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 Weather Forces Time Extension For Polio Drive Solution? Washington—“ There would be no housing shortage in America if the farm labor would return 1 l# the homes they left," Rep. Ga- , things (D-Ark.) told the House today. Opposing delayed return of employment services to state | control. Gathings said that labor had been taken away from agri cultural sections of the country bjf the policies of the Federal Employment Agency. 3 Recreation On | Farms Important i To Well-Being N .Miss Caldwell And Mr. Jack-. son Reveal Extent Os Club Work. 1 The fact that Home Demonstra tion and Four-H clubs both in Per son County and throughout the j State have extensive recreation pro- ' grams for their members and that such programs are to be enlarged during the coming year was stressed ) by Miss Evelyn Caldwell and C. C. Jackson, leaders in these organiza tions, who yesterday were speakers at the Person County Council of Social agencies at Hotel Roxboro. j where they conducted the fourth of ! a series of talks on recreational : needs for this area. First oh the program was Miss l Caldwell, who said that a recrea tion institute to be held in Greens- ! boro, starting February 25, will be I j one of four to be held in the State at which expansion of the pro grams of recreation for all farm citizens will be stressed. She pointed j out that the twelve Person demon- j stration clubs have a recreational j or social hour at each meeting and ; that in addition at least two major \ county wide programs devoted to 1 recreation are held, one in late, Summer, the other at Christmas. I As an interlocking feature, Four- H clubs have their own definitely planned recreation, said Mr. Jack- ! son, who followed Miss Caldwell at ] the speaker's stand. The fourteen Four-H clubs here seek a balanced program of play and fun and edu cation, according to Mr. Jackson, who said that the secret of play in education is having right amounts of both. Both speakers expressed the pleasure that they have in re l ceiving enthusiastic cooperation from all club members and both said that they see in the resumption of pro grams held prior to the war a larg er measure of service which can be rendered. Introduction of speakers was by Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff. program chair man. Also introduced were Miss Dorothy Wightman, tri-county li brarian, a new council member; John B. Oakley. Jr., of Reidsville. scout executive and guest of J. W. Greene, and Capt. Bill Davenport, formerly with the FSA here, guest of W. Wallace Woods. Named as members of a nominat ing committee to present a new slate of officers at the next meet ing were Mrs. Richard Holman, Mr. Woods and the Rev. Clyde G. Mc- Carver. Next meeting will be on the . last Wednesday in February, when v ; discussion of recreational needs and facilities will be continued. Kiwanis Club Hears J. R. Adair J. R. Adair, of the Dan Riyer i Soil Conservation service, was guest I speaker Monday night at Roxboio (' Kiwanis club at Hotel Roxboro, J where he again presented his plan for prizes in promotion of soil con- j servation work in Person County. Adair has previously spoken on the same subject at sessions of the Ex change and Rotary clubs. Under the plan presented each of the civic clubs would go together to sponsor prizes in recognition of conserva tion work on farms here. f. It is expected that the plan will Iv be adopted by each club. V -r- O At Saint Mark's Speaker Sunday morning at eleven o'clock at Saint Mark's Episcopal church will be the Rev. Henry Nutt Parsley, of Duke University, who will also conduct Holy Communion. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Benefit Ball Tonight Will Swell Fund But School Reports Lag. The Person and Roxboro Polio Fund drive, which has a quota of $2,080 and which has been slowed down by weather conditions, will be continued through the remainder of this week by general canvassers and all through next week in the public ) schools, according to announcement! made this morning by the Rev. i Daniel Lane, chairman, whose de- j cision is in line with a policy out lined yesterday by Dr. Ralph Mc- Donald, of Chapel Hill, State chair- ( man. i Reported this morning from the i i Chamber of Commerce office, where i Miss Dorothy Taylor is acting as I treasurer for the fund, is the re- I ceipt of $490.05, of which $143.05 ' represents a collection received from 1 Roxboro Central Grammar school, ! only school thus far to turn in a i report. Civic clubs have