Three new cases of measles were reported this morning to the county health department.
Miss Lela Brafford is back at her work at Efird’s after being confined to her home for several days by illness.
The offering at the First Presbyterian Sunday School tomorrow morning will go to the Barium Springs Home for children.
Mrs. John Ritchie is confined to her home on South Spring street by illness. Little change is reported in her condition today.
Marriage license was issued here on Friday by Register of Deeds Elliott to HG. Valley of Thomasville and Miss Mary Wilkins of Concord.
Quite a number of business men were present at the “Y” Friday night for the volleyball games. This class has a number of new members and much interest is being manifested in it.
Helen G. Patterson and S. Kay Patterson have sold to W.L. Burns part of the T.W. Smith property on March street, according to a deed filed Friday. The purchase price was not given.
Local firemen were called to the W.B. Ward wholesale company Friday when a truck standing near the building caught afire. The blaze was easily extinguished without serious damage to the truck.
Continued improvement is reported in the condition of Ralph Litaker, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Litaker, who underwent an operation in the Concord Hospital for appendicitis several days ago.
It is reported here that the road from Mt. Pleasant to Albemarle will be opened tomorrow. The road was completed last week, it is said, but traffic has been halted while the concrete was hardening.
Relatives and friends here have been advised that Dr. George Cox of Salisbury continues to hold his own. Dr. Cox has been critically ill for some time but during the past several days.
It is hoped to have the tennis courts at the “Y” in good shape within another week. The ground has been freezing each night for some time but with the coming spring weather it is believed the ground can be put in playing shape again.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Darnell are in Elkin today attending the funeral of the late Rev. Mr. Burchman, well known Baptist minister who died in Courtney, N.C., early Friday. Funeral services for the deceased were held at 2 o’clock this afternoon.
Seventy dollars was collected in recorder’s court Friday. Two defendants paid $10 each, one paid $50 for possessing liquor, and the case against another, charged with having liquor, was continued until Monday. A jury trial has been demanded in this case and this caused the continuance.
Persons returning from the Sandhills state that the peach trees there are about ready to burst into bloom. It is believed that the trees will be in full bloom in many of the orchards by Sunday of next week. It is known that a number of Concord persons plan to motor to Pinehurst tomorrow.
Now that fair weather has prevailed for a week, it is planned to begin full operations of the county roads force in the near future. The force has been handicapped by the winter weather, as is usually the case, but it is planned to begin spring operations on a big scale during the next 10 days.
The fine weather of the past week has resulted in an increase in the number of golf players at the Cabarrus Country Club. Friday afternoon one of the biggest crowds of spring was present and attendance during the entire week has been much better than at any time since last fall. The course is in good shape with the exception of the greens, which are still soft.
From page 8 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 20, 1926
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