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IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY * THURSDAY
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Arthur L. Moore
l)ies At Home Near
Here Thursday
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V Fttneral services for Arthur L.
ifekpe, 54, of thq Glenn’s store
community, Person county, whose
death occurred Thursday after.
Stood at his home following a
sudden heart attack, were con
ducted Friday afternoon at 3 o’-
clock at Trinity Methodist church
by the Rev. D. A, Petty, assist
ed by the Rev. L. J. Rainey. In
terment followed in the church
fometery.
Members of the family report
ed that Mr. Moore, seeming in
usual health returned during the
afternoon from a visit to Roxboro
and then went to a field near his
house where be was preparing to
burn off brush. His body was
found about five o’clock in the
afternoon, although it is thought
that death must have occurred
around four o’clock, the hour at
went to the field, since
the fire which he intended light,
ng was never started.
Mr. Moore, who was the son of
the late David C. and Mrs. Sallie
Lunsford Moore, is survived by
his wife; One son, Rufus Elvin
Moore, both of'the home, and by
twfcj daughters, Miss Bessie L.
Moore, of the home, and. Miss
Marie Moore, who is taking nurs
ing training in a Rchmond. Va„
hospital Also surviving are two
brothers, E. R. Moore, of Fuquay
Springs and John L. Moore, of
Person oounty; three sisters, Mrs.
B. S. Glenn and Mrs. W. B. Jon
asr’«f Person county, Mfs.
s T .iilinn Jones, of Durham, and his
step-mother, Mrs. Dora Moore,
also of Durham.
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Easter Monday
To Be Observed
By Many In City
More than fifty Roxboro mer
cantile establishments will be
closed for an Easter Monday holi
day, according to announcement
made yesterday by Wallace W.
Woods, secretary of the Roxboro
Chamber of Comerce.
Also closed will be the schools
cf the Roxboro city system, al
though Superintendent Griffin
said Saturday morning that coun
ty schools will not close. Other
places closed for the holiday in
clude the county departments of
health and public welfare. Some
offices in the county court house
wil observe the holiday, but the
Farm Agent’s office will remain
open.
. Stores and other establishments
to be closed tomorrow include:
Roark & Co., Economy Auto
JSupply, J. C.Whitt’s Laundry &
Dry Cleaning, Rose’s 5 - 10 - 25 c
Store, Fittard Furniture Co., The
Newells, Piedmont Furniture Co.,
Ledbetters, Penders Grocery
Store, Virginia Dare Beauty
Shoppe, White's Barber Shop,
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Fire Truck Now
Ready For Use
Repainting of the city fire truck
was completed three days ago, ac
cording to announcement from .the
fire department and the machine
m how ready for service, although
its efficiency will be later in
leased by lie installation of a
new steeringgpparatus. It is also
announced tint a 100 gallon
kjggtejpML win replace the
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hose lines
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Sourdough Operates Skagway’s Lone 'Street Car’
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One of the moat famous tourist sights in the northinnd is the solitary “street car” of Ekagway, Alaska,
owned and operated by sourdough, Martin Itjen. With other gold-seekers *f 1898, Itjen left
the United States to seek his fortune in Alstska. He remained to build a street car, the only one in Skagway.
The car is built on an automoMe chassis, but there its resemblance to an auto or street oar ends. A dummy
is pictured on the platform dike vehicle. Itjen is now visiting the United States for the first time since 1898.
The sourdough conductor is familiar to thousands of tourists.
ROTARIANS WIN
FROM KIWANIANS
WITH EXTRA TIME
Annual Civie Club ClMt
Staged In High Shhael
Gym; Score - 16 to 12.
Playing a fast, if somewhat
nough and tumble and abbreviat
ed game Thursday in,
Roxboro high school gymnasium,
members of the Roxboro Rotary
club basketball team in a contest
with the Kiwanls team won 1? to
16, although an extra period wa3
required to break the 11 to 11 tie
existing at the end of the fourth
quarter.
