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
Hudgins Confirms
New Speed Zone
North Os Roxboro
A thirty mile per hour speed limit
zone has been estaonshed from the
northern city limits of Roxboro on
through Longhurst and Gavel, ac
cording to announcement from the
State Highway commission, Raleigh,
in a report of the November meet
ing which was received here last
week. State Highway Patrolman
John Hudgins, who has beer out
of the city for the past si vet a 1
days confirmed the report but said
today that as far as he knows, no
new signs setting the limit have
been posted.
The new zone, according to Hud
gins, has been established after
numerous complaints as to speed
ing through the heavily populated
mill communities of Longhurst and
Ca-vel, had been received. Com
plaints, says Hudgins, have been
registered by truck drivers, tran
sients, residents and mill officials.
The previous limit in the Cavel
and Longhurst area has been thirty
five miles per nour, according to
Local Cards Should
Be Mailed By Dec. 15
Billy Johnson
New Star Scout
In Person Area
Eisenhower And Merit Badge
Awards Also Announced.
Newest Star scout in Parson dis
trict is Billy Johnson, Jf iroc? ‘9,
advanced to that rant: last week
at the regular court if honor at
the USO Center, wher; pr, siding
officials were George Currier arid
Dr. Robert E. Long, if was reported
today. Johnson also passed tests
for merit badges in animal mdts
trv. first aid to animals, ntuvjicrzfts
and civics.
Farm home and planning badges
were awarded to Edward Singleton
and W. T. Adcock, Jr., both of
T|oop 49. Advanced to second
class was Dicky Knott, of Trooo 24.
At a recent meeting of Troop 49
General Dwight D. Isenhower med
als for participation in waste paper
campaigns were awarded to the fol
lowing: Youell Smith, W. T. Adco'-i:,
Jr.. Edward Singleton, Larry Woods,
Joe Featherston, Jack Fenthersid!
Henry Walker, Jr., Billy Johnso:
Bobby Kerr, Ruffin Woody, Robctt
E. Long and Frank Miles.
Cubs who have received the
award arc Jerry Clayton, Holmes
Adair and Sammy Merritt. The
award was also given sometime ago
to W. Wallace Woods, executive
secretary of Roxboro Chamber of
Commerce, the presentation having
been made by John B. Oakley, Jr.,
of Reidsville, Cherokee Council exe
cutive.
George W. Huff
Injured Sunday
George W. Huff, employe of the
City Ice and Milk Company sustain
ed severe lacertaions and bruises
about the head and body when the
truck which he was driving over
turned on the Yanceyville Road near
Perry Lunsford’s home Sunday after
noon about 2 o’clock.
He was brought to the Communi
ty Hospital where medical attention
was given to bad cuts on the head
and right side of the abdomen. His
condition is not regarded as serious.
Huff said that the truck was
loaded with ice at the time and
that it shifted to one side when he
attempted to turn a curve, causing
the truck to swerve and leave the
highway.
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Two Thousand
Added To Fund
P. T. Whitt, Sales Agent at Rox
boro, announced today that Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey had
purchased Victory Bonds in the
amount of $500,000.00 in North Car
olina in connection with the Victory
Bond drive. In line with the Com
l>any’s polity of allocating this pur
chase among the 100 counties of
-North Carolina in proportion to each
county's quota, Person County has
been allocated $2,000.00.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Hudgins, who points out that il'is
was the original war-time State
limit, although the State limit on
\ regular highways outside of re
stricted zones is now fifty miles
per hour. Hudgins today called at -
; tention to the fact that another
i speed-limit zone is in the Provi
dence road section leading to the
! Virgilina highway,
j Official reading of the Highway
•| Commission limit imposed ihroag.i
Longhurst and Cavel is as follows:
I “A thirty mile per hour limit is
on US 501, beginning at the north
ern city limits of Roxboro and end
ing at the junction of the Wpods
dale road with US 501. It embraces
’ the villages of Longhurst and Cavel.
heavily populated mill set*'eiuent
just north of Roxboro."
The law, presumably, is in cflcct
from date of passage, which oc
curred last month. The State High
way commission is authorized by the
General Assembly to make such reg
ulations as to speed zones in the
State.
