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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1936
Page
7
A bi weekly Emerywood Club bridge event was hosted yesterday morning by Mrs W J Fraley and Mrs A Parker in the club ladies lounge. Guests joined for lunch after the game and future morning sessions are planned through September with an evening session for all ages on September 25.
Three men robbed the pay master of Immick Construction Company in the Bronx today and escaped in a taxicab with 2796 dollars. Authorities investigate the failed payroll theft as the suspects flee a city street at midday.
A massive air terminal planned for Ports mouth England aims to be the world’s largest, with an estimated cost of 6 million dollars. The project envisions a major transportation hub boosting regional air travel and economic activity.
Mrs. C. C. Lincoln Jr and Mrs. Irving Whaley of Bristol Tenn expected today to visit Mrs. A. T. Wishart on Steele Street after participating in a Roaring Gap golf event. Nell Harrison of Enterprise Ala arrives as houseguest for Miss Mae Kirkman on Broad Street. Virginia Deane of 327 Fourth Street vacationing with grandmother Mrs M J Grubb at Denton and plans to return Sunday. Inez Axford and daughter Shirley Jean return to Thomasville after visiting Nan Utley. Mr and Mrs Dewey Hammer return from Asheville NC. A N Greer leaves for Connecticut with a stop in New York for about ten days. Beadie Mabry of Kennedy Street improving at Burrus Memorial hospital. Virginia Harbison of Kennedy Street a patient at Burrus Memorial hospital after tonsil surgery. Nannie Byrum spending the day in Lexington with sisters Keiver Leonard and W L Hanner. Lula Carwile of Pamplin Va visiting there. Mrs Phillip Melvin and Eugenia Anne of Winston-Salem visiting Mr and Mrs Earl Lee Smith south of the city during Dr Melvin’s absence in Michigan. Serra Mrs D A Dowdy and Mrs James Perryman with Misses Josephine Gibson and Louise York spending the day in Charlotte. Announcement of birth of son Alfred Williamson Jr born Sunday August 30 at 509 White Oak Street.
The High Point American Red Cross executive committee met at Mrs Homer Coltrane’s office to review monthly business. August aid reached 43 disabled veterans or families. Edgar Hartley of the YMCA reported a completed life saving course. Members outlined plans for the November Roll Call.
Mr and Mrs Samuel J Best Sr hosted a reception on East Lexington Avenue Monday evening greeting many guests including Miss Eloise Best and Rev Milton Whitener. The event featured a tiered wedding cake ice course and music by local performers.
Mr and Mrs John Crawford announce the birth of a son Bernard William at City Memorial hospital on Saturday August 29.
Business and Professional Girls' club held an after dinner session with 18 members chaired by Miss Lucille Browne. They discussed a September 15 banquet honoring Harry Williamson returning from Germany after the Olympics and a local farmers barbecue at Crystal Lake in October, plus invitations to new members.
The Tous Unis club of Greensboro led by Harry White plans a pre school dance at Sedgefield Country Club Thursday evening. Sponsors include Katharine Lowdermilk of High Point with Glenyce Dalton Winston Salem and Greensboro trio Mary Louise McLendon Martha Webster and Mary Louise Chandler Burlington. Proceeds honor seven members headed to colleges including H. Barne Albert Stevens Jr James Middleton Charles Hines Jr Grover Cox Jr Isaac Ham Jr and Albert Rood Jr. Chaperones are sponsors’ parents and Greensboro couples.
Several church groups announce meetings and socials. The Catherine Gill Bible class meets Thursday evening at Mrs. Howard Overcash’s home for a business session and social hour with a Pollyannas reveal. The Hilliard Memorial Baptist church hosts an ice cream supper on Friday at 7 o’clock on the church lawn. Prospect M E Woman’s Missionary Society holds an ice cream social at Trinity high school at 7 tonight. The Lottie Holden Bible class gathers Thursday at 3 pm at Mrs. Cecil’s Oakwood Court home. all members are urged to attend.
Special to the Enterprise reports Mr and Mrs R Bradley preparing to move to Gainesville Georgia joining Bradley relatives for an old fashioned reunion and lawn picnic. Attendees included Dr and Mrs C D Kistler L E Rich V C Trogdon Claude Vannonery and others with extended visits to Myrtle Beach and nearby churches hosting choir groups and class activities.
State Democratic headquarters called on all primary losers to back the party in November. Chairman J. Wallace Winborne noted Dr. Ralph W. McDonald Sandy Graham and John A. McRae would assist the nominee Clyde R. Hoey. Campaign aides and Hoey supporters pledged help.
A Black man identified as Lee Johnson was found dead beside railroad tracks south of Reidsville last night. A coroner s jury ruled the cause of passing as unknown.
Wesley Memorial church hosts a midweek prayer service tonight led by Rev. H E Wiley Jr. Miss Helen Clark, recently returned from China where she served as Dean of Women at Soochow University, will speak. Music features Wilton Barnes and Hubert Liverman. The program starts at 8 o'clock in the Peacock classroom.
Three days overdue from an area with rough weather. A plane carrying a pilot and five passengers was pursued today in the Kenai Peninsula sector as search efforts continued.
The state board of nurse miners announced the resignation of Miss Lula W as secretary and director of schools of nursing in North Carolina effective September 10. Miss Bessie Chapman, former superintendent of Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, was named to succeed Miss West who becomes superintendent of a Roanoke hospital.
Chicago Sept 2 butter prices steady at 9 650 with creamed specials 93 score 34 14 to 35. Extra firsts 91 price 33 1 2 percent. Firsts 88 89 at 32 percent. Standards around 33 percent. Eggs receipts 6275 with extra firsts local 22 percent and fresh graded firsts local 23 percent.
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