The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-24
Lumbert0n Music
Club Members Hold
Opening Fall Meet =.

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LUMBERTON, Sept. 23.-An In
teresting program was given, year
books we're distributed and tn
new study course was explained
at the first fall meeting of the
Lumberton Music club at the home
of Mrs. John Tudor. Associate
hostesses were Mrs. Hazel e. Pow
ell and Mrs. Max Weinstein. Mrs
Hugh M. McAllister, president
presided. Mrs. w. D. Reynolds
and Mrs. J. A. Martin appeared
on the program, which was In
charge of Mrs. Neill McKeithan,
who elso prepared the yearbooks
Miss Allie Byrd McKinnon W a s
elected delegate to t IN district
meeting at Duke university, o.
tober 10.
Mrs. Chas. H. Durham, wife of
the pastor-emeritus of the First
Baptist church and for q years
teacher of the Alathean B b e
class, has been honored by men,
bers of that class who have chang
ed its name to the Sadie Durham
Bible class. Mrs. Durham W a S
chiefly instrumental in organizing
the class in 1921 and was its teach
er until she moved to Raleigh last
September. Mrs. Paul Blake is
the present teacher. and Mrs. Les
lie J. Huntley, Jr., is president.
A paper on Truths and Leg
ends of Flowers was read by
Mrs. W. W. Parker at the meeting
of the Lumberton Garden club held
at the home of Mrs. D. D. King,
with Mrs. Parker presiding. The
program was in charge of Mrs.
Lacy Mckenzie, who gave e a c h
member a cutting of variegated
English lockwood.
In honor of Miss Helen Oliver
of Marietta, Mrs. H. A. Oliver en-
tertained all the Oliver brothers
and sisters at her home on River
side drive Saturday evening. Miss
Oliver is leaving this weekend for
Washington, D. c., where she has
been appointed to a position with
the Signal Corps of the War De-
partment. An outdoor supper was
cooked and served the II guests
on the banks of the Lumber river
Just in front of Mrs. divers home.
The honor guest was shoWered
with gifts.
Officers for the new ehurc h
school year which begins in Oc-
tober were elected by members
of the Women's Bible class and
the Young Woman's Study class
of Chestnut st eet Methodist
church at their September meet
ing. Mrs. L. J. Britt is president
and Mrs. John F. Mclean, teach
er of the Bible class; Miss Alice
Kelly is president and Miss Fran
ces Kinlaw, teacher Of the study
class.
The history Of the piano was
ably presented by Mrs. w. Carey
Hedgpeth at the quarterly meeting
of the Inquirers club at the home
of Mrs. Henry Ward Mrs. He'd
peth, Mrs. w. F. Scarborough and
Mrs. Franklin Biggs were asso-
ciate hostesses. Mrs. Hugh A. Nc
Allister, president, presided.
Mrs. Henry Ward was elected
president of the Koinonian class
of the First Baptist church at its
meeting at the home of Mrs. Jas
per c. Hutto, with Mrs. ]. Glenn
Blackburn presiding.
Miss Mary Kline Bowman was
elected president of the Masters
Music club, composed of all mu-
sic students above the fifth grade
under different teachers of Lum-
berton, at its first meeting of the
1894 term in the apartment of
Miss Allie Byrd McKinnon.
The Col Thomas Robson chap
ter of the OAR. met with Mrs.
E. A. Allen, Sr., with Mrs. Allen,
acting vice-regent, presiding. Mrs.
]. N. Britt was elected second
vice-regent. Members voted to buy
a war bond as chapter and to
donate to a blood plasma bank.
National wealth reached its
highest level in 1929 when it was
1852 billion, or O2,987 per capita.
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The first public High school in
the U. S. was established in Bos-
,on in 1921.