Car overturn on Carolina Beach Road injures Leon Rich
A five passenger Ford overturned on Carolina Beach Road near Sunset Park yesterday afternoon. Leon Rich son of Mr and Mrs Rich of 21 South Ninth Street received serious injuries but is resting. three other young men in the car escaped with minor bruises. The accident occurred as the driver attempted to pass a motorist ahead, causing the vehicle to swerve and roll over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Rich
Rich
Yesen Serncan
Sunset Park
Norman Brinson
Janes Shipp
Louis Finberg
Amet Park
Carolina Beach
Wilmington Port Proposal Gains Support Across Groups
Congressman Zeb Weaver pledges aid to a Wilmington port plan after a telegram from the Asheville Board of Trade and Rotary Club of Wilmington thanks the group for support. He believes the plan benefits the state and is taking steps to aid the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amressman
Zeb Weaver
Asheville
Agressman
Act of Trade
Congress
Wilmington
Ngressman
Wilming
Board of Trade
Rotary Club of
Wilwot
Lutheran campaign for funds closes over-subscribed
Funds raised by the Lutheran Council and Soldiers and Sailors Welfare to support camp service for veterans surpassed 60 percent of the half million dollar goal. Members from Matthew’s and St. Paul’s churches contributed despite small membership. A camp pastor will accompany troops to France as part of the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Council
France
Bohe
Major Little Named Permanent Receiver for LeGwin Printing Co
Judge C. C. Lyon of Whiteville named Major Joseph W. Little as permanent receiver for the LeGwin Printing Company at 8 Grace Street. The action stemmed from a February 16 Superior Court suit by Eustace Norflett and other shareholders and creditors who may join the case. Rountree and Davis handled the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Little
LeGwin Printing Company
Grace Street
C. C. Lyon
Whiteville
Judge Lyon
Superior Court
Eustace Norflett
Major Little
Rountree and Davis
Resignation Accepted of St Pauls Lutheran Pastor Rev F B Clausen
The resignation of Rev. F. B. Clausen as pastor of St. Pauls Lutheran Church was accepted with regret by the congregation after yesterday’s services. He will stay until May 15 to satisfy a three months notice and will move to Brooklyn to lead St. Johns Lutheran Church. Clausen has served 15 years as a pastor, five and a half at St. Pauls, and led the church to notable accomplishments. His departure is mourned by hundreds of friends who wish him success in a larger field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Clausen
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Church Council
Clausen
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Church
Red Cross
Kaiser
Wilson
America
Anti-Saloon League
Typhoid Vaccine Arrives for New Hanover County Residents
The Health Department received a quantity of anti typhoid vaccine this morning. Residents of New Hanover County may obtain it free of charge by visiting the department office in the basement of the Court House. Vaccine can be administered at the Health Department or by the resident’s family physician if preferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Court House
New Hanover County
Flag and Bible Presented at Middle Sound School
Middle Sound school received a flag and Bible in a ceremony led by Jeff Davis and George Washington Councils Jr O U A M. C B Newcomb and Rev J A Sullivan presented the items, with Miss Pearl Potter accepting. Community members spoke and the event closed with a flag unfurling as participants departed at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Sound
Jeff Davis
George Washington Councils
C. B. Newcomb
Board of Education
J. A. Sullivan
Calvary Baptist Church
Miss Pearl Potter
J. A. McNorton
J. J. Blair
W. C. Capps
Civil Service Seeks Young Men for Coast Survey Posts
The Civil Service Commission invites applications from men aged 20 to 25 for deck officer roles in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Exams cover surveying and sciences. civil engineering degree required. starting salary $1,000 yearly with per diem. Vacancies in public roads and rural engineering irrigation posts offer $1,500 to $2,000, duties vary. Other March 19 exams include junior explosives engineer, foundry instructor, deputy shipping commissioner, and electrical laborer positions with daily wages.
