i *m.i ★ RATION DEADLINES MEATS—Red: Q 5-85, Mar 31; TS- X 5, Apr. 28; Y5-Z5 Sc A2-D2, June 2; E2-J2, June 30. FOODS—BIue: X5-Z5 Sc A2-82, Mar. 31; C2-G2, Apr. 28; K2-M2, June 2; N2-S2, June 30. VOL. LXIV. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 32 n—e— BaMsn=ag === - ■■ ■ ======—— eaßßmjgp=== . . ■■■! - I - - I :»== I I,r- West Front Traffic Jams IIP . JjjJj 1 I mmJßm |Jp y ? v JBk fe. B Visiling Canadian and British Troops of the Canadian First Army as they advanced into Germany, Field Marshal Montgomery in his jeep drives through British truck convoys hustling supplies in the fighting line. Last Government Hurdle Passed By Freezer-Locker Enlarged Plant To Be Ready By Late Summer Or Early Fall. Over the last of some several Gov ernment hurdles is the Person and Roxboro Freezer-Locker program, final approval for the construction of the building being received this morning, according to Gordon C. Hunter, leader in the fight to se cure the plant, who expects that the 440 locker plant will be ready for use by late Summer or early Fall. Actual construction may be de layed in starting for a few weeks be cause supplies are difficult to ob tain with ggtorttv rights grant ed. but fur tiler protracted delays are not anticipated. Site for the structure, which will have 140 more i Please turn to page eight) o Two Roxboro Men Home For Stay From Overseas Two Roxboro soldiers now at home on furloughs from overseas duty are Technician Fifth Grade Melvin M. Walker, 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Walker, of Ca-Vel, and Technician Fifth Grade Henry C. Woody, of Bethel Hill and Woods dale, son of Clyde Woody and brother of S. Sgt James Woody, twice wounded and now in a hos pital in England. , Walker, who is expected to report to Fort Bragg for reassignment and may be sent back to his former company, lias been in service three years and overseas for thirty-three months. During his stay overseas lie was at one time or another with such Roxboro men as W. J. Owen, Jr„ Thomas O'Briant and the late Lewis Shanko. Walker, who was in England 27 months, then went to France. His brother, Pfc. Ervin Walker, now ov erseas, has been in Germany for six months. —— ; o - Two Os Roxboro’s Marines Suffer Wounds At Iwo Two Roxboro Marines stationed at Iwo Jima and participants in bat tles there have been reported as wounded in letters written by them to their parents, it was learned here this week. The two men are Pfc. Ben A. Thaxton, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. B. A. Thaxton. and Pfc. Charles T. Horten. 19. foster son of Mr. and Mrs. Clea White. Pfc. Thaxton has written that he i lias suffered a foot wound, while ' Pfc. Horton, with the Fourth Divis ion and in service three years, has received a thigh wound. Pfc. Thax ton, who was here last year for a lurlough, previously spent eighteen months in Iceland. Both men say they are getting along well now. o Board To Meet i Quarterly meeting of the Person | County Board of Education will be held on Easter Monday, according to R. B. Griffin, Person superin tendent and secretary of the Board, who said today that district com mitteemen will be named at that time, five from Roxboro district and three each from the other nine schools in the County. Also a part of business will be election of th« County Superintendent. Airman Turns To ; Foot-Soldier Job ; : Pfc. J. B. Long With Fighting 179f1i Division 3 i j A member of the 79th, “Cross of | Lorraine’’ division, famous in World War I for its fighting in France and chalkihg up an equally impressive record in World War 11, is Pfc. James B. Long, of Roxboro. who | sends to Miss Dessie Long an offi i cial account of recent activities of the division. I A portion of that' account reads ‘ as follows: : "Already in this war the Germans ■ have come to know and respect the • 79th as a hard-fighting division. One enemy division reported, ‘The I i 79th division is said to have fought j particularly well in Normandy and ’| is considered one of the best at j tack divisions in the United States . j army’. [j “The 79th landed in France, June .14, joining in the Cherbourg drive, . j taking the enemy-styled ‘impreg , i nable’ Fort du Roule and being the i | first American unit to enter Cher !; bourg. More than 6,000 Germans , j were taken prisoner and more than i that number were killed and wound ed. Later on, the division pushed its ’ 1 way up to the Paris perimiter, i where it held the Seine Loop ! against all comers". Pfc. Long is in the 315 Infantry i of the 79th, which was at Luneville and Strasbourg and which captur ed Morgenau and subsequently en tered Germany via the Lauter river. o Pvt. Wilbur Hicks Has German Badge Pvt. Robert Wilbur Hicks, son of Mrs. Minnie Hicks, of Roxboro and recently returned from Germany and France, where he was