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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XII Views Os The News First Nazi-British Battle Opens At IVlonastir Gap Athens April 12, —A Nazi col umn driving through the Mon astic Gap of Northwest Greece collided with Britain’s veteran Expeditionary Corps in the open ing phase of a battle cn which may turn the fate of Greece. Athens did not reveal where the British had gone into action against the Germans. But it was presumed to be in the vicinity oi Fiorina, key Northwestern Greek loads center, toward which Ger man Panzer divisions were driv ing from the Monastic Gap, due north. The threat of the Germans break-through at Monastir was grave. If a armored columns win a foothold on the Greek north western highways they will be in a position to turn the Greeo- British defense system from tile rear. o Hungarian Troops Invade Jugoslav Area Lost In 1918 Budapest, Hungary. April i 2— A state of emergency was de clared throughout Hungary as Hungarian troops marched mtaj the Bacza region of Yugoslavia' between the Danube and Tisza Rivers. Under orders of the regent. Admiral Nicholas Horthy, tiie Hungarian armies today crossed the Tiranon treaty frontier be tween the Danube and the Tisza as well as the opposite triangle of the Baranya area of the Dan ube. The Baranya area is a small body of land which lies to the west of the Danube on the iron tier. The o 1 d Austro-Hungarian Empire had lost the Bacza area, about 8,500 square miles, and i the smaller Baranya triangle to the new kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes as the re sult of the last war. o 11. S. May Take Over France's Normandie Washington, April 12—Presi dent Roosevelt’s request for power to take over foreign ships aroused Congressional specula tion that the government might commandeer 14 French vessels including the giant luxury liner Normnadie which now are lied up in American harbors. In a message to Congress Mr! Roosevelt asked sweeping author ity to make use of foreign ships idle in American ports to fore stall a “growing shortage" Os shipping facilities. The message and accompanying legislation, l said that “just compensation”, would be made for any snips taken over. o Richard Reynolds Gets Mayoralty Without Fight Winston-Salem, April 12—Win ston-Salem’s next Mayor will be Richard J. Reynolds, Treasurer of the Democratic National Ex ecutive Committee. His nomination was assured when last of five other candidates, George W. Coan and John H. Cranffell, withdrew from the race' and endorsed Reynolds’ platform. Three other candidates, the incumbent, James R. Fain, Law rence G. Pfefferkom and Mar shall C, Kurfees, had previously ■■ Withdrawn and pledged support mfo Reynolds. |mon|§simes PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY " Bodger” Roger’s Son, Jack Rogers Has Not Traveled But Jack, 86, and His Wife, Who Is 79, Today j Celebrate Their 60th Wed | ding Anniversary. j In 1852, the year in which Louis Napoleon Bcnaparte had himself proclaimed as Emperor Napoleon 111 of France, a French youth oi 17, a native of Marsailles, disap pointed because he was a lew inches to short for military ser vice, took a ship to America and after a trip of 58 days reached a United States port and eventually settled in that same year in Poi son county, North Carolina. Within less than two years thi boy, Jchn Roger, who was him self to live to good old age, mar ried Miss Betty Duncan of Per son county and on September 4, 1855 had a son John Thomas Rog er(s), who is today, celebrating the sixtieth aninversary of his own marriage to Miss Minerva Jane Oakley, which occurred on April 12, 1881. To John Thomas Rogers, who more than four decades ago mov ed to Durham and operated an East Main street shoe repair shop, life has not been as ventursome a business as it was for his French father. In all his 86 years John Thomas Rogers, whose surname was Anglicized by addition of tno final “s”, has lived Within a fifty mile radius of the Person farm on which he was born, and, al j though he and Mrs. Rogers are ; spending this week with their Durham county daughter, Mrs. A. N. Painter, of near Braggtown, they will today observe their wedding anniversary with a family dinner, they moved back to their native Person four and a half years ago and are making their home with another daugh ter, Mrs. Olena Rogers Allen, about seven miles from Roxboro, near Bushy Fork. John Thomas Rogers, better known as “Jack”, is a big man and despite his age has an erect figure towering to six feet, while his wife, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Moses Oakley, of Stories Creek, is a small woman, a bit thin, with bright eyes and a cheerful smile. The April wed ding of long ago took place at the Moses Oakley farm, where Mrs. Rogers’ nephew, Alvis Oak ley now lives. Only surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are Mrs. Painter and Mrs. Allen, but there are 18 grandchildren and twenty-four (Continued on back page) o W. Reade Jones Not Candidate For Mayorship W. Reade Jones, prominent Roxboro business man -and to bacconist, yesterday said that 1 he will not be a candidate, for nomination as Mayor of the City. : Mr. Jones’ name had been men tioned a number of times during the past week as that of a pos sible candidate. o Holiday Schedule Closed for Easter Monday will be the public schools in j the County and City, as well as most of the stores and pub lic offices frnrfinHng- the United States Post Office. Window service at the Post Office will, however, be avail able nnitl Noon Monday and mail will be dispatched as usual, according to Postmas ter L. M. Carlton. MRS. G. C. VICKERS ACCEPTS PLACE i ON LOCAL BOARD ; I 'i Third Member Selected By j Two Members Yesterday. Mrs. G. C. Vickers, of this city,! ■has accepted appointment to the! Person County Welfare advisory . board, notification of which she received Friday morning from Ua-I leigh. Mrs. Vickers, a member of i ,1 the Per sen Council of Social agen-1 cics, met yesterday with Mrs. T. C.! Wagstaff and R. D. Bailey for pur. pose of selecting the third member ; of the advisory board. Third member, elected at the meeting yesterday, is J. M. Brew er, who was re-elected and will serve as chairman. Mrs. Vickers takes the place on the board created by resignation of the Rev. W F. West, chairman, who declined to serve again after having been a member for seveial years. Mr. Bailey, of Woodsdale, was re-named to the board last week by the county commissioners and! will serve as their representative.! Other member up to present time has been John M. Brewer, of Bushy Fork. Appointment of Mrs.! Vickers, who is actively interest- ! ed in social betterment, was made 1 by officials of the State Board cf Charities and Public welfare after local recommendation as to j the appointee had been sough:, j o Honor Roll For Seventh Month At Hurdle Mills i j First Grade-Ann Long, Annette Pugh, Nina Blalock, John Jones,* Billy Huff, Marie Brooks, Pagoj l Gentry, Randall Rimmer, Thom-j as Horner, Bill Horner, Bobby! Hawkins. Second Grade-Mary Lou H&r-j ner, Dewey Allison, Gertrude! Daniel, Janie Mae Porterfield J Mary Lee Whitfield, Mary Ellen! Long, Bryce Gentry, Joyce Berry, | Josephine Long, Donald Lee Da-' vis, Pitricia Monk, Carlin Wolfe,' Dean Evans. Third Grade-Mildred Ar, rij 1 Wrenn, Peggy Gwyn Hawkins, 1 Bobby Moore, Dan Whitfield,!' Joan Whitfield, Betty Sue Whi*,- I field. 1 Fourth Qrade-Shirley Rogers, Louise Moize. » Fifth Grade-Wilma Berry Sixth Gradd-Mary Ruth Sar- ] tain, Christine Jones Seventh Grade-Vernon Davis, Gladys Sartain Eighth Grade-Julia Belle Bay- nes, Stella Hawkins, Inez Haw kins, Mary Blolock Ninth Grade-None Tenth Grade-None Eleventh Grade-Clifton Day, Lottie Norris, Norma Whittfield, Irene McCullock, Annie Alice Hawkins, Clarisse Foushee, Ag nes Long, Beatrice Blalock, Lou ise Jones. o To Meet April meeting of the Communi ty Hospital auxiliary will be held Wednesday afternoon, at Hotel Roxboro at 3 o’clock. Change of hour, according to the President, Mrs. Mollie S. Barrett, has been made because of vesper services at Edgar Long Memorial church. WEDDED SIXTY YEARS gIMNk mKm Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas (Jack) Rogers, of Person County are today celebrating the 60th anniversary of their marriage. They now live with their daughter, Mrs. Mae Allen on the Greensboro road. Mr. Rogers is an uncle of Jesse Rogers of Allensville. JUNIORS HEAR ; DR. C.E. BREWER Bob Gantt Elected As Orphans Home Trustee. Knight Presides. A annual Spring meeting of the 10th District of the Junior Order of United American Me chanics vdas held Friday night with the Lcnghurst Council, as host. The meeting was held at Roxboro Hotel and began with a dinner at 7 o’clock. The iOtii i district is composed of the coun ! ties of Durham, Orange, Alu j rhance, Person, Caswell, and Granville. At the business session, after I i the dinner, election of