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LENOIR HIGH HASNAHONALLY FAMOUS BAND Musical Organization Start ed By Banker Who “Fool ed With A Fiddle.” Lenoir ln business circles Lenoir is perhaps best known as a furniture manufacturing center, but to the average Carolinian this thriving city is outstanding be cause of its high school band. Other high seools have a foot ball team. Lenoir as a band. With a student body of only 450, the band enrolls 130, and there is a constant waiting list of around 200 students who want to play. On the basis of its enrollment, Lenoir should compete in state contests in B class, but since 1928 it has insisted on competing a gainst all comers on equal foot ing. So acknowledged has become its standard that the Lenoir band (as well as the Charlotte high school band) did not enter the state contest at all in 1939 but was given eligibility to go direct to the southern regional contest. Origin of this remarkable musi cal aggregation is largely bound up in the accidental careers of a banker who “fooled with a fid dle” and an absconding bandmas ter. It Started In 1923. After a crowd had gathered one night in 1923 to hear a concert scheduled by the newly organiz ed Americon legion band, it was discovered that the bandmaster had disappeared. James C. Har per, a banker who had come to Lenoir to manufacture furniture, agreed to lead the concert. After a time the legion band disinte grated, and the post donated the musical instruments to the Le noir high school. His reputation firmly estab lished as a bandmaster, Mr. Har per was drafted to direct the new band as an avocation. So inter ested did he come in the possi bilities of the new aggregation, .however, that he gave up manu facture and turned his full at tention to the band. Pretty soon Lenoir realized that although the school athletic teams won and lost, the school band won every time. It had cleaned up the class B musical field in the state and had return ed home with trophies won over large city schools. Pride of pos sessions gripped Lenoir, and prestige developed the band. Now the band boasts of 130 members, and affiliation is so prized that the youthful music ians dare not loaf on the job less another on the waiting list step into his or her shoes. It now has a full-time director, a librarian, a secretary and two instructors —all except the director paid from private subscriptions. A $40,000 three-story plant has been pro vided especially for the band by ILenoir citizens, aceommodlating sound-proof practice rooms, an assembly hall, glee club rooms, a two-way audio system, a sub stantial library, repair shop, “make-up” room and lock up compartments. Nationally Famous In addition the band owns its own trade mark, duly registered, two large buses and an instru ment truck for transportation and wardrobe and property depart ment. There are no less than 35 volumes in its scrap-book library, for bandmasters from schools and universities all over the country have been touched by the wide publicity given the band, and are writing for more information or coming down to see the thing with their own eyes. The band has appeared in mot ion pictures, done radio broad casting, and made phonograph records. It has its own motion pic ture outfit, and records its pub lic appearances. These pictures are thrown on the screen when they return home and a minute study given them to find ways to improve appearances. Graduates of the Lenoir high school band are making their in fluence felt in college and uni versity musical circles, and have gone out into the professional field to win acclaim. NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN WINS PRIZE AT N. Y. WORLD’S FAIR I 9 I ; Ff :: I I Mr*. George B. Hobeon, of Llneolnton, N. C., was the two-mlllionth' visitor to the Firestone exhibit at the New York World’s Fair and was awarded a certificate which entitled her td a Bet of four tires made la' the company’s World’s Fair tire factory. BhS Is shown receiving the' certificate from Brownie Carelake, the company’s manager of dealer' relations. 4-H Short Course Starts July 24 , At State College Approximately 1,000 rural boys and girls, representing the 46,- 000 4-H Club members in North Carolina, will gather at State College July 24 for the annual 4-H Short Course. The event will continue through July 29. L. R. Harrill, state 4-H Club leader, and Miss Frances MacGregor, as. sistant state leader, are in charge of arrangements. Registration will begin Mon day morning at 10 o’clock, and ihe first session will ge held that evening in Pullen Hall. It will be an informal program. Col. John W. Harrelson, administration dean of State College, will wel come the delegates at the assem bly period Tuesday morning, after which group conferences and class instruction will begin. Dr. Stanly Smity director of music in Raleigh schools, will have charge of the musical pro gram during the Short Course. He will train a chorus of 100 voices to participate in a Page ant of Progress which will be staged in Riddick Stadium on Thursday evening. Among the principal speakers during the week will be Dr. Carl Taylor of the United States De partment of Agriculture, Wash ington, and Dr. Jane S. McKim mon, assistant director of the State College Extension Service which is sponsoring the Short Course. Team demonstrations, recrea tional programs in the evenings, and tours of the college campus will be other features of the week. New officers of the State 4-H organization will be elected and installed in a Candle-lighting ceremony Friday evening in Rid dick Stadium. Special radio programs, under the direction of Gene Knight, extension radio editor, will be presented daily from the porch of the college Y. M. C. A., with delegates participating. o LEGAL NOTICES SALE OF FARM LAND Under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me as Commissioner of the court by an order of sale dated June 27, 1939, in that special proceeding in the Superior Court of Person County entitled “D. S. Brooks et al vs, Mrs. Rosa B. Gentry, et al” I will on SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1939, AT 12 O’CLOCK NOON at the court house door in Roxboro of fer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash that tract of land described as follows: Lying and being in Allensville Township, Person County, North Carolina, bounded on the north by the lot number 6 of the PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. Caltolina Farm, on the west by Tar River, on the southwest by Tar River, on the east by a pub lic road which separates this tract of land from lot number 10 of the Caltolina Farm, and being lot number 8 containing 61.41 acres and lot number 9, contain ing 52.92 acres, making a total of 114.33 acres, of the Caltolina Farm as shown by map and sur vey by S. W. Masher and J. W. Pugh, Surveyors, recorded in the Person County Registry in Book 29, Page 186. This being a judicial sale the sale will remain open ten days for increased bid of five per cent snd purchaser will be required to deposit ten per cent of bid price as evidence of good faith. Purch aser will be required to pay 1939 taxes. This June 27, 1939. D. S. BROOKS, Commissioner. 