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War Bondi Today
VOLUME XIV
Round of Duties In
War Work Done by
Secretary Woods
Hospitality Out
This Year Says
Chamber Group
Mcnberahip Drive To Be
Stared Next Month,
(iiiw Shown.
Roxboro Chamber of Com
merce directors, meeting with
W Walace Woods, executive sec
retary, cn Tutsday reviewed con
tinuous progress of the- organiza
tion since January, beard reports
of coopetation in many commun
ity projects, particularly in the
R d Cross War fend drive, and
agreed that a Chamber of Com
tnerce membership campaign will
b staged here on Monday, May
3
At noon on that day the dir
ectors will meet at luncho.n,
saving with them a few invited
guests Pr siding will be DavidS.
Brook- presid nt, while arrango
■r.enU a ill be in charge of Sec
mints will be in charge of Sec
;hat rmmbership is 115, repre
- n?ing busine.-s hous s, firms
..nd professions, with but few re
ignat,' ns in the course of the
prtst ft w months.
Major f mphasis of Chamber
work is now upon war programs,
and as President Brooks pointed
i>ut at the April meeting service
if S«‘cr' , tary Woods and his as-
Mstant. Mi s Dorothy Taylor, in
roord inn tiemating community ef
u rts for the R- d Cross, for Sal
v age and Bond campaign? and
forth« Infantile Paralysis drive
t>as ben almost invaluable.
Another service has been ex
t, nded cooperation with Mrs.
Walt< t Woody, home service
chairman of the R d Cross All
k.jtm- service files arc kept in
the Chamber office.
Casualty of war this year will
he a Chamber sponsored pro
. rt. Roxboro and Person Coun
ty’s Annual Hospitality Wetk,
usually h Id the last week in
Jnr Directors, however, have
authoriz'd the Sccn tary to send
cards of greetings to all guests
who attended last year and to
a-urr them that the event, which
has attracV d State-wide atten
tion for the past fbe years, will
h" resumed when the war is
over
In addition to his numerous
war duties. Secretary Woods has
rtmtinued the Chamber program
of cooperation in civic affairs,
particularly for merchant mem
ton in need of assistance with
raffming problems.
hi addition to President
■ranks, directors present for
‘ftcaday’s afternoon session in
rtodrd W. R. Minor, R. B. Grif
fin, 8. M. Pord, J. S. Merritt, W.
■tade Jonas and Dr. J. H.
Hagtos. Absent were J. D. Man
-otm, J. A. Long, Jr., and R. D.
■Mapaas. Also present was
ThsaMS J. Shaw, Jr., a press re
pevsratative.
DfSTAIXRD
Mrs. TTssißcr Kjrnoch, new
ppMltfafft of Roxboro Central
IkM flria weak at April sea
ffaa a t the Association held at J
tke aahaaL Muatcal program, a
fHffffe, waa In charge of Mbs'
■ffwaCa male faculty. Also in-
SrtM^ipnluLnt is Mt*. T. B.
TIMES “
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1943
NAVY COMMANDER
WILL BE SPEAKER
AT BUSHY FORK
i
Charles B. Neely, Os
New York And Raleigh
Headlines Program.
Lt. Commbnder Charles B.
I Neely, U Sj N R, officer -in
charge of Navey becruitiing in
North Carolina, will be the chief
speaker at Bushy Fork commen
cement C. H. Mason, principal,
announced today.
Graduation ceremony will be
in the school auditorium at 11:00
A. M. Friday, May 7th Command
er Neely, whose address will be
a part of a program featuring
“Our Navy”, will be introduced
j by Percy Blcxam, Roxboro City
! manager.
Commander Neely, whose
j headquarters office is in Raleigh,
j is a native of Montgomery, Ala.
!He was educated at the Univer
] sity of Alabama, and after grad
l uation there moved tc New York
1 City.
Prior to coming to Nortth Car
[olina early in 1942 as recruiting
! officer for the state, he was an
; automobile executive in New
i York.
| Under his leadership, North
' Carolina has established an en
j vaiblc record in recruiting for
| the Navy, having consistently
| held a top flight place in the na
! tion.
I
| Eugene Tuck, 22,
Has Seen Heavy
!
s War Zone Duty
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; P tty Officer Eugene M. Tuck,
I 22' of East Roxboro, a son of Mr.
j and Mrs. R. B. Tuck, who enter
!ed the Naval Reserve in Octo
j her 1942, and who has seen ser
, vioe in at least one major sea
I < ngagement, is spending his
| leave here with his parents.
