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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1917
Page
5
Poem reflects on inner rest amid ocean storms. It describes a sacred stillness beneath worldly disturbance, where love and faith provide enduring peace. The speaker finds solace in divine presence, asserting joy and constancy beyond change.
Social calendar lists 2:30 at First Baptist church and 3:00 events for St Marys Guild Mrs Crowson Social Service Department Womens Club Elks home Delta Tau Club Mrs Bruce Carraway and Priscilla Club Mrs W L Jackson at Mrs D M Pollocks home.
The Greensboro College for Women Alumnae Association met yesterday afternoon at Mrs J W Harris Broad Street home. Inclement weather kept attendance small but spirits were high. They found 41 local ladies eligible to join a social, no-fee organization and urged eligible members to join. Officers are Mrs J W Harris president Mrs Chas Long vice president Mrs W H Townsend secretary Miss Frances Mann corresponding secretary. Another meeting is planned in about two weeks.
The evening service features solos by Mr. and Mrs. J Gurney Briggs in Theer is a Holy City by Shelly plus a duet. Miss Marylily Fisher will also sing a solo.
At 2:30 Monday afternoon the Woman's Missionary society of the First Baptist church will gather at the church. The Jennie Britt Armfield circle will present an interesting program. All ladies of the church are invited.
The Entre Nous club will not meet next week due to meetings at Wesley Memorial church.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Hicks, adding a new member to the family.
St Mary's Guild will meet Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock with Mrs. M. C. Crowson at her home on Jandsay street.
A. H. Sisson rushed to Charlottesville Virginia last night due to the sudden death of his father L. P. Sisson. No further details were provided.
R W Moon shows rheumatic troubles easing. Mrs Charles Ek Brewer of Raleigh arrives to visit Rev James A Clark and family. Miss Clarice Newlin at White Oak Street improving. Miss Rosa Short and Mrs Clarence Medford stay with Miss Sadie Mellichampe on Morris Street after attending the Washington inauguration en route to Marion.
Mrs James F Farlin of Durham visits Miss Sadie Mellichampe on Morris street then heads to Mississippi for weeks. Miss Louise Ingram of Greensboro College for Women arrives to spend weekend with her parents on Elm street. Helen Wilson returns from Winston Salem after visiting her sister. Mrs W Jackson returns from Winston Salem. Miss Clara Steele arrives from Greensboro College for Women to visit her parents on North Main street. Mrs W L Mellichampe leaves for weeks long visit to sons in Washington and Pohick Virginia. Banks Bencini comes home from Mercersburg Pennsylvania for spring vacation. Richard Reitzel arrives from Chapel Hill to spend weekend with relatives.
Miss Florence Baxter accompanied by a companion visited Greensboro this afternoon to explore local sites and meeting with residents before continuing on her itinerary.
Miss Lucile Sherrod heads to Danville Virginia to be weekend guest of her sister Miss Mary Sherrod at Randolph-Macon Institute as affairs of social week proceed in the area.
T J Gold visited Greensboro today on business. Mrs J E Kinch and daughter Mary Frances, guests of J F Kinch of the Enterprise force, plan to return to Urbahn Ohio tomorrow after a monthlong stay.
The Woman's Missionary Society holds its annual thank offering service at 7 30 p m In the program readings prayers and talks by Mrs Edgar Whitner Mrs Annie Staley Mrs R Smith and others include a life work talk on Miss Emma Zemile featuring songs and a responsive service led by Mrs FE Hedrick with duett talk by the pastor and collection of Thank Offering boxes.
Paris reports the French government studies postwar steps to free itself from German coal dependence. Experts propose three main sources: French deposits, English coal, and Rhine left bank mines with 30 million tons yearly, plus a Rhine free waterway and tariff reductions to ease independence.
H A Boggs died at his home Friday afternoon after an extended illness. Funeral services will be at Springfield church tomorrow at 2 pm led by Rev A G Dixon of the North Main Street Methodist Protestant church. He was a council member and Jr O U A M member with services at church and grave. Interment in the Spring Field church burying ground.
A vintage promotional blurb touts Tollo Water as a quick laxative to relieve constipation. It promises clearing decayed bowels within thirty minutes and claims regular use will keep bowels regular and skin clear, with a 15 cent bottle available at Hart Drug company and other druggists.
New York cotton opens steady with gains of 5 to 15 points as trade buys and covering push prices higher. May reaches around 1776, Oct near 17, with overall activity rising and late first hour quotes showing May 17.85, July 17.72, Oct 17.12, Dec 16.72, Jan around 17.24.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes a weather concern urging authorities to warn before temperatures drop. The piece frames the request as an overt act to protect the public from sudden cold.
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