made unit i contributions and among those re ! ceived is $25 from the Roxboro Busi | ness and Professional Woman's ! club, of which Miss Billie Vogler Is president. Listed last week from the thea tres here was a contribution of ! $397, which has not been officially reported to Miss Taylor, but which J will bring the total as of today up to $887.05. The theatre collections will continue through this week. i Planned for tonight is the annual March of Dimes ball at Roxboro Recreation Center, where music will be by the Russ Carlton orchestra, of Danville, Va„ under sponsorship ;of the Roxboro Exchange club, ) members of which are actively | backing the affair. Dancing will be : gin at nine o'clock and will continue | until one. Tickets may be obtained : from V 7 ". ’ - ‘V' a members or at the | dance. All profits over and above expenses will go to the fund. . o Young People To Participate In Church Rally —— Methodist young people of Rox boro and Person County arc joining in a Crusade for Christ Rally at Trinity Methodist church in Dur ham on Monday, February 4. Inter ! mediates and Seniors, together with their pastors and adult leaders, will begin the Rally at 5 p. m. All dele gations will bring a box lunch and an evening service will conclude the program. Those who cannot come for the afternoon service and supper are urged to come by 7:30 p. m. Dr. H. C. Smith, District Super intendent and Rev. James Overton, of Durham, will be the featured speakers. Rev. LaFon C. Vereen and ! Rev. J. G. Phillips of the Methodist ! Board of Education will announce dates for the camps and assemblies and present plans for the Youth Movement in the Methodist Crusade for Christ. o Negro Members Meet Tuesday Negro members of the Person Hospital committee are to meet Tuesday night at seven-thirty o’- I clock at Person County Training ! school, according to announcement made today by Dr. R. A. Bryce, chairman, who is requesting ftffl attendance. Quota to be raised by Negro residents of Person County and Roxboro is $25,000. Assistant chairman is J. A. J. Hall X-Ray Proqram To Begin Monday The X-Ray equipment for the Per son-Orange-Chatham health depart ment's tuberculosis examination pro gram is expected to arrive tomor row in Roxboro and will be set up at Ca-Vel in the Medical Clinic at Plant E, it was announced today. Actual X-Ray ’ examinations will not begin, how,ever, until Monday. Officials of Plant E, especially in the personnel division headed by Sidney Marsh, are cooperating with the program and have prepared kits of information concerning the ex amination schedule and its purposes. The examination is open to each Plant E employee and to members of the families of all employees. Next place at which the X-Ray .program will be given will be Long (Che Courter-Cimes Clothing Drive Being Extended One More Week County Response Said To Be Good, But More Needed. Fred Long, Victory clothing col lection chairman, reported this morning that around one thousand five hundred garments collected since Sunday have been packed and that about that many more already turned in remain to be packed. Re sponse. he says, has been unusually good from Ihe County areas, but because of continued bad weather the whole campaign will be continu ed through Saturday of next week. However, county contributors are urged to bring garments to their various store depots by the first of next week so that the cooperating merchants can have collections ready to turn in to the central depot here before Saturday of next week. Included'in the collection so far is a large but uncounted number of shoes, according to Chairman Long. City chairman is Floyd Peaden. ot City Ice company, who says he will be glad to send trucks to collect clothing from City residents who may have been missed in last Sun day’s intensive drive. Plans Beinq Formed For Scout Week Hillsboro Scene Os Tri-County Library Session Planned for this afternoon in the Orange County Public Library at Hillsboro is a meeting of library boards serving under the tri-county system composed of Orange, Person and Caswell. Speaker will be Mis? Marjorie Beal, of Raleigh, secretary of the State Library commission, who is expected to discuss over-all working plans of the libraries and counties concerned. Expected to attend rom Person are Flem D. Long, chairman, Mrs. R. H. Shelton, R. B. Griffin, Mayor S. G. Winstead, Mrs. J. Y. Hum phries and W. H. Gentry, board members. Also to be present is Miss Dorothy Wightman, librarian, who serves the three counties. One of the topics to be