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I ' • THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939 (NUMBER SEVEN
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lCarlton Assumes
Duties Tomorrow
Veteran Attorney To Con-
El -ginue Advisory Association
1 Wlth Law Firm
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R* Hon. Luther M. Carlton, vete.
p lan local attorney, tomorrow
fl' takes over office as Postmaster
p for the City of Roxboro.
p The new postmaster received
WMs commission from the post of-
K lice department Tuesday, signed
Hlpy President Franklin D. Roose
-B|/.velt and' Postmaster General
ipMFarley. Carlton received highest
rating by the civil service com
p ithission following examinations
Eg|sld here last winter. Appoint.
ment by the president and final
|p confirmation by the United
p- States Senate was made earlier
C this month near the end of the
past session.
p Carlton suceeds K. L. Street
who has held the position as act-
P ing postmaster since the death of
f Dr. E. J. Tucker several years
p* Ago.
I With regard to speculation con
i' cerning his law practice, Carlton,
S’ in a statement yesterday, said he
|‘ would continue in an advisory
i capacity his association with the
; law firm in which he has been
K senior member. He pledged him-
I" self to comply strictly with the
t rules and regulations of the post
p office department. His complete
ft statement follows:
receiving the appoint-
as postmaster, my friends
| |md a large portion of the pub
y lie want to know what my re-
I lation to the practice of law will
be. Holding a public office, they
i are entitled to know,
i “I plan to continue my mem
|. bership with the County Bar and
in the North Carolina State Bar.
- My association in the local prac
, tice will continue with Mr. T. F.
Davis, with the possible addition
| of S. B. Davis, Jr., under the firm
| name of Carlton, Davis and Da
-- vis. My association with this firm
I will be in an advisory capacity,
C as my entire time during the
| busines hours of the day will ne.
f' cessarily be devoted to postof
k fice duties, and I shall comply
5 strictly with the rules’ and regu-
Jations of the Department.
| “In retiring from the active
practice of law, after nearly forty
years at the Bar in this County,
I would be reluctant to sever re
lations entirely with my old
clients and friends who have been
so gracious and kind to me, and I
can see how at times I shall be
v lonesome for lack of contact and
• daily association with the breth
i ten of the Bar.”
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The Top!
m
r j l We announced in the begin
ning of the month that we had
f. : --jp*epted a quota of $50,000 pro
duction in life insurance for the
ffaUenon Standard Life Insur
ance Company during the month
- 4& August. We are pleased to an
nounce that through the cooper
ation and efforts of oiir friends
and considerable work on our
we have not only reached
o«r quota but have exceeded it
j by more than SIO,OOO.
want to take this opportu
:s nlty to express our sincere appre. I
elation to everyone who assisted
us directly or indirectly in reach
ing this huge volume of business.
- Our agency offers you 39 years
Os experience with quality con
£ tracts for every known type of
g insurance. For every insurance
need you will find us well quali
| fied to adequately protect you.
THOMPSON INS. AGENCY
.E. G. Utbmpson W. G. James
(Puny) Allen
Irnonmiimes
CLOSED
The Peoples Bank will be clos
ed all day Monday for Labor
Day, it was announced today.
State Officer
Confers Here
On New Project
Dr. G. M. Cooper, assistant
state health officer, conferred
here Tuesday with Dr. W. P.
Richardson and Dr. A. L. Allen,
district and county health offi
cers respectively, with regard to
the proposed Maternity and In
fancy demonstrations which will
become an important phase of the
local health program.
This demonstration plan. Allen
pointed out following the confer
ences, will require some time in
execution and it will probably
be the first of next year before
it begins functioning smoothly.
Holloway, Woodsdale and Cun
ningham townships and now be
ing studied specially as the like
ly locale for the project.
The full cooperation of the
health and welfare departments
as well as the county medical
society and county officials will
be required before the plan,
which will require an additional
nurse who will devote all her
time to instruction of certain mid
wives and helping physicians in
private cases when called, can
be put into operation. The dem
onstrations are designed to eli
minate in so far as possible the
practice of midwifery and re
duce the hazards of child birth a.
mong the county’s lower classes.
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Social Agencies
Council Meets
Members of the Council of Soc
ial Agencies, meeting at noon yes
terday at Hotel Roxboro, discuss,
ed the proposed “milk fund” for
this county.
The regular meeting, presided
over by President Mark Lawren
ce, was given over to this discus
sion. Only a small part of the
membership of the council was
on hand for this regular meet
ing. i
An executive committee meet
ing to discuss this project further
will be held tomorrow.
John Lang, N. Y. A. adminis
trator in North Carolina, has been
secured as the speaker for next
month’s meeting.
Teaching Roster For New
Person County School Year
Several New Teachers
Make Bow In System Next
Week.
Superintendent R. B. Griffin
yesterday in releasing the com- 1
plete roster of teachers for the
1939-40 Person - County school
term said a total of two instruc
tors had been gained over the
previous year.
