War, Bond Dollars Are Double Duty Dollars VOL. LXIV. Victory Celebration Throughout County Was Large Event Divine Services Held Over City and County Tuesday Night. All Was Quiet f.) Wednesday As Farmers Continued To Gather Tobacco. Shortly after 7:00 P. M. Tuesday night of last week it was announced that Japan had accepted the terms of surrender as laid down by the Allies. In a minute or two after that the fire siren was sounding the news and auto horns over the entire .city joined in the glad tidings. Then ‘'’’church bells added to the celebra tion and many horns and other items that people could find. The celebration in Roxboro con tinued until after midnight Tues day. Main street of Roxboro was crowded with people who wanted to ■see what others were doing and al tho all places of business were clos ed the people continued to come to town to join in the celebration. The high school band, or a fairly large portion of it, managed to find a truck and members of the band played piece after piece as the truck hauled them over the city. Divine church services were held in the First Baptist Church on Tues day night and in other churches over the county. A large crowd was present at services in the Baptist Church. Churches were also open I & over the county on Wednesday. Altho Wednesday was observed as a holiday over this city and county everything was quiet. All places of business were closed as were all of fices but there was no more cele brating of the noisy kind. On Wed nesday the celebrating was in the hearts of the people and a majority of the citizenship of the county stayed at heme to do that. Farmers did not hive time to O take a holiday on Wednesday. The tooacco crop wits ripe and end of war or not it had to come out of field and be put into the bam. Farmers rejoiced but worked on. And now the war is over. The ac tive celebration is a thing of the past, but for many years there will be joy in the hearts of man. o 0 Newspapers Aid Social Security By Publicity The office of the Social Security Board servicing Person County, lo cated in Durham, received 5.324 ap plications for duplicate account cards in 1944, compared with 6,463 rin 1943. These figures show a mark ed decrease over the totals of the previous year. Nina H. Matthews, manager of the office, stated that she was encouraged by the showing made in this area since it indicates an increasing awareness by individ. uals of the importance of social se curity account cards and a desire on their part to cooperate in the saving manpower and money for the United States Government. * "The reduction in the number of requests for duplicate account num ber cards could not have been made possible without the coopera tion of the press and workers. Through newspapers, the attention of the worker has been called to the necessity to hold on to his social security card." Mrs. Matthews said it is the hope of the Social Security Board to show a still further re * ducticn in the number of lost cards ’ that must be replaced in 1945. VFW Post To Meet Thursday Members of the VFW Lewell 'Thomas Huff Post 2058 will meet Thursday night, August 23rd at the t Service Center at 6:30 and will then jlgo to Louis Long's in the Olive Hill section of the county where they will be* served a barbecue chicken supper. All members are urged to be present and bring a buddy. A special meeting will be held after supper at the Service Center. James A. Jordan, adj. v ° Andrew Hubbard $ Bound Over Andrew Hubbard, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, a knife, about two weeks ago, was today given a hearing in the May or's court and was bound over to Recorder’s Court under a bond of one hundred dollars. The alleged assault took place on North Main Street. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Rites Held For Mrs. Stanfield; Dies Wednesday Mrs. Josephine Hambrick Stan field, 75, of Lcasburg died at her home Wednesday morning at 7:30 after an extended illness of Iwo months. Funeral services were held at Leasburg Methodist church Tnurs day afternoon at 3 o’clock with in terment following in the Leasburg cemetery. Services were conducted by the Rev. W. G. Burain, pastor of the church. Mrs. Stanfield was born in 1870 in Thomasvillc and was the daugh ter of the late John Hambrick and Martha Paylor. She was a life long resident of the Leasbutg com munity. Fallbearers wee'j' Jon a Stephens, Voss Stephens, Joe Smith, Jerry Warren Dixon, Waiter Connelly, George Connally, Kelly Brewer. Al fred Benny and Joan Pleasants Floral bearers war; members ol the Ladies Sunday School Class of the Leasburg Methodist Church. Survivors are one daughter. Mrs R. S. Rittenberry of Charlotte; three sons, John and Louis Stan field of the heme and Dr. W. W. Stanfield of Dunn, and two grand children. She was the widow of B. E. Stanfield who died in 1935, PERSON COUNTY PEOPLE ARE REACTING TO NEWS QUIETLY I The people of Person County are i reacting to the close of the war very j quietly and one might say very j wisely. They are talking about it, | discussing it and wondering what the