discussed will be a revision of schedules in order to work out a program for better service. The meeting in Hillsboro was scheduled to have been held last week but was postponed be cause of bad weather and the in ability of Miss Beal to be present. o Hospital Drive Starts Tomorrow The General Hospital drive for funds to erect the new Memorial Hospital in Person County will start Friday. February Ist and will con tinue throughout the month of Feb ruary. At a supper meeting of the hos pital chairmen for the various pre cincts of this county Tuesday night e large amount of enthusiasm was evidenced and the chairmen report ed that they and their assistants were ready to go to work. Attendance at the supper meet ing was excellent, stated R. L. Har ris, chairman of the drive. The amount to be raised in all is $250,000. Part of this has already been raised but a majority of the people have not been seen. All will contacted during the General Drive. hurst Mills, where place for exami nation is expected to be in a room in the superintendent's office. Ar rangements for the stay at Long hurst were completed after confer ences with J. A. Long, Jr., and W. W. Morrell, superintendent. Third station for the X-Ray equipment will be in the office of the Person Health Department. Exact time for the stay at Long hurst and at the Health Department will be announced later. X-Ray ex aminations are considered the most reliable methods to test Individuals for tuberculosis and it is hoped that many persons will take advan tage of the opportunities for a free checkover against one of the most devastating diseases known to man. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1946 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE State Income Tax State income tax matters will be handled here on Monday and Tuesday, February 11th and 12, at Person Court house in the grand jury room, it was announced to day. Newly apoointed • deputy or representative is a Mr. Rhodes, of Winston-Salem, who succeeds Bur well Allen, of Weldon. Rhodes is expected to be of considerable as sistance in filing State Income tax returns and persons interest ed in obtaining assistance with forms are urged to see him. School Seeking Information On Veterans Os War I History Class Wants Informa tion Before It Is Lost. For purposes of record and for possible later use in compiling his tory, information concerning Negro i veterans of World War two from Person County and Roxboro is, be ing sought by members of the elev enth grade American history classes in Person County Training school, —iSee SCHOOLS Page Eight)—' Annual Dinner Here Will Be Delayed Until Later Date. National Boy Scout week, 36th | anniversary of the founding of Boy j Scouts of America, will be observed j beginning February Bth and con ! tinuing through February 14, with ! Sunday the tenth as Scout Sunday, j when special services will be held in churches, the time and place for which in the Person District wilt, |be announced soon. j To be held hi connection with i the week, but postponed until a j later date, Friday. March 15th, will i be the annual Father and Son din ! ner, according to plans formed here ion Tuesday night of this week at a I district meeting held in the Cham ber of Commerce office, witli chair man J. W. Green, presiding. Also present for the session was John B Oakley, Jr., of Reidsville, executive for Cherokee council. Announced for part of the pro gram during National Boy Scout week here is a “Shirts Off Our Back Campaigh" during which ot ficial Boy Scout equipment and clothing will be collected to send ]to Boy Scouts and Scouteis in ; Europe, where troops are being re i organized as fast as conditions per mit. Used but usable equipment and I clothing are wanted. j Persented by Mr. Oakley were aims and objectives for the Scout Year here in Person, where at least , four or five additional troops are wanted, with two additional Cub I Packs, together with eighty scouters | and fifteen cubbers. At least two | senior Scout units are wanted. En j rollment goals are about 150 ad ditional Scouts and forty more cubs It was agreed at the meeting Tues day night that either Mr. Oaklov er Douglas Kelley, assistant leader, would try to arrange to come to the Person district within the month for additional work here. Present roll of officers in the white division of Person district includes J. W. Green, chairman; Rev. Daniel Lane, commissioner: O. 18.IB. Mcßroom, Wallace Woods and George W. Kane, finance; C. A. ' Harris, camping and