a trustee; 'for the Lexington Orphans Homej was held, resulting in selection! cf Bob Gantt, Durham attorney,! ! for the post. The retiring trustee jis W. E. Thompson of Graham. * Tyree Jones of Durham is dis trict councilor of the 10th dis trict. State Junior Ordar officials attending were the State Counci-j lor J. L. White of Oxford; Vice; [Councilor Clyde L. Stancil of Smithfield; State Council Trea-i ! surer Gurney P. Hood of Raleigh; ! Council Secretary Forrest G. Shearin of Scotland Neck; and Field Secretary S. H. Williams ofl Raleigh, all of whom made brief! talks. Chief address was made by past national councilor, Dr.! Charles E. Brewer, of Raleigh,' president emeritus of Mere-hth college. Attendance loving cup,' presented by B. B. Knight, Long-; hurst councilor, who presided,* was won by Lowes Grove dele-! gation. A special guest was A.! H. Borland, judge of recorder’s; court, Durham, who also spoke, j Entertainment features were j arranged by H. C. Kynoch, who presented the Cardin brothers and sisters of Durham. Guests j at the meeting reported that the: evening was one of the most cn-| joyable yet held. Next district meeting will be; held in Burlington in the Fall. I Along The Way With the Editor Two old war horses have been retired from active duty with the City fire department. They have served the city well and now they are honorary firemen. These two men are George Cushwa and J. S. Mer ritt. No longer will they have to get up in the middle of the night and run after the fire truck with their pants in their hands. When they hear the fire alarm in the middle of the night they can just turn over and start sleeping again, if their own house is not on fire. Cushwa even has a hard time walking up Reams Avenue Hill and Merritt is claiming that 10:00 a. m. is early enough to get to work. Attention golf fans—Earl Bradsher, Jr, and Tom Woody are going to meet in a golf match Easter Mon day. They will tee off at 9:30 a. m. and it will be worth your time to see this match. Both think they will win. We respectfully suggest that each one count the strokes on the other. Allow no chance of “wrong counting.” BEGINS SERVICE iljPjEsS | B D. E. EARNHARDT Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, ol' Cav | vary Methodist church, Durham. * will tonight begin a series o: services at Edgar Long Memo rial Methodist church. The ser vices will continue for 10 days « • R. L. Harris, Mrs. 'Harris, Broughton And Others Guests New York, April 12—Governor ' and Mrs. J. Melville Broughton [ and Lieutenant Governor and I Mrs. R. L. Harris, of North Caro lina and other members of the Governor’s staff were entertain | ' cd at dinner Wednesday evening I in the Hotel St. Regisby William Y. Prcyer of New York City. Others in the party were Mr. and Mrs R. L. Harris Jr.. Miss Harris, Colonel Gordon Smith. General Metz, Lieutenant Pey ton Parks of the United States Navy, who was assigned as naval aide to Governor Brough ton during his visit in New Yoik, and Mrs. Peyton Parks. The fol lowing guests from New York City also were present: Mi. and Mrs. Luther Hodges. Mrs. Kate Carmichael and Miss Ann Car michael. SUNDAY APRIL 13, 1941. Third Robbery Within Week Reported To Sheriff Clayt on CHURCHES HERE HOLD SERVICES MARKING EASTER Bishop Penick A t St. Mark's. Mr. Martin At First Baptist. Special services will be held in i many City churches, including * I Edgar Long Memorial Methodist •'church where a series of evang- I'elistic services with the Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, of Calvaiy Methodist church, Durham, will i begin tonight and be continued * for 10 days, with preaching al afternoon vesper, services and at r.ight. Visiting minister on Easter Sunday morning at St. Mark’s Episcopal church is the Right Rev. Edwin A. Penick, bishop cf the diocese of North Carolina. At First Baptist Church the speaker will be A! Martin, who with Mrs. Martin is here for the holidays. There will be ’no eve ning service. Speaker at the Presbyterian church will be the pastor. Rev J. M. Walker. Pointing out that all other ic ligions have outgrown tneir founders. W. T. Bast, veteran Raleigh newspaper correspondent ! and guest speaker at u holy * week service held last Thursday (night at the St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, characterized Christiani ty as an enduring religion faith .! fill to the character of tile Me.;- : skill. The problem of hew to liud j that which is good is an age-old j one, but