IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
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VOLUME XII
AGENCY DINNER
MEETING WILL
BE AT HOTEL
Officers For New Year To
Be Chosen Tuesday At So
cial Agency’s Evening Ses
sion.
January evening dinner meet
ing of the Person County Council
of Social agencies will be held
Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock at
Hotel Roxboro.
Presiding will be the president,
Rev. T. Marvin Vick, Jr., of Ca-
Vel Methodist church, who will
present a report on the year's
work of the council. Plans for the
new year will be discussed and
officers will be elected.
In announcing the approaching
meeting Mr. Vick said that the
council, which is now entering its
fourth year, has acted and will
continue to act as a co-relating
body studying social and civic
needs and coordinating them to
best advantages.
All members are requested to
attend and to notify Mr. Vick, or
the secretary, Mrs. R. B. Hole
man, otf the Person Department of
Public welfare, in advance so
that reservations can be made.
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Four-H Girls
Invted To Come
To Sewing Class
Beginning Saturday morning
Feb.l, at 10 o’clock, an advanced
class in clothing will be given for
the purpose of assisting 4-H club
girls in preparing for the Dress
Revue in September, according to
announcement made today.
All 4-H club girls 13 years old
or older are eligible to attend this
meeting. The course will consist
of (1) Good Grooming, (2) Poise
and Charm, (3) Choice of Clothing
According to Type (4) Accessories
and Personality (5) Sewing for
Oneself (6) Qualifying for Con
tests (8) Judging Standards (8)
Use of Color in Costume.
Assistance for this training will
be secured from Extension Spec
ialists and others who are ex.
pertly trained for this type of
instruction.
4-H Club girls who attend these
courses will beneft from their
study and are urged to plan to
stay for the 4-H County Council
meeting which will be at 2:00 p.
m. on the same day, said Miss
Velma Beam, Person Home De
monstration agent.
Schools All Back At Work,
Cases Remain About Same
Belief that the number of in
fluenza cases, between six and
seven hundred in the Roxboro
and Person area, remains about
the same was expressed yester
day by Dr. A. L. Allen, Person
health officer, who said that only
within the past week has the di
sease here reached epidemic pro
portions, with most cases contin
uing to be of the milder type.
Ca-Vel school, Cunningham
school, and the Person County!
Training school, the last named
being a Negro school, are all ex
pected to re-open Monday after
having been closed for several
days during the week. Other
schools, in Roxboro school dis
trict, have been in operation since
Wednesday, after closing during
the previous week, and no> furth
er interruption of schedules is
expectea*
A number of meetings have
however been cancelled or post
toned. Because of the illness of
|ersoni|(!imes
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
<?10,000,000 Cruise Ship Strikes Reef
View of the $10,000,000 Inxury liner, Manhattan, fast in the grip of a sand bar or uncharted coral reef, 25U
yards off West Palm Beach, Fla. The ship’s 250 passengers were removed safely to shore. Inset: Having come
through a thrilling experience, passengers of the Manhattan wave gaily to the cameraman while being taken
ashore.
Bushy Fork P. T A.; 1
Meets Thursday'
Bushy Fork Parent Teachers
Association had its January meet
ing in the school auditorium,
Thursday evening. The meeting
was presided over by Mrs. Ed
Warren, president. Opening song
was “Work for the Night is Com
ing. Miss Frances Lanier conduct
ed the devotional. The thought
she left with us, was “May young
people never be disappointed
when they come to us for help."
Among items discussed in the
business meeting was cash luncn.
es. It is hoped that purchasing of
lunches will enable the school to
serve them the remainder of the
school year.
Miss Sims had charge of the
music program. The Primary
Grades sang, “God Bless Ameri
ca,” Intermediate Grades gave
some Toy Orchestra selections,
Grammar Grades and High school
sang, “There’s Music In The Air."
“The Maple Leaf Forever" was
sung by Miss Frances Lanier and
Mrs. D. W. Rogers. A piano num
ber was given by Mary Evelyn
Long, a ninth grade student. The
high spot of the program was
the group singing, led by Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Woods, of Roxboro.
