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IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY Local Funds To Match WPA Club Grant Are Provided NEWS OF THE WEEK WORLD’S FAIR TO OPEN New York City—New York’s $150,000,000 World’s Fair opens Sunday to an estimated throng of 1 million visitors for opening day. Statisticians estimate that by November 60 million persons will have attended “The World of Tomorrow”, as the Fair is de scribed. A fire in the Glass Center caused considerable dam age a week before the opening, but it is hoped to have the exhi bit restored in time for the first day’s crowds. FLEET AT CANAL Cristobal, Canal Zone—All ton nage records are being broken this week by the transit through the Panama Canal of the 120 warships of the U. S. Pacific Fleet, suddenly ordered to their West Coast base last week by President Roosevelt. Additional guards were stationed at every vulnerable point along the entire course of the Canal. NEW HORMONE ADDS ENERGY St. Louis, Mo.—Dr. August A. Werner, of the medical depart ment of St. Louis University, an nounces successful experiments with a new male sex hormone that gives added impetus to men tal business application in later life, rather than to the purely physical reaction of rejuvenation. It is the discovery of a Swiss chemist and is about fifty times more potent than the only other known male hormone. o it. Faculty At Bethel Hill Re-elected By School Group ; i ; - —l-i-' 1 • i •-> Bethel Hill’s school committee comppsedyof A. J. Crutchfield, S. P. Gentry and R. L. Hall met with Principal L. S. Cannon at the sohpoLJast Thursday night to se lect teachers and to discuss the I>ses§nt school .year’s wbfk. Principal Lewis S. Cannon was re-elected and after that the fa culty was re-elected. Due to an increase in attendance Bethel Hill will receive an additional teacher. This teacher is expected to be either Mias Burton or Miss Kath ryn Newibom who are graduates cf Woman’s College of the Uni versity of North Carolina. One of' the above will teach public school music, while Miss Johnson will teach an overflow from the fifth and sixth grades. It was stated in the meeting that Mms had been a very success ful school year. Numerous im provements in the school work were noted. All the present faculty has been re-elected as follows: Miss Marie Woody, Miss Emma Lee Koon, Mrs. W. R. Hayes, Miss Lucille Woody, Mrs. Thomas Glenn, Miss Louise Stephens, Miss Louise Cate, Mrs. Ruth Cannon, Miss Kate Johnsdn, Mrs. Brooks Par ver, Mr. W. P. Gibson, Mrs. Ed gar Masten, Mr. A. G. Bullard, Miss Rowena Taylor and Mrs. J, A. Beam. fler 9 on|Mi m t s Citizens In Courthouse Meeting Thursday Night Raise Needed Supplement. Completion of the Roxboro country cluib and golf course ap pears to. be assured and work will be resumed May 8. At a meeting held Thursday night in the courthouse a num ber of interested citizens and dir ectors of the club took steps that Will enable the project to match the last W. P. A. grant of $13,000 with the amount of local money, about $2,000, that was necessary before work could again be start ed on the golf course. It was necessary that the $2,- 000 be on hand or be invested in materials for the job before work would be resumed. Even the grass seed have to be on hand although they will not be used before next fall. The last W. P. A. grant with the other fund is supposed to be enough to give Roxboro a splen did golf course, two tennis courts and repair the club house. If work can continue without interrup tion not so many weeks will be required to finish the project. The Thursday night meeting was presided over by Jack Hugh es. president of the club. Howard Strang, secretary took notes on the meeting. Approximately 18 men were present. o Hurdle Mills School Committee Re-elects Faculty The Hurdle Mills school com mittee meeting with newly elect ed Principal Thomas O. Gentry in the Board of Education office yesterday re-elected its school faculty for the coming year. Miss Ina Rogers, home econ omics teacher during the past two years, has accepted a position in Virginia and did not seek re-el ection. The remainder of the faculty was re-elected and in cludes: H. B. Gentry, Miss Helen Melton, Miss Alma Moore - and and Mesdames J. S. Merritt, Cly de Crowell, J. H. Dickerson and Addie Rogers O’Briant. Members of the committee in clude C. H. Berry, chairman, Charles Norris and Wallace Fou shee. Along The Way -——with the Editor Who was it that said C. G. Chandler was forced to view a ball game in Durham by.'means of a hole in;iistt-fence and who was ilj that said D. D. V. Long stood on top of a car and looked at the game over the fehce? This column waits for those two distinguish ed gentlemen to deny this statement. You know and I know that they would never dream of doing such a thing as this—as long as they hail any money in their pockets. Joe Wilkerson owed the Person County Times two dollars. When he came in to pay his biH he presented a check that was written on the Times and signed by one of the proprietors in payment. No one in the Times’ office wanted to accept the check in payment of the account. Joe insisted that he thought the check was good, but the boys at the Times" office were not so sure about it. Finally they ac cepted the check after Jde had endorsed it. Remember HarVey Clayton who was raised in this county. Har vey now lives in ' Greenville, N. C. We sent him a notice this week. The notice stated that his subscription had expired and that