IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
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VOLUME XU
Roxboro Market To
Open September 16
J. W. Dunnington of Farm-
ville Re-elected As Presi
dent of Association; Geor
gia Opens August 6th.
Virginia Beach, Va., June 27.
The Tobacco Association of the
United States announced today
opening dates for auction centers,
reommended legislation to relieve'
the tobacco shipping problem ana
relected present officers headed
by J. W. Dunnington of Farm
ville, Va.
Unanimously adopting the re
port of its sales committee, the
association fixed market opening
dates as follows:
Georgia, August 6, South Caro
lina and border markets, August
12; East North Carolina, Aug
ust 26; Middle Belt, September
9; Old Belt (Virginia), Septem
ber 16, and Virginia dark mark
ets, December 8.
A resolution proposed by tobac
co exporters and approved unan
imously by the convention called
upon Congressmen from the to
bacco states to seek legsilation
for relief of ocean freight condi
tions; and a second resolution,
also adopted unanimously, pledg
ed the association’s support of
the national defense program.
Dunnington told the conven
tion there was possibility of
“serious shortage” in storage
space for the 1941 crop and re
ported that a survey was. being
made of available facilities in
North Carolina and Virginia
Good storage space available
or in buildings which could be
converted to such use was listed
for about 240,635 hogsheads, with
other space shown by the survey
thus far for 159,365 hogsheads,
he said. Further details will,be
made available to tobacco com
panies cooperating with the Com
modity Credit Corporation in the
current year’s program.
In addition to Dunnington, the
officers reelected were W. W.
Goodson, Winston-Salem, N. C.,
A. B. Carrington, Jr., Danville,
Va., and L. L. Gravely, Rocky
Mount, N C., vice presidents; and
R. T. Hubbard, Farmville, Va.,
secretary-treasurer.
J. E. Bohannon, Bowling Green,
Ky., and W. T. Clark, Jr., Wil
son, N C., were appointed new
members of the board of govern
ors.
The survey of storage facilities,
Dunnington informed the asso
ciation, was begun by W.'D. Reed
of the Richmond laboratory cf
the United States Department of
Agriculture, on April 1.
Never in the history of the to
bacco association, the president
said, have shipping conditions
“been so chaotic as they have
been during the past year.”
“The number of ports to which
our exports may go has been cur
tailed and even on the ships tnat
go to these ports it has been more
difficult to get room for tobacco
than for many other commodi
ties,” he reported.
Delegates attended the anuual
banquet tonight. Tomorrow will
be devoted to recreation and en
tertainment.
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ESCAPE INJURY
Misses Irene Green and Eugen.
ia Whitt, of this city, who with
Tom and Jack Hill, of New York
City, were in Norfolk, Va., for a
few days last week, on Thursday
narrowly escaped serious injury j
in an automobile accident which!
occurred when the machine in|
which they were riding' was
struck by a train. Miss Green and
Miss Whitt rteurned to Roxboro
***** morning.
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AMMUNITION OUTPUT
LAGGING, SAYS F. D. R.
Hyde Park, N. Y., June 27.
Declaring that the country was
way behind hand in producing
ammunition, President Roosevelt
indicated today he was only part
ly satisfied with the manage
ment of the defense program.
He is looking into the matter
of letting Eire have some rifles,
he told a press conference, but j
no ammunition to go with them.
The processing of rifles, he
said, is getting along pretty well,
but the nation is way behind on
ammunition because new plants
had to be erected.
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STONE GETS UNANIMOUS !
APPROVAL OF SENATORS
Washington, June 27.—-Harlan
F. Stone was confirmed unani
mously by the Senate today as
Chief Justice of the United States
hut action was delayed on the
1 appointment of Attorney General
j Robert H. Jackson to be his suc
cessor as an Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court.
Stone succeeds Charles Evans
Hughes, 79, who will retire
July 1.
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NEW SUPERIOR COURT
JUDGES NAMED IN RALEIGH
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Raleigh, June 27.—Governor
Broughton today reappointed five
special Superior Court judges and
appointed three new special;
judges, all for terms of two years. I
The judges are Senator Jeff D. j
Johnson of Clinton, Richard Dil
lard Dixon of EdentOn, and Clar
ence E. Blackstock of Asheville.
