IF IT IS NEWS ABOUT
PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL
FIND IT IN THE TIMES.
VOLUME xm
Leggett’s Roxboro Branch
ToHave New Store Addition
Wtvfc On Court Street Unit
f X* Begin January First,
\ Says Victor Satterfield.
Announced yesterday by Vic
tor Satterfield, manager, were
plans Cor enlargement of the Leg
gett’s department store in this
City, contract being awarded for
renovation of the Court street
store building now occupied by
Foreman's, with plans for the
present Leggett’s store on Main
street to be connected with that
building so that a large addition
al two-story space will be pro
vided.
Contractor in charge will be
the George W. Kane company,
Roxboro, and it is understood
that re-construction and remod
eling will begin January 1, and
will be completed in about a
month.
Mr. Satterfield, a native of
Roxboro, Who became connected
with the store here in 1928 and
who has since 1935 been its man
ager, said that the new addition,
made necessary by increased busi
ness enjoyed by the Roxboro
Leggett’s will give the City one
•f its largest and most up-to
date stares.
Mr. Foreman, present tenant
•f hie Court street building, has
not yet announced where his
store will be located. It has for
some time been known that the
•hange just announced would be
madet but final arrangements
wera. hot..9bmpleted . until this
week. Entrances to the new and
enlarged; Leggett’s store will be
provided&m both Main and Court
streeta
Roxboro Places
To Close During
Christmas Day
To be closed for one or more
days during Christmas are var
ious public offices in City and
County and numbers of business |
houses. The City Hall will ob-1
serve one day only, Christmas
day, but fire and police service
will be maintained at all times.
In the Court House and in
various farm administrative of
fices business will be suspended,
with exception of the sheriffs
department and the jail. Mer
chants will take only one day.
Other places observing the holi
day will be the County Health
and Welfare departments, al
though final Christmas work at
the later department will contin
ue until a late hour Christmas
eve. Many neediest cases have
been taken care of there, but per
sons wishing to assist with them
may still do so by calling the De
partment.
Along The Way
With the Editor
Dear Santa:
Here are a few last minute requests. I know that you are
rushed to death, but if you can fill these orders, I will surely
it. ,
As you have probably seen by the papers Otey Me Broom
has been elected head of the State bottlers. Now that’s a big job
and Otey must be proud of it. So please bring him a new
hat —about two sizes larger than the one he has been wearing.
The old one won’t fit any more.
Here’s another reasonable request.. Bring new speeches to
Gordon Hunter, Percy Bloxam, Champ Winstead and R. B. Grif
fin. We have heard, the one that they now have enough times.
Give ’em a good one for 1942 and make it very patriotic. *
Bring Dr. J. D. Fitzgerald plenty of ham; chicken, turkey,
birds, cake, pies, candy and other good things to eat Bring
these things about 8:00 p. m. Christmas eve cause l am going
<nrer to his house about 8:00 and stay a short time.
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PUBLISHED EVKBY SUNDAY ft THURSDAY
JOHNSON RITES
WILL BE HELD
TODAY AT HOME
Person Resident, I n 111
Health For Several Years,
Dies Friday Night At Res
idence.
J. W. Johnson, 89, of Route 2,
Roxboro, died Friday night at 10
o’clock at his home on the old
Virgilina road, after an illness
lasting six weeks. Mr. Johnson,
who was a native of Person coun
ty, had been in ill health two or
three years. He was a member of
Edgar Long Memorial Methodist
church.
Rites will be conducted Sunday
afternoon at two o’clock at the
late residence by his pastor, the
Rev. W. C. Martin, assisted by
the Rev. Ray Taylor. Interment
will be in Burchwood cemetery.
Mr. Johnson was twice mar
ried. His first wife was Miss Jen
nie Lee Phillips, who died a
number of years ago. To this un
ion were born five children, Jim
my Johnson, Mrs. C. D. Dunn,
Mrs. J. H. Russell, Mrs. F. O.
Whitt and Johnny Johnson, who
survive.
Also surviving are his second
wife, Mrs. Mary E, Johnson, and
six children, Mrs. Kelly Huff,
Arch Johnson, Misses Elsie Mae
and Helen Johnson and Joe and
Jerry Johnson, all of Roxboro:
Pallbearers - will be, Otho Mur
ray, Lloyd and Thomas Russell,
Earl, James and Raymond John
son.
Music Feature
Sunday At City
Baptist Church
The Choir of the First Baptist
Church under the direction of
Mrs. Victor Satterfield, assisted
by Mrs. W. W. Woods at the or
gan, will offer a special Christ
mas musical program at the ser
vice Sunday morning. A brief and
appropriate message will be
brought by the pastor, the Rev.
