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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1916
Page
5
A long social column lists local residents and guests at gatherings. Names include Mrs Carraway, Mrs Lindsay, Miss Berta Lindsay Carraway, Mr Mendenhall, Mrs Beavens, and many others at home parties, bridge prizes, and weekend plans. The piece contrasts churchgoing with leisure and notes visitors from Kernersville, Salisbury, and Danville.
At Mrs J W Reitzels North Main Street home Miss Louise Reitzel entertained two fall brides Kath leen Petty and Sallie Gilmer Jones with pink roses vents and satin gowns. The event featured a ribbon tray landing with heart shaped gifts and handkerchief souvenirs. Guests included Kathleen Petty Verta Idol Bessie Pitts and Mary Campbell among others. Mrs Bruce Carraway hosted rock and bridge with ten tables yesterday afternoon.
The L. T. L. will meet Monday at 4:00 PM at South Main street school. Members must attend as it precedes the annual report to headquarters. Dues and card money should be brought, and each member should bring a new recruit. the member introducing the most new members wins a S T L pin.
Last Wednesday at Mrs. W. H. Pickard’s country home near Randleman Miss Elizabeth Pickard hosted friends in honor of Miss Helen Muse of High Point. Clyde Martin won the contest prize a box of correspondence cards with Miss Mabel Hinton as booby. Mrs. Albion Millis hosted a South Main Street party for hosts two house guests Adelaide Armfield and Sarah Carson. Dr. G A Pollock, felled by pneumonia in Milwaukee Wisconsin, remains critically ill at his daughter’s home with friends to note.
Captain and Mrs Rankin depart for Mount Airy and White Sulphur Springs for the weekend. Glenn Rawley visits Greensboro. Miss Penelope Cobb returns from Ocean View and Norfolk. Miss Faye Ferree of Asheboro visits Greensboro then heads to Las J Frazier and Haworth travel through High Point to Raleigh for Pasteur treatment. Hal Ingram returns from Badin and remains at home on Elm Street. Mr and Mrs L P Moore of Wilmington are guests on Rankin Street. Miss Margaret Billings to return to Glenn Allen and Durham. Fred Ingram returns from business trip with a sprained ankle. Mrs Dallas Zollicoffer leaves for Raleigh to be met there.
An eye catching card in town windows proclaims Boys Wanted with steady work and good pay for ages sixteen to twenty. The notice from the Junior Baraca Class of the First Baptist Sunday School invites young men to join, highlighting opportunity and employment prospects.
The satirical weekly Puck announces a new history series challenging cherished tales. It claims Joan of Arc lived to marry, Beatrice was a nine year old debutante, and Isabella’s jewels were gone before Columbus. It mocks Bastille numbers, Mayflower arrival, Stuyvesant’s legs, and other familiar legends for comic effect.
President Wilson leaves Washington for Shadow Lawn New Jersey after a key conference with Senate leaders. Congress moves to pass an eight hour rail labor bill with broad support to avert a nationwide strike. North Carolina telegrams urged opposition to extending the eight hour day to electric lines and short lines.
All banks in the city will be closed on Labor Day September 4 in observance of the holiday.
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