Industrial prospect stirs Wilmington venture talks
E W Darling a Chicago contractor arrived from Washington to meet with Industrial Agent Cowan of the Chamber of Commerce. He studied Wilmington for a potential industry location and praised the citys development prospects after visiting Wrightsville Beach. He planned to return to Washington tonight to brief his clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
E. W. Darling
Chicago
Washington
Cowan
Chamber of Commerce
Darling
Patriot ic operetta at Academy benefits Y M C A
"Under the Stars and Stripes" staged at the Academy of Music tonight features a patriotic operetta with wartime song hits. Proceeds aid the Y M C A in the army and overseas efforts, with broad support and a reserve seating section for white patrons. Admission is 35 cents and tickets are sold by local Y M C A offices and area stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stars and Stripes
Academy of Music
New York
J. B. Huntington
Atlanta
Red Cross
W. C. A. Special Aid
Northam’s
Centre Restaurant
Hall’s Drug Store
Hanover Drug Store
Payne Drug Company
Wiestlie’s
Hart-Brown School Ends Session After Examinations
After exams the 1517-18 session closed with class standings prizes and patriotic songs. Persistent winter disruptions reduced outcomes with no pupil reaching maximum punctuality. Louise DeR Nick won best punctuality, Lilie Emerson VanLeuven best writing, Mary Allen Skelding top scholar with 94.7. Rena Mills Yates noted for exemplary conduct. unavoidable absences limited a Marion medal candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Brown
General Department
Rena Mills Yates
Irish Potato Embargo Declared for Jersey City Market
An embargo on Irish potatoes for Jersey City has been declared due to freight congestion and labor shortages for unloading cars. Shippers are urged to use other markets for the next several days, according to advices from Professor W R Camp head of North Carolina division of markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
W. R. Camp
North Caroina
Head of Stieff Piano Business Is Dead
Frederick P. Stieff, 74, head of the piano business of Charles M. Stieff, died Wednesday at his home on Somerset road in Roland Park after pneumonia. He was a director in the National Exchange Bank and active in church and charity work. Survived by widow Sarah A W Stieff, daughter Florence, and sons Frederick P. Stieff Jr and George Waters Stieff. funeral Friday at First English Lutheran Church and burial in Greenmount Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frederick P. Stieff
Charles M. Stieff
Somerset Road
Roland Park
Ezra K. Bell
First English Lutheran Church
Fremont Avenue
Lanvale Street
Greenmount Cemetery
Stieff
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Na- Yonal Exchange Bank
Wis
Sarah A. W. Stieff
Florence Stieff
Elt
Prederick P. Stieff, Jr
Orge Waters Stieff
McClammy Family Heads to Sylvan Beach for Charade Cruise
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. McClammy with children depart for Sylvan Beach New York to bring home the 40 foot raised deck gasolene cruiser Charade from C. C. Twombly of New York. The craft replaces the Maraja which became the S P 413 patrol boat. the trip aims for recreation and delivery via Erie Canal and Hudson with stops in Albany New York City Baltimore Norfolk and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. McClammy
Janie Louise
Owen Filyan
Master Owen, Jr
James E. Sharp
Sylvan Beach
Lake Oneida
N. Y
Wilmington
Mr. McClammy
C. C. Twombly
New York
McClammy
Messrs. McClammy
Sharp
Erie Canal
Hudson
Inland Waterways
Albany
New York City
Baltimore
Norfolk
Sam
Former Wilmingtonian Drowns While Saving Youth
Arthur Ladson Mills of Greenville South Carolina vice president and cashier of the Fourth National Bank and former Wilmington Savings Trust teller died yesterday in Laurel Park lake Hendersonville North Carolina while attempting to rescue a drowning boy named Ed Johnson. The boy also perished. Mills wife Mary Ella Moore and her relatives traveled to Greenville for funeral arrangements likely on Wednesday. Mills was a Davidson College alumnus known in local business circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ladson Mills
Greenville
S. C
Fourth National Bank
Ed Johnson
Asheville
War era aid sought for Wilmington baby milk station
Sorosis supports patriotic work and runs a Wilmington baby milk station to cut infant mortality during the 1918 1919 baby year. A rummage sale in Brooklyn next Saturday aims to raise funds with contributions collected by Mrs E Cooper at 208 North Fourth Street and cash gifts to Mrs J B Rice at 503 Market Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Federated Labs
Sorosis
Wilmngton
Wilmington
United States
Brooklyn
J. B. Rice
Market Street
Father of Wilmington Attorney Dies Yesterday
Julius Augustine Turner of Greensboro father of W. P. Mangum Turner died yesterday morning at 11 oclock after a long illness caused by a complication of diseases. He had been in failing health for some time. funeral services will be held at his residence and the body interred at Hopewell Methodist burying ground near Old Trinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Augustine Turner
Greensboro
W. P. Mangum Turner
Turner
Hopewell Methodist Church
Old Trinity
Rotarians to Begin Housing Canvass for Shipbuilding Efforts
Rotarians will start a house to house canvass in Wilmington to collect information on housing facilities and opinions. Cards with detailed questions will be distributed at homes to gather on the spot answers as part of a patriotic wartime effort to support shipbuilding and local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
