IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME X PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
BRILLIANT FOLK
FESTIVAL IS WELL
ATTENDED FRIDAY
Picturesque Scenes Os His
toric America Depicted in
High School Event.
“An American Folk Festival,”
an outstanding event of the local
commencement season was pre
sented by Roxboro High school
Seventh Grades Friday evening,
depicting in song, dance and pan
tomine various phases in the rich
life and history of our country.
Approximately 500 people were
attracted to the school auditorium
for the event directed by Miss
Margaret Harkrader and Mrs.
Sam Byrd Winstead, members of
the faculty. The program was the
first of its kind presented in the
city.
An explanation of the theme as
given at the top of the program
read:
“Our country is so rich in pic
turesque and entertaining ele
ments of life and history that no
single festival could portray them
all; therefore seven episodes of
important events in American
history wil be portrayed in this
Festival. The songs and dances
are symbolic of each era.”
The episodes and characters in
each were as follows:
Episode I - Indians: Jack Hugh
es, Junior White, Blythe Lee, Bas
sel Averette, Buck Latta, Billy
Kirby, Dewey Holleman, Harry
Ashley, Lawrence Jones, Buddy
McClelland, Bernard Whitfield,
" Kelly Carver, Bill Pickering, Dail
ey Frederick, Giles Hurley OIL
ver, Tom Thaxton, and Emory
Sanders.
Episode H - Pilgrims: Virginia
Irby, Bobby Booth, Marion Jam
es, Merial Rimmer, Marion Win
stead, Frank Whitt, Betty Ann
Bradsher, Hilda Long, Edward
Morris, Walace Kirby, Margaret
Davis, Calvin Coats, Frances
Stanfield, Hayden Newell, Har
riet Chambers, Lottie Mae Clay
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SCOUTS SELECTED
FOR WORLD’S FAIR
Seven Boys To Carry Per
son County Colon To New
York Event
Seven Person County scout#
hove been accepted as this coun
ty's quota to attend the World’s
Fair, it was announced here yes
terday.
Ihose who are to attend the
week of June 1-8, the period as
signed to Cherokee Council by
the Fair Committee, have been
selected as follows: Norfleet Um
stead, Beverly Bullock, Billy
Kane, George Cushwa, Jr., Bud
dy Thomas, Billy Garrett and
Elmo Mitchell.
Thirty-four is the quota as
signed Cherokee council. The
troop representing the Council
will be under the leadership of
four adult scouters, selected by
the Camp Committee from ap
plications received.
Widespread interest throughout
the Council ha# been manifested
in the World’s Fair and there is
every indication that Cherokee
will be represented by high rank
ing Scouts for this important ev
ent
The Scouts will be given a
camping location inside the fair
ground taking care of 150 boys.
The full fee for one week at the
Fair Camp will be 810.50. This
will pay for bedding as well as
, food which will be served at
the camp site. The entire cost of
.. the one week stay in New York
| including transportation and all
L necessary expenses will amount
|to less Bum S3O.
ffraon^fedimes
Royalty Sees War
King George VI, second from left, and Queen Elizabeth are shown
watching an anti-tank rifle in action repulsing an "enemy’’ attack in a
sham battle at Stony Castle, Aldershot, England. The king pored over
maps with the field commander, while the queen listened intently to the
explanation of Britain’s latest defense technique.
Herbert, Brooks Addresses
To End Commencement Here
TO BURMUDA
Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Nichols will
leave Tuesday for Burmuda
where they will attend the an
nual meeting of the North Caro
lina Medical society.
Queen Os May
Reigns In Colorful
Event Thursday
Before an audience of hundreds
on the local Central School cam
pus Thursday afternoon, Little
Miss Catherine Rowland, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Rowland,
was crowned Queen of the May
in a brilliant ceremony.
Supported by a cast of hundreds
of costumed children in compli
cated dances, the Queen had as
her Maids of the Court Virginia
Ann Featherston, Louise H. Har
ris, Betty Ann Cushwa, Clara
Dean Garrett, June Woods, Dug
rette Steele, Janice Rimmer, Mar
ion Paylor.
The event, the first of its kind
to be presented in the local
schools, was directed by Miss Vir
ginia Wilson, physical education
director of the Central school,
with musical arrangements in
charge of Mrs. S. B. Winstead.
