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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1937
Page
10
A social note urges women who work outside the home and manage household duties to seek rest and recreation. The piece highlights exhausting double duties faced by wives and mothers and calls for balance and respite.
Final plans are ready for the Charity Ball of Loyal Order of Moose lodge 693 at Sedgefield Manor. John Peddicord and his Winston-Salem orchestra will provide music for dancing from 9 to 12 in the Manor ballroom with regional L O O M officials and guests from Maryland Danville Greensboro and nearby cities expected.
Maestro John Peddicord and his orchestra will perform at the Charity Ball hosted by the High Point lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose. The event is set for Friday evening at Sedgefield Manor.
About a hundred people attended a benefit party sponsored by the Ladies Society of B N A I Lerael at Harry Gordon English's home Tuesday evening. Mrs Gordon Edward Leyton assisted as hosts, Phillip Stiver won high, Aar is held low, and guests were treated to tea, cake and mints. Visitors from ville and Greensboro joined the gathering.
The Burbank Garden Club met at Mrs. David T. Yow's home on Edge dale drive to hear EB T Erickson and W G Kincannon of the Soil Conservation Service. Erickson outlined erosion issues and the service's mission with slides demonstrating control methods.
The Wednesday Book club met at 12 30 noon at Mrs A B Taplin 1205 Woodland Dr for a luncheon. Mrs Fred Thomas presented a program on Negro Music praising Paul Robeson Roland Hayes and Marian Anderson as world famous artists who overcame poverty and prejudice. Members included Mesdames Collier Ellis R Lafferty W J Fraley C Clark Fred Thomas Kenneth Redman and host Mrs Taplin with guests Miss Carrie Ogburn of Winston Salem and Mesdames R K Young Harry Brockmann and Charles W Perry. The Taplin home featured spring flowers in decorations for the event.
Cloverdale school sponsors a three act comedy drama Don't Darken My Door on Friday evening at Cloverdale school auditorium. Miss Eloise Best directs with Harry Morrell assisting as promoter. The cast includes members with prior acting experience.
The Omegs chapter of Kappa Gamma Sorority holds a semi monthly lecture in Sheraton committee room. Robert Pyle of West Grove Pa will give an illustrated rose lecture at Sheraton ballroom. YWCA luncheon at the Hat committee. Priscilla club meets with Mrs Ring at North Main Street. Piedmont German club hosts a dance at Emerywood Country Club with Lew Gogerty orchestra. Loyal Order of Moose charity ball at Sedgefield Manor with John Peddicord orchestra.
Friends report Andrew Knight remains ill at Burrus Memorial hospital where he has been a patient for a week. Mrs Dusenberry improves at her home after influenza and pneumonia. Mrs Clyde Farley is in Burrus Memorial hospital for treatment. Miss Lote Welborn recovers at Burrus Memorial after an operation and can receive visitors. Mrs Samuel McMillan remains ill at Burrus Memorial hospital since Sunday.
The marriage of Miss Marie Garner of Burlington to Clyde H Huffling of Greensboro was performed in Danville Virginia on Saturday February 13 by Rev A K Yount. Attending were Mrs Herbert Mead Virginia Fraley and Maurice Polk. The couple reside at 26 East Lee Street Greensboro.
The Allen Jay PTA held its February 23 meeting featuring a Founders Day pageant directed by Mrs. John A. Owens. Six participants represented Childhood, Parenthood, National, State District and Local PTA. A Boy Scout troop then performed "What is a Boy Worth" and Miss Howard's third and fourth grades won the attendance court.
A 22 year old wife and mother asks how to handle a drunken husband while supporting three children. The consultant urges restoring home order, securing child support, and safe social activities with friends, advising against new romantic involvement while the home is being fixed.
Four High Point girls, Alma McCain Edna Douglas Sohia Taplin and Mildred Miss McCain, made the honor roll at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina for the fall semester. Enrollment stands at 1,829 with honors based on class rankings. The annual honor roll ceremony is set for February 27 in the Alumnae House.
Greensboro College Players announce their second show of the year, Paul Kester's four act romance Friend Hannah. The performance is set for Friday February 26 at 8 30 in Odell Memorial auditorium with a cast including Miriam Mason Jane Ridenhour Evelyn Lyles Elizabeth Brinkley Kitty Cline E D Broadhurst Jr Henry Allen Jack Berry Frank Haile Robert Merritt and William Hearne under director Ellen Henninger.
Local church groups schedule evening gatherings this week. The Comrades class of Green Street Baptist meets at 7 36 at the church. Mothers Study Club at Wesley Memorial hosts Mrs. F P Kiser at 7 30 with speaker Mrs. W F Bailey. Idol Philathea class of First M Y church meets at 7 45 with Mrs. Rose Davis. Woman's Wesley Bible class gathers at 7 45 with Mrs. T W Albertson. Green Street Society holds monthly meeting at Hilliard Memorial Baptist with program on The Jew and discussions on Jewish persecutions.
The Good Wil Garden club met at Mrs. T. A. Tilden's Montheu Avenue home with President Mrs. H. D. Sears presiding. Mrs. R. R. Blackburn prepared a paper on planting and care of annuals. Robert Pyle of West Grove Pa will lecture this evening on Roses and Gardens At Home and Abroad.
Chicago Feb 25 Rutter prices at 6 219 steady Exes 7 499 steady and unchanged. The president of the United States receives his salary check twice a month from a special treasury representative.
George Doc Roh, long time associate, is named assistant basketball coach at the University of Mississippi, replacing former Haskell Indian coach Bill Lone Star after the announcement by Head Coach Fd.
Mr and Mrs C B Beaver have moved from Gantt apartments on North Main street to 403 East Farriss avenue in High Point after arriving from Marietta Ohio two weeks ago. Mr Beaver serves as vice president of the local Marietta Paint and Color Company branch.
Miss Ethel M. Haynes, a Raleigh woman, was injured walking home from a dinner party when a machine operated by the former hostess Mrs. Bessie W. Bartholemew struck her. Haynes suffered a leg fracture head injury and severe bruises. Doctors described her condition as serious.
In Tabasco the state prohibits all jazz music and saxophones, effectively barring key instruments and cultural activity. The policy blocks import of saxophones, affecting musicians and venues reliant on the instrument for performances. Local artists face restrictions while authorities justify the ban as a cultural safeguard.
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