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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 Houston To Speak At Roxboro Finals On Friday Morning Closing exercises will be held at Roxboro high school Friday morning at 10 o’clock, it was announced today by Principal Jerry L. Hester. .The regular graduating class con sists of six students. Four others who were in service will receive diplomas. There are also four post graduates. Invocation will be given by the Rev. Fred Bishop, with the Rev. B. H. Houston, Methodist minister of Roxboro, as speaker. The Rev. J. Boyce Brooks will present the Dan fort h award; the Rev. C, G. McCarv er will present -the award to the O outstanding Bible students; G. C. Hunter will present the soil conserv- Cavel, Providence To Honor Soldiers Rep. Foiger Here Today; To Speak At Bushy Fork In Roxboro today was Representa tive John H. Foiger, of Mount Airy and Washington, who is seeking reclection to the Fifth District seat in Congress, while here Mr. Foiger conferred with his campaign man ager, Sam Byrd Winstead of Roxboro, and other friends. Mr, Foiger will g. t< Bu.-.vy Fork school tonight to suede »t cornu Tice, ment exerciSSs'tliere. 'the exercises will be held in the school auditorium at 8 o'clock. It is expected that he will discuss citizenship. In discussing his campaign Mr. Foiger made the following state ment ; "In the Congressional campaign it has been indicated or charged that I am subservient to or connected with, in some way, the P. A. C. and the C. I. 0., and it has been charged that I am subservient to their will. I am in no way subservient or obligat ed to P. A. C., C. I. 0., A. F. of L., or any other organization. If I were not free to act impartially and with out any sort of restraint in perform ance of my duties as Member of Congress, I would not remain in that position or seek the office.” o Dollahite Rites Held Wednesday Funeral services were held from Woody’s Funeral Home chapel at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon for Miss Katie Angel Dollahite, Roxboro resident who died Tuesday afternoon at Community hospital, Roxboro. The rites were conducted by the Rev. B. H. Houston, assisted by the Rev. J. Boyce Brooks. Interment was in Burchwood cemetery, Roxboro. There are no close survivors. Miss Dollahite was a member of Long Memorial Methodist church. She was a native of Person county. o , Grange Person County Grange will meet at 8 p. m. Friday in the USO build ing, it lias been announced. Warren Is Mac Pilot Examiner Malcolm C. (Mack) Warren of Roxboro has been honored by the Civil Aeronautics Administration with an appointment as a private airplane pilot examiner, the first such appointment to be given to a Person county man. The CAA makes its selection of examiners on the basis of their good record and their standing in the airplane industry. No one is appoint ed with less than 1,000 hours as an instructor. Mr. Warren, who has had a pilot’s license since 1938. has 1,800 hours as an instructor and nearly 3,000 hours of total flying time. The appointment is the first to be made in Person county and probably the first in this section of the county. Surrounding towns such as Dur J. W. NOELL, EDITOR ation award; home room teachers will present reading certificates, Bible certificates, and perfect attend ance certificates. Mr. Hester will present high" school diplomas.. Regular graduates are: Robert Manley Whitfield, Glenna Virginia McKinney, Bill Joe Winstead, John Robert Kirby, Johnnie Owen Jordan, and Flem Oscar Whitt, Jr. Graduates who were in service; Sammy Claude Foushee, Robert M. Dickerson, William Francis Spencer, and Ben Dolian Winstead. Post-graduates: Emily Louise Yar brough, Mary Beatrice Day, Annie Louise Day, and Rosa Christine Slaughter. Rcturned soldiers of Providence and Cavel Baptist churches and of the two communities will be honor ed at joint all-day services to be held at the Providence church Sun day, June 2, it has been announced by the pastor, the Rev. J. N. Bow man. The morning services will begin at 11 o'clock at which time the preach ing will be done by chaplain <Capt.) Walkpr, for seven years pastor of a Baptist church in Greensboro and now hospital chaplain at the Army Air Forces ORD in Greensboro. Pic nic-style dinner will be served on the church grounds at 12:30. In the afternoon all returned soldiers, whether discharged or not, will be recognized. Soldier members and friends o; both Cavel and Providence churches and communities are cordially in vited to attend and participate, Mr Bowman said. o —•— M iss