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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1940
Page
6
A sale highlights new and prettier summer straws priced at 1.94 with fresh models including Leghorns Panamas rough and plain styles in white navy and black. The advert promises the best shades in a diverse selection.
A local outlet promotes a week ahead hat sale showcasing a range of light style hats. Shoppers are invited to select tomorrow from available designs. The promotion emphasizes style and accessibility for all customers.
Three brides elect Miss Elizabeth Crowell Deppe Barker and Mary Louise Myrick shared honors at an evening bridge party hosted at the home of Mrs. C. E. Reitzel on Lindsay Street. Five tables of play produced prizes for Miss Sarah Howerton and Mrs. Julian Franklin. Guests were listed with hosts and hostesses serving ices and decorated cakes in green and white.
Senior at local high school Miss Ella Lou Taylor presented a piano and voice recital at the Sheraton with a formal reception afterward. A music critic praised the program as exceptional for a high school student, noting selections from Haydn, Schubert, Bach MacDowell, and Sibelius among others.
A local branch organization plans a 12 day tour starting June 10 from Charlotte in specially built cruise cars valued at no less than 500 per person. The trip covers North and South Carolina then eastern coastal spots from Maine to Florida with a World’s Fair stop to promote Carolina tourism. Civic groups including the Junior Chamber of Commerce backed entrants and provided transport to Greensboro.
Mrs Bill Foister will entertain members of the Girls Pentagon club this evening at 7 30 at her apartment number 11 in the Madison Apartments on North Main Street.
The Girl Reserve Committee of the Y W C A will meet this afternoon at four at the Adams Memorial YWCA building for the final meeting of the year. Mrs Henry Foscue, chairman, will preside as committees report and programs are evaluated plus plans for the summer day camp. Cloverdale reserves picniced at the city lake last evening with seventy six attendees enjoying a ball game and entertainment after supper.
The Elm Street school Parent-Teacher Association will hold a meeting Thursday evening May 30 at 7 30 in the school auditorium. A program and glee club music are planned.
The schedule lists social gatherings across clubs from Tuesday to Saturday. Notable events include Wayside Garden Club picnic at Mrs. Amos home on North Main, Altrusa banquet at Sheraton with Tom Alderman Sykes as speaker, and High Point Council of Jewish Women luncheon with Dora Tannenbaum as guest. Other events feature Early American Arts Club, Entre Nous Club, Wild Flower Garden Club, Canterbury Club picnic, Emerywood socials, and a dance with Clarence Leonard Orchestra at Emerywood.
The Alpha Theta Psi Alumnae Chapter held an informal bridge party after a meeting at Miss Hazel Kiser's Morris Street home. Four tables competed with Mrs. Charles Hoover high scorer and stationary prize awarded. Honor Wardell second high with linen. Archie Koonts traveling prize sachet. Hostesses served a sweet course to an invited group of members and guests.
Mrs R S Lafferty, active in the Florence Nightingale Club and the YWCA industrial committee, was feted at the Adams Memorial building with a handkerchief shower and an album crafted by the club. She plans to move to Richmond Virginia soon and several other parties are planned in her honor.
A birth notice records the arrival of a son named George Thom as at Guilford General Hospital yesterday afternoon. The parents and other details are not provided in the readable text.
State meetings of the Daughters of American Colonists and the Daughters of Colonial Wars were held today at the Sheraton Hotel. North Carolina D A C regent Mrs. Eugene Norfleet Davis presided in morning session with officers from Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilson, Thomasville, Farmville and Bath in attendance.
Caroline Dalton and Sarah Lacy Tomlinson returned to their homes from Fayetteville where they spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Henry Betts. Miss Millie Moore of 507 Hedrick Street came home after a Mount Croghan visit. Mrs W H Moore returned to Mount Croghan after a week with relatives here. Miss Sarah Jarrett and friends who went to Washington DC Friday remain there for several days. Anne Teague, four, is recovering from an appendectomy at Burrus Memorial hospital. Miss Juanita Lambeth on Tipton Street shows slight improvement after illness.
Mrs W A Bivins spoke on Atlanta history at a High Point chapter meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy hosted by Mrs J W Harriss on Rockford Road. She traced city growth from 1837 rail development to Civil War events and reconstruction, praised Henry Grady, and noted Atlanta grew from ten thousand to twenty two thousand in five years.
The ninth chapter night in a ten part series by Women of the Moose is set for tomorrow at 7 30 pm at Moose Hall. Mrs Lessie Pierce chairs the child care and training committee and the program will cover aspects of the committee activity Refreshments will be served.
The note states at current market prices this rng equals the cost of the rest of the family meal. It gives an example purchase of 2 pounds potatoes 2 pounds asparagus a head lettuce and a quart of strawberries for supper. It mentions Wilson's Tender Ham as an economical choice.
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