7-6-4 t-t.. o NOTICE- LAND SALE By virtue of the powers con ferred on me by that certain deed oi trust, executed by E. T. Stuart and Z. Y. Stuart on the sth day of April, 1937, of record in the office of the Register of Deeds of Person County in Book 8, page 518, the terms of same having r.ot be complied with, and at the request of the holder of the note secured by said deed of trust, I will offer for sale at public auc tion to the highest bidder for cash on the PREMISES in Hollo way Township, Person County, on SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1939, at 12 o’clock M., that certain tract of land in Holloway Township, Person County, North Carolina, and bounded on the North by the North Carolina - Virginia State line; on the East by the lands of W. D. Merritt; on the South by the lands of the estate of J. A. Baird and the lands of Harvey Stuart, formerly Mrs. Laura El len Humphries, and on the West IN DURHAM, N. C. Efird’s July Clearance Sale STARTS TODAY, JULY 20lh And Continues Through Monday, July 31st. A Complete Sell-Out Os All Strictly Summer Merchandise. A REAL BARGAIN FEAST! Every Item Os Summer r\ I Goods Must Be Sold Jgggjggd IO D ®V S 0nl V ' “ DURHAM, N. C. - acres, more or less, and describ ed by metes and courses as fol lows: Beginning at a stake on Eastern branch of Mayo Creek in the North Carolina - Virginia State line, thence with said North Carolina - Virginia State line South 87 degs. East 1930 feet to pointers, Merritt’s corner; Thence South 38 degs. West 3218 feet tc a rock; thence South 55 degs. West 130 feet; thence South 56 degs. 30’ West 675 feet to the center of the (old) bridge across Mayo Creek; thence down Mayo Creek as it meanders to the be by Mayo Creek, containing 233.55 ginning. This tract of land was former ly owned by and known as the “S. C. Humphries Place,” but more recently as the “H. S. Bass Place.” This sale will remain open ten days for an increased bid. The purchaser will be required to make a deposit of 10 per cent of the purchase price on the day of sale. This 20th day of June, 1939. W. D. MERRITT, Trustee. SALE WILL BE MADE ON THE PREMISES. 6-29-4 t-t o NOTICE- RE-SALE OF LAND By virtue of an order made in the Proceeding entitled W. T. Pass, executor of John C. Pass, against Etta Jones Chambers and others, by reason of increased bids having been put on the for mer sale, I will offer for re-sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the Court House door in Roxboro, N. C., on MONDAY, JULY 24, 1939, at 12 o’clock M., the following describ ed lots of land lying and being in the Town of Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina: 2. That vacant lot of land, made up of lots Nos. 9 and 10, as shown by plat of J. H. Howard, Surveyor, of record in the office of the Register of Deeds of Per son County in Book 20, page 516, fronting 160 feet on the Leasburg Public road and extending back from said road 236 feet. These two lots were sold as one lot at the former sale, and they will be The Devil chuckles when Hes ces a home left unprotected by fire insurance* See us and forget Him/ THOMPSON INSURANCE AGENCY Roxboro, N. C. sold at one lot at the re-sale. This lot will begin with the bid of $121.00 at the re-sale. 5. That lot of vacant land ly ing on the South side of the old Bushy Fork road, and described in Sec. 5 of the Report of Sale, and being bounded as follows: On the North by the old Bushy Fork road; on the East by the lands formerly owned by Ed Chisel; on the South by the lands of W. L. Foushee, and on the West by Rox boro Water Works and lot No. 12. This sale will remain open ten days from date of sale for in crease bids, provided further bids are put on at the re-sale. Pur chaser will be required to make a deposit of 10 percent of the purchase price on the day of sale. This July 8, 1939. This lot will begin with the bid of $79.50 at re sale. W. D. Merritt, Commissioner. 7-13-2 T t o SALE OF FARM LAND As Trustee I will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door in Roxboro at 12 o’clock noon on SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1939 that certain tract of land conveyed to D. S. Brooks, Trus tee, by deed of Mrs. D. L. Brooks —.,, 1 , . DR. R. J. PEARCE EYES EXAMINED MONDAYS ONLY Thomas • Carver Bldg. lll^K AT YOUR ELECTRICAL DEAL AT THEIR MODERATE PRICE! CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY rnd T. Carlyle Brooks, Admin istrators of T. C. Brooks, record ed in the Person County Registry in Book 44, Page 161, described as follows: In Allensville Township, Person County, North Carolina, bound ed on the North by the lands of C. R. Russell (now owned by the Greensboro Joint Stock Land Batik); on the East by the lands of Victor Kaplon and Sam Wil son; on the South by the lands of Linnie Pulliam et al and on the West by the lands of Mrs. D. L. Brooks et al, containing 160 acres, more or less, and known as the Griffin place. Said salg will not remain open for an increased bid and the high Business Location MOVED I have moved my Watch Repair Busi ness from Main Street in Green’s Jewelry to my residence on the first street back of Woody’s Funeral Home. I will appreciate it if you will bring your work to me there. All work satisfactory. Come to see me. \ C. A. GREEN THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939 bid received will either be accept ed or rejected on date of sale. Purchaser will be required to pay 1939 taxes. This June 27, 1939. D. S. Brooks, Trustee. We sell Eye Glasses to sat isfy the eyes $2.00 to SB.OO THE NEWELLS Jewelers Roxboro, N. C.
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