WANT ADS in this newspaper will
bring you good results. Use them
to sell, buy, rent or hire. The cost
is small the results good.
VOL. LXV
Person Men Take
Part In Important
State Conference
Mobile Unit Os
Recruiting Crew
For Army Returns
Regular Staff Members Com
injr A Day Earlier
Next Week.
> The mobile unit of the Uniteri
States Army Recruiting Service will
be in Roxboro on Thursday, Decem
ber 6th. The mobile unit is operated
by Sgt. James Allen and Sgt. Gil
bert Bailey, who will be happy to
discuss any phase of the regular
army with any interested person, j
. ■- • j
While most veterans know some- j
tiling about the opportunities offer- ;
cd by the regular army, we repeatl
briefly a few of the major provisions!
of the new recruiting act for the
benefit of anyone who may not be
familiar with them: Retention of
grade and a reenlistment furlough |
of up to ninety days provided re- !
enlistment is affected within Twenty ■
days after discharge, a reenlistment
bonus of $50.00 for each year of last 1
enlistment provided reenlistment is
effected within ninety days after !
discharge. Choice of branch of ser-:
vice and overseas theatre on a three i
year hitch, The GI Bill of Rights 1
and family allowances still in effect, j
Twenty year retirement, Thirty days
furlough each year. These and many
other favorable inducements make
the Regular Army a very attractive
proposition.
Young men about to be drafted
:rre urged to come in and ealk.-u m. j
the advantages offered by voluntar
ily enlisting rather than going into:
service through the draft board. The:
army offers an extensive educational
program for which both high school i
and college credits are given. Enlist
ment may be made for as short a
period as 18 months. A man is eligi
ble for enlistment in the regular
army at any time before he is actu
ally ordered to report for induction
by his draft board.
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Tobacco Leaders
Al Conference
Wilson. —R. Flake Shaw, of
Greensboro, executive secretary of
the North Carolina Farm bureau
was in Washington confering with
officials of the United States de
partment of agriculture on tobacco
ouotas for 1946 it was learned here;
today.
Saturday midnight will be the
deadline as far as the government
is concerned for declaring quotas
for 1946.
Both the North Carolina Farm
bureau and the North Carolina
Grange have come out recently in
favor of quotas for the next year
and both hove pointed out the dang
ers of allowing quotas to be disre
garded for the next year. Whether
or not the department of agriculture
will declare leaf quotas for next year
was apparently problematical to
night but Grange and Farm bureau :
leaders throughout the bright leaf
belt were urging the declaration to
day and working toward that end.
At the same time here today Joe
Williams, field representative of the
Slate Farm Bureau, disclosed that
the membership of the bureau in
the state was now at 37,000, largest
in the state's history.
The Farm Bureau will hold a
meeting at the Sir Walter hotel in
Raleigh next Tuesday at 10 a. m. to
make plans for the Tar Heel dele
gation to the American f’ann bureau
convention to be held at Chicago
December 17.
At the Raleigh meeting drawings
will be held for the Ed O'Neal club,
members of which will get a free
trip to Chicago. Resolutions to be
presented at the Chicago meeting
from the North Carolina group will
be drawn up at .that time.
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Dr. Rankin Coming
Dr. W. S. Rankin of the Duke
foundation, Charlotte, will address
a group interested in Person Me
morial hospital here Wednesday af
ternoon at two o'clock at Person
Court House, where a full attend
ance is requested. Chairman of the
General Committee Is R. L. Harris.
. . Star,,
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Rural Interests Conference
Seen As One Os Most Im
portant In South.
With two representatives from
Person County attending, a two-day
conference called by Governor R
Gregg Cherry in the interest of ru
ral industries was held Thursday
■ and Friday in Raleigh.
Person and Roxboro men at the
conference at which Dean Chapman
of Agricultural School. Georgia, was
the chief speaker, were Gordon C.
Hunter, president of the North Car
olina Bankers' Association, and
Claude T. Hall, of the North Caro
lina Agricultural commission, both
of whom were high in their praises
of the conference as one of the most
important recently held in the South.
