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I IF IT 09 NEWS ABtHTI PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL tore rr in the times. voujms xm Along The Way With the Editor A few nights ago Oscar Long had a birthday supper. He in vited quite a few fellows and in the invited crowd was P. T. Whitt, Sr.; Oscar had a meal fit for a King and enough for all. At the last minute Mr. Whitt notified him that, due to business reasons, he could not be present. As a result of P. T. not being on hand to help eat, Oscar had his part left which was what he generally ate at this supper—five big slices of turkey, three birds, four helpings of asters, one plate of beans, one pound of dressing, a bowl of gravy, six pieces of cake and a few other things. ,a Puny'’ Allen bought a little pig about nine months ago and gave it to a fellow to raise on halves. A few days ago the pig was killed and Puny's mother says that he brought his half home in a eight pound paper bag. This is the truth. Several mornings ago—one cold day— about 6:00 a. m. Otto Clayton called Bill Minor and asked Bill to bring him some oil at once. A few days later at 6:00 a. m. Bill called Otto and asked him to bring a case of soda pop to his home. Collin Abbitt is one of our street superintendents. A few days ago he had a crew working in front of the hotel. His big sign to warn motorists read, Slow Men Working. That boy be lieves in the truth. Views Os The News WARSHIP PVT OUT OF CONTROL; PHILIPPINES HEAVILY ATTACKED MANILA, Dec. 13.—Admiral Thomas C. Hart, commander of the Asiatic fleet, revealed that a Japanese battle fleet fled to n void battle when American war ships approached. Official communiques reported ,*' ffaft AWtericsm have taken a heavy toll of Japanese planes and ships. PRECIOUS POSSESSIONS GRAHAM. TELLS UNC MENACED CHAPEL HILL, Dec. 13.—Pres ident Prank P. Graham at a spe cial convocation in Memorial Hall at the University of North Caro lina told the student body that this 150-year-old institution’s three most precious possesions are at stake in this war. . “The things for which this un iversity stands —freedom, self government and honor—are on Hitler’s black list. See this war through and take your stand now, and later against inequality and, injustice. Struggle to maintain 1 freedom to struggle for freedom,” he advised. ‘BLACKOUT’ OF PATROL CARS PROPOSED IN STATE DURHAM, Dec. 13.—The State Highway Patrol cars in Roxbo.ro and elsewhere in the State may lose their aluminhm color under “blackout’’ plans under consid- j eration by State Highway Patrol officials in Raleigh. However, it was learned today that consider able difficulty has been experi enced for the last few months in obtaining black paint, the color desired if the cars are to be changed. The change would occur in con nection with a proposed increase in patrolmen’s duties as suggest-] ed by Governor J. M. Broughton. | Under plans yesterday, the Gov-. one of the last means of getting home, other than by British ships, GIRL WANTED: MUST MAKE OTHERS JEALOUS RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 13. The local office of the State Em ployment Service has received some unusual requests but that of last week tops them all. A young man asked the office to hire for him “a young lady be tween the ages of 18 and 25, pre ferably a business girl, pretty and tall, to attend the policeman’s ball with him.” Asked the reason for the order, he said, "I just want to make ! ’ my girl friend jealous.” flrrsongMimes PUBUSBID mn BOMBAY * THURSDAY LA GUARD LA EMBARRASSED SEATTLE, Dec. 13.—Am I em barrassed? Am I humiliated?” fumed Mayor Fiorello La Guar dia. The national director of civilian defense flourished a clipping of an Associated Press wirephoto showing New York City crowds clustered on the street during air -raid ala'rMs. “Won’t somebody catch hell about this when I get home? “Here I go around the country telling people they must stay in side during air raid alarms. And right in my own city this hap pens—this!!!” ! LACK OF FUNDS DELAYS CALLING OUT GUARD J RALEIGH, Dec. 13.—Governor Broughton estimates that it will . cost North Carolina “three or four I million dollars” to do the guard duty the army originally request ed—unless arrangements can be made for the army to foot the bill. I Moreover, the only way the I money could be used for the payment and maintenance of the State Guard, would be for the Legislature to be called into spe cial session and authorize an ap propriation. The arithmetical obstacle in all 1 probability will mean that the j State Guard will not be called j out for active duty anywhere near , as early as the Governor expect ed several days ago. DENIES VISAS TO AMERICANS, BRITISH LONDON, Dec. 13.