Local and Personal News Highlights from Monroe
Local notes report birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. John Brewer, service flags in windows, and Dr. L E Galen joining Uncle Sam's Medical corps. updates detail Clyburn Marsh's illness, O V McGee hip injury, Sarah Mc Neeley skating accident, and Strand Theatre manager change. Also covered are war savings pages, route talk, a Monroe High School accreditation, marriages, coal deliveries, a flood of varied community items including a wreck near the oil mill and staff changes at schools and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brewer
Monroe
L. E. Galen of
Waxhaw
Sam
Clyburn Marsh
Bickett Battery
W. E. Funderburk
Marsh
Wadesboro
Camp Sevier
O. V. McGee
R. S. Spencer
Gastonia
Strand Theatre
Cunningham
Spencer
Strand
Heath-Morrow Co
Lee Griffin
Sheriff Griffith
Henderson- Snyder Co
A. J. Green
Journal
Kannapolis
Green
Ruby Tomberlin
Fredrick Medlin
Luther Griffin
Unionville
Medlin
Hickett Battery
W. S. Blakeney
State Fuel Administration
Marshville
Tilabeney
Monroe Ice & Fur’ Co
F. B. Ashcraft
N. C. English
Mike E. Flow
Addie Hobbs
Thevne
West Monroe Township
Richardson
Carmel
M. H. Richardson
Flow
Isla Fitzgerald
Washington
Miss Fitzgerald
Reldaville
G. B. Caldwell
H. J. Hinson
Hinson
Casey
Alpheus White
Waldeen Hodges
Guilford College
White
Monroe High School
Guilford Lege
Strand theatre party and local defences of study plans
The passage lists a social gathering of young ladies and gentlemen chaperoned by Miss Sara Welsh at the Strand theatre with post show refreshments at Simpson's. It notes several students returning to Greenville College for Women, Mary Baldwin College, Chicora College, Converse College, Davenport College, and other local schools, plus travel and visits to Charlotte, Clover, Davidson, and Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Welsh
Strand Theatre
Caroline Cason
Mary Dean Laney
Lila Welsh
Sadie Christenbury
Hilda Simpson
Ogburn Yates
John Redwine
Ray Shute
Keith Davis
Charlie Iceman
Billy Phifer
Simpson's
Helen Wray
Greenville
D. C
Greenville College For Women
Ethel Boyte
Carson Yates
Annie Bernard Benson
Blanch Howie
Mary Benton
Pauline Benton
J. H. Lee
Annie Lee
Columbia
Chicora College
J. W. Glenn
Charlotte
Mollie Iceman
Hallie Mae Belk
Converse College
J. W. Richardson
Juanita Matthews
Clover
3. C
Asenath Phifer
R. Redfearn
Mary Baldwin College
Stanton, Va
Kate Blakeney
Dallas
Texas
Davidson
Blakeney
Florida
Velma Lathan
Lenoir
F. L. Wilcox
Florence
Ella Houston
Union County Medical Society Delinquent Notice Urges Payment
A Union County notice from the Union County Medical Society warns debtors to settle outstanding doctor bills within about twenty days. It states physicians and other professionals will withhold attention until accounts are paid and urges honesty based on face value, referencing Payne and Lovill who served their country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Recorder's Court
Payne
Lovill
Union County Medical. Society
Purely Personal Local Notes From Monroe
Gilmer Joyce returned from visiting his parents at Peters Creek Virginia. J E Howie of Portsmouth a native of the county spent a few days with his mother Mrs Kate Howie in the Wesley Chapel area. Howie is a government ship material inspector. Carl B Curlee former Hudson Motor Company agent at Cincinnati passed through Monroe Sunday night en route to Jacksonville Florida and visited his step mother Mrs O C Curlee. Mr and Mrs E B Stack have returned from a holiday visit to relatives in Abbeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmer Joyce
Peter's Creek
J. E. Howie
Portsmouth
Kate Howie
Wesley Chapel
Howie
Carl B. Curlee
Hudson Motor Comany
Cinninnati
Monroe
Jacksonville
