WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JUNE 8. 1957
ROXBORO -REIDS VILLE
ROXBORO—Take it or leave it
“Blue Monday" is a tough day lo
irtoir.ach whenever it rolls your
•way It was Blue Monday" this
week in Roxboro for everybody.
The deaths, of love ones, fatal and
near fatal accidents of friends, rel
atives and neighbors created too
great alarms to be passed unnotic
ed by the most unsympathetic and
calloused souls within the environs
r,t the county. It was "Blue Mon
day" tha* mounted woe to the
strained Hearts of the citizenry of
Roxboro when news reached town
that Peter Johnson had suffered
♦he misfortune of being crushed
severely hv an overturned tractor.
Although he was rushed to the
Veterans Hospital in Durham, sad
hearts and touched souls pondered
over his critical condition.
The death of Mrs. Fannie 801 l
h came like a had early morn
ing dream that is hard to piece to
gether after rising for the day. A
pica-ant personality had passed
■ v tdenly and th: nows was too
sho ’King 10 accept without ques
tion . H--i husband. Mr Tames
Smith and six children are 'he sur
viving ones of her immediate {am*
•ly She also leaves sisters, broth
ers relatives and friends to mourn
TJ'Mf 1.3 year-old Johnny Poole
e’ro’vned Sunday evening while
-wimmcnn g with four other com
panions >n Newels pond on Se
rna ra Road Johnny lived with his
. randmother. Mrs. Maggie Bum
pass on First St. His mother. Mrs.
HTlheimina Satterfield, lives in
n vs
Mrs Mattie Lyons, 31. died at
the heir. ,! - of Mr. and Mrs. James
.Dixon in the Jones Chapel Com-
by Saturday evening at 5 p.m.
Fun -ral services were conducted
from th- Jones Chape! Baptist
Church it 2 p.m. Tuesday with the
Rev U. R. Booker officiating.
Monday was a day of sorrow and
?r>>f and no person was free from
the mournful moments that aceoni-
Kvf hefalJon friends, relatives and
per the unhappy regrets that
love ones of ihe town countryside
■ nd county Monday was 'Blue
Monday" Take it or leave it.
Clowns and New York Black
Yankees
The Indianapolis Clowns and the
'.'•»■ York Black Yankees will
play in South Boston Va. Thurs
day nigh'. June fi Those worldwide
famous teams are on their sen
'w's tour around the nation and
South Boston is mi« of the lucky
towns to erf a play. King Tut"
and Spec Bebop Prince Joe Hen
" and Clown Fid Barren will en
tertain the fins with their antics
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of "shawed ball and pepper pla'
while the team tussles .vith the off
erings of Soliz Rodriquize,
pitcher of the Black Yankees who
will be going for his 11th win of
the season against 2 losses.
BUI Majors of Johnson St. and
Trankiin Bullock of Hill St spent
Highlights Os Activities At
Person County High School
ROXBORO— During the school
rear of 1350 and 1357 the various
clubs, groups, and departments
participated effectively in the life ;
of the school:
The choir consisting of about
fifty members, under the able I
leadership of Miss Georgia McCoy. j
took an active part in such com
munity interests as the Ir.terde- :
nominational Musical Festival and j
the finals of the Person County j
Rural Progress Program. The j
choir rendered two or more public !
musical concerts at the school. '
Recently the choir toured sec- j
lions of this state rendering con
certs at Chapel Hill, Yanceyville.
Winston-Salem, and Joe Toler j
School of Granville County. Miss I
McCoy gave her service as direct- j
ress of the choir of Shady Hill,
a local church.
The band of about forty mem- 1
burs, under the progressive lead- !
ership of Mr. Alexander, rendered j
public concerts at the school, par- |
ticipated in the finals of the Per- I
son County Rural Progress Pro
gram and in the annual homerore.- !
is program of Person County High !
