THE PRINTED WORD
is the only type of ad
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referred to again and
again—at will.
VOL. 81
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAH 1881
OXFORD, N. C.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1962 PUBLISHED
INVESTIGATH
Granville County has
many business and
farm opportunities. In
vestigate, then invest.
D FRIDAY No. 100
HkHewsmans
[Notebook
FIREMEN ANSWERED a caii
Wednesday at H:15 am to the
home of Fatima Hunt, Negro, on
Blair Street. Littie damage was re- j
ported from the fire which origina
ted around the heater pipe in the
w^aii.
—PL—
ELMO LIGON has been awarded
a $50 war bond for selling Frigidare
eiectric ranges. Ligon is associated
with Penny Furniture Co. where he
has been for i3 years. The presen
tation came through the branch of
fice in Charlotte.
—PL—
RECRUITING IS underway by
ioca! unit of the National Guard
with receipt of an order authorising
inert ased strength of the unit. Per
sons interested in signing into the
company are asked to contact Sgt
Biliy Nelms at the armory during
the work-day.
—PL—
THREE REGISTRANTS were
sent to Raleigh a few days ago by
Lccai Board 36 of the Selective
Service for Induction by the armed
sfrvices. They are James Matthew
Gardner, Rt. I, Creedmoor. Julius
Raymond Yancey. Rt. 2. Virgilina,
Va.. and Julian Chestley Jackson,
Rt. 5, Oxford
—PL—
A PUPIL transportation work
shop. with emphasis on safety con
cepts. will be staged today at the
Eaton-Johnson School. Henderson,
sponsored by the State Board of
Education and the North Carolina
Traffic Safety Councii. Attending
from Granvilie will be high school
principals, transportation super
visors. and school superintendents.
—PL—
CAPTAIN BOBBY NEWTON, a
law graduate of the University of
North Carolina, presently in the
army assigned to Fort Devens,
Mass., to the Judge Advocate Gen- j
erai's Department, will arrive Sun- :
day night for a Christmas visit
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Macy W. Newton of Creedmoor
Captain Newton is making the
home-bound trip by train and will
be here through the Christmas holi
days.
—PL—
TWO FROM GRANVILLE are
among 19 students at East Caro
lina College to become members of
Omicron Theta Chapter of Sigma
Tau Delta, professional English
fraternity at the college. They are
Annie Laura Dixon of Oxford and
Caroiyn Eiizabeth Brooks, also of
Oxford. The purpose of the fratern
ity is to promote the mastery of
written expression, to encourage
worthwhile reading and to foster a
spirit of feilowship among men and
women specializing in Engiish.
—PL—
ROY H. PARK, editor, has an
nounced that he is dropping pubii
cation of the restaurant and travei
guides of the Duncan Hines Insti
tute, which he owns. Parks said
there is no i&63 editions because of
the tremendous growth in high
quality hotels and restaurants," a
condition which makes the guide
books obsolete. "Today's traveler is
no longer a hardy pioneer chai
lenging an uncharted sea with a
stomach of iron and a back of
steel." Park said in his announce
ment. The Ithaca, N. Y. man is a
brcther of Pine State's A. 1. Park of
Oxford.
Good Response From
"Santa C!aus Hike"
— *— ;
A good response was reported
from the "Sente Claus Hike" Fri
day night. Scouts in the Oxford
community made the hike from 7
untii a o'clock to accumulate goods
for unfortunate famiiies in the
community. Donations were turned
over to the Qranviiie County Wel
fare Department for distribution.
Fifty or more scouts from troops
<179. 611 end 666 of the John Penn
District perticipated. "The whoie
town was covered and a room of
clothes and canned goods was ac
ctmulated," stated Earl Rose. i
The drive was headed by Bob
Booker.
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Fireworks Banned
By Oxford Board
The Board of Commissioners of
Oxford, meeting Tuesday night at
City Hall, adopted an ordinance
outlawing firecrackers within the
limits of the city and a mile there
of. S='-. - r. j
The ordinance is similar to one
in effect in North Carolina, but
provides that violations may be
chargrd at the iocal level. The new
city law prohibits the possession,
sale, transportation, manufacture,
use or purchase of any pyrotechnics
within the city or a mile thereof
( and provides fee a fine of up to
$30 and a Jali term of 30 days.
