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VOL. L*V
'Splendid Job'
Miss Zelle Harris, district
health department sanitary in
spector, today observed that
City of Roxboro workers have
recently been doing “a splendid
job” of cleaning np certain
parts of the town, especially
back alleys.
City officials, Miss Harris
said,*deserve much credit for
what has been done.
“Now.” she continned, “it’s
up to the merchants of the
town to do their part, by using
covered containers for the dis
posal of all trash and garbage.
Lower Country
Line Meeting Is
Well Attended
More than 2,000 persons attended
the Lower Country Line union meet
ing held at the Roxboro Primitive
Baptist Church last week-end, it
was reported. They included visitors
from many sections of North Caro
lina, Maryland and Virginia
The meeting was held on Satur
day and Sunday, with dinner served
on the Church grounds on both
days.
The introductory sermon was
preached by Elder T. W. Walker of
Gibsonville. Other ministers present
for the meeting were: Elders J. D.
Wood of Baltimore, J. P. Helems
of Roanoke. W. J. Berry and J. W.
Gillam of Elon College, J. P. Adams
of Willow Springs, E. C. Jones of
Fuquay Springs, J. D. Ply of Rocky
Mount, E. C. Cobb of Wilson, Jack
Pulliam of Spray, L. P. Martin of
Roxboro, N. D. Teasley of Durham,
and A. L. Holloway of Durham.
During the business session if was
decided that the next meeting, on
June 29-30, will be held at Surf
Church.
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Services At Firsf
Baptist Announced
“Christ's Challenge to Everyone."
a message based on John 3:16, will
be the subject of the sermon at the
First Baptist Church Sunday morn
ing, according to announcement by
the pastor, the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks.
Services will start at 11 o’clock.
Music will include an anthem,
Stults’ “I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes,”
by the choir, a solo, Scott’s “Come
Ye Blessed,” by Miss Jean Davis,
a senior in voice at Meredith Col
lege, Raleigh; and the call to wor
ship, by the east choir.
A baptismal service will be held
at 8 o’clock Sunday night.
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Beulah Meeting
Sunday School officers and mem
bers of the Beulah Baptist Associa
tion met at Yanceyville last Sunday.
Place of meeting for the next quar
ter will be Mitchell’s Chapel Church
of which the Rev.. B. B. Knight Is
pastor. The meeting will be held
on the fifth Sunday in June.
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PTAToMeet
The Bushy pork Parent-Teachers
Association will meet Thursday ev
ening, April 11, at 7:30 o'clock. An
interesting program has been plan
ed, and all parents and friends are
invited to attend.
School Board Hears
Several Delegations
Delegations from several com
munities in the County appeared
before the Counts; Board of Edu
cation in its meeting Monday, to
discuss with the board the need
for construction of and improve
ment in school buildings at various
schools.
A large group of Negroes came
before the board to cite the need
for a modern Negro high school
plant. Another substantial delega
tion was that from Bethel Hill,
where the physical plant needs,
especially of the high school, were
stressed.
Other smaller delegations were
from Allensville and Hurdle Mills.
They also discussed building need?.
Following the appearance of the
delegations, the Board of Education
discussed building possibilities
thoroughly, but the Board was of
the opinion that extensive building
cannot be done before 1647, al
though plans may be made in 1946.
Supt R. B. Griffin explained that
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Plans Being Made
For Easter Pageant
Plans for an elaborate Easter
pageant, to be presented on Thurs
days evening, April 18, at 8 o’clock
in the Roxboro High School audi
torium, were announced today by
the Rev. Pred Bishop, teacher of
Bible at Roxboro High School.
Mr. Bishop said the Bible depart
ment is presenting the pageant in
response to numerous requests from
people of Roxboro and other parts
of the County.
Name of the pageant will be “The
Passion Play." Among the scenes to
be portrayed are: The Last Supper,
Harris Becomes Candidate
For State Representative
Gentry, Hester
Candidates Again
W. H. Gentry and John B. Hester
have filed for reelectlon as County
Commissioners, it was learned yes
terday. Only other candidate for
County Commissioner is John R.
