if RATION DEADLINES
MEATS—Red: Q5-S5, Mar*3l; T -
X 5, Apr. 28; Y5-Z5 & A2-D2, June
2; E2-J2, June 30.
(FOODS—BIue: X5-Z5 * A2-82,
Mar. 31; C2-G2, Apr. 28; H2-M2,
June 2; N2-S2, June 30.
VOL. LXIV.
Churches Join In
Holy Week Rites
Here This Friday
Assembly Ends
After Following
Cherry's Lead
Guv. Cherry Misses On Only
One Os More Than Dozen
Recommendations.
Raleigh, March 21.—Governor |
Cherry, whose administration is less
than three months old, batted close
to tlie one-thousand mark on legis- ,
lation he proposed before the 1945 i
General Assembly which adjourned
sine die last Wednesday.
Although administration influence
was felt on almost every important
piece of legislation passed at this
session, all but one of the more than
a dozen recommendations the Gov
ernor made in his inaugural address
on Jan. 4 were enacted.
In addition, gubernatorial influ
ence decided at least three bills of
State-wide importance which head
ed for defeat on the floor. And only
once did the hard-hitting ‘‘lron Ma
jor'’ deem it necessary to appear in
person before the lawmakers in sup
port of an administration measure.
That one occasion was in connec- I
tion with the much talked about
State hospital and medical care
program, which Cherry said before
becoming Governor he would like
to study further. In the appearance
the Governor urged passage of a
greatly abbreviated medical care
program in keeping with the State’s
ability to pay. The measure was
one of the last to be handled by the
1946 session.
* Cherry. endorsed
' bil meet complete defeat. That was
the State-wide referendum meas
ure, which proposed to allow a vote
on the liquor question six months
after the war. It was reported un
favorably by the Senate Finance
Committee.
The Governor, meanwhile, an
nounced early that he would com
mit his administration to an unal
terable policy of maintafnlhg a bal
anced budget. And although the
Legislature appropriated more than
sls 000.000 more than the original
budget bill provided. Cherry said
that the State's finances, based on
expected revenues, are proportion
ately well balanced.
In order, here are some of Gov
ernor Cherry's inaugural recom
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Games Start
Roxboro high school’s baseball
season, with twelve games scheduled
begins this week, with opening
game here Wednesday afternoon at
two o’clock against Hillsboro. Sec
ond game of the week will be Friday
afternoon at two o’clock with Hur
dle Mills at Hurdle Mills.
Coach is the Rev. Boyce Brooks,
with Jim Allgood as assistant.
Two dates are open, according to J.
L. Hester, supervising principal.
St. Louis Winner In Show Here
’
“Little Greyhound,” shown shove, stre son of Guy McKeney and Dane,
Peter Volo, will be entered In the Roxboro Horse Show next week by
his owner, T. M. Motley, Jr„ of Chatham, Virginia. Featured in the
Road stake trotting class, the "Little Greyhbund” does a mile in 2
minutes 7 seconds. He Km Wen extensive honors in meets throughout
the country including first fla<* at St. Louis, Me-; Memphis, Tenn., and
last year Little Greyhound was awarded a $1500.00 prise in St. Louis.
Slauding 15 hands high IK h iron grey and extremely well built.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Holy Week Plans Revealed.
Special Services At Con
cord All Week.
Eight or more Roxboro ministers
of Protestant churches will hold the
annual Good Friday services here
under auspices of the Person Min
isterial association, according to
plans revealed today by the asso
ciation secretary, the Rev. B. B.
Knight, who says that the rites
will be at Roxboro Presbyterian
church, beginning at noon and last
ing until three o’clock in the after
j noon.
Chairman will be the Rev. W. C.
Martin, pastor of Edgar Long Me
-1 morial Methodist church, who will
j preside. Special music will be furn
ished by soloists and by combined
choirs of various churches in the
city and county. Theme for the
services will be the traditional one
of the Seven Last Words of Christ.
Speakers in the order named,
will be the Rev. L. V. Coggins, Bap
tist minister, of Semora; the Rev.
