IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME XIII
Person Accident Toil Goes
UpTo New High For This Year
Rites Held Here
For Sixth Man
Also Killed In Another
Wreck In Durham County
b A Former Resident.
'Killed during the past week
end in the Roxboro and Durham
area in two separate automobile
and auto-pedestrian accidents
were two natives of Person Coun
ty, one a Person resident and
one a former resident, bringing
Person’s death by motor vehicle
total to 6 for 1941, as contrasted
with one fatality in 1940.
Men killed this week-end were 1
Drone Clayton, of near Virgilina,
Va., and Samuel Satterfield, dur
ing recent years a resident of
Durham. Rites for both men were
held here. Also killed in the Sat
terfield wreck was Miss Cora
Beasley, of Louisburg, a cousin of
Mrs. B. B. Strum, of Roxboro.
Not counted in Person’s death
toll are the Satterfield and Beas
ley deaths, which occurred in
Durham county. Also not counted
in that toll was the Day wreck
in one person was killed in Wake
county.
CLAYTON RITES
Funeral services for Clayton,
51, tenant farmer on the Sam
Wilson farm near Virgilina, Va.,
who was killed Saturday night
about 8 o’clock on the Durham
highway, - tear - - Somerset - mills'
when he was struck by a car said
to have been driven by J. T. Man
gum, of Rougemont and Durham,
were conducted Sunday afternoon
at 3 o’clock at Longhurst Bap
tist church.
Officiating minister was the
pastor, the Rev. R. W. Hovis. In
terment was in the Painter fam
ily cemetery.
Clayton, who was dead on ar
rival at Community hospital, is
reported to have walked into the
pathway of the automobile. Man
gum, a foreman for the George
W. Kane company, was enroute
to Durham, while Clayton was
reported to have been walking
toward Roxboro on opposite side
of the highway before he cross
ed over to the other side into
pathway of the car.
Mangum, charged with man
slaughter, gave bond of SI,OOO.
Only eye witness was his daugh
ter, with him in the car. Investi
gation was made by Sheriff M. T.
Clayton and by Dr. A. F. Nich
ols, coroner. Clayton had severe
head injuries and leg injuries.
Only immediate survivors are two
brothers, Frank Clayton, of Som
erset, and Zack Clayton, of Long
hurst.
SATTERFIELD RITES
Funeral services for Samuel L.
Satterfield, Durham resident and
native of Person County, who
was killed Sunday night in an
automobile accident on the Ox
ford-Durham highway, iwere con
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 2
o’clock at the Roxboro Primitive
Baptist church, Lamar street,
with Elder J. A. Elder, officiat
ing. Interment was in Burchwood
Cemetery, Roxboro.
Mr. Satterfield, who left Rox
boro about 15 years ago, was well;
known here and was a member
of the church from which the
rites were conducted. He was a
son of the late Green D. and Mary
Lee Satterfield, of the old Con
cord church road section, and his
first wife, Miss Nannie Elizabeth
McKee, was a native of Person
county. Surviving from this mar
riage are one daughter and one
son. Also suhviving are his second
wife, another son, one sister and,
10 grandchildren.
IfrsonsMiinrs
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
AUTHORIZATION
GIVEN FOR NEW
BOOKS AT LIBRARY
Report Shows Board Mem
bers That Bookmobile Now
Enters Into Expanding Pro
gram.
With R. B. Griffin presiding in
j absence of the chairman, Mrs. J.
H. Merritt, of Woodsdale, Dec
ember meeting of the Person
| County Library board was held
i this week at the library, Chub
1 Lake street on Tuesday after
; noon. Upon recommendation of
I Miss Ernestine Grafton, regional
librarian, authorization was given
for purchase of a number of new
books, expected to be shipped be
fore the first of the year. Sum al
located for this purpose and for
additional magazine subscriptions
is expected to be between S2OO
and $250, the funds to come from
both County and State library
appropriations.
