IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1939 NUMBER FOBTY-ONR
McDonald To Make
Bushy Fork Address
At Bushy Fork
Dr. Ralph McDonald will make
his first appearance in Person
county since the memorable gu
bernatorial campaign of 1936 next
Tuesday when he is scheduled to
be 'the principal speaker at Bushy
Fork’s commencement exercises
which are expected to get under
way at 11 o’clock in the morning.
REAVES RITES
HELD YESTERDAY
Sam Reaves, 57, Dies Tues
day As Result Os Stroke
And Complications.
Sam Reaves, 57, of the Lee’s
Chapel Church community, suc
cumbed Tuesday as a result of a
stroke of paralysis suffered early
in the year and a complication of
diseases.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home yesterday after
noon at one o’clock and interment
was made in the Reaves Family
cemetery at Elmo, Virginia. Rev.
C. E. Sullivan, his pastor of
Woodsdale, Rev. Robert Kirkland
of Sutherlin, Va. and Rev. W. T.
Creath of Paces, Va. were the of
ficiating ministers.
Mr. Reaves was a member of
the Theresa Baptist church of
Person county.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mary Reaves and four child
ren, F. K. Reaves of South Bos
ton, D. S. Reaves, Jr. of Woods
dale, Mrs. Dorothy Bowes of
Roxboro and Mrs. Netta Clayton
of Woodsdale. Three brothers and
sisters also survive as follows:
Jqe Reaves, Tom Reaves and Hen
ry Reaves, all df Sutherlin, Va.
and Mrs. Netta Farmer of the
sameeMar-
Active pall bearers were Fred
Harris, Thomas Watson, Roy Fit
ts, Floyd Phelps, James Phelps,
HiAbard Phelps, Aruthr Weaver,
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Knight’s Agency
In New Quarters
We have moved our office from
its old location on Main street
next to Green’s Jewelry to the
old location of the Roxboro
Building and Loan. This is only
two places of business below our
former stand and just a few
steps.
The move was necessary be
cause of the fact that our busi
ness has grown to such an extent
that we had to seek larger quar
ters.
Come to see us in our new lo
cation. We write all forms of in
surance.
Knight’s Ins. Agency
|mon^€inits
Former Gubernatorial Can
didate To Be Commence
ment Feature Tuesday.
The appearance of Dr. Ralph
McDonald, erstwhile candidate
for governor in 1936, as the prin
cipal speaker will climax Bushy
Fork’s annual commencement ex
ercises, an all day event getting
underway Tuesday morning at 11
o’clock, according to the announ
cement today of Principal Jerry
Hester.
The formal program will get
underway with an invocation by
Rev. D. D. Traynham. welcome
by Fred Yarborough and readings
from the P. T. A. by Mrs. Robert
Hester. A chorus by the seventh
grade students will be followed
by the introduction of the speaker
by Rev. M. W. Lawrence.
Following the address by Dr.
McDonald, presentation of 7th.
garde certificates will be made
by Superintendent R. B. Griffin,
reading certificates will be issued
by Principal Jerry Hester and
scout awards will be presented
by Scout Executive A. P. Patter
son. Sarah Lou Warren will con
clude the program with a “fare
well.”
A picnic lunch will be served
after the exercises are concluded
and two baseball games with
Prospect Hill will be the com
mencement entertainment fea
tures of the afternoon.
AT WATT’S
W. A. Sergeant entered Watt’s
hospital yesterday where he will
remain several days for observa
tion. His friends wish him speedy
recovery.
Gordon, Hatcher
Waive Hearings
Before Recorder
Charles R. Gordon and Clarence
P. Hatcher, defendants in two
headline cases in Recorder’s
court Tuesday, waived prelimin
ary hearings and their cases were
continued until the August term
of Superior Court in this county.
Gordon, charged with forgery
and embezzlement, was placed
under a SSOO bond for his appear
ance while Hatcher, facing a
larceny court, is under a bond for
$250. Both cases were continued
from the last Recorder’s session.
