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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1937
Page
13
A reflective verse extols a sturdy ancient tree enduring wind and rain. The speaker seeks strength from nature to bear life’s joys and pains and to appreciate the tapestry of existence.
Mr and Mrs John C Abels hosted a Club of Twelve gathering at Emerywood Country club on Friday night at eight. Mrs Carter Dalton won the ladies prize a set of plaques and Frank J Sizemore took the men's prize a carton of cigarettes. Guests included Mr and Mrs J W Thompson and others.
The Archdale School Parent-Teacher Association will meet at the school on Monday at 7 30 PM. The executive committee is asked to convene at 7 00 PM for a preceding meeting.
Miss Eleanor Amos was honored at an informal party hosted by her mother Mrs R T Amos in Emerywood on Friday evening for her seventeenth birthday. The home featured spring flowers and dancing followed by salad and dessert in the living and sun rooms. Guests included a long list of Misses Pauline Douglas Jane Austin Betty Lou Jackson Pearl Thompson Clara Doe Sherrod Betty Sechrest Anna Tomlinson Margaret Hayworth Betty Hunt Murray Betty Hardin Theo Redman Eleanor Powell Mary Wilson Wall Anna Mae Hatcher Mary Sue Briggs Kitty Mann Mary Allen Clinard Dorin Stroupe Helen Millis and Messrs Joe Welborn John Diffendale Jack Abels Arthur Welch David Parker Sidney Gayle Jimmie Groom Arnold Huff Frank Garrett Robert Sheloff Henry Ferree Emery Gibson Joe Brinson Clarence Idol R L Brinson George Armfield Harriss Covington Rodney Snow Jr George Stewart Henry Baker Bob Amos Jimmie Millis Bill Simmons Charles Edwards Oren Whitener George Webster Bob Truesdale.
The Child Study club sponsored by the Mothers class at Wesley Memorial church will meet Tuesday at 3 30 p m at Mrs Joe Johnson s home on Colonial drive. Miss Xanie Stowe will lead the discussion on Communicable Diseases.
Three principal speakers will address delegates at the Short Course for Gardeners in Chapel Hill March 11 to 13. The lineup includes Mrs. Fae Huttenlocher of Des Moines Iowa recording secretary of the National Council of State Garden Clubs Mrs Dorothy Biddle Johnson of New York City editor of the Garden Digest and Mrs Fletcher Pierson Crown landscape architect of Decatur Georgia.
Chapel Hill hosts next week’s Short Course for Gardeners at the University of North Carolina with experts in gardening horticulture and floral arranging arriving from Virginia West Virginia South Carolina and Georgia Delegates from nearby states expected as well The event runs Thursday through Saturday March 11 12 13 with sessions at the Carolina Inn and one at the Washington Duke Hotel in Durham A program features talks on flower arrangements roses garden design and rosed science plus tours of Duke University grounds and social events including a Chapel Hill Garden Club tea
The Wick Wack club held a dance at the American Legion Hut in Thomasville last evening from 9 to 1. The Davis Brothers orchestra provided rhythmic swing music, drawing a large crowd and a festive atmosphere with attractive decorations.
The Alexander Martin chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Tuesday March 9 at 3 30 pm at the Emerywood Country club. Hostesses include Mesdames J E Millis Allen Watkins Nathan Ayers Mary Etta Mungan H L Watkins R K Stewart C C Garrett and H A Millin. A board meeting starts at 8 15 pm before a showing of Colonial silver tea footage from Mrs M J Wrenn’s home.
Mrs J Paul Sanders held a morning bridge luncheon at the Ecker Apartments honoring Miss Rebecca Kearns, guest of her sister Mrs Glenn Smith. High score prize went to Mrs Ralph Snyder, a lingerie piece, as guests included Mrs Davis, Mrs Glenn Perry, Mrs Glenn Smith, Mrs Robert Davis, Mrs A Scott Parker, Mrs O P Moffitt Jr, Miss Nancy Welborn. Crystal gifts were presented to the bride.
The Omega chapter of Kappa Gamma Sorority hosted its first social event yesterday from 3 to 5 pm at Sedgefield Manor. Guests included leaders from Altrusa, BPW, Junior Service League, garden clubs, and Kappa Gamma members from Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
The Johnson Street School Parent-Teacher Association met to honor Dr. T. Wingate Andrews, the late High Point city schools superintendent. A pupil chorus performed a medley, and talks urged music in schools as vital to body, mind, and soul, with a petition for Music in High Point schools presented for signatures.
Mrs A Lee Gibson left yesterday afternoon for Raleigh to attend a Mother-Daughter banquet at Meredith College. The event was hosted by the Grand Daughters' club of Meredith and included her daughter Iris Rose Gibson as a member. Mrs Gibson was to speak on the program at the banquet held last evening.
The Old Plank Road Council Royal Arcanum hosts a private dance next Saturday evening March 13 at the Hermerywood Country Club. Gilbert Clinard chairs the dance committee with Darrell Bulla and Glenn Smith assisting. Members and guests may secure admission cards through committee members. Dancing runs nine to one with the Davis brothers orchestra providing music.
Mrs T G Shelton hosted the Household Arts club at her home 1425 North Hamilton Street. Members spent the afternoon on needlework and planning a Saint Patrick s Day program for the next meeting March 11 hosted by Mrs J H Womble at her daughter’s home Mrs Earl Womble. A salad course was served to the listed attendees.
The southeastern division of the Progressive Education Association's North Carolina committee sponsors a conference on Education for Democracy at the University of North Carolina Woman's College in Chapel Hill. Clyde A. Erwin, state superintendent, will open with remarks on education for democracy. Speakers include Harriet W. Elliott, Buron Fowler. Fowler is a past president of the association.
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