Mrs Hammond Returns To Office After Illness
Mrs W C Hammond returned to her post at the Board of Public Welfare after a ten day influenza illness.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1931
Page
6
Mrs W C Hammond returned to her post at the Board of Public Welfare after a ten day influenza illness.
The social calendar lists Dr. D A Branton’s reception on Green Street at 3 30 P M and the Woman's Club meeting in Elwood hotel dining room. Thursday includes contract meeting at 3 30 P M and Tea Club at Mrs J B on South Main. Friday features Philomathean Club at 100 P M with Kirkman and Calawell at Park Way and a 3 30 P M gathering with Mrs Bag at her Fe home.
The ladies hosting the games include Mrs. Hiram Armentrout for Bridge, Mrs. John Abels for Bridge, Mrs. C. F. Tomlinson for Bridge, Mrs. J. F. Hayden for Rook, and Mrs. A. Sherrod for Anagrams. A short musical program will be performed before and after the games at each home.
A medical note cites an average of 121,630 hairs on a man's head, illustrating high variability in hair density. Separately, a mining/industry update reports that recoveries of alluvial diamonds in South Africa are decreasing, signaling a shift in output and potential impacts on local markets.
Mrs J J McMurray returns from visit to Shelby N C. O V Cunningham improves at daughter’s home. Mrs R M Bundy and Mrs Walter Kester attend Bishop Randthaler’s funeral in Winston Salem. Mrs RR Amos moved home from High Point Hospital to Emerywood. Mrs C L Amos recovering after serious operation at High Point Hospital. Ralph Hall ill with influenza on East Green Street. Lawrence Matton Jr with parents in Roland Park. Billie Robinson recovering from operation at Burrus Clinic. Mrs Joseph Lee Browder Jr spent weekend in Danville with her mother. C H Carmichael recovering from appendicitis at High Point Hospital. James Moffitt in New York stopping at the New Yorker Hotel. Mrs Leah improving after recent illness at 815 Tate Street. Leslie Hensell returns from Winchester VA after his father’s death. Juanita Lee ill with flu pneumonia but condition satisfactory. Forest fire report notes 305,529 acres burned. average burn per fire 85 acres. fewer fires from brush burners and lumbering, more incendiary and smokers fires. 5,399 volunteers aided fire control efforts.
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh reports damages totaling 563481 from 3596 fires in 1930. The fires, largest since state forest service, occurred during one of the worst droughts and affected 10025370 acres under protection across 45 cooperating counties.
Deep River notes report the Tuesday wedding of Bill Gossett and Hazel Gordon, both locals, with plans to live at the bride’s grandfather Jake Gordon’s home. The community updates include sickness, hospitalizations, and local club plans for an upcoming March old fashioned last day of school event.
January was a month of many temperature changes with a high of 66 on the 25th and a low of three on the 16th. The greatest daily range was 41 degrees on the 16th, the least six degrees on the 12th. Out of 31 days 13 were clear 5 partly cloudy and 13 cloudy with 5 inches of snow and total precipitation 1.51 inches. Silver is ten times as heavy as water.
The Night Bridge club met at Meade Hites on Salem street with three tables of play. Zed Griffith and wife won high scores, receiving a novelty whisk broom and silhouette. The gathering included guests and reports on members and nearby events, including church society meetings and an auxiliary circle pageant.
The Cherniavsky Trio performed a two hour recital at High Point college auditorium wowing a small yet appreciative audience. They showcased Brahms Dvorak Beethoven and Schubert pieces with solo violin and piano interludes, shared travel tales from 30 years on tour, and reflected on radio talking pictures and future plans including Guilford college and Mexico engagements.
A historic ad claims over a million sufferers found relief with a sulphur formula named Rowles Mentho Sulphur. It promises rapid relief from rashes, itching, eczema, blemishes, and related skin conditions by nightly application.
London Feb 3 A submarine explosion on the X-1 near Chatham left one man severely burned and several others with lesser injuries. An admiralty official said the cause was not yet determined and described the blast as minor in character during the vessel's return from a trial cruise.
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