VICTORY EDITION VOL. LXIV. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 46 Prayer And Bond Buying Set V-E Pace For Citizens • ! Seniors Portray j Natural Roles “Palsy Strings Along” Furn ishes Entertainment To Two Audiences. Seniors of Roxboro high school on Monday and Tuesday gave per formances of the Senior play. “Patsy Strings Along", with direction by Mrs. B. G. Clayton, instructor in dramatics in the high school. Mon day performance was for students, while the Tuesday night show was for a general audience and was well attended. The three act comedy dealing with the affairs of Lakeland school, afforded a natural opportunity for the high school student actors. With one or two exceptions, they were "themselves", but fitted well into roles for which they were selected. More of acting ability was displayed by E'lcisc Rimmer, of Hurdle Mills, and Daily Frederick, of Roxboro, probably because their roles requir ed them to appear as persons of mature age. Actors were: Daily Frederick, Jan ice Rimmer, Eloisc Rimmer, Betsy Taylor, r. O. Whitt, Bobby Boothe, George Wilson. Nancy Wilson, John H. Blanks and Nell Pulliam, and members of the technical staff were: Nell Pulliam, Lou Ellen Rogers, John H. Blanks, Lena Dunn, Dorothy Slaughter, Nancy Newell, Sybil Wrcnn, Faye Harvey, Anne Harris, Inez Clayton, Louise Clayton, Ruth Bowen, Madeline Parham, and Patty Chambers. Come And Get Me, Says Parrish Durham, May B.—During the month of March, Louise Duke of Sheriff E. G. Belvin’s office wrote to James T. Parrish of Rougemont, notifying him that his name had been drawn to serve as juror dur ing a term of Superior Court in April, but that since the term had been cancelled, he would not have to serve. Today a letter came from Parrish I to the sheriff, reading as follows: j "Dear Sheriff Bclvin: Draw my name as soon as possible, and you ! had better send Deputy Mangum! after me. Very truly yours, S. Sgt. j James T. Parrish." The letter came from the Euro-1 pean theater of operations, where j Sergeant Parrish is serving with the Army Air Forces. o Pershing Sick As This War Ends Washington, May B.—The ‘ man who led American troops to victory in 1818—General John J. Perishing —was on the sick list today when j Germany's surrender in World War II was proclaimed. A War Department spokesman re ported the 84-year-old hero was "quite sick," but gave no details. Pershing for years has lived at the Army’s Walter Reed hospital here. o Piano Recital i A graduating recital in piano will j be given at the Central School audi- i torium on Monday evening. May |: 14th, at 8:15 o'clock by Wallace ] Zimmerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. ; W. Y. Zimmerman, and pupil of ] Mrs. Wallace Woods. The public is ] cordially invited. ] Band Concert To Mark Music Week National music week will be ob served here Sunday with a concert i by the Roxboro high school band in ! i the school auditorium at four o’- !] clock, with the public cordially in- ! i vited, according to announcement 1 1 made today by Miss Mary Earle 1 Wilson, band director. Selections to be played will include 1 classical and popular numbers, mil- i itary marches, swing tunes and sa- ] ered music, says Miss Wilson. i Sunday’s program will be follow- 1 ed on Monday by a band exhibition i to be held in the afternoon at two- ( forty-five o'clock, with band man euvers as a feature. Also, drum ma- 1 'I | Few Remember That City j Election Was Also Schedul ed. Thirty-Twd Votes Cast. Tuesday—V-E-Day was also j election day in the city of Roxboro,! with voting for the Mayor and ! five City Commissioners, but few j people took the trouble to walk to City Hall to cast their ballots, j which according to City Attorney F. O. Carver, Sr., reached the grand total of thirty-two for each candidate. Those elected and unopposed in the process, were Mayor S. G. Winstead and Commissioners Gor don C. Hunter, C. Martin Michic C. Lester Brooks, R. cliff Hall and Philip L. Thomas, each of whom will serve two years. Much more important in Rox boro were other