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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1920
Page
5
Anonymous notes a comic church scene as the village choir mangles the Old Hundred psalm with discord and chaos. Trebles clash with tenors and basses while the precentor struggles to regain order in a humorous hymn parody.
The Junior Missionary Society division No 1 met Saturday afternoon at Dorothy and Mamie Francis Stamey home. Topics included Christ the Friend of the Suffering. Little Miss Marjorie Tate led a Bible lesson, Bessie Davis read The Little Orphans of Belgium, Louise Earnhardt recited A Little Girl's Pillow. Twenty five members attended and two new members Mabel Tate and Josephine Boone joined. Refreshments were served.
A wedding of unusual interest was held at 3 PM yesterday at the home of Rev. P. D. Brown. Miss Florence Millican of this city married W. Corbett Welch of High Point in a ceremony attended by intimate friends. The couple will reside in High Point.
An informal dance will be held Tuesday night at Neeses Hall Greensboro from 9 to 12 hosted by local youths. The weekly event has proven popular and tomorrow features the O Henry Orchestra providing music. Several High Point couples plan to attend.
The board of directors of the Associated Charities will hold a meeting in the Red Cross rooms tomorrow night at 7:30. Each director is requested to be present.
Z. T. Van Eaton of Greeley Colorado narrowly escaped severe injury after his touring car was struck by a Union Pacific passenger train in March. The car was dragged about 1200 feet before the train stopped. Van Eaton remained in his seat and held the wheel, sustaining only minor injuries.
Portsmouth New Hampshire March 8 Fishermen are earning 100 dollars daily grappling for junk metal and coal along the navy yard wharves. Storms wrecked lobster gear but uncover valuable offshore materials in large quantities.
The Order of the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting tomorrow evening at 7 30 o clock in the Masonite hall.
Abbe Felix Stein describes his Washington meeting with President Wilson in a White House reception attended by French and English clergy including the Arras bishop. Stein quotes Wilson on moral force, noting the wartime cooperation and shared civilizational aims between France and the United States.
A daughter named Margaret Catherine Price was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Price on March 7.
Mrs. Rufus King urges landscape gardening as a home maker’s art, insisting any sunlit plot can become a garden. She argues design matters, masses over singles, and that harmony with nature shapes a home’s personal canvas and peace of mind.
Julius C. Smith of Greensboro was a professional visitor in High Point Saturday. W. F. Lindsey and Rev. C. C. Lindley of Saxapahaxi repented yesterday in the city with relatives. L. M. Cannon returned to Elon College after visiting his parents on Richardson Street.
Mr J W Chandler and Mrs Chandler with their daughters are spending a few days away, as noted in local social brief.
J. R. Jones of Asheville purchasing agent for the Carolina Wood Products company spent a few days in the city on business and left Saturday. Dave Folsom also departed Saturday for a business trip to points in South Carolina.
Jo ff Rawley departed Friday for a business trip to Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Misses Alice and Lou Palmer of Warrenton are visiting relatives in High Point.
Mrs J R Stuart of Kernersville visits High Point with her daughters Mrs B H Hedgecock and Mrs M S Hiatt. Miss Dorothy Stuart visits relatives in the city. Mrs B B Wagner of Thomnsville stays with daughter Mrs A Cecil on Montlieu avenue. Several High Point ministers travel to Charlotte for the state conference of pastors opening today. J Gold joins Besavas days at the High Point fishing camp.
The Philathea class of the First Baptist church will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 8 PM at the home of Mrs. J. A. Clarke 229 Lindsay Street.
A daughter named Eleanor Josephine was born on Sunday afternoon March 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Amos.
In Chicago a courtroom hears an eight year old girl named Clara Drajus recount abuse by her stepmother. The judge orders care by the court until a fairy godmother can be found to adopt her.
In Boston Rev J Ross Fisher warned twelve students bound for Paris to avoid nude art in study abroad. He is in the city to raise funds for a $2,000,000 church plant in the Latin Quarter to uphold high morals for American youth.
Chicago police searched for three armed bandits after a year old girl Annie Coutoumanes entered a drug store and refused their claim the druggist was out She fled and called the police but the robbers escaped before officers arrived.
Miss Agnes Chalmers of Grand Rapids Michigan board of education and close friend of Lady Astor has returned to the United States after visiting Lady Astor at Clemdon England. She is the author of The King's Cupbearer.
King George reviews a battered omnibus with long overseas service in London. He boards for a ride and notes he has never been in a ship before, comparing the experience to riding a tram. Princes Albert and others are described as familiar with the urban transit scene.
Chicago reports filed with the public utilities commission show women becoming heavy stock investors. In four large concerns listed first, women own about 10 percent of the stock.
ATCHISON Kan March 8 George McPhilimy forty five a prominent farmer near here died a few days ago from swallowing a horsefly last summer Doctors say the fly entered his right lung and a tubercular infection followed He is survived by a wife and several children and was well known in the local farming community
After 148 years Poles have regained the port of Putzig turning it into a revived sea nation. The readable fragment notes a historic lapse and renewal centered on Polish control of the coastal settlement and its strategic harbor.
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