DO YOU • Want to buy something . • Want to sell something • Want a tenant or renter • Perhaps lost something. Tfry a Courier-Times WANT AD! VOL. LXV Exchange Club Plans Anniversary Program To celebrate their first anniver sary, members of Roxboro Exchange club will hold a ladies night pro gram Wednesday, April 24, at 6:45 o’clock at the Recreation Center. A mixed program of entertain ment, featuring the Roxboro colored quartette, will be presented, with Dolian D. Long, as master of cere monies. Contests will be staged, and gifts will be presented to the ladies. Ralph Tucker is president of the Exchange club. Other officers arc: V. A. Thomas, vice-president; Bill Paucette, secretary; and Jack Sat terfield, treasurer. The program committee, in addi ion to Mr. Long, consists of Joe Lewis and G. E. McCorkle. fThe local club was organized a year ago this week by leaders from the Durham club. During the past 12 months the Roxboro group has' sponsored a number of civic pro jects, one of which has been the staging of benefit dances to raise Recorder's Court Has Busy Session Highway Program Held Up By Steel Raleigh—State Highway Commis sioner A. H. Graham said recently that the steel shortage threatens to curtail the commission’s postwar program for improvement of the highway system. Graham said that he thought con-, U aetolA in th'fS area would be able to handle a large volume of grading and paving contracts during the next few months, but that the steel shortage would interfere with the construction of bridges. He pointed out that when the commission opened bids last week on 34 road projects, no bids were received on three bridge projects, and he commented that “it seems that the steel mills have all the orders they can handle prior to January X, 1947, and it may be that we won't be able to do much bridge work prior to that time.” Bridges usually are an integral part of most highway projects, Gra ham added. Despite the steel shortage, Gra ham said that he thought the com mission would be able to have sever al more large lettings of highway projects during the next few months similar to the one last week in which bids were received on nearly $5,000,- 000 worth of highw'ay projects. Although the commission accum ulated large cash reserves during the war years, Graham said that the commission would have to watch rapidly rising costs. He point ed out that on one bid for the paving of 2.2 miles of highway in Person county, the lowest bid received was $332,474, o VFW Post Meets Tuesday Night All Veterans of Foreign Wars members and all ex-servicemen who are elgible for membership are urged to attend the meeting of the Lewell T. Huff post in the USO building at 7:30 Tuesday night, April 23. at which time special business matters will be taken up. Commander of the post is Jim Allgood, who will preside. Pre-School Clinic Schedule Is Given Dr. O. David Garvin annocnces that the annual pre-school clinics for Person county will soon be conducted in the various schools. This service Is available to all. The Health department is anxious that all children becoming six years old by September 1 be examined so that defects may be found and correct ed before the children enter school this fall. The centers for Pre-school clin ics listed at present with dates, are: Central school, Monday, April 29, 9-11 a. m.; Olive Hill school (col J. W. NOELL, EDITOR money for the aid of crippled children and also a few months ago purchased an oxygen tent and do i nated it to the local hospital for the use of Person county. First officers of the club were: , President, Joe Lewis, vice-president, . P. T. Whitt, Sr.; secretary, Huck L. Sansbury; treasurer, Gilbert Oakley. Charter members who are still ac . tive include the following: R. B. : Barnett, Keister B. Baynes, Marvin E. Clayton, T. A. Clayton, H. L. Cooley, Pender Copley, J. N. Dil lard. William B. Faucette, Charles C. Garrett, Ivey L. James, L. R. Jones, S. A. Jones, D. W.Kanoy, Aubrey S. King, C. B. Kirby, J. H. Lewis, Oscar W. Long, G. E. Mc- Corkle, Gilbert Oakley, R. J. Oak ley, Henry E. O’Briant, Arthur H. Rimmer, C. T. (Jack) Satterfield, V. A. Thomas, R. M. Tucker, Wil liam B. Weatherly, P. T. Whitt, Sr., J. C. Whitt and Claude