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THE PRINTED WORD is the only type of adver tising that may be re ferred to again and again —at will. •jcforJti OOOFC INVESTIGATE Granville County has :many business and farm opportunities. Investi gate and then invest. VOL. 66 ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAB 1881 OXFORD. N. C. TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1947 PUBLISHED FBIDAT NO. 50 Frank H. Jeter To Be Heard At Wilton Wed'day Agricultural Editor To Be Heard at Meeting of Grange June 25 Prank H. Jeter, editor of Agricul tural Extension Service, North Car olina State College, and better known as the “radio farmer,” is to be guest speaker at the Wilton Grange Wednesday evening, June 25. Mr. Jeter always has a good message for the farmer, and all of the Grangers are urged to attend. E. Y. Floyd, who needs no intro duction in this section, will accom pany Mr. Jeter, and while Edward, as the home folks call him, is now residing in Raleigh, the Wilton Community will always claim him as a friend and neighbor. The literary program will be un der the direction of Mrs. Herbert Harris, who is to be congratulated for securing such an outstanding speaker for the evening. Master L. P. Kirkland announced that a short business meeting will precede the program, and is sched uled to begin promptly at 8 o’clock. FIRST WITH CONSERVATION PLEDGE mm Tom Evins Heads Oxford Aero Club Officers Elected At Annua! Membership Meeting Held at Town Hall I* _ Mrs. Bessie York Home From Tour Ralph Rogers on Trip to Penn sylvania—Other Creedmoor News Notes CREEDMOOR, June 23.—Mrs. Bessie York recently returned froip a trip to New York where she spent a week with the seniors from Wil ton. She reports a nice trip. Miss Lrizzie Hester recently re turned from Nashville and States ville where she visited relatives. She also visited Lake Junaluska. Mrs. Edd Goss has returned to her home at Fuquay Springs after beiilg ! the guest of Mrs. Rosa Wheeler Tom M. Evins, Oxford tobacconist and aviation enthusiast, will head the Oxford Aero Club for the new year. Evins was named by the club’s membership to succeed W. M. Hicks, who has served for the past tu^ years. Other officers of the club are John K. Nelms, vice president, Miss Sylvia Young, treasurer, and J. P. Hall, secretary. Directors serving with the officers to comprise the organization’s board are C. H. Brewer, J. H. Blalock; W. H. Blalock, Dr. R. W. Taylor and W. M. Hicks. At the annual meeting, held on Thursday night at Town Hall, prog ress reports were made and plans lor future further development of the airport property were con sidered. Site Acquired For New County Library FIRST GROUP of American children to adopt the “national conserva tion pledge,” these young rhembers of the Junior Auxiliary of Mary land’s State Game and Fish Protective Association stand with hands raised during a “pledge party” in Baltimore. Wednesday, Feb 5, has been designated “Conservation Pledge Day,” and preservation of na tional resources will be urged at public meetings. {International) Rotarians Hear Convention Talk Cancer Fund In County Is $173 Ladies to Be Entertained with Final Picnic Outing- Thursday At Geneva President-elect C. V. Morgan of the Oxford Rotary Club told the Report Submitted to North Carolina Field Army Of Cancer Society Contributions to the Cancer Con trol fund of the North Carolina members interesting facts about his i Field Army in Granville County trip to the recent Rotary Interna- : amounted to $173.82, President B. D. tional convention in San Francisco, j Bunn of the Rotary Club, sponsor Calif., at the club meeting Thurs- I of the drive in Granville County day night. j has advised the State office of the Members of the club stood in si- 1 agency, lent tribute to the late R. H. Lewis, j The campaign in Granville was former president and charter • made with a mail solicitation and through voluntary contributions dropped into coin collection boxes placed in public places Mrs. Chester Wade and family : and Mrs. Ruth Tippett have return- ! i f -a -a ed to Raeford after-a visit here with “ngs Jr. relatives I will entertain their la- Mr^ T TT TTarrK and riaiiirhter i ont-door supper at Bunn expressed his appreciation M?f. Max HibS and ?er son^ Thursday. The, for help of his Rotary committee Jr., have returned