IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON, COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XII PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY THURSDAY, DEC. 19, 1940 NUMBER EIGHT
Yuletide Spirit Will Be
Major Theme In Churches
Sanday, Pre-holiday and
Christmas Services Will
Feature Traditions In Song
and Story.
Beginning on Sunday, Decem
ber 22 and continuing through
Sunday, December 29, churches
in Roxboro will present Christ
mas services, featuring carols and
anthems and special sermons.
Morning services this Sunday
at Edgar Long Memorial Metho
dist, at Roxhoro First Baptist, a<
St. Mark’s Episcopal and Rox
boro Presbyterian churches will
be marked by sermons suitable
to the season by the respective
pastors, with additional Yuletide
music by the choirs.
On Sunday afternoon at five
o’clock at the Methodist Church
in South Boston, Va., the South
Boston Choral club, composed of
singers from various choirs in
that city, together with members
•f the choir of Edgar Long Mem
orial church, under direction of
the Choral club director, Mrs. J.
D. K. Richmond, of South Boston,
will present a Christmas cantata, i
“Chimes of the Holy Night”. The
performance is to be repeated at
Edgar Long Memorial church on]
Sunday evening, December 29, at
7:30.
Another part of the Christmas
program, to be given at Edgar ■
Long Memorial church on Sun-!
day evening, December 22, will
j- be the traditional observance of
the “White Christmas, at 7:30,
o’clock. At this service a message,
will be brought by F. O. Carver, |
Jr., superintendent of the Sunday j
school, and members of the
churph and school will bring gifts
for those in the city who are!
less fortunate. Congregational
tinging of Christmas hymns will,
be led by Wallace W. Woods.
At First Baptist Church, the
pastor, Rev. W. F. West will de
liver a special sermon at the
morning service, various Sunday
' school departments will have hol
iday programs, and at the evening
service, at 7:30 o’clock music will
be featured.
In addition to regular morning
services this Sunday, Roxboro
Presbyterian and St. Mark’s Epis
copal churches will hold a joint
Christmas eve service, Tuesday
at 8 o’clock at St. Mark’s, a stone
chapel of simple Gothic design,
especially appropriate for a ser
vice devoted to the season of Ad-
I vent. Ministers of both churches
will participate in the service. j
Only Roxboro church to havej
services on Christmas day will be
St. Mary’s and St. Edward’s Cath
-1 olic church, where two Masseg
| will be celebrated, the first be
ginning at 8 o’clock in the motn
s jng, with the second immediately
following. Decorations will be
in keeping with the season and
the celebrant will be the pastor,
Father CSetus J. Helfrich, who
will come from his home at Hen
derson for the service.
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ONE OF TWO—
One of two Person and Rox
| boro residents participating in
the inaugural exercises to be held
i; in Raleigh on January 9, will be
6. Person legislator-elect Robert P.
I; Burns, named this week as a
K member of the inaugural com-
H mittee: the other Person parti-
Edpant will, of course be Lieuten
■ant Governor-elect, R. L. Harris,
Kwho will share honors of the oc-
Baasion with Governor-elect J. M.
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Farm Bureau
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About 1,800,000 people are being
represented at the 22nd annual con
vention of the American Farm Bu
reau federation, at Baltimore, which
closes its session Dec. 12. E. A.
O’Neal, president, is shown above.
Pat Satterfield
Wins Parade Prize
For Long’s Shop
Dressed as a “Christmas bride”
and riding in a white coaster
wagon drawn by Wallace Kirby,
Miss Pat Satterfield, five year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Satterfield, Sr,, of this
city, won the prize in a child
ren’s wagon parade staged here
Tuesday night.. Sponsor for the
young bride was Long’s Flower
Shop, operated by Mrs. E. C.
Long. More than twenty-five
miniature floats were entered in
the parade, which was postponed
from Monday night because of
rain.
Leading spirit in preparations
was Wallace W. Woods, secretary
of the Roxboro Chamber of com
merce, who today reported that
it is hoped to make the event an
annual affair. Formal Christmas
opening in the city, when deco
rative street lights were turned
on, was held several days ago,
but the parade of the evening
was in the nature of a climax,
marked by beginning of holiday
evening hours in local stores.
Originator of the idea for the
parade was H. C. Kynoch. Mus
ic was furnished by the high
school band.
