War Bond Dollars
Are Double Duty
Dollars
VOL. LXIV.
Roxboro Woman's
Brother Becomes
Cherokee Executive
John B. Oakley. Jr., Tar Heel,
Will Succeed E. Pierce
Bruce.
John B. Oakley, Jr„ 39, of Atlanta,
Ga., assistant Scout Executive there,
but a native of Greenville, North
Carolina, and a brother of Mis.
Floyd Peadcn, of Roxboro, will bo
new Executive of Cherokee Coun
cil, succeeding E. Pierce Bruce, re
signed.
Selection of Oakley, wiio will
have residence in Reidsviile and will
come to his new work on October 1,
was made Monday night at Reiris
villc in a meeting of Cherokee
Council officials, who gathered in
the Council office there for a per
sonal interview with the new exe
cutive.
Oakley, who was in Roxboro yes
terday for a visit with the Peadens,
also met other Person District
scout officials and spent some time
going over affairs of the District.
Formerly in furniture and real es
tate business in Floriday, Oakley,
who is married, has a son in ser
vice and two daughters. He is a
Presbyterian and has been active
in civic affairs. He entered Scout
work several years ago and trans
ferred to executive work in the or
ganization about three to lour
years ago,
Going from Roxboro o the
Reidsviile meeting were J. VV.
Green, C. A. Harris, J. S. Merritt
and Thomas J. Shaw, Jr. Presid
ing was Ernest Thompson, Coun
cil president.
Oakley, selected from a field of
lour candidates, was the only one
present Monday night for a person
al interview. He has expressed
pleasure in the condition if affairs
in Cherokee and says he looks for
ward to returning to North Caro
lina. ‘ThS ikmlly was originally
from Granville County.
Mr. Bruce, who was also pres
ent at the Monday meeting, will
go to similar work at LaGrange, Ga.
He has this week issued a state
ment’ of appreciation to all Scout
ers in Cherokee. It reads:
"As you have no doubt seen in
your local paper, X have been re
leased to accept a position as Scout
Executive of the West Georgia
Council with headquarters in La-
Grange, Georgia, as of October Ist.
"I wish to take this opportunity
to express my sincere appreciation
to each and all of you for the splen
did cooperation and good Scouting
you have done during the past three
years, that it has been my privilege
to be your Scout Executive. It is
the fine team work and good Scout
ing spirit that you have shown which
has brought about a good growth
in Cherokee Council that has result
ed in an opportunity of my receiv
ing an offer to go to this new field
of service.
“I covet for your incoming Scout
Executive the same type of coopera
tion you have given me. I am sure
that there is no other Council with
such an excellent Scouting spirit
and I know you will continue to
serve the boys of these four coun
ties in the same way you have been
serving and even better.
"J wish to merely say, "So Long”,
to the Scouters and fine people of
Cherokee area and 1 will be watch
ing with great expectancy your re
cord in the years to come and feel
ing a close kinship to the future
program of Cherokee Council."
Turtle Ways Os
Value, Say Couple
Like the turtle, Mr. and Mrs.
CTyde Murphy, of Roxboro, more
recently of Newport News, Va„
where Mr. Murphy has been in war
work since Pearl Harbor, carry their
house with them. While in Virginia
they lived in a trailer, and now that
they are back in Roxboro to stay,
they still have their trailer, and are
they glad?
Yes, they are, for they cannot
find a house in Roxboro, which is
no news here, but was to the Mur
phys', who thought they would be
leaving war congestions when they
left Virginia. Anyway, the Murphys
are here and their trailer is parked
in the yard of his parents’ home on
Barnette street.
Mr. Murphy plans to be associated
in business with his father, B. W.
Murphy, oil company representative.
Mrs. Murphy Is a trained nurse and
expects to resume work here, also.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Two Person Men
Get Recognition
Bronze Star And Other
Awards Received By Them.