he owed us a dollar and a half. Boy; we will bet two to one that a check comes.right back on the next train. You see it has been rumored that Harvey is doing “pretty well” and if he doesn’t send the check that will be a denial of the fact that he is doing so well. AJigie Jackson is a consistent golfer. That does not mean that he plays a consistent game. It,has been said that he just goes out on the course and bangs away at the’ ball. Where the ball is going no one knows or even dares to venture a guess. Anyway Algie thinks he plays a fair game and as long as he is satisfied there is no need for others to complain. He plays with Teague Kirby and when they arrive at a course the caddies go into hiding. Recent newcomers into the sweat box, that is those who have built or are building houses that run into several thousands of dol lars, include Henry Gates,'Roy Cates, Bryant Barnett, Banks Ber ry and Sam Byrd Winstead. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Seen At The Fair P \ Hal - | If Consul General Kaname Waka- 1 A * J « sugi who as Commissioner General I \ 1 „ X-' "* * Fair, is directing Nippon’s Fair pro- \ S Right: Pearls valued at $1,000,000 | j.| went into the making of this replica » ... 1 I- * erty BeN. a striking Nippon exhibit. New Allensville School Is Pride Os Community Miss Hunter To Participate In Dance Recital Greensboro, N. C. The dance group at Woman’s college of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, will present a pro gram in Aycock auditorium Sat urday evening, May 6. The reci tal will consist of compositions created by Miss Edith Vail, mem ber so the Woman’s college phy sical education faculty, and also by members of the group. Miss Rebecca Hunter of Rox boro will have a prominent part in three of the dances that are listed below. The music for the recital has been composed by Miss Elizabeth Holmes, of Leaksville, a music student, and the costumes will be designed by Miss Peggy Leake of Greensboro, a student in art and designing. The highlight of the program will be a group of dances titled (Continued On Back Page) New Building Opened For First Commencement Pro gram Friday Night. Situated on a knoll which some day will be covered with a thick coat of Mother Nature’s green, the new Allensville school is the answer to that community’s hopes for years and years. Still lacking the finishing touches here and there, the build ing received the first throng of proud patrons as the Seniors held their Class Day exercises Friday night. Other events of commence ment are also scheduled for the new structure made possible by a generous W. P. A. From the outside the building is not unlike recently built schools at Helena and Bushy Fork. Inside, however, school officials call it the most modern and conveniently appointed in this vicinity, containing 8 class rooms and auditorium, newly equipped, containing seating ar rangements for 463, as well as rest rooms, offices and storage rooms. The building might be aptly termed a school teacher’s para dise as each room is equipped with convenience upon conven ience to facilitate the teacher’s work. Designed by W. P. A. Architect William H. Dietrick, the building will please discrim inating teachers and critcal pat rons. sal TWO RECITALS Mrs. Edgar Masten will pre sent her music pupils in two re citals Monday and Tuesday nights at Helena and Bethel Hill res pectively. .Large crowds are ex pected to attend these two ev ents of the commencement sea son and Mrs. Masten has prepared an interesting program for both occasions. Philathea Class The Philathea class of the First Baptist church will have their May business and social meeting at the church, Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. This meeting will spon sor the plan of “bringing a pack age,” buy a package” in order to boost the church building fund. Mrs. R. H. Harris and Mrs. C. L. Moody will act as hostesses, and a full attendance is earnestly de sired. BANK PURCHASES AMAZING MACHINE New Invention Takes Pic tures Os Checks and Repro duces Same by Press Os Button. The Peoples Bank has reoently purchased an amazing invention called “Recordak.” This machine is made by the Eastman Kodak Co. and is designed to offer ad ditional protection both to the bank and to customers of the bank. “Recordak” will be used to photograph all checks that are drawn on out-of-town banks and are handled by the local bank. When any checks are lost by any means such as through the mails, fire, etc., the bank will have a picture of the front of the check and also the back with the en dorsement. One hundred feet of film will photograph 6,500 checks and the operation is so simple that a child can do it. The same machine will also show the pictures of the checks after the film has been develop ed. To illustrate how this machine could prove its value—A mer chant acecpts a check on an out of-town bank and deposits it. The check is lost in the mail. The lo cal bank, therefore could not col lect on the check because it was never presented for payment. The merchant does not remember who gave him the cheek and so (Continued On Back Page) Kiwanktns Will Debate Mot Local Issue Monday Night Nine Months Term To Re ceive Review At Regular Civic Club Meeting Two Roxboro Kiwanians will wax warm and eloquent Monday night when they debate the foL lowing subject: “Resolved that the Roxboro School District Should Have a Nine Month School Term.” M. W. Lawrence will argue the affirmative side of the quest ion and