War Bond Dollars
Are Double Duty
Dollars
VOL. LXIV.
Teacher Vacancies
Creating Problem
For Person Head
Farm Loan Ad
Obtains Helpful
Amendments
Lending: Powers of Land
and Farm Loan Associa
tions Increased.
Greensboro. July 15.—D. E. Scar
borough. secretary-treasurer of the
Piedmont National Farm Loan As
sociation, said today that under
the new legislation recently en
acted by Congress, it will be pos
sible for the association to handle
loans more expeditiously and that
with more of the lending process
turned over to the associations, the
prospective borrowers will be told
more quickly of what action will
be taken on their application for
long-term loans from The Federal
Land Bank of Columbia.
Under the new law, the land
bank may lend up to 65 percent
of the normal agricultural value
of the farm, whereas since 1917
it has been limited to 50 percent
of the appraised value of the land
plus 20 percent of the permanent
improvements.
The making of Land Bank Com
missioner loans will be continued
for one year from July 1, 1945.
They may be made up to 75 per
cent of the normal value of the
farm. However, the contract in
terest rate on these loans will be
5 percent except to veterans who
may borrow at 4 percent in the
event the loan is guaranteed un
der the G. I. Bill of Rights. The
contract rate for land bang loans
through the association will re
main at its present all-time low
of 4 percent.
Secretary Scarborough said that
many of the Commissioner loans
have been reduced to a point where
they can easily be refinanced with
4 percent land bank loans which
will give these borrowers interest
savings of 1 percent.
The office of the association is
located in Greensboro and handles
land bank and Commissioner leans
in Person, Guilford, Randolph, Al
amance, Durham, Orange, and
Rockingham Counties.
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Bethel Hill To
Open Cannery
The Bethel Hill Community can
nery will be open for canning fruits
and vegetables July 23. Days of
operation arc Monday, Wednesday
and Friday afternoons, from 12 to
7 o'clock. Tin cans will be avail
able at the cannery.
Total cost of canning is 5c for the
No. 2 cans and 6c for the No. 3
cans. It is necessary to make an
appointment for the canning of
meat.
Canning dates for meat can be
made with J. M. Wilburn, Teacher
of Agriculture, Woodsdale, accord
ing to announcement received from
him.
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Revival At Helena
Begins Wednesday
A revival will begin at Helena
Methodist church. Wednesday night,
July 18 at 8:30. Rev. Kenneth Thom
as of Dallas, Texas will preach. The
song service will be in charge of the
pastor. The public is invited to at
tend these services according to the
pastor, the Rev. Floyd G. Villines,
Jr.
Olive Branch To
Have Services
The Rev. Joe B. currtn, pastor,
will preach this week at revival ser
vices at Olive Branch Baptist
church, the services starting Mon
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Ser
vices will be held each afternoon
this week at that hour and will
be followed by a second afternoon
service immediately after the first
is finished.
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Poultry feeds should be kept thy
during storage, because molds de
velop rapidly In hot weather, says
C. F. Parrish, poultry specialist of
the State College Extension Ser
vice.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
One School, Bethel Hill, Has
Several Vacancies At .
One Time.
Continually vexing at this sea
son of the year is the replacement
of teachers, according to Person
Supt. R. B. Griffin, who pointed
out this morning that two princi
palshlps remain to be filled and six
teaching positions, majority of toe
last named in one school. There
are not now, says Griffin, so many
vacancies, but those that do exist
are hard to fill, chiefly because
teachers in other communities have
already signed up.
Principals wanted at this time
are for Longhurst school and Hur
dle Mills high school. Also wanted
at Hurdle Mills is a teacher for the
grammar grades. Likewise, one is
needed for the sixth grade at Hel
ena, but the school that is at pres
ent the hardest hit is Be.hei Hill,
of which James A. Stanley, of West
Jefferson and Roxboro, is princi
pal.
Wanted at Bethel Hill arc a home
economics teacher, one for Eng
lish or the eighth grade, one for
I public school music, whicn was not
offered last year at all because a
teacher was never secured, and one
for the second and third grades
combined.
In discussing teacher appoint
ments Mr. Griffin also revealed
that Miss Mabel Massey, of Pleas
ant Hill, for several years connect
ed with Roxboro high school has
resigned. No announcement has
been made as to her future plans.
In the office Friday for a confer
ence with Mr. Griffin was R. C.