Two Roxboro men, Pfc. James
Carlton Clayton, and Preston E
Blaylock, still overseas in military
service, have recently been re
ported as recipient of honors for
outstanding service,
Blaylock, husband cf Mrs. Helen
Wrenn Blaylock, of this city and
son of Mrs. J. T. Blaylock, of Burl
ington, has received the Bronze
Star award and the Purple Heart.
Now in Belgium with fourteen
months of overseas service, he has
been in the Army for five years.
Pfc. Clayton, who has a brother,
Pfc. Linwood J. Clayton, at camp
Chaffee, Ark., is now in Europe
and has received a certificate of
merit from Col. Laurin L. Williams,
of the 405th Infantry division. The
Claytons are sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Henry Clayton.
Citation for Pfc. James Carlton
Clayton reads as follows:
"From October 28th, 1944, to
May 8, 1945, Pfc. Clayton performed
his duties as platoon runner in a
highly exemplary manner. De
spite enemy fire and extremely dif
ficult and hazardous conditions, he
successfully delivered vital mes
sages and plans, at all times plac
ing the successful accomplishment
of his mission above his personal
safety and comfort. His courage
and devotion to duty reflect great
credit upon himself and the mili
tary service.
Mrs. Walker, Os
Milton, Dies At
Residence There
Mrs. Lewis Walker of Milton, tile
former Miss Sue Somerville Cun
ningham, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson Cunningham %f
Waverley plantation, near Cunning
ham, where she was born, died
Monday morning at her home in
Milton, after an illness lasting sev
eral months. She was born October
27, 1863, and married Mr. Walker
of Milton, now deceased, on Feb
ruary 14, 1904.
Funeral was at Christ Episcopal
Church, Milton, at two o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, with interment
in Milton Cemetery. Surviving are
a sister. Miss Belle Cunningham of
Milton and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Meet Saturday
Members of Berry’s Grove Baptist
Church will meet Saturday morn
ing, September Bth, to clean the
cemetery and church grounds. All
help will be appreciated.
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JAPAN BOUND
Cpl. Lewis Mangum, of Camp Gor
don, Ga„ who is enroute to Fort
George D. Meade, Md., and expects
to take part in the occupation of
Japan, is spending ten days here
with his family.
And both are glad to be back in
Roxboro, although they have no idea
(how long they will have to continue
living in their trailer.
Furthermore, they tell the story
of another Roxboro couple, still in
Newport .News, who are more than
■ anxious to come back home, but
have no house here and no trailer
to bring with them. Also they have
a baby, and that complicates things,
for few houses or apartments are
available at best to couples w’ith
children.
All in all, say the Murphys', there
is a house shortage, and how, right
here in Roxboro. And they think it
is too bad, because they know sev
eral farpilies who are like the one
mention, all ready and waiting to
i come home, with no place to go. It
is sort of funny, perhaps, but sad
•and tragic! too. But the Murphy
clan is glad it has a trailer to put
in "papa's yard.
®he Cotmtr*®ttnejs
Cherry Sends His
Employment View
To Washington
Dough ton Presents Govern
or’s Statement Opposing
Higher Jobless Benefits.
Washington.— North Carolina's
Governor R. Gregg Cherry has in
formed Congress that he opposed
administration-proposed liberaliza
tion of Federal unemployment bene,
fits.
Declaring the suggested action
would result in "eventual Federal
ization of the jobless pay benefits,
the Governor said he and the people
lof his State are against such a
move.
Chairman Doughton (D-N C) of
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee released the Governor’s state
ment. Doughton himself has describ
ed the legislation as putting "a
premium on idleness.” In his state
ment Cherry said:
"I would like to register with you
my opposition and the unanimous
opposition of the General Assembly
of North Carolina, as expressed in a
strong resolution adopted by the
General Assembly of 1945, to any
movement on the part of any indi
vidual or group of individuals to
ward Federalization of our State un
employment compensation system.
