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CALL 111 We went ell the new* of your community. Pleese can us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ THE PERSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME vm. V PUBLISHED EV««Y SUNDAY & THURSDAY BOXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1937 NUMBER FORTY • ONE WINDOW SHOPPING NIGHT TO BE GALA EVENT IN ROXBORO Evening of Thursday, April 29. Set For Inspection Os Merchant's Windows Prizes to be Awarded Merch ants’ and Public With unanimous approval and co operation of the retail merchants, the downtown section of Roxboro will soon take on a new appearan ceat night as the work of installing window lighting equipment is pro gressing rapidly. To mark the com pletion of this forward step on the city’s merchants, the Chamber of Commerce has officially designated the evening of Thursday, April 29, as Roxboro’s Window Shopping Night and on that evening the down town district will be ablaze with light, many of the store windows will be illuminjated |for the first time. The movement for better decor ated and better lighted windows is being sponsored as means of sti mulate business for the merchants and as a step in the development of Roxboro as a greater shopping center for the surrounding terri tory. The effect of this movement should be a far reaching one and the Chamber of Commerce is to be congratulated for originating such a practical project. The celebration of this forward step in the upbuilding of the city’s status as a merchandising center will be in the nature of a public reception on the city’s main streets on the evening of Thursday, April 29, with all of the participating stores featuring specially decorated and lighted display windows. Each of the 40 stores, which are cooper ating in the event, will devote par ticular attention to the displaying of their newest merchandise. STORES TO BE OPEN Not only will the display windows •of the store be attractively decorat ed and lighted but the merchants will hold open house during the evening hours. The public will be invited to inspect the various dis plays and to visit the establishment. Many of the merchants are plan ning tto offer an attractive prize to be awarded to some visitor at the end of the evenings activiies. In addition to the prizes offered by individual merchants there will be an award of $5.00 which will l)e given to the person submitting the best answer to the question “What Does Window Lighting Mean "To Roxboro?” Entry blanks will be available to all persons wishing to compete in this contest as each mer chant will have a supply for dis tribution on the evening of the event. A judging committee will be ap pointed to inspect the various dis play windows. Each display window will be judged for its attractiveness and excellency! <c|f merchandising display and a prize of SIO.OO will be awarded the merchants judged to have the most effectivly decor ated and lighted window. A second prize of $5.00 will be given for the next best window display. (According to O. L. Bane, sec retary of the Chamber of commer ce, steps are being taken to widely publicize Window Shopping Night Several thousand announcements will circulated in the surrounding trading area and it is anticipated that a great throng of visitors will be in attendance for the occasion. The cordial cooperation given the movement by local merchants has proven a source of gratification to those sponsoring the project and it is felt that the undertaking will prove one of the most beneficial co operative events ever staged in this city. WORLD’S GREATEST TRICK MOTORCYCLISTS AT PALACE TODAY Houghton and Houghton, known as the world’s greatest trick motor cycilists, will be at the Palace thea tre today and Friday. These acts are sensational; spectators gasp with wonder at the stunts per formed by this team. % Manager Kirby stated that he himself fortunate to get ict lersoni^CEimes © UNIYIKSAL KIWUUL-NlWt-eUir AMERICAN “SCRAP” FOR FOREIGN WAR-FRONTS - Small monntaim of scrap steel being assembled at Portland, Ore., for shipment to Japanese steel mills. Six years ago scrap was a drag on the market at $5 per ton. Last week it reached a peak of $22.65, and Congress is being petitioned by American steel mannfactnrers to curb its export. LOOKED LIKE A WIDOW Clyde Crowell Took No Chances But Put Spider In Bottle C. O. Crowell of this city was doing a little cleaning-up around his home and yard last week when he found a large spider. After in vestigation, from a safe distance, Mr. Crowell decided that this spi der