Encouraging reports were giv
en by Miss Grafton on the pro
gress of bookmobile work, first
stops in various sections of the
County having been made this
week, with the final one for the
week being scheduled for today.
WPA driver for the bookmobile
is Mrs. A. B. Buchanan, who has
for some time been connected
'with WPA public school service.
General interest in bookmobile
service is good, according to Miss
Grafton, who said that one wo
man, who lives in a community
some distance from book stops,
J has arranged for her daughter,
working in a plant near Roxboro,
to get books for the family when
stops are made at the plant. Great
j interest has also been shown at
! the Person County home, where
several inmates borrowed books
and seemed eager for continua
tion of the service.
In another neighborhood, a wo
man building a new house is in
cluding in her plans a small study
; or den to be used as a library
i receiving room for the commun
ity.
Approval was given by board
members to the November-Dec
ember budget, as presented, and
some discussion was held on a
number of business matters, with
definite action postponed until
the January session. It was ex
plained by Miss Grafton that
. there .will haxe to. be some re
visions in the January bus sched
ules, but that these new sched
ules will be posted in churches
and schools in the various com
munities.
Williams’ Rites
Conducted Today
At Oak Grove
Funeral services for Mrs. J. P.
Williams, 88, of the Oak Grove
community, Woodsdale, whose
death occurred last night at her
home after a period of declining
health, were conducted this af
ternoon at 3 o’clock at Oak Grove
Methodist church, of which she
had for many years been a mem-
I ber. Rites were in charge of the
Rev. F. B. Peele, with interment
following in the church cemetery.
Mrs. death was at
tributed to complications and the 1
infirmities of age. Surviving are
two daughters, Mrs. Hattie Moore, i
of Roxboro, and Mrs. Ivey Crid-1
Hn, of Woodsdale, also two sons, !
W. L. and M. T. Williams, of
! Woodsdale, together with nine.
. grandchildren.
CAMP SURVEY
LISTS LAND FOR
RE-SETTLEMENT
Committee Chairman For
County Land Planning
Group And Farm Defense
Is J. H. Shotwell.
Completion of a survey of Per
son farm lands available to farm
families of the county now resid-'
ing in the Person portion of the j
proposed Army camp area indi
cates that there are in Person
fifty or more farms which may
be purchased or rented, accord
ing to announcement made Mon
day morning by the Person Farm
Agency office.
Held Wednesday afternoon at
2:30 o’c’lock in the grand jury
room at the Court House, Rox
boro, was a meeting of commit
teemen from each of the several
; communities in the County, the
members being chairmen, vice
chairmen and secretaries, respec
tively, who have assisted State
and County farm officials with
the survey program and who at
this meeting elected as County,
chairman, vice chairman and se
cretary, J. H. Shotwell, J. Y.
Humphries and H. K. Sanders.
It is also expected that these
committees, composed in most in
stances of two men and one wo
man from each community, will
assist sub-committees with a
food-for-defense program now be
ing stressed.
According to statistics releas
es? by the Person Agency office,
farm families residing in the Per
j son portion of the camp area
■ number 127, of which 85 are
! white families and 39 are Negro.
Os this combined number 66 are
j landowners, 34 are renters, 1 is
a cash renter, 20 are share-crop
i pers and 3 are sawmill families,
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Merritt And Ford Chosen As
New District Scout Leaders
Editor Os Times And C.
and A. Official Honored.
C. A. Harris Retires. Other
Men Re-Elected.
New president of the Person
District of the Cherokee Boy
Scout council is J. S. Merritt, of
this City, editor of the Person
County Times, who was on Tues
day night, elected and install
ed at the monthly district meet
ing. Mr. Merritt succeeds C. A.
Karris, Roxboro business man,
who has served for one year.
New vice president, also elect
. ed by acclamation after report of
| the nominating comimttee, is S.
jM. Ford, resident amnager of
Plant E, Collins and Aikman Cor
poration, Ca-Vel, while re-elect
ed as secretary and treasurer, re
spectively, were Thomas J. Shaw,
Jr., and R. M. Spencer.
