City Plans Soldier Boys Seminars and Entertainments
Rotary Club leads a city effort to entertain Fort Caswell soldiers with inexpensive shows as part of a nationwide War Department program. The plan leverages chautauqua partners, Broadway productions, and orchestra acts, targeting cantons and camps with $0.01 to $0.25 seats to boost morale for soldiers sent from civilian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Caswell
Roger Moore
Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Wilmington
Congress
Raymond B. Fosdick
Secretary of War
Marc Klaw
Klaw & Erlanger
B. F. Albee
Keith
Boston Symphony
United States
Rumors Of Engineer Capture Spread In City
Citizens faced wild reports that Captain Richard Clowe s engineering train and Wilmington men were killed or captured in the Cambrai drive. A cler k at the post office confirmed only that a business man spread unverified hearsay. Officials warn such rumors are German propaganda attempts to erode trust in government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Clowe
Wilmington
Byng
Cambrai
France
War Department
Navy Department
Associated Press Service
Washington
General Pershing
Admiral Sims
Great Losse
United States
Bicycle Thefts Highlight Rose Hill Recorder Court Session
In Rose Hill the Recorder's Court heard cases including larceny from a dead man’s effects and bicycle thefts. Judge Harriss opened judgments with suspects Scarboro and Jones awaiting further testimony while a Not Pros was entered against several others. A Rose Hill man testified about returning stolen wheels and a chicken theft case also appeared. Women are to be employed as rush hour conductors on St. Louis streetcars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Sprunt
James Walker Memorial Hospital
State
Isham Scarboro
Schreiber
Sprunt
Scarboro
Walter Smith
Tirewater Power Company
Recorder Harriss
Harriss
Atlantic Coast Line
Mr. Scott
Jones
Scott
George I. Pesehau
St. Louis
Peplac Medicine Company
Peplac
Florence
8. C
Paplac
Hungary
Dr Spillman Speaks to Boys League About John
Dr R W Spillman, noted Baptist divine, addressed the Boys League yesterday afternoon to a large gathering of boys and older men. He used the Apostle John as his text and illustrated Jewish customs to clarify the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Spillman
Boys’ League
Dr. Spillman
John
Spirilman
Neveland Brand
Odis B. Hinnant
Calvary Baptist Church
Delgado
Spillman
Kinston
Maccabees Plan for Membership Campaign in North State Tent 8
Consolidation of two local lodges into North State Tent Number 8 injects life for a campaign to add members. State Deputy H. B. Carpenter will guide efforts in North Carolina as part of a national anniversary drive for the Order of Maccabees. New officers include Cdr John W. Casteen and Lcdr B A Chadwick, with Merritt as Past Commander and Merritt, Weaver, Bunting and Waddell as trustees. Meetings set for Fridays in the Odd Fellows hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maccabees
H. 8. Carpenter
North Carolina
Carpenter
D. P. Markey
Detroit
Order of Maccabees
North State
Odd Fellows
R. L. Merritt
John W. Casteen
B. A. Chadwick
I.C. Pickett
R. J. Casteen
I. T. Mintz
H. A. Mercer
Ana
T. J. Gas
J. Fr. Bunting
Geo. T. Winn
Pickett
Waddell
Edward Weaver
J. E. Bunting
MORE MESSAGES OF GOOD CHEER COME IN BY EVERY MAIL
Seventh grade pupils report strong attendance and heat conservation at Cornelius Harnett School while noting most teachers returned and a generous Liberty Bond collection of 3.18. They also mention plant care and a humorous heat lesson.
Obituary: J B Ward Dies at Black Mountain
J B Ward former Atlantic Coast Line and N C and L Rail Road employee dies at Black Mountain after a two year illness. He is survived by his wife Sue Lide of Pinewood South Carolina his mother two sisters and a grandmother. Funeral at 4 p m from W P McGlaughon residence 105 North Fifteenth Street with interment at Oakdale Cemetery assisted by Rev Nichols and Rev MacRae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Mountain
J. B. Ward
Ida C. Ward
Ward
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
N.C. and
T. L. Railroad
Atlanta
Sue Lide
Pinewood, & C
W. P. McGlavezhon
W. H. Andrews
C. A. Russell
Swansboro
N. C
Stonewall Lodge No. 1
Knights of Pythias
W. P. McGlaughon
North Fifteenth Street
Oakdale Cemetery
Mr. Nichols
Presbyterian Church
W. V. MacRae
Trinity Methodist Church
Railroads See Women in Shops Aid War Labor Shortage
The general experience of American railroads with employing women in shops has been very satisfactory and is seen as a potential method to help solve the wartime labor shortage.
Mrs. Cora Wellhouse Bullara Manages Large Midwestern Apple Orchard
Mrs. Cora Wellhouse Bullara of Kansas acts as active manager of a major apple orchard in the middle West, reputed as one of the largest in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Wellhouse-Bullara
Kansas
Middle West
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary Clubs
Chautauquas
Movement For Men
Archie Stevens
Kenosha, Wis
Robert G. Barr
Dock St
Mr. W. H. Sprunt
Rose Hill
Recorder’s Court
Maccabees Plan For
Cornelius Harnett
R. C. Smyth
S. C
Bellamy
Treasury Department
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Princess Street
MR. J. B. Ward
Citizens Bank
W.H. Howell
Columbia” Sheet
N. Jacobi
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