IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Survey Os Local
Grads Reported
NEWS
OF THE
WEEK
MEDITERRANEAN
FLEET SHIFTS
Gibralter—As the British Medi
terranean fleet concentrated at
Malta, almost within gun-shot of
Italian defenses, a French fleet
of thirteen war-ships took up its
position at Gibraltar. The move
is interpreted as the answer of
the Democracies to any further
extension of the Berlin-Rome
Axis in the Mediterranean.
NAVAL BUILDING SPURTS
New York City—Reports reach
ing the Navy Yard indicate that
50,000 workers are now employ
ed in government yards and
private shipbuilding plants on
naval construction. This type of
employment has increased 600
per cent in four years! with six
first line battleships under con
struction and two 45,0000-ton
craft provided in the pending
naval bill.
STORM LEAVES
DEATH TRAIL
Collins, Ark—A series of tor
nadoes that swept through Ark
ansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and
Texas left a trail of 27 dead, 100
injured and damages totalling
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Half of the dead were in this area
and the twister narrowly missed
a church in which 200 were in
service.
WASHINGTON ON HIS WAY
Philadelphia, Pa.—Duplicating
the exact journey made by,
George Washington to attend his'
first inaguration 150 years ago,
Denys Wdrtman, New York car
toonist, is proceeding by horse
back, stage coach and canal from
Mt. Vernon to New York City,
where he will impersonate the'
first President at the World’s 1
Fair, commemorating the coun
try’s first inaugural.
“DUD” SHELL EXPLODES
North Arlington, N. J.—An
echo "of the' World War caused
consternation in the back yard 1
of local'resident When he built I
a rubbish fire directly over the]
unmarked and unsuspected grave
of a -8-inch shell. It is believed
that the shell was one of hun-]
dreds hlown for a radius Os three
miles on January 11, 1017, when]
a shipment designed for Russia
expired in a nearby freight
yard. .The tiitizen who started the'
fire was slightly cut by a flying'
fragment and windows were
smashed for many blocks around.
Blalock Rites
Held Thursday
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon for W. D.l
Blalock, 58, of Ximberlake whose]
death occurred :late Wednesday
night. Interment was in the Bla- 1
lock family cemetery.
Mr. Blalock had been in failing
health tor several years but his'
condition was not considered ser-'
Sous until about two weeks ago
at which time he became worse
and grew rapidly weaker until
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Rotarians Hear High School
Graduates Have Better
Chance For Success Than
Non-Graduates.
Local Rotarians Thursday night
heard results of a survey con
ducted on approximately 210
graduates of Roxboro high school
over a span of 11 years, reported
by W. W. Woods, chairman of the
“club service” committee.
The local Rotary club for years
has interested itself in the field
of vocational guidance for local
high school graduates and the
survey indicates a broad study in
this direction.
President H. K. Strang and Pre
sident Elect R. B. Griffin also
spoke briefly on the general sub
ject of the program.
Two recommendations were at
tached to the committee’s report
reading as follows:
“It appears that the boys should
be taught the value of complet
ing their school course. The par
ents should be strongly advised
to continue thir boys through
high school. Perhaps the P. T. A.
would be a good medium for this.
“The high school alumni asso
ciation could do much to promote
the aims of this survey and the
hopes of the vocational service
committee.”
The findings of the committee
as reported Thursday nig’/t in
clude:
Graduates of over five years
ago, 26 of 61 went to college;
graduates of five years ago 45 of
72 went to college.
Job ratings graduates of
over five years, 14 fair, 67 good
and 19 excellent; 42 graduates of
under five years, two poor, 60
fair and 38 good; 68 non-grad
uates, 10 poor, 70 fair and 20
good.
The records of marriage show I
that of the graduates of over five
years, 29 have remained single
and 23 married; graduates of un
der five years, 66 are still single
and three have married, and of
the non-graduates, 58 are single
and eight have married.
Os 93 non-graduates listed, 42
are in mills and farming and 26
in dll other occupations.
No nort-graduates were rated
“excellent.” Only four could be
located in mechanical trades.
