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DO YOU • Want to buy something • Want to sell something • Want a tenant or renter • Perhaps lost something. Try a Courier-Times WANT AD! VOL. LXV Funderburk Digs . first On Church Site For New Structure Community Spirit Beinp Shown In Building New Church. First shovelful of earth from the foundation and basement space for the new Mill Creek Baptist church was thrown up yesterday morning by the pastor, the Rev. J. F. Fund erburk, to mark the beginning of a construction program which is a neighborhood and cooperative affair. The old church was destroyed by fire early in December and It is es timated that the new structure will cost at least tweny-five thousand dollars. Supervisor of construction is Jenie Gentry, brother of Dr. George W. Gentry, of Rojboro. Much of the lumber and other building material to go into the new structure is being given by church members and friends and some of it is already cut and ready. Several trees had to be blasted out of the foundation area, according to the Rev. Mr. Funderburk, whose congre gation since the fire has been using Bethel Hill church as a place of worship. Progress of the foundation digging will depend upon the weather, but already there are many tractors, trucks and diggers on hand, it is said. o Broughton Is Baptist Hour Speaker Sunday The Honorable J. M. Broughton is the Baptist Hour speaker for next Sunday. February 24, as announced by the Radio Committee, S. B. C.. •S. f". Lowe, 'Director, Atlanta, Ga. A layman. ex-Govemor of North Carolina, outstanding lawyer, and Sunday School Superintendent of the Taberacle Baptist Church of Iris home city since 1914. His message on the subject, “Christian Men for a Better World,’ 1 will be of special interest to the manhood of America, according to Mr. Lowe. Mr. Broughton will be Introduced in the broadcast by Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia, who is a Baptist deacon and for years teacher of the Men's Bible Class of the Central Baptist Church of Newman, Georgia. The program can be heard in North Carolina over Radio Stations WWNC. Asheville, WPTF, Raleigh and WSJS, Winston-Salem, 8:30 A. M. o Give To Blind The Exchange club meeting last night at the Recreation Center, vot ed to contribute sls to a fund for blind rehabilitation work. The gilt, came at suggestion of Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, director of the Person Welfare department. Presiding was Bill Faucette, secretary. Named as dance chairman was Dolian Long. o Miss Gordon Miss Pauline Gordon, State col lege extension specialist, will meet fifteen Negro families interested in planning a rural kitchen. The meet ing will be Saturday morning at ten at the Negro rural center and all other interested families arc in vited to attend. Housing Shortage Cause Os Fight The housing shortage, apparently, has produced an assault with a deadly weapon case involving three Negro women. At least, that is the way it seems on basis of evidence introduced in a hearing held Mon day night before Magistrate W. Wal lace Woods, who doubles in that capacity when he Is not being Chamber of Commerce secretary and general handy man for church, school and civic affairs. The women involved were Janie Thompson, Dorothy Fuller and Ber tha Parrish. The Thompson and Fuller women, according to the story were living together in a house near Roxboro Chemical company. Householder among the three in the case was the Fuller woman, who reportedly took the Thompson one in to live with her when the last J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Sanders To Lead Layman's Service Sunday Morning Woods And Meyers Will Be Amontr Speakers In Morning. Next Sunday February 24. is "Laymen’s Day" at Long Memorial Methodist church. The fourth Sun day in February each year is desig nated as Laymen’s Day and the worship service on that day is in in full charge of the laymen of the church. This day will be observed throughout the nation in 41,000 Methodist churches and church lay leaders will have charge of the pro gram. The subject for this year of Evan gelism in the Crusade for Christ movement will be “Our Timeless Mandate to Serve, To Seek, To Serve.” H. K. Sanders will preside at the eleven o'clock hour and there will be two short addresses by Wal lace Woods and Frank Meyers. Everyone is given a cordial invi tation to attend the service, accord ing to the pastor, the Rev. Ben H. Houston, who is expecting a large attendance. The Rev. Mr. Houston will preach at the night service. o Folger Favors Forqjf Research Proposal In Congress To Es tablish Research Centers’ In