IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT
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VOLUME XH PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY , SUNDAY JULY 13, 1941. NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN
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WAVELL ARRIVES AT
NEW POST IN INDIA
Smila, India July 12—General
Sir Archibald P. Wavell, former
commander of British forces ar
lived in India today to take com
mand of othe British armies here.
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ACTION COMPLETED ON
$40,000,000 TV A BILL
The House completed Congres
sional action on a bill appropria
ting $40,000,000 for expansion of
power generating facilities of
the Tennessee Valley Authority
needed to meet power shortages
in aluminum production.
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FISH STORIES
Southport, N. C.July 12—Here
are two more fish stories both
from Southport.
The other day a seven and
one-half foot silver tarpoon lost
his way and landed in a net of
the fishing boat U. R. Cozart,
Captain John Erikson. Estimates
were that the fish weighed 200
pounds.
Also, the same day—S. D. For
bes of Pinehurst and a Negro
guide, fishing in Orton Pond,
hooked and boated after a hard
battle, a 56-inch garfish. When
the gar was landed, he bit Forbes
on the hand and then clamped
down on the Negro guide’s leg.
It took both rpen to club the gar
into submission.
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COINCIDENCE
Philadelphia, July 12—It’s go
ing to take more than the draft
to seperate the inseparable Des
andro twins.
The 21-year brothers, John and
Joheph, were among 151 regis
tering with local board 67. Af
ter several officials shuffled tne
cards, Joseph came up with serial
number S-10 and John S-19.
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ALABAMA MINERS DIE
IN EXPLOSION: 11 KILLED
TWO BODIES IN DEBRIS
Leeds, Ala. July 12—Eleven coal
miners were dead as the result
of a mthane gas explosion late
Friday in the Acmar No. 6 mine
of the Alabama Fuel and Iron
Company, four miles north of
here.
All the men in the mine “head
ing,” two white men and nine
Negroes, were believed to have
been instantly killed. All bodies
but those of two Negroes, bur
ied under tons of coal and rock
had been removed at an early
hour.
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POLICE CALLED DOWN FOR
GIVING CHILDREN TICKETS
Birmingham, Ala. July 12—
Two Birmingham policemen were
in the doghouse because they
kept the Police Commissioner
too busy “fixing tickets for a
bunch of kids.”
Officers J. C. Ballard and J.
L. Kustpn each lost five days
off and were put on “utility”
jobs by Commissioner Eugene
Connor, who said they had giv
en numerous tickets to children
for “riding double” on bicycles.
All of them, Conor said, should
have been sent to Juvenile Court
for reprimand instead of being
summoned .to traffic court.
Officers should givp children
“fatherly advice, instead of being
tough cops,” Connor said.
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Robinson Succeeds Oliver
As City Chief Os Police
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Former Highway Patrol-
Now (Wijth Durham
Police Department Noti
ced By Roxboro Commis
sioners, Oliver Has Ano
ther City Position Under
Abbitt.
1 Elected as Chief of Police of
r the City of Roxboro is Lt. G. C.
- (Pat) Robinson, formerly of the
' State Highway patrol and now
• with the Public Department, Dur
ham, according to announcement
made Friday by Roxboro City
Manager Percy Bloxam by au
thorization from City Commis
sioners.
| Although no official announce
ment of election of Robinson,
„ formerly located in Roxboro with
f the State Highway patrol, was
s issued until Friday morning, hit
election as Roxboro’s Chief oc
curred at a meeting of the City
Commissioners held Tuesday af
ternoon, June 8, at which time
other City offiiials, including City
2 Manager Bloxam, were re-elect
t ed.
Robinson is to succeed the pres -
i ent Chief, S. A. Oliver, who re
t linquishes his position after 21
f years of service and will hence
'■> forth be with the City Water
s Works department under Super
-11 intendent I. O. Abbitt.
It is understood that Robinson
■ will accept appointment as Chief
o at a salary of S2OO per month,
i, plus allowances for equipment
1 and automotive service, includ
-3 ing part payment on a car. He
s is expected to assume duties on
1 August 1.
;. Oliver’s salary as Winter De
r partment assistant has been plac
ed at SIOO per month and pres
entation of a testimonial plaque
in recognition of his long years
of service as Chief is to be made.
