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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1934
Page
6
Social notes report a Philips hostess meeting on Saturday March 17 with Irene Greens as guest. Prizes awarded for high score to Miss Marshal and Miss Carey Atkins. Easter card motif served. Also announced Daughters of Liber and Ells weekly dance tonight and church supper fundraiser. Birth of a daughter Noel to Mr and Mrs Forbis noted along with visits and social rounds.
Hubert J. Liverman, pianist and composer, arrived Sunday from the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill to spend the holidays with his mother, Mrs. M. B. Liverman, on Thurston Street.
Various clubs in the area plan meetings on Wednesday including the Burbank Garden club led by Mrs. Reich with topic Garden Music at 10 am. The Mid-Week Garden club with Mrs. Denny on Hillcrest drive discusses Perfume in Flowers at 10 am. The Wednesday Contract bridge club gathers at 3 pm hosted by Mrs. Strickland, 409 Gatewood. The Music Literature Department meets at 3:30 pm at High Point college with hostesses. Tea and Topics Club meets at 3:30 pm with Mrs. Andrews College drive. Rotary Ladies Night dinner at Emerywood Country club. Friday Lotus Club visits Mrs. Barrett at 209 Woodrow and Philomathian Book club with Mrs. Millis on North Main at 3:30 pm.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist church held its regular monthly meeting. Plans were made for home missions prayer services on March 26 and 27 at 2 30 pm with lessons from How to Pray. Mrs Alfred Poole hosted a kitchen shower for Mrs Roy Peck with games gifts and refreshments. The Stephens Bible Study class meets Wednesday at 8 pm with Mrs T L Lowe on Morris Street to study Hebrews.
Despite bad weather the March meeting of the Musical Art Club drew a full ballroom at the Sheraton hotel for an engaging program. The High School Symphony Orchestra led by Virginia Frank opened with The White Queen and Recollections of Walterfel. The Boy's Glee Club under Dan W Smith performed Passing By and Hunter's Loud Halloo with Marion Dickson at piano. The second half featured Doris Koonce piano, Jack Elam violin, Eloise Rankin in Puck, Lacy Tomlinson and Margaret Briggs in Valse Graziosa, Bertha Kotsios with Elizabeth Strickland in Liebestraum, Alene Vance and Sidney Gayle in Romanz a, Dupuy Sears closing with the Hungarian from MacDowell. Hubert Liverman, a High Point pianist and Carolina student, performed a new composition. All numbers were well received.
North Carolina junior music contests set district eliminations for March 31 and the state finals on April 7. State finals will be at Catawba College in Salisbury with district hosts across Forest City Belmont Eton Meredith Raleigh Goldsboro.
The report shows total miles flown by all scheduled airline operators reaching 4,642,545 in 1933, down from 50,932,967 miles flown in 1932, indicating a major year to year decline in air activity among carriers.
Harvey Griffith and Robert Ingram were convicted of assaulting a young married woman in Mountairy on March 20 and sentenced to two years in prison. They appealed.
Merrill Joyce Cox, infant daughter of Carson and Alma Fulp Cox of High Point Route 2, died at home this morning at 1 o clock after a short pneumonia illness. Born December 11 1933 in Guilford County, she is survived by her parents and grandparents G W Cox and Floyd Fulp. Funeral arrangements pending for Thursday afternoon services.
Kenneth C. Denny was elected chairman of the board of deacons at the First Presbyterian church during the March meeting. George E. Hutchens was chosen vice chairman, succeeding Charles W. Perry and Young respectively.
MEMPHIS Tenn March 20 Dr George W Belk 38 pastor of the Evergreen Presbyterian church for two and a half years is dead Funeral services are arranged for today and burial will be in Swannanoa NC A native of Chatham Va he had a notable athletic record at the University of South Carolina and Presbyterian College at Clinton SC After service in World War I he earned a Doctor of Divinity from Southwestern college Memphis and came here from Versailles Ky
Charlotte notes that the Piedmont Kennel Club plans its third annual dog show March 30 31 with 500 plus entries expected. Dr W T Scarborough of Raleigh serves as superintendent and Erio Myers of Milford Ohio will judge the entries.
Librarians from across the south gather in Chapel Hill for a two day conference on public documents scheduled March 30 and 31. Duke University the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina sponsor the meeting.
Qualified as administrator of Isabelle Little's estate in Guilford County North Carolina this notice asks all creditors to present claims by February 21 1935 or risk loss of recovery. Debtors are urged to settle debts promptly as of February 21 1934 by R H Sechrest administrator.
Funeral services for Wiley T. Brown, shot to death Saturday night, were held at 2 pm yesterday from Sechrest Funeral Home. Rev. J. M. Hilliard led a large gathering as a quartet sang. Pallbearers and flower bearers were Odd Fellows and Rebecca Lodge members. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery in the Odd Fellows plot.
Roy C. Welborn announces the removal of the Commercial Insurance and Investment company from 118 1 2 North Main Street to the second floor of the Wachovia Bank building. The change is effective today.
Air express volume reached 2,452,812 pounds in 1933, up from 1,600,821 pounds in 1932, reflecting a substantial increase in air freight traffic over the year.
Sufferers of constipation report relief after using Kellogg’s Att-Bran. Mrs Johnson from Colorado claims she has not been consulted for seven weeks after adding six tablespoons of Att-Bran daily with meals. The ad touts bulk from bran, iron, and vitamins to promote regularity and advises two scoops daily for chronic cases.
The Intermediate girls of Welch Memorial M. P. church met at Mrs. Morgan's home Saturday evening. President Mildred Winslow led the devotional and the group sang. They adopted the name Overcomers for the class. Attendees included Mildred Winslow Virginia Reade Shirley Reade Lucille Durham Willie Edwards Margaret Hoover and Rada Cox with Mrs Ruth Cashwell visiting.
Noah Hayes, 30, of Statesville, named driver in a Sunday hit-and-run that killed Officer J. Ross White. Five others Elmer Owens 23 Albert Cook 26 Philip Cook 23 and Dave Josey 28 were also held in the case.
A coroner's jury will meet Monday to investigate the slaying of Mrs. George Robbins 32 found beaten to death in her yard six miles northeast of Rockingham. Her son Billy, who witnessed part of the attack, is ill, prompting the postponement. husband George Robbins 24 and James Sanders are in custody as witnesses.
Raleigh March 20 North Carolina's income tax receipts trail last year's by about 400000. Through March 17 collections totaled 4845054.60 versus 5278366.75 a year earlier. A 2000000 drop in tobacco company payments due to lower earnings explains part of the decline.
Three women and four men were arrested in Capitan Raleigh during the first police drive to wipe out rice. Jail sentences were given to two women, the third received a suspended sentence, two men were fined, and two were released.
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