The affair, staged as an annual
benefit game between the clubs,
was well attended toy townsmen
and by nonyplaying club mem
bers. Among those playing were
Gaddy. Oakley, Thompson, Titus,
Rabon and Fitzgerald for the
victors, while Kiwanians involved
were Currier, Brooks, Bradsher,
Brown, Bradsher, Snipes and
Deering. i
Referee was Coacß George
Wirtz, of Roxboro high school,
while time-keepers and general
assistants were C. A. Harris and
Dr. B. A. Thaxton.
High School To
Have Educators
At May Finals
Dr. Thurman D. Kitchen, pre
sident of Wake Forest college,
has accepted an invitation to de
liver the Roxboro high school
ciiimmencamient address, accord
ing to announcement by the sup
ervising principal, H. C. Gaddy,
who said that Dr. Kitchen will
speak at eight o’clock in the ev
ening on Wednesday, May 15,
when the school finals program
will come to a close with the
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No Court
1 Because of the continued in
disposition of Judge W. I.
Newton, of the county court,
who has been confined to his
home since he suffered a fall
some time ago, there will be
no session of the county court
this week. Court was schedul
ed for Tuesday, tout it was re-
Saturday afternoon that
no further county courts will
.fejheld until Tuesday. April 9.
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Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state
superintendent of public instruc
tions, who will speak at final ex
ercises at Allensville high school
commencement program .Friday
night, May 10. Superintendent R.
B. Griffin will appear on the
program also, and R. L. Harris is
expected to make the .introduc
tion.
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“Spring Fever”
Selected As Annual
Senior Class Play
Plans for the presentation of
“Spring Fever”, toy Ray Hodges,
as the annual senior play at Rox
boro High school, on the evening
of Friday. April 26, are now un
derway, according to announce
ment made today by Mrs. B. G.
Clayton, instructor of dramatics
at the institution.
“Spring Fever” is a light but
swij't-moving comedy of youth,
Mrs. Clayton said, with a number
of attractive roles, capable of in
terpretation which much fun and
gcod humor, and it is expected
that the play will prove attrac
tive to a large audience.
The cast of characters selected
is expected to toe as follows:
Jacky, G. W. Pulliam, Jr.; Ray,
his chum, Henry Yarborough;
Bertha, his mother. Edith Walker;
Eulalie, his aunt, Louise Walker;
Spring, Jacky’s girl, Annie Sue
Barnett; Peggy, Jacky’s sister, J
Peggy Brooks; Mr. Knight, an i
athletic coach, Wallace Moore;
Price, Jacky’s married brother.
Thurman Long; Donna, his wife, I
Edith Johnson and, Tessie, a lazy
maid, Annie Laura Day.
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Twenty-nine persons., killed
while jaywalking atate
DR.HE SEAM
IN SALISBURY TO
ATTEND SESSION
Present At District Kiwanis
Committee Meeting Held
Friday.
Dr. H. M. Beam, Roxboro Ki
wanian and vice-chairman cf the
Kiwanis underprivileged child
ren’s committee for* North Caro
lina, was present at a committee
meeting last Friday in Salisbury,
N. C. The meeting was called by
Chas. M. Norfleet of Winston
Salem, who is chairman of the
underprivileged children’s com
mittee for North and South Caro
lina.
Committee members from two
states were called for this meet
ing and after dinner with the
Salisbury Kiwanis Club the mem
bers held a brief business session.
Also present for this meeting was
Dr. C. W. Armstrong, District
Governor of this Kiwanis district.
Dr. Beam has charge of division
seven and will endeavor to have
each club in his district render
service to under-privileged child
ren in his district.
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FUEHRER ORDERS
MUNITION SSPEEDED
Berlin Adolf Hitler has re
cently appointed Dr. Fritz Todt,
■builder of the Siegfried Line, as
Minister of Munitons with in
structions to step up production
by all feasible means.
