IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
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PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XU
Folger Named By Democrats,
Kurfees May Be Independent
Committee Headed B y
* Thompson Reaches Deci
sion As To Folger After
'Session Lasting Eight Min
utes.
John, H. Folger, Mt. Airy at
torney, was on Tuesday nomina
ted as the Democratic candidate
to succeed his brother, the late
A. D. Folger as a member of,
Congress from the Fifth North
Carolina District.
The nomination, which occur
red within less than a week af
ter the death of the former Con
gressman following an automo
bile accident, was made by una
nimous vote of the seven mem
bers of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee for the district
in a secret session lasting oniy
eight minutes
The committee which mad?
the nomination was composed of.
E. G. Thompson, Roxboro
chairman: Gilbert Shermer, Win
ston-Salem, Secretary; W B. Hor
ton, Yanceyville; B. S. Royster,
Oxford; Karl B. Massey, Re-.ds
ville; H. E. Pepper, Danbury;
and Arthur B. Carter, Mt. Airy.'
Mr. Shermer, out of deference
to the wishes of the people of
Forsyth County, made a motion
for primary, which failed for
lack of a second.
Meeting At Reidsville
Governor Broughton last week
recommended that the nomina
tion be made by a primary and'
.. there was considerable demand
for a primary in the district,'
particularly in Forsyth County
and a large delegation from For
syth there to demand a
primary. In fact, the committee
meeting attracted more than 100
politicians from all of Tne seven
counties in the district, many of
whom would) have welcimed the
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SHIELDS GIRL
WINS AWARD AT
CENTRAL SCHOOL
Walker Speaks At Final
Chapel Program. Gift Pre
sented To Miss. Winstead.
Winner of the Anna E. Webb
memorial medal for citizenship,
given this year for the first time
by Raymond) Webb, Jr., of Dui
ham, in memory of Miss Webb,
was won by Arlawin Shields,
sixth grade girl of the Roxboro
Central school at the final chapel
program held Monday. Presen
tation of the medßl to be given
Csch year to the sixth grade girl
who exemplifies best qualities of
•citizenship was made by Person
Bounty Superintendent of School:,
R. B. Griffin.
Speaker on the program, which
was planned to honor the sixth
grade going next year to the Rox-,
boro high school building as the
seventh grade, was the Rev. J.
M. Walker, J., of Roxboro Pres
byterian church, who had' as his I
topic, “The Hall of Heroes."
Certificates of perfect attend
ance were awarded to 18 pupils
by Miss Inda Collins, principal,
and 101 pupils who had read! and
reported on 10 or more books
during the year were recognized.
Last wish to the school was giv
en by Kathleen Wilkins, of the
sixth grade, while Mrs. Logan H.
Umsteadf president of Central
School Parent Teachers associa
tion, spoke briefly. A gift was
presented to Mrs. Sam Byrd Win
stead, of the music faculty, who
this year resigned her position.
Music for the program was fur
nished by the sixth grade chorus.
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Herson^ffimrs
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Former Opponent of Lon
Folger To Make Announce
ment Tonight At Winston- |
Salem.
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! In this city yesterday was
Marshall C. Kurfees, of Winston-j
Salem, who announced that he:
will be a candidate for the of-1
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J fice of fifth district ropresenta-l
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in Congress, opposing John;
Folger, ol' Mt. Airy, who was on
Tuesday named by Fifth Dis
trict committeemen as Demo
cratic candidate to succeed his
brother, the late A. D. (Lon) Fol
ger.
Mr. Kurfees, who was defeat
ed by the late Congresman Fol
t ger, said he will make complete
announcement of his plans to
night in Winston-Salem. He
spent sometime yesterday in this
city conferring with Roxboro
friends interested in his candi
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dacy.
Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdiale
and Roxboro, who yesterday j
was quoted at Raleigh, while the
committee was in session at
’ Reidsville, as saying that he was
I in favor of a primary” and that
’ “each candidate should be .given
an opportunity to be heard,” left j
yesterday for Charlotte, N. C. and
could not be reached for addi
tional comment.
Tuesday, during time o f
committee meeting, Mr. Hall
I was reported to have said he was
J seriously considering entering
I the race.
| E. G. Thompson, of this city,
chairman of the District Demo
cratic Executive committee com-'
mittee which Tuesday named
! Folger, had no comment to
make on the Kurfees-Hall state
! ments.
The special election will be
called by June 10 or June 17, it
was understood, following 30
days notice by advertising. The
action will give the Republicans
an opportunity to place a candi
date on the ticket, although a
Democratic victory is assured.
