■ . -V- -l \ * ■ FEBRUARY IS HOSPITAL MONTH WANT ADS in this newspaper will bring you good results. Use them to seU, buy, rent or hire. The cost' is small the results good. VOL, LXV Mystery Not Yet Cleared In Case Os Missing Negro Mrs. Harris, Os Virgilina Road Dies At Home Rites Held Yesterday At Olive Branch Baptist Church. Funeral for Mrs. Weldon W. Har ris. 63, of Olive Branch, the Vir *gilina, Va., highway, whose death occurred Monday night at her home from complications after an illness lasting six months, was held Wed nesday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at Olive Branch Baptist church by her pastor, the Rev. J. B. Currin, with interment in the church cemetery. Mrs. Harris, whose husband died 1 about thirty days ago. is survived I by four sons, Lem, Newman, Wood- j row and Rhodes Harris, all of Vir- 1 gilina, Va., four daughters, Mrs. William McCarthy, Mrs. Irving Si der and Mrs. Henry Tuck, all of Virgilina, and Mrs. Willis Morris, of Liberty, one sister, Mrs. Willie Sti gall, of Virgilina, and three brothers, Tinnie Seate, of Roxboro, and Dock and A1 Seate, of Virgilina. Another son, Gayland Harris, was killed in action overseas in World War 11. Mrs. Harris became seriously ill abqut two months ago. Her death occurred at ten-fifteen o'clock Mon day v „ . Diphtheria Case At Bethel Hill Fourteen Year Old Girl Said To Be 111 With Disease. Seventh diphtheria case in Person county since last Fall has been re ported to the Person Health depart ment from the Bethel Hill section, it was announced yesterday. The new r victim is said to be a fourteen year old girl, student in Bethel Hill school, w’ho is not seriously ill and has for private physician a Dr. Bohannon, of Virgilina, Va. Name of the girl was not released by the Department because of a technicali ty, failure to get permission for so doing from her parents. The other six cases of diphtheria here in the past few months occur red mostly before the Christmas hol idays and there were two deaths, both small children. Bethel Hill case reported yesterday is second case for the season in the Bethel Hill community and the fact that two cases have occurred there is taken as an indication that the com munity has had few immunizations. In order to cope with the diph theria situation the Health Depart ment maintains a clinic on Monday afternoons from two to four o'clock and on "Saturday mornings from nine to twelve noon and it is urged that all persons who have not had immunizations, particularly young children, take steps to receive shots at once. At least two injections are required for prevention of diphtheria. o Satterwhite At Kiwanis Sessiori Lt. Col. S. B. Satterwhite, until recently stationed in Austria and Germany with occupation forces, was guest speaker Monday night at the Kiwanis club, Hotel Roxboro, where he related some personal ex periences connected with military duty and made special reference to occupation problems. This was his second talk here on the subject, his first appearance having been before the Rotary club several weeks ago. o Arliss Dies i London, Feb.—George Arliss, 79, star of the-British and American stage and screen for 60 years, died Tuesday at his home in Maida Hill from the effects of a bronchial ail ment. Star of such stage and screen success as "Disraeli” and ‘“the Orefen Goddess,'' Arliss was best knowp for his portrayal of great figures of Watory. > *; mk£jk' ‘ .•*•*. s--- • - ciSbS.xi.-. j ~ ■•' „ ‘ ®he Couritr-tlimejs J. W. NOELL, EDITOR - - - Tom Pulliam Os Hyco Section Has Been Missine Since January 26th. Members of his family, together with the Sheriff and Roxboro police, are on the lookout for Tom Pulliam, 76, Negro resident of Person county on the farm of Mrs. Betty Lou Hester. The aged Negro, who disap peared on the night of Saturday, January 26, was last seen standing by the roadside near the Hester farm about ten miles from Roxboro on highway fifty-seven close to Hy co river. Sons of Pulliam came to Roxboro Monday to notify Sheriff M. T. Clayton. Police Chief George C. Robinson and others of his disap pearance. An intensive search was begun at once and is being con tiued, accordig to Sheriff Clayton, who visited the Hester farm again yesterday morning and came back after a fruitless search in which forty to fifty citizens assisted. Many of these citizens are continu ing the lookout and covering a wide range of territory. Pulliam, who walks with a stick, weighs about 140 pounds, is of me dium brown complexion and when last seen was wearing a