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Holiday Season Opens Here
With Gala Display Tomorrow
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Merchants Ready
For Big Season
Music By High School
Band To Be Feature Os
Program On Court House
Lawn
Beginning tomorrow night,
Roxboro merchants, who have
during the past few weeks re
ceived large shipments of holi
day merchandise, will have their
formal opening of the Christmas
trading season. Stores in the City
will remain open until nine
o’clock tomorrow night and will
two weeks later resume their
late evening hours for accomo
dation of shoppers.
Street lighting for the festive
season is expected to be in place
Friday night, although, as it was
pointed out to merchants who
attended a meeting held earlier
in the week in the offices of the
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce,
the lighting may be delayed a
day or two because of the fact
that plans for it could not be
made until after the lifting last
week of the OPM “blackout” or
der restricting the use of lights
for decorative and ornamental
purposes.
With W. Wallece Woods, ex
ecutive secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, presiding, full
• tieums'-or'The— arrmttai- holiday
program of merchants here was
arranged. During the opening
night, according to Mr. Woods,
music will be furnished by the
Roxboro high school band under
direction of John Thompson, of
the school faculty. The band is
to be stationed in front of the
Palace theatre, across the street
from the Court House.
Several merchants present at
the Chamber meeting Monday
were of opinion that the holiday
trading season’s opening date
should hereafter be advanced to
an earlier time, the week’ after
Thanksgiving, scheduled next
year to be held on the tradition
al last Thursday in November,
and it is expected that this plan
will be followed in the future.
But ... in the meantime, local
merchants are prepared to enjoy
a brief but lively season and it
is thought that purchasers, who
have already begun their shop
ping, will now turn out in full
numbers.
Exercises in connection with
the formal opening will begin at
7 o’clock and will be held for
about 30 minutes in front of the
Court House, according to Mr.
Woods. Prizes will be given and
a general good time is expected.
Electricians, under supervision
of Fred Long, are now busy plac
ing strings of multi-colored lights
in ropes across the streets of the
downtown area. Expense of sup
plying current for the lights will
again be more than one hundred
dollars and will again be defray
ed by the City of Roxboro.
Merchants are themselves pay
ing $75 or more for electrical
equipment, wiring and installa
tion service.
Announcement of forthcoming
plans for the holiday season were
made here yesterday at the
weekly “Appreciation Day” ex
ercises held as usual on the lot
at the rear of the Court House.
NEW RAMBLER HEAD
1942 Captian of the Roxboro
high school Ramblers football
team is Herbert Whitt, with Gor
don Wilkenon as alternate cap
tain, according to announcement
made today. Both men have
been food players on the team.
Elartintw were made this week.
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PUBLISHED EVERY BUNDAY & THURSDAY
DRUGGIST DIES
IN HOSPITAL AT
SOUTH BOSTON
John G. Patterson Rites
Held Yesterday, With In
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terment In Durham Ceme
, tery; Well-Known In Both
? Cities And In Roxboro
Funeral services for John Gil
” more (Happy) Patterson, Sr., 72,
3 a former resident of Durham,
f whose death occurred Monday
J night in a South Boston, Va.,
1 hospital after an illness lasting |
■ six weeks. Were conducted Wed
- nesday morning at eleven o’clock
at his late residence on Wilborn
! Avenue, South Boston. Officiat
-5 ing minister was the Rev. Win
-3 field Shiers, rector of Trinity
) Episcopal church, South Boston,
• of which Mr. Patterson was a
■ communicant for many years.
, Interment was in Maplewood
i Cemetery, Durham,
t Mr. Patterson, who came to
: South Boston from Durham in
t 1904, was a native of Warsaw
• and a son of the late John and
> Louise A. Lamb Patterson. In
1 South Boston, as in Durham, he
was active ih business circles and
■ was twice married, first to Miss
• Ella G. Hudgins, who died a
l number of years ago, and second
r to Mrs*. Judy Nelson, who sur-~'
s vives.
Also surviving are three
, daughters, three sons, two sis
> ters, one brother, three half sis
' ters and three step-children.
E The daughters are Mesdames
> J. A. Weatherford, of Durham,
’ and J. W. Burt, of Lanexa, Va.,
! and Miss Louise Patterson of
South Boston, Va. The sons are
• John, Jr., and Von H. Patterson,
r of South Boston, and Sam Pat
r terson, of Richmond, Va., the
• sisters, Mesdames Charles Gad
> dis of Richmond, and R. L.
' Christmas, of Durham, and the
t brother is D. B. Patterson, of
• South Boston, Va.
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1 Seven Person
| Men Students At
’ Baptist College
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I Wake Forest, Dec. 4. Seven
Person County men, six from
| Roxboro and one from Long
hurst, are enrolled at Wake Fo
[ rest College this session.
