IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Second Cub Pack
Meeting Will Be
Held Wednesday
Second meeting sponsored by
the “Cub Pack” reorganization
committee in the interest of Cub
bing in the Person and Roxboro
Scout Council area will be-held
Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’-
clock at the Roxboro Community
house, according to announcement
made today by committee chair
man, William Pickering.
First meeting was held Thurs
day night at the Community
'''house, with a representative at
tendance of parents and boys.
Speaker for the evening was
Cherokee Council executive, A. P.
Patterson, of Reidsville, who out
lined principles of Cubbing and
exhibited motion pictures show
ing characteristics of the work.
Mr. Patterson said that all par
ents attending all three of the or
ganization meetings will receive
. certificates for the training cour
. S e. He particularly urged attend
: .ance of parents, since Cubbing
is a program which cannot be
carried on effectively without the
close cooperation of parents.
It is expected that the next
speaker will be Dr. E. Clay Hod
, - gins, Jr., of Reidsville, a Cub-
Pack leader of considerable ex
perience.
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Teachers To Meet
j Monday At School
Final plans for a coanty-wide
! teachers meeting to be held at
f. 3:30 o’clock Monday afternoon in
l Roxboro high school auditorium
■Were announced yesterday morn
ing by Person Superintendent of
' Schools, R. B. Griffin, who said
•that except for a brief business
i meeting, the entire program,
which will 'be open to the public,
' will be devoted to public school
• music.
School units participating in the
i musical program will include:
Roxboro high school band and
• glee club, and the Helena glee
' club, under their respective dir
ectors, Frederick Moore, Mrs. Sam
| Byrd Winstead and Miss Mary
■ Elizabeth Sanders.
I Principal business of the after
! noon will be election of a presi
i dent for the Person unit of the
• North Carolina Educational as
sociation. Present officer is Miss
r Helen Melton, of Hurdle Mills.
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< NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS
IN PERSON COUNTY
THIS IS TO NOTIFY all per
. sons owning real estate located in
Person County that the Board of
County Commissioners will meet
- in the Commissioners’ room in the
i Court House on Monday, April
| 29th, at 10 o’clock A. M. for the
i purpose of acting as a Board of
r Equalization and Review. The
; purpose of this meeting is to hear
ft complaints from taxpayers res
it pecting the valuation placed upon
K real estate owned by them and to
■Adjust inequalities found to exist,
ft Any tax-payer with :i complaint
ft may appear in person or by at
ft tomey before the Board on that
ft date and moke such complaint or
II may make it in writing to the
If Clerk of the Board prior to that
ft <jate. It should be remembered
ft* that the sole purpose of the meet-
D| mg is to adjust inequalities in
ft\ valuation.
ft W. T. KIRBY,
ft Clerk of the Board.
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Jfttgnother car. Glaring headlights
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Practice Time for Anti-Tank Gunners
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Because all is too quiet on the western front for real tank warfare,
British and French anti-tank crews brush up on their marksmanship by
using dummy tanks made of wood and cardboard. Here are British anti
tank gunners with their dummies loaded on trucks on the way to the
gunnery range behind the lines on the front.
ITEMS PRINTED
TO HEP PUBLIC
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary Releases Series
Os Articles On Unethical
Business Projects.
Printed below are two brief ar
ticles in a series taken from “Bet-
Business Bureaus” and as
sembled ancTYeleased by the Rox
jboro Chamber of Oommrce, of
which Wallace W. Woods is sec
retary. At the suggestion of Mr.
Woods, the items are being print
ed in an effort to familiarize the
public with unethical business
schemes frequently practiced by
unscrupulous firms and indivi
duals.
Other articles of this nature
will be printed from time to time
and Mr. Woods will be glad to
consult with and render “tracking
down” assistance to any persons
reporting similar illegitimate
practices in this area.
BABY CONTESTS
Unscrupulous photograph sales
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MINOR ROBBERY
TAKES PLACE AT
PASS STORE HERE
Two Other Establishments
Reports Break-ins, Although
Nothing of Value Taken.
