Victory Bonds Will Speed Them Home VOL. LXIV. Kagawa, Jap Leader Os Christians, Hunts Acorns For Food Description Os Meeting Him Sent Here With Jap News Sheet. Is there anybody In Roxboro or in Person County who can read Japanese? That was the question being asked this monv.ng in the Courier-Times office after a copy of one of the last official .publica tions of Domci iJapanese news ag ency* prior to the taking over by Gen. MacArthur, was received here. The Domci sheet, on very cheap newsprint and covered on boih sides by double column Japanese charac ters, is in size about one inch less all-round than an average-sized sheet of business stationery and has been sent in by Chaplain Edwin R Hartz, of the USS Dionysus, form erly of Roxboro and now stationed in Japan with the U. S'. Fleet. Enclosed with the Domci news sheet is a letter from Hartz, to gether with three photographs, one of himself and Lt. (jg) John E. Soloman, of Malta, Mo., standing in front of the House of Peers; an other shows the office of Kagawa, the great Japanese Christian leader, and a third shows a general picture of the destruction of a Tokyo build ing. Chaplain Hartz writes that Ka waga’s office and those of the United Christian church of Japan arc undamaged, but that "all around is a picture or destruction." He added, "We saw Kagawa’s supper, a cup of tea and a half potato, boiled.... the rice shortage will create a problem of food this winter such as Japan has not seen for many years.” Further description of Harts', meeting with Kagawa is contained in tile letter from the Chaplain, Which reads: *"*Yesteraa'J *e nSu a conierence with Toyohiko Kagawa, Christian leader of Japan, and listened to his description of his imprisonment whenever he wrote articles against the Nipponese dream of World con quest. "Then, police stood beside him to spy upon him; now they come to eye his Christ and to learn the meaning of the kindness of the oc cupation army. "When asked, ‘where and how can Christians in America help' 1 ' he replied: 'Prayers, Bibles and evangelistic missionaries.” "We must bring down the ham mer while the iron is soft,” he ex plained. He was to leave on the morrow to organize bands of chil dren to gather acorns for making bread. "One feels that Japan is at the cross-roads. She hesitates while she weighs the might of nationalism against the power of International cooperation. Kagawa's dream, which once embraced the universe, may help to raise the wounded and impoverished nation out of the rub bish heap into a great, throbbing and joyous destiny," says Hartz. General Closing To Mark Thanksgiving General observance of Thanksgiv ing is to take place here Thursday, with the closing of schools, public offices and business houses and with special services in a number of churches. Recreational feature of the afternoon will be the traditional Roxboro-Bethel Hill football game on the Roxboro high school field. First of several church services commemorating the day will be the First Baptist sunrise service at 7:30 Thanksgiving morning in charge of members ( of the rntermediate de partment. Program arrangements are being made by Manley Whit- Prevent TB Buy Christmas Seals J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Fourth Case Os Diphtheria Listed Fourth case of diphtheria rc perted here within the past two weeks, was revealed Friday, it was announced that afternoon by the Person Health department. The fourth case is that of a Ne gro infant, eleven months old Jean Odessa Brown, daughter of Mrs. Olivia Brown, of the Bethel Hill section, near Gentry’s store. The child was taken Friday af ternoon to Duke hospital and is reported to be in a fair cond* tion. Os the three other cases of diphtheria reported recently, two have proved fatal and as a conse quence vaccination work at the Health Department and among private physicians has greatly in creased. AAA Committees Will Be Elected Person County farmers will take time out from seasonal work m the next four weeks to elect AAA Com munity and County Committeemen for the coming year. Three Community committeemen and two alternates, as well as a delegate to the County Convention, will be chosen in each of the Coun ty's 16 farming communities. The delegates will later elect the three man committee which will admin ister AAA activities within the coun ty. Chairman c. T. Hell of the Coun ty AAA committee, said today tnat dates, hours, and places for holding the annual election are now being determined. Announcemet will be made within the next few days. In Person County approximately 2500 farmers are eligible to vote for committeemen this year. "Eligi ble" farmers are those who parti cipate in the 1945 Agricultural Con servation or Crop Insurance Pro gram. The