—Portugal ■ has suspended granting visas to United States and British citizens, 1 the United States embassy said today. | The action at least temporarily j denied to Americans in Britain and on the European continent rights to travel from Portugal. TOBACCO FIRMS, OFFICIALS FINED $15,000 EACH LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 13. The nation’s “Big Three” tobacco companies—Reynolds, Liggett and Myers, and American—and 13 of ficials, were denied a new trial on price fixing and monopoly convictions in United States Dis trict Court and fines of $15,000 each were assessed. Federal Judge H. Church Ford, in announcing his decision after several days of arguments for a new trial, said he assumed there would be immediate appeal. Youth of France Band Together I '■ pji| A view of the opening of the congress of the “youth of France and overseas,” during the address of Roger de Salvres, member of Mar shal Petain’s cabinet, at Nice, France. The slogan which appears on the waH at the left reads “Frenchmen, yon ire not sold, nor abnsed, nor aban doned.” Christmas Spirit Vies With War As Major Interest Churches Flan Christmas Ev)e Service. Carol And Cantata Programs Schedu led For Today. Court House Decorated. I Second annual jointly observ ed Chriataws evt service will bd held Wednesday night, Decemb er 24, at 8 o’clock by members of Roxboro Presbyterian and St. Mark’s Episcopal churches at St. Mark’s church, with the Rev. J. M. Walker, of the Presbyterian church as speaker. The service will be in charge of the Rev. Rufus J. Womble, rector of St. Mark’s, and special music will be rendered by the combined choirs and Christmas decorations will be used through out the church. Ministers of both churches have said they are expecting a large attendance, as the service is es pecially appropriate to the sea son and is in accordance with a spirit of unity being shown by the two denominations. Other Christmas services and programs are to be given in Rox boro this Sunday (December 14) and during the Christmas week. Among outstanding events plan | ned is tonight’s cantata, “Christ -1 mas Dawn” to be presented at Edgar Long Memorial Methodist ■ church at 7:30 o’clock by the combined choirs of the church * and the South Boston Choral club, under direction of Mrs. J. D. K. Richmond, with Mrs. Wil- j liam Holt, organist. The same program will be repeated on Sun , day afternoon, December 21, in South Boston. Another musical event of this afternoon (the 14) will be the i Roxboro high school glee club's carol service at 4:39 o’clock at the high school. Wesleys Observe Golden Rites At Home In City Today at their residence on Barnette street, Roxboro, Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Wesley, who were married on Dec. 15, 1891, in 1 Halifax county, Virginia, by the j Rev. Mr. Shipman, will celebrate their wedding anniversary with a family dinner. Present for the oc casion will be their ten children, including the in-laws and grand children. MOaWOMO, N, C, BUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1941 Land Sales Next Saturday Say Those In Charge ' Pc&tponed until Saturday, De -1 cember 20, are the land sales in connection with settlement of the D. W. Bradsher estate, it being pointed out by those in charge of the sales that bad weather yes terday made it impossible to con duct the sales as planned. Hours jon this coming Saturday will be ! the same as originally scheduled, and the prize offer will also bd made. Rotarians Hear Thad Eure And Give Ladies Gifts Saying that “American people are now unified as never before in their history", Secretary of State Thad Eure, of Raleigh, in an address at the annual “Ladies’ Night” program of the Roxboro Rotary club, Thursday night, mentioned the roles that civic clubs can play in the war pro gram that is at hand. ) i Presented by Lieut. Gov. R. L. : Harris, toastmaster, the Secretary of State began his talk in humor ous vein but soon turned to the war topic, which he illustrated ■by the story of workers in an airplane factory, who had pride in the smallest detailed job and who stopped their work for a moment in order to watch $ com pleted plane take its test flight, although they, as workers, could not know the exact location in the plane of the various small parts they had had a part in j making. Presiding over the affair, giv- 1 en at Hotel Roxboro, was the club president Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdale. Toast to the guests of honor was by