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pP IT IS NEWS ABOUT IpERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL Ifind it in the times. VOLUME xn County Commissioners Hear Many Petitions At Meeting Major Emphasis On Farm Assistant. ProMem Os Too Much Tuberculosis In County Presented. NYA Increase Granted » Hearing of petitions pertaining to budget increases for the new fiscal year as presented by citi zens interested in the employ ment of an assistant farm agent and in more funds for library, health, welfare and school pro r'-> grams, was main business of Per son County Commissioners at their June meeting held Monday. Representative citizens, includ ing Cdunty Farm Agent H. K. Sanders and editors of two news papers were among those “re questing and urging” appomt • ment of an assistant farm agent, succeeding J. B. Snipes, who last ■ Summer went to Wilkes county. It was shown that such an as sistant is greatly needed to as sure proper tppe.iation of the Person Farm Agency program rnd that this work has suffered since the resignation of Snipes. Also requested by a committee from the Person Council of o cial agencies was an increase of ?500 to a $1,500 county fund ad ministered by the welfare depart ment for treatment of tubercular patients and for general hospi talization of patients unable to pay for such treatment or hosp; j talization. Appearing for the committee were Thomas J. Shaw, Jr., and Robert ©igar Long, who cited welfare and health depart ment figures showing an alarm ing incidence of tuberculosis in proportion to the population, and an inadequacy of present funds to care for patients. Also heard were budget esti mates for schools and for library ■work, including *two additional school rooms at Hurdle Mills. A1 of these representations were taken under advisement, with no definite action at the June meet ing. Tentative approval was given to a petition by O. B. Mcßroom and B. B. Mangum, trustees of Community house, that said house be rented by the County at small monthly rental and that certain parts of the building be used by the county to house overflow county offices now crowded for space in the Person County Court house. Under agreement with the trustees the County may rent the building at a specified sum for two years, with later privil ege of renewal for similar sum for three years. It is understood that the Per son County Library, originally founded by the Roxboro Woman’s club and located in the Communi ty house, will remain where it is. It is further understood that the County by its agreement is to repair the building, make whatever alterations are neces sary and to keep the structure in good repair. By order of the Commissioners the offer of the (Continued on Sports page) o OPERATED ON TODAY Dr. E. M. Hedgepeth, promin ent Roxboro physician, this morn ing underwent an operation at Duke hospital, Durham, it was learned here today. He has been a hospital patient for several days but has recently been rest ing more comfortably, members of the family reported. o DAUGHTER BORN Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Pem berton of Yanceyville announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Norcott, at Duke Hospital, May 81. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Pemberton was Miss Anne Wat kins of Roxboro. ' . .• 4 . .. lerson|Mimes PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY NYA CENTER TO OPEN SOON FOR SPECIALWORK Person Young Men Who Fhil To Meet Physical Standards Os Selective Service May Enroll In Dur ham Center t ___________ Raeigh, June s.—Youths of Person county who are rejected by the local Selective Service Board due to physical defects and the other physically sub-par youths will be given an oppor tunity to improve their physical condition while receiving exper ience for jobs in vital defense in dustries in the National Youth Administration’s new center at: Durham, which will be opened' j June 16. The Durham camp will be the first of its type in the United States for the rehabilitation of men rejected by Selective Ser vice Boards for physical reasons. Applications for enrollment jn the Durham camp are being ac cepted through the local NYA Office. John A. Lang, State NYA Ad j ministrator, who announced es | tablishment of the resident cen ter at Durham, said a second camp will be opened in about two months at Madison Wisconsin. The new NYA center will pro i vide opportunities for young men between the ages of 16 and 24, inclusive, in work experience, related training, physical im provement, and supervised re creation. The major emphasis at these centers is preparation for private employment in National Defense industries. A wage scale of $35 per month has been approved and the per sonnel of the first group is new being selected. Each youth will receive sl2 in cash, with $23 be ing paid the center for board and living quarters. Board, room, medical and dental services, and the opportunity to learn a skill ed trade will be provided all youths enrolled in the center. Work experience will be pro vided in woodwork, sheet metal, machine shop, auto mechanics, and radio repair. Cooperating in the project, in addition to the National Youth Administration, are the United States Army, the State Board of Health, the School of Medicine of Duke