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THE KIDS all know where tiia 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. LI. Blanchard, 0! City, Has Award Husband Os Mrs. Jean Morton Blanchard Has Citation For Heroism. Lt. (jg) Oscar G. Blanchard. 26, of Wallace and Boxboro, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal by Vice Admiral T. C. Kinkald, Com mander, 7th Fleet, lt was learned here today. The presentation was made by Ci'nmander David J. Walsh, commanding officer of the Atlantic Fleet's motor torpedo boat squadrons training center at Mel ville, R. 1., where Lt. (Jg) Blanch ard is on duty. The citation reads in part: "For distinguishing himself by heroic* and meritorious service in action against tlie enemy As commanding officer of his ship he made many ccmbat patrols against enemy ship ping aiKl installations in enemy wat ers .... Patrols in which he par ticipated sank or damaged several vessels and inflicted heavy damage on many Japanese bivouac areas, fuel dumps, and similar installa tions. In one occasion. . Japanese vessels were discovered entering har bor. ... In the face of very heavy shore fire which destroyed a gun and wounded two of his men, he made many runs on the ship, press ing his attack to the utmost in ord er to destroy them before they could get into the harbor. Several were definitely sunk and the remaining one damaged. . . . His courage and devotion to duty were outstanding. His conduct throughout distinguish ed him among those performing duties of the same character." Lt. (jg) Blanchard is the son of O. C. Blanchard, Sr., Wallace, and is the husband of former Miss Jean Morton, of Roxboro. They have one child. O. C. Blanchard in, 1 year, of age. In addition to the Bronze Star Medal, Lt. (jg) Blanchard wears the American Defense ribbon, and the Asiatice-Pacific ribbon with two stars. k r, Lt U&+ Biandba**--attended the Citadel, of Charleston, S. C. •- 0 ■ * Frank N. Crews, Former Resident, Dies In Virginia Frank N. Crews, 56, of South Bos ton, Va., died Tuesday in South Boston Hospital Hospital, where he had been a patient for about a week. He died from an attack of pneu monia. He was born in Halifax County, Va., the son of J. W. and Lucy Moorcfield Crews. In South Boston he engaged in the warehouse business until a few years ago, when he accepted a posi tion with the Export Tobacco Co., for which he was a clerk In Rox boro. Funeral services were conducted from the First Baptist Church. South Boston, on Wednesday with Dr. Frank C. Riley, officiating and interment was in Oak Ridge Ceme tery, South Boston. He is survived by his wife and two children, Frank Crews, Jr., and Mrs. William Holt, all of South Boston. o Moses P. Bowes Rites To Be Held This Afternoon Moses P. Bowes, 88, died Sunday morning at 10:40 o'clock of a heart attack at his home near the old Sat terfield Mill. Person County. Funeral will be held this after noon at 4 o'clock at Oak Grove Methodist Church, of which he was a member, by the Rev. Daniel Lane. Burial will be in the J. A. Painter family cemetery. Surviving arc his third Wife, Mrs. Mallic Solomon Bowes; three sons, Clem of Hurdle Mills, Cliff of Rox boro and Ruben Bowes of Woods dale; four daughters, Mrs. 8. 8. Gen try of Yanceyvillc, Mrs. Alec Wat son and Miss Hallie Mae Bowes, both of Roxboro, Mrs. M. F. Fox of Woodsdale, all of whom are chil dren of his first wife, the late Mrs. Lucy Ann Watson Bowes. Also surviving are a number of grandchildren and great-grandchil dren, and one great-great-grand child. o Advanced John C. Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Green, Longhurst, has been advanced to seaman first class USNR. He is attached to a de stroyer escort in the Atlantic. He wears the American and Europeau- African-Middle Eastern ribbon 3. o - . Voters in Texas are not required to pay a poll tax after they reach the age of 60. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Four-H Leaders For Year Hear Specialist Friday New Leaders To Meet June First To Hear Miss Schultz Miss Ruby Scholtz, of Raleigh, State conservation specialist, will speak to Person and Roxboro Four- H club leaders and adult leaders on Friday, June Ist, at two o'clock at the Roxboro USO Service Center, where she will give a special demon stration on ways in which newly elected leaders here can aid in club and community service programs, according to announcement made today by Miss Evelyn Caldwell, home agent. In May meetings of 4-H Clubs in the county, each club lias selected for its own community a leader con sidered an excellent person to work with the club members for the sum mer months. By having these neigh borhood groups, 4-H can be contin ued through the summer, since schools are closed and it is impos sible to contact all club members at one time. A neighborhood leader organiza tion was first formed in 1943 in Person County, in cooperation witli the North Carolina Extension Ser vice, and leaders were selected in each community, the main purpose in having such an organization be ing to reach a larger percentage of farm families with some phase of Home Demonstration Work. Leaders in communities can help in further ing the program of food production land conservation by giving assist lance to neighbors and friends who I are not able to attend regular club [meetings, says Miss Caldwell. Person County, with the help of these leaders, will have no trouble in reaching the goal set for the en tire States that is, to reach 90 per een*Jii#rm tain Dies with food production and conservation, which j would be impossible without the as sistance of these leaders, says Miss I Caldwell. Leaders chosen by the 4-H Club , members in the various communities are; Mrs. J. E. Pullium, Mrs. S. G. Carr, Mrs. M. T. Williams, Mrs. Dew ey Jones, Mrs. James Tillett, Mrs. Merritt Chambers. Mrs. Agnes Bla lock, Mrs. M. T. Slaughter. Mrs. Bill Van Hook, Mrs. Earle Hester and Martha Louise Hester, Mrs. Doris Nutt, Mrs. G. S. Slaughter, Miss Hazel Peed, Mrs. Alice Blalock, Mrs. V. T. Chisholm, Mrs. L. M. Gillis, Miss Eleanor Wiley, Mrs. Oscar Wrenn, Miss Effie Wrenn, Mrs. Slade Crumpton, Mrs. H. J. Coates. Mrs. Dewey Dickerson, and Miss Willie Lee Sherman. Adult Leaders are: Mrs. R. A. Gentry. Mrs. C. O. Bagby, Miss Hel en Yarborough, Mrs. W. R. Hayes, Mrs. Robert Robertson, Mrs. E. L. Wehrcnberg, Mrs. E. P. Warren, Mrs. R. L. Hester, Mrs. J. E. Pulliam, Mrs. J. P. Giles, Mrs. W. H. Bray, Mrs. R. B. Brooks, Mrs. J. M. Eidson. Mrs. R. B. Holcman, Mrs. James H. Garrett, Mrs. J. L. Cothran, Mrs. J. F. Whitfield, Mrs J. M. Jones, Mrs. E. E. Thompson, Mrs. John R. Jones, Mrs. Tom Clayton, Mrs. C. IE. Brooks, Mrs. R. T. Winstead, Mrs. K. C. Wagstaff, Mrs. Ivey Cridlin, Miss Bessie Bradsher, Mrs. F. H. Carver, Mrs. M. J. Daniel, Mrs. C. F. Winstead, Mrs. R. E. Crumpton. Mrs. Sid Wrenn, Mrs. Walter Moore, Mrs. F. W. Rogers, Mrs. C. L. Perk ins, Mrs. L. T. Wagstaff, Mrs. Mamie Jordan, and Mrs. Irvin Brooks. o 9 Pvt. J. T. Coates Os Semora, Has Commendation Pvt. J. T. Coates, of Semora. son of Mrs. J. D. Coates, who entered military service in December 1944, with basic at Fort McClellan, Ala., and is now in France, has received from Capt. Guy M. Saunders, In fantry Unit Supervisor, a commend ation for his work as a company clerk, according to announcement received here today. The commendation reads as fol lows: 1. I wish to commend Private J. T. Coates. 44057957. for the excellent Job he has preformed as company clerk, while in the staging area, and enroute 'to the European Theater oi operations. 2. His duties were making entries in service records, morning re’ports, duty rosters, and miscellaneous ad ministrative duties. 3. It is my desire that a copy of this letter be attached to Pvt. Coates’ service record and that no tation be made on his WDAGO Form No. 20. ®he Courier=®tmes | Same Bus Home after three years of over ' seas service in such places as Sai pan and Tinian, is Robert L Clay ton, of Bushy Fafk, brother of 1 Mrs. Ryland Wllborn, of Hurdle 1 Mills. Clayton, who has been dis charged, came home Thursday night and on the bus from Dur ham with him were two other men, 1 one from Yanceyvilie, all coming 'j home, who had been with him on ; the bus when he left three years ago to go to the army. ; Music Recital Friday Night ! Draws Crowd Thirty‘or more pupils of Mrs. W. ,| Wallace Woods, this City, presented j, their annual piano recitals Friday .night at Roxboro Central Grammar 1 ! school in the auditorium. Selections , were of graduated difficulty, in keeping with ages of the respective t performers. f Final number was the Choppin i.