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DO YOU—*— • Want to buy something • Want to sell something • Want a tenant or renter • Perhaps lost something. Try a Courier-Times WANT AD! VOL. LXV to Motherhood goe{ TmxKwTN*- back totnt Ancient Romans. 5 ■ TEMPLES Wfrßfr BUILT IN HONOR. OF THE 'yHIVWju MiiemKr£& /r Ji MoTHEq-GoDPtss,"niLAß.iA”, and on her, fsfvnTnh' FfcSTivAL DAy, Gifts were Brouoht to vVm 1 111 | ™ 6 TtMPLti By mt t * OMAN PEOPLE. - ’ffij/yi lW3Jstr<ZaMW 176 C&miRV ENGLAND ike fourth Sunday ”< I ln k €n t become known as “Mothering Sunday. Ll> Boy and girl apprentices were permitted so |R- sP? n d that day with their Mothers, bringing gifts "fc-V \\ nf sim net cake or plum pudding. Such a visit ssgiwof called "going a-motherings JAMES M C NEILL WHISTLER \;The- first observance c/Mother's Day dUtingohhad Anurian painter jin Philadelphia, i9os, was SUGGESTED ' hfe •. . -. j»y< By Anna M. Jarvis who hap arranged a 1 ss _7 Service to her cwn Mother. WOft.D MMM MwtlM. V •♦NO Aftti ST’S . ON may *«« 1914, the Second MOTHER, Sunday in May was officially Designated as "Mother's Day" EACH ytAR By a JOINT RESOLUTION of Congress , Signed By Presidem Diy. i*M6, AMGtL MpTwtß' Americas millions will pay tribute to Mother with sincere messages of devotion expressing their ,'yeiz love and respect for the dearest , *<jf person in all world,-"AAOT'KE-R'.' Saturday Is Last Day To Register Registration* books will be closed at sunset Saturday, May 11, for voting in the Democratic primary on May 25, W. H, Harris, 111, chair •man of the Person County board of elections, said today in urging all citizens who expect to vote to be sure their names are registered by citing time. Mr. Harris said he wanted especi ally to urge veterans to register if they have not already done so. Many veterans, he pointed out, voted while in the Army by special registration, but such registration was temporary and ceased to be in effect when the serviceman was discharged. If the veteran wishes to vote in the primary, he must eft/* permanent registration un less' he was permanently registered before he went into srvice. The 17 polling places in the county will be open,from 9 a. m. to sunset Saturday for registration. No registration shall be allowed on the day of the primary, except that if any person shall become qualified to register and vote, after the time for registration has ex pired,' he shall be allowed to register ofrfelection day. Any person who has become 21 years old between the time when the books closed for registration and the day of the primary, or the next general election and who is otherwise a qualified voter, and who desires to' register and vote as a member of a political party, may do so. Mr. Harris said that some pre c!*'/ts have reported heavy regis- Person Bov Writes [Article For 'Post' Dwight L. Gentry, Person County ycSLh who is now working for his master’s degree at the Northwestern Graduate School of Commerce, has a lengthy article in the May 11 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, well known national magazine. “Should We Have a More Demo cratic Army?” is the title of the article, with Gentry, a veteran of World War 11, taking the negative An article giving affirmative views, written by a former “Stars anji Stripes" reporter, appears alongside Gentry’s. Gentry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Gentry of Allensville com munity. He attended Allensville high school and Elon College. He entered the Army in 1941 as a private, become a non-commissioned J. W. NQELL, EDITOR Will Demonstrate Sheep Shearing On Rogers Farm H. M. Stamey, of State College Livestock Extension force, will be on the farm of H. Roy Rogers, of the Bushy Pork community, to give a demonstration on sheep shearing Tuesday, May 14, at 9 a. m„ using the latest available make of electric shears. Mr. Stahiey will shear three head, and it is the plan to have farmers present shear one or more head. Mr. Stamey is a specialist along this line. All sheep growers are in vited to attend this demonstration to learn more about the best, way to shear sheep. By shearing one or more sheep under the direction of an expert, you will be able to do a better job of shearing your flock, County Agent H. K. Sanders said. tration, since the books were opened on April 27. It is expected that vot ing in the primary will be heavier in the county this year than it has been in some time. A number of local contests, plus a warm Congres sional race, have resulted in an in crease in political interest and activity here during reent weeks. officer, and, after 18 months, was commissioned a second lieutenant. Later he was promoted to first lieutenant. He was a member of the 115th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Di vision, and served in France, Hol land and Germany. He was wounded in action four times, the last time so seriously that he had to spend the final ten months of his Army career in various hospitals. He holds the Purple Heart with three clusters, the Bronze Star with three clusters, and the Silver Star, the latter hav ing been awarded for “gallantry in action." He is 26 years old, and recently he was married to Lt, Alice K. McGlrt, Army Nurse Corpfc, formerly erf Hamlet. He plans to go into adver tising or personnel work. ®je Couricr-tEimes HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT Pressure Controls Needed, Says Green Pressures on our educational sys tem as it exists today are' amazingly acute, and they must- be recognized and dealt with promptly or our whole school system may .ater be in for a rather rude shaking up, Dr. C. Sylvester Green, editor of the Durham Morning Herald, declared here Tuesday night in an address to the Roxboro high school Parent - Teacher association. Dr, Green described these pres sures as follows: First, a growing pressure for localized administra tion of education, which, when car ried to the extreme, would have the individual school serve its own com munity basically and first of all; second, an effort to revamp the educational program for the bene fit of pfiysically handicapped chil dren without giving proper con sideration to students who are handicapped in other ways, such as socially and mentally: and third, the conflict between the traditional philosophy of education and the new “Progressive Education” of this century. As controls' on these three pres sures, Dr. Green recommended: Establishing within our own minds a true difinition of education and Vick Speaks At Memorial Opening Approximately 400 persons at tended the memorial service and opening games of the 1946 softball season on the Roxboro high school athletic grounds Monday night. Jerry L. Hester, principal of Rox boro high school and president of the Person County Softball League, gave a short welcome address, in which he pointed out the import ance of softball as a part o's com munity recreation. "We have heard and read much about recreation in Roxboro and Person County in recent years,” Mr. Hester said; "however, the summer softball program is about all that has been done along this line. We believe that the program is very worthwhile, for it provides clean, wholesome recreation for a large number of players and spec tators." The Rev. T. Marvin Vick, former Person county minister and a veteran of World War 11, made a short t.alk in honor of former local softball and baseball players who were killed in action during the last war. He recalled having been present at the opening of night softball in Person County some seven or eight years ago, and said he was glad to see that the program is still being carried on so enthusi astically, “It is fitting," Mr. Vick declared, “that this opening be held in honor of those boys who did not come back. I am sure they Would appreci ate it. and on behalf of them I wish to thank you with all my heart." He pointed out that soldiers and sailors overseas played softball and baseball whenever they had the opportunity, improvising balls, bats, bases, and other equipment when ever necessary. Servicemen, he said, learned the importance of play in the life of any individual. But they know also how to carry on in the “game of life,” and they did their job well. “I congratulate you people of Per son county for this fine program which you are providing for your youth, and I wish you every suc cess,” Mr. Vick concluded. Following his remarks, a moment of silent prayer was held, and the Roxboro high school band then played "The Star Spangled Ban ner.” Mr. Vick threw out the open ing ball. In the first contest, Cavel girls beat East Roxboro 15-13. The sec ond game, between Knight’s boys and Helena Methodist Sunday school boys, resulted in a 13-11 vic tory for Knight's. Between games, Fred Bishop made a motion that a letter of sym pathy be written to the family of j. j. (Dick) Woody, former presi dent of the softball league who 's now seriously ill. The motion was unanimously passed. , o Wesleyan Church The Rev. Paul Rahenkamp, pas tor, announces regular services at Wesleyan Methodist chuprch, North Main street, next Sunday, as fol-, olws: Sunday school, 10 a. m.; morn ing worship service, 11 a. m.; eve ning service, 7:30 p. m. Everyone is welcome. s ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA making our program effective in carrying out that definition; a dis criminative selection of students tor the higher grades and for colleges and universities; and better train ing and better compensation for members of the teaching profession. In regard to “Progressive Educa tion," the speaker declared that there is now a definite trend away from "these subtle techniques whicli crack up and leave nothing” back to the traditional basis, which em phasizes the practical approach I knowledge and recognizes discipline as a factor in teaching. This return to the traditional Dr. Green referred to as “one of tlu most significant movements of our time." His own definition of education, he said, includes the concept of the liberal arts and sciences as the basis and framework for the whole structure. “Too many high school gradu ates go to college.” the speaker declared, adding that we may have to force upon ourselves a system to select more carefully the boys and girls who will be permitted to enter college. He said it was his belief —1 See GREEN Page Four)— N&W Takes Off Two Local Trains In compliance with orders from governmental authorities to con serve coal,'made necessary Ajy the bituminous coal miners’ strike, the Norfolk and Western Railway “is compelled to discontinue ten of its passenger trains whjch operate 25 per cent of the railroad’s passenger train mileage, effective 