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VOLUME g. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA* THURSDAY, DEC. 23, 1937 NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE
Hundreds Visit Gentry-Williams
Hospital On The Opening Day
Many Visitors Brought Gifts
Os Different Things And
Opening Day Called Suc
cessful From Every
Standpoint
Six Nurses Now On Hand And
One More May Be Secured
Hundreds of people from this sec
tion and surrounding territory vis
ited the Qentry-jWilliams Hospital
yesterday and a large number
brought gifts of various descrip
tion, all very useful. Wednesday
was the opening day and the entire
building, with the exception of
rooms occupied by patients, was
open for inspection.
Mr. Ingram, manager of the hos
pital, stated that all expressed their
approval and seemed to be delight
ed with the building, furniture and
equipment.
The hospital now has three pat
ients and more will probably be
admitted this week.
Three graduate nurses are on
duty and three undergraduates. It
is thought that one more graduate
nurse will be secured soon.
An inspection reveals that there
are six beds in the ladies’ ward and
six in the mens’ ward. There
are thirty-five beds in the entire
hospital.
One room has been furnished by
Mrs, Bess W Shipp of Durham. This
room is in memory of her daughter,
Ijouise Shipp Hope.
During the day Dr. W. B. Mc-
Cutcheon, who will do surgery at
this hospital, visited the new hos
pital and was taken through every
department.
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TIMES WILL NOT
BE ISSUED SUNDAY
Office Will Close Today At Noon
And Will Re-Open Tuesday
Morning
MERRY XMAS TO ALL
The Person County Times will
■not be issued Sunday, Dec. 26th.
The publishers hate to miss an issue,
but this is the only way anyone
who works here can get a single
day’s vacation during Christmas.
After Sunday the regular schedule
will be followed.
The office of the Times will also
be closed after noon today and will
not be opened until Tuesday morn
ing of next week. Your co-operation
in this matter will be deeply appre
ciated by all who work here.
At this season of the year those
who are connected with this paper
wish to express their appreciation
to all for the splendid business that
you have given this company es
pecially the reception that has been
accorded the Sunday paper.
The entire personel of the Times,
Miss Carolyn Michaels, Kelly Pay
lor, Dick Puckett, George Walker,
Parker Riddle, Lawrence Feather
ston, M. C. Clayton and J. S. Mer-
Titt, wish you a nice Christmas and
much happiness in 1938.
This is your paper and you are
urged to consider it as such. Help
.to make it better during the New
Year.
Will Close Christmas Day
Hie following service stations will
be closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25th.
Oentr'al Service Station, Bumpass
and Day, Glenn Brothers Service
Station, City {Service Station and
Jackson Motor Company.
DR PEARCE NOT TO BE IN
OFFICE DEC. 27 th.
Dr. R. J. Pearce has gone to Phila
delphia for a week of study in the
Eye Clinic of Pennsylvania State
College of Optometry. He will not
be in his Roxboro office Monday,
Dec. 27th., but will be back the fol
lowing Monday.
flersiinj^inies
C. L. BOWEN IN
BUSINESS NEAR
SOUTH HILL, VA.
Now Operating Simmon’s Ter-i
minal Case And Has Opened
Up With New Equipment
Carl L. Bowen, Roxboro citizen,
has taken over the case near So.
Hill, Va. known as Simmon’s Ter
minal and is now operating this
case. Mr. Bowen has bought a large
amount of new equipment and re
ports coming from So. Hill indicate
that Mr. Bowen is doing a good
business.
His case is located on the* letft
hand side of the road going into So.
Hill from Roxboro and about three
miles from that city.
Mr. Bowen continues to operate
his transfer service and makes his
home in Roxboro, but he has been
at his case for the past several days
getting everything in good shape.
He stated a short time ago that he
was determined to have one of the
best or none at all.
Many people from Roxboro have
stopped at his case since it was
opened and all state that he has a
nice place and the best of service.
FORMER ROXBORO
CITIZEN KILLED
Viva Coleman Veazey Killed In
Auto Wreck Monday Morn
ing Near Nichols
CAR STRUCK BRIDGE
Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 21 Viva
Coleman Veazey, 39, of Wilmington,
who several years ago was employ
ed by the Greensboro News com
pany as a linotype operator, was
killed yesterday morning about 10
o’clock when his automobile struck
a bridge abutment near Nichols, S.
