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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1933
Page
5
Mrs. O A Kirkman Sr, hospitalized in Richmond for weeks, is showing splendid improvement. Her son O A Kirkman visited over the weekend and found her progress gratifying.
A large crowd including many High Point residents attended the Kirkman family reunion at the Monroe Kirkman home two miles from Greensboro honoring Monroe Kirkman age 91. The day featured tributes from Dr. Holland Holton and T J Renfrew, with officers re elected and a dinner in the grove.
Mrs T E Myatt entertained her contract bridge club at the Central hotel parlors with three tables of play and prizes to Mrs Cleve Thayer Mrs W L McCord and Mrs J T Barnes. Mrs Kemp Alexander later held a bridge gathering at Sunset Avenue with prizes awarded to Miss Mary Moffitt Harriette Hammer Walker Mrs Henry Craven and Mrs Helen Moore. Tal Rochelle marked his 12th birthday with games on the lawn and refreshments.
At a depth of 50 or 60 feet underground the temperature remains constant year round and matches the region's average. Below this level the temperature increases steadily.
Across the United States roughly 2500 miles of canals remain navigable. This network supports inland water transport, trade routes, and regional commerce by linking rivers and coastal waterways.
Mr and Mrs Marshall Falls hosted a Saturday night party at their English street home honoring Herbert Falls brother of the host. Guests included Edith Kemp Maxine Kennedy Dot Bowles and attendees from Winston Salem Salisbury Thomasville and Kanapolis. Watermelon Feast At Welch Memorial Tonight.
Local barber shop proprietors plan a 7:30 pm meeting in the municipal courtroom at City Hall to review the newly approved code. The gathering aims to set policies for compliance with the code’s provisions after prior discussions and official approval.
The text notes that only native-born Japanese and Chinese residents in Hawaii became American citizens after annexation. It also cites about 25,090 miles of navigated rivers on the U S mainland.
Fashion notice describes a light weight tweed or wool crepe jacket with optional handkerchief linen or organdie blouse. Six sizes 14 through 20 plus bust 40 and 42. Yardage specified for jacket skirt blouse and lining. To obtain pattern mail sketch with 15 cents to Julia Boyd, 103 Park Avenue New York, include name address size pattern number and newspaper name.
A Flapper Fanny column claims Bolsheviks in Poland hanged a noted Arabian stallion to sever royal horse lineage ties. The piece also asserts sunlight is 618000 times brighter than the full moon light.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Tyler entertained at their Ennis street home for Miss Ernestine Higgs thirteenth birthday. Rooms were decorated with summer flowers as guests Marguerite Kennedy Paulette Kennedy Ercell Allen Ruth Hutchens Margaret Saunders Colon Loflin Paul Welborn Leon Collins Esker Amos Paul Brigman attended games and contests before ice cream and cake.
The piece notes that any color can be worn with proper cosmetics including pale powder, orange-tinged rouge, and matching lipstick. It also lists dove hunting season dates starting September 1, with 80 days open, deer rules favor buck season, and varied squirrel seasons across Eastern Central and Western zones. The text mentions specific counties in northeastern regions for earlier squirrel openings.
North Carolina hunters prepare for the opening of deer and dove seasons. The Department of Conservation and Development announced seasons begin after September 1 with deer hunting starting in Eastern North Carolina.
More than 400000 copies of Stephen Foster's Old Folks at Home were sold. About 250 persons were killed during a single hailstorm in India in 1888.
An advertisement promises pimples fade as blood cells and hemoglobin rise to improve oxygen delivery to skin. It claims decades of scientific support and millions of users, urging readers to buy 8.8.8 for a two week treatment from The 5.6.5 Co.
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