Most everything has happened in an automobile, but Elizabeth City gets on the map with the first baby to make its arrival in an automobile, in North Carolina or elsewhere, that this newspaper has heard about. Mrs. William Barco, 25, living in upper Pasquotank near South Mills, taken hurriedly to the hospital at an early morning hour Sunday night, became the mother a fine 10 ½ pound baby girl just as the car passed the Elks home on Fenring Street. This is the fourth child.
The baby was expected at the hospital two days before. On Sunday night, somewhat earlier than the newcomer was expected, Mrs. Barco became ill. Her husband hastily bundled her in his car and set out for the hospital. The stork set out on a neck and neck race with the Barco automobile, and the young woman, attended only by the husband, the stork overtook the car near the Elks home and won the race
Both mother and baby were doing fine yesterday, according to Dr. Z. Fearing, attending physician.
From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, March 19, 1926
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