7. M. Fv/ns, Tobacco
Fxecu^/ve, Succumbs
Funeral for President W. A.
Adams Company, Inc.,
Conducted Thursday Af
ternoon
Thomas Moore Evins died at 1 30
p.m. Tuesday at Duke Hospitai
where he had been critically ili
since Sunday when he was stricken
with a heart seizure.
Evins was 48 and president of
the W A. Adams Company. Inc.,
one of the city's largest tobacco
enterprises, and a concern with
which he had been affiiiated for
35 years.
The funeral was conducted at 2
p.m. Thursday at St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church by the Rev. Har
ry Thomas, rector, and the Rev.
John W. S. Davis of Durham.
Burial was in Elmwood Cemetery.
Surviving are h s wife, the
former Grace Bowes of Rocking
ham: two sons. Ensign T. M. Evins,
Jr., of the U. S. Navy, Norfoik,
Va., and Genge Bow s Evins of
the home, and a daughter. Mary
Jamieson Evins, a student at St.
Ca.herine's School, R.chmond, Va.;
his mother, Mrs. Andrew Jamieson
of Oxford; and two step sisters,
Mrs. John M. M. Gingery. Jr., of
Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Richard
M. Coo.ey of Princess Ann, Md.
Care r in Tpbacco
Evins was wideiy known in to
bacco circies of the south, having
been a director of the Leaf Tobacco
Exporters Association and aiso of
Tobacco Association of United
States. He was for six years presi
dent of W. L. Robinson Tobacco
Company in Durham, returning
her. a year ago to devote his futl
time to tire Adams Company.
A iife-iong member of the Episco
pai Church, Evins had served as a
vestryman and lay-leader for the
Oxford congregation and aiso had
been a Diocesean officer. He was a
director of Oxford National Bank
and of Granville Savings and Loan
Association. He fermeriy was a di
rector of the State Ports Authority,
a member of the Masonic Lodge for
au years, a graduate of Woodbury
Forest pr para.ory schoui and .tie
University :f Noith Caroiina, where
he was a varsity guard in the first
half of the 1930's.
He was a U. S. Naval officer in
'Woiid War If, with combat duties
in the Pacific, and had served at
the community ievei in many piaces
of honor and of responsibility. He
was a member of the Athletic
Council at the University of North
Carolina.
It was the request of the family
that flowers be emitted.
Active pallbearers named for the
service were Tulla Anderson, Jim
Byars, Maurice Blackwell, Olite
Barker. T. G. Powell anti Buck Ad
cock.
Po/ts Open Saturday
6;30 at (Totnrt House
Oxford Voters to Ballot on
Three Referendum Ques
tions—Jordan Confident of
Matching thrant ' -
There will be only one polling!
ptMe for the bond vote In Oxford
, morrow, Saturday, and that la
.he court house.
Polls will optn at 6:30 a.m. and
close !2 hours later at 6:30 pm.
The election has been called by
the Mayor and Board of Commis
sioners of Oxford for a referendum
..n propesais to sell 3386,000 of
municipal bonds to finance the
tost of repairs, improvements and
xtensions of the Oxiord water and
ewer systems and municipai
streets.
Voters wilt determine the course
o be foiiowtd by the City of Ox
iord by the way in which they
mark the three preposais on the
ballot.
rnose proposals are: 1. Whether
die City shah issue water bonds in
the aggregate amount of not more
than 3206,000 ; 2. Whether the City
shah issue sanitary sewer bonds in
the amount of no more than 3133,
300; and 3. Whether the city shah
ssue street improvement bonds in
-n amount net exceeding 340,000.
Mis. Thad Stem, Jr., is the rtg-s
tiar for the eiection and assisting
tier at the poiis wih be Mrs. John
N. Watkins, Jr., and J. B. Badgett.
The outcome of the voting wih be
determined by the "Yes" and "No"
ballots cast for each of the three
propositions.