A steering committee for the con
j frrence recently appointed by Gov
lemor Cherry consisting of 11 men
| was incorporated into an executive
I committee to handle future phrases
; on the program. The committee will
be enlarged to 25. Forme r Governor
J. Melville Broughton, Dr. Clarence
Poe, Editor of the Progressive Farm
er, and Mr. Hunter, of Roxboro.
I were authorized to recommend to
! Governor Cherry the appointment of
j the remaining 14 members.
| Dean Chapman who made the
• key-note speech, stressed the fact
j that the South should atm at dis
pising of every product of its farms
: in the form in which it is purchased
I by the ultimate consumer. If this is
; achieved 4 jobs for every one now
j carried oil with the state will be
created, said Dean Chapman.
Governor Ellis Arnall of the state
of Georgia also spoke. He declared
that the South must rid themselves
of their inferiority complex and face
the situation determined tq make it
[ W»h«.t!*4uWy" 'wAfft. to toe. Flie Gov
ernor declared that the South is
| crying out for small industries. We
: need small industries in our towns
and rural areas so that we can use
I our man power and our own raw
material to produce finished “ pro
ducts here at home.
It was brought out at the meet
ing that in the next 10 years only
50 percent of the boys on the farm
will be needed to replace the farm
ers retiring and dying and that on
ly on-third if the negro boys will be
needed on the farms. Governor
Cherry remarked that he believed
that this conference would mark the
turning point in the -states economic
history.
In an effort to boost the process
ing of raw materials at home, the
conference in a section by section
review of the needs of various phases
of farm production, recommended:
1. That forestry production be
j improved as a source of income by
obtaining more detailed information
relating to forest resources, factual
, information on local timber possi
bilities, more skilled craftsmen in
woodworking, and more information
relating to marketing aspects of the
lumber industry.
I To provide income, the committee
i recommended that efforts be made
to bring in more mills using forestry
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D. R. Taylor
Retires From
Courier-Times
D. R. iJake ) Taylor, who was con
nected with The Roxboro Courier for
more than twenty years before en
tering the Navy about three years
ago, has sold his interest in the
Courier-Times. It will be recalled
that when The Roxboro Courier ana
the Person County Times were con
solidated that Mr. Taylor was then
in the Navy, so, while he retained
his interest in the combination lie
never’ was actively connected with
the Courier-Times. When lie receiv
ed his discharge recently he came
back and has been with the Couriev
i Times.
Jake said he wanted a business
of his own and, naturally he wanted
to continue in somewhat the sain.;
line in which had given so many
years. Finally his proposition to
sell his interest in the newspaper
and buy the commercial printing
end of the business was accepted.
The Courier-Times will continue
under the fiftn name of the Courier-
Times Publishing Company, owned
by Messrs. Noell, Merritt and Clay
ton, and Jake will run the commer
i cial end under the firm name of
Taylor Printing Company. For the
present, until, such time as he will
, be able to secure suitable quarters
• he will continue the plant in the
• Courier building along with the
. Courier-Times.
®f)t Courifr=®jmej3
Four Boys Fail
To Report With
Others For Army
One Os The Missing Said To
!>e In Navy.
: Four young white men scheduled
I to have left Thursday for Fort Bragg
I for pre-induction examinations fail-'
i ed to report, it was announced to
day by Miss Jeanette Wrenn, chief
| clerk. One of the missing men is list
ed as I'.'iold Thomas Holt, of
: Woodsdalc, said to be in the Navy j
land any information concerning!
! him or the other three wili be ap-!
predated says Miss Wrenn.
Tlic other three who failed to re
ffort are listed as George Roach,
general delivery, Roxboro: Mason
Matthews Bowes, of Longhurst and
Roy Lee Shepard of Cave!.
Three men left that morning for
induction. They W'ere Reuben Carl
Bowes, leader. Jefferson Daniel Clay
ton and Frank Whitt Gentry.