Broughton last week recom
mended) that the nomination be
made by primary, but the com
mittee went into executive ses
sion and no one was allowed to
hear the session. A large delega
tion from Forsyth was at the
meeting to demand) a primary,
but was unable to because the
meeting was secret.
Dr. Ralph McDonald, consider
ed a likely candidate for the va
cancy, was understood to have
thrown his support behind Fol
, 'ger. However he was expected
to enter the race in 1942 for Con
. gress from the Fifth District, 1
andi it was reported Folger would
support him then.
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Mayor And Five
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Light Vote Here
| Returned) by a light vote, with-
I out opposition, were Mayor
S. G. Winstead, and city con>-
; missioners Gordon C. Hunter, ,
Preston Satterfield, Sr., C. Lester .
Brooks and George J. Cushwa.
Also elected without opposition
was Phillip L. Thomas, former
County Commissioners’ chairman,
nominated) to fill city commission- 1
er’s vacancy caused by appoint- i
ment of George W. Kane to the
State highway commission.
Mayor Winstead will enter his
first term as an elected mayor, ;
since he first began his duties by
appointment following the death :
of incumbent S. F. Nicks, Jr.,
last year. i ,
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1 Demonstrating Aircraft Warning System
riotlcrs in action in New York city information center during an
actual demonstration of aircraft warning system of Northeastern states.
! Under direction of the supervisor (upper right), they chart the course,
i altitude, number and type of spotted planes. Control platform (upper
left) advises different fighter bases of the approach of the edemy. »-
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Broughton Praises Person
And Gives Seniors Advice
MEMORIAL DAY
SPEAKER WILL
BE R. L. HARRIS
W. F. Reade, Veteran, Will
Be Honor Guest, As Will
Widows Os Veterans. Lun
cheon Will Be Served.
Speaker at Confederate Mem
orial day exercises to be held
here Saturday, May 10, at 11:30
o’clock at Hotel Roxboro under
auspices of the Person county
Chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy will be Lt.
Gov. R. L. Harris, acording to
announcement today made by
Mrs. Ralph G. Cole, president of
the Person chapter.
Luncheon will be served at
the hotel, as has been the cus
tom in recent years, and expect
ed as an honor guest is W. F.
Reads, of Mt. Tirzah, only sur
viving veteran of the War Be
tween the States now having
residence in Person county. In
vitations have also been extended
to eleven widows of Confeder
ate veterans, and to numbers oi'
town and county civic leaders.
Mr. Reade, a prominent resi
dent, with Mrs. Reade, attended
the ceremony last year. Among
widows of veterans expected to
be presented are Mesdames Janr
Clayton, of Route 1, Caroline
Parham, of Route 2, and Eunice
Wagstaff, of Leasburg.
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Bank To Close
Saturday, May 10
For Memorial Day
The Peoples Bank, this city,
will observe Saturday, May 10,
Confederate Memorial Day in
North Carolina, as a holiday, but
will be open for business on Mon
day, according to announcement
made today.
In Pinehurst today, where he
will remain through Saturday,
is Gordon C. Hunter, executive
vice president of the bank, who
is attending the annual meeting
of the North Carolina Bankets’
association.
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SISTER DIES
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
T. Newton, of Townsville sister
of Marshall Twisdale, of Rox
boro, were conducted yesterday
at Townsville. Mrs. Newton, who]
hadi been seriously ill since last 1
Friday died Tuesday at her home.
In Townsville for the rites w r .ere
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Twisdale,
who were called to that place
last week.
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Rev. John. A. Wright, Ral
eigh Rector Speaks Sun
day Night. Gov. Brough
ton Finishes Pro gram
Tuesday.
Saying to the 91 graduates ofi
Roxboro high school, “That go-'
ing out in the world today offers!
more of a challenge to youth i
has been experienced in tin.;l
country within the past 75 year.*.:
. but that the challenge itself of
[ fers opportunities of equal i;n
--l portance”, Go y. J. Melville
. "Broughton of North Carolina, in 1
■ the home town of Lt. Gov. R. L.j
; Harris, by whom he was intro-j
duced, on Tuesday night stressed
i the increasing value of educa
. lion in a world at war.
The Governor in the informal|
prologue to his address indicut-'
ed the importance of a Chief Er- j
. ccutive’s knowing and mee'hi;*;
the people of the State and said I
that he had driven down from!
. Asheville in order to fill the
. Roxboro engagement. He a.ud!
r personal tribute to the place Per-I
son county has in the life of the
State and mentioned specifically
Lt. Gov. Harris, Highway Com
' missioncr George W. Kane and
Charles Wood, author of the nov
el “First, the Fields”, as Person
citizens contributing to their
- county and the State at the pre
, sent time.
