IP HP is NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XU
Hugh Woods Won’t Pass
Out Apples But Celebrates
Xaoal Merchant Will On
flytairrifty Observe Fifty
Years Os Selling: Groceries.
Although! he will , not be pass
ing out any golden apples, Hugh
Wcods, the man who in years of
service as a Roxboro groceryman
has outdistanced the recently re
tired Alex Sergeapt, will on Sat
urday celebrate his golden anni
versary as a salesman of flour
and pork and beans.
Exactly forty years ago Mr.
Woods, who is now an energetic
man of 67, opened the Hugn
Woods’ grocery company, but he
entered the business ten years
before that date, first as a clerk
wih the C. H. Hunter company,
apH then with W. J. Johnson,
whose interests were later pur
chased by A. W. Clayton and Mr.
Sergeant
Getting the jump on the two
men who were to be his friendly
business rivals, Mr. Woods, who
had been with the Johnson com
pany for five years, opened his
own store on February 1, 1901.
His first place of business, diag
onally across the Main street
from his former employer, was
built by his father-in-law, Henry
Field, an English architect and
contractor, who came to this
country for reasons of health and
first lived at Boydton, Va., be
fore coming to Roxboro.
Mr Woods, whose present
store next to the Dolly Madison
'TtEeatxe, is'sßH within shouting
distance of his junior rivals s, re
members as they do many of the
turn of the century eating habits
aid customers of the city. Parti
cularly vexing was one customer,
since become a prominent citi
zen, who crammed his mouth full
of candy—and stick candy a
that— every time he came in to
settle accounts.
Mr, Woods, whose father was
the late Tom Woods, of Woods
dale, first came to Roxboro in
1889. Then 16 years Of' lie, he
had been educated in the local
schools. While working for Mr-
Hunter, who, incidentally, is still
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CRUMPTONMTES
HELD WEDNESDAY
interment Takes Place In
r&ny Plot In Barchwood
Cemetery.
r, w. (Bob) Crumpton, 80, of
near Ruffin, former Person Coun
ty. rrT }^» i died Tuesday after
noon i efclock in Memorial
jgospitak Danville, Va.j following
an illness of three weeks. Death
-attributed to pneumonia.
,vTr Crumpton was a native of
Lynchburg, Va., and for 40 years
was a prominent Person County
farmer. He was a member of
Locust Hill Methodist Church and
had lived in Ruffin for five or
six years.
Funeral services were held at
the home on Wednesday after
noon at 1 o’dock, with in the
family plot in Burchwood ceme
tery, Roxboro.
Surviving is his second wife,
Mr* Anna Crumpton. He was
tint married to Miss Rosa Pleas
ants, who died several years ago.
Surviving from this union are
five sons, B. G., R- ®-. slade
Crump*"", all of Roxboro, Lty
mgsid Crumpton of Durham and
D. H. Crumpton of Raleigh and
two~ daughters, Mrs. Roy Rogers
of Roxboro and Mrs. Henry Hicks
of
m, Crumpton was well known
ia Rokboro and had frequently
here since his removal to
ftuflin.
Irrsonilpmfs
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
PERSON CHURCH
DEDICATION TO
BE HELD SOON
The Methodist
Church Will Have Bishop
Purcell And Others As .
Speaker.
Speaker at dedication of Al
; lensville Methodist cnurch on
1 Sunday morning, February 2, at
: 11 o’clock will be B-shop Clare
1 Purcell, of Charlotte, according
■ to announcement of program
■ plans made this morning by the
» Rev. D. A. Petty, pastor, who al
so said that a special invitation
to attend is being extended to
former pastors and members.
' In the afternoon, following a
basket luncheon, Dr. H. E.
1 Spence, of the Duke University
' divinity school, will deliver an
1 address on “Conscription for
• Christ and the Church”. A his
' tory of the church will also be
■ read at this time. Special music
1 will be featured at both services.
Among those expected to at.
1 tend and to participate in the
1 dedication service is the Rev. S.
1 F. Nicks, of Hillsboro, a former
pastor of the church, under whose
ministry the present stone struc
• ture was completed in 1933. Also
1 participating will be T. O. Gen
> try, principal oi 'Yltftxue'" Mills
school, as a lay representative of
: the ehurch; George M. Pox, Jr.,
: as representative from the
Brooksdale church, and Lt. Gov.
■ R. L. Harris, whose grandfather,
■ the late Rev. William M. Jordan,
twice served as pastor, in 1845,
• and from 1872 to 1875. The Lieu
• tenant Governor has been asked
to participate as a representative
1 of Person county and the State.
Introduction of Bishop Purcell
1 will be made by the Durham Dis
! trict Superintendent, Rev. A. J.