C., and plunged into the Lumber
river, it has been learned here.
South Carolina officers were of the
opinion that he was fatally injured
when the car struck the abutment.
He suffered a severe gash on the
head and was thought to have been
dead when the automobile sank in
the river.
Mr. Veazey was a paper salesman
and was on his way to Columbia,
S. C., to attend a sales meeting when
the -accidpnt occurred. He was ,a
native of Roxboro.
The funeral services will be held
in Wilmington this afternoon at 3
o’clock.
In addition to his wife, Mrs. Lil
lian Lee Veazey, he is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Veazey, of Wilmington; orje son,
L. J. Veazey, and three daughters,
Vivian, Nora and Marion Veazey,
all of the home in Wilmington; two
brothers, Carl and Sidney Veazey,
also of Wilmington.
HOSPITAL POLICY $9 A YEAR
For $9.00 plus SI.OO Joining fee
ire can give yon a hospital policy
good anywhere in the United States
whidh pays $5.00 per day, SIO.OO on
anaesthetics, operating room and X
rays. Take that life income policy
no that your loved ones will have
Santa Clause visit them each XmM
as long as they live
H. D. Young .. S. S. Barnette
Irving O’Briant B. B. Knight
KNIGHT’S INSURANCE AGENCY
Agents
Peoples Bank To Close Xmas
Day
The Peoples Bank will close Dec.
25th., Christmas Day and each day
the following week the bank will
close at 12 noon. The Bank will also
be closed Jan. Ist, 1938 for New
Year Day.
BILL WARREN NOW
KIWANIS PRESIDENT
All New Officers Inducted Into*
Office At Regular Meeting
Monday
Lee Umstead On Program
Bill Warren is now the official
president of the Roxboro Kiwanis
Club. At a regular meeting of the
club last Monday, S. B. Winstead
immediate past president, turned
the president’s button over to Mr.
Warren and retired from the presi
dent’s chair.
Other officers for the new year I
also assumed the duties of their re
spective offices on this night and
the officers of the Kiwanis Club
are now; President, Bill Warren;
Vice-President, MI W. Lawrence;
Secretary, Dick Bullock and Treas
urer, F. O. Carver, Jr.
At the beginning of the meeting
S. B. Winstead presented Lee Um
stead who brought a matter of
legislation before the club. This
legislation, now pending, concerned
the railways of the nation.
The Kiwanis Club will not hold a
regular meeting next Monday, but
all members are requested to go by
Hambrick, Austin & Thomas and
sign an attendance blank.
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Miss Cattie Paylor
Died Wednesday
Deceased Had Made Her Home
With Mrs. A. F. Nichols For
Past Twelve Months
INTERMENT TODAY
Miss Cattie Paylor, 77, of Acad
emy St., Roxboro, N. C. died at the
home of her niece, Mrs. A. F. Nich
ols at 11:30 a. m. yesterday. Miss
Paylor has been in failing health
for several years but her condition
became much worse last July and
about one week ago her condition
became critical. Since that time she
failed steadily until the end came.
For the past year the deceased
had been living with her neice, Mrs.
Nichols, in Roxboro. Prior to this
time she made her home with her
Bister, Mrs. Mollie Satterfield of
Timberlake.
She was well known in this coun
ty where she had lived her entire
life. Since childhood she had been
a member of Salem M. E. Church.
Surviving the deceased are two
sisters, Mrs. Annie Williams and
Mrs. Mollie Satterfield, both of Rox
boro. Also surviving are many neph
ews and nieces.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2:30 p. m. Interment
will be at the old Paylor home
place near the home of Mr. Ed
Thompson.
Earl Steuiart named on All-State
High School Football Team
More Than 100 Coaches, Offi
cials and Sports Observers
Aided In Selection Os All-
State Teams That Was
Sifted Down By
Charlotte Ob
server
Stewart Placed At Left Half
Another Roxboro high school
football player has won wide recog
nition. Earl Stewart has been nam
ed as left halfback on the All-State
football team that was selected by
the Charlotte Observer. More than
100 coaches, officials and sports ob
servers aided in the choosing of the
North and South Carolina teams
and the final selection was the re
sult of sifting elevens from the east
ern and western sections of the two
states.