Garrison of Winston-Salem, form
erly principal at Helena, who last
year was at East Bend, but is r.o n
connected with the Winston-Salem
: system and- is expected to be at
RiWfid.d J. school,
probably as dean of men. Mr. and
Mrs. Garrison are now visiting her
family, the A. J. Crutchfields ac
Bethel Hill.
Needs for teachers in Person and
Roxboro are not so acute from the
point of numbers, says Mr. Grif
fin, but the difficulty is in late and
last minute replacements.
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Men Leave For
Fort Bragg Today
With William M. Crowder as
I leader, eleven men went to Fort
Bragg this morning for examina
tion under selective service, ac
cording to the Person Board.
In addition to Crowder, those go
ing were:
Julc Dixon, Percy Paylor, Wil
liam Edward Poteat, Fonzer Jones,
Burnice Albert Villines, Cooper
Jones, Cecil Callworth Street, God
frey Winstead, Harvey Lee Brad
sher and Willie Junius Jones.
The Person Board is anxious to
know the correct addresses or the
present location of two men, Laz
arus Smith, last listed as of Route
three, Roxboro, and James William
Jeffers, registered as living at 1325
North Bond Street, Baltimore, Md.
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Invasion Money,
But No Japs
Sgt. T. C. Wagstaff, Jr., now sta
tioned in Manila and formerly an
associate editor of the Courier,
thinks that it may be a another
year before he can come home.
Writing recently to his mother, he
sent her some Japanese invasion
money intended by the Japs for use
in the United States. The money
was all there, in dollars, fives and
cents, but the Japs have not gotten
here yet, and are not likely to, avers
Sgt. Wagstaff.
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Davidsons Visit
Friends In City
G. C. Davidson of Fayetteville and
daughter, Mrs. Thomas G. Paxton
and little Patsy, daughter of Mrs.
Paxton of Wilmington were Roxboro
visitors during the past week. Mrs.
Paxton, who before marriage was
Miss Ruth Davidson, spent the week
visiting her many childhood friends
here, it being her first visit in
about four years.
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This year’s spring pig crop was
seven per cent smaller than in 1944
but twelve per cent larger than the
average for 1933-42, say authorities
of the USDA.
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®ht Couriet=®itnej3
111 Percent
One hundred amt eleven per
cent of the Person K Bond
quota was reached here in the
Seventh War Loan before the
end of the drive, according to
co-chairman R. L. Harris, who
said Saturday morning in giv
ing final figures that total
sales in E Bonds here reach
ed $275,143, against a quota
of $248,000, while in other
sales here the total reached
$750,383, against a quota of
$296,000, with total, overall
sales of $1,025,526, against a
quota of $544,000.
NCEA Conference
Ends Session
Teacher Grmi"*. Studv Issues
Facing Modern Educators.
Greensboro, July 15.—Improve
ment of teaching and educational
facilities in the schools was stressed
in the three-day summer work con
ference of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association held at the Wo
man’s College of the University of
North Carolina, Greensboro, July
12-14. Leaders of local units from
the central part of the State work
ed with the association officials in
a study of important issues facing
education and the need for better
planning and more vigorous action
in meeting them.
The value of developing leader
ship through conferences where ed
ucators have the experience of
thinknig through their problems to
gether was stressed at the opening
session by both Mrs. Annie Laurie
McDonald, Hickory, President of the
NCEA, and Dr. Roy Morrison,
Chapel Hill, Chairman of the Or
ganization Committee, which is
sponsoring the conference.
Highlight of the Friday morning
conference was an address to the
entire group by Dr. Clyde A. Erwin,
State Superintendent of Public In
struction, who streaftu- she respon
sibility of every individual teacher
to his profession. Dr. Erwin also
stressed the responsibility of each
faculty for strengthening the work
of each teacher especially the begin
ning teacher. The whole purpose of
professional organizations is better
education for each boy and girl.
Greetings were extended the
group by three representatives of
Woman’s College, Dr. W. C. Jack
son, Chancellor; J. A. Smith, Presi-
I dent of the College NCEA Unit; and
|C. W. Phillips, Director of Public
j Relations, who is also vice president
of the NCEA.
Work of the staff with reference
to the magazine, field service, libra
ry book department, placement bu
reau, elections, and membership was
explained by Misses Alice Paulukas
and Sarah Foust, Field Secretaries.
