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IF 'tf IS NEWS ABOUT llajpON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. :, * VOLUME XI iViews The Os News ' % ■*■*. FINISH TROOPS REPORTED TO HAVE SURROUNDED THIRD DIVISION -Helsinki.—Finnish troops in central Finland are reported to have surrounded a new division this week after hurling remnants of the routed red army’s 4th and 163rd divisions back into Russia east of Suomussalmi. This third Russian division was reported sixty miles south of the recent victories at Suomussalmi. The Finns set up positions along thirty miles of the Russian front ier east of-Lake Kianta and Suo mussalmi. This covers four points at which Finland has thrown the invaders back on to their own soil. . o FIGHT TO BE MADE ON INCREASE IN BUDGET -!1 - - Washington,.—Led by an em battled economyite, Rep. Wood rum (D., Va.) the house appropri ations committee is reported to have erected a bar against in creases in the Roosevelt budget, while the senate voted a sweep ing fiscal study. The house group, it is said, voted to forbid its subcommittees to increase the sum total of any ' -frill -beyond the amount recommended by the White House. This, it is explained, would hamper attempt by legisla tors to tack on such appropria tions as the $225,000,000 for farm parity payments voted last year. Woodrum is understood to have made the motion which led to the action. » o— ——. ONE FIRE TO ANOTHER MUST BE SAD BUSINESS Durham.—An oil stove which Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Christian, 1707 Angier avenue, left burning one night in their upstairs apartment while they visited a fire on east Pettigrew street, set fire to the building in their ab sence, doing damage of approxi mately $1,500. • The blaze in the Angier ave nue dwelling, fcrmerly occupied by L. F. Warlick, local under taker, was discovered while fire iflen were extinguishing a blaze in a house at 1703 East Pettigrew street occupied by Thurlin War yen, Negro. t-The East Pettigrew street fire w&ch was confined to one room catiaed damage of approximately SIOO. Warren told firemen it caught from a cigarette while he was smoking in bed. The house was" owned by Dr. J. E.Shuler. '* . o * BRITISH BOMBERS STRIKE BACB? AT GERMAN AIR AND SEA STRENGTH - , London.—Fast new British bombers struck back at Germ . any’s air and sea strength, raid ing German air bases on the North Sea island of Sylt and an important Helgoland anchorage in swift reply to the first warn ing lightning of the vaunted Nazi “blitzkrieg.” >; ,- The crash of anti-aircraft fire, flashes, the dancing pencils of searchlights and the roar of many planes told observers on the nearby Danish coastline and islands, of the first battle over Sylt shortly before dawn. ■ —-> —■—o—— ■—- |jiy wgjfew -never falls so low that be ban . see nothing higher than ~ Parker flraon|Mimes PUBLISHED EVERT BUND AT * THURSDAY Gray Ghosts of Northland Stalk Camouflaged Foe • Finland has no monopoly on winter camouflage. The reconnoitering Soviet warrior, left, and his dog are both in “winter dress.” The white-clad soldier of the northern army blends with the snow-covcrcd back ground. Right: Carrying knapsacks under white coveraUs, these hardy Finnish troops look like hunchbacks i as they glide to their posts on the Karelian front. These men have been the terror of the Soviet troops, > attacking and fading again like wraiths. Fast moving, they swoop down on isolated parties, attack with machine t guns, rifles, pistols and even knives, then disappear. “Harris For Lieutenant-Governor” Club Formed By Person Friends . — l —r - Oakley Brothers ! Report Theft Os ! Quantity Os Weed > Theft of between six and seven * hundred pounds of tobacco, the 1 r property of Osborne and Melvin "Oakley, of the "AlTensvlTle~ roacC : three miles east of Roxboro, was i reported Friday to Sheriff M. T. ■ Clayton, of Person county. Sheriff ■ Clayton said Friday night that 1 Person deputies had been to Durham, South Boston, Clarks ! ville, Va., and other nearby ■ points making investigations butj no trace of the stolen leaf has been found. J The tobacco was taken from the stripping racitt ftf the Oakley, brothers sometime Thursday' night. It had been stripped and prepared for market and it was| the intention of the owners to