Victory Bonds
Will Speed
Them Home
VOL. LXIV.
Victory Loan Quota
For Person Will
Be Slightly Lower
Nearly Four Hundred Thousand In General Quota, With
$149,000 In Bonds.
$397,000 will be the Person and
Hoxboro overall quota In the Vic
tory Loan drive which begins next
Monday, it was reported today by
Gordon C. Hunter, district chair
man, who said this morning that E
Bond quota here will total $149,000
of the overall amount being sought.
Totals to be sought in the Vic
tory Loan drive come to about six
ty percent of amounts asked for in
the last War Loan drive, says Mr
Hunter, who adds that the same
administrttive set-up followed here
in previous war finance drives will
be used. Under that plan; the local
co-chairmen will be R. L. Harris
and R. B. Griffin, with Miss Claire
Harris as head of the Woman's
division.
Chaplain Mussel
Armistice Speaker
Exercises To Be November 10,
At Person Court House.
Col. Paul C. Mussel, a Camp Bat
tler chaplain said to be wi’h the
Fourth (Ivy) Division, is expected to
be guest speaker at Armistice Day
exercises to be held here on Sat
urday, November 10, by Lester
Blackwell Post, No. 138, the Ameri
can, Legion.
Announcement of the coming of
Col. Mussel was made this morn
ing by Joe V. Blanks, post com
mander for the Legion in Roxboro,
wno said "that exercises will l>e at
Person County Court house, in the
main court room. Planned for
that morning, starting at ten-thirty
o'clock will be the traditional Le
gion parade, assisted by members
of Roxboro high senool band, the
fire department and other organ.za
tions.
Participants in the parade will be
expected to meet at 10:15 o'clock
at Roxboro Central Grammar school
to form a line of march. The
speaking will take place imme
diately after the parade, probably
about 11 o'clock. Members of the
Legion and of the auxiliary will
then have their traditional all-day
open house at the Legion Hut,
Chub Lake street, where a noon
meal will be served.
Mr. Blanks, in announcing Ihe
program, said that a hand may he
also invited to com; fiorn Camp
Burner. Subject of C"t. Mussel’s
address has not been announced.
Tile exercises are being held on
Saturday, November 'O, because the
eleventh falls on Sunday. Also
planned by the Legion is sponsor
ship of war film, "The True Glory”
on Monday and Tuesday, November
12 and 13, at the Do.ly Madison
theatre here.
S. Sgt G. D. Burch
Expected Home
Now with the 32nd Infantry Div
ision in Northern Luzon, P. 1., Staff
Sergeant Glenn D. Burch, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Burch, Route 3,
Roxboro. is returning to the United
States on the point-redeployment
plan after 29 months in the South
west Pacific.
He entered the Army on Decem
ber of 1941, received training at
Fort Bragg, and embarked for over
seas duty on February 12, 1943. As
a member of Headquarters Battery,
Division Artillery he has seen action
at Saidor and Aitane in New Guinea,
and Leyte and Luzon in the Philip
pines on the long hard “road back”
from Australia tb the Philippines.
He holds the American Defense
ribbon Asiatic-Pacific Theater rib
bon with three battle stars, Good
Conduct Medal, and Liberation rib
bon, authorized by the Common
wealth Government of the Philip
pines.
Before entering the Army he at
tended Hurdles Mill High School.
H,e was formerly employed by the
G. W. Thomas Hardware Company
In Roxboro.
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LESTER MORRELL OUT
Lester E. Morrell has resumed hls
former position with Roxboro Cotton
mills after having recently received
his release from active duty with
the U. S. Navy.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Victory Loan bonds will be iden
tical with War Bonds as far as
maturity rates are concerned and
• the money to be raised will bo used
to bear necessary government ex
penses for redeploymnt and the
! bringing home of troops.
1 The local chairmen point pul that
Person County and Roxboro have
nfver failed to meet a War Bond-
Victory Loan quota and that the
same splendid cooper: 1 1 ion previous-
Ily shown here by citizens will be
expected in the Victory Loan drive,
i which may be the last such drive
, to be held in connection with World
War 11. Person and Roxboro r:s.-
ijdents, incidentally, bare already
! purchased more than five million
! dollars worth of war bonds in pre
vious drives held in this year.
