THE KIDS all know where the
schoolhouse Is, but Just the same
the school bell rings. Many people
know where your business Is; ad
vertising Is the bell you ring.
VOL. LXIV.
First Os Recent
War Prisoners Tells
Os Experiences
l*vt. W. A. Wilson, Jr.. Re
turns Home Tuesday From
Bad Orb Camp.
Now back at home and Immense
ly glad of it is Pvt. W. A. Wilson,
Jr., of Timberlake, who has for the
past several months been a prisoner
of war of the German government.
Pvt. Wilson, 21, and an alumnus of
State College, was released fro.n
Camp 9, Bad Orb, Germany cn
April 2, near Frankfort am Main,
by advancing American tank corps,
of the 7th Army, who crushed the
Bad Orb gate down just about the
time of the fall of Frankfort.
Captured December 17, at Clai
vaux, Luxemburg, while on leave at
a hotel when the German bulge
of that date started, young Wilson
was forced by his captors to march
for three days through snow and
rain and then spent four more days,
including Christmas riding in a
crowded boxcar to the camp. The
cars held seventy men each, where
as they were designed to accomo
date forty men or eight horses.
Horses, says Wilson, had been in
the cars not long before the Amer
icans were pressed in.
Barracks at Bad Orb were of wood
and the meagre heat was furnished
by wood cut by the prisoners.
Guards were chiefly old men. Wire
fences separated various nationali
ties, says Wilson, and Jews were
put in a still more separate enclos
ure. He had no mail from home
while in camp. First Bed Cross
packs were received January 30,
through a Serbian agency.
Food was poor and got worse as
allied armies drew nearer. Break
fast was hotwater tea, lunch a thin
soup, and supper a slice or two of
black bread. Wilson lost neanv
fifty pounds, but has gained part
of German guards took
Red Croat fbod jfrackages with them
when 'they fled as Americans ap
proached, says Wilson, who was
himself flown to France when re
leased and then came to the U.
S. by boat.
Pvt. Wilson, whose father was in
the last war, says he hever gave up
nope and could have continued to
live on the prisoner of war diet.
There were about six thousand pris
oners at Bad Orb, half of them
Americans. Having first reported
to Fort Bragg when he retur/ied,
Wilson will be on leave until July
8, when he reports to Camp But
ner. He is the first of recent
prisoners to return home here.
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Winners Named
For School Band
Gordon Allen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lemuel Allen, of this City, will
be new drum major for Roxboro
high school band, having been elect
ed to that position here Monday
afternoon at a band field day stag
ed on the athletic the high
schpol, according to report received
today from Miss Mary Earle Wilson,
band director.
Assistant drum major and chief
majorette, elected at the same
is Miss Janie Dickerson, while winn
ing majorettes are Misses Nancy
Daniel, Noma Lee Barrett, Mona
Lee Morrell and Mary Katherine
O'Briant, all of whom Will serve
during the coming year.
Miss Wilson, whose band gave a
capacity audience concert Sunday
afternoon at the high school, ex
pects to go to the Interlochen,
Michigan Summer School of music
again this summer. The school, has
a reputation for training public
school band and orchestra pupils
and directors. It Is expected that
Miss Mabel Massey, also of Roxboro
high s.fiool faculty, will go to Inter
lochen with Miss Wilson.
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Person First
('.pi. Gilbert Pearce, of Roxboro
and Timberlake, an overseas vet
eran with many months of service
In the European theatre, is, so far
as Is known, the first Person sol
dier to receive his discharge un
der the point system. Cpi. Pearce
wounded in France and decorat
ed there for bravery In action,
returned home a few months ago
under a rotation furlough which
was later extended.
A few days ago Cpi. Pearce re
ported to Fort Bragg, presumably
to end lift furlough. While at
camp he was informed that he
could be' released under the point
system. He was Cpi. Pearee, who
is married, has one child.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Presbyterians To
Have Minister
By Next Month
Roxboro Presbyterian church,
without a pastor for the past sev
eral months since the resignation
of the Rev. Paul K. Ausley, is to
have a new minister by next month
and is, in addition, considering plans
for the construction of a new church
building, including Sunday School
quarters, it was learned here yes
terday.
Call to become the pastor has
been extended to the Rev. G. W.
Heaton, of the Presbyterian church,
Springfield, W. Va., who has ac
cepted, the acceptance to be effec
tive June 4. Call to the new min
ister was extended on March 25, af
ter he had preached at the morn
ing service at Roxboro Presbyter
ian Church on that date.