Mayer Jordan said yesterday he
is confident, on the basis of coh
veisations he has had, and tetters
he has exchanged, that the Com
munity Facilities Administration
will approve a matching grant to
enable the City of Oxford to meet
some of its immediate pressing ob
ligations fer municipai service and
a.so to enable the Board of Com
missioners to do a more effective
job of long-range planning for
nueting growth requirements of the
City of Oxford.
Two Cotton Growers
Oppose Quotas )n
GranviHe BaHoting
Of the 67 ballots cast Tuesday on
the cotton quota issue in Oranvilie
County. 65 were for quotas and two
were against, according to the ta
bulation of resuits made by County
ASC8 personnel.
Thirty five of the For votes were
cast at Mitcheil At Evins' store and
two others cast there were Against.
Thirty votes cast at the ASCS of
fice here were For quotas
The proposai to ievy a charge of
iO cents per bate for promotion Of
cotton uses was also approved in
the county, 56 for and four against.
The quota propose) was approved
in the state by a vote of 37,555 For
and 533 against.
Bfoo&s PreJFcfs
O.Kf or Gfonf
Funcfs io Oxford
The hr ad of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency of Com
munity Facilities Administra
tion, Washington. D. C., has
commended the Mayer and Of
ficials of Oxford for "care in
developing the data" supporting
an appiication for a (985,000
grant of federal funds.
Henry S. Brooks. Oxford na
tive and head of the agency,
sent to Rep. Raiph J. Scott a
copy of a tetter which he wrote
to Mayor T. C. Jordan of Ox
ford. expressing the beiief that
the Oxford project application,
which is a tie-in with the bond
election here Saturday, "witi
move aiong in good time, and
you may be optimistic about its
approval."
Brooks further said in his
letter, "At this very moment
we are awaiting allocation of
additional funds for this pro
gram; however, I am hopeful
that this situation will be re
medied momentarily."
Brooks concluded his letter
with an expression of good
wishes to his Oxford friends
through the Mayor. "It has
been a pieasure to hear from
you again and may I wish you
and aii of those in Oxford good
tuck in your endeavors. Best
wishes to aii of you from a
sentimental Oxford boy,"
Brooks concluded.
WMdtife C!ub Names
Five Fishing Winners
Five members ci the Granviile
County Wiidlife Club were present
ed prizes Tuesday night at the
Christmas meeting of the ciub heid
at the Enon Community House. The
prizes went to winners in the ciub's
contest. '
Dave Mitcheil won a hatchet and
knife in the rock fish division: H.
E. Harris, a wash and grease knife
in the catfish division- Guthrie
Watson, a Zebco rod and reei in
the bass division: Tom Hughes,
gun sheiis and a knife in the crap
pie division; and Herman Whit
man, (3 cash in the carp division
Ladies were honored and door
prizes were presented to everyone,
according to President E. B Aver
ette, Jr. Members aiso exchanged
gifts.
TWO FROM GRANVILLE. Hes
iey Ciairk and Watlace B. Ciayton,
have returned from Atianta, Ga,
where they attended the annual
meeting of the National Farm
Bureau as members of the North
Carolina delegation They made
the trip with the state party aboard
a chartered bus which ieft Raleigh
last Saturday and returned yester
day.
GranviMe Heart
Drive Headed By
Gene Edmondson
Heart Association President
Names Oxford Man As
County Head
R. Gene Edmundson has been
appointed president of the Gran
vdte County Heart Councii. ac
cording to Dr. Harvey E. Estes of
Durham, president of the North
Caroiina Heart Association. Ed
mundson is a iaw cterk associated
with W. T. Watkins.
Purpose of the councii is to in
form the public of the facts about
heart disease, to provide iocai
physicians, nurses and ether pro
fessions! peopie who deai with
heart patients with the iatest re
search discoveries in treating heart
disease, and to conduct community
programs for the benefit of pa
tients and their famiiies. The coun
cii wili aiso spearhead the annuai
February drive for funds to support
iocai programs and those of the
North Caroiina and American
H art Associations.
Mr. Edmundson moved to Oxford
in August of this year. He and his
famiiy reside in Overhiiis. He is a
graduate of Duke University and
the Wake Forest Law Schooi.
