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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1917
Page
5
A wartime poem by Charlie Davis contrasts ocean battlefronts with France and Belgium’s suffering. It ends noting an executive board meeting scheduled for 3 o’clock.
Bertha Pope and Marvin J Sivett, both of this city, were married on Saturday in a quiet ceremony at Rev. Geo R. Brown’s residence. The bride is daughter of Robert L. Pope of Thomasville. Sivett, originally from High Point, is now stationed at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S.C.
Dallas Zollicoffer, special representative of the American Land company, left yesterday for Georgia to spend several days on business. Mrs. Zollicoffer remains with her mother at the Elwood hotel and will spend the winter there with him, the couple having established headquarters in this city.
The Gamma Zeta club will meet with Mrs. Julius Smith Priday this afternoon at 3 o clock.
The Woman's club social service department ends a meeting and will convene tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 at the Kiks home on West Broad street. All members urged to attend as important business is to be discussed.
The evening circle of the Woman's Missionary society will meet this evening with Miss Maggie Sheloff at 607 North Main Street. Attendance of all members is desired.
The Philathea class of the First Baptist Church will hold its regular monthly business meeting this evening at 7 20 at Miss Rosalie Shields 115 West Russell street.
Mrs McCanless and Mrs Carpenter visited Ruth McCanless at High Point hospital where she is recovering from surgery. Ernest Welborn suffers blood poisoning in foot. Dr Brown of Raeford and families stayed with J L Phillips. Brower of Spencer visited. Mitchell Reddick, formerly of Trinity, wed Lindley in Greensboro then to Camp Jackson DC where Lieut Reddick is stationed. Miss Allen of the high school faculty called home for her father's illness. Joe Reddick of Guilford College visited relatives.
Mrs Co 9 Prince and Blick Valette Jones shopped in Greensboro yesterday. Miss Maude Owen spent yesterday afternoon in Greensboro. Mayor W J Gray and Bain with Nellie visited the city. A F Tate left for a birding trip, owns several farms, tours the state. Joseph P Rawley and O Arthur Kirkman returned from Washington. Col Wescott Roberson continued to New York.
Mr and Mrs Asa Biggs returned from Greenville North Carolina this morning. They were joined by Miss Nina Williams who will stay as a guest for several days.
Paris on November 6 reports the Red Cross has solved the laundry problem by purchasing portable laundries. These units will be sent to many hospitals along the battlefront and can be moved from one hospital to the next after completing work.
Washington woman Frances writes to Edith describing a visit to the food administration HQ. She records the campaign to reduce waste by using local foods, proper meal planning, and better cooking, urging thrift and comfort for families amid wartime shortages.
Broadway presents a two hour program featuring the photodrama Convict's Honor about prison life and the honor system. W F Hassel, a former inmate, lectures and discusses prison cruelties while Marguerite Matthews provides vocal solos. Hearst Pathe News weekly shown nightly.
Waco hosts the annual gathering of agricultural commissioners from many states with sessions set for tomorrow and Thursday. Austin will host events Friday and a final day of sightseeing is planned in San Antonio.
Strasburg report notes that women students are to be drafted into semi military universal civil service for tasks such as ammunition production after a Reichstag decision made over a year ago. The university bulletin board posts the assignment, signaling broader mobilization.
Nearly all church bells and organ pipes in Alsatian towns have been dismantled and converted to munitions. The German government planned to pay for the bells but will instead retain the funds and invest in a new war loan.
Temporary repairs on buildings in sections of the liber ated area of France are under way by the bureau of reconstruction and relief to the American Red Cross. Work has begun at Croix near Nesle and should finish in Molignaux and Matigny within a month. Plans for relief work in additional villages are being prepared.
The menu for the Chrysanthemum show outlines popular pricing for Thursday and Friday. Items and exact prices are provided to guide visitors.
A call urges citizens to practice ordinary fire safety at home and in business. It notes fires waste millions and could be prevented with common-sense precautions, citing vast military production losses and urging vigilance to protect premises and workplaces.
Mrs Effie E Kleppe of Averill Minnesota reports rapid relief after three weeks at Fargo sanitarium for rheumatism and kidney issues. She credits Foley Kidney Pills with completing the cure after starting the medication at Mann Drug Co.
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