Son Born to Mr and Mrs Dillard in High Point
Announcement from Mr and Mrs J C Dillard of 68 Thistle street that they welcomed a son on October 19 at their home. Coexisting items note other local society meetings and family events in High Point.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1930
Page
6
Announcement from Mr and Mrs J C Dillard of 68 Thistle street that they welcomed a son on October 19 at their home. Coexisting items note other local society meetings and family events in High Point.
The Wo man’s club art department will meet with Mrs S M Baylor at the senior high library on Wednesday October 22 at 3 30 pm led by Miss Clara Boyd topic High Renaissance Artists and Italian Decadence attendance urged. Master Ray White Jr hosted a weiner roast at his grandfather W G Browns to celebrate his 12th birthday with many attendees. The Musical Art Club banquet at the Country Club drew about fifty guests and featured state president Mrs Frank Smith from Asheville who urged support for music programs and the 1930s national convention in San Francisco.
Mrs Willis H Slane returns from New York. Mr and Mrs A T Wishart depart for Hot Springs Arkansas. Ben Moore leaves for a business trip to midwestern states. Mrs William Dockery of Wadesboro visits Mrs Gurney Briggs on West Lexington. Mrs W G Munyan Miss Mary Munyan Dr Lucy Eshelman and Miss Emma Gray return from Washington DC. Mr and Mrs Frank Mencke of New York arrive to attend Fox Hunters association at Sedgefield guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Raymond at Fritz Harry lodge.
Ton arrived Sunday to become a teacher in the Main Street school. Miss Satterfield is making her home with Mrs. W. E. Tomlinson on Sunrise avenue.
Mr and Mrs Ray Hoover visited Newton for the weekend staying with Mrs Hoover's mother Mrs W F Rader and returned to the city Sunday evening.
Mrs. Raymond H. Phillips and Cynthia and Beulah File spent Sunday in Concord. They were joined by Jean Rierson and Gertrude Creakman of Walnut Cove who were guests of Cynthia File during the weekend.
S. A. Thompson of Cleveland Ohio returned home Sunday after ten days as the guest of his sister Mrs. W. H. File in this city.
Rev J M Mullen of the Reformed Church Mission Philadelphia visited the city over the weekend and occupied the pulpit at the First Reformed Church on Sunday.
Miss Julia Brown Jennings, a student at Salem College, spent the weekend here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Jennings.
Miss Lucy Fason came back from Stan ton sburg after a brief sojourn. W. E. Tingley returned Monday from Baltimore where he underwent an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has been a patient there for the past five weeks.
Mr and Mrs H Tudor spent Sunday at Liberty North Carolina as guests of Mr and Mrs J R Marley, former residents of Thomasville.
Friends report Odessa Myers is recovering at City Memorial hospital after injuries from an automobile accident near Sedgefield early last week.
Mr and Mrs Robert Grimes of Hickory arrived Sunday to be with Mr Grimes mother Mrs Bettie Grimes who remains very ill at her home on Salem street. Mr and Mrs Walter Grimes and daughter Miss Sallie returned to Salisbury Monday after a few days visit here.
Miss Beulah File of Winston Salem spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Will H File on Carmalt street in the city returning after the visit.
Mr and Mrs J Martin Wilcox and Miss Clara Wilcox from Carbon ton spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Frank D Jones on West Main street. They were accompanied home Sunday evening by Miss Marie Jones who will stay a week or ten days.
Girls volleyball and basketball teams will be organized tonight at 7:80 o clock at the Y M C A. Miss Virginia Carrier asks all girls to attend. A supper meeting for local store employees precedes at 6:30 in the Y W C A lobby.
The Men s Council of the First Presbyterian church postpones tonight s meeting to next Tuesday due to the absence of President G W Denny and other members from the city, announced by Dr Charles H Nabers pastor.
A note explains that burning silk yarn yields a scent similar to burned feathers. The observation highlights a distinctive odor cue linked to silk material.
