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DO YOU • Want to boy somethlni • Want to tell oomethinf • Want a tenant or router • Perhaps lost something. Try a Courier-Times WANT AD! VOL. LXV 400 Women To Be In City May 28th For District Meet Approximately 400 delegates are expected here Tuesday, May 28, to attend the eighth district meeting of home demonstration clubs, wlh the Person County federation as hostess. The eighth district includes five counties—Chatham, Durham, Or ange, Person and Wake. Mrs. Virginia S. Swain, family life specialist of the North Carolina State College Extension service, will be principal speaker at the all-day meeting. Program plans were made In Durham on April 12 by representa tives from the five counties. Dele gates from Person were: Mrs. E. L. Wehrenberg, who represented the adult neighborhood leader organiza tion; Mrs. L. M. Gillis, representing adult 4-H neighborhood leaders; Mrs. c. C. Jackson, project leader; Mrs. A. H. Clay and the home agent, Miss Evelyn Caldwell, who were del egates for the district planning meeting; and Mrs. B. B. Bullock, who was the representative of the County Council group, but was un able to attend because of sickness in her family. Over 200 Attend Flower Show Here Person County’s third annual flow er show, held in the library building Friday and Saturday, attracted some 224 persons, it was announced by the chairman, Mrs. Margaret L. Howard. There were 51 entries in the show, .and they included many different \cliyip of flpwers. Mrs. Howard said the show was the most successful held so far. Public response was very good, she said. More than $44 was raised through the silver offering. The show was sponsored by the Person County Public library. Judges were: Mrs. Raymond Winstead, Mrs. R. L. Wilburn, and Mrs. J. H. Hughes. Blue ribbons for first prize and red ribbons for second prize were awarded as follows: Grades 1 and 2 of East Roxboro school, red ribbon for roses Mrs. R. B. Griffin, red ribbon for pansies; Mrs. Margaret L. Howard, blue ribbon for “shadow box” arrangement of roses and blackberry blooms; Mrs. James Win stead, red ribbon for mixed flowers; Mrs. Margaret L. Teague and Miss Mary Wagstaff, blue ribbon for mixed flowers. Mrs. Ernest Lunsford, blue ribbon! for peonies; Thursday Literary club, red ribbon for mixed flowers; Mrs. | Margaret L. Howard, blue ribbon for “Whistler’s Mother” arrangement; Olive Hill home demonstration club, blue ribbon for snap-dragons; Mrs. R. P. Burns, blue ribbon for rose buds; Hester Florist, blue ribbon for high geranium; W. H. Harris, red ribbon for peonies. Mrs. Emery Winstead, blue ribbon for pansies; Mrs. R. B. Griffin, red ribbon for mixed flowers; Annie Mae Owen of third grade. East Roxboro school, blue ribbon for Mother’s Day display; Grades 3 and 4 of East Roxboro school, blue ribbon for daisies and also red ribbon for mixed flowers; Mrs. E, G. Horton, blue ribbon for iris. ' Mrs. Wharton Winstead and Mrs. Burke Mewborne, blue ribbon for dinner table arrangement; Provid- i ence home demonstration club, red ribbon for iris; Mrs. R. B. Griffin, blue ribbon for roses; Ernest Luns ford, red ribbon for roses. Local BPWCIub Receives Praise Mrs. J. Alden Rogers, president of the Roxboro Business and Profess ional Women’s clubs, has received a letter from the State president, con gratulating the Roxboro club on having obtained a citation for mem bership extension during the past year. The letter is from Dr.. Irma Hend crson-Smathers of Asheville, presi dent of the North Carolina Federa tion of BPW clubs. It reads; "Your club is> to be congratulated on having obtained the membership extension citation from National for this year. “I am very proud of your work and want you to be sure to attend and have a good delegation present at the Saturday night banquet in Charlotte, June 15, to formally re ceive his award.” J. W. NOELL, EDITOR The meeting will be the first time since 1940 that Person County has had the pleasure of entertaining the five comics which made up the eighth district. Miss Caldwell said that big plans are being made by the club members to assure the success of the city. Wartime restrictions have cut at tendance at district meetings during the past few years. Now that such restrictions have been lifted, it is expected that there will be approxi mately 400 club women attending the meeting here. The district meeting, Miss Cald well said, is a day that all club members look forward