Jones of Mt. Tirzah, who announced
several days ago that he would be
a candidate.
Three commissioners are to be
elected by the voters. J. A. Long,
present chairman of the board, Is
not expected to be a candidate for
reelection.
Filing deadline for all candidates
is Saturday, April 13, Chairman W.
H. Harris, 111, of the County Board
of Elections, announced.
For Clerk of court, two candidates
s*-. f ind T>,;vis T. Wagstaff
—have filed. Candidate A. M. Burns,
Jr„ incumbent, has not yet filed.
Clarence Holeman is the only can
didate who has filed for sheriff, al
though M. T. Clayton, incumbent,
is a candidate for reelection.
The County Board of Elections
is expected to meet soon to appoint
judges and registrars for all pre
cints. Other members of the Board
in addition to Chairman Harris, are
R. D. Bumpass, sercretary, and O.
Y. Clayton.
The Democratic primary will be
Keld on Saturday, May 25. Books j
will be open for registration on three i
Saturdays preceding the primary I
date.
Veterans who were registered be- \
fore they entered military service
need not re-register, but those who
have never been registered will have
to do so in order to be eligible to
vote. Chairman Harris said. He
'further warned that registration
of a veteran's discharge papers Is
not registration for voting.
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Pre-School Clinic
Slated April 29th
A pre-school clinic will be held!
at Roxboro Central School on Mon
day, April 29, beginning at 9 a. m.
Parents who have children starting
to school for the first time next
fall arc urged to contact Miss Inda
Collins, Central School principal,
prior to the clinic, and then have
the children at the school on the
above date.
a countywide bond election must
precede any extensive building pro
gram, since the bond issue of any
county in any one year is limited
to two-thirds of the net bond re
duction accomplished during the
preceding year. ,
The Board, Mr. Griffin said, plans
to visit all schools in the county
during the next few weeks, to get
first-hand information on the con
dition of buildings and other equip
ment at the various schools.
Floyd Woody was appointed to
the Helena school board to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Garland Chambers.
All members of the county board
were present for the meeting Mon
day. They were: Chairman E. E.
Bradshr, Sr., C. T. Hall, Dr. J. D.
Fitzgerald. Clyde T. Satterfield, aud
R. L. Hester.
The board is planning to attend
the State School Board meeting in
Chapel Hill on April 26, Mr. Griffin
said. ,
®he Courter=®imes
The Crucifixion, and The Resurrec
tion.
Mr. Bishop believes the play will
be even more beautiful and impres
sive than the Christmas pageant
which was presented by the same
group last Christmas.
The play will have a cast of about
25 characters, and music for the
various scenes will be rendered by
the Roxboro High School glee club
under the direction of Miss Mary
Earle Wilson.
To help defray the cost of produc
tion, a general admission fee of 25
cents will be charged.
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LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATE
Former Lieutenant Governor R.
L. Harris today announced his
candidacy fer the State House of
Representatives, subject to the
Democratic primary in May.
April Is Cancer
Control Month
Raleigh. Governor R. Gregg
Cherry called upon all citizens of
the state to support the humanitar
ian work of the North Carolina
Division of the Field Army of the
American Cancer Society in a pro
clamation making April cancer con
trol month in North Carolina.
Cherry issued his proclamation
yesterday and read it on a program
broadcast over every radio station
in the state. The chief executive
was introduced by John Kerr, Jr.,
of Warrenton, state campaign chair
man for the 1946 drive in which
$167,880 is being sought in North
Carolina for the fight on cancer.
In his proclamation the Governor
pointed out that cancer is the most
feared of all diseases, that it killed
607,000 American citizens between
Pearl Harbor and V-J Day, and
that cancer deaths in North Caro
lina in 1945 reached the all-time
high total of 2,421. He called upon
all citizens to give support to the
fight against cancer.
