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THE KIDS all know where U* schoolhouse is, but Just the same the school bell rings. Many people know where your business Is; ad vertising is the bell you ring. ■—■ —~ - " J ■ ■ -■ -- -• ■■ ■ ■ 1 ■ —== ■ mm ——' ■ .i ii ■ in . ■ "■ '■ —— l^ VOL, LXIV. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 66 Woman To Become Person Sanitarian Within Next Month Father’s Day Governor Cherry yesterday pro claimed Sunday as Father’s Day and called upon the citizens of North Carolina to “observe this day in their churches, homes, and public places in the same lofty American spirit of love and rev erence in which they have seen fit to do honor to American fathers each year for 35 years.” The Governor suggested that citizens give expression to the love and honor for American fathers by prayer and devotion to duty. He pointed out that “the father is tlie foundation stone of the Amer ican home, the sanctity of which we arc struggling to save for the present and the future. “The fathers of America have | paid in blood and death for vie- i tory in Europe, and are heroically ' fighting today in the Pacific, and ] giving their utmost devotion and i service on the home front to pre- | serve the precious liberties for j which America came into being.” ; Suspension Ends j Meat Cases For Two Person Men Wilkerson And Johnson Given j Light Judgments. Thomas J. Wilkerson, of North i Main Street, Roxboro meat retailer,: who on May 29, was charged by the [ Raleigh District office of OPA with! JBBWJatiwaii ooncomlntt meat sales, said yesterday that by on in chambers decision his case has been settled under provision that he is not to sell meat for red points for forty-five days, the order to take effect within six days after signing. Wilkerson also said that the same 1 ruling was made in the case of D. Clenic Johnson. Negro, operator of the D. C. Johnson under same charges. WilkersCnsatd, 100, that he feels that he and John- j son were charged with an offense j of which many other meat dealers here may be as guilty and that he, himself, believes in the OPA policy, despite that organizations allega tions as to violations. It was indicated in the hearing I that the Wilkerson and Johnson j cases were considered as "small fry”. Under the decision rendered it will j be ixissiblc for Wilkerson and John son to resume business on and after expiration of the 45-day suspension. The Roxboro men were represented by an attorney. * —o Hail Tuesday Hurts Tobacco llail struck again In Person County Tuesday night about 1:30 p. m. and damaged a large amount of tobacco, it was reported In Rox boro Wednesday morning. Hail fell in the Hurdle MiUs, Scmora and Rougemont sections. Several hail storms have already struck in this county prior to the one Tuesday. County Youth Dies, Name Remains On Draft List With Alfred Alexander (Fred) Main, as leader, a group of Rox boro and Person white men re ported to Fort Bragg on Tuesday for physical examinations under Selective Service. Included in the list of names was that of Edward Kennlth Gil lis. deceased. Gillls died at Thanksgiving last year, but offi cials of the Person Selective Ser vice Board office said that the Board has never received official notification of that fact. Next of kin of any man registered to be called up under Selective Ser vice are requested to notify the Ser vice Board at once in case of the death of a registrant, it is said. Fresent addresses, or information as to the whereabouts of two men, Woodson Marvin S'tone and Fred Reade Satterfield, who failed to report to the Board, are wanted at once. Stone was supposed to have gone to Bragg with the Tuesday group. Wilkes School Teacher, Miss Zella Harris, Succeeds Tay lor. Miss Bowe Leavesf Miss Zella Harris, of Roaring Riv er, Wilkes county, a former school teacher there, will come to Roxboro on July 16, as sanitarian for the Person unit of the tri-county health department, according to announce ment by Dr. O. David Garvin, of Chapel Hill, director of the Depart ment, who said this morning that Miss Harris will first come to Chapel Hill next Monday to take a special training course. Miss Harris, probably one of the first women to take up the work of sanitarian in North Carolina, suc ceeds Winston B. Taylor, who resign ed several weeks ago and this week began new duties with the Camp ' Butner sanitary division. In Roxboro