Daniel Lane, of Person circuit; the
Rev. E. C. Maness, of Brooksdale
Methodist Church; the Rev. A. R.
Hovis, of the Baptist church; the
Rev. J. Boyce Brooks of Roxboro
First Baptist church; the Rev. J.
H. Shore, Methodist minister, retir
ed, and the Rev. Mr. Knight, of
Mitchell’s Chapel and Theresa
church.
] In addition, many churches here
| and in the county are planning
| special services for Easter Sunday,
I while some are holding services all
I this week, as for example at Con-
I cord, where the Rev. Mr. Lane is
I speaking each night at eight o'clock.
| He will also have services next week
jat Lea’s Chapel. Similar services
were held last week at Warren's
Grove, where a class for member
ship will be received this coming
Sunday.
Thejfrgy 75Iaek in Rox
boro have been a union practice for
m|iny years and it is hoped that
many citizens will attend. The Rev.
Paul K. Ausley, until recently pas
tor of the Presbyterian church here,
will not be able to be present, as
I he has resigned in order to enter
! military service as a chaplain, ac
cording to information received
here. *
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Entry Practice
Periods Arranged
Persons planning to have entries
in next week's Ki’wanis sponsored
Horse Show in Roxboro may bring
their hoses to the tracks on Rox
boro athletic field at tne high school
this Saturday, March .31, for prac
tice riding, according to Chairman
J. J. Woody. Preparations for the
show are going forward rapidly, says
Mr. Woody and a large attendance
is expected.
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To Come Home
Pfc. Johnnie H. Wolters, of Rox
boro, of the Engineers corps, a vet
eran of thirty-six months overseas
in the South Pacific, has returned
to Fort Bragg and will visit his
mother, Mrs. Amanda Wolters here.
Courter=®ime9
In France
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CPL. W. E. REAVES
Cpl. Willie Edward Reaves, of
Woodsdale, son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Reaves and a
brother of George Reaves, is now
stationed in France. In the ser
vice feur years, he has been over
seas about two and one-half years.
Red Cross Will
Continue Drive
All This Week
Whitt Reuorts On Standard
Oil Gift. Contributions
Still Coming.
j Although March 31. will be final
j date for contributions to the Red
| Cross fund drive here, the quota is
' already over the top with $11,621.71
■ turned in and more coming each
I day, according to Miss Dorothy Tay.
’; lor, of the Roxboro Chamber of
’ j commerce, financial tabulator.
Quota was $8 900, but it is now
’ indicated that totals will go above
$12,000. Typical of contributions was
. one for SSO from Standard Oil, sent
.! to P. T. Whitt, district represents
| tive, from R. T. Hammett, who said
. that State appropriation for Red
Cross from Standard Oil was $5,600
i' this year. The Roxboro area con
• i tribution this year was increased,
. j according to Mr. Whitt. Many oth
-11 er oil agencies and chain store or
| ganizations have also made good
I contributions, says O. B. Mcßroom,
j general finance chairman here.
Break-down of contributions thus
J far received here is as follows, ac
j cording to Miss Taylor:
; | Special gifts, $3,637; Business dis-
I ; trict. $1,238.42; Woman's division,
;j$ 1.471.28; Industrial division, $898.73;
schools, $2,352.96; Negro
i schons, $1,374.64 and miscellaneous,
$648.68, total, $11,621.71.
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Former Roxboro
Resident Dies
Funeral for Ben Franklin Cozart,
57, of South Boston, Va., formerly
of Roxboro, a native of Granville
county, whose death occurred Fri
day at his home in South Boston
from a heart condition after a long
illness, was held Sunday afternoon
at two-thirty o’clock at West End
Methodist church, South Boston, of
which he was a member, by the
Rev. R. J. Wells and the Rev. Mr.
Roach, with interment in Oak Rid
i ge cemetery.
A son of the late Pink Cozart, i
he was connected with Halifax Cot
ton Mills, South Boston.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Maxie Carver, of South
Boston, three daughters, Mrs J.