Judges reappointed are Luther
Hamilton of Morehead City, W.
H. S. Burgwyn of Woodland, Hu
bert E. Olive of Lexington, A.
Hall Johnston of Asheville and
S. J. Ervin of Morganton.
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WILLIAM GI BSON
WILL BE HEAD
OF BETHEL HILL
Director of Athletics There
Will Succeed Lewis S. Can
non As Principal, Accord
ing To Announcement Made
Yesterday.
William T. Gibson, for the past
four years director of athletics
at Bethel Hill high school, was
on Friday elected principal of the
school, succeeding Lewis Cannon,
who last week resigned in order
to accept a similar position at St.
Pauls, Robeson county.
Mr. Gibson is a graduate of
Eastern Carolina Teachers col
lege, Greenville, and since com
ing to Bethel Hill has been un
usually popular with both pat
rons and students.
Teacher in the seventh grade,
replacing Mrs. Lewis S. Cannon,
will be Miss Ellen Coxe Merritt,
Flora McDonald College graduate,
Class of 1940* and daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Merritt, of
Woodsdale.
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Rites for Submarine 0-9 Victims *
While seamen, officers and navy officials stand at attention on the
deck of the submarine Triton, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
tosses a wreath upon the Atlantic in honor of the men entombed in the
sub 0-9, near Portsmouth, N. H. The navy formally abandoned hope
of raising the wreck after divers made inspection in 440 feet of water.
Graham Farmer Fined For
Breaking Sabbath Day
Combining Wheat Is No
Worse "yian Hauling To
bacco, Says Alamance Ne
gro.
Graham, June 27V— ! Tom And
erson, Negro landowner of Pleas
ant Grove Township, was lined
$1 and court costs, totaling about
?5, by Magistrate J. E. Sellers af
ter pleading not guilty to a charge
of “breaking the Sabbath.”
Anderson was indicted after a
neighbor had complained to Sher
iff E. L. Ivey that he had been
combining wheat Sunday, June
22.
The only witness who testified
at the hearing was Sheriff Ivey,
who said Anderson had admitted
to him that he had been working
Sunday and that he would “plead
guilty.”
Anderson was reported to have
protested that while he knew it
was wrong to work on Sunday,
it was no worse than the practice
of many in the same community
who cure tobacco on Sunday, and
ioad it up and haul it to market
on Sunday.
Sheriff Ivey said that Ander
son was alleged to have been
working in a field adjacent to a
road on which people passed go
ing to the church in the com
munity.
Following the published report
of the complaint made to the
sheriff by a neighbor, it was said
that one woman in the section,
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Along The Way
With the Editor
Hospitality Week has come and gone and the frogs that
Gordon Hunter had in his jumping contest have been eaten
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and the bones thrown away.
Wallace Woods intends to sleep all this week in an ef
fort to rest from his trying experiences a? manager of the
event for 1941. Please do not call upon him for any services
during the entire week. In other words he wants to hibernate.
A few weeks ago Garrett Stanfield told this writer that
he would pay his subscription dues to this paper. He said, “I
will pay you tomorrow when I see you down town.” The
writer has, been waiting “down town” ever since that date
and Garrett has failed to show up. Wonder if he is coming?
It's really strange how some old men can keep going. You
would never think that Jack Strum could still dancfxbut he
was at the Hospitality Dance just as big
Jack wasn t the only old man there.
ent. So were Coy Day and Lawrence M ' 1 ' I l ' '
va, jus: inl i t id He ounlo’t 1
HOLIDAYS WILL
BE OBSERVED IN
ROXBORO AREA
Bank Will Be Closed Fri
day and Saturday, July
Fourth and Fifth.
A number of Roxboro stores
have agreed to observe Monday,)
July 7th., as a holiday in lieu cf,
the regular Fourth of July winch j
comes on Friday this year.
Those agreeing to this plan have!
pointed out that their employees!
will be able to combine Sunday
and Monday into a two day holi
day.
A list "bf those merchants ob- j
serving July 7th as a holiday j
will be found in an advertise-I
ment printed on an vnside page
of this issue of the Times.