Full Cooperation Os Public
Requested By Postmaster
Here.
"The Post Office department is
urging the public to shop early and
mail early", said L. M. Carlton, Rox
boro postmaster, who in a statement
issued today has pointed out thri
"greeting cards for local delivery
should be mailed not later than
Deccttiber-ii, V-atotiiv delivery be
tore Christmas day".
The remainder oi the Postmaster's
statement reads as follows:
Prepay postage on all mail matter.
Address all matter plainly, and ip
ink giving street address or box or
rural route number whenever pos
sible, Place sender's return cadd in
upper left corner of address side
Tags should not be used unless nec
essary.
Pack articles carefully in strong
durable containers. Wrap parcels
securely, but do not seal them ex
cept when bearing printed endorse
ment reading: "Contents, merchan
dise. Postmaster this parcel may oo
opened for postal inspection if nec
essary", together wth name and ad
dress of sender, as sealed parcels
not so labeled or endorsed are sub
ject to postage at the letter rate.
Parcels containing perishable ar
ticles should be prominently endors
ed with the word "perishable".
Articles likely to spoil within the
time reasonably required for trans
portation will not bo accepted for
mailing—and parcels may not exceed
100 inches in length and girth
combined. Do not enclose letters in
parcels. Christmas seals or stickers
should not be placed on the address
side of mail. Mailers may save time
by buying postage stamps in ad
vance. Parcels may be insured at
very reasonable rates. Full informa
tion furnished by any postal clerk.
Remember to mail early and
thereby get more satisfactory ser
vice.
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Patterson Has
View Volunteers
Inadequate
Washington.—Secretary of War
Patterson has said that voluntary
enlistments alone are not likely to
keep the army up to minimum need
ed strength while combat veterans
are being discharged.
"If we are to fulfill our goal ot
more than 7,000,000 discharges in
tile period between V-E day and
July 1, 1946, selective service induc
tions must continue,” Patterson as
serted in a statement prepared for
the annual edition of the Army and
Navy Journal, unofficial service pub
lication. ,
“Otherwise," he added, "men who
have already risked their lives in
combat will have to remain in the
army while those who have not serv
ed at all are exempted from any
military duty."
It is of paramount importance to
this country and the whole world,
he said, to maintain an effective
military strength in the postwar
years.
©he Couritr=©(mes
Loose Mule
Destroys Dignity
Somebody's loose mule on Tues
day afternoon in the midst of
the heavy rain that was then ‘ail
ing caused Roxboro police officers
a lot of trouble.
The call came from the neigh
borhood of Mrs. Claude Pointer,
Cates street. Two officer.; went
there. They looked and looked,
but no mule did they get. Finally
Chief George C. Robinson arrived.
There was a chase through the
woods, in all that rain. The mule
was there. So was the Chief,
who fell, skinned his knee and
broke his watch.
The mule, that darned criiter is
still loose, and would the Chief
and his boys like to collar him?
Council To Be
In New Offices
By This Friday
Cherokee Council Boy Scouts
Os America To Move
Headquarters.
John B. Oakley, Jr., of Reidsville,
Scout Executive of the Cherokee
Council, announced yesterday, that
Council Headquarters would be mov
ed from the Bank of Reidsville
Building to the second floor of the
Community Center Building in
Reidsville, on Friday, December tile
7th.
They will occupy the offices form
erly occupied by. the War Price and
Ration Board. Mr. Oakley stated
that they were badly in need of the
additional room and would be in a
position to give more efficient ser
vice in their new location to the 98
Scout Units with a Council member
ship of 2500.
Tile Cherokee Council includes
Rockingham. Alamance, Person and
Caswell counties, and is divided into
five districts. The Council normally
has 2 Assistant Scout Executives,
one living in Burlington, one in
Leaksville-Spray, and a Negro Field
Executive living in Reidsville. There
is a vacancy at the .present time in
Burlington and it is hoped that a
man will lie secured within tile next
few weeks.
Mr. Oakley also announced, that
Mrs. S. Fields Scott had been em
ployed by the Council as Office Se
cretary and comes to us with a rich
background in office management.
