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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1916
Page
5
A dialect poem celebrates early autumn with warm air crisp mornings and scenic countryside. The speaker notes the fading summer flowers and birdsong while praising the satisfying atmosphere and landscape, as frost touches pumpkins and fodder shocks appear.
Mrs Benjamin Rice Lacy announces the marriage of their daughter Agnes to Julian Gay Lane. The ceremony occurs Wednesday evening December 20 at six o'clock at the First Presbyterian Church Raleigh North Carolina. Following the wedding the couple will reside at home in Wilson North Carolina after January first.
Social event at South Main Street featured music dancing and games for college girls home for holidays. A salad course was served by hostess Miss Frances Mann assisted by Mrs I T Mann with guests from Greensboro and Thomasville including Ing ram Brown Davis Johnson Horton King Finestein Lam beth Garrett Wallace McCrae Stephens Farrell Canfield Reynolds Steele Wilkerson Nicholson Davis Harriss Hluckabee Strickland Owen Baine Moore Daniels Ingram Jewett Mayer Matton Ingram Holton Marsh Baker Marsh Lowe Kirkman Reitzel Kephart Henley Sisson Moore Elliott Mann Rochelle Litaker and DeVaugh among others.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock a reception will honor Miss Anna Jones a returned missionary from Africa at the Friends church. She taught at Elm street schools and prepared a grammar on the signs and sounds of the Lumbwa tribes. She was on furlough when the war began and now works on translating Bible stories into Swahili.
The Woman's auxiliary and Foreign Missionary society of the Friends church invite members to a reception at the Friends church at 3 o clock on Tuesday afternoon December 5th. Miss Anna T Jones, a missionary from Africa on furlough, will address attendees and a silver offering will fund publishing a Bible stories book written in native tribal tongue by Miss Jones.
Grace Bencini hosted a pleasant afternoon at North Main Street with guests including Misses Francis Farrell of Leaksville Nell Reynolds of Columbia D C Velma Canfield of Morehead City and a group from Greensboro. The event featured a salad course enjoyed by Elizabeth Harriss and many visitors from Albemarle Nashville Wadesboro Rocky Mount Monroe Rockingham Crandall Fla Asheville and Greensboro with several companions present.
Miss Elizabeth Harriss and guests plus a group of Misses returned yesterday afternoon to G. C. W. Greensboro. Last night Miss Louise Ingram with her circle accompanied back to G. C. W. Greensboro by a list of escorting gentlemen.
A meeting of the South Main street L. T. L. is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 o clock local time.
Miss Marie Stevens of Statesville, guest of Miss Thelma Wineskie on Hamilton Street, attended the Commercial club opening reception and ball Friday night and returned home today.
Andrew Lindsay and George Lowe will attend a reception tonight in Lexington. Miss Bessie Hill Hackney returned yesterday from a visit of several days to relatives in Pittsboro.
Greensboro residents and nearby towns sent guests to and from the city as Thanksgiving visitors, with several attending events and returning to colleges. Notables include Miss Diana Scott, Miss Kathryn Tate, and Robert Amos among others visiting Burlington and Elon College while others hosted relatives at Hamilton Street and West Russell Street homes.
Miss Dorothy Henley who has been a guest of relatives in Charlotte for several weeks returned to her home in this city yesterday. Hal Ingram and guests D Jewett and Duncan Melver returned to Chapel Hill last night after a visit to Mr and Mrs L J Ingram on Elm Street. Richard Reitzel and Wade Marsh returned to Chapel Hill last night after spending several days in the city as guests of their parents.
William Simmons resumes studies at Trinity College after visiting in the city with his parents. Violet Johnson returns to Charlotte to re enter school after a few days with relatives. Elsie Jordan and Rakestraw of Greensboro guest of Mrs A L Burns on Jordan Street yesterday. Mrs A E Frazier back from Red Springs where she attended the Pearsall Broodwin wedding. N F Fulton of Winston Salem spent Sunday in the city with his mother Mrs E K Fulton. Mrs Geo Ziegler and daughter Martha visiting relatives in Lock Haven Pa. J T Horney of Canton guest of his mother Mrs J D Horney while en route to Raleigh on business. Mrs B E Moore, visiting Greensboro with her daughter Genevieve Moore, attends the Russian Symphony Orchestra concert and informal tea with Miss Moore and Mrs Wysong. Mrs Baxter and daughter Florence were visitors to Greensboro Saturday.
Saturday evening on Washington street Mr. and Mrs FE D Steele hosted a dinner complimenting Miss Clara Steel and visiting friends from North Main street. The table featured pink carnations fern and cut glass and silver with guests Miss Clara Steele Miss Carrie Wilkerson from Lexington Miss Nellie Nicholson from Washington Miss Bernice Davis from Florida and F A Hatcher from Richmond VA.
Miss Grace Fletcher returned home to Winston-Salem last evening after a stay with the Misses Lambeth. Miss Myrtie Kluttz Miss Lena Ritenberry and Miss Ada Angel were guests of Mrs. B F Morris at Thomasville yesterday.
Mrs. J. E. Gay and daughter Miss Mary Douglas Gay of Albemarle called on Mrs. Ed. Steele in Marion before moving to Hillsboro. J. Garrett Dr. Joe Davis of Concord and WPT. Davis of Wilson returned from a East Bend hunting trip with 62 of over 100 birds bagged. Mrs. J. B. Havre of Berkley California will depart for home after weeks with the Misses Smith on Steele Street. Prof. Chester C. Haworth of Wilson spent a weekend in the city.
Miss Effie Cox and Mrs. J. Elwood Cox visited Greensboro this morning. T. M. Ogden of Lynchburg spent Sunday in the city with friends. Mrs. B. K. Wilson of Winston-Salem stays with Mrs. J. D. Hoskins on Centennial avenue. J. P. Rawley and Stephen C. Clark traveled to Greensboro to present the Commercial Club’s claim for a county farm demonstration agent time division to ensure greater county focus on agricultural outreach.
Miss Clara Rayborn and John H. Keenan of Greensboro wed yesterday afternoon at Rev. A. G. Dixon’s North Main street home. Miss Sadie J Snyder and Benjamin F Harrell accompanied them, and the couple returned to Greensboro where the groom works for the Piedmont Amusement Company. The bride is the daughter of the late Dr. Rayborn and is well known in Greensboro.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o her home on South Main street Mrs S Davis will entertain at bridge and look complimentary to her attractive guests Miss Capitola King of Kingsburg S C and Miss Marie Gregg of Florence S C
Official state department reports say Carranza troops reentered Chihuahua City Sunday night without resistance. Villa and his men left no clear indication of their direction after the retreat.
The Philathea class of the First Baptist Church will meet at 7:30 tomorrow night with Miss Virginia Clinard at Richardson Street.
Tomorrow afternoon at four Miss Helen Long will entertain at her home on Elm Street with a Christmas party.
Regular monthly meeting of the Commercial Club board of directors will be held tonight at 7 30.
The Priscilla club will meet Friday at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Fred Ingram on English Street.
The W. C. T. U. meeting has been postponed until tomorrow afternoon.
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