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★ RATION DEADLINES Meats —Red: Q5-S5 expire Mar 31; T5-X5 expire Apr. 28; Y5-Z5 and A2-D2 expire June 2. FOODS—BIue: X5-Z5 and A2-B2 expire Mar. 31; C2-G2 expire Apr. 28; H2-M2 expire June 2. VOL. LXIV. New Date Given For Collection Os | Tins, Fats, Paper Scouts Again To Lead. Troobs Report Work Progress. I- Tin cans, properly prepared, and ' grease, in correct containers will be added to scrap paper in the next regularly scheduled collection, which It expected to take place here on the first Sunday in March, starting at three o’clock in the afternoon with the active assistance of Boy Scouts, it was learned here today. Collection was originally scheduled for this Sunday, February 25. i. Tin cans and fats or grease have not been collected In the Roxboro area for some time, according to Dr. Robert E. Long, who will be in charge of the collecting program, rt is hoped that numbers of County citizens will also respond. They may bring their paper, tins and grease to the Salvage Depot near Roxboro Presbyterian church and across the street from Central Grammar school. It is definitely urged, however, that all tins and grease be properly prepared and that paper be tied in managable bundles. Bundles will be taken up from porches of Roxbori residents by the Scouts, who plan to use part of the funds they derive to make a $25 contribution from the Scouts to the Red Cross. Negro Boy Scouts, particularly ot the Shady Hill troop, with the Rev J. E. Wilkerson, scout master, plan l to extend their paper salvage drive ■ through the entire month of March. Both white and Negro divisions of the Person Scout district had meet ings this week, on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Presiding at the meeting of the white division was J. A. Long, Jr., vice chairman, and among those present were E. Pierce (.Turn to page 8, please) o > Roxboro Central PTA Has Talk On Food Plans Contribution Made To Polio . Fund. Tlic P. T. A. of Roxboro Central Grammar school held its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at the school. Group singing of “America" opened the meeting, and Mrs. R. P. Burns, president, presided. The program for the afternoon was in charge of Mrs. Jack Strum, who introduced Mrs. Bessie Starling Ware of the Durham Dairy Council. Mrs. Ware explained the work of the council and said that at any time that they could be of assist ance to any civic club she would be glad to cooperate. Her main topic was “Arc You Overstuffed and Un derfed", and at the conclusion of her speech a motion picture “More Life In Living" was shown. A short business session was held with reports from the various com mittees. It was reported that $5 was contributed to the Polio fund and that the P. T. A. has purchased a pictoroll to be used in the school. The attendance banner was won by Mrs. Mary Long's room. ——-—o- Mrs. Shelton Back From Funeral For Mother, Mrs. Berry Mrs. R. H. Shelton, of this city, has returned from Durham, where ' she has been for several days be cause of the illness and death of her mother, Mrs. John H. Berry, 78, of Durham. Mrs. Berry, well known in Rox boro, where she frequently visited her daughter, died Sunday night at her Durham home after a long ill ness. Funeral was held Tuesday in j Durham First Baptist church, of [ which she was a devoted member, i Interment was in Maplewood cem etery. Survivors, in addition to Mrs. Shelton include five other daugh ters and three sons. Pallbearers j were sons-in-law, including Mr. ! Shelton. _o Davis Brothers To Be Here Soon Pfc. Arthur Davis, Jr., overseas in the South Pacific for over three years, has landed in the United States and will arrive here in a few days to visit his parents. His brother, Cpl. Sam Paul Davis, of Pueblo, Colo., is also expected here in the next day or two. The brothers have not seen each other in more than four years. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR OPA Meeting In Cattle Planned Representatives of llie Office of j Price Administration plan to hold : a meeting in the Courthouse in j Roxboro on Wednesday, March i 7th, at 7:30 P. M. for all slaugh- , terers in Person County and all dealers in live cattle and calves, according to announcement made today. The purpose of the meeting is to explain and discuss with the slaughterers the new Maximum | Price Regulation No. 574 ccntroll : ing the price of live cattle and calves. All people interested in the subject are invited to be present. Methodists Here Plan Crusade For This Sunday The Board of stewards ancl the Crusade for Christ Council of Long ; Memorial Church, .met Monday night and decided to hold the Vic tory Day service Sunday morning, the 25th since it was -impossible: to hold the service last Sunday because of lack of heat in the church, according to announce ment made today by the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor. Church officials appeal to every church menitn. to be present Sun day morning with pledge cards and the first payment or all of pledge: in cash. The pledges and cash Will be pjg.cwt p>' the. church altar be fore a lighted cross. While no > services were held last Sunday, 115 placed their pledges and cash on the altar and the officials are much pleased With total amount. It is expected that the quota of | $3,034 will be raised Sunday morn ing, February . 25th at the 11:00 o'clock service. i It is expected that a new janitor \ will be secured for the Church, i Up to yesterday no explanation for i non-appearance last Sunday lias been offered by the former janitor who has not been heard from since last Friday. Cooker Clinics Scheduled Soon All owners of pressure cookers in Person County are reminded to bring their pressure cookers to the basement of the Post office on Fri day and Saturday of this week, Feb ruary 23rd and 24th, if they wish j j to have them cheeked by an exper ienced engineer from State College. ! Since this is the. last year that this service will be available, every j cooker that does not funtion cor j rectly should be included in this j I clinic. ; The clinic is held for the benefit of all citizens in Person County who have a pressure cooker that needs to be checked, either the pet-cock, safety valve, or guage. Be sure the cooker is thoroughly j cleaned before it is brought to the j basement of the Postoffice where they will be checked at the time of - clinic. _ o i Rev. Mr. Fortune Lenten Speaker Rev. James Fortune, of Durham, minister to the deaf of the Diocese of North Carolina and rector of a Durham church for deaf commun- ; icants, will be guest speaker to- j night at eight o'clock at St. Mark’s ! Episcopal church, according to an nouncement made today by the Rev. Rufus J. Womble. The service will be the second in j a series for the Lenten Season. ... 1 !.'■ -: / v Pfc. J. E. Harris Now Improved I Pfc. John Edward Harris, son of , Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Harris and hus- | ( band of Mrs. Alma Seamster Harris, : all of Roxboro, is recovering from J: an attack of trench foot, according : to information received here this 1 week from a hospital in France, ' where he has been stationed for ' several months. t ®f)t Cotmer=®4mes Marine ingenuity took a badlv-damaged belly gasoline tank and patched it, then placed it atop some Japanese lumber and thus provided a shower bath on one of the Palau Islands group. The tanned and bearded Leatherneck enjoying the shower is Sgt. George C. Kerr of Royal Oak, Mich., member of a Second Marine Air Wing Squadron. Juveniles On Tear Over Weekend Here The . police department of this city has founded up three young bovs, age 11, 11 and 12 who forced an entrance into the Roxboro Bowl ing Alley over the Week-end and took approximately twelve dollars from the Jap Slot Machine that was in the building, stated one of the cffleers' Wednesday. Entrance was made through the Fioneer Warehouse and then in the back door of the bowling alley, A hack saw was used to get the lock from the door. All three are being turned over to the juvenile authorities. Also reported as being arrested was a Louis Covington, white, 55, who had allegedly stolen five chick ens from the chicken house of Mac Sanders in the northern part ot VFW Post Will Honor L. T. Huff Officers of the newly formed Roxboro and Person County Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars will ■be installed at Person Court House on Saturday night, February 24, at eight o'clock, according to an nouncement made today by Allyn S. Norton, of the publicity commit tee. At the same time the new post, to be