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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1932
Page
6
The Vickrey family holds its third annual reunion on Sunday October 2 at Level Cross M. P. church Route 1 Randloman N C with a 10 30 program and dinner on the grounds. A variety of society items follow from weddings births and church events.
Holt McPherson has returned from New York after several days away. Miss Lizzie Gooch returned from New York where she is buying fall and winter equipment. J E B Slate, son of Dr and Mrs J W Slate, leaves for Tulane University to begin his third year in the medical school. Grace Riley and Mamie Griffin host as Mrs Frank Williams of Burlington visits for the week.
The Rhode Island Kennel Club Dog Show at Oakland Farms Newport attracted many dog fanciers while the North Shore Horse Show at Stony Brook drew racing enthusiasts. Attendees wore white and autumn dresses faded behind summer sportswear as blue ribbons highlighted top entries.
Miss E V a M White hosted a Saturday tea honoring sisters Jerry and Eloisy M White and bride Mrs Vann Kaney. About 25 guests attended with readings and fall flower table settings as gifts were presented to Jerry and Eloise White and Mrs Kaney. Additional local visits and entertainments followed through the weekend involving Misses Eloise and J M White Lumberton and friends.
Miss Isabel Boyles of Greensboro College spent the weekend at home with guests Miss Dorothy Baron and Miss Pyra May Laseister, also of Greensboro College.
Names of residents and visitors appear in a roundup from Lexington and nearby areas. Mentions include Mr. and Mrs. J C Green and family in Jackson Hill, Mrs. Isley and baby toward St Petersburg, and Mrs. Higgins visiting Spartanburg. A Concord teaching exchange and a bridge gathering on Randolph Street feature along with floral decorations and gifts for a high score.
Miss Lela Maud Boyles leaves Wednesday for New York City where she will spend time accompanied by Miss Imogene Boyles who goes to Boston Massachusetts to enter Emerson college. Miss Madelene Hoover returns home after two weeks at High Point hospital recovering from an appendicitis operation.
Miss Lela Maud Boyles spent the week end in Greensboro with friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stone and time with acquaintances during the outing are noted in society notes.
The Lexington Parent Teacher Association held a training school at Robbins School auditorium. Out of town speakers included Mrs W W Weant and Miss Nifa Deberry of Salisbury and Mrs Homer Andrews of Burlington. Social notes report bridge honors for Mrs Charles Leigh and ongoing local courtesy events plus hospital and travel news.
Dozens of families from Maxton Asheboro Newton Tennille Bennett ttsville and Winston-Salem traveled to visit relatives in the area. Maxton natives and Mr and Mrs Dick Stone along with Asheboro guests joined Mrs M S Stone for Sunday gatherings. Ray Hoover relatives visited Newton while Mrs Jessie Shelly traveled to Tennille Georgia after a summer visit with the Hoovers on East Main Street. Mr and Mrs J F Hayden High Point and Mr and Mrs David Harmon New York City visited J A Green and Lawrence Thomas in Winston-Salem Monday. W G Hazel Bennettsville spent the weekend with J A Zeigler family.
Mr and Mrs J B Owen announce the birth of a son Joseph Calvin on September 23 at 612 Long street. Mr and Mrs EB Williams announce the birth of a daughter Mary Louise on September 21 at 01 Jones street Mrs Williams was Grace Welborn before marriage. The Woman s Auxiliary of the Springfield Friends church hosts its Brunswick stew in the church basement Tuesday evening October with a note on timing changes for attendees.
A historical report notes that Lawford in England last year removed women from public offices and replaced them with men, ending a period of female prominence in local governance.
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