Carr and Owens at Academy Last Night
General Julian S Carr of Durham urged cooperation and enthusiasm for postwar shipbuilding in Wilmington at the Academy of Music. Dr. Clarence J Owens of the shipping board spoke on progress and potential of southern shipyards, praising local efforts and urging swift realization of opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Scarr
Durham
Academy of Music
Shipping Board
Southern Commercial Congress
Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Thomas W. Davis
General Carr
Wilmington
Roger Moore
Mr. Schwab
Edwin N. Hurley
The
Jule Carr
Messrs. Schawb
Hurley
Carr
Food Administration
Hoover
Mason and Dixon Line
Southland
South
Henry Schwab
Owens
Five Wilmington Nurses Pass State Exam Board
Five of 115 nurses passed the state examining board yesterday with Wilmington representation. Names from Wilmington include Virginia Ingraham August Fuchs Lessie DeRosset Cotchett Mrs Foretta McClure Le utia Jayne and Oralee Stallings alongside others from Fayetteville and Goldsboro reflecting East Carolina ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Eral
Fayetteville
Goldsboro
East Carolina
Cing
Virginia Ingraham August Fuchs
Lessie DeRosset Cotchett
Foretta McClure
le- Utia Jayne
Oralee Stallings
Tom Fayetteville
Ruth -Monroe
Bowyer
Bessie Haigh
Lily
Hamilton
Marjorie Antley
Coldsboro
Annie Austen
Beulah Broughton
Myrtle Ferrell
Mary Falkner
Annie Clark
Julia Bruen
Katie Corbett
Winnie Cotton
Emma Massenberk
Willet Farley
Elizabeth Bailey
Elizabeth
Oker
Sadie Price
Alberta Rusch
Levada Miller
Cake contest lights up Scott's Hill school in War Savings drive
Wrightsville defeats Scott's Hill as cake sells for 301 15, a high record in county events. Virginia Coel receives the cake, Susie Mallett assists, and J O Brown leads the war savings push with patriotic fervor at the Scott's Hill event hosted by Carrie E Hines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott's Hill
Wrightsville
Scott’s Hill
United States
War Savings
J. O. Brown
Virginia Coel
Susie Mallett
Carrie E. Hines
N. C
United States of America
France
Woman Injured When Car Collides At Market Street Intersection
Mrs Hattie Harriss was hurled from a car driven by a colored chauffeur William Small in a collision with a Burgaw owned vehicle operated by G C Hand at Fifth and Market streets yesterday afternoon. Small was arrested on reckless driving charges and no chauffeur license was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Harriss
Sam Bear
G. C. Hand
Burgaw
Fifth and
Market Streets
William Small
Small
Draft officials seek engineer and bricklayer for service
The city draft board is asked to induct a locomotive engineer from classes one two or three if needed. A colored bricklayer is also requested by voluntary enlistment, otherwise from the same classes. Both calls must be filled at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Draft Board
Adjutant General’s Office
Kansas Democrats Rally in Topeka Conference Hints Ticket Plans
Kansas Democrats gathered in Topeka on May 21 to show resolve against Republican gains. Leaders expected to reach a partial agreement on the primary ticket composition before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Beautifying the Yard at the Academy of Music
The city undertakes a beautification of the Princess Street yard at the Academy of Music with Chief Nathan J. Williams leading the work. The old stone walkway will be removed and replaced by grass and circular flower beds. Cement steps near the police station will go, the hedge opening closed, and a public shortcut from Third to Princess will be blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Street
City Hall
Nathan J. Williams
Academy of Mass
Third
Princess
Williams
Odd Fellowism
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows For
North Carolina
Odd Fellows
Princess Streets
Rebekahs
Grand Lodge
Academy
Goldsboro
Parker Quince Moore
Marcus W. Jacobi
Chamber of Commerce
I. C. Wright
J. F. Littleton
Wrightsville Beach
Electric Center
L. A. Moore
S. A. Matthews
Col. Walker Taylor
C. R. Yopp
T. E. Davis
Thomas Hill
Thirty-Fifth Annual Council Convenes at St John’s Church
The thirty-fifth annual council of the diocese of East Carolina opened last night at St. John’s Episcopal church with a sermon on Religious Education by Rev. Dr. Llewellyn N. Caley. The three day session included Bishop Durst’s annual sermon and a busy program of routine business and evening addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diocese of
