THE KIDS all know where tha
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. * J. W. NOELL, EDITOR ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1945 ?2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE . NUMBER 54
Fewer Teacher Changes Than
Usual Reported So Far In
Person System, Says Griffin
USO Center Work
Drawing More
Soldiers To City |
Former Guests Write Convinc
ing Letter From Germany.
Continued and increased re
sponse and interest in the Roxboro
USO Service Center programs etch
week-end for Camp Butncr Hos
pital convalescent soldiers is Be
ing shown here, according to USO
officials, who said that last Sun
day's group at Chub Lake was one
of the largest in recent weeks.
Hostesses for this week-end. as
announced today, are to be, Mrs.
T. Miller White, Saturday four to
six; Miss Hilda Shoemaker, Satur
day, six to eight; Mrs. Frank Wil- j
liams, Sunday, twelve to two; Mrs.
Gene Winstead Thomas, Sunday j
two to four, and Mrs. D. R. Tay- \
lor, Sunday four to six. Junior
hostess groups will assist as usual.
and the Center will also be kept
open on Saturday and Sunday
nights.
Leaders at the Service Center
arc continually hearing from sol
diers, majority of them now over
seas, who formerly visited the Rox
boro Center, and according to
Lawrence Featherston, program j
chairman, and Dr. Robert E. Long,!
Center chairman, one of the most
interesting letters has been that
which came this weeek from Pfc
Augiar Amato and Jo-Jo Ange
lotti, now in Germany, who are full
of praises for the good times they
had at the Center, but at the same
time aftf distressed "5tV reports they |
receive concerning the over-abund-1
ance of food allegedly being furn
ished to German prisoners of war j
held in the United States.
The two men, writing their let
ter on May 15, a week after V-E Day
comment, too, on that day and what
it means, back home and in Ger
many. They also send two ’.ery
convincing photographs of the Ger
man atrocity camp at Ordruf, j
Germany. The boys took the pic- ;
ture themselves and say they have j
not yet recovered from the shock
of seeing naked human bodies piled
together, with quicklime over them
to hasten decomposition. The Japs,
they say may be inhuman and un
civilized. but the Germans arc ap
parently just as bad, If not worse, j
—o
French Newspapers
Banned In Syria
By Official Rule
BEYROUTH. Lebanon, June 6.--
Syrian frontier guards banned the
entry of French newspapers today
on orders of President Shukri el Ku
watly and Damascus reports that the
French had been excluded from the
national wheat distribution office,
now operated by Syrian workers
under British specialists.
No such drastic measures have
been taken in Lebanon, and while
relations between France and the
government here were strained
they had not approached the rup
ture point. The wife of the Leb
anese minister in Paris, Ahmad i
Bey Daouk. left yesterday to Join ■
her husband in the French apital!
accompanied by Munammad Ali i
Himadch, counselor of the Lebanese
legation.
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Junior Order To
Be At Bushy Fork
i
Longhurst Council of the Jumor
Order is planning a supper to bo
given Saturday night. June 16, at
seven o'clock at the Bushy Fork
community house near the school, j
according to announcement made
today by Marvin Clayton, eoun-!
cillor, who says that the supper is
to be served under sponsorsh'p of j
the Bushy Fork Home Demonstra
tion club. Tickets may be ob- f
tained from Mr. Clayton or from |
Jack Satterfield.' j.
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In Charleston
——
William Harris, of the United j
States Army, a veteran of many
months of overseas service in the
European theatre and now sta- ’
tioned at Charleston, S. p., who ’
has been visiting his parents here, >
will return to Charleston soon. He
is a brother of Paul Harris of Bethel 1
Hill, and of the late Staff Sgt. i
George Harris.
I
W. M. Lovelace Succeeds E.
B. Isley At Hurdle Mills,
Isley Goes To Clevland.
W. M. Lovelace or Catawba, is to
be new principal o.' Hurdle Mills
jliigh school, succeeding E. B. Isley,
| resigned, according to announce
ment made today by let son .Sup
erintendent R. B. Griffin, who says i
that Isley has resigned in order to
accept work in Cleveland Courny.
Mrs. E. B. Isley, tealher in the fiftn
and sixth grade at Hurdle Mills,
has also resigned.
