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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XU Second Association Opens Saturday At Big Meadow Upper Country Line Group To Convene. Lower Asso ciation Re-Elects Flem D. Long Moderator. Old Book Gives History. Thirty-fifth annual meeting of the Upper Country Line Prim itive Baptist- association, begin ning Saturday, July 26, will be held at Big Meadow church, ,near Siler City, with T. A. Stanfield, cf Reidsville, as moderator ancl will be continued through Sun day and Monday. Meeting of this association, to be held one week after that of the Lower Country Line associa tion which closed its sessions Monday, near Roxboro, is ex pected to attract large numbers from churches in Orange, Chat ham, Caswell and Person counties, although the majority of the members in Person are affiliated with churches in the Lower as sociation. In possession of Flem D. Long, of Roxboro, who was this week re-elected to serve his 13th year as moderator of the Lower As sociation, is the 136 year old calf-bound record book of the original Country Line associa tion, which was formed in 1805 from the Flat River association and was then divided in 1906 (101 years later) into the present Upper and Lower associations, dividing line being Person s Hyco river. Moderator of the first Coun try Line session in 1805 was Geo rge Roberts and first clerk was Barzilar Graves, and in the old record book, are minutes of meet ings down through 1904, with many pages in the precise and legible penmaship which flour ished in the 19th century. Mr. Long, incidentally is the third moderator to serve the Up per association, the other two, W. A. Warren, of Person County, and W. G. Markham, of Durham, having served until their deaths. Re-elected as clerk was J. J. Whitley, of Durham. Division into two associations was effected in 1906 because con tinued expansion of membership of the Primitive Baptists caused the old Country Line association to reach an inconvenient size. Membership in the two asso ciations is now fairly equalized but members in one group fre quently attend sessions in the ether. Mr. Warren first moderator of ithe Lower associal|ion, served from 1906 until his death in 1927. Second moderator, Mr. Markham, of Durham, served only one term before his death, and Mr. Long has served since then, continuing a tradition of life-time tenure by annual re election. In attendance at the recently Continued on back page . o Smith Child Dies In City Hospital Funeral services for John Ed mond Smith, Jr., 11 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Smith, of Leasburg road, near this city, whose death occurred Sunday morning at Community hopsital, after an illness lasting three days, were conducted Mon day afternoon at 2 o’clock at Oak Grove Methodist church, by the pastor, the Rev. F. B. Peele, of Roxboro. Interment was in the ihurrh cemetery. , The child was taken, to the hospital Saturday night. Survi vorers include the parents and one brother, Reginald Smith, and two sisters, Lucy Mae and Eve line Smith all of the hopae. |mon|g|<Eimes PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY D H. HODGES, OF SPRAY CHAIRMAN OF POSTMASTERS ♦ Named To Succeed Carlton At District Meeting Held Tuesday At Hotel Rox boro. New chairman of Fifth District Postmasters is D H. Hodges of Spray, elected at the annual din ner meeting of the Association held in Roxboro Tuesday night. Hodges succeeds L. M. Carlton, Roxboro Postmaser. Re-elected as secretary was Mrs. Hazel Sprinkle, of Dobson. Special guests and speakers included Mrs. Annie Lou Scott, of Sanford, president of the State Association, Jce Allen, Durnam Postmaster, and Roxboro City Manager Percy Bloxam, the last named of whom gave the in vocation and the welcoming ad dress. Presiding was Mr. Carlton. The session was held at Hotel Roxboro, with delegates from Granville, Caswell, Rockingham, Fcrsyth, Surry, Stokes and Per son counties. Mrs. Scot) urged Association cooperation, with full member ship. Chairman Hodges will ap point county representatives and will himself serve as a State As sociation director. jMjr. Carlton who served one year was elected at Winston-Salem. o Young People Meet At Blanch Church ; Young people of Beulah Bap tist Association met last week at Blanch Baptist Church un der the leadership of Mrs. L. V. Coggons and her assistant Miss Lucille Davidson. The theme of the meeting was “Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown?” The mefeting began with the auxiliaries meeting in seperate groups. After the close of these group meeting refreshments v. ere served to each group. In the afternoon a joint session was held in the auditorium. The session opened with the group singing the auxiliary