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K-fc. "THEY GIVE THEIR SEk LIVES —YOU LEND 4UI YOUR MONEY" l/»l t y War Bonds Today VOLUME XIV Record Service Up For Official Review Commissioners Also Check On Cemetery Plan Qounty Leaders Turn Camp Reads Over War Department. Person County Commissioners, with Frank T. Whitfield, of Bushy Fork, chairman, met yes terday morning in a special ses sion to examine a completed re dndexing of County records by the Feglar Indexing service, of Charlotte, contracted for about two years ago and executed by Mrs. Mae Felgar and staff. Mrs. Felgar, who took- the work at a stipulated price, from the Board of Commissioners then composed of Chairman Whitfield, D. M. Cash and Sam Byrd Win stead, experienced considerable delay in completing the revision. She received partial payment, however, last year and an entry was then made in the Commis sioners’ minutes of other sums due her. Mrs. Felgar and Miss Betty Felger arrived here Friday and were present for the Saturday session. Other Commissioners present were M. Banks Berry and W. H. Gentry, the latter of Al lensville. Also present were CJounty Attorney R. P. Burns and J. S. Walker, county auditor. Examination of the Felgar job was made Friday by Walker and a delegated group of attorneys. Chief business of the Commis sioners at their first meeting held here Monday was adoption of a resolution relative to aban donment by the County roads now within the Camp Butner . area, a movement taken at re quest of the War Department for clarification of title. Motion for abandonment of County roads made made by , (turn to page four, please) Missionary Unit To Meet Monday Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock the Woman’s Missionary Society of First Baptist Church will meet, when circle Number 1, Mrs. R. P. Burns, leader, will have charge of the program. Topic for discussion will be “Christian Witness Through Learning.” Mrs. Whitt Will Leave Soon For Fort Oglethorpe Mrs. John Franklin Whitt, of Roxboro and Winston-Salem, the former Miss Mildred Simmons, this week completed a year of work as band director, Roxboro! high school, and is expected to report for duty on May 15, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., for duty with the Woman’s Army Auxil iary corps. A graduate of the Woman’s College, of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Mrs. Whitt was married last month. Her husband, a graduate of Rox boro high school and also a mu skian, is, Bfcewi*? leaving sfcan for the Army. Learning.” « PUBLISHED EVEBT SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1943 Surgical Dressing Room Moves To Larger Quarters The Roxboro Surgical Dress ing Room of the Red Cross, with double capacity, will on Monday move to Roxboro Cen tral Grammar School, where Mrs. Sue Featherston, execu tive seertary, will also have her office. Hours for the Sur gical Dressing Room will be the same as they have been and it is hoped that many wo men will respond. GETS LIVE GIFT Mrs. R. M. Spencer, of Rox boro, yesterday received a Moth er’s Day gift from one of her sons, Bill Spencer, of the Air Corps, Greenville, Miss The gift, which came by parcel post in a box with small holes in it, lived through the experience. A small turtle, it is now at home in the Spencer fishbowl here. VISITS FAMILY Mrs. S. D. Broadwell is visit ing her son, daughter-in-law and small grand daughter in Le land. MOTHER’S THEME The Mother’s Day theme will be stressed Sunday in three of the churches of the Brooksdale charge, with sermons by the pas tor, the Rev. E. C. Manes:;. First service will be at Trinity at twelve noon; second at Brooklyn at 3:30, and third at Brooksdale at eight at night. PROMOTED Dr. Earl Daniel, of the United ! States Army, Forest Hills, Aug ! iusta, Ga., has rcently received | promotion to the rank of Ser ! geant. Formerly a resident of Roxboro, his parents live near Oxford. MRS. WHITT LEAVES I Mrs.. P. T. Whitt, Jr., and baby daughter will leave here Mon day to make their home with Mrs. Whitt’s parents at Scotland Neck while Mr. Whitt is in the U. S. Army. Whitt was among those' who left Roxboro on Fri day. Here Thursday night to see the Whitt’s were Mr. and [Mrs. j Marshall Twisdale and Mr. and j Mrs. L. W. Hobgtood, Jr., all of j Henderson. Service Series Opens Tonight In North Roxboro The Rev. D. M. Branch, of Raleigh, of the State Mission Board of the Baptist church, will begin a series of revival services Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock at North Roxboro Baptist church. The services will continue each night dining the week at 7:30. Pastor of the church is the Rev. R. W. Hovis, who extends a cordial isvitation to the public ,to attend. The visiting minister as considered one of the strong est and best speakers in Baptist circles. i ________ i « D. R. Taylor of the U. S. Navy was a Roxboro visitor last Sun day. B TIMES 355 In Panama 'y , 9 B ■ • - ■ —. . — ... ■■.