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Burns Speaks To
P T A Group At
Central School
December meeting of Roxboro
Central Grammar School Parent
Teacher association was held
Tuesday afternoon at the school,
with Robert P. Burns, promin
ent Roxboro attorney and Person
legislator-elect as speaker. In
troduction of Mr. Burns was by
supervising principal, H. C. Gad
dy. Devotional was by Rev. W. F.
West, of Roxboro First Baptist
church.
Musical feature was Christmas
carols sung by pupils of the first
and second grades. Attendance
was estimated at 80 or more. Pre
siding officer was Mrs. Logan H.
Umstead, .president of the asso
ciation.
December meeting of the Rox
boro high school PTA, scheduled
for Tuesday night was canceled
because of a number of conflic
ting event*. „
CUBS MUST BE
REGISTERED BY
THIS WEEK END
Final Den Meeting For Cur
rent Year Will Be Held
Saturday At Community
House.
Final pre-holiday den meeting
of Roxboro Cub Scouts will be
held Saturday morning at 19:30
at the Community house, Chub
Lake street, according to announ
cement made this morning by
Thomas Long, leader, who said
that no other den meetings will
be held until after New Year s
day, when a meeting will be held
at the same place on Saturday,
January 4.
Cubs are, however, especially
urged to attend the December 2'
meeting, as registration must be
completed on that date in order
to have the re-neWed charter
filed before the end of the year.
Assistant Cubmaster Rev. J. M.
Walker is expected to attend this
meeting.
Four Cubs were registered at
the Tuesday night Pack meeting,
also held at the Community
house, where games were enjoyed
prior to the registration program.
All Cubs are urged not to for
get to bring their registration fees.
Scout leaders present with the
Boys included Scouts Charles
Harris, Jr., Jack Hughes, Jr., and
Thomas Long, together with
Commissioner Clyde Swartz Wil
liam Pickering and Thomas J.
Shaw, Jr. A cumber qf parents
also attended, as did Scout Exe
cutive A. P. Patterson ,of Chero
kee Council, Reidsville.
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Tobacco Market
To Open After
Holiday Season ,
The Roxboro tobacco market
which closed on Tuesday for
Christmas holidays, will re-open
on Tuesday, January 14, and will
thereafter remain open for two
weeks or more until the end of
the 1940-1941 selling season, on
Friday, January 24.
It has 'been estimated that be
tween three and four million
pounds of the weed have been
sold on the local market since
the September opening.
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Volunteers May
Fill January 15th
Call To Army
Person County is to furnish 15
white men for army service on
January 15th stated Baxter Man
gum, office manager of the Se
lective Service board for Person
County, in an interview this
morning. Mr. Mangum also stated
that a certain number of colored 1
men would come from this coun
ty by January 15th, but that the
number was not yet known.
As a bit of good news Manager
Mangum added that enough men,
both white and colored, had al
ready volunteered for service and
that if all of these were accepted
there would be no January 15th
draft in this county.
This county has already furn
ished three white men and one
colored as her quota for the first
call'. All of these were volunteers.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
A special Christmas program
will be given at Brookland Meth
odist Church Sunday night, Dec.
22, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The
public is invited to attend.
Teachers Get It**
Children Enjoy It
Usually its the children who
ask for extra holidays, but start
ing Friday afternoon pupils in
the Roxboro school district, which
includes city schools, will enjoy
a Christmas recess lasting until
January 6, five days longer than
expected, because teachers in the
district banded together, signed
a petition and effected a change in
the collective minds of the City
School board. Willing assistant
to the change was Supervising
Principal H. C. Gaddy. Reason
fer change is said to be distan
ces some teachers have to travel
to reach homes for Christmas
Person county school children
will also start their holidays Fri
day but will be back at their desks
on Wednesday, January 1, accord
ing to R. B. Griffin, County Su
perintendent, who said that his
own office will be closed for sev
eral days during the holiday sea
son.
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Church Union
Meets Monday
The Person County Young Peo
ples Union had its regular mon
thly meeting in the basement of
the Methodist Church Monday
night, with about 50 members
present.
The devotional was led by Rev.
T. M. Vick. Following this, a very |
interesting talk was made by!
the Rev. F. B. Peel, pastor of the
Person circuit churches. The
president who was unable to at
tend, gave the program to Mr.
Vick. Business was taken care of
following the reading of the min
utes of the last meeting. Refresh
ments were served by Grace
Church.
