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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
3
The Civics Conservation department of the Woman's Club meets this afternoon at 3 30 in the chamber of commerce. Mrs William Tate chairs the committee.
The Over the Teacups club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. W. G. Shipman on Gatewood Avenue. It was originally set with Mrs. O. N. Mendenhall, but the arrangment changed.
Miss Louretia Owen secretary of the High Point chapter notes W C A members attending an industrial conference in Winston-Salem this week. Miss Lucy Carner national industrial secretary is conducting the conference.
KLEOD KALENDAR notes the Tuesday events: Bridge club with Mrs M Clarence Crowson in Roland Park at 3 20. Street Grade School girl reserves meet with Miss Valette Jones on Morris Street at 3 30. W C T meets next week. Peacock VPhilathea class at Kirst Baptist church with Mrs Geavans at 7 30. YWCA finances committee with Mrs J W Hedrick at 7 20.
On Wednesday the Delta Tau club plans a meeting with Mrs. Kenneth Denny at Hamilton Street at 8 50. A Women's club gathering marks the fifth Wednesday. The Blue Bird Band of Girl Reserves will hold an April pool session at the WY. W. OC. A. hut at 3 45 with a party style social committee. A Fold-dance class convenes at the Y W C A at 7 30, with a meeting with Mrs. W G Shipman on Gatewood Avenue at 3 00.
A South Main grade school club will meet Thursday for a hike at 3:20 PM. Members should gather at the school entry and bring comfortable clothing and water.
Friday Cornelian club to meet with Mrs HBeb Sheloff and Mrs Garnet Pollock at the Sheloff home in Johnson Place Hour 3 30 o'clock. Gamma Zeta club to meet Hostess as yet unannounced. Sorosis club to meet with Mrs F B Creelman North Miamn street Hour 3 30 o'clock. A club to meet with s G Shipman on Gate avenue Hour 3 00 o'clock. The business meeting will begin promptly.
The Saturday gathering of the Junior Guild of St. Mary's P. E. church meets with Mrs. George W. Sadder on North Main Street at 3 o'clock. The Springfield club, led by Miss Bioma Blair, also convenes at 3 o'clock.
The sessions run through Thursday at the Winston-Salem YWCA administrative building, with activities scheduled for attendees.
The folk game hour at the Y W C A hut is scheduled for tomorrow night from 7 30 to 9. Mrs Will Slane back from New York will lead the session and all business and industrial girls are invited to attend. The work is delightful.
Children from St Marys Sunday School enjoyed a pleasant Easter egg hunt Monday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 in the park near Johnson place. Races for girls and boys featured the sun frappe while H J Coffield superintendent led the event alongside B B Thurman and Mrs James Stewart.
The Gamma Zeta club will meet Thursday at 3 30 PM with Miss Avery Kirkman at Kirkholme on Washington Street. The date change requires HW members to note the adjustment.
Walter Hiers, over two hundred pounds, known for sparkling comedy, performs at the Broadway theater Wednesday with Robert Warwick in The Fourteenth Man. The Georgia native moved to California for slapstick, then joined D. W. Griffith's company after early rough work.
The Elm Street grade school Girl Reserves meet 3 30 to 5 30 this afternoon at the Wilbur Jones home on Morris Street. Miss Valette Jones hosts as adviser and leads the installation of officers and initiation of members. An Easter egg hunt closes the program for the high point Y W C A group of sixth and seventh graders.
The High Point Woman's Club announces its general meeting is moved to Wednesday April 20 from April 6 due to the Asheboro district club meeting on April 6. State president Mrs. C C Hook will speak along with Miss Elizabeth Kelly of Raleigh and J J Blair. Reports of all officers will be discussed.
The High Point club extends invitation to its entire membership for a single day conference. The event begins at 10 30 Wednesday morning, includes luncheon at Mrs Spence's home, and features an afternoon discussion about district club affairs.
Lawrence Case Matton of this city announces his engagement to Miss Nellie Elizabeth Hyde of Buchanan Virginia. The wedding is planned for May. Matton, son of Mr and Mrs George A Matton of Hamilton street, heads the insurance department at Wachovia Bank and Trust Company. High Point society will find the news of the impending marriage interesting.
Mortimer Browning of High Point learns his original composition was not among the pieces to be performed but his submission was selected for the manuscript concert at the Peabody Conservatory event. The piece an introduction and fugue for piano is dedicated to Harold P. Phillips and marks Browning as a pianist gaining notable recognition this season including a first prize scholarship at the Chicago Musical College in June 1920.
Miss Valette Jones honors Mrs John Harris Walker Jr with a two to four pm bridge luncheon at the Jones home on Morris Street. Twelve covers, lilac decor, lavender notes and a lilac bower set a spring mood as three tables play while Mrs Walker receives a guest towel. Attendants include Mrs Walker and numerous friends from nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Nelson of Greensboro visited Monday with Mr and Mrs Fred Holt. Mrs Nelson known here as Miss Rema Jones. Mr and Mrs R L Paschal of Altoona PA returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs G L Paschal on Willowbrook street. Cory A Parish of Greensboro and Annie Parish of Glenwood were Easter guests of Is M Mowerton. Lillie Mann spent Easter with friends in Graham SC. Students returning to Greensboro College include Mrs Josephine Wood Ruth Welborn Bessie Tesh Mary Ring Catherine Pickett. Rev Roy E K Leinbach departed Sunday for Lancaster and Philadelphia.
Chrys reads a yellow cable from Berlin about Hamilton Certeis, a German banker tied to a Russian prison and alleged plotting against the Bolshevik regime. Janice learns Certeis still lives and endures confinement, a shock to their circle.
A long list of Easter weekend visits and returns to Greensboro High Point and surrounding areas. Names include Anna Marshall Robert K Marshall J J Gentry Miss Annie Lee Gay Rosa Bryant James McAnally and families Mrs Hortons and many others with travel to Guilford College Texarkana and Philadelphia. Also mentions a mystery about Chrys and Certeis with spy intrigue.
The U D C benefit party at the Elk's home Monday evening drew a delighted society. Cards were played on the lower floor with spring flowers and ferns decorating the suite. Mrs Randall Terry led the committee with Mrs A Ring supervising refreshments. Hutchens grocery donated coffee. The Elk's lodge lent the venue and the U D C members expressed gratitude.
Adelaide Kennerly and Isma de Lier warn against oversized crowns and broad brims for slender necks. They advise fluffy hair, low placement, and hats with roll-brim or short back styles to avoid dwarfed figures.
Tokyo reports Japan plans to dispatch a battleship and four destroyers to Kadia ha for protection of Japanese fishing enterprises. The move follows claims that the Far Eastern Republic ceded the peninsula in the region.
In Essen on March 29 a fight with security police left fifteen rioters dead and forty wounded. The attempt by regional communists to seize a general strike failed as authorities maintained control.
Notice states Joe's Shoe Repair Shop at 111 EH Commerce, behind the post office, offers prompt service with nearly done shoe repairs.
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