School. Tee band toured sections j
of the state and rendered concerts I
at Yanceyville. Henderson. Wake i
Forest, Hillsboro, and Joe Toler i
High School of Granville County, i
The North Piedmont Bus Driv
ers' Guild, consiting of fifty or
more bus drivers from Caswell,
verson, and Granville counties |
under the leadership of Mr. S. N
Knight, rendered two public pro- \
grams, one in October and the oth- i
er in February at Caswell Train
ing School featured Patrolman ,
Cliff Palmer and Patrolman Guf
fi'ies as keynote speakers, respec- I
lively. The aim of the guild is to I
promote safe school bus trahspor- i
tation. to encourage desirable at- !
rittides, to provide diversions, and j
to give status to public school bus 1
drivers
The Girl Scouts. Lone Troup,
'inder the leadership of Miss 1,. A
P*rry provided baskets s ot th
aged, sick and shut-in persons last
Thanksgiving. Recently. M : ss Per- !
•y and th" scouts took a trip to
Winston-Salem. On the return trip
they stopped and toured A&-T Col
lege, Greensboro.
The Dramatic Club, under the
leadership of Mrs. Virgie B. Phi- !
fcr. did not participate in ihe Dis
uict and State Dramatic Contests
this Term The. club presented sev
eral original dramas for The bene- I
; il of the pupils and teachers dur- I
me the school term. The club pre- j
sented also one of its original rim- !
mas to the students of Caswell j
County Training School. Vaneev- 1
ville, N. C
The Profession! Committee, com
i posed of departmental heads with |
Mrs. H F. Satterfield, dean, act
ing as chairman. conducted ;
monthly chntcal studies of Better |
Correlation of Secondary School 1
Subjects, with the basic aim 0 f
promoting reading skills, study '
habits, and logical thinking
The Journal Club, under the 1
c upervision of Mrs Ruby Hester
-ek the Panther, the school pa- :
wv, as r a project During Ihe
,. m . , ■ nrir -0-" T -r*MT l ri "fin
the weekend home from Washing
! ton. D. C.
Mr. and Mrs Otis Hester will be
! leaving for New Jersey this week
; end for the summer.
Miss Mary Robinson, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Robinson,
craduafed from Fayetteville State •
: month of April the club made an
| educational tout to places of in-
I terest in Durham. N. C Several
. members of the club and faculty
j advisors attended the .Tournaiistie |
Clinic conducted at North Caro- j
j lin.-i College at Durham,
j The Committee on Entertain- '
! ments headed by Miss Georgia j
; MCcoy, made the usual schedule ;
| for the annual Freshman Hop, the j
: Sophomore Ball, and the Junior-
I Senior Prom In addition weekly j
! chapel programs were scheduled I
! and assigned. The teachers took ;
i turns to make simple information
al and inspirational talks to pu- '
pi Is on such topics as "Activating
j a Devotion to High Civic. Ethical
i and Moral Ideals' . 'Using the Li- \
! brary as an aid to Mental
j Growth". "Pupils’ Rule in a Bet
i lor School ---Community Relation
Program". The committee brought
| such well known speakers and on
i retaining groups to thf campus as
1 Mr. Jones. Principal, Roxboro
; High School, Sargeant Fry. Rev. H
A, Smith. Do Albeit Turner, Mr
! Louis Austin Caswell County 1
I Training Band and Choir
The Student Council under thi
; direct sup. - rvision of Mrs H F
j SatterfP id as chairman, Mrs. Sa
i lnma Minis, and Mr. S N, Knight
las co-chairmen, sponsored a Get j
Acquainted Social” for new stu
dents and presented student hand-,
books to seniors and freshmen. The I
I council sent eleven delegates to the i
stale meeting in Raleigh. It is now !
' editing a 1357-5," handbook for stu
i dents.
The Forensic Club, with Mrs.
!H. F. Satterfield as chairman, !
j sponsored one public program as
! preparaory step to participation m I
j a speaking contest next spring.
The National Honor Society of
; sixteen regular members and eight i
probationary, under the leadership I
l of Mrs E M. Harper has been
i very appreciatively effective in
efforts to promote desirable atti- 1
j tudes, school citizenship and a I
| scholastic climate on the campus j
; This year the society is giving a
• scholarship to one of its deserving
members on the condition mat tm
i candidate enrolls in some standard *
! college to person a four-year
j course of study
The Panther Club of which Mr. j
! Drumwright is president and Mr
, V.’nv Tuck is secretary, voted to j
| sponsor baseball this term. The !
club contributed two hundred do!- ;
I lavs f 5200.0 01 to the financial sup- j
j port of the athletic teams and of j
| fieial? of the various clubs and !
