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THE PRINTED WORD is the only type of ad vertising that may be referred to again and again—at will. VOL. 80 — OXFORD s jyvj PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR MSI OXFORD, N.C. INVESTIGATE Granville County has many business and farm opportunities. In vestigate, then invest. FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NO. 42 DOUBLE-HEADER — The Rev. H. W. Bautom, Jr., pastor of Ox. ford Bapttst Church wtM give the baccataureate sermon Sunday night at 8 o'ctoch at Stem Schoot auditorium and on Wednesday. May 3f, at 8 pm., he witi detiver the commencement address at Berea High Schoot. -a STOVALL PREACHER — The Rev Gien Hoit. native of John Mon County and pastor of Grassy Creeft Baptist Church for i5 months wiii dcfiver the com mencement sermon at StovaH High Schooi 3t ft am. Sunday. Graduat on is pfarned at the schooi on June 1 AT OAK H!LL — The Rev. Nor man Bennett, pastor of Mountain Creek Baptist Church, will deiiv er the commencement sermon at Oak Hiii High School at )! p m. Sunday. The Youth Choir ot Mountain Creek is to render spe ciai music. Oak Hit! Finais To Begin Sunday Graduation Programmed tor Thursday with Dr. C. C. Scarborough as Speaker Oak Hi!) High Schooi wiii grad uate its senior class on Thursday. June i at 8 p m., Schooi Principal L C. Adcock announced yesterday Commencement speaker wtii be Dr. C C Scarborough, head of the Department of Agricultural Edu cation. N. C- State Cotlege. Raieigh. The sermon for the seniors is planned for Sunday at 8 pat. with the Rev Norman Bennett aa preacher He is pastor of Moun tain Creek Baptist Church. The school's class night program was given Wednesday and was ti tled Garden of Roses." Sherwood Clark has been deter mined as valedictorian and Fred (See FINALS Page 8) Summer Sasebo/; . tr* °9 Ch;/dren Expanse J; 7-Sh/rf League /^Jc/eJ Pian- fr a T-Shirt basebaii League sparked by the Oxford Ath letic rouneil. were formuiated at t meeting Monday 'l'ght at the high s ho"! ag building. Yates Huff was named director of the summer )roo;n,l The new league win serve as a "farm" svstetn for the continuing titt]e f-'amte. comprised by eight teams The new league wt!i "def nitelv enable every youngster to orart'ee and play bascbaii." accord ing to !. R. Perkinson who said nlv Ce-. and tO-year-oide wouid be e'igihle. "Th s Is a phase of the overall or( g o -ve have wanted for a long time " Perkinson said in behaif of th" Council. "As our program con tinue we are having more and mere requests far participation. The present system iimits each team to 15 boys. The hew ieague wilt iet the smaller boys engage in regular iy scheduied piay and serve a def inite purpose In continuation and development of the Little League." The teams w'ii practice and piay twice each week. Wednesday and Saturdays Perkinson and C. W. JeMent wit! roach cne of the town-town teams and Charles Barker ^nd Alton Evans viii han iie the other. fittle League The directors said Little League games would be played Tuesday and Thursday afternoon and Pony League games on Wednesday and Friday nights under lights recently instated at the high schoo! ath letic field Little League play will begin June 9 and Pony League. June 7. Approximately 2.S0 boys are ex pected to participate in the sum net basebail program Officers were chosen for the year thead. They are Robert Hiil. pres ident reeiectcd; Dr. James *Row and. vice president, succeeding June Staiiings: and George Ruff, reeiected secretary-treasurer. Directors are Sigma Finch. Civi an Ciub: J. R. Perkinson and 3eorge Ruff, at targe; Dr James Pru.'tt Rotary; Dr James Rowland, lions: Wtibur Ciayton. VFW; Jerry j Jchnson. Jaycces; Robert Hill, Ki war.is; L. R Hutchinson. Osford Foard of Commissioners. I&ee Students (Zeroed in Bus Damage at Icier Investigation of Glass Smashing Incident Last Friday Being Continued Vandalism. allegedly perpetrated students, left brotten window rlastes in five schoo! buses at Toi r H tch School last Friday. T. W Carver sehooi bus transportation supervisor in Granville County, disclosed yesterday. The investigation, being conduct ** by Schoo! Principal W. M. Bap tiste. Carver and State Highway Po ol Officer W T. Peiton, is be 'rtg continued. Warrants have been 'ssued charging three students tth vandalism and other arrests re expected. Carver stated. Facing charges in Recorder's 'curt here June 6 wit! be Franklin "awley, 17, Roosevelt Chavis. 