Other characters recognized in
the May Court were: crown
bearer, Sylvia Bradsher; scepter
bearer, Peggy Wilkins; Fairy
leaders, Alice Lee Boatwright,
Faith Brooks, Anne Briggs
Moore and Sarah CBriant; King
of the Brownies, Moffett Hunter
Spencer; Little Bo Peep, Alice
Long and Ushers, Johnny Horton,
Gene Paylor, Cushie Lanning and
Sonnie Dawes.
The complete program was as
follows:
Processional.
Coronation of the Queen.
Presentation of the Scepter.
Dancing of the Minuet - Fourth
Grade.
Dance of the Fairies - First and
Second Garde Girls.
Partner dance - Second grade.
Indian dance - Third Grade
boys.
American Folk Dance - Fifth
garde girls.
Dance of the Brownies - First
grade boys.
Little Bo Peep Dance - Third
grade girls.
Pyramids - Fifth grade boys.
Dance of the May Pole - Sixth
grade Girls.
Recessional.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Baccalaureate Sermon To
night At 8 O’clock; Finals
Tomorrow.
Commencement addresses here
tonight by Rev. J. Furman Her
bert, former Methodist pastor
here, and tomorrow night by Hon.
Aubrey L. Brooks will conclude
the finals program for 66 Rox
boro High school seniors.
Mr. Herbert will preach the
annual baccalaureate sermon in
the school auditorium tonight at
8 o’clock and a capacity crowd is
expected to attend this event.
Local churches are dispensing
with their evening services to
night in order to cooperate with
the commencement program.
Music will be in charge of the
high school glee club under the
direction of Mrs. S. B. Winstead.
Tomorrow night at 8 o’clock
the high school auditorium
will again be the scene of the
program when the prominent
Greensboro attorney delivers the
literary address to the Senior
Class. Diplomas will be presented
along with special awards to the
members of the graduating class.
Following the usual custom, J. A.
Long, as chairman of the school
board, will present the diplomas
to the graduates.
Brooks is a member of the law
firm of Brooks, McLendon and
Holderness, one of North Caro
lian’s most prominent legal firms.
He has a statewide reputation as
a speaker and his address will be
one of the highlights of the sea
son in this county.
Rev. Herbert ,now at Rocking
ham, is well known throughout
the county and his selection by
local school officials will be well,
received by a large throng.
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OPERATION
Mrs. Coy Day, who underwent
an appendectomy at Gentry
Williams hospital Friday, is get
ting along nicely.
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NO EXAMS THURSDAY ~
B. H. Hutchinson, drivers li
cense examiner, will not be here
for his scheduled visit Ihursday,
it was announced. He will be at
tending a safety meeting in Ra
leigh.
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CLERK CONFINED
Miss Sue Bradsher, clerk of
court of Person County, has been
ill at her home on South Main
street for the past several days.
Her condition is considered to be
better.
Vaccination
Tours To Begin
In County Soon
Dr. A. L. Allen, county health
officer, yesterday colled attention
to the fact that typhoid season is
here and announced that the re
gular summer schedule of vaccin
ation tours will begin in the
county May .15.
Since no clinic point will be
visited within the' city.limits, he
said, those requiring Vaccination
should come to the health of
fice. The schedule for vaccina
tion at the health office will be
Wednesday afternoon and Satur
day morning. At no other times
will it be available. This sche
dule has already been inaugurat
ed, he said.
Continuing Dr. Allen ex
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FLUOROSCOPE I
The Fluoroscope machine for
examining tuberculogi* suspects
will be at the local health depart
ment at 10 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing, Dr. A. L. Allen Said yester
day.
Those who have been notified
as well as many others who would
like to be examined should be at
the health office at this time.
plained, “Immunity afforded by
typhoid vaccine is exhausted be
tween the second and third year
after inoculation; therefore, it is
advisable to have vaccinations a
gainst typhoid at least-every three
years and perfenbly every two...
“It is not recommended for
children under six to-take the
typhoid vaccination unless expos
ed to the disease. They should be
given diphtheria vaccination if
this has not been done hereto
fore.”
Discussing the disease further
he said, “It is probable that peo
ple past middle life are less sus
ceptible than young adults and
probably acquire an immunity
from a series of vaccinations
which is permanent.”