Japs are going to do but even with that they are going about their business much as they did a week ago or a year ago. So far there has been no rush to change jobs. With restrictions lifted they could do that but all appear to be very well satisfied. Service sta tion operators say that they sold only a fair amount of gas the first day that rationing was removed. A few did "Fill Her Up” but not too many. The first day after the end of the war cigarettes seemed to be placed on every counter in the city where smokes were supposed to be and these counters still have cigar ettes on them. No one seems to want more than two packs at a time now. The man who heats with fuel oil breathed a sigh of relief when he found out that he woud not be ra tioned on oil but the man who uses coal is wondering whether his feet are going to get cold this winter Jack D. Lunsford Timberlake, Gets Purple Heart Survivor of the sinking of a U. S. warship in the Normandy invasion, Jack D. Lunsford, seaman first class, USNR, of Timberlake, has been awarded the Purple Heart. The belated presentation was made during a formal, war-zone ceremony by the USS Texas’ com manding officer, Capt. Charles A. Bawer, USN, of Washington, D. C. under*whom Lunsford served at the Iwo Jima and Okinawa invasions. Lunsford, 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cheatham Lunsford of Star Route, Timberlake, was aboard the USS RICH, a destroyer escort, when she ran afoul of three enemy mines at Normandy. The force of exploding mines ca tapulated him into the sea. Suffering from a fractured shoulder blade and a bruised right leg, Lunsford swam back to his slowly sinking ship, was hoisted aboard, and there awaited rescue by PT boats. After he had recuperated from his wounds in a hospital in England, He was returned to the States for a 30 day survivors leave. In Septem ber, 1944, He was assigned to duty with the anti-aircraft batteries aboard this battleship, veteran of two world wars, and only American vesesl of Its type credited with fighting the enemy in waters off three continents—Europe, Africa and Asia. Qtbt Courter^ime? Nazi Prisoner May Be Here Lt. Kurt Rossmeisel, German war prisoner of Camp Butner, has escaped from the prison there and may be in this neighborhood, of ficers from Camp Butner report ed Saturday while In Roxboro in an effort to locate him. Rossmeisel is five feet and seven inches tall, has sparce light brown hair, blue eyes and a ruddy com plexion. He speaks English fluent ly with a slight English accent. He escaped from Camp Butner on August 4th. When last seen he was wearing a summer army uniform and carrying a raincoat and a reddish brown leather bag. People in this community who think that they have seen this man are requested to report any information that they may have concerning him to G. C. Robin son, chief of police of Roxboro, N. C. Major Jackson Gels Two Awards Receives Two Bronze Star Awards For Meritorious Service. - Major William H. R. Jackson, as sistant Division Chaplain of the 30th Infantry Division has received the Bronze Star Medal Citation on two occasions since being with the fighting forces in the European theatre of the war. Major Jackson is the husband of Mrs. Vertie Moore Jackson now of this city. He was born in New York and lias been in service for five years. In 1933 he was married to Miss Vertie Moore who at that time was teaching in Aurora. N. C. where (Continued on page 6j but even this fellow is quietly go ing on his way. Now the news comes that ration ing may be removed from meats |soon and this is making the house i wives very happy as well as the |market man who has had his share jof troubles. I Soldiers who were here from their | camps took the news as easy as anyone. Many had seen service ov erseas. It was easy to sec that they were glad to hear the tidings but they had seen too much of the war or too much of army life to make too much of a demonstration. All knew that they had to go back to camp and they did not know wheth er they would have to go to the Pacific or not. | Now it's over and altho the people of this city and county do no expect to ease up in their work they do expect to be able to stop a few of their worries and to not be bothered with some things that have literally worried them to death for the past several years. o Two Principals Meet Scheduled R. B. Griffin, superintendent of county schools, announced last week that there will be two principals meeting's at the opening of schools this year. The first one will take place Monday, August 20th in the Board of Education office and the second will take place Thursday, August 23. This will also be in the Board of Education office. Both are county-wide. All white bus drivers scheduled to meet Monday morning, August 27 at Roxboro High school and col ored bus drivers are to meet Tues day, August 21st at Person County training school. Both meetings are scheduled for 9:00 A. M. At this time they will be given instructions as to their busses and rules and reg ulations. o Barbecue Supper The Roxboro Kiwanis Club met Thursday night Instead of the reg ular time of Monday night at the cabins of Louis Long in the Olive Hill section of the county where a barbecue chicken dinner was serv ed. Approximately sixty were present for the occasion, including many wives of Kiwanians and other Invit ed guests. The meeting was held out doors and that plus the bad weather caus ed the Kiwanians to do away with any lengthy program. President Jim Long was in charge of the meeting. Invocation was given by J. W. ' Green. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA Selective Service Board Resigns Rotary Sponsors Symphony Orchestra High Honor Is Awarded To Lt. R. P. Walker Awarded Posthumously to His Widow, M.rs. Margaret War ren Walker, at Camp But ner On August 15th. The Distinguished Service Cross, the Nation's second highest award was presented in a formal review Wednesday morning at 11:00 a. m. in front of Post Headquarters, Camp Butner, N. C. to Mrs. Margaret War ren Walker, widow of Person County of First Lieutenant Richard P. Walker. Mrs. Walker is a native of Person County, having lived a large part of her life in the Bushy Fork sec tion of the county. She has otie daughter, Mary Katherine Walker who was born two weeks after her father was killed. Lt. Waiker entered the army in April 1941 and was sent overseas in April of 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in June 1944 and later the Infantry Combat Badge. He was lat er awarded another Purple Heart for wounds that caused his death. Mrs. Walker has taught school in this county for several years and was an officer in the WAC for 16 months. The citation to Lt. Walker reads as follows: Richard p. Walker, <0338170), I First Lieutenant, Infantry, 349th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action, on 9th Octobci 1944, near Sassoleone, Italy. First Lieutenant Waiker displayed extraordinary he jroism in hostile fire while attacking < continued on page 6) -—; -O- Tobacco Crop Curing Nicely Person County tobacco is being cured well’and rapidly. Not that the fires are burning in the flues any ! faster than before but that the i growers are losing no time getting it out of the fields when it is ready and then quickly getting it to the barns and the fire going. There is hardly a farm in this county that has all the labor that is needed and therefore those who are on hand are having to do more work than ever before. Many people in this county are working all day and watching the fires at the barns all night. There are hundreds of people who have not been to bed in weeks. Even at that the crop is curing well. All growers appear to be well pleased with the way the cured crop looks and they are expecting good prices. Some tobacco farmers will tell you that they are about half through gathering the weed from the fields and others will tell you that they are not quite half through. That there will be much tobacco in the fields when schools of the county open is well known. This will hurt attendance for several weeks as it will almost be necessary for the children to stay at home and help harvest the crop. Labor has been so hard to get this summer that prices for people to help pull the leaves, tie the tobacco on the stick or even pass the leaves has been higher than ever. Prices for this kind of work has been run ning around four and five dollars a day and a fairly large size kid could also demand this price in some in stances. ■ Alo*Uf Way - Shaw of the Editorial staff of the Courier-Times is now on his vacation. I really do not know whether Tom Is going to leave the city or not. When Tom takes a vacation he really takes one. He doesn't even believe In putting out enough effort to travel. A vacation to him means sleep and rest and he does it by the hpurs. Os course he eats all that he can and wHI even get up in the middle of the night to eat a good meal. That boy likes good food. Tom Said that he might go to Greensboro but we expect that he will go In the opposite direction. He probably said Greensboro Just to keep us from knowing where he would be. In other words he doesn't wish to be bothered with us or anyone mentioning news or editorials to him while he is "vacating.” HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE 1 Many Servicemen Guess of Club. Special Program For Thursday Meeting. Roxbo'rc's Rotary Club will act as: sponsor for the N. C. Symphony I fund for Person county with Fred j Masten and Wallace Woods as co-j chairman, it was announced Fri day. Recommendation was made by the music committee of the club. Therefore Person county will con- j tribute their share toward a sym phony orchestra, already of which the shite has contributed a few hundred dollars. The orchestra will be composed of musicians of the; state and the group will hold con certs throughout the state in an effort to further the spread of music. Mayor S. G. Winstead gave a brief and inspiring talk concerning the | recent surrender of the Japanese i and some of the postwar obligations ; faced by all communities. | Rota nan Gordon C. Hunter, pres jident of the N. C. Banker's Associa tion, was introduced by Louis Stan | field, who was in charge of the pro gram at the regular meeting of the j club at Hotel Roxboro Thursday I night. Mr, Hunter presented the fol lowing guests who were servicemen or ex-servicemen: Clyde J. Oakley, Elmo Mitchell, J. D. Oliver, J. E, Latta. Jr„ A. R. Tingen. Sgt. Clay ton, Biuce Newell. Jr., and Carr M. Bullock. . I Each guest was quereied by Mr. j Hunter tor expressions of their itn ipression of various countries they |had Visited. All had many experi ence.