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VOL. LXV
Y oung People Are
Invited To Irish
Party Saturday
First Os Renewed Recreation*
al Programs To Be Held At
Baptist Church.
An Irish party will open the
church-sponsored recreational pro
gram for young people of this sec
tion at the Roxboro Baptist church
Saturday evening, March 16, begin
ning at 7:30, it was announced to
day by Miss Vivian Kiers, educa
tional director of the church and
supervisor of the recreational pro
grams.
Three churches, Edgar Long Mem
orial Methodist, Roxboro Presbyteri
an, and Roxboro Baptist—are coop
erating in sponsoring the renewed
program on an interdenominational
basis. All young pepple in the com
munity, regardless of what church
they may be connected with, are
urged to attend and participate in
the games and social activities.
Programs are to be held weekly,
and leaders of the movement believe
that young people of high school
age will find the activities especial
ly interesting and worthwhile.
Committee members in addition to
Miss Hiers are: Miss Sarah Hodgin
and Miss Marion Bradsher of the
Presbyterian church, clarence Hole
man and H. Dewey Young of the
Baptist, and Miss Lucille Cothran
and L. R. Wilson of the Methodist.
Pastors of the three churches—
the Rev. George W. Heaton, Presby
terian,, the Rev. Ben Houston, Meth
odist. and the Rev, J. Boyce Brooks,
Baptist—have expressed themselves
as being wholeheartedly behind the
recreational program. Mr. Brooks is
chairman of the Person Coun.y
Council of Social Agencies, which
has long been interested in promot
ing recreational opportunities for
.young people in this community.
Sponsors of the program issuer the
following invitation to all young
people in the community for the
party Saturday night at 7:30 at the
Baptist church;
'Sure, won't you come to our party?
You'll find a welcome that's hearty.
Come Saturday e'en,
Wearin' some green,
An Irish joke bring to our party."
Mrs. Will Carver
Dies Suddenly
Funeral services for Mrs. Wiil
Carver, 85. who died Tuesday after
noon at 2:15. following a heart at
tack, were held at 3 o'clock this
afternoon at Theresa Baptist
church, with the Rev. B. B. Knight,
pastor, in charge. Interment was in
the Long family cemetery near
Theresa.
Mrs. Carver had been in declining
health for several years, and the
attack Tuesday proved immediately
• fatal. She made her home with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy T. Fitts of Roxboro, Route
1. about five miles west of Roxboro.
Surviving are three children, in
cluding one son, Walter Long of
Altavista, Va„ and two daughters.
Mrs. Bernice Trby of Hillsboro and
Mrs. Fitts. Survivors also include a
number of grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
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Burns Speaker
At Kiwanis Club
Speaker at the Monday night
meeting of Roxboro Kiwanis club
at Hotel Roxboro was Robert P.
Burns, attorney, who discussed the
revaluation of property in the coun
ty for tax purposes. Presiding was
the club president, J. W. Green, who
said the club voted to dispense with
• its April l meeting in order to hold
a joint meeting April 5 with the
Person County Council of Social
Agencies and other civic clubs.
Rev. Clyde G. MpCarver of Long
hurst Methodist church was induct
ed as a new member of the club.
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GE Strike Ends
\
New York.—An agreement to
end the 58-day-old strike of 100,-
000 General Electric Company
workers was announced Jointly
by union and company representa
tives yesterday. a
The agreement. providing air
18.5 cents an hour pay increase,
will be submitted to the General
Electric membership of the Unit
ed Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers (CIO), at meetings Sat*
urday for ratification.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Masons To Meet
A special called meeting of Per
son Masonic Lodge No. 113 will be
held at 7:30 Monday night, March
18, it was announced this morn
ing by Thomas Bowles, secretary.
National 4-H Club
Week Observed
By Local Clubs
Austin Dixon, of Roxboro high
school, and C. C- Jackson, assistant
county agent, attended the meeting
and dinner of the Guernsey Breed
ers association in Winston-Salem.
Austin Dixon received a certificate
from the Association for doing the
best elub work with a Guernsey calf
in Person County.
March 2nd to 10th was observed
as National 4-H Week all over the
United States. Person County boys
and girls are presenting a skit at
each club meeting this month ex
plaining club work and providing
members a check upon themselves.
This skit is called "An Afternoon
at the Davis Farm". Four members
make up the cast.