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Five Come Home
At One Time
Pfc. Howard Slaughter, who ar
rived Saturday from overseas ser
vice in Europe, his brothers, Seaman
First Class Charlie Slaughter, of
Philadelphia, and Seaman First
Class William P. Slaughter, of the
USS Wassuc, together with Gus
Slaughter, of Washington, another
brother who is with the Civil Ser
vice, Washington, and a brother-in
law ,Pfc. Johnny Neighbors, also
from overseas, were all at home this
week-end for a visit with their
mother, Mrs. J. J. Slaughter, Lamar
street, who reports that this is the
first time in eighteen months that
all of them have been home at the
same time.
Pfc. Neighbors and Pfc. Howard
Slaughter will be here for thirty day
leaves, while Charlie Slaughter is
here for seven days and the others
were in the City for the week-end.
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Carolina Motor
Club Office Opens
Carolina Motor club office has
been reopened In the office of Mli
ler-Hurst company, Court Street,
according to Coy Day, store mana
ger, who says the Motor club of
fice will be in charge of Mrs. John
Day, with office hours of from
nine In the morning until four in
the afternoon, except on Saturday,
when the office will close at noon.
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To Discuss Clinics
Tonsil clinic plans will be discuss
ed tonight by Kiwaniang who meet
at Hotel Roxboro, where a special
guest will be Miss Evelyn Davis, of
the Person Health Department’s
nursing staff. The clinics have been
held under auspices of the Ktwants
club here for the past several years.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Combined Library
Circulation Large
For Year In Person
At Bainbridge
HOBIE C. CARVER, JR.
Hobie C. Carver, Jr., a 1944
graduate of Roxboro high school
and son of Mr. and Mrs. Hobie C.
Carver, of Route One, Roxboro, is
with the United States Navy and
is now taking training at Bain
bridge. Md. ,
Tar Heel Will
Become Head Os
WAC Organization
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Col. Westrav Boyce Takes Ov
er Post As Mrs. Hobby
Resigns From Corps.
Washington. July 15. —Col. Oveta
Culp Hobby, of Houston, Tex., re
signed, effective September 3, as di- i
rector of the women’s army corps |
and will be succeeded by Col. West
ray Battle Boyce, a blue-eyed 43- \
year-old widow of Rocky Mount, N.
| C ' ■
Mrs. Hobby, wife of William P. ;
Hobby, newspaper publisher and |
former governor of Texas, said she j
believed her mission in organizing [
the WAC "has been completed” and |
and that she would return as soon
as possible to her family.
Undcsecretary of War Robert P.
Patterson announced her resigns!,
tiqn at a news conference attended
by Mrs. Hobby and her successor.
Until today Mrs. Boyce, a mother
ly gray-haired woman, was a lieu
tenant colonel and deputy director j
of the corps. During the conference
Patterson pinned a colonel’s eagles
on her shoulders, promoting her full !
colonel.
i She has an 18-year-old daughter, I
I Wcstray Battle Boyce, Jr., a student 1
at Sweet Briar college, and before
joining the WAC in the fall of 1943,
was in government service here for \
several years. An overseas veteran, i
she served as WAC staff director in
the north African theater in 1944.
Mrs. Hobby will start her accum
ulated leave at once and go on in
active status September 3, when her
leave ends. Patterson praised her
"distinguished contributon to the j
prosecution of the war.”
“We will miss her and she leaves
with the best wishes of everyone in !
the war department.”
Mrs. Hobby said the WAC has
proved its worth through perform
ance and "is acepted by the army
and the public as an integral part
of the most democratic team on
earth.”
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Sanitarian Here
Miss Harris, of Wilkes County, l
new Person sanitarian, is expected
to arrive here today. She, succeeds 1 1
Winston B. Taylor, resigned. She j i
has been in Chapel Hill for the past ' i
month to take special training foi '
her new work. M
■ Alow}, *7<4e Waif, m
But—lt Didn’t Work
The scribe who fills this column is In Washington, at least we
suppose he is, but he was due back on the Job ere this. However,
no uneasiness is felt as he has Mrs. Sam and son Sam, with him.
In a recent issue Sam took a crack at our good friend, Mellte
Satterfield and told how faithful he had been in Working and car
ing for his splendid garden, but he had made a complete failure,
owing to the dry spell. Mellie says he understood perfectly why
Sam was so complimentary—he was simply fishing for a basket of
vegetables, but nary a one will he get, for Mellie says if Sam had
been as faithful with his garden he could have had plenty and to
spare.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
Virginia Party, Including R.
L. Lacy And Miss Grafton,
To Inspect Program
Wednesday.
