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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1938
Page
7
Special to The Enterprise. In Asheboro on September 15, Miss Margaret Alexander hosted a scavenger hunt at her Sunset Avenue home for about thirty young guests. Teams collected items from red strings to brass belt buckles, with Alice Birkhead’s group finishing first to win a candy box.
A Tuesday evening gathering at the city lake featured a bonfire with hot dogs marshmallows and fruit punch enjoyed by local youths. The event ended when rain began as attendees listed include Lucille Ward Ellen Covington Pauline Jones Caroline Boynton Mary Bowman Shepherd Cleon Hunter Imogene Kearns Ruth Covington Catherine Sythe Freda Webb Sallie McCain Marjorie Redding Lois Jernigan Faith Brewer Maxine Cole Marie Koontz Ben Jenkins Baxter Kearns Charlie Hughes.
Mrs H L Griffin hosted the Duplicate Bridge club Tuesday at Academy Street residence with four tables. Prizes were awarded to Eb Steere Kennedy White Hunter Lewallen Underwood Myatt and Miss Mary Moffitt after the cards.
The hand features a planned squeeze creating a slam making trick. South opened with two majors, North raised to game with two aces and a singleton. East led diamonds, a trump shift, and clever ruffing by declarer. West endplayed into clubs, allowing the ace and jack in dummy to yield tricks and fulfill the contract.
A cream and sugar set was presented to Mrs Jack Tunnel, a recent bride, during a wedding reception. A salad course was served as part of the refreshments.
Manning announces he will push the protest of the Democratic primary vote that gave Burnet Maybank a lead in Charleston. He cites affidavits and says a fair election would have shown him elected and will file a formal protest with the state Democratic executive committee by Monday night.
About 20000 camel loads of salt are hauled yearly from a large Sahara tract measuring 30 miles wide and 12 miles long. The operation sustains a steady flow of caravans serving distant markets.
Look and Learn presents five trivia Q and A items about science navigation and geography. Carolina opens Chapel Hill marking the University of North Carolina's 145th session with expected enrollment near 3,500 when terms begin.
Butter traded steady at 1,190,099 pounds for creamery seconds 84 87 percent score with other prices unchanged. Eggs at 6 959 unsettled with no price change. The mention of night blooming flowers adds color to the market blurb.
A reader asks about debutante parties and the best timing for courtesy letters. The advice notes that theater parties are rarely suitable for introductions, bread and butter notes should go out immediately after a guest returns home, and an upstairs girl's duties include tending to bedrooms and adjoining bathrooms.
Daily language primer explains common errors in English usage mispronunciations and spellings with examples Spokane and mathematical style notes. It urges vocabulary growth by mastering a single word each day and applying it three times.
A reader asks how to create a smooth surface for pressing over buttons on large garments. Answer suggests fabric padding and turning the garment wrong side down to press. Also includes a tip on whitening skin with rose water and lemon.
Pirates attacked the Dollar tug Dahlay at the Yangtze River mouth today and captured four towed junks after firing on the crew. No injuries reported and no Americans aboard.
A fragment quotes Bion on the end of a solute life leading to operable death, reflecting on loose conduct and moral dissolution.
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