In the monthly demonstration at
club meetings the boys are seeing a
I demonstration put on by 2 boys on
; corn production. They are recom
i mending the following in order to
| get more corn to the acre: Use a
! well-prepared seed-bed, use an
adapted hybrid seed, vise 400 pounds
of a fi-8.-ti fertilizer, thoroughly mix
ed in the soil, plant 16 inches apart
in 31 ft. rows, apply 625 pounds
of nitrate of soda, or its equivalent,
and plow with a harrow or cultivat
or and lay by at 21.', ft. to 3 ft.
high.
The girls' demonstration for this
month is a study of colors, using a
color wheel as basis for this discus
sion. Large samples of different col
ored materials are tested on girls
to find the ones that could be con
sidered their best colors in relation
to their hair, skin and eyes.
Tire girls decide on which colors
they wear best, so when they study
wardrobe planning in April they
will be prepared to go right into
their individual wardrobe plans.
The 4-H Camp date has been set
for Person and Pitt counties from
June 12th to June 17th. 2:00 P. M.
Harvey Clayton, of the Bushy
Fork 4-H Club, was presented the
Person County 4-H Livestock cham
pion medal, which is known as the
Thomas E. Wilson Award, on Wed
nesday, March 13, at the regular
club meeting. He won the medal on
the basis of having a brood sow that
farrowed and raised twelve pigs.
Exchange Hears
Songs By Girls
Os Roxboro High
Six Roxboro high school girls, un
der the direction of Miss Mary
Earle Wilson, band and glee club
director entertained members of
Roxboro Exchange club with song*
|at the club's regular meeting last
i night in the Recreation Center. The
! girls were Misses Mona Grachel
Clayton, Elizabeth Newell, Alene
Barnett, June Woods, Edriel Knight,
and Jacqueline Abbitt.
Announcement was made of a
dance to be held Friday night,
March 22, in the Roxboro high school
gymnasium, proceeds to be used to
aid the Person County Memorial
Hospital drive. Jimmy Perkins and
his orchestra will play at the dance.
Presiding at the meeting, In the
absence of the president and vice
president, was C. C. Garrett. Special
guest was W. S. Humphries of Tire
Courier-Times.
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Spencer Receives
Army Discharge
James Carroll Spencer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Spencer of this
city, has received his discharge from
the Army, in which he served as
a paratrooper. He was last station
ed in California. Mr. Spencer, whose
wife is the former Miss Elsie Vass'
of Danville, is now connected with
his father’s funeral home, but for
the time being Mrs. Spencer will
remain In Danville, where she holds
a secretarial position.
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N. C. S. FINALS SPEAKER
—Dr. Daniel A. Poling, editor of
The Christian Herald and pastor
of the Baptist Temple in Phila
delphia, will deliver the baccalau
reate sermon to N. C. State Col
lege’s 57th graduating class in
Pullen Hall on Sunday, June 2.
The noted clergyman and author
is president of the World Union
of Christian Endeavor and writes
a syndicated column which ap
pears in 32 American newspapers.
Dr. Poling served as a chaplain
and war correspondent in World
War II and as a chaplain in World
War I.
General Motors
Strike Is Ended
After 113 Days
Detroit. —The 113-day-old Gener
al Motors strike, longest and most
expensive in automobile history, was
settled yesterday.
Tlie settlement came after an ex
hausting all-night and half a day
session between company and Unit
ed-Automobile Workers (CIO) offi
cials, with Federal Labor Mediator
James F. Dewey, presiding.
The strike ended on a basis of
an 181 cents an hour wage In
crease. But union officials claimed'
their gains were higher than the
191.) cents increase recommended by
President Truman because of im
proved vacation pay. better overtime
rates and equal pay - for women
granted by the company.
The strikers lost pay totaling
$150,000,000, it was estimated. Many
also frittered away most of their
war bond savings, said to average
S9OO each, during the long period
when no pay checks were coming
in.
The GM strickers must ratify the
agreement before it becomes effec- |
tive. Their delegates will meet here
Friday#for that purpose.
Plans For Horse
Show Proqressinq
About twice as many horses as
were here last year are expected to
be entered in the second annual
Kiwanis-sponsored horse show which
will be held in Roxboro on Saturday,
April 20, acording to Mrs. Sanders
McWhorter of the publicity com
mittee. A total of 85 entries partici
pated in the show a year ago.
