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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1929

Page

14

Banquets Planned at YWCA for Mother’s Day

Two Mother's Day banquets are scheduled at the YWCA on East Commerce Street. The Ocawasin club of business girls will hold the annual mother-daughter banquet tonight with Miss Whannie Brafford as toastmistress and Rev. Tom Alderman Sykes delivering the address. A second banquet for local industrial club members and their mothers will be held Saturday at 6 PM in the gym on the third floor, with Mrs. Lamar McCallum in charge of decorations and a program including toasts by Mrs. H. W. McCain and others, plus songs and a duet.

East Commerce Street Ocawasin Club of Business Girls Whannie Brafford Tom Alderman Sykes Central Friends Church Mary Alice Baynes A. Lee Gibson Florence Evers Association Lamar McCallum J. E. Marsh Thurlow Kearns E. C. Holton W. C. T. Carter R. O. Lindsay C. Dunbar Lily Watson S. J. Best J. A. Austin

Dodson's Liver Tone Free Trial Ad

An advertisement promises relief from liver and bowel sluggishness with Dodson's Liver Tone a pure vegetable remedy. It claims rapid symptom relief and normal action, offers a free bottle to readers who request it by writing Sterling Products Wheeling West Virginia.

Wheeling W. Va

York Elected Mayor by City Councilmen

The High Point councilmen elected C. A. York mayor by unanimous vote after meeting at 5 o clock yesterday. York was already elected councilman at large without opposition and did not vote himself. The surprise election occurred outside the expected first regular council meeting.

C. A. York High Point York

High School Hosts Mother’s Day Fashion Program

High school sewing division under Miss Penelope Morgan will present a Mother’s Day program at 10 15 tomorrow. The show features authentic dresses from 1810 to recent decades, copies of period styles, and a Gibson Girl 1895 costume. Orchestra selections will include Buffalo Gals and A Bicycle Built for Two. At the close O E Mendenhall will donate Civil War leader portraits of Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson to the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Penelope Morgan Miss Morgan Buffalo O. E. Mendenhall Daughters of the Confederacy Robert E. Lee Stonewall” Jackson

Non Fur Bearing Creatures Preserved in Alcohol Jars

Taxidermy cannot mount frogs toads and reptiles by ordinary methods. These non fur bearing animals are commonly preserved in jars of alcohol.

Second Ward Council Fight Heads To Courts

Johnson supporters plan further legal action after a recount dispute over Second Ward council seats. Davis leading by one vote after multiple counts. attorneys for both sides anticipate a court battle to decide seating amid absentee ballot challenges.

Johnson Davis

Junior Town program planned during Redpath week

Redpath week will feature a junior town run by local youths. Six to twelve year olds will organize a miniature government with meetings, platforms, elections, and projects staged before an adult audience. Activities mix serious civics with songs, games, hikes, and picnics under trained supervision.

Redpath Bureau Redpath

Girls Reserve Service Day Sees Volunteers Visit Hospitals

High Point girl reserve clubs conducted service day visits to local hospitals clinics and sanitariums as part of National Girls Week. Freshmen Sixth Grade and Cloverdale clubs visited Burrus clinic Guilford General hospital and other facilities with flowers and bedbound patient programs. Next week Ray street Elm street Johnson street clubs will join in further activities while Oak Hill members prepare posters and scrapbooks for children at the sanitarium. Over 460 girls attended a Broadhurst Theatre showing of The Wolf Song and tomorrow hosts a mother-daughter banquet at the high school cafeteria at 6 o clock.

High Point Burrus Methodist Protestant Children's Home Guilford County Sanitarium Greensboro Road High Point Hospital Cloverdale Club Guilford General Hospital Emma Blair Ray Street Club County Sanitarium Johnson Street Elm Street Sanitarium Oak Hill Club Broadhurst Theater

Native Weaving Lecture at University of North Carolina

Miss Lucy Morgan lectured at the Carolina Playmakers Theatre in Chapel Hill on Native Weaving in North Carolina. She demonstrated finished items and showed weaving processes through slides. The Playmakers, known for native folk drama, showcased interest in local art and plan future showcases with Tryon toy makers and wood carvers.

