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IP TOO WOULD KNOW WHAT 18 GOING ON ABOUND YOU BEAD TH> PERSON COUNTY HYDES— IT 18 A PAPEB FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OP PERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
VOLUME g. PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY A THURSDAY ROtXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. SUNDAY, JANUARY 30. 1938 NUMBER THIRTY
.Survey Os School Children
Show 106 Need Glasses
Health Department Hx|3 Made
Preliminary Examination and
State Will Probably Give Fin
al Tests.
MONEY NOW BEING RAISED
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Recent examinations of school
children in Person County reveals
the fact that 106 children in this
county now need eye glasses. This
first test to all children was con
ducted by the health department
and took place in every school in
the county.
A final examination will be given
by the .state if a certain amount of
money that is necessary can be rais
ed. The Rotary Club has donated
SIO.OO for this purpose and other or
ganizations will probably help. The
final examination is necessary be
cause the one conducted by the lo
cal health department was not com
plete in the final detail.
Parents of many of these Child-
Ten are able to buy glasses, but in
a number of cases the parents are
not able and will have to receive
help or the children will have to do
without the glasses.
In a number of cases the Child-
Ten had no idea that they needed
glasses and maturally the parents
knew nothing of it. Many cases will
be attended to by the parents at
once.
So far there is no definite plan
to care for the children who need
glasses and have no means of ob
taining them.
SCOUT PROGRAM TO
BE GIVEN FEB STH.
All Troofls In County To Join
In Program To Be Given In
East Roxboro
On Saturday, Feb. sth, a scouting
program will be given in the base
ment of the church in East Roxboro.
This program will be given by
members from the different troops
of this county and will take place
in the afternoon at 2;30.
The program will be in charge of
Clyde Swartz, veteran scoutmaster,
who knows scouting from one end
to the other.
Efforts are now being made to
form a troop in East Roxboro and
the program on Feb. sth should
help this work in East Roxboro.
A. P. Patterson, scout executive,
will probably be present on this
afternoon and if so he will tell the
boys and parents of East Roxboro
something about scout work.
The public is invited to attend
this program.
Long, Bradsher Well
Stocked
Advertisement In Todav’s Times
Lists A Number Os Money
Saving Quality Items
En an advertiserrjent in today's
Times, Long, Bradsher and Co.,
hardware dealers of Roxboro, list
a number of items that will be of
interest to many people in this sec
tion.
This store is well stocked with
quality merchandise at prices that
will save the purchaser money.
Practically every item that can be
(desired may be found in the store
and this store has a reputation that
as based on many years of square
(dealing with the public.
Hie firm of Long, Bradsher and
Co. is one of the largest hardware
firms in this section of the coun
ty and carries a list of hardware
second to none.
You are invited to read the ad in
today’s paper and then to inspect
the merchandise.
TIMES’ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
|moti|§ a €i m n
FORTY SCOUTS AT
COURT OF HONOR
MEETING FRIDAY
Largest Meeting Os Its Kind Ev
er To Be Held In Person
County; Large Number Os
Awards Made
HELD IN CA-VEL SCHOOL
The largest scout court of honor
ever to be held in Person County
took place Friday night in the( base
ment of Ca-Vjel School. Approxi
mately forty scouts were present for
this meeting and a large percent of
those present came before the court
in order to receive their award for
work that had been passed.
The scouts were from troop 24,
Ca-Vel, under Joe Guffey and
Frank Williams; troop 32, Roxboro,
under Earl Bradsher and troop 49,
Roxboro, under Dr. Robert Long.
All of the boys were well prepared
and should the result of excellent
training.
Scout Executive A. P. Patterson
was present at the court of honor
meeting and talked to the boys af
ter court was adjourned.
The court of honor in this coun
ty meets once a month and recent
ly it has been very busy trying to
keep up with the work that the
scouts are passing. All troops in the
county are very active and scout
work is progressing rapidly.
Efforts are now being made to es
tablish a troop in Timberlake and
in East Roxboro.
KIWANIANS READY
FOR BALL GAME
Started Basketball Practice A
Week Ago And Now Claim
To Be in Good Shape
Altho the basket ball players of
the Roxboro Kiwanis Club have had
only one or two practice ses
sions they now claim to be ready to
play any other civic club in Rox
boro.
It has been suggested that the
Kiwanis Club might play the A
merican Legion and the Rotary
Club. These games have not been
arranged, but Gus Deering is work
ing on the schedule for the Kiwan
ians and will probably have some
thing to announce in a few days.
Last year the Kiwanis basketball
team defeated the Rotary team. The
American Legion team has never
been met. It has been rumored a
round town that the boys who
fought “over there” may have the
better team of all three.
As matters now stand the Kiwan
ians have issued a challenge to any
other team in the same classifica
tion.
