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The Courier-Tinges
t Roxboro, North Carolina
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As Second 'Uasii Matter
j MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1946
ACTION AWAITED WITH INTEREST
The whole county—and particularly Rox
boro—will await with interest the action,
if any, of the City Commissioners on the
proposal that a department of recreation
be set up and that money be appropriated to
enable Roxboro high school to employ a
year-round coach. The proposal was to have
been presented to the Commissioners last
week by Supt. R. B. Griffin and Principal
Jerry L. Hester, but the meeting was post
poned. It will be presented at a later date.
Os the two ideas—a department of recrea
tion and a supplemental salary for a coach—
the proposal for a year-round coach will
probably attract the most attention at the
present time. In the long run, however, the
idea of setting up the recreation department
as a legal part of the City government is
likely to prove more important.
All factors indicate that the time is ripe
for the City to establish such a department.
The need for recreation facilities is great,
and even a modest beginning will, we believe,
prove to be one of the most progressive steps
ever taken by the City.
Roxboro high needs and wants a good
coach during school months. The City needs
and wants a recreational supervisor for the
other three months in the year. By combin
ing the two positions and giving the coach
}a year-round job, the City can, we believe,
jobtain a good man for both places, at a cost
Jwhich is not prohibitive.
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• AN IDEA FOR 1947?
It is to be regretted that the proposal for
summer concerts by the Roxboro high school
band has had to be abandoned, especially
since all the necessary funds for the project
Ihad already been obtained or had been prom
(ised. The County Commissioners had appro
priated a sum for the purchase of a band
stand, and had given permission for such a
stand to be erected and used on the back lot
of the courthouse. Rotary, Exchange, and
Kiwanis clubs had indicated their approval
of the plan by voting to donate a total of
$l5O for the salary of the band director
during the summer months.
Now comes the news that attendance has
been so poor at rehearsal periods that the
director, Johnny Thompson, has had to give
up the whole program. Before school closed,
band members were polled on whether they
wished to participate in summer concerts,
and more than 90 per cent of them voted
“Yes.” However, with the coming of sum
mer, many of them obtained jobs; some
went away to camp; others enjoyed their
'vacation-period freedom so much, or were
so absorbed in other activities, that they
lost interest in the band.
Mr. Thompson did all he could to make
fthe plan successful, and so did the civic clubs
and the County Commissioners. We feel
sure that a large part of the public had been
counting on the concerts as a welcome form
; of recreation during June, July, and August.
'Many persons are disappointed that the con
certs are not going to be given.
| Isn’t the idea back of the project good
enough for us to remember—and perhaps
carry out in 1947?
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• POLIO SEASON IS HERE
The North Carolina Board of Health has
acted wisely in placing a quarantine on all
children under 16 who come into the State
'from Florida and from certain parts of
Texas, two states which have infantile
paralysis epidemics. Purpose of the quaran
tine is to lessen the possibilities of an out
break of polio in this State,
j North Carolinians recall with a shudder
fthe epidemic of 1944, when 700 cases were
jreported in the State. So far this year, only
|l9 cases have been reported,
p Public health officials tell us that as yet
•there are no signs of a mass outbreak of the
disease in this- State. They warn, however,
that the hot-weather danger period lies
just ahead, and they urge that general
cleanliness be practiced as completely as
possible, especially control of flies. Children
should be taught to keep their hands clean
and keep them out of their mouths. All
other possible measures to promote sanita
tion should be carried out.
There is no reason for alarm; but sane
and sensible preventive measures now may
save many long years of regret later on.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
• LIQUOR QUESTION IN PERSON
Greensboro Daily News
Person county folks—that is, some of
them —are circulating a petition for the
calling of an election on ABC stores. Seems
that only 400 names need be affixed to re
quire submission of the question.
This ought in part to help take the minds
of the voters off the second primary be
tween Messrs. Chatham and Folger, con
gressional aspirants; but we fancy there is
no connection. Some of the circulators will
be wanting more and better whiskey; others
will be thinking of the proposition in terms
of decreased taxes.
Naturally Durham, Person’s nextdoor
liquor-selling neighbor, will be used as an
object lesson, and no doubt friends and foes
of legalized liquor will both use the same
premises from which to draw their con
clusions.
There’s but one bit of advice we would
offer to those who won’t take it anyhow,
and that is against any pro or con charging
George Kane and his highway employees
with activity in connection with petition or
election, if any. He has a simple, direct
fashion of discouraging such animadver
sions, and no arguefyer on even the liquor
question likes to be called a liar.
• WHY PRODUCTION LAGS
Christian Science Monitor.
A serious question has arisen in the minds
of businessmen generally as to whether the
in-many-ways admirable unemployment
compensation laws of the 48 States are not
largely responsible for the tremendous lag
in American industrial production.
While American industry today is begging
for workers, millions are drawing compen
sation. The record attendance at racetracks
and ball games, and the greatly increased
race-betting totals, indicate the extent of
the leisure. Some of the money spent, of
course, comes from the taxpayers.
Why are people being paid unemployment
benefits when the newspaper help-wanted
columns are offering thousands of jobs
every day and the burden of every inter
viewed employer’s complaint is, “I can't
get help”?