"In North Carolina we face the
future with complete confidence, be
lieving firmly that reconversion from
war to peace will be no more diffi
cult in 1945 than was conversion
from peace to war in 1942."
Doughton has told administration
sponsors of the legislation that em
players are badly in need of work
ers. and in his opinion the problem
is not one of unemployment but
rather a redistribution of workers.
Hall Sough!
In Inductions
I
Washington.—Senator Homer Fer
guson (R-Mich), demanded that the
draft be halted temporarily while
| the Army determines whether
enough occupation troops can be ob-
I tained through voluntary enlist
-1 ments.
He told reporters that he felt
enougli volunteers could be obtained
; “if we raise the pay and guarantee
men they won't be kept overseas for
i more than one year at a time."
Ferguson, member of the Senate
War Investigating Committee, also
said continued drafting of v’teen
age youths is retarding their edu
j cation.
The task of occupying Germany
|and Japan is essentially a police
job, Ferguson told reporters, “and
I can't see 18-year-olds in a police
force. 7
Selective Service meanwhile, abol
ished class 11-B which covered reg
istrants deferred for necessary war
i work.
Will Go To 2-A
They will be transferred automat
ically to class 11-A which comprises
registrants "necessary to and regu
larly engaged in an activity in sup
port of the nation health, safety
and interest.” The end of war pro
duction was responsible.
All registrants In class 11-B on
Aug. 31 will be placed in class R-A
until the expiration of their defer
|ment or until their classification is
I reopened.
| Selective Service also reminded
; local boards that President Truman
| has directed that only registrants
i aged 18-25 may be Inducted,
i The memorandum defined the
“national health, safety and inter
ests" needed for 11-A classification
to include the following:
Production and services required
to maintain the armed forces dur
ing occupation of enemy territory;
research, development and produc.
I tion of weapons or other goods nec
essary to national defense; trans
portation and other activities essen
tial to demobilization; essential jobs
in reconversion, and any other ac
tivities which local boards consider
vital.
Whose Mule?
The City of Roxboro Police de
partment has in its possession a
small black mule, found wandering
on the streets of Roxboro in the
business district about midnight
Tuesday by Officers George Walk
er and Charles Wade, according
to announcement today by Chief
of Police George C. Robinson, who
says the animal was taken in
“custody” by the police and is
being held for its owner.
The owner can obtain the ani
mal by giving a description to the
uffioers, says Chief Robinson.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
TRAIN WRECK NEAR CITY HURTS
ONE MAN AS CARS DERAIL
Five freight cars and the ca
boose of a mixed frieght and pas
senger train of the Norfolk and
Western which left Roxboro at
noon today were derailed and
thrown on their sides a few min
utes later near Somerset mills, al
though Howard Cash, about 57, of
Lynchburg, Va„ rear brakeman on
the caboose, was reported as the
only person injured and his hurts
were described as slight.
According to D. Clyde Swartz,
of the Roxboro office of Norfolk
Recreation Seen
As Roxboro Need
“In love with Roxboro for its
friendliness and cordiality and co
operation", as she puts it, Mrs.
Catherine Hidy. of Little Rock, Ark.,
health educator for the Person
ealth Department, who is leaving to
day for her home after a stay of
twelve weeks, says that one of the
greatest needs here is undoubtedly
“a planned recreation program for
young people".
Engaged here is general health
education work. Mrs. Hidy supervis
ed plans for the DDT program and
assisted Health Department and
Kiwanis club officials with their
jointly sponsored tonsil clinics. It is
said that she may return to Roxboro
to continue services here later on.
In speaking of the need for re
creational programs in Roxboro and
Person County, Mrs. Hidy says she
is basing her statement on observa
tions made while here. Her views,
incidentally, have been discussed
more than once recently by civic
organizations and church groups,
Demonstration In
Corn To Be Given
Six field meetings concerned with
corn production in Person Coun
ty are to be held here, beginning
next week, according to announce
ment by Person Farm Agent H. !{.
