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VOLUME X . PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1938 NUMBER TWELVE
SCHOOL BOARD
AUTHORIZES WORK
AT ALLENSVILLE
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Architect Advises Detailed
Plans Will Be Started At
Once.
The Person county school board
yesterday authorized County
Superintendent 'R. B. Griffin to
take all .necessary steps to get
work on the new $43,000 Allens
ville school building started as
soon as possible.
In a telephone conversation
with" Griffin yesterday, morning,
William H. Dietrick, Raleigh ar
chitect, advised that he would
proceed with detailed plans for
the school rapidly as possible.
“It would seem, however,”
Griffin said, “that it would take
until early November before the
Board of Education can call for
bids.”
Yesterday’s session of the
school board was held Saturday
instead of the regular time Mon
day because several members of
the board are connected with to
bacco markets.
The new Allensville school pro
ject received definite approval
from the P. W. A. Thursday
when local education authorities
received notification from H. T:
Cole, regional director in Atlan
ta. The new $43,000 building will
be constructed under a special
P. W. A. loan of $24,000 and a
grant of $19,636.
BUSHY FORK PTA
TO MEET THURSDAY
“Mental Health” Is Topic
Os Discussion At Monthly
Meeting
By The President
The regular montmy meeting
of the Bushy Fork P. T. A. will
be held in the school auditorium
Thursday at 7:30 o’clock.
The topic for discussion is to
be, “Mental Health”. The pro
gram committee has planned an
evening of entertainment; one
that will be of much value to
the parents.
The attendance at the Septem
ber meeting was very encourag
ing and it is hoped that there
will be an even larger crowd for
next Thursday night. Every par
ent and friend of the school,
whether a member of the P. T. A.
or not is requested to be present
at the meeting and bring your
favorite song book. It is hoped
we will have a prominent song
leader resent and a portion of
the meeting will be devoted to
well directed community sing
ing.
The executive meeting will take
place at the school Wednesday
preceeding the regular meeting
at 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon.
The Study Group will meet in the
4th. graide classroom Thursday
evening at 6:45 o’clock just be
fore the general meeting.
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TO VISIT NEW YORK
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Mcßroom,
of Roxboro will visit in New
York City this fall when they at
tend the Convention and Exposi
tion of the American Bottlers of
Carbonated Beverages, to be held
in Commerce Hall, New York
City, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Slade Crumpton
announce the birth of a son, John
Carroll, born September 27, 1938,
at the Gentry-Williams hospital.
Mother and son are getting a
long nicely.
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SELL YfiMß TOBACCO AT HOME IN ROXBORO
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Iraongpmes
Plows His Way To Championship
Paul S'icfboldt, 22. of Naperville, 111., is rewarded with a smile from
his wife after winning the sixty-first annual Wheatland plowing cham
pionship at Plainfield, 111. The youth defeated two former champions an-'
a field of veteran farmers in the farming “world series’’ to win ti:
crown of champion plowman.
Along The Way
With the Editor
Along the way it was rumored that Bill Walker was scared to
death last week. He was afraid that he might have to go to war and
that was exactly what Bill did not want to do. Some of the boys said
that he was figuring on claiming exemption on account of his large
bay window. Others said that Uncle Sam didn’t want men like Bill
anyway and that he had nothing to fear.
James Long, Jr., managed to beat Gene Thompson in a set of
tennis last week. He did a rather good job of it, too and now he
plans to meet all comers. Thinks he is pretty good and boasts that
he is champion of Lamar street. Attention, Charlie Harris.
Saw John Ellington in Roxboro last week. John lives in Oxford
now and doesn’t come to Roxboro much. He “sorter” handled things
over here for Mr. Hancock in the last congressional race and told
the Roxboro boys that Hancock would win by thousands of votes.
Since the affair turned out differently John has made headquarters
in some other city.
A man walked up to Sam Merritt the other day and said, “Are
you Mr. Champ Winstead.” Talk about insults, if that isrTt the limit.
It is understood that Sam walked off, highly indignahr and did nos
even reply to the fellow.