Former Resident
On Visit Here
Succumbs Friday
C. H. Tapp, .79, of Timberland,
N. C., former resident of this
county, succumbed at the home of
his brother-in-law, W. A. Barton,
near here Friday night, a victim
of a heart attack.
Mr. Tapp, with his wife, had
just arrived here for a short vis
it when he was stricken shortly
after eating supper. He was able
to murmtir only a few words be
fore his death which occurred a
bout 7:15 o’clock.
Mr. Tapp was a deacon in the
Antioch church in this county
for 50 years before moving to
Timberland about 25 years ago
when he transferred his member
ship to Raeford.
"Funeral services will be held
at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the
Baptist church in Raeford. Rev.
3E- G. Usry of Oxford and Rev.
Rainey of Raeford will be the of
ficiating ministers.
Surviving are his wife, Susan
Rogers Tapp and 10 children, A.
8., D. J., Frank, Luther and Arch
Tapp of Raeford .and Mrs. Craw
ford Wright, Mrs. Mary Helton,
both of Raeford and Mrs. Dora
Walters of Hatxon, Mrs. H. E.
Stinchcomb at Black Mountain
and Willie Tapp <Jf Rocky Mount.
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ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Bungalow Home For King
And Queen In Rockies
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H National Park. Alberta, in the
heart of the Canadian Rockies in ■■BSSmHC 1 A
June, Britain's King and Queen will
occupy one of the bungalows at Jas- to
rr Park Lodge The bungalow is
a .... l us ts ,wn
as mg living room with -i t ;*. ■*’Jl ~ r jHra>,
log-burning fireplace and several
sc own bath- I
of land jutting out into Lac Beau
ert, one of the *nosi colorful tarns *. * ['. »
at the Canadian Rockies and com
•ids a • lew ■ Molin' Edith Ca
vei which was named in memory « " • „■ ¥
of the British nurse who was exe- v A'V. \\ *.'■ *. • * „1 ’■,"/* ~ s a'
cuted by the Germans during the ‘ -V " '
World War, The photographs show
the exterior of the bungalow which
will be the Royal Residence in Jas- „ : “ '^£2s h z. fj
per National Park; a corner of the '<.'*? 1 ' "
living room and Mount Edith Ca- . ’ P , _ 1
ve« M it is seen from the bungalow. «
OVER 300 ATTEND
CHURCH SESSION
AT OAKJROVE
.Person Circuit Hosts To Dis-
I trict Meeting Os Methodists
Thursday.
About 35 ministers and more]
than 300 delegates and visitors
were present at 53rd annual ses
sion of the Durham district con
ference of the Methodist church,
held at Oak Grove Thursday.
Reports on their labors for the
year were made by the pastors
who were members and new of
ficers were selected by the dis
trict organization. Rev. Carlos
Womack, pastor of Carr church
was selected as secretary to
succeed Prof. F. S. Aldridge, who]
has served in the position for 25]
years. Prof. Aldridge was again;
nominated for the secretary’s po- 1
'sition but asked to be relieved.
The program was under the lead
ership of Rev. A. J. Hobbs, who'
will serve the conference next'
year for the second time.
J. E. Pritchard, president of
the North Carolina annual con
ference of the Methodist Protest
ant church, delivered the confer
ence sermon on the subject, “The
Influence of the Local Church.”/
Other features and business trans
acted by the district conference
included an address by C. A.
Dillon, of Raleigh, on the work
being done by the Methodist
orphanage, and a talk by Mrs.
Paul Neff Garber, of Durham
who spoke on ’“The Womna’s
Missionary Society in the Pro
gram of the Church. 1
Wyatt David Boddie and Walt
er Rowe Thompson were licensed
to preach during the conference
and it was also recommended that
Virgil Erwin Queen and Harold
Ross Simpson be admitted on
trial at the next session of the
North Carolina annual conferen
ce.
Entertainment for the confer
ence members was provided by
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Hundreds See Bushy Fork
Win Boy Scout Field Meet
Parade Through Town Held
Prior To Meet; Troop No.
