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VOLUME xn
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Expansion Program Outlined
This Week By City Manager
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F End Os « Year Finds Qh»% ;
>.ReMed Bat Net oM'" \
' ptetely Batis(ied With Work !
Corajpfetion of a First street
culvert bridge, with rock head
N walls, a structure sdlid enough tj.
heavy traffifc was today
reported by City Manager Percy
BloXam,, who said that construc
tion’of another such bridge on
Front street is now underway.
Work in each instance is done
by city crews under supervision
of the CitjTs Street kef&ir depart
ment headed by ColHjis Abbitt.
Citing the bridge work as an
activity looking toward city iny
provement, Mr! Bloxam in
formal resume of accomplish
ments since hertook over the City
;<&faaißgt& , s post last year, said
that because of improvements
being constantly made at the City
Water plant, of which L O. Ab
bitt is superintendent, it has been
estimated that the City is now
obtaining fifty percent more wa
ter at kjgjASIQQ less in cost per
men tfdßpfoaul ing of the water
a reinforced floor
atitr* pgiziiilig job for pumps and
other equipment is now practi
cally completed.
It has been estimated, said Mr.
* Bloxam continuing his analysis of j
wtek accomplished, that between
15 aid 18 tons of garbage are now
daily and remov
to the municipal dump»g Ink.
Reorganization of the garbage
collection service and establish
ment of regiqar schedules was
effected last Spring. Also includ
ed in the renovation ere repairs
to fire trucks and equipment.
Mr. Bloxam, formerly of Sal.
Tjjhury and Raleigh, came to Rox
boro as City Manager March 1,
1940.
COLEMANC. KING
AND MR. FOUSHEE
IN PARTNERSHIP
King Bays Interest In Fou-
YiSkClothing Company.
Formation of a partnership with
Emory Foushee in operation of
the Foushee Clothing company is
being announced today by Cole-j
man C. King, popular young Rox
boro business man, who has been
connected yrith the store for the
past several months and has re
cently purchased an interest in
the establishment.
Mr. King, a native of Roxboro,
has been in business here for a
number of years. He was at one
time connected with Hambrick,
Austin and Thomas drug com
pany and during the past four
years owned and operated the
King's Palace restaurant, al
though management of the place
for tiie past year, until it was de
stroyed by fire, was under his
brother, Joe King.
The Foushee Clothing com
pany, opening in the Fall of 1933
has Mace then enjoyed a profit,
able business. The establishment
recently wv moved into one of
tile new stores in the Kirby build -J
ing, where its stock of clothing
for including suits and hab
erdashery are well displayed.
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Mr. Long At Duke
J, A, Long, Sr., prominent Rox
boro resident, was taken to Duke
hospital, Durban}, yesterday af
ternoon for treatment and obser-j
vation. Mr. Long became ill Tues
day night at his home here. Mem
bers Os the family reported that
_ jhi ipnHTT* ~ x n be resting more
Mbrtably after arrival at the
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ONE YEAR ON JOB
One year ago this week, on
March,. 4, 1940), Percy Bloxam,
shown above, came to Roxboro 1
as City Manager, having been
, elected as successor to James C.
, Harris. Finishing a year’s work, ,
Mr. Bloxam today gave a partial
resume of work accomplished
during that time.
BLOXAM URGES i
CLEARING AWAY
-OHJNBffiBRBSH
Says Fires Are Expensive
Even When Damage Is Net
1 Done. Four Calls Received
In Two Days.
Occurrence In two days of tour
’ fires in ana near tne City limits, ,
was occasion yesterday of an ap
peal to citizens to observe all rea- (
sonable precautions. In issuing the
statement City Manager Percy j
Bloxam, who said that the fires
reported Moday were fortunate
ly brush fires and a residence
blaze resulting in slight damage,
placed his appeal for cooperation
cn\ double basis of safety and
economics.
It is, he said, generally under
\ stood that minor fires can de*
j velop ino major blazes unless
’ j properly controlled, but it is to be
i doubted if many citizens know
j that-response to a fire, regardless
‘j of damage done, entails an av
-1 erage expenditure of $l5O for
each call. V'
1 In discussing 1 fire hazards the
City Manager ntjkde pointed re
’ ference to dangent from brush
1 fires in areas not pkoperly clear
-1 ed of field straw awiunderbrusn,
’ urged all residents- to clean up
such properties and'! Reiterated
that March in particular is a
; dangerous month for fja%s.
