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By J S. MEKKI'I'T
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Just Thinking \
Friday P. M. lam just wondering who will win the
football game that is to oe played tomorrow, Duke or Ten
nessee. By the time you read this the game will be over and
there will be one group of happy boys —unless the game ends
in a tie.
Duke and Tennessee play ball for “keeps”. They ask no
quarter and they give none. The boys fight as long as they
are able and when it is all over they take their victory or
defeat and move on to the next game.
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Enos Is Here
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Enos Slaughter has returned to Person county from the
big leagues where he has been playing ball all the summer I
Enos lias a good year. He hit the ball over .300 and play- f
ed a good game in the outfield. For a short time he was in'
a mighty bad batting slump, but finally managed to pull out
and from that time on he was 0. K.
He will probably be here during the winter and will spend |
his time hunting, loafing and maybe a little work.
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Water For The Greens
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Golfers in Roxboro keep talking about some way to get
water for the grass greens at the Country Club golf course.,
The greens are dry and hard and there is not way to get!
water except to w T ait on rain.
It would certainly be nice if the club could find enough
money to pay for a pipe line around the course. There is
plenty of water in the lake, but so far no one has figured out
away to raise enough money to get the pipe line around the
course.
Some day it will be done and until then you golfers will
have to be satisfied with what you have.
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Pay Up
Just to remind you that your Country Club dues are now
due again and if you haven't paid, Bill Walker would like to
see you.
The club needs all the money it can get and your $6.25
will help.
qh.SNAPSHOT GUILD I
PICTURES IN THE MIRROR
The mirror not only encouraged the cat to start a boxing match wt*»
himself —but also helped give a better picture, showing both back and,
front view. Try mirror shots—they’re fun. 4
A N argument is more interesting
1 * if both sides get a fair break —
and it lasts longer. The same rule
applies to many snapshot subjects.
Put a mirror in the picture, to show
both back and front of your sub
ject—and your picture will have
twice as much to tell.
It’s no trouble to take snapshots
of this type—so long as you have
your subject close to the glass.
Just focus for the distance from
mirror to camera, use a small lens
opening—and both the subject and
its reflection will be sharp.
However, as the subject hacks
away from the glass, the reflection
also backs away—ln the opposite
direction. In other words, it gets
farther away from the camera.
Therefore, to get the reflection
sharp, you must do a bit of simple
addition before yon focus. Just
measure the distance from camera
to mirror, add the distance from
subject to mirror and set the
focusing scale for the sum of these
distances. *
As an example: suppose the cam
era is six feet from the mirror, and
the subject two feet from the mir
ror. Then, if you want the sharp
est possible picture of the reflec
tion, set the focus at eight feet.
To get both reflection and subject
sharp, use a very small lens open
ing and focus at the mirror, —in
this case, six feet.
Before shooting a “mirror” pic
ture, check the position of your
photo lights. These have to be to
one side of the subject, in most
cases. Be sure that the shades are
turned so that light does not shine
on the camera lens, and also see
that the mirror does not reflect an
image of the lights into the camera.
In addition to wall mirrors, doors,
and the like, try pictures of reflec
tions In a mirror-bottomed tray or
table. Yon can get some extremely
good angle shots in this manner,
and they add interest to your snap
shot collection. '
John van Guilder
SPORTS OHLHE TIMES
\ Up t the Minute Sport News Solicited
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1940
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A government appeal for aluminum pots and pans
all over England into the rapacious ma'w of Britain’s
will go to cloud-hopping in defense of the tight little
scrap. Right, tons of ingots, once stewpots, on their
Mile Auto Race
Speedway Will
Open At High Point
High Point, N. C., Oct. 3
Now nearing completion, the
High Point Speedway, designed
to De the fastest mile banked cir
cular raceway in the nation, will
be opened Sunday, October 20,
with world-famous drivers com
peting in a A. A. A. sanctioned
program of automobile races.
Under construction since Aprii,
the Speedway constitutes the fin
est racing plant of its type in the
country. Steep banked, sweeping
[urns and an extremely fast rac
ing surface together with accom
modations to handle crowds of
more than 50,000 persons, stamp
it as a raceway which will rank
second only to the 2 1-2 mile
brick Indianapolis Speedway, the
scene each year of the great 500
mile classic.
Eddie Rickenbacker, America’s
war-time airplane ace and head
of *he Contest Board of the A
merican Automobile asociaticn,
which body will supervise the
actual running of the races here,
has declared it to be in conform
mce with the latest requirements
for the high speed demanded by
the newest racing cars. A speed
in excess of 120 miles an hour
will be made in the opening race,
according to racing experts who
have tested the track.
Ira Vail, of Great Neck, N. Y.,
himself one of the greatest race
drivers the world has ever known,
brought here to serve as race
director for the Speedway is
confident that the mile track will
be turned in less than 30 sec rods
in the inaugural races. t
The field assembled for the,'
opening events will represent tine!
cream of the speedway drivers
and they will be mounted in the
fastest and most expensive cars
made.
Many Indianapolis drivers and
most of the outstanding stars who
have been campaigning in the j
North and in the Middlewest, are,
to participate l . Os them, many
will be newcomers to the South,)
due to the fact that the lack of
a major speedway up to now has!
caused many of the big-name j
j drivers io pass up Souhern com
( petition.
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North Carolina had a seven per
j cent reduction in traffic deaths
I the first eight months of this
year, With the same
period for last year.
Speed excessive for conditions
is the chief factor in fatal acci
dents on North Carolina streets
and highways.
From ‘Sit-Fires’ to Spitfires
Bobo Grieved
Over Death Os
His Father
CINCINNATI— Buck Newsom
pitching here at yesterday’s o
pening world series game,, was
absent from Crosley field today
as his Detroit Tiger teammates
went down to a 5-3 defeat by
the Reds in the second struggle.
Sobbing brokenly, the big Sou
th Carolinian attended simple fun
eral services at a Cincinnati mor
tuary for his father, Henry Qui
nlan Buffkin Newsom, who died
[in his hotel room ealy today.
An attending physician said the
68-year-old-retired farmer was
victim of a heart illness.
Buck said his father died sim
ply because he had lived long e
nough to see his son win a world
series game. Buck said that if he
had not pitched against the Reds
until today he was sure his fath
er would have lived to see him
do it.
Also attending the services
were Buck’s stepmother, Mrs.
Fronnie Newsom and two sisters,
Miss. Alline Newsom, of Harts
ville, S. C., and Mrs. Lillian Mat
his, of Lancaster, S. C. His two
daughters accompanied the elder
Newsom here for the series larg
ely because they were fearful he
would die as he did.
When his father left Hartsville
Newsom said, his cronies told him
they would see him when he re
turned. “I won’t be back,” he an
swered them.
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One-third of the peopple kill
ed in traffic acidents in North
Carolina this year have been be
tween the ages of 25 and 44.
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TIMES OFFIf'F
brought thousands of tons of these kitchen utensils from
war machine. From sitting on fires these pots and pans
island. At left, workmen are cleaning the aluminum
way to become “Spitfires” and Hurricane planes.
TUXEDO BILLARD PARLOR
Under Peebles Department Store
Safety In Numbers
Does Not Apply
In Auto Travel
Raleigh, Oct. 5 The old ad
age to the effect that there i..
safety in numbers certainly does
noi apply in automobile travel,
according to Ronald Hocutt, di-ec
tor of the North Carolina High
way Safety Division.
‘Happiness is the keynote when
a group of young people pile into
an automobile and start off to
the fair or football game, or on
some other short trip, but if they
overcrowd the car, grief may soon
enter the picture,” said the safe
ty director.
Hocutt pointed to the recent ac
cident in which an automobile
loaded with eight young people
ov returned while enroute to a
high school football game, in
juring four of the boys and girls
in the car and killing two.
“There is serious danger in the
prat” ice of overloading an auto
mobile, he declared. “In the first
place, when three or four peo
ple are jammed into th front seat,
ihe driver does not have suffi
cient room to operate the car
safely, due to the difficulty of
shifting gears and using the bra
kes. And on top of that, when
there are too many people in a
car, the driver has too many dis
tractions and can not very well
keep his or her •mind on their
chiving.”
Hocutt cautioned all car own
ers against overloading their auto
mobiles and he particularly urged
that parents who allow their
teen-age children the family car
to go to a football game, dance
or ovher school activities should
admonish their children not to
I 'ake along any greater number
1 of persons than the car was de
signed to accommodate.
Draught Beer
If you are looking for real
ly delightful draught beer,
come to our place. We have
just installed a modern
daught beer dispensing bar
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and will appreciate a trial.
Ramblers Take 19-0 Win
From Henderson Eleven
On Friday afternoon at High
School field the blue jerked
Ramblers, coached by George
Wirtz, charged over a strong ag
gregation from Hendlerson high
school to a score of 19 to 0. The
visitors were clearly outplayed
in every department.
This was Roxboro High's sec
ond win of the season and the
contest was played before one of
the largest crowds ever to turn
out here.
At the sound of the ■ ■Stirling
whistle the Roxboro lads were off
to a touchdown, but a fumble
stopped the forward march for
a short time. Then on a pass from
Red Day to Lawrence (Gus) Hole
man the ball was put in position
for a tally and about two min
utes before the end of the fi c*.
quarter, Day, on a line play, went
over for a touchdown. During the
following two quarters Bert Luns
ford, new No. 2 man, carried the
ball over for a total of 13 points.
An extra point accounting for
one.
In the last few minutes of the
final -stanza the Ramblers were
on the victory march again an I as
the closing whistle sounded they
were in a foot of another goal.
For outstanding line play, hon
ors went to the entire forward
wall of the Ramblers. Fred Wo >ds.
co-captain and guard, was seen
on three successive plays to break
through the Henderson line and
cause the visitors great losses.
He also blocked a punt which
put the Ramblers in a scoring
position.
Hassell Whitfield, local tackle,
playing with a pulled ligament
his left leg, put on a good 'Xhi
bition, and Two-Ton Lindsay
Wagstaff was right in there on
nearly every play.
In talking with Woods and Hole
man it was understood that they
were satisfied with the perform
ance of each man and praised
Coach Wirtz for their instructions.
Quarterbacking laurels went to
Lewis “Red” Day, who was all
eyes for a spot in which a play
would go.
For the visitors Blake, quarter
back, Faulkner, halfback and
Eobbitt, center, were outstanding
in play.
At this Homecoming event the
Roxboro High School band, dir
ected by Frederick R. Moore, for
DOLLY MADISON
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Monday - Tuesday, Oct. 7-8
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No Morning Shows;
Afternoons Daily 1:U-1.U;
Admission 10-Mc.
Evenings daily 7:15-9:09
Admission 15 • 30a
Dickerson Sets Way
For Oxford Victory
Oxford, Oet. 4 Quarterback
Bruce Dickerson plunged through
the line for three touchdowns and
five conversions to lead Oxford to
a 35-6 victory over Greenhope
here today.
Oxford’s other touchdown were
made on an end run by Tommy
Mullins, and a six yard plunge
by William Cherkas.
the first time perfomed for the
spectators and players and they
also took honors.
ROXBORO, N. C.
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Palace Theatre
Monday - Tuesday, Oct. 7-4
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Evenings daily 7:15 - 9:00
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