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VOLUME XIV
Watson Boy Hurt In
Hit And Run Crash
, Was Riding His
Bicycle Sunday
On Main Street
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Officials StiH Seek For
Car That Struck Son Os
Roxboro Police Officer.
John Hudgins, State Highway
patrolman, together with City
and County officials, is still in- ,
vestigating a hit-and-run acci- >
dent which ocourred here Sun
day night on South Main street
and resulted in slight injuries to
I.ayniond Watson, carrier boy :
for the Greensboro Daily News
and son of Police Officer and
Mrs. Artie Watson. I
The boy, according to Hudgins,
was struck while riding a bicy
cle. The speeding car, the boy
said, was either a large sedan or ,
a funeral car and the driver sped
away without stopping after the ,
boy had been knocked from his
wheel. Hie received scratches and
body bruises, but was not other
wise hurt. The. accident occur
red at twilight.
Hudgins, in commenting "on
the incident, issued a reminder
that bicycle riders by State law
are required to observe all rules
of the highway and must have
both front and rear lights, al- {
though the rear signal may b> a
reflector.
Watson’s bicycle was damaged
to some extent. He is reported
to have been on his side of the
street, although he swerved his
wheel in an effort to avoid be
ing hit.
REQUESTMADE
TO PARENTS TO
ACCEPT EQUALITY
School .Officials .Say
Rolls At Central School
Are Made Up.
Person County and Roxboro
public school officials, with par
ticular reference to composition
of classrooms at Roxboro Cen
tral Grammar school, today is
sued the following statement:
“Teachers are glad to say that
requests for children to be in
their rooms have been many.
Any teacher appreciates this, but
in" fairness to all concerned it
hies been decided to make equal
(ksiribution, numerically and as
to rating, with no exceptions.
“This has been done and the
roll for each teacher has been
filed for school opening next Fall.
The teachers made no choice and
took their turn in drawing from
the promotion lists.
“A pleasant year is being
planned for 1943-1944 and it will
be appreciated if every parent
will cooperate by refraining from
making any request or favor this
year. One granted might lead to
-« multiplicity at nidi and result
in ttie complete upsetting of
every class noli
It is that the state
ment is issued with full approval
of officials concerned, namely,
Wiqg Rida Collins, principal of
Roxboro Central Grammar
school, Leon Oocch, district su
pervising principal in Roxboro
and RL B. Griffin, Person coun
(tum to page eight, please)
PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1943
OPA Has No
Report For
New Ceilings j
c
Sugar For Canning Rules j 1
Are Explained, However, | £
By Officials. t
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| £
Person OPA officials today |i
said that no new price ceilings 1
effective on groceries to be sold : 1
in Person County or Roxboro :
have been received here as yet,
but added that if and when such 1
ceiling notices are officially re- <
ceived they will be released at
once for newspaper publication, j'
| The statement from the Person ! !
OPA Board was prompted be- j'
cause of a previous confusion j'
created here when orders appli- j :
cable to Charlotte and Raleigh, j]
and Mecklenburg and Wake j'■
counties in which those cities 1
'are situated, were cited by a |
newspaper here as applicable toj-
Person County and Roxboro. j
It was further explained that *
existing ceiling prices in effect
iin the Person area are not great
'iy different from those estab
lished in Raleigh and Charlotte,
j which have been designated by
OPA as experimntal areas.
| Person OPA officials did, how
jever, say that instructions on
| Sugar allotments for canning j
'have been received. Plans are i
' underway in Person County to !
j issue sugar for home canning in j
The various County communities j
so that applicants will not have j
to come to Roxboro to obtain j
certificates.
J If present plans work out, |
some organization in each com
'mur.ity, with one person *ln
charge, will issue home canning
sugar certificates from various
' schools county on one day in
l
each week all during the sum
mer. When schedules are arrang
ed they will be posted at school
and announced in news-
I
papers.
j It is expected that application
■ arrangements will be completed
by end of this month. Ar. in
,' crease has been allowed this year
for preserving so that five
'pounds may be 'obtained for each
in a family, plus one
. pound of sugar for each four
i quarts of fruit canned.
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Dr. Fitzgerald
Recommended For
School Body Here
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Appointment of Dr. J. D. Fitz- '
i gerald, Roxboro physician and '
surgeon, to the Person Coonty ;
: School board to fill the vacancy j
1 j created by the death of B. G.
