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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1931
Page
6
Reads like a community calendar with Bible classes at several homes, garden and civic club meetings, a youth group banquet, and a long list of events from April 21 to 26 including a plant sale, PTA session, and YWCA activities.
Mrs. Herman Abels travels to New York for ten days. J B Meredith of Greensboro now at High Point hospital. Mr and Mrs R L Brinson to Philadelphia to visit relatives. L R Paschal of Altoona Pa guests of Mrs F D Holt. Mrs Clarence F Luntz and Mrs Thomas Carey back from Charleston after visiting Mrs H G Siderton. Miss Mattie Campbell of Belew Creek visiting the Campbells. Kenneth Abels returns to Rutgers after Easter with parents. Mrs Francis Hutton and daughter Gertrude Caroline visit Huttonsville W Va. Mrs Dan Compton travels to Reidsville for Paul Cummings death. returns to High Point tomorrow.
Edouard Albion, baritone, drew a warm audience Tuesday at the Country club with a varied program of French German Italian and English songs. He opened with Ombra Mai Fu and closed with Abide With Me, showing fine vocal technique and range. After the encore he spoke briefly on the mission of music and American appreciation for tone.
A program in the community club scene featured Sue Kyle Southwick as accompanist delivering artful performances. selections included Ombra Mai Fu Exerxes Handel My Native Land Gretchaninoff and Abide With Me. the event praised for strengthening smaller communities and the beautifully planned club house setting.
Miss Mae Shearer hosted a Salem Street gathering of the Eibera club with green and white decor and a three course dinner. Guests played bridge with Miss Alliene Hoover top scorer among ladies and Mr Dan Watson and Mr Walter Newby leading gentlemen. prizes included handkerchiefs and a recipe file.
The Junior Service League held its annual meeting at the Sheraton hotel to elect officers for the coming year after a 9:30 board session and 11 o'clock regular meeting. Elected: President Mrs. Ben Moore, First VP Mrs. J. E. Millis, Second VP Mrs. Katherine Raymond, Recording Secretary Mrs. Lawrence Matton, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. James Lyon, Treasurer Mrs. R. T. Amos, Provisional Members Chair Mrs. W. T. Powell, and committee chairs Mrs. Matt Wall, Mrs. Robert Collins, Mrs. J. J. Groome. A luncheon followed in the hotel dining room.
Hodgin, Misses Alliene Hoover and Mildred Darden and Messrs. Dat Watson, Alvah Boyles and Dr. C. M. McCoy are named in connection with the Hodgin event.
Ralph Wilson hosted an evening meeting of the Janie Tuttle Missionary Society at her home west of town. Mrs. W. H. Curlee presided as Miss Florence Lawrence led a devotional. Violinist Beulah Norment played I Will Be True.
Miss Elizabeth Yow led a Friday evening recital at the Main street school auditorium featuring senior students. Dorothy Moore, Sara Clare Hazel, Mary Faison Covington, Nell Boles and others performed works by Mozart Grieg Chopin Rachmaninoff and Brahms, with Marshals listed as Austin Harrison Bertam Heathcote Carl Newsome and Charles L White Jr. presiding.
The Woman’s Missionary Society of Main Street M E church met Monday afternoon at the hut with President Mrs. James E. Lambeth presiding. Circle 4 won the attendance banner and social service points. Mrs. G W Lyles chaired the social service department program. Mrs. E J Poe led devotional on Christ and His Prayer.
A community meeting discussed Life Illiteracy its Background and Causes with articles read by Mrs. Carson Cox Mrs. John Hiatt and Mrs. Willie May. Miss Mamie Harris gave a short talk on the night school before the gathering closed with prayer.
Rev. H Leach Hoover of Harts ville DC arrived Sunday to visit cousin Mrs Moyer Mendenhall and other relatives. Mrs Hoover will arrive tomorrow after a Greensboro stop to visit her brother Charles Harrison and Mrs Harrison. The Hoovers were formerly residents of the city.
Mrs. V. E. Tingley came home Sunday from City Memorial hospital where she recently underwent an appendicitis operation. She is recovering satisfactorily at this time.
Paul Green Jr has returned from a visit with his grandparents Rev and Mrs R 8 Howie in Mount Airy.
Miss Nell Boles entertained Thursday at the family home on Fisher Ferry street for Miss Elizabeth Yow and the senior music class. Guests included Sara Clare Hazel Mary Faison Covington and Dorothy Moore. After dinner Miss Yow presented each class member with a plaque.
An advertisement claims Seatenan or similar tablets relieve gas in stomach and bowels and eliminate discomfort after meals. It promises fewer cramps and less bloating, enabling deeper breaths and better post meal enjoyment. Sold at Eckerd's Cut Rate Drug Store in a yellow pack for a stated price.
Mr and Mrs George Hibbits and Mrs W H Jones of Greensboro attended the recital of senior pupils at the school auditorium. Mr Hibbits is director of music at Greensboro College.
The Young People class of the Fourth River church surprised Welford Smia with a birthday party last Monday at his home. A large group attended and enjoyed ice cream and cake.
Eugene Ward and his family drove to Rockingham County last Sunday for a listed local outing, according to brief regional notes.
W A Gattis Foster spent Sunday with his brother George Foster of High Point Route 5.
F. J. Jones spent last Sunday in the Holly Springs area, visiting local sites and returning home afterward.
Franklin Briggs and his family relocate to the former residence of the late Mrs. Sarah Reed, marking a change of occupancy at the Reed property.
Mrs. J. L. Skeen is described as right sick at this writing in the local update.
The Young People's class plans a Wednesday night play titled The Poor Married Man beginning at 8 o clock.
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