IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XU
Grand Jury Absolves Oakley
Os Blame For Manslaughter
Dan Loftis Wins Freedom
From Same Charge In
Court Trial.
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* Acquitted of manslaugnter
Tuesday was Dan Loftis, young
Roxboro white man tried m
Person Superior court before
Judge Leo Carr, cf Burlington,
after the case had been brought
up from recorder's court last
month. The charge resulted from
the death of Willie Royester, Se
inora Negro, riding on a wagon
said to have been struck by a
car driven by Loftis.
Not a true bill was returned
by the Grand Jury in the case of
Clarence Oakley, also of this
city, who had been charged with
manslaughter in connection with
the death of Jim Henry Waite-s,
Roxboro Negro, struck by a car
said to have been driven by Oak
ley. This action of the grand- jury
ends criminal charges in a case
of general interest here .
Plea of guilty to an assault on
a female offered by attorneys
for John Davis Carver, Long -
hurst youth of 19 was accpeted
by the State and private prose
cutors and Carver was sentenced
to serve two years on the roads.
In recorder’s court Carver bad
been charged with assault with
intent to commit rape on a min
or of seven, daughter of Long
hurst neighbors of Carver’s fami
ly.
Third day of Person Superior
court, with Judge Leo Carr, of
Burlington, presiding was large
ly taken up with trial of a boun
dary suit in the civil division
brought by J. P. Day aganst B.
R. White.
In the criminal division work
was finished Tuesday afternoon,
last case heard being that
brought by Charles Long, Dur
ham resident, against Sam Lock
hart and Norman Brown, in
which it was alleged that Lock ■
hart and! Brown assaulted Long
in a hotel room in Roxboro.
Lqckhart and Brown, origin
ally charged with breaking and
entering and assault had charges|
amended so that Lockhart enter-1
ed a plea of guilty of forcible!
trespass and Brown pled guilty
to asault resulting in serious
injury.
Lockhart was required to pay
one half the costs, with judg
ment suspended, while nol pro:;
was taken as to breaking, enter
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Lennie Chambers
Rites Conducted
At Baptist Church
Lennie C. Chambers, 34 ,of
rear Rougemont, died Monday,
morning at 4 o’clock at Commun
ity hospital to which he return-j
cd Saturday for treatment after
having gone to his home follow-,
ing an operation which he un-j
derwent two weeks ago.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock
at Berry’s Grove Baptist church,
by the pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Green. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Eva Oliver Chambers ,«f
the home; three brothers, Percy,
George and Harvey Chambers,
all of Hurdle Mills, two sisters,
Mrs Addie Wilson, of Mebane
and Mrs. Luna Honeycutt, of
Hurdle Mills, also four half,
brothers, Moses, Richard Frank'
and Fletcher Chambers and one
half sister, Miss Mildred Cham
bers, all of Person County.
Umon# u (limes
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
News Briefs
\\. C.’s Grandchild
Mr. and Mrs. John Bullcck, of
this ciy, announce the birth of a
daughter on Tuesday morning,
April 22, in Memorial hospital,
Danville, V.a The baby is the
first grandchild of Mr. and Mis.
W. C. Bullock, prominent Rox
boro residents.
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Claytons’ Daughter
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
E C.ayton, of this city, a daugh
ter, Mary Anna, on Saturday,
April 19, at Community hospital.
In Valley
In a party of Roxboro residents
who spent Sunday touring the
Valley of Virginia were Mr. and
Mrs. Ira S. Adcock, Mr. and Mrs.
John L. Adcock. Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Adcock, Mr. and Mrs. I
Moses Rudder, Thomas and Gard- j
r.er Adcock and Miss Elizabeth!
Adcock.
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BACK HOME
Edward Foushee ,of the Rex
boro fire department, injured
Sunday morning in a motorcycle
accident near Danville, Va., re
turned/ to his home here yester-j
day morning after receiving
treatment at Memorial Hospital,!
in that city. He’ is a son of Roy
Foushee.