twice wounded, is stationed at Camp Pickett, Va., where he is receiving hospital treatment for a leg and foot injury. He was in Roxboro last week because of the illness of his j grandfather. i Entering service in 1941, Pvt. Hicks was overseas for many month's. He Is among the first, u not the first Person man to return with a black and green and white ribbon showing service in Germany. A brother, also in the Army, is still in Germany. The German Badge is similar to one issued to American service men in World War r. o | To Preach Sunday Rev. G. W. Heaton, of Spring field, West Virginia, will preach at the morning service at Roxboro Presbyterian church, Sunday, March 25th. o Dandelions furnish pollen for spring bee broods, the bees make honey, and honey saves sugar, so they help with the war. Che Courte'Ctmes |Cpl. Wheeler, Os Roxboro. Helps Out Infantry In Leyte Job. | Although in the air forces, Cpl. | John Henry Wheeler, with the Fif i th Air Force Service Command in | the Philippines, son of Mrs. W. O, Wheeler of Roxboro, recently found himself sharing the dangers and deprivations of front line life with ,f his brother soldiers of the infantry when the aviation trucking unit of which he is a member was assign ed to hauling supplies and food to , fthe 7th Division during the battle 0 for the port of Ormoc on Leyte .Island. ,f; Temporarily giving up his duties }of hauling belly tanks, bombs, and s other supplies for service units op | Crating the advance fighter and l bomber strips, Cpl. Wheeler, a e j truck-driver for a unit of the Fifth t ' Air Force Service Command, for p three weeks operated his truck over the muddy mountainous roads be j tween 7th Division headquarters l and the front lines, delivering food, " : ammunition, and life-giving plasma s bringing back Jap prisoners, Amer ican wounded, or infantrymen re- E „ turning for recuperation and rest. ’ i Traveling across the mountains ’ ] in convoy with twenty to fifty other 2 trucks over roads which became at. times virtually impassable because s of the mud produced by torrential 1 1 tropical rains, Cpl. Wheeler drove ' j through areas harassed by Jap 5 1 snipers, sometimes bombed and • ! strafed by Jap planes, and con- J ; stantly menaced by small roving I pockets of Japs who had been cut; •’ | off from the main body of their ; 1 troops by the American advance. | - On one occasion, when. the roads - j became impassable, and on another j . iwhen mechanical difficulties forced j ! him out of convoy, Cpl. Wheeler had J to park along the side of the road ! and stay overnight in nearby native | villages where the friendly Filipinos ; ! gave him food and assistance: I Cpl. Wheeler, who has been over [! seas over twelve months, has seen I service in New Guinea, the Nether i land and East Indies, and the Phil : ippines. He is entitled to wear the i Good Conduct Medal and the Asi- ; ; atic-Pacific Theatre ribbon with a I bronze star for participation in the New Guinea campaign. j Prior to his induction in January j 1943, Cpl. Wheeler was in the em ploy of the Hall Brothers of Rox- ■ boro. —_— o— —- Ensign Umstead Returns To Job Ensign Wiley L. Umstead. son of Mr, and Mrs. Logan H. Umstead, of Roxboro, home for the first time in \ three years on a five days leave, [ has returned to his duties in Cali fornia. While here he revealed a number of interesting details about - work, but declined to be the subject of an interview, saying that what has happened to him has to be kept off the record until the war phase of transport flying is ended. 1 The U. S. Navy spent $9,500,000 l to build the prewar naval base at i Cavite in the Philippines. I HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT ====—■— Scout Camps To Be Open Soon Says Executive ! White District M.eets. Nesrro One To Meet On Tuesday, ’ Camp Cherokee. Boy Scout camp. ! near Reidsville, will open June 10, I earlier than usual, according to E. ! Pierce Bruce, Cherokee executive, j who was here Tuesday for the ! March meeting of the Person dis- I trict and who urges all Person scouts Ito enroll if possible for the first ! week. i Camp Carlson, in Greensboro, for | Negro scouts, will not open until July 22, with quotas of 25 boys each week, but Person Negro scouts are urged to register as soon as possible, also, since quotas will be filled in the order of application. Regular meeting of the Negro district here will be held Tuesday night,, March i 27, at Person County training school I at eight o’clock, the meeting to take I place of one schedule for this past Tuesday, but called off because of : small attendance. Discussed at the white District meeting here were various aspects of Scouting, including rural patrols and regular cub packs. Especial pleasure over promised support from j the Person Ministerial association | was expressed. East