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VOLUME XIV
CCC Demolition To
Hasten Service Plan
Buildings Here
Will Be Torn
' !v
Down Very Soon
i
Only Building To Be Left
May Be The One For
Which Government Has
Slow Takers.
Mayor S. G. Winstead, of this
City, today confirmed the re
port that some fifteen abandon
ed CCC camp buildings on his
property in the southern section
of Roxboro are to be dismantled
by the Government, possibly
within the next week and cer
tainly by April 20, when terms
of the lease will be terminated.
The buildings are Government
property and announcement that
they are to be removed may
bring to a head matter of use
and disposition of one of the
buildings which has been reserv
ed by the War Department for a'
civic center in Roxboro.
The building so reserved, 1
about 110 by 20 feet in size, was!
several months ago offered to a
group of citizens here, who form-!
ed a community service or USD
committee, with the Rev. W. F.
West, chairman, although no de
finite plans have since been
made by that committee. Newest
proposal has been that Roxboro,
Boy Scouts, acting under au-|
thorit’y of Person Scout district,'
take the building over, move it |
to a central location and allo
cate in it space for a Service
club room and such other agen
cies as desire to participate.
Gordon C. Hunter, represent
(turn to page eight, please)
MARCH QUOTA OF
NEGROES LEAVES
FOR FORT BRAGG
I
White Men To Go On
Wednesday, March 31st.
March quota of Person Coun
ty and Roxboro Negro men who
left Monday for examination
and induction at Fort Bragg iu
cluded:
George Jr. Johnson, William
Tinie Clayton, John Marion Tal
ley, Robert Burton, Ben Brooks,
Weldon Hamlet, Ivory Rogers,
Thaddas Lawson, James Ober
Pettiford, John Swann, Albert
Tapp, Alvis Kinl-ey Carver, and
James Thomas Desha®.
Also, Nathan Outlaw, Ulysses
Burkley Swan Thornton Win-,
stead, Luther Moore, John Alger
Hatcher, Hubert Allen Davis,
Wright Coleman, John Archie
Moore, Cassie Faulkner, Warren
G. Holloway, Charlie Love
Snipes, Earnest Hamlet, Spencer
Elven Woody, Claudie Richmond
Lunsford, Eidney Green Royster
and Jack Johnson.
Also, Nathaniel Amos John
son, Roy Edward Paylor, Robert
Owens Russell, Ulysses Brann,
Coolidge Edward Cooper, Lester
David Bradsher, Huday Moore,
John Edward . Jones, William
Major Ragland, Matthew Booze,
Claiborne Goods, Lee Grant
Cameron, Horace Junius Allen,
Tbeoderic Smith, Willie Lee
Thompson, Elvin Bumpass, Isaac
Harris and William Chester
Faulkner.
Os this number twelve were
accepted end will return next •
week to Fort Bract- i
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1943
Date Set For
i
Gathering Os j
Fats And Tin !
Scouts Will Begin Drive
Here On Friday, March
26. Citizens Asked To
Cooperate.
i
Person and Roxboro waste
fats collection £.nd tin can sal
vage work here, will get under
way on Friday night, March 26,
i according to plans formulated
this week. i
Cooperating with the drive are
Boy Scouts of the City and
County, who will bi-gin their
j work on the previous Wednesday
night by distributing handbills
giving instructions to household
ers. Under the present plan)
Scouts on the collection night!
will first have their regular!
1 »
, Court of Honor session at the
! Person Ccunty Court House and
will from there go directly into
| the campaign.
j City and area troops, some
! four or five in numoer will par
ticipate in the collection of fats
and tins. Active leaders will in
clude Scoutmasters W. H. Brick--
house and Dr. Robert E. Long,
assisted by Cubmasters Prestcn
j Satterfield,., Jr., and the Rev. Ru
j fus J. Womble, also Collius Ab
bitt, the Rec. E. C. Maness and
! Rufus Sneed, scoutmasters. Gen
eral supervision of the campaign
is under direction of Salvage
Chairman W. Wallace Woods,
| who js also a member of the dis
| trict Scout council.
Woods today said that ar
rangements are being made to
secure a central, downtown de
pot in which to place collections.
New feature of the drive is
that both fats and tins col.ected
will be picked up from Rox
boro depots by Greensboro and
Durham service lines. Woods
points out that housewives will
continue to collect fats such as
coking grease and take it to the
grocery stores.
He does, however emphasize
the fact that only surplus fats,
not needed in cooking or in mak
ing soap, are wanted. Consider
able fat can be obtained by
straining dish water. Scouts will
be expected to make collections
from grocery stores but will also
call at the homes of residents.
All fats are to be placed in pro
per containers.
Collection of tin cans has
never been previously under
taken here, but all cans must be
, washed clean and flattened out,
with ends removed.
Three Soldiers
Come To Visit
[Their Families
■
Bradsher Clayton and Carre 11
Spencer, paratroopers, of Fort
Benning, Ga., are spending sev
eral days here with members of
their families. Spencer, rwlho is
technically a Private, is now an
acting Sergeant. Also here is
Billy Hester, of Aberdeen Prov
ing Ground, Md., who is visiting
his wife.
Philip Suitt, of Rougamont,
formerly with the Express ofioe,
'who several weeks ago entered
the United States Army, is
spending several days hare.
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PERSON I I Hri r COUNTY
W. A. Wood, Os
Navy Reported
As Missing
William Andrew Wood, of
the United States Navy,
formerly a resident of Rox
boro and a brother of James
Kenneth Wood, Jr., of this
City, has been reported as
missing in action.
Official notice is said to
have been sent to the par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth
Wood, Sr., now of Petersburg,
Va. William Andrew Wood
attended public schools in
Roxboro and Allensville and
is well known here. He enter
ed the service in October 1941 j
and was first stationed at I
"Norfolk before entering for- j
eign service.
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Many Women
Prepare Plans
For War Food
Miss Arant Ends Two
Day Conference With
Nutrition Leaders And
Club Women.
Women of Person County and’
Roxboro, lead by Miss Anamicrle
Arant, of Raleigh, district home
agent for the State College Ex
! tension division, yesterday con
! eluded a two day conference- and
demonstration on food conserva
tion and nutrition and are now
making plans to carry out a
county-wide program based on
j suggestions made by Miss Arant'.
Miss Arant, who also made a
I brief talk at Tuesday’s dinner
meeting of Person Schoolmaster’s
club at Hotel Roxboro, told the
teachers there and the women
who attended the) conferences
that saving food, growing food
and planning meals are vital
factors in war effort and should
be of concern to all families, par
ticularly to women as home
managers and meal planners.
Conferences were h-e-ld in the
home economic department, Rox
boro high school, where practi
cal demonstrations were given.
Presiding over conference meet
ings was Mrs. Phillip L. Thomas,
chairman of the Person Nutrition
committee, who on Monday an
nounced membership of the ad
visory committee and released a
list of block leaders and section
workers. Block leaders and sec
tion workers are expected to
(turn to page eight, please)
INCREASE IN SUGAR
Retailers may now apply to
the OPA Boards for a certificate,
in weight value up to 50 percent '
of their allowable inventory of j
sugar. There is no time limit as
to how long this increase may
be allowed but the amendment
states that it may be cancelled
on a 30 day notice.
|since No. 12 stamp allows 5
pounds per person for each per-
son, retailers will need the ad
ditional help.
PROCESSED FOODS
Retailers Rlegistration forms
R 1302, for Processing Foods have
been received at the Person OPA
office. Each Retailer must file
his copy on or -before April 10,
with the local board. Instructions
are given on the inside of the
folder. Retailer*, may call at the
Ration office tor the folder.
——.
Ebner Whitt has returned to
this City from a visit to Wash
ington, D. C.
Blackout
Will Come
Tonight
Person Civilian Defense
chairman Landon Bradsher
today issued a reminder of
tonight’s practice blackout in
the Wilmington region,
which includes Roxboro and
Person Ccunty. There will
be no siren signal for the
“All Clear”.
The- blackout will be one
of a series of three blackouts
to be held in the three State
air raid warning regions and
| will be from 8:35 p. m. until
9:22 p. m.
Maynard C. Clayton, Rox
boro’s Chief air raid warden,
today warned all merchants
and householders, to have j
light's arranged for imme- |
diate cutting out and to
leave them out if they leave
their places of busines or
their homes during the
blackout period.
REV. J. H. SHORE
SPEAKER FOR
MINISTERS HERE
Plans For Good Friday
And Holy Week Approv
! ed -
The Rev. J. H. Shore was prin
cipal speaker at monthly meet
ing of the Person County Min
isterial Association Monday in
the postor’s study of Long Mem
orial Methodist Church. Mr.
i Shore spoke- on, “The Preacher
i and His Preaching.”
