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PAGE TWO gH COURIER - TIMES Roxboro, North Carolina PUBLISHED MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY 1 Courier-Times Publishing Company The Roxboro Courier Established 1881 The Person County Times Established 1839 i.W.N«UI .................................... Miter J. S. Merritt and Thos. J. Shaw. Jr Associates M. C. Clayton Adv. Manager D. R. Taylor, In Service With U. S. Navy 1 year, Out of State *3.00 1 year *2.50 8 months *i.4o 3 months 75 ADVERTISING RATES Display Ads, 49 Cents Per Inch Reading Notices, 10 Cents Per Line The Editors Are Not Responsible tor Views Expressed By Correspondents Entered at The Post Office at Roxboro, N. C. As Second Class Matter MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1945 It Isn't true because the COURIER-TIMES sayb It but the COURIER-TIMES says It because It Is. true t. THAT PATTON CASE AGAIN, Gen. George S. Patton. Jr., pepper-tongued j Commander of the American Third Army in | Barvaria, was relieved of that command yes- j terday and succeeded by Lt. Geji. Lucian K. i Truscott. There is now no news connected with the story of why Gen. Patton has been j reduced to the rank of a “paper general” with the Fifteenth Army, but if the General caul write army history as forcefully and as vig orously as he has made history, we and lots I of other civilians are ganig to want to read j his books. Gen. Patton, it seems, is always in hot wat er and the suggestion has been made that his j high temper and unrestrained tongue have > been embarrassing to Gen. Dwight D. Eisen--j hower. A successful and united army cannot j have all of its generals going around and popping off like Gen. Patton does, but we ! have a sneaking suspicion that he has been j in his latest incident more right than wrong.! If he has been using high placed one-time j Nazis in places of leadership he has been do- j ing nothing more than was done in the be ginning by other commanders of occupation t forces. That the other commanders have since changed tactics and have learned to lean more heavily on non-Nazi leaders, does not prove that Patton has been wrong in his time and j>lace. He Was in Barvaria where he was able to see and teel reactions on the spot. A man of Patton’s type wants to get results and is not to too squeamish about how he gets re-! suits, which may be why he will have to be! remembered as One of the great American j generals in World War 11. The world has need of its Pattons just hs much as it needs cool, calm and collected Eisenhowers and in-between MacArthurs. . o ■' A PLEA FOR DISCRIMINATION Grape-vine reaction reaches us that some students in Roxboro high school, chiefly members of the band, are resentful of the closing lines of a previous editorial dealing | with affairs of the band. The paragraph that [ pricks is the one dealing with the unwisdom of allowing the band to parade in downtown streets nights, and parti cularly for the boosting of a comparatively unimportant home talent play. That judge ment, in our opinion, still stands, but needs, perhaps, the added clarification that the band will gain in prestige and in public esteem by voluntarily limiting its public parades to those occasions which are important. By its previous custom of marching when and if anybody wanted it to, the band itself is not to blame, but rather the unthinking adults who have Been doing the asking. A public school band is of necessity a public or ganization and supported by public funds and under such circumstances it is difficult for band leaders and school officials to say “No” to any request for an appearance no matter how trivial the cause or project to be boosted may be. By keeping the band confined to school affairs and to really important public functions, its leaders, we believe, will find for the organization a deeper appreciation from the public and an increased loyalty on the playing side from the musicians. Everybody loves a band, but when it is called upon to appear on the streets too fre quently the attention generated declines in proportion. The Roxboro high school band is well trained, but citizens do need to learn discrimination in making demands upon it. And so, having said this, we are ready for more reaction. It is really much sadder when no interest is created. o A - THAT THERE BE NO LET UP ' The Person and Roxboro United War Fund (drive which started last Tuesday goes rath er slowly judging from reports, or the lack of reports coming in. There is