A THERSDAY I v V-JHmUM mf*m& ’ ** : '^# r " .*' 4 -. V« Hospi^^se r Been-jjfratient Per Past '' ' 4 a i : • '' r *' _____ Funeral services .for Mrs. Gene ‘ Cates, 65, whose death ocicurred Wednesday morning at nine o’- clock. at Community hospital, where she had been a patient for about ten days, will be conducted at Surl church at three o’clock Friday afternoon by the Rev. Lex Chandler. Interment will fol low in the church cemetery. Mrs. Cates, who had been in ill health for four months, was a resident of the Helena commun ity. Death was attributed to cam p locations. Mrs. Cates, the former Miss Jennie Oakley, was twice mar 'first to the late Charles Al len, and then to Mr. Cates, who survives, as do two nieces, Mrs. Minnie Bell Oakley, of Farmville, and Mrs. Emma Cothran, of Rox boro. Also surviving are three nephews, R. C. Oakley, of Dunn, and J. G. and Rush Oakley, of Helena. 0 Harris Expresses Appreciation For Cooperation Here In an informal interview Tues day evening, prior to his depar ture Wednesday morning for Haz ard, Ky., James C. Harris, city manager of Roxboro for the past four and ahaif years, expressed his deep appreciation for the spir it Os friendship and cooperation shown to him by city officials and residents, alike, during his stay here. In part. Mr. Harris said: “I cannot leave Roxboro, where I have enjoyed so many years of a most pleasant public relation ship, without expressing deep re gret that I must go elsewhere or without thanking both officials and residents of the city for their unfailing friendship and contin ued cooperation during my per iod in office as Roxboro’s city manager.” Mr. Harris, who is a graduate of the University of North Caro lina, Chapel Hill, and a native of Warren county, came to Roxboro from Fuquay Springs, where he . was also city manager. His new position, as city manager at Haz. ard, Ky., was tendered to him the first of this month. —o Scott Long Will Take Position Scott Long, of this city, will on Monday, Maheh 4, become asso ciated with Claude Harris in the Operation of Service Dry clean ers, a North Main street estab lishment, Mr. Harris announced today. Mr. Long, who has beef* with the Roxboro Laundry for about a; year, Was formerly em ployed by the Roxboro Furniture company. will tfcke *4he * position formerly a>i(M tb*-k«tf Ml accepted j rntnimonfo » * ;V i J Mcounty vmm §|rs’ Discuss Plans - ’ •T\SflHßC?r?sa»w ■ "V' am - '; A -Sis-s ■ ■ v -; : ' ss§p * Making big medicine tor the Republican party’* 1940 convention In Philadelphia are John D.' M. Hamilton, center, chairman of the Republi can hptfona) committee; Harold W. Mason of Vermont, left, secretary, and Rettty Fletcher of Rhode Island, general counsel. The trio met in Washington, D. C., to discuss plana for the June convention. !-■ Ms ' ■ ■ : - Person Bar Seeks Change In County Court’s Selection Local Members Os Bar As sociation Vote 5 to 2 Fav oring Resolution. A resoultion favoring election of the judge of the county court and |of the prosecuting attorney of that court by popular vote of the people was passed Tuesday night by members of the Person county bar association at a call meeting held in the office of a local attorney. The resolution, similar to cme endorsed a few weeks ago by the Person oounty Democratic Executive committee, “Whereas: it is the opinion of the Person County Bar associa tion that the offices of Judge and Prosecuting attorney should be elected by popular vote of the people. “Now Therefore, be it resolved that the Person Oounty Bar re recommend and endorse to the County Commissioners and to the Senators and' Representatives to be nominated and elected in the ensuing primary and election: . “That such resolutions be pass ed or laws enacted as may be ne cessary for the elections of Jud ge and Prosejcuting attorney of the County court. “This the 26th. day of Febru ary, 1940." Although three or four mem bers of the Person Bar association were not present, it is understood that the resolution was passed by a vote of five to two. Total mem bership in the association, of which W. D. Merritt is president, stahds at tepi The present holders Os the judgeship and the position t:f prosecuting attorney, appoint ed by the county commissioners, are W. I. Newton and Fitzgerald Davis. Rev. E. L. Hill Is Speaker At Helena Rev. E. L. Hill, pastor of the Helena Methodist church, spoke to the Helena student body dur ing Chapel yesterday on “What’s the Use?” Mr. Hill pointed out that it is necsssarjr for a pupil to be in school ev4ry day in order to get Ibest Results; day 'spept in arficol should mean a l«gsr earning latet V'Tte speaker appointed out illustrating . he Baby Contest Is Being Sponsored By Baptist Circle With what they regard as an impressive list of