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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. Scout District Regular meeting of Person Scout District will be held Tues day night, June 19, at 7:30 o’clock in . the Chamber of Commerce of fice, where a report will be made of activities of Person boys at Camp Cherokee, number of whom were elected*to the Order of the Arrow. Immediately after the regular district meeting, a gath ering of the Negro division will be held at Person County Train ing school, about eight-thirty o'clock. On Well-Earned Vacation Trip Rev. J. H. Shore, retired Method ist Minister, will leave tomorrow morning for Raleigh where he will spend ten days on, what he says, will be a regular vacation, visiting his daughter, Mrs. R. T. Coburn. He says one of the things he will enjoy most will be the pleasure of teach ing the Bible class consisting of more than one hundred men of the Fairmont Methodist church, which worships in the auditorium of State College, next Sunday morning. While Mr. Shore is on the retired list of his church he Is one of the most active and busiest ministers in this section, as there are few Sun day's when he is not preaching In some of the churches, often of some other faith, to say nothing of the many marriages and funerals he is called upon to conduct. Few men are more loved and honerd than is Mr. Shore. Roxboro Citizens See Eisenhower At least, three local planes left Roxboro Airport for Washington this morning and while there the pas sengers will be on hand to help greet General Eisenhower as he returns to this Ciumtry from the war in Europe. Jim Long and his wife Mrs. Long, left early this morning In one plane, Gurney Young and John Hamlin Merritt were in another and Mac Warren, local airport manager, and Ensign W. W. 'Buddy) Allgood were in the third plane. It is understood that all three planes left around six a. m. today and they will arrive in the Capital City in about two hours. General Eisenhower is slated to arrive at the National Airport about eleven o'- clock. All Roxboro people arc reported to lie coming back to this city late this afternoon and will land at the Rox boro airport. Below is an account of the Wash ington celebration as it is scheduled to take place and will be seen by Hie Roxboro people. Washington, June 17. —Gen. Ike Eisenhower comes home from the European wars tomorrow and offi cial Washington will give him the welcome due a conquering hero. Turning aside briefly from a war still to be won in the Pacific, the wartime capital will allow itself a seventh inning stretch to cheer the man who mastered Hitler's hordes. From airport to Pentagon to Cap itol Hill tlie modest Allied command er in chief will be greeted by martial music, forests of flags and the plaudits of multitudes. Allowing itself the first breather after three and a half strictly-busl rioss years, the Army will turn on such military pomp as can be spar ed from war for a day of Jubilation. Government workers, who stayed at their desks in the hour of European victory, will be given a partial holi day. General Eisenhower and his offi cial party of 53 arc scheduled to arrive at the National Airport across the Potomac at 11 A. M. eastern war time. The minutely-planned army schedule calls for the last pro peller of his 100-planc bomber and fighter escort to be stopped 15 min utes later. Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff, will be on hand to greet Eisenhower as he steps down from his plane, flying In from Paris byway of Bermuda, The U. S. Army band, recalled for the occasion from furlough granted after two years of duty ov erseas will give an official musical wrlcomc. Then will start the parade around the bend of the Potomac to the mammoth five-sided War Depart ment building. The general’s motor cade will enter the Inner court of the Pentagon through a tunnel and he will be met there by Secretary of War Henry L. Stlmson. Leaving the Pentagon, the official party will enter Washington over the Memorial Bride, circle the Lin coln Memorial and proceed to the (Continued on page four) J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Many Said To Oppose Opening For Old Belt May Decide This Week On Holding Raleich Meeting, Danville. Va., June 17.