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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1936
Page
11
Thursday evening Mrs ie Bartley hosted at Cedar Lodge Park a reception honoring Mrs Paul Benner née Miss Burton of this city. Two living rooms were effectively arranged for the event with guests and well wishers in attendance.
Miss Elsie Head of City Memorial hospital staff resigns and leaves today for Stony Point to make her future home. She served at the hospital for six years. Separate notices mention visits and travels by Mrs. Frank Rose and Miss Clarise Rose and Mrs. George Rose, and James Lambeth Jr returning to Duke University after a weekend at home.
The Wesley Memorial church youth group plans a 6 PM picnic at Archdale Friends playground with all city young people invited. Rev Lincoln Falk will address the T E L class at First Baptist Sunday 9 45 AM. High Point Union hosts Greensboro Union at Wesley Memorial with a play The Valiant directed by Rev Wiley and cast from Wesley Memorial. An install of officers precedes the candlelight service.
The wedding of Sara Alice Virginia Mellvaine to Ebert R. Mellvaine was held at the Goldsboro Methodist parsonage on Sunday August 9 1936 with Rev O W Dowd officiating. The couple will reside at 506 North Jackson Street Goldsboro.
In Asheboro on August 15, Mrs. Arthur Ross and Mrs. W L Lambert hosted a five table bridge party in honor of Mrs. Joseph Bevis of Washington DC. Cards yielded high score for Mrs. James Neely and gifts of silver and crystal for guests. The Ross Clan held its annual Pleasant Garden reunion with a 4:30 program and a Brunswick stew picnic at Maple Grove Farm. Outings continued with the Methodist Protestant Auxiliary gathering at Maple Grove Farm, a picnic supper, and visits from guests including families of J D Ross and L F Ross.
The Wesley Memorial Young People will hold an evening gathering at the Friends Playground today as part of the Emergency Peace Campaign. Attendees should meet at the church at 5 45 and bring a picnic supper to be at the playground by 6.
Miss Mouse Page and Carlysle Page, children of Mr and Mrs Fred Page of Asheboro, host a week long house party on Park Street. Guests include Meredith Holderby Buffalo Virginia Louise Crandler Burlington Helen Rae Boston Walker McCraig Wilmington Sam Davis Clarksville Virginia Bookie Branch Petersburg Virginia with plans for social events including a dinner dance at the Robert E. Lee hotel in Winston-Salem Saturday.
Guests visiting Asheboro Tuesday include John Nutt Asheboro Miss Stel Follin Winston-Salem Dick Lovering and Miss Phil Lovering Pinehurst J A Henley Whittier California and daughter Mrs W A Coble plus two children of Guilford College visiting relatives and friends They trace Perkins and Page family history Mr Henley a former Randolph County resident now in California.
Miss Nora Chaffin of Duke University spent the past week in Asheboro and Randolph County gathering historical data for a county history. She notes Randolph is one of the oldest counties in the state with many interesting anecdotes and finds courthouse records among the oldest in North Carolina.
Miss Vesta Copeland came back from New York City after ten days including the Dancing Masters of America national convention. North Carolina sent the second largest delegation, with Texas leading. Mr and Mrs Leonard Ellington announce the birth of daughter Peggy Ann on August 6 at their home 715 Tate Street. Ellington prior to marriage was Grace Corder.
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