known as the Levvell Thomas Huff Post. No. 2038. will receive its charter in the presence of J. Frank Warren, State commander, and E. C. Ingram. State adjutant and quar termaster, who, along with other 1 State VFW officials attend and Electric Service In Roxboro Will Be Off Again | In order to complete the work ] started on last Sunday, electric ser j vice in Roxboro will again be dis j connected for a brief period of time |on Sunday afternoon February 25, [according to T. Miller White, Man ager of the Carolina Power and Light company here. The interruption will cover three fourths of Roxboro and all of the surrounding areas served from Rox boro. Service will be disconnected [from 2 to 3:30 p. m. [ Mr. White said, “We sincerely [hope that this interruption will not [ cause our customers inconvenience. However the work could not be done with safety without discon- I necting service.” C. T. Fox In U. S. Charlie Thomas Fox, who was in ducted into the Army in May, 1944, and who has seen service on the Western front in Belgium the past [eight months, arrived in New York, 'Friday, having been sent home on ■ account of trench feet. He will be sent to one of the North Carolina hospitals for rest and recuperation. His wife, who was before marriage Miss Allie Fox. and a young son reside in Roxboro. ~ ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY,' FEBRUARY 22, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Pacific Island Shower Bath this city and sold them, Covington [' was heard in the mayor's court Tuesday morning and was bound over under bond of SIOO.OO. 1 Other eases that came within the i scope of the police department In ■ the last few days were as follows; ( ■ A watch was recovered that had 1 been reported stolen from a Miss ■ Yarboro of this city. This watch, : stated tire police, had been taken [ , by a * fourteen year old white girl ; and this case also comes under the , jurisdiction of the juvenile authori ■ ties. Still another juvenile case was I that five white boys under the age , of 16 were apprehended by the po-j ■ lice who had gone in the Dolly, : Madison Theatre on Saturday night ; and stolen pop corn. I preside. t It is expected that around one 1 hundred citizens will be charter ■ members of the new Post, which t bears the name of the first offi - daily reported killed in action son l of Person to lose his life in World - War 11. Pfc. Huff, it will be re called was a son of Mrs. Emma , Huff, of Hurdle Mills, and lost his! ( life in the North African campaign,: i December 10. 1942. Pfc. Huff’s : i memory will receive special honor at, ■! this meeting. • j At the meeting will be discussed the ten point National program of- I sered by the V.F.W applications will be received and reviewed for membership at this time. All fam ilies with relatives in the Armed Forces and the general public, are! cordially invited. Mr. Norton, as publicity chairman said today that the following is : a statement of aims and ideals of . the VFW organization as he sees . them: > “Keep the home fires burning.'' that is known to all of us. Our . possibilities are maximum in the I morning hours of life. Labor be- . stowed at this time counts many ! fold more than in the later hours jof the day. Hence the importance jof the religions, moral, and rehabi- , J litation of our returning veterans. . ; Reverently speaking, please God, [ ] may they have their chance for a M [ successful life when they return . home. We celebrate men for their ! most signal achievements. Man's ( j success should be measured by his . (Turn to page 8 pleasei * 0 , Semora Veteran Starts Business 1 Danville, Va., Feb.—Danville's I first returned veteran to go into 1 business in Danville is Carl Pointer, t 1 who was recently given a medical discharge from the army where he served as a transport flier in ferry [ ( command. He participated in the i ( coverage for the grand assault on f the beaches of Normandy. The re- c tired lieutenant is a native of Se- b mora. He married Miss Evelyn [ 8 Arnett. 