Fewer rhanges than usual have so
far been experienced this year
!in the Person school system's
teaching staff, according, to Super
intendent Griffin, who said, how
ever, that several changes arc tak
ing place.
Mr. Lovelace has ocen with the
high school at Catawba and with
the school at Bellwood. He is a
graduate of Wake Forest college.
The Isleys, according to Mr. Gii.'-
[ fin are now at Gaffney. S. C„ and 1
i have for sometime expressed a de- '
! sire to secure teaching appoint-j
| ments closer to South Carolina.
Mrs. Isley's home state.
Other teacher changes as an
nounced by the Person Superin
tendent. include Mrs. R. B. Dawes
from principal at Olive Hill school
to teacher of the seventh grade at
Mount Tirzah; Mrs. C. L. Shuford,
to be teacher of the second grade
at Mount Tirzah; Miss Ruth Biven v
of Hillsboro, to be first grade at:
i Helena, and Miss Evelyn Garrett.
| daughter of the C. C. Garretts and
a graduate of Louisburg college, to
primary grades at High Plains In
dian school.
Another change is the selection
of Mrs. Thomas Whitfield, who is
to graduate from Eastern Carolina
Teachers college and is the daugh
j ter of the D. L. Whitfields of
I Hurdle Mills, to be teacner in the
primary grades at Bethel Hill. Also,
! Mrs. Eloise Hester Wagstaff goes
from Mount Tirzah to Olive Hill.
Mrs. Shuford succeeds Mrs. Pamela
Reade, resigned. Miss Bivens suc
ceeds Miss Evelyn Harris, of Whit
takers, resigned, and Miss Gavrett
succeeds Miss Anna Barbara Har
ris, resigned.
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Beef Payment
Plan Now Working
Says C. T. Hall
I ,
The Beef Production Payment by
the War Food Administration, is
| now effective, according to Claude
IT. Hall, Chairman, Preson AAA
[ Committee.
Mr. HalJ points out that the pay
j ment rate is 50 cents per hund
j redweight for good and choice
i cattle owned and fed by the ap
plicant at least 30 days prior to
selling. “Cattle are required to
weigh 800 pounds (live weight) or
more, and to be sold to a licensed
slaughterer," he adds.
Payments will probably be made;
similar to payments earned under j
the Dairy Production Payment Pro
gram and cattlemen are urged to
keep accurate records of sales,
"Cattlemen will be furnished
complete information relative to l
details of the Program as soon as
it is received by the Person Coun
ty AAA Committee," he concluded.
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West At Antioch
The Rev. W. F. West, of Hart
; well, Ga„ formerly of Roxboro,
who, with Mrs. West is spending I
sometime here, will preach Sun
i day morning at eleven o'clock at
I Antioch Baptist church, near Rox
' boro, in the absence of the pastor,
the Rev. R. W. Hovis. Sundnv
School will be at ten o’clock on
the same morning. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
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May Come Home
Mrs. J. Y. Humphries, of Bethel
Hill, has received from her son, Lt.
J William Smith Humphries, the Pur
ple Heart awarded to him for In
juries received in Germany. Lt.
I Humphries, who for the past several
[weeks has been.in an English hos
pital, may be sent to the United
States sometime this month.
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DROPS A STITCH
Oklahoma City—Picked up on a
vagrancy charge the man protested
to detective he “had a job as a
weaver.”
Pressed for further explanation
he declared he. "weaved in and out
of downtown stores picking up what
articles were loose." i
®lie Couner-tEimes
Raleigh Meeting
Will Have To
Approve Dates
Tentative Opening Dates For
All Markets Set Yesterday.
Must Be Approved Later.
General report of Tobacco Market I
I opening dates and the rules to be 1
followed, as chosen yesterday by I
committees of the Tobacco Associa- J
lion of the United States, Danville,
Va„ reads as follows;
“First auctions of the new season [
will be held on Tuesday, July 24, j
i when Georgia-Florida markets open. ;
Other belts will follow in order: j
South Carolina, July 31; Eastern
'Carolina, Aug. 20; Middle Belt,'
; Sept. ll;*91d Belt, Sept 18; and
dark-fired Virginia Belt. Dec. 11.
“The dates set by the sales com- :
mittee were tentative, pending ap- :
I preval of the full committee at a j
meeting to be held in Raleigh, N.
C, on June 28.
