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Part of the colorful American Legion parade, a feature cf “Hospitality Week,” was the band from the Danville Post, shown
above. Thousands lined the streets to observe the spectacle Thurcda y morning. The above photo is by courtesy of the Durham Morning
Herald.
First "Hospitality Week” Ends Today
Person County Gains Tivo
Teachers In New Allotment
News
Os The
Week
FAIR PASSES 10,000,000
New York—With the achieve
ment of the 10,000,000 mark in
attendance Grover A. Whalen,
President of the New York
World’s Fair, hailed the vast
$150,000,000 undertaking as an
established success. For the first
two months of operation the
daily attendance has been just
short of 200,000 visitors. With the
■closing of schools for the sum.
mer this figure is expected to
show a marked increase.
MARRIED WOMEN
DECRY BAR
Atlantic City, N. J.—The fact
that bills are now pending in
neady half the States in the
Union 'barring married, women
from holding public employment,
was denounced as an entering
wedge of facism in resolutions ad
opted by a conven-sai of the
Eastern Region of the National
Woman’s Party. The resolutions
declare that in denying women
gainful employment, such bills,
‘Return her to the home, thus
losing the feminine gains of the
last 100 years.”
YANKEE CLIPPER
FOG-BOUND
Port Washington, L. I.—While
♦he Pan-American Airways’ At
lantic Clipper discharged her
group of newspaper writers after
the first regular commercial
tound-trip between America and
5 JEurope by plane, her sister-ship,
the Yankee Clipper, Europe
bound with a sailing list of 21
dighitaries of the Executive,
-StatO, War and Pest Office de
| partments, both Houses of Cong
ress and a heavy cargo of mail,
| waited two days for fog to lift
over the little port of Shedic,
'i: New Brunswick, She is on the
Northern course, with 4,369 miles.
| V, cover between here and South
hampton England.
JlfrsoniMinirs
Initial Assignment Based
On Average Attendance
During Year.
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Person County schools gained
a total of two teachers in the in
itial assignments announced by
the State School commission, ac
cording to an announcement by
Superintendent R. B. Griffin.
This brought to 193 the number
of white and colored teachers al
loted to this county, 117 white
and 76 colored.
In the first allotment this
county received one additional
colored high school teacher and
one new white elementary in
structor.
Breaking the allotment down
to individual school districts, the
Roxboro district was the loser in
elementary teachers by one
while Bethel Hill and Mt. Tir
zah took a gain of one each, also
in the elementary division. Last
year Bushy Fork was allowed
one high school teacher, none be
ing allotted, however, thus far
this year, the additional one hav
ing been assigned to Roxboro.
The allotments last week were
based on average daily attend
ance during the past year. Secre.
tary Lloyd Griffin of the school
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commission has indicated that ad
ditional allotments would be
granted after the schools begin
operating, estimating an addi
tion of approximately 150 over
the state. Requests for some of
these, it was indicated, would
be made made then for Person !
County schools, especially foi the !
one lost by the Rcxboro district i
in the initial allotment.
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ANOTHER NEW HOME
G. B. Short has moved into his
attractive new home on the Rox
boro-Longhurst highway next to j
Barnett's Service station. The
residence has just been complet
ed.
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IN NEW HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Byrd Win
stead have moved into their new
home on Barden street, just re
cently completed. The new resi
dence is one of the most modern
and up-tc-date in the city.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA •
Xiwanis Ball Friday Night
Is Brilliant Occasion; Many
Guests.
Today's church services bring
to a clcse the city’s first annual
“Hospitality Week,” a series of
cooperatively planned entertain
ments for guests of the town and
county.
Special services are being plan
ned in a number of churches
throughout the county in honor
of Hospitality Week and guests
and local people alike have been
urged to attend church today.
Friday night the week’s enter
tainment was climaxed by a bril
liant ball in the local high school
gymnasium, with music being
furnished by Jack Wardlaw and
his company of entertainers and
comedians.
Hundreds of local people and
out of town guests thronged to
the scene of the festivities to par
ticipate in the dance and enjoy
the floor shew as presented by
the Byrum school of the dance
of Greensboro.
As the conclusion of the ven
ture draws near, favorable com
ment is heard on all sides for the
successful manner in which ev
ents during the p_.st week have
been managed. Already, it is un
derstood, plans are underway to
make it an annual event.
Unique Contest
Electric Appliance
Announces-
Electric Appliance Company of
Roxboro is announcing a very
unique campaign this week call
ed a “Treasure Hunt.”