sell it within the week. The stolen tobacco is reported to have been valued at approxi-1 mately SIOO. The robber, or rob- 1 bers, used a trailer to take the I tobacco away with them, tracks of the trailer having been found in the road in front of the build ing in which the stripping rocr j is located. The Oakley brothers, who are the sons of O. H .Oakley, said that only about two-thirds of the tobacco in the stripping room was removed by the robbers. ■ o SALES ON LOCAL MARKETUGHTER Is Expected, However, That There Will Be A Pick-Up During Week. Tobacco growers of this section j brought only 238,686 pounds of tobacco to the Roxboro market this week, it was reported yester day morning. This brought the total pounds sold for the year to 5,752,450. Prior to the snow and sleet that started falling Sunday it had been thought that the mar-j ket would sell a half million pounds the first selling week af ter Christmas. Unless rain or snow prevents it is thought that sales will pick up this week so that mere will be sold the second week than was! sold during the first. The Roxboro market will re main open until sometime in Feb ruary and it is thought that a seven million pound mark may be reached. , Group Organized . Friday At Courthouse. Thompson Will Serve As Chairman. Plans Are Made. With E. G. Thompson, promin ent young busines man Os this city as chairman, organization of i 1 the Person county "Harris for Lieutenant-Governor Club” was v ; representative citizens of Person county and Roxboro who attended a meeting called for this purpose at the courthouse. J Present at the meeting was R. J L. Harris, whose announcement j that he would seek the Lieuten- I ant-Governorship was made last * fall. Mr. Harris, a native of Per, | son county, is former speaker of ' the House, has represented this [ county at Raleigh a number of 1 times and is a well-known busi ness man. | At the meeting tonight a spirit of unanimous ccunty support for | Mr. Harris was revealed and brief talks were made by many 1 of those present. Election of Mr. Thompson as chairman of the 1 group was by acclamation and it 1 was agreed at the meeting that he, in conference with the candidate for the Lieutenant-Governorship, j should appoint certain commit tees to facilitate the conduction of Mr. Harris’ campaign. At the conclusion of the meet ing Mr. Harris expressed his deep appreciation for evidences cf loy al support not only from Person county but throughout the state. Temporary chairman of the meet ing was J. A. Long, who after wards relinquished his post to Mr. Thompson. Announcement was made that an office for the -club will be opened in the city at an early date. After expressing his thanks to those present Mr. Harris added that he wished it to be clearly un derstood that his candidacy for the position of Lieutenant-Gov ernor is not to be identified in any way with that of any candi date for the governorshp or with that of any. other candidate for political office in. the state. r O 1 BENEFIT -SHOWER TO BE CONDUCTED SOON On Friday evening of this week at 7:30 'o’clock the Bushy Fork Parent-Teachers association will sponsor a Kitchen shower for the benefit of the new community house. A full attendance*is re quested and it is expected that many patrons and members will contribute various items of kit-' ( ehen equipment. Dolian Long Has Received Birthday m Ball Appointment Appointment of Dolian Long as , Person county chairman of the - committee Tor thtf celebration of the President’s Birthday Ball, which will be held on January 30 in conjunction with the an nual infantile paralysis eradica tion campaign, was announced yesterday by Dr. Julian S. Miller, of Charlotte, state chairman of the committee. Mr, Long, who has had charge of the Birthday Celebration in this county since their inception several years ago, has accepted the appointment although he said yesterday that he is not yet pre pared to make a statement as to just what form the Person cele bration will take this year. It is expected, however, that it will be observed as a ball at the Ho tel Roxboro. c HAS EYE OPERATION Miss Beatrice Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Long, of this city, has returned to her home here after undergoing a minor eye operation at a hospital in Raleigh. Along The Way