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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
5
Poem fragment attributed to Folger McKinsey in the Baltimore Sun explores why joy coincides with grief and asks why fate and nature bring suffering amid beauty and love. The verse ponders unanswered questions voiced as a cry that fades.
The Entre Nous club gathered at Mrs. J. W. Harris home on Broad Street for Washingtons birthday with ante bellum costumes and rock centerpiece decor. Guests included Mesdames Beavans Farris Cummings Kearns and others while Miss Jane Redding and Master Welch Harris played Martha and George Washington at the door.
Mrs J E Millis entertained the Delta Tau club yesterday at her North Main street home with four bridge tables. She was assisted by Mrs W A Sherrod and Mrs H A Millis during a salad course. Guests included Miss Kathryn and other members.
Hazel Briggs Tate and Marco Goley lead a party including Avery Kirkman Lillie Waye Baker and Mesdames Coffield Millis Sher rod Carraway Walker Baxter Smith Chandler Hart in a community society listing. This roster highlights prominent residents across organizations and local groups.
Miss Annie White daughter of Mr and Mrs R B White of Lindsay street was stricken with appendicitis yesterday morning after returning from South Main street graded school. Doctors found a burst appendix and she underwent an operation at the city hospital. Today’s report says her condition is favorable and improving as expected.
Several Friday nights have passed without the regular dance at the Commercial club. Tonight several couples will attend due to visitors and as a farewell for Miss Dorothy Henley who leaves for Durham next week to train as a nurse at Watts hospital.
Miss Bertha Rudy of Baltimore joins the millinery department at Allen Bros. Her hiring comes as Mrs. Worsley adds an assistant she deems a wise choice. Rudy’s addition is expected to enhance the store’s hat offerings and service.
Cliff Jones left yesterday for Pittsfield Massachusetts to take an electrical engineering course. En route he will stop several days with his aunt Miss Ethel Motsinger in New York.
Friends report Ward Eshelman is out again after several weeks confined to bed due to a severe grip.
John Griffin of Roslyn and Jack Everitt of Glen Cove have been hosted by Mrs. Billy Armstrong for several days and will return to their homes tonight after their visit. The brief social note confirms the farewell plans and locations of the two visitors.
Mrs Armstrong accompanies her father John Spriffin to Roslyn to spend a few days as guest of her parents after the funeral of Lieut Billy Armstrong.
Mrs. E. D. Steele attended the funeral in Greensboro this morning. She was accompanied home by Miss Annie Leslie Richardson who had been visiting Miss Clara Steele at Greenstoo College for Women for several days.
Dr and Mrs G T Rowe attended the funeral of Dr J H Weaver in Greens boro this morning. Lieut Zeb Thornburg of Concord visited the city for a few hours yesterday.
Miss Mary Anna White, long ill at her Johnson street home, shows slight improvement today after a period of significant illness. The report notes her continued confinement but gradual recovery.
Mrs. R. L. Loflin arrives home from New York and Baltimore with a complete assortment of spring millinery to refresh her store inventory.
Little Pauline Hareey, three, of Durham, died after burns from an open grate during Christmas holidays. Funeral services scheduled this afternoon as Carnegie library funding hinges on a state bill enabling county library appropriations.
The thirteenth national conference on child labor will be held in Baltimore on March 23, 24 and 26. Topics include Safe guard Children in Peace and War and How to Make Child Labor Laws Effective. Governors and state officials are urged to attend. National Child Labor committee will announce speakers later.
The Swedish tramp steamer Ocean captained by Gichtard arrived from Gothenburg bringing 161 sacks reported as half the cargo. The rest was unloaded at Kirkwall. The cargo included 14 000 bales of wood pulp.
East Carolina pastors in Wilmington hold a conference at First Baptist Church to consider a 10 day pastors school and enrollment for a revival while planning for a nationwide campaign. A model road from Wilmington to Elizabethtown and ferry improvements are debated amid regional economic surveys led by Forsyth County Alumni and Twin-City Club backing.
Washington reports Senator Simmons chairing the finance committee defended the excess profits tax as a special preparedness levy. He opposed an amendment to expire the tax in 1919, saying the extra revenue was needed for a five year naval building program. Senator Watson argued four years sufficed and Congress could meet emergencies.
A Winston Salem Forsyth county survey covering economic industrial social and educational interests has begun in Chapel Hill. The extension department of the university will conduct the survey on an extensive scale in the coming months. Prof. L A Williams leads the school survey with Prof. R H assisting.
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