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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1934
Page
6
Mrs Byron Hill and family announce the birth of a son Samuel Worth on Monday October 1 at their High Point home. The brief notice notes the celebration at the residence on High Point route three.
The Lottie Holden Bible class will meet tomorrow at 8 PM with Mrs A D Creech on Best street where a ship is expected. Welch Memorial M P Senior Christian Endeavor Society met this week with Roscoe Briley presiding. topic Worth While Aims for the Coming Year Ahead. Other church groups hold Thursday events including Brunswick stew supper at Springfield Friends church and Evangelical Reformed Circles meetings at 38 o clock. Archdale M E Woman's Missionary Society meets Thursday night at seven thirty at C T Lambeth home.
Members of the Phi Kappa club gathered for the first fall meeting at 3 PM with Mrs. J. Allen Austin hosting at 301 Steele Street. Officers chosen were President Mrs. Austin, Vice President Mrs. R. K. Young, and Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. A. E. Taplin. The afternoon included a business session, rook at two tables, and a salad course.
Social calendar lists 10 a m meeting at the Senior High where Henry Grady Owens will speak on Bird Sanctuaries. Phi Kappa Club hosts Mrs J Allen Austin at 301 Steele St. Executive board of the Woman's Club meets at Mrs H A White's home 3:30 p m. WOT Club gathers with Mrs A B Caldwell on Parkway. Business and Professional Girls Club relocates to Millis Farm for outdoor supper after Y W C A Hut gathering.
A schedule of meetings includes the Mid-Week Garden Club at Rockford road home of Mrs Valette J Harriss with Mrs E T Harrison in charge. the Friendly Garden Club at Melbourne Heights. the Community Arts Club with Mrs H Gibson at 708 Denny Street. the Wednesday Contract Club at Parkway home of Mrs Burwell Nolan. and a general Woman’s Club meeting at the YWCA to plan the silver anniversary celebration under new president Mrs G I Humphreys.
Friday morning 8:46 a.m. registration opens at Elm Street school for a School of Instruction by the High Point Council of Parents and Teachers chaired by Mrs. R. T. Cottam. Dr. Harold D. Meyer of Chapel Hill and Mrs. Bess Rosa of Greensboro head the principal talks. Early afternoon social and club meetings follow at various homes and addresses.
Mrs Cee Bee Hayworth and her son Master Joe Ross Hayworth of New York City arrived to visit Mrs B P Hayworth at 413 South Main. Mrs C H Deligny returned home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs A B Godwin in Dunn. Mr and Mrs J D Bacon left for Goldsboro to stay with daughter Mrs J S Adams for much of the winter.
The Business and Professional Girls’ club of the Y W C A met at the Hut at six and traveled to Mrs. H A Millis’s country home for a steak fry. Miss Julia Liles presided as the club postponed next week’s meeting due to the campaign supper.
Austria advances an automo bile highway project to span the Grossglockner mountains rising to 8200 feet and linking Carinthia and Salzburg provinces.
The Coterien club hosts its Anniversary Ball tonight at Sedgefield Manor with dancing from 9:30 to 1:30. Red Nichols and his Pennies provide music, joined by King Harvey and the Three Song-o-Paters, after recently performing in Charlotte and Raleigh.
In Columbia North Carolina on October 8 the federal case against Thomas Winslow Norman Cooke and Farr Allen for the August 18 Harbinger post office robbery continued. Witnesses from Norfolk testified out of turn to place the defendants in Virginia during the break in. John Crank, formerly of Elizabeth City, turned state’s witness after being named in the same indictment. An alibi defense was presented by the three defendants during the trial.
Mr. and Mrs. 8 G Williamson hosted a dinner at their Campbell street home last evening for Miss Bernice Stevens of Washington D C and Dr Glenn Perry brother of Mrs Williamson now living in High Point. Seven guests attended a three course meal centered by pastel garden flowers followed by games in the living room.
Greensboro police say they hold for investigation two men, Ted Brower and Nannie McCain, in the disappearance of James L. Smith, traveling representative of a Richmond seed firm. The trio traveled from Hickory to Greensboro on August 26 and registered at a local hotel with Smith. Smith's delivery truck was stored in a Greensboro garage on that date.
The record stretches over more than 6800 miles from Riga to Vee, described as the world’s longest railway route. The note highlights its vast length and significance in global rail travel.
An army bomber crashed near Bishop California during a mass practice flight. Capt Robert Selff age 39 Lt Clifford Huffman 25 and Private Leroy Hitchcock 21 were killed. Cadet Fay Olmsted 22 parachuted to safety after the wing failed in treacherous mountain air.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on October 8 the American Tragedy trial moved toward its climax as Bobby Edwards admits he killed one woman to wed another The Commonwealth plans to introduce four statements Edwards gave after Freda McKechnie was found dead in Harvey s Lake following a July 30 swim The defense says the statements were obtained by force Medical testimony is expected to occupy much of today s session including the post mortem finding that McKechnie was pregnant
Mrs Collier Elise will be guest speaker at the Live V'ers club regular meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 at the Y W C A. She will talk on Etiquette and Dress. Ping pong tournament practice starts then. Marionette classes directed by Miss Mary Simmons with Junior Service League. A knitting and crocheting group also will have a leader.
The Mary Hoffman Philathea class of the South Main Street M. E. church will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow evening at 7 30 with Mrs H J Stepp 104 Welch Street. Mrs John Wade will be associate hostess and all members are urged to attend.
Elizabeth Mais, 58, mother of Robert Mais, who fled Richmond city jail, was arrested on a warrant for aiding and abetting the escape. Police say she smuggled two pistols to her son and Walter Legenza in a baked chicken can. one officer is seriously wounded.
Randolph County fair in Asheboro opens with strong turnout, good exhibits, and Gruberg's midway shows under pleasant autumn weather. The event, busy Tuesday morning, hints at a successful run as exhibits and activities draw visitors.
Crowds gather two miles south of Asheboro on Highway 70 for the Ram dolph County fair. The agricultural exhibit is praised as the best yet with splendid cattle and poultry displays. Manufacturers also present varied samples, adding interest to the event.
Report of a burglary at the Tar Heel service station at Willowbrook and Commerce streets. Thieves took 12 cartons of cigarettes and an unknown amount of nickels from amusement tables.
The record notes Shanghai with a birth rate of 55 per thousand and Tokyo at 44 per thousand of the population. It contrasts two major East Asian cities by demographic trends and urban population dynamics.
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