Very great interest is being shown
in the approaching show by the
general public, Mrs. McWhorter de
clared. More than 4,00 person; at
tended the event last year, and it
is expected that the crowd this year
will be even larger.
A number of stables of standard
size are being constructed to take
care of horses entered in the show.
The date , April 20. was selected so
that out-of-town horses competing
Symphony Not ‘High Brow’, Says Youth
Tlicre's nothing "high brow" about
a symphony. Many persons who stay
away from concerts really could en
joy them if they would just give the
music a chance.
Such is the opinion of one Rox
boro high school youth, George
Wesley Gentry, son of Dr. and Mrs.
G. W. Gentry, who is looking for
ward to the appearance here to
morrow of the North Carolina Lit
tle Symphony in two concerts, the
first a free performance at 1:30 in
the afternoon for school children
and the second at 8 o'clock at night
for adults. Both programs will be
given in Roxboro high school uudi
torium.
"People have the wrong idea about
a symphony,” .the young mustc
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Mb. Chambeß
Dies Suddenly
At Timberlake
Hear! Attack Proves,Fatal To
'6B-Year-Old Resident
Wednesday Morning.
Mrs. Lily Belle Chambers, 68. wife
of John T. Chambers of Timberlake,
died suddenly of a heart attack at
5:30 a. m. Wednesday. She had suf
fered a heart attack previously,
about seven weeks ago, but had been
up and about until yesterday.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock, with Elder N. D. Teasley in
charge, assisted by the Rev. E. L.
Hill, interment will be in the Cham
bers family cemetery near Helena.
Survivors, in addition to Mr.
Chambers, include six daughters and
five sons. The daughters are: Mrs.
Bessie Day, Mrs. Ollie Day, Mrs.
Mary Wade. Mrs. Naomi Stephens,
and Mrs. Lucy Sanford, all of Rox
boro. and Mrs. Nina Ross of Rich
mond, Va. Sons are: Tom and
George of Timberlake, Willie and
Sam of Roxboro, Route 3, and Clar
ence of Durham.
Also surviving are a brother,
Charles Shredder of Baltimore, Md.;
four sisters. Mrs. Lena Mountcastle
! and Mrs. Laura Ewers of Lynchburg,
Va., and Mrs. Annie Martin and
Mrs. Essie Enochs of Richmond, Va.;
35 grandchildren, and two great
grandchildren.
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District Meeting
Os BPW Planned
i
Members of Roxboro Business and
Professional Womens Club, in their
March meeting at Hotel Roxboro,
Tuesday night, made plans for a
district meeting to be held here on
i the night of April 23. Clubs from
| Henderson. Burlington. Durham.
Oxford and Chapel Hill will be in
vited to attend this semi-annual
session, at which the principal
speaker will be Mrs. Hornell Hart
of Durham, district director.
The club voted to attend the join
civic club program which will be
held here on April 5, and members j
were also urged to give all possible
support to the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra.
Mrs. John Alden Rogers, club!
president, who is a recent bride, was !
showered by the club members, and
gardenias were given to each one
present by Mrs. O. H,. Winstead, lo
cal florist.
in shows at Asheboro, Oxford and j
other places could be entered.
A total of 128 prizes, amounting to
$600.00, will be awarded. Proceed
from the show last year were used j
to promote the health of under- i
privileged children, while this year
the Kiwanis club has voted to use j
the money for community better-:
ment in any way it sees fit.
Any local people who with to i
enter horses should see R. D. Bum-!
pass, who is in charge of local en
tries, or J. J. Woody, who for tlie,
second time is general manager >f
the event.
Letters to out-of-town contestants I
have been sent out on official, sta-'
tionery, Mrs. McWhorter said, and!
it is expected that replies wiil be i
received soon.
lover declared. "They think it is too
high brow', but if they will just
give the music a chance I believe
they will like it. For example, many
people went to see the life of Cin
pin in the recent movie, ‘A Song to
Remember’, and liked the music so
much that all recordings of Cho
pin's music were sold out in a period
of one week in two cities that I
know of—Greensboro, and Norfolk,
Va."
This opinion is supported by
views expressed by other Roxboro
residents who were asked what they
thought of the coming of the North
Carolina Little Symphony to Rox
boro.
For instance, George W. Kane,
well-known 'contractor, thinks "it
is a wonderful privilege for the
people of Roxboro and Person Coun
• HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
BRADSHER RETIRES —E. E.
