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★ RATION DEADLINES GASOLINE—AI4, 4 gals., Mar. 21 MEATB—Red Q 5 thru Z 5, A2-D2 FOODS—BIue X 5 thru Z 5 and A2 through M 2. SUGAR—34, 5 lbs. thru Feb. 28, and 35, 5 lbs. thru June 2. VOL. LXIV. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 20 [ j Hold Rites Today For J. S. Walker , Business Leader Prominent County Official And Building And Loan Head, Dies Suddenly. Funeral services ror J. S. (Jim) Walker 72, of Academy Street, Rox boro, business and civic leader. Ro tarian. and Person County official, whose death occurred early Wednes day morning at his home after a sudden heart attack, were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Roxboro First Baptist Church, of which he was a member, interment | was in Burchwood Cemetery. Secretary of the Roxboro Build- j ing and Loan Association, which he i organized in 1923, he also Became 1 county auditor and tax supervisor in I 1927, serving until his death. Mr. Walker was also founder and j head of Walker Insurance Agency,! established in 1913, year in which he j came to Roxboro from Providence ] community, Person County, of which I he was a native. He was a graduate | of Wake Forest College. He was a past president of Rox boro Rotary Club and past chair man of the board of deacons of his church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs Carrie Vernon Walker, and a sister. Nannie Walker, both of the home; a brother, George W. Walker of Roxboro, and another sister. Mrs. R. A. Eurch, of Raleigh. Ministers in charge of the rites were his pastor, the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, assisted by the Rev. Joe B. Currin. Mr. Walker, was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. T. /Walker, who lived near Mill Creek church. In ad dition to serving on the Board of Deacons of First Baptist church here, he was also teacher of the t Men’s Bible class and at one time taught the Baracca class. He was likewise a'member of tne pulpit com mittee. Active pallbearers were nephews, with members of Roxboro Rotary club, directors of the Building and Loan association and members of I his Sunday School class as honor ary pallbearers. Mr. Walker attended Monday's session of the County Commission- ' ers and was at his office here Tues day. although he spoke then of be ing unwell. He became seriously ill at midnight Tuesday and death oc curred at 3:45 o'clock Wednesday morning. o Members Go To Bond Clinic And Plan Another Several members of Roxboro high school band, together with Miss Mary Earl Wilson, leader, will go to Henderson tomorrow for a band clinic to be participated in by bands from a number of high schools un der direction of Earl Slocum, of the music department faculty of the University of North Carolina. On next Wednesday. A. J. Wagner, director of the Oxford High School band, will bring his group, playing 47 instruments, to Roxboro High School where the two bands will have morning and afternoon re hearsals and will give a jointly staged free concert at Roxboro High School that night after a dinner to be at Hotel Roxboro. o Roxboro Man Pacific Champion Climaxing an undefeated season, the General Hospital Softball team won the New Caledonia Island soft ball championship by defeating a Machine Records team in the final playoff. Playing for this championship softball team was Corporal Elze L. Taylor whose wife lives in Roxboro. Prior to his entry into the service, Cpl. Taylor was employed as a clerk ! at Collins & Aikman. Cpl. Taylor is now a clerk typist in the Receiving and Disposition office of the 29th General Hospital , in New Caledonia. He has now com pleted 14 months of overseas ser vice. Revival Now Being Held In City A revival meeting is now in pro gress at the Pentecostal Holiness Church on North Main Street with services each evening at 7:30 o’clock, i according to an announcement by the pastor, the Rev. W. O. Elliott. The meeting is being conducted by i the Rev. C. W. Stowe, of Dry Fork, Va. -®h t Courter=®imts Die? Suddenly liillL’ ■V . B Bl w, jflaiffi J. S. WALKER Raymond Lester Now Lieutenant Son Os Woodsdale Residents Gains Promotion At Bristol Base. At an Eighth Air Force Bomber Station in England, Raymond O j Lester, 23. