Social And Club Activities Note
Community update from Madeline Hoover lists editor contact and office hours from 9 AM to 12 AM. The item notes general social and club activities and provides a phone number 4568 for access.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1939
Page
6
Community update from Madeline Hoover lists editor contact and office hours from 9 AM to 12 AM. The item notes general social and club activities and provides a phone number 4568 for access.
State regent Mrs. Eugene N Davis attended the Colonial tea at Mrs J E Kirkman home on East Washington street. Proceeds supported lunch funds for underprivileged school children. Guests wore Colonial costumes with antique jewelry as red white and blue decor framed the gathering. approximately 200 attended from Winston Salem Thomasville Lexington and the city.
Miss Dorothy Stewart of Randolph-Macon Woman's College is arriving tomorrow to visit her parents at 304 Lindsay Street. Catherine Proffitt of 1612 North Hamilton Street is ill with influenza at home. Mrs E A Edwards, 1102 Blaine Street, moved to Guilford General Hospital for treatment after five weeks ill. Mrs W B Wardell recovers at home after tonsillectomy at Burrus Clinic. Thelma Moore improves at 402 West Broad Street and is back home. Lieutenant Richard F Rea of the Coast Guard and Mrs Rea are guests of Mrs M S Hall on Montlieu Avenue for a short stay.
The Lions Club hosts Ladies Night at the Sheraton to celebrate its tenth anniversary with a banquet and dancing to John Péddicord's orchestra. Friday features multiple social gatherings including Canter bury club at Sherbrook court, an 8 p m bridge party for Miss Mildred Furgurson, and a 9 30 p m Piedmont German club dance at Emerywood with Charlie Randel's orchestra.
Miss Louise Alexander of the Woman's College UNC will lead a parliamentary law lecture sponsored by the Junior Service league at Emerywood Country club Friday at 4 o'clock. Mrs. E T Harrison, league president, asks members to arrive promptly for the start.
The Woman's Wesley Class presented a patriotic program at Wesley Memorial Church focusing on George Washington. Mrs. J H Hayden presided, readings on the writing of America, colonial costumes, musical selections, and a news-reading from 1800. More than a hundred attendees were dismissed with a benediction by Rev James E Rink.
Mesdames EB Jones Z Jones and A C Beeson hosted the Monarch Club Auxiliary meeting at the Gibson club rooms on North Main street. Mrs E Z Jones, newly elected president, led the business session planning Ladies Night and a summer state convention. Guests and members enjoyed red white and blue birthday motif refreshments.
High Point Lions Club marks its tenth anniversary with a Ladies Night banquet at the Siler City Hotel at 7 30 PM. Guests include Lions from nearby cities with O K Allison of Winston-Salem as song leader and Rev J Clyde Allman of Thomasville giving the invocation. J B Fink chairs, E A Wright is toastmaster. Judge Hoyle Sink of Lexington delivers main address. John Peddicord and band from Winston-Salem provide dancing after prize drawings.
The W O T club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. W C Jones hosting on West Farmis Avenue. Mrs. Joseph D Cox and Mrs Gilbert Clark presented expert opinions from four European countries on how Europe can avoid war, drawing from the Town Hall radio hour February 6. The discussion covered Germany France Italy and England with a balanced view. Spring flowers decorated the rooms and refreshments were served after the program.
Miss Lillian Massey, prominent local businesswoman, will speak on Industry to the Y W C A Book Club. The meeting begins at 2 30 in the afternoon and guests are invited to attend.
Mrs. R J Quigley spoke on consumer value and advertising claims in a study club meeting hosted by Mrs. W F Freeman at Greenway Drive. She highlighted Consumer Research Bureau work and buying standards for clothing with readings from How To Spend Money Counterfeit and Skin Deep.
Joy and hospitality were central as hostess Mesdames Leh man Risch Koonts Gluyas Quigley McCallum and Henderson hosted guests. A separate line notes a man selling a .22 rifle near here yesterday to Assi Police Chief Pratt.
Edenton reports N L Ward a 65 year old farmer died by suicide at his home. No further details provided.
Serk Gymnasium in New Bern sees a project to build a combined auditorium and gymnasium funded and organized by students and civic groups.
About 70 girls from the senior high school clubs toured Pilot Life Insurance at Sedgefield and the Greensboro Coca Cola Bottling Company. They learned about large corporation operations and watched bottling processes from bottle washing to the finished drink.
An ad claims Fat Girl Laughs and Grows Slim works with Nature for reducing fat due to thyroid deficiency. It promotes taking 4 Marmola tablets daily under directions until desired loss, notes over thirty years of sales and twenty million boxes, and includes the complete formula in each package. It warns against diagnosing and urges consulting a physician.
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