IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XU
Superintendent Griffin Gets
Second Secretary In Week
Miss Kemp Declines Posi
tion. Miss Darden Expected
To Come Here To Take
Position Held By Mrs. Pur
year.
In addition to losing his secre
tary, who is resigning in order
to move to Kenbridge, Va., with
her husband, Person Superin
tendent of Schools R. B. Griffin
is having difficulties securing her
successor.
Mr. Griffin last week announc
ed that Mrs. F. M. Puryear, who
is resigning after several years
of efficient service, would be suc
ceeded by Miss Kay Kemp, of
Zebulon. On Sunday Mr. Grif
fin received from MisS Kemp a
message saying that she would
be unable to accept the position.
Miss Kemp, a 1941 graduate in
secretarial science, Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, did not ex
plain why she had decided to
decline the position.
Successor to the successor will |
be Miss Louise Darden, of Wil
son, also a graduate of .the se
cretarial department at Woman’s
college, who has for two
been secretary in the office of
the Northampton Board of edu
cation, at Jackson.
Miss Darden, who has said that
she will come to Person county,
is expected to arrive here onj
July 1. Mr. Griffin hopes his
problem is settled and that some
other not quite similar problems
will be settled soon.
DR. ZENO SPENCE
TO SPEAK HERE
ON TEMPERANCE
Goldsboro Minister Will
Be At Brooksdale Church
es Three Times On Sunday.
Regarded As Entertaining
Speaker.
Speaker at a series of Temper
ance Field day services to be
held on Sunday, June 29, at
churches in the Brooksdale
•charge, 'will be Dr. Zeno B.
Spence, of Goldsboro, according
to announcement made today by
the Rev. D. A. Petty, Methodist
minister, who is pastor of church
es at Trinity, Allensville and
Brooksdale,
Dr. Spence, regarded as a dis
tinguished advocate of the cause
of temperance, will be at Trinity
church at 11 o’clock in the morn
ing, at Allensville at 3 o’clock
in the afternoon and at Brooks
dale at 8 o’clock that night.
It is his opinion that temper
ance sentiment is increasing
throughout the State and the Rev.
Mr. Petty has said that he is
pleased to bring Dr. Spence to
Person county, which last year
rejected alcoholic beverage con
trol in a county-wide election.
WITH FSA
Now connected with the Rox
boro unit of the Farm Security
Administration is Miss Evelyn
Caldwell, formerly of Burlington,
who takes the position held by-
Mrs. -Philip L. Thomas, of this
city, who recently resigned.
SON BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ellington,
of Henderson, former residents
of Roxboro, announce the birth
of a son, on Monday, June 23, at
Henderson. Mr. Ellington was
until recently connected with the
Roxboro branch of the Carolina
Power and Light company.
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Arriving today from Smith
field, is Mrs. Laura Garland, of
Warsaw, Va., who will visit her
daughter, Mrs. J. S. Merritt
JersonMmes
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY ft THURSDAY
FAMILIES HOLD
RE-UNIONS HERE
Claytons, Lpngs, O’Briants
and Buchanans Have Had
Or Will Have Annual Gath
erings. Bloxam Speaks To
O’Briants.
Third of a series of family re
unions in Person county will be
that of the Clayton family, in the
Concord church community, to
be held on Sunday, June 29, at
the Alex Painter home, accord
ing to announcement made today
by C. D. Clayton.
A basket dinner will be served,
said Mr. Clayton, and members
cf the family, together with their
friends are invited.
Still another branch of the
Claytons will join members of
the Long family in a reunion on
the same date at 11:15 o’clockrin
the morning at Mt. Harmon
chux-ch, Alamance county.
Two other reunion groups
meeting during the week were
the O’Briants and the Buchanans.
The O’Briant gathering on Sun
day was held at Flat River Bap
tist church, with Roxboro City
Manager Percy Bloxam as speak
er. Re-elected as president of the
O’Briant clan was Henry E.
O’Briant, of Roxboro, while also
reelected was W. Irving O’Bri
ant, secretary.
Mr. Bloxam’s address was de
voted to an appreciation of the
Irish O’Briants, with particular:
reference to the family celebrat
ing this reunion, descendants of
Elijah O’Briant, who was born in
1790 and died, in 1878.
The Buchanan gathering was
also held on Sunday, at Allens
ville at the home of J. Larkin
Gentry. Toastmaster was W. T.
Buchanan and attendance was
estimated at 125, most of those
present being descendants of
John P. Buchanan.
Y. W. A Meets
At Clement Church
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| The Y. W. A. of Clement Bap
tist Church held its regular
lar monthly meeting Saturday,
at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon
with Nannie Lou Hall. A good
good program was prepared by
the program chairman and ap
preciation for this was shown
by the attentive interest of those
present. Following a business
discussion, members and guests
were invited in the dining room
where iced tea, <cakes, an spi.ed
candy were served.