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Lester, Route 1. Woodsdale. has been ant to first lieutenant. Lt. Lester is bombardier on a B -17 Flying Fortress which is partici - pating in Eighth Air Force bombing ! attacks on German industrial tar i gets and military strong points in the path of Allied armies on the Western front. He holds the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters for '‘meritorious achievement" during aerial warfare The bombardier is a member of the 34th Bomb Group, a unit of the Third Air Division, the division cit i ed by the President for its now his toric England-Africa shuttle bomb ing of Messerschmitt plants at Reg ensburg, Germany. He has taken part in aerial assaults on a variety : of objectives, ranging from enemy airfields and aircraft plants to oil refineries, railroad yards and front line positions. Before entering the AAF Lieuten ant Lester was with Collins and j Aikman. He is a graduate of Bethel i Hill High School. o Mrs. Hamlett Is New PTA Head The P. T. A. of Ca-Vel school met [Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at | the school for its regular monthly meeting. Mrs. W. G. Bradsher re signed as president and Mrs. How ard Hamlett was elected to fill her unexpired term. Plans were made for a special father’s program to be held in the I near future; however, no definite date was set. The association voted to make a contribution of $15.00 as a gift to Community Hospital. The fourth and fifth tied in at tendance. —, o— ; Pvt. John Walker In Army Hospital Pvt. John F. Walker is now con fined to a hospital in Paris. His hands and feet were frozen, but in a letter received by his wife, the former Miss Helen Slaughter, daug- j ; hter of Mrs. Zadok Slaughter, he! ; says that he is now doing fine and j hopes that it won't be long before ■ lie will be on the go again. Pvt. Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leamon Walker of Roxboro, has been overseas for five and a half months. He was with the First Army and the 18th Division. o— Church Benefit The women of the Missionary So ciety of Theresa Baptist Church will | have a cup towel srfle Saturday morning, February 10th, at 9:30 o'clock, at Thomas Hardware Store. Proceeds will go for the benefit of the building fund. Duke vs Alabama For Polio On Monday Night Altho Person County has reached its goal in the Infantile Paralysis Drive for this year, the need for funds is still urgent and in this con nection the motion picture of the Sugar Bowl Game, Duke vs. Alaba- j ma, will be shown Monday night at J 8:00 o'clock in the Person County;' court house. Person County had a goal of $2,- 161.00 and to date has raised $3,- j 254.00 in the drive, stated Rev, Ru fus Womble, chairman of the cam paign In this county. This is a good : amount over the figure set for Per- I son County but Chairman Womble stated that the last dollar received was just as valuable as the first dollar and he hopes to get a fair sum for The March of Dimes from j the showing of this football film. However, it is pointed out that there will be no charge to see the ! picture. Those who wish to con- j tribute something to the cause at the showing will be given an oppor- j tunity to do so. Charlie Dukes of the Duke Al umni cffice will be on hand to give a running’ account of the game as the picture is shown on the screen. He was present at the game in New Orleans and can call every play as it, is shown. Mr. Duke’s consented to come to Roxboro from Duke Uni vtrsity and do this as a public ser vice. Everyone is invited to see the pic ture, women and men, children and adults. o i Nominations In Atademy Awards List Prepared Five Pictures To Compete for Award: Fitzgerald Gets Double Actor Honor ’ Hollywood. Feb. The Academy l of Motion Pictures Arts and Sci , tnc.es has announced that “Double Indemnity," "Gas Light." Going My , Way." "Since You Went Away" and . "Wilson" have been nominated to receive its "Oscar" award as ber-t , movie of 1944. . Barry Fitzgerald was nominated . for both the best performance •by . an actor and best performance by a . supporting actor for his character!--.- . zation of a priest in “Going My i Way." The Academy said this was ■ the first time in the awards' 17-yea>' ■ history that a player had been so I honored. Others nominated for best-actor 1 honors are Charles Boyer for his performance in “Gas Light," Bing I Crosby for his work in “Going My 1 Way,'' Cary Grant for “None But the Lonely Heart" and Alexander Kncx for his title role in “Wilson.” Actresses nominated for best-per formance honors are Ingrid Berg man for her work in "Gas Light," Claudette Colbert for "Since You Went Away," Bette Davis for “Mr. i Skeiffington,” Greer Garson for i "Mrs. Parkington" and Barbara Stanwyck for "Double Indemnity," , Besides Fitzgerald actors nomi- . nated for best performance in a supporting role were Hume Cronyn , in "The Seventh Cross,” Claude , Rains in "Mr. Skeffington," Clifton Webb in “Laura” and Monty Wool- , I ley in "Since You Went Away." For the best performance by an actress in a supporting role, these were nominated: Ethel Barrymore . :in "None But The Lonely Heart," j