I for a time after Miss Harris’ arrival | will be W. Murray Linker, of Ra i leigh, a supervising sanitarian with I the State Health Department, who | will assist Miss Harris in beginning ] her program here. I Dr. Garvin at the same time this | morning confirmed reports of the re ■ signation of Miss Agnes Bowe, dis | trict superintendent of nursing 1 staffs with the tri-county depart j ment, who is resigning in order to go with the United States Public Health Service, Washington. Miss Bowe has lived in Chapel Hill, but has frequently visited in Roxboro. I It is not expected that her successor : will be announced immediately, al though such an appointment is now I being considered, according to Dr. i Garvin. o ! Roxboro Streets i Being Repaired ! . -7 ; .Sew. . £-*»>»» f ifet city of Rox ' bJro are extensive repairs. These streets have since worn out but for several rea- j sons they had not been repaired un til now. Work on these streets, which | consists of patching holes and worn I out places, is being done by the state! 'with convict labor, mainly, but the I j expenscJ&Jjewg borne by the city. I f Superintendent Kyle Jones is in | charge. The, rity mpnnpri the work that j ! was to be done and then the state | took charge. Martin Michie, re-1 1 cently elected commissioner, and a former state highway supervisor was : instrumental in having this done for the city. Streets that are to be repaired or j ;have been repaired are Lamar, Ab j bitt, Barden, Bradsher and several | j others that only needed a little | touching up. They are all streets , I that the state had no interest in and ] yet were not county roads either. —o — Stephen Long Kiwanis Guest Stephen Long, of near Bushy 1 Fork, returned prisoner of war. was i special guest last week at Roxboro ; Kiwanis club, where he told in I some detail his experiences while | held in camps in Germany. Pro- i gram for Monday of this week was : in charge of T. C. Sanders, with < the Rev. Daniel Lane as speaker. i Theme of the Lane talk was the | lighter side of life and its place i in everyday living. Illustration of i ■ points was by jokes and with quiz • questions. , In addition to Main, who has I been pro at Roxboro Country club, the following are the men who went to be examined this week. Albert Addie Hawkins, Oakley j Gilley, George McKinley Humph- j ries, Owen Jordan Tuck, Vance ‘ Wilson Wrenn, A1 Ralph Davis, 1 Prank Charlie Morris, Walter < Thomas Wade. William Henry Harris, 111, Fred Junior Mealer, Alvin Hamlette Green, George Thomas Epes, Jes se Nichols Russell, Jr., Rufus Flint . Salley, William Roy Johnson, Tins- . ley Kary Gentry, James Odle Me- j Cullock, Thomas B. Russell, Alvin , Graham Westbrook. James Kenneth Wood, Jr., James Albert Griles, Bert Love Denny, ( David Beasley Plxley, Thomas Jack son Crumpton, Fenton Marshall Overbey, Frank Edward McKinney, Walter Edward Fox, Oble Lee Sol oman, Charles Winstead Daniel, and Ivey G. Maness for another i board. v ®ie Courter=®ime? They Also Have A Victory To Celebrate HAPPY RANGOON CIVILIANS show their pleasure on the return of British and Indian troops who ! recently re-entered the chief city and pert of Burma. Up to the entry into Rangoon, the Japanese "lost nearly 5091000 soldiers in three year( of Burma fighting. British troops fgeed hundreds of i Allied prisoners, including some Americans. Bang Goes Door In Court Room, But Voices Improve OPA Takes Over Rationing From AAA Farm Unit Farm Transportation Group Os AAA To Cease Func tions June 30. The Person County Farm Trans- I portation committee, an affiliate of I the AAA, will cease-fuScticning. ef i fective Jpwe.3o. according to a joint announcement made today by the AAA office and the Person OPA, it being'stipulated that the AAA office jJosie will thereafter in no way con j nected with the OPA In gas ration |ing or in other rationing functions, j Beginning on July 1, the OPA | here is assuming the whole respon sibility of rationing duties previous |ly delegated to the County Farm Transportation committee and it is I requested that all farm applicants | file their applications with the local i OPA board in the regular manner. | Farm applicants are now to file with (the gasoline and commodities panel of OPA and will receive due con sideration from tt as they have in the past received from the Farm Transportation committee, it was l said today by Philip L. Thomas, 1 Person OPA