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VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1938 NUMBER TWENTY
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The Oxford Orphanage singing class will present its annual concert here tomorrow night at
8 o’clock in the Roxboro High school auditorium. Admission will- be 15 and 25 cents and everyone is
urged to attend.
"Most Valuable” Kiwanian To
Receive Token Ladies Night
Rotarians To
Observe ‘‘Ladies
Night” Tonight
Roxboro Rotarians will observe
the annual Ladies’ Night program
at their regular meeting tonight
at Hotel Roxboro, with some 100
members and guests of the club
expected to be on hand.
An annual affair, each Rotarian
is expected to bring his wife,
swee|theart or just plain girl
friend to enjoy the four
course turkey dinner to be ser
ved by the hotel staff and the
“surprise" program as prepared
by Program Committeemen
Wheeler Newell, Joe Kirby and
Glenn StovalL
Howard Strang, president of
the club, will act as toastmaster
for the occasion and favors will
be given to all guests. Further de
tails for the program could not
be learned.
gymSjEena
NEAR COMPLETION
Approximately Ope Week’s
' Work Remains On Project;
Contributor’s List Given.
The new gymnasium at Helena'
. will be completed in one week, I
a cording to an announcement 1
from that commuity yesterday.
The project has been held up
for several days because mater
ials were not available, however,
the roofing and lumber for floors
arrived Wednesday and the work
men are on the job again.
Helena school officials appre
ciate the support and contribu
tions by members of the
community which have made
the gymnasium possible. It is ex
pected that the building will be
paid for by Christmas as only
$350 still remains outstanding,
g The cost*fef the gymnasium will
,Jbe $2,200.
t complete list of contributors
the project is as follows:
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Past (Presidents Choose
Winner To Be Announced
December 12.
Four Kiwanians hold a deep,
dark secret.
Four and only four know which
Kiwanian wil receive the loving
cup to be given the member ren-j
during the greatest service to the
local club during the year 1938.
The cup wil be presented Decem
ber 12.
The boys-in-the-know are the
three past presidents of the club,
Sam Byrd Winstead, Baxter
Mangum and Sam Merritt and
the) present head of the club,
Bill Warren. They constitute the
committee appointed to name
this year’s winner of the award,
which is expected to become an
annual event.
Presentation of the award is
scheduled as a program feature
for the annual “Ladies and Char
ter Night” affair planned for Ho
tel Roxboro Monday week. Ap
proximately 100 people are ex
pected to be on hand for this oc
casion.
Other Kiwanians will remain
in the dark until the name of
this year’s recipient is announ
ced that night. This is expected
to be an annual gesture and is
being looked forward to this year
with much interest-by Kiwanians
who are anxious to congratulate
the first man to receive this ho
nor.
Sacred Cantata
At Central School
A Sacred Dramatic Christmas
Cantata will be given Thursday
night, December 8, at 7:30 o'-
clock in Roxboro Central School.
If you are a friend of the school
you are urged to reserve this
date or put aside any previous en
gagement and attend this even
ing’s entertainment to show your
support and gain a true apprecia
tion of the season’s meaning.
KIWANIS MEETING
The Kiwanis club’s next meet-
J r.~, Mends/ night, will be held
at Hotel Roxboro, club members
are reminded.
Instructions For
Obtaining Auto '
Plates Released
Motor vehicle owners who re
side in Person County of who re
ceive their mail through the Rox
boro postoffice, should contact the
local office of the Carolina Motor
club if they have not received the
White 1939- license application
card from Raleigh covering their
automobile, trucks or trailers,
according to Miss Nina Abbitt,
manager of the club.
R. R. McLaughlin, director of
motor vehicles, has authorized the
postoffice to turn over to the
Carolina Motor club all license
application cards that could not
be delivered here. These cards are
filed alphabetically at the Caro
lina Motor club office Main street,
where those who have not re
ceived cards for their vehicles are
invited to call and see if their
name appears among these cards.
The 1939 plates will go on sale
today and arrangements have
been completed for handling the
such quickly and efficiently.
Enforcement of the statute pro
viding a $2 penalty on purchases
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Todd Is Bethel
Hill Speaker
Tuesday Morning
Rey. N. J. Todd visited the j
Bethel Hill High school chapel j
program Tuesday to speak as
guest of the eighth grade.
Ruby 1 Humphries introduced j
the speaker and Christine Per-j
kins expressed the appreciation
of the entire student body for his
visit.