1 I HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT Tribute Paid To I Person Carrier Who Ends Job i National Publication Carries Article On Roxboro Man. Several months ago, at the time of his retirement, the Courier-Times carried a story concerning D E. Featherston, rural mail carrier here for many years. Current issue of the National Rural Letter Carrier, professional journal for rural car riers. contains an article on Mr. Featherston. prepared and sent in by N. Hassell Fox, of this City, Car irier No. 3 in the local system. [ Mr. Fox's article, based chiefly on : information gathered by the Couri er-Times, reads as follows: i North Carolina Rural Letter Car rier Retires Roxboro, N. C. —Oldest rural car rier, Daniel Edwin Featherston, age 64, retired Nov. 1, 1944, after 39 j years’ service. He began in 1905 at Leasburg, N. C„ on a 16.6 mile route, ' transferred to Roxboro, N. C., route 1, in 1918, which was then 24 miles. When he retired this same route was 59.43 miles. The miles grew with the volume of mail. Mr. Featherston served under two postmasters at Leasburg and seven at the Roxboro office. He is ail ac tive member of the Rural Letter Carriers' Association, serving sev eral terms as president. He is also a member of the Junior Order and Edgar Long Methodist Church. He remembers many changes from the ' horse and buggy days and light mail to the present long route and heavy mail, especially at Christmas time. In the old days lie says he could carry his mail in his mail bag, later years he could hardly carry it J in his car. Good roads have helped a lot. but the increase in both mail , and miles, makes every carrier earn his salary, which has never been too much, according to Mr. Feath- I erston. , The post office personnel present ed Mr. Featherston with an easy j chair t*n the date of his retirement, ! the presentation being made by the present postmaster, L. M. Carlton. The Rural Letter earners’ Associa tion honored Mr. Featherston on . ; Nov. 22 by giving him a banquet at | Hotel Roxboro, Covers were laid for j3O in the dining room, which was , * beautifully decorated. After a four [' course dinner, N. Hassell Fox. Rox boro Carrier No. 3, welcomed a number of guests, after which T. H. Clay, president of the carriers' asso ciation, made a brief talk and call ed on P. M. L. M. Carlton to intro duce the speaker of the evening, former postmaster, Senator J. W. Noell, who paid high tribute to Mr. Featherston (or “Dan," as he called him) for punctuality, honesty and everything that makes a Christian gentleman. Mr. Featherston respond , ed in his usual calm way by express . ing his appreciation. , This writer, a former secretary of . the carriers' association here, wish i es to add that after .24 years side i by side, and at one time partners in • business together, that no better i friend could be asked for and we > j all wish for him many, many years . of health and activity. s o Scout Court Os . Honor For Friday — Regular February meeting of the ■ Boy Scout Court of Honor for the I Person District is expected to be ■ held Friday night at 7:30 o’clock i at Person Court House, according to , i Gus Deering, chairman, who urges i a full attendance since it will be last meeting of the Court of Honor i prior to the Father and Son Scout j banquet to be held on Friday night. • March 9. at Hotel Roxboro. —o Ambulance Men Honored Twice i i Two Hurdle Mills ambulance driv ers have twins named for them. The I twins are the son and daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. Willie Rimmer, of Hurdle Mills, born recently in an ambulance enroute to Duke hospital. The vehicle was about half-way there when the twins were born. Driver was C. C. White. Other honored gentleman is Mr. White’s partner. George D. Brooks. The twins, of B and W fame, are now growing nicely—at home. Clyde Oliver, Jr., Now Sergeant i Private First Class Walter Clyde j Oliver, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs W.