16. nd Chester Cooper IS, all of oute 1, Oxford. j Carver said costs of repairing the damaged buses would exceed $35.00. ' -a-— ASC Office *o Be Open This Sat^rdoy For Grain Sign-Up The Granville County A SC office s to be open Saturday for the con venience of land-owners who have not yet availed themselves of op portunity to enter feed grain i agreement for this year. Office Manager Garland L. Cat- [ tette reminded that Thursday. Jane 1. is the final date for en tering agreements on feed grain i .treages for 198i. "So many farmers have been de layed in their planting and farm activities that we felt that keeping ! he office open would give them an pportunity to come in Saturday and sign up," Catiette said. Ordinarily _ the office is open Monday through Friday from 8 um. to 5 pm., ltoiidays excepted. Ann White To Attend Seminary Four Weeks Misses Mae and Ann White will lave a short vacation at home be fore returning to summer study, Miss Mae White at Duke Univer -ity. and Miss Ann White at Southeastern Baptist Seminary, Vake Forest. , Miss Ann White, president of the laptist Student Union at Meredith, loiiege, has been awarded a full cholarshsip for four weeks of spec al study and training at the Semi nary beginning early in June. Miss Mae White wili attend only the first session at Duke summer term. tndusfriaMst Here An Industrialist from New York arrived here Thursday for a look see about the city and county. He was taken in tow by business ieaders and entertained at noon at the T. C. Jordan cabin near Ox ford , , The visitor plans to spend two days inquiring into industrial op portunities offered in the area. MAR!0& FRANCES BLAIR . . vaiedictorlan Stem Voiedictorian !s Morion F. Btair STEM, May 25. — Marion Fran ces Biair having attained the highest scholastic rating in her schcoi class, has been named val (See BLALR Page 5) Father of Oxford Resident Suttambs Funera! in South Boston, Va., Saturday for John F. Green John F Green, retired iormet resident of South Boston. Va., died at 2 am. Thursday at Granville Hospital'a short while after he was stricken with a heart seizure at the home of a daughter, Mrs. George H. Ruff. 416 Broad Street. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Main Street Methodist Church. South Boston by the pastor. Rev. Mr. Burley, assist ed by Rev. J. D. Young of Oxford. Burial will be in Hahrax Memorial Gardens. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Ruff is his wife, Mrs. Mabel C. Green, also of 416 Broad Street, a son John C. Green, of South Bos ton and four grandchildren. -+— Oxford Student tn Peace Dramatic Ro!e An Oxford student at Peace Col lege, Miss Betsy Read, had one of three major rolls in an award win ning play "Twelve Angry Women," presented by the Peace College Dramatic Club on May 11. A sen ior in the preparatory division. Miss Read will graduate Saturday. She plans to return to Peace next fall to continue her studies and extra-eurricular work in dramatics The play, by Reginald Rose, was used a few weeks ago on Playhouse 80. Operetta Attracts Crowd to Auditorium The operetta. "Hoid that Cur tain." presented Wednesday night in the high schoo! auditorium by the Junior Chorus, attracted a large crown of appreciative parents and friends. The program was under the di rection of Mrs. Miiiard Bennett. The singing, dancing and costumes brought praise from the audience. JANE CURMN . . . valedictorian A\X AATHRYX HfNT ...salutatorian CraJvatbn P!ans At Berea ReveateJ Jane Currin and Ann Kath ryn Hunt Gain Top Sehu iastic Honors Two outstanding members of the senior class as Berea High, June Graves Currin and Ann Kathryn Hunt have been named valedictor ian and saiutatorian, respect'vely. as the 1860-61 term nears the end. Miss Currin is the daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Currin and Miss Hunt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hunt Both students plan to attend Campbeil College. The seven other members of the senior class are Robert Watkins Brooks. Graham Benjamin Daniel, Jean Harrison Daniei, Lucinda Rose Mize Rebecca Delories Nutt. Charies Edward