a natural tend ency for a let-down in enthusiasm for any pro rv *• ■ . ”r ject conflicted'with W«r VoThTlfut ii ought in’ be remembered here that keeping men in oc cupation forces reasonably contented or amused remains as an important obligation in peace-time. We have in mind a Roxboro soldier who has been on Pacific duty for something like a year and a half or two years and has recently been in Manila after putting in a long stretch in Australia. That young man, like hundreds of others wants to come | home and had rather thought he might make it by Christmas. Instead, he is now on his way to Japan. Somebody has to serve in an occupation Army if there is going to be one, but any thing that can be done for such people as the yoiyng man we have mentioned, ought to be dome. And the answer is the USO. an organ ization whose functions gain rather than de crease hour by hour for troops with long and tedious but not completely time-killing occu pational duty. Soldiers in an occupation Army are like civilian strangers newly come to town. They have limited opportunities for amusement because they do not know their way around. They are hampered, too, by a natural distrust of the foreign citizens whom | they meet and whose affairs they are com pelled to administer. We believe if response to the United War fund here is slow it is be-1 cause our people have not thought deeply of; the necessity of having such a fund again | this year. There is i local stake, too. in the Boy Scout j angle, not to mention the duty we have in \ seeing that a reasonable amount of American aid is extended to stricken civilians in Europe. o- GETTING TO BE A HABIT A few weeks ago a group of Person Negro j Four-H boys who participated in a Junior cattle show at Greensboro won ribbons in a ! | judging contest. Last week a group of white boys in Four-H and Future Farmer organiza-. tions won ribbons in a similar contest held at ; ; Fayetteville. Naturally, in such contests there are many winners from various coun ties in ihe State, Gut it is heartening to ob serve that Agents Jackson and Ford are in their respective organizations able to build, up groups of boys trained to compete on good level with their fellows from over the State. Four-H club leaders in Person are following right along with the idea suggested here sev eral weeks ago by Manager Fitzpatrick of Quail Roost Dairy farm that foundation of establishing a greater interest in livestock programs lies in getting boys interested at an early age in cattle, horses and pigs. That trip to Fayetteville, as indicated by j Agent Jackson, meant that the boys were ; closely associated with the animals they took | to the show, but as a matter of fact, going to that show was a natural culmination of an interest generated over a long period. Re lease of gasoline from restrictions means that a lot more traveling is being done, and some !of it on the unnecessary side. Cattle shows, i however, can be counted on the good side of the travel ledger, tor the more opportunities ; boys have to see other animals and to become i acquainted with their equals and their super- I iors in the livestock fiel. the better able will ■ they be to evaluate progress and pride ot i ownership. WHAT OTHERS ARE 'SAYINb FEET Greensboro Daily News Feet vary in number: a human being has two, an animal four and a yard three. Stools generally have three too, except when they’re j stool pigeons. There are happy usages and unhappy; usages to which feet can he put. The unhap piest usage is wearing shoes, the happiest is going bare-footed. There is a sort of middle of-the-road status which applies, where men are concerned, when you can rest your feet on the desk when no one else is in the office. This foot-ease has to he practiced with some caution, however, as there is always the dang er that some one may come in without knock ing and in the hurry to get your feet down you may scrape a shin or knock over an ink stand. Women’s feet are largely the victim of style which makes them cram a No. 7 into a No. 4 shoe and vow that it feels fine but the -dents and comes along with a decree .sos- slashed b’es and cut-out toes which ac cord ;; it!’el which y">uld not otherwise be possible. Women’.- shoes ' a'openwork, cost just as much though •' when (Vv were whole; you simply pay for " ■- retie 1 y u "et. Feet also have toes and '-’v coin which people with other feet come ai.