Chapel Hill N. C Lucy Morgan Fireside Industries Appalachian School Penland North Carolina Carolina Playmakers+ Theatre Jugtown Pottery Frederick H. Koch Hag Tryon

Senior Class to Present Play at Local High School

The senior class of the local high school will stage the comedy mystery Oh Kay in the auditorium next Friday at eight. Dorothy Rankin stars as the detective girl with Robert Davis as Art, joined by Marion Shipman and Woodrow Brooks in key roles. The plot unfolds entirely at midnight in the Whitman home amid a malign presence called the Black Terror, raising funds for a class gift. Senior class adviser Miss Janet Harris announced the event.

Janet Harris Dorothy Rankin Robert Davis Art Lewis L. Stookey Gram Marion Shipman Gramp Woodrow Brooks Alice Borden Grace Walser Edith Virginia Diffee Jim Hayes Robert Hubbard Black Terror David Parson Evelyn Whitman Mary Elizabeth Harllee George Ralto Farlow Fred Alden Carl Gibson Whitman

Nell McMullan Becomes Student Body President

Nell McMullan, rising senior at the local high school, won an overwhelming 850 vote majority to become the student body president. The election used an elimination process, selecting five candidates for final contest with a separate girl vice president if a boy wins.

Nell McMullan Ernest Bailey Adelaide Crowell Rose Askew

Rites Held for Small Jenkins Girl

Funeral services for Alice Tone Jenkins two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Jenkins were held yesterday afternoon at 4 at the family home 1125 Campbell Street by Rev J L Underwood pastor of the Mechanicsville Baptist church. Pallbearers were W G Lassiter M C Monroe J L Proctor and P C McLean. Burial followed at Lebanon cemetery.

Alice Tone Jenkins W. R. Jenkins Campbell St J. L. Underwood Mechanicsville Baptist Church W. G. Lassiter M. C. Monroe J. L. Proctor P. C. McLean Lebanon Cemetery

Doctor offers free eight day treatment for women

A physician with forty years of experience promotes Dr. Dickson's Compound (Glandular) for female disorders. He claims it relieves fatigue pain and menstrual distress and invites women to request a free eight day treatment postage paid by sending name and address to Dr. G. Dickson in Chicago. No obligation or cost.

G. Dickson Michigan Ave Chicago Adv

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YW. C. A Ocawasin Club Industrial Girls Home Bond & Mig. CO Mgr West Washington Street Prudential Insurance CO Southern Bond & Mtg. CO Moore's Book Store Board of T. C. Johnson W. A. Davis Board of Canvassers Cours Wachovia M. H. Willis Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Winston-Salem Hattie Stevenson Travel Service Department Raleigh Bank Riums Schwab the Tailor East Broad St East Green Street Mattress Company Elwood Hotel W. E. Linthicum & Son Boulevard St U.N. C Motor Service Co South Wrenn St Stamey Ghassware Mark Costello High Point American Business Club Mark E. Costello Henry Foscue Pete Moffitt Sam Denny Herman Smith Peter Patton Charles McAnally Jim Lovelace Julius Greene Brooks Reitzel Herb Johnson Sam Strickland Liles Gatling Holt McPherson J. B. Richardson Cam Duke Nat Walker Harold Robert O. A. Kirkman, Jr John T. Moffitt Blake Thompson Robert Marshall Phillip Davis Seborn Perry J. H. Rountree Archie Myatt Ralph Slate Roy Welborn E. L. Mitchell Arthur Fidler Raymond Rike Sheraton Hotel Neil McMullen High Point High School Small Jenkins Columbia Records Columbia’s Dance Records Leo Reisman Sweet Seventeen Ted Wallace Lewis and His Band Ted Lewis Limehouse Tedwis VOCAL Tommy Weir Charles W. Hamp Principa Lines Commercial National Bank Building & Loan Association High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association The V. A Southern Mortgage Loan and Land CO Wachovia Bank Bldg Pres Roy C. Welborn V.pres H. E. Johnson Secy Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
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