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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1918
Page
6
A verse from Good Housekeeping honors boys who followed freedom overseas with brave, joyous language. It recalls schoolyard memories and the dream of youth, praising soldiers who sacrifice with lighthearted courage and a blessing for their departure.
Miss Joyce Jones returns from Columbia after a weekend with friends. Hospital Circle of King’s Daughters meets at 11 a.m. at 2236 South Third. Mrs. L. A. Hardwick visits Fayetteville with her ill daughter, accompanied by Miss Lucile Hardwick. Mrs. Thigpin heads to Hopewell to join her husband. Miss Mary Clifford Bennett, home demonstration agent, resigns Brunswick County duties for wartime cooking demonstrations. Various church circles plan meetings and weddings are noted, including Miss Julia Phillips and Mr. Carl H. Risley’s marriage at Elder S. J. King’s residence. Nursing trainee Mittie Owen leaves for Richman to train for wartime public health service. Community relief efforts report extensive clothing and blanket preparations for refugees, Belgium and France, with numerous volunteers contributing scraps, yarn, and garments for soldiers and convalescents.
A wedding of interest to many surprised friends occurred Sunday evening at 9 at Bladen Street Methodist church parsonage when Miss Neoma Whitaker and Mr. William B. Baker of Florence South Carolina wed with Rev. E C Sell officiating. Earlier, the Home Demonstration Club of the North Carolina Sorosis met at 10:30 at Housewives League rest rooms and gave a lima beans demonstration as a meat substitute.
Weather on Wednesday January 30 was poor yet reports from many branches of the work were excellent, aiding in offsetting adverse conditions. The dispatch highlights broad support and significant efforts across multiple divisions.
Mrs Tom Moore showcased a knitting exhibit featuring a machine and its workings at the fair. Four pairs of socks are on hand and will be sent out once six more are completed.
The pair are finished and cost about one dollar per pass, but they are indispensable to the comfort of the men.
Mrs. David Oliver leads a ladies committee that has completed 48 charming books. The group enjoys jokes anecdotes and pictures and aims for light reading while avoiding war literature though military humor is accepted.
The Eye Kit table now operates under Miss Sue Mc Queen and Mrs L Walker Taylor with Mrs Marion Harriss and assistants Miss Whitney and Mrs Curran. Previous lapses in coordination are addressed as leadership is established and clarified.
The group asks children and young workers to bring weeds, thimble and thread to make bags for tampons. They need hundreds and say supplies are insufficient. The Soldiers' Comfort Club is excluded as they fund and craft items by their own plan.
Cast on 20 stitches. Knit 2 purl for 2 inches. Add 5 stitches. Knit 1 purl. Knit 5 inches. Narrow off 5 stitches. Knit 2 purl. Knit 2 inches. Always knit on the first stitch. Final length 9 inches.
Mrs Bunting promotes posters in shopping districts and asks the public for pennies to support the Allied Card Club. They urge placing coins in the Grand Patriotic Bottle, noting odd change funds necessities and encouraging a family penny bank.
Readers praise Mrs. Camerons Carding Unit for providing pleasant quarters ample cards and cotton. The service boosts local production and is described as a God send for weeks to come.
Pleasant greetings from Mrs Claude Hammond and Mrs A M Waddell request information on the Block System for Charleston West Virginia and Norfolk. The note discusses rummage sale items such as gold and silver trinkets for the ladies.
gratefully acknowledge donations to the Carding Unit Sunset Unit and Y M C A from many individuals and local groups. gifts include knitted and eye bandages linen cloths wool yarn slippers and small cash amounts with items such as silver trinkets and old linen noted in a long list of contributors.
Mrs Joanna Felker of Cleveland Tennessee recalls using Cardui 12 years ago to restore health and strength after severe abdominal and back pain. After a relapse 4 or 5 years ago she again turned to Cardui, recovered in days, and remains well for 4 or 5 years praising the medicine and recommending others try Cardui.
An old advertisement touts Mother’s Friend as a safe external remedy for expectant mothers. It claims relief from pain nausea and nervous strain by relaxing abdominal muscles for easier delivery and offers a free book from Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta.
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