Women society notes open season with clubs and meetings
Local society items report the Eastern Star starting fall activities on September 12 and Priscilla club beginning September 9. Various church auxiliary groups, Mothers’ Club, and the Women’s Guild plan sessions, lectures, and officer elections, with Miss Herndon and Mrs. Shipman among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Eastern Star
Ht 8
Milady
Society
Delta Tau Club
Robert Bencini
Wi Fowbrook Street
Priscilla
Gamma Zeta
Bridges and Dix kin visiting Randolph Moore counties
Visiting relatives in Randolph and Moore counties this week are Misses Stella and Dora Bridges, J. H. and G. B. Bridges, with Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dix of Washington DC, J. H. McKinnon and family and Mrs. W. H. Dowdy. Little Dora and Doris Brown,
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Moore Counties
Stella and
Dora Bridges
J. H
G. B. Bridges
C. P. Dix
Washington, D. C
J. H. McKinnon
W. H. Dowdy
Local residents note travels surgeries and visits
Daughters of Mr and Mrs Fred L Brown underwent tonsil removal Friday morning at a local hospital and are recovering at home. Numerous residents, including Mr and Mrs J Ee Foust and others, travel to Washington DC, Baltimore and New York for visits, business, or family reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers’ Club
Fred Ingram
Fred L. Brown
Meadow Street
M. Kenneth Price
Boston
Mass
Mr. Price
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Lexington families relocate to Hush Point and Steele Street
Lexington residents plan to settle at P B Williams residence on Steele Street while others travel for work and study. Miss Mollie Walters departs Roxboro for Belton Texas to lead Baylor college drama next year. R F J Johnson visits Scotland Neck and returns mid September with wife and son. Nabors family hosts on Montlieu avenue as Mr. and Mrs Layton and others visit. A Polish woman awaits a $900 sum sent from abroad amid dire poverty and currency exchange shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Hush Point
P. B. Williams
Steele Street
Bedford
Furniture Exposition
Mollie Walters
Roxboro
James A. Clarke
M. L. Layton
Hattie Layton
A. D. Smith
Spartanburg
W. M. Nabors
Montlieu Avenue
Steam method eyed to clear Louisiana water hyacinth
New Orleans reports a steam treatment proposed by Governor John M Parker to control the water hyacinth choking bayous across Louisiana. Government agents indicate steam could curb or eliminate the weed that has blocked inland waterways since 1884 with decades of costly efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Panama Canal
South America
Congress
Polish Woman Receives War Insurance for Son in U S Army
In Hrubieszow Poland a penniless peasant woman shown a Washington letter learns her son died serving with the American army and her war risk insurance payout will reach twenty dollars. A Friends Relief mission member reports the scene of sudden fortune and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Friends’ Relief Mission
Poland
Hrubieszow
Washington
Mexico Sees Big U S Auto Imports to June
During the six months ending June 30 Mexico imported car goods from the United States valued at more than 15 million dollars. The purchases included motor cars parts tires and accessories, making Mexico one of the heaviest foreign buyers in that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motors
Mexico
United States
Fires Burned Over Two Million Acres in 1919 Forest Year
The record year 1919 saw more than two million acres of national forest land scorched by wildfires. Federal agencies reported extensive damage across multiple regions and significant firefighting efforts by crews and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Forest
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. M. Waters
C. A. Smith
University of Virginia
E. S
Priscilla Club
W. A. Lambeth
Washington Street
Woman's Auxiliary of
The
First Presbyterian Church
W. G. Shipman
Gatewood Avenue
Baptist Circle
Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
T. G. Shelton
J. N. Rumble
Bertha Sheetz
White Oak Street
Woman's Auxiliary of Friends Church
Samuel Haworth
Miss Herndon
Woman's Guild
Woman's Auxiliary
St. Mary’s Church
W. Lewis Tabb
Richard Johnson
Woman’s Guild of the Church
Ernoon
Coortess
Ed Parker
Society At
Delta-Tau
Rook
Miss Tate
Mary Alice Tate
Gurney Kearns
South Main Street
Kearns
Oscar Moffitt
Mary Lou Moffitt
Catherine Kearns
Ben Moore
Forrest Murray
Bessie Tate
C. B. Overman
Helen Reynolds
Coke Harriss
Darrell Pitts
Annie Ragan Armfield
Ll. R. Terry
Tom Powelly
Lawrence Matton
Watfor
A. Sherrods
Fred Thomas
Edith Bradshaw
Isabel Tate
Irwin Groome
Woman's National Foundation
James McDonald
McDonald
England
India
China
Japan
Foundation
General Foundation
America
Moffitt Furnishing Co
Little Dora
Doris Brown
J. Ee. Foust
H. F. Wright
Washington, D.C
R. L. Waynick
Parker
Greensboro
C. W. Gaddy
Albemarle
A. E. Taplin
Parkway
High Point Hospital
Ms. Gaddy
C. H. Williard
Cameron
Mrs
John Lindsay
Lib Hutchison
Miss Hutchison
Mrs. Lindsay
High Point
Lindsays
Henry Harris
David
Harris Mews
North Main Street
Mr. Harris
Janie Meclver
Ruth
Lucile Mungo
Mabel Pow
Concord
Thomas J. Gold
Charlotte
Mr. Gold
J. Thurman Mann
Johnson Street
Entvy
North Carolina
Black Mountain
Asheville
Blowing Rock
Henderson
Mann
American Legion
Blowing Rock Montrete
Bridgewater
State
Blanch Platt
Lumberton
High Point Y. W. C. A
Miss Platt
National Headquarters
Mrs. Glover Bedford
R. F. J. Johnson
Scotland Neck
Mrs. Johnson
Columbia University
Richard Johnson, Jr
U. S&s. Naval Academy
Annapolis
E. E. Nabors
Richmond, Va
City
Mr. Nabors
Warsaw
Chestras
Trinity College
Durham
R. L. Flowers
Corporation
Enterprise
J. Burt Holder
Carl
Armstrong and
Apert Shoe Fitters
Loflin
Willowbrook St
Erick Florman
Hart Drug CO
Ford
Florist
Aan
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