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CENSUS QUERIES DIG DEEP
Washington, D. C.—ln prepara
tion ior next year’s national cens
us, a trial will be made in two
Indiana counties beginning next
month. Hie new blanks carry
28 questions and go into details
never before sought in a U. S.
census, especially in matters af
fecting employment and social
problems.
HUNGARY REFUGEE PLAN
Budapest, Hungary —An offic
ial government newspaper an
nounces that the Foreign Minist
er would sound out the United
States on a plan to send 400,000
Hungarian Jews to the U. S. in
exchange for an equal number
of Aryan Hungarians now resi
dent in America who might de
sire to return to their native
land.
SNOWSLIDE BURIES
CLIMBERS
Glacier, Wash. Nineteen
survivors out of a party of
25 students of the Western Wash
ington College of Education fear
that six of their companions
perished in- an avalanche that
engulfed them while scaling the
sides of lofty Mt. Baker, near
here. The snowslide struck them
at a height of 10,000 feet.
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Rotarians
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Outdoor Meeting
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Rotarians and their wives (or
sweethearts), 82 strong, met
' Thursday evening on the lawn at
John D. Winsteads for an out
door meeting with the picnic
lunch being served by the ladies
of Concord church.
: y A humorous program in charge
of S. B. Davis was the order of
. the evening following dinner and
W. W. Woods had prepared jokes
k and “take-offs” upon the mem
- hers present which brought forth
applause and laughter as each
member was taken care of.
Co-Vice President H. W. New
.-ell presided over Thursday’s
; meeting in the absence of Presi
dent R. B. Griffin who was out
,v <of the city. .•
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EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
1939 Person County FairJl |
Looms As Largest One Yet
Midway Shows and Fire
works Displays By North
1 Carolina Companies.
The Person County Fair, which
will take place September 18-23,
under the direction of R. L. “Bob”
Perkins, President and Manager,
shows evidence of being, the lar
gest fair Roxboro has' ever stag
ed, officials announced yester
day.
Exhibitors have already begun
requesting space ’in the fair
grounds for their special accom
plishments.
Smith’s Greater Atlantic Shows
will be the producers of enter
tainment this year. Those famous
shows are from our own state of
North Carolina, K. F. “Brownie”
Smith, Manager, having been
born and reared in Salisbury, N.
C.
Fireworks will also be display
ed by a North Carolina company,
the Dixie Fireworks company of
Zebulon. This company is the
largest fireworks distributor in
the South. These displays will be
different from any Roxboro citi
zens have ever witnessed. They
will show what our soldiers saw
during the World War. “We are
thoroughly satisfied that every
one present will greatly enjoy
these displays,” President Per
kins said in commenting upon
the coming attraction.
Large and attractive premium
books are being published and
will be distributed at an early
date.
All in all, the 1939 Person
County Agricultural Fair is ex
pected to be the most entertain
ing and educational fair ever
brought here, it is believed.
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Tobacconists
ToTeave For S. C.
The following local tobacconists
are leaving the first c-f this week
for South Carolina and Border
tobacco markets m hich open
Tuesday for the 1939 selling sea
son:
Wallace Harris, Whiteville, N.
C.; Jack Hambrick, Whiteville, N.
C.; Landon Harvey, Kingstree, S.
C.; Glenn Brandon, Mullins, S.
C.; Roy Cribb, Lois, S. C.; George
Perkins, Lois, S. C.; Henry Ser
geant, Darlington, S. C.; E. V.
Boatwright, Timmonsville, S. C.;
S. B. Winstead, Fairmont, N. C.;
T. T. Mitchell, Conway, S. C.;
Bob Oakley, Conway, S. C.
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Final Week
At Cherokee
Opens Today
The fifth and final week at
camp Cherokee opens this after
noon stated Charlie Harris, Chair
man of Camping for-the Person
County district.
The Person County district has
been well represented at camp
and all Scouts attending report
one of the most enjoyable weeks
at camp ever experienced.
Attendance for the past four
weeks has ranged from 75 to 93
boys. Any Scouts who have not
yet attended Camp Cherokee are
urged to come out Sunday after
noon and enjoy the final week of
the 1939 season. There are still
around 25 vacancies in this last
period and Mr. Harris states that
he would like for the boys of
Person County district to take
advantage of these openings.
Visitors are cordially urged to
attend the waterfront and life
saving demonstrations put on by
the camp staff Sunday afternoons
at 2:30.
Mr. Harris also stated that the
Person County district had again
won the attendance prize for
Roxboro and that he was expect
ing a large group to attend the
fifth and last period which opens
Sunday. Mr. Harris will be glad
to answer question regarding
camp of those Scouts who wish
to attend.
Along The Way—
With the Editor
J. W. Gaddy came to Roxboro a week or so ago. Or do you
remember J. W. Gaddy, who was principal of our schools last year?
