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IF FT 18 NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI
YOUNG WOMEN OF
COMMUNITY NEAR
| HERE IMPROVED
Misses Huldah and Esther
©entry Still In Hospital Un.
forgoing Treatments.
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Huldah and Esther Gentry, both
residents of .the Allensville com
!. munity, near this city, and dis
tantly related to each other, are
- patients at Community hospital,
■* here, where they brought
late Monday afternoon after hhv
f ing received injuries in separate
accidents' in whcih automobiles
.> Were involved. gjfe
The first named, Mise vßuldsflv
Gentry, suffered a fractured right
leg, near the anklfe/ißittl five
thirty- o’clock in theiSwlibon as
£ she was crossing the street in
s 7 front of the Collins and Ajkman
corporation plant at Ca-Vel,
where she was struck by be
ing driven by Cledith Hayes, of
the Bethel Hill community. Eye
witnesses to the accident report
that the young woman apparent
ly did not see the on-coming car
and that the driver, observing
that she had not'Seen his mach
ine, applied his <brsfces so quick
ly that the front of the car miss
ed her, although the sudden stop
swung the car around, causing
Miss Gentry to be hit by the back
bumper.
The second victim, Miss Esther
Gentry, received a fracture of the
seventh dorsal vertebra, about
four-thirty o’clock Sunday after-
near Creedmoor, when the
car in which she wais riding, driv
en by her brother, Ivey Gentry,
overturned as the driver was en
deavoring to pull it back into
the highway after the machine
had skidded onto a soft shoulder.
Ivey Gentry, and his brother,
Harold Gentry, and Misses Alma
Wheeler and Wilma Hart, of Ox
ford, also in the automobile, suf
fered no injuries other than a
few bruises, but the car was
greatly damaged.
Perhaps, the more seriously in
juured of the two young women
is Miss Esther Gentry, who was
first taken to Watts hospital, Dur
ham, immediately after the
wreck. She remained in the Dur- ]
ham hospital until Monday after
noon, when she was transferred
to Community hospital, Roxboro,
at about the time of Miss Huldah
Gentry’s accident.
Miss Esther Gentry and her two
brothers were said to have been
enroute to Campbell college,
where she is a student, after
having spent the week-end at the
home of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Gentry. The broth
ers were also going on to Wake
Forest, where Ivey Gentry is a
student, and to Sanitorium, where
Harold Gentry is a laboratory
technician.
Miss Huldah Gentry, daughter
of Mrs. Ed Gentry, is a secretary
in the purchasing department of
Collins and Aikman, where she
bad just completed her work for
the day. No charges have been
preferred against Mr. Hayes, who,
ironically enougfi, is a personal
v friend of the young woman.
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NO CffitCE YET
Selection of a new city mana
ger to succeed James C. Harris,
recently resigned to go to a sim
ilar position at Hazard, Ky., may
be made soon, according to state
ments made Tuesday morning by
4. members of the Roxboro City
[ council, who had a call session
Monday evening, at which it is
s ; said some eighteen candidates,
| two residents of this city and two
others from out ox Town, were mu
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PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAE A
Arrange Chicago Democratic Conclave
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Big plans for the national convention in Chicago are being
made by Oliver A. Qoayle, center, treasurer of the Democratic national
committee; Joseph Knlj&t, left, secretary of the Illinois Democratic cen
tral committee, and Hotter Matt Adups, president of the Young Demo
crats of America. Tho jjjjo mot in Chicago to make necessary arrange
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SPINNING ?\M
SOON TO BEGIN
OPERATION HERE
(tew Division of Collins
and Aikman Plant at Ca-
Vel Housed. Structure Built
By Kane.
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Within less than nine months
after construction was begun, the
now virtually completed spin
ning plant additibn at plant E of
the Ca-Vel division ot the Col
lins and Aikmam corporation will
be in use, according to informa
tion received from William War-
corporation’s residen
engineer, who said also that the
spinning plant addition means an
increased eficiency and enlarge
ment of facilities at Plant E, sin
ce until no.w all spinning opera
tions of the corporation have
been earied on in the company’s
Northern plants.
The spinning plant is located at
Ca-Vel, near this city, is on the
main highway passing through
the village, and adjoins one of
the older buildings.
