, . t .. ...... THE PRINTED WORD ^ is the only type of ad vertising that may be referred to again and again—at will. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY INVESTIGATE Granville County has many business and farm opportunities. In vestigate, then invest. VOL. 78 ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR I S3! OXFORD. N. C NO. 74 Township Leaders For ASC Etected County Committee to Be Picked at Convention Friday, Sept. 28 4 total of 524 votes were cast Thursday in the election of Town ship Committeemen and delegates to the County Convention of the Agricultural Stabilization and Con servaticn organization for Gran ville County. Newly elected committeemen will take office Oct. 1. The first named in each township list is the chair man and he will serve as deiegate to the County Convention Sept. 25 at which the County ASC commit tee will be elected by ballot. The Township and County Com mittee serve for one year. The second named in each of the fallowing J^sts is the vice Chair man. the third is the reguiar member and the fourth and the fif h are first and second alternate members, respectively, of the town ship committee, according to Gar land L. Catlette. County ASC office manager, who stated that the tAal vote this year was 141 greater than for the previous year Brassfield Township — T. W. Allen. Jr.. I. L. Jenkins. Alton Dix on. W B Bragg. H, L. Green. Dutchville Township — Baxter Aiken. Ralph Green. Joe Bullock. W. W. Whitfield. George Washing ton. Ftshim Creek — Jack Dickerson. W W. Thomasson. Roy Blackwell, Willie Brooks. Ernest Sneed. Oak Hill — Jack Adcock. C. Hes ley Clark. D. J. Hite, G. L. Wright. Sr.. J Frank Clark. Oxford — Bill Day. Joe Baker. ) Morten Burwell, C. M. Dean. ) Crawford Hester. Salem Township — WUson Day. H Harry Currin. Garland Jones. Wil K lie Ray Adcock. Douglas Barker. ^ Sassafras Fork — Calvin Eakes. ^Howard Currin. Roger Currin. ^Maurice Davis. H. T. Gill. Gooch. Ernest Clayton. L W ck. Julian Daniel Walnut Grove — Nat R Baird H. M. Puckett. WUliam Cur Floyd HuH. Nelson Currin. kt Aid Trammg ^ To Bo Offered !n ^ak Hi!! Community McLaurht to Bo instructor . for Bod Crow First L AidProtram 3ak Hill Community Asso oet Thursday night, sident. Floyd Eiiiott. pre jevotional was given by ck. A skit on Civil De given by Judy Wiltiams. Hdcock. Sarah Jean Laws tie Elliott under the di [Miss Cieion McLaurin. aurin aiso gave an ^talk on how to prepare kit and she aiso gave each member on Civil ^voted to have a Red Course taught at the _Iouse by Miss Mc [ first c!ass wilt be he!d wili be seven ctasses. Lurday night at 7 un Ali interested per sted to attend. ciai hour, refresh fed. -ting wiilbe heid Knocks reaof Fence tquired i952 model d by Lueious Chavis, d. Negro, was heav hen it left the road at I am. Sunday. 100 feet of farm Wiiiiams 27. Negro, Officer W. T Fei awav Patrol that he he vehicie and that :epinthecar. farm and overturn the right front. Me four fenders of the M Scouts at State Pork of the Stovail Boy by the Rufi t community, heid outing on Labor at Hanging Rock Stokes County. L. Johnson and accompanied the for vator have irman. to the than any other WALTER F ANDERSON Wa!ter Anderson To Address Men's C!ub At Methodist Chirch A Raicigh man who successfuiiy combines enforcement work and relig'ous activities will be guest speaker for the September u.nner meeting of the Methodist Men's Club at the Oxfr-d Church on Wednesday at 7 p. m He is Waiter Foster Anderson, director of the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation, and a member of Fairmonth Methodist Church. Raicigh. where he aiso teaches the Wesiey Bible Ciass. His Oxford tcpic witi be "Crime is Big Business. " A native of Davie County. An derson is a .former chief of Win ston - Salem Police Department and a former president of the In temationai Association tf Chiefs of Police. He tins been director of the State Bureau of Investigation since June 1957 He had earlier heid the same position and aiso has heid a number of assignments in the Methcdist Conference and in state affairs. Revive! Services To Open Thursday Durham Minister to Preach at Stovaii Methodist Church at 7:30 PM Revivai services wi'-i begin at Stovaii Methodist Church on Thursday. Sept. 17. and continue through Sunday morning. Sept 20. Worship will begin each evening at 7:30. The Rev. Aiison Simonton of Glendale Heights Methodist Church in Durham witi be guest preacher. ^ In addition to his pastoral duties : Mr. Simonton is secretary of Evan gelism in thf Durham District. Mr. Simonton grew up in Covington, term., and prior to coming to