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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Thursday, August 22, 1935
(County Correspondents Solicited)
NUMBER 51
NATION TO HONOR ROGERS
AND POST THIS AFTERNOON
Final Rites To Be Held Today
At Hollywood And Oklahoma
City. Funeral Services To Be
gin At 2:00 P. M. (5:00 P.
M., E. S. T.). Many Theatres
To Be Darkened In A Silent
Tribute
NATION-WIDE BROADCAST
OF SERVICES PLANNED
Airplane motors will roar, prayers
will be whispered, bells tolled and- eu
logies spoken over the nation today
for Will Rogers and Wiley Post.
While funeral services are held in
the afternoon for the actor-humorist
at Los Angeles and for the globe-gird
ling flier at Oklahoma City, legions of
friends will memorialize them else
where.
President Roosevelt will be repre
sented at the two principal services
by Army and Navy officers. They will
present wreaths In his behalf.
The Motion Picture Producers and
distributors of America announced
that more than 12.000 theaters in all
sections of the nation will be darken
ed for two minutes during tl?c funeral
hour as a tribute to Roger?.
Studios To Close
All film studios .including the one
at which Rogers was a star, will be
closed during the services. It will be
the first time in history studios have
closed so long for an individual.
At huge Hollywood Bowl Conrad
Nagel, , actor, apd Rupert Hughes,
writer, will figure prominently in a
Rogers tribute. Memorial services also
nre to be held at the community Pres
byterian church in Beverly Hilis, the
city of which Rogers once was may
or .
On the other side of the nation. 46
planes, flying black streamers, will
rear above New York, in tribute to
Post. They will take off from Floyd
Bennett field at the hour funeral ser
ies begin for Post in Oklahoma City.
At the same tim", 25 planes, piloted
by Veterans of Foreign Wars, will fly
over Milwaukee.
In Iowa, carillons will toll at a Des
Moines cemetery and at Iowa State
College at Ames. Blaring bands and
cheering crowds at the Iowa state fair
in Des Moines will be slienced for two
niinutes ? honoring Rogers' portrayal
of the event in his motion picture,
"State Fair."
At Twin City
In St. Paul, Rogers will be honored
with a program at a theater spon
sored by the Variety Club of the Twin
cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Stage
hands and operators will participate.
In many, cities such as Sacramento,
Calif., flags will remain at half staff
until after the funeral semces Offices
at the Arizona state capitol in Phoenix
will be closed.
Governor Frank Merriam of Cali
fornia called upon all citizens of the
state to observe one minute of silence
beginning at 2 p. m.. tomorrow, Pac
ific standard time( 5 p. m. E. S. T.)
At Claramore, Okla., which Rogers
called "my home town," a memorial
service at Will Rogers airport is ex
pected to be attended by 12,000 per
sons. And at nearby Chelsea, the Rev.
Argus J. Hamilton, classmate of Rog
ers in '96 at Meosho, Mo., will deliver
the eulogy.
FAMILY RETURNS HQME
ON SORROWFUL MISSION
Los Angeles, Aug. 21? To a home
emptier than words could express came
the family of Will Rogers late today.
They gathered in the rambling
ranch house, in Santa Monica canyon,
after having parted for a few hours
today at Victorville. Calif., where Mrs.
Rogers and her children, and
James, left the train for an automo
bile. The other son. Will Rogers. Jr.,
covered this last 100 miles by rail.
Will junior reached the home first.
On the low porch, looking toward
the hills, was his father's rocking
chair. Inside, all the kittle intimate
things were just as he left them a few
weeks ago.
No sign of the pain of this lonely
home-coming showed on the faces of
the mother and her children as they
entered the house.
In a simple bronze casket at the Wee
Kirk o 'the Heather, in Forest Lawn
Memorial Park, Glendale, the body of
their beloved lay, awaiting a last trib
ute tomorrow.
Tonight it will rest alone, while Mrs.
Rogers fulfills the few funeral duties
that only she can perform.
