Community Notes and Socials from Wilmington Society
Local society news highlights visits and greetings as Miss Maggie King and Miss Maggie Murphy travel to visit relatives in Wallace and Burgaw. Millinery and bridal notices merge with church circle gatherings and Red Cross fundraising plans in Wilmington, including George Washington party reminders and a Spooner Justice wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie King
R' Wallace
F&f
Maggie Murphy
Burgaw
Coming conscription for Britishers in the U S
General W A White says the alien draft pact between Great Britain and the United States will increase British and Canadian recruitment in the United States. He argues British subjects here will face conscription like Americans, with age limits extending from 20 to 45, and exemptions possible through the British Ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
W. A. White
Chicago
White
Eratea
America
Illness of A. and M. student Robert H. Williams noted
Friends report Robert H. Williams a student at the A. and M. college is ill. His mother Mrs. R. H. Williams has gone to Raleigh to be with him. The Every Day-Gladness Circle of the First Baptist church meets tonight at 8 15 at Mrs. B. T. Hopkins home 505 South Front street for an important monthly session. all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
George Washington
Leon Balance
Jennie Burnett
Mary Justice
H. C. Spooner
J. M. Wells
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Spooner
United Cigar Store
J. W. Fleet
Church Street
Carolina Placé
Red Cross
H. Q. Craig
Woolcott Avenue
J. H. Petty
Wrightsville Avenue
Robert H. Williams
A. & M. College
R. H. Williams
Raleigh
Gladness Circle
The
First Baptist Church
B. T. Hopkins
South Front Street
Reverend Matthis Visits Wilmington for Home Mission Conference
Presbyterian pastor Reverend George Matthis of Clinton attended a Home Mission Committee conference in Wilmington and stayed with Dr. Wells. John N. Moher of the First Company Tenth Regiment Field Artillery, stationed at Quantico, visited his mother and sisters in Wilmington. Paul Scarboro left for a brief Raleigh trip. Iradell Meares, Esq., heads to Winston-Salem to promote War Savings Stamps under F. M. Frieze. W. H. Alberton hosted P. M. Appleman of Beaufort at 211 Castle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Matthis
Presbyterian Church At
Clinton
Wilmington
Home Mission Committee
City
Matthis
Wells
John N. Moher
Tenth Regiment, Field Artillery
Quantico
North Seventh Street
Iradell Meares, Esq
Winston-Salem
F. M. Frieze
Meares
W. H. Alberton
Castle Street
P. M. Appleman
Beaufort
Death of Mrs Naomi Johnson in city home
Mrs Naomi Johnson 42 died late last night at 115 South Front Street after a brief illness. Widow of C P Johnson she was a longtime Advent Christian church worker. Survived by daughters Mrs C R Brinson and Mrs J N Sandlin sons James and Victor Johnson all of the city, step mother Mrs Norris sister Mrs R L Neal of Atlanta, brothers J L Norriss of Clarkton and M Norriss of Chadbourn. Funeral arrangements pending relatives notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Johnson
South Fronttreet
Germans Hoard Fat as War Famine Threatens Supply
Before the war German households faced shortages as authorities ordered housewives to surrender dripping fat to prevent famine. The measure targets per capita fat consumption amid looming shortages and wartime controls on food.
Early survey urged for 30 foot Cape Fear channel
Dr. James Sprunt, chairman of Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Shipping and Harbor Committee, asks Senator Simmons for urgent 80 000 to fund an 30 foot Cape Fear river and bar project. He urges a fresh survey from Southport to Wilmington to secure the channel, noting Wilmington as a key port for wartime government use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Simmons
James Sprunt
Congress
Cape Fear
Bar
Southport
Wilmington
Sprunt
Chamber of Commerce
Cape Fear Bar
Cape Fear River
Board of Engineers
Chief of Engineers
U. S. Army
Frederick W. Abbot
Corps of Engineers
North Carolina
Norfolk
Charleston
Savannah
Washington
Washburn College to intensify 50 acres for crop boost
Fifty acres of the Washburn college campus in Topeka will be placed under intensive cultivation this season to aid national food production efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washburn College
Topeka
Death of Mrs Flora J Cox Remains Sorrow in Wilmington
The death occurred at Rose Hill last Saturday of Flora J Cox a former Wilmington resident. She contracted a cold that developed into fatal pneumonia. A former Hemenway school principal and Front Street Methodist member, she leaves sisters nieces and nephews in Rocky Mount near Newton Grove awaiting burial. Her remains were buried at Rose Hill and may be brought to Wilmington to rest beside her late husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora J. Cox
Rose Hill
Grace Church
Rocky Mount
Methodist Church
Cox
Co. S. Nunn
Bonnie Nunn
Archie Nunn
Mary Troublefield
Newton Grove
Wilmington
Deaf Church Planned for Cleveland
A new church in Cleveland will be exclusive to Deaf worshippers. Details describe accessibility features and leadership aiming to serve the Deaf community with services conducted in sign language and other accommodations.
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Nic
Clinton Scollard
Vigilantes
L. B. Cannon
Mr. W. Cannon
Buraw
W.S. Campbell
Townset
George Nurnberger
No. South Sixth Street
J. P. Wolfe
James
John Wolfe
Beaufort, N
Richard St. George
Rs. Weeks
Ugh Wilmington
Penns Grove
C. W. Leighton
Snow Spring
Princess Street
Harry McGirt
Epworth
Justice
B. F. Gore
Loris
Sterling A. Lanier
Company A
105Th Engineers
Camp Sevier
J. E. Lanier
Davis Street
Sorosis
N. A. French
Arthur Foote
A. D. Brown Company
U. S
Paul Scarboro
Johnson
Aaihe
Ane
Belk- Williams Co
Istre
Ewe Ay
Snethe
Tawney
W.S. S
Cleveland
Underwood& Underwood
J. H. Rehder &C
North Fourth Street
Whitman
Prncess Street
Carolina Packing
Wilmington, N. C
LeGwin Printing Co
Arace St. Wilmington, Nn
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