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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1933
Page
5
Mrs. Fred Ingram spoke to the Johnston Street school Child Study Group about needs of toddlers and early training. The February 21 meeting at 1 30 p m at the school will feature Miss Veigh Hutchinson the city school nurse speaking on standards of physical development.
The Wo man s Club Music Literature department meets at Mrs Edgar Whitner 1101 Johnson St. Beta Pi club gathers at Mrs O Delk Smith Greenway Dr. Entre Nous tub at Mrs J A Morris Roland Park. Tea and Topics at Mrs C E Sherit Parkway. Lotus club at Mrs C O Earnhardt Johnson St. Canterbury club with Mrs H L Brockmann. Legion Auxiliary at Mrs S R Matthews 640 Colonial Dr with hostesses Messrs H W McCain W C Hammond W Lentz and John Peacock.
Cloverdale school will meet Thursday afternoon at one oclock at the school. Dr F G Woodruff will speak on Child Health. A full attendance of the membership is desired.
Mr and Mrs Watson Weaver announce the birth of a daughter Melva Louise on February 12 at their home 1103 Park Street Mrs Weaver formerly Miss Eula Mae Wall Also announced is the marriage of Miss Dorothy Moore to George Gurley solemnized in Danville Virginia on Friday February 10 The couple reside at 509 Willowbrook Street Other items include a Valentine Party at Miss Rose Longs home and church gatherings with menus and schedules for Epworth League and Bible study classes at local addresses.
The Junior Service League met at the Country Club on Tuesday morning February 14 with Mrs J Ed Millis in the chair. Reports covered penny a meal jars for milk for needy schoolchildren, four January welfare clinic babies, three layettes to welfare, three welfare trips by the motor corps, and art group leaders for W C A Girl Reserve work among high school freshmen.
Mrs J W Harriss hosted the Alexander Martin chapter DAR gathering at her Broad street home. New members welcomed included Mrs L G Robichaux Miss Alice MacRae Caldwell and Miss Mary Simmons with other members and guests enjoying reports, lectures, music, and a light tea.
Thomasville events report two social gatherings. Mrs. James Lambeth hosted a Tuesday Book club session with Ms Elsie Doxey and Mrs J A McAuley sharing California trip stories. Miss Male Snell hosted a Fortnightly bridge gathering with Miss Esca Myers as guest, featuring two tables of bridge and prizes for high and consolation scores.
John R. Myers and John W. Lambeth left Tuesday for Washington D C to be joined by Rev W L Hutchens of this city. The group will proceed to New York and sail Friday aboard the Mauretania for a two weeks trip visiting the northern coast of South America Panama and Cuba.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the First Baptist church met on Tuesday afternoon at Mrs A Z Boles home with Miss Rosetta Boles and Mrs Fritz as hostesses. After routine business a social hour followed and refreshments were served.
Mrs. R. G. Jennings hosted the Thomasville Garden club meeting at Park Avenue. President Mrs. H. Phillips led the business session before an engaging program on Blue Gardens by Mrs. H. W. Maier of Lexington.
Miss Mamie Thomas, after a two week stay with Mrs. G. Marshall Hoover and Mrs. Frank Lambeth, returned to her home in Winston-Salem Monday afternoon.
An error in Tuesday's Enterprise wedding gown pageant report omitted Mrs Jimmy Armstrong who modeled the first gown. The oldest gown shown was worn in Cecil county Maryland in 1816 by Henrietta Cromwell a direct Cromwell descendant making it 117 years old.
About People Misses Rose Long and Estelle McFarling with Frank McDaniel spent the weekend in Concord visiting friends. Lawrence Russell left yesterday for New York City for several weeks. 8. P. Kealah is confined at home with influenza. Helen Ray Setzer underwent a serious operation at High Point hospital yesterday. Mrs. J. H. Richardson has returned to Asheville after visiting EB. B. Stimson. Mrs. L. H. Zimmerman, a High Point hospital patient, has recovered enough to move home to 227 Montlieu Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Marsh returned from Eton College after being summoned by the sudden death of Mrs. Marsh’s brother J. B. Covington.