Mr .Merritt, who has for a
number of years been a leader
in district and council affairs, has
just completed one term as chair
man of the Court of Honor, has
served one term as council vice |
president and five terms as dis
trict vice president. Mr. Ford is,
one of three sponsors for Troop
32, of the Presbyterian church,
and the officers renamed have
likewise been interested in dis
trict affairs.
Better part of the evening was
taken up with committee and
troop reports, with an especially
good report from Treasurer R.
M. Spencer, presented in his ab
sence by Finance Committee
chairman, George W. Kane, who
said that the annual campaign for
district funds, with one team
missing, has thus far amounted
to $686.50. Named as a committee
ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1941
FIFTY GIFT
~ r
Appreciation Day winner yes-;
terday was Billy Lambe.rth, of
Route 2, Roxboro, whose gift was
SSO. Also given were subscrip
tions to the Durham Morning
Herald by H. C. Kynoch, recipi
ents being persons sending sub
scriptions to fartherest points,
namely Honolulu and Iceland.
NEW ASSISTANT
New assistant to W. Wallace
Woods, executive secretary of the
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce
is Miss Dorothy Taylor, of Se
mora, a niece of Mrs. O. H. Win
stead, of Roxboro and Semora.
Miss Taylor, who succeeds Mrs. i
Dallas Whitfield, resigned, has al
ready entered upon her duties.
BOARD MEETS
Monthly meeting of the Com
munity hospital board was held
this week at the hospital, where
a supper was served to Nathan
Lunsford, Dr. G. W. Gentry, E.
G. Thompson, F. D. Long and A.
W. Clayton, board members, and
i Reade Gentry, business manager,
j who presented reports of the in
■ stitution’s financial and physical
| condition, with progress noted.
IN SOUTH BOSTON
I To be given again this Sunday
is the cantata, “Christmas Dawn”,
presented last Sunday in Roxboro
by the Methodist Church choir
and the South Boston Choral club.
Second performance is to be in
the afternoon at the South Bos
ton Methodist church. The Rox
boro performance was largely at
j tended by an appreciative audi
! ence. Also appreciated was the
high school Christmas carol pro-
I gram.
to consider district apportion
ments were the new and retiring
presidents and Messrs O. B. Mc-
Broom and George Cushwa.
Presented to Cherokee Council
Executive A. P. Patterson, of
Reidsville, were troop inspection
reports made by retiring presi
dent C. A. Harris. Included in in
spections were Cub Pack 2 and
the Negro Troop, No. 61. and it
was announced that a Court of
Honor for the Negro troop will
be held Monday night at 7 o’clock
at Cedar Grove.
Announcement was made that
Fred Long, of Tribe 4, Bushy
Fork, will be the third Person
Scout eligible this year for the
Eagle badge award, the other
two being Jack Hughes, Jr., and
Thomas Long, both of Roxboro.
Awards are to be made at a dis
trict dinner to be held at a later
date, probably February. Also
discussed were plans for the
Council dinner to be held Janu
ary 20, in Leakesville. Because
] this date occurs on the night us
| ually designated for the Person
district session, the district meet
i ing for January will be advanced
to one night sooner, the 19th.
Mentioned again at the meet
ing this week were plans for con
tinuance of the waste paper cam
paign. Members of the district,
before the close of the session,
expressed to the outgoing presi
dent their appreciation for his |
services and also gave to the new
president pledges of loyal sup
port.
Members of the nominating
committee were, Messrs. Mc-
Broom, Kane, Cushwa and Blox- 1
am, the latter acting in the ab-1
sence of Mr. Mcßroom.
Health Officials On Lookout
For Successor To Dr . Allen
WRITER FOR i,
JAP PAPER TO i
FIGHT FOR U. S. |
! Jap-American Finds This
i Country So Clearly In
Right
Washington, Dec. 15. —Clarke
H. Kawakami, former Washing
ton correspondent for the Japan
ese Domei News Agency, today
; informed his colleagues at the j
State Department that he plans
to enlist in the United States
Army to fight against Japan be
cause he believes America “is so
clearly in the right.’’
