Red Cross Notes Show Sewing Totals and Program
The local Red Cross chapter lists weekly sewing totals with bed jackets bandages and started projects, naming numerous members. A closing program featured Evelyn Boyd on piano, songs including Dixie and Bonnie Blue Flag, readings and a social with hot chocolate and wafers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mungan
Downey
Smith
Tesh
Freeland
Vail
Wells
Evelyn Boyd
Maryland
Confederacy veterans honored by Tar Heel chapter
The Tar Heel chapter of the Children of the Confederacy hosted veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy at the Elks Club to observe the birthdays of Generals Lee and Jackson. The hall was decorated in national colors and the event highlighted Confederate remembrance.
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Robert FE. Lee
Gen
Stonewall Jackson
Tar Heel
Children of the Confederacy
Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy
Elks’ Club
Entre Nouns Club Meeting at Mrs Gibbs’s Johnson Street
The Entre Nouns club will meet Thursday at 3 PM with Mrs James Gibbs at her Johnson Street home. Members are asked to bring their knitting.
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Entre Nouns Club
James Gibbs
Johnson Street
Ladies Asked to Return Leftover Yard Bits
A local notice requests all women to refrain from knitting wristjets with the heavy yard and to return any remaining scraps to the designated collection point.
Local residents spend weekends visiting friends and relatives
Notable locals and visitors are listed with weekend travels and reunions in Winston Salem. Names include Mr and Mrs J L Fletcher of Winston Salem visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs W S Lee guests in Charlotte. Abraham J Krakow from Camp Greene visiting Abram Bones. J J Marsh and son Wade traveling to Norfolk and New York. Fred Ingram returning from Virginia. Sergt John Raper from Camp Sevier on furlough. Miss Margaret Morris Asheboro visiting Miss Margaret Rankin. Frank L Rickets returning from Chicago. Roland Holton George Lowe and Everett Marsh visiting Winston Salem. Latice Scarboro Asheboro visiting. Yank Shiel from Camp Sevier in city. Elsie Apple visiting Greensboro. District Attorney W C Hammer Asheboro visiting. Baxter C Younts at Greensboro. Miss Ruby Staton and Miss Lillian Hunt at Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham .J. Krakow
Camp Greene
Charlotte
Abram Rones
Mr. Krakow
New York City
Mr. Bones
Dinner at Harridge's Ends in Public Scandal
In New York, after a luncheon with Landry and Homer, the group encounters Starr Jordan and later witness a drunken attack on Mrs. Hyde by a wealthy husband. The incident exposes the couple's troubled marriage and the social tolerance of wealth. The narrator notes Mrs. Hyde's dignity and the husband's brutish temper, contrasting appearances with private turmoil. The scene shifts to plans for tomorrow as the group departs.
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Pital
Landry
Harridge’s
New York
Horning
Carleton
Starr Jordan
Homer
Starr
George
Mrs. Hyde
Jordan
Reyne
High Point Society Shifts To War Era Charity
Society in High Point shows reduced social life as the Commercial club disbands for the season. Red Cross and relief work occupy nearly all leisure time with knitting, fundraisers, and card parties fading away while both women and men answer the call to contribute to the country effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Red Cross
Installation Services by High Point Council No 35
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty council will install officers tonight at 7 30 in the lodge rooms. Members are urged to attend and refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Council
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Ashmore Dies in Greensboro Bell Company Manager
Grover C. Ashmore longtime Greensboro district manager of the Southern Bell Telephone Company died yesterday morning at his home after a brief illness with pneumonia. He was 33, a Greenville native, survived by wife Ila Cartland and a two year old daughter Majorie along with four brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held at First Presbyterian Church with Elks in charge, graveside at Greene Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover C. Ashmore
Greensboro
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Ashmore
First Presbyterian Church
Charles F. Myers
J. Clyde Turner
First Baptist Church
The
Elks
Greene Hill Cemetery
Greenville
S. C
Ila Cartland
Henrietta Cartland
Majorie
Bell Company
Greensboro Exchange
May Draft Law Proposes Registration of Men 18 to 62
Washington January 21 A bill would authorize the registration and drafting of all males aged 18 to 62 to be used in conduct of industry necessary for the war effort Senator McCumber introduced the measure and it was sent to the military committee for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCumber
Notice of Main Street improvement assessment hearing
Notice is given that paying assessments for the Main street improvement from English to Commerce streets in High Point have been completed. The assessment roll is on file at Wachovia Bank for abutting property owners and interested parties to review until Tuesday January 20 at 7 30 p m. The City Council will hear allegations or objections at the Municipal building. January 16 1918 T J Murphy City Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Commerce
High Point
City Cou
Wachovia Bank
T. J. Murphy
Cil
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. Smith
Gilliam
Millis
R. Sechrest
Gibbs
BE. Sheloff
P. W.ishelman
J. T. Manners
Tabb
Thacker
Sheloff
Austin
Dalton
Raymond
Brash
Prince
Gold
Ingram
Copeland
Clark
Vivian Parker
Benj. Moore
Steele
Steven Clark
Mendenhall
G. Clark
Itts
Price
Eshelman
Weaver
Mathews
W. W. Idol
Creelman
Chester Smith
W. G. Munyan
Jno. Munyan
Mary Munyan
Lee-Jackson
Beavans
J. L. Fletcher
Winston-Salem
Mrs. W. S. Lee
J. J. Marsh
Wade
Norfolk
Reid Marsh
Navy
Poughkeepsie Business College
Fred Ingram
Virginia
Sergt
John Raper
Camp Sevier
Margaret Morris
Asheboro
Margaret Rankin
Frank L. Rickets
Chicago
Roland Holton
George Lowe
Everette Marsh
Winston- Salem
Latcile Scarboro
Yank” Shiel
City
Elsie Apple
W. C. Hammer
Baxter C. Younts
Ruby Staton
Lillian Hunt
Lexington
Sammie
Cmilea LU Vorname
Dale Drummond
Cix
Hos
Abe
Allen
Ivanhoe
Salgsanicen
Qur Auto Mechanics
Prial
the Motor Service
East Commerce St
P. O
Hmie
the Moffitt Furnishing Co
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