Soldiers Letters and Home Front Hopes Amid War News
A faded poem recalls a mother writing to a son in France as families cope with wartime strain. Social notices list visits, meetings, and upcoming events at churches clubs and civic groups, ending with a quiet wedding in Winter Park as Miss Fannie Hall and J. B. Heidt wed in a tableau ceremony and depart for Savannah.
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France
C. E. Hall
Winter Park
Fannie Hall
J. B. Heidt
Savannah
J. H. McCracken
Fifth Avenue Methodists Church
Miss Pearl McEntee
W. J. Lacy
Wilmington
G. T. Farrow
Miss Hall
Atlantic Coast Line
Call for Workers Drives Dressings for French Front
The Wilmington Red Cross chapter reports an April drive for 65 000 surgical dressings for troops in France. Join volunteers in the Murchison Building to aid wounded soldiers and support the war effort. Also notices of a Winter Park patriotic rally, Liberty loan talks, a MOYERS BALDWIN wedding invitation, Sorosis officers elected, and social visits in Wilmington.
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Wilmington
Red Cross
Atlanta
Murchison Building
Winter Park
H. H.ford
France
M. L. Stover
Woman’s Liberty Loan Committee
New Hanover County
Ford
Stover
Laura Howell
J. N. Wells
Belk Williams Company Weekend Hose and Hat Specials
Belk Williams announces Friday and Saturday specials including Ladies 75c seamless Lisle finish hose in black white and tan and 25c Lisle finish hose. Also $2 hemp and Milan hats offered in black and colors for $1.39 in a limited weekend sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belk- Williams Company
Milan
Belk’s Special Corset Offers Quality Fit and Range
A Belk department ad touts reasonably priced corsets with real service and careful construction. The Belk corset is advertised as well made with perfect fitting in white and pink, all sizes, emphasizing quality and value for customers.
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Belk
Knit Underwear Sale At Our Department
Knit Underwear Department offers a wide assortment with weekend price reductions. Ladies gauze knit Union Suit and teddy bears in all sizes now priced at $1 value for this sale period.
Personal mentions of Clarkton trio and furlough guest
Mesrs. O. L. Clark junior J. M. Smith and Lon Owens of Clarkton have returned home from a business trip to the city. Lieut. Vincent Oaksmith from Camp Gordon Atlanta Ga spent a short time in the city yesterday en route to camp after a six day furlough with his sister at Morehead City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Clark, Jr
J. M. Smith
Lon Owens
Clarkton
Vincent Oaksmith
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Ashort
Morehead City
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UR Soldier Boyss
Sister
Nance
Johnny
Jimmy
Mamie
Fra.se
Freedom
New York Herald
W. A. Russ
Kirkland
George Gaylord
Northwest
E. J. Cox
Austin Burr
Charleston
Blue Ridge ‘Club
R. N. Crawford
Fremont
J. E. Foy
W. Z. Paine
Bel‘eigh
City
Orton Hotel
New Bern
Mrs
P. K. Bessent
Lit“River, S. C
Mr. Bessent
Henry B. Bessent
W. B. Wadsworth
J. A. Sidry
Association
W. E. Price
Jorge
Charlotte
N. S. Starr
Peter Knight
P. W. Wells
W. H. Shelton
Beaufort
Paul Rhodes
D. R. Walker
Town Creek
Whiteville
H. F. Schulken
J. H. Henley
Agriculture Department
Raleigh
Bladenboro
R. P. Benton
Pollocksville
Mt. Olive
Myrtle Grove School House
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Epworth League of Graces Methodist Church
The
Christian Endeavor Society of
First Presbyterian Church
Orange Street
Third
Fourth Streets
Rs oOes
England
A. D. Brown Co
P. H. Mason
Grace Street
Cartersville, Va
Mattie C. Rhodes
Oretta Wilson
Ferry Hall
Chicago
Ill
Arkansas
Congressman Goodwin
National Special Aid Society
Maxwell Thomas Moyers
North Carolina
Sorosis
Charles Aspinwall
New York
Southport
Capt
Dunbar St Davis
Cordingly
Nainsook
Belk-Williams Co. Department Store
Belk-Williams Co
BIG Credit Store
HOW
Market St
Wilmington, N.C
Nadine Haneal
Hermes
Mail National Toilet Company
Paris
Tenn
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