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Here is a morning scene in one of the classrooms of the Moiliili Japanese language school in Honolulu,
where the ceremony of saluting the flag as it is performed in American mainland schools was introduced
recently. The Japanese children bow in the style to which they are accustomed. There arc 26 Japanese
language schools in Honolulu.
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Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Dunn of
Star were the weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Rabon.
Robert Smith, former resident
of this city r , spent the past week
end here visiting his brother.
Barksdale Smith, and Mrs. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gibson of
Kernersville spent the weekend
here with Mrs. Gibson’s sister,
Mrs. Thomas Street and Mr.
Street.
Rev. and Mrs. W. F. West left
Tuesday for Mars Hill, where
they will visit their son, Billy,
who is attending school there.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaden Hall and
daughter spent Sunday in Virgi
lina.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris
were Durham visitors Sunday.
Mrs. E. G. Baker of Raleigh
was a recent guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and Mr.
and Mrs. Kelly Paylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Schaub Strum of
Shelby spent Sunday here with
Mrs. Molly Barrett.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Edwards of
Wilmington were Sunday visitors
in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Edwards.
Mrs. W. R. Hawkins and sons
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spent the weekend in Durham.
Misses Winnie and Anme Mae
McWhorter spent Saturday in
Durham.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Riley Grif
fiths returned to their home in
Huntington, W. Va., after spend
ing the past weekend here with
their daughter, Mrs. L. Sanders
McWhorter and Mr. McWhorter
Miss Frances Winstead, student
at Greensboro college, Greens
boro, spent the weekend here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Winstead.
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Carter of
Weldon spent Sunday here with
Mr. and Mrs. Coy E Day.
Charles Ball, who is in Durham
during the tobacco season, was at
his home here over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Murray
of Southern Pines spent the past
weekend here with Mrs. Murray’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Win
stead.
Mr. and Mrs. James Newman
Washington Paces
Quiet Social Year
IT’S going to be a hard winter,
socially speaking, in the na
| tien’s capitol. Usually the scene of
endless official and social parties
for diplomats, Washington will re- 1
, main singularly quiet this year. I
Far more than diplomatic protocol
|t will be observed when hostesses •
draw up their lists of guests for din
ner parties and other functions.
- Writing in the December Cosmopoli
tan, Maude Parker points out that,
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Evelyn W. McLean
with wars raging in Europe and
Asia, envoys of belligerent coun
tries are hardly convivial guests.
At the most recent Presidential
reception for the Diplomatic Corps,
envoys from every country were
present. The lights from the crystal
chandeliers in the White House
shone down on representatives from
England and France as well as Ger
many. Even decimated Czecho-Slo
vakia was represented, and protocol
cruelly decreed that the Chinese
Ambassador stand next to the envoy
from Japan in the receiving line.
All present had donned not only
their formal attire, but their masks
as well.
Evelyn Walsh McLean, outstand
ing among Washington social lead
ers draws almost exclusively on
Americans for her frequent and
splendid dinner parties. Telegrams
instead of engraved invitations are
sent out a few days in advance.
Knowing that after-dinner talk can
be both painful and dangerous for
her official guests, Mrs. McLean
solves the problem tactfully by
showing a new and entertaining
motion picture not yet seen in Wash
ington.
A collection of splendid meal
suggestions contributed by some
of America’s famous culinary ex
perts. A regular feature of the
Housewife’s Food Almanack ap-[
pearing in The American Weekly,
the big magazine distributed with
the Baltimore Sunday American,
on sale at all newsstands.
and Mr. and Mrs. John Henry
Winstead spent Sunday in South
Boston, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Spencer
spent Sunday in Fayetteville.
Talmadge Long, Charles Long,
Joe Carver and Robert Brewer
returned Tuesday from a trip to
Asheville and Morristown, Term.
Mrs. E. A. Payne has returned
to her home in Dublin, Va., after
spending the past week in Rox
boro with relatives and friends.
Fred Woods and Sam Umstead
spent Sunday in Durham.
Frank Hester, of Wake Forest
college, spent the past weekend
here with his parents.
GOOD FOOD ALWAYS
i ROXBORO DINER
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C.
