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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1936
Page
6
Ruth Whaley of Greensboro and Wilbur Groome of High Point wed in a private 5 PM ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church Virginia Gilmer room Greensboro. Elizabeth Whaley wore maid of honor with a large bridal party. reception followed at the Whaleys East Hendrix Street home.
United Daughters of the Confederacy held their first fall meeting at the Sher hotel dining room with Mrs. J. P. Rawley and Mrs. J. A. Mizzelle as hosts. President Mrs. Wishart led reports, delegates were elected for the October state meeting in Durham and the November Dallas convention, and James Mattocks won a High Point college scholarship.
Mrs. C. M. Jones returns home with Mrs. Etta Gallimore Malpass and Mrs. J. W. Whitlow and children Frances and Buster after a motor tour through Reno Los Angeles and other points in the West. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Lebedanko and relatives before coming back by the southern route. Phillip Joseph Hinshaw is born to Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hinshaw at Burrus Memorial hospital on September 1. Mrs. Hinshaw was formerly Martha Safrit of High Point.
Mary Harper Philathea class of South Main M. E. Church meets Wednesday at 8 PM at Mrs. Roy Samuel's home 801 East Lexington Avenue with hostesses H. J. Steppe and Mrs. R. A. Wilson. Stephens Bible Study class gathers Wednesday at 3 PM with Mrs. L. A. Pegg on Park Street led by Rev. M. Heath Tadlock. Prospect M. E. Church Missionary Society to sell ice cream tomorrow evening on Trinity High School grounds beginning at 7 PM. First Methodist Protestant Y Project Endavorers host a scavenger hunt tonight at 7 PM from the church for members bound for college.
The Florence Nightingale club of the YWCA held an outdoor outing at the country home of Dr W L Jackson last evening instead of the regular meeting. Twenty seven members left the hut at 6 pm with Mrs J A Eshelman supervising and enjoyed a lakeside picnic followed by outdoor games.
The Women's Golf association of Emerywood Country Club will meet at the clubhouse tomorrow at 2 PM. Mrs. Valette J. Harriss secretary announces a large turnout and a handicap tournament will follow the meeting.
The Girls' Pentagon club holds its regular meeting at 7:30 this evening at 526 North Hamilton Street the home of Mrs. R P Cook Jr All members are expected to attend.
Miss Ethel Carr Stone of Thomasville and Merritt Jackson Peacock of Lexington Martinsville Va were married Saturday August 29 in York Washington DC The bride is the daughter of Belvin and Mrs Stone and a Thomasville graduate The groom is a Martinsville Gas Company employee and son of Mr and Mrs P E B Peacock The couple will reside in Martinsville Va
Mrs. Robert Rapp entertained at her Fisher Ferry street home to honor Miss Julia Brown Jennings, bride elect. Guests included Thursday Bridge club members with W. E. Tomlinson winning a casserole and Miss Jennings receiving a visitors prize double deck of cards and a crystal bowl. Dorothy Moore received a thoughtful gift.
Miss Daisy Fuller Hall is visiting Lexington as a house guest of Mrs. Zeb Dillon and her daughter who returned home Saturday after visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Hall. Other locals include the Moyer family staying in Lenoir with Mrs. Mendenhall's aunt and Mr. and Mrs. Jernigan returning from Nashville after visiting Mrs. Jones. Mrs. W. H. Weir of Atlanta is here with her mother due to illness and death in the Sink family. Mrs. Edgar Hatcher of High Point also visiting.
Oak Hill Friends church hosts a revival starting Wednesday at 7 30 p m with evangelist Rev Murry C Johnson of Greensboro the North Carolina Yearly Meeting field secretary Palmer Holt of Greensboro directs singing He studies at Guilford college and serves as assistant pastor at Kernersville Public invited.
Chicago market notes butter at 8 478, eggs at 6 011. extra firsts local 234 percent, graded firsts local 225 percent. Current receipts 21, prices steady for most items amid limited trading and regional variations.
Miss Marguerite Mann and Miss Frances Mann left last night for Washington to visit friends and return Saturday. Mr and Mrs John W Griffith and children Jean and John Jr returned to High Point after summer at Wrightsville Beach. Mrs Sam Arrington and children Dorothy and Ann of Detroit visit Mrs H D Idol on Lexington avenue. Mr and Mrs Norman Davis and Mr and Mrs W C Swink with Miss Virginia Valentine spent the weekend in Marion Virginia, returning with Miss Elizabeth Davis. J Frank Hicks leaves for Chapel Hill as a sophomore. Miss Iane Lowe and Mrs John Kilburn stay with Mrs Kilburn’s sister Mrs John Murr in Thomasville and will return tomorrow afternoon. Mr and Mrs Will Seigler dined with Clyde Gilbert in Thomasville. Mrs Wilma Byerly Farmier, recently home from New York City, is a patient at Burrus Memorial Hospital. Carter Farrisa returned to New York City after weeks here with his mother Mrs R K Stewart. Miss Eleanor Idol returned to Washington DC after vacation with her parents and Wrightsville Beach house party. A party of local women returned home after a weekend at Blowing Rock and Johnson City Tenn. In the group were Misses Stella Spencer Hazel Farrington Rona Comer Mary Coble Pauline Spencer and Mrs Emma Charles. Mr and Mrs Harold Fitz Mrs Carrie Hooper and Misses Margie Martin Kathleen Wall and Viola Kirk returned to the city after a weekend at Carolina Beach. Mr and Mrs Thomas W Sprinkle returned from Boston where Mr Sprinkle attended the American Bar Association meeting and toured historical points.
The 123rd annual meeting of the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina opens in Statesville with a diamond jubilee celebration marking the Southern Presbyterian church's 70th anniversary as a separate denomination. The first session is at Mitchell College auditorium and later meetings are at First Presbyterian church. Rev. E. E. Gillespie D D of Greensboro preaches the opening sermon tonight.
The weather bureau warned shipping of a tropical hurricane centered about 600 miles southeast of Bermuda and moving northwest at 17 mph. First reported Friday about 1,000 miles east of the northern tip of South America, it poses no threat to the United States.
Emmett Stone’s fish filling his rumble seat leads to holes that drain into the gas tank, causing engine trouble. The piece also praises Harry Williamson for Olympic triumphs and a humble spirit, highlighting a joyful, ageless street character in High Point whose simple generosity stands out.
The speaker notes a half-happy Lars with burned legs from a foundry who walks slowly yet remains cheerful. He mocks the endlessly nosy style of journalists and neighbors like John Doe and Sally Roe, who pry into others affairs, from earnings to bedtime and biscuits. The piece ends praising curiosity as essential to their work.
In Whiteville on September 1 the Melvin Morris case, a Columbus County filling station owner charged with second degree murder for shooting Thurston Sales last October 16 near the Morris station, moves toward a jury as Morris contends self defense.
A historical note traces cloth use to a practice where women carried infants in fibre nets. The Chinese source mentions early child carrying methods influencing textile development and social practices.
Kaunas reports indicate Lithuania returned from fascist rule to a party form of government. The move marks a temporary rollback in the country’s political structure amid ongoing national changes.
City of High Point North Carolina invites sealed bids to supply about 22 000 gallons of tar road material and 1500 tons of limestone for surface treatment of pavements. Alternate bid requested for surface treatment of 86 009 to 126 000 square yards of paved streets. Bids due 10 A M Wednesday. Requires 2 percent certified check. City Manager Knox Mayor Grayson Director Strickland.
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