Other cases disposed of by Jud
ge W. I. Newton included: An
drew Hayes, negro, careless and
reckless driving, continued; Jack
Barnett, illegal possession, judge
ment suspended on payment of
costs; A. W. Ashley, careless and
reckless driving, $5 and costs; Os
car H. Shelton, careless and
reckless driving, $lO and costs;
Josh Ramsey, negro, assault with
deadly weapon, four months in
jail to be assigned work on roads
and sentence to be suspended on
payment of sls for medical bills.
Thomas Stanfield, negro, non
support of child, ordered to pay
costs of action and $3 monthly for
support of child for period of 12
months; Joe G. Tuck, larceny,
four months in jail suspended on
payment of $lO and costs and re
main of good behavior and vio
late no laws for two years; Ex
emas Rogers, negro, illegal pos
session, $lO and costs; Clyde Jef
fries, negro, possession for sale,
continued; Preston Jeffries, neg
ro, improper brakes and lights,
S2O and costs; Archer Whitlow,
drunk and possession, 60 days in
jail suspended on payment of $lO
and costs.
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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Visit the Fiihrer
War clouds hang darkly over the two countries represented a
oove. Had the Duke retained his thrown, the above picture would
haidly have been made. It was taken on a recent visit of the Duke
and Duchess of Windsor to Berlin. The terror on the right ,you al
ready know, is Adolph Hitler.
Lawrence Elected To Lead
Council Os Social Agencies
“Lena Rivers* *
At Bethel Hill
Bethel Hill seniors will pre
sent their annual Senior Class
dramatic production in the
school auditorium tomorrow
night at 8 o’clock.
“Lena Rivers,” selected for
this year’s play is being coach
ed by Miss Rowena Taylor of
the school faculty. A strong
cast assembled for the produc
tion is composed of Alma
Seamster, Fred Mitchell, Clyde
Sullivan, Muriel Gentry, Lucil
le Gentry, George Boyd Wal
ker, Frances Whitfield, William
Thomas Brandon, Fred Fox,
Raymond Lester, Mary Crutch
field. Ruth Hall and Effie
Wrenn.
Hudson To Open
Hurdle Mills Finals
Program Sunday
Principal Joe B. Currin yester
day released details of Hurdle
Mills’ 1939 commencement exer
cises which get underway Sunday
night at 8 o’clock when Rev. C. F.
Hudson of Durham delivers the
baccalaureate sermon in the
school auditorium.
Lloyd Griffin, secretary of the
State School commission will pre
sent the graduating address Tues
day night at 8 o’clock at which
time diplomas and other awards
will be presented to the Seniors.
Griffin, it will be remembered,
was the principal speaker at a
session of the local P. T. A. last
week for the purpose of discus
sing a nine months school term.
He will be introduced to the Hur
dle Mills audience by A. M. Bums,
Jr., local attorney.
Rev. W. F. West, local minis
ter, will speak at the Seventh
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New 'Organization Takes
Form At Session Yesterday,
Miss Allen, Walker Also
Named.
An organization for the Coun
cil of Social Agencies definitely
took shape in the grand jury room
of the county courthouse yester
day afternoon when Rev. Mark
Lawrence was elected chairman,
Miss Lake Allen, vice chairman,
and J. S. Walker, secretary and
Treasurer.
An organization for coordinat
ing and studying the relief needs
of Person County, the Council of
Social Agencies will be composed
of representatives of social, civic,
religious, governmental and fra
ternal groups throughout the
county.
The slate of officers named
yesterday were presented by a
nominating committee composed
of Dr. A. L. Allen, F. O. Carver,
Jr., and Mrs. R. L. Wilburn. The
two former members were later
elected by the assemblage yester
day to serve on the executive
committee with the officers and
standing committee chairmen, to
be named later.
Regular monthly meeting time
was set as the last Wednesday in
each month at a luncheon session
at noon, to last for one hour only.
Two previous organization
meetings have been held prior to
yesterday’s session in which plans
for the organization were discuss
ed. As on the two previous oc
casions, Rev. W. F. West, chair
man of the Welfare Advisory
Board, presided yesterday.
