DO YOU- • Wont to buy something • Wont to sell something •.Want a tenant or renter • Perhaps lost something. Try a Courier-Times WANT AD! VOL. LXV SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM DISCUSSED Bumpass, Cates Enter Commissioner Contest R. D. Bumpass, well-known young business man of Rox'ooro, resigned as secretary of tr.e County Board of Elections' Saturday to become the sixth candidate for County Commissioner. Saturday was the last day for fil ing for all candidates entering the Democratic primary. Only unopposed candidates arc former Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris, who is seeking a legislature seat in the State House of Representatives, and Dr. A. F. Nichols, coroner. Entrance of Mr. Bumpass into the contest for commissioner assured a six-man race for the three posts which are to be filled by the voters. Last week, Roy Cates, Roxboro sur veyor, became the -fifth candidate to file for the office. Previous filers for County Com missioners were: W. H. Gentry and John B. Hester, incumbents, John R. Jones of Mt. Tirzah, and James T. Burch of Paynes Tavern com munity. For clerk of Superior court, there are three candidates, A. M. Burns, Jr., incumbent, Alex Bass of Rox boro, and Lewis T. Wagstnff of Vets' Farm Training Program Explained Requirements for veteran's farm er training are the same as for other types of on the job training Seriiee Officer Bob Whitten said todajralter levelvmg detailed infor mation on the program. The program, Whitten said, Is for World War II who have been discharged, not dishonorably, after 90 or more days of active service in any branch of the U. S. armed fbrces since Sept. 15, 1940. To apply for training and other GI Bill of Rights benefits, the vet eran must fill out form 1950, which is obtainable at the local service office, and mail it to the regional Veteran's Administration office in Winston-Salem. If the VA finds the applicant eligible for training, he will be mailed a certificate of eli gibility which will entitle him to enter upon a training program under Public Law 346. The subsistence allowance for singl emen is $65 monthly, and for married men and others with par ental dependents it is S9O monthly, Whitten explained. The time limit is one year, except where a longer period is necessary to complete the course satisfactorily. There are two types of training. The first is the employer-trainer program, in whtich the veteran re ceives instruction from the employ er. He must also receive instruction from a vocational agriculture tea cher. the minimum being 200 hours tion during the year; and he must visit the veteran for a minimum of 48 hour sduring the year, not less than one visit occuring each month. The second type of training is self-proprietorship. In this case the veteran must operate a farm as owner, tenant or manager. The vo-ag teacher must visit him for 96 hours during the year, or not less than one two hour visit per month. The veteran must also re ceive 150 hours of classroom instruc tion during the year; and he must keep strict business records of farm operations. There are ‘ two qualified white vo-ag instructors in Person County: James Wilburn of Bethel Hill and L. C. Liles of Timberlake. For Neg roes, A. W. Jones of Person County Training School is qualified to give instruction. Disabled feterans must fill out Form 1950 and also another form which is available at the regional VA office in Winston-Salem. ■ Alo+Uf, he Way ■ Ihave heard a story that could not be true yet it was told to me for the truth and I am passing it along to my reader, or readers, both of them, for what it is worth. Clyde Bowen has a car and for this car he has a garage that is located around the rear of his home In Reams Town. He suddenly decided that this garage needed painting and 1 so he hired a man to do the work—But, he told the painter to only paint the part of the garage that showed from the main street that went by his home. There was no need to paint anything that did not show. And that is what was done. . I would like to hire Clyde to be the efficiency expert in my office. J. W. NOELL, EDITOR Olive Hill. For sheriff, M. T. Clayton, in cumbent, is being opposed by Clarence Holeman of Roxboro. In the Fifth Congressional Dis trsit. which includes Person and five other counties, a major contest is shaping up between Rep. John Fol ger, incumbent, ■ and Thurmond Chatham of Elkin. Also