Marshall Hoover and Mrs. J. R. Blair attended the Alexander Martin chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meeting Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. J. W. Harries home. Mrs. Lambeth read a most interesting paper.
Mrs J A McAuley of Mount Ghead arrived Monday to spend time with her daughter Mrs James Lambeth and to be home on Randolph Street.
Mrs Charlies F Finch entertained on Saturday afternoon with an informal tea at her West Main Street home honoring her houseguest Mrs W G Hazel of Bennettaville 8 C The guests were met at the door by Mrs Finch and presented to the honoree The afternoon featured pleasant conversation followed by tea sandwiches and cookies for the twenty guests present.
Among those attending the Lincoln Day dinner at the King Cotton Hotel in Greensboro Saturday evening were Charles M. Hoover, Ray Hoover, Keifer Long, Zelpha Long, A. H. Ragan, Forrest Grimes, Ray Lanier, and Prevette Westmoreland.
Mrs. L. C. Briles hosted the Lockie Rankin Missionary Society on Monday evening. Miss Uucille Millis presided and led devotionals by Miss Lillian Shuford. The program featured a talk on Life at Scarritt College, a reading by Miss Millis, and Miss Mildred Stone’s reading on a new senate bill regulating women’s working hours. Dainty refreshments were served.
A High Point event by the Wesley Memorial Church Woman's Missionary Auxiliary hosts an annual turnip green dinner with smoked hog fowl and North Carolina style greens. The humorous Irvin Cobb anecdote frames the meal, set for Friday February 17 from 11 30 to 1. Dinner proceeds reflect Southern culinary tradition with corn pones and pot liquor noted.
The Altrusa Club of High Point met in the First Baptist Annex with a red and white Valentine theme. A motion passed to sponsor Dr. Chase Ging Woodhouse of Greensboro for national president. Miss Addie Moore spoke on hosiery history from 1589 in England, 1689 in Germantown, PA.
The Canterbury club will meet with Mrs H L Brockmann Friday at 3 30 o clock at her home 208 Boulevard.
The regular monthly meeting of the Y W C A board of directors will be held tomorrow evening at 7 30 o clock. Old and newly elected members are urged to attend as officers for the new year will be chosen then. The Junior Elizabeth Fry Class of the Friends church met its monthly business session in the church basement Monday evening. Contests and a heart giving game were featured and prizes went to Charlena Brown and Sarah Jarrett. A weiner roast followed with about twenty members and visitors present. Sera Brown and Marjorie Wall led the program.
Priceless heirlooms and relics from days gone by are on display this afternoon at the Antique Tea hosted by the ladies of St Marys Episcopal church. The event runs from 3 to 9 o clock with antique furniture and 18th century miniatures joining other early American objects. Mrs Houston B Hiatt serves as general chairman and is assisted by church ladies.
Colonel J. D. Barrier aged 88, color bearer of Company H 57th North Carolina Infantry in the Confederate army, was buried at Mount Pleasant church after a long illness.
The passage clarifies porcupines do not eject quills at attackers. Quills shed during tail movements when warned or attacked.
Most of the fighting in the Battle of Bunker Hill occurred on Breed's Hill. The engagement highlighted the strategic role of this hill in the siege and its heavy combat scenes.
A large theater called the Palace of Science is being built in Moscow to serve the deaf and dumb inhabitants. The project aims to provide a cultural venue supporting accessible performances.
A train runs between Moscow and Tiflis taking 76 hours and offers radios telephones a library and a culture and rest car as onboard attractions for travelers.
A 60 year old Bosnian native is reported as the world’s smallest man at 19 inches tall. He operates a farm and has declined offers to join sideshow exhibitions.
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