North Carolina Newspapers

JV IT IS NEWS ABOUT HpRSON COUNTY, YOU’LL Bind it in the times. VOLUME XI 1 Views I°/ The iNews E?- ■ ■K ■ I THY NAME £CB WOMAN,” SAYS POET Thursday, the State division of public asistamce was wboleheart | edly in agreement with Shakes | peare’s sentiments. In Forsyth County lives a needy woman who is trying to get on the old age assistance list. She ap pears to be about 65, the requir ed age, but the only documentary evidence is a marriage certificate dated 1897. According to the certificate, on which she gave her age as 17, she would be only 60 now. She con tends, however, that she was ac tually 10 years older than her 24- year-old (bridegroom, but wished to conceal the fact from him and the public record. The case is being held open -for further proof. t EIGTH AMERICANS FREED BY GENERAL FRANCO yarirjd Harold Dahl, the American aviator -of - fortune, whose beMiliful blonde actress wife helped save him from a fir ing squad by sending her picture to General! Franco, finally was a free man Thursday. Alonjfwiai seven other-Ameri cans who fought for the Spanish Republican army, Dahl, after nearly three years as a prisoner of war, awaited only a boat ride for his return to the United Sta tes. BARBER SLAYS WIFE, THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF Hastings. Minn. A mother of six children was shot to death, Sheriff Norman Dieter said, by her husband, whq then kilted himself. Thomas Kane, a barber, turn ed a shotgun on his wife in their home at the rear of his shop. She staggered into the street and died. The sheriff said witness describ ed how Kane walked outside, then went into the barber shop and shot himself. He was about 45. Six children ranging from six months to 18 years survive. JOHN D. JR., GIVES SIOO,OOO TO FINNS New Yarik Herbert Hoover, chairman of the Finnish Relief Fund, announced receipt of a SIOO,OOO donation from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who lauded the “humanitarian services” being rendered by the fund. - KENNEDY REPORTS CLINIC O. K.’d HEALTH Boston Shortly before leav ing Boston, ewroute. by his own testimony, to conclude his public life as American Ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy - said his health had just been “O.KJd” by Lahey Clinic. SECTORS IN NORWAY ISOLATED BY SNOW V - Oslo Snowstrdms of unus ual violence swept the west coast of Norway this week, isolating many communities and blocking zcadflL impassable drifts maroon ad many motorists. Among those stranded was a party of American journalists —at Gjossingfjord, where the German ship AHmarlc wea attached by J> British destroy. leranMimes EVERY SUNDAY k THURSDAY Colonists Off to Seek Utopia in Caribbean* Sea . —. ~tPi ■ W&mi ■mi mOMT Jml. En route to East Caicos, a 125.000-acre island at the southeastern end of the Bahamas, this small group re cently arrived la Cutler, Fla., from Pasadena, Calif. They hope to establish a perfect community on the un inhabited isle, which 4 I 700-mile voyage from Miami. Standing, left to right: Dawn Irvine, Mrs. A. E. Law rence and Jane Irvine. Seated, left to right: Helena Irvine, Mrs. Richard C. Irvine, Mrs. A. L. Lornsten and Mrs. James Lake. Mrs, Lake owns the Island where the colonists will attempt building their Utopia. • Rev. W. F. West Speaks At Rotary Club Thursday Discussing present day wars in Europe and Asia > Rev. W. F. West, pastor of the Rcodboro First Bap tist church, told fellow members of the Roxboro Rotary club at their weekly evening dinner ses sion held Thursday night at Ho tel Roxboro, that from an econo mic point of view the United Sta tes is today involved in these w|ars, especially in Europe. He mentioned the huge gold reserves now in the United States and said that this country has been playing a game of monopoly in respect to gold reserves, adding that if America wishes to bring about peace she must be willing to make sacrifices of a business nature for the benefit of other nations of the world. Introduction of Mr. West was made by T. Miller White, program chairman. The chib will meet a gain next Thursday night at the hotel. o- Cherokee Council Is Honored By National Office Reidsville, Feb. 24 Cherokee Council of the Boy Scouts of A merica, embracing Person, Cas well, Alamance, Rockingham and Stokes counties, received high: recognition from the National office when it was selected as. one