IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XH
County Officials Provide
For Assistant Farm Agent
Increase Made In Appro
priations For Library And
' For Hospitalization Fund.
Tax Rate Not Set.
Person County Commissioners
meeting for second budget ses
sion within the week, yesterday
morning approved appropria
tion of S6OO for the county’s pro
portionate part of the salary of
an assistant farm agent; set the
library appropriation at SSOO and
increased by SSOO the hospital
ization fund.
Approved in toto was the
school budget, as presented by
County Superintendent R. B.
Griffin for the school board, and
included in the school budget
was a sum for improvement of
sanitary facilities at. Olive Hill
school.
Also allocated was SI,OOO for
interior painting and repairs to
the Person Court house, mainly
in the Court room.
Meeting was held in the of
fice of County Attorney R. P.
Burns, where each item was
checked in a four hour session,
with instructions to County trea
surer J. S. Walker to prepare
the budget as presented, subject
to final checking by the Commis
sioners.
Present tax rate is $1.25, but
Mr. Walker first declined to
make public comment on what
the new rate is to be. Increased
appropriations for library work,
for hospitalization and for farm
agency work follow specific re
quests made by various citizens
interested in these projects. Alsc
increased was the salary of
Farm Agent H. K. Sanders.
No date was set for the session
at which final review of tns
budget will be made.
Members of the Board in their
regular July session, held Mon
day morning heard a number of
petitions and received from the
County Board of education a bud
get .drawn up and approved by
that body at a quarterly session
also held that morning.
Jurors for the August 4 term
c.f Superior court were drawn,
but the list will not be released
until decision as to schedule of
court is reached by the Person
Bar association, August term ts
court being frequetnly pancelled.
Judge assigned to this court is
Hon. Clawson Williams, of San
ford. j*.*-- ,*
Among those appearing befoi 3
the Commissioners were Mrs. J.
H. Merritt, of Woodsdale, for
the County Library committee,
Mesdames C. E. Brooks and K.
C. Wagstaff and Miss Velma
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Civil Service
Exams Ordered
For Woodsdale
J. Bryan Boswell, acting Post
Master at Woodsdale (fourth
class) today announced that ci
vil service examinations to fill
a contemplated vacancy in the
Postmastership At that office will
be held soon and that applica
tions must be filed with the Ci
vil Service commission, Wash
ington, by July 25.
The position pays $750 per
annum. Examinations will be
held at Roxboro on a date to be
announced. Mr. Boswell has for
several weeks been acting Post
Master and will continue in that
office until another selection is
made.
ImnntMimes
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY
LEWIS R. MONK
RITES CONDUCTED
MONDAYMORNING
Well Known Roxboro Resi
dent Dies Following Sud
den Heart Attack Suffered
On Main Street.
Funeral services for Lewis R.
Monk, 62, well known Roxboro
resident and- Person county na
tive, whose death occurred Sat
urday night about 9:30 o’clock,
on South Main street, in the bu
siness district, following a sud
den heart attack, were conduct'll
Monday morning at 11 o’clock,
at Brooklyn Methodist church,
with interment immediately af
terwards in the church cemetery.
Officiating ministers were the
Rev. D. A. Petty, his pastor, cf
Brooksdale Methodist church, ihe
Rev. F. B. Peele, also of the
Methodist church, and the Rev.
W. F. West, of Roxboro First
Eaptist church.
Shortly before the sudden at
tack seized him, Mr. Monk was
in conversation with a number
cf citizens at Glenn Brothers
service station. He then left the
service station and walkd a few
steps before he fell to the pave
ment. The Person cororner, Dr.
A. F. Nichols, who was summon
ed at once, made an examination
pnd—ottrbkited -death to a heart
attack.
Mr. Monk’s paternal grandpar
ents were natives of Ireland and
his father the late John Green
Monk was born on board ship
on the Atlantic ocean. He him
self was born near Roxboro and
was for many years a familiar
figure in this city.
Survivors include: his wife,
Mrs. Maude Monk, of Foushoe
street, one son Boone Monk, of
Mullins, S. C., two daughters,
Mrs. Malcolm Umstead and Mis.
Nathaniel Warren, both of this
city, a sister Mrs. Martha Satter
field, of Portsmouth, Va., and a
number of grandchildren.
He was a member of Brooks
dale Methodist church and of
Longhurst Council of the J. O-
U. A. M. members of which ser
ved as pallbearers.
