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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1917

Page

4

Local Social Notes from Laurinburg and Nearby

Lauren burg July 7. Carolyn Patterson in Montreal for awhile. Mr and Mrs Dan McLean visit Durham relatives. Bessie Turner and Lula McLaurin return from West Virginia trip. Jack Fairley hosts guests in Rockingham. Miss Mary Pegram and Mary Pegram with Mrs W James in Hamlet. Several residents visit Concord Statesville Charlotte. Shorter College teacher Mary McDougald at Moores Springs. Clara Jones returns from Fayetteville after three years.

Elsie Jeanet Fairley Rockingham John D. Shaw Dan McLean Shorter College Rome Moore’s Springs Clara Jones M. Jones Fayetteville

Patriotic entertainments and social notes from Goldsboro

Friday evening at Captain J J Robinsons home Miss Helen Brogden hosted a patriotic gathering for visiting and local friends with flag decor and a guessing contest won by Annie Mae Prince. Other items include a large Algonquin Club dance at the Borden building with a Washington DC orchestra, and society visits by Judge W R Allen and families to Asheville and Fort Oglethorpe.

Goldsboro N C J. J. Robinson South John Street Helen Brogden Annie Mae Prince Uncle Sam Algonquin Club Borden Building Hanes-Borden Washington, D. C Philathea W. M. Smith Leslie Street W. R. Allen Asheville Judge Allen Bar Association W. R. Allen, Jr Fort Oglethorpe

Freeman Church Sermon and Local Visits Highlight July

Rev. W J Watson preached an able sermon at the Methodist Episcopal church in Freeman on Sunday. Mrs. J E Thompson of Hallsboro visits her daughter Mrs J W Brinkley this week. Mr J W Brinkley spent the Fourth in Wilmington with relatives. Mrs Sallie Hargrove and daughter Annie of Wilmington visit Richard E Carney. Master James Croom of Wilmington visits Master Robert Carney. Freeman residents spend the Fourth at Lake Waccamaw. Mr Jesse J Vause of Clarkton spent Thursday here.

James Croom Wilmington Robert Carney Lake Waccamaw. Co Jesse J. Vause Clarkton

Centennial of America Sunday School Union Celebrates Milestone

The American Sunday School Union marks a centennial with vast activity including about four new Sunday Schools daily, 1413 founded in a year, 76 teachers nearly 1 million scholars aided, 29 new churches, two million periodicals distributed, and extensive home and rural outreach nationwide.

America American Sunday School Union Sunday School Union Literary Life of Indiana The Union Middle West Tian James Pollock

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