Bradsher, Sr., above, for nearly
half a century one of Roxboro's
leading businessmen, today is an
. nounring his retirement from the
firm of Long, Bradsher and Com
pany, local hardware firm. Mr.
Bradsher has sold his interest in
the firm to his two sons, E. E.
Jr., and D'Arcy.
Chatham Enters
Race Following
Folger Statement
Winston-Salem.—Thurmond Chat
ham of Winston-Salem and Elkin,
today announced his candidacy for
Congress from the Fifth District
subject to the Democratic primaiy
oil May 25—his announcement fol
lowing a statement made in Wash
ington yesterday by Rep. John H.
Folger of Mount Airy that he would
not seek reelection if others filed
for the office.
Chatham said he had no other
statement to make and did not elab
orate on his announcement that lie
had sent his file fee to the State
Board of Elections.
Rep. Folger, the incumbent, lias
already paid his filing fee. However,
he announced recently that he would
not seek reelection "if other persons
file for the post."
"I do not feel that I can enter
into a contest for this nomination."
Folger said in his statement. "As
the time has approached I have
felt, too, that if others file I should
eliminate myself from the race. Cir
cumstances have made it‘ hard for
me to decide, from the beginning,
whether I should run again. I shall:
hold no resentment toward any who
may seek the office."
USES Office Has
Many Openings
For Local Jobs
Announcement was made today by
the local U. S. Employment Service
that the office holds urgent open
ings for many kinds of jobs. While
most of the jobs require experienced
workers, there are also a large num
ber of openings for experienced
help. Opcnigs are held for local and
out of town employers.
Most urgent among the local
i needs are openings for weavers.
: spinning room help, and workers
for dye house jobs. Tlie employers
will train workers for these jobs if
necessary. Additional openings show
;an immediate need for finish carp
enters and brickmasons for both
local and out of town employers. On
file in the local office are openings
for small sawmill workers and for
construction laborers,
i Tlie office also reported openings
for girls in local retail trade.
All persons interested in any of
tlie above openings should contact
1 the local employment office imme
diately. These orders are for both
male and , female workers.
ty to hear the N. C. Symphony
i Orchestra. No one should overlook
such an unusual opportunity as will
[be ours on Friday night."
"I am not a musician." says Mrs.
R. L. Wilburn, artist and housewife,
"but I am a great lover of good
music. The coming of the Sym
phony to Roxboro is a' wonderful
pleasure and privilege for us all. It
is truly a bright moment in the life
of the busy housewife.”
R. B. Griffin, county school su
perintendent, says the concerts “will
tie in with our present program of
music in the schools—public school
music, band and piano—to raise the
level of interest in good music in
the county."
"As a teacher of music," declares
Miss Mary Earle Wilsbn, teacher of
band and glee club in Roxboro high
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946 $2,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Six Students To Speak Friday
In Soil Conservation Contest
Reliaious Census
Os Area Planned
Plans for a religious census of
Roxboro. Cavel, Longhurst and sur
rounding territory were made by
members of the Person County Min
isterial association in their March
meeting this week, it was announc
ed by Rev. Auburn C. Hayes, pastor
of Longhurst Baptist church and
association secretary.
Ministers of the association also
expresesd a desire to render all as*
sistance possible to Negro ministers
of the county in forming an associa
tion, and also in taking a religious
census among colored people. The
Negro ministers do not as yet have
a county organization, but several of
them have expressed a desire for
one, and it is hoped that plans for
such an association can be worked
out, Mr. Kayes said.
Mr. Hayes stated that the matter
Negroes In Taxi
Case Bound Over
Tried in Recorder's court on Tues
day of this week were six negroes
involved in the so called “Taxi
Case", All defendants were tried be
fore Judge F. O. Ca rver, who ruled
as to all that he was without juris
diction, that all were to be held on
probable cause on charge of assault
with deadly weapon with intent to
kill, inflicting serious damage. All
are to be tried in April in Superior
Court.
Defendants in this case Were Rob
ert Jordan. George Jordan. James
Stewart. Hubert Davis, Harvey Mc-
Cain, and Albert Paylor, all colored,
who were charged with assaulting
Robert Taylor and J. Y. Brown,
whites, on the Hurdle Mills road
about one mile from Roxboro ap
proximately three weeks ago.