Worsted Ptantlo
Entertain !,000
Santa to Have Packages for
Younger ChHdren of Em
pfoyees at Party
Christmas operating scheduie for
the Oxford Worsted Piant of Bur
lington Industries were announced
yesterday by George Jubrias, piant
manager, who also revealed plans
for the annual childrens Christ
mas party. , . t. f
Mr. Jubrias said Ohrist-TAs hol
idays at the piant would be ob
served from the end of the second
shift on December 21 untti the be
ginning of the third shift on De
cember 38.
employees eligible by iength of
service for vacation pay will receive
checks during the week of Decem
ber 17, it was announced.
The annual Christmas party for
empioyees' children wiii be heid
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on December
i8 in the Oxford Worsted Piant
Santa Cis:us wtll be on hand and
gift bags containing toys, candy,
fruits and a variety of otner guts
wiii be distributed to ail empioyees
children 10 years of age and young
er.
There wiii be a brief Christmas
program consisting of a piant tour,
Christmas music, drawing of door
prizes and retreshmenta.
Approximately 1000 persons, in
cluding children and parents, are
expected to attend.
Oxford Jaycees
Get New Members
Plans Developing for Christ
mas Party To Be He!d
December 22
Oxford Jaycees, meeting here
Monday night, made plans for the
organization's Christmas party to
be heid Dec. 22. installed three
members and filled vacancies in
the roster of officers. Dr. J. Wayne
Martin, president, presided.
H O. Pooie was eiected secretary
of the ciub, succeeding Gene Biach
ley, who resigned upon leaving the
city, and Tom Sneed was named to
the board succeeding Pooie.
Johnny Britton, a new comer
here and a former member of the
Southern Pines ciub, was received
as a transfer and Charles Easton
and Frank McCulloch were install
ed as new members.
Guests for the meeting were
Charles Nobiin, Roy Nobiin, Roger
Stowe, Joe Austin, Joseph Haitune
and Henry Tayior.
fempefoture 3
Deg. 77wfsday
If you had the shivers Thurs
day morning, there was very good
reason for it.
The severely cold weathet
which has engulfed the Eastern
seaboard to the Florida coast has
Included Gi anvrlle County.
The Tobacco Station thermo
meter dropped down to three
above aero Thursday morning,
the coldest for the season, and
ome of the coldest mornings in
several years here.
Methodist Choirs
and MYF to Appear
in Joint Program
Chora! Music and Drama to
Be Featured Sunday
Evening at Church
A Christmas program in prgsant
and song wiii be given Sunday
evening at 8 o'clock at the Oxford
Methodist Church.
The church choirs and the
Methodist Youth Ft iiowship are
combimng their taients for the
evening's program. The Primary
and Junior Choirs are under the
d'rection of Mrs. Robert Sutter and
the Youth and Chancel Choirs are
under the direction cf Mrs. Fred
Webb, Jr.
The pageant, "For Unto Us A
Child is Born," will be presented
by MYF members directed by Mis
Maurice Capps, with Eari Rose and
Robert Booker assisting. The R v.
J. D Young, pastor, wiii narrate
the pageant.
Soloists to be heard are Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Ciark, Jr., and AUen
Baker. Jr. Jchn Vaughan of Ra
ieigh. is the church organist. Mr.
Vaughan at the organ and Kathy
Webb at the piano wiii render an
organ-piano duet.
Characters appearing in the
pageant are Bryant Haskins as the
Prophet Isaiah; Nancy Finch as
Mary: Robbie Ciark as Joseph;
Denise Dixon, and Mary Gienn
Lilly. Angels; John Hunt. Jimmy
Elliott and Sam Moore. Shepherds:
Joe Haskins. Bill Mitchell and
Lindsay Yancey. Wise Men; Gra
ham Moore as Herod: and George
Hunt, the Innkeeper.
Comptetion of SR
Jobs Here Stated
Grading, Drainage and Stab
iiizing, With Some Sur
facing, inctuded
Division Engineer Merie T. Ad
kins of the Fifth Highway Division
has rf ported a number of road jobs
in Granviiie County compieted in
recent weeks. New surface was ap
plied on 9 miles of road.
