IT IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY* YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED* EVERY SUNDAY * IHIttiDAY
Reconnaissance Flights ProKe Enemy Territory 1
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reconnaissance flight return with scores ol aerial
other strategic point*. Right* At hndimirim if j f? r *Ph» of German positions, ammunition dumps and
• map of tlm Reich, and are developed picture, .re placed in appropriate positions on
positions, et*. examined under mir cos cope, to And hidden detail, such as plane hangars, gun
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MAN BURIES BODY
OF AUTO VICTIM
r Chicago The .-bruised . and
broken bcdy of a six-year-old
girl, victim of an automobile dri
ver, was found hidden under a
tarpaulin covered with dirt in a
North Side garage the last part
of the week.
Poli'ce, acting on a tip given
by. a person who saw the child
—Aan Frank—struck as she was
returning home frcm school, ar
rested the driver and from him
learned of the girl’s iburial. They
dug sometime before making the
discovery.
Lieut. John O’Malley said Wal
ler Bradshaw confessed and dir
ected digging operations.
FRENCH MOVIE STUDIOS
ARE DESTROYED BY FIRE
Paris Fire Thursday destroy
ed seven sound stages in the
Pathe movie studios southeast of
Paris where a film version of
“Hitler Told Me”, by Hermann
Rauschning, former nazi chieftain
in Danzig, was being made.
Damage was estimated at $500,-
000, Pathe officials said the fire
was due undoubtedly to “a tech
nidil accident.”
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SWISS NAZI LEADER
HELD FOR ESPIONAGE
,£i&affHausei(. --Switzerland’s
No. 1 nazi, a Zur
ich lawyer and doctor, was arrest
ed recently and charged with es
pionage in behalf of Germany.
Tobler is the head of the Swiss
national front, a nazi-type party
within Switzerland, and was once
a member of the Swiss national
council, the lower house of parlia
ment.
TWO NEGROES ARE HELD
FOR BOX CAR ROBBERY
Kinston Police here said At
lantic Coast Line Railway detec
tives had assumed custody of
George Johnson and John Brock,
Negroes charged with a box car
robbery at Tarboro. Detectives
said the car was broken into and
two cases ot cigarettes were stol
en.
Person County Times
Mrs. Pollock Now
At Western Union
Mrs. Mae Holland Pollock, of
Richmond, Va., relief manager for
the Western Union Telegraph
company, yesterday asumed man
agement cf the Roxboro branch
office of the company. Succeeding
R. L. Weldcn, of Winston-Salem
and Asheville, who has been here
in a similar capacity for about
-jwn months, Mrs. Poßoek said.
Saturday morning that she came
here at the request cf B. G. Dot
son, superintendent of the North
Carclina-Virginia divisen. Mrs.
Pollock, who arrived here Friday
has residence with Mrs. A. C.
Gentry. Reams avenue. Mr. and
Mrs. Weldon, who have been stay
ing at Hotel Roxboro, left Satur
day fer Winston-Salem.
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Receipt of Papers
Marks Return Os
Man To Virginia
* Following receipt of extradi
tion papers by Person Sheriff M.
T. Clayton, Jim Davis, wanted by
Halifax county. Va., officers on
charges of larceny, attempted rape
and assault, was Thursday after
noon returned to Halifax county.
Davis, who was captured sev
eral weeks ago by Person officers
had been confined to the county
jail; here following his refusal to
surrender voluntarily to Virginia
cfficers. The extradition order
honored by Gov. Clyde R. Hoey,
of North Carolina, was requested
by Gov. James Price of Virginia.
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Women Invited
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To Demonstration
Person county home demonstra
tion club women, according to a
message received from Miss Ka
therine Millsaps, demonstration
agent at Graham, are invited to
attend a baking demonstration
by Miss S. Rice, which will be
given at the Agricultural build
ing, Graham, at 11:30 o’clock Sat
urday morning, March 9.
Miss. Rice gave a similar demon
stration last year in Person coun
ty and it is expected that a num
ber of women from the county
will attend.
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Industrial expansion in North
Carolina in 1939 is estimated to
have given jobs to at least 15,000
more workers.
