IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI
APPRECIATION IS
EXPRESSED FOR
CIVIC SUPPORT
Secretary Burke Writes
Open Letter In Regard To
MljAcet Advertising.
In regard to the campaign to
support the local tobacco market,
Secretary of the Roxboro Cham
ber of Commerce, Melvin H.
Burke, acting on behalf of the
Chamber organization, today is
sued the following signed state
ment to the citizens of this com
munity:
“The Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce is endeavoring to aid the
Roxboro tobacco market by put
ting on an advertising campaign
over Radio Station WPTF; in the
Raleigh News and Observer and
in the two local papers, and the
Chamber organization feels that
the efforts expended have not
been in vain. The Roxboro To
bacco market at the present writ
ing has sold more tobacco in the
opening two weeks than at any
other year in the history of the
market.
“The program which has been
promulgated by the Chamber, of
Commerce necessarily carries
with it a considerable amount of
expense. To those of you of our
community who have so gracious
ly contributed to this worthy
cause, both of time and money,
we take this opportunity to ex
press our sincere thanks for co
operation. Those who have not
as yet contributed in a financial
‘ kray to this undertaking, we
trust, will see fit to do so im
mediately. A campaign to collect
the funds already pledged will
be instituted the latter part of
this week.
“We trust that the program
which we are attempting to carry
on meets with the approval of the
people of this community and we
likewise would appreciate any
suggestions as to how we might
better this program and there
fore make it more beneficial to
everybody concerned.” ■?.
Very truly yours,.
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce,
(Signed) Melvin H. Burke. '
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Dr. H. R. Douglass
To Address Local
Schoolmasters Club
Lewis S. Cannon, president of
the Person County Schoolmasters
club announced today that Dr.
Harl R. Douglass of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, will be
, the principal speaker at the next
meeting of the Schoolmasters
dufcjtb be held at the Hotel Rox
! bo m at 6 ;30 on the evening of
November 14. Members of the
Gfpnville and Caswell county
l Schoolmasters clubs will also be
present.
Or. TV»g laiK is Kenan profes
sor of Secondary Education, and
chairman of the Division of
teacher training at the Univer
outstanding authority on high
sity. Recognized as being the
’ school education, he has just re
signed his position at the univer
sity and will leave Chapel Hill
next March in order to become
■ director of the college of educa
tion at the University of Color
ado.
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I BOARD MEETS FRIDAY
i The board of directors of the
\ Roxboro Chamber of Commerce
| will Hold their regular monthly
£ meeting Friday afternoon, No
| vember 3, at 5 o’clock, according
B* to announcement made Wednes-
K day by Secretary Melvin H.
|L Burlgjt. vAll directors are urged
Irrson^dimes
EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Few Are Hurt
School bus No. 29, serving
students at Allensville, turned
over yesterday on a slick road
near the school grounds, al
though few of the occupants
were hurt, acording to reports
received here by Superintend
ent of Schools, R. B. Griffin.
One boy had a finger cut and
several students were shaken
up.
The bus was being driven by
Wilbur Hicks, whose regular
bus had become stuck in the
mud on the highway. School
officials said Things day that
beginning Monday Mr. Hicks
wil be replaced by Charles
Fox, as driver. The overturn
ed bus was only slightly dam
aged and will be in use by
the first of the week.
FALLS AGAINST WINDOW
W. A. Alexander, resident of
this city, was painfully but not
seriously injured late yesterday
afternoon when he slipped and
fell against a plate glass window
front at Bruce’s store on Main
street. Mr. Alexander received
several cuts from the broken
glass, but was taken to his home
and is reported to be resting com
fortably. He said a fainting spell
overcame him while he was
standing in front of the store.
Announce Cast Os Play To
Be Given By Dramatic Club
“Life Begins At Sixteen”
To Be Presented By High
School dub.
Although a number of Ameri
can novelists and playwrites
have portrayed the youngest
generation with considerable suc
cess and understanding, it is dif
ficult for an adult to compre
hend completely the sorrows, am
bitions and troubles of youth, ac
cording to Mrs. B. G. Clayton,
dramatics instructor at Roxboro
high school, who made this state
ment Tuesday between intervals
of coaching the cast of the cur
rent high school play, “Life Be
gins at Sixteen,” which will ije
presented November 14.
Continuing, Mrs. Clayton ob
served that Booth Tarkington,
whose “Seventeen” was produc
ed by the Seniors of Roxboro
high school three years ago as the
the class play, won great acclaim
as an interpreter of youth, and
she is of the opinion that Hilda
Manning’s “Life Begins at Six
teen” is equally effective as a
portryal of youthful preplexities
and anxieties. Miss Manning’s
drama has received much favor
able criticism.
