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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1936

Page

6

Junior High Glee Club Featured by Business-Professional Girls

The Young Women’s Christian Association Girls club hosted a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the hut with 20 members present. Miss Mary Kearns presided and Turned the meeting over to Miss Rae Wilson who introduced Blanche Bour and program chair Blanche Beasley. Myrtle Titman led the Junior High glee club in three songs Rest Weary Pilgrim Father We Sing to Thee and Sweet Evening Hour to a delighted audience. Next week’s meeting will include a business session and attendance is encouraged.

Woma’n Christian Association Hutt Mary Kearns Ther Rae Wilson Stuents Wilthen Blanche Bour Kour Sadie Doss Blanche Beasley Myrtle Titman Kearns

Musical Tea Lovely Occasion Sponsored By Church Circle

A musical tea with an atme theme was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Willis Slane in Emerywood. Circle No. 2 of Wesley Memorial Methodist Missionary Society sponsored the event, with more than 100 guests enjoying a four o clock program. The program featured piano, vocal and violin numbers by local artists, followed by tea served at a beautifully set table.

Willis Slane Emerywood Circle No Esley Memorial Methodist 1 Missionary Society Ich C. Clark Circle Lawrence Clark Slane W. H. Me Nell Fleming Isses Lawrie Mary Elizah Clark Meredith Clark Charles McAnally Beethoven Grainger R. T. Amos Case Deppin Dorothy Hackney Susan Sharp Bricalidi Learrance J. W. Lindsay Rhea Silberta Robert Huntington Erry Mies Ruth Wood Mendelssohn Grieg 8. C. Clark Mesdames Farrell Gray Tom Kearns James Lyon J. E. Ragsdale Owen Reese M. A. Lackey W. J. Fraley Bob Sheloff Marcelle Clark

Altrusa Club Hosts Vocational Guidance Program

The Altrusa club's dinner meeting featured a major program on vocational guidance led by Ruth Schiffman of Greensfield extension, with Miss Mildred Free and Joe Illison from the high school speaking on student career value. President Hazel Johnson presided as Betsy Yazel guided Civic Week activities, with Schiffman praising local civic groups for early strides in guiding youth toward suitable life work.

Altrusa Mb Shera Ruth ‘Oemans Schiffman Greensfield Extension Altrusa Mildred Free Joelison Hazelohnson Valaska Yazel High Achool Civic Ac

Social Calendar Highlights Midweek Meetings and Visits

Wednesday 8:30 a.m. Good Will Garden club gathers at Mrs. T. A. Tilden home on Montleu avenue to visit Duke gardens. 3:30 p.m. Mid-Week Study club meets with Mrs. J. A. Morrin on Brentley circle. Thursday 11 a.m. Entre Nous club hosts regular meeting with Mrs. L. A. Terry and note on time change. 6:15 p.m. Live Y'ors club meets at Y. W. Co. A. Hut then travels to Millis country home Greensboro road for supper. Friday 3 p.m. Princilla club at Mrs. Harry Brockmann’s home 912 Fairview drive.

Good Will Garden Club T. A. Tilden Montleu Avenue Duke Gardens J. A. Morrin Brentley Circle L. A. Terry Entre Nous Club Y. W.co. A Millis Greensboro Road Harry Brockmann Princilla Club Fairview Drive

Mary Jones Bible Study Meeting Tomorrow

The Mary Jones Bible Study class will meet tomorrow at 3 o'clock with Mrs. J. H. Hubbard at her East Green street home. All members are expected to be present.

Mary Jones J. H. Hubbard East Green Street

Zobelsky Family Returns to New York City After Visit

Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Zobelsky and daughter Cynthia return home to New York City after a three week stay with Mrs. Zobelsky's aunt Mrs. J. Levine on Morris Street.

A. M. Zobelsky Cynthia New York City

P T Council To Hold Thursday Meeting

The High Point Parent Teacher Council will meet Thursday afternoon at 3:15 at Elm Street School library. Mrs. H. S. Coffield, president, announced the gathering and urged full member attendance.

High Point Elm Street H. S. Coffield

Stag Club Hae Regular Meeting At Arch Dale Lodge

The Stag club held its weekly social at the lodge near Archdale last evening with every member present. Many forms of entertainment featured the enjoyable affair and refreshments were served to twenty five members.