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Quick Settlement
On Iran Expected
New York.—The United Nations
crisis over Iran collapsed last night
when it was learned that Iranian
Ambassador Hussein Ala- had in
formed officials he was prepared to
accept a Soviet statement to the
Security Council as an uncondit
ional guarantee of the withdrawal
of Russian troops from Iran.
Virtually complete settlement of
the Iranian case was forecast by
top UN delegates for today’s ses
sion.
The key statement was contained
in a letter from Soviet Ambassador
jAndrei Gromyko to the council.
Gromyko stated flatly that Russian
troops would be out of Iran within
six weeks. Ala was reported by per
sons fully informed of his actions
to have told UN Secretary Gen Try
ve Lie that he considered that this
assurance met Iran's requirements.
His decision was said to have been
based on Gromyko’s omission of the
possibility that “unforseen circum
stances” might halt the evacuation
as well as on his positive statement
that the evacuation was not condi
tional on current negoiations
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1946
Jury List Drawn
For April Term
Os Superior Cdurt
The list of jurors for the April
term of Person Superior Court was
drawn by the County Commission
ers Monday. Court will begin on
Monday, April 22.
The list follows: ,
G. A. Ashley, S. M. Neal, S. G.
Hamlin, A. C. Gravitte, J. Lester
Hargis. W. E. Rudder, C. C. Carr,
C. B. Adcock, Fred Tuck, Robert
Hawkins, G. W. Carr Sam Dunn, J.
r. Warren, R. E. Strum.
Also, Palmer Clayton, O. B. Clay
— (See JURY LIST Page Seven)—
Has Represented
Person Five Times
Former Lieutenant Governor R.
L. Harris today filed with the Coun
ty Board of Elections as a candi
date for the State House of Repre
sentatives, subject to the Democrat
ic primary on May 25. No other
candidate has announced for the
position.
Mr. Harris, who served as Lieu
tenant Governor during the years
1941 to 1945, has represented Person
in the legislature five times—l 927,
1929, 1931, 1933. and 1935. He was
1 Speaker of the House in 1933.
Both as Speaker of the House and
as president of the Senate
his term as Lieutenant Governor,
Mr. Harris distinguished himself as
a presiding officer. His actions drew
faVOl&blte commefit from his
leagues in the legislature and from
the press of the State.
Mr .Harris is president of Roxboro !
I Cotton Mills and of the Peoples j
I Bank.
jArmy Day Will i
I Be Observed In
Many Sections
•
Atlanta.—From early morning to |
J late at night April 6, the entire
! southeast is going to know it’s Army
I day.
With civilians leading the way and
the Army supplying the material,
cities and towns from the beaches
of south Florida to the mountains of
Tennessee are celebrating to honor j
veterans of both World Wars. This!
is emphasized in scores of reports]
received at Headquarters, Fourth]
Service Command here from cities j
and Army installations in Alabama.
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina and Tennessee.
The American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Spanish-American
War veterans, the Disabled Veterans
of Foreign Wars, schools, colleges, !
fraternal organizations, Boy Scouts 1
and other organizations are joining
to make the observance of the day
a success. Window displays of Army
equipment will be legion. Parades,
featuring bands, marching troops
and personnel from civic bodies,
Army guns, jeeps, tanks and trucks
will pass through decorated streets.
Army installations will hold open
house with equipment on exhibit
and with soldier guides to explain
the displays. At Army hospitals the
crowds will .be shown through the
wards and methods of bringing the
sick and wounded back to health ]
will be explained by attends.
Open To All Vets
Men who have served in the
Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast
Guard for a period of at least
six months, and who were hon
orably discharged, are now eli
gible to enlist in the U. S.
Army Enlisted Reserve Corps,
provided they meet require
ments set forth for enlistment.
In making public this new
regulation, S. Sgt. Edward W.
