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
Local Board Ready
♦To Cooperate With
Student Deferments
Successful Soil
Saving Program
Held Yesterday
Hubert Shotwell And W. R.
Wade Cite Personal
Experiences.
With ah attendance of thirty*
one, the soil conservation meeting
1 held yesterday at Bethel Hill was
smaller in number than in spirit
and interest, although J. M. Wil
burn, agricultural teacher at Bethel
Hill, pointed out that the gathering
was one of the largest of its type
in two years. Presiding as chair
man was Wilburn, who introduced
the first speaker, J. R. Adair. of
the soil conservation service, who
traced the history of consevatlon
|at Bethel Hill, explained the pur
-1 pose of the meeting and expressed
(appreciation for (cooperation ie
ceived.
Brief talks were made by Pcsott
Agent H. K. Sanders and by ciaude
T. Hall as well as by J. M. Parks,
of Reidsvilie, district conservation*,
ist. who showed a film on good con
servation practices.
Tlie film, "Building Back," show
ed practices and improvement in
► building back soils on American
farms. The District Conservation
'said three fourths of the land in
Person County had lost from one
fourth to three fourths of the top
soil and that this soil loss meant
reduction in plant food and lower
crop yields.
A ten minute film title "Farm In
conveniences” dealt with accidents
and hazards shown on poorly ma
r aged farms compared to good cure
and mc'jjSenance of equipment,
livestock ana buildings which results
in better rural living.
Also among the speakers were J.
Hubert Shotwell and W. R. Wade,
as was Dr. H. M. Beam.
Shotwell, one of the leading far
mers in this section of the county,
declared that in his opinion our
greatest enemy to us farmers is
sheet erosion, the slipping off of
I topsoil. He said the educational
value to us from this project is a
challenge to us and our young
boys through accepting scientific
information brought to us through
agricultural workers. This will im
prove ourselves and our land and
future generations. I would like to
see the project carried 100 per cent.
Wade, tenant farmer alpng this
highway who is a community lead
er and Sunday School superintend
ent, very ably and forcefully ex
pressed his views from the tenant
standpoint, saying that ; tenants
should realize the importance of
saving and building land, for it is j
beneficial to the tenant as well as j
the landlord. Some tenants think :
that the farm they are living on
only in the sense that they will do
the work and will have to leave the
farm and move and the landlord j
I gets the benefit. He lalso Maid I
that there were several large land j
owners in that section with many!
tenants and he believed that any \
tenat who will cooperate in this
program and work with the land
lord will have a place to farm for j
many years without having to move. I
The tenant will want to stay and j
the landlord will want to keep him.
Dr. Beam of Roxboro, and also;
landowner on this highway, said ;
he attended the meeting to find
out more about this highway pro- j
ject and that he was in favor of it j
and would like to see it completed. |
Announcement was made by |
Parks upon request from Gordon!
Hunter, local banker who could not
be present, that the N. C. Bankers
Association is sponsoring an essay j
speaking contest among high school;
students on some phase of soil con
servation and that Person Couty
along with many other couties is j
going to award prizes for the eoun- j
ty contest. The State winner will
deliver his conservation essay at
the N. C. Bankers Association An
nual meeting on May 8, 1946 at ;
Pinehurt. The winner will receive
$50.00 Victory Bond and the trip
to Pinehurst.
o
( Expected
Cpl. William A. Wrenn, son of Mrs.
Dolly Wrenn, of Cavel. has arrived
in the States, having landed at
Tacoma, Wash., according to a
message received here by his moth
er. Cpl. Wrenn, who has been in
overseas service in the Pacific for
two years and three months, is ex
pected to be home by Christmas.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Follow Metts’ Plan. Christmas
Holiday Schedule Given.
j Person Selective Service board has
j received from State Director Gen
J. Van B. Metts a copy of the ruling
; concerned with delays in military
service for students who are still in
high school and the Person board
i will be pleased to comply with the
, j ruling it was revealed today by
I Miss Jeanette Wrenn chief • clerk,
•who said that a number of local in
quiries have been made as to effec
■ ' tiveness of the new ruling.
