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JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES FIGHT infantile Minim i«-3i PARALYSIS VOL. LXIV. Tag Day Saturday For Polio To Be Job For Girl Scouts Response Continues To Be ‘ 3 Good, Schools Helping Greatly. Tag Day for the Person and Rox bcro Polio fund drive will be staged this Saturday by Girl Scouts of Roxboro under leadership of Miss Opal Brown, of the faculty of Rox boro high school and coin collectors have been placed in many down town stores and public buildings, ac cording to the Rev. Rufus J. Wom ble, chairman, who said today that letter response continues to be good, with approximately 150 out of, 500 or more already heard from. Total contributions thus far out of a quota total of $2,161, is report ed as around $450. Major emphasis this week is be ing given to collections in the schools and Chairman Womble has been at Bethel Hill this morning and at Ca- Vel and Longhurst and Central. Still other schools are scheduled for of ficial visits. Theatre collections which began last week under Miss Mabel Mas sey, of Roxboro high school faculty and members, of the Hi-Y club there, are being continued and will be staged on Thursday, Friday. Sat urday and Sunday. Persons not oth erwise reached, are asked to send contributions to Chairman Womble or to Miss Dorothy Taylor, chair man of the Woman’s Division, Chamber of Commerce. Plans for the benefit showing of the Sugar Bowl game picture have not yet been completed, but the program will be presented on Feb ruary 12. Public response thus far has been generous, perhaps, because of national and state-wide interest in the hospitals at Charlotte and Hickory. ■ I 2- V-Mail Always Goes By Air Atlanta, Ga. —V-mail Always goes by air—regular air mail does not. That is one of the reasons why the Army is constantly urging the public to send V-mail, states Lt. Col. Hartley B. Dean, Fourth Ser vice Command postal officer. “Mail that is ear-marked ‘air mail' does not always go by plane for the simple reason that the increasing overseas troop strengths, urgent de mands for air cargo space coupled with adverse flying conditions dur ing the winter months does not give promise of improvement in the transportation of overseas air mail. V-mail always is dispatched by plane. ‘Some people do not understand why some V-mail received in this country arrives in the original form and not microfilmed. This is true because some times when the planes are returning to the United States they have more car go space available than on the out bound flight. Thus V-mail de livery becomes even quicker when time doesn't have to be utilized for microfilming.’’ Sen* Long Urges Continued Tobacco Crop Control Plan State Senator Long Urges Re tention Os Tobacco Crop Control Plan. Person's Senator Flem D. Long, chairman of the committee on bank ing and currency, a few days ago introduced in the Senate chamber, the General Assembly, Raleigh a joint resolution urging North Caro lina senators and representatives in Congress to support a continu ance of the present tobacco control plan, according to information re ceived here Saturday by the Courier- Times in a letter from Senator Long, who views with considerable apprehension “some talk in Wash ington in regard to doing away with our crop control". Saying that he has seen tallf of this nature reported in newspapers, Senator Long in his letter to the editors of the Courier-Times points out that his resolution has been passed in the State Senate as ex pressing the opinions of that body and that copies of the resolution are being sent to all of North Car olina's senators and representatives in Washington. Senator Long’s resolution, which points out the evils of unrestricted production of tobacco and the ben J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Roxboro Placed On Proposed Airline Route Washington, D. C.y January 21. — j A system of 22 Air Pick-up routes in ten southeastern states will be sought by All American Aviation, Inc., in an application which the company will file with the Civil , Aeronautics Board within the next week, it was announced today by Halsey R. Bazley, president. The system proposed by All Amer ican will cover 425 cities and towns in Virginia. West Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina; Tennes see, Alabama, Georgia. Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio. All American is libw the only op erator of Air Pick-up routes, the development of which the company has pioneered. Its present lines serve 118 cities and towns in six Middle Atlantic states. The system is now in its sixth year of opera tion. j Combination passenger - pick-up service will be asked over some of the new routes where the potential traffic appears tb justify such an operation, Mr. Badley said. On oth er routes only air mail and air ex- , press is contemplated. Mr. Bazley's announcement was: made as the Civil Aeronautics Board called into conference in Washing ton today applicants for new routes in the southeastern area for the purpose of fixing a date when these applications will be heard by the Board. . «. The 22 routes will serve 65 com munities in Virginia and 113 in North Carolina. Roxboro is on the Reidsville, N. C.. Danville, Va., Rox boro, N. C.. South Boston, Va., Chase City, Va., Keysville, Va.. Farmville. Va., Crewe, Va., Black-! stone, Va., Amelia Court House, Va. ; Richmond. Va., Ashland, Va., Bowl ing Green, Va,, Fredericksburg, Va., Quantico. Va.. Ft. Belvoir, Va. route. Person Lodge To Meet Tuesday Person Lodge 113, A. F. and A. M., \ of Roxboro, will have a regular j communication on Tuesday, January j 23. at 7:30 P. M., at the Lodge hall for work in the second degree, ac cording to announcement made to- j day by C. C. Garrett, secretary. J. W. Greene is Master. Visiting Ma- I sons are cordially invited to attend.; o IN FRANCE I Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Buckner, of Leasburg, have received word that tha£ their son, Pvt. Nathaniel C. Buckner, has arrived safely in , France. He entered service June 1944, and before going overseas in December he was stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla., and Fort George G. Meade, Md. efits of the control plan, reads as follows: A joint resolution urging the sen ators and representatives of North Carolina in the Congress of the United States to use their best efforts to continue the Tobacco Con trol program: WHEREAS, the fortunes and wel fare of the people of North Carolina are immutably intertwined with the growing and marketing at a fair price of tobacco; and WHEREAS, the people of North Carolina are fully cognizant of the fact that the unrestricted planting and growing of tobacco results in- a return from the sale thereof which is insufficient to support and main tain the people of this State; and WHEREAS, by the free choice of the voters of North Carolina the Control System was originally adopted in North Carolina by an overwhelming majority; and WHEREAS, it is believed that if the Tobacco Control Program is continued, the people of North Car olina will- receive an income from the sale thereof commensurate with the time and effort required to grow the same: Now, therefore-, Be it re solved by the Senate of the State (Turn to page 6 please) Courter=3Cttuts Person Fighter In Trescotl Unit Roxboro Man’s Regiment Took 3400-Foot Italian Peaks Cracking Gothic Line Vitals. Pfc, Louis T. Long, a canoneer with the Fifth Army in Italy, a son of Mrs. Quincy F, Long of Roxboro, is a member of the 339th "Polar Bear’’ Regiment, which recently shattered the vitals of the vaunted Gothic Line, taking Italian peaks as high as 3400 feet east of Highway 65 and Futa Pass. The 339th Infantry Regiment is in the 85th “Custer" Division, part of Lieutenant General Lucian K. Truscott. Jr.’s., Fifth Army. The 339th landed in Italy last March 15 after a training period in North Africa, and was the first unit of the 85th Division in the line when it was committed to action the fol lowing day. Under command of Colonel Brook ner W. Brady, Los Angeles, Cali fornia, the “Polar Bears" have re peatedly captured strong cores of enemy resistance, rocky mountain peaks above the cloud level and strongpoints nestled behind curtains of intense fire, barbed wire and earthworks. When the Fifth Army offensive opened up last May 11, the 339th raced ahead of the Tyrrhenian Sea coast, shattering its objective in the Gustav Line. Having passed through Scauri, Formia, Itri and Fondi in rapid succession, the 339th, supplied by mule and human pack trains, passed 12 miles undetected over rugged mountain terrain and sur prised the strongly fortified hillside | town of Sonnino. The Sonnino gar ; rison was completely cut off and i Highway 7 thus sealed off south of the Pontine Marshes. The 339th pased through Rome June 5, crossed the Tiber River and took a brief rest. It went back into the line to hold a stretch along the Ano River near Florence. In crossing the Gothic Line, the 339th broke through at some of the most firmly held points, moved on to capture Mt. Frena and Mt. Col oreta. dominating Firenzuola, and subsequently took Mt. LaFine. Mt. Bibele and Castlevecchio. j Colonel William T, Fitts, Jr.. War renton. North Carolina, recently took command of the 339th. The “Polar Bears" got their name in the World War. when they fought in waist-deep snow along the 400- mile front between Archangel and Leningrad in Russia. They battled on five months after the Armistice had ended the war in Europe. Reactivated in the spring of 1942, the 339th for 18 months trained and participated in maneuvers in Mississippi. Louisiana and Califor nia. The regiment landed in Nortli Africa in the fall of 1943. Patton Displays ! Faith In Prayer WITH THIRD ARMY.