Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1915-06-24
PIrBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
CLOSES SEVENTH WEEK.
Seveath Week Closes Marked by
Great. Enthusiasm.

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Seveath Week Closes Marked by
Great Enthusiasm.
a5On, June 10, the doctors Of the Pub
lie Health Service closed their seventh
week. of the Sanitary Survey of
Orange County. A total of 1,65e
homes have been visited and the WORK
is continuing with increased enthus-
.asm. The showing that Orange is
making is unprecedented. The doctors
have been met with kindness at all
doors and are being taken in by the
people as friends. Practically al.
parts of ~the-county have been visited.
Public health meetings have been well
attended notwithstanding the fact
that all hands are busy at this time
cutting wheat.
On Monday, June IA, a meeting was
held at Hobbs Cross Roads. On Tues
day at New Sharon church, on We'd
nesday the meeting arranged for at
Pleasant Green church was not held
owing to the rain but there was a
meeting held In Hillsboro at viii
meeting Mr.. j. Sterling Moran, Field
Supervisor, Rural Organization, U. S.
Department Of Agriculture, spoke.
This meeting was well attended by
representatives of the Orange County
Sanitation League. On the same even
ing there was a meeting Of the Piney
Mt. Sesction Of the Orange Count,
Sanitation League at Mrs. L. C. Pat
terson's. The ladies of the county ar
showing great interest in their league.
On Thursday, June II, there was a
large meeting at Cedar Grove church
and on Friday at Berry's Grove church
a large audience attended the illus
trated meeting. On Saturday a we'll
attended meeting was held in the
school building at Mebane. At this
meeting the mayor of Mebane presided
and there were several present from
Orange. At all of the meetings for
the week additional sections of the
Orange County Sanitation League
were formed. The league now has a
membership of over two hundred and
new members are joining every day.
There was a meeting held at Leeches
Store in Cedar Grove township on the
afternoon of Saturday.
DR.. L. L. Lumsden, who is in charge
of all the counties in which surveys
are being conducted was in
last week and expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the progress of
the work and the spirit shown by the
people of Orange.
Requests are continuing to be re-
ceived for meetings and these meet
ings will be held as rapidly as the
work will permit.
Hillsboro Council has passed an or
dinance requiring a sanitary privy a
every home in the town and the bust
ness men have started to work to have
the work done in a systematic and
satisfactory manner
The work of making a survey of
Chapel Hill and Carrboro will start on
Monday June %.
It is evident from all sides tina
Orange is determined to make a rec
ord So that all counties of the State
can l2olS upon her as the most pro-
gressive. There are a few of course
who will hold back but fully 95. per
cent of the homes visited will make
needed improvements. The doctors
have been among us less than two
months and in that time more good
work has been done than has ever
before been done in twice the time.
eve are proud of Orange" said DR..
Harrington, land lam sure there is
not a man among the force at work
here but considers himself fortunate
that his orders from Washington as
signed him to Orange and not some
other county," Such encouraging
words from men who have travelled to
all parts of the country and seen all
calsses of people should stimulate us
to a renewed effort to make the sur
vey a success, and it is in our hands
as there is but. one thing required and
that is on u own places.
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