; j Under this ruling, as it was an
. i nouriccd several days ago from Ra
. [leigb, delays in induction to military
. I service mav be granted to high
[j.school students up to the age ot
. 20, provided such students are In
, good and regular standing -scholastic
. ally and do not leave school to go to
i work or because of failures or low
f grades in school.
, All boys, however, are still requir
, ed to register when they become
. eighteen years of age and all boys
I who register are required to go to
camp under Selective Service order
for pie-induction examination. One
i such group is expected to leave hers
. next Tuesday for Fort Bragg and In
, the group are several young men who
. will doubtlessly seek to delay their
. actual induction until they have
graduated from high school.
Parents or boys interested in se
• curing such postponements of indue
i tion are requested to make applies -
i tion to the Board in writing, or if
i desired, the application may be
> | written by the school principal at
■! the institution which the boy is at
t tending, it was said by Miss Wrenn'
r Holiday closing of the Selective
Service board here was announced
-1 today, as follows: closed December
i | 24 and 25, and on December 31 and
■ January 1. Open on Saturday, Dec
;' ember 2'), and on Saturday, January
, 5. Snfnrt'.Tp. ein‘>ng will > obsereisd.
»i on each Saturday after January 5,
las usual. Regpiar office hours are
. j from 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
.! Most recent group to go to Fort
Bragg for induction from -here was
■ composed of negro men, with Quin
,! eey Adams Dickens as leader. Others
' I in the group were Albert Tapp, Hen
<| ry Philman Trotter and George
E i Washington Jackson. Also sent down
I: for preinduction examination, with
I I Walter Oliver Bradsher, as leader,
: i was a larger group of negroes, fn
-11 eluding Willie Wiley, Luther James
i! Thomas Ragland, Bernice Edward
■! Link, Ernest Bryce Smith, George
t Hamlet. George Junior Allen, James
1 Earl Nichols, Jr., James Freeman
■: Goods and James Purnell Gentry.
■! Men in both groups went to Fort
! Bragg a week ago yesterday, but were
not reported as having gone until
i first of this week.
:! °
Huff Post Has
Officers Installed
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the j
Lewell T. Huff Post, on Tuesday j
1 night in regular meeting at; the I
Roxboro USO Center installed as I
j Commander James W. Allgood, j
j with c. C. Garrett as vtce-com-1
; matider. Other officers installed j
! included, Richard Warren, quarter■- j
| master, J. A. Jordan, adjutant (re-j
i elected i.
Next meeting of the Post will be!
I held on Tuesday night, January 8.
(The officers installed were elected j
| at a previous meeting, as were sev
! eral others, some of whom are now
j out of the city.
Other officers installed Tuesday
i night were J. E. McFarland, Jr..
I as junior vice commander and Le'.v
--| is E. Pulliam as sergeant at arms, j
Vice commander Garrett is former |
j commander.
|
Mill Creek Will
Meet In School
Mill Creek Baptists, whose church'
i was recently destroyed by fire, have
| completed arrangements to use the
Allensville school auditorium as a
! place of meeting, it was reported
! here Tuesday by the pastor, the Rev.
IJ. F. Funderburke, services will be
i held on regular schedule.
I I Sunday school will be Sunday and
I preaching services will follow.
o
Lawyer Returns
. j Robert Edgar Long, son of Mrs.
11 J. A. Long, Sr„ well known young
: i attorney, who has been in overseas
j military service in the Pacific for
j many months, returned to Roxboro
i: Monday after having received his
■! discharge. Also here is his brother,
■ Lt. Bickford Long, who is still in
service.
®f)e Cotmer-tßjmeg
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
Proposed New First Presbyterian Church For Roxboro
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Tlie center of worship, or auditorium is the Church Nave. Gothic in style, it conveys a worshipful atmosphere and spiritual inspiration.
