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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1918
Page
5
Citizens advised to reduce wheat bread use to support Allied needs after World War I. Public guidance includes substituting corn and rye breads, buying wheat loaves 24 hours in advance, and repurposing stale bread. A later note mentions a white sale planned for February 12 at the Elks club with various activities and a $25 war relief donation.
Wednesday 3 00 p m Home Economics department hosts General club at the Elks home Miss Jamison of the Normal College lectures on Wheatless and Meatless menus All ladies invited Thursday 3 00 p m Tea Cups club meets with Mrs E P Parker Lindsay street Friday 5 00 p m Philomathean club meets with Mrs J E Kirkman Washington street Saturday 3 00 p m Gamma Zeta club meets with Mrs Carter Dalton Johnson street
The High Point chapter held a business meeting yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Charles Long's Elm street residence. Severe inclemency did not deter the gathering as members discussed chapter affairs and plans.
Miss Minnie L Jamieson head of domestic science at the Normal college speaks Wednesday at 3 o clock at the Elks home. Event is under home economics of the Woman's club and a large turnout of both club and non club women is urged.
Frank KE Creelman is home with pneumonia. Bascom Bundy is confined with la grippe. Elmer Shields visited Greensboro and surrounding areas. T J Gold is in Greensboro on business. Nellie Muse returned to G C W after visiting parents. Marguerite Kirkman back from Converse College for 10 days due to meningitis epidemic in Spartanburg. C F Long leaving for extended business trip to Little Rock. Rev W C Brown of Raeford visiting city with mother Nettie Brown. Mr Brown recently visited brother J R Brown in Greensboro.
Protests by Washington clergymen led The Administrator Garfield to set aside John W Weaver's order closing two thirds of Washington's churches on Sunday to save fuel. Union services were held in open churches and pastors condemned the fuel policy that allowed theaters to operate.
Attorney General Gregory asked the Supreme Court for an early decision in the Dagenhart child labor case. W C Hammer is the United States district attorney and Roland H Dagenhart with Reuben Dagenhart are minors represented by their next of kin. The case stems from North Carolina where the child labor law was ruled unconstitutional. No hearing date has been set.
Poem lauds cigarettes as a lifeline for WWI troops facing cold, damp trenches, shell fire, and fatigue. It notes how a smoke can lift morale and urge men across dangerous ground, while praising Red Cross aid and wartime hardship. It closes by citing that nearly half a million use Pike National Forest for recreation.
The Greensboro Dairy Record reports a book agent’s claim that Guilford county flouts meatless and wheatless orders. Authorities investigate how the traveler obtained such facts while residents reportedly observe Hoover era directives. The piece also notes timber output and aircraft wood use during the war.
In New York during a cool September, Landry hires Ruth Hopkins as his nurse and confidante prompting tension with Sybil. Sybil dislikes the pale delicate nurse and clashes with Landry over Miss Hopkins role while adjusting to a new domestic order.
The Hostess House opened yesterday at Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina under the local YWCA. Brig Gen S L Faison accepted the house on behalf of the division while the 120th infantry band attended. The facility will be open daily with a cafeteria serving hot meals at set hours for soldiers and their families.
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