C. Whit field. In a busy session Friday, Judge F. O. Carver heard the following cases in recorder's court here: Jack Wolfe, drunken driving and carrying concealed weapon, fined S6O and costs. Andrew Lyons, probable cause found on charge of defrauding a taxicab; bound over to Superior court under SIOO bond. Arthur and Clara Frasier of Alex andria, Va., previously fined $l5O for possession and transportation for sale, failed to appear in regard to disposal of their automobile, and their S4OO bond, was forfeited and the 'lnoney will oe adfied to the county school fund. Lawrence Jones, speeding and reckless driving and no driver’s license, sentence suspended upon payment of costs. Hiram Tingen, returned veteran, possession, not guilty. Herman Tingen, speeding, care less and reckless driving, not guil ty. James Herbert Shotwell, driving drunk, fined SSO and costs and or dered to surrender driver’s license. Newman E. Ridge, speeding, fined S2O and costs. William Thomas Oakley, driving drunk, fined SSO and costs and or dered to surrender driver’s license. Mike Wiliams, Negro , charged with assault on a female; prose cuting witness, Nannie Williams, Negro, allowed to withdraw war rant upon payment of costs. Lee Horner, manufacturing and having material for manufactur ing whiskey, fined $l5O and costs; sheriff ordered to destroy whiskey and material. R. H. Brooks, unlawful possession, fined $lO and costs. James Cunningham, who will face trial for first degree burglary in Superior court this week, found guil ty of larceny of a radio from his former employer, George T. Spivey of Roxboro, sentenced to roads, sentence to run concurrent with any term which may be imposed at Su perior court. Rull Lowery, speeding, sentence suspended on payment of costs. Several other cases were continu ed. o Will Not Meet The Person County Council of Social Agencies will not meet this week, the April meeting having been held jointly with the civic clubs of the town on April 5. ored), Wednesday, May 1, 9-11 a. m.; Person County Training school (colored), Monday, May 6, 9-11 a. m.; Woodsdale school (colored), Wednesday, May 8, 9-11 a. m.; East Roxboro school, Monday, May 13, 9-11 a. m.; Helena school, Wed nesday, May 15, 10-12 a. m.; Olive Hill school, Monday, May 20, 9-11 a. m. v Mrs. Sarah Allen and the colored nurse, Katherine Lawson, are as sisting with the clinics, and Dr. Garvin urges parents to take their children to the clinic nearest their home. ®!)e Courier-®imes Missionary Will Speak At Clement Church On Friday The Rev. L. Bun Olive. Baptist missionary to China who is now serving a pastorate in Raleigh, will speak at Clement Baptist church on Friday. April 26, at a mission insti tute program. The institute is being held for the training of teachers of missions in the Beulah association. Classes have been scheduled for all age groups, to be taught by State and associational leaders. Every church in the associa tion is urged to send a group of prospective teachers to the institute. Mr. Olive has been a missionary to China for 20 or more years. While awaiting return to that country, he is serving as pastor of a Raleigh church. He spoke at a young people’s meeting at Cavel in June two years ago. o District Meeting Os BPW Tuesday The semi-annual district meeting of Business and Professional Wom en’s clubs of Burlington, Durham, Henderson, Oxford and Roxboro will be held here Tuesday night, with members of the Roxboro club as hostesses. Mrs. Haden Smith of Duke Uni versity will be the principal speaker. Presiding will be Mrs. Hornell Hart of Durham, district director. Miss Lura Penney of the Roxboro club is chairman of the program committee. President of the Rox boro club is Mrs. John Alden Rog ers. The dinner meeting will be held at Hotel Roxboro, beginning) at 6:15. o I Mrs, Pujaiias. Article In May Issue Os 'South' Mrs. Thomas K. Dula of Hillsboro has written an article titled “Holiday in the Land of the Sky”, which will appear in the May issue of “South" magazine. The article is about Ashe ville, and photographs were made by Elliott Lyman Fisher, prominent Asheville photographer. "South” is a travel magazine pub lished in New Orleans, La., each month, and it features places