IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XII
Lefler Mentions But Does
Not Emphasize Text-Books
l Ohapei Hill Prrfwwr
y, Iml By Capacity Crowd
Mt Bardie Mills Last night.
"History is not what people
would like to be, but what ii
is,” said Dr. Hugh T. Lefler.
University of North Carolina de
partment of history professor,
last night in an address to grad
uates of Hurdle Mills high school
in which he discussed “What
Has Been, Is and May Be," with
particular regard* to the role of
the United States in world his
tory.
Citing the record of the past
40 yeare, Dr. Lefler mentioned
the rise of the United States to
position of a world power at the
beginning of the present century
and sketched significant chages,
especially in taxation and in de
pendence of American prosperi
ty on world trade up to and
through World War I.
Only scattered references were
made by the speaker to the pre
sent North Carolina history text
book controversy precipitated by
adoption of the Jule B. Warren
book instead of the one of which
Lefler was co-author. Dr. Lefler
began his address by saying that
he felt out of place as a com
mencement speaker, since such
speakers were usually preachers
or politicians and added that he
was no preacher and judging by
the outcome of the textbook con
troversy was not a politician.
The remark concerning history
as being what it is, was followed
by inference that some Carolinians
wanted their history to be what
they would like it to be. In men
tioning North Carolina history
Dr. Lefler praised the progress
made in the State and said that
the State is of highest rank in
some aspects but not in all.
He declared that great prob
lem of the present war’s end
will be establishment of a just
peace, that he could make no
predictions as to possibilities of
such a peach for us even if tfft
British cause is victorious, hut
that he has great faith in the
ability of American young peo
ple to meet the problems of the
present world. He hesitated, he
added, to make predictions to
the outcome of the present
war, saying only challenge
is the work that young people
can do to make the world better
when peace does come.
Introduction of Dr. Lefler was
by F. O. Carver, Jr. Presents
tion of medals was by Gordon C.
Hunter' and awarding of diplo
mas was by Thomas Gentry,
jfeidrle Mills principal.
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AND RED RIBBONS
Mesdames O. R. Yarborough
and Robert L. Hester, of Bushy
Fork, official delegates to the
State Parent Teacher association
meeting held last month at Ashe
ville, have reported that the
Bushy Fork association received
a certificate for meeting stand
ard requirements and* also re
ceived a blue ribbon for the
same excellence.
Red ribbon was also received
for Bushy Fork excellence in
scrap-books. Blue ribbon ( in this
clarification was missed by one
"point.
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Promoted
Charles Chandler recently, of
this county, but now of Fort
jflpkpnn, has just been promoted i
to the rank of a sergeant. He will
leave Fort Jackson on June Ist
for Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where
he will be in school for several
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PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
HELENA TO HEAR
DUKE PROFESSOR
Dr. Holland Holton Will *
Appear At School Finals
Tonight.
Person county public school
commencement programs which
have during the week been in
progress will end tonight with the
finals at Helena high school,
where the speaker will be Dr.
Holland Holton, professor of Ed
ucation, Duke university. Helem
exercises will begin ht 8 o’clock
and will be held in the audi
✓
torium, where 12 girls and twen
ty boys will receive diplomas.
Presentation of awards will b’
by R. B. Griffin Person super
intendent of schools and intor
duction of the speaker will be
made by Thomas J. Shaw, Jr.,
while presiding officer will be
R. C. Garrison, Helena Superin
tendent.
Yesterday morning at 11 o'
clock at Bushy Fork school the
speaker was Lt. Gov. R. L. Har
ris, who substituted for Repre
sentative A. D. (Lon) Folger, of
Mt. Airy and Washington. Rep
resentative Folger, injured in
an automobile accident, yester
day wired* J. L. Hester, Bushy
Fork principal, that he would bo
unable to attend.
Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'-
clock at Bethel Hill speaker was
Dr. Carlyle Campbell, of Raleigh,
president of Meredith college,
and/ last night at Hurdle Mills
the exercises were featured by!
an address by Dr. Hugh T. Les
ler, University of North Carolina
history professor who came from
Chapel Hill for the occasion. At
Allensville on Tuesday night was
W. N. Hicks, professor of religion
and ethics at the State College
division of the University’' of/
North Carolina, while at Mt. Tir
zah on Wednesday night the
speaker was Dean D. B. Bryan,
of Wake Forest college.