Dickens To Join Staff Os Education Office Miss Mary Lewis Dickens of Olive Hill has been named to succeed Miss Helen Reid Sanders as a mem ber of the secretarial staff of the Board of Education. Supt. R. B. Griffin announced. Miss Dickens will assume her du ties June 15. At present she is a teacher in the Leaksville schools. She is a graduate of Woman’s Col lege, Greensboro, where she toook secretarial work. Until June 15, Mrs. Ben DaVis, Jr., the former Miss Louise Darden, is helping out in the Board of Educa tion office. Mrs. Davis is a former secretary of the office. Miss Sanders resigned her posi tion because of her approaching marriage, which will take place in June. o, Methodists Plan Longhurst Series Special revival services will begin at Longhurst Methodist church Sunday, May 26, at 11 o’clock. Ser vices will be held each evening at 7:30 o’clock. The song service will be under the direction of the charge lay-leader, Paul A. Howard. The pastor, the Rev. C. G. MeCarver, will deliver the sermons through out tfie series. The public is very cordially invited to attend all of these services. Made ham, Oxford and Henderson did not have an examiner as of May 7, the date on which Mr. Warren’s appoint ment became effective. Mr. Warren said the appointment indicates that Roxboro Airport and personnel have a good standing with CAA officials. Only a limited number of examiners are appointed. Mr. Warren and his brother, Dick, operate the Warren Flying Service at Roxboro Airport. They have three planes. There are three other pri vately owned planes at the airport. Six private licenses have been given to residents of Person county since January 1 of this year, making the total number of licensed pilots in the County 20 or more, Mr. Warren said. ®fje Courtcr>®tmei3 Leaders Attend Training School On Family Life Six Person county home demon stration leaders went to Oxford Tuesday for a family life training school, held under the supervision of Mrs. Virginia S. Swain, family life specialist of the North Carolina Ex tension Service. They were Mrs. B. B. Bullock, county council president; Mrs. J. Y. Humphries, county family life leader Mrs. G. S. Slaughter of the Velma Beam club; Mrs. B. G. Crumpton of the Allensville club; Mrs. E. L. Wehrenberg of the Bethel Hill club; and Miss Evelyn Caldwell, home demonstration agent. Main purpose of the training school was to give the leaders some idea of the service they can render ! in their clubs in family life work. | Mrs. Swain, who will be principal speaker at a district meeting here next Tuesday, suggested activities which might be carried out, such as making exhibits of children’s books, preparing surprise packages for convalescent children, and working up a club family life library. Mrs. Swain also discussed with the group the factors which make up a good home and the things they could do to promote teamwork in the family. She asked that each leader go back to her home county and plan some way to put in some family life work in each club in the county. o Gorman Speaker At Scout Meet The Person County Scout Council ; held its regular monthly meeting at ! Hotel Roxboro Tuesday night at i 6:30. The meeting was held in the ! form of a supper gathering and aiieV the meal about 20 Scouters j adjourned to the USO ’hut” where ! the discussion was presided over by I J. W. Green, president of the Per ; son Council. O. B. ‘'Country" Gorman, former scout executive of Cherokee Council and now deputy regional Scout ex i ecutive out of the Atlanta office, was present at the meeting and spoke on Scout work. Mr. Gorman told the scouters how to organize a Scout troop on a business basis and emphasised getting trained men to take charge of Scouts. His talk was greatly appreciated by those pres ent. Also present was John Oakley, Jr.. ; scout executive of Cherokee Council. o Sonny Loden To Be At Helena ! Sponsored by the Helena baseball j club, Sonny Loden and his South- I erers. all-star radio show from the Carolina Barn Dance of Station WPTF in Raleigh, will be at Helena high school Tuesday, May 28, at 8 p. m. The program will include per- j formances by Sonny Loden, trick fiddling champion; Thelma, the girl wonder guitarist; Little Ruby, champion yodeler and bass player; Lois Brock and her accordion, and Artivee, America’s funniest comedy act. o District Leads In Enlistments It has just been announced by Lt. Will. F. Hoffman, public rela tions officer of the Durham re- 1 muting district, that during the first week -of May this district, which covers the Eastern part of North Carolina, enlisted more