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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1917
Page
5
June Gray returns to business after a brief illness while Mrs. W. W. Dinsmore of Montgomery Alabama arrives for a month with relatives. Earlier lines urge collective resolve, calling for tears to strengthen the nation and a harvest of courage from women and communities.
Red Cross members and volunteers are invited to a comfort bag party tonight at Red Cross headquarters starting at 8 o clock. Bags will be filled and later presented to soldiers. The event includes music and patriotic punch. Also, Latin America study books are available from Mrs P M Pickett to interested Woman's Club members.
After several months away in Washington Miss Marylily Fisher returned to the city Saturday evening and is at her home at the corner of Pagheh and College streets.
D. K. Fitchett left today for Green Castle Indiana for a month's visit with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Merrian were Jamestown guests yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tomlinson stay at White Sulphur Springs Mount Airy. M. C. Crowson spent several hours in Greensboro Saturday. W. C. Jones was in Greensboro on business Saturday. Sheriff David B. Stafford was in the city on business Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rawley and Mrs. Cyrus Wheeler drove to Salisbury yesterday. Mrs. Thomas J. Gold attended the National Defense Council meeting. Miss Clara I. Cox attended the defense meeting in Greensboro. Mrs. J. J. Farriss joined Greensboro women for the defense meeting Saturday. Miss Jett Moorefield returns home from Walnut Cove. H. W. Wharton of Greensboro was a business visitor this morning. Tom Turner, former resident, arrives for a visit of several days. Jess Harrison of Fayetteville is in the city briefly. Ed Hutchison is able to be out after illness. Miss Kathleen Rogers left for Gaffney to visit D. C. relatives.
High Point officials state the local Red Cross chapter had no role in fundraising for a silk flag and phonograph for Company M. Three Winston Salem ladies solicited funds, claimed for patriotic purposes, and turned over over $100 to J. P. Rawley, while the flag is being manufactured and the phonograph project remains in abeyance. The flag will be presented by local citizens at Company M’s farewell reception.
A Nebraska reader from Hardy, Mrs. T. J. Bucknell, reports recovering from lumbago with Foley Kidney Pills. She says the remedies helped her during a damp spring that worsened rheumatic pains. Mann Drug Co.
Mrs Henry White of this city was elected chairman of the Guilford County women’s committee for the Council of National Defense at a luncheon at the State Normal College Greensboro attended by club women leaders. The committee will include one representative from each social organization and township, with a later board of control. The unit aims to organize county women for patriotic wartime work with practical programs starting in September.
Frederick W. Fay of San Francisco claimed he would not serve in a war against Germany. He was seized at sea after his remark reached land by wireless and brought back to San Francisco where he is being held. The report includes German newspaper excerpts and a medical testimonial ad.
The Navy League Comforts Committee adopts “Clip as well as knit for the sailor and marine” as a new slogan. Cap tain C H Harlow directs the effort to provide compact booklets of newspaper clippings stitched together for sailors to read aboard destroyers torpedo boats and cruisers.
A column by Mgr. C. F. Thomas argues modern girls seek independence, urges strict parental and school discipline, early instruction in obedience, and escorting for safe outings. It cites Ruth Cruger case to illustrate dangers and stresses prevention by parents and teachers.
L P Burns named executor of Z A Burns estate in Guilford County North Carolina. Creditors must present claims by May 31 1918 or be barred. Debts should be settled promptly. Notice dated May 31 1917 from Winston Salem North Carolina with attorneys W Ragan W W Bynum and R O Strudwick.
Mike Gonzales, the Travana back stop for the Cardinals, shines in a game marked by few base hits and a lack of run production. The piece notes his steady catching and leadership amid a tight scoring stretch.
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