Along The Way
With the Editor
Gus Deering has 57 varieties of vegetables in his garden. Gus
is figuring on a hard winter and he intends to have all that he
needs. K. L. Street, his neighbor, is lending him all the encourage
ment that he is capable of and trying to stay on the good side of
Gus.
But the best garden in RoxibOro belongs to Logan Umstead,
tobacco buyer of this city. Logan has been nursing his garden like
a man nurses his first bafoy. It is said that each individual plant has
received individual treatment.. When he sees a cloud in the sky he
runs out with a little fertilizer and puts it around the plants that
need attention, then waits for the rain. Umstead will probably teach
Marquis Lawrence a few things about gardening. Marquis lives next
door and claims to be somewhat of an expert in this particular line.
Now he is hanging his head in shame.
S. F. Nicks, Jr., our new mayor, voted bright and early Tues
day morning. It is understood that he voted a straight ticket there
by voting for himself as mayor. He tried his first case Thursday
and the costs ran something over a dollar. Nicks gets the dollar and
so he is now actually on the payroll. He believes that he will make
a good mayor. Others are waiting to be convinced.
Please tell us what is going to happen to a few of the fellows
around here who have wives that teach school. Now that school is
out they cannot draw their wives’ salary. It is understood that they
are really up against a problem. Attention Carl Winstead, Dr. Nich
ols, Ben Brown, Billy Montague and others.
If it wasn’t for the Kiwanis club Dewey Bradsher’s dogs would
starve to death. Dewey goes to the dinner meeting every week and
then asks those who serve the meal to save all the scraps for his
dogs. They get fed at least once a week and that tides them over un
til the club meets again.
Hurray for Bill Minor, he has been elected secretary and treas
urer of the Persop County Fair. After all these years Bill may a
mount to something. Anyway, Taft Perkins is going to give Mm a
chance. The boys are all pulling for him.
Yes, Harvey Clayton, of Greenville, is getting on fine. We re
ceived his renewal check last week. That boy is going to make a
name for himself.
D. W. Ledbetter, O. T. Kirby and C. B. Kirby must have plenty
of money. These boys own the house on the East side of Lamar
itreet next to Roxboro Roofing company and across from the church.
Recently they started in to repair this house and the grounds. Now
the job has been completed. Everything looks 200 per cent better
and the boys must have spent a pile of dough. It must be nice to
iave plenty of money or to make out like you have plenty. Axt old
moral is—“ Hold your bead high sod die poor.”
School Board Elects City
Teachers; Wirtz New Coach
Yankee Clipper
Shown above is the world’s largest airplane which recently un
derwent a series of trial flights in preparation of an air passenger
service to Europe by the Pan-American Airways.
Bahama Senior Awarded
Scholarship Through UDC
Daughter of Former Resi
dents Wins Award To W.
C. U. N. C.; Outstanding
Honor.
Miss Rachel Long, of Bahama,
daughter of the late Will Long
and Mrs. Lucille Long, has been
awarded the United Daughters of
the Confederacy scholarship. This
scholarship is coming to Miss
Long through the Roxboro chap
ter of the U. D. C., but it is aw
arded on a basis of all the chap
ters in this district cooperating.
The scholarship is for W. C.
U. N. C. and is based on a four
year record of high school work.
Grades and many other qualifica
tions were considered by the jud
ges before the final selection was
made. Fifty applicants were in
the field for this honor and the
SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1939
selection of Miss Long is consid
ered quite an honor for this
young lady.
Both Mrs. Long and family and
the late Mr. Long are former re
sidents of Roxboro.
Mrs. Long taught school in
Roxboro and Mr. Long was con
nected with the Bank of Rox
boro. During the latter days of
his life he served as City Man
ager of Roxboro.
Miss Rachel Long is a senior of
Bahama High school this year.
This is the third time that the
Roxboro chapter’s candidate has
received this scholarship and ac
companying honor.
RECITAL ==!
The piano pupils of Mrs. Wal
lace Woods will be presented in
recital at the Central school audi
torium Tuesday night at 8 o’-
clock, it was announced yester
day. An interesting program has
been arranged and the public is
cordially invited to attend this
commencement event.
