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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1939
Page
6
Mrs. J. Frank Carriker has returned to her home from Sanford where she visited her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs F E Jewell and their infant son.
The period October 16 to 21 is set for National Retail Grocers Week with emphasis on the grocer as the link between farm field and factory. Shoppers are urged to review next week’s special sales to recognize the grocer’s year round service.
A column extols Wilson's Certified Tender Made Ham and suggests using pure maple syrup as a cooking method. It frames the idea as an alphabet age innovation and invites readers to try the bone in ham with maple treatment for superior flavor.
The recipe explains heating a fully cooked ham in a moderate oven with water or juice, then glazing with maple syrup and browning. It also offers a playful aside comparing unlikely pairings like Wilson’s Bacon and oysters as hors d oeuvres.
Mrs Kenneth Redman hosted the Wednesday Book club at her Woodland Drive home. The program featured colored slides from Miss Alice MacRae Caldwell showing a British Isles trip with Buckingham Palace guard scenes and royal receptions. Guests included club members Mesdames Clark Ellis Dickson Hardin Lafferty Thomas and Taplin.
Mrs. George C. Welch hosted a bridge tea for two brides elect, Miss Bunnie Thompson of Creedmore and Miss Margaret Sears, bride elect of William Fort Michael Jr., of Gastonia. Prizes went to Mrs. Roger Carr, Mrs. Doak Finch, and Mrs. Ralph Fleming. gifts included a silver bon bon dish and candle holders. The event at West Broad Street featured pastel green and white decor and buffet dining after eleven bridge tables.
An old advertising claim offers slimming with four Marmola Tablets daily for fat persons with thyroid-related low metabolism. The ad notes 30 years of sales and over twenty million boxes distributed, states not a cure and requires physician consultation for diagnosis.
L A mitie Club met Tuesday evening at 243 Boulevard the home of Mrs Florrie Newton. Mrs Polly Creas man and Mrs O C Chapman served as joint hostesses after a brief business session led by Miss Martha Dickens the program committee chairman. Games and contests followed with prizes to Mrs Frankie Cecil and Mrs Winifred Little a salad course was served afterward.
Miss Margaret Sears bride elect is celebrated at a Sheraton Hotel breakfast hosted by her aunt Mrs. Blanche Pickett Walker. The wedding to William Forl Michael Jr. of Gastonia will be this afternoon at Pickett Farm with a private ceremony and a reception to follow.
The American Homes Department of the Woman's Club opened a fall series on Home Making at Mrs. R. H. Sechrest home. Frances Mendenhall of the high school home economics department spoke on the evolution of eating habits from hunter gatherer times to modern, regular meals, outlining factors shaping diets and sharing seasonally adapted recipes. A round table of favorite recipes followed, with dahlias and roses used in decorations and tea served.
Miss Margaret Sears and her fiancé William Foil Michael Jr of Gastonia were feted at a dinner hosted by Alice Nesbit and Mrs. Wallace at Mrs. K. B. Geddie’s home on Rotary Drive. The event drew bridal party members and out-of-town guests with red roses and dahlias in green and white nuptial decor.
About thirty five members and guests attended a talk by Ashley Ryther of Tomlinson at the Tomlinson showrooms on High Street. He outlined four key points in period furnishings tone shade value and scale and illustrated with tapestries samples and room pictures.
Miss Sarah Herman bride elect to wed Dr. Benjamin G. Feen of Charleston was honored at two dinner and bridge events. The Sheraton Hotel hosted a 7:30 dinner for T. O. B. Club members with a bridal table and top score prize going to Mrs. Israel Bloom. A second evening gathering at Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Pliskin’s home featured eleven bridge tables, lilies of the valley decor, and high prize guest towels won by Mrs. Jake Harris.
Dr. Caldwell's Laxative-Senna with Syrup Pepsin promises dual action by dissolving undigested protein in the stomach while waking up sluggish bowels. Tests claim Pepsin reduces belching acidity and nausea, offering stomach comfort and relief from constipation.
The social calendar lists a Pickett Farm wedding reception for Margaret Sears and William Foil Michael Jr. at 4:30 PM, an Emerywood Country Club Swedish smorgasbord buffet at 7 PM, a Woman’s College alumnae meeting at 7:30 PM with a speaking note from Mrs. Mary Leath Stewart, Priscilla Club meeting at 3 PM, two Blair Park American Legion Auxiliary benefit parties with reservations by 9 PM, and a 7 AM Saturday Sedgefield Hunt meet at Sedgefield Stables.
Mrs. J E Pritchard spoke on propagating shrubs at the Good Will Garden Club meeting held at Mrs. H J Rockwell’s home on Greenway Drive. She emphasized environment, locality, soil and preparation with examples including English laurel spirea boxwood and cedar. Mrs Geddie Strickland led a brief business session in the president’s absence.
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