Practically ALL of the dallies, 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
Os making a paper. But, be wise and
renew, or if you are not a subscrlb
er do it today.
VOL. LXV
Wildlife Club Is
Organized Locally
Organization of the Person Coun
ty Wildlife club was completed here
last night with the adoption of by
laws, election and appointment of
officials, and the signing up of 37
members.
The club, according to its pre
amble, “is solemnly dedicated to the
restoration, conservation, and prop
er use of the wildlife and other na
tural resources in this county, and
in the State and nation to the end
that these resources shall be
maximum benefit to the maximum
number of people."
Object of the club "shall be to re
store and conserve the wildlife and
other natural resources; cooperate
in enforcement of conservation laws;
collect and disseminate information
pertaining to the wildlife resources
to school children, youth organiza- j
tions, and to the members of this I
organization.”
President of the club is Errol D.
Morten, with D. L. Whitfield as |
vice president and R. B. Dawes as
secretary-treasurer. Legislative com
mittee, appointed last night, con
sists of R. L. Hester, Claude T. Hall,
Earl Wilkerson, and Errol D. Morton.
Officials expect membership to
rise to 100 quickly as other persons
in .the County learn of the organi
zation and its purpose. The club is
ppen to anyone in the County in
terested in conservation of fish,
game and other natural resources,
whether that person is a sportsman
Group To Consider
Petition On Liquor
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Roxboro ministers today took steps
to organize opposition to Alcoholic
Beverage Conrtol stores in Person
County as the Rev. Auburn C. Hayes
secretary of the Roxboro Ministerial
association, announced that, a called
meeting would be held by that
group Monday morning.
“This body", Mr. Hayes said, “is
meeting as a group of representa
tives of the people in Christian ser
vice of the County, for the purpose
of taking the necessary steps against
the petition which has been circu
lated calling for a vote on legal
liquor in this County.”
The secretary said the meeting
would be held at 10:30 o’clock Mon
day morning, June 10, at Long Me
morial Methodist church in Roxboro.
All ministers of Person County are
invited to attend.
Since the Courier-Times was
published Saturday with news that
a petition calling for-an ABC vote
was being circulated, several min
isters in the City are known to
Kane Calls Folger
Statement A 'Lie'
Highway Commissioner George W.
Kane of Roxboro, answering pub
lished reports that Rep. John H.
Folger had charged him with intim
idating personnel of the Highway
Commission in an effort to get them
to vote for Thurmond Chatham,
declared Tuesday that Folger’s
statement “is a damned lie”.
Mr. Kane and another Commis
sioner. Raymond Smith of Mt. Airy,
were accused this week by Folger oi
having used “every means passible
to compel votes for Thurmond Chat
ham and against me.” Folger said
he had “definite and reliable in
formation” to support the charge.
The statement by Mr. Kane, who
was appointed Highway Commis
sioner by Governor Broughton in
1941 and was reappointed by Gov
ernor Cherry in 1945, follows:
“The statement by John Folger
published in newspapers on the
morning of June 4 in reference to
charges that I used my office as
Highway Commissioner to compel
votes for Thurmond Chatham in
the Fifth congressional primary
voting is a damned lie.
“I am very glad, however/to state
that I voted for Thurmond Chatham,
as I think he is much better fitted
to represent the Fifth District than
the present incumbent.
“Any statement that has been
made in regard to me influencing
highway .employees to vote for Mr.
Chatham is an unmitigated false
hood, and John Folger is well aware
of this fact.”
In Washington Wednesday, Folger
was quoted as follows:
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
or not.
Guest at the meeting at the court
house last night was Albert L. Hen
dren, president of the Martin coun
ty club, who discussed the purpose
of the organization. He said the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, as presently constituted.
Is failing to give adequate attention
to the problem of conserving game
And fish, with the result that our
supply* l of birds, fish and game is
being depleted at an alarming rate.
Wildlife ciubs, he said, should fight
for the separation of the game and
fish phase from the Department of
Conservation and Development;
should demand better legislation
and better entorcement of existing
conservation laws.