HOLLYWOOD WILL HONOR
GREAT HUMORIST TODAY
Los Angeles, Aug. 21 ? The gold
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Palace Theatre
To Conduct JSrief
Memorial Service
During each performance at
the Palace Theatre today the
management will pause for a
two-minute period and conduct
a brief memorial service in re
spect to the memory of Will
Rogers, whose funeral occurs to
day in California.
Sponsors Express
Appreciation For
Aid Accorded Them
Cattle Show Leaders Appreciate
Wholehearted Interest. Meet
ing This Afternoon With The
Show Expert At Courthouse.
The Person County Cattle Show
committee is sincerely proud of the
splendid cooperation and help it has
received from business houses, profess
ional men, and other interested citiz
ens toward making the show a real
success. The committee intends to pub
lish shortly a list of all the people who
have helped make this show possible
Right now the committee wants to
acknowledge the fine spirit of the
Creedmoor Supply Company. The firm
has agreed to furnish a truck tp be
used in moving the cattle to the show
grounds.
This afternoon at three o'clock
there will be another meeting of peo
ple interested in the cattle show at
the court house. Mr. Clyde McAdams,
the show expert at Quail Roost Farms?
will be on hand to show the cattle
men how to prepare cattle for this
exhibit.
This show should stimulate inter
est and better cattle for Person Coun
ty breeders. We urge everyone wishing
to exhibit cattle at our show to get
in touch with Bob Perkins as soon as
possible.
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Roxboro Township
Teachers Elected
For Coming Term
Three New Teachers In Roxboro
Sehools. Several Changes
In Colored Schools
OPENING TENTATIVELY
SET FOR SEPT. 17TH
Following is th? completed list of
teachers for the Roxboro township
schools for the current schol year. The
roster of teachers was completed by
the city school board last night.
Roxboro high school: G. C. David
son, supervising principal of Roxboro
township schools; Grace Evelyn Buch
anan, Mrs. Grace Osborne Clayton, L.
J. Davis, L. *I\ Heffner, Mary Fpy
Hester, Texys Morris,, Mrs. Mildred S.
Nichols.
Junior high teachers: Rachael Brad
sher and Roxannah Yancey.
Elemehtary teachers: Central school:
Inda Collins, principal; Mrs. Musette
Montague Bailey, Mrs. Rena Allen
Blalock, Mrs. Irene Goode Bowen,
Laura Marie Garland, Claire Harris.
Mrs. W. H. Long, Sue Merritt, Maudr
Leigh Montague, Blanche Elizabeth
Winstead, Nellie Bird Woods, Mrs
Myrtice Brooks Woody, Carrie Sue
Vernon.
Mrs. Mabel James Woods will teach
music in the Central school and at
the high scool.
Ca-Vel school: Mrs. C. W. Phillips,
principal; Margaret Carlton, Mabel
Lucille Montague, Elizabeth Rampley,
Frankie Wrenn.
Longhurst school: Nell B. Armi
stead, principal; Minnie Allgood, Mrs
Mildred Long Montague, Kathleen Wil
liams, Mrs. Emery Winstead.
It is entirely possible that there may
be one or two transfers of elemen
tary teachers from one school to a
iiother, and the above listing by the
schools is not given as final.
East Roxboro: Mollie Lewis Whitted
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$19,000 Will Be
Spent To Improve
(ify Water System
New Pipe Lines, Filter Bed,
Pump And Starter Line
To Be Installed
Due to the increasing demand for
water and the fact that a relief pump
is badly needed at the pump station
the Town of Roxboro will invest ap
proximately $19,000 in the very near
future to remedy these conditions.
Beginning at the intersection of
Main and Lamar Streets 1395 feet of
six inch pipe will be laid to the north
ward as will 3400 feet of eight inch
pipe. JThe six inch pipe will give an
additional supply of water to that sec
tion, equalling the supply that is now
available. Where these stop off the
eight inch pipe will begin in order to
supply more water to the mills loca
ted north of town.
