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VOLUME XIII
Armistice Day Observed With
Colorful Three Part' Program
f Major Cooper, Lieut-Gov.
Harris And Mayor Win
stead Participate In Form
al Exercises. |
Declaring that the United States
army'of today is in condition to
take a more realistic view of war
than was the army of 1918, Major
W. Mac Cooper, of Fort Bragg, in
an Armistice day program spon
sored here by Lester Blackwell
post of the American Legion, said
Tuesday that the army is now j
better because, “t has had more
time to prepare, has better facil
ities available, and the men,
themselves instead of being in
ducted with a glamorous concep
tion of war know the truth be
cause they have been told of it
by their fathers, veterans of J
World War I.”
Introduction of Major Cooper,
who was afterwards a guest at
luncheon at the Legion hut, was
by Lt. Gov. R. L. Harris, of this
City. Invocation was by V. E.
Duncan, Post chaplain. Also on
the program and in the parade
was S. G. Winstead, Mayor of
Roxboro, who in his remarks sup
ported the declaration of Major
Cooper that there must be a re
dedication of ideals, with a will
ingness to fight when necessary.
Prominent figures in the morn
ing parade were Post Command
er Dr. B. A. Thaxton,. Chaplain
Duncan, Past Commander R. H.
Shelton, Dr. O G Davis and va
rious civic officials,-together with ,
the guest of honor. Music wasi
furnished b y Roxboro high
school’s glee club and band.
Luncheon at the hut, served in;
picnic style by members of thej
auxiliary, was enjoyed by a large i
•rowd.
The formal program was held
at the Palace theatre.
In his address of welcome, May
or Winstead said: “These times
are reminiscent of World War
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Wounded Pigeon
Now Improves
The wounded Army carrier |
pigeon found here op a residen- |
tial street two weeks ago and
since then kept under the care
of a veterinarian, is to soon be
released, according to R. H. Shel
ton, Past Commander of the local
Post of the American Legion, who
said he has been advised by Cap
tain Herbert L. Reed, assistant
signal officer of the Signal Corps,
Fourth Corps Area, Atlanta, that
the bird should be released when
it appears to be well, preferably i
in the morning, in order to allow I
it sufficient time to get its own i
bearings and return to its home
base.
Court Os Honor
Will Be Held
Monthly court of honor of the
Person Scout district will be held
Friday night, November 14, at 7
o’clock at Ca-Vel school. J. S.
Merritt, chairman of the court,
will preside and other members
will be in attendance to witness
a number of advancements.
SHUGART TRANSFERRED
M. W. Shugart, formerly of
Littleton and for the past four
months superintendent of the
CCC camp at Roxboro, is being,
transferred to the Soil Conserva
tion service, withl headquarters
at Warren ton. He and Mrs. Ship
gart will leave here tqjnorrbw.
'Taking Mr. Shugart’* place at
the camp is H. J. Thiel, former
ly with tiie Gibsonville carbp.
ImonMimes
PUBLISHED EVERT BUNDAY ft THURSDAY
PERSON NATIVE
DIES AT MEBANE
Rites Held Today For Mrs.
Sallie Brooks Workman, of
That City, at Mount Zion
Church, Orange County.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sal
lie Brooks Workman, 49, a native
! of Person County and resident of
! Mebane, who died Tuesday at her
residence, there, were conducted
this afternoon at two o’clock at
Mount Zion church, Orange coun
ty, with interment in the church
cemetery. Rites were in charge of
the Rev. J. F. Apple and the Rev.
j Mr. Dollar.
Mrs. Workman, daughter of the
| late James W. and Jennie Brooks,
was educated in the Person
schools and was a member of
Mount Zion church. She had been
in ill health for eleven months
and in a serious condition three
months. Death was attributed to
a heart attack.
Survivors include her husband,
Allen Workman, of Mebane, a
brother George D. Brooks, of
Semora, a half brother, B. B.
Brooks, of Haw River, a half sis
ter, Mrs. Albert Slade, of Yan
cey ville, and a number of nieces
and nephews, including C. C.!
White, of Hurdle Mills.
