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Visitors Sunday Afternoon
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St Mark’s Church To
Sponsor Event At Brtp*sV«-
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I Expectedito be an interesting
event for EpxborQ. residents Suh
\ <iay as tern Jab will be the “silver
* lc a” to at “Burleigh”,
’ country home of Mrs. Robert S.
i Rhifcr, under auspices of mem-j
f fcprs of St. Mark’s parish as b
benefit 'for St. Mark’s Episcopal
church, this city.
Friends and guests are expect
_£d to call between the hours of
2:30 and 5 o’clock in the after
room, when they will be receive 1
, by Mrs. Phifer, her daughters.
Mrs. Lipscombe and Mrs, Giles
and -by other women of the
church, including members of the
Auxiliary.
“Burleigh”, ancestral home of:
Mrs. Phifer, on a high hill above
Hyco river, on the Semora-Mil
ton highway (No. 57) about 12
miles from Roxboro, was built in
1818 by her grand father, Thomas
McGehee, as a home for her fath
er, Thomas Jeffreys McGehee,
who died in 1852, at the age of
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Boys Over 17
Now Taken By
Naval Service
The United. States Navy Re
• cruiting Station of Raleigh, has
•isued the’following notice
. •- -iA'Peami a • Re
ct uiting InstruetippsTfdr. the Nqvy,’'
v/e are ' permittedenlist m£n
•ver seventeen years and under
eighteen years of age for a per
iod of minority until their twenty
first birthday. The period of en
s. listment for men from, eighteen i
lo thirty-one years of age remains*
at six years. McFarland Wood, *
Lieutenant Commander, ,U!S.N.,j
* Officer in Charge.”
A Navy representative from the
- Raleigh Station will be at the!
Roxboro Postoffice from 9:00 ~a.
m. to 5:00 p. m. Wednesday, Nov
?! ember 27.
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Meredith Alumnae
" Meet At Hotel
To HearTeaeher
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Meredith college alumnae resid-
Sv Ing in Person and Caswell coun
<.i
■J lies will on Tuesday, November
20, meet at Hotel Roxboro for an;
evening dinner session, - where!
i- shies speaker will be Dr. Maryj
Lynch Johnson, of the English de
partment, who will have as her
topic, “Words”. Coming to Rox
boro with Miss Johnson will be
M ; ss May Grimmer, alumnae sec
retary. President of the local al
umnae association is Mrs. T. C.
Wagstaff, who has said that the
event will be of an informal na
ture and that all Meredith women
in the two counties are cordially
invited to attend.
Senior Hi-Y Girls
I Gather Old Clothes,
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The Girls’ Senior Hi-Y of Rok
boro Ugh school in cooperation
y. wife,Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff of.;.thfc
Person Welfare department is
sponsoring a drive lor bld dloth- [
es. Citizens of Roxboro are asked i
Ao place any clothes that they
Wish to contribute on their front ,
doorstep* Saturday morning, No- ;
yember 23. Members.of the Hi-Y
cluhl will Collect them. These clo
.. thee are to be distribtited to needy
*1 families in this as Thanks^
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MRS. BASON AND
MISS STARLING
SPEAK AT PTA ’ 1
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Two. Units In Roxbpro Meet
Tuesday Afternoon And Ev
cning.
■. Speakers at regular monthly
' meetings 6f the twagjtorent Tea
cher asociations in
’ day were Mrs. Samuel flasdn, of |
Yanceyville, who M&tcsscd the,
high school association, of which
1 Mis. R. H. Shelton is president,'
■ai an .evening session at thsft
’ school, and Miss Bessie Starling,
1 of Durham, who spoke at an af
ternoon session of the Central
Grammar school unit, which was
piesided over by Mrs. Logan H.
Umstead, president.
Mrs. Bason’s topic, “The Res
-1 ponsibility of the Home to Modern
Youth,” emphasized the contin
ued importance of home influ
ences, despite modem tendencies
to place youth guidance burdens
upon schools, clubs and other or
ganizations. The speaker was of
the opinion that much can be
done by parents to make the
home life of young people a vital
influence in their lives.
Miss Starling, as representative
'of a dairy council operating in
several cities, discussed the im
portance of dairy products in a
school nutritional program. At the
conclusion of eabh session re
’freShraeuts wecc' served.- ’Several
also, presented at both meetings!
’ Officials of the two groups ex
pressed pleasure at continued in
trest through increased attend
ance. ' '
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’scout leaders
I HEAR REPORTS
ON WORK HERE
Patterson and Others Speak
At District Meeting Tues- {
day Night.
Encouraging reports oh the pro
gress of Boy Scout work in the|
Perspn-Roxboro district of Chero- j
] kee council were heard Tuesday
at the monthly district session'
held here, with Cherokee Exe-|
cutive A. P. Patterson, of Reids-,
I ville, as chief speaker,
j Formation of Troop 61 for Ne
j groes, which was last week grant- j
' eci a charter and which had its j
cetond meeting Wednesday night,
was taken as an indication ofj
genuine desire among Negroes*
for Scout work,
Troop 61 is the first for Negroes
in this district. Report on this |
part of district activity Was rruj.de
Ly Commissioner D. ft.'
wiio. also commented-on prcgregS- <
I with the Oufc Pack, now.
better organized than it wxa. An- :
ncuncement Was made that Rev-
Rufus j. Womble, of St. Mark’s
Episcopal ehuyich, Rev. J. M. Wal
ker, of
atid Mrs. Nutni tSsL
Olive >’
sentad 'ib Scouts, \
and Qtothers who have b|s!» ifi- 1
terested in
'Die Scouts, and :
on worse jj# ccSfhmissioners.
Mr. Patteraon ft his dis
cussed plan*'Jtor roll caß.ind m
spection, suggested that a ddte
be set for/badi troot> and. that
inspecting offers be* chosen. The ]
meeting teas closed by th%.{«ad- ;
mg t£ alcan as a j
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British captions WitS-TbeSti pictiires describe them as ’“another large ,
party of mothers and ehildren being evacuated to the country from
i London.” At the left a child in a policewoman's arms shows her be. .
wildermeni at the excitement. Right: a youngster with an idenli.'ica
tion tag around her neck is being carried to a waiting bus by a police-nun.
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BENEFIT FOLLIES
WELL PRESENTED
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cupafChurch Benefits Fill
Fcr Next Few*
g Days- ’
after several post
porum’twts and changes of dates
clue to conflicting engagements,
“Darktown Follies”, a minstrel
icvue, sponsored by the Roxbcro
high school Parent-Teacher asso
ciation as a benefit for the high
school, was presented last , night
in the auditorium at that, place
to a good-sized crowd, who
seemed to thoroughly appreciate
modern and locally applied vev
siens-.df minstrel -fun and frolic
. :>a
otherwise trl6.ro .sedadp gentfenien
bfthe.Gß.y.
Produced by Lt-o Rabqn, with
the assistance of Wallace W.
’Woods and- Robert Edgar (Buddy)
Ix>ng, the cast was composed* .of
mbfS than fifteen busints?
men, assisted by a chorus com
prised of high school students.
Musical features were furnis'hed
by Mr. Long and Mr. Woods, the
list named of whom was also an
I “end” man, in- company, together
With "Bill Murphy, Coy E. Day,
and Maynard C. Clayton, Interlo
cutor was Maxie Daniel.
I The series of benefit perform
ances scheduled by various
Schools, churches and other or
ganizations here will be contin
ued tonight by a Thanksgiving
i program at Roxboro Central
| Grammar school, beginning at
I 7:45 o'clock, and again tomorrow
, night at Roxboro high school at
18:30, when Robert J. Stratton,
Durham pianist and radio artist, 4
will Tender a program of what
is described as "classical and semi
j-classigal- music” under the spon
sorship of the Men’s club of St.
Mark’s Episcopal church.
i On Sunday, asternooi)|*fl??r!b er
of that cHiinch, together with the
[Woman’s Auxiliary, will, have a
; “silver tea” ;fpr the
churcli at historic"
country Twne- of- Mrs. Robert S.
SJer,-»h6dhKbeing frtoi, a^Cf 1 un
-5 o’clock.
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MTS. S. G. Winstead, wife erf
Mayor Si G. Winstead, is a pat- j]
>nt 7M' thtfcr . hMpital, Durham, j
jvtuch she aniered on Monday fOr
examination andtreatm^^^^^
Miss Clayton Dies
At Rock Grove,
Rites Held Monday
Funeral service* for Miss Nan
:e Bet; ftlayton, 75, of the Rock
Grpve community, Person Coun
ty;' who died Strnday morning at
: her home, following a stroke of
, paralysis, were conducted Mon
day at 2:30 o’clock at Allensville
i Methodist church by the Rev.
D. A. Petty, by the Rev.
J. B. Currin-, Interment was in
; the cemetery.
: Surviving"' are two brothers,
i Thomas and--Reuben Clayton, cf
Person two sisters.
Mrs;, ; Zell Clayton, of -Fuquay
■ Sprinfe, anjJ-Ntrs. Lloyd Hprnpli
i ,s^|3Xlpn
“•v/aS' the cSflighlei? of the late
Mr... and- Lemuel Clayton.
ROOF BLAZE°
A roof blaze caused by sparks
from ,a chimney did about SSOO
1 damage to a six room residence
on Foushee street, owned by
Mrs. David Long, of Busby Fork,
about 8:30 o’clock Monday morn
ing. *nie house, occupied by throe
families,' was also damaged by
smoke and water before the fire
was extinguished by the City
firs-: department.
A.
Miss Dunn Dies
At Hospital In
Durham Monday:
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Final rites for Miss Mattie Ha
ll it- Dunn, 32, pf near Longhurst.j
this city, - whose death occurred!
1 Monday night ot a Durham hos-j
pjifal, following an illness lasting
two weeks,'were conducted Wed
nesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at
Roxboro BaptisJ/' church
t by the pastor, Rev. R/ W. Hovis,
with interment following in Pro
vidence church cemetery.
Miss Dunn, whose dgath was at
tihbuted to complicd|iohS,'was a
daughter of Thomas ’Dunn and
the late Mrs. Dunn. Surviving are
five brothers, McKi
nlgyf Baxter, Lester and Reuben
Bunn, and four sisters, Mrs- Fl-
Rea(ves and Misses Narci*
ssa, Rachel and GrdlAe Dunn, all
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Guests Annie Watkins,
who is spending the winter here
Chtd> Lhke streft* were Mrs.
Claude Hosier and her daughter,
Miss Claudia, and Mis* Fannie
of who spent
the day here- Tuesday. fMlss Ato
nie Watkins and Mrs. Hunter are
sisters afid Miss Fannie Watkins,
|irh6 formerly lived here,, is a sis
ter of the late W. C. Watkins and
an aunt of Mrs. Clarence Pember
toiL Jr., of Roxboro and Yancey
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PfVltE WOMAN;
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First Such in County. Three
Negapes Also Threatened
With Sentences For Neglect
Os Syphilitic Treatments.
A white woman giving her
Oanie as Annie Lee Bird, of Depot
street, this city, w-as ope of sev
eral persons of this grea, on Wed
nesday morning served with ten
ia* ivc warrants by Person Health
Officer, Dr. A. L. Allen on char
ges . i failure to comply with re
guinti' r.s requiring health depart
j -1 treatment for syphilitic in
r^tteUpn.