! Engagement Os
Interest Revealed
Announcement was made this
j week by Mrs. Floyd Benton Soud
l ers, of Fayetteville, of the en
| gagement of her daughter; Miss
Betty Souders, of Fayetteville and
Durham, to John Hamlett Mer
ritt, Jr., of Woodsdale, son of Dr.
and Mrs. John H. Merritt of
Woodsdale, the wedding to take
place in the Methodist church,
Fayetteville, in December.
Miss Souders, an alumni of
Duke university, from which she
was graduated in 1938, is now lab
oratory technician at Duke hos- 1
pital. Mr. Merritt, who is an al
umnus of Oak Ridge Military
Institute, was graduated from the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, in 1938 and has sin
ce then been in the tobacco Dusi
r.ess at Danville, Va., although he
maintains residence at Woodsdale. 1
He is the eldest son of Dr. and
Mrs. Merritt and is a member of (
a family long prominent in Per
son county.
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Mrs. Hughes Has j
Club At Hotel I
Hostess to the Research club,
which met Tuesday at Hotel Rox
boro, was Mrs. J. H. Hughes, who
entertained members and a num
ber of guests. Theme for the pro
gram which began at 3:30 o’clock
was, “Doctors From Europe 1 ’
Speakers were Mesdames A. S.
deVlaming, club member, and
John H. Merritt, of Woodsdale,
guest speaker for Mrs. S. G. Win
stead. Mrs. Merritt, who appear- 1
ed first on the program, gave an'
interesting review of Dr. Adolf
Lorenz’s, “My Life and Work’’, 1
while Mrs. de Vlaming chose an-'
other physician’s autobiography,
“Life and Death, the Autobio
graphy of a Surgeon”, by Andre
Majocchi, of Italy, which was al
so presented in entertaining sash-■
ion.
Later in the afternoon the hos- j
tess, Mrs. Hughes, invited the cluo
members and guests to the dining
room, where a four course din-1
ner was served. Decorations were
chrysanthemums and autumn I
leaves. In addition to Mrs. Mer-j
ritt, other special guests were
Mesdames F. S. Nicks, Jr., G. H.
Ellmore and John Bradsher.
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Presbyterian
Church
J. M. Walker, Pastor
9:45 a. m. - Sunday School, Tho
mas Dixon, Supt.
11:00 a. m. - Morning Worship
“A Christian’s Security”
6:45 p. m. - Young Peoples'
Meeting.
A welcome is extended to all 1
worshippers.
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wifitne!
Newspaperman Stull
Charles Chapin, who was cit> edi
tor of the New York Evening World
at the beginning of the century,
never drank, and was intolerant of
others who imbibed Johnny
Quinn, a young reporter who worked
under Chapin, indulged in an occa
sional glass of beer, and Chapin
sternly lectured him about it
Quinn became ill out day and died
shortly afterward, leaving a wife
and children. The boys on the
World, knowing the family wasn't
too well off, started a collection,
with each man giving what he could
afford. When they came to Chapin
for a contribution, he brusquely dis
missed them . “Don't expect
anything from me,” he growled. “I
won’t encourage young reporters
who drink beer to figure they can
depend on the staff to help their
families after they're dead" .
When all the contributions were in,
a group of the boys took the money
to Quinn’s widow. She was touched
by their generosity, and tears trick
led down her cheeks . “The
World has the finest men on earth,”
she exclaimed. “Do you know, boys
—we couldn’t have buried Johnny if
it hadn't been for Mr. Chapin’s
check.”
A new assistant editor at the
Reuter’s News agency, in London,
was once handed a brief cable from
New York. After a perfunctory
glance at it, the lad filed it with a
lot of other material that wasn’t of
urgent importance. “Those Yanks!”
he muttered. “They seem to think
we’re interested in their President’s
hunting expeditions!” . . : “What do
you mean?” his superior asked . . .
The new assistant picked up the
cable and waved it in front of him,
explaining, “New York seems to
think it's worth five cents a word to
tell us that McKinley's shot a buf
falo!” . . The editor did a double
take and. with a bellow, snatched
the cable from his assistant’s hand,
It read: "McKinley shot Buffalo”
The first news of the Presi
dent's assassination.
