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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XII Views Os The *News MAT RECONSIDER PEACEFUL POLICY’ Tokyo, May 31—Foreign Min ister Yosuke Matsuoka, reaf firming Japan’s adherence to the three-power pact, declared at a press conference that she might have to reconsider her“peaceful policy” toward the South Seas. o MARSHALL KURFEES QUITS RACE FOR CONGRESSMAN Winston-Salem, May 31—Mar shall Kurfees, Republican nomin ee for Congress to fill the va cancy created by the death of A. D. Folger, of the Fifth Dis trict, has withdrawn from the race. An announcement by Kurfees said he was trying to do the thing “best for Forsyth County and for harmony in the district.” o SCHMELING NOT DEAD, CERMAN OFFICIALS SAY Berlin, May 31, —Germany of ficially spiked a report that For mer Heavyweight Boxing Chmn piin Max Schmeling was killed fighting in Crete as a Nazi para;: chutist, announcing he was alive 1 but in an air force hospital withj a minor attack of a,, tropical, disease. t (A New Zealand ambulance driver arriving at Alexandria, Egypt, from Crete, said Schmel mg had been captured by Imper ial forces and in attempt to es cape had been shot. (In London a British official said “there appears to be no rea son why German sources should say Schmeling is alive if he is not.”) o GERMANY ENVOY HELD BY hNITED STATES New York, May 31. The German dipLomat who lost his job for meddling in the Austrian crisis which followed the assira tion of Chancellor Dollfus in 1934 is a prisoner —held on Ellis Island lfor deportation because, Federal authorities said, he did r.ot state the true reason for his visit when he entered the United States. Dr. Kurt Heinrich Rieth, the meddling minister to Austria, was arrested at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and taken to Ellis Island where he is held without bond. Officials of the Department of justice asserted he was “No.” 1 Nazi in the United States” whose to be here on private bus iness was false. ROME ADMITS LOSS CONTE ROSSO - •« Rome, May 31—The Italian High Command announced that the 17,879t0n Italian liner Conte Rosso had been sunk by a tor pedo south of Syracuse, Sicily. The vessel was in convoy at the time, a communique said, and most of the crew was re ported saved. At the same time the High Command declared that the Bri tish distroyer A rewart had ex- ! ptaded after being seriously damaged in an attack by Italian planes. The Italians said they had rescued 229 members of the crew of whom 26 were seriously i wounded. (The Conte Rosso, built in < 1932, was withdrawn from the Trieste-Shanghai run in 1932 1 and converted into a troopship. < mmtmrnt* PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY St THURSDAY Helena Woman Accepts Place With Olive Hill’s Faculty Two Others At Helena Unemployed. New Tea chers Chosen. Harmoni aus Meeting Reported. j Mrs. Penn Noell, formerly teacher at Helena, yesterday accepted a position at Olive Hill school, replacing Mrs- Carl Winstead, of this city, re signed, according to announ cement made by Person County Superintendent o f Schools, R. B. Griffin. Mrs. Noell, who was for many years at Helena, will at Olive Hill teach in the primary division and will offer courses in pub lic school music, a subject not previously taught at Ol ive Hill School. C. L. Shuford, principal at Olive Hill, has expressed his regret that Mrs. Winstead, who has been unusua'ly active in Olive Hill affairs, has re signed. Still unemployed are two Helena high school teachers who we re last month not re-elec :ed by the Helena district school board following a wholesale dis missal which the board ordered at an April meeting. End of the matter came Friday morning wnen the board, of which J. G. Chambers, of Helena, is chair man, elected four new teachers, three of whom will take post i tions previously held by teachers j who reported they had been dis j missed without explanation. New teachers are; Miss Emina Elizabeth Pleasants, of Greens boro, who will next week gra duate from Woman’s College, ol the University of North Caro lina there, and who will succeed Miss Gertrude Holt, of Boston, Mass., formerly head of the Helena commercial jdepartment; Miss Bertha Dixon, of Mebane, Woman's College of the Univer sity of North Carolina graduate and teacher at Leasburg, who will take the 6th grade position formerly held by Miss Eloise Pearce; Miss Estelle Lyon, of Durham, who will next week I graduate from Duke University, and who will fill the 7th grade