of in terest in the South and South America. Mrs, Dula, the former Miss Lucile Noeli of Hillsboro, writes under the name of Lucile Noeli Dula. A poem of hers appeared in the March issue of the Journal of>the North Carolina Education Association, and a number of her articles have been featured in the Sunday feature section of the Durham Morning Herald. Mrs. Dula is a graduate of East Carolina Teachers college, and later attended the University of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Dula and their two sons, Hunter and Harry Sutton, are now living in Hillsboro. Mrs. Dula has a number of rela tives in Person County. o Train Is Named 'Powhatan Arrow' First prize winner of SSOO in the Norfolk and Western Railway's "Name-Train Contest”, announced today, is Leonard A. Scott, 63, re tired N. <fc W. section man, of Dry Branch, Va., whose entry, “Pow hatan Arrow”, was selected as the most appropriate name for the rail road's new streamlined all-coach passenger train. The announcement by N. & W. officials climaxed a three-week search through more than 100,000 contest entries. The new daylight luxury train, bearing the name" The Powhatan Arrow”, will make its maiden run between Norfolk and Cincinnati on Sunday, April 28. o *— Field Day Slated At East Roxboro Teachers and pupils of East Rox boro school will hold field day exer cises Wednesday, May J, starting at 10 a. ni. Races, contest*, and novelty stunts will be included on the pro gram. At the close of the exercises a king and queen from each room, selected on the basis of points won ‘in the various field contests, will be crowned. Every one is invited to attend the program. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA f \ i ' WffMfkfeii % nUmr'* 1 P I I ■ m mini HERS NEWEST SCENIC VACATIONLAND Fontana Village, N. C., an entire community that housed workers who built TVA’s Fontana Dam. It has been taken over and remodeled as a holiday resort by Government Services, Inc., of Washington, D. C. Airview shows Fontana Village (in foreground), Fontana Dam, and 30-mile long Fontana Lake. The village is to be opened soon to the public under an agreement with TVA, approved recently by President Tru man. A fisherman's paradise, Fontana will also offer hiking, horse back riding, tennis, badminton, croquet, miniature golf, softball, scenic boat trips, and other sports. Other nearby scenic attractions are the Great Smoky Mountains Park which borders the lake, Nan tahala National Forest, historic Appalachian Trail, C’lingman’s Dome and Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest* Capacity Crowd Sees 'Passion Play' « ■ * Miss Owen On Rotary Program Thursday night’s meeting of the Rotary club was one of the most interesting and instructive held in sometime. The program was in charge of Rotarian Adair, who lives and dreams about soil conservation. He recognized Mrs. A. F. Nichols, who tutored the lady who won the recent contest put on in the interest of soil conservation, and also intro duced her to the Rotarians. Miss Mary Ellen Owens, a student in the Roxboro high school, was the happy winner of the SIOO War bond, and she delivered the wining ad dress to the club. Miss Owens is at ease on her feet, has a wonder ful delivery, and at once catches the attention of her hearers. While her delivery is well nigh I perfect, she had a Worthwhile mes sage, one that really had merit in it. Recently there have been a number of talks on soil conservation, but there was more real information in her speech than any the Rotarians had heard. Indeed, after hearing her they were not surprised that she should be winner of the first prize. -: o COMING UP... TUESDAY 10 a. m. Person Superior opens, Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, presiding. 2 p. m. PTA County Council, Rox boro Central school. 3:15 Roxboro Central PTA. 6:15 District BPW club meeting, Hotel Roxboro. 7:30 Veterans of Foreign Wars, USO building. 