Along the way we heard that Gus Deering is “stuck up" be
cause he has been elected a member of the board of directors of the
Kiwanis Club. *•
John Jones, former county school mechanic, is laughing long
and loud. John is thinking about the hard winter that is coming and
what a time he once had with those school trucks every year. Now
he has a nice warm, spot in the postoffice and can spend the winter
listening to Henry O’Briant and K. L. Street.
Bushy Fork
Women Organize
Homemakers Club
Ladies Os That Community
Meet With (New Home
Demonstration Agent.
By MISS VELMA BEAM
Home Demonstration Agent
On Wednesday afternoon, Sept.
28, an interested group of women
in the Bushy Fork Community
gathered together to meet Miss
Velma Beam, Home Demonstra
tion Agent and to formulate plans
for the use of the Extension Ser
vice in their community.
The meeting was opened with
the Lord’s Prayer, after which
Mrs. B. B. Bullock, hostess on this
occasion, introduced Miss Beam
and the group. Miss Beam out
lined the aims of a Home Demon
stration Club as set-up by the
Extension Service of our state,
pointing out the fact that these
aims are all of practical nature.
All the “frills and furbelows*
much talked of in the past have
long since been dropped from this
program and everything possible
is being done to help the home
maker more fully realize that
the * profession of home-making
is ta responsibility, demanding j
ner best thoughts, skills and id
eals. At the same time this co
operative club work promotes a]
spirit of friendliness, good will
end neighborliness in the com
munity which helps the growth of
a community as much as any oth-^
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Bethel Hill To
Have State Fair
Exhibit This Year
School To Represent This
District; Exhibit To Show
Value Os Potash.
The/ Bethel Hill Agricultural
Department has been selected
from this district to put on an ed
ucational exhibit at the North
Carolina State Fair, according to
an announcement just made by
A. L. Teachey, district supervisor.
A. G. Bullard, teacher of agri
culture at Bethel Hill, states that
this exhibit will show the value
of using more potash in fertiliz
ing tobacco. Results at the Ox
ford Experiment Station and
demonstrations in the Bethel Hill
community indicate that 80 to
120 pounds of. Sulphate of Pot
ash added to the regular fertili
zer used will increase the income
per acre mpre than $75.
Eight schools from different
sections of North Carolina will
compete in this department. The
premiums offered are from S3O
to S7O.
People from Person County are
urged to visit and study these ex
hibits.
TO DISMISS AT 1:30
Miss Inda Collins, principal, an
nounced today that, beginning
next Wednesday, the two first’
grades of Central school will
dismiss at 1:30 in the afternoon.
Beginning Wednesday, this pro
cedure will be effective until
notice.
GRIFFIN RECEIVES
TICKETS TO FAIR
Person’s 6,788 School Child
ren Invited To Attend State
Fair.
Superintendent R. B. Griffin
of Person County (schools an
nounced yesterday he had re
ceived free tickets f,o the North
Carolina State Fair, which will
be held in Raleigh October 11-
15, for distributions all Person
County's 6,788 children in the
public schools. He will distribute
the tickets next week.
Dr. J. S. Dorton of Shelby,
manager of the State Fair, has
designated Friday, Oct. 14, as
Young North Carolinians’ Day at
the Fair. Tickets will be available
for 900,000 school children to be
guests of the State on that day,
he declared.
Wake county school children
will be admitted free Tuesday to
lessen congestion on Friday of
fair week.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey has
joined Dr. Dorton in expressing
the urgent hoe that as many
children as possible take advan
tage of their free tickets to. the
fair.
Woman’s Club
Meets Monday
First Meeting Os Year To
Be At Community House.
The Roxboro Woman’s Club
will hold its first meeting of the
year tomorrow afternoon at 3
o’clock at the Community House
with Miss Virginia Brandon
speaking on the general subject
“The Library” and Miss Margaret
Walters discussing “Books and
What They Mean to the Commu
nity.”