the ministery edited a weekty news paper He is a June graduate ot the Divinity Schooi of Duke Uni versity. ; : Speciai music is planned and wit! be under the direction of Mrs. Waiter Young, piarnst The public is invited to the services. Stovai! Fire Trucks Are Radio Equipped Stovall's fire trucks are now radio equipped. Two way communications through the Granviiie Rescue Squad base stat'on. serviced by the Oxford Poiice Department, already is in service on one of the Stovaii trucks and like equipment is being install- } ed on the other. The Stovaii Fire Department is; furnishing its cwn communications equipment. Mrs. WiHie Lee Currin Mrs. Bessie Cannady Currin. ; widow of Willie lee Currin, died Friday night at her Durham home after several months of iilness resuiting from heart disease. The funeral was conducted. Sun day in Durham and burial took place at 4 p m. at Enon Baptist Church Cemetery. Nephews were the pallbearers. The Rev. Henry B Anderson, pastor of Grace Baptist Church Durham* was in charge of the service. Mrs. Currin was born in Gran ville County, the daughter of the late John P and Corrina Brad sher Currin. She attended the public schools of Granville County and also Oxford College She had resided In Durham since 1926 She had been active in the work cf her church until stricken ill. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. J. Howard Crabtree of the home; a sister. Mrs. D. H. Currin of Ox ford, and several nieces and nephews. .. Regionnt Meeting Of WMS to Be Here in Oxford Sept. 24 State. Regional Presidents to Participate on Morning, Evening Program A reg'onai meeting of the Wo man's Missionary 'Union of the Nor;h Caro.ina Baptist Ccnvention wiii be heid at the Oxford Baptist Church on Sept. 24 with the F.at Rivrr Association's WMC organi sations as host, accruing to Mrs. B. M. O'Brian. Associationai Su ; pemtendent. Mrs. Charies Maddrty. regianai president, has planned. the pro gram. featuring two speakers. Mrs ,V. K. McGee of Winston-SaiCm. State WMU president, and Miss '.tar-orie Jones of Garner, mission ry t* Ghana. ' ' Mrs. C'Brian stated that there w it be two tdentica) meetings, one n the morning and the other at night, planned so that every person derir'.ng to do so may attend one or the other The forenoon meet ing is scheduled for i0:30 and the evening session for 7:30. Mrs O'Brian stated. (aunty Tax Book S%t Authorized Sheriff Roy D Jones Takes Over Coiiection of 1959 BO County Levy County tax books changed hands j the past week with authorization cf the Board Of -CoUhty Commis- ' sioners. Shrrtff Hoy D Jones has taken -vor from County Auditor I. W Buttock the 1359-60 books with 4334.050 02 to be roiie-tfd. Auditor Buiirck's office had tanked 4i47. 962.75 in pre-payments on the ievy for the current year. As Sheriff Jones received the new books, he turned pack to tpe Auditor's Department the 1954-59: books shewing a totai of 4365,000! roiiected Cr itecting the baiance due by property owners of the county is one of the current ob jectives of Auditor Buttock. StovaM Firemen Service Two CaMs Two tobacco barns in the county were hit by fire Friday afternoon, one on the Jack Peace farm in Dexter Community and the other { on the James Morton farm in the edge of Stovaii. About 300 pounds of stripped tobacco, piaced in the barn to order in preparation for market, was' destroyed on the Peace farm in a fire that aiso consumed the barn Feace is a Henderson resident. The Morton farm ire occurred at 5 p. m The barn was saved, but contents and roof of the buiidmg were destroyed Chief MG Puckett. F. C Boyd. Jr., and Wiiiiam Knott answered the Dexter cali. Puckett. Boyd and Linwood Hutson handted ope rations at the Morton fire. GronviMe Board Puts OK on Fund Changes The Board* of County Commis sioners. meeting here the past week, approved for the Granviiie Welfare Department termination of one biind aid ease, increases for three and reduction for one . The effective date is Sept. i Three cases were increased a ; totai of 432. on for 44. one for 4i0 and the third for 414. One case; was decreased from 4116 to 470 and one. who had been receiving $41 monthiy. was terminated. Nathan C. Turner A farmer of Route 1. Franklin ton. Nathan C.Tumer.65. died at i0:30 p. m. Friday at Veterans Hospital. Durham. He had been! ill for two months. j The funeral was conducted at 9 ! p. m. Sunday at Banks Methodfkt Church by the Rev. Morris Byers. . pastor, assisted by a former pastor. Rev D M Sharpe. Burial was in the church cemetery. The deceased was bom in Gran vilie County, a son of the iate P i H. and Bettie Morris Turner. He