“ Polonaise”, played by Wallace Zim . merman, who also won the medal in i high school classification. Honorable . mention in that class was won by i Miss Edriel Knight, whose composl , tion was “Liebestraume'', by Liszt, while first place winner in the gram mar grades division was John Irving [ Brooks, Jr., and honorable mention ; I went to Kirk Kynoch. Brooks play 'ed Adler's, "Our Flag” and Kynoch ' chose the familar “Waltz of the 1 Flowers”, by Tschaikosky. 1 Duet selections were played by ‘ Joy Anne Hamlin and Joyce Anne Walker, who played Strauss', "Beau tiful Blue Danube", and by ) Jane Dickerson and Ryland Young, i j who chose Lindsay's, "Approach of Spring". Members of Roxboro high . school sextet. Misses Mona Grachel Clayton, Elizabeth Newell. June . Woods. Aileen Barnette, Jacqueline 1 Abbitt and Edriel Knight, with ; Wallace Zimmerman, accompaniest, s sang three songs, “Trees”, “Mother 5 Machrce" and “To a Wild Rose”. Misses Barnette, Abbitt and Knight also gave piano solo selections in the r regular recital. Miss Patsy Beam. Miss Peggy Whitt and Miss Mona Lee Morrell, scheduled to have been on the pro gram. were unable to be present. Others who appeared in recital . land selections played by them were: Mary Jo Jackson, “Improvisation and Melody", by Brown; Ruffin Woody. “March From Alda”; Kath iyn Morton, "Dreaming”, by Rolfe; Emily Williams, “The Glider”, by Wagncss; Hilda Fisher, “The First . Violet", by Steabbog; Ann Whitt .(“Pomp and Pagentry”, by Cobb; Shirley Thomas, “The Busy Bugle”, by Blake, and Jean Abbitt, “Dance .of the Sandpipers”, by Rungee; Bebc Knight. “Jack and Jill", by , Kctterer and Hugh Beam, Jr., ‘'Fav orite Waltz, by Brahms. Also, Catherine Yarborough, “The Dreamer”, by Gradi; Sibyl Ann Winstead. "Land of Hope and Glory", by Elgar; Jean Paylor, "Scarf Dance”, by Chamlnade, and Jean Bradsher, “Air dc Ballet", by Thompson. Also. Norma Lee Barrett, "Polonaise Joyeuse”, by Krentzlin; Jacqueline Abbitt, “In the Hall of the Mountain King", by Grieg; Aileen Barnette, “The Lost Chord", bj Sullivan and Eloise O'Brtant. "First Valsc", by Durand. o Tribute Paid To Late Mr. Cushwa Honoring the late George W. Cushwa, Roxboro Fire Department of which he was for many years a member, had yesterday morning at Roxboro First Baptist church the annual memorial service of the Department, with the Rev J. Boyce Brooks, pastor of the church as speaker. Chief of the Department is Henry O’Briant, who made ar rangements for the program. In cluded in the church bulletin was a special trlbu’e to Mr. Cushwa, prominent business leader and churchman, who died lest Fall. Message of the Rev. Mr. Brooks was also adapted to national Me morial Day which will be observed Wednesday. Chicago leads the entire world as > a sports goods manufacturing cen ter. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Rudders Exped | Son Home Soon Cpl. Rudder In First Armv. His Brother In Navy. Lew J. Rudder, 18. seaman sec ond class, USNR. of Semora, has arrived at the Naval Training Sta tion, Norfolk, Va., to undergo training for duties aboard a new destroyer of the Atlantic Fleet, af ter completing a course of instruc tion at the Naval Training Center', Bainbridge, Md., it was learned to day. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rudder of Semora, he lias two brothers in the Army, Charles, 23, a corporal, and Elgin, 20, a private. Before enlisting in the Ivavy, he was grad uated from Roxboro High School Mr. and Mrs. Rudder are look ing for Cpl. Charles Rudder, now overseas, to come home sometime in June, it was learned today. Cpl. Harry Rudder entered ser vice in 1943 and was m training nine months in the states. On the verge of his first furlough home he volunteered for overseas duty and wrote home, "my job to help end this war must be done, on the other side and the sooner the better," He left for overseas in November 1943, and was with the 1928th Or dinance in England and later in France, where he drove a truck and helped load Flying Fortresses with bombs until