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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1937
Page
16
The St. Mark M. B. church Ladies' Aid Circle No. 3 gathered at Mrs. Maggie Crutchfield's home 1102 Alder Street Tuesday evening with Miss Celeste Haltzclaw as hostess. A business session preceded a buffet supper. Attendees included Mrs. L. Whitaker and several others.
The Willing Workers club of Mt. Vernon Baptist church met at 208 Hay Street with Mrs. Carrie Steed hosting. President Mrs. Arlees Lemons led the business session on how to interest the club as Edna Caldwell spoke on the topic. A repast followed the meeting with members and guests listed including Ar Jees Lemmons Fannie Alexander Irene Kirby Ora Lee Ridley Vera Edmonds Alice Foster Mamie Davis Lula Bennett Edna Caldwell Lucy Boulemore Annie Mae Hart Carolin Ingram Nannie Sue Baldwin Inez Pyles Panthenia Hill Panthenia Gray George Lemmons Ollie Kirby George Alexander.
St. Mark M. E. church Ladies' Ald Circle No. 1 hosts a Hollywood Wedding event Monday evening starting at 8 o'clock. Participants portray Hollywood stars and fashion, offering the latest styles. Public invited to attend.
The High Point Red Sox square off with Winston-Salem’s R. J. Reynolds Camels at Willis Park Sunday afternoon. Maxwell the catcher and Joe Crawford on the mound headline for High Point while the Camels rely on southpaw Red Nap. The Red Sox won 11 to 4 against the Durham Black Sox Friday night at Willis Park.
The Red Sox delivered an unexpected win as Durham, undefeated all season, fell to strong Boston pitching. Cuban Stars recruit Henry Maxwell drew fans with flashy catches and entertaining moves at home plate.
The W I C Circle of the First Baptist church sponsored a musical program at Pirot Baptist Church Monday evening. It featured invocation by Prof A J Griffin talks by Mrs Alice Feeles and Mrs A J Griffin, a piano solo by Mrs Thelma Peterson a recitation by Mrs Theodosia Johnson and remarks by Rev H M Smith and Rev F R Mason.
Jewell Miller hosted a whist party at 712 Leonard Street with guests Miss Odessa Graves Otis Whitlock Boyd Simpson Charles Tyler Dan Gray. Out of town attendees included Victoria McLean Dora Simmons Mr and Mrs Jessie Arnold Miss D McLean A C McLean and Alonzo Godfrey. Dan Gray won first prize and a delicious repast followed the games.
Crawford Legrand city marble champion won the district marble title at Kimberly Park in Winston-Salem Friday afternoon. The Fairview Street student, sixth grade, earned a bronze medal with coaches A L Mason C W Robinson G F Brower and Miss Arnetta Burns present.
The Daffodil Club met with Mrs Effie Saunders on Fairview Street Thursday afternoon at five. Members gave short talks including Mrs Harry C Moore on the significance of the clubs name. The club organized in April to stimulate interest in better community aims.
J W Poll of Elmwood rising senior in animal husbandry at State College has been awarded the Danforth Fellowship providing four weeks of summer study in St Louis and at the American Youth Foundation Camp on Lake Michigan. The award honors a student from a leading agricultural college. Mrs Sarah Faust is president and Mrs H A Faduma secretary.
A jur y term begins Tuesday May 25 with seventy cases listed. Charges include operating a car intoxicated reckless driving unlawful restraint non support fornication and adultery and other offenses. Names such as M E B Johnson J M Jenkins and many others appear across the docket as trial dates are set.
The former Olympic star, living at a Cleveland hotel, was photographed tidying her room while a strike affected staff. She said the routine would keep her in shape for an upcoming performance with the Cleveland Exposition this year. The article also lists numerous individuals facing various charges, including violations of law and disorderly conduct, with jurors named for the term.
Mrs. Fannie Byzer will be glad to learn she has returned from Fayetteville where she was patient in a local hospital and is reported improving.
The Indian swallow builds a nest that glues the top to a rocky cliff and spins a basket shaped structure from gelatinous threads that harden into amber glass like a fragile home.
A long list of individual names appears in a compact line with initials and surnames such as Allred, Phibbs, Allison, Sale, Chapman, Gordon, Griffin, Miller, Cline, Smith, Boyce, Grant, Holbrook, Davis, Wood, Stuart, Nichols, King, Ellis, Simmons, Thomas, Paschal, Weant, Hutchinson, Gary, Overman, Outland, Graham, Chamelin, Holmes, Tucker, Herndon, Welch, Farrington. The text resembles a roster or formal participants list in a historical document.
At the closing session in Richmond the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants elected W. C. Nicholas of Washington, N C as president. The event was held jointly with the Virginia Society of Public Accountants during the annual convention.
Harvey R. Hayes aged 61 of Knightdale Wake County was killed in an unavoidably accidental fall from the Norfolk and Southern trestle over Chicord Creek between Greenville and Washington. A coroner's jury ruled the death accidental.
Durham May 22 Mr Martha Brooks aged 105 years dies at daughter Mrs J Brewer home on the Hillsboro Durham highway Orange County at 11 55 this morning Born and reared in Casw county Funeral services set for Burlington tomorrow.
A fragment notes that Benjamin Banneker constructed the first clock made in America in 1754. The item highlights his early innovation and legacy in American science and craftsmanship.
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