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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
6
The Philathea class of Green Street Baptist Church held its annual Christmas party Monday evening at Mrs. J. C. Saunders home on Homestead Avenue. Sixty two members and visitors attended. games were played and new officers elected. refreshments were served.
The Kernersville Junior Woman's Club held an Old English Party at the Club House with greenery, lighted tapers, a large Christmas tree, and gift exchanges. Attendees included Dorothy McCuiston, Mary Lillian Tucker, and many others. Mrs. Charlie Case received a bride's book.
Niece Miss Mary Reid Idol is honored at a bridge gathering hosted by Mrs. S. Coe and Miss Vera Idol on Hillcrest Drive. Four tables played with two silver bells marking the honoree, high score won by Miss Alma Virginia McCain, second by Miss Lucile Browne. Gifts included silver utensils for Mary. Guests included Edith and Mildred Crowder, Alma Andrews, Rosalie Andrews, and others.
The Live Y'ers club decorates an all-state Christmas tree at the YWCA hut on East Green Street with 26 states represented. Items include a doll on skis from White Plains New York, Vulcan statue from Birmingham, a miniature Spirit of St Louis from St Louis, an airplane made from rubber in Cleveland, and Boston baked beans in an earthenware pot from Massachusetts.
A Greensboro couple, Mrs. Clara Blair Barnes and William Freeman Townsend, were married today at 10:30 a.m. in the Blair home on Ferndale Drive. Rev. J. A. Vache officiated as guests observed holiday decorations and poinsettias. The bride, a Greens boro schools worker and University of N C alumna, wore a gray wool dress with black accessories and a black Persian lamb coat. The groom, a UNC football alumnus, is the youngest son of the late C. C. Townsend and Emma Townsend and has been living with his sister at 110 Melrose Court.
Members of troop three at Wesley Memorial church held a Christmas party with Miss Margaret Watson in charge. The program featured carols and games, gifts were exchanged near a tree, and ice cream and cake were served. They later donated a Christmas tree and baskets to a needy family.
A Christmas dance at the Debonair club in Emerywood Country Club drew about 150 guests from Greensboro Winston-Salem Lexington and Asheboro. The venue featured festive decorations and a new music apparatus spinning swing records. Punch and cookies were served in the club grill.
Members of the Gloom Chasers held a Christmas party at Mrs. Zeb Rush’s Asheboro road home. Officers were elected and committees formed. Games and gifts followed with six members present and refreshments served. The next meeting moves to Mrs. Phil Abernethy’s home.
The Piedmont German club stages a Christmas tea dance at Emerywood Country club Saturday with Dean Hudson and his Florida clubmen orchestra performing from four o'clock in the club lounge. Frances Colwell will be featured as vocalist, with a second appearance at Sedgefield Manor later that evening. Invitations have been mailed to out of town guests and local members are expected to attend. J Welch Harriss presides over the club with a governor board handling arrangements.
The Fifth Annual Coterien Christmas Ball will draw younger social sets from nearby cities and older crowds to Sedgefield Manor on Saturday December 25. Dancing starts at 10 PM with Dean Hudson and his Florida Clubmen providing music. featured vocalist Miss Frances Colwell joins 14-piece swing band talent. Invited guests include Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ingram and other local couples, signaling a well attended event by traditional society.
Miss Kitty Rettew hosted a bridge supper at her Edgedale Drive home with guests from Greensboro Burlington Graham and High Point. Five tables played in rooms festooned with evergreens and berries. prizes went to Sara Lacy Tomlinson grand score, Margaret Briggs for a grand slam, and Caddi Walker low score. A two course supper followed with attendees from Burlington Graham Greensboro and High Point.
Miss Evelyn Webb entertained the Tuesday Bridge club at her Salem street home in Thomasville to honor visitor Mrs. Spencer Carleton of Gardner Massachusetts. Four tables played contract bridge with Christmas decor. Isabel Boyles won the high score poinsettia. Carleton received the visitor’s prize and monogrammed stationery.
The towels showcase gay flower and vine motifs in natural colors such as squash yellow radish red pottery blue and string bean green. They are made of mixed linen and cotton offering decorative possibilities and extra absorbency for dish drying.
Mrs. Bertram Heathcote and Miss Peggy Hite visiting from Washington DC plan holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Meade Hite. Mr. and Mrs. R A Knight of Durham join luncheon with Mr. and Mrs. R W Cooksey on Highland avenue. The Cookseys depart for Baltimore to visit Mrs E W C Hawkins and her family over Christmas while Mrs Hawkins will travel home later.
The M. E. Church Young Adult class held its monthly Christmas party at Mr. and Mrs. Kemp C. Whicker’s home. Guests enjoyed a decorated living room, a social hour led by Miss Sara Denton, refreshments, and gift exchanges. Mrs. Jim Spears presented Walter S. Linville during the program.
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