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IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME xm I Unusual Views Os The News BOMBER CRASH FATAL TO FOUR > AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov. B.—The crash of a B-25 U. S. Army bomb er at the Augusta airport yester day cost the lives of four crew members. The bomber was the last in a group of six to take off from the field. It aparently de veloped motor trouble, and the pilot appeared to be trying to swing it around for a landing when it crashed from a low alti tude. The dead: Lieutenant Jack H. Butler, 24, Spokane, Wash. Lieutenant Harold C. Jepson, 35, Salem, Ore. Staff Sergeant Harold E. Brown, 34, Downsville, Wis. Private Earl L. Wilburn, 19, Walsenburg Col. JAPS PLAY UP AMERICA’S BILLION-DOLLAR LOAN TOKYO, Nov. 8. Japanese newspapers prominently display ed accounts of the United States’ extension of a billion-dolar lease lend credit to Soviet Russia to day, interpreting it as a further of unlimited backing for the powers fighting Germany and Italy. The altitude of Japanese offi cials was not available, but they have protested against shipment of American oil to Vladivostok, J the Russian Far Eastern port of the Sea of Japan. TWO ON TRIAL FOR SLAYING LOVINGSTON, Va., Nov. 8 William Henry Diggs and Charles Johnson, young Negroes charged | with rape, murder and robbery ■ in the death of Gladys Mae Ty ree, 18-year-old Appomatox high j school girl, were expected to j hear their court verdict late yes , terday afternoon. ; Diggs, tried Thursday before ' Judge Edward Meeks on the mur der charge, told the jurist that J he removed a wrist watch from the wrist of the girl while John i son looked on v He denied helping , kill her and said he only stood and watched as 18-year-old John son assaulted her. Johnson’s trial before Judge Meeks was scheduled to start to day. The murder trial will be i held first, with separate trials ’ scheduled for the rape and rob bery charges. Johnson was arrested by State Highway Patrolman L. L. Stanley ’ shortly after the body of the young high school student was found several yards from a coun try road. Diggs was arrested lat ter when Stanley found the girl’s Watch on his person. I’D* WRECKS DELIVERIES TO RUSSIA TO BEGIN AT ONCE WASHINGTON, Nov. B.—The United States backed the hard- armies of Russia with a billion dollar lease-lend credit I President Roosevelt directed deliveries to “commence immedi ately and to be fulfilled in the ttrfest possible amounts’’ until ffie huge stores of munitions rep* absented by the credit are in (Soviet hands. I’ttik new assistance program nosed for the nation a stupendous msk both in production and trails* jLrtation U the supplies are to Jgaeh the Prussian fronts in ef ifective time, but Mr. Roosevelt dedicated def&ite confidence that the fob would be done. I Person County Times EVERT BUNDAY ft THURSDAY Major Cooper’s Address Will Feature City Armistice Day Traditional Parade Will Be Staged Here By Lester Blackwell Post; Luncheon Planned Chief address of Armistice Day exercises to be held Tuesday morning in Roxboro under aus pices of Lester Blackwell Post of the American Legion, will be de livered by Major W. M. Cooper, of Fort Bragg, who will be in troduced by Lieut. Gov. R. L. Harris. The memorial exercises and Major Cooper’s address will be given at the Palace Theatre about 11 o’clock in the morning at con clusion of the Legion parade, which begin aitrnnd 10:30 o'clock. Assisting with the pa • rade will be the Roxboro high schol band under direction of John Thompson. Heading the procession will be Post Commander D.r. B. A. Thax ton and other Legion officials, together with the guest of hon or, Major Cooper, Lieut. Gov. Harris and civic leaders. Luncheon will be served at the Legion hut, Chub Lake street, at 12:30 o’clock. There are in Lester Blackwell Post more than 100 members and it is ex pected that the program will be of general interest to the public. No plans have been made for an athletic program in the after noon. In 4crmer years .there has been a Legion sponsored football game. Benefit Revue To iße Attraction On i Thursday Night Entertainment feature for the | coming week in Roxboro will be I a Business and Professional Wo man’s dub benefit, “The Gay Nineties Revue,” to be staged with the assistance of many oth er Roxboro citizens, November 13, at 8 o”clock in Roxboro high school auditorium. The show, to be full of music, with dance numbers, monologues and specialties typical of the period, will be directed by Mrs. Ed Flythe. In the cast will be both men and women, some of them normally more sedate than they will be on that night. P.