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JANUARY 14-31 PARALYSIS
VOL. LXIV,
Hambrick, Morrell
Added As Bank
Directors Here
Person Woman's
Husband Dies At
Fuquay Springs
Rites For Robert E. Clayton
Held At Willow Springs.
Robert E. Clayton, 39, of Fuquay
Springs, brother of Mrs. A. G. Bla
lock, of Roxboro, died at his home
near Varina early Tuesday morning
of a heart attack. Funeral services
were held at the Willow Springs
Baptist Church at 3:30 p. m., Wed
nesday, with Elder T. Floyd Wil
liams officiating.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Effie Frazier of Person
County; four sons, Earl, Lewis, Ru
dolph and Bobbie Clayton, and two
daughters, Hilda and Alberta Clay
ton, all of the home.
Also surviving are his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Clayton of Va
rina; eight brothers, Howell Clay
ton of Parkersburg, W. Va., Bert
of Angier, Route 1, Paul of Angier,
Route 2, Elmer of Wilmington,
Wyatt of Catnp Wheeler, Ga., Stan
ley C., Vance C., and Reid Clayton
ajl in the armed forces serving
overseas; and five sisters, Mrs. A.
G. Blalock of Roxboro, Route 3,
Mrs. E. N. Stephenson, Mrs. J. E.
Stephenson. '•» and Doris Clay
.on. all of
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LI. Humphries Is
Infantry {Hiker
Lt. William Smith Humphries,
son of Mrs. J. Y. Humphries, of
Woodsdale. who was last week
graduated from the officers' spe
cial basic course Infantry School,
- Fort Benning, Ga„ and who is
spending several days here witn
his mother, has highest praise for
the thoroughness of infantry train
ing, which he says, surpasses the
training he has received in other
service branches.
Lt. Humphries, a graduate of
Wake Forest college and a former
associate editor of the Courier, re
ceived his commission as a second
lieutenant on October 2, 1942, and
has served with anti-aircraft ar
tillery units in Virginia, North Car
olina, Texas, California, Arizona,
Georgia and Florida.
Prior to entering the Army about
three years ago, Lt. Humphries be
came connected with the Courier,
and before that time was a teach
er at Allensville school and princi
pal-elect at Bushy Fork. He ex
pects to report next to Fort George
G. Meade, Md.
Person Soldier
Sends Nazi Flag
To Home Folks
Sender-back of many war trophies
to members of his family here is
Cpl. James J. Eggleston, of Roxboro,
now in Luxembourg after a stay in
France.
Some of the items, brought this
week to the Courier-Times office for
inspection, are: a German helmet
and a three-pouch leather money
purse to be attached to a belt;. a
German camoflage coat, two Ger
man swastika flags, one large aruj
one small; a ten inch ‘‘Mundlos"
blade in a leather case; a French
pin and many French and German
coins, some of heavy pre-war metal,
but mostly apparently out of alumi
num.
Cpl. Eggleston, who has been ov
erseas since December 1943, has a
brother, Pfc. Thurman H. Eggles
ton, 18, now in the Pacific area with
the Marines.
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To Pearl Harbor
John (Junior) McDowell, Floyd
Adcock, Johnny Holt, Jimmy Martin ,
and Alvin Pruitt are leaving this
afternoon for Pearl Harbor, where
they will engage in work for the
next eighteen months.
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Paper Day
Person and Roxboro citizens who
wish to cooperate with Boy Scouts
in their waste Paper Drive which
will take place here Sunday af
ternoon, starting about two o’clock, <
are requested to have the paper
tied in convenient kuadUs and j
placed on front porches, according i
to Dr. Robert E. Long, Scout of- i!
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J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Increase Os Business Report
ed. Need For More Space
Stressed.
Annual meeting of the stockhold
j ers of the Peoples Bank was held
in the directors room yesterday af
ternoon. It was a most harmonious
I meeting, there being only two stock
holders, other than directors present.
Report of the executive vice-pres
ident, Gordon C. Hunter, was ready
showing a gratifying growth of the
bank during the past year. Other
business transacted was upon a mo
! tion that the board of directors be
: increased front 13 to 13. The old
1 board was re-elected and two new
1 nfembers are J. J. Hambrick and
W. W. Morrell, both of Roxboro.
At the board of directors' meeting
held immediately after the stock
holders' meeting, all the old officers
1 were re-elected, and Mrs. Hazel P.