The legislative committee was al
so authorized to investigate getting
a game warden in the County. The
present warden, it was stated, lives
shold wage an educational campaign
on the importance of conserving
game and fish; and should demand
better legislation and better en
forcement of existing conservation
laws.
in Alamance county, has six other
counties to look after, and seldom,
if ever, comes to Person at all.
The Person county club is one
of 97 in the State with a total mem
bership of about 15,000. The State
organization is known as the North
Carolina Wildlife Federation, Inc.
have used their pulpits Sunday to
make known their stand on the
subject.
Tlie petition calling for a refer
endum on ABC stores began circu
lating in Roxboro late last week.
Some 400 signatures—or 15 per cent
of the number of persons who voted
in the l ast gubernatorial election —
are required to make the petition
effective. Should that many names
be obtained, the County Board of
Elections, would be compelled to call
a referendum.
A vote on whiskey cannot be held
within 60 days of a regular election
Since there will be a second pri
mary on June 22 in the Fifth dis
trict Congressional race, and since
general elections will be held next
November 5, the referendum, if held
this summer, could only take place
on a date between August 22 and
September 5.
The county has rejected ABC
stores in two previous referendums.
’’l have read this statement by
George Kane. It is such as to call
Cor personal settlement and it will
be settled personally in away which
seems best to me. So far as his
supporting Chatham goes, I had ex
pected that from the beginning, feel
ing he desires someone in Congress
whom he and others of his class
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Clubs Will Study
Serving Os Meals
By EVELYN CALDWELL
Home Agent
“What to Eat and How To Serve
it” will be the theme used in each
of the home demonstration clubs in
the month of June. Eleven of the
clubs will have project leaders giving
the demonstrations in the absence of,
the home-agent, who spends June
working with the 4-H club leaders (
who give the summer demonstra-,
tions to the 4-H club girls and
their respective neighborhoods. |
Planning and serving meals that j
keep the family well and the child- j
ren growing, is the most important!
job of the homemaker. The food j
that is served every day plays a
big part in making the family strong
and in keeping every member well
fed, healthy and happy.
A well-planned meal does more
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TO PREACH HERE—The Rev.
R. K. Redwine of Mount Airy, who
will be visiting minister in revival
services at Roxboro First Baptist
church June 10 through 16. Serv
ices will be held each evening at
S o'clock, and at 9:30 a. m. daily !
from Tuesday through Friday.
Mr. Redwine is a former Person j
county pastor.
Spring Meeting
Os Person Zone
Is Held Sunday
Spring meeting of the Person
county Zone of the Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service was held
at Long Memorial Methodist church
Sunday afternoon with the Zone
leader, Mrs. Raney Crumpton, tire
siding.
The Rev. Ben H. Houston, pastor
of the church, conducted the de
votional. Little Miss Margaret Lane
sang a solo accompanied by Mrs.
Wallace Wright at the piano.
Two new societies were welcomed
I into the Zone. They are at Salem
j church, Leasburg charge, with Mrs.
, E. P. Warren as president; and at
I Brookland church,
j charge, with Mrs. Mack Daniel as
I president.
! Report on the district conference
I of the W. S. C/S., held in the spring
|at Duke Memorial church, was
given by Mrs.. Arch Hamlin.
Two life memberships were pre
sented during the meeting. One was
given to Mrs. R. C. Hester by Lea’s
Chapel, and one to Mrs. Boone
Wrenn by Warren’s Grove Society.
Presentation was made by Mrs. J.
B. Hester and Mrs. Sid Wrenn.
Guest speaker w T as Mrs. H. A.
Scott, whose subject was family re
lations. Mrs. A. H. Borland, secre
tary of Durham district, discussed
how the members, as women, can
make the w’ork of their local so
cieties felt by worthwhile results.
She stressed the importance of
young people’s work and their
places in the churches, and urged
that they be given active positions
in Sunday schools. She also suggest,-
ed a study of the duties of district
officers.
It was announced that the district
meeting will be held in Augus 1 or
September. The seminar will be held
in October.