Several years ago Alexander
Woollcott checked into a New York
hospital for observation, and one of
the newspapers received an errone
ous tip that he was dying. A re-
I porter phoned the hospital and
I checked the report with Woollcott’s
nurse, who denied it . . . Woollcott,
hearing the conversation, insisted on
talking to the reporter and. grab
bing the phone, introduced himself.
The reporter repeated the rumor . . .
”Tut-tut.” tut-tutted Woollcott. “I’m
just here for observation” ....
‘ 'Then you're not dying?” asked the
lad "Os course not!” said
Woollcott •Well," queried the
reporter, “whal ARE your plans?”
New York Heartbeat I
The Big Parade: Hoot Gibson, the
gweat big cowboy, dodging taxis and
looking scared stiff, at 46th and Mad-
I ison Hatless Hope Hampton
I holding hands with hubby, hurrying
| home . Tommy Corcoran, all
l work and no play-boy Guy
| Lombardo and Ben Bernie—melody
| land s Sweet & Low Karen Van
Ryn, the gorjiss Dutch ballerina —
1 glammer competition for Vera Zori
naahhhh . . . Afternoon stroller on
E. 56th Street—Peggy Fears in sil
ver fox coat, red boodwah slippers
and blue slacks George Raft,
the Merchant of Menace, watching
the floor show at Leon and Eddie’s,
while the Leon and Eddie's floor
show watches him.
Sallies in Our Alley: Dorothy Park
er was being bothered no end by
mag editor Harold Ross, the town
bore. He kept interrupting her par
ty of friends in an East Side joynt
with: "The revolution is coming!
1 The revolution is coming!” When
1 he said it for the steenth time, Park
er popped him with: “And when it
does it’ll be EVERYBODY against
Harold Ross!” . . . Dorothy Thomp
son has denied the rumors that Sin
clair Lewis was in Reno for a di
vorce . . . “It’s not true!” she
ejaculated to a columnist, "un
divorce me!” ... “I will not,” he
told her, "everybody in town knows
that you switched your affections
! to a fellow named Roosevelt!”
Manhattan Murals: Sign in a 3rd
Avenue beanery: “This is Noise
Abatement Week - Don’t Gargle
Your Soup!” . , . The Pullman por-
I ter on the Me.chants Limited (very
fast train from Boston to N. Y.),
I who announces the arrival like this:
j “Hunnered Twenney Fitt Street Sta
! tlon of the World's Greatest City—
Noo Yawk!” . . . Those new dice that
light up when you throw a 7 . . .
The drunk downstairs in the 50th
Street subway—waiting for a bus!
Memos of a Midnighter: How
truzit that Charley Gehringer, the
Detroiter, will wed into the Dodge
millions via a widder? Tom
Harmon. Michigan's sensational All-
American (must publicized athlete
of ihe year) will be engaged Decern
ber 1 to Margaret Thom, daughter
ut a naval officer and the prettiest
c-.,-ed at Ann Arbor Dick Rob
c:ison, the co-writer of “We Three,”
is :.nw walking with his shadow and
•Hiking with his echo since the dr
/.yrce Herbert Bayard Swope
i ys he merely twisted his knee
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SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN
ROXBORO.
Mrs. Curtis Oakley
Has Bridge Club
Bridge and luncheon hostess to
the Tuesday morning bridge club
was Mrs. Curtis Oakley, who en
tertained at her South Main street
home. Playing began at 10:30 o’-
clock at two tables placed in the
living room, which was decorated
with attractive arrangements of
Chrysanthemums.
High score for club members
was received by Mrs. Edwin Bow
les, while visitor’s award was pre
sented to Mrs. John D. Morris.
After the games had been enjoy
ed for several rounds the hostess,
Mrs, Oakley, served a delicious
two : course luncheon.
Members of Class
Meet Monday At
Mrs. Geo. Paylor s
Hostess to the Kinozelian class
ci Roxboro First Baptist church,
was Mrs. George Paylor, with
Mrs. M. B. Berry co-hostess, a!
the Paylor residence Monday ev
ening. The meeting was presided
over by Mrs. Umstead Laws, pre
sident, while devotional was read
by Mrs. Banks Berry. Leading in
prayer w'as Miss Lucille David
son.
Immediately after the business
session a social hour was enjoyed.