Pallbearers were: Mitchell Me
bane, Clay Patton, Jack Horton,
“Skeet” King, Charles Laws and
! Gene Dennis. Flowerbearers were
nieces.
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Bushy Fork PTA
Meeting Held At
School Last Week
The Bushy Fork P. T. A. met J
last week in the school auditori
um. Preceding the regular meet
ing a study group was held with
Miss Ruth Sims in charge.
Mrs. E. P. Warren called the
P. T. A. meeting to order. She
then gave the devotional and bus
iness was transacted immediately
I afterwards. The attendance Ban
| ner was received by Mrs. H. G.
Simpson and Miss Ruth Sims’
rooms, these having tied for the
honor.
The program was in charge of
the program chairman, and a
Book Parade was given.
Prizes were given to the best
characters in the parade; there j
was also a prize given to the per
son in the audience who could
I guess the most characters in the
. books represented, won by Julia
I Belle Baynes of Hurdle Mills.
I Mrs. Dewey Rogers, who was
in charge of music made a talk
on the appreciation of, various
types of music and then Julia
Belle Baynes gave a popular
number on the piano, followed by
a semi-classical number by Mr.
Bell, the music teacher, a class
ical number, by Stephen Foster
given by Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Chas.
Wilkerson, Lex Horton and Mr.
Belle; and a sacred number by
the same quartet, accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Scott Hov
atter.
The study course theme for the
year is “Defense in the Home,”
and from this, the topic “The
Homemaker Takes Over” was dis
cussed in full. Miss Ruth Sims
was in charge of discussion, with
major discussions by Mrs. Scott
Hovatter, Mrs. E. P. Warren, Mrs.
Luther Long, and Miss Lois
Thompson. Others who were
present brought forth discussions
.irom personal points ,o? yiew.
There were thirty homeipakers
present, and it is hoped many
more will Join in. .the study next
month.
GARRETT RITES
HELD SUNDAY AT
PARENTS'HOME
Large Crowd Gathers In
Tribute To Popular Young
Man. Many Floral Trib
utes.
Final rites for Charles Cope
land Garrett, Jr., 19, of Roxboro,
whose death occurred Friday af
ternoon at Community hospital a
few minutes after he had been
injured in an automobile-motor
cycle collision were conducted
Sunday afternoon at the South
Main street home of his parents.
Garrett, a graduate of Roxboro
high school, where he completed
.an unusual public school attend
ance record, having been neith
er absent nor tardy; in eleven
years, was also an alumnus of
Furman university, Greenville, S.
C., where he and his bride, the
former Miss Inez Brewer of
Princeton and Dunn, were mar
ried less than a month ago.
He was a member of the City
fire department and of Roxboro
First Baptist church. In charge of
the funeral service was the pas
tor, the Rev. W. F. West. Inter
ment was in Burchwood ceme
tery, Roxboro.
Active pallbearers were Joe
King, Bob Whitten, Hubert
O’Briant, Newton Day, Ben Thax
ton Jr., Laurie Garrett, Donnie
Jacobs and Charles H. Munday,
all of Roxboro.
Benefit Showing
Os Dolls To Be
Event Next Week
Person and Roxboro residents
interested in entering their dolls
in the benefit doll show to be
given by women of Roxboro Pres
byterian church are requested to
bring their entries to former
headquarters of the British War
Relief society, in the Kirby-Led
better building by Friday, Nov
ember 28. Excellent care will be
taken of the dolls.
The show, itself, will be held
on Saturday, November 29. In
charge of general 1 arrangements
is Mrs. J. H. Hughes. Prizes will
be offered and tea will be serv
ed. The affair is being given as a
benefit for the church hymnbook
fund.
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Some dolls will be for sale, as
will home-made cakes, cookies,
candy and aprons. Prize for big
gest doll will be an apron; for
the oldest, a plum pudding; for
the prettiest, candy, and for the
biggest doll collection, a cake.
All dolls given for display will
be promptly returned after the
exhibition.
