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VOL. LXV
Green To Face
Murder Charge In
Superior Court
Neitro Being Held Without
Bond; Wife Is Bound Over
As Accesory.
Murder in the first degree is the
charge which Richard Green, Sr.,
Negro, will face in Person Superior
court during the week of April 22
in connection with the fatal shoot
ing of his son, Richard Green, Jr.,
20, on the night of March 2.
Hearing in the case \vas held in
Person Recorder's court last week,
and probable cause was found a
gainst Green. He is being held with
out bond.
The mother of the dead youth,
Rachel Green, was bound over to
Superior court on a charge of ac
cessory before the fact, and was
placed under S2OO bond. It is al
leged that she had the weapon, a
pistol, and willingly turned it over
to her husband when the argument
started between father and son, a
dispute said to have arisen con
cerning the ability of the father
to drive his car after he had al
legedly become intoxicated. The
Negro youth died the same night,
March 2.
Also in Recorder's court last week,
Glennie Bradsher, Negro man, al
legedly involved with six other Ne
groes in an assault on two white
taxicab operators of Roxboro, waiv
ed hearing and was bound over to
Superior court on a charge of as
sault w'ith a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill. Previously the six other
Negro men had faced Recorder's
court hearing and had been bound
over on the assault charge. Bradsher
was placed under S4OO bond.
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Central PTA To
Meet Tuesday
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A fathers' night program will be
presented at the March meeting of
Roxboro Central School Parent-
Teacher Association which Will be
held at the school at 8:00 Tuesday
night, it was announced today.
R. B. Griffin, county school sup
erintendent, will make a ten-minute
talk on facts all parents should
know about the schools. Miss Woods'
third grade will entertain with a
program, to be followed by a com
munity sing led by Miss Sarah
Hodgin, public school music teacher.
Reports from the nominating com
mittee will be presented at this
meeting, and for that reason it Is
especially important that all mem
bers be present, according to Mrs.
R. P. Burns, president. Refresh
ments will be served.
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Victory Gardens
For 1946 Urged
Chester C. Davis, organizing chair
man of the Famine Emergency com
mittee, released today, in behalf of
the committee, a statement urging
the planting of Victory Gardens in
1946 to increase the food supply.
"In releasing more wheat, fats,
oilt/ and other critically needed
foods for ship meat to starving peo
ple abroad, wt recognize the essen
tial part that the Victory Garden
production will play in helping to
provide food for the people of
America,” Mr. Davis said. “An abun
dar:e of nutritious home-grown
food will permit much greater ship
ment of the food items so critically
needed abroad.
"The President, and the Secretary
of Agriculture have called for full
efforts again this year by the Vic
tory Gardeners of the notion. This
Famine Emergency committtcc con
siders the Victory Garden produc
tion one of the improtant parts of
this entire emergency food program.
This is a definite and positive way
in which a large percentage of our
citizens can help in relieving the
suffering of the starving people of
the world".
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Brandon Receives
Naval Discharge
William Thomas Brandon, seaman
first class, U. S. Naval Reserve, son
of Mrs. Arthur E. Brandon of Bethel
Hill, has been released by the Navy
after more than 28 months of active
service. 16 of wrich were spent over
seas. He wears the American. Euro
pean and Pacific theatre ribbons
and the Victory ribbon.
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If sufficient castings are available,
manufacturers report, production of
sewing machines may reach the
pre-war rate of 48,000 a month by
summer, ’
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
LITTLE SYMPHONY
MAKES A BIG HIT
From the first notes of a Schubert
symphony through the final strains
of a Strauss waltz, and then through
two encores, a large and enthusias
tic audience listened to the North
Carolina Little Symphony here Fri
day night in a program which was
universally enjoyed and praised.
The auditorium at Roxboro high
school was almost filled for the per
formance as music-lovers from the
town and from all sections of the
county took advantage of this unu
sual opportunity to hear the State’s
own Symphony Orchestra. All the
numbers on the program brought
forth hearty applause, and at the
end of the concert Dr. Benjamin
F. Swalin, conductor, was repeatedly
called back to the stage until he had
led the Orchestra in two encores.