Thompson and Jerome Cieveiand Tingen. The Rev, H. W. Baucotn. Jr., pastor of Oxford Baptist Church, is to deliver the commencement ad dress on May 31 at 8 p m. Rev. W 1. Johnson wiil give the sermon Sunday at 8 pm. Marshals, chosen on a basis of schoiastic leadership in the junior class are Shirley Martin, chief. Judy Cole. Jimmy Currin. Barbara Frazier. Mary Catherine Jones and James Tingen. ' Lenward Tyree Mize. III. and Emiiy Kay Daniel are the class mascots. Class officers are Graham Ben jamin Daniei president; Ann Katheryn Hunt, vice president: Jean Harrison Daniel, secretary: and Jane Graves Currin. treasurer Comphancc Training Schoe! Arranged By ASC for Sat., June 3 Comptiance reporters in the Oranviiie ASC program went back to schooi for a day Wednesday for a review of their eariier training. A second schooi is to be heid on Saturday June 3. and is open to other individual who may wish to attend the schooi for the first time or refresh their memory of the pro cedures Office Manager Oariand L. Cat iette of the ASC is in charge of tht training program. assisted by James K Pruitt, comptiance super visor. Hiiintan Alexander, state comptiance supervisor, is assisting jin conducting the schools. ! Some 35 students who have or are I graduating from high school and ! some collegians .are enrolled for the training course June 3. -o-: Food Tax Approved The House Finance subcom mittee has approved Governor Sanfords school improvement tax program including a three per cent sales levy on food. The subcommittee action came on e voice vote after a three-hour ! Gas Pnces The heat is easing and gas prites are gring up again fast er than they declined a week ago Independents here advanced price- by four cents Wednes day fr.m 23.9 to 29.9. heralding the re: urn to normal. Some of the other major dis tributors in the area still had prices p sted at 27.9 Thursday, but retailers said the trend is up agam and that only a tele phone rail was necessary to bring about a new price post in' The average price on "** g i!ar" grades here until a week or 10 days ago was 30 9 to 31.9. Mona! Guard Armory on Night of June 10 Plat's for June Dairy Month will take final form when the Gran ville Committee meets Monday night to put the polish on earlier , formulated general plans. Chairman David Ashworth of the publicity committee yesterday dis closed that the North Carolina Dairy Council and Caclina Power and Light Company would provide ompetent "edges for the selection cf a Granville County Dairy Prin -ess. The June Dairy Month commit tee*' fs ptanning a banquet to be staged at the National Guard Arm ory the night of June 10 at 7:30 o'eio Participants will be pro ducers. industry suppliers com mittees and others. ^ The udges will have a dozen or Granville County girls upon which to feast their eyes and ex c'dr.ut dent and personality on the evening of the banquet. The girls wtil ice^vor a 5:90 p.m meet jig'gos wearing street ''oft?# Inedfiy evening, they will ! change to evening dress for formal nr-—utatten before the banquet audience. The Granville winner will appear n an area contest for selection of a dairy princess In this city on Tune 16 A. I Park Is arrange ments chairman of that event, w hich Is to be held at the Worn- : an's Club Area 6 Is comprised by seven counties. Bpntist To Have Chdr Service ftocognit!on to Bo Given in Specia! Program Sunday at 7:45 P.M. There is to be a choir recognition service at 7'45 p.m. Sunday at Ox ford Baptist Church, arranged by the. Music Ministry. ' Robert Sutter organist-minister of music, said choirs with mem bers' from six. seven and eight years of age through the Chancei Choir wit! participate, j The program wiii range from re igious fo!k songs to Zingareiii's (to Not far From Me. O God." a motet to be sung by tire Chatnei Choir. The accompanists wiii be Miss jjudy iigon and Mrs. C. W. Dug t'it'S. The program is to be in the j "hurch sanctuary. Gibbs Low Bidder On Highway Cutvert Job An Oxford firm Gibbs Construc tion Company tendered a iow bid !of 527.845.22 for construction of a t'ox cuivert for the State Highway Commission this week. The job is situated near States viiie on a county road The Highway Commission Tues day reviewed iow bids totaiing 55. [40.702 09 on 25 projects in 26 coun ties. Granvliie