The new society of Brookland
church received the loving cup for
having the most members of any
society in the zone. A collection of
$8.15 was taken to help defray ex
penses of one Zone leader’s duties.
Mrs. Crumpton expressed appreci
ation for the program prepared by
the committee composed of Mrs.
Zelle Barnett, Miss Claire Harris,
and Mrs. Daniel Lane.
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Miss Edna Perkins, not Miss Edna
Bradsher as previously stated, was
awarded a medal at the piano recital
given recently by the pupils of
Miss Pearl Stroupe.
than satisfy health needs. It pro
vides variety, color, and attractive
ness, all of which make for better
appetites, even for the child who
just does not like to eat.
The schedule for the June Club
meetings will be as follows:
Chub Lake, Tuesday, June 4, with
Mrs. John G. Clayton as hostess and
! leader; Helena, Wednesday, June 5,
, with Mrs. T. H. Clay as hostess and
leader; Providence, Thursday, Juno
| 6, with Mrs. Arch Walker as hos
j tess and leader; Warren’s Grofe,
j Tuesday, June 11, with Mrs. C. C.
' Jacksqp as hostess and leader.
| Bushy Pork, Wednesday, June it.
at the Community House with Mrs.
John Newton as leader; Mt. Tlrzah,
Thursday, June 13, with Mrs. Sim
Peed as hostess and leader; Velma
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ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946
3onds Sold
Tlie Local Government Com
mission in Raleigh this week
sold $22,000 worth of Person 1
county school bonds, with an j
average maturity of 7.9 years,
to the J. Lee Peeler Company of
Durham, and Vance Securities
Corporation of Greensboro, at
an average interest rate of 1.52 ;
per cent. ■ j
The money will be used for ,
the construction of additional
classrooms and a cafeteria at
Roxboro high school.
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Thirteenth Home
Club In County
Formed At Cavel
Miss Evelyn Caldwell, home agent,'
announced today that Person Coun
ty’s thirteenth home demonstration
club was organized on Wednesday,
May 29, in Cavel Village, with the
following officers elected to serve;
President, Mrs. Arch Walker; vice
president, Mrs. Sherman Newton;
secretary, Mrs. W. L. Clayton; treas
urer. Mrs. Jesse Shaw. All officers
elected in home demonstration clubs
serve for a two-year period.
The group that was present for
the organizational meeting selected
the third Monday of the month as
their regular meeting date. It is
hoped that everyone interested in
becoming a member of this club will
set aside this date and attend just as
many meetings as possiblg, Miss
Caldwell said.
“Color in the Home" was used as
i the demonstration for the meeting,
stressing the value of careful plan-
I nihg before any re-decorating is
begun.
Because of a conflict in the home
agent's schedule, the next meeting
will be held on Monday, June 10,
instead of June 17. AH meetings will
be held in the school auditorium,
| and will begin at 3:30 p. m.
| The theme for the June demonstra-
Ition will be: “What to eat and how
to serve it".
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Hail Graduates
At Wake Fores!
Finishing a regular four-year
course in three years, John Locksley
Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hal!
of Woodsdale, graduated from Wake
Forest College with the Bachelor of
Arts degree last Monday.
The 19-year-old yputh recently
was tapped as a member of Omicron
Delta Kappa, national leadership
fraternity. Ke also was a member of
Sigma Phi Alpha, modern language
honorary fraternity; a member of
Kappa Alpha; president of the junior
class; president of the Euzelian
Literary society; a member of the
student legislature, the publications
board, the Baptist Student Union
council, and the little Theatre, and
was on the staff of Old Gold and
Black, student weekly.
An English and Spanish major, he |
expects to do post-graduate work.
Dairy Will Hold
Formal Opening
Formal opening of the Elko Dairy !
on North Main street will be held j
from 2 to 10 p. m. next Wednesday, I
June 12. according to annoucement
by L. Jack Martin and Jack D.