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Wildcat Veterans
Meet In Albemarle
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i Albemarle, June 26. —Veterans
of the historic 81st or Wildcat
Division will hold a two day Re -
union in Albemarle, on Saturday
and Sunday, July 5 and 6.
The Reunion will open with
registration at the Hotel Albe
marle from noon, Saturday, July
sth. There will be a colorful Pa
triotic Torchllight Parade at 8:99
p. m., and a Mass meeting fol
lowing. -
Sunday the 6th, there will be
a meeting at 10:0# a. m., an im
pressive Memorial Service at 3:00
p. m., and at 4:30 p. m., a Barbe
cue.
Every Wildcat Veteran and his
family are invited to this gather
ing of North Carolina Wildcats.
WINS AWARD
" H
C. H. Mason, who last
night was awarded a Scoutmast
er’s key, a resident of Helena,
teaches at Bushy Fork school,
and has been active in Scouting
ever since he began teaching in
Person County seven years ago. 1
He first taught here at Helena,
where he organized a troop, then
at Ca-Vel, where he also formed
a group and is now at Bushy
Fork, where an unusually suc
cessful Tribe has been formed.
There are now in Person coun
ty and Roxboro seven troops of
boy scouts and Mr. Mason has
been responsible for organization
of three of them. Mr. Mason, who
is a graduate of the University
of North Carolina and has taker. I
graduate work there and at Duke.J
is the first Person Scout leader j
to receive the key and is the first
in Cherokee council to receive
the award in eight years.
Only two scoutmasters in Cher
okee have previously received the
award, Jim Robertson of Burl
ington and Tom Stanley of Leaks
ville. Lon Turner of Burlington
has earned the Scouters Key
which is awarded to scout leaders
serving in other capacities than
scoutmaster.
Presentation of Mason’s key
was by Cherokee Council Exe
cutive Patterson, of Reidsville.
HUNTER NAMED
AS DIRECTOR OF
SCHOOL BOARD
Will With Other Citizens
Serve On Jackson Training
School Board By Appoint
ment Os Governor Brough
ton.
Named as a member of the
board of directors of Stonewall j
Jackson Manual Training school,
for boys, was Gordon C. Hunter, j
of Roxboro, appointment being
made today by Gov. J. Melville
Broughton.
Eleven prominent citizens from
various parts of the State have
been named to the board. Mr.
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Hunter, Roxboro business man
and civic leader, is executive vice
president of the Peoples Bank, 1
this city.
Complete list of directors is:
L. T. Hartsell, Concord; W. A.j
Brown, Concord; Gordon C. Hunt
er, Roxboro; B. V. Hedrick, Sal
isbury; John T. Ward, Lilesville;
Ben T. Ward, Greensboro; Sen.
John T. Wallace, Statesville;
Judge O. J. Sikes, Albemarle;
Mrs. R .0. Everette, Durham;
Mrs. Geo. E. Marshall, Mount
Airy and Mrs D. B. Smith, Char
lotte, N. C.
BENEFIT FRIDAY
To be at Roxboro high school
Friday night at 8 o’clock, in a
benefit performance sponsored
by the Roxboro Fire department,
are Charlie Monroe and his Ken
tucky Pioneers, a string band
and radio group. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
j Prize Winners In {
Two Parades Os j
j Week Listed j
j Winners of prizes in Mon- j
j day’s miniature float parade, - (
las announced at the Rotary {
| club picnic, were; first prize. J
j The Newells, second prize, J
| Young Mercantile company (a j
{bride and groom) and third,)
{ Community hospital, for a{
{ float showing a doctor and {
{nurse attending a small patij
) cnt. Honorable mention went {
Ito Bey Scouts for a camping {
{scene.
{ Window decoration prizes |
{were: first, to Long, Bradshert
{ and company, second to Long’s f
{ Haberdashery, and third to {
{ Thomas Hardware company. {
J Pet Parade prizes were: {
‘first to Phyllis Clayton, daugh-{
I ter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore {
{ Clayton; second to Becky {
{ Knight, daughter of Mr. and J
{ Mrs. B. B. Knight, and third t
{ to Herbert Mangum, small t
J Negro, mascot of Negro Scout {
| troop here, who carried a {
) black crow and was entered {
{as “Two Black Crows”. {
funeraL rites
HELD TODAY FOR
MRS. W. H. DIXON
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Services were Held At
Virgilina, Va. Christian
Church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Co
ra Lee Wilkerson Dixon, 55, of
Roxboro and Virgilina, Va.,
whose death occurred yesterday
morning at Community
hospital, Roxboro, after an ill
ness lasting less than twenty
four hours, were conducted Thur
sday afternoon at the Virgilina
Christian church at three o’clock
by the pastor, the Rev. C. E.
