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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1937
Page
6
This Marian Martin pattern 9205 offers a bright simple frock for misses and women with new features like kimono sleeves and a patch pocket. Includes complete diagrammed sew chart and pattern details. Order by mail with size, name, address, and style number.
Mesdames W C Hammond and Neal Paris will entertain at 205 East Academy street Thursday afternoon June 24 from 6 to 8 o clock to honor Mrs Larry Hammond formerly Miss Mary Martha Lineberry of this city before her recent marriage.
Mrs Clyde Burkhead former Miss Maxine Covington bride of spring was honored at a formal tea hosted by her aunt Mrs Charles H Redding and sister Miss Ruth Covington at the Redding home on South Fayetteville street. The reception featured blossoms Queen Annes lace holly hooks magnolias and candy tuft with a receiving line of family and friends and a dining room display with ice cream and decorative accents.
The Young Women's Christian Association wrapped up its annual Membership drive with a garden party at Mrs. S. H. Tomlinson's home. About a hundred women attended from four to six o'clock, greeted by hostesses and treated to a terrace table, white flowers, and a lawn program featuring flutist Iris Welch, harpist Eleanor Welch, and violinists.
At a Sheraton dinner meeting Altrusa heard Miss Marie C. Sullivan of Eastern Air Lines discuss Travel By Air. She praised modern plane travel for women, noted luxury on flights, and shared anecdotes with celebrities including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cosmetics gifts were given to members.
Three High Point girls appear on Meredith College spring honor roll in Raleigh. Margaret Grayson, 82 others, rising senior and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Grayson, 1009 North Main. Mildred Crowder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Crowder, 309 Steele Street. Iris Rose Gibson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lee Gibson, 408 East Washington Street. Gibson to serve as swimming instructor at W C A camp near Brevard June 1 to July 3 and join the Athletic Association Board and student staffs of The Acorn and The Twig next year.
La Paz Bolivia sits on a mountain summit at 12 470 feet above sea level making it the world highest capital. Local elevational profile places the city amid Andean plateaus with dramatic views and steep streets defining its urban layout.
Social event details a tea at 204 Broad Street hosted by Mrs M J Wrenn and Mrs David T Yow on Thursday 4 to 6 pm to honor Miss Frances Walker Lambeth Winston-Salem bride elect of June.
Mrs. Margaret Harrison and daughter Barbara of Winder Ga are guests of Mrs M W Eddinger on route one. James G Howell recovering at 524 White Oak street after a tonsil operation. R B Culler of National Upholstery attends furniture show in New York. Misses Faye Long Virginia Kent etc return from Myrtle Beach. Miss Madge Anthony visits Asheboro with brother S B Anthony. Edward Varner and wife leave after wedding trip. Varner formerly of this city. Attendees head to Atlantic City for Pilot Life Insurance convention with a special train. Mrs C E McCollum and children depart for Carthage to visit Mrs Muse. Mrs Charlies E McCollum and children visit in Miami and plan several weeks here.
The High Point chapter 146 Order of the Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple last evening. Pauline Gray reported on the Grand Chapter convention in Asheville. The group voted to hold only one summer meeting in July and August, on the second Tuesday.
Miss Hazel Lanier showcases her piano students in a Tuesday recital at the Sheraton ballroom. The program featured Polly Jensen, Hazel Briggs, Rebekah Conrad, Louise Morehead, Louella Sloope, Arlene Gray, Elizabeth Cooper, Nancy Cauble, Virginia Gregg, Ave Neil Taylor, Helen Motsinger, Gaynell Conrad, Bertha Mullinix, Louise Hamlin, Jewell Campbell, Roberta Paris, Frances Gregg, Patricia Conrad, Billy Peace, Coy Moose, Effie Irene Moose, Rachel Conrad, Dina Taylor, Martha Jane Britt, Sarah Hutchens, Margnerite Campbell and Mrs H B Monroe. Beginners receiving gifts included Mary Lois Hamlin, Esther Von Cannon, Alice Shanklin, Rosella Modlin, Lessie Price, Lucille Lanier, Margaret Bal linger, Margaret Smith, Helen Farrell, Opal Lanier, Alice Fine, Josephine Smith, Edith Solomon, and Irene Fine. Dorothy and Eloise Rankin acted as marshalls.
