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PAGE EIGHT CREDIT WOODS WITH NEWSPAPER WEEK (continued from front page) lectly connected with the pres entation of “Newspaper Appre ciation Week” is the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1935, with Hugh Sawyer, of Durham, now of Dothan, Ala., as first secretary. Sawyer, who ser ved about a year, was succeeded by Jack Bane, of Greensboro, who served two years, and was followed by Melvin Burke, of Spencer, who came here to prac tice law and while in office com bined both the duties of secre tary and the practice of his pro fession. Woods has been secre tary since January 1, 1940, step ping the position up to a full time basis in May 1941. Founding of the Person Coun ty Times, at first a weekly pub lication occurred in July 1929, with J. S. Merritt as editor and Maynard C. Clayton as business manager, a relationhip which still continues both in executive capacities and in a business partnership. It is significant that Merritt and Clayton are both natives of Roxboro and members of fami lies linked almost irom the be ginning with the histories of the City and the County. They en tered the business from deli berate choice and are still in it by the same token. Foundation of the Roxboro Courier dates from 1881 and since 1884 it has been published by members of the family of J. W. Noell, present editor. First associated with Noell ownership of the Courier was the late John A. Noell, a brother of J. W. Noell, who came to Roxboro in 1884 and was followed here by J. W. in 1890. The Courier is now published by Noell, Taylor and Company, the Taylor name com ing in with the association of D. R. Taylor, advertising manager for the past ten or twelve years, who is now in the U. S. Navy. Also a partner is Mrs. Elizabeth Noell Bowles, a daughter of J. W. Noell. The Courier during many I 1793 1929 1943 I H I In the year 1793 the city of Roxboro was started I I In the year 1929 the Person County Times was organized I r I In the year 1943, July sth, we had all of these splendid I I bouquets tossed into our laps I ■ There *s only one thing that we can say - but believe us it I I comes from the bottom of our hearts -Its I “THANK YOU” | I PERSON COUNTY TIMES | I . WE STAND READY TOSERVE YOU 7 A years of its publication continu- | ed as a weekly, but shortly after the fouding of the Times both papers entered the semi-weekly field and the Courier for a time was published three times per week but changed again this year to semi-weekly form, giving as reason the difficulties of pub lication under war conditions. Interestig to observe is the ex pansion of both papers into worthy representatives in the semi-weekly field. F. O. Carver, Jr., Roxboro native and an alum nus of the University of North arolina, became associated with the Courier in 1935 and for sev eral years acted as an associate editor. Carver, about two years ago resigned to go with the State Highway Commission and js now publicity director for the Navy, stationed at Asheville. First City Editor of the Times was Edwin J. Hamlin, also a Roxboro native and a school of journalism graduate of the Uni versity of North Carolina, who became connected with the Times in 1938 and remained a bout a year, being succeeded by the present City Editor, Thomas J. Shaw, Jr., of Greensboro, a Duke graduate and University of North Carolina alumnus. Hamlin, now with the U. S. Army in Winston-Salem, left Roxboro to go with the Burling ton Times and subsequently with the Journal-Sentinal, in Wins ton-Salem. Other associate edi tors of the Roxboro Courier, | both now in the Army, were j William Smith Humphries and T. j C. Wagstaff, both Person natives ! ' and college graduates. Also col lege trained is the Times’ editor. f | Mr. Merritt, a graduate of Duke, j while Mr. Clayton, manager is an alumnus of Oak Ridge Insti- ; tute. By 1940 a correspondent’s 1 \ news service for three leading ■ | State dailies, the News and Ob . server, the Greensboro Daily • News and the Durham Morning , Herald was established by the . City Editor of the Times and i soon added to it was the Associ . ated Press. Big news of Novem ber 1940 was the election of Rox r boro’s Reginald Lee Harris as Lieutenant Governor and big i gest news break out of- Roxboro in this decade was The Cy Win stead, Jr., assault case and its violence case which came in August 1941. But major interest of Woods in promoting “Newspaper Ap preciation Week” lies in his real ization of the continuous service being given to Roxboro and Per son County by its two newspa pers, more particularly during the present war period, when both publications are being call ed upon for and are responding to every conceivable type of community service, particularly in Red Cross and War Bond and scrap and salvage campaigns. Much could be written about the differing and the dovetail ing editorial policies of the Times and the Courier, but hap piest form of cooperation prior to the issuing of these present editions was probably in the ini tiation of “Hospitality Week,” an event first given in 1939 and subsequently sponsored by the Roxboro Chamber of Commerce under Secretary Woods. COMMITTEE NAMED BY HARRIS WILL SEEK (continued from frbnt page) of Recorders’ court, together i with other citizens and officials. 