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VOLUME XIV
Demonstration Os |
Commando Tactics :
Wins Praise Here
Two Farm Boys,
Now Soldiers, In
Rough Affair
Dining Room Floor At
Hotel Roxboro Becomes
Field Os Battle, While
Civic Clubs Watch.
Lieut. Ben Blair, of Camp j
Butner and Indiana, instructor j
in Ranger-Commando tactics, as
sisted by Staff Slgt. Louis M.
Britt and Corp. Oscar D. Bond,
both of Camp Butner, gave Rox
boro Kiwanians and Rotarians a
graphic demonstration of mod
ern methods of hand to hand
combat practiced by American
fighters, at a joint meeting of
the two clubs held Thursday
night at Hotel Roxboro.
Actual body throws, practiced
with a two-edged knife and with
a''torn with a bayonet attached,
tool* place on the floor of the
dining room in a cleared
space between tables, and Lieut.
Blair, in an informal talk which j
preceeded the demonstration,
briefly outlined the rigorous pro- \
gram of physical and military
training now being taught to all
rangers.
Valuable, too, was Blair’s des
cription of the “fighting atti- [
tude” developed in preparation j
for conflict with enemies who
stop at nothing. One new part of
the training is that done “under
fire”, with conditions approxi
mating as nearly as possible act
ual battle conditions.
Blair, who was introduced byj
program chairman Gordon C.
Hunter, of the Rotary club, paid
tribute to American soldiers as
among the “toughest and best”
and expressed confidence that
they will win. Seated at the i
speakers’ table with Hunter and
the officers were Mrs. Hunter
and Mrs. Blair, the latter a bride
of a few weeks.
Britt and Bond said that the
demonstration given here was
the first that has been presented
outside Camp Butner, although
recently several newspaper re
leases on the new rough and
tumble but essentially scientific
fighting methods they displayed
have appeared.
Special Meeting
Os Library Board
Next Monday
March meeting, of the Person
County Public Library board will
be held Monday afternoon at
three o’clock at the library, with
chairman Flem D. Long presid
ing.
Here for the session will be
members of the Caswell County,
library board as will Miss Ern
estine Grafton, tri-county libra
rian. The Caswell delegation will
came here for ratification of a
project expected fc be beneficial
to the two county systems.
MOW HOME
Person Register of Deyds, W.
T. Kirby, returned Friday to his
JMpne here after spending sev
afal days pt (McPherson hospital,
Iferham. ' '
JPipS- If. L Goofcy of DenyiUg,
rnk aoent several days in Rox
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PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAT AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1943
“Shiners” In
Blackouts
Get Warning
j
I.andon C. Bradsher Person
chairman of Civilian Defense,
who on Friday had words of
commendation for cooperation
! shown here in Thursday’s sur
prise blackout, did, however,
emphatically say:
“People who leave lights
; burning in their business es
tablishments and homes unat
tended and with no way pro
vided for police or air-raid
wardens to cut off from the
outside are hampering the ef
ficiency of blackout tests be
ing held in the State.
• “If you have not already ar
ranged to correct this please
do so immediately, as it will
be necessary to prosecute any
one leaving lights burning
during a blackout.”
Tragic Story
Os Battle In !
!
|Sea Revealed
i
I
Cousin Os Roxboro Resi
dents Fights Death
Twice In Pacific And
Loses.
I
Ben Williams, of Prospect Hill,
a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wil
liams, of Mebane, and a cousin
of (Mrs. H. G. Simpson and Mrs.
Oscar Long, both of Roxboro, on
January 29, as was recently re
ported in the Person County
Times, lost his life in the sink-
I
ing of a ship at sea.
More complete details of the
incident', the story of a fight with
death, won and lost twice over in
two sinkings made more grim
by barrages of gunfire, are re
vealed in a letter from Ben Wil
liams’ sister, Mrs. David! Cale,
who in the same disaster lost
her husband.
The letter, written from Reeds
ville, W. Va., home of Mrs. Cale’s
brother-in-law, S. Loar Cale, who.
was also on the ship, but escap
ed and is at home on a thirty j
day furlough, tells hot only of|
the courage of these men but'
shows also the determination of
j the woman.
I Published last' week in the
j Caswell Messenger, Yanceyville,
i the narrative reads:
“I will give you the details as
| he (S. Loar Cale) gave them to
me—
“About 8 o’clock! January 29
the ship iwias attacked by several
f Jap airplanes and! hit in the
stern. Both engine rooms were
flooded, but all the men in one
of them was saved. All the men
in the other room were killed!
immediately, except Ben. The |
room flooded immediately and,
he had to start swimming at,
once. Twice he almost reached;
the ladder to get up on deck and
was washed back by the rush of
water.