Those who went down for exam-.
ination were: James Earl Hester,
Jr., leader, and Ernest William
Braun, Kelley W. 'Carver, James
Talmarige OBriant, Filo Bryant
Miller. Calvin Edwin Postum, Pat
rick O'Brien, Terrell King Duncan,
Walter Herbert Powell, Howard Ar
thur Rimmer. Edgar Blalock Davis,
i Howard Carlyle Gentry. Elandrie 1
| Day, and James Earl Moore.
Bernice Cornelius Wade. Ira Lee
] Bowes, Eariie Preston Bowes, Joe
j Carlton Stewart, James Earl Hester,
| Jr.. Hugh Glance Blalock. Jr., Roy
] Clay Fogleman. Luther Earket Tal
j ley, William Howard Wilburn, Jr.,
i Gordon Stover Davis, Victor James
| Roberts, and Charles Thomas Tti
• turn.
OPA, Army, Aid
in Fight Q«
Used Car Racke!
j
Raleigh, Dec. I.—Alarmed by in
creasing reports that discharged ser
! vicemen are being victimized by
. some unscrupious used car dealers,
: OPA has joined with the Army’s
Fourth Service Command in efforts
to stamp opt tire practice, according
:to Theodore S. Johnson. OPA
i District Director.
I The used ear racket is especially
prevalent near separation centers,
Johnson said, explaining that some
j dealers are using dodges to collect
| over-ceiling prices from veterans
S who want a car to drive to their
! homes. In some cases reported to
i the Army and OPA, sellers hav i
; been flagrant about violations, act
ing on the promise that the premise
. that the veteran would prefer to pay
the overcharge rather than be de
| layed bv a court suit to recover the
I overpayment.
Johnson quoted Major General
Edward H. Brooks, commanding
genera] of the Fourth Service Com
mand, as saying that the army will
make every effort to protect the
rights of returning veterans, Separa
tion centers throughout the South
east have already been notified of
i illegal methods employed by used
| car dealers, and are “briefing" dis
charges accordingly, Johnson said.
The OPA official emphasized that
all individual cases of violations
should be reported to local Price
Control Boards, with the agency
promising swift, effective enforce
i ment action in every case.
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Cooks Birds As
They Fly In Beam
i i
Washington.—Birds were actually !
“cooked" in flight by radio heat
waves during the allies’ electronic j
j warfare against the nazis.
j This was disclosed today in con
nection with a report, by the armed j
forces and the office of scientific j
research and development on the j
effectiveness of ‘'countermeasures’' i
against enemy radar.
Scientists of the Harvard radio ,
research laboratory at Cambridge j
said birds were killed when they ac- j
cidentally flew into the “horn" an- i
tenna of a huge radio transmitter
employed by the allies to “jam” the i
radar sets of nazl night fighters.
The jamming set, known as 1
“tuba,” was developed by the Har-!
vard laboratory. The horn was 150
feet long and 6 by 18 feet at the
mouth. It was made of chicken wire
and supported by telephone poles.
The birds were “cooked" by dia
thermy heating caused by the tre-‘
I mendous radio power radiated from
the horn.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Furlough Expected
BERNARD WHITE
Bernard White, radio operator
with the United States Maritime
service and son of Mr. and Mrs.,
C. C. White, of Hurdle Mills, en-'
tered service in December 1944. ’
and received bool training at
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Now
in the Marshall Islands, he is ex- jfi
peeted home on furlough in Jan
uary. He was here in August 1945.
He finished radio school at Gal
lop's IslaAd, Boston. Two brothers j
in service are now in Germany. A j
third, Lawrence White, was I
wounded in Italy and has since i
received his dicharge.
Mrs. G. C. Hunter's
Father Passes
Suddenly Today
S. S. Wilson. Os Reidsville Has
Sudden Heart Attack
While Driving.
S. S. Wilson of Reidsville. father j
of Mrs. Gordon C. Hunter, of Rox-’
boro, died early this morning from
ia heart attack, which occurred
while he was driving his car to his
farm, according to a message re
•
ceived here.
Mr. Wilson, who was seventy-ei'-.ht
years old, had been associated with
the American Tobacco Company
for many years. It was reported
that his car struck a tree, but tint
he was dead before the crash oc
curred.
Funeral arrangements are ine >m
plete. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter end
their daughters, Mrs. George C.
Cu.sliwa and Mrs. Paul Vittnr, lelt
tills morning for Reidsville imme
diately after receipt of the message.
Also surviving are Ills wife, of
the home, two daughters, Mrs.
Enoch Price of Miami, Fla., and
Mrs. John Thomason of Charleston.
S. C„ and one son, C. P. Wilson of
tlie Marshall Fields corporation,
Leaksville.
Five grandchildren, in addition id
Mrs. Cushwa and Mrs. Vittur, als >
survive.
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Utility Shirt At
Stabilized Price
Raleigh, Dec. 1. —The recent price
increase granted manufacturers oi
cotton utility shirts will not mean
, an increase in retail prices, Theo- !
dote S. Johnson, OPA State Direct
lor assured consumers today,
j The increase was given manu
facturers, he said, to stimulate pro- 1
duction of cotton flannel and cotton!
domet shirts, and cotton suede and
moleskm shirts. Recent rises in pro
duction costs had made these items I
unprofitable for the manufacture,
under previous ceilings, Johnson
| explained.
The price increase granted the 1
i manufacturer will be absorbed by [
< wholesalers and retailers, in line j
i with OPA's cost absorption policy. |
j designed to hold down the cost of j
| living for the ultimate consumer, j
I Even after absorbing this increase,
i wholesalers of these items will still
j have a margin of 5 *•> percent, and
letailers a margin ranging from j
, 25 x k to 29 percent, Johnson said. |
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Miss Umstead 111
i Miss Jane Umstead, of Greensboro,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Logan
| Umstead, of Roxboro, who several
| weeks ago was bruised and shocked
in a bus wreck between here and
Burlington, is spending some time
here with her parents and may enter
Duke hospital this week for treat
ment and observation. Miss Umstead
’ is director of the Dairy council for
Greensboro. High Point and Thom
usvillc.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1945
Tobaao Quota
To Remain Same
For Coming Year
Asxecnment Reached Friday,
Keeps I’rogram For 1916.
Washington, Dec. 2.—The Agncul- :
lure Department has announced
(hat marketing quotas on farm sales
|of biuley and flue-cured tobacco
.i will be continued through the 1946
! crop marketing Season. This will be
i the third consecutive year that
j quotas have been imposed.
1 Small increases in the production
and marketing of both types of to
ibaceo will be permitted.
Farmers voting in a referendum
; previously approved quotasfor a
' three-year period. The quotas are
! designed to help keep supplies in the
! with market demands. Growers sell
ing in excess of their quotas are sub
jected to penalty taxes.
The tentative 1946 planting allot
ment for flue-cured tobacco was set
at, 1,191.000 acres compared witli
1,120.000 allotted for the 1945 crop
and with 1,056.300 actually planted.
Secretary Anderson, in an an
il nouncement on suggested 1946 farm
i production goals, called for 1,162,000
j acres of flue-cured tobacco. This is
| slightly below the total acreage to
i be allotted. No explanation was giv
• en for this difference.
• The tentative 1946 allotment for
j burley was set at 627,000 acres com
i pared with the 1945 allotment of
607,300 and with 1945 planting of
only 529.600 acres.
Secretary Anderson's suggested
goal for burley was 476,600 acres.
The department said the supply of
burley was much more nearly in
line with current demands than that
l of flue-cured.
Police-Making
Changes Indicated
Toward Europe
Washington. Dec. 2, —President
Truman has revealed that the Unit
ed States is seeking to break the
four-power deadlock over control of
Germany through revision of the
Potsdam declaration.
He declined to give specific in
formation on tile grounds that a de
tailed discussion might prejudice
negotiations. But only yesterday lie
released a report by Byfon Price,
former director of censorship, warn
ing that France was exercising her
veto power in the allied control
council to bring about the economic
dismemberment of Germany.
