Local Society Notes Mention Guests and Travel Plans
The item lists families and individuals visiting relatives away from home and traveling to weddings and events. It names Mrs. W. Copeland and Mrs. R. P. Russell among guests, with others from Kerr, Raleigh, Concord, and Birmingham noted for visits and attendance, including Miss Hilda Conyers and Miss Viena Hutt as arrivals for a wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tma Anderson
Raleigh
Onkin Watters
Concord
Leighton Boon
Ini
Asheville
Res Cotin
Birmingham
Ala
Mares Wright Taylor
Wilmes
Hilda Conyers
Umberland
Viena Hutt
Miriam Parker
Sarah Mellon
Charin
Conyers
North Carolina Land Owners Form New Eastern Group
The executive committee of the North Carolina Land Owners Association meets at the Chamber of Commerce after forming at an eastern North Carolina gathering on April 19. Ex-Congressman R N Page chairs the session with H L Finkelstaedt W F Aberly H C McQueen Hugh MacRae M W Jacobi and Clement S Acker in attendance. They plan to address idle land use and tick eradication in the region as a major agenda item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Land Owners’ Association
North Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
R. N. Page
Briscoe
N. C
H. L. Finkelstaedt
Bolton
W. F. Aberly
New Bern
H. C. McQueen
Hugh MacRae
M. W. Jacobi
Clement S. Acker
Southern Settlement and Development Company
Baltimore
Winter oats should be saved for seed, not feed
Washington June 19 farmers in the South with winter oats of good quality are urged to save them for seed due to a poor seed supply. The crop winter killed generally last season and many Southeastern counties will need to import seed. Farmers should feed corn or other grain to stock or use Northern spring oats for feed, saving scarce winter oats for sowing. Those unsure where to sell may contact the county agent or state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
South
United States Department of Agriculture
R. A. Oakley
United Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Republic
United States
Caja International Mutua de Pensiones
Pueyrredon and
Corrientes Streets
Getting a Permanent Wave in New York Believed Worth the Pain
A United Press feature humorously recounts the rise of the permanent wave in New York salons. It contrasts old pain and long processing times with modern three hour sessions and the lure of glossy curls. It notes risks like dry hair and the allure for movie stardom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Mason
The
United Press
New York
St. Paul
Shero
Gladys
Southern Tex tile Association to Meet at Seashore Hotel
Greensboro couples attend the Seashore Hotel for a gathering of the Southern Tex tile Association with about 300 expected. The Seashore lists numerous registered guests from cities including New York Philadelphia Richmond and Greensboro among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max T. Payne
Greensboro
Seashore Hotel
Southern Textile Association
M. M. Murphy
E. V. Durham
E. Conroy
J. A. Hudson
A. L. Austin
E. E. Risley
New York City
J. E. Armfield
Goldsboro
N. Malone
Malone Whitless
Philadelphia
G. R. Harwood
Richmond
N. W. Thayer
Frank Redfern
R. E. Bolling
Monroe
N. R. Hodgin
Concert at Harbor Island auditorium during textile convention
A vocal and instrumental concert at Harbor Island auditorium Friday June 22 at 8 30 p m features soloists Miss Anna Graham Harris Miss Catherine Williams and Mr J F Harris Jr and a male quartet with no admission charge. The full program will be published later and the general public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Island Auditorium
Anna Graham Harris
Catherine Williams
J. F. Harris
Permanent Wave Craze Overtakes Weather and Hair Fate
The column riffs on iron tonic ads then shifts to fashion gossip about permanent waves. It laments rainy weather ruining savings only to spark a wave of cosmetic spending as straight or curly hair determines romance, with six months of waves seen as a decisive career and marriage tool.
Farm unit of Patriotic Service League aids Rocky Point farm
Ten boys aged 12 to 18 from the YMCA operate on a 600 acre Rocky Point tract owned by Hugh MacRae. They harvest and plant daily and hope to camp on the farm. They currently ride in cars but seek a donated automobile to shuttle to and from the site. The group lists the ten members: Wesley Turrentine, Ernest Thompson, William Holden, Charlton Symmes, Robert James, Carl Mahler, Hardy Jacobs, Victore Gore, Robert Rasberry and Buck Morriss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Patriotic Service League
Rocky Point
Hugh MacRae
Wesley Turrentine
Ernest Thompson
William Holden
Charlton Symmes
Robert James
Carl Mahler
Hardy Jacobs
Victore Gore
Robert Rasberry
Buck Morriss
Express Trains Stop at Harbor Island for Gardner Speech
Express trains due to depart Center at 8:00 and 8:30 will stop at Harbor Island tonight to accommodate crowds attending the Honorable Max Gardner’s address to the Bankers' convention. Harbor Island normally is not an express stop but will be for this occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Island
Max Gardner
Bankers’ Convention
Center
Argentina’s tax trap fuels misery and land stagnation
United Press reports Argentina suffers severe hardship despite rich land resources. Tax policy punishes improvement while enormous rents and permits drain wealth. a Buenos Aires firm paid 100000 pesos to start construction, underscoring the system’s costs.