of the two councils in North! and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida to be used as a model in the training of Scout leaders, one of the most stressed projects of Scouting. A. P. Patterson, of Reidsville, Cherokee Executive, has just been notified .ttf the 'honor paid his council in a letter from W. A. Dobson, head of the sixth region, with headquarters in Atlanta. Cherokee was designated as a Demonstration Training council and as a practical award aiccom pnying this designation the na tional Scout office in New York, will send Harry K. Eby, noted training specialist, to the council for a few days of special work. Mr. Eby is scheduled to arrive in Reidsville on Match 13th. The Person district training chairman is making preparations to furth er the training work here and probafbly meet in confer ence with Mr. Shy to plan the ypan work. • HEALTH WORK TO GO FORWARD IN PERSON COUNTY Granting of Funds By Rockefeller Foundation To Make Extensive Education al Program Possible. Continuance with renewed vi gor . £ a program of health in struct): n for tWchere In the KtfY boro and Person county schools is being carried .on by Dr. Walter Wilkins, of RaOeigh, representing the state departments of health l ar i ec'jcr) on. Furtherance of he program by Dr. Wilkins and' h.'s staff Is being made possible by grants from the Rockefeller foundation, ctf New York City. Dr. Wilkins began his work here last year, but foundation’s granting of funds has made re newal of the program possible, it was said today. It is understood that this ad ditional assistance by the Rocke feller foundation is available be cause wars in Europe have caus ed a temporary disruption of the Foundation’s health work in European countries and have made it necessary for workers there to be recallled to America. With Dr. Wilikins. as members of the staff supported by the Foundation, are a nutritionist and a nurse, Misses Boyd and Hutchinson, who will visit local schools for several weeks giving health education programs and lectures designed to instruct teachers in the art of imparting . health knowledge to their own pupils. Dr. Wilkins and staff will , continue to work at each school j until the program desired at the school is completed. In cammemting on the signific ance of Dr. Wilkins’ work in the Person area, Dr. A. L. Allen, health officer of the Person unit of the tri-county, Orange, Person, Chatham, health department operating in this area, said that selection of Person as a section in which to carry on special health work has been made by the Rocke (Continued On Back Page) o TROOP 49 MEETS Troop 49. Boy Scouts of Amer ica, had its wekly meeting at Roxboro Community house.*Fee. ture ctf the meeting was a ques tion and answer contest dealing with the life and times of George Washington. Opening was obser ved by a repetition of the Scout oath, a number of songs were sung and patrol matings were held. The program closed with the pled, ge to the Rag. ' Robert Fuller In Duke Hospital Following Injury Robert Fuller, nine year-old son of Hudie Fuller, is a patient at Duke hospital, Durham, where he underwent an operation Fri day for a depressed facture of the skull, said to have been receiv ed when he was struck by a fall ing" Brie" Thursday Afternoon a* bc.ut 3 o’clock at the farm home of his grandfather, Jonas Fuller, a few miles east of Rojdboro. It is reported that the boy, un known to other members of the group, who were felling trees, was standing in the way of a tree whioh was being cut down and that when it fell he received a blow on his head. The boy was first taken to Community hospi tal, where attending physicians and surgeons deemed it wise for him to be removed to Duke hos pital. The boy’s father, it is said, lives in Richmond, Va., and the boy has been making his home with his grandfather. It was not known here just how serious his injuries ware, although local phy sicians feared possibility of a brain injury. o CONFINED Mr. John A. McWhorter, of this city, has been confined to his 'home on Virginia avenue for the past several days on account of! a slight attack of influenza. Along The Way With the Editor Signs of Spring —■ Fitfc Davis has Started going to his of fice by bine o’clock in the morttihg; Lawrence Woods has been looking over 1 his fishing poles; Ed Austin is wondering whether they will hife or not; Tom Hamilton