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Practically ALL of the dailies, and many of the weeklies have seen fit to raise subscription rates. So far The Courier-Times has been able to meet the great increase in the cost of making a paper. But, be wise and renew, or if you are not a subscrib er do it today. VOL. LXV Local Rotarians Hear 'Red' Pope Thursday Night The Roxboro Rotary club held its regular weekly meeting at Hotel Roxboro Thursday evening. Program was in charge of T. Mill er White, who called on Joe Noell to introduce the speaker, E. N. "Red” Pope, public relations director for the Carolina Power and Light Com pany. Mr. Pope used as his subject "The Court of Last Appeal” and presented most interestingly and forcefully the part played by the "Public” which he pointed out was the court of last appeal to any busi ness policy and program. His dis cussion covered all branches of busi ness and offered his listeners plenty of food for thought in the managing of their own businesses, whether professional or of the service type, professional or of the servicse type. Special guests of the club was Robt. M. Smigelow, nephew of Mrs. Nath Lunsford, who was enroute from his home in Raton, New Mex ico, to the International Rotary con vention in Atlantic City. R. E. “Bud dy" Long was guest accompanist for the club during the absence of Mrs. Woods, who was out of town. Sam Fisher, newest member of the club, was present for the first time since his election several weeks ago. President Fitzgerald expressed pleasure at the fact that Mr. Fisher had recovered sufficiently from a spell of sickness to be present. The meeting next week, June G will be in charge of Clyde Short. Mrs. Webster Dies In Durham Friday Morning , Funeral services for, Mrs. Cora.. O’Briant Webster, 80, wife of Robert Lee Websttr, 513 South Duke street, Durham, will be held at the Dur ham Primitive Baptist. Church Sun day afternoon at 3 o’clock conducted by Elder E. L. Cobb and Elder T. Floyd Adams of the Primitive Bap tist Church and the Rev. H. G. Mammett, pastor of Temple Baptist Church. Mrs. Webster died at her home Friday morning from a heart at tack. She was born and reared in Person County, the daughter of Al bert and Mry Brooks O’Briant. In 1889 she married Robert Lee Web ster, also of Person County. In 1917 she moved to Durham and had lived ther since. Survivors' include six daughters, Mrs. J. A. Long, Mrs. J. S. Work man, Mrs. Sally McDonald, Mrs. F. G. Brooks, Mrs. J. Elwood Dur ham, and Mrs. A. J. Gresham; six sons, Edgar L. Webster of Washing ton, D. C., and H. A., E. H., L. E„ S. R. and T. W. Webster, all of Durham; two sisters, Mrs.- R. R. Whitfield of Durham and Mrs. Da vid Long of Bushy Fork; and two brothers, Tuggle O’Briant of Hurdle Mills and George O’Briant of Rox boro, Route 1. Price On Small Appliances Is Up 4 to 5 Per Cent Small electric appliances, such as toasters, warming pads and. small space heaters, will retail at 4 to C> per cent above 1942 prices, Theo dore S. Johnson, OPA district di rector, said today. The advance is the result of wage-price increases granted manufacturers. He pointed out that branded ar ticles customarily sold nationally at uniform retail prices, will be exactly 5 }>er cent more than present eeil ingis. All retail prices are computed by the manufacturer and the articles preticketed, Johnson said. He urged purchasers to look for the dollar and cent price tag before buying any of these appliances. o Most Tar Heels Went Overseas Adjt. Gen. J. Van B. Me Ms said yesterday that of the 291, 948 men who have been discharged from the Service, 2D4, 594 of, them have seen overseas. - General Metts said a “large major ity” of the Tar Heels inducted into tlje armed services during the emer gency had been discharged. The rate of discharges from last Sep tember to February of this year ran from 30,000 to 40, 000 a month. Tor March, April and May, dis charges totaled 16,500, 13,570 and 13150 respectively. • J. W. NOELL, EDITOR HBBLk a. ■wr JHHL / AUTO* GOLDEN JUBILEE . . . Mr, and Mrs. Henry Ford rode again in the car that Ford first drove on the streets of Detroit on June 4, 1896. He was honored as an automotive pioneer during the Automotive Golden Jubilee recently held at Detroit. City Manager Post Is Sought By Four Four applications for the position of city manager of Roxboro have been received to date, Mayor S. G. Winstead said today. The present city manager, Guy Whitman, formerly of Goldsboro, submitted his resignation several months ago, effective at the end of the present fiscal year, which is July 1. Applicants for city manager ;.re:j G. N. Titus of Roxboro, George B. | Lockhart of Oak Ridge, Tenn , Ira B. Rogers, Jr., of Durham; and Her man E. Dickerson of St. Pauls. Election of a new city manager is up to the City commissioners, who hold a regular meeting once each month. Their June meeting will be held on June -12: Mayor Winstead said he did not know when the commissioners would consider the matter of elect ing a new city manager. Mr. Whitman has been city mana ger here for about two and a lull years. He submitted his resignation on February 13 of this year. Mr. Whitman said today he ex pects to return to Goldsboro, and open an engineering office as soon as space becomes available. Plenty Os Moving; Still No Vacancies A recent merry-go-round of mov ing in Roxboro and vicinity has been completed, and has left the City just where it started from—' with no houses for rent. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Harris, who formerly lived in the country an the Bushy Fork highway, have moved, itno their new Reams avenue home which was purchased from Havve\ Clayton. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bennett have, moved into their home on Wesleyan Heights. This home was purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dixon. The Dixons have moved into Ca vel Circle. Mr. and Mrs. a. Rtsu. an, Who formerly rented the house which was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Harris, have moved into the house rented by the Bennetts. Yes, you guessed it—the house formerly occupied by the Harrises on .the Bushy Fork highway has been rented out too. So there is still no house for reiv in Roxboro. Other house news includes the fact that O. Teague Kirby has pur chased the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. K. Richmond. Mr. Kirby has a home for sale. In spite of the fact that building materials are hard to get there is quite a bit of building and repair ing going on in the countv. cinder blocks and cement blocks are being used extensively ih both ) ui-incss buildings and, residences. A number of service stations and stores are either being constructed or have ]?een finished and more are being planned Former service men are behind a large amount ;if the building. A large part of the eonstrutcion is of the smaller type house or store but there are several large jobs eith er underway or being planned Some who had planned an extensive build ing program have given up the idea for the time being. Even with the amount of build ing going on there Is a huge $y for more residences and mire ftgji'i’ .buildings. In any number of hofe?cs several families are bei.ig quabtcri'd. ®he Courier-tEirntfi Yancey Funeral Riles Held Today John W. (Billie) Yancey, 70, died l Friday morning in a Roxboro hospit- J al following a heart attack. He had I been ill two weeks and in declining j health for about five years. Mr. Yancey was tile son of the late Bartlett and Jane W. Yancey of Person County. He was a retired farmer and lived in the Olive Branch j community. Funeral services were held at 3 tfcldCk Saturday aftdfnoon from Olive Branch Bapitst church by the pastor, the Rev. Joe B. Currin. Burial was in the. church cemetery. Surviving are six nephews and | three nieces. Q MOVING TO SMITHFIELD Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Seate will move next week to their hew home near Smithfield in Johnston county, on Route' 301. Strikers Denied Jobless Benefits Chicago.—Claims of an estimated 32,000 Illinois miners for unemploy ment compensation during the cool strike have been denied by the Illi nois Unemployment Compensation Commission. Samuel C. Bernstein, commis sioner of placement and unemploy ment of the State Labor Depart ment, said Illinois law required per sons unemployed because of a work stoppage at the place of t.heir last employment be denied unemploy ment benefits. He added that persons affected , by the decision could appeal to the state director of labor. If they should ! receive an'adverse decision there they could appeal to the circuit 1 courts, ■- I ° Marriage Total I Sets New High I April was the sixth consecutive ' month to establish a record high in number of marriage licenses issued, j the Census Bureau reported. | Cities of 100,00 population or more issued 58.9 per cent more li- ( censes than a year before, and the J total of 63, 956 was an all-tfme high 1 l for April. j The new A pul peak, It said, “Pre sumably reflects marriages of vet erans after their return to civilian life.” I j Many people want „o open stores or places of business but can find no [ vacant buildings and tlicy are con-1 fronted with so many building j problems that they are afraid to attempt a try at this. But building of some kind goes! on. n ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1946 Key Thief Gets Road Sentence • In County Court John William Campbell of Michi gan, charged with the larceny of' a bunch of keys from Bumpass Serv ice center, was sentenced in Record er’s court. Tuesday to a road term of four months. Judge F. O. Carver presided over the court term. Other cases t heard were: Lester Greenwood Oakley, driving drunk, SSO and cost and surrender driver's license; George Solomon, illegal possession, $lO and cost; Jimmie R. Smith, driving drunk, SSO and cost and surrender driver’s license (gave notice of appeal to August term of Superior court, with bond fixed at $150); John McDowell, careless and reckless driving and speeding, sls and cost; James Elridge Stone, driving drunk and careless and