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2nd. Part Os PWA
Grant Received
A second installment of $8,727.20
of the P. W. A. grant for the new
Allensville school has been receiv
ed by local school authorities, it
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Goerch To Speak Tomorrow
At Annual C Os C Banquet
FINALS PROGRAM
IS ANNOUNCED
FOR HELENA HIGH
Wake Forest Professor,
Durham Minister To Make
Main Addresses.
Dr. H. B. Anderson, Durham
minister, and professor Jasper L.
Memory of the Educational de
partment of Wake Forest college
will make the feature addresses
for Helena high school’s 1939 com
mencement, Principal R. C. Gar
rison revealed yesterday.
Dr. Andersop, who is pastor of
Grace Baptist church in Durham,
is well known here where he con
ducted a special revival series at
First Baptist church several
months ago. He will preach the
baccalaureate sermon Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock in the school
auditorium.
Professor Memory’s address,
which features the annual gradua
tion exercises, is scheduled for
Wednesday evening at 8 o’-
clock. The seniors will receive
diplomas at this time and special
awards and honors will also be
announced.
Another special commencement
feature will be the seventh grade
exercises next Wednesday morn
ing at 10:30 o’clock when Rev. W.
F. West, pastor of the First Bap
tist church will be the featured
speaker. Seventh grade certifi
cates and attendance awards will
be presented.
Other events on the general
commencement program include
a musical festival pageant, “A
merica, the Beautiful,” presented
by the Public School music de
partment under the direction of
Miss Mary Elizabeth Sanders in
the school auditorium tonight at
8 o’clock and the annual recital
of pupils of Mrs. Edgar Masten
Monday evening at 7:45 o’clock.
The commencement program
was inaugurated last Friday night
when the Senior class presented
their annual dramatic production,
“Ghost of the Redskins,” before
a large and appreciative audience.
Those expecting to get diplo
mas include:
Mildred Estelle Whitfield, Mar
jorie Gaddis Blalock, Mabel Clare
Fox, lola Ashley, Arthur Ennis
Hudgins, Alma Trynis Mcßroom,
Irene Augusta Bowen, W. Louise
Clayton, Rebecoa Christine Day,
Annie Lou Mooney, Dalph Gates,
Edna Hall Barton, Virginia Dare
Dean, Vanmeda Hall, Robert Ro
gers, Jessie William Ashley, Bruce
Harold Barton, James Allen, Phil
lip Day, Robert Lee Moore, Alva
Henderson Clayton, Mollie Lou
Chandler, Sarah Margaret Brooks,
Rachel Williams Brooks, Mary
Elizabeth Blaylock, Dora Montane
Rhew, Lottie Lou Chandler, and
Etta Gravitte.
Gaddy To Quit Principal’s
Post; Students Back Dunlop
Announcement from Goldsboro i
last weekend that J. W. Gaddy, J
Jr., supervising principal of the
city school system for the past
three years, would resign his post
here to become principal of ihe
Goldsboro high school next year
was followed closely by a peti
tion bearing names of 351 high
school students urging the school
board to name Donald Dunlop,
athletic director for the past sev
eral years, as his successor.
It has been known for several
weeks that Gaddy had the Golds
boro offer under consideration
Graduates - Note!
Scattered throughout today’s
paper are advertisements in
which a number of valuable
gifts are offered to high school
graduates in Person County.
Local merchants are making
these gifts entirely without ob
ligation as a courtesy to grad
uates of ’39 in order to make
their commencement season
miore enjoyable. So, graduates,
clip the coupons and partici
pate in these valuable gifts
for commencement.
Hall Is Called
To Washington
For Conference
Claude T. Hall, prominent Per
son County farm leader, this week
has been conferring with mem
bers of the Advisory Commission
of the Tobacco program in Wash
ington at a two-day conference
yesterday and today.
Members of the commission
were called to the conference from
all of the tobacco growing states.
Mr. Hall left Tuesday.
