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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
5
The society editor resumes the winter social calendar with next week's events due by Saturday noon. Several wedding details from a recent ceremony are described, including attendees, gowns, and gifts. Various club meetings, visits, and personnel movements are listed for High Point and nearby towns.
The University Newsletter describes a joint plan with the Federation of Women's clubs to direct women’s club interests into constructive influence. It details study courses in Latin America Browning and the Nineteenth Century novel, with outlines questions and member reports guiding local programs. A ten dollar fee supports postage and stenographic work. Full information via Miss Nellie Roberson Chapel Hill N C.
Miss Kathleen Petty and Dr. Oscar Dixon Baxter of High Point were united in matrimony at the First Baptist Church. A card wedding filled the church, with a pink and green color scheme and a Southern smilax screen interlaced with pink roses forming a decorative backdrop.
The ladies of the First Baptist church invite you to Friday dining with well prepared eats. They will serve you to your satisfaction and ensure everything is good.
A cure for catarrhal deafness is claimed to be constitutional, not topical, as the inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes deafness. The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure works through the blood to mucous surfaces and offers 100 dollars for uncured cases, with circulars available from F J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio.
At Broadway Friday, public opinion runs to theater as admission for all seats costs 10 to 15 cents for matinee and evening performances.
Allen's announces a wide array of stylish fall suits in the garment department. The store emphasizes quality and distinctiveness with complete size ranges across materials and colors. Prices span from 12.50 to 60.00.
The Coats offered by Vila Vila emphasize exclusiveness and style for women. Allen Coats showcase shape-holding linings and careful stitching with fabrics like Wool Velour Peeble Cheviot Wool Plaids and Pile Fabrics with Fur Trimmings.
Two High Point pointers attended the Raleigh funeral of John C. Drewry a renowned Mason. The Grand Lodge conducted services at Oakwood Cemetery with Christ Episcopal Church rites led by Rev. Milton A Berber and Rev. C P Wilson. City offices closed for the burial as Grand Master A B Andrews Jr led the ceremonies.
After dark the city enforces a new misdemeanor prohibiting three or more people from gathering on streets to argue. Penalty is 50 dollars, reducing street chatter.
An advertisement promotes High Point Steam Laundry P E 99 offering dry cleaning for fall and winter clothes. It claims to remove spots stains and dirt and restore a garment to a like new lustre by cleaning at the fiber level.
Allied ships, likely British, roam Philippine territorial waters and several inter island vessels are halted for papers and passenger checks. A large cruiser reportedly entered Manila Bay then fled. American forces enforce neutralty rules though no cargo or passengers were interfered with.
Regular Convocation High Point Chapter Lodge No 70 has been postponed until the third Friday of this month. J H Dobbs E Hi P James A Griffith Secretary.
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