s loclksg at the golf clubs that Santa brought and he has not been afbte to use. Dolian Long is wondering how many dates he can afford to have per week; Sam Whitten is putting itcp mulch ice in Coca- Colas; Buster Jones is wearing louder clothes; Dr. Allen is getting a spring in his step and W. R. Hambrick is coming nown town to look around and see what has happened or what might happen. George Cushwa has been elected president of the local scout council and he is blaming Fred Masten for arranging it all. Oushwa says that Fred Masten wanted to see him work a little harder this year and so he got the committee to make him president. Dan Richmond, big butter and egg man of a large to bac on company, has been spending several 1 days in Roxboro. Just think, we knew Don when he didn’t have any money at all and now look at him. The contractor has about finished a new house for Thomas J. Shaw. Jr. When it is finished,Tom will move all of has fur niture down from Greensboro and live the life at a happy batchelor. He invites ail of his friends to come to see him. The only trouble is that Tom does not go to his home Dor the night until about two o’clock in the meaning. His new residence wiH M on Lamar street. SELECTIONS FOR TWO MORE TEAMS HAVE BEEN MADE Debaters For Helena And Hurdle Mills High Schools Triangular Debates Are Chosen. Selections of teams for the an nual high school triangular de bates are today announced by two more Person county schools, Hel ena and Hurdle Mills. At Helena first team winners are: Lawren ce Rogers and Paul Garrison and' Misses Violet Starke and Nancy Tillett, while alternates will be Carlton Chandler and Misses El iza Jones, Frances Mooney and Nancy Whitfied. At Hurdle Mills the first team will be composed of C. B. Davis. Jr., and Miss Doris Hamlet, affir mative, with Clarence Hall and Miss Rachel Porterfield, negative. Hurdle Mills alternates will be Miss Louise Janes, affirmative, and Miss Nell Breeze, negative. In the local triangle elimina tions Helena will send a team to Hurdle Mills, while Hurdle Mills will send one to Creedmoor. These contests will- take place March 29 and the school winning both affirmative and negative will be expected to participate in the state finals in Chapel Hill in April. The query, as previously announced is, “Resolved: That the United States government should own and operate the rail roads”. At Helena a total of fourteen pnpHs-partieiipatod- -in. eliminations. In addition to those on the selected team, they were Ray Wilson, Peter Penn Cooper, Eugene Goodwin, Fletcher Cham bers and Misses Helen Starke and Arline Jones. o Willis Pleasants’ Funeral Services Held At Residence Funeral services for Willis Pleasants, 67, whose death occur red Friday morning a tout three o’clock at his residence on the Leasburg road, route 1, were con ducted from the home at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, with inter ment following in the family plat of Ebenezer church cemetery. Survivors include: his wife, Mrs. Bettie Pleasants, of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Annie Belle Briggs, of Hurdle Mills; four sons, Preston Pleasants, also of Hurdle Mills; and Mlan roe, Ellis and Sam Pleasants, of the home. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1940 Series Os Service Station Thefts Reported To Officers Dental Work All But Completed In i Several Schools Dr. Guy Harris, dentist, of the state department of health, Ra leigh, has completed three weeks of dental work among school children in Roxboro and Person county, acording to announce ment from the Person unit of the Orange-Person-Chatham health department. Dr. Harris spent the greater part of his time at Cen tral grammar school, Roxboro, but was for two days at Mt. Tir zah school, although the program there was cut short because of bad roads. It is said, however, that a den tist will later in the spring com plete inspection and treatment begun at Mt. Tirzah, and that he will also visit Cunningham school, vlhere inpassable roads caused postponement of the pro gram. Also reported as complete is dental work done by Dr. A. C. Early, of Raileigh, in schools at Longhurst and East Roxboro. o John Day Goes To King’s Palace J:hn Day, popular young man ■ 6f this city, who has for two or three years been connected with the Service Dry Cleaning com pany, announced today that on I March