position formerly held by Mrs. Penn Noell, and Jesse Slaughter, native of Person County, for four years princpal of Leasburg school, and a gra uate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who will succeed Mrs. If. C. Garrison, re signed. Present at the morning ses (Continued on Back Page) o FURNITURE DEALERS Effective Wednesday, June 4, and continuing through eacn Wednesday afternoon during June, July and August, five Rox boro furniture firms will close at 12 noon in order to allow sales men and employees to have a mid-week rest period. Stores en tering into this agrement are Roxboro Furniture company, Pittard’s, W. T. Pass, Piedmont, and at Longhurst, the Cut-Rate Furniture company. u WITH GRANDMOTHER Miss Nancy Louise Smith, of Prospect Hill, is spending the wetk with her grandmother, Mrs. Pearl Allen Pointer, on the Leasburg road. o SON BORN Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Hester, Jr., of Danville, Va„ announce the birth of a son, Stuart Cqleman, on Tuesday, May 27, at Memo rial hospital, r Danville. Mrs. Hester is the former Miss Maiy Coleman. , MEMORIAL THEME DISCUSSED BY REV. W. C. MARTIN Patriotism and Sacrifice Valued By Speaker At Memorial Day Exercises. “Poppy” Sales Made. “Commonplace as it m a y seem,” said the Rev. W. C. Mar tin, of Edgar Long Memoiial Methodist church, in a Memor ial Day address Friday night at the American Legion hut, “sacri fice is the ultimate truth for which Memorial Day stands.” In defining Memorial Day’s spirit of sacrifice, in which men of the North and the South, of the Spanish-American war and of the first world war are re membered, the Rev. Mr. Martin quoted the late English editor, 1 Sir W. Nicholl, as saying that without sacrifice, “without shed ding blood, there is nothing, no country, no civilization, n o Christianity.” The speaker then mentioned the incident of two bullets, fired from opposing sides at Peters burg, Va., that meeting in mid air formed one heart-shaped mass now placed in an historical museum. From this incident of the "heart” the speaker drew comfort, saying that American peiple are now as one and that because they are so united pa triotism is not a feeling to be put in cold storage. Present for the exercses were, many members of Lester Black- j well Post of the American La-1 gion and a number of other cit-| izens. Held yesterday, under di-j rection of Mrs. W. T. Kirby, who had quarters at the court house, was the annual “Poppy Day,” with sales being made by sons and daughters of legionaires. Mrs. Will Brann Dies In Hospital Friday Evening Funeral services for Mrs. Eliz abeth Brann, 86, of East Rnx boro, whose death occurred Fri day night at 6:30 o’clock at Com munity hospital, this city, follow ing an illness lasting four weeks, were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 .o’clockk at Roxbcjro First Baptist church of which she was a member. Interment was in the Storie’s church cemetery. Mrs. Brann, whose husband, the late Will Brann, died five years ago, made her home with her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Carver. Mrs. Brann’s death was attributed to complications, which develop ed after she broke her hip in a fall at her home. Among the survivors are ten children, 70 grandchildren and 60 great-grandchildren and one sister. Six surviving daughters are Mesdames I. L. Wrenn, of Ral eigh, C. B. Bowes, of Prospect Hill, H. J. Carver and Maggie Cozart, of East Rxoboro, and J. H. Carver and Sam Munday, of Roxboro, and four sons, John, Henry and Hezzie Brann, of Roxboro and George E. Brann, of Danville, Va., and a sister, Mrs. Hallie Elliot, of Rita, W. Va. o j EXPECTED HOME Expected to return to his home today after several months at Duke hospital, is J. A. Long, Sr., prominent Roxboro resident. Mr. Long was in April seriously ill, but is now much improved. New Trench Mortar for U. S. I VLm Ml R ’afi wit: ‘ HmW *" x One of the first 81-mm trench mortars completed in the United Stale;) for the national defense program is accepted for the army at a cere mony at the Pullman Standard Car company’s plant in Hammond, Ind. Left to right: Brig. Gen. A. G. Gillespie; C. A. Liddle, president of the company, and Col. Donald Armstrong. APPROVAL OF PLANS FOR JUNE WEEK EXPRESSED Steering Committee Hears Further Discussion of 1941 Hospitality Week. Civic Clubs And Other Groups To Cooperate. Ten or more members of the, recently appointed Third An-1 nual Roxboro and Person Coun-j ty Hospitality Week Committee, meeting in