"The proposed marketing plan
would regulate daily sales time to
(three and one-half hours on all
flue-cured markets with the excep- i
tion of those in the Georgia-Florida
i belt. Sales would be limited to i
1.400 piles daily for each set of
buyers, and the size and weight of
[ piles would be restricted to 250
! pounds.
The Georgia and Florida mar-.-
kets would be allowed four find one
half hours of selling timf daily,
and 1.800 piles for each set of buy
jers. Allowances would be made in
reference lo'daily sales time for'
those markets which lost a set of
buyers last year.
Air markets would provide check
ers to follow sales and see that
each set of buyers adhere to the
adopted procedure.
Rev. W. F. West
Civic Club Guest
Special guest at Monday's meet
ing of the Kiwanis club at Hotel
Roxboro was the Rev. W. F. West,
of Hartwell, Ga„ formerly of this
city. Program was in charge of Jack
Strum, who presented a double- |
i quartet composed of members of the
club. Those who formed the singing
group were T. C. Sanders, Thomas
Hatchett, E. B. Craven, Jr., H. Dew
ey Young, J. W. Bolick. the Rev.
W. C. Martin, Claude Luqulrc and
j Fred Bishop.
Attendance was reported at 90
percent, according to Melvin Burke,
■of the publicity committee.
——o
Funeral Held For
Bailey’s Daughter
Clco Rogers Bailey, 3-weeks-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hayw’ooc'
Bailey, of Woodsdale. died Tues
day at a Durham hospital. She
had been ill since birth.
Funeral services was held Wed
nesday at 10:30 A. M. at the home
of her parents in Woodsdale, by the
Rev. J. F. Funderburke. Buria; was
in Burchwood Cemetery annex.
In addition to her parents, she is
survived by a brother, Richard.
I - -. -- —— ■ - «
First Woman Court Clerk Grew Up In Job;
By Mrs. A. F. Nichols
In the story of a school teacher
j turned office secretary may be found
the beginning of the business career
j of one of the first, if not the first,
| Person woman to hold an elective
public office, that of Clerk of Super
ior Court, but Person County in the
passing here last Saturday 6f Miss
Sue C. Bradsher, for eleven years
clerk of the court, lost not only a
pioneer woman in public life, but
an untiring worker in church circles
and an ideal homemaker as well, a
woman whose loyalty to home,
church and country were funda
mentals of character, unaffected by
honors of place or position.
A native daughter of Person Coun
ty, “Miss Sue”, as she was famllarly
called, was the youngest daughter of
the late D Arcy W. Bradsher and
Mildred Satterfield Bradsher. Born
at Gordonton, she moved to Roxboro
when quite young and received her
education in the Roxboro schools
and at Meredith college, where she.
received training for about the only
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
OWNERS OF DAMAGED
| CARS MAY BE PAID
Camp Butner Hospital attaches,
drivers of an ambulance which
came here Monday night to take
back to the Camp four soldiers in-
I jured in a wreck about eight-thir
jty that night, left word with the
| investigating officer. State High*
[ way Patrolman John Hudgins, that
;he should get in touch with Camp
i Butner authorities to seek whatever
1 can be reached byway of adjust
ments for damage done to four
parked cars at Collins and Atkman.
Plant E, crashed into by the soldiers
when their own car left the high
way near the Main Gate, Plant E,
• and overturned several times.
The four soldiers, Pvt. Ralph
Knowles, Pfc. William M. Bledsoe,
Tec 4 Charles A. Meseve and S. Sgt.
: | Joseph Mack, with FVt. Knowles
.' driving, escaped serious injury,' al
r [ though Meseve received a frac
! tured collar-bone. All were given
i | first aid at community Hospital to
which they were taken to await ar
j rival of the Camp Butner ambu
[ lance. The machine driven by Pvt.
