Wilmington Schools Honor Busy February Honor Roll
The Hemenway and other Wilmington schools celebrate patriotism with Red Cross programs. Miss Lathrop and Miss Brock led grade playlets and pantomimes as 21 week no tardy records were noted. February honor roll lists many students across grades with perfect spelling and high marks. The George Washington birthday celebration included Betsy Ross figures, a flag drill, and a Y. M. C. A. talk offering rewards for boys.
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Academy
George Washington
Miss Anderson
Evelyn Tilley
Betsy Ross
William Mebane
Thomas Durst
Thomas Arst
Washington
Dock
Blair
Hinnant
Memory of a Brother in Verse and Faith
A fragment from S L Galloway reflects on a brother Sam who died at 34 and wrote poems in youth. The writer recalls Sam as a devoted reader and lover of beauty, noting his early promise and depth of church history knowledge. The piece blends elegy with reminiscence of Sam’s character and intellect.
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Honor Roll At Cornelius Harnett School Featured In Month's List
An unusually large number of pupils at the Cornelius Harnett school earned honor roll marks for the month. The list includes first through sixth grades with many students perfect in spelling. Notable names span classes from Miss Carrie King to Miss Exum with both girls and boys recognized for high achievement in spelling.
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Cornelius Harnett School
Carrie King
Sibyl Bryant
Muriel Gooden
Rosa Kosch
Mildred Moore
Mildred Peterson
Helen Sellers
Alberta Wilson
Emil Sell
William Brinkley
Wilbert Cherry
Horton Pridgen
Willie Boyette
Carl Schutt
George Schutt
Edward Marshall
Miss Cavanaugh
Alice Gooden
Dena Hyndall
Annette Woolard
Katie Lear
James Lynch
Marion Matthews
Alva Penny
Auburn Sox
Emma Hazel King
Elsie Ennett
Julia Johnson
Nellie Lee
Edna Murray
Jessie Merritt
Daisy Shields
Eleanor Watson
Rudolph Konig
Louis Schutt
Rossie Thompson
Ruth McMillan
Susie Neviels
Mildred Schmidt
Miss Pickard
Dorothy Abelovitz
Rebecca Bardin
Mary Brinkley
Rosa Lee Cox
Lillian Cumbee
Dot Griffin
Will D. Johnston
Merica Kazekides
Ruth Peterson
Glady’s Rollinson
Rosa
Dorothy Holmes
Birdie Kemp
Louise Lewis
Mamie Watkins
Mary Rivenbark
Adrian Casteen
Edison Kemp
Donovan Matthews
Fritz Steljes
Frank Weeks
Mary Williams
Mrs. Clarke
Annie Lear
Louise Sullivan
Annie May Hatchell
Louise Morrison
Louise Peterson
Elizabeth Rogers
Viola McMillan
Addie Wilson Sell
James White
Leo Harrington
Otway Crewes
Clarence Baird
Marvin Watson
Jesse Peterson
Martha Holmes
Lottie Sellers
Louise Smith
Harold Wilson
Orrell
Elizabeth Harrison
Beatrice Turbeville
Frank McInnis
Jacob Kadushin
Rudolph Harrington
Ben Hines
George Nichols
Jesse Binkley
James Grimsley
Madeline Pickett
Ray Presson
Miss Exum
Elma Teachey
Hazel Hawkins
Eunice Johnston
Cary Mote
Tobie Renik
William Konig
Fred Dlugin
James Street
Mabel Perkins
Arline Rich
Elizabeth Steenken
Catharine Steenken
Tom Batson
Judson Sellers
Honor Roll and Perfect Spelling Students Noted
February honor roll lists second grade Smeth Clayton Helen Salling Edith Graham Lillian Salling Thomas Hall. Third grade names Paul Carr Henry Ruark Hazel Batson Lucille Donnell Elizabeth King Eloise Shepherd Agatha Leewenberg A G Hill Uriel Strickland Clara Brantley Dorothy Edwards Helen Windley Edna Smith. Perfect in spelling Pinckney Stack Hazel Batson Uriel Strickland Eloise Shepherd Margaret Werner Edna Smith Dorothy Edwards Agatha Leewenberg. Fourth grade Glenwood Blomme Charles Graham Lacy Hunt Robert Colwell Frank Hall William McGlaughon.