University, the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College, the School of Med icine of the University of North Carolina, and the Rockefeller Foundation. The young men to be employ ed at the project will be select ed on a voluntary basis from two special groups. One group will include young men in the 21- 24 year age group who have been rejected for military service be cause of physical defects and who have been'' referred by the Se letive Service System. The other group will consist of young men in the 16-24 year age group who are employed by NYA and who have been found, as a result of a medical examination, to be be low the standards ol physical fitness needed for milftary ser vice. Special emphasis will be given to the aspects of physical rehabilitation. Appli cants will be selected who show a marked deviation from normal weight and are underdeveloped. Each youth will be studied in ividually for proper diet No youth who is permanently crip pled or who is suffering from an incurable or contagious disease (Continued on back page) THOMAS WINSTEAD RITES CONDUCTED MONDAY AT HOME Father of Mrs. B. A. Thax tan Dies After Long Ill ness. Had Been Active In City And County Affairs Many Years. Funeral services for Thomas D. Winstead, 68, prominent retired Roxboro business man and form er City Commissioner and Fer soh County sheriff, whf> died Sunday morning at 7 o'clock at his North Main Street residence, wetV condun/Ad Mqlnday after noon at 4 o’clock at his late resi dence, officiating ministers being the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of Edgar Long Memorial Methodist church, the Rev. F. B. Peele, and the Rev. J. H. Shore, both of the Methodist church. Interment was in the family plot, Burchwood cemetery, Roxboro. | Death was attributed to dia betes, with complications. Mr. Winstead had been in ill health for several months and in a ser ious condition for the past two or three weeks. Born November 6, 1871, at the famiy home, near Leasburg, Mr. Winstead resided there until he moved to Roxboro in 1900. He was during his life - time engaged in a number of bulsin'ess enterprises and twice served as Person Sheriff. Survivors include his second wife, the former Miss Maggie’ Winstead, one daughter, Mrs. B. A. Thaxton, and three grand children, all of this city; his moth er, Mrs. Eunice Wagstaff, of Leasburg; three brothers, Fletch er and Harvey Winstead, of Leas burg, and Nash Winstead, of Dunn, and one sister, Mrs. J. C. Winstead, of Leasburg. He was in 1894 first married to Miss Henrietta Dixon, of Leas burg, and to this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Thaxton. He later married Miss Winstead ,and they had on|e son, Dewey Winstead, who died about 15 years ago. Pallbearers at the rites Mon day were W. Guthrie Bradsner, Hugh Woods, Lennle N. Lunsfoid, J. E. Latta, Frank T. Whitfield, R. L. Hester, Maurice Daniel and Lewis Wagstaff. Flowerbear ers were relatives and intimate friends. Q DAUGHTER BORN Mr. and Mrs. N, Hassell Fox announce the birth of a daughter, Sunday, June 1, at Community hospital. Guests for Hospitality Week Printed below is the first “guest list” for the 1941 Third Annual Hospitality Week which will be celebrated by Person town and county residents during the week of June 22-28. Lists similar to this will be published from time to time between now and the be ginning of the last week this month. All local residents who are ex pecting visitors duirng that time, either for the whole week or a part of it, are requested to noti fy Mrs. W. W. Woods or the of fice of the Chamber of Commerce as soon as possible. These names of visitors will be published in the Times and a letter of welcome from the Chamber cf Commerce will be mailed to them. First in the listings are names of visitors, their homes then those who will act as hosts and hos tesses. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Thomas, Jr., Erwin; Mrs. Mamie Osborne, Dur ham; jMrs. Fred Thomas, DoA ham; Miss Janet Thomas, Dur-1 GENERAL METTS DISOI&ESWORK Has Praise For State Se lective Service System; Gives Figures On Number Selected And Rejected In North Carolina Discussing the smooth working machinery of the State Selective Service System, General J. Van B. Metts, State Director, today! issued a statement showing the results accomplished through April 30, 1941. Out of a total of 454,335 reg istrants (of whom 325,358 are white and 125,977 !are negro), classification has been completed for 130,141. Os this number, 24,• 108 have been found available for general or limited military service; 1,963 have been defer red on account of being neces sary men in their civillian oc cupations; 94,290 have been de ferred because they have de pendents; and 9,780 have been de ferred for other reasons. Os interest is the fact that 26 registrants have been found to be conscientious objectors and there fore deferred; 38 men have been deferred because they are aliens; 424 have been deferred because they are ministers or divinity students. Out of 29,226 physically exumine.d, 5,0*69 have been re jected. Out of a total of 10,570 men delivened to the induction sta tion, 1,786 were rejected for va rious reasons. A total of 9,629 men have vol unteered. Os this number 5,356 were white and 4,273 negro. Men desiring to volunteer