Two Meh Make
Graveyard Flip
From Automobile
Harold and Elzie Stone two young
white men, whose automobile turn
ed over late Tuesday afternoon
about fiye-thirty o'clock vero taken
immediately afterwards *o Com
munity hospital here for treatment
for cuts and bruises, it was reported
by the city police department, mem
bers of which made an investigation
of the wreck.
Driver of the machine which
turned a flip over into Burch wood
cemetery off of the Oxford high
way. was Elzie Stone, about. 20 The
men reportedly landed on 100 of
a grave or two. The accident oc
curred on a curve. With the Stones,
who were coining towards Roxboro,
was Willie Lewis Clayton, who was
urfinjured. The machine, a biark
Pontiac, was described as a total
wreck. Officers had preferred no
charges Wednesday morning, saying
they were waiting for the Stones to
leave the hospital.
Hopital attaches said that Elzie
Stone returned to his home Tues
day night and that Harold Stone
stayed overnight.
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Kiwanians View
Tar Heel Film
Ira Newman of Cavel, club mem
ber, had charge of the Kiwnnis pro
gram at Hotel Roxborj Monday,
where feature was •presentation of
a film on North Carolina prepaid
in technicolor and sound !.;• R. J.
(Dick) Reynolds, of Winston-Salem.
The film devoted to an Impressive
portrayal of Tar He?l industries
and scenic spots, lasie.l forty-five
minutes.
Presiding.was J. A. Long, Jr., pres
ident, and announcement was made
that next meeting, December 10, will
be observed as "Ladies Night," with
a specially prepared program.
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GROUP TO MEET
The Person County sub-district
of the Methodist Youth Fellowship
will hold its monthly meeting Mon
day night at 7:30 o'clock at Long
Memorial church. All young pec
pie are urged to be present.
ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA
Two New Men
On AAA Group
For New Year
John R. Jones And Ralph I.
Lonir Succeed Thaxton and
Bradsher.
Two new AAA committeemen,
members of the Person committee
tor the new year, have been chosen,
and two new alternates, it was re
ported today from AAA office here
by Rull Gentry, AAA administrator,
who said that chairman of the group
will continue to be Claude T. Hall,
! who was reelected to that office in
voting which took place last week.
The new committeemen are John
R. Jones, vice chairman, who suc
ceeds Dr. B. A. Thaxton, and Ralph
I. Long, third member who suc
ceeds I'. B. Bradsher. New alternates
are George R. Perkins, C. B. Davis,
Sr. Both the new committeemen
and their alternates have served on
community committees.
New commiin.ry committeemen,
winners in the recent elections, are
announced as follows by Chairman
Hall, th first and second in each
group being chairman and vice
chairman:
Allensville No. 1, L. B. Gentry,
route 3, Roxboro: N. B. Dixon, route
3, Roxboro; Clyde Powell, route 1,
Virgilina, Va.; Archie Denny, route
1, Virgilina, Va.; J. A. Bagby. route
' 1, Virgilina, Va. ,
,
. Allensville. No. 2. Huel M. Gentry,
_route 2, Roxboro; Denny Dickerson,
route 2, Roxboro; Cleo A. Dunkley.
route 3, Roxboro; Bradsher Gentry,
I route 2. Roxboro; Robert B. Crump
. ton, route 2. Roxboro.
Bushy Fork, No. 1, W. T. Greg-.
! ory, route 1. Roxboro; J. E. Hester,
Hurdle Mills; A. W. Horton, route
1, Roxboro; Robert A. Hester, Hurdle
Mill, B. J. Long, Hurdle Mill.
' Bushy Fork No. 2, C. B. Davis, Sr.,
1 W. R. Hawkins, J. E. Stanfield, J.
' M. Jones. Hasten Riinmer, all of
' Hurdle Mills.
i Cunningham, N. H.. Montgomery,
I J. H. Rudder, C. G. Long. C. C. Oak
• ley, Arch Aikens, all of Seniora.
i Flat River No. 1 Community, A.
i F. Hicks, Timberlake; M. P. Ashley.
, Timberlake, Felton Hamlin, Rox
boro; Oscar Jones. Roxboro; N. B.
Garrett. Roxboro.
Flat River No. 2, C. B. Foushee,
■ Timberlake; A. S. Gray, Timberlake;
i Berman Clayton, Timberlake; E. A.
