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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME xn PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY & THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1941 NUMBER FIFTY-ONE' Many Pay Tribute To Memory Os Late Robert Lee Wilburn Rites Held Tuesday For Man Who Was For Many Years Prominent Merchant \ And Churchman. Funeral services for Robert Lee Wilburn, prominent merchant, whose death occurred Monday morning at his home here, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the late residence, by the Rev. W. F. West, of Roxboro First Baptist church, with interment in Burchwod cemetery. Mr. Wilburn, for more than 40 years an active Roxboro and Person county busjjiess man and churchman, died at 2:25 o’clock at his South Main street residence after an illness lasting four weeks. Death was attributed to heart trouble with complica tions. Coming to Roxboro in 1918 from Hurdle Mills, where he had opened his first store in 1899, Mr. Wilburn was co-partner with M. W. Satterfield in Wilburn and Satterfield’s department store, operated under that name until two or three years ago, when he and Mr. Satterfield sold their in terests to the Peebles chain, which leased the building owned by the former partners and has ; continued in business on the same Main street site. Mr. Wilburn was an active member of Roxboro First Bap tist Church, having served on the . Board of Trustees and as deacon, and as Superintendent of the Sunday School. Although a native of Pittsyl vania county, Virginia, where he was first in business, Mr. Wil burn quickly identified himself with Person County and Roxboro affairs after his removal to • Hurdle Mills. He was a director of the Peoples Bank and was in a quiet way associated with all worthwhile civic and social as- j fairs. i The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilburn, he was mar- i Tied in 1899 to Miss Mildred | Elizabeth Woodson, daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Woodson, of Brookneal, Va„ who survives, as do three daughters, j five grandchildren, four broth ers and a sister. The daughters are Mrs. W. C. Timberlake, of Durham, Mrs. Maynar’d C. Clayton, of Roxboro, and Mrs. W. J. Campbell, of Dil- 1 lon, S. C.; the brothers, W. W. Wilburn, of Alta Vista, Va., G. D. Wilburn, of South Boston, Va., ■ i Clarence Wilburn, of Long Is land, Va., and T. J. Wilburn, of Gladys, Va.; the sister, Mrs. Eli zabeth W. Hendricks, of Long Is land, Va. Active pallbearers were A. M. Burns, Sr., M. W. Satterfield, J. D. Mangum, Lawrence Hall, Charles Holeman, F. J. Hester, Dr. Robert E. Long and A. W. Clayton, lifetime friends and business associates, all of Rox boro Honorary pall bearers were J. W. Montague, Sr., W. Hi. Harris, Sr., A. S. deVlaming, D. W. Long, I. O. Abbitt, Dr. A F. Nichols, T. :B. Woody, E. E. Bradsher, Sr., J. | it). K. Richmond, F. O. Carver, |Sr., J. E. Kirby, F. H. Willson, |H. W. Newell, E. G. Thompson, W. C. Lawson, E. P. Dunlap, D. BiS. Brooks, W. A. Sergeant, N. D. D. M. Cash, W. R. Haw- Kkins, Tuggle O'Briant, William KiWilbum. J. S. Walker, Dennard B Roberts, J. W. Noell, L. D. Puck p*tt, J. D. Perkins, Sr., W. D. Mer- Krjtt, S. G. Winstead, Jeter Dan- Kti, Hugh Woods, J. J. Barnette, Hceorge Long, G. A. Bowles. Her9on^|€inirs LEADER PASSES jiHk jnS R. L. Wilburn, native of Vir ginia, who made his home in Person County and Roxboro fcr more than forty years, died Monday morning at his resi dence on South Main street. With M. W. Satterfield he was co-founder of one of the City’s leading department stores. Helena Group Has Good First Meeting At School The Helena Parent - Teacher Association opened its first meet ing in the school auditorium last Thursday night with the singing of, “Faith of Our Eathers.”-_Mrs.- L. C. Liles, the president, presid ed and Mr. Gupton of the faculty had charge of the devotional ex ercises. Members of the primary and grammar grades sang, “God Bless America,” and “Clapping Song” under the direction of Miss Carr, music teacher. Mrs. R. B. Holman introduced the speaker, Mrs. J. H. Merritt, who very interestingly told the j audience of the objectives of the j P.