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BtisDy 'tv m ■ ■v ".ft'.' ||p IT 18 NEWS ABOUT l PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL | FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XI Scout "Father-Son” Banquet To Be Held Tomorrow Night O. B. Mcßroom To Act As Toastmaster For Annual Emit; Large Crowd Ex pected. With Holland McSwain, of Yanceyville, as chief speaker, Person and Roxboro Boy Scouts and their fathers or other spon sors will gather ttomorow night at 6:30 o’clock at Hotel Roxboro to attend a county-wide “Scout Fa ther and Son” banquet being held as the closing feature of the lo cal celebration of National Boy Scout week and the anniversary of the founding of the American branch of the organization thir ty years ago. Mr. McSwain, who is president of the Cherokee Scout council embracing several counties, Per son included, is expected to bring a message of special interest to the Scouts and their fathers. At tendance at the banquet last year was quite large and an at tendance of somewhat the same proportion is expected tomorrow night. Toastmaster for the evening will be O. B. McßroOm, chairman of the local council, while those in charge of the program include W. A. Pickering, chairman; Dr. Robert E. Long and D. Clyde Swartz. Members of the arrange ments committee are C. A. Har ris, F. O. Carver, Jr., and Joe Gussy. During the past week other fea tures of the local “Scout Week” celebration have included a “Par ent’s Night” supper at Bushy Fork; a court of honor at which many awards were made, includ ing that of the “Bronze Palm” to Lawrence Moore, of trotop 24, at Ga-Vel, and two special Sunday services for Scouts, at the Pres byterian'church and at St. Mary’s and! St. Edward’s Catholic church. Awarding of the “Bronze Palm” to Mr. Moore is regarded as an event of highest significan ce in local scouting circles, since it is regarded as ain award taking procedence over even an Eagle rank award. Presentation t»f the “Palm” to Moore is scheduled to take place at the dinner tomor row night. o Schools Swing Into Full Speed After Long Halt Person county rural schools, closed -except for two days, since January 23, on account of snow and subsequent muddy roads., Tuesday resumed operation and County Superintendent R. B. Griffin, said he expected no fur ther delay in progress of school work. Plans how indicate, he said that these schools will finish the work of the term by May 11, bu' I a county-wide conference of principals will be held this after noon, at 4 o’clock, in order to de termine the wisdom of conducting Saturday classes in the schools in order to make up for lost time and to meet the above mentioned closing date. -o ANNOUNCEMENT We wish to announce that we have purchased a new modem floor sanding machine, the best that can be bought, and are now equipped to do floor sanding in addition, to regular line of paint ing and papering. G. B. Masten Pd. Adv. 2t PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY Heavy Winds Do Much Damage To Power Lines Here Heavy winds experienced here during yesterday and -through- ] out the night did considerable damage to power line wires in the city and in Person county, ac cording to officials of the local power company, who reported that crews of repairmen were kept busy during the afternoon and night restoring service where wires were pulled loose and brok en by the force of the wind. One wire, in the heart of the •city, at the corner of Main street and Abbitt avenue was broken twice during the late afternoon, the second break occurring short ly after the first had been re paired. Although the street light was still dark at a late hour las! night, no damage was done. When the breaks in the wiring occur red electricity popped and spark led from the broken ends which hung downwards towards the street but the few passers-by were out of harm’s reach until the power was cut off. o E. G. Thompson, Os This City, Again Honored By Club Greensboro, N. C., Feb. 15 E. G. Thompson, of the Thomp son Insurance agency, Roxboro, special representative of the Jefferson Standard Life Insur ance company, has again quali fied for membership in the Jef ferson Standard’s “Julian Price club”. Selection of Mr. Thomp son for membership in the 1940 cltib comes as a tribute to his consistently large production ot new insurance and to his ability to so select it that a very higl? percentage of it remains in for ce. Mr. Thompson, who has been a representative of the Jefferson Standard company for several years, has established an envia hle reputation for his ability as a wide-awake and popular Jeffer son Standard representative and his selection as a member of the company,s “top-flight” club is regarded as a distinct honor. o Speaks Tonight At Episcopal Church Speaker at the Thursday even ing Lenten service to be held at 7:30 o’clock at St. Mark’s Episco pal church, this city, will be the Rev. Henry Nutt Parsley, rector of St. Joseph’s Episcopal church, Durham. The service is the sec ond in a series of services being held in the Roxboro church each Thursday evening during Lent. E. B. Ferguson, Jr., also of Dur ham and Duke university, acolyte of the church will again have charge of the services and ex tends a cordial welcome to all who desire to attend. o CAKE AND PIE SALE A ibenefit cake and pie sale will be held by members of cir cle No. 4 of the First Baptist church, Saturday morning at the B. B. Knight Insurance company (office, Main street and Abbitt avenue. The sale wil begin at nine o’clock. flersonH^inits Congratulations!