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Change Plans
Change of plans for commence
ment exercises at Helena high 1
school will bring to the school
as commencement speaker, Thur
sday evening, May 1 ,at 8 o’clock,
Dr. Holland Holten, of the De
partment of Education, Duke
University, Durham, according
to announcement from R. C. Gar
rison, principal at Helena.
Originally scheduled to speak
was Claude Gaddy, superinten
dent of Raleigh schools .Thirty
two seniors will be graduun I
from Helena, said Mr. Garrissoti.
Dr. Holten is well known in ih
educational field and the public
is cordially invited to attend.
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MORE COMFORTABLE
Arthur Crossley, former exe
cutive of Somerset Mills, is re
ported to be resting more com-j
fortably in a hospital near Wau
icgan, Conn., where he is being
treated for injuries received
from the explosion of a boiler in
the basement of his home at
Wauregan Saturday. One leg
was amputated below the knee
With him is Mrs. Crossley, who
left here nearly two weeks ago
establish residence in Connecti
cut, where Mr. Crossley is resi
dnt manager of Wauregan Mills.
Mr. Crossley is the father of
Mrs. Richard Puckett, of this
city, and of Miss Mildred Cross
ley, who will remain here with
her sister until the close of
school.
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BETHEL HILL LEADERS
Valedictorian of Bethel Hill
high school will this year be Miss
Doris Hall, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Huel Hall, of Woodsdaic,
while the salutatorian will be
Miss Lois Holt, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Holt.
Chief marshal will be Miss
Ruby Humphries. Second mar
shal will be Miss Christine Per
kins. Oothers are to be William
Shotwell r Gerald Ray Dkkreson,
Charles Jones, and Misses Caro
lyn Gravitt and Eva Long.
As Fire Took Heavy Toll Near Roxboro
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iSmoke rolled upwards Sunday afternoon as about three million feet of lumber burned at Popc-Blalock
'Lumber Plant two and a half miles from Roxboro on tile Durham Road. Five small bouses, one loaded
box car and two empty cars also went up in flapies, with the total property loss estimated at between
$60,000 and $70,000. Mrs. Mildred Griffin, who was injured when struck by an automobile as she walked
across the highway to view the (lames, yesterday was reported to be improving in a Roxboro hospital.
Lumber Company Fire Draws
Big Crowd Sunday Afternoon
Electric Power
Not To Be Off
For Two Hours
T. Miller White, district man
ager for the Carolina Power and
Light Company, today said tnat
electric service in Roxboro will
not be interrupted Sunday after
r.oon from two to four o’clock
According to original plans
current in this area, including
Yanceyville, was to have been
cut off in order to make certain
inspections at Roxboro sub
s'.tation, but Mr. White was yes
terday advised from the central
office, Raleigh, that the inspec
tions will not take place at this
time and that the current will
not be cut off.
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White Men And
Negroes Missing
Says Mangum
Two white men, Romey le
r oir Powell ,of Depot street, Rox- ]
boro, and Robert Lee Frazier,'
of Longhurst, and two Negro
men, Melvin Woods, and Mel
vin Quick, both of Route 1, Rox
boro, who were registered with
the Person Selective service 1
board, have since registration l
moved and left no forwarding
address or sre unknown on the
rural route as given on the-ir
registration cards, according to
announcement today made by
Service Board office manager B.
B. Mangum.
“The Board will appreciate
any information as to their
whereabouts,” said Mr. Man
gum, “since unless the ocrrect
addresses of these men are
found very soon, their names
will have to be turned over to
the United States District attor
ney for investigaion.”
Names of two other men, an
nounced sometime ago as mis
sing, have been turned in to the
District Attorney, said Mr. Man
gum, who added that at least
two men reported to newspapers
as missing have been located.
W H. MANGUM
KILLED, RITES
HELDMONDAY
Ca-Vel and Roxboro Man
Fatally Injured Near Wil
son.