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Arthur Crosley, who has been
ill with influenza, is now improv
ing.
the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of
Edgar Long Memorial Methodist
church, morning and evening ser
vices today have been cancelled,
although Sunday school was held
at the usual hour. Announcement
of this change in schedule was
made by A. W. Clayton, chair
man of the board of stewards.
Mrs. Martin is also ill.
Closed Saturday was the Main*
street office of the British War
Relief society, although it is ex
pected that it will be re-opened
Monday. Mrs. S. M. Ford, chair
man of the society, is among
those who has been ill, but un
der vice chairman Robert Edgar
Long plans for the membership
drive are being made. At least
one associate membership has
been received, as have a number
of regular memberships.
Also postponed was a meeting
of St. Mark’s Episcopal church.
The meeting will, however, be
held this Friday night at Hotel
Roxboro.
ROXBORO LEAF MARKET
COMPLETES THE SEASON
Tobacco sales on the Rox
boro market during the 1940-
1941 season which ended Fri
day reached approximately
three million, four hundred
thirty thousand pounds, ac
cording to George W. Walker,
Board of Trade secretary, who
placed the average price re.
ceived at about 17 cents per
pound.
Closing sales were light and
low.
Cub Pack Will
Meet Monday
January Pack meeting of the
Roxboro Cub scouts postponed
last week because of influenza
conditions, will be held Monday
night, January 27, at Roxboro
Community house at 7 o’clock,
according to announcement made
today.
A good attendance was report
ed at the regular Saturday morn
ing den meeting and it is hoped
that attendance of both cubs and
parents will be equally as good
Monday night. A handicraft exi
bition will be staged and prizes
will be awarded.
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Central School
P. T. A. Will Meet
Monthly meeting of the Cen
tral Grammar School Parent
Teachers association will be held
Tuesday afternoon at the school
at 3:30 p. m., with Dr. A. L. Allen,
of the Person Health department
as speaker. Devotionals will be
led by the Rev. F. B. Peele, of
the Person circuit. Mrs. Logan H.
Umstead, president of the associa
ciation is anxious for a full at
tendance.
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Seed Loans Available
Field Supervisor, J. C. Howard
said yesterday that the Seed Loan
Office, in the Basement of the
Post Office Building, will be open
and ready to begin receiving ap
plications, January 27th.
The office is prepared to take
care of all farmers who are elig
ible for this Loan.
Mrs. Alpha G. Humphries will
be the Receiving Agent in charge,
and will have her typing assistants
in the Supervisor’s Office, Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday of
each week, from 8:66 o'clock A.
M. to 5:00 o’clock P. M.
TEAM WORK IN
GROUP PRAISED
(By Miss Velma Beam, Person
Home Agent)
One of the finest pieces of team
work was exhibited by the Olive
Hill 4-H Club at the January
meeting when they cooperated 100
percent to present a team-demon
stration on the, subject for the
month, “Essential Principles of
Home Beautification”.
Each club in the county receiv
ed a copy of the team demonstra
tion far enough in advance of the
meeting to have the parts mem
orized so the blue prints furnished!
by the Extension Agent could be
used, but the Olive Hill group
ably assisted by faculty members,
were truly ambitious and ingen
ious.
Taking two sandtables they dis
played (1) a typical down-at-the
heel type of homestead found in
many rural communities— the
house had no underpinning, there
was no team, the barn was prac
tically in the front yard, tools,
plows, and litter was in the yard,
the woodpile was unity. In gen
eral it was a pretty sad place.
(2) a typical well-kept home
stead, the house surrounded by
native shade trees placed at the
proper places, the house under
pinned, lawn nicely sown, drives
and walks laid out properly,
barns to the back and well screen
ed with shrubs, the wood in a
neat pile screened from view and
the launjdry yard to the back—
In general, an attractive place
for a farm family to live.