Rites Held Here Today For
Army Man Killed In Texas
Funeral services for Private
Ben Taylor Broadwell, 22, of
Camp Wallace, Texas, killed Sun
day in an automobile accident at
Rosenberg Tex., were held today
at two o’clock in the afternoon
at the residence of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Broadwell of
Gordon Street, this city.
Officiating ministers were the
Rev. W. C. Martin of Edgar Long
Memorial Methodist Church, Rox
boro, and Rev. J. F. Herbert of
Wilmington, a former pastor.
Interment was in Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham.
Accompanied by Carp. Charles
Lambeth of Camp Wallace, the
remains arrived here yesterday
at noon.
Jt was reported to members of ,
the Broadwell family that Private
£roadweU,caip? to his jieath by
drowning, when the car*in which
ROXBORO, (N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1941
Blackout Should
Mean Care On
Streets Says Chief
Roxboro’s Chief o f Police,
George C. Robinson, observing the
unusual darkness of streets here
during the present blackout, has
said that motorists, store-keepers
and pedestrians, too, for that mat
ter, should now observe unusual
care in driving, in operation of
! stores and in walking about the
streets, since the darkness is in
| creased, with consequent increase
l of dangers from accidents and
( thefts.
! Emphasis of the Chief’s obser-!
| vations has been illustrated twice i
within the past week when cars, 1
with keys in locks, were stolen
from within downtown areas
I here.
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Alonzo Harris Os
Chub Lake Dies
At Residence
William Alonzo Harris, 30 of
Chub Lake, died Monday morn
| ing at 6 o’clock, following a heart
attack suffered at his home. Fun-!
| I
eral services were conducted at
j the home Tuesday afternoon at
3 o’clock by Elder Lex Chandler,;
with interment in the family cem- j
etery.
: Surviving are his wife, Mrs. j
J Odell Harris; one son, William;
j three daughters, Misses Helen, ;
; Sue and Odell Harris, all of the
j home; six brothers and three sis
ters, Alfred of Southrßoslo»,-Vtwr-
Rufus and E. L. of 'Roxboro, Ern
est, John and Jim of the home,
and Mesdames Martha Clayton,
Mattie Oakley and Semora Clay
ton of Person County.
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Rites Held For
Mrs. J. T. Mangum
At Rougemont
Mrs. Gracie Buchanan Man
gum, 42, of Rougemont, wife of
J. T. Mangum. died Tuesday
morning at 5:15 o’clock at Com
( munity Hospital Roxboro, after .
!an illness lasting five days.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
i at Rougemont Methodist Church.
| The pastor, the Rev. Kermit
i Wheeler, assisted by the Rev. J.
T. Green, a former pastor, was
in charge. Interment was in new
Bethel Church cemetery. ,
Surviving, in addition to the
husband are one son, J. T., Jr.;
1 one daughter, Edna, all of the
home; a sister Mrs. Joe Cameron |
of Zebulon, and a half-brother,
1 Bradsher Buchanan.
he was riding turned over in
three feet of water. It is said he
had been to a dance.
Private Broadwell, who enter
ed the army in June under Se
lective Service, at time of his
death was stationed at Camp
Wallace, Texas, although he was
first sent to Fort Bragg.
At one time he had served with
the U. S. Navy. He was a grad
uate of Roxboro High Schoo’ and
during part of his residence here
was employed by Pender’s Store
and at G. B. Shorts.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are one brother, Grover
Broadwell of Wilmington, N. C.,
tw<A sisters, Misses Leonard ard
Flora Broadwell, both of Rox*
boro; his paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Molly Broadwell of Dur
ham, and a number -of- aunts and
uncles, also of titatettyr
MEN WHO STAGED
ABDUCTION TRIED
IN RICHMOND
Men Whose Career In
Crime Ended At Ca-Vel,
Face Sentences.
The two North Carolina mill
workers who were caught at Ca-
Vel, near Roxboro, August 3, af
ter a gun fight, were convicted
in United States District court in
Richmond Monday of kidnapping
1 a 17-year old girl from Boydton,
I Va.
| The men, Tracy Lee Sims, 24,
|of Morrisville, and Jack Floyd
i Adams 20, of Greer, S. C., will
not be sentenced by Judge Rob
ert N. Pollard until a later date.'
i The jury made no reeommenda
| tions as to punishment. Maximum
i penalty would be life imprison
-1 ment.
j Adams was wounded during
j the gun fight which occurred at
; and near the Walker home just
i north of Ca-Vel, on the South
! Boston road, and his left arm was
still in a sling at the trial in Rich
| mond. Conviction was under the
! Lindbergh law.
