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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1932
Page
7
Members of the Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club enjoyed name day at Mrs 8S G Moore’s Salem Bridge home. Three tables played with Mrs G W Lyles winning high score and a double deck of cards. Visitor prize winner Alvah Boyles received a vase and guests Walter Rapp and Arthur Heck received towels. Refreshments followed the games with a two course spread.
Mr and Mrs Carson Cox hosted a Thursday bridge gathering at their Spring Street new home honoring guests Mr and Mrs Arthur Heck of Baltimore. Three tables played with Mrs J F Garner and H G Moore achieving top scores and receiving perfume and a carton of cigars.
Mrs. O R Hodgin and Mr. George Finch win high score prizes at a Forsyth street dinner-bridge hosted by Mr and Mrs Alvah Boyles for the Esbera Club. Guests include Dr and Mrs Hodgin and other local couples. Duke University students Mae Shearer Evelyn Baker Mary Lee Sykes Ethel Harrison Mildred Pope at home for mid term holidays. Pope hosts Miriam Mixsom of Valdosta Ga as guest.
Paul Link of Seattle won the Pacific Northwest amateur three cushion billiard championship for the second year in a row at Bellingham Washington this season.
A 1932 Valentine collection blends sentimental and light humor with modern touches. Muscovite Cupid imagery appears on some cards while others favor simple parchment with inscriptions. Colors include pale rose apricot turquoise and yellow with plain white envelopes elevating sentimentality.
New York observers note the 1932 valentines ditch old sentimental lace for light playful touches. Leap year themes appear with cats and witty lines as valentines shift to friendship and humor rather than pure romance.
The piece argues that psychic bids often disrupt partnership harmony more than they gain. It warns players that repeated psychic bidding creates doubt, leading partners to protect against future psychic attempts and miss game or slam chances. A sound bidder, it concludes, is a better partner than an expert who relies on psychics.
A bottle dropped from a transatlantic liner into the mid ocean last June drifted about 2000 miles and washed ashore in Scotland. The enclosed note was returned to William Van Alen, designer of the Chrysler Building.
Bellmore residents celebrate after the Long Island Rail Road grants permission for the exchange club to paint the local Bellmore station. Forty volunteers signed up to complete the project once the railroad raised no objections.
A column on economical cooking praises liver and kidneys as rich in vitamins and minerals and offers detailed kidney recipes. It outlines quick and extended cooking methods, a tomato sauce for beef kidney, and a sample menu including liver dishes and lamb kidneys. Also notes a Baltimore man's misstep into a railroad track thinking it a highway.
Thomas F. De Muth drove in front of a Pacific Electric train and was dragged more than 200 feet before the train stopped. The engineer saw De Muth emerge unharmed, but the driver was jailed on intoxication charges.
At the winter meeting the Southern Conference reduced pay for football officials by one third, affecting assignments and game operations across member schools.
Mrs. Mary Kohl of Evansville Indiana set a mouse trap for a rodent and while calling on the telephone her pet canary Jimmy approached the trap and tasted the cheese bait. The trap sprung breaking his neck.
Rev. R. C. Gresham of Moultrie Georgia serves as coach for 17 local sandlot baseball teams guiding youth in informal play and skill development across the area.
Plan underway to stage the finals of the Big Four track meet this spring at Shawnee Oklahoma under floodlights. The event will showcase top teams and athletes in a night competition setting.
Olive Roberts Barton reports on a domestic dispute over a red dress. Joan and Ruth become estranged as their mothers argue about ownership and fairness. Each mother defends her child while reflecting on generosity and self interest.
Police traced a blood spattered sedan to a Black woman who said she sought her husband and found him with another woman. She struck him with a smoothing iron, then drove him to a hospital for treatment. The steering gear broke and she abandoned the car.
Asheboro society members gathered at a club home for a regular meeting with readings and a piano program. A Presbyterian informal reception in honor of Rev. Cothran G. Smith and Dr. Henry Louis Smith was held at the Whitaker home with a large receiving line and informal music.
Tennessee college football legend Gene McEver is reported to be pursuing a trial with the Philadelphia Nationals this year, exploring a possible return to professional play.
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