-T. A. and the advantages of a standard organization. Follow , ing the speaker, Joy Mae Clay ton of the seventh grade gave a | reading, “Miss Dorothy Enter tains the Minister.” Miss Smith, secretary, read the 1 minutes of the executive meet- j ing, and also the minutes of the last mating. After reports of the various committees, grade attendance was counted, Miss Lyons’ fourth grade room winning the banner ,to be kept until the next meet ing. The attendance and response from the parents and teachers is very encouraging to the officers who are making every effort to have a real strong organization this school year. The program committee held a two hour ses sion Friday night mapping out the program for the year. This will be released for publication as soon as all of the visiting speakers are contacted. If this program will work as planned the people of Helena will be very fortunate to have such an inter esting series of programs. Tobacco Still jGoes Ahead In Roxboro Area f .. . / Roxboro Tobacco Market sales and averages for 'the first three ‘days of this week were: 123,066 pounds for $36,635.45 at average of $29.76, on Monday, while on Tuesday 51,534 pounds sold for: $14,879.7$ at average of $28.76 and on Wednesday highest aver age of $31.82 was reached, with 41,828 pounds, for $13,245.39. COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVING SHORTAGE Water Supplies Down Be cause Os Prolonged Dry Spell; Inspections Made. Water shortage in Person County schools is, because of the extremely dry weather reaching serious proportions, it was today learned from Person Superinten dent of Schools R. B. Griffin, who said that some half a dozen schools are more seriously af fected than others. According to Mr. Griffin water supplies, furnished by wells and springs are getting low and san itation inspections are being made with regularity by Sanitar ian George E. Murphy. Mr. Mur phy added that not much can be done to correct water deficien cies, but that conditions are be ing checked over from the sani tation point of view and it is hoped that rain will soon come to relieve the situations created by the prolonged dry spell. One school well, 75 feet deep, is said to be down to level of two feet of water. Now here and expected to re main for about ten days is Miss Ollie Brown of the State depart ment of health and education, who was here about a year ago and put on programs similar to those she is now engaged in. Miss Brown visits schools in the coun ty and it will take her a week or more to reach all of them, said Mr. Griffin. o Mrs. Shuskey Dies, Kites Held Today At Riley Home Mrs. Dora Shuskey. 21, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Riley, died yesterday morning at 4:20 o’clock at the Riley residence in the Moore’s Mill community after an illness lasting three weeks. Death was attributed to complications. Funeral services were conduct ed this afternoon at four o’clock (DLST) at the Riley residence and interment was in the Berry’s Grove church cemetery. Officiat ing minister was the Rev. E. L. | Hill. Survivors include: her husband Paul Shuskey, an infant daugh | ter, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Riley, and three sisters, Mrs. Co ra Evans and Misses Sally and Flossie Mae Riley, all of the Moore’s Mill section. SBI Look For Man With Heavy Body, Light Fingers Under investigation is a movie “trailer” scheme for advertising, recently conducted here by a man who gave his name as A. Loebin, of East 49 street, New York City, representative of Metro Publicity Co. Loebin, a man of 310 pounds, about five feet, eight inches tall, and thirty-five to forty years of ,age, wfriile here collected from as many as 10 merchants the sum of $24.50 each, cashed the checks and then departed fpr points un known, driving a blue 1941 Pon tiac sedan. Called into the case were W. I. Gatling and James F. Brad shaw, special agents of the State Bureau of Investigation, who last night completed gathering of in formation. Gatling said he was reasonably certain that the name Loebin is an alias. Mr. Gatling, while here, de clined to discuss, the impending presentation to the Person Grand Jury of list of names of persons said to have been involved in GARRETTS HOLD FIRST REUNION Surl Church Scene* Os Gathering Sunday Morning The first annual Garrett re i union was held Sunday, Septem ■ ber 21, 1941, at Surl Church. The 5 church marks the original home ' place of the late Hillman Gar ■ rett, who stttled there early in > | the nineteenth century, and his 1 direct descendants still may be • found in this section. Mrs. Oiga Thomas, Rougemont. W. A. Garrett, Helena, and C. C. 1 Garrett, Sr., Roxboro, an acting - chairman, reported a vast .throng ! of people from several states ■ present to meet their kindred - some for the first time. Howev • er, due to the importance of the ■ seasonal crops, many of the dis • tant relatives were unable to at ■ tend. 5 The morning exercise was in ? charge of the Rev. A1 Yarboro, • of Milton, after which followed several selections by the West • Durham Baptist Quartet. Short talks were presented by Mrs. Roy Pearce, Durham; John and Oscar ' Dixon, Mullins, S. C.; Mrs. Olga 5 Thomas, Rougemont; M. P. Gar • rett, Durham; C. C. Garrett, Sr., > Roxboro; and D. S. Brooks, Rox -1 boro, a close friend of the fami ’ ly. A short business