Remodeled Building to Hold 80 Girls at Presbyterian Orphanage, Oct. 2, 1922

Dedicate Girl’s Building Friday

By the Associated Press

Statesville, N.C., Oct. 2—The new building for girls presented to the Presbyterian orphanage at Barium Springs will be formally dedicated October 6. Plans are being formulated to make the dedication “one of the biggest events in the history of the institution,” said Jos. B. Wilson, manager of the home. The remodeling of Rompel hall will provide accommodations for 80 girls.

From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Monday, Oct. 2, 1922