49 Takes Second Place.
Several hundred scouts, scout
leaders and interested spectators
saw Scout tribe No. 4 of Bushy
Fork take first honors in the an
nual field meeting held Friday
afternoon on the Central school
campus in the heart of Roxboro’s
business district.
Prior to the meeting, scouts
and their leaders, paced by the
Ca-Vel drum and bugle corps,
marched through town in parade
to the scene of the meet.
Bushy Fork, led by Scout
master Mason and scoring 935
points, was followed by Dr. Robt.
Long’s troop 49 with 900, Earl
-vjtt u .
Along The Way
With the Editor
C. C. Garrett (remember him?) stated that the postoffice force
waited on 4,000 customers a day. The population of Roxboro, 1930;
was given at a little over 3,700. Now “C. C.” must have stretched
matters a little wnen he said that 4,000 people a day came to the .
windows of the Roxboro office. Anyway Henry O’Briant laughed at
the statement.
It has been said that the Roxboro fire chief expects to order of-|
ficial badges for all firemen. That’s nice, but we want George
Cushwa to have the largest one and make his a gold badge. After;
Cushwa runs all the way from'Rebels Town to Roxboro he deserves
more recognition than an ordinary firefighter.
Well, the boys have disregarded their creditors and gone to
Washington again. Sam Byrd Winstead and Curt Oakley left Friday
to spend three days on William “Chick” Thomas and Champ Win
stead, Jr.
Pres Whitt says that officers found whiskey in an old barn on
a lot that belonged to David Brooks. That David had to pass this
barn every time he fed his pigs and that after the officers got the
liquet the pigs starved to death. David stopped going to the pig
pen. Anyway, that’s what Pres said.
Had a card from Rev. Furman Herbert the other day. Said if he
owed us anything for the paper he was willing to let bye-gone be
bye-gones, but send the paper. Guess if he can forget the church
dues that we failed to pay he was here we can forget the
paper dues.
1 went to a P. T. A. meeting the other night and there was
B. B. Knight. _I sure am glad to see our young boys taking an inter- 1
est in thl youth of the land. Gus Deering was there too. .
Bradsher’s troop 32 with 850, Joe
Guffey’s Ca-Vel Troop 24 with
765 and Charles Green’s East
Roxboro Troop with 350.
Scout Executive A. P. Patter
son served as master of ceremon
ies for the event while Judges
were C. A. Harris, W. W. Woods,
and R. B. Dawes.
Individual winners in events
were as follows: Wood cutting: T.
Horton, Arch Wrenn and Elmo
Mitchell; fire building; Robert
Dickerson and Calvin Milam, B.
Garrett and B. Clayton, and B.
Long and R- Bowles; Cooking, B.
Long and R. Bowles, B. Garrett
and B. Clayton and R. Dickerson
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SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1939
Brooks, Herbert
To Headline RHS
Commencement
Olive Hill Faculty
Re-elected Friday
The entire Olive Hill school
faculty Was re-elected Friday af
ternoon at a special meeting of
the community school committee,
it was announced yesterday.
Members of the faculty include:
H. D. Young, principal, and Miss
Mary Kelly, Mesdames Numa Ed
wards, Carl Winstead and William
C. Winstead.
PLANSCOMFLETE
FOR BETHEL HILL
COMMENCEMENT
Knight, House To Make
Principal Addresses; Other
Events Also Scheduled
Principal Lewis S. Cannon has
announced that all arrangements
have been completed for the
Bethel Hill High School Com
mencement exercises.
Dr. Ira D. S. Knight, Pastor of
First Baptist church of Durham,
will deliver the Baccalaureate
sermon in the school auditorium
Sunday afternoon, April 30, at
three o’clock in the afternoon.
The piano students will be
presented in a music recital Tues
day night, May 2nd. at 7:30.
Administrative Dean R. B.
House, of the University of N. C.,
will deliver the Commencement
address May 4th at eight o’clock
in school auditorium. Diplomas
and special awards will be pre
sented to the students on this
same evening.