session fol ’ lowed, after which luncheon was served. • Following the lunch hour. 1 songs were sung by the visiting quartet, and the afternoon pass jed quickly and enjoyably. , Present were three of the old jest-members tTf the existing Gar-1 rett generation, all widows of | Garretts who have done much to i preserve the name and the gen- j . j erations to follow. They are: Mrs.; ,j C. H. Garrett, wife of the late i ( Charles H, Garrett; Mrs. Lizzy! Garrett, wife of the late Paul C. - Garrett: and Mrs. M. H. Garrett, ■ wife of the late Mark H. Gar i rett who said they were proud to attend. o ; LEGION STEW Hosts at a brunswick stew . supper Saturday night at the Le gion Hut, Roxboro, were raem- I bers of Lester Blackwell Post • No. 138, who invited as guests a . number of public officials as ■ well as former service men, not I members of the Legion. Presid ■ ing,, was Dr. B. A. Thaxton, com mander. the August Court House disord er, but was warm in his com mendation of Roxboro Chamber j of Commerce Secretary, W. Wal- j lace Woods, who called the SBI into the Loebin case after Palace Theatre manager Teague Ky-by had informed Woods of Loebin’s apparently irregular activities. Gatling said that any and all merchants in the Roxboro area who have occasion to doubt the authenticity of any advertising scheme presented to them should it once contact Mr. Woods, who keeps a check on such affairs and is usually in position to judge authenticity. Mr. Kirby this morning said that he is anxious to contact oth er merchants who may have “bitten” on Loebin’s scheme, and' that he will repay those Roxboro merchants who have suffered losses from the scheme. Kirby said that he himself investigated references given by Loebin and that they appeared at the time to be sound. Operated in connec tion was a lucky number deal. Robinson Address Creates Profound Impression In City BRADSHER HISTORIAN B vg&C; m j fmi i* MISS EUGENIA BRADSHER Published on the editorial page of this issue of the Times is the first installment of a His tory of the Bradshers and their connections, written by Miss Eugenia Bradsher, of Durham. Subsequent chapters, accom panied by many photographs, will be released for several weeks on consecutive Thurs days. Miss Bradsher has fre quently visited in Roxboro and is well-known for wit and I charm and interest in geneao logy. Associational To | Meet This Sunday At Thompsonville ! ! I : The Baptist Church of Thomp-; sonville will be the host church J ! for the 4th Sunday Associational Sunday School meeting on the 28th of September. Rev. A. A. Walker who is Sun day School superintendent of the j Piedmont Association will be' guest speaker. A devotional will be given by a member of the host church. Special music will be rendered by members of First Church, Roxboro. Mrs. Errol Morton. Associa tional Superintendent, extends a cordial invitation to alLwho! are interested in Sunday School work. Dr. George Sadler To Be Speaker At Epesus Church Featured speaker at the Beu lah Baptist Association meeting at Ephesus Church (near Cun ningham) Tuesday and Wednes day of next week is to be Dr. George W. Sadler of Richmond, Va., for a number of years a mis | r ion?rv in Africa under the For eign Mission Board of the South ern Baptist Convention. Dr. Sadler returned home and served as pastor of a large church, being called from that by the Foreign Mission Board to act as Secretary of all Southern Baptist Foreign Mission work in Africa, Europe and the Near East. His work in this capacity called for an extended trip to these countries during the past few months. His first hand knowledge of this section of the world that is so important in ev ery day’s news is expected to be, very interesting and informing. Other visiting speakers will be D 4. J. C. Slemp, Nathan C. Brooks and M. O. Alexander of Raleigh, Dr. W. R. Cullom of Wake Forest, Leslie H. Camp bell of Campbell College and Dr. Smith Hagaman of Winston-Sa lem. A large attendance is ex pected. RITES HELD FOR MRS, L. K. DAY Former Bethel Hill Woman Dies At Roxboro Home Tuesday Funeral services for Mrs. Lau ra King Day, 77, whose death occurred Tuesday morning at her South Main Street home af ter an illness lasting three weeks were conducted Wednesday af ternoon at 4 o’clock at the home, with the Rev. W. F. West, pastor of Roxboro First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in Burchwood Cemetery. Roxboro. Mrs. Day, wife of the late Charlie R. Day, had been serious ly ill three weeks and in declin ing health for many years. Death was attributed to heart trouble with complications. Survivors include: Five sons, three daughters and 21 grand children. The sons are: Claude, of South Boston, Va., Lamberth, Hugh and Bob Day of Roxboro, and Charlie Day of Smithfield; the daughters, Mesdames Alex Spriggs, W. H. Adair and W. R. Minor, all of Roxboro. I Pallbearers were Lester and D. S. Brooks, P. T. Whitt Sr„ George Fox Jr., Marvin Clayton, Bruce Moore, B. W. Murphy and A. S. Hassan. Mrs. Day, daughter of the late i James and Susan Woody, was born at Bethel Hill February 13. 