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CALL S S • We want all the new* of your community. Please call us or send it in. IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON ABOUND YOU BEAD TH* PEBSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A FAPEB FOB ALL THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. VOLUME vra. Doctors of Sixth District May Hold Annual Meeting Here Sixth District Composed Os Warren, Vance, Granville, Wake, Durham, Person, Orange And Caswell Counties 150 To 200 Doctors Would At tend Event 1 ■ Unless complications arise that iare not expected the doctors of the sixth district will hold their annual meeting in Roxboro during the month of June. Doctors from War ren, Vance, Wake, Durham, Person, Granville, Orange and Caswell Counties will attend the mddical njeeting and wiill be in Roxboro practically one entire day. It has been estimated that from 150 t» 200 doctors will attend the meeting. This annual meeting is held first in one county and then in another. There will be a large amount of business to be transacted, several talks and a dinner served for aIL The meeting will last one day. De flate plans for the program have not been worked out, they will be formulated at a later date and also the exact date for the meeting. Dr. A. F. Nichols is president of the Person County Medical Associ ation, Dr. John Merritt, vice-presi dent and Dr. H. M. Beam, secre tary. o Music Recital At Allensville Miss Odelle SJaughljer, Miisic su pervisor in Allensville High School, wtill pretent !her music pUpils in their Recital on Wednesday even ing, May sth. at 8 o’clock. The Glee Club Will be featured in several choruses, and the 10th. grade girls will be featured in 2 popular songs. There are 15 music pupils, which include 14 girls and one boy. o CLYDE C. COLE IS HONORED BY MASONS Sublime Degree of Master Ma son Conferred Upon J. H. War ren of Prospect Hill The article reprinted below was taken from the Orphans Friend and (Masonic Journal. It is being iie printed in this paper due to its local interest. “Before one of the largest crowds of Masons ever to assemble in the local lodge hall of Yanceyville, J. Giles Hudson, of Salisbury, Grand Master of Ancient, Free, and Ac cepted Masons of North Carolina, Friday Night, April 9th., conferred the Sublime Degree of Master Ma son upon Joseph H. Warren, of Pros pect Hill. This act was an outstand ing event in the history of local Masonry, it being the first time in the history of Caswell Brother hood, No. 11, that the degree has been conferred upon a local member by the Grand Master. The principal address of the even ing was delivered by Grand Master Hudson who praised the outstanding work of the local lodge and highly commended District Deputy Clyde Cole, of Yanceyville, for his efficient work in the district. “This is the fourth time this year that I’ve been in Clyde Cole’s district,” said Bro. Hudson. “He has brought it out of the red and put it in the black.” ■ o John Whitfield Paralysis Victim John Whitfield, 67, of Bushy Fork died of infantile paralysis Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock at his borne. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home. Burial was in the home burial grounds in Bushy Fork. Surviving are a wife, Mrs. Flossie Whitfield, and two sisters, Miss Luxy Whitfield, and Mrs. Sallie Al len, all of Bushy Fork. o Window Judging Committee Members of the window judging committee for Thursday night are Mrs. J. H. Hughes, Mrs. L. M. Carl ton apd G, B. Wood. , . l^sonMinies PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY TO MAKE ADDRESS AT HURDLE MILLS «■ ' up * ■ n Ik * M ' m PROF. J. S. MEMORY ' Pictured above is Professor Jas per L. Memory, Jr., p|rofejssor qf education at Wake Forest College, who will make the commencement address at the closing exercises of the Hurdle Mills Public School Fri day evening, May 7th., at 8 o’clock, according to an announcement by Principal J. B. Currin. Professor Memory is no stranger in this section, since he has taught hundreds of school men in Person and neighboring Counties and rated the county high schools for a per iod of five years when he was State High School Inspector. For the past eight years he has been professor of education at Wake Forest. During this period he has spoken at numerous school gather ings in this area and has always been enthusiastically received. o FREDDIE CRAWFORD ROXBORO VISITOR Freddie Crawford, Duke Univer sity All-American tackle during 1934 was a Roxboro visitor last Sunday. Mr. Crawford spent several hours here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mi