Sanders, who said today that tile
meetings are to be staged to ob
serve unusual fertilization ynd cul
tural methods in contrast with us
ual norma) methods of production.
Meetings are scheduled as follows:
H. Roy Rogers, Bushy Fork,
Thursday, Sept. 13th, at 9:30 A. M ;
V. O. Blalock, Warren's Grove,
Thrsuday, Sept. 13th, at 10:30 A. M :
John D. Winstead, Jr., Olive Hill.
Thursday, Sept. 13th, at 2:30 P. M.;
Clyde Meadows, Moriah, Friday,
Sept. 14, at 9:30 A. M.; L. P. Sher
man, Thomas’ Store, Friday, o'ey .
14, at 10:30 A. M.; C. T. Hall, Beth
el Hill, Friday, Sept. 14, at 3:JO P.
M.
The six demonstrations had 600
or more pounds of fertilizer ap
plied at planted time well mixed
in the soil, followed with a top
application of from 600 to 750
pounds of Nitrate of Soda, or its
equivalent, when the corn was knee
high, and "laid by" at that time.
Cultivators, and or harrows were
used for two to four times, with
the weeds chopped out on some of
the demonstrations.
It has been said that corn will
burn in dry weather from the use
of too much fertilizer. These dem
onstrations have been conducted lor
the benefit of all concerned to see
if this is actually the case or does
corn burn due to the lack of some
form of plant food. This summer
has been favorable on coin, yet
many observations show that coin
has burned despite plenty o_ mois
ture conditions throughout the
growing season, due, doubtless, to
insufficient plant food.
At the field meetings farmers will
be enabled to observe these condi
tions, which should help in guiding
.heir future corn fertilization ;.nd
cultural practices.
If the yield per acre could be in
creased only 10 percent, it will
mean much to the county total pro
duction. These demonstrations an
considered more or less revolutio
nary by many, but if it will work
and make more and cheaper corn,
it would be the econorrveal pri-.c
‘•ice to follow, says Mr. Sanders.
A good pocket knife will be •
twarded the person at each place!
vhn estimates the nearest yield I
hese demonstrations will make
:ompared ty the usual method cm
ployed, standing beside the main -
demonstrations.
All are invited to attend tnese',
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1945
and Western, no reason is known
for the accident. The passenger
cars and others were sent on to
Durham. The train was composed
of right to ten freight cars and
three passenger cars, according to
reports received here. The train
was said to have been running a
little late.
The caboose was reported as
smashed rather badly. 'Contents
of one of the cars was canned
goods, peaches or peas, according
to one spectator.
the leaders of which are in agree
ment that whatever is done in the
way of postwar planning should in
clude recreation facilities for all.
The same attitude was reflected
last night in a meeting of the Ne
gro Health club at the Negro com
munity center, where William Nich
ols. reelected as chairman, presided.
Planned recreation and playgrounds
were stressed by club members as
needs for Negroes, also. Next meet
ing of the club will be Tuesday night
at the community center at eight
O'clock.
Among health officials present
last night was the new Negro Health
Educator, Miss Murcell Allen, of
Chapel Hall, recently come from
Richmond. Va., who will work in
Person. Orange and Chatham.
Church and school organizations
here have several individual recrea
tion programs underway here for
white boys and girls, but there has
been little if anything except Boy
Scout Work done among the Ne
groes.
i meetings and make their own ob
servations on the highly fertilize.!
: acre, compared to the normal treat
• | nient, then make an estimate of the
I production of both, and await har
' | vest to see if they have made the
• i best estimate of those present at
leach meeting, and thereby win a
• I good knife as soon as it is avail
j able at stores.
Seeing is believing. The men have
. gone to extra trouble this busy
year to make these six demonstra
, tions available for observation. At
tend a* many as you will, says Mr.