Sheriff And Party Take Men
And Then Enjoy Supper Stew
Raymond Parkker, John Gen
try and Elbert Allen, three Per
son County Negroes are in jail -
charged with manufacturing
whiskey—but before they were
incarcerated they acted as gra
cious, if slightly unwilling hosts
to the men who brought them in,
Person Sheriff M. T. Clayton, nis
son Ras., Patrolman W. A. Bax
ter and two deputies, Bob Whitt
and Jim Anderson, all of whom
are still smacking their lips with
fond memories over a delicious,
aromatic but non-alcoholic stew.
Monday about six o’clock in the
late afternoon after several hours
of searching in dripping weather,
the Sheriff and his party came up
on the Negro threesome at a se
cluded spot between Mt. Tivzan,
and Surl, came upon them so
quickly in fact that the Sheriff
walked over and grabbed two of
the men before they could turn
away frrom the 100 gallon still.
The odor of 1500 gallons of mash
and a minute quanity of whiskey
was strong, but the aroma of a
steaming backbone and spare
ribs bean stew was stronger.
The three Negoes had prepared
to stay iby the works, but 3ince
threy couldn’t stay it seemed a
pity to waste the stew, and so a
good supper was enjoyed, with
expert service from Raymond,
John and Elbert.
The three are in jail now, un
der respective bonds of $250; the
stew is gone and so is the mash
and whisky while the large and
unusual still, with a unique heat
ing arrangement will go to the
graveyard for all such instru
ments.
Gentry, the Sheriff added, has
a previous rercorrd for selling in
toxicants.
ASSOCIATIONAL
MEETING WILL
BE HELD SUNDAY
Ten Baptsit Sunday School
Groups To Have Chrictmas '
Program Sunday After
noon.
| With ten Caswell and Person
| county Baptist churches, includ
ling Roxboro First church, paiti
cipating, the monthly associadon
al Sunday school meeting w’iil he
held Sunday afternoon, Decem
ber 22, at 3 o’clock at bamDertn
Memorial church in the Oiiv
Hill community, according to an-
I uouncement made today.
I Scriptural readings, carols ana
iccitalions will be given by asso
ciationul members from eacn
' church, selections being those a
ppropriate to the Christmas sea
son. Carols to be sung include
‘O Little Town of Bethlehem, ’
: "O Come All Ye Faithtul,” “Hark,
j the Herald Angels Sing,” ’ W
Three Kings of Orient Are” an t
many others. 1
A featured reading will be
Henry van Dyke’s Story of the
Other Wise Man” by Miss Walters
of Roxboro First church.
Churches participating include
the hostess church, Lamberth
Memorial, Roxboro First, Ephe
sus, Blanch, Semora, Providence,
in Caswell, Providence, in Per
son, Shiloh, Milton, and Clement.
A full attendance is urged.
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SERVICE TO PUBLIC
L. M. Carlton, postmaster an
nounces that as a special service
to the public on account of the
holiday rush season the Roxboro
Postoffice will be open Saturday,
December 21st until five o’clock
in the afternoon. In addition to
tegular window service Rural car
riers will be on hand to serve
their patrons.
Seal Sales Going
Forward In City
Christmas Seal sales are going
forward according to Mrs. R. H.
Shelton, director of the local cam
paign, who today reported that
a number of downtown booths
have been established in stores,
public buildings and at Hotel
Ro'xboro.
Considerable response has also
■been received from the mail
campaign, although those who
have not yet returned their con
tributions are urged to do so at
onte.
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Christmas Cheer
Needs Must Be
Cared For Now
Although public response to
“Christmas Cheer” cases being
taken care of through the Per
son County Department of Public
welfare has been gratifying, Mrs.
T. C. Wagstaff, director, said to
day that she and other members
of her staff will be pleased to give
reports of deserving cases to any
residents who may call the office
and will be more than pleased to
prepare baskets according to in
structions.
No newspaper publicity is be
ing given to individual cases this
year, said Mrs. Wagstaff, but
needs for Christmas cheer are as
great as ever and any response
given by individual or by groups
will be appreciated.
C. A. Harris Elected As New
Head Os Scouting In Person
General’s Guest
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This Boy Scout Jim Rast, the
12-year-old who wanted to volunteer
is the Eighth division. He is hold
ing in his hand the invitation he re
ceived from Maj. Gen. Philip Pey
ton, commanding officer, to be the
general’s guest at a division inspec
tion at Colombia, S. C. Scont Rast
went there in the general’s car which
„ brought him from his home in Swan
sea, S. C., and back again.
CONFERENCE AS
TO RATES HELD
IN ROANOKE, VA.