Crutchfield, proprietors. Several
flavors of ice cream and milk shakes
will be offered for sale over the
counter in the sales room, which will
be open at nights and on Sundays j
except during church hours. i
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ON METHODIST HOUR—Bishop
Costen J. Harrell of Birmingham,
Ala., who will speak on the
Methodist Hour over WPTF and
other radio stations at B:3o'a. m.
Sunday.
HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT
County Board In Lengthy Session
As Appropriations Are Requested
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GRADUATES—John Locksley
Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Hall of Woodsdale, received his
Bachelor of Arts degree at Wake
Forest college last Monday.
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Plans Approved
For New Church
Plans to raise $18,500 for the pur- !
pose, of erecting a new church build- j
ihg were approved by members ol
Mt. Zion Methodist church Sunday;
afternoon, it was revealed this week ,
by the pastor, the Rev. Flovd G. j
Villines.
Mt. Zion is located on the Roxboio
nilurdle Mills road, about three miles j
from Hurdle Mills. It is one or the j
oldest churches in the County. A
one-room wooden structure is being i
used at present.
The new building will be construct- •
ed of brick, and will contain ah \
auditorium and several Sunday j
school rooms, according to plans i
approved by the members at the |
meeting Sunday. The church will be |
assisted financially by the Duke En- j
dowment.
Mr. Villines said plans for a new i
Folger Demands
Second Primary
Congressman John H,. Folger an
nounced Tuesday afternoon in
Washington that he will demand a
second primary in tlie contest for
the Democratic nomination for tlie
Fifth District seat in Congress.
Folger made his announcement
j within a few minutes of receiving
| official notification from the State
I Board of Elections that he had trail
'ed Thurmond Chatham of Winston
i Salem by 59 votes in the first pri
jmary on May 25. The runoff primary
[will be held on Saturday, June 22.
I Asked his plans after he received
; notice of tlie official tabulation,
| Folger replied:
! ‘T shall call for a second primary.”
Official totals for the Fifth District
showed: Chatham. 21,282; Folger,
21,223; and Joe J. Harris of Winston-
Salem, 806. In Person county, official
totals were: Chatham, 2.603; Folger,
1,345; Harris, 99.
! Folger said that he plans to return
■to his district at the end of this
j week to carry on his campaign "un-
I less there is an important issue
I before the House." He said he will
remain in North Carolina until tlie
June 22 runoff unless his official
duties call him back to Washington.
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Street To Take
Office June 9
Postal inspectors, who were suppos
ed to come here Friday to asrange
for Kendall L. Street to take office
as acting Roxboro postmaster, were
unavoidably detained and will not
come here until June 9. Mr. Street
will take office on that date.
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Church Services
Regular preaching services will be
held at' Mt. Tirzah Methodist church
Sunday morning, but there will be
no service at Helena at the evening
hour because of the revival meeting
beginning at Mt. Zion, the Rev.
Floyd G. Villines, pastor, announced
today.
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Request For Assistant Home Agent Is
Presented By Delegation Monday
i In a lengthy session Monday, Per
son county board of commissioners
took the following action:
! 1- Approved the 1946-47 budget for
public welfare administration, a
mountir.% to $4,460 from the County
and $2,750 from the State and Fed
eral governments.
; 2. Took under advisement a re
quest from Dr. O. David Garvin,
district health officer, that the
health department appropriation be
increased from $4,200 to $6,000.
3. Postponed action on a request
from County home demonstration
leaders for a S9OO appropriation to
provide for an assistant home dem
! onstration agent in the County.
| 4. Deferred action on a request
for increases in the salaries jf the
Negro County agent, the Negro
home agent, and their secretary;
and a request that $540 be appropri-
I building ha ve been under discussion
[lor a year and a half. There are about
150 members of the church. Mr.
Villines. a native of Arkansas, has
been pastor at Mt. Zion for almost
[ two years.
j Throughout this week, the church
I is holding vacation Bible school for
I children from four to 14 years of
j age. Classes, are being held each
| afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock. The
school will close next Sunday ntorn
! iug with observance of Children's
! day. at which time the children will
j present a program. Parents and
5 friends are invited,
i The Mt. Zion revival will begin
i Sunday night, June 9. The public
| is invited to come and join ixi the
j “old-fashioned” Gospel singing each
levelling. The pastor will do the
! preaching. The song service will
I begin at 8 p. m.