hymr.s. Rev. L. V. Coggins led in pray er. A representative of the Mill Creek Sunbeams recited the poem “Sunbeams Shining.” Rev. W. F. West, whose topic was “They That Be Wise,” gave a very interesting talk on Christ ian life. Mrs. L. B. Olive, South ern Baptist Missionary to China described the war conditions in China,'telling how the war had made many • turn to the church. She showed Chinese dolls and also pictures of her Chinese friends. The Clement Y. W. A secre tary, Mrs. Ronald Dunevant, sang “Any Stars In My Crown.” A stewardship play Was given by the Blanch and Milton aux iliaries. Earl Newton, of Clement, led the closing prayer. The fall Y. W. A. Conference will be held at Yanceyville Bap tist Church October, 19, while the annual young peoples meet ing will be held at the Semora Baptist Church Tuesday follow ing the second Sunday in July next year. o CHIEFS GRANDAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Oliver, Jr., of this city announce the birth of a daughter Thurs. July 24, at their home here. The child is a grandchild of Chief of Police and Mrs. S. A. Oliver. THOMPSON TALKS TO CLUB WOMEN Local Defense Chairman Declares Women Have An Increasingly Import ant Role In National Defense. Discussing the significance of the roles played by women in civ ilization, E. G. Thompson, chair man of the local unit of the State Committee for National Defense, who was guest speak er at the second August meeting of the Roxboro chapter of the Business and Professional Wcm man’s club Tuesday night, call ed attention to the courage and resourcefulness now being shown by women in war-torn foreign countries and expressed the opin ion that women in the United ! States will be no less courageous !in their cooperation with Na tional Defense. The speaker, who was present • \ed by Mrs. Roselle Featherston. ; chairman of _ the International Relations committee, then spe | cifically mentioned the part wo | men may play in the Aluminium ! campaign now being carried on, said that women are now at the forefront in every worthwhile civic venture and prophesied greater changes in the world as women increase their positions as executives in the business world. Presiding at the meeting which was held as a dinner ses sion at Mrs. B. W. Gardner's Coffee Shop, was Miss Agnes Brake, vice president. During the business session three new members, Misses Julia Fisher, of the Person Health Department, and Eleanor Barbour, Home Su pervisor, F. S. A. and Rachel Brewer, secretary for F. S. A., were received. Next meting, August 11, will be held at 7 o’clock in the Church School Building, Roxboro First Baptist church. o L ■ W. (Joe) Brooks Negro Teacher Dies At Home Leonidas W. (Joe) Brooks, 40, of near Allensville, Negro school teacher, for 12 years a member of the faculty of Person county Training School, died Sunday at his home. Death was attributed to heart trouble with complica tions. Survivors include ni s wife, 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock it Al len’s Chapel' .Methodist chuich, with interment at Woodsdale. The deceased was a member of Allen’s Chapel church and was widely known for his work in educational circles. o Miss Chandler Has Washington War Department Job Miss Lottie L. Chandler, dau ghter of Elder and Mrs. Lex J. Chandler of Roxboro, has ac cepted a position in the War De partment in Washington; D. C. Miss Chandler is a graduate of Helena High School, and Croft’s Secretarial and Accounting School. For the past year, she has held a position with Van Straa ten’s in Durham, but left Sat urday for Washington, where she will assume new duties. o LT. MYRICK HERE Lt. Edwin A. Myrick of Daniel Field, Augusta, Ga., will arrive tonight to spend the week-end in Roxboro. Lt. Myrick left this city in June and has since then been stationed at Daniel Field, with the air corps. FINAL WEEK AT CHEROKEE WILL BE STARTED SUNDAY Cherokee Camp For Scouts Has Thus Far Had An Un usually Successful Season. Reidsville, July. 24 - Camp Cherokee in its third week, for the season, is again boasting of a capacity attendance. Attend - ance has totaled over 100 every week the camp has been open, already breaking all attendance records for Cheroke Council. This unusually large attendance is at tributed to the large number of Scoutmasters who have attend ed with their troops this year. The final week opens at Cher okee Sunday, July 27. Scout lead ers in this district promised that a place would be found for ev ery boy who wishes to attend. Any scout who has not yet at tended, should write: Boy Scouts cf America, Reidsville, N. C., immediately asking that a place be reserved for them. Large numbers of visitors have enjoyed the aquatic activities and campfire programs this year. Wednesday and Thursday of each w'eek