—The board of governors of the Tobacco Asso ciation of the United States is ex pected to determine this week fin ally whether the organization shall have a two-day convention in Ra leigh, N. C., June 27 and 28 to dis cuss important issues confronting the south's leaf trade. The belief is that the board will vote against a convention but will sanction a meeting of the governors, who would meet the sales commit tee and the marketing committees so that a schedule for opening and closing dates can be announced. The sales committee has already listed its tentative schedule but old belt warehousemen are not sure that it will work and feel that the com mittee has not advanced the open ing of the lower belts in ratio to the advance of the crop's early maturity this year. The old belt warehousemen arc represented as feeling that when September 18 arrives—date set for the opening of that belt —they will be told that the buyers have not finished buying the crop in south and eastern Carolina and that for this reason the old belt auction sea ! (Continued on page foul) Dave W. Dickey 01 Hurdle Mills Dies At Home Dave W. Dickey, 71. of Hurdle Mills, a native of Person and a re j tired farmer, died this morning at three o'clock at his home from par alysis, the first stroke having occur red last November. Funeral will be Tuesday afternoon !at four o'clock at Walnut Grove Methodist church with interment in the cemetery’ there. Rites will be in | charge of the Rev. R. W. Hovis, pas | tor of Berry’s Grove Baptist church, jof which the deceased was a mcm i ber. I Survivors include, his wife, Mrs. Lillie Wagoner Dickey, of the home, three sons, J. W. and C. H„ of Rox boro, Route 3, and D. C.. of Hills boro; four daughters, Mrs. H. W. Chambers, of Hurdle Mills and Mrs. P. L. Chambers, of Rougemont, and Misses Bessie and Gertrude Dickey, of the home. Also surviving are eighteen grandchildren. o Holmes Honored By Rotary District Edenton, June—Around 250 Ro tarians and Rotary Anncs from all over the 189th District gathered in the Edenton Armory Thursday night to attend a John Holmes night plan ned by the Edenton Rotary Club honoring John A. Holmes, governor of the district and member of the Edenton Club who has the distinc tion of leading the Rotary world this year in extension work. Holmes has six new clubs to his credit. Included in the guests were seven past district governors, all of whom in brief remarks praised Holmes for his record as governor The past governors were W. B. Kiker of Reldsvillc, Wade Marr of Eli zabeth City, Hall Orr of Rocky, Mount, Robert L. Madry of Chapel Hill, Irvin Morgan of Farmvillc, Maynard Fletcher and Edmund Harding of Washington. H. A. Campcn, president of the Edenton Club, served as .toastmas ter during the evening. Holmes was presented a gold watch by the local club and the district presented him with a silver pitcher and tray o Commissioners To Meet This Week Both City and County Commis sioners will meet this week in sep arate sessions. City meeting will be Tuesday afternoon in the City Hall, while County session will take place Wednesday In the office of T. C- Brooks, County accountant. Chief business at both sess\ons will be budgets and tax rates. The meeting of the County Commis sioners will be their third for this month. Courier=®imes MINISTER MAKES STRONG APPEAL FOR PLAYGROUND IN ROXBORO Rev. Mr. Farrar At Allensville I’itldboro Minister Speaking: ! This Week At Allensville. j : Special Evangelistic Services and! 1 a Vacation Church School are In i progress In the Allensville Methodist Church this week. I The Vacation Church School is * being conducted each morning from j nine to eleven o'clock through Fri day. The special Evangelistic Ser- I vices arc to be conducted each ev- 1 ening beginning at eight o'clock with 1 a song and prayer service. Rev. W. G. Farrar, Pastor of the Pittsboro Methodist Charge will as sist the pastor, Rev. E. C. Maness, by doing the preaching. Mr. Farrar ( will be present tonight to do the | preaching each evening through the i week and for two services next Sun- I day. The services next Sunday will( be conducted in the morning and afternoon and picnic lunch will be, served on the grounds. The public is cordially invited to attend these services and work and worship with the local Church. ! Person Tobacco Looking Good ■ ;. Person County farmers are now surveying their tobacco crop that! has been planted and it is well on ■ the way. As far as the farmers arc I concerned the crop looks good and I they are well pleased with it; | At the present time there is a | large amount of moisture in the i soil and there have been several I local showers but from now on the j growers will need rain at frequent | intervals. 