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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
5
The Sunday School of the Main Street Methodist Church held a Christmas program for the beginners and primary departments with over 125 children. They sang carols prayed with the pastor and received chocolates from Santa. The cantata Christmas Giving Means Christmas Living was performed and gifts were given to the poor. A fruit treat followed for all attendees.
The Commercial club hall hosted two large Christmas dances last evening honoring High Point youths returning from colleges. Hood's orchestra from Greensboro provided music and dancing continued until one in the morning with about fifty couples in attendance.
Mrs. Jennie Campbell hosted an intimate pre nuptial gathering for the Idol Campbell bridal party and close friends at the Norman home on North Main Street after the rehearsal at First Presbyterian Church. Guests enjoyed cream and cake as the bride’s cake was cut with playful tokens for each attendee. Intimate friends present included Miss Alma Headen Miss Esther Minard Mr and Mrs Home Montsinger and Rev C P Coble.
Mrs. G. A. Ji. Holbertly announces the marriage of their daughter Pauline Morehead to Miles Vernon Sechrest of Waxhaw Week Spencer North Carolina. The event took place on December twenty fifth in the year nineteen nineteen.
Members of the Peacock Philathea class of Wesley Memorial church will meet Monday evening at 7 50 with Mrs R B Blair on South Main street. Mrs F B Sauls Miss Lucy Eshelman Mrs R S Strickland and Mrs Orange are hostesses. A full attendance is desired. Mr and Mrs C J Cummins left Thursday evening for a short trip to Baltimore. Mr and Mrs Charles Haworth are spending a few days in Baltimore.
Mrs. J. D. Mann and Mrs. W. O Neal will entertain the executive committee of Wesley Memorial Church Woman's Missionary Society Monday at 3 o clock at Mrs. Manns home on South Main Street. In Siam there are about 175 000 monks connected with the temples of the local religion.
The new hat features sweeping paradise feathers and deep blue velvet. It shows a large rounded crown with a wide brim that gracefully slants away from the face at the side, signaling a return to opulent styling after economic restraint.
Kenneth Campbell of Palestine Texas visits his sister Mrs J K Young in White Oak Street. Numerous brief mentions of residents visiting relatives or spending holidays in High Point Thomasville Greensboro Burlington Lexington Reidsville Kernersville Salisbury Charlotte Winston Salem and Raleigh including Miss Alma Holt Miss Nancy Gwynn and Miss Lettie Ellington among others.
Miss Mary Campbell joins Eugene Donald Idol in a one o clock First Presbyterian ceremony at High Point with Rev. P Coble officiating. Attendants wore alice nine crepe and georgette, organ music and Lohengrin march mark the service. The couple plans a Washington trip before settling in Pleasant Garden.
Yesterday in the dining room of the Elwood hotel Mrs W H Plummer was hostess for a Christmas dinner honoring several holiday guests. A decorated tree stood center table with cards at each place. Attending were Dorothy Headen of Greensboro, Mrs W B Milner and three children Hattie Jennie and Arvie Milner, and Mr and Mrs W P Plummer.
The wealthy Turkish man rarely sits with his wife and family for meals. He typically dines in a separate area of the house distant from his wife and children, and his companions are usually his elder sons and perhaps some male friends.
A garbled notice mentions Wilson Motor Co and Greensboro and offers a reward for returning a crank or part between Wilson Motor Co and Greensboro. The exact actions and entities are unclear from the fragment.
London reports fashion shifts as backs must be bare yet bustle makes a subtle comeback. Modistes reassure the public that the 1919 bustle will be dainty light and feminine, far from Victorian wired and lace-draped silhouettes.
Stewart Motor corp of Buffalo, maker of Stewart trucks, declared a 2 percent preferred and 2.5 percent common dividend at its November 1 board meeting. The company reports rapid growth since incorporation seven years ago, a new nine acre plant now active, and an annual output of 10,000 trucks using a progressive assembly system. The expansion is supported by the U S Agricultural Department.
Nebraska Oklahoma and Kansas rural schoolboys are commercializing their winter sport by trapping rabbits and selling skins to an Eastern firm with a standing order for ten million bunny pelts for hat making. The venture pays per skin and profits from carcass sales at nearby markets.
Lashmit's shoe store in this city will close at 5 PM to allow five employees to attend a banquet in Winston Salem this evening. The event honors workers from Lashmit's High Point and Winston-Salem stores. The banquet starts at 7 PM at the Zinzendorf hotel with a showing of the group departing from High Point led by Manager C. Doub, R. H. Swain and S. D. Clapp.
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