Sidelights on Great War
An entire regiment of Scandinavians has been recruited in Canada. More than 6,000 Canadians have joined the British navy during the present war. The standard ship now being built in British ship yards to make good the loss of tonnage due to submarine warfare is of 8 000 tons. The Young Women's Christian Association has three quarters of a million members. The last census showed 5 900 barmaids in the metropolitan district of London. Elinor Glyn wrote her first successful novel to distract her thoughts during a serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women’s Christian Association
London
Elinor Glyn
Mrs Jacksie Daniel Thrasher Joins Beach Visit
Tarboro social leader and president of the North Carolina Daughters of the Confederacy, Mrs Jacksie Daniel Thrasher, is registered at The Oceanic after returning from the Washington reunion. She praises North Carolina chapters and receives a warm welcome from the Daughters of Cape Fear in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksie Daniel Thrasher
Tarboro
North Carlina Daughters of the Confederacy
Oceanic
Thrasher
Washington
North Carolina
Daughters of
Wilmington Lodge 319 Practicing Monthly Masonic Meeting
Masonic Temple June 19 1917 Wilmington Lodge 319 A F and A M holds a regular monthly communication Tuesday at eight o clock P M to transact business and elect officers for the ensuing year. Members are requested to be present visiting brothers invited to meet with us. J F Clowe Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Lodge
A. F
A. M
Oil Tanker John D Archbold Sunk by U Boat
The oil steamship John D Archbold of Standard Oil was sunk by a submarine in European waters. Four crewmen are missing Jose Lorenzo Gregorio Loza and Domingo Lago among them. The 8374 ton vessel built in 1914 sailed May 20 from New York for Havre Rouen with cargo and a 41 member crew including 12 Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Archbold
France
Jose Lorenzo
Gregorio Loza
Domingo Lago
Newport News
Havre
Rouen
H. B. Thompson
Engineer volunteers inspection officer departs for Fort Oglethorpe
Lieut. R. F. Ruff of the U S Medical Officers Reserve, who had been stationed here to examine volunteers for the regiment of engineers bound for France, has left for Fort Oglethorpe. Mr. Charles I. Taylor returned yesterday from a brief business trip to Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Ruff
U.S
Regiment of Engineers
France
Fort Oglethorpe
Charles I. Taylor
Richmond
Father in Prison Son Released in Texas Case
Alfred Jurgens, 23, of Gonzales Texas, freed on his own recognizance after promising to register immediately. Witness said his father Frank Jurgens threatened to kill him if he registered to fight Germany. Father jailed for 1000 dollars for preventing registration. son entered registration at 7 a.m. June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Antonio
Alfred Jurgens
Gonzales
Texas
United States
Edwards
Jurgen
Frank Jurgens
Germany
Young Jurgens
American Volunteers to the French Front
Paris June 19 Two hundred seventy volunteers left the American field service headquarters for the front last week bringing total serving with French armies or training camps to 1500. Three hundred Americans are in the newly organized transport branch. The field service has 700 cars either at work or under construction with several hundred more ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prese
Paris
American Field Service
Field Service
Local man appointed sworn in as narcotic deputy collector
William A. Canady of Wilmington was sworn in yesterday as narcotic deputy collector in the office of Internal Revenue Collector J. W. Bailey and began his official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Canady
Ra'eigh News and Observer
Wilmington
Internal Revenue
J. W. Bailey
Ofice
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F. Hart
J. Bunson
Florence
W. Copeland
Fourth Street
I. Taylor
Xxs
Jeala Johnson
Little Liss Cora Lee
Kerr
Yson Conekin and Son
St. Petersburg, Fla
R. P. Russell
Johnson
Cool
OM —Shy
Vy' Ibeth
Albro
Scotland
George P. Russell
Young Yiomis
East Orange
N. J
E. C. Bessell
Ani Street
Ea Nave
J.W. Bunn
Nan- Vitvy
F. Oy Zebulon
Sille
Haitie Sandlin
Ed. Sandlin
Ioekhet Street
Sevries
Whitney B. Satchwell
Flor C
Pe‘Ivan
I. A. Hayden
North Sev Pte
Wes
Standard of Purity
Muuar Rep Ourg Ca
Franklin
Black Cat Hosiery
Belle
Beauty
Wrightsville
Bruce Comarti
Dunn
M. L. Milton
C. H. Webb
Albemarle
H. L. Gaudy
C. W. King
Rockingham
T. F. Jones
Wadesboro
M. J. O’neil
M. J. O'Neil
Henderson
W. M.terrell
P. H. Tedder
Heartsville
Ss. C
D. E
Ferrodine Chemical Corp
Roanoke
Advt
Belk Stores
Palm Beach
Belk-Williams Company
City Boys
Canada
J. F. Clowe
Sec’y
Standard Oil Company Seamer
Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
Uzianne
Reily Tay Ee
C-Roas
the Reily~Taylor Company
New Orleans
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