County AAA Chairman, in re minding Person County farmers of the forthcoming ballot, appealed for full participation. "Solution of the postwar prob lems ahead of us is the vital con cern of every farmer—Consequent ly, it is to his own best interest to vote in the coming elections—to make sure that the men adminis tering AAA Programs in the coun ty are the ones he wants to repre sent him.” o Willie Huff, former resident of this city, is now spending several days in Roxboro. Mr. Huff is now connected with the Publishers Guild of Atlanta, Ga. field and Misses Edriel Knight and Barbara Jane Woody. The Youth choir will sing and offerings will be taken for Baptist orphanages. Churches of Person Circuit will have Thanksgiving programs at their regular Sunday services, as will numbers of other churches in County areas. No formal announce ment of Thursday programs in other Roxboro churches have been re ceived, but it is expected that several of them, in addition to the Baptist church, will mark the day with special rites. The holiday in most instances will be only for the one day, Thursday, but both County and City schools will close Wednesday afternoon and will remain closed until Monday, ac cording to Superintendent Griffin. o Blalock Improves Luther blalock of Hazelhurst, Ga„ formerly of Roxboro, has been seri ously ill at his home from a wound received in World War I, in break ing the Hindenburg line. This is the first time he has been seriously sick since receiving his discharge. He writes his sister that he is im proving from having an abscess and pneumonia In the cabinet of his dead lung. Couricr-TOmes Radio-Controlled Target Plane Here Tomorrow ' The army’s radio-controlled target plane, shown above, with a seven-man team from Fort Bragg to operate it, is appearing at a Victory Loan Bond rally to be held Tuesday afternocn in Roxboro. During the war the plane was one of the army's closest guarded secrets. It is nine-feet long and has a wingspread of twelve feel; There are no strings or invisible Wires attached to it; it is strictly radio controlled. It weighs approximately 100 pounds and is driven by an eight horsepower two-cycle, constant-speed gasoline engine. The team which operates the model plane from the ground is led by Ist. Lt. Johnny E. Gambill. The team rolls out a thirty-six foot launching ramp onto a large field and catapults the model target plane into the air and proceeds to put on a spectacular performance. Music Will Feature Victbry Loan Program With Robot Plane Exhibit Mrs. Dunlap's Mother Passes Rites Held Friday In Sanford For Mrs. Annie Wat kins Ross. Held Friday morning at her home in Sanford were funeral services for Mrs. Annie Watkins Ross. 92, moth er of Mrs. E. P. Dunlap, of Roxboro. Mrs. Ross, wife of the late John M. Ross, of Concord, died Wednesday night at her residence after having suffered a stroke of paralysis on the previous Saturday. Rites were in charge of the Rev K. L. Hendricks, pastor of Steele Street Methodist church, Sanford, with interment in Buffalo cemetery there. Mrs. Ross was an alumna of Car olina College, Anson county and was a daughter of the late Culpep per and Annie Tomlinson Watkins, of Stanly county. Her husband, who died in 1906, was a Confederate vet eran. She was a member of the Methodist church and had been a resident of Sanford since 1906. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Dunlap, are three other daughters, Miss Judith M. Ross, of Sanford, Mrs. D. L. Saint Clair, also of San ford. and Miss Glenn Ross, of Wash ington. Also surviving are two sons, John B. Ross, of Washington and Harold D. Ross of Augusta, Ga., two grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The Dunlaps were called to San ford Saturday when Mrs. Ross first became ill. Mrs. Dunlap remained there and Mr. Dunlap, who had come back to Roxboro, returned to Sanford for the funeral. Parhams Attend Sister's Rites Held yesterday at White Oak Baptist church, Archer Lodge, were funeral services for Mrs. Mary P. Whitley, 59, of 322 Hillsboro street, Raleigh, a sister of Jack and Jim Parham of Roxboro. Mrs. Whitley died Saturday morning at her home after a long illness. Rites were in charge of the Rev. A. D. Parrish, with interment in lh3 church cemetery. Survivors, in ad dition to her Roxboro brothers, in clude four daughters, two sisters, three other brothers and two gr ind chil(iren. At Archer Lodge for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Parham and their daughter, Miss Madeline Parham of Roxboro. o BENEFIT STEW Women of Theresa Baptist church will give a benefit brunswick stew Thursday at noon, Thanksgiving Day, for the building fund of the Sunday school building, it was an nounced today. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Mayor S. G. Winstead of this city, together with Gordon C. Hunter, district chairman for the Victory Loan drive which is in progress here, will be speakers tomorrow ai ternoon at o'cloek at Roxboro high school at exercises to be held in connection with the robot plane demonstration it, was announced today by R. B. Griffin, co-chairman. A parade by the Roxboro hign ! school band at 1:30 o’clock in the | afternoon prior to beginning of the 1 demonstration. The band will then I return to the high school grounds and will play at intervals Until the I demonstration begins. A bond sales ] booth will be set up on the grounds |by Peoples bank and it is expected jthat sales will be considerably sum • j ulated. I General arrangements for the I plane demonstration are in chargt j of J. A. Long, Jr., aviation enthus j last. Initial plans for appearance j of the plane, from Fort Bragg and now on a State tour, were mad,: Jby R. L. Harris, co-chairman of j the Victory Loan drive here. o New Presbyterian Minister Accepts Yanceyville Call The Rev. Herman J. Womeldori iof Frankfurt, Kentucky, arrived in J Yanceyville, last Sunday to enter | upon his duties as minister for the I Yanceyville and Bethesda Presby j terian churches. He and Mrs. Womcldorf and their two children, Ann and Jimmy, were entertained with a dinner at the church Sun day evening prior to a service by the church young people. Mr. Womeldorf delivered his first sermon at the Yanceyville church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and will be at Bethesda on Sundaly, No ivember 25 at 11 a. m. o Two Days Roxboro Tobacco market will close both Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. Pounds sold Thursday were for an aver age of $46.90 and on Friday reach ed 264,066 for $47.38. Total for the season is well over eight mil lion pounds, with a - general av erage of over $44. The market will open again Monday. - Alatty *ll*. Way Tom Ellis, the mayor and part owner of Cedar Grove, N. C„ and also an accountant, is a man of no mean ability. He may have many accomplishments but I know of two wry definite ones. First he can play a pipe organ and I mean that boy can really play that organ. Actually he can make tears come into your eyes as he plays those old songs of long ago. I have seen it happen. Then he turns right around and does the same thing with a pencil, I mean he brings the tears again. This week he was figur ing my Income tax. He figured and worked and worked and fin ally he arrived at the total figure that I jiad to pay as I was look ing over his shoulder. Lo and BehcW the tears were coming silently from my eyes as he played me a new tune. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1945 Riles Held For former Teacher Mrs. Flovd Whitfield Dies At. Home After Long Illness. Mrs. Floyd Whitfield, 50, of near Mount Harmony. Person County, died Friday afternoon at 2:45 o’clock at. her home from complications, al ter an illness lasting two years. The former Miss Ina Mae Brooks, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Brooks, she was an alumna of Greensboro College and formerly a I teacher in Person County. I Funeral was held Sunday after- Inoon at 2 o’clock in Brooksdale [ Methodist Church, of which she was a member by her pastor, the Rev. E. C. Maness, with interment in Burchwood Cemetery, Roxboro. Survivors are her husband, three sons, John, James and Alex; three daughters, Misses Dorothy, Joyce, and Cornelia, all of the home; two brothers, Earl anl Ira Brooks, both of Brooksdale and four sisters, Mrs. Edgar Blalock of Brooksdale, Mrs. Jack Sherman of Rougemont, Mrs. Arthur Wiley of Woodsdale and Miss Mallie Brooks of Raleigh. o Boy Loses Eye In Paint Accident Robert Lee King, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. King, lust one eye as a result, of an accident at Barlett Yancey school on Monday, November 5. Several children were on top of the grandstand scaling off flakes of dried paint, it was reported, and one of these pieces struck the youth in the eye. cutting the eyebail in half. He was carried to a Danville hospital and later removed to Duke Hospital where the injured eye was removed. -—-—— Scout District November meeting of Person Scent district will be held Tuesday night at 7:30 in' Roxboro Chamber of Commerce office. A full at tendance is requested as officer, for the new year are to be elected. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Mayor Issues Proclamation As Seal Sale Under Civic Club Begins Frank Jeler, Os j Raleigh, Points Out State Plan i Alumni Association And Civic Club In Joint Session. Making a plea for full utilization of agricultural and industrial op portunities in North Carolina and the South, Frank K. Jeter, of Ra leigh, for many years an official con nected with State College and the Agricultural department, was guest speaker Thursday night at Hotel j Roxboro at a joint meeting of State College alumni and members of Rox born Rotary club. The speaker. who illustrated his | program of progress for the State by telling the familar story of the house with the golden windows, was positive in his declaration that young people returning from the war | are coming back with a confident | belief in their State and in oppor tunities for the future. He pointed j out. also that the "doctrine of live at home" needs a renewed applica • tion and that the way to progress [lies through cooperation between ag jTicultural workers and workers in | industry. i Here with Jeter was "Pops" Tay lor, State college alumni secretary, i Presiding officer was the Rev. Dan : iel Lane, vice president of tile Ro ; tary club. ~ - . - —o ——-—: — . Semora Boy Dies In School Bus And Wagon Crash Ernest McGee, Negro. 10-year-old | child of Nick McGee, of Semora, | was almost Instantly killed when he j was struck by a bus from the Cas j well County Training School, of [Yanceyville, Nov. 7th. ,[ The accident happened about 4:30 arid the child died within a few | minutes. The bus was driven by Archie j Richmond. There were conflicting [ statements about the accident, but lit seems that the bus was approach- I ing a wagon on the highway and several occupants of the wagon | jumped off on the left side of the road. [ To avoid striking these persons land also the wagon, the driver, it i was said, pulled the truck oil the j right shoulder of the road and [struck the McGee child, who had [jumped off the wagon on that side. It was third school bus accident | and second, fatality from school ! busses report in Caswell since Sept ' ember. Quarterly Conference Quarterly conference for Person Circuit will be held Sunday after noon at Oak Grove Methodist church following luncheon to be served on the grounds, it was an nounced today by the Rev. Daniel Lane, pastor, chief event of the morning will be dedication of the Peele Memorial education building, with Bishop Peele, of Richmond, Va„ as speaker. o , To Open Office Dr. Harry William Reinitz, of Durham, an associate of Dr. N. Rosenstein. of that city, will es tablish an office here for practice of optomery and will be in Roxboro each Wednesday, it is announced to day. Dr. Reinitz, 26, received his professional degree from Pennsyl vania College of Optomery and his A. B. degree from Brooklyn col lege. He came to Durham from Wilmington. With Bank Wallace L. Wright, formerly cap tain in the Army Air corps and hus band of the former Miss Frances Critcher, has accpeted a position with Peoples bank. He began work today. BENEFIT DANCE Benefit dance for crippled chil dren to be sponsored by Roxboro Exchange club will be held Friday night in Roxboro high school gym nasium, with music by Jimmy Full er's orchestra. Seal Sales Head * * gplff i> mm ‘ * A JACK STRUM IT. S. Averelte, Os Allensville, 'Dies At Home I [Rites For Former Virsyilina Man Held There At Chris tian Church. [ Funeral for Thomas Staley Aver j r'et't, 66. of Allensville, whose death l occurred Thursday night at ten | thirty o'clock at his home from complications after an illness last -1 ing ten days, was held Saturday af j ternoon at three o'clock at the ! Christian church. Virgilina. Va„ of which he was for many years an ac tive member. i Rites were in Charge of his pastor, [the Rev. C. E. Newman, with inter - [ rnent in Union cemetery, Virgilina. i A native of Halifax county, Virginia, Mr. Averrett lived near Virgilina un it il 1930, when he moved to Person county, where he engaged in farm ing. He had been in ill health for three years. Surviving are his wfe, the former Miss Norah Ellen Bowen, of the home, two daughters, Mrs. Martha Watts and Mrs. Mary Gravitte. both of Virgilina, three sons, William W.. Walter T„ and James P. Averrett. all of Roxboro. twelve grand chil dren and two great-grandchildren. Tough Luck In Political Circles Atlanta. Ga.