North Carolina Newspapers

OF ALL THE TROUBLES, GREAT OR SMALL, THE GREATEST ARE THOSE THAT DON’T HAPPEN AT ALL. —KVP. VOL. LXIV. Nazi Propaganda Has Funny Side, Says Cpl. Martin Son Os Roxboro Minister Sees Advantages In Reverses. Exhibition of an excellent morale, the description of a typical French Christmas and the delineation of a phoney “American broadcast by Germans from Berlin, are incorpor ated in a letter from Cpl. William Christian Martin, Jr., of Durham, son of the Rev. W. C. Martin, of Roxboro, and recently received by him under the date of December 19. Cpl. Martin, who says he is “well and still kicking” is with the First Army in France. His wife, referred to in the letter as “Virginia”, lives in Durham, with their little son, William Christian, 111. Cpl. Martin is a brother of Lt. ((j. g.) William Southgate Martin, now on sea duty, and of Capt. Ben Martin, of the Medical Corps, Camp Butner. Cpl. Martin, who thinks that re cent Allied reverses may have a beneficial effect on all of us, both at the front and at home, writes as follows: “Things are going rather badly for our Ist Army right at this point but they will get the situation un der control before too muqh damage has been done. I guess every army has its set backs and we are no ex ception. In one way the present turn of events will tend to help the general nicture rather than to dam age it. All of us over here had hoped for victory before Christmas and when we realized that this was not to be, we more or less down to winter war which is a slow busi ness at best. A bit of bitter com placency had set in, and so this has come at a good time if it had to ccme. Too, the home folks were a bit over optimistic and expecting too much too fast, so this will be good for them too. “There are five of us together now away fronvtbe company, we find this much to our liking. We are situated high up on a hill overlooking the city with our radio set up. We are useing tents but they are as comfortable as billets and we are more satisfied this way. We really run into a lot 'of propaganda over the air rvaves that's quite smelly. The worst I've listened to is a team who call themselves Charlie and Joe. "They have typically American (Turn to page 6, please) Bethel Hill Has Large Quantities At Its Cannery The Bethel Hill community can nery has canned 8,500 cans of beef since September 15th, according to J. M. Wilburn, teacher of agricul ture. Seventy families were con tacted in canning this amount of beef and pork. 1100 pounds of sausage has been ground since Dec ember Ist. The cannery will continue to op erate during the months of January and February. Beef canning is done by appointment only, so contact J. M. Wilburn, Woodsdale, for your canning date. 'Carpenter Kid' Os Person Wins Star Graham L. Duncan, a freckle laced kid who learned tha art of hammer, nail, and saw handicraft Lack in his hometown of Roxboro, lias been awarded the Bronze Stai "for exceptional achievement in di rect support of combat operations” at his B-24 Liberaor base in Italy, 15th AAF, according to announce ment received here today. Sergeant Duncan has been the "Mr. Fibis” around his 15th Air Force bomber squadron for the past 15 months. As chief carpenter, Duncan was entrusted with the respontpillty of winterizing all his organization's buildings. In the period of two months, all departmental and ad ministrative buildings, as well as a mess hall and club, were equipped to endure all weather conditions throughout the winter. The official citation reads: in part) "Throughout this entire period, he worked tirelessly and endlessly towards one end; that of equip ping all buildings with maximum care as to endure all eventuali ties ..." f With an acute shortage of ma terials, the young sergeant applied ingenuity with skill to complete his J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Higher Goals In Production Set For Farm Worh Coltrane Expects ‘Hard Sled ding’ Ahead With Less Labor Available. — RALEIGH, Jan. 7.