Long was made assistant cashier.
Mr. Hunter, made the following
report:
"The year 1944 was one of the
most successful years The Peoples
Bank has ever experienced.
"Our deposits made a gain of
$1,064,000.00 during the year.
"Your board of directors author
ized a transfer of $15,000.00 from
the Undivided Profit account to the
Surplus account, thus, bringing the
Surplus up to a total of $80,000.00.
"The volume of checks and de
posits handled during the year has
never been exceeded. Our total deb
j its amounted to $27,610,567.00.
“The bank made 2425 new loans
totaling $790,115.07; and had loans
repaid of 1913,115.50. Os the 2425
new loans made, you might be in
terested to know that 741 of these
loans were for $50.00 or less; so,
your bank care of small
loans and small business.
"We handled 119 ration banking
accounts for merchants in Person
County and Caswell County, thus
assisting our government in holding
down prices. During the year we
handled the following ration items:
Fuel Oil. 867,577 gallons; gasoline,
2,107,993 gallons; meat, 2,940,240
points; Processed Food 2.336,647
points; Shoes, 36,235 pairs; and Su
gar, 288,212 pounds.
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Ed Thorpe Will
Fate Charge Os
Murder Monday
Ed Thorpe, Person Negro, will
face trial for murder Monday morn
ing in Person Superior Court, be
fore Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh,
j probable cause having been found
i against Thorpe here Tuesday in
i Person Recorder's Court before
Judge F. O. Carver, with R. B.
Dawes as solicitor.
Other cases disposed of in Re
corder's Court were: Arthur New- ’
man, Negro, carnal knowledge of a
child, bond set at S2OO for Superior
court; Charlie Bolton, Negro, care
less and reckless driving and injury
to property, suspended with costs;
A. R. Mattox, speeding and care
less and reckless driving, $lO and
costs; Lawrence Mangum, Negro,
assault with deadly weapon, sus
pended with costs, and Arthur Has
sell Briggs, larceny, prayer for
judgment continued.
Also, John Bland, Negro, illegal
possession, $lO and costs; James
Rogers, Negro, drunken driving,
*SO and costs with license re veiled; 1
Roland Dickerson, speeding, $lO and I
costs; Arbie Johnson, Negro, no;
operator's license, suspended with
costs, and Arthur T. Harris, drunk
en driving, continued.
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Plans Chapter
Herbert W. Matthews, of Kansas !
City, Mo„ national extension officer .
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is
spending today in Roxboro in the
interest of organizing a chapter
here. He will return here next week
for a further visit, but veterans of
any foreign wars, including World
War 11, who are interested in join
ing are requested to see C. C. Gar
rett at the Roxboro Post Office. t
Matthews says 600 Person men,
including those now overseas, are
eligible for membership. He Is also
interested In contacting parents of
men now overseas. A membership of
at least forty is being sought here,
i Date of the organization meeting
wiU be announced.
Courier-Uimes
Disaster Program
For Red Cross
Being Planned
Robinson And Greene Attend
Burlington Conference.
Police Chief George C. Robinson,
assistant Red Cross Disaster Service
chairman for the Person chapter,
said today that approximately a
thousand North Carolinians in 9
| counties were left in need by the
four disasters that struck during
the year just ended and said ini
mediate steps are being taken to
prepare Person County for any
eventuality through an American
Red Cross disaster preparedness and
relief program.
North Carolina's four major dis
asters in 1944 were caused by 2 hur
ricanes, one tornado, and one flood.
Recently returned from Burling
ton where he attended a two-day
conference of Red Cross War Fund
and Disaster chairman. Chief Robin
son said there is an urgent need for
an organized local group that can
administer relief during the emerg
ency period of any disaster that oc
curs—and, more important, one
which will be ready to help rehabil
itate stricken families.
Further evidence of the need for
such a move was offered in Red
Cross statistics that showed 29,414
persons in 51 North Carolina coun
ties required relief as a result of the
31 tornadoes, 5 floods, and 3 hurri-
I canes that struck the state is the
21-year period, 1923 through 1944.
