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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1917
Page
5
A poem describes the Sandman inviting children to his nightly and afternoon gatherings. Frances, Bobbie, and a sister with Frederick appear as the text portrays family scenes and bedtime imagery. Oliver Lair Smith is noted at the end.
Mr and Mrs H A Millis recount a fourteen day stay in Havana Cuba marked by a revolution leaders capture and ongoing military clashes. They traveled with passports and faced a security check by a black soldier before a guide resolved the incident while sharing a hotel with Ambassador Gerard and others.
An ambassador visiting Havana from Washington to Germany stayed mostly at his hotel yet toured several city areas. Ex-president Jose Miguel Gomez, leader of revolutionary forces, was captured hours before the High Pointers arrived, with armed guards patrolling stations, sugar refineries, and public buildings to ensure safety as Sanitation and beauty of Havana impressed the observer. The Florida Keys to Cuba trip was uneventful.
Ladies of South Main street Methodist church plan a staged production titled The Old Peabody Pew with a special musical program. An announced date will be provided later and the public is invited to attend.
Complimenting Mrs. Charles E. Brewer of Durham, the house guest of Rev and Mrs James A Clark, Mrs S L Davis hosted an informal tea at her South Main Street home yesterday afternoon. Receiving with the hostess and Mrs Brewer were Mrs Gilbert Rowe and Mrs Clark. A number of ladies called during the afternoon.
Mrs Bruce Carraway will entertain the Delta Tau club tomorrow at 3 oclock at her North Main Street home.
Gamma Zeta club will not meet this week due to the meeting held at Wesley Memorial church.
The social service department of the Woman's club will meet tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the Elks' home to discuss club activities and plans.
Miss Margaret Hauser and W. L. Tabb Jr are named as the latest enthusiasts for the Measley club as local interest grows.
Ben Pickard of offGeensboro arrived in the city as a business visitor for a few hours today.
Mrs P B Rogers recovered from pneumonia at her niece Mrs W G Shipman’s on Gatewood avenue and went back to her College street home. W F Ellis Jr arrived yesterday and leaves tonight for a business trip to the eastern part of the state. Mrs Virgil Idol left today at noon to visit relatives in Winston Salem. Mrs W L Underwood was taken to
A patient is at the local hospital this morning awaiting an appendicitis operation scheduled for tomorrow.
Mrs D L Paschal left for Thomasville to be with her daughter Mrs R L Harville who is very sick. Mr and Mrs Homer Wheeler left last night for a trip to New York and other northern cities.
Mrs Gilbert Clark leaves tomorrow morning for Wilson and Goldsboro to visit relatives and friends.
Mrs Charles E Brewer of Raleigh travels to Greensboro today to attend the Baptist convention in session there, after visiting Rev and Mrs James A Clark on Gatewood Avenue for several days.
Mrs. Claude A. Smith wife of a city schools professor who suffered scarletina and rheumatism since September shows great improvement and may be out soon. Her son Claude A. Jr. has also been ill and they are staying with Mr and Mrs Matt Hedgecock while Dr W F Clayton who attended midwinter clinics in Atlanta has returned.
George Lowe and T. V. Rochelle were visitors to Ashboro yesterday afternoon, stopping by local sites and meeting residents during their visit.
Charlotte March 20 A state organization of knit ting mills was perfected today with representatives of 99 mills in attendance Trade subjects and markets especially foreign were the chief topics discussed and plans were to be made for the extension of trade The knitting mill industry has made progress in the last year Of the 6197 machines added to the mills in the southern states 3075 were in North Carolina
New York reports the steamship City of Memphis sunk in the German submarine zone but no lives were lost. The missing vessel, with its captain and seven crew members, has reached Glasgow, per a dispatch from the captain to the owners.
Chicago March 20 Wheat futures failed to sustain early gains as profit taking pulled May and July contracts from intra day highs. May futures ranged around 1.87 to 1.8814 dollars while July moved near 1.58 to 1.5814 dollars before rebounding to close near yesterday's finish.
Vivian Martin stars in The Wax Model at the Broadway, showcasing a wardrobe of elegant gowns. From a shabby serge suit to a nursemaid uniform and filmy white draperies, she models attire for a young woman as the celebration scene features a lace trimmed imported gown and velvet coat with fur. Additional outfits include pale pink silk and tulle ensembles with lace hats and parasols.
In New York no scenic effort matches the Metropolitan Opera house production Louise. Through arrangements with William Elliott F Ray Comstock and Morris Gest Experience will be offered for the first time in Greensboro at the Municipal theater for three performances beginning Friday March 23 with a matinee Saturday at 3 o clock. Mail orders are now being received and tickets will be promptly mailed on receipt of these orders. Seats are now on sale. It is advisable for those who wish desirable seats to send in mail orders immediately and they will be filled.
Genevieve Hamper, praised for the era’s loveliest face, appears as Claire de Mornay’s niece in The Monster at the Rose tomorrow. She studied the part extensively, saying film offers a new art form that lets audiences feel and suffer with actors beyond the stage.
A New York company moved its president from the fourth to the thirty-second floor and back after the head became dizzy at the height. He refused to stay in the high office, fearing a fatal fall. the move cost about $1,000 and the ledger notes it as moving expenses.
A. M. Bain and family of 117 Meadow street express sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors for help and sympathy during the bereavement in the loss of Mrs. Mary Alice Bain whose funeral took place yesterday. Our loss is her gain.
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