Newspapers / The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, … / May 30, 1937, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
CALL 111 We want all the news of your community. Pleaae call us or send it in. JF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU READ THS PERSON COUNTY TIMES—IT IS A PAPER FOR AI.I. THE PEOPLE OF PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. 11 " 11 * 1 in . i _ VOLUME VUL PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY | ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1937 NUMBER FORTY - SEVEN OAKLEY IS READY FOR MR. HANEY Four Other Bouts On Same Program For Night Os June sth At Winstead Warehouse First Fight To Begin At 9:00 The big boxing question in Rox boro today is—can Clyde Oakley handle Archie Haney? As boxing fans in this county knows Oakley will meet Haney in Roxboro on the night of June sth. Both of these boxers are experienced and both know how to take it as well as dish it out. This is the first boxing bout that has been held in, Person County in 1937, and the promoters are anx ious to find out how the public will receive this program. Not as much support has been accorded boxing as this manly game deserves and if the fans do not turn out for a card as exciting as the one on JUne sth will be, there will be no more boxing here. In. other words this is the test program. Haney comes to Roxboro with what is probably the best record of with the exception of Jimmy Pat any boxer who has ever been here tisal. He fears (no one in his weight and he has his heart set on beating Oakley. Supporters of Oakley have a strong idea that Haney will go back to Burlington a defeated man. At the present time Oakley is training hard and expects to be ready. Other bouts will be Sam For rester, Asheville vs Matt Long, Hurdle Mills. Robert Gomman, Burlington, vs Basil Young, Roxboro. Colored - Loyd Blackwell, Rox boro, vs. Ed. Clements, Roxboro. This program will be in the Wfn stead Warehouse at 9:00 P. M. AGREEMENT STRUCK ON THREE-YEAR CCC \ ________ Conference Compromise Must Be Ratified—F. D. R. Sought Permanent Setup Washington, May 28.—A com promise giving the CCC a three year lease of life appeared today to have settlel an acrimonious dispute in congress. President Roosevelt had asked that the civilian conservation corps, one of his favorite agencies, be made permanent. The senate agreed, " but the house objected. Contending that congress should keep a check on depression-born agencies, house members voted a two-year extension. Today a con ference committee representing both chambers agreed on the compro mise, which now must be ratified by the senate and house. Millions Trained Three more years of life for the agency which has given jobs and citizenship training to nearly 2,- 000,000 youths since 1933 would ex tend it to June 30, 1940, near the end of Roosevelt’s second term. Under the compromise, the senate amendment providing civil service status for administrative employes will be taken to the house for a separate vote. In line with a senate amendment, -i the legislation was alerted to pro vide that enrollees should be se lected from “youthful citizens of the United State who are unem ployed and in need of employment.” The senate has objected to a pro vision they must be “needy.” A reduction in Director Robert Fechner’s salary from $12,000 o SIO,OOO, voted by both branches, was not in dispute. Both branches have also vited to limit enrolment to 315,- poo. MAN WHO WARNED F. D. R. QUESTIONED AND FREED i Wilson, May 28.—Secret service regents last night questioned and released a man they identified as Raymond Bazerrtore, 28, who, the .agents said, had written letters to Roosevelt Officers said one letter walked the President that he would be shot if !he took a proposed trip to Europe. (Officers warned the man against <a repitition of such letters. TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION flerson|Mitms MAYOR BUYS POPPY £££:£- ■ qH « W M Jpg p Is, | ® w, - - Mayor R. B. Dawes buys the first poppy from Miss Huldah Blanks yesterday. The Mayor paid a nice new dollar for the poppy. R BL DAWES BUYS FIRST POPPY SAT Paid A New Dollar Bill To Miss Huldah Blanks On Court house Steps To Mr. R. B. Dawes, Mayor of Roxboro, went the honor of buying the first poppy that was sold on Poppy Day. Saturdayy Miay 29th. Mayor Dawes was very generous in his donation as he passed a new one dollar bill to Miss Huldah Blanks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Blanks, who was the official Poppy saleslady on this occasion. Mrs. W. T. Kirby was chairman of the poppy committee of the Lester Backwell Post of the American Le gion Auxiliary and the campaign as mapped out by the Auxiliary was a complete success. Memorial poppies are worn in honor of the World War dead and to raise funds for the welfare of the disabled veterans and needy families of the dead and disabled. The flowers were ordered from the Veterain Oteen Hospital where they were made by disabled veterans. Many children of Roxboro were on the streets bright and early Sat. morning with poppies and sales con tinued all day. EVERYTHING QUIET ON LIQUOR FRONT Activity Expected To Start In Short Timie; Over 500 Asked. For Election How many bootleggers are there in Person County? One man guess ed a hundred, another mafe guessed fifty. How many people will vote in the liquor election in Person County on June 29th? One man guessed 1500, another guessed 2000. How much interest will there be in the election that will take place on the 29th? Neither of the men ventured a guess, but thought that there would be quite a bit be fore that day arrived. So far the voters of this county have been doing a bit of talking about the