chairman. It is understood that Farm Trans j portation committees all over the i State arc transferring their func tions to regular channels of OP,A. j Present chairman ‘of the outgoing ( Farm Transportation group is Errol j Morton, and other members are | Rult Gentry, AAA head, Tom Rog ers and F. C. Hall. Chairman of the General Board of OPA. which has no active part in rationing and is concerned with appointment of various panel mem bers, together with supervision office 1 personnel, is Philip L. Thomas, and other members are Flem D. Long and H. Wheeler Newell. Chairman of the gas and commodities panel, which also handles rationing of su- 1 gcr, shoes and automobiles, is C. Martin Michie, with Joe Y. Blanks, I Wharton Winstead and H. Dewey 1 Young as members, while members! of the tire panel are, Flem D. Long, chairman. Gordon Brown and H. Wheeler Newell. No members of the above named boards or panels can ; consider applications except at offi cial meetings. o Vacation Bible School Thi* Week The Vacation Bible School is be ing held at Warren's Grove Method ist Church this week. The school is in session from 4 till 6 o’clock each afternoon, ending Friday with a community picnic supper. o Clinic Postponed — The Person County Health De partment’s chest clinic scneduled for Tuesday, June 19. has been post- 1 poned until a later date, it was an nounced today. Patients expected to appear at the clinic will be no tified as to date for the next clinic. o NOW HOME Harold Lunsford, prisoner of war in Germany, arrived home this week, ~ , .. T HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT ! j Address System In Court Room Works Well Except For Minor Details Ordered last April, two months ago, but now in use for the first time here this week on Tuesday at regu lar session of Recorder's Court, is an amplifying system for the court room in Person Court house, ' a system ordered by the County Com missioners after considerable delib | eration following complaints that it is difficult to hear court trials in the court room, particularly if specta i tors are seated under or in the bai -1! cony. Installation, of the amplifying sys- j ■; tern, more properly called a public | address system, began about two j : j weeks ago. Here Tuesday to test the j : equipment under operating condi-, | tions was Stanley Kahn, of the Southeastern Radio Supply com pany, Raleigh, installer. Kahn says ■j he is to come back later this week t 1 (to complete adjustments, such as the way a closing door sounds like . j thunder. ■; Included in the equipment are two ■ microphones, one on the judge's:, bench, the other facing the witness j ■ | stand, four loud speakers hung on ; ! walls in the rear, both upstairs and t down, and a radio control box. It is i s I said that an additional microphone 1 j 1 may be needed and one or two more \ j loud speakers for the balcony. ! Among the spectators in the Court Room Tuesday was J. A. Long, Jr , ! chairman of the Board of Commis .sioners, who sat upstairs in the bal- [ jeony to test hearing qualities pro- ’ duced by the address system. Some * | court officials in the bar have ex | pressed opinion that the system produces a ringing noise in that par- 1 ticular part of the court room, but c spectators in the rear balcony said 1 they noticed a considerable improve ment in the audibility of voices. 1 o ‘ Bradsher Long Rites Yesterday 1 •j . c At Rock Grove Bradsher Long, 26, of Raleigh and ] j Garner, formerly of Roxboro, died > ' Monday morning in Fayetteville at the home of a sister, Mrs. Stiles j < (McLaurin, whom he was visiting. | Death was attributed to a heart i condition. He was a son of Mr and Mrs. J. L. Long, of Garner and j!, a nephew of B. U. Long, of Rox- : * I boro. I Funeral was at First Baptist! 