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CALL 111 We want all the news of your community. Please can us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUND YOU BEAD THE PERSON COUNTY TlMb£-IT IS A PAPER FOB ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME VDL MERCHANTS TO CLOSE MONDAY " Number of Roxboro Merchants Will Close The Entire Day. On Easter Monday We, the undersigned merchants, in the town of Roxboro, hereby agree to enter into a mutual under standing in regard to the hours of operating our business establish ments. We realize that in order to be successful in this undertaking, a large number of merchants doing business in Roxboro will have to en ter this agreement. We agree to close our doors at the end of Sat urday’s business, March 27th., de claring Easter Monday, March 29th. a holiday and reopen Tuesday Morn ing, March 30th. All signers of this agreement, each ana eflery mer cliants pledges himself to abide by these closing regulations. Roxboro Chamber of Commerce, Jack Bane, Secretary; Clara’s Beau ty Shoppe; No. 374 Grocery, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Com pany, W. T. Scoggins, Mgr.; Wil burn & Satterfield; Leggett’s De partment; Penders Store, V. A. Tho mas, Mgr.; L. W. Roark & brothers; Rose’s 5-10-25 c Store; Hugh Woods Grocery Company; Economy Auto Supply; Quality Shop; Carolina Power & Light Company; David’s Clothing Store; Thomas Barber Shop; Harris & Burns, Carl Win stead Grocery Company; Roxboro Furniture Company; Aubrey Long ,& Company; Foreman’s Depart ment Store; Raiff’s Department Store; Carney’s Millinery, Sergeant ■& Clayton; Person Motors; Stewart Motor Co.; Person County Times; Pass Furniture Co.; Tillaman & Zimmerman; Corner Barber Shop; Williams & Pulliam Barber Shop; Long’s Haberdashery; Goodfriend’s Departingrfh Store; Virgirfta Darje Beauty Shoppe; Green’s Jewelers; Long, Bradsher & Co.; Hall’s Hard ware; The Newells Jewelers; and Joyner Chevrolet Co. MRS. BOATWRIGHT ELECTED PRESIDENT ROXBORO P. T. A. Succeeds Mrs. R- B. Dawes, Ca pable leader for 36-37; Mrs Lee Vicje-President. Fourth Grade Wins Prize For Year Mrs. E. V. Boatwright was el ected president of the Roxboro P. T. A. at a business meeting of the organization last Tuesday night. This meeting was held Immediate ly after Coach Wallace Wade had finished his talk. Mrs. Boatwright will succeed Mrs. R. B. Dawes who was president for the school term of 1936-1937. Other officers for the coming year were: Mrs. T. W. Lee, vice president; Mrs. Charlie Stewart secretary and Mrs. Bruce Newell, treasurer. The combined sections of the fourth grade, Miss Collins and Miss deVlaming .teachers, won the prize of ,$lO for the best program of the year. Members of the P. T. A. feel that they are very fortunate in se curing such capable leaders for next year. All of the officers ar e deeply interested in this work and every thing points to a splendid year for 1937-1938. The work of the P. T. A. has been outstanding for quite a number of years. Mrs. Dawes has devoted a large amount of her time to the work this year an'd as a result of this she is turning over to the new officials a growing and outstanding organization. o Woman’s Club To Give Party For the benefit of the Woman’s Cltfb the members are giving a party on Friday, April 2 at the Com munity house at 8:00 p. m. At this party any game or games may be played by the guests that is desired, bridge, rummy, anagrams, rook, etc. Lovely prizes will be given away. The admission is 25c per person. Make your reservations early. Tickets may be obtained from either Miss Claire Harris or Mrs. R. H. Shelton. jerson|Miims PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1937 USE PERSON COUNTY PRODUCTS NUMBER thirty - SIX CITY ELECTION TO BE ON MAY 4TH. i Primary Will Probably Take Place Around the Middle of April Once again the city dads must come up for election, but first they must come up for nomination. The city primary will probably take place around the middle of April at a mass meeting in the Courthouse {and then the election will take place on the first Tuesday of May. At this same election the Mayor of Roxboro is selected along with the city commissioners. Altho the present members of the board have not been interviewed many people have expressed a de sire to see them serve again, and it is thought that they may be candi dates. Mayor Dawes is expected to have his hat in the ring. Present members of the board are G. C. Hunter, Lester Brooks, G. J. (Qushwa, Preston S/itterlVeld, and George Kane. James Harris is city manager and receives his position by appointment of the board. The city commissioners rejceive no salary other than honor or shall we say criticism when they do not agree with different citizens of the city. BASEBALL PRACTICE BEGINS AT BETHEL About Twenty-five Candidates For Team Working Out Daily Under Coach Hough For the past week about 25 young sters have been working out on the Bethel Hill diamond under the gui dance of Coach Hough. There are about four men left