. Crumpton, Democrat, rates recom
i mended to the (State Board of
; Education by the Person Demo
. cratic Executive committee in
; session here Saturday afternoon.
: Meeting was called by R. B.
Dawes, chairman.
[ RETURNS TO COLUMBUS j
, Mrs. John W. [Merritt, of Col- j
> limbus, Ga., who was called to (
. Roxboro because of the injury,
. her father, H. T. Ritchie', suf- j
, feted in an accident, has return
. ed to Columbus to be with her
husband, Lieut. Merritt.
TIMES
BICYCLE THEFTS
NET TWO NEGROES
COURT SENTENCES
Many Other Cases Come
Up In Person Recorder’s
Court Tuesday.
Two Negro youths, James Cun
ningham and Elvin Bumpass,
both 19 and charged with lar
ceny of bicycles, received road
sentences Tuesday from Judge
R. B. Dawes in Person record
er’s court. Bumpass, who receiv
ed three months, had his sent
ence suspended cn payment of
a S2O fine and costs, while Cun
ningham received a straight
road sentence of six months. The
boys are alleged to have deliber
ately planned the thefts.
Other cases disposed of were:
Leva Sitaley, Negro, 23, truck
driver from Liberty, no opera
tor’s license, suspended with
costs; Willard Rimmer, 23, re
sisting officer, suspended with
costs Stephen Johnson, Negro,
22, careless and reckless driving,
$5 and costs, with license sus
pended four months, and on a
second charge, no operator’s li
cense, suspended with costs,
j Also, Earl Mitchell Blackwell,
■ Negro, 22, a truck driver, no
j operator’s license, suspended
‘with costs; Herman Turner, pos
tturn to page eight, please)
Phifer House In
Charlotte Loses
Battle With xAge
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| Charlotte, May 12.—Razing
j of the old Phifer home on
; North Tryon Street here, the
j structure in which President
' Jefferson Davis of the Con
! federate States of America held
| his last full cabinet meeting,
i has begun.
I Owners said they regretted
j the necessity for destroying the
building but that efforts to
have it set apart as a historic
shrine had failed and in its
condition it was becoming a
menace to safety.
The historic house was the
Charlotte home of the late
Prof. Robert S. Phifer, fath
er of Mrs. Thomas J. Lipscombe
and Mrs. J. P. Giles, of Bur
leigh Plantation, near Semora.
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JASPER N. DAVIS
TAKES LIFE WITH
GUN SATURDAY
Rites Held Sunday For Na
tive Os Person County.
Funeral services tor Jasper N.
Davis, 40, of Roxboro and Dur
j ham, were held Sunday after
'noon from the graveside of the
: Ruffin Davis Cemetery, south of
| Roxboro, with the Rev. Joe B.
jCurrin and the Rev. J. N. Blow
man officiating.
Davis conmmitted suicide with
a shotgun early Saturday morn
ing at the home of his mother in
Durham. His wife instituted di
voroe proceedings on grounds of
two years separation in Durham
County Superior Court on April
27.
i Pallbearers were Willie Jones,
[Garlapd Hobgood, Moses Watson,
, Grovei) Thompson Jr., Wiley
i Weaver and Bunn Ellis.
I, Floral bearers: Miss (Margaret
Watson, Mias Alese Whitaker,
Miss Ann James, Miss Margaret
(tut® to page eight, please)
One Os Three
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CLARENCE OAKLEY - j>
Clarence Oakley, of Roxboro, j
one of three sons of Mrs. Mary | (
Ella Oa'klley, who are in mili- j
tary service, is with the United I
States Army, stationed in |
Haw aii. Two of his brothers, j
Garland and Clyde, are with j
the Navy.
City High School
To Have Teacher
j
Os Agriculture
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Z. C. Moore, a native of 'j
South Carolina and a graduate
of Clemson College, in Septem- |
ber will join th'e faculty of ;
Roxboro high school as the in
stitution's first teacher of agri
| culture. He hate until recently j
| been teacher of that subject at ,
| Wilton high school, Granville I
j county.
I Moore, who is married and
has four children, expects to
establish residence in Roxboro
by July 1. Before teaching at
Wilton, where he has been for
| several years, he was connect- '
ed with schools in Gates coun- j
ty.
Daughters Os
j Confederacy j
Honor Reade
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Informal Dinner For Per
son Veteran At Hotel
Roxboro Monday.