! Tucki, in civilian life an eke-
I trician with the Collins and Aik
man corporation, Plant E, Ca
! Vel, is a 1937 graduate of Rex
boro high schol. He is also an
other example from the ranks of
Person’s quiet fighters, quite
i willing to point to and explain j
his service bar with its “engage
ment star”, but not at all boast
ful about how he got it.
TWO VISIT HERE
Pfc. Alvis Monroe Pleasants,
Jr., of Fort Meyers, Fla., is
spending several days with his
parents here. Also visiting them
] is their daughter, Miss Margaret
Pleasants, of Washington, D. C.
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Gregory,
of Roxboro, announce the birth
of a daughter, Betsy Carroll, on
Sunday, April 18, at Duke hospi
tal, Durham.
VACATION
Miss Betty Kane, student at
Trinity college, Washington, is
'spending the holidays here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
iW. Kane.
TO MEET
Person County Commissioners
will meet Monday as a board of
review in tax valuations.
Speaker
H. i.CjPBp:
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Lieutenant Commander Charles
B. Neely, of Rakigh, UISNR, of
ficer-in-charge of Navy Recruit
ing in North Carolina, will be
chief speaker at Bushy Fork
commencement, Friday May 7.
C H. Hunter
Reaches Age
of Eighty
Came To Roxboro Fifty-
Three Years Ago And
Still Likes Choice He
Made.
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C. H. Hunter, a native of New
bern, but for fifty-three years a
resident of Roxboro, on Tues
day observed his eightieth birth
day at his home here.
There was nothing fancy about
the celebration, but Hunter, a
successful business man and re
i tired grocery store operator, who
lives with his daughter, Mrs.
Mary Hunter Long, has four
grandchildren and is active for
a man of his years.
He walks to the Post Office, at
j the other end of Main Street
• from his residence, every day
| and until he hurt his finger a
!few months ago he spent much
!of his spare time carving small
j wooden dolls and miniature
furniture.
Hunter’s wife died fourteen
years ago, and his mother at the
age of thirty-five. His father
ilived to be eighty-six. A big man,
C. H., walks with a cane, but he
does not lean on it. It is more
of an ornament with him. He
vividly remembers the little
i town of Roxboro, as it was when
he came here, about the time of
the coming cf the first railroad,
and he remembers, too, his plea
sant boyhood “down east”.
He has been working since he
was seventeen and has property
{ here in his adopted home. He’s
been here a long time and still
thinks it is a gcod place to stay
in. He is just one of many citi
zens who came to Roxboro for
business reasons and subsequent
ly liked it well enough to settle |
down in it and grow with it. |
RETURN TO CAMP
Lieut, and Mrs. Spencer
Woody, of Roxboro and Camp
McClellan, Ala., have returned to
Alabama after a visit with Mrs.
Woody’s mother, Mrs. J. W. All
good, arid other relatives. Lieut.
Woody, a dentist, was formerly
with the State Department of
health, public schools division.
VISIT PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Davis, of
Niagara Falls, are visiting Mr.
Davis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. \
Jesse Davis.
TO RETURN .
Lieut, (j. g.) E. G. Thompson
will return to Washington Sun
day.
Whitten Case
Ends In Nol
,Pros Order
i
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S. It. Whitten, Sr., Jail
Cell Death Charge Eva
porates Into Thin Air.
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Nol-pros with leave has ended
the S. R. Whitten, Sr., case in
criminal division of Person Su
perior court, in which Whitten,
, Sr., one-time Person Court House
custodian and jailer, was charg
ed with negligence and neglect
j of duty resulting in the death cf
Thomas P. Whitfield in a smoke
filled jail cell in January 1942.
The nol-pros was taken here
on Monday before -Judge C. E.
Thompson, of Elizabeth City,
who held a brief term for crim
inal and civil cases that lasted
only two days. The Whitten case,
postponed several terms since
the incident of January 26, 1942,
was settled by agreement of at
torneys concerned and Solicitor
William H. Murdock, of Durham.
Chief witness in the case,
Martin Goodman, a Negro, in
the jail at the time cf Whit
field’s death, has served his time
and since been released and can
not be found*. Civil suit, filed a
gainst Whitten, Sr„ and Sheriff
M. T. Clayton by Whitfield’s
widow has been continued.