In connection with this case Sher
iff Clayton announced today that
the seventli defendant. Glennie
Bradsher, colored, was apprehend
ed yesterday. The Sheriff had been
on the lookout for Bradsher for
some time but had been unable to
apprehend him. He may be tried in
today's Recorder's court session.
Other cases tried in this week's
Recorders Court were Albert Essay,
white, charged with careless and
reckless driving, case continued. Eu
gene E. Knott, white, charged with
careless and reckless driving and
property damage was found not
guilty. Robert M. Hopkins, white,
also charged with careless and reck- >
less driving and property damage
was found guilty and taxed with a
fine 'Of $25.00 and cost.
Willie Lunsford, colored, charged
with assault and battery with dead
ly weapon was found guilty and
made to pay a fine of $25.00 and
cost.
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Pauley Fight Over
Washington.—President Truman
withdrew Edwin W. Pauley's nom
ination for Undersecretary of the ;
Navy today with a final vigorous
defense of Pauley's "integrity and
ability."
His "Dear Ed" Pauley thus went
the way of President Roosevelt's
"Dear Ed" Flynn and an explosive
election year-squabble was stilled
after six weeks—stilled in the Dem
ocratic camp, at least.
school, “I am glad that music lovers
of Person county are making it
possible for our school children to
hear truly good music played by our
best musicians and presented in
such form as will be an inspiration
and educational experience for
them. Young minds are most sus
ceptible to the beauties of music,
so our school children are the ones
we should reach when building a
future society of sincere music-lov
ing people.”
The viewpoint of a lawyer and
former serviceman was given bv
Robert Edgar Long, who thinks "it
is a splendid opportunity for Rox
boro and Person county. I have
never heard the N. C. Symphony
Orchestra, but I am looking for
ward to the program Friday night.
of ministers' writing sermons for
publication in The Courier-Times
was again discussed. It was the opin
ion of the group that such sermons
are worthwhile and that an effort
should be made to continue their
publication. For this purpose, an al
phabetical list, of ministers will be
I made, a date wiil be specified ahead
jof time for each minister to write
' a sermon, and these sermons will
!be written and turned in to The
Courier-Times as far in advance as j
possible. j
Members of the religious census!
committee are Rev. J. Boyce Brooks :
of Roxboro First Baptist church, i
and Rev. Ben Houston of Edgar,
Long Memorial Methodist church.
Presiding at the meeting was Rev. j
G. W. Heaton, of Roxboro Presby- |
terian church, who is president. j
lour Men Seek
Certificates For
Taxi Operation
Four men —Frank A. Hint. Lacy
Clay, Harry Lockhart, and M T.
j Dixon—presented applications for
taxi permits to the Roxboro city
commissioners at their Mareli meet*
j ins yesterday, b*it under existing
| ordinances the commissioners can-,
j not take any action on the applies*
i tions for a period of 30 days City
j Manager Guy Whitman said today.
At present there are 29 certifi
cates for taxicab operation in ef
fect in Roxboro. Mr. Whitman said.
Two of yesterday's applicants, Lock
halt and Dixon, already operate
taxis.
| Present for the meeting yesterday
i were Commissioners G. C. Hunter,
Martin Michie, Lester Brook*, and
R. C. Hall and Mayor S. G. Win
stead. One commissioner. Philip
Thomas, was absent.
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Bowes Child Dies
0( Diphtheria
Jerry Bowes, one year and eight
months daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Bowes of Harmony, Va.,!
died in a South Boston, Va., hos
pital at 10:30 Wednesday morning, i
Death was attributed to diphtheria, j
The child had been ill only two j
days,
Funeral services were to be held !
at 3 o'clock tijis afternoon at the ;
graveside, with interment in the!
i Jones family cemetery. Services were
to be in charge of the Rev. B. B. j
Knight.
Surviving, in addition to the par
ents, are: four brothers, Monroe,
Paul, Bruce, and Clyde, all of the
home, and five sisters, Mrs. Nellie
Bowes, Mrs. Henrietta Tuck. Miss
Ava Marie Bowes, Miss Shirley
Bowes, and Miss Betty Jean Bowes,
all of the home community.
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Clement To Hold
Mission Course
There will be a Home Mission
study course at Clement Baptist
Church on Sunday, March 17, the
pastor, tlie Rev. L. V. Coggins, has
announced. Everyone is invited to
attend the regular preaching service
at 11 o'clock and bring lunch which
is to be served on the ground.
