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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1937
Page
6
Paris dispatch notes Duchess of Windsor watching Mainbocher mid season collection with interest in spring styles. She wears a black gown with sables and two Paquin coats. she favors restrained, chic outfits and attentive nods to American designers.
Mrs. Zelpha Long entertained the Tuesday Afternoon club on its name day with three tables of contract bridge and fall flowers. High score went to Miss Isabel Boyles. visitors saw Miss Mary Johnson Lambeth win second prize. The hostess served a salad course to members and guests, with a long list of attendees and regional connections noted throughout the social column.
Mesdames Wood and Jones entertained the Junior Service League book club yesterday at Mrs. Wood’s parents home on Parkway. The gathering featured evergreen decor and a tea service, with a program on Conditions in Modern China read by Mrs. Albert Hart Jr. and Mrs. Morris Jones followed by a round table discussion.
Mrs E S Wall spoke at the Wayside garden club meeting at Mrs John Sheloff’s North Main Street home. She illustrated with root examples and color charts, and a state map print was offered for orders. A committee was named to explore a John J Blair memorial.
Miss Patricia Redman daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Redman of 1307 Woodland drive has been admitted to the editorial staff of the Wellesley Review at Wellesley college. She was elected Sophomore Song Leader this fall and is a member of the college choir which will perform in Sunday services broadcasts and the American premiere of Gluck Alceste in March.
About eighty five children attended the ninth birthday party for Charles Long Casey at the Emerywood Country Club hosted by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Casey of Woodbrook Court. The event featured games led by Bay Street School third grade teacher Miss Irene Holton, a pink and white themed cake with ninety candles, refreshments in the club dining room, and pink and white balloons as favors.
A dinner was hosted this week at Mrs Mary E B Barker's Greer Street home to celebrate her eighty first birthday. The widow of Rev Nereus M Barker received many gifts from relatives and friends who gathered to wish her happiness and long life. A large attendance attended the birthday dinner.
The Business and Professional Girls' club at the YWCA hut featured a regular dinner meeting with a program by Mrs. John Miller singing The Kerry Dance and joined by Alma Andrews. J A Gawthrop of the North Carolina Employment Service spoke on local job services and urged registration of unemployed persons. Marc Lovelace and A C Lovelace Jr sang, with A C Jr accompanying. The Lagoon by Brahms and When de Banjo Plays by Wilson closed the program.
Elm Street school staged a Thanksgiving pageant titled Come Ye Thankful People featuring a 100 voice Junior and Senior choir, colorful costumes, and dances by attendants. Gifts of food were presented to the Goddess of the Harvest and eleven baskets were prepared for needy families to be distributed this afternoon by the Junior Service Council.
Mrs. Toms and her daughter Mary Elizabeth of Wilmington arrive to spend Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. J Wesley Smith on Hillcrest Drive. Mrs. Toms is Mrs. Smiths sister and they plan to stay until late Sunday.
The Letitian club hosts its annual Thanksgiving Ball at Emerywood Country Club with Guilfordians providing music. Sedgefield Hunt holds a Thanksgiving hunt from the stables followed by breakfast at the Inn. The Trumpeteer club stages its first annual Thanksgiving Dance at Sedgefield Manor with Rhythm Masters. Mrs. W G Ragesdale entertains Sorosis at Jamestown, and Emerywood hosts the monthly club dance.
The Florence Nightingale club at the YWCA presented a one act comedy Just Women. Cast included Catherine Howard as Mrs Warren Hazel Farrington as Betty Ollie Brown as Mrs Pickering and Clydie Lanning as Mrs Lawry. Miss Emma Carr Bivins directed the production to an enthusiastic reception.
Two candidates Mesdames Annie Mae Palmer and Iola Kendall were initiated into the High Point chapter 106 Order of the Eastern Star at the Masonic Temple. Visitors included Ralph Sykes and Mrs Sykes with others from Greensboro and Baltimore. Twenty three members attended along with six visitors.
E Z Jones of WMFR spoke at the Altrusa club dinner last evening in the Sheraton hotel. Twenty two members attended as Mrs Louise Wrenn introduced him and Mrs Mary Ballard presided. The club set its Christmas meeting for December 14 and canceled the regular holiday meeting. Plans for the Christmas gathering were left to the social committee chaired by Miss Virginia Ryan.
The passage estimates that each toad destroys 10,000 insects each year with about 16 percent being cutworms. Assuming a cutworm costs one cent in damage, this implies a toad’s service value of roughly 24 dollars per year.
Greensboro November 24 Mercado Tipica Mexican orchestra directed by Senor Mercado will perform at Aycock Auditorium Woman's College Friday at 8 30 PM as part of the college lecture course. The program features works by Mexican and other Latin American composers with soloists Jose Rubio Lolita Valdez and the Odeja Dancers plus psal terer Sarita Mercado.
It is correct and convenient for the sender to print name on the flap for return and recipient address. Envelopes should be hand written in ink, not typed. use two envelopes if provided, outer full address and inner with recipient name only. Mail early to avoid delays and late arrivals.
The Emma Blair Group held its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon. Devotional duties were led by Miss Weesinger.
The City Union of Christian Endeavor Societies will hold their annual Thanksgiving sunrise service tomorrow morning at seven.
Record shows a near fifty percent drop per 1000 people in the number of pawnbrokers in England over the last thirty years. The trend reflects broader shifts in lending and retail services affecting local communities.
Trustee W A Idol to foreclose a deed of trust by T A Slate and Onoto Slate for the High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association. Land in Guilford County bounded by Nations Highway and Brown's corner to be sold at 11 30 p m on Friday November 26 1937 for cash with 10 percent deposit as evidence of good faith.
A series of holiday arrivals and guests fill local homes as Miss Margaret Dixon returns from her Hillsboro high school duties to spend Thanksgiving with her parents on Lindsay Street. Students Helen Davis Sophia Taplin and others are also noted to be visiting family in town for the holiday.
The Hob Nob club hosts its annual banquet tonight at the Aton Hotel with Archie Chase Jr presiding. Plans aim to make the event the most successful social in the club’s history with a notable program and featured interests.
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