Used Car Ruling j
Change Revealed
Person O P A Office Receives j
Notice, Effective This
Week.
Announced today as having been;
effective from Monday of this week
is a new OPA regulation regarding
ceniflci/tbs cf! uahster m the selling
of used cars, according to the Per- J
son OPA office.
The regulation reads as follows:
Effective October 22, 1945, every
person selling a used car covered by
the regulation Amendment 11, MPR
540. shall prepare a Certificate of
Transfer in duplicate, sign both
copies and within five days of the
date of sale file the original copy
with his local Bo&rd. and give the
other copy to the purchaser.
A trade-in of a used car is a sale,
and the person trading in the used
car must take the same steps requir
ed of other sellers.
The requirement that the Pur
chaser’s Statement be completed by
the purchaser is revoked.
A raffle or lottery conducted by,
or on behalf of, a religious or char
itable organization is exempt from
the meaning of the terms of "sale”'
under the regulation.
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Sgt. R. L. Duncan
Out Os Service
S. Sgt. Romie L. Duncan, of Rox
boro, received his discharge on points
last Saturday at Seymour Johnstonj
Field, Goldsboro, after having serv
ed thirty-two months in the Air
Corps. He was overseas for six
months as gunner on a B-17. He
was based in England during that
time and completed thirty-six mis- i
sions, chiefly over France and Ger
many. He returned from Europe one
year ago. The son of Mr. and Mrs.
O. F. Duncan, of Roxboro. he grad
uated from Allensville high school
and was shipyard’s welder at New
oprt News. Va. t before he entered i
military service. He is now at home.
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Sent To Seattle
Pvt. Herbert Whitt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Whitt, of Roxboro,
who has been at Camp Croft, S. C.,'
has been transferred to Seattle,
Washington, for a training course
Another son, W. C. Whitt, of the
Seabees on Pacific duty, is thought
to be enroute home. Here Sunday
for a visit with the Whitt’s were
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Whitt and daugh
ter, of Lexington. Mr. Whitt is a
son of the Luther Whitts.
USO Hostess List
** i
Senior hostesses to serve at the
Roxboro USO this weekend accord
ing to Miss Hilda Shoemaker are as
follows: Saturday, 2 to 4. Mrs. K. B.
Baynes; 4 to 6, Mrs. Lawrence Wood;
6 to 8, Miss Hilda Shoemaker; 8 to
10, Mrs. W. E. Stewart. Sunday, 12
to 2, Mrs. W. C. Parker. 2 to 4, Mrs.
Henry David Long; 4 to 6, Mrs. C.
C. Critcher; 6 to 8, Mrs. J. H. Hugh
es, 8 to 10, Mrs. E E. Thompson.
Courter-Citnejs
[Dr, 0. D. Garvin
Cites Figures On
T. B. Death Rate
Helps Launch Kiwanis Spon
sored Christmas Seal
Project Here.
Dr. O. David Garvin, of Chapel
1 Hill, district health officer who is
I head also of the Person unit of the
Health Department, speaking Mon
| day night at Roxboro Kiwanis club
at Hotel Roxboro, gave particular
j emphasis to the club’s acceptance of
I sponsorship of the 1945 Christmas
Seal sale campaign here by citing
figures as to the apparently alarm
ing increase of turberculosis in Per
son County.
Also present was L. L. Miller, of
Raleigh, assistant executive secre
tary of the North Carolina Tuber
culosis association, who likewise was
a speaker and who afterwards con
ferred with B. B. Strum, club chair
| man for the Seal Sale project, which
; has a goal of $2,300 in Person and
| Roxboro. Committeemen who will
; work with Mr. Strum and their
! club are. J. J. Woody, Frank Wright,
| J. A. Long, Jr., J. M. Dempsey and
i Jerry L. Hester.
I
Dr. Garvin in citing Person fig
ures for tuberculosis said that the
ratio here is fifty persons per hun
dred thousand of the population,
considerably higher than thirty-six
in same proportion for the State,
j There are asserted Dr. Garvin eleven
I white active cases of the disease
i here now and twenty among Ne
groes. There are sixteen white and
i sixteen Negro “arrested cases here,
i he continued, and so far this year
there have been three white deaths
and five Negro deaths from the di-
I sease in Person.