■■ in,.. mi- : i|iiiimi]i ' Jkii il CARR HOLEMAN Carr Holeman, 25, a Corporal in the U. S. Army in Panama, is the older of two sons of the Richad Holemans now in ser vice. Like his brother, C. W., Carr Holeman was educated at Hurdle Mills school. Committee In Session For Boardman Democratic Executive Committee Hopes To Se lect Successor To Crump ton On School Board. In session yesterday after noon in the Grand Jury room at Person Court house were mem bers of the Democratic Execu tive Committee of Person Coun ty, who assembled at call of R. B. Dawes, chairman, for purp )se l of selecting a new member of i the Person County School Board. Action was made necessary because of the death last month of B. G. Crumpton, of Allens ville, a Democratic member of the Board. State law provides that County School Beard vac- I ancies shall in emergencies be fill ied by the executive committee | of the political party concerned, or that appointments shall be vested in the State School board. Another vacancy on the Per Sv.ii School Board is that created by the death of Ralph Cole, who held office as a representative of ihe Republican party. Lawes cal 1 ?! ais meeting at t.< o o'clock and the group was still in session at time the Times went to press. Present chairman of the Person board is’ W. R. Wilkerscn, of Bushy Fork, who recently underwent an operation in Rex hospital, Raleigh, but is improving. Other surviving mem bers of the Board are E. E. Brad sher, of Roxboro, and Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdale, both Demo crats. Next meeting of the Board is scheduled for July. Regular term-end designation of Board members is by the Person Coun ty representartive in the General Assembly, who makes recom mendations to that body. Furniture Clinic For Four-H Clubs Now Postponed A 4-H Furniture Clinic, a coun ty-wide meeting for 4-H club girls and leaders interested in repairing and refinishing furni ture, planned for Thursday, May 13th, has been cancelled. The demonstration was to hhve been given by Miss Rose Eflwood Bry an, State Home Agent at Large. The meeting may be held in July. No Formal Plan For Memorial Day 1 Being Formulated Officials of the Person Chap ter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy today said that no formal program is be ing planned for Memorial Day, Monday, May 10, although graves of veterans will be de corated. Person’s only surviv ing wearer of the gray is Col. W. F. Reade, of Mount Tirzah. Double Honors a# vl3« Bn •V* jK&ggßMßgffl &lilil Thomas Long, sen of Mr. and Mrs. Fr:d Long, on Friday night walked away with double lienors at Roxboro high school, where he received both the J. A. Long and the Kiwianis club awards. An Eagle Scout, he is also a leader in Scout activities. TOBACCO MEN TO~ ATTEND MEETING IN CAPITAL CITY Raleigh, May B. — The fourth in series of conferences to consider means of relieving a farm man power shortage during the tobac co marketing season will be held in Raleigh Monday. Representatives at the meeting will be heads of tobacco ware house associations in the Old, Middle, Eastern, and Border belts. Governor Broughton said yes terday that he had conferred with representatives of the Unit ed States Tobacco Association and other tobacco men and hop ed that a plan would be worked out Monday for spreading the marketing season so that farm ers will have more time to de vote to picking cotton and har vesting peanuts and other crops. Warehousemen last Monday, at a meeting here, declined to accept a proposal of the U. S. Association for slowing down the market and offered in its place a proposal of their own. Along The Way With the Editor Every time I get with h group of fellows and we are hav ing a nice time talking about the weather or golf or what have you, along comes my financial backer, Gordon Hunter, and sticks his nose in to start talking about HIS GARDEN. Now no one is interested in his garden except Hunter himself but we all have to stop talking and listen to him rave for an hour or more. That must be some garden and notice is hereby serv ed upon his grocer that Hunter will not be wanting to charge any vegetables to his account this summer. One of these days 1 am going around to look at his salad patch and then I will try to give you a running-account of what is in it. Cheer up fellows. It can’t be long now. The war will soon be over. The same day the James Brooks, Otis Day, “Scrichett” Bowles, Collins Terry and a fewl others left here to enter the army the Germans took notice and gave up good portion of the land that they had been holding in Africa. You can read ily see that they ftteew that figting would be useless after these fellows got a fun in their hands. Now Overseas v - '* r JUH; . C. W. HOLEMAN C. W. Holeman, 22, of the Military Police, United States Army, is now' overseas. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holeman, of Hurdle Mills, he has a broth er, Gcrp. Carr Holeman, also in the Army. American Way No Idle Boast Says Harris Speaker At Roxboro Commencement Intro duced By Mayor S. G. Winstead. Lieut. Gov. R. L. Harris, of this City, in a thoroughly informal and “at home” manner, deliver ing the finals address at Rox boro high school, told the gradu ates Friday night that even in these troubled times the Ameri can dream of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is no idle boast”. He further expressed the hope that members of the Class of ’43 will do a better job cf realizing the dream than have their el ders. Introduction of Harris was by S. G. Winstead, mayor of Roxboro, who eschewed all of Harris’ honorary titles and pre sented him quite forcefully as “the favorite son of Person County.” Both Harris and Winstead in their remarks . touched upon pa triotism, progress of the war, and roles that young people face in today’s world. Harris, in his own opening remarks, said that he has attended every high He further expressed the hope that members of the Class of ’43 will do a better job cf realizing the dream than have their el ders. Introduction of Harris was by S. G. Winstead, mayor of