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TOLCm XI PUBLISHED KVKKY SUNDAY A THURSDAY
LARGE NUMBER
(MIRENJIETO
RED CROSS FUND
May Be Able To Supply
First Aid Kits For Schools
This County.
kaign .manager F. O. Car
, stated today that the
Roxboro and Person county Red
Cross Roll Call, started last Sat.
urday, has been meeting with
. splendid response, both from busi
ness firms and from private cit
izens in the community, and that
he has no doubt that the Roll
Call this year will prove to be
one of the most successful in the
local history of the Red Cross
organization.
Contributions totaling more
than SSO were reported within a
few hours after the drive began
and it is expected that several
hundred dollars will have been
collected before the end of the
week, when county reports and
records from the Junior Red
Cross will begin to come in. By
Thursday morning contributions
totaling $175 had been received.
In a Wednesday morning in
terview Gordon C. Hunter, chair
man of the local Red Cross
chapter, said plans are being
made to furnish all schools in the
- county with “First Aid” kits, al
though this cannot be done un
less response to the Roll Call in
this community will provide ne
cessary funds. Mr. Hunter point
ed out that first aid kits contain
gauze bandages and medical sup
plis for treatment of minor cuts,,
bums and bruises such as are
apt to occur in school houses and
on playgrounds.
Mr. Hunter also said that fif
ty percent of all one dollar con
tributions to the Roll Call re
main in this community as part
of the local chapter’s fund for
carrying on work in this area,
and that only fifty cents of any
larger contributions made at
this time goes to national head
quarters. For example, $4.50 of a
• contribution will be used in
local chapter work. For this rea
son it is hoped that many larger
contributions will be made.
The chairman is grateful for
each and every contribution and
is particularly grateful for all
contributions from business firms
who have contributed over SI.OO.
Firms, to date, that have con
tributed more than a dollar are:
Electric Appliance Co. - $2.50.
Peebles Department Store -
$5.00.
Tar Heel Chevrolet Co. - $2.00.
The Peoples Bank - $5.00.
George W. Kane - $2.00.
Collins and Aikman - $25.00.
D. Pender’s Store - $5.00.
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Two Men Must
Serve Sentences
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In Person county court Tues
day morning before Judge W. I.
Newton, three men, John Davis,
white, and Gilbert Clay and Jun
ius Cates, Negroes, were tried on
charges of operating a still. The
men were caught last Saturday
by Sheriff M. T. Clayton and his
depuuties at a still, located nearj
the Durham county line in the
southwestern part of Person j
r county. I
At the trial Davis was found
1 not guilty, but the two Negroes, j
S' who pleaded guilty, received Sus
| pended sentences of 12 months on]
i, r the roads, provided they pay fines
| of SIOO each and the costs. They]
t wefe unable to meet these con-]
ditions and will have to serve
|Ltime, it was learned from Clerk
of the Court R. A. Bullock. |
H About 20 other cases involving
Hdrunkenness and other charges]
||nne up before the court. I
Person County Times
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Swarming over the seven seas on any given day are 1,545 British merchant ships, easy prey for Nazi
submarines. Another 705 British merchantmen are in foreign ports on the same day. As vital to Brilish life
lines as her navy, the cargo-carrying vessels cruise over 90,000 miles of ocean and sea lanes. To peace-time
England the merchant fleet carries almost 48 per cent of all her food. Today it must bring the same food, plus
steel, oil, guns, p'anes and war essentials. It’s a huge job for England to convoy those 1,545 ships daily.
Key to the numbers on the map shown in inset.
Conference Appointments
Reveal Number Os Changes
Roxboro P. T. A.
To Meet At Central
School Tuesday
The Roxboro Parent Teachers
association will meet Tuesday af
ternoon November 21, at 3:30 o’-
clock in Central school auditor
ium, according to announcement
made today by the publicity
chairman, Mrs. W. F. Timberlake
A very interesting program, in
which both students and faculty
will participate has been plan
ned by Miss Collins, and the
membership campaign will be
brought to a close at this meet
ing.
All parents who have not join
ed the P. T. A. are urged to do
so at this time. As announced
some time ago, in the grades in
which parents have joined one
hundred percent an award of one
theatre ticket will be given to
each child.
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DRAMATIC CLUB
PRESENTS PLAY
Large Crowd Present For
Fall Presentation at High
School.
