PROPOSED CAMP
Continued from page one
tentative and is dependent upon
further materialization of War
Department plans.
Printed below is the story from
Washington.
Washington, July 16.—Selection
cf a 50,000-acre site in Durham,
Granville and Person counties for
a possible new Army camp was
announced today by Representa
tives Carl . Durham and John H.
Folger.
One of 14 sites announced by
the War Department today in
preparation for a probable ex
pansion of the Army, the propos
ed camp is planned to accommo
date between 18,000 and 22,000
men.
The site selected occupies the
triangle between Durham and
Oxford and Henderson. It is
bounded on one side by the Sea
board Air Line Railroad and on
the other by the Norfolk and
Western. U. S. Highway 15 tra
verses the area and along the
south boundary is the Neuse Riv
er. The site thus has desirable
transportation nad water facili
ties readily available. The prox
imity to the three sizable towns
also will provide troops with rec
reational facilities.
No funds now are available for
the acquisition of the sites for the
construction of the camps, it was
stressed. This and the 13 other
locations merely have been chos
en so that the Quartermaster
Corps and other interested Army
agencies could perfect plans for
the camps if it is later necessary
to Increase the strength of the
Army.
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BLOXAM LETTER
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budget, presented this matter
which entailed an outlay of
some $5,000 or $6,000 for new
water mains.
This was not included in the
current budget due to. first, the
fact that the item was more
than the Commissioners felt
could be included in this current
budget. Second, great difficulty
is being experienced by the
City in obtaining materials such
as would be necessary to make a
complete and good job. Third, I
think you appreciate <he factj
that it would be foolish for thej
writer to order street work of
any permanent nature to be don*!
if we anticipate putting in nec
essary mains and we do antici- 1
pate this. As proof and eydetice !
of same, we have of recent date
extended the water main so that 1
we can overcome some obstacles 1
of right of ways. We are now in 1
a position to tie in a loop at such
a time as materials can be ob- 1
tained.
For your further consideration 1
and to make this matter more 1
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MAKES WASHNG MORE OF A PLEASURE THAN
A BURDEN
Capacity 9 pounds of dry clothes, 26 gallons of water to
edge of tab, 21 gallons to water-line Cadmium-plated
wringer with chromium-plated hand rest bat without auto
mate roll atop—Gold Stripe instead of Power Electric Hollr
Does not hare the Time-A-Matie Switch, Overload
Protect-0-Switch and Wind-Away Cord ’ Hooks—Otherwise
the same as the De Laze Model.
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ipoyou »LOO A Week
Roxboro Furniture Go.
“Where Most Folks Boy”.
Court Street
clear in your mind, you would
note that the writer and his as
sociates have been fighting for*
i a year to get a Planning Com
• mission of representative citizens
who would take up such matters
i as thiese and with more force
than any individual like a City
i Manager, and present these mat
, ters to the Commissioners of the
- City. This Commission is now
s formed and will be called on
- Tuesday and matters of this na
. ture will be presented to this
Commission from time to time
r and laid on their table for their
i review and recommendations. In
.my humble opinion, this will
- have the effect of developing our
. City in away and manner which
) we have not yet seen. This Board
is composed of representatives
> from each section of the town
I and it would be the writer’s
i thought that the residents of;
these sections Would see their ■
i representative. Then the matter j
can be openly and freely discufJ
sed, and I believe satisfactory ac- !
tion obtained.
I do agree with you that these,
folks have a real kick and again
I want to say to you that it
would be foolish of our Water
Superintendent and Street Sup
ervisor to do anything but keep
the roads open in as satisfactory
a maner as possible until this
underground earth work and wa
ter work has been completed.
We were successful with the!
State Highway and Public Works'
Commission in getting them to
help us granite these roads and
make them passable during the
last spring and summer which
has been much appreciated by
these people. While this in onlyj
a temporary arrangement, it !
goes to show that we have recog
nized the fact that all this work
must be done and we are not in
favor of botching or doing this
type of work by half measures.