, Knowles was identified as the prop
: erty of his sister-in-law, Mrs. 3or
, ' don Bragg, of Route 2, Katina polis.
i Cars that were hit and damaged
[ were, a 1936 Chevrolet coach, rear
• glass knocked out and body badly
Sportsmen Not
To Meet Tonight
Meeting of Person and Roxboro
i sportsmen scheduled for tonight
(Thursday) at Person Court
j House for selection cf a game war
den here has been cancelled be
cause of inability of Hinlon
James. Slate commissioner of
game and inland fisheries, to be
present, it was announced this
morning. Mr. James, it develop
ed, has a previous engagement in
Chicago and is in that city to
day. It is expected, however, that
another Person meeting will be
called at a date acceptable to
.. Mr. James.-
Tobacco Crop
Area Will Be
Up Three Points
Raleigh, June 7.—The State De-
I partment of Agriculture predicted a
four percent increase in tobacco
; acreage this year forecasting 713.090
acres for North Carolina, compared
with 689,000 acres last year.
Despite a shortage of plants in
i some areas of the Middle and Old
Belts, the department said practic
ally all planting throughout the
State has been completed and fair
ito excellent stands have been re
ported.
J. S. Morgan, department statisti
cian, said that a two and one-half
per cent increase in allotments; al
lowed by the Agriculture Adjust
ment Administration this year, plus
the failure of many farmers to
plant their limit in 1944, would per
mit the four per cent increase.
Morgan said that approximately
346.000 acres had been planted in
the Eastern or New Bright Bel',
compared jvith 339,000 acres last
year. The increase in this belt.
Morgan said, would amount to only
about two per cent because grow
| ers in that area in recent years
have planted virtually all acreage
permitted under the Government
control program.
He predicted a total of 270,000
(Continued on page 8)
occupation then open to women.
. that of teaching. For eight years
. she was a teacher in one
teacher schools in various sections
of her own county, but being of a
, progressive nature and seeing little
: results of her eight years of labor.
, Miss Bradsher felt a bit skeptical
i about making teaching her life’s
.: work.
And, then, she did something
about it—stepped from the school
i; 1-ocm and became secretary of Rox
boro Broom Works. The new jog was
; a turning point in her career, but
not the most important one.
Shortly thereafter, D. W. Brad
:sher, who had been clerk of the
j court in Person County for more
than thirty years, found that his
werk had increased to such an ex
tent that he wpuld be obliged to
have an assistant. He knew of no
one better fitted for this place than
his own daughter, and to her he
gave the position of deputy clerk In
1923 —a place she held untyl six
months before his death in 1929,
, damaged, with Howard Langiord as
i owner; a 1941 Pontiac, back glass
i shattered and body dented, owned
• by Thomas Curies; a 1941 Pontiac, j
• right rear door damaged, with Eu- ;
■ gene Oakley as owner, and a 1937
■ Chevrolet coach, body dented, own- ,
; er identified as a Mr. Crumpton.
i All owners of the damaged cars
are connected with Plant E, Collins
• and Aikman and had left their cars
• in the company parking lot while
. they were at work on the second
i shift.
• Witnesses to the wreck included,
, Randall Daniel, a guard at tile
mill, and Pulliam Ford and an un
i identified woman, according to;
, Hudgins. Pvt. Knowles was at first
. reluctant to admit that he was dri
t ver of the offending automobile.
■ Observers reported that the car ir. i
■ ! which the soldiers were riding left
i the highway at the railway cioss
>j ing near the gate and swerved in
■ to the parked cars, turning over a
■ : time or two as it hit the parked
. machines and throwing one of the
• soldiers clear out of the somer
- ; saulting car and over the. toils
. iof other machines.
I The soldiers, it was reported, had '
r I but recently returned from two I
(Continued on page 8)
Stephen Moore
Rites Conducted
At Mount Zion
Funeral services for Stephen
Beasley Moore, 59 prominent farm
er of Flat River, Person County.
’ Who died Tuesday afternoon at
Watts Hospital in Durham after a
long illness from complications, was;
held Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock at Mount Zion Methodist i
Church, of which he was a me xaer.
with interment in the church cem
etery.
Surviving a»e his wife, Mrs. Annie
Howard Moore; one daughter, Miss
Helen Moore of the home; five sons.
Earl, Billy. Steve and Cleve Moore
of the home. Pvt. Howard H. Moore,
U. S. Army, now enroute to the Pa
cific area, and three sisters, Mrs.
Paul T. Stephens and Mrs. C. A.
Timberlake. both of Semora, and
Mrs. J. L. Bowles of Petersburg, Va.
Rites were in charge of the Rev.:
Floyd Villines. Mr. Moore, who had
i been In ill health for months, was
i for a time a patient at Community
Hospital here. He was an uncle of
Charles Timberlake of Roxboro. -
and of Commander William P.