! organizations of the school with a
j banquet. During the banquet, the
i officials gave high lights of the j
I activities of their respective or- \
ganizatons The basketball team
I ended ihe season with fifteen
j games won and five lop Brady
j Johnson, who for two consecutive |
i years set a neu- record for Person |
I County High School with 33 and j
! 42 scores respectively. Johnson re- •
reived the recognition of being the 1
"Player of the Year".
I Tlie Commercial dub members j
; contribute annually to the Award 1
; Funds to he used to encourage !
outstanding accomplishments and .
excellence in the area of com
i meree.
The person County High School ‘
and Roxboro Elementary Parents I
| end Teachers' Association of which !
■ Mr Houston Patillo is president j
| Contributed two hundred dollars
| ■ $200.(10 1 to each of the schools.
| The high school used gratefully
the money for athletics and the
elementary school for audio visual
aids equipment Mrs. Catherine
Lawson. Mrs Ruth Tillman, and j
Mr. Colße Alien rieserye words of
’ gratitude and commendations for
. recent growth in interest in and
increased support of the »chools
by parents and patrons
On May .30, 1957, diplomas
{ sr" awarded to eighty-nine
1 189) students. Miss Julia Oliv
"c Miss Doris Brooks, Miss
Bessie Pulliam. Miss Nora
j Lunsford. Miss Doris Vlllines,
Mi - . Philip Johnson, Mr. Frank
Bradsher, Miss Leola Williams,
Miss Katie Rogers. Miss Eva
Johnson. Miss Arlean Robert
'on, Sylvia Outlaw, Mr. Alex- j
atider Branson, Miss Blovenia
has* and Mr. Brady Johnson
were among those awarded for j
outstanding accomplishments.
, * I, "r H. A. Smith delivered
the graduation sermon and Dr.
Albert Turner, (he educational
i address
New Farmers of America: Dur- '
np fne month of September the i
organization won national r«ce*. !
: rition as a result of Edward Bow- !
man winning -a national award in ;
Hie national contest held in At- j
lanta, Ga. Several prizes were won j
by members of she organization •
at the Greater Danville Fair. One j
member. Bernard Allen, won a !
nnze at the North Carolina State I
Fair. This prize was won as a re- i
• su! ' ot exhibiting high quality j
eggs. The organization donated '■
nine dollars ($9.00> to the March
•vs Dimes .The judging team won 1
third place in the federation eon- I
test, held at N C. State College i
Rslftigh.
T he organization raised $130,90'
!* ,rs donated to the NFA Oma I
Building Fund. The accomplish j
Teachers College Tuesday, June 4
The Band Mothers Club gave a
farewell banquet to Mr. James
Alexander Friday night in the
school cafeteria. Mr Alexander re
signed as bend director of Person
County High School to assume a
similar position at Dunbar High
School hi East Spencer,
ments maoe by the organization
played a very definite part in the
winning of the award by the coun
ty in the Rural Progress Program.
I A W, Jones is local advisor for
j the New Farmers of America.
The physical facilities of Person
! County High School are augment-
I eri by six modern classrooms and
' a large gymnasium .
3 i<" ROY BROWN, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Border Brown of
Person County is stationed at
i Seymour Johnson Mr Base in
Goldsboor. Mr Brown was home
over the weekend visiting his
parents and his lovely girl friend,
Miss Jeanette Graves.
MISS (LEO JONES Is Ihr |
popular and charming daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Jones of Ivey
•Street. Miss Jones is active in
civic and social circles of the
younger set Her dynamic per
sonality and m insomr smile are
assets n success as a popular
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ERSTONE, a graduate of Person
County High 8enoo) rompleted all <
requirements and graduated re
gently from the Duke University
School of Practical Nursing. Mis* j
Featherstone is the daughter of j
Rev. an i Mr« Featherstone of
| fimith Main Street In Roxboro, ;
I Tho ninth grade English classes
I of the Washington School have
; IviKt completed the. prescribed units
! for the year. The classes used as
; the basic texts Enjoying English
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"FINALS" EXERCISES Su- |
per-imposed over an aerial
view of North Carolina Col
lege’s campus are the princi
pals in 4*ith "finals' exercises i
concluded in Durham Tuesday
Girl Scout
Camp Opens
Wednesday
Tho Girl Seoul Camp Commit
tee met Sunday June 2, 1357 with
Miss Burma Raines, District Dir
' “dor to make final plans for camp.