December 1944, when his Commanding Officer called for volunteers for the Infantry. Again he volunteered with him. I He joined Gen Hodges First Army through the Ardennes as replace ment and has been with the First Army since then even when they shook hands with the Russians ov er the Elbe River. Although Mrs. Rudder has had no j word from Harry since April 24th,,! she says she has a feeling he is! coming home and is getting along fine, as he always writes. In his last letter home April 24th, he had not received any mail in several months. ■ ' 1 More Farms In Person County The nunrtier of farms in the County of Person, State of Nor til Carolina, as shown by the prelim-1 | inary count of returns of the 1943 I Census of Agriculture was 2,846, as I compared with 2,832 in 1940, and 2,- j 1672 in 1935. This was announced I j today by Thomas H. Street, super- j ! visor for the 1945 farm census in 1 ! the Fourth North Carolina Cen sus District with headquarters at Greensboro. The total land in farms in Per son County, according to the pre- j liminary 1945 census count, was I 218,293 acres, as compared with 229.- 570 acres in 1940. and 226,109 acres in 1935. Average size of farms shown in the preliminary 1945 I census count for Person County was : 76.7 as compared with 81.1 acres iri 1940, and-84.6 acres in 1935. In announcing the 1945 census totals of farms and land in farms in Person County, Supervisor Street pointed out that the figures arc preliminary and subject to correc tion. Final tabulations of Person j County farm census returns will be i made by the Bureau of the Cen-: sus and announced from Washing- j ton when completed, Mr. Street i said. Piedmont Press Group To Meet Piedmont Press association. of which Tom W. Johnson, of Oxford is president, will meet Saturday. June 2, at 7 p. m„ at Harvey's Cafe teria in Durham, according to an nouncement received today. o Agency Speaker The Rev. Boyce Brooks wilt be speaker Wednesday at noon at the Person County Council of Social agencies May meeting at Hotel Rox boro. ■ Altuuf, Waif, ■ A funny thing happened in this office a few days ago. I really hate to talk about it but it is my duty to pass it on to my reading public, all three of them. It so happened that Louis Stanfield and Lemuel Allen were both in this office at the same time. Os course that’s bad to begin with but they finally got ready to leave the Office and go up the street. Then what do you think happened. Both said that they had rather not walk up the street with the other. Each one ashamed to be seen with the other. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black, I thought that this was the limit. Personally I couldn't figure out what either one had to be ashamed of that the other did not have. v As a matter of fact I was glad that I did not have to be seen walking up the street with either one. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT | Chief Marshal r- . ) I, /■ V ■ [ mm* m •' . - - .. i V - - : '-"ix. A® jh ' ■ J. L. CRUMPTON J. 1.. Crumpton, a native of , Person County and prominent in ( suranee man of Durham, is serv ing as Chief Marshal for the Elon College Commencement for , 1945. Mr. Crumpton was also j made Vice-President of the Gcn { eral Alumhi Association of Eton . College, which means he will be , made President of the group in 1947. Air Medal For L | Sgl. Shepherd Given To Father Posthumous Presentation Honors Indian Air Corps man. i j Henry Shepherd, of near Virgilina. , !Va„ has received the Air Medal and . | four Oak Leaf Clusters for his son, , the late Staff Sergeant Elmore W. ; Shepherd of the Air Forces, killed I in action in Europe. 