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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1917

Page

5

Quiet Home Wedding Unites High Point Couple Harris and Harris

Margaret Evelyn Shiplett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H M Shiplett of 119 Chestnut Street, married Robert Travis Harris of Richmond Virginia in a Tuesday evening ceremony at the Shipletts home. Reverend P D Brown officiated. The couple plans to reside in Richmond after a brief stay with relatives.

H. M. Shiplett Chestnut Street Margaret Evelyn Robert Trvin Harris Richmond High Point P. D. Brown Lutheran Church Harris

Women Lead Special Congregational Service Program

The women of the congregation will oversee the service with an attractive program planned by many women deeply interested in the conduct of this special event.

Social Service Department Elects Officers Postponed

The Woman's Club social service department met to review charity cases including two new tuberculosis cases. Red Cross seal funds are aiding these efforts. An officer election for the coming year was postponed due to the inability to secure a chairman.

Social Service Department Woman's Club Red Cross

Revival Draws Pastor Rowe Away From City

Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe, pastor of Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, will be absent from the city Sunday evening to assist in a revival at another church.

Gilbert T. Rowe Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church

Woman's Club Executive Board Meeting at Kirks Home

The executive board of the Woman's club met yesterday afternoon at the Kirks home on Broad Street. Attendance was unusually large as members discussed matters of importance and mapped out plans for the club’s summer work.

Woman's Club Kirks Broad Street

Change Day of Meeting for Tar Heel Children of the Confederacy

The Tar Heel chapter of Children of the Confederacy will hold its regular meeting tomorrow afternoon at the home of Miss Madge elds instead of Saturday. Members are urged to note the day change.

Tar Heel Children of the Confederacy

Miss Genevieve Parks Plans Visit with Sister

Miss Genevieve Parks of Concord will spend several days visiting her sister Mrs Ed Kearns.

Genevieve Parks Concord Ed. Kearns

Personal notices from Greensboro baseballd opening game and local visits

FE Ingram and Eugene Parrish attended the Carolina league opener in Greensboro where Patriots played Asheville. Blair Patterson and Thomas J. Gold were business visitors. James Neil Thompson and others witnessed the game. Mrs H A Millis attends D A R convention in Washington. Mrs Robert Pickett ill with erysipelas. Mrs Katie Smith Roberts suffers poison ivy. Ben Moore Jr resigns from Furniture Journal for Stehli Silk duties. Geo T Penny left for Washington on business.

FE. K. Ingram Eugene Parrish Greensboro Patriots Asheville

Waikiki Hawaiian Singers Tour Offers Native Music

The Waikiki Hawaiian Singers and Players tour the United States under the Affiliated Lyceum Bureaus to present high quality Hawaiian music. The group, featured at the Panama-Pacific exposition, promises a competent performance evoking the islands charm and appeal to Lyceum audiences nationwide.

Talking Machine Lyceum America

Gentry 77 Former Confederate Soldier Dies in Yadkin County

F L Gentry, 77, ex Confederacy veteran of company F 4th North Carolina, died April 12 at his home on the old Jonesville road. He was buried at Flat Rock Baptist church after a large funeral with many friends in attendance. He married three times and had 23 children, 16 living. The funeral was at Flat Rock Baptist Church where he had been an honored member since age 21. The obituary notes his popularity and floral tributes.

Winston-Salem F. L. Gentry Jonesville Road Yadkin County North Carolina Flat Rock Baptist Church

Local Lady Credits Tanlae for Relief from Indigestion

Mrs. L A Morris of 807 Fast Commerce street says seven years of stomach trouble and indigestion ended after taking Tanlae. She reports improved appetite sleep and strength and now can eat normally. Genuine Tanlae sold exclusively by Hart Drug Store and several area firms.

Tanlaee L. A. Morris Commerce Street

Robert W Bray Interred at Mount Airy in NC

Robert W Bray of Mount Airy died Monday at pneumonia on the eve of his 60th birthday and was buried Tuesday in Oakdale Cemetery. A longtime resident and sportsman, he lived in the county 59 years and is survived by five children in the city.

Robert W. Bray Mount Airy Robert W Bray North Carolina Bray Severa Oakdale Mr. Bray Virginia Th Trail

The End of the Rainbow at Rosé Theatre

Nature’s beauties are showcased as a photoplay uses California redwood forests as backdrop for the six week shoot led by Lynn F. Reynolds. Myrtle Gonzalez Val Paul and Fred Church star in a love and adventure tale amid giant trees and Sierra scenery.

Rosé Theatre Redwood Forests California Lynn F. Reynolds Myrtle Gonzalez Val Paul Fred Church Sistas Sierra

Magnetic carpenter hammer with internal battery grip

A new hammer uses a concealed electromagnet to hold nails for driving. The battery powers the magnet and is carried inside the hammer handle, freeing the user from separate nail storage and aiding quick nailing.

Statesville College Becomes Mitchell College

Statesville April 19 changes name from Statesville College to Mitchell College approved by Concord presbytery in Mooresville. Plans to raise college standards underway. Delegates from First Presbyterian and Front Street Presbyterian churches attended the Concord meeting.

Statesville Irls’ College Statesville College Mitchell College Umnae Concord Presbytery Sesson Mooresville Concord Presbyterial Concord RB. V. Orr FE. B. Watts Mamie JeElwee Mary Adams Rosamond Clark Margaret Turner Elizabeth Hartness First Presbyterian Church C. J. Summers R. Y. McNeely John Wakefield Front Street Presbyterian Church

Sheriff Orders Fire On Unidentified Planes Over Tucson

Tucson reports that Sheriff Miles of Pima County has ordered firing on any unidentified aircraft seen over the city after nights of planes flying with no government identification. The notice accompanies a troubling ad urging readers to consider life insurance options to protect families from financial ruin if a breadwinner is lost.

Tucson Miles Pima County

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Shiplett-Harris Blair Patterson Thomas J. Gold James Neil Thompson Elwood Hotel H. A. Millis the Daughters of the American Revolution Washington, D. C Robert Pickett North Main Street Katie Smith Roberts Ben Moore, Jr The Furniture Journal Stehli Silk Corporation Geo. T. Penny Washington Rainbow School and Athletic Association Hart’s King’s Matton’s Hart Drug Company MR. Gentry Yadkin Pavhowa Cele Ated Gaim Cork Merry Maids Tampa Fla Snowball Melba Topsy Turvy Lightfoot Baby Marie Osborne Little Sunshine Beautiful Marie Doro Castles For Paramount Tanlae Man J. A. Hart Drug CO High Point, N. C Uderway Voiles Ariz Sions C. B. Overman Stamey Company
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