In an article this week in the
Greensboro News, written by Burke
Davis of the Charlotte Observer, the
following was said of Stewart;
DAVE BELMAN TO
VISIT OLD COUNTRY
Will Leave Roxboro On January
Ist. For Six Month’s Visit
In Seria
Has Been In U. S. 18 Years
Dave Belman, proprietor of a
case in Roxboro, has decided to
visit his native country after liv
ing in the United States for 18 yrs.
On Jan. Ist. Mr. Belman will sail
on the liner Rex from New York
and expects to reach foreign soil
in about eleven days. He was born
I in Damascus, Seria, is 42 years old
and has not been home since he
landed in this country 18 yrs. ago.
Immediately after his arrival in
the United States Dave went to
work in Fredericksburg, Va. From
there he went to Burlington, then
to Tarboro, Reidsville, Siler City,
High -Point, Albemarle and finally
found the place he had been look
ing for when he came to Roxboro.
During an interview Tuesday Mr.
Belman stated that he thought that
he would enjoy his visit to Damas
cus* He has one daughter there and
many cousins, uncle* and aunts.
This trip is in the interest of his
health and he expects to return to
this city in about six months. This
trip has been planned for sometime
and altho he hates to leave Roxboro
even for a short time he feels that
it is necessary that he take this
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Homes Will Be
Judged Tonight
Most Beautiful Will Be Given
Prize Os Five Dollars; Sec
ond $2.50
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The most beautiful home in Rox
boro, from a standpoint of Christ
mas decorations, will be selected
tonight and also the second most
beautiful.
Roxboro is proud of its beautiful
decorations and many homes have
gone in for a really bright Christ
i mas. Lighted trees adorn many
[yards and other lighted decorations
are in the windows. The only thing
that is needed is a bit of snow.
Judges of the home will be Mrs.
A. F. Nichols, Mrs. R. H. Shelton
and Mrs. Robert Long.
The prizes are offered by the
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce
and consist of $5.00 first prize and
$2.50 second prize.
Halifax farmers are cooperating
with those of Edgecombe to use the
facilities of the Edgecombe Live
stock Association in marketing sur
plus hogs grown in Halifax.
“JSarl Stewalrt, 0 f Roxboro, has
gone without recognition he de
serves. | The town which gave Jim
Abbitt to Eton furnishes the All-Tar
Heels a big halfback with phenom
enal speed. He was everything to
his team, running from tailback,
passing, catching passes and punt
ing.”
Stewart suffered a fracture of his
arm in the last game of the season
against Bethel HilJ. The foactuke
was not a bad one and he will make
some freshmaii team at some col
lege a good player next year.
ALL NORTH CAROLINA TEAM
LE A1 Phillips Raleigh
LT Tony Gregory Wadesboro
LG Ray Hilemon Brevard
C Alex Carmean Spring Hope
RG Chas. Baker Greensboro
RT Ray Pate Rocky Mount
RE Pete Monroe Salisbury
QB J. V. Pruitt Wilson
LH Earl Stewart ROXBORO
RH Bill Wartman Charlotte
FB Jack Huckabee Charlotte
Person People Respond To
Calls For Help at Christmas
HOSPITAL CARE
ASSOCIATION NOW
OPERATING HERE
Gentry - Williams Hospital Has
Chosen This Association To
Serve In This Community
PLAN IS VERY SIMPLE |
The Hospital Care Association wasj
inaugurated in 1933. The first poli
cy was written in November and
since that time more than 50,000
North Carolinians have enrolled in |
this non-profit plan for budgeting
hospital jejxpdnses. Approximately (
a half million dollar service has
been granted to members.
The Hospital Care Association is
proud of the fact that the Gentry-
Williams Hospital, after careful
consideration of all other group
hospitalization plans, has chosen it
I to serve the vicinity of Roxboro.
Arrangements have been made
! whereby patients who are members
1 of the Hospital Care Association
• will receive complete routine
1 hospital service in both private
room and ward accommodations.
Trie Mutual Insurance Agency* un
der the direction of D. S. Brooks,
Jr., has been selected by the As
sociation as its representative for
■ Roxboro.
The plan is extremely simple in
its operation. An individual may
contribute a small amount on a
monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or
annual basis to a common fund
which is used to pay bills for mem
' bers in the hospital. Although it is
’ advisable for a member to use the
* local community hospital in case of
; illness but this is not always pos
sible. Accidents happen on vacations
1 and at other times away from home.