Baccalaureate sermons at those
schools were heard Sunday after-
Members of the graduating
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Winners Win In
Health Contest
Held By Clubs
Twice winners in the Person
county 4-H club health contest
are Thomas Horton, of Bushy
Fork, and Miss Louise Davis, of
Allensville, who won their titles
last year and again this year andj
will represent their county in
the district contest to be h?H
next month.
Announcement of the Person
winners was made by Miss Vel
ma Beam, Person home demon
stration agent under whom much
of the 4-H club work is carried
on. Examinations were conduct
ed by members of the health de
partment staff of the tri-county
health department.
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STILL GOR4G
“First, the Fields,” v the novel
by Charles Wood, published last
month, is still the best selling
book in Person county, according
to reports obtained today. Ap
proximately one hundred copies
have been sold here to date. The
book continues to get favorable
national comment and has been
extensively reviewed* in State
papers. Latest such review ap
peared this week in the Sunday
Asheville Citizen-Times. ■;
HERE SUNDAY
jßpir ”
Rev. John A. Wright
MERCHANTS ASK
COMMITTEEMEN
TO SEE OTHERS
Seek To Regulate Sum
mer And Saturday Night
Closing Hours For All
Merchants.
Roxboro merchants desiring
some regulation as to Summer
mid-week closing hours and ajj
to closing at a uniform hour on
Saturday nights, met at Roxboro
Chamber of Commerce office in
consider these problems and af
ter considerable discusion ap
pointed committeemen represent,
ing different trade classifica
tions, who will be expected to
call upon various merchants not
present and to ascertain from
them an expression of opinion as
to closing times.
Presiding at the session was the:
executive secetary of the Cham-j
ber, Wallace W. Woods, and; at
tendance was about twenty. Only!
shops now having uniform Wed
nesday afternoon summer hours
are the barber shops in the city,
although a number of profession ■
al men, including dentists, have
arranged a similar schedule,
and during the past summer
grocery stores and other places
of business did adhere ti a
schedule.
Saturday night, up to this
writing, has remained wide open,
with closing optional with each
merchant.
The meeting in the Chamber
of Commerce office was held
Tuesday afternoon.
Hospital Benefit
Plans Receiving
Good Response
Plans for the Community hos
pital benefit “Community Sing”
sponsored by Wallace W. Woods,
and Mrs. Woods in connection
with national hospital day, which!
will in this city be observed on'
May 10, are rapidly going for- 1
ward, said Mr. Woods today.
The “Community Sing," to be
participated in by various sing
ing groups from the county and
city, Will begin at 8 o’clock on
the evening of May 10 and will
be staged in the assembly room
at the Person County Court
house, with Mr. Woods as direc
tor and Mrs. Woods as pianist.
Prizes will be offered by many
merchants in the city and it is
expected that attendance will be
large. All funds derived will be
turned over to Community hos
pital for purchase of needed sup
slies.
During the day open house
will be ovserved at the hospital
and members of the Woman’s
auxiliary of the institution will
be pleased to show visitors the
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CITY FINALS TO
BEGIN ON THIS
Sunday Evening
High School* Graduate"
To Hear Minister.
Having had a Sunday after
noon musical program as firs!
feature of them 1341 jommonct
merit exercist-A t
more seniors ;a Roxifero high
school have this week/been busy
with examinati<y.s. j
It is expected that grades will
be filed by the jend this week;
so that the will be
ready by this c&mingj Sunday to
put on caps and! gowns and hear
the Rev. John A. Weight, recto:
of Christ Episcopal Church, Ral
eigh, deliver tnfc bdecaalaureate
sermon at eight o'clock in the j
evening in the ligh School audi-;
torium. %
Monday will be a quiet day
with the students but on Tuesday
night they will again don their;
robes and will march into the
chapel to hear North Carolina’s'
governor, J. Melville Brough ion.;
Exercises will begin at 8 o’clock
in the evening and will be open
ed by special musijp. The Gover
nor’s address willjbe made just
before the presentation of honors'
and diplomas.
The Sunday afternoon mis--;
cal program, taking place of us-,
ual Monday class day exercises J
\vas well attended. Directors
were Mrs. Sam Byrd Winstead,
for the glee clubsi andi John
Thompson, for the nhnd. Vocal |
soloist was Miss Merial Rimmer. 1
who chose for her selection Hay-|
den Wood’s, “A Bown Bird Sing- 1
ing.” Feature number for the
band vsas Schmidt’s “Overture
Louise,” the state contest num
ber.
