Editions of 1918 Newspapers Found In Old Church
Workmen uncover 1918 Wilmington Morning Star and Whiteville News-Reporter editions under church carpet across from Prince Brothers Furniture. May 23 and May 29, 1918 issues feature WWI big headlines and local news, ads, and fashion notes, illustrating era advertising and gender roles, with few photos and relics of Pearl Harbor-era aesthetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Harrison
Oldsters
Old Methodist Church
Prince Brothers Furniture Store
Venoy Stephens
Wilmington Morning Star
Whiteville
Star
Neck of the Woods
Cture
Tanlac
Mrs Bertha Hardie Dies In Wilmington
Mrs Bertha Hardie of route 1 Clarendon died at James Walker Memorial Hospital Wilmington after six months illness. Funeral rites were held at Inman Funeral Home with Reverends Hatley Smith and Carroll. Burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Survived by husband J W Hardie two sons Earl and Paul one daughter Mrs Ira M Kio two sisters Mrs Ella Todd and Mrs Allie Hardie three brothers Grover Jolly Dillon Jolly and Jim Jolly and 14 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inman Funeral
S. A. Hatley
Ansel Smith
J. M. Carroll
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Audrey Jolly
Herbert Jolly
Ralph Jolly
Henry Strickland
Jennings
Elroy Hardie
Clarendon
Paul
Savannah
Ira M. Kio
Whiteville
Ella Todd
Tabor City
Allie Hardie
Wilmington
Grover Jolly
Dillon Jolly
Jim Jolly
Tabor City Men Hurt In Accident
Jack Grainger 20, a native of Tabor City, is in serious condition at a Loris South Carolina hospital after a one car wreck on Highway 904 between Tabor City and Fair Bluff. He suffers a skull fracture and was admitted Monday morning about 2 am. Avis Strickland 23 of Tabor City Route 2 was the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Grainger
Tabor City
Loris, S. C
Fair Blu‘t
Grainger
Avis Strickland
Pridgen Named New Sheriff Of Columbus County
J R Pridgen former State Highway Patrol officer defeated incumbent H Hugh Nance by 474 votes in the Democratic run off for Columbus County sheriff. Pridgen 4640 Nance 416 with 85 percent of first primary voters returning. Official canvass planned in Whiteville Tuesday. Pridgen to take office December first while recovering from injuries in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Pridgen
H. Hugh Nance
Columbus County
Pridgen
Nance
Mrs Reece Burroughs To Serve At Caswell
Mrs. Reece Burroughs of this city will serve as counselor for Intermediate and Junior Girls Auxiliary Weeks July 26-31 and August 2-7 at Caswell Baptist Assembly Southport. Appointed by Miss Janet Wilson of Raleigh, Woman's Missionary Union NC. She has led youth groups, taught mission study, and held WMA roles including Young Peoples director and Rainbow Mother Advisor.
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Reece Burroughs
Caswell Baptist Assembly
Southport
Janet Wilson
Raleigh
Young Peoples
Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina
Burroughs
Hilda Mayo
Marie Eppley
Mount Tabor
Young Peoples Department
Rainbow Assembly
Mrs Fowler Wins Portable Ironer at James C. Cox Event
Mrs. Clarence Fowler of Loris South Carolina won the Hotpoint Portable Ironer as a door prize at an automatic ironer demonstration held Thursday at James C. Cox Appliance Company. Ann Williamson of Carolina Power and Light demonstrated the ironer to a group of 19 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Fowler
Loris
S. C
James C. Cox Appliance Company
Ann Williamson
Carolina Power and Light Co
Greeley Long To Make Tour
Greeley Long of Guideway will leave Friday July 2 on a one month educational tour of seven European countries. He travels with 18 other educators from across the United States to study educational facilities and administration, and to compare social and economic conditions with American systems. Long formerly led Guideway School for two years before moving to Dover School in Craven county for 1953 54. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Austin G Long of Tabor City Route 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley Long
Guideway
United States
America
Long
Guideway School
Dover School
Craven County
He Is
the Son
Mrs
Austin G. Long
Tabor City
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Beaverdam
News
Bertha Hardie
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Loris Hospital
Progressive
Simon’s Department Store
Inman Funeral Home
Caswell
Mrs. Fowler
Johnnie
Daddy
Greeley
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company
Ritz Theatre
20Th Century-Fox
Manhattan
Marilyn Monroe
Petty Grable
Tauren Bacall
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