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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1918
Page
5
A woman navigates love and pride as Homer, a soldier, visits for lunch while Landry stays distant. Tensions rise over fidelity and the war’s shadow, with the narrator torn between desire and duty.
The Greensboro reception committee for ex President William Howard Taft in the afternoon was incomplete with several high pointers omitted. Attendees from the city included Mr. and Mrs H A Millis, Mr. and Mrs William P Ragan, Mr. and Mrs J Elwood Cox, Mr. and Mrs RB H Sechrest, Major and Mrs L C Sinclair, and Mr. and Mrs J J Farriss. Taft speaks tonight at the Municipal theater.
The Tar Heel chapter of Children of the Confederacy will meet tomorrow afternoon at o'clock with Miss Iris Burrus at her Boulevard home. Attendance is desired as members plan observance of Memorial day on Friday May 10.
The Junior Missionary society of Wesley Memorial church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock with Jenwyn and Thelma Cummings. Attendance of all members is urged.
Litany services will be held this evening at 8 o clock at St Marys Episcopal church. Following this service the regular weekly choir practice will be held.
Birth announcements record a son born to Mr and Mrs H E Reid of Thurston Street on April 1 and a daughter born to Mr and Mrs W A Monroe. Social items note Kathleen Smithson and Mary White McAdams of Greensboro visiting friends in the city. W E Arnell departed for Durham on a short business trip. A Greensboro business visitor to the city early this morning is noted as well.
A display of smart silk skirts labeled Leparte features Foulard Taffeta and Satin styles. Prices range from 5.98 to 15.00 with a comprehensive selection showcased.
Miss Ruth Wicker, a High Point graduate nurse, leaves for Camp Merritt New Jersey for training before sailing to France with hospital unit 65 led by Maj J W Long. She gave up private practice, previously ran Richard Baker hospital Hickory, and trained at Shepherd Pratt.
Carl A. Ellison of High Point and M A Baker company No 308 at Camp Sevier married Grace Gibson of Concord yesterday at the camp. Ellison is the son of A L Ellison of Thurston street High Point and joined Camp Sevier months ago. The bride is described as prominent and popular in Concord.
Washington reports hotel and restaurant men pledge to refrain from wheat until after the next harvest. Sixty nine of sixty three dining car services joined the no wheat program, with four more expected. February dining cars saved 424,198 pounds of meat and 251,138 pounds of wheat flour across major railways, including Union Pacific, New York Central, and Pennsylvania lines. The Southern Railway used less than a fifth of its February wheat flour.
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