aspects of V-E Day, which began officially at nine o’clock Tuesday morning, hour at 1 Real V-E Day Person and Roxboro citizens on Tuesday, V-E Day, here bought $81,225 worth of Seventh War Loan bonds, according to Gordon C. Hunter, district chairman, who said that of the total with the V-E date $64,225 is in E Bonds. System atic city-wide telephoning was done Tuesday by the Woman’s , Division under Miss Claire Harris and many V-E Day bonds were sold in that way. War Bond premiere for adults will be at the Palace Theatre to- ! night. One for children was held this afternoon. Official opening of 1 the dr.ve is next Monday, but Per son citizens are going ahead and not waiting for the starting date. which President Harry S. Truman spoke over the radio. Immediately after the President had finisiiei ' speaking/he majority of merchants closed their stores for the day. Os- j fices also were closed and flags were displaed in the Main street area. Held about nine-thirty that: morning at Edgar Long Memorial ■ Methodist church was a union j j prayer services, with three minis- ! ters participating, the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of the church, the i I Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, of First Bap ! tist church, and the Rev. Daniel ; Lane, of Person circuit. Special | music was rendered by the choir and I ;the church, considering the hour of ! the service, was comfortably filled. i I . . I | Later in the morning, about 11 j o'clock, a parade was held in the: downtown section with mus~ by Roxboro high school band under j direction of Miss Mary Earle Wil son. Open until two o'clock that after noon was People's bank, where com mercial business was abandoned in favor of the selling of War Bonds With the V-E date on them. As sisting District Chairman Goraon jC. Hunter with sales were Mrs. W. R. Minor and Mrs. T. T. Mit chell, to whom he has expressed thanks for cooperation. o Hostesses For USO Center Chosen I The following women will serve [ this weekend at the Roxboro USQ Service Center as hostesses: Saturday, two to four, Mrs. E. M. 1 Hedgepeth, four to six. Mrs. E. E. Bradsher, and six to eight, Mrs. Ru fus Harris, and on Sunday, Mrs. Frank Williams, twelve to two: Mrs. Henry O'Briant two to four, and Mrs. Arch Jones, four to six o'clock. Jor and the majorettes for next year will be elected. The Beginners band 1 and the little majorette class from ‘Roxboro Central Grammar school | will likewise have a part in the pro ‘ gram. Candidates for drum major are, Janie Dickerson, Gordon Allen, and Winstead Crumpton, while those seeking places as majorettes are, Mary K. O'Briant, Mona Lee Mor rell, Noma L. Barrett, Audrey Wright, Lucy Love Dickerson, Betsy Harris, June Woods, Lou Ellen Rog ers and Nancy Daniel. Judges will be faculty members of ] Roxboro high school. ®bt Courier =®jme;s a— ■■■« ■■■■■ "I'M 1 a . I ■■■■ J -1 1 —! ■ ■■ Resting Place for Marines 750 Miles from Tokyo / " ■ ■ < ■ . ■ : ; • .• ■ ;• : j > „ , / JjßjN , p *.,.•> V* . • • v ' £ .ir-t . 'til Jan pHP iMI Marines (left photo) kneel in prayer before the chaplain’s raised chalice at services which followed the dedication of the Fourth Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima. Major General B. Cates, commanding general of the Fourth Division, said at the dedication; “They gave their lives, advancing toward the enemy, and, even in death, they are still facing toward their final objective—the island of Japan." Protestant, Catholic and Jewish services for the dead were held immediately after the benediction which closed the ceremony. Right, four Marines bid silent goodbyes to fallen comrades after the dedication of the cemetery, only 750 miles from Tokyo. Peace, War Reflected In Headlines! Mrs. R. A. Bullock Dies Suddenly At Home Here Rit«s Will Be Held Friday Afternoon At Baptist Church. Mrs. R, A. Bullock, wife of the as ! sistant clerk of Person Superior | Court, died last night at her Lamar street home at eleven-twenty o'clock I from a heart attack after an illness [ lasting