in the race is J. J. Harris of Winston-Salem. The Democratic primary will be held Saturday, May 25. Registration of new voters will take place on April 27, May 4, and May 11, with May 18 as challenge Cray. Polling places will remain open from 9 a. m. to sunset on these days. The Board of Elections vacancy caused by Mr. Bumpass’ resigna tion will be filled by the State Board of Elections. Other members of the County Board are W. H. Har ris. 111, chairman and O. Y. Clay ton. County ballots will be sent to tire printer immediately. Soldiers and other voters who will be out of the county on the primary date will be mailed absentee ballots upon re quest. Helena PTA Meet Slated Tuesday The Helena Parent-Teachers as sociation will hold Its April meeting on Tuesday night, April 16th at at 8:00 p. m. in the Helena High School auditorium. Prior to the business meeting of the association, the Helena High School Glee Club, assisted by the Second Grade Toy Band, will pre sent a musical program with Miss Louise Walker in charge. The Toy Band, with Bobby Wil son, as accompanist, will render the following selections; Minuet by Mo zart; Soldier’s Chorus by Verdi; Cir ibirbin by Pestalozzo; Roses From the South by Straus; and Military March by Schubert. The High School Glee Club with Bobby Wilson and Frances Jones as accompanists, will sing the fol lowing selections; Panis Angilus by Franck; Confidant by Hewitt; Listen to the Limbs by Dett; There Is A Tavern in the Town, an American College Song; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Kern; Night and Day by Porter; Just a Little Fond Affect ion by Bon, Con. and Ilda; Some Sunday Morning by Jerome; Easter Parade by Berlin; and When Day Is Done by Katscher. All parents and friends of the school are cordially invited to at tend. Mayor Named Club Trustee; Veteran Gets Taxi Permit Mayor S. G. Winstead was elected by the City Commissioners last night as a member of the board of trus tees of the Roxboro Country Club, succeeding the late Percj* Bloxam. formet city manager. , The Town Board also approved the granting of a taxicab permit to E!v erett Thomas, returned negro veter an who operated a taxi here prior to this entry into military service. No action was taken on four other taxicab applications presented in March. Wht Cotmer-dmes 'Are They Real!' Little Boy Asked About Easter Eggs “Are they REAL eggs?’’ the little boy wanted to know as he came into the Person County Public Library and his eye caught sight of the chickens, the green grass, and the colored eggs arranged so realistically on a table in one of the reading rooms. He was looking at the handiwork of Mrs. Margaret L. Howard of the library staff, who was assisted in the decorating of the building by Mrs. Mary B. Buchanan. The little boy liked not only the chickens and eggs, but also the large Easter rabbitt poster in one of the windows, the colored posters depict ing Passion Wee* scenes from the life of,Christ, the lighted cross in one corner, and the flower arrange ments throughout the building. Miss Dorothy Wightman, tri county librarian, answered the lad’s question by inviting him to come j closer and examine the eggs for himself. He did so, and was so de lighted with the realistic decorations that he spent some time looking at them. Mrs. koward and other members of the staff invite the public to drop in and see how the rooms have been dressed up for I2aster. They think you will like what you see. The colored panel posters depict Palm Sunday, the crucifixion, the l sealed tomb, and other scenes. Flow j er decorations consist of EXster lilies, ! tulips, dogwood blossoms, and oth i ers. i An impressive section of the libra j ry is the memorial shelf, containing 1 books given in honor of deceased persons. Memorial decorations have recently been rearranged by Mrs. Howard. Jerry W. Dixon Dies At Leasburg Jerry Warren Dixon. Sr., 69, died Saturday night at his home at Leas burg. Funeral services were to be con ducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 from the Leasburg Methodist Church, with the Rev. W. G. Bur gin officiating, assisted by the Rev. F. A. Lupton. Interment was to be in the Leasburg-, 'Cemetery. Surviving are two sons, Jerry Warren Dixon, Jr., and James An derson Dixon, both of Leasburg; and one sister, Mrs. R. C. Hester of Rox boro. Mr. Dixon was born in Person County January 5, 1877, son of the late J. W. Dixon and Aniva