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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1934
Page
6
Idylwild club schedules a fortnightly dance at Sedgefield Country Club on Saturday October 20 with Zell Smith and his Pennsylvanians providing music. The event runs 9:30 pm onward. admission by card, with a ballet dancer and limited guest list.
Global appeal targets women seeking a slim attractive figure. Daily morning use of Kruschen Salts in hot water before breakfast claims to banish fat and boost energy, with bright eyes and cheerful vitality. Sold at Mann Drug Co and other drug stores with money back guarantee.
The notice outlines numerous gatherings across High Point including Garden Club meetings at hosts on North Main Street and Sedgefield, a YWCA dinner, Eastern Star events with guests from Raleigh, and multiple tea and bridge socials. It notes Annie Robbins and B E Mendenhall Jr’s wedding prep, hospitalities at Greensboro and Emerywood, and a birth announcement for Billie Clayton Fausnet.
The weekly church notices list events across several congregations. Calvary M E plans a 7 30 pm women’s society meeting in the ladies parlor. Springfield Memorial church hosts a three to six pm flower show and tea with exhibits of native materials and a Museum of Domestic Art. Kernersville Moravian church Auxiliary sponsors an antique and unique tea at G H Harmon’s home with a silver offering. Stamps Melody Boys Quartet perform at Trinity high school auditorium 7 30 pm under Archdale church women. Ward Street M E Business Girls circle meets 7 30 pm at Pauline Trotter’s with new officers to be elected. Stephens Bible Study meets at 213 Woodrow Ave with Mrs A A Ingram leading the Revelations topic. The notices urge full attendance and welcome the public.
Miss Ruth Mendenhall hosted a bridge afternoon at Sedg field Inn honoring Miss Annie Robbins on the eve of her marriage to E. E. Mendenhall Jr. Miss Helen Mendenhall won high score, Miss Dorothy McNarry second high. Guests included the Robbins sisters and local and out‑of‑town hosts from Asheville, New York, Greensboro, and beyond.
Charming in every detail the event honored Miss Annie Grace Hutchinson with a bridge party hosted at Mrs. D. E. Richardson's home. Guests enjoyed a two course collation, green and white decor, and small satin brides as keepsakes. Notable attendees included Miss Robbins, Miss Caldwell, Miss Hutchinson, and numerous society members.
Raleigh reports six alleged delinquents in state license fee payments faced charges under warrants sworn by deputy collector C. W. Sneed. He said more warrants would be issued statewide. Non payment of the license tax under schedule B now carries a 20 percent penalty.
A brief note describes Gabriel Fahrenheit mixing snow and salt to form a thermometric substance. The text implies early experiments in developing temperature measurement methods using common materials.
About People Co D Smith an ex resident now at Clarkton arrives this afternoon and will undergo an oe tomorrow morning Miss Ethel Leger of Houston guest of Mrs C H Rhodes at her Parkway home Gladys Shaver and Frances Rimmer spend week with Mrs J H Rimmer in Danville Va Mary and Lois Hardison return to High Point after Duke Georgia Tech football weekend in Durham Charles Logan to Miami Fla for a job with A B Burr son of Mr and Mrs R S Logan home 1005 Pershing Mrs C J Templeton ill at Greensboro road home in town Mrs D T Andrews in New York City to purchase stock for her store Priscilla Club will meet Friday at 3 with Mrs Fred Thomas
In Trenton New Jersey Vincent G McGrath a former bank clerk testified that Dr Leo W Brandenburg of Union City took $10000 under the alias George A Scofield from a Charlotte North Carolina mail robbery loot. McGrath said he deposited the money at Rutherford National Bank and noted serial numbers matched the robbed bills. The trial also features other mail robbery witnesses and a related embezzlement case against McGrath.
A national fashion feature highlights crochet trends from the United States and Europe. The newspaper invites readers to request a free illustrated sheet with simple, detailed directions for leisure time projects by sending a self-addressed envelope with a three cent stamp to The Crochet Bureau at 522 5th Avenue, New York.
The article details a dress pattern with slim lines and surplice sleeve shaping, waist tucks at back, front seam angles, and an irregular neckline softened by a scarf. It notes color options, sizes, required fabric, and pricing for pattern 9176 and accompanying book.
In Greensboro a defendant asks to dismiss the action by W. E. Rice against T. A. Kearns over a 4000 note. Kearns asks to add Miranda Nance Harris and L. E. Harris as defendants. He claims only 4341.75 was loaned and excess 458.25 was usurious, reducing the debt to 3366.63 after payments.
Six men including Johnny Whitmire Otto Price Johnnie Arial Sam Freeman John Will ard Joe Head face charges of unlawful interference with an electric line after damage to Neal Shoals Power Company's line serving Buffalo and Union mills amid a textile strike. The offense carries up to a $500 fine and one year in prison under South Carolina law. Retail trade in Australia continues to rise.
The article credits a grandmother with guiding the patient to the Udga Treatment for stomach ulcers acid stomach and related symptoms. It notes a back guarantee of satisfaction from Kekerd’s of High Point and lists address details for Udga Suite 65 in St Paul.
Columbia, Oct 16 Miss Marianna Hamilton 40 FERA social worker burned to death as flames destroyed a Columbia residence. Firefighters found her in bed after residents on the second floor were forced to jump windows to escape. Total damage estimated around 16000 with no inquest. Miss Hamilton employed by Richmond County FERA and enrolled at the University of South Carolina school of social work.
A. L. Fletcher, state sisekalonel of labor, aims to organize the North Carolina Apprentice training board by week’s end. An organizational meeting was postponed to Saturday as labor representatives were not designated. The board will include labor and employer representatives plus a member from labor, vocational training, and the NRA office to draft apprenticeship employment and training regulations.
The United States has more Jews than any other country, according to the report. It notes the large community and highlights immigration history and demographic concentration in major cities.
An Oklahoma woman credits Cardus with stopping recurring side pains and boosting strength after trying it. Mrs. Bill Stewart of Dewar says she took 11 bottles and felt much better, noting many others have benefited similarly.
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