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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1937
Page
5
Instruction on mastering the dance walk as the basis of ballroom style. Focuses on posture, knee and ankle control, and smooth gliding steps from forward to backward motions with emphasis on keeping weight over the feet and producing long, flowing lines.
Miss Alice Britt Howell hosted a party for Thomasville's younger social set at Fisher Ferry Street with dancing games and refreshments. Guests included Mary Alice Hoover Josephine Pepper Wilma Wall Daisy Hall Doris Loflin Mary Brown Crawford Edward Hobgood and others. Mr and Mrs Paul Green held a buffet supper for teachers of their two children Paul Jr and Betty with Halloween decor and four course fare. Roanoke Va., left for home after visiting Mrs Percy Tudor on Sprin Street. Evelyn Bartley spent the weekend at home in Evergreen. Jack Bruton and Mrs S L Pollock hosted visitors from Kinston on Lexington Avenue. Hethcock family spent Sunday in Salisbury with G M Denson.
The Emerg ed Country club held an evening bridge event at the clubhouse with many members and guests. James Armstrong won a novelty pack of bridge cards and G. W. Stroupe earned a cigarette prize. Refreshments were served by E. S. Wall, J. W. Lindsay and many couples listed as attendees.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter in Wilson held its annual election during a burial meeting hosted by Mrs. H. P. Morrison on West Broad Street. New officers include Mrs. A. T. Wishart as president, with Mrs. J. F. Haysh vice president, Mrs. Frank Ingucker treasurer, and others. Mrs. J. D. Brame reported on the convention, noting cash prizes for essays by Brame and Wishart, while associate hostesses assisted.
Registration for the twelfth meeting of the Seventh Grand Chapter of North Carolina Eastern Star began at 2 pm at the Masonic Temple in High Point. Officials including Mary Madison Baker and Alice Pepper spoke as the session opened. an afternoon program covered introductions, a question box, and a memorial service ahead of a 1:30 pm evening session with addresses by key officers and a lecture on the Masonic C. E. Home by George R Nett.
The Point Altrusa club shifts its inner meeting to 7 o'clock at the Sheraton hotel committee room replacing the 7 30 dinner slot. Mary Ballard urges full attendance as important business will be transacted. Members will proceed to the reception at Wrenn Memorial after the meeting.
Members are reminded of the Burbank Garden Club meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. D. H. Parsons on West Farriss Avenue Wednesday at ten in the morning.
Dean D. J. Messick of Elon College will address the Jamestown Parent-Teacher Association at 7 30 p m Thursday October 28 in the school auditorium. His topic is Character Education and all parents and patrons are urged to attend.
A large audience attended a Sunday afternoon program at Hickory Grove M P Church directed by Howard Teague of Greensboro who has led a singing school there for weeks. Singers from Greensboro Colfax and Friendship Methodist choir participated along with solos by Annie Chishlom a crippled girl from Thomasville. Mrs J J Thomas visited her daughter Mrs C B Way and family and returned to Burlington. Miss Geneva Pearman of Stokesdale visited friend Miss Louise Way.
Joan Stone marked her seventh birthday with a Halloween themed party on English street. Mrs and Mr T R Stone hosted from 3 to 5 pm with pumpkins, corn, and sweet potatoes as decor. Friends joined in costume, played games, and enjoyed fortune telling with prizes awarded to Plato Brittain and Fred Culler.
The Domino club meets this evening at 7 45 with Miss Claudine Kirkman at her home 413 Centennial Avenue for a regular club gathering.
A called session of the hires club in the Sheraton hotel committee room replaces the dinner meeting. At 8:30 p m a reception in Wrenn Memorial Library will unveil a portrait of the late M J Wrenn at High Point college.
Mr and Mrs Tom Haslam depart for Chicago after visiting Kenneth Redman on Woodland drive. Dr and Mrs EB Sumner also travel to Chicago for a meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Mr and Mrs F W Ayers of Birmingham England visit their daughter Rex Ehlers at 1109 Greenway drive. Mrs E B Scott of Atlanta visits her sister at the same address. Mr and Mrs C Crawford of Archdale are weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Hill in Durham as they attend the Carolina Tulane football game.
Mrs Emma V Kennedy and George W Sutton wed Sunday at 3 PM October 24 in First Methodist Roanoke Rapids NC with only immediate family and a few friends present. The bride is daughter of the late Marion Vestal and Mary Vestal of Sanford and works as hotel auditor in High Point. The groom is son of the late George Sutton and Hesse Sutton of Forsyth GA and manages American Bakeries in Jed Point.