The seventh grade graduation
exercises will be held in the
school auditorium on the morning
of May 6 at 9:30. Rev. W. F. West,
pastor of the Roxboro Baptist]
church is expected to be the
speaker. Seventh grade diplomas
and perfect attendance certifi
, cates will be presented ait this
meeting.
Miss Mary Crutchfield and Miss
Frances Whitfield are the honor
students, having made the high
est on scholarship.
The following 21 seniors are
expecting to receive State High
School diplomas:
Mary Crutchfield, Delma Davis,
Allene Dixon, Albona Dunn, Lu
cille Gentry, Muriel Gentry! Ruth
Hall, Joyce Lester, Myrtle Lester,
Hasseltine Sanford, Alrtia Seams
ter, Edith Wiley, Frances Whit
field, Effie Wrenn, William Tho
mas Brandon, Rupert Dunn. Fred
Fox, Raymond Lester, Fred Mit
chell, Alfred Clyde
Sullivan, Willie Tingen, Royal
Todd, George Boyd Walker, W. C.
Whitt, Clyde Woody,'Jr., and R.
•B.’Pixley: ' v '
' The Junior Marshals for the
occasion will be Carol Leigh
tttfihphfies, fclsie Whitfield, Mary
Sue Wfenn, Roland White, Rachel
Owens, and Hattie Woody.
Still 4 Vacancies In C. M. T. C. Qyota
Tiny Milam and Landon Gray
Whitt, young Roxboro men, have
qualified for attendance at the
Citizens Military Training camp
to be held at Fort Bragg June 15-
July 14, it was announced here
yesterday.
There are still four vacancies in
Person County to be filled. It is
urged that young meh between
the ages of seventeen .and twenty
nine desiring atiendance at shis
year’s camp send in thSir’ apjAil*
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Prominent Attorney To Be
Graduation Speaker; Form
er Preacher Here To Deliv
er Sermon.
Aubrey L. Brooks, prominent
Greensboro attorney, and Rev. J.
F. Herbert, former pastor of Long
Memorial church here, will be the
principal speakers on Roxboro
High school’s commencement
schedule, according to an announ
cement yesterday by J. W. Gaddy,
Jr., supervising principal of the
city schools.
The graduation exercises, when
Brooks will appear, are planned
for Monday night, May 8, when
diplomas and other awards will
be given following the address.
Rev. Herbert, now pastor of the
Rockingham church, will preach
the baccalaureate sermon in the
school auditorium Sunday morn
ing, May 7, at 11 o’clock.
Brooks is a member of the law
firm of Brooks, McLendon and
Holderness, one of North Caro
lina’s most prominent legal firms.
He has a state-wide reputation as
a speaker and his address is ex
pected to be a highlight of the
commencement season here in-
Person County.
Rev. Herbert is well known
throughout all parts of county and
city and his selection by the local
school officials is expected to
draw warm praise from a wide
circle of school patrons.
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Conservation
Checks Arrive
At County Office 1
*
The County Agent’s office has
received checks amounting to
$24,726.32. These checks are be
ing delivered to those who qual
ified for payment under the 1938
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram.
Each person who will receive to
check will be notified by letter
just as soon as his check arrives..
Many of these checks have not
yet come. Those who are inter
ested in the adjustment checks
Should watch far letters in the
mail. Each landowner and each
tenant who qualified for payment
will get a separate check, and
each will be notified individually.
Each person is requested to
bring with him the letter of noti
fication when he calls for his
check. This enables the person
who is delivering the checks to
find the number quickly.
It is necessary for each one to
call in person for hi| ( dhedc, dr
to write the County asking
that the check be sent by mail.
According to insinuations, no
<dieck may be delivered to
one except the preton to whom
it is payable; but If anyone is
sick or disabled, or cannot con
veniently come to the office, then
the office will be glad to for
ward the check byrhail.
cations without delay. Lt. Thomas
J. Fowler, Roxboro, N. C., who is
County Chairman for this county
will render all assistance neces
sary to expedite applications, and
will furnish the names of the phy
sicians who have volunteered to
examine applicants free of char
ge.
Information and application
blanks may also be obtained by
correspondence direct with the
C. M. ,T. C. Officer, Port Bragg;
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