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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1917

Page

3

Hemenway School Prize Winners and Humane Week Notes

Rotary visit honors Hemenway School with prize awards as students, led by sixth and seventh graders, display work and perfect spellings. Humane Week reflections prompt better care for animals while teachers praise pupils and frame art displays. Giants pennant chatter closes with baseball season chatter.

Rotary Lelty Hemenway Ye Hemenway Wilmington Blair Nixon Rouge Hintus Othe Philip Taylor Nancy Bowman Lium Maude Thomas May Anson Marsden Reo May James Shelly Shepard Clearwood Vaughn Owe Margaret Hanna Ednaesse Murphy Emilia Schnibphine Dreher Marsden Bellamy Mildred Ina Larson Jessie Murphy Jelly Grinde Miss Boon Catherine Tmbue Barksdale Idaiea Giants McGrawites

Busy Rotary week drives school community efforts

The week saw daily Rotary Club visits with strong pupil parent cooperation. Calvary Baptist entertainment raised funds for Mr Hinnant, a mothers meeting by Sorosis was canceled by rain, Bladen Street Methodist event supported church painting, students sold produce, and the school planted 600 tomato plants plus 10 shade trees with student help and watering duties.

Calvary Baptist Church Sorosis Bladen Street Methodist Church

Baseball Gossip and Braves Notable Military Stunts

The piece notes Rabbit Maranville as color bearer during Braves military stunts and suggests small players may handle heavy work. It speculates Gavvy Cravath might have altered the Phillies season had he been traded last winter, with Pat Moran’s team possibly short a few wins.

Rabbit Maranville Braves Phillies Gavvy” Cravath Pat Moran Philly

Clement High School Class Graduates in Wallace

Wallace April 28 The Clement graded school closed its year with graduation in the new auditorium though construction is incomplete. The program featured declamation and recitation medals won by Paisley Boney Jr and Gracie Croom, a history by Ethel Mae Boney, and diplomas delivered by Prof. McWhorter. Miss Margaret Colwell was valedictorian.

Paisley Boney, Jr Eleanor Southerland Messrs J. D. Beatty Faison Small Calypso Rev. Clark Burgaw Charles Brooks Gracie Croom A. L. McGowen John Cavenaugh Paisley Boney Drs. Williams Carroll Alice Hussey Virginia James Ethel Mae Boney Will Murphy Esther Warde Robert E. Lee Myra Cavenaugh Margaret Colwell A. W. Byrd Westbrook Murphy Anne Clement Z. D. McWhorter

Community applauds Prof. McWhorter for devoted school service

The community praises Prof. McWhorter for his extensive dedication to the school while he has been here, earning the confidence of students and residents alike and deemed good fortune that brought him to the district.

Prof. McWhorter

Praise for Prof McWhorter’s skillful schoolwork praised

The remarks commend Prof McWhorter for his capable and skilful work in schools, noting his proven effectiveness both locally and in other places he has served.

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Wilmington Gradeds Schools Jezehey Dan Penton Rgaret McCarley Miss von Glahn Blanche Baden Mary Lacy Boney Hettie James Jordan Dorothy Oldham Wilmer Kuck Ella -Mae King Mary Schloss Jessie Lee Thomas Mary Vann Maude Vaughn John Roberts Carl Wessell Carl Padgette George Britt Frederick Claussen Gregg O’neal Miss Miller Ruth ‘DeWitt Mary Sandlin Virginia Hall David Westbrook Miss Cavenaugh Edward Allard Will Harlee Bordeaux Edward Davis John D. Vann, Jr Oliver Hutaff Susan Colwell Elizabeth Sloan Velma Spivey Mary Stewart Miss Dozier Ethel Lee Wallace Allene Johnson Mary Lena McNair Lorena Baden Owen Samuel Ruark Miss Sidbury Aida Butler Mattie Stach Mrs. Brock Lillie May Britt Dorothy McNair Alex. Boon Fred Bissinger LeRoy Plylet Jack le Grand Miss LeGwin Dorothy Banck Ida Hinnant Gladys Fore Marguerite McAlister Nettie Teachey Gladys Williams Christine Wood Fannie Johnson Miss Shaw William Grant Carlisle Bloome Clark Huggins William Smith George Shepard Edward Westbrook Henry Nor Ed Koonce Eles Iver Johnson Queen City Roadsters Princeton Campfire Girl Boy Scout Queen City Cycle Comp Market Street Cornelius Harnett Rotary Club Rotarians Baseball Lement Wallace Oxfords Palm Beach Lace White Sport Oxfords & Ball North Front Street Champion Cycle Works Ask. Hodges Pierce Wilmington Cycle Comp’y
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