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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1920
Page
5
The aE Fee Society reports the start of church prayer meetings across Baptist churches with daily 3 PM sessions this week. All meet at the church except Thursday when Mrs. F. M. Pickett hosts at her home and Mrs. A. E. Tate will lecture on Italy based on travels abroad.
The poem encourages a hopeful mood despite rain. A narrator hears lark and mock-bird songs and urges a sad heart to sing as shadows pass. It speaks of sunlight after rain, golden light, and persistent song lifting the heart. The voice ends with a personal resolve to sing.
The First Baptist Church Women split into circles due to size and assigned home meetings. Officers elected for the supervisory board include President Mrs. D. B. Gregg and Vice President Mrs. C. E. Sheloff with roles for secretary, treasurer, corresponding secretary, G A leader, sunbeam leader, and publicity agent.
The Beta Pi club will hold its regular meeting Saturday at 3 30 PM at the home of Miss Edna Wall on Lindsay Street. The gathering, rescheduled from Thursday, urges full attendance.
Miss Betty Caldwell of Greensboro Public Library seeks photos and clippings of Guilford county service members for two World War I scrapbooks. Mrs. Carter Dalton is asked to coordinate with local groups to collect images and brief write ups of High Point township soldiers sailors marines or aviators for eventual transfer to Greensboro.
The Earnest Workers Guild of the First Reformed Church meets tomorrow night at 7 30 at Mrs L A Welch home on South Main street. Members are urged to attend to help organize the Saturday evening supper starting at 5 in the Time Test room beside the Quality Shoe store.
The Green Street Baptist Church missionary society and church women will hold a call meeting at Mrs. D. T. Andrews home Thursday at 2 30 PM. All members should attend as important business matters will be discussed.
The Priscilla club will meet Friday at 3 PM at Mrs. M. C. Crowson's Roland Park home. Members unable to attend should notify the hostess before Friday.
The W O T club met yesterday at 3 oclock at Mrs T J Golds Oakwood court home. Mrs C M Hauser led the program on The Development of Art with papers by Mrs Gold Miss Helen Brockett Mrs J J Farriss Mrs Carter Dalton and Mrs Chas Idol presenting topics on masterworks and American painters. Mrs Gold served a salad course. guests included Mrs Harry Raymond Mrs S D Brash and Mrs Oscar Mendenhall.
London January 21. Dancing is taught to British army officers who lost an arm or a leg in the war. The plan aims to give these men poise and confidence in using artificial limbs. Preliminary work starts at the hospital and later lessons may continue without cost if desired.
Billy Doyle is set to scout for the Detroit Tigers this season. He has prior scouting experience with the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, and the Philadelphia Phillies, bringing broad major league background to his new role.
J M Colson of Wadesboro was in the city yesterday. Alex Rankin leaves tonight for Bailey Military Institute to resume his studies. A H Jarratt of Concord was a business visitor in High Point Tuesday. Edward Tomlinson of Atlanta is a guest at the Elwood. G R Booth of Mount Airy is in the city on business. Early Younts spent yesterday in Greensboro with friends and relatives. J A Hewik of Green Falls NC is a business visitor today. Tom Bullua of Reidsville was in the city yesterday on business. Mrs V L Vail of Salisbury arrives tonight to visit her mother Mrs Della Snyder on South Main street. R L Menes representing Gilmer Brothers Co of Winston-Salem was a business visitor yesterday. Paul Wright of Birmingham was a guest at the Elwood yesterday. J S Williams, after a visit, returns to Jacksonville.
Washington January 21 Senate leaders arrive at a bipartisan conference to seek compromise on Lodge reservation for League of Nations voting equality. Republicans and Democrats say current proposals lack common ground and expect potential break over the dispute.
Announcement says J. E. Perryman sold his North Main Street grocery stock to L. T. Smith and J. R. Newton High Point residents who will operate as Smith and Newton. Newton worked with N. H. Silver and Smith has years in local realty. Perryman stays in High Point in other business.
Chicago reports over six thousand residents ill with influenza on January 21, with city health officials signaling the epidemic may be near its climax.
London registrar-general reports 2,676 births in the latest week, the highest for any week this century. A medical expert notes postwar birth increases are common after conflicts, even with high male casualties and disability in England.
A meeting of the Over-the-Tea Cups Club will be held tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. D. Brockett with Mrs. W T Parker as hostess.
A notice dated January 31 1920 states the business has been disposed of to L. T. Smith and J. R. Newton who assume charge today. J. E. Perryman signs thanking patrons and seeking continued support for the successors.
Report notes that coconuts from the Malay Peninsula yield pearls valued by the natives, highlighting the unusual natural treasure derived from local cocoanuts and its cultural appeal.
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