Wallace Woods and Fred Masten.
co-chairmen of the music commit
tee of Roxboro Rotary club, the
sponsoring organization, announced
today that more than $560 was rais
ed locally for the Orchestra through
sale of tickets and through gifts.
Mr. Woods and Mr. Masten express
ed their thanks to all who aided in
Driver Bound Over
On Hit-Run Count
Herman Tate, 32, of Hillsboro, who
allegedly was driving an automobile
which ran into R- D. Bumpass' car
Saturday night and then kept going,
faced a hearing in Mayor's court to
day and was bound over to Record
er’s court on a hit-and-run charge.
Damage amounting to about sl7
was done to Bumpass' car, and
Tate has agreed to pay this. How
ever, he will still be tried on the
| hit-and-run charge.
Also bound over to Recorder's
court was Lacy Street, Negro worker
at a local lumber company, who was
charged with assault and battery
with a deadly weapon. It is alleged
that Street assaulted Dave Garner,
another Negro man, with an axe.
Drunkenness cases involving S. £).
Broadwell, Hurley Watson, Wesley
Thaxton, Herman Tate, and Guy
Roach, all white men, resulted in
convictions and fines.
John Garrett of Rougemont was
bound over on a charge of operating
an automobile without a license.
In the case of Bunnie Cozart, Pro
spect Hill, Negro, and Carl Adcock,
white, of Roxboro, who were involv
ed in a wreck recently and both of
whom were charged with reckless
driving, Cozart agreed to Pay the
costs of his case and the warrants
were withdrawn.
Police also reported that John
Hill, white man of Randolph Coun
ty, who was here over the week end
and who is accused of having stolen
an overcoat valued at about $lO
from Jack Redmond of Roxboro, was
caught by Burlington police on a
bus there and will be returned to
Roxboro to face hearing in Record
er's court next week.
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Five-Man Race
Assured In The
Fifth District
A five-man race for the Fifth
Congressional District Democratic
nomination developed as the State
Board of Elections closed its books
with the passing of the 6 p. m. dead
line for candidates to file for North
Carolina's off-year elections.
Lawrence E. Watt of Reidsville
and Joe J. Harris of Winston-Salem
filed late in the day for the post
now held by Rep. John H. Folger,
who has said that if others sought
the nomination, he felt he “should
eliminate himself from the race."
Folger had already paid his $lO9
fee as a candidate. He did not re
quest its return, and the State will
keep it now that the deadline has
passed. However, he can later request
the elections board to omit his name
for the ballot.
The other two Democratic candi
dates in the Fifth are Thurmond
Chatham of Winston-Salem, and
John Taylor of Danbury, a Republi
can aspirant, S. Van Hall of Win
ston-Salem, paid his fee today.
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Mr. Featherston
Buys Army Store
D. E. Featherston. retired rural
carrier, has bought the Roxboro
Army Store and will continue the
business at the same stand. Edwin,
as his friends call him, has resided
here for many years and is very
popular and well known.
©he Coucter-©imes
! any way, and especially to the
teachers of the county who gave the
organization their whole-hearted
support.
In the afternoon preceding the
evening performance, approximately
j 1,300 Person county school children,
I including 300 Negro students, crowd
j ed into the Roxboro high auditorium
to hear the Orchestra in a program
■ especially planed for students. They
1 listened attentively, they enjoyed
ithe whole program immensely, and
I they came away with much greater
ability to understand and appreci
ate good music.
The local children’s audience was
characterized by Colonel Kermit
| Hunter, business manager of the
.Symphony, as the most attentive
jto which the Orchestra has played
this year, and he attributed this
[fact to the preparatory instruction
, which the teachers of the county
,had previously given the students.