, Sanders, who adds that you will
have have a chance at the knife
. at eaoch place you visit, so meet
at each place you visit, so meet
. observation on this revolutionary
method of trying to make corn
without; (plowing,
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Large Increase
In Snow Fund
Reported Today
| The Lester Blackwell Post , Amcr
: lean Legion fund for the benefit of
, the Snow family, members of which
were killed by lightening last month,
now stands at close to $350. it was
j reported today by Gordon C. Hunter
:at Peoples Bank. It is expected that
total may reach S4OO. No additional
sums have been reported from Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, who last
week listed as their independent
collection for the same purpose, the
(sum of SSO.
I Contributions are still coming in
jto both organizations,
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Cub And Scout
Leaders To Meet
On Friday Night
Boy Scout and Cub Pack leaders
and parents are to meet tomorrow
night i Friday) at 7:30 o’clock at
the USO Service Center for a meet
ing at which a film, "Cubbing in
the Home," will be shown. Plan
ned also is reorganization of Cub
bing in Roxboro and a discussion
of Scout policies generally,
i Expected to be here is E. Pierce
j Bruce, of Reidsviile, executive of
I Cherokee Council, who will be mak
| ing one of his last official visits.
' Seaplanes can rise from slightly
rough water more easily than they
lean from a smooth surface.
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
J. F. Herbert To
Leave Pastorale
In Wilmington
Former Roxboro Minister
Pbins To Take Up Inter-
Racial Work.
j The Rev, J. F. Herbert, of Wil
| mington, pastor of Grace Methodist
Church and formerly pastor of Ed-
I gar Long Memorial Methodist
| Church in Roxboro, announced Sun-
Iday in Wilmington his intention to
| resign his Wilmington pastorate this
Fall.
j The Rev. Mr. Herbert was in Rox
i boro about ten years ago and while
here was popular, botli in his own
i church and throughout the City.
Reports trom Wilmington indicate
j tat he told of his interest in improv
! ing racial relations in this country,
| and said that a desire to foster the
"brotherhood of man” had prompt
j ed his decision to begin further uni
■ versit.v study during the coming
| year, and go directly into the field
jof interracial relations.
Now closing the sixth year of his
| pastorate at the Grace Methodist
! Church, the Rev. Mr, Herbert has
j remained at the church longer than
any pastor in its history. He came
| here in the fall of 1939, from the
First Methodist Church of Rocking
j ham. He had previously held charg
es at Roxboro and Raleigh.
His first pastorate was in Chicago
where he was assigned upon com
pleting his graduate studies at the
j University of Chicago in 1924.
Fox And Hiers
1... ...... '' •
Speak To Club
Speakers Monday night at the Ki
wahis club at Hotel Roxboro were
Miss Vivienne Hiers and Nullum
Fox, who had as their subjects the
American Youth Foundation and a
leadership camp sponsored by that
organization.
Description of aims and objects
of the foundation, a non-profit,
non-sectarian organization to aid
in the training of youth, was furn
ished by Miss Htefs, while Mr.
Fox, who has just returned from
Camp Miniwanca, Shelby, Midi.,
iiresented an outline of his ex
periences in the camp, which is
sponsored by the Foundation
Fox, who is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hassell Fox, spoke in glowing
terms of the camp and who I he
learned there during his stay which
lasted two weeks. Financing the
trip and stay was a project of the
Kiwlanis club here and to trie
members, who made his trip pos
sible, Mr. Fox expressed his deep
appreciation.
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Dance And New
Officers Theme
In -Civic Club
Discussion of the benefit dance
for crippled children to be held on
Friday night, September 14. at
Roxboro high school gym, formed
principal business last night at reg
ular meeting of Roxboro Exchange
| club at Hotel Roxboro, where V. A.
-Thomas presided in the absence of
| President J. H. Lewis, chairman of
the dance committee is A. H. Rim
mer.
