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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1920
Page
5
A clipped newspaper fragment presents a quotation attributed to De Quincey and a header for Mildred Bedford editor at a newspaper, with partial contact line. The text shows a reflection on the impossible transfer of deep truth between minds and the seedlike nature of understanding.
Ministers of the city will host a wives’ banquet at the Elwood Hotel with a planned program and a varied menu. The Equal Suffrage League of North Carolina meets January 27 28 in Greensboro with national speakers including Mrs. Josephus Daniels expected to attend the banquet and address the audience.
Miss Marguerite Kirkman hosted Beta Pi club members and guests at her Ashington street home Friday afternoon from 3 to 6 30 with eighteen places set for dining. Refreshments included fruit salad coffee candies and nuts and guests Avery Kirkman and Mrs C F Matton of Winston Salem attended.
Lovers of bridge gathered Friday afternoon for the Afternoon Bridge Club meeting hosted by Mrs. W. H. Slane at Mrs. A. D. Brockett's South Main home. Two tables played for club prize won by Mrs. Rochelle and guest prize to Mrs. Tomlinson. a salad course followed. Visitors included Mrs. Terry, Mrs. Tomlinson, Mrs. Cummins, Mrs. Wade Marsh and Mrs. W. E. Snow.
The Earnest Workers Guild event at the First Reformed church room formerly Time Test Furniture drew large crowds from 5 to 8 PM. Seven tables featured carnat ions centerpieces as ten or more young girls served amid chicken salad pies and oysters. A rough estimate puts net proceeds near 75 dollars.
The Peacock Philathea class of Wesley Memorial church will hold its regular monthly business meeting Tuesday evening at Mrs. J. W. Harriss’ Broad street home. Associate hostesses include Mesdames Gurley, Ed Gurley, Mike Shiplett, Mrs. Lewis, and Miss Bessie Pope. The meeting was moved from Monday due to a mass meeting at the high school auditorium. Attendees are urged to come, especially the young ladies, to discuss plans for a social affair.
The oyster supper scheduled for the 29th at Wesley Memorial Church has been postponed indefinitely due to severe weather. The event was organized by the Ladies Aid of the church.
Mrs. D. F. Staley, operated on Saturday at a local hospital, is getting along nicely. Friends are interested to learn of her improved condition.
Miss Nina Milliken and Goldie Idol of Ridgefield spent the weekend in High Point. Mr and Mrs W G Shipman attended a Greensboro performance Saturday evening. Wiley Rush and Billie Bicexton visited High Point from Greensboro yesterday. N M Pugh of Norfolk Va was a business visitor here Saturday. H A Royall of Winston Salem was a guest at the Elwood yesterday. G J Raper of Reidsville was in the city Saturday on business. Robert Marshall of this city visited Greensboro Saturday and attended the Municipal performance.
Among others attending the con cert at the Municipal Saturday were Miss Margaret Billings, Carl Hill, Kenneth Denny, W. M. Marr, Miss Helen Brown, Dan W. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Johnson.
English of Hillsboro and J W Redd of Waynesville visited High Point on Saturday for business. J E Turner of North Wilkesboro and A F Hariness of Statesville stayed for the weekend at the Stwood. Numerous residents attended theatres and concerts in Greensboro and Winston Salem.
Miss Clara Cox has returned home after treatment in Richmond and shows much improved health. After a period of complete rest she will resume her social and civic activities. Miss Marguerite Kirkman visited Greensboro Saturday to attend the con.
Lost between Efird's Store and Campbell Street a purse with a five dollar bill and a French note is missing. Finder should return it to the Enterprise office.
The Carnegie Hero commission seeks the child’s name after C. E. Nabors of the Southern Railway saved a child from a train toward the end of September. The child and parents left on a southbound train shortly after, and no further word has reached High Point. Citizens are urged to contact the High Point Chamber of Commerce, Postmaster J. J. Farriss, or the High Point Enterprise with any information.
Home kitchen hints cover caramel flavoring, a potato cheese dish, budget planning, leftovers use, orange peels, a Malaga grape orange salad, pie crust folds, and thermos cork care. Practical, era style guidance for frugal cooking and household tasks.
In the past week at 105 Myrtle Avenue Rev J W Rose officiated two ceremonies. Mamie Whitehart and Wade T Barnhart wed with plans to live in High Point. Lila Williams and Robin L Allred also married and will reside in Randolph County.
High Point school children will hear Chief Hailstorm of the Cherokee tribe speak on The History of the Cherokees on Tuesday morning at a local theater. The chief returns from a world tour and is expected to wear full Cherokee attire and war paint during the talk.
The report states George Sand, a leading French woman novelist, earned more than a quarter of a million dollars with her writing and spent most of it entertaining friends. It also mentions a shelter hotline for animals with numbers 71 and 504.
The First Presbyterian Church in this city presented a highly successful evening of music directed by Dan W. Smith. The program featured five numbers with three vocal selections by the quartet, a Briggs duet, and solos by Mrs Coffield alongside the church choir. The event impressed the audience and promises to begin a series of Sunday evening concerts.
Manager Gibson says lung power or wind is essential for a pitcher. The remark implies there may be promising talent among major league magnates. The piece also notes a modern battleship carries an electric plant able to light a town of 10,000.
A note lauds Turkish as the softest most musical language of modern times arguing it is well suited for musical notation and recitation compared with Italian.
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