The period of time between the
extending of the call and the com
ing of the Rev. Mr. Heaton is be
ing used to make necessary major
repairs to the Manse, with time for
the recent occupant of the Manse
to obtain another residence.
The Rev. Mr. Heaton comes to
Roxboro highly recommended, ac
cording to ■ church officials, who
point out also, that his wife is an
accomplished musician, expected to
be of valuable aassistance in the
training of the church choir. The
Heatons have one child, a daugh
ter, Henrietta, seven years of age.
In announcing the consideration
■of plans for the new church and
Sunday school building, which, with
its" equfpment when completed will
cost approximately $45,000, church
officials said yesterday that Wil
liam Henley Deitruck, prominent
architect, of Raleigh, has been en
gaged as designer for the proposed
| new church and that preliminary
[ plans have already been presented
| for consideration.
All Presbyterians in Person Coun
j ty, as well as the citizens of Rox
boro in general, are looking forward
|to the coming of the Heatons as
| a great forward step in the religious
I life and spirit in the city, according
|to church officials.
The Rev. Mr. Ausley is now a
! Navy Chaplain.
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Memorial Hospital
Group To Meet
The Executive Committee of the
Person County Memorial Hospital,
of which R. L. Harris is chairman,
has called a meeting of representa
tives for tonight at eight o'clock in
the Grand Jury room at Person
Court House, according to an
nouncement made yesterday by
George W. Kane, general chairman.
It is expected that the Executive
Committee will at that time make
a report with recommendations as
i to the size of the proposed hospital
and the methods of financing.
In addition to Mr. Harris, other
members of the Executive Commit
tee are, R. P. Burns and J. A. Long,
Jr., and Drs. B. A. Thaxton and
J. D. Fitzgerald.
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Commissioners
Consider Budget,
Are Sworn In
Budget matters for the new fiscal
year, expected to receive still furth
er consideration at the June meeting
when a tax rate may be set, occu
pied the attention of Roxboro's City
Commissioners Tuesday afternoon
at their May session. Members were
sworn in by Mayor S. G. Winstead,
this having been first session since
the City election of May 8. returned
all members to their respective posi
tions.
Mayor Winstead, who is also judge
of City Court, had been sworn in
several days earlier because of his
court duties. All commissioners, to
gether with City Manager Guy
Whitman, were present.
Present City tax rate is $1.35 and
is expected to remain the same.
Present County rate of $1.20 will be
considered by County Commission
ers at their June meeting. General
feeling is that the County rate may
be increased.
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IKE, CHURCHILL MEET
London, May 16.—General Eisen
hower called on Prime Minister
Churchill at 10 Downing Street to
day.
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®fjc Couritr^imes
Tanks Liberated
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PVT. W. A. WILSON, JR.
U. L. R. Holeman
Has Air Medal
Second Lt. Lawrence R. Hole
man, 21, Roxboro, co-pilot in the
484th Heavy Bomb Group in Italy,
was awarded the Air Medal so-.
“meritorious achievement during
aerial flight," shortly before V-E
Day, according to announcement
received here today.
A veteran of missions to oil re
fineries, air fields, and railroad
yards throughout Southern Europe,
Lt. Holeman is authorized to wear
the Distingushed Unit Badge as a
member of a veteran B-24 Libera
tor group commanded by Lt. Col.
Chester C. Busch, which was
awarded the nation's highest group
award for the bombing of under
ground oil storage installations at
Vienna, Austria.
Lieutenant Holeman says his
missions to the marshalling yards
at Linz, Germany, were in the
"hottest flak area I've been over."
Lieutenant Holeman was grad
uated from Roxboro high school in
i 1940, where he was -a member of
the varsity football and baseball
' teams. Prior to entering the service
j he attended the University of North
Carolina where he participated in
| football.
Entering the Army Air Corps in
December, 1942, he was graduated
from preflight, primary, basic and
advanced flying schools. Before
leaving for overseas duty he was
stationed at Chatham Field, Ga.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Holeman, live in Roxboro.
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W. R. Rogers, Jr.,
j Hospital Corpsman
At a U. S. Naval Hospital, Aiea
Heights. Oahu, T. H., hospital corps
men care for casualties from the
Pacific battle areas and one of the
j trained corpsmen is William Rich
| ard Rogers, Jr., of Roxboro, phar
j macist’s mate third class, USNR,
who recently reported to the naval
hospital for duty. Prior to his trans
fer here he was stationed aboard
the USS Catron.