The doors, windows, and other necessary accoutrements, reflect beauty and strength as well as being cf utilitarian value. Sealing !00 the
Nave is entered through the vestibule faring Lamar Street. The. raised chancel is centered on the Nave providing space for pulpit,
organ console, and choir seating of 21. Immediately to the rear of. the choir is’ the choir dressing room. The main floor of the Educa
tional Building (Sunday School) is shown a half flight of steps from the Nave. It may be entered directly from the outside or
through a passage way extending along the Chancel. Architect is William Henley Dietrirk, of Raleigh. Plans for the church wen
first considered last spring.
Presbyterians Begin House To House
Appeal For New Church Structure
Boy Saved By
Chum At Well
Grateful parents are Mr. and i
Mrs. James Carver, of Chub Lake j
street, and the boy who basks in .
their affection Is Jimmy Perkins, 9, j
son of Arthur Perkins'and play
mate of the Carver's son “Bud,” !
or Janies, Jr„ aged five years. It
all happened last Saturday after
; noon when the two boys were
playing around an old well on the
W. I. Newton place.
Action began when Bud climbed
up on top of the old well which
( was covered by boards. The boards
were nailed down and concreted,
too, but were rotten with age.
I Snap went the boards and Bud
1 started failing. It would have
been a drop of about sixty-five
feet, but for the fact that Jimmy
Perkins quickly grabbed his
chum and held him dangling un
' til adult help, attracted by wild
cries, could arrive.
Riles Will Be
Held Tomorrow
For Mrs. Wrenn ,
Mrs. Mattie Loner Wrenn Dies !
In Durham Hospital After
An Operation. <
Funeral for Mrs. Mattie Long 1
1
Wrenn, 40, of Chub Lake, daughter ,
of Mrs Grant Long and wife of the l
late Bernice Wrenn, whose death 1
occured last night at ten o'clock at I
Watts hospital, Durham, following ]
an operation, will be held at Oak ’
Grove Methodist church Friday i
afternoon at three o'clock by her i
pastor. Rev. Daniel Lane, assisted i
by the Rev. B. B. Knight, with inter- i
merit "in the church cemeteiy.
Mrs. Wrenn was taken to the hos
jpital Saturday. Death was attribut
ed to complications
; Surviving, in addition to her moth
er. are five sons. Burley. Calvin.
William Ernest. John Richard and
Frank Wallace Wrenn, all of Chub
Lake; three daughters. Mesdames
Will Reaves and Sallie Sue Evans
and Miss Annie Zell Wrenn. all
of Chub Lake; three brothers,
Tommy, Edgar and Gleinon Long
and three sisters, Mesdames Mary!'
Wilson, Bessie Black and Pallie Sue '
Bowes, all of Chub Lake.
Mrs. Wrenn's father died only ap
few months ago. I
Over The Top
1
E bond quota in the Victory | <
Loan drive for Person County and i ]
Roxboro has been oversubscribed |
by about six thousand dollars, i< ji
was reported this morning. Total i
raised in E bonds is $155,000. j i
whereas the quota wai $149,000. |i
ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945
Nylons Make Eyes
Sparkle For Kiwanis
| Nylon hose, the real thing, one j
pair for each feminine guest, helped
to make the Roxboro Kiwani; I
club's "Ladies- Nignt" program:
Monday night one of the most me- i
inorable held here in years. Soj
overwhelmingly important and ap- i
preciated were the gifts (the source!
for which remains a deep, dark j
Kiwanis secret) that even the j
speaker of the evening, Jasper Hicks, >,
Henderson attorney and governor- j
elect of Kiwanis District, had to:
take a back seat.
Mr. Hicks, who was introduced
by his brother-in-law, F. O, Carver, ! <
Jr„ of Raleigh, kept most of his j j
talk in a light and humorous vein i
with jokes and side, remarks, but!:
toward the end he launched into \ i
serious observations as to the tole j,
which Kiwanis can play in the new,),
postwar world. Mr. Carver, itvei- i
dentally, is a former member of the i
Roxboro club and is now director j
of public relations for the State j !
Highway commission.