The new, building, of one story
type, with a basement, measures
307 by 180 feet and is of fire
proof construction, although
there is adequate light, both na
tural andi arificial. Construction
has been under the direction of
the George W. Kane company,
this city, and in the party view
ing the buildiing Tuesday after
noon as guests of Fred Masten,
Roxboro ofice manager of the
Kane company, were a number
of representative Roxboro citi
zens.
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GOOD RECORD
B. B. Knight, owner and man
ager of Knight’s Insurance agen
cy, has just received word from
the Ohio State Life Insurance Co,
that he was among the first twen
ty agents of the United States in
Paid-For For The Year Contract
Basis life insurance. For Decem
ber he was eighth in examined
business and seventh in examin
ed business for the year.
Mr. Knight has been represent
ing the Ohio State Life Insurance
company for about five years.
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IS IMPROVED
Mrs. H. M. Beam, of Lamar
street, whose leg was broken in
a fall received Sunday morning
at her home, is reported to be
resting comfortably. It is, under
stood that she slipped on the
Walkway between the house and
the garage, the accident happen,
ing about 9:30 o’clock..
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Merchants Warned
To Watch Out For
Worthless Checks
Merchants in this area are be
ing notified by Wallace W. Woods,
secretary of the Roxboro Cham
ber of commerce, to be on the
lookout for worthless checks re
ported as being passed by a Miss
Irene Dockins, formerly of Col
umbia, S. C., on the basis of a
Red Cross First Aid instructor’s
card. According to C. Leo Wil
helm, state field representative of
the Red Cross, who was here to
day, Miss Dockins did qualify as
a first aid instructor in 1937, al
though only cne card was issued
her and she has not since then
been actively engaged in such in
struction.
Mr. Wilhelm, who re
ceived reperts from Raleigh, said
that the matter was first reported
last week by Red Cross officials
at Columbia. He had no informa
tion as to how many checks have
been passed, but joined Mr.
Woods in the request that all
merchants in North and South
Carolina be warned,
All-Girl Teams
Will Debate For
Allensville High
Following a ,preliminary eli
mination held at the school, de
baters chosen to represent Allens
ville high school in its triangular
debates with Wilton and Oak
Hill on March 29, were selected
as follows: affirmative, Frances
Evans and Geraldine Moorefield;
negative, Louise Solomon and
Elsie West. With the exception of
Miss West, who is a sophomore,
all speakers selected are mem
ber of the senior class.
The Allensville negative team
will meet Wilton, at Wilton, and
the affirmative team, upholding
the query, Resolved: that the fed
eral government should own and
operate the railroads”, will de
bate Oak Hill at Allensville. The
school having a winning team will
be expected to participate in the
finals at Chapel Hill in April.
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HAS OPERATION
John Herman Wehrenberg, 23,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Weh
renlberg, is a patient at Commu
nity hospital, where he under
went an appendectomy late yes
terday afternoon. He was stricken
with a sudden attack earlier in
the morning shortly alter he had
gone to work at the Collins and
Aikman plant. His condition is
now reported to be satisfactory.
Church Circle To
Sponsor Benefit
Babies’ Contest
Registration books are now
open for a “Baby” contest be
ing sponsored by Gircle Five,
of the Roxfooro First Baptist
church as a suplement to their
patt in the church building
fund. Registrations will con
tinue through Saturday, Feb
ruary 24, and may be made
until that date at three select
ed beauty salons in the city.
Babies from birth up to six
years of age are eligible upon
payment of a small registra
. tion fee, which will entitle the
child entered to a certain num
ber of votes.
The actual voting contest will
follow bettween March 1 and
March 9 and it is expected that
several entrants will have spec
ial sponsors looking after their
interests. A small fee will be
charged for votes. Registration
has been in progress for sev
eral days and! members of the
circle report that interest is
rapidly increasing. A silver
loving cup will be given to the
infant or child receiving the
highest number of votes.
PAGEANT GIVEN
AS FEATURE OF
P. T. A. PROGRAM
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Nominating Committee Al
so Chosen. Miss Boatwright
Recites Poems.
Commemorating the forty-third
anniversary of the founding of
the national Parent-Teachers as
sociation, a pageant. “As Told by
Candles”, was presented as a
feature of the regular monthly
meeting of the Roxboro Parent-
Teachers association held Tuesday
afternoon at Roxboro high school.
The pageant, staged under the
direction of Mrs. B. G. Clayton,
was interpreted by members of
the high school dramatics club.
Presiding over the meeting was
Mrs. R. H. Shelton, president,
who presented the program chair
man, Mi's. J. H. Hughes. As an
introduction to the program Mrs.
