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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1931
Page
6
Mrs Jack Burris will entertain at bridge Saturday evening at 8 30 at her home on Johnson Street. A busy social calendar note follows with births, meetings, and church services from the local scene.
A long program note outlines sponsors and entertainments by Sunbeams R A Band Girls Auxiliary Y W A and Business Girls Club with Mabel Andrews in charge and many performances. Elm Street P T A plans a Founders Day candle service procession. Fourth Ward P T A held a devotional meeting with names for school and a Trophy Council presentation. World Day of Prayer to be observed by Central Friends and visiting Friends groups.
The piece notes cotton as a stylish choice for spring outfits from eve ning dresses with linen lace to casual blouses and suits. It highlights pastel color ranges, new embroidery and mesh effects, and showcases two key designs: a bhand-embroidered eyelet gilet suited to blues and browns and a striped blue white shirt-shorts-skirt spectator sports suit for tennis or golf.
The event begins at 10:30 in the annex with a lunch and short service in the afternoon. Observed annually on the first Friday in Lent as the World Day of Prayer, it unites denominations for home and foreign missions. The first observance was in 1920, with roots back to 1887, and is sponsored by multiple mission groups.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Ney spent the week end in Chapel Hill with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Soates. Mrs. Spencer Wise of Washington, D. C., is guest of her mother, Mrs. Frank Wineskie. Mr. and Mrs. W. Ney Evans visited Chapel Hill with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coates. Mrs. Tom Kearns and daughter have returned from Guilford General hospital to Parkway home. Mrs. M A. McMillan of Galax, Va., spent today with her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Caddell on the Winston road. Miss Dell Hicks underwent tonsil removal surgery this morning and is doing nicely. Emma Isobel Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wright, is critically ill with bronchitis at 211 Kelly street. Friends of Miss Lillian Yearby regret she remains home on North Hamilton street with injuries from a car accident last week.
Police continue probes into the hit-and-run that fatally injured Woodrow Medlin, 16, the High Point Enterprise carrier, near here last Friday night. Two suspects were questioned and released after proving them innocent. no driver identified yet.
An advertisement asserts B-C relieves colds headaches fast, noting relief in about three minutes with calming nerves and reduced fever. It touts multiple ingredients working together for head, sinus, neuralgia, or ear pains without opioids or habit formation.
In Thomasville on Feb 17 the Ladies Aid of First Baptist and the Woman's Auxiliary of First Presbyterian held meetings at member homes and the church. Valentine Life sketch and moral topics were discussed. bridge club prizes awarded. local children celebrated birthdays with decorated cakes and games amid flowers. Attendees included Mrs. Archibald Johnson, Mrs. E. W. Cates, Mrs. Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoover, and many local residents.
Deep River News notes a Valentine party hosted by Miss Dorothy Weston last Friday night. Local residents attended the Parent-Teacher Association meeting in Jamestown the previous Thursday. Several social visits are listed, including Mrs. Emma Pope of Trinity and birthday celebrations.
Mrs Pearl Copple attended services at Trinity Baptist church Sunday. Mr and Mrs Eugene Ward visited Mr and Mrs Carey Bulla. Miss Marcella Thornton spent Sunday with Miss Ruth Wood. Born to Mr and Mrs Buster Smith February 8 a son Frank Davis. Mrs Smith before her marriage was Edith Davis.
A cormorant shot in Minnesota carried a leg ring showing it hatched in Holland two years earlier, illustrating cross Atlantic movements of waterfowl. Gulls and plovers are also noted to traverse the North Atlantic.
A Minnesota scientist states that it takes one fifth of a second for an eye to register the image of a fast moving object in the brain of a person who thinks rapidly. The finding highlights rapid visual processing in quick thinkers and may inform studies on perception and reaction times.
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