! He said: “Preachers are
j preaching thi? Gospel of a Fer
i son, Jesus Christ’, the Personal
] ity of God, and not a philosophy
i nor a creed nor a science. Preach-
I ers are preaching the Word and
j that is the dynamite, that is the
I power of God unto- salvation.”
“If the Word—the Logos—or
j the Christ —is preached,” he said,
“it will have its desired effect in
any and all generations) regard
less of existing conditions”, add
ing that the “Minister should not
, seek to entertain his congrega-
I tion for the world can beat the
I
j church at entertaining at all
, times, but the minister should
I preach the Good Nawls of the
Gospel of which the people nev
er tire. We must evangelize or
die.”
The ministers signified their
continued interest in the Com
munity-wide Good Friday Ser
vice and voted to hold the ser
i vice again this year. The Rev.
!W. C. Martin was appointed
j chairman of the committee to ar
range details and for the pro
gram for this special service.
The Rev. J. N. Bowman ex
pressed his appreciation for the
j large number of ministers pres-1
ent. Those- present included the
j Revs. Bowman, (Shore, Maness,
i Funderburkie, Peele, Martin, Ho
vis, Coggins, and Womble. Next
meeting will be April 12.
AT HOFFMAN
Acting Corp. George Cushwa,
Jr., of the paratroops, is station
ed at Hoffman. Also there is
Louis (Red) Day. Both are form
er Roxboro high school athletes
and Cushwa is an alumnus of
Mars Hill college.
Mrs. 61 G. Winstead has re
turned to Roxboro after visiting
Iter daughter Mrs. Thomas Wil
son of Sanford.
Three Cases
Keep T. G In
Quarantine
Pvt. T. C. Wagstaff, of Camp j
Swift, Texas, a former asso
ciate editor of the Roxboro
Courier and a graduate of the
University of North Carolina,
continues in a statei of quar
antine, as do others in his bar
racks. T. C., himself, is per
fectly well, but it all started
a month ago when one of the
officers developed measles.
Before his case was cured
another had mumps, and just
when they thought the ordeal
was over, a third developed
measles. T. C. hopes they will
ail be otut by March 30.
Red Cross At
Peak Level
In Person
Over - Subscription May-
Reach More Than Three
Thousand Dollars.
W. Wallace Woods, publicity j
director for the highly success-j
ful Person and Roxboro Red.
Cross War Fund and Roll Call!
campaign on -which he is still'
receiving reports, today said that 1
total may be expected to reach
at least $8,600, or three thous
and dollars above the quota. -
Cash on hand teday from both j
senior and junior divisions is'
$8,487.31, of which amount over;
SSOO has been turned in by jun-j
ior divisions in the public schools,'
with twelve white schools, the
Indian school, and seventeen'
Negro schools reporting.
. Lists of contributions are be
ing published as completely as
possible in each issue of I the j
i Times, although it may be some j
| time before all names can be j
I listed. Example of large contri-|
! buttons is furnished by Bushy |
Fork school, in which the school
and community reports raising!
$391.60. A similar report was sent;
!in last week from Helena, and|
from other school communities
in proportion.
' Junior Red Cross
White Schools, Roxboro High,
$59.64; Roxboro Central, $72.29;
Ca-Vel, $21.00; Be-thel Hill, $47-
.70; Olive Hill, $9.16; Allensville,
$28.35; Mt. Tirzah, $27.20; Hel
ena, $77.83; Hurdle Mills, $58.25;
East Roxboro, $4.00; Bushy Fork,
$59.00; Longhurst, $12.63; Indian,
$6.00.
(Turn to page four please)
Rush To Fill
Income Forms
Heavy Monday
Heaviest rush of filling out
Federal income tax forms was
experienced here on Monday,
last day for filing, according to
Register of Deeds W. T. Kirby,
wihose office was swamped with
perplexed citizens, chiefly farm
ers and mill workers, many of
whom had not previously had to
file,
Kirby said applicants appear
ed frequently all during the
month and that even now the
straglers are coming in. Law
yers were also kept busy thisi
week and last, as were several
citizer. s who make it a business
to assist with the filing.
H. L. Carver of Rougpinoat,
spent Wednesday in Roxboro.
Debnam Speaks Out
OnFarmDeferment
And Labor Issues
High School
Band Plans
Free Show
Will Give Concert This
Sunday Afternoon At
Palace Theatre.
Rcxboro high school bandj
junior and senior divisions, on’
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
in the Palace theatre, under di
rection of Miss Mildred Sim
mons, of the music faculty, will
present a free concert.