1 Presentation was made at the Shepherd home by Lt. Arthur J. Mott. Assistant Public Relations i Officer of the Richmond Army Air , Base. Sergeant Shepherd was cited for meritorious achievement in accomp lishing with distinction, several ] aerial operational missions over en emy occupied Continental Europe. ■ ; In part the citation read: i j "The courage, coolness and skill (displayed by him in the face of de i j termined opposition, materially aid i jed in the successful completion of | these missions.'' ;j Survivors, in addition to his pat ients, include a number of brothers land sister. Presentation of the award occur red Monday. Sgt. Shepherd, an In. jclian. attended High Plains School. (He had a long and highly success ; I ful career in the Army Air Corps. o Lt. Eldred Helton Now Liberated ; Lt. Eldred Helton, 23, of Timber lake, son of Mrs. Mary Tapp Helton i and grandson of the late C. H. Tapp, of Timberland, formerly of I Roxboro, has been liberated from a i German prisoner of war camp, ac ; cording to information received I from International Red Cross by Lt. ! Helton’s mother, it was learned (here today. j Lt. Helton, of the Air Corps, had 1 been reported as missing in action I since last December. A brother was j killed in a plane accident m the J United States several months ago j The Heltons have many friends and j kinsfolks in Roxboro and Person I county. Sgt. Flinn Killed S. Sgt. Lawrence (Larry) Flinn. ! of Chapel Hill, son-in-law of Mrs. A. S. deVlaming. of Roxboro, who j had previously been reported as missing in action in the European theatre, was killed in action on March 18, according to an official message received here Saturday. Sgt. Flinn, who was with Patton s Army, had been overseas not more than six months. MONDAY, MAY 28, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANISE- Clover Seed Shortages Make Saving Neediul Critical Shortages. Promot Messages From Hall. In view of the critical needs for additional supplies of legumes and clover crop seeds Claude T. Hall, Chairman, Person County I AAA (Committee urges all Person County [farmers to harvest their 1945 crop lof crimson clover seed. i “There is a great demand for these seed; harvesting payments | are available under the 1945 AAA (Program; and a . ready market awaits all the seed that can be se cured. "Mr. Hall said. “At a rate of $3.50 per acre. Person County farm ers may earn Up to $87.50 per farm under the 1945 AAA plan by har vesting seed from a good stand ail’d good growth of crimson clover, red clover, alsike clover, annual rye grass or vetch, or a mixture of I vetch and small grain," the AAA leader declared. He pointed out that this practice is an "unlimited prac tice." which means that the $87.50 may be earned in addition to the farm practice allowance. Chairman Hall cited the value of legumes and grasses in maintaining :and restoring fertility to land under (wartime strain of peak production : and as a crop to combat erosion, saying that "there has been an un j usually heavy drain on reserve sup plies and farmers should harvest their seed to make sure that there .will be a sufficient supply for new seedings this fall." Person County farmers who har vest: crimson clover seed this year are offered a market for any good (quality seed, that they do not need, through the purchase program of the Commodity. Credit Corporation," he said. "Top grade crimson clover seed produced in this area (will be purchased at $12.50 per hundred pounds lor cleaned and bugged seed •delivered to designated dealers." I The purchase program is similar to that in effect last year and is designed to encourage seed produc tion by providing producers fair re turns and at the same time, make jSPed available to farmers at reason able prices. Complete information concerning j the seed purchase program may be obtained from the Person County ] AAA Office. o Denny Child, Os Allensville, In Odd Accident ' j Carolyn Fay Denny, 3-year-old I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon 1 Denny, hurt Friday in an unusual accident, is a patient in Commun-1 jity Hospital here. J The child was run over, accident ly, by a car operated by her mother,' Mrs. Denny, Friday morning about' 8:30 o'clock at the home Os the i child's parents, Route 3,' near Al lensville. The girl suffered a broken left leg, a badly bruised right arm and cuts about the right side of the face. According to the mother's report, the child followed her to the car and darted back of it as Mrs. Den- , jny attempted to back out of the j driveway. The rear bumper knock ed the child down, evidently throwing her in the path of its rignt J front wheel which passed com- j pletely over the child’s body. N. T. Clayton Rites Conducted At His Home Funeral for Noah Thomas Clayton, 72, of