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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1929
Page
6
Local society notes report Mrs Gratton Foy will host a bridge gathering next Wednesday at 3 o clock afternoon at the Country club. Additional items note hospital updates and social visits among Mrs Hunt and Mr Williams, plus a busy program of church activities and bridge parties at South Main Street and surrounding areas.
The advertisement touts MELLO GLO Face Powder as making skin look years younger with pure powder approved by the U S Government. It claims smooth spread, reduced pores, no shine, and longer wear, available at Mann Drug Stores.
Mrs. M. A. Wood hosts Ruth Curzon of New York City at route 1. Asheboro resident Mrs. Jack Bulla visits Mrs. C. B. Baxter for the day. Agnes Pollock of New Bern to visit Miss Julia Marsh on South Main. Mrs. D. H. Hall improving after hospital surgery. D. A. Neese recovering from sinus operation.
On September 5 1774 the Continental Congress convened at Carpenter Hall Philadelphia with 55 delegates from all colonies except Georgia. They presented grievances and a petition to the British king seeking peace liberty and safety while pledging resistance to coercive measures. They planned another congress within a month if grievances were not redressed.
Robert Gladstone of Liverpool invents an armor plate device on a two wheel truck to shield police in gun battles. A steel folding screen with slits allows a officer to fire a revolver while advancing, with a gas bombs box and portable hand shield for entering houses.
Several weather control plants are planned in London including a refriger ator unit a spray chamber for cooling and cleaning the air a fan and a metal duct for distributing it.
A period ad touts Calotabs as the nation’s top system purifier. It urges a thorough course taken once or twice weekly for several weeks to rid chronic ailments, claiming broad health benefits. A family package with directions is available for 35 cents at drugstores.
Mrs. Charles F. Phillips entertained the younger set at Sunrise Avenue with a three-table bridge party honoring guest Miss Harriet Arnold of Ann Arbor Michigan. Prizes included lingerie and score pads while refreshments followed. Guests listed include Miss Arnold, Miss Annie Hinkle, Miss Julia Brown Jennings and many locals. Several visitors were noted, with greetings to Miss Ruth Myers and Mollie Snell among others.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Maynard and daughter Ann have spent the summer at White Lake and are now staying with Mr and Mrs J C Green as guests of the Green family.
Mrs Wallace Tate of Lenoir is visiting her daughter Mrs Craw ley Henderson.
Mr and Mrs C W Gilliam are spending some time with relatives in Richmond. The brief society note records their visit and stay in the city with family members observed during the period.
Mrs. W. H. Peace hosted a Wednesday bridge party at East Main Street with guests Miss Clarice Rose of Siler City Miss Elma Parrish of Winston Salem Mrs Zeb Walser Jr and Mrs J L Sowers of Lexington. The setting featured dahlias and clematis and eight tables of bridge were played with Mrs B H Mahone named high scorer and awarded a pretty prize.
Mrs R G Jennings and Miss Lucy Eason were among shoppers visiting Winston-Salem on Tuesday, joining other local residents in a day of downtown browsing and errands.
Friends report Miss Dell Tomlinson was taken to High Point hospital on Wednesday for medical treatment.
Lloyd Cook of Laurinburg was a week end visitor in the city, spending time with local friends and enjoying sights during his brief stay.
Mrs. Albert Goins and her young daughter from Asheboro are spending a week visiting Mrs. R. M. Vuncannon, the groom’s mother.
Miss Lois Johnson is spending the week with friends in Greenville, North Carolina, enjoying local hospitality and sightseeing opportunities during her stay.
Miss Mary Weaver departs Sunday to her Thermal City home for a vacation. Miss Eva White of Lumberton accompanies or is mentioned in the same note.
A claim highlights a cabinet described as the first and only Gen eral Electric model made entirely of steel. It is billed as warp-proof and strong as a safe, with 300000 users cited as having yet to spend on repairs. See it for yourself.
Miss Laura File and Mrs W H File spent Thursday in Winston Salem for a brief outing and social call.
Mrs Sam Holland of Raleigh visited Mr and Mrs C M Griffith over the week end.
Mrs S A Thompson and her children from Miami Florida are guests of Mr and Mrs W H File.
Several trucks and cars carrying strike sympathizers to Marion cotton mill workers passed through Lexington early this week. The motorcade included a food truck to aid workers out of employment due to the strike at Marion mills.
New certificates of incorporation include The White Horse Gospel and The Faithful Church of Christ Inc in Thomasville with gospel mission. The Paint and Varnish Store Co in Charlotte is formed to import export and merchant activity with 100 shares no par value led by Ernest Higdon Gertrude Higdon T J Kenny and others.
In June the canal processed 503 commercial vessels and 10 yachts, yielding total revenue of 2,127,851 dollars and a daily average of 70,928 dollars. The figures reflect activity through the canal during the month.
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