election, but other than that there has been little activity. The ministers will figth against county control. Many others will aid the ministers. So far no organi zation has been discovered that will wage a campaign for control. Over 500 people signed the pe tition asking for the liquor election but these may vote either way. They are not pledged to either side. TAR HEELIA RANKS THIRD IN CONSUMPTION OF ‘POP’ Raleigh, May 27—North Carolin iahs spent more than $13,000,000 to purchase the 264,000,0b0 bottles of soft drinks manufactured in the state during 1935, the state depart ment of conservation and develop ment reported today. The state’s production and con sumption of “pop” was exceeded osaly by New York and Texas. ;V Today Is Memorial Day We honor today the World War dead and the living veterans of this war. They gave or offered their all for us. We have not forgot ten, nor shall we forget. All honor to the boys who served and suffered, both "over here and over there” 324 County Residents Eligible For Aid Under Social Security Raleigh, May 29—Estimates, com piled by the North Carolina Board of Charities and Public Welfare in dicate that approximately 324 resi dents of Person. County will be eli gible for aid under two provisions of the state’s Social Security pro gram, which becomes effective on July 1. On June 1, the various county commissioners and county Boards of Welfare are expected to make public their estimates of the addi tional tax levies required to provide for Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children. A tentative survey shows that in Person County 171 persons beyond the age of 65 years, and 153 depen dent children under 16 are entitled to receive benefits enumerated in the legislation adopted by the 1937 General Assembly. Persons desiring assistance must apply to the County Board of Wel fare, where they will be granted in terviews and allowed to file written applications if their cases are con sidered worthy. Applications for all phases of as sistance must show that they do not have sufficient income or other re sources to provide a reasonable sub sistence compatible with' decency ALONG THE WAY- ALL APPEARS TO BE QUIET - NO NEWS People go to the new postoffice and then many cross the street and start into the old building before they realize that they have just come from the postoffice. It may rain before this paper is printed but right now the farmers need rain badly. Many plants have been set out in the field, but rain would certainly make them look better. Some people say that this county is going to have the best crop that has been produced in year*. The Roxboro scouts who are go ihg to the National Jamboree in Washington the last of June, met Friday night in the scout cabin for final instructions .from A. P. Pat tterson, scout executive. After his instruction the Court of Honor met. The Times was honored Satur day by a visit from Mr. Charlie F. Clayton of Tarbofo. Mr. Clayton is MENTAL FAULT “The most common ext|or in the management of the child is the facility with which a mother makes .commands and the ease with which she promptly ignores their out come’—Dr. Dennis H. Kelly. awk&ealth.” Those applying for Old Age As sistance must show that they are more than 65 years of age; that they are not financially able to care for themselves properly; that they are citizens of the United States; for five of the last nine years; that they are not inmates of any public in stitution, and that they have not made a transfer or assignment of property “for the purpose of mak ing themselves eligible for assis tance.” Applications for Aid to Depen dent Children may be either the mother, father, grandmother, grand father, or certain other relatives who have children in their keeping, but whose income is insufficient to care for them properly. Children receiv ing benefits must be less than 16 years of age, atad must have been born or lived in North Carolina for at least one year prior to the fil ing of the application. Financial assistance to the aged will not exceed S3O a month. Child en may receive as high as $lB a month for the first child in a fa mily, with a maximum of sl2 for each additional child, up to $65 a month, for any one family. an old newspaper man having been with the Person County News back in 1882 and on down the line. The editor of the Times had a copy of the News of 1882 and showed it to Mr. Clayton. After inspecting this paper Mr. Clayton announced that he helped get it out. He also in formed this writer, Merritt, that Mr. Shanks Mgrritt, his father, at one time organized a stock company in Roxboro and bought the old Per son County News. The stock com pany operated for about twelve months, but failed to declare a di vidend. While in this office Mr. Charlie Clayton of Tarboro, met Mr. M. C. Clayton, manager of this paper and they began tracing the Clayton family. This writer left them back in the Revolutionary War. ATTENDING MEETING Thirty members of the Mary Hambrick Missionary Society of the Edgar Long Memorial Church at tended the Durham District Mis sionary Conference. MANY DOGS DIED LAST SUNDAY i Reported That Seven Or Eight Were Poisoned In North Sec tion Os Roxboro Last Sunday night was a hard night on a number of dogs in Rox boro and particularily in No. Rox boro. It was reported Monday that seven dogs in that section of Rox boro were dead as a result of poison. Just how the dogs managed to get this poison has not bean determined, but it was also reported that some person was tired of so many animals in his or her neighborhood and was taking the quickest method to get rid of them. All the people in this section, who had any living dogs left, immedi ately put them up and the chances are that they