1 church at Garner Wednesday moin- 1 ing at eleven o'clock, with inter ment following that afternoon about 1 three o'clock at Rock Grove church 1 cemetery, Person County. Surviving. s in addition to the parents, are aj' number of brothers and sisters. ! c Sisters are Mrs. C. G. Coates, of j 1 Garner. Mrs. Lee Ander Matthews, of Canton, and Mrs. McLaurin of i * Fayetteville. Brothers are, E. M. | £ Long of Stroudsburg, Penn., Larry ' 1 Long of New York City, and E. | f Moody Long, of Apex. j Rites in Garner were in charge of the Rev. B. T. Stancil, the pas- I ■ tor. o I Latney Pittard’s Father Passes !i j 1 W. C. Pittard, of Oxford, father I [cf Latney W. Pittard, of Roxboro, |' died early Wednesday morning in 1 Oxford, where he had been ill since ' I Sunday. Funeral will be held Thurs ida.v afternoon at Nut Grove church 1 • near Oxford. The Roxboro Pittards t II have been in Oxford for the past j 1 1 several days. i Bond Sales Slow According to officials of the Peoples Bank War Bond sales in • the Seventh Loan are lagging very i much at this time. The E bond i ■ quota for this county has been set |; at *48,000 and this quota is still ] short of being made to the extent ( i of approximately SBO,OOO. Overall quota is $544,000 and quite a bit of buying needs to be 1 1 done if this quota is to be met on time. * ■■ - I New Minister At Cavel Church ' | < Rev. Alvin C. Young Succeeds i Rev. J. R. Jolly. The Rev. Alvin C. Young, of i Buffalo. W. Va., and Divinity School ; student at Duke University, is new; i pastor at Ca-Vel Methodist church, j: succeeding the Rev. J. R. Jolly, who i has gone to a pastorate at Birming ham. Ala., it was learned yesterday. 11 The Rev. Mr. Young, who is liv- 1 ing in the church parsonage, will be 1 here all through the Summer months and expects to costinue as 1 pastor after the Divinity School Fall ; session opens, although he will then ' have to communte to and from Dur- 1 ham to carry on his work here. It |' is understood that Mr. Young will ' carry on the Boy Scout work origi nally done by Mr. Jolly. Mr. Jolly is now the assistant , pastor of a large Methodist church j m Birmingham. From Alabama, he i left here after Juae 3, shortly after i graduation from Duke. His successor ' 1 preached his first sermon here last ] 1 Sunday. l o ( Electric Service « To Be Off Here | Sunday Afternoon ' Electric service will be off in most 1 of Roxboro on Sunday, June 17. from 1 2 until 5 o'clock in the afternoon ac- ' cording to T. Miller White, manager 1 of the Carolina Power & Light Com pany here "The interruption nas been ar ranged” said Mr. White “in order to ' rebuild the main feeder from the substation to the uptown area.” This type of work is in line with the i company’s policy of keeping its facil ities in good repair." Mr. White went on to explain that the interruption has oeen scneduled at a time when it is hoped a minim um of inconvenience wil result to customers. o Lewis Tapp Now In Roxboro Lewis Tapp of this city has ac cepted a position with Kirby-Jones Motor Co. as service manager for this concern. Mr. Tapp has for the past several years been connected with Writght's Automatic in Dur ham but is well known in this city where he has been making his home. Prior to his connection with the Durham concern he was in the au tomobile business in Roxboro and his ability as an auto mechanic is recognized over the state. County May Go Ahead Os State In Setting Up Veteran’s Administration; Need Acute Proposals for the establishment here of a County Veteran's admin istrator or advisor will be given further and serious consideration next Wednesday at a special ses sion of the Person County Board of Commissioners, following first discussion of the matter this past ; Monday after an American Legion Committee from Lester Blackwell Post, the American Legion ap proached the Commissioners on the ; subject. Members of the committee in ; eluded Post Commander J. Y.! J Blanks, Dr. O. G. Davis, Gordon i jC. Hunter and N. E. Davis, who j i pointed out the great and increas ing need by returning veterans of j advice and consultation both with regard to business and personal af i fairs. It is felt that the salary for i such a consultant, one schooled in i Army administrative affairs and | preferrably a recently returned vet eran himself, should receive a sal- | ary of $250 to S3OO per month and j should devote his whole time to j consideration of veterans’ affairs, i It is understood that the attitude of Person Commissioners toward the proposal is favorable, although j the technicality of securing funds j for the program and of working out the plan, either as an inde | pendent county program or in con- J nection with the State setup of the j J Veteran's administration, is invol- j j ved. Plans for a state-wide program i to be established in various cities I I and counties were adopted by the j last General Assembly arid the | provision made that counties and ! municipalities may appropriate j funds or levy taxes for such work. It is understood, however, that i the