from Edenton ! f^ P- | and others who supported or oth- where they were guests of Mr. and ^ ® West. erwise had any part in the cam- Tvrr= w TV xAnrcr, | Coast On a special tram with other paign. Rotary delegates and the tour in- ] The office of the State Director eluded visits to New Orleans, San has offered assistance in Granville Antonio, Mexico, Los Angeles, Hoi- to persons suffering with cancer in Mrs. W. D. Moran Pvt. Earl Hicks, stationed at Par ris Island. S. C., spent the week- ! mg via Nevada. O’Brian Family To Hold Annual Meeting: The annual reunion of the family of J. L. O’Brian will be held Sun- 4. xv. - ^ J -x, [day, June 29, at Oxford Recreation ^Id.. at the home of Mr. and announced Sherrill Washington Mrs. S. C. Lyon, Sr., is home from a three weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Lyon Jr., in Forsythe, Ga. T. K. Powell of Warrenton, is hers |"peei^d tTbrin^prcn'ic Tunch” spending a week with his daughter,' Mrs. John H. Newell, and Mrs. New ell. Miss Marie Dixon has returned from a visit with relatives in Barn- esville, Ga. Mrs. Henry Parrish is a patient at Watts Hospital, Durham. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming Lyon and son. Gene Fleming of Rocky Mount. yesterdy. Members of the family clan are expected to assemble about 10 o’clock and spend the day in fel lowship. Members and friends are Woodlief Reunion To Be Held on July 13 cer Society. end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. jrr i ^ ^ xiui- uu . xu a Willis Hicks jlywood and San Francisco, return- need of help of the American Can- Ralph Rogers left Sunday for a business trip to Reading, Pa. Before returning home he will visit the city of Paducah, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Washington. Mrs. Bryant Garner Jr., Mrs. Mary Washington and son, Hubert, are spending a few days irf Baltimore, Three Firemen Attend College Allen Cozart, Basil Hart and Charles Sullivan Get Certificates Three members of the Oxford Fire I>epartment the past week at tended and took part in the North Carolina Fire College held in Dur ham. Allen Cozart completed his third annual session, Basil Hart his sec ond and Charles Sullivan his first Corinth Reyiyal Is On During: This Week Corinth Baptist Church is hold ing its annual revival meeting this week. Services each night at 8:30 o’clock. Rev. Harold Steen of Louis- burg is conducting the services. DOROTHY THOMPSON TO BE FARM-HOME WTIEK SPEAKER •reunion on Sunday, July 13, at, the home of the youngest son, W. T. were week-end guests of Mrs. Lyon’s Woodlief, near Fairport. Relatives parents. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lyon. ■ attending are expected to bring a Mrs. j. H. Johnston and children, ! picnic lunch for their family and Betsy and Joe. of Raleigh, were i guests. - week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Thompson. Lt. (jg) and Mrs. J. B. Golden of Boston. Mass., are spending this week here with Mrs. Golden’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Bragg. Mrs. Golden, beore her marriage, w'as Emma Lou Bragg. The former Miss Josephine Allen, now Mrs. G. E. Hough and'her two sons. Michael and George of La Crosse, Wis., are here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Allen. Misses Ann Cozart and Susan Fleming of Durham are spending the week with their grand parents, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Thoihpson. Mrs. George Uhrin and son. Rich ard, of Pittsburgh, ’ Pa., are here in the home of Mrs. Uhrin’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rogers. They will remain or several weeks. Mr. Uhrin spent the week-end here with his wife and son and he will join them for his vacation soon. Mrs. George Warhuck of Aber deen. Md., is spending some time here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. Irma Mangum and sons Billy and Bobby Mangum, attended the funeral of a cousin, Billy Royster, in Oxford Friday. Bill Bullock, son of Mr. and (Mrs. William Bullock, underwent a ton sil operation at McPherson Hospital Friday. The annual reunion of the family of the late Emmett and Lucinda Woodlief will hold their annual' and each received a certificate for having attended all lectures and participated in all tower drills —An effort is being made to get a 10-mile boulevard road to connect the campuses of Duke University