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,