Printed below is the complete
musical program:
Gossip Joan, English Air; Ker
ry Dance, Molloy, and Surely He
Hath Borne Our Griefs, Lotti, by
Mixed Glee Club: Children’s
Prayer (from Haensel and Gre
tel) Humperdinck and Children j
cf the Moon, Warren by Girls
Glee Club: A Brown Bird Sing
ing, Hayden Wood, by Meiial
Rimmer: Dedication, Franz; Cai
sson Song, American Army Song
and We Sail the Ocean Blue, Gil
bert and Sullivan, by Boy’s Glee-
Club: My Love Dwelt in a Nor
thern Land, Elgar and Spring'
Chorus from “The Bartered
Bride”, Smetana by Mixed) Glee
Club: and Call To Arms, Wilber
Harrison; Men In Lincoln Green,
Harold Hunt; Overturje Louise,
Ernest Schmidt, and King’s Ar
chers, Joh Velber by the band.
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CHAIRMAN
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Chairman of the committee to.
make recommendations to Gov
J. Melville Broughton as 'o the
successor to the late Lon Folger,
fifth district congressman, Is
E. G. Thompson, of this city.
Others on the committee come
from other counties in the dis
trict. It is understood that the
appointment of a successor *i?
vested in the Governor’s powers.
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POSTPONED
Meeting of the Person County
Bird club, scheduled to have been
held yesterday at Hotel Roxboro,
has been postponed until later
because of commencements being
held this week and next in the
county and city. 1
Date of the meeting, at which <
formal organization will be un
dertaken will be announced la
ter. Among those actively inter
ested in the proposed club are
Mrs. L. M. Carlton and Mrs. W.
R. Woody and persons interested
in learning further, details may
call them.
Fatal Injuries Received By
Fifth District Congressman
Agencies Council Hears Os
Needs In Cunningham Area
Road Committee Named.
■Maternity Project Discuss
ed. Cafeteria At School
Praised.
Second of a series of Person
County township surveys, with
particular regard to social and
economic problem?) was preset; t
| yesterday at the monthly !ur.-
cheon session of the Person Coun •
| cil of Social agencies, at Hotel
| Roxboro, where topic for diseus
j sion was Cunningham township.
Speakers were Miss Velma
Beam, ho m e demonstration
; agent, and Misses Agnes Brake
1 and Louise Croom, of the Health
' department nursing staff under
; whom a special maternity pro
ject is being supervised. Follow
ing an analysis of their work in
the township, in which specific
problems deserving of attention
were mentioned, an open forum'
discussion was held.
Report of the recent social ser
vice conference in Durham was
presented by Mrs. T. C. Wag- 1
staff, head of the Person Welfare |
and WPA divisions. Presiding
officer was the new council
! prpesident, Robert Edgar Long,!
'young Roxboro attorney. I
i Misses Beam, Brake and
1 Croom appeared on the program
at request of the program chair
man, Thomas J. Shaw, Jr. Invit-j
ed, but unable to be present
were Miss Lucy Green of Cun '
ningham township, and Mrs. R.
B. Dawes, of this city, both ofj
whom are on the faculty of the
school in Cunningham and were,
detained because of finals being j
held there.
MASONS ATTEND I
ANNIVERSARY AT
WARRENTON LODGE
C. A. Harris And Others
Here Go To Warren ton
For Historic Exercises.
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In Warrenton Tuesday night
for the special communication of j
Johnston-Caswell Lodge No. 10
were District Deputy Grand Mas-j
ter C. A. Harris, who is also
Master of Person Lodge 112,!
City Manager Percy Bloxam, D.
; R. Taylor and W. H. Harris, Sr.,'
| father of the Deputy Grand Mas-'
ter, all of whom represented the;
person Lodge.
Meeting of the Johnston-Cas
well lodge was held in celebra
tion of the 175 anniversary of
the founding Blandford -Bute 1
Lodge A. F. and A. M., and took l
place at John Graham High'
school where supper was served
by wives of members of the host
lodge.
Chidf addrresses were made by
James M, Clift, grand secretory,'
of the grand lodge of Virginia,;
and by Dr. Charles P. Eldridge.j
of Raleigh, Grand! Master of
North Carolina. Reading of tile
minutes of Blandford-Bute lodge
was given by Dr. R. S. Jones,
Past Master, of Warrenton.
Others who discussed the history
of Blandford-Bute lodge were
M. S. Davis, of Louisburg, J. E.
Allen, of Warrenton and J. B.
Thomas, of Petersburg, Va.
Invocation was given by the
Rev. R. E. Brickhouse and the
toast by Mr. Allen. Guests, many
of whome came from a distance,
were welcomed by J. C. Moore.