activities; Rev. | C. G. McCarver, Fred Bishop and j C. H. Mason, organization and ex tension; Dr. A. F. Nichols and Henry O'Briant, health and safety; Tom ishaw, interracial; Mac Warren, [ senior scouting and J. S. Merritt, Clyde Swartz and E. G. Thomp son, organization and extension. Next meeting of the white division j will be held on Tuesday, February 19th. o l Tax-Listing Out, Extension Likely City and County tax-listing time ; officially expires today, according . Henry David Long, Sr., and Alex ■ Bass, list-takers, but it is expected : that some slight extension of time will be granted as their are many : citizens who have so far failed to ; come by the Grand Jury room at I Person Court house to perform this necessary act of citizenship. All de i linquent listers are urged to com . plete their listing as soon as possi . ble. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT Rites Tomorrow For C. L. Dixon Killed Yesterday In Motor Crash Accident Fatal When Vehicle Goes Out Os Control On Sharp Curve Farmers Strike? i Edgar. Neb., A nation-wide farmers’ “strike against strikes” is the object of Clay county farmers who voted to withhold their pro ducts from market until indus trial disputes are settled. “That’s what we’re working for.” said V. Hubert Johnson, Edgar farmer who helped organize a meeting at which 271 farmers of this dairy and livestock farming area voted the action. “You might say we’ve got our Irish up,” the 46-year-old planter declared. “We need farm tools and machinery, bathtubs and refrig erators. Why, you can’t even buy ' a pair of overalls out here.” Out-Patient Plan For Vets Has Approval Charlotte, Jan.—Approval of an • out-patient''' medical service for returned war veterans has been vot ed by the executive committee of the North Carolina Medical society, it was announced by Dr. Oren Moore, of Charlotte, society presi dent. Moore said tile program, which will begin as soon as a contract is signed with the veterans administra tion, would be the second of its kind in the United States, Only rMichigail, he said, now has such a plan of treatment for its discharg ed servicemen. The vete ra n s administration, Moore added, will receive the con tract at once and is expected to approve the plan in the immediate future. As the medical society itself can not negotiate such contracts, Moore said the Hospital Savings assicia tion of Chapel Hill had been desig nated as its agent to confer with the veterans administration ' and also to administer the program when it is given final approval. Final details of the plan wer; completed yesterday at a meeting of the executive committee in Ra leigh. The committee, Moore ex plained, has the authority to act for the entire state society. Under terms of the out-patient plan, veterans with service-connect ed disabilities or illness can receive hospital and other treatment in their home communities, from their own private physicians or such specialists as may be needed. The government, through the veterans administration, will pay doctors fees and other costs of the program. A special committee of the execu tive group was, named to study the fee schedule offered in the contract with the veterans administration, Moore said. He added that the fees appeared "generally acceptable” to members of the bigger committee. o Bus-Line Units Os Schools Close Until Monday Continued rain and bad weather, together with muddy roads, has again forced the closing of rural schools in Person County which are dependent upon bus transportation, it was reported at noon today by Superintendent R. B. Griffin, who said that all such schools will re main closed until Monday of next week. Schools not dependent upon bus transportation are not affected. All schools opened this past Mon day and reportedly had good attend ance. Majority of the schools, how ever, have been closed since the Christmas holidays and only schools which have maintained better and more regular schedules are those of Roxboro district. Supervisor New supervisor of nurses in the Person-Orange-Chatham health de partment is Mrs. Edith Brocher, of Winston-Salem, who succeeds Miss Agnes Bowe. resigned, who is now in New Orelans with the United States Public Health Service Longhurst Man, Bus Driver j For Arlington Concern, First Person Traffic Fatality For 1916. _—_ Clyde Lee Dixon, 26, of Longhurst j and Arlington Va„ was instantly j killed yesterday afternoon in Rox-| boro near the City limits on the Durham highway when he reported ly lost control of his car while rounding a curve after his machine had allegedly sideswipped another car. Dixon’s was first traffic death of this year for Person County. Slightly injured was a man identi fied as John David Carver, of Long- j hurst, about 22, who was released from Community hospital here shortly after he received first aid for minor cuts. Dixon, a resident of Arlington. Va.. for the past two years, was driver for the Arlington Bus com- j pany and was home on a visit when j the wreck occurred. The accident, | incidentally, accurred near the fill-! ing station of a cousin, Gaither | ii. . •' FUNERAL TIME , Hour for the funeral of Dixon will be four o'clock Friday, as planned, it was reported today. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the ser- j vice. Dixon. Investigation was by State Highway Patrolman John Hudgins, j City of Roboro police and Coron- 1 er Dr. A. F. Nichols. Death was at tributed to a broken neck, accord ing to Coroner Nichols. Dixon, who only recently was di vorced front his wife, is also surviv ed by two small children, a son and daughter, his mother. Mrs. Ophelia Blackstock Dixon, of Longhurst. two brothers, Alton, of South Boston. Va.. and Vivian, of Longhurst and ! a sister. Miss Lorene Dixon, oi Longhurst. Funeral arrangements I arc incomplete, but rites are expect ed to be held Friday at Longhurst : Methodist church of which ho was | a member, by nis pastor, the Rev. i Clyde G. McCarver, with interment in Providence Baptist church cem etery. The deceased was a nephew of Leb Dixon, of Roxboro, and his brother. Alton, of South Boston, on ly last year was seriously injured in an accident there in which a Per j.sQn County young man. his compan ion was killed. Clyde Dixon was driving a Ford coupe which was badly damaged, but was sitting upright after it had allegedly sideswiped the car of Emory f Jackson, hurtled across a side road, crashed between two trees and land ed in the front lawn of the house of Floyd Adcock. The Jackson car l-'was parked with a flat tire, but had |no occupants When it was hit. It is reported the Dixon car pulled around an oncoming car or truck some distance away from the spot near the filling station where the Jackson car was struck and that the Dixon car was already out of con i trol before it struck the Jackson ! machine, which was practically off ' the highway, when struck. Speed of the Dixon car was re i ported as high. Dixon was the son of the late Robie Dixon. Carver is listed as a | son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Carv :cr, of Longhurst. Time of the fatal accident was placed at about three o'clock in the j afternoon, according to officers. Today Last Day To Get 1946 Licenses Today, January 31, is the last day on which motorists may legally dis play their old licenses plates, said State Highway Patrolman John Hudgins, of Roxboro, this morning. Hudgins added in no uncertain terms that any and all motorists who attempt to drive tomorrow (Friday) or any day thereafter w'ith their old 1945 plates will be sub ject to arrest. Hudgins was emphatic on this point and says he means business, it being shown by him that moto rists have had the whole of the additional month of January in which to buy plates. Mrs. Jessie E. Rogers, manager of Carolina Motor club here, sales agency for the license plates said A Huge War Prize ( Official V. S. Signal Corps Photo I he £rand luxury liner, Europa, once the pride of German shipping, is shown being moved to a drydock where it was refitted for troop-carrving activity. Thirteen lugs were needed for ihe operation. Ilrimriner our boys home costs money. Two From Here On New Tri-County Unit | Mayor S. G. Winstead And I)r. J. H. Hutrhes On Health Board. i In session.last night for the first ; time was the newly organized health board to serve the Orang-Person ; Chatham health department, The | new: board, which met in Chapel | Hill in district headquarters, lias jon it two member* from Roxboro j and Person. Mayor S. O. Winstead jand. Dr. J. H. Hughes. , Others are, the chairman. Collier j Cobb, Jr., of Chapel Hill, Dr. E L. ; Fields, also of Chapel Hill, C. S. Waters, of Pittsboro. A. E. Resell., of I Siler City and a Mr. James, druggist, | of Hillsboro, with Dr. O. David Gar vin, of Chapel Hill, district director, jas secretary. Mayor Winstead, of Roxboro, Mr. [Cobb and Mr. Waters were named to the new board several weeks ago by Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, of Ra leigh. State Health officer, and these members in turn selected the other J members now on the board, which | lias a