blue over all suit and black hat. It is re ported that he came to Roxboro on the afternoon of Saturday, January 26, talked to one of his sons. Joe Pulliam, here about three o’clock that afternoon, told him he was going 4 bqme t«y-*£e Hestejp-farm by bus and left on one about six-thirty o'clock that night. Driver for the bus, which runs between here and Danville, report ed he put the aged Negro off at the highway close to the Hester farm and another driver, operating a bus from Danville to Roxboro, said he saw Pulliam standing near the same spot but on other side of the highway about fifteen minutes later, that Pulliam attempted to stop this bus which was headed to ward Roxboro. This driver also as serted he did not stop to pick Pul liam up, the reasons being that the bus was full and Pulliam was on the wrong side of the highway, t No reason is known by his family as to why Pulliam might have wanted to return to Roxboro, but they do know this was the last time he was seen, about seven o’clock that night. The missing man has recently not been in good health and his family fears he may have become ill and wandered off, pos sibly to die from over exposure. He lived with a married daughter, Mrs. Martha Pulliam Lawson. It is reported he had a fainting spell last October w’hile on a visit j tq Roxboro. He is said to have had between thirty and forty dollars on him at time he disappeared. His wife is dead. Sons and daugh ters, each of whom wishes to be notified in case any clus are devel oped are, Ralph, of the Rueben Jackson farm, West, Fountain and Joe, of the Louis Wagstaff farm, and Jack, of Bridgeport, Conn. Mrs. Lawson, of the Hester farm, Mrs. Helen P. Pulliam, of highway 149, three miles from Roxboro, and Mrs. Mary P. Rogers, of Norristown, Penn. No informatidn has been re ceived from the Bridgeport son or the Norristown daughter, neither one of whom has been notified that their father is missing, but it is not believed by the family here that he is in either of these out of State towns. Persons who have any information whatsoever about the missing man are requested to report to Sheriff Clayton or Chief Robinson at once. ' o Rites For Hogg Child Held Today — y Funeral for Virginia Ann Hogg, eight months old daughter of Luth er and Maude Black Long Hogg, of Somerset, whose tjeath occurred Tuesday night at the home of a half-sister, Mrs. Baxter O'Briant, I Lamar street, from pneumonia after an illness lasting three days, was held at the O'Briant residence Thursday morning at eleven o'clock. Surviving, in addition to the par • ents and Mrs. O'Briant, are another half-sister, Mrs. James Ivey, of Me bane, and' four brothers, Andrew Sidney, George and Kelley Long, of Somerset. The child died at six-fifty o’clock. Radio Speaker Dr. J. W. Storer of Tulsa will be the speaker at the Baptist Hour on Sunday, Feb. 10, at 8:30, over WPTF. Spencer Takes FBI Course In Palm Beach, Fla. Former Roxboro Man One Os Thirly-One To Get . Certificates. William F. Spencer, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Spencer, of Roxboro, who is now connected with the police department at Palm Beach, Fla., was one of thirty-one officers of the department to receive Federal Bu teau of ’lnvesttgsiton certificates last week after completion of a special FBI training course, it was learned here yesterday. Spencer, who is a graduate of Roxboro high school and a veteran of the second World War in which he served both in this country and overseas with the Air Corps, joined the Palm Beach police department a few months ago after he was dis charged from the Army. He served in the Air Corps about four and one-half years and was overseas about two years. Exercises for presentation of the FBI certificates were held in. Town Hall at Palm Beach, where Joseph E. Thornton, chief of the Miami office of FBI, represented J. Edgar Hoover and expressed appreciation for interest of the men in the course, which began in December and was especially designated by Chief Hoov er for the Palm Beach department of police. Main speaker was Palm Beach's Mayor James M. Owens, Jr.. who told the men, “We are proud of our police here in Palm Beach who are capable and courteous and we thank Mr. Thornton and the Feder al Bureau of Investigation for send ing us so many splendid instructors whose lectures have been most help ful to our men." The school was inauguarted by the Palm Beach Chief of Police Joseph Borman. Subjects included accident investigation, hit and run offenders, homicide investigation, collection and