visitors have flocked tie the camp where a special parent night program was given. Fur ther information regarding camp may be secured by calling: Geo rge Cushjva, of Roxboro. o LOUIS B. CLAYTON DIES SATURDAY IN HOSPITAL Rites For Hurdle Mills Man Held Sunday A t Gravesie In Family Cem etery. Funeral services for Louis B. Clayton, 46, of Hurdle Mills, wfhose death oiccured Saturday night at Community hospital, Roxboro, were conducted Sun day afternoon at the graveside in the Clayton family cemetery. Death was attributed to compli cations following an Operation. Mr. Clayton was admitted to the hospital, July 8. Survivors include his wife: one son, two daughters, all of the home; his mother, Mrs. Ozzie Clayton of Timberlake; three brothers, and two sisters, Mrs. N. S. Poole of Greensboro, and Mrs. F. E. Oakley of Timberlake. The three brothers are: E. W., of Timberlake, W. W., of Durham and M. S., of Raleigh, while the children are J. T. Clayton, of the home, and Misses Rosa Anne and Dorothy Clayton, all of the home. o B. B. Knight And Mrs. Knight Go To West Virginia Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Knight will next week go to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., where Mr. Knight, District Manager for the Ohio State Life Insurance emopany, will attend an agency session given in honor of those most successful in the company’s business during the past year. Mr. Knight, who has been with the Company since 1934, is a member of the honor club and as such will receive a watch as special award. He has for near ly six years also been a mem ber of the “App-a-Week” club. While in White Sulphur Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Knight will be guests of the Company at the Greenbrier hotel. Mayor Winstead Requests City To Go On Daylight Time Education Board Office Now Being Moved to New Location Although nothing definite has been learned concerning new tenants of Court House quarters until this week occupied by tne Person County Board of Educa tion, process of moving the J Board's office equipment and bocks to Roxboro Community j House, Chub Lake street, has been going on all this week and |it is expected that the Board's i offeie personnel will be settled i there by end of this week. R. B. Griffin, Person Super intendent of Schools, has been in the Community House building 1 most of the time, supervising last i minute details of reconstruction and renovation, although Miss 'Louise Darden,, his secretary has j kept the Court House office open. Moving is being done in school j trucks by young men employed with the schools system. Short i work could be made of moving the actual office equipment, but ; major job is clearing out the | old book room and the basement I supply room I . o MISS TODD DIES AT RESIDENCE OF MRS. N.ITODD Sister of Late Rev. Mr. Todd Passes After Long Illness. Rites Scheduled For Friday Afternoon. Miss Guila Ethel Todd, 50, of Allensville, died this morning at 3:25 o’clock at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. N. J, Todd Miss Todd’s death was attribut ed to complications resulting from a stroke of paralysis. She had been ill for many years. She was the daughter of Mrs. Laura Todd- and of the late Lit tleton J. Todd and was a sister of the late Rev. N. J. Todd, well known Person County Baptist minister. Miss Todd was a member of Mill Creek Baptist church, but funeral services will be held at Providence church tomorrow af ternoon at 3 o’clock. Officiating ministers will be the Rev. J. F. Funderburke, of Mill Creek, the Rev. J. N. Bowman, of Provi dence and the Rev. W. F. West, of Roxboro First Baptist church. Interment will take place in Providence cemetery. The body will lie in state at Providence church from two until three o’clock. In addition to her mother, Miss Todd is survived by one sister, Mrs. W. R. Bazemore, of Burl ington, three brothers, Malverin, of Miami, Fla., Hugh, of the U. S. Naval hospital, Portsmouth, Va., and Littleton, of New Mex ico. * > o MISS RILEY GETS “A” CERTIFICATE Mrs. Gertrude Hutchinson, of Raleigh, chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Cosme tic art, today sent to Miss Mary Riley, of the Roxboro Beauty Shop, an “A” certificate grant ing Miss Riley privileges of being an instructor in any and all rec ognized schools and colleges of beauty culture. THURSDAY JULY 24, 1941. MRS. LELIA NOELL PASSES IN CITY RITES CONDUCTED Wife Os Late Joseph W. Noell, Os Mt. Tirzah, Dies At Hospital. She Was A Sister Os W. F. Reade. Mrs. Lelia Susan Ncell, 87, of I Mount Tirzah, wife of the late Joseph. W. Noell, of that place, died Tuesday morning at 2:50 s o’clock at Community hospital, i Roxboro, where she had been a i patient since July 2, when she I fell and suffered a broken hip jat her