Enrolled from Roxboro are J.
Donald Bradsher, L. C. Clarke,
I 111, Ned Thomas, William West,
Jr. Hassell Whitfield and Rich
ard K Young.
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John O’Briant is enrolled from
Longhurst.
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Fuller At Home
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After Hospital
Treatment Given
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Now back at his home in Per- i
son County, although he is still
in a serious condition, is Arthur
; Fuller, Negro, about 50, injured 1
Saturday night in a fight said to
: have been instigated by Mac <
Clark, Negro, about 29 years of <
age.
Fuller, first treated by a Rox- i
boro physician, was later taken '
to Duke hospital. Placed in jail, i
without bond, was Clark, charg- i
ed with assault with a deadly ’
weapon, a brick.
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Person Superintendent of
Schools R. B. Griffin and others ;
will Friday afternoon attend a .
“Safety Conference” at Oxford. ;
CIRCULATION IN
LIBRARY GOOD IN
PAST FEW WEEKS
Bookmobile Expected To
Begin Next Week; Miss
Grafton To Be Here
Then; Board Date An
nounced
November circulation in the
Person County Library totaled
505 volumes, according to Mrs.
Sue Feathcrston, WPA library
assistant, who pointed out that
j during the past few weeks 1,000
books have been added to the
library collection by arrange
ment with the Cincinnati F*ublic
library, and that recent gifts of
books have been received from
Mrs. S. M. Ford, Mrs. George W.
Kane, Mrs. William Pickering
and others, that are much appre
ciated.
Expected to be in Roxboro
and Person County next week
for her December stay here is
Miss Ernestine Grafton, regional
librarian, through whose assist
ance the books from Cincinnati
were obtained. Miss Grafton, who ,
is spending the present,week in
Hillsboro, announced last month
that the Person Library bookmo
bile will be ready to begin op
erations on Thursday, December
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While in Roxboro Miss Grafton
will be guest speaker at Decem
ber meeting of the Bushy Fork
Parent-Teacher association, on
Friday, the 11, at 7:30 p. m., hav-!
ing as her topic, the “Use of
Leisure Time,” or the “Value
of Reading In the Development
of Character.” Before the meet-;
ing Miss Grafton will ,be a din- !
ner guest of Mrs. E. P. Warren, 1
member of the Person Library
board.
Planned for Tuesday, Decem
ber 16, at 3:30 o’clock in the li
brary, Chub Lake street, is the
monthly board meetings, with i
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Anna Gilmore Tells Her Story
Os Years Spent At Burleigh
The History Os 15 Years 1
Os Farm Life On Mrs. R.
S. Phifer’s Place, Burleigh
Plantation, Semora
Once in a while there comes to j j
a newspaper office a story thaUj
cannot be fitted into any stand- j
ardized category. Such a story is.'
that of Anna Gilmore and her
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family, a record of years of liv- '
. 1
mg on Burleigh Plantation, one
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of the few places where the tra-' (
ditions of a former way of
Southern living are preserved,
with necessary modifications. ;
Anna’s story, told in her own (
words, is typically in the nature 1 ,
of a panegyric and a lament for' (
her own loss, but in order that (
that flavor may not be spoiled
is being printed, as received, with j,
only minor corrections of syntax.! s
This is Anna’s story, told with- ] j
out assistance from the “ladies”),
of the “big house on the hill.” L
There are questions, such as j
causes for the removal to “the I (
lower parts of Person,” and the (
number of persons in her family, ,
but Anna thinks such questions (
unimportant, and so, she plunges
into the middle. This is her ]
story: t
We been with Mrs. R. S. <
Phifer and family for 15 years, 1
and. are now moving to the lower I
parts of Person County, and we
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ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1941.
New President in Independent Syria
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Chcikh Taggadine, the new president of Syria, inspects a guard oi
honor of Free French troops outside the town hall at Damascus, Syria,
Syria was granted her independence when Free French General Catrous
formally handed the country over in a broadcast speech from Damascus.
Bloxam Reports
Roxboro Stands
Well In Group
City Manager Percy Bloxam,
who last week attended sessions
of the International City Man
agers’ association, Hollywood
Beach, Fla., today said that at
the meetings of the association
Roxboro was particularly men
tioned as a city in its classifica
tion, undeT 10,00{C which has in
recent years established a com
mendable record for adjustment
of its business affairs and its
city-wide program.
Mr. Bloxam, who is North
Carolina secretary for the asso
ciation, had the pleasure of a
personal talk while at Hollywood
| Beach with Emil Davis, Chair
| man of the London County
Council, who gave first-hand in
formation on war conditions in
England.