1 Hobbs, and the history of the
■ church will be presented by Tom
‘ Boone Davis, prominent Person
fanner and landowner.
Among the members of the
church, which has a history ex
tending over more than a hun
dred years, was Mrs. Frances
Webb Bumpass, who became cor
responding secretary of the Wo
man’s Missionary Society, the
North Carolina conference, in
1878. Mrs. Bumpass, wife of a
Methodist minister, lived for
, many years in Greensboro, as
Frances Webb, Jbut joined the
Allensville church in early girl
hood, in 1834, during the pastor
ate of the Rev. R. O. Clayton.
1 The present pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Petty, came to the church about
, a year and a half ago.
Early history of the Allensville
Methodist church was associated
with that of Bethlehem church,
located at one time about two
miles from the present Allens
ville church, the new building of
which has been characterized as
one of the most beautiful in Per
son county.
It is expected that many Rox
boro people, in addition to these
having family associations with
the church, will attend the ex
ercises, and will during the hours
of dedication join in the singing
of old hymns of the church.
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MISS BEAM BETTER
Miss Velma Beam, Person
County Home Demonstration a
gent, who underwent an emerg.
ency operation Saturday at Com
munity hospital, is now resting
more comfortably, according to
reports received yesterday.
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Boy Scout week will be observed February 7-13 throughout the nation
1 lo mark the organization’s thirty-first anniversary of its founding. Special
> emphasis is being placed this year on emergency service training. A
ew of the 1.5C0.000 Boy Scouts in the country are shown above engaging
in typical activities that encourage self-reliance and quick thinking in
emergencies.
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; At Long Last
Bill Hears
» fi
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Bill Zimmerman, Roxboro
. sportsman who went on a hoi:
; day hunting trip to eastern Car
, olina about a month ago and
■ brought home a banded goose on
: which to feast, yesterday report*
■ ed that he has at last heard from
i Jack Miner, Kingsville, Ont.,
- whose name, with a verse of
: scripture was oh’UKTSaivt
[ Reason for the delay in hear.
, ing from Miner, who is it turns
> out a middle-aged bird sanctuary
, operator, not a young soldier in
, London, was that Bill’s, letter was
, misplaced for several days be
, fore it ever left Roxboro.
Miner, whose sanctuary is
[ known to many sportsman, has
! been banding geese, ducks,
. mourning doves and smaller birds
1 since 1909, mainly because, of his
, love for birds and game birds
. and because of his desire to learn
: of their migratory habits. His
i sanctuary, about 30 miles from
\ Detroit, has become a heaven for
the birds and his scriptual quo
i tations are said to be appreciat
. ed, especially by Indians of the
. Canadian northwoods.
; The Zimmerman band, which
. at Miner’s request will be re.
. turned to him for preservation
; in a collection gathered from all
t over the North American contin
\ ent, has the simple legend from
> St. Mark’s gospel: “Have 'faith Kt
i God”.
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Car Load of
Refrigerators
Received Here
i
Electric Appliance Co., of this
i city, has just received a car load
of Kelvinator refrigerators, stated
Mr. Prilliman, owner of the ap
pliance company.
The new Kelvinators for 194 J,
stated Prilliman, are things of
beauty and the price is really a
mazing. He invites everyone :n
to see the new models and clearly
states that there will be no ob
ligation to buy.
A number of the new refriger
ators are on the floor of the com
pany’s salesroom where they may
be seen.
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AUNT IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. J. H. Allen, of Durham,
aunt of Mrs. E. G. Long, of Rox
boro, entered Watts hospital for
observation and treatment yes
terday, according to information
received here by Mrs. Long.
War Impressions
Will Be Given
, By Three Men
Their impressions of the pres,
ent European war will be topic
of discussion by a French soldier,
.
a retired United States Naval of
i
; fleer and an active leader of the
' British War 'Relief soeßty-At aft
. open forum meeting to be held
: next Monday night, February 3,
- at the court house in Roxboro,
i according to announcement made
; Monday night at a dinner meet
. ing of the Roxboro Kiwanis club.
Speakers who will be heard at
; eight o’clock, will include Jac
; ques Hardre, who was in the bat
tle of Dunkerque, Admiral Foote,
i of Chapel Hill, and James Clark,
■ of Chapel Hill and Durham, all
i of whom will be dinner guest.:
t at the Kiwanis club prior to the
s holding of the open forum. Place
i in which they will speak will be
• announced later.
Mr. Hardee, whose father is
. professor of French at Woman’s
. college, Greensboro, has but re
cently returned to America.
