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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1937

Page

6

Swing Club Holiday Party At Tip-Top Clubhouse

The Swing club held a Christmas party Monday evening at the Tip-Top clubhouse. Miss Frances Moon, president, welcomed guests as holly and pine decor brightened the room. Fifty attendees from Greensboro Thomasville Lexington and High Point joined in games contests and dancing with a tree gift baskets and a punch table as the centerpiece.

Frances Moon Greensboro Thomasville Lexington High Point

New Officers for Domino Club Elected Here

The Domino Club elected officers for the coming year at a meeting hosted by Mrs Elisabeth Kearns on Lindis Street. Frances Oliver is president, Love Monds secretary, Anna Elisabeth Kearns treasurer, Inez Collins social chair, and Martha Jare publicity chair. A Christmas party was planned for the next gathering with refreshments served.

Domino Club Atmaa Elisabeth Kearns Lindis* Stret Frances Oliver Love Monds Anna Elisabeth Kearns Inez Collins Martha Jarre Lavelle Wilsem Claudine Kirkman Love Monés Martha Jarett Edythe Crooks Barbara Philips Mesdame Margie Hutchins Inez Cogeie Tess Ellington Margaret Tay Anna Starr Ellington

Christmas Tableau At Elm Street School Program

Unfavorable weather moved Elm Street School P T A meeting to Tuesday afternoon. Sixth graders presented a Christmas tableau with a vested choir portraying the birth of Christ. Choir directed by Mrs Allene Schroder sang O Come All Faithful and Silent Night. Elizabeth Barton and Billie Welch narrated the nativity story as tableaux. The show ended with the manger scene and Joy to the World.

Elm Street P. T Hela Butler Fant Kelly James Hogg Allene M. Schroder Maer Elizabeth Barton Billie Weleh Christ

Thomas W Sprinkle Speaks at Altrusa Christmas Banquet

Prominent local attorney Thomas W Sprinkle was guest speaker at the Altrusa club Christmas banquet held last evening in the Sheraton hotel private dining room. Miss Virginia Ryan introduced him as the program chair, and Sprinkle closed with humorous judicial rulings. Gifts and tokens were presented, carols were sung, and a turkey dinner was served as a “singing Christmas tree” performed Silent Night.

Thomas W. Sprinkle Altrusa Club Sheraton Sprinkle Virginia Ryan Supreme Court

Greer Couple Delivers North Carolina Folk Songs at DAR Chapter

Mr and Mrs I G Greer presented a program of NC folk songs for the Alexander Martin chapter DAR at Emerywood Country club. He discussed origins of the tunes while she accompanied on the dulcimer. New members Mrs Grady Moore and Mrs John Lowe joined, and Christmas plans for Crossnore boy were discussed. Refreshments followed.

North Carolina I. G. Greer Mills Thomasville Alexander Martin Daughters of the American Revolution Emerywood Country Club Greer James E. Lambeth Chester C. Haworth Grady Moore John Lowe Lexington Crossnore

Miss Bess Munroe Speaks to Business Girls Club on Christmas Traditions

Miss Bess Munroe of the junior high school faculty addressed the Business and Professional Girls' club at the Y W C A hut on origin of Christmas customs. She traced pagan Teutonic roots of the Christmas tree and Yule log, noted English and Dutch influences, and discussed nativity scenes. Plans were made for a Christmas party at next week's meeting.

Bess Munroe Business and Professional Girls Mise Munroe Thor Woden Merrie England Monroe

Miss Davis and Fiance Honored at Nightingale Shower

A party of Florence Nightingale girls at the YWCA showered Miss Hazel Davis and Bill Pugh, honoring their upcoming marriage. Gifts were opened from many attractive parcels, followed by refreshments for about thirty guests.

Hazel Davis Bill Pugh

UDC Parcels Go To Mrs. Millis

All members of the High Point United Daughters of the Confederacy are asked to turn in all packages for the Confederate Women's Home to Mrs H A Millis within two days. The notice appears amid a tobacco and fruit ad style paragraph mentioning candied fruits for baking in one container.

High Point United Daughters of the Confederacy H. A. Millis

Christmas season social calendar for High Point area clubs

A schedule lists Burbank Garden Club Christmas party and meetings of the High Point Council of Jewish Women Entre Nous Tea and Topics and Tuesday Evening Garden club Christmas events. Musical Art club December program at Emerywood Country Club. Community Arts luncheon and Priscilla club Christmas party with gifts and officer elections. DeMolay Christmas dance at Sedgfield Manor with Bernard Fowler and Rhythm Masters.

