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Latest Happenings In and Around Monroe, Dec. 9, 1919

From The Monroe Journal, Dec. 9, 1919

Latest Happenings In and Around Monroe

Mr. R.E. Garrison has gone to Raleigh to drive back two quad trucks loaned by the state highway commission to the Union county road force.

Mr. Alexander Moser, who lives a mile east of town on the Morgan Mill road, suffered a stroke of paralysis Monday.

A Ford car belonging to Mr. B.C. Hinson was stolen from one of the uptown streets Saturday night, and so far has not been recovered.

In advertently the honor roll for the higher fourth grade was omitted form the list given last Friday. It is as follows: Mary D. Fulenwider, Chattie Stack, Mae Sell, Lois Stegall, Anna Mc. Redfearn, Robert Neal, Maurice Redfearn, John Stewart.

Dr. Lee Scarborough, general director of the Baptist $75 Million Campaign, states that $80 million has been pledged and reports continue to pour in. North Carolina’s quota was $6 million and the figures now are very near $7 million, with hundreds of churches yet to hear from.

Rev. S.L. Rotter of St. Paul’s Episcopal church here has just received word from the Church of the Messiah, Rockingham, which he also serves, that the congregation there on Sunday signed contribution pledges doubling the annual budget as a result of the Nation-Wide Campaign for the Church’s Mission.

A Memorial service in honor of Private Jesse Griffin, who lost his life in France, will be conducted at Altan next Sunday at 11 o’clock. This service was postponed from a date several months ago on account of the illness of a relative of the deceased. Private Griffin died of influenza at Brest, having contracted the disease on board ship. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Griffin of Buford township.

The Thanksgiving offering for the Oxford orphanage amounted to about $160, and has been sent in to the manager. However, since the above amount was forwarded, several who were not given an opportunity to contribute have handed in several dollars for the fatherless. There may be a few more Masons and other charitably inclined who have been overlooked. If so, a donation left with The Journal this week will be forwarded.

To exist in the bottom of a well for three weeks on nothing but a few honeysuckle vines, yet found in apparent good health, was the experience of a calf belonging to Mr. R.A. Hudson of Sandy Ridge township. The calf was missed about three weeks ago by Mr. Hudson, and was not found until a day or so ago. He is certain it had been in the well all this time. No food reached it, but it was able to nibble some honeysuckle vines which were hanging down in the well from the top. There was no water in the well.

The North Carolina division highway engineer has notified Mr. Ira B. Mullis, county engineer, that bids would be received January 4 for the contract to construct the Monroe township stretch of the Wilmington to Charlotte highway. Mr. Gus Ginn, who was awarded the contract to build the Vance township part of the highway, has commenced operations, a party of engineers now being at work staking off the road.
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