Theft of a ham, together with
several cans of lard and coffee,
from the store of Garland Pass, I
Foushee street, this city, was re
ported to Roxboro police depart
ment Friday morning. According
to Officer Ollie Watson, who
made investigation of the rob
bery, the breakin occurred in the
early morning, after mid-night,
the loot being found hidden un
der the platform of a fertilizer
company three-quarters cf a mile
away.
Other breakins, at Roxboro
Lumber company and at the Per
son county garage, both near the
Pass store, were also reported and
although jiothing cf value was
taken from these establishments,
it is thought by officers that the
robbers broke into the , lumber
plant looking for tools with which
to effect entry into the Pass store.
Tool chests at Roxboro Lumber
company were broken into and
several screwdrivers and similar
implements were missing.
The stolen articles from the
Pass store were carried up the
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REV. MR. OVERTON
SPEAKS TO CLUB
Discusses War and Peace
And the “Place of the Un
ited States In the World
Today”.
Having as his topic the “Place
of the United States in the World
Tpday,” Rev,JE. Q. Qyectijn,.Me
thodist minister of this city, was
guest speaker at the Thursday ev
ening dinner meeting of the Rox
boro Rotary club held at the Rox
boro Community house.
Mr. Overton, who was introduc
ed .by program chairman T. Mil
ler White, reviewed briefly recent
world events and declared that
the United States is already invol
ved in the war now being fought
in Europe. In seeking to define
the position which the United
States should maintain in respect
to the conflict, Mr. Overton de
clared that this nation still has
moral leadership in the world;
that, in his opinion, it may be
come necessary for us to again
participate in the war because of
a need for defense of moral issues,
and that he was of the opinion
that it is sometimes more Christ
ian to fight than it is to keep
peace.
The next meeting of the club
will be held at Community house.
At a brief business session dic
cussion as to the choice of a dele
gate to the Rotary International
convention to be at Havana was
held, president-elect Gordon C.
Hunter having declined the hon
or of representing the club. Sel
ection of a delegate will be left
to the executive board. Literature
pertaining to the district confer
ence to be held at Rocky Mount,
May 8 and 9, was distributed but
no action was taken cn the sel
ection of representatives. Presid
ing at the dinner was R. B. Grif
fin, president.
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Alumni Banquet
Will Be Staged
Speaker at the Bushy Fork alu
mni banquet, which will be stag
ed at Bushy Fork Community
house on the evening of Friday,
April 26, at 7 o’clock, will be City
Manager Percy Bloxam, of Rox
boro.
Dinner will be served by stu
dents of the 9th grade and all
former students, teachers and oth
ers interested in the school are
invited to attend. Reservations
should be made in advance.
Harris To Hold
Superior Court
April term of Person Supsr
ior court, with Judge W. C.
Harris, of Raleigh, presiding,
will be convened Monday
morning for one week for trial
of criminal and civil cases,
with Solicitor W. H. Murdock,
of .Durham, as prosecuting at
torney for the crimnial docket.
A number of cases have been
placed on the calendar but it
is not thought that work of the
court will be particularly hea
vy.
R. L. HARRIS IS
OXFORD ROTARY
CLUB SPEAKER
Several From Roxboro Pre
sent To Hear Talk Before
Granville Citizens.
R. L. Harris, candidate for lieu
tenant-governor of North Caro
lina, was guest speaker at the Ox
ford Rotary club Thursday night.
Mr. Harris spoke somewhat
concerning the financial structure
of the state and state taxes. He
emphasized the fact that the ag
ricultural situation in the state
deserved the consideration of the
people of the state and its offic
ials.
Present from Roxboro to hear
Mr. Harris were E. G. Thompson.
C. A. Harris;- S. F. Nicks, -Jr.; J.
S. Merritt and Charles Wood.
Also present as a guest of the
Oxford club was Rev. O. W.
Dowd, a former paster of Long
Memorial Methodist church, and
now pastor of an Oxford church.
Summer Closing
Hours Suggested
Contemplating summer closing
hours one afternoon of each week
during June, July and August
fcr the purpose of granting em
ployees a part-time holiday, gro
cery merchants in Roxboro and'
community have prepared “Yes”
and “No” voting sheets whereon
patrons of the stores concerned
may express an opinion as to the
desirability of having such hours.