As chairman of the local Red
Cross chapter’s Disaster committee.
Golden C. Hunter will complete the
organization of 10 subcommittees to
! effect the preparedness program.
The subcommittees are Survey, Med
i ical and Nursing Aid. Shelter. Food,
i Clothing, Transportation and Com
j munication, Registration and In
■ formation, Fund Raising and Public
' Information, and Purchase and
Supply.
Hunter and Robinson stress the
fact that the highly publicized em
ergency period of an average disast
er should not overshadow the im
portance of the rehabilitation period
when suddenly impoverished fami
lies must be helped in various ways
to reestablish their normal stand
ards of living.
In the latter phase, Mr. Hunter
explains. Red Cross relief includes
maintenance of families, building
and repairing homes, supplying
household furnishings, hospitaliza
tion, nursing, livestock, occupation
al training, farm equipment, and
other needs of those families whose
own resources are insufficient to
' meet their disaster losses.
Also at the Burlington conference'
i was J. W. Greene, another assistant
of the Disaster committee. Mr.
Hunter was unable to attend.
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Sgt. Victor Hargis
Has Purple Heart
S. Sgt. Victor T. Hargis, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hargis of Rox
boro. who was slightly wounded in
action in Germany on November
27, has been awarded the Purple
Heart. It was sent to his sister, Miss
Rachel Hargis, with the statement
that he has been slightly wounded.
S. Sgt. Hargis entered the army
November 19, 1943, completed his
training in Texas and was sent
overseas in September 1944. He is
now with the nineth army some
where in Germany. His two broth
ers in service are Cpl. George L.
Hargis, who is now stationed in
Florida and Pvt. Baxter C. Hargis,
who is in Texas.
Velma Beam Club Winner
Os Attendance Award Here
Two Important County-Wide
Meetings Held By Women.
Quarterly meeting of the Person
County Home Demonstration club
council, followed immediately by a
training session for project leaders
drew a large attendance from among
club leaders, according to announce
ment made today by Miss Evelyn
Caldwell, Person Home agent, who
today released a report of the meet
ings held here Saturday.
Thirty members of the Home
Demonstration Council met in the
Court House with the new president,
Mrs. B, B. Bullock, presiding. The
meeting was opened wtth a cordial
word of welcome given by Mrs. Bul
lock, followed by she favorite Coun
cil song, “Hall Club Women”. The
Club Collect was Repeated In unison.
Mrs. Luther Long, of Bushy Fork
Club, gave an inspirational devo
tional exercise.
Mrs. Robert Anderson, new COtm
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
I Finishes Course
■ W
1 Fred T. Mitchell, of Woods
dale, who has completed eleven
months training in aviation en
gineering at Yale University, has
been commissioned a second lieu
tenant in the army air forces.
Lt. Mitchell will be stationed at
i Hobbs, New Mexico for a short
1 time.
He recently spent a ten day
„ leave with his mother at Woods
dale.
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: Miss Kersey, Os
Semora, Passes
i
In Danville, Va.
Funeral For M'ell-Known Wo
-1 man Will Be Held Friday.
; j Miss Bettie Mable Kersey, 75, of
’ Semora, died this morning at two
o'clock in Memorial hospital. Dan
ville, Va.. where she had been a
• patient for six weeks. Death result
• ed from complications.
; Funeral will be held Friday after
noon at two o'clock at Semora Bap
, tist church, of which she was a
member.'by her pastor, the Rev. L.
V. Coggins, with interment in Shilo
Baptist church cemetery,
j A native of Caswell County, Miss
. Kersey was a daughter of the late
, William and Emmaline Haddock
. Kersey. She was educated in the
county schools and was well-known
. in both Person and Caswell coun
. ties. She was for a number of years
, a correspondent for the Courier and
j for the Durham Morning Herald.
’ Only survivors are a number of
nieces and nephews.
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| Business Club
i Discusses Laws
; ; The regular dinner meeting of the
; Business and Professional Woman’s
I Club was held at Hotel Roxboro
Tuesday night with Mrs. Thomas,
i Crutchfield, president, presiding.