Chabot, U. S. Army Recruiter,
of the Roxboro Recruiting Sta
tion, stated that enlisted men
of the Army may, at the time
of discharge or within six
months thereafter, enlist in the
grade held at the time of dis
charge, provided their enlist
ment b in the same branch in
which they were serving at the
time of discharge.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
Chamber Os Commerce Committee
Makes Plans To Advertise Roxboro
Group To Mail Folders Telling Os
Town's Industrial Advantages
Plans to advertise Roxboro, and attempt to get new industries to
locate here, are now in the making by the industrial committee of
the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce, and the advertising campaign will
get underway in the near future, it was revealed by the committee chair
man, Dolian Long, at the Chamber of Commerce directors’ meeting
Commerce Group
To Begin Drive
for New Members
With a total of 142 members at
present, the Roxboro Chamber of
Commerce will shortly begin a mem
bership drive in the hope of boosting
the above figure considerably, J. S.
Merritt, chairman of the member
ship and classification committee,
announced at the Chamber of Com
merce directors’ meeting Tuesday
night.
Other members of the membership
committee are D. D. Long, D. S.
Brooks, R. D. Bumpass and Glenn
Stovall.
This committee will hold a meet
ing, probably sometime next week,
to make plans for the membership
.drive.
A list of possible new members
has been drawn up and will be used
as a guide in the drive. The 142
memberships held at present repre
sent the highest total ever reached
by the Roxboro Chamber.
Also discussed at the directors'
meeting Tuesday night where sever
al ‘other matters, including the pro
pised appearance before the city
commissioners next week of a com
mittee to present recommendations
for certain improvements in parking
: and other matters.
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New Type Soybean
Termed Promising
A brand new type soybean, well
adapted for use in the Piedmont and
Coastal Plains sections, has been
developed and promises to displace
other strains in this state because
of its greater yielding capacity, high
er oil content and resistance to
shattering.
1
Dr. E. E. Hart wig and J. A. Rigney,
State College agronomists, directed
the development of this new soybean
variety. Work was begun on the
project in the fall of 1941 and has
just been completed.
The agronomists said that even if
the higher yielding qualities of the
Roanoke bean are dissounted, its
non-shattering quality and much
higher oil content will soon establish
it as the State’s top soybean.
Tire Roanoke is a “medium sized" I
variety. It is medium in height and j
size of stem, has grey pubescence
and white flowers, matures around I
October 25. The seed is yellow and j
medium in size. The Roanoke seed j
is smaller (2,700 to the pound) than]
Wood's Yellow (1.800 per pound), rt j
resembles the Volstate type
THE COMMITTEE SHOULD GO
TO CITY HALL
(A Courier-Times Front Page Editorial)
At this writing there appears to be some uncertainty as to whether
the combined Chamber of Commerce and Civic clubs recommenda
tions committee will appear before the City Commissioners at their
meeting next week, to make certain recommedations in regard to
parking, trash collection, alleyways and other problems of Roxboro.
The Courier-Times strongly hopes that the committee will appear
before the Commissioners—not to condemn them, not to present
criticisms, but to assure the highest governing body of the City that
the Chamber of Commerce, with its 142 members, and the four civic
clubs represented, with a combined membership of even more, are
concerned about the problems faced by the Commissioners, and
to assure the Commissioners that they can count on the support of
the organizations represented in any move to solve those problems.
Such a meeting and discussion of the problems of Roxboro might
easily be the beginning of an unprecedented cooperative community
undertaking which would have as its goal a cleaner, neater-looking,
more sanitary and safer Roxboro, a City in which traffic and park
ing problems were solved to the satisfaction of everybody, a City in
which the governing body, the police, the firemen, and all other public
officials could carry out their duties more efficiently because they
would know that the public is 100 per cent behind them.
We can raise the level of government in Roxboro. We can improve
the City greatly. But we cannot do so until the citizens become
thoroughly interested in what has been done and what needs to be
done at City Hall, and assure officials there that they can count
on the public to cooperate fully in a program of general improvement.
$2.60 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Tuesday night.
Attractive folders listing the pos
sibilities and advantages of Rox
boro as an industrial center will be
printed and mailed to all parts of
the United Statts, Mr. Long said.
The cooperation of merchants and
all other people here will also be
; asked, in the mailing of the folders
to as many out-of-town industrial
concerns as possible.