—A period of “hard sledding" for the 300,000 farmers of North Carolina during the next 12 months was foreseen to day by D. S. Coltrane, assistant to the commisioner of agriculture, as a result of stepped-up goals in many crops and possibly even less labor in 1945 than at any time since the beginning of the war. Coltrane pointed out that crop goals have been increased for wheat, oats and other small grains, hay, dairy products, poultry and eggs and other products. Briefly Coltrane summed up some of the increased goals: Hay producers have a goal in 1945 calling for 1,400,000 acres, an in crease of more than 100,000 acres over last year. Flue-cured tobacco producers have been assigned a goal of 708,000 acres, an increase of 34.000 acres. Producers of sweet potatoes have a goal of 90,000 acres, and increase of 10,000 acres. Goal of 46,200 acres has been set for truck farmers and an additional 11,300 acres for canning and pro cessing. Small grains acreage has been increased by 31,000 acres, with a total acreage quota of 2,358,000 acres. Coltrane said the hog producers have asked to farrow a total of 125,000 sows during the spring cf 1945, 15.000 under the number a year ago, but 27,000 more than the 1945 intentions, as released by the crop reporting service. Beef cattle and calf producers' have a goal of 1,077.000 head this year, Coltrane said. The indicated production in 1944 is 912,000 head. , Sheep and Lamb producers have ! been assigned a goal of 61,000 com pared with 56,000 in 1944. Milk producers are expected to increase the number of cows milked I from 390.000 to 400,000 and to in- i crease average milk production per j cow from 3,950 pounds to 3,970. Coltrane said the chicken cr&p under the goal assigned will be, 36,000,000 or 2,600,000 more than , were produced in 1944. A total of 105,000,000 dozen eggs is the 1945 goal, or a two per cent increase ] over 1944. , o— Hamlet Missing i Staff Sergeant Curtis E. Hamlett,' 1 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers 1 Hamlett, of Ca-Vel, is missing in 1 action in France, as of November 27, 1944, according to a message se ceived here recently. No further in formation has been received. assignment. Packing cases, bomb crates, and old discarded Italian buildings; all were salvaged for lumber and nails. A small-scale WPA project was soon under his direction. “With the scale of combat ac tivities at a high peak, Sergeant Duncan frequently was forced to work long into the night. Combat crews, called upon to fly many suc cessive missions, were unable to complete building of their living quarters. Os his own accord, Ser geant Duncan voluntarily offered his services to these men, completing their homes and providing the maximum of comfort for all per sonnel. His unselfish attitude and tireless effort has been highly in strumental in the brilliant combat record of his squadron.” ; Sergean Duncan’s bomber group has twice been cited by the Presi dent of the United States “for outstanding performahce so duty In armed conflict with the enemy.” The citation continues: “By his contribution, he has aid ed In maintaining the highest mo rale of all personnel and through his efforts and devotion to duty, (Turn to page 6, please) ®be Courier^imes Farm Census To Be Taken Soon In Person County Enumerators For Townships Here Listed By H. K. Sanders. Every five years the farmers of the United States are asked to give certain information which is need ed by the Department of Commerce : to enable the government to get an j accurate picture of farming opera ' tions, according to announcement made today by Person Farm Agent j H. K. Sanders. The purpose of the eensus is to obtain basic information on farm acreage, land values, crops, live stock and other general items. It will be made on an estimated 6,000,- OCO farms, requiring the services of 25,000 enumerators for six weeks, starting January 8, 1945. Confidential treatment is promis ed on census returns. Enumerators are not allowed to give information from a schedule to neighbors or oth er persons. Only sworn census em ployees are permitted access to schedules, and records cannot be used for purposes of taxation, regu lation or investigation. T. H. Street is District Supervisor for this District, including Person, j and has headquarters in Greens boro. He is selecting enumerators i for each township in Person County and earnestly requests the coopera tion of all farmers in supplying the information when the enumerators call on them. Enumerators for the following Person townships have been se lected : V. O. Blalock, Roxboro; Reuben Strum, Allensville; Keene A. Gillis. Hclloway; D. R. Homer, Bushy Fork; F. H. Carver, Olive Hill; Clyde Meadows. Mt. Tirzah. Enumerators are needed for Flat River and Cunningham townships, Woodsdale will perhaps be served by Mr. Day. W. G. Rogers, 78, Dies After Long Illness In City Hold Rites At Lea’s Chapel, Where He Was For Many Years A Steward. W. G. Rogers, 78, of Roxboro. , route 1, the Leasburg road, prom inent Person citizen, died Thursday afternoon at 3:40 o'clock at Com munity hospital, this city, from complications following an operation which was performed in November. Funeral was held Saturday after noon at three o’clock at Lea’s Chapel Methodist Church, of which he had been a steward for sixty years and a member since child hood. Interment was in the William George Rogers