to with real anticipation, not only for the fellow ship of the occasion but also for the inspiration gained by hearing of work beipg done in , neighboring counties and by the challenge which the speaker makes to the group. Group singing will be led by Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace Woods of Roxboro. Each of the 12 clubs of Person County has been assigned a definite part in the arrangements for the meeting. Olive Hill School Finals Announced Plans for finals at Olive Hill school'* WeVe announced today by the principal, Mrs. Emory WinsteaJ. j On Tuesday evening. May 21, at I 6 o’clock, the Parent-Teacher asso [ ciation will have its annual pic nic. At 8 o'clock on the same evening, the guests will be entertained at a piano recital, to be given by pupils of Miss Josephine Evans. On Thursday evening, May 23. at 8 o’clock, graduation exercises for the seventh grade will be hel l. Guest speaker will be D. D. Rhodes, graduate student in the Divinity school at Duke University, Durham. He is a graduate of the Louisville Seminary and is pastor of some churches. The seventh grade graduating class has 16 members. Pre-School Clinic Slated At Helena Helena school will hold a pre school clinic at 9:30 Wednesday morning. May 15. All patrons who have children who will be six years old before October 1 should bring the children to the school on that date. Parents a.re invited to come with the children and be guests of the school for lunch. Parents finding it impossible to attend may send their children on the school bus with an older brother or sister or a neighboring child. The child's name and age should be given correctly to the child to be given to. the nurse or doctor. o Ministers Meet Next Monday An adjourned meeting of the Per son County Ministerial association will be held next Monday morning, May 20, at 10 o'clock at Long Me morial Methodist church, accord ing to the president, the Rev. George W. Heaton. No meeting was held to day because several ministers were out of town. ■ /Uo+Uf *lhe. m I am definitely a big shot now. So is Gene Thompson. We both were invited and attended the Banker’s Convention at Pinehurst last week. Os course we were not bankers but we were guests of Gordon Hunter and David Brooks of the local bank and no one else there knew that we were not bankers. We Walked around the lobby of the big hotel with a badge on our coat and looked as Important as anyone else—and felt that way too. We did not have a room at the hotel but we borrowed the use of one -from a friend and that made it so that we could ride the elevator up and down and retire to our room for a nap. Bankers are njee fellows—l do want to ge) this point over—Just get them out of the bank and they act fine. I know because I have been buddying with them. I was of the same rank and file for a whole day and altho we all acted very dignified and proper no one could say that we were not good fellows. I liked the convention. It sorter put me where I could walk into the bank and say—" Hello Dave—Let's renew that note again.'' ®he Courier-Cimes * » " SPEAKER AT NATIONAL MEET ING—R. L. Harris, president of the North Carolina Cotton Man ufacturers association and for mer lieutenant governor of North Carolina, who tomorrow will ex tend greetings from his associa tion to the American Cotton Man ufacturers association, which is this week celebrating its sesqui centennial at Pinehurst. Tuberculosis Data Given By Garvin At Kiwanis Meet The No. l health problem in Person County is still tuberculosis, even though much hus been done to combat this dread disease. Dr. O. David Garvin, district health officer, declared in a talk to the Roxboro Kiwanis club Monday night. Dr. Garvin praised the Kiwanis club for the money which it has contributed to the drive against tuberculosis, but pointed out that much remains to be done. There are now 21 TB patients, 13 negroes and 8 whites in the State Sanitarium from Person County, the health officer said. Each patient ! costs the State $7.50 per day, of which the individual or the County must pay 50 cents per day. Thus $315 per month is being spent by Person county people or the County for the support of TB patients. In addition, there are 11 more persons who need Sanitarium treat ment immediately, Dr. Garvin said. A total of 10 active TB cases have developed in the County since the first of the year—4 whites, 2 Indian, and 4 Negro. A riumber of cases of “arrested TB” have also