Well, it seems that Gaddy has several good bird dogs that he is
keeping in Roxboro and he has to come here every now and then to
see how the dogs are getting on. Everyone here wonders why he
doesn’t take the dogs on to Goldsboro. If that is the only interest he
has here he could certainly save a lot of time and trouble by mov
ing the dogs.
Rainey Hawkins hopes to get in a little vacation this summer,
but so far he has not been able to catch a free ride the way he wants
to go. If you know of anyone who is going to South Carolina and if
this party has room for an extra person tell them to stop in and see
Rainey.
Cliff Winstead and Ivey Featherston left Sunday for Baxley,
Ga., where they will visit friends for several days. They hope to buy
a little tobacco, make a lot of money and catch a ride back home
within a few weeks.
Fred Masten has notified this writer that Charles Wood plans
to devote his undivided attention to squirrel hunting this fall. Fred
says that Charles shoots them through the eye with a rifle and that
he refuses to shoot them anywhere else.
V/ alter James, popular insurance man, has completed his man
sion on the Leasburg road and invites all of his friends out for a
free meal at any time they find it convenient
Bethany Baptist
Church Observes
Homecoming Day
The Bethany Baptist church,
located at Moriah, near the Dur
ham, Person and Granville coun
ty lines, will have a homecoming
service today. A number of neigh
j boring churches of the commun
ity will share in the exercises of
the occasion and the dinner fea
ture.
The principal speaker for the
day will be J. W. Noell, local pub
lisher.
Mr. Noell has represented his
district in the North Carolnia
senate a number of times and is
one of the outstanding citizens of
Person county. He is also moder
ator of the Beulah Baptist asso
ciation and is active in the af
fairs of his church.
Beginning at 10 o’clok Sunday
morning the program will con
tinue throughout the day. The
Sunday school activities will con
sume the first hour of the pro
gram.
Prior to the address of Mr.
Noell, Rev. J. B. Currin, former
pastor of the church, will speak
briefly and direct the devotional
period of the church worship.
One of the outstanding features
of the homecoming will be the
special music. Interspersed ydth
the other items on the program
different choirs will sing special
numbers. The afternoon will be
given over to the visiting choirs
entirely. The following groups
will appear aqordingjjp arrang%-
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Employees
Os Leggett’s
Given Picnic
The annual picnic for employees
of Leggett’s Department store
was held at Loch Lily Thursday
night.
Practically all employees of the
store were present for this event
given by the management each
year as a courtesy to the em
ployees.
A bountiful picnic lunch was
spread on the table at the lake
and all attending report an en
joyable affair.
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THANKS
Johnnie Wade, manager of
Wade’s B. Servicenter, new ser
vice station at the corner of La
mar street and Reams avenue,
yesterday expressed appreciation
to the large number who visited
the Servicenter during its formal
opening last week.
Street Signs Soon To Grace
City’s Main Thoroughfares
Rougemont Visitor Injured
In Accident Near Here
Leg Os H. L. Anderson
Broken In Three Places In
Crash.
Holland Lee Anderson, about
21, resident of Florida, was ser
iously injured about 7:45 Thurs
day night when he lost control of
his car about two miles south of
Rougemont and crashed into a
tree.
The injured man, left leg brok
en in three places and suffering
from other cuts and bruises, was
immediately taken to Watt’s hos
pital in Durham.
Anderson, native of the Rouge
mont community and visiting
there at the time of the accident
but now residing in Florida, was
headed toward Durham when he
apparently ran off the pavement
on the right side and lost control
when he cut back to the left,
crashing into a tree and the a
butment of the bridge, the car
finally coming to a halt on the
bank of a creek. The driver was
pinned in the wreckage and it
took Patrolman W. A. Baxter,
who investigated the accident,,
and other passerbys about 40
ftiihutes to extract him from the
wreckage.
Anderson was alone at the
time of the accident, driving a
1936 model Ford coach. The auto
mobile was almost completely
demolished. Two occupants of
another car, who were not iden
tified, said they passed Ander
son just before the accident and
he did not appear to be driving at ■
an excessive rate of speed.
Patrolman Baxter said the
shoulder of the road where An
derson ran off appeared to be in
good shape and he was at a loss
to explain how he lost tontrol of
the car so completely.
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Person Farmers
Attend Annual
Farm Field Day
Approximately 15 Person
County farmers attended the
seventeenth annual Field Day at
the Oxford Tobacco station
Thursday, County Agent H. K.
Sanders revealed yesterday.
Featuring agricultural, farm
and home improvements, the
day’s program was sponsored by
the North Carolina department
of agriculture, the North Caro
lina Experiment‘station and the
United States department of ag
riculture. On the general com
mittee for the event was County
Agent Sanders of this county.
