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ip rr is News about PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY BLAZE DAMAGES JOHN B. WADE’S STATION OFFICE • • ■ ■■■ **■'- r Lamar Street “Servicenter” Will Be Closed For Several I Days For Needed Repairs \Alter Night Fire. Fire, thought to have originat ed from an oil stove inside the building or from a cigarette stu'h about one o’clock yesterday morning did extensive damage to the interior of Wade’s “B Ser vicenter” . filling station, Lamai street, this city. The blaze was discovered by Officer Charlie Wade, of the loca (police department, who turned ir an alarm which, was promptly ■» answered by the fire department. Considerable damage to the office room of the station resulted frorr the flames but more extensiv. damage was caused by smok and by chemicals used to extin guishthe blaze. Plate glass win dows in the front es the struc ture were cracked by the heat. No formal estimate of the dam age done to the building, which is leased by the Standard Oil company from Messers. A. W. Clayton and W. A. Sergeant, could be obtained this morning, but John B. Wade, operator and sub-leasee of the station, placed damage to stock owned by him at between SBOO and SI,OOO, with with only partial insurance cov erage. Mr. Wade Said that business at the station, which is now closed, may be resumed by the end of • this week or the first of next, de pending ion the speed with which renovations can be effected. Yesterday’s fire was the sec ond reported here this week, a small blaze having occurred Monday in the rear of the Rox boro Laundry company, Abbitt avenue, when some waste mater ial became ignited, This blaze was, however, quickly extin guished and no damage was dene. o SAMUEL MUNDAY PASSES AT HOME Rites Held This Afternoon For Life-Long Roxboro Re sident. Funeral services for Samuel Munday, 58, East Roxboro resi- ( dent, who died at his home at 5:30 o’clock Wednesday morning l following a heart attack, were conducted this afternoon at 3 o’- clock at the home by the Rev. T. M. Vick, of Grace Methodist church. Interment took place at Stories Creek Church cemetery. Mr. Munday, who had been a lifelong resident cf Roxboro, had been in ill health for the past five years and in a serious condi ton for the lest two months He was a member of Grace Metho dist church. Survivors include: his wife, the former Miss Vertie Brand Carver; five sons, Henry. Flem ing, Reade, Arch and Jimmy Munday, all cf Roxboro; ten daughters, Mrs. Mamie Eanary, at Richmond, and Mesdames Lil lie West, Eula Bivens, Julia Self, and Ruth Sherrill and Misses An nie Pearle, Dorothy, Flint Ora and Marjorie Lee Munday, all of this city; also eleven grandchildren nad one half-brother John Henry Carver. Pallbearers were A. S. Hassan, Edward Owen, Andrew Clayton, Charles Morris, Leonard Hobgood, Ozie Morris, Thomas Hudgins, William Davis and Graham Mor ris. sident. i^rsongMimes Finn Troops View ‘Gift’ From Invaders \ Jr White-clad Finnish soldiers give a “stolen” machine gun a thorough examination before putting It back in commission against its former owners. A foreign military observer estimated that 100,000 Russian sol diers lost their lives in bending the Mannerheim line far enough to threaten the city of Viborg. Finnish newspapers report that Russian ma terial losses so far have amounted to 476 planes, 1,193 tanks, 302 field guns, 399 guns, 630 motor tractors, 117 field kitchens, 1,560 horses and much other miscellaneous equipment. County Commissioners Adopt Variant Resolution Monday Rummage Sale To Be Staged Here , Members of the Woman’s Aux iliary, St. Mark’s Episcopal church, will conduct their annual rummage sale Saturday of this week between the hours of 10 o’- clock in the morning and 4 o’- clock in the afternoon, on the va cant kit in the rear of the Coun ty courthouse, it was announced today. In the event of rain the sale will be postponed until the following Saturday. Harris Addresses Alumni Gathering Speaker at a gathering of Eas tern Carolina alumni of Virginia Military Institute Tuesday night Raleigh was R. L. Harris, of this city. Mr. Harris, who is a V. M. I. alumnus, is a candidate for De mocratic nomination as Lieuten and-Governor of North Carolina. At a business meeting follow ing the dinner, officers of the group were re-elected' and decis ion was reached that the next quarterly meeting will be held in Coldsboro. o —— HORTON DECLARES STATE DOES NOT NEED PANACEA • Belmont, March 6 Address ing Belmont Rotary club here to day, Lieut.