was a black widow. He rolled the spider into a bottle and brought it up town where many others took a look. All decided 'the same thing that it was a real black widow with all the trimmings, red dot and everything. On top of this comes a warning from state officials in Raleigh that there are many black widow spi ders in this state and that they gene rally start coming out of their hid ing places at this time of year. Their bite is very poisonous, but not necessarily fatal. RECITAL AT BETHEL HILL TUESDAY, 27 Baccalaureate Address Will Be Delivered By Rev. John T. Wayland The Bethel Hill music pupils will give their recital Tuesday night, April 27th. at 8:00 o’clock. The pia no pupils, voice pupils, elementary and high schppl glee clubs, and string band will have various parts on the program. The High school Seniors will pre sent the three act comedy “Boots and her Buddies” Friday night, April 30 at eight o’clock. Miss Alice Humphries and Henry Woody will take the leading role. On May 2 at 3:00 P. M. in the afternoon Rev. John T. Wayland of the Temple Baptist Church in Durham will deliver the baccalau reate address. Rev. W. F. West, of the Roxboro First Baptist Church will make the address at the seventh grade graduating exercises at 10 A. M. May 7th. Certificates and perfect at tendance awards will be given out at this time. The finals of the commencement will take place at eight o’clock on May 7th. The school has been for tunate in securing a very able speaker in Mr.. Claude F. Gaddy, Supt. of Raleigh Schools. Miss Huldah Hall is the valedic torian; and Miss Alice Humphries, the salutatorian. o Auction Sale Friday & Saturday The C. B. Temple Co., of Danville, will hold an auction sale in this county on Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24th. during this sale one farm, one business site and 60 lots and acreage tracts will be sold. An electric refrigerator and other gifts win be given away free. See ad in today’s paper. CELEBRATION TO BE AT ML CHURCH FRL Large Crowd Expected For “Rally Day” At Church And Sunday School Sunday A celebration of the 89th. anni versary of the sailing of the first missionaries from the South Me thodist church will be held in the church auditorium at Edgar Long Methodist Church on Friday of this week at 7:30 p. m. The program wUI consist of a radio broadcast from the bishops of the church, mission ary hymns, short talks, and an hour of good fellowship in the basement of the church. The ladies of the Mis sionary society will serve refresh ments. Those in charge of the pro gram hope that every member of the church will be present at this meeting and also at church and Sunday School next Sunday, “Ral ly Day”. o FELLOWSHIP SUPPER TO BE HELD FRIDAY Will Be At Concord Church; Picnic Supper and Good lYogram Planned On Friday night of this week at 6 P. M., there will be a Fellowship supper and meeting ,at Concord church in the Olive Hill section of Person County. Everyone on Person County Circuit is invited to come arid bring a picnic lunch. After suppler there wjill be an appropriate missionary program qommeratiqg the beginning Os Southern Missions. Rev. Marcus Lawrence, pastor of Person Circuit, is anxious that all members who can possibly be pre sent attend this Fellowship supper and meeting. Roxboro Scouts To Attend Jamboree In Washington, D. C. Scouts Elbert Gates, Chas Ga tes, Dick Huddleston and George Cushwa, Jr. plan to attend the Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington, D. O. from June 30 to July 9th. Earl Bradsher will go as Scout leader and will be assisted by Eagle Scouts Bill Kane arid Joe Blanks. o ■ Judge Parker Holding Court Hon. R. Hunt Parker, judge of the Third District, is holding court in Roxboro this week. Both crimi nal and civil cases will be heard. Solicitor Carr is prosecuting the docket. o ATTRACTIVE WINDOW One of the windows of Leggett’s Dept. Store contains a number of drefcses made by students of the home ecoriomic’s class of Bethel Hill high school. These dresses are very beautiful and reflect credit upon those’ students. CHAMBER COMMERCE BANQUET TO TAKE PLACE ON “MAY 7TH Tickets Now On Sale With Num ber Os People and Places; Banquet To Be In H. SL Gymnasium Governor To Honor County By Visit The annual dinner meeting of the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce will be held Friday, May 7th at the Roxboro High School gymnasium at 7:30 P. M. Governor Clyde R. Hoey will be the speaker of the evening. Roxboro and Person County peo pel feel deeply honored that the governor of this state has accepted an