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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1936
Page
6
After a concert by Agnes Davis at the Junior high school, Mr. and Mrs. Amos hosted a informal gathering at Forest Hill Drive for Miss Davis and guest Richard Malaby. The event drew many city musicians and music enthusiasts.
Agnes Davis, soprano, headlined the Cooperative Concert Association's first Artist series at the Junior High School auditorium. Accompanied by Richard Malaby, she offered English songs, German lieder, Wagner, Verdi, Grainger, Russian and French works, plus Kentucky Mountain songs and Horsman pieces. The audience applauded heavily, with encores and humorous American lullabies to close.
A double wedding at the home of Rev H P Hardaway in Chatham united Jessie Lea Royal and Albert Stance Morris and Ruby May Edmonds with Eugene Edmonds at home 705 Montheu Avenue. The brides wore navy blue and gardenia corsages. The couples traveled to Lynchburg to spend the weekend after the ceremony.
The Allen Jay Parent-Teacher Association will meet tonight at 7 30 in the school building. Sixth and seventh grades will present the program on Thrift. The February meeting aims for large attendance from the membership.
The Pentagon club will meet at seven thirty this evening at Herman Bernard's home on Montlieu avenue. All members are expected to attend this weekly gathering.
The F. F. club holds its regular meeting with Evelyn Sigman at 608 Carr Street this evening at 6 o clock. All club members are asked to be in attendance.
In Cuba a drink of pressed sugar-cane juice is sold fresh for a pen ny and glaes.
The schedule covers Tuesday through Friday events in High Point with meetings of Ace Hi Bridge YWCA Business and Professional Girls Club Duck Club Mid-Week Garden club High Point Woman's club Tea and Topics Red Cross Lotus Priscilla WOT and waul senalavan clubs Club of Twelve and a DeMolay midwinter dance at Emerywood Country Club featuring local hosts guest speakers and venues across Cedron Avenue Sunset Drive Fairway Drive Johnson Street East Washington Street Hillcrest Drive and the Emerywood area.
The Stephens Bible class meets Wednesday at 3 PM at 238 Monthey Avenue with Mrs. J R Wood hosting and Mrs Nora L Andrews leading on The Plan of Salvation. Springfield Friends church hosts a 6 to 8 PM After-Christmas turkey dinner with public invitations.
The Entre Nous club postpones its Thursday meeting due to a serious illness in a member's family. The group will gather Thursday February 13 with Mrs. C. B. Overman hosting at her Lind say street home. President Mrs. W. C. Beavans announced the date change.
The Oak Hill school Parent Teacher Association meeting has been postponed due to bad weather. Principal Mrs BE M Shipman announced the delay this morning.
Flapper Fanny, reflecting on film work, urges more artistic pictures and less reliance on stage dialogue. She argues action should be a strong literary element, criticizes lowbrow studio influence, and cites high taxes as a cultural factor while noting the need to outdo rivals artistically.
A letter writer aged 20 seeks advice on informing her parents of a 25 year old fiancé. The response urges open communication, suggests a fatherly visit or joint presence, and notes parents often come to support for a happy marriage.
A reader questions whether reluctance to marry stems from bashfulness or parental disapproval. The remark invites reflection on social pressures influencing young couples and the role of family in marriage decisions.
Marjorie Mansfield signs off on responses to readers and directs all questions to Miss Marjorie Mansfield in care of The Enterprise, promising prompt answers.
Emerywood Country Club releases February schedule including Tuesday card parties on the 11th and 25th and free contract lessons taught by Mrs. Harry Lindeman. Bridge lessons run Friday 3:30 to 5:30 and Monday 7:30 to 9:30. A Leap Year dance is planned for February 28 or 29 with details to follow from Milbourne Amos.
The Woman's Missionary Auxiliary of Main Street M E church met in February at the hut with Mrs. E J Poe presiding. The session featured piano music, a circle program on Being Good Neighbors, a World Outlook story reading, and a talk on Spiritual Life. Visitors joined members including Miss Virginia Boyles of Salem Academy and families from Winston Salem.
The President's Birthday Ball held Friday at the American Legion Hut drew a large crowd despite cold weather. Lou Gogerty and his orchestra provided music and a floor show during intermission featured Joan Hassler and Leo Byrum's dance pupils. Tap dancing by Leo Byrum Jr. was popular. The event raised slightly over fifty dollars for local infantile paralysis efforts, honoring President Roosevelt.
Mrs David Long Jr leaves early for Greensboro to be with her sister Miss Dorothy Fife who is ill at her home there.
Mrs A James Heilig and Miss Sarah Bell Heilig of Norwood along with Miss Annie Preston Heilig and Mr and Mrs W H Turner of Winston-Salem were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs John R Myers on Lexington road. The Myers hosted a Sunday dinner in their honor.