Graded, drained and stabiiized by
state forces were 2.5 miics of Will
Suitt road at Northside: 2.2 miles
James Royster road three miies
north of Stem; and Baxter Huff
road, six miies west of Oxford.
Reads given new treatment in
cluded 2.5 miies of the Wiii Suitt
toad; 1.4 miies Gray Rock road:
1.5 miies State Road 1606 from 1600
to N. C. 96; 0.9 miie State Road
1640 from N. C. 56 to N. C. 96; 0.3
miie Creedmoor School drive: and
2.4 miies State Road 1724, old
Northside road.
Roads given retreatment included
1.6 miies State Road 1103 from
Butner to U. S. 15; 0.7 miies State
Road 1134 from U. S. 16 to State
Road 1134; 14 miies State Road
1133 from Beiitown to State Road
1134; 3.8 miies State Road 1600
from U. S. 158 to State Road 1609:
5.5 mies State Road 1622 from N.
C. 96 to State Road 1613, 6.3 miies
State Road 1613 from Dickerson to
Vance County iine; 4.9 miies State
Road 1139 from Cuibreth to State
Road 1151; 5.4 miles State Road
1311-1309 from State Road 1316 to
Berea; 5.9 miies State Road 1431
from Stovaii town limit to State
Road 1400 ; 4.1 miles State Road
1501 from U. S. 15 to Virginia State
Line; and 2.5 miies State Road 13t7
(Satterwhite Road).
Stores To Be Open
Nights Beginning
Tuesday, Dec. 18
Store: wiU be' open in Oxford six
more nights to aiiow for Christmas
i shopping.
i They wi!i remain open tonight,
Fricay untii 9 o'clock. Aiso, Tues
day. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday
and Saturday nights of next week
untii 9 Stores wiii close on Christ
mas Eve at 8 p m.
<... Christmas hoiidays recommended
are Dectmber 25. 26 and January 1.
j The merchants committee, head
ied by T 8 Martin, reoomntended
that the Wednesday afternoon clos
jtttg for 1963 begin January 9 and
{continue through August, with the
Exception of the week of Easter
jand the week of Juiy 4.
j-o
New Year s Dance
Scheduled Dec. 31
Members of the Junior Woman's
Oiub are planning for the annual
Mew Year's Eve dance December Ji
at the Oxford National Guard
Armory;. Tickets may be purchased
from dub members.
Posf Office Geors\
For ffo/icfoy Bus/ness
Windows to Be Open Saturday Afternoons Untii Christmas
and Aiso Sunday Afternoon, Dec. 16, from 2 to 5
PM for Pubiic Convenience
The pest office here is gear
ing up for exp; ditious handling
of the avalanche of maii which
is expected to pour into the of
fice in the week ahead from
both front and back doers. Out
going mail comes in the front,
incoming threugh the back
door.
That was the word yesterday
from Acting Postmaster Arch
Tayior. who stated that the of
fice would be open tomo row.
Saturday, and on the follow
ing Saturday, Dec. 22. from 7
to 5:30 p.m. The office cus
tomarily closes at noon Satur
day. The money order window
will close at 5 on both of those
days.
And something has been add
ed. The office wiil be open Sun
day. Dec. 16. between the hours
of 2 and 5 p.m., Taylor said,
for the convenience of patrons,
some of whom because of their
cwn empioyment hours, are un
abie to visit the office during
the week days.
Taylor stated a review of the
volume records of the office for
eariier years show that the
we k immediately before
Christmas is usuaiiy the busiest
at the office. He suggested that
patrons obtain a suppiy of
stamps in advance of their
needs and to make certain their
out going maii is correctly, ade
quately and properly addressed
and that parcels are well pack
ed and securely closed for the
rapid handling that becomes
necessary in the holiday rush
period.
8u//ocA Boy D/es O/
/4ufo Crash M/ounc/s
Funera! Conducted at Bap
tist Church Thursday Af
ternoon for 1962 Graduate
of Stovat! High
A Granville County farm boy,
Wuliam Edward Jones. 18. was fa
tally injured about 11:30 p.m. Tues
day whf n his cal' crashed into a
tree a mile west of his home on
the Townsviiie Road near Buiiock
J-nes died in the emergency
room of Puke Hospital at 4 8Tb
Wednesday of multipie injuries
sustained when his car ieft the
road and crashed into a tree on
his left.