Merchants will be asked to in
clude a folder in every letter mailed
to an out-of-town industrial firm.
Members of the industrial com
mittee—T. R. Bennett, Burke Mew
borne, L. A. Roseman, and Jake Tay
lor, in addition to Chairman Long
will meet sometime in the next
few days to make more definite
plans for the advertising cam
paign.
The committee, according to Mr.
Long, feels that now is the time to
advertise Roxboro, even though at
present the housing facilities here
are limited. It is hoped that, during
the next few months, some concerns
may become interested in Roxboro.
so that when building bans are lift
ed, the concerns can proceed with
out delay in their plans to locate
here.
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Taylor Withdraws
From sth District
Race For Congress
John Taylor of Danbury this week
withdrew from the Fifth District
Congressional race, requesting the
state board of elections to omit his
name from ballots when they are
printed this week.
Sheriff Taylor, in a formal state
ment, attributed his decision to a
desire “to avoid a second primary
with its consequent additional cost
to taxpayers and loss of time re
quired for voting.”
He said that since Rep. John H.
Folger has decided to remain in the
race, voters will have a chance to
vote for "a candidate with liberal
Democratic views."
Taylor’s withdrawal left three
candidates in the Fifth District-
Rep. Folger, J. J. Harris of Winston-
Salem, and Thurman Chatham' of
Elkin.
Five Men Report
To Fort Bragg
Five colored men reported to Fort
Bragg this morning for preinduc
tion examination, the Person Selec
tive Service Board announced. They
were: John William Royster, leader,
Rayfield Lea, Darnell Crutchfield,
Ernest Jones and Otis Junius Lus
ter.
Promoted
T-5 Mary J. Tucker of Roxboro,
Route 3 has recently been promoted
to this rank at Fort Knox, Ky„ ac
cording to information received here.
Service Office Does
Rushing Business
Since the opening of the Veterans
Service office in the basement of
the court house Monday morning,
nearly lt)0 ex-Gl's have applied for
assistance and advice on various
subjects. Bob Whitten, service
officer, said today.
Most inquiries have been on the
subject of loans under the GI Bill
of Rights, Mr. Whitten said. On
the-job training and insurance have
been the two next most popular
subjects with veterans.
On opening day. approximately 35
Country Club House
Leased To Peaden
Book Pageant
Given At Chapel
i
Mrs. Tom Steeet's home room
I gave the chapel program at Roxboro
] High School yesterday afternoon.
Highlight of the program was a
pageant. ’.Between the Book Ends,”
depicting scenes from some of the
books added to the high school
library during the past few months.
Devotional was by Doris Tatum.
A humorous ski- was glV&i by
Harriet Wade and Bobbie Lu Wm
i Stead.
Students taking part in the pag
i eant were Emily Williams and Eld
ward Singleton, who, in Dutch
costume, played the part of book
ends', and the following students:
Frances Wrenn, Nancy Timberlake,
Jean Whitfield. Loretta Tanksley,
Jack Slaughter, Dorothy Sue Vernon,
Jane Robinson. Louise Sanders,
Banna Yarbrough, George Scott,
Sibyl Winstead, Sarah Thomas,
James Ramsey, Ronnie Thomas.
Peggy Whitt, Mary Carr Woody, and
Barbara Woody.
Janie James assisted Mrs. Street
in making the stage property for the
skit.
Piano selections by Edriel Knight,
and numbers by the girls’ glee club,
mixed quartette, girls’ trio, and mix
ed chorus, were also given. The
quartette was composed of June
Woods, Jacqueline Abbitt, Clyde
Crowell, and Clifton Boyd. The trio
consisted of Mona Grachel Clayton,
June Woods, and Jacqueline Abbitt.
Mis sMary Earle Wilson directed all
music numbers.
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Combination Cut
For Timber Urged
One of the most conclusive de
velopments at .the Warrenton con
ference of the Southern States
Forest Fire Commission in March
was the establishment of proof that
timber should be cut in combina
tion—for both lumber and pulpwood
according to R. W. Graeber, leading
forester of the State College Exten
sion Service.