• "’id step on. Feet also have bunions, mostly cr the side which presses longest and hardest on the accelerator. Every heel we’ve known had feet, but feet also have heels; and that’s where people get run down at, if they escape at street intersections. When people say they have cold feet, it’s generally a put-up game either against the radiator, in front of the fire' or pre?efasl y * against ’the companion feet of a husband’s just taken off his nice warm woolen socks. Feet cause a lot of kicking : but we don’t think they deserve the torture given them by individuals who every time they open their mouth put their foot in it. If it wasn’t for feet chiropodists couldn’t make a living, cattle wouldn’t have it taken out of their hide and mankind would have nothing to stand on. o , PEOPLE Christian Science Monitor The 5:14 was already in sight and its wait ing passengers had gathered in the usual knots at each point where the car openings were expected. Down the track ahead of the OPED FORUm SHIP HISTORY Newport News, Va. September 26, 1945 Editor The Courier-Times Roxboro. N. C. Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find communi que which I have just received from the Commander of the USS LOWRY on which ship my husband, William R, Whitt W. T. 3-c is serving. I will appreciate you running this as a news item in your paper. Yours very truy, Mrs. William Whitt 826-20th Street Newport News. Virginia U. S. S. Lowry 'DD-7701 At Sea. Dear Families: At present, the Lowry is at a rear area enjoying a very well deserved rest. For a period oi almost five months this vessel had been steadily , on the go. either underway, or stand- \ ing by with the engineering plant lighted off and ready to go on a few minutes notice. During this period, the Lowry continued to discharge her varied duties in the excellent manner for which she became noted. The months of May and June were occupied in the grimly hazardous but very necessary duty of acting as Radar Picket and Fighter Director Ship at Our .highly suc cessful record against tile Japanese Air Forces shows the following to tal for these months: 5 planes de stroyed by the gunfire of this vessel 'alone, 5 planes destroyed by the gun fire of this and other picket ships, and over 30 more planes destroyed |by Lowry controlled Combat Air Patrol. The 23rd of July, the Lowry cele- ' ; brated it’s first birthday, having ! been in commission i and remained !in commission, a thing uncommon for destroyers) exactly one year. During this year, I have seen the crew of this ship, most of whom were green and untried, improving constantly, until they have emerged as a seasoned and veteran crew, cap able of meeting every situation, Shortly after our arrival here at the rear area, the Lowry was visit ed by Commodore Harrison, Com mander Destroyer Squadron Sixty. In a ceremony on August 4. Com modore Harrison presented me with the Silver Star Medal for the Lowry's part in the Lingayen Opera tion. In presenting this decoration the Commodore stated, and I agree most heartily, that it represents, i the combined effort and ability of i every man in the crew and is to be , considered as much as reward to I them as to myself. The Commodore spoke very highly of the excellent record in all re spects that the Lowry has made. Unfortunately, as is so often the case, our good news is tempered with some bad. On our way to the rear area, an explosion took place in the after part of the ship,, killing three men, and injuring several others all of whom are nearly well with no permanent ill effects. The next of kin of the casualties have been noti fied by the Navy Department. While entirely unavoidable, the accident was made more tragic by that fact all hands had been through so much at Okinawa and were heading for a jest and recreation period. Several very interesting events took place during our tour of picket duty. On one of our trips to our base for replenishment, we captur ed 7 Japanese soldiers who were trying to escape from Okinawa in an outrigger canoe. These prisoners were turned over to Army authori ties for intelligence purposes. Our last bit of Anti-Aircraft action took place during a bright moonlight Services REVIVAL Services * 7:00 P. M. EACH NIGHT LONGHURST BAPTIST CHURCH AUBURN HAYE6 PASTOR Subject: Wednesday Night Going-To-Hell-Rejoicing | Subject: Thursday Night 800-800 A FRH’N'DLY CHURCH WITH A PASSION TOR LOST SOULS BRING A FRIEND THE COtTP.IFB-TIMES night while on a "hot" picket sta tion, Enemy air raids heckled us for six hours. We were engaged in violent maneuvers and AA firing to combat their attacks, when a pro vidential