IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT-IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XI
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Faces About Town: Senator Bob
Wagner and kin standing in the long
queue in front of the Rivoli for al
most 30 minutes to see "Foreign
Correspondent" . Ralph Bella
my wearing a Roosevelt button in
Jimmy Kelly's place, which is not
only smart but safe—in Kelly's
Gypsy Rose Lee reading the first 15
pages of her first book. “The
G-String Murder” to Life photoggo
Eliot Elisofon, in the Stawklib Don
bleday-Doran will pay her 20 i\: ';
per $2 copy . . . Leelee Pons, with
a tan from Honolulu . . . Broad
way's own Wilkie (Mahoney) who
ghosts B. Bernie’s quips . . Billy
Rose, Franchot Tone, Myron Se!z
nick and other leather-lungers talk
ing at once in Moore’s and not one
listening to the other.
Sallies in Our Alley: Judge Jean
Nathan, the fussy first-nighter, was
in one of those heated discussions,
in the Algonk dining room when
owner Frank Case passed. “What's
Mr. Nathan so excited about?” he
inquired of a waiter ... “He's talk
ing about the war." was the reply,
“he doesn’t seem to like it!” . . .
Milton Berle, who has inherited the
late J. Osterman's col’m in Variety,
was gleeful over the assignment.
"Imagine,” he imagined. “I've writ
ten only one column and I’m booked 1
for Loew’s State already!” . . .
Clive Howard’s definition of an ag
ing ham (one who never played the
Palace): “A would-be Has-Been”
. . . And then there’s the one about
the Stock Exchange messenger who
was held up in broad daylight and
robbed ... Os 35 Willkie buttons!
Midtown Vignette: It happened re
cently at the Hurricane, weeks be
fore Eetty Allen took over the Ethel
Merman role in “Dußarry Was a
Lady” . . . Betty’s lifetime ambi
tion was to appear on Broadway . . .
When she warbled at the Park Cen
tral —that was on Seventh avenue
and “Dußarry" is on Forty-sixth
street, a whole half block from the
Grandest Canyon . . . And then
came the chance at the Hurricane—
for only five nights, but it was
Broadway—at last! . . . Well, her
premiere night was glorious . . .
Telegrams from everybody in "Du-
Barry,” and friends sent posies and
fellers sent good wishes and they
all came and packed the place, too
. . . What a thrilling night it was
for her . . * After the show (she
stopped it cold) they hugged her in
person and she was the toast of the
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i -,ci u-—i..c.r toy tr.znC.z~ and j
L V.j wound up the loneliest gal in
t \vn —because nobody asked for a
Ci te.
New Yorchids: The way Dinah
Shore renders “I'll Never Smile
Again” at the Paramount . . . The
Ink Spots' Decca-ration, “V,'e
Three” . . . Hugh Bradley’s book
click: “Such Was Saratoga,” which
got 105 swelegant reviews . . . Var
ga’s lovely blonde in black stepins
in the September 15 Esquire . . .
Warner’s “City for Conquest,” Cag
ney’s next . . . Cecilia Ager’s lit
erary lace on a new film-flop: “It’s
a. heavy light comedy, elfin like an
elephant It capers, trips and falls
flat on its face, gets up, falls down
and gives up.”
Broadway Ballad: He was a
wealthy Englishman, prowling
around the world for fun. She was
a smart Broadway showgirl, prowl
ing around him for profit . . . They
met in Montreal, where she was fea
tured in a night club, and he fell so
' hard for her that you could have
heard his monocle drop ... He
lavished her with goodies—a brace
let, a diamond ring and a proposal,
not a proposition . . . Her mother,
the stage variety, came up from
New York to “manage” the affair
. . . Then Came The War —and his
income from England was suddenly
stopped by foreign exchange regula
tions . . . Her maw yanked her back
to New York—bracelet, ring and all
... He was left in Montreal broke
and brokenhearted . . . For weeks
the nightclubs in which he was a
good spender “carried” him for
meals, while his frantic love-letters
to her remained ignored . . . Final
ly he wrote asking for the return of
his engagement ring; its pawnshop
value might help him pay his rent
... No answer ... In despera
tion he went to the American consul
and told his story . . . The consul
, sent on die information, and today
-mamma and daughter are in custo
dy of the United States—for “smug
gling a diamond bracelet and ring
across the border”l #
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Broadway Casanova says the trou
ble with getting stuck on some oth
er guy's gad is that you're liable to
'get stuck with her.