preservation of evidence, de tection and apprehension of crimin als, etc. Army Recruiter At Court House Each Saturday Instead of being in the Mobile Recruiting Station which has been in Roxboro at the post office each week, representatives of the Army Recruiting Service will be in the court house in Roxboro each Satur day. The large silver trailer, which has become familiar to the people of this section during recent months, will be off the road for several weeks for emergency repairs. Sgt. James Allen who has been with the Mobile Station for several months has been replaced by Sgt. Curtis D. Ware of Belmont. Sgt. Ware and Sgt. Bailey will be happy to have any interested persons come in and discuss any phase of the Reg ular Army. Recent legislation has added many inducements for veter ans who are considering reenlist ment. All interested veterans arc urged to contact the recruiters, as well as young men who have regist ered with Selective Service boards i but have not yet been ordered to re port for induction. Seventeen year old men may enlist in the Regular i Army with the consent of their pfir ents or guardian. j ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA ROXBORO MAYOR ENDORSES DRIVE FOR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL This is Hospital Month for Roxboro and Person County. A short but fine month to acknowledge our appreciation to the veterans of World War I and World War 11. i’he drive is on this month to raise funds for our Memorial Hospital. A memorial to the veterans of the aforesaid wars. I, as Mayor of Roxboro. want to endorse this movement, a move ment to perpetuate the unselfish service, the sacrifice and loyalty of our armed forces. A great war has been won. victory is ours, a victory for our own American life. The privilege to give is another free dom, so you are asked to exercise this freedom. Make your contribu tion to this very worthy cause in keeping with your ability to give. In keeping with your appreciation of the fine service rendered by our sens and daughers in that great battle for human rights. “This Hospital Movement," is the home front again in action, doing our bit, our part in a program to make our Country, particularly our County, a better place in which to live, and a better place means a healthier place to live. Yes Mr. Harris, you and the others promoters of this very worthy cause have the blessings of our Town and County. It is a cause that commands the respect, the approval of us all, so we are all behind you. Therefore, as Mayor, I ant proclaiming February as Hospital Month for Roxboro. This sixth day of February, 1946. S. ’G. Winstead, Mayor of Roxboro Garvin Becomes Permanent Head Os Health Unit Active In X-Ray Tests Now Beinjr Given In Area. A total of 604 x-ray examinations were made the first two days of this week at Plant E. Collins and Aik man, in a series of tests to determ-: ine tubercular reactions, it was re- I ported today by the Person Health I department under the auspices of I which the program is being conduet-j ed. The tests are intended to be pre ventive in character and it is hoped that early discovery of tuberculosis, if any, will help prevent spread of the disease. Director of the Health Depart- j ment is Dr. O. David Garvin, who i recently was placed on terminal leave and released from active duty; with the U. S. Public Health service and has been unanimously electedj by the board of directors of the tri county health unit as permanent: peace-time, civilian administrator : ior units in Orange, Person and | Chatham counties. Technicians who J are operating the x-ray machine are Thomas E. Fry, of Cincinnatti, Ohio, and Bill Haithcock, of Salis- 1 bury, both with the U. S. Public Health service. Assisting as file clerks during the j x-ray tests are Misses Billie Street J and Carolyn Burch, both of Roxboro. j It is expected that numbers of re- ! takes will have to be made due to imperfections jn films or for other causes. Person County is fourth place in which tests are being made, i Other cities have previously had the tests are Concord, Kannapolis and Albermarle. Tests were continued last night j and this morning at Cavel in order; to take care of the night shift and both today and tomorrow exarnina-! tions wall be offered to members of i the families of Plant E employees.' Hours today will be from one to five in the afternoon, and on Friday. 