—Edgar E. Schukraft, who seeks to be Mayor of Atlanta on tile Republican ticket, may not even get his name on the ballot for the city election Dec. 5, it was dis closed today. The office of Secretary of State John B. Wilson pointed out that any candidate must file a petition of five per cent of the registered vot ers in order to get on the ballot if his party polled less than five per cent of the votes in the preceding election. In this cose the Republicans had no candidate in the preceding elec tion, apparently forcing Schukraft to file the petition. Several hundred napies would be required. RETURN TO CITY Mrs. E. J. Wilson and Mrs. J. W. Walker, of this City, have returned from Fort Knox, Ky., where they spent some time with their hus bands, who are with the United States Army. TOBACCONISTS LEAVE Jack Rogers,- Walter Cox and Paul D. Smith, who have been here since the opening of the Roxboro market with which they are con nected, will leave Wednesday for Greenville, Tenn„ where they will be during that market's season. - o FITZ INCIDENT Still under investigation here by police is the tieing up of a young white boy named Fitz, who last week allegedly was bound and gag ged back of a Court Street store and held by his trapping in a terra cotta pipe. The youth says he does not know the name of the offender o Uncle Sam Is making about 4 mil lion tons of food available to liber ated European countries and French North Africa this fall. Fatal Highway' ** Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1841 DON'T HELP INCREASE ITI DRIVE CAREFULLY NUMBER 101 I Cooperation Os All Beini; Sought In Civic Venture. Today marks the beginning of the 11945 Christmas Seal sale to relicVfe j and eradicate tuberculosis and i sponsored here by the Kiwanis club with Jack Strum as chairman. Mr. ; Strum in launching his campaign j said that all members of the club i will take an active part in the cam paign. which will continue until Christmas and has a local goal of [52,300. much more than has ever 1 been asked for here before, i In connection with the opening lof the campaign Mayor Ej. G. Win stead of this city, has issued an of j ficial proclamation calling atten tion to the fact that the better ! part of funds collected will be used | lor local and State purposes and urg -1 ing the united support of citizens here in the Kiwanis sponsored drive. Mayor Winstead's proclamation reads as follows: “Whereas, the weeks from Novem ber 19, to Christmas have been de [ signaled as the period of time for the sale of Tuberculosis Christmas ! Seals, and "Whereas, the North Carolina, i Tuberculosis Association conducting the Seal Sale uses 95 per cent of the Seal funds for a North Carolina : health program, and ’•Whereas, tuberculosis, as a com municable disease, took 57,000 lives j in America last year, and may pos sibly increase in North Carolina as [ it has already in Europe, and j "Whereas, the people of Roxboro , and Person County can help to pre j vent such a situation by supporting [. this 39th annual Christmas Seal Sale, which makes possible a health program designed to protect us from the spread of this public enemy. Now. therefore, with this in min'd, I, Mayor S. G. Winstead, of the city of Roxboro, call upon the citizens to help make P».«,:Lie the complete eradication of tuberculosis by buy ing and using Christmas Seals dur ing the weeks between November 19, and Christmas." Rev. J. A. Dailey, Retired, Dies Funeral for the Rev. J. A. Dailey, of Roxboro. retired Methodist mint isfer and formerly pastor of PerJ son Circuit, whose death occurred Sunday morning at Duke hospital, Durham, from complications after an illness lasting five weeks, will be held this afternoon at three o'clock at Front Street Methodist church. Burlington, by tits Rev. L. C. Larkin, with interment in a Burl ington cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Dailey was frequent ly a visitor in Roxboro and returned here last May to make his home, having residence with W. M. Fox, South Main street. The Rev. Mr. Dailey is survivied jby one daughter. Mrs. Edwin For bes of Tuscon, Ariz.; one brother, [W. F. Dailey of Burlington; five [sisters, Miss Nettie Dailey, and Mrs. W. G. Cox of Burlington, Mrs. J. P. Moore of Durham, Mrs. T. J. Hat [ chett of Roxboro and Mrs. J. A. 1 Taylor of Kinston. ' He , served many pastorates throughout this area and in East ; ern North Carolina. Surplus Paints ! ! Put On Market A large quantity of pigmented lac quer dopes used principally for Im pregnating airplane fabrics, has been declared surplus and Is being i offered for sale at 90 cents a gallon, ■ delivered, according to an announce i ment made today by the FinanoA Corporation, the disposal agency de signated by the Surplus Property Administration for this type of pro duct. These lacquer dopes may also find use on porch and lawn furniture, trunks and other luggage, seats, canvas canoes and dn-Pf* products. They are available In i variety of colors, Including bMKN* white, reds, grays, blues and SRI drab. The minimqm quantity that CM. be sold is 25 gallons. A certiflM check must accompany all onMIHt which should be adressed to the R—» ! construction Finance Office of Surplus Property, 41i Sec ond Street, N. W„ Washington* ' D. C. —*— Eleven counties in North CanOattg have alarm income of more thaje a mnli ,a dollars a year from dairy* ing. *•. ’-vV.T-i

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