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VOLUME XIV
Women of Roxboro
May Form Control
r Group This Week
Mrs. Ritchie, Os
Athens, Ga., Has
Program Place
Comes Here Instead Os
Mrs. Marshall. Meeting
At Hotel Considered Suc
cess.
Roxboro women, members of
the Business and Professional
Woman’s club, at a meeting of
their organization to be held
% here Tuesday night, at Hotel
Roxboro, will consider plans for
formation of a local unit of the
Woman’s Field Army of the
American Society for the Con
trol of Cancer.
The Tuesday session will come
as a regular meeting of the club
but the topic to be discussed has
been prompted by the visit here
of Mrs. H. B. Ritchie, of Athens,
Ga., a cancer control leader, who
spoke Thursday at a luncheon
attended by Woman’s Club mem
bers and other interested citi
zens and who outlined to them
recent research progress in the
control of cancer and stressed
the need for public education in
regard to such control.
Mrs. Ritchie came to Roxboro
to fill an engagement previously
made by Mrs. George E. Marsh
all, state director of the Field
Army, who was prevented from
coming because of the serious
illness of her mother. Mrs. Ritch
ie, who also spoke this week in
Mebane and Graham, is Region
al Deputy Commander of the
Woman’s Field Army.
Mrs. Ritchie is supervisor for!
the cancer control work in the:
, states of Alabama, Georgia,!
w |
Florida, the Carolinas, and Vir
ginia. She is also Commander |
for the Georgia Division of the.
Women’s Field Army.
She is best known in North j
Carolina perhaps as a former]
Recording Secretary and the',
president of the National Public'
Welfare Chairman of the Gener
-" al Federation ofj Women’s clubs.
In Georgia,* she is a Life Direc
tor of the Georgia Federation and
parliamentarian for the Geor
gia American Legion Auxiliary.
A cancer control Radio program,
“Choose to Live”, is being given
this month over WBIG, in
jj' Greensboro.
i- Allensville
P.-T.A. Will Meet
| -Next Tuesday
I '
s.- Allensville P.-T.A. will meet
| Tuesday, April 13, at 8 o’clock
f in the school auditorium. Second
k .itnd fourth grades will have
J charge’ of the program. Special
g music willbe given by members
|| of the P.-T.A. Seventh grade
R will give the devotional.
Bb. Plans for a school lunchroom
84* for next year will be discussed.
SlNew officers will be appointed.
Br; All patrons of the school ore
K. urged to attend.
P President is Mrs. Earl Gentry.
session will be last
r; toe of the school year.
B-y Mrs. A B. Buchanan is a pa
|£ntot at a hospital in Oxford,
RC. She is expected home this
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1943
Harris Heads
State’s New
School Board
New Body Meets To
Form Organization.
RALEIGH, April 10. Dr.
Julian Miller, of Charlotte, was
I named to head a committee from
the new state board of educa
tion to study plans for reorgani
zation under the terms of the
constitutional amendment which
created the new board.
Appointed to serve with Dr.
Miller on the committee were
H. E. Stacy, of Lumberton, as
vice chairman; and Dr. Clyde
j Erwin, state superintendent of
public instruction, as secretary.
The committee, appointed at
a meeting of the new board af
ter it was sworn in earlier, will
report its findings at the first
regular meeting of the board
scheduled to be held here on May
13. The report will define the
duties of the new 1 board, its of
! ficers and its administrative set
up.
Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy
I gave the oath of office to the 15-
j man board in the office of G<cv
-1 ernor Broughton. First to take
the oath were the ex-offico mem
bers, Clyde Erwin, Lt. Gov. it. L.
1 Harris and |State Treasurer
j Charles M. Johnson.
The appointive member of the
12 congressional districts are
William C. Dawson, Pasquotatnk
businessman; Alonzo C. Ed
wards, Greene county farmer;
| Archibald McL. Graham, Siamp
j soqf county lawyer; Dr. L. M.
' Massey, Wake county dentist;
\Sanford Martin, Forsyth county
| newspaper editor; Henry Dwire,j
j Durham county educator; Hor-j
j ace E. Stacy, Robeson county I
j lawyer; Ryan Mcßryde, Hokej
1 county farmer and lumber deal
' er; Harry E. Isenhour, Rowan
county insurance man and real
tor; Julian S. Miller, Mecklen
burg county ’inewspaper editor;]
Carl A. Rudisill, Gaston county
textile manufacturer; and Mrs.
E. L. McKee, of Jackson county.]
Harris was named chairman of!
the new board, with Erwin- as
secretary. Miller was named vice
chairman and Nathan Yelton,
secretary of the old state school
commission, was named comp
troller at a salary of $6,000 a
, year.