E. G. Thompson Qualifies For
Membership In Julian Price Club
Mr. E. G. Thompson, representa
tive of the Jefferson Standard Life
Insurance Co. has qualified foe the
highest honor that a member of the
field foree can earn. This honor is
membership in .the .1938 Julian
Price Club.
Membership to this club requires
at least two years of service and a
consistently .large .production .of
new insurance so carefully selected
that a very high percentage of it
remains in foree.
Mr. Thompson has qualified for
the same honor for the past sever
al years.
' Moving in the proper lane of traf
fic expedities traffic and assures a
greater degree of Safety.
New York’s Auto Dead for One Year
How that huge area of New York’s Central park known as the “mall” would look if all the persons
killed by automobiles for the year of 1937 were buried there is visualized by the above picture. The crosses
were painted on this photograph to impress motorists and pedestrians alike of the enormity of the death toll.
Police figures show that in 1937 a total of 943 people were killed by automobiles In New York.
ROXBORO MARKET
HAS SOLD NEARLY
5 MILLION POUNDS
Average For The Year Is $24.03
And Continues To Hold Up.
After Christmas
TO CLOSE FEBRUARY Bth
The Roxboro Tobacco Market
continues to maintain a good aver
age for the season with $23.03 being
the official average for the year.
The market has sold 4,744,302
pounds of tobacco this season and
will remain open seven more sell
ing days.
Several nearby markets have
closed and this should contribute
to increased sales on the Roxboro
market. It is an admitted fact that
very little tobacco remains in this
section of the county, but there is
enough to take the Roxboro figure
up to five million pounds. If this
mark is reached more tobacco will:
have been sold here this season than
has been sold here in several years.:
Sales are running rather light at j
the present time; a fair break is ex
pected Monday and again next Fri
day. Feb. Bth will find the auc
tioneer making his last cry until the
next season.
ARMY WANTS MORE
Washington, I>. C. Claiming
that the allocation of more than
half a billion dollars to the naval
program seriously cramps the ex
pansion of the land defense of the
government, Army supporters are
urging an increase of $25,000,000 to
the present budget of $427,060,318.
ALONG THE WAY— ALL APPEARS
TO BE QUIET NO NEWS
The recent cold snap proved to
be the best marker of conversation
that has been used here recently.
Ninety percent of all conversations
were opened with something like
this, “we are having some mighty
cold weather.”
Now we do not know whether
the young boys and girls, courting
folk to you, used the weather as a
topic of conversation or not. It
could have been used or some oth
er topic probably would have done
just as'Veil. Not being one of the
young boys this writer is in no posi
tion to know. For information see
the following YOUNG BOYS, Sam
Byrd Winstead, James Harris, Chas.
Woods, J. W. Gaddy, and Brodie
Riggsbee.
Last week we mentioned the fact
Changes Taking Place In City
In Mile A Minute Fashion
Business Concerns Changing
hand, new concerns opening
i- And Old Ones Moving To
New Locations
New Plumbing Concern Looking
City Over
How fast is Roxboro changing?
As fast as lightning some people
are saying. Below are a few of the
changes that have rectently taken
place. These changes prove that
Roxboro is changing and growing
at the same time.
Harris and Bums does away
with the ladies’ department and an
nounces a change in management.
Bruce’s 5-10-25 Store opens in city.
Electric Appliance Co opens in old
post office building. Gejnstry-Wil-i
liam’s Hospital opens. Long’s Hab
erdashery moves to Main St. in old
post office building. Mutual Insur
ance Agency with Stokes Brooks,
manager opens over Sergeant and
Clayton’s. Roxboro Shoe Store an
nounces opening just before Christ
mas. Roxboro Bakery opens a-
HAWAH FEELS EARTHQUAKE
Honolulu, H. I. Characterized
as the “worst earthquake in eleven
years,” temblors shook this island
group so violently that moving pic
ture theatres were emptied and
many residents forsook their homes.
The little damage that was done
was attributed to an unusual activ
ity on the part of Mauna Loa, the
volcano which provides one of Ha
waii’s principal attractions for tour
ists.
that William Thomas of Washing
ton, D. C., had purchased a twenty
room house and that it might be a
good time for the Roxboro boys to
Visit him/iyo young (fellows of
Roxboro left Friday and will spend
this week-end with “Chick.” The
same boys formerly stopped at a
nice Washington hotel, but now
they are going to take advantage of
the twenty room house. Yes, meals
are served.
Right now we want to warn all
politicians to beware of this column
after the campaigning starts. If you
don’t want your name here you had
better refuse to enter politics. This
is not meant for Ed Warren. He
takes things as they come and Ed
doesn’t care whether .we put his
name here or not.
round Feb. Ist. Peoples Case with
Joe Ameen as proprietor opens on
Court St.
