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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1939
Page
6
Community notes list gatherings and editor Madeline Hoover at phone 4568. Details are sparse but mention social and club events and a column by editor sore 6,6 eee 08.
The local branch of the American Association of University Women completed plans for a city wide survey of social service agencies to detect duplication and cut costs. M T Lambeth spoke on Citizenship In a Democracy, urging back to Christ teachings as the basis of true democracy.
The alumnae chapter of Alpha Theta Psi Sorority at High Point College meets at 502 Lindsay Street. Miss Thelma Moss is elected to succeed Miss Lucille Browne as president. officers include Miss Leslie Johnson vice president and Miss Helen Raper secretary. A social committee plans future events while bridge and a salad service follow the business session.
The Domino club will be entertained by Mrs Robert Taylor at her North Main Street home at 7 45 this evening for the regular weekly meeting. Mr and Mrs Morris Hawkins announce the birth of a son Stanley Morris Jr born Sunday January 22 1939 at their South Wrenn Street home. Mrs Hawkins was formerly Miss Annie Merle Lowder of Thomasville.
The women of Sedgefield Country Club will host a second bridge party of the year tomorrow at 10 30 AM at Sedgefield Inn. Fort night bridge clubs are scheduled through the season and High Point members are invited to participate.
The Girls Pentagon club will meet this evening with Miss Patricia Hall at her home on Montlieu Avenue. The meeting starts at 7 15 before the skating party planned for later. All members should attend as announced this morning.
Sedgefield Hunt members plan a Wednesday afternoon drag hunt starting from the stables at 2 30 if weather allows. The regular Saturday hunt begins at 9 00 from the stables and will be a live hunt.
A Busy Tuesday of dinners and talks across High Point. The Business and Professional Girls club gathers at the YWCA with Janet Russell and Janet Hall from High Point College music department presenting. Altrusa meets at the Sheraton for dinner followed by Vera Idol's program. Book clubs, study groups, and arts luncheons fill the afternoon.
The A. M. Idol Philathea class of First Methodist Protestant church will meet Thursday at 6:30 PM for a brief business session and social program. The gathering will be at the Post Office Clerks' cabin near Highway Ten-A with visitors welcome.
Randolph Book club met in the Presbyterian church parlor in Asheboro with Mrs. Cothran G. Smith presenting A Day in Venice about her trip to Venice. She described St Mark’s Cathedral and its Byzantine origins and later polychromatic additions. Mrs. Hal M. Worth hosted and Mrs. L. E. Whitfield accompanied with Venetian organ works by Nevin.
In Thomasville on January 24 Miss Maie Snell entertained the Fortnightly bridge club plus a guest at her Myers Street home. Eight covered a three course dinner with unique Valentines marking places. Highest score winner Miss Madeline Hoover. second Mrs Vera Green Phillips.
Readers are invited to address problems to Marjorie Mansfield in care of The Enterprise. Letters will be answered in these columns.
A worried fiancée asks Miss Mansfield whether to marry given the brother in law's sister who cares for him and resents the plan. The advisor urges the couple to marry and live elsewhere, noting the sister should seek work and rent to cover expenses and avoid sacrificing the brother's happiness.
Mr and Mrs E D Cranford and Mr and Mrs C C Cranford hosted a social gathering at the Cranford farm 14 miles west of the city honoring the recently married Davis Cranfords. Guests danced played Bingo and enjoyed a buffet style dinner at 10 p m.
The Fidelis class of the local Friends church met Friday evening at the church annex for a regular business and social gathering. Twenty six members and six visitors attended. Hostesses were Mrs Clifton Thomas Mrs Della Smith Mrs L B Cagle Mrs Paul Wilson Mrs Ronnie Cross Mrs Stacey Rush Mrs Allen Evans and Miss Iris Cox. The program was led by Mrs Orva Brown and after the business a social period followed with fruits served.
Miss Elma Newsom of Pisgah married Carl Luck of Asheboro route 3 in a Friday afternoon ceremony at 6 30 at the Friends church parsonage conducted by Rev H A Parker. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Newsom and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs A J Luck of Asheboro.
A guidance note states a widow bears burden with children and should seek self help. It advises the husband to contribute a reasonable amount for necessities and any extra aid they can afford, while stressing the widow must actively assist herself.
The speaker urges Nell to push for an early marriage and a private home even if only rooms, arguing that shared unhappiness should be avoided. She notes Nell and her future husband both have jobs and could maintain their own home, especially since the sister is trained and able to work.
A critic condemns a woman whose actions have destroyed the efforts of two people who tried to support her, calling her behavior thoughtless and damaging to their lives. The remarks frame the impact as severe and personal.
Local Girl Scout leaders and assistants will meet at 7 PM tomorrow at 204 Edgedale Drive, hosted by Mrs. David T. Yow. Carl G. N. Cronstedt and Miss Dorothy Hoskins will assist in forming plans for a late spring Song Festival, the season’s major project.
Social circles note an invitation from Mr. and Mrs. George Ross Pou for the marriage of their daughter Lillian Sanders Pou to Bryan Whitfield Carr on Wednesday February 8 at 8:30 p.m. at the Church Of The Good Shepherd Raleigh North Carolina. An after party is planned at Sir Walter Hotel with a separate note for guests to respond.
Mr and Mrs Craven Page returned home after a weekend motor trip to western North Carolina where their daughter Norma Page entered the Montreal Preparatory School as a sophomore. Mrs Laurin Crawford came home from Burrus Memorial hospital after an operation. Professor and Mrs V O Fossett left for Chattanooga to work with the Stamps Baxter Music Company. Mrs Fossett is Katherine Strother of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perrell announce the birth of a son, Charles Woodrow Jr., on January 20 in Lexington. Mrs. Perrell was formerly Frances Spencer of this city. A Hungarian descended Californian community on Treasure Island will celebrate St. Stephen's Day, a holiday begun in 1000 A D.
Aged or ill family members may require at home care but current conditions suggest sharing duties within the household. If the sister fulfills her part, outcomes should be satisfactory for all concerned.
A bridge hand review shows a five diamonds contract reached and in several plays the contract was beaten. East wins a spade return and later a heart, with dummy taking tricks and five trump rounds squeezing East. East forces discard to avoid loss but South still gains the eleventh trick.
At a street crossing in Southern Pines an 85 year old Mattawan New Jersey resident Mrs. Margaret M. Wenzel was killed when a freight train struck her as she stood in the path after failing to notice the slow moving locomotive witnesses said she did not hear or see the train and halted directly in front of it
Raleigh dispatch reports J Dewey Dorsett likely will resign his post in North Carolina after plans disclosed today. Details on timing and successors were not available but the move was confirmed in circles familiar with state government.
The state industrial commission chairman remained out of the city and could not be reached for comment about accepting a job with an insurance corporation in New Dorsett. Governor Hoey declined to comment on the report.
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