7:30 Masons, Lodge hall. 8:00 Sonny Loden string music program, Roxboro high school. WEDNESDAY 6:45 Exchange club ladies night and anniversary program, Recreation Center. THURSDAY 6:30 Rotary, Hotel Roxboro. ■ /Uony Way ■ Bill Humphries, associate editor of this paper, is a smart fellow. I know because every now and then he comes out with a smart state ment. Not too often but often enough to let me know that he is not always sleeping. Here’s why I know .... , Por the past several weeks this office has had an unusually large number of lady visitors, very beautiful ladies and quite young. I did not know over half of them and so one day I asked BiH if he knew all of these ladies that were coming in. “Yes,” he said, “I know them now but it is too late to help, they are either getting married or just married and I meet them just as they come in to tell their wedding plans “or about the event that Just took place,” HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1946 J Capacity crowd of some 800 per i sons witnessed the presentation of \ "The Passion Play” by the Roxboro i high school Bible department and i glee club in the school auditorium | Thursday night—and ail agreed that jit was one of the most beautiful ! and impressive programs ever sta ! ged here. Eight scenes were portrayed—the Last Supper, Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Arrest, Jesus be j fore Pilate, on the Way to Golgo j tha, the Crucifixon, the Resurrec tion and the Ascension. Gentral opinion was that the stage decora tions. lighting arrangements and costumes were exceptionally good. A cast of more than 25 characters | participated, with John Robert Hes -1 ter as Scripture reader. | During the various scenes tho high school glee club, with 63 mem ; bers, rendered appropriate numbers, j with some selections by the sex jtette and octette. General director of the program I was the Rev. Fred Bishop. Bible I instructor. Miss Mary Earle Wilson, j band and glee club instructor, had charge of the music, with Miss Edriel Knight as accompanist. Man- : ley Whitfield had charge of light ing and C. L. Shufford of stage properties. Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Ru fus Harris supervised preparation of ! costumes, while Mrs. B. G. Clay j ton and Miss Opal Brown were 1 makeup artists. The curtain was directed by Jack Whitt, and pro grams were prepared under the su pervision of Miss Gertrude M. Holt. Prior to the pageant Thursday night, it had been a number of years since any event at Roxboro high! school had attracted a capacity crowd, Principal Jerry L. Hester | said. o HENDERSON PROMOTED T-4 Dudley B. Henderson has been promoted to staff sergeant, ac cording to information received by his wife, the former Grace Hobgood of this city. He has been in service 23 months, having served most of that time with the 78th (Lightning) Division. He holds the Bronze Star, Presidential Unit citation. Combat Infantry badge, Good Conduct rib bon, and ETO ribbon with two battle stars. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Girls See Sights In Washington On Recent Trip i Girls of Roxboro high school phy sical education class, on a recent i week-end trip to Washington, took ' in the sights of the Nation's Capital ; City. Accompanied by H. D. Young of the high school faculty and Mrs. James Evans, chaperone, the 25 girls made the trip on a chartered bus. and spent their night at a govern ment tourist earn)) on the Potomac iriver. Bus drivers were J. S. Dillard and Charlie Slaughter. Places visited included: Congress- ! ional Library, Mt, Vernon. Lee’s home, Arlington National cemetery, Washington monument. Smithsoni an Institute, Capital. Zoological | park. Catholic monastry. Luray Cavens. Va., and Skyline Drive. In the Capitol the students saw the House of Representatives in session. The group attended services Sun- | day at Temple Baptist church, pastor j of which is a native of the Bushy! Fork section. Dr. John E. Briggs. Students taking the trip were: Peggy Whitt, Mae Love Walker,: Jane Robinson, Louise Saunders,! Christine Painplin. Kay Francis j Moore, Juanita Gravitte, Patsy Beam. 1 Joan Chisholm, Betsy Long. Gertie! Bradsher, Tillie Wilkerson, Lois ! Evans, Reona Dixon. Ann Briggs ! Moore. Peggy Clayton, Jessie Win- ; stead, Doris Tatum. Glenna McKin- j ney, Mary Ruth Moore, Jean Win- i stead, Sarah Thomas, Ann Brooks, I Barbara Jane Woody, and Nancy I Jane Clayton. o j Trial Concluded jin Wreck Deaths i Louisburg.