developed. Dr. Garvin said that since it takes about five weeks to get a patient into the Sanitarium even after admission has been requested, there is need for beds to be acquired, to accommodate such people during the waiting period. The chain of contact in the home, he said, must be broken as soon as possible. He advised that a number of beds be set aside for TB cases in the Perhon County Memorial hospital when it is coirfpleted. Such TB cases, he said, would not endanger other patients in the hospital at all, since •'it is the unknown, not the known, TB case which is most dangerous.” Dr. Garvin explained the operation of the Healthmobile, or portable ex amination unit, which is now being used by the health department. The truck and equipment are in need of certain repairs, he said, and the Kiwanis club agreed to donate about $142 for this purpose. B. B. Strum, chairman of the Christmas seal sale committee of the club, gave a report on the amount of money collected and the amount spent so far. o- ARRIVES HOME Cpl. Dolian Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kitchin Harris, has arrived home after spending 18 months in the European theatre. He was in the army for 28 months. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, MAY, 13, 1946 Ex-Band Leader To Resume Post Only one change in faculties of Roxboro district schools was made by the district school board in their meeting Thursday afternoon. The board accepted the resignation of Miss Mary Earle Wilson as band j instructor, and elected Johnny I Thompson to the position, which he held prior to entering the Army in July, 1942. I District Principal Jerry L. Hester, principals of the four graded schools, and faculties of all schools were re elected at the board meeting. Grad ed school principals are; Central. Miss Inda Collins; Longhurst, L. M. Yates; Cavel, Miss Mabel Montague; and East Roxboro, Miss Ruth Sims. The boar d expressed its apprecia tion for the work which has been . done during the past year by Mr. Hester, the graded school principals, and all teachers. Members of the board are; C. A. Harris, chairman, Mrs. S. B. Win stead, secretary, J. W. Green, R. D. Bumpass, and R. M. Spencer. Band Concert Roxboro high school band will present a spring concert in the high school auditorium Sunday afternoon. May 19, it has been an nounced by the band director. Miss Mary Earle Wilson. The public is cordially invited to attend this free performance, which will get nndcnvay at 4 p. m. Long Memorial Revival Closes The Revival services conducted , during jthejflpst week at,, Long ,i§e j morial Methodist church came to a 1 1 close yesterday morning. The Rev. ■ \ C. P. Womack, who had been preach 1' ing daily, brought a forceful mes -11 sage on the ‘‘Christian Home". The large congregation which overflow ' ed into the Sunday school auditor i ium taxed the capacity of the build- : ing. Before the sermon, a large class of adults was baptized and received into the membership of the church and a number was received by transfer from other churches, a to j tal of 23. Eight or ten others have given their names for membership who could not be present and will i be received at a later date. During the week preceding the revival four visiting ministers as-1 sisting the pastor in conducting a Visitation evangelistic campaign. These were teamed with laymen who visited more than 50 homes which resulted in 25 giving their names for church membership. This visitation campaign is to continue for the remainder of the year. i Surplus Property Sales At Butner Are Announced Sale of surplus post material to veterans only will be held at Camp Butner on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, according to Bob Whitten, Person County Veter ans Service officer. To establish priority, the veteran needs either the original or a certified copy of his discharge. Sales will be held from 9 to 12 and 1 to 4:30 daily in Building 5374, which is reached by entering Gate 2 j and turning left on a street, Whitten said. Whitten has inspected the proper ty and has full information on the amount, price, and quality. The equipment for sale includes cash registers, soft drink vending ma chines, restaurant equipment, motion picture projectors, phonograph play- I ers, radios, barber shop equipment, and musical instruments. No veteran may purchase more than $2,500 • worth of the property, | and each buyer must state that his ■ purchases are for his own use and not for