The purpose of the meetings,
Mr. Hall advised before leaving
for the Nation’s capitol Tuesday,
is to discuss the tobacco program
for the coming year, 1940, the
1939 program already having
been definitely settled. The ad
visory committee intends to pre
pare legislation to be presented
to Congress for next year.
Mr. Hall will probably return
late today or tomorrow.
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May Day Event
Planned Here
Next Wednesday
A May Day event, the first of
its kind to be held in Roxboro,
will be presented next Wednes
day afternoon at 4 o’clock on the
campus of the Central School
here.
Approximately 300 children
will participate in the colorful
event and a large crowd of par
ents and townspeople are expect
ed to throng the scene for the
program of dances, figures and
other features of May Day. Little
Miss Catherine Rowland will be
crowned as Queen of the May and
all of the principals, including 10
maids of honor, will be elaborate
ly costumed for the occasion.
Music will be furnished by Mrs.
Sam Byrd Winstead while the
other events are under the direc
tion of Miss Virginia Wilson, phy
sical education instructor at the
Central school.
but confirmation was not avail
able until the announcement
from Goldsboro Saturday.
The petition supporting Dun
lop was initiated by high school
students and received the backing
of the student body almost 100
per cent. It has been rumored for
several weeks that the athletic
director would not return to the
local post next fall.
Gaddy had not submitted his
resignation to ‘the local school
board early this week but this
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THE TIMES IS PERSON**
PREMIER NEWSPAPEBS
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
R. L. Harris To Act As
Toastmaster; 150 Expected
To Attend Event.
With Carl Gcerch, the State’s
ace radio commentator and pub
lisher of The State magazine, as
principal speaker, the annual
Chamber of Commerce banquet
is scheduled for tomorrow night
at Hotel Roxboro at 7 o’clock.
Approximately 150 persons are
expected to attend this annual
event and a varied program has
been planned by Melvin H. Burke,
secretary of the chamber, who is
in charge of arrangements.
R. L. Harris will act as toast
master for tomlorrow night’s gala
affair and songs by a negro
quartet and a drawing for valu
able favors will be other features
of the program.
A number of distinguished visi
tors are expected to be here for
the banquet but these were not
available for publication today.
Group singing before and after
the formal program will be led
by Jake Taylor and the invocation
will be given by Rev. J. H. Lan
ning, pastor of Long Memorial
Methodist church here.
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BILLY WEST IS v
ESSAY WINNER
American Legion Contest on
“Citizenship” For County
Won By R. H. S. Student.
Billy West, Roxboro High /
school senior and son of Rev. and
Mrs. W. F. West, was recently
named winner of the American
Legion Essay contest for Person
County, it was announced yester
day. K
His paper was selected as Per
son County’s best and has already
been turned over to the State
Board for Judging in the contest
for state honors. The paper en
titled, “A Comparison of the Ad
vantages of American Citizen
ship,” dealt with the advantager
citizens in this country enjoy over
those of other countries.
Young West is an outstanding
student of the local school, being
editor of the “Rambler,” student
publication, and connected with
many other extra curricular acti
vities including the triangular
debates. Last year he won the
English cup given by the Woman's
club for the best written theme
of the school year.
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Allgood Pupils
In Recital Friday
Miss Lisette Allgood will pro.
sent her music pupils in their an
nual recital at Central school
auditorium tomorrow evening at
8 o’clock, it was announced re
cently.
Miss Allgood has arranged an
interesting and varied program
for tomorrow night’s event and a
large audience is expected to at
tend this program of the com
mencement season. Miss Allgood’s
pupils are students in the schools
at Roxboro, Ca-Vel, Longhurst
and Leasburg.
Those participating are as fol
lows: Beatrice Fulcher, Bernice
Dixon, Constance Lunsford, Caro,
lyn Featherston, Juanita Dixon,
Patsy Beam, Sara Mangum, Sarah
Dunn, Peggy Roberson. Sonny
Walker, Nancy Lea
Lena Dunn, Lorene Dixon, Caro
lyn Willis, Jean Paylor, Nadine
Castle, Mildred Carver, Shelly
Millican, Ann Brigs Moore, Mad
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