—(INS) Tough, pistol-lugging Lt. General George S. Patton prayed for better weather early in the Third army counterattack against the German bulge in the Ardennas, it was dis closed tonight. The full text of the Christmas day prayer, which was distributed to every man in the Third, was released by field headquarters offic ers. The prayer: "Almighty and merciful God. we humbly beseech Thee of Thy great goodness to restrain those immod erate rains with which we have had to contend. “Grant us fair weather for bat tle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory and crush the oppression and wicked ness of our enemies and establish justice among men and nations.” Disclosing the prayer, field of ficers recalled that there was “un precedented flying weather” after Patton's offensive opened Decemb ! er 23. o Crosswords Man Dies In Florida Clearwater, Fla.—Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Arthur Wynne, inventor of the crossword puzzle 30 years ago, who died here Tuesday. Wynne was associated with the Hearst newspaper chain for many years. He was born in Liverpool, England, and came to this country about 50 years ago to enter news paper work. At one time Wynne played the violin in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He is survived by his widow, two ! daughters and a son. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA “National Public Health Nursing Day” ft Hs'. ' ‘ wm: National Public Health Nursing Day will be observed January 26. Miss Julia Fisher, of Roxborq, public health nurse, with the Per son Department, is shown immunizing an infant at one of the fre quent immunization clinics held in Roxboro. In 1944 600 children received diphtheria immunization. 1,891 typhoid immunizations were given; 350 smallpox immunizations were given and 61 whooping cough. Purple Heart For Elwood Shotwell Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Shotwell. of Bethel Hill, have recently received the Purple Heart posthumously pre sented to their son. Pfc. Elwood Shotwell, killed in action in the European Theatre on October 9. Pfc, Shotwell was a brother of Sam Shotwell. returned veteran, who was himself wounded oyer a year ago in Siciljß Salisbury Will Be Headliner Annual Press Institute Opens At UNC Thursday. Chapel Hill. Jan. 22.—Harrison Salisbury, foreign news editor of the United Floss, who has just re turned from a 20-month, 50,000- mile tour which embraced every theatre of war, will be the principal speaker at the opening session of the 20th annual North Carolina Newspaper Institute in Gerrard Half at the University here Thursday night. January 25, at 8 o’clock. The complete program, just an nounced, also features an address by Frank J. Starzel, New York, As sistant General Manager of the As sociated Press, at the Friday night session at Duke University. Dr. Julian S. Miller. Editor of the Charlotte Observer and president of the North Carolina Press Asso ciation, will preside over the ses sions which will this year empha size topics designed to assist editors and publishers in the solution ol war-time problems. There will be sessions for both dailies and weeklies Friday morning and afternoon, and the Friday night session at the Duke Union will take the form of a dinner meeting fea turing Mr. Starzel’s address and the presenaticn of annual press awards by Governor R. Gregg Cherry. The University of North Carolina will be host at a luncheon session Friday at- 1 o’clock at which Mrs. Mark Ethridge, of Louisville, Ky„ author of note, will be the speaker. Governor Cherry will be among the distinguished guests, In Burlington For Conference O. B. Mcßroom, finance chairman for the annual Red Cross drive which will begin March 1, with a quota of $9,000, was in Burlington Friday for a conference on cam paign plans at which the featured speaker was Charles L. Skarron. formerly of Beaufort and now a Red Cross Field director who has recently returned from European battle-fronts. In Burlington with Mr. Mcßroom were R. B. Griffin, Thomas J. Shaw Jr„ and Mrs. Sue Featherston, the last named the local Chapter’s ex ecutive secretary, who attended ses sions both Thursday and Friday. o 1— One tree will make a thousand matches. One match may destroy a million trees. ■ Atony *lll4. Way ■ The time is about here when Henry O’Briant, Roxboro's Fire Chief, should have his garden plowed. Os course it is a little early for the average man but then Henry is by no'means the average man, especially when it comes to gardens. Last year he plowed and planted whan the rest of his neighbors did. Then he forgot his garden and let the weeds and grass get it- Along about July or August he took a look at the garden and decided that it was not worth fooling with and that he would have to plow the whole thing up and start again. Then he decided that the time was too late for that and there was nothing that he could do except depend upon his neighbors. This year we want him to plant the pdiddle of February and let it grow up in weeds and grass. Then he can plow again in March and plant in April and maybe he will do something with his garden. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1945 Five Os Person At Wake Forest r, -! Foui Are From Roxboro And One From Hurdle .Mills. i Five students from Person Coun ! ty are among the 555 now enrolled 1 . jat Wake Forest College, according to announcement received here to day. They are: One from Hurdle Mills. Janies Earl Hester, and four from Roxboro: George Carlyle Bar rett. Johnnie Clyde Gravitte, John Locksley Hall, Mary Ruth Long, and Reda Urma Umstead. Hester is interested in journalism. Hall, the radio profession. Miss Um stead in medical technology, and Barrett and Miss Long, in medicine, Gravitte is studying for the minis try. Counting students enrolled in the joint Wake Forest-Duke Law School and the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem. Wake Forest has a V total enrollment this session of 756 The freshman class enrollment this fall. 315. is the largest, in the col : lege’s history. President Thurman Kitchin reported. Wake Forest has successfully launched a $7,000,000 Enrollment Program. $2,000,000 of which will be used in the construction of 10 build lings and $5,000,000 as an addition m‘ the endowment. ——o War Prisoners Rendering Help Profit Figures Released By Government. j Atlanta. Ga. —In the three-month j period ending with December, pris ! oners of war in the seven southeast ! orn states have returned a profit to the government of $5,883,141.04. ac cording to figures released today by Headquarters, Fourth Service Com mand here. The profit is the difference be tween the 80 cents per day paid each prisoner in canteen benefits and the per day cash wage scale which would have been paid civilian workers for a like task, it is ex plained. In order to moke prisoner labor available in areas of manpower shortage without subsidizing the private the War Depart , ment follows the policy of requiring private contractors to pay to the Treasury Department the same wage rate per unit of work completed by 1 prisoners that would have been paid to free civilian labor for the same amount of work. Prisoners of ' war are used only where civilian ; labor is unavailable. The report shows that on Army posts, where the prisoners work in shops, laundries, or on the grounds, ttiey worked 1,477,804 men days with a saving to the government of $4.- 953,549.22 during the three months. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE OPA Inventories Must Be Filed .Person Office Htis Statement On What Can Be Done. The Persos OPA office today has issued a statement regarding ad- ! justment of inventories of Retail ers. particularly tor adjustments! in allowable inventories of sugar, pro cessed foods and meats-fats, which ! the Person OPA is authorized to adjust. The statement reads as follows: Retailers may now apply for ad justments in Allowable Inventories of Sugar, Processed Foods and Meals-Fats. Sugar—Who May Apply—This adjustment may be given to all re tailers and wholesalers irrespective of whether or not they have ap plied in the past and have receiv ed any adjustments. Those who have received two 50 percent adjust ments are required, to turn in one 1 of the 50 percent adjustments and if this causes them to fall below ! the original allowance inventory. ; they, may receive this bail out. When | to Apply—Any time before Febru ary 18 194.1. How To Apply : Call or j write for application blanks R-315 | at your local Ration -Board. Processed Foods-and Meats-Fats. Who May Apply: Any retailers ] whose net point inventory is reduc ed to less than 75 percent of the ; original allowable inventory. When to Apply—Any time before February j 10, 1945. How To Apply—Call or write for application blanks R-315 at your local Ration Board. State which application you wish to have , as. separate applications must be made for each rationed food. No applications for adjustment j of sugar may be taken after Feb ruary 18; or for Processed Foods and -MeflTs-Fat.s after February 10, 1945. The information requested on the applications may be taken from any inventory from December 31. 