M. New, Danville, Va., Mrs. J. R.
Duffey and Miss Tiny Belle Cozart,
both of South Boston, a son William
Cozart, of South Boston, and two
sisters, Mrs. Will Forbrush, of
South Boston, and Mrs. Hezie
Brame, of Roxboro.
Rainey Norris
Slightly Wounded
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Norris, of
Hurdle Mills, have been notified
by the War Department that their
son, Cpl. Rainey Norris, was slightly
wounded in Germany on March Bth.
Cpl. Norris was with the famous
4th Armored Division, with General
Patton's Third Army and has been
in action since July 1944.
Cpl. Norris was awarded a certi
ficate of merit by his commanding
officer in recognition of conspicu
ously meritorious and outstanding
performance of military duty. The
citation reads 'Meritorious and
outstanding gunnefy on 26 Septem
ber, 1944 at Rechecourt, Prance."
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
G. I. Bill Can
Be Benefit In
Social Service
Carolina Pcw?r And Light Of
ficial Speaker At Rotary
Club.
Consideration of various aspects
of the G. I. Bill of Rights, with
special reference to financial and
educational benefits, furnished the
topic for D. E. Stewart, of Raleigh,
official of the Carolina Power and
Light company, guest speaker
Thursday at Roxboro Rotary club
for T. Miller White, who introduc
ed Mr. Stew'art.
Presiding was Fred Long, club
president, and a special guest was
Mrs. Ethel Walker Whetstone, tri-
County librarian, who was introduc
ed by Thomas J, Shaw, Jr. The
meeting was at Hotel Roxboro,
where this week's special session
for Dr. Ellen Black Winston, State
Commissioner of Public Welfare,
will also be held.
Mr. White in introducing Mr.
Stewart paid tribute to him as man
interested in public affairs. Stress
ing the fact that the G. I. Bill and
its benefits represent a social ad
vance over the last war, Mr. Stew
art pointed out economic advantages
that will result in various communi
ties such as Roxboro when money
available to returned veterans for
homes, business ventures, farm pur
chases and educational projects is
released.
I A distinct advantage this time is
| the fact that returning veterans
will be aided in settling down in
their home communities. The G. I.
program is being administered in
i part by the United States Employ
; ment service, as the speaker point
led out, and the USES will be glad
|to render what service is possible,
i Mr. Stewart is agricultural consult
ant and assistant to the vice presi
dent of his. company.
| Next week's meeting is to be in
j charge of I. O. Abbitt.
, Pfc. G. B. Walker
Gains Recognition
With Patton Army
Pfc. George Boyd Walker of Rox
boro has b e e n awarded the good
( conduct ribbon and an ETO ribbon
|on which he wears a bronze star
| for participation in a major battle
according to word received by his
wife. Pfc. Walker, in a Medical
i Headquarters Detachment with Pat
ton’s Third Army, at last word re
-1 ceived from him was still in France
but is thought to be in Germany
now.
He went Into the Army in
May 1944. Walker writes that he
j is getting along fine, but would like
j to come home to see all his rela
! tives and friends and especially Ids
t five months old son, whom ha has
j never seen, he has one other child
| His wife is the former Miss La
i venia Walker, and he is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Walker.
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Easter Music To
Be School Feature
Fourth and Fifth grades of Ca-
Vel school will present a special
Easter musical program at the
school Thursday . night at eight
o'clock, according to Miss Louise
Stephens, principal, who said this
morning that the public is cordially
invited to attend.
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Burns To Speak
To Teachers Here
i
Regular meeting of the Person
Schoolmasters club will be held
Wednesday night at six-thirty
o'clock at Hotel Roxboro. where
speaker will be Rep. R. P. Burns.;
who will discuss school aspects of
legislation recently enacted in the
General Assembly.
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To Clean Grounds
Friends and members of Mt. Zion While in Roxboro he enjoyed be-
Methodist Church are asked to ing with others of his family who
meet Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock are in military service, his brother,
March 27th, to clekn the church Sam Paul Davis, and his brothei
grounds. { in-law, Andrew Yarborough.