South. Hon. John H. Folger is one of the Congressional leaders in a strongly sponsored movement to hasten re habilitation of the Nation's war depleted timber resources through the establishment of a system of forestry research centers strategic ally located throughout the country, one for each mojor forest type, it was reproted today. The proposed research program stems from a movement started last year by the Forest Farmers Associa tion. general headquarters Valdosta, Georgia, which resulted in an initi al appropriation of $300,000 for eleven field research laboratories In the South. Congressman John S. Gibson of Georgia, who headed the successful drive last year, has as sumed leadership in the campaign for a National program. This pro gram is backed by the Forest Farm ers Association, representing the timberland owners of twelve South ern States, and other timber inter ests throughout the Country. Gibson, Folger, and some fifty Congressmen from other sections ap peared before the House Appropria tions Subcommittee last week to re quest $3,60Q,000 for seventy-six re search centers. These field labora tories are to be administered by the U. S. Forest Service in cooperation with local forestry agencies and timberland owners. Os the total amount requested, $1,000,000 is to be earmarked ’for completion of the full 21-station Southern program originally propos ed by the Association. named had no place to go for resi dence. • It is alleged that Janie, who was supposed to stay in the Fuller house only until other arrangements could be made, overstayed her time and that ejectment proceedings were to get underway soon if Janie refused to move. The story, further, is that Janie was at home in bed about six A, M. Saturday, when Dorothy and her friend, Bertha, arrived and were angry because Janie was still there. A fight followed in which Bertha is alleged to have held Janie as Dorothy hit her, reportedly with an axe. The warrant was filed by Janie. The defendants are under bond and the case is expected to be settled next Tuesday in Recorder’s court. Janie, probably, is living somewhere else. ®f)e Courier-names HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT Dr. H. C. Smith To Come Sunday At Brooksdale Rev. E. C. Maness Announces Plans For Quarterly Conference. First Quarterly conference for this year win be held for the Brooksdale Methodist Charge in the Brooksdale church on Sunday. February 24. The District Superintendent, Dr. H. C. Smith, of Durham, will preach at eleven o'clock a. n;. and conduct : the business sesion of the Confer ence immediately following the ser j mon. , j Following the conference, lunch ! will be served, picnic style, by wo jmen of Brooksdale church. After lunch is served, a Laymen’s Day progrom will be conducted in ob servance of Laymen's day. Different churches of the Charge will have part on the program. A good dele gation is expected to attend these services representing all the churches of the Charge. All officials of the Quarterly conference are urged to attend. Tlie service for the Trinity church will not begin until 3:30 p. m. as the Laymen’s Doy program is to be rendered following the lunch hour. The service for Brookland Church will be at 7:30 o’clock instead of 7:00 o’clock . Reclassification Said Underway For Four-F Men i Many Yountr Men In Other Classes Leave Today Says Person Board. Seven young white men. with Ern -1 est William Brann as leader, left this morning under Person Selective I service for induction at Fort Bragg, j it* was reported by Miss Jeanette Wrenn, chief clerk. Also going down were thirteen for pre-induction ex amination. with William Franklin Tillett as leader. Called up with this last named group were a number of other young men now in the Mer chant Marine service who as yet have no deferment from military service. AH of the Merchant Marine men referred to are now in the Merchant Marine and presumably away on duty. „ Miss Wrenn said this morning that although the Person board is reclassifying Four-F’s she has no statement to make as to the number of extra men it will make available. Tlie seven men who have gone for induction are, Ernest William Brann, Elwood Louis Harris, Willie Thomas Clayton, Johnnie Mac Long, Jr.. Howard Arthur Rimmer, Gordon Stover Davis and Elzandrie Day. Those who have gone down for pre-induction examination are, William Franklin Tillett, Willie Thomas Moore, Lawrence Graves Holt, George Lee Chambers, Jr.. | George Willie McDowell, Henry Alvis Oakley, Otha Frazier, Robert Warren McCullough, Willie Talley. Jr., James Raymond Nelson, Henry Boswell Turner and William Alfred Whitefield. o