Notwithstanding the fact that
• he had an enjoyable stay in Flo
rida, Mr. Bloxam was more than
1 ever impressed by the good qual
| ities of Tar Heel life, he said.
can say we have spent these
years very peacefully. We have
always found true friendship on
this place, both with the white i
and colored. It is grievious to
give up such friendships. We
j have these 15 years tried to give I
.honest service to the best of our
! ability.
| We don’t say that all these
! years have been sunshine. Yes,
we have had our cloudy days and
I our sorrows and griefs, but amid
i that we have had some joy and
pleasure as well. But the glor
ious part, we all on the place
shared our pleasures and griefs
together, we have all been one
united family, and as we shall
go to other parts of the county
to live to begin another year’s
work, we pray God’s blessings
upon those whom we leave. We
shall certainly miss the dear
friends we leave. We don’t know
as we can fever do any better any
place than we have done here
but we only trust to do equally
as well and with the kind wishes
of this family we feel that we
can be able to withstand what
ever might befall us.
Mrs. Phifer was 92 years old
November 1, 1941, and we feel
that the secret of her long life is
due to the kind heart that she
has. Nearly all of our family was
bom and raised hare, and Mrs.
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! Robinson Renews
Appeal For Safety
In Speed Limits
In a second appeal to Roxboro
; motorists with regard to speed
ing, Chief of Police George C.
Robinson, this week urged co
; operation of all drivers, public!
. and private alike, in observance;
of speed laws, saying that limits j
of 20 miles in the business dis
rtricts and 25'm71es In TSSidenuar!
• j areas should at all times be ob
. served, with only exception be
: ing instances of necessity or real
emergency.
i The Chief further pointed out
• that all speeding cases are now
1 1 turned over to County Court and
l that fines and costs for speeding
• offenses are heavy, even when
r reduced to minimum. In making
• his renewed plea for curtailment
i of speeding Chief Robinson said
that public cooperation in law
t enforcement is particularly im
• portant in a City in which the
i Police Department personnel is
•! limited in numbers as it is in
Roxboro.
i Rev. And Mrs. West
Give Dinner For
I
Church Group
Rev. and Mrs. W. F. West gave
a turkey dinner last week in the
: educational building of the First
j Baptist Church for some 75 mem
j bers of the church who helped in
I the October campaign to raise
additional funds for the new
building.
With Mr. West presiding, brief
talks were made by J. S. Walker,
Mrs. Mollie Strum Barrett, Mrs.
i West and J. W. Noell. Part of
the program was musical, with
Mrs W. Wallace Woods, pianist,
and Mrs. Victor Satterfield and
Mrs. A. M. Burns, Jr., soloists.
The dinner was given by the
minister and his wife by pre
vious agreement, conditioned on
successful conclusion of the Oc
tober drive.
Concert At
High School
On Sunday
There will be a concert at
Roxboro High school Sunday,
December 14, at 4:30 p. m., it was
announced this morning from
the high school.
This concert will be free and
everyone is. urged to attend.
Pupils of Central School will
unite with those of the high
school in giving- this concert.
High School Parent-Teacher
Unit To Sponsor Civic Award
JURYMEN CHOSEN
FOR COURT TERM
WITH BIG CASES
Men To Be Called For
January “Winstead” Court
Announced By County
Commissioners
Jurymen who may have pain
or pleasure of rendering verdicts
in the Cy Winstead. Jr., assault
case and in accompanying cases
dealing with alleged mob vio
lence attributed to the Winstead
case, were on Monday selected
by Person County Commission
ers to serve during the January
26. 1942 term two weeks of Su
perior Court.
Those to be called as jurymen
are: Preston Satterfield, Jr., W.
L. Williams. O. L. Burch, R. H.
Shelton, John H. Merritt, Jr.,
Melvin W. Blalock, C. A. Gentry,
C. W. McSherry, S. R. Wilkins,
B. E. Clayton, T. B. Grinstead, L.
P. Sherman, Hassell Clayton and
H. M. Clay.
Also. B. B. Strum, S. G. Carr,
J. A. Chambers, T. F. Hamlin, W.
R. Hayes, Eugene T. Gentry, R.
I. Satterfield. A. B. Clayton, E.
Hester Long. A. H. Whitfield, J.
. C. Whitt, T. L Blalock, S. W.!
. t Ashley, G. T. Solomon, Jesse;
. j Terrell, J. T. Dean, Walter Aver
; i itt, S. M. Green and J. T. Black
. ard.
f| Alsor-B. G. Crumpton,- -J: W.