at r>urham and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. —A prediction that Congress will vote at this session to permit vet erans to cash their terminal leave An invitation to speak at the 1947 Farm and Home Week to be held on the State College Campus August 25-29. has been accepted by Doro thy Thompson, noted journalist and world-wide traveler, according to a joint announcement this week from Mrs. Glenn Duncan, president of the N. C. Federation of Home Demon stration Clubs, and John W. Good man, assistant director of the State College Extension Service and sec retary of the event. The nationally known writer is scheduled to speak before a special meeting of the women at Raleigh City Auditorium the morning of August 28 at 11 o’clock. Miss Thompson, whose column appears in daily newspapers throughout the country, has re cently returned from a trip through Poland and other European ooun- 2ion Bible SchOOl Upon completion of four of the Fire Colleges, firemen are awarded a diploma. . : 4 South Carolinian Sees Short Crop Of Tobacco in ’47 W. Clyde Graham, a South Caro lina tobacco grower and legislator, stated in Washington this week that this year’s flu-cured crop will be about 35 per cent less than the 1946 crop. Graham estimated that weather conditions will decrease the crop 25 per cent and that 10 per cent fewer aeres were planted. Tobacco was harvested from 1,- 184,000 acres in 1946. Graham be lieves that the 1948 crop will be equal to that of last year. 4 Nancy Hunt Passes Board of Pharmacy Nancy Hunt of Oxford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Outlaw Hunt, was one of 21 candidates who success fully passed the examination for registered phramaelsts held the past week at the University School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, by the State Board of Pharmacy. Miss Hunt, a graduate of the University after at tending St. Mary’s in Raleigh, now liolds a position in Raleigh. —^Miss Mary Edna Currin Miller, 24, and a Negro farm hand, Fred In Session This Week The Vacation Bible School at Mt. Wiggins, have bo.th been indicted., Zion Church opened Monday after in Superior Court at Lumberton on noon with the first convocation at 'Charges of secret assault with a ] 4 o’clock. deadly weapon as a result of an at- j Rev. Roger Williams said the tempt to slay Mrs. Miller’s husband, j school would be in session each day David Miller. Rowland merchant. bonds immediately was made this 1 Miller is in a mental hospital ■week by .Speaker Martin. ^ s-t Asheville. during this week with sessions from 4 to 6 p. m. The closing is planned for Friday. Red Cross To Send Mrs. Marie Oews To Traininsr School Mrs. Marie M. Crews, executive xS^cretary of the Granville County Chapter of the American Red Cross, will attend a home service basic training course to be held in Ral eigh June 27, it was disclosed yes terday by Wills Hancock, chairman of the Granville Chapter. Mrs. Luther Davis, Home Nursing Instructor for the Chapter, and possible other members of the Home Service Corps, will attend one or more sessions of the training course. A Home Service staff member from Red Cross Southeastern Area Headquarters in Atlanta will con duct the course, which includes in struction on reporting service, how to give financial assistance, how to assist veterans in filing claims for government ber>efits, communica tions, and other subjects. Red Cross chapter representatives from several chapters in this section are expected to attend, Hancock announced. Red Cross chapter./ throughout the nation are expected to spend $30,000,000 on Home Service work during the current year. Oxford Police Are Ontinuins: Efforts To Preyent Mishaps Efforts of Oxford police to check traffic violations here had brought a number of offenders before Mayor W. M. Hicks yesterday. Chief J; L. Cash said officers are sending in drivers who fail to ob serve stop signs and traffic signals, as well as those accused of speeding and driving with improper brakes. For various offenses, 36 defend ants were tried in Mayor’s Court here Monday. Mrs. Huffh Oyert'i'n Sails For China Mrs. Hugh Overton, nee Elizabeth Cupp, formerly of Oxford, sailed for China Thursday, June 19, from Newport News. Va.. on the Ger trude Maerst. Of 12 passengers she was the only woman, and she said she anticipated a good time. Her