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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
5
The Enterprise asks readers to send in personals and society news for its social pages. It welcomes party, reception, and club meeting notices with attendee names. Submissions should reach the office by noon for early inclusion in the next edition.
The American Red Cross plans to open Red Cross houses at all U S army camps to maintain direct contact between hospitalized soldiers and their families. Trained staff will handle letters and relay daily admission and evacuation lists, extending the France service to domestic camps under Red Cross supervision.
Southern division headquarters asks chapters inspect knitting for waste, knit over garments not up to standard, and speed up production. Sweaters should fit large heads and measure about 38 inches for bust, socks gray white or unwashed wool with specific lengths. Call for yarn pickup and quick submission of mufflers and wristlets.
Miss Marguerite Wickman plans a Wednesday 3 50 p m tea at her Washington street home for friends in honor of Miss Louise Reitzel. Reitzel will wed Lt. Ben Moore this week as part of a series of club events led by the Women’s Club executive committee meeting at West Broad Street.
The Entre Nous club will meet with Mrs J W Harriss at 414 West Broad Street on Thursday at 3 o clock. Members are urged to bring knitting for the men in service, as the organization dedicates meeting hours to charitable work.
Miss Hazel Briggs wins a bridge prize at Miss Avery Kirkman’s Saturday event for the Gamma Zeta club. Five tables competed in an hour of play and a box of correspondence cards was awarded. A salad course followed, served by Mrs. Kirkman with help from Mrs. Hayden.
Wednesday evening February 20 has been chosen for the annual congregational meeting of the First Reformed church. A committee on entertainment will oversee the event, expected to surpass prior efforts and draw strong Reformed attendance in the city. The Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal church Young Women's Missionary Society will meet this evening at 7 o'clock with Mrs J E B Marsh on South Main street. The Ladies Aid of the First Reformed will hold its regular monthly meeting with Mrs John W Hedrick at her North Main street home Thursday at 3 o'clock, with all members urged to attend.
Mrs J Edward Kirkman will host the Sorosis club Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at her handsome home Kirkhome on Washington Street. Members are asked to bring their knitting.
Little Dorothy Lee Rankin, youngest daughter of Captain and Mrs. A. M. Rankin, remains seriously ill at the family residence on North Main Street. A trained nurse and two physicians are in attendance.
Mrs Charles Pratt, long ill with pneumonia at her English street home, shows rapid improvement.
A. E. Tate attends a trustees meeting in Morganton while others visit Greensboro for professional business. Thomas J. Gold and D. H. Collins conduct business in the area. J. J. Gillis and nephew attend a relative’s funeral. Phillip Silver, Miss Margaret Mungo, L. H. Plummer, Ek. J. Mumgo, Miss Dora Bristow take or return from local engagements. Prof Wade R. Brown directs music at the State Normal and Industrial College in Greensboro.
The city hosts an evening meeting of St. Marys church members for an every member campaign. Numerous residents and visitors travel through High Point for hospital stays, business, and social visits, including Mrs. T J Stone returning from the hospital and many others from Greensboro Durham Gastonia and Charlotte.
Kennels are noted as a stopover for several weeks. Eugene E. Clary of Greensboro spent the morning on city business and planned to return home. J. A. Arthur of Fairview spent hours in the city. W. H. Slane returned from a visit to Asheville. Mrs Hutchison and daughter left Lexington after a short stay with Mrs Lindsay on North Main Street.
Bola Pasha declares willingness to die but denies traitorous actions as treason trial unfolds. The case links $1,683,000 transferred from Deutsche Bank via New York to influence French press in 1914 15. Charges center on German funds and alleged manipulation through New York banks.
The British Sunday School union appeals to religious bodies worldwide to declare 1918 a special children's year. It calls for all meetings in the year to focus on training the young and to address their psychological and spiritual crisis with aims of character and duty.
Clubs frequented by soldiers on leave face revolver safety issues as officers leave loaded weapons in cloak rooms. A notice urges members and visitors returning from the front to unload rifles or pistols before handing them to attendants.
A promotional notice offers a trial package from Foley and Co through Mann Drug Co. Readers are told to cut out the slip and mail it with five cents to Foley and Co at 2835 Sheffield Ave Thicago TH, writing name and address clearly to receive Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
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