For some time the pump station has
been in need of a relief pump, as the
one now used must pump water al
most continuously to furnish the sup
ply that is demanded. This calls for
a new starter line to the pump sta
tion, located at the city reservoir.
A new filter bed will be placed at
the filter plant to further facilitate
the supply of water coming into the
town's water mains.
Application for the funds needed has
been forwarded to WPA headquarters
in Raleigh, and if approved, work on
these improvements will begin in the
near future.
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Publishers Approve
New Textbook Plan
Books Will Be Ready For Distribution
Before School Opening;,
Peeler Believes.
Raleigh, Aug. 20. ? E. N. Peeler,
secretary of the state textbook pur
chase and rental commission, said
Monday following a meeting of ? the
group a proposal submitted by the
publishers for the purchase of text
books had been approved by the com
mission.
He indicated the books would be
ready for distribution before opening
of most of the schools in the state. He
expects them to be ready to be dis
tributed to the students by September
10 or before.
Details for operation of the rental
system, provided for by the 1935 legis
lature, already have been worked out
and the plan can be put in operation
immediately, Peeler said.
The secretary said final details of
the purchase plan remained to be iron
ed out and would not say whether the
proposal eliminated a commission for
the publisher's agent in the state, the
North Carolina book depository. In its
negotiations with the publishers the
commission had sought to secure the
discount for the state instead of al
lowing it to go to the depository.
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Miss Warren
Completes Course
The Person County Chapter of the
American National Red Cross is very
glad to announce that Miss Mabel
Warren who will be connected with
t>ie Bethel Hill High School, has just
completed a course in American Red
Cross First Aid and Life Saving meth
ods, at the University of North Car
olina. "Hie Person County Chapter this
week presented Miss Warren with ^>er
certificate. She Is authorized to teach
life saving and first aid methods In
Person County. ?
So far as the Red Cross chapter rec
ords go. there is only one other per
son holding such a certificate, and
that is held by Mrs. Hugh Sawyer.
Mrs. Sawyer recently moved to ROx
boro from Durham, and received her
certificate from Duke University some
time ago.
G. C. Hunter, Chairman
Stale Administrator
Coan Outlines
W. P. A. Program
Officials Urged To Acquaint The
Public With Benefits Of
Works Program
Raleigh, Aug. 17? In an address be
fore the North Carolina County Com
missioners Association at Wrightsville
Beach, state Administrator, George W.
Coan, Jr. outlined in simple language,
the plans and purposes of the Works
Progress Administration,* that his mes
sage might be carried back to the cit
izens of the counties throughout North
Carolina, that they have a complete
understanding of the gigantic pro
gram to transfer workers from relief
rolls to the security of a job for the
next twelve months.
Every effort is 4>eing made, stated
State Administrator Coan, to speed the
program and begin work as early as
possible. Organization of 8tate and of
District offices has been completed,
and over $9,000,000 in projects has been
dispatched to Washington for final re
view and approval. The approval of
these projects will immediately place
thousands of North Carolina workers
on Works Progress Administration pay
rolls.
District offices for the State have
been located in Elizabeth City, New
Bern, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Greens
tjoro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte and
Asheville, with a District Director and
Administrative JStaff familiar with the
problems confronting their respective
communities.
On an approval W. P. A. project, the
Federal Government will pay the to
tal labor cost and other than labor
cost, including materials, rental of e
quipment etc., up t# twenty per cent
of labor costs. All projects must have
the sponsorship of a local government
agency, such as Board of Commis
sioners, Aldermen, etc., with careful
consideration being given to the type
of project that it may be useful and
permanent benefit to the community,
and at the same time, be of a nature
that the community can furnish ade
quate labor of a type suitable for the
completion of the project. All projects
under W. P. A. supervision will be
completed with funds allocated at the
time of approval.
Especially desirable projects to sub
mit for W. P. A. consideration are
sanitation and drainage, farm to mar
ket roadways, rural recreational play
grounds, airports, school buildings and
also gymnasiums where the total cost
does not exceed $25,000, stated Admin
istrator Coan.
