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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1931
Page
5
Families in Deep River shared Christmas gatherings with extended relatives across towns such as Mechanicsville and Springfield. Notable visits included Glen Jackson’s long distance call from Baltimore, and appearances by the Borume, Sullivan, Bolden, Pope, and Wheeler families as well as friends like Florence Gray.
Friends of John C. Shceloff remain confined to home on North Main with a severe sinus infection. Mr and Mrs EB Newson announce the birth of a son Ragustin Jr at Gullfora General hospital. Mr and Mrs Charlie BE Bray announce a son born December 28 at 905 Tate Street. Mr and Mrs C T Boyles announce a daughter Janey Joan born December 27. Robert Overman travels to Winston Salem to attend Armfield Follin wedding rehearsal and will be a groomsman tomorrow at First Presbyterian church. He will attend tea and a dinner party for the wedding party. Miss Ada Ward, patient at Wesley Long hospital Greensboro, underwent appendectomy Sunday morning and is now recovering satisfaction.
The High Point Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy held a Christmas meeting at East Washington Street with Mrs. Hayden presiding and gifts distributed to the Old Ladies Home in Fayetteville. A Philathea class gathering planned at Mrs. Bates 301 Centennial Avenue to elect new officers. An announced birth at Putnam Avenue brought Nancy Shirley Pierce born December 28.
About 100 young people from cities colleges have been invited to the Country club for a New Year's Eve tea dance from 4 30 to 7 30 with Teddy Black's New York Victor Recording orchestra. The event precedes the Piedmont German club dance on the same floor later that night. Invitations were issued to all colleges regardless of parental club membership.
During the social hour after the business session, hostesses served refreshments and noted that phonograph records will be sent to the two institutions at the next meeting.
A mixed list of horizontal and vertical crossword hints includes terms like avenue inhabitant augured and tarnish with references to weapons, shells, and metals. The excerpt blends definitions and wordplay prompts such as to entangle to pay back and native metal, suggesting a word-knowledge puzzle page.
Admission to the New Year’s Eve tea dance at the Country club will be by card only. Extra tickets for families needing more than one will be issued through Collier H. Ellis at the Commercial National Bank, per RR. T. Amos, club entertainment committee chairman. He notes some families with children wish to coordinate arrival times.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Perry Miss Dorothy Ingram and Amos Kearns are named in the notice as participants or figures in the event described, with no additional context provided.
Fielding Yost led Michigan from 1901 to 1905 through 57 games with 55 wins and one tie. the undefeated streak ended with a loss in the final game of the fifth season.
Prof Eugene Coltrane attended the eleven o clock service again Sunday and delivered the message. He was accompanied by his two daughters. Mr and Mrs T J Jones were at Holly Spring Church Sunday and afterward dined with Mr and Mrs Eli Kemp of Asheboro. Mrs Bondurant of High Point spent the weekend here with her son in law and grandchildren, Mr Cecil Lowe and family.
Miss Elizabeth Ann Warren of Kingston New York won the Pinehurst Gun Club rifle shoot for women with 446 of 450 points. Mrs Eliot Barta of Casco Maine placed second with 440.
Mr and Mrs Goarnel Albert Swaim announce the marriage of their daughter Gladys Marian to Mr Fred Courtney on December 26 1931 at the First Reformed Church in Lexington North Carolina. The couple planned a Florida wedding trip and will reside in High Point.
Mr and Mrs G Marshall Hoover and daughters Alliene and Mary Alice Hoover and Miss Annie Thomas of Washington DC were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Thomas at their Winston-Salem home Sunday.
A Friday night Christmas party at Mr. and Mrs. J W Boyles home on West Main featured Miss Isabel Boyles hosting friends. Guests enjoyed holly decor, dancing, and refreshments amid a festive mood with many named attendees.
In this installment Anne, Cecily, and Mary Frances juggle romance and secrecy as Anne plans a wedding with Philip Ecroyd while Cecily fends off Barry McKeel with her friend Martha. Martha hatches a scheming plan to expose Gretch’s flirtations and keep Cecily from Barry, amid memories of Barry’s past broken hearts. The scene shifts through confidences about Bea Mickletree and Constance, as Barry appears to abandon women without warning.
Ann and Phil debate whether to move Grand and Rosalie from their home as Marta arrives for a morning shopping trip. The dialogue reveals debt of care, fear for elders, and a tense plan to find a solution while party gossip and fashion talk unfold in the crowd.
The Central Friends Church hosts an annual Student Night supper Wednesday at 6 45 PM. Miss Margaret Hauser coordinates a program by church and Sunday school youth who returned from fall breaks. College group, family and friends are invited. Season ticket holders remain valid and non holders should notify Miss Anna Mendenhall by Wednesday morning if attending. usual classes are not held this week.
London reports the new good turn by Boy Scouts to destroy chain letters. Founder Lord Robert Baden Powell calls chain letters a menace and urges Scouts to help eradicate them whenever the chance arises.
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