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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1917
Page
16
North Carolina items note many residents visiting relatives in New Bern and Warsaw, with a Warsaw Red Cross drive. The Faison-Winston wedding scene features Miss Faith Fearington and Samuel Ross Ireland in Winston-Salem with local guests and noted clergy.
Mount Olive notes report Mrs. Cecil Davis and children from Wilmington visiting relatives this week. Mr. Connor Fanelty of Camp Jackson, Columbia, S C, called on his parents. Miss Mabel Grady returned home from visits to Washington and Tarboro Greenville. Rev J M Wright and wife and son left for Raleigh then to Jackson N C for holidays with Mrs Wright's parents. House boats were seen in harbor en route from the North to Southern waters to meet their owners.
Maxton reports the marriage of Lula May Cottingham to M W Cole at the Cottingham home with Rev A L Onmond officiating after the ceremony the couple left for Raleigh area relatives. The town also notes a Christmas operetta by the graded school and a book club decision to suspend entertainments to aid the Red Cross. In Laurinburg Miss Minnie Cassidey returns home for the holidays and local residents arrive for Christmas visiting. Watha hosts a Red Cross fair despite bad roads and colder weather, with citizens supporting the cause.
Misses M L and Jeanie Williams left for Wilmington to spend the holidays as guests of Miss Fannie R Williams. Mrs Lilly D McFall and Miss Aline Ward of Ridgeway attended the wedding of Col John M McFall and Miss Marion Haigh at St Johns Episcopal church. Mr and Mrs David Currie returned from New York and Baltimore. Miss Margaret McMillan visited Crawford Cooper in Oxford and returned home. Miss Grace Hawkins of El Paso Texas visiting cousins Mary and Virginia Smith. Rev Watson M Fairley of El Paso Texas visited and departed for Texas.
Donations of fried chicken cakes milk and cream supported a county relief sale presided by Mrs Fitshugh Lee. The event featured a county store with many prizes and articles, proceeds over $12 with fourte en new members and a total of $45 realized from the drive led by Misses Rivenbark Colwell and Jessie Peace.
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