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DO YOU • Want to bay somethin* A Want to sell somethin* • Want a tenant or renter • Perhaps tost somethin*. Try a Courier-Times WANT ADI VOL. LXV Good Friday Service Opens Easter Season Complete program was released yesterday for the vnlon Church service whicr will be held here to morrow, Good Friday, from 12 to 3 p. m. The service is sponsored by the Person County Ministerial Asso ciation, and persons of all denomin. atlons, are invited to attend either all or part of the program. The theme will be "The Seven Words of the Cross.” Special music will be rendered by the girls’ trio and the octette of Roxboro High School, T. C. Saunders, Mrs. Georfe Walker and Mrs. K. Wheeler Newell. The program: Prelude; hymn, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory”; Scripture and invo cation, the Rev. E. C. Maness; hymn, Many Will Take Holiday Monday Scouts To Hold Joint (amporee At Yanceyville ..a - Boy Scouts-of the Person district will hold a joint camporee with Scouts of the Caswell district during the week end of April 27, it was re vealed Tuesday night at the Person Council meeting. The camporee will be heia near YaaceyvlUA, Local Scouts will leave frooUhe XJowEthowia.M early Sat,, , urday aftefnoon and will return home the next day. y Scouts who do not have tents for the camporee will be able to purchase shelterhalves from the Cherokee Council for a small sum, Doug Kelley, assistant executive of the Council, said. April 27 to May 4 will be National Camping week for people throughout the United States. O. B. “Country" Gorman, who is now special deputy regional scout executive with headquarters in At lanta, is expected to spend about a month in the Cherokee Council beginning on April 23. “Country" is well known here. He was the first Cherokee executive, and held that office until a few years ago. ' O' - Local Eye Clinic Is Scheduled For Next Thursday The Roxboro Kiwanis Club an nounces the sponsorship of an eye clinic in Person County, to be held Thursday, April 25, Roxboro Central School. The clinic is bein* conducted by the State Commission for the Blind in cooperation with the Person County Public Welfare and Health Departments. The children and adults attend ing the clinic have been selected by the teachers, the public health, nurses, and the members of the Welfare Department. The clinic is limited because the State Commission for the Blind can devote only one day to Person Coun ty this year. Johnson Entertains Local School Group Cullen Johnson. Raleigh radio announcer and widely known hum orist. entertained members of the Person County School Masters club and the local unit of the NCEA in a joint meeting at the Service Center last night. Johnson’s jokes, songs, impersona tions and other antics amused the audience greatly for more than an hour, the program reaching a hilari ous climax with the drafting of local talent for additional moments of fun and entertainment. Honor guests at me meeting were County and district school board members and their wives, all of whom were recognised. Miss Zefina Burton of Olive Hill | school was reelcted as president of | the local NCEA unit fdr 1946-47.' Other officers are: Vice president, Mrs. Rena Allen Blalock; secretary-' J. W. NOELL, EDITOR "The Old Rugged Cross”; First Word (Luke 23:34), the Rev. J. H. Shore; hymn, "Jesus Lover of My Soul”; second Word (Lu&e 23:43), the Rev. G. W. Heaton; hymn. “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross”; Third Word (John 19:26-27), the Rev. Clyde McCarver; hymn, “Rock of Ages Cleft for Me." Fourth Word (Matt. 27:46), the Rev. J. Boyce Brocnts; hymn, “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”; Fifth Word (John 19:28), the Rev. Daniel Lane; hymn, "There Is a Green Hill Far Away’’; Sixth Word (John 19:30), the Rev. B. H. Houston; hymn, "Beneath the Cross of Jesus”; Seventh Word (Luke 23:46), the Rev. B. B. Knight; hymn, "I Am Thine O Lord”; benediction; postude. Following an agreement reached just prior to the Christmas holidays last year, most Roxboro business firms will be closed on Easter Mon day, it was reported today by W. Wallace Woods of the Chamber of Commerce. However, there will be no holiday on that date for Person County school children. All schools will operate on Easter Monday as usual, Supt. R. B. Griffin said today, so that schools will not have to teach on an additional Saturday or delay the closing date beyond Friday, May 24. The Board of Education office will remain open also. Along with most business estab lishments, the Peoples Bank, Health