8:30 A. M. to 3:30 P. M. The testing Ferrell Remains In Grave Condition Still unconscious and reportedly in a serious condition is John Mitchell Ferrell, 22. of Ca-Vel, who received a fractured shull and other injuries early Tuesday morning when he was struck by a car near Solomon's service station on the Longhurst highway close to Roxboro’s city limits. Ferrell, a Pacific theatre of war veteran, who came home about eight days ago after receiving his dis charge, was still in uniform at the lime he was hit, about twelve-fifteen o'clock, by a car driven by Albert Essey, 25, of Maxton, a student in Duke University. Essey, who has given bond of five hundred dollars, will face a hearing here next Tuesday, but eye witnesses have said the accident was unavoid able and that Ferrell stepped back into the pathway of Essey’s machine. With Ferrell at time of the accident was his cousin a Mrs. Robert Knott, of Route three, Roxboro. Essey said he was driving about thirty miles per hour. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT THUSRDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1946 S2.S<fPER YEAR IN ADVANCE Robert S. Copley Dies Tuesday i A! Residence Robert Soion Copley, 56, of Cop ley's Corner, Durham county, prom inent farmer and father of Pender D. Copley, of Roxboro, died Tues day night at eleven o’clock at his Copley’s Corner residence from ; complications after an illness last -1 ing four years. Funeral will be at his home Thursday afternoon at two-thirty I o'clock by Elder Frederick Rhodes, of Durham, with interment in the , Hill family cemetery near Copley’s Corner. He was a son of the late William H. and Martha Jones Cop ley. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lera Hill Copley, of the home, two sons, i Phillip, of the home, and Pender of Roxboro. and one sister, Mrs. Daniel Dean, of Raleigh, and three brothers, Wade and Johnny Copley both of Durham, and Alex Copley, of Roxboro. Another son. Paul Cop : ley, was killed in September 1941 in an automobile crash on the Dur ham highway. Active pallbearers will be Henry and Julius Copley, Everett and Wal lace Hill, Eural Hunt and Arthur Dean. Honorary pallbearers will be Jas per, D. D. and Caleb Hill. Roy and Sildney Clayton, Sidney Hunt and Levi Fowle. Flowerbearers will be nieces. program next week is expected to be given in Longhurst millr and in the following week at the health office here. According to Mrs. Knott, Ferrell stopped at Solomon's service station i and got out to flag a car down in order to obtain a cigarette lighffer I before he went out in the County for the night. He stepped out into the middle of the highway, but the car in which Ferrell thought his brother was riding, did not stop. It jwas then, according to Mrs. Knott, ! that John Mitchell Ferrell started back across the road and was hit by 1 Essey’s car, coming toward Durham. | Essey brought the injured man to Community hospital, where the pati ent remained until yesterday after i noon before he was transferred to | Duke hospital. He is reported to be suffering from paralysis, due, of course to the head injury. The at tending physician ' remained with Ferrell three hours when he was first called. Ferrell Is a son of Mrs. Lottie A. Ferrell, of Ca-Vel. Investigation of the accident was by Patrolman John Hudgins of the Highway Patrol. The pavement was wet, says Hudgins. Person Takes Leadership In Teacher Payment Fight Band Concert Will Be Given In Week | Valentine Night Chosen For First Formal Concert Os Years. Mid-winter or Valentine concert of the Roxboro high school band will take place on Thursday night, February 14, in the school auditorium at eight, o'clock, it was announced today by Miss Mary Earle Wilson, who says the attraction which will ; be free will be open to the public, i Also planned for the same night lat the Royal Case is a jjinner for ! the band at six o’clock. Invited as special guests for the dinner and the concert are Miss Mary Frances | Pierce, director of the Reidsville band, and twelve members of that : organization. j President of the Roxboro band ; which was organized five or six i years ago and is now in its third year j under Miss Wilson, is Gordon Allen, | son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Lemuel Allen | Vice president is Bobby Long, secre tary and treasurer is Jean Hester | and business manager and book keeirer is Nancy Daniel. At least fifteen new members have been ad vanced from the junior band and are j expected to play in the concert, here !jiext week, although they will not •be in uniform. Uniforms, however, Ihave been ordered'for them, i The concert of next Thursday will be the first formal one of the present i school season. The program wiil I consist of marches, overtures and i semi-classical selections, according to Miss Wilson. .