With the Editor o This writer never declares that anything printed in this column is the exact truth. It may be all true, part true or none true. However, we heard a good story this week that rings of the truth. Two employees of Roxboro Cotton Mills, namely James Long, Jr. and George Cushwa, Sr. were ice skating on Turtle pond. Now in the first place, these two men had no business skating; they are too old and should have been at home looking alter the wife and kids. Here’s the story—they broke through the ice—these two big grown men went right through and had to go home at the rate of about sixty miles per hour to get into dry clothes and hover around the fire. Cushwa, it is said, took a big dose of castor oil. Why he took the oil, we do not know, but he must have remembered that his grandmother gave castor oil for every trouble. Both men appeared to be in good shape the latter part of the week and they have probably learned a lesson about try ing to be younger than they are. California, here we come—Tom Woody, owner of the now ~ development, Sunset Hills, said that it did not snow in this haven during the recent bad spell. Says that the weather there is always perfect and that things like snow and ice in Sunset Hills are things that the residents simply read about. The past two or three weeks have been very cold and there has been plenty of snow. During the bad spell we saw Claude 1 Hall in town on several occasions and we believe that he was sporting red flannel underwear. GREER SELECTED AS SPEAKER AT COUNCIL DINNER Cherokee Council Program Arranged. Woods Will Lead Singing. I. G. Greer, superintendent of the Baptist Orphanage in Thomas ville, will be the speaker at the annual meeting of the Cherokee Council to be held in Reidsville, Tuesday, January 23, according to information received yester. day. Mr. Greer, known through out the entire state as an enter taining as well as a highly in structive speaker and speaks a bout boys from experience. Tickets for the meeting have been received by George W. Kane, who is chairman of atten dance for this district. Two bron ze statuttes are to be awarded as attendance prizes and Mr. Kane is appealing to every scout lead er to help win the awards. Ban quet reservations should be made now. Mr. Kane stated that the pro gram at the annual meeting will include features that will be of special interest to every scouter in the Person county district, Jt'qr this reason, Mr, ftane is making a special effort to see that ev ery geouter and friend interested in Scouting take full advantage cf this valuable program. At 4:30, all scouters will meet with President C. G, Somers for a half hour of inspiration and or , ientation on Scouting. At 5:00 the Scouters will divide into five groups to take up various phases of Scouting as follows: 1. Scoutmasters, assistants, committeemen, and commission ers will discuss problems pertain i ing to the troop and will be guid ed in the discussion by Commis sioners H. E. Frye and Bruce Carter, 2. District chairmen will mefit with President C. G. Somers to receive reports, to adopt objec tives for 1940, to transact busi ness and to elect officers for 1940. 3. Committees on troop organi zation, Cubbing, Inter-Racial werk and Senior Scouting will be guided in a discussion by Aar on Weinstein and D. C. Swartz. 4. Cubmasters, Den Mothers and others interested in the Cub (Continued cn Society Page) o HAS OPERATION Mrs. Hassell Allen of the Bushy Fork community underwent a minor operation Wednesday at the local hospital. SUNDAY, JAN. 14, MM Alternate Holidays Will Be Given Local Policemen Chairman rtß* M mHP Bite " himßßiii H jHf E. G. THOMPSON Mr. Thompson will serve as chairman of the Person county “Harris for Lieutenant-Governor” club organized here Friday night to assist Mr. Harris In his coming political campaign. Historic Review Os Club Affairs Given By Spencer Presented as the '‘Past Presi dents’ ” program a historic review of the Roxboro Rotary club was given by Moffett Spencer at the tegular Thursday evening dinner meeting of the club at the Hotel Roxboro. Calling upon each pa president in attendance, Mr. Spencer elicited from him infor mation as to the officers, new members and activities taking place during his respective term,, of office. Mr. Spencer reminded his