Along. The Way
With the Editor
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Once again Wheeler Newell, age 47, is playing tennis. His
friends and supporters were afraid that he would not be
able to get out on the court this year and his relatives were
hoping that he would not even toy it Wheeler just doesn’t
knew when to stop or when old age gets him. He will probably
play tennis as long as he can put one foot in front of the
other.
Bill Walker, building and loan man, wants to reduce. Last
week he started taking all kinds of exercise. Even went to the
University of North Carolina wihere he had the use of a gym
nasium. He workedout twice daily for three days and at the
end of the three day training period found out that he had
- gained three pounds. Bill packed his clothes and came home.
Cy Kirby came cut with the first spring £uit. Had it on
two weeks ago but had to take it off when the weather turned
colder. The boys who were in the same Sunday School class
with Cy said that they did not need any heat the day that
Cy wore the suit as it was hot enough to heat the room. Now
Mr. Kirby has bought a new sport coat and we will bet a nick
ie he soon gets some golf sticks.
So far we have had no report on C. C. Garrett’s garden,
but we are willing to bet good money that he will say that he
u already getting potatoes and tomatoes.
This column also wants a report on Gus Deering’s gar
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CANDIDATES SEEK
SAME POSITIONS
Riggsbee For County Treas
urer; Thomas and Whitfield
For Commissioner Posts.
Notices that they will, subject
to the Democratic primary of
May 25, seek re-election to offi
ces which they now hold have
been filed with the Person.coun
ty Board of elections by J. Bro
die Riggsbee, county treasurer,
and by Philip L. Thomas and
Frank T. Whitfield, county com
missioners, according to announ
cement from the chairman of the
■board of elections, S. F. Nicks, Jr.
Mr. Thomas, druggist of this
city, who has served as chairman
of the board of county commis
sioners during his two years in
in office, made formal announce
ment of his candidacy late yester
day afternoon, as did Mr. Whit
field,, while Mr. Riggsbee’s state
ment was issued earlier in the
week.
Mr. Rggsbee is assistant cashier
of the Peoples bank, Roxboro,
and has held his county position
for a number |of years, coming up
for reelection at the end of each
team. Mr. Whitfield, who is an
agriculturist and merchant in the
Bushy Fork community, has like
wise served in his official capa
cty for several terms.
The announcement by Messers.
Thomas, Whitfield and Riggsbee
followed by a few days similar
announcements made by Robert
P. Burns and Ed P. Warren of an
intention to enter the contest for
Person’s seat in the House of rep
resentatives. Other Person as
pirants for political office are
Flem D. Long, who. has entered
the contest for the state Senate,
and is as yet unopposed, and W.
T. Kirby, register pf deeds, who
seeks re-election,
Only member of the Person
Board of County commissioners
who has not yet filed for re-elec
tion is D. M. Cash, although Mr.
Cash announced yesterday that he
will seek re-election.
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HONOR GRADUATE
Miss Ella Harris Winstead who
received her certificate of grad
uation at King’s Business college
at Greensboro last week, was pre
sented a complete Theory Short
Hand certificate from John R.
Gregg, editor of Gregg Short
Hand Books, and was awarded
the Gregg Prize pin for having
the best Theory paper sent in
from the King’s Business colleges.
Miss Winstead also has the honor
of being the first student from
the Greensboro-college to win
this award.
SUNDAY. MARCH 24, 1940
Re-Elected
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S. F. NICKS, JR
S. F. NICKS JR.
TO AGAIN SERVE
AS BOARDHEAD
Elections Board Also Plans
Revision of County Regis
tration Books.
Re-election of Mayor S. F.
Nicks, Jr., of this city, as chair,
man and adoption of a resolu
tion calling for a revision of
county registration ibooks were
features of the Person County
Board of elections held here Sat
urday. A. M. Bums, Jr., was el
ected secretary. -
Mr. Nicks, who has served as
chairman of the board for the
past two years, is a member of the
local bar and has maintained an
interest in Person political af
fairs ever since he re„
sidence several years ago, He
is a Democrat, as is one other
"member of the Board, A. M.