"His strength was almost gone,
but he gave one more try. This
time the waves pushed him a
gainst the ladder and he started.
TIMES
HALL CALLS ON, !
FARMERS TO HAVE >
SLAUGHTER CARDS i
l
April 1, Last Day. Also
Comments On Sweet Po
tato And Soy Bean Quo
tas.
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Person farmers and all other j
! livestock slaughters who slaugh-1
! ter meat animals for sale must j
obtain permits from the County j
USDA War Board by April 1 in
order to continue their opera- ‘
tions, according to Claude T.!
Hall, chairman. A meeting was J
held here Tuesday, but numbers!
lof farmer-slaughters have not
| yet' signed.
I Livestock dealers who buy ani
! mals for resale also must obtain
| permits by that date. A livestock j
dealer is defined as a person who [
buys animals and sells them in I
less than 30 days
Hall says Person USDA War |
Board now has permits ready to i
be issued to local i
slaughterers, butchers and live- j
stock dealers who intend to op- j
erate after March 31.
“I would like to emphasize |
that farmers who slaughter ani- I
mals for home use do not need j
permits to do so,” he said. “A |
permit is required, however, if'
they deliver any meat for use by |
others.
Soybean Goal
Farmers of Person now may,
obtain soybean seed for planting!
this year from the Commodity j
Credit Corporation under the
CCC’s seed program, according to
Hall.
The Corporation now has sev
eral thousand bushels of Wood’s
Yellow, which grade No. 2, avail
able at the Southern Cotton Oil |
(Mill plant at Tarboro and addi
tional quantities of Wood’s Yel
low, Tokio, and Arksey, which is
grade No. 2, at the company’s
! plant' at Hertford.
These beans, the chairman
said, have been cleaned, bagged j
in two bushel lots, and tagged j
with the official North Cardinal
Department of Agriculture germ- i
ination test *ag.
North Carolina’s goal for soy
beans this year has been set at
390,000 acres, the chairman said.
Farmers in Person County have
been asked to grow 1140 acres.
Sweetpotato Prices
In an effort to assist growers j
in meeting the 1943 production
gcal, prices at which sweetpota
toes will be supported for Per
son County growers have been
announced by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, according |
to Hall. Prices, applicable only |
to the 1943 crop, range from $1.15
(turn to page eight, please)
| Foushee - King
i Clothing Company
To Close Store
Foushee and King clothing
company, established here about
two years ago by Emory Foushee
and Coleman C. King, is going
out of business, according to an
nouncement' made today by the
two young men.
Stocks in their store,
North |Main street, twdll be dis
i posed of and are on sale at spec
| ial prices. Decision to close the
i establishment is attributed to the
i fact that Foushee may soon be
! called to the Army under Se
lective Service.
King has made no announce
ment of his own future plans.
Closing and selling out pf stores
here because of military seryjpp
or occupational changes beggp
11*s* ye*r, *4* fe* (UN*
King one is fee first so affected
thir Tirsr ” ’
Deadline April 10
i
Subscribers to this paper and |
those who intend to subscribe
to it are again notified that t
the price will advance to Two i
dollars per year on April 10.
Subscription at the old price
of $1.50' will be accepted by
the publishers for as many as
! five years in advance of April
I 10th. Reasons given for the in
crease are increased cost of
! production in almost every
line of the newspaper field, j
Past due renewals are at
the old price of $1.50.
j j
Slaughter, As ;
Soldier, Shows
| Good Spirit
! Roxboro’s “Country
| Boy”, Now At San An-
I tonio Air Field, Has
i Praise For Army And
j For Baseball.
| San Antonio Aviation Cadet
! Center, Texas, March 27. •—The
| short, stecky guy with the card
! on his ample chest attesting that j
j he is No. 17074075 in the army j
1 downed the last swallow of his
1 soft drink, looked nervously up.
! 1 1
j and down a military street at
the San Antonio Aviation Cadet j
Center and said:
‘Gosh, I hope I get back to the'
i barracks without meeting anj
officer.”