the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce office, Friday af ternoon heard W. Wallace Woods, executive secretary of the Cha mber and director of the Hcs-| pitality event, outline plans fori the event, which will this year begin on Sunday, June 22. Approved by the committee-/ were tentative plans which will| include one or more golf tour-j naments, a community sing or a bingo party, three parades, one by the American legion and ano ther, a pet parade to be partici pated in by children of the city, a baseball game, a Rotary club sponsored picnic and two dances, to be sponsored by the Kiwanis club and the American Legion. ] Also to be held is a series of, bridge parties and a welcoming' tea, while various other amuse ments including airplane rides free to visitors, will be provided. To be printed again wlil be cour tesy booklets giving visitors special privileges. Further details of the full week’s program will be worked out later, but in the opinion of committeemen who attend the Along The Way With the Editor S. G. "Champ” Winstead pitched the first ball at the opening of the softball season last Tuesday night’ It so happens that “Champ” is the Mayor of Roxboro and regards himself as quite an athelete. He may have been in days gone by, but the best thing that he can do now is to live in the past. Anyway his fast ball came up to Percy Bloxam, City Manager, and hit our City Manager on the leg. Whether Percy saw the ball or not we do not know. He positively did not come anywhere near catching it. That puts Percy in the “has been” class. Wallace Woods, secretary of Cham ber of Commerce, tried to hit the ball. He did not come near it and that puts another man in the deferred group. Three men with grand recollections of their younger days. , Keade Jones said that he enjoyed reading this column. Thanks Brother Jones. That proves that Fred Masten was wrong when he said you couldn’t read. Cliff Hall and Hugh Woods are great fellows. They had just as soon fish as work any day in the week. If you go to their store and can’t find them for an hour or so and no one will tell you where they are, just put it down that they are out on a bank trying to make an honest living during the dull summer months. It’s rather hard for the editor of this column to write today. My banker, Gordon Hunter, looked at me rather hard this a. m. and it just tears me up when my banker looks cruel at me. \ Alex Hunt Dies At Home Here Alex Hunt, about 50, Negro de livery man for Hugh Woods gro cery company, died yesterday morning at his home here about 5 o’clock, following a stroke ct paralysis received about mid night Friday. Hunt for 30 years drove a wagon delivery truck for the company, stopping last De cember when his horse died. He then rode on a motor truck but had to have a driver with him. Surviving are his wife and three sons. Funeral arrange ments are incomplete. Demonstration Club Schedule Monday, June 2, 3:00 p. nt. Mt. Tirzah 4-H Club meets with Hazel Garrett. Tuesday. June 3, 3:00 p. m. Chub Lake Home Demonstra tion Club meets with Mrs. Oscar Soloinan. Wednesday, 4, 3:00 p. m. Hel ena Home pemonstration Club meets with Mrs. J. F. Timberlake. Thursday, June 5, 3:00 p. m. Providence Home Demonstra tion Club meets with Mrs. R. K. Young. Saturday June, 7,8; 3:00 p. m. Curb Market in Pioneer Ware house. session plans for a bigger and better 1941 Hospitality week are shaping up rapidly, with much of the credit due to the enthusiasm of Mr. Woods. SUNDAY JUNE Ist, 1941. New Case Worker Will Come To Person Welfare Division MAN CHOSEN AS SCIENCE TEACHER AT CITY SCHOOL Other Vacancies At Rox boro High School And At Bushy Fork Ars Filled By Respective Boards. Selection of teachers of science, Enllish and Frtench, public school music and commercial subjects to fill four vacancies on ! the faculty of Roxboro High | school F r i d a y announced by Person Superintendent of Schols It. B. Griffin, following a meeting of the Roxboro District school board Thursday. Also in -1 eluded in the list announced were two teachers If >r Bushy j Fork school. To come to Roxboro high school I as teacher of general science in cluding biology, is Robert L. Cox. Jr., a native of Mount OI- I ive, who will next week gradu j ate from the University of Nor- I th Carolina, Chapel Hill. Also to | come to the high school arc three i women who have graduated or will graduate from the Woman’s j College division of the Univer | sity, at Greensboro. Heading the department of public school mu j sic is Miss Katherine Cooper, of ; Raleigh, 