total exclipse of the moon occured, giving us the cover and protection in darkness that we so urgently needed. After the eclipse was over smoke from Okinawa 50 miles away covered us. We had the distinct pleasure of starting a ball of fire in the engine of one invisible plane which grew until flames en- j veloped it and forced it to crash into the water in a mighty explo- ; stop. Through our radios we direct- j ed Black Widow night fighters to others of the raids, and had the! keen satisfaction of watching th? \ Jap planes come down in flames in ■ tlie bright moonlight. That about brings us up to date J with the news. We have enjoyed the 1 chance for a bit of recreation and rest, while at the same time we' have kept busy with the many urg- , ent needs »f the trip, repairing and cleaning and getting ready for our! forthcoming duties. Whatever they may be. you can be sure that the Lowrv will tackle them in the same able and purposeful manner that she has shown in the past. Although the real action may be over, the record every man in the crew has made out here singe our arrival in the Western Pacific Area must make his family justifiably proud. I have received many fine letters from you families. They make me realize even more my responsibility to bring your men back safely, and that, you are all behind us with your prayers and efforts to finish the war.:: E. S. Miller. Commander, U. S. Navy, ' Commanding. 1 LEGAL NOTICE NO-rif'E OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY The undersigned administrator of the late Lester Luster will on Tuesday. October 23rd, 1945, at ten o'clock A. M. at the home of the late Lester Luster, sell to the high est bidder, for cash, all personal property belonging to the deceased. This the sth day of October, 1945. SCOTT BOWMAN, Administrator. Lunsford & Burke. OAttys. Oct 8-15-22 SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY As administrator of the estate of the late E. R. Blalock. I will on SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1945. beginning at 10:00 a. m. at the premises of the deceased at Brooks dale. sell to the highest bidder for cash certain personal chattels of the deceased, the same consisting of one 1940 Chevrolet sedan, articles of household and kitchen furniture, small quantity of farm implements and a large quantity of carpenter's tools and Implements, the same in cluding three heavy jacks for mov ing buildings. Persons desiring carp enter’s tools can find almost any thing on sale they desire. This September 29, 1945. A. W. Blalock. Administrator R. P. Burns, Attorney Oct. 1-8-15. 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 i incoming train scampered a dirty, rionde* I script, half-grown dog. He was obviously frightened by cars noisily backing down the | far track on one side and by the clumns of people hedging his path on the other. Down along the platform he ran, accompanied by a progressive chorus of “Here,, puppy,” which rose to an almost frantic crescendo as the j locomotive roared in. Suddenly the dog hojfped olf the track just ! in time, and wandered off with that complete unconcern for past experience given to Ca nines and small children. Along the platform, like the baton in a relay race, passed smiles and nods and a chorus in a brighter key, “Whew! Whew! Whew! Whew!” In 10 sec onds one small mongrel had made 50 friends of 50 strangers. Wrong Diagnosis i j | Psychoanalsis seems to be here to I [stay, but one.of the bugs that will! have to be ironed out sooner or later j ! is the problem of the foreign speak ing psychoanalyst and the English j idiom. We know a girl, now in the j process of being psyched, wiio men- \ ! tioned to her analyst, a recent ar- j rival from Zurich, that she had a dream involving a desk with pigeon- I j holes. She heard him draw in his ’ I breath sharply, and the direction i |of his inquiry chsmged. It wasn't ! until six months later that she dis- 1 j covered he had built an entire ! ; theory of her personality around the ; assumption that her dream desk in- i j eluded accommodations for birds. — ] j New Yorker. LEGAL NOTICE ________ __j 1 number of shocks of corn and one lot of lespedeza hay. This Septem- 1 ber 19. 1945. ! I. T. Stanfield, Administrator R. P. Burns. Attorney. Sept. 24, Oct. 1-8. 