It will be given by the drama
tic club on the date mentioned
in the Roxboro high school audi
torium, with the following cast;
Paul George Long
Hilda, the Swedish maid
Martha Boatwright
Mrs. Hallis Helen Hall
Mr. Hallis Carroll Spencer
Marjorie, in love .. Eleanor Win
stead
Frannie, twin sister of Paul
Arline Newell
Crandal, a dark villain ........
Billy Murphy
George Ted Parker
Snockie Margaret O’Briant
Members of the Secret Seven
Theo .... Lawrence Featherston
Pidgie Louise Moore
Fattie J. E. Latta
Boots Fay O’Briant
Daisie Katherine Hester
Slsie, a business girl Lois
Pickering
KERR AND BALL
CONTESTS WILL
BE HELD SOON
County Club Women Urged
To Bring Entries To Coun
ty Meeting Monday.
The Home Demonstration club
women of Person county are hav
ing their Ball and Kerr Canning
contests Monday, Noverber 6, at
two o’clock in the Grand Jury
room of the courthouse, accord
ing to an announcement made
today.
For the Ball contest 1 qt. of
fruit and 1 qt. of vegetables are
required, while for the Kerr con
test 1 qt. of fruit, 1 qt. of vege
tables and 1 qt. of meat are re
quired. Twenty entries in each
are required in order to get a
contest prize.
The county winner will send
her exhibit to Raleigh, November
16 to the State Canning contest
sponsored by the Ball and Kerr
companies. Mrs. Cornelia C. Mor
ris, Extension Specialist, directs
the state contests.
Miss Maude Searcy, Caswell’s
home agent, will act as official
judge of the local contest and will
also tell about her trip to Europe
with the Rural Women of the
world.
All members interested in the
canning contests are urged to
gring their entries.
SECOND GRADE
PRESENTS PLAY
Members of Miss Sue Merritt’s
second grade at Central school
gave a Halloween play in the
school auditorium at Chapel per
iod Tuesday. Music was directed
by Mrs. Sam Byrd Winstead.
The cast of characters included
Alice Lee Boatwright, as “Beth”;
Bill Michie, as “Jimmy”; Farnk
Kirby, as “Tom-Tom”; Daphne
Harris, Faith Brooks, Josephine
Blalock, Lucille Rollings, Sylvia
Bradsher and Lila Fay Mondie as
witches, and Kirk Kynoch, Dan
Winstead, Bobby Fox and W. F.
Adcock as ghosts.
The Minutes Count
In Some Instances
Yesterday afternoon a “Times”
reporter found himself helping
other people to “Watch the
clock”.
It came about in this wise, af
a pleasant visit of some minutes
duration in the office of Mrs. T.
C. Wagstaff, genial efficient Dir
ertor of Public Welfare in Per
son county. As he was leaving,
the reporter happened to take
one mroe glance at the lady’s
nearly immaculate desk: on it
was a much penciled chart.
In answer to the expected
question Mrs. Wagstaff produced
a letter from Nathan H. Yelton,
director of the Division of Pub
lic assistance. Scanning the let
ter she pointed out this section
of it: “During November your
Person County Welfare depart
ment has Seen one of sixteen sel
ected in the state to conduct and
file a Time ‘Schedule’. This sel
ection has a singular significance
in that it is felt your county de
partment, both from the stand
point of administration and the
quality cf its personnel, is well
equipped to conduct a Time Sche
dule test.”
Having read this and made a
L. M. Carlton Has
Issues To Mark
Ter-Gentennial
Postmaster L. M. Carlton, of
Roxboro, has on hand a number
of three-cent stamps isued to
commemorate the ter-centennial
of printing in America, although
quite a few of the stamps in Mr.
Carlton’s possession have been
spoken for by local philatelists,
he said yesterday.
The stamp, of rectangular
shape, with the long side going
upwards, is printed in the fami
liar three-cent lavendar color and
has on it a prominently displayed
and very beautiful representa
tion of a typical, and therefore
simple, sixteenth century hand
press. At the top, above the press,
which looks much like one Ben
jamine Franklin might have used
a hundred years later, is this
legend; “Anniversary of Print
ing in Colonial America, 1639-
1939”.
Mr. Carlton said Wednesday he
expected all of the stamps will
be taken before they can be plac
ed on open sale.
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Flint A. Oliver
Has New Position
Flint A. Oliver, young Roxboro
resident, who has been connected
with the Roxboro Drug company,
has resigned his position there in
order to accept the assistant man
agership of the Roxboro Diner,
operated by L. C. Hall on Lamar
street, according to announce
ment made by Mr. Hall.
