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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1917
Page
11
Guests and visitors flock to Wilmington area as residents move to cottages at Wrightsville Beach. Entries mention Miss Clayton Fisher Miss Eunice Mullen and Mrs Mary E Briel among others visiting or returning home.
The Red Cross notes another week of smooth meetings on Tuesday and Friday mornings. Sewing machines will aid work. old linen donations are urged. wool arrived for Navy League branches. more workers are needed across all departments. A Victoria benefit drew strong support from Howard and Wells. next Friday Miss Alderman’s Sunbeam club presents The Wild Rose operetta for Red Cross, tickets 25 cents. Mrs. Cuthbert Martin travels to Washington for National Society meetings.
At a special Fire Underwriters meeting in J H Boatwright & Son offices the board ordered an In Memoriam notice for Clayton Giles, July 5 1844 May 19 1917. The tribute praises his integrity, public service, Christian faith, and devotion to family, noting his Southern Army service and lasting influence on the Cape Fear region.
The brief ad promotes a beach day with an inviting afternoon in the sun. It emphasizes leisure and seasonal enjoyment for readers seeking recreation by the sea.
The notice calls every citizen within prescribed ages to list his name as a loyal supporter of the government and a patriot willing to defend the country’s rights. It emphasizes arousing patriotism to create a record of pride for the city of Wilmington.
Mr. Charles Grainger of the Second Regiment Band, stationed at Goldsboro, spends the week end in the city. The Fayetteville Observer notes Mr. Edmund L. Pemberton Jr arrived from Texas and leaves Monday for Wilmington to take a Government post.
Tonight at 8 oclock at St Stephen s AME church representatives of both races will address the importance of registering and provide essential information. Speakers include J A Taylor C C Chadbourn and Dr Charles T Nesbitt with music to accompany. Afterward some speakers move to Shiloh Baptist to continue the discussion about registering men ages 21 to 30.
Frank M. Ross, former Hall and Ross partner and Sanders store manager, leaves the Hall and Ross firm to operate his own grocery business. He has purchased the late Mrs. W. Sanders’s grocery, and will trade under the name M. Ross, keeping Halil and Ross as the existing firm name.
Funeral services for Lloyd Williams Allen will be held at his Delgado home at 20 this afternoon at 2 30 conducted by D H Wilcox assistant to Reverend Dr Jane Jeter Hurt pastor of the First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Bellevue Cemetery.
Wilmington prepares to send a large veteran delegation to the twenty seventh annual Confederate reunion in Washington D C June 5 6 and 7 with a royal reception planned They will travel from Raleigh Houses to Fourteenth and H streets then occupy a plaza area for speeches and recruiting efforts General James I Mets will lead NC veterans to Washington and many locals hope for aid to cover travel for those lacking funds
Aged mobile delivery rack purchase by New Dyer TC Pret Leagan supports expanded service. The item aims to increase efficiency and meet growing customer demand as the business expands operations.
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