-Gov. Wilkins P. Hor ton of Pittsboro referred to “the basic structure of our state gov ernment” as “essentially sound.” Mr. Horton, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for gover nor of North Carolina, disclaimed any intention to offer any pana cea for the ills which may beset the body politic! “I offer no new philosophy,” he said. “On the oth er hand, basically the structure of our state government is sound. We must preserve this and adapt it to the needs and conditions of a state which is steadily expand ing.” , o IT’S A GIRL! Born to Mr. and Mrs. Espy Jones of Ca-Vel, March 5, at 2:30 o’clock, at Community hospital, a girl, Erva Delores, 8 1-4 lbs. Following closely upon action taken by the Person County Bar association last week in adopting a rescluticn pertaining to the des irability of election of officials of the Person county court by popu lar vote of the people, members of the Person County Board of Commissioners, in monthly ses sion, adopted Monday morning a variant resolution saying that re commendations of the Bar as sociation as tcT the officers of the court, appointed by the C:mmissicners, shall be consider ed at such times as appointments may become necessary. Opening sentence of the Com missioners’ resolution reads: “It is the opinion of the Person County Board cf commissioners that the offices of judge and soli citor of the-County court should be appointed upon recommenda tion of the Person County Bar association in that said Bar is actively in contact with the courts and with the administration of the laws and (is) vitally concerned therewith and consequently well suited to make said recommenda tions.” f Ever since the Person County court was established some six or tight years ago power of appoint ment of the judge and solicitor of the court has been vested in the Person Board of commission ers, but agitation for a change from appointment to election of ccurt officials by popular vote of the people became apparent here on February 17 of this year when the Person County Democratic Executive committee, of which R. B. Dawes is chairman, adopt ed a resolution requesting that the suggested, change be effect ed through legislative enactment at the next General Assembly in Raleigh. Voting in favor of the Person Bar’s resolution, which was the second in the series of three reso lutions thus far presented, was; not unanimous, but the Commis sioners’ resolution was passed’ without a dissenting vote and in the opinion of some local obsei vers it is expected that this re solution will clarify and bring to an end the undercurrent of agi tation in regard to methods of Se lecting local court officials. Under the resolution adopted by the Board of County commis sioners it is resolved that: "Upon the expiration of the terms of office of the present (Continued On Sports Page) COMMITTEEMEN AND GOVERNORS OF CLUB MEET President of Roxboro Coun try Club Calls Meeting To night At Courthouse. Governors and committeemen of the Roxboro'Country club, inc., together with other citizens in terested in the progress of the club, will meet tonight at 7:45 o’- ekek in the grand jury room at the Person County court house for the purpose of making plans for the spring season.* Members of the club, whose Chub Lake club house was re novated last year, are said to be anxious to institute a spring program of activities for the or ganization and it is expected ad ditional work on the golf course, also during the past few months, I will greatly enhance enjoyment of club facilities. President cf the organization is Dr. J. H.-Hughes, while the secretary is Howard K. Strang Announcement of the meeting tonight was made this morning by Mr. Strang. o Tuck’s Station Has Another Robbery Second robbery to occur within : the past few weeks at Tuck’s Service staticn, at Ca-Vel, was reported Monday morning to t T. Clayton, who said that between ten and twelve dol j lars was taken from a pin-table in the establishment Sunday night or early Monday morning. Some cigarettes were also taken. Entrance was effected by cutting the front door staple lock, it was said. Monday’s breakin at Tuck’s is the first station pin table theft re ported this month, although dur ing February an epidemic of such thefts was noted here. Local officers, both cf the county and the city are keeping sharp look out but to date no suspects have been apprehended. Troop 32 Meets