Allensville, whose death occur red Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at his home from a sudden heart at tack, was held Friday afternoon at five o'clock by Elder L. P. Martin, with interment in the Lunsford family cemetery. A retired farmer, he was a native of Person County and was the son of the late Lewis B. and Laura Hicks Clayton. His wife was the late Mrs. Nannie Belle Lunsford Clayton. Survivors are three sons, George W., Lewis N„ and Spright Clayton, all of Person County, four daughters, Mrs. L. T. Painter and Mrs. George Dunn, both of Timberlake, Mrs. Ed die Carden, of Durham, and Miss Mary Clayton, of the home. Bank To Close Peoples Bank will be closed on Wednesday, May 30, Memorial Day, a national holiday, according to Gordon C. Hunter, executive vice president, but will be open again on Thursday, for business as usual. o Golf was introduced to the U. S. in 1888 by Robert Lockhart. Dr. H. M. Wagstaff Prominent Person Man, Dies Today (Death Claims University Pro fessor Early This Morninir. ; Dr. H. M. Wagstaff, about 70, a j prominent native of Person County and for more than thirty years professor of history at the University of North Carolina. Chapel | | Hill, where he made his home, died this morning at lour o'clock at I Watts hospital, Durham, after an (illness lasting six weeks. Dr. Wagstaff. a son of the late | Mr, and Mrs. C. M. G. Wagstaff, en tered the hospital at the time he iwas taken ill. Death was attributed to complications resulting from a 'skin infection. Born in Person County at the old Wagstaff home. Dr. Wagstaff was J I a graduate of the University of | I North Carolina and received his Ph. D„ degree at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. 1 Keenly interested in Person as-: fairs, he frequently contributed ar- j tides to Roxboro papers, one of his last articles being written for the sesqui-centennial edition of the Courier a few years ago. Survivors are. his wife, the form er Miss Mary Stephens, also a na tive of Person, a daughter. Mrs, Alexander Bacon Coxe, Jr., and a grandson, "Sandy", all of Chapel Hill. Lt. H. M. Wagstaff. Jr., of the Navy, only son of Dr. and Mrs. Wagstaff, was killed in- action in the Pacific on October 29, 1944. Also surviving Dr. Wagstaff are one brother, R. M, of Portsmouth. Va., and three sisters. Mrs. W. E. Morton, of Durham, and Mrs. John D. Winstead and Mrs. C. M. Win stead. both of Person County. Funeral arrangements are incom plete. but it is expected that rites will be in Chapel Hill, with inter ment there. _ , , o Perry's Pond In Person Private Says Official A private fishing pond can be, fished at any time of the year, and j fish may be taken in any manner that the owner chooses, Hinton James qf Raleigh, Commissioner of Game and Inland Fisheries, said today in answer to protests that the law was being violated at Per ry's Pond in Person County. A Roxboro sportsman noted a news story which heralded tile catch of a ten pound bass in that water on May 16th, and pointed out that the bass season did not open untii i May 20th. James said no violation of the law- i occurred in the taking of the fish j on that day, inasmuch as Perry’s | Pond is not public waters. Guests j fishing the pond must have a ,tate ( license, but otherwise are not bound by seasons or other fishing regu lations. James also pointed out that there j is a Perry's Pond in Wake County j which is a public pond. Many Here For Kirby Funeral * Friday Afternoon Here Friday for the funeral for Woodson Kirby, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Kirby, whose deatli occurred Tuesday at the Kirby res idence after a long illness were a number of out of town relatives and friends. Among them were: Dr. and Mrs. Nelson Thomas and family, Mrs. Sam Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pryor and Mr. and Mrs. Bux Currin, all of Oxford; Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bradley. Mrs. H. A. Parker, John Hughes Nelson, and Mrs. Edna McSherry, all of Dan ville. Va., Mrs. J. W. Winston, Mr. and Mrs. Atkins Clark, S. M. Nel son, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Howell Winston, all of Nelson, Va. Also Woodrow Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Nelson. Miss