nor. At the present time he is coach ing football in Virginia at Newport News. For a short time Crawford took a fling in the movies at Holly wood. MASONIC DISTRICT MEET TO BE HERE Meeting Will Be Held On June 17th. For One Day The 20th. Masonic District of North Carolina will meet in Rox boro on June 17th. Representatives from all the lodges of this. district will be in Roxboro on this day and a fine meeting has been planned. The Grand Master will also be pre sent and will probably address all members. Meetings will be held in the after noon and night and supper will be served to all who attend this meet ing. Jake Taylor is the master of the local lodge of Roxboro and Person County. o BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Snip es, Roxboro, Route 3, a seven and a half iteund baby girl, Caroline Elizabeth, on April 27. Both mother and daughter are getting along nicely. o —NOTICE— The Junior-Senior Banquet for the Roxboro High School will be held on the night of May 7th. 4U organizations interested in serving this banquet will please present menus and prices per plate to the principals office at once. o Hog shipments from New Bern last week amounted to 585 animals weighing 120,746 pounds and bring ing 311,449.88 in cash to the pro ducers from five counties. C. B. Bradsher Died In Durham Wed. * ________ Death Caused By Heart Failure; Funeral This Afternoon In Durham Funeral services for Charlie Banks Bradsher, 63-year-old retired Person Co. farmer, who has lived in Durham, will be held at the home this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Elder A. J. Herndon will be in charge. Burial will be in the family cemetery near Roxboro. Pall bearers will be Arch Hamlin, Wes Hamlin, Joe Hamlin, Walter Hamlin, Ruben Jackson and Mat Brooks, all of Roxboro. Floral bear ers will be selected from neighbors and friends. Mr. Bradsher, a native of Person County, died at his home early Wed nesday morning from a heart at tack suffered two hours earlier. He had been a resident of this city for the past four years In 1898 he married Miss Henrietta Harris who survives as do five daughters, Mrs. K. L. King of Rox boro, Mrs. J. A. Shotwell of Rox boro, Mrs. S. H. Hursey of Durham, and Misses Janie and Eunice Brad sher of Durham; four sons, E. B. Bradsher of So. Boston, Va., P. E. Bradsher of Hagerstown, Md., M. O. Bradsher and James Arch Bradsher, both of Durham. SENIOR PLAY TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT H. K. Sanders, Jr. And Reca Griffin To Play Leading Roles The Senior play “Seventeen” will be presented by Roxboro High School on the night of April 30th. This promises to be a very enjoy able evening, since this comedy is humorously realistic and appealing. H. K. Sanders, Jr. as the typical boy of seventeen is well suited to the part and will no doubt solicit the sympathy and understanding of the audience. Reca Griffin plays the part of the coquettish visiting girl who captivates all the boys by her irrestistable baby talk. There are many other domedy parts which furnish comical situ ations, such as the 11 year old sis ter of “Seventeen” played by Nancy Bradsher and “Genesis” the servant in the Baxter home which is play ed by Earl Stewart. The admission will be 35c for adults and 15c for all school child ren. Remember the date, April 30th. at 8:15 P. M., Roxboro High School Auditorium. o ROYAL CAFE REMODELED The Royal Case has been comple tely remodeled and now presents a very attractive appearance. The front is completely new and the interior has been gone over by an interior de corator and looks fine. Really looks like Broadway. Mr. Georges, the proprietor, sta ted that he had always tried to give the people of this county a nice case and that he always would. He also stated that his place of business welcomed all classes of people, rich or poor alike. 936 People Registered On City Book For Election Tuesday, May Fourth Os This Number It Is Probable That 150 Have Moved From Roxboro Or Are No Longer Living Many Failed To Register Last Week; Books Now Closed A survey of the city registration book of qualified voters shows that there are 936 people registered. Os this number it is very probable that a hundred and fifty have mov ed from Roxboro or are no longer liv ing. Hundreds of people who could qualify as wters are not on the book at all. The registration book has been open for ten days or two weeks prior to last Saturday night, but not many ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937 Christo Fox Is Second In Contest Livestock Judging Contest Held At State College On Tuesday Christo Fox, Bethel Hill agricul