Twenty three tuberculosis deaths
have occurred in Person county
1 since 1940, and we know of twenty
. j six other cases prior to 1940, said
| Dr. Garvin, who attributes in part
; ■ the repotted increase to better
: methods of determining cases. He
1 said also that there is a marked
tendency for the disease to run in
families, not through Inheritance,
but because of lack of care in liv
ing conditions on the part of those
, who have it and have to associate
with others in the family circle.
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Church Role In
Recreation Vital
Miss Vivenne Hiers, secretary of
, First Baptist church here and di
' rector of its recreational activities,
i speaking yesterday at the Person
1 County Council of Social agencies
October session threw out a chal
i lenge on "The Role of the Church
i in Recreation" and asserted that the
i modern church needs to recapture
its former position of influence ov
er social activities for young people.
Recreation was formerly associat
; ed with the church, said Miss Hiers,
j who cited recent recreational pro
-1 grams set up at First Baptist church.
, | Vigorous in her belief that the
t i church must provide opportunities
i for young people to get together in
. a wholesome Christian atmosphere.
Miss Hiers quoted Bible passages to
’ that effect. Her talk was the second
| in a series on recreation being spon
' | sored by the Council, and with parti
cular reference to conditions in Rox
boro.
Present for the meeting which was
at Hotel Roxboro in the form of a
luncheon were many members to
gether with special guests. Guests
| were* the Rev. Mr. Gallimore, Miss
Katie Murray, the Rev. W. F. West
and Mrs. E. L. Cloyd, the last-named
of Raleigh, a sister of Miss Bessie
Daniel. New member present was
Sidney Marsh.
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Award Given For
Pvt. T. J. Breeze
Thomas R. Breeze, of Hurdle
has received the Bronze Star as a!
posthumous award for his son, Pvt.,
Thomas J. Breeze, who was killed j
in action on August 15, 1944, it was,
announced today. Presentation ex- ]
erclses were held Saturday at Camp
\ Butner, where awards were also
presented to families of two other I
men killed in action.
i Lt. Col. Charlton L. Ragsdale, I
post executive officer, was in charge
i lof the exercises and citations were
.! read by Major Henry C. Coleman,
j adjutant. The citation for Pvt.
I I Breeze reveals the award was pre
! j sented for “heroic achievement in
. | connection with military operations
. i against the enemy.” Identification
.I of the place of the battle is not
. 1 revealed in the citation.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Still Short
United Community War Fund
here now totals 36,373,03, with
less than a week to go to reach
a goal of $10,050, it was reported
today. More reports are coming
in, however, and it is hoped that
the quota may be reached before
next week's deadline, says co
chairman J. A. Long, Jr.. Theatre
collections were begun this week.
Mason To Head
Revived Scouting
For Helena Unit
Boys To Meet November 2,
For First Time. Wilson
Scoutmaster.
Revival and reorganization of Boy
Scout troop 52, Helena, was effect
ed Tuesday night at Helena high
school, where C. H. Mason, post
master. was named as chairman of
the troop committee and W. A. Wil
son, Sr., was elected as Scoutmaster.
Sponsors will be the Helena PTA, of
which Mrs. Nick Allen is president.
First meeting of the new commit
tee with interested boys who expect
to become Scouts will be held Fri
day night, November 2, at seven
o’clock at the school. Secretary
treasurer for the committee is L. C.
Liles, while others on the committee
are Frank Timberiake, Rev. R. W.
Hovis and Tillery Threatt, the last
named principal at Helena. All of
the officials except the Rev. Mr.
Hovis and Mr. Threatt have had
previous experience with Scouting
and particularly with the affairs of
troop 2. of which Mr. Wilson was a
former Scoutmaster.
Also present for the session were
John B. Oakley, of Reidsville, Scout
Executive for Cherokee council, and
Thomas J. Shaw, Jr., secretary for
Person district. Discussion leading
to organization was conducted by
Mr. Oakley. The Helena troop,
which died down several months
ago. but about which great com
munity interest is now being shown,
was previously sponsored by its pre
sent sponsor, the Helena PTA.