over from last year’s team. The squad will be picked from the following: James Pentecost, Sam Shotwell, Willie Tingen, Robert Young and Edward Evans of last years squad and R. B. Pixley, Clyde* IWright, Joe Humphries, Hill * Jpe Merritt, John O’Briant, Joseph Hall, Alfred Shotwell, Thomas Brandon, Charles Buchanan, Larence Tingen, Royal Todd, Earl Wrenn, Cary Pul liam, Henry Woody, Robert Pugh, and Christo Fox. The schedule for this season is as follows: March 26 - Wilton vs Bethel Hill at Wilton. March 30 - Green Hope vs Bethel Hill at Bethel Hill. April 2 - Wake Forest vs Bethel Hill at Wake Forest. April 6 - Green Hope vs Bethel Hill at Green Hope. April 9 - Wilton vs Bethel Hill at Bethel Hill. April 14 - Wake Forest vs Beth el at Bethel Hill. Dates Pending: April 20 - Allensville vs Bethel Hill at Allensville. April 23 - Oak Level vs Bethel Hill at Bethel Hill. April 29 - Allensville vs Bethel Hill at Bethel Hill. May 5 - Oak Level vs Bethel Hill at Oak Level. , o SEWING MACHINES We have on hand just two more new Howard Sewing Machines that we can sell at the old price $37.50. Next shipment the price will be $42.50. Even at the new price of $42.50 this machine is being sold by us at least $20.00 under the mar ket price. The Newells o “Swing Billies” At Allensville High Mdrch 31st. “Blackwood’s Swing Billies, who broadcast over W. P. T. F. in Ra leigh at 6:45 each Tuesday, Thurs day arid Saturday evenings, will be at Allensville High School on next Wednesday evening, March 31st. at 8:00 o’ clock. Come out and see a real show and plenty of swing music in popular, hill billy or any kind of music that you may desire. Don’t fail to see and hear these five boys who are said to be the best out yet. Don’t Miss it! o Daniel Clark was elected presi dent of the recently organized Cum berland County Agricultural and Homemakers Club composed of ol der rural boys and girls not now in school. SPRING SPORTS ARE GETTING STARTED Soft Ball and Tennis Will Oc cupy Fans This Spring and Summer A few weeks ago the Rotarians were getting ready to play the Ki wanians in a basket-ball game. Now they are thinking in terms of soft ball and tennis. Fall sports have passed from the picture and spring brings new ideas and new forms of recreation. Tennis courts are being cut down and rolled in preparation of a hard and busy season. Roxboro has five courts and all five will bp' oc cupied in a few weeks practically every afternoon. Only one lighted court has made its way into the community and this has the boys lined up every night when the sea son is in full swing. Very little soft ball was played in Roxboro last year, but interest in this sport is picking up and there will probably be a number of games this year. o HELENA HIGH TO PUBLISH PAPER First Edition Expected to Ap pear in a Few Days Altho information on the matter 1 is not exactly complete, it is under stood that Helena High School will soon publish its first paper. The name “Microphone” has been selected for the paper. The first edition will be printed locally by the school on a mimeograph mac hine. It is not known by the writer of this article just how-wftwr’the pub lication will appear, details will probably be made public later. Repdlesentatives of the “Micro phone were in Roxboro selling ad vertisements yesterday and will continue until a fair number has , been secured. o Y. P. U. To Present Easter Play Friday evening the Young Peo ples Union of the Methodist church of this county will meet with the .Young People cff Long Memorial as hosts. An Easter play entitled “The Light of The Cross” will be 'given in the church auditorium, after which a social hour will be enjoyed in the basement of the church. Petty Racket Operation In City Exposed By Chamber Commerce For five years “The Lady in Blue” always wearing an ensemble of light blue dress with an oversea cap to match has been soliciting mo nies on the streets from various {Roxboro merchants. Mrs. E, H,. Brooks claims to be the Southern Manager of the “Rescue workers Incorporated” with main headqua ters located in Jacksonville, Flori da, her headquarters being located in Cary, N. C. Upon approaching the Roxboro merchants for dona tions, she explains the money she collects is used for maintaining a home for unmarried mothers and doing religious work among prison camps throughout the State of North Carolina. A pathetic story for a good cause; most anyone would do nate money for a cause of this kind (without invfestigating to find out whether or not thd money was used for this purpose she claims. The Chamber of Commerce rea lizing that small towns are always the victims of “Petty Racketeers” declared war upon just such “Rac kets” the first of the year, hoping to eliminate them entirely, thereby protecting the interest of the mer chants arid citizens of Roxboro. Upon investigation through the Community Chest, the Chamber of Commerce and the Council Associ ation of Welfare Workers in Jack sonville, Florida, we learned that there is such a so-called “Rescue Workers