Burbank Entre Nous Club J. F. Hayden Washington Street F. Logan Porter Fairway Drive Nancy K. Poston J. W. Montgomery North Main Street Musical Art Club Emerywood Country Club High Point Order of DeMolay Sedgefield Manor Bernard Fowler

Freshman Rodney Snow to Spend Christmas at Home

UNC Chapel Hill freshman Rodney Snow arrives home tomorrow to share Christmas with his parents. Salem Academy students Misses Betty Hunt Murray Doris Stroupe Helen Millis and Gertrude Tomlinson are due Friday for holidays. Sue Clifton is ill at 400 Montheau avenue and C F Wilson at 1604 Johnson street shows slight improvement. Margaret Tull, a St Joseph’s College junior, plans to visit Saturday. Lee F Schaner leaves for Wilson for a brief business trip with return expected tomorrow or Friday.

Rodney Snow University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Betty Hunt Murray Doris Stroupe Helen Millis Gertrude Tomlinson Salem Academy Winston-Salem Margaret Tull St. Joseph's College Emmettsburg Maryland Mrs W. H. Tull Lee F. Schaner Wilson

Kindergarten Christmas Recital Planned at Bay Street School

Mrs. W. G. Kirkman leads sixty five pupils from kindergarten and first grade in a Christmas recital titled The Revue of Christmas Dolls set for Friday December 17 at 7 30 pm at Bay Street School. Entails carols and a bird friendly Christmas tree display. Public invited.

W. G. Kirkman Bay Street School Ray _ street school

Annual Christmas Play at Senior High School

The annual Christmas program will be presented at Senior High School on Thursday and Friday at 8 40 chapel periods. Dorothy Clarke Williamson’s drama features Humar the innkeeper and Hamar’s greed, with Josephine Deal Mary Frances Hallenbeck William Frazier Mary Cross Henry Aasbury Winfred Lamar in supporting roles.

Dorothy Clarke Wilson Clarence Idol Humar

Tea Today Fetes Two Brides-Elect

Miss Alice MacRae Caldwell hosts a small afternoon tea at Park Way for two brides-elect Miss Louise Salsbury and Miss Beatrice Hyde. Guests call between four thirty and five thirty. Salsbury marries Horace Ware Fowler of Durham on December 31, Hyde marries Joseph Edwin Givens of Salisbury, Md., later in the month.

Alice MacRae Caldwell Parkway Louise Salsbury Beatrice Hyde Miss Salsbury Horace Ware Fowler Durham Miss Hyde Joseph Edwin Givens Salisbury

O E S Chapter Plans Christmas Party

The High Point chapter number 106 of the Order of the Eastern Star organized a Christmas party for next week at the Masonic Temple on North Main street. Mrs Pauline Grey presided as worthy matron and reports from committee chairs were presented after routine business.

High Point Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Temple North Main Street Pauline Grey

Mrs Chandler Hosts Open House for her Daughter

Mrs J W Chandler holds an open house at her Arbordale Drive home Saturday evening in honor of her daughter Alice Chandler a Meredith College freshman Raleigh The event runs from 9 to 12 and she arrives in High Point Saturday afternoon for Christmas holidays

J. W. Chandler Arbordale Drive Alice Chandler Meredith College Raleigh Miss Chandler High Point

Ladies Bridge Party at Emerywood Club

The Emerywood Country Club hosted the only ladies bridge gathering this month in the ladies lounge yesterday afternoon. Hosts were Mrs C T Ingram Jr and Mrs Elliott Wood. Mrs J P Bolt won the high score and a double deck of cards as a prize. The club normally holds bi weekly events, but the December second meeting was skipped due to Christmas holidays.

Emerywood Country Club C. T. Ingram, Jr Elliott Wood J. P. Bolt

Entertain With A Dinner Party

Mrs. R. W. Myers and Miss Lurena Black hosted a Sunday dinner at their Trinity route one home with many guests. After a tempting meal, carols were sung. Attending were families from High Point Thomasville and Lexington including C. R. Myers Ruth Jewell Embler H. L. Embler Donald Alton Beck Raymond Black Mazelle Majelle Whitlock Roy Beck Cramer Beck Arnold Beck.

R. W. Myers Lurena Black Trinity C. R. Myers Ruth and Jewell C. B. Embler H. L. Embler and Donald and Alton High Point H. C. Beck Thomasville Raymond Black Mazelle Lee Black Donald Majelle Black James Whitlock Roy Beck Cramer Beck Arnold Beck Lexington

Ada Blair P T A Hears Mrs Marsh At Regular Meet

The Ada Blair Parent Teachers Association Child Study Group held its final meeting of the series on Tuesday afternoon December 14 in the school library. Guest speaker Mrs Everett Marsh discussed acquiring new skills based on Dr James Mursell's book Streamline Your Mind. Children sang Christmas carols.

Ada Blair Parent-Teachers Association Everett Marsh James Mursell

Junior Service League to Sponsor Emory Glee Club Here

The Junior Service League voted to sponsor the Emory University Glee Club appearance in High Point on February 22 after brief talks by Dr. E. H. Blackard and John Bann. The group highlighted the club's history and high musical standard, including Negro spirituals and classical pieces.