—o jW. H. Westbrooks Rites Conducted At Bethel Church William Henry Westbrooks, 79, of near McGhee’s Mill, Person county, died Tuesday night at six o’clock at his home from complications and the infirmities of age. Funeral was held Thursday afternoon at two thirty o'clock at Bethel Methodist church, near Ridgeville, Caswell county, with interment in the church cemetery. j Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Par thenie Westbrooks, of the home; five sons, Wallace and Robert, of the home, Jofrn Henry, Hurdle Mills, Thomas J., Hillsboro, and Sam mie, of Ceffo; six daughters, Mes dames M. S. Ashby, Burlington, T. C. Kernodle, Hillsboro, A. B. Kern odle, Elon College, F. J. Hamlett, j Leasburg, Rufus Jordan. Yancey" | ville, and Broadus Barts, also Yan | ceyville. forty three grandchildren j and one great grandchild, j He was a son of x the late Mr. and ] Mrs. J. P. Westbrooks. o Person Native Dies In Aberdeen i , i .. Notice has just been received here of the death of Mrs. Jennie Cates Cothran, 74, a native of Person county ,who lived with a son, L. R. Cothran, at Aberdeen and died there January 31, after an illness lasting five months. She had lived in Aber deen about twelve years. Also sur viving are a daughter, Mrs. E. T. Garrett, of Carthage, Route one, thirty-two grandchildren and five great grandchildren. No information was given about the funeral. Two other children also survive, 1 according to the notice received, but their names were not listed. —o A Welcome Visitor I We enjoyed a most pleasant visit last Monday from our good friend E. N. Pope, better know to his friends as Red. He is advertising manager for the Carolina Power & Light Company of Raleigh. Before the war he was a frequent visitor, but when theft, gas, and almost ev erything else, was rationed he had to cut out most of his visiting, and this visit was the first in quite a r»ng time. Polio Fund Goal For Year Passed Says Chairman Chairman Lane Makes An i nouncement At Exchange Club Session. Although complete reports will not be available until Monday, the Rev. Daniel Lane, Person chairman for the Polio fund, reported last night 1 at a meeting of the Roxboro Ex change club at which he was a guest, that the goal here of $2,080. j has been reached. Receipts from ; school contributors, from textile j sources and from the Exchange j club benefit dance have hepled to | push the Polio total up from $1,400 j reported last Monday. Sum to be received from the Ex j change club benefit dance totals | 5162, according to club secretary, i Bill Faucette, who is to give the Rev. •Mr Lane a check for that amount. | Mr. Lane in his appearance at the, club session thanked the members | for their cooperation and he said he also wishes to thank any and all persons who worked with the drive, j including supervisors of the coin | collection boxes. j With Ralph Tucker, president. | presiding, the meeting of the Ex change club was held at the Recrea ! lion Center and meeting of next ; Wednesday night is also planned sot ■ that place. The members reached a 1 , decision to have at least one dance J per month. Presented by President j Tucker was a plan to buy a baby j incubator to be used by the Person ! Health department. Action on the matter wall be taken at a later date, but is expected to be favorable. Wel comed as a new member was James Trent. Other recently added mem bers are Dolian Long and Clyde 1 j Murphy. ( -o ' I Is There New Beer Firm Here? Ls there a new bottling company or beer distributor in Roxboro? ; That is the question which is being ! asked at Hotel Roxboro and by the | Chamber of Commerce. Basis for j the question is that an H. W. Tilley. | with an address given as Depot [ Street, Roxboro, is said to have ord ered some equipment from a Greens boro wholesale house. Hie Greens boro firm has the order, but cannot find its tnan here or the business with which he is connected. One j item ordered was a crate hauler. Representative from Greensboro was a Mr. Jones, according to W. Wallace Woods, of the Chamber, of Commerce and the order was taken for the B. and T. Bottling company, j Roxboro. Persons having any in formation are requested to notify Mr. Woods, who does not under stand how a new business could come to Roxboro without his knowl- : edge. A check of the Sheriff's office. ! so he says, reveals no new permit; issued for the sale of