W. F. Reads, 96, of Mount Tir
zah, only surviving Confederate
in Person County, was honor
guest at an informal Memorial
jDay luncheon given here at Ho
tel Roxboro by Person chapter
of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy.
Covers were laid for twenty
nine guests, including Lieut. Gov.
R. L. Harris, chapter members
and relatives and; friends of
Reade. Invocation was by Lieut.
Governor, but no formal pro
' gram was presented.
Chapter president, Mrs. Ralph
Cote, was unable to attend, but
among those present, in addition
to members of the Reade family
were Mrs. Mamie Merritt, Mrs.
O. Page Long, Mrs. E. B. Yancey,
Mrs. Headley Kynoch and oth
ers.
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GETS COMMISSION
Dwight L. Gentry, <xf Roxboro
and Fort Benning, Ga., a ton of
Mr. and, Mrs. L. B. Gantry, of
Roxboro, has received his com
mission as second lieutenant,
having completed officers train
ing. He entered the Army in
November 1941.
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Sunday Prohibition Os Wine
And Beer Goal Os Ministers
REV. MR. PEEE |i
FINALS SPEAKER j<
AT OLIVE HILL j,
' i
Roxboro Minister Deliv
ers Graduating Message.
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The Rev. F. B. Peele, Method- |
ist minister, of Roxboro, com- j
mencement speaker at Olive Hill |
school, of which Mrs. R. B. Daw- !i
es, of this City is principal, had !
last Work as his subject, “Life-'.
lls a Beautiful Garden”. The
! speaker, who was introduced by j
| James Winstead, urged the grad- j
jiuates to keep their own life j
garden beautiful.
Members of the graduating i
class were: Albert Blalock, Jr., I
William G. Bradsher, Robert, j
Bennie and Mary Louise Carver,
.Margaret, Evelyn and Dot Clay
jton, Betty Duncan, Mary Eliza
jbeth Evans, Hallie Mae Fox, Lib
by Neathcry, Thelma, Christine
■ and Emily Oakley, Lillie Mae j
t| |
Soloman, Roberta Winstead, John
j Williford and James White,
j Announcer was William G. 1
i Bradsher, with Mrs. Robert 1
Featherston, of the faculty, as j
pianist. Valedictorian was Mary
Elizabeth Evans ’and salutatorian i
j was Libby Neathery. Class poem ;
i was read by Bennie Carver and 1
|presentation of thirteen perfect
| attendance certificates was by
iGuy Clayton.
RED CROSS FIRST j
AID AND WATER j
COURSES OFFERED j
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George Barber, Os Alex- |
anderia To Come Here
I In June.
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i George Barber, Red Cross First
laid instructor from Alexanderia, !
| Va., headquarters, will arrive in (
l Roxboro next month and on
jjune 7, at RJcxboro high school
| will begin a series of instructor
| courses lasting two weeks. To be
•included is a water safety pro
gram expected to be of interest
[to ’teen-aged young, men who are
’ (about to enter military service.
'I R. B. Griffin, Person and Riox-
L iboro American Red Cross First
' aid chairman, said today that
' Barber’s courses will be open to
' all interested citizens. The first
aid course will be taught chiefly
at night in the high school li
brary, although the water safety
1 j program will probably be offer
[ed\in the morning or the after
noon, with some sessions at Chub
Lake, near Roxboro.
Class schedules are tentative
and will be announced later..
Some first aid classes may be of
fered in the daytime.
VISITS PARENTS
Pvt. Jack White, of Fort Bragg
and Hurdle Mills, spent the
week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. White. Another
'son, Pfc. Lawresce White, is sta
tioned at Fort Benning, Ga.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
Mrs. B. W. Gardner and Fred
Long, both prominent Roxboro
residents, who on Monday under
went operations at Community
hospital are reported to be rest
ing more comfortably.
City Officials j
Sworn In As
Board Meets
No Mention Made Os Re
ceipt Os Blue Law Re
quest Sent By Ministers.
Mayor S. G. Winstead and five
City Commissioners, on Tuesday
night at May session of the City
Council, w.re officially inducted
into office for new terms run- I
oing until May 1945.
Oath to the Mayor, who now' |
begins his second full term ini
office, was administered by Miss j
[Ruth Newton, secretary to City i
Attorn- y F. O. Carver, Sr., while j
jthe Commissioners themselves
I were later sworn in by the May- |
or.
