Social Banquet and Surprise Party Highlight Christmastide in High Point
Elaborate New Year banquet at the O. Henry hotel Greensboro by Beta Pi club drew thirty two members with a six course dinner and festive favors. Afterward Miss Margarite Kirkman hosted a post celebration gathering. A separate surprise party at Miss Fannie Barnes home featured dancing and a watch party with many young couples listed as guests.
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O. Henry
Greensboro
Beta-Pi Club
High Point
Fannie Barnes
Dora Walker
Ruth Moffitt
Miss Moffitt
Howard Alicks
Mary Harmon
Lyman Redding
Ruth Welborn
Lester Teague
Helen Muse
Earl Teague
Helen Long
Ralph Wall
Helen Weeden
George Wood
Lucille Sherrod
Dewey Garrett
Lucy Neal Carr
Charles McAnnally
Adelle Wineskie
Lawrence Council
Marjorie Kirkman
Clyde Farley
Margaret Rankin
Lewis Teague
Juanita Moffitt
John Walker
Isabel Tate
Seaborn Perry
Rachel Wall
Willie Walker
Nellie Hayden
Robert Brown
Frances Welch
Royster Tucker
Vera King
Reid Marsh
Josephine Wood
Cameron Criddiebaugh
Iris Burrus
Fletcher Welch
Charlie Welborn
Sam Davis
Miss Mildred Gould Engaged to L Allen Sharp
Oak Leaves notes Miss Mildred Ethel Gould daughter of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Gould of River Forest is engaged to L Allen Sharp son of Mr and Mrs C L Sharp of Winston Salem North Carolina No wedding date set Mrs Gould active in Oak Park River Forest social and musical circles Sharp formerly with C C Muse Chicago now with Sessions Engineering Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Leaves
Chicago
West Side
LeRoy Gould
Park Ave
River Forest
Mildred Ethel
Allan Sharp
C. L. Sharp
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
High Point
Mr. Sharp
C. C. Muse Company
Sessions Engineering Company of
Raleigh visitor R H Garrison in town today
R H Garrison of Raleigh is noted as a business visitor in town today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Garrison
Raleigh
Daisy Davies Capsules Entertained at North Main Home
Daisy Davies Missionary society capsules were entertained yesterday afternoon at the North Main Street residence of Mrs. J. H. Adams. A program featured solos readings and a chorus with a Christmas tree reveal the capsules. Mrs. Robert Morrow received a silver teapot as a society token.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Davies
Marguerite Kirkman
Willie Slane
Robert Sechrest
W. A. Lambeth
Nellie
Elizabeth Adams
Robert Morrow
Alvin Millis
Morrow
Mary Sherrod
Watch Party Hosts Ring in New Year
Misses Faye and Natalie Womble hosted a small watch party on Green Street with three couples. The evening featured progressive games rock songs and recitations. Nuts candy fruit and hot chocolate marked the watch hour. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs W J Frazier on December 31.
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Faye
Natalie Womble
Green Street
High Point Plans Progressive City School Move
The city outlines plans to construct a central high school, a highly progressive step for High Point township. Officials express pride, predicting further advances for the school system with broad community support anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central High School
North Carolina
High Point Township
Elaborate Christmas Bridge-Dinner At Hutchinson Home
A Lindsay Street social event featured a bridge dinner with a thirty-person table setting and red and green decorations. After dinner guests moved to the parlor for brisk bridge games, with Indies and gentlemen’s prizes awarded to Mrs. B S Cummins and T J Gold. Attending couples included the Daltons, Hausers, Caldwells, Millises, Cummings, Gilliam, Men denhall, Robersons, the Raymonds, Lynch, and Grace Hutchinson of Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Hutchinson
Lindsay Street
B.S. Cummins
T. J. Gold
Carter Dalton
C. M. Hauser
A. S. Caldwell
Gilbert Clark
Ed. Millis
Alvin Millis
B. S. Cummings
Tom Gilliam
O. E. Mendenhall
Nellie Roberson
Chapel Hill
Westcott Roberson
Harry Raymond
J. F. Lynch
Winston-Salem
Grace Hutchinson
Baltimore
Souvenir shell kills ex soldier in careless display
In Mankato Kansas a three inch shell brought home by Lester Kettenring from France exploded while he tried to show it to his sister in Grand Island Nebraska. The blast killed him instantly and damaged the house, though his sister nearby was uninjured.
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Mankato
Kan
Lester Kettenring
Jewell County
France
Young Wettenring
Grand Island, Neb
Kettering
Germany’s armed forces estimated near a million strong
The British war office puts Germany’s total armed forces at about one million. Breakdown includes the regular army about 496,000, land forces navy 1,200, armed constabulary 409,000 to 450,000, temporary volunteers 150,000 to 266,000, and civic guards 300,000 to 400,000.
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London
Germany
British War Office
Society Guests From Eton Greensboro And Washington D C
Misses Lollie Pritchette of Eton College Frances and Nettie Newby of Greensboro and Miss Nannie Lambeth of Washington D C were guests during the holidays of Mrs I D Saunders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lollie Pritchette
Eton College
Frances and
Nettie Newby
Greensboro
Nannie Lambeth
Washington, D. C
If. D. Saunders
New Park Street School Planned for High Point
W M Marr announces city council approval for a new Park Street school costing about 75000 dollars. Plans call for at least 12 rooms and modern construction with work to start within weeks. He also aims to secure a township high school for High Point township and invites public input.