men for the Regular Army than anv other recruiting district in seven Southeastern states. Also coming in for top honors was North Carolina, which took the lead in State’ com petition for his w r eek. The number of men enlisted by the Durham District was 142. Run ning second and third out of 22 Recruiting Districts w'as the Jackson I (Miss.) District with 129 and the Charlotte (N. C.) District with 99 \ enlistments. o Midwife Classes Annual classes for midwives in person county are now being held at the health department. It has been announced by Dr. O. David Garvin, district health officer. These classes are required for every midwife before she can be licensed to practice in North Carolina. Midwives who have not registered for the classes are urged to do so. ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946 Food Drive Here Now In Proqress The emergency food collection program is now underway in Person county, and a considerable quantity Os food has already been collected, C. C. Jackson, chairman of the drive, announced today. Several civic clubs, home demon stration clubs, and 4-H clubs have agreed to cooperate in the drive in any way they can, Mr. Jackson said. Grocery wholesalers of Roxboro have agreed to collect food from those rural stores whose owners will be kind enough to accept and hold the food. Goal of the drive is 25.000 cans of food in tin, or virtually one for every * Plan Bible Schools In Three Churches 'Buddy' Long Is Named To Head Local Committee Robert Edgar "Buddy" Long, Rox ! boro attorney, was elected chairman I jof the Person County Salvation j Army Service Unit Committee at. | the first meeting of the group, held Tuesday afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce office. Speaker at the meeting was Ma j jor Laity of the Salvation Army, 1 who discussed the work and the 1 purposes of the ooganiaztion. He I said the local committee can help j greatly by raising funds and by I recommending ways in which the Salvation Army caiv be of service .in the County. Approximately 90 . per cent of funds raised is spent | locally, with the other 80 per cent ! going to the State and national J organizations. In case of emergency or disaster, more money may be ap propriated for local use. Major Laity was accompanied • here by Major Noblitt of Durham. | Other members of the Person coun (ty committee, in addition to Cliair j man Long, are Dolian D. Long. James C. Brooks, C. G. Jackson, and Earl Bradsher, Jr. i Claude E. Talley Located Here Claude E. Talley of Sempra, who on May 6 completed his terminal leave and received his discharge as j a major in the United States Army,! is now. connected with W. Roy Cates ! as a surveyor. Mr. Talley, a gradu-1 ate of North Carolina State College.! is temporarily using the office of County Accountant T. C. Brooks in the courthouse, and also the office j of Mr. Cates at his home on Chub, ; Lake street. | o Clinics Slated i A series of vaccination clinics will be held in Person county again this j year, Dr. O. David Garvin, district I health officer, announced yesterday.! Typhoid fever, whooping cough, i diphtheria, and smallpox vaccine- j will be given, The complete clinic schedule is listed elsewhere in today’s issue of the Courier-Times. I The district health department! recommends that each child be given! I whooping cough vaccine before the! age of six months; diphtheria toxoid | between six and nine motnhs; small pox in first year; and typhoid fever, one year up. It is recommended that! each adult and child ’ take three '• doses of typhoid vaccine and one dose each, year thereafter, so as to i get typhoid on a'yearly basis. Small- j pox vaccination shuold be renewed | each 5-8 years after the first! vaccination. PLAN TO VOTE Governor Cherry has set a commendable example to the people of North Carolina by inconveniencing himself in order to be able to vote in the pricary on Saturday. But Governor Cherry knows that every primary or general election is important and has wisely decided to subordinate his own con venience to his duty as a citizen. However, the vote of every other citizen is just as important and counts for just as much as that of Governor Cherry. No citizen, how ever zealous he may be in good works, can regard himself as a good citizen if he fails to perform the highest duty of citizenship, that of suffrage. As important as it is to vote, it is equally as important to vote intelligently. Every citizen has from now until Saturday to learn the qualifications of those candidates with whom he is not personally ac quainted. Every citizen