Newman. Interment was in the
family cemetery near Virgilina,
Va.
Mrs. Dixon, who was twice
married is survived by her sec
ond husband Willie H. Dixon,
and by ten children from her
first marriage. The surviving
children are, five daughters,
Mrs. Clement Jones, Mrs. Willie
Lee Tuck and Misses Claaie,
Gladys, and Rosella Wilkerson,
and five sons, Elmo, Robert,
Felton, Everette and Raymond
Wilkerson, all of the home.
Mrs. Dixon was admitted to
Community hospital about 10
o’clock Tuesday night.
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Edwin A. Myrick
To Report Monday
For Active Duty
Edwin A. Myrick, V. P. I. grad
uate and second lieutenant in the
Reserve Corps, who has for a
year or more been connected
with the Collins and Aikman!
corporation in Philadelphia and]
in Roxboro, left this city this
morning for Petersburg, Va., to]
spend a few days at his homej
before reporting on Monday at
Fort Bragg folr active duty.
Lt. Myrick, who this week re
ceived final orders from the 'War
Department, will be stationed
with the GHQ Air Force, Augus
ta, Ga., where he is expected to
report immediately after under
going final physical examination
at Fort Bragg.
While in Roxboro Lt. Myrick
had residence at Mrs. T. E. Aus
tin’s on South Main street.
Crowd Attends Rotary Picnic,
Outstanding Event Os Week
Library Committees Meet
But Decision Not Reached
Mrs. Merritt, Os Woods
dale, Reports Great Deal
Os Interest Expressed.
Town And County Budg
ets Involved In Outcome.
A successful meeting of county
library committees from Casweli
and Person, headed by Mrs. J. H.
Gunn, cf Yanceyville, and Mrs.
J H. Merritt, of Woodsdale, was
this morning reportijl by Mrs.
Merritt, although absence of .the
Orange county delegation pre
cluded the taking of any definite
action on the proposed tri-county
library
Sidney Green, chairman of the
Orange delegation, was unable
to attend because of a previous
engagement.
Speaker was Miss Marjorie
Beal, Secretary of the State libr
ary commission, Raleigh, who ex
plained in idetail the proposed
program. Present also were May
or S. G. Winstead, J. S. Merritt,
editor of the Times, and others
who are interested in the library
project.
It is expected that various town
and county boards of commis
sioners will take action soon, one
way or another, in regard to in
clusion of the library project in
their respective budgets.
The meeting today was held
at the Person Court house, Rox
boro.
DR. ROWEWHLL
SPEAK SUNDAY!
Duke Man To Be At Long
Memorial Church. Regular
Services at St. Mark’s, At
Baptist and Presbyterian
Churches.
Speaker at the Sunday morn
ing service at Edgar Long Mem
orial Methodist church, at 11
o’clock will be Dr. Gilbert T.
Rowe, professor of Christian Doc
trine, of the Duke University
Divinity school, while the even
ing service at 8 o'clock, in charge
of young people, will be of a
patriotic nature and chief speak
er will be Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris,
cf this city.
At St. Mark’s Episcopal church
the Rev. Rufus J. Womble, rec
tor, will have Morning Prayer
and Sermon at 11 o’clock. Dur
ing his absence from the city on
two successive Sundays, July 6
arid July 13, speakers will be,
respectively, W. T. Bost, Raleigh
newspaper man and prominent
Episcopal layman, and E. H.
Wehrenberg, principal of the
High Plains Indian school.
At First Baptist church regu
lar services will be in charge of
the Rev. W. F. West, and at the
Presbyterian church, the pastor,
the Rev. J. M. Walker, will preach
at 11 o’clock.
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IN HOSPITAL
John Glenn, of Bushy Fork,
uncle of T. K. Glenn, of this city,
is a patient at Community hospi
tal. His condition is considered
somewhat serious and it is ex
pected that he will remain in
the hospital several days.
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Here for “Hospitality Week”
is Gaither (Buddy) Beam, Jr., 1
of Louisburg.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941.
PERSON SCOUTS
READY TO LINE
UP FOR CAMP ,
Large Number Os Local
Boys Have Registered For
July First Week Os Camp
ing.
Reidsville June 26—New im
provements, new equipment,
and the fact that Camp Chero
kee now belongs to the Scouts
have made camp more popular
than ever this season. The first
period, which opens July 6' is al
ready filling up. The Person
County district made a blitzreig
on the first period and practica
lly filled it soon after camp cat
alogues were issued. Troop 47
under C. H. Mason registered 15
troop 49 under Dr. Robert Long!
registered 6 boys, troop 24 un
der Joe Gussy registered 15.
troop 63 under Hill Stanfield
registered 12 boys, troop 55 of
Glen Raven under Howard
■Johnson registered 10 and troop
1 of Burlington under "Duke"
Mercer registered 10.