W. F. West.
At the evening service the con
gregational singing of the Christ
mas Carols will be under the di
rection of T. C. Sanders.
The public is cordially invitee}
to both services.
AT WOODSDALE
A Christmas program will be
presented at the Woodsdale
Church Sunday afternoon, Dec
ember 21st, at 2:30 o’clock, fol
lowed by a sermon by the pastor;
Rev. F. B. Peele. All are cordially
invited.
BOWLING CENTER
OPENING DRAWS
LARGE CROWD
City Officials And Red
Cron Chairman Make Ad
dresses,
i Opened * Friday night with
formal ceremonies participated in
by Mayor S. G. Winstead, City
Manager Percy Bloxam and Red
Cross Committeeman R. P. Burns
was Roxboro’s newest place of
recreation, the Bowling Center,
with Thomas Bowles as manager,
in the Kirby-Ledbetter building,
North Main street. Also present
for the occasion, in addition to
many spectators and players, were
the co-owners Teague and C. B.
Kirby, associated with Mr. Bow
les.
At conclusion of the exercises
a stiring appeal for the Emerg
ency Red Cross drive was pre
sented by Mr. Burns and at a
booth placed in the lobby in the
Kirby-Ledbetter building a con
siderable sum was given to the
cause by those present.
Mayor Winstead in his re
marks expressed pleasure that the
City of Roxboro has such an at
tractive bowling alley center and
the City Manager stressed the
value of wholesome recreation in
war time, saying that it is im
portant for citizens to keep mor
ale up by engaging in sports.
A large crowd was on hand
and players started the balls roll
ing soon after Manager Bowies
gave the opening signal. Favors
for the .women were rosebuds
i
Rotary Club To
Meet Tuesday
Members of Roxboro Rotary
club will during Christmas week
meet on Tuesday night at Hotel
Roxboro at the usual hour.
Change of date for the meeting
is occasioned by Thursday being
Christmas day.
Views Os The News
14 ARMY FLIERS DEAD
OR MISSING
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.
Fourteen army fliers, including
Major Gen. Herbert A. Dargue,
commander of the First Army
Air Corps, were dead or missing
today as crashes marked the in
creasing activity of military air
forces along the Pacific coast,
j The army bombing plane with
Dargue and seven others aboard
is believed to have crashed in
j the Techachapi Mountains be
tween Palmdale and Techachapi.
A search is underway.
CENSORSHIP
EXPECTED SOON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Cen
sorship provisions of the war
powers bill which President
Roosevelt signed last night are
expected to be placed in opera
tion soon.
Mr. Roosevelt indicated that in
ternational communications such
as cables, radio and incoming and
outgoing mails would be the first
to come under the censorship pro
gram which is being drafted by
three members of the President’s
Cabinet.
Domestic communications also
will be subject to censorship, but
it -.was indicated that for the most
part a voluntary plan would be 1
followed. If toft voluntary system
is not effeftlltfr, more rigid pro
gram wilt b* drafted.
ROXBORO, N- C, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1941
Volunteer Motor
Corps For Service
Men Announced
Charlotte, Dec. 20. —1 n an ef
fort to aid our defense forces, a
Service Motor Corps, represent
ing car owners who are willing to
enlist their, services and furnish
transportation to men in the ser
vice of the army, navy, air and
marine corps of the nation, will
be sponsored by the Carolina
Motor Club, according to an an
nouncement by Coleman W. Rob
erts, president of that organiza
tion.
A similar plan has just recently
been launched in California and
is beginning to fill an impirtant
defense need.
Membership in the Service Mo
-1 tor Corps is open to all responsi
ble automobile ftiwners. There
will be no dues and no charges of
any kind. All thajF is required of
the car owner is -the desire to do
. his bit for enlisted men whenev
er possible.
The purpose will be to elimi
nate all stigma of uniformed men
hitch-hiking, officially frowned
upon by the government, and
will further avoid the possibility
| of a motorist picking up a service
man who might be absent with
out leave.
Each motorist who enlists in
the Service Motor Corps will be
provided with* an attractive, two
color windshield emblem and will
be furnished with a registration
card so that each service man
given a ride may register.
Each of the 62 offices of the
Carolina Motor Club will be pro
vided with registration carcls and
windshield emblems, and motor-,
ists calling there may obtain them
by registering.
The plan has been submitted to
the commanding officers of the
larger army and air corps bases
within the Carolinas, who have
approved the plan of operation,
and will be put into effect at
once. Immediate registration at
Carolina Motor Club offices of all
volunteer motorists has been re
quested by the sponsors.