Announcement of the selection
t cf Robinson ends rumors as to
changes in the Police department
which crept out despite efforts
j of City Commissioners to with
hold the information until a later
date.
* Sent to Robinson Friday A. M.
was a letter signed by Mayor S.
1 G. Winstead, Philip L. Thomas,
commissioner of public safety,
and City Manager Bloxam, in
forming him of his election as
Chief.
Lt. Robinson, who was popu
lar during his residence in Rox
.l boro, was here Tuesday after
t noon for consultation with the
e Commissioners and had recently
e visited here several times for
1 conferences with Mr. Thomas and
f others.
In commenting on impending
- changes in the department City
2 officials praised Chief Oliver for
; his long service here and com
s mended him for efficiency in of
- fice. Mr. Oliver recently built a
i new residence here and he and
f Mrs. Oliver and their sons and
daughters have for years Deen
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Commission To
- Meet Tuesday
’ For First Time
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1 Members of the recently creat
ed City Zoning and Planning
• commission will meet Tuesday
J afternooh at 3 o’clock'at the City
* Hall, at which time election of a
2 chairman and secretary will be
- made, according to announcement
i made today.
The meeting is being called at
1 request of City Commissioners
t by City Manager Percy Bloxam.
I Members of the Zoning and Plan
ring body are R. B. Dawes, A. M.
t Burns, Sr., E. G. Thompson, W.
5 Burke Mewborne, J. W. Noell,
Lennie Cozart and R. C. Hall.
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TWO TEACHERS
NAMED FOR HIGH
SCHOOL IN CTTY
Miss Cole Resigns At Hel
ena. Three Teachers Chos
en For That School. Miss
Gravely Among Them.
; New teacher of commercial
i subjects at Roxboro high school
will be Miss Mabel Massey, oi
Fleasant Hill, 1941 graduate of
• Woman’s College of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, Greens
■ boro.
; Another new teacher at the
• high school will be Lee Putman,
i of Rocky Mount and Chapel Hill,
' graduate of the University of
• North Carolina, who will teach
> science.
Both appointments were to
' day announced by Person Super
intendent of schools R. B. Gris
•in following conferences with
• Leon Couch, supervising princi
, pal of Roxboro district schools.
, Other teacher appointments
announced by Mr. Griffin are
; for the faculty at Helena high
school, where Miss Mildred
■ Smith, of Kittrell, has accepted
• a position as teacher in the com
mercial department, Miss Cnrr,
1 of Durham, with the music de -
partment and. Miss Nellie Gra
vely, of Roxboro, with the sixth
• grade.
Miss Smith and Miss Gravely
: were educated at Woman’s ccl
' • lege, Greensboro, and Miss Cave
is a graduate of Salem. Miss
Carr replaces Miss Sara Cole, of
Canton, resigned. The other tea
chers named are taking places
made vacant by changes in ap
pointments previously made.
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Mr. Gaddy Now
With NYA Unit
In Washington
In Roxboro Friday was H. C.
Gaddy, of Monroe, formerly su
perintendent of Roxboro district
schools, who is now connected
with the National Youth admin
istration at Washington, N. C.
Mr. Gaddy, who left hare in
May, was in the city yesterday
to supervise packing and ship
ping of his households effects to
Washington.
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SERIOUSLY ILL
Knox Moore, of Bushy Fork,
latter of Mrs. George - (Buck)
Crumpton, of city, Is serious
ly lil at his home.
Play Is JCuring Bomb-Shocked Children
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The power of play is credited with helping these children recover
tom the effects of bomb shock. At left, children are climbing in the
‘jungle gym” at the Anna Freud nursery center In Hempstead, England,
naintained by the foster parents plan for war children. Right: British
;hildren enjoying the adventures of Mickey Monse.