Persons who had tickets for the
Friday night concert are reminded
i that these same tickets may be used
I later for a full performance by the
I —(See SYMPHONY Page 8)
Services Are Held
For Mrs. Gravitte
Mrs. Carrie Estelle Gravitte. 52, j
died at her home, Roxboro, Route 3,
at 7 o'clock Saturday night. Funeral!
services were held at 11 o’clock this!
morning at Olive Branch Baptist j
church, conducted by the pastor,
the Rev. J. B. currin. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Gravitte was born and rear
ed in Person County, the daughter
of William M. Sanford and Martha
P. Smith Sanford. She was educated 1
in the Person county schools and
was a member of Olive Branch
church.
Surviving are her husband, W. A. |
Gravitte, four daughters, Mrs. L. [
M. Gillis, Mrs. Aubrey Watts, Mrs.!
Clyde Strickland, and Miss Imo
gene Gravitte, all of the home; three |
sons. Dwight, Alonza, Jr., and Stan- i
ley, of the home and seven grand- ■
children.
Services Held For
Foushee Infant
Claudia Dianne Foushee, infant J
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sammie I
C. Foushee of Gordon Street, Rox-1
boro, died at 6 o’clock Saturday
morning in a Durham hospital where
she had been taken for treatment
and an operation earlier in the week.
Death was due to complications. She
was six days old. having been born
in Community Hospital, Roxboro,
last Sunday.
Funeral services were conducted
at the grave side in Buchwood Cem
etery, Roxboro, at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, conducted by the Rev.
Daniel Lane of Roxboro.
Rev. E. C. Maness
Addresses Rotary
Tlie Rotary club met Thursday
night at Hotel Roxboro with Dr.
John Fitzgerald presiding. The pro
gram was in charge of George Fox,
who presented t're Rev. E. C. Ma
ness. His subject was "Our Oppor
tunitits and Our Obligations." It
was indeed very interesting and was
thoroughly enjoyed by all. The next
meeting will be at Hotel Roxboro.
with Wheeler Newell ln > charge of
the program. ,
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Revival Services
At Warrens Grove
! I
i The Rev. E. C. Maness, pastor of
Brooksdale charge, twill assist the
Rev. Daniel Lane in a series of c
vangelistic services at Warren's
Grove beginning the fourth Sunday
night at 7:30, running through the
I fifth Sunday night. The public is
i cordially invited to all services.
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Improved
The condition of L. M. Carlton,
postmaster, who has been a patient
at Duke Hospital Tor the past sev
eral weeks, is much Improved.
ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA
Stenographers,
Typists May Apply
For Civil Service
Commission Announces First
Post-War Examination For
Probational Appointments.
Stenographers and typists now
have the opportunity to qualify for
probational civil service appoint
ments and a classified status. M. J.,
McAuliffc, Fourth Civil Service Re
gional Director announced today. ’
The first post-war examination
leading to probational appointments
for stenographers and typists has
been announced concurrcpty by the
Central Office and all the Regional
Offices of the U. S. Civil Service
Commission. McAuliffe stated per
sons living in the Fourth Civil Serv
ice Region comprising the states of
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
and North Carolina may apply for
appointment to the positions within
this Region or in Washington, D. C.
In either case, they should file their
applications with the Office of the
Director of the Fourth U. S. Civil
Service Region.
Federal employes serving in any
grade of stenographic or typist posi
tions who desire but who do not
have permanent civil service ap
pointments were urged by McAuliffe
to apply for this examination. Those
who attain elgibility and who meet
the conditions for classification in
their present positions may have
their non-status appointments con
verted to appointments with civil
service status, without change of
grade or salary.
Information on the examination
and the necessary card for applying
may be obtained from the Commis
sion's local secretary, V. E. Clayton,
located at the Post Office, Roxboro,
N. C. or front the Fourth L T . S. Civil
Service Regional Office, Nissen
Building. Winston-Salem. Applica
tions must be received in the Fourth
C. S. Civil Service Regional Office
in Winston-Salem, not later than
March'26, 1946.