and*-Welfare DetfcHmeffts. the Per son County Public Library, Chamber of Commerce offices, and City Hall will be closed. The Kiwanis club will not meet Monday night. Local drug stores will be closed Monday. Superior Court, which was slated to open on Monday, will not begin sessions until Tuesday, April 23. However, the clerk of court’s office will be open Monday as usual. The Selective 6ervict office and Western Union will remain open as usual, as will also most public eat ing places in Roxboro. The Courier-Times office will be closed Monday. o Mrs. Blalock Dies Unexpectedly At Statesville Home Mrs. Thomas L. Blalock, 60. mis sionary of the Baptist Church in China for 26 years, died unexpect edly Tuesday in Statesville, where she and her husband, the Rev. Thomas L. Blalock, Baptist minister and missionary, had made their home for the past 15 months. Mrs. Blalock was the former Miss Mary Cornwell of Chester County, South Carolina. Funeral services will be held at Woodward Baptist Chureh there at 2 o’clock Wednes day afternoon. The Blalocks are well known here, where they have visited on a num ber of occasions. Mr. Blalock’s first wife was Miss Emma Humphries, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Humphries o fßdthel Hill, who died in China about 30 years ago. treasurer, Mrs. Mavin Crowder Glenn. For the Class Room Teach ers, a branch of NCEA, the officers are: President, Miss Hazel Carver; vice president, Mrs. Omar Simpson; secretary-treasurer. Miss Ellen Coxe Merritt. A sextette from Helena high school rendered three numbers, “Watch and Pray,” "Song of India," and "Easter Parade.” Mr. Johnson, who was introduced by R. L. Harris, made a hit with his humorous anecdotes, and especially with his impersonations of Lum and Aimer and of Jimmy i/uranty. His songs, particularly the ones in Bing Crosby and Prank Slhatra style, also I proved very popular. Singing of hymns by the entire 'group, led by Mr. Johnson, was (recorded and played back -to the I crowd. 1 h * ■ ®he CourieutEtme? HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT ACTING POSTMASTER—Ken daII L. Street, has been recom mended for appointment as acting postmaster of Roxboro, according to word received here from Bop. John H. Folgcr in Washington. Kendall Street Is Named Acting Postmaster Here • Kendal] L. Street has been recom mended for ppointment as acting postmaster for Roxboro, according to word received here yesterday from Rep. John H. FiSlger in Wash ington. The recommendation was deliver ed to the First Assistant Postmaster General by Mr. Folger personally, and the Post Office Department in dicated that Mr. Street would enter upon his duties as soon as a postal inspector could be sent here to ar range for the change. Mr. Street was acting postmaster of Rpx&mv in .1838 and 1939JE0119W ing the death of Dr. E. J. Tucker and preceding, the permanent ap pointment of L. M. Carlton, Sr., to the office. The acting appointment will last until a permanent postmaster is appointed following Civil Service examinations. No date has yet been for the examinations. Mr. Street, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Street of this County, was first associated in the mercan tile business with his father, and during that time he was assistant postmaster of the Mill Creek office. Later he moved to Oxford and re mained in business there for eight years, selling his business in 1918 to enter service. However, before he was called, the Armistice was signed. He then returned to Mill Creek to wind up the estate of his father, and later became acting postmaster of Roxboro. a position he held for 22 months. Recently he has been employed by the government as a warehouse manager at Burlington and at Camp Butner. », The new acting postmaster is a Sunday School toacher and a mem ber of the board of stewards of Jjong Memorial Methodist Church. 0 Charlotte Man To Hold Revival At Cavel Church The Rev. F. D. tlemphill, super intendent of city missions in Char lotte will be the preacher in a se ries of revival services to be held at Cavel Baptist Church beginning next Sunday night, it was an nounced today by the pastor, the Rev. J. N. Bowman. Mr. Hemphill was organizer and first pastor of Bragtown Baptist Church, near Durham, ana is known as a forceful speaker who always has a worthwhile message, Mr. Bowman said. The public is cordially invited to the services, which will be held at 7:30 each night, starting Sunday, for about ten days. Singing will be led by Sanford Long, and accompanist will be the regular church pianist. Sunday school will be held at 