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AT TEYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGBESS. MARCH 3. 1879
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f CURB REPORTER ;
Leaving Daytona on a chilly j
morning headed straight south to- j
ward Miami we passed through a 1
number of towns along the Indian !
River section where those delicious
oranges and grapefruit grow. We
tasted our, first Temple oranges
and liked them the best of all. Too
bad we can't buy them in Tryon.
Sipte we were on our way down we
decided to wait until we were on
our way up the west coast to bring
some home. Had our worst meal
at Melbourne. Passing through
Vero I wanted to look up Dr. and i
Mrs. - Kola who spend their sum- j
mers in this section but I was out- !
voted by the others- who wanted to ;
get as near as possible to MSami. j
l uAt Ft. Pierce we stopped at a!
jgßHing station for a check up on j
auto., I happened to think
of an old friend, Dewey Crawford,
of Cornelia, Ga., whom I had not
seen in 13 years since he moved
to Ft. Pierce, so I slipped away
from the crowd to telephone him
and say hello, etc. You see, there
is so much old fashion country in
me, and love for people, that when
once I like a person, I never for- }
get him and feel the same way j
toward him always. Dewey, who
is a prominent lawyer there, came
over to the garage and took us
through a large orange packing
plant where oranges brought in
from the groves are dumped on
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Annual Meeting of
Social Agencies
At the annual meeting of the
Council of Social Agencies held
in M'issildine’s hall Tuesday after-*
noon the following officers were
elected for this year: Chairman,
Rev. C. Arthur Lincoln, D. D.,
vice-chairman, Mrs. John Wash
bum ; secertary, Mrs. David L.
Edsall; treasurer, Miss May Irene
Flentye. Reports were received
from the American Women’s Hos
pitals, the Helping *Hand, the tu
berculosis work of the county De
partment of Public Health and the
County Department of Public
Welfare.
Miss Rebecca Hoskins, superin
tendent of the last named organiza
tion, m*de the following report in
detail. During the eighteen months
ending December 31, 1938, in the
division of Public Assistance un
der Old Age Assistance, 173 for
mal applications were made, 134
were acted upon, and 104 are now
receiving this assistance. Twenty
three cases have been closed, seven
are under investigation, and there
are 39 pending action. In addition
there have been 150 written appli
cations and officer interviews re
garding Old Age Assistance but
not formal applications. Under
Aid to Dependent Children, the
record is as follows: Number of
formal applications, 30; number
acted upon, 28, Involving 106 chil
dren ; number of cases receiving
assistance in 1938, 27, involving
102 children; number of cases
closed, 4, involving 24 children;
number applications pending ac
tion, one, with three children;
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