Jennifer Jones in “Since You Went , Away," Angela Lansbury in "Gas , ! Light," Aline MacMahon in “Dra- | , gon Seed" and Agnes Moorehead in ( "Mrs. Parkington." Miss Jones won , the best actress award last year for ; her work in "The Song of Berna dette." o— Pfc. Archie White Has Purple Heart ■ Pfe. Archie G. White, 25, who was ] i wounded in action in Germany, j, November 30, 1944, and was sent to a hospital in England, has received | the Purple Heart, which reached his wife, the former Miss Thelma Hob- \ good, Saturday. Pfc. White entered the Army in November 1942, going j. overseas in September 1944. He is now reported to be improv- j | ing. His wife and daughter. Car- ; clyn Faith, live in Roxboro. He has , | sent his family a number of sou- . veniers, including British and ] French coins and a necklace, the i last-named an ornamented cross from Germany. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. White, ol Roxboro. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT CcrVel Church Will Honor Boy Scouts Joe Gussy Will Speak. Cru sade .Program At City Church. Typical of Boy Scout anniversary week services to be held this Sunday in Roxbcro and Person churches is that planned for Sunday morn ! ing at eleven o'clock at Ca-Vel! | Methodist .church, of which the Rev. jj. R. Jolly is pastor and where Joe ! Gussy, Scoutmaster of Ca-Vel’s Troop 24. will be « leader and j speaker. Twelve or more Boy Scouts in the troop of 25 will have an active part 'in the program .which includes re ; cital cf the Scout oath. Regular night service at 7:30 at Ca-Vel will include a talk by the Rev. E. C. Maness, guest speaker, who contin- Great Work At Moore General Hospital Seen Majority Os .Men Being Treat ed There From The Car olinas. Durham, Feb. Touching ac counts' of America:', casualties at the Army's . Moore, General Hospital at ’ Swannailoa, and the great work which Wac medical technicians are doing for these men. were related today by Pvt: Mabel Miller who is ft Wac herself but not a medical tech nician. Pvt. Miilei was on a general as signment at Mode General Hospital before reporting to the Charlotte Recruiting District for duty and the nature of her work there, made it possible for lur to witness the hun dreds cf casualties suffering from jungle rot v psychoneurosis, typhus fever and various other maladies peculiar to. fight ing men who have been in Strange climates. "Army nurses and the Wac medi cal technicians who work so smooth ly with them do a marvelous job ol curing and rehabilitating our cas ualties" said Pvt. Miller. "A bov who had recovered from a severe case of jungle rot once stopped and chatted with me for a few minutes on his way to church one Sunday. After all the suffering the boy had gone through he told me that the wonderful treatment given him by the medical technicians and the nurses had made him realize for what he Was lighting. He said, "I have lots to be thankful for'." Most ,of the casualties at Moore are bays, from the. two Carolines; , Pvt. Miller said, for it is the policy of the Army to send the casualties' to hospitals as near their homes as possible. "One boy who had fought a close but successful fight with the Grim Reaper sad, after his miraculous recovery, that he would like to ‘kiss the feet of every Wac medical tech nician in the Army'.” Pvt. Miller said. "Os course lie said it lightly," she added, “but his .sincerity was obvious." "There are many, many other true stories about the dreadful eases at Moore Hospital and the great work which the nurses and medical ' technicians do to help make these men well again," Pvt. Miller said. "They are too numerous to relate and, of course, there are some which I would not be permitted to tell about." But Pvt. Miller is permitted to tell about the noble and inspiring work cf the medical technicians who care for the casualties at Moore. In fact, it was because of her observations there that she requested and receiv ed permission to go out and tell the women of the two Carolinas what a great opportunity is before them, “The things I saw at Moore Gen eral Hospital gave me a burning de sire to go out and tell civilian wo men what a great opportunity they have to care for the sick and wounded from their own localities," she said, “and I am glad tl&t r have been granted permission to do so." Meet In England Cpl. C. W. Holeman, of Roxboro, and Lt. Carrie Wilson, formerly a nurse at Watts Hospital, Durham, first cousins, recently met in Eng land. Cpl. Holeman found her telephone numbed and called her, and they met in Bristol. He writes home that they really had a grand; time together. About 400,000 fires occurred in U. S. homes in 1943. ues the service series dealing