-'. but were unanimous in say ing there was no country like home {'. Rotary club meeting night this week promises to be one of the highlights of the organization when jg Rotary Information meeting from five in the afternoon through eight | that night. Outstanding speakers appearing on the program will be Bert Weaver, Reidsville. president, : district-governor: Bob Madry. Chap el Hill; H. D. "Tarvia" Jones, Gra ham and Dr. C. Sylvester Green Durham. past district-governor. Floyd Peaden, member of the Inter- Club Relations committee will be in charge of the program. New member elected to the club was J. S. Fleming, principal of Mt. Tirzah school. Mrs. H., W. Newell was guest plan-. Jjst at the session. o Rufus Doughton Succumbs Suddenly Sparta, Aug. 17.—North Carolina's "grand old man of the mountains." Rufus A. Doughton died unexpect edly at his home here today. He j was 90 years old. •Governor Rufe” had just eaten breakfast with his family and was reading the morning paper when the fatal attack struck him. His health had not been good in recent i years but there was no warning that I the end was near. Doughton, older brother of Con gressman Robert L. Doughton. the eairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, had a record of ■public service reaching far back in j to the last century. He had served 13 terms in the North Carolina Legislature, was i lieutenant governor (from which j office he derived the “Governor Rufe" cognomen). State revenue commissioner, a district highway commissioner, and chairman of the State Highway Commission. o FAHY RESIGNS POST Washington—A high Government official said today that Charles Fahy has submitted his resignation as Solicitor General and that his successor may be named quickly. jFahy currently is in Europe serv ing as legal adviser for the Amer ican occupation forces. Not In Favor Os Continuing j Calls Pending Congress ional Action. The Person County Selective Ser- J vice Board composed of D. L. Whit- 1 field, Chairman, O. Y. Clayton and R. L. Hester has resigned effective today. Prior to resigning the board cancelled a call for twenty five j white registrants that were to leave tomorrow for preinduction examina- 1 tions. A copy of the lettei; written to I General Van B Metis, State Direct jor of Selective Service is self ex- 1 iplanatory of the stand that the local board members took, i Gen. J. Van B. Metts State Director | Selective Service Headquarters Raleigh, N. C. Dear Sir: Re: Call No. 20 AUgust 21st. 1945 i Preinduction - White. This letter will confirm our tele phone conservation with Col. Upton this morning in regards to the above call. We, the Board Members of Person County Selective Service Board No. I of Roxboro, N. C. are not in favor and feel our people of Person Coun ty are not in sympathy in continu ing to call registrants for Induction or Pre-Induction examination pend ing the action of Congress, i We are cancelling our call for 25 white registrants leaving tomorrow August 21st, 1945 for the preinduc tion examination even though it is contrary to regulations. Please, accept our resignation as I members of the Person County Local Board. Yours very truly, PERSON COUNTY LOCAL BOARD NO. I. D. L. Whitfield O. Y. Clayton R. L. Hester vLonghurst Boy Band Leader On Carrier Hornet Aboard the Aircraft Carrier Hor net in the Pacific—Leading expon ent of North Carolina mountain music aboard his ship is Nathan D. Redman. 28, coxswain. USNR, whose wife and 4-year-old son, Bobbie, live at Longhurst. Many evenings as this great Navy carrier cruises off the Jap coast, Redman and his group of North Carolina musicians, whom he calls "The Happy Valley Boys" played melodies that brought home closer for over a hundred HORNET crew members from that state. A Plankowner of this ship hav ing come aboard before she was commissioned in November, Red man has done much more than en tertain during the 15 months he has been in the Pacific War Zone. Throughout the campaigns for New Guinea, the Marianas. Palau, the China Sea and the Philippines Redman helped man the ship's larg est anti-aircraft gun battery. Dur ing the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa his battery shot down Jap suicide planes that were diving on the carrier, o- —— Gen. Wainwright Is Alive And Well Chungking, Aug. 9.—Lt. Gen Jon athan M. Wainwright, who led American and Filipino forces in the last tragic days of Bataan and Cor regidor. has been found alive and in good shape in a Japanese prison camp in Manchuri and will be flown here shortly, it was announced