husband is employed by the British- American Tobacco. He left Jan uary 3rd, but the company rules did not permit her going until living quarters had been establish ed. She expects to reach China th§ first of August, Lions Cluh Memhers Haye Music Program Members of the Lions Club, in meeting Thursday night, appointed a committee consisting of Vernon Pinch and Charles Hancock to con sider plans for a soft ball team and then enjoyed a musical program. Vice President David Ashworth presided in the absence of Basil Hart. Jack Shaw was in charge of the program, which consisted of a program of spirituals rendered by Golden Star Quartet and other mu sicians. Vacancies Reported In County Schools A number of vacancies in the teaching personnel of Granville County schools remain to be filled before the opening in the Fall, ac cording to School Superintendent 3. D. Bunn. The supedintendent is assisting local school committees in clearing up their faculty problems as rapid ly as possible in the hope that there will be no resignations in late Sum- mer and just before the opening of the school sessions. The site has been chosen fqr the proposed Granville County War Memorial Library, Chair man J. B. Mayes Jr., of the County Library Board, disclosed yesterday. The site is on Williamsboro Street, accross the street from the high school building. It was acquired the past week by the Library Board from R. A. Crews at a cost of $5 000. * • Mayes said the lot has front age of approximately 1^5 .feet and depth of approximately 161.5 feet. Acquisition of the lot, he said, is the first step toward the Board s long term plan of li brary development here. No building design is yet under con sideration. Fleming and Lyon Families Gatlier J. J. Newberry Employees Feted Weldon Bullock of Ridhmond, Dinner Given Friday Night in Chosen Head of Group for Next Year An estimated 200 members of the family, ranging in age from three weeks to 85 years, gathered at Bul lock’s Methodist Church Sunday for the annual reunion of the Fleming anl Lyon families. The oldest person in attendance was Mrs. D. P. Wagstaff, 85, of Creedmoor, who in her younger days taught many members of the fami lies in attendance and then rounded out her career as a merchant for 30 years before retirement. Bonnie Gail, three weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Bullock, slept through most of the day’s events, under the attentive eye of her moth er. Also present were the Crews twins, Edgar and Luther, brothers of J. Y. Crews of Oxford. ; At the morning assembly, with: President Frank Hester presiding, i the opening devotionals and busi ness session was held. Miss Margie , Lou Lyon gave the greeting. Wel don Bullock of Richmond was elect ed president, and serving with him during the year will be Beverly Rogers, secretary and treasurer and Miss Marjorie Aiken, program chair- j man. Mrs. Lawrence Fleming, Mrs. , Kate Bullock and Mrs. Lucille Lyon i served as a nominating committee. I Mrs. C. G. Royster of Bullock. 1 read a comprehensive history of the Fleming family and gave a shorter sketch of the Lyon family, bringing out much interesting information about the two clans that many of the younger members kntw nothing about. The long tables beneath the tall oaks were literany loaded down with choice foods—ham^ chicken, sand wiches and the largest assortment of sweets seen hereabouts since the days preceeding sugar rationing. There was no shortage of lemonade, tea and water, either. Recognition of Sales Record In recognition of their outstand ing sales record, members of the 1 personnel of J. J. Newberry Com- j pany here were entertained with a I dinner Friday evening at Oxford j Woman’s Club as guests of J. J. I Newberry, head of the firm. I The business of the evening was . fellowship and the guests participat- 1 ed in a number of interesting games and spirited contests during which a number of valuable prizes were j awarded. I G. E. Couchman, manager of the ‘store, was the toastmaster. He an- ! nounced that for the third suc- ' cessive time, the Oxford store had made the largest percent of sales gains and that the dinner was being I given in appreciation of the efforts : and devotion to duty of members ; of the personnel. Music was ren dered during the evening by Miss Virginia Carroll, pianist, and Mich ael Couchman rendered