He also paid tribute to Mi's. J.|
, A. Beam, tegcher at Bethel Hill
, school, for her more that) fifty
years of service.
The large auditorium vv a s
crowded to fullest capacity, with
many persons standing in the
hallways and groups gathered at
open windows.
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Merchants Lend
Their Support
To Benefit Sing
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In connection with the Com
munity Sing to be held in the
courthouse on Saturday evening, :
May 10, at 8:00 o’clock for the
benefit of the Community hospi- ,
1 tal and nurses home, 72 Rox
boro business firms are offering
prizes to the holders of the aum- i
ber representing their particular ;
business firms.
Although eligible to receive a '
prize shouldi they hold a lucky :
I number, children 12 years of age i
| or under must be accompanied by
I an adult to obtain the prizes of- <
' | sered by the business firms.
People holding prize numbers
will have until midnight, May 1
1 24th to claim these prizes, said :
Wallace W. Woods, who will i
have charge of the courthouse :
program.
Four Replacements Needed At
High School By Next Season
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COOKING EXPERT
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i Mrs. Miriam Little will be in
1 Roxboro Monday, May 12th and
■ will conduct a free cooking
j school at the Community House
iat 2:30 P. M. The public is i’.i
--' vited.
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GADDIS OAKLEY
AND OTHERS IN
SUNDAY WRECK
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Oakley, Driver of a Motor
bike, Suffers Broken Leg
When His Machine Is
Struck By Car Driven By
George Duncan.
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Gaddis Oakley, 17, son o;
Rush Oakley, of the Durham
road, received; a fractuiUd left
1 leg and four other persons re
! eeived minor cuts and bruises
iin an automobile-njotobike col-
I lision which occurred) about 2
I o’clock Sunday afternoon on the
| Durham highway about 10 miles
i from Roxboro, near intersection
jof a side road to Helena,
j Oakley is still a patient at
Community hospital, while Mrs.
George Duncan and two daugh
ters, Adeline, 15, and Dorine, 11,
were given first aid) treatment,
Mrs. Duncan for a cut on her
neck, Adeline for a fractured
jaw and Dorine for a fractured
knee. Slightly hurt was Bernice
Rogers, Jr.
! Oakley and Rogers, son of W.
' R. Rogers, riding in a motorbike-,
going toward Durham, were re
ported) to have been near center
line of the highway and were
prparing to turn to the left to
ward Helena, when their mach
ine was struck by a car driven
by George Duncan, o f Surl
church, whose automobile was
immediately behind the bike.
Witnesses reported the acci
dent as unavoidable. Oakley,
driver of the motorbike, which
he had borrowed from Elmus
Lunsford, is said to have signal
ed intention of turning, but Dun
can said) no signal was seen by
him. Both the car and motor
bike were damaged extensively.
With Duncan were his wife, his
mother and five children.
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ATTEND RITES
In Fredericksbrg, Va., Wednes
day were Mr. and Mrs. R. Belvin
Barnette, Mrs. J. A. White, and
Mrs. Barnette’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Hassan, who attended
funeral services for Mrs. Shibley,
of Fredericksburg.
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Gentry Promoted
R. H. Gentry of this county,
has recently been promited to
rank of a sergeant. Sergeant)
Gentry is with the Pursuit group j
in the Canal Zoze and is located
at Albrook Field.
THURSDAY MAY 8, 1941.
HALF HUNDRED
PERSON CITIZENS
TO HEARWICKARD
Many Other State Resi
dents Also Expect To Go
To Raleigh To Hear Agri
eultural Secretary.
At least 50 Person County far
mers and farm women will be on
hand to hear Secretary of Agri
culture Claude R. Wickard when
he makes the principal address
at the combined annual meeting
of members of the North Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative As
sociation and the Farmers Co
-1 operative Exchange in Raleigh
1 on Tuesday, May 13, according
' to wordi received here from M.
' G. Mann, general manager of the
two organizations.
The meeting, which is held an
nually, will start in the Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium promptly
at 10 o’clock and arrangements
I have been made to take care of
j an expected crowd of 5,000 far-j
mers and farm women represen-'
ting every section of the two
Carolinas. Following the meet
ing, a barbecue dinner will be
served to those in attendance.
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“This will be the first time
that Secretary Wickard has made
a public appearance in North
Carolina since he became a mem
ber of the Cabinet,”’ Mr. Mann
said, “and we are looking for a
record attendance at the meeting.”