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Food Canteen In
Operation Now
At Collins-Aikman
Now in operation at Plant E
Collins and Aikman, is a food can
teen, which is soon to nave a mo- j
bile unit capable of taking sand- j
wiches, candy bars and other sup
plies to mill employees while they
work, it was revealed today by Sid
ney Marsh, personnel directo". who
said that the canteen has been m
operation about two months on all
three shifts and will be improved in j
service and scope as soon as addi- j
tional equipment can be secur-.nl. !
Operation of the canteen, which !
also serves office workers, is being
carried on by employees of Plant E. i
but it is expected that a permanent I
staff will be chosen. Orders ate j
now taken and then distributed |
through the plant by cooperative j
workers and that system will be i
followed until the mobile unit can '
be completely set up.
Until the canteen was established j
there was no serving of food in 1
Plant E, where workers have pre- ■
viously had to bring their own lood !
as some still do and may continue i
Ito do, if they wish.
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Mrs. J. W. Taylor
Dies In Waxhaw
Mrs. James W. Taylor, of Waxhaw.
mother of the late James W. Tay
lor, Jr., of Roxboro, died Friday at
her home at Waxhaw after an ill
i ness of several months, according to
j information received here today.
I Survivors include two granddaught- j
ers, Jeanette and Judith Taylor,
formerly of Roxboro.
Also surviving are her husband,
five daughters, two soils, four sisters j
and three brothers. Rites were held
at Waxhaw. Her deceased son, James
W. Taylor, Jr„ was killed in October
of last year while enroute home to
Roxboro for a furlough from Army j
service in Florida.
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Bethel Hill Will
Have Harvest Day
I Annual brunswick stew and har
vest day sale sponsored by Bethel
Hill Baptist church will be held
I Saturday, October 27, at one o’clock
in the afternoon. Stew will be ser
j ved at one, while the harvest sale
.will start at two o'clock, both as
benefits for the church, of which I
the Rev. J. F. Funderburk is pas
tor. A full attendance is requested.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1945
Flora McDonald
Women To Meet
To Form Chapter
Those Who Haive Attended
The Presbyterian College
Meet Here Friday.
Flora McDonald college alumni
from Person County. Roxboro and
adjacent areas are planning a bus
iness meeting for the purpose of
organizing a local alumni associa
tion here on Friday afternoon at
four-thirty o’clock at Hotel Rox-1
boro, according to announcement i
made today by Mrs. John H. Mer- j
lilt, Sr., of Bethel Hill, wlui is |
anxious to have a full attendance I
from all interested former .student.; j
and graduates of the college.
Flora McDonald college. ,i Pres
byterian institution at Red Springs,
is observing the 50th anniversary
of its founding this Saturday and
this anniversary event is one reason
assigned for calling the Person and
Roxboro group together tills Fri
day; No formal organization of a i
Person chapter of the college's
alumni has ever been effected here
up to this time.
Mrs. Merritt, wife of the late
Dr. Merritt, is a graduate cf Flora
McDonald, as are three of her
daughters, Mrs. Wharton Winstead,
Mrs. Nancy Merritt Stevens and
Miss Ellen Coxe Merritt, ail of
whom are expected to attend the
Friday gathering.
Other Roxboro and Person wom
en listed as alumni include, Mrs.
Bruce Newell, Mrs. David Carver,
Mr?. Harry Winstead, Mrs. Riley j
Oakley, Mrs. Carl Winstead. and
Mrs. R. B. Dawes. Ail of ihtsej
women and others who are eligible \
are urged to attend. It is iioped
that a complete roll of alumni will;
be obtained and that a.’l of who j
can will bring others with (hem. i
Eligible for membeisliip are all
women who have attended or grad
uated from the college.
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1. Sgt. W. A. Clay
No Accident Man
!
i Roxboro Man Went All Over
Africa And Europe. But f
Now Discharged.
S. Sgt. William A. Clay, 24, son
|of Mrs. Omega Clay, of Roxboro, |
j who received his discharge last j
j week on the point system and nas
returned to his home here, was for
about a year and a half with the j
Air Forces ground crew in Eu- j
rope as crew chief of the 509th I
Fighter squadron, but he is proudest j
of the fact that not single pilot
j With whom he served lost his life
j through mechanical defects of the
| planes under his supervision.