Funeral services for William
H. (Buddy) Mangum, 23, of Wil
son and Roxboro, who was fc
tally injured about 2::30 Sun
day morning in an automobile ac
cident about 9 miles from Wilson
on the Wilson and Rocky Mount
highway, were conducted Mon
day afternoon at 4 o’clock at
Rock Grove Baptist Church on
Allensville Road' near Roxboto
by the pastor, the Rev. J. B. Cur
rin. Burial was in the Davis fam
ily cemetery.
It was reported that Man
gum’s back was cut by glass
when his car overturned and that
death resulted from loss of blood.
He was drivinig alone at the time
cf the accident.
He formerly was employed at
Collins and Aikman Corporation
here and had been in Wilson on
ly three weeks, where he was
instructor in a plush mill.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mildred Davis Mangum, and one
daughter, Sylvia of Wilson and
Roxboro; his mother, Mrs. Min
rie Mangum of Harrisonburg, Va;
three brothers, Robert Mangum
cf Bethel Hill, Thomas Mangum
cf Harrisonburg, John Manguri
cf Petersburg, Va., and four sis
ters, Mesdames Fannie Tucker
of Harrisonburg and Emma
Clayton of Minnie
Turner and Ray Lipscombe of
Roxboro.
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IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Nellie Clay is a patient
at Community hospitla.
A NEW PRO? |
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. FieJ
Mian of the Roxboro Country
Club a boy, Alfred Main Jr..
Hie new member of the
Country Club is doing nicely
and so are his mother ami
father.
Time of arrival S:M A. M.
this morning.
Mrs. Mildred Griffin In
jured in Wreck Resulting
From Spectacular Blaze Is
Improving.
Mrs. Mildred Griffin, 50,
| seriously injured Sunday after
noon when struck by a car or.
the Durham road near the scene
of the iy>pe-Blalock ltimbbr
company fire, is today reported
at Community hospital as being
slightly improved.
Alfred Blalock, of Dunn, one
of the owners of the lumber
company which was destroyed
by fire, was said to have been
in Roxboro Tuesday and it was
reported that the plant will be
rebuilt.
Fire originating in a lumber
yard shavings pit about 1:15 o’-
clock, two and a half miles front
Roxboro on the Durham Read
Sunday afternoon destroyed the
Pape-Blalock Lumber Plant, a
bout three million feet of lum
ber, five small residences, one
loaded bxo car and two empty
cars and caused property loss
estimated at between 60 and 70
thousand dollars.
Injured near the scene cf tlv:
fire was Mrs. Mildred Griffin,
58, of Roxboro, who was struck
by a car reported to have been
driven by Henry Howland of
Longhurst.
In Hospital
Mrs. Griffin is still a patient
at Community Hospital, where
her condition, is described as im
proved. She received head in
juries, a broken arm and a frac
tured nose.
Howard, who had attempted
to reach the scene of the fire,
said he turned around because
of traffic congestion nd was re
turning to Roxboro when Mrs.
Griffin, accompanied by her son,
William Belk Griffin, stepped
out from behind a parked car.
Mrs. Griffin, who was going
to the fire had just crossed' the
highway.
With Howard were his wife.
i\ daughter and a niece.
Three loaded box cars and
one empty car were shifted to a
point near the Norfolk and Wes
tern station and a slight blaze in
cne car was extinguished by the'
Roxboro Fire Department, which
with the Ca-Vel Deuartment re
sponded to the call to the lum
ber plant although little could
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THURSDAY APRIL 24, 1941
Philip L. Thomas Named As
New Commissioner Nominee
w |n>n
y/ '. i.s&ax
Shown at top is Mayor 3. G.
Winstead, nominated as candi
date to serve his first full term;
below is Philip L- Thomas, form
er chairman of the Board of
Commissioners, who was nom
inated as candidate for City Com
missioner Monday night.
ELECTIONS HELD
FOR TEACHERS IN
COUNTY SCHOOLS
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Four High Schools and
Two Elementary Schools
Report No Change.
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School committees at fourj
Ferson County hgih schools and
two elementary schools have re-1
ported to R. B. Griffin, county i
superintendent, the re-electio v
for the 1941-1942 school term ol’
wll present members of their re-1
spective faculties.