Stephens of the U. S. Navy.
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Enters Navy And i
Gets His Old
Civilian Job
Elmer L. Whitt, of Roxboro and ;
Washington, son of P. T. Whitt, Sr., i
of Roxboro. was inducted into the ■
United States Navy in Baltimore ,
on Tuesday, according to a letter 1
received here from him this morn- , i
ing. Mr. Whitt, who is living at 805 1
Massachusettes Avenue, N. E., Wash- <
ington, D. C.. says he has been
assigned to the Naval Research Lab- 1
oratory, where he was formerly em
ployed as a refrigeration mechanic.
He will be on inactive duty for
sixty days before his rating is as- i
signed. He will until then live off i
of the Post at his present address. <
Whitt began his work as a refrigera- ;
tion mechanic on January 8, this i
year. ,
. when she was made assistant clerk.
> At the death of Mr. Bradsher, who
■ had served continuously for thirty
i eight years as clerk. A. C. Gentry i
i was appointed to the position and
' Miss Bradsher continued as deputy
. elert. Mr. Gentry met a tragic death
1 in December of the same year and to
> L. C. Brooks fell the lot of filling
the place for the next four years,
. with Miss Bradsher still as deputy :
I clerk.
■ . For eleven years she had worked
> in the county clerk's office so in
1934 the people in Person County
decided it would be a good time to I
elect her clerk of the court and this
! they proceeded to do. There may
' have been a few skeptics who ex
• pressed doubt about a woman being
■ able to hold the job, but their skepti
i cism Was due to the fact that thej
> did not know the lady.
i She was relected in 1938, and in |
1 194JJ, and lt is generally conceded
i by Judges and others who have had
: business dealings with the clerk's
, office' that she, with her populai
Market Opening Date Here
Set For Middle Os September
By Weed Association Officials
Services Will
End On Sunday
i
Al Long Memorial
Rev. Leon Russell Leaves Sat
urday, But Go
Through Sunday.
Revival services which began Sun- 1
day at Edgar Long Memorial Meth
odist church, with the Rev. Leon
Russell, of Goldsboro. as guest
preacher, will continue through Fri
day night, according to the pastor,
the Rev. W C. Martin, who says
that services tonight (Thursday) at
j eight o'clock will be especially fur,
; young people.
I Services on Friday will be at nine
o'clock in the morning and at eight
< that night. Crowds, according to the
Rev. Mr. Martin, have been good
and the response has been encour- .
: aging.
The guest minister, the Rev. Mr.
Russell, who arrived here Monday,
j.is pastor of Saint Paul's church,
Goldsboro, and a graduate of Duke :
University. He is a native of Arkan- i
sas and during his student days at
Duke was popular, not only in the
Divinity school, but throughout the
University. Since graduation he has 1
held a number of important pastor
ates. 1
Tile Rev. Mr. Russell will return 1
to Goldsboro Saturday morning, but '
the revival at Edgar Long will
not be brought to a formal clo.s- 1
i ing until Sunday night. Speaker at 1
both services on Sunday will be the ‘
! pastor.
Sgt. P. A. Brandon
At Camp Butner
,i
Sgt. Percy A. Brandon, son of
, Mrs. Bettie Anne Brandon of *
Woodsdale, is now stationed a- ti e 1
Camp Butner Redistribution Sta- (
' tion, where he will spend two \,;etks 1
before reporting to his new assign'- 1
ment in the United States.
Sergeant Brandon was retUr'iec'
recently to the United States alter ■
having served eight months in the *
European theatre of operations. 1
where he served as a tank com- *
mander. He holds the European s
Theatre Ribbon with two campaign
stars, American Defense Ribbon and .
the Good Conduct Ribbon. His 1
brothers S 1-c William T. Bran- ]
don is in the Navy.