—Pleas of guilty to in j voluntary manslaughter in the death ) jof four school phildren in a bus j j wreck last March 4 were submitted i iby William Young. 16. and J. C. Young, Jr.. 22, both Negroes, in, Franklin County Superior Court, j and were accepted by Solicitor Wil- 1 j liam Y. Bickett. The two youths had been on trial ! on charges of manslaughter. Following acceptance of the pleas, j j Judge W. C. Harris of Raleigh, sen- j 1 teheed J. C. Young, Jr„ to two years j ,on the roads, suspended with five I i years probation. William Young was! i sentenced to one year on the roads, j | suspended with five years proba- ; i tion. Further condition was that the J two defendants pay one-half of the j court costs each. Charges of manslaughter against \ I the two Negroes were filed after! | four Negro children were killed | when •> loaded school bus plunged through the bridge railing into a j creek at Perry’s Pond, between Zebu lon and Bunn. , O- -- Ideal Weather ■— . i Sunn.v, blue-sky weather with a moderate temperature prevail ed here Saturday for the stag ing of the second annual Ki wanis Horse show. As the Courier-Times went to press Saturday afternoon, thou sands of persons were in town to attend the colorful event, in which more than 100 horses were to participate. Because of the early ropy deadline for this issue, a com- j plete writeup could not be given today, but will be given in Thursday’s Courier-Times. o ; Unable To Come !' E. G. Kittles of Charlotte, com- 1 mander of the North Carolina de- : partment of the Veterans of Foreign i Wars is ill and unable to come to . Roxboro Sunday, April 28, as sche- i duled. according to word received here by Commander James W. All- 1 good of the local Lewell T. Huff i post of the VFW. o Loses Finger ( Mrs. Philip Thomas lost the fore- I finger of her left hand in an accident i with an axe at her residence on ■ North Main street Saturday morn- i ing, o Copy Deadline i Because of the Easter Monday i holiday which the Courier- i Times observed along with most , business firms of Roxboro, copy deadline for this issue of the paper was Saturday noon. ( i Events which have occurred i since that time are not included ] in today’s issue. 1 Veterans Urged To Register For Primary I ; FOR CONGRESS Thurmond | Chatham of Winston-Salem, who is a candidate for Congress from the Fifth District. Mr. Chatham | saw service in World War I and ! also in World War 11. He is an ; ! industrialist, as well as a large : farmer. Durham District j v . ; ■ ; •■■ ' .• - ■'■ j Conference To Be Held At Concord ■■■■' :' j The Durham District conference 1 will be held at Concord Met hodist! church on Friday, April 26. begin- j ning at 9:45 a m. The conference j will last all day. with dinner to bej served oil the church grounds. Some 40 ministers and 300 lay j delegates are expected to attend the! meeting, at which Dr. H. C. Smith j of Durham, district superintendent, j will preside. The Durham district includes a-1 bout 40 churches in this area of the State Among churches included are those in Burlington. Chapel Hill. Hillsboro, Mebane, and Durham, as well as. those in Person County. Concord pastor is the Rev. Daniel Lane. Low Bid Low bid on the Roxboro loop road project was submitted by Nello 1,. Teer Company of Durham, in the amount of $332,474.10. ac cording to announcement by the Slate Highway and Public Works Commission in Raleigh Thursday. The project calls for grading, paving and structures on 2.2 miles of U. S. 501 from a point approxi- i matcl.v 460 feet south of N. C. 57 1 in Roxboro to a point near the j intersection of 501 and Route 49. j A previous bid on the same pro- | ject was rejected about two months j ago baeuse it was considered too 1 high. 450 Students Eat In School Cafeteria Approximately 75 per cent of the fiOO students at Roxboro high school are now availing themselves of the opportunity to eat well-balanced lunches in the school cafeteria at a cost of only 15 cents per meal. Jerry L. Hester, principal, said Fri- 1 day. The cafeteria, largely supported I by federal funds, offers the stu- j dents a balanced diet which is su perior to that found in many homes Mr. Hester said. He pointed out that students eating at home often 1 make a meal off one