Many Soldiers Have Arrived, Joining Families for Easter, April 19, 1919

From the Hickory Daily Record, April 19, 1919

Local and Personal

We will enjoy the parade of new hats and dresses tomorrow.

Sergt. Burgan L. Witherspoon of Camp Morrison, port of embarkation, Newport News, Va., is spending a few days furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Witherspoon at their home on Tenth avenue.

Mrs. W.W. Trott was called to Lenoir Tuesday on account of the death of her cousin, Mr. Steve Frazier.

Mr. John Reinhardt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Reinhardt, will arrive home this afternoon from Camp Jackson, according to a wire received today by his parents. He was with the engineers train and was 16 when he entered the service.

Mr. Cedric Dellinger left his morning for Fayetteville.

Private Norman E. Drum and wife are visiting the parents of Mr. Drum, Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Drumm. Private Drum was mustered out of the service a short while ago and has been with his wife in St. Pauls, N.C.

Miss Ruth Campbell, who is teaching at Lexington, is spending Easter with Mrs. F.H. Adden in Concord.

Sergeant Charlie M. Deal, who returned from France last week, will arrive in the city tonight. He will be accompanied by his brother, Mrs. Claude Deal of Charlotte. They will spend Easter with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Deal.

Mr. M.E. Yount, principle of the Statesville high school, is spending the Easter holidays at home.

Misses Dorothy and Mildred Gill of Statesville arrived today to visit friends.

Mr. Cromer Huitt, a soldier of the regular army, who saw service on the Mexican border in 1916, and since in France, is at home on a furlough visiting his father, Joe Huitt.

Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Smith and children, Dorothy and Flossie, are spending Easter in Statesville.

Sailor Frank Reinhardt of Norfolk, Va., is spending this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Reinhardt on College street.

Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Clapp, Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Yount, Mrs. R.P. Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Long, Mrs. L.C. Bickett, Capt. R.C. Young, E.M. Deal, H.H. Lowry, Clarence Clapp Jr., John Lancaster, Charles Ballard, Shady Miller were among those who attended the big celebration in Charlotte Wednesday.

Messrs. John Caldwell and Onslow Bacon, members of the military police company of the 30^th division, reached home from Columbia Wednesday night. They sailed for Europe on the 11^th day of April, 1919. They were gone exactly 11 months. Mark Rowe of the same company came home Tuesday. Neil Aderholdt of the same company, arrived at his home in Catawba on Tuesday. Perry Herman, also of the M.P. company, arrived today at his home in Conover.

A happy crowd of boys arrived here Tuesday from Camp Lee, Va., where they were discharged the day before. They were Avery Killian, David A. Sipe, Edward M. Lynch, Dorse E. Taylor and Brather Cline of Maiden, and Frank Reinhardt of Lincoln county. They sailed for Europe on November the 10^th, the day before the armistice was signed. They went over as casuals and came back with the 40^th division.

Miss Jo Moore of Charlotte is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Moore.

Mr. Lowell Gross, a former member of Company A, arrived home last night from overseas.

Miss Mary Rogers Shuford is home from Davenport College to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Shuford.

Captain R.C. Young of Raleigh, who was with the 120^th Infantry, 30^th Division, in France, is spending several days at the Virginia Shipp hotel. The captain went to Charlotte Wednesday to see the boys of his company.

Miss Suma Hafer has returned to her home in Taylorsville after spending several days with Miss Mildred Hawn.

Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Cline returned last night from Fayetteville and will spend several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Winkler.

The Abel A. Shuford Chapter, U.D.C., will meet Monday afternoon at 3:30 with Mrs. D.F. Messick at her home on Seventeenth street.

Rev. C.C. Emunds of New York arrived on No. 11 and will be the guest at the rectory for a week, with his daughter, Mrs. S.B. Stroup.

Miss Lucile Coone of Gastonia is spending several days with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Miller.

Miss Sallie McIver returned this morning from Maysworth and is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. McIver.

Mr. J.W. Moose has been awarded the contract to build a six-room bungalow for Mr. H.S. Smith on Thirteenth avenue. Work will begin at once.

Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Essex and son Harold will leave tomorrow morning for Winston-Salem and other points to spend Easter with relatives. They will motor through the country.

Mr. and Mrs. F.R. Lail of Asheville are visiting his parents and friends here this week. This is the first time being in Hickory since their marriage.

Mr. Roy E. Jones, headquarters company, 105^th engineers, has arrived at Camp Jackson and will be at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Jones of Conover after the parade in Winston-Salem Wednesday.

Mrs. L.C. Bickett has gone to Monroe where she will spend some time with relatives and friends. Mrs. Bickett will also visit other points before returning home.

Mrs. L.F. Long left this week for Wilmington, where she will visit her mother for a few days. Mr. Long accompanied her as far as Charlotte and took in the big celebration.

Miss Amy B. Hackney of Asheville, second vice president of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist church in the western North Carolina conference, passed through Hickory this morning on her way to Lenoir. Miss Hackney will return to Hickory Monday and spend several hours with friends.

Mrs. Grover Murray went to Charlotte yesterday to spend a few days with friends. She will visit her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Lohr at Lincolnton before returning home. Mr. Murray has just returned from a business trip to Greensboro.

Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Knox left Friday for New York City where they will spend 10 days.

Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Shannon of Fayetteville are spending this week with relatives in Newton. Mrs. Shannon will visit her sister, Miss Mozelle Trollinger, teacher in the Durham city schools, before returning to her home in Fayetteville.

Mr. Hugh M. Miller of Greenville, S.C., is expected tomorrow to spend Easter with home folks.

The Record will observe Easter Monday. Until last Easter it published on that day, but everything was so quiet about the city and there were so many calls from the wild that by unanimous vote it was decided to join the crowd for a day and have an outing.

Two Raleigh lawyers, J.W. Bailey and Murray Allen, staged a fight in Wake superior court yesterday over a verdict of $3,000 against the Seaboard Air Line for damage to Hillsboro street property. The case is interesting in that the jury decided that the railroad cannot injury property and get away with it, a principle established in North Carolina law. Mr. Allen paid a fine of $100 in lieu of 24 hours in jail.