It has been pointed out that
similar closing periods have been
observed here during previous
summer seasons and it is expected
that a similar program will be
observed this year, providing pat
rons and grocerymen reach agree
ment.
Along The Way
With the Editor
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We had been wondering who would be the first man to
go swimming this spring and now we have found out. Reade
Gentry was the first man and it happened about ten days ago.
He was fishing somewhere near here and all at once something
slipped and Reade fell into the water. Whether he stayed in
long enough to have a good time or not, we can’t say, but this
column has recorded it as the first swim of tne season.
Bill Walker is moving to a hou»e near and belonging to
Albert Clayton. Mr. Clayton had already planted a garden so
Bill tried to make an agreement with Mr. Clayton that the
garden be thrown in with the house and that Mr. Clayton con
tinue working it the ba 1 ince of the year. The only thing Bill
wanted to do was to pick and eat the vegetables.
Dick Bullock, in years gone by, always had a beautiful gar.
den. Now he doesn’t bother with it much and we wonder if
it was because Dewey Bradsher and Hugh Beam liked his vege
tables too well.
Dr. A. L. Allen has traded for a brand new automobile.
Doc looks fairly good, even dignified as he drives around town
in his new car. This column wonders whether he used the
eighteen or twenty-four month payment plan.
Gus Deering has failed to report on the progress of Ken
dall Street’s garden. We know that Gus is watching it like a
hawk, but he is keeping his mouth closed.
Someone said that Percy Bloixam, city manager, was going
to move up on Wesleyan Heights dose to Gus and Kendall.
Bkxxaan really doesn’t know what be is getting into.
“SPRING FEVER”
ENJOYED AND TO
BE GIVEN AGAIN
Senior Play At Roxboro
High School Has Particular
ly Well Chosen Cast.
Before an appreciative audien
ce, diminished somewhat by an
April downpour, members of the
Senior class of Roxboro high
school presented an entertaining
interpretation of “Spring Fever”,
a light comedy-drama dealing
with family life, Friday night at
the high school auditorium.
By special request the perform
ance will be repeated Tuesday
morning at 10:30 o’clock.
Leading role of “Jaeky How
ard”, a young man with spring
fever all the year ’round, was
played by G. W. Pulliam, Jr.,
with the able asistance of Annie
Sue Barrett, as “Spring Byning
ton”, Jacky’s blonde “weakness”.
After the theatre the Seniors
held a dance in the school gym
nasium and thus brought to a
close a full evening of festivity
which began when those mem
bers of the class who were not
actors for the night served as
hosts and hostesses and greeted
arriving friends and relatives be
fore the curtain rose.
The production was staged un
der the direction of Mrs. B. G.
Clayton and Miss Roxannah Yan
cey, of the high school dramatics
department and particular cre
dit goes to them for the skill ex
iuhiiod-in the selection of the cast,
Deserving of especial notice also
I were Louise and Edith Walker,
who played the parts of Jacky’s
aunt and mother and Annie Lau
ra Day, as Tessie, the maid. Oth
ers in good roles were Thurman
Long, Peggy Brocks, Wallace
Moore, Henry Yarboro and Ethel
Brooks.
Agency Council
To Hear Bloxam
Speaker at the April luncheon
meeting of the Person and Rox
boro Council of Social agencies
to be held Wednesday afternoon at
one o’clock at Hotel Roxboro will
be City Manager Percy Bloxam.
Mr. Bloxam’s theme will be. “Why
Have a Social Agency?”.
Prior to his acceptance cf the
post of Roxboro city manager Mr.
Bloxam was connected with the
state office of WPA, Raleigh, and
with the city of Salisbury as en
gineer and it is felt that because
of his long connection with munL
cipal and state affairs he will
have an interesting message.
SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1940
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Dr. Kitchen, president of Wake
Forest college is to deliver the
Commencement address at Rox
boro high school on the evening
of May 15.
Hospital Group
Has Meeting At
Kirby Residence
With encouraging reports from
various committee chairmen, the
April meeting of the Woman’s
Auxiliary of Community hospi
tal was held Wednesday at the
residence of Mrs. C. B. Kirby.
Membership has now increased to
fifty, it was reported and the auxi
liary is doing its part in eom
paigning for funds for the hospi
tal.