family cemetery, near the home. Ministers were his pastor, the Rev. Daniel Lane, of Roxboro, and the Rev. E. C. Maness. Survivors include three sons, Thomas Rogers, of the home, J. Pointer Rogers, of Roxboro, and J. Alden Rogers, of the U. S. Navy in the South Pacific and four daught ers, Mrs. Georgia Rogers Crumpton and Mrs. Robert A. Gentry, both of Roxboro, Mrs. H. B. Bailey, of Woodsdale and Mrs. M. A. Morgan, of Smithfield, also a grandson, James Reams, of the U. S. Army, France, who made his home with Mr. Rogers from infancy, and two sisters, Mrs. W. I. Newton and Mrs. Ida O'Briant, both of Roxboro. Also surviving are nineteen other grand children and six great-grandchil dren. A Statement As the Representative from and or Person County in the General Assembly I want It known that I want to be a real representative. I wish to express and represent the sentiments of the 26,000 people liv ing in oik- blessed county as well as any one person can. During the sessions of the Legislature I shall be in Raleigh from Monday even ing until Friday evening. People are invited freely to write me about matters in care of the House of Representatives. If you come to Raleigh land I hope you do) I can be found in Seat 63 or at the Sir Walter Hotel. A Page will be glad to call me from my seat to see you, and I shall welcome the call. To those having business with me I wish to say that I will be glad to wait on and serve you in my office every Saturday and Monday, all day. Robert P. Burns ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Has Tribute v * FRANCIS M. JACKSON Pvt. Francis Moore. Jackson, who died in March, 1944. in Italy from wounds received in action, has a beautiful tribute from one of his pals, Sgt. Sylvester Koeh ler, now in France, who writes to Mrs. Rueben Jackson, mother of Pvt. Jackson. Miss Long Has Nursing Degree Honors At Yale i Miss Elizabeth Faye Long, of Roxboro, who received her B. A. degree from Duke University in 1942, received her Master of Nurs ing degree from the Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, Conn., yes- j terday, according to announcement j received here this morning. Graduation exercises for the 45] members of the Class of 1945 were j held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 in' Battell Chapel. Dr. John L. Rice, ! former Health Officer of the city o f New Haven and Commisioner of Health for New Yory City, who is now serving as consultant to the Lederle Laboratories, gave the ad dress President Charles Seymour conferred the degrees upon the 45 candidates, who were presented bv Dean Elizabeth S. Bixler of the Members of the Class of 1945. representing 17 states and 31 col leges, were the first to graduate under the accelerated program compresing the usual 32-montii j course into 28 months. Twenty-' seven of the students expect to j enter either the Army or Navy j Nurse Corps soon after graduation, j Miss Long is a daugher of Mrs. j J A. Long and the late Mr. Long, f of this city. o Burma Road Now Os Short Length CHUNGKING. Jan. 7.—Only 30 ; miles now separate two Chinese col- j umns moving from northern Burma | and western Yunnan province to ward a junction which will mean opening of the Ledo-Burma road, the Chinese high command an nounced tonight. (Southeast Asia command head quarters reported Thursday that the Chinese moving from BhamO to Namkham had advanced a mile southward toward the column press ing westward from captured Kyuh kok, on the Burmese-Chinese bor der). Gen. Yui Feipeng, director of China's newly-formed war trans port board, said that the question of placing the Ledo-Burma road en tirely under American control was under consideration following agi tation in the Chinese press against recurrence of the Burma. o One Medium Steak Is Rare WILSON, Jan. 7.—Steaks at sl3 each in the cases and terribly high prices for' “cut'’ cognac face the soldier on leave in Paris, Sgt. Pat Collins, former local newspaper man, wrote here today in a. letter ; to friends. At the same time he pictured a bad black market in all sorts of things from cigarettes to soap. He told of how the civilians “al most knock you down” trying to buy such things to sell at higher prices. - Alow} *7i4e Way - few days ago my good friend William H Harris, Sr., had a mule that he wanted to sell. He ran a want ad in this paper titled—“ Mule For Sale.” The ad was twenty five cents and he asked us to charge and we did. Then we sent a bill to Mr. Harris for the quarter. One month parsed and he did not pay the bill. Then the second month passed and he came in and complained about the bill. Finally, we found out what the trouble was. The mule that he wanted to sell was an old one and the