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VOL. 73 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24,1954 puauamm TtusDAT mo wamar NO4103 w ran Taaa tm _^ ^ _ BBS-—!—-'—- V -' '.-L."L'.,SS OXFORD 20 PAGES 3 SECTIONS THE PRINTED WORD lathe only type oi ad vertising that may be referred to again and again—at will. Thomas B. Currin Becomes Master of A.F.&A.M. Lodge Installation of Officers Held At Meeting of Organiza tion on Monday Thomas B. Curtin, school teach er and newly elected member of the Board of City Commissioners. Mon day night took over as master of Oxford Masonic Lodge, succeeding Marshal! Parham, who served dur ing the past year. E. T. Regan, past master, act ed as installing officer and T. G. Powell, also a past master, was the installing marshall. Other officers previously elected and installed Monday night to Serve with Currin are Walter S. Gordon, senior warden; J. E. Rawls, junior warden; W. E. Warren, trea surer; E. T. Regan, secretary. Er nest Hiil. senior deacon; George T. Bakes, junior deacon; Dr. Leon Moore and Wade Gregory, stew ards, and John A. Baker, tiler. Also installed were Rev. A. D Leon Gray, cltaplain. and T. O Powell, marshall. The following committees were designated to function during the year ahead cOxibrd orphanage and Masonic and Eastern Star Homes. T. O. Powell, chairman, A. S. Harris and F. E. Young; Masonic Educa tion. J E. Rawts chairman. Wal ters. Gordon. Dr. Leon Moore, Bil ly Hight. and Hooter Triplett; Coaching. M. G. Taiton. Jr., chair man. Ernest Hill, G. T. Eases, Dick Harris. Marshaii Parham and John Cannady. The finance committee consists of T. B. Currin. E. T. Regan and Ernest Hill. M. E. Parham is lodge auditor. Leon Gray is chairman of trus tees and serving with him will be J. A. Saye and Marshall Parham. Woman's Club Donee On December 31 Moy Hove Sel^Oo# House It Appears now that the Junior Wqtnan , Ciub wiii have a seii-out crowd lor the organization's New Year s eve dance at the Armory on December 3i. Ciub officials said yesterday that more reservations already have been made than had been antici pated by the planning committee "It looks as if we might have to withdraw ticket saies," said one member of the club. Undertaking the year-end dance to provide iunds for some of their community service projects, mem bers of the ciub are to have the big armory especially decorated and tabies wiii be arranged around the rim of the dancing area. Sandwich es and soft drinks wiii be on sale in the butiamg. A Henderson orchestra, under the direction of Dick Malloy, for merly with Tom Hearne s orches tra. wiii provide the music. The coiiege set. teen-agers and many others who are in town for the holidays, together with their guests, wni help to sweti the crowd of iocal dance enthusiasts. The in novation of tabies is proving at tractive for some of the older dan cers who iike an opportunity to "sit out" some of the faster num bers. , ' Aii our reservations are on a first come, first served basis." re marked Miss Elizabeth Hicks of the ciub committee. City Laborers To Get Some Time OH Street and Water Depart ment Workers to Be On HoHday Schedule , Employees of the City Street end Water Departments have been go ing at fall steam this week In or der to get their work so as to take a couple of holidays. Superintendent H. J Jackson of the 8treet Department said the fi nal garbage collection will be made today and that street employees will endeavor to pick up all trash before the end of the day. A crew will make a quick sweep of the down-town area Christmas morning and will follow about the same routine next week-end in or der to have off New Year a Day. Water Department employees un der the direction of Harrell Lyon also are expecting to take off the day Christmas and New Year's. ' barring emergency. The State Motor Vehicles De partment says an unsafe speed is any speed too fast for the condition of the road, the weather, the traf fic or your car. We have come to the end of another year of pleasant associations with those whose confi dence and good wiii we value so highly. Once more it becomes our pleasure to send our friends and patrons our heart felt greetings and wish them a Christmas abundant with good cheer ... one