1 A large portion of the crop in Per- I | son County this year Is planted i with plants from eastern Carolina , j and as far as can be ascertained j the plants arc doing well and will j produce in this section of the state : las well as anywhere. I Many farmers were unable to | j plant all of their allotment on ac- ! count of labor shortage bu' on the i whole the county Is expected to j ] produce about as much as usual j Everyone expects this years crop to bring a good price if the rains j come and the sun shines when! needed. i 0 Slight Damage James Daniel, 20, white, of this county was arrested Saturday night by officers in Roxboro on a charge of drunken driving. Daniels hit a car belonging to Rufus Wrenn also of this county at the road tntersec • tion at Clayton and Stewart's gro- Icc'ry on Main street near the stop I light. j There was little damage to either j car. it was reported. ; —-—o —; I Aaron Gentry Free Pvt. Aaron Gentry, son of Willie Gentry, is home after being a pris oner of war in Germany since June 8, 1944. His grandmother, Mrs. Bill Gentry lives at Roxboro. HOME FROM FLORIDA Robert McGilbert Wagstaff, with the United States Navy, Florida, is sending several dgys here with his mother, Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff. Leaders In Young Peoples Institute Being Held Here This Week jijP ii v "*f; Jlbb Hi I ■flip' ** .jMsM IIIS^ LAMAR BROOKS MISS CLARINE JOHNSON BILL FARRAR MISS JOSEPHINE HUGHES Shown above are Bill Farrar, of Gastonia, Lamar Brooks of Mars Hill and Misses Clarine Johnson, Wilmington, and Josephine Hughes, of Greer, S. C., leaders in a Young Peoples’ Institute being held each night and morning this week at Roxboro First Baptist church and open to all young people in the city regardless of denomination, who are cordially invited. The institute is expected to be of special interest to young men and women of high school and college age. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1945 j Rev. J. Boyce Brooks Makes Stirring Appeal At Civic Club Thursday Night | A stirring appeal for construction; of a playground or recreation center ! in Roxboro was voiced here Thurs- • (day by the Rev. J. Bovcc Brooks,’ ' I ' ispeakcr at annual Father and Son | | night of Roxboro Rotary club, who | j declared that the City of Roxboro, j ought and should be able to provide ! recreational facilities for its young j people. | The minister's statement, positive j in tone and forcefully expressed, jeame at the end of an address on The mutual responsibilities that lath- I j ers and sons have to cacli other, j I Pointing out that t lie obligations of! fatherhood extend to all adult lead-) ers. the Rev. Mr. Brooks asserted! that a City can afford to be proud ' |of its churches, schools, homes and business establishments, but that its I obligations extend further in the (building up of character and leader- Lunsford, Perkins Get Advancement Miss Penny Has Club Program Business And Professional Women Choose Four New Members. Members of the Roxboro Business and Professional Women's Club held i ! their regular meeting Tuesday ev-I ening at Hotel Roxboro. Miss Evelyn I Caldwell. Vice-President, presided, in the absence of the President, Mrs Beth Crutchfield. Miss Lura Penny, assistant per sonnel manager of Collins and Aik- i man corporation, had charge of the program. Site introduced four new ! members of the club. Misses Mary! I Jones. Eleanor Hester, Helen Reid \ ; Sanders and Vivian Hiers, each of whom explained the nature of the I work she is doing. j The Club membership is now com-! ! posed of women in the following • j professions: 3 teachers: 4 bookkeep-’ |ers; and one each of the following: | Secretary; deputy sheriff; home i demonstration agent; stenographer;) store manager; office manager;) j farmer; office assistant; deputy ) register of deeds; cashier; clerk; | assistant personnel manager; county superinteident of welfare;, and) church secretary. ■ Alo*uj *llte Way ■ Believe it or not, but B. G. (Burleigh) Clayton is painting his bouse. By that I mean that he is doing it himself. He is not hav ing it done. Why