Local News
Mr. Chas. Reaves was carried to Alamance Hospital Monday
evening and operated on for appendicitis. He stood the operation well and was
getting on alright when last heard from.
Mr. John S.L. Patterson of Coble township was in town
yesterday. He did not give a very encouraging report on the condition of wheat
in his section. Said that it was dying and that the prospect was poor.
Miss Elizabeth Harden and Master Wallace Taylor celebrated
their 10th birthday with a joint party on Wednesday afternoon. Many
little folks were present to enjoy the games and refreshments.
The building occupied by The Fair Department Store is to be
remodeled on the inside at once, so as to give the store the use of the
upstairs along with the downstairs. Graham Loan & Trust Co. is occupying
the upstairs but will move to the house lately occupied by Mrs. C.S. Hunter,
which is to be prepared for a temporary home for the Trust Co.
The Chautauqua will open in Burlington on the 21st
and close on the 27th. The aggregation who go to make up a
Chautauqua is composed of the best talent along all lines of uplifting
entertainment and furnish a feast of good things. No one who attends can fail
to be benefited in better thinking and better aspirations.
Mr. Thos. A. Albright, near Mebane, was in Graham Tuesday.
Mr. Lovick H. Kernodle is at home from Chapel Hill, where he
has been in school.
Dr. J.J. Barefoot is attending the Medical Aviators meeting
in Atlantic City this week.
Mr. Boyd Harden, in school at Chapel Hill, spent from
Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon at home.
Mr. Arthur Ezell, who has been living in Norfolk and Hamlet
for several months, has returned and is now with Graham Grocery Co.
Mr. John D. Gunter of Carthage was here last Saturday
enquiring after and shaking hands with old friends. He was a school boy here 40
years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Whittemore of Cedar Rapids arrived Monday
on a visit to the former’s parent, Mr. and Mrs. G.S. Whittemore, near here. Mr.
Whittemore was a regular army man and during the war was recruiting officer in
Iowa and Nebraska and received his discharge in February. He had not seen his
parents in about eight years.
On Saturday, June 14th, at 11 o’clock a.m. there
will be a meeting of all interested tax-payers in the Court House at Graham for
the purpose of considering the building of Federal Aid roads in Alamance
County.
Among the Sick
Chas. C. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C. Thompson, is
sick.
Vernon Smith, a lad of about 15 years, of this place, was
operated on at Alamance Hospital Tuesday evening for appendicitis.
Last Saturday in the late afternoon while out at his farm
some 2 ½ miles south of town, Mr. Henderson fell from his tractor and hurt
himself severely on a sharp wheel cleat. He was carried to Alamance Hospital
for surgical attention and is getting along nicely.
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