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Attend Funeral
<
Friends and relatives from ntie
attending the final rites for Glenn ;
Carroll in Greensboro Wednesday
were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jones, Mrs. J
John Lunsford. Mr. and Mrs. Bax
ter O'Briant, Mrs. Astor Blair, Miss
;es Gladys Tingen, Betty and Martha j
Day, Mrs. Lambeth Day and James
O’Briant. (
Mr. Carroll was a son-in-law of
Mrs. Lambeth Day.
c
CHINESE ROUT JAPS
Chungking.—Chinese forces have
routed Japanese troops from posi- (
. tions 19 miles west of Shaoyang j
(Paoching) and are continuing to
advance toward that important Hu
nan Province base, the High Com- ]
mand announced. ,
I
assistant, R. A. Bullock i who 1 was *
appointed June 4, 1945 by Judge
Leo Carr as clerk i made one of the -
most efficient clerks the county has j
ever had. It goes without contradic- c
tion that her knowledge of the office £
after twenty-two years of service -j
: was without peer. g
With her modest and retiring na
ture little did Miss Bradsher think it
I she was making history in 1934, s
when she received the office of clerk o
of the court of Person County by c
the vote of the people, an honor a
hitherto ungiven to a woman in w
j North Carolina. a
During her eleven years as head
of the office it may be said of her
as of Nathan Macon. "She was j
j steadfast in her friendship and!
[ would stake herself for a friend,
but would violate no point of pub’ : c jii
duty to please or oblige him." S i
Away from office, the church and E
its demands received unstintedly of N
her time and money. Her punctuali- d
ty In attendance on all of its organ- c
(Continued on page 8)
September IS, Chosen At
Danville Meeting. Jackson
Cites Figures On Per
son leadership.
Tentative date for the opening
of the Old Belt Market this year
has been set for Tuesday. Sep
tember 18. according to a decision
announced today from Danville.
Va.. where a meeting was held yes
terday by committees of the To
bacco Association of the United
State, which met for that purpose
and at the same time set dates tor
other market openings and ap
proved rules to be followed on all
markets.
Opening dates for the Old Itit
Market and : for others Come on
about tlie expected schedule, al
though later changes in other years
have delayed openings. Meeting
with the Association committee at
. Danville was the newly formed
Board of Governors for the Bright
Belt Warehousemens association.
In connection with the story of
the market opening, C. C. Jack
son, assistant farm agent for Per
son County, today released a state
ment on Person's place arid im
portance in the tobacco market, the
statement being based on figures.
: recently released by . the North
Carolina Department of agriculture.
“Tobacco accounts for Person
County's rank in total value of
crops grown. Latest figures place
Person 27th among the counties
of North Carolina. This is chie'ly
due to the fact that $5.00 out of:
$6.00 income of the eleven principal
field crops from farms is derived
from the sale of tobacco, according
to the Department's figures. 17 per
cent of the county's cultivated crop
■ land is grown in tobacco.
“For pie past eigth seasons t -
baccp sales in ideal warehouses
have increased. The past season
"sales amounted to double the
amount of eight years ago, both in
price and in pounds.
In the Old Belt Market : Person
County ranks highest in yield per
acre, as. well as value per acre.
Over 13,000 acres were planted m
1944, with a yield of over louo
pounds per acre and a value of over
$400,00 per acre.
With the shortage of farm labor,
it will require the help of. every
available man, woman and child .to
harvest this year's crop so we may
continue Person County's leader
ship in tobacco production."
Big' Three May
Meet Soon Say
Russian Leaders
London, June 6.—Premier Josef
Stalin today was reported to feel
that another big three meeting
should be held soon and it was
officially disclosed that Prime
Minister Churchill is prepared to
leave England in the midst of hi;
election campaign for such a con
ference.
The Austrian radio at Graz,
heard by BBC, reported from Mos
cow that Stalin had agreed to a
conference of leaders of the three
great powers. The trip to Moscow'
of Harry Hopkins, President Tru
man’s personal emissary, was said
to have played a large part in Stal
in's decision.
—— —-o—■
Rev. Luther Morphis
To Preach Here
The Rev. Luther Morphis of Lex
ington, a student at Wake Forest
College, will have charge of the
services at both Mitchell's Chapel
Baptist church and Theresa Bap
tist church of which Rev. B. B
Knight is pastor, on Sunday, June
10th. The services at Mitchell's
Chapel will be held at 11:00 A. M.
Sunday School will be at 10 o'clock.
The services at Theresa will be at
6:00 and 7:00 P. M.
Beginning Monday, June 11th Mr.