1944 1 which is on file at the local Board 1 until the date of applica tion. The National Office, has put in the regulations these authorizations for adjustments so the consumers may find available the rationed .foods they need at their retail stores. o “Shining Road’ PTA Theme Os Central’s Pageant The P T. A. of Roxboro Central School .met Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at the school. A pageant. “The Shining Road" to celebrate Founders Day of the National Par ents and Teachers Association was given. Those participating in it were: feur school children. Betty Brown. Jackie Strum, Frances Dix on and Lee Pass, one teacher. Miss Johnson and two parents, Mrs, Jerry Hester and Mrs. Robert Burns. Miss Margaret Lane, of Ca-Vel sang a lullaby by Brahns. After a report of committees and business, Mrs. Robert Burns, presi dent, appointed a committee to study the possibilities of a lunch room. Mrs. Jerry Hester was appointed as chairman of the committee with Miss Maude Montague and Mrs. Claudia Davis to assist her. The next meeting will be held February 20th at which time the State Health Department wilt pre sent a movie on the Nutrition Pro -1 gram. o Soldier’s Gift Handsome Clock Possesor of a handsome alabaster clock of German make sent to her from France is Mrs. Dailey E. Har ris. of Busily Fork. The clock is a gift from her husband, Pfc. Harris,: now in France. Trouble is that the case of the clock carved in cathedral designs, broke into hun dreds of fragments in shipping. ' Mrs. Harris, the former Miss Rina Daniels, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Daniels. The Harrises have a son, Dailey, Jr,, three months of age, whom his father has never seen, having gone overseas in July. New Negro Nurse Person Native Elma Katherine Woods, a native of Person County and' Negro Nurs ing staff member with the Person unit of the tri-county health de partment, began her duties with the Department under war emerg ency provisions. Nurse Woods, who has been on the staff of St. Agnes hospital, Raleigh, received training at the Kate B. Reynolds hospital, Winston-Salem. She has been doing private duty nursing, but until now has not had public health work. Person Officer Has Second High Award In Combat Technicians In Army Hospitals j Greatly Needed ‘T'n U. S. Army hospitals through- | out the country”, Sgt. Charles Pat-j terson. Wuc recruiter for Roxboro,! said today, "members of the Wo- i men’s Army Corps are aiding Army doctors and nurses in the care of wounded soldiers. "But. the war is placing new strains j cn all Army medical facilities. The number of casualties is mounting, : Thousands more technicians are needed to staff hospitals in every part of the Nation." added Sgt, Patterson, "The Army especially needs Wacs skilled as laboratory technicians, dental technicians, X-ray techni cians. medical and surgical techni cians, psychiatric social workers and psychiatric assistants, occupational therapists, medical stenographers, and educational reconditioning per sonnel. "Army hospitals have issued calls for 22,000 medical technicians. Wo men who are already skilled will be assigned to Army hospitals immedi ately after receiving basic training as members of the WAG. Other qualified recruits may lie' trained by Army experts. “Wacs in the Medical Depart ment" Sgt, Patterson said, "serve at the big Army general hospitals, give biological tests, type blood for transfusions, make blood counts, prepare vacrines. and help in Wards and operating rooms; Inrsomc Army hospitals Wacs serve as admitting clerks, ambulance drivers, libra rians, and telephone operators as well,” Women between 20 and 50 years of age can secure full details by contacting the recruiter at the post office building or by leaving names and addresses with Mr. G. C. .Gar rett at the money order window. -•———o - —— Rev. Mr. Brooks Talks At School On Friday morning, January 19th, the pupils and teachers of East Roxboro School were visited during their chapel hour by Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, pastor, First Baptist Church. Roxboro. Lora Ladd led "The Pledge to the | Flag” after which the pupils, under 1 Mrs. Wilkerson’s direction, sang j "God Bless America", and "The j Old North State". Miss Sims intro- ; duced Reverend Brooks *to the chil- j dren who listened responsively to] his message for them. "Jesus, Our Best Friend”. Mr. Brooks no doubt caught the spirit with which his message was received when the chil dren sang for him their favorite song, "Jesus Loves Me”, and then invited him to visit longer after chapel. The program closed with tlie singing of “America". Planning Ahead 10 Years For Progressive Roxboro J. W. Noel}, Editor Courier- Times, Addresses The Roxboro Rotary Club. j I In the old days it was custom- i ary for horse traders to get up a string of horses and mules, mostly plugs, and go through the country and pick up a trade here and there. There were a bunch who made it a point to attend every county court in a radious of 30 or 40 miles. Well, along the; way