1864. In Roxboro, where she was known to a wide cricle of friends, | she was an active member of the j First Baptist Church. —: o J. S. Merritt To Head Country Club This Year J. S. Merritt, editor of the Per son County Times, was this week named as president of Roxboro Country club, at a meeting of the Board of Governors. First aijd second vice presidents are E. E. i Bradsher, Sr., and Thomas B. Woody, also named at the meet ing. Re-elected as secretary was William Harris, 111, while treas urer is E. E. Bradsher, Jr. Mes sers Merritt and Bradsher. Sr., Mr. Woody, and S. M. Ford, to gether with the retiring presi dent, Dr. J. H. Hughes, consti tute the executive committee, of I which Mr. Merritt is ex officio 1 chairman. Messers Merritt, Brad sher, Sr., and Woody were last week chosen members of the Board of Governors. Plans for a second club tour nament to be played in October have been made by the golf tournament committee, Dr. J. D. Fitsgerald, William Harris, 111 and Marvin Long and flights have been arranged. Long Clan Will Meet Sunday At Bethany Church Members of the families of the late S. M., John, Jesse and Sam Long will have their annual re union on Sunday, September 28, at Bethany Methodist church, Caswell county, near Prospect Hill, according to announcement today made by the president of the group, Dameron Long, of Roxboro. A morning service will be held and prior to the serving of the (Continued on Society Page) THE TIMES IS PERSON’S PREMIER NEWSPAPER, A LEADER AT ALL TIMES, Police Chief Has Council Program Social Agency Group Hears Os Duties Os Police Offic ers And Os Problems To Be Faced. Stressing the importance of that intelligent cooperation with law enforcement officials which ; can be given by groups such as the Agencies council, George P. Robinson, Roxboro Chief of Po ■ lice, cited several instances in which cooperation is needed in this City, mentioning specifical ly parking problems, in an ad dress yesterday at the Person County Council of Social Agen cies luncheon meeting, at Hotel Roxboro. The Chief, who was introduced by Council President Robert Ed gar Long, spoke also of the need for an enlarged police force in Roxboro and cited a number of problems now being handled, some old, some new. He said that in his opinion possible coming of the nearby Army camp might create new hazards to law en i forcement. On motion of the Rev. W. F. West the Council went on record as expressing its appreciation of | the talk by Chief Robinson and lof its willingness to cooperate in . j the program suggested by him. ; j Also by motion of the Rev. Mr. I West, the Council secretary, Mrs. ; R. B. Holeman, was instructed to j prepare for the body suitable . resolutions expressing sympathy of the Council to the families of the late R. L. Wilburn and of the late J. A. Long, Sr. Meeting of the executive com mittee of the Council was set for October 15, in the grand jury room at the Person Court house. A special guest was Mrs. Rachel Haas, of Chapel Hill, WPA social . worker, whose district includes Person County. Mrs. Haas ex i I pressed herself as being partic • ularly pleased with the public I spirit shown by the Council. | In his prepared address, Chief ; Robinson gave a credo of duties i guiding policemen and devoted i some time to a discussion of ; | “What Law (Enforcement Itself . Is Like,” In this connection he . characterized some citizens as be ing those who “like laws that do . not affect them” and at the same time “do not like those that . cramp their style.” * j “A good policeman,” said the , i speaker.” is not judged by the number of arrests he makes, but by the absence and prevention of , disorderliness on his beat, al though at times, under certain Continued on back page o Bushy Fork Has P.-T. A. Session With Mrs. E. P. Warren, presi dent, presiding, first Fall meet ing of the Bushy Fork Parent- Teacher association was held last Thursday night at the school. In open forum form the business session and program were com ■ bined, with much discussion cen : tered around the theme, “How ■ Boys and Girls May Be Better , Fitted for Tomorrow.” , Devotional was in charge of t Mrs. Lewis S. Hester and a brief t message was given by Mr. Bell, f music teacher at Bushy Fork, E Helena and Hurdle Mills. Win ner of attendance banner and i book prize was Mrs. R. L. Hes- J ter’s 7th grade. Light refresh ments were served.
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