Bums, Jr., cl this city. Repub
lican representative on the board
is Edgar Blalock.
Mr. Nicks stated this morning
that adoption of the resolution
calling for revision of the regis
tration books in Person is in line
with the election laws adoption
at the la9t session of the general
assembly. Under those laws it
was stated that there must be
either a revision or re-registra- 1
tion.
In selecting the first mentioned
choice, members of the Person
'board yesterday said revision of
Person’s registration will begin
in about eight days and that it
will be completed prior to the op
ening of the registration period.
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Hurdle To Seek
Nomination As
Representative
Clyde A. Hurdle, ycung farmer
and resident of the Hurdle Mills
community, this morning announ
ced his candidacy for Person
county’s seat in the House of
Representatives, Raleigh, subject
to the Democratic primary, May
25. In making this announcement
Mr. Hurdfle, who filed his name,
with the county board of elec
tions at the same time, becomes
the third Person county resident
who has announced for the Hou3e
this week, the other two who are
seeking the position being Robert
P. Burns, attorney, of Roxboro,
and Ed P. Warren, farmer and
member of the house since 1936,
who resides at Bushy Fork.
Mr. Hurdle has not previously
sought a political position.
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Drinking drivers killed 117
people in North Carolina during
THE TIMES IS
PREMIER NEWSPAPER!
A LEADER AT ALL TlMtt
NUMBER THIRTY-SIE
HOSPITAL GROUP
FORMED HERE AT
EVENING MEETING
Women of City Organise
Community Hospital Aux.
iliary At Session Held At
Mrs. Barrett’s.
Announcement was made yes
terday of the formation of an or
ganization to be known as the
Community Hospital auxiliary,
established Thursday evening of *
this week by a group of women
of the city who are interested in
the progress of service rendered,
by Community hospital.
Leaders of the auxiliary, the'
first meeting of which was held,
at the residence of Mrs. MoHie
Strum Barrett, stated Saturday
morning that appointment of an
executive committee and of sev
eral additional sub-committees
should make possible the plan,
ning of a full and cooperative
program designed to broaden still
further the already valuable com
munity services (being rendered,
by the local hospital.
A tentative list of these com
mittees, as announced toy the
recently chosen secretary-treas
urer of the auxiliary, Mrs. W_"
Reade Gentry, includes: a sup—
ply group, a service committee, »
ward visiting committee, a sew
ing group and others to handle
finances, assist iq care of the hos
pital grounds and to provide
various programs of entertain
ment for the nurses connected ij
with the institution. 1
It is planned that there shaSj
be two classifications of memb-j|
ers, active and associate, and th*tjj§|
meetings will be helc( once eadfcil
month, probably on the seconA||
Wednesday, Next meeting of ttiiH
au .Xiiiary, a call session, will mB,
held Wednesday afternoon erißE
' this week at the residence of
C. B. Kirby, when it is expectopli
members of the
committee, composed of
dames T. T. Mitchell. Molly Epto-|S
rett and Clyde Bowen, will nUftHM
a report. Officers, other thMfeHjjjn
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. GdMH|||
were not named at the first uiun
ing. ; -^9
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Rites For FatheraM
Held YesterdavJ J
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Information concerning! JA'** £
death of A. A. Gaddy, . otiMiglafSi^
ville, father of H. C. Cgw, •
ervisor of Roxboro
w os reeeiv ed here Saturday
ing by Person
schools, R, B. Griffin. ’iyIBSMBB!
According to the
ceived by Mr. Griff in JMo j
Mr Gaddy, who had beg . * I
several days with , SeHH9SBgB
■ day night at J|s ‘ 1
service (J
moon# . ‘ ■_ f,
clock.
First informed a§3 '
Sf X, Friday
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