twelve hours. The former! Miss Edna Bradsher, she was a daughter of the late D’Arcy and Sue Merritt Bradsher. Funeral will be held Friday after noon at Roxboro First Baptist | | church at four o'clock by her pastor, ; . the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, with in terment in Burchwood cemetery. Surviving, in addition to her hus- J i band, is a daughter, Miss Panthea Bullock, a student at Meredith col j lege, Raleigh. Also surviving are four , brothers and four sisters. Brothers are. E. E. Bradsher. Sr..' and Landon C. Bradsher, both of , Roxboro, Merritt Bradsher, of Dur ham, and W. Guthrie Bradsher, of Bristol, R. I. Sisters are, Mrs. N. C. : Newbold. of Raleigh, Mrs. Frank J. Hester, Miss Sue C. Bradsher and i Mrs. Errol D. Morton, all of Rox boro. Mrs. Bullock's father was for j many years clerk of Person Superior j Court, a position now held by Miss I Sue C. Bradsher. Mrs. Bullock, who j was active in church and social cir- j cles. was a graduate of Meredith College. o Exonerated • The Rev. Andrew Thomas Joyner, [ 40, of Danville, Va., was on Tues- j j day in Person Recorder’s court ex- 1 onerated of any blame in connec tion with the death of Mary Ruth Person, 7, a Negro child struck by an ambulance driven by him. He had been charged with manslaugh ter. The accident occurred about two weeks ago near Concord. o Flower Show —.— Annual flower show and open house of the Person County Public Library v. ill be held tomorrow as scheduled, despite the unevene-.s of the Spring season, which has re tarded the growth and b'.roming of flowers, it was announced today. The public is cbrdivty invited to attend. -« No Meeting Alumnae of Meredith College, who were to have hail a meeting tonight at Baptist Church, have cancelled the meeting because of the death of Mrs. ft. \. Bullock, a prominent alumna of the col lege and a leading member of the Person Chapter, it was announc ed today by Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff. Twelve to fifteen tomato plants : per person are needed to furnish to- i matoes and some extra for canning. ' HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT London. May 9. —Marshal Stalin said in a victory speech tonight that though Adolf Hitler had planned to destroy Russia, Russia did not in tend either to dismember or destroy Germany. Stalin specified that the period of war “in Europe” had now ended. Thus he implicitly recognized that for Russia's Allies America and Bri tain the war continued. Russia i maintains diplomatic relations with j Japan but she has given the neces sary one year’s notice of denuncia- : tion of the Russo-Japanese neutral- j ity pact, I Though the European part of the' I war had ended, Stalin said, one ; | group of Germans in Czechoslovakia I still avoided surrender. | i PEACE STORY I Paris, May 9.—Gen Dwight D., I Eisenhower today authorized a 1 ; statement that Edward Kennecy of j i The Associated Press imperile J I j peace negotations between the Rus sians and the Germans by sending an unauthorized dispatch on the I German surrender at Reims. TAX LOWERING I Washington. May 9.—Chairman 1 j Walter F. George (D-Ga.) of the j Senate Finance Committee tonight urged an immediate reduction in in come and corporation taxes “even J though the Japanese war goes on j for another year.” He offered the proposal at a press; | Midwives Will Meet Tuesday The Person Health Department ( will hold the first of the three class- j lessor the instruction and supervi- j Sion of midwives on Tuesday, May i 115th at 9 a. m. Future dates will! be announced at that time. | Dr. D. D. Garvin, Health Offi icer, urges all midwives who prac tice in Person County and who wish to renew their permits to at tend the classes. Any new person wishing to begin practice in the county is invited to be present at this first meeting. Person County now has twelve practicing mid wives. Five have grade A, four grade B, and three grade C permits. The classes will be under the direction of Miss Evelyn Davis and the Person Health Department staff. Preston Wiles To Be At St. Mark’s r Preston Wiles, of Duke Universi-1 ty, a student in the Divinity school, will conduct services Sunday morn ing, May 13, at eleven o’clock at St. Mark’s Episocpal church. Formerly with the United States Coast Guard. Mr. Wiles has received an honor able discharge. o- Music Recital i Mrs. H. S. Blanchard will present her music pupils in a recital on Monday, May 14th at one thirty o'clock at Allensville high school. The public is cordially invited. i .’ ; , / ; i conference only a few hours after ;! War Mobilization Director Fred M. 1 1 Vinson had recommended in a re port on “The War—Phase Two,” to 1 1 President Truman that there be no “general tax reductions until Japan [jis defeated. ; j LIGHTS ON AGAIN I Washington, May 9.—The horse j racing ban and midnight curfew | and the brownout were lifted today i and the Government promised ! slightly more civilian gasoline and | limited quantities of new electric 'refrigerators, washing machines, ra i dios and passenger automobiles in j the months ahead. But the big job of licking Japan (means rationing will be continued. 1 there will be no new nylon or silk j stockings, food and heating fuel sup : ))lies will continue tight, and the, Government will retain its control | over prices, wages, building, trans- i I jxjrtation, production and manpower. PRAGUE FREE London, Thursday, May 10. — Mar shal Stalin Stalin announced the lib eration of Prague yesterday and said that while a small group of die- ! jhard Germans still was resisting in; |Czechoslovakia, "we must believe: that the Red Army will succeed in bringing it to its senses." I Just after midnight the Moscow radio broadcast a Soviet communi- I que which stated that the capitula tion of the Germans was proceed | ing on all fronts except in Czecho | Slovakia, where a group of German J troops, "avoiding capitulation to So-! net forces, is retreating hastily to [the west and southwest.” MOLOTOV LEAVES -j San Francisco, May 9. —Knotty (issues involving international trus teeships and regional security sys- I terns became the big hurdles before I the United Nations Conference to j night as the Polish problem shifted I toward Moscow, London and Wash ington. A British-American-Russian con troversy over revamping Poland's; government still is going full-tilt, i But it faded from the San Fran cisco scene with the departure for [ Moscow of Soviet Foreign Commls- | sar Molotov. * i TROOPS TO RETURN Washington, May 9.—A1l of the 3,500,000, U. S. troops in Europe except for a garrison of 400,000 will be withdrawn within a year and most soldiers going from Europe to the Pacific will come byway of the United States and will get fur loughs, it was disclosed today. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, chief of the Army Service Forces, and I members of his staff, discussing re deployment glans at a press con ference, said that withdrawal of troops from Europe began imme- j diately after V-E Day and that the j first 45.000 would arrive in the j United States this month. QUISLING HELD Oslo, Norway, May 9.—Nazi Pup- | pet Premier Vidkun Quisling of Norway, the man whose name has become a synonym for traitor was locked in the Oslo jail today andj two high German officers were re- I ported to have taken their own | lives as a result of Norway’s lib-- eration. t i ttv" ! Rev. J. S. Coley Returns Soon For ( Theresa Services Theresa Begins Services As Mitchell Ends. New Uhurch At Mitchell Needed. i ] ■ j The Rev. John L. Coley, of Ra-j] . leigh. formerly pastor of Baptist I. ■ churches in Person County, will be- , gin a series of revival services Sun day at Theresa Baptist Church, ac- , : cording to announcement by the j [paster, the Rev. B. B. Knight. of; f ’ Roxboro, who will himself preach |'j at the morning service at eleven j t | o'clock. ij Mr. Cbley. who came to Roxboro ic ! from Greensboro, is now pastor of j ( North Main Street Baptist Church, | Raleigh. Assisting with music at i c Theresa will be T. C. Sanders and ( the Rev. Fred Bishop, both of