Ninety per cent of workers on W.
P. A. projects will be selected from re
lief rolls, and only one member of a
family may be employed simultaneous
ly on. work projects. TO be eligible for
work on W. P. A projects, it is nec
essary that registration be made with
the U. S. Re-employment Service, of
fices which are located through the
State, as all workers ^rill be drawn
from the U. S. Re-employment rolls.
W. P." A. workers in North Carolina
will receive the Security Wage, rang
ing from $19.00 per month of 140
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Install Adams As
J. 0. U. A. M. Head
Wilmington, Aug. 21 ? Installation
and election of new officers and ad
ministrative matters today engaged
the attention of delegates attending
the final business session of the J. O.
U. A. M. state convention here.
Monroe Adams, of Statesville, be
came the new president of the order
yesterday when he was nominated
without opposition. He succeeds Chas.
F. Tankersley, of Henderson.
Lack of opposition also placed Gur
ney P. Hood, of Raleigh, and J. C.
Coston, of Henderson, into office as
treasurer and assistant secretary, res
pectively, for another year.
Asheville was unopposed in its bid
for the 1936 convention.
ROGERS' LAST PICTURES TO
BE RELEASED FOR SHOWINGS
New York, Aug.? Will Rogers' two>
last motion pictures, completed in
Hollywood before his death, are to be
released for public showings.
The Pox Film corporation, producers
of the pictures, announced its plans
for the release today. "Steamboat
Round the Bend," a river picture pho
tographed near Sacramento, Cal., will
have its - premiere September 6; "In
Old Kentucky" will go on the screen
December 6.
Officials of the Fox Film corpora
tion emphasized that no preview of
either film is to be held until after
Rogers' funeral Thursday and all Fox
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theatres will observe two minutes of
darkness during the actors' services.
In addition, both the eastern and
western headquarters and the branch
offices throughout, the country are to
be closed Thursday afternoon.
Hie first showing of the Sacramen
to river picture will probably be at.
either Sacramento or Stockton, Cal.
Rogers co-stars with Irving S. Cobb
with other players including Anne
Shirley and Stepin Fetchit.
Dorothy Wilson plays the feminine
lead in the southern film with Bill
Robinson, negro tap dancer, featured
in several routines.
CHIEF OF W. P. A.
GEORGE W. COAN, JR.
State Administrator \V. P. A.
Bids On Site For
Post -Office Here
Requested by Dep'l
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Application Blanks For Filing
Bids May Be Had From Post
master. First Actual Step In
Plans For Promised Building
Bids on a site for the new post
offlce building here may now be filed
with Postmaster Tucker. Application
blanks with all requirements and spec
ifications listed may be had from him.
Bids will be opened at 9:00 A. M.
Wednesday morning September 4t}i.
At that time the site will be selected
frr.m among those bids filed, if they
live up to the requirements as set out
on the blanks.
Much speculation as to the location
of the new building has been going
the pounds since it was first announced
(hat Roxboro would get a new post
c^Sce. There are said to be several a
va liable sites within the business dis
trict, but just where the building will
be placed will be a matter for conjec
ture until Uncle Sam's representative
opens the bids and selects the site.
Some of the general specifications
are that the lot front 125 feet,
be 180 feet deep, with ample room for
streets or drheways on all sides.
It is thought that as soon as the
rile is selected that the building will
ba built. So it may not be long until
we see the foundation laid for the
iiCw Roxboro Post-offlce.
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School Board
Takes Action On
Dances In Gym
Board Of Trustees Adopt Reso
lution Governing Dances
Held At High S. Gym.
The School Board of Trustees meet
ing last night adopted a resolution
governing dances that will be held in
the school gymnasium. It was felt that
some regulation would be needed dur
ing the ?phool year and that a com
mittee from- the school board should
have a say.-so in the matter.
Mr. W. C. Bullock as chairman with
Mrs. A. M. Burns and Mr. B. B. Newell
will serve as the committee. All ar
rangements for dances held on the
school property must be made through
them.