.; Montague, Jr., S. B. Woody, Jr.,
. j George Gilliland, M. B. Um^tead,
[ L. M. Burton, J. T. Bradsher, T.
i H. Gentry and Earl W. Gentry,
t Named as jurors for a second
, week of court which may or may
[ not be held, are, B. S. Glenn, J.
, D. Clayton, Lambeth Jordan, W.
i C. Horner, M. P. Ashley, A. D.
r Newton. C. C. Carr, C. G. Denny,
’ iC. A. Day. A. W. Clayton, C.
I .D. Taylor and W. H. McCulloch.
~ Also, G. R. Brandon, S. M.
. Neal, F. R. Wilkerson, S. G.
, Hamlin, M. C. Warren, T. W.
; Adams, Robert Tuck, John Bul
, 1 lock, Luther Blalock, W. M.
Scott, G. C. Kirby and Herman
; Rudder.
J Named as tax supervisor for
• 1 1942 was J. S. Walker, who has
said that tax listers for various
i townships will be announced
1 shortly.
Applications for tax re-valua
tions for certain lands owned by
them were made by Edgar R.
Blalock, Mrs. J. H. Lockhart and
Mrs. Louise B. Douglas and for
W. R. Blalock land sold to Nat
and R. T. Warren.
Ca-Vel Team Sees
Army-Navy Game
Accompanied by Ray Parrish,
personnel director of Collins and
Aikman corporation, plant E, 22
members of the baseball team
spent the week-end in Philadel
phia, where they witnessed the
14 to 6 victory of the Navy over
the Army. The boys were much
impressed with the pre-game
parade, the game itself and oth
er sights. Some of them after
wards attended an ice hockey
game; others stopped over in
Washington for a few hours_
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TO HEAR PERRY
Members of the Person School
masters club, together with
guests from various schools, will
on Tuesday night, December 9,
at Hotel Roxboro, hear H Arn
old Perry, of the State Depart
ment of Education, Raleigh, dis
. cuss the 12 grade addition. Din
ner will be served at 6 o’clock.
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NUMBER SEVENTEEN
Plan To Select Roxboro
Citizen Who Has Made
Most Valuable Contribu
tion To City Approved B>
Group
Planned by the Roxboro High
School Parent-Teacher association
is a citizenship award for the
“Best Citizen In Roxboro,” ac
cording to announcement made
yesterday, following December
meeting of the Association held
Tuesday night at Roxboro high,
school.
Under the proposed plan civ
ic clubs, and other Similar clubs,
in the City will be invited to
present to the sponsoring P.-T.
A. association names of persons
who have in their opinions ren
dered best services to the City
during the. year closing in May,
month of conclusion of the school,
calendar year.
Also, considered by the P.-T. A.
were suggestions for teaching in
the school a course in Bible stu
dy and the holding in the school
of regular chapel or devotional
exercises. Formal programs of
the evening were given by Miss
Bessie Shipp, librarian of the
high school, and by the Rev. J.
M. Walker, of Roxboro Presby
terian church, who discussed, cul
tural aspects of “Our Town,” in
line with the national theme of
| P.-T. A. for the current year.
No definite action was taken
on the suggestions pertaining to
religious instruction, although it
was indicated that solution might
■ be 'obtained by employment of a
■ full-time instructor, or by a
■ course of study of the Bible as
• literature, with ministers of var
ious churches in the City as
I teachers.
It was also considered that cit—
■ izens desiring to present nomin
• ations for the citizenship award
■ might do so by petitions bearing
i ten or more signatures of re com -
I mendation. The award plan,
■ with variations, has been tired
• out in other cities and has been:
• found successful. Full details:
■ have not been worked out but
■ it is expected that the award may
• take the form of a silver loving
I I cup or a plaque.
Miss Shipp’s paper was read
'i by Mrs. A. F. Nichols, Miss Shipp
“ | having been ill with larengitis.
School Holidays
Run In Two Sets
Again This Year
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Schools in the Person County
and Roxboro district systems
will begin Christmas holidays on
Friday, December 19. County pu
pils, including those at Person
County Training school for Ne
groes, will return to classes on
Wednesday, December 31, while’
students in the Roxboro district
will have a few days longer, un
til Monday, January 5, 1942, ac
cording to announcement from
Person County Superintendent of
Schools, R. B. Griffin and from
District Supervising Principal,
Leon Couch.
Roxboro Cagers
Want More Men
Ursal Yarbrough today re
ported that additional men are
wanted for City of Roxboro
basketball teams now being or
ganized. A successful practice
i was held Monday in Roxboro
I high school gym, with enough
, men on hand for two teams, and
■ it is expected that an additonal
practice period will be held be
■ fore the first game of the aea
’ son, scheduled far next Monday
night at the gym, is played.
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