Brooks, Timberlake; K. P. Whit
field. Hurdle Mill.
Holloway No. 1, L. M. Gillis, S. W
Melton, T. a. Melton. E. F. Hum
phries, Hal Humphries, all of route
2, Roxboro.
Holloway No. 2, W. R. Wade, route
2, Roxboro; H. V. Woody, route 2,
Woodsdale; S. S. Brandon, route 2.
. Woodsdale; J. O. Wrenn, route 2
i Roxboro; T. J. Oliver, route 2,
, Woodsdale.
Mt. Tirzah No. 1, W. W. Peed,
Rougemont; Talmadge Perkins, Tim
berlake: W. B. Jones, Timberlake;
Clyde Satterfield, Timberlake; Rob
-1 ert Yancey, Rougemont.
Mt. Tirzah No. 2. a. C. E. N.
J Tillett. Clyde Meadows, Wilson Crab
tree, J. F. Chandler, all of Rouge
mont.
Olive Hill, James L. Winstead. V.
O. Blalock, Edgar Brewer, J. R. Fou
' shee, Thomas Rogers, all of Roxboro.
Roxboro No. 1. L. B. Fox. T. J.
’ Warren, W. C. Pulliam, F. O. Clay
. ton, Jr., R. T. Warren, all of Rox
boro.
, Roxboro No. 2, C. L. Foushee, route
, 1 1. Roxboro; W. A. Wrenn, route 3,
[ Roxboro; Frank Oakley, route 3,
Roxboro; Brooks R. Carver, route 3,
, Roxboro. ,
. j Roxboro No. 3, Community, E. M.
. Young, route 2, Roxboro; Cecil A.
1 Pentecost, route 2, Roxboro; Brad
sher Gravitte. route 2, Roxboro, John
Gravitte, route 2, Roxboro; B. B.
Yarborough, route 2, Roxboro.
Woodsdale, James F. Shotwell.
route 2, Roxboro; John R. Morris,
Woodsdale; C. B. Robertson, Woods
dale; H. B. Bailey, Woodsdale; Jes
se Wilkins, Woodsdale.
USO Speaker
Speaker at vespers to be held
• Sunday at the USO Service Center
; in connection with the regular sup
• per will be the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks,
of First Baptist church, circles oi
which will serve supper. Junior host
• ess groups will also assist, as usual.
| Speaker last week was the Rev.
Daniel Lane, of Person circuit.
Also planned for this week-end is
the regular Saturday night dance
program.
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IN HOSPITAL
i
Victor Kaplan, of Roxboro. is a
: patient in Memorial hospital, Dan
■ ville, Va., for treatment. He enter
id the hospital Sunday.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
Over 80 Thousand Dollars Already
Raised For Memorial Hospital
Funderburk Makinq
Plans To Rebuild
Mill Creek Church
! Assurance that Mill Creek Bap
! tist church which was on Sunday
inight destroyed by fire, will be re
j built is contained in a persons!
| statement from the pastor, the Rev.
|J. F. Funderburk, who said yestvr
|day morning that there was three
[thousand dollars worth of in.su:'inee
I carried on the structure and 'hat
arrangements arc now being made
for a temporary place of meeting
for tlie congregation.
One offer which lias been made
as a place of meeting is said '•> iiave
come from Allensville school, but
the question there, according i t the
Rev. Mr. Funderburk, is the securing
of additional coal. Known 'o be
among those interested in helping
the Mill Creek people make temp
orary plans is R. B. Griffin, Person
superintendent of schools, through
j whom the Allensville offer report
edly had been made.
The Mill Creek minister said yes
terday that Sunday night's blaze
Vaccine Records
Very High Here
Seal Sale Window
Promotes Drive
Reports Chairman
A Christmas Seal sale window in
cooperation with the Kiwanis cluo
sponsored Seal Sale campaign here,
has been prepared by Miss Elizabeth
Lovell, of the Health Education ser
vice of the tri-county health depart
ment. it was reported yesterday o;.
Jack Strum. Kiwanis chairman for
tlie drive, who has expressed appre
ciation to Carolina Power and Light
company for tlie use of that com-'
pany's window. Tlie display will be
maintained for sometime, probably
until the end of the drive, at Christ
mas.