BETTER HOMES
PROGRAM TO BE
HELD IN APRIL
Miss Velma Beam Is Coun
ty Chairman of Committee
Which Has Ten Sub-Chair
men.
Announcement was made yes
fcrday that Miss Velma Beam,
-Person county home-demonstra.
ion agent, has been appointed to
serve as Chairman cf the Person
“Better Homes” committee. Miss
"Seam's appointment to this post
•vas made from the national
headquarters of Better Homes in
America at Purdue university.
r ho program is to be held during
April and May. Better Homes in
America is an educational move
ment attempting to bring to the
attention of the community all
‘hat modern methods and inven
tion can offer home-makers of
moderate means and to show in
dividuals how they can accom
plish something worthwhile with
the resources at hand. The em
phasis is on the home and the im
provements which can be made
that are within the reach of fa
milies with low or modest income.
The Person county committee
erganized to bring the service
and program of the national or
ganization into every community
zf the county and to adapt the
program to fit local needs will
have chairmen serving in 10 com
munities throughout the county.
The committee is composed of
‘.he folowing home beautification
leaders in the home demonstra
te clubs: Mrs. L. M. Hall, Cun
ningham; Mrs. J. M. Edison, Hel
ena; Mrs. Earl Wilkerson, Bushy
Fork; Miss Mary Winstead, Olive
Hill; Mrs. Claude Whitfield, Hur
dle Mills; Miss Jewel Fogleman,
Mt. Tirzah; Mrs. T. B. Davis, Al
lensville; Mrs. J. H. Merritt, Be
thea Hill; Mrs. C. L. Perkins, Pro
vidence and Mrs. W. E. Rudder,
Chub Lake.
Effectiveness in the movement
is secured by correlating the ef
forts of all civic and educational
agencies and spetialsts interest
ed in home improvement, in a
comprehensive annual campaign.
The 1940 National Better Homes
week will! be observed from April
28 to May 4. The Person county
committee invites the cooperation
of all organizations whose pur
poses are allied with the en
couragement of home betterment,
including gardens, home building
and furnishing, remodeling, home
management, home recreatonal
activities, as well as g eneral
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I ROTARIANS HEAR
BANK OFFICIAL
IHURSDAY NIGHT
Plans Being Made For
Rotary-Kiwanis Basketball
Game To Be Staged I4th.
The intricacies of present-day
banking were discussed at the
Thursday evening dinner session
of the Roxboro Rotarjij club by
Gordon C. Hunter, executive
vice-president of the Peoples
bank, this city, who Is also a
member of the club. 1
Calling his subject “What
Makes the Wheels Go Ttound in
Banking". Mr. Hunter mentioned
clearing houses and their funct
ions in expediting inter-city and
inter-state as well as foreign
checking accounts. He also descr
ibed a typical early morning’s
work in a bank, saying that
cpening of incoming mail and
posting of checks received is a
necessary and important begin
ning of the day’s program. Espe
cially important is the “double
checking” of ealch item posted
during the day.
In conclusion Mr. Hunter ex
plained in considerable detail the
expenses a bank must meet each
day during its operation and
showed how (banking services
are far more complex than the
average patron imagines. He al
so mentioned cooperative rela
tionships between banks and
postal money larder departments',
and as a final detail the growing
importance of photographing
| checks future reference’.
Presiding officer was the club
president, R. B. Griffin, who an
nounced the suggested date of
March 14, for the inter-club bas
ketball game between the Rotary
and Kiwanis club (of this city. By
a vote of members present this
date was aaeepted and plans are
now underway for this annual
event, with details in the hands
of committeemen from each club.
During the three years the
game has been staged Kiwani
ans have twice won Scoring hon
ors, although last year the Rota
rians were winners. It is expect
ed that proceeds from the game
will be given to an educational
or social service project, as has
been the custom. Tickets for the
event will be available shortly,
and through the courtesy of the
athletic department of Roxboro
high School the game will be
played in the gymnasium there.
A special guest was T. Boone
Davis, presented by D. S. Brooks.
Along The Way
With the Editor-
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Give Ben Brown the rusty nail for being either the smart
est or laziest man in town.