■ Auuuf, *7he. Waif, ■
In case you \tont any spring plowing done call Jack Hambrick
and he will be glsld to look after it for you. Jack has purchased a
nice plow with a motor attached. The contraption has two large auto
tires on the wheels land will really go down a row. Os course someone
has to walk with jk and hold it in the ground. Whether Jack can I
or will do this we Vio not know.
George Walker,\r.. of the U. S. Army is at home for a few
days and aitho he appears to be in good shape he must be rather :
weak. His father says that the other day he sat down to breakfast
and looked at George’s piate. He had six cakes of sausage on it and
later ordered four or five .tried eggs. Os course he had the regu
lar amount tof bread and S»tter along' with coffee. No bacon was
available. v * . •
No wonder It costs so muci' to feed the armed forces.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
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Airfields Became Lakes in parts of Italy with the heavy winter rains
and snowfalls.. At a British airfield in eastern Italy, an R. A. F.
airman uses a line of 1,000-pound bombs as a footbridge thru the floods
Merchants Meet
Thursday Night
- j Planned for Thursday night of
this week, March 29, at eight o’-
i clock in the main courtroom at
Berson Court house is a meeting of
OPA officials and merchants at
tfhich a new regulation (MPR 580)
governing retail prices of apparel
and house furnishings will be dis
cussed.
The Roxboro and Person mer
chants coming under the new di- f
rective have been or will be notified
1 of the meeting and the majority
r have already received an official
. statement covering the new regula
s tion, according to Person OPA
1 efflcials. TV full attendance is re
- quested and all who come under the
- ruling are urged to be on time.
e Published below is a complete
1' copy of the statement issued here
in connection with the apparel and
a j
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Arthur Davis, Jr.
i Goes To Bulner
1
Pfc. Arthur Davis, Jr., of Roxboro,
who has been spending a twenty
one day rotation furlough from duty
in the South Pacific with his par
ents here, left Friday for the redis
tribution center at Camp Butner,
" where he will be reassigned. Pfc. •
o Davis, who on Easter Monday will
“ observe his fourth anniversary of
, army service, spent three years and j
' one month in the South Pacific witli
’ an anti-aircraft unit.
I
Pfc. Davis has battle stars for ]
I campaigns on Green Island and :
Bougainville, as well as Pacific!
: theatre and good conduct ribbons.;
J Pfc. Davis was in the Solomons j
in the early days of that campaign 1
' when it was a common experience
; for the men, moving by boat, to !
' suffer attacks from submarines or
' j airplanes and until American sup
;! eriority was gained it was a nightly I
, experience to have Jap air raids, al- I
I though it was an appreciated sight
Ito see Jap planes crash in flames
at night after being hit by Ameri
can anti-aircraftmen.
MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Bridge Os Bombs
f furnishings regulation:
"The OPA lias just issued a new
t regulation (Mpr 580> governing re
f tail prices of apparel and house
t furnishings. It provides for the pre
) paration of a pricing chart similar
1 to that required by RMPR 330. rt
- is impossible for a retailer to price
merchandise correctly unless his
. pricing chart has been made out.
- 1 "Each retailer selling items cov
i ered by the regulation MUST file
i two copies of a properly prepared
1 pricing chart on or before April 20
- with his District Office. Any re
i tailor who has not received an
. j acknowledgement from the District
■! Office by MAY 4 that his chart has
been received MUST DISCONTIN
, UE SELLING ALL ITEMS covered
[ j by the regulation on that date un
( , til an acknowledgement is received.
"The regulation covers stores that
[ sell the types of commodities listed
below except those covered by
I • MPR9S, RMPR 208. RMPR 229,
jMPR 274, RMPR 304, RMPR 306,
j RMPR 330. 2RMPR 339, MPR 385,
' RMPR 506. MPR 547, and MPR 578:
"Men and boys’ apparel and ap
parel accesories; feminine apparel
and apparel accessories; infants'
. apparel and accessories; footwear;
i household textile commodities and
.yard goods; consumer durable
. goods; bedding, floor coverings,
lamps and lamp shades.
