Singles Groups Fill Gap for Adults Living Solo
A feature on local efforts to help single adults connect through church and community groups. Charlene Pierce notes many singles are former married or separated, and Dinners, dances, and retreats in New Bern and Havelock aim to provide mingling, support, and companionship beyond family activities.
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Charlene Pierce
United Methodist Singles Club
Pierce
New Bern
Sam the Man Swartz
Freda Barron
Havelock
Barron
Berne Restaurant hosts New Bern singles club dinner
In June 1993 a census group meeting at the Berne Restaurant in New Bern drew 20 attendees and formed a monthly dinner event for members who signed up. Troyer and Cindy Mussavage became co leaders in 1994 as the club grew to about 30 members with 20 to 25 attending each dinner.
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Ciaps
New Bern
Berne
Havelock
Shoney's
Barron
Martha Byrne
New Bern Christian Singles Club
Byrne
Kathy Troyer
Welcome Wagon
Welcome Wagon Club of
Troyer
Cindy Mussavage
North Carolina
Oriental
Beaufort
Kinston
Cartoonists Helped Women Enter Politics in Suffrage Era
Laura Myers reports on how cartoonists Lou Rogers Nina Allender and Blanche Ames used humorous yet powerful images to push the suffrage cause marking the 75th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. The exhibit by the National Museum of Women in the Arts showcases 22 political cartoons from the late 1800s and early 1900s highlighting how visual satire aided the push for women’s voting rights.
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Washington
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
Lou Rogers
Nina Allender
Blanche Ames
Alice Sheppard
Lou
National Museum of Women In Arts
Thomas Nast
Boss Tweed
New York
Priscilla Linn
National League of Women Voters
Linn
Rogers
Allender
Ames
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Ann Phillips
Cary
United Methodist Church
Raleigh
Welcome Wagon Club
Newcomers’ Singles Club
Joe Rhodes
City Farmers Market
Ana Phillips
Billi Boykin
Charlie Peek
Sun Jou
Tri-County
Pamlico
Jones
Craven
Laura Myers
Associated Press
Sheppard
Travel
Flightline
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