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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1916
Page
5
A retired farmer jokes about joining a country club to escape boredom. He finds club chatter focuses on tennis, golf, billiards, bowling, polo, and social topics rather than crops and farming. He ends by asking who named it a country club.
At the Methodist Protestant parsonage Rev A Stubbins officiated as Miss Lillian Stone wed Clifton Hodgin. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs R T Stone, wore navy blue and carried white carnations. The couple plan to live in High Point after a northern trip. A salad service followed with guests list including Mesdames W C Jones R B Terry and many others. Earlier, the Thimble Club organized at Mrs J Hill's Hamilton Street residence restricted to 12 members, with Mrs J C Hilk elected president and Mrs Charles Ragan secretary.
Mrs J T Weaver hosts a St Patrick's Day gathering at her Oakwood home with prize drawings including a hand painted vase as the high score prize and a consolation guest towel won by Mrs O E F Mendenhall. Green carnations and Easter lilies adorn the decor as guests enjoy a charming afternoon.
Misses Chrysteen Currier and Clyde Kearns of the High Point Conservatory of Music left yesterday to assist in a concert near Charlotte.
L. J. Ingram left yesterday for Norwood and will travel to Midland near Charlotte for his brother P. C. Ingram’s wedding to Mrs. Mary Williamson of the place. The ceremony was set for today as young ladies linger for two or three days.
The U S battleships New York and Arkansas fired indirectly on a concrete and sand fortification at the mouth of Mobile Bay from about 12 miles in the Gulf of Mexico. They delivered one shell every ten minutes but officials would not disclose the test results.
The Sandy Ridge school program for Saturday March 18 lists Declamation Old Darby by Alton Frazier, Drill Overhall by Boys, Recitations The Bear Story by Mary Sullivan and The Legend of the Organ Builder by Hattie Smith, Music and dialogues including Singing Scale Concert, Twelve girls perform Motion Song, and a flag presentation by the Junior Order.
The High Point Township Teachers Association plans a township commencement at Oak Hill School on Friday March 17. Morning program includes opening song prayer and address by Prof. Foust county superintendent. Contests cover grades phonics spelling arithmetic geography composition and more with recitations and orations scheduled for the afternoon.
An advertisement urges readers to act promptly when feeling worn and in pain from rheumatic aches or possible kidney trouble. Foley Kidney Pills are promoted to help the kidneys remove poisonous waste, with Mann Drug Co. named as the advertiser.
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