Rogers attended Helena high
school, and before entering the Navy
in November, 1942, was in business
with his father.
His parents arc Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Rogers of Timberlake.
Rogers, like other hospital corps
men, has been trained at a Navy
hospital corps school.
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Tobacco Gas
Person OPA office, closed yester
day, for the purpose of clearing up
canning sugar ration applications,
has also been a busy place because
of gasoline applications for eastern
travel to buy tobacco plants. Tire
applicants have been crowding the
gasoline permit counters ever since
last week, but heaviest demands
were on Tuesday.
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Midwives Clinic
Second meeting of the Person
Health Department's clinic for mid
wives will be held Friday morning,
May 18. at nine o’clock in the Health
Department offices, it was announc
ed here today. Third meeting of the
group will be held on Friday, May 25.
Commencement On
High Plains Indian school, of
which E. L. Wehrenberg is princi
pal, will have its finals exercises
this Saturday at the school. Other
schools, both white and Negro,
will finish next week and will be
having baccalaureate sermons on
Sunday, followed Monday and
Tuesday by commencement ad
dresses. Gov. R. Gregg Cherry
speaks at Roxtmfo high school
Tuesday night. Final examina
tions in that school ,tit now in
progress.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
SPECIAL MESSENGER WITH USO
LIST IS FAITHFUL BUCKIE
Miss Hilda Shoemaker, who lives
with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. W. Reade Jones, on Court
Street, is occasionally charged with
the duty of designating hostesses
for the week to serve at the Rox
boro USO Service Center. Yes
terday afternoon Miss Shoemaker
prepared her list for this week, but
it Is a long way from Court street
to the Courier-Tin.es office and so
Miss Shoemaker employed a mes
senger, Blackie, faithful dog of the
Jones family and the constant com
panion of Mr. Jones.
Blackie started out from home
with the Service Center list, neatly
folded in a clean white envelope.
Blackie kept the envelope just as
neatly in his mouth, but could not
quite decicla wh*?re the Courier-
Attendance Loss
Cuts Six Teachers
Four Person County Public schools,
two white and two Negro, are to
lose teachers for the coming year
by reason of decrease in attend
ance, it was reported today by Per
son Superintendent R. B. Griffin.
White schools aifected by the
ruling are those at Allensville and
Helena, where two teachers each
will be dropped from the rolls, while
Negro schools are Person County
Training school and the school at
McGhee's, where losses of teachers
will be one each. Total faculty loss
Few Weeks Left
For Camp Line-Up
Dies Os Wounds
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S. SGT. GEO. M. HARRIS
Sgt. George M. Harris, 24, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Harris, of
Timberlake, according to an offi
cial War Department message
died in a Mindoro Island hospital,
April 15, from wounds received in
action. He was a brother of Paul
Harris and was a member of Prov
idence Baptist Church, which he
joined in boyhood. He entered the
Army in 1941, and was with the
Air Corps. \
H. K. Sanders Has
Corn As Theme
Person Farm Agent H. K. Sand
ers, guest speaker last night at the
Exchange Club, at Hotel Roxboro.
had as his subject the production
of corn, with particular reference to
its growth and its economic value in
Person County. Pointing out that
corn was for many years a neglect
ed crop in this section, Mr. Sanders
in a humorous way referred to its
possible production now, or in the
future, without work. On the serious
side, however, he advocated more
recognition for corn as a staple
crop under a varied agricultural
program.
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Pfc. Bill Greene
In California
Pfc. Bill Greene, veteran of three
years of overseas service in India
and Burma with the Army Air For
ces ground crew, who has been in
Roxboro on a rotation leave for a
visit with his parents, left here
Wednesday morning for California,
where he will be stationed for two
weeks or more. He may then have
an extension of leave and return
to Roxboro for another visit.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
Times office was. He trotted by
it and went on to Mr. Jones, who
was in his office at Hyco ware
house. Back up the hill of Depot
street came Mr. Jones and Blackie,
the envelope still in his mouth.
They came in the newspaper office
and Blackie sat up gravely at his
master's command and delivered the
still clean and pristine envelope
with its list to the editor.