The City Manager aim the May- i
! or, S. G. Winstead, yesterday xe- i
ceived from William paylor, Ne- ,
1 gro resident who just out- :
side the corporate limits, a letter
‘ of thanks for the fire departments
1 response to a call early Monday!
' morning when Payer's house'
’ caught fire, presumably from an
*| overturned, lamp. Damage was
‘i limited to about s*?. Two fires!
’ of more serious consequences oc
' curred here last month, one at
King’s Palace restaurant and one
at a private residence.
The brush fires referred to oc.
- curred in early sgtwning hours
> Monday and again' Monday night
■ at the same placed sear Gallows ;
-1 Hill, where men Mirtrt stationed :
• throughout the night to prevent .
■ another outbreak of flames. Os :
i great value in extinguishing these |
> fires sa well as the one at the
> W<* resideneq the booeterj
! tank purchased tut year.
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The submarine Grenadier, costing $3,500,000, and built in less than
nine months, was launched recently at the Portsmouth, N. H., aavy
yard. The craft, shown above, was the fourth to slide down the ways at
this navy yard this year. It was christened by Mrs. Walter 8. Anderson,
wife of the rear admiral directing naval intelligence. ?
Voiture prepares Letter To
Senator Robert R. Reynolds
ARTHUR CROSLEY
RESIGNS PLACE
WITH SOMERSET
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General Manager For Past
Four Years May Go to Sim
ilar Place At Danielson,
Conn.
Arthur Crosley, for the past
four years. general manager of
John Watte Sons, Inc., manufac
turers of Somerset towels, tend
ered his resignation following a
meeting of the board of direc
tors held yesterday, according to
information today received from
a reliable source.
Mr. Crosley, it is understood,
will in the near future, probably
in April, move to Danielson,
Conn., where he is expected to
accept the position, of resident
manager of the Wauregan-Quine.
baug mills.
He and Mrs. Crosley and their
daughter, Miss Catherine Cros
ley, have had residence near Som- j
erset but have entered actively
into Roxboro affairs and Uavej
held membership in St Mark’s
Episcopal church. The Crosley3
came to Roxboro from Housa-I
tanic, Mass., where Mr. Crosley
was general superintendent ol
Monument mill.
Chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Watts mill is E. F.
Sherman, of Providence, R. I.
C. A. Harris, is secretary-treas
urer and C. Martin Michie, both
of Roxboro, superintendent. No
statement has been made with
regard to a successor to Mr. Cros
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YOUNG TAR HEELS GET
IN ARMY
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March s.—The
War' Department announced that
I the 2o£t>Wjng had accepted second
I lieutenant!* commissions in the
Officers’ Reserve Corps:
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North Carolina—Vincent Le-
Rey Cothran, Fayette vile, Mur
ray Emmett
Alfred Sidney Atwi& Jr., Gran
tte Falla; Fenton Jffggte Butler,
Wiaabeth City; HaM«iL Frank
Gwyim, Leaksville; Robert. Roll
dn Nowell, Raleigh, and nfijtyani
Albert Sally, Durham.
Signers jf Message of Crit
cism Include Most Mem
bers of Local .40 and 8.
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Sixteen members of Voiture
1176, la Societe des 40 Hommes
et 8 Lester Blackwell
'PbsrSr the American Legion Noi'
138, present at a "dinner meeting
here and all but two others since
interviewed have signed a letter
•if protest expected to be dispat
ched to Senator Robert R. Rey
nolds, whose stand on the lend
lease bill and on defense mea
sures has been recently subjected
j to criticism.
Saying that they “Cannot un
derstand” his “action and can
only protest it and call upon their
frfiends to do likewise, the sign
ers say that they:
“View with a great deal of
concern the continuous debate in
the Senate, while the Axis pow
ers pick off little countries one
by one
And that they “are deeply con
cerned with your (Reynolds) ac
tion in the United States Senate
in failing to support the President
of the United States, the wishes
of the Legislature of North Caro
| lina, citizens of this free state
1 and members of the American
l legion.”