9E -O'
&JH3LL YOUR TOBACCO IN
ROXBORO.
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FIGHT FOR LIFE
FINALLY FAILS
RICHMOND, Va., Sept.—Robert
Ramsey of Jonesboro, Ark., 27-
year-old Seminary student, died
here last night after heroic ef
forts by college mates kept him
alive by manual respiration for
more than 12 hours and an “iron
lung” prolonged death anothei
three hours.
But death finally nullified the
efforts of the students and of the
mechanical respirator late last
night when the disease, infantile
paralysis, crept into Ramsey's
brain.
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WAKE FOREST
GRADS WORKING
WAKE FOREST, Sept.—All
1940 graduates of Wake Forest
who were certified to teach have
received teaching positions, the
college placement bureau an
nounces.
This makes the seventh conse
cutive year in which 100 per cent
of the teacher graduates have
been placed, as compared with T 4
per cent placement reported by
National Teacher Placement As
sociation. During the seven-year
span more than 300 Wake Forest
men havfj begun teaching in
North Carolina's public high
schools.
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TRACK MEET GOLF
LINCOLN, N. B„ Sept.—Chan
cellor C. S. Boucher of the Uni
versity of Nebraska has an an
swer for those who say golf is a
lazy man’s game.
He figures his game on time,
not strokes, and his best record
to date around the course is 1
hour and 50 minutes. He stays in
the middle and high 70’s desoite
his dog trot between shots.
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AUDIT GRANTED TO
BETTER GOVERNMENT
FORCES
GREENSBORO, Sept.—Chair
man "George L. Stansbury of the
Guilford: County Commissioners
has directed County Accountant
Willis Booth to allow the Guil
ford Couny Better Government:
Institute “full and comptete ac
cess to the records requested”
for an audit. The action ended a
long controversy over the propos
ed independent audit.
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CRACKLESS CRACK-UP
OLNEY, 111., Sept.—Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Kimmel put all their
eggs in one basket and started
their car across the railroad tracks
en route to their home.
A train struck the auto, spin
ning, it around and throwing
Mrs. Kimmel against the wind
shield. The eggs, in the rear seat,
escaped damage.
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TERM MEANS REST IN JAIL
ALBEMARLE, Sept.—Judge O.
J. Sikes, hoping to make an ex
ample of the man before him,
sentenced him to six months on
roads for beating his wife.
With tears of gratitude in his
eyes the man extended his hand;
"Thank you, your honor. Fll do
anything to get away from that
woman for six months.”
Helpless Victims of Nazi Cruelty
Jane, Jacqueline and John, three pitiful little inmates of the East
Grinstead (England) sunshine home for blind babies, hurry to the home’s
air-raid shelter as Nazi bombs roar overhead during one of their “morale
softening” raids on non-military objectives in England.
Conscription Details Not
Yet Known In Person Area
Assistant Clerk of Court
R. A. Bullock, and Others
Expect Methods of 1917 Will
Be Repeated.
Consultation with members of
the Person Board of elections,
with R. A. Bullock, assistant clerk
of Superior Court and with oth
ers in this city and county who
may be expected to have duties to
perform in connection with Con
scription registrations scheduled
to take place next month, reveals
that no official information as to
plans for said registration have
yet been received here from eith
er Washington or Raleigh.