Stag Club Archdale

Household Arts Club Meeting at Mrs Farlowe's Home

The Household Arts club schedules its regular meeting for Thursday at 2 30 PM at 502 Jones Street the home of Mrs L L Farlowe All members are urged to attend. The ecumen clinic at Brentwood school on Friday May 1 runs 8 30 AM to 3 30 PM Parents in Brentwood with children turning six by Oct 1 should register at the school. The school nurse will examine the children and advise on readiness for entering school.

Household Arts Club L. L. Farlowe Jones Street Brentwood

Miss Idol to Arrive Thursday for Weekend Visit

Miss Eleanor Idol daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Idol of 210 Hillcrest Drive will arrive Thursday morning to spend the weekend. Idol is connected with the Resettlement Administration Department of Agriculture in Washington DC.

Eleanor Idol W. C. Idol Hillcrest Drive Thursane Miss Idol The Resettlement Administration Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C

Vocational Guidance Council Formed with Yearly Programs

The organization advised forming a permanent vocation guidance council with a committee to craft yearly programs. Miss Free praised vocational guidance for high school graduates. Joe Wilson shared how guidance aided his choice of law as his future career. A business session planned the May 29 banquet and dance, with committees named for planning. A nominating committee will present new officers at the May 12 meeting.

Miss Free Rane Joe Wilson Gilbert Muse Louise Wrenn Nancy K. Poston

Miss Canolia Geddie Engaged Bride-Elect Honored

Miss Rosalie Andrews hosted an informal party at 909 West College Drive to honor Miss Canolia Geddie whose engagement to C. W. Haley of High Point was announced. The event featured spring flowers serving dainty refreshments with about 30 guests in attendance.

Rosalie Andrews West College Drive Canolia Geddie C. W. Haley High Point Dorothy Hoskins Geddie

Miss Catherine Browne Feted On Birthday By Girls

The Girls' Pentagon club held a surprise party at Miss Catherine Browne's Montilieu avenue home to mark her birthday. Ten couples attended after a brief meeting, with gifts exchanged and dancing as entertainment followed by refreshments.

Catherine Browne Pentagon Club Montilieu Avenue

Eastern Star Chapter Holds Bi Weekly Meeting

The High Point chapter 106 Order of the Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple last evening at 7:30 with twenty five members present. Miss Elizabeth Wall presided and routine chapter business was transacted. Mrs. Mabel Brown of Greensboro, Ohio grand representative, attended as a guest and spoke briefly.

High Point Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Temple Elizabeth Wall Mabel Brown Greensboro State of Ohio

Friends Gather At Cane Creek For Mid Year Meeting

The Mid Year Conference of the Woman's Missionary Union of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends will be held at Cane Creek Meeting House near Snow Camp. It begins at ten tomorrow morning with Rev. Milo Hinckle delivering the principal address. Edward Ransome of Tennessee will speak on Tennessee Mountain missions. Friends from across the state are expected to attend.

Woman's Missinary Union North Carolina

Surprise Party At Jamestown Parsonage

A surprise party blessed Rev. O. J. Jones and his family at the Jamestown and Oakdale Methodist parsonage Monday evening. About fifty congregants attended with food gifts and social games. Jack Futrelle and his mother read aloud while Miss Helen Blackburn played a piano piece. Jones enters his second year as pastor.

Jamestown- Oakdale Jamestown O. J. Jones Jack Futrelle P. C. Futrelle Helen Blackburn Jones Faim Oakdale

Bingo Party at Sheraton Tonight by B Nai Israel Ladies Aid

A bingo party will be held tonight in the private dining room of the Sheraton hotel under the sponsorship of the Ladies Aid society of the B Nai Israel synagogue. The event starts at 8:30 PM, updated from the earlier 7:30 PM time.

Sheraton Sheraton Hotel Ladies’ Aid Society B'Nai Israel

Interesting Book Tea at YWCA Highlights Library Gift Drive

Yesterday afternoon at the YWCA Hut the educational committee sponsored a regu lar monthly Membership Event a Book Tea. Guests brought books to donate to the Pickett library and many were collected. John Gurney Briggs Jr sang three selections with Miss Mae Kirkman at the piano then an eight girl skit about the library followed. Mrs Carter Dalton gave a review of the book Ethan Frame now a play. Afterward guests enjoyed tea with sandwiches and wafers as Mrs P W Plagge presided. About thirty people attended.