1 Simple statement of the case was made by Mayor Winstead, who j said: “We are now working for : |the privilege of working for our j selves” and added that, “We ! must do all we can to promote the liberties we now enjoy.” Judge Dawes, on the other | | hand, pointed out that nothing | can be “done now under exist- j : ing vagrancy laws if persons ac- i j cused have any visible means of 1 support,” while Rep. R. P. Burns, j who is also County Attorney, j made initial suggestion at the meeting for appointment of a | citizens committee to act as a ! clearing house where vagrancy i ! and unemployment are concern- ; ed. ■ i Considerable discussion was j ■ directed to the fact that certain j 1 > citizens who congregate in spe- PERSUW COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. Police Chief SB t \\j i Y I : I GEORGE C. ROBINSON Police Chief of the City of Roxboro is George C. Robinson, former State Highway Patrol man and Durham police officer, who succeeded S. A. Oliver here as Chief in 1941. cific places in the City may be considered as unemployed, but this paint was cleared up by a statement from J. S. Merritt, editor of the Person County Times, who pointed out that vagrancy is observable .in more than one place in the City and may be found in many localities in the City and in the County. Beer and wine as a factor in j Monday layoffs among laborers ! was brought up by Wilson, who > j made a strong plea for City 1 adoption of a week-end ban sim ! ilar to that recently passed by j .the County. Wilson abo deplored I J the amount of time lost by la borers who are on Monday hailed into court after having had over-indulgence in intoxi cants during the week end. Lieut. Gov. Harris closed the discussion by observing that | greatest factor in abolition of j vagrancy and ,in the establish- J ment of a will to work is the I creation of public sentiment a -1 gainst idleness and pointed out E. E. BRADSHER WILL BE PERSON SCHOOL BOARD < (continued from page four) siness taken up was presentation of the school budget for the fis cal year to the Person County Commissioners, who met on the same day, and selection of open ing date of September 1, for both Person and Roxboro district schools for the 1943 Fall term. Griffin, in announcing the sel ection of the earlier opening date, said that schools can close on May 7, 1944, under the new plan for the nine month term be cause of a schedule calling for elimination of all holidays ex that without this sentiment of ficers of the law are powerless to do effective correcting of the evil. 1793 1943 I 150 Years Os Progress For Roxboro, "The Courteous City” We offer Our Congratulations to Roxboro on her 150th BIRTHDAY We Are Proud That We Are a Part of This Great Town. May it Continue to Prosper. Bruces 5c to SI.OO Store I Located in The Heart of The City Robert Masten Os Camp Murphy Has Praise For Army Pvt. Robert Masten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Masten, for the past five months stationed at Camp Murphy, Palm Beach, Fla., who is spending his furlough here with his parents, is one cept Christmas and for teaching of all classes on one Saturday in each month. The accelerated schedule is in effect mainly because majority of Person school patrons are farmers who want their children released frond! school early in the Spring to do farm work. THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1943 young man who is enjoying'. Army life. The food at Murpby,[i he says, “is good”, and the gene-; ral training program excellent, j Masten left Roxboro, in Febru- ‘ ary in the same group with Pfc. T. C. Wagstaff, who is now at" Camp Swift, Texas, but is short ly expected here for a visit with his mother, Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff, , , 1. IN NURSING CORPS Lieut. Grade Mae Garrett, of Roxboro, a daughter of Mrs. lola James Garrett, of Route Three, Roxboro, is now with the Army Nursing Corps at Camp Mac- Kali. A 1936 graduate of the Watts Hospital school of nursing in Durham, before entering the Army Corps she served as an in dustrial nurse and is now enter ing her first assignment with the Army.
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