Enlistment Schools to Be Held Across North Carolina
The March program will stage day sessions in ten cities with evening mass meetings. Eastern locations include Wilmington Elizabeth City Hamlet Apex and Winterville while Western sites cover Asheville North Wilkesboro Rutherfordton Charlotte and Iville. Notable speakers from Dr. Burroughs Masters Lawrence Vann and Johnson will lead chautauqua style sessions aimed at Bible study church finances and Christian education.Entailed is a cost‑efficient statewide plan to broaden church engagement with both ministers and the general public expected to attend in large numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Denomina
Prover
Carolina
Pitts
Hat
Wilmington
Elizabeth City
Hamlet
Apex
Winterville
Carolna
Asheville
North Wilkesboro
Rutherfordton
Charlotte
Iville
First Baptist Church
Fastern Carolina Cluss
Western Carolina
Prince E. Burroughs
Nashville
Tenn
V. I. Masters
Atlanta
J. B. Lawrence
Jackson
Miss
R._T. Vann
Livingstone Johnson
Raleigh
Harvard
Masquerade Ball at YMHA Draws 50 Couples
More than 50 couples attended the masquerade at the Young Men's Hebrew Association club rooms. Unmasked guests joined the dance with novel costumes while Uncle Sam and Miss Columbia featured as a highlight. The Air boy’s Kaiser theme drew praise. Prizes went to best masque and best waltz. Whitlock West Orchestra provided music. Proceeds benefited the Red Cross Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Hebrew Association
Uncle Sam
Columbia
Airbane
Whitlock-West Orchestra
Red Cross Society
Fort Well Soldiers Get Halved Theatre Prices
Howard-Wells Amusement Company announces reduced Royal theatre prices for Fort Well soldiers and limits Khaki bar charges to a thin. Grand theatre admission will be discounted for enlisted men, a local decision not yet widely publicized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard- Wells Amusement Company
Royal Theatre
Fort Well
Grand Theatre
Howard-Wells Amusement Company
Attenton
Tragic Pneumonia Claims Young Child in Windetl
Little girl Elizabeth Skip, two years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs G C Skip of 116 Walnut street, died Thursday morning after brief pneumonia. Remains were sent by afternoon train to Nico, South Carolina for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windetl Elizabeth
Walnut Street
Nico, S.C
Petitions Move to Washington Over 500 Signatures Collected
The Chamber of Commerce and citizens push for the Wilmington port to receive deflected freight from Northern ports. Three petitions circulated by noon with over five hundred signatures, urging NC lawmakers in Washington to aid local business and shipyard work to offset wartime losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
New York
Charleston
Savannah
R. C. Merritt
Atlantic Coast Line
Coast Line
Machine crashes into pole at Fifth and Campbell streets
George L Patterson, Atlantic Coast Line yardmaster, drove his Buick into a telephone pole near Fifth and Campbell streets late Thursday night. The car smashed the pole into four pieces and a 30 foot section rode atop the car. remarkable no one was injured and photos were planned for the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth
Campbell Streets
George L. Patterson
Atlantic Coast Line
Brothers in Law Run for County Board Seat
Two in law partners with deep county roots, J Herbert Johnston and John Morris, vie for the County Board chair left by J T Kerr. Civic work with the County Food Conservation Commission noted, while Kerr may also run. Observers expect incumbents mostly unopposed in the Democratic primary with few challengers elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
J. T. Kerr
Messrs
J. Herbert Johnston
John Morris
Kerr
Johnston
Morris and
County Food Conservation Commission
Morris
Register of Deeds
George C. Jackson
J. A. Orrell
Superior Court
W. N. Harriss
George Harriss
McCormick Guides Public on New Cereal Regulation
Mr. J. G. McCormick, Food Administrator for New Hanover county, answers questions on the new government cereal rule. Buyers must equalize purchases by consuming one pound of other cereal for every pound of wheat flour bought, applying from jobber to retailer. He says many want to obey the law and will strive to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. McCormick
New Hanover County
McCormick
Examination of Registrants by Local Draft Board
Dr. R. H. Slocum and assistants examined 30 registrants in Class A, with plans to review 50 daily until the class exhausts. Most examined are from the colored race. About 50 percent passed, 30 percent fit for special service, and 20 percent rejected. Rejections mainly due to deformities and hernia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Slocum
Selective Draft Board
Nesbitt Nominated to Lead County Health Work Again
A health committee report to the Chamber of Commerce executive committee urges recalling Dr. Charles T. Nesbitt as county health head. The Rotary Club support favors a full-time Nesbitt return, citing his past strong record and the difficulty of finding a comparable replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Charles T. Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Messrs
Roger Moore
H. T. Taylor
Thomas W. Davis
J. W. Yates
M. W. Jacobi
R. A. Parsley
J. F. Roache
J. B. Rice
J. G. McCormick
B. A. Metts
T. Nesbitt
Health Board
Rotary Club
Defense Council
Washington
Reverend Howell to Conduct Ward Funeral in Jacksonville
Rev. A. J. Howell departed Thursday afternoon for Jacksonville North Carolina to conduct the funeral of Dr. R. B. Ward a highly respected citizen of that place Howell will return to the city on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Howell
Jacksonville
N. C
R. BE. Ward
Mr. Howell
Graves Committee Aids Families Of British War Dead
The Graves Committee based in London provides to relatives of soldiers killed in action information on burial place and a photograph of the grave, when obtainable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Freight Rates Rise for Clyde Line Shippers
A letter to J G McCormick from H E Cary outlines higher Clyde Steamship Co rates as fuel labor and supplies costs rise since the U S entered the war. The Shipping Board says higher rates may continue until normal traffic returns and a hearing could revise schedules if rates are found unjust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Line
Shipping Board
Clyde
J. G. McCormick
The
Chamber of Commerce
HE. F. Cary
Clyde Steamship Co
Wilmington
United States
Blood Purifier Promises Rheumatism Cure
An old advertisement argues liniments fail to cure rheumatism and promotes a blood purifier, claiming the disease remains until blood is cleansed of germs. It urges readers to obtain 8. S. S. from local druggists and seek medical advice if needed, listing Atlanta, Ga. directory reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sens
ET cal Directory + Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
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First Baptist
Ahe
Ifood
AGL
W.S. S
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
City Livery Co
Mint Gola Bottling Works
Wilmington, North Carolina
Schoenhofen Company
Chicago
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