JAPS INVADE ISLAND
WITH HEAVY FORCE
LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Ja
panese have landed in consider
able force on the Island of Hong
Kong but according to the latest
information at 10:45 P. M. Hong
Kong time (9:45 A. M., E. S. T.),
the British garrison is still hold
ing part of the colony.
There was heavy fighting and
the British position was admit
tedly grave.
BURMA AREA IS
REINFORCED
RANGOON, Burma, Dec. 20.
(Delayed)—Large reinforcements
of fully equipped Indian troops
have arrived, it was disclosed to
day.
Many have seen active service
on other fronts.
I Among the reinforcements were
Pathans, Dogras, Sikhs, Jats, Gur
kas, Punijabi and Musselmans.
A communique said there was
nothing to report' from any part
of the Burma front
TROOP 32
Troop 32 met last week at the
Community House at 7:00 o’clock. r
The meeting was opened with
the scout oath. Then some busi
ness was transacted and a gain*
was played. The meeting was
dosed' with toe. Scoutmaster's
Benediction '%L‘ -1
SEAL SALES IN
PERSON REACHING
SEASON’S CLIMAX
Need Is Great, However,
Since County T. B. Rate Is
Much Higher Than It
Should Be.
Intensification of the Christ
mas Seal sale campaign for re
lief of tuberculosis victims is
planned during the remaining
days before Christmas, according
to Mrs. R. H. Shelton, Roxboro
chairman, who said that good
response is being received from
letters and that booths set up
Saturday in downtown stores and
public buildings will be maintain
ed through Christmas eve.
I According to reports compiled
by the publicity chairman, the
tuberculosis death rate in Person
County is much higher than the
| State average and one of the
chief difficulties is adequate care
of persons who are victims of the
disease. Now in the County are
' 62 cases, although two thirds of
: them are of the primary type, re
sponsive to treatment which can
be supplied more effectively if
! the present campaign is success
; ful.
j Officials of the Seal Sale cam
paign say that three fourths of
the money collected will remain
in Person county for exclusive
use of the patients here.
EASTERN STAR
PLANS SAFETY
DRIVE FOR CITY
Committees Named; Cam
paign Lasting Ten Days
Will Be Devoted Especial
ly To Safety Os School
Children
The beginning of a Safety Cam
paign in the interest of decreas
ing traffic accidents and result
ing injuries, especially among
children of school age, is an
nounced to-day by the Roxboro
Chapter No. 207 Order of the
Eastern Star of this City.
Heading the committee for the
Eastern Star will be Mrs. Neva
Brooks, Worthy Matron, Mr. E.
M. Bailey, Worthy Patron, Mrs.
Charles Stewart, Secretary, and
Mrs. R. A. Whitfield, Treasurer.
1 The campaign includes the dis
tribution of safety rule book
marks to the school children, dis
play of Safety posters, and other
means to impress the public with
the need for careful driving, care
ful walking, and other precaution
ary measures.
In announcing the Safety Cam
paign the Eastern Star Commit
tee pointed out that nearly one
third of the people killed in traf
fic accidents last year were chil
| dren, and thousands of school
] children going to and from school,
jit is timely that the attention of j
the motorists be focussed upon j
the necessity for careful handling j
of motor vehicles. The Eastern
Star is calling upon every one in
the City of Roxboro and sur
rounding county to cooperate with
the campaign.
The slogan, ‘‘Drive Carefully”
will be the thought uppermost in
the minds of the Eastern Star in
the Campaign being conducted. |
The campaign is expected to
last about ten days.
CHRISTMAS ISSUE
Christmas issue of the Times
will be printed Wednesday night, J
Christmas eve, and in accordance
with custom, the issue of the Sun
day following, December 28, will
be omitted because of the holi
days. Publication will, however,
be resumed with the. issue of
Thursday, Jsnqary J* IWL ~ w
W.WallaceWoods Gives Plan
To Assist Rose Bowl Crowds
CHURCHES HAVE
MUSICAL PLANS
FOR CHRISTMAS
Baptist Service Will Be
Highlighted By Anthems.
Presbyterian And Episco
palian Services Next In
Schedule.
First of the two or more Christ
mas programs to be given today
in Roxboro churches will be at
the morning service at 11 o’clock
I at Roxboro First Baptist church,
' where the choir will sing two an
thems, “Glory To God”, by Rog
ers, and “Beyond the Starry
Skies”, by Wilson. ‘The Song the
Angels Sang”, by Stults, will be
a vocal solo by Mrs. George W.
Walker and “Jesu Bambino”, by
Yon, will be sung by Miss Meriel
Rimmer.
Organ selections will include
“The Herald Angels”, by Stults
and selections from Handel's,
“The Messiah”. The sermon will
be by the pastor, the Rev. W. F.