Educational Committee Pickett Library John Gurney Briggs, Jr Mae Kirkman de Ol' Oak Guion Watts Shephard Speaks Ethan Frame Carter Dalton P. W. Plagge Mesdame F. H. Hallenbeck Chester C. Haworth Fred Thomas R. A. McPheeters

Junior Senior Banquet In Randleman Event Of The Week

The annual high school junior senior banquet will be held in the school gymnasium on Saturday evening. The PTA ways and means committee led by Mrs N N Newlin is raising donations for the event and Miss Myrtle Cox is directing the program and decorations. A first class dance orchestra will furnish music, though its name is not yet announced. Community members and local families are involved as hosts and attendees.

Jobless encampment settles in St Louis city hall

Forty jobless men and women and four children occupy the St Louis city hall for a second day of hunger protest. They began the passive waiting action after aldermen adjourned until May 11 to refer relief appeals to a special board. The camp grew from a wave of relief roll drops affecting 14 400 employables.

ST. Louis Board of Aldermen Special Board

Moon Without Atmosphere and Weather

The moon is about one fourth the earth’s size and cannot attract an atmosphere. It has no air or water, and lacking weather, no surface changes occur.

Wooden pistol jailbreak ends short lived escape

Henderson dispatch reports two prisoners L. M. Dilda accused of forgery and Buddy Macon facing auto theft used a soap and shoe polish imitation pistol to overtake Jailer W. B. Strange. Their effort failed within hours as they were recaptured after a daytime breakout yesterday.

Henderson L. M. Dilda Buddy Macon

Black-Draught’s Good Reputation Across Generations

A satisfied user testimonial highlights Black-Draught's long trusted use. Fred Richardson of Hartshorne Oklahoma and his mother report twenty and fifty years of use respectively. They praise it for sour stomach constipation and sluggish feeling, noting it regulates bowels and provides lasting satisfaction.

Fred Richardson Hartshorne Oklo

Governor Still Refuses Session On Tobacco Control

In Raleigh on April 29 Governor Ehringhaus resisted lawmakers’ push for tobacco control legislation despite farm group pressure. He criticized the Kerr act as lacking teeth and urged state commissions across Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia to craft acreage curbs with representation from growers. He urged soil conservation participation and retirement plans for next year’s crop while six thousand protesters urged a special session.

Raleigh Ehringhaus Congress Virginia Carolinas Georgia Farm Organization

Too Doggone Bad in Tappahannock Dogs Spoil Plan

Dogs spoiled a modernization project in Tappahannock Virginia by tracking wet concrete with many pawprints causing sidewalk plans to be abandoned.

Tappahannock

Miss Dorothy Fri Hostess At Meet Of Contract Club

Miss Dorothy Frits de ly entertained the Contract Bridge club at her Green Street home. Two tables played in a violet setting. High score went to Miss Lamet, second to Lee Forward, Traveller’s novelty to Lee Brewer. Mrs Hinkle received a cream set. ice was served to the members and guests.

Dorothy Frits Dely Contract Bridge Green Street Violets Klein Hassack Lee M Lee Brewer Lee Forward Lee Brewer Pee Winford Hinkle Dorothy

Paul Green Returns to U N C Chapel Hill in Fall

Pulitzer prize playwright Paul Green will join the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a writer in residence and consultant in dramatics. Dr. Frederick H. Kock announces Green will teach and be in residence this September following his apprenticeship at the University of Up here.

Chapel

Rose Bush Planted Under Charlemagne Still Flourishing

A rose bush planted about 1,000 years ago under Charlemagne remains healthy in a German garden near Ta Sheim, Germany, surviving through centuries and continuing to bloom.

Peror Charlemagne Sheim Germany

Also Mentioned on This Page

Church Circle Altrusa Club Offitt North Main Street Ward Street Society Woman's Missionary Society of Ward Street Methodist Church P.T. Council W. G. Kirkman Charles Simmons Irvin Silver John Perry Basilia Cavarnos Nancy Cauble Helen Lyon George S. Robichaux Willlso Vesta School of Dancing Eastern Star Cane Creek Randleman Hal Bell C. B. Wise Harry Hutcheson N. H. Carpenter Lenoir-Rhyne College Hickory Elizabeth Wiles 5. N. Bowman J. W. Southerland Goldsboro John Southerland Mrs. C. T. Shelton Lourie Wilson Cc. J. Walker Mrs. R. P. Deal of Lincolnton Meredith Swain J. C. Steele D. L. Sprinkle Mary Alice Davis Anna Charles Julan of Worthville Neva Cooper Bugs Adams Frances Talley Howard Smith H. T. Vestal Durham Hubert Vickrey St. Louis Municipal Hall Miss Dorothy Meet of Paul Green Returo U. N.C Lecea Swift and Wilson's United Market
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