Circulation of books in Person
County and Roxboro for the fiscal
year just ended, reached a total of
thirty-nine thousand volumes, ac
cording to Mrs. Ethel Walker
Whetstone, tri-county librarian for
the Person County Public Library, j
who reported Friday at monthly
meeting of the Person Library’s
board of directors that around two
thousand books Included in the
circulation figures are to be cred
ited to the Negro branch library, of
which Ophelia King, is librarian.
Announced at the meeting was
the fact that a group of Halifax
County, Va„ library officials, to
gether with Miss Ernestine Grafton
of Richmond, Va„- will visit here
Wednesday at nepn for inspec
tions and conferences on the Per
son library and public school co
operative program, a work that was
Initiated here by Miss Grafton and
6upt, R. B. Griffin and is now be
ing continued by him and Mrs.
Whetstone and Mrs, A. B. Buch
anan.
In the Virginia party with Miss
Grafton, former librarian here and
now director of the Extension Di
vision, Virginia State Library, will
be R. L. Lacy, superintendent of
the Halifax schools and a member
of the Library board for Halifax.
Also In the group will be the
chairman of the Halifax board.
Members of the Person Board
'heard from Mrs Whetstone a report
of budget appropriations as plan
ned by Person and Roxboro com
missioners and approved the final
set-up. It was announced also that
vacation plans are to be arranged
for Mrs. Buchanan and for Mrs.
i Margaret Howard of the library
staff. Special guest at the meet
ing was Lt. William Smith Hum
! phries, son of Mrs. J. Y. Hum
! phries, board member.
Other members present, in addi
j to Mrs. Humphries and Mrs. Whet
stone were Flem D. Long, chairman,
Mayor S. G. Winstead, Thomas J.
; Shaw, Jr., and Mr. Griffin.
Knitting Division
Completes Extra
Sweater Quota
Fifyt-three sweaters made from
surplus yarn from the 1944-45 quota
for the Person Red Cross chapter,
have been completed and dispatch
ed, according to the co-chairman of
the knitting division here, Mrs.
Percy Bloxam and Mrs. George W.
Kane, who also report that total
I number of sweaters completed and
! sent, including the extra fifty
three, has reached two hundred
and nineteen.
The knitting division office here
will be closed the remainder of
| this month and next month, but
will reopen on regular schedule on
| the second and fourth Thursdays
in September, according to Mrs.
Bloxam, who says, however, that
women who want extra yarn now
to knit during the remainder of
the Summer season may obtain it
|by telephoning to her or to Mrs.
Kane.
! Numbers of women are working
with extra yarn now on hand, re
ports Mrs. Bloxam, who expresses
to them appreciation of the knit
ting division for cooperation be
ing extended.
Sgt. Payne Now
In German Area
Sgt. Charles Welford Payne, of
Halifax, Va.. and Roxboro, , with
the 128th Ordnance Maintainance
Battalion , Company A, of the Six
th Armored division, is stationed
at Apolda, Germany, according to
a War Department message re
ceived here today. Sgt. Pkyne’s
wife is the former Miss Doris Yar
borough, of Roxboro.
MONDAY, JULY 16, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Gold Finder
Pfc. Joseph B. Holsonback.
of Timberlake, ammunition
bearer, and son of Mrs. Mary
B. Holsonback, is a member of
the first battalior. or the 339th
Polar Bear regiment, which
found more than twenty-five
tons of gold in a cave beneath
and old fort in the Fifth Army
area in Italy. The gold, prop
erty of the Bank of Italy,
was stored in the case last
October by the Germans. It
took twelve armored trucks to
take the gold back to the Bank
of Italy, according to a War
Department report received
here today.
Person's Worker
In FSA Attends
Electric School
The use and care of home elec
-1 trical appliance and efficient wir
i ing were among the subjects dis
-1 cussed at a meeting of FSA home
1 management supervisors from fif
teen counties who met with repre
sentatives of Duke Power Co..
Greensboro, last week, says Miss
Nettie Day, home supervisor for
Person County, who was among
those attending.
The meeting was arranged by
Miss Margaret F. Fuller, Area FSA
Home Supervisor, in cooperation
with Miss Charlotte Mobley, home
service advisor for Duke Power Co.,
to enable county FSA home super
visors to give rural families bet
ter instruction. Discussions were
led by Charlie Stone, Pool Tysinger,
Joe Howard and Miss Mobley to
help home supervisors to aid FSA
borrowers using electrical appli
ances for the first time to adjust
and repair them and adequately
wire the home.
j "Many practical things of every
day usefulness which can be pass
ed along to FSA borrowers were
j learned at the meeting, which
consumed a day and a half," said
Miss Day. "The importance of us
ing right size fuse and whv
fuses: 'blow out' were points espec
! ially stressed by the company of
; ficials."