—From Adolf to tlerman Field Marshal Herman Goering, right, receives a vigorous handshake from Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler in congratulation of Goering’s forty seventh birthday. Hitler made a flying trip to Goering’s estate ontside Berlin to offer his personal congratulations. The field marshal is head of the German army’s air force, and Is said to have been named by Hitler as his successor in the event of his death. Negroes In Affray Wsfch Officers Sentenced To Roads Negro Is Member Os CCC Camp Stationed Near Yan ceyville. Sentence of eighteen months on the county roads was received by Jesse Hicks, Jr., Negro in TPerson “county court before Jud ge W. I. Newton, following Hick’s trial on charges of assaulting Of ficer Ollie Watson in a Saturday night affray. Evidence was in troduced to show that Hicks stab bed Watson in the back near the right shoulder with a pocket knife when the officer attempt ed to come to the rescue of an other oficer, Gilbert Oakley, who had been attacked by Jones Les ter, Jr., Negro, whom Oakley was seeking to arest for the use of profane language in the public streets. Jones Lester, at the same trisfl was given 12 months on the roads by Judge Newton on charges of resisting arrest and assaulting an officer. Lester, however, appeal ed his case to Superior court and /bond was set at S2OO by Judge Newton, although appeal was far ter withdrawn. In a preliminary hearing Monday morning before Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., Alexander Lester, brother of Jones Lester, Jr., was given a small fine on a charge of disorderly conduct, but no further charges were brought against him and he was released from -custody. The incident occurred about 8:30 o’clock Saturday evening, when Policeman Oakley, passing by the three Negroes on a main street near the courthouse, over heard Jones Lester’s use of pro fanity and ordered him to be quiet or else get off the street. The Lesters, according to reports, continued to use abusive langua ge and in the subsequent of fisti cuffs on the courthouse lawn, where one of the Negores ran and attempted to engage in a fight with Mr. OaKley, Hicks is said to have drawn a pocket knife which he thrust into Mr. Watson’s shoulder, as that officer was trying to assist his fellow of ficer. Immediately afterwards Hicks broke loose and ran a few feet ibut was caught and arrested on Main street by Policeman Charlie Wade, who was coming to the scene. Bath Jones Lester and Of ficer Watson received treatment at the 'hospital, Jones injuries con sisting of head lacerations, while four stitebe# were required to (Continued On Back Page) Dollar Days To Be Sponsored By Local Chamber | Flans for a series- of dollar days to be participated in by mer chants of this city at an early date were announced the first cf this week by Wallace W. Woods, secretary of the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce, sponsors •of the event. Although dates for this annual mercantile event are as yet un disclosed, Mr. Woods said this morning that a number of mer chants hav<e readily agreed to cooperate and that much stimula tion of local trade is to be ex pected. Special bargains in var ious lines will be offered and it is thought that all business hous es in the' city will within a few days be ready to announce their programs for the event. • o —— Christmas Seal Sales Net $118.97 During Campaign Presenting a final report on the Person county and Roxboro Christmas Seal sales campaign for 1939, Mrs. R. H. Shelton, cam paign chairman said that a total of $118.97 has been received and that of this amount, $63.26 was contributed by children and young people in the schools, with the largest school ccntribution coming from the Central school, where the total received reached slß.ll. o TOWER BLOWN DOWN Heavy winds, about noon yes terday, blew down the cooling to- | wer at the pliant belonging to the City Ice company, near the Nor folk and Western railway station, according to Wallace W. Woods, company manager. No damage was done to buildings at the plant, but Willis Hunt, attendant at the ice company, narrowly es caped injury, having left the spot where the tower fell only a few minutes before. o Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, N. C., is the bugest artillery re servation in the world. SCHOOLMASTERS HEAR PHILLIPS AT TUESDAYSESSION Discusses “Next Steps in North Carolina Education; Introduced By Cannon. • Discussing “Next Steps in North Carolina Educaition,” Professor Guy B. Phillips, of the depart ment of Education, the Univer sity of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, was guest speaker at the monthly session of the Person county Schoolmasters’ club, held Tuesday evening at Hotel Rox boro. Members cf the club adopted’ by unanimous vote a resolution; favoring support of Reginald Lee Harris, of this city, who is a can didate for nomination in the De -1 mocratic primary, May 25, as i Lieutenant-Govemcr. Introduced by the club presi ; dent, L. S. Cannon, Mr. Phillips set forth five or six changes ne cessary to the advancement of education in this state. He declar ed that there must be readjust ment and advancement of salar ies for teachers; that the curri culum must be broadened so as to include vocational training and other courses of a practical na ture; that school terms should be longer and that 12 years of work should (be provided; that there should be changes in certification so as to give teachers credit for extra graduate study and that continuous contracts should be provided for in appropriate in stances. He also urged centralization of administrative systems and boards so that the various commissions now in control, at Raleigh, could act as one body. About thirty-five persons were present to hear Mr. Phillips, among them the wives of the members, who had been asked to participate in the first annual “Ladies’ Night” program staged at this time. o APPLICATIONS FOR CITY MANAGERSHIP NUMBER SEVERAL Three Interviewed Tues day Night; No Action Tak en At This Time. Although three applicants for the position of city manager of Roxboro were interviewed at the regular session of the city coun cil Tuesday night, Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., said