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Civil Service Commission
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Five Prohibition Speakers Rally North Carolina in Final Drive
A Wilmington state campaign closing rally drew hundreds as five leaders including Rev. R. L. Davis and Dr. George W. Young urged national prohibition. Speakers urged ratification of a federal amendment, with organizers sending teams to Alabama for similar efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
R. L. Davis
State Anti-Saloon League
George W. Young
Louisville
Mr. Davis
United States
Dr. Young
Grace Church
First Baptist
Minor Wallace
First Christian Church
Calvary Baptist
Lewis R. Horton
Fourth Street Advent
General Assembly
America
Women urged to buy less finery and fund war effort
Mrs Kate Burr Johnson of Raleigh urges 8000 North Carolina federation women to cut nonessential purchases and buy War Savings Stamps. Letters urge clubs to form War Savings committees and support alliances with Governor Bickett as war aims emphasize protection of women and motherhood amid Prohibition and war financing calls.
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State
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Kate Burr Johnsonfi
Raleigh
Federation
Johnson
North Carolina
America
War Savings Society
T. W. Bickett
Memorial for Corporal Bagley in Oakdale Cemetery
Taps sounded for Corporal Thomas F. Bagley Jr of the Wilmington Light Infantry who died by asphyxiation at his mother’s home. His flag draped casket rested in Oakdale Cemetery after a St Andrew’s Episcopal church service with full military honors.
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Thomas F. Bagley, Jr
Eustace Norfleet
Wilmington Light Infantry
No. 109
Ann Street
Oakdale Cemetery
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
A. D
Highth Company
Greensboro
Fort Caswell
Sant
Messrs
Walter Hashagen
Charles Cannon
Andrew Harriss, Jr
Laurence Everett
Harry Watters
Marion Rhodes
Corporal Bagley
Locate College Men
President Wallace Carl Riddick of North Carolina State College asks all former students to mail a card with full name postal address and occupation. The college will locate its graduates once a year and this is another step in his interest in all men who have attended the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Carl Riddick
North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering
West Raleigh
Riddick
Fulton and Moran Ready for Tonight
New Orleans February 25 fences aside, the 20 round heavyweight bout between Fred Fulton of Rochester Minnesota and Frank Moran of Pittsburgh takes place tonight in the open air Louisiana auditorium arena with Sammy Goldman officiating. Fulton weighs about 215 pounds Moran about 197. Bets ranged from 7 to 5 and 9 to 5 on Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Minn
Frank Moran
Pittsburgh
Louisiana Auditorium
Sammy Goldman
Fulton
Moran
Camp Wadsworth
S. C
Morgan
Words and Resolve in Wartime North Carolina
Speech urges women to support the war effort with War Stamps and Liberty Loans. It emphasizes faith in women’s courage, calls for cheerful compliance with Food and Fuel Administrators, and invokes perseverance through hardship in a patriotic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Beloved Woman Dead Mrs Bessie May Wilson Dies at 20
Mrs Bessie May Wilson wife of A M Wilson dies after illness at 411 Church street. Daughter of Capt and Mrs J A Burris she attended Church of the Good Shepherd and taught Sunday School. Funeral from the Church tomorrow at 4 PM. Survived by husband son parents brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie May Wilson
A. M. Wilson
Church Street
War board address at First Presbyterian by Rev C Groshen Gunn
Rev C Groschen Gunn of Nashville Tennessee and a U S Army chaplain spoke at the First Presbyterian Church during the morning service. He addressed the plans of the war board of the Presbyterian church to a large congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Groschen Gunn
Nashville
Tenn
United States Army
War Board of the Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
War Board of the South
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Carolina Beach Road
Legwin Printing CO
Middle Sound School
Geodic and Coast Service
Alabama
Oakdale
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust’ Company
Princess Street
Peterson & Rulf’s
A.b.croom, JR
Mutual Life Insurance Co
New York
Southern
Herolin Medicine CO
Atlanta
Georgia
Ern Presbyterian Church
War Council
Montreal
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