fel low members that the local cluh was first organized in 1924, with J. W. Noell, editor of the Rox boro Courier, as president. Ir speaking of his own administra tion Mr. Spencer gave a modest but humorous account. Past presdents who participat ed in the program, in addition to Mr. Spencer and Mr. Noell, were George W. Kane,.R. L. Harris, Nathan Lunsford, J. A. Long, Dr. B. E. Love, William West, Alex Sergeant, O. B. Mcßroom, Dr. J. H. Hughes, J. S. Wal ker and E. G. Thompson. Only two ex-president, Howard Strang, who was out of the city, and Eddie Hill, now a resident of South Carolina, did not take part in the program. —— o Sanders And Two Other Associates Attend Conerence County Agent H. K. Sanders, director of the farm agency of fice in Person county, accompan ied by J. B. Snipes, assistant county agent, and by Miss Velma Beam, director of Home Demon stration club activities, has re turn from the annual conference for North Carolina farm agents and home demonstration workers which closed yesterday at Ra. leigh. A feature of the closing ses sion was an address by Presi dent Frank Graham, of the Uni versity of North Carolina, and members of the Person delega tion to the conference reported that a number of profitable con ferences and round-table dis cussions were beld as well. raE TIMES IS PERSON 1 * PREMIER NEWSPAPER* A LEADER AT ALL TIMER NUMBER TWENTY-SIX Employment of Relief Of ficer Makes Possible A New Schedule In City De partment. Effective today members of the Roxboro Police department, in alternate pairs, will receive two Sunday holidays per month, ac cording to announcement made Saturday by City Manager James ' C. Harris, who said that Ed Cha ney, police officer at Ca-Vel has been engaged by officials of this city as a Sunday relief police man. First local officer to receive a holiday will be Chief of Police S. A. Oliver, who returned to his post Friday after an absence of ten days on account of ill ness, and Gilbert Oakley. On next Sunday Officers A. L. Wat son and Charlie Wade will be off duty. Mr. Harris said that provisions for police holidays has been . made in the interest of the wel . fare and efficiency of the depart , ment and in order to give the members opportunities for relief from official duties. Officer Cha ney, who will continue his con nection with the Ca-Vel depart ment, has been with that depart ment for some time and is re garded as a popular and efficient policeman. ffe C. MOTOR COMPANY NOW LOCATED IN HALL BUILDING Tar Heel Chevrolet Co. Open For Business in Build ing Formerly Occupied By Jackson Co. r *T' : 1 * —4 «• RernoVal of the Tar Heel Chev rolet company, one of the leading automobile companies in the city, to new and larger quarters in the renovated Hall building on South Main street was completed Fri day night, according to Glenn Stovall, secretary-treasurer of the firm, who announced Satur day morning that all business wculd henceforth be carried on in the new location. First opened for business on January 17, 1938, as successor to the C. H. Joyner Chevrolet com pany, the Tar Heel company maintained its garage and display rooms in the Kirby-Ledbetter building, across the street from the Dolly Madison theatre, until the recent expiration of its lease prompted removal to the Hall building. Several months ago it was an nounced that the new home of the Dolly Madison theatre would be constructed on the site of the Kirby-Ledbetter building and architectual drawings of the pro posed new theatre were prepar ed, although it is now understood that owners of the theatre sitq. will not be prepared to make a statement as to immediate future plans for the construction of the theatre until next month. Since their opening the offic. ials of the Tar Heel Chevrolet company have been prepared to' render expert repair and re-con ditioning services and the same facilities will be continued in the new locaton, it is said. Operated : in connection with the garage will be a modern and completely i ; equipped paint shop capable of : offering even better service than. £ was formerly rendered. In all. .#► j - bout 25 men are on the compan)C ; » l payroll. ,' iJj Active supervision of the e)in department is under directio& ajM (Continued cn Society Page) < ' '■
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