Members present were Mrs. Laura
; Wimberley. Mrs Anne Robinson.
‘ and Miss Dorothy Lane. It wasn’t
: possible for Mrs. Lillie Taylor and
Miss Mae Ligon to he present.
Camp opens June 12th and
closes June 22nd. The staff
will be composed of the fol
lowing people. Miss Burma
Raines Camp Director. Miss
Margaret Parker. Nurse: Miss
Naomi Leak. Cook; Mrs. Jose
phine Sanders, dietitian. Miss
Majorie Adams. Program Con
sul.tnt. Miss Elsie Howell. Pro
gram Consultant; Mrs. Doris
McAdams. Program Consultant,
and Mr. Daniel Howard, water
front Instructor.
For those who have lived it.
camping conjures up many vivid
impression? and memories - They
have experienced the mysteries of
nature, the excitement, of advrm
! lure, the freedom to create, to re
lax. to choose and to explore, the
making of new friends and the
strengthening of old ones the
closeness to God.
Dr. C. B. Middleton, camp physi- i
rian. 17 Tarboro Road, will give I
i free heahh examinations to j
campers Friday morning, June 7th, ]
from 10:011 to 1?:00
MUU,NO
MULLER
Too f«w ivl us rtsabw, om-nmei.
ttow much the often maligned trucking
industry docs for our general good and
economic welfare. Just how much pnh
lie sennee they render i» probably i
best exemplified in the following lilllft
poem lhat appeared tn a CMC truck
ad»ert<semeot paving trihtrte ** dye
American Trucking Association:
This is the boose that (rents built . ’’»•
At h-st . it *« oeih a hoh> m the errAimt—
A dump track were oA wwt> rtv- aw m »
f rrrmnti.
‘Hers ’« the foondatwwi. ue»V Wwropo aw* an
U spire;
Artransit-mP crock inroneh* *» *w
y concrete there. x
hs timbers asd Sonars* * «*et, *» *<
wood
i Was hruieai from Aw tevesst bv ■smc.A
; P fWhit etse eoukt’t
The fumitune. canpeH. Pv home oeeAn
galore
Were h oot for *** wan. wooM fee saw
; ' m the store 1
The food no the watrte. «* MrxherSi
j r dress
AH made «h«tr teowttancr by mr* or repros*
1 There \ alsroyw hot water hw wa and *or
). sire;
A tank -truck defivrm (the sues for (hr S
Dm garden m pretty Its abrnhs mks Mb
t Bees s
'•’«« brought m » prekwp there's wide
' use for these
And daily, (hourh weafhet h m .... n>
shivery
TH* family rmlkr’s beoisahl (hem fey oredaww
delivery
1 While via tire school bps kufc seek •dura
tions.
Dads reach, at a tramlt bo*, business
locations
So to look around yun and think of your
luck
flow much of root (toy* yon owe « e iw»
TRUCK!
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Thp popular w»W no Dee Vntwp
my sister eu idea tfi*} looks
; aim ply delighi-
fnl in the /lining
1 alcove and ha* rJWathß'e
earned h» r metre
rum pitmen ta.
She ttbluced the r
pulley device
idea hut iu place r ~ r - yrr -WjlJ
of lam pa used 5.Ai_J
ivy planters permittmg her to
raise or _ lower the plants to any
deaf red height. One planter she
hilt's over the table rrestih* an
ahove-the-tahle centerpiece, and
it\ moat attmcdv>!
| Top row, left to right XOC
i President Alfonso Elder: fit
Howard Thurman, dean of
] Marsh Chapel. Boston Ini
i versify, ’'finals'* speaker. Dr
/ Joseph H Taylor, chief mar
;Miss Geraldine Harris, Bride-Elect,
Feted At Shower; To Wed June 15
j Mrs Mary M Alien and Mr?. ’
Rebecca Cooke were hostps. cs at
a linen shower given for Geraldine
Harris, bride-elect, last Tuesday
evening. The Mary Talbot Rom
.2’7 F,asi Davie Street, was (be
scene of ihp shower.