-T. A. Program And Benefit Band Appearance Plans The Olive Hill P.-T. A. will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday night, November 12. The 4-H club under the direction of Mrs. Lilly Edwards, will have charge of the meeting. The Dixie Duds of Radio Station WPTF will appear at the Olive Hill school in a benefit perform ance on Thursday night, Novem ber 13, at 7:30, under sponsorship of the Olive Hill P.-T. A. Every one is ihvited. Operetta Scores Success Friday At High School Given Friday night by Rox boro High School glee dub mem ben at the high school auditori um was a successful and tune ful operetta, “The Gypsy Rover;’’ directed by Mias Katherine Coop er, of the music faculty. Leading roles were taken by Meriel Rimmer, Clyde Brooks, Peggy Whitten, Madaline Tapp, Martin Michie, Jr. Marion Fred erick, Tom Bennett, Jr., and oth ers. This was the first production directed! here by Miss Cooper. 'RED CROSS ROLL CALL OPENS IN PERSON MONDAY Workers Will First Meet That Morning At Hotel Roxboro; Goal of $1,600 Set Headed by the Rev. John M. Walker, Roll Call chairman, numbers of Red Cross workers, with Miss Julia Fisher assisting, will on Monday morning begin the annual Roll Call in this City and County. Goal lias been set 'at SI,OOO. Workers w.ill first assemble at Hotel Roxboro at 3 o’clock that morning for a Roll Call break fast at which final plans will be discussed. Among those to attend are civic and business leaders, including many women. Among the workers will be: Robert Edgar Long, Miss Julia Fisher, Mrs. R. Baynes, Mrs. C. C. Critcher, Mrs. A. S. deVlaming, Mrs. T. B. Woody, Mrs. Clyde Murphy, Mrs. A. F. Nichols, Mrs. James Brooks, Mrs. H. L. Um stead, Mrs. Mollie Barrett, Mrs. Gilmer Masten, Rainey Hawkins, Percy Bloxam, Mrs. George Pay lar, Mrs. V, A. Thomas, Mrs. Glen Brandon, Mrs. Martin Michie, Miss Helen Latta, Mrs. J. H. Hughes, Miss Ruth Newton, E. E. Bradsher, John Clayton, James Brooks, R. H. Shelton, Mrs. B. B. Newell, Mrs. Henry O’Briant, Mrs. B. E. Love, Mrs. Riley Oak ley, Mrs. T. T. Mitchell, Mrs. Bert Park and Mrs. Landon Bradsher. with others who have been noti fied. Mrs. Nichols And City Manager Will Give School Talks November meeting of the Rox boro High School Parent-Teach er association, postponed from I last week, will be held Tuesday night, November 11, at 7:30 at the high school, according to an nouncement from Mrs. R. H. Shelton, president, who has said that general theme will be “Our Town.” First speaker will be Mrs. A. F. Nichols, of the faculty, who will discuss the “Growth, Aspira tions and Character of Our Town,” while second speaker will be City Manager Percy Blox am, who will have as his topic, “Citizens of Our Town, Their Duties and Responsibilities.” Al so featured will be patriotic mu sic. A full attendance is request ed. Car Taken From Near Hospital. Says Alex Wrenn Theft of a 1936 Chevrolet black town sedan, parked late Friday afternoon at the aide door of Community hospital, was that night reported to Roxboro police by the owner, Alex Wrenn, who said -he parked the machine, with keys in lock, while he went with his wife to the hospital for pur pose of taking home his daugh ter, Miss Jeannette Wrenn, a pa tient there, Wrenn, who lives on Route one, near Roxboro, said he left the machine for about 15 minutes. License number is 510,580. The Wrenns went to the hospital about 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Miss Wrenn remained in the hos pital for another night. ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1941 WINS HONORS 'lliligH j « According to a recent an- j nouncement from Southern j headquarters in Atlanta. Irv- j ing O’Briant, local representa- j tive of New York Life Insur- I ance Company, has be e n awarded top honors for’ the number of applications writ ten and paid for in the South ern Department of the compa ny, comprising six states and 400 agencies, during a two month contest ending October j 31. NOVEMBER CALL FOR MEN WILL BE MADE SOON- - Change In Selective Serv ice Board Requirements For November, Says Man gum Due to the large number of re jections in the Corps Area for October, Headquarters of the Corps Area have notified Baxter Mangum, office manager for the Person County Selective Serv ice Board that call for 16 white men will be issued for Friday, November 28, on which date the men chosen will report for induc tion at Fort Bragg, after first meeting at the Roxboro office. This change in orders, said Mr. Mangum, supplements a previous order in which it was said