I
Response for the ladies was made j
by Mrs. J. A. Long, Jr., wife of the j
club president. Introduction of |
toastmaster, the Rev. J. Boyce j,
Brooks was by the club president, I
while pledge to the flag was led by j
Claude Luquire and invocation was
by Dewey Young. Quartet singing [
was led by T. C. Sanders and ad- |
dress of welcome by R. P. Burns, j •
Program chairmen were Frank
Wright and R. D. Bumpass, while ! :
the decorations were in charge of!
Robert Long, Leon Wilson and J,!
W. Bolick. Decorations in the din- j 1
ing room at Hotel Roxboro, where I
the dinner was served, were of
Christmas and holiday motif and
regarded as the most elaborate and
beautiful in several years. <
Members of the favors committee, <
the one responsible for those Ny-
FIRST FLIGHT HAS THRILLS i
FOR ROXBORO GRANDMOTHER
Mrs. John T. Wade, 74, of this 1
city, mother of Police Officer l
Charlie Wade, likes to fly in air- t
planes. She had her first exper- t
ience with that mode of travel last i
[ week when she went to Knoxville, i
jTenn., to visit a daughter, Mrs. J. '
Howard Young, wife of the Rev. '
(Mr. Young, a Baptist minister. First [I
1 hand account of tlie trip, about 500 j ]
j miles and mostly above clouds be- J;
| cause of bad weather, was received 1 1
| here yesterday by her son in the
| form of a letter from Mrs. Wade, j ’
jwho arrived safely in Knoxville. j
The trip from Durham to Knox- !
ville was in rough weather, with I
[much rainfall, but that did net i
M ..... , -I
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| Baptist Church
Plans Music For i
I :
Holiday Season
[!
Training Union Will Have
First One This Sundav i
Niffhl. !
|i
A Christmas cantata. "The Prince j,
of Peace," by E. L. Ashford, will be I
presented on Sunday night before !
Christmas, December 23, by the j|
senior choir of Roxboro First Bap- j
list church, it was announced *o- i
day. Time for the cantata will be ‘ 1
eight o'clock.
Planned for this Sunday night, 1 1
December 16, at seven-thirty o'clock'
also at First Baptist church, is sti'i ;
another Christmas program. "The j:
Christmas Story Told in Color," ano j
sponsored by the Baptist Training !■
Union under leadership of Miss Vi-j
yenne. HierS, church secretary i.nJ j
director of religious education. j
The Training Union program will |
take place of the regular Sunday i
night sermon service and will be j
presented by means of colored i
slides with a text based upon (he j
King James version of the Bible j
argumented by . the singing .of '
Christmas carols by the youth choU;. :
— I
tons, were Jack Strum and John '
Dempsey, while members of the.l
welcoming committee were J. J.
iDick) Woody, Jake Taylor, and J, ;
W. Green. Music was ill charge j
of T. C. Sanders. The guest list in- :
eluded over one hundred, together 1
with members.
|i
I,
bother . Mrs. Wade, who says she j
felt safe enough after she got off j
the ground and into clouds. The j
time was a lot better, too, two and!
one-half hours by air, against some j
twelve hours by train. And the
view was beautiful. At first MrsJ
Wade was doubtful about making •
j that plane trip, but finally she was j
| persuaded by a Durham daughter j
[ and now she writes she wants to
| come back that way, too.
Mrs. Wade expects to be in Knox- |
| ville through the winter. She made
j the trip a w'eek ago yesterday.
Such trips, however, are no novelty
to her grandchildren, several of
whom are still in military service.
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Members Are Asking Com
munity Wide Aid For
New Church.
Roxboro Presbyterians, beginning
today, are starting a county and
city-wide appeal lor funds' l to aid
them in tlie . construction of their
proposed new $50,000 church and
education building. Announcement
of the beginning of this community
spirited drive was made yesterday
by Thomas Dixon, of the executive
committee, and J. D, Mangum. head
of finance committee. It is expect
ed that construction of the new
building will begin in the Spring.
