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I. S. MERRITT, EDITOR M. C. CLAYTON, Manager
THOMAS J. SHAW, JR., City Editor
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THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1939
What This Town Needs ......
Thoughtful citizens of any well ordered community
as large as Roxboro are always pondering ways and
means by which their town can be improved, although
it is true that not too many of these same thoughtful
citizens often agree on either ailments or cures. But,
tonight, when the Chamber of Commerce meeting call
ed byPresident Glenn Stovall is convened, we hope there
will be a prompt and sincere agreement that the Rox
boro Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 1940 birth
day.
The account published in last Thursday’s edition ot
the ‘Times” made it plain that there has, of late, been
an undercurrent of dissatisfaction working from within
among some members of the local Chamber organiza
tion. This discontent is said to have taken open expres
sion by jthe simple expedient of dropped membership
—exact nature of each and every individual act of
negation has no place here. We are concerned at this
point with the belief that tonight’s action by the mem
bers must be of an affirmative nature: Roxboro needs
its Chamber of Commerce.
We say this, even though we know many similar
organizations in other cities have not done as much as
they might for their respective municipal parents. But,
to come back to Roxboro’s need ot a well organized and
efficiently operated Chamber of Commerce- In its pre
sent form the local Chamber has been and is the only
medium, except the town council, through which civic
improvements may be suggested and carried out; it is,
at present, the only organization in the city capable of
presenting a business code of operations applicable to
all local merchants; it is, at all times, a unified advertis
ing medium for the Roxboro Tobacco market and for all
other businesses and industries in the city; it is the one
place in town where local business and historical inform
ation can be kept and made available to all citizens and
it is the only organization capable ot maintaining a look
out post position in regard to new businesses or in
dustries seeking locations here.
Plain speaking requires admission of the fact that
the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce is capable of doing
these things for the town, only when the Chamber mem
bership is both representative and large, as well as ac
tive mentally. To take advantage of opportunities for
service requires administrative skill and forethought
Irom a good secretary, working in conjunction with an
active and cooperative membership, and when the work
is carried out under these conditions we have no fear
that every resigned or recently resigned member will
be begging for the favor of readmission to the organi
zation.
This town has had a good Chamber of Commerce,
capable like anything human, of some improvement- It
will need a good Chamber of Commerce more now than
ever before and it is To be hoped that the men who are
now members will seek to have a reasonable increase
in membership, new or old, and that some attempt will
be made to outline a plan of work for the as yet unselect
ed secretary.
We can try ‘‘getting along” without the organiza
tion here: we want everybody to see that the getting
along would be mighty “poor” going and we hope that
the right rather than the wrong kind of support will be
given to the renewed Chamber of Commerce we may
have here. We are certain Roxboro needs a good
Chamber of Commerce-
O—O—O—O
The King’s Message
Christmas morning we sat by a radio and listened
to the Christmas message of George VI., of England- We
did not make notes and we do not have a good memory,
but we are still amazed at the good job he made of it in
trying to combine peace and war
According to the custom of the day the King was
expected to mention the holiday spirit and happiness in
the home, and according to the necessities of the mo
ment he was compelled to speak a word of cheer to the
soldiers and to the fighting home folks of the empire
, It was all done by the King with less embarrasment
than usually attends such public performances and it
may be taken as a manifestation of the ability the Eng
lish people have, for combining reality and sentiment
in such a fashion that you never know where one ends
and the other begins
o—o—o—o
That End of the Year Feeling
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Signs of it are all around us. Discarded Christmas
trees stand forlornly by backdoor steps or at the edge
of the driveway, waiting for the trashman- Crushed
ornaments and bits of paper add to the pile.
And in the stores—what is left can be had for half
price, maybe, if you want it. At home the half-price
spirit takes hold too. Enough is enough- Turkey, candy
and even visiting relatives, though some of each will
last through New Year’s night.
And in the newspapers there is the usual but no
less appalling list of people killed and injured during
PERSON COUNTY TtyES ROXBORO, N, C.
the holidays. And the list of ten most popular movie
stars (box ofi’ipe) during the year-
You have guessed it, this editorial has the same
end of the year feeling. For the moment we are caught
between seasons, and we don’t feel like writing a sermon
on how good the old year has been (though it has) and
wc are not in the mood to make predictions for 1940,
ana so there you are. Maybe the sixteenth century Eng
lishmen were right. Christmas to them was a long holi
day lasting until “Twelfth Night in January”.
Under the old custom there was less of a chance
tor the let down feeling so many of us have, for “Twelfth
Night” carried the holiday period well oeyond the first
ot the year. In an age when Christmas was mostly hunt
ing and singing and sitting before opeb fires, if card
makers are to be believed, it must have been splendid to
have such a long holiday time- Nowadays, we might
not know what to do with so much time devoted exclu
sively to pleasure.