Others affected by the tenia
warrants, which will be put
in::i effect by 9 o’clock Saturday
1 lining unless those served up
o come to the office for treat
ments. before that time, are three
Negroes, two men and one wo
man, William -Bumpass, of Rux
ooro, Nathaniel Brooks, of the
Bethel Ilill road, and Ruth Crow
der, of Ceffo. In commenting on
the.-issuance of warrants, Dr. Al
len said that the Bird woman is
' the first white person who has
had to be threatened with pun
ishment for failure to comply
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■ with the regulations governing
such cases.
He atso said that those persons
' upon whom the warrants are ser
' ved will if arrested be confined
1 to the Person County jail, as room
is provided, for a period of three
’ weeks or more until they have
' been rendered lion-infectious. Dr.
• Allen said that in addition to
’ those mentioned a number of
other residents may be liable tj
1 arrest Unless* they comply. With
in the year several such arrgsts.
have been made and Dr. Allen
was today quite insistent that
all persons expected to comply
should do so.
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RED CROSS ROLL
CALL REPORT IS
MADE MONDAY
Good Sum Reported Col
lected, But County Divisions
Yet To Be Heard From.
Robert Edgar (Buddy) Long,
Roxboro attorney, who is dir
ecting the city division of the Pe
rson County Red Cross Roll call,
today reported the $382.68 out of
: a county-wide goal ol SSOO has
'j been collected since the inception
|of the campaign on November
* 12. County divisions, headed by
Miss Velma Beam, of this city,
have not yet reported, Mr. Long
said.
General director of the drive is
F. D. Carver,Jr., Roxboro news
paper man, who is also chairman
of tile board of directors of the
! Person Chapter of the Red Cross.
First report meeting of the cam
paign was held Monday morning
ing at Hotel . Roxbpro, where a
number of workers and’’.leaders
gathered to confer with an out
town field representative of the
organization.
SUNBEAMS Mm^P’
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Nias' Sunbeam Society of Rox
boor First Baptist church had its
November meeting in the church
auditorium on Monday afternoon
at 3;30. A Thankkjtivipg program
was rendered by tije’ meirtbers,
each present, nrent-one in
number, telling what They were
most thankfuland Offering
sentence, prayers,.'in thanksgiving.
Miss Lucille Davidson who is
leader of this Band would like to
have qther Baptist* children from
the ages of seven to eleven to
join and enjoy .the fellowship once
each month, on Monday after the
third Sunday.
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"Volunteers” To Go First
WIDENING ROAD
AND STREET MAY
START IN 1941
City Manager Reports On
Conference Held Here By
Highway Officials.
Reporting on conferences held
here during the week between
City of Roxboro and State High
way officials, City Manager Percy
Bloxam this morning said that
widening of highway 501 between
this city and Durham and of Mor
gen street, within Roxboro city
limits, from Chub Lake street to
Knoll Inti, at intersection of high
ways 49 and 57, may begin in
January, following formal ap
p: oval of these projects Which
was reached at the meeting here.
The contemplated improve
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ments mentioned above have been
under discussion for some time.
. It is understood that Route 501
J w*ll be widened to 20 feet and
"j that Morgan street will when fin
. ished measure 50 feet, with 39
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| toot intersections.
, I Among those present at' ihe
ji final conference were Thomas
-. Burton, district highway engineer,
and Jesse Proctor, supervisor
The improvements, when' Thack .
aid Mr. Bloxam, are expected, t-'
j- materially facilitate
ter-city traffics and'to -rjjpuctlPt.- •
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f Arthur T. Hudgins
Rites Held Here
Arthur Thomas Hudgins, 30,
of Timberlake, son of Mrs. Sal-
I lie Hudgins and the late Thomas
Hudgins, of that community, died
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
at a Durham hospital, where he
had been a patient six days, dea
th being attributed to complica
tions, Hq had been in ill health
for some time and-had also been
a patient at Cotpjnunity hospital,
Roxboro.
Surviving are his mother and
one sister, Mrs. John Thomas Ol-
C : ver, of Roxboro. Final rites were
held at the Oliver residence. La
mar street, Tuesday afternoon at
. 2:30 o'clock, by the Rcvi W. C.
. Martin, of Edgar Long Memorial
church. Interment was in the
, Chambers family cemetery, near
Timberlake.
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* Beulah Group To
Meet At Milton
’ The meting of the First Bap
, fist Sunday schools of the Beulah
association will be held at the
Baptist church in Milton on next
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The principal speaker of the ses
sion will Ije Jarvis Adams of
First church, Roxboro! A full at
tendance from all Sunday .schools
is requested.
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PRICE NOW BETTER M-
H, L.' Price, principal of Per.*
son County Training School for
Negroes, who, with Hi* wife, was
seriously , onfered' in an automo
bile wreck on the Durham4lox
boro highway, and has since then
been a patient at Lincoln hospi
tal, is improV&Sjg and is expected
to be out of the hospital in a few
days. His wife, less ~*prkiiisly in
jured, has left the Gospifal ana
returned to her teaching pngitiptt
at Wadesboro.
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THE TIMES IS PERSON’S’
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
Four Men Report To Fort
Bragg in December. Que-i
--tionaires Still Being Seat.
Baxter Mangum, office man
ager of the Person County Se
lective service board, this'morn
ing said that for£- men,; tinea
white and one Negro, will be ex
pected to report to Fort Bragg,
Fayetteville, between December.
1 and 13. The white men will re
port on the first and the Negio
i on the 13th.
i In commenting on these first
. Person representatives from the
r local selective service quota, Mr.
t Mangum said that these men, &1-
l though they were registered un
. dor provisions of the Act have
■ volunteered for service and will
> therefore be taken ahead of oth
. ers who may be among the firs'
. on the lists.
A number of other registrants
, have also expressed a desire to
volunteer their services ahaed of
. schedule and because of this f-ict
, it may be some time before men
. from this area will be sent to
l camp under formal selection
t from the Service board.
. I Full quota of Person men to be
4 called into service before July 1,
! will be 139. according to informa
, i lion previously receiv eel here.
s .j The Person Selective service
board, of which J. W. Nooll is
.'chairman, has recently had sev
.jcral meetings, although no ofl'i
-, rial anncuncement has yet been
- made'-as to progress being made
. its functioning as a classifying
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• - Mr; Mangum. ■ iu. his interview
' morning, reported that the
! sending out of questionaires has
j recently been slowed down, since
| many of the recipients to be w ill
not be called upon until later in
the year. Registerants who have
j received questionaires are ssnd
i ! ing them in according to schedule.
. I although some of the men seem
5 to be inclined to put off the
j! sending until the last day possi
c I ble.
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jw.D. HAWKINS OF
[ROUTE ONE DIES
J MONDAY EVENING
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Longhurst M. E. Church
t' By Pastor.
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Funeral services for William
LB. Hawkins. 63. of Route 1, Rox
j boro, whose death occurred Mom
! day night at 8:15 o'clock at his
| home near the Flcm D. Long
store, after an illness lasting more
than a year, were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
Longhurst Methodist church by
his pastor, the Rev. T. M. Vick,
. Jr. Interment was in Providertce
i church cemetery.
- Mr. Hawkins became critically
, ill only a few weeks ago. Death
was attributed to complications.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Nannie Lou Walker;
four daughters, Mrs. Jonah Wal
ker, of Longhurst, Mrs. Charles
SUitt, of Roxboro, Mrs. Frank
Daniel, of Ca-Vel, Mrs. Mary Mc-
Kinn«y, of Roxboro; a step-dau
ghter, Miss Mary Lou Hawkins,
. also of Roxboro, and by two sons,
, Frank Hawkins and William Fli
nt Hawkins, both of Roxboro.
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HAVE MOVED
City Manager and Mrs, Percy
Bloxam have moved into the
North Main street residence form
erly occupied by Mr. and Mi's.
Guthrie Bradsher. Mr. and Mm
. Bloxam have Had residence on
Barnette street
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