tural student, won second place in competition with 75 other stu dents from 25 different schools at a livestock judging contest held April 27 at N. C. State College, Raleigh, North Carolina. Joseph Hall was seventh and Fred Fox eleventh in the rating of individuals in the contest. As a team Bethel Hill received 931.5 points, the highest number of points made by any team in the con test. The following are individual scores: Christo Fox, 324.6; Joseph i Hall, 305.6; Fred Fox, 301.3 points. Chris*/) Fox being one of the three highest men in the district, will compete with winners from other districts at a state contest to be held in Raleigh the last of June. Raymond Lester represented Beth el Hill in the public speaking con test. Although he did not win first place he made a very creditable showing. o Have You Forgotten It? Have you forgotten to list your taxes? If you have, do it today and save yourself a penalty and your county a lot of extra expense. o GNATS TOOK GTTY LAST TUESDAY P.M. One Could Hardly Walk Up Street Without Getting In jects in Eyes, Hair and .... . Everywhere No one knew where they came from, but thousands of gnats de clared war on Roxboro last Tuesday afternoon. It really looked like mil lions had swarmed in the business district making it hard to even walk around in the open. They got in the eyes, hair and in the clothing of everyone who ventured out. Gnats were everywhere. On Wednesday morning they were gone and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. James Harris, city mana ger, started looking for the breed ing place, but it is doubtful wheth er he found it. •Perhaps the ghats had a good reason for descending on this city or perhaps they were just passing through, at any rate we are thank ful that they didn’t make Roxboro permanent headquarters. It is reported that they lost 10,- 529 by means of the swatting me thod. o ATTENDED FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pulliam, Cary Pulliam, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bass and Mrs. N. M. Jordan attended the funeral of Mrs. Pulliam’s sister, Mrs. Jewelle Bass Smithson at So. Bos ton, Va. Monday. Mrs. Pulliam was with her sis ter at Community Hospital whqn she died Saturday night. o The county agent of Watauga County has assisted in a survey of the county in regard to establish ing rural electric lines. registered until late Saturday. On this day approximately 130 register ed. The book was closed at 9:00 P. M. This was not a new registration, however, there are literally hun dreds of people in Rjoxboro who have never registered. Many have lived here all of their lives but have never had their names placed upon the books. If there are only 800 registered voters now living in Roxboro it is reasonable to say that 100 of these will not vote. This means that the city commissioners will be nam ed by 700 people or less. The election will take place on May 4th. Voting will be in the city manager’s office and you may vote between 7 am. and 7 p.m. unless the sun sets before 7 p. m. All Members Present Board Are Candidates In Election REV. WAYLAND TO DELIVER SERMON AT BETHEL HILL Baccalaureate Sermon To Be Given Sunday, May 2nd. At 3:00 P. M. Last Friday night the Junior Class entertained the Seniors at a reception at the school house. The large basement room was attrac tively decorated. A good time was enjoyed by all. /The faculty attended the State Teachers’ meeting at Durham last Friday and Saturday. The teachers were interested in the pageant in which over five thousand had a part. On Tuesday the Bethel Hill stu dents gave their recital. The voice students and Glee Clubs sang se veral delightful numbers; the piano students and string band showed that they had been wpll trained. The school musicians also broadcast ed from station W. B. T. M. at Dan ville on Wednesday. The Senior play “Boots and Her Buddies” will be given Friday night, April 30th. at eight o’clock. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered Sunday, May 2nd. at 3 P. M. by Rev. John T. Wayland of the Temple Baptist Church, Dur ham, N. C. Mr. J. Haskins Rogers of Emporia, Va. will sing a solo. The last baseball game will be with Allensville on the Bethel Hill diamond at 3:00 o’clock, Thursday, April 29th. o BIG SALARIES REVEALED Washington, D. C.