Junior Service League Emerywood Country Club Emory University Glee Club High Point E. H. Blackard John Bann Emory University Glee Club J. E. Millis Child Clinic

Lawrence Wallace Sixth Birthday Party

Lawrence Wallace son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Wallace of 906 Charlotte avenue celebrated his sixth birthday with a Monday party. Christmas colors decorated the event and candies in themed containers were given as favors. Guests included Nancy Edwards, Jean Edwards, Betty Sue Myers, Maxine Furr, Dot Hussey, Buddy Hussey, Betty Jean Keith, Arlene Tons, Wayne Deaton, Billy Furr Hackney, Geraldine Palmer, and Carolyn Wallace.

Lawrence Wallace D. W. Wallace Charlotte Avenue A. R. Hussey Nancy and Jean Edwards Betty Sue Myers Maxine Furr Dot Buddy Hussey Betty Jean Keith Arlene Tons Wayne Deaton Billy Furr Hackney Geraldine Palmer Carolyn Wallace

Local Brenau Contest Winners Visit For Holidays

Misses Pearl Thompson and Betty Lou Jackson, Brenau College students from Gainesville, Ga., who were roommates and won a campus beautifying contest among 450 students, are due Friday to spend holidays with their families.

Pearl Thompson Betty Lou Jackson Gainesville Brenau College J. W. Thompson W. L. Jackson Brenau

Mrs Schaner Hosts Young People's Class Party

The Wesley Memorial church young people's department led by Lee F. Schaner held a Christmas party last evening at Emerywood Country Club. Mrs Schaner directed games with holiday decorations, and a brightly lit Christmas tree set the festive scene. Sandwiches and tea were served in a prettily arranged setting.

Young People's Department Wesley Memorial Church Lee F. Schaner Schaner Emerywood Country Club Schanner

Operetta at Hasty School Thursday Evening

The humorous children's operetta Little Black Sambo will be presented at Hasty High School tomorrow at 7 30 PM. The public is invited to attend the performance, according to an announcement.

Hasty High School

Women of the Moose Plan Evening Meeting

The Women of the Moose will hold their regular meeting in their hall on North Main Street this evening at 7 30. All members are asked to be in attendance.

the Moose North Main Street

Church Social and Parental Programs At M P Churches

Local Methodist Protestant and Archdale church groups announce meetings and holiday programs. The First M P Workers' Council gathers this evening at 7 30 with Mr and Mrs T R Ballard on Howell Street for devotional and business elements tied to a Christmas party. Parents day at First M P Church features age appropriate Christmas programs and treats in graded departments. Welch Memorial M P Church elects new officers Hubbard Ridge is president Winnie Cassell vice president Mallie Fowler secretary Hoyt Morgan assistant secretary Mary Burge treasurer Mildred Southern pianist Edna Vancannon song leader Roscoe Briley re elected teacher Archdale Bible Class of Archdale Methodist meets Thursday at 7 00 for members and visiting guests.

FIRST M. P. Workers’ Council Workers’ Council First Methodist Protestant Sunday School T. R. Ballard Howell Street M. P Welch Memorial Senoir Welch Memorial M. P Doris Hicks Asheboro Street Hubbard Ridge Winnie Cassell Mallie Fowler Hoyt Morgan Mary Burge Mildred Southern Edna Vancannan Roscoe Briley

Gleaner Girls Class Meeting Set Friday Evening

The Gleaner Girls class of Pilgrim Holiness Church will meet Friday at 7 PM at Miss Mattie Ruth Conallys home on Central drive off Asheboro road. Members are urged to attend.

Gleaner Pilgrim Holiness Church Mattie Ruth Conally Central Drive Asheboro Road

Five Little Peppers At Junior High Christmas Play

Tomorrow evening the junior high presents a Christmas play The Five Little Peppers by John Ronald based on Margaret Sidney characters. A small admission fee funds the school library with a repeat performance Friday night.

Margaret Sidney Louisa Mae Alcott

Ray Street Children Present Christmas Play at PTA Meeting

A large audience of parents and friends gathered at Ray Street School last evening for the PTA meeting featuring the Christmas play Why The Chime Rang. The children staged in a church interior with stained-glass windows, a vested choir, gifts to the altar, and a dramatic chimes finale. The star lighting and sets were praised and the performance hailed as one of the most successful ever given at the school.

Ray Street Parent-Teacher Association Chidren

Allen Jay Faculty to Stage The Birds Christmas Carol Play

The Allen Jay School faculty will present The Birds Christmas Carol in the school auditorium on Friday evening December 17 at 8 o clock. A small admission charge will be made and the public is invited.

Allen Jee School

Double Color Alpaca Sleeveless Sweaters From Vienna

A Vienna based design introduces a reversible alpaca sleeveless sweater for men. One side offers a plain neutral shade while the reverse displays wide stripes in blue brown and gray tones. The garment aims for a lightweight yet warm summer practical style.

Vienna

Grapefruit Pickles Enter Market as New Condiment

New food item grape fruit pickles arrive on market shelves offering a fresh spicy tartness. Report notes its potential as a bright accompaniment to meat dishes and a novel addition for cooks seeking variety.

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