! "Practically every retail establish
l i ment in the county will be covered
; ! by this regulation. Your trade meet-
I j ing will be held in Roxboro, N. C.
it at the Court House in the court
i room on Thursday night, March 29,
1945 at eight o'clock. You and other
' | officials of your organization are
! | urged to attend. Please be present
| and on time."
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Julius White, Jr.,
At Oliver General
Technician sth Grade Julius
White, Jr. of Roxboro, has arrived
at the Oliver General Hospital
Augusta, Ga., in Ward 5.
White has just returned from ov
erseas where he served with the
Medical Detachment. He has been
in the service for a year and 9
| months.
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Small Fires
Blaze from a pan of grease on an
electric stove at the residence of
R. M. Spencer, this City, was re
sponsible for a fire department call
| Sunday night at seven-thirty, ac-
I cording to Roxboro Fire Chief Hen
;ry E. O'Briant, who reported no
damage was done. Fire was out be
fore firemen could reach the scene.
Two grass fires, with no damage,
were reported Friday.
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The requirements of our armed
forces are growing. There will be
a little less meats, lard, fats, and
sugar but nothing to get alarmed
about. There will be a wholesome
I diet for everyone, says WFA
Changing Picture
Os War Prisoner
Vividly Revealed
Roxboro Han
Helps Wipe Out
Jap Stronghold
{Pvt. W'renn Takes Pari In
Spirited Morotai Campaign.
The Dixie Division on Mortai—
: Quick shooting infantrymen of the
. 31st Division, including Pvt. Max
Wrenn, of Roxboro, skilled Jap
I hunters and veterans of two Pa
i cific campaigns, ran up the score
of 72 to o in a five-day combat pa
trol on Morotai island in Februm y.
The G.l.'s got the drop on the Nips
and kept it—they ‘ scored" 72. cap
tured six. and suffered not one
casualty.
Only once did the hunted beat
the hunters to the draw, when a
lone Jap popped out of the under
growth 30 yards away and let go
a wild shot from his pistol. Before
he could get off a second round he
was cut down by two rattling tom
jmy guns, fired by Private James
j Richardson of Ackerman, and Ser
j geant John Barfield, son of James
j L. Barfield, DeKalb, both of Missis
sippi.
Five North Carolina men are
members of the company which
made the three-mile trek into the
interior and returned. They are:
Pfc. George M. Cook, Jr., son of
Mrs. G. M. Cook, 3311 Rigson Street
1 Charlotte; Pfc. Howard J. Cox, Rt.
3, of Asheboro; Pfc. William Mul
lis, husband of Mrs. Ruth Mullis,
Peachland, and son of Mrs. L. P.
i Mullis, Laurinburg; Pfc. Clifton T.
I Thomas, son of Mrs. Addis R.
Thomas, 805 Eva Street, Durham;
! and Private Max B.liiVTOrtn, son •of
, Sid Wrenn, Rt., 1, Roxboro.
Already that morning five Japs
1 had received the surprise of their
lives when they walked into a trap.
Although armed, only one Emper
j or's son had time to make a false
I move—he pulled the pin from a
; grenade, tapped it and had his arm
raised for the delivery when a blast
of lead from four Mississippi rifle
men perforated his body; the gre
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Cpl. Ronald Hicks
Receives Wings
Cpl. Ronald E. Hicks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Hicks of Timberlake.
i was graduated last week from the
Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery
School, Laredo Army Air Field, La
! redo, Texas, a member of the AAF
Training Command. He is now qual
ified to take his place as a member
of a bomber combat crew.
Along with his diploma, he receiv
ed a pair of Aerial Gunner’s silver
wings and a promotion in grade at
brief graduation exercises held here.
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Court Os Honor
March meeting of the Court of
Honor for the Person Scout district
will be held Friday night at 7:30
o'clock at Person Court House, ac
cording to Gus Deering, chairman.
It Is hoped that all boys prepared
for the court will attend.
Regular monthly meeting of the
Negro Scout district will be held
Tuesday night at eight o’clock at
Person County Training school.
