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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1917
Page
5
The poem by Robert Adger Brown honors a soldier lost in France with lines praising duty and sacrifice. The text also notes a wedding of a young couple, followed by their departure for Spartanburg, D. C., to start a new home.
Mrs Clarke entertained with a bridge party honoring Mrs Spicer of Goldsboro and Mrs Leaks of Rockingham at Oakwood Court. D M Pollock won the top score and received shoe trees while C C Prince took the gentlemen’s prize, an ash tary. Guests received boxes of correspondence cards and light refreshments followed.
Mi lanita Craven and Lyttle Pierce wed at eight o'clock last night in a ceremony at the Lutheran parsonage on Bretten street officiated by Rev. P. D. Brown. The service concluded with the newlyweds leaving amid well wishers.
The Entre Nous Club will meet on Wednesday at 3 30 in the afternoon with Mrs A T Wishart at 227 Lindsay Street.
The bulletin outlines extended university work during wartime with new extension centers led by faculty. Courses on America and the World War will cover history literature and science, with options for credit, reading guidance, or correspondence study. Student activities include Lafayette association involvement and broader community outreach.
Local brief lists movements visits and travel for numerous residents and visitors. M J Freeman and son Marshall return from Hudson N Y to the city on business. Rev and Mrs Cecil return from Mebane after M P conference. Several guests arrive or depart including Tom Srantham George Turvy Jance Jim Arthur Dave Stanton and others for Thanksgiving or visits with families and relatives.
Property owners in Roland Park praise the circle beautification effort. The Roland Park association supports a committee planting trees shrubs and towers around the circle. Committee members are R. B. Terry J. J. Farriss and A. E. Taplin. Grading is finished and landscaper Mr Taplin awaits shrubs and trees to complete the project.
A regular meeting of the Order astern Star is scheduled for tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Members are urged to attend and discuss upcoming lodge activities and community service plans.
Harold Lockwood stars in Paradise Garden based on the George Gibbs novel. Jer ry Benham grows up without reference to women and learns harsh truths when exposed to the world, raising the debate over whether to warn or leave people to face dangers. Directed by Fred J Balshofer for Yorke Film Corporation at the Rose theatre tomorrow.
A tribute from a guest at the 6 o'clock dinner hosted by City Schools tenth grade Domestic Science girls to the City Council and School Board. The writer commends the department for thorough training and the importance of cookery in education, praising the students’ competence and poise.
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