darn mule died before the ad was printed but too late to cancel the ad. ' HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1945 Aviation Leaders, Scout Officials, Masons And Teachers To Meet Scout Reservations Limited High School PTA Planned. No less than four prominent. speakers are to address Roxboro and Person civic leaders, educators, Boy Scout officials, aviation en thusiasts and Masons at a meeting to be held here this week. First on, the program will be a Masonic gathering tonight at six-thiriy o'clock at Hotel Roxboro for a Dutch supper and a program after wards at the Lodge Hall of Per- , son Lodge 113, with Grand Master William C. Hobbs, of Wilmington,: speaker. ! Second event of the week will be | the Tuesday night dinner at seven j : o’clock at Hotel Roxboro of the officials of Cherokee Council, Boy ■ Scouts of America, which is ex-1 peeted to draw attendance of at least one-hundred and twenty-five leaders from six or more counties jjn the Cherokee Council. Reservations Speaker at the Scout dinner will be the Rev. Richard Ownbey, of Main Street Methodist church, Reidsville. Because of limited space only forty reservations are being held for Person and Roxboro Scout officials. Persons desiring these tickets are requested to tele phone Thomas J. Shaw, Jr., sec retary, at the Courier-Times of fice or at his home. It is requested that all reservations be made by noon Tuesday, but tickets will also be up sale at the door Tuesday night at the hotel. PTA Program Wednesday I Wednesday night at 6:30, also at j j the Hotel, Charles W. Phillips, of j the personnel and public relations division, Woman's College, the Uni versity of North Carolina, Greens boro, will address members of the Person Schoolmasters club. That afternoon at 4 o’clock he is to speak at Roxboro high school io parents and other interested citi zens with regard to revival of' j PTA organization at Roxboro high \ school, where the PTA chapter has | been inactive for the past two years. Mr Phillips, known through- ' out the state in school and college j circles, is president of the North ' Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers. Aviation Planning Maj. E. I. Noot, of Graham, liead i mg Group 2, North Carolina Wing I the Civil Air Patrol, as previously announced, will speak Thursday at Roxboro Rotary and Kiwanis cluos in a joint session at six-thirty o'clock at Hotel Roxboro. Chief purpose of Maj. Noot's visit is dis cussion of plans for the organiza tion of Civil Air Patrol, CAP unit here, but he will also discuss avia tion generally particularly as it ap plies to smaller cities. He will also speak earlier in the afternoon to ! students at Roxboro high school. o Rites Held For Negro Woman Funeral for Mrs. Tinnie Pool. 62, Negro resident or near Roxboro. whose death occured Wednesday from pneumonia at her home here, was held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at Mill Hill Baptist church by the pastor, the Rev. Eli Thomas, with interment in the church cem etery. Survivors include three daughters and five sons. She was the wife of the late Joe Pool. o Os Course,. He Does Raleigh, Jan. s.—Lt. Gov. Reg. Harris, of Person County, one of the State’s history, continues to have a large following in legislative eircles despite the fact that his term of office is ended. “I'm about as useful now as a last year's almanac," the lieutenant Governor told some of his friends I in the lobby of the Sir Walter hotel. o Finishes Course Pvt. Huel C. Long of route 2, Rox boro, has completed a four-weeks course in specialized training at the 380th AAF Base Unit i Military Po lice Traising Center), Barksdale Field, Louisiana, and returned to his home station at Greenville Army Airfield. Greenville, Miss. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE The Lord Travel With The Jacksons, Soldier's Prayer LI. Schloss Has Promotion Given At English Base AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMB ER STATION. England —Promotion : of Norden B. Schloss, 27, of Rox boro, N. C,, and Providence, R. 1., from 2nd lieutenant to Ist lieuten ant has .been announced today at. an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress station in England, com manded by Lieutenant Colonel Chester C. Cox of Superior. Wise. Lt. Schloss, who flew as navigator cn some of his group’s outstanding bombing missions over enemy ter ritory, is now serving as a squadron navigation officer at this base. He has charge of instruction of all new navigators entering the squad | reni, teaching them navigation pro [ cedure and new and improved meth | ods : of. navigation learned through combat. Lt. Schloss is a member of the 388th Bomb. Group, a unit of the Third Bombardment Division, the division cited by the President for its shuttle mission to Africa when Messerschmitt plants at Regensburg were bombed. He is the son of Mrs. Birdie F. | Schloss of . 