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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1917
Page
4
Wilmington graded schools report busy week with medical inspector visits and class activities. Principal discussed John Charles McNeil and MecNeil poems, art exhibit plans, Uncle Remus readings, and praise for library gifts from Mrs Hill and several donors. The eighth grade study on architecture and Poe verses noted.
New York reports a New Year's Eve scene on Broadway with diners leaving tables, waiters serving and tips, a splurge of celebrity parties at The Ritz Biltmore Waldorf and Majestic, and a shift in leadership at The Old Friend's Club as Fred A. Reed retires to his country estate after twelve years as its dictator.
A hardened judge shrugs as a grim street solicitation story unfolds. Fashionably dressed women lift lorgnettes at the trembling girl at the bar while a white haired matron leads a daughter away. A court officer calls the next defendant.
Local churches announce schedules with pastors Rev. J. E. Reynolds Trinity Rev. W. V. MacRae Fifth Avenue Rev. J. H. McCracken and Epworth League. Services listed at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Sunday School at 9 45 a.m. Prayer meetings midweek. Strangers welcome.
Rev Gribben rector leads services on the Second Sunday after Epiphany at St John’s Red Cross and Third Streets January 14 with holy communion at 7:36.4 morning prayer and sermon at 11 o’clock Sunday School 4 p m and evening prayer and sermon at 7 p m The morning sermon discusses the place of miracles in Christian thought and belief A hearty welcome to all.
St Matthew's English Evangelical at Fourth and Harnett streets with Rev G W McClanahan conducts morning service at 11 and holy communion. evening service at 730 on Nazareth with Sunday school at 10. Luther League meets Wednesday 8. monthly Brotherhood meeting Monday 8. Ladies' Aid Society 330 Wednesday. invitation extended. St Paul's at Market and Sixth led by Rev F B Clausen. Service and holy communion 11. preparatory 1050. Sunday school 330. evening service 8 with topic The Sacredness of Mor iage Visitors welcome and seats free. Junior Missionary Society meets Monday 330.
St Pauls at Sixteenth and Market street announces Rev E deF Heald Jr as rector. Sunday services include Sunday school 9 45 morning prayer 11 oclock and evening prayer 8 oclock. The public is cordially invited.
Rev J A Sullivan pastor delivers Sunday services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Dr A S Pendleton of Raleigh will speak at the morning hour The pastor’s night sermon is A Change of Residence Sunday school begins 9 45 a m J W Hollis superintendent Junior B L Y P A at 2 15 p m Sunbeams Monday 3 30 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday Senior B Y P U Thursday 8 p m Teachers’ Supper Thursday 6 45 p m Chorus rehearsal Friday Baptism at Sunday night service
Continued from Page Thirteen lists American casualties among Allied forces. Killed in France are graduates and volunteers from diverse backgrounds including the Ambulance Corps, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, King Edward's Horse, and the Scottish Black Watch. Names include Richard J. Howard, Robert L. Cuthbert, Frank D. Byrne, Henry Augustus Coit, Albert G. Spalding Jr., W. E. Hedger, Harold Chapin, Jack Janz, John Prentice Poe Jr., Eugene E. Moise, and Paul Nelson.
Coast Line Hotel Cafe advertises rooms by the day week or month at reasonable rates and meals available at any hour. Located at 208 North Front Street with phone number 208 W. 106-lmo.
Sleeping cars operate daily except Sunday between Wilmington and Raleigh with routes via Goldsboro and Selma. Times show departures and arrivals with sleeper occupancy allowed after 10:00 p.m. and southbound use until 7:00 a.m. for reservations and information.
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