Changes For Cantonment Unusually Good In Wilmington
Major L T Waldron and a Wilmington committee returned from Charleston with an exceptionally favorable report to General Wood on Wilmington as a potential cantonment site. General Wood praised Waldron and stated Wilmington has an excellent chance, though War Department approval remains to come. The Wilmington team pressed their case, sharing data to ensure the city’s bid remains strong amid ongoing evaluations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Waldron
Jatf
Leonard Wood
General Wood
Walker Taylor
Charleston
S. C
Wilmington
Waldron
Taylor
Edwin A. Metts
A. B. Skelding
War Department
Major Waldron
Wood
Willington
Freight Depot Opens with Daily Service Start Tomorrow
Beach residents will be well served as T W P Co opens the Ninth and Orange freight depot tomorrow. It will operate daily except Sundays from 9 am to 6 pm with Sunday hours 10 to 11 am and a Sunday freight car from Wilmington at 1 434m. A special early ice freight car will run on weekdays only. The first passenger car from Center will depart at 6 15 pm starting tomorrow, replacing 6 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Cumrock Mine Revival Signals Return to Coal Extraction
Machinery is being prepared to resume coal production at the Cumrock mine after fires were lit in the Diers up the old Egypt mines. Authorities confirm renewed work and readiness to lift coal, following the effort to secure the armor plate plant for Fayetteville.
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Aveftevi.ie
Fayetteville
Old
Egypt
Cumrk
Comne
Pavettevilie
Recruiting for Cavalry Seeks Enlistment Through Dan Quinlivan
Announcement by Capt Jamas J Gause of Troop C Cavalry invites prospective members to apply to Mr Dan Quinlivan at 106 North Second Street for information and enrollment. Summer Shoe Sale continued all Week Wilmington Shoe Co. Ad.
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Dan. Quinlivan
Jamas J. Gause
Troop C
Cavalry
North Second Street
Wilmington Shoe Co
Wilmington Man Wounded in British Forces in France
John Allen Stewart of Wilmington enlisted with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and is recovering from wounds in an Epsom England hospital. He suffered a fractured leg and contusions during the fighting likely tied to Haig’s push on the Hindenburg line. Stewart, 26, formerly of Edinburgh, moved to Wilmington four years ago and was active as a CGA golfer and church choir member.
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John Allen Stewart
France
Europe
Epsom
England
War Office
Ottawa
Canada
W. G. Robertson
Stewart
Robertson
London Hospital
Edinburgh
Scotland
Wilmington
Princess Pat Regiment
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Cape Fear Country Club
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Hindenburg Line
Haig
Closing of School Exam Session 1916 17 Certificates Awarded
The 1916 17 school year closed with the reading of the annual report and prize distribution led by associate principals Miss Hart and Miss Brown. Certificates for excellent conduct were given to Esther Gouverneur and Susan MacPherson Divine, with Harriet Bellamy McDonald absent. Jeanie Cronly Boatwright Swift Boatwright and Edward Wood missed the punctuality prize due to sickness. Prizes went to Morrison Divine for punctuality, Esther Gouverneur for highest scholarship 95.3 percent, Susan MacPherson Divine for best writing, Jeanie Cronly Boatwright for best sewing, and Esther Gouverneur for highest total average 95.4 percent.
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Miss Hart
Miss Brown
Esther Gouverneur
Susan MacPherson Divine
Harriet Bellamy McDonald
Jeanie Cronly Boatwright
Swift Boatwright
Edward Wood
Morrison Divine
Forty five Boy Scouts to Camp Penton at Lake Waccamaw
The first group of about forty five scouts leaves this afternoon for Camp Penton at Lake Waccamaw with Assistant Scout Master T Aubrey Morse. They will spend several weeks in the open and go prepared to cook their own meals. See Wilmington Shoe Company for specials.
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Lake Waccamaw
T. Aubrey Morse
Camp Penton
Seaside Baptist Assembly Brings Noted Speakers to Wrightsville
The Baptist Seaside Assembly at Wrightsville Beach runs June 27 to July 4 chaired by Rev. Dr John Jeter Hurt of Wilmington. The program lists Rev A T Roberson D D LL D Rev Weston Bruner Rev W M Vines D D Rev Fred D Hale D D and others with daily lectures music and a patriotic address by Gov T W Bickett. The event features a training school for Sunday workers a pastors conference and woman’s missionary conference with speakers from North Carolina Tennessee and Georgia.
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Baptist Seaside Assembly
Wrightsville Beach
John Jeter Hurt
First Baptist Church
Assembly
Baptist State Convention
Convention
Woman's Missionary Union Conference
Atlantic Coast
Wilmington
Harbor Island
Atlantic City
N. C
T. W. Bickett
A. T. Roberson
W. M. Vines
D. D
Charlotte
Fred D. Hale
Lexington
W. C. Barrett
Gastonia
C. D. Graves
Wake Forest
C. L. Greaves
Lumberton
H. T. Pope
W. N. Jones
Raleigh
Ruth Caldwell
Bertha Carroll
Margaret Frost
Nashville
South
E. L. Woslagel
Asheville
Home Mission Board
W. B. Muse
Acme Quartet
R. F. Y. Pierce
New York City
North Baptist Church
H. M. Wharton
Baltimore
John Roach Straton
Norfolk, Va
B. D. Gray
Atlanta, Ga
Time limit expires for sewer connections in area
County health officer Dr. Charles T. Nesbitt warns that today is the deadline for property owners in the sewer area to connect. Unclean premises will be placarded as unsanitary per public notice requirements, enforcing the crackdown on surface closets.
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Charles T. Nesbitt
Graduation Exercises Highlight Stagy Address at Wilmington High
Dr. L H Stacy dean of the University of North Carolina gave a compelling baccalaureate at Wilmington High School before a capacity crowd in the Academy of Music. Twenty six graduates received diplomas, with Miss Margaret Schulken earning the Amy Morris Bradley medal and Thelma Burke Fillgan and Robert Edgar Williams among scholarship awardees to Trinity College and the University of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Stacy
University of North Carolina
Wilmington
Academy of Music
J. J Blair
Amy Morris Bradley
Margaret Schulken
Thelma Burke Fillgan
Trinity College
Robert Edgar Williams
Edison Humphrey
University of Virginia
Stacy
M. C. S.noble
School of Education
Noble
Wilminton
Thomas C. Darst
C. B. Newcomb
B. Solomon
Board of Education
M. C. S. Noble
Malcolm Little
Wilmington High School
J. J. Blair
J. Allan Taylor
W. H. Sprunt
D. L. Gore
C. W. Stiles
D. C. Love
W. E. Perdew
C. A. Orrell
C. T. Nesbitt
Alfred M. Waddell
George Rountree
Allan Taylor
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Cumnock Mine
John Allen Stuart i
Army Hospital
Princess Pat
Wilmington Shoe Company
Advt
Seaside Assembly
ALL Baptists
J. J. Hart
L. H. Stagy
Miss Schulken
Thelma Fillyan
Robert Williams
Blair
A. M. Waddell
Tilestone High School
Amy Bradley
Waddell
Morgan Fenley
Republic
Ponce de Leon
Florida
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Princess Street
Wilks
Maiden American
America
Copenhagen
Oderone
Colgate
Attrac
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