that (Continued on Sport Page) BLACK-OUT NEWS City Manager Percy Bloxam yesterday morning received from L. V. Sutton, president of . the Carolina Power and Light com pany, Raleigh, information to ef fect that the 5 per cent curtail ment of power to industrial con cerns has been postponed, but that “black-out” of signs and or namental lighting is to be con tinued. Along The Way With the Editor This column favors a Sadie Hawkin’s Day for Roxboro. There are several young bachelors around Roxboro that should be caught by some young lady. There’s M. W. Satterfield who has been going around single long enough. He ought to be caught and drug to the hitching post. Then there’s Willie Yancey. He has been running around Roxboro with a smile on his face for a long time. He should be put right smack into a Sadie Hawkins! Day race and made to fight for his very life. And then comes Aubrey Baynes of Bushy Fork. He has been free and happy for a long time. He too should be made to run for his freedom and since he is getting too fat to run he ought to be eaught. ' I thought the swimming season was over, but maybe I was wrong. Fred Long went swimming last Monday at Loch Lily. He didn’t intend going, but he did. As he was fixing a motor on a boat he slipped and fell into the lake and thereby saved himself the trouble of taking a Saturday bath. So long George Bullock. It’s been nice knowing you and running around with you. We enjoyed every minute of the time) spent with you. Fll see you at your wedding and bid you a final goodbye. Driver Os Car Placed Under Bond; Garrett Rites Sunday SUBMACHINE GUNS NOW ON HAND AND READY FOR WORK ! Equipment, With Tear Gas, j Jcint Property Os City And County Departments; j Robinson Returns From | Charlotte Now in posession of Roxboro's j Police Department and the Sher ! iff of Person County are the two | Submachine guns which were several weeks ago jointly order led by City and County Commis j sicners at request of City and I County law enforcement heads. The guns contain magazines holding twenty bullets, can be fired at rapid rate, and are ad justable for single shots. Also on hand is a tear gas kit with a tear gas gun, also jointly owned by City and County. The gas equip i ment has been here for some time but the guns were received j this week, just before Chief of ' Police George C. Robinson re turned from Charlotte, where he attended a Federal Bureau of Investigation School on prob lems dealing with National De ■ *fcnsrc*- -Present tis ~lhr* school, which Chief Robinson consider- Continued on back page Scout Troop 63 Has Meeting Scout Troop 63 had its regular meeting Wednesday night in the basement of the Brooksdale Methodist church. The meeting was held by Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Ralph Tingen. The meeting was opened with the Scout Oath and then poems were said by Wallace Kirby. Then good turns were given by each individual Scout. Business discussions were held and then songs were led by a Scout. The Scouts had the honor of having the committee men. These men were introduced by Clyde Whitt, Assistant Scoutmaster. Scoutmeeting was then dis missed with the “Great Scout master’s Benediction.” A com mittee meeting was held with other troop leaders. A Parent’s night was the subject. The com mitteemen present were Mr. J. H. Jones, Mr. D. A. Petty, Mr. A. R. Tingen and Mr. P. T. Whitt. OWIRE TELLS OF NEED FOR SANE THOUGHT TODAY Duke Vice President Ad dresses Alumni Group; New Officers Chosen; Football Pictures Shown ' Sketching past and present history of Duke University, vice president .Henry R. Dwire. who had as liis theme, "The Service of the University to the Nation,” j outlined to Duke Alumni in Per son county the ways in which I the University can today promote | tolerance, a new spirit of optim isrnl and a needed sense of bal ance in life. Mr. Dwire, who was introduc ed by the Rev. T. Marvin Vick, president of the Person chapter, spoke at a dinner meeting held Friday night at Hotel Roxboro. j Also on the program was C. A. ! Dukes of the Alumni office, who presented pictures of the Duke i Pitt football game. Mr. Dwire’s i message came as a challenge to I alumni to be representatives of the best in the University’s care fully fostered conservative libe j ralism. . .. _ Assisting the Rev. Mr. Vick with arrangements for the meet ing. which was attended by a representative group, w,as Dr. I Robert E. Long. Unanimously I elected as officers for the com ing year were: Thomas J. Shaw, ; Jr., president; R. H. Shelton, vice | president: Jerry L. Hester, sec j retary and treasurer; Mrs. Mar- J