, Main feature of the program
. Monday night was music pre
t sented by a quartet composed of
[ Jarvis Adams and of Kiwanians
. Robert Edgar (Buddy) Long,
t Rev. T. Marvin Vick and presi-
Jdenf*. B. Ctffven, Jr.
The program was in charge of
a committee composed of Messrs.
Vick and Long, Jack Strum and
Brodie Riggsbee.
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New Store To
Open Here
Friday Morning
Young Mercantile Company,
with headquarters in Greenville,
N. C. will open for business in
Roxboro Friday morning The lo
cation of the store is on Main
Street and is between Roxboro
Drug and Central Service Station.
Mr. R. V. Massey will manage
the Roxboro store. Mr. Massey
comes to Roxboro from Clinton.
N. C. where he was manager of.
Young Mercantile Co. there.
The company that is opening
the Roxboro store is owned by
W. F. Young of Greenville, Mr.
Young has several other stores
in Eastern Carolina.
A full page ad. in today’s
Times tells of the many specials
that will be found on sale to-j
morrow. Among the features is
the giving away of $50.00 in cash.!.
City of Roxboro Bonds
Refunded at Good Rate
AGENCIES GROUP
MEETS ATHOTEL
Officers Re-elected. Plans
Made For Social Service
Survey of Person County.
With the president, Rev. T.
Marvin Vick, Jr., presiding, Jan
uary dinner meeting of the Per
son Council of Social agencies
was held at Hotel Roxboro. On
the report of Wallace Woods,
chairman of the nominating com
mittee, all officers of the council
were re-elected for the current
year.
New member, present for the
first time, was Charles Gentry, of
Ca-Vel. Named as committee
chairman were Robert Edgar
(Buddy) Long, hospitality; Rev.
J. M. Walker, Jr. membership;
Wallace W. Woods, publicity, and
Thomas J. Shaw, Jr., program., l
Selected as members at large:
were Mrs. R. L. Wilburn and F.
O. Carver, Jr. Only speaker was
the president, Rev. Mr. Vick, who;
outlined policies for the year and
expressed appreciation for co
operation extended during the
past year.
Immediately after the dinner
session the executive committee
met to discuss program plans and
decision was_reached that a so
cial survey of various townships
in Person county will be under
taken, with Woodsdale as the first
to be considered. Invitations to
C. E. Sullivan and Miss Ruth
Brooks, both of Woodsdale, as
i speakers at the February session,
will be extended, ,it being intend
ed that they will present es
timates of social and economic
estimates of the community in
which they live.
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WILL NOT MEET
Because of her illness Miss
Velma Beam will not meet the
Saturday 4-H club sewing class
this week.
Rites For Mrs
Held Today t
|
Tributes Os Respect Paid
To Prominent Woman
Whose Death Occurred
Tuesday Night.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jo
seph William Noell, 75, promi
nent Roxboro woman, whose
death from bronchial pneumonia
occurred Tuesday night at 10:30
o’clock at her home here follow
ing an illness lasting two weeks,
were held this morning at 11 o’-
clock at the Noell residence on
Academy street.
Officiating ministers were the
Rev. W. F. West, pastor of Rox
boro First Baptist Church of
which Mrs. Noell was for many
years a member, Dr. LG. Greer,
superintendent of Mills Home
Baptist orphanage, Thomasville,
and the Rev. J. H. Shore, retired
Methodist* of Person
county. Interment was in Burch
wood cemetery, Roxboro.
Active pallbearers were: D. R.
I Taylor , F. O. Carver, Jr., Pres
ton Satterfield,Sr., George W.
Kane, A. M. J. S.
Walker, O. B. Mcßroom and F. J.
Hester, all of this city. Numbers
of other citizens served as honor
ary pallbearers and
ers.
Mrs. Noell, wife of J. W. Noell,
editor of the Roxboro Courier,
was a native of Iredell county,
and was before her marriage, Miss!
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1941
1
John C. Michie, Jr.
Rites Held Today
Martin Michie and members cf
his family were in Durham to
day for funeral services of bis
brother, John C. Michie, Jr., 45,
whose death occurred early Wed
nesday morning at Wilson, where
he had gone from his home in
Durham on a business trip. The
rites were conducted at the First
Presbyterian church, Durham ati
11 o’clock. J
Pallbearers included four bro
thers, Martin Michie, of this city,
Norwood Michie, of Norfolk, Va.,
and William and Robert Michie,
of Durham. Death was attributed
to a heart attack.
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JAMES A. LONG, IV.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Long, Jr.,
' of this city, announce the birth
j of a son, James A. Long, IV, on
Tuesday, January 28, at Watts
hospital, Durham. First grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Long, the
new arrival in the Long family
bears the name of his father,
grandfather and great-grand-fath
er. The first J. A. Long, who died
a number of years ago, was a
pioneer textilist and banker in
the Person area and was founder
of Longhurst Cotton mills.