Whitten,, Sr. served about one
week as jailer, immediately af
ter the death of A. M. Long. He
j was sucoseded by the present
I jailer, W. L. King, after the
j Whitfield incident, occurred. It
was alleged that Whitten, or oth
er parties concerned, failed to
properly search Whitfield at time
of his arrest and were negligent
in not watching him or hearing
his cries. Sentiment aroused at
the time has died down and end
| ing of the case as it did was not
; unexpected.
ROBERT HAMLETT
SENTENCED FOR
TWO THEFTS HERE
Negro Assault Trio Also
Get Road Terms From
Thompson.
Robert Hamlett, 19, Negro, in
Person Superior Court before
Judge C. E. Thompson, of Eliza
beth City, received on Monday
sentences of three and two years,
concurrently, on the reads for al- I
leged breaking and entering and
thefts from Roxboro Beverage
company, while the Grand Jury,
with F. E. Wells, of Cunningham,
as foreman, returned “not a true
bill” as to Preston Horner, 33,
white man, implicated by Ham
lett in the lesser of two thefts.
Hamlett, who after he was
'placed in jail attempted to make
I on escape hole in the brick wall
[of Person jail, and who while
there had in his possession an
improvised black-jack made of
a circle of iron and a cloth
string, is said to have taken SBO
from the beverage company lock
box in February, and S2OO in
December.
Three other Person Negroes
Luther Tucker, 24, and Desedee
Cannady and June Ragland,
both 22, received sentences of
two years each on the roads for
allegedly asaulting and robbing
another Negro, Quincey Lawson,
27, on March 15.
Case against Willie Cash, Neg
ro, charged with assault with in
tent to Mil, was continued. Cash,
a former case operator with
something of a reputation in po
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FARRIS HUMPHRIES
Person's Pearl
Harbor Man
Now Civilian
Farris M. Humphries,
Wounded In Jap Attack,
Gets Honorable Dis
charge From Army.
Farris M. Humphries, 25, of the
United States Army, sever, ly
wounded at Pearl Harbor cn De
cember 7, 1941, and subsequently
sent to Midland, Texas, for air
| corps service, has received an
honorable/ discharge and return -
ed this week to Roxboro, where
he is visiting his brothtetr, Bill
Humphries.
While at Midland Humphries
received the Purple Heart a
ward for his Pearl Harbor parti
cipation. He now leaves the Army
1 because of physical disabilities
i
incurred there and leaves regret
fully, after six years of service,
i A son of thtet late Mr. and
; Mrs. J. S. Humphries, of Moriah,
jhe volunteered for service long
j before there was thought of war
jin this country, and like an old
j Army man, he is deeply concern -
■ed that citizens of the U. S. A.
1 wake up to complete realization
\ that there is a war on.
j He- is concerned, but not bit
i ter or cynical. As one of two
j men to escape alive from a
| bombed building he kn-ews what
war is and he expects soon to
enter some type of defense work.
Bullock Will
Operate Pioneer
| Again This Year
J. M. Bullock, of Oxford and
Roxboro, operator of the Pioneer
warehouse, Roxboro, yesterday
said that he will again operate
his warehouse here and that he is
looking forward to a good sea
son. I
He expresed himself as being j
in favor of retention of the auc- j
tioneering system and said that
he did not anticipate change in
it this year. Roxboro Chamber of ’
commerce directors at their meet- |
ing this wieek went on record as
favoring retention of the system
and indorsed a resolution at that
effect as prepared by Greenville
Chamber of Commerce officials
and tobacconists. Also approved
was a Greenville resolution seek
ing increased allotments of suger
for home canning.
CLUB TO MEET
Bethel Hill Home Demonstra
tion Club will meet Tuesday,
April 27th, at 2:00 P. M, in the
Agricultural Building at the
school. All members are urged
to be present.
Person Red Cross
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Chapter Here Needs
Full Time Worker
COMER WILL BE
HELENA SPEAKER
AT COMMENCEMENT
Commencement Speaker
From Chapel Hill. Martin
Will Also Be On Pro
gram.
Helena high school commence
ment will begin Sunday after
noon, April 25, at 3:30 o'clock
with a baccalaureate sermon by
the Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of
Edgar Long Memorial Methodist
church, Roxbcro.
Graduating exercises for the
high school will be held Friday
evening, April 30, at 8:30, with
an address by Harry F. Comer,
j Y. M. C. A. secretary of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill.