1 SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AS administratrix of the estate of !the late C. L. Dixon, I will on’ SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1945,1 at 10:00 a, m. at the premises of the ' deceased in Holloway Township, of- j j fer for sale at public auction to the, I highest bidders for cash the per-j sonal chattels of the deceased, the, ■same consisting of one 1938 model ! four door Ford sedan, one good ! trailer, one. nice upright piano and | stool, household and kitchen furni j ture of various kinds, two large hogs, i two mules, one milk cow, large quantity of corn, a lot of Irish and sweet potatoes, one two-horse rake, mowing machine, one-horse wagon | plows and farm implements of many kinds, tobacco sticks, one stack of straw, several stacks of wood, one double barrelled shot gun, one good bird dog and various other articles. Sale will begin at 10:00 a. m. and continue until completed. This Sep t tember 29. 1945. Mrs. Eliza Dixon. Administratrix. R. P Burns, Attorney. Oct. 1-8-16. Save At The Army Store Just Received A Large Shipment Os Quality Merchandise. You Can't Buy Better 100 per cent Wool Blankets $5.00 All Wool Shirts $4.95 Riding Pants Wool $3.95 Khaki $1.95 Pr. Army all Wool Pants $6.95 Marine Wool Pants $3.95 Army Coats $4.00 F. B. Jackets $1.75 Army Field Jackets $3.50 to $4.95 Marine Jackets $3.00 Army Jackets $2.00 Jackets $2.50 Rain Coats $2.50 & $3.00 Sheep Skin Lined Jacket SIO.OO and $ll.OO Many Other Items That Are Not Listed ROXBORO ARMY STORE Kaplin Building Chewing Gum And Cortez When Cortez made his famous march from Mexico City to the Gulf of Honduras, he and his com panions were able to survive in the trackless jungles of Peten only be cause of the abundance of tzlcopza potl, a fruit which later became famous as the Source of chewing gum. The Importance of chewing gum does not detract from the qualities of tzicopzapotl (shortened by the Spaniards to chico-zapote) which make it a delicious fruit in its own right. Native to Middle America, our ten sister republics to the south, lt is a special favorite in the Flor ida Keys, where it is called the sapodilla and where the finest spec imens are produced.—Middle Amer ica Informatiin Bureau. o Raymond Lester Out Os Service Lt. Raymond Lester, of the U. S. Army Air Corps, son of Mr. and Mi's. H. O. Lester, of Woodsdale, has been released from the Army Air forces after two and one-half years of service. For eight months a bombardier in the European theatre, he had thirty-five missions and has received the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf clusters. He received his discharge at Port Bragg after hav ing been at Midland Air Field. Mid land, Texas, as an officer student Prolong The Life Os Your Home A THREE POINT PROGRAM II fpl L Wollboard flj lull I A hobby room made with the H Ijl/liV j I I use of wallboard is a grand ■ ■?!hr 1/1 I and welcome surprise for a returning serviceman. UTILITY PLUS BEAUTY Before another rain, repair your roof. We have asphalt shingles and roofing—guaran teed for 15 years. NO FINER ROOFING MADE Window Sashes ■jL/ljJ V Get more light inside and WHIf. u I more beauty outside with mod ''A/ W ern window sashes many models to choose from. mluSd I TO PERFECTION ROXBORO LUMBER COMPANY ‘Home Os Quality Lumber” Men's Cover Alls $4.95 Mens Army Khaki Shirts $2.95 Khaki Army Pants $2.95 Mens Civic Over Coat SIO.OO and $12.00 Men's Sweaters $3.00 Army Work Shirts $1.59 Rubber Over Shoes $1.49 Small Lot Steel Dish Pans $2.35 Men's Suits $lO to $12.50 Seperate Coat $5.00 Navy Mackinaw Jacket $4.95 Army, Marine and Navy Shoes and Slippers $2.90 to $3.50 MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1945 Business Women's Week Will Be Observed Soon Raleigh.—Governor Cherry today proclaimed the week of Oct. 7 as Business Women's Week in North Carolina, and asserted that "the bus iness and professional women ot tht* nation and State have contributed drastically and effectually to ths social, economic and political life of this nation.” "During this week." he said. “I call upon all the women of North Carolina to take an active interest in the job situation in their particu lar communities, to assist returning servicemen and women and war workers to find jobs and obtain vo cational training and placement as. distance when necessary and to fa miliarize themselves with all factors tending to Increase the number galn ■ fully employed workers. In . our | State." "6 6 6 Cold Preparations i Liquid, Tablets, Salve, Nose Orops Use Only As Directed You watch is more valnablo than ever. Take care of It. Have It cleaned or repaired By Reliable Watchmaker* GREEN’S The Square Deal Jeweler
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