Miss Harris will marry lieu
“Veep” Richard Nixon, Wife Head List
Os Notables At Press Awards Dinner
Washington canp• The,
“greatest mistake” Western na-J
tions ran make is "to fail to rc-i
cognize the equality and dignity",
of the peoples of Asia and Africa
This was the observation made
by Vice President Richard Nixon
in remarks before the Capital
Press Club dinner at (he Willard*
hotel. Saturday night
The Vice President was one of!
the honored guests at the Four-i
teenth Annual CPC dinner, which;
was addressed by Congresswom
an Frances P. Bolton of Ohio.
Mrs. Bolton, who was an of
ficial Government Represent,i*
trie accompanying fbr Vice
President and Mrs. Nixon to
Saturday Jane 8:
Louis Jordan
!Guest On The
Gleason Show
Hollywood—< ANP)— Lou l oj -
dan and his Tympany Five will be
guest starred on the Jackie Glea
son show on CBS-TV, June S. from
F *o 3 P.M. CNYT.
The Tympany Kim: is sc* * n
add a generous helping of mu
sicr,J mirth to Glrison's fast
moving program. HII he the
first time tlir two famed maes
tro?, have appeared on the same
program although both ire
charter member* of (he ''mu
tual admiration" society.
Meanwhiie Jordan’s torrid crew’
featuring organist. Jackie Davie, j
Dottie Smith and Austin Powell !
are proving show' stoppers where- |]
ever they appear.
The Tympany Five opens a: ;
Club Zanzihaj in Buffalo. N. Y i
on May 23. They just, completed a
series of college prom date? at
Grambling College. Grambhng. La
University of Kentucky Lexing
ton. Ky., Beia Upsilon chapter Al
pha Phi Alpha fraternity. Jackson,
Tennessee
Feeding roughage hay or sil
age - helps reduce the threat of
bloating in form animals
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shill, inrt Dr. G T Kslc iin
dcrgradiiatc schon! dean Low
cr left. Dr. It K. Barksdale,
dc.m of the graduate sehooi
and Dr. \lhcrt 1,. 7’umer dean
of the !a\\. school XI ! O'.ve »■
tenant Frederick D Burroughs
mi June I‘>, a! the Saint Pan!
AM V Church
j White flowers decorated the
homo and a punch bowl surround
ed by white (lowers centered the
j cr»w i*x r tnl*, ics
Ghana during its freedom da?
eclebration. pointed out thu(
tmcrica recognizes the
strength and possibilitites of
the future of Africa.
| The Ohio Representative re
ceived a Press Club award for her
: work in the fields of health edu
cation and social service.
Other awards went to Mrs
Richard M. Nixon, the Rev. Mar
tin Luther King. Jr., Miss Jeanne
Rogers, William Worthy, and Mirs
•Jeanette DcHaven foi honorable
service Several press club mem
bers received competitive awards
for outstanding work
M - Nixon was cit’d for the
increased humanity she has in
fused into international relations
as the charming companion of her
illustrious husband in his wmld
wide travels on important mis
sions for our country.” This In
ternational Relations Award" was
prevented by Miss Fannie Gran
ton of Johnson's Publications
The M:»n of the Ywir V
uard ’ « presented *o f<( v.
King in abstenfia. It was in
rerognition of b - "effecti'e
Christian leadership of the
Montgomery bus boycott
which not only resulted in a
significant supreme court de
e if. vm, but also provided a,
fresh and more penetniting
approach to human relations."
This plaque was presented hv
Samuel Hoskins, editor of the
Washington \frn • Smeriean.
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right are the three -ummi /-uin
Dude graduates, Yvonne GrH
u iji. Columbia French major.
Barbara Ann Lumpkin, Dur
ham drama major and Aden J
V, right. ,ashevitjn rummerm
major.
M ;.t HArrlv received a cors.agf of
wh:tp carnations and many useful
! gifts.
Guest? present were the honor
re’:- neither friends of Mrs Allen,
end the members of the Young
Adult Bible CLs? of (he Fv-stte-
Ville Rfrcat Bvptist Church
Receiving F for (hr Bav, King
wi* Eugene Davidson, presi
dent of the D c. Branch of
NAACP.
Miss Roger? education reporter
Tunes Herald was honored for
her objective and comprehensive
if porting in the field of public
education which helped to create
a climate which facilitated the
transition of the District, public
"hool from a dual to a single
fern " This award was present
ed by Mr* Alice A Dtmmcan of
the Associated Negro Press
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