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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1937
Page
6
Guidance on posture, balance, and lead dynamics for ballroom dancing. Admonitions cover avoiding death grips, using hip driven leg swings, ankle use for longer steps, and keeping knees supple. Instructions separate by gender emphasize tracking partner, timing, and graceful carriage for improved performance.
Invitations issued for the marriage of Bernice Apple to Reverend Gilmer Henry Cross on December twenty first at five o clock in the afternoon at First Baptist church Lexington North Carolina. Cross is pastor of First Baptist Scarbro West Virginia and a Wake Forest graduate. Other local items include a Grace Episcopal ceremony for Louise Ann Stafford and Henry Lee Berrier and updates from Cecil school PTA and Charity League activities.
The gymkhana at the Sedgefield show ring was postponed due to bad weather. Mrs L H Cherry and Mrs Clair Conner were to lead the event, now set for the first fair Sunday afternoon. The hunts leave Sedgefield stables December 11 at 8 AM. An informal ride slated for the following Sunday is canceled if weather allows.
Miss Joyce Sawyer and Reitzel Koonce wed in a December 1937 ceremony at the Patterson home on Madison Avenue with Rev. Dennis Helsabeck officiating. Only close friends attended as the couple plans to reside at 400 Carter Street.
Local Altrusa members and guests attend an evening of dancing at David Chauns studio 401 North Main Street tonight. Dancing begins at nine with a floor show by courtesy of Mr. Chauns.
Miss Sara Virginia Maynard and Benjamin Y Elliott Jr unite in a simple ceremony at Rev. Fred N Day's home in Winston Salem. The couple, both from Durham, plan a December 1 home at the Washington Quake hotel after a brief northern trip.
The Ada Blair school Parent-Teacher Association will meet tomorrow at 7:30 PM in the school auditorium. Edgar Hartley, local YMCA secretary, will speak on the topic Good Time In The Home.
The local YWCA board will hold an executive meeting at the hut Thursday at 7 25 pm before the Christmas vesper service. President Mrs Horace Haworth urged prompt arrival for all members. In a separate note, Mr and Mrs B W Miller of Statesville NC announce the birth of son Bryan William Jr born yesterday morning.
A sequence of social gatherings and meetings through Tuesday to Saturday highlights include the West Emerywood Garden Club with Mrs BE Freeze Jr on Greenway drive and a bridge party honoring Miss Irene Coe of Greensboro. later, several clubs meet at the YWCA and Emerywood venues with speakers, teas, and Christmas events. Local residents include Mrs Charles W Perry, Miss Louise Salsbury, Horace Ware Fowler, and Miss Irene Coe.
The Oak View School Parent Teacher Association child study group meeting scheduled for Tuesday at 7 30 p m has been postponed to a later date due to a date conflict. An announcement states the new date will be announced later and members should note the change.
Several social events honor Miss Louise Salsbury bride-elect. A tea on Wednesday at Emerywood Country Club hosted by Mrs A B Huff. a Friday bridge at Jamestown home of Mrs Bundy. and a Saturday bridge luncheon in Winston-Salem hosted by Mrs Jule Kester and Mrs James Fowler with Mrs Salsbury’s future husband Horace Ware noted.
An important meeting of the Swing club will be held this evening at seven thirty at the home of Miss Frances Moon 315 Phillips Street. All members are requested to attend.
The executive board of the Ray Street school Parent Teacher Association will convene in the school library on Tuesday at 1 PM. All officers and committee chairmen are expected to be present or represented.
The High Point Council of Jewish Women study group will meet Wednesday evening at eight. Mrs. R. J. Wageger hosts at her Perkway home, with Mrs. Sara Wagger as associate hostess. All members are urged to attend.
Miss Jean Marion wed John Ellison Moore at First Reformed Presbyterian church in Charlotte. Alice Caldwell returned from Charlotte after visiting Mrs. Til lett Jr. and others. Mrs. Blackburn and Mrs. Ogburn toured Florida coast towns. The Bullocks announce a son James Willis born December 2 at their English Street home. Mrs. Bullock was formerly Jeanette Snipes of Durham. The Johnsons announce a daughter Amanda Jean born December 3 at Guilford General hospital. earlier there was a name error naming Brown.
Kernersville reports the 10 day Christmas seal sale campaign for tuberculosis stamps ended Saturday. The first quarterly conference of churches in the Kernersville South Winston M P denomination met at the local church with Forsyth and Guilford county representation. Hazel Hendrix of Kernersville was elected secretary for the coming year. Next conference set for Sandy Ridge church in Guilford county.
Announcement from Rotary club of Asheboro that twelve members will attend a meeting on Tuesday evening December 7 at 6 45 in the Willrich Hotel Sanford delegates from Liberty Silver City and Sanford invited to participate in the Inter-City Rotary gathering.
Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee CIO locals approved resolutions backing the Black Connery wage and hour bill and supporting an anti injunction law, a mine safety rock dust rule and repeal of poll tax payments. Governor Hoey objects to a broad administrative wage board fearing discretionary interference and industry uncertainty.
One of Britain's oldest unions, the National Cigar and Tobacco Workers' Union, celebrated its centennial a few years ago, marking a long history in trades unionism within the tobacco industry.
On Tuesday afternoon the Henry Study club gathered at Mrs. Charles Wall Jr.'s home in Hillcrest for the regular monthly meeting. Mrs. F. H. Wall presided, minutes were read, and plans were made to send cigarettes to Oteen. The afternoon topic, Old Days in Warren, was presented by Mrs. H. B. Olive with notes on Warren county and Warrenton. Timely topics were offered by Mrs. R. E. Rushin and Mrs. Ralph Moffitt, followed by a buffet dinner.
The Ladies Aid Society of Lebanon M P Church will sponsor a glass blowing exhibit Tuesday night at 7 45 at the hut. A small admission charge will go to the will work fund and each ticket buyer will receive a prize.
Ginevra, a young Itar bride, hid inside a springle chest during wedding festivities and was not discovered until her body had become a skeleton.
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