No other official business was j
reported by Mayor Winstead, i
I who said that City offices of an '
(appointive nature are expected
to be filled at June session,
I w hich it is hop:d City Manager
( Percy Bloxarn, now ill at his
| home here, will be able to at
tend. Appointive, officers include
(the City Manager, the City At
torney and the Chief cf Police.
' . Commissioners. SWiam in were
'Gordon C. Hunter, C. Lester
Brooks, Philip L. Thomas, Geo
rge J. Gushwa and R. Cliff Hall,
I the last namied now beginning
jhis first full term. Committee'
(appointments, including that of
| Commissioner of Police and pub
lic safety remain the same. Elec
tion of City officials was held
, two weeks ago.
j Mayor Winstead dd not mon
ition receipt of any wine and
| beer blue law request from the
i Person ministerial association,
I although it is definitely known
jthat such a request was received.
'RITES HED FOR
A. E. NEWTON, 81,
OF ROSEVILLE
Survivors Include Two
Daughters, Two Sons and
Granchildren.
A. E. Newton, 81, of Roseville,
near Roxboro, died Monday
night at his home after an ill
ness lasting three weeks. He had
I been in ill health several years
land since first of the year had
(been a patient in various hospi
tals.
Funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon at three o’clock at the
home by the Rev. F. B. Peele, of
Roxboro, with interment in the
Hester’s store cemetery.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, two sons, cne sister, a half
brother, two half-sisters, five
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Daughters are Miss grille
Newton, of the home, and Mrs.
Howard Allen, of Roxboro. Sons
are Sam HL and A. R. Newton,
both of Roxboro. Sister is Mrs.
W. A. Wilkerson, of Durham.
Half-brother is R. D. Newton, of
Hurdle Mills, and half-sisters
Mrs. Satira Tatum, of Roxboro,
and Mrs. Pattie Pidklett, of Dur
ham.
Active pallbearers were: Cecil
(turn to page »ight, please)
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NUMBER 62
Local Laws’
Sought By
Association
Person Ministerial Asso
ciation Makes Request
To County And City Of
ficials.
Ten Person County and Rox
boro protestant ministers, repre
senting the Person County Min
isterial association, on. Tuesday
[sent to Person County and Rox
boro City commissioners a re-
I quest that they enforce the re
icently passed State-wide law re
lative to closing hours for esta
blishments selling wine and beer,
jibe request was formed at a
■ meeting held Mlcnday.
The association request, as re
i ported by the Rev. Rufus J.
jWombte, secretary, calls for clos
ing from “eleven P. M. on Satur
day to seven A. M. on Monday”,
! whereas the State law says that
do beer or wine may be sold on
(any night from 11:30 o’clock un
: til seven A. M., with no refer
! ence to closing all day on Sun
day or any other day.
There are in Person County
| and Roxboro no local laws cpn-
with the State
j many dealers and establish
| rr.ents do not sell wine or beer
before one o’clock on Sunday a£-
! ternoons and do not sell during
j church hours in the evening.
There is also a voluntary agree
[ment with some dealers not to
(turn to page eight, please)
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Seven Members
'Added To Roll
j
Os Organization Hi
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j W. Wallace Woods, executive
secretary lof Roxboro Chamber
lof Commerce, today announced
|the addition of the following
[firms to the roll of membership
;in the. organization:
j Tuxedo Billiard parlor, Spenc
. dr’s funeral home, Fisher’s gro
cery company, Belvin and H.
Barnette, Hall’s hardware, Wfi
Whorter Lumber company and
Creedmoor Supply company, all
added following amembership
canvass staged here by the Board
of Directors.
■A
i Ivey Gentry Gets
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Commission As
Army Lieutenant
Ivey C. Gentry, 23, of Altens
ville, a son of Mr. and Mire. W.
H. Gentry and a graduate of
Wake Forest college, class of
1940, this week received his com
mission as a second lieutenantofr;
the Army Air Forces after
pleting an intensive course In
meterology in the college of Mr,
gineering, New York University.
Lieut Gentry, who is also jfes
graduate of AllensviHe high;,
, school, enlisted in the
forces at Fort Bragg, June 13,
j 1942. He was formerly a teachMr
in the Canton public schools.
brother, Burley B. Gentry*
in the Army, is statione&gfiißhU
Petersburg, Fla. '‘ufffjif