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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
5
J W Sechrest J M Hilliard W G Brown A F Moore and Charles White depart this morning for Gastonia to attend the state convention of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Miss Cornelia Robinson returns to her home in St Louis after spending several weeks in this city as the guest of Miss Katherine Pickett at her Steele street home.
Miss Lucille Oakes of Mount Airy and Miss Selkie Lee Oakes of Salisbury visit their brother H A Oakes on Ennis Avenue.
Mr and Mrs D C Frazier and family and Mrs J F Kinley will depart Wednesday for a ten day trip visiting Norfolk and Philadelphia spending time with relatives and sight-seeing in both cities.
The Woman's Club lists its active members for the year book and asks those unable to participate to call treasurer Mrs Bascom Hoskins. Prospective members should contact Mrs J H Petty, membership chair. The district meeting is hosted by the High Point club on October 29. The third Wednesday monthly meetings will be social with features planned by the executive board at a recent luncheon.
The 21 months old son of Mr and Mrs A C McDonald died Monday near Clyde McDonald at the Highland cotton mills home. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o clock at the home, with interment in Springfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Henley of Eudora Kansas are spending time in the city and surrounding area as guests of friends and relatives.
The women’s missionary society of the First Baptist church gathered at Mrs. R. C. Charles’s home for the monthly meeting with joint hostesses Mrs Julius Smith Mrs Clarence Smith Mrs S. W. Barbee and Mrs J. H. Shields. Mrs Charles Weedon presided and Mrs O. G. Allen led the devotional. After the business session hostesses served refreshments to about 35 guests.
Mrs. J. W. Reece of Tallahassee Florida is visiting the city as the guest of her sister Mrs. A. M. Briggs on Hamilton Street.
Mr and Mrs Parker R Anderson and a group from Greensboro spent a short while in the city Monday afternoon.
Miss Marguerite Kirkman entertained at her week-end gathering with guests Miss Irma Tapp of Kinston and Misses Odelle Peacock and Ruth Balsalm. Also part of the party were Dr. Albert Parke of Kinston Roy Leach of Kinston and Wilfred Carr.
J. E. Copple and family depart Wednesday for Little Rock Arkansas to visit relatives and then proceed to Hot Springs to take baths for about three weeks.
Miss Ethel Mendenhall, recently operated on for appendicitis at High Point hospital, was reported to be doing nicely today after the surgery.
Miss Helen Bartlett who had visited Miss Margaret Rankin on North Main street returns to her home in Centerville Maryland.
Misses Carrie and Jane Morris attend entertaining afternoon at Mrs. J. W. Kearns residence with Mrs. Kearns hosting and the Morris sisters as notable guests in a social gathering.
Misses Myrtle and Lillie Hepler were members of a motor party to Blowing Rock yesterday.
Mrs. R. B. Terry hosts Miss Polly Heitman of Washington as a guest in High Point, reflecting a social visit in the community.
Samson Tobias, a former resident of Gastonia, stopped in the city for a short visit yesterday while traveling to Durham.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Slane have returned home after spending some time in Asheville, noting a pleasant stay and travel.
L Tannenhaus of New York was in this city yesterday on business, visiting local firms and making inquiries related to his interests.
Richard H. Crouch age 77 died at a local hospital after being a patient for over a year. He was a Confederate veteran captain, longtime Mason, and prominent local figure with survivors including wife three sons two daughters and a brother and sister. Funeral conducted at Mechanicsville Baptist Church with Masonic rites.
Aug 19 North Brookfield Massachusetts Miss Hazel Mason decries modern young women gowns as indecent saying they display shapely limbs and morality fails to enter the heads of light headed girls She also disputes the idea that country folk are morally purer than city dwellers.
Washington August 19 senate judiciary sub committees conclude the proposed treaty to aid France in case of an unprovoked German attack does not conflict with the constitution. The panels voiced approval and set the measure for full senate action.
Mrs. E. B. Woolsely has returned from an extensive visit to Baltimore, New York, and other eastern points.
J. J. Farriss attends the convention of North Carolina postmasters at Wrightsville Beach as participants gather for the annual meeting amid ongoing postal service discussions.
Vice Adjutant Cuthbert of the Salvation Army in Montgomery Alabama testifies that decades of constipation and liver trouble improved after taking Dreco. He says the medicine removes the cause gently, acts as a tonic, and restores healthy function. Dreco is promoted by Ring Drug Co in High Point.
The article lists appointments in city schools and the High Point Normal and Industrial College. It names principals and teachers across Park Street, Grimes Street, Fairview Street, and the High Point institution, detailing subjects taught by each educator.
Generally fair through tonight and Wednesday with temperatures edging upward in the interior. Light to gentle northwest to north winds.
Mrs Joe P Wyatt of Raleigh is visiting this city as the guest of Mrs Bascom Hoskins.
W. D. Burgess, a former resident of this city from Mt. Airy, is spending the week visiting relatives in town.
Miss Ethel Carter has returned from Wrightsville Beach after spending several weeks there.
D. M. Welborn has returned from an extended business trip visiting multiple locations in South Carolina.
A. S. Caldwell Jr. has come back from Chicago after spending several days there on business matters.
A sequence of time stamps appears with values such as 1 20 and 4 99 alongside standard formats. The fragment includes noted times at 1 56 p m 2 14 p m 3 28 p m and 10 42 a m with an unclear 4 99 p m entry. The text is partial and lacks context or events.
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