this morning that no decision was reached and that other applicants will be inter viewed Monday evening when a call session of the city board will be held. It is understood that all of the applicants present Tuesday night were from, out of the city and that at least two of them were from Raleigh. Present fer the Tuesday ses sion, which was a dlosed one with ho representatives from the press permitted to attend, were Mayor Nicks, chairman and the follow ing councilmen: George W. Kane, Gordon C. Hunter, George Cusli wa and C. L. Brooks. Also in at tendance were city attorney, F. O. Carver and City Manager James C. Harris, who returned Tuesday from Hazard, Ky., to which place he will soon go to take up his new duties as oity manager. Mr. Harris’ resignation as city man ager of Roxboro was announced last week. • Two or three local citizens, a mong them, K. L. Street and L. K. Walker, have been mentioned for the position and some fifteen to twenty applications in all have been received, it is »aid. THURSDAY, FEB. 15, 194# Farmers Institute Has Good Opening Persistent Suitor Wjsr I ' When Haywood S. Kirby, student at Harvard university in Cam bridge, Mass., failed to get a date with a Radcliffe college freshman, he decided to take necessary steps. His answer to her refusal was to go on a tree-top sitdown strike within plain sight of the girl’s dormitory window until she decided to give him a date. • Stove Explosion Damages Home Explosion of a wood and coal range in the kitchen at the resi dence of Mrs. Ida Mitchell, ■ Reams avenue, this city, about one o’clock Monday afternoon, did considerable damage to the kitchen and to the back porch of the house. No one was in the house at the time of the explosion, Mrs. Mit chell having left about five min utes before the blast occurred. The stove was completely wreck ed, a hole was torn in the kitchen 1 ceiling, window panes in the room were shattered and a back porch post was knocked loose. Water connections between the boiler and stove had been turned off for some time and it is thought that lack of water in the stove toil may have caused the explosion. Mrs. Mitchell had but recently returned to her home af ter absence of a week or more. o Final Rites For Mrs. Moore Held Funeral services for Mrs. W. R. Moore, about 60, of Woodsdale, who died at her residence Tues day night after an illness of sev eral days with influenza and pneumonia, were conducted at the N/crth Roxboro Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock' by the Rev. W. F. West, pastor of the First Baptist church, Rox boro. Interment took place in the annex at Burchwood cemetery. Surviving are her husband, a daughter, two sisters and twjo grandchildren. o - MARKET CLOSES Following an extension of the closing date from February 9, the Tobacco market closed for the 1939-1940 season at the end of sales today. Final reports on sales during the past week were not available this morning, but although sales have been somewhat slow during the past two weeks, the general sales average during the season has been regarded as satisfactory. ■ ‘ THE TIMES IS PERSON 1 * PREMIER NEWSPAPE*! A LEADER AT ALL TIMM*. , „ NUMBER THIRTY Tomorrow’s Program WiH Consist Os Morning and Af ternoon Session. Opening with a relatively large attendance, the first day’s pro gram of a two day “Farm and Home” institute sponsored by Person county Farm Agency of ficials began this morning at It o’clock at the Roxboro Commu nity house, with Miss Pauline Gordon and D. E. Jones, of the extension department, Nortfi. Carolina State college, Raleigh, as speakers. Although tomorrow’s program wil take place as scheduled at toe Person county courthouse, sea. sions today were changed to the Community house because of bet ter facilities offered there for practical demonstrations of topics discussed. The morning session today was devoted to presenta tion of problems connected with 1 electrification in rural homes, it being pointed out that safe wir ing and correct installation of fixtures and mechanical equip ment is an important considera tion. Emphasis was also placed on the choice (of attractive me thods of illumination with suffi cient candlepower and on the placing lamps to secure maximum results at least cost. Considerable attention was paid to the types and relative efficiency of various electrical lablcr-saVing devices. In the afternoon the progratb . was continued at one o'clock with discussions on rural water sup. ply and on equipment to facili tate its use. Speakers at tomorrow’s session will be Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris and A. C. Kimrey, also of the State College extension depart ment, who will present, respec tively, programs dealnig with handicraft and butter making and grading. The program will begin at 10 o’clock and will be Continued in the afternpon. —o Lenten Services . Held At Local Catholic Church Lenten services will be held on Thursday evening at 7:30 o’- clock each week during Lent at St. Mary and Edward’s Catholic church, according to the pastor, Father Cletus J. Welfrich, who spoke at the first service held last week. Father Cletus is ex pected to be the speaker this week also and a cordial welcome is ex tended to all who wish BREAKS ARM > On her way home from church Sunday night, Mrs. Wiley stead, of Court street, fell hi front of the Aubrey Long grocery store and broke her arm. Mw Winstead, who is the mother of Miss Bivins Winstead and Mrs. E. E. Thomas, received medical treatment for the injury and is uow resting well. It is understood that Mrs. Winstead lost her bal ance when she stepped upon some brush piled at the edge ot the sidewalk. - 0 i: a HAS OPERATION Gordon Carver, popular nxan of tois city and a son of Mr. amid Mrs. F. O. Carver, went a minor operation llflgSS where it is reported he fajSjJ ing as comfortably as can L:'
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