Central feature ot the window is
illustration of tlie uses to which
funds from the Seal Sale are put.
Seals are on sale in the Power com
pany office and Chairman Strum
urges all residents who have not
been alteady solicited by mail to
buy the stickers there. The drive,
says Strum, is progressing satisfact
orially, but letter recipients are urg
ed to send checks to Miss Dorothy
Taylor, Chamber of Commerce office,
who is acting as treasurer for Mr.
Strum.
OPA Will Close
Next Week For
Packing, Moving
Person OFA office, preparatory
to moving Us headquarters, will be
closed from noon Wednesday. De
cember 12, until Monday morning,
December 17, it was announced to
i day by Mrs. John Clay Lunsford,
! staff member, who said that new
OPA headquarters here will be
I either at Person County Court
House or at the U. S. Post Office.
I Final announcement concerning the
: new location will be made later.
The OPA staff for tiic office here
now includes but two members, Mrs.
1 Lunsford and Miss Mildred Carver.
; Only rationed items now being
handled are tires and sugar. Only
' sugar stamp now available is num
i ber 38, and no additional allotment
' of sugar is being made for Christ
; mas, says Mrs. Lunsford, whose of
j fice has been swamped with citi
j zens who have somehow gained the
j wrong impression about sugar.
| There will be no new sugar stamp
I until the first of the year.
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i IN LONG TIME
I
Lacy B. Latta, of Roxboro, hus
band of Mrs. Beatrice L. Lett, who
is stationed at Camp Wlieeier, Ga„
has re-enlisted in the Army after
having previously served in it for
ten years and ten months, according
to an official message received here
today from Camp Wheeler.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1945 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
‘was first seen on ail ouiside, wall
by a small boy who spread. the
! alarm. It is the opinion of tlie
; minister that tlie blaze sinxitd-ui!
in the church basement all .if Sun
day afternoon, as a fire wa.i stain
ed in tlie furnace Sundry morn
ing prior to the holding of -Jv reg
ular morning service. Tie' blaze
was discovered Sunday nighr about
seven o’clock while a BYPU meeting
was in progress.
The official statement Os yltus
to rebuild, together witli monks
I for cooperation from Cx-Vel Fire
j department and others in helping
lat the scene of the disaster, reads
jas follows in a message from the
pastor, the Rev. Mr. Funderburk;
to "All Friends of Mill Creek
Church:
"Since our church was burned I
I have been asked many times if we
plan to rebuild or disband. 1 ’take
] this means to say to all who onter-
See FUNDERBURK Page 6
lOver Seven Hundred Diph
theria Shots Given In
November.
■l/
| 714 vaccinations against diphthe
ria were administered here by staff
members ol' the Person Health tie
: partment during tlie month of Nov
ember. it was revealed today in a
report filed by Miss Elizabeth Lovell,
of the health education service in
| the department. But of this number
| only 180 persons taking the vaccina
were one year of age or under, ac
cording to Miss Evelyn Davis, senior
staff nurse.
j ' ...
■ During the past month at least one
nurse lias been on hand to adinin
| ister vaccines during all hours, but
I lrom now on tlie Department will
revert to regular vaccination clinic
j hours, two to four o'clock in the af
ternoon on Mondays, and nine to
| noon, Saturday mornings, says Miss
! Davis. Other Staff members are Mrs.
Sarah Grant Allen and Nurse Law
; son.
; The Department is insistent that
j parents recognize the danger of
j diphtheria in children of younger
years and that all possible effort be
made to g%re them vaccines, since
the death rate from diptheria is
j much higher in young children; up
: to three and four years of age.
No new cases of diphtheria have
| been reported in tlie past several
j weeks, but heavy rusli of vaccina
| tiotis began after two ‘deaths were
I reported first of last month. Break
, down of November vaccination fig-
I ures show that 435 white children
j have been treated, 277 Negro chi'.-
|dren and eight Indians. Tlie report,
i of course, takes no account of vac
cines administered by private physi
cians. Schick tests by tlie Depart
ment were 39 for white residents,
with eleven jiositive, and 30 for Ne
groes, with five positive,
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Brother Dies
i
! J. L. Woddside, of Hyaitsville,
|Md„ brother of Mrs. H. L. Crowell,
of Roxboro, died last night at his
home, according to a message re
ceived here this morii-ig by Mrs
Crowell. Mr. Woodsido hud fre
quently visited his sister uud vas
well known here. Details as to tlie
cause of his death or fir lUnmal
arrangements are tnOlaiplete.
