Long List of Sick in This Week's People and Events List, Jan. 30, 1919

From the French Broad Hustler, Hendersonville, N.C., Jan. 30, 1919

People and Events

On the Sick List

Mrs. Sarah Egerton has been quite sick with a deep cold for some time.

Miss Eleanor Plank has been quite sick with influenza but is improving.

M.T. Pace is very ill with influenza at his home near Kanuga Lake.

R.T. Long is kept in his room with an attack of influenza this week.

R.M. Oates is suffering from an attack of asthma this week.

F.E. Curtis, who has been on the sick list, is able to sit up and feels much better.

R.P. Craig, who has a position at Hunter’s Pharmacy, is very sick with influenza.

Dr. J.L. Egerton is miserably sick with influenza at Merriwether Hospital in Asheville.

Mrs. G.L. Anders and son, Joe, who have been victims of influenza are reported as getting along nicely.

Mrs. P.M. McCulloh’s son, R.M. McCulloh who lives in Columbia, S.C., is very sick with influenza.

John Burchmyer has been kept away from his store for several days with an attack of influenza.

J. Flem Brooks came home last week on account of all the family being sick with influenza.

Mrs. J.D. Pullin has been very ill with influenza but is reported as being some better.

John T. Wilkins is out again after being kept at home with an attack of influenza.

Mrs. L.E. Rickley has been called to Columbia, S.C., on account of her daughter’s illness.

Miss Lucy Bomar has recovered from influenza and will soon resume her work at Fassifern school.

W.F. Penny, who is a traveling salesman, came home last week suffering from high blood pressure.

Dr. W. Reddin Kirk, who has not been very well recently, is feeling slightly better.

Mrs. F.S. Wetmur has returned from Dunbar, S.C., and repots her daughter and family as being better.

Clyde Forest, little son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Forest, is ill with bronchial pneumonia at Mrs. E.L. Osteen’s on King street.

Miss Katie Price has resumed her work in the graded school. Miss Price was detained at home on account of sickness.

Mrs. Alph Glazener left this week for Columbia, S.C., to spend a while. Her father is sick in one of the hospitals there.

Mrs. James H. Patterson has been confined to her bed for several weeks from the after effects of influenza and rheumatism.

Stephen Mitchell of New Castle, Pa., is a guest at the Waverly. Mr. Mitchell came here to recuperate from a recent illness.

J.K. Goodfeller, from Montreal, Canada, is at Hazelhurst. Mr. Goodfeller came to this climate to regain his health.

Clyde Goodman from Flat Rock underwent a successful operation for appendicitis last Saturday at Patton Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. F.G. Stillwell is a patient at Patton Memorial Hospital. She is reported as getting along nicely.

Misses Lucile Morris and Mary Duff are at home on account of the Balfour school closing until the epidemic of influenza is over.

Leon Trice, who has been in the hospital at Great Lakes with influenza, came home Monday on a furlough of 12 days to recuperate.

Miss Lily Graham Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allen, who has been teaching in South Carolina, has come home on account of influenza.

Mrs. C.L. McGivern and daughter Margaret Earl, guests at Marlboro Villa, are among the influenza patients at Patton Memorial Hospital who are convalescing.

Mrs. S.V. Pickens writes friends from Apopka, Fla., that Col. Pickens does not sit up at all except propped up in a chair for a little while. A trained nurse takes care of him.

Mrs. F.G. Burroughs, mother of Mrs. J.L. Egerton, F.G. Burroughs, a brother, and Edwin Sherwood, a brother-in-law, are all very sick with influenza at Conway, S.C.

Claude Stepp, son of Rev. James Stepp who has been seriously ill with pneumonia at the home of his father-in-law, H.D. Hyder, is reported as being some better.

Miss Bertha Ledbetter is kept at home this week with an attack of influenza. Miss Gussie Dotson has charge of her work in the graded school.

George Bryan, from the Blue Ridge School for Boys, who is a patient at Patton Memorial Hospital with an infected finger, is getting along all right and will return to his work within a few days.

Dr. J.L. Egerton, who has been at the Meriwether Hospital in Asheville for a week suffering from influenza, is doing nicely. He will not be able to resume his practice for some time, however.

Mrs. J.L. Egerton, who was called to Conway, S.C., on account of her mother’s illness, received messages from Asheville about Dr. Egerton’s illness and went to be with him. She came home this week as he is getting along nicely.