158 Governor Street. | Providence, R. 1., and Jus wife is ) Mrs Katherine Harris' Schloss of | Roxboro. He was a life insurance agent in Durham, before he entered | the AAF in March, 1943. : o'——i ' * ■ James D. Woody Os Person Now Staff Sergeant Roxboro Soldier Active With Seventh Army Division France. Staff Sergeant James D. Woody, j with the Third Division of the Sev i enth Army in France, has been pro ; moted from his present grade of j Private First Class, S. Sgt. Woody is the husband of Mrs. Mary King Woody, Rt. No. 1. Roxboro, and the son-in-law of Mr. ; and Mrs. W. L. King, of this city. The Sgt, Woody’s division is add ing to the success and glory that has been recorded in its history since July, 1918, when on its first combat assignment of World War I it suc cessfully defended the Marne River against two divisions of picked Ger man shock troops. Since making their initial landing on the beaches taprth of Fadala, French Morocco, November 8, 1942, the men of the 3rd Division have participated in every campaign fought ip this theater. On August 15, 1944, the division, under the command of Major Gen eral John W. O'Daniel, landed on the beaches of southern France, its fourth amphibious landing of the war. Striking north into France the men covered more than 150 miles in ; the first ten days of fighting, tak ing more than 4,000 prisoners and setting a pace that has brought them to the very threshhold of Ger many in record time. In a recent operation the 3rd Division spanned the raging Meurthe River in the Vosages Mountains without the loss of a single man and wihout the en emy suspecting that a major att&ck was under way. The perfection in this river crossing will be recorded as another of the 3rd Division’s out standing achievements. Market Opens Roxboro Market opens tomor row, in line with other Old Belt markets, and lit Is expected that sales will continue at least two weeks. The market closed for the Christmas holidays about two week.-; ago. o More, new wood is grown in the South each year than cotton. ' ” ■ h -?■. ■ Friend Os Late Francis Moore Jackson, Pays Perfect . Tribute. Several months ago, on March io, Pvt. Francis Moore Jackson, 21, of the Paratroops, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Rueben M. Jackson, ol near Roxboro, died in Italy from W’ounds received in action. Posthumous awarding of the Purple Heart was made, and Mr. raid Mrs. Jackson, of course, re ceived several, letters from War Department officials. but they have waited anxiously since that time in the hope of having some more personal word about their son and his last moments on the field ol battle. On Friday oi nils last week such a letter came, one from Pic. Syl vester Koehler, an intimate friend ol Pvt. Jackson and with him at his bedside in an Army hospital, probably not far behind the lines. Pfe. Koehler’s letter to "Mom” Jackson is a simple message of friendship, and here it is, down to that closing line, "the Lord travel with the Jacksons’’— "Oh! how I wanted to write a lew lines to you bfeore, but some how I just couldn't find enough words to write even a single sen tence. "Upon reading your divine letter you've written to Johnny, I found (lie words to w’rite. Johnny made me promise that I'd drop a few lines to you, so here I am. "My name is Sylvester Koehler as my buddies, Fiuhcis an' Jonnuy v/ould call me. Mickey. We had the habit at one time calling each other "Old Man"—your son and my buddie—may have written you of this before he left us. I first learned to enjoy Francis's com pany when I first started in the Paratroopers at Fort Bending, Ga. We (Francis, Johnny, Ashens, and myself) paled around and I hap pened to be with him to the last. "We reached Anzio. Italy, to gether in the same company; un fortunately Johnny and Ash were transferred into other companies. Mom, it was sort of funny how we kept together as we did. Each of lls had one certain principal sub let of ourselves—your son, Fran cis, had the good looks. Johnny had the personality, Ashens had the perfect fit body, and they said, I had the brains. Now, I think they were wrong. "Because of my German speak ing. I had to go on a many of night patrols thru Jerries lines. Everyday I would go over to the Barn and talk and joke with Fran (Turn to page 6, please) Clayton Rites At Family Cemetery Funeral for Mrs. Dewey Clayton, 24, of Hurdle Mills, near Law’s store, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Blalock, whose death occurred Thursday