Dr. E. B. Winston
To Speak Thursday
Dr. Ellen Black Winston, of Ra
leigh, State Commissioner of Public
welfare, will make her first official
visit to Person County and Roxboro
this Thursday, March 29, when she
will be guest speaker that night at
Hotel Roxboro at six-thirty o’clock
at a Council of Social agencies din
ner meeting to be attended also by
members of Kiwants, Rotary and
the Business and Professional Wo
man’s club.
Introduction of Dr. Winston will
be by former Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris,
of this City, and invocation will be
by the Rev. W. C. Martin. Program
chairman in charge of arrange
ments is Mrs. T. C. Wkgstaff. di
rector of the Person Department of
Public welfare, and presiding officer
will be the president of the Agency
Council.
Thursday's Jointly sponsored din
0 Fatal Highway
Accidents
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1949
HELP KEEP IT THAT WAY
DRIVE CAREFULLY!
NUMBER 33
' Prisoner Os War Work Ex
plained By Atlanta Speak
er Here Yesterday.
j A thorough and convincing picture
of present aspects of the Red Cross
• prisoner of war program, both in
I the Far East and in Europe, was
presented here yesterday afternoon
iby Mrs. Elizabeth Lott Minor, at
Atlanta, southeastern area repre
sentative of the American Red
: Cross, who in a gathering at Person
court house addressed next of kin
; representatives from three or more
counties and assured them that
"We (the American Red Cross(
i shall not cease in oifr efforts until
j every man ( prisoner of war) js
I home again."
Largest part of the
audience was from Person, but also
present were families from Caswell
and Granville counties, many of
whom stayed after the formal talk
ed was ended and sought further
information by more direct and
personal questions. Presiding was
Miss Nancy Bullock, local prisoner
of war chairman, who announced
] that next regular meeting of the
group will be in May.
Also announced was a state-wide
next of kin meeting to be held in
Charlotte on Tuesday. April 3, when
men who have been prisoners of war
will be among the speakers. Miss
j Bullock is expecting to attend this
| meeting and will seek to make
transportation arrangements for any
other local citizens interested in go
ing. Such persons are, however, re
quested to notify her as soon as
possible.
The picture of prisoner of war
! work is apparently improving so far
■ as Japan is concerned, according to
j Mrs. Minor, but it is to be feared
! that conditions in Germany are de
teriorating, becqpse t< de
struction of transportation systems
there under heavy Allied offensives.
The Germans, are, however, abiding
by Geneva convention rules, says
Mrs. Minor, while the Japanese art
not.
Mrs. Minor, who left late yester
day afternoon for Atlanta, gave
much new and encouraging Inform
ation to a large audience, but many
of those who heard her appreciated
most of all her confidence In the
Red Cross program.
Progress of the war in Germany,
where Allied victories are causing a
constant shifting of prisoner of war
camps, increase rather than dimin
ish the difficulties of the Red Cross
program, says Mrs. Minor, but the
difficulties are matched by the or
ganization’s determination that all
aid possible, in food parcel service
and in other ways shall be contin
ued. Much of the time of the after
noon was devoted to food parcel
problems, letter writing and the like.
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Charles S. White
Out Os Marines
Now returned to civilian life is
Charles Shaw White, of this City,
formerly a Private First Class, the
United States Marine Corps and
(veteran of months of service In the
South Pacific, who has received. a"n
honorable discharge after spending
several months in hospitals for
treatment of a tropical fever.
Mr. White and his wife arrived
here Friday and will be at honi;
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. Miller White.
ner meeting will take the place 0t
regularly scheduled meetings of the
Agency Council and the civic clutt
concerned. It is also expected that
there will be a number pf additional
guests. •
Dr. Winston, who last year be«
came State Commissioner of Wel
fare, succeeding Mrs. W. T. Boat*
resigned, is a woman with a wide
background in social service and at
the time of her appointment to tM
Commissioner's post was a member
of the faculty of Meredith cottagjh
She is a native of North CarbUni;
coming from Bryson City, and r •»
ceived her doctorate from the Dttt»
versity of Chicago.
Topic of her address has not tfjtlf S
announced, but it is expected that