High schools making this re-!
port are Hurdle Mills, Mt. Tir-;
zah. Bethel Hill arid Allensville,
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while elementary schools so re
porting are Olive Hill and Cun-,
ningham. Election reports are
expected soon from schools at'
Bushy Fork andi Helena and from 1
schools in the Roxboro district. >
District committemen at Beth
el Hill are S. P. Gentry, It. 1..
Hall and! Dr. John H. Merritt.
Names of other district commit
tee men in the County have not
been announced. Superinter. -
dent Griffin today said that per
sonnel of faculties re-elected, will
cf course deptend upon signing
of contracts by teachers concern
ed. One member of the Allens
vill faculty, William Smith Hum
phries, has announced his resig
nation.
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ON SAME CASE
At noon today Person Superior
court was still concerned with
the Day-White boundary suit,
trial of which started yesterday.
Court was convened Monday
manning but was recessed at
noon following sleection of the
Grand Jury. Judge Leo Carr, I
presiding jurist was in Wallace
that afternoon for the funeral
of his aunt, Mdrs. D. B. Brad
shaw.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’9
PREMIER NEWSPAPER.
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER TWENTY FOUR
Winstead Nominated As
Candidate For Mayor. All
But Kane Re-Nominated.
Only new nominee for Rcx
boro Board of City Commission
ers is Phillip L. Thomas, former
chairman of the Person Board
of Cou;nty Commissioners, who
cn Monday night at a city-wide
mass meeting was, nominated to
the City Board position now IV-
Icd by George W. Kane. Mr.
Kane’s name was placed on the
nomination ballot, but Mr. Kane
explained that because of the
fact that he has been recently
appointed as a State Highway
commissioner, he would be un
able to serve on the City Boaid.
Renominated we r e incum
bents, Mayor S. G. Winstead,
and Commissioners Gordon C.
Hunter, C. Lester Brooks. Pres
ton Satterfield. Sr., and George
J. Cushwa.
The meeting held at Person
County Court house was opened
by Mayor Winstead, who named
Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris as tempo
rary chairman. By vote of those
present Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris
was made permanent chairman.
Secretaries were J. S. Merritt
and F. O. Carver, Jr.
Mayor Winstead, after the
! election of May 6, will begin his
■ first full term in office. He was
first named as Mayor, in Nov
ember 1940 after thp death of
the late Mayor S, F. Nicks, Jr.
Messers Hunter, Satterfield.
. Erqoks and Cushwa have served
: several terms, as did( Mr. K
Mr, Thomas, to date, has noi
j served as a City official.
R. B. Clayton
Dies At Home
| At Rock Grove
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; Rheubcn B. Clayton, 62. farmer,
!c f the Rock Grove community,
Person county, died! last night at
;9:30 o'clock from a heart attack.
| Four weeks ago he returned
from a Durham hospital, after
l aving been in ill health several
i weeks.
i Funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock
j ;.t Allensville Methodist church
!by the Rev. D. A. Petty, pastor.
| Interment will be in the church
. cemetery.
Mr. Clayton, who never married,
|is survived by one brother,
Thomas Clayton, of Rock Grove,
rndi two sisters, Mrs. Phoebe
Humphreys, of Richland, and
Mrs. Bessie Clayton, of Fuquay
Springs.
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SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL
As a part of commencement
activities at Roxboro high school
a Spring Music festival, paartic
pated in by the glee clubs, by
soloists and by the band, will be
presented Sunady afternoon, Ap
ril 27, at 3 o’clock in the high
school auditorium, it was announ
ced today by H. C. Gaddy, sup
ervising principal.
Directors of the concert, to last
one hour, will be Mrs. Sam Byrd
Winstead, for the glee dub 6 and
John Thompson, for the band.
Formal graduation exercises at
the high school will begin on
Sunday evening, May 4.
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TURN TO BOOKS
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Senior examinations at Rcx
boro high school will begin Mon
day, April 28, according to an
nouncement made today. M