Attend Funeral Rev. and Mrs. Joe B. Currin were in Raleigh Monday for the funeral of Mrs. Currin's uncle, Dr. Clarence Judd, of that City, whose death oc curred Saturday in his office in Ra leigh. The rites were held at eleven o’clock In the morning. Dr. Judd was for many years a prominent physi cian. o Anniversary Night Roxboro Rotary club tonight at Hotel Roxboro is expected to ob serve the thirty-sixth anniversary of the founding of Rotary Interna tional with a special program and all members are urged to attend. j o Plasma Here Twelve units of plasma were re ceived bv Community hospital Monday afternoon, it was an nounced today by hospital offici als. The plasma consists of three pints made up of units, accord ing to Dr. 3. D. Fitzgerald, who says the hospital is especially ap preciative of receipt of the plasma in which is being sent to many hospitals in the State through the Red Cross and the State depart ment of health. The plasma is especially useful in severe illness cases or in serious accidents in volving loss of blood, ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA YOUNG SOLDIER THINKS OF FRIEND, REMEMBERS HOSPITAL Strong personal boost not so much in size of the contribution as in the sentiment of friendship mem orialized, is revealed today by the War Memorial hospital committee which has received twenty-five dollars from a Person and Roxboro soldier now in service in Florida to be applied to the hospital fund in. memory of a schoolmate and boy hood companion who wos also a soldier and was killed in action in Europe. Donar of the twenty-five dollars is Sgt. Dailey F. Frederick, Jr., of Roxboro and Camp Plauche, La., who says lie is taking the money from a fund he has been saving for his education. The friend to whom he pays tribute is the late Pfc. Bernard Whitfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Whitfield, also of Roxboro, who gave his life shortly after going overseas. Both young men before the war called them were students in Rox boro high school, with Whitfield about a year ahead of Frederick in graduating, but both played to gether from boyhood as small-town neighbors and on grammar and high school athletic teams. The story of Frederick's gift comes out in a letter which he has written ! to his uncle, R. I. Long, of Route j One. Roxboro, one of the solicitors j Busy Schedule For Music, Scouts And Soil Worked Out Climate Os New Guinea Good Asserts Bumpass . i Former Armv Technician | Speaks At Kiwanis Session. ! Thomas Merritt < Shanks > Bum- : pass, Kiwanian and owner-manager of a case, speaker Monday night at: [ Hotel Roxboro at regular meeting t iof Kiwanis, actually liked the ell-1 j mate of New Guinea, or rather of.; j that part of the climate experienc- j | ed where he was stationed for many j | months as a Tech 4. laboratory j | technician. j Having startled his hearers by I j daring to speak well of at least one ! | element in New Guinea, the former j j technician, who returned to the I : States and was discharged January j Ist, also discussed Australia and the I Philippines, where other parts of j his twenty-lour months overseas were spent. Australia, he asserted, was. of course, the most civilized of | his outposts, while some of the most j complete evidences of destruction by the Japanese were observable in I Manila, both in the modern section | and in the old and historic "Walled 1 | City”. The last named, according to j him was all but wiped out. I Technician Bumpass, whose total length of service in the Army was!; over forty-four months, had charge of purification of water supplies and of sanitation problems. His wife is the former Miss Lizctte , Allgood, They have one son. Tim former soldier is a brother of R. D. Bumpass and is a son of Mrs. T. M. Bumpass. - o Merit System To Give Exams The North Carolina Merit System ! : Office, Durham, announced today! ! that applications are now being ac-; \ cepted for examinations to be given j :on April 13, to fill existing vacin- i cies with the Unemployment Com* ! I pensation Commission. These exam- j ! [ inations will be held at approxi- 1 ! mately eleven examination center* ; throughout the State for the ful- : j lowing permanent positions: Ini err 1 I viewer, Junior Claims Examine’, j Senior Claims Examiner, and Super vising Claims Examiner. All persons interested in well-paid j •j positions with the opportunity lor | advancement, are urged to write to j the Merit System Office, P. O. Box 2328, Durham, for an announcement bulletin setting forth the minimum i qualifications and salary ranges for | these positions, and an application to file for the examination. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1946 for the hospital fund here, which has a goal of $250,000, with about half of that amount already raised. Says Sgt. Frederick: "I am sending you a check for $25. This is a part of the money I had saved for my education, but Uncle Sam will take care of that for me now, so I can think of no better way of using it than this, for our much needed hospital. This seems sucli a small amount in com parison to what will be needed, but maybe, it will help some 1 would like this small gift to be giv en in grateful remembrance of a very good friend of mine, Bernard R Whitfield. According to his sacri fice, what is giving a small amount, of our money?” This contribution, say, officials of the hospital drive, is the first to be ear-marked as a contribution in tri bute to one individual soldier, but it is hoped that other friends and families will follow Sgt. Frederick’s example in thinking of those from here who have made the supreme sacrifice. Sgt. Frederick, who expects soon to be transferred to a camp in Vir ginia, has been in service about eight months, leaving here soon after his graduation. Pfc. Whitfield, who finished the year before and was almost immediately called to the Army, was killed in Germany, Conflicts Between Symphony. Scouts And Soil Program Eliminated. MNkrch I6»is expected to be a busy * day in Roxboro. Two major events, ;the Soil Conservation oontest, of i which more is published elsewhere, and the State Symphony society i concerts, are both scheduled for that night, and also planned for that date was the annual District Boy Scout banquet, which has been post poned until the next Friday night, March 22, at Hotel Roxboro. Discovery of the crowded calendar for next month was made Tuesday night at a meeting of the Person Scout district and the difficulties were ironed out the next day at a conference between Superintendent R. B. Griffin for tlie Soil Conserva tion program, and W. Wallace Woods, for the Symphony society. The Scouts voluntarily moved their date forward at the Tuesday night session. Under the new plan the Symphony society orchestra, from Chapel Hill, will give two concerts, both at Rox boro high school, one for children in the afternoon, and one for high school students and adults that niglif. Twenty-one musicians will constitute the orchestra. The Boy Scout banquet, under di rection of C. A. Harris, will go for ward as planned, except for the change of date, according to District officials, who on Tuesday night heard good reports of progress in the District. Present for the first time were three representatives from First Baptist church, R ,D. Bumpass, Alex Bass and Earl Bradsher, Jr., who are interested in forming a troop to be sponsored by that church. Decision was also made to. form a Scouters' club for Scout masters. Held last night with Charles Chalmers divisional assistant execu tive present, was the Negro Division al session, at which C. J. Ford pre sided. Decision was readied to have a Divisional supper at the Negro center for Scout leaders, Tuesday night, March 19th. Stanfield Promoted S. Sgt. Hill B. Stanfield, of Rox boro and Greensboro, has been pro moted to that rank from Corporal. Sgt. Stanfield, who has been over seas since June of last year, is now stationed in Korea. His wife and children are now living in Hillsboro. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stanfield. o At St. Mark's The Rev. Henry Nutt Parsley, of Duke University, Durham, Episcopal minister for Duke students, will be speaker Sunday afternoon at four o'clock at Saint Mark's Episcopal church, Roxboro, it was announced this morning. $2.60 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Four From Band Receive Honor Os Invitation Roxboro’s Best Players To Go To Greenville Saturday. Four Roxboro high school band students, two boys and two girls, will be in Greenville Saturday at Eastern Carolina Teachers' college to attend a band clinic for the east ern division of tlie All-State band, j it was announced this week by Miss j Mary Earle Wilson, director of the j local band. The clinic will be an all j day affair, with representatives from | fifteen bands from the eastern half j of the State, says Miss Wilson, > The Roxboro players who will go jare Gordon Allen, snare drum, Law | rence Woody, bass horn. Miss Mary Daniel, clarinet, and Miss Jean Hester, saxaphone. Miss Wilson will also attend, Director of a massed band concert that night at Green ville with all of the visitors playing, will bo Earl Slocum, of the music department, the University of North i Carolina, Chapel Hill Dr. Karl V. Gilbert