reckless driving, $75 and cost and surrender driver’s license. Frank Winstead, speeding and reckless driving, sentence suspended on payment of cost; George R. Daniel, speeding and reckless driv ing, sls and cost; Barden Winstead, speeding, cost; William A1 Warren, speeding, cost; Mancy S. Clayton, driving drunk, SSO and cost and surrender driver’s license. Lester G. Oakley, allowing drunken driver to operate motor vehicle, $25 and cost; Wright Day, possession, cost; James Black, assault on female, suspended on payment of cost upon request of prosecuting witness; J. R. (Pete- Vanzant, non-support, pro secuting witness allowed to withdraw warrant and pay cost: Lawrence C. Jones, driving drunk and careless and | reckless driving, S6O and cost and surrender driver’s license; Willie Clayton Dean, speeding and careless and reckless driving, $lO and cost; Charles V. Walker, driving drunk, ! SSO and cost and surrender driver’s license, and careless and reckless driving, prayer forjudgment contin ued to last July term', with defendant to remain under same bond. -—o Group Approves Bible Program Person County Ministerial asso ciation, in a meeting at Long Me morial Methodist church Friday, discussed the Bible teaching pro gram in the Roxboro high school, and recommended that this program be carried on next year just as it has been in the past. The ministers recommended that the Rev. Fred Bishop of Durham, instructor in Bible for the last year and a half, be retained as Bible teacher. Supt. R. B. Griffin was present for the meeting. He said the minis terial group, which is responsible for a large part of the financial sup port for the Bible teaching program, appeared to be well pleased with what has been accomplished. Beulah WMlTfo Meet In Caswell Friday, June 7 The Woman's Missionary Union of the Beulah Baptist association will meet with the Shiloh Baptist church in Caswell county for its annual meeting Friday, June 7, beginning at 10 o’clock. Mrs. J. S. Farmer State W. M. U. president, and Miss Katie Murray, of China, will be guest speakers. Everyone is urged to attend and take lunch as usual, According to Mrs. J. F. Funderburk, associa- j tional superintendent. ■ Alo*uj Wcuf - HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT f * M muk -- Ip ji . ENDS STRIKE . . . Railroad strike ends with a handshake. Left to right, A. F. Whitney, trainmen’s union; Dr. John R. Steelman, conciliator; and Alvanley Johnston, engineers’ union. Farmers Complete Tobacco Planting Why This Issue Is Appearing On Saturday The Courier-Times, which norm ally appears on Mondays and Thursdays, is being published today (Saturday! for the following rea son: A legal notice pertaining to the issuance of school bonds in this County was first published in the C ourier-Times on May 23. Accord ing to law it was supposed to be published a second time during the week of May 26. Because of a mis take in the mechanical department of the paper, the notice was not published in the issue of Thursday, <May 30. Therefore, in order, to meet legal requirements and save the bond issue, the Courier-Times is appearing today. No Monday issue will be publish ed on June 3. However, after that date normal Monday and Thursday publication will be resumed. If the change in publication date for this particular issue has incon venienced anyone, the Courier- Times regrets that such is the case. THE PUBLISHERS Veterans" Children May Get Benefits Summary of educational advant ages available to children of World War I and II veterans has been re leased by Bob Whitten, Veterans Service officer for the County. Quoting excerpts from Article Id, General Statutes of North Carolina, as amended, Whitten said: 1 “Any child who has been a resident: lof North Carolina for two years, I i and whose father was killed in action i or died from wounds or other causes t while a member of the armed forces : of the United States between April 6, 11917, the date of the declaration of : war, and July 2, 1921, the legal term i ination thereof, or any child whose ! father was a member of the armed forces of the United States of America during the aforesaid period and who has died as a direct result ! of injuries, wounds, or other illness contracted during said period of serv- I ice. shall be entitled to and granted • a scholarship of free tuition, room j I and board, and all necessary fees re- j quirel of students and furnished by ! John Mangum went fishing and the picture here shows the results —or so he says. Now John is a nice fellow and I like him but why he stretches the truth is more than I can see. I know that he will say that you saw the fish but you know as well as I do that at the big fishing resorts you can have your picture made with any size fish you want. My guess would be that John did not pick out the largest fish that the photograph er had but it does look like he got a nice one and then my guess would be that he had the man take the picture with a camera to make it look real. Seriously speaking, people, John says, that he caught the fish and you nan take his