The job was done. Blsckie and
Mr. Jones returned to the ware
house, and here is the list, the wo
men who w’ili serve at the USO
this Saturday and Sunday:
Saturday 2 to 4, Mrs. W. Y. Pass:
4 to 6 .Mrs. R. P. Burns; 6 to 8,
Mrs. David Carver; Sunday 12 to 2,
Mrs. O. T. Kirby; 2 to 4, Miss Hel
en Latta and 4 to 6, Mrs. DaviQ
Brooks.
es expected now total six.
| Mr. Griffin at the same time has
I reported re-election of E. B. Isley as
principal at Hurdle Mills, where all
members of the faculty have also
been re-elected. Only white schools
not yet reporting on faculty elec
tions are Helena and Cunningham.
Person Superintendent Griffin
this morning (on Thursday) re
ported that a faculty re-election
has now been held at Helena high
school, with all members, including
Principal L. M. Yates, re-elected.
Rules Set For Number Os
Merit Badges Acceptable
At Honor Court.
Camp Cherokee, near Wentworth,
will open on Sunday, June 10. It
was reported Tuesday night at
j April meeting of the Person District.
Troops here will have the remainder
|of the month of May in which to
(complete applications for registra
tion. but all boys are urged to com-
I plete registration as soon as possi
ble, says E. Pierce Bruce, Cherokee
I executive.
Mr. Bruce was unable to come to
(the Roxboro meeting Tuesday, but
I sent a message calling attention to
I the opening of the Camp and the
' lact that troops from the Person
(District nearly always take the first
j week of the camping season. It was
also announced by C. A. Harris that
truck transportation will be provid
ed for Person Scouts going to the
Camp on the opening day.
Also held Tuesday night was meet
ing of the Negro division of Per
son District, which began one hour
later than the white session and
was held at Person County Train
ing school, with vice chairman T. C.
Tillman, presiding. Planned for this
Saturday, May 19, and Sunday.
May 20, at Pleasant Grove is a
leadership training course for Ne
gro Scout officials.
In an analysis of affairs of white
! troops it was pointed out that the
(court of Honor will be held on Fri
-1 day night. May 25, at Person Court
House, and it was reported that
Scouts at that Court may receive
recognition for not more than three
merit badges, although they may
pass off five or more such badges
at a time at individual troop boards
of review.
The Rev. Daniel Lane, commis
sioner, announced formation of a
new Scout Troop at Olive Hill under
sponsorship of Concord Methodist
church, of which Commissioner Lane
is pastor. Scoutmasters under a co
partnership plan are to be Howard
and James Winstead. Troop com
mitteemen have also been chosen
and application has been made for
a charter, but further details will be
announced later.
It was also reported that the Ca-
Vel troop under the Rev. J. R. Jolly,
with Joe Gussy as assistant, is show
ing progress. Named as a commit
tee to further confer about a troop
in East Roxboro were Commissioner
Lane and J. A. Long. Jr., District
Vice Chairman, who are expected
to meet with W. W. Morrell, of Rox
boro Cotton Mills and James Milli
can. scoutmaster.
Considerable interest was report
ed by both Dr. Robert E. Long and
the Rev. E. C. Maness, scoutmast
ers, respectively, for troops 49 and
63. Troop 49 has registered with
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THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Award Sent
Hk, «r- ™
PFC. BERNARD WHITFIELD ;
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Whitfields Gel
Award For Son
Letter From I Me. Bernard
Whitfield’s Commanding
Officer Also Received.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Whitfield, of
this city, have received the Purple
Heart, posthumorously awarded to
their son Pfc. Bernard R. Whitfield,
who was killed in action in Germany
March 16. it was revealed today,
j Pfc. Whitfield was also awarded
the Infantry Combat badge for mer
itorious action in combat.
A letter from Maj. Gen. W. S.
] Paul. Pfc. Whitfield's commanding
I officer, to Whitfield's parents, re
cently received by them, reads as
follows;
I know only too well that words
j cannot bring comfort to your heart
(in these hours of loss: However, as
i your son's division commander, I
I want to tell you that, all of us who
I remain in this division grieve with
you in the loss of our comrade,
j Your son. Private First Class Ber
(ria'rd R. Whitfield 44010785. was
killed in action 16 March, 1945 dur
ing our advance near Britten, Ger
many. He was buried in Luxembourg,
after an appropriate service at
which a Protestant Chaplain - offi
| ciated.
| You may secure more detailed in
j formation concerning the location
]of the grave and the disposal of
. your son’s remains and effects by
i communicating directly with The
j Quartermaster General, Army Ser
jvice Forces, Washington, D. C
j He did his duty Splendidly and was
( loved and admired by all who knew
| him. We will not forget,
j He gave his life in battle in the
(service of his country—these simple
| words cannot lighten our sorrow,
jbut they, bring great pride and in
spiration to us all.