| ,C. Oliver, of Longhurst, has been promoted to sergeant. He is a ma chine gunner with the 349th “Kraut killer" Infantry Regiment of the 88th “Blue Devil” Division with the j Fifth'Army in Italy. FIRST PLUG FOR RED CROSS COMES FROM HURT VETERAN Sends Letter Read At Kiwani* Club Program. Mi-Broom Lists. Pic. James Allen, of Roxboro and Person County, wounded at Anzio. where he lost a leg, and now a pa tient at Lawson General Hospital. Atlanta, where lie is receiving treatment and is learning lo walk again with a new leg—s|x>ke Mon day night to Roxboro Kiwanians— not in person, but by means of a letter, about a subject (hat is very close to his heart—The American Red Cross. "I just hadn't seen it (the Red; Cross i but I did though from the time I left the States until now. A lot of the boys here in the States may think that the Red Cross 1 i doesn't do so very much, .just as: •it was with me but they do— They were on the boat with us and not far behind when we were up front,’’ is the way Pfc. Allen thinks about the Red Cross organ ization now, according to his letter to Dr. Robert E. Long, president of the local chapter, tor whom it was rend at the Kiwanis session at Hotel Roxboro by Ed Cunning ham. program chairman. The Red Cross drive in Person will officially begin on Sunday. March 4. according to O B. Mc- Broom. general finance chairman tor the campaign, which lias a 1945 quota here of $8,900. General drive here will begin on Monday after the first Sunday in March and is expected to be completed in a few days. Mr. Mcßroom lias today announc ed organization set-up for the coming drive: special gifts, George W. Kane: business district, W. Wal lace Woods; residential, Mrs. J. A. Long; schools, and school districts in rural areas, R. B. Griffin; Ne gro division, Roxboro. T. C. Till* ( Turn to page 8 please < B. B. Bullock, Jr. Has Full Career In Navy Service Beverly B. Bullock. Jr.. Pharma , cist Mate First Class, , son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Bullock, returned Saturday night to New York to re join his ship, having spent a thirty day leave here, his first in a year. He spent ten months on the Eng lish Channel taking part on D Day, He is now serving on a L. S. T. Be fore joining the L. S. T. forces, he was on convoy duty for seventeen months visiting Greenland. Iceland. Scotland, Ireland, England. South America, Sicily, Africa: stood off coast during the invasion at Casa blaijca. and spent six weeks in Ber muda. Pharmacist Mate Bullock vol unteered September 12, 1941. two months before the attack of Pearl Harbor. He received his boot train ; ing and corp school at Norfolk, Va. and served five months in the dis pensary before being assigned to j convoy duty. He has had training at two corp schools since being as signed to sea duty, one of which was in the European theatre. While on leave Pharmacist Mate ' Bullock married Miss Sarah Willson, . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Willson, of South Main street. Mis. Bullock, here for the week-end, has returned to E. C. T, C to resume : her studies. She is a senior thtjre i and will graduate in August, Former Person Resident Dies —— R. D. Tillman, about 75. of Ala mance County, near Burlington, a native of Person County and an i uncle of Travnham T. Mitchell, ot Roxboro, died yesterday afternoon |at the Tillman home after a longl i illness. Mr. Tillman left Person County about forty years ago, but in addition to Mr. Mitchell, there j are a number of other relatives here. Funeral will be held Friday after- j noon at Long's Chapel Christian Church, Alamance county. Survivors include a number of sons and daughters. Mt. Tirzah Will Hold Charge Mt. Tirzah Charge's second quart erly conference will be held at Mt.! | Tirzah, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dr. H. C. Smith, District Superintendent of the Durham Dis trict will be in charge. Regular fourth Sunday morning service at II o'clock at Helena will lie held, according to the Rev. Floyd Villlnes, pastor. Making It Hot For The Luftwaffe m x Jhk On Tlie Western front where heavy snowfalls and extreme cold have severely hampered Allied air activity, RAF aircraft arc given a special warming-up treatment before taking off in search of the enemy. Members of an RAF ground crew servicing a Typhoon fighter-bomber at an airfield just behind Ihe front lines attack collapsible tubes which convey hot air from a pre-heating van to the plane's radiator. Tragedy Strikes Thrice In Family j Person Teacher's Daughter Dies. Two Dunnegan j Sons Missing. Tragedy has for the third time in less than six months been suffered in: the family of Mrs. Blanche R. Duniiegan, of Roxboro and Golds boro. teacher of music in three Per son County schools, it was learned here yesterday after receipt of in formation concerning the death Tuesday night of Mrs. Mildred Dun uegaii Woodard, daughter of