Mr. Bullock said today, how
ever, that it is probable that all
names placed on registration
books in this first step in the
nation - wide defense program
which was last week au
thorized 1 by Congress and signed
by President Franklin D. Roose
velt, will be turned in at the Clerk
of the Court’s office. A similar
procedure said Mr. Bullock, was
followed during the period of
World War I selective draft.
Local conscription or draft
boards were appointed at that
time and machinery was set up
for tabulations and for physical
examintions. Announcement has
been made from Raleigh that
those men coming within the ags
limits of 21 to 35, inclusive, of the
most recent conscription meas
ure, will be expected to register
at those polling places where
they last voted in a general elec
tion.
It has also been reported that
county allotments for those first
called for military training will
be checked against the number
of citizens from the county who
have within the year voluntarily
enlisted in military service and
that the quota called will be nam
ed after voluntary enlistments
have been deducted, thus in many
instances effecting a reduction in
the conscription quota.
IN HOSPITAL”
James Dunn, Person farmer
whose home is near Roxboro, is
improving at Community hospital
where he was taken Thursday
after he became suddenly ill earl
ier that morning.
ATTEND FUNERAL
City Manager Percy Bloxam
and Mrs. Bloxam were in Salis
bury, their former home, yester
day to attend the funeral 0 f R. J.
Everest prominent resident of
that city, who died Friday.
Beam and Fowler
Speak At Helena
P. T. A. Session
' Speakers at the first session of
the Helena Parent-Teachers as
sociation Thursday evening were
Miss Velma Beam, Person Coun
ty Home Demonstration agent,
and Person Sanitariam T. J. Fowl
er, who discussed 4-H club work
and “Sanitation in the School
Lunchroom.”
Music was furnished by music
classes from the fifth and sixth
grades under direction of the
new instructor of public school
music, Miss Sara Cole, who also
rendered a Chopin waltz as a
piano solo. Business discussed at
the meeting pertained to the es
tablishment of association objee
ives for the year, with decision
that beautification of grounds at
the rear of the school building,
the installation of water facili
ties in the gymnasium and the
kitchen and improvement of the
library should be undertaken.
Means of securing necessary
fianneial support for these pro
jects will be considered at the
next session, Thursday evening,
October 17.
Along The Way
With the Editor
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In this paper today you will find a column by Walter Win
chell. How Walter expects to compete with Along The Way is
more than we can see. The only other man who ever tried it
was Banker Gordon Hunter, ana as you know a banker can get
away with anything especially if the man he is competing
with owes him money.
Well, Well, Well—We have a newcomer in the ranks ot
those who work for their bread and meat. Robert “Buddy”
Long has decided to hang out his shingle in Roxboro. Now
Buddy doesn’t want to advertise, but we have an idea that his
slogan is— “tfo job too large and none too small.” Anyway,
if you get into trouble in a legal way, remember Buddy must
eat
Another Roxboro boy has shut his eyes and blindly leaped
into the sea of matrimony. James Brooks is now a married
man. Although he is supposed to be self-supporting this col
umn will wager that he continues to break bread with “Pa and
Ma”. James was as happy as a lark when he left Roxboro. He
was buying all the nice clothes that he could find. In other
words, he didn’t have a care in the world. Let’s go in and
talk to him a year from now. Try to borrow a dollar.
It’s too bad about the boys who have not reached the age
if 36. These boys really hate to admit that they are as young as
they are. It has really been reported that some are trying to
change the records in the family Bible. Os course, we can’t
call any names, we keep thinking about Tom Brooks, Gene
Thompson, D. D. Long, W. H. Hams, Sr., R. D. Bumpass,
F. O. Carver, Jr., and a few others.
Gene Thompson has moved into his palace “nuff sod”.
Bushy Fork P. T. A.
Has Talk About
School Lunches
Discussing the importance of
well balanced school lunches,
Mrs. Blanche Vincent of the Per
son County Health department
nursing staff, told members of
the Bushy Fork Parent-Teachers
association at their September
meeting last week that lunches
should be planned so that dietary
needs of the child can be met
with at all times. Only by a con
sideration of all meals served can
this be possible, said Mrs. Vin
cent, whose informal talk was
greatly appreciated. Following her
talk members reached decision to
again sponsor school luncheons.
Next meeting, according to a new
schedule, will be held l Thursday,
October 24. The Executive board
will meet during the afternoon
on that day and the study group
on Tuesday before the 24, at 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
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Mrs. Pearce To
Speak At Meeting
Os Association
Chief Speaker at the opening
meeting of a two day session of
the Beulah Baptist association
scheduled to begin Tuesday even
ing at 7:30 o’clock at Blanch Bap
tist church, will be Mrs. J. Win
ston Pearce, wife of the Rev. Dr.
Pearce, who is pastor of the First
Baptist church, Durham, accord
ing to announcement made this
morning. Presiding will be J. W.
Green, associate training union
director, and the theme discussed
at both sessions will be “Young
Peoples’ Work in the Baptist
Training Union”.
Devotionals will be led by Jar
vis Adams and musical selections
will be rendered by the mens’
quartet, of Roxboro First Baptist
church. Another speaker will be
Clifton Dunnevant, of the Clement
church. Members of all churches
in the association are urged to
attend and visitors from other de
nominations will be welcomed.
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NAZIS ADMIT NEW
ATTACKS BY FOES
BERLIN, Sept.—New British
bombing attacks on Germany and
methodical clock-like blasting of
German-held Channel ports were
reported officially today, but the
high command said that Nazi
bombers had “successfully” bat
tered industrial and railroad tar
gets in raids on Southeastern
England.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1940
County Four-H Clubs Elect
Officials And Plan Work
ROTARIANS HAVE
LOCAL TEACHERS
AS THEIR GUESTS
Annual Event Staged At
Hotel Roxboro, With Dr. A.
L Allen In Charge of Pro
gram.
Staging their annual Teachers’
night, members of Roxboro Ro
tary club were hosts to more than
forty instructors in local public
schools at a dinner session
Thursday evening at Hotel Rcx
boro, with Dr. A. L. Allen, direc
tor of the Person unit of the tri
county health department, in char
ge of a program which bordered
on the humorous, but had in it
considerable seriousness.
Covers were laid for 90 per
sons, including the hosts, their
special guests and a number of
Rotaryanns. Dinner was served
at 7 o’clock, with Gordon C. Hun
ter, club president, presiding. La
ter in the evening Mr. Hunter
took part in the informal enter
tainment program, as did his dau
ghter, Miss Rebecca Hunter, .who
presented a novelty dance num
ber and a comedy skit, the last
named event having the able as
sistance of E. E. Bradsher, Sr.
Dr. Allen’s contribution was a
series of Winchellesque nev.'S
flashes in which sedate clubmen
and some not so dignified were
written up with an amazing and
deadly accuracy. Introduction of j
guests was by H. C. Gaddy, sup
erising principal of the city
schools. Music was in charge of
Wajllace W. Woods, with Mrs.
Woods at the piano. Among the
guests and speakers was Mayor
S. F. Nicks, Jr.
WHITT RITESTO
BE CONDUCTED
AT VIRGIUNA, VA.
Olive Branch Resident Pas
ses At Duke Hospital After
Illness Lasting Eight Days.
Funeral services for Samuel
Riley Whitt, 78, Person County
resident of the Olive Branch com
munity, whose death occurred
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock at
Duke hospital, Durham, where
he had been a patient for eight
days, will be conducted Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the
graveside in Union cemetery, Vir-j
gilina, Va., by the Rev. T. M.
Vick, pastor of Ca-Vel Methodist
church, near Roxboro. Death was
attributed to complications. The
deceased had been in ill health
for several years.
Survivors include: his wife, Mrs.