Incorporated” composed of a man and wife living in a house, but never have they ever used the collected funds for purposes which they claim it is used for. Jackson ville reports that this organization WALLACE WADE AT P.T. A. MEETING Large Number Present to Hear Popular Duke Football Coach A line crowd was present on Tues day f night of this week to hear Coa<Si Wallace Wade of Duke Uni versity when he spoke to the local P. T. A. of this city. Coach Wade was introduced by ■ Mrs. E. V. Boatwright and in her introduction she very fittingly paid a splendid tribute to Coach Wade. Mr. Wade talked about athletics and emphasized the point that in any properly conducted athletic) program the games were designed to help the players and not the , spectators. He stated that if people wanted to pay to see the games they should be welcome, but that the game should never be subscribed for the benefit of the paying cus tomers. Everyone present pnjoyed th,e talk and all appreciated the visit of Mr. Wade. o G. C. HUNTER AT : BETHEL HILL HIGH Gives Very Interesting Talk on Different Phases of Banking G. C. Hunter, executive vice-pre sident of the Peoples Bank, was the speaker at the high school chapel : of Bethel Hill on Tuesday of last wdelt, Mr. Hunter spoke on phases of bahking that proved to be very • iAteresting to the students of this school. He was introduced by Joseph Hall and Huldah Hall later expressed the appreciation of the school for talk. —— -••• o FUTURE FARMER DEGREES AWARDED Seven boys of the Bethel Hill chapter of Young Tar Heel Farmers were given the degree of Future Farmer at a Meeting held in Bahama, Monday, March 10. The boys taking this degree were Royal .Todd, A. L. Parham land Elvin Tuck, Alfred Shotwell, Geo. Boyde Walker, Lawrence Tingen, and W. T. Brandon. Thirty senior boys fi(om three schools in Durham County also took their degree. These boys had to Jneet several qualifications before becoming Future Farmers. Reporter - Raymond Lester was investigated in the year of ’ 1931 and 1934 and the State Board ■ refused them permission to operate i in Florida and in each town where ■ they tried to establish themselves, : they met with little success and in most cases were asked to leave town i by the town officials. • Upon further investigation with the aid of Mrs. W. T. Bost, Chair man of North Carolina State Board of Charities arid Public Welfare, : and Mr. L. G. Whitley, Asst. Super intendent of the Prison Divisions of ] the State Highway and Public , Works reports that the “Rescue Workers Incorporated” have not, at < any time, cared for an unmarried mother or distributed Bibles or any other literature in or around North Carolina. > Even if this were a legitimate ■ • 'Melfare wjiy slfould , we, Roxboro citizens donate to the ( cause of work benefiting some \ other city, when Roxboro does not i benefit by the donations? I Exposing Brooks Jand disn \ couraging solicitors of this kind is ( done in the interest of legitimate business and to protect the mer- ] chants and citizens of Roxboro. Eve ry day the citizens of Roxboro are approached by out of town organi- ] zations soliciting money to be used i for purposes outside of Roxboro. i We suggest that you call the i Chamber of Commerce, 167, when- j ever any of these strangers show up. Tell the solicitor that you simply deal with thoroughly investigated propositions, only. This plan will save Roxboro thousands of dollars 1 every year. i Roxboro Chamber of Commerce 1 AIRPLANE SIGN 1 ON WAREHOUSE “Roxboro” Printed in Large Letters on Winstead Ware house and Arrow Point ing to Raleigh The W. P. A. and the state high way commission have painted the word “ROXBORO” in large letters on the South side of the Winstead Warehouse. Right by the word Rox boro the word Raleigh appears in smaller letters and then under Raleigh is an arrow which points the direction to Raleigh, the near est airport. The names of places are being painted every fifteen miles apart in order that aviators who are lost might get their bearings and then continue on their way. This is due to the fact that on numerous occasions planes flying over parts of North Carolina had no idea where they were and at times were forced to make a hasty landing in a field or some place that was not very de sirable. The letters in Roxboro’s Marker are large enough that they may be easily read even if the plane is quite a distance from the roof of j the warehouse. The color is yellow. WATERMETERSARE INDICATION GROWTH Lafrge Number have Been In stalled Since January Ist. New houses call for water and water calls for a meter. One way to discover whether there is any build ing going on in Roxboro is to find ! out if the city is placing any new ■ meters in the ground. Investigation proves that nine people have had the city install Water meters sinde January Ist. tfhese people are all building) or have finished building. They are - Irvin Brooks, Miss Inez Pryear, M. C. Clayton,' Miss Mary Riley, B. F. Wade, Robt. Long, C. T. Hall, store, Mrs. McKinney, and Miss Nina Ro