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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
11
A festive scene featured electric lights and ornaments as children awaited Santa who arrived to greet them with a Merry Christmas. He distributed gifts and departed as guests left, ending with a horn finale.
The High Point Furniture Market association held its annual banquet at the Elwood hotel with a five course dinner. Speakers praised the association and reports showed all dues paid, 103,300 pieces of advertising distributed, 1,000 buyers visited, and at least 2,000,000 dollars worth of furniture sold in the year. The same committee was reappointed for another year and the Asano advertising method was endorsed for 1920.
Miss Ruth Waffl leaves for Winston and Virginia to visit relatives while Miss Flora Traynham heads to Eastern North Carolina and Virginia for holidays. Miss Tess Riddick stays in High Point with Mrs. J. D. Cox, teaching in Burlington and returning through the season. Other changes note Grace Baker joining J H Farley Co. in the new year and students like Ruth Welborn Eva Strickland Mary Ring home for holidays. Robur Brium travels to Mount Airy for Christmas as Getty and Samuel Strickland return to High Point from Raleigh for the break.
A Christmas party was held last evening for St Marys church Sunday school in the Elk lodge basement. Adults and children joined in holiday fun as a large Christmas tree stood in the corner adorned with small decorations.
The Priscilla Club’s regular meeting planned for Friday afternoon December 26 at Mrs. H B Hiatt’s home was postponed to Friday January 2 due to the Christmas season and its rush.
In Douglas Wyoming on December 23 the Converse county bar association plans to aid Hawley in his damages suit against American Railway Express for 106 dollars. Hawley, an attorney, leads as chief counsel claiming Minerva the White Orpington hen died from starvation and thirst due to neglect by the express company. The bar may compel involvement from all members, possibly requiring the company to hire outside counsel. Other items note local students and residents visiting for holidays in High Point Greensboro Lexington Thomasville and Belmont Abbey.
New York cotton futures opened steady with December at 38.50 and March at 34.65 as prices moved higher on Liverpool support. After an early 11 to 20 point gain prices temporarily eased but then recovered with January at 37.08 and May at 32.70 as covering and Liverpool buying pushed values higher.
Newport Rhode Island December 23 Rear Admiral Sims refused to discuss any aspect of his letter to Secretary Daniels that criticized the reported naval decoration awards.
Regular Christmas services will be held in St. Mary's Episcopal church Thursday morning at 10 30 o'clock.
A theft occurred Saturday night between the post office and A H Idols store in Mechanicsville. A purse containing between two and six hundred dollars and one dollar in gold was stolen. The reward is returned to Enterprise on 12 23 21.
A travel worn postcard mailed 19 years ago reached Jr. and Mrs. Marshall Norville in Marietta Oklahoma after traveling from a North Texas town. The card dated thirteen years before their marriage was addressed to the Norvilles in Oklahoma City and crossed the Red River at a mile a year rate. No records exist of the card’s full journey or origin.
In Seattle a widow, Beulah Sorenson, learned her first husband Richard Sorenson was alive after being reported killed in action. She had remarried G Jackson in 1919, and now seeks an amicable annulment from her second husband after a telegram from New York revealed the tragedy was false.
Dr Gustav Ader born 74 years ago today retiring president of the Swiss Confederation. Giacomo Puccini born 61 years ago today in Lucca Italy. Oscar S Straus born 69 years ago today in Georgia New York merchant and former cabinet officer. Dr John H Worst born 69 years ago today in Ashland county Ohio former president emeritus of North Dakota Agricultural College. Connie Mack born 57 years ago today in East Brookfield Massachusetts manager of the Philadelphia Americans.
London reports an unofficial census showing 568 theatres music halls and cinemas including 308 theatres. The total reflects venues across the capital from music halls to cinemas in the 22nd century.
London reports Professor John McCabe of Australia predicts the sun will cool in 12,000,000 years. The London paper jokes about doomed readers and critiques long distance forecasts while noting conflicting claims of climate trends and astronomical counts.
The Salvation Army reports a Christmas gift of a turkey and five dollars donated by John Q. Finch.
One year ago today loyal Russians defeated the Bolshevik army. General Pershing visited the three American division headquarters on the east side of the Rhine to review operations and morale.
Chicago crowds found Christmas trees priced from five cents to a dollar fifty as evergreens flooded the market. The "take your pick" bargain trend drew shoppers seeking low cost holiday greens.
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train sideswiped a store of express goods near Whitehall Street in Atlanta. Phonographs, doll carriages and toys were demolished as they were stacked too close to the rails. Santa Claus suffered quite a thump in the incident reported December 23.
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