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SU, COURIER - TIMES /i
Roxboro, Horth Carolina
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1945
It Isn’t true because the COURIER-TIMES saya It
but ihe COURIER-TIMES says It because It U true
WHEREIN ROXBORO HAS A STAKE
The National War Fund drive begins here
tomorrow with a Person and Roxboro quota
of $10,050 and out of which $1,250 is to be
earmarked for yearly maintenance of local
Boy Scout work amonp: both white and Ne
gro youths. The USO Service Center here
shares too in the benefits of the War Fund, j
although the USO proportion will come back ■
to Roxboro in the form of funds drawn from !
the National Fund in proportion to leoal j
needs. But greatest beneficiaries of what cit-J
izens here will give will be those of our own j
men and women still in military serivce. They j
may not see actually the fruits of dollars j
sent out by Roxboro and Person people, but j
they will share in the whole national and in-1
ternational program set up under the fund as
an aid towards keeping up of morale under
peacetime and occupation conditions.
And, as if that were not enough, the money !
of the War Fund is to be used to supply nec
essities of life and some comforts to hundreds
of unhoused, dispossessed and starving citiz
ens of the war-blighted countries of Europe.
These people, hundreds of them, are still mis
erable, distressed and sick at heart. They
need our help, just as in a lesser degree, our
soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guardsmen
and merchant seamen need it. and our Scouts,
at heme. It may seem a misnomer to call the
fund under discussion a War Fund, but the
purposes and the needs of the fund are as
great and as imperative as they were last
year.
Roxboro and Person County all through
the war have not failed to meet quotas for
any worthy cause. They cannot afford to
let their reputation slip now. Tomorrow the
canvassing workers will be making calls here.
They are depending upon each and every one
of us for cheerful giving for our Scouts, our
service men and women and our unfortunate
neighbors arcoss the seas. I
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EVEN A BLESSING HAS ITS
DISADVANTAGES
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Roxboro and Person merchants, in com
mon with others, now have on hand
plenty ?;tVie wonder-working, or !
wonder-killirig. insectide. known far and
wide as an effective eliminator of flies,
roaches and the like, not to speak of mosqui
toes, as has been demonstrated at Chub Lake.
Five percent solution D. D. T., is believed to
be the best strength to use, but is up to the
merchants and the buyers. What they w-»nt
and what they get‘is their business, but the
warning as to care in the use of the insectide
is timely and important.
Properties of D. D. T. and its effects are
not too well-known. The fluid will kill the
aforementioned insects. It may also kill bees
and other helpful insects. Wisely used the
and other helpful insects. D. D. T. Wisely
new insectide is a blessing, but directions
should be followed carefully and some
thought should be given to the strength
of the solution wanted.
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i THE NOISE THE BAND MAKES
Conspiciouslv absent Friday night from
the Roxboro-South Boston football garim
here was the Roxboro high school band.
Some members of the band were on hand at
the start, but not all, and that is the story
behind the story. The players (musicians)
it seems, had been told that they must be on
time, else nobody could raise a note. Some
few, perhaps a half dozen, were late. Exasp
erated band officials kept their word. There
was no music, and three-fourts of the on-time
members, who wanted to do their duty by
making music, had to join the late-comers in
paying the penalty of silence.
This story of why there was no music
probably won’t have to be repeated. Those
mho jyere late, won’t be late again bacaus<
they will have learned the lesson that any
group, whether in high school or business or
social life, must work together if said group t
is to accomplish its function smoothly. As r
far as the band goes, the game went right £
along—without it, and the world can do that
way, too. Even so, we have at times heard v
citizens here make invidious comparisons of j
the Roxboro high school band with others,
| supposedly better organized. t
The Fridpv night incident may be a case '
in point as lar as organization goes, but there t
was nothing wong with laying down the law. e
jWe commend the school officials for doing 1
just that. Also, it seems to us unwise to per- ,
imit the baud to parade downtown on any “
j Saturday night, as was done a week ago for j
purpose of pumping up a home-talent play t
!in which several high school students were i
| actors. Streets are too crowded on Saturday
nights to make marching safe for life or
limb of the bandsmen.
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THE HOUSING PROBLEM CONTINUES [
Recently arrived in Roxboro is a family of
home-folks, former residents, that is, a fath- f
er, mother and three children, who have j
been in New Orleans, La., for eight weeks,
and in one room during all of that time. They *
are glad to be back home. They may have ‘
thought that Roxboro could not possibly be j
as shy of unoccupied houses as is crowded 1
I New Orleans. Now they are finding out the j
j truth. Roxboro. for its size, is just as crowd
led. if not more so. and the only solution the
j newly arrived residents have is to live with ]
the wife’s mother, in whose home they haveji
|at least more than one room, but not enough 1
'to stretch in. >
j This young family, like the one living in
a trailer and menitoned a while back, wants J
desperately to have roof to call its own. They (
are, perhaos. fortunate to have relatives to
come home to. but they cannot be perman- ‘
ontly satisfied with such an arrangement. \ t
| Wanting a home or a house when you don’t i
have it can be tragic. Init the greatest loss to 1
Roxboro unless something can be done about 1
housing will lie the failure of many couples 1
to return, or to stay if they do return. Our
esteemed neighbor, the Greensboro Daily
News, says that the government will “have ;
lifted the lid on house building by October (
15, (and) that apparently both materials and
prices will be freed of restrictions”.
