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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1916
Page
12
Warsaw report notes a creditable play by Lane Field School at the school house last Friday with strong performances. The event drew a good crowd and raised a respectable sum toward improvements on the building. Miss Jeanette Moore of Burgaw visits Mrs. W O Singletary for Christmas.
Miss Josephine Harriss and Mrs J A Rich host and visit relatives in Wilmington while Mr and Mrs Ward Marshburn return home after a Clinton Christmas marriage. Other locals host, travel or teach across North Carolina towns including Clayton Edenton Lumberton and Blacksville during the holiday season.
Students from Meredith College St Mary's Flora McDowell College Trinity Park High School and other institutions visit for Christmas holidays. Names include Louise Anderson Hulsa Best Helen Fonville Brookie Hines Margaret Best Lou Mitchell Faison Theo Wooten Peace Snvate Dudley Hill H L Stevens John Bright Hill Charles Carroll Jr Dewey Potts Walter Stevens Cecil ad G Best Sadie Lloyd Smith Ruth Moore Elizabeth Moore John R Barden Roy Hazlett and Roy Raeburn.
New Bern residents report Christmas and holiday travel with relatives in Wilmington Beaufort Kinston Norfolk and Columbia. Visitors include Mrs Nelson Simpson Miss Mildred Bayliss and Miss Mary Lewis among others as they spend holidays with local families and return from trips.
Miss Alpha Kellum attended the marriage of her sister Miss Nannie Kellum to Mr. C. T. Meacham in Richmond Virginia.
Fayetteville society column lists Miss Kate McPherson visiting sister Mrs Clarence Lynch in Laurinburg. Miss Cornelia Harriss of Raleigh guests Ruth and May Sedberry. Mr L T Bayne of Lillington visits Dr and Mrs D G Mackethan. Walter and William Holt return to Burlington after visiting their mother Mrs W L Holt.
Miss Ruby Melvin returns to Elizabethtown with Miss Pearl Bethune after visiting Mrs. M A Bethune. Mrs. S F Pitt of Norfolk guests of Mr. and Mrs. C P Oberley on Hillsboro street. Miss Bertha McCue of Louisa Virginia visits Miss Harriet Harrison. Miss Mary Oliver of New Bern visits sister Mrs B R Huske. Mrs. McFall returns to Darlington after time with son Col John McFall. Mrs. Paul Collins and daughter Elizabeth return to Hillsboro from visiting Capt Jas D McNeil, sister Mrs Henry Parsley accompanies home. Mr and Mrs F K Thompson and daughters Eleanor and Rachel visit Walter Lambeth in Charlotte. Miss Gummings of Richmond visits sister Mrs E C Wemple.
Miss Ruby Middlebrooks of Swansboro Georgia and Miss Alma Dukes Jones of Millsburg Kentucky are guests at the home of Mrs. R. T. Turk. Miss Leota Jordan and Master Thomas Jordan have returned from Orlando Florida where they visited their cousin Mrs. Ray.
Miss Mary Petty of Greensboro stays with Mrs. B. P. Smith while Carrie Johnson teaches near Gastonia visits Clinton. Miss Annie Herring of Oxford and Madge Herring of Raleigh are guests, with Mr. and Mrs. J T Cox of Goldsboro and Mr. and Mrs. James Kerr of New Orleans visiting. Chrissie Boney returns home to Wilmington after visiting relatives. Horton couple spent holidays with kin in Norfolk and Mount Olive.
Clarkton Kinston area notices list holiday guest visits and family gatherings. Names include Miss Mary Ward of Kinston, Miss Edna Holtz of Charlotte, Rev and Mrs W H Goodman visiting Concord friends, Dr and Mrs D King of Lumberton, Mrs N L Joslyn of Vanceboro, and others in Clinton Greensboro Raleigh Florence Wilmington Rose Hill and surrounding towns.
Miss Jennie Kendall of Greensboro and Miss Sally Kendall of Falling Creek spent the Christmas holidays with their mother Mrs Dora Kendall. Mr and Mrs Claude Miller of Rutherfordton visited Mrs Miller’s parents Mr and Mrs T Kendall. Kate Kendaly, teacher at Albemarle, also spending the holidays.
Miss Ethel Lena of Winston-Salem visits Miss Blossom Thacker in Greensboro. Louise Oliver returns home to Winston-Salem after visiting Miss Viola Thacker. Elizabeth Hines of Pelham visits Rev. and Mrs. E F Glenn. Mildred Stallings of Danville visits Miss Alice Witherspoon as Dr. E L Pell returns to Richmond after visiting his daughter Mrs A M Scales.
Miss Lillian Overshein visits Durham during holidays as guest of Mrs. A Overshein. Mrs. W C Staples of Wilson visits her mother Mrs C E Crabtree in Durham then travels to Reidsville. Bertha Choplin goes to Winston-Salem to visit brother J R Choplin. Margaret Andrews visits relatives in Salem and Goldsboro. Viola Chambers spends weekend with relatives in Ef land. Agnes Wilson visits relatives in Henderson. George M Long and son Harry travel after telegram reports death of Longs aunt in Oak City.
Mrs. R V Brim of Pilot Mountain and Mrs Rose Steillar of Hopewell Va stay with relatives in Winston-Salem. Mrs J L Fisher visits Lan dis to see her father while Miss Irene Griffin visits Pelham. Miss Wilma Durham of Oxford Seminary visits her father Dr C H Durham. Mr and Mrs S L Womack of Macon Ga spend holidays here with relatives. Miss Thelma Adams of Greensboro State Normal visits her father. Miss Ethel Brewer returns to Charlotte after visiting her parents. Miss Francis Singleton of Monroe visits Miss Virginia Davis on Smith Street.
Lumberton on December 30 records a series of holiday homecomings and visits. Naomi Wiggins returns to Fayetteville from a visit with Sadie Ray Poe, while Irene McLeod and Mrs. G M McLeod travel from Baltimore. Evelyn Beckwith visits Wilmington friends and Misses Sadie and Mattie McLean spend time in Maxton with A W McLean family.
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