Daring Thieves
Steal Tires, Wheels
From Parked Cars
Sheriff M. T. Clayton is still
on the lookout for the thief or
thieves who removed tires and
wheels from cars belonging to
Johnnie M. Tillman and Taft Co
zart while parked on the Collins
and Aikman parking grounds
Thursday night.
The two cars, Tillman’s a Ford
and Cozart’s a Studebaker, had
been left in the lot around 11 o’-
clock when their owners had gone
into the mill for work on the
third shift. Early arrivals for the
morning shift discovered the
theft.
The thieves left the rear of
Tillman’s car from which the
wheels were taken lying on the
ground. They were kind enough
however, to leave the studebaker
resting on improvised blocks. No
clues as to the identity of the
marauders could be found by the
investigating officers. The guard
on duty immediately across the
street failed to hear any noise
that attracted his attention dur
ing the night.
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“God gives every bird its food,
but does not throw h into the
nest,’*
—Holland
THE TIMES IS PERSON 4 *
PREMIER NEWSPAPER|
A LEADER AT ALL TIME&
NUMBER FORTY-THREE
Applicants For Principal
ship To Be Interviewed By
Group Wednesday.
The city school board in execu
tive session Thursday night re
elected practically the entire fa
culty of the city system and set
Wednesday as the day for inter
viewing candidates for the sup
ervising principalship recently
vacated by J. W. Gaddy, Jr.
The field of applicants for the
principal’s post has been narrow
ed down considerably by the
board and those still being con
sidered will appear before that
body for personal interviews
Wednesday. Whether a successful
candidate will be picked from
the interviews this week is un
known.
To succeed Donald Dunlop, ath
letic director at the high school,
who did not seek to return, the
board named George Wirtz, cap
tain of Wake Forest’s grid team
last fall. Wirtz, a native of prince
ton, Ind., has been a member of
the Bath school faculty since his
graduation at mid-term. Wirtz
played quarterback on last year’s
Deacon team and was considered
an outstanding athlete at the
Baptist school. He will also teach
history in addition to his athletic
duties.
Retiring Principal Gaddy met
with the board at the Thursday
meeting.
Members '® the faculties in the
city system who were re-elected
as follows: Mrs. B. G. Clayton,
Miss Mary Hester, Mr. N. C. Til
ley, Misses Mattie Rogers, Rebec
ca Westbrook, Mrs. Mildred S.
Nichols, Misses Roxannah Yan
cey, Geraldine Spinks, Lucy Bo
wers, Mr. Glenn Titus, Miss Lu
cille Clark, Mr. William Sledge,
Miss Margaret Harkrader, and
Mrs. S. B. Winstead, all of whom
are teachers in the high school.
Mrs. Winstead i§ puljljc school
music director for the entire
tem,
At Central School: Miss Inda
Collins, Mis 6 Claire Harris, Mrs.
V. O. Blalock, Mrs. E M. Bailey,
Misess Frances Rebecca Brown,
Maude Montague, Nellie Byrd
stead, Virginia Wilson, Mrs. W.
Woods, Sue Merritt, Blanche Win-
H. Long and Mrs. Winston Tho
mas Daves.
At East Roxboro: Mrs. Tony
Duncan and Miss Cornelia Satter
field. At Ca-Vel: Mrs. R. W-
Trowbridge, Misses Mabel Mon
tague, Elizabeth Lancaster, Anna
Wooding Winstead and Mrs. Ray
Parrish. Miss Louise Stephens
was elected to succeed Mrs. Ben
Brown as a member of Ca-Vel’»
faculty. Mrs Brown was not •
candidate for re-election.
Longhuret: Mrs. Emory Win
stead, Misses Bonnie Wright,
Noma Rogers, Kathleen William*,
Minnie Allgood, and Mrs. J. W.
Montague, Jr.
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THE BUSINESS WEEK
Department of Commerce re
ports a gain of $200,000,000,000 in
wholesale industry for the first
quarter of the year as compared
with 1938 ... Steel production,
while steady, eased off to a 49
percent in the week. Sec. of
Commerce Hopkins is expected
to announce a definite program
within a fortnight for the stimu
lation of business ... It is be
lieved that the Appalachian bi
tuminous coal operators, dead
locked for a month with the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America over
a new labor contract, will shortly
offer a compromise plan. In the
meantime, coal shortage is cur
tailing operations in many in
dustries, notably steel.