Pallbearers were: J. Dameron
Long, W. A. Wrenn, George Solo
mon, B. B. Knight, George Fox,
Jr., and Tom Slaughter; flower
bearers were: Mesdames J. H.
Garrett, D. C. Daniel, Allen
Crews, J. R. Day, O. F. Duncan,
A. Z. Day, McKinley Daniel,
Frank Oakley. L. T. Cozart, An
drew Day, Scott Long and Miss
Eugenia Day.
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Professional Club
Meets Tuesday
At Concord Church
First July meeting of the Rox
boro unit of the Business and
Professional Woman’s club was
this week held on Tuesday night
at Concord Methodist church,
near Roxboro, with the program,
consisting of several games, in
charge of Miss Louise Croom.
Supper was served by women
of Concord church. Next meet
ing of the club will be held July
22, at 7 o’clock, at Mrs. Gardner s
coffee shop.
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NO SERVICES
No Sunday Church service will
be held on July 13, at St. Mark’s
Episcopal Church, but the rec
tor, the Rev. Rufus J. Worpble,
will be in the City thereafter.
He and Mrs. Womble are now on
their wedding trip.
Last Honors for Paderewski
1 A view of the funeral of Ignace Jan Paderewski, renowned Polish
patriot and pianist. The casket, draped with the national flag of the
Polish Republic, was borne on a gun carriage flag by an honor guard of
the U. S. army. Until it can be taken to Poland, the body will rest in
Arlington cemetery.
BOYS AND GIRLS
GO TODAY FOR
FIELD PROGRAM
Four-H Club Health Mon
archs and Members Go To
Oxford - Person Unit Pre
sents Dance.
Among Person Four-H cluo
members to attend the field day
to be held at Oxford are: Miss
Louise Davis, of Allensville, and
Thomas Horton, of Bushy Fork,
twice chosen as Person’s King
and queen of health, in 1941 and
in 1941, also Missess Christine
Perkins, Lonie Pugh, Nancy Mer
ritt, Carolyn Shotwell, Effie
Wrenn, Ruby Humphries, and
Nancy Woody, all members of
the Bethel Hill club.
Others attending are Edward
Lee, Nathaniel Broach, Thomas
Pleasants, Douglas Horton, Fred
Yarborough and Merritt Wrenn,
all of the Bushy Fork club, also
Carroll Dunkley, of the Olive
Hill club, and Miss Elise West,
cf the Allensville group.
The Person delegation will
tr.ke part in a series of folk dan -
ces honoring the royal court and
the Person dance will be a ver
sion of > “Cornin’ Through the
Rye.” Acting as host unit will
bp the Granville Four-H council.
Speaker will be Rep. Harold D.
Cooley.
Encourging Report Given of
Library Progress in Person
Circulation of books during
June in the Person County Libra
ry reached 767, according to Mrs.
Mclver Featherstone, WPA libra
rian there, who today filed her
leport for the fiscal year just
ended.
Financial support received from
the County, mainly for purchase
of books and magazines, was
$13.65 per montH, although great
assistance has been received from
the bookmobile, operated during
the first part of the year and
from private donations, both in
cash and books.
Especially to be thanked at thi;
t>me for contributions of books,
said Mrs. Featherstone, are Mes
dames R. E. Hamlin, Munroe
Pleasants and G. A. Duncan. Dur
ing the year, by purchase and by
donation 202 adult boqfcs have
been added to the shelves and
115 juveniles.
Annual county appropriation
ot SSOO, made yesterday by tlie
City Fathers
Rename Bloxam
As City Manager
Roxboro City Commis
sioners, following the policy
indicated at their June meet
ing, at their regular July
Tuesday afternoon session
approved the previously
presented tentative budget
calling for a 1941 tax rats
of $1.30, five cents lower
than the 1940 rate, on a bud
get estimated at $35,850, bas
ed upon taxable valuation
of $2,758,365.
Re-named to office were
City Manager Percy Blox
am and various other offici •
als, although full roster of
appointments, including po
lice officers, will not be
made public for several days.
City Manager, who came
to Roxboro in March 1940
from Raleigh', now enters
upon his second fiscal year
in office.
The Commissioners, as cho
sen this year, are Gordon C.
Hunter, Preston Satterfield,
Sr., Lester Brooks, George
J. Cushwa and Phillip L.
Thomas.
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IN HOSPITAL
T. Miller White is a patient
at Watts Hospital, Durham.