resale. Property not disposed of on the above dates will be offered to the ' public May 30, Whitten said. o Reelected Principal c. E. Mabe and all mem- j bers of the faculty at Bushy Fork school have been reelected for the 1946-47 school term. Supt. R. B. Griffin said Saturday. The Bushy i Fork school board took the action in i a recent meeting. HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT • Miss Shelton, who is also glee club instructor, has been pinch-hitting as band instructor while Mr. Thomp son has been in service. In com menting on her resignation from I the band position, Principal Hester 1 said, "Miss Wilson has done a wond erful job with the band while Mr. Thompson has been gone, and the whole community appreciates her fine work." Mr. Thompson, a native 1 of New York, served as band instructor at Roxboro high school for a year and three months prior to entering the Army. He was in service three and a half year, having been discharged in December of 194 u. In the Army he was connected with an 18-piece band which worked with USO and Red Cross clubs. He stayed in the Euro pean Theatre of Operations for about 18 months. “I am happy to be back in Roxboro and to be taking over the high school band again," Mr. Thompson said. Pastor Visits Former Charge After 25 Years From 1919 to 1922 the Rev. W. E. Qoode was pastor of the Baptist church here, and we can truthfully say that he and his good wife were loved by practically every man. woman and child in the town—for Roxboro was only a town at that time. During the absence of the pastor, who is attending the South ern Baptist convention in Miami, the pulpit committee began looking |«fe<fnd for someone to fill the pul i pit. Having learned that Mr. Goode, who for many years was pastor of the j Baptist church in Scotland Neck, | had retired, the committee invited , him to visit us and preach. He ac | cepted and on Sunday morning he 1 came to be with us for the week-end. ! He was greeted by a full house, with standing room only for the late comers. His old-time friends greeted him enthusiastically and they were not disappointed in him, for he surely brought a Mothers Day message which was of the highest order. It was the first time he had filled this j pulpit in twenty-five years, but I time has dealt kindly with him, and I he looks as if he might be good for ! at least twenty-five years of active work, which all of his friends hope will be the case. And with their best wishes goes the prayer that he will not delay his next visit long. o Roxboro Woman's Photo Turns Up in Daily Paper "You never know what's going to happes next," says Mrs. Eloise Newell Demarest, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Newell. Here’s her proof of the statement: About a year ago, she was in St. Petersburg, Fla. While on the beach, clad in a bathing suit, she began eating a large piece of watermelon. She had such a happy look on her face that a friend decided to take her picture. Mrs. Demarest smilingly l>osed —and then promptly forgot the : whole incident. Saturday morning, she picked up a copy of the Greensboro Daily News, On page two she found a double-column picture sent out by the Associated Press—the very same picture for which she had posed about twelve months ago. It was used as an illustration of the bene fits of Florida sunshine. Mrs. Demarest still is wondering how the AP acquired the picture. —, o Chatham Friends Visit Roxboro Harvey Laffoon of the Elkin Tri bune, president- of the North Caro lina Press Association and publicity manager for the campaign of Thur mond Chatham, candidate for con gress from this district, and Mr. Mc- Daniel of Elkin were Roxboro visi tors Friday morning. While here they favored this of fice with a call. They are canvassing every county In the district and of course, are very enthusiastic over Mr. Chatham's chances. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE 8%. .JBB wgm Br : ! WILL SPEAK HERE—Thurmond Chatham, candidate for Congress, will speak in the Person county courthouse at 8 p. m. Wednesday, May 15. He was invited here by a group of veterans who arc in terested in promoting his candi dacy. Whitten Explains On-Job Training To Rotary Club The Roxboro Rotary club met at Hotel Roxboro Thursday, The meet ing was opened with the singing of : one verse of "America," followed'by prayer led by the Rev. Charles P. Womack, a visiting minister. Program was in charge of Coy Day. He presented Bob Whitten, veterans service officer for Person County, j who discussed some of the benefits i to which veterans are entitled under the GI Bill of Rights, and explained in detail the on-the-job training program for veterans. Mr. Whitten stated that almost every firm in Roxboro can qualify for such train ing courses, and he hopes soon to be able to report 100 per cent coopera- I tion from Roxboro firms in this I program. Details on the program j may be obtained from Mr. Whitten (in the basement of the courthouse. !