10 a. m. Sunday as usual, but there will be no preaching service Sunday morning, because the pastor will preach at Providence at that time. 0 String Music Sonny Loden and his Southerners, radio string musicians of Raleigh, will give a program at Roxboro High School at 8 o’cloclr Tuesday night, April 23, under sponsorship of the Parent-Teacher Association. Partici pating will be Sonny, Thelma, Little Ruby, “Artivee,’' and the entire Loden family, as wefl as the Tennessee Hillbillies. Y ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Criminal Docket Lists Fifteen Cases Housewives Told Methods To Use In Saving Foods Nine ways in which Person cdjunty housewives can help save food to relieve world famine were listejLto day by local leaders in the xfood conservation program. The sugges tions to housewives supplement a pervious list of recommendations placed before restaurant owners of the town and county. In suggesting concrete ways in which each household may assist in accumulating the huge food sup supplies needed in the current desp erate need of the world, leaders made it clear that the overall food needs of the war-torn world are so great that there is no limit to the amount of American food that can be used to save human life. Major emphasis is placed on the conservation of wheat, fats and oils, basic commodities which are the most essential to a healthful diet and which represent the absolute minimum needs. Householders are asked to reduce purchases of wheat products by 40 percent and fats by 20 per cent. The recommendations are: 1. Cut down on bread waste in every way possible. Present estimates are that 5 per cent or one slice out of every loaf of bread baked every day goes into the garbage can. 2. Reduce the amount of bread used at every meal by sustituting such things as potatoes, and oat cereals. Use fruits, lor example, instead of cakes and pastries iojt deserts. , * »•., 3. By the use of alternate foods, use less wheat cereals for breakfast. 4. Save cooking oils by making more extensive use of meat drippings for cooking and seasoning food. 5. Hold down the number of fried foods that are served. 6. Save and re-use fats and oils ; for all cooking purposes. 7. Hold on to bacon grease for cooking. 8. All fats that cannot be reused should be salvaged and turned in to the butcher or grocer. 9. Take it easy on oils and salad dressings. 0 PTA Council To Meet Tuesday Mrs. Robert Burns, temporary chairman of the Person County Council of Parent-Teacher Associa tios, has called a meeting of the council at 2,o'clock Tuesday, April 23, at Roxboro Central School. Purpose of the meeting is to plan a unified action for the PTA pro gram in the county next year, and also to elect officers for the council, Mrs. Bums said. Outgoing and incoming officers of all PTA organizations in the county are urged to attend. Following the council meeting, the Roxboro Central PTA will meet at 3:15, to install new officers and to make plans for the pre-school clinic to be held at Central on April 29. Since this will be the last meet ing of the year for Central PTA, all members are urged to attend, Mrs, Burns said. Need For Proper Easter Spirit Seen The Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, pastor of Roxboro First Baptist Church, in an address before the Roxboro Exchange Club last night, declared that civic groups sn our community are doing and have done many fine things, but warned of the danger ous means by which needs are sometimes met. “A need does not provide the bus iness leaders with a license to im morality and drunkenness,” the minister decleared. “If there is a | need within the community, it should be met with the love and compassion of our hearts and not by the patronage of that which vio lates the moral codes of God.” Referring to the Easter season. Mr. Brooks then pointed out that observance of great Christian events has often been abused by commerce and civic groups- They THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1946 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE A total of 15 criminal cases have been docketed for trial at the April session of Person Superior court, at which Judge J. Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hill will preside. Court will begin on Tuesday, April 23, the opening having been delayed one day because April 22 is Easter Monday. Three cases involving capital offenses appear on the calendar. In two of them, the charge is murder; in the third, it is first degree burg lary. Civil cases will be heard following the criminal trials. The complete criminal calendar, as realeased by Clerk of Court A. M. Burns, Jr., follows: Chester, Harris, Negro, charged with forgery. Robert Jordan, George Jordan, and Glennie Bradsher, all Negroes, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill—two cases. James Stewart, Hubert Davis, Harvey McCain and Albert Paylor, all Negroes, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Robert Taylor, charged with as sault with a deadly weapon with in tent to kill. J. Y. Brown, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. James Stewart, Hubert Davis, Harvey McCain and Albert Paylor, all Negroes, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury. Robert Taylor, charged with as sault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Levi Scoggins, negro, charged with carnal knowledge of a female. James Cunningham, negro, charg ed with burglary. James Cunningham, negro, charg ed with breaking, entering and laceny—two cases. Janie Thomas, negro, charged with murder. Richard Green, negro, charged with, murder. Rachel Green, negro, charged with being an accessory before the fact. o—- Easter Services Planned At First Baptist Church Services at Roxboro First Baptist Church will be conducted at the usual hours Sunday, with the public cordially invited to attend. The Sun day school at 9:45 hopes to attain its attendance goal of 400. The wor ship service at 11 will include "The Trees and The Master” by Ira B. Wilson and "Christ Is Risen From the Dead” by Duncan, sung by the Adult Choir. The pastor's message will be based on the Easter story. Baptist Training Union will con vene at 6:45 under the directorship of J. W. Green, and all ages are in vited to hear these group programs. The evening service will be at 3 p. m. arid will be an Easter Candle light sendee. The Youth Choir under the direction of Mrs. J. B. Currin will sing “Lilies” by Archie Mumma. 0 No Meet Monday Roxboro Kiwanians, in their meet ing Monday night, decided not to meet next Monday because of the Easier holiday. During the business session, a discussion was held about final plans for the horse show, which will be held Saturday. Special guest ■at the meeting was Bill Davenport. have become festivals at which time our citizens turn their minds and hearts to materials and commerce and revelry rather than to the great truths that these days stand for. Selfishness has entered in and destroyed the simplicity and beauty of the occasion.” "The day of resurrection,” the minister declared, "stands for more than just neV things—it stands for a new heart and hope in that heart ; unto everlasting life.” In its business session, the Ex change club made plans for its annviersary ladles’ night program, to be held Wednesday night at the Recreation Center, at which time a mixed program of entertainment will be presented. The club alto agreed to sponsor the new Senior Scout troop which was recently organized in Roxboro. Church Windows A number of persons have ex pressed a desire to place a mem -1 orial window to the memory of relatives in Mill Creek Church, the Rev. J. F. Funderburke, pastor, said this week. Those who desire such windows are asked to see Mr. Funderburke or Genie Gentry as soon as possible. Beulah To Hold Mission Institute Friday, April 26 i A one-day institute for the pur pose of training teachers of mission study classes in Beulah Association will be held at Clement Baptist Church Qn Friday, April 26. Five methods classes have been provided for—one for Sunbeam lead ers, another for leaders of Junior Royal Ambassadors and Girls Aux iliaries, one for leaders of Intermedi ate R. A.'s and G. A.'s, another lor Y. W. A. and W. M. S. leaders, and one for pastors and leaders in the association. The institute faculty consists of State and associational leaders. The women's class will study race rela tions; other classes will use books on African missions. Every available means will be used to prepare teachers to make these subjects vital and effective in the local churches. Copies of the books used will be on sale at the church. "It is the duty and privilege of every church in the association,'' said leader whether it has a full j graded Missionary Union or not, to send a group of prospective teachers |to this Institute. Persons who are | willing to be trained to teach mis •sion study classes in the home, j church—one person for each age j group in the church. If the churches I take full advantage of this oppor- I tunity. great 1 Aspiration ■ win be | gained, and much improvement ,'made in leadership." It is expected that soon after the I institute a one-day school of mis