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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1917
Page
14
New Bern, Wilmington, and Raleigh residents visit relatives and attend events across North Carolina. Weddings, hospital transfers, and church activities fill summer social pages with updates on travel, visits, and local happenings from Wallace, Burgaw, Lumberton, and nearby towns.
The Freeman column reports farmers busy with crop laying after rains. Local visits include Rev Beck at Cheerful Hope Baptist, Miss Minnie Hardy visiting in New Berlin, Capt James A Roberson of Hamlet staying with family, and Mrs Sallie Hargrove with daughter Annie returning to Wilmington. Other notices mention Eva Mae Fuhr’s return from Vineland, Mr E J Grimesley’s Whiteville trip, and social calls by Mr C M Carr, Marshall Carney, L H Thompson, and Minnie Mae Byrd.
In Marietta North Carolina July 14 farmers cheer as tobacco sells high following the warehouse opening. Visitors from Lyons Georgia joined locals for a reunion at Lake View with church service and ground dinner. Numerous townsfolk and relatives from Raleigh Greenville Chapel Hill Buies Creek and Fair Bluff attended events and family visits over the weekend.
Mount Olive notes list residents welcoming guests and visitors from surrounding towns and states. Eliza beth Roberts and Genia ee visiters, summer school moves, and family visits across Goldsboro Wilmington Rocky Mount Faison Norfolk listed with local hosts and households.
Fayetteville residents host and visit relatives and friends across North Carolina. Notable visitors include Mrs. F A Montgomery of Wilmington and Mr. Carl Ogburn of Winston-Salem at Lake View, with numerous others visiting from Greensboro High Point Wilson Tarboro Oxford and Clinton.
Clarkton residents report visits by Wilmington and Asheboro guests. Isabelle Currie visited Rockingham friends. Kate Monroe of Tar Heel summering with A. L. Currie. Clark family members travel to Montreal for the season. Virginia Pugh visits Amanda Clark and Mrs Craven before heading to Madisonville Virginia.
Miss Florence Williamson returns from relatives in Faison and Newton Grove. Miss Lucile Tart and Miss Irene Tart come back from Faison after visiting friends. Mrs. D. C. Page returns to New Port News after visiting her father. Mrs. E. M. Rogers visits Goldsboro to see her son in the Second Regiment. Mrs. J. S. Hill and Miss Thelma Hill travel to Faison after visiting Dr. J. G. Britt. Mrs. Walter Best returns from Goldsboro after visiting friends. Miss Mary Martin Johnson returns home to Raleigh from local relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Norton spend the Fourth of July in Clinton. Miss Michen Harriss visits relatives in upper Jameson county. Mrs. Smith, formerly Miss Lessie Gregory, guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Gregory.
Laurinburg July 14 Miss Ida Hall of Beulahville returns home from a visit with her brother B B Hall. Miss Tom Stewart back from Hamlet. Mrs J F Ray and son James Pierce visit relatives in Charlotte. Mamie Herzog of Bamberg guest of Mrs L B Sargeant. Pattie James and Katie McLean back from Wrightsville Beach. C M Paylor and family visit Capt J M Paylor. Agness Elliott of Cumberland guest of sister Mrs Peter McLean. Flora McKinnon goes to New York City for Columbia University course. Mamie Lula Lewis and Lillie Baskerville visiting Miss Berta Covington. Lamar Smith family and Joe Middleton family return from Wrightsville Beach.
Warsaw July 14 report on Christian Society readings led by Mies Anns with Margarette Best Julia Jones and others. Woman's Committee of National Defense postpones next meeting due to countyization. Local residents- Pierce Loftin Faison Garner Moore Herring Bowden Pridgen Woodward visit Norfolk Wilmington Goldsboro and Jackson. Clyde Milan noted for stick work as veteran batsman and outings with local names.
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