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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY. YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME xn Epidemic Stage Now Over Health Report indicates Jaxuary. Several Teachers New HI With Influenza. Major item in the January re port of the Person health depart, ment filed during the past week by Dr. A. L. Allen, tri-unit dir ector, was, the general preval ence cf influenza, more than six hundred cases being reported for the week of the 19 through the 25, although final figures, due to incomplete reparts, are not available. The local epidemic, a part of the nationwide epidemic, was, said Dr. Allen, never of very ser ious proportions and was not m this area as great as it was in adjicent counties. Locally, the ep idemic now appears to oe over, and according to Superintendent of schools, R. B. Griffin, attend ance at schools which have been reopened and in operation two weeks or more, has been good, al though as many as five teachers were last week reported to be absent from duties because of ill nss with the disease. Also observed during the month was a local epidemic of measles. In school hygiene under Dr. Allen and Dr. J. C. Gibson, of the State health department, com mendable progress was reported while in tuberculosis control, un er Dr. W. E. Richardson, of Chapel Hill> 83 persons received examinations. In syphilis control more than 500 treatments and nearly 100 blood tests were given by Dr. Allen, and Misses Geraldine Clay ton and Lake Allen, department al nurses. Staff nurses assisting included Mrs. Blanche Vincent, Miss Eve-j lyn Fletcher and Miss Louise Croom. Dr. R. A. Bryce, Negro physician, assisted with the ma ternity cane program in which 11 women of that race received examinations. o Former Resident’s Mother Passes At Durham Home Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Etta Riley, of 418 Roxboro street, Durham, whose death occurred there Friday morning from com plications following an illness lasting three weeks, were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Four Oaks Methodist church, Johnston county. Interment took place in he Adams family ceme tery, near Four Oaks. Mrs. Nora Sewell, of Gaston, one of three surviving daughters,' formerly lived in Roxboro. Oth er daughters surviving are Mes dames Mamie Warren and Aggi? May, of Durham. Also surviving are three sons: W. E. Riley, of Oklahoma City, Okla., B. B. Ril ey, of San Antonio, Texas arid W. C. Riley, of Selma. . o Miss Rowe Better t Miss Dorothy Rowe, Roxboro high school student, who has been for more than a week seriously ill in a Greensboro hospital with pneumonia, is now showing some improvement. Her father, R. E. Rowe, is a resident of Greens boro, but his daughter lives here with Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Monk. o ORIGIN OF EXPRESSION According to ancient folklore and superstition, on many occa sions birds were supposed to have •whispered to humans; hence the expression, “a little bird told me.” JersonsMi m es PUBLISHED EVERT BUNDAY 4k THURSDAY JUNIORS HAVE HOTEL DINNER Music and Dance Program Features Meeting Over Which B. B. Knight Pre sides. With Councilor B. B. Knight presiding, members of Longhurst Council of the J. O. U. A. M„ held their monthly membership dinner meeting at Hotel Roxboro Friday night. Feature of the meeting was a musical and dance program. Pian ist was Miss Bivens Winstead ani soloist was Miss Annie Lee R:se, of the music faculty of Bethel Hill school, whose selections were “Until” and “Through the Years”. Toe dances, tap da. ces and an acrobatic act were presented by Misses Julia Jones, Eloise Wheel er and Julia C. N.blin, of Ox ford. Also on the program was “Con nally, the Magician”, who enter tained with card tricks and re citations. Among new membeis present was Enos Slaughter, Cardinal outfielder now at home for the winter season. Group sing ing was led by Lawrence Hall. The invocation was given by the Rev. C. E. Sullivan. Among those who brought in applications ferr membership-were G. W. Bar nett, Ernest Wheeler and “Tiny” Slaughter. o Bookmobile Ends Service In Person i Completing approximately four months of service in Person county, the State Highway Com mission’s bookmobile, after hav ing offered readers the privilege of reading more than 19,000 vol umes, has been transferred to another area, according to Mrs. Sue Featherston, Person library! supervisor. General circulation of books in’ the Woman’s club library here during January was 621, said Mrs. Featherston, who added that 100 or more children’s books will be added to the general circulation shelves within a week or two. j BENNETTTALKS ON LIVE STOCK FOR FARM PROFIT Urges Diversification Os Crops And Raising Os Live Stock In Person Area. Crop diversification, with par ticular emphasis on raising of live-stock and the development, of good pastures in Person coun ty, was recommended by Thomas R. Bennett, Roxboro