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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1917
Page
14
Warsaw hosts James nat chapter U D C with decor of American flags and flowers. Social hour followed, tea served by Mrs. C A and Miss Nora Womack, plus a later tea for garden society funds. Nearby towns report visits, travels, and community updates across Clarkton Wallace Freeman Laurinburg with multiple residents and events.
A mixed verse collage recounts the ache of home and memory through nature imagery and a longing figure. It blends sentimental lines about streams winds and birds with spoofed dialects and political quips on Edison and submarines, closing with a military ode to the Six Hundred.
Miss Mary Brandt of Greensboro visits Mrs. L. L. Greenwood at Freymount. Mrs. Leighton Husske hosts bridge for Mrs. Benjamin R. Huske Jr. at Haymount, cream served after games. Mrs. A. H. Slocumb Jr. entertains Duplicate Auction Club on Haymount. Visitors include Mrs. Walter C. Hall and son from Cherryville, Mrs. R. H. Fenner and son to Wilmington, and others returning home. Little verse and stray reflections conclude the item.
Mrs L Creekmore of Raleigh hosts guests including Mrs Reed and Miss Barton visits from Hallsboro. Miss Florence Denny returns to St Paul after visiting Mrs Reed. Miss Glennie Kendall Greenville and Miss Sallie Jay Kendall Farm Valley return home. Miss Donna Williams attends Baraca Philathea convention in Asheville. Mrs H G Reynolds visits Rev and Mrs M H Tuttle.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Weinstein spent last Sunday in Fairmont. Miss Marion Coulins returns from Flanders New Jersey after visiting sister Mrs E H Cline. Mr and Mrs John Giles and Mr Flax of Marion South Carolina visited Mrs J B McLelland here last Sunday. Miss Massie Hendren teaching at Delway returns home for summer. Mrs H Baggett of Littlington returns after visiting Mr and Mrs O M Powers. Mr and Mrs O M Powers and Miss Millie Hill motored to Boardman last Sunday. Mrs John Strole of Broadway spent a brief visit here this week. Mrs Marion Stephens of Joardman spent a brief visit here this week.
Art Bucs formerly with the New York Giants has been moved from the Columbus American Association squad to the Baltimore team in the International League.
Pitcher Marty OToole rejoins the Omaha club of the Western league after a stellar previous season with the team. The former Pittsburgh pitcher again displays brilliant work on the mound for Omaha.
Miss Eunice Cook spent the weekend with relatives in Turkey. Miss Vada Highsmith has returned to Wallace after teaching at Keener. Miss Virginia Newsome travels to Princeton to visit friends and relatives. Mrs. H. Bispock spent Wednesday in Goldsboro. Miss Bettie Matthews of Turkey visits sister Mrs. Allie Robinson. Mrs. E. Z. King and son of Wilmington visit Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Herring. Mrs. W. R. Noe and children of Wilmington stay with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Patrick. Miss Jessie Croom of Magnolia returns home after visiting Mrs. Allie Robinson. Mrs. Frank Herring goes to Wallace due to a relative’s illness. Mrs. Ezzell returns to Wilmington after visiting daughters here. Mrs. G. G. Best of Warsaw visits Mrs. David Herring. Miss Azile Sandling of Wilmington visits her mother here.
Mount Olive and Whiteville gossip and social notes cover brief visits in Goldsboro Wilmington trips and local entertainments. Mrs H G Williamson visits Goldsboro while Miss Estelle McPhail and Vera Chestnut travel to Turkey. The Mount Olive group also discusses Conserving Our Foodstuffs at a Woman's Club meeting.
May 19 notices recount Mrs W J Prevatt returning from Hopewell Virginia and Miss Josephine Breece visiting relatives in Hope Mills South Carolina. Miss Emma Wharfield of Laurinburg visits her parents and others from Bloomingdale stop by this week. Mrs Frank Purse and Mrs Jack Allison of Charlotte spend a brief visit with Mrs G M Wharfield.
Mrs Will Eubanks of Maysville and Miss Bertha Gilbert of Beaufort toured New Bern this week while several others including Mrs B H Nelson Mrs C R Thomas and Miss Lula Pugh traveled to Durham New York Raleigh and Nashville for visits.
Lumberton May 19 Lumbee Research club met Mrs R D Caldwell for a Tennyson study session with papers by Mrs C B Skipper Effie Newton and Mrs J R Poole. Young Matrons club at Mrs J R Poole's May 11 enjoyed colors flags blue ribbon and rock counting. Numerous local visits and guest stays noted including V A Keister, W J Prevatt family members and friends from Laurinburg Hickory Selma and Nyack.
Newark and Buffalo rise as big surprises this season with the Indians leading the standings while the defending Bi sons lag behind. Greensboro plans a visit to her daughter Mrs. JJ C Watkins.
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