Morphis will hold a Vacation Bible
school at Theresa from 9 until 12
o'clock. All ages from pre-school
children through the young people
are cordially invited. The following
week a similar'school will be held
at Mitchell’s Chapel Church,
o
Bible School Binds
Final exercises to mark the clos
ing of the Daily Vacation Bible i
school being held at Roxboro First!
Baptist church under direction of [
Miss Inda Collins, will be held Fri
day afternoon at five o’clock at the
church. It was announced today.
The public Is Invited.
1 Fatal Highway
Accident
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945
DON’T HELP INCREASE ITI
DRIVE CAREFULLY
W. F. West, Jr.,
Accepts Call To
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i Kentucky Church
Ordination Council Rites Held
1 Prior to Ordination Services.
r Now to be assigned as pastor oi
-a Baptist church at Cropper, Ky.
1 is the Rev. W. F. West. Jr., foi
whom ordination services were helc
. here Sunday al Roxboro First Bap
tist Church, it was announced yes
[ terday. Both Mr. West and Mrs
West, who have been in Roxbon
, for several days, will be at Croppet
! by this next Sunday. He will con
l tinue study at Louisville Seminary
t also.
Examination of the Rev. Mr. West
1 by an Ordination Council w r as held
in the church on Sunday afternoon
at four o clock prior to the formal
service cf ordination that night. In
the afternoon rites the Rev. J
Boyce Brooks, pastor or the Roxborc
’ church, was moderator.
Rev. B. B. Knight served as clerk
Others who composed the Council
, were: Reverends J P. Funderburk
t W. P. West. Sr., J. B. Cun-in, J. N.
< Bowman, L. V. Coggins and Mrs
t J. W. Green.
The young minister told of how
i Dr. O. T. Binkley's preaching had had
I a profound influence on his life and
I dis decision to become a minister! A
; conversation lie hac with a young
■ man named Joe while he was a
■ student at college proved to him
that lie was called to the Ministry,
■ The Lord had directed him to talk
; with Jol arfcl at that time God
i seemed to stand behind him as ht
1 prayed with Joe. „
i J. W. Green was asked by Rev
Brooks to question and instruct Bill
‘ from a business man's standpoint,
in regard to paying of debts, etc.
Rev. J. B. Currin was asked to
i question him on his Baptist beliefs.
' Mr. Bowman asked him some ques
tions also-. Mr. Brooks asked what
the Bible is and the Candidate re
plied. "The inspired Word of God.
It is composed of history of Hebrew
people, of prophecy and the coming
of the Messiah. The Old Testament
is to teach a lesson. Story of the
Bible is the relation of God to hig
people. The question was asked
"What is the supreme purpose of a
minister?", answered, "it is his busi
ness to lead souls to Christ.” Coggins
and Mr. Funderburk asked several
questions which he answered in a
very satisfactory manner.
The motion that the candidate be
accepted was made by the Rev. J.
N. Bowman. Rev. J. F. Funderburk
1 seconded this motion and all present
'! voted in favor of it.
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Beulah Groups
To Meet Friday
The annual meeting of the Wom
an's Missionary Union of Beulah
Association win be held Friday,
June 8, at Mill Creek church, at
at 10 a. m. Among visiting spjak
ers will be Mrs. J. S. Farmer, Ra
leigh, acting executive secretary;
Mrs. Bun Olive, missionary, China
'and Raleigh; Miss Madge Funder
burke, Pageland, S.
Each one is asked to bring lunch.
Wine Head
Greensboro, June 7th:—The North
Carolina Association for Wine
control, through its Director,
John W. Cassey, of Greensboro,
has announced the inauguration
of an "all out” industry regula
tion and self policing program.
Effective June Ist, the enforce
ment of the wine industry’s vol
untary and self imposed regula
tions was placed under the direc
tion of R. H. Royster. Mr. Roy
ster comes from a distinguished
North Carolina family, and 'is
the son of the late General B. Sr
Royster, of Oxford. Mr. Royster
attended State College and is a
graduate cf the University of
North Carolina Law School. For
some time he was engaged in the
practice of law in his home town
of Oxford. He is a veteran of
World War I and served under
General Douglas McArthur in the
famous 42nd "Rainbow” Division.
In the latter part of the war, M.
was a pilot instructor in the dv)''
Corps. Mr. Royster has lost SM ’
son in World War 11, and tea
another son now in service Oner
seas. S