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Prior Approval On
Practices Needed
For AAA Payment
Farmers must have farm practices
approved before carrying them out
to be elgible for AAA assistance
under the 1946 Agricultural Conser
vation program, C. T. Hall chair
man. Person County AAA commit
tee, reminded farmers today. In
previous years, farmers could earn
a payment simply by completing a
practice approved generally for the
area, but this year counties have
received an allocation of funds to
carry out the AAA program.
In order to keep expenditures
within the county budget, practices
must, receive prior approval by the
County Committee. The AAA doesn't
want any disappointed farmers at
the end of the year. The committee
thinks it w’ould be too bad for farm
ers to go ahead and complete prac
tices, thinking that they were going
to get some AAA assistance and
then find out that the practices are
not eligible,
not eligible.
Farmers should check first with!
the AAA Community and County {
Committee, so that practices they j
need to carry out on their farms!
can be included in the County's pro
gram budget.
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Home Wiring To
Be Discussed Here
A talk and demonstration on safe
and adequate wiring of homes will
be given in the Person County court
house at 7:45 on the night of Thurs
day. March 28. it has been an
nounced by Miss Evelyn Caldwell,
county home agent. Speaker will be
W. J. Rideout, Jr., engineering speci
alist and professor at North Caro
lina State College. Raleigh. The
meeting will be open to all who are
interested, qnd those who plan to
have homes wired within the next
few months are espcially invited.
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Cancer is killing 165.000 Americans
annually, second only to heart di
sease in number of deaths.
- AlotUf, *Uie Waif -
R. D. Bumpass is a hustling business man. He is after all the money
that he can get honestly and even lays awake at night thinking about
what he can do the next day to improve his financial situation.
BUT—here's what I saw at his place a week or so ago. A prom
inent farmer and a real good customer of R. D. walked in and asked
him what he would charge to .deliver some fertilizer to a certain place
in the county. Bumpass was well tied up with other deliveries, the roads
were bad and help was short and the trip was a long one. He told his
customer this—“l should get six dollars but since you are a good cus
tomer 1 will do it for five but I will give you a dollar not to take me up
on it and- get someone else to do the Job."
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
MONDAY, MARCH 18,1946 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Series Os Robberies Reported
In Business Offices Os Roxboro
Thief Gets More Than $2,600
But His Luck Almost Ran
Out Saturday.
Roxboro police today reported a
series of robberies or attempted
robberies in various business offices
of the City which so far have netted
the thief or thieves more than
$2,600.
The luck of the thief, and his
companions if any, almost ran out
Saturday afternoon in the offices of
Roxboro Cotton Mills, where Chief
G. C. Robinson missed the intruder
by a matter of minutes after $2,500
in cash had been taken from the
Company's safe.
Knowing that there had been
prowlers afoot in the business of
fices of the town, Chief Robinson
decided to do a little looking around
Baturday afternoon. Going to the
Roxboro Cotton Mills offices, he dis
covered that the thief had beaten
him there by a matter of minutes
and had been successful in entering
the safe, from which he relived
$2,500.
Robinson said he found the janitor
of the building, Reade Bolton, in
the office attempting to contact offi
cials of the Company by telephone
to tell them that the safe had been
left open. However, investigation
proved hat the day lock on the outer
door of the safe had been left on.
After opening this, the thief discov
ered a key to the middle door of the
safe in a desk drawer, and opened
this middle door to get to the money.
The police chief said that Bolton
has been with the Company for a
long time, that he has a good repu
tation. and that he is not under
suspicion in any way.