1939, graduate, who has so. two years taught at Sea board. Teacher of English and French ; Vvf n'lIiTHfiSS “Virginia* Chapman: of Pittsburgh, Pa., who will re [ ceive her Woman’s college di ploma next week, while in the commercial department will be | Miss Carol Newby, of Newton, I who will also receive her diplo i rna from that institution in ! June. Miss Frances McKay Monroe, who will next month graduate from Woman’s college, will come ito Bushy Fork school as in structor in the seventh grade and will be prepared to offer coif)’ses in art, with particular reference to cremaics, and Miss Lois Thompson, of Leasburg, 1940 graduate of Eastern Caro lina Teachers college, will be with the primary grades at Bu shy Fork. “The six teachers thus far se lected,” Mr. Griffin, “will ocme to Roxboro and Person (Continued on back page) o Luther Dixon Has Lyrics Published In Anthology Luther Dixon, Roxboro young man, today said that the Exposi tion Press, New York publisher, have accepted for publication in “Outstanding Song Poems and Lyrcists”, a volume of verse suit able for use as songs, two con tributions written by him, “Ev erybody Swing” and “Do You Remember?” Contributions published in this collection may win an additonal cash prize, or the winner may arrange for publication of a book of his own, or may have the songs set to music. Dixon has written a number of such song-poems. o WIRTZ REPRESENTATIVE George W. Wirtz, popular Rox boro high school teacher and dir ector of athletics, has become I Roxboro representative of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, according to an nouncement made by Stanley K. McAfee, of Charlotte, State man ager for the company. ’ i ' THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER, A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER THIRTY Successor To Miss Mar jorie Griffin Will Be Miss Ejarbara Bloxam, Who Receives Graduate Degree From University At Chap el Hill. New caseworker with the Per son County department of Pub lic Welfare is Miss Barbara Bloxam, who will this week re ceive her M. A. degree, in social science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Appointment -of Miss Bloxam, daughter of City Manager and Mrs. Percy Bloxam, of this city, was today announced by Mrs. T, C. Wagstaff, Person director of Public Welfare, who said that Miss Bloxam will begin her du ties with the department on June 16. A graduate of the University class of 1940, Miss Bloxam, also attended Peace Junior college, Raleigh, where she completed the first two years of her c.il course. She came to Roxboro m 1940 with her parents, although she has since then spent much of her time at Chapel Hill. Miss Bloxam will replace Miss Marjorie Griffin, who resigned several months ago in order to accept a position wjth the so cial security board, Salisbury. Comng to work with special training designed equip her for social service work, Miss Bloxam has high recommendations from department officials at the Uni versity and Mrs. Wagstaff today •said that she is pleased that Miss Bloxam has accepted the appointment, , Tobacco Plants Nothing To Rave About (Friday p. m.) “How does your tobacco look”? That question has been put a hundred or two times to farmers over the Person area this week. Some answer—“fair,” others say “not much” and oth ers say—it’s hard to tell.” One prominent warehouseman of this city today decided that only cne third of the tobacco that had been planted was dead, but he added that it was not yet too late to re-plant provided that there were enough plants to go around. Many farmers have already planted twict, but will havt to do the job again. Rain started falling this after noon and a ray of hope spread over the faces of those you saw on the streets. The drought had been over a month long. o Fair Book To Be Published At Early Date R. L. Perkins, president of t’ne Person Fair is now getting ready to publish the premium book for the 1941 fair, he stated last week. The book, stated Perkins, will contain a complete list of articles that prizes are, being offered for and will include hundreds of items. Mr. Perkins plans to start sell - ing ads for the book Monday and intends visiting all merchants in the city and county. Present plans call for one of the best fairs to be held here in a number of years and officials of the fair are trying to have an array of exhibits that the county will be proud of. Amusements, stated the presi dent, will be 0 f the No, «ety.
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