two songs. The tables were, attractively de corated with summer flowers and candles and the guests were form ally attired. j Rlze were Rosa Lee Hill, table radio; Mrs. Kathleen Hunter, two pairs nylon hose; Cecelia Sykes, $5 in trade at beauty shop; Edith Oakley, nylon hose; Mrs. Mable Hicks and Gussie Paucette, each received a week’s supply of theatre tickets. Butner Property Is Sousfht by State For GI Training School Transfer of 162 acres of surplus Camp Butner property to the State for the GI education program was sought in Washington the past week by State Superintendent Clyde A. Erwin, of the Department of Public Instruction and J. Warren Smith, State Director of Vocational Educa tion. ■ ■ . Erwin told the War Assets Ad ministration that transfer of the property would not conflict with other requests of the State for But ner property to be used for health and hospital programs. Two Oxford Men On Program for Annual Meeting Engineers Two Oxford men, Dr. O. A. Brown of the United States Department of Agriculture, and N. W. Weldon of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, both of whom are en gaged in tobacco investigations here were Philadelphia yesterday for the annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Dr. Brown and Mr. Weldon were co-authors of a paper on “The Engineering Phases of Curing Bright Leaf Tobacco,” presented as the feature of the meeting. Bip" Attendance At Flat Riyer Meeting On Sunday Expected The Flat River Association in spirational meeting to be held at First Baptist Church here Sunday is expected to draw attendance from all parts of the county, Mrs. B. D. Bunn, Missions Chairman in the A-ssociation, said yesterday. The meeting is planned as a wel come for Rev. Roger Williams, Mis sionary to the Association, and for inspiration. Horace Easom pf Shel by, is to be the principal speaker. Mrs. Poy J. Farmer, State WMU president, will also be here to par ticipate in the meeting. The meeting, opening at* 3 p. m., is to be held at First Baptist Church. WILLIAMS CLEANING CO. TO CLOSE FOB ONE WEEK Williams Cleaning Company will close down for a week in order that employes may have their annual va cation week of June 30 to July 5. G. E. Couchman and son, Michael, left during the week end for a short stay with relatives of Mr. Couch man at Martinsburg, W. Va. Reyiyal at Island Creek on This Week The annual revival at Island Creek Baptist Church began Sun day morning and is to be continued through this week with services at 8 each evening. The pastor, Rev. Shelley Caudle, is doing the preaching. Special song services are being held with the Rev. Mr. Melton of Wake Forest, leading the singing. lOOF NOT TO MEET TONIGHT Oxford Lodge of Odd Fellows will not meet tonight, Tuesday, on ac count of the district meting of the Masonic order being held here, W. E. Warren stated yesterefey. Ml-, and Mrs. B. D, Bunn and two children are spending a few days ‘With relatives at Morehead City. Mayor Harris Will Attend Dedication Of Laurinburg Port Mayor I. E. Harris of Creedmoor, has accepted an invitation extends ed by the Mayors of Laurinburg and Maxton to he among the guests at the dedication of the Laurinburg- Ivlaxton airport on July 4. In connection with the dedication, a big air show is planned. Army iet P-80’s will be shown and out standing acrobatic fliers also are scheduled to be on hand. Accompnied by Mrs. Harris, Mayor Harris plans to fly to Laurinburg and attend the pilot’s breakfast on Mrs. Hattie'*H. Adams Passes in Sarasota Relatives here have been advised of the death in Sarasota, Fla., of Mrs. Hattie Hicks Adams, a former resident of Oxford. Her death oc curred on June 17. Born in Oxford, where she spent her girlhood days, Mrs. Adams was the daughter of the late Hubbell Hicks and Mrs. Harriett Britton Hicks. Her family was prominently identified with the social and .cul tural life of the town and with the work of St. Stephen’s Parish. Surviving are her sister, Mrs. El len T. Hicks, retired missionary of the Episcopal Church, now residing in Sarasota, Fla., and a brother, Eu gene Hicks of Wilmington and sev eral nieces and nephews. Mew Read Laws Become Effective. On First Of July Drivers to Be Held Responsi ble for Acts—Speed Limit to Be Stepped Up Highway laws in North Carolina become more rigid as of July 1 when the 1947 legislation