I Chef de Gare, presiding at the
session here was Dr. B. A. Thax-
I ton. The meeting was held Tues
! day night at Hotel Roxboro.
Printed below is the letter:
(Continued on back page)
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Nine White Men
In Army Quota
For This Month
Examinations were completed
today by Dr. B. A. Thaxton, phy
sician for the Person Selective
Service board, of nine white
men who will be expected to re
| port to Fort Bragg for service on
Wednesday, March 12. In the
group ,said office manager Bax
ter Man gum, are three volunteers
and only six men were drawn
from the selective service lists.
Names of men selected are: Floyd
Bradsher Roberson (v), Talmadge
William Claytcn (v), William Al
. fred Shotwell (v), William Has
sell Moore, Thomas Dixon Gun
ter, Jr., Don Monroe Wallase,
James Joseph Hargis, Den Kerr
Richmond, and Byron Hill.
Three Negro men left here Tor
camp Monday,
Charter Revisions Provided
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In House Bill by R. P. Burns
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Charles B. Wood
Now Associated
With Motor Firm
Charles B. Wood, young Rox
boro business man, is now asso
ciated with the Arch Jones Mo
tor company as business manag
er, according to announcement
made this week. Mr. Wood, who
i began his duties on Monday is
! in complete charge of the office
’ and will also act as a salesman. 1
j Active partners in the motor!
• company, located on Depot street, ■
' are Arch Jones and Joe Kirby,
: boh cf whom are pleased to have
", Mr. Wood with them. Their new!
is a native of Person j
' j county and has been in business;
• here and in Raleigh for several
" years. Friends of Mr. Wood will
• be glad to know that his r,ew
association will permit him to be
■in Roxboro, since for teh past
1 several years his previous ousi
r ness has taken away from the
‘l City much of the time.
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1 Central School
• PTA Will Meet
March meeting of Roxboio
2 Central School’s Parent Teacher
t association, at which a program
s on “Safety” presented by Miss
. Virginia Wilson’s grade will be
2 a feature, will be held Tuesday
i afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the
j school, according to announoe
a ment made today by the presi
dent, Mrs. Logan H. Umstead. A
. full attendance is requested.
Executive board meeting was
held Wednesday afternoon of
this week.
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Episcopalians
And Catholics
Hold Services
Speaker at Lenten services to
l night at 7:30 o’clock at St. Mark’s
• Episcopal church will be the Rev.
s Norvill Wicker, rector of Epi
» phany church, Danville, Va., and
■ on Sunday morning the speaker
i will be the Rev. James Beckwith,
s of the Episcoal church, Hillsboro.
■ Rev. Rufus J. Womble, deacon in
• charge at St. Mark’s, will on that
i morning speak at the Hillsboro
• church.
I At St. Mark’s celebration of
i the Holy Communion will be ob.
• served and all members of the
• church are urged to attend. |
Lenten services are also being
, held at the same hour tonight alt
• St Mary’s and St Edward’s Cath •
olic church with the pastor, the
r Rev. Cletus J. HeHrich, as speak
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Thursday march 6, mi
ja>. W. BROOKS
aiiljUIhuUUED
.a RESIDENCE
Former Warehouseman
Dies Tuesday Following
Sudden Heart Attack.
James W. Brooks, 67, Roxboro
waioh useman, aied Tuesday
■■.ihOniihg at 9 o'clock at his rvun :
acre fo.ipwing a sudden heart at-.
,a»;k. He had b-en in ill health
cilice last Fall a.ter an illness
,v ith pneumonia. Members of liis
family hearing him fall in a room
in the house, summoned a physi
i cian at once but the stricken
! man lived only a few moments.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at Roxboro Primitive Baptist
church yesterday afternoon at I
2:30 o’clock. Officiating minis-j
ters were the pastor, Elder J. A.
Herndon, of Durham, and the
Rev. W. F. West, of Roxboro
i First Baptist church.
Interment was in Burchwood
cemetery, this city.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Jennie Brooks, one son, Fleming
, Brooks, both of this city, three
, daughters, Mesdames R. F. Hed
i rick, H. L. Cooley, of Danville,
I Va., and Lacy Long, of Hurdle
Mills; Six grandchildren, and ofttf
sister, Mrs. Fannie B. Bristow, of
,j Saluda, Va.
