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VOLUME xn
Teachers Will Go to Durham
This Week for Convention
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SELECTIVE
SERVICE PLANS
BEING PUSHED
IN WASHINGTON
Washington, Nov.—Facing a
possible legal test because the
great draft lottery ended with
six missing numbers, selective
service officials pressed forward
with plans for getting the first
contingent of conscripts into
camp.
It is to consist of some 30,000
young men drawn from regions
where camp facilities are already
available. Officials intimated that
voluntary enlistments might cov
er that entire number, but be
yond that point, plans were to
have 400,000 in uniform by Feb
ruary 28, and 800,000 by June 15.
Estimates were that this would
involve an average of about 130
men from each draft area and
about one of each 20 registrants.
JOHN TOMS MAKES DEBUT
IN IMPORTANT ROLE
Philadelphia, Nov.—When the
distinguished Philadelphia Opera
company this week offered, its
production of “Eugene Onegin”
m its home city as the only offi
cial operatic commemoration of
the Tschaikowsky centenary, a
young tenor who is on the faculty
of the Universfty of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill made musical
history as the first American to
sing professionally a role associat
ed with such hallowed operatic
names as Caruso and Martinelli.
He is 29-year-old John Toms,
who made his grand opera de
but in the important role of Len
ski, and thus culminated a life
long ambition which had its start
shortly after an auspicious first
appearance as singer at the age
of four.
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MANY PARTY
BUTTONS USED
FOR FREE RIDE
New York, Nov.—ls you think
election campaign buttons are
good only to indicate party loy
alty, listen to William Jerome
Daly, secretary of the board of
transportation:
“Records of the revenue divi
sion of the independent lines of
New York city transit system of
October 29 revealed that among
slugs pnd counterfeit coins re
covered from tutmstiles there
were 174 Willkie buttons and 48
Roosevelt buttons.”
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CORN HUEKER
SETS RECORD
FOR CONTEST
Davenport, la., Nov.—lrbin
Bauman, of Illinois, captured the
1940 national com husking title
here today with a net load of
46.71 bushels, exceeding by more
than five bushels the national re
cord set in N 1935 by Elmer Carl
son, of lowa.
Marion Link, husky 25-year-old
Ames, la., farm youth, placed sec
ond with a net load of 46.36 bush
els, while third place went to his
teammate, Ivy Carlson, of Mad
rid, la., with 44.97 bushels.
The new national champion
hails from Woodford county. Ill
inois, and was runner-up in the |
JUfatkf state contest.
is lowa state champion
the runner-up.
_ record for
Ms 41.5 bushels. j
flrrsoniMimes
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
1 Superintendent’s Section
Will Be Presided Over by
R. B. Griffin and Speakers
Will Be Harris and Mc-
Donald.
Person school teachers, headed
by Superintendent R. B. Griffin
who will serve as chairman of the
Department of Superintendence
department discussion during the
afternoon, will on Friday go to
Durham for the eighteenth an
nual convention of the North
Central District Teachers associa
tion which will meet in an all
day session in that city.
Also present at the section meet
ing over which Mr. Griffin will
preside will be R. L. Harris, of
this city, Democratic nominee as
lieutenant goveror, who will ad
dress the group. Also speaking at
this time will be Dr. Ralph W.
McDonald, of Chapel Hill. Gener
al theme discussed by Dr. McDon
ald will be, “T,he Forum as a
Factor in Public Relations”. There
will also be a brief business ses
sion. All meetings of this sec
tion of the convention will be
held in Room 111, Durham Sen
ior high school and will begin at
2 o’clock Friday afternoon.
Superintendent Griffin report
ed this morning that all Person
county schools will be closed on
that date, November 8, in order
that all teachers may attend.
In addition to the more than
twenty-five section meetings, held
during the afternoon for depart
ment heads and teachers of va
rious subjects, there will be two
general sessions, one in the morn
ing at Durham Junior high school,
the other in the evening, at the
same place. President of the
North Central District associa
tion is Mrs. Roy Dixon, of Dunn
high school, Dunn, who is ex
pected to preside over the general
sessions.
On Thursday night the school
Board association banquet will
be held in Durham Junior high
school cafeteria, and on Saturday j
the Eta State chapter of Delta;
Kappa Gamma society will have
a luncheon at Duke University
union.
Health Program
Planned For Clubs
The members of the Health de
partment have planned a very
practical and interesting demon
stration for the Home Demonstra
tion clubs during the month of
November. It is hoped that not
only Home Demonstration clubs
members, but others in the var
ious communities will take ad
vantage of this splendid oppor
tunity to become informed of cer
tain phases of Home Health work.