should plan lo cast his or her ballott on Sat urday and that planning; should include informing himself or herself as to the qualifications of every candidate. —News & Observco HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT man, woman and child in Person county. The food will be turned over to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, for distribution to starving peoples throughout the world. Mr. Jackson emphasized the fact that money will be accepted from persons who do not have food canned in tin. One dollar is considered the equivalent of three cans of food. Persons who do not have the food should not buy it just to give in this I drive; rather, they should give the money, if food must be bought, UNRRA can buy it in large quanti ties at a much lower price than individuals can. Vacation Bible schools will be held | ncxi week by the Baptist, Methodist j and Presbyterian churches of j Roxboro, it has been announced by j the pastors. ■ 1. Registration for the Bible school !of the First Baptist- church will be Saturday at 9 a. m. It is hoped that all the homes will cooperate, in order that the teaching time on Monday may be conserved. A general Assem bly and deparment meeting will be 'held in connection with registration, j Monday through Friday the School’ will open at 9 a. m. The faculty will j be composed of tile following: Beginner department, Mrs. George j Wirtz, Mrs. Earl Bradsher, Jr , Mrs. ; Frank Hester, Jr., and Miss Annie \ Briggs Moore. The primary department. Mrs. J. S. j Walker, Mrs. Wallace Woods, Miss [ Mona Lee Morrell and Mrs. Alvin Warren. *■' | Tin- Junior department. Mrs. R. P. ; Burns, Mrs. R. L. Wilburn, Mrs. ; Banks Berry. Mrs. E. M. Hedgepeth, Mrs. Nat Dean and Mrs, A. M. Burns, Jr. The Intermediate department, Mrs. G- C. Duncan, Mrs. J. Boyce • Brooks, Mrs. Coleman King, and j Miss Edriel Knight. | Miss Dorothy Young, secretary, | Mrs. W. H. Adair, Mrs. W. W. Mor j fell and Mrs. W. Y. Pass are hostess es, for the school. All children ages ■ 4-17 are invited to attend. At Long Memorial Methodist Church, registration of pupils will be i on Saturday at 9 o'clock at the j church. All parents are urged to have their children register on that jday. The first session of the Vacation j school will be held Sunday morning j jat the regular Sunday school hour. ! Ahe school will continue through • the week with classes each morning I from 9 to 11 o'clock through Friday. 1 Miss Claire Harris is director of i the school and will be assisted in the (Junior department by Mrs. Lester ! James. Mrs. Page Brooks and Mrs. j F, L. Peaden will have charge of the I primaries. Mrs. Wharton Winstead, ; Mrs. Burke Mewborne and Mrs. G. C. I j Robinson are looking after the j j beginners. The music will be in ! ! charge of Mrs. Billy Montague and Mrs. Wallace Wright. o . Singers Invited To Durham Meet Durham county will have a singing | convention at Trinity Methodist church, Durham, Sunday afternoon, ;June 2. All singers of Person county . ! representing churches are ivited to [attend, including quartets, duets, trios, and mixed quartets. The Berea high school glee club, under the direction of J. W. Slaughter of 'Person county, will sing at the convention. o j Roy Cates is expected to return ! home Monday from Watts Hospital. 1 Mr. Cates is recovering from a ma jor operation. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE | Kiwanis Official I Here; Recreation Committee Named Appointment of a committee to study local recreational problems was made at a meeting of the Roxboro Kiwanis club Monday night, at which time the club had as guest Joe S. Cornell,' lieutenant governor of the fifth Kiwanis district. The committee of 'five, named by President J, W. Green, is expected to make a study and then draw up definite recommendations to bring before the club. Chairman is Robert P. Burns, with j other members being Wallace Wright. Jimmie McDade, Bill Humphries, i and Robert Long. The club went on record as en dorsing the emergency food collec tiin program, and each Kiwanian is asked to bring to the next meeting i one dollar in cash or a dollar’s worth ;of food. | Gordon Carver, insurance sales i man, was inducted into the dub by i Robert Burns. Special guests at the | meeting were G. L, Burke, Jr., bl'otli jer of Melvin H, Burke, and Curtis | Leonard of Lexington, i B. H. Houston had charge of the j program. He presented Lt. Gov. Correll, who was on his official visit to the Roxboro club. In a brief talk Mr. Correll declared that the present ills of the world can be traced di rectly to greed and