Also presented by a nominating
committee were names for new of
ficers, with the voting expected to
take place next week. Nominations
| are Ralph Tucker, president; V. A.
Thomas, vice president; Jadk Sat
terfield, treasurer and Bill Fau
cett, secretary. Other nominations
may be made from the floor.
Also presented were nominations
! for the Board of Control.
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SIAMESE TWINS’ MOTHER
SEES THEM FIRST TIME
Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 5. —The
mother of Arizona's 11-day old
Siamese twins saw them last night
for the first time since their birth.
The twins, Louise and Micaila
Miranda, had gained five ounces
within a short time before the visit
of their mother, Mrs. Rita Miranda,
at St. Monica's Hospital.
Tears filled her eyes as she view
ed the conjoined bodies of the in
fant girls. Then she said in Span
ish:
“They look very pretty.”
Later she told her husband she
would be glad to see them “when
they are bigger and can walk.”
That they might some day be able
to walk still was within the hopes
of attending physicians who are
considering the possibility of suc
cessful severance of the girls.
Heavy Demand For
Workers Continues
Reports Luquire
Former Roxboro
Resident Dies
In Chicago, 111,
(Funeral Fur Mrs. Elizabeth
Johnson Cheek Held Yes
terday In Durham.
Funeral for Mrs. Elizabeth John- 1
sou Cheek, .43, of Chicago, formerly j
of Roxboro and Durham, whose
(death occurred Sunday morning in
Chicago, was held yesterday after-.
| nooii at five-thirty o'clock in tile
Howerton-Bryun Chapel, Durham,
with the Rev. H. B. Anderson, of
Grace Baptist Church. Durham, ir.
charge of the rites. 'lnterment was I
in Maplewood cemetery, annex B, j
| also in Durham.
Mrs. Cheek, whose husband, the |
' late Clarence Norcutt Cheek, of
Durham, died several years ago, was j
herself a native of Roxboro, naught ,
er of the late Willis James Johnson |
and Enima Elizabeth Daniel John- ]
j son, of Roxboro, and was a graduate !
■i of Roxboro high school.
She also was educated al Croft's -
Business school and Mount Sinai j
hospital. New York City, and at!
(time oi her death was supervisor 1
|of nurses at People's hospital, Chic
ago. Site was formerly with the
business office. Watts hospital in
Durham.
i
Surviving are. a soil, Sgt. Clarence
Norcott Cheek, of the U. S Army,
now with the 51 Evacuating hospit
al. France, and two sisters, Mrs. 1.
O. Wilkerson, .of Greensboro’ and
Mrs. Bernard Cheek, of Durham,
•and one brother J. W. Johnson, of
Jacksonville. Fla.
Pallbearers included George W.
Thomas of Roxboro. A. W. Clayton,
Jr„ of Durham formerly of Rox
boro. and L. E. O'Briant. E. Stewart
Cole, and James L. Johnson, all of
Durham, and I. O. Wilkerson, of I
Greensboro,
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From Baltimore
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Buchanan,
of Baltimore, Md., formerly oi Rox
boro, are spending a week or ten
(days here with Mr. Buchanan’s sis
ter, Mrs. Eugene Fox. Mr. Buchanan,
now with the Glenn L. Martin cor
poration, has been a resident of
Baltimore for thirty-two years.
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No Paper Monday
Because of preparation for the
annual tobareo edition, which will
be published on Thursday, Sep
| tember 13, there will be no issue
of the Courier-Times published on
Monday, September 10, it was an- 1
I nounred today. * !
Little Os Change
Noted In Agency
Clarification of the duties of the
new Production and Marketing ad
ministration, successor of the Ag
ricultural Adjustment agency, is
contained in a letter received today
at office of PMA, according to Rull
Gentry, who is continuing to work
with the new agency.
