Week's Happenings in Hickory Society
Hickory society items note Mrs Hugh DAnna and Miss Mary Shuford hosting a luncheon to honor brides and guests. Attendees include Mia Russell Sherrill Raleigh and Ida Rogerson Edenton. A Pleiades Book Club breakfast featured toasts and a brides cake cutting. Mary Shuford, to wed Robert G S Davis of Henderson, attended an afternoon tea for her sister Mrs Charles Menzies eighteenth anniversary. Guests arrived to a roses decor, with wedding presents displayed and tea served. Out of town guests included Miss Vera Gibbs visitors Annie Laurie Lawrance Catawba and Helen Long Newton. several local hosts assisted.
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Hugh D’anna
Iunning Bridge
Siscy
Mary Shuford
Jane
E. B. Cline
WX. Reid
Albert Aberety
J. L._iddle
Gorse Lyerly
Horace
B. D. Williams
Salistary
W. R. Gwaltney
Delightf Ally
Twelfth Avenue
Pleiades Book Club
Frank Henderson
James Luford
Lenore Scarbeer
Ruth Abernethy
George Lyerly
Horace Lutz
Russell Sterrill
Raleigh
Ida Rogerson
Edenton
Shuford
KC. Menzies
Robert G. S. Davis
Henderson
Charles Menzies
T. A. Mott
Virginia Menzies
Alex Shuford
James Shuford
B.D. Williams
Salisbury
W. J. Shuford
Albert Abernethy
Lenore
Sourbeer
Sadie
Hilda Field
Adelaide Johnston
Louise Jones
W. X. Reid
Isabella Morton
Vera Gibb
Annie Laurie ‘Lawrance
Catawba
Helen Long
Newton
Claire Sellers
Clarissa Abernethy
Sallie
Isla Morton
Annie Laurie Lawrance
Junius Gaither
Simon Warlick
Walter Feimster, Jr
Wedding Bells and Social Round in Local Society
Mary Campbell Shuford was honored at an afternoon bridge party hosted by Mrs. Frank A. Henderson and Mrs. George Lyerly. Miss Shuford received the guest of honor prize, while Mrs. Robert A. Grimes won with the high score. The item also notes neighbors, travels, cinema listings, and local ongoing social updates across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Campbell Shuford
Frank A. Henderson
George Lyerly
Miss Shuford
Robert A. Grimes
Charles 0. Herman
Shula Eller
Baptist Parsonage
J. D. J. Harte
Ford Company Declares Record Stock Dividend Increase
The Ford Motor Company raises authorized capital from 2 million to 10 million dollars and declares a stock dividend of 48 million payable July 1. Cash dividend on the original 2 million authorized stock is declared but not publicly disclosed. Henry Ford gains 27.84 million. James Couzens receives 5 million. The enhanced issue values the company at 50 million, with 50 million more kept in treasury for future use.
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Detrox
Suien
Ford Motor Company Today
Henry Ford
James Couzens
Treasury
North Carolina Weather Turns Toward Showers and Heat
The forecast for Tuesday in North Carolina calls for showers and rising temperatures as a humid front moves through. A public health notice promotes Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a remedy to boost the immune system and aid malaria prevention. The item notes a price of 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
GROVE
President urged to probe labor in Porto Rico
A Porto Rican labor delegation delivered a petition to President Wilson at the White House requesting a commission to investigate conditions on the island. Samuel Gompers backed the appeal, citing underpaid sugar and tobacco workers, police oppression, curbed liberties, and cuts to education to save taxes for the rich. The group urged a new constitution and U.S. citizenship for Porto Ricans.
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Washington
Presdent Wilson
White House
Free Federation of Workingmen of
Porto Rico
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Santiago Islesias
Privera Martines
Congress
Island
United State
Wilmington names food inspector Aiken for new county post
A June 6 special from Wilmington reports Hazel R. Aiken, former city editor of The Morning Star, named to head the newly created Office of Food Inspector for Wilmington and New Hanover County. The County Board of Health chose him yesterday. salary listed at $1,000 a year. Aiken is the son of Postmaster J B Ail.
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Charlotte Observer
Wilmington
New Hanover County
Hazel R. Aiken
Morning Star
County Board of Health
Mr. Aiken
the Star
J.B. Ail
Building inspection invitation for new quarters by cashier
The notice states the public can inspect the new quarters on Tuesday evening June 8 from 7 to 10 and all day Wednesday. It is signed by K. C. Menzies, cashier, inviting everyone to view the premises.
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Ara Huffman
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W.P. Huffman
Huffry Hotel
C. B. West
Durhiam
A. P. Whisnant
Catawba College
W. F. Warlick
A. M. West
Mr. Wests
Rev
J. H. Wes
C. L. Crane
Methodist Church
Virginia Sellars
Funderburk
Cheraw, S
Masters J.B
Jule Funderburk
Aire
M. M. Radisill
Charotte
B.A. Yorke
J. G. Colvin
R. L. White
E. B. Menzies
Z. B. Buchanan
Blowing Rock
M. Macey Hight
J. Lee Stone
Concord
Charles Hoyle
Louisiana
Frank Houck
Ollie Hoyle
Hoyle
Mattie Haithcock
Afrs
Emma Taylor
Alice Conneill
David
Blowing ‘Rock
L.H. Leslie
Lutz
Woodrow Wilson
Secretary of the Interior
Franklin KC '9
Hiram Johnson
California
James Rolph, Jr
San Francisco
C. C. Moore
The|ation
Ford Company
Hazel Aiken
Ana Sips
Lutz’s Drug Store
First National Bank of
K. C. Menzies
Piedmont & Northern Railway Company
Gastonia
Tonla
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Chester
Yorkville
Lincolnton
Highory
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C.S Allen
Trafic
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