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Jesse Rogers
I Celebrates
. Anniversary
Jesse Rogers, manager of the
Tip Top Service Station in the
Allensville Community is now
celebrating his first anniversary
in this business. One year ago
Mr. Rogers took charge of this
station and has enjoyed a nice
business since taking over the!
station.
i He is now a confirmed Allens- 1
r villeite and might even consider:
i running for the mayor’s post of
5 this community.
; However, at this time he sim
j ply wants to thank his many
, friends for their splendid pai
. ronage.
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.Negro Boy Dies
\ In Hospital
After Accident
Death of a small Negro boy,
son of John Allen, of the Moriah
community, from bums received
Monday afternoon at the Allen
home was reported today. The
child, between 3 and 4 years of
age was severly burned when
■ his clothing became ignited. Pa
: rente of the child, unable to ex
. plain how the accident happened.
. said that the boy, who was play
i ing in the yard in front of their
‘ home, may have set his clothing
i on fire with matches.
He was brought to Roxboro for
treatment by a physican and was
: reported to have been taken to
> Duke hospital, Durham, for treat
ment later. Death is said to have
! occurred there.
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Kirby In Hospital
| Following an Übaott of sever
: al days with a deop cold, W. T.
: Kirby, Person Register of Deeds,
■ yesterday entered McPherson mp
pital, Durham, for treatment It is
expected Mr. Kirby Will be able
j to return to his office next week.
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THE TIMES IS PERSON’S jjf j
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER SEVENTEEN
Roxboro’s Ancient Charter
May Be Officially As Well
As Actually Changed.
Introduced in the House by Pd -
son Representative Robert P.
' Burns and passed this week on
I third reading by the House was r,
bill to amend the 1887 charter of
the town of Roxbord to make
1 said charter conform more neat
’ y to present-day needs of a
: municipality.
- Under first revision in more
1 than half a century, practices
» which have been in operation by
3 mutual consent of those directly
1 concerned with City of Roxboro
- government are legalized and it
i is expected that the bill will in
1 near future be passed by the Sen
-!ate and will thus be officially
t confirmed.
Under the bill presented by Mr.
| Bums (HB 475 “To Amend Chap
ter 168, Private Laws of 1887,
Charter of the Town of Roxboro >
provision is made for appoint
ment of police in lieu of consta
bles and for appointment by the
governing body in its discretion
of the City Manager.
Provision is also made to “al
low” auditing by other means
than by Commissioners. Particul
arized tax directions are to be
removed so that the Commission
ers will have “general powers’'.
Likewise, provision is made for
police power over motor vehicle j
and drivers.
Under the revision slight
change is made in provision for
payment of Mayor’s fees and
Commissioners are allowed per
diem pay of $5 for meetings not
to exceed 24 per year.
In conference this morning City
, Manager Percy Bloxam indicat
ed that the Bums bill is, as has
, been said, legalization of rev is
r ions already in practice. \Consid--
i erable time has been spent by the
. the Manager and by other \neiu
. bers of the committee on WtU- /
,J fication and revision in bringing
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charter up-to-date and! itjrte eb- '
.1 pected that bound copra of tl& w
r revised charter wil be soon re
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: Mrs. Winstead’s
Suit Against City
Has Been FflS*****^
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Suit for $3,000 “and such ot
her relief as may be deemed
proper” has been filed with the
Person Clerk of Superior Court
against the City of Roxboro, by
Mrs. Jennie Winstead.
Mrs. Winstead alleges that ’
because of negligence of the de
fendant in failing to remove
trimmed tree trunks other
debris piled on a Court street
sidewalk, she fell over Mid tree
trunk or trunks, breaking her
right arm, suffering nose iajiutos
and bruises on her knees which
necessitated hospital treatment
and subsequent employment of a
servant after her return to her
hone.
The complaint alleges that the
debris was placed on the side
walk on January 25, I|4o ****
that the accident occurred djto
night of
Notice of \ v
sutciiHUKl Mr UflO ' ' MIWO -
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1 Answer oy the City imw*