the trader stopped at old Abe's little cabin and negotiated a sale of an old plug i mule. Wisely, the trader led the mule to the shed which was used as a i stable and turned the mule in. The : next morning when old Abe let him i out it staggered around, bumping into every tree which came in his i way; so old Abe got on him and made a bee line for the nearby little 1 town and looked up the horse trad er, and informed him he wanted his : money back, as he didn’t want the i mule. What is the matter with the mule, asked the trader? He is blind, : said old Abe, and I just don't want ; him. Now, said the trader, you are ] mistaken about that mule, he is not blind, he just don’t give ad....... , r wonder if some of us are not ' like the mule, just don't give a rap? Buy War Bonds , and give the change to'the MARCH OF DIMES JANUARY 14-31 NUMBER 15 Silver Star Given Allen,sville Man. Another Soldier Wounded And A Third Is In States. Announcement of the pnl..- tioii of a second high award to a Person officer, formerly a .scudpj principal here; the. 'wounding of ?. Roxboro. soldier and the return to the States of another, previously wounded, is contained in new. of the day concerning local service men, as revealed in reports corn idled this morning. Winner ol the second high a word' is Maj. S. B. Satterwhite, of Allens vilie and Roxboro, who has receiv ed the Silver Star for bravery in action in France and who had pre viously been awarded the Bronze S'tar News of the second honor was received here by Maj. Satterwhite's wife, who has also received a. of the citation. Listed as slightly wounded in ac tion in Luxembourg, on January 3. is Cliff C. Winstead, Jr., son of Mi*, and Mrs. G. C. Winstead, of Rox boro. Pvt. Winstead, in service about two years, has been overseas about six. months, while the; wound ed soldier who has returned 16 the United States is Pvt- Richmond S, Frederick, of Roxboro. son iof. Sir's.. St ella Frederick land , brother of Util John Clayton. Details concerning the wounding of Pvt. Winstead have not been re ceived, nor is it known in what hospital Pvt. Frederick is a patient. Pvt. Frederick’s wife and baby, of Yancey vilie, spent the week-end. here with his family. The citation concerning the Sli ver Star award for Maj. S'atterv.'..--.e is signed by Maj. Gen. C. C. Hoil ner, Jr., and . says that Maj. S,v --] terwhite’s "courageous and cairn leadership contributed materially to the sue. -a. . ■: ■,v , jghr.-ui:. at *• tack. The citation, in part, reads as follows: For Gallantry in action: During daylight hours of 25 Nov. 1944. in the vicinity of Mri sqrisqputte,, and Steige. France Major Satterwhite. as Regiment S-3 executed a superb plan ot at tack, involving 2 battalions in ozde • that two villages might be captured simultaneously, oyer extreuieijs mountainous terrain and under try ing physical conditions he kept pact with the. troops in order to a.-'rc:- tain the outcome of the plan. : En emy machine gun and mortar file endangered and harassed him but i ignoring the danger to his life, he energetically and personally super vised the executions or the plan to j attack. Despite bullets -striking all ! around him, his leadership was s'. - j perb and his judgment cool. Four j times he fearlessly crossed lire, | swept terrain so that he might :xe- { cute his plan. Wants Address The Person Selective Service Board today reported that it is in need of information as to the where a bouts of Clarence Richard Harris, Negro, 18, son of Robert Harris, Route three, Roxboro. Persons hav ing any information are requested to notify the Service Board at once. The people ol Roxboro and Per son County, the natives, are a pe culiar people, they had two notice able characteristics, they were rugg edly honest and independent—would neither ask or accept charity. This independence undoubtedly had much to c'o with their slow progress and growth. For more than 150 years a part of North Carolina, but for al most 100 years had practically no part in State affairs, being almost completely isolated from the rest of tlte State. Their mode of travel was either by horseback or buggy, as there was no railroad touching the County, and the County roads were impassable during the winter months. Today however, things have changed and we proudly boast of the fact that a Roxboro citizen has been driving an automobile with a license bearing the number 2, de signating him as the second citizen cf this great State. As w| have ad vanced we naturally have greater responsibilities, and at this particu lar time we are facing a most tryipg ? period. This war will end some day (and God grant it will be soon)' Johnnie will come marching home/ ' What will we have to offer him? WiU (Turn to page 6 please) . S
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