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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1940

Page

7

BonBonnie Iates Member's Club Names New Members

The BonBonnie iates (likely BonBonnie) Club met last evening with Edith Bulla and Stella hosting the event. Nine new members were welcomed. plans for an evening skating party and future activities were discussed. Names read include Mason, Edith Bulla, Lola Virginia Elder, Charlotte, Ruth Jones, Billie Mason, Bray, Stella Gentry, Helen ns, Celeste Jones, Dot Brad, Wanita Turnage, Esther In, Mary Blackwell, Helen and Sara Grady.

Club BonBonnie Edith Bulla Stella Erward Weiner Misses Mason Lola Virginia Elder Charlotte Ruth Jones Billie Mason Bray Stella Gentry Helen Ns Celeste Jones Dot Brad- Wanita Turnage Esther In Mary Blackwell Helen Sara Grady

Daughters of America Session Highlights Remarks

In Teensboro on May 23 the 14th annual State Council session featured the son of officers among speakers. Daughters of the organization conducted religious services and local observances.

Eensboro State Council Carolina Daughters of Rial

Banquet Speaker Heads Peace Council Meeting

Mrs. Maude V. Nigh of Morgantown West Virginia national councillor was the banquet speaker last night. The gathering will close today with the appointment of standing committees and installation of officers.

Peace Council No Maude V. Nigh Morgantown W. Va

Monarch Auxiliary To Entertain Monarchs And Families At Outing

The Monarch Auxiliary plans a picnic supper at the Taylor cabin tomorrow evening. Members of the Monarch Club and their families will be honor guests with arrivals by six o'clock.

Monarch Auxiliary Taylor Cabin Monarch Club

Dickersons Return From Father's Funeral in Cleveland Tennessee

Mr and Mrs W W Dickerson returned to their home on Lind street after attending the funeral of Mr Dickersons father in Cleveland Tennessee.

W. W. Dickersons Cleveland, Tennessee Mrs. W. W. Dickerson Lind

Notable Death of L. D. Dickerson in Cleveland

Illness and death of L. D. Dickerson in Cleveland Tennessee follow the illness of his son Mr. Dicker. Dickerson Sr. had been ill for a short time and died Monday. funeral services were held yesterday afternoon.

Say Street Cleveland

Miss Margaret Barringer Returns Home After Montreat Graduation

Miss Margaret Barringer spends summer with her parents Mr and Mrs F R Barringer after graduating Monday from Montreat Junior College Montreat. Mr and Mrs Barringer and Paul attended the exercises. Also noted is Miss Mary Frances Cox recovering well after a tonsillectomy. Migrating swallows reportedly fly at about 90 miles per hour.

Margaret Barringer F. R. Barringer Montreat Junior College Montreat Mary Frances Cox P. V. Cox Winston-Salem Road

John R. Hoffman to Speak at High Point Rally

Republican gubernatorial candidate John R. Hoffman of Burlington will speak Friday night at the Republican Club on South Wrenn Street in High Point. Burlington campaigner Junius H. Harden will introduce him. a string band will provide music. meeting starts at o'clock. Opponents for the nomination are R. H. McNeil and George M. Pritchard. The A M Idol Philathed class of the First Methodist Church meets Friday at eight at Gibson clubrooms on North Main Street.

John R. Hoffman Burlington North Carolina High Point Republican Club South Wrenn Street Hoffman Junius H. Harden Mr. Hoffman R. H. McNeil Statesville George M. Pritchard Asheville First Methodist Church Gibson North Main Street

Change shifts meeting from Thursday to Friday

A notice informs attendees that the meeting date is moved from Thursday to Friday. The change affects scheduling and coordination among participants.

Girls Injured In Auto Wreck Near Oak Ridge Kernersville

Frances Williams of Winston Salem sustains a fractured vertebrae with partial paralysis and Caroline Tilley of Fuquay Springs suffers head injuries in a 2:30 AM crash on the Oak Ridge Kernersville road as cadets return from a dance. Driver Andy Powell and two other cadets are uninjured. Williams and Tilley taken to Twin City Memorial Hospital. G Mitchell set the 1926 English Channel record at 11 hours 5 minutes.

Frances Williams Winston- Salem Caroline Tilley Fuquay Springs Oak Ridge-Kernersville Winston-Salem Oak Ridge Andy Powell Fair Bluff Thelbert Hammond Louis Gattis Charlotte Twin City Memorial Hospital

Funeral Rites for Mrs Parrish At Cedar Grove

Mrs Martha Elizabeth Parrish 69 wife of B M Parrish died near Asheboro just before midnight Monday. Funeral services were held at Tabernacle Methodist Church with Rev O L Ruth Rev W L Smith and Rev Paul Taylor officiating. Pallbearers included Wesley Pierce D C Poole Jr George Bunting Clifford Sheen Jay Bunting and CU C Howell. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

Martha EF. Parrish Martha Elizabeth Parrish B. M. Parrish Cedar Grove Asheboro Tabernacle Methodist Church O. L. Ruth Pilgrim Holiness Church W. L. Smith Pisgah Wesley Pierce D. C. Poole, Jr George Bunting Clifford Sheen Jay Bunting CU. C. Howell Church Cemetery

Judge rules wife not cruel for kicking shins in poker dispute

In San Jose California Judge R R Syer refused divorce to Guy Bemis 54 and granted Mary L Bemis 45 a decree. He said kicking shins under a bridge table after being trumped an ace was not cruelty while hurling a rolling pin at a wife was.

San Jose Calif R. R. Syer Guy Bemis Mary L. Bemis

Mrs Huffman Dies After Pulmonary Embolism In Elevator

Ned Kearney reports Mrs Albert Huffman died after a pulmonary embolism while in a hospital stay. She had reached the first floor when the elevator descended, where her husband waited to take her home.

Kearney Ned Albert Huffman

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