The very splendid and far-rea
ching work of our local Health
department is riot fully appreci
ated by the vast majority of peo
ple, and this is a result of the
average citizen not knowing just
what the activities are of Health
officer, Sanitary Engineer and the
nurses who make up the person
nel.
The Home Demonstration club
women will take the lead in
showing their appreciation of
this efficient set-up by coming
in large numbers to these meet
ings and bringing with them their
neighbors. The subject matter will
be worthwhile, the demonstrat
ion interesting, and the informa
tion useful to everyone.
The schedule for the coming
week is: Tuesday, Nov. 5 - 2:00
p. m. Mt. Tirzah club will meet
with Mrs. D. M. Cash.
Wednesday, Nov. 6 - 2:30 p. m.
Helena chib at school building.
Thursday, Nov. 7- 2:30 p. m.
Providence club at Mrs. George
Perkin’s home. ,
BISHOP PENICK
TO BE IN CITY
Will Conduct Confirmation
Rites at St. Mark’s Church
On Thursday Evening.
The Right Rev. Edwin A. Pen
ick, D. D., of Raleigh, Bishop of
the Diocese of North Carolina, 1
is expected to be in Roxboro on
Thursday, November 7, when he I
will administer rites of confirma-;
lion to a class of 12 or more at
St. Mark’s Episcopal church at
7:30 o’clock in the evening. Rev. j
Rufus J. Wornble, deacon in
charge at St. Mark’s, in making
this announcement, said that Bi
shop Penick will also deliver the
sermon immediately following
confirmation rites.
Bishop Penick is expected to ar
rive in the parish shortly before
six o’clock in the evening and
will be dinner guest of St. Mark’s
parish and other friends in the
city at Hotel Roxboro. Members
of St. Mark’s church, with which
the Rev. Mr. Womble has been
connected for several months,
have extended a cordial invita
tion to other church people in the
city to attend the confirmation
service and it is expected that
a number of them will also at
tend the dinner to be given in
the clergyman’s honor.
Regular morning services will
be held Sunday at the church, ac
cording to the minister, with
church school at 5:45 and morn
ing prayer and sermon at 11
o’clock.
Play Will" Be
Repeated Soon
By popular request, the facul
ty play, “A Fortunate Calamity”,
which was given under the au
spices of the Bushy Fork P. T.
A. last week, will be repeated 1
Wednesday evening, November
6, at 7:30 o’clock
No play or performance ever
given in the new Bushy Fork
auditorium has met with such
widespread enthusiasm. It was a !
play well chosen, well prepared,
well presented and well received.
“An Honest Coon”, a character
played by Clifton Dunevan, was
the favorite of the audience from
the beginning. Dunevant acted so
lealistically the anties and escap-j
ades of a lazy supertisions ne
gro that the audience was in an
roar at his every appearance on
the stage. His wife Dinah, play
ed by Mrs. R. L. Hester was a
character with whom everyone
fell in love. She blundered into!
the most exasperating situations,
but somehow, always managed ,
to escape severe consequences.
Each of the other characters was
expertly acted by experienced
and well-trained performers.
Along The Way
With the Editor
Well, well, well, we saw our old friend Alex Bass in town
Friday. Alex is now living up near Danville and we guess that
he is doing O. K. He was leaning heavily on a cane when this
writer came along, but straightened up when it was suggested
that he renew his subscription to the Times. After all was
said and done Alex was short a dollar and a half and Sam and
Maynard have seventy-five cents apiece—enough for Sunday
dinner.
One day last week Buddy Long was seen going up the
street with a new spittoon. He turned and went to his office
carrying the new receptacle. Isn’t it a shame that Buddy should
start chewing tobacco so early in life and right after he starts
practice of law?
Maurice “Puny” Allen has bought another car. The one he
had was wrecked a few days ago and now Maurice will have
to start paying by the month again. Just about the time he got
the other one paid for and could claim it for his own, he had
to start all over again. Now he and the finance company will
have a merry time.
Jack Fowler, your sanitary officer, went to see E. B. Cra
ven the other night. While there Jack decided to make a cake,
using E. B.’s ingredients. He made. the cake and so far we
naven’t been able to find out who ate it or whether anyone
did. This writer left in order not tQ be present when it was
passed around.
Presiding Officer
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Mrs. Roy Dixon, of Dunn,
shown above, as president of
the North Central District
Teachers association, will pre
side at sessions of that body
to be held Friday in Durham.
Superintendent R. B. Griffin,
of Person county, and many
teachers are expected to at
tend.