Ben was supposed to get Up at six a. m. and *emov* a
block under his steam pressure pin. When this was done* the
steam would start rising and his house would be Warm by se
ven. Now Brother Ben did not want to get up at six and so
he perfected an invention that would do the trick for him. He
riggel up an alarm clock with a string attached to the hand that
does the clanging. When the alarm sounded the string tighten
ed and the block was pulled out. Now Ben can sleep until
seven or seven-thirty. The clock was in the basement and it did
not bother any one in the hquse.
The Jack Fowlers have moved into their new house and
are now serving refreshments from seven p. m. ’till twelve o’-
clock. You can drop over at any time between those hours and
get old country ham, chicken, turkey, sardines, ice cream and
cake. It’s a little hard to get the Ice cream because Jack can
eat a gallon at any given time and he hates to give that away.
Dr. Robert Long has been passing out cigars this week.
He is the new father of a new baby boy and is he proud? His
triends say that he already claims to know all about babies
and that he can tell you anything that you want to know about
babies that are about one week old. This writer would like to
call him up about two a. m. some morning when he is walking
the floor with William Earl and ask him what to do for a baby
that wants to cry all night.
Gus Deering is getting in shape for the Kiwanis - Rotary
basketball game is to take place March 14. Some say that
he is doing a bit of road work and eating spinach.
Loving Cup Now
On Display At
Local Jeweler’s
While reports yesterday indi
cated that each of the more than
two dozen entrants in the Circle
Five, Baptist church, “Baby Po
pularity Contest” now has an ev
en number of votes (1010), offi
cials spensoring the event say
that beginning this week variat
ions in voting will be expected.
Many of the contestants have
sponsors working in their behalf
and it is expected that the strug
gle for the prize will be both ex
citing and interesting.
The prize, a loving cup, is niow
on display at a local jewelry es
tablishment.
The contestants are:
Silvia Nicks, Patsy Ann Long,
Jean Wilkins, Peggy Masten,
Herbert Masten, Nancy Minor,
Jerry Claiyton, Martin Hedgepeth,
William Tuggle Long, Shirly Ann
Curlee, Ruth Young, Jeanette
Newell, Norman Bowen, James
Woody, Gill Wagstaff, Sybil Ann
Moore, Wharton Winstead, Jr.,
Pat Satterfield, Lee Pass, Thomas
Owen Pass, Jr., David Gaddy,
Joan Marie Brooks, Carl Ray
Gentry, Lex Newton, Jr., John De
wey Bradsher, and Anne Proctor
Snipes.
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Final Rites Held
For Mrs. Howard
Mrs. Corrie Blalock Howard,
died WedfflSsday morning at
1:50 o’ckek at her home near Ox
ford following an illness of two
years. She was an active member
of the Oxford Baptist church and
the Oxford Grange as long as her
health permitted.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’-
clock in the Oxford Baptist church
by Rev. M. L. Bannister, her pas
tor, assisted by Rev. R. R. Mc-
Culloch, of Clayton, her former
pastor. Burial was in Elmwood
cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, J.
C. Howard, of Roxboro; three
sons, Kelway and James Howard,
of Oxford, and B. Dyer Howard,
of Siler City; one sister, Mrs. Ti
tus Currin; and two brothers, J.
M. Blalock, of Oxford and Rev.
Joe Blalock of Wake Forest.
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“In all forms of government
the people is the true legislat
or.”
—Burke.
SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1940
Conditional Grant
Made To Hospital
New Dictator
Virtual dictator of Paraguay is
President Gen. Jose Felix Estigar
riba, who decreed that he was as
suming all political power for such
time as he deemed necessary to in
sure order, peace and prosperity
to the nation.
L C. LILES AND
H. K. SANDERS TO
TALK ATHELENA
Will Explain 1940 Farm
Plan of the Agricultural
Conservation Association.
L. C. Liles, vocational teacher
of Helena school, will held a meet
ing for the farmers of the Helena
section on Wednesday, March 6,
at 7:00 p. m. at Helena high
school. Mr. Liles will be assisted
by Person County Agent H. K.
Sanders, who at this meeting will
explain the 1940 “Farm Plan’’ of
the Agricultural Conservation as
sociation, it was announced yes
terday morning.