he picked the hottest weather in five years to do the job is more than I know but if you don’t believe this you can go and see for yourself. Now I will agree with you that I never thought that my friend B. G. would undertake such a big job in such hot weather but facts are facts. He is painting and sweating and drinking ice water. When he started painting the house it did not look so large but now the thing looks much larger than the largest barn in the county and I feel sure that Burleigh feels like it needs only or.e coat of paint. As he works on the house he looks in his garden and the weeds are growing taller each day. Now he has decided that he ought to stop work on the house and get in the garden. I'll bet a nicicle that if he ever leaves that house job for any length of time that he never returns to it. And I'll also bet that he doesn't paint the roof. I know I couldn't. ship in young people. | Establishment of a playground j here 'would be one way to see that I young people are kept in safe and sane channels. There is no substl- I tute for wholesome and directed | play activity, said the minister, add ing that other towms, many of them smaller than Roxboro. have such | playground programs, valuable ad juncts in preventing and curbing j juvenile delinquency, j The club program, with many fathers and son in attendance, w'as i in charge cf H. Wheeler Newell, who ! presented Mr. Brooks. Youngest son ! present was Ray Parrish. Jr., whose ) father left the next day for Thomas ; villc. Mr. Parrish has resigned as ’ club secretary and has been succeed ed bv C>. L. Allen, appointed by the club directors to serve during the unexpired term of Mr. Parrish. Meeting was at Hotel Roxboro. | Retirement Os C. C. Garrett Means Promotion For Two, t. Ernest Lunsford, regular clerk at; the U S, Post office and serving at the stamp and general delivery window, has been promoted to money order and registry clerk, succeeding C. C Garrett, who is to retire as of July 1, after serving twenty or mere years, according to Postmaster L. M. Carlton, of the Roxboro Post Office. | Mr. Garrett, now on vacation, left j the Post Office last week and it. is understood he plans to become rep resentative for an insurance com pany. A veteran of World War One, with :a record of overseas service. Mr. !Garrett has been active in both the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, being commander | of . the Lewell T. Huff Post of VFW. He is a member of the Exchange club. Mr. Lunsford, who has been with 'the Post Office a number of years, its a member of Roxboro Rotary club of which he is the retiring treasurer. ’ Promotion of Mr. Lunsford means also the promotion of Bedford Per (kins from substitute clerk to regular j clerk and opens the way for naming jnf an additional substitute clerk. | according to Mr. Carlton. Retirement of Mr. Garrett comes ;in the regular course of duty under ! provisions set up by the Civil Ser vice. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE LI. Whitlow's Grandfather Dies i Rites Held Saturday For James Bruce Stephens, 86. ! James Bruce Stephens. 86. of i Longhurst. grandfather of Lt. Fv i elyn Whitlow : of Leasburg, died (Thursday morning at the home of ■a son. Ira Stephens. He was a na | five of casweli County, having lived i here 25 years after retiring from i farming. Death was attributed to (old age and complications, j Funeral services qfere held (it Longhurst Methodist Church Satur day afternoon at four o'clock, with interment in Burehwood Cemetery ! Annex. Rites were in charge of ! the Rev. C. G. McCarver. Surviving are two sons, Hen;y of ) Caswell County and Ira of Long j hurst, and two daughters, Mrs. Car trie Whitlow of Leasburg and Mrs. I Lottie Walker of Danville. Va. Lt. Whitlow his (granddaughter, now in the United States, was with the Army Nurse Corps at Battaan and w f as later imprisoned by the Japanese. iMiss Hurdle Will (Attend Camp Miss Lena Hurdle of Bushy Fork, • will represent, the 4-H clubs of Per son County, at the. Wild, Life Con servation Camp in Winston-Salem (the week of June 19-23, to be held • for 4-H club members who have I done project work in wild life con ! servation. For several years, Miss Hurdle lias been carrying this project along .