: The forenoon ui tne tirst day was
! devoted to a film on care and
: repair of equipment, an actual
workshop session on repairing cords
! and plugs and cleaning, and a
I demonstration on the care of motot s
and other items not fully covered
in the film. In the afternoon the
film, "American Farms in War
time," gave a general survey of
j poultry raising, dairying, feed pro
duction and household services. A
[ general discussion on house wir
ing followed. One of the most in
structive features, Miss Day said,
was a workshop session in which
each associate supervisor made a
wiring layout for a home, as a
solution to inadequate wiring
which is one of the biggest prob
lems in farm homes.
! The session the second day was
devoted to a film on nutrition, a dis
cussion of laundry equipment, op
erational care of major appliances,
modernization of old lamps and a
summary of the program.
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C. C. Jackson, Jr.,
Talks On Pigs
C. C. Jackson, Jr., assistant Per
son Farm Agent and co-director cf
the Four-H program here, who
spoke Thursday at Roxboro Rotary
club of which he is a member, had
as his topic the pig programs being
carried out in Four-H clubs. He
stressed the importance of the pro
gram and said that the work is par
ticularly vital now because of the
meat shortage.
Mr. Jackson also laid stress on
the value of producing blooded stock
and indicated that better breeds of
pigs are apparently more produc
tive, having larger, stronger and
better litters. The meeting was at
Hotel Roxboro, with Dr. Fitzgerald,
club president presiding. Next pro
gram will be in charge of Tom Ben
nett, of the Rural-Urban commit
tee.-.
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Shares Recognition
Cpi. William A. Wrenn, 21, son
of Mrs. Dollle Wrenn, of Roxboro,
who has been overseas in the Phil
ippines for twenty-two months with
the 32nd Infantry division, has
shared in a commendation issued
by Major. Gen. . H. Gill, his com
manding officer. The Division lias
just completed IXO days of fighting,
with the Villa Verde trail as one
of its main objectives.
Wright’s Refuge At
End In Helping
Placements Here
Interested Couples Who Can
Meet Standards Asked To
Furnish Boarding: Homes.
Recent decision of the Wright’s
Refuge in Durham that it can no
longer assist the Person Welfare de
partment in its placement program
for the care of infant children is
creating an unusual and a difficult
situation in Person County and
Roxboro. according to Mrs. T. C.
Wagstaff. welfare superintendent
here, who points out that Person
County greatly needs a licensed
boarding home for infants and that
she is anxious to contact a suitable
couple who are willing to under
take the work on a contract basis.
Persons who wish to offer board
ing home facilities should have in
their family circle normal home
patterns and must be able to meet
certain standard specifications as to
lights, water and sanitation. Under
state law each county in North Car
olina is supposed to have at least
one certified infants' boarding home
in its borders, but Person has not
had one and until last week has
been able to share in the use of the
Wright refuge in Durham, but when
a recent case developed it was dis
covered that the VSright home, be
cause of its own heavy demands
could no longer assist in the Person
end of the program.
Infants of from ten days up to a
few months of age are placed in
private homes until they are of age
to be sent to the North Carolina
Childrens' Home society, Greens
boro, or in some suitable orphanage,
I says Mrs. Wagstaff. Boarding rates
j are paid for the infants and some
times older children Who may be
placed in boarding homes.
The need for boarding homes has
always been felt here, according to
Mrs. Wagstaff, who points out. how
ever, that one or two such homes
will meet present obligations. Chil
dren, nevertheless, cannot wait and
[when they need help they need it
lat once—not ten days or two
j months too late.
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Norwegian Sailor
Leads Double
Life To Limit
Atlantic City. N. J., July 15.
Birger Helgesen disdained bell bot
tom trousers but he found good use
for a coat of navy blue. That's why
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
had him in jail today.
New Jersey FBI Agent Samuel K.
| McKee said Helgasen, 51-year-old
i Norwegian, appointed himself a cap
tain in the Norwegian Royal Navy
two years ago, then promoted hirn-
I self to rear admiral.
| He became a familiar figure along
| the New Jersey coast, the FBI said,
jas he divided his time between two
j women, one his wife.
j When Helgesen decided on a
charge of feminine companionship,
McKee said, he just informed his
j wife he was off on a transatlantic
| mission for the Norwegian Navy.