During the business session legisla
tive matters as to what the club
would endorse were discussed. One
of which was a five point educa
tional program for which a commit
tee was appointed to write letters
to the representatives. Mrs. Mild
-1 red Nichols was appointed chair
man of this committee with Mrs.
; T. C. Wagstaff and Mrs. Lloyd
■ Moore Crumpton to assist her.
The program was turned over to
1 Miss Evelyn Caldwell, who gave a
group demonstration of a home
demonstration club. She showed
how to make hats, bags, etc., out
of scrap. A contest was held and
Mrs. Mildred Nichols and Miss Nina
Abbitt tied for the prize.
Guests of the club were Miss Nell
Woods and Miss Louise Penny.
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■ cil Secretary, read the minutes of
the last meeting and checked the
roll according to clubs. The Velma
Beam club, of Hurdle Mills, was
presented the gavel for the largest
representation. Hie gavel will be
used by the Beam club until next
Council meeting at which time it
will rotate again.
Mrs. Claude T. Hall, of the Bethel
Hill Club, was elected to serve as
Historian for the Council.
County Project Leaders were ap
pointed as follows:
Foods and Nutrition, Mrs. Brooks
Carver. Warren's Grove; Home
Gardens, Mrs. B. G. Crumpton, Al
lensville; Home Poultry, Mrs. Rob
ert Gentry. Allensville; Home Dairy.
Mrs. Knox Moore, Bushy Fork:
Food Preservation, Mrs. L. C. Liles,
Helena; House Furnishings, Mrs. T.
H. Clay, Helena; Home Manage
ment. Mrs. C. T. Hall, Bethel Hill;
: Home Beautification, MTs. Dan
Whitfield, Velma Beam; Family
Ballentine Has
Harris' Place On
Education Board
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| Dr. Julian Miller Advises A
| gainst Salary Schedule In
clusion In Bill.
| Raleigh, Jan. 24—The State Board
|of Education on Tuesday elected
i Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine its chair
| man to succeed R. L. Harris of
I Roxboro, whose term is lieutenant
governor expired Jan. 4.
The Board also adopted a reso
lution, which was later presented
to the joint appropriations com
i mittee of the General Assembly,
in which it was stated that the
board is not responsible for the
teachers salary scheduled being
written into the appropriations bill.
The resolution was presented to
editor of The Charlotte Observer,
the committee by Dr. Julian Miller,
and vice chairman of the Board of
Education.
The board's statement was
framed after a morning session in
which the members heard delega
tions from school, teacher and pa
rent-organizations who advocated a
five-point program that includes
'; increased pay for teachers, and
' recommends that teacher salaries
be fixed by the State Board of Ed
ucation.
The board's statement to the joint
appropriations committee was as
follows;
The budget recommended by the
State Board of Education for in
structional salaries represented
what the board then considered a i
the absolute minimum basic salat-.
schedule for the operation of the
j nine months school term. This rec
! ommendaticn was based upon a
minimum salary of $125 per month
for the A certificate advocated uy
Governor Cherry. The board an
ticipated that to this schedule
| would be added any bonus which
! the legislature might 'piiove for
State employees generally to Lake
x re of the increased cost of living.
The board endorses and will
' welcome any increase beyond the
minimum salary schedule recom
mended which the Legislature may
find it possible to appropriate IvCiir,
available funds.
"The State Board of Education is
schedule being written into the
appropriations bill and advises th.d
it bq stricken out. The board Would
like to point out in defense of its
position that the fixing of a salmy
schedule in such a manner is with
out precedent and would make it
impossible to make changes or ad
justments due to changing condi
tions or emergencies that may
arise.”
USO Center Plans
Regular Programs
Hosts and Hostesses to serve at
the Roxboro Service Men's Center
U. S. O. as seleoted by Mrs. W. 1.
Kirby are as follows: Saturday, 2 to
4, Mrs. W. Y. Pass; 4 to 6, Mrs. R.
H. Gates; 6 to 8, Miss Hilda Shoe
maker; 8 to 10. Mrs. Thea Clayton;
10 to 12, Mr. and Mrs, K. L. Street.