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Lathrop
May Anson
Marsden Bellamy
Mildred Greer
Margaret Hanna
Lee May
Elizabeth Mohr
Jessie Murphy
Beatrice Savage
Emilia Schnibben
James Shelly
Clerwood Vaughn
Mildrew Greer
Jessie Rehder
George Trask
Miss Hill
Bettie Boney
Nancy Bowman
Rosalie Jacobi
Elizabeth Stewart
Philip Taylor
Better Boney
Robert Plummer
Miss Johnson
Elizabeth Sneeden
Virginia Happy
Margaret Blake
Margaret Hale
Fairfield Butt
Muss Been
Mary Catherine Bissinger
Trabue Barksdale
Idalea Crocker
Johanna Duls
Emilie Eve Jewett
Grace Otten
Helen Wolf
Carolyn Iyn Black
Stephen Allard
Morris Caldwell
Herbert McClammy
Edward McEachern
Eam Raines
John Wessell
Rivers Lawther
McEachern
Sam Raines
Allen Thomas
Catherine Bissinger
Emily Eve Jewett
Miss Miller
Ruth de Witt
Mary Sandlin
David Westbrook
Blanche Capps
Virginia Hall
Miss von Glahn
Blanche Baden
Mary Lacy Barney
Wilmer Kuck
Ella Mae King
Mary Hardin
Nancy Battle
Margaret Elliott
Caroline Bear
Louise Munson
Marjorie Willard
Aileen Kares
Annie Baltzer
Gertrude Brown
Lucille Hardwick
Mildred Fearington
Ethel Sugg
Leona Caldwell
Lina McEachern
Ellen Grant
Abram Solomon
Henry Bremer
Tom Wagner
Howard Buck
Frank Blutchington
David Jordan
B—Addie Branch
Madelyne Styne
Fannie Russ
Evelyn Zellers
Mary Jacob
Viola Dixon
Eloise Hall
Bessie Simmonds
Lottie Vann
Samuel Hawkins
Guy Cardwell
Lucy Hall
Carolyn Price
Jennie May Hartsfield
James King
John Curtis
Myrtle Register
Estelle Stokley
Gertrude George
John Fuchs
Thomas Wright
Edwin Gore
Hershel Lemon
Ruth Smith
Katherine Price
Margaret Shinberger
Nick Davis
Helen Farmer
Annie Newberry Kerr
Norwood Appleberry
Kenneth Pinner
Joyce Fales
Marie Stevens
Lucille Croom
James Smith
John Foreman
Edward Register
Robbins Fowler
Earl Walton
Lynwood Robbins
Marion Caine
Kermon Taylor
Max Bass
Estelle Benton
Sophie Smith
Olive Brown
Annhie Haines
Janice Davis
Dorothy Mercer
Sibyl Fremaine
Rebecca May
Catherine Wells
Catherine Cowan
Frances Davis
Hazel de Orange
Elizabeth Duffy
Ada Flynn
Christine Fuchs
Evelyn Tilly
Frances Hayes
Ellen Kure
Thelma Liles
Elizabeth Parsley
Dorothy Price
Thelma Ryan
Althea Orrell
Christine Schnibben
Margaret Sellers
Betty Willard
Ida Whyte
B—Normand Shew
Charles Farmer
Willie Ingram
Dodson Rouark
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Minnie Benton
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Margerette James
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Sadie Bass
Clara Mallard
Katherine Hill
Marcus Goldstein
Henry Sternberger
Robert Fales
Fred Jewell
William Tiencken
Gilbert Morton
Clayton Moore
Elma Cowell
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Janie Griffith
Marie Bland
Doris Stephenson
Thelma Batson
May Pitt
Elizabeth Shaefer
Helena Bleecker
Lillian Steljes
Miriam Weeks
William McGlaughon
Annie Love
Jean McCade
Ella Ward
Audrey Williford
Bernice Branch
Mary Benson
Jack McCarley
Beatrice Roberts
Marguerite Donnell
Mary Baldwin
Marie Versall
Jack Wookerton
Edith Craig
Raleigh Pearson
Dorothy Burt
Gertrude Leewenberg
Elizabeth Hart
Smeth Clayton
Helen Salling
Edith Graham
Lillian Salling
Thomas Hall
Paul Carr
Henry Ruark
Hazel Batson
Lucille
Donnell
Elizabeth King
Eloise Shepherd
Agatha Leewenberg
A. G. Hill
Uriel Strickland
Clara Brantley
Dorothy Edwards
Helen Windley
Edna Smith
Pinckney Stack
Margaret Werner
Fouth Grade
Glenwood Blomme
Charles Graham
Lacy Hunt
Robert Colwell
Frank Hall
Senate grants Wilson free hand in international affairs