■ ■ In addition to the Rev. Mr. i Womack, the following guests were j present: The Rev. B. H. Houston of Long Memorial Methodist church and his son, Ben Houston, Jr„ who was recently discharged after over seas service, Thomas Long, son of Rotarian Fred Long, who was also recently discharged, and a Rotarian from the Raleigh club. I Wallace Woods was appointed official delegate to the district Rotary conference to be held in Elizabeth City May 12, 13 and 14. Mr. and Mrs. Woods will have charge .of singing and accompaniment at the convention, the invitation having come from John Holmes, district i governor of Edenlon, who will pre | side at the conference. Elected as a new Rotary member was D'Arcy Bradsher. retail hard ware merchant. C. C. Jackson, chair man of the food collection committee in Person County, made a short talk in which he . gave details of the plans for obtaining food to aid starv ing peoples abroad. The drive in this county, he said, will last from May 15 to 31. Woods Will Lead Song Program Rotarian Wallace Woods and wife. Rotaryann Mabel Woods, are attending the district meeting of Rotary in Elizabeth City this week, j By special invitation the Woods will be in charge of the music during the meeting. Wallace and Mabel have made for themselves quite a reputation as song leaders and are frequently called upon to lead Ro- | tary gatherings. Heavy Docket Faces Davis On First Day When T. Fitz Davis resumes his post Tuesday as prosecuting at torney for Person recorder’s court, he will have the heaviest County court docket which has been sche duled here in some time, and per haps the heaviest ever scheduled, here, according to Clerk of Court A. M. Burns, Jr. As of this morning. 47 cases had been slated, with more expected dur ing the day, Mr! Burns said. Os the 47 cases, traffic cases total 27. Nine persons will be tried on charge of driving drunk, 5 on charge of speeding, 4 on charge of care less and reckless driving, and 4 on Each Person Asked To Give One Can In Food Collection Food collections in Person county for the benefit of starving popula tions abroad will be held between May 15 and May 31, C. C. Jackson, chairman of the drive, has an nounced. Goal of the drive has been set at 25,000 cans of food in tin, which virtually one can for every man, woman and child in the County, Mr. Jackson said. Assisting in the collections will be memgers of 4-H and home dem onstrations clubs throughout the county. Also asked to help are all civic, fraternal and other organiza tions, including Rotary, Exchange, BPW, Kiwanis, Junior Order, Ma sons, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Legion. Collection centers throughout the county will be designated and an nounced, the chairman said. Persons who cannot give food in canned tins are asl&d to give money, 35 cents being considered the equivalent of one can of food. This money will be used to buy food. The emergency food collections are being made throughout the na tion on behalf of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Adminis tration. Slogan of the drive is, "Will You Give That They May Live?" Each member of the organiza- Summer Concerts Planned By Band Longhurst Plans 1' - . Commencemeni Commencement exercises at Long - i hurst school will be held in the | school auditorium at 8 o’clock on I the evening of Tuesday, May 21. I Principal L. M. Yates announced I today. The Rev. Daniel Lane, Methodist minister, will be principal speaker. He will be introduced by R. L. Har* ris. The seventh grade graduating class will have 15 members. Mar shalls will be Carol Bowes. Bobby Greene, Lawrence Roberson, and Eleanor Wilborn. Invocation will be given by the Rev. C. G. McCarver. McLeen Solo mon will give the salutatory, and Mildred Henderson will present the valedictory. Benediction will be by the Rev. Auburn C. Hayes. o i Brooks Preaches In Havana Church • > The Rev. and Mrs. J. Boyce Brooks, who have been away from Roxboro for the past several