But, like the News, we do not have the j •
answer as to how buildings are to be con
structed under prospects of higher prices, ;•
much less by whom they are to be built. We
do know, however, that Roxboro could use
two to three hundred houses and then some,
and never know the difference except for an
increase privacy of living and an improve
ment in personal dispositions. And, besides, i
Roxboro is not yet so large a City that it can ;
afford to refuse or to turn away any resi
dents, new or returning, who want to live j
here. |
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[WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
THE PHII.OSOPHY OF HISTORY
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Associated Press Report
, At tl)e naolßeijt^}Jr. l ,llq^t!^ j S|(j<p, j
sophy of history seems to secularlstrt; In
other quarters we catch the mood of fatal
ism; in still others, economic determinism;
and some few people cling to the idea of in
evitable progress. None of these philosophies,
he said, is adequate properly to interpret the
course of history as we have seen it. Instead,
he offered to his audience the Christian phil
osophy of history with its belief in a cosmic
purpose. j
“The atomic bomb cannot be properly in-1
terpreted by these philosophies.” he said. “I j
thoroughly agree with the editor who wrote,
‘The only answer to the split atom is a unit
ed world.’
“The second quality needed by today’s edi
tor is the ability to discriminate between the
aberrations of society which are mere pim
ples and those convulsions which reveal mas
sive malignances. We have reached a point
in our culture where we are divided into con
flicting groups each with such divisive pur
poses and each with such power that our very
future is threatened.
’ The onlv solution for us is to find some
I ci mmou g; n.ncl where the purposes and pow
er of the various grown* may be unified or
paralleled. Our hope i t’ at through those
who can report and wh<. can interpret the
i news that that unification or T aval It I In;- of
; purposes and power can be ath.iv d.
“The third quality needed by tou.. ’ rdi
! tor is that of being willing to soil his hand
!in creative leadership—a leadership that will
r help rid us of rotten and undefensible things,
i “It is our responsibility to create a realiza
tion of new frontiers in social living and to
: nerve people to accept the pilgrimage.”—Dr.
! Heaton, Charlotte Minister, Speaker at N. C.
e Press Association.
'THE COURIER-TIMES
THE HITLER OAK
Herford, Westphalia, Germany.—
A “Hitler oak,” planted here by the
Nazis, was cut down today, disclos
ing three secret messages hidden ill
bottles beneath its roots.
Burled May 1, 1939. the messages
were to have remained there until \
the end of the first 1,000 years ofL
the Third Reich.
The same workmen who planter;
the "Hitler oak” were ordered to
cut it down by Burgomaster Karl ,
Jaecker, of Rehme, a former mem- 1
ber of the Reichstag who was beat- j
en up by the Nazis and imprisoned ;
lor high treason.
With one of the messages was ]
found a covering note which said: ]
“To the man or woman who finds
this bottle. The enclosed documents i i
have been written in the memory .
of tlie first days of national social
ism established by Adolf Hitler.’’
The first message gave a long de-'
scripiton of the rise of the Nazis |
to power and concluded:
’’When this message is disclosed!
1,000 years from now the whole |
earth will be glorifying the doctrine,
of national socialism. We hope our;
beloved Chancellor Adolf Hitler will
live and grow like his oak.”
A second message, from German
firemen, said: "God sent us our
fuehrer. We pray God will give him
cautious and wise counsellors." j
The third, from war veterans,
stated with unconscious irony: "You j
see how great Germany is today. 1
It is so because we who planted this
young oak had confidence in our
hcloved fuehrer."
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IN MEMORIAM
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In remembrance of my cousin,
i Pvt. Maurice R. Seate. who gave his
| life for his country, in far away
France, nine months ago.
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, The word has come that you are
dead,
We can’t believe it's true
In our hearts we know you live
On a land beyond the blue.
And when evening shadows are fall
ing
And we’re sitting all alone
In our hearts there’s alonging,
If you could only be with us at
home.
We think always of your once hap
py face
Your love for one and all.
And we can see it pictured there.
From your picture on the wall.
Oft times our thoughts go wander
ing.