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W. M. Marr
High Point
Bryson City
N. C
Marr
High Point Township
Hold man while girl is dying in Miami
Leo Solomon of Jacksonville was held by police as a serious illness gripped a young woman companion at a fashionable Miami hotel. She was removed to a hospital and believed to be suffering from wood alcohol poisoning.
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Miami
Leo Solomon
Jacksonville
Social notes from Greensboro and High Point
Mr and Mrs Randall Mann plan to attend the theatre in Greensboro tonight. Mrs E L Armentrout arrived in High Point to visit her daughter and will depart for Alabama tonight. Friends welcome Mrs W A Bass back after a trip to Georgia. R Sherrod Baker arrived in High Point to visit family. Miss Luna Saunders returned from a visit with relatives in Warsaw.
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Edith Armentrout
High Point
Gadsden
Alabama
Randall Mann
Greensboro
E. L. Armentrout
W. A. Bass
Georgia
R. Sherrod Baker
C. H. Faker
J. M. &. Salsbury
Roland Park
Armistice Signed Between Esthenia and Spiet Russia
Delayed report from Dorpat states that Esthenia and the Spiet government of Russia signed an armistice today. The ceasefire will hold for seven days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorpat
Esthenia
Spiet
Russia
Typewriters Debut in Commons Press Gallery
London January 1 reports use of typewriters for the first time in the house of commons press gallery amid protests from a minority of older members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Miss Lucile Ingie Bursts Home After Burlington Visit
Miss Lucile Ingie of Burlington returned home yesterday after visiting her sister Mrs. HW D Saunders here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Ingie
Burlington
HW. D. Saunders
New York Hunters Arrive for Winter Hunt at Potter Land
Fuller Potter and a party of New York hunters arrived in High Point and will spend several weeks hunting on Potter’s land near town. Potter is a prominent New York businessman who travels south each winter with many fellow hunters.
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Ers
New York
High Point
Mr. Potter
Birth Announcement for Raleigh Family Daughter
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. Lee Jr. of Raleigh, formerly of this city, adding a new member to the family.
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W. 8. Lee, Jr
Raleigh
This City
Physicians of High Point Postwar Fee Increases
A statement by High Point physicians announces new prices effective January 1 1920. Day visits in town 3 dollars night visits 5 dollars after 9 pm country visits up 56 percent obstetrics 25 dollars minimum plus 50 cents per mile phone prescriptions 1 dollar office calls 1 dollar and up surgery costs up at least 33 percent with higher rates where needed. Signed by J T Burrus C E Reitzel F G Woodruff W L Jackson F R Taylor S S Coe T M Stanton H W McCain W J Anally Floyd C Shugart D A Stanton C S Grayson H B Hiatt I T Mann Owen Smith.
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High Point
N. C
J. T. Burrus
C. E. Reitzel
F. G. Woodruff
W. L. Jackson
F. R. Taylor
S. S. Coe
T. M. Stanton
H. W. McCain
W. J. Anally
Floyd C. Shugart
D. A. Stanton
C. S. Grayson
H. B. Hiatt
I. T. Mann
Owen Smith
Pavilion Returns to Chinese Custody After Guard Occupation
PEKIN Jan 1 The pavilion on the Tartar city wall above Chienmen gate has been returned to Chinese custody. It had been occupied by foreign legation guards as a military measure following the 1912 mutiny when Yuan Shih kai became president. The American legation guard has held it since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Yuan Shih-kai
Legation
Legation Guard
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Louisa M. Alcott
Bhta PI
Louise Ingram
Lawrence Ingram
Emily Brooks
Shubal Kirkman
Katherine Harmon
George Lowe
Thelma Wineskie
Charles Redding
Alice Riddick
Chaney
Roland Holton
Violet Johnson
Ralph Williams
Edna Wall
Delk Smith
Forrest Murray
Odelle Peacock
Hiverett Marsh
Annie Mae Walker
Tom Powell
Coma Covington
J. R Groome
A. W. Marsh
John Peacock
B. T. Moore
Mildred Gould
L. Allen Sharp
SILK
Jersey
Crepe de Chine Ted
Moffitt
W. J. Frazier
City School
Bore
Pridge
Hutchinson
Rocky Mount
Hamilton Street
Helen McCrary
Lexington
Nellie Muse
South Main Street
J. A. Eshelman
Winston Salem
A. F. Sams
Willie Sams
City
Mrs. J. A. Eshelman
Johnsoon Street
BR. Thurman
Philadelphia
Mrs. T. B. Bennett
Spencer
Mrs. E. S. Hutchinson
Mrs. J. F. Lynch
H. Slane
Julius Smith
Notre Dame Smith
Harmony
A. H. Cox
Mary Muse
Thomasville
C. V. Wood
Earl McFarland
Richmond
Indiana
Park Street
Coats
Warsaw
Fuller Potter
Hunt
Physicians of
Chineé
Tartar City Wall
Chienmen Gate
Individ
Stamey’s
John Phillip
C. J. M’lane
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