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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1917
Page
5
The first aid to the injured class of the American Red Cross will meet at Red Cross headquarters tomorrow Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. All members are urged to attend.
In Trinity on June 25 special notes list Mrs. Jane Jordan of Thomasville visiting with her sister Mrs. W. M. Creech er and Mrs. T Fisher and her little son from Salisbury. Bruce Craven traveled to Wrightsville Beach on business. D. M. Ballance of Greensboro and Thomas H. Tate of High Point visited. Several others hosted guests and relatives at local homes.
Raleigh dispatch reports the federal grand jury has returned eight true bills against Raleigh citizens on charges of conspiracy and whisky smuggling. Other items note a fatal auto crash near Albemarle, a shop robbery in Cedartown, Ga, an assault in Monroe, and new Red Cross and ambulance developments in Greensboro along with a cash only coal sale policy in Durham.
The piece notes the YWCA's large membership, London's barmaid numbers from the census, Elinor Glyn's illness inspired novel writing, a new military medal recognizing women's bravery, the Signal Corps role in weather service, and the U S Army chief leading the general staff corps.
New York theater circles focus on plans for the 1917 18 season as producers and stars shape a busy slate. William Faversham acquires The Old Country and Shaw’s Misalliance for U S staging while Margaret Anglin builds a repertoire and Cyril Maude heads to Australia. Barrymore and Hilliard promise stage comebacks, while Jane Cowl and David Warfield map fall tours and Emily Stevens signs with Hattons for a new vehicle.
Way Wednesday featured Mme Petrova in a Lasky-Paramount release directed by M Maurice Tourneur. The production was staged near St Augustine Florida by Tourneur and Albert Kaufman, head of the Famous Players Lasky studios in the east.
Bessie Eyton hails The Heart of Texas Ryan as her best part since The Crisis. She notes her aquatic sport reputation and her horseback riding prowess as showcased in the film. The drama features George Fawcett Frank Campeau Tom Mix and others and opens Friday at the Rose Theatre.
Frances Nelson and Arthur Ashley star in a society drama about a nagging stepmother threatening a happy home. The plot follows a girl’s near reputation wreck and saving twist as Trelen Ware’s national hit becomes a Broadway success adaptation.
The Raleigh a 32 gun frigate was the first American man of war built at Portsmouth New Hampshire It was launched May 31 1776 and completed in 60 days from keel laying.
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