Patrolman Wiliie J. Currin of
Henderson, who investigated, said
there was indication that Jones,
ron of Mr. and Mrs. William H
Jon s. dotted at the wheei of his
car. permitting the machine to go
out of control. The impact spun the
car around and turned it back in
ihe direction of Buiiock. from
whence it had come.
Junior Cash of Buiiock, toid Cur
rin that he had accrmpanied Jones
to Epson where they had attend
ed the Stovaii-Epson basketball
game. Cash toid the officer that
Jones had slept during the return
trip and that he. Cash, had done
the driving of the 1957 model Ply
mouth.
Cash stated that upon arriva! at
Bullock, he awoke Jones and that"
Jones had assured him that he
was fully awake. The crash occur
red abcut a mile away and the
victim was discovered by a passing
motorist en route to his job at the
Tungsten mine.
Currin said the car was demo
lished and that an ambuiance had
taken Jones to the hospital when
he arrived. Currin approximated
that the crash occurred about 11:30
p.m Tuesday.
The funerai for the youth was
conducted at 4 pm. Thursday at
Buiiock Baptist Church by the Rev
Bob Shepherd Burial was in the
Royster Cemetery.
Jones was a member of the 1962
graduating ciass at Stovali High
School He had engaged in farming
during the past year.
Surviving in addition to his par
ents are three brothers, Howard
David, Jesse Lee and Samuel
Wayne Jones, ail of the home, and
his maternai grandparents, Mr. and
M s R S Wiikerson, of Stovall.
500 Gift Front
(U Tops Listings
Other Friends of Granviiie
County Library Make
Contributions
The weather has not frozen in
terest in the county iibrary proj
ect. as indication by addition re
ceipts through friends of Granviiie
County Library.
That was the word Thursday
from teaders in the movement. Miss
Sophronia Cooper, one of the
s'rongest advocates of Friends 3f
the Library, said the Oxford Credit
Union had announced a gift of $900
to top the week's support.
Other gifts have come from the
following: J. W Baiiou $35; Mr
and Mrs. M. K. Finnix $35; Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Crews $i0; and Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Carroii $i0.
Marrow FuMerton
Dies in Hospita!
Funera! Conducted Thursday
for Retired Former To
bacco Grader
D. Marrow FuMerton, 72, retired
former empioyee of the United
tyfates Department of Agricuiture.
a resident of Buiiock, died at
Granviiie Hospitai Tuesday after
llness of several years.
The funera] was conducted at 3
p.m. Thursday at G. T. Bakes Fu
nera! Chapei by the Rev. Robert
Cochran, Presbyterian minister, as
sisted by the Rev. Bob Shepherd,
pastor of BuHcck Baptist Church.
Buriat was in the Royster Family
Cemetery.
Mr. FuMerton was a native of
Granviiie County, a son of the iate
No'man and Anna Marrow Fuller
ton. Prior to retirement he was em
ploy d as a tobacco grader by the
Markets Division of USDA.
Surviv'ng are his wife. Mrs. Dora
Leigh Woltz FuMerton. and a sister
Mrs. Ncrma Chrisman of Chapel
Hill.
Active pallbearers named were F.
L., Hugh and William Pfttard.
Henry and Biiiy Tilley and Oliver
Davis.
NCEA Group Hears
Dr. Chas. Carro!!
Gathering at SGHS Cafeteria
Draws Large Crowd From
Over County
Dr. Charles A. Carroli. speaking
at the annual dinner meeting of
Granville County Unit of North
Carol i n a 'Education Association
Tuesday night, catted for a critical
reading of the "educational ther
mometer" for a determination of
the "degree of interest" that exists
for a propqy and adequate train
ing of youngsters.
The gathering of NCEA members
and their guests, including county
and district school committees and
their iadies. was held in the cafe
teria of the recently compieted
South Granville High School build
ing near Creedmoor Stuart Pool of
Onk Hill, president, presided.