For this purpose the Son ofi “Man n.«ver falls so low that
God was manifested, that he he can see nothing higher than
might destroy the works of the himself.”
deyil. j —Parker
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(THE bells that ring out to proclaim a New jl
Year, also proclaim in resounding tones, our I
11 good wishes for you all through 1940. May ■
1 good fortune and personal progress follow
: 1 you throughout the year, as America goes B
■ m forward, rich in achievement and happy I
18 people. Si
■ LONG, BRADSHER & CO. I
HARDWARE
Palace Theatre
ADVANCE PROGRAM
From Sunday Night, Dec. 31st.
thru Wednesday, Jan. 3rd.
Motion Pictures Are Yom
Best Entertainment
Special New Year’s Eve Show
Constance Moore - Johnny
Downs - Marjorie Rambeau -
Edgar Kennedy, in
“Laugh It Off
Musical: “Rhumba Land”
Box ofice opens 12:01; show at
12:15. AH seats 30c
Monday - Tuesday, Jan.l-2
Joan Bennett - Adolph Menjou
and introducing Hollywood’s
(Newest Heart-Throb John
Hubbard with William Gar
gan - George E Stone - Donald
Meek, in
“The Housekeeper’s Daughter”
Five men tried to keep house
with “The Housekeeper’s Dau
ghter”, but keeping house was
not in her line!
Phil Spitalny and his All-girl
Orchestra in “Moments of
Charm of 1940”
Hearst Metrotone News -
“News While It Is Still News”
No Morning Shows;
Afternoons dally 3:15-3:45;
Admission 10-25 c;
Evening daily 7:15-3:00;
Admission 10-30e
Wednesday, January 3
Walter Connolly with Onslow
Stevens • Iris Meredith, in
“Those High Gray Walls”
The Three Stooges in “We
Want Our Mummy”
Ne Morning Show, after
noon 3:15-3:45; Admission 13-
25e; evening 7:15-0.-00. Ad
, mfartsn 13-330. -
Dolly Madison
THEATRE
! ADVANCE PROGRAM
From Monday, January Ist.
thru Wednesday January 3rd.
Motion Pictures Are Yom
Best Entertainment
Monday - Tuesday, Jan.l-2
George Raft - Jane Bryan -
William Holden - Humphrey
Bogart - Flora Robson - Paul
Kelly, in
“Invisible Stripes”
(First Run)
Invisible but indelible the
stripes that none could see
but all could feel! A story
strange, powerful, tremend
ously moving which blasts
from the hearts of these un
forgettable people!
Variety: “Sword Fishing”
Fox Moxietone News - “News
of the Nation”
Special Morning Shew
Monday 10:30;
Afternoons daily 3:15-3;45;
Admission 10-25 c;
Evening daily 7:15-9:00;
Wednesday, Jan. 3rd.
John Peyne - Jane Wyman
with Walter Catlett - Ed Bro
phy in
“Kid Nightingale”
(First Ron)
The new King of Swing! He
can warble like a Bird—and
Wallop like a Mole!
Musical: “Bandits and Bal
laids”
Admission 10-25 c
Morning Shew 13:33; altar
noon 3:15-3:45; Admission 13-
25e; evening 7:15-3:33. Ad
mission 13-250.
Local & Society
Peck - Twisdale
Marriage Revealed
Announcement has been re
cently made by the bride’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Peck, of
Henderson, of the marriage of
Miss Alice Starr Peck, of that
city, to Arthur Marshall Twis
dale, of Roxboro, on November
19, at Clarksville, Va. The cere
mony was performed by the Rev.
L. T. Blane, Methodist minister.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Twisdale are
former residents of Townsville
and are graduates of Townsville
high school. Mrs. Twisdale is con
nected with the Bell Telephone
and Telegraph company at Hen
derson, but will come to Roxboro
the first of the year to establish
residence, her husband
has lived for a little over two
years. "He is assistant manager of
King’s Palace, popular restaur
ant on the Durham road.
Mr. Twisdale, a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Twisdale, of
Townsville, was a resident of
Henderson before he came to
Roxboro. He and Mrs. Twisdale
have many friends in Henderson
and Roxboro who will be inter
ested to learn of their marriage.
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PEOPLE
YOU KNOW
Everything to Build With
WATKINS ft BULLOCK
Mrs. S. F. Nicks, Jr., and
daughters, Sylvia and Carolyn,
are visiting her sister Mrs. David
Cooke, in Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Oakley
and son, of Raleigh, spent Mon
day and Tuesday here visiting
friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Walker
spent the Christmas holidays in
Milton.
Mr and Mrs. Ed Atkinson spent
the Christmas holidays here vis- j
iting friends and relatives.
I
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Holeman of
Black Mountain, N. C., are spend
ing the holidays here, visiting
Mr. and Mi s. Hugh Woods.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brown
spent Sunday and Monday in
Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brandon and
family of Winston-Salem are
spending the holidays here.