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Before a large and an apprecia
tive audience Tuesday evening,
members of the Dramatics club
of Roxboro high school present
ed as their fall production, Hilda
Manning’s camedy of young man
ners, “Life Begins at Sixteen.”
Action of the play took place in
the living room of the Hollis fa
mily, with the same scene for
each of the three acts, although
extra decorations were added for
the last scene in which a party
was staged.
All of the young actors ac
qutted themselves with credit, al
though special mention must be
made of George Long, as Paul
Hollis, “an imaginative boy of
sixteen”; of Martha Boatwright,]
as Hilda, the Sweedish hired girl;
of Arline Newell, as Frannie, sis
ter of Paul, and of Louise Moore,
one of the members of the “Sec
ret Seven.’’
The play was directed by Mrs.
B. G. Clayton, dramatic coach of
the high school, and lighting ef-]
sects were handled by Noell
Jones. Scenery was in charge of
J. D. Oliver, E. T. Wrenh, L. M. j
Clayton, Robert Mas ten, Billy
Jordan and Milo Dixon.
Rev. Jesse H. Lanning and
Rev. M. W. Lawrence Re
ceive Appointments In
Hamlet and Raleigh.
As Roxboro citizens have since
discovered, a change in name and
organization was not the only
change at the Methodist church
conference held in Fayetteville.
In the list of pastoral appoint
ments read at the closing session
the first of this week, several
important changes were made in
the Methodist ministry serving
the Roxboro area.
Rev. Jesse H. Lanning who has
been at Edgar Long Memorial
church has been sent to Hamlet
and Rev. M. W. Lawrence of the
Person circuit, will go to Person
Street church, Raleigh. Rev. T. W.
Lee, who has been at Brooksdale
in charge of a number of church
es, will go to Middleburg, near
Rocky Mount, and Rev. D. D.
Traynham, of Leasburg, will go
to Garner, while Rev. A. M. Wil
liams, of Milton ,has been trans
j ferred to Whitakers.
The transfers cf Mr. Lanning,
who has been at Edgar Long Me
morial only two years ,and of Mr.
Lawrence, who had served the
Person circuit three years, were
somewhat unexpected and mem
bers of their respective congre
gations have expressed keen re
grets at the sudden termination
cf their pastorates here. The oth
er ministers mentioned in the a
bove list had served the usual
periods of four years and conse
quently changes for them were
not unexpected.
Wednesday night Rev. Mr. Law
rence said that he will preach at
his pew church Sunday and that
Rev. E. G. Overton who is to
replace him in the Person circuit
will speak at regular services in
the churches in that circuit.
The new minister at Edgar
Long Memorial church will be the
Rev. W. C. Martin who comes
here from Hay Street church,
Fayetteville. Mr. Overton will
come from Central church, Ral
eigh. Rev. F. A. Lupton will be
the new minister at Leasburg,
and Rev. D. A. Petty will come to
the Brooksdale charge.
In the Durham district, Rev. S.
F. Nicks, father of Mayor S. F.
Nicks, Jr., of Roxboro, remains
at Cedar Grove and Rev. J. F.
Herbert goes to Grace church,
Wilmington, while other minis
ters returned to Person county
churches include, Rev. E. L. Hill
of the Mt. Tirzah circuit and the
Rev. T„ M. Vick, Jr., who ser
ves the Longhurst-East Roxboro
charge.
Bethel Hill Play
Will Be Produced
Tuesday, Nov. 28.
“The Glow Lights of San Rey”
will be produced as a Junior
play Tuesday night, November 28.
at 7:30 o’clock, by students of
Bethel Hill high school, according
to announcement made yester
day. The play, under the direc
tion cf Mrs. J. A. Beam, will be
presented in the school auditor
ium and a small ticket fee will
be charged.
“The Glow Lights of San Rey”
is a play in three acts, with a
water-front scene for each set,
although there is a considerable
lapse of time for each act.
The cast of characters, with stu
dents who will interpret the roles,
is as follows;
Bill Smith, a fisherman of Hen
nes Point, by Jack Gravely; Hay
den Henderson, banker of Pals
burg, by Clyde Sullivan; Harry
Harleston, in love with Charity,
Frank Murray; Jack Black, Pat
rolman, by Cecil Pentecost; Ann
Smith, fishermaid, by Margaret
Pixley; Charity Brinlee, a dancer,
by Virginia Sullivan; Allen Car
stairs, a daughter of wealth, by
Nellie Ramsey; Mrs. O’Brien, a
widow, by Garnell Wilkins; Nora
Clancy, always a fightin’ with
Maggie, by Doris Hall, and Mag
gie Murphy, who must have the
largest fish or steal it, by Mag
gie Evans.