Sunday, 9 to 12, A. M. Pleasants:
12 to 2, Mrs. John W. Brewer; 2 to
4. Mrs. Percy Bloxam; 4 to 6, Mrs.
E. P. Dunlap: 6 to 8. Mrs. F. N.
Williams; 8 to 10, Mrs. Coy Day and
10 to 12, Tom Shaw.
Regular programs are being car
ried on at the Center, according to
officials, although soldier attend
ance for the past few weeks has
been reduced because of changes in
policy and program at Camp But
ner, now chiefly a reassignment
center.
Life, Mrs. Joe Y. Humphries. Bethel
Hill; and Clothing, Mrs. Robert
Anderson, Chub Lake.
Chairmen of the County Commit
tees were also appointed as follows:
Community Service, Mrs. Nash Win
stead. Winplay; Health, Mrs. Walter
Hawkins, Velma Beam; Education.
Mrs. E. P. Warren, Bushy Fork;
Citizenship. Mrs. W. R. Hayes, Olive
Branch; Recreation, Mrs. Edward
Young, Providence, and Mrs. Arch
Walker, of Providence. Loan Fund.
Mrs. John Jones, Mt. Tirzah; Mark
ets, Mrs. K. C. Wagstaff, Olive Hill;
and 4-H Club Leaders, Mrs. Victor
Blalock. Warren's Grove, and Miss
Hazel Bowman, Bushy Fork School
Faculty.
Many other items of business were
discussed by the Council. Miss Bessie
Daniel „gave many helpful sugges
tions for Financial Planning or for
successful keeping of both Farm and
Hoine Records.
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Two Gliders Expected To
Take Part In Demonstration
CPA Officer In Charlotte Arranges T M IfSvhw
For Glider Show At Airport Friday IvOQUG I»*lU J Sts
Miss Brown To
Appeal Soon For
Office Workers
(). S. R. D. To Recruit Person
nel in Oxford And Roxboro
In Next Few Weeks.
A representative of the Office oi
Scientific Research and Develon
ment. Miss Betty May Brown, of
Winston-Salem. Chief of Placement,
will be at the Roxboro United States
'Employment Office soon for the
purpose of obtaining 'urgently need
ed stenographers and typists in
Washington, according to announce-'
. ment made here today.
Tile O. S. R. D. is charged witli
developing Army and Navy secret
: weapons in fields such as radar, an
ti-submarine warfare and chemical
Warfare. This agency has been re
sponsible lor (lie development oi
such widely known weapons as the
Army's famous jeep, the amazing
new "Weasel", (personnel and cargo
carrier) and the .amphibious. "Duck".
The agency numbers among .its
personnel litany of the country's
outstanding scientists including its
Director. Dr Vantfevar Bush. Pres
ident of the . Carnegie Institute of
Washington. D. C.. Dr Karl T.
Compton, President of Massachu
settes Institute of Technology, and
Dr. James B. Conant. President ol
Harvard. The Washington offices
are located in such well-known
buildings as Dumbarton Oaks, scene
of the recent international confers
once on world peace, the National
Academy .of Science, and Carnegie
Institute of Washington.
Those interested in obtaining ad
ditional information regarding posi
tions,may see Miss Brown either at
the U. S.E. S. office or at hotels ill
Oxford and Roxboro. She will be in
Oxford from January 25 to January
31, after which she will go to Rox
boro where she will remain until
February 7. Anyone now employed
! in war Work at equal or higher skill
; should not apply.
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6. Evans .
Dies Suddenly
Sam G. Evans, 72. of Ceffo. died
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
a sudden heart attack after an ill
ness lasting two weeks.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
home, with interment in the M. T.
Clayton family cemetery about two
miles from the Evans home. j
Survivors include: his wife, Mrs.
Mary Clayton Evans; three sons, T.
E. and O. T. of Roxboro and Woods
dale, and J. N. Evans. Roxboro,
three daughters, Mrs. C. H. Hurdle
of Hurdle Mills, Mrs. Dewey Clay
ton, Roxboro, and Miss Helen Evans,
of the home; two brothers. John
and Woodson Evans, of Scottsburg,
Va.; four sisters, Mrs. Charlie Coble,
Hillsboro, Mrs. D. W. Shoe, Mebane,
Mrs. Lawrence Shoe and Mrs. Cicero
Shoe, both of Burlington, and 14
grandchildren.