PRICE IS UP $
The price ol the Person
County Times is now two dol
lars per year anywhere in the
state of Nterth Carolina and
two dollars and a half out of
the state of N. C., soldiers ex
cepted. This price increase took
effect at of Friday.
Readers of the paper were
notified several weeks in ad
vance and were given ample
time to take advantage of the
old price at a dollar and a
half per year for as many as
five years in advance.
Publishers of the Times wish 1
to thank many subscribers
who have recently renewed
their subscription and there
by evidenced their Interest in
the paper as well as their
liking for it
PERSON
Sam Whitten, Jr.
Will Join City
Police Force
Sam R. Whitten, Jr., 23, of
this City, has accepted appoint
ment to the Roxboro police
force, succeeding George B.
Walker, resigned, according to
announcement made today by
Chief of FWlice George C. Rob
inson.
Whitten, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. R. Whitten, of Rox
boro, is married and has a son,
He is a graduate of Roxboro
high school and for the past
| several months has been man-
I ager of Shank’s Grill, a posi
] tion which he will resign on
April 15 in order to become
connected with the Police De
partment.
He is well-known and popu
lar in Roxboro. Walker, whose
i|esignation was (revealed last
week, is expected to leave soon
for Little Rock, Ark., where he
will be With the Williams Pipe
line company.
RITES HELD FOR
RALPH G. COLE
AT CITY CHURCH
Former Resident Os San
ford, Was Popular Rox
boro Citizen^
Funeral for Ralph G. Cole, 58,
[for four decades a Roxboro bus-
I iness and civic leader, whose
| death occurred Wednesday night
J at his home was conducted here
] Friday afternoon.
In ill health for several years,
he had recently resigned from
Roxboro Kiwanis club of which
he was a charter member and
i had disposed of his interests in
Longhurst Mercantile company,
of which he was manager for
twenty years.
He was an active member of
Edgar Long Memorial Methodist!
church, where the funeral was
held by the Rev. W. C. Martin,
pastor. Interment was in Burch
! wood cemetery, Roxboro.
] A native of Moore County,
1 Ocle came to Roxboro in 1901
and became interested in a
wholesale grocery business.
Survivors include: his wife,
the former Miss Josephine Long,
| of the home, two daughters, Mrs.
Headley Kynoch, of Roxboro,
and Mrs. Henry N. Brown, 111,
fcf Lake Charles, La., and one
1 son, C. C. Cole, of Yanceyville,
and five grandchildren.
Also surviving are four broth
ers, George, of Longhurst, L. H.,
of Troy, J. C., of Laurinburg andj
T. C., of Sanford, also a half]
brother, Herbert Cole, of Vete
ran’s Hospital, Fayetteville, and
| a half sister, Mrs. Dan Snelson,
of Kansas City, Mo. His parents
were the late Mr. and Mrs. Har
bet Cole.
Active pallbearers included
Maynard C. Clayton, R. P.
Burns, T. C. Brooks, J. Brodie
Riggsbee, B. B. Strum, Flem D.j
Long and R. D. Bumpass, all of|
Roxboro.
Honorary Pall Bearers
A. W. Clayton, W. D. Merritt,
S. G. Winstead, J. E. Kirby, Pres
ton Satterfield, Sr., R. L. Harris,
G. J. Cushiwa, Mellie Satterfield,
W. R. Woody, George Walker,
Percy Bloxam, P. L. Thomas, C.
H. Oakley, A. M. Burns, Hugh-
Woods, G. C. Hunter, D. S.
Brooks and Dr. H. M. Beam.
Also Dr. G. W. Gentry, Dr. A.
F. Nichols, Dr. E. M. Hedgepeth,
Dr. B. A. Thaxton, Dr. B. E
Love, O. B. Mcßroom, Aubrey
Long, J. T. Bradsher, W. W. Mor
rell, R. B. Dawes, B. B. Knight,
(turn to page six, please)
TIMES
AROUND-CLOCK
OBSERVER WORK
BEING PLANNED
!
Twenty-four Hour Ser
vice For Air Raid Spot
ters Here To Be Effec
tive By April 26.
Observers stationed at Person
County Air Raid Observation
Posts will be called upon on and
after April 26, to maintain a
twenty-four (24) hour watch for
airplanes it was announced to
day.
Authority has been granted by|
Willis R. Taylor, commanding
general of the First Fighter
Command of the Army Air:
Forces for the activation of the
.Raleigh Filter Center.
Heretofore Person Observation
posts have been icn an “instant
alert” basis with observers ready
to go into action at a moments
notice.
The purpose of this activation,
according to Lt. Colonel C. Tig
j ner, Regional Commander, Wil
i mington Air Defense Region, is
1 to test the efficiency of the Air
craft' Warning System within the
Wilmington Region, Including
Ground Observer organizations,
civilian volunteer workers in the
j Filter Centers and communica
j tion facilities. The Wilmington
Air Defense Region comprises
almost the entire State of North
Carolina.