LIZZIE E PASS
MAY SOON FACE
MURDERCHARGE
Man She Is Alleged To
Have Shot Dies At Duke
Hospital.
Lizzie Mae Pass, Person county
young Negro woman, about 20
years of age, who on October
7 was arrested and placed in Per
son jail charged with assault
with a deadly “weapon upon Jack
Moore, 25, also a Person county
Negro, following a shooting which
occurred on the Ellis Wade farm,
Bushy Fork, will face trial on
more serious charges now, ac
cording to Person Sheriff M. T.
Clayton, who was yesterday in
formed that Moore, a patient at
Duke hospital since the shooting
had died there as a result of in
juries allegedly inflicted by the
Pass woman.
County Attorney R. P. Bums
said that charges against the
woman will now be changed to
murder.
The shooting is said to have
happened early Sunday morning,
October 6, the weapon used be
ing a shotgun ,the discharge from
which struck in both legs near
the hips. The woman claimed
that Moore a short time previous
ly had insulted her in a nearby
com field and that she had
threatened to shoot him if h“ fol
lowed her to the house, as it is
alleged was the case.
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SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN
ROXBORO, JN. C.
ELECTION PLANS
NOW BEING MADE
Court House Phone Install
ed, Also Radio, A. M. Long
Reports.
In preparation for Tuesday’s
rational, state and county elec
•lons, A. M. Long custodian o: the
court house and Person County
jailer, today announced that he
will have a telephone installed
in the main court room. that
radio facilities will be proi idea
and that the general public will
be welcomed there Tuesday night
to receive election returns as
Irought in.
The telephone number will be
2524 and persons having county
returns are requested to call this
number as soon as tabulations
have been completed. It was
pointed out today that there is
usually an unnecessary delay in
reports received from one or more
of the 18 Person precincts and
that registrars and other election
officials are requested to see that
there will at this time be no such
delay.
Election officials in the county
report that they are making
plans to take care of Tuesday’s
voters. Republicans here have ev
idenced som|e show of activity
but the prevailing sentiment ap
pears as usual to be Democratic,
with heavy emphasis on Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. Greatest local
interest lies of course in the fact
that R. L. Harris, of this city, is
Democratic nominee as lieuten
ant governor.
Halloween Marked
By Orderly Fun
In This Vicinity
Law enforcement officers here
reported today that Halloween
passed apparently without major
disturbance in either the city or
county. Pranksters who took part
in a civic-sponsored celebration
on Roxboro’s Main street Thurs
day night marked up a few cars
and store windows with soap and
made a great noise as they parad
ed up and down a roped-off street
section, but otherwise the cele
bration was an orderly affair
Prizes were awarded to two
stores, Long’s Flower Shop and
Winstead’s Florist, here for
decorated windows and young
Miss Lee Pass, 5, daughter o!
Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Pass, and Ro
bert Whitfield, Roxboro business
man, received awards for most
original costumes. Spectators, who
lined the streets said the crowd
was larger than any yet gathered
here for a Halloween celebration.
Later in the evening a number
of private parties were given in
the city and a warehouse benefit
bingo party conducted by women
of the Hospital Auxiliary was
considered most successful.
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WITNESS SAYS SMITH
MADE $2,500 PRESENT
TO TEAGUE CAMPAIGN
Greensboro, Nov., —Sam E.
Battley, sergeant with the High
Point police, furnished the fire
works in Guilford Superior court
Wednesday afternoon when he
linked the name of Wade Ren
frew and Dutch Smith with a
< ase of whiskey said to have been
found in the Elk's club in High
Point, told of an alleged conspir
acy to control the lottery and
liquor rackets in that city, and
testified concerning $2,500 which
allegedly had been obtained from
the home of Dutch Smith as con
tribution to the campaign fund of
the late Judge Lewis E. Teague
in his successful race for Con
gress in 1938.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1946
Methodist Conference Meets
For Five Days at Wilmington
NO “NEW” NEWS
YET SAYS MANGUM
Baxter Mangum, office man
ager of the Person County Se
lective Service board, yester
day announced that he had no
"New” news to offer con
cerning anxiously awaited of
ficial receipt of order num
bers drawn Tuesday in Wash
ington. It is however expect
ed that the numbers will be
received by the first of the
week, said Mr. Mangum, who
added that they will be posted
on the court house bulletin
board as soon thereafter as
possible and that next immed
iate step will be the mailing
out of questionaires at the ap
! proximate rate of 30 per day.
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KNIGHT ELECTED
TO OFFICE IN
JUNIOR ORDER
Longhurst Council Again
Wins Cup Given By Mr.
Knighjt.