Every item on the two sand
tables was made by the 4-H Club
members, from the rather intri
cate houses and barns to the tiny
garments hanging on the clothes
lines—even the axe was carved
from wood and was realistically
stuck into the chopping block!
Unquestionably this type of
work is living up to the stage of
4-H Club work. “Learn By Do
ing”. Not one of those boys and
girls will be forget the funda
mental principles of home beau
tification—native shade trees, an
unbroken lawn and a nicely un
derpinned house. They will each
strive to have an attractive place
to live and what enriches life
more than beauty of surround
ings?
These boys and girls could not
accomplish so much if their local
leaders were not so interested.
“Local leaders are the Salt of
rural life. What they think, what
they do, their views, their ideals
their vision is destined to affect
all rural life and be of ever-in
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Three Selective Service Men
Lost Says Manager M angum
Fake Solicitors
To Be Reported
A warning to all citizens to re
quire credentials of persons who
may approach them with solic.-
tatkri for relief funds for war
ring nations in Europe or Asia,
was issued today by Wallace W.
Woods, executive secretary of the j
Roxboro Chamber of commerce, j
fallowing reports received by
him from a member of residents
who have apparently been vic
timized by unscrupulous solici
tors.
In issuing this statement Mr.
Woods requested all persons who
have reason to- believe that they
have been approached by relief
racketeers to report them, with
names of organizations they claim
to represent, to the Chamber of
commerce office. There are, said
Mr. Woods, a number of legiti
mate and worthy relief organi
zations, such as the British War
Relief society, and others now in
operation here and no criticism
of them is intended.
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Bethel Hill Takes
State Tests
Principal Lewis Cannon of
Bethel Hill'reported that Metro
politan Achievement Tests were
given to forty-seven sixth grade
students. The average for the
whole sixth grade was he said,
very good and showed the in
struction was above average. The
average for the 47 students was
sixth grade, fourth month, and
second week, which shows that
students are progresings as rap
idly as they should.
The tests included reading, vo
cabulary Arithmetic, English,
literature, history, geography,
spelling. The highest average was
made on arithmetic.
The student making the high
est score in the tests was Mary
Watts. Tlie next four students
were Virginia Martin, Warren
Talley, John Lee Whitt, and Lor
raine Nunn.
A. W. Clayton, who on Thurs
day night was taken to Commun
ity hospital for treatment is now
at home and is much improved.
Along The Way
With the Editor
One day last week I saw two bad boys go up to Mellie
Satterfield, real estate dealer of this city, and try to get him
to drink a glass of 3.2 beer. Mellie told them that it was not
exactly the right time of day for him. These boys just wanted
to see what twelve ounces of beer would do for this man. Mei
put up a strong battle and never did drink the beer. The bad
boys did.
Well, Robert Long has been awarded the Silver Beaver.
This is a high scout award and one that anyone would be proud
of. However we have heard that Robert has had to buy a new
supply of vests since he received the award. The old ones are
not large enough when he throws out his chest and double
chin.
And so we see by the papers that our good friend Di.'k
Puckett is going to get married. Dick will soon find out that
the old saying -- “Two can live as cheaply as one”-- is all too
true. He will find out that married life is one long happy
road with no troubles whatever. Don’t tell him a thing boys,
let him live and learn.
This writer saw Glenn Stovale going up the street with a
heavy package under his arms. It must have been a wedding
gift from the Rotary club. We lajter discovered that it was china
which is even worse than a rolling pin as china will not roll
off your head. It will just hit and crack wide open and the
dam stuff, is rather hard to dodge.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 1941
DEMONSTRATION
LEADERS ATTEND
TRAINING SCHOOL
Miss Sallie Brooks, Assistant
Nutritionist of the Extension Ser
vice held a ladies’ school in the
Home Economics Department of
the Roxboro High School Friday
January 34, 2:00 p. m.