Rox- j t [ boro. The public is cordially invited j i to attend. There will be no Sunday ji [services at Mitchell's Chapel Church i because of the Theresa revival. j j The series of meetings which have j. been in progress at Mitchell's Chap- i 1 'el closed with the service last Sun- j day, when the house was filled to | its capacity. Dinner was served on i the grounds. ; The Rev. R. W. Hovis was speak- 1 | er. T. C. Sanders and Miss Bivens I Winstead led in song services. Twen- ’ •ty were received into the church.: 1 ! upon profession of faith and by j 1 letter. The Rev. Mr. Knight, pastor of [ the church, thanks everyone who had a part in making this revival a success. c A Sunday school was begun at ’ Mitchell's Chapel in 1902. The Rev. f Mr. Knight states that the church ' is organized now with a membership I .of fifty and the need of a new build- I ling is keenly felt and members j and friends who are interested are! [asked to lend their aid in this un dertaking. Donations may be given ' [to Miss Jewel Wrenn, Mrs. Mary : Nunn, the Rev. Mr. Knight, or left ;at Knight's Insurance Company I ‘office. —o I Exchange Club Holds Business Session t a The Exchange Club of Roxboro, t newly organized civic club, held its s regular Wednesday night meeting at v the Hotel Roxboro with Joel Lewis, president, presiding. j Appointment of committees and h j other routine business for the com- 0 jpletion of the club and to prepare j a program to carry out the aims of c ! the organization for civic betterment (was discussed. At its first regular meeting since * I the presentation of the charter held 1 last week, Dr. Dwight Chalmers, £ pastor of the Trinity Avenue Pres byterian Church of Durham, spoke F Ito the members. Dr. Chalmers is a e I member of the Durham Exchange I I Club. Also present at the session n •were H6nry Lane and John Riley, f both of the Durham group. t Gov. Gregg Cherry Will Be Speaker In Roxboro Finals Will Come May 22nd. Open House Is Being Featured In Two Days. ( The Hon. R. Gregg Cherry, gov-, ernor of North Carolina, wiil pay his first official visit to this ctiy I i since his election when he comes ; on. May 22. as finals speaker at, Roxboro high school. Announce ment of the coming of Gov. Chert y was made by District Suoe’inten dent Jerry L. Hester here '>n Tues day night shortly before tlvj con clusion of the Senior pla>. Baccalaureate sermon at- the ; school will be by the Rev. Harry Gamble, of First Baptist church. | Statesville, and well-known in Rox- ; 1 boro, on Sunday night. May 29. All exercises will begin at 8:15 p. in. Presentation of diplomas will be by . C. A. Harris, district school board chairman. Roxboro high school's o*en house, another Spring feature at the institu- ; tion, will be held this Saturday, May 12, from 9:30 in the horning until 12:30 in the afternoon and parents, friends and patrons are urged to attend so that they may see the school in operation, says Mr. Hester. j Examinations will be held on May j 16. 17 and 18. and the final morn j ing assembly period on Tuesday, May 22, will be time for presenta ! tion of attendance and reading cer i tificates, Bible reading certificates,' | and other minor awards, including j those for home-room citizeosh;;?, Valedictory and salutatory av. a rds and the school citizenship award, together with diplomas, wiil be giv en Tuesday night. May 22, atlH- the address by Gov. Cherry. o Helena Seniors To Give Play Friday On Friday evening, May 11, 8:30 |P. M.. the senior class of Helena | high school will present a play, i "Playing the Fiddler" school auditorium. Characters are: Grandma Castle, wise in her generation. Mary Ethel j Bowles; Henry Castle, Sr., her son. an overburdened business man. Wil ! liam Tillett; Mrs. Helen Castle, his I butterfly wife, Peggy Timberlake; 1 Iris Castle, their ultra-modern I daughter, Ada Lee Rogers; Henry | Castle. Jr., their pampered son, Don ald Lunsford; Lindy Carige. an j orphan and a distant cousin of the Castles, Lucille Blalock; Bob Eaton, I the young man next door, Jimmy [Holeman; Brown, an officer of the | law. William Whitefield. o Carlton James At Moore Hospital Pfc. Carlton James, who arrived in New York last week from over seas in the European Theatre, has been sent to Moore General Hos pital, Swannanoa, woe re he wiil be visited tomorrow by his wife, Mrs. Carlton James, and his mother, Mis. , E. E. James, of Hurdle Mills. o Appropriations County Commissioners in session on Monday heard routine appro- j priation matters and listened to several delegations without taking action, it was reported tod.iv. Former Roxboro Woman Honored Mrs. Thomas W. Smith, of 2701 Fourth Avenue, Richmond, Va„ the former Miss Beryl Beam, of Rox boro. has been selected as the ideal, typical Mother of Virginia, for 1945, according to announcement received today from Richmond, where a story, with Mrs. Smith's photograph, was published in the News-Leader. Mrs. Smith is the daughter of Mrs, j J. A. Beam, of Roxboro and Louis- j burg, and a sister of Dr. H. M. Beam, of this City. The Richmond News-Leader ac count reads as follows: The announcement was made by Mrs. L. Irving Thomas, chairman of the committee to select the Virginia State Mother. Mrs. Smith, aged 48. was born in Roxboro, N. C., and educated at Av erett College, Danville. She holds a B. A. degree and is a bachelor of music. Mrs. Smith is the mother of > four children: Lieutenant Thomas W. Smith, Jr., age 26, fighter pilot, 1 1 Fatal Highway Accident. IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945 DON'T HELP INCREASE IT! DRIVE CAREFULLY! To Speak Here I GOV. K. GREGG CHEERV Rites Conducted For R. A. Burch Former Roxboro Man Dies In Wilson At Home Os Son. Robert Augustus Burch, 77. oi Wilsbir a native of Person County and formerly cashier of the First National Bank, of Roxboro, died Monday night at six o’clock at the home of his son. Robert Burch, Jr., in Wilson alter an illness lasting six months: , The body was brought to Roxboro Tuesday morning to the home of his surviving sister. Mrs. E. B. Yan cey. North Maint Street, where fun eral was held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock. With interment in Burchwood cemetery. He was a son of the late John and Betty Burch and was for many years a steward 'in Edgar Long Memorial Methodist Church. In addition to his sister, Mrs. Yancey, survivors are his wife. Mrs. Mary Walker Burch, of Wilson and Raleigh, a daughter. Mrs. John Plunkett, of Richmond, Va„ three sons, Wayne, of Raleigh. Robert, Jr., of Wilson, and George, of FhttS burg, Penn., and a number of grand children. Active pallbearers were, C. W. Davis, of Red Springs, fearly Gill, Floyd Davis, J. C. < Bill > Walker. O. i Teague Kirby and William Walker, all of Roxboro. Pre-School Clinics To Begin Again Person Health Department pre [ school clinics will continue next week in four schools, according to Miss Evelyn Davis, senior staff nurse, who reports that the Bushy Fork clinic and one at Woodsdale Negro school will be held Monday, one at Lee Jeffers school on Wed nesday and one at Mount Tirzah ion next Thursday, May 17. Clinics in other schools have al ready been conducted, or will be held in the next few days. ! USAAF (in England); Mary Alice 'Smith, age 24, teacher of mathe matics in liigh school; Mrs. John L. Wiltshire (Beryl Beam), age 23, see iretary, and Hugh Mclntyre Smith, Sage 12, .junior high school student, all of Richmond. Mrs. Smith is a member of the jNorthside Baptist Church;, Womens Club of Highland Park,. Richmond Council of Church Women, Virghjsf Cancer Foundation, Inc., Mayor's Committee on Recreation, the Red Cross, War Fund, president of the Women's Club of Highland Park, the Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs, Parent-Teachers’ Association and other civic and welfare organi zations. Mrs. Smith will receive the cita tion award and title, "Virginia Mate ~ Mither for 1945,” in connecting! 4 with Mother's Day ceremonies under the direction of Senator Hill Montd-P gue. of Richmond, trustee of the ' Golden Rule Foundation, and Mrs* ,L. Irving Thomas. , y