(Mr. Oliver assumed his new
duties Monday of this week. He
is a graduate of Roxboro high
school and is a son of Police Chief
and Mrs. S. A. Oliver. Mr. Hall
stated Wednesday night that with
Mr. Oliver as assistant manager
he is expecting to maintain a
new and longer schedule of hours
at the Diner.
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DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Ne
well, of Roxboro, announce the
birth of a daughter, Jeanette Mae,
on Tuesday, October 31, at their
home on Webb street.
copy the newsman then got up
courage to look at the chart. On
it were items like these;
(1) “Nine to nine-fifteen A. M.,
looking over mail. (2) Nine-fif
teen to ten, personal conference.
(3) Ten to eleven, monthly re
ports. (4)Eleven to eleven-thirty,
case worker’s report,” and so on,
all through the day. Yea, while
he gazed at the sheet, Mrs. Wag
staff took it out of his hand and
penciled, neatly, “Reporter’s in
terview, two-thirty to three P.
M.”
It seems that this is one of the
ways of testing such things as
the number of workers needed,
their relative efficiency, etc., and
Mrs. Wagstaff seemed to regard
it as a compliment that the Per
son Welfare ofice had been sel
ected as one of the time guinea
pigs, but the reporter wonders
what the experts would think if
they could see his “Time Sheet”.
How about a “Coca Cola” for in
stance, or a glance out the win
dow?
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“Business was his aversion;
pleasure was his business.”
—Edgeworth
KIWANIANS HEAR
ABOUT HEALTH
Miss Lake Allen Is Speak
er At Dinner Served By
Bushy Fork Women.
Declaring that a county health
department’s functional efficien
cy and progress is directly relat
ed to the support given to it by
the community which it is intend
ed to serve, Miss Lake Allen, of
the Nursing Staff of the Person
county Health department ad
dressed the members of the Ki
wanis club of Roxboro Monday
night at the Community house, on
the work of the local department
of health.
Miss Allen, who was present
ed by George R. Currier, co
chairman of the club program
committee, also said that it is
essential to have the close co
operation of the county medical
society, school officials and coun
ty commissioners if health work
is to be properly carried on.
Leaving the impression that Per
son county’s Health department
is fortunate in having this co
operation, Miss Allen commend
ed the Kiwanis club for its own
active participation in the coun
ty health program. She especial-1
ly praised the club’s sponsor
ship of a tonsil clinic for Negro
children.
Kiwanis president, D. R. Tay
lor announced that there will be
no meeting of the club this com
ing Monday on acount of the
joint meeting with the Rotary
club Thursday night, November
9, when a “Scout Night” progarm
will be given by Roxboro and
Person county Stouts at the high
school gymnasium.
President Taylor also announ
ced committeemen for the annual
Kiwanis Charter and Ladies
Night program: Entertainment, J.
L. Hester, chairman, Rev. M. W.
Lawrence and F. O. Carver, Jr.;
favors, W. W. Warren, chairman,
B. B. Man gum and E. E. Thomas;
decorations, G. R. Currier, chair
man, B. T. Brown and Dr. R. E.
Long; music, S. M. Ford and J.
Long, Jr.
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Committeemen
From Woodsdale
Are Announced
As announced in Sunday’s edi
tion of this paper county and
township township committee
men were chosen Friday by the
Person County Agricultural as
sociation to determine farm acre
age allotments and marketing
qquotas and to otherwise assist
in the operation of the 1940 crop
control program for tobacco
growing in this county.
At the time the Sunday account
was prepared no report had been
received concerning the commit
teemen for Woodsdale township.
With the publication of the elec
tion returns from this commu
nity the complete list for the
county is available. Woodsdale
township committeemen selected
are; H. B. Bailey, chairman; J.
F. Bailey, vice-chairman; J. H.
Shotwell, third member; R. D.
Bailey, first alternate and J. R.
Morris, second alternate.
At the Person count agent’s of
fice it was said that the fanners
themselves are pleased that the
election is over and most of them
seem pleased with th selections
made. It is expected that the
newly elected committeemen
will shortly begin their work,
although it will take considerable
time for the complete develop
ment of the 1940 program to be
carried on in this county.
THURSDAY, NOV. 2, 1939
Two Contest Winners
Are Selected By Committee
New Edifice Is
Built By Church
Os Rev. S. F. Nicks
Friends of Rev. S. F. Nicks, pro
minent Methodist minister who
has served churches in Person
county, and who is the father of
Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., of Rox
boro, will be interested to learn
of the dedication service held
Sunday at .Cedar Grove church,
Orange county, where the Rev.
Mr. Nicks is pastor.
Chief speaker at the dedication
was Bishop W. W. Peele, of Rich
mond, Va., who spoke at the 11
o’cloc kmorning service. Other
participants in the dedication ex
ercises included District Superin
tendent A. J. Hobbs and Prof. F.