He was the Same guy who, in
[the 1942 World Series, oblivious 1
to the tens of thousands of eyes,
trained on him, made a rally- j
throttling throw from right field!
to third base that went down in
baseball history as perfection. ;
He was the same guy who
i slammed out a homerun with ■
|
| the bases loaded one day in 1939,
jin Philadelphia to justify the
i faith of 20 fellows up in the
| stands who had played on a
> semi-pro mill team with him
back in Roxboro, N. C.
He was the guy who led the \
St'. Louis Cardinals in nearly |
every phase of batting in their
stirring drive to the National
, League and world championships
(turn to page eight, please)
WITH DEERINGS
Mrs. F. E. Koenig of [Metuchen,
, N. J., is a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
j Gus Deering. Also here is Miss
Marie Deering, of Asheville, a
student at Saint Genevive of the
Pines, who will spend the Spring
holidays with her parents.
Along The Way
With the Editor
Strange things happen and it looks like the very strangest
always happens in the City of Roxboro. Now another strange
thing has happened here.
Dewey Young, J. W. Green, Osby Gentry and Arthur Rim- J
mer have bought a jackass or mule or something that looks
like one or the other. Now you might say right off the bat
that this purchase is a sign of gardening on the part of these
men but you were never more wrong in your entire life. They
have no more idea of working than the men who bought the
hand plows last week. As a matter of fact they do not' even
know how a vegetable looks while growing in the ground.
Their wives may knpw but not the above mentioned heroes.
Well, you. might say, what are they going to do with the
mule? Frankly I do npt know unless they are going to put him
out in a green pasture and let him graze for (the balanoe of
his life. The big question is who is going to exercise the ani
mal. You 'know horses and mules and animals like that have
to have a reasonable amount of exercise.
Arthur Bradsher has bought hjs wife ft new present. Hie
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THOMAS LONG HAS
SILVER PALM AS
SCOUT AWARD
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Boys Os East
Roxboro Troop Advance
To First And Second
Class. Serivce Additions.
Thomas Long, Eagle Scout of,
the Roxboro district and a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Long, who
last year received a Gold Palm,
; last week received the still more
coveted Silver Palm.
The presentation was made at
March session of the Person
Court of honor, an organization
i of which Long is scribe. He also
! won a merit badge in salesman
j ship. Tire Court met' Thursday
! night.
Five beys of East Roxboro j
troop. No. 53, of which J. Brodie 1 1
Riggsbee is Scoutmaster, were j
advanced to Second class. They j
are Raeford Morris, Tom Owens, j
Lewis' Walker, Junior Phillips!
and Curtis Hamlet.
Others who received advance
: ments were, Francis Owens, al- j
\ so of troop 53, to First class, and
■ Joe Robinson, of No. 24. Presid- 1
■ ing was E. B. Craven, Jr., chair
man. Other officials were Dr.
Robert E. Long and Collins Ab
bitt, also present was J. Brodie
| Riggsbee.
; Dr. Long, who is a member of
j the committee in charge of thei
■ Person District Boy Scout Mili
' tary service placque which is to
ibe placed! on the Court House j
i lawn, today said that the plac-1
! que is completed and ready to,
| turn over to Tony Duncan for j
lettering, but that a complete
roster of names is wanted.
1 Printed below are the names
! now in possession of the Com
j mittee, but citizens who know of
! other Person and Roxboro form
er Scouts or Slcout leaders now
1 in military service are requested
to telephone Dr. Long at once: i
! The names he has are as fol
i; lows:
Toufeilk Ameen, Henry Clay |
Allen, Maxia Blalock, Richard
Balock, Emery Bowes, Reuben
Bowes, Beverly Bullock, Warren
Bowes, William C. Bullock, John
i Bradsher and Arch Bradsher.
| Carl Bowen, Carr Moore Bul
■ lock, Ben Broadwell, (deceased),
Joe Blanks, Jr., Earl Bradsher,
; Jr., Ben T. Brown, Charles Ball,
Jr., Willie Berry, Burlie Clayton,
: Artemus Crabtree, George Cush
] wp, Jr., Donald Carver, Joe Jl.ee
! Crowtell, Buddy 'Clayton, Louis
Day, Malcolm Duncan, Stephen
. Dickens.
: Bill Dickens, ’Slam Paul Davis,
i Jack Fowler, Edwrad Foushee,
! Sammy Foushee, Warren Grav
! itte, Floyd Gibbs, Guy Gardner,
(turn to page eight, please)
Surprise Blackout
Gets Review By
Fort Bragg Officers
I
Time At Hand
j
For Screens
Says Sanatarian
Winston B. Taylor, Person
sanitarian working with the
tri-county health department,
today issued a reminder to
storekeepers and householders
that the coming of Spring
j should be a signal for renova-
I tion and replacing of screens
windows and doors.