The President vetoed talk of any
mote meetings with Generalissimo
Stalin and Prime Minister Attlee.
Hr Said he is looking to the united
natons to solve problems hereto
fore reserved for the big three.
At the same time, he expressed
confidence in Russian co-operation
tor world peace ah cl said he does
not share fears that lack of co
operation by Russia would lead to
war.
In a busy few minutes at his news
conference the President:
Revealed that negotiations are
under way for revision of allied
control machinery in Germany—
particuraly for a change in the re
quirement that no action affecting
all four occupation zones can be
taken until the l T nited States. Brit
ain, France, and Russia are unani
-1 tnously agreed.
I Said that Gen. George C. Mar
shall will leave for China in three
:of four days as special envoy fol
! lowing up Maj. Gen. Patrick ,J.
Hurley, resigned ambassador. Mai
j shall will l)e under instructions to
' carry out established American pol
icy in China and his instructions
will be published.
Promised full discussion at a later
j date of the whole question of re-
I converting international affairs from
• war to peace.
Expressed conviction that most
j other nations are as wholeheartedly
! in favor of the united nations as is
tlie United States.
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Hirohito Trial
Keenan's Task
Washington. Dec. 3.—Whether
Emperor Hirohito will be tried as
a war criminal will be decided af
ter Joseph B. Keenan, chief prose
cutor of the Japanese war crim
inals, reached Tokyo, Keenan said
in a broadcast last night.
Former Japanese Premier Tojo
his associates and predecessors, will
find themselves in the prisoners'
docket, Keenan said. He added:
“Whether we will reach to the
very, very top will be decided when
we ■ get there.”
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Mill Creek Church Leveled
In Spectacular Night Blaze
$41,000 More To
Go In E Bond Sale
Person County and Roxboro resi
dents have as of today bought SIOB,- j
000 in Victory Loan E bonds, it was j
reported this morning by District :
Chairman Gordon C. Hunter, who 1
cited tlie fact that tlie E bond j
quota here is $149,000.
In a further statement on progress
of the sale of E bonds Mr. Hunter, j
says;
Person County has never faile.i
down on a War Bond quota and r
am quite sure that we are not go
ing to fall down on this the last
War Loan Drive. There is no other
Commissioners
To Inspect Home
Mrs. E. M. Wrenn
Os Gentry's Store
Dies At Residence
Prominent Person Woman
Dies This Morning After
I.onu Illness.
Mrs. Erf Sit. ityi-enn, 58, of heat
Gentry's store, a sister of Dr.
George W. Gentry and of Osbev
Gentry, of Roxboro, died this morn
ing at eight-thirty o'clock at her
home from complications after a
critical illness lasting two weeks.
She had been in ill hearth about a
year.
The former Miss Louvenia Gen
try, a daughter of Mrs. Zachary
Gentry and the late Mr. Gentry,
she was a life-long member of- MW
Creek Baptist church, which last
night was destroyed by fire.
Surviving, in addition to the Rox
boro brothers mentioned above, are
her husband, two sons, Bernice ot
the home, and Bill, of the U. S.
Naval hospital, Coney Island, 'le v
York, and four daughters, Mrs. J.
Carroll Milam. Mrs. Howard An
ders. Mrs. Draughn Parham and
Mrs. Eddie Love Perkins, all of
Cavel. and her mother, Mrs, Zach
ary Gentry, of Allensville.
Also surviving are five other
brothers, Eugene, Roy, Earl, Hubert,
and Htiel Gentry, all of Roxboro,
and three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Gen
try, Mrs. Eddie Turner and Mis.
Edwin Thompson, ail of Roxooro.
Funeral will be Tuesday alter
noon at three o'clock at the Wrenn
home by her pastor, the Rev. J. F.
Funderburke, assisted by the Rev
J. Boyce Brooks, of Roxboro Fust
Baptist church, with interim p.t in
the Mill Creek church cemetery. Ac
tive pallbearerswill be, B. B. Strum,
Robert and Arthur Wade, Clyde and
Kendall Gentry, and Oscar Wrnn.