Ist. he will become asso ciated with Marshall Twisdate, of King’s Palace. For the past several nCmths, during the ill ness of Coleman King, proprie tor, Mr. Twisdale has been oper ating this wql'Lknown Durham road restaurant and Mr. Day will assist him in its management. Mr. Day is the son of Mrs. Lula Day. Flynt Oliver, formerly at the Palace, resigned his position there some weeks ago. o TROOP 32 MEETS Troop 32, Boy Scouts of Amer ica, had its regular weekly meet ing in the basement of the Me thodist church. There were about 15 boys present. The meeting was opened with the appropriate exercises, after which the attendance was record ed. Short patrol meetings were held and dues were collected. Scoutmaster Lawrence Rynd then disc used the troop hike that was held Saturday. After playing a few games, the meeting was clas ed. ■ - . o ASSOCIATION meets The Person county Baptist As sociational Sunday School meet ing will be held today at 3 p. m. at Providence (Person) church, on the Virgilina highway. o HOSPITAL POLICIES I want to thank Mr. Knight and i the Ohio State Life Insurance •company far the $l4B paid, me on my (hospital policy. The check I received was prompt and satis factory. If you want a good pol icy, I recommend Knight’s Insur ance Agency. Signed - J. W. Bryan This is one df the many policy holders we have paid thousands of doltem to in the last few years. Knight’s Insurance Agency ..... Pd. Adv. THE TIMES IS PERSON”? PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIME! NUMBER THIRTY-TWO Rock Inn and Red Lane Establishments Robbed Sat urday Morning. Other Thefts Take Place. Theft of between S4O and SSO in bills and change, taken some time after mid-night Friday from Rock Inn service station on South Main street, this fatty was report ed to city police Saturday morn ing by the proprietor of the es tablishment, Lester Clayton. Also reported, at the sheriff’s office* was a similar early morning break-in at Red Lane service sta tion, at Longhurst, where an un determined amount of money was taken. Both George Walker, who oper ates the Red Lane service station, and Mr. Clayton are reported to have said that they did not leave their respective establishments until about mid-night Friday and it is thought that the robberies must have taken place between that time and daylight Saturday morning. Pin-tables in both es tablishments were broken into and cash trays removed. Mr. Clay ton estimates that pin-table mo ney at Rock Inn service station amounted to approximately $35, the remaining cash taken from there being taken from the cash register. Saturday morning’s filling sta tion robberies constitute the fourth and fifth such break-ins here within a month, according to Uwai*4«w., /enfonoemeot. ials, who say that Arthur Tuck’s service station was robbed Mon day night, with an approximate loss of sls, and that similar rob beries have occurred at Whitt’s Service station and at Buchanan’s, all located in the communities of Longhurst and Ca-Vett. Entrance to Rock Inn service station was made by breaking the glass in the front door and then turning the night-latch. At both Rock Inn and Red Lane some cigarettes were taken. I Oammemtinig on the series of thefts from filling stations, Sher iff M. T. Clayton said that main tenance of nightwatchmen at ser vice stations, especially in those at Ca-Vel and Longhurst, would seem to be a wise policy. The sheriff addled that four such thefts had been recently reported in oee night at Durham. o Final Rites For Raymond Jones Held Saturday - » vV Frnal rites for Raymond Grady Jones, 23, who became ill a few days ago while staying with his brother, Leroy Jones, at Hurdle Mills, khd whose death occurred Thursday morning about 9:30 O'- clock in Roxboro, just after he had been, brought to Commun ity hospitad, were conducted Sat urday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Rqberts Chapel, Granville coun ty. Interment took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Jones, who was the son of Mr. and (Mrs. Ralph Jones, of Stem, is survived by his wife, aa infant daughter, his parents and a number of sisters and brothers. o DAUGHTER BORN Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Young, of this city, a daughter, Fay Thornton, on Thursday, Feb ruary 22, at Cosnunity hospital Weight six and three-fourth pounds. Both mother and daugh ter are doing well.