twenty-five candidates ready and waiting to be voted upon, officials of the “Baby Popularity Contest” being sponsored as a benefit for the building fund of the First Baptist church, this city,. by circle five, announced today that they are •ready for the contest veting sche-' dulcd to start tomorrow. Voting will continue through March 9. A number of people in the city are acting as sponsors for indivi dual candidates. These sponsors are working especially hard for their favorite infants and child ren. Each entrant in the contest received a certain number of vlo tes upon registration and other votes may 'be obtained by pay ment of a modest voting fee. The candidates, who were registered for the contest last week are in •ages somewhere between early infancy and the ripe age lof six years. Those registered include: Syl via Nicks, Patsy Anne Long, Herbert Mast an, Nancy Minor, Jerry Clayton, Martin Hedge peth, Bill Long, Sherry Ann Cur lee. Ruth Young, Jeanette Newell, Norman Bowen, James Woody, Gill Wagstafif, Syble Henry Moore, Wharton Winstead, Jr., Pat Satterfield, Lee Pass, Jichn Dewey. Bradsber, David Gaddy, Joan Marie Brooks, Carl Ray Gentry, Thomas Owen Pass, Jr. and Lex Newton, Jr. o Helena P. T. A. Has Regular Program At the February meeting of the Helena Parent-Teacher associa tion held last week Misses Lou Ellen Rogers and Mary Jay Coth ran presented an enjoyable pro gram. Also on the program of the evening was a reading by Miss Dorothy Ann Cothran and bn ad dress pertaining to P. T, A. Founder’s day 1 Be Helena Event The annual home-earning pro gram at Helena, scheduled to have been held at an earlier date but postponed because of adverse weather conditions, will be held at the school Friday evening; be ginning with basketball games between teams from Helena and Fuller Memorial, Durham. Games will be ©ailed at 7 o’colck. Prior to the games and until 7:30 o’clock, members of the Wo man’s Missionary society of An tioch church will serve an oyster supper. Chicken salad plates will also be on the menu. It is the hope of thlcse in charge of the program that many friends, pat rons and former students will at tend. o “The friends thou hast and their adoptions tried, graple them to thy soul with hctaps of steeL” —Shakespeare Slaughter Leaves Today For Cardinal Training .Quarters Having spent the past few months running Person county rabbits, mauling wood and hunt ing quail, Enos Slaughter, native of this county and a star right fielder for the St. Louis Cardin als, left today for the Cardinal camp at St. Petersburg. Fla., where he will be until April 4, when the Cards will invade Cuba for four days. Before getting to St. Louis for the opening of the playing season, Slaughter and his teammates will 'Stage * series lof exhibition games .jto various cities. N&r. Slaughter, - . a cdniraict with pPPr'Sie felt in better phy stetel shape (than ever and is looking forward to a sucu«9|^| Newly Chosen City Manager Will Begin Duties Here First Os Weekr SOMEWHAT BETTER Miss Mary Joy Wilkerson, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Wilkerson, who has been seriously ill at Community hos pital for several days, has been slightly better for the past day or two. New Equipment Purchased For Allensville School Purchase of new equipment for the Allensville school, announced today by Principal S. B. Satter white, includes curtains and a cy):lorama for the auditorium in the new elementary building, and about 70 new books for the high school library. The purchas es were made by the Allensville Parent-Teacher association in cooperation with the Person icounty board of education, and the total cost has been estimat ed at close to S4OO. The curtains are maroon, with gold trimmings, attractively de corated with a large gold “A” at the top iiHftie center. The cyc lorama is gray. The library books, which con sist of a considerable number of volumes of fiction and several "history -and -Kteratnre reference works. Among the histories are books about North Carolina by Connor and Lefler. and a United States history by Bassett. Four volumes of Barrie’s dra mas, six Rinehart novels, and works by Porter, Sabatini, and Brcmte are included in the fic tion. Other volumes purchased include Jackson’s “Ramona”, Eggleston’s “Hoosier School Mas ter”, Rawlings’ “The Yearling”, and Hardy’s “Return of the Na tive”. o DAUGHTER BORN Mr. and- Mrs. Willie D. Gray, of Timberlake, announce the birth of a daughter, Doris Marie, on Saturday. February 10. Mrs. Gray, is the former Miss Lurena Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. m; Allen, of the Moriah com munity. i o f ■ “The glory of good men is in ehir conscience and not in the mouths of men.” Wa*3fime Gibe - . JjKK 7' < v ', C- 2 ' ■ bj. -to >» [ ■ -V** .