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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1939
Page
6
Madeline Hoover edits Social And Club Activities pages listing office hours from 9 AM to 12 AM and contact phone number 4568 for club events and society notices.
The city wide School of Instruction opened with 160 P T A representatives and four associations receiving perfect attendance awards. Mrs D S Coltrane, NC Congress of P T A radio chair, urged support for state programs and discussed South child welfare, schooling, and transport, opposing liquor tax to fund a twelfth grade.
The Domino club meets at 7 45 this evening with Mrs Walter Hutchens as hostess at her Lindsay street home.
A meeting of grade representatives from the senior high school will be held in room 208 at the high school tomorrow at 10 p.m. Mrs. T. A. Tilden announced the plan this morning.
The issue lists multiple social and civic events for the day including talks by Thomas W. Sprinkle at the Y W C A hut and Judge D C MacRae as guest, a Legion Auxiliary gathering at 1200 Johnson Street, Emerywood Country Club meetings and a stag party, and various club meetings at homes and the Emerywood Country Club with noted hostesses and speakers.
The Woman's Missionary Auxiliary of the First M P church chaired by Mrs J C Madison met in the Philathea classroom. Mrs P S Kennett led devotionals on Love and A C Lovelace Jr sang I Am Satisfied With Jesus. Speakers included Mrs J M Millikan and Howard Yink of High Point College.
Miss Cary Elizabeth Copley of Lexington visits cousins Miss Irma Harriss and Jewel Harriss at 1306 Forrest Avenue. The report notes Mrs L D Campbell recovering after surgery at Guilford General Hospital with visitors welcome. Mrs T A Kearns returns home from a ten day stay in New Bern. Mrs Levi Bowers ill at Burrus Memorial Hospital after a serious operation.
The Trinity School Parent-Teacher Association held its monthly meeting with Mrs. Euclid Allman presiding. The program led by Mrs. Elwood McDonnell featured a sixth grade playlet Books and a discussion by city librarian Mrs. Nancy K. Poston on The Child's Library. She shared book recommendations and told the Li Lo story. Rev. W B Shinn led the devotional.
Mrs Geddie Strickland will address the Salisbury Frank B John School Parent Teacher Association at its regular meeting on Thursday. Her topic is Motion Pictures and she brings long service in PTA work and National Screen Council membership. Mrs Clifford Peeler is PTA president.
Miss Emily Gentry head of the senior high school business department addressed the High Point Business and Professional Women at the Elwood hotel on budgeting. The program included committee reports and a letter from Dr Bonner thanking the club for a Christmas box to Guilford County Sanatorium. Nine members attended.
Miss Leora Hampp will host the Girls Pentagon club this evening at 7 45 for their regular meeting at the Gibson club room.
Robert J. Terry of 448 South Main Street has returned to town after an extended vacation with his parents in Leland Mississippi. He also visited Mrs. J W Weisenman at Stoneville near Leland. He is connected with the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance office in town.
Miss Isabel Mouzon hosts the Club of Thirteen with three bridge tables. Margaret McLeod wins top score and Ada Long visitors high score receives candy. A salad course ends the card portion. Local social notes mention visits by Mt. Airy guests and trips to Winston-Salem and Chicago.
The Music-Literature Department of the Woman's Club meets tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. hosted by Mrs. A. B. Huff at Emery Wood Country Club. Guest speaker W. C. Bivins of the Enterprise speaks on Mark Twain with vocal selections by Mrs. A. H. Whitley Jr.
Chicago January 17 report notes butter at 807,826 steady with unchanged prices while eggs 883 weaker. Local graded extras and firsts show slight declines. receipts 17 percent.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Berlin from Paris to fly his monoplane back to England for re licensing. Weather thwarted two prior attempts to depart since he left Berlin on October 31.
Miss Mae Kirkman spoke to the Florence Nightingale club recounting a coast trip with colored slides of sites visited last summer. Planters include six weeks of varied programs with religious lectures on industrial girls and new officer installations led by Miss Ola Carpenter and others.
The Jan issue mentions names such as Frank W. Clark Geo E Deatherage Geo W Christians Albert W Cobb Jim Esdale Roy Zachary E N Sanctuary Harry A Jung Ed Hunter and Ross Currier each said to lead a Bund Neville Chamberlains umbrella hides a tear gas gun A forthcoming book by M P Allard claims F F O funds financed Hitler early Noel Coward pursues Parliament Mack Gordon reportedly married Elizabeth Cooke in Yuma Arizona last night
A loose collage notes rumors of Tamara, Burgess Meredith and Norma Shearer, Princess Anastasia, Nazi mutiny chatter, stage news on Jane Cowl Judson Laird and John Torrio trial, plus hints of legal ethics debates and government spy questions amid a backdrop of Hollywood and New York society chatter.
A reader mails Governor Clyde Hoey suggesting the guillotine as an instant painless method. UNC law students reportedly oppose admitting Negroes, with a 63 to 13 vote against integration amid broader campus tensions.
Bob Ripley writes Governor Clyde Hoey asking for Belief It or Nots collected during his long public life. The governor may be in a better position to provide some after the current General Assembly session.
Governor Hoey will address the March of Dimes infantile paralysis drive Thursday night from 7 to 7:15 over a statewide radio hookup. He welcomed the chance to help but declined a prebreakfast talk to Raleigh orphans proposed by campaign organizer Bob Thompson.
The note mentions a possible precedent-shattering report on pressed claims against Coster. It also quotes Gary Cooper with a hopeful wish that the 76th Congress shows The Spirit of 76.
Address questions to Mar jorie Mansfield in care of The Enterprise. Your letters will be answered in these columns.
A fifteen year old girl pleads for more home rights and social freedoms. The adviser urges patience, family love, and responsible action, warning that running away or hitching rides to distant cities risks danger and exploitation.
A parent guides Pat to weigh his duty at home and avoid reckless plans. The advice stresses cheerful help, communication with family, and maturity as key to health and happiness as he grows up.
A bill reincorporating Hampton and forming a new Ruth town is nearly unanimously supported in Raleigh reports. The measure clears the old town and establishes Ruth, with expected swift passage and no anticipated opposition.
The passage advises a teen to discuss the issue with parents openly. It suggests admitting fault, acknowledging the lack of privileges, and explaining one’s view without anger. The goal is to gain sympathetic understanding and reach a workable solution.
The text advises that youths magnify troubles and withdraw from parents when misunderstood. It urges parents to be observant and sympathetic, offering the same encouragement and guidance to younger children as given to older ones, even if it requires extra time and effort.
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