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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1940
Page
6
Mrs E W Freeze Jr entertained the Tuesday Bridge Club at her Greenway Drive home with pastel table decor and Easter lilies. Dinner preceded three tables of bridge in which Mrs James B Lovelace won top score and two floral handkerchiefs as prize.
Wayside Garden Club hosted its spring program at Mrs. E. S. Hillcrest Drive home. Mrs. R. R. Blackburn opened with Spring Awakening, covering garden tasks and nature’s renewal, followed by poems read by Mrs. Chandler and a piano piece by Mrs. McAnally. Guest Mrs. R. K. Stewart offered district remarks, and new president Mrs. A. M. Utley announced committees. a scrapbook on outdoor living and rock gardens was showcased for library reference.
High Point Woman's Club prepares for the Golden Jubilee Tea at Adams Memorial Y W C A on North Main Street. The event honors the fiftieth anniversary of the General Federation of Women's Clubs with about four hundred invitations. Tea runs from 3 30 to 5 30 pm, led by general chairman Mrs R H Sechrest and features past presidents and current officers.
Mrs Sam Dutton will entertain the Household Arts Club at their bi weekly meeting Thursday afternoon at 2 30 oclock. The gathering will be at the home of her son L B Dutton and Mrs Dutton 912 Rotary Drive.
The local calendar lists Thursday events including the Early American Arts Club business meeting at Mrs. W. C. Idol’s Hilcrest Drive home and afternoon gatherings at Mrs. A. B. Elam and Mrs. Horace Haworth. Friday features the Priscilla Club at Forest Hill Drive and a dinner talk by Marjorie Fiske at the Elwood Hotel. Saturday hosts Emerywood Country Club’s Gone With the Wind costume dance with John Peddicord and his orchestra.
Friends and relatives recount holiday travels with stops in Morven Charleston and Washington. Birth announcements include Charles Vernon Hill born March 20 at Guilford General Hospital and Sandra Faye Hill born March 25 at 1411 King Street with Hazel Burton as former name.
Breathing relief advertised with Penetro Nose Drops claims to clear a stuffed nose instantly and shorten head cold duration. The copy urges use for winter colds to achieve free breathing and faster recovery, asserting the product helps relieve misery.
Mrs Blake Thompson was elected to succeed Mrs Floyd Wilson as president of the High Point Council of Parents and Teachers at a bi monthly meeting in the Elm Street School library. Officers named include VPs for child study program publicity and secretarial posts. Plans for next year call for three city study groups and each school a fourth. A resolution to drop magazine subscription requirements from state standards was approved. State convention plans for April 17 19 were announced.
Dr. R A Herring city health officer Mrs Mabel Burnett Girl Scout executive and Mrs Mabel Hargett girls commissioner outlined civic work before the Altrusa Club at the Sheraton Hotel. Miss Eva Wall governor urged observance of Altrusa s 27th birthday and joint celebration with Greensboro Winston Salem and Salisbury clubs at Sedgefield Inn.
The High Point chapter 106 of the Order of the Eastern Star held a public installation at the Masonic Temple on North Main Street with Mrs. Louise Black guiding the rites. Over 100 attended, including visitors from Greensboro, Lexington, and Pennsylvania, as retiring officers received gifts and a shower of appreciation.
Miss Margaret Dickson of this city was elected to the Woman's College Phi Beta Kappa chapter as a junior during the annual convocation. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs F F Dickson of 506 Lindsay Street and a mathematics major.
The American Legion Auxiliary unit led by Mrs. Dan D. Arden postpones the benefit bridge party to Friday evening due to conflicting meetings. The new date is Friday, April 5, as announced by Mrs. Arden.
The party has been changed to Friday evening April 56. The bridge will be held at Blair Park clubhouse at eight o clock in the evening. The public is extended a cordial invitation by the committee in charge.
A large number of members from the local Rebekahs chapter will attend a district meeting in Greensboro tomorrow. Business sessions are set for 2 30 and 7 30 with a 6 30 supper for visitors. State president Mrs Viola Jones of Washington will address the gathering. She will also visit the local chapter Friday at 7 30 for a special meeting and social.
Washington Council No 4 Daughters of America will meet at 7 30 tomorrow at the J C U A M hall. All members urged to attend as initiatory work is scheduled.
Seven tables of contract bridge were in play yesterday at the Emerywood Country Club bi weekly ladies party. Hostesses Mrs. John A Russell and Mrs. John H Davis presided as prizes went to Mrs. John C Abels. Participants included Mesdames Abels Groome Scott Smart Quigley Casey Langley Walker Stroupe Adams Mitchell Tilden Gray Hubbard Holbrook Carr White Garrett Ayers Tilson Tilléon White Davis Dalton Stewart.
Post Easter, Adams Memorial YWCA hosts several Girl Reserve clubs with planned events. The Wednesday Cloverdale Club rehearses a play. Senior High sophomores plan a skating party at Sedgefield rink Friday. Junior high clubs meet at the school. Jolly Y Club meets tonight and tomorrow will present conference results.
Miss Zelma Parnell, a High Point College student, sang three numbers at the regular dinner of the Business and Professional Girls Club at the Adams Memorial YWCA. She was presented by Mrs Hazel Young with accompanist Miss Dorothy Hoskins. Vera Smith chaired in Miss Helen Deans absence. three visitors attended along with thirty-one members.
The Mothers' Council of the Senior High School will meet tomorrow at 1 30 p m at the school. All members are urged to be present.
The Lottie Holden Bible class will meet Thursday evening at three o'clock at Mrs. Fred Leonard's home 120 Chestnut Street. The A M Idol Philathea class of the First Methodist Church will meet tomorrow evening at 7 30 o'clock at Mrs. Ross H. Davis's home 605 Denny Street.
Burlington dispatch reports Arthur Simmons seeking Democratic gubernatorial nomination says war veterans want him named as vice president. He cites a Federation of War Veterans endorsement mentioned at a Chicago meeting.
Sonny Dillon entertained friends with an Easter egg hunt at his West Main Street home during the Fas ter holidays. After the hunt guests joined an Easter decorated dining room for ice, cake, and favors. Guests included Bobby Green Billy Hethcock Gordon Smith Jr Jack Neilson Julius Green Brightie White Jim Marr John Farrington and Frank Newby.
A roster of residents returned from Easter visits to relatives and friends in Mount Airy Greensboro Rocky Mount Philadelphia Roanoke Greenville Mount Gilead and Charlotte. Notable visitors include Mr. and Mrs. C C McCuiston and daughters from Monroe and Miss Emma Marshall of New York City.
Clarence Holston, a High Point Negro, is scheduled to go on trial in Guilford Superior Court for the murder of his wife Wilma on March 10. A true bill was returned yesterday, and a 20 person jury pool was summoned for 9 30 a m tomorrow following jury selection.
Greenboro March 27 W H Cline of High Point route two qualified this morning in the clerk of Guilford County Superior Court as administrator of the estate of his daughter Mary K Cline who died March 21. The estate is estimated at 500 and the father is the only heir.
Margaret Bryant remains at her home for several days while Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Jennings return to Elliott Drive after visiting their daughter Miss Betty Jennings at the W M U school in Baltimore Maryland where she is studing.
A vintage health ad touts CARDUS as a remedy for periodic menstrual distress caused by malnutrition. It claims CARDUS increases appetite and gastric juice flow, aiding digestion, boosting strength and energy, and reducing distress when taken before and during the menstrual period.
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