Look For Markers
On Nylon Hose
OPA Recommends
Raleigh —No one seems to know
just when tlie market will be flood
ed with a plentiful supply of nylon
hosiery, but when tlie nylons arrive
they will carry a tag giving all Ole
in format ion the customer needs in
making her purchase, according to
OPA. Shoppers should look for these
markers for their own protection.
The OPA said these official tags,
attached to one stocking in each
pair of nylons, will give such salient
data as the retail ceiling price; tlie
gauge and denier of the hose; the
name of tlie maker; whether or not
they are irregular, second or third
quality: and whether they are out
size or extra-long.
OPA also reminded a nylon
hungry public that the hose would
leturn to the market at prices at
least one-fourth below those charg
ed in 1942, with celling prices lor
first quality, full-fashioned nylons
ranging from 95c to $2.05, compared
to previous ceilings of $1.65 to $2.50.
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RATION CALENDAR
SUGAR: Sugar Stamp No. 38 now
valid. . . erpires December 31.
I
investment that will pay as much
j interest and be as safe as our Vie
| tory Bonds.
If every one will purchase bonds
that have been delaying buying
j until they could see what money
they would have to invest, woiik,
buy bonds between now and -Decent
j ber 8; h, We Will sell the remaining
j $41,000 by December Bth. Covp
j lions and business firms are no:, so
i subscribe for tlleir quota until Dt -
'eember 3rd, We do not anticipate
[any trouble in reaching the overall
quota of $394,000.''
B. .1. Bowen And Family Move !
In As New Keepers Os
Institution.
Person County Commissioners, to
gether with auditor T. C. Brooks and !
R. P. Burns, attorney, will this after
noon go to the Person County home
to make an inspection of it relative
to repairs, it was reported today by
Mr. Brooks, who said this morning :
that Fred Masten will also meet •
with the gioup and go over altera- i
t.ions suggested by tlie hew keeper. I
B. J. Bowen, who took office this,,
morning and has already moved to -
the Home. ;
Also to In- considered by the group
will be the problem of an inmate t
said to lie insane and in need of 1
transference, to a State hospital i
Mr. and Mrs. Bowen moved to tlie I
home several days ago it was report- ■
ed, but also still there are tile form- i
t r keeper. Alvis Clayton and his
family, who' have not completed ar- i
ransemenl.s for moving and who, re
portedly, have nut been able to find
a house.
Routine business occupied tlie at
tention ol tlie Commissioners at
their session this morning, it. was
reported by Mr. Brooks, wliq was:
sworn in as auditor and tax super
visor and who in the latter capacity
was authorized to attend a tax sup-:
ervisor's institute this Thursday and
Friday at Chapel Hill.
Only Commissioners absent was
John Hester, detained because of
illness in liis family.
Mother Wants
Child Returned
Utica. N. Y , Dee. 3.—Mrs. Dorothy
Johnson, 17, reiterated that she
wanted to regain custody of her
year-old daughter whom she “gave"
to a discharged sailor Nov. 15.
"I want my baby back, " she said
in an interview. "I had no inten
tion of letting her go provided I
could find my relatives and give her
a home. I know now I can do it.”
The child is in custody of the
Omaha, Nebr., juvenile court, which
assumed jurisdiction when sailor
Donald Caffrey and his wife, of
Omolia. reported the 'gift."
Caflrey said that on a train from
tlie West coast to his home follow
ing his discharge. Mrs. Johnson
gave him the baby and a note say
ing that if she did not call for her
within 60 days lie could begin
adoption proceedings.
Mrs. Johnson contended she left,
the baby to' Caffrey "only until I
could come to Utica and arrange for
my brother and his wife to care for
her." Recently she wired Caffrey,
saying she wanted tlie baby buck.
The Omaha court is investigating
in conjunction with Utica authori
ties. i
OUT OF NAVY
Gordon carver, of the Navy, who
has been on Pacific duty, has re
ceived his discharge and returned
home. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. O. Carver, Sr„ and the husband
of Mrs. Doris M. Carver.