—The Securi ties and Exchange commission re ported these 1936 salaries: A. W. Robertson, chairman Westinghouse Electric, $108,588; F. A. Merrick, president of same company, $84,- 486; C. C. Conway, chairman Contin ental Can, $74,119; O. C. Huffman, president of sarrte company, $74,- 078. Movie stars and executives still top all industrial executives in an nual earnings. o DR. IRA KNIGHT TO PREACH AT HARMONY To Deliver Baccalaureate Ser mon On May 2nd. At 3:30 o’clock Dr. Ira D. S. Knight of Durham will deliver the baccalaureate ser-; mon at Mt. Harmony High School on May 2nd. at 3:30 p. m. Dr. Knight is regarded as one of | the best preachers in this section t and people of Mt. Harmony consider th'errjselves fortunate in obtaining his services. Mr. Stiles, principal of this school, stated that the public was cordially invited to attend this service. THE KIDS SAW SHIRLEY It was a real treat to see about 14 cars from Bushy Fork Sch,ool unload about 20Q kids in front of the Dolly Madison Theatre this morning. They wtere all going to see Shirley Temple and they wore a smile about one foot long. o THE DUKE OBJECTS London, Eng.—Faced with a suit for libel over the publication of passages which the Duke of Wind sor regarded as slanderous, the pub lisher of “Coronation Comment ary” have announced that the book is “but of pfrint.” The American publishers have temporarily post poned formal publication, although copies have been in the hands of re viewers for some time and thous ands of copies have been distributed to booksellers. In the meantime Mrs. Wallis Simpson’s divorce de cree becomes final this week, and her marriage to the former Edward Vm is expected to occur within a fortnight TEN PAGES TODAY NUMBER FORTY - TWO Mayor R. B. Dawes Will Have No Opposition; People Will Vote In City Manager’s Office TWO NEW CANDIDATES ALSO ON TICKET It was announced in Roxboro this morning that all of the members of the present board would be candi dates for the position of city com missioners. All of tCie candidates who had to file had done so last night. Members of the present board are Preston Satterfield, G. C. Hun ter, G. W. Kane, G. J. Cushwa, and Lester Brooks. New candidates who were nominated at the mass meet ing are R. H. Gates and R. H. Shel . ton. i Mr. Satterfield has stated that |he declined the nomination, but he (cannot remove his name from the , ticket. So far as could be determined I there will be no opposition to the (present mayor, R. B. Dawes. It is understood that his name will be [placed on the same ballot with the commissioners. Notice that all of the members of the present board would again run makes it possible that there will be much interest in this contest. For the past several yeatrs there has been little opposition at this elec tion. The city manager’s office will act as the official poll and registered voters may vote from 7:00 A. M. until the sun sets. It is probably that the voting will be very heavy now that a real contest is under way. Nine hundred and thirty six are registered, but approximately 150 are not living here or are no longer living. o BIG STREET DANCE SET FOR TONIGHT Window Shopping Night Pro mises To Be One Os Roxboro’s Largest Occasions Just to make tonight complete a street dance has been added to the program and a good ten piece or chestra from Durham has been se cured to play. Main Street from Peoples Bank to Sergeant & Clay ton will be roped off and there the fun will begin and end. Everyone is invited to dance and have a good time. All of the store windows will be lighted early in the night and all will be decorated for the occasion. 'A majority will be open for busi ness and there will be around fifty prizes to be given by the merchants to those who are lucky. It will pay you to visit every store (that night and remain in the busi ness district until after nine o’clock. [ It has been pointed out that this I “Window Shopping Night” is for everyone, people from Roxboro as well as those from the county. A prize will be given for the most attractive window and a prize for the second most attractive. There will also be a prize for the best answer to the question: “What Does Window Lighting Mean To» Roxboro.” o CITY PAINTING ALL WATER HYDRANTS Collins Abbitt and a helper have been busy this week painting the water hydrants of this city. All told there were over 60 hydrants in Rox boro and even tho they were small in size the job of painting them was no small one. Recently the city started painting the names of all streets on the curb of the street. This job was com pleted Tuesday of this week. The doctor's parking space has been lined off on court street next to the Peoples Bank. This space is for the doctor’s cars only and a few tickets have been issued to those individuals who happened to park in this space. o Grasses and legumes check soil losses and help provide plenty of cheap feed for livestock. j
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