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Accepts Position
James Nelson, of Prospect Hill
and Yanceyville, has accepted a
position with Service Dry Clean
ers, according to announcement
made today by Claude Harris,]
proprietor of . that establishment.
Mr. Nelson will begin his duties
Monday. He was formerly con
i nected with a Yanceyville dry
! cleaning company.
| Mrs. R. B. Holman, of the Per
, son Welfare offiec is ill at her
home at Helena with influenza.
Also ill is Miss Marjorie Griffin,
of the same department
J. W. Noell
At Residence
j Nelia Holman, daughter of tha
late John B. Holman and Mrs.
Laura Jane Gay Holman. Mr. Hol
man who served as a state legis
lator from Iredell county for six
teen years was sponsor of the
first bill creating the present
day public school system in North
Carolina.
She was married to Mr. Noell,
who then resided at Graham, on
November 19, 1890, and shortly
afterwards came with her hus
band to Roxboro, where she en
tered into social, civic and reli
gious activities of the city and 1
county for more than half a cen- 1
tury. She and Mr. Noell celebrat
ed their golden wedding anniver- '
sary last November with an im- ’
pressive reception held at their
home here. ]
Surviving, in addition to her 1
husband, ,are three children, Dr. 1
Robert H. Noell, of Rocky Mount,
Mrs. Lee B. Weathers, of Shelby, \
and Mrs. W. Edward Bowles, of J
this city, and a granddaughter, :
Miss Betty Gay MSsten, also of
Roxboro.
Expressions of sorrow and re
gret were received from many
sections of the state and from
this city and Person county. Of
fice of the Roxboro Courier was
closed until after the funeral ser
vice. Also closed, during the hour
of the service were a number of
I establishments in the city, a
] meng them the City hall.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER TWELVE
Securities Rate Commis
sion Meeting Yesterday in
Raleigh, Places Bonds in
Group One, Making Them
Eligible For Purchase By
Any Bank in The United
States.
Rate Os $3.24 Established
In Recent Sale To Durham
And Greensboro Houses.
On Tuesday, January 28, th-.i
City of Roxboro made the best
sale of bonds ever made in its
history, according to city trea.-s
--1 urer and councilman, Gordon C.
Hunter, through the Local Gov
ernment Commission in Raleigh,
the City of Roxboro sold $240 ; -
000.00 Refunding Bonds at an in
terest rate of $3.24. This, said
Mr. Hunter, is to call like amount
of bonds due December 1, 1964,
bearing 4 percent interest at
present, 4 1-2 from 1944 to 1955,
and 5 percent from 1955 to 1964.
The City, in refunding these
bonds, will save SIBOO.OO per year
in interest from now until 1944,
and $3,000.00 per year interest
after 1944, said Mr. Hunter, in
dicating that through the average
life of the bonds there will be
an interest saving of approxi
mately $45,000.00.
On December 1, 1934, the City
owed $623,117.89, but the net
debt of the town li n tmm in n
reduced to $434,000.00, according
to Mr. Hunter., Roxboro was the
first town in North Carolina to
refund its entire indebtedness in
December 1934. At that time the
city officers were foresighted
enough to refund the bonds with
| a callable bond that could bc
called on any interest date at
par.
The sale on the 28th followed
out this plan of refunding the
town’s bonds at the lowest pos
sible interest rate—and the re
mainder of the bonds will
probably be called in the rear
future as soon as the mark
near future, as soon as the mark
et has had time to absorb the
ones just sold.
The savings effected have al
ready been passed on to the tax
payers, as the City of Roxboro
tax rate in 1933-34 was $2.25. per
hundred. This has been steadily
decreased until it is now $1.35,
said Mr. Hunter.
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Benefit Game
And Dance Will
t
Be Staged Here
\
Dolian D. Long, chairman of the
Person County committee for
celebration of the President’s
birthday today announced that a
benefit double-header basket ball
game will be held tonight in Rox
boro high school gymnasium and
that a dance will be given tomor
row night, starting at 9:30 o’clocx
at the American. Legion hut
More than fifty dollars were
received from a tag day sale held
Saturday and another feature of t
the paralysis campaign was a
parade in which Roxboro high
school band, lead by Frederick
B. Moore, participated. Chair
man of the dance committee is
Coleman C. King.
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Speaker at the January meet
ing of Central Grammar School
Parent Teacher assodatoin was
Dr. A. L. Allen, who discussed
the importance of cooperation i.t
health measures between the va
rious school agencies, the parents
and the children. Devotfenals *
were leg by the Rev. JV B. Pecle. *
Attendance waa. large.