sions will be conducted in a number I of churches in the association, with | classes to include the whole affilia tion-men, women, and children, A | goal of twelve such church schools of missions has been set for this association this year. One feature of the annual insti tute of Beulah association is a mis sionary address by some prominent speaker active in missions on the home or foreign field. Such an ad dress may be expected April 26. Further announcement will be made next week. o Roxboro High's Debaters To Be In District Meet Roxboro High School debaters will participate in the district contest, probably in Raleigh on April 25, if was announced yesterday by Mrs. A. F. Nichols, debate coach. The debates with Littleton were not held at Henderson Tuesday, as scheduled, because of a’ misunder standing in regard to judges. How j ever, the University of North Caro j link office at Chapel Hill has given | permission for affirmative and ne gative teams of both Roxboro and Littleton to take part in district elimination contests. The query is, "Resolved, That ev ery able-bodied male citizen of the j United States should have one year | of full-time military training before attaining the age of 24.” John Robert Hester and W. D. ! Fisher, 'Jr., will represent the j affirmative for Roxboro, while the i negative will be composed of Bobby | Elmore and Johnny Horton. Alter | nate will be Bob Houston. State finals in the debating contest will be held at Chapel Hill on May 2. o i Earl Bradsher, Jr., Succeeds Bumpass Earl Bradsher, Jr., of Roxboro, was recommended today to the State Board of Elections for ap pointment as secretary of the Per son County Board of He will succeed R. D. Bumpass, who resigned to become a candidate for county commissioner. o • . CORRECTION In an advertisement in the last issue of the Courier-Times, Item 1 under “Building For Sale” should have read as follows: “(I) 1 two story dwelling, 1 two-story store building and outbuildings located on Rose Boltop property at intersec tio of U. S. 501 and Johnson Street.” Thousands Expected At Local Horse Show By HL'CK SANSBURY All set and ready to go is the 1946 edition of the "bigger and better” Kiwanis sponsored Horse Show opening Saturday afternoon, April 20th, promptly at 2 o’clock on the Roxboro High School Athletic field, it was announced last night by J. J. Woody, director. Horse lovers will want to be on time this year and witness the new grand opening of the show, a kind of opening unheard of east of the Mississippi river. At exactly 2 p. m. T. G. Tingen Dies; Rites Slated Today Thomas Gaston Tingen. 43. died at 8 o'clock Tuesday mottling at the State Sanitorium Aberdeen, where he had been a patient for more than two and a half years. Funeral services were to be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at Oak Grove Methodist Church, near Ceffo, conducted by the Rev. Daniel Lane, pastor, assisted by the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks of Roxboro First Baptist Church. Interment was to be in the church cemetery. Mr. Tingen, son of the late John C. and Mary Roberts Tingen of Person County, was reared in the home of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Long of Ceffo. Surviving are two sisters. Mrs. W. H. Bray of McGhee's Mill, and Mrs. E. G. Horton of Roxboro; one broth er, J. C. Tingen of McGhee's Mill; two foster brothers, Claude and Aubrey Long of Roxboro; and four sisters, Mrs. L. W. Foster of Ports mouth, Va., Mrs. Ola Evans of Rich mond, Va„ Mrs. H. G. Tillman of South Boston. Va„ and Mrs. Co quella Munda* of RtfjJjordt :x ' o Plan Rotary Meet At Elizabeth City * Total attendance of 300 is the goal set by the Elizabeth City Ro tary Club for the District Confer ence to be held there May 13 and 14. Conference Chairman Will Gaither told Elizabeth City Ro tary at the club's weekly luncheon Monday. There are 36 Rotary Clubs in the district, with a total membership of I. Organizing for the conference be gan last wetk with a meeting of chairmen of the various committees, and since that time committee chairmen have held meetings with their committees. Each Rotarian was requested to obtain the name of members of his classification in the various clubs and to write that member a letter urging him to attend the conference. ! In addition 1,500 illustrated fold ; ers about Elizabeth City are being printed for distribution among the : 1,350 Rotarians in the district. Roxboro is included in the Eliza beth City district. o To Speak At Elkin Miss Mary Ellen Owen, Roxboro High School student who won the county soil