that will usher in a New Year of peace, happiness and prosperity, A. N. Critcher F. Royster Critcher Mrs. Henry P. Hall Tom W. Johnson Magdalene R Critcher F. D. Norris Wendell H. Woody Pauline D. Harris George Johnson Robert E Gooch CORRESPONDENTS Mrs. R. E. Gooch, Mrs. W. S. Daniel, Mrs. T. T. Hughes. Mrs. W. P. Vaughan. Mrs Roy Crews, Mrs. R. W. Harris, Mrs. W. H. Harris, Hart Curl. HUMAN ICE CUBE LIKES OXFORD'S WEATHER Robert L Jones Quits Buried Alive Routine for ^ross-Coun try Travei Frosen in fee—Dickering \<iw for TransOoean Sponsor The pre-Christmas weather in Oxford has been "just right" for Robert L. Jones, "the human ice cube." who at the age of 50 has turned to aviation as his newest method of thriiiing the America), pubiic. Jones ieft Oxford 25 years ago to make his way in the worid. "I iactt . ed education, but feit that I couid < etitertair the pubiic. That's the way I've made my living since." Jones said in a brief sidewalk in terview here yesterday. Jones comes to Oxford periodi cal to attend to the welfare of his aunt. Miss Lucy Jones, who now ts !00 years oid. She is back at her home here after having spent sev eral months in a Henderson nurs ing home. Jones is to return to Ox fortt next week after having spent Christmas with a sister who iives it Fort Bragg with her soidier hus band. Some 25 years ago. newspapers arouiid the nation were printing pictures and stories about Buried Alive Jones " He managed to live i for days in a grave in the days of fiagpoie sitters, but after a few years, he found that being frozen in a cake of ice was more thriiting— and more entertaining for the in terested pubitc. The Oxford native with the wax td brown moustactte trimmed doapr to a fine hairsuite and extending a fuii three itiches on each side of the tip in a gracefut curve, a few weeks ago rode from New York to Caiifornia white frozen in a cake of ice. He was bitted as the Human Ice Cube. Presentty, Jones is dick ering for a sponsor—and a ftyer— to haut him across the Attantic frozen in ice. Jones' iatest addition to his bag of tricks is stunt-ftying. Recentty. during a big exposition in Patis boro. N. J., with CAA permission. ! he ianded his 450 horsepower ptane in a narrow street. "I had a ctose cah." he recatted, but got down ait right. My pianc hit a power tine and it atmost croshed." . Jones has traveied wideiy in the i United States in show business. He atso has made a number of night hub appearances auu is coiistant ty thinking of new ways to enter tain the wond. "Right now," ' he said. I'm thinking of some atomic age trtok. but haven't figured tt out. " Fishermen Break ice to Catch 'Em On Kerr Reservoir —*— f Fishermen are breaking the ice and catching them in Kerr Res ervoir this week, according to Game Protector Raiph Dagger hardt. The backwaters of the iake have been frozen for severai days but not the main channei of the stream, according to Dagger ' hardt. Hardy fishermen who have braved the sub-freezing weather to venture on iake have been forced to break ice around haii an inch thick to manipuiate their fishing gear, according to the protector. Frank Buiiock Heard At Kiwanis Meeting Interesting facts regarding the deveiopment and uses of man made fibers were given the Kiwa nis Ciub here Tuesday night by Frank W. Buiiock. Buiiock, office manager for Ox ford Piant of Buritngton Miiis. spoke of orion, nyion and other fi bers which are being used wtdeiy in the textile industry today Bob Ciark was the guest of Jphn A. Myers. Two Big Whi;key Plants Located Sheriff's Officers and Vance } County ABC Men Get Out fits in Brassfieid j Granvilie sheriff's officers and [ Vance County ABC agents Wed nesday morning destroyed two 600 gaiion capacity submarine-type dis tilleries in Brassfieid township. ' The two kettles. Sheriff Jones re ported. had been in operation near the state that biocks and chips in dicated that they had been sawed out and naiied together. I Officers found at the site a 'three-inch galvanized branch worm which had been used in combina tion with copper elbows. Approxi mately a quarter mile from the site, the officers found the cap and worm which they assumed was a part of the same outfits. The ketles had not been refilled with mash after a previous