Person commissioners, is expect
ed to materially assist the libra
ly program in the county, which
during the past year received
impetus through transfer of the
Woman’s club library to county
administrators working with W
PA. S9OO will also be received
from the State Library Commis
sion.
Summer hours at the library
ere from 9:30. o’clock in the
morning until 12 noon, and from
one o’clock in the afternoon un
til 4:30. Both city and county pa
trons are welcomed to call at
these hours. The library reading
room and headquarters are main
tained in the Community house,
Chub Lake street.
Chairman of the library com
mittee is Mrs. J. H. Merritt, cf
Woodsdale, who with Rep. R. P.
Burns and other members, has
been most active on behalf of
an expanded library program for
Person County,
Test Cases Rouse Health Men
Just As Privy Project Ends
RAIN DOES NOT
DAMPEN SPIRITS
OF BOY SCOUTS
Camp Cherokee Opens Af
ter Previous Dedication
In Whick C. A. Harris, Os
Roxboro, Has Leading
Role.
Reidsvillc, July 9.—Cloudy skies j
end rain failed to dampen the!
spirit of approximately 100 Scouts
who arrived at Camp Cherokee |
Sunday afternoon for the eper,-’
ing of the 1941 camping season.
Every seat in the large rustic
c’ining hall was filled.
The rain failed to keep the j
Scouts from exploring the entire
site to inspect the new tents, and
equipment that has been purchas
ed to make the program more ef
fective.
This year’s program is stress
ing troop camping. Four experts
ore in charge of the troops in
camp and are coaching the boys|
cn modern methods of camping
and how to be comfortable in the;
woods with little equipment. Thisj
phase of the program is under!
the direction of Harry Lee Bowl
ing, Clyde Whitt, B. J. Benson
and Earl Hill.
The most popular spots in camp
are the dining hall and the water
front. Both of these have been
greatly improved. The kitchen
has been greatly enlarged and
improved. The water front has
6 new boats and 4 canoes and an
excellent staff composed of Joe
Blanks of Roxboro and Karl Bi
shopric of Leasksville.
Cherokee Council has received
nation wide recognition for its
excellent water front program.
In keping with the policy of pre
vious years the able staff of iite
guards put on an exhibition of
boating, canoeing, and simple life
saving methods each Sunday af
ternoon at 4:00. Parents and
friends are welcome to see these
demonstrations.
An excellent staff of 15 lead
ers aid in offering a program
crammed with Scoutcraft. Those
members of the staff from Rox
boro are: Lawrence Moore, head
camp store and mapping instruc
tor, Joe Blanks, waterfront di
rector, Clyde Whitt, camp scout
master, Hill B. Stanfield, camp
scoutmaster, C. H. Mason, ad
vancement director; from Heiena,
Eilly Wilson, carpentry, Earl Hill,
camp Scoutmaster and Talmadge
Timberiake, carpentry.
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Tentative Tax .
Rate Os $1.34 ..
Set For Person
Person county tax rate for
for 1941 is tentatively set at
$1.34, according to announce
ment today by J. S. Walker,
county treasurer. This is
nine cents higher than the
1940 rate of $1.25. The in
orease, said Mr. Walker,
“Comes principally from
school debt service and capi
tal outlay.”
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NEXT SESSION
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Next session of Recorders
Court, with Judge R. B. Dawes
presiding, will be held on Tues
day, July 29, instead of on the
regularly scheduled date, July
22, according to announcement
THURSDAY JULY 10, 1941.
CLAUDE T. HALL
PRESIDES OVER
FIELD PROGRAM
Person Farm Leader Has
Prominent Role In All Day
Program At Oxford Field
Station.
Oxford, July 9.—This morning
Harold D. Cooley, Congressman
from the Fourth District canceled
his speaking engagement at the
Oxford Tobacco Experiment Sta
tion, but numerous prominent
State officials and figures took
part in the ceremony.
The program began at 10.10
this morning with E. G. Moss, di
rector. of the station, calling the
meeting to order.
The visitors were welcomed by
Mr. Moss and then he introduc
ed the chairman, F. E. Miller,
who in turn introduced the chair
man of the day, Claude T. Hall
of Woodsdale, Person County.
H. W. Taylor, senior market
ing specialist of the tobacco di
vision of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, spoke
| cn the subject, ‘The Dollar and
j Cents Value of Tobacco Insp.v
--j lion.” A quartet, A. B. Dean, Joe
' O’Brien, S. I. Puryear and John
11lie Perkinson, sang. Robert M.
j Salter, director of the North Car
olina Agricultural Experiment
Station at Raleigh, made an ad •
dress.