Mr and Mrs Harry Morris and son Harry Jr spent the weekend in Winston Salem visiting relatives and exploring the city.
Mrs W W Rowe of Lenoir arrived this morning to spend a short time with her sister Mrs D E Hoover on Lexington Avenue. She came with her husband Dr Rowe who was en route to Greensboro to attend the classis of the Evangelical and church.
Miss Josephine Williams of Burlington spent the week end here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams.
Mrs. Walter Abernethy underwent a major operation in Asheville on Saturday at an Asheville hospital and is recovering satisfactorily. She is remembered here as Miss Lida Yow, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Yow.
L. B. Teague is in Erect where he was called Sunday due to the serious illness of his father.
Miss Dorothy Perry and Miss Lillian Warner of High Point spent the weekend with Dorothy Perry's parents Mr and Mrs T G Perry. They were accompanied back to High Point college by Norris Perry who entered there for the spring semester.
Mr and Mrs W L Stone of Canton have stayed with Mrs M B Stone on Lexington Avenue during the past week visiting the area and their family.
Miss Catherine Stone recently had a major operation at City Memorial Hospital and was moved to her Lexington Avenue home Saturday where she is recuperating satisfactorily.
Joe Greer son of Dr and Mrs I G Greer of the Mills Home had an emergency appendectomy at City Memorial hospital Saturday after an acute influenza attack at home. He is recovering nicely from the operation.
Paul Snell of Wilmington arrived Sunday for a visit with his mother Mrs. Mollie Snell and his sister Miss Maile Snell at their home on Myers Street.
The Mid-Week Garden Club will meet at Mrs. R A Mc Pheeters home on Sunset drive tomorrow at 10 o clock. Mrs Frank Hunsucker will read a paper on Berry Bearing Shrubs and Mrs A E Taplin will arrange azalea plants.
Mrs Frank Wineskie returns from Hot Spring Arkansas with her daughter Mrs Ben Cooper of Statesville. Frank Young improves at home after leaving Guilford General Hospital. Mrs T A Flynn and children return from Cooleemee after funeral service for N C Flynn. Mrs Sarah Wagger sails from New York for Nassau cruise then back next week. Mrs C Charles and Mrs Grace Walls spend weekend in Washington DC. Mrs Sallie Tucker of the Quality Beauty Shoppe recovers from illness at home on East Green Street. Friends note Mrs T J Moser ill and operated on at Burrus Memorial Hospital but recovering.
Miss Lucille Browne and Miss Charlene Grimes will head the Business and Professional Girls' club program held this evening at the W W Co A Het. The meeting starts promptly at 6 30 with Miss Mary Kearns, club president, presiding and hopes for full membership attendance.
Miss Luna Mae Shaw married Roger Blackwelder at 2:30 P M on February 1 in Charlotte. Rev C C Hamilton officiated. The bride, daughter of G L and Mrs Shaw of Eldorado North Carolina, will reside in Charlotte with her husband who is son of R W Blackwelder.
Emma Blair School postpones the Parent-Teacher Association meeting scheduled for Thursday due to bad weather. The next meeting will be Thursday February 13, with a Founders Day program planned.
The Randolph County public library opening, postponed to Monday February 10, will be headquartered in two rooms above the Standard Drug company, donated by the business. It is the county’s first free public library with books and cash donations from across Randolph. The State Library at Raleigh loans 300 books, exchanged periodically, and Mrs. Blanche Walker will serve as head librarian.
Funeral services for Virgil Ward 87 of Franklinville were held Sunday in Durham after he died Friday night at his parents home. He had been ill a week with a severe cold and is survived by his wife three children Virgil Jr Mary Lou and Shuler of Durham one brother Earl Ward one sister Mrs W D Shields of Elizabeth City and his parents. He had worked for the government and held a position in the FERA office.
Avaunt notes that Howard aims to peak with Hamlet and then shift to directing after shedding greasepaint. He seeks career milestones as a stage performer and filmmaker, underscoring ambitions in classic theater and behind the scenes leadership.
Hollywood star Howard says he is tired of acting and bored with Romeo duties. He aims to stage Hamlet on Broadway this spring and then a Prince Charlie biopic in England. He seeks producing directing and writing roles while hoping to bow out of acting.
Walter Lee Hargett, former High Point high school student, becomes associate editor of the Daily Tar Heel at the University of North Carolina. He has served as reporter, city editor, and director of the reporter's training school and is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
The number of church members in the United States reaches 60 million, excluding those under 18. This marks a 10 million increase over the last decade.
The stipulated timekeeping standard says the clock’s beat interval between ticks must not deviate by more than 1 part in 186000 of a second, ensuring consistent rate and accuracy.
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