run. " , GRASS FIRS AT NOON Firemen were called to Peace Street at 1!:!0 p. m. Monday to ex tinguish. a grass fire burning in the area. There was no property dam Nothing Appea! Mwe G^rmtHts Nect Meet Emergency Require merits of Dtstrented The Clothing Closet. sponsored by Oxford Junior Woman's Club in cooperation with Granville County Welfare Department. is stiii in need of garments, according to Mrs. Oariand Averette. project chair man. Response to the appeat for cioth ing has been very gratifying and although approximately 1000 var ments nave been received, the sup piy is rapidiy bemg depleted Cloth irtg has been dtstributed to persons iosing their possessions in fires and to needy children in order that they may attend schooi and Sun day school properly protected from the cold weath. Mrs. Averette ex plained. There ts an increased demand for garments at this season of the year. Mrs. Averette said. We ur gently need them to distribute to needy families. Fersons wishing to donate clothing may contact any member of the committee compds ed of Mesdames Gariand Averette. Bill Felton. Glenn Green. Cooper Barnes and Miss Jean Beasley " she concluded. Listen, Boys, This One !^On the House The Teen-Age Club will have a dance Monday evening. Dec. 27. at the club room. A11 teen-agers are invited. Boys are urged by Mrs. R M. Currin to call girls and offer to es cort them. This Is one dance. Mrs. Currin said, where the boy wiH furnish only transportation. Music and refreshments will be provided. This should appeal to the lad who has just spent all his money on Christmas." Mrs. Currin said. January 3 Opening Date far Schoois Gmnville Schoots closed Wednes day afternoon to begin the Christ mas hoiidays. Classes are to be resumed for both the Granville and the Oxford district schools on Monday. Jan- 3. B!RTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Garrison, a son. weighing 71-3 pounds at Orace Hospital. Rich mond. Va. Dec. 33 Mrs. Garrison Is the former Miss Hattie Marie Moore. Born to Mr. and Mrs John Thomas Wallace of Route 3. Ox ford. a daughter. Mary Ann, Dec. 31. at Granville Hospital. Bam to Mr A"" HU A. Curtin of Oxford, a son, Dec. 33. at Granville Hospital. Buriington Miiis Christmas Party Waw^Crawd Christmas Movies Shown and Bays o( Gifts Distributed Sunday Afternoon Severai hundred children and their parents, employees of Oxford Plant of Buriington Miiis. were en tertained Sunday afternoon with Christmas parties by the company Following a program of Christ mas movies. Santa Claus made an appearance and briefly greeted the children before they were invited to receive large bags containing toys, fruits, nuts and candy, a gift of Buriington Mills. Eariier. fruit cake ana soft drinks were served. Perry Harrison was winner of a five-pound fruit cake given at the 2 p. tn. party as door prize. Farm Hand Victim OF Freak Accident Rober Harris, 36, Negro, Fa taiiy Injured When Hit By Hickory Limb A freak accident Tuesday after noon on the Tyier farm ott Oxford bypass brought death to Robert Harris. 36-year-old farmer, who was engaged in wood-cutting when he was fatally injured According to Sheriff Roy D. Jones, who made an investigation. Harris and a brother-in-iaw. Ed Hawiey, were operating a chain saw. cutting up a pine tree which had been felled by Hurricane Ha zei. The two men. assisted by Harris' son and a son-in-iaw. had began work in the top of the fatten pine and cut back to the trunk. As they cut the final ibg, a limb which had been heid down by the weight of the tog was released, striking a por tion of a hickory. The biow. the sheriff expiained. kicked the hick ory iimb back, striking Harris on tne top of his head, ieaving a gap ing wourd - Brought to Shaw Memorial Hos pital by his companions. Hafts died a short while later. The funer al is to be held at New Hope Church, near Berea, at 2 p. m. Frt SECRETS WRANGLED FROM TWO AMERiCAKS A C S. High Commission Court this week sentenced u M-yesr oid German brunette beauty to Ore years in prison tor betrayfng to the Russians military secrets she secured from her two Amen can towers, both C. S. tnteiiigence offictais. trmgard Margarethe Schmidt had P'ead gutty, but nabbed at the sentence. ! can't tahe R." she said, "it's