Congressman Harold D. Cool-:
ey will accompany the Secretary j
to Raleigh andi will introduce j
him to the expected crowd of j
5,000. Governor J. Melville,
Broughton will deliver the ad
dress of welcome. Others to ap-,
pear on the program include Dr. !
Clarence Poe, editor the Y*ro-!
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gresive Farmer, Dean I. O
Schaub, director of extension [
work, T. E. Browne, director ofj
Vocational Education, W. Kerr.
Scott, state Commissioner of ag
riculture, W. W. Eagles, of Mac-!
clesfield, president of the Far-;
mers Cooperative Exchange and
John T. Thorne, of Farmville,
president of the Cotton Associa
tion.
A full and detailed report on
the last year’s operations of both
the Cotton Associaion and the j
FCX will be presented to the'
assembled members b y Mr.
Mann and) the meeting will then
be thrown open for a general
discussion from the floor.
One of the highlights
will be the induction into office'
of directors of the two coopera-1
tives for the coming year.
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Scouts Os One
Troop Divide
To Form Another
Formal division of member
ship of Troop 49 of the Boy
Scouts between that troop and
Troop 63, newly organized unit
at Brooksdale Methodist church
was accomplished at a Wednes
day meeting held in headquarters
of Troop 49. Division of tropo 1
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property was also effected.
Scoutmaster of Troops 49 is
Dr. Robert E. Long, and of Troop
j 63, Hillman. StanfDeldt 'both of
j whom made brief talks. Also
speaking were Thomas Long, of
( 49, and Frank Whitt, of 63.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S 1
PREMIER NEWSPAPER.
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER TWENTY-SIX
1 Four Out Os Nineteen
; Teachers Not To Return.
Price Expected To Leave
Training School. Others
Remain.
j On basis of resignations re
ceived and changes made four
; out of nineteen members of the
faculty of Roxboro high school
.will not return for the 1941 -1943
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j season, according to reports ob
tained from school officials,
"i Resignations have been re
-1 j ceivec’i by the Roxboro Dish let
'| school board from: Mrs. Sam
M Byrd Winsteadi, head of music de
-3 J partment, from Mrs. Frederick
’j Moore, of the sixth grade livi
*| sion, from Miss Mattie Lee Rog
' | ers, of the commercial depait
',• ment, and from Mrs. L. N. Rynd,
1 teacher of English and French.
> Also not expected to return
• ere H. L. Price, principal of Per
?|son County Training school for
i Negroes, and Alice Ford, a
..member of the faculty. Only
J major change, election of Leon
j Couch as Roxboro District sup.
;l ervising principal was announ
ced late last week.
J In the county system biggest
: change is resignation ol' R. C.
Garrison, Principal of Helena
'high school, who with Mrs.
! l ison, faculty member, resigned
this week. Previously unnoun
) ced was the resignation of Wil
' liam S. Humphries, of Allens
' ville.
Mrs. Moore is leaving to bt
j with her husband in Winson Sa
lem and her place will be filled
by Mrs. Madeline C. Trowbridge,
j now of the high school faculty.
I No successor for Mrs. Winstead’’
j position has been chosen. Mrs
j Winstead, member of a promin
ent Roxboro family, has con-
I templated resigning for same
; time and will remain in this
city.
i Miss Rogers, of Elberton, Ga„
I who had been with the, Roxboro
! schools four years, will return to
I her home, while Mrs, Rynd, who
j accepted a temporary apponu-
J ment last year, will with her
! husband leave tomorrow for a
' vacation trip to New York City.
H. C. Gaddy, who last month
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Rites Held For
Mrs. T. W. Allen
Semora Resident
, Funeral services for Mrs. Tho
. mas Allen, 79, of Semora, whose
j death occurred Monday night at
' the Allen residence, after an
illness lasting several months
I were conducted yesterday after
' noon at 3 o’clock at Semora Bap
i tist church by the pastor, the
| Rev. L. V. Coggins, with inter
ment following in the Allen fam
ily cemetery near the home.
Mrs. Allen, the former Miss
Carrie Kersey, is survived by
two sons, Clyde Allen, of Semo
ra, and John W. Allen, of Wash
ington, also surviving are four
step-children, Mrs. Carrie Hole
man, of Semora, Ernest and Wal
ter Allen, of Norfolk, Va., and
Howard Allen of Richmond, Va.,
a sister Miss Bettie Kersey, of
Semora, and a brother, John
Kersey, of Durham.
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i OFFICE HOLIDAY
! Person Selective service board
: office manager Baxter Mangem
1 today said that four white men
■ | will go to camp on Wednesday,
> May 28. The office will be clos
• ed Saturday, May 10, for Mem- ,
1 orial Day.
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