The resolution adopted follows:
The Roxboro City School Board in
its meeting last night passed a resolu
tion placing certain restrictions upon
the use of the high school gymnasium
as a place for holding dances. Dances
are to be held only at times that will
not interfere with school work, and
the hours of the dance end not later
than one o'clock in the morning. A
committee of the school board will
have general control of the entertain
ment, and arrangements for holding
dances in the gymnasium must be
made through the committee. W. C.
Bullock is chairman of the committee
with associate members Mrs. A. M.
Burns and B. B. Newell.
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RUSHED TO HOSPITAL
* ON TUESDAY NIGHT
Miss Edna Bazemore. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bazemore, was
rushed to Duke hospital Tuesday nite
suffering .with a ruptured appendix.
Latent reports from the hospital indi
cate that she is resting comfortably.
Person School
Opening Probable
On September 17
Delay Of One Week Felt Advis
able In Face Of Present
Conditions
NO DEFINITE ANNOUNCE
MENTS ARE MAKE AS YET
Though there has been no definite
announcement concerning the delay
in opening of schools in this county,
it is generally felt that the opening
will be postponed one week from the
date formerly announced, Sept. 10th.
Should this take place the teachers
meeting, originally scheduled for Mon
day, Sept. 8th, will be held on Monday,
Sept. 16th, with school opening the
following day, the 17th.
Supt. Griffin stated that he and the
Board of Education would be guided
entirely by the recommendations of
the Board of Health in making final
plans for the opening, but that the
probabilities at this time are that the
opening will be delayed for the above
stated period.
It is felt that all hazards affecting
any child's health should be removed
before they are asked to come togeth
er in the school room. One of the ma
jor reasons for postponement is the
epidemic of Infantile Paralysis that
has been raging in this state and
others throughout the summer. Indi
cations are that polio is on the wane,
"bst has not been entirely checked.
While the teachers are anxious to
get to work, they jvill undoubtedly be
in hearty accord with any plan that
has the safeguarding of a child's health
as its prime motive.
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Raleigh Man
Is Named Head
Of State Bar
Raleigh man named head of state bar
J. M. Broughton Elected Presi
dent Of Association
Aboard S. S. Reliance, En Route to
Norfolk, Va? Aug. 21 ? J. M. Brough
ton, of Raleigh, was elected president
of the North Carolina Bar association
for the coming year at the closing
session today of its conventoin cruise
to Nova Scotia.
Named as vice-presidents were Irvin
Tucker, Whiteville; Guy Roberts, Mar
shall, and Frank Hackler, Wilming
ton. Fred Sutton, Kinston, and Alson
Stubbs, Durham, were elected to the
executive committee.
IN APPRECIATION
On August first we announced to
the public that we were going to ac
cept a quota of $50,000 production in
life insurance for the month of Au
gust. We asked our friends to cooper
ate with us.
We are now pleased to announce
that even though the month is not
over, we have not only reached but
have passed our original quota. We
wish to thank each and every one who
helped us in this seemingly impossible
task.
THOMPSON INSURANCE AGENCY
E. G. Thompson W. G. James C. E. Day
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CIRCUS DOG
LOSES LIFE
Mrs. Howard Hall had the misfor- *
tune of lo6ing her pet dog last week.
Jiggs would have been eleven years
old next fall, but only a few days ago
his life was' snuffed out when a car
was backed over him.
He was a Mexican-Chewaw and had
served a number of years In the Bail
ey-Roberson circus and still remem
bered some of the tricks he used to
do. Because of his good qualities, he
was the pet of the community and his
loss will be felt next to that of a child.
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Returned From
Western Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Whitfield and
daughter, Margaret, Ethel Brooks and
George Coleman have returned from
a trip to Asheville, Mars Hill, Mt.
Mitchell. Blowing Rock and other
points of interest in the western part
of the State.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. R P. Burns
a son, Paul Lacy, on Tuesday. August
20, 1935. Mother and child reported to
be getting on nicely.