Mrs. Berta A. Loman state councilor of the Daughters of America attends the Eastern district meeting in Raleigh and will join district meetings in Wilmington and Rodehess. She is accompanied by national councilor Mrs. Anna B. Harrison from St. Louis, city organizer Mrs. Lena Shipwash, and Henderson state vice-councillor Mrs. Mary Tankersley.
Gamma Zeta club plans a meeting at Mrs Harry Brockmann's home 912 Fairway at 3 30 P M Wednesday October 27 with members attending.
The O Henry Study club held its first year meeting at Mrs. W M Moffitt Parkview apartments with Mrs Ralph D Moffitt in charge. Topics on Los Angeles and film industry were presented followed by a salad course. Garden club met at Mrs W Clark Salisbury road with a buffet dinner and prize contests chaired by Mrs Carroll Wall.
Joan Green invited several friends to celebrate her fifth birthday on Monday afternoon. They played games, enjoyed ice cream and cake, and received novelty Hallowe en favors as party favors.
Mrs Cyrus McCrary hosted a luncheon buffet honoring Miss Margaret Hood and Miss Charlotte Van Noppen of Greensboro. Scores awarded prizewinners include Mrs Paul Hinkle high score with an evening dag, Mrs J V Moffitt novelty jelly low score, Mrs J M Daniel Jr and Mrs Henry Miller guest towels and vases, while Hood and Van Noppen received plates and a vanity. Hostess assisted by Mrs Henry Miller at the luncheon.
The United States houses the world's largest book and job printing plant at the Government Printing Office in Washington.
Child study group meetings of local Parent-Teacher associations will be held tomorrow at 10 AM at the Elm Street school auditorium and 1 30 PM at the Grimes Street school. Dr Bess N Rosa of the Woman's College UNC Greensboro will address both meetings. Parents are urged to attend and a single parent is counted once for a prize based on school attendance.
Miss Jeannette Rankin first woman elected to Congress will address Bay Street school upper and sixth grades at Elm Street auditorium tomorrow at 9 AM on Peace. She will be introduced by Mrs. Charles F. Tomlinson and parents are invited.
The Union Hill P T A will sponsor the Textile Hill Billies in a program Thursday at 7 45 p m in the school auditorium. A small admission charge will be made and the public is invited.
A 14 foot tube X-ray device delivers 800000 volts in a new cancer treatment. John Mulcahy of Chicago becomes the first patient treated with the instrument.
The Girls Pentagon club gathers at 7 30 this evening at Miss Lois Barger’s home 1009 North Main Street for its weekly meeting. All members are expected to attend.
Mrs. T. R. Ballard hosts a luncheon at 316 Howell Street tomorrow at noon to honor her grandfather H. M. Sechrest known as Uncle Henry. The event celebrates his eighty ninth birthday, noting he is High Point’s oldest native and lifelong resident.
Cairo reports King Farouk and Farida Zulficar engaged after a Switzerland vacation. The wedding is officially set for January 6, with Farouk turning 18 in February under the Christian calendar.
A 15 year old Boyd Cabeen of Lincoln told police he decided to ride home from Denver after being refused travel with his dog. He slept in a freight car with the stray, shared food with the animal, and the pair finished the journey by truck after police supplied meals.
A Bingo session ended with several prizes awarded. Guests included Misses Lucille Holden Frances Tabor Virginia Booth Fannie Glenn Elder Martha Garbee Margaret Riddle of Burlington Jane Pratt Naomi Howie and Mesdames Raymond Phillips and Julius Green, along with family members.
Mrs Paul Hassler entertained the Sans Souci club at her Elliott drive home with two tables of contract bridge. Mrs Fred Gray top-scored among members and won a cream and sugar set, while Mrs R C Harville received visitors high score handkerchiefs. A salad course followed as cards were put away for Mesdames Harry Lee Lambeth, Fred Gray, H R Kyser, Frank Marr, R C Harville, Robert Rapp, and Miss Fanny Glenn Elder and Elizabeth Hamrick.
Miss Mary Faison Covington and Miss Naomi Howie, both tied to Duke University, spent weekends with family in town. Miss Ann Jerome of Coates visited her aunt Mrs Gladys Herring, while Elizabeth Green of High Point stayed with her grandfather J C Green. The Finches returned from New York City after a short trip, and Mr and Mrs Rh M Cooksey and Mr and Mrs W H Tudor were noted residents in town with recent travels.
In Miami Deputy Buford found odd footprints near a henhouse including an alternate track and a round hole. He arrested a peg legged Black person known as Dot and Dash who claimed he was framed by a chicken thief using a stilt to throw off the trail.
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