Western Auto Supply announces
opening for Feb. Ist or a little later.
Tar Heel Chevrolet Co. purchases
C. H. Joyner Chevrolet Co. Karl
Burger of So. Boston takes,, over
Roxboro Hotel. Wilburn & Satter
field bought by Peebles’ Dept.
Store.
Farmers Mutual Exchange opens
Roxboro branch a short time prior
to Christmas. R. L. Perkins opens
used car lot on Reams Ave.
Many other changes have taken
place in this city. Only a few have
been named. Many just as impor
tant, or more so, have taken place
and many more will take place
soon.
FLASH A plumbing concern
from a nearby city has been look
ing Roxboro over and it is reported
that this concern may open an of
fice in this city at once.
ALAS There are no more
stores for rent in the business dis
trict.
MAP APPLICANTS
FOR P. 0. JOB
List Is Not Yet As Large As
Many Thought It Would Be
So far as is known there are only
three or four applicants for the po
sition of postmaster of the local post
office. There has not been as much
interest in this position as it was
thought there: would be. Interest
will probably pick up in a short
time.
Applicants will not be required
to assemble in a room for scholas
tic tests, but will be rated on their
education, business experience and
fitness.
At the present time K. L. Street
is acting-postmaster and has been
since the death of Dr. E. J. Tucker
who last received the appointment
and died while in the office.
The salary in connection with the
position in Roxboro is $2,500 per
year.
Applications for the position must
be filed by Feb. 8, 1938.
Monroe Bros. To Be At Leas*
burg School
The Monroe Bros, of WPTF fame
will be at Leasburg school, Friday
night at 7;30 p. m. Admission will
be 15 and 25c.
The public is invited to come and
hear a good program.
TEN PAGES
TODAY
ROXBORO PUPILS
GIVEN RARE TREAT
Apollo Entertainers.. Present
Vocal And Piano Music In
Auditorium Thur. Morning
Program Enjoyed By All
Lovers of good music enjoyed a
rare treat Thursday morning when
Mr. and Mrs. Sperandeo rendered
a musical concert in the High
School Auditorium. The whole
student body greeted the singer and
brilliant accompanist.
Mme. Elsa Carl Sperandeo, a
graduate of University of Wiscon
sin, is a remarkable pianist; re
markable in many ways. Hearing
her, one forgets the limitations of
the pianoforte. She possesses an ad
mirable technique, and her style is
refreshingly vigorous, and is en
dowed with an undeniable gift of
emotional utterance. In a word she
is an artist of unusual gift and ac
complishment, a player of com
plete poise and thoroughly mistress
of her own power.
Signor Sperandeo has a wonder
ful lyric tenor voice of unusual
richness and purity which shows
that he has had careful training.
He has studied under a number of
the leading teachers of this country.
He possesses a typically Italian
voice, with all the native richness
and sweetness so characteristic of
singers of his race. His singing was
marked with fervor and intense
feeling.
High School Principals, College
Presidents and Newspaper Critics,
all unite in praising Mfery highly
the glorious, rich, tender, and color
ful tenor of Signor Sperandeo, and
the skillful artistic and masterful
playing of Madame Sperandeo.
Although a son of Italy, Mr.
Sperandeo made us feel that we had
some claim "on him this morning
when he told that he did some of
his work at the University Os
North Carolina.
In addition to the musical part
of the program this morning, Signor
Sperandeo, with his wonderful
personality, related briefly the
story of his life, which is most
thrilling, uplifting, gripping, tender
and amazing. He told it in a style
all his own; dramatically, vividly,
absolutely never to be forgotten.
His personality is radient, charm
ing and dynamic.
His achievement is marvelous
and the audience whs deeply mov
ed and impressed.
The children enjoyed the pro
gram and he was encored back a
gain and 1 again. Never have I seen
time pass so quickly and the won
derful program come to an end.
But in their leaving, we feel that'
(Continued On Back Page) ''
BETHEL DEFEATS
ROXBORO FRIDAY
Boys Won By Score 15-13 And
Girls Piled Up Huge Score
Os 50-15
The Roxboro High School basket
ball teams lost two games Friday
night to the teams from Bethel Hill.
The Bethel Hill boys won a close
game from th|e Roxboro boys by
the score of 15 - 13. The Bethel Hill
Girls, undefeated for four years,
had little trouble with the Roxboro
girls. The final score in the girls
game was 50-15.
A large crowd was present to see
both of the games. Interest always
runs high in any contest between
Roxboro and Bethel Hill and Fri
day night was no exception to the
, rule.
The boys’ game of Friday night
was a hard fought contest and in
terest ran high until the game was
* over. It was anybody’s game until
r the final toot of the whistle.
I Bethel Hill defeated Roxboro in
football last fall and now that they
I I have won in basketball their cup is
.probably running over.