Two days, Friday and Satur-j
day, will be observed by the Peo
ples bank, under Ijhe ljule de
claring both days legal holidays
for banks.
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AT CHERRYSTONE RANCH
{Now at Cherrystone Ranch,
near Chatham, Va., are Barbara
Jane Woody, Faith Brooks, Pat
sey Beam, Sylvia and Jean Brad
sher and Edriel Knight, Roxboro
young folks, who are enjoying aj
camping period there.
Dr. Ralph McDonald Will
Be Speaker At Helena Rally
"Leaping Lizzie 99 Wins By
Hair Says Official Scout
By Gordon C. Hunter
Ranker and Frog and Tur
tle Expert Gives Vivid Ac
count of “Hospitality”
Lvcnt at Softball Game.
On Thursday night the Kox
fcoro 40 and 8 put c.n the lirst
rog jumping contest and terrapin
derby ever staged in Person
i County.
Ficgs were placed in the cen
ter cf a circle about 50 feet in
r'Lmctcr. It is a well known fact
ciiat lights blind frogs, and t:.c
klieg lights, together with the
large crowd completely surround
ing the circle except on one side
in front of the grand stand, seem
ed to. bewilder the racers to a
considerable extent.
The last entry of Manly Whit
field, a small striped woods trog
walked away with the contest.
The name of this entry was Pee-
Wee.
The second winner was Kin
ston’s 40 and 8, “Zenobia the
Third”. This frog showed its
training, as it immediately made
or the only opening in the crowd
as soon as the whistle was blown.
Henry O’Briant’s entry “Slow
Motion” never got started. Mr.
C'Briant claimed his frog nad
been fed shot, but the judges
over-ruled his protest.
There were 15 entries in the
terrapin derby. Each terrapin nad
a number on its back. No. 3,
“Leaping Lizzie’, entered by Long
Bradsher & Company, won first
place.
No. 2, entered by Thomas &
Oakley, “March-a-Long” won
second place.
These two terrapins took olf
immediately and it was neck and
neck. Their pounding hoofs
echoed through-out the ball park.
No. 8 won by a hair.
CAR TOP DENTED
BY POLE HIT BY
HEAVY TRUCK .
Personal Car Os Officer
Watson Damaged Saturday
Morning After Kiwanis
Dance.
Only serious "dance night” ac
cident Friday involved the per
j tonal car of a Roxboro police
j man, Artie Watson.
Shortly after the ending of the
Kiwanis dance, about 2:30 in tbo
morning, Watson turned left to
drive into the Sam Barnette Ser
vice station, North Main street ex
tension. Following behind was a
big transport truck, the driver of
which was unable to slow down
quick enough when Watson slow
cd. up for his turn.
Result: the truck shot across
the highway to the left, then
struck a telephone pole, which
fell across the top of Watson’s car,
giving it a considerable dent.
The trucking company has agreed
to settlement with Watson, who
said that he gave a turning sig
nal when he approached the sta
tion.
On the previous night two ma
chines in a collision on the Dur
ham highway near the City lim
its, took to wide open spaces.
One car landed in a com field,
Jhe other ran across the field
crossed the nearby railroad
were not in-
SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1941 NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE
THIRD PARADE
BIG FEATURE OF
FESTIVE WEEK
Crowd Also Attends Ki
wanis And Legion Dances.
Lt. Gov. And Mrs. Haris
Lead Grand 'March.
Largest “Hospitality” parade of
the week was held by Roxbor'o’s
Lester Blackwell Post of the
American Legion Saturday after
neon.
Leading the parade procession
Saturday was the color guard,
followed by civic officials and
special guests. Also in the par
ade were members of the Legion
and the Auxiliary, Bey Scouts
and Cub Scouts, Roxboro High
School band, horsemen, and boys
of the Roxboro CCC camp, the
last named being under direction
of Lieutenant E. R. Thomas, camp
commander and XV. 13. McManus,
superintendent.
Chief Marshal was Thomas R.
Bennett, while the parade com
mittee chairman was Past Com
mander R. H .Shelton, who war
assisted by Dr. B. A. Thaxton,
incoming commander, Onie C.
Jordan, commander, C. C. Gar
rett and Gordan.C, Hunter of the
“40 and 8,” and by Dr. O. G.
Davis.