Other robberies which had previ
ously been reported include the re
moval of about S6O from the office
of Dr. E. M. Hedgepeth at about 5
p. m. on Saturday, March 9; rob
bery of Tip Slaughter's Service sta
,tton on the night of Sunday. March
10, in the amount of $120; and an
attempted robbery Saturday after
noon of the offices of W. D. Merritt
over the Peoples Bank, from which
the thief got nothing. In Mr. -Mer
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itavy Feeding
If Stock Reported
Evidence of the urgent need for
fanners to reduce the current heavy
rate of livestock feeding is summar
ized by the Production and Market
ing Administration in a report on
the feed situation made available
today by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. Immediate action must
be taken, the report emphasizes, if
critical needs for grain for human
consumption in other parts of the
world are to be met and the danger
of excessive livestock liquidation
avoided in this country.
Clear evidence of heavy feeding
is found in official statistics, the
report states. Hogs marketed recent
ly have averaged about 20 pounds
heavier than a year ago ant heavier
than any other year of record. A
larger proportion of highly finished
cattle are being marketed. Milk cows
are being fed grain and concentrates
at record or near-re Cord rates. The
rate of eggs produced per layer has
been at an all-time high. The av
erage weight of turkeys and broiler
chickens has been heavier than usu
al.
During the war, favorable live
stock-feed ratios brought a high rate
of feeding and a resultant large pro
duction of livestock and livestock
products for special war needs. Most
livestock-feed ratios have continued’
to be conducive to heavy feeding.
Tire urgent need today, however, is
for grain—for use as a primary hu
man food -in liberated countries, as
well as to maintain vital agricultur
al enterprises in the deficit feed
areas in this country.
Changes announced on March 1
in subsidies and price ceilings for
livestock and grains are expected to
help adjust livestock feeding to the
reduced supplies, of feed grains and
to encourage more prompt market
ing of £rain supplies.
Senior Scout Troop
Will Be Organized
A senior scout troop for Roxboro j
is expected to be formed here Tues
day night when several Boy Scouts
of advanced rank will hold an or
ganizational meeting at the USO
building at) 7:30. Doug Kelly of
Reidsville. assistant director of the
Cherokee Scout council, is expected
to be present to assist in organiz
ing and registering the troop.
Ten young men have indicated a
desire to form such a troop here. At
present there is no senior scout
troop in the Person district. The
boys are Bob Currier. George Wes
ley Gentrys, Jr., Johnnie Horton.
Howard Fox, Gene Cozart. Billie
Johnson, Luther Whitt, Jr., Bob
Houston, Joe Fcatherstone and Jim
my Street, the last named an Eagle
Scout.
State Fire Chief
Coming To City
Arbor Day To j
Be Observed !
Friday, March 22
i
:
1 The Department of Public In- j
Istruction and the Department of ;
Conservation and Development are
i working together to have Arbor Day i
[ appropriately observed in each j
! school in North Carolina.
According to the Arbor Day Law,
contained in the General Statutes I
dealing with Public Education, the ;
Friday following the fifteenth of |
March of each year shall be known i
as Arbor Day; thus, Friday. March I
22, is the proper day this year. j
Tlie law goes on to state that “a 1
program for the observance by the j
i school children of the State shall:
issue each year in order that they j
might be taught to appreciate the i
true value of trees and forests to j
their State".
Suggestions for an Abor Day pro- j
gram have been mailed to each vo- i
cational agriculture school and to |
each county superintendent by the j
Division of Forestry and Parks.
Up to 5000 pine seedlings, a suffi- j
cient quantity to plant five acres,
has been offered free of charge by !
the N. C. Forest Service to any vo- !
cational agriculture school desiring j
to begin or enlarge their school j
forest.
Unwise cutting practices and lor- 1
est fires are the greatest enemies !
to our forests. The children of to- \
day are the grown people of iomor- i
row and it is only fair that each
child have the opportunity of know
ing something of his or her natural
surroundings.
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Richmond Woman
Dies Here Friday
Funeral services were held In Rich
mond, Va., Sunday for Mrs. H. O.
Wilkins, 32. who died in Community
Hospital at 5:30 p. m„ Friday after
a short illness.
Mrs. Wilkins came to Roxboro to
attend the funeral of her aunt, Mrs.