Active observation posts in
Person County are located at the
folliwing points: Bushy Fork, F.
T. Whitfield, "chief observer;
Hurdle Mills, D. L. Whitfield,
chief observer; N. C. State Pris
on Camp, C. R. Newton, chief
observer; S. P. Gentry’s 4Store
Community, S. P. Gentry, chief,
observer.
Each observation post has 12,
or more assistants, and during]
the activation period the assist-]
ants will work two hour shiftts 1
during the entire 24 hours of ;
each day.
All qualified observers andj
those interested in applying for
such service are urged to contact
R. H. Shelton, District 1 Civil Di-j
rector of Person County, or Lan-J
don C. Bradsher, Person Civilian]
Defense Chairman.
i
|
ONE SOLUTION
RALEIGH, April 10.—A gard-j
tening question stumped the agri-j
cultural extension division of
State College today.
The gardener, a woman, want
ed to combat the neighbor’s]
chickens. Editor F. H, Jeter, of,
the extension division’s publica-j
tions, had to admit he didn’t;
have a booklet' on the subject.
But he sent her a cook book. 1
Along The Way
With the Editor
A number of years ago Billy Chambers ran the only five
and ten cent store in Roxboro. The store was of the old time
style and Billy carried a little of everything. One of the big
days off every week was Saturday. On tthis day the store
received fifteen gallons of ice cream, five of vanilla, five of
chocolate, and five of strawberry. Sam Merritt worked at this
store on Saturdays and every Sunday he was sick with his
stomach. In addition to ice cream, the store handled candy
and Sam liked candy, too. However, there was a young kid
in this city who also loved ice cream. His name was Curtis
Hill Oakley. Now young Curtis did not get ioe cream often
and cones were something entirely new. One day Curtis and
his nurse came down town and Curtis stopped at the five and
ten cent store. He purchased a cone of cream and this was the
first time that he had ever seen a oone. He ate the cream in
front of the counter using his tongue to get at the cream. No
young fellow, would have thought' of biting cream, that made
it go away faster. The cream kept going down in the cone and
Oakley kept sticking his tongue out a little longer. Finally he
got all of the cream and then handed the cone back to the man
behind the counter with thanks for the use of it.
COUNTY
Hunter Reminds
Citizens Os War
Loan Drive Here
I Gordon C. Hunter, Person
and Roxboro chairman for the
Thirteen Billion Dollars Sec
ond War Loan drive, which
starts here tomorrow, with a
County and City quota of $242,-
l 900, today issued a reminder
1 of the pre-campaign meeting
1 that is to be held this after
i noon at four o’clock at Hotel
r Roxboro.
“We have an important job to
■ do,” said Hunter, “and we
r\ must see it through, as I am
* confident we will.” Letters of
r invitation to the afternoon
r meeting have been sent to
; many citizens here and a re
; preffcntative crowd is expec
l j ted.
tj
'] NORTH CAROLINA
{DIOCESE TO MEET
;] IN DURHAM SOON
J
Change Made From Salis
bury As Meeting Place.
e
DURHAM, April 10. l27th
1 annual convention of the Epis
„ ecpal Diocese of North Carolina,
s : .
] originally scheduled for Salis
-1 bury, has been transferred to
■ Durham and wall be held in St.
J Philip’s church here May 11-12,
, ! according to announcement made
. j tcday.
j Between 150 and 200 delegates
{ are expected to attend the con
vention, which will get under
J way the afternoon of the 11th.
j Registration of delegates will
begin at 5 p. m., and the conven
,' tion will be organized following
,] the opening service at 8 p. m.,
1 conducted by the Rt. Rev. Ed
. I win A. Penick, of Raleigh, bishop
f of the Diocese, assisted by Rev.
I David W. Yates, rector of thei
I {host church.
.I The annual address by Bishop]
] Penick and the nomination Os ]
j trustees of the Diocese, the Ex
j ecutive Council, deputies to the
( General Convention and dele
! gates to the Provincial Synod,
! will be features of the opening
i (turn to page six, please)
j
i IN MARINES
•| Randolph King, Francis Spake
E and Marshall Vernon Hudgins,
Roxboro young men, who last
■ week entered military service
(j under a Selective Service quota,
E| have been assigned to the Mar
•j ine Corps and will leave this.
;; week for training. King said yes
| terday he is to be sent to Sanj
1 Diego, Calif.
Corp. Cary Pulliam
Brings Good Report
From Hawaii Area
Mrs. Burger |
Knows How
To Say It
Roxoro Woman, Who Be
lieves In West Virginia,
Also Praises Roxboro.
