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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1934
Page
5
High Point leaders praise weekly luncheon clubs as a unifying force in civic progress. Members from business, professional, and social sectors meet for educational programs and community service, supporting projects from schools to child welfare while embodying Rotary service ideals.
Kiwanis members plan immediate support with materials for playground equipment. The American Business club backs many community projects and the luncheon clubs back Red Cross drives and the Empty Stocking fund. They aided the President's Birthday ball. Several luncheon clubs meet weekly in the city to advance civic welfare.
The Altrusa club meets biweekly for dinner and promotes vocational guidance. Local members include Miss Minnie May Edwards organizer, Miss Anne Albright first president, Mrs. W. W. Dickerson, and officers Miss Gilbert Muse, Miss Helen Johnson, Miss Addie Moore, Lillian Massey, Clara Cox, and Mrs. M. J. Wrenn. A 1931 start with fifteen members, survey of women occupations completed, pamphlets placed in the Public Library. Plans for a May announcement.
The High Point Civitan club meets Tuesdays at noon at the Elwood Hotel. Founded about six years after Civitan International in Birmingham in 1917, it grew to 20 members and pursues Good Citizenship through school essay contests, athletics, and city welfare projects. Key leaders include William F. Bailey president and George Hutchens vice president. The club helped overhaul the city charter, backed Y M C A and recreation efforts, and supported High Point College gym construction. The A B C group, with about 465 members led by Walter Crissman, has funded tree care after storms, aided underprivileged children, and supported local charities like the Red Cross and Empty Stocking Fund.
The American Business club holds its Tuesday dinner at 6 45 PM in the Elwood hotel. In eight years it has grown into a prominent civic group in High Point, a young mens organization with the motto Shoulders Together.
The High Point Monarch club meets on Wednesday at the Sheraton. Both Monarch International and the local club are preparing for a joint discussion and future plans.
The Monarch club organized in High Point in 1926 with 35 members led by first president Knox Wilson. It has supported education at High Point College and local improvement projects, funded scholarships, aided pellagra treatment, and backed community sports and youth programs. N. L. Garner serves as vice president and director of Monarch International. A. H. Holton is president. Joe Snyder is secretary treasurer.
The High Point Lions Club chartered in February 1930 meets Thursdays at the Elwood hotel and aids the blind in Guilford County. Kiwanis, meeting Fridays at the same hotel, supports underprivileged children, organizes ton-sil clinics, transports to Orthopedic hospital, backs Boy Scouts, funds soil erosion relief, and promotes farmer education. Current Kiwanis leadership includes 45 members under President Thomas W. Sprinkle with committees active in education and public affairs.
The High Point branch of Rotary International meets at noon on Thursdays at the Elwood hotel. The club, founded in 1919, supports an educational fund and loan program for promising youth pursuing higher education. Presidents and past leaders are listed, including W. B. McEwen as president and C. C. Javerrett as vice president.
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