Sorosis and club events in High Point society notes
High Point society pages report Miss Venetia Smith hosting Sorosis at Tilden tea shop Jamestown this afternoon. Others attend echo meeting of the YWCA on the Friends church lawn tonight and parties for Joseph Fletcher Jr. and Emma Blair school teachers welcome at East Russell Street venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorosis
Venetia Smith
Sorosis Club
Tilden
Jamestown
Friends Church
Emma Blair
Welcoime
East Russell Street
High Point
East Green
Local Personal News Highlights From Town And Surrounding Areas
Mrs W R Smith returns from Salisbury with three sons Clyde Har old and William Jr. J Leslie Andrews returns to State college Raleigh to resume sophomore year and joins student council as part of the advisory board. Miss Gladys tasrnes of Winston Salem visits Mrs M C Culler. A party of old and new students depart for Trinity College Durham including Gurley McAnally Wood Perry Kirkman Lyon Ballard Dutton Farriss Downey Kirkman. Miss Margaret Ingram of Sanford visits Miss Lucille Pickens at W J Armfield residence. Lizzie and Mary McGee return to High Point after visiting A L McGee in Norfolk visiting Yorktown Williamsburg Newport News Ocean View and Virginia Beach. Rupert Pickens Aubrey Poston go to Raleigh to enter A and R E College. Murray M White to Bailey Military Institute Keenwood SC. Miss Winnifred Perry leaves for Meredith College Raleigh. Mrs W T Norman returns from Charlotte to place daughter Stella in Queens College for winter. Miss Myrtie Shields goes to Washington DC after a three week visit with her mother on West Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity College
Durham
Paul Gurley
James McAnally
George Wood
Seborn Perry
Carlton Kirkman
James Lyon
Montrose Ballard
Norma Dutton
James Farriss
Ray Downey
Nannie Kirkman
Lizzie
Mary McGee
High Point
A. L. McGee
Norfolk
Virginia
McGee
Yorktown
Williamsburg
Newport News
Ocean View
Virginia Beach
Circle Three At Jamestown
At the home of the Misses Jane and Annie Wiley in Jamestown the regular monthly meeting of circle number three of the Woman's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church was held. Mrs. C. B. Overman led and talks by Miss Minnie Politock and several other members were noted. Mrs. Ernest Shipman attended for the auxiliary. Gifts and introductions of guests followed, with remarks on fashion trends from Mrs. Hattie Sheetz who had just returned from New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiatt
Mack Hiatt
Roland Park
Daisy Davies
Soochow
China
Tom Powell
Girl Reserve
Walter Chandler
Frank Sizemore
Robert Morrow
Herbert Newbold
Jamestown
Jane and
Annie Wiley
First Presbyterian Cchurch
C. B. Overman
Minnie Politock
G. Hi. Garrett
B. C. Freeland
Hattie Sheetz
Modister
New York City
Milady
Tokyo diners boast American Chop Suey restaurant rooftop
In Tokyo Aug 13, locals applaud a new restaurant named American Chop Suey on the top floor of the Japan American building. The venue offers one of the finest views of the capital and showcases a fusion sense of chop suey reminiscent of New York and American dining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
New York
Fire saves El Cid and two Morgan Line ships
Firemen saved the El Cid and its two Morgan Line sister ships tied at piers 52 and 53 on the North River from destruction. The blaze destroyed 600 tons of coal as three fireboats and multiple fire trucks battled the flames swiftly. Last spring the El Mundo faced a near destruction by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
el Cid
Morgan Line
North River
el Mundo
Court in session as many Negroes appear for charges
In a Mu sicnal court session Judge Royal presided after illness. Several Black defendants faced charges including assault, disorderly conduct, and larceny. Elzie Hamlin and Wesley Corbett were fined $25, Lucile Bass $5, and others had costs assessed with various verdicts. Thomas Gold led proceedings in the judge's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzie Hamlin
Judge Royal
Mu.sicnal
Wesley Corbett
epTo
Emilia
Lucile Bass
Negress
Joe Luggan
Nerro
Walter Smith
Lcense
Smith
John Robbins
Roval
Robbins
Thomas Gold
No Electric Signs on Fifth Avenue
New York Sept 13 Fifth Avenue will be free of electric signs Merchants along the famous thoroughfare say signs in motion or at rest are undignified for the shopping district The Fifth Avenue Association plans to urge the legislative charter revision committee to allow city authorities to banish signs on the historic avenue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Fifth Avenue Association
Indicted man dies in custody in Omaha hospital