State program backed by Gov. j R. Gregg Cherry, has been slow in getting into operation, with mem-1 | bers of the State Commission but j j recently appointed and that there i is in Person a strong sentiment for j j going ahead independently and net waiting for full development of the j ' State organization. , Suggestion here has been that a ! (County Veteran’s Administrator could well be a former sergeant or company clerk. Work of such a' person would extend not only to veterans, but to young men just} called up under selective service and would include the giving of j j advice as to business and proses- ! j sional and educational opportun- j ities. | The Person commissioners at their | next meeting will also be expected . to arrive at the tax rate for the. new fiscal year and will further consider budget proposals. It is understood that B. W. Hutchins, of Durham, of the firm of Ashlyn and Hutchins, Durham, will meet with the Commissioners for the purpose j of considering his firm's designation 1 as auditor of the Clerk’s office. ! Rev. M. C. Dunn To Open Services i The Rev. Millard C. Dunn, of (Durham, pastor of Carr Memorial I | Methodist church, will hold a se - i lies of evangelistic services at Gal: Grove Methodist church, beginning Monday night at eight o’clock and ' continuing through Sunday, June j 24, when dinner will be served on i j the grounds, according to the pastor, j I the Rev. Daniel Lane. Opening i sermon in the series, on Sunday j night, June 17, will be by the Rev. j Mr. Lane. There will also be ser- ] vices at eleven o’clock in the morn ing Tuesday through Friday. At the Warren's Grove church, which is also served by the Rev. Mr. Lane, a daily vacation Bible school with an attendance ..f about fifty is being held this week. - Softball Lights Being Broken Someone or several, with little | regard for property of others, has gone on a spree and decided that \ the large light bulbs at the Rox boro High School would afford ex cellent targets and has broken several, stated Dick Woody, presi dent of the Person County Soft ball League. Three of the large bulbs costing five dollars each were broken over the weekend and others have been broken this season. Ail the evi dence indicates that they were broken intentionally by someone. Also a nuisance is the fact that cars are being driven around ihe diamond of the ball field thus tearing it up considerably. All of this seems to be done at night and the damage is rapidly running in to money for the Softball organ ization. i NEW MANAGER FOR LOCAL HOSPITAL COMES TO CITY Mrs. Hal Brodie, of Raleigh and | Roxboro, a native of Person eoun- • ty, daughter of Mrs. Texie Barnette I ; and sister of Miss Mamie Love 1 Barnette, of this city, has accepted 1 jthe position of business manager |of Community Hospital, it was re ! vealed today by R. P. Burns, chair- | man of the Board of Directors of the institution, which has been j j without a manager since the re- i signation of Allyn S. Norton sev- j eral months ago. ; Mrs. Brodie, who-has had gencial; i management and business office ; j experience for several years, is' I staying at the Nurse’s home across! ; the street from the hospital. She' USES Office On Full Time Basis . Four College Leaders Coming I Baptist Younii' People To Have Meeting Series Next Week. Four Baptist college students from | Bavlor University, Mars Hill college. (Eastern Carolina Teachers college | and Meredith, will be here next week for the week of study being held by | j Baptist Young people Monday I I through Friday at Roxboro First ] (Baptist Church, it was announced] ! todav. 1 ... . Bill Farrar, of Gastonia, Baylor {graduate this year at Waco, Texas, will lead night discussions, and La- ( i mar Brooks, sophomore at Mars Hill, ■ ! will lead morning groups, while Miss IClarine Johnson, ECTC, and Wil i mington, will lead night discussions on "From Friendship to Marriage", and Miss Josephine Hughes, of j Greer, S. C., and Meredith, will lead night discussions on "Fun, and More of It". Miss Hughes will also lead ! the Friendship Circle. 