invitation to come to Roxboro and they plan to make this occasion one to be long remembered. The high school gymnasium will be decorated from one end to the other and nothing will be passed lup to keep the meeting from being I a great affair. Anyone in this county who de sires to attend this meeting may do so. It is being staged by the Cham ber of Commerce, but is not for ’ these members alone. Anyone who cares to attend may secure a ticket , from the following persons or places. Jake Taylor, Chairman, Charles wood, Gene Thompson, J. C. Harris, Robert Long, Hambrick, Austin & Thomas Drug Company, Baxter ■ Mangum, Thomas & Oakley Drug ; Company, Roxboro Drug Company, ■ Roxboro Hotel, Chamber of Com ! merce. r FINAL RITES-FOR DAVID O’BRIANT Left Person County In 1888 And Moved To Rockingham Co. Reidsville—David O’Briant, 75, well known Rockingham County citizen, died Tuesday morning at his home, Reidsville, route two. He was in ill health for sometime. Funeral services were conducted from Hillsdale Primitive Baptist ■ church, near Summerfield, Wednes day afternoon at 2 o’clock, with (Elders T. A, Starffieldj Q. Trent and George Hill, in charge. Interment was held in the church cemetery. Surviving are his wife; six sons, C. L., W, M, D. A., W. A., Sidney and Hassell O’Bryant all of Reids ville, route two; seven daughters, Mrs. John Tally, Mrs. F. L. Walker, Mrs. David Murrell, all of Reids ville, route two, Mrs. W. S. Smith, Mrs. H. L. Bradsher, both of Reid sville, route one, Mrs. C. A. Jones, of Greensboro, route one, and Miss Nellie O’Bryant, of the home, several grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Roxboro— Mr. O’Briant is a native of Person County. He left this county in 1888 and moved to Rockingham County where he has lived since that date. He was the son of Eliza O’Briant and Barbara Stanfield O’Bryant. He was twice married and has 13 living children. He married two sisters, daughters of Mr. Geo. Pentecost of this county. MISS ELLMORE HONORED In the annual election held this week by the student body of Mit fchell College, Statesville, N. C.„ Miss Mary Lee Ellmore was elected President of the Senior Class for the coming year. Miss Ellmore is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Ellmore of Ca-Vel Circle graduated from the Roxboro High School last year with highest honors, and has maintained a high record in her junior college work. o Senator Reynolds To Speak Today At five o’clock today Senator Bob Reynolds will speak over a nation-wide hookup, Columbia sys tem, on the subject of Federal re venues and expenditures. You are invited to tune in and hear “Our Bob” discuss this sub ject. •.. . * Wyche Tillet Wins' Essay Contest Received A Fifty Dollar Cash Scholarship Which will be Used Next Year ,i The National Jury atf Award, composed of nationally known edu cators from over a wide section have selected the essay of Wyche Tillet of Helena High School as being the best in the State of North Carolina. This contest was sponsored by Jos ten’s Class Ring Manufacturers. Mr. Tillet received a fifty dollar cash scholarship which he plans to use toward his education at the Uni versity of North Carolina next year. Mr. Tillet was presented the check by L. C. Childs, state represent ative of Jostens. TRAINING COURSE TO START SATURDAY Scout Leaders Will Meet In Bethel Hill Gymnasium For Work and Play The Person County Boy Scout Council will hold a training course for all men in this county who are interested in scouting this week-end at the Bethel Hill High School gym nasium. The course will be in charge of Pat Patterson, scout executive 'qf this eoundil. The ' course will start at three o’clock Saturday afternoon and will continue through the next day. Those who are present will have supper cooked for them and they will spend the night in the gym. Around seven or eight men from Roxboro Will attend this dourse and others are being invited from Ca-Vel, Longhurst, Bushy Fork, Bethel Hill and Timberlake. Any others who are interested in Scout work are invited to take the course. Religious services will be held on Sunday morning or Sunday after noon. A local pastor will be in char ge. The purpose of this meeting is to train men for leadership in scout work. ROXBORO’S NEGATIVE TEAM WINS DEBATE AT CHAPEL HILL Go Into Semi-Finals This After noon; Finals Will Be Run Off Tonight Best Teams Are Selected Regardless Os Outcome The Roxboro High School nega tive debate team was awarded the judges decision last night in Chap el Hill where they were competing for the Aycock Memorial Cup. The affirmative