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Telephone 4501 PEOPLE YOU KNOW Everything to Build With WATKINS & BULLOCK Ira Stanfield is able to be out again after an attack of influ enza. Mrs. Clyde CroweJJ has been confined to her home for several days this week as a result of in fluenza. Earl Bradsher, Sr., Chris Wag ner and Ray Parish-spent Satur day in Greensboro. They were a mong the golf fans watching the match in that city. Chas. Harris, Sr. was a Pine hurst visitor last week. He at tended the golf match that w. held there. J. D. Mangum was confined to his home last week as a result of an injured knee. C. B. Wood spent several days in Durham last week. Mrs. Ovieda Long spent Friday and Saturday in Greensboro visit ing her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Joyner of Wilson, were Roxboro visitors this week. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Riddle and family spent last Sunday visiting friends in Sanford. Mrs. Arch Thomas and Mrs. lola Gwyn of Semora, were Rox boro visitors Friday. Lloyd Williams of Durham, spent Friday in Roxboro. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson of Chapel Hill spent several days in Roxboro this week visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Winstead. Mr. Edgar Boatwright, Jr. is visiting his parents here. Mr. Boatwright is making his home in Kinston. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hambrck and children of Hickory, N. C., are spending the weekend here with Dr. W. R. Haxribrick. R- E. Hamlin, Jr., of Kins ton. N. C. is spening the week-end here with his parents. Mrs. M. J. Johnson of Danville was a Roxboro visitor last Satur day. Miss Virginia Wilson is spend the weekend in, Greensboro. Misses Margaret Harkrader, Mary Elizabeth Sanders and Mr. Bill Harris are spending the week end in Elkin, N. C. Guy Gardner is spending the weekend here. Misses Nancy Bradsher, Betty Swain, and Marjory Thomas are spending today here. Matt Long, Jr. and Page Harris will leave tomorrow to resume their studies at Woodibury For est college. Bob Michaels of Durham is •spending the weekend here with his parents. FOR RENT Four room a- 1 partment with private bath. Desirable location. Low rent PRESTON SATTERFIELD , 3-9-4 t -' s-t p ] 1 Banding A Horn U tUT 1 Investment Os A Ilf • Tta» Ftar Ideal HmmßKm 8m- J “Sunset HBn.* TBOS.B. WOODY I■ * *> . With Our Won ien Society of Town and County * BAZAAR preview ★ k 6 baby dress” exuding warmth and luxuriousness and befitting a youthful splendor, is teetured m the March Harper’s Bazaar. Row upon row of fine white Chantilly lace separate the silk chiffon bands of the skirt and shape the low square bodice. The hem is frilled with lace, and around the waist is a sash of robm’s-egg blue moire. Miss Ernestine Wilkerson Honored With Bridge-Dinner On Birthday , Mrs. Ray Jackson was delight ful hostess Thursday evening in honor of her sister, Miss Emes ! tine Wilkerson, on the occasion i of the latter’s birthday. Guests were invited for a de licious four course dinner follow ing which bridge was played at i two tables for several hours. The , honoree was the recipient of : many useful and attractive gifts and the entire occasion was plan ned as a distinct supprise to her. Mrs. L. G Clark Dinner Hostess At Hotel Roxboro Mrs. L. C. Clark delightfully entertained Thursday evening at a dinner party at Hotel Roxboro. The table was beauifully de corated for the occasion. Candel abra with yellow lighted tapers adorned the table and the center piece was a profusion of hothouse flowers in a bowl of silver. A delicious four course dinner was served to the following club members: Mesdames Clyde Cro well, B. B. Newell, J. S. Walker, W. C. Bullock, J. H. Hughes, C. A. Harris, and special guests which included Mesdames R. H. Shelton, T. B. Woody, A. F. Nichols, R. L. Harris, Glenn Bran don, Robert Burns, A. M. Burns, jr., Ovieda Long, Thomas Dixon, E. V. Boatwright and Miss Vir ginia Brandon. o Hurdle Mills Home Club In Meeting Hurdle Mills Home Demonstra tion club met Tuesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. R. C. Long.j The meeting began with all ' singing together the invocation. Miss Doris Clayton gave the Sdripture reading and Mis. C. B. Davis led in prayer. Miss Aur ila Long presented a poem en titled, **lll6 Value of a Smile.” Miss Gladys Hawkins then gave a very interesting