afternoon at her home irom a heart attack, was held Sa urday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock in graveside rites in the Ciayton-Long cemetery by Elder L. P. Martin, of the Primitive Bap tist church, Roxboro. Surviving, in addition to her husband and her parents, are lour children, two brothers and six sis. ters. Daughter are Shirley T. and Minnie Gealdine, while sons . are Dewey T. and James A. Clayton. War Bonds Ahead In Drives Here Sixth War Loan, Christmas Seal, Polio and Red Cross totals made and yet to come are today reported as follows: R. L. Harris, of the Person War Finance committee, today has re ported an almost double oversub scription in the Sixth War Loan, $261,000 in E Bonds, $693,000, in all others, for a total of $954,000, against a total, quota of $491,000. The E Bond record Is particularly Im pressive, says Mr. Harris, who adds that this is a final report. Still incomplete is the Christmas Seal sale campaign in which $367.97 \ LET US NEVER DOUBT THAT A JUST GOD, IN HIS OWN GOOD TIME, WILL GIVE US THE RIGHTFUL RESULTS. LINCOLN NUMBER 11 $3,000 Goal Set By Methodists In Christ Crusade Burlington And Durham Meetings For Person Area Planned Wednesday. Methodists of Roxboro are being called upon by the Rev. W. C. Mart in, minister of the Long Memorial Methodist Church, to take part in raising $25,000,000 for World Relief and Reconstruction, the first phase of a denominational Nation-Wide Crusade for Christ's program in Post War Service, according to an nouncement made today. Crusade for Christ is an organized response of the Methodist Church to assume its part in meeting un settled conditions and the vast ■ staggering needs created by the sec ond World War. Tlie Roxboro and Person appeal, for which the goal is begin at an early date. The Meth odist congregations here artna part of nearly eight million members of forty one thousand churches in the United States who are participating in the four year, five-fold Crusade. The Crusade for Christ concerns. Evangelism which is the main call ing of the Church, stewardship, the I Christian relationship to money, to : the economic order, the spiritual | forces available for the transporta tion of the world into the Kingdom .of our Lord and building the en rollment and attendance in the Church school. ! Three fifths of the fund has been allocated for rebuilding and rehab ilitation in foreign countries. Two Crusade Rallies will be held |on Wednesday, January 10th, one in Durham. Asubry Church, West Durham 10:00 A. M. to 12:00 npon, and the other at Front Street [Church, Burlington, 7:30 P. M. Speakers will include, Mrs. A. H. Borland, Rev. R. W. Bradshaw, Sam Ruark of Raleigh and Bishop W. W. Peele. —o Rfc. Jarojps^Bo\ves Has Praise Kor Red Cross Work “I’m glad to be back after 34 months overseas", says Pfc. James H. Bowes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bowes, of Longhurst. who is now spending twenty one day furlough with them Back from the South west Pacific, he says that things are quite different from the way they were when he left. Pfc. Bowes first went to Austra- ” lia in 1942 where he was with a station hospital. Later he went with his outfit to combat zones on an island where he stayed for twelve months without seeing any civilized ■ people except members of the armed forces. While there he contracted jungle lever, of which he had eight attacks, however, he has now recov ered. "The overseas Red Cross is doing a wonderful job for the boys, and they have movies for entertainment at times, but the most important thing to the boys is their mail from home," says Pfc. Bowes. After his furlough, he will report ’ to Camp Butner for reassignment.' His wife is the former Miss Bessie Stone. o Lt. And Mrs. Ball Now In City Lt. i jg.) Charles Ball, of the United States Navy, who has been on overseas duty for months in England and in the Meditteranean area, is spending several days here with his grandmother, Mrs. J. S. Harvey. Mrs. Ball, to whom he was married shortly before going '■ overseas is also here with him. Being born equal is just theory, ; but it means little unless their bringing up is equal. has been raised, whereas the quota j is S4OO, Mrs. R. H. Sheltcm, ctialr* -, man, who adds that quotas can.be jj met if some eighty persons who I have delayed in sending in HlQWjjjfl contributions will act promptly; dj In the Polio fifnd, which in about a week, with Hey. RuftjfcS J. Womble as chairman, thy-twHffl quota here is $3161, while the Red Cross campaign which starts in p. March will seek to raise $7,900 herb ‘ this year. Broom, fund dhainhHHpfUi£>'wjfe official district meetini|fi|Jtt4|t; will be held Jan. 18,' at j .. ’ J