T C Johnson, secretary of the Merchants association, spoke at the Civitan Club lunch about credit bureaus in the United States. He cited U S Chamber figures showing about 70.5 percent of grocers use bureaus versus 29.5 percent who do not, with average losses of 0.5 percent versus 1.1 percent, and noted findings on term standards and high returns and allowances in credit business. He urged local merchants and professionals to support the High Point Merchants association and said losses could be reduced by careful opening of charge accounts.
Mrs. 8S. S. Saunders announces Junior Red Cross Roll Call Week urging school children to join and reach 100 percent participation. Juniors engage in health courses, disaster relief, and community service while supporting the senior Red Cross program. Membership fees are small.
The sixth grade Girl Reserves hosted a weiner roast at Blair's Dairy Farm a mile south of the city yesterday afternoon from 3:30 to 5 o'clock with forty seven girls in attendance. The seventh grade Reserves plan a roast at Blair's Farm tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. Miss Elizabeth Hicks leads the Junior high division.
Grady Baxter drank a vial of powdered glass in public near the municipal building as two policemen watched. He was rushed to Greensboro for treatment and later to Morganton state hospital, after threatening to kill his family and expressing a wish to die rather than return. Authorities questioned how he obtained the glass, noting he may have cracked a Coca Cola bottle to hide it. Abraham Duff of Rahway is named as the first president in a separate note.
On October 21 1805 Nelson defeated the allied French and Spanish fleets off Cape Trafalgar with 27 British ships to 33. The battle secured English naval prestige, 18 enemy ships captured, Nelson mortally wounded and saying I have done my duty. Trafalgar is hailed as the greatest naval battle and Nelson as the greatest admiral.
In Edinburgh a necklace once worn by Mary Queen of Scots graced Isobel Veronica Sellar at her wedding to the Marquis of Graham at St. Giles Cathedral. The groom and groomsmen wore kilts as part of the ceremony. In Reno a ball and chain severance society formed.
An aged warning about constipation dangers after forty and a promotion for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. The ad touts safety for all ages, ease of use, and that it cannot gripe, with BABY safety claims and world’s most popular laxative branding.
The will of Choy Pik Cheong a Shanghai merchant bequeaths 360000 to four wives on the condition they return to their provincial homes lead simple lives and pledge before a notary not to remarry.
Gene Howe and his wife are renovating their Amarillo bungalow into a villa after a spat with soprano Mary Garden over her singing. He invited Garden for an old fashioned Texas supper and tea at the villa, she accepted.
William Burton president of the National Association of Photo Finishers reports the annual consumer outlay for owning cameras at 200 million dollars during the association’s convention.
The city laboratory released milk grade lists featuring Grade A producers including Andrews C E Arm field Blair's Dairy Bundy Bros E Clodfelter Clover Hill and others plus Grade B names E C Allen C C Covington W P Holt and Grade C W A Staley.
Mrs. R. A. Knight of Winston-Salem is visiting her daughter Mrs. R. M. Cooksey on Highland Avenue this week in Thomasville.
A 10 day revival begins tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the First Pilgrim Holiness church South Hamilton street Rev O L Ruth pastor announces evangelist Rev David E Wilson of Binghamton N Y will lead the meetings Wilson is described as a forceful preacher with a history of successful campaigns nationwide
Mr and Mrs N J Wood announce the birth of a son John Mercer on Monday October 20 at their home 904 West Broad Street.
The Pinecroft Club resumes operations with Grace Albertson and Dempsey Clinard as hostesses. Cam Billings' Winston Salem orchestra will provide music. Plans call for daily weekday and nightly dining and dancing, with Sunday closure. Located on Pinecroft road near Greensboro High Point crest, one mile west of Greensboro.
The U S bureau of fisheries reported the shipment of approximately one million fish eggs to Chile Mast winter. The operation aims to support Chilean aquaculture and bolster hatchery programs across the region.
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