An additional teacher was al-.
lotted to Roxboro High, Bethelj
Hill and Mt. Tirzah grammar |
schools while one was lost in the
Roxboro elementary district c
New teachers-to. the city sys
tem include George Wirtz, suc
ceeding Coach Donald Dunlop,
Postmaster
Hon. L. M. Carlton tomorrow will take over his duties as post
master for the City of Roxboro. He has practiced law here for near
ly 40 years and will continue his association in an advisory capacity.
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Legion Sponsors
Safety Campaign
Mayor Nicks Issues Pro
clamation In Interest of
Drive.
The local American Legion post
will sponsor an extensive safety
campaign among Roxboro and
Person County school children
during the coming year, Post
Commander R. H. Shelton said
this morning.
Mr. Ritchie, an expert in the
field is here in Roxboro to put
on the drive which has been
successful in other cities during
the past few years. Mr. Ritchie
could not be reached by the
Times late this afternoon for fur
ther details on his plans.
Commander Shelton said liter
ature and folders would be dis
tributed throughout the entire
school system while placards and
posters depicting th hazards and
dangers which school childem
face would be distributed in all
parts of the city and county.
Mayor S. F. Nicks has issued
the following proclamation in the
interest of the Legion Safety
campaign:
Miss Ruth Dillard Johnson, teach
er and librarian, Miss Alice Lee
Goodman,- french and latin teach
er, Mrs. Isabel Dunn Rabon, home
economics, Frederick A. Moore,
teacher and band leader, and
Mrs. Sarah Armfield Moore, sev
enth grade instructor.
Other teachers new in the coun
ty system are Mrs. R. B. Dawes,
j Cunningham, Miss Charlotte
. Peebles, Miss Elizabeth Nichol
, son, Miss Mary Louise Hester,
I Bethel Hill, -William S. 'Humph
ries, at Allensville, Miss Eloise
Hester, Mt. Tirzah, and Miss
Maria Richardson, Hurdle Mills.
Several members of last year’s
See TEACHERS Back Page
Mayor Nicks
Endorses Legion
Safety Drive
PROCLAMATION
With the realization of
the importance of educating
the public upon the subject
of safety, I hereby whole
heartedly endorse the Safety
Campaign which is being
sponsored by the American
Legion.
The loss of life is not the
only price that we pay for
our negligence while travel
ing. Three or four times the
number actually killed are
injured, many of them ser
iously and some left help
less for life. Many homes
are broken up or left in
want when the bread-win
ner is removed by death or
injury.
With these facts in mind,
I earnestly solicit the co
operation of all the citizens
of Roxboro to make this
Safety Campaign a real
“Save-A-Life Program.”
S. F. N.CKS,
Mayor of Roxboro.
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New Store
For Men Opens
On another page in this issue
may be found the formal announ
cement of the opening of Foushee
Clothing store for men.
This new enterprise is being
operated by Emory Foushee, who
invites all his friends to visit him
in the new locaton, in the same
building with Roxboro Shoe store
on Main street here.
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“Everyone lives by selling
something.”
—Stevenson.,
Students, Teachers Await
Opening Gong Wednesday
Minor Changes
Only In School
Bus Schedules
The truck schedule for the
county has been arranged by rep
resentatives of the State School
commission and accepted and
approved by the County Board of
Education, Superintendent R. B.
Griffin said yesterday.
According to Griffin, the routes
are practically the same as last
year and the few changes are mi
nor. The same number of busses
are in operation for the white
children as in the previous year
while one additional bus has
been provided to transport high
school students to Person County
Training school. This bus begins
its route in the vicinity of Flat
Woods school near Helena and
goes on a drect route to accommo
date high school students of Mt.
Tirzah colored school, Flat Woods,
Salem, Saloam and St. James,'
thence to the Oxford road and di
rectly to Person County Training
school. This will enable the for
mer bus to come up by John Q.
Yarborough’s store at Allensville
into Roxboro by Brooksdale.
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Local Minister
Is Bethel Hill
Opening Speaker
Rev. Thomas Hamilton, pastor
of the Presbyterian Church of
Roxboro will-deliver the opening
address at Bethel Hill school,
Wednesday morning, September
6 at 9 o’clock. School patrons are
invited to be present.
All Bethel Hill teachers will at
tend the county-wide teachers’
meeting at the Roxboro Central
School Tuesday, September 5 at
10;30 a. m. On the same day at
2:30 in the afternoon the local
meeting will be held at Bethel
Hill School.
Parents are urged to start their
children the first day of school.
The supplementary book rental
fee of 75 cents for students in
grades one to seven will be the
same as last year. Free basal text
books will be issued the first day
of school.
In place of renting individual
high school text boks this year,
each student will pay a flat fee
of $2.40 for which he will re
ceive the use of all necessary
books and a dictionary.
All the classrooms have been
painted and the interior of the
school buildings present a much
See BETHEL HILL Social Page
Vocational Training Is
Big Item In Person School
Well-Organized Depart -j
merits In Practically All
Schools.
While all that is needed is not
provided, a liberal amount of vo
cational training is carried on in
practically all high schools in the
county, County Superntendent R.