Although the active campaign
has not been launched as yet,
friends of the hospital are in-
J vited to contribute through the
auxiliary by leaving donations in
“S.O.S” recepticals recently plac
ed in various stores, offices and
public buildings.
Chairs and glasses have been
contributed to the hospital
through efforts of the auxiliary,
the grounds are being improved
and a benefit picture has been
shown, it was reported. Contribu
tions of kitchen equipment are
also being made and Mrs. Fox,
hospital dietician, who was a
guest a't the meeting and explain
ed the needs of her department,
expressed her appreciation for
the help of this nature being offer
ed.
May meeting of the auxiliary
will 'be held on the 15th at the
Coca-Cola plant. President of the
organization, formed two or three
months ago with the view of ren
dering assistance to and increas
ing interest in Community hospi
tal, is Mrs. Mollie Strum Barrett,
while the secretary-treasurer is
Mrs. Reade Gentry.
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Music Students
Have Returned
Members of the girls’ chorus and
the boys’ quartette of the Roxboro
high school music department
have returned from Greensboro
where they entered the State mu
sic contest for the first time. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Sam
Byrd Winstead, instructor, who
.eported that they made a very
creditable showing.
Also .present for part of the
contest, although they did not en
ter it, were members of the Rox
boro high school band, with their
instructor, Frederick Moore.
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RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Mis. Claude T. Pointer has re
turned to her home here from
Memorial hospital, Danville, Va.,
after being a patient there for
some time.
THE TIMES IS PERSON!
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES
NUMBER FORTY
L.K. WALKER HAS
GIVEN NOTICE OF
HIS RESIGNATION
Fire Truck Driver Seeks
To Resign As Os June;
Action Follows Discussion
By Council.
To be effective as of July 1,
1940, L. K. Walker, for a num
ber of years fire truck driver for
the city cf Roxboro, has submitted
his registration from that posi
tion.
In confirming reports as to
Mr. Walker’s tendered resigna
tion City Manager Percy Bloxam
said yesterday that he had re
ceived Mr. Walker’s letter of re
signation and that it will be pre
sented to the city council when
that body again meets.
It is understood that the mat
ter of Mr. Walker’s continued em
ployment in the capacity of fire
truck driver was discussed at the
last session of the city council
and that decision was reached that
in view of efficiency of operation
of the fire department, the city
should employ a man capable of
close supervision of the fire en
gine and other mechanical equip
ment.
Acting in accordance with in
structions from the Council, Mr.
Bloxam then had a number of
conferences with Mr. Walker and
also conveyed to him by letter
the deliberations of the Council,
pointing out to him the necessity
of a change in order to keep m-« <s
suranoe rates at a proper figure
and to care for mechanical equip
ment cf the fire department.
In his reply Mr. Walker is said
to have suggested that his resig
nation be effective by the date
mentioned, with a deduction for
vacation period of ten days, there—
by making his service end on
June 18 of this year. He is also
understood to have offered to re- 'Jj
sign at once, providing compen
sation be paid up to July 1.
Mr. Walker has been with the
city for 14 years and during that
period has served as fire truck
driver and general custodian of
the fire department building. He
has also assisted in the collection
cl city taxes.
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TAXI MEN MEET
AGAIN TO TALK
OVER NEW RULES
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Second Committee Appion
ted But Little Is Accom
plished Although Count Is
Willing To Hear Reports.
At a second meeting of taxi op
erators and drivers held hero
Thursday night appointment of a
second committee to appear be
fore the city council was announ
ced, it being said that members
of the first committee had declin
ed to serve.
Only man whose name appear
ed on both committees was Floyd
Howard. Others appointed Thurs
day included L. D. Dixon, Arch
Dunn and Bennie Johnson, while
those named with Mr. Howard on
the first committee were Sam
Lockhart and Fred Kirkman.
Considerable discussion of pro
posed regulation of taxi service
by the city was engaged in Thurs
day night, although the operators
and drivers at this session declin
ed to take any more definite ac
tion than had been taken Tues
day. It was subsequently reported
that even members of the second
committee have declined to ser
ve, apparently because of an in.
■ ability to agree on matters of pol
■ icy.
City Manager Puny ««»«■*
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