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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1920
Page
5
Announcement by Mrs. H. B. Hiatt that the Alexander Martin Chapter will not hold its regular meeting tomorrow afternoon due to the influenza situation in the city. The note references Holmes and a poem line about choices between two, but the main readable item is the meeting cancellation.
Friends and relatives list a series of influenza cases and recoveries across town. Mrs C C Vicce improves after a week with influenza. Mrs A Q O Raper and daughters Alice and Minnie ill. Miss Minta Phillips mildly ill. Baxton Smith and three children improving. KE M Howerton returns to Mount Airy. J O Gold and family recovered. Mrs W A Bass improving. Mrs J E Jones has a severe cold. Jim Little Confederate veteran seriously ill. Eugene Jarrett family better after influenza. A M Greer recovering from recent surgery. Homer Wheeler recovering from a minor influenza bout.
Salisbury and Reidsville visitors T F F Johnson and G J Raper are in the city on business. Durham visitor W L Roach is here for meetings. High Point welcomes university guest Lewis Teague for a few days. Hickory’s L L Hatfield also visiting on business. New York’s H A Baer spending time in the city. Dewey Vaughn enjoys a weekend stay from the Hill. Goldsboro’s J L Best among Saturday visitors. Dayton Ohio’s L C Miller calls in for hours of business. Buck from High Point departs tonight for Jacksonville Florida after week here.
Plans for the Colonial Tea by the Alexander Martin Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are indefinitely postponed because of the influenza situation. The event was to be held February 20 at the Elk's Home on Broad Street with elaborate plans but will be rescheduled as safety permits. Local and visiting residents are listed among those in High Point and nearby cities.
Salis bury residents and visitors are listed as social news notes including R Gratz Cox and Miss Valette Jones. The Choral society meeting is postponed until further notice due to influenza conditions. Other items mention weddings, funerals, and local greetings with several named individuals and places.
Miss Ora Johnson accompanied by Miss Mattie Montgomery, both of Winston-Salem, spent the weekend as guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Shields in this city.
Call issued today for Hely nurses to assist as influenza spreads in High Point. Citizens praise volunteers like Wormsie for aiding all classes while Salvation Army aids. Many households report two to five sick members and several new cases emerge amid uncertain totals.
Reverend J C Rowe pastor of South Main Street Methodist Church in Salisbury NC died today at his home from influenza and pneumonia. The article notes his prominence in the western North Carolina conference. The second sentence about Napoleon’s illegible handwriting is unrelated to the obituary.
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