Mr. Todd mentioned school as
being the place in which we.
learn to live together. Bringing
in as examples of living together
Cain and Able, Andrew and Si
mon Peter, the speaker demon
strated that students should
first of all find out what school
is all about and then do some
thing with the presented oppor
tunities.
H: suggested three ways of ap
proaching an assigned lesson, the
best method being that of a sym-’
pathetic, eager to learn attitude.)
FIRE DESTROYS
PART OF LOCAL " ,
LUMBER PLANT
Boiler Room And Equip
ment Heavily Damaged By
Afternoon Blaze.
Fire guttted the boiler room at
the Williams - McKiethan Lum
ber company two miles south of
here this afternoon about 2 o’-!
clock doing heavy damage to both 1
building and equipment.
Called to the scene by officials j
of the company, the Ca-Vel fire
department fought it he flames for ,
some twenty or thirty minutes,
before finally getting the fire un- 1
der control. Officials of the com- 1
pany refused to estimate the ex-|
■tent of the damage but it is be- 1
lieved considerable.
The origin of the fire could not
be determined at a late hour this j
afternoon. When first discovered'
smoke was pouring from under!
the eaves of the building. There
was no fire under the boiler at
the time of the blaze al/though
a full load of steam had accumu
lated during the morning.
The large building of tin con
struction was almost completely
ruined by the heat and water and
considerably damage was done
the blowing system which trans
ported shavings from the planing
mill to feed the boiler. This dam
age to equipment was believed
more serious than the loss of the
building. The extent of damage
to the boilers. could
not be ascertained until the heat
could die down.
An official of the cofnpany stat
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Bushy Fork
Parents Meet
For Cub Course
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, Bushy Fork parents met last
night with Cubmaster Harold
: Eaton and Mrs. T. D. Cooper, Den
: Mother, as part of the training
i course preceding the organization
i of a scout cub pack in that com
; munity.
i According to Scout Executive
A. P. Patterson, “While Cubbing
is. a part of the Scout program, it
• is entirely different from Scout
: ing in that it is not a program for
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Club Members Look To Yule
Season As Main Moves In
E. Y. FLOYD
WILL SPEAK ON
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TOBACCO REFERENDUM
FOR 1939
7:00 P. M.
SATURDAY. DEC. 3, 1938
IN THE COURTHOUSE
ALL FARMERS ARE
INVITED TO ATTEND
H. K. SANDERS
CONGRATULATIONS
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. (Pete)
Glidewell of Reidsville are re
ceiving! congratulations on the
birth of a daughter, born Thurs
day at 8:00 a. m., Dec. 1, 1938.
Mrs. Glidewel was formerly Miss
Elizabelth Morris of this city.
Weed Market’s Christmas Closing Date
Announced Today; Final Date Uncertain
Happy Hunters
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Local hunters beam their pleasure following a successful hunt-
I ing :rip to eastern North Carolina. They really brought back the
evidence too. Reading from left to right, they are: Pat Simmons,
guide, O. H. Winstead, “Toby” Ledbetter, Frank Whitfield, Dr. G.
W. Gentry and E. G. Thompson.
Rose Bowl Talk Rules The
Roost On Roxboro Streets
High Transportation Rates
Dampen Ardor Os Many
Who Caught The Fever.
Rose Bowl talk, which ran riot
here the first of the week, had
cooled down somewhat yesterday
when fans found out it would
Cake more than a song to traverse
the distance to the coast and back.
Talk was big as scores made|
ready (verbally) to accompany’
the Blue Divils in their jaunt
the Sunshine state. Investiga
tions, however, revealed that the
cheapest possible rate to the
coast and back by rail would be
$77.80 and this only for day-coach
accommodations.
Other classifications quoted
$152.35 for first class and $124.30
for intermediate or touria: class.
Although these rates have
dampened the ardor of many af
flicted with Rose Bowlitus, it
has failed to curb conversation
on the subject. Along Roxboro’s
streets i;he talk is of little else.
In drug stores, at soda fountains,;
around the night spots, and ev
en the family hearth, everyone
is talking about the event which
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Henderson Man And Wife
Take Over Loch Lily Club
house Today.
John Main, Henderson golf
pro, engaged by local club of
ficials several weeks ago as care
taker and golf professional at the
Roxboro Country Club moved into
a part of the Loch Lily clubhouse
and assumed his new duties to
day.
Main and his toife will have
complete charge of the building,
serving all meals, teas, banquets,
etc. for members of the club. As
the new caretaker takes charge,
local club members are already
planning several social affairs for
the clubhouse during the Christ
mas season.