Dr. T. E. Smith of Oxford spoke
on the subject, “Tobacco Dis
eases.” V'. Kerr Scott, North
Carolina Commissioner of Agri
culture, introduced the main
speaker.
At 2:15 ’clock, a 4-H Club fes
tival was presented with mem
bers from 4-H Clubs in Durham,
Franklin, Granville, Person and
Wake Counties participating un
der the direction of Miss Virgin
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Rev Mr. Shore
Will Speak At
Sunday Service
Speaker at the afternoon ser
vice of a combined Home Coin
ing and Revival series starting
Sunday at Trinity Methodist
church, will be the Rev. J. H.
Shore, w’ell-known retired Met
hodist minister, according to an
nouncement made today by the
pastor, the Rev, D. A. Petty.
Although the new church edi
fice being constructed on the
site of the century-old church is
still incomplete, the Church
School building is more nearly
finished and will be used by the
congiUga\Jon, to Mr.
Petty, who added that a piano
has been installed and one hun
dred new hymnals have been se
cured.
The Home Coming service will
be held at 11 o’clock Sunday
mofning and will be followed by
a basket luncheon served on the
church grounds. Second service
cf the day will be held at 1:30
o’clock in the afternoon. No ser
vice will be held that night but
at 8 o’clock each night during
the remainder of the week ser
vices will be conducted.
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LEAD SINGING
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace
Woods, of this city, will on Sat
urday go to Chapel Hill to lead
the singing at the district Rotary
meeting to be held there for
club officers.
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER THIRTY-SIX
County BGard Os Health
Measure Up Against It In
Magistrate's Court. Person
Privy Project To Close Un
der WPA Orders By
Saturday.
Effective as of Saturday. July
12, the Person County WPA pri
vy project, third most successful
in the State with regard to num
ber of privies constructed and
installed, will be closed afte:'
operating for a period of three,
years.
Rumors as to the closing of
this project started Monday fol
lowing the visit of R. L. Heffner,
WPA construction engineer for
the Durham district, but confir
mation of the closing order was
-net obtained until Wednesday
when loss of three “test cases”
in a magistrate's court necessi
tated further consultation with
Mr. Heffner and District WPA
supervisor Kennedy, of Durham.
These test cases, involving in
one instance an alleged violation
of the State law with regard to
privies, and- in two instances
similar infractions of a newly
promulgated Person Cofunty
statute as enacted on June 26
by the Person Board of Health
at a meeting held on that day,
were brought up before W. Read-3
Jones, magistrate, cn warrants
issued at request of Dr. A. L.
Allen, Person health official co
operating with the ~WPA ‘ privy*""
project.
Persons involved were A. Z.
Day, A. J. Clayton and D. D.
Day, Oxford road landowners,
who it is alleged declined to par
ticipate in the WPA privy project
being carried out in their area.
By decision of the magistrate,
A. Z. Day was released from
charges on grounds that Day had
since applied- for a privy-con
struction on his property, al
though he failed to do so before
the warrant was issued. Alleged
technical imperfection and ques
tioned validity of the recent
county statute provided grounds
for dismissal of cases against the
ether defendants.
Following adverse decisions in
the three cases, Dr. Allen infor
med a Times reporter that he
did not see, “How he could ask
for continuance of the WPA pri
vy project without cooperation
from local courts,” adding -that
it is “impossible without this eo
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Two Leasburg
Men Hurt In
Sunday Wreck
Harry Carter, about 30, and
Robert Webster, both of near
Leasburg, Sunday afternoon were
injured about 2:30 o’clock when
the motorcycle they were riding
went out of control on a curve
at North Hyco Creek Bridge on
the Leasburg-Roxboro Highway,
13 miles from Roxboro.
Both men were taken to Com.
m unity Hospital, Carter, who
was driving neceived a broken
left arm and Webster received
two fractured ankles.
Earlier Sunday, about 10:30 m
the morning, a heavy van en
route from Greensboro near tlje
Roxboro city limits crashed into
the front porch of a house and
tore the porch loose. No one wa&
injured. The driver, who gav4;
1 his name as Elmer Drjfoel» j|j|
Indianapolis, Ind. said the tntthjj
■ skidded on wet pavement. QatH
’ pant of the house was Ctlpuii
' Woody. Officers reported
ment for damages will Iti|J .