B. Griffin said yesterday in com
menting .upon the opening of the
schools next Wednesday.
In Roxboro. hfgh school three
departments are maintained;
that is, home economics, indust
rial arts and shopwork, and
a weli patronized business cour
se, the latter with two teachers.
At Bethel Hill two departments,
Pre-school
Schedule
FRIDAY afternoon, 3 o’-
clock - Principals meeting
with County Superintendent
- Grand Jury Room, Court
house.
SATURDAY morning, 9:30
o’clock . Truck drivers and
principals responsible for
transportation of children -
Grand. Jury Room, Court
house. _
TUESDAY morning, 10:30
o’clock - County-wida col
ored teachers meeting. Also
local teacher’s meetings with
principals Tuesday afternoon.
Speaker at Tuesday morn
ing’s county-wide meeting -
B. D. Bunn, superintendent
of Granville county schools
and instructor in Wake For
est’s summer school.
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Civic Leaders
Hear Music
Store Salesmen
Representatives of local civic
and social organizations which
are engaged in a drive for funds
to equip a band at Roxboro High
school met in the high school
auditorium this morning and
heard propositions from two mu
sic sales companies relative to
to purchasing instruments.
Principal H. C. Gaddy presided
over this morning’s meeting and
introduced Frederick H. Moore,
newly elected band director for
the schools who introduced the
salesmen, J. L. M. Smith of
Greensboro and Jimmy Fuller of
Durham.
A band of about 40 pieces is
expected at th ehigh school for
the first year and when this size
has been determined, bids will be
received from the music compan
ies.
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REUNION
The Long-Brooks reunion will
be held at the home of Kenneth
Long on the Leasburg road. The
reunion of these families is an an
nual occurrance and all connect
ed with either family are invited
to come and bring a basket.
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ERROR
The Times calls attention to an
eror in the advertisement of Fou.
shee Clothing store. All suits in
stead of being priced at sls are
priced at $15.50. The error was
discovered too late to make the
correction in the ad itself.
home eoonomics for the girls and
vocational agriculture for the
boys are being carried on. The
same is true at Helena where
there are vocational agriculture
and business departments. Al
lensville and Hurdle Mills have
home economics departments
only.
In the negro schools, the Per
son County Training school main,
tains two departments, home
economics and vocational agricul
ture, both of these departments
being very crowded and addi
tional instructors needed.
In commenting upon this phase
i See VOCATIONAL Back Page
THE TIMES IS PERSON'*
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIME* x
Doors To Swing Open At
Person County Schools
September 6.
Happy vacation days will come
to a close for thousands of Person
County boys and girls Wednes
day, September 6, when the
doors of the 43 schools in the
county system swing open, sign
aling the beginning of the new
term.
School buildings have been re
conditioned, textbooks have been
repaired and augmented, and a
capable faculty has been employ
ed in readiness for the new year.
A first day enrollment of a
round 7,300 is predicted by R. B.
Griffin, superintendent of county
schools.
The county and city system is
made up of 13 white, 29 negro
and one Indian school. The pro
gram of consolidation has brought
a gradual decrease in the num
ber of buildings required to in
struct the youth of the county,
with the result that large well
equipped buildings have replac
ed many of the small inadequate
schools.
A faculty of around 200 teach
ers will make up the school staff
for the new year and the com
plete list may be found in an
other column in this issue. The
teachers are well qualified for
their work through training and
experience. Many of the teachers
are residents of Roxboro and
Person County while a majority
of them are North Carolinians.
Many will reside in the city dur
ing the school year while other
will live in the communty in
which they teach.
First grade children have at
tended clinics conducted by the
health department to prepare
them for attendance at school.
Smallpox vaccinations have been
given them and the general health
of the boys and girls has been
checked in order that any physi.
cal defects that could be remedied
might be removed by the time
the school year begins. Some of
the children have been taken by
their parents to the health de
partment offices forth samllpox
v accination.
Textbooks and readers requir
ed in the operation of the schools
have been placed in the schools
and the book room will begin
functioning Friday morning, re
maining open Friday and Satur
day mornings, all day next Mon
day and Tuesday and each after
noon and Saturday mornings un
til further notice. Elementary
books as previously will be free
and available on the first day of
school. Supplementary) readers
as last year will be rented for a
75 cents flat fee. High school
books are on a flat rental basis
of $2.40, payable at the opening
of school. This entitles each pu
pil to the necessary high school
books and dictionaries allotted to
the classes on the basis of one for
each four rental fees collected.
Meetings of the teachers and
principals will be held prior to
Wednesday’s opening in order
that final'instructions pertaining
to the work ahead may be im- -
parted. A detailed schedule of
these meetings can be found in
another column of today’s issue.
See OPENING Back Page
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RETURNS
Elder G. C. Oakes of Ebeneez
er church returned to his home
Tuesday after attending associa
tions in Maryland and Northern
Virginia. During the trip, he
preached twice in WashlngtoQ
and had other appontments all a
long the journey.