This is the first of the leaders
schools to be held in 1941 in the
major project for the year,
“Foods and Nutrition”—on the
subject of cereals. As all of Ex
tension Service’s suggestions are
characterized by usefulness and
practical application so was this
very interesting demonstration
which will be repeated in each
local Home Demonstration Club
during February.
The local foods and nutrition
leaders are responsible for giv
ing in a local meeting, the same
demonstrations they witness in a
leaders’ school, hence attendance
at the schools is necessary for do
ing an effective job of it at the
local club meeting. It is really a
privilege for these leaders to nave
direct training from a specialist
of the Extension staff, and when
an opportunity is missed the
leader is definitely the loser.
Only interested, enthusiastic
members are asked to be major
project leaders—those who are
truly interested in helping their
friends and neighbors to be more
healthy, worthwhile citizens—wo
men who conscientiously concern
themselves with making the
world a better place in which to
live. They will, during the course
of this particular map project,
keep a notebook in which all sug
gestions they get from any source,
but particularly from Extension
Service, may be kept; they will
keep a recipe file and urge all
other members to do the same;
they will read in current, maga
zines and other publications the
newest ideas concerning nutri
tion; they will promote better liv
ing by better gardening practices,
better food preparation practices
and better canning practices
they will encourage a live-at
home program for all rural peo
ple; they will grade their own,
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THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER TWELVE
Names Os Two White Men
and NegTO Must Be Turn
ed In To District Attorney'.-
Office.
Two white registerants, Jor-.n
Calvin Eagle, of Timberlak ,
Howard Collins, of Woodsdal .
and one Negro, George Herman
Perry, of Roxboro, all of when’
registered in Person county un
der the Selective service act las.
year, have been “lost” according
to records of Selective Service
office manager Baxter Mangun,.
who reported yesterday that
questionaires sent t o them
through the United States mail
have been returned as unclaimed.
Under the law, Mr. Mangun;
said, names of these missing men
will have to be turned over to
the United States district attorn
ey, at Greensboro, although it is
hoped that the men themselves
or their relatives will at once
notify the Person Service board
as to their present (addresses.
Few white volunteers now re
main on the rolls, said Mr. Man
gum, adding that the next white
quota, to be drawn up about Feb
ruary 17, will have to be made
up largely of men drawn in reg
ular order. Second Negro quota,
composed of three men, Riley
Royal Winstead, William Clem
ens and Thomas Jay, Jr., all
volunteers, will leave for camp
on Wednesday, January 29.
So far only three men previous
ly sent to camp by the local
board have been returned be
cause of being physically unfit.
These three, Ruby T. Dunn, Hen
ry Coats, Jr., and Herbert Phelps,
have been replaced by James
Henry Bowes, Robert S. Brewer
and Melvin Thomas Clayton, who
entered camp on Wednesday. The’
three men who were returned
went in the January quota for
white men and were apparently
rejected for minor physical de
fects, although the Person board’s
physician, Dr. B A. Thaxton, had
certified them.
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Plans Laid To
Present U. S. With
Park Sites
Raleigh, Jan.—Plans to give the
National Park Service four his
toric sites and enlarge the gov
ernment holdings around two
others were made here at a meet
ing of interested persons.
Dr. C. C. Crittenden, secretary
of the State Historical Commis
sion, and Col.' Joesph Hyde Pratt,
president of the Society for Pre
servation of Antiquities, were au
thorized to prepare a brief con
cerning the sites.
The four which it is proposed
to turn over to the government
are Fort Fisher in New Hanover
County, the Bentonville Battle
ground in Johnston County, the
Bennett Place in Durham Coun
ty, where Johnston surrendered
to Sherman; and Alamance Bat
tlefield in Alamance County.
In addition, the park service is
interested in protecting the pres
ent national military parks at.
Guilford Courthouse and Moore’s
Creek by acquiring additional
acreage.
R. B. Lattimore of the park
service said his agency insisted
upon an outright grant before ac
cepting park sites. He also em
phasized that sites must be of
natiomal historic sites must be of
national historical significance.
Spokesman for Fort Fisher,
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