Along The Way
With the Editor
Professional business forecasters base predictions on
everything but the unexpected and the unexpected always
happens. “Ye Auld” Editor of this column is not spending his
vacation with his mother-in-law this summer, but collected
enough subscriptions to make it to the seashore. I see now
why he had Thomas J. Shaw to present me with a bill for a
year’s subscription to his paper in advance. Surely it was not
because of a business policy he has of wanting to collect 50
percent of the bill from people he does not know, and 100 per
cent from those he does know. If I had known the motive
behind that collection, I would have kept that two dollars and
tried to get to the beach myself.
| Wish I were an editor with a good collector like Thomas
J. Shaw, Wheeler Newell or Nominator Kirby to collect the
bills, and a well fed manager like Maynard to do the work
so I could go to the beach every two years. Maybe the editor
needed to go.
Once a year the newsboys of a certain district in London
are taken for an outing up the Thames River by a gentleman of
the neighborhood where they can bathe to their heart’s content.
As one little boy was getting into the water, a friend observed,
“I say Bill, aren’t you a little dirty!” “Yqs,” replied Bill, “I
missed the train last year.”
One lady in Roxboro stated that she would like to see the
editor in a bathing suit, but the lady’s companion replied
“Excuse me please.” Perhaps she had already seen too much
of this vacationist at Chub Lake or Turtle Pond. We hope the
editor of this column will return refreshed and be able to eat,
sleep and drink without having to borrow from Maynard for
these privileges. Sam had better enjoy these trips wh;le he
is younger than he soon will be for he has quit grow'ing at both
ends and is now growing in the middle. Furthermore, he want
i ed to look young while at the beach, so he sauntered up to Curtis
Oakley in the drug store before going away and asked Curtis
if he had anything for gray hair, to which Curtis replied,
“Sorry, nothing but the utmost respect, sir.”
Hope the editor will enjojfhis trip and not get drowned in
tiie surf unless necessary. Wheeler Newell asked Josephus
Kirby how far it was to Myrtle Beach, when Mr. Kirby res
ponded, “Let’s ask Sam Merritt, he is the most traveled man in
these parts he has a pair of shoes.”
y When the most traveled man in these parts made his first
visit to Durham, he asked the Jiame of a large tall building
standing on the corner of the street, and when a bystander re
plied that it was a skyscraper, Sam stated that he would like
! to see it work. Maynard hopes to see Sam work w'hen he get
back.
The editor should be able to give some valuable advice
about seashores to those of us who can't get to the seashore
this year. He should be as valuable as Mike telling Pat what
to do when he visits the zoo. “You be careful,” said Mike,
. “about the zoo. You’ll see foine animals if you follow the
words, “to the lion’s or elephant’s,” but take no notice of the
one, “To the Exit,” for begorrah Pat, its a fraud, and I found
myself outside when I went in. ’
If Maynard can’t get any work out of Sam when he gets
back, perhaps Sam will try to improve his golfing. When on
the links recently, Sam asked his caddy if his golf was getting
better. Well, “No,” was the reply, it isn’t getting better nor it
isn’t getting worse. Its just getting queerer.
* H. K. Sanders,
* Pitching for the Editor
Os all things Wallace Woods originated the idea of get
ting out an edition titled “Newspaper Appreciation,” for both
local newspapers, and, according to Gordon Hunter and Tom
' Bennett, as soon as the edition was an assured success, both
Sam Merritt and Col. Joe Noell skipped out of town with the
profits and took a vacation. What we want to know, said Tom
and Gordon, is, what will Frank Thomas and Maynard Clayton
do?
(This was mailed in by an unknown party.)
liate news Bulletins
JOHN I. BROOKS GETS RURAL CARRIER POST
John I. Brooks, for some time a substitute clerk at Rox
boro Post Office, has been notified of his appointment as a
rural carrier. He will serve on Route No. 2, which in length
covers forty-six and one-third miles
TWENTY THOUSAND CIGARETTES FOR NAVY MEN
Stephen Georges, a Roxboro restauranteur, who likes the
Navy, about three or four months ago contributed twenty
thousand cigarettes to men in that branch of the service. To
day he got a letter of thanks from Lieut. Ernest P. Yutzler,
speaking for all the men who got the smokes.
T. W. WORLEY’S SON GETS AIR MEDAL
T. W. Worley, night clerk at Hotel Roxboro, was today in
formed that the Air Medal has been awarded to his son, Second
(Lieut. Tracy W. Worley, Jr., of Norfolk, Va„ now serving in
China. The citation came from famed General C. L. Ch.mnault.
One Case Closed By Beeson
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And Six Grade A Meat
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PERSON §1? TIMES
VOLUME XIV
Gasoline Ration
Violators Receive
Board Judgments
Polling Places
For Referendums
On Tobacco
Referendum on flue-cured
tobacco will be held on Satur
day, July 24th., 8 A. M. to 5
P. M., in Person County at the
following polling places:
AJlensville No. 1, Denny’s
Store; ARensville No. 2, Al
lensville School; Bushy Fork
No. 1, Bushy Fork; Bushy Fork
No. 2, Hurdle Mills; Cunning
ham Station; Flat River No. 1,
Helena School; Flat River No.
2, Helena School.
Holloway No. 1, Dixon’s
Store; Holloway No. 2. Bethel
Hill; Mt. Tirzah No. 1, D. M.
Cash’s Store; Mt. Tirzah No. 2,
Mt. Tirzah School; