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PERSON HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO INSTIGATETOURS Vaccinations Against Typh oid Fever, Diphtheria and Smallpox Will Be Given At Points In County. Starting on Tuesday, May 14, and continuing :cn successive Tuesdays through June 4, offic ials of the Person unit of the tri oounty department will institute a series of typhoid and diphth. eria vaccination tours in Person county. First step will be at 9:15 o’clock in the morning at Longhurst; the second will be at 10:15 at S. P. Gentry’s store and the third will be at Robertson’s store, Woods dale, at 11:15. In the afternoon, first stop will be at Mason Mur ray’s store at 12:30 o’clock, while at 2 o’clock High Plains Indian school will be visited. Next will be Mrs. Hemty Tuck’s store at 3:30, and Dixon’s store at 4:30, while final point will be Grav itte’s store at 5:15. It was indicated that this sche dule will be adhered to on each Tuesday through June 4 and it was also announced that three doses of typhoid vaccine are re quired to produce immunization. For this reason residents desiring typhoid inoculations are urged to seek first appointments on May 14 or 21. Smallpox vaccinations may be taken at the time the third typhoid treatment is administer ed. In speaking cf diphtheria in oculations, Dr. A. L. Allen, Per son Health Department head, cal led attention to the fact that sta te law now requires that all in fants and children between the ages of six months and six years be given diphtheria toxoid, and that parents who do not permit their children to be immunized a. gainst this disease will be subject to prosecution. Dr. Allen also said that sev eral weeks must elapse before im munizing efects for typhoid, diph- : theria and smallpox vaccionations Have You Been Counted BY THE CENSUS TAKER? - • Roxboro is anxious to get her census will be closed soon and every person figures as high as possible. If you have who lives in Roxboro should be listed, not been counted you are urged to re- . If you have not been counted you are port this fact at once. The census books asked to report this to the City of Roxboro, Phone No. 2931 Person County Times, Phone No. 4501 Roxboro Courier, Phone No. 2391 Chamber of Commerce, Phone No. 3671 James Carver, Roxboro There will not be another census for will be closed at an early date and no ten years and it is important that every names will be added after closing. If Roxboro citizen be counted this year you know of some person who has not and as early as possible. Census books been counted, please report this fact. Mormon Leader Wl ' : Heber J. Grant, 83-year-old president of the Mormon church, who was released recently from a Los Angeles hospital after treatment for a stroke. Ordained an apostle in October, 1882, and made president in November, 1918, he has spent 68 years in the service of his church. may be expected and that those citizens needing these inocula tions should take them at once. Especially is this true, he said, in regards to typhoid vaccinations, which must be renewed every few years. Typhoid fever is es pecially prevalent in summer mjenths and all precautions a gainst it should be taken. o Junior Cup Won By Longhurst Unit Longhurst Council with an at tendance of 31, won an attendance loving cup offered by B. B. Knight, of Roxboro, at the district meeting of the J. O. U. A. M. held at Yanceyville Thursday. Long hurst Council. Nio. 570, was well j represented and will retain the cup until the next meeting which will be held at Lowe’s Grove at a date to be announced later. Speaker at the Yanceyville gathering was State Councilor Sankey Gaither. Brief talks were PEBSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. also made by Rev. S. F. Nicks, by R. B. Dawes, Mayor S. F. Nicks, Jr., of this city, and by Mr. Knight and' Mr. White. Attention i:f those present was called to the fact that Saturday was observed as Orphanage Day at the Junior institution at Lexington, o Rotarians Return From Gathering At Rocky Mount Headed by W. H. Harris, and club president R. B. Griffin, a de legation from the Roxboro Rotary cluib returned Friday from the 189th district convention held in Rocky Mount. Among these mak ing the trip were T. T. Mitchell, Henry Gates, Glenn Titus, Nathan Lunsford and Mr. and Mrs. Wal lace W. Woods and Mr. and Mrs. W. Reade Jones and Miss Hilda Shoemaker, all of whom reported an enjcyable oocasion. At the local club dinner session which was held Thursday at Ho j tel Roxboro, City Manager Per cy Bloxam was guest speaker. Desirribing the “Need of the Hour” in America as a need for | more appreciation of the princi ' pies for which American fore fathers fought and died, Mr. Blox am urged members of the club, as responsible citizens, to be on their guard to preserve Ameri can ideals. Giving his message a personal touch, Mr. Bloxam quoted from a letter, he recently received from his father in England in which the elder Mr. Bloxam described conditions of war-time in that; country, where conflict has come because of the necessity of fight ing against totilitarianism in Eur ope. Second speaker of the evening was Dr. A. L. Allen .whose sub ject was “Fellowship” as it is en joyed in Rotary. His message was j humorous but was also packed, with pertinant observations on| benefits derived from friendly contacts made through R'ctary. In the absence of President R. B. Griffin, presiding officer of the: DANIELS SPEAKER AT BETHEL FINALS FRIDAY JVENING Seventh Grade Exercises Held Yesterday Morning At School. Jonathan Daniels, editor of thC| Raleigh News and Observer and prominent author, delivered the literary address at Bethel Hill High school’s final commence ment exefleises Friday night. He was introduced by J. W. Noell, of. Roxboro. Preceding the literary address was a short Class Day pro- j gram, “The Gypsy Trail”. Miss Carol Leigh Humphries deliver-) ed the valedictory address and ( Elsie Whitfield delivered the salutatory address. The Rev. J. F. Funderburke prenounced the l benediction. Lewis S. Cannon, principal. presented diplomas and certi ficates to the twenty nine seniors, j They are: W. H. Bray, Jr., James Buchanan, Naomi Dunn, Robert Evans. C. T. Hall, Jr., Card Leigh Humphries, Lattie Lee, Frances Long, Raymond Lowery, Rand Montague ,Tiny Milam, Rachel Owen, Graham Powell, Wingate Rogers,. Paul Seamster, Mar garet Stigall, I. C. Tingen, Jr., Healon Walker, Dorothy Walker, W. C. Warren, Jr., Carrie Wilson, Eleanor Wiley, Elsie Whitfield, Rci’iand White, Rose Woody, Hat tie Woody, Zelle Woody, Mary Sue Wrenn, Earl Wrenn. The marshals were Doris Hall, Lois Holt, Garneil Wilkins, Inez Gillis, Jack Gravely, and Bealer Moore. On Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock the Seventh grade grad uates i:tf the Bethel Hill high school had their exercises. The Rev. J. F. Funderburke de livered the address and Lewis S. Cannon, the principal, presented Mount, presiding officer of the evening was Fred Long. Program j chairman was J. A. Long, who was assisted by Glenn Stovall. the certificates. Elaine White had high honors with Helen Owen second, and Paul Bamotte third. The class presented a pro gram consisting of songs, speech es, by the three honor students, and a play, ‘The Character Build er . At this time special awards to eight students for outstanding work were presented. NAT WHITFIELD CONTESTWINNERS Judging Team Also Wins In District Four Contest Held At Raleigh. Nat Whitfield, Bethel Hill Fu ture farmer, won first honors in the annual F. F. A. Public Speak ing contest for schools in District 4 held at North Carolina State college recently. Young Whitfield spoke on “Southern Tenancy and the Soil”. Livestock judging honors in the district also went to the Bethel Hill team, composed of W. C. Warren,* Jr., Cecil Pentecost and James Buchanan, with a total score cf 837 points out of a pas sible 900. Individual judging hon ors in the district went to W. C. Warren, Jr., Bethel Hill Future farmer, who scored 291 out of a passible 300. James Buchanan, Be thel Hill School, ranked second with 286 points. Warren will rep. resent the district in the state judging contest to be held in Raleigh on July 18. This is he second time in the past few years that Bethel Hill has placed members in the finals of the state judging and public speaking contests. Clyde Sullivan won first place in the district public speaking in 1939, and Christo Itax won district judging honors in 1937 later representing North Carolina in the National Judging contest in Kansas City. « ( It is estimated that speed was responsible for more than 8,000 traffic accidents in the United States last year. - "Self-Service » ' Jt«v "Jock,” unlike most cats, prefers water to milk—and likes to draw his own. His owner, Mrs. E. J. Me Laughlin of Bound Brook, N. J., loos cned the faucet so "Jock” could work it with his paws. Business Advice C. O. D. „ C. O. D., alias “Not at Home” scheme. You are asked to accept and pay for a C. O. D. package for y our neighbor who is not at home. The package may contain crump led newspapers, a bottle of water, or a brick. It is sometimes work ed on business concerns when the employer is away. COLLECTION AGENCIES “Believe It or Not” but some collection agency contracts make it possible for the agencjy to char ge fees more than the sum you have to collect. Read Before You Sign. Taken Better Business Bureaus Vand assembled by the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce. o More accidents occur on the highways in daytime than at night, but more fatalities occur at night. SUNDAY, MAY 12, 124$ Teachers-Chosen - At Bethel Hill Re-election, with one or two’ exjoeptiens, of all teachers con stituting the faculty of Bethel Hill High school is announced follow ing a meeting of the school com mittee composed ctf S. P. Gentry, A. J. Crutchfield and R. L. Hall. Because of an increased atten dance in the high school it is ex pected that one additional teach er will be employed in this divis ion and it is planned that the new teacher shall be head of a new commercial department. A. G. Bullard, of the vocational agricul ture department, was granted a leave of absence in order that he may complete graduate work at North Carolina State college, Ra-- leigh. and as his successor for one year Claybom Regan has been selected. The resignation of Miss: Elizabeth Nicholson was accept, ed. Those re-elected include: High school department, Mes dames J. A. Beam, L. S. Cannon, and Brooks Carver, and Lewis S. Cannon, Claybom Regan and Miss Charlotte Peebles. In the grammar slchool depart ment, Misses Louise Cates, Mary Louise Hester, and Katie Lee Johnson and Mesdames Haywood Bailey and L. S. Cannon. In the primary grades, Misses Emma Lee Koon, Lucile Woody, Marie W.cody. and Mrs. W. R. Hayes, with Mrs. Edgar Masten as piano teacher. o GENERAL MOTORS PAYS $1 DIVIDEND New York Ceneral Motors Corporation recently declared a dividend of $1 on the common stock payable June 12. The di vidend will total about $43,000.- 000. It is payable out of second quarter earnings. Production of cattle in Califor nia declined about 3 per cent in 1939 because of poor range and feed conditions, says the U. S7 Department of Agriculture.
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