Lily Belle Chambers of Timberlake.
who died Wednesday. The Rich
mond woman became suddenly ill
Thursday and was taken to the hos- j
pital that night. Diabetic coma was i
listed as the immediate cause of !
death.
Surviving are her husband; her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther |
Enochs, formerly of Person County; |
two children. Shirley and Sonnie j
Wilkins; and a brother, Russell 1
Enochs, all of Richmond.
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No Action Taken
Members of Person County Li
brary board met Friday afternoon,
but took no action on election of a
successor to Thomas J. Shaw, Jr.,
as secretary of the bbard. Members
present for the meeting were F. D.
Long, Mrs. R. H. Shelton, Mrs. J. Y.
Humphries, and R. B. Griffin and
the tri-county librarian, Miss Doro
thy Wightman.
j Senior scouting is expected to
I have a special appeal to Scouts of
j advanced rank who are older.
I J. W. Bolick of Roxboro, who has
j taken an active interest in for
! mation of the new troop, will serve
j as scoutmaster. Other leaders in the
■ | movement have been members of
: Roxboro Airport, including Mack
| Warren, Jimmie Long, G. N. Young.
! John D. Morris, and J. W. Green,
j Mr. Warren is chairman of the
senior scouting committee of the
Cherokee council, and Mr. Green is
1 chairman of the Person district.
Regular meeting of the Person
. district will be held at 7:30 Tuesday
1 night in tile Chamber of Commerce
;: offices. John B. Oakley. Cherokee
| executive, is expected to a (tend
i A scout father-son banquet is
planned for April.
Sherwood Brockwell. of Raleigh. t
j State fire marshal. Fire Chief Frank I
j W. Bennett of Durham, anl several'
I members of the Camp Butner fire '
! department will be guests of the
Roxboro Exchange club at their
j meeting in the Recreation Center
| Wednesday night at 6:45.
A fire-fighting demonstration
which will be open to the public
; will be given by the fire fighters :
, from Butner preceding the meeting.
; This demonstration will be held at
i 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the '
i vacant lot between Roxboro High
j School and tlie Freezer Locker plant.
, The crew will put out a gasoline
i and motor oil fire, using about 50 j
I gallons of water from a high pres- |
1 sure pump on an Army “crash |
i truck".
j Brockwell, who will speak Wed-1
! nesday night, has made several visits !
i here and is well-known as a nar-j
! rator of humorous tales. Bennett,
| who is also well-known here, will j
, give one or two songs,
j Members of Roxboro and Cavel
fire departments will be siiecial
| guests at the meeting. Chief of the ]
j Roxboro firemen is Henry O'Briant.
; who has expressed the hope that a ;
| good crowd will be on hand for
j the fire-fighting demonstration ]
I Wednesday afternoon unless it is ;
(called off because of bad weather. |
CWO Hayes Gets
Commendation
i Chief Warrant Officer Cledith N. !
; Hayes, formerly of Route 2, Woods- |
(dale, and now assigned to the head- i
quarters of the Army Airways corn- ;
munications system, was awarded i
the Army Airways communications!
system certificate by Brigadier Gen- j
oral Ivan L. Farman, commanding 1
general of the AACS. The follow- [
mg is suoted from the letter pre- !
seated to CWO Hayes by General
Farman:
“It is with great pleasure that 11
hereby award you the Army Airways
communications system certificate ■
of Commendation and, by direction |
of the Secretary of War, authorize j
you to wear the Army Commenda- j
tion ribbon in recognition of merit- !
orious service in the outstanding
performance of your duties as Chief ;
of the Publications Division, Adjut- 1
ant General's Office, this Headquart
ers.
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Convict Still Loose
t
State Prison Camp officials said
; today that no trace has yet been
found of Lonnie Mathews, Negro
! convict who escaped between 7:30
! and 8 A. M. Saturday. Mathews was
serving an 18-month term. This
escape is the first reported at the
local convict camp since early last
summer. j
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Special Guest
James A. Jordan, adjutant of the
Lewell T. Huff post of Veterans of
Foreign Wars, was a special guest
of the Henderson VFW post at a
brunswick stew held in the Hender
son armory last week. About 300
were present.