Local farmers and others who
have been connected with AAA are
expected to maintain relationships
with the PMA, says Gentry, who
adds that much of the work and
program will be the same as the
old AAA, despite change in name
effected under a reorganization an
nounced last month by U. S. Sec
retary of Agriculture Clinton And
erson.
T. E. Dodd, chief of PMA, Wash
ington, which operates under the
United States Department of Ag
riculture, writes as follows to Mr.
Gentry and to committeemen:
"Reorganization of Department
agencies announced by Secretary
Anderson recognizes the effective
ness of fanner committeemen by
giving you additional responsibil
ities. These new duties call for
more of the same practical know
how and energy which have made
possible your accomplishments be-
'J Fatal Highway
~ Accidents
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1941
DON’T HELP INCREASE IT!
DRIVE CAREFULLY
NUMBER 80
Textile And Lumber Demands
Seen As Heavy In Roxboro.
Job orders, that is, requests for
workers in the Roxboro and Person
! area are heavier than can be sup
plied at tile present time, accord
ing to Claude Luquire, manager of
j the USES office here, who said
j this morning that comparatively
few persons are now applying .'or
work.
.Textile workers are needed, a<*>
; cording to Luquire. who says that
I mills here are experiencing few, if
any reconversion problems and that
j between two hundred and two
hundred fifty textile workers may
be needed by mills here within
sixty days. It is possible that
seventy-five such workers could be
: added rigid now, says Luquirs.
Ending of the war has brought
[ little change in the USES program,
; although the matter of job restric
tions has been abolished and certi
iicutes oi release are no longer re
i quires! for any type of job or work
er. Manpower controls in i hat re
spect ate out, says Luquire.
Local labor conditions In the
i lumber industry remain acute be-
I cause of tile return to their homes
! Tuesday of this week of more than
I one hundred Barbados workers
; who finished 90 day contracts.
| These workers, according to Lu
j quire, proved quite satisfactory and
many lumbermen here wanted them
jto remain here. They haw, how
ever, been sent home on the theory
j that employment should now ne
given to workers in this country.
Discharged soldiers continue to
| return to Roxboro and first duty
of tlie USES program is t,» them,
thinks Luquire, who adds that not
many civilian war kolttiJ have
come to him seeking jobs here. This
does nut necessarily meah that such
workers are not coming home last,
but that ninny of them have jobs
to come back to.
Mr. Luquire hopes, he. says, that
more workers will come to the USEB
j office and file applications if they
want work. That goes for sol
i diers and sailors too. t
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Slightly Hurt
, *
Amos Hanks, son of Mr. and MSsJ
Arthur yanks, was injured slightly
Tuesday night during football prac
tice at Roxboro high school.
Brought in for treatment, he wft
then returned to his home and W
I said to be improving.
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Takes Office
George W. Kane of Roxboro, re
appointed by Gov. R. Gregg Cherry
as a member of the State Planting
Board, took the oath of office yes
| terday as did other members. He is‘
; also State Highway commissioner
I for this district.
fore and during the war.
"1 want to congratulate you for
your succesiul demonstrations dur
ing the last 12 years that fanners
can run national farm programs
and run them well. Your continue
ed intelligent leadership and hard
work will be invaluable to farmer#
and to the nation in the days ahead.
"As wa»go forward, farmers have
reason to look ahead with confi
dence, They have an experienced
organization in working order tU
tackle postwar problems. Thejr
know how well this network of com
mitteemen served them in the darts
days of the depression, how weH
and quickly it mobilized farmers to
the war emergency for the greatest
production job ever faced by agri
culture. Yet, the splendid accom
plishments of the committeemen
system in the past should reassure
farmers for the future.
"As in the past, our future
jectives must be abundant sup{>!td|
for consumers, fair prices for |
products, and proper care lor our
land. The decisions and action dt
you committeemen in the nsdptßNjgl
ahead will vitally affect progress
toward those objectives. I have
confidence that we will continue
to move forward.” • -Ifiß