with “Christ After Chaos”. The Rev. Mr! Maness will discuss "India". A young peoples group at Edgar Long Memorial Methodist church will have charge of the service there on Sunday night at 7:30. where the ! Crusade for Christ program will continue, with Miss Lucille Cothran • as speaker. The high school sextet will sing and other young people participating in the general program will include: George Wilson, leader, Betsy Taylor, Nancy Willson, Louise Harris, Bill Michie and John Robert ! Hester. Person District Negro Scout:; plan to go to Burlington on Sunday with their leaders for a District gather ing and rally. Slightly Wounded Sgt. Guy J. Timberlake has been reported as slightly injured in ac tion in Belgium on January 18th, according to an official message re ceived by his wife. Sgt. Timberlake was attached to the First Army with the 75th Infantry Division. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J, Frank Timb erlake, of Route I. Many Negroes Go To Ft. Bragg Some Go For Induction, Oth ers For Examination. Nine Roxboro and Person Negro men with Rogers Earl Mitchell as leader left Wednesday for induc tion at Fort Bragg while twenty two Negro men left the same morn ing for preinduction examination, witli Stanley Bailey as leader, ac cording to Miss Jeanette Wrenn! chief clerk of the Person Selec tive Service Board. Those who went for induction were: Archie Ragland. Juhm-.ii Cornelius Williams, Nathaniel Ol iver, James Thomas Betts, Jets: Newman. Wesley Lunsford. Jr.. Ho;. Lee Lawson, and Jessie Cameron. Those who went for preinduc .: were as follows: James Robe Anderson Scoggins. Frank Jeltc: Morris, L. Yellock. Joseph Daniei Crawley. John Louis Harris, - ence Barnette, William Yarboroueli Joe Cletis Harris, Evernezor Booze. James Lee Street. Also, Raymond Bennett Brook Julius Faulkner, Edward Quin--;. Bullock, William Edward Tow l sond, George Forester Johnson Roderick Lewis Crowder. Ulysses Grant Miles. William Matthew Lawson. James Thomas Cunning ham. and Charles Donell Talley o Get A Pack If You Have An Empty One At least two dealers in Roxboro have started cigarette rationing on the basis of an empty pack. If they have smokes and you present at) empty pack they will take up the empty pack and give you a brand new package full of cigarettes, This rule holds good as long as they have something to sell in the cigarette I line. The cigarette shortage has really hit this county. A large number are finding it impossible to get anything except an occasional package and many are rolling their own. Others are smoking pipes while others arc doing without. Wholesalers promise no immediate relief. MacArthur Seeks Divine Help MANILA, Feb. Gen. Douglas MacArthur issued a general order requesting that divine services be held throughout his sea, land and air command as his liberating troops in Manila continued their danger ous job of digging and blasting Jap anese out of the city. In requesting the divine services, General MacArthur told his troops: “You will shortly complete the liberation of the Phillippines. "You have redeemed a country’s pledge to recapture its lost land. "You have inflicted the greatest military defeat in its history on your enemy. “You are restoring to the east its destiny. “You have fulfilled the sacred mission for our hallowed dead. “For all this we have to thank God." ■ Q In the first 90 days of the in-! vaslon of Europe, the Army issued) 131 mi ilion maps. Gas Shortage For frucks On Farms Expected Errol Morton Declares Unnec essary Truck Travel Must i Be Eliminated. The Office of Defense Transpor tation ii:v,s made’ a very careful sUr * vi*,y regarding; the critical shortage 1 el (rucks and gasoline Errol D. Mor : tor.. Chairman Person County CFTC Committee, announced here today. Tlie .survey reveals that “unless ' ail .uiaiccassary travel by farm ‘ trucks is eliminated there will not be : iifiieieiit gasoline to take care of lb.' Critical needs," he declared. • Mr. Morton, neintod out that, “in \ many instances, gasoline has been issued for farm trucks, based on the fact (hat- the applicants received i ephsitlehi ripri sos. such allocations of gasclmc by,, indicating- that they were taking care of essential haul i ing i-i the Community, or of the transport ;tt-ibn of certain farmers. In i "st i ~ilions revealed that at least a? half- dozen truck owners had been , issued a a ohm? for the same purpose j, and in many instance's; farmers ) were taking- care of tlieir own trans portation." The CFTC leader cited eases where■ gasoline had been issued to applicants for pick-up trucks to car ry on farming operations and it was later found that the 1 trucks were used, Sb percent of their operations, lor plea.