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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1937
Page
6
New York fashion guidance urges crisp dark sheets and prints for office wear and hot days. Emphasis on white accents, brimmed hats, and practical fabrics with navy, burgundy, and beige combinations to stay cool and stylish in summer city life.
Lewiston and Auburn workers return to 19 factories on the 82nd day of the strike after a weekend pause. National guardsmen patrolled the cities as federal officials sought a negotiating basis between owners and the Committee for Industrial Organization while a crisis over a city commissary raged.
A tenth annual May Day celebration pageant at Salem College Winston-Salem N C is prepared by six students led by Miss Anna Wray Foote. The event stars Miss Lowry of Bedford Va as May Queen with a large cast from Winston-Salem and surrounding towns in a Wonderland based pageant. The May Voices choir performs as part of the festivities.
The Entre Nous club will be entertained by Mrs. A. B. Tate at her home on West Broad Street this week. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at three o'clock.
Green Street Baptist Phila thea class meets at 7:50 tonight with Mrs Sallie Boyles at 402 Meredith Street. Calvary Philathea class meets Tuesday at 7:30 at Mrs P H Elder 1707 East Green with Mrs George Pike and Mrs Frank Edwards as hostesses. All members urged to attend.
Greensboro College Alumnae Association invites Greensboro area alumnae to a dinner meeting Tuesday May 4 at 6 45 p m at West Market Street church. Music readings and a small plate charge are planned Reservations with President Mrs W A Bivins by April 29 with transportation provided if needed.
The weekly luncheon of the Omega chapter, Kappa Gamma sorority, will be held in the Sheraton Grill with Mrs. Emma Poole as hostess. Attendees are encouraged to increase会员 participation as the popular social event draws the sorority’s membership.
Announcement from Durham notes the marriage of Frances Moss to John Frank Jarman Jr at Five o'clock on Saturday May fifteenth at First Baptist Church Durham North Carolina. A reception will follow at the Moss home 144 Arnette Avenue.
A surprise birthday dinner was hosted at Flint street home for Mrs. EB R Yarborough with neighbors friends and relatives attending. A noon feast and large birthday cake marked the celebration served by hosts and attendees including LR Sapp and son Earl Walter Bowers John Bullock and children Jerry and Buddy Ada Taylor and daughter Sarah Belle C W Kinley and kin Erskine Kinley and Austin Hendrix.
Mrs. William Jarrell returns home from Washington where she served as a North Carolina page to the National Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution. James E. LAMB of Thomasville was the official delegate from the Alexander Martin chapter. Mrs. J. S. Welborn attended as vice regent and Mrs. Chester C. Haworth regent. Mrs. J. F. Haydem remained for the D A C conference and returns tonight or tomorrow.
The Week’s listings show UDC chapters meeting at homes on 907 North Hamilton Street and Emerywood Country Club with chairing hostesses and programs. Additional gatherings include garden clubs YWCA events Altrusa dinner Mexico talk Good Will Garden club and Community Arts and Tea and Topics clubs with various hostesses on Hillcrest Drive Louise Avenue and Wear College Drive.
Shenandoah College in Dayton Virginia announces the Fourth Annual May Festival with a pageant based on the Indian legend Hiawatha. Mrs. M. J. Miller authored the pageant and Mrs. W. 8. B. Cushing directs. The event features student dramatization and dances, with a capella chorus performing Indian music.
The High Point Council of Garden clubs will hold its regular April meeting at the residence of council president Mrs. EB. S. Wall at 214 Hillcrest Drive Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. All city garden clubs are urged to send a representative.
J F Hensley and daughter Lucy Fay have come home to Swiss North Carolina after visiting relatives Mrs S D Wagner W T McCrary W G Metcalf T C Hensley and Miss Margaret OBrien. S P Randolph of Buckner visited his daughter at her home and heads to Raleigh for the Grand Lodge of Masons meeting. Dorothy Ingram recovering from tonsillectomy at home. Pearl Parker a Burrus Memorial patient improving with treatment after a week in hospital. Hazel Beck and Catherine Foster back from Asheboro after a weekend with friends and relatives. M B McMillan operated on at Burrus Memorial Hospital and recovering. He recently moved from Kernersville to live with his daughter Mrs C H Caddell. Mrs W L ar improving steadily at Ilford General Hospital after an operation.
The High Point chapter number 106 of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting at the Masonic Temple on North Main street Tuesday evening at 7 30 oclock. Members are urged to attend per secretary Miss Bessie Pope.
A young wife, 21, married four years, asks Dear Miss Mansfield for guidance after discovering her husband’s long involvement with another woman. The wife, upset by visits and taunting, contemplates leaving town with their small child, fearing her husband’s love and seeking solutions.
A letter counsels a wife facing a husband's infidelity. It condemns the mistress and urges careful, future‑facing consideration, noting many “devoted” men stray and emphasizing clear judgment over rash action.
A reader notes that a husband may love his wife and family yet cannot resist a playboy lifestyle. It urges recognizing sincerity, warning that a friend’s conduct should teach him a lesson to keep his home intact.
A narrator challenges the idea of a man being driven from town by a former lover in a diary like aside. The speaker argues the husband is correct in wanting to stay home rather than be forced to move by scandal.
The speaker urges a wife to unite with her husband and make him happy at home. She notes another woman’s foolish display of bad taste and predicts the rival will tire of her entanglement if no results follow. The core message: protect the marriage and outlast the other claimant.
The Enterprise notes that any AU questions should be directed to Miss Marjori Mansfield in care of the newspaper. Inquiries will be answered promptly.
In Vincennes France on April 26 Clem Sohn the famed American parachute jumper known as the third man plunged to death before 36 000 spectators after a 6000 foot jump His home was Lansing Michigan and he attempted an auxiliary chute which failed to open fully ending his eight year career.
An exhibition performance describes a canvas gliding display that ended when a parachute failed to open from 1,000 feet. The flyer Sohn attempted to deploy his auxiliary chute, which fluttered out but did not catch air, ending the act.
Sunday services across Christ Science Churches discussed probation after death. The Golden Text from Revelation speaks of blessed dead resting from labor as their works follow them, and the lesson cites Corinthians about mortals changing in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump.
Dr F R Taylor a noted High Point physician will address the Piedmont Medical Society colored chapter at William Penn high school cafeteria Wednesday evening at 4 30. His topic is Neurological Aspects of Serum Sickness. Dr J C Morgan a local colored dentist will also speak.
Col James R Young 84 former North Carolina insurance commissioner from 1899 died after a long illness Funeral services were held in Raleigh and he is to be buried at Henderson He was once president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners born in Granville County
Funeral service for Miss Margaret White age 16, who died at 112 White Street, was held Sunday at Trinity Street M Church at 8 pm, conducted by Rev. A C Kennedy. Pallbearers included Roy Leonard, Joe Handley, J B Lawing, Austin Saintsing, Bt Russell and Paul Shaver, burial in city cemetery.
Thomasville obituary notes Miss Zola Gray Money 12 died at home on Route 1 after a three week illness. A native of Yadkin county she was a Fair Grove school fifth grader and survived by three brothers Claude Floyd Harold Money and one sister Mae Money all of near Thomasville. Funeral will be Monday at Unity Chapel M church with Rev W Jenkins and Rev A C Kenn officiating. burial in church cemetery.
The Piedmont Medical Society, including High Point, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Statesville, Salisbury, Lexington and Thomasville societies, met with Dr. W. W. Hall of Winston-Salem as president and Dr. W. A. Coleman of Salisbury as secretary. Dr. M. B. Davis chaired the local committee for the entertaining group.
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