selfishness and an inability to see the other person’s side of a problem. Referring to the national coal arid rail strikes, Mr. Correll said the government should be able to say to I John L. Lewis and similar persons, j"You do this," just as.it tells an I individual merchant how much he can charge for a pair of socks or a : bag of flour. These strikes, the | speaker declared, have brought on I much want in this country, and it is [time for the whole problem to be j tackled and worked out. The Kiwanis official declared that | the time has come for business men 1 and other citizens to take a hand and let their wants be known. He said it is up to the public to let ; Cogressinen know that the people 1 are thinking seriously about our ! national problems and want things ( done, to solve them. Mr. Correll urged the Roxboro club ■j to send a good delegation to the I fifth district meeting in Chapel Hill on June 4. Young People To Have Charge Os Service Sunday Ybng people of the Methodist Youth Fellowship of Long Memorial j Methodist church will be in charge of the regular evening worship ser vice Sunday night. Young people taking part, will be W. D. Fisher. Bobby Houston and Jean Bradsher. The message of the hour will be delivered by Jimmie McDade. New officers for the fellowship will be installed. The hour of the service is 8 o'clock and the public is cordially invited. Hough To Assume Bladenboro Post William A. Hough, Jr., former coach and teacher at Bethel Hill high school, and for the past ten years principal of New Hope school in Wayne county, lias been named principal of the Bladenbore schools, according to information received here. A graduate of Wake Forest col lege. lie was selected from a group of 19 applicants from as many sec tions of North and South Carolina. He was teacher and coach at Bethel Hill several years ago. His wife is the former Miss Ruth Starl ing, who taught at Bethel Hill for a number of years. They have one child. comingTipT .. TONIGHT 6:30 Rotary, Hotel Roxboro. 7:00 Dinner meeting of Person county alumnae of Woman's College, Miss Molly's. 8:00 Bushy Fork commencement; Rep. John H. Foiger to speak. FRIDAY 7 Last day of school. 10 a. m. Roxboro high school closing exercises. 8 p. m. Grange meets, USO build ing. » SATURDAY Democratic primary day. 8 a. m. Person county curb market opens, USO building. Person HD Clubs Be Hosts Tuesday To Eighth District j The Persoii County Federated of Home Demonstration clubs will be; host Tuesday to some 400 women 1 from Chatham, Durham, Orange, 1 Person and Wake counties at a meet-' ing of the eighth home demonstra tion club district. Program for the day-long session to be held at Roxboro high school was released today by Miss Evelyn Caldwell, home agent in Person county. The meeting will begin at 10:15 a. m., with Mrs. E. W. Lam beth of Durham as chairman. The opening song will be led by W. Wal lace Woods, with Mrs. Woods; as accompanist. Devotiona' will be given by Mrs. Luther Long of Person County, am; welcome by Mrs. B. B. Bullock, pres ident of the Person County Council. Mrs. Glenn Duncan of Chatham county will respond. Greetings from the State Fed, i;;- Memorial Poppies |Be Sold Saturday J. J. Allen Dies Al Timberlake j John James Allen, 70, died at | | 8:45 Monday night at his home near; Timberlake after an illness of sev- ; eral months. Funeral services were held at New [ Bethel Baptist church at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, conducted by.: the Re’. J. N. Bowman. Pallbearers were grandsons, with flower girls being granddaughters and nieces. Burial was in the church ceme'er.v. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Daisy Pearl Compton Allen: seven sons, George H„ Lacy W.. and D. P. Allen of Timberlake, Joe H. and Arthur H. Allen of Scottsburg. Va„ Pfc. John C. Allen of the U. S. Army, and Lee M. Allen of Prospect Hill; live daughters, Mrs. Lottie Ferrell of Cavel, Mrs. Mary West of Allensville, Dorothy Allen of Burl ington. Jean Allen of Danville. Va., and Gladys Allen of Timberlake. Also surviving are 35 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. o Church Services Are Announced Hours for services at Mitchell’s chapel and Theresa Baptist churches next Sunday have been announced by the pastor, the Rev. B. B. Knight, as follows: j Mitchell’s chapel: Sunday school at 10 a. m. and preaching at 11 a. m. Theresa: Sunday school at 6 p. in, and preaching at 7 p. in. Mr. Knight said he wished to thank the people for cooperating in new church hours. Recital The piano pupils of Mrs. W. Wal lace Woods will be