In the African and European \
i theatres of war from February ]
1 1944, until recently, S. Sgt. Clay!
I saw service in Algeria, French Mo-j
]iocco, Normandy, Northern France, I
j the Rhineland, the Ardennes and ]
!Central Europe. He also spent!
1 some time in England. He has the ]
j EAMET campaign medal with six !
j bronze stars, a good conduct medal I
| and a district unit badge for the]
] 149th Air Force.
| Sgt. Clay, who entered the ser
i vice in October 1942, was formerly
j connected with Liggett-Myers to
' bacco company. Two brothers, Char
les and Russell Clay, are in the
Navy, while another brother, Pat,
was discharged from the Army
about a year ago. A brother-in
law, S. Sgt. John Thomas, returned
to Roxboro for furlough from ov -1
erseas duty last month and will be
here until November 5.
S. Sgt. Clay, like many young
fighters, says he is glad to be at
home again.
R. A. Bullock I
Has Operation
i
Clerk of Superior Court R. A. Bul
lock. of this City, underwent an op
eration yesterday at Saint Elizabeth
hospital, Richmond. Va„ where he
was reported last night as resting
j comfortably, although his operation
i was of a serious nature. He has been
! ill for several weeks and only re
cently returned from a stay at Watts
hospital in Durham. In Richmond
with him are his brother, George
j Bullock and Mrs. John Bullock, wife
of his nephew.
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AT ROCK GROVE
Rev. R. W. Knight, of East Dur
ham, will., be speaker on Sunday,
November 4, at eleven o'clock at
I Rock Grove Baptist church, accord
ing to announcement made today.
. A full attendance is requested.
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Roxboro High Band To
Participate In Celebration
For Truman At Statesville
Roxboro Woman To
Lead Eastern Star
Mrs. Neva Lunsford Brooks, of
j this City, district deputy grand ma-
I tron of Fifth District Eastern Star.
| will preside at a session of that or-i
j ganization to be held this Saturday, •
October 27, in Raleigh. Meeting will
be in the Capitol diaper's chapter,
house and will be attended by many •
other Roxboro women as well as by '
members from other chapters in the •
district.
Expected to arrive in Roxboro to- j
day for a visit with Mrs. Brooks and ]
to go with her to Raleigh is Mrs. I
Blanche C. Twiford, of Elizabeth
City, worthy grand matron for East
ern Star in North Carolina, who will
also go to Yanceyville for a meeting
with the Caswell chapter before go
ing on to Raleigh. Mrs. Brooks will
Durham Women
Fill Program For
University Dean
Mrs. Hornell Hart And Mrs.
Diebolt Speak To Business i
Women.
Mrs. Hornell Hart, a leader in the
Durham Business and Professional
Woman’s club, and her daughter,
Mrs. Janet Hart Diebolt. notPd au
thor and Quaker War Relief worker, j
i were speakers Tuesday night at leg- !
; ular meting of the Roxboro Business \
and Professional club, the members
j of which had dinner at Hotel Rox
boro and then went to the USO Ser- i
vice center for the remainder of
their program.
' I
, The two Durham visitors, who,
] substituted for Dean Alice Baldwin,
| of Woman's College, Duke Universi- ,
] ty, who was unable to fill her en- j
j gagement because of illness, gave
the Roxboro club several topics for
; serious consideration. Mrs. Hart dis
| cussed business matters pertaining I
] to the club, while her daughter. Mrs, 1
Diebolt. who was in England in 1939.
i presented ideals for modern club wo
men to achieve.
What part women can have in the
1 building up of a postwar world was
the main theme touched upon by
] Mrs. Diebolt. who asserted that w>-
i men need to take an interest in pub
lic affairs, ought to read and eval
uate newspapers and should carry
over into the postwar world some ot
jthe energy displayed by them in war
] relief and war work. She also de
j scribd her own work in England
: with the Quaker Relief agency dur
ing the war just ended.
