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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1939
Page
16
City P T A and several area associations plan Founders Day programs this week. Cloverdale P T A hosts a candle pageant and birthday cake award for top attendance. Archdale, Oak Hill, Elm Street, and Brentwood groups schedule Founders Day programs with local principals, teachers, and glee club offerings.
A busy slate of meetings and social events fills the week across High Point. Groups including the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, High Point Garden Club, Junior Service League, Emerywood Country Club, Altrusa, Girls Pentagon Club, Eastern Star, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Women of the Moose gather at varied venues such as private homes, the Emerywood and Sheraton hotels, and clubhouses. notable dinners, lectures, and a Valentine program are listed alongside a February bridge game and a February dinner-dance at Emerywood with Jack Yancey’s orchestra.
The Ray Street Parent-Teacher Association celebrates Founders Day Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the school with the high school band opening the program. Past PTA presidents attend a 41st birthday cake cutting and history ceremony. The Ray Street chorus will sing the school song as the closing attraction. All school patrons are urged to attend.
Miss Bessie Schwartz sails from Baltimore to join Miss Nettie Feldman in New York for several days before a three week cruise. Feldman plans to accompany Schwartz to the ship on Monday and they will sail on Wednesday.
Mrs Meade Hite entertained the Phi Beta Club at her Salem Street home with Miss Lois Johnson presenting a Milan study covering city history industries and cathedral lore. President Mrs Reese Harville presided and attendees included Mrs Lam beth and others. a dainty repast featured a silver rose centerpiece.
The French liner 8.8S De Grasse carries passengers to Nassau and Cuba with a brief call at Miami Florida. The ship plans a return to New York in about three weeks.
The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club met Thursday with Miss Evelyn Baker as hostess. Two tables played with Mrs. Claiborne Pennington winning the club award and Mrs. R. L. McDonald taking the visitors prize. Delighted guests included Mesdames Glenn Pennington Claiborne Pennington Z. P. Long Roy Proctor R. L. McDonald and Misses Ellen Mae Pegg Louise Perry Isabel Boyles.
Miss Mary Alice Hoover, a St Marys School student, visits with her parents Mr and Mrs G M Hoover. Guests include Virginia Work of Florida and Viola Zirkle of Washington DC. Mrs W B Hall returns to Columbia DC after visiting Mrs J S Green on Spring Street. Mrs Paul Culp and daughter stay in Ker shaw SC with relatives. Mr and Mrs A Austin Finch travel in Florida. Miss Betty Jennings weekend guest at Duke University in Durham.
State Federation of Women's Clubs announces Better Speech Week starting February 1925 with aims to curb slang and slurred enunciation. Prizes for youth language work, grammar contests, and poster displays are offered. clubs urged to involve schools and PTAs and to distribute typewritten pledges for daily reading.
Distress spreads as Mrs Etheridge rushes to Camden North Carolina where her mother lies critically ill at the bedside._family members confirm the mother's serious condition.
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