Walter Tillman is spending a
few days here visiting relatives
and friends.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Sanders
is spending a few days in Black
Mountain, with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Puckett
spent several days in Virginia
during the Christmas season.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hines of
Greensboro, were Roxboro visi
tors Christmas day.
Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Hamilton
spent several days in Davidson
this week.
E. J. Hamlin of Burlington,
was a Roxboro visitor Wednes
day.
Miss Ida Winstead, of Warren
ton, spent the Christmas holidays
in Roxboro with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. G. Winstead.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Clayton,
Jr., of Durham, were Roxboro
visitors this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Hall
and family spent Christmas in
New York City with Mr. Hall’s
sister, Miss Lucille Hall.
Claytor - Hamlin
Wedding Takes
Place At Church
In an impressive late afternoon
ceremony Miss Louise Claytor, of
Hillsboro, and Edwin J. Hamlin
of this city and Burlington, were
united ir. marriage Wednesday in
the Presbyterian church at Hills
boro by the bride’s uncle, the
Rev. N. R. Claytor, of Milton.
Shortly before five o’clock Mrs.
Shepherd Strudwick, organist,
presented a program of nuptial
music and as the strains of the
wedding march from Wagner’s
Lohengrin began, the four ushers,
Messers. Thomas M. Bumpass,
and Gordon Carver, of this city,
and William Chance and the bri
de’s brother, John William Clay
tor, of Hillsboro, entered the
church and approached the chan
cle.
They were followed by the
maid of honor, Miss Mary Clay
tor, sister of the bride, who wore
a long maroon velvet afternoon
gown, with a basque waistline
and short puff sleeves. She had
a small matching urban and
carried talisman roses and yel
low snapdragons.
The bride, who is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hume
Claytor, entered with her oldest
brother, Robert Hume Clayton,
Jr., who gave her in marriage.
They were met at the altar by the
groom ,who had as his best man,
his brother. R. E. Hamlin, Jr., of
Kinston. For her marriage Miss
Claytor wore a floor-length af
ternoon dress of royal blue vel
vet, made with a full skirt, a
fitted waistline, with bustle ef
fect, and long sleeves, fitting
tightly at the wrists and puffed
slightly at the shoulders, with a
high neckline. She wore a small
blue turban of the same mater
ial, with a short length veil and
carried a white prayer book fes-
P. L. Thomas spent Christmas
day in Erwin, N. C. with his par
ents.
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Scrap Tobacco
We will be open and will
continue to buy scrap to
bacco during the Christ
mas holidays.
CENTRAL LEAF TOBACCO CO.
DURHAM, N. C.
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Just for The Record..
Six months ago, when the Brewers and North
Carolina Beer Distributors Committee was
formed, a definite and sincere promise was made
so the public. j
Wa pledged the aid of this industry to the law-
I dnforoamaat agencies in seeing that retailen of f
bear operate their establishments in accordance - |j
3m the lew and public sentiment.
ft Thai promise is being carried out—and will be
Serried out permanently. The record shows that
la the past four months, the legal beer industry
in this state has assisted authorities fa) bringing
about the revocation of 34 licenses.
0 . You oan help your law-enforeeinant authorities
ft ibid this awakened industry by ghriag your p*fe
ronege only to reputable beer dealers who dm
serve it.
Brewers and North Carolina
n Beer Distributors Committea
IDGARH. RAIN, At—Dimeter
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THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1930
tooned with gardenias and lilies
of the valley.
For the recessional Mrs. Strud
wick sounded the familiar notes
of Mendelsshon’s ‘'Mid-Summer
Night’s Dream” and immediately
after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Hamlin left on a Northern wed
ding trip, They will be at home
after the first of the year in Bur
lington, where Mr. Hamlin is con
nected with the editorial staff of
the Burlington Times.
Mrs. Hamlin, whose father is
superintendent of schools, hai
been a resident of Hillsboro foi
most of her life and is connected
connected with the office staff d
the Orange-Person-Caswell health
department. She is well known
in Roxboro where she has often
visited.
Mr Hamlin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Edward Hamlin, of this
city, is a native of Roxboro and
a graduate of the University ot
North Carolina, in the school of
journalism, Chapel Hill. He was
formerly city editor of this paper
before he went to Burlington.
For the impressive late after
noon ceremony, which was at
tended by many people from this
city, the Hillsboro church was
beautifully decorated in green
and white, with ferns and chry
santhemums and cadelabras form
ing an attractive massed pattern
at the altar.
On Tuesday evening prior to
the wedding rehearsal Mr. and
Mrs. Claytor, parents of the bride
entertained at a cake cutting at
their home, where the same bri
dal decorations of green and
white were used effectively both
in the flowers and in the wedding
ices and bridal cake.
(^Utf)
R. A. WHITFIELD
Distributor
Roxboro, N. C. *