Dressed in a heavily-braided uni
j form, gold-monogramed brief case
|in hand, he'd wave a cheery good
by and "go to sea.” According to
the FBI "sea" was just a few miles
up the Atlantic Coast from his Cape
May home. There, the FBI said,
Helgesen would report to his lady
love that he had just returned from
a mission and was ready to settle
down for a good rest.
When the spirit moved him, Hel
gesen would reverse the procedure,
informing his Monmouth County
companion he had to be off "to
sea.” He’d wave a cheery goodbye,
pick up the brief case and with a
smart salute leave for the train —
and his wife at home.
The FBI said Helgesen. owner of
a tourist camp in Cape May. hadn't
been to sea since he was a Merchant
Seaman in Norway many years ago.
In fact, the FBI said, the only ocean
he saw was the Atlantic Ocean surf
as he commuted between his two
women.
McKee said Helgesen was arrest
ed when the Norwegian consul in
New York complained that they had
no rear admiral living in Cape May.
Helgesen admitted lt was just “a
harmless’’ impersonation, McKee
said.
Helgesen is charged with illegally
wearing the uniform of an officer
in the Norwegian Royal Navy.
1 Fatal Highway
Accident
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945
DON’T HELP INCREASE ITI
DRIVE CAREFULLY
NUMBER 65
Larry Flinn's
Heroism Wins
Praise Os Men
| Husband Os Roxboro Woman
Dies In Action.
Chapel Hill, July 15.—Details of
the heroic death under German fire
of Lawrence Flinn, prominent young
Chapel Hillian. have just been re
ceived in letters from officers of his
outfit to friends here,
j "On March 18th Flinn went for
; ward to a certain house near Hahn,
j Germany, and as an observer, di-
I reeled artillery fire against the en
emy," wrote Peter Honderd, Chap
| lain of his regiment.
"In this he was successful, but he
j must have been spotted by the en
jemy, for lie was hit by a rifle bullet
and killed.
"His buddies said about him,
Sergeant Flinn was a most courage
ous soldier, always willing to under
take the most difficult and danger
ous missions.’ He won the respect
and admiration of all those with
whom he came in. contact."
Another letter from Brig. Gen.
Morrill Ross, his division command
er, read in part as follows:
"Larry did his duty splendidly and
was loved and admired by all who
knew him. He gave his life in bat
tle in the service of his country.
These simple words cannot lighten
our sorrow, but they bring great
pride and inspiration to us all.”
A native oi Pittsburg, Flinn grad
uated from the University in 1932,
married Miss Marion de Vlaming,
and built his permanent home here.
Later lie traveled and studied ex
tensively abroad and, upon his re
turn, was a. visiting lecturer for a
time both here and at Duke,
His range of interests was wide,
i including philosophy, economics, and
social work, and he took an active
part in the social, civic, public, and
philanthropic activities of the Uni
versity village.
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Others Want To
Have DDT Spray
At least a dozen more of Per
son residents are anxious to become
participants in the DDT Malaria
program, according to officials of
the Person Health Department, who
reported this morning that last
last week's program was success
fully completed and that coopera
tion of residents, chiefly in the
Chub Lake area, was very gratify
ing.
It is to be regretted, however,
says the Department that addition
al DDT sprayings cannot be given
until the next quarter, when it is
expected that area lines will be re
drawn to include the extra fimilies
requesting the service. The DDT
spray, effective in killing mosqui
toes and other insects, is limited
in quantity, as far as civilian use
is concerned, but it is hoped that
the supply will become more plen
tiful later.
It is planned now that the spray
ing program will be repeated every
three to four months.
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Scout Leaders To
Meet Tuesday
Person Scout District will meet
Tuesday night at 7:30 in Roxboro
Chamber of Commerce office and
the Negro division will meet Wed
nesday night in the office of C. J.
Ford in the Agricultural Community
building. Regular quarterly meeting
of Cherokee Council officers is also
scheduled soon.
Oliver In Watts,
King: At Home
S. A. Oliver, former Roxboro
Chief of Police, is a patient at
Watts hospital, Durham, where he
was taken last week for treatment
and observation. W. L. King, Person
jailer and court house custodian,
who has been at Duke, returned
yesterday and is much better now.
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Egg and poultry markets were
extremely firm during June, ac*
cording to poultry specialists at thq ,
State College Extension ServKfc '