West. A special service at Rox
boro Presbyterian church will be
1 a five o’clock vesper service,
“Christmas for the Family", with
the sermon by the pastor, the
Rev. J. M. Walker. Jr. Special
music by the choir will also be
a feature.
Regular morning service will
also be held at the Presbyterian
church, and on Wednesday at 8
! o’clock a Christmas eve service
will be held joint'y by the Pres
byterians and Episcopalians at
St. Mark's Episcopal church. De
corations there will be candles
and holiday greens. In charge of
the service will be the St. Mark’s
rector, the Rev. Rufus J. Wom
ble, while the sermon will be by
the Rev. Mr. Walker, of the Pres
byterian church. This will be the
second year that members of the
two churches have held a coop
erative Christmas eve service.
Music at this service will be tra
ditional hymns and carols.
Christmas programs are also
being given in many other
churches, including Oak Grove,
Woodsdale and Brooksdale Meth
odist churches. Major service at
Edgar Long Memorial Methodist
church was held last Sunday
night when the choir, assisted by
the South Boston choral club gave
a cantata, "Christmas Dawn”, to
be repeated this afternoon at 5
o’clock at the South Boston Meth
odist church. Young people at
Edgar Long will however, have
a 'White Christmas” at the night
service.
Christmas Program
And Resolutions
Given By School
A Christmas play, “Why The
Chimes Rang”, was given at
Bushy Fork School Tuesday night
by the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh
Grades, directed by the teache.rs
of these grades, Miss Lois
Thompson and Mrs. R. L_ Hester.
The P. - T. A. passed a resolu
tion that a letter be sent to each
boy in service from Bushy Fork
community; also, that the school
stress the sale of Defense Stamps.
The letter to be sent will express
the confidence in and apprecia
tion for boys in the Service felt
by residents of their community.
The P. - T. A. met in the school
auditorium. A study group held
preceding toe meeting, was in
'harge of Miss Lois Thompson,
fifth grade teacher. Presiding at
the regular meeting was the pre
sident Mrs. E. P. Warren.
Buy DEFENSE
BONDS-STAMPS
NUMBER TWENTY-TWO
Wants Local Residents To
List Rooms Available To
Out Os State New Year
Football Visitors.
Impressed by the fact that
people of North Carolina will
play host to numerous out of
state visitors who will attend the
Rose Bowl game to be held in
Durham on January 1, and by re
ports that the Hotels and private
homes in Durham have already
had requests for rooms that may
over tax the capacity of accom
modations to be had in Durham,
{the Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce is today appealing to citi
, zens of Roxboro to lend their as-
J sistance in extending aeeommo
; dations to the out of state visitors
I expected in the Durham area,
j Roxboro residents who will
j have available one or more
, rooms, to rent out by the night
: are requested to list their rooms
with Karl Burger of Hotel Rox
; boro and to state:
1. How many persons they can
accommodate.
2. Steam heat and private bath.
3. The price wanted lor the
room.
It will only take only a few
minutes to call Mr. Burger and
' give him this information, says
W. Wallace Woods, executive se
cretary, adding that should Rox
boro be called on to help with
the over-flow in the matter of
accommodations it should be most
helpful to have this available
list, which should be greatly ap
preciated by any strangers,
j Knowing trait Roxboro citizens
can always be depended upon to
take care of an emergency, the
Roxboro Chamber of Commerce
is taking the liberty of writing
the Durham Chamber of Com
merce stating the plans of co
operation outlined, says Mr.
Woods.
’‘Available rooms for rent,
should be listed with the Hotel
as early as possible, so that every
visitor who may’' stop with us
will leave with the firm convic
tion that Roxboro is truly “The
Courteous City”, concludes Mr.
Woods.
Children’s Books
To Be In City
Next Month
Planned as a mid-winter ex
hibition at the Person County
library will be a display of Christ
mas' books from the State Libra
ry Commission, Raleigh, which
will remain until February Ist,
according to Miss Ernestine Graf
ton, regional librarian.
The library will close Tuesday
! afternoon at 4:30 o’clock for the
| holidays and will re-open on
i Monday, the 29. Bookmobile stops
in January wil begin on the 15
and will be continued on the 19,
20, and 21, according to schedules
to be posted.
Christmas Music
At Church Will
Be Given Today
A Christmas program compos
ed of carols, recitations and pan
tomimes [will be presented at
Lamberth Memorial Baptist
Church on Sunday afternoon,
December 21st at 3:00 o’clock,
i This is being sponsored by the
Baptist Churches of Beulah As
sociation.
Mrs. Errol Morton, associatlonal
superintendent of toe Smuiny
schools, and director of the
program, extends a moat cordial
welcome to all who would like to
attend.