Red Cross Seeks Donations and Volunteer Help
Red Cross reports falling attendance and asks members to boost effort next week. Calls for gauze, lighting, chairs, tables, and furnishings to replace Dr Moore’s office, plus wool scraps and knitted items for room crews. Totals show attendance 383 and surgical supplies totals with various donations from Dr J H Honnet to local schools and clubs. An entertainment raised about $15 for the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Dr. Moore
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Ave
St. John’s
Winter Park
J. H. Honnet
Hemenway
Genoal
Headquarters Fire Department
Ella Ray Smith
Percy Cowan
Woman’s School Improvement Club
Myrtle Grove Sound
Wrightsvile School
Northam
W. L. Parsley
Ella Lamb
W. N. Harris
Fort Caswell
G. W. Trask
Ada Firm
Local School Closes After May Concert in Marietta NC
May 11 report from Marietta North Carolina notes the local school closed May 1 with a concert. R M Beasley of Raleigh delivered a forceful wartime speech. Despite high prices and wheatless day the dinner was plentiful. Several residents and visitors are mentioned including Clara Bowls, Maggie Bridgman, Laura Scarboro, Cherry, Tannie Oliver, Viola Watson, Grover Page and families visiting or traveling to Lumberton, Mt Gilead, Raeford, Dunn and Proctorsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
N. C
R. M. Beasley
Raleigh
Clara Bowls
Hickory
W. M. Oliver
W. P. Oliver
John Frank
Lumberton
Mollie Roberts
Nichols
Grover Britt
Wekend
J. B. Hamilton
Laura Scarboro
Mt. Gilead
Cherry
Mr. Townsend
McOliver
Ownsend
Dunn
Townsend
M. Oliver
Raeford
Engagement Announced of Miss Margaret Hill Peirce
Warsaw North Carolina reports the engagement of Miss Margaret Hill Peirce to Mr. William Grayson Orme of Washington DC. Orme belongs to a prominent southern family and is serving in fuel administration work. The couple plans to wed June 15 at the Warsaw Presbyterian Church and reside in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
North Carolina
Washington
Thos. B. Peirce
Margaret Hill Peirce
William Grayson Orme
D. C
Orme
Peirce
Touts
Connecticut Avenue
Dupont Circle
Presbyterian Church
YMCA Sees Motion Picture Use Surge Beyond National Output
The YMCA notes its current use of motion picture films exceeds the total output of all U.S. studios three years ago, highlighting a rapid rise in film usage within its programs and activities.
Also Mentioned on This Page
RED Cross Bulletin
Jean Finney
H. Llaze
Mary Brown
Gleaves
Dwight C. Haver
Margaret Garnet
Jennie Gilchrist
S. Solomon
Rowe Wiggins
P. Collier
Anion Harriss
Ruth and Vary Willoughby
Janie Dunn
J. Black
Baxer
Louise Rutland
Annie Baltzer
John Hardin
Jno. Wessell
Gregg
Alice Walker
Jno. Murchison
Jane Fussell
Margaret Bordeaux
Bannenbaum
Christine Stevenson
St. Andrew's Unit
C. W. Worth
Annie Price
Miss Hewlett
Pembroke Jones
Bettie Worth
Marie Walker
Carrie Melvin
Kerr
Florence Oliver
Woman’s Missionary Society
S. M. Oliver
Marrietta
Jerry Reynolds
Neice
Igruer
Conservative Progress
Central Consumers CO. Inc
Louisville, Ky
Wagner Distributing Company Wholesale Distributors Water and
Orange Streets
P. O
Cape Fear River
Carolina Beach Boulevard
O. T. Wallace
Home Bank
Enced
North
Carolina
State Corporation Commission
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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