Hughes then gave a brief history
of the national P. T. A. organiza
tion, the first national congress
of which was held on February
17, 1897, at Washington. Devot
ionals were lead by Miss Inda
Collins, who also read the “Ten
Commandements for Parents."
During a brief business session
a committee was elected to revise
by-laws and 1 to nominate officers
for the coming year, those chosen
for the committee being Mrs.
Wagstaff, Miss Roxanna Yancey
and Mrs. R. B. Dawes.
Also a feature on the program
was the recitation of two poems
by young Miss Alice Lee Boat
wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. V. Bcatwright. During the so
cial hour a cake made by Mrs. Cy
Kirby was raffled, the winner
being Mrs. L. C. Clarke. Refresh
ments, in Washington’s birthday
motif, were served by members
of Mrs. Babon’s home economics
class. Hospitality chairman was
Mrs. H. L. Umstead.
Students taking part in the pa
geant were Misses Nobie Sue Nel
son, Peggy Whitten, Martha
Boatwright, Catherine Tapp,
Mary Virginia Clayton, Ida Fran
ces Harris, Arlene Newell and
Marion Frederick.
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MISS BARNETT HOME
Miss Mamie Love Barnett has
returned to Roxboro from Watt’s
hospital where she has been un
dergoing treatment Her condi
tion is much better.
Dollar Days Open In City Tomorrow;
Bargains And Large Crowds Expected
DEBATE WINNERS
MUST NOW WORK
TO ENTER FINALS
Four For Roxboro High
First Team and Their Al
ternates Selected - Tuesday
Morning.
Winners in the elimination con
test held Tuesday morning by
Roxboro high school debaters
seeking to qualify as team rep
resentatives for the school’s tri
angular debates between high
schools at Hillsboro and Chapel
Hill, were Robert Hunt and John
McWhorter and Misses Arlene
Newell and Annie Sue Barrett.
Chosen as alternates were Ted
Parker and Sam Umstead and
Misses Nellie Lester and Margar
et Greene.
Selection of team representa
tives and alternates will mean a
concentration of effort on the
part of the winners and alternat
es during the next few weeks,
with the hope that they may win
over their rivals and be selected
to attend the annual high school
debating finals to be held at
Chapel Hill in April.
Between eighteen and twenty
young Roxboro high school stu
dents took part in the debates of
the morning, starting at eight
thirty o’clock at the high school
auditorium and the judges, Mayor
S. F. Nicks, Jr., Rev. Thomas H.
Hamilton and Thomas J. Shaw,
Jr., considered the choices for
some time befere decision was
announced.
Using the query for the year,
“Resolved: that ownership, oper
ation and control of railroads
should be taken over by the Un
ited States government.” many of
the students chose negative rath
er than affirmative sides for pre
sentation, although the local win
ners of the morning may be ex
pected to take an opposite side
before the contests with Chapel
Hill and Hillsboro take place.
Others who participated in the
contests of the morning included:
Misses Frances Mangum, Irene
Jones, Lula Chaney. Margaret
Chambers, Marguerite Allen,
Ethel Johnson, Nobie S. Nelson,
, Catherine Tapp and l Nannie Lou
Hall, and Gordon Wilkerson,
Former Resident
Passes Saturday
In Washington
Clem Daniel, former resident
of this city, but resident of Wash
ington, D. C. for the past fifteen
years or more, died in that city
Saturday. Pneumonia was given
as the cause of his death.
Funeral services were held in
that city Monday afternoon.
Mr. Daniel is survived by
numbers of relatives in Roxboro
and Person county, among them
being Mrs. Ida Mitchell, an aunt,
and Mr. Bill Daniels, an uncle.
The deceased was unmarried.
He was working with a Wash
ington newspaper.
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NOT HERE
Miss Inez Hobgood, state NYA
supervisor, scheduled to have
been here yesterday for a confer
ence with Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff,
welfare and WPA administrator
for Person county, was detained
at her home because of an auto,
mobile accident and will nol
come to Roxboro this week, it was
learned today.
THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1940
New President
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GEORGE CUSHWA
Mr. Cushwa was elected presi
dent of the Person County Scout
Council at the regular monthly
meeting held Tuesday night.
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GEORGE CUSHWA
CHOSEN TO HEAD
SCOUT COUNCIL
Elected At Monthly Meet.
ing Os Local Council Held
On February 20. Other Of
ficers Selected.