are not au tomatically accepted, but are re quired to He classified and will not be accepted uness they are finally placed in Class I-A. Os the total of 9,629 who applied for voluntary induction, 8,795 have actually been classified and only 6,196 have been placed in I-A. The State has a pool of 6,193 men who have been physically }:xamin,qd and placed in Class I-A and are awaiting induction, and another pool of 11,040 who have been tentatively recorded as I-A men, but who have not been finally so classified because they have not yet been physical ly examined. o LARGE TURTLE Dr. J. D. Fitzgerald went fish ing Tuesday night, or should we say “turtleing.” Anyway he had the good luck, or should we say bad, to catch a 24 pound turtle. Is that a record? ham; Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Clay ton. Misses Nannie and Agnes Dodson, Winston-Salem; Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Crowell. Miss Lake Allen, Chapel Hill; Mr. and Mrs. I. T. King, Richmond Hill, N. Y.; Mrs. Allen Couch, Durham; Mrs. Grace MacCallian, Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Williams, Dur ham; Mrs. Molly Barrett. Capt. and Mrs. W. S. Martin, Linden, Ky.; Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Mar tin. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Reed, Miss Ann Woojds Reed, Louis burg; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Woods. Mrs. R. M. Beasley, Apex; Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Strum. Mr. and Mrs. August Wolfe, Princeton, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. George Wirtz. Miss Mabel Burt, Miss Estelle Burt, Miss Martha McKay, all of Buie’s Creek, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brickhouse. Noell Jones, Kin ston; Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Jones. Mrs. E. L. Cloyd, Raleigh; Mrs. Verne Smith, Greer, S. C.; Mrs. Norville Palmer, . Hookerton; Miss Sue C. Bradsher. Miss Vir ginia James, and Miss Audrey James both of Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Woods. Mystery Os Person Negro’s Fatal Injuries Investigated Broken Glass Found On Roadway. Rites For Long Will E'j Held Tommorow At Mebane At Sister’s H<\ne I A quantity of broken wind -1 shield glass, a black shoe, with ! laces drawn tight and fragments cf what appeared to have been a whiskty bottle, all found near the scene of the accident were yesterday morning collected by Highway Patrolman Dodson, of j Caswell county, who with Harry j Lockhart, of Roxboro and Se rnora, went to the spot on the ! Millon-Sernora highway where ! Henry Long, Negro sawmill em- I ployee of Lockhart’s and thought I to have been a hit and run vicUm ! was found Monday morning, with j serious wounds from which he [eh Tuesday died in Duke hos pital, Durham. 1 The broken plate glass, Lock ] hart said, was scattered on tr.e shoulder of the highway for a distance of 75 to 80 feet and on a knoll near the end of the trail of glass were skid marks of | wheels of a car which apparent ly made a quick turn towards Milton, away from Semora. The black shoe, size 9 or 10, ! discolored by rain, and the bot tle fragments were found in the opposite direction on the right side of the road some distance j above where Long was found. [ Investigation "was also made by ! the Caswell county sheriff. Lockhart said tjhat Long has j a niece who lives at Elmer Golds -1 ton’s at 419 North Gilmer street, ! Greensboro, who has made ar rangements for the funeral to be held Friday afternoon at 3 o’- clock at Mebane. o Frog Jumping And Terrapin Racing To Be Feature A new and entertaining fea ture of the Third Annual Hos pitality week to be held here during the week of June 22, will be a frog jumping and terrapin racing contest to be sponsored by the Lester Blackwell Post of the American legion on Thurs day, June 26. Legion spokesman Gordon C. Hunter, in announcing the forth coming contest, said that grand champion, Zenobia 111, Kinston's jumping frog, a grandson of the famous Zenobia I, will be enter ed in the local contest. Jake Taylor, chairman of the dance committee of the Kiw-ums club, has announced that orches tra for the Kiwanis-sponsored dance, Friday, June 27, will a gain be Bill Vanden Dries and his orchestra, of Wake Forest, also here last season. Summer Hours To Be Observed By War Relief Unit Effective this week and con tinuing until further notice, Sum mer hours at the Roxboro office of the British War Relief society will be from 10 A. M. to 12 noon, Monday through Friday, accord ing to announcement by Mrs. G. I. Prillaman, chairman. On sale at the office is an at tractive cook book containing typical English recipes, many written in the quaint style of the 17 and 18 centuries. Work of the society is going forward and an other box of clothing is almost ready for shipment. THURSDAY, JUNE 5. 