Roxboro, who eschewed all of Harris’ honorary titles and pre sented him quite forcefully as “the favorite son of Person County.” Both Harris and Winstead in their remarks . touched upon pa triotism, progress of the war, and roles that young people face in today’s world. Harris, in his own opening remarks, said that he has attended every high school commencement held in the present Roxboro high school building and that being there this year in role of speaker gave him especial pleasure. Five of his own sons and daughters have graduated from the school, one of them, Miss Mary Louise Harris, finishing (Turn to page four please) Thomas Long Gets Two Out Os Three High School Prizes Betty Jo’s Job » > i, Betty Jo Wade, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Wade, of Route one, Roxboro, saved her nickles, dimes and pesnies and yesterday morning brought a $25 War Bond. It just hap pened that her Bond pushed to one million dollars the value of small bonds sold here through Peoples Bank. Accord ing to Gordon C. Hunter, chair man and bank official, the sale was made at 10:49 A M. SUPPER MEETING p The Sunday School workers’ Council and Supper of First Bap tist Church will be held Tues day evening at 7 o’clock. All of ficers, teachers, and other work ers are urged to attend. IN AIR CORPS Sam P. Umstead, cf Roxboro, son cf Mr. and Mrs. Logan Um | stead, who several weeks ago | went to New Mexico for glider i pilot training, has been transfer j red to Santa Anna, California, ■ j and is now training as an avia tion cadet. FROM MARYLAND Seaman Second Class Frank lin Gentry, of Rlcxboro and Bain j bridge, Md., son cf Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gentry, of Roxboro, is spending several days leave here With his parents. Formerly a student at Bethel Hill high school, Gentry has been in the Navy eight weeks. WITH FAMILY j Harry Jacobs, seaman first j class, of Longhurst, sen of Mr. ! and Mrs. A. G. Jacobs, in the Navy for more than a year, is spending his leave here with his family. He has not yet partici pated in any major engagements but has been on several trips to the West Indes and other ports. FROM WASHINGTON Pfc. Leonard Earl (Buddy) Parham, of Washington, D. C., is spending his furlough here with his parents, who also have as: their week-end guest, their daughter, Miss Edna Parham, also of Washington. Impressed Folks Watch Soldiers Leave For Camp Roxboro citizens, in a small but duly impressed group, gath ered here Friday to see accept ed men in the April group of Person and Roxboro Selective Service recruits depart for Camp Jackson at Columbia, |S. C. The accepted quota, relatively small in number, was composed of men ; in widely differing age groups, some just out of high school, others from among married men. One of those going was James Charles Brooks, husband of Mrs. Louise Brooks, manager of the Person Selective Service office. O. Y. Clayton, Tom Brooks and R. B. Dawes spent several days in Washington, D. C., last week. \ BACK YOUR BoY£g||[ Buy an Additional English Cup Goes To Miss Crumpton Os Warren’s Grove Large Crowd Gathers To See Graduates And Hear Harris. Home Room Winners Announced. Seventy-eight 12th and 11th grade graduates of the Class of 1943, Roxboro high school, on Friday night heard a commence ment address by Lieut. Gov. R L. Harris, of this City, and re ceived from Dr. B. A. Thaxton, chairman of Roxboro district school board, diplomas shewing completion of school work. Thomas Long, a member of the graduating class and son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Long, receiv i ed two awards, the J. A. Long Memorial Scholarship Bond and the Kiwanis Citizenship award, winning the last named award for two years in succession. Long, besides being an outstand ing student and civic leader, is prominent in Roxbcro Boy Scout circles, being an Eagle Scout and a troop leader. Presentation of the Scholar ship bond, valued at SSO, was by Person Representative R. P. Burns on behalf of the J. A, Long family, while presentation of the Kiwanis award, $lO in stamps, was by J. J. Woody, club president. Winner of the Roxboro Wo man’s Club’s English loving cup for best essay was Miss Janie Pearl Crumpton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raney Crumpton, of Wa r:n’s Grove. Presentation: was by Mrs. A. F. Nichols, of Roxboio high scljool English de partment, and judges were Mes daines W. F. West, B. B. Strum and T B. Brooks, presidents, respectively of the Thursday j afternoon, the Research and the Study dubs, three literary or ganizations for women here. Invocation was by the Rev. W. ! C. Martin, pastor of Edgar Lang Memorial Methodist church. Personal note was presenta tion by the Senior class of a gift to Dr. Thaxton, board chairman, Who (was observing his fifty third birthday. Presentation was by the Senior president, C. Mar tin Michie, Jr. Michie, Jr., incidentally, is a nephew of Lieut. Gov. Hariris, speaker of the evening, as is (turn to page four, please) SON BORN Mr. and Mrs. Ml C. Strickland, es Lamar street are today an nouncing the birth of a son, Jimmy Donald, on Tuesday, April 20. Paternal grandparents are Police Officer and Mrs. W. N. Strickland, of Oxford. J. D. Mangum .is spending sev eral days in New York City on business. Mrs. Coy Day of Newport News, Va., was a Roxbotr# visi tor last week. * ONIONS SELL HIGH Newton, May 8. T. L. Hed rick, a fanner of Oxford com munity, commanded a top price of $1.20 for a dozen bunches of anibns at-a Hickory market . Jj NUMBER 61