Cecilia Ann head to Spartanburg South Carolina to visit Mrs J W Allen. Mrs J P Tyree of Richmond visits M W Nash at Lindsay Street. she is Mrs Nash’s sister.
Social calendar notes a Post Easter dance by the Piedmont German Club at Emerywood Country Club with Johnny Hamp and his orchestra providing music for the event.
A church ice cream social will be held at Zion Reformed Church three miles north of Thomasville on Saturday evening April 15 starting at five o'clock. The public is invited. The Catherine Gill Bible class of Welch Memorial M P Church meets tonight at 7 30 with Mrs Margaret Peeler at 803 Mangum Avenue with Mrs Rada McLean as associate hostess.
At the April board meeting the local YWCA set the annual membership drive for May 7 to 13. Mrs. Fred Whitescarver outlined plans for a large influx of new members. Mrs. Carter Dalton was absent, and Mrs. Zillah R Hopkins led the devotional titled Courage.
Archdale and Trinity Parent-Teacher Associations hold a joint Child Study Groups meeting at Archdale School this evening at eight o clock. Charles F Carroll Jr High Point city schools superintendent will speak on Why Report Cards and Why Home Work and the Parents Duty To The Schools. This is the final of four meetings for each group and note the joint nature of the event.
The Vota Vita class of Green Street Baptist Church meets this evening at 7 30 at Frances Crouch 511 Ate Street. All members are asked to attend and bring a grab bag contribution. Associate hostess will be Rachelle Breedlove.
In Thomasville on Elliott Drive Mrs. Paul Hassler welcomed the Sans Souci bridge club for two tables of play among spring flowers. Perfume prize went to Mrs. Frank Murr and towels to top visitor D. A. Long. Refreshments followed for Mrs. Frank Murr, Mrs. D. A. Long and other guests.
The Cotillion club held an attractive Easter dance Monday evening at the Woman's Club building. Guests came from High Point Lexington Greensboro Winston-Salem and Albemarle. Bubbles Becker and his orchestra played in the ballroom as the room was decorated with Easter emblems.
The Parent-Teacher Association of Main Street School held its meeting Thursday with Mrs. Robert Williams presiding. Senior class president Miss Wilma Wall led routine business and introductions. Miss Eloise Bodenheimer played Liszt. Rev. Samuel Wiley spoke informally. Attendance awards were won by Sallie J. Bond, Robert Rapp, and T. J. Covington grades.
Mrs. F E Sigman remains under recovery at her Highland avenue home after being moved from City Memorial hospital earlier this week. Miss Pegey Hite returns to Washington DC to resume commercial art studies after Easter visit with parents on Salem street. Mrs. Max Moore travels to Raleigh for the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers events.
Peggy Creasmore celebrated her sixth birthday Saturday at home with games directed by Miss Hester Carpenter. An ice course followed for the children who each received an Easter favor.
An advert promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic to lift spirits and boost energy for women feeling blue. It claims millions rely on it to improve health and mood, encouraging readers to try the product and "smiling thru."
Mrs J W Rose entertained the Social Arts club at her Louise Avenue home with nine members present. Plans were made for the next luncheon honoring Mesdames Co B Baxter and E Z Jones at Mrs Leland B Nelson home with hostesses Mesdames T R Zimmerman and A B Elam.
Miss Angelia Lucille and Margie Clark hosted an Easter egg hunt at their home 650 Wesley Place on Monday at 10 a m with several of their friends in attendance.
North Wilkesboro native Lieut.-Governor Andrew H. Casey addressed the Kiwanis Club at the Elwood Hotel luncheon. He outlined Kiwanis aims and structure, noted 29 US Canada districts with governors and lieutenant governors, and cited principles including free church, press, schools, and judiciary. Attendees included Greensboro Kiwanis members and local Casey brothers.
At the annual Y M C A athletic banquet in the city a full slate of directors for the year was approved. The nominating committee presented three term groups: one year F Logan Porter and others. two years R R Ragan and others. three years J Welch Harriss and others.
Chicago on April 14 reports butter at 839,171 with steady prices, eggs at 42,710 with storage packed extras at 174g, other prices unchanged.
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