Dr. B. E. Love, with response by Mrs. Glenn Sto vall. Favors were gifts from the forty-eight states of the union gathered by the club secretary, W. Reade Jones, with cooperation from the Governors of the States. Those present were 118. With the speaker was his wife, Mrs. Eure, and additional guests were Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Craven, I Jr., of Roxboro, Mir. Craven be ing president of the Kiwanis club. Civilian Defense Plans For Roxboro Area Now Operating • CUB SCOUTS TO HAVE CHRISTMAS PACK MEETING *** * i Event Planned For Mon day Night. Other Features Os Scout Activity Carried On. Scout activities during the week will include the Christmas Pack Meeting of Cubs to be held Mon day night at 7:30 o’clock at Rox boro Community house and the monthly district meeting of Scout leaders Tuesday night at the same hour in tJie office of Dr. A. F. Nichols. A/lso to be held will be regular troop meetings on vari ous nights during the week. Special guest at the Cub Pack meeting will be district president, C. A. Harris, who will make in spection. The Cubs are planning to present to parents handicraft gifts made by the Cubs for them. Leader of the meeting will be the Rev. Rufus J. Womble, who has said that he is anxious for ail members to complete arrange ments for registration and re registration, which cannot be completed until all boys have made payments. Held here Friday night was the Person Court of Honor at which a number of Scouts received ad vancements. Among them were: Rufus Shelton, Jr., tenderfoot; Jimmie Street, Richard Golby, Arthur Chambers and Baxter Mangum, Jr., second class; Charles Hughes, star; and for merit badges, C. Blanks, Richard Golby, J. Y. Saunders and Ma i son Hamlett, handicrafts; Gus Deering, safety; mechanical draw | ing and scholarship, Toufiek ! Ameen; and for scholarship and markmanship, Buck Taylor. Officials present for the Court included: Chief Executive A. P. Patterson, of the Cherokee Coun cil, and Joe Gussy, Bill Langston, Gus Deering and Dr. J. H. Hugh es. Report of the court was pre sented by Johnny Horton, scribe for troop 32, who reported on his troop’s activities, saying that the troop plans to assist a family with a Christmas basket. JUNIOR DINNER Members of Longhurst Council of the Jr. O. U. A. M., will have their Christmas program and din ner at Olive Hill school, Wednes day night, at 7 o’clock. Dinner will be served by women of Con cord Methodist church and a full attendance is requested. “OPPORTUNITIES” Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, of the Per son Welfare Department again today reminded citizens that the Christmas season is near and that she will be glad to have interest ed persons take charge of "Need iest Cases” known to her depart ment. OLIVE HILL P. - X. A. Christmas program of the Olive Hall P. - T. A. will be held Wed nesday evening at 7:30 o’clock, at the school, with the play, “Why the Chimes Rang", as a feature., Music will be by Mrs. Kendall Street, Miss Julia Fisher and Miss Billie Street. Program chairmen are Mrs. Numa Edwards and Miss Mary Kelly. CONFIRMED W. A. Lucas, chairman of the State Board of Elections this week confirmed nomination of William Harris, HI, as chairman of the Person County Board of elec tions. BAXTER URGES TRUCK AND BUS OWNERS TO USI i Advice Comes As War Measure From War De partment Through State Committee. The Highway Traffic Advisory Committee to the War Depart ment is appealing to the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles of North Carolina to urge all truck and bus owners in Person County to immediately fill out and mail in the questionnaire cards sent to them for the National Defense truck and bus inventory. This in ventory is being made for the War Department by the Public Roads Administration and the Works Projects Administration to be used in planning National De fense emergency transportation, according to W. A. Baxter, of the Roxboro division of the State Highway Patrol. A report made Friday by L. G. Watters of the Public Roads Ad ministration, who is Technical Advisor for this work in North Carolina, revealed that only thir ty-one percent of the vehicle owners in North Carolina had sent in their reports. This shows North . Carolina to be lagging far behind most cif the states in the Union in the compilation of this essential National Defense data for the War Department. Mr. Watters said that Wisconsin leads the nation with returns from about ninety percent of the owners and South Carolina leads the Southeastern states with about seventy per cent. Mr. Watters further states that a large number of the