Kawawami’s father is a famous
! writer on Japanese-American re
,l lations and a former ashington
( correspondent for Japanese news
papers. He was taken into custody
ias an alien a week ago and is
I still being held.
| Young Kawakami—half Japan
. j ese and half American in blood—
[! is an American citizen as is his
mother, a native of Illinois. He
was educated at Harvard Univer
sity and worked for Domei in
London and Berlin before com
ing here.
’ Kawakami’s letter was mimeo
, graphed and released by the State
) Department’s Department of Cur
• rent Information.
. Until Japan’s attack on the
i United States, Kawakami said, he
■ believed that peace would prevail
■ between the two countries. He
• asserted that while he tried to
■ write the truth about the situa
: tion in America, he now knows
■ that most of what he sent Domei
was never printed.
“Now ... It seems clear that
throughout the last two months,
since Tojo became Premier, Ja
pan’s mind was already made up
for war, and that she kept up the
pretense of negotiating with this
■ country only in order to gain time
-for the completion of her war
; preparation,” he wrote.
BIG BOND
l
f Billy West, Jr., Wake Forest stud
i ent. now at home for the holi
. days, reports that students of the
. college are buying a SI,OOO de-
I sense bond. When the bond ma
t tures funds derived will be used
f to erect a memorial to students
l who have served in the present
: war.
t BIG PIGS
r - ■■
i R. G. Slaughter, of Route 3,
. Roxboro, reports that he has
- within the week killed ttwo hogs
| 14 months and 9 days old, weigh
, ing a total of 1320 pounds, or av
eraging 660 pounds each.
, CHRISTMAS CHEER
Members of the Roxboro Ki
wanis club, omitting their Mon
day night, December 22, meeting,
will contribute the sum of S2O to
the Person Welfare department
Christmas fund, the amount con
tributed to be money that would,
have paid for Mondya’s dinner.
EMANCIPATION
The Rev. Nathaniel Humph
reys, pastor of Brown’s Temple
|C. M. E. Church, Asheville, will
deliver the Emancipation Pro
clamation Address, January 1, at
Person County Training School,
at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
The speaker is a native of per
| son county and a graduate of the
I theological department of Howard
University, Washington, D. C.
RED CROSS FUND
iAND SCOUT UNIT
IN DEFENSE PLAN
Emergency Drive For Red
Cross To Begin. Service
Unit Os Older Scouts Plan
ned.
Newest developments in Per
son and Roxboro defense plans,
; following elementary organization
! of police, fire and utilities divis
| ions last week, are to be forma
’ tions of groups to carry on the j
1 special Red Cross fund drive and
to man an emergency service unit
of older Boy Scouts.
Leaders of the War Fund cam
paign are R. P. Burns, chairman,
and Mrs. J. S. Walker, chairwo
man, with Miss Julia Fisher, Act
ing Red Cross Chapter chairman,
as committeemen chosen at a
meeting of citizens actively in
terested in the Red Cross.
Yet to be selected are the mem
i bers of the emergency service
1 , Boy Scout unit, although initial
| plans were discussed by Scout
masters at a meeting held im
mediately after the Person dis
j trict Scout session. Presented to
' the Scoutmasters by City Manag
: | er Percy Bloxam, speaking on be
• {half of Mayor S. G. Winstead,
yh'X'gd oi ths ■ governing control for
: defense in Roxboro, was the nec
: essity of having at command of
I various defense units the services
■of trained older Scouts (over
> 15) who may act as messengers
■ and in other capacities.
i According to Mr. Burns of the
i War Fund committee Person is
expected at this time to contrib
; ute $3,000 or more, which is, in
, cidentally, the same as the a
■ mount expected in Warren coun
i ty. Pending announcement of
: complete campaign plans, citi
; zens wishing to contribute may
; send contributions to members
• of the committee or to: J. S. Mer
ritt, at the Times office, William
S. Humphries, at the Courier of
fice, E. B. Craven, Jr., at the
Peoples Bank, Miss Sue Bradsher,
- at the County Court House, Karl
-1 Burger, at Hotel Roxboro and E.