business man, as a solution to evils of a one-crop agricultural system be ing practiced with difficulty and financial losses today. Bennett, who spoke Thursday night at Roxbdro Rotary club,! said that a planned, diversified! system of farming would be the salvation of farmers, especially small farmers, now experiencing hardships due to lack of capital. As an illustration he cited the experiences of two brothers, both of whom owned farms in the cot ton area where boll weevils de stroyed the one-money crop be ing produced. One brother stuck to cotton; the other turned to live-stock and to crop rotation. The last named brother at the e:Jd of tv/elve to fifteen yeais (Continued on back page) CAFE GRADES FOR JANUARY SHOW HIGHER SCORES I Highest Grades Won By Grill and Diner, Says Fowl -1 er. Highest grade in monthly in siecticn of cases, restaurants and hotel dining rooms in this city as reported by Sanitarian T. J. Fowler for January was made by Shank’s Grill, with 96.5. Close ii ..Uo Roxboro diner, oper ated by Lawrence Hall, with 96. ’ Others in grade A classification i were Mrs. Gardner’s Dining Room, Hotel Roxboro and Royal case, with 93 each the Feedwell aft, 91.5 and Barnett’s case and | Peoples’ case, with 90 each. Also grade A, with 90 was Moon Glow j | case fer Negroes. In grade B classification were; O'Briant’s case, 86.5, White Oaks | case and King’s Palace, 85 each, r and Brown Bobby, closed and re ared at 86.5. Only one case. Red Lane was grade C, 78. In filing the report Mr. Fowler! said this week that inspection duties during his absence while in service with the United States army will be taken over by Sani tarian George E. Murphy. Mr ! Fowler expressed his pleasure at the current report and added the hope that the public will become ! increasingly conscious of the r value of grade A ratings. ! o ; Rites Held For Mrs. Chester Horner i Funeral services for Mrs. Ches ter Horner, 25, of Hurdle Mills, whose death occurred Thursday night at a Durham hospital, fol lowing an illness lasting two weeks, were conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Walnut Grove church by the Rev. S. F. Nicks, of Hillsboro. Interment took place in the church ceme tery. j Mrs. Horner, the former Miss j Alma Wilson, is survived by her ! husband; one daughter Miss Til : lie Horner; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wilson two sis ters, Misses Effie and Fay Wil son, and one brother, Victor Wil son, all of Hurdle Mills. In Hitler’s remark, “I have armed, and armed, and armed,” there was a British touch. He’ dropped his h’s. Along The Way With the Editor Once again we go along the way and try to pick up a bn 0- news and fun. We hope that we find enough for a line or two. Bill Harris 111 is going to move into a house of his own this week. He is taking the house left vacant by the Fowlers wnen they leave town. This writer hereby states that Bill will not find this any more expensive than living in a house with ethers. Groceres are not high, rent is reasonable and eleclricity and other items cost little or nothing. He should now start sav ing about a hundred dollars a months They say that James Long, Jr. is about as proud cf his new son as a man can be. He gave away two boxes of cigars the day of the arrival and has had to let out his vest about two inches. Scmeone said that he was pricing bicycles. Garrett Stanfield cf Greenville, is in town. Now this doesn’t make news because he comes any time, but Garrett, strange as it may seem, appears to be getting on quite well. Curtis Oakley said that he was really surprised at the way the young boy was doing. The sad thing is that he has a law draft order. C. C. Garrett has a new suit cf clothes. He gets one every year or so, but this last one—we have been told—is loud enough to talk with him. Now “C. C.” is not an old man, neither is he so young, and a few cf the boys have said that he should give this suit to his young son. This writer wagers that he will wear the suit and have it reseated when it gets a little run down. The man just refuses to be outdone by the younger set. Frank Dix, From Graensboro Will Speak Hare Next Week Well Katm Scout Execu tive Accepts Invitation To Be Speaker at Anniversary Dinner. Speaker at the annual Roxboro district “Father and Son” Scout banquet o be held here on Fri day evening, February 21, will be Scout Execuitve Frank Dix, popular official of the Greens boro district, according to in formation received yesterday from Mr. Dix by Ct A. Harris, Roxboro district president. In accepting the invitation ex endqd to him, Mr. Dix did not mention the topic to be discussed, but Mr. Harris said that his mes- j j sage is cerain 1,0 be a feature of ! the evening’s program and well close attention. Under program chairman C'yde Swartz, assisted by Dr. Robert E. ! Long, Joe Gussy and George J. Cushwa, plans for brief responses i by various Scouts and Cubs are j being made. Favors will contrib ute a note of color to