-ure driving. "Something must be doiiv about the gasoline that lias In mi allotted for essential use arid used for. ncii-esseiitiai pur - poses," ia- said. "In ail effort to eliminate such waste and to be as-, .suit'd that our most essential trans -1 port.it ion can be carried on, the s Pits! n: County Farm Transporta ‘ lion ♦vinr.httoe lias been asked to re. iev. til Certificates of War Nec ■.•:sity iii Person County." lie eon ' eluded. Sfate PTA May , Call Off Meet ('ovi-nsbcrq. Feb. Executive ■ committee «f North Carolina Con - of Parents and Teachers has . called (o meet at Woman's col-- i a o Fn.iay February 16, to consid er in annual convention, scheduled '. nil in terms of the govern -1 to a- order banning meetings in ex - tv.-.- ~<• 50 persons. t'h irlcs W Phillips, director of ■ |"ibli'- relations at the college, as pn-uiciit of the state congress, has it sued ilu- call for the session from - 10 until 4 o'clock in Alumnae house. • Tii.- executive group will doubtless .-.li' c.lly cancel the convention. ' plan a substitute election by mail i transact business of the con n which would normally have Itcii considered bv electors of the men- Ilian 100.000 members in the state Major officers to be elected this ;.i >r no the president and second \a. president. Mrs. J. R. Futrell. Hi rt ford, now holds the latter of i lie t Nominating committee is (nude ' up i t Mesdaihes E. B. Hunter, Char- \ ' lotto: W H. Vander Linden. Hick- 1 I ary: Daisy Ruson, New Bern, and | Alien Luther, Asheville, and Rus ’ self, M. Grumman, Chapel Hill. Pest Office May Bear Hero’s Name I NEW BERN. Feb. Conderman ! t park has been suggested by marine! ■ officials at Cherry Point as a pro-! ■ posed name for a hew Dost office j to be opened soon at the federal J I'iousin project across the highway • from the marine air station at Cher- • ry Point. This name would honor the mem- i ory of 2nd Lt. Robert J. <Straw berry ' Conderman, USMCR, of New ! ! Bern who was one *of the first marine aviators killed during world \ War 11. He was a victim of the Japanese in their first attack on] : Wake island. His father. Maj. Fred Ccndennati. is now serving as a ; postal officer with the marine corps in the Pacific. _ — ——o Dallar Briggs In Florida Hospital Pfc. Dallas R. Briggs, of Roxboro, j has recently arrived at Welch Con- I valescent Hospital, Daytona Beach, j where a carefully planned recondi ■ tioning program will aid his con- | j valescenc.2 and assist his return to j | health, The son of Dallas Briggs, he cn- i tcred the Army October 1942 and j j has since served 10 months in the \ ! area of France. His wife, Mrs. Cath- j i eripe Briggs, and child reside in i Roxboro. 1 Exercises At ORD \ 1 Honor Missing Roxboro Airman In Navy Y itik / ■ 1 Hi WILLIAM E. DODSON Seaman Second Class William E. Dodson, of Scottsburg, Va„ grandson of Mrs. Mollie J. Mooney, of ltoxboro. Route three, entered the Navy in October last year. He recently had a furlough and visit ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Dodson, at Scottsburg. lie had boot-training at Great Lakes, 111. Power Will Be Off Two Hours Interruption In Service For Repairs In Roxboro And Area Planned. Electric service will be. disconnect ed for two hours in three-fourths of Roxboro and all of the outlying ! areas served from Roxboro on Sun day afternoon, February 11, weather permitting, according to an an nouncement made today by T. Mill er White, Manager of the Carolina Power and Light Company here. "Tlie interruption", said Mr. White, "is to permit necessary re pair work which could not be done with safety without disconnecting service. We sincerely hope that it is planned for hours when a minimum of inconvenience will be caused customers in the areas to be affect ed." Service will be off from 2 p. ,m. to 5 p. m. on Sunday afternoon. Mr. White said, "We regret the necessity of disconnecting service for even a short period of time, but i it is essential that our lines be kept in good repair at a time when ab normally heavy demands are being imposed upon us by the war pro duction program," Farmers Gather To Hear Experts i ■ ! One hundred and fifty or more Person farmers yesterday gathered at Person Court House to hear W. Kerr Scott, State Commissioner of' ; Agriculture, E. G. Moss, of Oxford, ! W. W. Fitzpatrick, of Durham, and ' j Dr. L. D. Baver, of Raleigh, dis- ! ! cuss tobacco, pasture and corn pro ! duetion problems. Claude T. Hall, iof Roxboro, presided, and he and lot tiers here were luncheon hosts for ! the speakers and a few other citi | zens here at Hotel Roxboro before ] the Court House program began. | o = j No Name Letter Goes To Town WILSON, Feb. 6. —Once a decade j ! or so ago pictures of Wilson's famed West Nash street appeared in a : nationally known magazine as one 1 cf the prettiest streets in the world - It must have been true. Yesterday Elizabeth McLeah, i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles: !B. McLean, received a card from a I little friend in England. The card was simply addressed to “Miss Elizabeth McLean, 209 West Nash . street." There was no town or country j on it. Yet it arrived here, and was j j delivered. o - FISHER TAKES OATH LONDON, Feb. The right hon jorable Geoffrey Francis Fisher took I the oath as archbishop of Canter ! bury at Buckingham palace. The ! prelate was received by King George , VI. Herbert Morrison, secretary ol state for the home department and 'minister ol home security, admin istered the oath. 0 Fatal Highway Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945 HELP KEEP IT THAT WAY DRIVE CAREFULLY! Mother Os Sgt. B. G. Clayton, Jr., To Receive Air Med al For Him. To be honored Saturday at ORD in Greensboro is Sgt. Burleigh O. i Buddy i Clayton. Jr„ of Roxboro and the United States Army Air Corps, missing in action over Fran ce since February 25th of last year, the honor being the Air Med al, which will be received for hini by his mother, Mrs. B. G. Clayton, of this city, in formal ceremonies at Greensboro. According to Brig. Gen. Robert H. Dunlop, acting the Adjutant General, the Air Medal will be given to Mrs. Clayton "since it can not be formally presented" to her son "at this time." Mrs. Clayton', however, does not regard the fact of the coming presentation as a closing ol' the records and she still hopes to receive further informatidn as t«. tlie fate of her son and his companions. The citation which will be read at Saturday's ceremony discloses that Sgt: Clayton has been award ed tlie Air Medal for "exception ally meritorious achievement while participating in five separate bom ber combat missions over enemy occupied Continental Europe i where i the courage, coolness and skill displayed by this enlisted man iSgt. Clayton) upon these occa sions reflect led great credit upon him self and the Armed Forces of the United States. , Sgt. Clayton, a graduate of Rox boro high school, where his mother is a teacher of English, was him self in tobacco warehouse business before going to the Air Corps, in which he served as a tail gunner. J A brother, Tom Hill Clayton, of;, tlie Navy, is now thought to be in' the Manila area, and a sister is‘ Miss Grace Osborne Clayton, of , tiie faculty of Pennsylvania State * Teachers’ college, who will also be 1 ! unable to be in Greensboro for the exercise. . j Sgt. Clayton, one of the first of J Roxboro’s young fliers to be listed as missing, volunteered in February 1943, and went overseas on Decern-. ber 15th, that year. He was report-« I ed as missing on the last day of the "Unknown Battle" in France, an engagement subsequently wrltt4n up in Life Magazine. October 16, 1944, and in whioh it is thought Sfjt| Clayton may have participated, i In the Roxboro party -at Greens boro Saturday, in addition to M(s. Clayton, are expected to be Mrs. C. B. Kirby and Miss Nancy f and expected to join the group in fM Greensboro are Mrs. Mamie Osborne and Mrs. Fred Thomas, both of Dur ham, mother and aunt of Mrs. Clay ton. Sgt. Clayton's father will be (Turn to page 8 please) » Bill Jordan, 20, Listed Hissing Roxboro Young Man Missing In France. Pfc. William A. (Bill) Jordan, 20, i son of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Jordan! * has been reported missing in action in France on January 13, according [to a message received from the War Department by his parent Sunday. r< \ Pfc. Jordan entered service June 23, 1943 and received training at Ft. Custer, Michigan, Camp Heame, Texas, and Ft. Leonard Wood. Mis -1 souri. .'a He graduated from Roxboro Higjj School and was in the 278th infan try regiment of the 70th Division and had been overseas one month, i A brother Frank Jordan, is in the | Navy. At least one other Roxboro young - man is listed this week as missing, but confirmation of details is tin- ’4 available, O Donald Jones Has Promotion Mm Marine Staff Sergeant Donald IPt Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. J, R J Jones, of Roxboro, has been pro moted from sergeant to his present rank at the Marine Corps Air etc- !! tlon at Cherry Point, it was learned here today. . Formerly employed by the OletU* L. Martin Company in BalUmow* !<<a Md.. Staff Sergeant Jones enUsUN|L in the Marines January 21, IMS aftT Raleigh. He is serving as a ic with a unit at the Aircraft Wing, which Is ln'-SSrsl training at the largest air slatted .H the Marine Corps.
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