R. B. Dawes will deny all that he says. * Neither of these two men have expressed any opinion as to how they actually stand on this quest ion, but mutually agree that they would debate either side. The meeting will be held at the Community House at 6:30 and the program is in charge of Ben Brown and Baxter Mangum. SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1939 Goerch Tells Local Audience Roxboro Need Is Publicity Hillsboro Man Woman’s Club Speaker Monday The final Woman’s club meet ing of the year will be held to morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock in the local Community house, it was stated here yesterday. With “Gardens and Gardening” the general theme of the pro gram, Norfleet Webb, Hillsboro horticulturist and designer of gardens both at Duke and the University of North Carolina, will be the principal speaker. Mrs. W. T. Pass, chairman of the garden ing committee of the club will be in charge of the program. Another feature of the pro gram will be the introduction of the new officers which have pre viously been elected as follows: Mrs. R. C. Hall, president, Mrs. R. F. Baynes, vice-president, Mrs. W. E. Malone, secretary and Mrs. C. B. Kirby, treasurer. The public is invited to attend Monday’s meeting and benefit from the discussions on the pro gram. o ALL’S QUIET ON ELECnONFRONT Opposition For Mass Meet ing Nominees Lacking As Election Day Nears A municipal election for city officials for the next two years scheduled for Tuesday promises to be as quiet as a tombstone af ter sundown with all candidates nominated in the April 13 mass meeting unopposed. Two weeks have passed and other candidates for Mayor and the five positions on the board are as scarce as dental needs a mong poultry. S. F. Nicks, Jr. is the candidate for Mayor and George Cushwa, George Kane, Gordon Hunter, Lester Brooks and Preston Sat terfield, incumbents, seek re-el ection for the Town board. A voting booth will be placed in the town office and probably just enough votes will be cast to make the proceedings legal. Iri charge of polls will foe A. S. de- Vlaming, registrar and H. L. Cro well and L. T. Bowles, judges, Elected by the board some months ago. Knight’s Agency Moves Quarters We are now in our new quar ters on the corner of the Hotel Roxboro building and will be glad to have you come to see us there. It’s just two places of busi ness from where we were for merly located. If you are interested in build ing a home costing $3,000 or more we are able to have it financed for you. We can also finance a car purchased on monthly terms and fire and auto insurance by the month. Knight’s Ins. Agency o Gold production in Australia last year was the highest for more than 20 years. THE TIMES IS PREMIER NEWSPAPER! A LEADER AT ALL TIMES- NUMBER FORTY-TWO Editor Os State Is Speak er At Gala Chamber Os Commerce Banquet Friday. Carl Goerch, North Carolina’s ambassador and minister pleni potentiary of good will, told Chamber of Comerce members and their guests at the organiza tion’s annual banquet Friday night that what Roxboro need ed was more publicity of its ad vantages and assets. Goerch, who is publisher of The State magazine and radio com mentator over Raleigh’s station W. P. T. F., was the principal speaker at the annual event held at Hotel Roxboro. Approximate ly 125 people were present to en joy the hospitality of Roxboro’a master chef, Karl Burger, and the program as arranged by Mel vin H. Burke, secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce. In illustrating his point the speaker asked “What do you think of when I mention the town of Wallace.” Immediately a chorus o.f “strawberries” came up from the audience. The correct ans wer came back for Wilson and several other towns who are not ed for some special product. He advised Roxboro to publicise some of the outstanding assets and make the town known favor ably from one end of the state to the other. Goerch was introduced by F. O. Carver, Jr. who described him as a Northerner “who had come South rather hastily.” The speaker complimented North Carolina, saying the last six years cf his life, during which he has traveled into every section, have been the happiest he had known. He urged the local Chamber to go after more members and be come larger and more useful to the town, citing the case of Lum berton, a town about the same size as Roxboro, whose Chamber membership was nearly three times that here. R. L. Harris acted as toastmas ter for the evening in his usual humorous style and introduced the special guests of the evening^ S. M. Bason, district highway commissioner of Yanceyvllle, A. F. Sewell of Philadelphia and X. F. Sherman of Providence. R. L He read a congratulatory tele gram from W. H. McCullough, president of Collins and Aikman. of Philadelphia. o Health Staff To Attend, State Meetings 2 Days - The local health staff will at tend a meeting of the Nortii Carolina Public Health associa tion in Greensboro Monday »«w» Tuesday, Dr. A. L. Allen said yes terday. J. A. Westbrook, sanitary en gineer in the Person-Orange*. Chatham district, will appear on. ■; the program. Following the state meetißj» Jc which concludes Tuesday, Miar Blanche Vincent will arrive to take over her duties as I*l w _ public health nurse with cal department. She suoee&fe .J Miss Mary Hicks, who jured in an automobile several weeks ago. “Go not into the way of the unchristly, but wheresoevef recognize a clear God’s likeness, there aKfafr , s ., confidence and hopA"