Monday Evening On Monday, March 4. troop 32 had its regular meeting at Edgar Long Memorial Methodist church. About fifteen boys were present. The meeting opened with a seng and attendance reports were ! followed by short patrol meetings. ■ j Dues were then collected and games played. A talk on Advan cement by Scoutmaster Lawren ce Rynd was enjoyed by all. The meeting closed with the Scout master’s benediction. , Little Miss Pat Satterfield Now Leads In Circle Contest Little Miss Pat Satterfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Satterfield, of this city, who has 6,514 votes to date, is leading the field in the “Baby” popularity contest being sponsored this week by Circle Five, cf the Roxboro Baptist church, as a benefit for the building fund. The next highest of the more than two doz en entrants are Sylvia Nicks, daughter of Mayor and Mrs. S. F. Nicks, Jr., and Patsy Anne Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Long, Jr., with 3,500 and 3,085 votes respectively. Among the boys entered, pre sent leaders are Jerry Clayton and Lee Pass, with 2,713 and 2,438 votes each. Officials of the coo. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940 New Manager PERCY BLOXAM ROXBORO’S CITY MANAGER BEGINS OFFICIALDUTIES He and Mrs. Bloxam Will Establish Residence Here Within Few Weeks. , Percy Bloxam, recently chosen as city manager of Roxboro, ar rived here Monday from Raleigh, where he has been an official in the State WPA office, and has en tered upon his duties at the city 1 hall. ' Mr. Bloxam said this morning that he is very happy to be in ■ Roxboro and that as soon as resi dence quarters can be established he and Mrs. Bloxam will com plete their removal from Raleigh. For the present, Mr. Bloxam, is at Hotel Roxboro. It is expected that Mrs. Bloxam will join him here in about a month. The new city manager, who succeeds James C. Harris, now city manager of Hazard, Ky., ac cepted the Roxboro position a little more than a week ago. He was in Roxboro for consultation with officials last week but had to postpone the actual beginning of his work here until this week because of the necessity of fin ishing details connected with his former position in Raleigh. Mr. Bloxam is a registered en gineer and was for many years cty engineer for the city of Salis bury. o—: TO SPEAK TONIGHT Speaker at the Lenten service |to be held this evening at St. | Mark’s Episcopal church will be the Rev. James Beckwith, rector I of the Hillsboro church. Regular services will be held Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, with the acolyte, E. B. Ferguson, Jr., of I Duke university in charge. test today said that all reports must be turned in by nine o’clock this Saturday night, at the First Baptist church, in order that fin al reports may be checked in time to present the loving cup award to the. winner at the Sunday morning service. Other entrants who have up to today. received more than two thousand votes include: Jean Wilkins, Martin Hedgepeth and Thomas Owen Pass. Next highest in the group are Shirley Anne Curlee, with 1,981 votes and Joan Masie Brooks, with 1,942 votes. Others, whose names have been previously listed as contest ants, have to date received be tween 1,063 and 1,800 votes each. Diphteria Case Arouses Concern Os Many Parents To Have Clinics For Children Os Pre-School Age The first of the annual spring series of pre-school clinics for 1 Person county children will be 1 held Monday morning, March 11, ' at Person County Training school, ' according to announcement made by Mrs. Blanche Vincent of the county health department's nur sing staff. The Monday clinic at the Negro school will begin at 9 o’clock in the morning, under the supervis ion of health departments direc tor, Dr. A. L. Allen, said Mrs. Vincent, who requests that par ents having children expected to enter the school for the first time at the coming fall term make plans to have these children at the clinic Mondaymorning Prin cipal work of the clinic consists of examinations for physical de fects. o FORMAL MARK OF APPROVAL GIVEN TO SALES Advantageous Terms Ar ranged For Bands Os County and City, With Considerable Savings In volved. Formal approval of the recent sale of SBO,OOO worth of Person county and Roxboro municipal bonds was given this week by members of the County Board of commissioners and of the Rox boro City council. Os the total sold the County bonds contribut ed $65,000, while the City’s were of a $15,000 issue. Under the refinancing just com pleted the Person County bonds, issued a number of year ago by the city and subsequently taken over by the county, will bear in terest rates of three and one fourth percent on the first $20,- 000, of maturity, which will be reached within the next ten years, and of three percent on the re mainder, to >be retired by 1965, or within 25 years from the pre sent date. Roxboro municipal bonds in cluded in the refinancing pro gram totalling $15,000, as a part of the original issue of SBO,OOO, will be retired at the rate of a SI,OOO per year, the interest rate \ being set at three and one-half percent during the first fivej years and at four percent during the remaining ten years. Both county and municipal of ficials are in agreement that the new financing program just con cluded will mean a considerable saving to the county and city and they are pleased that the sale j has been consumated. The bonds | were purchased by Greensboro and Raleigh investment houses at What is regarded as a high coupon rate. o BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Royce Huff, Rox boro, route 3, announce the birth of a daughter, Barbara Ellen, on Sunday, March 3. ! Mr. and Mrs. Ivin Radford, ' who reside near North End aar. ■ vice station, announce the birth • of a daughter, Helen Isabelle, on ■ Sunday, March 3. THE TIMES IS PERSON I *'. PREMIER NEWSPAPEBf j A LEADER AT ALL TIMES J NUMBER THIRTY-THREE Discovery Os Adult Victim Who May Have Exposed Numbers of Children To Disease Reported At Long hurst. Discovery that A. J. Morrison, resident and mill employee at Longhurst. is ill with diphtheria, has caused expression of consid erable alarm by parents residing in the Longhurst area because of the fact that numbers of children in the community are reported to have been exposed to the disease as a result cf having taken rides in an automobile with Mr. Mor rison. Since Mr. Morrison’s case was reported to the Person County Health department early in the week there has ben an unusual increase in the number of parents seeking anti-diphtheria vaccina tion or toxoid treatment for their children, but it was today point ed out by Dr. Allen, director of the Person unit of the tri-county health department that all of those children who have been previous ly vaccinated will not be in dan ger- It was, however, indicated by Dr. Allen that emergency vaccin ations against diphtheria of no avail since it requires three months from date of of toxoid for it to became effective. Nevertheless, Dr. Allen said that one dose of toxoid does confer lasting protection against the dis ease within three months of the time of injection, and in as much as diphtheria innoculation is now requred by state law for all child ren over one year of age, Dr. Al ien urged parents of all children between the ages of one year and six to have their children vaccin ated as a protection against the disease and to avoid prosecution, for failure to comply with the state health measure. It is under stood that prosecutions against such violators will be shortly in stigated in Person county. Mr. Morrison’s illness, accord ing to the records of the health department, constitutes the first appearance of diphtheria in Per son county this year, although there were three cases of the dis ease reported here in 1939. It was today pointed out that the Morri son household has been placed in quarantine and that all children between the age limits previously mentioned should be vaccinated, since it is known that children be tween the ages of one and six years have no resistance what ever to diphtheria. Concerning the disease in ad ults, Dr. Allen said that with them diphtheria is not common and occurs -only when adult re- I sistance is temporarily lost. o Rites Held For \ Wilkins Infant i | ' v i j Funeral services for Daniel Bradsher Wilkins, infant son and only child of Mr. and Mrs. Sam. uel D. Wilkins, Jr., of the Ceffo community, Person county 1 , were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Oak Grove , Methodist church by the Rev. E. G. Overton. Interment followed . in the church cemetery. Death, t which occurred Tuesday after i noon about 5 o’clock, was attri buted to a heart condition. In addition to the parent* , survivors include the maternal . grandparents, Mir. and Mia. Lea- . i ter Davis, and the paternal grand, i parents, Mr. and Mr*. S. D. TO. kina, Sr.
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