Hundreds of keys have been
purchased and will be distribut
ed. A large number of these keys
will fit locks that may be found
at this store. If your key will un
lock one of the locks at the store
you get a very valuable prize.
There are no strings tied to the
offer, you can get a key and it
may be one of those that will un
lock one of the locks. You buy
nothing to get the opportunity of
trying.
This same company is, today,
calling attention to an advertise,
m-ent in this paper. This same ad
was run last year and was voted
the best ad in refrigeration. Over
1,000 newspapers were used in
making the selection and ads
were considered from all these
papers.
Lightning Plays
Havoc At City
Pump Station
Destructive lightning played
havoc at the city puroo station a
bout 4:30 Friday afternoon, doing
serious damage to the huge mo
tor which pumps water from the
rity reservoir high atop Gallows
Hill to homes and business hous
es throughout the city.
Struck by the electrical flash
was the powerline running into
the pump station. Damage was
estimated probably as high as
SI,OOO. The auxiliary motor, al
ways standing by for emergen
cies, is being used until the reg
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Along The Way
With the Editor .
At the “Hospitality Week” picnic iast Wednesday a few things
were done that should be of interest to people in this county. Our
secretary of the Chamber of Commerce was given a prize; he may
not be so proud of the prize, but anyway he got one. The prize was
for b:ing the ugliest person present. There were not many people on
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EVA NEWTON MEliVlft BURKE
“Never Been Kissed” “Uglifst”
hand, only 1500, but Melvin Burke won without a struggle.
A young lady of this city also won a prize. That prize was for
never having been kissed. In order to qualify the girl had to be at
least sixteen years old. Miss Eva Newton of Roxboro won that
prize.
Among the .other highlights of the picnic was Lee Umstead eat
ing pie with his nose and Claude Hall trying to do the same.
Gi nn Stovall also won a nice prize. It must have been for just
looking funny. He always looks “sorter” funny, but this was the
first time he received a prize for just naturally being that way. He
did net “put on” at all.
T. Miller White deserved a prize for spilling .more lemonade
than anyone else, but since he raised the money for it he had a
right to spill it, drink it or give it away.
Roxboro Opening Date Set
Sept 14 1 Two Weeks Earlier
Excited 4-H
Club Members
Return From Camp
An excited bunch of Person
County girls and boys, twenty
nine of them, returned to their
homes yesterday afternoon after
a week of fun and frolic at the
4- H camp at Camp Millstone near
Rockingham.
The group was under the lead
ership of Miss Velma Beam, J.
B. Snipes of the extension ser
vice and Mrs. B. B. Mangum.
The week was packed full of
such camp activities as swim
ming, soft ball, tennis, all kinds
of games, campfires, group sing
ing, talent night, vesper services
and classes in handicraft, first aid
and nature lore.
Those making the trip includ
ed: Pete Pridgen, Jr., Donald
Wilson, Penn Noell, Sara Man
gum, Merilyn Dillard, Nelle
Breeze, Carol Leigh Humphries,
Polly Hall, Billy Wilson, Jr.,
Hazel Slaughter, Carl Slaughter,
Hallie Crumpton, Nellie Ramsey,
Elsie West, Louise Davis, Rich
ard Holeman, Jimmy Holeman,
Hazeline Davis, Nancy Whitfield,
Edith Thomas, Ray Wilson, Ser
ena Crews, Doris Timberlake,
Bob Wagstaff, Esprian Yarboj.o,
Gertrude Berry, 'Peggy Timber
lake, Edna Clayton, Mlary Ann
Howard.
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AT TRAINING CAMP
Lt. T. J. Fowler, sanitarian of
local health department, leaves
today to attend a two weeks Re
serve Officers Training camp at
Camp McPherson, Ga. Fowler was
formerly a member of the United
States ar corp before joining the
State Health department.
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SUNDAY, JULY 2, 1939
BACK HOME
J. J. “Dick” Woody, popular
local funeral director, returned
home Friday from Duke hospital
where he has been confined for
some time. He is much improved
and his many triends wish hir>
continued improvement.
Billy Wilson
Is Outstanding
4-H Club Boy
When the annual 4-H Short
Course is held at N. C. State col
lege July 24 - 29 Person County
will probably have several rep
resentatives from among its farm
boys and girls. One of these will
be Billy Wilson of Timberlake,
who was selected as the outstand
ing 4-H Club boy in the county
for 1938.
