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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
6
A large turnout is expected at the Academy of Music for a mass meeting on food production and surplus conservation. County Food Conservation Commission leaders will report on acreage gains and thrift efforts while Liberty Loan bonds may be discussed. The event starts at 8:00 PM with short, pointed talks.
At the annual meeting of St Johns Lodge of Masons officers for the coming year were elected and five Liberty Bond purchases authorized. A contribution to the Grand Lodge of North Carolina for a monument to former Governor Benjamin Smith at Old Brunswick was approved, and a committee was formed to aid the project. Smiths grave rests at Old St Philips Churchyard near Old Brunswick after his death at Southport.
Local society notes list guests from Ivanhoe Burgaw Durham and Dunn visiting Wilmington. Epworth League events and Red Cross, hospital circle, and Lutheran church activities are noted along with a Wake of wedding plans for Annie Worth and George L. Mitchell at 412 South Third Street.
The Red Cross Unit of St. John's Mission will meet tomorrow at 3 PM at the mission house. A nurse's experience in France will be read. Attendees include Misses Jennie Burnett Emma D Yopp Emma Bell LeGwin Mesdames Cowell Fowler Keen and Mr H B McGirt.
Mr Harry C. McGowan son of Justice W A McGowan joined the Royal Theatre Orchestra. C N King is back on the street after a brief illness. Leon Durant, who had an operation at A C L Hospital Rocky Mount, is recovering and expected to return to the city soon.
Rev I H Noe will be ordained to the priesthood tomorrow at 11 by Bishop Thomas Campbell Darst of East Carolina. Archdeacon Thomas P Noe assists. Rev W R Noe and Rev A C D Noe attend. The Episcopal clergy of the city will participate. Noe will then serve as rector of St James church in Macon Georgia.
The funeral of Miss Mary C Wright who died at No 206 South Front Street was held today at 11 am from the residence. Rev A D McClure of St Andrew's Presbyterian officiated with Rev A J Howell from Winter Park Presbyterian assisting. Interment followed at Bellevue Cemetery with pallbearers W M Cumming Co W Worth J M Best and George Best.
W M Cumming and wife transfer a lot on Queen street to Thomas Campbell in the morning deed filing. The action records a single property transfer in the town.
A roadster driven by Councilman J. M. Hall and a touring car driven by Thomas Loftin collided on Fifth Street last night. Very little damage was done.
A two story frame garage on the premises of Mr. D. N. Chadwick at Sumset Park was completely destroyed by fire late last night. Firemen arrived after most of the building burned. The automobile was moved to safety and insurance partially covers the loss. The origin of the fire is undetermined.
The Wilmington Rotary Club met yesterday at Buena Vista Farm on Middle Sound owned by C W Polvogt Will Rehder and J H Reh der. After a fish fry the club voted to subscribe to Liberty War Bonds for 250 paid in monthly installments. Inspectors Luther G Gadd Frank Meier and Ross of Cincinnati toured the area and praised Wilmington for potential metal stamping and steam boiler plant projects.
Miss H. James is a Seashore Hotel guest. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. McCorker of the city are guests at The Seashore. Mrs. Frank Loewy and her daughter Miss Doris of Philadelphia visit Mrs. Loewy’s parents Mr. and Mrs. L. Stein on Wrightsville Beach.
Messrs Paul M. Comes and T. H. Mason of this city and R. A. Johnson of Atlanta, guests at Beach, returned from a fishing trip yesterday with 50 or more fine black fish.
Mr and Mrs Esley O Anderson and their son Esley O Anderson Jr will travel Saturday to Wrightsville Beach. Mr Anderson will attend the annual meeting of the North Carolina Bankers Association reflecting a family trip and professional engagement.
Citizens urged to lend money for Liberty Loan Bonds as a national effort to fund the war. Banks report growing subscriptions but a final push is needed before noon Friday when books close, with a city canvass by the Clearing House Association and National Special Aid committees aiding in the drive.
The annual convention program for the State Bar Association at Battery Park Hotel Asheville July 3 and 4 is announced by Thomas W. Davis of Wilmington. A. Hall Johnson will deliver the welcome address, Matt H. Allen will respond, and the annual address will be given by President A. L. Brooks of Greensboro.
Following guests are registered at the Oceanic Hotel today Messrs H C Smith Chattanooga Tenn George W Pryor Greensboro J A Singleton Greenville SC D C Pierce Winston Salem Samuel L White Greenville NC O A Savani Winston Salem
The Seashore Hotel lists guests including H. B. Deb2v ing F. J. Rohing and J. Presley from New York Lumberton H. R. Moon Atlanta J. W. Boyd Columbia H. C. James Biloxi Miss Capt. H. K Hobbs city Ramond Hunt city and J. L. Pickerel of this city.
Mrs A M Sinclair and sons McClean and Hugh will leave late this week for Wrightsville Beach where a cottage has been leased. Hugh is recovering from typhoid fever and will delay travel for several days.
A proposed measure in the Illinois Legislature imposes penalties on women for buying or wearing high heeled shoes or slippers. The bill aims to conserve leather supply and related resources.
Vigorous protest by Mr W. M. Cumming against the destruction of a surface closet on his premises sparked the boards health meeting. He claimed unauthorized action by health officers and questioned the conduct of Officer Lord and Dr. Nesbitt defended the departments restraint and outlined steps to condemn closets within the restricted area.
The eleventh annual convention of the Launderers Association of the Carolinas and Georgia closed at Wrightsville Beach with a dance at Lumina. It re elected most officers, changed name to Laundrymen Owners Association, and set Tybee Island as the 1918 meeting site. President T A Martin of Atlanta was reelected. J O Hinton of Wilmington named first vice president. C N Brown reelected second vice president. E S Bee of Charlotte named secretary and treasurer.
Dr Nesbitt notes repeated warnings to connect with the sewer and defends enforcement of removal of surface closets, while Mr Moore questions hardship on the poor and urges city payment of connections. County health officer Stovall reports satisfactory treatment, and Nesbitt and Stovall are tasked to improve medicine distribution to the poor. Routine business follows.
One hundred student officers from the Fort McPherson training camp will be moved Saturday to Fortress Monroe Virginia. The group comprises candidates for commissions in the coast artillery service.
A special committee of the Chamber of Commerce approves inviting members to join the Hardware Association of the Carolinas. Delegates will meet June 20 and 21 with an elaborate banquet at the Seashore Hotel on June 1 to 6:45 to 7:15 PM, plus a fishing event for visiting delegates. Organizers include George P. Glavin as chairman and J. Jacobi, Fred Burr, J. C. Springer, J. Rice, and John R. Murchison.
A civic appeal urges immediate support for Liberty Loan in a period voice. The author argues democratic ideals sustain posterity and urges action through modern martyrdoms on land and sea, invoking Old Glory and national duty.
Rose Festival opens in Portland Oregon with daily entertainments and patriotic parades. The city expects large crowds as visitors from the Northwest fill hotels and venues, with conventions boosting attendance over the next three days.
The board of trustees at the University of the South in Sewanee Tennessee yesterday celebrated six years under the leadership of Right Reverend Thomas B. G. of the Diocese of Tennessee. The event highlighted ongoing university progress and ecclesiastical support.
Formally in Alabama Medici and former mayor Dr H W Blair and his wife were reported shot last night in Indiana. The pair, separated and facing a divorce suit, reportedly died by self inflicted gunfire in a moving picture field incident.
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