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Raney Briggs Has
Two Charges In
Auto Theft Case
I. . :
'! ■ j
i Burned and abandoned, the au-!
temobile of Dr. O. G. Davis, Rox- j
boro veterinarian and leader in
Lester Blackwell _ post of the 1
American Legion, which was stol-]
len from in front of his Court 1
Street office Saturday night, was
found on Sunday about eight
! miles from Roxboro in the Woods
j dale section. Arrested in connec
, tion with the theft was Raney
i Briggs.
Tried Tuesday in Recorder’s
court befort Judge R. B. Dawes,
j Briggs, charged with the theft of
j the car belonging to Dr. Davis,
was bound over to Superior Court
I under a three hundred dollar
■' bond. Briggs, tried last May 13 on
another charge had his driving
license revoked at that time and
is now serving a sentence for
j driving without a license.
Dr. Davis, who admitted leav
ing his keys in the car, said that
between two and three hundred
dollars worth of medical instru
ments and supplies, with some
clothing, also were destroyed.
More fortunate was Alex
Wrenn, who on the day before
| left his keys in his car at Com
munity Hospital. The car was
stolen but found Sunday near
, Allensville undamaged.
Holiday For All
But Teachers
To Take Place
Public school teachers from 17
counties, including Person, will
tomorrow be in Durham attend
ing the 19th annual session of the
| North Central district of the
North Carolina education asso
ciation. For this reason schools in
the district will be closed Friday
and all students will have a hol
iday.
AIR RAH) OBSERVATIONS
Beginning yesterday, continu
ing today and until November
, 29, with exception of tomorrow,
I I a series of intensive observation
| periods is being held by Person
County units of the air-raid wam
: ing corps, under R. H. Shelton,
■ * of this City, director, in coopera
, tion with similar units in and
1 near maneuver areas.
Hours of observation, said Mr.
, Shelton, are from five o’clock in
the morning until six at night,
[ with no let-up for Sundays or
holidays:
Bookmobile Stops Scheduled;
Operations Begin Next Month
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL NOW GOING
FORWARDJN CITY
No Definite Figures Yet
Says Walker. County Em
phasis Planned For Next
Week.
Considerable success is now re
ported with the annual Person
and Roxboro Red Cross Roll Call,
which began Monday with a
breakfast at Hotel Roxboro, where
workers under the Rev. J. M.
Walker, director, with Miss Julia j
Fisher as assistant, met to map j
out the campaign. Goal this year j
has been set at SI,OOO, a larger I
amount than has heretofore been j
requested in local drives.
Second campaign meeting of the
more than thirty canvassers was j
held this afternoon. Downtowm j
teams have been at work since'
the beginning and many member-1
ships have been sold in County,
areas and City residential sec-1
tions.
NEGRO FARMERS |
TO MEET FRIDAY j
AT RURAL CENTER j
i
Addresses Will Be Made j
-By IL P.. Burns and J. W-
Mitchell. I
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The Third Annual Negro Farm- ■
ers Banquet will be held at the j
Rural Center, Friday night, No- j
vember 14, at 7:30 o’clock. Com- j
munity leaders in the various !
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sections are busy contacting farm- |
ers for the balance stilL due on i
the Rural Center building which !
was constructed at a cost of over
61,000.
According to C. J. Ford, Negro
Hems Agent, a good menu is be
ing prepared. Visitors expected
are: R. P. Burns, Representative
of Person County in the 1940 Gen
eral Assembly, and Flem D. Long,
Senator in 1940 Assembly, Person
County Commissioners Frank T.
Whitfield, D. M. Cash, S. B. Win
stead, with J. W. Mitchell, State
Agent, and J. W. Jefferies Dis
trict Agent both of Greensboro.
