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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1917
Page
6
At Topsail Presbyterian Church in Topsail Sound a Sunday School was organized last Sunday with Louis J. Howard as superintendent and A Garrison as secretary and treasurer. Beginning Sunday sessions will be held at the school each Sabbath at 10 o clock.
Quartermaster Sergeant Lewis Tyn day of North Carolina National Guard at Camp Stewart El Paso is on short leave. Rev J H Shore Wilmington District's presiding elder who had surgery at Rex Hospital Raleigh will soon return home. Mr Harry Raybuck Newark NJ spent yesterday with M D Bright. Mr Jackson Johnson Winnahow visits. Mr Odis B Hinnant city boys secretary attends High School workers gathering in Norfolk.
The Health Board which recessed earlier will meet next week by call of the chairman. Officers were to be elected at a meeting planned for tomorrow, but absence of some members in the city delays the vote. The election is expected to occur at the early next week session.
Rev. J. S. Crowley pastor of Hallsboro Presbyterian Church will preach Sunday at 11:00 AM and 7:30 PM. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend. Also notes about the Chippewa steamer in port and an auto fire near Fort Fisher Sea Beach, plus a New Hanover Farm Loan Association meeting set for next Thursday at 3 PM in the Court House.
The Y M C A night school eighth graders formed a class organization. Edward Snakenberg chaired as ballots decided officers: President Carl Williams, Vice President H. W. Hudson, Secretary and Treasurer Haywood Porter.
Three deeds entered in the register of deeds office include R. G. Grady to T. F. Wilder for a Queen Street lot at $14 and other considerations. L. L. Hanby to D. Zoeniehas for half of Summer Hill lot No. 21 at $45. D. N. Chadwick to American Bank & Trust Company for Sunset Park lot No. 4, block No. 1 at $1,350.
In New Orleans March 19 to 22 a conference gathers owners of cutover lands from Virginia to Texas plus Southern Pine Association and New Orleans groups. Leaders seek to classify lands for low prices to support livestock breeding, aided by cooperation of state agencies and agricultural bodies.
Jacob H. Schiff celebrated his seventieth birthday at his Fifth Avenue home choosing a day with family over public homage. He completed work at Kuhn Loeb & Co. then attended a Western Union board meeting. Officials note his swift grasp of affairs and his balance of finance and philanthropy.
The remains of Mr F L Dell who died Tuesday noon after his car was struck by a Coast Line train at Woodside on the New Bern division will be buried in a city cemetery tomorrow. Woolvin's Undertaking announced the plans and a brother of the deceased was in town last night. The funeral will be held locally rather than shipped home.
Essay discusses how attitude determines interpretation of events and scenes. It contrasts artist writer and movie crews, and urges choosing the bright side of life to improve the world. It cautions against blaming others and encourages self-reflection.
The Y M C A Religious Work Committee brings Dr A E Pendleton clinical pathologist at State Hospital Raleigh to Victoria theatre Sunday January 14 at 3 30 pm. He will discuss How to Keep Your Mind Healthy and how prevention of mental disease can reduce insanity. Public invited.
An advertisement claims one half teaspoonful of Rheuma taken daily relieves rheumatism and sciatica within days, available from R. R. Bellamy for 50 cents with money back if no relief. In the same issue a court notice announces Thomas Campbell suing Hattie Campbell for absolute divorce in New Hanover County Superior Court with a February 1917 appearance date.
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