Brad sher Dixon. He was educated in Leasburg school sand at the Burl ington Academy. He was a retired merchant and farmer, and was mar ried in 1906 to Mary Evelyn New man. He was a member of Long Memorial Church, Roxboro. Theresa Revival Now In Progress With the Rev. R. W. Hovis of Timberlake doing the preaching, re vival services at Theresa Baptist Church are attracting a great deal of interest, the pastor, the Rev. B. B. Knight, reported today. Large crowds are attending the services each night at 7:30. Sanford Long is leading the sing ing, and Mrs. Hovis is playing the piano. The public is cordially invited to attend the services, which will con tinue for several days. Whiskey Found Nine and a half gallon of whiskey, in half-gallon fruit jars, were found by Sheriff M. T. Clayton and dep uties late Thursday afternoon in woods near the Orange County line in the Bushy Fork township. No other equipment was found and no men were caught. The sheriff said that the still obviously had been moved before the officers arrived. jOut Os Navy Jessie E. Parham, Jr„ F 1-c, U. S. Naval Reserve, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Parham, Sr., of Roxboro, has received his Navy discharge at the Charleston, S. C., Naval Air Station. He entered the Navy August 1, 1944, and served overseas for several months. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1946 52.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Services Planned For Good Friday A Good Friday union service, sponsored by the Person County Ministerial association, will be held at the Roxboro First fcaptist church Friday, April 19, from 12 to 3 p. m„ it was announced today by the Rev. George Heaton, president of the ministerial group. Plans for the service were made by the ministers in their April meeting which was held at 10 a. m. today. “The Seven Words of the Cross” Bushy* Fork Boy Wins Spelling Bee No Blue Mold Yet; Spraying Is Urged Witli blue mold reported as close by as Wake County, and with weath er conditions here ideal for the de velopment of this plantbed disease, farmers today were again urged by County Agent'H. k. Sanders to spray their tobacco beds with fermate. No blue meld has yet been report ed in Person, Mr. Sanders said, but with damp, chilly weather on hand, the disease may start here at any time. During tne past week the County Agent has visited nine men in vari ous parts ol the county helping them 1 to set up sprayers to be used in ap plying fermate. Some of the men have bought wheel-barrow' sprayers, one has a regular orchard sprayer, one is using a small 2 -gallon knap sack sprayer, and the other men are using horse-drawn sprayers which they use during the summer months for applying material for the control of hornworms. These sprayers are disconnected from the wheels and power is sup plied by a hand lever. By providing about 15 feet of hose. 3 or 4 pieces of short lengths of small pipe, and : using two nozzles, the fanners are 1 able to rig up this sprayer so that it i does an excellent job of applying fermate spray to tobacco plants. The sprayers have all Ijeen checked and tested and some of the farmers are already spraying their tobacco plants twice each week. o Communion Service At First Baptist Thursday Night The Roxboro First Baptist Church w r ili hold a Communion service at! 7:30 next Thursday night. April 18, according to announcement by the pastor, the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks. Special music is being arranged, and candles will be used during the ■ service, Mr. Brooks said. It was on Thursday night of Passion Week that Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper. The pastor urged attendance, stating that the service would be completed in ample time for mem ; bers to get to the high school for the E&ster pageant there on the same night. Because of the Thursday night service, no prayer meeting will be held on the preceding Wednesday night. o ■ Easter Program An Easter program will be given! at Brookland Methodist Church on Easter Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. The public ic cordially in i vited to attend. COMING UP ... tonight 6:15 Kiwanis, Hotel Roxboro. TUESDAY 7:30 Person Scout Council, Cham ber of Commerce offices. 8:00 Helena PTA. WEDNESDAY 6:45 Exchange, Recreation Center. 8:00 Joint meeting of School Masters club and local NCEA, Serv ice Center. THURSDAY 6:30 Rotary, Hotel Roxboro. 