Mary Ella Whitt, of the home;
five sons, Luther, Harry C., Jo
seph and Perry Whitt ,all of Per
son county, and Nep Whitt, of
Nelson, Va.; five daughters, Mrs.
Rosa W. Pool, of Granville coun
ty, Mesdames Mamie Carmichael
and Emma Cole, of Christie, Va„
and Mesdames Etta Thompson
and Ada Wilkerson, of Nelson,
Va. Also surviving are a number
of grandchildren who will serve
as pallbearers and flower-bearere.
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LEGIONNAIRES MEET
AT BOSTON
BOSTON, Sept.—This city of
almost 800,000 population encoun
tered a “spare room” problem to
day as it welcomed throngs of
American. Legionnaires arriving
for their iecond national conven
tion here since 1930
Legion officials said they ex
pected An attendance of 300,000
World War veterans and their
families—for the three-day ses
sion starting Monday.
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THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER FIFTY
Fem'.ir. 2 Members Now
Most Interested In Dress-
Making and Canning Pro
jects.
New officers of the Bushy Fork
4-H club, one of several Person
County units of the organization
in which leadership elections have
been held recently as the first
step in the development of the
fall and winter 4-H program, are:
Miss Eleanor Snipes, president;
Fred Yarborough, vice president,
and Miss Mary Evelyn Long, se
cretary-treasurer, according to
announcement made today.
Os immediate interest to fem
inine members of the clubs will
be canning and dress-making con
tests culminating with a county
wide showing to be held in the
Grand Jury room at the Person
County court house, Roxboro, on
September 28, at 2:30 o’clock in
the afternoon. It was pointed out
today that Person clubs are now
eligible to enter state and na
tional contest of this type, hav
ing had local contests for the
past three years, and that all girls
who entered the contests last
year will this year be eligible to
enter both contests.
Each entrant will be expected
to wear a dress which she ha 3
made and will also present two
undergarments for display in the
club collection.
Other clubs reporting selections
of officers and advisers are,
Hurdle Mills, Olive Hill and Al
lensville. Leaders at Hurdle Mills
I are: Miss Jane Horton, president;
Jack Hawkins, vice president;
Eloise Rimmer, secretary-treasur
er; Miss Dorothy Ann Whitfield,
recreation leader and Miss Maria
Richardson, faculty adviser. Of
ricers at Olive Hill are: Miss Isa
bel Walker, president; Jeff Rud
der, vice president; Miss Geral
-1 dine Clayton, secretary-treasur
er; Miss Ann Dixon recreation
leader and Mrs. Numa Edwards
and Miss Mary Kelly, advisers
from the faculty.
At Allensville those who will
guide the club are: Lyle Davis,
president; Ephriam Yarborough,
vice president; Miss Elsie West,
who was previously vice presi
dent, secretary-treasurer; Miss
Ruby Clayton, recreation leader,
and Miss Cleo Fox, faculty ad
iser.
In discussing plans for the
clubs in Person county Miss Vel
ma Beam, County Home Demon
stration agent, who together with
County Agent H. K. Sanders, has
supervision of local 4-H work,
said that elections will be held
! within the month in the more
than a dozen remaining units and
that united interest will be plac
ed in the next two monhs on ex
hibits in county and state fairs,
seed-judging contests, the previ
ously mentioned canning and
dress-making contests and on the
annual Achievement Day pro
gram.
Outlook for the year is very
bright, said Miss Beam, and mem
bers are already displaying a
commendable enthusiasm.
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Local Hardware
Store Celebrates
Officials of the Long, Bradsher
hardware company, this city,
whose store has been recently re
novated, cordially invite growers
and their families and others who
will attend the Tuesday morning
opening of the Roxboro Tobacco
market to visit their store dar
ing the day and to attend an open
house at which 7 sandwiches and
coffee will be served between
twelve noon and one o’clock in
the afternoon. The occasion will
mark the 50th anniversary *t-li||
establishment of the firm.,^