gers. Several other buildings are now under construction, but meters have not been placed. Building in the city limits of Rox boro has not been as rapid as build ing in the county. Every road finds many new houses going up and repair to others. o Examinations To Take Place Schedule of Preschool examina tions to be held by the health de partment in Person County during March, April and May, 1937. March 29 - Cunningham School March 30 - Mt. Tirzah (white) April 5 - Bethel Hill (white) April 6 - Allensville April 7- Bethel Hill (col.) April 12 - Bushy Fork April 13 - Olive Hill (white) April 14 - Olive Hill (col.) April 19 - Helena April 20 - Jalong i April 21 - Person County Train- 1 ing School. ] April 26 - Ca-vel 1 April 27 - Hurdle Mills April 28 - Lee Jeffreys May 3 - Roxboro Central School. : Preschool examinations were done in High Planes and East Roxboro 1 schools previous to this publication. ] o One Cent Sale At Thomas And Oakley The annual one cent sale of Thomas and Oakley started on * Wednesday of this week and will ' continue thru Saturday. You pay * the regular price for an article and 1 then get another just like it for an * extra penny. Many bargains are on display in ( this store. For details see ad in to day’s Times. o i Roses Installs Ice Cream Counter \ Rose’s 5- 10 -25 c store of Rox- l boro has recently installed an ice cream counter in their store. They ( will specialize in ice cream sand wiches and have an assortment of flavors. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mr. and Mrs. I. D. O’- Briant, a seven and a half pound son on Monday, March 22nd. at Watt’s Hospital, Durham, _ TEN PAGES TODAY SERVICE TO BE l HELD ON FRIDAY Churches of All Denominations Will Unite at St. Mark’s Epis copal Church For the first time in the history of Roxboro and Person County the Churches of all denominations will unite in a Three Hour Service on Good Friday, March 26th., in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. The ser vice will begin at 12 o’clock noon and will last until three p. m. in commemoration of the three hours our Lord hung on the cross at His Crucifixion. The service is so arranged that any person who cannot remain for the full three hour period may come or leave during the hymns. It is hoped that many people will re main for the full length of the ser vice, which is devided into a series of short services, each with a medi tation on one of the last words from the Cross, led by one of th e offici ating clergymen. Eight ministers will take part in the service: Rev. B. P. Robinson, Rev. W. F. West, Rev. T. H. Hamil ton, Rev. J. T. Coley, Rev. M. W. Lawrence, Rev. Mr. Coggins, Rev. Mr. Lee, and Rev. A. S. Lawrence, Jr. This service, which has a uni versal appeal for all kind of peo ple, is being more and more univer ' sally observed throughout the coun try. In places where Good Friday is not a holiday, many business es tablishments close down from 12 to three in order that their workers may attend the three hour service, in observance of their Savior’s death and Passion. There are, how ever, many business Houses, fac tories and shops that do not close down on • Good Friday at all, thus depriving their employees of the priviledge of attending such a ser vice. It is hoped that many of the stores and offices in Roxboro will close their doors ty-om 12 to 3 and that they will attend this deeply spiritual service of fellowship and worship with our Lord and Savior who suffered on the Cross for our sins, and the sins of the whole world. ' o Roxboro Debaters To Meet Yancey ville And Hillsboro Affirmativte Debaters are Bar ton Winstead, Billy West; Ne gative, Nancy Bradsher, Frances Winstead Roxboro High School debaters are hard at work in preparation for the state-wide triangular debate that is to take place on April 2nd. The subject is: Resolved that the go vernment should own and operate all electric light and power utilities. The local high school debaters will meet Yancey ville arid Hillsboro this year and both teams will de bate away from home. Roxboro’s affirmative team is composed of Bar ton Winstead and Billy West. Nancy Bradsher and Frances Winstead are the negative debaters. Debates for this year will be held in the afternoon, possibly around two o’clock. Shortly after Easter, Roxboro will have a practise debate with Bethel Hill High School. o BUYS HOME Mr. A. M. Long and son, Dolian, have bought the home on Lamar St., in which they are living at the present date. They expect to remodel this home in the very near future. o C. & A. HAS NEW DIRECTOR P. B. Baldwin, general sales ma nager of Collins & Aikman Corpora tion, manufacturers of automobile, furniture, bus and railroad uphols tery fabrics, was elected a mem ber of the board of directors at the last meeting. Attended Golf Tournament At Pinehurst Messrs. C. A. Harris, P. L. Thomas, J. D. Morris, E. V. Boatwright, W. H. Harris, Jr. and Dr. J. H. Hughes attended the golf tournament at Pinehurst, Wednesday. j
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