One answer seems to be: “Because of
faulty employment security laws, plus
inadequate administration.”
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• WHY?
Charlotte Observer
The Census Bureau, which dotes in fig
ures, has found that there’s a baby born in
the United States every lit 2 seconds, the
result being a steady increase in popula
tion—ls 4 persons every hour after deduct
ing the deaths.
What does Baby say to this? Nothing; he
merely greets the world with a loud, pro
testing bawl.
What is a baby trying to say with its
bawl ? Nobody has yet figured an interpre
tation, but with things as they now are, it
seems reasonable that it is yelling “Why ?”
It comes into a particularly troubled
world. With housing short even for adults,
it finds many places barred especially
against children, with “not wanted, stay
out, this means you” signs.
It finds a food shortage, and food is the
first thing a baby wants.
It finds a fuel shortage, and babies
especially resent cold.
It finds a milk shortage and milk is No. 1
for babies.
It finds people quarreling, drowning out
its attempts to coo.
It may well bawl “Why ?” As it grows it
will find the answers more and more diffi
cult—all because the adults haven’t sense
to get along together in a world that could
be a paradise but is turning out to be the
opposite.
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• Happiness in this world when it comes,
comes incidentally. Make it the object of
pursuit, and it leads us a wild goose chase,
and is never attained. —Nathaniel Haw
thorne. $
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FRENCH TROOPS INVADE SIAM . Dispatches from Bang
kok, Siam, tell of bitter border light ag as 800 French troops,
supported by planes and artillery, invaded Siam from Indo
china across the river five miles southeast of Vientiane. No. 1
on the above map indicates where Siamese opposed the inva
sion as far as No. 2.
opeii FORum
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June 15, 1946
Dear Sir:
In your editorial, ' Legal, Yes, But
Unfair to the County”, printed in
the July 10, 1946 issue of the Cour
ier-Times, you expresed your opin
ion of the coming second primary.
If you will grant me the liberty of
your Open Forum. I would like to
express a layman's opinion of the
matter.
It seems to me that Congressman
John H. Folger is certain in his
opinion that he was shortchanged
in the first primary. When a man
as distinguished as Congressman
Folger accuses such distinguished
people as a highway commissioner
and a former Lt. Governor of using
unfair election methods against him,
he undoubtedly has some reason
other than reluctance to leave of
fice.
You wrote that Congressman, Fol
ger is unfair to the county, but X
wonder if you are half as interest
ed in the thousand dollar county
ABOUT GONE!
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Our Quota On
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INSURANCE
|S exhausted
If you are going to buy any Hail
Insurance on your tobacco crop,
you would be wise in doing so at
once.
—SEE US NOW!—
THOMPSON
Insurance Agency
Roxboro, N. C.
THE COURIER-TIMES
paid election as it appears on the
! surface, or whether you are using
j the State granted rights of a man
< in an effort to condemn him in the
! eyes of the people. The way I (a
| layman's eye t see it, you insinuate
that Congressman Folger should ac
j cept the decision, even though he
: is certain that the ten counts came
| from a blow beneath the belt.
In my opinion the use of the
: second primary in this instance is
| more than the right of Congress
man Folger—it is his duty to him-
Eyes Examined and
Glasses Fitted
Dr. H. W. Reinitz
OPTOMETRIST
(Associated with
Dr. N. Rosenstein and Son)
DURHAM, N. C.
Every Wednesday in Roxboro
From 9:30 A. M. to 5:00 P. M,
W ilburn -Satterfield Building
Second Floor
Next to Dr. Hedgepeth’s Office
Phene 5543 anytime for
j Appointment
self, and hU duty to the people ct
Person County.
Sincerely yours,
Calvin C. Milam
Cavel Village,
Roxboro, N. C.
P. S.—You quoted, “Simply to sat
isfy the ambition of one person”.
That statement Is undoubtedly in
correct, because it is also my ambi
tion at present, to see Congressman
Folger elected.
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Fifty years ago, Holland had
10,100 windmills; they generated
52,200 horsepower and cost SIOO,-
000,000.
If the ice at the north apd south
poles were to melt, the sea level
would be raised from 50 to 60 feet.
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Goldfish have been known to
live 30 years.
Radford Gentry
The
Fuller Brush
Dealer
Phone 2581
ROXBORO, N. C.
There Is M any A Mile
Left In The Old Buggy
There Is Many A Mile
Left In Your Old Tire
Just because the war is over there is no need
to start throwing money away.
Your eld tires are just as good for recap
ping now as they were when the war was on.
Why be foolish! Recapping will save you
money. Bring us your tire, we will do the rest.
Roxboro Roofing Co.
James Newman, Prop.
Lowest possible temperature be
lieved attainable is absolute zero, i
or 450 degrees F. below zero. %
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Crushed
Stone....
Give Us your orders for crushed
stone to be delivered to your job
or home ... for driveways and
concrete work.
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ROXBORO LUMBER COMPANY
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—"Building Materials" —
MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1946
In 12 hours. 1 pound of yeast will
consume 24 pounds of food and 56
gallons of water.