in no other religion lias ! this problem so nearly been ans | wered as in Christianity. Best ! said. The annual Good Friday Ser- J vice, sponsored by- the Person 'l County Minister's association v.as held in Edgar Long Memorial Church. The service began at Noon and. continued until three o’clock, th. hour marking the death of Cluist.' on the cross. The Service look' ' the form of meditations on Thej Seven Last Words” and was con-j ducted by ministers of the yity, and county at 15 minute infer- j vals. Special music centered a bout the glory of Christ’s life * poured out in saerifical suffering and emphasis was placed upon the singing of the great hymn.c of the church dealing with this theme. Ministers in the City and court'-1 ty who participated in the Good Friday servire were the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of Edgar Lang' Mtmorial church, the Rev. J. M. Walker, of the Presbyterian Church.. Rev. Rufus J. Womble, St. Mark’s Episcopal church, the . Rev. W. F. West, of the Roxboro* First Baptist chuif.'h, the Rev. J. N. Bowman and the Rev. J.: F. Funderburke of the Baptist church, and the Rev. D. A. Pet- j ty and the Rev. T. Marvin Vick.; of the Methodist church. In addition to Maundy Thursday services held during the pre ] vious night at St. Mark’s Episce -1 pal church, the Lenten series | were continued at St. Mary s ! and St. Edward’s Catholic church j and will be held today. ! 0 Contestants To Give Due Notice Persons desiring to have their residence lawns, back yards or vacant lots judged in the Clean- Up campaign which closed last week are requested to notify Mrs. R. L. Wilburn, Registra tion chairman, not later than 6 'o’clock Wednesday afternoon. THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER v- A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER TWENTY THREE Kelvin’s Tavern Latest Victim. Cigarettes and Foodstuffs taken Early Saturday Morning. Third of a series of service station and restaurant robberies happening here within a week to k place Saturday morning be tween three and seven o’clock when Belvin’s Tavern, at inter j section of the Greesboro and Se* mora roads, was entered and a quantity of cigarettes and candy taken. Belvin Barnette, propriet ;r, left the establishment about three o'clock Saturday morning and discovered the break-in when he returned at 7. Entrance was effected by breaking a front win dow. Cash of undetermined a . mount was taken from a piccolo and from vendng machines. Val ue of cigarettes and food supplies taken was estimated at between $25 and S3O. Invstigation is being made by Sheriff M. T. Clayton and depu ties. As yet unsolved are break ins and robberies at the Dixie Pig restaurant, further down on the Greensboro road, and at a service station in the city, opera: ed by Hassell Long. Nothing was taken at the Dixie Pig, entere i on Tuesday, but cash, a watch and pistol were taken from Long's, which was entered a week ago. Likewise unsolved is a robbery which occurred at a South Main street filling station two months ago. Fingerprint experts who summoned from Raleigh in ail instances. ———o- CLAUDE T. HALL TO HEAD CIVIC CLUB FOR YEAR )Other Officers Chosen At Session Thursday. Bost Speaks. New president of Roxboro Rotary club is Claude T. Hall, prominent. Roxboro business man and Woodsdale resident, who was elected to office at the regular dinner session of the club held Thursday night at Hotel Roxboro. Mr. Hall, who will succeed Gordon C. Hunter, will tak° office July 1. Other officers elec ted were David S. Brooks, vice president; W. Reade Jones secre tary, and E. E. Bradsher, trea surer. New directors are Dr. J. D. Fitzgerald and Fred Masien. Mr. Bradsher was re-elected to office and Mr. Jones has previous ly served as secretary. Speaker at the club was W. T. Bost, here for a Lenten ser vice at St. Mark’s church, and a special guest was the minister of the church, Rev. Rufus J. Worn ble. o Gentry Brothers Like Army Work Raymond Gentry, son of T. H. Gentry, who entered the United tates army air service as a pri vate and is now stationed at Allsbrook field, Canal Zone, has teen advanced to rank of Corpo ral, according to a letter received from him by his brother, Charles Gentry, of Ca-Vel. Corporal Gentry enlisted in November 1939. Also in the ser vice is his brother, Lambeth Gentry, who enlisted six ago and is stationed at EVrt 1 Williams C. Z. Z-l "mV- ■ v.- . ! ‘ f 'WaujS?’ ■
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