labeled as “Re sponsibility Act’’ becomes effective. The Carolina Motor Club advises that under terms of the act, all car owners are required to carry lia bility insurance or post with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, cash, securities or real estate in such amounts as the commissioner may decide subject to a limit of $11,000. Unless this is done, should an owner be found liable in an auto mobile accident, his license may be revoked until a settlement or satis factory provision for settlement is made. The Motor Club says bankruptcy will not relieve a person from any of the requirements of the act and the law applies equally to non-residents of North Carolina. A second bill, passed by the State Legislature affecting owners of mo tor vehicles, trailers and semi-trail ers, requires the inspection of the vehicle once during 1948. Starting Jan. 1, 1949, and each year follow ing vehicles must be inspected by the Department of Motor Vehicles semi-annually. The owner is charg ed a fee of $1 the first year and 75 cents for each inspection thereafter. Convenient inspection stations will be established throughout the State. The safety measure further sets a maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour on open highways with oth er limits scaled to safety maximums of definite localities. Although the inspection bill goes into effect legally July 1, no in spection stations will be set up lo cally until the first of next year, according to State police officials. Gravely Head Of Leaf Exporters Andrew Jamieson and Tom Evins Attend Meeting at Virginia Beach Golfers to Meet Two Visiting Clubs Wed. Oxford golfers will meet Hender son and Louisburg in a three-way match here Wednesday aftemoofi beginning at 2 o’clock. In a contest at Louisburg the past week, Oxford won over Smithfield and lost to Louisburg. L. L. Gravely of Rocky Mount, was elected president of the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association in annual convention the past week at Virginia Beach. He succeeds James S. Ficklin of Greenville, who was named to the executive committee of the association. Attending the convention from Oxford were Andrew Jamieson and T. M. Evins of the W. A. Adams Company, During the business session, the association adopted a recommenda tion by Gravely that a committee be appointed to make a one-year study on the amalgamation of the Leai Exporters Association, the Tobacco Association of the United States and the Burley Leaf Dealers Association. The Federal government’s policy of “continuing to pile up” tobacco shocks is a “matter of grave concern to all of us,” Ficklen told the asso ciation. In an address read for him to the association’s annual convention Ficklen reported on his conference this Spring with officials of the United States E>epartment of Agri culture in an effort to obtain a “more satisfactory” stabilization program for the current crop than that of^^ast year. . -: v,;; “It is hoped that a more satisfac tory program could be arrived at in 1947,” he said “ and certain of the mistakes of the 1946 season could be corrected. The difficulty encounter ed, however, was the fact that pari ty has advanced some 6 to 7 cents per pound since last year, which makes the matter of adjusting floor prices on a satisfactory basis a prob lem indeed.” At the same time in Raleigh, Pro duction and Marketing Administra tion representatives from five flue- cured tobacco producing states op ened two-day sessions at N. C. Col lege to study tobacco marketing prospects for the coming season. G. Tom Scott, State Production and Marketing Administration di rector, presided over the meetings. Tobacco experts from Washington attended the conference, together with State directors and committee men of the PMA from Florida, Geor gia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Orphanasre Host To Visitors from Durham Oxford Orphanage was host Sun day evening to about 200 visitors from Durham, members of two Ma sonic Lodges there and members of the Durham Oxford Orphanage Alumni Chapter, at a supper on the campus. Past Grand Master W. J. Bunily of Greenville, addressed the visitors briefly prior to the supper, which was served outdoors. R. D. Currin has been confined to his home for a few days on ac count of illness.
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