Ministers in charge of the rites
were the Rev. J. B. Curren and the
Rev. W. R. Monk.
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Preaching Service
Preaching at Olive Branch church
Saturday, January 27th will be at
3:00 o'clock p. m„ instead of the
regular hour, according to an an
nouncement by the pastor, the Rev. j
Joe B. Ctirrin. A full attendance is :
urged.
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Tag Day
The Rev. Rufus J. Womblc,
chairman of the Polio fund drive
here, has issued a reminder that
Tag Day for the fund will be ob
served Saturday with the assist
ance of Girl Scouts. The drive
will continue through next week I
and is still progressing well, al
though no figures were available
at noon today because of the
chairman’s absence from city.
i Two large U. S. Army gliders and
| a two-plane, fully manned with
I crews, are expected to be at Rox
boro Airport, the South Boston
highway, Friday afternoon from
four until six o'clock, according to
announcement made today by Mal
colm (Mac) Warren, airport mana
ger here, following receipt of a
message from Col. Frank Dawson,
of Charlotte, commanding officer
of tlie North Carolina wing oi' the
Civil Air Patrol, organization un
der whose auspices the gliders are
being sent.
It is understood that the gliders
will be towed over the City of
Roxboro and that more complete
maneuvers will be shown at the
airport. Citizens who desire to see
the gliders in action will have to
be at the airport if they wish to
1 get anything like a close-up view,
according to Mr. Warren
A special invitation is being ex
tended to prospective members of
the Roxboro Civil Air Patrol unit,
both adults and cadets and it is
particularly desired that young peo
ple of the cadet age group be on
hand. Numbers of Roxboro young
men are serving in glider or air
bourne units and among them is
Barden Winstead, 'son of Mayor
and Mrs. S. G. Winstead, who lias
been stationed at Camp Mackall.
Glider transportation of troops is
one. of the newer forms of troop
movement developed in this wai
Gliders are towed to the approxi
mate location in which they are to
come down and are then cut loose
■ from tlie two-planes. Landing is
I sometimes very rough and the
men in gliders are shaken up con
• siderably. Large pieces of equip- ;
ment can also be carried in them, '
Another young Roxboro man :n 1
; an airborne unit was the late Pic.
Louis Shanko. who lost his life fast
; summer in the French invasion ai- |
ter having landed and engaged til
combat.
Rep. R. P. Burns
Club Speaker
Roxboro Kiwanis Club met Mon
day at Hotel Roxboro with Rep R.
P. Burns as. speaker on "The State
Legislature of 1945"
The meeting was opened with
the Pledge To The Flag led by
Oscar Reynolds and the invocation
was by B. B. Knight.
Visitors were Sgt. George Ri
Crumpton. Capt. Clinton Winstead,
I Rev. Boyce Brooks, Rep. Burns and
Reuben Strum.
The chairman of the Attendance
I Committee suggested to the club
(hat a "duck" be purchased by the
j club and presented to various ab
sentees to be taken case of by
them fyr the week following each
meeting they were absent. The
subject received approval of the
1 club.
E. E. Thomas was granted a leave
■ of absence for business reasons.
The program was in charge ol '
Melvin H. Burke. Capt. Winstead
! also entertained the club by giving
■ some of his experiences while on
tilt- Western Front.
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Sgt. C. A. Carr
Shares Honors
Sgt. Charlie A. Carr, of Route I. j
Roxboro, who is with an Air Depot
group of the Fifteenth Air Force J
Service command in Italy, is enti- ,
tied to wear a Meritorious Service
Wreath on his right sleeve, sharing
in honors given to men In his group,
according to announcement receiv- '
here today. : l
The award has been given for
standing service in support of com
bat operations against the enemy. (
The commendation reads in part: t
“This unit deserves much credit j
for the efficient manner in which ;
they assisted in the installation of ,
the engineering shops with a mini- | (
mum of materials and building facil- \
ities, and for their persistent efforts t
in the construction of housing for ■
all personnel from bombed-out,,
buildings." j j
Cliff Winstead
Getting Along Fine j
Cliff C. Winstead, Jr., of this city, (
who was wounded in action in
France the first of this month has 1
written his parents that his wound i
was only a slight one and that he i
■ will soon be well again. He did not i
■ state where he was wounded. it
Buy War Bonds.
and give the change to the
MARCH OF DIMES
JANUARY 14-31
NUMBER 10
Fourth Term Is
Theatre Director
Roxboro .Man Retains Place
On Association Board.