Intermission feature will be a
talk by George Barrett on the:
history of the band, which was!
organized seme three or four
years ago and under three dif-'
ferent leaders ha?, enjoyed con-]
tinuous progress.
Included on the program will
be three selections by the late,
John Philip Sousa, and Smith’s
arrangement of the “Star Span
gled Banner”, the last named as
an opening number. Others will!
be St. Clair’s, “The Viking”,!
Harrison’s, “Call to Arms”.!
I
Johnson’s, “Sorab and Rustum”, 1
Olivadati’s, “Pleasant Life” and 1
(turn to page eight, please)
RITES HEDFOR
MRS. SALLY POOL
OF OLIVE BRANCH
Was Mother Os Charles j
| Pool With Whom She ,
Lived. *
l i
Mrs. Sally Pool, 77, mother of
! Charles Pool, of Olive Branch,-
i Person County, died Wednesday!
! at 1:30 o’clock in the morning at!
; his home after an illness with!
■ pneumonia. She had been ill for.
three weeks.
Funeral was held Thursday
afternoon at four o’clock at Olive |
Branch Baptist church, with in- j
terment in the Olive Branch]
cemetery.
Wife of the late William Pool,
she is survived by four sons,;
two daughters, one sister, forty-;
five grandchildren and a num-;
her of great-grandchildren, all
of Person County.
Sons are: Lum, Willie, Johnj
and Charles, while daughters are j
Mesdames Louvinia Whitt and;
Lizzie West, and sister is Mrs.]
Julia Stone.
The Rev. J. B. Currin, pastor
of Olive Branch church, was un
able to assist with the rites be
cause of illness in his own home.
Bloxam Improves
At Home Here
City Manager Percy Bloxam,
who has returned to his home
from a stay) at Duke hospital,
Durham, continues to improve at
his residence here, although he
is not expected to return to his
City Hall office for a week or
ten days.
SON BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie P Gen
try, of Roxboro and Ca-Vel, an
nounce the birth of a son on Sat
urday, March H, at Community
hospital, Roxboro.
Buy DEFENSE
BONDS-STAMPS
Legion Guest
Speaker Lashes
At Little Men
Radio Commentator
Draws Over-Flow Crowd
At Person Court House.
Inveighing against what he
; characterized as a rising tide of
I bureaucracy, particularlyin
Washington, W. E. Debnam,
WPTF news commentator, of
Raleigh, who spoke here Satur
day night at Person Court House
under auspices of Lester Black
well Post of the American Le
! gion, also lashed out at indis
| criminate farm deferments from
| military service.
Said he: “Any bill (meaning
j particularly the Bankhead bill)
I should be opposed that would
give blanket deferment to every
farmer, unless there were tied
to that deferment a provision
that he should produce a certain
amount of foodstuffs.”
j The packed court room, filled
j mostly with farmers or (with citi
j zens having farming interests,
! received this statement coldly
and in silence, although there
was a few moments previously
a round of pronounced applause
I when Debnam asserted that if
men should be “made to carry a
gun, others also should be made
to make that gun.”
Debnam, who ended his ad
dress on a note of hope that an
arounsed citizenry would seek
- to preserve “government of the
' people, for the people and by
j (turn to page eight, please)
CORP. DAVIS NOW !
IN NORTH AFRICA
HAS GOOD FOOD
!
Writes His Mother, Mrs.
i John M. Davis, About
! His Long Underwear.
j Corp. James E. Davis, with the
; United States Army in North
j Africa, who is a son of Mrs. John
!M. Davis, -of Chub Lake road,
, is duly impressed with the fact
; that food in the Army is good,
i He has fried eggs every other
•j morning for breakfast and all
: the- coffee he can drink. He even
■j has a chance to prepare his own
! food the way he wants it, since
it happens he is on duty as a
cook.
Strange, coming from Africa,
is the ccmment that he has good
warm clothes to wear, “and
plenty of wool underwear, long
ones too”, although he has not
yet had to wear the longies.
Davis, like the majority of the
boys, gets letters from home,
and even from England. One of
his correspondents there has a
typically English name Kitty
Burridge. When work is done
and there are- no letters to read
or write, the Army sees that thgr
boys are entertained two oflj
three nights a week with showd|
Like any average boy, Davis
is having a good time in the ser
vice, but he does wonder now
and then how his family is mak
ing out with rationings,
coffee. In civilian life Davia
who attended Bethel Hilt
iwtas a tanner. .
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