Melville F. Goodrich former president of the United States Motor Sales Transportation company died in a hospital in Omaha after being stricken with pneumonia while being transported from Los Angeles to Boston on an agency charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Melville F. Goodrich
United States Motor Sales Transportation Company
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
Boston
Woman presides at Massachusetts voting precinct
In Haverhill Massachusetts a woman serves as a precinct warden during a special primary election. The event marks the first known instance of a female warden in Massachusetts. Mrs A T Stevens has acted as inspector before and will be paid 15 dollars for a ten hour day or longer until votes are counted. The primary selects a successor to Congressman W W Lufkin appointed port collector of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Mass
Massachusetts
A. T. Stevens
W W. Lufkin
Boston
Crippled children to tour Lincoln Park Zoo animals
Chicago park officials offer wheelchairs at the Lincoln Park Zoo entrance for crippled visitors to view elephants tigers lions and a 800 pound baby hippo. Automobiles will call on homes for those unable to reach the park and free peanuts popcorn and a boat ride are provided by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Park Commissioners
Landmark building once McKinley tied to Masonry to be torn down
In Winchester Virginia a two story Civil war era structure where the late President McKinley was made a Master Mason is slated for demolition to make way for a modern business building. The article also notes James Farriss and Ray Downey leaving for Durham to enter Trinity College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
McKinley
Aged Recluse Hid Fortunes in Attic Revealed
Chicago report reveals French Fal, Ged, who died yesterday in a dreary attic, left $100,000 in stocks hidden in her room. For forty years she begged from the rich and dispensed charity to the poor. Her identity remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rub-My-Tism Pain Relief Stated Benefits
Advertises Rub-My-Tism as a great pain killer for pain soreness rheumatism neuralgia and sprains. The copy emphasizes quick relief and versatile uses for various aches in a vintage medicinal ad style.
Harding Goes for Sail on the Sound
President Harding left New York for a golf outing at Piping Rock on Long Island and a yachting trip on the Long Island Sound. He is not expected to return to the city until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harding
Piping Rock Country Club
Long Island
Long Island Sound
Democrats to Name Jasles Successor in Danville Nomination
The fifth district Democratic convention met in Danville Virginia at 11:80 this morning to nominate a candidate to replace the late Rora A. James. Six contenders remain in the field as a lengthy session was anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Yva
Rora A. James
Man Who Took Bergdoll's Place Buried With Honor
Philadelphia and Newport dispatches report a veteran named Russell C. Gross honored for dying in France while serving in place of Grover Bergdoll who did not respond to the draft. Crowds lined streets and flags flew at half mast in procession from Fletcher Memorial Church to the burial. Gross joined service in May 1918 and fell in the Argonne on October 23, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Russell C. Gross
France
Grover Bergdoll
Fletcher Memorial Church
Gross
Bergdof
Argonne
U.S
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Joseph Fletcher, Jr
Joseph Fletcher
Emily Lambert
J. G. Lambert
North Main Street
Fletchers
Winston Salem
Fred Ingram
Estelle Webster
J. D. Brame
J. M. S Salsbury
Order Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Washington Street
The
Eastern Star
High Point Chapter
O. E. 5S
Carolinas
John H. Tate
C. C. Hook
North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Wheeler
Guild
W. Lewis
J. Leslie Andrews
State College
Raleigh
Andrews
Gladys Tsarnes
Winston- Salem
M. C. Culler
Margaret Ingram
Sanford
Nlucclle Pickens
W J. Armfield
Broad Street
Rupert Pickens
Aubrey Poston
A. and
RE. College
Murray M. White
Bailey Military Institute
Keenwood, 8. C
Mr White
Henry White
Lindsay Street
Winnifred Perry
Shey
Meredith College
W. T. Norman
Charlotte
Stella
Queen’s College
Myrtie Shields
Washington, D. C
W. L. Shields
West Russell Street
New Jersey
Moffitt Furnishing Co
Izie Hamlin
Fifth Avenue
INO
Lere
Sid Carlsten
University of Ilinois
Himelf
Anyne
Printing and Office Supply Co
Wmocrats
Jasles
Bergdoll
Newport
H. P. Jones
Bea
Dauntless
Davis
Geo. H. Jacobs
High Point, N. C
Every Express
Allen
Expert Shoe Hiters Iquality Shoe Store
Vogue
Erick Florman
Hart Drug CO
Loflin
Willowbrook St
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