Mrs. R. H. Shelton, the presi
dent, extends an invitation to alll
newcomers and teachers to join
the Woman’s club at this first
meeting. “Dues,” she said, “are
$1 per year and everyone has to
join each year. Our goal has been
set at 100 for this year,” she con
tinued. Membership fees may be
sent in to Mrs. Shelton or to the
treasurer, Mrs. C. B. Kirby.
MOVED
The Creedmoor Supply com
pany has moved its local head
quarters back of the Winstead
Warehouse, E. B. Bragg, the
manager said today. He also stat
ed that he had just received a
new carload of mules and invit
ed all his customers to come
back to their new quarters.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Loftis an
nounce the bjrth of a son, bom
September 25, 1938, at the Gentry-
Williams hospital.
Ramblers Crush Spring Hope Team 33—0
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Entire Local Team Plays
Heads-Up Football To Gain
First Victory.
On the rain-soaked high school
gridiron Friday, the Roxboro
Ramblers easily crushed Spring
Hope high school, 33-0. A goodly
crowd braved the elements to see!
a courageous Spring Hope battle
the Ramblers in vain.
Fumbles cm. both sides were
few despite unfavorable weather
conditions. On straight football
the locals marched the opening
Czech Leader
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President Eduard Benes of Czech
oslovakia is shown in a recent study.
Called Europe’s “smartest little
statesman,” Benes is attempting to
preserve the sovereignty of his peo
ple In the face of tremendous odds.
Theatres Will
Sponsor “First
Timers’ Dav” Soon
y
Any Person Who Has Never
Seen A Movie To Be Ad
mitted Free.
It’ll be “First Timers’ Day” at
one of the local theatres some time
soon when all persons who have
never seen a motion picture will
be admitted free, Manager O. T.
Kirby announced yesterday.
Mr. Kirby believes that there
are many people in Person and
adjoining counties who have ne
ver been to the movies and it is
for their benefit that this per
formance is. being sponsored, he
said. Indications point to a large
crowd here on that day for an
introduction into the pleasures
of movieland.
A statements from the person
I saying that he has never seen a
motion picture will be all that
is necessary for admittance. Mr.
Kirby suggests that persons who
are eligible for this free show
should drop him a card or con-|
tact him personally some time in
the next week or so in order that!
he may get a line on the number j
and qualification (having never j
seen a movie) of those planning
to attend.
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BREAKS LEG
Jack Clayton, 50-year-old W.
P. A. worker, broke his leg when'
he fell from a truck at the local J
Country Club this week, City!
Manager James C. Harris said
yesterday.
Clayton, it is understood, fell
from the truck just after it en
tered the Country Club grounds.
His leg was broken between the
knee and the hip. He was taken
to Lincoln hospital, in Durham.
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SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN
ROXBORO.
kick-off 60 yards on seven plays
to rack up the first tally, Dixon
drove off tackle 25 yards, Brewer
picked up 12 more, and Captain
Bob Whitten plowed through
center for the second marker.
To single out any one star per
former would leave behind play
ers whose performance was in
keeping with the score Woods,
Moore, Whitfield, Allen and Gar
rett held the visitors to one first
down and time and again crash
ing through for tackles deep in
Spring Hope’s backfield.
The third score came when
Hoieman snagged Day’s 20 yard
Local Market Sells
600,000 First Week
Local Scout
Court Os Honor
Meets Friday
Number Os Boys Appear
For Honors At Regular
Meeting.
The local scout Court of Honor
presided over by James C. Harris,
W. A. Pickering, W. R. Cates
and A. P. Patterson, scout ex
ecutive, met Friday night with a
number of scouts appearing be
fore the group for honors.
Friday night’s session held in
the Methodist church saw First
Class badges awarded to Louis
Watson, Ralph Tingen, Robert
Walker, Lawrence Hamlett and
Roy Cates, Jr. Second Class ho
nors went to Charles Harris, Jr.,
Billy Pickering, Bill Kirby and
Martin Michie.
Those appearing for merit bad
ges were as follows: Lawrence
Moore, bird study; Clyde Whitt,
safety; Billy Garrett, Angling;
and Jack Hughes, pathfinding.