S. Aldridge, district lay leader,
of Duke university. The after
noon sermon was delivered by
I the Rev. Virgil Queen, formerly
associated with Gedar Grovej
church.
The church, constructed of
| Duke university type stone, was
I designed by Architect H. N. Hay-
I es, of the university. Members of
the congregation regard the
building of this church as one of
the crowning events in the life of
Mr. Nicks, and as a demonstra
tion of what may be accomplish
ed in a rural chuTch community.
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HER NAME IS IN
THE GOOD BOOK
Minerva Pulliam Wagstaff
Was An Exceptional Neg
ro Woman.
If this story had appeared in
a metropolitan daily, where hu
man interest hunting is keen,
the reporter might have written;
“Aged Negro Mammy has her
birth record inscribed in her
white folk’s family Bible”
But since the facts are Person
county and Caswell facts, why
not try a less sentimental turn.
It seems that last week or the
first of this week it was report
ed to the Person County Welfare
office that Minerva Lee Wagstaff,,
an old and familiar Negro resi
dent of the county had died. It
also happened that her name had
been on the records of the Old
Age assistance division of the
department and with her death
a proper checking of records and |
filing of reports was in order. |
On looking up the initial entry
for “Aunt Minerva” the case
worker re-discovered the inter
esting fact that the old woman’s
birth date had been copied from
an ancient family Bible belong
ing to George Connolly, on whose
father’s plantation, near Leas
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GRADE MOTHERS ARE
PARTY HOSTESSES
Grade mothers of the sixth
and seventh grades of the Rox
boro public schools, taught by
Mrs. W. H. Harris, HI., Mrs.
Frederick Moore and Miss Luoille
Clark, entertained at a HjoUo
ween party Monday night in the
American Legion hut in honor
of the children in these grades.
The party began at 7:30 o’clock
with a round of games and holi
day fun. Hostesses were: Mrs.
H. L. Umstead, chairman, and
Mesdames William T. Kirby, B.
B. Newell, Edwin Bowles .Eliza
beth Cheek, Mollie Barrett, W. T.
Pass and Jack Hughes.
THE TIMES IS PERSONS
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMKi
NUMBER SIXTEEN
Garland Pass, Jr. and Long,
Bradsher and Co. Win Pri
zes.
Garland Pass, Jr., wearing s
truly spook-marked skeleton
costume with white bones outlin
ed against black oilcloth, togeth
er with an appropriate mask, was
announced as winner of the cos
tume prize offered by the Rox
boro Chamber of Commerce for
the best ghostly “get-up” worn
by children of the city who par
ticipated in the annual Hallo
ween frolic staged on Main street.
Window award for the best
store decoration was won by the
Long and Bradsher Hardware
campany. Judges in both contests
were Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr.,
and Glenn Stovall, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, who
admitted they had a difficult time
making selections. Long and
Bradsher’s winning window ef
fectively displayed Halloween
rustic decorations such as pump
kins and corn stalks, plus some
attractive rabbits.
And, although young Master
Pass, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gar
land Pass, of this city, and the
hardware company were declared
the winners, many other young
people and business firms enter
ed the contest.
As early as six-thirty o’clock,
as darkness fell, the Main street
block, roped off for the occasion,
began to be filled with masquer
ading children, young people and
some older folks. Few tradition
al white ghosts were in evidence
but girls who were men for «-
night, and boys who were ladies
paraded the streets and voiced
their merriment. *■
The other major observance of
the evening was the Woman'*
club party held at the Pioneer
warehouse where bingo and oth
er contests took, for once, the
place of tobacco. Both here and
on the streets, the citizens seem
ed to enjoy themselves, although
the crowds, because of the damp
day and the chill night, were re
ported to have been smaller
than they were last year.
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ASSOCIATIONAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL
PROGRAMPLANS
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Meeting Will Be Held At
Semora Baptist Church
| Sunday Afternoon.
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The Person County Baptist ar
sociational Sunday school meet
ing will be held at Semora Bap
tist church, Sunday, November
5, at 3 o'clock with Rev. A. R.
Gallimore, who was for many
years a missionary in China, as
guest speaker, acording to an
nouncement made today.*
This promises to be a most in
teresting and informative meet
ing, it is said. The meeting will
open with a devotional; the roll
of Sunday schools wll then be
made, and plans for furtherance
of Sunday school work in the
county will be discussed.
Mrs. Errol Morton who is as
sociations! superintendent, is
very anxious to have a large at
tendance from each Sunday
school.
These meetings are held on
each first Sunday of the month,
and are considered most import
ant in the growth of Baptist Sun
day school work.
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“Wist ye not that 1 must bnjjjK
bout My Father’s ||