THURSDAY MAY 1, 1941
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MCENTREE SAYS
CCC CAMP WILL |
BE ESTABLISHED
j National Director Con
| firms Plans Previously An
, nounced.
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Included in a list of 41 c'-vi
'j lian Conservation corps camps to
'; be operated in North Carolina
; during this year is the camp in
‘ I Person county, site for which
' ] was selected several weeks ago
by a committee composed of
State CCC officials and officers
; from Fort Bragg. The Person
1 camp, located on land near the
| southwestern edge of this city,
! was included in a list made pub
; lie early this week by James J.
I McEntree, of Washington, nation
1 1 al director of the CCC.
1 The Person camp is one of
two North Carolina camps to be
relocated. One of the camps, now'
at Albcrmarle, Stanly county,
will be moved to Morrow Moun -
tain State Park in the same coun -
ty, while the camp which is to
-j come to Person is now in Caswell
*. County, near Yanceyville.
■| Program for the Person camp
*, will be one of soil conservation,
• with particular regard to ero
■! sion, according to Director Mc
> Entree. No official confirmation
■ as to choice of the Winstead site
■ j for the camp has yet been rr -
! ceivd) from Washington or from
■ State headquarters by those cit-j
jizens here who have from the
: j first been most interested in sc
:(curing the camp for Roxboro
; | and Person county, although pub
1 lieation of the official Washing
• ton story, as reported to the
bureau of the Ral
eigh News and Observer does
I mean that there will be no hitch
■ in placing of the camp in Rox
boro’s area.
j It is expected that the camp
will have enrollment of between
two and three hundred young
men and a .local directing staff
of fifteen or more men. The
Washington dispatch indicates
that the camp here will be in
1 operation within less than three
months.
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NO SERVICES
! Sunday night services will not
' be held at Edgar Long Memorial
. Methodist or at Roxboro First
Baptist churches next week.
nounced.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE
Enrcute To Bushy Fork
School ( A.
D. (Lon) Folger Has Fatal
Wreck Near Home.
News of the death yesterday of
Fifth District Representative A.
D. (Lon) Folger, of Mt. Airy, fa
tally injured! in an automobile
accident in that city, was re
ceived here with profound so. - .
row.
At the time of the accident
Rep. Folger was en route to
Bushy Fork school, Person coun
ty, where he was to have deli\ -
ered the commencement address.
First news of his being injur
ed was received here a few min
utes before 11 o’clock yesterday
morning, hour at which the ex
ercises at Bushy Fork school were
scheduled to be held.
Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris, of this
city, spoke in the place of Mr.
Folger .
Mr. Folger Fifth District con
gressman since 1938 and one of
the best known men in public
life in this State, died last nigh*
11:10 o’clock.
Congressman Folger died in
i the Mount Airy Hospital, where
jhe was rushed with head and
' chest hurts, a broken ankle and
; several brokken ribs. Indications
were he suffered a skull fracture.
( He never regained eonsciou.:.-
1 ness and his condition was re
garded as grave from the first.
Mr. Folger was on his way
out of town to deliver the com
mencement address at Bushy
■ Fork when his car went out of
control for some unexplained
reason, stiruck another, then
crashed head-on into a tree. It
was believed that he may have
suffered a fainting spell, causing
| his car to go out of control.
Police said the other car was
driven by Meggs Willard, a Mt.
Airy carpenter, who said he no
ticed the other car swerve avid
had brought his almost to a
stop before the crash,
j No action was planned against
j Willard.
Governor Grieved
| In Raleigh, Governor Brough
! ton said of Congresman Folger:
"The announcement of Con
gressman Folger’s death has
shocked the State. He was rny
warm personal friend and I am
deeply grieved at his tragic pas
sing. As judge, national commit
teeman and congressman he sarv
led with conspicious ability and
, in his death the State has suffer
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j Person Negroes
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j Leave For Camp
1 Next Week
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Three Person County Negro
selective service men Hubert
Lyons (324 v), Thomas A. Scott,
(v) and Ollie McCoy Roberson,
(822 v), will report to
the Person office on Wednesday,
May 7, at 9 o’clock for final in
structions before leaving later in
the morning for Fort Bragg, ac
cording to announcement mad.?
today by Baxter Mangum, office
manager.
All three men in this the first
May contingent are volunteers,
| said Mangum.
I Another group of Negro men
has been called for service on
Tuesday, May 13, but names nave
not been announced. So far, said
Mr. Mangum no calls for white
■ men have been received this
month and there appears to be
-a slackening in dm and as com
pared with April.