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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1916
Page
5
Dim lights and music evoke life while George F. Mountford presents a poem. A summer school opens after June 1 for pupils behind in work to catch up, with Principal W. M. Marr teaching a seventh grade and up. Missiliene Parnell will teach grammar and other studies.
Last night the High Point High School fermoor class hosted a tacky party with games and prizes. Little Misses Mary Muse and Annie Carter Marsh greeted guests at the door and Miss Helen Muse directed them to the cloak room. Louis Teague won for pinning the donkey tail while William Simmons and Miss Francis Montgomery earned prizes for tackiest dress. Red lemonade and ginger snaps were served. The list of class members includes Francis Montgomery and many others, with several invited guests and entertainers.
Mrs Wilbur Jones entertained this morning honoring her daughter Miss Valette Jones and Miss Blodgett and Miss Pough as guests of the latter.
Elizabeth Harris will entertain the members of the senior class or recent high school graduates tonight at her Broad Street home.
The music pupils of Misa Florence perform Thursday night at eight o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend this recital.
The L. A. T. society will meet Thursday afternoon at 3.30 PM at Mrs P. A. Jones’s home on North Main Street.
Mrs Robbins will entertain Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 o clock in honor of her guests Miss Allene Long of Graham and Miss Wathleen Cauble of Charlotte.
The Philomathean club will meet Friday at 3 30 hosted by Mrs. S H Tomlinson at her residence on North Main Street Kentesen.
Fashionable shops display taffeta skirts in black and white and green and black with overskirts tiny pleatings and hip lines. Mademoiselle wears them with her finest blouses as part of smart ensembles.
Mrs John Kayes Hammond hosts a vast luncheon for 30,000 Federation of Women’s Clubs members at the Sev enth Regiment armory in New York. She urges women to join civic reform and to enter national councils, stressing moral uplift and wartime preparedness. The planning note humorously tallies 30000 water glasses and 300000 utensils.
An uprising by about 300 Austrian prisoners at Kapuskasing internment camp was suppressed by authorities after a death and multiple injuries. The revolt began after prisoners from Pena rium refused work and attacked guards, with rifles and bayonets used as the riot spread for hours.
A bill approved by President Wilson and introduced by Chairman Hay proposes a seven member cabinet council to authorize a seven member advisory panel. The panel would survey U S industries, locate rail routes for troop concentration, boost domestic production, inform manufacturers of needed supplies, and develop seagoing transport with no salaries but expense coverage. An initial $200000 is requested for the first year.
An old advertisement touts Cham berlain's Tablets with a red five pointed star as a symbol of health. It claims the tablets ease indigestion biliousness and constipation and urges readers to buy from any druggist for quick relief.
Berlin reports Britain will not permit food through for Luxemburg leading to a Germany Luxemburg treaty. The German central purchasing committee will deliver 850 carloads of corn to Luxemburg under the agreement.
Official returns from Vermont May 16 show Justice Hughes leading the Republican ticket with 5 480 votes. Roosevelt polled 1 931 on the Republican line and 1 418 as the Progressive nominee.
The advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the genuine remedy with a proven track record, claiming it cured 80 cough or cold cases and warning of imitations and substitutes offered to the public by others.
Old time hair color recipe Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drug stores for about fifty cents. It promises natural darkening of faded gray hair with daily applications, leaving a glossy thick finish and a younger look.
E T Wade of Williston North Carolina suffered stomach disorders after trying many remedies. A letter praises Mayr's Wonderful Remedy saying it delivers instant relief and permanent results for stomach liver and intestinal issues. The advert claims freedom from distress after eating and invites purchase with money back guarantee from Hart Drug Company.
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