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IN HOSPITAL
Mrs .A. C. Fair is a patient St
Park View hospital, Rocky Mount,
where she will undergo a major
operation within .the next few
days.
Seventy-Five Students
Make First Honor Roll
More Girls Than Boys En
joy Distinction Os Good
Behavior.
Although the girls far out num
bered the boys, approximately 75
students made the September-
October honor roll of the Rox
boro district schools. The list, re
ceived today, reads as follows;
Margaret Green, Lois Picker
ing, Edith Walker, Annie Sue
Barnett, Elaine Crumpton, Kitty
Ellmore, Helen Hall, Reine Rath
bone, Marie Deering, Eleanor
Winstead, Charles Long, Martha
Boatwright, Emily Moore Peggy
Whitten, Mary Lou Dixon, Mar
ion Frederick, Mary Powell, Nan
cy Masten, Madilene Tapp, Mary
Ella Morris, Clara Lee, Bruce Ne
well, Mildred Stroud, Sybil
Wrenn, Jane Dickerson, Ann Har
ris, Jean Paylor, Annie Slaugh
Government Is
Theme Os Talk
By R. A. Bullock
Meeting at the Community
house Monday evening, members
of the Roxboro Kiwanis club
heard an address by Assistant
Clerk of Superior Court, R. A.
Bullock on “Government”. Mr.
Bullock, who is a member of the
club, chose to make his talk in
formal, with questions and ans
wers from the members and their
guests, but before he concluded
speaking he told the Kiwanians
many things concerning county,
state and national government,
although he devoted more time
to consideration of county gov
ernment, a subject with which he
is familiar on acount of his own
official position.
In specific detail the speaker
mentioned county and state elec
tion machinery, citing as exam
ples county officers chosen by the
electorate at large. Before he was
through Mr. Bullock had his fel
low Kiwanians involved in a
guessing game on government,
for many of them had to confess
they were not familiar with a
good many of the routine stages
of its operation.
To Dr. H. M. Beam for present
ing, in the opinion of the club,
the best program of the year,
President D. R. Taylor presented
an engraved cigarette lighter, and
on the motion of Baxter Man
gum the club’s regrets at his
forthcoming departure were giv
en to the Rev. M. W. Lawrence,
Methodist minister, who will
leave soon for Raleigh. Mr. Law
rence, in turn, spoke of his appre
ciation of fellowship in the club
during his residence here.
Dinner for the evening was
served by women of- the Bushy
Fork community. Special guests
included Kenneth Stauffer and
Hill Stanfield.
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Expresses Thanks
And Appreciation
Rev. M. W .Lawrence, who has
been called by reason of Con
ference appointment to the pas
torate of Person Street Methodist
church, Raleigh, has asked that
his appreciation be expressed to
the members of the Person cir
cuit congregations he has been
serving. Rev. Mr. Lawrence also
said he desired to thank these
citizens as well as the people of
Roxboro for their unfailing
friendliness and cooperation*. Mr.
Lawrence will be at his new ap
pointment Sunday.
ter, Elizabeth Duncan, Billy Hor
ton, Coy Monk, Harry Oakley,
Margaret Dickerson, Jo Anne Lee,
Therest Soloman, Rachel Whit
field, Nancy Foushee, Louise Har
ris, Nancy Lee Timberlake, Myr
tle Coats, Mary Jo ackson, Mar
garet Lawrence, Hugh Beam,
Rose Frederick, Larry Woods,
Ruffin Woody, Juanita Short,
Bernadine Winstead, John Irving
Brooks, Bill Bradsher, Carolyn
Featherston, Ann Whitt, Ryan
Perkins, ean Abbitt, June Woods,
Betsy Harris, Tilly Wilkerson,
Durette Steele, Jacqueline Abbitt,
Jimmy Street, Jack Blalock, Pat
sy Beam, Lillie Poston, Harriett
Wade, Sibyle Winstead, Sylvia
Bradsher, Dafhne Harrt*, Doris
Latta, Bobby Fox, Kirk Kynoch,
Myrtice Clayton and Betty Ann
Custya.
THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 1939
Council And Board
DiscussWPA Labor
Speaker
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DR. SAMUEL NEWMAN
Dr. Newman To
Speak Tonight At
Olive Hill School
Dr. Samuel Newman, of Dan
ville, Va., will speak tonight at
8 o’clock at Olive Hill school. Dr.
Newman, who is a distinguished
pediatrician, appears under the
auspices cf the Bethel Hill Par
ent Teachers association. His sub
ject will be, “What Does Hitler
Want?”
Dr. Newman who was educat
ed abroad and has traveled exten
sively in Germany and Austria,
is expected to deliver an inter
esting lecture according to Mrs.
Maurice Daniel, chairman of the
committee on arrangements.
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FINAL RITES HELD
FOR JOHN BRANDON
Funeral Services Held In
Semora and Interment took
Place at Concord Church.
Funeral services for John
Brandon, about 50, who was found
dead about 6 o’clock Wednesday
morning in a pack-barn on his
farnr near Semora, were con
ducted this afternoon at two o’-
clock at Semora. Interment took
place at Concord Methodist
church.
Mr. Brandon had been in poor
health for seme time. Death came
as a result of suicide, a pistol hav
ing been found beside his body
in the packhouse. Mr. Brandon
left a note giving reasons for his
act. It is known he had been a
mood of depression for several
months.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Myrtle Paylor, of this
county, and by four daughters and
one son.
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PIE AND CAKE SALE
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Circle No. 4 of the First Bap
tist church will sponsor a pie and
cake sale in the office of the B.
B. Knight Insurance Agency on
the comer of Main street and Ab
bitt avenue Saturday morning at
9:30 o’clock.
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The Cape Fear river Is a com
bination of the Haw and Deep
rivers.
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PREMIER NEWSPAPER^
A LEADER AT ALL TOO* >
NUMBER EIGHTEEN
Meeting of City Council
And County Commission
ers Held Tuesday Night To
Consider Complaints.
Following several weeks of more
cr less general complaint through
out the county and in this city
with reference to the slowness
with which WPA projects have
been carried on, members of the
Roxboro city council and the
Person county board of Commis
sioners met in a joint session
Tuesday night in order to consid
er these complaints and to de
termine their causes. '
The meeting was held in the
city hall.
The meeting began at 7:30 o’-
clock as a prelude to the regular
session of the city council, with
Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., as presid
ing officer over the joint session.
Mayor Nicks began discussion by
saying that the problem of delay
ed WPA projects had apparently
come to a head about two weeks
ago when it was announced that
the Privy project, underway sin
ce last July a year ago, had been
suspended because of what was
said to be a shortage of suitable
and proper WPA labor in the
county.
Additional emphasis has been
given the alleged WPA labor
shortage because of recent appro
val of a $21,000 project to reha
bilitate and complete sewerage
lines in the city of Roxboro. At
the time this project was approv
ed it is understood a letter from
A. D. Folger, congressman for
this district, in which he advised
notifying C. C. McGinnis, state
administrator of the WPA, that
sufficient labor is available to
begin the work.
It was brought out at the
meeting Tuesday night, however,
that local city and county author
ities following the suggestion of
Representative Folger, discover
ed what appears to be a shortage
of labor for the project.
Approval, however, was giv
en, although City Manager James
C. Harris made it clear at the
time that the project, which will
take at least a year to complete,
cannot be started until sufficient
labor is made available.
In discussing the temporarily
suspended Privy project Mayor
Nicks said he had received a let
ter from James A. McGready,
Durham, Area Chief engineer of
Federal Works Agency, Works
Projects Administration in this
district ,in answer to a letter of
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Bank To Close
Saturday At Noon
The Peoples Bank will close at
12 o’clock, noon, on Saturday,
November 18, according to an
nouncement made Thursday
morning by Executive Vice-Pre
sident, Gordon C. Hunter, who
said that this earlier closing hour
will be observed for this Satur
day only. Regular closing hour is
2 o’clock iri the afternoon and
patrons of the bank are request
ed to note the change of schedule
for this Saturday. ~h
Mr. Hunter said that thisfcar
tial holiday will be observed be
cause the bank, due to pressure
cf business, was not «fosed last
Saturday, Armistice which
was a legal holiday. It lron&flpted
that a number of the bank em
ployees will take advantage of
the forthcoming “time out” by
going to the Duke-Carolina foot
ball game in Durham during the
afternoon. o-.i