days, I will return here Saturday, accord | ing to word received during the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks recently have spent several days in Cuba studying mission work and sight seeing. Last Sunday morning Mr. Brooks preached at the First Bap tist church in Havana. From Cuba they were to go to Miami tins week to attend the Southern Baptist con vention meeting. In their letter Mr. and Mrs. Brooks stated that they were having a very enjoyable and interesting trip. charge of not having operator’s li cense. Miscellaneous charges make up the other five traffic cases. Eight cases involving whiskey— including public display, possession, drinking in a public place, and pos session for sale —are expected to be heard. The two other most fre quent charges are carrying a con cealed weapon, and presenting worthless checks. Other cases: Disorderly conduct In a public building, assault, as sault and battery with a deadly weapon, larceny and assault, em-. bezzlement, and non-support'. Judge F. O. Carver win preside at the session of recorder’s court. 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 46 tions named above will be asked to’ bring a can of food for each member of his or her family to a meeting of the organization between May 15-31. Only foods packed in tin are ac ceptable, because of the difficulty of handling food for overseas ship ment. Tin cans of food are conven ient to handle and ship and are suit able for individual collection and distribution. Priority will be given to milk .condensed, evaporated, or dried), meat fish, and peanut butter. Next on the list are baby foods, baked beans, stews, soups, honey, fruits, juices, and vegetables. President Truman said, "Our na tional self-respect and our duties as human beings demand that we do all possible to stop the spread of famine." , Herbert H. Lehman, former di rector-general of UNRRA, said, “We are facing the most critical situa tion in respect to food that this world has known within living mem ory. People are starving all over tlie world—including the countries we fought to liberate—and they are going to starve much more, I’m a fraid, in the months to come”. "Food is necessary all over Europe and must be sent to preserve the peace,' ■" General Dwight D. Eisen hower declared. Johnny Thompson, newly elected band instructor at Roxboro high school, is trying to arrage for the band to put on a series of puWid concerts during the summer months, he said Saturday. Plans are incomplete as yet, but members of the band have been polled and more than 90 percent of them have indicated a desire to par ticipate in such a program, Mr. Thompson stated. “Everything looks very favorable, and we certainly hope our plans will go through,’ the band leader declar ed. The three men's civic clubs of 1 Roxborc are being asked to raise a ; to tal of $l5O for the band leader’s salary during the summer, and the county commihsioners will be re quested to appropriate enough money to purchase a shell-type band stand. Favorable reaction' has re* cently been received from two of tha t civic clubs. Under the proposed program, tha band would present one concert a j week during the months of June, , July and August. What time thesa programs would be held each week has not yet been decided. Purpose of the concerts, according to Mr. Thompson, would be two-foldf First, they would be educational for the band students, and second, they would represent; a popular and badly needed type of recreation for tha public. Part of the program at each con* cert, the band leader said, would ba devoted to group singing, led by Mr, and Mrs. W. Wallace Woods. , o Nine Cases Heard In City Court In city court today, Mayor S. G. Winstead heard nine cases. Eight men were convicted of drunkenness. In the other case, Lacey Wagnoq was conyicted of blocking a sf&*> walk with his parked automobile. Drunkenness cases involved: Frank Day, Floyd Phelps, Adrine Mooney, and Owen Tuck, white men, ana the following Negroes: Jack Crisp, GerVus Brinkley, John Pfettiford and Junius Faulkner. COMING UP... j TONIGHT ; 6:15 Kiwanis, Hotel Roxboro, l'.;i TUESDAY 10 a. m. Recorders court. VjJ 6:15 p. m. Business and Profeaia*jip|j al Women * club. Hotel Roxboro.^ 7:30 Veterans of Foreign War% USO building. . 7:30 Masons, Lodge Halt, WEDNESDAY 2:00 City commissioners meet, 'CM* Hall. 5 | 6:45 Exchange, RecreAttw Centtfcl 8:00 Thurmond Chatham apeak* Court house, ! TUITDOnaaf - 6'30 ga ■ .'JEW