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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1934
Page
6
About fifty Wayside Garden club members and guests gathered at president Mrs. A. Sherrod’s North Main home for the annual Christmas meeting. Gifts collected will aid two needy families. carols, a Dickens reading, and a tea with a decorative table and nativity scene highlighted the event.
Mrs. S Foy Horton hosted a Tuesday bridge party at 1000 North Main for brides Mrs. Fred A. Perdue and Mrs. William Bryan, with Mrs. Ned Hartnett as guest of honor. Six tables contested amid Christmas decor. prizes went to Mrs. Eddieman, Mrs. Sharpe, and consolation to Mrs. Lewis. Refreshments followed with local and out of town guests.
The Thomasville Business and Professional Women's club met for a Christmas supper at the Community church with Miss Marie Jones presiding. The group urged Congress to retain the local Reemployment office for its work aiding about 2500 people since opening, and sent a representative to press the cause. Local and Lexington members attended, with guests from Lexington and a burlesque art exhibit providing entertainment during the program.
Mr and Mrs G M Hoover hosted a five course dinner at East Main street Monday evening for the local faculty who teach their daughter Mary Alice Hoover. Artistic sweet pea centerpieces adorned the table as guests included Mrs King Mrs Kate Norment Miss Kimsey Miss Smith Miss Ardrey and Miss Foreman among others.
Social calendar lists a Burbank Garden Club Christmas party at 607 Parkway with change in hour and day. High Point Graduate Nurse Club meets at 7:30 p m at YY W C A cottage. American Legion Auxiliary gathers at 418 Edgedale Drive at 5 p m. Rehearsal for Miss Frank Louise Mitchell and Terry H White at the Mitchell home on Carrick Avenue with a cake reception 10 to 2. Pentagon Club Christmas dance at Sedgefield Manor with Miles Grofe orchestra. wedding Saturday at 305 Carrick Avenue observers.
The Lottie Holden Bible Study class will meet tomorrow at 3 pm at the home of Mrs. A. D. Creech on Best Street. The announcement stresses the afternoon gathering.
Members of the Tuesday Evening Garden Club held their annual Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Arthur Ridge. Prizes were awarded for points earned from yearlong flower show exhibits with cash and bulb prizes going to Mrs. J. H. Tate and others. Guests included Mrs. Alice Elliott and J. D. Brame.
Sedgefield Country Club starts its Christmas Golf Tournament on December 22 and runs through December 25 with many players expected. A New Year’s Ball on December 28 features Eddie Wittstein and his orchestra from New Haven. Hunt club events include a drag hunt December 22 and live hunt December 26 with plans for a Hunt Ball. Elizabeth Hampton celebrates her sixth birthday with friends and gifts. Birth announced for Vivian Patricia Lassiter on December 15 at Guilford General Hospital. Lebanon Methodist Ladies Aid set for a Christmas social December 7:30 at Mrs. J M Readdick’s home. all members and husbands invited.
Charlies Love Jr is improving at Burrus Memorial Hospital after a slight influenza attack. Miss Alice Elizabeth Freeze departed for Roxboro to visit Miss Elizabeth Mor with plans for several days away.
The Y W C A and Business and Professional Girls club held a Christmas supper meeting at the Y Hut at 6 15 with Julia Liles presiding. Nelle Ansley led the program with Barbara Brooks, gifts were exchanged and donations of fruit nuts and candy were planned for city needy at Christmas.
The First Presbyterian Church choir will present Bernard Hamblen's cantata The Heavenly Child next Sunday at 5 p.m. The work features solo recitations carols and choruses with original carols noted. Singers include Miss Margaret Opal Neese and Norman Fidler.
The Green Street Christian Church will hold a prayer meeting at 7 o clock tonight at 181 Franklin Street. Pastor W J Edwards will preach. The note on seasickness explains it is unfamiliar to deaf persons with inner ear injury and is linked to ear fluid agitation.
The Enterprise notes Roosevelt has been away from Washington about three months this year with long trips north and to Florida Gettysburg Yale Hyde Park and Hawaii. The piece suggests subletting the White House could balance the budget and references Warm Springs Georgia as a completed stop.
Germany retains Heligoland, its solitary distant outpost in the North Sea. The rock plateau covers about a quarter of a square mile and lies roughly 31 miles from the German mainland.
Charles H. Flory of the Soil Erosion Service urges landowners to plant Christmas trees on degraded or unused land. He notes 2000 to 2500 trees per acre reach merchantable size in 8 to 10 years, with net profits of 400 to 600 dollars per acre at 30 cents per tree, while protecting groves from theft and fire.
A local citizen called for youth cooperation in bird conservation. He noted boys often kill birds for nothing, using rocks and rifles. Birds control insects and aid agriculture, so parents should give safer gifts. Guns in youths’ hands are dangerous.
Paddifiesh use their paddles to churn mud chasing tiny organisms they feed on, a behavior observed during foraging. The activity helps expose prey hidden in sediment as researchers study their feeding patterns.
The American Business Club at the Elwood hotel celebrated its annual Christmas dinner with 100 percent attendance. Charlies Parker and Milbourne Amos organized a gift exchange with limericks, Herman Smith reported a new high in charity play ticket sales, Wilton Barnes won the attendance prize, and former member H. N. Patterson attended as a visitor.
High Point Post No. 619 Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ladies Auxiliary held a Christmas program and party at the V F W hall Monday night with members and spouses in attendance.
Special visitor Mrs R J Grant and other veterans attended the event at the local post and auxiliary in Greensboro. Robert B Suggs served as Santa Claus as Commander A C Ingram and J W McMahon spoke. C E Stuart received a past commander's badge and $15 was donated to the Oteen hospital fund. Dancing music and refreshments followed. The next meeting moves to Tuesday nights in January.
The manager plan of government is implemented in 425 cities and six counties across the United States, reflecting a common municipal structure. The note lists the widespread adoption and regional reach of this governance model.
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