George
Funeral Services Held From Church for Charles Nurnberger
Funeral services for Charles Frederick Nurnberger were held yesterday at St Pauls Evangelian Lutheran church at 2 pm, with Rev G W McClanahan and Rev Dr A D McClure officiating. Interment followed in Bellevue cemetery. Pallbearers included Henry Erick Tienchen and Carl Wessell. Sun day school class members Theodore Bremer Rudolf Konig and Jurgen Haar accompanied the casket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frederick Nurnberger
James Walker Memorial Hospital
St. Paul’s Evangelian Lutheran Church
G. W. McClanahan
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
A. D. McClure
Bellevue Cemetery
Mahler
Frederick Haar
George Fretview
Henry Erick Tienchen
Carl Wessell
Theodore Bremer
Rudolph Konig
Jurgen Haar
Funeral Services Held for Dr W J Love at St Andrew s Church
Funeral services for Dr W J Love held at St Andrew s Presbyterian Church at 3 30 PM with Rev A D McClure officiating. Interment followed in Oakdale cemetery. The remains arrived Saturday night and were taken to the home of Mr and Mrs W G Farmer 616 Princess Street. Pallbearers included Honorary Dr George G Thomas Dr R B Slocum W K Walker and others. Active pallbearers were W G Farmer Clayton Giles George Honnet L J Poisson and W G James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Love
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
A. D. McClure
Oakdale Cemetery
W. G. Farmer
Princess Street
George G. Thomas
R. B. Slocum
W. K. Walker
W. H. Yopp
H. M. Foard
George LeGrand
Walter G. MacRae
Clayton Giles
George Honnet
L. J. Poisson
W. G. James
Rotarians to Meet for Bi Monthly Luncheon
The Rotary club holds its regular bi monthly meeting at the Y M C A tomorrow afternoon at 1 o clock. The luncheon meeting will proceed as usual. Secretary Louis T. Moore is out of the city and members are urged to remember this notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Louis T. Moore
La Creole Hair Dressing Promises Youthful Gray Hair Solution
An advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as a fix for gray hair and dull beards, claiming quick, even color restoration. It asserts universal use, home application, a money-back guarantee, and lists Jarman & Futrelle of Wilmington, NC as sellers with $1.20 price and mail orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarman & Futrelle
Wilmington
N.C
Adv
North Carolina Merchants Plan Sixteenth Convention at Wrightsville Beach
The sixteenth annual North Carolina Merchants Association convention will meet at the Sea Shore Hotel Wrightsville Beach from June 18 to 20. E L Howe chairman of the retail merchants division of the national war savings committee is among the principal speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Merchants’ Association
Seashore
Wrightsville Beach
E. L. Howe
Retail Merchants’ Division
National War Savings Committee
J. Frank Morris
A. D. McClure
D. D
Wilmington
Washington, D. C
Retail Merchants Division
Winston Salem
B. F. Roark
Charlotte
J. Paul Leonard
Statesville
J. E. Davis
Concord
A. B. Justice
R. L. Poston
M. E. Newsom
Durham
C. E. Lundy
Mt. City
Calvin Woodward
Wilson
J. N. McCausland
Constitutional
W. N. Everett
Rockingham
National Security League
Congress of National Service
Thos. M. Shelton
Wm. T. Kelly
Greensboro
The
Food Administration
Henry A. Page
Raleigh
Council of Defense
W. S. Wilson
State Council
John L. Gilmer
Winston-Salem
Commercial Economy Board
J Paul Leonard
James R. Young
Board of Directors
M. E. Newsom, Jr
C. BE. Lundy
Mt. Airy
R. L. Posto
L. B. Markham
H. E. Cartland
E. A. Lacky
Hamlet
EB. M. Hakill, Jr
Lenoir
J. Norman Wills
Elmer R. Oettinger
W. T. McCoy
C. A. Corbett
Selma
Mr. Airy
W. S. Reich
Elkin
E. P. Hayes
Rancieman
J. L. Burrows
Enfield
B. F. Hooper
Mocksville
E. E. Broughton
Bernard Allsbrook
Scotland Neck
John Mitchell
R. M. Hanes
W. M. Everett
F. M. Craugh
Funeral Services for Mrs Lena King Reaves
The remains of Mrs Lena King Reaves wife of Robert M Reaves who died Saturday morning were laid to rest in Bellevue cemetery after funeral services at the Fourth Street Advent Christian church conducted by Rev J T Johnson. The largely attended service featured numerous floral offerings and pallbearers R P McClammy J C Anderson J M Curtis J O Sharpe W D Johnson and B H Laughlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena King Reaves
Robert M. Reaves
Bellevue Cemetery
Fourth Street
Funeral Services for C. A. Davis This Afternoon
Funeral services for C. A. Davis, who died yesterday at noon at his home 312 Meares Street, will be held here this afternoon at 8 o clock. Interment will follow in Oakdale cemetery. He is survived by his wife and three daughters Lena, Maybelle, and Mrs. J A Sawyer, all of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Davis
Meares Street
Oakdale Cemetery
Lena
Maybelle Davis
J.A. Sawyer
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Academy
Hart-Brown School
Stieff Piano Business
Rotarians
ST. Andrew’s Church
MR. Davis
Palm Beach
David
A. David Company
Just
Milans
Alma Brown
DR. Vineberg Masonic Temple
Her
Hitman
John
McEachern
Market St
J.B. McCabe and CO
Certified Public Accoun
Murchison Bank
Wilmington, N
Carolina Printing and Stamp Works
Grace St
Sullivan
Sheemakera N
Front Street
Wilmington Savings and Trust Company
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
North Carolina
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