Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Club Meetings
The notice lists multiple society events from Monday to Friday including Daisy Davies Missionary Society at South Main Street with Mrs Thurlow Kearn, Ladies auxiliary of St Marys with Mrs Robert Brockett on Johnson Street, Red Cross hours, W O T Club with Miss Helen Brockett, Delta Tau Club with Mrs T F Coffield on Gatewood Avenue, Over the Tea Cups Club with Mrs D M Pollock, Gamma Club with Mrs O D Baxter on Richardson Street, and Priscilla Club at Red Cross headquarters. Misses Hester and Moore returning from Charlotte teachers assembly to Greensbere.
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Daisy Davies
W. O. T. Club
Helen Brockett
Johnson Street
Delta Tau Club
Tf. LE Coffield
Cgatewod Avene
Over
D. M. Pollock
North Main Street
Gamma
O. D. Baxter
Richardson Street
Priscilla Club
Red Cross
Vieve Moore
Hester
Moore
Charlotte
Greensbere
Miss Cobb Weds Miss Delisle Cobb at Wilmington
The Wilmington Star reports the marriage of Miss Ellen Delisle Cobb of Sampson County to Quartermaster Sergeant Chas L. Woodward of Fort Caswell. The ceremony was at noon in the Southern building conducted by Rev. Dr. John Jeter Hurt. The couple, from High Point and New York origins, knew each other briefly and plan to live in Southport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filen DeLisle Cobb
High Point
Penelope Cobb
Wilmington
Chas. L. Woodward
Fort Caswell
Ellen Delisle Cobb
DeLisle Cobb
Sampson County
N.Q. Shaw
North Front Street
John Jeter Hurt
First Baptist Church
New York
Quartermaster Department
Fort
Cupid
Southport
Woman's Auxiliary Meeting at Mrs Tomlinson Home
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Friends church will meet Monday at 2 PM at the home of Mrs S. Th Tomlinson on North Main Street for their afternoon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans
The
Friends’ Church
Personal notes from Greensboro social round
Personal mentions include C. C. Johnson departing for Spartanburg on business, Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Baxter visiting Greensboro, Miss Gladys Jackson of Salisbury visiting Mrs. Arnold Kluff and the Baxters family, Gus Lewis from Statesville visiting, J. W. Chandler and children as weekend guests, Mrs. P. B. Rodgers improving from lagrippe, C. E. Brown of the Greensboro Daily News visiting his parents, and Miss Swann Hester from Rutherfordton staying with Miss Gene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys“ “Jackson
Salisbury
Arnold Kluff
C. E. Brown
The
Greensboro Daily News
Mrs
H. W. Brown
Government to Expand Labor Adjustments for War Needs
The council of national defense appointed L. C. Marshall of the University of Chicago as head of a new industrial labor section. It will study future labor demand in war industries, set priorities with the War Industries Board, arrange supply through government and civilian agencies, and assess dilution of labor including female workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Council of National Defense
L. C. Marshall
University of Chicago
Tthe
The
War Industries Board
Department of Labor
Germans Put Children Before Advancing Army
Semi official Rome dispatches describe Austro German invaders in Italy forcing Italian women and children to precede troops near Zenson while combatants attacked civilians. In Friuli taxes, requisitions, and forced labor rise as prisoners report massacres and looting across homes and shops along the Piave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Dee
Belgium
Rome
Italy
Zenson
Friuli
France
Made in US A attracts buyers this Christmas season
High Point merchants report a rush as shoppers prepare for Christmas with many toys made in the United States. Dealers tout the Made in U S A label as a selling point and expect stronger sales with early shopping to avoid crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Finland
Switzerland
U. S.A
Form Army Division Now At Camp Greene
Washington reports the third infantry division (regular) of the United States Army has been officially formed in Charlotte North Carolina with regiments in winter quarters. Maj Gen Joseph T Dickman is expected to command the new unit as officers are assigned and temporary general promotions are prepared for higher command. Troops were gathered from expansion posts used at the war’s outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Third Infantry Division
Regular
United States Army
Charlotte
N. C
United States
Joseph T. Dickman
Railroads Move to Relieve Coal Shortage
The eastern railroads set up a sub committee of experts to meet at Cumberland Maryland to tackle coal shortages and reduce congestion hindering the war effort. A. Needles of Roanoke Virginia named a member of the sub committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Eastern Railroads
Cumberland
Needles
Roanoke
Slight Improvement Shown in Health of Soldiers
Washington reports a slight improvement in health conditions in national guard and national army camps for the week ending November 23. The weekly health report from the division of field sanitation notes seven guard divisions with lower rates and seven with higher, mainly due to pneumonia and measles. In the army, eight divisions show a decrease, one the same, and seven a higher rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Guard
National Army
Gorgas
Chadburne Man Dies in France From Meningitis
General Pershing reported the deaths of five members of the American Expeditionary Force in France. Private Clinton J. Hardwick of Chadbourne, N. C., and Corporal Frank J. Meecon are listed among the deceased from meningitis and pneumonia, with emergency addresses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pershing
France
Clinton J. Hardwick
W. Monroe
Foley Kidney Pills Promote Quick Relief for Kidney Trouble
Mrs. Effie E. Kleppe of Averill Minnesota reports three weeks at Fargo sanitarium for rheumatism and kidney trouble caused no relief. After using Foley Kidney Pill she found immediate relief and says a bottle completed the cure. Mann Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie E. Kleppe
Averill
Minn
Fargo Sanitarium
Mann Drug Co
In the Flanders Bleu German Perspective on British Assault
Berlin published dispatch describes a British bombardment with smoke screens gas attacks and tanks. Canadians and Scots counterattack as shells machine guns and tanks drive forward, leaving a brutal cratered landscape and extensive casualties.
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London
Associated Press
Berlin Post
Flanders Bleu
Hyver
Dante
Centralized embargo permit requests by foreign governments
Washington dispatch reports that France Italy England and Russia have centralized requests for embargo modification permits with New York traffic executives to cut duplication and relief congestion. Applications will go from the traffic executive to the railroad embargo department and then to the respective governments through designated agents. Local amateur boxers only may compete in the four round game in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Railroads’ War Board
France
Italy
Ingland
Russia
Broadway
New York City
Johannet
Generali
Traffic Executive
San Francisco
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Cobb
Woman's’ Auxiliary
C. C. Johnson
Spartanburg
Mrs. C. D. Baxter
Greensboro
Gus Lewis
Statesville
City
J. W. Chandler
Child
Dren
P. B. Rodgers
Miss Swann Hester
Rutherfordton
Miss Gene
Sloan
MADE
Us.a
Woods
Camp Greene
Chadbourne
Hell
Flanders
Entraliz
Rose Theater
Metro
Emily Stevens
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Wescott Roberson
W. C. Idol
Julius C. Smith
Insurance Department
Selec
Chase
Sma*rt
J. A. Hart Drug
Crepe de Chine
Georgette
Moffitt Furnishing
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