home. Dath was attribut ed to complications and the in firmiies of age. Funeral services were conduct id at Mount Tirzah Methodist ( Church, of which she was a : member, Wednesday afternoon I at 3 o'clock. Officiating ministers were the paster, the Rev. E. L. , Ilill, assisted by a former pastor, i the Rev. 11. E. Lance, retired I Methodist minister, of Durham. • Interment was in the church ! cemetery. Survivors include: three sons, 'E. R. Noell, of Jonesboro, A. B. Noell, of Winston-Salem and W. W. Noell, of Mt. Tirzah; two daughters, Mrs. C. A. Moore, of Rougemont and Miss Mary Noell, of Mount Tirzah, and 19 grand children. Also four brothers, W. F. C. G. and J. G. Reade, all of Mount Tirzah, and E. W. Reade, cf Durham. Mrs. Noell was an aunt of Mrs. R. L. Harris, of Roxboro, wife of Lt. Gov. Harris, of E. G. Long, of Mrs. E. E. Bradsher j and Mrs. Paul Henley, all of ! this city. o ; S. P. Suit*, Os Longhurst Dies At Residence Samuel Plunk Suitt, 75, of Longhurst, died this morning at ,5:30 o’clock at his home after an illness lasting 10 days. Death was attributed to complications. Funeral services will be con ducted Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock at North Roxboro Bap tist church, of which he was a member. Rites will be in charge cf the pastor, the Rev. A. R. Hovis. Interment will follow in Providence Baptist church cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from three until four o’clock. Survivors include: his wife, Mrs. Emma Suitt, four sons, C. C., of Roxboro, Kenneth, Luther end Johnnie, of Longhurst, and two sisters, Mrs. J. B. O’Briant and Mrs. Rommie New, both of Longhurst, twenty grandchild ren and one sister, Mrs. Emma Powell, of AllesviUe. o IN GEORGIA Ivey and Clarence Warren are now at Baxley, Ga., where they will operate a warehouse dur ing the Georgia season. THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER, A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT Follows Broughton Proc lamation. County Can Take No Official Action Until August 4, But Cooperation Requested. In conformity with the proc lamation yesterday issued by Gov. J. Melville Broughton regarding "Daylight Saving Time,” Mayor S. G. Winstead, of this city', this morning issued a statement in which he requested citizens of Roxboro to observe the new time schedule, turning their clocks forward one hour, beginning Sunday midnight. Frank T. Whitfield, chairman of the Person Board of Commis sioners, this morning said that he has received a communication from the Governor, but that of ficial action as far as Person county is concerned cannot be taken until the Commissioners meet, Monday, August 4. Lee Umstead, of the Roxboro office of Norfolk and Western, questioned this morning as to train schedules, said he has as yet had no official information, but it is expected trains will re main on Standard time, although the local office may adopt Day light time for its own operations. City Hall offices will adopt the new time and merchants will be expected to adhere to the schedule, to be in effect until Sunday, September 28. Printed below is the Associat ed Press story from Raleigh: Raleigh, July 24—-Governor Briughton directed all State of fices, agencies and institutions to put daylight saving time in to effect Sunday, July 27, and-is sued a proclamation urging lo cal govermental agencies, firms and individuals in North Caro lina to set their eloesk up one hour on that date. His action followed President Roosevelt’s request last week that all Southeastern States a dept daylight saving time as a measure to conserve electricity needed in vital defense activities. If Broughton’s proclamation is followed. North Carolina will go on daylight saving time at mid night Sunday and continue thrsugh midnight of Sept. 28. Immeriately following t n e President’s request, Broughton sent messages to mayors, cnair man of county commissioners and various State-wide organi zations asking their views on the proposal. He stated that response to the Continued on back page o ALUMINUM DRIVE NOW BEING HELD Successful Beginning With Monday Matinee. Scouts And Four-H Members Now Calling On Householders. In progress today is the Coun ty and City-wide Aluminium drive, with collecting being large ly done by Boy and Girl Scouts and Four-H club members. The City depository on the City Hall lawn erected by Mity Man ager Bloxam, with Its "V” for Victory sign, was on Monday filled by contributions brought in by children who attended the Palace theatre matinee. The drive will continue through July 29 and all citizens who have discarded aluminum are requested to bring it to desig nated collection centers or to give it to authorized collectors when called for.
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