East Carolina
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Llewellyn N. Caley
Philadelphia
American Church Sunday School Magazine
Sesson
Thomas Campbell Durst
Week's Royal Attraction of a Creditable Nature
The Royal theatre resumes after a week of repairs with the mile a minute girls. The five chorus members display strong kicking, good voices, and solid harmony. The blackface acts are passable and the overall show meets the standard for the smaller light entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Theatre
Greensboro Parents and Teachers Association Formed
The Central organization unites Greens boro parent and teacher groups to share ideas and enable cooperative work. The drive aims to secure a small board of education appropriation for beautifying school grounds and playground apparatus, creating a community of purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Greensboro
Board of Education
Greensboro Nems
Roosevelt to Address Germans at Wittenberg College
Springfield preparations for Col. Theodore Roosevelt to speak next Saturday at Wittenberg college. Only men of German birth or parentage will sit on the platform as part of this patriotic address tour under the National Security league auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Springfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Wittenberg College
Middle West
National Security League
Death of Miss Estelle Biedenbach Honored by Pittsburgh Courts
Courts in Pittsburgh adjourned out of respect to the memory of Estelle Biedenbach the first woman member of the Pittsburgh bar whose death was noted recently in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Biedenbach
Pittsburgh
Commencement Exercises at the Fland School
Commencement at the Leland graded school closed a very successful year with a detailed student program. Superintendent A B Cameron praised the work. the program featured songs, dances, pantomime, and short acts performed by boys, girls, and several grade groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fland School
Leland Graded School
A. B. Cameron
Sonout
Backwoods
Doris
Merrill Seen Likely for SAR President General
Indications point to John L. Merrill of East Orange New Jersey as president general of the Sons of the American Revolution at its national congress in Rochester New York. Nashville Tennessee is likely choice for next year’s convention site and the gathering ends with a patriotic banquet at the Hotel Seneca tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of American Revolution
Rochester
N. Y
John L. Merrill
East Orange
N. J
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Nashville
Tenn
Hotel Seneca
Dudley to Sell Property for Repairs and Cash Bid
Notice states that on the third day of May 1918 at the court house door in the county the property of Saxon Astemevile will be sold to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy a debt for repairs. EB P. Dudley signs as the clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norte
Carolina
Ertin
Fay
EB P. Dudley
Rachel
Wilm
Bleck
Wilmington
Gwyn Street
Anderson Street
Mulberry Street
Gard Alley
Anderson Stree
Belog
North Carolina
John D. Bellamy & Son
The Zeppelins Come Alive on Screen at Academy
The Zeppelin's Last Raid, Thomas H. Ince's wartime spectacle, opens Thursday at the Academy of Music under Red Cross auspices. C Gardner Sullivan adapts democracy themes from Germany's revolutions as a thrilling, technical portrayal of the airship and its bomb volleys. Proceeds go to war savings stamps for Red Cross aid, with J O Brown directing a cake contest to boost the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Ince
Academy of Music
Red Cross
Germany
West Front
Ince
C. Gardner Sullivan
Europe
Mr. Sullivan
Zep
German Empire
J. O. Brown
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Carr and
Scott's
Eeger
Kaiser Bill
Acadmey OF Music
Princess To
Third Street
Rebekas
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Osiery
Durham Hosiery
Ask Fer
Asable
Sieyat En Everr
Azurea
Carmen
Dagett & Ramdale
Melba
Big
J. Blackwell
Care Dispatch
Territory Wire
Carolina Printing and Stamp Works
Grace St
Sullivan
King of Shoemakers
Front Street
New York City
35Th Street
Bet
5Th Ave
Broadway
Coa
Fay Beekiet
Aey
J.B. McCabe and CO
Certified Public Accoun
Murchison Bank
Wilmington, N. C
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