O. Teague Kirby, of this City, is
now .serving his fourth term as 'a
director of (lie Theatre Owners of
North and South Carolina, an Or
ganization which had its 33rd an
nual meeting the first of this week
in Charlotte, where A F. Satris, Jr.,
of Statesville, was selected is. presi
dent to succeed George W. Parr, of
Lancaster. 8. C . who has. become
first vice president.
In Charlotte with Mr Kirby, who
was re-elected as, director, were Mrs.
Kirby and their daughter. Miss An
ita Kirby, and Miss Jean Kirby,
their niece, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Cy Kirby, who returned to
Roxboro on Tuesday.
Other officers are Roy Rowe. Bur
gaw. seeohd vice president; ahd
Mrs. Walter Griffith.. secretary and ,
treasurer. Mrs. Griffith being re
elected.
The new directors chosen arc 11.
E. Everett. Charlotte; H. R. Berry,
Hartsvjlle. S .C.: H. E. Buchanan.
Hendersonville; George Carpenter.
Valdese. E. L. Hearne, Albemarle;
Sam Trincher; Charlotte; H. F.
Ivincey. Charlotte ; O. T: Kirby, Rox
boro; T. A. Little, Charlotte; J. O'-
Long, Charleston. S, C.: J, F. Miller, :■
Hickory; J. D. Harvey. Clover. S. Ce .J.
Ben L. Strozier, Rock Hill, K. c :
C. H. Arrington. Rocky Mount.
George Carpenter was chairman
.cl the nominating committee. Seri -
j ing with him were Rot Smart.
Charlotte, and J. B. Harvey, Clover,
S. C.
j Mrs. Griffith reported tlie asso- ,
edition's membership at 357, the
largest in its history. Nearly 300 of
these were in attendance.
The retiring board recommended
the appointment of six new com
mittees. and the incoming board im
mediately adopted the recommend
ation. These will be committees on
accessories and trailers, checking,
film rentals, legislation, apd mem- .
bership. President Sams will name
the personnel of each.
Roy Smart, co-ordinator of the
War Activities committee, reported,
including: bond sales. George Car
penter. Valdese, chairman of the '
Sixth War Loan for the North Car
olina theatres, and Warren Irvin,
chairman of a similar group from
South Carolina, also made reports!
11. F. Kincey, of Charlotte, told the
meeting of theaters’ participation j
in Red Cross activities, and he also
reviewed the general scope of Red
Cross work. Frank Beddingfield,
(chairman of tlie committee on the
March of Dimes in North Carolina,
forecast satisfactory returns this
year, and Warres Irvin, of South j
Carolina, made a similar prediction
for his state.
Col. Donald B. Thurman. Morris
Field, spoke at the afternoon ses
sion. John Vickers, of Charlotte,
discussed television, saying it will
be a definite postwar development
in the South.
Charles W. Lewis, Raleigh, state -
lire marshal, spoke on "Good House
keeping in the Theatres,” directing
his remarks mainly to prevention of
fires. Another speaker was H. M.
Hichey, public relations director of
Locw’s.
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Dr. Thomas, Os
Oxford, Hurt
Dr. W. N. Thomas, Oxford physi
cian and surgeon and brother of
three Roxboro women, sustained a
fractured leg north of Oxford about
8:30 Saturday night when an auto- .;
mobile crashed into a wrecker en
gaged in pulling the Thomas car
from a ditch. The impact slammed *
the auto door on Dr. Thomas’ leg. ■->
Officers a short while later ar
rested M. T. Sherrod, about 42, a ’
Stovall white man, and charged him
with driving while under the. in- ’
fluence of an intoxicant or other 1
drug. Sherrod allegedly was driving
the automobile involved in the ac
cident.
Dr. Thomas, a brother of Mrs.
Fred Long and of Mrs. Jee
is well known here. He msinwra
scious after the accident and will*,4
remain in the hospital fpr Some i
time.
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