New Farm News From Peach Hill Corner
Local notes from Kernersville area report improvements in measles and health. Farmers expect a large crop year as warm weather lifts activity and wheat looks fine. Hedgecock family barn projects and wool sale earnings highlight rural life. visitors and movements among Welborn, Davis, Idol, Hedgecock, and Curtis Idol families noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Hedgecock
Review
Stamey
H. M Link
Mr. Link
Clarence Pierce
A.C. Davis
J B. Seward
Roy Hayworth
Mina Welborn
High Point
P. H. Welborn
F. L. Hedgecock
Curtis Hedgecock
E. L. Davis
Pleasant Grove
Curtis Idol
Carl Hedgecock
A. J. Hedgecock
Winston- Salem
J. H. Idol
News from Old Trinity residents update
Frank Wood of High Point moved into the Hayes house on North Main. Mrs. Jack Hamner spent Sunday in town. Some locals may remember Mrs. Hamner from previous visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wood
High Point
Hayes House
N. Main
Jack Hamner
Hamner
Local notices and community chatter from Trinity region
Miss Nelie Davis of Thomasville is named in commencement talk. Trinity Book Club to meet at Mrs. Fred Ingram’s in High Point. Mrs. Marvin Andrews buys a Star piano in High Point. Mrs. Rufus Reddick visiting Thomasville. Miss Verne English visits town and praises her flower collection. Mrs June Royals has smallpox. Fred Payne leaves for training camp. Mr. Hancock to depart from Oakford place. Marsh family becomes tenant at Aunt Mandy Leach place. The Review publishes the opening chapter of Over the Top, urging readers to sample. Squire Elder leads prayer meetings at college chapel. Warm days spur garden work. plans to act begin locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelie Davis
Thomasville
D. C. Johnson
Bruce Craven
Hopewell
Turrentine
Trinity Book Club
Fred Ingram
High Point
Ingram
Trinity
Marvin Andrews
North Main
Rufus Reddick
Verne English
Miss English
June Royals
North Trinity
Fred Payne
Fred
Hancock
Oakford
South Trinity
Mandy Leach
Marsh
Squire Elder
Washington post office seeks clerks and motor service workers
Postmaster Farriss, in Washington, pressed department officials on improving local service. Five vacancies may arise after first class is called in the draft, with salaries from 900 to 1200 dollars annually. Positions to be filled from those passing the civil service exam in the city on March 30. Farriss will urge further actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farriss
Burleson Reports Need for Delivery Truck
Mr Burleson requests the local office be supplied a motor truck to handle rising parcel post deliveries. Carters now make many trips to and from the office to complete a full route as parcel volumes grow.
Wheat and corn prices warn NC farmers on selling timing
State Food Administrator Henry A. Page warns Raleigh area wheat and corn growers holding last season's crops to avoid delaying sales. He notes Wheat stabilized at 2.20 dollars a bushel by the Grain Corporation, with mills and elevators relying on government channels, while corn prices vary by region due to rail congestion and are expected to settle near 1.50 dollars per bushel as conditions clear. The Food Administration emphasizes farmers' freedom from market restraints and encouragement to maximize production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Henry A. Page
Mr. Page
Washington
United States
New York
Chicago
Food Administration
Red Cross To Enter New Field Of Service In Army Camps
Secretary Baker proposes expanding Red Cross operations to U S army camps. A Red Cross house in each camp will maintain contact with admitted soldiers, with staff to write letters and relay daily hospital statuses to families, mirroring existing France service. Col. Peel confirms Southern division support and immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
America
Baker
American Red Cross
United States
France
Bureau of Communication
William Lawson Peel
W. R. Casle, Jr
Bureau of Communications
Harry B. Wallace
Miss
Ary Relief
Pee
National Organization
Bennett Phelps
Southern Division
Ameriacan Red Cross
Red Cross Worker Honored By Nurses Association
Miss Jane Van De Vrede of Savannah director of the Red Cross Nursing Bureau Southern Division has been nominated for the American Nurses Association directorship for 1919 1920 by chairwoman Mrs Charles D Lockwood. The nomination is to be confirmed at the association convention the first week in May and marks a high honor for her nursing service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane van de Vrede
Savannah
Bureau of Nursing
Southern Division
American Red Cross
Charles D. Lockwood
American Nurses Association
Association
Appropriations For Relief Work In France By Red Cross War Council
The American Red Cross has allocated 30 519 259 60 for relief in France covering military and civilian aid through April 30 1918. Allocations include 14 019 889 50 for military relief 9 556 482 15 for civilian relief 3 359 541 75 for supplies offices and warehouses and 3 583 346 20 for miscellaneous activities plus 7 063 649 12 for US purchases shipped to France.
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American Red Cross
France
Red Cross War Council
United States
Bureau of Supplies
Department of Engineering
Red Cross Health Center
Red Cross
War Council
War Fund
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Gage, Adi and
Joseph
Loflin’s
Beavans
Warner
Eav
Postoffice
Peach Hill News
Kernersville
Rt. 1
OLD Trinity
BR. L. J
Clerks and Motor Service
Moffitt Furnishing Company
Nurses Association
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