Featured speakers on the morn
ing’s program included Hon. Wil
liam B. Umstead, Commissioner
of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott, Dr.
R. F. Pool, pathologist N. C. Ex
periment Station, J. P. Vinzant,
U. S. department of agriculture
bureau of entomology and plant
quarantine, James McAlister, dis
trict winner Young Tar Heel
Farmers public speaking contest.
The afternoon was given over
to an elaborate pageant by Gran
ville 4-H club members and va
rious contests in which the visit
ing farmers participated.
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"A creative economy is the fuel
of magnificience.”
—Emerson.
SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1939
Masquerade
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Involved in a minor traffic
mixup, James W. Phipps, was
taken to a Pasadena, Calif., police
station. There a sergeant pene
trated the disguise and revealed
“him” as a woman. Twice mar.
ried, Phipps is the present “hus
band” of Mrs. Mabel Phipps, 50.
For 23 years Minerva "Phipps mas
queraded as a man. “His” first
wife died in 1928.
Second Case
Os Diphtheria
Reported By Allen
The season’s second case of
diphtheria as well as the second
in the last two weeks has been
reported to local health authori-
C
ties, according to Dr. A. L. Allen,
health officer, yesterday morn
ing.
James Bass, 5-year-old negro
child of Timberlake, route 1, was
stricken with the disease last
Monday. The case was diagnosed
as diphtheria by Dr. B. E. Love,
local physician, Friday.
In commenting upon the case,
Dr. Allen again urged that un
vaccinated children be given tox
oid as soon as possible. The state
law, he pointed out, requires all
children to be vaccinated before
entering school.
“In late summer, the season for
diphtheria begins and cases in
crease cn into the fall and early
winter,” he said. He reminded
that diphtheria vaccine is carried
on the typhoid tours throughout
the county and is available for
all unvaccinated children.
New Druggist
Joins Staff
Os Roxboro Drug
Mr. C. Byrd, native North
Carolinian and former State
Drug Inspector, has joined the
, staff of Roxboro Drug company
as druggist, Manager W. Raosome
Frederick announced yesterday.
Mr. Byrd, who for some time
has been connected with Andrews
Drug company of Rocky Mount,
joins the local drug fraternity
highly recommended.
For many years he was con
nected with Eckerd’s of Raleigh,
prior to that time having served
as chemist for Scott Drug Co.
of Charlotte and Raleigh.
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NUMBER THREE
House Numbers Will Be
Designated, City Manager
Indicates.
Before many weeks have pass
ed, Roxboro city streets will be
adorned by handsome new street
signs, it was indicated yesterday
by City Manager James C. Harris.
Bids are bing received from
five companies on the project
and the last bid will be in the
hands of the Manager Tuesday af
ter which contracts will be let,
he said. The Town Board auth
orized purchase of the signs to
designate local streets at one of
its recent meetings.
Once the signs have been in
stalled on all streets, City offi
cials will plot the town and as
sign numbers to all houses and
vacant lots, property owners be
ing required to purchase the
numbers privately, as required by
other cities.
Uniform street signs and house
numbers have been recognized as
an outstanding need here for
many years. The difficulty which
strangers experience in trying to
locate some point in the city has
made this new improvement al
most necessary.
Local officials are also of the
opinion that once local streets
have been officially designated
and houses numbered,- free? city
mail delivery can be installed in
Roxboro.
Several sample street signs
have been on display in the City
Manager’s office for some time,
and from one of these Roxboro’s
design probably will be selected.
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Two Teachers
Are Selected
By School Board
The City school board elected
two new teachers to fill existing
Vacancies at the local high
school at a meeting held Thurs
day night, Chairman J. A. Long
said yesterday morning.
Mrs. Leo Rabon was named to
the Home Economics department
to succeed Miss Catherine Davis
yliile Miss Jessie Pearson of Char
lotte was elected as history teach
er and librarian. She succeeds
Miss Mary Foy Hester, who re
signed to accept a position at a
Kentucky college.
H. C. Gaddy, new local princi
pal, will arrive here next Thurs
day with his family and establish
a permanent residence. During
the past few weeks, he has been
in Chapel Hill working on his
thesis for a M. A. degree.
“Mr. Gaddy is determined,” Mr.
Long emphasized again yester
day, “to make the Roxboro
schools the best in the state.” He
pointed out the increasing pres
tige of the local schools as evi
denced by the increasing demand
of Roxboro teachers by other
schools in this and other states.
ADAIR DRUG OPENS
W. H. Adair, well known lo
cal druggist, this week announ
ced the formal open&g otf the ne\?
Adair Drug store at Ca-VeL The
interior of the store has been
completely renovated; and pro
mises to be one of the moat. at.
tractive in the vicinity. Dr. A
dair, until a few weeks age, was
connected with case of the local
drug stores. r #
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