: E. Bradsher, Jr., at Long, Brad
■. sher and company.
-| The Person quota of $3,000 is
I I the proportionate part of $50,-
> j 000,000.00 to be raised in the na
t tional campaign as an emergency
fund for use of the Red Cross m
rendering aid to those injured or
impoverished by war, such aid to
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> L. W. Pridgen,
Former Resident,
Dies In Texas
Members of the family of L. W.
Pridgen, 45, former resident of
Roxboro, were on Sunday in
, formed of his death, which oc
curred Sunday at Houston, Tex
as. Details were not known, but
final rites were held yester
' day in Fayetteville. Mr. Pridg
en, who had been away from
Roxboro about 10 years is surviv
ed by two sons, Pete and Tom
my Pridgen, who reside with their
grandfather, John Brewer at Olive
Hill.
Also surviving are Mr. Pridg
en’s mother, Mrs. W. H. Gibson,
of Fayetteville; two sisters, Mrs.
B. W. Williams, of Steadman, and
Mrs. M W Crumpler, of Fayette
ville, and his former wife, Mrs.
Beth Brewer Pridgen, of Olive
Hill and Roxboro.
Buy DEFENSE
BONDS-STAMPS
NUMBER TWENTY-ONE
Richardson Says War Has
Caused Scarcity Os Trained
Men, But That Search For
New Person Health Head
Is Being Made.
Declaration that he and State
Board of Health officials have
been and will continue to be on
the look-out for a physician to
take the post of Person Health
officer, a position left vacant by
the October resignation of Dr. A.
L. Allen, was contained in a let
ter today received from Dr. Wil
liam P. Richardson, of Chapel
Hill, district health officer of the
tri-county unit with which the
Person division is affiliated.
In the letter, addressed t<>
Thomas J. Shaw, Jr., City Editor
of the Person County Times, Dr.
: Richardson said that “the calling
|of a number of reserve medical
' officers for the armed forces has
brought about an acute shortage
of men available for public health
appointments’’, and he indicated
j that this shortage of properly
. trained medical men is responsi
ble for whatever of delay there
has been in filling Dr. Allen’s
position.
| Dr. Allen’s resignation was oc
; casioned by his own decision to f
enter medical service with the
British army and the search for
a man to replace him in Person
county has gone on since that
time; -**« BV !*
Dr. Richardson, who declared
that at no time has it been the
intention of the State Board of
Health that Person should have
to do without the services of a
full-time county health officer,
said that five or six other coun
ties in the State are in similar
predicaments because of the
shortage of men,
! He also said that his original
statement concerning the filling
of the vacancy was that he “did
not see any possibility of securing'
a properly qualified man to fill
.his (Allen’s) position, right
away”. Purpose of the letter was
clarification of an alleged impres
sion that “there will be no at
tempt at present time to fill the
position relinquished by Dr. Al
len”.
Work of the Person unit of the
health department has been since
i October, and is now being car
ried on under supervision of Dr.
Richardson, with active coopera
tion of the Person nursing staff,
I assisted by other staff members
lof the district and this arrange
ment will continue until succes
sor to Dr. Allen can be secured.
Peaden To Come
To Ice Plant
January First
In this City yesterday was F. L.
Peaden, of Greenville, who an
nounced that he has leased the
plant of the City Ice company,
Roxboro, and expects to begin
operations here on January I.
Owner of the company is Matt R.
Long, of Greenville, formerly of
Roxboro.
Mr. Peaden, his wife and their
three year old daughter, Joy ex
pect to establish residence in Rox
boro. Mr. Peaden, who has been
in the ioe business at Greenville,
is a member of the Methodist
church. Former manager of the
ice company was W. Wallace
Woods, who resigned several
months ago in order to devote
full time to his duties as Secre
tary of the Roxboro Chamber of
Commerce.