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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1931
Page
6
The Piedmont Women's Golf Association will meet tomorrow morning at the Greensboro Country Club from 9 to 11 o'clock.
Mrs H M Burrow and children returned home after nine weeks with Mrs Burrow's grandparents in Tobac coville. Mr and Mrs Arthur Ellison hosted visitors over the weekend including Mrs Luther Mennick and son Bernard of North River Va. Also Mrs Claude Mennick and daughter Doris Jean of Harrisonburg Va. Mrs Charlie Johnson Miss Grace Powell and Walter Moon returned from a weekend trip to Asheville and Chimney Rock. George W Carter a radio operator aboard the U S S Wyoming is home on 15 days furlough visiting his parents at 514 Boulevard. Carter was aboard the Wyoming on her recent cruise to Europe with the midshipmen.
In Thomasville on September 22 the Dorcas Philathea Class and Woman's Missionary Society hosted a party for local city school faculty at the Methodist Hut on Randolph Street. The event featured a burlesque style program led by A H Ragan, musical interludes by Margaret Newell and Elizabeth Yowren der, and refreshments of school lunches.
Evelyn Martin a Wichita co ed has signed a life contract with Charles Wood Pirates pitcher. Wood set a Western League record for wins and strikeouts in 1930 before joining the Pirates. They plan to wed after the baseball season. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pinkney Rankin at their home.
A Wednesday evening gram at First Methodist Protestant Church North Main and Richardson hosts a reception for High Point College faculty and city school teachers. At 8 o'clock in the church social room the informal program begins. The event is sponsored by the Woman's Auxiliary and Christian Endeavor societies with a committee led by Mrs. R. H. Shaw. A large attendance is anticipated as church members and friends welcome the guests.
Rev O F Barnes delivered the revival sermon on repentance at North Park Baptist Church using Acts 3 19 and 8 22 to define repentance. He contrasted false motives with true repentance and urged a change of mind and actions toward God noting it follows prayer and aligns life with God s will.
New York reports the schooner Effie M Morrissey returned from its seventh Arctic trip with a dramatic account of a polar bear. Arthur D. Norcross and two crew members lassoed the bear from a yawl. the bear dragged the boat to an iceberg, climbed aboard, and sawed the line in two on a sharp ice edge. Edmonton notes a myth becoming fact as Dr J Norman Henry and party reach a tropical valley in Northern British Columbia with hot springs, bathable pools, and lush surroundings after two days’ camp with an Indian guide.
Jackie Cooper aged eight must live on 1600 dollars a month. his mother appointed guardian may spend that amount on his care and education. His assets include a two year motion picture contract worth 1300 dollars weekly for 80 weeks.
Elsa Van Droysen and her sister Hilda, both listed as exceptionally tall, entered Canada with a circus from the United States. Immigration officers refuse their return, contending they forfeited permits when they left Canada. The note identifies them as Germans.
Linnea J. Dandrow filed for divorce in Worcester Massachusetts alleging cruelty. She testified her husband choked her and she joked about “trumping his ace in a card game” as part of her explanation.
In Norwalk Connecticut Paul Smilesky told his six year old son he could ride his tricycle on the street without license plates, and he later tried to explain to a judge that the license plates missing from his car when arrested were on the tricycle.
Miss Willie Welch High Point NC librarian toured New York bookshops and purchased two volume History of Art by Cotterill. Back home she catalogued the titles at the public library as fall titles from publishers arrive, including non fiction histories travel Spain gardens and notable fiction like John Henry and Swann's Way.
Raleigh reports opening on the middle belt tobacco markets with large but low quality offerings. General averages around $8 per hundred, with Durhams four warehouses handling about 300,000 pounds. Prices varied by location, from 1 to 35 cents per pound on early sales, with totals and averages shifting by grade and city.
Airline operators petition the Commerce Department to amend rules requiring co pilots on large transports. They say co pilots are only necessary when the first pilot is to fly six hours or more, and that under shorter times a co pilot is a needless expense.
A projected aviation code asserts Mexican sovereignty over airspace and territorial waters. All foreign aircraft must obtain government sanction to fly over or land within Mexico and must not fly over inhabited areas below 1625 feet.
Among others from this city who attended the opening of the new Centenary Church in Winston Salem Sunday were Mrs. Frank Lambeth, Miss Ella Dorsett, Miss Margaret Newell, Miss Daisy Leach, Mr. and Mrs. E F Pepper, Miss Nell Parkin and Mrs. E W Hobgood.
Ned Townsan and Boyce Gant hosted a Friday evening gathering at the Townsan home on East Main street. Guests enjoyed games and later were served sandwiches and cold drinks. Attending were Misses Betty Clare Jennings Ruth Bumgardner Hellen e Wright Doris Williams Mildred Harris Lois Lambert Sarah Forest Thompson Mel McAdams T Harris Bill Crews Frank Bruton Richard Prim and Robert Gallimore.
Miss Sadie Chapman came home Sunday after a week at her Richmond Virginia residence visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Forrest Grimes and their young daughter spent Sunday at Roaring River with Mrs Grimes parents the McNeills. Mr and Mrs Ray Hoover and G M Hoover were in North Wilkesboro to visit D E Hoover on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Reece Harville spent Sunday in Gastonia for a social visit.
A play excerpt features a mistress and her new maid in a dialogue about police, with the maid revealing her burglar father and expressing dislike for cops. The scene hints at comedic tension in a Pasing show context.
A remark by Hummel from Hamburg circulates in hiking subculture, describing a claim of retaliation tied to domestic matters. The provocative line involves a wife and a provocative joke about a pocketed item. The exchange raises questions about intent and humor in informal groups.
Curiosity resident on Homestead avenue route 2 and neighbors B A Welborn and Guy Welborn found a bee tree on Welborn farm. After felling the tree they recovered about 50 pounds of honey. The trio was stung by the bees but the haul was declared a big success.
The Girls' Auxiliary of the First Baptist Church met at Miss Pauline Haynes house on West Bay Street for a regular gathering last night. Miss Dorothy Ruth led a brief program on Africa Past and Present, with several members participating in the discussion. The hostess and her mother served a salad course to conclude the evening.
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