the scene and group singing will be enjoy ed. Toastmaster will be George W. : Kane, Roxboro business man anil prominent Scout committeeman. I Further plans for the dinner wil' ! be announced next week, but all .Scouts and Cubs in the Roxboro area are urged to attend and to bring with them their fathers or spnosors. Another lofcal ceiebratiorT"" of Scout Anniversary week, now be ing observed throughout the na tion, will be a Parents’ Night sup per to be held on Friday evening. February 14, by Tribe 4, of Bushy Fork, at 7:30 o’clock at the Bushy Fork community house. Leader of the Tribe is C. H. Mason, who has promised an evening of fun and music. o UNCLE DIES Mrs. Charles Stewart, of La mar street, was called to Rich mond, Va., Thursday because of the death of her uncle, O. N. Knuckles, who died in that city following an illness of sev eral weeks in a hospital there. Mrs. Stewart remained for the funeral. In a hold-up tussle in San Jose, Calif., a cop bit off part of a man’s ear. Other cops caught the rest of the man. GROWTH SEEN IN BRITISH WAR RELIEF PROGRAM Two More Boxes Sent By Roxboro Unit Financial Contribution Also Mailed. Receipt of many private dona tions of good warm clothing and of money from emblem sales, memberships and donations was reported yesterday by Mrs. S. M. Ford, chairman of the executive committee of the Roxboro unit of the British War Relief society. | Two large boxes of clothing,’ weighing 103 and 109 pounds, re spectively, have been sent to New York headquarters within the week and will from there be dis patched to England. It will be recalled that two ot her boxes were sent two weeks ago, as well as a substantial sum of money. According to James Brooks, treasurer, §98.25, collected dur ing the past week, was yesterday forwarded to the national treas urer,. In filing their weekly report Mrs. Ford and the secretary, Mrs. Sanders McWhorter have ex pressed their appreciation for all private donations and cash rc jggived and for contributions cf clothing frem Roxboro business firms and stores, among them Raiff’s department store, Car ney’s store and Whitt’s Dry Clean ■ ing company. Acivity in the office of the Rovxboro unit of the society has during the week been gaining in momentum and many women of the city have been busy with office detail work and in knit ting circles. Printed below is an itemized list of cash contributors, to date: St. Mary’s and St. Edward’3 Catholic Church —Local Dona tion $10.00; Albert Johnson— Member $5.00; W. G. Bradsher— Member $2:00; W. G. Bradsher— Local Donation $1.00; Mrs. J. A. Long, Sr.—Member $2.00 Mrs. j J. A. Long, Sr.—Local Donation: (Continued on back page) o Mclntosh Talks On Educational Problems At P T A i On Tuesday night the Roxboro High School Glee Club present ed several selccticns at the P. T. A. monthly meeting, held in the' High School auditorium. The numbers presented were: “Water i Boy”, a negro convict song, “I ! Heard a Song” by Grahmas and “Old King Cole”, an old English tune. After these selections one of the most interesting talks of the year was given by C. E. Me In tosh, of Chapel Hill, who spoke in the “Need for a Democratic curriculum on Ncrth Carolina”. Mr. Me Intosh pointed out that the beginning class of children who started to school in North Carolina in 1927-28 totaled about 123,000 in the first three grades: but cnly 22,000 graduated in 1938. In other words appromitily 80 percent of the children who 'started to school in 1927 did not graduate. The question raised in the minds of thinking teachers, parents and students is, Why do these students drop cut? Are cur schools too standardized to meet * the needs of such a large number of students? What should we do about it? SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, I*4l Lord Halifax Gets Acquainted With Wallace Wmr' '''*■’ •?** ■ M a jaaßgffi' fa \ ft 7 % /. >' i' I -V -, y, r‘ v B VU-„unt Halifax, member of the British war cabinet, and bis maj esty’s new ambassador to the United States, has been making the rounds of Washington, getting acquainted and urging his country’s canse. The tall, angular Briton is shown chatting with Vice President Wallace in this picture, which was snapped in the vice president’s office. American Ambassador Welcomed to Vichy Mm Jm&k M % i£i| _ 1 mitim i. ffk ill . t 0 m v f ■ ’T. §|Sl\ m e WBf m ' ) - , 5 /v/ \ * ‘* v V * ‘. N ‘ J. -JP Admiral William Leahy, U.S.N., the newly appointed American am bassador to the French Vichy government, is shown in this pictnre, at the right, with Marshal Philippe Petain, French chief of state, as he was welcomed to Vichy on his arrival there to take up his official duties. Moves Indoors at Sports Show ■MS >l|i J j Rw Cliicv„o will present its annual nrevue of outdoor snorts FeL - Strive for National Unity National unity wOl be the theme of eighth Annual week* THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER THIRTEEN
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