However, I am convinced if Rox
fcoro is to grow and go forward, 1
we must develop a systematic
plan and plans looking into the
future.
I trust this will explain and is
not offered as any alibi.
Sincerely,
Percy Bloxam
City Manager
Pb-lp
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A- B DRUG OPENS
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avenue side, the store interior
represents modern style in con
servative taste. Shelving, wood
work and booths are of light
finished, two-toned poplar, with
an up-to-date’ fountain in har
monizing tones.
Fluroescent lighting fixtures
and an asphalt tile floor are in
keeping with the other decora
tive .details. At the rear is the
prescription department, with a
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C.
receiving window, and upstairs,
in a balcony is the office.
Messers. Allgood and Byrd,
who state that they expect to
hold a formal opening in about
a week, are carrying what is re
garded as an unusually attractive
line of cosmetics, sundries and
drugs and other supplies usually
found in a drug store.
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NOELL HEADS
(Continued from Front Page)
Members of the planning and
zoning commission, it was poin
ted out, will be pleased to re
veive from citizens petitions rel
ative to street and roadway im
provements and routes within
the corporate limits and it is ex
pected that members of the com
mission by making inspection
tiips will be able to make per
tinent to the
City council.
NOW A 5-DAY WEEK
FOR A*P EMPLOYES
THROUGHOUT THE NATION
Stores Will Be Open Six Days A Week As* Usual
But No Employe Will Work More Than Five Days
i
Two months ago this company tried the experiment in a few eastern states of a five
day work week for our retail store employes. Now we are able to announce that we
have adopted the five-day week as our national policy.
• This, we believe, constitutes the first five-day week and the shortest general working
hours of any major retail food establishment.
• This shorter work week will be in effect before Labor Day in A&P food stores in thou
sands of communities throughout the country. It will be extended as far and as fast
as possible. Frankly, however, we must recognize that in a few states and a number
of cities the introduction of this policy may be delayed or even prevented by state or
local labor regulations or local agreements.
• A&P food store employes affected by this policy will work only five days a week al
though stores will be open six day* a week as usual. Their weekly salaries will not be
reduced by their shorter work week. Our policy is to continually improve working con
ditions and salaries as evidenced by the fact that during the past year alone we have
been able to make actual wage Lacfegpes and to pay added compensation to our employes
in an amount totaling more than $4,000,000.
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This new, shorter week is still further evidence that the savings you can now
make in buying groceries, meats and fresh fruits and vegetables in A & P Food
Stores are made possible by savings through efficiency and that no part of these
savings comes out of the wages of our employes.
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FOR many yean it has been a source of pride to us that we out waste and unnecessary handling operations along the dis
have been able generally to maintain the highest average tribution route,
wage scale and the shortest general working houn in a field
where long hours have been traditional. Since we fint cut the * This year we are paying the highest wages for the shortest
work week eight houn in 1916, there has been a long record , . . .. .. , - , , , . . . „„„
-, , , . . , . , 6 work week in the history of the food business and yet our
of further reduction m hours, increases in wages and vacation
schedules. customers throughout the country will save more than
Because our new low prices have resulted in increased patron- $50,000,00(1 on the food they buy as compared to the lowest
age, we have been able to further reduce our operating expenses
and increase our efficiency and still further improve the work- P ric€S we could charge on the bas “ of our own grating ex
ing conditions of our employes. expense only five years ago.
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At the same time thousands of families will testify that
they buy their foods today at lower average prices in A & P We are more than ever conscious, in these unusual times, of
Food Stores than m a», group of stores .. the htgWj- com- of liviog. We ITo. lb»t we ~« m.kiug it pomibl.
petitive retail food field. Today, when you spend a dollar in f or average family to buy more good food for the same
one of our stores, more of that dollar actually purchases food money, or to buy quantity of food for less money.
mmA less of it goes to cover distribution costs and profits than are happy to tell you that you can enjoy these savings
ever before in the history of the food‘business. with the knowledge that the people who serve you in our retail
•tores are sharing more titan ever before in these good things.