Other marshals were Lieuten
ant Thomas, City Manager Percy
Bloxam, |Mr, McManus, Robert
Edgar Long, Commander Jordan,
Clyde Atwater of the Roxboio
Fire Department, Chief of Police
S. A. Oliver and Mr. Hunter and
Joe Ellis. Also in the line cf
march were members of the Per
son Four-H Clubs, under Mr. El
lis, the Roxboro Fire Department
under Chief Henry E. O'Briant,
and Scouts, under W. H. Back
house,
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Miss Woody Has
1941 Crown For
Hospitality Week
Just before the Friday Kiwan
l is dance intermission, Lieut. Gov.
1 R. L. Harris of Roxboio crown
ed Miss Mary Seivers Woody,
1941 graduate of St. Mary’s in
Raleigh and blonde daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Woody of Rox
boro, as queen of Person Coun
ty's third annual “Hospitality
Week.”
Miss Woody’s escort at the
dance, was Henry Newell of Rox
boro, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
Newell.
Miss Woody is socially promi
nent here and her choice was an
exceptionally popular one.
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SCOUT TROOP MEETS
Troop 63 held its regular meet
ing Wednesday night in the base
ment of Brooksdale Methodist
Church. Miuch discussion about
camp was cleared up. Almost all
the boys in the Troop are going j
to camp, but there are a few who j
are not going. Scoutmaster Hill!
Stanfield said that he wished ev-l
eryone in the Troop might go inj
order to have a hundred percent. I
After all business was cleared the
meeting was dismissed with the
Scoutmaster’s benediction. I
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
j University Professor And
Political Figure Will Be
Guest At July 4th Gather
ing. Brunswick Stew Will
Be Served.
Speaker at a schvol rally to
be held on Friday, July 4. . at-
Helena high school will be Dr.
Ralph W. McDonald, of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, exten
sion division, Chapel Hill, accord
ing to announcement today made
by J. L, Hester, principal, who
said that the. address will be de
livered that morning at 11
o’clock.
In charge of arrangements frr
the program, which will include
a brunswick stew luncheon at
noon, is the Helena seh ol com
mittee. of which J. G. Chambers
is chairman, A special invitation
is being extended to all teachers
in the school and it is hoped that
many of them, together with
school patrens and pupils, as
veil as other residents in the
community, will attend.
Helena residents who desire
lo contribute . supplies to the
luncheon committee are request
ed to send supplies not later than
July 3, to the J. G. Chambers
store. Mr. Hester, now principal
at Helena, was formerly head cf
the Bushy Fork school, but came
to Helena two months ago, suc
ceeding R. C. Garrison, resigned.
Several new teachers have also
been elected, filling vacancies
caused by resignations, and it is
hoped that they will attend So
far as it is known, this is to be
the only school rally to be held
in Person county on July 4. A
baseball game will be played in
the afternoon.
DAIRY! GRADES
FILED BY ALLEN
| Dr. Allen Reports Person
Dairy Grades And Urges
I Public Support Os All
i “A” Establishments.
Dairy grades for the period
I ending June 30, were yesterday
filed by Dr. A. L. Allen. Person
district officer.
The grades obtained by all
I dairies, said Dr. Allen, have beer.
! determined by local health au
thorities in accordance with rig
| id specifications of tihe United
States Public Health Milk Ordi
! nance, which assures the public
j a cleaner, fresher and better milk
supply.
North Carolina State Health
laws require that all hotels, cases,
restaurants, soda fountains etc.
shall serve milk in the original
containers in order that the name
and grade of the producer or dis
tributor may be readily observed
by the guest.
While only grade “A” milk and
milk products may be sold in
Person County, Dr. Allen took
this occasion to urge all vacation
ist to look for and demand grade
“A” milk and milk products
while away from home.
Dairies obtaining Grade “A”
in Person County are:
Elko Dairy, proprietor, Mrs. E.
B. Foushee; Richlands Dairy, pro
prietor, V. O. Blalock, and Rox
boro Dairy Products, A. C. Fair,
j proprietor. , •
George Murphy, local Sanita
rian stated th|at the inspection
of Roxboro Dairy products is left
Jup to Durham health officials
whose records are filed with the
local department.