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| Former Captain
With Conservation
i Joseph R. Adair, of Morganton, a
graduate of Clemson College, has
I come to Roxboro to be junior con
jservationist with the Dan River Soil
| Conservation service. Mr. Adair, who
(served overseas in Europe in World
! War II and attained the rank of
1 captain, succeeds Joe Ellis. Jr., who
(since the first of this year has been
ion the Island of St. Croix with the
| conservation service.
| Mr. Adair, who had three and
one-half years in the Army, spent
part of his time in France. Before
going to Morganton with the soil
conservation service he was also at
High Point in that work. In Rox
boro he will work with Supervisor
Neal and other officials serving Per
son County. He arrived here Tues
day afternoon.
Pageant To Mark
School Finals
■ Person County Training school's
; commencement program which will
be given next Tuesday night in the
j school auditorium, will be presented
'entirely by students and will fea
ture the 20th anniversary of the
(founding of the school, first con
solidated high school for Negroes
in Person county, according to T.
C. Tillman, principal.
Exercises w'ill begin at eight at
night. A special song, “Just Tw
enty Years Ago,” will be sung twice
during the presentation of the an
niversary pageant, which will have
six scenes and an epilogue.
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Free Man Now
Sgt. James Pentecost, of Roxboro,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pente
cost, in the Air Corps and for
many months a prisoner of war in
Germany, has recently been lib
erated according to information
received here this week.
Some Hope Seen
For Plants From
Person’s Sources
C. T. Hall Urges
Production Os
More Chickens
Farmers of Person County can
make a definite contribution to
ward increasing the nation's sup
ply of meat by raising chickens for
meat during the coming weeks, ac
cording to Claude T. Hall, Chair
man Person County AAA Commit- i
tee.
Pointing out that civilian con
sumption of red meat during 1945
is expected to be no more than 120
pounds per person, compared with
about 147 pounds last year, Chair- |
man Hall declared that one of the i
“quickest ways to increase the to- j
tal meat supply is to increase the j
number of chickens raised and mar- j
keted for meat.”
Civilian consumption of chicken
in 1944. he said, was 24 pounds
per capita, but present prospects
for this year are only about 20
pounds per person. One of the
principal reasons for this is that
military purchases now are taking
practically all the broilers produc
ed in the four major producing
areas and all the canned chicken.
Military requirements for this year
are estimated at 670,000,000 pounds,
he added.
"To encourage production of more
chickens for meat, national ceil
ing prices on broilers, fryers, and
roasters will be advanced an aver
age of 1.0 cent per pound in the
ceiling price," he said.
“Farmers who get their chickens
now can have them ready for mar
ket before the usual fall supply of
brooder houses, feed, and other pro
duction facilities for farmer; to in
crease substantially their pioduc- ■
tion of chickens for marketing forj
meat during the summer,” he added.
Mr. Hall also declared that the
War Food Administration has con
tacted hatcheries to encourage them
to expand hatching operations this
spring to supply extra chicks need
ed for marketing this summer and
that the numbers available to Per
son County producers should be suf
ficient to meet demands.
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Pvt. Mack Burch
Dies In Germany
Pvt. William M. (Mack) Burch,
son of Mrs. Salaria D. Burch, of
Roxboro, ‘‘died in the service of his
country, April 24, in Germany,” ac
cording to an official War Depart
ment message received recently by
his mother. Pvt. Burch, who en
tered service May 4, 1942, served
overseas for thirty-three months,
having been in England, North Af
rica, Sicily, France and Germany.
No details have been received as
to how he met death, says Mrs.
Burch.
Survivors, in addition to his
mother, are three sisters, Mrs. lola
Davis, of New Hill, Mrs. Myrtle
Gilliam, of Burlington, and Mrs.
| Ruth Smith, of Cameron, and four
i brothers, O. L. Burch, of Roxooro,
J. O. Burch, of Jasper, Fla., Green
(Burch, of Live Oaks, Fla., and Irvin
Burch of Kenansville.
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Capt. Zerkle Has
Praise For Soldier
From Leasburg
Captain Bruce A. Zerkle, of the
Quartermaster Corps, commanding
officer of James Raymond Braa
sher, Jr., of Leasburg, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mrs. J. Raymond Brad
sher, writes a letter of commenda
tion for Brasher's career in Patton's
Army in Germany, according to in
formation received here today.