will not be out for sometime to come. The city of Roxboro has ordered all stray dogs to be picked up by police officers and put ih the dog pound. Owners will then have to pay SI.OO for their release. POPPYSALEBROUGHT OVER 85 DOLLARS Twenty-One Children Os Le gionaires Sold On Streets Os Roxboro Saturday Roxboro people were greeted by twenty one young boys and girls, children of the legionaires, yester day morning when they came to the business district. These children were selling poppies in honor of the World War dead and to raise funds for the welfare of disabled veterans and their families. The total days sale in Roxboro brought in over SBS. Children who were selling were Annie Laurie Bar nett, Panthea Bullock, Nancy and Sarah Willson, Arlene Hall, Ann and Charlie Harris, Virginia and Betty Barnes, Edriel Knight, Bernard and Manly Whitfield, Roy Cates, Rufus Shelton, Billy Kirby, Timgley Moore, Peggy Brooks, Evelyn Ann Garrett, Nancy Lee Brooks, Lelia Dale Monk and Marion Pass. After the day’s work was over all of these children were treated to free movies at either the Palace or Dolly Madison theatres. At a late hour Saturday after noon Annie Laurie Barnette had ta ken in more money for poppies than ary other tme. Lelia Dale Monk was in second place and Billy Kirby was third. MORE FUNNIES ARE ALREADY ORDERED Subscribers Who Are Behind With Dues Are Requested To Pay Up If Possible- Today, the readers of the Times are getting their first Times funny paper. After the funny paper ar rived it was discovered that not enough had been ordered to quite go around. More have been ordered for the next shipment, but that will not arrive until June 13th. For this reason a few whose subscription has expired will not receive a fun ny paper. The publishers point out that un less a subscription is paid in advance that it will be impossible to include a funny paper. The cost of this sheet is so high that it is impossible to give the funny in addition to the regular issue. Everyone is sure to enjoy the eight page supplement and all subscrib ers who do happen to be a little be hind are urged to renew at once. The price for the two editions per week is only $1.50 a year. If the readers of this paper like the funny pages the publishers would be pleased to hear about it OFF TO THE RACES Messrs Bill Zimmerman, Phil Thomas, A. E. Jackson, Jr., and Pflecpien Gletan left Saturday fog Indianapolis where they will attend the races on noonday. EIGHT PAGES TODAY ITEMS OF MUCH LOCAL INTEREST Cord Wood Will Be Taken For. Subscriptions In Winter Time Rev. T. A. Boone will preach at Oak Grove and Providence the fifth Sunday of this month. Large crowd attended the funeral of the late Martin Clayton. Mr. C. A. Gibbons, the junior edi tor of this paper, continues quite sick with fever. Quite a large crowd attended the Republican meeting at Buck Wal ker’s store last Saturday. We understand that J. J. Lansdell will be an independent candidate for Superior Court Clerk. We understand that Russ Yarboro is an independent candidate for Re gister of Deeds. That makes four. Wade in boys. We regret to announce that Miss Pherba Thaxton is confined to her bed with fever. May she soon be restored to health again. We would be glad if our friends who owe us subscriptions would pay us in wood. Winter is coming on and we must try to keep warm. A half cord of good wood will pay for the news for one year. By now the readers of this column are no doubt wondering what all of this is about. The items that you have been reading were taken from the Person County News, published at Roxboro N. C. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1882. Whitaker and Gibbons were the editors and proprietors. 220 DID NOT UST CARS FOR TAXES All Have Been Notified By City That Cars Must Be Listed Information obtained from the City Manager of Roxboro revealed that 220 people within the city li mits of Roxboro failed to list their cars for taxes. Many of these listed their other belongings, but for one reason or the other they did not say anything about the auto that they owned. All of these people have been notified and it is thought that they will do something about the mat ter at once or be called to court. Manager Harris stated that this was done every year by a number of people. Whether they forget or not he did not Know. Mr. Harris stated that it was no trouble at all for him to check the list and see who had cars and who did not. kiwawansmTcide ON PARK SITE Committee Has Worked Faith ful And Work Will Probably Start At Onde The Kiwanis Park Committee, Bill Warren, Robt. Long, atnd Sam Merritt have about finished the preliminary work on the Kiwanis Park and Engineer Warren has made a careful survey of the location and pronounced it ideal. The Kiwanis Club has decided to use the spot just to the rear of the Primitive Baptist Church and fac ing Reams Ave. if the owners of this property will consent to let this club clean it up and install equip ment. Members of the club have ag reed to put in ten or twelve hours each on this work others are going to make see-saws and swings. One member has agreed to haul sand for the small children to play in. In addition to this it is thought that a small wading pool can be built on the lower end. This spot has about ten or twelve nice shade trees on it which will make it cool during the summer months. If the owners of the property ag ree it is thought the work will be gin at once and the park will be ready in about three weeks. O' • ' HOLIDAY / 1 Monday, May 31 will be observed as a holiday. Freight station will i be dosed. H. L. Umstead, Agent.
The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 30, 1937, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75