53rd Convention
King's Daughters
JHeld In Durham
To Be Held May 5-6;
Many Ladies Of City
To Attend Conference
The 53rd annual convention of
The King’s Daughters and sons
will meet in Durham May 5-6.
The King’s Daughters and Sons
f:as organized in New York City
anuary 13, 1886 by ten women
from ten different walks of life
who were interested in the devel
opment of spiritual life and Christ
ian activities.
a Today the membership of ap
proximately 70,000 encircles the
globe. They are supporting homes
for aged, hospitals for incurables,
day nurseries and aiding under
privileged children. Perhaps no
a^her organization in America is
crning more for National Defense
than are the King’s Daughters
and Sons of America. The open
ing session will be a dinner meet
ing at the Washington Duke Hotel
«ednesday, May 5, at 7: p. m.
rs. B. L. Tyree will bring greet
ings from the women’s organi
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Dr. Brantley Watson, Duke Uni
versity, with his quartet will fur
bish special music. He will lead
^oup singing also. Hr. Frank
Pierson, Secretary of the Durham
Chamber of Commerce will be
the after-dinner speaker and the
Hon. Wm. B. Umstead, former
«S. Congressman, will deliver
Ee principal address of the even
ing. His subject will be “Women
in National Defense and Post
War Life.”
Thursday at 9:30 a. m. the con
dition will get under way at the
Kng’s Daughters’ Home on Buch
anan Boulevard. Mrs. Walton V.
Byers, a local woman prominent
in the social, pariotic and re
ligious life of the city will lead
devotional. Mrs. Byers is an ac
complished speaker. All daughters
and friends are urged to get in
on time so as not to miss her
worthwhile message.
Mrs. T. R. Manning, Roanoke
Rapids, who is State Chaplain,
#Rl conduct the Memorial for the
Daughters who have passed away
this year. The flowers used in
the service will be sent to Raleigh
to be placed on the grave of Mrs.
W. H. S. Burgwyn who served as
^Oanch President for seventeen
years.
At 1:00 p. m. the Sheltering
Home Circle will be hostess to
the entire convention at a buffet
luncheon. Mrs. J. M. Cheek, local
Resident and her committee will
have charge of arrangements for
the luncheon.lt is hoped that a
large number of delegates and
members will be present for all
sessions as much important busi
ijfcss ' will be transacted. Among
the officers to be elected are the
president, the second vice-presi
dent and the treasurer.
The committe on general ar
rangements is composed of Mrs.
'Aomas V. Young, President, Mrs.
Z. A. Rochelle, First Vice-Presi
dent, Mrs. Octavia Evans, Corre
sponding Secretary, Mrs. J. M.
Cheek, local President.
Mrs. Young will be hostess to
f- Executive Board at a luncheon
her home on Markham Avenue,
Wednesday, May 5 at 12:30 p. m.
after which she will hold the final
board meeting of her administra
tion. Those expected to attend the
Itttcheon-Board meeting are in ad
dition to the local members, are
Mrs. J. A. Salter, Raleigh, Second
Vice-President, Mrs. E. A. Shac
■ kell, Tarboro, Third Vice-President,
Mrs. W. T. Ueltschi, Raleigh, Re
ceding Secretary, Mrs. Fred Sav
age Wilmington Treasurer, Miss
Easdale Shaw, Charlotte, Histor
ian, Mrs. T. R. Manning, Roan
oke Rapids, Chaplain, Mrs. Hor
tenese F. Moye, Greenville, Honor
ag State President for life.
The member of the Building
Committee for the Stonewall Jack
son Training School chapel which
is the project of the State Branch
at this time and who will take an
a^jive part in the convention are
iir addition to the Executive
Board members. Mrs. N. B. Alls
brook, Raleigh, Mrs. Claude Gore,
Enfield Seniors
Have Many End
Of Year Activities
Miss Elsie Randolph and J. D.
Evans, members of the Senior
Class of the Enfield High School,
entertained with a Theatre Party
on Friday night. After the show
the party went to the Drug Store
for refreshments.
On Monday evening Miss Es
ter Mae Hines and Miss Magnolia
Whitley were hostesses at a supper
at Hardee’s Cabin near Enfield
honoring the teachers and seniors
of the high school.
Charles Graham, president of
the Senior Class, entertained with
a weiner roast at Sherrod Cabin
Tuesday evening.
Miss Josephine Britt was host
ess to the school Sorority in the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Britt on “Sherrod Heights”
Wednesday evening. Twelve guests
were present and light refresh
ments were served.
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CELEBRATE 63rd BIRTHDAY
Honoring the 63rd birthday of
Mrs.«R. L. Brantley, friends and
relatives gathered at her home at
Aurora on Sunday, April 18th. A
picnic lunch was served on the
lawn. Mrs. Brantley was born
April 18th, 1880, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Edwards, of
Edwards, N. C. She was married
to the late Robert L. Brantley on
March 17, 1897. She has eleven
children, twenty-one grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Present at the birthday party
in Mrs. Brantley’s honor were the
following guests: Mr. and Mrs.
Rockingham, Mrs. B. L. Tyree,
Mrs. C. H. Shipp, Mrs. C. L. Hay
wood, Mrs. J. C. Angier, all of
Durham, Mrs. W. A. Thorne, Roan
oke Rapids, Mrs. W. B. Evans,
Wilmington, Mrs. W. R. Jones
Greenville, Mrs. H. G. Harrington!
Raleigh.
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W. L. Johnson and children,
Clarence, Rebecca, Cherrie and Ida
Mae of Raleigh; Mrs. Walter
Shearin and daughter, Shirley, of
Cpstalia; Mrs. Woodrow Hum
phries and son, Jesse of Roan
oke Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. David
Allen and children, Carrie and
Ronda; Robert Brantley, Jr., of
Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Curthew Cuth
rell and son of Washington; Mrs.
George Rowe and son, George
Allen; Miss Queenie Rowe of
Blounts Creek; Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Edwards and daughter, Bea
trice; Mr. and Mrs. George Brant
ly and children, Zelda, Keith and
Pauline; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Brantley and children, Wilbur,
Bobbie and Alvis; Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Brantley, and Mrs. T. B.
Allen,' or Aurora.
T. J. Alford To Attend
Four-State Hospital
Meeting, Roanoke, Va.
T. J. Alford, general superin
tendent of Roanoke Rapids Hospi
tal, will attend the Carolinas-Vir
ginias Hospital Conference to be
held in Roanoke, Va., on Monday
and Tuesday of next week. The
hospital conference will be held
at the Hotel Roanoke, and will
include extensive discussions on
food rationing, priorities, person
nel problems, blood and plasma
banks, and other important prob
lems confronting hospital execu
tives today.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Starke of
of Morehead City spent the week
end here with Mr. and Mrs. R. I.
Starke.
Miss Odessa Nethercutt and
Edna Earl Wood, of Norfolk,were
week end guests of their parents.
Miss Ann Little of Wadesboro
was the week end guest of Mr.and
Mrs. W. C. Williams.
Mrs. Luther Simms spent last
week end in Norfolk with her dau
ghter Mrs. I. Markman.
Mrs. R. E. L. Wheeles of War
saw, was the guest of her sister
Mrs. W. C. Williams tthis week.
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