Roxboro People Join Dur
ham And Raleigh Repre
sentatives Seeking Freight
Rate Reductions.
In Roanoke, Va., Monday for
conference with George Dun
iingson, vice-president of Nor
folk and Western in the traffic
division, with regard to exten
sion of official territory freight
rates to Roxboro, Durham, and
Winston-Salem and other North
Carolina points, were Wallace W.
Woods, seerretary of Roxboro
Chamber of Commerce, together
with Frank Pierson, of the Dur
ham chamber, A. i!I. Nichols, of
Raleigh, of the North Carolina I
Utilities commission and Rox-I
boro’s city manager, Percy Blox- >
am.
It was reported that Mr. Dun
lingson and his committee prom
ised to investigate the rate prob
lem thoroughly, although no com-|
mitment as to future action was
made. Mr. Woods, however, said
today that he is of the opinion
that Norfolk and Western under
stands the situation and will give
the matter sympathetic consid
eration. It is felt that adjustment
of the rate problem would have
been attempted before now had it
not been for technicalities in the
way.
Winston-Salem’s Chamber of
commerce representative was
unable to be present, but in that
city and in Roxboro and Dur
ham discussion of lower rates
into North Carolina has been un
derway for two months or more.
In Roxboro one of the citizens
most interested was the late May
or S. F. Nicks, Jr. Mr. Woods and
Mr. Bloxam reported that it will
probably be some time Before
definite action, if any, will be
taken.
Present border line for the off
icial rate zone is near BrookneaT,
Va., and rates from tfiat point]
into Roxboro are said to be so
much higher that a nUmber of lo
cal firms "take freight off the line
at Brookneal and have it shipped
to Roxboro By truck..
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
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PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES,
Swartz Resigns As Com
missioner But will con
tinue As Assistant.
New president of the Ro.ccoro
district of the Cherokee Scout
council is C. A. Harris, Roxboro
business man, who has been ac
tively interested in affairs of the
Oistrict for many years.
Mr. Harris, who takes office
immediately, succeeds George J.
Cushwa, also of this city. Only
other major change in officers
for this year is selection of Joe
Guffey, of Ca-Vei, as Scout Com
nnssioner, replacing Clyde Swartz,
v. ho lias held the post for several
years.
Mr. Swartz, at his own request
v as relieved of duties as Com
missioner, although he has been
named as assistant Commissioner
and lias said that lie will serve
in tiiat capacity. In tendering his
resignation as Commissioner Mr.
Swartz said that he has enjoyed
the work, that pressure of other
duties has made it necessary for
him to relinquish the Comniis
sionership, but that he will be
pleased to serve as assistant.
The new Commissioner, Mr.
Guffey, has been Scoutmaster of
the Ca-Vel troop and has don?
notable work with that group.
Other officers in the Roxboro’
district include: William Picker
ing, vice president; F. O. Carver,
Jr., secretary, and R. M. Spencer,
treasurer, all of whom were re
elected.
Leaders of the district, who
met Thursday night in monthly
session paid tribute to efficient
work done by these officers and
the retiring president, Mr. Cush
wa. Present for the session was
Cherokee Council executive. A. P.
Pafterson, of Reidsville, who said
that annual Council session, at
tended by representatives from *
all the districts will be held on
Tuesday evening, January 21.
Mr. Patterson received reports
from various scoutmasters and
committeemen and urged that
complete reports be presented be
fore January 1.
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CHRISTMAS EVE
CAROL SERVICE
WILL BE HELD
Presbyterians and Episco
palians Will Have Joint
Service at St. Mark’s
Church.
Members of RoXfooro Presby
terian Church and St. Mark’s
parish will have a Christmas eve
service on Tuesday, December 24,
at 8 o’clock, at St. Mark’s Epis
copal church. Feature of the
joint service to which members
of both churches and friends in
the city will be welcomed, will .
be Christmas carols sung by the
combined choirs.
Those attending will also be ex
pected to join in singing Christ
mas hymns. Ritual of the service
will be in charge of Rev. Rufus
J. Womble, deacon in charge of
St. Mark’s, while the sermon will
be given by Rev. J. M. Walker, cf
the Presbyterian church.
A special Christmas offering
will be taken.
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Ministers of both churches in
making announcement of theiwr
vice expressed the hope that
many Person and Roxboro .Resi
dents will pause in their holiday
celebration long enough Weonie
to St Mark’s and thus do honor
to Him whoso birthday 4itl be
observed. '