word for it or you can take what we are sug gesting Either John is telling the truth or we kre imposing on him. $2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Person farmers have about finish ed planting this year’s tobacco crop and from all reports if is looking good and promises to turn out well. All farmers were somewhat late be cause of blue mold, and then rains came and other things bothered, but the golden weed is now in (he ground. I Growers as a whole believe that [this year’s crop will sell well and indications, point to the fact that there will be more of it in the coun ty this year than has been for some time. More boys are home from the Army and can be counted upon tor help. Then a number of men have been released from war plants and they are home to help. Another item that has helped in ! the crop planting is that plants were | more plentiful here than they have I been in recent years. Last year and for the past several years Person farmers have had to go east for plants but there has been very ..lit tle of this during the present, sea | son. Reason for this was the use I of chemicals that helped check or stop the spread of blue mold. if weather permits, farmer-: are expecting this month to be one of jthe busiest Junes they have eve: 1 had. In addition to tobacco, they 1 will also be kept busy with corn, (continued on page 6) the state education institution at ! which such student has matriculated. • This scholarship shall not extend ; for a longer period than four academ ic years." I Whitten pointed out that an ..amendment extends the same privil- J eges to children of veterans who : served between December 7, 1941, the idate of the dclaratiou of war, and the 1 date of the legal termination of the [second. World War, wherever the i disabilities of said veterans come j within the lilnits of and the provis ions of the above section. : Further details were given as ■ follows: Applicant shall furnish statement from Veterans Administration show ing that the applicant comes within the class designated as war orphans and as herein described: Provided, that all .the benefits provided for in ‘ this section shall also apply to any j child whose father was a member Jof the armed forces of the United '■States of America during the afore- I said period and who is now living !but due to illness contracted since | July 2. 1921. has been certified by | the Veterans Administration as to . tally and permanently disabled but j who draws no compensation from I the United States Government other than his insurance and hospializa tion benefits. Any child in North Carolina who is drawing compensation from the United States Government, on ac count of the death or disability of its father, which death or disability was incurred while a member of the armed forces of the United States Government during the World War, and who has not attained the age of 21 years, may be entitled to and granted a scholarship of free tuition in any of the State's educational institutions. The benefits of the provisions of this article shall be extended to and may ,be availed of by any child whose father was a resident of the State of North Carolina at the time said father entered the armed forces of the United States and whose fath er was, prior to his death, or is at the (continued on paafe «) Liquor Vote Petition Is Circulated Locally Several residents of Roxboro have been asked to sign a petition for the purpose of calling a Couni,v referendum on the question of set ting up Alcoholic Beverage Control stores in Roxboro, it has been learned. Such a petition, to be successful, must bear the names of at ieast 15 per cent of the number of voters who cast baliots in the last governor's election. In Noxernber, 1944, mire than 2,600 persons voted in this County. Therefore some 400 names would be required to make the pe tition effective. If that many names are obtained, the petition would then be presented t o the County Board of Elect ion.',, and that group w'ould be forced to call a referendum on the question of liquor stores. According to State law, a liquor referendum cannot be hel.i within 60 days of a biennial county election. Chatham Leads In Final Count Tile game of tag in the Fifth District Congressional race ap parently was settled Thursday af ternoon when the Surry county board of elections made official its previously announced tabula tions. The total thus stood: Chat ham 21,282, Folger 21,223, and Har ris 805. Chatham thus was of ficially ahead by 59 votes. Folger is reported to have said Friday that he would not have a statement concerning a second primary until after the State Board of Elections certifies the totals in Raleigh next Tuesday. If a second primary is held, it will occur Juiri- 422. - -*■ Hurdle Mills Boy With Paratroops In North Japan With the Eighth Army in; Japan (delayed).