reading. Mr*. lra Hawkins then gave a very interesting and helpful talk on "The Value of a Year-Around PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. At the conclusion of several progressions of contract, attract ive prizes were awarded to Mrs. Bedford Stanfield for high score and to Mrs. Gilbert Wagstaff for low. Others honoring Miss Wilker son on this occasion were Misses Elnora Raiff, Anne Watkins, Virginia Wilson, Rebecca West brook, Mary Elizabeth Sanders, Lisette Allgood, and Mrs. Robert Harris. Garden.” Mrs. Hawkins said, “It is much cheaper to have our own garden than to have to buy our vegetables. We may can the sur plus vegetables so we can have them for winter use. We can also plant winter vegetables so we will have them the year around.” Each member was asked to plant two or more vegetables that they have planted before, and for everyone to remember that our health insurance is in the garden. The meeting was then turned over to Miss Velpia Beam, Home Demonstration leader, whose talk concerned “Color in the Home.” Miss Beam said, “In order for one to develop a color sense, to un derstand color and to use it beau tifully, one must learn the langu age of color and the relationship of one color to another.” The I meeting then adjourned with the next meeting to be held with Mrs. Ruth Crumpton April 18th. at 2:30 p. m. Everyone is cordial ly invited to attend these meet ings. o Mrs. C. A. Harris Entertains Club Mrs. Charles A. Harris delight fully entertained her bridge club ] Tuesday afternoon at her home on ' Lamar street. The home was beautifully de corated for the occasion and at the conclusion of several progres sions of contract, high score was presented to Miss Claire Harris. The hostess served as refresh ment a delicious salad course. Everything to screen with Watkins** Bullock.- t'ar tt j r Telephone 4501 Aberdeen Girl Tar Heel Hostess At World’s Fair Charlotte, N. C. — Out of a list of more than five hundred ap plicants, Miss Miram Johnson, of Aberdeen, N. C., has been chosen chief of the staff of four girls who will act as hostesses in the North Carolina exhibit at the New York World’s Fair this sum- ] mer. Miss Johnson is the first of a staff of eight, four young men and four young women, who will be on hand to welcome visitors to the North Carolina exhibit this summer, to answer questions and to supply inquisitive Fair, goers with pertinent facts and in formation about the Tar Heel state. The seven remaining mem bers at the staff will be named by Mr. Coleman Roberts, mem ber of the World's Fair commit tee in charge of the selections in a few days. The committee chairmaned by W. E. Fenner, Rocky Mount, has been consider ing applications for months. Miss Johnson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Talbot Johnson of Aberdeen and is a native North Carolinian. She is well qualified for the position, having served for some time past as personnel director for a large department store in Char lotte. She attended Robert-Beech Preparatory school for Girls in ■ ' * BAZAAR PREVIEW ★ fffiSwß ' J J - REEFER coats are always com plimentary to the figure. This one is of navy wool-crepe, with •mocked shoulders and a small shawl, pictured in the March Hgr* per’i Bazaar. Baltimore and later Randolph Macon College. In order to thoroughly acquaint the exhibit staff with North Carolina’s resorts, recreational facilities and other facts about the state, the eight young people J selected will be given a two weeks training period prior to their departure for New York. The first two days of the training period will be held in Charlotte, where they will be schooled in basic facts about the state. Fol lowing this they will be taken on a week’s tour of the state, and have their “education” polished off with a two-day stay in Ral eigh. Various towns and resorts are now inviting the school to' their communities. The group will leave North Carolina April 26 to be on hand for the opening of the Fair April 30. o Two New Gardens To Be Opened Soon For State Tourists The Wilmington Chamber of Commerce announced today that the two enchanting azalea gar dens, Airlie, and Orton, will be opened for visitors on Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1. While Orton Plantation is open every day throughout the year, visitors will be permitted to see Airlie only on the two days men tioned. It will be quite easy and convenient for visitors to go to Orton in the morning and Airlie in the afternoon, since the latter estate will be open only from 1:00 p. m. until 6:00 p. m. The azaleas will be at best at the time mentioned. Persons, who! j have visited gardens in other. States, and have seen Airlie and Orton, near Wilmington, say that the latter place in many respects surpass all in charm and beauty. 