12:01 a. in. on May 10,” company officials an nounced today. Trains No. 36 and 37 between Lynchburg and Durham will be discontinued today. No. 36 is the 8:27 a. m. northbound, and No. 37 is the 10:30 p. m. southbound. The new schedule will leave two trains in operation between Lynch burg and Durham: northbound, leaves Roxboro at 4 p. m., and southbound, leaves Roxboro at 3:05 p. m. Among the trains which will be taken out of service is the Pow hatan Arrow, new all-coach stream liner running between Norfolk and Cincinnati. An additional 25 per cent of N&W passenger train mileage will be dis continued on May 15. o Special Services Special Mother's Day services will be held at Mt. Tirzah Methodist church Sunday morning and at the Helena Methodist church Sun day night at 7:30, it has been an nounced by the pastor, the Rev, Floyd G. Villines. Scout Camp To Be Opened On June 16 Camp Cherokee, official Boy Scout camp of the Cherokee Coun cil, will open June 16 and close July 27. These dates were approved by the executive board at a meet ing held in Burlington on May 3. General director of the camp will be Scout Executive John B. Oakley. Jr. Assistant Executive Douglas L. Kelley will be resident director, with White T. Reecer, Held executive, as business manager. Other additions to the staff will be announced later. The camp will be equipped to take care of 80 campers per period. In its meeting, the executive board also accepted the resignation of Negro Field Executive C. H. Chalmers, effectiv May 15; approved the manpower project as presented by O. B. “Country” Gorman, deputy regional Scout executive; and au thorized the inter-racial committee to raise SIO,OOO for the purpose cf building a camp to serve the Negfo Scouts of the Council. Reports indicated definite pro gress in all phases of Scouting. Membership showed a net increase of 235 leaders and boys, bringing the total to 2,596. There are 106 units in THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1946 $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Legion To Meet ■ The American Legion will meet at 7:30 Saturday night at the Legion hut on Chub Lake street. Main item of business is expected to be a re port from the nominating commit tee on new officers for the post, of which J. Y. Blanks is now com mander. Bible Pupils Hold Chicken Supper; Dr. Green Speaks I Students of the Roxboro high school Bible department held a I chicken* supper in the school cafe teria Tuesday night, at which the I guests were the ministers of Per son Cqunty and representatives of business concerns which have sup ported the Bible teaching program since it was started at Roxboro high two years ago. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Syl vester Green, editor of the Durham Morning Herald, who was intro duced by the Bible instructor, the Rev. Fred Bishop. Talmadge Mundy presided, and Manley Whitfield gave the address of welcome, to which the Rev. Bc:i Houston responded. Mr. Bishop introduced guests. Louise Yarbrough gave a brief talk on “What Bible in the School Has Meant to Me.” Short talks on Bible departments in -thor schools were given by Miss Vivian Hiers and the Rev. C. P. Womack. The supper was served by mem bers of Miss Opal Brown's home economics department. Dr. Green congratulated the Bible department for Its acc >m plishments, and said he hoped it would grow until it becomes “one of the greatest factors in the life of Person County.” The Bible, he j said, is great literature, but it is also a masterful portrayal of life. As we study it, something big gets hold of us, and life becomes more meaningful, with the result that our conduct is changed, we have more selfcopfidence, and we practice a 1 new type of consecration. o Library To Have Flower Show Here Friday, Saturday I The public is urged and invited to attend the third annual flower show, to be held in the Person County Public Library Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, from 1 to 6 p. hi.. according to the chairman, Mrs. Margaret L. Howard. Persons entering flowers in the show should take them to the li brary between 9 and 11 o’clock Fri day morning, Mrs. Howard said. Ribbons wilt be awarded as prizes, | The library is sponsoring the flower show, for the third consecu tive year. o To Visit Schools Members of the Person County Board of Education will spend all day Tuesday visiting various schools in the county to get firsthand in formation on building needs, Supt. j R. B. Griffin said today. The board will visit the schools | in a body. j This is probably the first time the I County board has ever undertaken (to make such visits, Mr. Griffin said. the Council. Negro membership in cludes 562 Scouts, Cubs and leaders in 23 troops and two packs. Mr. Gorman, former executive of Cherokee Cohncii presented the need for enlarging the organization and extension and the leadership training committee to a seven-man committee in each of the five dis tricts. The manpower plans call for enlarging the commissioner’s staff to one man and a buddy for each three units. Mr. Gorman will re main in the Council for several weeks to help put these plans into effect and to help train committee members and commissioners in their duties. Mr. Gorman praised the officers, executives, and leaders of Cherokee for the splendid progress which