Roxboro report : was received from Jimmy Millican and it was also that the Night Cub Pack has a regular meet : ing place at First Baptist Church, now interested in sponsoring the pack by transfer from Kiwanis club, which may be asked to sponsor the Day pack. Regular Court of Honor will be held at Person court house on Fri ! day. March 30. at 7:30, and it is re quested that reports be sent in be ■ lore that date. Presiding -at the district session 1 here was J. W. Greene, president. Attendance was ten numbers ab sent because of the conflicting First Aid course 1 -o- Riles Held far Person Native ) i Today In Mfton; ' Geor*>p L. Cunningham, Os Winston-Salem Dies j Tuesday. Held this afternoon at two o’clock 1 in St. John's Episcopal church at Milton, were final rites for George L. Cunningham, about’7o, of Win . ■ stcn-Salem, a native of Person I County and member of a promin j ent family, whose death occurred . Tuesday: after an illness lasting | . more than a year. First information of Mr. Cunningham’s death was re .! ceived here Tuesday night in a tel- ! . ephoned message from the family! . ! to Nathan Lunsford. . Mr. Cunningham, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1 ' , Chapel Hill, is survived by his wife, I i the former Miss Zell Richmond, now I cf Winston-Salem. where the family has lived for the past ten to twelve : I years. Also surviving are three sons ] and two daughters. Interment was in Person County i at Waverly. the family plantation. j i ; now owned by J. Wilson Cunning- ; ham. a son of the deceased, who ! was himself a son of the late Mr. j I and Mrs. John W. Cunningham. '] - . .. - ': f Keep Addresses Up Says Board * * ip i Men who are registered under Selective Service are frequently ] guilty of neglecting to notify the ' Person board of changes of address, Isays Miss Jeanette Wrenn, chief clerk, who points out that all regis ; trants should give to the Board im mediately any changes of address which may be incurred. This duty | falls upon registrants of all ages, j according to Miss Wrenn, but is I particularly important for those in jthe age brackets between eighteen land thirty-seven. Also- important, says Miss Wrenn lis the matter of notifying Selective j Service boards whenever a regis trant changes from an essential oc cupation in which he is deferred to a job not classified as essential. The language of Selective Service on this point is vigorous, says Miss Wrenn, who quotes from the man ual as follows: j "Registrants in afce. groups 18 through 37, who charge employ ment for which they aqe occupa-; tionally deferred should lctfke a j Com*PyMii scarce in the city and county. Roxboro Orators |j In Greciirimro j For Contests ' */s ' . V) ' Stoneville Wins. J. R. Hester Talks To Kiwanians. Nathan Fox. Roxboro representa tive, togethei with other Roxboro American Legion oratorical contest participants, were in Greensboro tost nigfit for a district elimination |! contest whlcti was wofi by a repre- j sentatlve from the Stoneville Post, Rockingham’County, who will go to Asheboro. With Foxs-.who was Roxboro win ner here, were John Robert Hester, George WilSort and W. D. Fisher, | otiier local participants, together with Mrs. X.' F. .Nichols, oratorical coach, Jerry X. Hester, district sup ervising principal, and George M.. Howaiti and -Hassell Fox, all of wham were dinner :g;jests of Henry: K. Burtner Post, Greensboro, where attendance w*« around 150. Speaker here' Sionday night at ECiwanis ’ Club was John Robert Hester. who'-gave hls : version of the ((cation. “The Constitution in a Changing Wbtid. Ybung Hester is a' son of J. C. Beeter, SJwanlan, who , was in'charge-ofr the program, which I was at Hotel.Rbxboro. with musical feature contributed .by eight mem bers of Rqxbom- high school band under direction of Miss Mary Earle Wilson. . . - The Kiwanians devoted a part of ‘ their time to discussion' of the club 1 sponsored hqrse Show to be held here 1 next month and Chairman J. J. 1 i Dick> Woody,'reported that much j interest; is‘bdtng shown. Mr. Hester;said"today.that George Wilson Will .give his oration at the , Rotary club, arid- that W. D. Fisher ‘ hgs been asked to agpear at a joint [ ; meeting oT Tbi NCHA’ ' and the f ! f, ■<. ’ Person, Rockingham- and Gull- ‘ ford, the last to {wio'divisions, were ] plintlnatiod fiakticlpants' at Greens- - | boro. 1 ' —O s !' ... i ] A* Fort Sill i Pfc. Lewis M. Watson.'of Roxboro, ; s is now at Fort Stll, Okla.. Where he |; .is attending -a mechanics school. A t son of Police Officer and Mrs.' Artie j f Watson, of this City, he was recent- j j iy transferred to-Port from Fort i r Bragg. , ?'