conservation speaking contest held recently, will speak in the regional contest at Elkin on April 25. Her subject will be "Soi l Building Practices." Loop Road Contract May Be Let Today Contract for construction of Rox boro's new loop road is expected to be let in Raleigh by the State High way and Public Works Commission sometime today. The local loop road project is one of several for which contracts may be let today. A previous low bid of some $300,000 was rejected more than two months ago because it was considered too high, according to W. Vance Baise, chief engineer for the Highway Commission. The Commission has already ad vertised some seven or eight Roxboro buildings Tor sale, along the propos ed route of the new loop road. The purchaser of any building will be allowed 30 days, from the date be is notified of the acceptance of his bid, to --remove allbuUdings ( jWtfE the premises. There will be a penal- “APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY Gowers.” 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 39 the "rodeo” style opening will be gin with all horses entering the show ring in review. Mayor S. G. Winstead of this city will deliver the welcome address after which the Roxboro High School band will play the "Star Spangled j Banner,” to be followed with the | presenting of the colors. This feature I will be thrilling to witness —as two j horsemen, Marshall Frederick, riding "Tony and R. M. O'Briant astride I his Palimino stallion, "Trigger” circle | the athletic field at full speed with : the American flag rippling in the ! wind. Expected to attend both perform ances, at 2 and Bn. m., will be around 5.000 persons to witness a show' with nearly 100 horses from several nearby states. There will be no parade of the j horses in the business district this i year, but the high school band will | march an hour before show time through the downtown streets her ■ aiding the opening of the show. ; Some of the finest horses in the south have been entered in the local show and everyone will want to see the world's champion walking stall ion. 3-year-old “Slippery Wilson” owned by Wade Stepp of Winston- Salem. Another feature of the show' j entered in the roadster class is I "Little Greyhound”—a horse that j W'on high honors in the National | Horse Show at St. Louis, Missouri j this year, to walk away with a j large purse that would reach into ! the four-figure class. The local Kiwanians. anticipating | a large and better show after last j year’s reception, have gone to great | pains to make the one this year i even better. Over at the far end of : the athletic field can be found a | modern stable building to holts’; the I entries, consisting of 30 stalls. Fi. al ! work on the show is being completes- I with ' a large number of tickets | ready distributed, the entry beeves j printed and the fence —or ring— i already up, and other minor details j are being finished to make this show' stand out among horse shows in I the south. i All profits from the horse show | will go towards projects for “the ! betterment of the community”. ! Judge of the horse show’ will be Russell Law’s of Baltimore; official | announcer, Wallace Woods, Roxboro; ! ring master, Tom Bennett, Roxboro; j official photographer, Gordon Hunt | er, Roxboro; ribbon clerk, Miss ! Dorothy Taylor; and assistant rib | bon clerk, Barbara McWhorter, of Roxboro. Director is J. J. Woody of this city. COMING UP... tonight 6:30 Rotary, Hotel Roxboro. 8:00 Easter pageant. Roxboro high school. i I FRIDAY | 9:15 a. m. Cavel field day pro gram starts. ! 10 a. m. Recorder's court. 12 to 3 p. m. Union Good Friday services. First Baptist church. SATURDAY 11 a. m. County Democratic pre jcinct meetings. 2 and 8 p. m. Roxboro horse show, 'high school grounds. ; 7:30 Recreational program for young people, First Baptist church, J SUNDAY j Easter Sunday, with special serv- I ices at most churches. ty of S2O per day for each day that any building which is within con struction limits remains on tha premises after the alloted time so». moving has passed. The loop road project has beep under consideration for several years and is intended as a relief to hf'frtjjj through traffic coming jo Roxboro* The road will be located roughly j paralel to Lamar Street, leaving South Main in the Gallows TTilf sbfrr rejoining North Maift Jlitf. south of the ' junction of XJ. JL6OS! and the Vlrgiiina highway. >i; Roxboro’s already acute h«Urtnßj| shortage will become even woNe U a result of the road, but it is expect ed that the project, when competed, will relieve much of the conc6stku»