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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1939
Page
6
The DeMolay chapter hosts a gala midway between Christmas and New Year at Edgefield Manor. Dancing runs from 10 p m to 2 a m with Jimmie Harris orchestra providing music. Sponsors and escorts include Miss Julia Marsh and others from Greensboro.
The Pied ent German Club will host a tea dance tomorrow at the Emergood Country Club as the second in a holiday series, following the Thanksgiving dance. Music by Eddy Wittstein and his orchestra will accompany dancing from 3:30 to 7.00 p.m. Visitors from nearby cities are expected, and the event aims to surpass the successful Christmas ball.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis ahon Shore hosted an open house in their honor in Greensboro starting Wednesday noon and evening. About 75 guests called as teas were served with a color scheme of gold and silver and green accents in dining. Miss Frances Mann organized the event with assistants including Miss Sarah Taylor and Mrs. Angie Pitts.
The High Point Order of DeMolay hosts a Christmas Dance at Sedgefield Manor with Jimmy Harris and his orchestra. A Piedmont German club tea dance follows at Emerywood Country Club with Eddie Wittstein and his orchestra, moved to Saturday since New Year’s Eve would fall on Sunday.
Mrs Ada Taylor travels to Charlotte for family illness with mother and sister. Miss Mary Wilson Wall attends dances at Fayetteville and Fort Bragg then returns Sunday. Stanford Clark recovers at home from a Christmas Day broken leg. Charlena Brown convalesces after minor surgery. Dessie Gregory leaves Burrus Memorial Hospital for home. Several others remain ill or recuperating at Burrus Memorial Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Norman Kivett of Hines Street announce the birth of a twin boy and girl Jerry Ray and Sherry Fay at Guilford General Hospital on December 27.
Emerywood Country Club schedules two events for the coming week the annual New Year dance Monday at 9 30 p m with John Peddicord and his Winston Salem orchestra and the bi weekly bridge for all ladies Tuesday at 3 p m with member participation and out of town guests invited.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Maude Lee Pickett of Worthville and Asheboro to Ralph Edward Davenport of Lynchburg Virginia. The noon ceremony was held at the home of Rev. Roscoe B. Fisher on East Salisbury Street in Asheboro with ring ritual. The couple will reside at 35 Huron Avenue Rivermont in Lynchburg.
Miss Velma Preslar of Wingate and Raleigh wed Dr. William Kay McGee of Thomasville on Christmas Day at 6 in Clemmons. The couple will reside in Thomasville after January 2. A reception followed with many out of town guests. Mrs. McGee is the former Velma Preslar. he is pastor of the First Baptist Church in Thomasville. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Owens announce the birth of a son, Jerry Raven, on December 28.
Miss Dorothy Gurley Kirkman wed Henry Wade Marshall in Wesley Memorial Methodist Church before relatives and friends. The ceremony featured a green and white holiday setting, organ music, and a Mendelssohn Wedding March exit followed by a reception at 104 West Broad Street and plans for a North Main Street home.
The excerpt covers English usage tips on phrases for visiting friends and pronunciation of sangwin, notes common misspellings like saleable versus salable, and a daily word lesson with mendicity defined as begging. It concludes with a mention of a new perfumery and lipstick factory opening in Baa.
In Thomasville on December 24 at 8 p m at the First Baptist Church Blanche Holland Gant and James Hazel Godfrey of Elberton Ga were married by Rev W K McGee with Miss Ellen May Pegg at the organ and Mrs Alvah Boyles as soloist The couple will reside at 208 Tate Street The bride wore royal blue velvet and bouquets of narcissi and rosebuds The groom is son of Mr and Mrs C H Godfrey of Waxhaw and is employed by J Schoenith Inc
A reader asks for easier cleaning of kitchen drawer interiors. The reply suggests painting with hard white enamel for easy cleanup and placing oilcloth at the drawer bottom for convenience.
Answers include Gettysburg Pennsylvania as the farthest north Confederate reach, butterfat as the most easily digested fatty food, a supercargo as an officer in a merchant ship in charge of voyage concerns, Hester Prynne as Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter heroine, and New York as the city with the largest Negro population.
A brief etiquette column answers three questions. It warns against losing temper on the telephone as a measure of character. It defines demi tasse as a small cup for black coffee and gives its pronunciation. It offers a polite phrase for introducing a wife to an older woman.
Roxboro’s R L Harris paid the filing fee to seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Others have announced runs but have not yet filed.
The executive council of Division B NervE of the State American Legion discussed a 1940 program of work at its annual Greensboro meeting. The council decided to hold the annual post officers conference at Henderson.
Seasonal column suggests brightening illness days with flowers from Grace Flower Shop and ice cream from Lindale Dairy. Grace offers exotic plants and corsages while Nelson details arranging and day wear accents. Lindale delivers ice cream quart for recuperating patients and easy pickup. Inventory sales trend appears across Richardson's, Penneys, Perkinson's and others with pre inventory deals and remodels. Spring dress previews at Wagger'sShop window signal fashion shift.
Thomasville December 29 young people from all Methodist churches unite for a Watch Night Service observ ing Methodist Advance Movement. Main Street Church hosts an 11 o clock union meeting with adults invited and sermons on The World Task The Local Church The Home and The Personal Life leading by A C Kennedy David Burkhart Bobby Carpenter and Miss Nell Jarrett.
Unity Trinity Bethany First and West End Church collaborate to host a regional service and outreach event inviting residents to share resources, meals, and support services across the weekend in the downtown area.
Ernest Carlen a 28 year old employee of the Charlotte News died from injuries after a three car crash on the Montgomery Atlanta highway last night. Six others including Mrs Carlen were injured none seriously. Carlen was returning to Charlotte from Mobile after a family Christmas reunion and Mrs Carlen remained in hospital but expected to attend his funeral in Mobile. Syria bans sale of fireworks.
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