too much. SfOCK/NGS HUNG W/7*H Figuratively, the Christmas tree is decorated, gifts have been ar ranged at the base in interesting ; manner, the Christmas dinner me nu is underway—in fact, Christ ! mas is at hand in reaiity. j Merchants are expecting a hustie } today as many late shoppers crowd i in to pick up iast minute gifts and i to obtain supplies ior the home pantry as housewives anticipate the ! business holiday extending from : tonight through Monday. Services Planned Tonight at il o clock, there is to be a candlelight communion service at Oxford fresbyterian Church The Rev. T. T. Traynham is to conduct the service assisted by Rev. R L. Berry. Biso tonight at 11.30, there is to be a midnight worsnip and Com munion service at St. Stephens ilpiscopai Church. The Rev. Aiban Richey is to conduct the service. The usttai Sunday worship ser vices are to be heid in the ciiurches of Oxford and the county. At 7:30 p. in. Monday there is to be a special Boy Scout, program at Ceneva Church. Scoutmaster Wal ter Hits is to show movies of a number of Boy Scout jamborees, including that a few months ago nt) California and another in Texas. Economically distressed families, whose plight is known to chtuch. welfare and civic agencies, have bacn taken care of More than 100 families oid persons, many of them beyond the productive years of la bor. widows with children and hemes whuh have been poverty ridden by continuing sickness and iiarasinp. areto share Christmas through thoughtfuimrss of friends and miguoois — many of them strangers Snp'niitendt.nt J. R Raper of the t^:iifai\- ilepartnnnt said 100 famti. s or about 400 prisons were h.cmuod in the cheer distributed in c r.th'.nbc by v..nous organiza tions v.i.Kiu.' in cooperation with the w-itare ngen y. Kaper estimat ed ttiat'-i.&\-wistidsst'u persons re ceived around Sl.doO woith tA gorxls. (.hft. hmc been pouring in for iicchi.menattacOxfordOrphan ageandthe Colored Orphanage, midiiieo.ufo^ksat the county home roso i.ave betm remembered by kin and friends. Oxford merchants report that pre-Cnn^tmaa trade has been good ana most of them obviously were phased with the volume oi business handled during the past several weeks. Wee^-enJ Ho^Joy Oxford stores are to ciose at 6 ot!ock tonight. Friday, ^nd wiii reopen next Tuesday morn ing act ot ding to a schedule previously announced by the Merchants Bureau of the Gran vH!c Chamber of Commerce. The week end Christmas hoh day is the iast business suspen sion scheduted in Oxford before Easter Monday. Oxford stores wii! be open on Saturday. January L Wiiton Youth Hurt When Hit by Truck I Burin psti'n. Jf, i3 . stuttained n 'ha^ture of the ieft ieg when struck by a truck on a county road in the Wiiton section Tuesday afternoon. I Driver of the pick-up truck which ' struck Dixon was Tommy Green, coiored farm hand. The iad was ' knocked from his bike into a road ditch. Green stopped his vehicle on the spot and brought the injured youth to the hospital here. The broken member was put into a cast at the hospital Wednesday morn ing W B. Bragg. Jr., was owner of the truck which struck Dixon. Oxford Post Office To Open Haif Day The Oxford post office will be open only half a day Monday. Dec. 27. because of the business suspen sion in the city. Postmaster John D Mackie said yesterday that the office would close at 1 p. m. Mrs. harper Renn Dies !n Haspita! Funcra) to Be Conducted At 2:30 F At. Friday at Shady Grove Church Mrs. Grace Alien Renn. 69. widow o! J. Harper Renn, member of a prominent family, died at 2:15 a.m. Thursday in Oranvilie Hospital. Death for Mrs. Renn foiiowed a pe riod of declining health. The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p. m. today. Friday, at Shady Grove Methodist Church by her pastor, Rev. Gary Sheiton. Buriai -*tU bt\ in rimwuod Cemetery. Mrs. Renn was born in GranvUfe County, Eept. 2. 