The Public Library will be closed Easter Monday, which is a legal holiday. Miss Alice Stowe is critically ill at the home of her sister, Mrs. E.C. Broading of Kerr street. Her death is expected at any time.
The regular movie program will be given at the Y.M.C.A. tonight at 7:30. There will be mass singing as an added feature.
Dr. W.H. Wadsworth is able to be out again after being confined to his home on North Church street for several days of illness.
The condition of Mrs. Jake Shoe, who underwent an operation in a Charlotte Hospital Friday, is reported today as favorable.
S.N. Nash has sold to W.T. Miller for $1 and other valuable considerations property in Villamont Heights, a Kannapolis suburb, according to a deed filed here Friday.
The April meeting of the county commissioners will be held at the court house here Monday. So far as is known now no business of unusual importance is to come before the meeting.
George Cannon brought to Concord this morning a white peach bloom. This is the first bloom of its kind Mr. Cannon has ever found on his farm, and many Concord people stated it was the first they had ever seen of its kind.
Sheriff Caldwell and Deputy Sheriff Honeycut seized a gallon of liquor on a farm near this city Friday afternoon. The liquor was found buried under a strawberry patch. The owner of the land was lodged in the county jail but was released on bond during the day.
Eight defendants tried in recorder’s court Friday afternoon paid $175 in fines and costs. In addition to these cases, another in which the defendant was charged with driving a car while intoxicated was continued at his request. One defendant charged with having liquor paid the heaviest fine, $50.
Grammar grade teachers of the county met here this morning with Prof. J.B. Robertson, their superintendent. Regular work was taken up at the meeting, which was the last of the year for this group of teachers. Plans for the closing of the schools and county commencement also were discussed at the meeting.
Easter weather, say weather forecasts, is going to be excellent in North Carolina. Threats of rain Friday night and tis morning made many think their Easter finery could not be worn tomorrow, but clearer skies followed during the day and late weather reports indicate that tomorrow will be clear and warm.
J.W. Denny, physical director of the Y.M.C.A., and 20 members of his gym classes at the Y, went to Charlotte this morning to take part in the national Hexathlon contest being staged in all parts of the country under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A. Charlotte is the meeting place for all associations in this section.
Plans for county commencement are being made now by Prof. J.B. Robertson, superintendent of the county schools. The commencement exercises this year are to be held on the afternoon of April 24th, just three weeks off. Many of the county schools will compete their work between now and commencement day. H.W. Blanks, secretary of the Y, wants enough trucks and autos to take 170 boys to Charotte next Friday afternoon. The boys are to be guests of the Chapin-Sacks corporation and it is planned to send a leader with every 20 boys so they will be safely watched over. Persons with cars and trucks which can be used are asked to notify Mr. Blanks.
From page 6 of The Concord Daily Tribune, April 3, 1926
Participants in the Y’s Hexathon competed in six track and field events, including hurdles, long jump, javelin throw, high jump, shot put and the 800 meter run.
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