: For this reason the Association has
■ made arrangements whereby the
r hospital bill may be paid at- any
1 accredited hospital within the Unit
! ed States. This plan is entirely non
profit and is made possible only
. through the close cooperation of
1 both the Medical Society and the
hospitals of the community. The
: primary purpose of the plan is to
; promote public health by making
l adequate hospital service available
to everyone in time of need.
At this time more than 50,000
, North Carolinians are participating
| in the plan.
The Association assets at the pre
, sent time of more than $40,000.00.
During the year 1937 more than 6,- |
000 patients were given hospital
service in the 125 hospitals ranging!
through eighteen southern states. |
The bills on these patients amount
ed to more than $200,000.00.
RUSSIAN LEADERS EjfiECUTED
Moscow, U.S.S.R —: To the long
list of Soviet leaders who have fac
ed firing squads in a year-long
“purge,” eight more ranking offi
cials have been shot for “treason,”
including former Vice Commissar of
Foreign Affairs Karakhan, for many
years high in Stalin’s counsels.
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MINE BOMBERS CONVICTED
Springfield, Hi. A jury in the
Federal District Court convicted U
defendants in the bombing eases
growing out of the onion warfare
of 1932 and 1935 in the Illinois eonl
mining district involving the dyna
miting of mines and coal trains in a
fight with the John L. Lewis inter
ests seeking to dominate the state’s
mining industry. Ike defendants
face a maximum of four years In a
Federal penitentiary and a fine of
S2O,MM each.
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TODAY
Many Needy Cases Have Been
Taken By Individuals And
Clubs, But Many Remain
Who Need Someone To
Provide “Merry Xmas”
Welafre Dept. Had 100 Cases At
Beginning
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After all is said and done peo
ple in Person County do not intend
for the needy to go without a bit
of Christmas cheer. Last week Mrs.
.Wagstaff, head of the Welfare Dept.,
released a description of 100 needy
cases in Person County and asked
I the public to help provide these
cases with Christmas cheer. A large
number of these cases have been
taken by individuals or clubs and
|it looks like more will be taken
this week. Mrs. Wagstaff hopes that
| all will be taken care of by Christ
mas Day.
Even tho many cases have been
selected there are still many left
and there is a good chance that
members of these families will go
without unless someone comes to
the rescue. If you are interfcsljed
you are urged to select a case now.
In addition to this work by the
Welfare Dept, many churches and
organizations are preparing bas
kets for needy families. Many in
dividuals know of some family that
they intend to help and it looks
like-Merry. Christmas might really
be a fact in this country. However,
everyone is urged to look around
and see if you can discover some
family that might not be on any
list, some family that is too proud
to mention their troubles. If so try
to do something about the case.
LEGION TO STAGE
HOLIDAY DANCE
Campaign Already Started To
Secure New Members By
December 23rd.
Legion Hut Open Every Satur
day Evening
A number of ex-service men and
, their sons met at the Legion Hut
, last Friday night in order to org
anize a “Sons of The Legion”.
Applications were filed for twenty
members and national headquarters
has been asked for a charter. Robert
Whitfield will serve in an advisory
capacity to the Sons of Legion. It
is thought that another meeting
| will be held before the charter ar
rives.
At the meeting last Friday it was
, agreed to have a formal legion
meeting the 2nd. Saturday of each
J month, but the legion hut is open
[every Saturday evening and mem
bers are urged to use it.
A holiday campaign will be stag
ed to increase the legion member
ship and to try to get all former
members back on the list. It has
been planned to fill a stocking with
membership cards and dues of new
members and send the stocking to
H. C. Blackwell, department head.
This will consist of cards of new
members who join faletwteen Dec*
15th. and 23rd.
The legion will sponsor a dance
on Thursday evening, Dec. 23rd. at
the American Legion hut. Proceeds
from the dance will be used to in
crease the building fund. D. D. V.
Long will have charge of the dance
and music will be furnished by Mike
U’Rann and his orchestra. Dancing
will start at 10 o’clock and will
continue until late. Admission will
be $1.50 per couple and the publia
is invited.
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Reports continue to accumulate
from county agents showing that
cotton yields have been increased
by one-half a bale average per acre
where the ®ed were treated for
disease before planting.