Mrs. Duniiegan. Mrs. Woodard, .22, wife of Fred erick Archer Woodard, of Selma, came to Raleigh about a month ago to be with her mother after they had received information that a son aiid brother. Cpl. Harry Dunnegan, was reported as missing ill action in Europe on January 19. Still an other son of Mrs. Dunnegan, Capt. Charles Dunnegan. was reported missing in the Pacific area last year. Mrs. Woodard's illness and death was attributed to shock and worry connected with the receipt of the news that a second brother (Cpl Dunnegan) is missing. Her husband himself recently received a medical ] discharge from the Army. Her moth) jer, Mrs. Dunnegan. for the past two | years connected with the Person Public schools as teacher of music .at Helena. Bethel Hill and Hurdle (Turn to page 8, please < Womble Issues Polio Statement i Marking the end of the 1945 Polio 1 Fund campaign, which lias reached $3,409.04, considerably over the quota [ of $2,161, the Rev. Rufus J. Womble who has been successful chairman for the past two years, today issued j a special statement of appreciation. ] for cooperation, not only from in- . i dividual citizens but from vari jous groups, organizations, schools,! churches and the like, Specifically mentioned are Miss ! Dorothy Taylor, chairman the Wo- j man's Division: Kirby brothers and ■ Miss Mabel Massey and Hi-Y and Cub Scouts for the theatre division: Miss Opal Brown and Girl Scouts for tag day: J. S. Merritt for Sugar Bowl benefit; schools, teachers and | pupils; Miss Bessie Daniels, Miss Evelyn Caldwell and C. C. Jackson, .for rural assistance: Tom Shaw, publicity, and all coin collectors and special solicitor agents, including those at Ca-Vel and Longhurst. Amounts by divisions are: Schools. $1 300; theatres, $739.05; letters, $628; Collins and Aikman employees, $229.07; East Roxboro employees, j $37.20; Longhurst employees, $72.65; j tag day. $136.16; coin banks, (109.92; 1 churches and various organizations.j $117.40 and Sugar Bowl pictures, j $39.53. 0 Fatal Highway Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945 HELP KEEP IT THAT WAY DRIVE CAREFULLY! NUMBER 24 Probable Record Established By i E. D. Cheeks , Have Heen Subscribers To This Taper C ontinuously Since 1891, 54 Years. The Roxboro Courier was estab lished in 1881 and in 1884 John A. Noell took it over and was in charge until 1890. when a younger brother, J. W. Noell, was admitted as a partner. It continued under the firm name of Noell Brothers until : tlie death of the senior member, : when his interest was bought by the [junior member, and ran under that management until 1943. when the ! paper was consolidated with the Per son County Times, under the name of tlie Courier-Times. The above thoughts were brought to mind by an interview with Mrs. E. D. Cheek. Mr. and Mrs. Cheek moved here from Hillsboro in Sep tember. 1891. and one of the first things they did was to subscribe to The Courier, and from that good start they have continued to sub scribe from year to year until the present time, being continuously subscribers for 54 years. There are , quite a number of names on our subscription list for more than forty years, but we are not sure there Is a single family which have been subscribers lor more than fifty j years. Mrs. Cheek was kind enough Mo say some nice things about our ' paper, which, of course was much appreciated, and we sincerely hope she will continue to enjoy the paper lor many more years. Mr. Cheek, who was one of the town's progress live and well deserving citizens, pass ed away several years since, j —o Dr. Rankin Is Baptist Speaker i Dr. M. T. Rankin, for many ! months an internee in a Japanese prison camp and twenty-three ■ years a missionary to the Orient, will be the Baptist Hour speaker Sunday morninf, February 25th, and will be heard over an inde pendent network of thirty-six sta tions, reaching from the Nation’s j Capitol to the states of the far southwest, as announced by S. F. • ■ Lowe. Director of the Radio Com mittee; S.B.C. o Demobs, Next London, Feb.—-British leave troops in London can see a preview of their "demob" civilian suits at the i first supply depot to be set up which opened here today. It is planned to provide a soldier [ with a suit, collar and tie, hat, i socks, shoes, and a raincoat at ;just over 30. -i «