To a grave so far away
And here your memory lingers
j And will not fade away. ,
I The blow was hard, the shock se
vere;
We little thought that death was
near
But only those who knew you can
tell
How we lost you without farewell.
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[lt is so hard for us to realize
I The way that you died
I But we all know a gold star has been
I added to those in the skies.
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iSo when stars at night are shining
We know it’s shining for you
By its brave twinkle in the night.
Tt shows how bravely you died
For the red. white and blue.
And just when your life was sweet
est
And you could have lived your best
The gates of heaven opened
And you entered into rest.
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It's sweet to know, we will meet
you again,
When partings are no more
And that the one we all loved so
dear
Has only gone before.
Your cousin,
Ct. 1, pd. Frances Murray
LEGAL NOTICE ~
SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY
As administrator of the estate of
Joe T. Hamlin, deceased, I will on
Saturday, October 13, 1945, at 11:00
a. m. at the premises of the deceas
ed on Highway No. 158 just west of
Roxboro sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash certain per
' sonal property of the deceased, the
same consisting of one mule, vari
ous farm tools and instruments, one
double barrelled shot gun, one cross
■ cut saw and other tools, substantial
. number of shocks of corn and one
lot of lespedeza hay. This Septem
ber 19. 1945.
I. T. Stanfield. Administrator
R. P. Burns, Attorney. J -
Sept. 24, Oct. 1-8.
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EXECUTORS NOTICE
’ Having been duly qualified as
. executors of the estate of D. W.
’ Knott, deceased, late of Person
‘ County, North Carolina, inis is tc
r 1 notify all holders of claims against
th? said estate to exhibit them to
the undersigned executors on,jor
htfoit Au ;urt 27, 1946, or this no
: will be pleaded in bar of their
1 roc-uvi ’ll persons indetiu&P "iX>
this estau. dj please make im
mediate payment.
This August 23, 1945.
) A. E. FOGLEMAN., j
W. R. SHERMAN, '
Executors.
’ Lunsford Sc Burke, Attys.
6-ts-Aug 27, 8-RI-J7-24, Oct 1
Soldier's Letter
Column
Mrs. Tom Boone Davis, of Allens
ville, Has Letter of Commendation
for Her Son, Arch. From Col. John
E. Dougherty.
HEADQUARTERS
500TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP
APO 237, cfo. P. M., San Francisco,
California.
August 31, 1945
Mrs. Annie L. Davis
Route No. 2,
Roxboro, North Carolina.
Dear Mrs. Davis:
It is my desire at this time to call
to your attention the outstanding
job your son, Cpl. Arch L. Davis,
Gfifc.ro mx ,m
warhm*|
Drive Starts Tuesday Oct. 2nd
$10,050 Is Our Quota
It Is Our Job Te Give Until The Lad J|y\ , >
Service Flag Is Down
The war is over But not for the hundreds of
boys still stationed on the loneliest outposts
where a USO show is the only form of diver
• Not for our thousands of fighting heroes w;
who need medical aid and hospitalization
before they can return to civilian life. -
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_ - - • Not for the millions of our loyal Allies.
jSHp who were homeless, in rags, bore gaunt
* r ° m s * arva *‘ on s ‘ c k * n m * n d an d body.
• Not for the children who have no parents
or unthinking ones—Children who take to
waywardness because mother's love and
guidance is absent.
GIVI AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, OUR QUOTA IS LARGER THIS TIME
THIS SPACE SPONSORED BY:
Leggetts Department Store
,34771468, has been doing while a
member of my command.
During his assignment to the Per
sonnel Administrative Section he
has given unselfishly of his time and
effort to a duty which, although
lacking in glory, is an important
factor in the accomplishment of our
( B-29 mission. Ih such a position
your son has had no opportunity to
individually distinguish himself
through the winning of decorations
and medals which are often the sup
posed measure of accomplishment
in combat warfare.
Arch’s contributlpn to the war ef
fort has been a large and necessary
one. and the initiative and loyalty
to the cause he has shown should
be a source of great pride to you,
his many friends, and home com
munity.
It is in appreciation of a job well
done that I wish to commend Arch
for the part he has played in the
defeat of the Axis Nations, and to let
you know that It has not gone un
noticed.
Sincerely,
JOHN E. DOUGHERTY,
Colonel, Air Corps
Commanding.
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DDT, the new insecticide, is the
perfect answer to the bedbug prob
lem, say scientists. Follow instruc
tions in applying the materials in
differents strengths.
You watch is more valuable
than ever. Take care of it.
Have it cleaned or repaired
By Reliable Watchmaker*
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The S«uare Deal Jeweler
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1945 -
More than three times as many
people died from burns and scalds
last year in the United States as
died in the eight most disastrous
fire catastrophes since 1871.
WE BUILD FOR
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With All Work Guaranteed
No Job Too Large and
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Roxboro, N. C.
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