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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
5
A reflective piece recalls childhood via old books and toys in a dusty attic. The narrator finds memories in McGuffey’s fifth reader, a baby’s high chair, a battered doll, and a scrap book, linking past joys to present moments at a Southern Churchman notice of Phi Mu sorority life in Atlanta dances.
Miss Nellie Muse of High Point was honored as Brenau College Gainesville Georgia observed pledge day. The event marks invitations extended to prospective members of fraternities with active participation by campus leaders and guests.
Friends in New York announce Mrs J Jonathan Jackson has sufficiently recovered from an appendicitis operation at High Point hospital. She is moving to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs F E Creelman on North Main Street after a Cuban trip with her husband.
Tomorrow afternoon at 4 oclock a service will be held at St. Marys Episcopal Church by Rev W L Mellichampe. The public is cordially invited.
Miss Evelyn Thurston remains ill with rheumatism at her Church Street home. Mrs. M. W. Woodard, visiting her parents on Lindsay Street, returned to Raleigh this afternoon. W. H. Ragan spent yesterday in Greensboro on legal business. Harry Raymond left yesterday for a extended business trip north. Elmer Shields visited Greensboro yesterday afternoon. J. W. Lambeth of Thomasville spent several hours in the city yesterday afternoon.
A shy admirer, moved by a theater night, compliments the leading lady and learns a merry romance. He asks to name the star he has discovered, claiming the right to a celestial reward in a playful twist.
The seventh series of the High Point Perpetual Building and Loan association matured today with 82 payments. The Billy Malone plan set a new North Carolina record for such associations. Mortgages cancelled reached $30,225 and cash to new borrowers $18,275. The eighteenth series will begin April 1 as the model organization expands its reach in the region.
William Farnum surpasses prior efforts in action scenes as Lem Hardy in Fight ing Blood shown at the Rose tomorrow. Hardy, youngest of a fighting family, becomes a clergyman and confronts a gang of toughs invading his church. End scene shows Hardy fighting, witnessed by Barney Oldfield Jens Willard and France Chance, who praise Farnum as a fine physical specimen.
Fannie Ward stars in the Jesse Lasky production Betty to the Rescue at the Broadway theater. Beatrice De Mille and Leighton Osman wrote the story for Ward. Supporting cast includes Jack Dean James Neill Charles West Lillian Leighton and Ted Duncan.
Elm Street school hosts a unique historical play by fourth graders guided by Miss Elsie Dillon tomorrow at 1 PM. The script features General George Washington General Hamilton and other figures as part of the entertaining history lesson. Parents and friends invited to attend.
Danville Virginia council battles during a stormy called meeting seeking to cut six police positions. A majority of ten votes was required to amend the ordinance, and the effort was defeated, preserving the existing police force.
Readable OCR shows schedule fragment for Carolina and Yadkin River Railroad Company with times 10:32 10:54 and 11:28. Details on routes or destinations are not provided.
A local measure on police department governance received seven votes, with five voting against the proposition and two in favor. The report notes the low turnout and the rejection of the change to oversight.
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