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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1937
Page
6
Marian Martin unveils Pattern 9369 a full figure flattering bodice with long panelled yoke notched collar and short sleeves. It offers two pleated skirt panels and is easy to sew in cotton prints. sizes 34 to 50 require 414 yards of fabric for size 36. Order details and price 15c for pattern 15c for book from The Enterprise Pattern Department 232 W 18th St New York.
The Truth Seekers men's class of Hilliard Memorial Baptist church invites all members and prospective members to a watermelon feast at 7 30 this evening on the church lawn. Dc M Howell is class president J J Haywood is secretary and C H Maynor is teacher.
Readers are invited to address problems to Marjorie Mansfield in care of The Enterprise. Letters will be answered in this column.
Miss Virginia Carrier resigns from her post as associate secretary of the local YWCA effective September 8 after eight years of service. She will begin as Girl Reserve secretary at Lansing Michigan’s YMCA after a vacation and return to duties in mid September. Mrs. Horace Haworth announces the board’s regret and notes Carrier’s strong record in health and Girl Reserve work.
Duck Club prepares for summer dance at Sedgefield Manor this evening. Jimmy Cannon and his Swingsters from Virginia will provide distinctive swing music. Chaperones include the Patrick and Hutchens families and other Duck Club parents.
Twelve representatives of the High Point Business and Professional Women’s Club attended the Third District picnic at Jefferson Standard Country Club with eight city clubs present. State president Elizabeth Conrad of Charlotte was guest of honor. reports from the Atlantic City Biennial convention were shared.
The Kee Klub will host a private dance this evening at Pleasants club Guilford College. Admission is by card and dancing runs from nine to one o clock. Chaperones include parents of members and several Greensboro Winston Salem couples.
Mr and Mrs Carter Dalton and Mr and Mrs E W Freeze returned home after a week in Myrtle Beach S C The party also included Mr and Mrs Kenneth C Denny of Rocky Mount formerly residents Judge and Mrs Lewis E B Teague were guests last weekend Miss Maud King graduates Burrus Memorial Nurses School will move to Charlotte to start a new home Friends of Miss Margaret Hoover ill with diphtheria at 1507 King Street Prof and Mrs A R Bullock and son Julian visiting Granville County Rev J B Craven presiding elder and Mrs Craven and son Brack will visit Trinity with Mr and Mrs George B Craven Mrs J E Perryman with Mrs H A Fennell and Cecil of Richmond Va to attend bridge party at Sedgefield honor Mrs Charles West of Greensboro Miss Elizabeth Wall Miss Lillian Styles and nurse at Guilford General hospital left for Burnsville NC for ten day vacation Sonny Gary of 409 Gatewood avenue visiting aunt Ruth Gary in Washington DC Mrs D M Barnes patient at Guilford General hospital after operation Grady and Harrison Hunt returned to New York after week in High Point Arthur A Parks home 110 Dalton Street after appendectomy at Guilford General hospital and is improving
Mr and Mrs Kincannon were honored at a farewell party hosted by Mr and Mrs C C Abernathy at their home 1915 Arlington Street. Four tables of contract bridge were played with prizes to Mrs N H Caughman and M Z Perkinson. Hose and a linen set were gifts to the Kincannons.
Members of the Household Arts club and guests attended an outdoor gathering at the Barker cabin near Deep River church hosted by Mrs. L. L. Farlowe. The afternoon featured a fish fry with fish cooked out of doors and enjoyed by all attendees including Mrs. Frank Wall, Mrs. O. M. Andrews, Miss Norma Dutton, and the Barker family.
Mrs Frank Beazley hosted a surprise birthday gathering at Rowella Apartments honoring Mrs Charnice Tabor and Mrs Ruby Snyder. Guests presented gifts to both honorees who recently graduated from Burrus Memorial hospital nurses' school.
Announcements issued in this city note the marriage of Myrtie May Lea to Edwin Harris Morris Jr on Saturday July 24 1937 in Raleigh North Carolina Their home is 201 West Park Drive Raleigh Mrs Morris is the third daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Lea of High Point formerly of Petersburg Virginia The couple’s family details follow in the notices.
A celebration tomorrow to welcome a new resident in Charlotte featured a box of cosmetics for the guest of honor and prizes for Mrs. Marie Ward and Miss Vodie Ingram. The dining room revealed a birthday cake cut by Mrs. Tabor and served with ice cream to Mesdames Whichard, Smith, Hall, McCulston, Ward, Ingram, Spivey, Tabor, Marlowe, and King.
A reader seeks help for shyness after moving towns and lacking dates. The adviser urges following the mother’s suggestion of dancing lessons to meet peers, improve posture, gain confidence, and reduce anxiety about new social settings while suggesting reading and outdoor exercise as productive options.
Mr. Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morris of Asheboro, holds a secretarial post and will move to Raleigh with his family after August 1. They will make their home there as he continues business connections in Raleigh. An outing by a Charlotte daily newspaper group occurred at the High Point Municipal lake Thursday, with return to Charlotte on the evening Jamestown train.
About twenty five members and friends of the Senior Christian Endeavor society of Vickrey Methodist Protestant church enjoyed a social at the home of Misses Frances and Hather Marsh Thursday night. Refreshments were served after games. Mary Horney of Jamestown is slowly recovering from illness. C D Tedder and family visited Jamestown Tuesday night. Charlies Holton, son of Mr and Mrs J S Holton, is recovering from a serious illness. A large group of carrier boys also noted.
Bob Burgess, son of Mr and Mrs R P Burgess of High Point, marked his fourth birthday with a party at his grandparents H C Burgess home in Randleman. Guests included Sue Groce Jimmy Kirkman Bob Groce Rily Lou Lassiter Gene and Carolyn Flemming Bobby Russell Louise Heath and other young friends as lemonade and cake followed games.
Chicago July 30 Butter 13265 at steady prices. Eggs 8346 firm with extra firsts local 20 cents per dozen, cars 20 percent, fresh graded firsts local 19 percent, cars 20 percent. Current receipts 18 percent storage packed firsts 20.4 cents per unit.
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