WAR RELIEF HAS
CASH GIFTS AND
BOX DONATIONS
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Mrs. G. I. Prillaman Pre
sents Report Covering Re
cent Activities Os Society
Cash contributions totaling
$32.75 were today acknowledged!
by the Roxboro unit of the Bri.
tish War Relief society in a re- 1
pert filed by Mrs. G. I. Prillaman J
; chairman, who said that a box
; of clothing has aso been dis
patched to New York head
quarters.
S2O of the cash received was
derived from a benefit perfor
mance staged under auspices cf
Roxboro fire department, while
; $7 was received from the Ga-
Vel Mill bank and $3.50 has
been received from sale of cook
books, pins ]6nd playing cards
' and $2.25 from the Tuesday eve
ning bridge club, contributors
being Mesdames J. D. Fitzgerald,
Gordon C. Hunter, B. B. Strum,
E. M. Hedgepeth, W. E. Malone,
O. Z. Gentry, Robert P. Burns
' and R. B. Griffin and Miss Vei
ma Beam.
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HAS OPERATION AT
WATTS HOSPITAL
T. Miller White, prominent
Roxboro resident, who last
. week underwent an operation at
Watts Hospital, Durham, is now'
resting comfortably, althougn he
will remain at the hospital for
. several days.
Along The Way
With the Editor
Attention golfers —a few days ago W. H. Harris I, 11. 11l
and IV played golf. Ages ran from something over 80 down
to 4 years. They only played one hole, number one at the
country club. W. H. no. one was rearing to play the entire
course, but it was so hot that the younger boys decided to
wait until the weather was cooler. This writer does not know
who won honors on the hole, but we imagine that the one
that kept score came out O. K.
J. B.Snipes, our former assistant county agent, was in
the city over the Weekend. J. B. is looking good and looks
more like a man of the soil every day that he lives. Whether
he is prosperous or not we do not know. He had on good
clothes and his shoes were good. .
I)o you readers of this column remember Clyde Cole,
son Ralph? Well that boy is doing good over in Yancey
ville. He sells cars and stays so busy that he hardy ever has
time to get over here. He owed us >3 00 and sent a check for
it One of those printed affairs with the name of his com
pany on it. We even suspect that he had a secretary to fill
it out. '
Good luck to Glenn Titus. As you know he is now a
married man. He is going to need a lot of luck and most
"Specially” a raise in salary. Will R. B. Griffin look into this
matter and advise if anything can be done for the boy.
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Wilson Rites Will
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Be Conducted
Sunday Afternoon
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Funeral services for Sam Wil
son, 80, of Hurdles Mills, whose
I death occurred Friday night at
!11 o’colck at Beckley, W. V;>.,
following a heart attack suffered
]at the home of a niece in that
city, will be conducted Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at Wheel
[ c-r's Primitive Baptist church,
near Roxboro, by Elders Floyd
Adams and O. C. Hawkins. In
terment will follow in the Br<d
sher family cemetery near Hur
dle Mills.
Mr. Wilson, who went to Beck
ley on Monday to visit his niece,
a Miss Wilson, is also survived
by three sons, Edgar Wilson, of
Durham, Ike Wilson, of Leas
burg Bert Wilson, of Hurdle
Mills anjd two daughters, Mrs.
Walton Wilson of near Durham,
and Miss Bessie Wilson, of the
home.
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CLASS MEETS
The Philathea Class of Rox
biro First Baptist Church will
meet Tuesday night at 6:30 o’-
clock at the home of Mrs.H. M.
Beam.
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VISITS IN CITY
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes county
farm agent, formerly assistant
farm agent in Person county, was
a Roxboro visitor Saturday.
"Hospitality Week”
Permanent Feature
FULL TIME
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W. Wallace Woods, director of
the 1941 Hospitality Week, and
since January 1940 part-time Ex
ecutive Secretary cf the Roxboro
y Chamber of Commerce, now be
\ comes full-time Secretary, fol
lowing action taken by Directors
- Thursday night.
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Leon Couch Has
[Conference With
- School Officials
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j In Roxboro Friday was Leon
'j Couch new superintendent of
Roxboro district schools, who had
several conferences with Person
Superintendent of Schools R. B.