The Senate voted to give President Wilson authority to conduct foreign policy, while reports note German forces entered a village near Verdun after heavy losses. Britain adopts a U S suggested plan to safeguard passage of legitimate American shipments through the blockade.
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Word that Offended Womanhood Attributed to W C G
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Burgaw Socials and Visits Reported in Local Notes
Miss Mary Williams spent the weekend with relatives in Rocky Point. Blanche and Maude Paddison of Bowden's school were here. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Manley visited in Faison. Mrs. Erwin Trainham and daughter Louise of Richmond hosted by Mrs. S. W. Bowen. The Hall couple from Watha and the Harrells visited relatives. Lucy Plunkett visited Marion Ss. Isabell Brown returned from Wilmington. R. J. Williams and daughter Mary Williams, at school in Burgaw, spent the weekend with their parents.
Freeman Church News and Local Visits
Freeman notes Rev Ballard held a regular service at the Baptist church. Visitors include Mrs Lela Sessoms from Wilmington and Miss Mary Woolvin at Mrs J W Brinkley’s guest. Cades South Carolina resident J R Reaves visited relatives. Marion South Carolina guests Frank and Mrs Ellis returned home after visiting. E Hill of Newbern and E J Grimsley attended local business nearby.
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Frank Ellis
Marion
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Whiteville
Prominent Politician decried in archaic sermon style
The piece lampoons a modern politician as hypocritical and self serving. It uses biblical cadences and mocks promises to labor unions while urging Congress to unite for the nation’s peril and reject partisan politics. The author calls for a Union Inseparable and an end to electioneering games.
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House
Senate
Mary Tudor
Dennis
Selah
I am for my country My country right or wrong
A patriotic exhortation urges unity behind the national cause. It calls readers to support the Nation's Chief, set aside differences, and answer the call to arms with courage and loyalty to country over politics. It emphasizes American unity and resolve.
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Lonesome Pine
Birthday notices for notable figures marked by age
Sherman L. Whipple born in New London New Hampshire fifty five years ago today. Count de Tarnow Tarnowski Austro Hungarian ambassador to the United States born in Galicia fifty one years ago today. Eben Swift brigadier general United States army born in Wyoming thirty six years ago today. William L. Chambers born in Columbus Georgia sixty five years ago today. Brand Whitlock United States minister to Belgium born in Urbana Ohio forty eight years ago today. Admiral Sir Arthur K Wilson former First Sea Lord born seventy five years ago today.
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Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
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Stage Set for Department of go in California Politics
United Press dispatch outlines Hiram Johnson's rise to governor in California and his impact on state policy. It notes Johnson's past as a national figure, his temper at Hughes, and the forthcoming legislature's progressive composition likely shaping his reform agenda. The report hints at opposition and press strategy as Johnson adjusts to Washington influence and gubernatorial duties.
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Johns
Hughes
William D. Stephone
Bose
Aij Stephens
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