Already on hand in cash is $7,000
together with $5,000 in pledges to
be paid tills year, church officials
reveal, giving a starting lund of
$12,000. Both Mangum and Dixon,
however, point out that the chinch
membership of 125 persons with
only thirty heads of families is
small and that the new Gothic
structure cannot be built without
the wholenearted cooperation of
generous citizens from other de
nominations here, Some assistance
is expected from the Presbytery and
Synod, but extent of this aid can
not, be foreseen.
The new church will have three
| floors, a basement, a first floor
! and a second story, with adequate
j recreation hall;, kitchens, class
! rooms and an auditorium, the last
[named with a seating capacity of
I two hundred. The new building
j will be erected oil the site of tlie
; present small wooden church, which
jhas only one room, the auditorium
[and has served the congregation
| since organization of the church m
11892. Present pastor is the Rev, Geo
jrge W. Heaton. Tlie church is the
1 only Presbyterian one in Person
; County.
In addition to Mr. Dixon and Mr.
■ Mangum, members of the Executive
committee are Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
Newell, Dr. and Mrs. J. H Hughes,
Mrs E E Bradsher, Sr, W. L. King,
Collin Abbitt, Mrs. Lois Wairen,
Mrs: Cliff Hall and Mrs. A. S.
Spriggs. On the advisory commit
tee are George Bullock. Sidney F
Marsh. Willard Abbitt, Russell
Newell, Charles Timberlake, Mrs.
Thomas Dixon, Mrs. G. E. Ellmore,
Mrs. Ralph Tucker and Mrs. T. Mil
ler White.
Two Saturdays
Roxboro Post Office although
usually closed on Saturday after
noons. will remain open on two
Saturday afternoons before
Christmas, that is on December
15 and 22, it was announced to
day by Postmaster L. M. Carlton,
who is, however, urging early
mailing in order to avoid conges
tion and delays in service. Win
dow service will continue until
six o’clock on the Saturdays
specified.
Mart Reaches Ten
Million On Eve Os
Holiday Closing
Last Sales Before Christmas
Take Place Tomorrow.
Prize Room Sutnrested.
Roxboro tobaseo market, which so ,
far hiis a season average of $44.65
and a net sales in pounds of !
9.726.070. has already gone over ■
the ten million pound goal if
resales are counted in. it was reveal
ed today, and w ith one day more of j
(ales to go before suspension tor the
Christmas holidays
Tli«* ten million pound mark is re
garded as largest amount of tobacco
ever sold on the Roxboro market,
but tlie total is expected u> go con
siderably beyond that figure. Arous
ed by the increase, a Roxboro citizen 1
lias suggested tlie need lor tlie con
struct toil here of what is known in
the trade as a "prize room", which!
is actually a storage house for tlie
various buying companies and would i
need to be about the size of a ware
house. It has been suggested that the
construction of such a building ought
to have tlie backing of the Chamber
of Commerce, the merchants and
citizens generally, as well as the
warehousemen and buying com- :
panics.
Highest reported averages here
have; been forty-seven and forty- |
eight, while average for this week
lias been $46.30, with 227,408 pounds
sold the first three days:.
The mart is expected to open again
on January Bth and generally con-,
mutes about two weeks.
Courier-Times Nolß
Member Os Audit t
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Bureau Circulation
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' ed Regular Intervals By
National Concern. First
The Courier-Times, this city, is
now a member of the Audit Bureau;
of Circulation of Chicago. 111. To
many readers of this paper this
does not mean much but to the
advertiser it means very much.
Real significance of this is that the
circulation of this paper, is now
; audited by this national concern
whose only business is to audit 1
circulations of newspapers and
magazines and there is no more
guess work or stretching of the,
truth by the publishers. The Cir-I
dilation is not only guaranteed but
; is an established fact.
i ... ■. ' ■ V ,1-
In order to comply with the
rules of the Audit Bureau of Cir
• eolation, commonly known as ABC
| it. is necessary for the publisher to
Ido the following things: Keep a
record of the press run eacli pub
lication day, keep receipt stubs from
every person who takes the paper,
keep an accurate report of all car
rier subscriptions, keep record of all
desk, sales, maintain a card index
of each subscriber showing when he
subscribed, how much money paid
and when the subscription expires.