Bethel Hill
F. F. A. Chapter
Elects Officers
Fred Fox Elected President;
Plans For Improving Chap
ter Discussed.
FrecTFox, senior in vocational
agriculture at Bethel Hill High
school, was selected President of
the Future Farmers of America
Chapter by his classmates at the
annual election held last week.
Fox has been a leader in F.
F. A. work the past few years,
being a member of the livestock
judging team and at present a
I member of the Executive Com
mittee of the State Association
! of Young Tar Heel Farmers.
Plans are now being made to
J make Bethel Hill chapter one of
the best chapters in the state as
sociation. Forty-four active and
five associate members will work
together to try out a program of
work that has just been complet
ed by a special committee ap
l pointed at the first meeting.
| Other .officers elected are as
I follows: vice-president, Clyde
I Sullivan; Secretary, C. T. Hall;
Treasurer, George Boyd Walker;
reporter, John Honeycutt; advis
or, A. G. Bullard.
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SUFFERS STROKE
Mrs. Minnie Riley suffered a
stroke of paralysis Saturday
morning at one o’clock. At this
writing her condition is unchang
ed.
pass to place the White and Blue
in scoring position. Whitten went
through center for 7, Dixon
skirted around end for 18 and co-
Captain Brewer drove over guard
for another counter.
Captain Bob Whitten, playing
his first year as a back, proved
himself at home in the new posi
tion. From scrimmibg|e Whitten
drove over his right tackle, re
versed his field, raced 60 yards
for the longest run of the after
noon.
Next Friday'Roxboro will meet
Chapel Hill at the Roxboro ath
letic field.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER:
A LEADER AT ALL TIME&
Prices Remain Good; Hea
vy Sales Expected During
Next Week.
Poundage on the local market
came close to the 600.000 marke
by the end of Friday’s sales des
pite the inclement weather pre
vailing both Thursday and Fri
day which discouraged hauling of
heavy offerings.
With fair and cooler weather
expected for next week, the mar
ket is expected to move into
stride for this season’s goal set
unofficially at six million pounds
for the year.
Everything points to heavy
sales Monday and Tuesday as the
local market moves into its sec
ond week of sales. Prices contin
uedcQose to TViesday's opening
day average of $22 per hundred
pounds.
As the Old Belt moves into the
second week of sales tomorrow,
market officials expect a sharp
upturn in prices as better grades
are expected to pour into the
local houses. Last week’s offer
ings were largely, confined to
poor and medium grades, it was
indicated.
The local market got off to a
fine start in the first week of
sales and everything points to the
best season in the recent history
of the market. From every indica
tion it seems likely that the Rox
boro market will reach the offi
cial goal of 6,000,000 pounds set
for this season despite the fact
that some tolbacco has already
been hauled to earlier opening
markets before this belt’s open-_
ing.
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NEW ACTIVITIES ;
IN YANCEYVILLE
New Hosiery Mill And
Theatre To Locate In
Neighboring Town.
Things are looking up over in
neighboring Yanceyville, accord
ing to Thursday’s issue of the
Caswell Messenger which an
nounces that a new $225,000 hos
iery mill will be located there as
soon as the building can be erect
ed.
Also in the same issue was the
announcement of a new theatre
which will be completed within
the next 30 days.
The new plant will be operat
ed by the Caswell Knitting Mills,
Inc., an organization financed by
a Burlington man, which will
place into operation 14 full hos
iery machines valued at $175,-
000. These machines will be
housed in a modern plant expect
ed to cost approximately $50,-
000.
The building is being construct
ed by an organization of people
in Yanceyville and throughout
Caswell county who are sub
scribing the money for the struc
ture, when the full capacity of
the building, 28 machines, is in
stalled, some 200 people will be
employed with an annual payroll
of about $300,000 annually.
The new theatre will have A
seating capacity of about 424.
Around $2,000 will be sent in
repairs on the building already
leased by the Carolina Amuse
ment Company who will operate
the theatre.
Both of these developments
were launched through the ef
forts of the Yanceyville Rotary
club which has been working for.
some time on b<ith projects.
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