Mission classes to be taught by
well-qualified teachers will be con
ducted in the afternoon. There will
be clases for all ages.
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Two Grass Fires
Two small grass fires Tuesday af
ternoon on south Foushee street
[were quickly brought under control
|by the Roxboro fire department,
j which further burned off the area*
'in order to prevent future fires.
WATCH YOUR PLANT BEDS FOR
Blue Mold; also watch your label
cm Tlie Courier-Times. Many sub
scriptions will expire this month
and if you will call and renew
promptly a few days before it ex
pires it will save us lots of work.
NUMBER 29
County Winner Will Receive
SIOO War Bond And Free
Trip To Pinehurst.
Six Person county high school
students will compete for a SIOO.OO
war bond and a free trip to Pine
hurst as first prize in a soil con
' j servation speakers’ contest which
’ | wiil be held at Roxbore Central
■ | school at 8 o'clock Friday night.
> |
! Tlie students, each of whom has
. j already won a $25.00 bond in pre
. liminary contests held at each of
. the high schools, are: Mary Ellen
I Owen of Roxboro, Stanley Wilborn
. of Bethel Hill. Thelma Gillis of Al
-1 lensvilie, Barbaria Morris, of Mt.
. I Tirzali. Philip Jones of Helena, and
i! Margaret Ann Hawkins of Hurdle
j Mills. Their subject will be "Soil
; i Building Practices."
( An additional $25.00 bond will be
;[ awarded to the runner-up in the
1 county contest.
I Presiding at tlie program Friday
] night will be H. K. Sanders, county
| agent, who. with Gordon C. Hunter
; ol tlie Peoples Bank and J. R. Adair
of tlie Dan River Soil Conservation
| unit, has actively assisted in the
contest. Mr. Hunter, executive vice
president of the Peoples Bank, will
j present tlie awards.
Thomas r. Bennett, president of
| Roxboro Chemical company, which
! has donated SIOO.OO in prize money,
will also appear on the program to
I make some remarks about the pur
ipose of the contest.
■ Judges will be: Irving Stephens,
Yanceyville newspaper publisher;
Herbert White. Caswell county farm
j er who is president of the Dan River
‘Soil Conseevution district; and S.
H. Abell, principal of Bartley
i Yancey high school in Yanceyville.
Oilier prize money, in addition to
that given by Roxboro Chemical
j company, in being donated by the
| Peoples Bank, in the amount of
SIOO.OO. Sponsor of the contest on a
regional basis is the North Carolina
Bankers' association, of which Mr.
Hunter is president. The winner of
tlie county contest will be given an
expense-paid trip to Pinehurst to
speak at the annual meeting of the
bankers' organization,
j The county school superintendent,
R. B. Griffin, has also actively as
jsisted in conducting the contest.
Baptist Church To
Hold Study Course
The week of March 18-22 Will be
a week of study opened to every
member of the First Baptist Church,
Roxboro. Tlie Training Union Is
sponsoring this Church Study Course
and urging every church member to
seize this opportunity to grow in
Bible knowledge, the Bible being the
general theme of study for the week.
There will be separate classes for
j the various age groups and a place
for ail. The teachers will be Miss
i Elizabeth Burch. R. B. Griffin, and
J. W. Green. The classes will begin
jat 7 :30 each evening, Monday,
: through Friday.
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Red Cross Report
Total Red Cross collections to
date amount to $2,697.87, stated
VV. W Woods of the Roxboro
; Chamber of Commerce today. To
tal amount to be raised is $5,406.0f.
Money subscribed so far has
been raised as follows: $1,873.5(1
by the special gifts committee,
$494.12 by the business division,
$336.00 by the womens division, i
So far no school reports hard 4
been made, and neither has a re
port been made by Collins and
Aikman employees division.
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COMING UP... ’
TONIGHT VJ
6:30 Rotary, Hotel Roxboro. j
FRIDAY
2:00 Person county library boanfc
Library building.
8:00 Soil conservation oratorical
contest, Roxboro Central school. •; f;
8:00 N. c. Little Symphony cott* ..
tert. Roxboro high school.
SATURDAY :
7:30 Irish party and
program for young people,
Baptist church.
TUESDAY fil
7:30 Father's night program, BoHnl
boro Central PTA. *1
7:30 Boy Scout council, chamhc* |
of Commerce office.