The clubhouse is being com
pletely renovated and is expected
to be in excellent condition by
the time the holiday season rolls
around.
* Work is still progressing slow
ly on the golf course with Charlie
Lawson supervising the work.
A lack of labor still handicaps!
progress on the project with wea
ther conditions also taking their
toll of suitable working days.
County Agent
Plans Township
Meets Next Week
A county - wide meeting on the
1939 Tobacco Referendum will be
held at 7:00 p. m., Saturday, Dec.
3, 1938, with Mr. E. Y. Floyd,
State Executive Officer, the
principal speaker of the evening.
The meeting will be held in the
courthouse.
Community meetings will be
held in each township next week
under the supervision of the
county committeemen. .Roxboro
business men are expected to ap
pear on most of the programs and
make short addresses in behalf
of the control program.
The schedule of meetings fol
lows:Monday, Dec. 5, 1938 at 3:00
p. m. - Bushy Fork Township at
Bushy Fork School; Olive Hill
Township at Olive Hill School;
Holloway Township at Dixon’s
Store on No. 144.
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 3:00 p. m.:
Flat River Township at Helena
School; Cunningham Township
at Jno. C. Terrell School; Woods
dale Township at E. J. Robinson’s
Store.
Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 3:00 p. m.:
Mt. Tirzah Township at Harmony
School; Allensville Township at
Allensville School; Hurde Mills
Township at Hurde Mills School.
The -referendum will be held
over the entire flue-cured tobacco
belt on December 10th.
Bethel Hill PTA
To Have Unusual
Program Monday
The Bethel Hill P. T. A. will
meet next Monday at 7:30 p. m.
to discuss the social activities of
young people.
The anounced program is un
usual in the fact that students
are going to speak to the parents
and teachers.
Frances Whitfield ana Raymond
Lester are to speak for the stu
dents. Mrs. Claude Hall is to give
the parents viewpoint of the
young people’s social activities.
Miss Velma Beam has been in
vited to attend the meeting.
Moving pictures of Alaska and
South America are to be special
features.
Devotions are to be conducted
by Mr. J. Y. Humphries.
THE TIMES IS PERSONS
PREMIER NEWSPAPER*
A LEADER AT ALL TIMESk
Indications Point To Re
opening Jan. 10 For 10
Day Period Before Closing.
Roxboro’s four tobacco sales
warehouses will close for the
Christmas holidays on Friday,
December 16, local warehouse of
ficials indicated this morning.
Secretary George W. Walker of
the local Tobacco Board of Trady
announced that this group haa '
made no decision on a final clos
ing date for the local market but
expected it would follow the same
schedule as other markets in the
Old Belt.
Danville tobacco officials in
session yesterday fixed the re
opening date following the Christ
mas holidays for Tuesday, Jan
uary 10, remaining open for 10
days before finally closing for
good on January 20. Mr. Walker
indicated that Roxboro might also
follow this same schedule but
these dates are still unofficial
until adopted by the local Tobac
co Board of Trade.
Offerings on the local floors
continue to be very small daily
and some tobacco men are of the
opinion that the crop in this vi
cinity is at least 90 or 95 per
cent sold. Very little will be left
for sale following the Christmas
season. Prices on good leaf and
wrappers continue to hold up. ’
Roxboro passed the three mil
lion pound mark before the
Thanksgiving layoff and may
i reach the four million pound fi
: gure before the final closing date
in January. Indications are that
the final figures will be appro
: ximately two million pounds
,! short of the goal set prior to the
: | opening of the selling season
| here. Tobacco officials had hoped
to reach the six million pound
mark during the current season
~ but the early crop and the pro
, portionally late opening of the
season here made realization of
[ this goal impossible.
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FOWLER RELEASES
SANITARY GRADES
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; Ratings On Cases, Tourist
Homes Follow Regular
Monthly Inspection.
i Four Roxboro eating places
, were given a grade of “A” fol
. lowing the regular monthly in
s spection by T. J. Fowler, local
sanitarian with the district health
. department.
, The same number of Tourist
t Homes also received an “A"
. rating, according to the report re
leased yesterday.
[ Grades from 90 to. 100 are
, rated “A”, those from 80 to 90,
B, and those from 70 to 80, C. Any
place receiving a grade below “(7*
is closed until state requirements
have been complied with and *
re-inspection is made.
Following are the grades ob
tained this month: Hotel Rox
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