team lost. The Roxboro negative team was the only team from this county to come through the quarter-finals. This afternoon this team will de bate in the semi-finals. If they win this afternoon they enter the finals tonight. Ljjst night’s debate found the Hamlet affirmative team de bating the Roxboro negative team and Roxboro affirmative against Mt. Gilead negative. Gibson af firmative and Bethel Hill negative. Forest City affirmative and Helena negative. Bethel Hill affirmative arid Swannanoa negative. Regardless of which team wins, both can continue to advance if the judges select them as being among the beet of a group. The query under discussion is whether the government should own and operate all electric light and power utilities. Misses Frances Winstead and Nancy Bradsher were the negative debaters from Roxboro. Barton Win stead and Billy West represented the affirmative side. Both local teams were coached by Miss Yancey and Miss Hester of the high school faculty. o Song Service Tonight At 7:30 The third of the series of song services will be held at the Presby terian church tonight Everyone is invited to attend.. EIGHT PAGES TODAY TWO NEW MEMBERS NOMINATED FOR < ROXBORO BOARD R. B. Dawes Nominated For Ma yor With No Opposition; Elec tion to Take Place On May Fourth R. B. Dawes, present mayor of Roxboro and candidate to succeed himself,, was again nominated as mayor at the mass meeting Monday night in the courthouse. There was no opposition to Mr. Dawes and he was unanimously nominated. Seven men were nominated as city commissioners. From the seven, those present were supposed tjo vote for five who would be the of ficial nominees of the mass meet ing. Those named from the floor were R. H. Shelton, G. J. Cushwa, G. C. Hunter, George W. Kane, Preston Satterfield, Lester Brooks and R. H. Gates. On the first ballot the results were as follows: Shelton 60, Cush wa 112, Hunter 59, Kane 58, Satter field 97, Brooks 109, Gates 75. This meant that Cushwa, Satterfield, Brooks and Gates were nominated as they received the majority of the votes cast. A second run-off be tween Hunter, Kane and Shelton was necessary. Results of this were Hunter 22, Kane 21, and Shelton 63. Mr. Shelton was therefore official ly nominated. The meeting was attended by a very small number of people. About 130 people were present and appro ximately 122 votdd. Present members of the city board are G. J. Cushwa, G. W. Kane, G. C. Hunter, Lester Brooks and Pres ton Satterfield. The regular election for mayor and city commissioners will be held on May 4th. Other candidates have the right to file and run before that date. - BISHOP KERN AT ALLENSVILLE TODAY Annual Meeting Os Durham Dis trict Is Being Held Today. Around 500 Present 104 Churches In Durham Dis trict Addresses by Bishop Paul BT Kern of Durham, and Dr. W. W. Peele, presiding elder of the Greensboro District, Will be fea tures of the program arranged for the annual conference of the Dur ham Methodist district that is be ing held today at the Allensville Methodist Church in this county. Around 500 people will be in at tendance. ; Plans for the Ctmjerence were announced yesterday in Durham by Rev. H. B. Porter, presiding elder of the Durham district. In addition to the two inspirational addresses by the noted church leaders, election of delegates to the North Carolina conference meeting to be held in Raleigh, will be held and con sidrable other business relating to the district and its work will be transacted. There are 104 churches in the Durham District, constituting 36 pastoral charges, Rev. Mr. Porter stated. Each of the charges will be Represented by ifivte delegates to addition to the pastor, making & total of around 200 official dele gates present for the session. The opening session started this morning at 9:30 o’clock with an ad dress by Dr. Peele, a former pas tor of Trinity Methodist' chufeh, Durham, as the speaker. Lunch was served on the church grounds and the afternoon session is now under way. Bishop Kern will deliver his message this afternoon. Twenty-six delegates to the Ra leigh conference will be elected, the presiding elder said, represent ing one delegate from eadh 800 members in the district. Os importance V> the churches will be the reports on the progress of the work this year and the con sideration of plans looking to full reports for the conference sessions in the fall. i o A Maine law forbids the wear ing of spiked shoes In public. Bullfighting is strictly forbidden by a state law in Kentucky. 4
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