9:20 to 10, each night. Regular night meetings will be (from 8:30 to 9:15, while a discussion j group will meet at night at 7:30. Morning meetings will begin at ten o'clock Lamar Brooks will also lead the 7:30 night, discussions. Church To Have Coatless Sundays Children's Day will be observed iat the Mt. Zion Methodist Church tvith a program Sunday morning at eleven o’clock and the Third Quar terly conferi nee of tne Mt. Tir- ( zah Charge will convene at The | ; Hurdle Mills Methodist Church. I Sunday night at 8:30. The Sundays On the Mt. Tirzah | Charge for the rest of the summer have been designated “coatless Sundays,” and all men are invited to come to the services without, their coats, according to the Rev. | Floyd J. Villines, Jr. o DIPLOMAT DIES ■ London, June —Brig. Gen. Sir Per cy Sykes. 78, British Consul Gen eral in Persia (Iran) from 1904 to 1913, collapsed in Trafalgar Square and died in a hospital a few hours later Monday night. —V -< Sunday Is Dad’s Day, But He Expects Nothing Dad, the forgotten man, and who I never forgives when he is forgotten,! is to be remembered this Sunday— that is some Dads will be. June the seventeenth is his day. provided he can politely remind the memoers ]of his family about it with the re- : minders not too much in evidence. Os course on the morning of the seventeenth when he gets his gilts he will not have expected a thing, and “You shouldn't have done this” coming from his mouth at the same time the “Thank Yous” 1 Fatal Highway Accident IN PERSON COUNTY IN IMS DON'T HELP INCREASE ITI DRIVE CAREFULLY ! arrived last week and has been (with the hospital since that time. J The hospital, in the meantime. , is continuing on a part-time basis, ]as formerly, wdth services available in second floor rooms, which are reported as filled to capacity. Still connected with the hospital is Mrs. j Louise F. Long, as are other mem -1 ber.s of the nursing staff. , Planned for tonight at eight j o'clock is a meeting of the executive committee for the War Memorial hospital, in Chamber of Commerce lof fice, where chief business is ex pected to be the selection of a site committee. It is also expected that ( general affairs of the hospital plan ' will be discussed. Miss Muriel Gentry To Cotne Monday To Assist Claude Luouire. Miss Muriel Gentry, of Raleigh (and Roxboro, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Gentry, of Roxboro, on (Monday of next week will return to fhis City to become senior clerk in the Roxboro office of the United ] States Employment Service, it was learned today. Miss Gentry, who has been in Raleigh for four years, will be assistant to Claude Luquire, man ager of the USES here and it is [expected that her coming will mean j that the office can now be kept open lon ah all-day schedule each day in | the week. New hours will be from eight thirty in th‘e morning to five-thirty in the afternoon on a daily basis [and Miss Gentry will act as recepi. t tionist and general assistant, accord'- ing to Mr. Luquire, who said today that he has now on file as many as twelve applications from returned soldiers wanting assistance, chief ly in connection with farm plans. The USES office, which was mov ed the first of this week from Per son Court house basement to up stairs offices in the Roxboro Build ing and Loan building, will be closed all day on Friday of this week in order to permit Mr. Luquire to at tend a Veterans meeting to be held that day in Durham at Hotel Wash ington Duke. Work of the Roxboro USES office has greatly increased during the j past year and the program here Is on a full time basis after having at first been merely of sub-station character. The new office provides two rooms. I Navy Recruiter Here On Tuesdays George F. Ball, of Greensboro and Burlington, recruiter for the United States Navy, who is in Roxboro the Court House each Tuesday, rei ported this week that response here { has been unusually good for the i past several weeks. Ball is at the (Court House each Tuesday- from i nine in the morning until five in the afternoon and is particularly anxious to consult with boys seventeen years of age. He will also consult with men of from seventeen through thirty-eight who may be interested in joining i radar units of the Navy. come, he will be smiling all over. He really had forgotten that it was Dad's Day and ft all seems foolish to him—but just try and forget the master of the house— soma houses. Anyway, Sunday is Father’s Day and that day has been set aside by the merchants as a day for you to buy Dad a present and they mean a nice one. Anyway you figure it joking aside the old fellow is a mighty nice man and he certainly deserves , a break on this day,
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