1885. a daughter of ! the iate Ethan C. Alien and Mary Sue Mayes. She attended schools of Granvhfc County and spent most of her life in the ^ounty. She was a member of Providence Home Demonstration Club and had been active in church and community Xfe prior to her itiness. Surviving are three sons, Robert. Claude and James it. Renn. Jr., ali of Cranviiie County, a daughter. Mrs. Roy E. Harris of Durham; itwo brothers. Claude W. Alien of Washington. D C.. and Arthur Alien of Youngsvilie, and a sister. Miss Mary Wiliie Alien of Wash ington. Active paiibcarers wiii be Forest Jenkins, David Hunt. Durward Burnette. Morgan Daniei. Tom Jones and James Hobgood. THE WEATHER^Partiy cloudy and warmer today and tomorrow. ^ SEEING DOUBLE—Santa Claus runs into iots of puzzling circumstances, but in this instance, he is actually not see j ing double. He is shown greeting Mrs. Margaret Nance and iher twin sons, Meivin, right, and Marvin, 9, at the annual ' Christmas party of employees of Oxford Plant of Burling- j ton Miiis on Sunday afternnoon. Bags of gifts were deiiv-i ered to all children in attendance and refreshments were; served to about 400 persons after a program of movies. Littie Progress Shown !n Search For Safe Cracker Police and SB! HaveLittie j To Go On !n Hunt For Power Co. Robber No Significant breaks have come this week m the Oxford Police De partment s efforts to break" the safe robbery vhich occurred during the week-end at Carolina Power and Light Company office here on Hillsboro Street. A thief who entered a back win dow and hammered open the bi% iron safe in the front office of the } company, getting away with around $550 in cash, obviously was a "pro icssionai." the investigating offi cers. Chief J L. Cash of the local ponce dtpaitment. and J. P. Thom as, identification man with the SBI, concluded. Little progress has been achieved in solving the safe-robbery which occurred at Roxboro in the office of farmers Mutual Saturday night, person County authorities report. Agent Thomas lifted a iarg6 numoer of finger prints during his investigation here Monday, and auring the week he has been en gaged in making comparisons with ne punts of employees who regu larly worked about the office, for the purpose of elimination. The safe robbery was the mos? brazen job undertaken here in years. Tne operator who entered rtay Lumber Company last June worked m relative concealment and me persons wno broke open the safe in Tom's Auto Supply several months ago also had better cover age than ,did the thief who worked in the brilliantly lighted Carolina ^o^cr and Light Company office. Big Push! Over At Oxford Post Office CunceMaMons Monday hA4&*< cess of 26,600—Incom ing MaHs Heavy The "big push" is over at the Oxford post office, but the entire per onnei is working at top speed to get ali deliveries completed by tonight. Postmaster John D. Mackie said Monday's cancellations totaled 25. 609. biggest single day of the cur rent Christmas mailing season. The total was the largest for any sin gle day in about five years. Mackie said incoming mail stili is heavy. Parcels, greeting cards and first class mail is arriving by the truck-load three times daily and the Highway Mail Bus also is carrying a heavy load of mail. The office personnel, Mackie said, will continue to get deliveries just as rapidly as possible. A drop is expected tomorrow, although late pre-holiday mails arc usually bulky with late cards, gifts and other mail matter. Jos. H. Warren, Jr. Chosen by LO.O.F. InstaHation of Newty Efected Officers to Take Place tn January James H. Warren, Jr., on Tues day night was etected nobie grand of Oxiord Lodge Ho. 103. Independ ent Order ol Odd Feiiows, tn the year-end meeting at the iodge hath Warren succeeds Alien B- Seate who has become vice grand. Other officers chosen are V. W. Tayior, treasurer; J. D. Kearney, financial secretary. T A. Chandler, record ing secretary, and Roger L. Currin. reelected trustee for a three-year tenure There will be no meeting of the iodge next week. Installation will take place in January at a time to be announced. Watch Party P!anned At Church an Dec. 31 Plans were announced yesterday for a New Year's eve watch party to be held at First Baptist Church on Dec. 31. Miss Rebecca Maness said young people would assemble at 9:30 pm. for recreation, a moving picture and devotionals. Caro! Service Today For Loca! ChiMren There is to be a carol service at S p. m today. Friday, at St. Stephen^ Episcopal Church especially for children. Mrs Bess Daniel wiH ha accompanist for the song service, to which the children of the commu nity are invited.