was not ihciuded in the 26. ! ow bids are to be reviewed at a meeting of the Commission today in Morganton. More than iOO mties of road work are covered in the ! bidding. i _:_^_ Renovations Begin On Bank Structure An extension program of renova tions imd painting is underway at the Oxford Nations! Bank buiiding. Repairs are being made to the outside of the buiiding and the structure repainted. Floor cover ing repiacements are pianned in the work areas of the interior George W. Kane, Inc., has con tract for the work. IVHSS AKX HERR!XG. M!SS X. C. . to be here Saturday S/oge Sef /or Pogeon/ DR. O. K. INGRAM MecaKbd June 2 Dr. D. K. Ingram to Deliver Commewetnenf Address Sundayat!t:13A.M. Graduation exercises are planned at Creodmocr High School on Fri day. June 2. R. N Manning, prin eipai, announced Thursday. Dr. O. K. Ingram Associate Dtan oi Students. Duke University Di v'nity Schoot. Durham, wilt deliv er the baccalaureate sermon at 11:15 a m. Sunday in the school iuditorium. The graduation night speaker will be Dr. Vester M Mulholland of the State Department of Public In 'ructian Dr Mulholland is Direc tor of Educational Research for he State Department and a resi dent A Durham. That program is j scheduled for 9 p m.. Mr. Manning isaid. Ven Burwa!! Takes Fast tn Charlotte Venable BurweH who is to grad uate Sunday at N. C State College. Haleigh with aw engineering de gree. will begin work Monday with Duke Power Company. Chartotte. Mr. and A^rs. Burweil and son Venable, Jr. are here awaiting commencement exercises at State. After three months in Charlotte. Mr. Burweii will report- for active utityhsilh the armed services, as signed to Aberdeen Providing Grounds. Md i Mrs Burweil and son will make their home in Charlotte with Mr. BurweH. -i--1-, B!RTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Born to Mr. and Mrs Laverne Goodwin of Wake Forest, a daugh ter May 22. at Granvilie Hospital. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dewey cf Belie Street. Oxford, a son. May 23, at Granville Hospital. Bom to Mr and Mrs Melvin K. Bievins of Route 4, Oxford, a son, May 23. at Granville Hospital Born to Mr and Mrs. George 1. Bonner HI, of Stem, a son, May 24, at Granville Hospital. - faycrcs Complete Arrange ments for Selection of Miss Oxford in Program at High Schoo) Saturday The pride of North Carolina Jay ctes. Miss Ann Herring of Win ton-Saturn. Miss North Carolina, wtii appear here Saturday night and participate in the Miss Oxford Pageant which the Junior Chamber of Commerce wiii stage at the high schr.oi auditorium at 8 o'clock. Nine Granvtiie County giris will iiteraiiy put their be3t foot ft rward y< they are presented to an admir ing public in tite series ef appear ances they are to make as a group and thrice as individuals. Appear ing as guest wiii be Littie Miss Ox ford I.aura Lesiie Poweti. Dr Wayne Martin, g e n e r a i chairman of the pageant, said the format used in state and nations' competition wouid be foiiowed lo cally. The contestants are to ap pear in a group for audience ad miration and thereafter successive iy in evening dress, swim suit and as performers to present their tal ent. The contestants are a talented ot and we know that a fine show is in store for those who turn ont for this event." commented Dr. Martin. Miss North Carotin;'. Ton Miss Herring who iast summer represented Winston-Saiem Jay cees in state competition and North Sarciina in national competition, scored near the top in that event. Site is !9. a student at Wake Forest Coiiege and pians to major in soci oiogy and psychology. She is one of four children and in the taient di vision of the pageants, sang "The Loneiy' Goatherd" a yodeliing tune from "The Sound of Music." She has an atr of enthusiasm, a ready smiie and is easy to know. Busy Scheduie Ahead The contestants are to have their dress rehearsal tonight and tomor row Saturday, at 6 p.m., there is to be a Jaycee dinner for contes tants judges ana Miss Herring at the home of Jaycee Vice President and Mrs. Roystei Critcher on Lin den Avenue. Foitowing the pageant, and the crowning of Miss Oxford. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. King are to entertain with dancing at their Pine Cone Drive nome. Guests wiii be Miss North Caroiina Miss Oxford, con testants and others who have as sisted with the pageant. The contestants are Heien Brown, Kay Candace Burweii. Bonnie Lou Currin, Sandra Evans, Joyce Ann Murray, Barbara Reid. Barbara Jean Rogers, Rubie Date Watkins and Judy Lane Wiiiiams. Biii Kirby, former WOXF staf fer. is to emcee the program. The Miss (Oxford crown was sur rendered by the HaM winner. Miss Patricia Leveque when she was married a few weeks after gaining the honor. Sixth Grade Event Around 150 sixth grade students at the Oxford High School buiiding today wii! participate in their an nuai fieid day. * An outdoor program of competi tive sports is planned on the cam pus Their cafeteria iunch wii! be eaten picnic style on the campus. V Kerr Reservoir Key Attraction, Kiwanians ToM N. W. Weldon and Paul An derson Appear at Weekly Meeting ot Ciub Recreatien-bent individuals and families by the thousands are turn ing their tracks to Vance and War ren Counties where Kerr Reservoir Development Commission is devel oping four recreation areas, Paul Anderson superintendent, told members of the Kiwanis Club here Tuesday night}. Anderson appeared on the pro gram arranged by Cam Easton. Chairman N. W. Weldon of the De velopment Commission, introduced by Easton, presented Anderson. Weidon stated the development is advancing with an annuai state budget of $100,000. During the 1960 season, over 450, 000 people visited the four areas de veloped by the commission on 8. 000 acres of land leased by the commission, according to Anderson, who said the visitors came of their own determination. "There are no funds for promo f'on or advertising," he said. Strangely enough, he said, the visi ors came from distant places in N**rth Carolina and other states. He said tent camping and trail er camp sites are available along with boat launching ramps park ng and picnic facilities. There are also dressing rooms and swimming facilities. The headquarters build ing often called The Glass House, presents a beautiful view of the lake and is available for public and private meetings on a reserva tion basis. Anderson reiated. Lee Carter told the club of plans for the Club-sponsored Oasorama slated for June 7. Mrs. Jack Sherrod Passes at EaBeM _* Ritea HeM Thursday for 94 Year O!d Sister of Late C. W Bryan Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Bryan Sherrod. 94 Enfieid resident, mo ther of Mrs. L. H. Davis of this city and a sister of the iate C. W. Bryan of Oxford, died Tuesday af ternoon. She was the widow of Jack Sherrod. The funeral was conducted at the famiiy home. Sherrod Heights, Enfield at 3 pm. Thursday by the Rev. J. Feiix Amoid. Burial was in Enfield's Eimwood Cemetery. Four daughters survive. In addi tion to Mrs. Davis, they are Mrs. Burt Britt. Mrs Leonard Matthews, Sr., and Mrs. Bertha Kimbail, ali f Enfieid; three sons, Bryan. Hugh and John M. Sherrod, aii of Enfield. Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Among relatives and friends from here attending the service Thurs day in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Davis were Dr. and Mrs. S. j. Finch Mr. ana Mrs R. R Herring, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Bryan. Mr. and Mrs. John C Williams. E. G. Peo ples and Grady Harris ---4 Civitans to Stage Pre-Summer Dance Here Night June 3 Oxford Civitans yesterday an nounced pains for a subscription dance to be held June 3 at the National Guard Armory from 9 to' 1. The Highlighters Orchestra from Wilson has* been engaged to pro vide music. In announcing pians for tht school year-end event and pre summer attraction, Wilbert Carter said the club had set a ticket limit of 300. The admission charge will be S3 per couple. Tickets are available from any member of the Civitan Club. Car ter said. R&i Cron Committee Continues Endeavors _ ^ y / Pta.ns (or compietion of a form al reorganization of the. Oranvilie County Chapter of the American Red Cross are being developed tor presentation at a meeting of di rectors next Wednesday night, it was teamed yesterday. Hie meeting is to be held in the commissioners' room of the Gran vtiie Court Hoose at 7:90 pm. Committees at work on various phases of the reorganisation en deavor, headed by W. T. Yancey, wiU make reports at Mint i /
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