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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1932
Page
7
Local residents visit relatives and attend camps and trips with multiple households: Strickland, Best, Amos, and Sheloff families visit Goldsboro and Camp Dellwood. Travel includes Capus Waynick party touring Virginia Beach and Cleveland for air races. Acknowledge surgeries, marriages, and homecomings, with ensembles of exchanges at Bridge gatherings and social events.
Mr and Mrs W M Cox announce the birth of their son John Edward on Friday August 26 at 802 Lindsay Street Mrs Cox formerly Miss Lucille Johnson of the city
Mrs. C. C. Robbins, Miss Anne Robbins and Frank Robbins with guests Bill Ludwig of Pennsylvania Miss Anita Morris of Amhurst West Virginia and Miss Ruth Woodcock of Charlotte have returned from Paradise Point where they spent the past week. Miss Morris was the roommate of Miss Robbins at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music last year.
Mrs H L Lambeth hosted the Sans Souci Bridge Club and guests at the Thomasville gathering. Three tables of bridge were played with prizes awarded to Mrs Ralph Wilson and Mrs W G Smith. Attendees included Mrs H R Kyser and others, as well as visitors Miss Pauline Connelly of Marion and Mrs William Webb of Oxford.
Paris fashion notes explain that necklines shape dress character more than trends. Back decolletes gain drama while fronts stay simple, with longer skirts and shorter necklaces matching a refined jewelry style.
During a visit with her sister Mrs. E. H. Mahone in Hamlet, Miss Cowan traveled with Mr. and Mrs. Mahone and their son E. H. Jr. to Wrightsville Beach and White Lake for a social excursion after returning home.
Carl Richardson departs Friday night for Portsmouth Virginia to enter the United States naval hospital for an appendicitis operation. Mrs Richardson will accompany him. Miss Addie Jones leaves for Lexington to transfer from the local North Carolina Gas company branch to the main office.
Mr and Mrs Ben Parham of Oxford spent the weekend with Mrs Parham's parents Mr and Mrs Archibald Johnson. They attended the funeral of Dr Kesler Sunday afternoon.
Randy Matthews of Wilming ton visits at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boyles on West Main Street, staying for a friendly call.
Miss Lois Johnson returns from Chapel Hill where she attended the summer session. Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Dennis of Newport Rhode Island visit Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boyles with Miss Ruth Read and Alfred Read of East Providence. Mr. Dennis is Mrs. Boyles' brother. Mrs. Charles Mendenhall leaves tomorrow for Columbia Washington after visiting her cousin Mrs. Raymond Phillips.
Misses Imogene and Isabel Boyles returned from a visit to Spring Hope. Rucker Dudley Jr will return tomorrow to Danville Virginia after a week with his grandparents Mr and Mrs J W Boyles. Mrs Sim Pollock and Mrs Arthur Black with Miss Gladys Black shopped in Greensboro Friday. Mr and Mrs T J McNeil of Roaring River visit daughter Mrs Forrest Grimes on Lexington Avenue.
Mrs. Stephen Nobles and two sons from Ayden are visiting the elder Nobles mother Mrs. J. W. Clodfelter at her residence in town.
Miss Gladys Williams of Burlington spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams. Miss Berta Gray of Charlotte is visiting relatives here this week. Miss Gray was called home Sunday by the death of her father John W. Gray.
The article discusses how funds from fines and poll taxes fall short for maintenance and insurance of school buildings across counties. It notes school boards rarely supplement with taxes, leading to deterioration and insufficient minor repairs in many districts.
The High Point School board has kept buildings in good repair by spending small yearly amounts to save larger sums later. This year spending is down due to less need and limited funds from fines, which become available only at month ends.
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