Carrie Lee Nelson aand T. P. Nelson, of South Boston, Va.. Mrs. Earl Sears, of Durham, Mrs. Lelia Jones, Mrs. R. S. Taylor and Bobby Taylor, all of Semora, Miss Mary Ann Howard, of Burlington, J. B. Kirby and Mrs. Jack Kirby, of Prospect Hill and Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Kirby of Ced ar Grove. Cpl. Harry T. Kirby, of Tonopah, Nevada, a brother of the deceased, arrived here Friday afternoon after the services had been held. 1 Fatal Highway Accident IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945 DON'T HELP INCREASE IT! DRIVE CAREFULLY NUMBER 51 Rev. Mr. Brooks Ca-Vel Speaker —- - ■ ■ Many Awards Presented To Seventh Graders. i Seventh grade commencement ex -1 erases for Ca-Vel school were held last Monday night at eight o’clock, with the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks as speaker. ( Following the processional, the Rev. J V R. jolly gave the invacotioh. [Thy salutatory . was by James Earl ! Gentry, after which a sohg, "Tiio Lord is My Shepherd" was render ed by members of {lie, seventh grade. The speaker of the evening, the Rev. Mr. Brooks, pastor of the First : Baptist Church of Roxboro- was in-- (traduced by J, L. Hester, Supervis ing Principal of the Roxboro schools. Mi-. Brooks gave an inspiring talk, encouraging tin- graduates, to build 'firm bridges on the highway of life". Seventh grade certificates were (presented to eighteen pupils by S. F. ; Marsh, personnel manager of (Collins and Aikman. Honor awards were presented: to three outstanding pupils by J. M. Dempsy, resident manager of Collins: and Aikman. Bobby Jean Long received the seventh -grade scholarship medal, and Amy Jane Puryear the grammar grade schol arship medal for grades four through six. To Betty- Ann Warren was pre sented a medal for good citizenship, displayed during her seven , years at Ca-Vet school. A large number of perfect ut terance certificates, were, presented. The vah mas by Mi'.. Bobby Jean. Long followed by a song by the seventh,grade. The program closed With the ben ediction by the Rev. J. N. Bowman. Members of the seventh grade re ceiving certificates were: Louise Bowen, Frances Bowen, Gloria Mae Clayton, Bobby Ellis, James Earle Gentry, Billy Gravin.. Granville Hamlett, Margaret Hamlett, Mary Elizabeth Jones, Bobby Jean Long, Marjorie Langford, Dorothy Jean McCann, Collen Permenter, Ted j Smith, Jimmy Walker, Linwood Watson, Betty Ann Warren, and Clayton Witherspoon. Peggy Davis was mascot and Amy Jane Puryear and Jean Gen try were commencement marshals. S. Sgt. Jacobs Ftee S. Sgt. John W. Jacobs, *24, of Roxboro and Longhurst, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Jacobs, who has been , a prisoner of war in Germany since (January, 16, has been liberated ac cording to a message received by his I mother. Sgt. Jacobs, freed by Yanks, 1 April 29. at. Mcoseburg, Germany, i expects to be home soon He says ; it is like a dream, being free again, but adds, “If it is a dream, I hope I never wake up." Sheriff Looking For Shot-Gunner In Lincoln hospital. Durham, is Stephen Johnson, 27, a Person Negro of Hurdle Hills. Route 2. who yes terday afternoon about two o'clock was allegedly shot in the right arm by anther Negro, identified as Au brey Johnson. The weapon used was a shot-gun and the shooting oc curred at Hester's Grove church. Aubrey Johnson is still being sought for by Person Sheriff M. T. Clayton and deputies, who began their man hunt shortly after the shooting took place. Stephen Johnson, taken to Lincoln in an Albright and Cunning ham ambulance, is reported to ba resting comfortably. Motive for the shooting is not known. ' Casualty S. Sgt. Ellis T. Wrenn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wrenn, of Rox boro, a veteran of overseas ser vice in Greenland, where he was stationed for many months, and more recently stationed in Maine, came home last week for a fur lough and suffered probably his | first injury, a sprained ankle, I which he received Saturday morn ing when he missed his footing on the stairway leading up to the Selective Service Board office, where his sister, Miss Jeanette Wrenn, is chief clerk. “Next thue* says E. I, I won’t be fat such q hurry.”