Fla
O. C. Curlee
E. B. Stack
Abbeville
Program Teachers Meeting Saturday January 12
The Monroe graded school hosts a Saturday January 12 Teachers Association meeting at 10 30 A M. Devotional exercises and sessions on spelling penmanship and language based on Charter s Teaching the Common Branches are led by Miss Puet Prof W L Motes and Prof R W Allen. President A N Nisbet urges broad participation for professional training and best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charter
Miss Puet of
Waxhaw
W. L. Motes
Prospect
R. W. Allen
Teachers’ Association
Monroe
Nisbet
Teachers’ Associatio
Jury Drawn for January Term Criminal Court
A week's term of criminal court will convene Monday January 28. The commissioners drew a long list of jurors including A. Baucom Marshville W M Clontz Goose Creek L C Gardner Marshville L M Ryner Jackson J Luther Baucom Goose Creek Winchester Monroe J W Trull Lanes Creek G Henderson Love Goose Creek T B Alexander Monroe G W Sutton Sandy Ridge J Lex Chaney Monroe EB S Haney Marshville W Morgan Lanes Creek J Wesley Richard Buford W A Moore Sandy Ridge W S Billue Jackson J W Billue Jackson J R Webb Marshville W Helms Marshville S J Shannon Sandy Ridge H W Pigs Goose Creek G F Horn Monroe T J Eubanks Buford Vann Fund erburk Monroe G W Lathan Buford M D Gurley Vance Rim Sandy Ridge O W H Monroe T L Brewer Monroe H B Stevens Sandy Ridge H W Laney Buford Austin T Lummus Marshville H B Hinson Monroe and F J A Austin New Salem. Some men never use kind words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court
A. ¥. Baucom
Marshville
W. M. Clontz
Goose Creek
L. C. Gardner
L. M. Ryner
Jackson
J. Luther Baucom
Winchester
Monroe
J. W. Trull
Lanes Creek
G. Henderson Love
T. B
W. Helms
S.J Shannon
Sandy Ridge
H. W. Pigs
G. F. Horn
Eubanks
Buford
Vann Funderburk
G. W. Lathan
M. D. Gurley
Vancerum
O. W. H. Monroe
T. L. Brewer
H. B. Stevens
H. W. Laney
Austin T. Lummus
H. B. Hinson
F. JA. Austin
New Salem
Real Estate Transfers Show Sparse County Activity
Real estate transfer activity in the county remains light with few documents filed at the Register of Deeds. The notable transaction aside from the Windsor Street purchase by Raymond Shute for 2430 dollars is J. S. Plyler selling 39 acres in Jackson township to J. L. Rodman for 1487 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register of Deeds
Reece
Windsor Street
Raymond Shute
J. S. Plyler
J. L. Rodman
Jackson Township
Passenger Trains to be Cut Of in the East
Washington, Jan. 5. Director-General McAdoo ordered 20 percent of eastern through passenger trains discontinued to free locomotives and crews for freight. Schedules will drop to lower speeds and curtailments will spread nationwide, with fast links likely next. He urged reduced travel but promised essential city business services will be kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAdoo
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Southern
Guatemala City Destroyed in Twin Earthquakes
Washington reports Guatemala City was completely destroyed by Thursday and Friday earthquakes, with higher death estimates than the December shocks. Messages to the state department indicate extensive damage and continuing aftershocks.
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Washington
Guatemala City
State Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
R.W. A. Rogers
Allen
North Carolina
Concord
Durham
Goldsboro
Lauvinbure
Limerick
Canjning Club
B. H. Griffin
State Department of Agriculture
Ifire
Ambrose Funderburk
Tabernacle
South Carolina
George Plyler
Funderburk
Bradley
Ladies’ Union
Cooper
Lee & Lee Co
Notion
Bank of Union
the Welcome Bank
W.S. Blakeney
R. G. Laney
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