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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1922
Page
5
The High Point American Red Cross chapter calls residents to raise at least 500000 for flood relief in the Mississippi valley. Citizens are urged to donate to treasurer W L Hargett at Hart drug store. The appeal follows a received letter asking for help.
A letter from Harry L Hopkins notes floods across Illinois Ohio and Mississippi rivers causing deaths and massive property loss. Red Cross relief covers Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana with about 100000 dollars from national funds and a projected 500000 more needed. Chapter leaders will send funds to the Southern division in Atlanta.
A large society gathering featured numerous couples and chaperones at an evening event. Friday marked Miss Isabel Boveys sixth birthday with a garden party on West Main Street, orchid and pink decor, outdoor games, a story hour, and a nut and pink rose reception for numerous invited guests.
Trinity College male students vote to adopt a student government system with a council elected from four classes led by a senior president. The plan, sanctioned by Dean Wannamaker, mirrors earlier faculty-advised proposals and follows a 1922 student movement. Elections for officers will occur after faculty approval.
Winston Salem May 16 report that D Rich a noted tobacco figure pledged 50000 toward a new church building as part of extending a call to Rev John R Jester of Greenwood South Carolina for the First Baptist church section.
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