1 There are beautiful driveways throughout Airlie, with vistas through which one views the sound and other alluring scenes.' At Orton Gardens, additional areas have been beautified since last year, and many attractive new features planned for the pleasure of visitors. An outstand ing point in connection with this estate is the beautiful Colonial Mansion, the older part of which was built by “King” Roger Moore in 1725. i I While at Orton all visitors should visit the ruins of St. Phil lip’s Church, only the four walls of which remain to remind one of the old Colonial town of Brunswick. These ruins are just THE TIMES f§§ : I Television Queen, who j / iL” * , _noted lor her perfect g JSSSSSSISSi Z. ' J^gggjjj^^^EF;'' ||jfflSnK' j9s ur * f°r such | aerial view oi HU *'A {&«" •/’•* ',{ -'vSrti.-'Vwi/ ~ •• ‘.j''£/•■ i t ” ■ •he iaa:i. Corpo- §P f ’ ' ration ol Amer. I **: ! r - ' ca's exhibit building at the v *,-* New York 'yM/ y>. World's Fair. 1939 Byj This is where television will be shown to the I 'MS ff§ % |y< IW ■ I Priscilla Lane, star in "Yes. general public My Darling Daughter lor the lirsl time. complements he r bright ■Vs?: „* ' colorful costumes with wtn ■ . ... P lus in hosieiy le \f ■: _ " ’ " * JJ* - ~| signed especially for her in a new tE color and appro ■ . ; > i "Parfirco * >§jf * -6119*. . , ymSmtsS OB .? . \ '-•£-> uw naanesi show I ■ UIL am -* M «—a weeks-old Labrador Eskimo pup- .... - ” ■ r * < **^i,"*!? ll . PT, owned by Hi. and Mrs. M. I. ’ ol Wooankxocot N. H | iiwawon. i auromcmc mtcooßuna uyi . vmenHwMMw i - r i - - a half mile south of the Mansion. The two are within easy driving distance from Wil mington. Orton, fronting on the Cape Fear Kiver, in Biunswick County, fifteen miles from Wil ■ mington, is reached by an impro ved highway. Airlie is pight miles east of Wilmington, near Wrightsville Sound, and is reach ed by U. S. Highways 74 and 76. Visitors may secure full direct ions how to reach the gardens from (the; Wilmington Chamber of Commerce offices. A modest fee is charged for admission to ( the grounds. I o FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH “Heaven is not reached by a sin gle bound, But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. We rise by the things that are under our feet— By what we have mastered of good or gain, By the pride deposed and the passion slain And the vanquished ills that we hourly meet.” 9:45 a. m. - Bible School 11:00 a. m. - Preaching - The Un finished Task.” 6:30 p. m. - Baptist Training Un ion. 7:30 p. m. - A program of Music —Furnished by the Choir. A cordial welcome is extended to the public. W. F. West, Pastor. LET’S PLAY! MJust Arrived New Styles In TENNIS SHOES Fcr men - U. S. Keds Kedstts For Women ROXBORO SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1939 Legal Notices In the Superior Court. : PERSON COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, l • Graham Nichols Roberson) vs, (Notice. Ida Sue Roberson. ) The defendant Ida Sue Rober : son will take notice that an ■j action entitled as above has been >1 commenced in the superior 'i court of Person County, North j Carolina, for the purpose of ob taining a divorce by the above named plaintiff; and the said de fendant will further take notice that she is required to appear at the office of the clerk of the superior court of said county in the courthouse in Roxboro, N. C., on or before the 2nd day of May, ■ 1939, and answer or demur to the j complaint in said action, or the • plaintiff will apply to the court, for the relief demanded in said : complaint. This 9th day of March. 1939. R. A. Bullock, Asst. Clerk of 3-12-39 - 4t -a the Superior Court of Person County, North Carolina. o Some one has defined a politi cian as a strange sort of animal that can straddle a fence and still keep one ear on the ground. o- According to a recent survey, 70 per cent of all the adults in this country have faulty vision. 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