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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1917
Page
9
A period comic style advertisement explains why standard window shades crack and wear. It contrasts unfinished shade material with a new unfilled Brenlin grade that resists daily use, resists sun fading, and avoids chalky filling to prevent cracking and pinholes. It invites customers to compare colors and request a quote.
Miss Mildred Thompson of Raleigh visits Miss Edna Rainer and plans a Southernport stop before returning home. Miss Hazel Banck of 412 Princess street hosts Miss Thelma Pfeisser of Baltimore for several days in the city.
Friends of Mrs Hopee Barnes learn she has sufficiently recovered from an operation at James Walker Memorial Hospital to be moved to her home. Mr Henry Whyte and Mrs Whyte arrived from Virginia and are staying at their beach cottage.
Richmond cornet soloist Claude Elam joins Kneisel orchestra for the season and leads Seashore Hotel ensemble in past years. Barney Winnograd from Richmond accompanies, remaining with the Whitlock West troupe at Carolina Beach for today’s concert schedule. The program features marches, fox trots, waltzes, and selections by Berk, Dulmage, Monaco, and Verdi, with intermissions and a River-like mix of jazz numbers and songs.
White resident Robert Creeder of Council was arrested late last night on a Bladen County warrant charging abandonment. Deputy Sheriff Joe Rackley stated no bond was lodged, with an officer to arrive for further processing.
Miss Bessie Carroll of Raleigh vacations at Paris Cottage on the beach. Mrs. L. F. Martin and Miss Julia Southerland of Mt. Olive visit and register at the Paris Cottage.
New arrivals include Messrs. N. A. Wall T. W. Murdock Lacsville R. T. Beatty Lancaster S. C. P. G. and Paul Sutton Calypso J. P. Orr Currie E. J. Pope Mr. Olive N. G. Neeley Greensboro.
The Lumina program lists two afternoon and evening concerts by the Kneisel Orchestra. Afternoon at 3 45 features marches, tone poems and selections including Love and Glory, Apple Blossoms, Sari, There's a Long Long Trail, Rigoletto quartet, and Down South Everybody's Happy. Night at 8 45 presents Sousa Waltz Thousand and One Nights Viennese melodies My Home Town and more, with finales and violin solos.
Mrs J A Sayle of Charleston Miss Laura B Malone of Nashville Tenn Miss Francis Smith of Fayetteville and Mr and Mrs Nick Malone of Fayetteville are Paris Cottage guests.
Miss Georgia Shine of Rocky Mount and Miss Margaret Southerland of Tenn along with Mesdames E J Chambers and others are registered at Paris Cottage as many children are expected to participate in Lumina’s children’s night tomorrow. The event runs from 8 30 to 9 15 in the Lumina ballroom, continuing a successful first affair of the year.
The Seashore Hotel records list arrivals including R J Steele Jr Hamlet H B Shall J J Breen and son Charlotte C E King Goldsboro C E Pickard Charlotte J Blizzard Dillon Mrs W M Sanders Miss Sarah Sanders Miss Mildred Sanders Smithfield J M Hunt B McKenzie Greensboro Mrs S R McGee Miss Clara Boozer Atlanta H W Brothers Miss Lucy Brothers Miss Bessie Hodge Miss Hattie Hodge LaGrange N C 5 S M Yates and wife Mrs T J Lowe Miss Carolyn Russ Macon Ga Mr and Mrs Henry Hackney Charlotte Mrs T H Robertson Miss Augusta Robertson Jno C Robertson Fayette Ala Les P Thomas Jr New York City Miss Hattie Wall Bryant Miss Annie Ferrer Miss Emma Covington Miss Berta Covington Miss Louisé Biggs Miss J A Joseph Laurinburg G M Barden and wife Pine Bluff J R Wilson Gastonia W R Henry Durham J M Chapman Atlanta G C Edge Raleigh Levee Washington D C C E Wheeler wife Boston J B Mikell Atlanta K A Ruebling St Louis F F E Spencer Charlotte J T Hayden J H Carmichael Washington DC Dr and Mrs M H Addleman Gaston G H Chasmiar Washington DC M
Wrightsville Beach Red Cross Unit, an auxiliary of the Wilmington Chapter, reports a productive week with volunteers on the beach at the chapel. The tally includes 42 dozen four by four gauze wipes, five dozen T bandages, eight dozen abdominal binders, two dozen triangular bandages, four and a half dozen three yard by four inch gauze rolls, and one and three dozen one and a half by four inch gauze. The knitted muffler was also completed. The unit will meet again Tuesday and Friday to continue the work and invite interested ladies to join.
Mr. G Dannenbaum a Wilmington merchant returned from New York after ten days buying goods. Mr. J F Gause Jr came back from Atlanta on a business trip. W E Lawson general manager of The Wilmington Dispatch returned from Philadelphia New York and Boston for the North Carolina Association of Afternoon Newspapers. Edgar Orms US Navy officer returned to his ship after a visit with his brother G M Orm by. Mr C H Hudson of Wallace was a business visitor. Messrs J H Williams and F Patterson of Henderson returned home after several days here. Mr T G Hooper left for Raleigh for the weekend. Morris Davis returned from Brunswick County. W C Norris of Raleigh returned home after business here.
The article describes four committees including Soldiers and Sailors, Red Cross Civilian and War Relief, and County Council of Defense formed in April under Archdeacon Noelschman and Mr. McCormick. They coordinate employment assistance, voter registration for absent service members, fund relief efforts, and county-wide defense activities to support troops and families.
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