Presiding was Miss Billie Vogler,
i president, who announced that there
will be a district meeting Novembei
17 and 18 at Sedgefield inn, near
Greensboro. A number of Roxboro
members are expected to attend.
Cpl. H. C. Woody
Has Discharge
Cpl. Henry C. Woody, of Woods
dale, received his discharge from
the Army Air Forces at Stuttgart
Army Air Field. Stuttgart. Arkansas
j this week, it was announced today,
i Cpl. Woody entered the service on
■ February 28. 1942. His tour of duty
I as a chemical warfare specialist in
! eludes service with the 868th Chem
ical Warfare Air Operations Unit in
England and France. He returned
to this country on March 12. 1945
and was assigned to the 383rd AAF
Base Unit at Stuttgart, Arkansas.
He wears the European-African-
Middle Eastern Theatre of Opera
tions Ribbon and the Good Conduct
Medal.
Cpl. Woody is the son of Mrs.
Emmie Woody, of Woodsdale.
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No License Needed
R. A. Bullock, clerk of Person Sup
erior court, said yesterday that it is
no longer necessary to have a license
to purchase explosive powders. Such
powders ca« now be bought without
a license. Chief powders concerned
are the dynamite types used in
blasting on- farms.
go to Yancey ville with her guest.
Mrs. Twiford is to be chief speaker
•in Raleigh.
i In Raleigh the program is to be
sponsored by each chapter in the
'Fifth District. Roxboro part of the
program will be memorial exercises
Ito be held in the afternoon,
j In addition to Mrs. Brooks, who is
' rounding out her third year as dis
trict deputy grand matron, other
j Roxboro men and women who are
expected to be in Raleigh are, Mrs.
ISessie O. Whitfield. Mrs. Louise !
! Barnette, Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Rimmer. Tom Brooks. Mrs. Made
line Trowbridge, Mrs. Ethel Wright, ■
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bernard, of
Leasburg, Mrs. Irma Tillman, Mrs.
L. G. Stanfield and Mrs. Margie S.
Chadwick.
| Still High
Roxboro market sold 503,610
pounds from Monday through
Wednesday at high average of $45
it was reported today, wjiile total
sales to date stand at 5,044,292
pounds for $42.42. Prospects for
remainder of the week are con
sidered bright, it is said.
Rev. W. F. West
Addresses Club
’i ' . • . ' .
!
! Tells Exchange Members That
Ideals And Facts Count In
New World.
j Praising the exchange ol ideas and
j ideals as practiced in the Roxboro
! Exchange club, the Rev. W. F.
j West, of Hartwell, Ga.. formerly of
Roxboro, who spoke last night at the
: club session at Hotel Roxboro, re
, minded his heaitrs that a similar
] application of exchange in the in
| terna tional world might do much to
1 j help the world restore a peaceful
] system of living together.
I The Rev. Mr. West also mentioned
] the role that returning service men
i must have in this new world and
j what members of the Exchange club
j could do to help these veterans in
j the reshaping of the new world. The
| veterans will run that world. He said.
' and will be more apt to be telling
us what to do, but it is important
that We should work togeteher, he
said. Economic factors enter into
what will happen in the postwar
world and it is important that cot
ton and tobacco may be grown in
greater quantities in China, Japan,
Turkey and other parts of the world,
upsetting previous notions of eco
nomic balance held by us in the
United States.
. The Rev. Mr. West, who with Mrs.
! West, will be here until Monday
. | was introduced by Henry E. O'Briant,
, i Presiding was president Ralph Tuck
er. who announced committee ap
pointments. Special guest of J. H.
Lewis, was Tom Shaw, of the
Courier-Times.
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Lt. W. S. Humphries
Has Promotion
i Promoted from second to first
lieutenant is William Smith Hum
i phries, of Bethel Hill, formerly an
• associate editor of the Courier. Lt.
. Humphries, who is now spending a
. forty-five day leave here on an offi
! cial temporary status, has been at
I Camp Bittner, but recently obtained
i his leave at Fort Bragg in thirty
' minutes, which he believes is some
thing of a record for brevity and
. efficiency. He is now at home with
. his mother, Mrs. J. Y. Humphries.
, Wounded in Germany, he spent sev
eral weeks here this Summer on
sick leave. He will next report to
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in early
December.