It is also necessary to keep all
postal receipts and show how many j
papers go in the county of publica- f
tlon and how many out and to
what places. All of these things
and many more are necessary for
ABC membership.
The Courier-Times first audit
was made about thirty days ago
after records had been kept, for ap- !
proximately six months ahd from I
| now on reports will be made to the
j ABC at regularity intervals and an
| audit will be made at a stated time
j by one of the auditors of this con
j cern.
This newspaper regards this as a i
| forward step by this paper and one i
that should be very gartifying to'
j the advertiser. Complete copies of !■
the audit report will be furnished !
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No Services i
The Rev. R. C. Masterton. reetoi t
of the Episcopal church at Hills- t
| boro, who was expected to be in t
I Roxboro at Saint Mark’s* Episcopal s
! church to conduct a service, will 1
! not come until Sunday, December i
30, it was announced today. For l
this reason there will be no service |
at Saint Mark's on Sunday, De- i
cember 16th.
/0 y Fatal Highway
** Accidents
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 194 t
DON'T HELP INCREASE IT I
DRIVE CAREFULLY
NUMBER 4
New Leader . .
, * Jq|
G. Lemuel Allen, civic ..leader, who
a year mv two ago returned to
Roxboro for residence, will be the
1946 finance chairman for the
Red Cross, fund drive which will
start here on March Ist, it was
announced today by the Person
Chapter's president. Dr. Robert E.
Long. Allen, who accepted tlie
position after consultation with
the nominating committee,
i f.
l|ne<to
or. n ■ '
Program Planned
For Sunday With
Christmas Music
Nearly Twenty Composers To
He Represented Sunday.
Nineteen hymns and songs, clas
sical and familiar, old and new, Will
be featured Sunday afternoon, De
cember 16. in a "Carol Sing’’ pro
! gram to be presented by four Rox
boro and Person County schools at
’ three-thirtv o'clock in Roxboro high
school auditorium.
Schools participating will !:rj
| Roxboro Central Grammar. school,
Roxboro high school and Bethel
Hill and Helena high schools. Ar
langement of the program has been
in charge of Miss Mary Earle Wil
son of Roxboro high school. Miss
Annie Lee Rose, of Bethel Hill,
Miss Louise Walker, of Helena anil
Roxboro and MiSs Sarah Hodgiu,
;of Central Grammar school, Ro.\-
. bora... all members of the lhusiq
! faculties of the various schools con
cerned.
j This . will be the first, time that
city and county schools have com
bined their efforts in a musical
program and it is hoped that pa
trons of all schools will attend, to
get her with many interested citi
zens.
Tlie program will be as follows J
i O Come All Ye Faithful, audience,
, ll 'd by Miss Mary Earle Wilson;
O Come. O Conte Emmanuel, Shep
herds Their. Night Watch Keeping,
Good King Wencesias. Sixth, Sev
enth urid Eighth Grades, Roxboro
! high school; Bring a Torch, O Holy
, Night. Solo by Nan High, Girls’
(Glee Club. Bethel Hill school; Hush,
; Softly Come and Worship, The Song
■of the Angels, Third, Fourth, and
(Fifth Grades, Central school; Decs
| the Hail, Carol of the Shepherds,
| Grammar School Glee Club, Beth
el Hill school; Ye Watchers and Ya
Holy Ones, The Star of Bethlehem, •
Mixed Chorus. Helena high school;!
A Child is Bom in Bethlehem,
Girls' Glee Club, Roxboro High
school; Westminister Carol, Mixed
Chorus. Roxboro high school; Was
sail Song, Good Christian Men,
Rejoice, Grades of Roxboro High
and Bethel Hill schools; Whita
Christmas, Silent Night, massed
glee clubs; Joy to the World, au- /
dience. led by Miss Mary Eurlg
Wilson. . •.