■>' li r written request to their Selective j ■' Service beard- and- their Board shall ( y e, pass on the requests and answer in; v writing. Those- who leaye a deferred j 1 f occupation without the consent of - their local boards, should be and ; - will be classified in a-class avail-j( 5 able for seryict,” j * ' Continuing' a-discussion of present! Selective Service policies. Miss ■ 5 Wrenn. says further that persons ’ between the- age* of U through 37 b 1 who wish deferments-must send in B deferment applications if they-want n 1 deferments to .be granted. r< i . a In a final word. Miss Wrenn said h . today- that young men- who become fj i eighteen years -of Ige and come to c< ! the Board to. register, for military ti i service must bring with them their tl ; bird) certificates or their father or rr mNw or guardian.'itas ruling has tl beam made because numbers of si young men under eighteen have registered as being of that age and P are iqter disqualified on informa- w ttorn mom protesting parents. o aaeagacß'i ■ 1 ass r- ■ ■■■■=. —» a 1 , i , .i 11 it •rsssssmaammm Nomination Date Set For Municipal Officials Here Bridge To The Future \ ■■llllll|iiillHiiHii | ii ii|i| iiii i l l l I, j iiiiijimPMMBMWMB—MM' * San Francisco, seen beneath a section of bay bridge, will be host to a United Nations conference on April 25. Plans will be drawn for .an international organization to prevent any future war, with its endless horror for persons of all ages. Lt. Whitlow To Come Here Again Pvt. T. L. Long Has Praise For Tokyo Work Private First Class Thurman L. Long, of Yanceyville. formerly of Person County, is one of hundreds iof enlisted men at a huge Super fortress base in the Marianas whose diligent efforts have made it possi ble for the giant B-29 bombers of Majo Curtis E. LeMay’s Bomber Command to strike regularly at the heart of Japan’s war industry, ac- I cording to reports received today i from Bomber Command Headquart ers at Guam. Pvt. Long is an aircraft armoreer in a combat unit commanded by Brigadier General Emmett O'Donell, Jr., who led the first B-29 striking force from Saipan to bomb Tokyo’s i aviation industry on November 24, 1944. "The w'ork of Private Long and his fellow soldiers is directly re sponsible for the success of the B -29s in bombing Japan's war indus tries. "says Gen. O’Donnell in con gratulating them. "These men real ize their responsibilities in the pre mission tasks of'insuring the maxi mum chance for safe return of the air crews. “Without the spirit of teamwork which has been exhibited by every man, our pioneering job which is only beginning, could not have been a success. They have given their services fully and in complete disre- i gat'd for personal comforts and pleasures in lieu of hard work and i long hours." Pvt. Long, whose parents. Mr, and Mrs. Jerry D. Long, live at Yancey- . ville. entered the army in January I 1943. o . Cpl. J. G. Pearce Back In State Cpl. Joe Gilbert Pearce, of Rox- j boro and Timberlake. came to Fort I Bragg last week after thirteen 1 months of overseas service in Eu rope, chiefly in France and Germany, and is expected here for a visit with his wife and other members of his ; family. Cpl. Pearce, who was de- j corated overseas for bravery in ac tion, can now probably tell his folks the story behind the story about his , medal, not to mention the narra tive of how and why about a long sword. | Prior to entering the service Cpl. Pearce was connected with tobacco warehouse Interests here and in other places In the Old Belt. . ■ j Huff I’osl V F VY» Tj Have Her As Honor Guest At Open House In April. Lewell T. Huff Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will have an open house on April 6. Friday night, next month at the Roxboro USO Service Center at eight o’clock, according to. ' announcement made today by Post Commander C. C. Garrett, who says that among the speakers will be Lt. t: Evelyn Whitlow, of Leasburg. of the 3 U. S. Army Nursing Corps, recent ly returned from Santo Tomas Pris ’ on camp in the Philippines. Others on the program will in -1 elude Frank Warren. , state com mander, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and A. C. Ingram, national rehab ilitation officer of the organization. ' Both Mr. Warren and Mr. Ingram have been in Roxboro for previous sessions of the Lewell T. Huff post ’ and Lt. Whitlow, it will be recalled, made one of her first North Caro . Tina appearances here about two : weeks ago at a dinner session of > : Roxboro Kiwanis club. In announcing the coming Veter ans of Foreign War’s program in ! this City. Commander Garrett said that refreshments will be served and that the public is invited. The Lewell T. Huff Post, organized a few weeks ago. bears the name of the first officially reported Person : native to be killed in action in World War IT Dixie Will Be Show Feature Feature in the Roxboro horse: show. April 4, will be “Dixie'* a sor- j fell horse belonging to B. Howerton,! of Roxboro, and brought to Person; County