There is no conflict between low prices and good working This means a better standard of living for you and for those
conditions. We have achieved both by constantly improving *ho serve vou. *
methods of bringing food from producer to consumer, cutting -
This pi— will nrrresltstr alight adjwstmenU in store hours which wifi be announced locally. We respect
folly a >k o«r customers for their cooperation and assistance in making this new schedule a success*
A&P FOOD STORES
* Established 1859
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THOMPSON NAMED
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Jtily 21, at 3 o’clock, for all child,
ren who will bring two or more
vessels of auminium to the thea
tre.
Considerable discussion of the
proposed drive was presented at
monthly meeting of the Person
Scout, council last night and de
cision twds Reached by district
hairman C. A. Harris, who is
also a member of Mr. Thompson’s
ommittee, that Scoutmasters of
various troops will confer for
discussion of plans whereby tho
Scouts can most effectively ser
ve in the aluminium drive. It
is expected that the city and
county will be divided into zones
or districts, with full cooperation
from all citizens.
Members of Mr. Thompson’s
committee, chosen and announc
ed by him, are: Dr. B. A. Thax
ton, Commander of Lester Black
well Post, the American Legion;
R. B. Griffin, Person Superinten
dent of Schools; MiaT Velma
Beam, home demonstration and
4-H club leader; Miss Nancy
Bullock, .president of the Busi
ness and Professional Woman’s
club; W. Wallace Woods, secre,
tary of the Roxboro Chamber of
Commerce; Dr. R. A. Bryce, Ne
gro physician, the Rev. W. F.
West, of Roxboro First Baptist
church. Fire Chief Henry E. O’.
Briant, City Manager Bloxam
and Mr. Harris, of the Scout
council.
Invitation from Mr. Thompson,
representatives of the press will
also attend the committee ses
sions.
W. K. MOORE
church by Elder T. Floyd Adams,
of Willow Springs, with inter
ment following in the church
cemetery.
Survivors include: his wife, the
former Miss Zelma C. Whitfield,
of Person county, to whom he
was married on December 26,
1906, six sons and seven daugh
ters.
« The sons are: Walter Moore, of
Raleigh, Elbert Moore, of Gra
ham, Wayne Moore, of Greens
boro, and David, James Ehrl
pnd John Henry Moore, of the'
home. The daughters are: Mes-j
dames C. C. Wllkerson, of Bushy {
Fork, George B. Crumpton, (if
Roxboro and C. J. White of South
Boston, Va., Misses Elva Moore,
of Winston Salem, and Mabel
Mary Ruth and Eva Kate Moore,
of the home. Also two brothers,
Ernest and Hugh Moore, of Hur
dle Mills, and two sisters, Miss
Mary Moore, who lives with Er
nest Moore, and Mrs. P. H.
Briggs, of Bushy Fork. i
Pallbearers were Mr. Moore’s]
nephews, Curtis, Ollie and Al
vin Moore, P. H. Briggs, Jr..j
John Whitfield, Felix Brooks and
Melvin and Hubert Long. Flower
bearers were nieces.
THURSDA? JULY 17, tt®
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collision on highway 49, near the 'j
city limits, when Winstead’s car fpj
crashed into Crabtree’s as Crab,. *
tree made a left hand turn- la
stop at a roadside restaurant.
Both men were cited for careless**'
and reckless driving.
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Two Burlington * Ja
nie Lloyd, of 714 Morehead' street,
and Carlton Crabtree, about five. |
o'clock Sunday afternoon were
taken to Community htijiftftM
here for first aid treatment,
when their machine, with Crab,
tree driving, turned over halt,
way down a hill on Chub Lake
street. With them were two
other persons, uninjured. It is
reported the car went out of con
trol when it struck a loose rock,
in the pavement. Officers Re
ported the car was going at a
- rate of speed.