presented in re cital in the Roxboro Central school auditorium Tuesday night. May 28, at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. Plans Completed For New League Organization of the North Central High School Athletic conference has j been completed with the election of officers and the drawing up of reg ulations, Principal Jerry L. Hester of Roxboro. conference chairman, has announced. Member schools are Chapel Hill, Oxford, Roxboro, Methodist Orphan age of Raleigh, Oxford Orphanage, Hillsboro, and Henderson, Smith- j field has not yet replied to an invi-| tation to join. Officers, in addition! to Hester, are C. W. Davis of Chapel Hill, vice-chairman, and Blaine Meadows of Methodist Orphanage, secretary-treasurer. Member schools will be required to play a schedule in at least two ma jor sports. Operating expenses will be assessed on a pro-rata basis, with an initial SSO fee required of eact 2 Fatal Highway Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1946 DON’T HELP INCREASE ITI DRIVE CAREFULLY NUMBER 49 tion of home demonstrations clubs ■ will be extended by Mrs. A. W. | Pierce, president, and greetings. ■ from the eighth district of Women's 1 federatel clubs will be given by Mrs. | W. Carson Ryan, president. Minutes I of the last meeting will be given by the secretary. Mrs. W. K. Cuyler of Durham county. Following appoint ment of committees, reports from Chatham and Durham will be given, after which Mrs. Virginia S. Swain, family life specialist oi the State Ex tension service, will speak. Group I singing will end the morning ses j slon. I Lunch will be served at 12:30. with ihe afternoon session scheduled to I get underway at 1:30. After the j opening songs, reports from Orange, j Person and Wake will be heard. The nominating, resolutions, and i courtesy committees will give re* (Turn to page eight) Ho>v the wild poppy of France and Belgium became the memorial flower of America's dead of both world wars was described today by Mrs. W. T. Kirby, poppy chairman for the American Legion Auxiliary of Rox boro. "Amid the desolation of the battle* j front in the first world war,” Mrs. ! Kirby said, "the poppies were the | one touch of nature’s beauty that I survived. The little red flowers grew I along the trenches and shell holes, jalid over the raw earth of the battle : r n the minds of the men figtiY theif , the poppies: became, associated with their dead comrades. "Expression was given to this .sentiment by Colonel John McCrae, Canadian medical officer, in his immortal poem, with its lines: In Flanders fields the poppies blow, Between the grosses row on row. "Replicas of the Flanders fields poppy were first worn in America in honor of the war dead in 1918, and wearing of these flowers on the Sat urday before Memorial Day soon became a nation-wide custom. The poppy is also the memorial flower of Great Britain and is worn throughout the British Empire on Armistice Day. "When the second World War be gan claiming American lives, the poppy, quite naturally, became the symbol of these added sacrifices for the nation. The largest part of the World War II battle deaths also occurred in northern Europe where the poppy grows, but no matter where Americans died, the poppy pays tribute to them, i "Disabled veterans of both wars now make poppy to be worn in mem ory of the dead of both wars. Poppy Day contributions aid the disabled of both wars, their families, and the l families of the dead. Millions of Americans will wear the veteran made poppies of the American Legion Auxiliary this year in silent tribute I to those who lie beneath the crosses in Flanders fields and in the Ameri can war cemeteries throughout the World." Poppies will be on sale in the County Saturday, Mrs. Kirby said, and everyone is urged to buy one from the girls who will be selling them. school. ~ i T'wpW| Players must be under 20 years old !as of September 1 of the current school year and must be bona fid* undergraduate students at the time of the coxitest. They also must be in attendance at lenst 60 per cent of the time, must have made passing grades on at least three units during the preceding semester, and must not have participated in more than i three separate seasons in inter* | scholastic play in the particular j sport. No returned veteran trill be eligible for conference competition. Purpose of the conference is to facilitate the arrangement of adMii| dules, promote and regulate athletio competition, and improve sportsman* strip and relations between school* of this area. Initial plans were mad* in tings have l*en held since that