Pauline Coltrane hosted a miscellaneous shower at her King Street home for the newlywed Mrs. Ray W. Cross formerly Ruth Bentley. Guests enjoyed gifts and refreshments as the party concluded. The Lyndon reunion met at New Hope church Randolph County on June 20 with Dr. C. C. Andrews speaking and music from local performers. Officers named for the Lyndon Andrews clan included J. F. Lyndon as president and W. F. Lyndon as vice president. A picnic lunch followed and social hours occupied the afternoon.
The Domino club elected officers for the year at a meeting hosted by Miss Anna Elizabeth Kearns at 208 Lindsay Street. new officers are Martha Jarrett president Barbara Phillips vice president Annie Star Ellington secretary treasurer and social committee members Claudie Kirkman Edythe Crooks and Tess Ellington publicity chair. A lingerie shower was given for bride elect Margaret Fowler, hostess also gave luncheon sets to Miss Fowler and Miss Farr.
Mrs. Geddie Strickland and children Phyllis and Geddie Jr. return from a fortnight at the Erickson chalet on the North Toe river with Mrs. Norman Fidler and children. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Strickland of Johnson City Tennessee were weekend guests at the chalet.
The Business and Professional Girls club of the local YWCA held a picnic supper and swimming party at the municipal lake. Twenty three members and one visitor attended with a steak supper, swimming, and games at the grounds. Next week the meeting moves to Camp Betty Hastings in Winston Salem with 6 o'clock car departure from the local hut.
The Esquire club of Winston-Salem selects sponsors for the annual Cigarette Ball to be held Friday evening June 25. Misses Eileen Thomas Dot Smith and Ruth Pollock of High Point lead a list of sponsors with Edna Montgomery Lucia Johnston Phyllis Pinkston Lib Hill Mary Miller Margaret Cochran Virginia Clay from Winston-Salem. Nancy King Dot Ellington Mary Owen Donaldson from Greensboro. Nancy Fulton Joe Haymes and his 15 piece orchestra will provide music at Castle Farms Cincinnati. Dancing runs from 10 to 1.
The Mission Society of the M. E. church met at Mrs. Ernest Talley’s home on Main Street with Miss Laura Brookshire presiding. Mrs. F. Pope led the program, giving a talk on foreign missions, followed by a white elephant sale. Sixteen members attended. The July meeting will be at Mrs. James O. Pickard’s home.
Bill Hinshaw and Mrs Margaret O Brian of Durham with Mr and Mrs Ira Lewis visited Mr and Mrs Ernest Talley on Sunday. Greensboro families and relatives joined various hosts including Mrs Belle Smith and Dr and Mrs C D Kistler. Trips included Claud and Maud Fox leaving for Columbus Georgia to visit their brother Jim Fox and family.
Four representatives from local YWCA clubs depart tomorrow for Camp Merrie Wood near Brevard to attend the Southern Regional Industrial Clubs conference of the YWCA in session for the coming week. Local delegates include Miss Edith Cribbs of the Highland Lead-A-Hand club Miss Juanita Reid of the Live Y'ers club Mrs Leta Anderson and Miss Hazel Farrington of the Florence Nightingale club.
In Kernersville Duke university chapel hosted the June 10 wedding of Miss Vilda Llewellyn Parke and James Marshall. The ceremony featured Rev. Walter Haddon Allen and Mendelssohn’s Wedding March with an allusion to Moravian vows. The couple will reside in Winston-Salem where Marshall works in Bahnson company engineering and Parke is a Duke and nursing staff alumna.
Mrs George Fulp hosted a summery luncheon at her Cherry Lane home with her sister and Mrs J J Griffith of West Virginia. The event featured eight guests including J J Griffith Kon Storey Jim Spears R M EB Fagg D L J W Woolen and the hostess.
The marriage of Delphine to Lee Dur eity is announced in High Point North Carolina on January 19 at Carraway office. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Powell De Burton street extension.
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