SMALL EGG
Mary Lee Whitfield. 12, of Hurdle
: Mills, who goes to school at that
s place, brought a gift to her teacher
i today, a perfectly formed’ small,
; double egg. Placed in a gift box with
I a blue cotton base, it looked like
i what it waa-jsomethlng rare and un
usual.
Fatal Highway
~ Accidents
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1941 I
DON’T HELP INCREASE ITI
DRIVE CAREFULLY
Question Os Cancellation Os
Truman Visit Os Deep In
terest To Many Citizens.
Deeply interested in the matter of
the appearance of President Harry
S. Truman at Statesville on Friday,
November 2. are members of Rox
, boro high school band, who have
; today been extended an invitation
to attend the exercises and to parti
cipate in the parade and other fes
] tivities.
' Arrangements for the ftoxboro
> band to be in Statesville were com
pleted today by State Senator Flem
D. Long, of Roxboro, who had a con
ference with Hugh G. Mitchell, of
! Statesville, general chairman. Di
rector of the band is Miss Mary
Earle Wilson, who has held the posi
tion lor two years and has done
much to build it up to its present
I standard. Band president is Gordon
Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Lem
j Uel Allen.
Band members, however, are not
Hie only ones here who are inter
ested in the ifs and whens of the
President's appearance, both at
Statesville and Raleigh. R. B. Dawes,
Democratic leader here, has for ex
; ample, sent to Mitchell, the name
of from twenty-five to thirty Person
residents expected to be officially
invited to the Statesville gathering.
Among those who will attend are
Senator Long and Mrs. A. F. Nichols,
the last-named as an official mem
ber of tlie recreation committee,
which will also have on it Miss
; Zeile Harris, of Roxboro, formerly
of Roaring River. Wilkes county.
Among tlio.se asked to attend the
| Raleigh meeting at which the Presi-
I dent is supposed to speak is J. S.
Merritt, of the Courier-Times.
Also listed as speakers in the presi- '
dential party are Secretary of War
; Patterson and Secretary of the
Treasury Vinson. The North Caro
lina delegation from Washington,
including Rep. John H. Folger, is
l also expected to be on hand both
> at Statesville and Raleigh, but there
■ was announced today from Wash
■ ington considerable of uncertainty
: as to whether pressure of official
■ business might not force a cancella
tion of the President’s trip to North
■ Carolina.
> Members of the band and a lot ok
1 other folks here hope there will be
no cancellation.
1 — o >
i ;
; Take Me Back
1 Home, Says Mooney
\ Among tlie North Carolina soldiers
’ serving on occupation duty in liber
ated Korea is Pfc. Carlton S.
Mooney. 21, of Roxboro, a rifleman
] in tlie veteran 7th Infantry Divis
ion.
j "I like it here. The girls are pretty
and friendly, but take me back
’ home," Mooney said as he arrived
" at the capital city of Seoul.
He fought against the Japs on
Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu la*
lands and has been overseas since
• February of this year.
1 Has parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
• Mooney, live on Route 3, Roxboro/
—o- -
Georgia Service
Board, Ditto
Mcßae, Ga.. Oct. 23.—The Telfair
j county draft board took the position
tonight that until the nation’s striked
stop they will refuse any more
up for induction.
t “W? feel," said O. F. McEachin,
. chairman of the board, “that it Is
j unfair to take 18-year-old youths
who are needed on the farms, and
t are willing to work, and send tbem
. ■ into the armed service when the
( present strike situation continue^
, o
i,H. J. Terrell
' Has Discharge
i i Sgt. Howard J. Terrell of Roxbony
i lias been honorably discharged |
V tlie Army Air Forces, according tn
an announcement from Separeti&l
Base Headquarters in Pantuna OU]k''..>
Florida. I
Sgt. Terrell has been in the Anafcl
? for 46 months, serving with die Btl*
t Air Force in the European Tlieateg
1- of Operations for 34 month% Ha
l, wears tlie European Theater Vtttaß 1
r with 2 Battle Stars. He is Rltaalfc.
n and ammunition loading oqnrt St-,
- tached to the 1808th Ordansnee Cos .
m England,
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