The staff members are entnu
siastic over the new equipment
and are determined to give the
Scouts the greatest year in the
history of Cherokee. Several
staff members have been work
ing at Cherokee for weeks put
ting in a new water system, new
kitchen equipment and building
the new Health Lodge. The staffs
determined to have the camp
ready and in good shape for the
open house and picnic supper to
be held July 4.
All scouts and troops are cor
dially invited to bring a picnic
supper July 4 and see the new
improvements and facilities at
Cherokee. Each troop will be
given a table, on which to serve
a picnic lunch for their troop and
immediate friends. The staff is
planning a program beginning
with a swimming and life sav
ing demonstration at 4:30, water
sports at 5:30, flag ceremony at
6:16, folio vied by sports £id
games until 8:15, when a huge
campfire program with games,
songs and the presentation of the
deed to President Holland Mc-
Swain.
All scouts expecting to enter
into the swimming meet and
aquatic activities will be requir
ed to have a health certificate
from their doctor showing that
! they may take part in strenous
! activities. Scouts already regis
| tered for camp and who have
sent their application need not
i secure an additional certificate.
I The entire staff will arrive at
Cherokee Monday June 30 and
will continue improvements as
well as holding a training course
in preparation for the 1941 camp
ing season. Any scout who has
not received a camp catalogue
announcing the camp dates and
other camping information may
seure one by writing a card to:
Boy Scouts of America, Reids
: ville, N. C.
ITS A BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Gad
dy, of Monroe, announce the
birth of a son Richard C. Gaddy,
.on June 21. Mr. and Mrs. Gad
|dy are former residents of Rox
boro, where Mr. Gaddy was for
[two years supervising principal
jof Roxboro high school.
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THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR
Sports Lead ProgTam For
Tonight, With Frog Jump
ing Contest And Turtle
Race As An Extra.
Success of the new table re
servation plan carried out at the
Rotary club sponsored Third An
nual Hospitality Week picnic held
last night, was said W. Wallace
Woods, general director, very ap
parent and attendance was esti
mated at around 1,200.
Devotional exercises were in
charge of the Rev. W. F. West,
with a benediction by the Rev.
W. C. Martin. A feature of the
evening was a quiz program con
ducted by Rotarian Dr. A. L. Al
len and many prizes were award
ed.
Added feature of the fourth
clay of "Hospitality Week” at
which peak attendance was reach
ed last night at the Rotary club
sponsored “Community Picnic”
in the grove near Roxboro high
school, was the presentation of a
Scoutmaster’s key to C. H. Ma
son, Scoutmaster of Tribe 4,
Bushy Fork, in recognition of his
completion of courses in the Five
Year Training course for Scout
leaders.
Major emphasis Thursday will
be placed on a double-header
softball game to be played at 8
o’clock tonight cn Roxboro high
school atheletic field, where an
interlude spectacle will be a frog
jumping and turtle racing contest
sponsored by the local voiture
of the Forty-and Eight, while a
highlight of Friday's entertain
ment will be the Kiwanis club
dance in the high school gym
nasium, where music by Bill Van
den Dries and his orchestra will
be enjoyed from 10 until 2 o’clock,
with the crowning, of the Hospi
tality queen by Lt. Gov. R. ij.
Harris, about midnight, proceed
ed by a grand march.
Heading the club committees
in charge of the dance is D. R.
Taylw, who this morning said
that Person citizens, their guest.-:
and many out-of-town couples
coming especially for the dance
are expected to attend, Closing
events of a week crowded with
activities will be the Saturday
afternoon parade of the Ameri
can Legion, followed by a base
ball game, and in the evening a
legion-sponsored square dance
lasting until midnight.
Additional feature of the fourth
day of celebration (Wednesday)
was a pet parade given that
morning by children of the city
and county, who with their pets,
rangeing from dogs and cats of
all sizes and breeds, to alligators,
chickens, rabbits and birds and
teddy-bears, marched the length
of Main street to music by Rox
boro high school band. Larger
than Monday’s miniature float
parade, the pet procession creat
ed general interest. Most of the
pets were dogs, marching on ioot
with their small owners, but
some were puppies in arms, who
rode with varying degrees of
dignity and discomfort, likewise
felt by the kittens and the rest
of the Noah’s ark assemblage.
Presentation of the Scout Key
to Mr. Mason was the conclud
ing event of the picnic program,
with exception of a brief vesper
service. .
(Continued On Back Page)
COMES EACH WEEK
I Mrs. Lucy Allen White, area
youth personnel interviewer for
NY A will be in Person county
each 'Duesday morning at the
United States Post office to take
applications filed by young peo
ple between the ages of 16 to
25.