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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1932
Page
5
The Central Friends church will hold a meeting Friday at 7:30 in the church annex. Mrs. H. A. White will be the n and Cr. L. Gray will sing.
Turin report states a diagnosis 23 centuries after Alexander the Great's death. Dr M Bertolotti argues a neck wound from Ciropoli in 329 B C hastened his end, causing temporary blindness and long drowsiness before he died at 33. The account challenges traditional tales of death by excessive revelry.
Miss Marie Jones entertained the Fortnightly Bridge club at her West Main Street home with two bridge tables, chrysanthemums, and refreshments. High score prize went to Mrs. A. R. Swaim, guest prize to Miss Jane Pratt, and consolation to Miss Lucy Eason.
Mrs J A Zeigler Mrs F I Alexander and Mrs A R Swaim spent Tuesday afternoons in Greensboro. The three women were noted for community service and social involvement with neighbors and local clubs.
Miss Evelyn Baker, a Duke University student, has arrived to spend the Thanksgiving holidays with her mother, Mrs. W. L. Baker.
Mrs Raymond Phillips spent the week end in Winston-Salem as a guest of Mr and Mrs Thomas Rucker at the Zinzendorf hotel.
Mrs H T Hethcock spent Tuesday in Salisbury visiting her mother in law Mrs G M Denson who is quite ill there.
Eloise Welch will return Friday evening from Matthews where she spent the Thanksgiving holidays with her father R. L. Welch.
The Woman's Missionary Society of Main Street church held a Monday afternoon silver tea at the Methodist Hut on Randolph street. Mrs. H. A. Millis of High Point spoke about her months abroad with illustrated pictures, visiting Madeira Islands and many other lands. Sixty ladies attended and enjoyed refreshments after the talk.
Miss Ella Outland of Burling ton spent the past weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pritchard in the area.theme
Mrs. and R. Matthews and children from High Point spent Sunday with Mrs. Matthews mother Mrs. R. B. Green on Spring street.
Mr and Mrs Luther Grimes left Wednesday for Virginia to spend Thanksgiving with family and friends, continuing a holiday travel tradition.
Miss Lucy Hazelwood of Chapel Hill spent the past weekend in town as a guest of Mrs. W. H. Curlee at her Fisher Ferry Street home.
Rev. and Mrs. H W Maier left Tuesday for Lexington where he becomes pastor of the Central Methodist Protestant church. Rev. Fred Surratt moves to the Community church where Maier served. Hubert Ward, student at State College Raleigh, visits family over weekend.
Mr and Mrs Reece Harville spent the past weekend as guests of their daughter Mrs Pinkney Rankin and Mr Rankin at their Gas tonia home.
Mr and Mrs John Mason of Gastonia and Mr and Mrs Carl Alexander of Statesville return home after being summoned by the death of Mrs P R Mason mother of Mrs Alexander and Mr Mason.
Members of the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Baptist church held their regular meeting Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles F. Finch with associate hostesses Mrs. R S Green Mrs. Monroe Bean and Mrs. Thiel. President Archibald Johnson presided and Mrs. Prevette Westmoreland conducted the devotional period. Mrs. J R Blair led the program reading a paper on Gardens at Mount Vernon illustrated with pictures. Blair was assisted by Mrs. Meade Hite and Mrs. Charles Lambeth in presenting the subject.
Mr and Mrs C F Finch along with Harry Brown Finch and Glenn Finch attended the Carolina Duke football game in Chapel Hill on Saturday November 19.
The Lockie Rankin Missionary Society of Main Street M E church held a pleasant meeting Monday evening with associate hostesses Mrs L C Bridges and Mrs Alfred Finch. Mrs Finch led the mission study from The Challenge of Change. Refreshments were served after the social hour.
Miss Marie Jones spent Sunday in Durham as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. C A Wallace.
Mrs. Albert Hewitt and her son Albert Jr arrived in Asheville on Wednesday to visit Ms and Mrs J A Zeigler at their Winston street home.
Linda Averill and Tom confront four suspects after Cousin Amos falls to death from a balcony. Linda recounts a near strangling and a hidden assailant. They plot to keep the four guests in place while they decide how to reveal the truth.
Mies Eeca Myers left this morning to spend Thanksgiving Day with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Myers in Myers Park. She will attend the Wall Forest Davidson football game this afternoon. Walter Hargett of UNC is visiting his mother Mrs. W. L. Hargett on Johnson Street for the holidays.
The fishing schooner Rappahannock capsized in the Potomac during a Monday storm and was towed to Reedville by a coast guard boat. No crew members were found. The Sea Rover remained grounded off Little Island as officers awaited better weather. One sailor, John Highwater of Brooklyn, drowned trying to reach shore. The Southland barge, part of a tow under Brooks Scallion, lost a mast and broke Mate Joseph J. Hopper’s leg. Hopper was treated in Washington, NC.
Six men work steadily on private looms belonging to the Marquess of England weaving tapestries for his castle. The coarsest tapestry costs ten dollars per square foot.
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