basis of business and profes sional representation. Mayor Win- I stead, for example, serves as rep i resentative of mayors of incorpo rated towns, while Dr. Hughes is [ representative as a dentist. Other classifications are Resell, | newspapers. Waters as a school 'su perintendent, James as a druggist, etc. The new board takes the place of individual county boards of health for eacli county ill the tri county system and the new set-up is expected to provide a better working program for over-all coop eration in the three-county district. Number of stated meetings has j not yet been announced, but it is thought that the meetings will be monthly, or else on a quarterly basis, Mayor Winstead, was a mem ber of the original Person board, j which had as many as five mem i bers, but met only a few times a | year. I'~ ’ ~ * ; j Dixon's body was brought in by ath j bulance. but Carver, reportedly was I taken to the hospital by a taxi, at noon that she has thus far sold i around four thousand plates, includ ing those for trucks and trailers | and that she should sell at least four thousand plates for passenger cars alone. Business, according to Mrs .Rogers, has been in no last minute rush today. At City Hall, where City plates are on sale, it was reported that four hundred have been bought and that about one hundred more will have to be purchased to fill out the normal City total. Neither Hudgins nor the Motor club office could give an estimate lof the number of motorists who I have not yet bought State plates, | but it is thought that quie a few persons have been remiss in this i matter. MAIN REASON—Of Course there is more than one reason the Courier- Times should be in every home— but the big reason, is its whole some influence on young and old, alike. NUMBER 17 Superior Court , Lasting Longer Than Expected Pei soil Superior court, which has been in session since Monday, witli -j Judge Leo Carr, oi Burlington, pre siding, was still at work on civil ac tions at noon today and will prob ably continue through Friday, it waa reported today. Work of the Grand Jury, with S. P. Gentry, foreman, was first of tile week with filing of a re port published elsewhere in this is sue of the Courier-Times. Contained in the report were a number of recommendations as to school busses and buildings and attached to tha document were three specific recom mendations, one as to liability in -1 surance for drivers of motor vehicles; another as to a public place of busi ness half a mile north of Collins and Aikman on Highway 501, and an other as to teaching of the Bible in [ public schools. Copies of the report : under order of Judge Carr are to bQ : sent to R, B. Griffin, superintend- I cut of schools and to Person Board of County commissioners. In the criminal division the fol lowing cases were disposed of: Wil liam Bumpass. Negro, malicious : maiming, thirty days, sentence to I begin at end of one now being serv ■ id; Elvin Bumpass, Negro, larceny, ! six months, and W. B. Taylor, i drunken driving and possession, fifty ! dollars and costs with license re voked on first count and twenty five dollars fine on second. One annulment was granted IB j the Alda Frances Perkins Fort case j against Luther J. Fort. Divorces | granted were: Lottie A. Ferrell vs. | Charlie Ferrell; Mildred vs. Herman Fuller; Beatrice Duncan vs. Johnnis | Duncan; Mattie Hargis Hooper VS. ; Gene Hooper, with custody of two , children to the mother; Eva H. Mat | thews vs. J. C. Matthews; Mrs. Blanche Dixon vs. Clyde Dixon;! Cora A. vs. Irvin R. Wade; and George Robert Taylor vs. Beatrice . Jones Taylor, Nannie Powell va« Elmore Powell, all on two year sep arations except in the last two cases* where adultery was alleged. Not yet , acted upon are two divorce cases, t. j e.. those <of Lillian Green JackaoOj | vs. George Jackson and Albert LuOt* , ford vs. Annie Evans Lunsford. j j Reported as settled by compromise) J : was one of two civil actions con ! cerning the George Edward Harris 'estate, with the second action con tinued to the April term. Also set- i| tied were two to three other estate : J cases. i 'jijHSte ■ o ■■ - ■miJM Closes Saturdays r| Claude Luquire, USES directed J here, announced yesterday that fective this Saturday, February-jfcja his office will be closed on Bataw|| days because of the forty-hour worif.-i rule for Government offices. Wm» J of the office continues to be hMHpfl says the director, who. large increase Is services rendered to returned veterans. g J

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