The honor carried with it a
scholarship to the State College
event, given by the Chilean Nit
rate of Soda Educational bureau,
of which A. G. Floyd is State
director.
The 4-H Short Course combines
education, recreation, and in
spiration and offers farm boys
and girls an opportunity to ex
change ideas, receive the latest
information on agricultural and
home-making developments, and
engaged in programs of enter
tainment and games.
One of the features of this
year’s event will be a pageant de
picting the 25-year history of 4-
H Club work in North Carolina,
L. R. Harrill state 4-H leader, and
Miss Frances MacGregor, assis
tant state club leader, have sel
ected several county groups to
act out in pantomine and song
the various phases of the youth
training organization.
The annual state 4-H health
contest will be another high
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Zimmerman
Rites Held
Friday; Was 87
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at Oak Grove
church for John Henry Zimmer
man, 87, whose death occurred
Thursday morning at 11:45 o’-
clock. Interment was made in th£
Dixon family cemetery.
Mr. Zimmerman had been in
poor health during most of the
past year. Old age and compli
cations were given as the cause
of death.
Officiating at the final rites
were Rev. M. W. Lawrence and
T. W. Lee.
Surviving are his wife, one
daughter, Mrs. J. K. Whitt, two
sons, Ed Zimmermen of Prospect
Hill and John Zimmerman of
Semora, one brother, G. W. Zim
mferman of Danville, Va.
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Active pall beares included P.
T. Whitt, F. O. Whitt, W. R.
Whitt, W. J. Yarboro, A. T.
Slaughter and Alonza Davis.
Grandchildren acted as floral
bearers.
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OPERATION
Miss Sue Bradsher underwent
an operation at Hospital
yesterday. She has been a pat
ient there for the past few weeks.
No report on her condition could
be learned late yesterday.
THE TIMES IS PERSONH
PREMIER NEWSPAPER!
A LEADER AT ALL TIM 8&
NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
Georgia Markets Scheduled
To Open First July 25;
Meet- Well Attended
September 14, Friday was set
as the date for the opening of
the Roxboro tobacco market and
all other leaf markets in the
middle belt. The date was set by
the Tobacco Association of the
United States at the closing ses
sion of its annual convention at
White Sulphur Springs, Va.
The convention was attended
by a large number of tobacco
warehousemen and tobacconists
from all sections of the tobacco
growing area.
Claude T. Hall, Person County
farm leader, who attended the
session as a farm representative,
was named to two important
governing committees at the con
clus.on of the annual meeting
F riday.
Dates for the opening of mark
ets in other tobacco belts were
set as follows: Georgia markets,
July 25; South Carolina, August
3; eastern, Carolina, August 22,
and the Middle belt, September
7.
Last Dec. 1
The opening of the dark fired
Virginia markets were set for
November 27 and December 1
was the date set for the burly
markets to begin opening.
All markets will be closed cn
November 11 for the observance
of Armistice day, it was decided.
Uniform Grading
Warehousemen were urged by
Tom W. Blackwell, Winston-
Salem, a member of the sales
committee, to effect uniform
grading, elimination of “strain
age,” waste and foreign matter,
better building and avoidance c?
large piles of tobaoco on ware
house floors. Blackwell suggest
ed that the maximum of each
package be limited to 500 pounds.
President J. S. Ficklen, of the
Tobacco Association of the United
States, said the “continuous
shortening of the selling seasor.”
in the flue cured and burly to
bacco districts “present# a most
difficult problem to the buyers
and packers of tobacco.” ** u
“It is evident,” he said, in his
presidential address to the as
sociation’s 39th annual conven
tion, “that some policy satisfact
ory to all must be found, not
only to prevent a further short
ening of the season but to extend
the time of the selling period be
yond that which has been used
for the past several seasons.”
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Young Woman
hijured As
Car Overturns
Miss Thelma Oakley, about 201
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Oakley of Somerset Mills, was
painfully injured about 4 o’clock
Friday afternoon when the car
she was driving overturned: cn
Gallows Hill here.
She was immediately brought
to the Community Hospital where
X-rays were taken of her injur
ies, largely in the neck and chest
regions. She was ordered to re
main at the hospital for several
days for treatment and observa-
Miss Oakley was alone at the
time of the accident. Going south
on the Durham-Roxboro highway,
the car, a Ford V-8 convertible
belonging to Steve Satterfield,
skidded on the wet pavement,
tuqied around and completely
over. ,