Within the next six weeks the
“Farm Plan” will be presented
to the person in charge of each
farm in the County in order that
each one may know what prac
tices may be carried out this
year to earn the maximum pay
ment on the farm.
It is thought that very few far
mers will overplant their tobacco
acreage allotment this year, which
means that practically all farms
will qualify. for payment. How
ever, the producers on a farm
will not receive adjustment pay
ment on the 1940 crop unless the
“Farm Plan” is signed before
April 15, 1940.
Any farm operator who wishes
to comibine his farm, or to make
a division in farms already com
bined, or wfho will rent a farm
for cash in 1940, should notify
the Person County Agent’s office
at once. No changes can be made
after April 15th. Heretofore, it
has been possible to make chan
ges of this nature in the faJJ.
when signing application
will not be"fK§B
sible in 1940. The closing date
signing the “Farm Plan” will be
April 15, 1940, and no changes
can be made after that date.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all farmers of the Helena;
community to attend Mr. Liles’
meeting.
Under the 1940 agricultural
conservation program there will
ibe a payment for each home
garden that is planted and culti
vated according to requirements
listed below.
The garden shall be adequate
ly protected from poultry and
livestock; Good cultural methods
shall be followed, and proper
steps shall be taken to control in
sect pests; The garden shall con
sist of not less than one-tenth of
an acre per person, and prefer
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THE TIMES IS PERSON!*
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMER
NUMBER THIRTY-THREE
Local Institution Will Have
$12,004 From Duke Endow
ment For Partial Debt Set
tle ment.
Announcement that Community
hospital, this city, contingent up
on certain iconditions, will receive
a grant of $12,000 from the Duke
Endowment for the current year
was made this morning by Nathan
Lunsford, chairman of the local
hospital’s board of trustees, fol
lowing receipt of an official com
munication from Dr. W. S. Ran
kin, of Charlotte, who is execu
tive in charge of expenditure of
the Endowment’s hospital and or
phanage funds.
In his statement this morning
Mr. Lunsford said that the pro
posed sum will be tendered to the
Community hospital on condition
that local citizens contribute the
necessary remainder to liquidate
outstanding debts against the in
stitution. He said further that the
sum mentioned in Dr. Rankin’s
letter is to applied to the hospi
tal’s debts and that it represents
a specific donation for this year
only and is in no sense to be re
garded as an annual grant.
Further details in connection
with the Endowment’s gift will
be discussed at a meeting of the
board of trustees of Community
hospital on Monday, it was said.
The announcement from Dr.
Rankin followed by about five
months an -inspection visit which
he paid to the local institution
and Mr. Lunsford and other mem
bers of the board of trustees are
pleased at the response received.
The hospital was first opened
here about two icr three years ago
and has since then been of much
service to this community and the
surrounding area.
Actively interested in the has- ‘
pital is Dr. George W. Gentry,
who was one of its founders, while
the resident surgeon is Dr. J. D.
Fitzgerald.
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P THOMAS MUNDAY
DIES SATURDAY
Services For McGhee’s Mill
Resident Will Be Conducted
This Afternoon.
P. Thomas Munday, 50, fallow
ing a period of ill health lasting
about five years, died at his resi
dence in the McGee’s Mill com
munity. Person county, about 3
aclock Saturday morning. Death
was attributed to complications.
IMr. Munday, who was well
known in that section, was the son -
of the late Henry Munday and. ol
Mrs. Mittie (Munday. * Surviving
are his' wife, the So'.
sharia mother; - jaifcx.
fit, *. Thor** JrV^CluPpjMj
James H. and Talmadge
one daughter, Miss Lucy Marga
ret Munday; five brothers, Clau
de, Ivey, Rondey, Aubrey and
Wallace Munday and two sisters,
Wtjra. C. C. Pentelcost and Miss
Edna Munday, all of whom, with
the exception lof Wallace Mun
day, of Raleigh, reside in Person
county.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock at the home by the -
Rev. Algie Yarborough, assisted
by the Rev. Virgil Duncan. In
terment wil take place in the
Garrett family cemetery.
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“Military glory the attract
tive rainbow that rises in sbo#- ,
ers of blood.”