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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
7
Mrs. G E Crowell hosted a Saturday afternoon party at her south Thomasville home. The event honored two visitors and the bride elect, with a delightful form of entertainment described in the report.
Mrs. J. V. Thompson announced local winners of the World Bridge Olympics at Emerywood country club. East-West victors were Mrs. Harold Bennett and Mrs. A. B. Henley. North-South winners were Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Waynick.
An informal afternoon tea honored Miss Sallie McColman and Mrs. Leroy Stanton of McColl, 8 C. The hostess noted the guests were served on ice and Lovely flowers filled the entertaining rooms. Attendees included Mrs Stanton Miss McColman Mesdames Lambeth Jennings Hoover Rose Stringfield Norment Boyles Crowell Newby Myers Cates Hite and Misses Dorsett Norment Rose Yow Robinson Kirkpatrick.
Mrs Richard Sink entertained guests at her Lexington Highway home for a bridge party honoring Miss Isabel Craven a Lexington school faculty member and upcoming bride. Four tables competed with prizes won by Mrs Claire Cuthrell and Mrs Michael Sink, while a gift from the faculty and cake server gifts celebrated the honoree.
Precautions to reduce blindness include administering silver nitrate at birth, wearing goggles in hazardous jobs, and using non shatterable glass for spectacles.
Mrs. G. EB. Crowell returned from Winston-Salem where she attended the regional conference of Democratic Women. Several residents are visiting relatives: Mrs. Van Stringfield in Lenoir with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Shearer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cox and daughter visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Cox in Detroit. Mrs. Elizabeth K. Blue of Raleigh staying with cousin Miss Maye Livengood on West Main Street. Miss Jane Pratt visiting Miss Mayte Snell on Myers Street. Mrs. T. J. Covington guests at Fort Knox Kentucky with daughter Miss Mary Faison Covington.
London May 25 Baron Joseph Duveen a premier art authority died at his hotel after several weeks of illness. He began in his father's business in 1887 and later built a vast fortune in buying and selling great pictures. In 1899 he married Elsie Salamon of New York.
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