At a meeting cf .the„ P&CSOft
county Scout Council Tuesday
night George J. Cushwa was el
ected president of the council.
Other officers elected were W.
A. Pickering, vice-president, F.
O. Carver, Jrr,- secretary and R.
M. Spencer, treasurer.
President O. B. Mcßroom pre
sided over the meeting which was
held in the office of Dr. A. F.
Nichols. Mr. Mcßroom declined
to offer his name for the position
of president for the coming year.
Prior to the election of officers
all Scoutmasters who were pre
sent gave a report on their troops.
There reports indicated that the
troops were in good shape and
that registrations for 1940 had
been good.
Clyde Swartz, commissioner for
this district, reported that pro
gress was being made in the
formation of a Negro troop for
Roxboro and that a Scout leader
training course would be held
soon
A. P. Patterson, scout executive
l tported on several phases of
[ Scouting in this district and F.
10.I O. Carver, Jr. reported on the
annual meeting that was held in
'leidsville last month.
New oficers will enter upon
their duties at once.
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CHANGED DATES
Change in the schedule of Miss
Goldie Roberts, of Durham, WPA
area supervisor, was announced
today. 'Miss Roberts will in the
future be in Roxboro on the
fourth Friday of each month. Her
next conference here, at the ru
ral center between the hours of
ten o’clock in the morni ig and
three-thirty o’clock in the after
noon, will be held on Friday of
this week.
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OFFICES CLOSED
Offices Os the Person county
departments of heath, public wel
fare and WPA administration are
closed today in observance ol
Washington’s birthday, according
to announcements from official*
of the various departments. Alsc
closed are the United States post
office and Peoples bank.,
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THE TIMES IS PERSON 1 !
PREMIER NEWSPAPERS
A LEADER AT ALL TIME!
NUMBER THIRTY-ONE
Fifty or More Merchants
And Other Firms Promise
To Have Shelves Loaded
With New Stock.
Dollar Days begin in Roxboro
tomorrow and continue through
Mcnday, February 26. Practical
ly every store in Roxboro is co
operating in this event and every
thing looks favorable for one of
the greatest Dollar Day events
to be staged in this city. Appro
ximately fifty stores or places of
business have said that they
would feature extra special val
ues on these days.
W. W. Woods, secretary of the
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce,
has been working on the program
for about a week and he has
made every effort to have all
merchants plan greater values
than they ever have for Dollar
Days. The entire project is be
ing sponsored by the Roxboro
Chamber of Commerce.
Dollar Days, this year, are
planned differently from other
Dollar Days, in that the program
starts in one week and runs over
into the next week. This will
give all people ample time to do
their shopping.
Another thing in favor of the
occasion for this year is that the
weather man has promised fair
weather for the next few days.
He may change his mind before
the big days arrive, but everyone
is hopeful.
Local merchants and the Cham
ber of Commerce invite everyone
in this section of the state to vi
sit Roxboro, February 23, 24 and
26th.
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North Carolina
Program Given
At Kiwanis Club
With “Know Your North Caro
lina” as the topic of the evening,
an entertaining and instructive
program was presented Monday
by Gilbert Wagstaff and the pro.
gram chairman, E. E. Thomas, at
the dinner session of the Roxboro
Kiwanis club held at the Hotel
Roxboro. High scorers in the Tar
Heel contest, which consisted of
42 questions, were Dr. B. A.
Thaxton, who had only eight er
rors.
Reports of the mter.olub meet
ing held last week in Raleigh
were presented by Hill Stanfield.
Special welcome was extended
to Ralph Cole, who had been ab
sent for several weeks while oo
a southern trip.
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Mrs. Allen Talks
On Visual Defects
At a meeting held at Person
County courthouse at 4:15 yester
day afternoon, Mrs. Gay Allen,
of Raleigh, of the state commis-
I sion of the blind, gave to teachers
in the county system explanations
and demonstrations of methods
for determining visual defects.
Visual inspections will be given
in both white and' Negro schools
lin the county between now and
March 15, it is said.
OBSERVES HOLIDAY
In observance of Washington’s
birthday, a legal holiday, the Rotx
! boro Post Ofice, of which L. M.
■ Carlton is postmaster, is closed to.
! day. Incoming mail has been dis
; tributed as usual and outgoing*
> mail has been bod
■ window service has not been cvw