WATCH YOUR PLANT BEDS FOR
Blue Mold; also watch your label
on The 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 30
Grange To Meet
The regular monthly meeting of
the Person County Grange will be
held Thursday night, March 21,
at 7:30. All officers of the organ
ization and others are urged to be
on hand. The meeting, stated C.
C. Wilkerson, Master, will be held
•n the USO building.
RHS Speakers To
Participate In
District Contests
j.Ylarv Ellen Owen And W. D.
. Fisher To Represent
Person County,
Winner of the Person County soil
j conservation oratorical contest held
Friday night at Roxboro Central
School was Miss Mary Ellen Owen,
student at Roxboro High School,
who will represent Person County
in the regional contest to be held
in Elkin on April 25. Runner-up in
tlie local contest was Miss Margaret
Ann Hawkins of Hurdle Mills
j Another Roxboro High student,
(W. d. Fisher, will represent Person
; County in tlie district oratorical con
test which is being sponsored by the
I American Legion and which will be
! held in Greensboro. Thursday. Fish
«er's subject will be “The Privileges
and Responsibilities of an American
Citizen."
Miss Owen competed with students
from live other high schools in the
County, all of whom spoke on "Soil
Building Practices." As county win
! ner. .she wijl receive a SIOO war bond
. and a free trip to Pinehurst to at
! tend sessions of the North Carolina
; Bankers Association on May 8. Win
ners from tlie individual schools
each received a *25 bond.
Fisher will speak in competition
with contestants from Guilford.
; Rockingham, Alamance and Caswell
counties. Tlie district winner will
I participate in the divisional contest
j to be held in Asheboro on March 28
j This will be the ninth annual
| oratorical contest sponsored by tlie
Americanism Activity committee of
the American Legion. Grand prize
j for the national winner will be t*
four-year college or university schol.
; tirship.
Chairman of tlie Americanism
Activity committee of Lester Black
well post is Dr. B. A. Thaxton. while
the post commander is J. Y. Blanks.
All Legionnaires and other interest
-1 ed citizens are invited to attend the
j district contest in Greensboro,
j Thursday.
The soil conservation speakers'
j program was presided over by H. K.
Sanders, county agent. J. M. Parks
i of Reidsville, district soil conserva
tionist of the Dan River unit, parti
cipated in the program, thanking G.
| C. Hunter of the Peoples Bank and
T. R. Bennett of Roxboro Chemical
! Company, donors of prizes, for their
! interest in the contest
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4-H Girls Make
Own Outfits
Budget-wise girls enrolled in tho
National 4-H clothing Achievement
i program are making their own
Spring outfits. Through this actlv
| ity. girls are learning the fashion
rules and secrets of being attrac-
I tively dressed, with due regard tot
j the family income.
I Participants develop initiative and
' imagination. They learn to combine
a practical knowledge of clothing
construction with the principles ot
I color, line and design as applied to
| each individual. In addition, they
j learn how to make useful articles of
! wearing apparel and accessories by.
crocheting, knitting, or other needle
: craft arts. The result is that then
j dress approximately, healthfully,
economically and becomingly.
Outstanding achievements in this
activity are given recognition in thQ
form of medalg of honor to county
winners and educational trips to
the National 4-H Club Congress ha
Chicago. December 1-5, to state
champions. Twelve of the latter fti*
selected to receive a national award
of a S2OO College scholarship. All hi
these incentives are provided by t&B;
Educational Bureau of the Ppajj|s
Cotton Company. TYiis is the sbttßt
consecutive year of the aetivtty,
which is conducted under the dtwj
rectlon of the Federal and MjH
Extension Services.
Complete information toPSH
furnished by county extensloß
agent*. " ‘