Mrs. Karl Burger, of Roxboro,
who has recently been ill, but
who is now improved and is
visiting members of her family
in Union, W. Va., her former
home, during convalescence,
knows how to say thank you.
In an open letter to friends
here, she says: “I am writing
this from my own, native State,:
West Virginia, the best State in]
the Union to me to all of]
my very good friends, both white j
and colored in the very best'
town, in the second best State 1
1 in the United States Roxboro,!
I
N. C., my adopted State.
“It is impossible for me to |
thank each person separately for
' all the nice flowers, cards, mes
sages of kindness and cheer, andi
. other gifts, but I want you to
know how much I do appreciate]
it all -from the very bottom of ]
; my heart. I know I don’t deserve.
it. I’m trying very hard to get j
’ well so I can come back Home to
my dearest Husband, my dog,
‘Penny’, and you. May God bless
each and every one of you.”
The City Editor of the Person j
County Times, to whom the let- (
ter was addressed, is frequently;
asked to definq “good writing”.]
From now on, he’s going to send]
! the seekers to Mrs. Burger.
| Mayor Puts Hat
In Ring, Others
Not Announced
... 1
S. G. Winstead, mayor of Rox-j
boro since November 1940, today
announced that he will seek re-|
nomination as a candidate forj
that office Thursday night, April]
15, at a city-wide mass meeting!
of Roxboro voters to be held at!
Person County Court house.]
Election will be held in May. j
Winstead, so far, is unopposed,
i Nominations will also be made |
I this week for a five-man board]
1 of City Commissioners. Present
incumbents are Gordon C. Hun
ter, Lester Brooks, R. Cliff Hall,
George Cushwa and Philip L.
Thomas, who have as yet made
no statement of intentions, al
though it is thought that' all will
seek re-nomination.
Umstead Goes |
To Flying School
In New Mexico
1
Pvt. Sam P. Umstead, of Rox
boro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Logan
H. Umstead, will leave Tuesday
for Roswell, N. Mex., to enter
the Army Air Force Advanced
Flying school for' glider pilot
training. Umstead, who had pie
flight training at Danville, Va.,
is a graduate of Roxboro high
school and before entering the
Army was a factory manager
for the Export Tobacco com
pany.
WAR
P V]
BACK UP
YOUR BOY|
Buy an Additional
Bond Today
Olive Hill Man
In Islands For
Twelve Months *
Visits His Parents Here
And Leaves For Special
Training. Was Among
First Selectees.
Corp. Cary Pulliam, 24, of
Olive Hill and the Hawaiian Is
lands, an alumnus of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, who ha 3
just completed twelve months of
service in an anti-tank infantry
division in the vicinity of Hono
lulu, after a visit home to Rox
boro is off to new adventure,
[ this time in California.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
I Pulliam and a graduate of Beth
!el Hill high school, he was a
! mong the first Roxboro and Per
! son young men to enter the
j Army under Selective Service.
| It was September 1941, when he
went in and he had the idea then
that he would be back at home
| in twelve months. “It was going
to be that easy”, he thought.
By March 1942, when he land
jed in the Islands, after a stay
. at Camp Wallace. Texas, Pulliam
[ knew differently. Although it
was after Pearl Harbor, he got
to the Honolulu area in plenty
of time to get the shock of war
into his system. Later, he dis
j covered it was quite possible to
Jgo on living there in a nearly
■ normal fashion.
Military reticence keeps him
] from saying much. Nightly
! blackouts all night were
common. You get used to them,
! he says, but you have many of
I the comforts of life enjoyed ir*
] the continental U. S. A. News
] papers come out every day, just
] as they do here, and the rigors
] of military government, clamped
dawn after Pearl Harbor, are
being lifted somewhat.
And you do run into friends,
such as Errol D. Morton, Jr., of
the Army, and once a schoolboy
friend at Olive Hill. Like many
of the boys who have gone a
cross, Pulliam has highest praise
for the Red Cross, an organiza
tion that in his opinion, is doing
a swell job. He was not quite so
complimentary of the USO.
As to what will come next for
him, or when the war will end,
Pulliam, will not say. He has
spent his leave here and yester
(turn to page six, please) s
Days, Not Cash, „
Must Be Paid
By Negro Man i
Alexander Lester, 21, Roxboro
Negro, tried Friday night in
Mayor’s court on a drunk and
disorderly charge, his second ap
pearance within the week in the
same court on the same charge,
is spending thirty days in jail,
with no choice of paying a fine
and getting out.
Lester, a planing mill employ
ee with the Qhort Company here,
paid a fine the first time, but
when he came up Friday for
a repetition offense, Mayor S.
G. Winstead lost patience. Scene
of disturbance Thursday, night
was the Moonglew, a Negro case. *
Officer making the am*t
Gilbert Oakley.
NUMBER 53