Capt. Zerkel's letter, sent to Mr.
and Mrs. Bradsher, reads as follows;
“Your son James is a member of
my company and I just wanted to
take this opportunity to drop you
a line and let you know what a fine
job he is doing and how proud we
all are to have him in this organ
ization. He is a credit to his coun
try and family and you have ev
ery reason to be proud of him and
what he is doing. Your frequent
letters are in great part responsi
ble for his high morale and for
his cooperative attitude. Mail is a
big thing over here and I know
James appreciates letters from
home. I hope we cap all come
home soon.”
1 Fatal Highway
Accident
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1946
DONT HELP INCREASE IT!
DRIVE CAREFULLY!
NUMBER 48
Demands Still Heavv For Gas
To Go After Plants. How
ever. Says OPA.
Continued heavy demands for
supplementary gasoline for farmers
to go east to such regions as Golds
boro and Wilson to buy tobacco
plants is reported today by the
Person OPA office officials of which
say they are being swamped with
applications. Overall picture of the
plant situation, however, is consid
ered as gradually improved here,
judging by comments from farmers,
some of whom believe that favorable
proportions of rains and sun in the
next few days will increase the
quality and productiveness of plant
beds in Person County.
Person Farm Agent H. K. San
ders said last night that probably
as many as seventy-five percent of
plant beds here are retarded or
non-productive. Other tobacco
leaders say the percentage of grow
j ers who are going east to buy plants
|or are buying them from tobacco
linen and neighbors Who have gone
in search of plants is even higher.
Some say 80 to 90 percent of grow
ers will have to depend on import
ed plants.
The season, is not expected to be
greatly delayed. Person County has
some fifteen to sixteen thousand
acres devoted to tobacco and the
crop is considered of major im
portance. Blue mold is the chief
cause of plant failure. Never be
fore in the history of this section
of the Old Belt has there been such
a wide-spread failure of plant
beds. Plants in the East are re
ported as plentiful, but prices are
rather high.
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Zimmerman's
Program Pleases
Playing difficult MacDowell, Schu
mann, Poldini and Chopin selec
tions, as well as compositions by
Moszkowski, Gounod-Cain, Haydn,
Rachmaninoff and Scharwenka,
Wallace Zimmerman, of this City,
son cf Mr. and Mrs. Bill Zimmer
man and piano pupil of Mrs. W.
Wallace Woods, gave his recital
’Monday night in the auditorium of
1 Roxboro Central Grammar school,
where assisting artists were members
of the Roxboro high school sextet,
with Miss Ann Fountain director.
Warmest applause for Mr. Zim
merman was reserved for his solo
rendering of the familar Chopin
"Polonaise, Opus 40, No. I, while ap
preciation was also shown for duet
numbers played with Mrs. Woods,
including Rachmaninoff's C Sharp
Minor Prelude. The young soloist,
heard by a capacity house, showed,
■in the opinion of many, a technical
excellence .made more impressive
because of an instinctive feeling for
tone and touch and varying nioods.
Ushers were Nathan Fox and Eu
gene Wade and Misses Jane Dick
erson and Jean Paylor. The sextette
was composed of Mona Grachel
Clayton, Elizabeth Newell, June
Woods. Aileen Barnette, Jacqueline
Abbitt, and Edriel Knight.
A general recital for other pupils
of Mrs. Woods will be presented late
this month.
Special Service
Mt. Zion Methodist Church,
Sunday, May 20, will observe Moth
er's Day with a service at 11 o’clock.
In this service, flowers will be pre
sented to the youngest and oldest
Mothers present. There will La
dinner on the grounds at noon.
Everyone is welcome, according to
the Rev. Floyd G. Villines, Jr., pas
tor.
$116,531
Total War Bond sales in the
Seventh Loan here now stand at
$116,531, out of an overall quota of
$548,000, with an E Bond quota as
$244,000, reports District Chair
man Gordon C. Hunter. Theatre
premieres of last week represent
ed $91,000. while V-E Day sates,
with Mrs. W. H. Adair and Mrs.
T. T. Mitchell assisting In feaplen
Bank, reached a total of $61,225.
of which $64,225 was in E Benda.
Overseas soldiers are atm baying
bonds, says Mr. Hunter, adding
that citizens at Behan must do
more if the quota feat* Is fe»-
completed by the end at Juan. H*; i
itemized reports hnuq as yet been
received from the public rift;; 1 "”