Funeral Is Held
For J. P. Jones,
Who Died Sunday
j Funeral services for Jinks P. Jones
j 60, who died suddenly Sunday, were
[held o’clock Wednesday after
noon (rom Cavel Methodist church,
1 conducted by the Rev. C. G. Mc-
Carver, assisted by the Rev. E. C.
Maness. Burial was in Pine Hill
; cemetery, Burlington,
j Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Mary
Barbara Jones of Durham; three
daughters. Mrs. Marlyle Mitchell of
Durham, Mrs. David Campbell of
Washington, and Mrs. Haywood
! Slaughter of Rpxboro; three sons,
Julius Jones of Graham, Perry Jones
of Spray and Francis Jones Os New
port News, Va., two sisters, Mrs. \
Henry Pollard of Rocky Mount, and i
Mrs. Kate Kennedy of Laurel Hill;
three brothers. Cooper and Perry
Jones, both of Roanoke Rapids, and
Mack Jones of Fresno, Calif.; three
'step-daughters, one setp-son. andj
i nine grandchildren.
Tobacco Budworms
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Exact Heavy Toll
! By H. K. Sanders, County Agent
I and C. C. Jackson, Asst. County
j Agent
Every year tobacco budworms ex- |
act a heavy toll of the crop. Reports
Icoming to the Farm Agent’s office
| indicate that they are already in
great numbers in the fields in this
j County.
! At the present time the best known
j method of controlling the tobacco |
is to apply poisoned corn meaj tb the
ated by the County as its part of the
cost of employing an assistant sec
retary for the County farm agent
5. Agreed to appropriate $l5O to
ward the cost of building a band
stand, contingent upon the Town of
Roxboro appropriating a like a
mount, and granted permission for
such a stand to be erected on some
suitable she at the rear of the court
house.
6. Adjourned to meet again at 2
p. m. Monday, June 10, for specific
consideration of the 1940-47 Coun- I
ty budget.
The public wenare budget was f
approved after the County welfare !
board, composed of F. D. Long. R 1
D. Bailey, and Mrs. George W. Wal
ker, Jr., together with Mrs. T. <?.
Wagstaff. superintendent of public
welfare, appeared before the com
missioners witli the proposed budget
which totals $7,210.
Dr. Garvin presented the plea that
the health department, appropria
tion from the County be increased
from $4,200 to $6,000. The health
officer frankly Stated that tlie in
crease. if granted, would not provide
additional functions but was needed
and required ‘o maintain the pres
ent program. Need for the increase
is due, lie said, to the increasing
cost of having to be paid to per
sonnel in order to get them at all.!
and to the withdrawal of the Rey- i
nolds fund from the venereal di
sease program. amounting to about |
$4,500.
Questioned about tile work of the
department, Dr. Garvin said tuber
culosis is still the greatest he.rltii
problem in the County, with verte- j
real disease next. He discussed these!
topics at some length. The request
for the increase was taken under
advisement.
Tlie home demonstration women,
accompanied by County Agent H. K.
Sanders, Miss Evelyn Caldwell,
home agent, and Miss Anna merle
Arant of Raleigh, requested tlie fol
lowing salary increases: SIOO for
C. J. Ford, Negro county agent; SIBO
for Annie M. Tuck. Negro home
agent; secretary for the two, S6O;
and SIBO for Miss Caldwell.
The delegation placed emphasis
on the request for an assistant home
agent in the County. It was stated
that Miss Caldwell could nor pos
sibly meet the demands made upon
her and that further expansion of
4-H and home demonstration work
is not possible unless the services
of an additional agent are obtained.
The group pointed out that there
are now 14 4-H clubs, with a mem- !
bership of 841, and 13 home demon- 1
stration clubs, with 374 members;
that there are calls for the organi
zation of several more clubs; and
that Miss Caldwell does not have
the time properly to supervise and
serve the existing clubs, much less
look after new ones.