Among the sick with influenza who are convalescing are G.W. Brooks and family; Mrs. J.A. Fletcher, 

Miss Vada Orr, Mrs. E. Hart, Max Pullin, Maurice Orr, Marlon Justus, Billy Wilkins, the Misses Sample, Mrs. J. Flen(?) Brooks, Miss Gennie Simpson, Mrs. Dora Sossamon and daughter Elizabeth.

Births

Born to Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Rusher at Flat Rock on Jan. 27, a son.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Baldwin on Jan. 28^th a baby girl, Mary Elizabeth.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Kinton on Jan. 24, a son. (Mr. Kinton is in France.)

Born Jan. 26 to Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Broughton of Columbia, S.C., a son.

Born Jan. 24^th to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Peters, a son. Mrs. Peters was Miss Mary Belk, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Geo. W. Belk. Mr. and Mrs. Peters are now making their home at Ebenezer, Tenn.

Other Travels

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Patterson have returned from New York city.

Mrs. A.J. Burke of Amherst is visiting her sister, Mrs. M.R. Allen.

Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Freeze have returned from New York City.

Miss Annie Fred has gone to Camden, S.C., for a two weeks visit.

M.M. Castillo of Asheville is visiting Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Long.

Miss Ella Phillips has been spending some time with Miss Florence Jordan at Laurel Park.

Mrs. J.F. Abercrombie from Greenville, S.C., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Davis.

Miss Sue Cannon from Horse Shoe is visiting relatives in Spartanburg, S.C.

Mrs. Henry Pence of Toledo, Ohio, arrived last week for a visit to her aunt, Mrs. L.M. Colt.

Mrs. Hattie Scott and Miss Minnie Varner have returned from a visit to Columbia, S.C.

Mrs. A.B. Drafts and daughter, Helen, have returned from Washington, D.C.

Mrs. S.H. Hilliard, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. C. Few, has returned to Asheville.

Erle Hallman has returned to Charlotte after a short visit to his mother. Erle is one of Hendersonville’s boys who is making a fine record.

Mrs. J.P. Patton’s niece, Frances Patton from Sumpter, S.C., arrived last week for a visit to her and other relatives.

Mrs. Russ, three children and her sister from New York have taken the cottage of Mr. Freeman in Lenox Park.

Miss Lena Latham has accepted a position in the exemption office which was filled by Mrs. C. Few Jr., who has gone to Florida.

Mrs. F.V. Hunter and little daughter, Elizabeth, arrived today from a visit to relatives at LaFayette, Ala.

Mrs. H.T. McFall, who spent several days with her daughter, Mrs. Alph Glazener, has returned to Anderson, S.C.

Mrs. E.M. Patterson is spending some time with her son, James H. Patterson and family, who live near town.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Latham were called to Plymouth, N.C., last week on account of the death of Mr. Latham’s uncle.

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Loftis have moved to Balfour. Mr. Loftis had a position with the Southern Express Company.

Mrs. J.M. Stewart and baby who have been with Mrs. Stewart’s parents at Flat Rock for a month, came to their home at Hyman Heights last Friday.

Miss Mamie Hutchinson died at Fruitland Sunday evening, Jan. 26, after an illness of one year. She was a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W.G. Hutchinson.

Mrs. W.L. Wade, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. A.E. Morris and her brothers Zollie and Frank in Asheville, returned to her home at Dunn this week.

Mrs. M.A. Brown, who accompanied her mother to Daytona, Fla., went to New York City to visit her brother, Furman Gaines.

A.G. Randolph and family are expecting to go to Black Mountain to live and will probably leave on Sunday. Mr. Randolph was part owner of the Blue Ridge School for Boys.

Military Notes

James Duff has been transferred from Great Lakes, Ill., to Hampton Roads, Va., and will go to sea from there.

Sergeant Overton Erwin of Brevard, who has recently returned from overseas, spent the week-end with the family of W.C. Jordan at Flat Rock

Dr. B.F. Cliff, who has been in service for 18 months, has been honorably discharged. Dr. Cliff will be associated with Dr. W.R. Kirk. He practiced in East Flat Rock before going into service.

Sergeant Allen Rhodes, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Rhodes on the Horse Shoe road, writes from St. Lazaire, France, that he is at the port of embarkation awaiting orders to sail for the states.

Business Travels

Abe Kantrowitz left this week for Chicago, Ill., to buy goods for E. Lewis and Co.

J.T. Beason left Tuesday for Asheville, Waynesville, etc., on a business trip.