Graeber conducted an extensive
demonstration on tlje H. M. Hardy
farm in Warren County for visit
ing foresters. The event, conducted
in a forest of 30-year-old pine, was
staged on a quarter-acre plot with
a preliminary harvest being made
to stimulate the faster growth of
trees which were left. Results
showed that the per acre yield of
wood if cut for both lumber and
pulpwood would net at least ,£37.20
more than if the entire area was
cut for pulpwood only.
The combination cut produced
11,436 board feet of saw timber with
$114.36, and 11.88 cords of pulp
wood worth $35.64, a total of (150.
The overall cut for pulpwood netted
37.6 cords worth $112.80, leaving a
margin of $37.20 in favor of the
combination cut.
In this analysis, it was assumed
that the mill man would take slabs,
and edgings. However, if the land
owner got these “leavings", valued
at $1.50 per cord, his cash return
from the combination cutting would
he increased, by an additional S9O.
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and if you will call and renew
promptly a few days before it ex
pires it will save us lots of work, i
NUMBER 35 •
former servicemen came to the
office. On the second day, a score or
more came, with almost that many
still coming daily.
Since information was published
that Mr. Whitten needed a type
writer. he lias been offered the use
of several of them, he said. He now
has one in his office.
Tie office also has a telephone,
Tlie number is 3135.
Mr. Whitten is keeping the office
open six days a week, from 8:30 te
12 and 1 to 5.
Directors of the Roxboro Country
Club on Tuesday night agreed to
lease the club house to Floyd Pea
den of this city for a term of five
years beginning at once.
In his capacity as lessee Mr. Pea
den will have charge of the club
room, where golf supplies, drinks,
candy and other items are sold and
will receive the profits from these
sales. He will also receive a small
commission on all caddy fees and
will serve meals in the club house
to members of the club and also
non-members.
Certain days or nights will, Jtte
designated as member ’days, pint on
t hese days only club members will
be permitted to avail thenfaelves
Os the dining hall.
In addition to the above, Peaden
will have charge of the club grounds
and will see to it that the grounds
and the greens are kept in good
shape. He will continue to employ
the same ground help that has
been there for some time.
Mr. Peaden plans to add othec
amusements at the club, such as
rides for children and entertain
ment for the ladies. 3lis plans in
detail will be released later.
Present plans call for an excellent
dining room with special dinners'
and favorite foods. There will alsa
be rooms for private parties and’
possibly large luncheon parties.
No beer or wine will be sold.
Manteo Prepares' '
For 'Lost Colony'
Manteo.—Work is being rushed on
two new hotels. 20 tourist cabins
and several cottages in this area
where thousands of visitors are ex
pected to see Paul Green’s outdoor
drama, when it reopens June 30t$u
The two hotels are being built on
the beach, and will provide perhaps
75 more badly needed rooms fdp
tourists. A number of householders
are also trying to enlarge theta
homes so as to take care of visitors,
A. recent survey showed that around
1,800 persons could be acommodatod
on the Island and beach.
Meantime, a number of new cases
and lunch rooms are being built, and
the problem of feeding the expected
crowds is on the way to solution,
COMING UP...
FRIDAY
6:30 Joint meeting of PerMl
County Council of Social Agencies
Exchange, Kiwanis, Rotary Mid
Business and Professional Womefl’O
clubs, for address by Dr. Harold Ik
Meyer, Hotel Roxboro.
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SATURDAY
7:00 Chancellor R. B. House oft)
University of North Carolina to «d>
dress Boy Scouts at father-son baa*:]
quet. Hotel Roxboro.
7:30 Recreation program for ydillß|
people, First Baptist Church,
MONDAY .
6:15 Kiwanis, Hotel RozbONg^jj
TUESDAY
6:15 Business and ProfessiaajH
Women’s club, Hotel Roxboro.
7:30 Masons. Lodge HaiL
7:30 LeweU Huff Post <rf ?£§■
USO building.
• VJes '
The official WPB report show
amounted to $239,205,995 OQfk
FRIDAY