Seventh grade will have exer
cises Friday morning, of the
same day, at 10 o’clock, at which
time pupils will receive promo
tion certificates. Perfect attend
ance and reading certificates for
the entire school will also be
presented at this time.
NATHANREDMAN,
SEAMAN, SECOND
CLASS; ON THE GO
i .. ... . •
Brings Message Os Good
! Will From Australia And
| Guadalcanal.
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j Nathan Redman, of Roxboro,
I seaman, second class, after six
I months in the Pacific area where
Jhe has done a deal of traveling,
'is spending his leave here with
his v. ife and family.
Redman, who declares that “a
seaman’s life is great, with
everything you want aboard
ship except gum,” brings back
| messages of goodwill for Ameri-
I cans from far corners of the
j earth. He spent eighteen weeks
'in Australia, where the citizens
| are “just like home folks”, and
Ihe also stopped in New Cale
i donia, where he would have
I looked up other Person boys sta
j honed there, if he had had their
I addresses.
Part of the time he was in the
Solomons area, and at Guadal
canal he found friendly natives
who could speak English, wore
shorts and large hats. Sailors on
Redman’s ship built a large boat
aboardship and gave it to the
! natives in exchange for one of
| their small canoes. He also went
to the New Hebrides and Santa
Cruz.
Sheriff Clayton
Bags Two And
Three - Pronto ,
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Person Sheriff M T. Clayton
today reported a haul in stills,
men and equipment. On Tuesday
he apprehended two white men,
D. R. Harrison and Herbert Par
ker, and a wooden whiskey out
fit in Cunningham township.
Less than twenty-four hours lat
er he destroyed a copper still of
forty gallon capacity and another
of sixty gallon size, also wooden,
both in Allensville township.
BACK
YOUR BOYC|9[
Buy an Additional
I Expanded Job
Discussed At /
Night Meeting
Heavy Load Os Home
Service Unit Partly Re
sponsible.
Dr. Robert E. Long, Roxboro
dentist, is again head of Rox
boro and Person Chapter of the
American Red Cross, having
| been re-elected as president at
I annual chapter meeting held
here on Monday night and at
which chief business was decis
ion that increased, work of the
chapter here will necessitate em-
I ployment of a paid executive.
I Appointed as a committee to
! make recommendati ons* were
| Gordon C. Hunter, Miss Mamie
j Love Barnette, W. Wallace Woods
. and Mrs’. Walter Woody, with
'Dr. Long as an ex-officio mem
l J>er. Heaviest work of the chap
ter now in the home service di
| vision, cf which Mrs. Walter
! Woody is chairman, and it is ex
pected that larger part of time
of the paid executive will be oc
i
cupied with service to this divi
i sion.
i Present for the meeting were
! chairmen of the production unit,
surgical dressing unit, kit bag
and junior divisions and knitting,
and heme service units, who pre
sented' encouraging reports. Re
| ports were also given on home
; nursing and first aid and it was
announced that a refresher
! course in first aid will be given.
|in June by a representative
from the national office,
j Particular appreciation was ex
j pressed for success of the War
j Fund -drive, r. cently dcsed, in
• which a quota of $5,600 was
'oversubscribed by nearly $4,000.
Also re-elected as officers, all
I unanimously, were H. Wheeler
N well, vice president, and Miss
, Barnette, treasurer, with W. Wal
lace Woods, secretary. Chairman,
and officials, many of whom gave
: reports, included Mesdames John
DeWolf, Percy Blcxam, A. M.
'Bums, Jr., J. H. Hughes, T. T.
Mitchell and Miss Sue Frederick
j and Gordon C. Hunter. A feature
|of the meeting, held at Hotel
i Roxboro, was showing of a film,
j “Since Pearl Harbor.”
Also present was new head of
the Junior Re i d Cross, Mrs. Log
an Umstead.
Fleming Heads
i Mount Tirzah
For Coming Year
J. S. Fleming, for the past year
and a half a member of the fac
ulty of Roxboro high school, has
been elected as principal' of
Mount Tirzah high school, Per
son County, succeeding L. M.
Yates, resigned.
A graduate of Elon College,
with a Master’s degree front the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel HSU, Fleming, who is
married, taught nine years .at
Warsaw and four at Fbfefen; Dup
lin county, before footing to Rox
boro. Election at lifeuna ISxzah
was by the school board- compos
ed of L. G. Oakley, Ben Glenn
and Mr. Jones. *
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