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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1933
Page
6
Readers note a busy schedule of local club activities in Asheboro and High Point area. Speakers include John J. Blair on planting and beautification. various church groups plan meetings and socials. Miss Lois E Roberts honored with bridge. birth and charity notices appear among community notices.
Thomasville on West Main hosts Mrs. Reece Harville for a Phi Beta club meeting. Mrs. Wilson presides as president with Mrs. Lambeth guiding the program on Katherine Mansfield. Tea, salads, and sweets follow while members and guests mingle.
An all Schubert program will be presented Monday night at the High Point Country Club. Miss Mae Kirkman leads the event with city musicians, as club members and visitors are invited. A business session precedes the musical feature and may discuss an operetta for May.
Friends report various health updates including Mr Ray Gallimore confined at home with illness. Miss Sadye Ripple visits Mrs John Brice. Mr and Mrs J H Hardee depart for New York. Miss Lois E Roberts visits from Winston-Salem. Mrs J T Smith ill at South Main Street Extension. Mrs Martine Barker ill at Thurston Street. Ray Rook improving after scarlet fever. E L Craven still ill. Craven family recovering. Maye Weaver recovering from operation. J C Havener home from hospital recovering. Mrs E T Howard recovering from operation. Mrs G G Coffey still ill at 598 Grimes Street.
Mrs. Ozment presided in Mrs. Pugh absence at Johnson Street School PTA. Miss Thelma Moss third graders presented an India program from their year long project. Attendance prize library book went to Miss Davis sixth graders. Christian Endeavor group of Lebanon Methodist Church met at Miss Halcie Welch home planning Christian Endeavor week and Your People's Day January 29 with the group leading the January 29 service.
Winston-Salem Centenary M E Church Choir directed by Harry Parker will perform at Wesley Memorial Church on Wednesday night January 25 at 7:30. Bass Wilson Angel, winner of Atwater Kent radio contest, is a soloist along with male and ladies choruses and several solos. The program, largely a cappella, will be announced later and Rev G Ray Jordan invites other city churches to attend.
The Eskimos of Smith Sound in Greenland are described as the most northerly people on Earth, living near the Arctic frontier.
The article notes that the inaugural continental mail started in New York and went to Boston on January 1, 1673, marking a colonial postal milestone with early American communication links.
Charlies F. Lambeth and John R. Myers returned Friday night from Chicago where they attended the mid winter furniture show.
Mrs Kent Nance of High Point is guest of her cousin Mrs A R Swaim at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Lee Rice on Fisher Ferry street.
Mr and Mrs J A Green who are wintering in High Point with their daughter Mrs J F Hayden spent Thursday here with relatives, according to local social notes.
Members of the Wednesday Afternoon club met at Miss Mamie Harris’s Randolph Street home for bridge. Two tables competed, with Mrs. W. J. Curlee winning high score and Mrs. W. B. Tomlinson taking second prize. Refreshments followed for Mesdames W. H. Curlee and W. E. Tom.
Mrs. Frank Lambeth Mrs. G Marshall Hoover and Mrs Ralph Wilson attended the Alexander Martin chapter DAR meeting at the home of Mrs A E Tate in High Point on Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Mamie Harvie attended a Monday afternoon gathering in Lexington as a guest of the Legion Auxiliary. Harris serves as a committeewoman for the Fourteenth District.
The Colonial Drive school Parent-Teacher Association held its regular meeting in the school auditorium with president Mrs. Charlies F Phillips presiding. Principal Miss Elsie Doxie opened remarks and Rev G O Ritchie led devotion. Rev Phillip Surratt spoke on Character Building. Florence Lawrence and Margaret Bethea rooms won attendance prizes.
The Holt School P T A held its regular meeting at the school auditorium with reports and business items discussed. The Toyland Orchestra performed under Miss Kitty Love and Miss Cora Mae Hege while guest speaker Mrs. A M Crowell spoke on Character Education focusing on thrift.
Missionary groups of First Methodist Church schedule meetings Monday afternoon at three. Service Circle led by Mrs Daisy Ford on Park Street Parkland Circle with Mrs J R Terry on West First Avenue Sallie Norman Circle with Mrs H W Dor on unspecified location.
The Fannie Hunt Guild of Grace Episcopal church will gather Monday evening at seven at the home of Mrs. Joe Moffitt Sr in Parkview apartment. All members are urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs B F Lee spent several days with Mr and Mrs H G Lee at Bishopville. The report notes their hospitality and the pleasant visit among relatives.
Mrs Henry Lanier hosted a Sunday dinner in honor of newly married Mr and Mrs Ansel Roddy. Attending were the bride's parents Mr and Mrs D E Anthony, Mrs James Shore of High Point, Mr and Mrs T H Michael, Mr and Mrs B F Sink, Miss Gretchen Sink, Wertz Tuven er, J B Lanning, Mrs A Lanier and the Roddys.
Baptist circles convene Monday afternoon with four groups: Melissa Hawkins Circle led by Mrs. E. M. Bender in Hillcrest, Arthur Gal limore Circle with Mrs. B. P. B. Lee on South State Street, Charles Leonard Circle with Mrs. R. Redwine, and James Smith Circle with Mrs. C. M. Wall.
The Rev. H. Norwood Bowne of High Point will conduct services at Grace Episcopal Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The public is cordially invited.
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