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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1917
Page
12
In New Bern July 28 reports show Mrs J P C Davis visiting Fayetteville and many residents traveling to Wrightsville Beach Goldsboro Beaufort and Philadelphia for visits and holidays. In Warsaw a Red Cross rock tournament at the Barden Hotel raised funds and featured prize drawings while community groups held meetings and outreach events.
A bulletin of local visits and visits to Wilmington Durham Scotland Neck and other towns lists Miss Sadie Manly of Goldsboro and many guests and hosts. Families from Goldsboro Philadelphia Rocky Mount and Washington visit Mount Olive for stays and excursions with friends and relatives.
In Chadbourn July 28 Miss Inez Wilkes visits Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. O M Powers drive to Oakdale to visit friends. Mrs. J J Anderson and son from Wilmington visit Lena McDonald. Misses Bessie Jones and Kate Batley return to Fairmont after staying with the Edmonds. Mrs R D Connor returns from Wilmington. Miss Mildred Mellett of Charleston DC visits E Mellett. Miss June Mellette to Wilmington for adenoid operation. Bertha Edmund with sister A W Lewis heads to Wilmington for hospital surgery. H M Case hosts a family reunion at their West Chadbourn home with Clyde Case attending.
Fayetteville July scene features Mrs John C Gibbs hosting nieces Laura and Dorothy Holland of Danville VA. Guests include Alvira Wilson Tarboro with Miss Prior, Aunt Mrs Alva Betts Charlotte visiting on Rowan street, and numerous similar social visits from Raleigh to New Bern with relatives and friends staying at Haymount and other local homes.
Whiteville updates report July events at the Methodist church Children’s Day services Bishop Springs and the pastor Rev Lance will preach Miss Nina Bizzel of Deland Florida honored at Schulkin home over twenty guests enjoyed refreshments in pleasant if wet weather Mrs Mary Lou Powell and Ruth Wooten return from summer session at State University Lucille Clark leads a canning demonstration at the Baptist grove followed by Prayer League services Nearby families visit Blowing Rock and Ashburn Georgia residents travel home from visits in Whiteville
Best of Columbia Mrs. E. S. Nance and family of Clarkton Mr. and Mrs. O S Case and Mrs. L B Woodard and daughter of this town enjoyed a picnic dinner. They returned home after accepting an invitation to meet with Mr. and Mrs. O S Case one year hence.
Laurinburg residents greet visitors and hosts while many guests from Fayetteville Charlotte and elsewhere stay at local homes. A Johns Methodist church ice cream supper draws a large crowd. In Lumberton a dinner party honors Misses Boyd Laney and Gladys Laney. Woman's Club meetings pause until October.
The Sunday School Convention began in Rowan on Friday and will conclude this afternoon. Local notices report several residents traveling, visiting relatives, and taking part in church and community events. The infant of Mr and Mrs A A Jackson remains seriously ill and regional movements include Mrs Maggie Morgan returning home from Sampson county and Miss Annie Matthews moving to Richmond for Western Union Telegraph work.
Alma note. Miss Georgia Taylor resigns as stenographer and accepts a position with Badin Supply Company in Badin North Carolina. Mrs A I Belch succeeds her. Also mentions Clyde Gentry visiting. Beatrice Byrne staying with Edna McPhaul. Mrs Edgar McLean and children visiting Rowland. Mrs L B Stutts and niece traveling to Lincolnton to visit step daughter Mrs Barlowe.
The column recalls a heroic death scene from A Tale of Two Cities and notes local cinema and sports mentions. It also lists multiple brief notices including visits by residents to Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Hamlet, Badin NC, and Laurel Hill NC, along with church services and social visits.
Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Boyd have returned home. They were joined by Catherine and Charles Boyd, children of the Boyds. Miss Pearl McMillan of Southern Pines, who stayed with Mr. and Mrs. M. G. McKenzie, departed Thursday for McMillan's to visit relatives.
Women excel in fabricating wings and wing surfaces for aircraft, contributing to thousands of airplanes that will bear the Stars and Stripes over European battlefields, representing significant national effort.
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