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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1939

Page

7

Brown Hostess Bridges At Randleman Residence

Miss Izabeth Brown hosted a bridge party on Depot street with two tables in the living room decorated with spring flowers. Beatrice Stewart won high score, James Green second. both received gifts. A salad course followed. Several local residents and visitors from High Point and Raleigh attended.

Randleman Izabeth Brown Depot Street Beatrice Stewart James Green Beatrice Ewart Erma Roper Julia Colessie Bumgardner Minnie Ies High Point L. Hammond Hilda Mehyder Elizabeth Matthews L. E. Rich Jack Sawyer Clle Freeman Rose Parrish Leonard Ward Grierewlin Gene Bulla Howard Ferson Jack New N. H. Carnter

Coupon Offers Value For Sumatra Gems At Store

Readable text shows a drug store coupon offering 49 cents towards a 61 dollar purchase and a choice of rings described as Sumatra gems. It mentions Friday and Saturday sale timing and a location at 121 North Main Street.

Cecil North Main

Floyd Named Manager of Big Star Grocery

C. R. Floyd, formerly of Gastonia, has moved to High Point to become manager of the Big Star grocery store. He replaces T. A. Vaughn, who was transferred to Greensboro after years with the chain.

Co. F. Floyd Gastonia High Point Big Star Grocery Mr. Floyd T. A. Vaughn Greensboro

Walter Winchell and Broadway Gossip Mixed Personalities

Walter Winchell reports on backstage feuds among choirs opera singers and stage personalities. Notes on Jeritza ex-husband Baron Popper anti Nazi camps in Vienna and a 52nd Street theft incident. A Broadway couple splits and reunites amid touring and taxi dance hall work.

Baron Popper Jeritza Vienna 52Nd Street Jessica Tandy Paul Small Billy Rose

Marmola Tablets Promise Slimming For Fat Persons

An advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple method to slim the face and figure by taking four tablets daily until fat loss occurs. It claims over twenty million boxes distributed, notes thyroid-related fat and says medical diagnosis remains the physician’s role while the formula is included in every package.

Birthday girl Barbara Ann Williamson celebrates first year

The young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Williamson of 1205 Vernon Street turns one today. A photo credit goes to Stone's Studio and caption mentions the mometer outside the New York Sun Building.

Barbara Ann Williamson Mometer N. Y Lebanon Hospital Bronx Panhandler Times Square

Death of 17 year old in farm house fire

Charlie Seymour of Goldsboro died when a fire at Clarence Dees farm house destroyed the structure. Coroner said no inquest. Dees suffered severe burns trying to save Seymour who reportedly slept with a lit cigarette. Water chlorination in over 4,000 cities has cut typhoid deaths from 25 to 4 per 100 000.

Charlie Seymour Goldsboro Charlie Seymour Clarence D. Dees T. R. Robinson Seymour Dees

Spartanburg Airmen Cut Visit Short By Heat

Spartanburg, N C February 2 two Pan American Airways pilots Logan and Terrell stopped at Memorial Airport during a Miami Rio de Janeiro flight to seek cooler climes. The Spartanburg heat drove them to continue to Asheville North Carolina as temperatures hovered in the 40s.

Spartanburg N. C Asheville N.C Logan and Terrell Pan-American Airways, Inc Pan-American Miami Memorial

Senators Object To Amendments To Unemployment Compensation Measure

Raleigh February 2. Senate halts three unemployment compensation bills as Lepark and Graham oppose passage after Gregory explains amendments came from the advisory council and were approved by Washington. Debate notes prior scrutiny of the commission and earlier legislative actions amid public concern.

Enterprise Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh Senate Lepark Gaston Graham Lincoln Gregory Rowan Unemployment Compensation Commission Social Security Board Washington North Carolina

Cyprus gave copper its name from cyprum origin

The metal copper derives its name from the Latin cyprum rooted in aes cyprium. The phrase traces to Cyprus, whose island supplied nearly all ancient copper.

Cyprus

Commission Delays Action Amid Protests and Possible Hearing

Protests continue as requests for changes accumulate. A public hearing may be sought, and talks were postponed until legislators returned home for the weekend.

Proposal for city showrooms with side street access

A reader suggests converting nearby showrooms into a mixed use complex with outside bedrooms along side streets, two entrances, a reading room, and dining kitchen spaces furnished by closeout sales. Proposals include on site maids during shows, meals and rooms at low cost, and storage use when markets are closed to help city progress. The note ends with a historical aside about Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada.

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