CH
TALLY IN MANILA
Tech. Eddie Talley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. N. J. Talley of Route X,
j Virgilina. Va., has been stationed
lin Manila since the 21st of July,
1945. His wife Mrs. Macon Talley
and year old daughter, Sadra, re
side at Route 3, Roxboro.
His brother Tec-5 Thomas Talley,
was recetly discharged after having
served in the Italian campaign
Need For Continued Effort And Cooper
ation From All Citizens Stressed
By Chairman
Ten Years Os
Civil Conflict
Seen In China
Yenan. China—Chinese Coinmun
ists although anxious for. peace, a’
j prepared to light a 10-ypar civil
| war, their c hies oi staff, Gen. Yah
: Ching.yin, declared in an intend ".v
; to which lie devoted nine hours
Yell reviewed in detail ev.r'.s
leading to present stri'.t in mil
China and concluded with the u
eusation that Generalissimo Cut ;
Kai-Shek's nationalists had used,
the disarming of Japanese as a pre
text to assault and try to annihilate
the communist eight route army.
He submitted what lie said, were.
captured government documents , r-.j
deling wholesale attacks oil Cliin
! esc communists.
"There is hope for peace, ini, its
realization depends on efforts i;
both sides, as well as the good will
lOf foreign friends; especially Amer
ica." Yell asserted.
He said more than 80.000 men
have been killed and wounded in ’
the two opposing forces since Ja- ■
pan's surrender. He. termed the
situation "very serious but not hope
less; we do not look on tlie pres- 1
ent fight as all-out civil war, yet."
The last civil war; more than 10
years ago. lasted a decade, lie said,
although it involved smaller forces
and the communists' position then
was weaker.
"Today, with communistss.length- ■
ened through reliance on the idea
of a soalitidn government in con
tradiction to the old soviet, plan."
the war could last TO years, he re
marked.
He estimated tlie strength of Chi
nese communists at more than 3-
000,000 men and declared that they
could sustain themselves for a dec
ade Vitiiout military aid from out
side.
General Yeh contended, however,
that the communists never had ob
jected to nationalist landings at
Manchurian ports and would not
oppose airborne movements into
other sectors. At the same time,
he declared the communists could j
not be responsible for acts of "pop
ular armies" in Manchuria.
Veterans Being
Sent Home At
Faster Speed
I
Washington.—The army anti navy
reported today that nearly 4,000.001)
servicemen have been brought home |
from all theaters since V-E day and j
I that another 1.000,000 are scheduled j
to return during December.
Replying to charges that shipping ;
facilities are not being utilized ful- 1
ly, Secretary of War Robert P. Pat- j
terson and Secretary of the Navy j
James Forrestal said in a joint
statement that tlie transportation j
job "is being accomplished with un- |
preeedented speed.
"Since the war ended," they said, j
“the army and navy, in co-operation
witli the war shipping administra
tion. have been utilizing every ex- i
pedient of sea and air transporta
tion to speed the return of American
fighting men to their homes."
They asserted that 210 Liberty
ships. 97 Victory ships. 38 hospital
ships, 213 naval assault vessels, and
109 aircraft carriers have been add- j
ed to an original fleet of 253 troop I
transports to bring veterans back to
this country.
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Ministers Meet
Next Monday
December meeting of the Person
County Ministerial association will
be held Monday morning at ten
o'clock at Edgar Long Memorial
Methodist church, with the Rev.
Auburn C. Hayes, pastor of Long
hurst Baptist church as speaker, it
was announced today by the Rev |
George W. Heaton, president of the
association. # The Rev. Daniel Lane,
new chairman for the Infantile j
Paralysis fund, will discus the I
“March of Dines" project. j
Fatal Highway
~ Accidents
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1941
DON’T HELP INCREASE ITI
DRIVE CAREFULLY
NUMBER 2
Dr. \Y. S. Riinkin Hijrhh Com
mends Progress Made.
