■I WXflC+fS '■■a&VTj:»" V" ''V ili7 lj ■pk-w fcin*/*ii«irfL HP*'. '' r &‘*■- .£ ** ,'-.’,?* ' ,-, ‘ v *•“ -r * s=:~»;sr - -_ - : i wg: v *-4 : F : -*Sa To Visitors Sunday Afternoon • /’ St Mark’s Church To Sponsor Event At Brtp*sV«- •••■ '-• •* Mrs. Robert S. Phifef»/y 1 I' ■ *" u - ! I Expectedito be an interesting event for EpxborQ. residents Suh \ ’ 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 - ~!■ . , ■ . 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. r— — ; BENEFIT FOLLIES WELL PRESENTED .. v<-‘ - s Grammar School and Epis 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. • 0 i 'Mi «6all fe«i i * ’ %■■ ‘ ■ •, , 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: : *.v’ h —— • 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 -of-Person County. - v i • } SPHERE !T 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 , :: ' jJM;- : >-r ■ ' V- •-*; ■*■ v.-T | EVASION CHARGED PfVltE WOMAN; ■ 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 ! ■ 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. I —o 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’ .**"*’ i,, t ' - 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. : ■ .■ ' ■ " :!' • w ' Mangum Reports Selective "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 -5 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 11 | 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.- • J y-ident dangers. - —..... s ‘ * i *j *° f* 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. : o * 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. ■ - Ate 4) uiL ' 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. ‘ • • A *'•' 'V, r'/ e-v ' ’• ■ .-. t - . . , • 1 1. _ A \ j i **BE^ 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 ——- - - • - 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. , r—O jw.D. HAWKINS OF [ROUTE ONE DIES J MONDAY EVENING I . ?! Rites Held Tuesday At Longhurst M. E. Church t' By Pastor. .j If 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. o 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 • ' ' --1 • . * "Ti -m ...