Mr. Sanders and the delegation
requested that $540 be appropriated
by the County as its part of the cost
of employing an assistant secretary
for his office, and the whole work
of the Extension division. The
amount requested for the assistant
agent was S9OO. Members of the
delegation were Mrs. B. B. Bullock,
Mrs. Robert Gentry, Mrs. Luther
Long, Mrs. T. H. Clay, and Mrs. J. Y.
Humphries.
Request for permission to erect!
a band stand at the rear of the j
courthouse was presented by Supt. I
R. B. Griffin. The stand. Mr. Gris- |
fin said, would be used by the Rox- I
.boro high school band for weekly
| outdoor concerts throughout the
I summer under the direction of
Johnny Thompson. The sum of $l5O
I was appropriated toward the cost of
building the stand.
buds of the plants. Be sure to use
corn meal, as that is what the bud
worm likes to eat, and he will eat
that before attacking the bud of the
plant on which the poison has been
placed. Either arsenate of lead or
cryolite may be used as the poison.
In either case, use I pound of poison
to 75 pounds of corn meal; or for
smaller quantities, mix 6 heaping
teaspoonsfuls to 1 peck of corn meal.
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AT LONG HURST— The Rev. Wil
liam 11. Poole, pastor of Carr boro
Baptist church, will hold a revival
at Longhurst Baptist church be
ginning Sunday, June 9. The public
is invited to attend services each
evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Long
hurst daily vacation Bible school
closed last night after 10 days of
school, with 91 receiving certifi
cates.
New Membership
Drive Is Planned
By Group Here
Directors of tlie Roxboro Chamber
of Commerce met Thursday night In
the office of the secretary in reg
ular monthly session.
W. W. Woods, secretary of the Of
fice, reported that 16 new members
of the Chamber were obtained in the
drive for memberships that was
field in April. The directors then
discussed plans for a multiple mem
bership drive that is to take place
soon. This will be an effort to get
present members to take out more
than one membership. Several firms
in the city already have multiple
memberships but the directors
thought that other firms would al
so be willing to take out more.
D. D. Long, chairman of the in
dustrial committee, stated that this
group planned to issue a pamphlet
on benefits of Roxboro and mail
these to prospective concerns that
might locate here. A strong drive
will be made this year in an effort
to get more business into or near
the city.
At tliis meeting tlie salary of the
secretary was raised from $l6O to
SIBO and the salary of Miss Doro
thy Taylor, assistant secretary, was
raised from S9O to $lO5.
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Alice H. Emerson
Os Leasburg Dies
Alice M. Emerson. 16, died at 4:19
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mre.
James T. Emerson of Leasburg,
Route 1. Cause of death was given as
rheumatic fever. She had been ill si*
months.
Funeral services were to be held
as graveside rites at Highland ceme
tery. four miles north of Danville,
Va.. at 3 o'clock this afternoon, con
ducted by the Rev. W. Grady Burgin.
She is survived by her parents and
15 brothers and sisters.
COMING UP...
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TONIGHT !
6:30 Rotary, Hotel Roxboro.
8:00 Meeting of farmers and bust*
ness men. Courthouse.
SATURDAY
8:15 a. til. Curb market opens, USO
building.
7:30 p. m. American Legion meet%
[Legion hut.
MONDAY
10:30 a. m. Called meeting o! a
ministers to consider liquor quest todjt
in Person county. Long MemarlaH
Methodist church.
2:00 p. m. County commission*!* M
meet to consider 1946-47 budgVbJl
6:15 Kiwanis, Hotel Roxboro. 8 .
8:00 Revival services, Roxbord |
First Baptist church, continhilHjyl
throughout the week; also MnrlfKM
daily. Tuesday through Friday, JjjH
TUESDAY "" i'|i
10 a. m. Recorder’s j
6:15 p. m. Business and RMWi ,
sional Women’s clubs. Hotel Saif
7:30 Masons, Lodge
7:30 Veterans of Foreign
ÜBO building. |