Contest prizes were awarded to
Mrs: Sanders McWhorter arid Miss
Dorothy Warren. Decorations
were arrangements of yellow and
rust chrysanthemums. Later in
the evening refreshments con
sisting of cold drinks,- sandwiches,
nuts and . bon-bons were served
Those present included: Mes
dames Umstead Laws, Alvin War
ren, Sanders McWhorter, Clinton
Pleasants, Albert Warren, L M.
Yates, Robert Lunsford, John
Tillman, Marvin Long, also Misses
Ora Latta, Mildred Bass, Dorothy
Warren, Winnie McWhorter,
Lucille Davidson, Gladys David
son, Alice Wilson, Alma Brad
sher and Helen Latta and Mes
dames Claudie Lea Davis, H. S
Gates, R. A. Jackson and E. B
Foushee, visitors.
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Roll Call Plans
Almost Finished
Plans are now practically com
plete for the annual Red Cross
Roll Gall held by the Person-Rox
boro chapter, according to an
nouncement this morning by Mrs.
A. F. Nichols, publicity chairman,
who reports that the campaign,
under direction of Mayor S. F.
Nicks, Jr., will begin on Monday,
Armistice Day.
Heading City committees will
be Robert E. (Buddy) Long, Rox
boro attorney, while county com
mittees will be directed by Miss
Velma Beam, Home Demonstra
tion agent. Chapter head is F. O.
Carver. Jr. Membership goal this
year will be 500.
In revealing plans for the drive
Mrs. Nichols stated that a numb
er of merchants here have agreed
to decorate their store windows
and it is hoped that many more
store owners will agree to the
plan. All who do are urged to
have decorations in place by this
week-end.
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SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
LONG’S
HABERDASHERY
Main Street
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1940
Troop 49 Has
Regular Meeting
The November 6 meeting of
Troop 49 was opened by the
Scout Oath, which the tenderfoot
scouts repeated. Business was dis
cussed and was followed by daily
patrol reports. A letter from Pat
Paiiterson, scout executive of
Cherokee council, praising Troop
49 for renewing their subscrip
tions to Boy’s Life, was then read.
A first aid game was played.
The scouts were divided into two
sections. The scoutmaster and as
sistant. scoutmaster asked first aid
questions.
Another game played war a
quiz game. There will be a Court
of Honor Friday night at the
Community House. The meeting
was closed by Taps. Twenty-nine
scouts were present.
WANT-ADS
WANTED Good milk fed veals
paying top prices. We will pay
you more.
Pender's Market 9-5-ts
WE PLAN TO MOVE TO OUR
new location very soon and will ’
A Word of Thanks
I wish to say to the people
in Person County and in ihe
Senatorial district that I ap
preciate and thank you for the
nice vote given me last Tues
day for the State Senate. If
1 know my heart I am truly
grateful for this honor and I
promise you that I will fill this
office to the very best of my
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Your Friend,
F. D. LONG
FRUIT CAKE
Ingredients of all Kinds
Prunes 3 lb. pkg. 20c
Oranges large doz. 20c
Grape-Fruit g” 3 for 10c
Brozil Nuts cZ lb. 15c
Peacans new crop lb. 20c
Apples pk. 25c
Meats
Pure Pork Sausage lb. 17c
Hamburger |b. 15c
Skinless Franks lb. 18c
T-Bone Steak lb. 25c
Sliced Bacon lb. 20c
Oleo 2 lbs. for 25c
Sergeant & Clayton
, Fine Groceries
Oleo
close out several electric ranges
and refrigerators as low as sl9
and up.
See the bargains at Ledbetter’s
10 l«-tf
FOR SALE Young mule, guar
anteed quality, also two cows.
A. G. Chandler, Route 1
Leasburg.
10-27-4 t
FOR RENT Three-room front
apartment, nicely furnished, all
conveniences. Hot bath, lights,
private phone.
Abbitt Apartments, Academy St.
11-7-ltp
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First Baptist
Church
9:45 a. m.-—Bible School.
11:00 a. m.—Preaching.
6:30 p. m. B. T. U.
7:30 p. m.—Preaching.
A cordial welcome is extend -
ed to the public.
W. F. Wes*, Pastor
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