Speaking generally on the "edu
cational temperature" of North
Carolina. Dr. Carroll said the "test
of the school is its product," which
becomes a mark of effectiveness for
helping to determine the education
al temperature. He added that the
"teacher who challenges the child"
is a significant factor In the tem
perature as reflected on the educa
tional thermometer.
Mrs. Goldie Averett recognized
two retired teachers in attendance.
Mrs. A H. Taylor of Oxford and
Miss Ollie Lyon of Creedmoor. Also
recognised were Sen. Richard Long
of Roxboro. Wills Hancock and
Rep. Joe A. Watkins. D. N. Hix,
county superintendent of schools,
presented the speaker. ,
BtRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Dr. and Mrs. John
Wayne Martin of Oxford, a daugh
ter, December 13 at Granville Hoe
pita!.
Credit Union is
Paying 3 Per Ct.
Annuai Dividend
Cash Payment Is In Addition
to Insurance—Library Gift
of $500 Authorized
An annua! dividend of three per
cent, which is in addition to iife
insurance coverage carried on mem
bers' investments and loan balances
payabie as of Dec. 31, was author
ized at a meeting of directors of
the Oxford Credit Union here
Tuesday night.
Another action of the board was
approval of a gift of *500 for the
current drive of Friends of Gran
ville County Library for building
and equipping a new library facili
ty. President D. K. Walker. Secre
tary-Treasurer Fred Webb and oth
er members of the board expressed
strong anproval of the over all ef
fort to obtain adequate library faci
lities for the county.
Webb said about (34,000 would be
required to pay the dividend. He
also noted that during the past
year the Credit Union's steady
growth since organization 23 years
ago has been continued.
At the end of November, Oxford
Credit Union had (1.167,867 31 in
vested in shares, up from (1,082,
825.44 the previous year.
Oxford Board !n
December Meeting
Commissioners Dispose of
Business Pending at Tues
day Wight Gathering
A short meeting of the Board of
Commissioners pi Oxford was held
Tuesday night and several matters
were handled.
The hoard, allowed a claim of
(1B.85 made by William Edward
Cozart of Rt a, Oxford, for dam
age to his car sustained when it
was struck by a falling traffic
signal on a ccent night. The claim
is payable if the city attorney finds
it is a lawful obliga+tco.
An agreement was reached with
M. G. Talton. Jr., under terms of
which Talton will change his sewer
tap from a two-family line to a
street main and thereafter close up
a manhole installed on his proper
ty.
Nelson Daniel asked for and was
granted just under nine feet of re
lief in a zoning matter, allowing
him to add rooms to his house at
the corner of LindA and Mimosa.
Addition of a bedroom, hall and
half bath is planned.
City Attorney W T. Watkins was
authorized to draft a plan for
transfer of title to a privately own
ed water line in the Whitfield sub
division with a view to establishing
control of taps on the line.
Mayor Jordan took cognizance of
the bond referendum scheduled for
Saturday and asked . members of
the Beard of Commissioners to use
their influence in getting a full ex
pression from the citizens of Ox
ford.
Open House Draws
Stream of Patrons
Big Crowd Visits Union Na
tionai Bank touring Wed
nesday Evening
The severe] hundred persons who
turned out ]n the sub-freezing
weather Wednesday night to view
the remodeled Union National
Bang found a warm reception at
the bank.
Members of the personnel served
as guides, offering a "deluxe tour"
of the entire facility, inciuding the
iobby, the bookkeeping department,
the book vauit, adjoining Harris
Insurance Agency, the directors'
room and executive offices, and
finaiiy the Smail Loan Depart
ment.
"We were very weii pieased with
the number of visitors and their
expressions of interest in the
growth of Union National," re
marked J. P Harris. Jr., executive
vice president, yesterday.
Pageont at Geneva
Sunday Night 7:30
A Christmas pageant, depit ting
the Shepherds Story, wiii be pre
sented Sunday at 1:*0 pm. at
Geneva Presbyterian Church The
sponsoring Women of the Church
extend an invitation to the inter
ested public to attend the
program.
^orship