! This should be done, Taylor
; said, in order to reduce to a
minimum the spread and in
crease of insects and flies.
Screens should be put up be
fore April 1, according to Tay
lor. Cooperation will be ap
preciated, particularly in view
of curtailed activities of the
City Sanitary department.
Fats and Tins
j
Slow Coming I
In, Says Long ;
Scouts Work City But i
Mian yßesidents Fail To i
Come Across.
Dr. Robert E. Long, Person 1
district scoutmaster and one of j
several leaders in a City-wide i
; fats and tin can salvage cam-!
I paign conducted Friday night j
I by Boy Scouts and Cubs, report
| ed that this the first campaign ’
j of this type in Roxboro apparent- |
ly had met with only moderate j
success, although he is hopeful j
that late reports will swell the i
collection totals.
Numbers of residents disre- j
garded instructions about clean- i
ing and flattening tins. Weakest
part of the drive was in the col
lection of fats.
Dr. Long, however, praised
work of the Scouts and com
mended citizens who were co
operative, adding that a similar
campaign will be planned to
take place in about two months.
Residents are urged to save all
cans and waste fats, preparing
both for collection.
W. Wallace Woods, Person
Salvage chairman, called out of
the City because of the death of
his cousin, Thomas Woods, of
Carkton, was unable to be pre
sent for Friday’s program
Trucks for collection were fur
nished by the City of Roxboro
and a number of business houses
here.
1 James Hall, Os
Alexanderia Here
During Week
James Hall, of Alexanderia,
Va., American Red Cross in
structor in. first aid, who last
year conducted here a success
ful series of lectures in first aid,
spent several days here last
week. Re said he plans to re
turn soon and repeat the series.
M. C. Clayton, C. H. Oakley,
Tobey Ledbetter, Sam Winstead,
BQly Harris, J. A. Lang are
spending this vreattm* iff Pine
hunt.
Buy DEFENSE
BONDS-STAMPS
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NUMBER 49
Plans Made To
j
Elevate Siren To
Gain Audibility
I '
1 Bradsher Issues Strong
Statement After Down
town Store Lights Are
Left Burning.
Eoxboro’s surprise blackout
\ Thursday, as was intended,
i caught citizens unprepared, but
quickly cooperative, in opinion
of Fort Bragg army officers who
were sent here as official ob
servers.
Pleased, too, by general res
ponse to the siren signals were
City Manager Percy Bloxam,
Chief Air Raid Warden Maynard
C. Clayton and Person Director
•of Civilian Defense Landon C.
Bradsher, although the last
named official, who was in
charge at City Hall control cen
ter, did on Friday issue a strong
j iy worded and stern warning to
| those residents whose downtown
j stores and show-windows had
1 lights that could not be immedi
' ately extinguished,
j Delay in cutting off such
I lights was caused by the fact
j that many stores do not have
■ outside, street switches. One
i zealous merchant, who lost his
! key and could not get the door
! of his establishment open speed
ed up the process by kicking his
| door in and breaking the lock,
| an incident duly praised by the
! Fort Bragg officers and entered
| on their record.
Several other merchants came
from their homes to stores as
| quickly as posible and all down
j town lights were extinguished
i before the blackout period wad
1 ended. General efficiency was
| noted in the cooperation shown
j by motorists.
Complaints from residents at
Brooksdale and on the upper
end of Lamar street that the City
Hall siren could not be heard
1 'will mean that the siren will be
raised several feet' into the air
to. increase audibility, according
■ to Chairman Bradsher, who said
i today that City Manager Blox
. am is making preparations for
L this alteration.
; Signals, on schedule, came
through between 8:30 and 9:30
i o’clock.
:
; Master Masons *""*
Hear Bundy At
i Hotel Roxboro
Person Master Masons and
their wives on Friday night
1 gathered at Hotel Roxboro to at
tend a dinner sponsored by flew
Bern! Consistory No. 3 of Scot
tish Rite and to hear an address
by W. J. Bundy, of GreepySUe,
senior grand deacon of the North
Carolina Grand Lodge.
Roxboro details of the pro
gram were in charge of Arthur
H. Rimmer and topsfeijfctey was
W. W. Morrell, both of thi#
City. Also present for the
which was by ftagtf
and otter games, were a num
ber pf out of town guests as'arell
, as candidates for degrees.
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