from West Virginia, the ' first horse entered in the show.! ' Dixie is a trick horse and will do j many varied and interesting stunts | during the show. Perparatjons for the meet are well under way. The Athletic Field ! !at Roxboro High School is being j | given a through going over and all i necessary repairs made. The track, new nearing completion, will be ready by the 31 of March. Anyone j entering a horse who wishes to ! may bring their horse to the field j lat that time for a trial run, when \ the track will be in the same order as necessary for Wednesday's show. Pvt. Wagoner At Fort Bragg Now Pvt. Elidah L. Wagoner, of Rojc- | . boro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie ( Wagoner, has ireturned to Fort 1 Bragg after spending eighteen I months overseas in the Asiatic- ': Pacific theater of war, it was learn- j | ed here today. It is expected he will j i come to Roxboro soon to visit his family. I 0 Fatal Highway Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945 HELP KEEP IT THAT WAY DRIVE CAREFULLY! : , i City Commissioners Say Masts Meeting Will Be Held Here *■ On April 19. v T ’ . Roxboro citizens on Thursday night. April 19. at eight o'clock at Person Court House will hold their ; traditional "town meeting" to nom inate candidates for election to the five-man Board of City Commis sioners and for Mayor, with the election itself scheduled for May 8, according to a decision reached hern Tuesday at March session of the Commissioners. Subject of considerable discussion at the session, held at two o’clock in City Hall, was the repairing of numerous Roxboro streets in which aggressive action is looked for soon, according to one of the Commis ! sifters, who points out that it is much cheaper to repair streets now than to let them fall into a still further state of disrepair. Members of the Board granted an additional sum of SIOO to the Per son County Public library to meet an unexpected budget emergency. Present as library spokesmen were Mrs. R. H Shelton, vice-chairman of that board. Mrs. Ethel Walker Whetstone, librarian, and Thomas J, Shaw. Jr., a director. Presenta tion of needs was also made by May or Winstead, also a director. Mo* ■tion was made by Commissioner Philip L. Thomas. Present for the Tuesday meeting, in addition to Mayor S. G. Win stead, City Manager Guy Whitman, Commissioner Thomas and City At torney, F. O. Carver, Sr., were Com missioners Gordon C. Hunter, C. Martin Michie and R. Cliff Hall. Only absent official was Commis sioner C. Lester Brooks, whose wife died last week. None of the officials present would make public commitment as to seeking nomination for relection, but it is expected that mos.t, if not >' al! of tlleniT will'iW so befofe April 19. Elections are held here every two years, with nominations being made at the mass meeting, although additional candidates may, if they wish, make announcement after that meeting has been held. Only 1 officials subject to nomination and 1 election are the Commissioners and the Mayor. Others are appointive. ; ' . ; . —o —— Tobacco Leader's Mother Passes Funeral for Mrs. Nannie Malone Carver, 85, of Durham, widow of O. T. Carver and a sister-in-law of : Mrs. A. W. Clayton and Mrs. F. O. ■ Carver. Sr., of Roxboro, will be held sometime this afternoon in Durham, it was learned here today. Mrs. Carver, a native of Person County, died Tuesday morning at Watts hospital, Durham, after an illness lasting eight weeks. She had for five years been an invalid. The daughter of George W. and Cor nelia Brown Malone, she moved to Durham in 1888. She received her education in the schools of Roxboro and in 1872 mar ried Dr. Charles E. Bradsher of Person County who died in 1883. She was next married in 1890 to O. T. Carver of this city, a well known realtor who died in 1937. Surviving are two sons, Arthur B. Bradsher. executive vice presi dent of the Imperial Tobacco Com pany of Montreal, Canada, and Gor don M. Carver cashier and secre tary of the Durham Industrial Bank .of Durham, 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. o Club Women Os City Plan Part In Joint Program I Roxboro Business and Profession; al Women’s Club held Its regular meeting last week at Hotel Roxboro with the president, Mrs. Beth Bt Crutchfield, presiding and at which members discussed the joint meet ing to be held March 29th with the Social ‘Agencies Council the Rotary , Club, and Kiwanis Club, at which guest speaker will be Dr. Ellen Win : ston Black, State Commissioner of Public Welfare. Mrs. Crutchfield read a question naire which had been received frpnl j j the National BPW in regany - fiV post-war plans and post-war op portunities for business and pro*, fessional women, and ways In which | they may render service. o— | Sail boats are measured by water- I line length and sail'area. - „