At a district meeting of the
Junior Order held this week at
Lowes Grove, near Durham, Tyre
Jones was elected District Coun
cilor and B. B. Knight, of Rox
boro, was selected vice chan'el
lor. Attendance cup at the ses
sion was again won by Lor.g
--j hufst Council.
An invitation to other councils
in the district, comprised of sev
eral counties, to meet in the
spring of 1941 in Roxboro was
xtended by the Longhurst coun
il. Members of the Longhurst.
unit today stated that a member
ship campaign is being conduct
ed by them under leadership of
Maurice Allen and B. B. Knight,
who were appointed by Jasper
Whitfield, local councilor.
It was also announced that on
Friday night, November 8, mem
bers of the council will meet at
Hotel Roxboro at 7 o’clock, whete
supper will be served. An attrac
tive program has been planned
and a full attendance has been
lequested. Reservations should be
made at Mr. Knight’s office. Ab
bitt avenue. A lodge hall meeting
will be held Monday night, it is
also announced..
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Prisoner Makes
Escape From
Gang Friday
Willie Rankin, colored prisoner
of the local State Prison camp,
escaped from the “gang” late Fri
day afternoon, stated an official
of the camp yesterday morning.
Rankin made his “get-a-way” a
bout three miles from Roxboro
on Highway 57. No one seemj to
know how he escaped. At the time
that he was a prisoner here he
was serving a sentence for es
caping at a previous time. His
sentence was for four months.
George Tatum, guard in char
ge at the time of the escape, has
been released from duties, it was
reported.
Originally sentenced in Guil
ford for larceny, Rankin, who is
a dark Negro, about 5 feet 11 in
ches tall and Weighs 155 pounds,
first escaped from the camp here
in April but was apprehended
shortly after making his get-a
way.
Authorities reported late in the
afternoon that Rankin was cap
tured at a Negro house near Pro
vidence church.
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THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER THREE
Rev. W. C. Martin and Oth
er Ministers Will Leave
Wednesday to Attend. Lay
Delegates Also Going.
Lead by the Rev. W. C. Martin,
pastor of Edgar Long Memorial
Methodist church,, this city, a de
legation of Person Methodist min
isters and laymen will leave this
week for Wilmington to attend
the annual session of the North
j Carolina conference of the church
which will be held in Wilmington
from Wednesday through Mon
day morning.
Lay delegate from Edgar Long
Memorial church will be R. G.
Cole, and it is expected that many
other laymen from various chur
ches of the denomination will at
tend. Among other ministers from
the Roxboro and Person a'ea
who will attend will be the Rev.
E. G. Overton, the Rev. D. A. Pet
ty and the Rev. T. M. Vick, Jt.
Mr. Martin, who came to Ed
gar Long Memorial church last
year from Fayetteville, said this
morning that he did not expect
many pastoral changes in the Per
son area this year. It will be re
called that last confernece or
dered some three to four chan
ges here. V
■ It is estimated that approxi
; mately 500 delegates will attend
t the conference sessions and that
, many more visitors will also at
. tend.
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FOLLIES SHOW
TO BE GIVEN BY
- SCHOOL PTA
Members of Roxboro High
. School Parent Teacher association
. today announced that they will
• on the evening of Thursday. No
vember 14, present the “Dark
• town Follies”, a benefit perform
ance designed to produce funds
, for purchase of needed equip
. ment for the high schooL
t, The performance, which will be
, given at 8 o’clock in the school
. auditorium, will have among oth
[ er features a clog-dance contest
. and a pickeninny chorus. The
, cast is expected to contain be
. tween 75 and 100 people, many
rof the principals being stars
. brought over from last year's
benefit production, a woman less,
wedding.
Director will be Leo Rabon_
who will be assisted by Wallace
W. Woods, in charge of music.
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NEWSPAPER IN LONDON
BACKS KENNEDY STAND
. London, Nov.—The London Daily
Mail commented approvingly to
day on Ambassador Kennedy's
I speech in the United States of
Tuesday night, and said his “in
tervention at this stage may sway
( the approaching election decisive
( ly in favor of the President*.
“What Joseph Kennedy has to
, say tc the American people telear
ly and accurately represents the
British view,” said the paper.
“It is this: The armed forces
of Britain are America’s first Hn g
of defense against Nazi invasion
Their forces are .fighting not only
for the life of the British empire
but for the survival of western
democracy.
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DR. LOVE AT HOME
Dr. B. E. Love, prominent Rox
boro physician, who has for sev
eral months been a patient at
Community hospital, has returned
to his South Main street residen
ce here, where it is reported fci* a
husked corn was 41.5. bushels.