8:00 Elaster pageant, “The Passion Play,” Roxboro high school. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT will be the theme of the union service, to which the public is cor dially invited. Persons wishing to hear only part of the three-hour service are also invited to come in at any time, and feel free to leave whenever they desire to do so. ** Ministers who will participate in the services are: E. o'. Maness, J. Boyce Brooks, J. H. Shore, George W. Heaton .Clyde McCarver, Daniel Lane, Ben Houston, and B. B. Knight. Harvey Clayton, son of Mr. and | Mrs. Daniel Clayton and an eighth grade student at Bushy Fork school, won the county-wide grammar grade spelling bee held at Roxboro Central school Friday afternoon. He will represent Person County in the State contest to be held in Winston- Salem on Saturday. April 27. Grade winners were: Seventh, ; | Nelle Mooney of Helena; sixth, Mar garet Lane of Cavel, who was run nerup in the county contest; fifth, Mary Emily Satterfield of Helena. Other students participating were: Eighth grade, Josephine Blalock of Roxboro, and Bobby Wilson of Helena. Seventh grade. Alice Robertson of Longhurst, Jean Gentry of Cavel, Bobby Bums of Roxboro, and Doris fwhg of Bushy Fork. Sixth grade. Rosette Caldwell of Longhurst, Lillie Chambers of Bushy Fork, Frances Davis of Roxboro, Janet Latta of Roxboro Central, and I Nina Blalock of Helena. Fifth grade, Harold Buchanan, of | Cavel, Patricia Wilborn of Long hurst, Leonard Allen of Bushy Fork, Anne Long of Roxboro Central, and Jackson of Roxboro Central. As* county winner, Harvey will re , ceive an award, probably a diction ary. He and his chaperon will be \ guests at a luncheon In the Robert E. Lee Hotel Winston-Salem, at ! 12:30 on April 27, and the State finals will take place in the Reynolds auditorium in that city at 3 o'clock on the same afternoon. The State winner will participate in the national contest in Washing ton, D. C., at a later date. Sponsor of the State or regional contest is the Winston-Salem j Journal-Sentinel papers. o Gentry, Jordan Out Os Service Two more Person County scrvice : men have received their discharges and returned home. Ed. Gentry, son of Mrs. Ed Gentry ;of Allensville, has been discharged j from the Army, In which he served for two and a half years He was a corporal and was stationed in Panama and on Saipan. James Kelly Jordan, RM 2/C, U. S. Naval Reserve, was In the service for three years, in the Atlantic and Mediterranean areas. He received his discharge at Long Island, New York. He is the son of Jim Jordan of Roxboro. Case Food-Saving Measures Suggested I Proprietors of public eating places, with the cooperation of their cus : tomers, can put into effect immedi- I ate economies which will mean life to countless thousands of persons otherwise doomed to death, Claude T. Hall, County manager of the national emergency food program, i said today in announcing a series of j specific actions which restaurants, hotels, and other eating places may adopt to save food needed abroad. The food-saving measures advo cated for public places have been endorsed by President Truman's famine emergency committee. “If we as a peiple are to be of tha greatest help to the world in this life-or-death crisis,” leaders of the program said, “each of us must make the saving of food his or her personal responsibility. The food will not create itself. Our farmers pro duce it, but all of us as consumers must take in immediate interest in seeing that as much of our abund ance ns possible is shared with those ! Roxboro Debaters Meet Littleton At Henderson Tues. Roxboro sHigh School debater will meet teams from Littleton at Henderhon Tuesday at 3:30 in pre liminary rounds of the State high school debating contest. The subject will be. "Resolved, That every able-bodied male citizen of the United States should have one year of full-time military train ing before attaining the age of 24." John Robert Hester and W. D. Fisher, Jr., will represent the af firmative for Roxboro. while the neg ative will be composed of Bobby L. Moore and Johnny Horton. Alter nate will be Bob Houston. Coach of the Roxboro teams is Mrs. A. F. Nichols. Teams winning in the prelimi naries will be entitled to compete in the district contest at Meredith College, Raleigh, on April 25. Finals will be held at Chapel Hill on May 2. o Rotarians Elect New Officers At a regular weekly meeting held in