has been made. He pointed out that more high quality men are needed to serve boys. The prevention of delinquency through Scouting, he said, is one of the important chal lenges of the day. Presiding at 'the executive board meeting was President H. E. Latham. Attending from Roxboro were C. A. Harris and J. W. Green. Three RHS Classrooms Given Approval By CPA The Person County Board of Edu cation yesterday received permission from the Civilian Production Ad ministration to go ahead with plans to build three classrooms and a cafeteria at Roxboro high school, Supt. R. B. Griffin said today. Mr. Griffin said school officials were "delighted” to hear the news, since the rooms will be needed so badly next year. There are about 100 students in the eleventh grade at Roxboro high who ordinarily would graduate this year but will return to school next fall because of addition of the twelfth grade, Principal Jerry L. Hester said. In addition, Mr. Hester said, a number of students who will finish the tenth grade at Bushy Fork this year wiill probably enroll at Rox boro high next fall. Thus, the principal explained, even if the proposed classrooms are finished by September, the Roxboro Free City Delivery Os Mail Gets Underway Next Thursday City delivery of mail will go into | effect in Roxboro on Thursday, May 16. Assistant Postmaster V. E. I Clayton announced today. I City carriers who will serve on a I temporary basis are three veterans: j Newman S. Allen, formerly connect ed with A & P here; Willie B. J Hicks of Allensville community; and | Guy S. Timberiake, former employee j of Collins & Aikman. Parcel post will be delivered by j J. W. Monk, also a veteran. Persons wishing mail to be deliver ed by carrier must give change of address at the post office. Residents will be required to get mail by city | deivery or rent a post office box. | All first class mail will be three cents per ounce. After May 15 the | one cent drop letter rate will be Boy Hit—By What? Doctor Finds Out Rougemont, a small village loca ted about half-way between Rox boro and Durham, is a quiet little place. Occasionally, though, some thing happens there which makes good newspaper copy. S Such an event happened recently. Here’s the story, as reported to the Courier-Times this week: Some time ago, Charlie Harris, about 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elzy l Harris of Rougemont, was playing I with a number of his schoolmates at the Rougemont graded school i during the lunch period. The’ group | was having a fine tame, until . . . Suddenly Charlie felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. He and his companions stopped playing, and they crowded around the boy to see what the trouble was. Charlie felt as if he had been hit on the head with a rock. In fact, he was sure of it.—and accused one of his playmates of having thrown a rock at him. Charlie’s friends joined in the accusation. The play mate denied the charge, Charlie’s teacher dressed the : wound on the youth’s head, and then he was taken home. He stayed there a day. two days, a week —but I the wound did not heal. Charlie | missed school for several weeks, but I the bruise on his head still refused to heal. Finally his parents took him to a Durham hospital for further ex amination. A physician gave the boy’s head a thorough going-over. Finally he took his instruments and began probing. Under the skin was lodged a .22 calibre rifle bullet. Where it came from, no one knows. Apparently it was simply a stray bullet which happened to hit the boy while he was playing at school. The bullet was removed, the wound healed, and Charlie is now back in school, getting along fine. Needless to say, he hasn't acciesed anyone else of throwing rocks at him. o Reelected The Helena school board and the High Plains Indian school board have recently met and reelected all principals and teachers of those schools, Supt. R. B. Griffin said today. Previously reported as hav ing been reelected are the princi pals and teachers of Allensville, Bethel Hill, Olive Hill, and Mt-. Tir zah. high school plant will still be load ed to capacity next year. Estimated cost of the classrooms is $25,000. At a meeting on Febru ary 4 of this year, the County Com missioners approved issuance of bonds to cover this cost. Mr. Hester said the present school cafeteria has a capacity of about 100, and it is hoped that the new cafeteria will have a seating capa city of about 190. After the new one is built, the old cafeteria will prob ably be used for shop work or some other type of activity. The new cafe teria will be located under the new classrooms, which will be added to the present plant. Referring to the $17,000 which was recently advanced to the County Board of Education by the Federal Works Agency, Supt. Griffin said this money would be paid to the architect for planning a grammar school at Roxboro, a high school at discontinued completely. All houses should be numbered and should have a letter box if mail is to be delivered to the resi dence. For business places, boxes are not necessary if the firm is open when the carrier passes. If closed, firms may use door slot. City carriers will deliver register ed mail and small c, o. d. parcels of light weight. Larger c. o. d. par cels will be delivered by parcel post carrier. All patrons who get c. o. d. packages are urged to have ♦he funds ready when the carrier calls. Carriers will be put on a fixed schedule and will not be able to take up too much time at any one place. T.. • Schedule of the carriers has noi been definitely arranged yet. Charlie Simpson Succumbs Al (4 Funeral services for Charlie Simp son, 64. who died Tuesday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Florie Garrett, in the Mt. Tirzah community in Person County were conducted from Bethany Baptist Church at 2 o’clock Thursday af ternoon. The Rev. Joe B. Currin officiated. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Surviving are four sons, Dewey, Milton, Millard and Gaither Simp son, all of Rougemont; one daugh ter, Mrs. Florie Garrett of Rouge mont; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Lucy Pennington of Timberlake; two sis ters, Miss Jo Simpson of Rouge mont and Mrs. George Arrington Angier; 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. o To Meet Monday The Person County Ministerial association will meet Monday morn ing at 10 o’clock at Edgar Long Memorial Methodist church. Subject for discussion will be “The Famine Relief Program.” Devotional will be given by the Rev. Daniel Lane. All ministers are asked to Contact Office Now Open For Veterans Wilburn A. Smith' contact repre sentative of the Veterans Adminis tration, announces the opening of a contact office at 11714 Abbitt street in Roxboro. in the same building in which the County Wel fare office is located. The office will be open six days a week, from 8 a. m. to 4:45 p. m. . Purpose of the contact office ?s to render every possible assistance to discharge members of the armed forces, and their dependents, in obtaining benefits to which they may be entitled under the laws administered by the Veterans Ad ministration. The objective is to REGISTER REMEMBER- IF your name Is not on the registra tion books you cannot vote —ana, don’t, forget if you fail to renew your subscription The Courier- Times will cease to visit you. Re new at once. NUMBER 45 Bethel Hill, and a Negro high school at Roxboro. The money was advanc ed by the federal government, Mr. Griffin said, to encourage local government units to proceed with plans for new buildings, so that more time will be available for the drawing up of plans before any building is done. Application for the money was ! made for three large projects only, I because the architect said he had rather proceed on the other pro j jects without any advances due to ! tile red tape involved, i When plans are made, Supt. Gris ! fin said, they will be made to in* | elude the whole Count-wide pro i gram as recently proposed by the I County Board of Educat ion, j The money advanced by the Fed | eral Works Agency is a loan which | must be repaid without interest j when construction is actually be ! gun. Over 2,000 Now Getting Benefits In Durham Area In the area serviced by the Dur ham office oi the Social Security Board there are now 2.005 persons receiving monthly benefit checks totaling $30,434.09. under Old-Ago and Survivors Insurance provisions l of the Social Security Act. Beneficiaries in the six counties of this service area include: 857 retir ed workers and their wives who have reached age 65; 87 widows 65 years old or over; 248 widows with children in their care; 795 children; 18 aged \ parents who were dependent upon a deceased son or daughter at the time of the wage-earner’s death. Nina H. Matthews, manager Os the Durham office of the Social Se curity Board explained that when a fully insured wage-earner, who is 65 years Old or mores files claim for liis monthly old-age insurance bene fits, his wife may also claim month ly benefits, if she is 65 years old or when she reaches that age. In addi tion, each of his children under age | l (18 if in school) will receive monthly benefits-except that the benefits for the entire family may not be more than twice the amount of the retired wage-earner’s own monthly payment. When an insured worker dies, leaving a widow with his children ill her care, monthly payments of sur vivors insurance are made to his widow and to his children under 16 j (18 if in school). This will be paid regardless of the age of the widow. , An insured worker's widow who has reached age 65 is eligible for bene j fils whether or not she has a child I in her care. Where the insured wage-earner dies and leaves no survivor entitled to monthly benefits, a lump-sum death payment is made to the widow or children or parents of the deceas ed, or the person who paid the burial expenses. Seventy lump sum payments amounting to $8,831.70 have been made in this area since the first ofi the year 1946. bring or send to the Rev. Auburn C. Hayes, secretary, a statistical re port on the results of the religious census. promote the prompt and efficient processing and adjudication of claims by advising and counseling with claimants, beneficiaries, and other individuals. This office is not to be confused with the Person County Veterans. Service office, located in the base ment of the courthouse anl man aged by Bob Whitten. The two offi ces have no connection. Mr. Smith formerly served in Ger many with the 20th Armored Di vision and was discharged teat October. He was recently trans ferred from the contact unit: in Greensboro to open the otttat teKte