vin Vick, Jr., alumni council rep esentatiVe, and Mrs. A. F. Nich ! ols. corresponding secretary, j Chairman of the nominating j committee was E. B. Craven, Jr. j Jr. Punch Boards In Violation of Law Says Police Chief Commenting on the presence in this City of a number of “punch-boards,” which as gamb ling devices are in violation of State Law, North Carolina Code, 1939, see., 4437 b, Chief of Police George C. Robinson today re quested all owners and operators of such boards to take notice of thq code statute and to destroy the boards or other gambling de vices in their possession. Under the Code cited posses sion of punch boards failing to pay off in cash equivilent for each punch made is a misde meanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment or both. CHANGE PLACE Farmers of Bushy Fork town ship have requested that tobacco allotment meetings scheduled in their township for Wednesday and Saturday of next week be held at the Dan Whitfield store on Wednesday, and at the Frank T. Whitfield store on Saturday, instead of at respective school houses. Time of meetings will be from 9 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon in each instance. U. D. C. MEETS Person Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock with Mrs. J. E. Kirby at her South Main street resi dence. A good program is plan ned and a large attendance is ex pected. THE TIMES IS PERSON S' PREMIER NEWSPAPER, A LEADER AT ALL TIMES. NUMBER TEN Merritt Foushee, Second Victim Os Wreck, Now Re ported To Be Resting More Comfortably Final rites will be conducted here this afternoon for Charles Copeland Garrett, Jr., 19, of Rox boro, fatally injured in an auto mobile - motorcycle collision which occurred Friday afternoon about 2:15 o'clock at Longhurst, near intersection of a road lead- I ing to the ballpark. Driver of the motorcycle. Merritt Foushee, about 17, with whom Garrett was riding, received body bruises and | a crushed right leg, which was |at Community hospital amputat ied j ust below the knee. Garrett died at the hospital, about 40 minutes after the acci dent. Tommie Tuck, about 26, em ployee of Collins and Aikman corporation, driver of the car said to have been struck by the FOuphee motorcycle, reported that he (Tuck) was backing his machine, on right side of the highway, preparing to turn around on the ballpark road at the left and that the motorcycle also on the right, going North, J struck the left rear side of his | ear and then bounded across to Lleft side of the highway -hitting a small wooden culvert bridge ,in front of the Rufus Dunn • house. With Tuck were his wife and I child, all of whom were unin sured. Tuck’s car was only slight ly damaged, but the motorcycle, which caught fire, was badly damaged. Melvin Dixon, a near j neighbor and first man to reach, scene of the accident, helped Tuck to pull the motorcycle off the bodies of the riders. Tuck said they were apparently thrown against the wooden bridge, boards of which were broken by the impact. Garrett, an employee of Col lins and Aikman corporation, as was Foushee, received a severe head injury. Garrett, who was a | son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gar- • j rett, Sr., of South Main street, was on October 19, married to Miss Inez Brewer, of Princeton, and Dunn. In addition to his par ents and hjis wife, Gar.rett is survived by a brother, Bill Gar rett, and a sister, Miss Evelyn Ann Garrett, both of Roxboro. Funeral services for Mr. Gar rett, who was a popular resident of this city, will be held at the home of his parents Sunday af ternoon at three o’clock by the Rev. W. F. West, of Roxboro First Baptist church, with inter ment in Burchwod cemetery, Roxboro. Sheriff M. T. Clayton, out of the City at time of the accident, made an investigation about 4 o’clock Friday afternoon. Tuck, charged with manslaughter, was placed under a SI,OOO bond by the sheriff, Foushee was driving a motorcycle which was the property of a brother, Sammie. The men were enroute to the mill at the time of the accident. Mr. Garrett was a 1939 gradu ate of Roxboro high school where he made an unusual record as a student, having had, besides, a perfect attendance in the public school for eleven years. He was an alumnus of Furman Univer sity, Greenville, S. C., in which City he and his bride were re cently married. His wife was at one time with the nursing staff at Community hospital and was planning to re* < turn here this week to make her home. Garrett was also "mniirlpjf * i with Young’s department storei*”'^ • j.a. '389
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