the dining room of Hotel Roxboro Thursday evening the Roxboro Ro ary club elected new officers for the years 1946-47, as follows: President, John Mangum; vice president, Bill Harris; secretary, Sid Marsh; treasurer, Alvin Warren; di rectors, David Brooks and George Fox. An order was issued directing the treasurer to pay the sum of SIOO to the incoming president as part pay ment of his expenses in attending the coming meeting of Rotary Inter national, which meets in Atlantic City. In the absence of president John Fitzgerald the meeting was presided over by vice-president Dan Lane. o Edward Y. Speed, Native Os County, Dies At Kinston Edward Young Speed, son of the late Dr. Edward A. and Virginia Noell Speed of Person County, died Sunday morning in a Kinston hos pital after a brief Illness. Funeral services will be held at the resi residencc, 301 West Lenoir Avenue, Kinston, at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Speed went to Kinston in 1902 and was first associated with the Export Leaf Tobacco Company. Later he was associated with other tobacco companies, and in 1925 be came first president of the Kinston Tobacco Board of Trade. * At the time of his death he was with the trust department of the Branch Banking and Trust Com pany. Candor Man Here Robert Fitzgerald of Candor has arrived in Roxboro to spend several months as an interne at Community Hospital. He expects to be here un til August, at which time he plans to return to the University of Mary land to complete his medical course. He is a second cousin of Dr. John D. Fitzgerald, of Roxboro. .in dire need.” Recommendations placed before the restaurant owners of -Person County are: 1. Drop the use of toast as a garn ish with meat, poultry and egg dish ,es. | 2. Cut out the practice of putting j baskets of bread or roils in dining j room tables. A single roll or slice of bread should be |erved with more forthcoming only on request of the patron. 3. Where possible, use the open face sandwich in place of the two bread-slice sandwich. 4. Don’t trim toast or sandwich crusts. 5. Use potatoes instead of wheat or rice. 6. Bake single instead of double crust pies. 7. Substitute com and buckwheat cakes for wheat, cakes. 8. Instead.*)! products made from wheat, serve oatmeal bread, cakes and cookies. Officials Give Views On Proposed Projects Sunrise Service A special Easter morning sun rise service will be held at Long Memorial Methodist Church at 7 a. m. next Sun day, it was announced today. The public is cordially invited to attend. Flower Show Planned For May By Library Staff Roxboro’s third annual flower show, spnsored by the Person Cou nty Library, will be held early in May. it was decided Friday by the Library Board of Trustees in their April meeting. Definate date for the show has not been set, but it will probably be held on the Friday or Saturday pre ceding Mother’s Day. which is on May 12. The flower shows have attracted much interest during the past two years. Chairman of the event in 1944 and 1945 was Mrs. Margaret L. Howard of the Library staff, and she will have charge again this year. Both individuals and hoijie dem onstration clubs hdve sponsored entries in the past, and it is expect ed that they will do so again this year. Persons having helpful ideas concerning the flowed show are asked to contact Mrs. Howard, to make the event even more interest ing this year. Mrs. Howard pointed out that the library has six or more books on flowers which are of interest to flower growers and lovers. o Scouts Os Senior Troop Hold Meet Further plans for a future pro gram of activities were made by the Senior Scout troop of Roxboro in its meeting last week. The meet ing was held at the home of M. C. Warren. A new meeting place was decided upon, and plans were made to visit another troop which has been in process of organization for some time. The question of dues was also discussed and settled. Presiding was Squadron Leader, Jimmy Street. Revival Services At Lea's Chapel The Rev. Daniel Lane, pastor, an nounces pre-Easter evangelistic ser vices this week at Lea’s Chapel with the Rev. J. V. Early of Yanceyville as the preacher. Services will con tinue each night through Holy Week at 8 o'clock with a day service on Good Friday .The public is cordially invited to all services. 1 9. Reduce the size of rolls and 1 bread. • 10. Use fruits and gelatin desesrts | for pastries and cakes. ■ 11. Serve fewer crackers with soups and cheeses. 