Mr. Burns and J. W. Mitchell will
feature the evening addresses.
City Council In
B r i e f Session
Wednesday Night |
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Characterized by routine re- j
ports, presented at a harmonious
session, November meeting of the
City Board of Commissioners was
held last night at City Hall, one
day later than scheduled. Change
of date for the meeting was made
because of conflicting engage
ments on part of officials.
Schoolmasters To
Meet Next Week
November meeting of the Per
son Schoolmasters club will be
held at Hotel Roxboro on the
night of Tuesday, the 18, at six
o’clock. Program will be in charge
of Leon Couch, supervising prin
cipal of the Roxboro district. Hus
is the second meeting! of the
school year and a full attendance
is desired.
Each fleet in the United States
Navy has a regular supplemen
tary fleet known as the base fleet
consisting of naval auxiliaries
as repair ships, hospital ships,
supply ships, oilers and tugs.
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RED CROSS
NUMBER ELEVEN
Slight Delay Causes Post
ponement of Service. Miss
Grafton Busy With Books.
Now in Roxboro for her second
stay in the Person area is Miss
Ernestine Grafton, tri-county li
brarian, who arrived yesterday
and will remain here through the
19 of November, day after the
monthly Person County Library
board meeting which will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock in
the library.
Miss Grafton in a conference
held yesterday, outlined a tenta
tive list of stops for the bookmo
bile. The vehicle is now being
constructed out of a former school
bus and should be in operation by
Thursday, December 11, date set
for the first trip, said Miss Graf
ton. After that date trips will be
made on Tuesday and Wednes
day, December 16 and 17.
Construction of the bookmobile
i i being done by the Roxboro
high school class in manuel arts
under supervision of Glenn Titus,
instructor. Mechanical overhaul
ing is to be by Ernest Bailey, of
the county garage staff, while
upholstery is being furnsihed by
Plant E, Collins and Aikman, by
courtesy of S. M. Ford. Lumber is
to be contributed by the Kane
company and other local lumber
firms.
Although there has been a
slight delay in construction of the
bookmobile, Miss Grafton has ex
pressed her personal pleasure, as
Well 'as thanks of the board for
assistance being given.
Major work of this present
week is expected to be classifica
tion and cataloging of a large
consignment of books received
last month through courtesy of
the Cincinnati Public library, an
institution with which Miss Graf
ton was formerly connected.
Miss Grafton, who while in
Roxboro has residence with Mr.
and Mrs. Wharton Winstead.
North Main street, has said that
additional books stops will be
made as soon as the schedule is
working. Two new ones are at
the King Gillis residence, at Olive
Branch, with Miss Inez Gillis in
charge, and at the Main Gate at
the Collins and Aikman plant, at
Ca-Vel. Other book-stops listed
are:
Olive Hill—Mrs. J. D. Winstead,
Sr., Roxboro, route 1; Mrs. R. T.
Winstead, Roxboro, route 1; Mrs.
M. J. Daniel Roxboro; Mrs. W. C.
Pulliam, Roxboro.
Dolly Madison, Payne's Tavern
—Mrs. Dewey Jones, Roxboro
route 3; Mrs. Ruth Crumpton,
Hurdle Mills, route 2; Mrs. Arthur
Burch, Roxboro, route 3.
Warren’s Grove—Mrs. Claude
Barrett, Roxboro, route 3; Mrs.
R. E. Crumpton, Roxboro, route
1.
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Mrs. Ashley Dies
This Morning At
Her Home Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Ed
Ashley, of Court street, this City,
who died at her home at 11:30
o’clock this morning after a long
illness, will be held Friday at 4
p. m. at the residence, with '
Rev. W. F. West, of Roxboro First
Baptist Church, and the Rev. J.
M. Walker, of the Presbyterian
church officiating. Death was at
tributed to paralysis with com
plications.
Survivors include her husband,
Ed Ashley, of this City, and three
sisters, Mrs. Charles Wad* and
Miss Mary Riley, of Roxboro, and
Mrs. Myrtle Howard, of Wash
ington, also a brother, Olga Ri
ley, of AllensviHe. ' V'-MB