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March 7, 1946
The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
The city lounge room, established during WWI by the Housewives League, provides rest for shoppers, businesswomen, and ill visitors. Managed by a committee including longtime member Mrs. W. B. Cooper and hostess Miss Margaret Price, it averages 15,407 annual visitors who appreciate its services under city and county support.
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has continually been available to the public every business day, except a few days taken for repairs to its interior.
Today visitors marvel that such a room exists, and often express the wish that their city or community would organize one.
It is under the auspices of the city and county government, and is partially supported by rentals from displays of merchants, and donations made by visitors, Miss Price said.
The lounge room is a haven for tired shoppers and business women, who drop in to rest their feet and escape the humdrum and dust of the busy every-day world.
It serves as an escape for tired allergy-stricken women who come in to town from outlying districts.
Persons who have come into town and been stricken ill have found the lounge a clean and restful place, to which they may retire while waiting for buses, a call for their appointment at the doctors, or whatever the reason for having to wait might have been.
The club was founded under the auspices of the Housewives League, back in the days of the first world war, and was thought to be such an asset to the city, that the government of the county and city have helped to continue its existence.
There has been an average attendance of 15,407 annually, and it is said that every one of them, in some way, expressed their appreciation for the lounge, whether they dropped coins in the donation box, or just said "thank you."
So, into the years, the club goes. Never having its praises sung very highly, never asking the help of anyone. And into the years goes the service of its congenial hostess, of whom some have suggested, the lounge be named 'the Margaret Price Rest Room."
To this, the hostess only smiles and says 'that will never be."
The club is managed by the following committee: Mrs. S. Bruce Tabb, chairman, Mrs. W. B. Cooper who has been on the committee since the lounge room's establishment 32 years ago. Mrs. W. R. Noe, Mrs. E. L. Watkins and Miss Price.
Mrs. Cooper is now ill most of the time according to Miss Price, but is retained on the committee in an official capacity.
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has continually been available to the public every business day, except a few days taken for repairs to its interior.
Today visitors marvel that such a room exists, and often express the wish that their city or community would organize one.
It is under the auspices of the city and county government, and is partially supported by rentals from displays of merchants, and donations made by visitors, Miss Price said.
The lounge room is a haven for tired shoppers and business women, who drop in to rest their feet and escape the humdrum and dust of the busy every-day world.
It serves as an escape for tired allergy-stricken women who come in to town from outlying districts.
Persons who have come into town and been stricken ill have found the lounge a clean and restful place, to which they may retire while waiting for buses, a call for their appointment at the doctors, or whatever the reason for having to wait might have been.
The club was founded under the auspices of the Housewives League, back in the days of the first world war, and was thought to be such an asset to the city, that the government of the county and city have helped to continue its existence.
There has been an average attendance of 15,407 annually, and it is said that every one of them, in some way, expressed their appreciation for the lounge, whether they dropped coins in the donation box, or just said "thank you."
So, into the years, the club goes. Never having its praises sung very highly, never asking the help of anyone. And into the years goes the service of its congenial hostess, of whom some have suggested, the lounge be named 'the Margaret Price Rest Room."
To this, the hostess only smiles and says 'that will never be."
The club is managed by the following committee: Mrs. S. Bruce Tabb, chairman, Mrs. W. B. Cooper who has been on the committee since the lounge room's establishment 32 years ago. Mrs. W. R. Noe, Mrs. E. L. Watkins and Miss Price.
Mrs. Cooper is now ill most of the time according to Miss Price, but is retained on the committee in an official capacity.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Lounge Room
Community Service
Housewives League
Wwi Founding
Visitor Appreciation
Committee Management
What entities or persons were involved?
Miss Price
Mrs. S. Bruce Tabb
Mrs. W. B. Cooper
Mrs. W. R. Noe
Mrs. E. L. Watkins
Where did it happen?
City And County
Story Details
Key Persons
Miss Price
Mrs. S. Bruce Tabb
Mrs. W. B. Cooper
Mrs. W. R. Noe
Mrs. E. L. Watkins
Location
City And County
Event Date
Back In The Days Of The First World War, 32 Years Ago
Story Details
The lounge room, founded by the Housewives League during WWI, offers rest and respite to visitors, supported by government and donations, managed by a committee with longtime hostess Miss Price.