beer. o Five Men Leave With George Clayton, Jr., as lead er, five Negro men, Mark Wood, Jr., James Dempsey Royester, Commo dore Satterfield and Alexander Blackwell, left here this morning for j preinduction examination at Fort Bragg under Selective Service, it was reported by Miss Jeanette Wrenn, chief clerk to the Person Board. o FATHER DIES | i Rev. Auburn C. Hayes, of Long* j hurst Baptist church, returned last *eek from Elba, Ala., where he was called because of the death of his ' father-in-law, H. J. Clark, 72, a i merchant of that place. Mrs. Hayes is staying on sot some time in Elba. MAIN REASON—Of Course there is more than one reason the Courier- Times should be in every home hut the big reason, is its whole some influence on young and old, alike. NUMBER 19 Local Education Board Sends Telegrams To State Board. Closing Time Also In volved. Expected to be either settled or I else stirred up to a further degree in Raleigh this afternoon is matter of payment of back salaries to school 1 teachers, an issue in which the Per son County Board of education lias apparently taken the lead by going ■ on record as being in favor of pay ment of teacher salaries delayed by weeks of closed schools due to muddy roads. , Tlie issue is to be thrashed out today in a session of the State Board of education to which the Person board has dispatched strong tele* grams of protest over the unfair ' ness oi expecting teachers to con tinue to live without pay. Also incor porated in the person messages is j a statement showing that schools i cannot be expected to operate much j beyond May 20, in a farming county such as this one is, Gathered in Raleigh today ar<s superintendents and leaders in schools from twenty-eight counties leading from Wake to the west, and all faced with the same problems 'of payments and closing dates, but ; it is believed that the Person tele grams which were sent yesterday after a Tuesday night emergency session of the local board, were among the first, if not the only mes sages dispatched in the State. Tlie telegrams, each identical in ; wording, were sent to Lt. Gov. L. Y. (Stag! Bnllentine, chairman of tlj£ State board, to Comptroller Paul .' Reid and to State Superintendent Clyde Erwin, who is also secretary to the board, it was revealed by Person Superintendent R B. Griffin, who was in Raleigh this morning for a nine-thirty conference with the 1 above named officials. Text of the telegrams is as follows: “Person schools closed five to ‘ j eighteen days due to road conditions. Request teachers be paid for time lost through no fault of their own. Teaching after May 20, too late for this farming county. Saturday teach jing lias not proved satisfactory.” Signers of the messages are E. E. Bradsher, Sr., chairman, Dr, John Fitzgerald, Clyde T. Satter-' Held, Robert L. Hester and Claud* i T. Hall. Mr. Griffin yesterday in comment | ing on the situation said that in some counties the loss of teaching days has been as high as twenty six. A neighboring county included in the twenty-eight at the confer ence is Caswell, where the superin tendent is Holland McSwain. The | payment issue revolves around the fact that under present laws teach ers must teach as many as twenty consecutive days in each school month before they can be paid. The matter was at first discussed in the Courier-Times several weeka | ago after it was discovered that some county teachers have received no salary checks since the middle of December. Relief through loans td teachers is being offered by Peoples ; bank. Equally strong protests hava come from the Greensboro Daily News and from Durham county teachers, but it is believed that th« situation was first brought to publlo attention in Person county. Fairbanks Out ,. • T Los Angeles, Feb. —Comdr. Douglai \ Fairbanks, Jr., former prominent motion picture player, was placed tiR ; inactive status at the Naval Officers | Separation Center Tuesday and an nounced he plans to return to UH| i films as a producer. —• —° * 11 Hill To Preach Jj| Regular services will be held' Wt: ‘i< Mt. Tirzah Methodist church Swap ’’ day morning. The Rev.- E L. MMkMli former pastor, will preach at Helen® U at seven o'clock that evening, a®ft ; l cording to the pastor, the Floyd G. Villines. o TWO MEN GQ . -Kg Two Negro men from here, Augifl Edward Woody and Walter OIS Bradsher. left yesterday fqf IJttß Bragg for induction under flatejigEl Service, according to Miss guMllif Wrenn. chief clerk of the Perso® board. 1 %

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