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Spraying the bed mattress with a
suitable DDT preparation is all that
is needed for the control of bedbugs,
although a more general treatment
of infested rooms will eliminate the t
bugs sooner. *
Fatal Highway
~ Accidents
IN PERSON COUNTY IN ISU
DON’T HELP INCREASE IT!
DRIVE CAREFULLY
Eire Starts From Furnace
While .Meeting Os Youne
I'eople Was Being Held.
Historic Mill Creek Baptist
church, the pastor of which is the
Rev J. F. Funderburk, was last
night about seven o'clock totally
destroyed in a blaze said to have
originated in the basement in the
hot air lur.na.ee equipment. All,
or nearly all cl the church turn
ishings, including the two pianos,
pews, etc., and llie pastor's library
was reported saved.
The tire was responded to by
members dl tlie Ca-Vel fire de
partment. eighteen of whom rushed
to the scene and assisted church
members in removing the furm. jte
and other movable equipment. Chief
Spake, of the CaA r el department,
said this morning that his tiii.-ne
carried three hundred gallons of
water, all cf which was used ind
that il. the men of tlie department
iiad reached the spot five minutes
earlier they might have been able
to save tin- structure.
No water was available except
that earned by tlie Ca-Vel truca.
Being held- in the church at the
time the fire was discovered was
a meeting of young people of the
church. It ivas reported in Rox
boro this morning that insurance
had lapsed, but this could not be
verified. Members of Mill Ci'iek
and of Bethel Hill Baptist church
only lastweek completed the par -
chase of a manse lor the minister,
Who serves both churches.
The destroyed church building
had a seating capacity of fiv e hun
dred persons and was structuaily
in two parts, an older part dating
back a century or more, and a new
k auy c-dded about five years ■ agf*--
when the building was remodeled
and the furnace installed.
Mill Creek Church, which has a
membership scattered thriughout
Person County and in Roxboro, was
served until about eight years ago
by the late Rev. N. J. Todd, who was
succeeded by tlie Rev. Mr. ''Fun
derburk. It was the scene about
two years ago of memorial exer
cises for tlie late Ffc. Lewell T.
Huff and has been the gathering
place for many important Baptist
events in the Person area.
Value of the building, according
to Clyde Gentry, one of its mem
bers, was between ten and fifteea
thousand dollars. !
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City Managers
Meeting Today
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Raleigh,—City Manager Henry A,
; Yancey, of Greensboro, president pi
tlie -North Carolina City Managers’
association, will preside at a two
day session of the association at
Sir Walter hotel here.
Ah
Dr, C. E. Ridley, of Chicago, ex
ecutive director of the International
City Managers’ association, ad
dressed the group at the opening ses
sion Sunday night. December 2, oa
"Pittlalls of tlie Manager's Job.”
Col. Wiley M. Pickens, executiva
director of the North Carolina vet
erans' commission, will speak on tha
morning of December 3 on the prob
lems of the war veteran and tha
cities' responsibilities in tlie matter,
with particular reference to servica
centers,
A variety of subjects, including
the rising costs of manpower and
materials, the returning veterans
and service centers, retirement plans
and taxicab control, will be discuss
ed at tlie luncheon session on Mon
day. December 3.
Yancey will come to Raleigh,
Thursday to preside over a meeting
of the North Carolina League ot
Municipalities' roads committee, of
which lie is chairman. Main purpoM
of this meeting will be consideration
of urban phases of federal highway;
legislation. Chairman A. H, Grahanv
ol the state highway and pubtti
works commission, and W. Vanog
Baise, state highway engineer, wl]|
confer with the committee. 5
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Symphony Fund |
The North Carolina Symphony,
fund formed a portion of a two
part program lor Roxboro Rotarg
club Thursday night at Hotat anntei
bom. wiiu w. Wallace Woods ag
chairman. Contributions ana Hos .
sought for the fund, which *»
sponsored here by the Rotary <jUH c
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