—Dallas Gates, 23-year old Hurdle Mills, North Carolina, paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, now stationed near the town of Bihoro. was recent ly promoted to the rank of corporal. He is performing the duties of a squad leader in Company “K” of the 187th Regimental Combat Team. Cpl. Gates was inducted into the Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in December, 1944. He qualified as a paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georga. in May, 1945, and from there he joined the 11th Airborne Division overseas in August, 1945. Along with the highly polished jump boots and proudly worn para trooper wings that every Airborne Outfit is noted for, the corporal also has the following awards to his credit: The World War II Victory medal. Good Conduct medal, Asiatic- Pacific Theatre, Philippine Libera tion ribbon, and the Japan Occupa tion ribbon. Cpl. Gates attended Hurdle Mills high school, and from there he took up the occupation of farming beiore his induction into the Army. When he receives his discharge from the Army, he plans on returning to the same type of work. His two brothers, Phillip and Dewey Gates, who are now discharged after serving five years with the armed forces, are now in the service station business. His mother, Mrs. Nancy Gates, is living at Hurdle Mills. COMING UpT. . MONDAY ’ 10 a. m. County commissioners meet. Courthouse. 6:15 p. in. Kiwanis, Hotel Roxboro. WEDNESDAY 6:45 Exchange, Recreation center. THURSDAY’ 6:30 Rotary, Hotel Roxboro. 8:00 Meeting of farmers and busi ness men, Courthouse. BECAUSE J There’s famine abroad. Five hundred mjjfejetf* /7 / Jm 9] people are starving. And, as one returned /i /f 1 IBM. snW : “Once you have seen it, you never mil] |iULM|A seeing it. “Wherever we have served, in the I world, we have found one common denominator, ! or - e common need—FOOD. We have seen food J riots, and dying men too weak to riot.. We hehdci seen docile men and women who could think I <’t nothing with greater anticipation than gotnffl through the American Anogft garbage”. Help relieve that gnawing starvation. Eat. leas bread and other I wheat products. Stop food waste afWiome. Grow a Victory Garden I and conserve food. J Fatal Highway Accidents IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1949 DON’T HELP INCREASE IT! DRIVE CAREFULLY NUMBER 52 If a second primary is held in the Fifth District Congressional race, it will take place June 22. There fore, under the usual interpretation of the law, a Person county liquor referendum could not be hel 1 before late August: Since there will be a general election on Next November 5, the referendum would have to be held 60 days before that date. Since County option was adopted by the State. Person has Voted on liquor stores two times, and has defeated them both times by nar row margins. On June 29, 1937, the vote was: For ABC stores, 1091; a gainst ABC stores, 1113, On August 24, 1940. the vote was: for stores, 1240; against stores. 1304. It was learned that the petition has not been circulated generally yet. Only some 40 or 50 persons in Roxboro have been asked to sign, and it was reported that some 25 or 30 signatures have been obtained. Business Men, Farmers Invited To Meeting Here Farmers, business and professional men of Roxboro and Person coun ty are urged t o come to the court house at 8 o’clock next Thursday night. June 6. to hear a discussion of pertinent farm problem! of the day, including tobacco acreage con trol and the possibility of organi zing a local unit of the National Farm Bureau, according to an- Claude T. Hall, R. Flake Shaw of Greensboro, executive secretary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, will be guest speaker at the meeting. Organization of a local Farm Bu reau has been under discussion here for some time. A previous meeting at which Mr. Shaw was to speak, was called off because he could not be present. Mr. Hall is anxious for a large crowd to be present at the meet ing Thursday night. All persons who are interested are invited. — O' Retirement Plan Called Attractive The United States Army has one of the world's most attractive re tirement plans, according to S/Sgt. Edward W. Chabot of the Durham recruiting station. “There are few jobs open today”, said Sgt. Chabot, I'which allow a young man to work for 20 years and then retire with an income for the rest of his life. And yet, that is the retirement plan now offered to young men who enlist in the New Regular Army. "A man who has served 20 years in the Army may retire on an in come equal to half his Army salary. For every additional year he spends in the Army, this retirement is in creased. "This retirement plan is only ond of the many attractive inducements ! which are now offered to men who enlist in the Army. •Tlie Army", said Sgt. Chabot, “offers to the young man who en lists many advantages that are un- . equalled in history.” o _ Bank Announces Summer Hours During June, July and August the Peoples Bank will close at 12:00 noon on Wednesdays. This is In keeping with a policy that has been set by the stores of the city dur ing the summer months. The bant; requests that all people make dw±,,- posits before 12 on these days. . a
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