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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1937
Page
12
The Sedgefield Hunt held a drag that led to a live fox chase when a Reynard briefly ran, but no kill occurred. A gymkhana is planned at the Sedgefield show ring at 3 pm with events including musical stalls and an overall race.
Bernard Fowler and his Rhythm Masters will headline a DeMolay pre holiday dance on December 17 at Bedgefield Manor. The event runs from 10 pm to 2 am and kicks off the holiday season festivities with local DeMolay chapters and social attendees expected.
The Kiwanis Club announces its Ladies Night banquet for Friday December 17 at 6 30 pm in the Sheraton hotel. Speaker Spencer J McCallie a noted humorist and McCallie School founder will headline the program. Further details will be released later.
Dr and Mrs W K McCain of Sunset Drive announce the birth of a daughter Patricia at Burrus Memorial Hospital on a Friday in December.
Social calendar notes a Tuesday 10 a m meeting of the West Emery wood Garden club with Mrs E W Freeze Jr on Greenway drive and a bridge party at Miss Julia Coe’s Hillcrest home to honor Miss Irene Coe of Greensboro and her forthcoming marriage to c C Robbins Jr of Spruce Pine.
The Johnson Street School Parent-Teacher Association held its annual fall festival on Thursday evening at 7 30. A small admission fee funded lunches for underprivileged students. Highlight was a womanless wedding directed by Miss Lle Hensley, with fortune telling, horse show, bingo, baby show, fish pond, and candy and ice cream booths.
Mr and Mrs Tyson T Ferree who wed at the First M P church have returned from a wedding trip to Florida and Cuba and moved into a apartment at 03 Otteray Drive.
Allen Jay high school presents a three act comedy titled Mama's Baby Boy this Friday night December 10. Admission will be charged and the public is invited to attend the school event.
Members of the Daughters of America will meet at the hall at 7 o'clock to march to the South Main Street Methodist Church for a sermon by the pastor.
The article explains landscape architects help before building to plan site grading drainage and topography, not just planting. Early involvement avoids costly errors and yields discounts on materials, bids, and more efficient layouts, saving money and boosting property appeal.
Mrs H W Yarborough hosted a surprise birthday gathering at her King Street home on Wednesday for her daughter Norma. Guests enjoyed games and music followed by refreshments. attendees included Vera Solomon Lizzie Jenkins Nellie Coltrane May Lester Agnes Yarborough Melville Sechrest Fred Sechrest Jason Presnell Hoyle Warner B B Barnes Jr Kenneth Tate and George Griffin.
The Emma Blair school will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday evening December 7 in the school auditorium. Mrs Mabel Beeson arranges a special Christmas program by her sixth grade pupils and all parents are urged to attend.
Native gather wild turnips on the prairie, drying them until hard as billiard balls. In winter they soak the roots until soft and eat them raw or in stews.
The Philomathean club held its regular weekly meeting yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Howard Hartzell’s Guilford avenue home. Members each choose a yearly topic and discussed current events from Sino Japanese relations to Virginia. Dainty refreshments followed for Mesdames Idol Douglas Moffitt Jones Kirkman Millis Johnson Parker Ragan and Hunsucker.
Mrs Fred P Ingram hosted the Priscilla club at 505 English street Friday afternoon with eleven members and two guests. Floral arrangements, sewing and conversation filled the visit followed by refreshments by the open fire. Members included Hoke Bullard J F Hayden Vernon Tool I P B Ingle R S Lafferty Charles W Perry C A Ring Sr A E Taplin Fred Thomas. Guests were Mrs Charles P Coble of Clausen DC and Mrs Morris Jones daughter of the hostess.
Miss Pearl Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Thompson of 518 Parkway Gainesville is photographed in Literary Digest’s November 27 issue in a double page spread on the rebirth of Gainesville Ga. She appears with other students admiring Brenau College’s new main building and is noted as a freshman active in campus life.
The article notes corn dynamite developed from inositol in a test tube as a surprising product derived from corn and sugar-like inositol, suggesting it may surpass nitroglycerine.
The Coterien club presents Dean Hudson and His Florida Clubmen for the fifth annual Christmas night ball on Saturday December 25. The orchestra of 14, formed at the University of Florida in 1934, features swing and sweet music in Southern style with Dixieland and glee club work. Frances Colwell is the featured vocalist, with Bud Brown Sam Latimer and Harold Willis performing novelty numbers.
The marriage of Miss Andy Hodgin of Jamestown to Duncan Butler of High Point was held Saturday November 27 1937 in Danville Virginia. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Hodgin and the groom the son of Mr and Mrs J T Butler. They reside at 411 East Green Street in Jamestown.
Mr and Mrs Lee Wheat announce the marriage of their daughter Edna Fay Wheat to Henry Lester Grubbs of this city. The couple wed in Danville Virginia on November 13 with Miss Blanche Hunt and Robert Kennedy. They will reside at 606 East Green Street.
Canterbury club members will gather for their regular bi weekly meeting hosted by Mrs Louis F P Voorhees at 1113 Forest Hill Drive.
The YWCA hosts its annual Christmas vesper service Thursday at 7 45 p m in the hut with Nelle Ansley presenting the devotional. A carol group including Mrs Lawrence Matton Miss Dorothy Hoskins Miss Virginia Frank and Carl G N Cronstedt will perform.
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