12. Discontinue the baking of three-layer cakes for the duration. 13. Use boiled—instead of oil— dressings on salads. 14. Instead of wheat cereals, use alternates. 15. In the kitchen, practice the re-use of food fats where possible and salvage greases. 16. Think up and use methods of saving the bread ends now wasted. 17. Boil or broil—not fry—wish to save fats. 18. Don’t serve extra dressing of salads already prepared with oil or dressing.” 19. On every possible occasion, in duce the customer to order only what he needs. Customers should be encouraged to ask only for those side dishes they really want to eat. t “APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY flowers,” and if your subscription is about to expire your check will bring the Courier-Times. Watch your label and renew before sub scription expires. NUMBER 38 R. B. Griffin, superintendent of schools, today made public for the first time the detailed views of the County Board of Education and of himself in regard to construction of and improvement in school buildings in Person County. | Listing nine proposed building projects, estimated cost of which lin Mr. Griffin’s opinion is roughly | $600,000. the superintendent stress ed the fact that the low interest rate now obtainable on bonds would largely offset the increased build jing costs of the present period. I Authority of the County Commis ; sioners to issue bonds is limited by constitutional amendment to two thirds of the net debt reduction of the previous year. In Person, the average annual reduction is about $30,000; therefore the average an nual amount of bonds which may be issued is roughly s2o.ooo—far less than W’ould be required, the Board of Education believes, for even min imum building needs at the present time. Issuance of bonds in excess of the two-thirds limit can be done only after such step has been ap proved by the voters of the county in a special bond election. The minimum building needs, as set forth by the Board of Educa tion in its October meeting, are. 1. Grammar school for Roxboro. to include about 12 classrooms, auditorium, library and lunchroom. 2. Renovation of Roxboro Central School, with the removal of suf ficient pupils to provide adequate lunchroom space witnin this build ing. 3. High school building at Bethel Hill. 4. Building tor Negroes, probably a high school in Roxboro. 5. Two classrooms, lunchroom, and library at Mt. Tirzah. 6. Two classrooms, lunchroom and library at Hurdle Mills. 7. Agriculture budding, lunchroom and library at AUensville. 8. Lunchrooms for all large schoola that do not now have.them. 9. Gymnasium at Roxboro High School. The Board of Education, Mr. Grif fin said, believes that the above building program represents the minimum which should be accom plished as soon as it is possible to do so. Construction cents are now about 50 per cent higher than usual; how ever, bonds can now be financed more cheaply than ever before in the history of the county, the Su perintendent pointed out. Previous bond issues have been made at an interest rate of 4' 2 to 6 per cent. Today, the interest rate is 2 per cent or less. At 5 percent, it would take $30,- 000 annually to finance $600,000 worth of bonds. At 2 per cent, it would take only $12,000 annually to finance the same amount of bonds. The saving in interest, therefore, would be SIB,OOO per year at that present rate. Taking intq consideration these facts, Mr. Griffin pointed out, It can readily be seen that overall construction costs at the present time would not be as much higher than the 1940 level as at first seems evident. It is the hope of the County Board, Supt. Griffin said, that tha public will become thoroughly fa miliar with the facts, think them over ,and suggest changes, if any, which should be made. The program cannot be carried out unless all citizens become familiar with it an 4 give their support. Board of Education members be lieve the building program they havp outlined is as fair as possible tR all sections of the county, and rep resents the minimum amount of money which must be put into school buildings during, the next few years. ,: Members of the County Board ares E. E. Bradsher, chairman. Dr. d,' D. Fitzgerald. C. T. Hall, R. tfc Hester, and Clyde T. Citizens are urged to express tbe|£%: views, either to members of board, to Supt. Griffin, or to tMiy ; ! public at large through the Qp