Thorough approval of tlie pro
; posed $250,000 Person Memorial
hospital 'project ..here and of the
system of voluntary contributions
under which funds arc being raised,
i was voiced here yesterday by Dr.
W. S. Rankin, of Charlotte, direc
tor of tlie Duke endowment, who
at a gathering ol' interested citi
zens stressed the nobility and the
! lasting value of such a memorial
and laid particular emphasis upon
tlie seriousness of tile effort as an
expression of community spirit.
Dr. Rankin was introduced by
R. 1,. Harris, chairman of the gen
eral commit tee, who ill. his own in—
formal remarks revealed that the
committee now lias oil hand in cash
or pledges .from eighty to ninety
. thousand dollars of the total amount
being sought, Many of the contri
butions and pledges have come
j from large givers, individuals and
1 business firms and corporations, but
:.it is expected that tile remainder
will iiave to come as the result of
concerted, hard and persistent work
' mg together on the part of ali citi
■ zens. including Indians and Negroes.
Announced today is a forthcoming
meeting of interested Negro citi
; zens to be held on Tuesday. De
cember 11, at three o'clock at Per-
Tsuil Court House in the main court
’ room. Negroes, it was reported yes
terday, will be expected to raise at
least $25,000 for the fund.
Dr, Rankin, whose address of yes
terday was also at the Court House,
went into an exhaustive analysis of
the benefits of a proper-sized hos
; pit.nl to this community, said that
having an interested and efficient
hospital board chairman and ,a
, capable well-trained surgeon are
first essentials lor successful oper
ation of a hospital. Having said
this, he then commended the as
sembled Person group for already
. having: such persons in the hospital
lineup.
One of the chief benefits of a
; hospital, according to Dr. Rankin,
is its effective power in drawing in
other medical specialists to work
witli the chief surgeon and local
doctors. He also asserted that the
work range of local doctors is matte
much larger and more effective by
the presence of a good hospital.
Hospitals, properly managed, can
I pay their way. asserted the speaker,
who. however, pointed out that that
I there must be community coopera
j tion not only in the building of tt,
but in patronage extended to it
j later on.
He cited the experience of Scot
land county, about the size of Per
son, where $315,000 has been raised
to build a hospital, and mentioned
i also the successful voluntary plans
j functioning lor hospitals in Lex
] ington and Asheboro, Dr. Rankin,
| likewise, expressed opinion that
, Person hospital requirements at pres
! ent could be met with a forty to
| fifty bed institution and that 1
j smaller, well operated plant would
|be better, provided the site selected
i would allow lor ultimate expansion
j to a capacity of one hundred to one
hundred twenty-five beds.
I Chairman Harris read also at the
j meeting a letter front all practicing
I physicians and surgeons in Person
i county p 1 edging full cooperation
with the new hospital project as 4
memorial to men and women from
here \wiio fought in and gave theie
lives in World Wars one and two.
Dr. Rankin's closing remark waq
a challenge to the project. Said
lie. "Human need and suffering arc
the foundation of sympathy, with
out which a community shrivels up.*
j Included in his report were figures
Ito show that six hundred and
twenty five Person people are in bed
each day from some form of illness
and that from 90 to 100 of such per-*
sons are on the average In need ot
hospital care.
Members of the Negro committed
asked to meet Tuesday are:
Dr. R. A. Bryce, A. W. Jones, Buck
Jones, John Hall, C. J. Ford, D.
Johnson, Ed Williams, T C. Till* ”
man Fred Buckner, Rev. U. R. Book*
er. Rev. H. W. Wiley, Rev. O, dfc-S
Grant, Rev G. W. Thomas. J, U
Talley. Allie Clay, Charlie Humpltfc. [
rev, Nat Villines, Dallas viiubMl i
Lee Bradsher, Jim Morton,
Nelson, John Cates, J. G. Fountitiß* *
z v. woods, Wes Smith, Gears!-’
Stanfield, Alex Mcqaln, Btertioi
Burton. Charles A. Graves, Ti/Sp
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