1941 NUMBER THIRTY ROBERTSON NAMES HUNTER AS HEAD OF COMMITTEE Will Serve As Person and Roxboro Chairman of De fense Savings Staff. Mayor Winstea(J I s Honorary Chairman. Charles H. Robertson, of Greensboro, State Administrator of the Defense Savings Staff, has announced appointment of Gor don C. Hunter, as Chairman of the local committee for the City of Roxboro according to an nouncement received here today. Mayor S. G. instead has been asked to serve as honorary chair man. Other community leaders who have been asked to serve on this committee are: R. B. Griffin, R. B. Dawes, Cluade T. Hall, L. M. Carlton, E. G. Long, J, W. Noel], and Mrs. Elizabeth Bowles. In announcing this new pro gram the Honorable Henry Mor genthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, said, “Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps give us all n way to take direct part in build ing the defense of our country— an American Way to find the billions needed for National De fense. The United States is today, as it has always been, the best investment in the world. This is an opportunity for each citizen to buy a share in America.” The success of the Defense Sav ings program will be measured by the number of men, women and children who serve their country by saving. The Secretary of the Treasury has said repeat edly that his chief objective in this program is to spread the cost of defense ,as widely as possible among the American people. His main purpose is to give every American a sense of direct par ticipation in the financing of na tional defense. If the Defense Savings pio gram is to be brought to the at tention of all Americans, in all parts of the country in all walks of life, the effort must be made in every local community. K it is to be done in a manner con sistent with our democratic tra ditions, the active support cf public-spirited citizens must be enlisted everywhere. For these reasons, the Treasury has created State committees in every State, and will encourage the forma tion of similar local committees leaching into every part of the country. This Committee for the City of Roxboro is a part of this nationwide organization. The ail important task of this and other iike committees will be to spread information abourt the Defense Savings program among " 130,- 000,000 Americans. o John Folger Here In Interest Os Race For House In Roxboro Tuesday was John Folger, of Mount Airy, Demo cratic candidate as Fifth District representative in Congress, who spent some time with friends here discussing plans for the June 14 election. Mr. Folger then left for Oxford, completing a circuit of the district. Mr. Folger seemed pleased with his tour of the Fifth District and said he would ap preciate support at the polls on election day. THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER, A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. Thomas Long, Sawmill Employee, Apparently “Hit And Run” Victim, Dies In Duke Hospital After Caswell Accident Henry Long, 45, Negro, of i Mebane and Semora, a sawmill j employee at Woodsdale, Person j County, who on Monday morn- I ing was found lying in a honey j suckle patch on the side of the j Milton-Semora highway, near Semora, Caswell county, alter ■ having suffered a fractured vert- I abra, a severed spinal cord and [ severe scalp wounds, died Tues ■ day morning about 10 o’clock at Duke Hospital, Durham. Brought first on Monday morn- I ing to a Roxboro hospital, by | Otis and Wilson Lockhart, bro ! thers of his employer, Hairy | Lockhart, Long is reported to ! have said that he was struck by | a car about 10 o’clock Sunday | night and that he then lost I consciousness. He was found on the roadside by Negroes of Se ; mora about five o’clock Monday j morning. A Duke hospital physician at tributed Long's death ,to pneu monia, probably caused by ex posure, adding that he was para lysed from the neck down, the i fracture having occurred slightly ! below the neckline. The accident, regarded here as the hit and run type, occurred in Caswell county and was not investigated by Person officers, although Caswell authorities are said to have made an investiga tion. Long’s relatives, including a sister, are said to live at Mebane He had been employed by Lock hart ten years or more. o Landmark Yields * i To New Store In Raleigh Raleigh, June 3. One of Raleigh’s old landmarks is com ing down. Four old Raleigh houses, comer Hargett and Bount Streets, are giving way to j business at last, and a big super ! store is to be erected there. | David Royster came to Raleigh ] from Granville County in 1800, bringing his bride, Susan Sims, with him from Granville iwo year later he bought a quarter I of a block, corner of Hargett and Blount Streets. Only one lot had ever been sold out of the family up to this time. Davil Royster, the youngest son of David Royster, Sr., stayed on this lot while the other sons and daughters moved to other locations. The old Royster house set back some distance from the street, nearer the middle of the block. David Royster, Sr., was a cabi net marker. He made the lovely mahogany desks and chairs that are in the Senate and House of Representatives today, and many other lovely old pieces of furni ture, some of which are in Raleigh families today. His younger son, David, Jr., as he grew up, took up the business cf a contractor. He had his Shop around the comer on Blount Sh, near Hargett. He married Sarah Womble, daughter of Jordan Womble and Martha Franks, and they built the little house next to the corner of Hargett and Blount streets that is being sold off now. That was 90 years ago, and in a few years the old man, David Royster, Sr., died and the old house, built in 1800, was. ttrtn down. 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