( with other work that, she was par ticularly interested in doing and i was ready to attend camp last sum mer, when it had to be called off I because of Infantile Paralysis ep idemic. ' Local B & L Buys $50,000 War Bond The Roxboro Building and Loan Association has invested $50,000 in (war bonds in the Seventh War Loan drive, stated J. W. Noell. president iof the associaton. This lump purchase was made in (addition to other bonds that have been acquired by the association jand represents an investment of (part of the funds that will be ready tor financing home construction as ! soon as conditions will permit. o Rites Held For Ashley Infant Graveside rites for Rufus Wayne ( Ashley, 4 days' old son of Mr. and ( Mrs. E. J. Ashley of Brooksdale, were j held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock )in the cemetery at Surl Primitive 'Baptist Church. The child died [ Thursday afternoon at the home of the parents, who survive, as does a brother, James Frederick Ashley. (The child had been ill since birth. ‘—o- I Four-H To Meet Mrs. H. J. Coates, of Longhurst, j a leader for 4-H elub girls in her neighborhood, is planning to hold the June meeting at her home Wed nesday afternoon, June 20, at 3:30 p. m. All 4-H club girls in this ! neighborhood are urged to be prbs : ent at this meeting. Person Native Will Welcome Texas Fighter R. B. Beaver Has Pleasant Duty To Perform, 1 Native of Roxboro and Person ( county is R. B. Beaver, now mayor of Farmcrsville, Texas, who has a job on his hands, the official welcoming : back to Farmersville of one of that ; town's heroes. Lt. Audie Murphy, : one of the most decorated men in . , the Army, who is coming home from I Europe. ; ' Mayor Beaver, who wants his own • home-town. Roxboro, folks to know I what is happening in Farmersville., i' sends a clipping about. Lt. Murphv i > I from the Fort Worth Texas. “Star- l Telegram, dated June 8. Associated | j. Press. I't reads as follows: ■ i Lt.. Audie Murphy, the little 20- > vear-old Texan who won every med- l ' j ivl in the: book, will come home to a • white cottage, but if the 2.206 cit izens of Farmersville have their way. ' f i he'll never manage to sneak in the > • | back door. < The grapevine here buzzes with' < ■ the news that Murphv.. one of the < two most decorated men in the U. t ■ S. Army, is on his way back from i ' Europe and already civic leaders (1 \ have held two meetings to plan ai i big reception. “Everybody lias an eye out for him, Mayor R. B. Beaver said. "I 1 : (Continued on page three) ! Presbyterians Raise Larqe Sum Friday Veterans Will Find It Hard * To Find Clothes NEW YORK, June 17 - Returning GI s will find slim pickings when they set out to replace their uni -1 forms with new civilian clothes. ) ‘ Men’s wear spokesmen said vfeter ' ans would be hardest hit by the 1 clothing shortage, but that millions already in civilian clothes also would ; l'eel the pinch. s' The suit and overcoat supply was . ' described as critical, and mens f furnishings are at the lowest point >' since the war began. "Retailers arc operating on a hand to mouth basis and empty shelves will be commonplace by fall,'' one manufacturer said. Jerome I. Udell, president of Max Udell, Sons, and company, manu facturers, saw the situation as even e more acute and declared: I : “Unless there is immediate relief. K most retail clothiers will be faced < j by September with the necessity of p i closing shop for several hours a day, j ! several days a week, or perhaps j t completely for a period.” x "Overcoat stocks are at the lowest ebb in 20 years," one men's wear manufacturer said. “Retailers have ( very few. and manufacturers have: | none.” Men's suit production lias been i cut drastically since the first of tlie i year by tlie government freeze on I I civilian use worsted yarns, but small amounts still are moving to retail-; ) ers. It is estimated that 85 to 90 per ’ ' cent of men s suits are worsteds. s Ben Goldman, partner in Eagle )ciothes manufacturers, said makers’ spring deliveries of fabric would be (completed by July 1. "If the worsted freeze it lifted ' August 18 as scheduled, we should start getting new goods in October ; and could begin shipping to retailers [ in December. But we will get no | worsteds from July 1 to October 1,” | j he added. j M. J. Lovell, secretary-counsel of j the National Association of Shirt ’ and Pajama Manufacturers, said, I “Civilian shirt production, now at I the lowest point in many years, will [ continue to decline." o ! Retired Teacher Now Librarian Mrs. Ophelia King, a retired [ Negro school teacher, has sue- ( ceeded Mrs. Ruby Hester as li brarian at the Negro Branch of the Person County Public Library. Mrs. Hester has resigned in order to take graduate work at Columbia I University, New York. Confirma tion of the new appointment was made Friday at regular meeting of the Person Library board, where chief business was final approval of tentative budget for the new fiscal year. 1 Fatal Highway Accident IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945 DON'T HELP INCREASE IT! DRIVE CAREFULLY NUMBER 57 Production Room Production room of Person Chapter of the American Red Cross will be open each Thurs day afternoon from two to five o'clock, in the Wilburn and Sat terfield building, effective this week, according to Mrs. T. T. Mit chell, production chairman, lor the purpose of obtaining materials to make bedside bags, housewives’ kits, utility bags, and bedslippers for Camp Butner hospital. It is hoped that many women will re spond. Materials may be taken to hemes and the completed arti cles returned to the Production room on the Thursday on which it is open. Vaccination Clinics Listed Tlie following schedule is planned for next week for vaccination clinics by the Person Health Department; Monday. June. 25, July 2. 9, and 16th. Roseville, 9:45 to 1(* a. m.; Honey Winstead's Store, 10:30 to 11:00 a. m.: Perkins Store. 11:30 to 12 noon; Guy Clayton Store. 12:30 to 1 p. in.; Concord Store, 1:30 to 2 p. m.; Me-. Ghee School. 2:30 to 3 p. m.: Cun ningham Store. 3:30 to 3:45; Wed nesday. June 27th, July 4, 11, and 18th: Gentry's Store. 10 to 10:30 a. m.: Bethel Hill School. 10:45 to 11:30; High Plains' School, 11:45 to 12:30 p in.; Dixon's Store. i:3O - '2:00: Phillips Store, (.near Lee Jeffers School) 2:30 to 3:00. Roxboro Presbyterians yesterday and on Friday pledged around $lO,- 000 of a needed $15,000 to begin their church building fund that is expected to total $45,000 for con struction of a new church and Sun i day school building. Initial pledges of about five thou sand dollars were made Friday night at a reception dinner given at Hotel Roxboro by the members to honor their new pastor, the Rev. George W. Heaton and their daugh ter. Miss' Harrietts Heaton. Also honored were the Rev. and Mrs. J. Cecil Lawrence, of Raleigh, the Rev. Mr. Lawrence being superintendent of Home Missions for Granville presbytery. The five thousand dollars pledged Friday night was added to approx imately $3,000 already on hand to begin tlie building fund, while $2,000 more, making a total of $lO,- 000 was pledged between Friday and yesterday. The fifteen thousand dollars now being Sought is intend ed to be for beginning of construc tion on the Sunday school building, which is to be erected first and will be placed back of the present church building. Official welcome at the dinner was extended by I'. O. Abbitt and brief addresses were made by the Rev. Mr. Heaton, the Rev. Mr. Lawrence, Thomas Dixon, toast master, and by J. V. King, of the U. S. Army, home on furlough. Music was by Miss Billie Street, violinst, with Mrs. K. L. Street, pianist. Official hostess at the re ception was Mrs. J. H. Hughes. In addition to the honor guests, several others were also invited, among them, Miss Catherine Mc- Cormick and Tom Shaw, Miss Street and Mrs. Street. It is planned that all pledges are to be on basis of present earn ings of members and considerable aid will be given by the Home Mis sion committee. The meeting last ed three hours. Marvin W. Gillis Dies In Virginia Marvin Woodrow Gillis, 7-months* old son of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Gillis of Newport News, Va., and Roxboro, died in a Newport News hospital Sunday morning following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. A. S. Gillis of the Virgilina Road. Bur ial wil be in the Gillis family ceme tery. Rites will be in charge of Elder L. P. Martin, of Roxboro. o CONFERS WITH NENNI ii ROME, June 17.—Crown Prince Umberto conferred with Pietro Nenni, Italian socialist leader, on the formation of a new government and Nenni said later he had advised Umberto to resign and proclaim ft republic. Umberto, lieutenant gener al of the realm, was attempting to form a new government following the resignation last night of Premise Ivanoe Bonoml.