question naires received to date are in complete and incorrectly filled out and will have to be returned to the owners for completion or corrections, and he urges that all owners follow instructions and carefully fill out their cards. Each card should be identified with the vehicle by the use of the motor number shown in space “A” of the questionnaire. Another angle of the survey is most important to vehicle and bus owners in North Carolina. Priority ratings to assure future productions and replacement of parts for motor vehicle owners make it absolutely necessary that complete information of each truck and bus in the United States be available. It is not only | the patriotic duty of owners to fill out and return these question naires promptly, but it is vita] to the motor truck industry in de termining the future needs in se curing priority rating for replace ment of units and supplies. P. - T. A. PROGRAM Christmas program of the Rox boro Central Grammar School Parent-Teacher association will be held Tuesday afternoon, Decem ber 16, at 3:30 at the school. Al so featured will be defense talks by City Manager Bloxam and Fire Chief Henry E. O’Briant A good i attendance is requested. Various grades will participate p the en tertanment planned. DANCE PLANS Thomas M. Bpmpass, chairman of the dance committee of the Bachelors’ club, announces that the holiday script dance planned by the club for the night of December 26, will be given in Kaplan hall, Main street. All members are urged to pay dues by Sunday, December 11. IIP! NUMBER TWENTY Meeting Held At Court House Additional Unit And Sab- Division Leaders Named. Mayor Advises Citizens. Now complete are preliminary steps toward organization of Rox boro and Person civilian defense units acting in cooperation with national and state units. Previ ously outlined on Friday were units for police, fire and utilities divisions. Announced yesterday was the emergency alarm, to be used in case of air raids or other alarms, it being said that the emergency signal in Roxboro will be by the fire siren in a series of short up and down blasts lasting two min utes, while the all clear signal will be a two minute continuous blast. In connection with the alarm system Mayor S. G. Winstead, head of the local governing con trol for civilian defense said that, citizens hearing the warning sig nal should: not crowd the streets, but go to their homes, close all windows and doors and remain there quietly, avoiding use of the telephone except in cases of gen uine necessity; that they should remove their automobiles from the streets, should obey all in structions from wardens, police men and others in authority; that they should think twice before taking action and should at all times keep a calm, level-headed attitude. Active head of the Red Cross sub-division, as previously an nounced will be the Rev. J. M. Walker; head of the medical unit, chosen last night, is Dr. A. F. Nichols and continuing as air raid warden is R. H. Shelton. Heading the city’s protection com mittee is Police Commissioner Phillip L. Thomas. Telephone control, available twenty-four hours per day will be set up and all emergency calls should be made to 2931 or to 2222, the latter being the fire sta tion number. Head of the disaster unit is Gordon C. Hunter. With S. G. Winstead, Mayor of the City of Roxboro, presiding, twenty or more civic leaders of Person County and this City, on Friday morning gathered here at the Court House to formulate plans for a three point defense program in line with the State and National program. Bearing in mind the statement of Mayor Winstead: “If we are not war-minded now, we ought to be”, the group approved a plan for police, fire and utilities pro tection, including Red Cross work, disaster units, bomb squadrons, air raid alarms and industrial supervision, with Mayor Winstead as head of the governing body work—under State Coordinator Theodore S. Johnson, of Raleigh, who is in turn affiliated with the United States defense unit. Also to get underway here is the emergency Red Cross drive, with a Person-Roxboro goal of $3,000. Director of the campaign is to be the Rev. J. M. Walker, of the Presbyterian church, who recently concluded a successful Roll Call drive. According to Gordon C. Hunt er, chairman of the Person com mittee for the sale of Defense Bonds, Person citizens are invest ing heavily in the bonds and In tax anticipation notes, totals at the Peoples Bank alone reaching a high figure. Active assistant in the Civilian Defease Program is City (Continued On Back Fa*)
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