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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1931
Page
8
There will be no early service at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church on Sunday morning. Rector Rev. H Norwood Bowne will officiate at the 1 o'clock service as announced today. The notice highlights changes in the church schedule for the weekend.
Friday events include American Auxiliary hosting Mrs. Ingle and others at 7 45 P M. Friday Night Video Club with Mrs. John Peacock at 8 15 P M. Philomathean Club meets at 2 00 at South Main. Roycroft Junto Club gathers at the Sheraton. Canterbury meets at 3 30 at Mrs. Say’s Otteray drive home.
A refined luncheon began a gathering at Mrs. Walker's with an afternoon of bridge. Guests included Mrs. James Hardee of Madison, Florida and Mrs. Lincoln Boneau of Long Island, along with several local hosts and visitors. Mrs. Frank McBoyer of Terre Haute returned home after a three week stay with Mrs. dD. G. Van Osdel on Wiltshire boulevard receiving many social courtesies.
Mrs. F. FE. Barker of Rameeur is much improved after a period of critical illness. Lizzie Gooch has returned from New York with spring and summer attire for her ready to wear shop. Mrs. W. C. Johnson recovers from erysipelas at her White Oak Street home. Oliver Smith and Charles Lee Smith of Raleigh visited yesterday. Anne Wendendhall spent Thursday in Goldsboro. Mr. and Mrs. Ames Hardee of Madison hosted by the Robert Walkers. Hubert M. Bryant returns from a New York business trip with George A. Bryant of Greensboro to buy spring shoes for theGeo A Bryant Shoe Co.
High Point college begins a series of music recitals with Miss Mollol Bogle of Hiddenite presenting the annual junior recital in Roberts Hall at 8 p m The following evening another student recital is scheduled and Thursday features Miss Hazel Lanier in the annual senior recital On Wednesday evening the college auditorium will host the annual senior play Hands Up coached by Julian Beall.
The final winter supper meeting of the Y's Men's Club was held last night at the Y W C A on East Commerce Street. Guests included Chas E Spencer director of physical education at High Point High School Magistrate C C Muse and Superintendent T Wingate Andrews.
A special prayer service will be held at Union Mission tabernacle West Green and Ward streets tomorrow night at 7 30 by Rev Norman Osborne of Oak Hill Friends church. Revival services begin Sunday at 11 with Rev Robert Melvin of Greensboro preaching.
A new gadget attaches to each corner and screws into the wall from behind the piece. The device remains hidden from view while holding India prints and other wall art firmly in place.
Mrs. H A White of High Point college spoke on the May Day festival's history to the local Kiwanis club at Elwood. She traced origins to Rome and England, noted the shift to May Queen centered celebrations, and recalled the 1661 May pole in London.
Colfax high school opens its annual commencement with a play No-Account David in the auditorium at 8 p.m. Saturday May 2 followed by baccalaureate services May 3 and a May 6 senior class program. Dean Milner of Guilford College to deliver the commencement address and diplomas will be presented by Dr. T. R. Foust.
Tampa pilot Jack Walton and airplane mechanic Louis Milan departed in a re conditioned plane for a South American flight. The first stop is Havana or Key West followed by a leg to Honduras with conditions in that country guiding subsequent legs.
The Tri State Association of Orphanage Workers held the second day of a two day convention in Oxford with about 75 delegates. Discussions covered orphanage administration and current problems. Delegates represented North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Virginia.
Ralph L. Wagoner, High Pointer, withdrew his appeal in Greensboro superior court after a four year sentence for bigamy handed by Judge T. B. Finley. He offered no defense at trial. Leona Williams testified Wagoner told her he had divorced nine years from an earlier marriage. Wagoner will begin serving his term in state's prison.
The southeastern conference of Girl Scouts of America opened in Greenville, S. C., with an address by Miss. The opening keynotes set a tone for regional talks and activities as leaders and delegates began discussions.
Alice Conway of the national staff led more than 100 delegates from North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida as divisional meetings and nominating committee reports were scheduled. The Lions Club of Greenville hosted a luncheon during the conference.
Rev. Thomas Willey leads a meeting on Ward Street off South Main about his travels among Andes Indians in Peru. He will present stereopticon pictures of dwellings and dress and speak at 7 30 p m Saturday night as part of a revival ongoing nightly.
The North Carolina Assembly of the Churches of God opened a three day session in Kannapolis with delegates from 58 churches and 25 pastors. Rev. S. W. Latimer of Cleveland Tenn., general overseer, gave the keynote address while Rev. John L. Stevens of Wilmington, state overseer, presided. The convention will elect officers Sunday afternoon.
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