favorite food, J even when they have a variety to | to choose from; but the same stu dents, eating in the school cafeteria, will eat everything on their plates and thus obtain a balanced meal. The school is now operating the lunch room for the second year, and from 11: :25 to 1:30 each day some 450 students eat there. Lunch tickets are sold in the home rooms at the beginning of each school day, and no money is handled in the cafeteria itself. The federal government, gives nine cents for each meal served with milk, and six centa for each meal without milk. Some 360 half pint bottles of milk are consumed by the studnets each day. “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 40 Returned servicemen who desire to vote in the Democratic primary on May 25 are urged to register when the books open at the 17 polling places in the county on April 27. W. H. Harris, 111. chairman of the Person County Board of Elec tions. said that all service men who voted on special ballots while in ser vice must register before they can vote, if they were not already reg istered before entering service. The registration to vote while in service was a special registration and not permanent, and the law requires all such voters to register voting in the coming primary or voting in th coming primary or general election. Registration of an Army or Navy discharge with, the Register of Deeds is NOT registration for voting, ■ Mr. Harris pointed out. | Registration books at the various j precincts will open on Saturday, i April 27, and will be open each I Saturday at the regular polling (Places through May 11. Registrars 1 will be on duty on these Saturdays from 9 a. m. to sunset. Challenge day will be May 18. and | the primary will be, held on May | 25. Men and women still in . service ■may obtain absentee primary balr j lots upon application to Mr. Harris, i No civilians are eligible for absen- • i tee ballots during a primary. i . /- °.. Twelve Men Sent (To Fort Bragg The following 12 white men re« I ported to Fort Bragg. Thursday, • April 18. for preinduction .physical I examination, according to Selective ! Service officials: I Nathaniel Wilkerson Fox, leader, i Alfonza Dunn, James Lawrence Pix ! ley. George Thomas Fox, Bernice : Roy Foushee. William Carroll Coates, Robert Manley Whitfield, Reginald ! Haywood Jones, Robert Eugene Tate* William Garland Slaughter, Herbert Graham Rudder, and for another board, Frank Burton Myers. —a Organized Reserve Branch Set Up Headquarters of the North Caro lina military area. Raleigh, today announced that area headquarters for the Organized Reserve branch, which includes the Officers Reserve Corps and the Enlisted Reserve Corps, has been established in the Insurance building in Raleigh. This headquarters will handle administra tion and all records for those mem bers of the Reserve Corps residing !in North Carolina. I Three district headquarters, fop jthe purposes of training in the j Reserve Corps, have been set up. j They are located in the Post Offica j building in Asheville, Post Office ' building in Charlotte and in the Insurance building in Raleigh. Mrs. Sam Barnette is in charge of the cafeteria, assisted by Miss Lucille Newton and two colored women, Ida Pearl Jones and Annie Stewart. Miss Hazel Bowman of the high school faculty has charge of re j ports and finances. There are also I two teachers in charge at every I meal, one to take up tickets and another to look after the pupils. All the teachers, Mr. Hester said, are sold on the idea of the cafe teria and have cooperated fully in j the program. | The lunchroom, the principal said, I is primarily a health program. Men us, which are prepared by Mrs, Barnette, are planned from a nu trition standpoint. Monthy menu reports are submitted to the federal | office in Raleigh. On what students agreed was A below-average day, this reporter was served the following: Kidney beans, lettuce and tomato salad, yams wath raisins, one roll, a cake, orange juice and milk—aU for 15 ; Meat or a meat substltus# f|J|j served dally, when obtainable. <£ The carefully planned schedule in a minimum of line-forming an<e v ' needless confusion, r .Tf jjl

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