and Harold ! a. McDougle of the college depart - ! ment of music are making arrange* ] ments for the day, ! Tlie best performers from 1G high j school bands will be chosen to at tend the cliifics. Tlie band so form ed lor the meeting in Greenville will include 90 members. Rehearsals ! held during the day will be in prep aration for the concert hi the even j ing. Higli schools from the following I towns and cities will be represent-, led: Greenville, Raleigh, Roanoke i Rapids, Greensboro, Lumberton, Ox ; ford, Durham, Fayetteville. Eliza j betli City, Rocky Mount. Roxboro, Henderson, Sanford. New Bern, and ; Wilmington, which will send stu dents from New Hanover High and Wilmington Junior High. ; A full program for the day has : been arranged: morning —9 to 10, registration in the Wright Building | at East Carolina Teachers College; •10 to 12, rehearsals; afternoon and • evening—1. rehearsals; 6:30, dinner Jin the college dining hall: 8:15. con cert by the band. o Only Two More Days For X-Ray Examination Left jSo Far 2,800 Persons Have Been Examined. ! The x-ray examinations being giv en here under auspices of the Per son Health department will be giv en only two more days, Monday and Tuesday of next week, it was report ed today, and all persons who wish examinations, especially those per sons who have had known contacts with tuberculosis, are urged to come. So far, the number of residents who have had examinations here totals 2,800, as of this morning, ac cording to Miss Evelyn Davis, seni or staff nurse, who has characteriz ed the response as good, but not as widespread as it should be, espe cially in view of the number of ac tive tuberculosis cases in the Per son area. Wednesday and Thursday of next, week will be reserved for retake ex aminations by appointment only. It was also disclosed by the Health Department that two more cases of diphtheria have reported in a fam ily living in the Virgilina road area. One case was reported a few weeks ago, that of a daughter in the family and student in Bethel Hill school This patient is practically recover ed and the two new cases, those of a mother and still another daughter, are also much improved. o Scout Court Person Scout District court of honor will be held Friday night at seven-thirty o’clock the USO Service Center, it was announced today by ! Gus Deering, chairman, who requests a full attendance. -o Holiday Friday At least two government agonies, the United States Post office and ! the Person Selective Service boord. will observe a holiday Friday, Feb -1 ruary 22. Washington's birthday, it was announced this morning. The holiday will likewise be ob served by Peoples bank as previ ously announced, and it is possible that several other agencies will also be closed for the day. among them, the United States Employ ment Service office, manager of which is Claude I.uquire, Major Emphasis On Soil Saving Shown In Sponsored Contest Baptist Speaker »,. r - ’.■*?' 2. a mam W Jm Mm i J. M. BROUGHTON Hun. J. M. Broughton, the Baptist Hour Speaker for next Sunday. Feb. 24. 8:30 A. M. Five Killed, Three Hurt, In Oxford Accident Oxford. Feb. 20.—A crowded auto mobile crashed into the rear ol a ; parked truck near here early today 1 killing five of its occupants and injuring three others, all members t of a Chuckatuck. Va.. family who were en route to High Point to at tend a funeral. The victims were tentatively iden tified as: Percy R. McCleney, 42, a native of Route 1, Edenton, his wife, 16-year-old twins, Percy, Jr., and Elizabeth, and a two and a half year-old babv *: I Two other soils, about 10 and 11. were critically injured, and another, about five, was also hurt, but less - seriously. Highway Patrolman C. M. Byrd,. who made an investigation, said I when he arrived on the scene about ! 10 miles south of here shortly after! 3 A. M.. lie found the man, woman, | daughter, and infant dead in the front seat of the car, all apparently I killed instantly. On the rear seat, he said, were four boys, one of whom died after : being brought to the hospital. \ Information from various sources J was that the family was going to, High Point to attend the funeral j of a relative of Mrs. McCleney. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING Tile stockholders of the Roxboro Building & Loan Association will hold its regular annual meeting on Saturday, March 2nd. 1946, at 11 o’clock A. M, in the directors office of tlie association. All stockholders ! are urged to attend. If you can j not be present in person please mail your proxy to the Secretary. This February 20, 1945. J. C. Walker, Secretary. Residents Become Aroused Over Rats What is regarded as an alarming | increase in the rat and mouse popu- | | lalion in Roxboro is causing con- I 1 corn among householders, it was j | reported today. Some residents at- j tribute the sleek and healthy condi tion of the rodents and their off spring to the large number of in adequately covered garbage cans from which the animals can feed. Some of the increase in rats and j mice is attributed to another form of carelessness on the part of resi i dents, those who refuse to buy traps to catch the animals and think nothing of going to houses of neigh bore to borrow traps. Traps, inci dentally, were once a war-induced scarcity item, but many more of the j catchers are now on the market. ' THE GROUND HOG . , , Saw his shadow and the wise ones saw their coal dealer. Likewise, the wise ones who read the Cou rier-Times will watch their labels. It is not our desire to cut off any one, but we are forced to do so. Be wise, renew today. « NUMBER 23 I I Many Prizes To Be Offered, One For Each School, And Grand Prizes. Six Person county students; one ill each of the white high schools, interested in soil conservation, are going to have opportunities to win a twenty-five dollar war bond apiece in a soil conservation speakers’ con test which will be staged here under sponsorship of the N C. Bankers association and Peoples bank, it was revealed today by Person Superin tendent of Schools R. B. Griffin, who said the County-wide winner in I the contest will also be invited to i the Pinehurst session of the North . Carolina Bankers association, with J all expenses to be paid by that asso* ! ciation. The county-wide winner from Per j son will also receive one hundred, ! dollar war bond, while the county | wide runner-up will get a prize of a twenty-live dollar war bond, making, i the total of prizes offered $275. One hundred dollars of the prize i money will be furnished by Roxboro Chemical company, of which Thom as R. Bennett is president. Tlie con test will be open to both boys and girls, "Mr. Griffin pointed out that es jieeially interested in the soil con servation program is Gordon C. Hunter, of Roxboro. president of ; the State Bankers' association and executive vice president of Peoples bank and that much credit should I go- to him for fostering the coming soil conservation contest, which, in Roxboro will reach a climax on the night of March 15, when all speak ers from the Person schools involved will compete for individual school honors and for the County-wide prizes. . The speaking is to be held in Rox i boro Central Grammar school, proo* ably at eight o’clock at night. Active |iy assisting with the program and with the supplying of information to students are J. R. Adair, of the Dan River Soil conservation unit here, and Person Farm Agent H. K. (Sanders; The men have a film to show in the various schools and are , anxious to help in other ways as are the bank officials. Similar contests are being con , ducted in numbers of other counties in North Carolina. although the program is not state wide. Biggest Bottle Os Congress To Come Up Soon Washington.—The biggest battle I of them all is shaping up in Con gress on the issue—shall the na tional legislature be reformed and ; modernized? ' A joint reorganization committee • has been debating the question for many months and Chairman Robert ! M. Lafollette. P.. Wis., said the com ! mittec again will review prospective | recommendations this week. But j there still is no hint when the re form plan will be offered. In the meantime.. Rep. Estes Ke fauver, D., Tenn., is so concerned that he is readying a book, “A 20th Century Congress,” in which he likens present legislative procedure to "ox-drawn carts” and sets forth a ! streamlining plan "which will make I it easier to get things done.” At the outset he would increase ■ terms of House members from two to four. This would tend to make them more stable because their ten ure would be of longer duration. Tlie matter of conducting a gen eral clean-up campaign here, in cluding the elimination of rats and mice, was discussed here sometima ago bv Health Education servica workers of the Person department of public health, but nothing further, was done about the problem, largely becnuse of the comparative failure of a similar campaign staged here about two years ago. Rats and mice are said to be bearers of typhus or bourbonle plague and other diseases, and ilk; addition, destroy large amounts at food. They also constitute a Of<|) hazard. Perhaps, the most attentloftj to rat eradication in a nearby tosns; has been paid in Oxford, where sev eral typhus cases were reported.