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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1919
Page
5
Mrs. T. Neal Burton of Lexington and Mrs. M. F. Burton of Greensboro spent the afternoon in the city with Mrs. Charles Brown. Mrs. M. F. Burton will stay a few days with her daughter.
Mrs. H. C. Massey and her children have returned from a visit with Mrs. Massey’s mother at Mint Hill.
Miss Ruth Eads and Miss Esther Eads of Danbury visit their aunt Mrs. W P Pickett at her home.
Mrs Charles Holton was admitted to High Point hospital early this morning to undergo an operation.
John S Pickett and Mrs. H Meredith with son from Wilmington return from a several day stay at Vade Mecum.
M. C. Crowson returned from Winston-Salem where he attended the State Bankers association meeting and conference sessions.
Miss Lillian Smith leaves for Charlotte to spend several weeks with friends and relatives, according to a brief society note.
Sheriff D B Stafford made a brief official visit to the city yesterday for business matters. His presence drew local attention as he handled routine duties and met with municipal officials during the short stop.
John D. Fowler of Westbury New York is charged with perjury in a case alleging he feigned paralysis to collect damages after a car collision and a subway fall. He claimed injuries from Dr. Joseph R. Alvarez and filed suit against the Interborough Rapid Transit, with settlements reported.
Miss Genevieve Moore directs a Sunday evening program at First Baptist Church at 8 p.m. Organist Mrs. H D Sears leads a varied selection including hymns solos anthems and choruses with Rev J A Clark delivering a talk and Benediction closing the service.
Mrs C A Barbee was hostess to the Sorosis club Friday afternoon entertaining with five tables of look. Guests included Mrs Newlin of Richmond NM, iutchinson of Lexington, Mrs W auhagedale of Jamestown, All Peoples of Greensboro.
Weaver M. Marr superintendent of the city schools will address the rhilathea class of Mrs. J J Farriss at Wesley Memorial Sunday school Sunday morning.
W A J Idol has come back to the city after several days in Winston-Salem where he met with the Bankers Association as part of his business schedule.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wineskie and daughter Alberta arrived back in the city today after an extended trip to the north.
The life savings of Thomas Brown, longtime sexton of Trinity Parish, were stolen from the office safe at St. Agnes Chapel, 121 West Ninety-first Street. Burglars escaped with about $7,000 in liberty bonds and cash, leaving the elderly worker despondent as police processed the scene.
Mrs A H Cox, who had been visiting in Wilson for some time, has returned home.
Mrs Reggie Vanderbilt files for divorce in Newport and headlines the social scene. She and daughter Cathleen keep to Bellevue avenue cottage while Reggie travels between Sandy Point and New York and is listed as a Newport horse show director. Custody arrangements for Cathleen become the focal point of attention.
Washington Hocks was seen entering the Hog Ford Still House this morning after leaving his walking stick on the bar at the start of prohibition. Sim Flinders studies a day while Sidney Hocks offers a penny for thoughts, but Sim finds everything so high.
After years by a main thoroughfare the observer notes that people resemble the world, the only clear difference being pace of travel. The reflection centers on communal variety and commonality seen in everyday passersby.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bly P. Denson, recently back from overseas service, spends part of his furlough in the city with his parents.
John A. Holmes and his daughter Sarah Martha have returned to the city after visiting relatives and friends in Mebane.
The Peacock Philothea class of Wesley Memorial church will meet Monday at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Clarence Dunbar on Johnson street. A full attendance is desired.
Mrs. D. T. Andrews has returned to the city after completing a business trip to eastern markets.
Mise Ha Marshall and Miss Marianna White travel to White Sulphur Springs Mount Airy for a weekend rest and social visit in the country.
Mrs John A Holmes has returned to the city after spending several days in Lexington with her mother Mrs M L Coggins.
Zebulon Cooper was a visitor in Thomasville yesterday for a short stay, according to local notices.
In Baltimore on August 23 Miss Evelyna Carroll Simon and James DeLancy Verplanck celebrated a wedding blending Navajo mush eating and Unitarian rites. The ceremony followed the custom where the couple eats cornmeal mush to vow lifelong unity. The bride is daughter of the late Edmund Simon of the city and the groom of Fishkill, New York.
Thomasville resident Brown Finch of Thomasville spent a short time yesterday in the city visiting friends and socializing with locals.
Major Fred W. Hyde of New York and W C Wilkinson of Charlotte were guests for several hours Friday evening of J Elwood Cox. Both are prominent bankers and Hyde attended sessions of the State Bank association in Winston Salem.
The High Point chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold its regular meeting Monday at 4 PM. Miss Venetia Smith hosts at her Steele Street residence with joint hostesses Mrs. John A. Lindsay Jr. Miss Helen Brockett and Miss Zilla Smith assisting.
Mrs. Carl J. Clapp and her two children left yesterday for Asheville to spend several weeks with relatives, traveling for a family visit.
Miss Iola Perryman travels to Blow ing Rock for a several week vacation. She will enjoy leisure time and scenic surroundings during this stay.
W S Eskridge of Greensboro is a business visitor in the city today.
W G Idol has returned from Winston Salem where he attended the annual convention of the State Bankers association.
J. H. Dobbs and W. M. S. F. Wall are noted in the Section EOT entry of the page, indicating their roles or mention within a local matter. The fragment suggests a brief archival reference rather than a full event description.
Mrs Waynick in Durham hosts visiting Mrs M R Upchurch for several days with Mrs R L Waynick assisting.
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