Griffin and with Dr. B. A. Thax
’ ton, district school board chair
{ man, relative to teacher appoint
ments in the Roxboro system.
Mr.'Couch, who has been a
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resident of Goldsboro, where ne
was superintendent of Grantham
J school, Wayne county expects to
establish residence in Roxboro
before the opening of the schools
this Fall.
He came here Friday from
Durham, where he had been vi-
siting Mrs. Couch and their
young son at Duke hospital.
GOVERNORS ASKED TO
HELP CONSERVE OIL IN U. S.
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Washington, July 12 Tire
[ Governors of 16 Eastern States
were called upon by Secretary ot
S Interior Ickes to lead “a volun
tary effort having as its aim a
i eduction in the consumpition cf
petroleum products by at least
r 20 per cent.”
“Voluntary rationing” is nec-|
” essary. said Ickes, the defense |
petroleum coordinator, to avoid, |
oi at least delay, compulsory
rationing in the face of threat
ened petroleum shortage on the
Atlantic seaboard.
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BELFAST PAPER SAYS
IRISH BASES ‘NEARER
THAN IS REALIZED’
Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ju
ly 12—Establishment of United
States bases in this part of Bri
tain “may be nearer than is
realized" the Northern Whig and
Belfast t»ost said in an editorial.
Informed sources declared,
however, they had no knowledge
of any construction under way.
Apparently referring to com
ment in the United States on the
prospect of naval and air bases,
the Belfast newspaper said, “It
ie unfortunate that such prema
ture revelations, whether true or
not, should be made across the
Atlantic.”
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
Chamber O f Commerce
Directors Pleased With
1941 Week. W. Wallace
Woods Made Full Time
Secretary Os Chamber.
Members of the board of dir
ectors of Roxboro Chamber of
Commerce, sponsor of the Third
Annual Hispitality week meet
ing in regular monthly session
on Thursday night, reached u
nanimous decision to again spon
sor the event in 1'942 and went
: to record as recommending that
the week be observed each year
j in the future.
Much credit for success of the
1941 week’s Iwell-plajnned pr'o-.
gram was given to W. Wallace
Woods, executive secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, who
r.cted as director of the program,
and upon recommendation of
the Chamber’s directors it was
voted that Mr. Woods shall now
be a full-time executive secre
tary, his connection with the
Chamber having been until now
that of a part-time secretary.
By the same motion, Mr. Woods
salary will be increased. Pre
siding over the session was the
president, Glenn Stovall.
Mr. Woods, in his formal re
port of business details in con
nection with “Hospitality Week”
was able to show that the event
was conducted on a sound fin
ancial basis an idea that all bills
have been paid or will be paid
from funds received. Particuar
ly successful was the Kiwanis
club dance, contributions from
which were turned over to the
general expense fund.
Mr. Woods first became con
nected with the Chamber in of
ficial capacity on January 1, 1940.
CERTAIN CITY
EMPLOYEES GET ~
WAGE INCREASES ,
Higher Living Costs In
strumental In Five Cent
Per Hour Boost. Members
Os Board And Mayor Give
Consent.
Effective as of yesterday, wag
[es of certain City of Roxboro
| employees, by consent of the
. | Board of City Commissioners and
Mayor S. G. Winstead, have
been increased 5 cents per hour,
according |o announcement by
City Manager Percy Bloxam, who
said the increases have been or
dered because of the increase in
living costs now being experien
ced.
i Employees obtaining this wage
boost are: operators of sanitary
trucks, water service and main
tenance operators, and filter op.
erators. Filter plant operators will
now receive 40 cents pr houi;
water service department em
ployees, 35 cents per hour and
sanitary truckmen, garbage ' col
lectors and others, 30 cents per
hour.
No increases in pay are ef
fected for other in
the accounting departmens, oi
in the departments of supervision,
I the City engineer, Water super
intendent, etc, these salaries be
, ing paid by the Board of Com
i missioners.
• WILL GO TO FARM
! Roxboro Rotarians will next
, Thursday, July 17, go to the
t Louis L. Long farm for a barbe.
■ cue chicken dinner to be semd £
• there. It is expected that 60 or
; more Rotarians