was a veteran of World War !, a member of the American Legion, the Junior Order of United Me chanics and of Hgpks Methodist i Church Surviving are three brothers, L. j G Turner of Chpae City. Va.. C M Turner of Henderson, and Dr J. V. Turner of Wiison; one sis ter, Mrs. O. B Moss of Richmond. Va . and severai nieces and ne phews, ' ' Market Report Tobacco from tht!9S9 har vest is streaming to market Sates through Friday, mark ing theendot nine sate daysin the season. Oxford warehouses handled 5,999.995 pounds of ieaf for S3J99.59t.t5 to average 553.80. tn vuiume and average t he market is running weii ahead ot tho previous year when in eight days rf suites 9.977.895 pohnds had been roid for St - Hy'a9."C for an average ot Warehouses were fifed durmg the week - end it) preparuttsn for a fui! saie Monday. Graaviite Group At Campbe!) Meet Movement Launched to Fro vide Facilities for Four Year Program Morn than a dozen from Oxford "nd Grnnviiie County attended the Baptist State Convention's citizens dinner meeting held Friday at Campbell College to initiate steps to deveioo the college into a four year degree-giving institution Prospects for the economic and cuttura] devetopment of Eastern North Carotina are tremendously encouraging. Congressman Graham A. Barden of New Bern, told the gathering representing 52 Not'h Caroiina counties. Barden spoite m support of a two - miiiion dollar campaign to matte the 72-year-oid schoo! in Harnett a senior college. The OranviUe County deiegation incittded Rev H. W Baucom, Jr., a trustee of the coiiege, Mrs. Bait com. Rev and Mrs. Aibert S. Lamm. Dr. and Mrs R. L. Noblirt Miss Rebecca Manrss Mr. and Mrs. Wiiiiam A. Mttchiner. and Mr. and Mrs. Mac Satterwhitn, aii of Oxford; and Mr and Mrs. Dar lon T. Greene cf Creedmocr. Dr. Dougtas M Branch. netY' elected genera] secretary of Baptist State Convention, gave "hearty , and complete endorse ment" of the Campbei! movement Names Drawn for Oct. Term Superior Court Thirty names were drawn, at the September meeting of the Gran viiie County Board of Commission ers. for duty in the October term ot Superior Court to be heid here. Those to be summoned are Thomas D. Ciement. Wiiiiam B Breedlove. Macey E. Evans. R. M Wilkinson. A. G. Mtadows. James H Harris. R. G. Owen. Jonah T Miitcn. Mrs. touise Ford. Alton Dixon. E. N. Bean. J. L. Hayes. James T. Pruitt. H. T. Osborn. JT . Durward Burnette. Mrs. Ruth D. Dean. Haroid Gooch. E. Parrott Jenkins. Daniei Jenkins. Curtis Thorpe. Richard Wheeier. James B. Moss. I. L Jenkins. Frank Watts, F. W. Biack weii. Graham L. Matthews^ T. K Smit!i. Sidney Miiton. Vernon M Finch and E. B. Wtikins Stove!! Ruritons Prepare for Show Stovaii Ruritans have commenced signing taient in Granvtiie County for the ciub's annual taient show to be staged in the Stovaii High Schooi auditorium on the evening of Oct 2 "Those who have attended or participated in the ciub's taient show, in the past are aware of the fine entertainment and the won derful talent that we have been abie to drum up for the occasion.' re marked F. C Boyd. "We are lootcing fofward to a repeat performance, " he added Those who dance, sing, mimic, pantomime or otherwise entertain before the footlights are asked M get in touch with J. L. Johnson at Stovaii High or F. C. Boyd at the Wiitiams-Breediove store here. Mrs. Raymond EHiott Awarded MA Degree A member of the Oak Htii High School fatuity has successfully combined the career of home maker. stiff and mother and teacher. Mrs. Raymond Elliott, a Mere dith College graduate who is in her 10th year as a member of the Oak Hill faculty, where she is sixth grade teacher, during the summer completed work and re ceived her Master's Degree in Ed ucation at Duke University. Mrs. Elliott also was. ope of eight Duke students chosen for member ship In Alpha Tau chapter of Kappa Delta -Pi, honorary educa tion fraternity. One-Third of PTA Membership Gop! Reported Attained Approximately cne - third of the membership goal of the Oxford Pit rent - Teacher Asociationfor this year has been attained. Mrs. Thomas J. Currin, chairman, said yesterday Mrs. Howard Cox. of the mem betship committee, at the close of Friday s enroiiment, reported a totai cf 464 members. The mem bership fee is if The chairman reemphasized that he rreanixanon this year is en deavoring to meet its entire bud get- of $1,503 by membership fees. "But most of all.' we need the sup p [ ting ideas and work of every adult patron of the Oxford schools." Mrs. Curtin stated It's easy to join." she. said. "Send $1 for each person to your child's teacher or to the principni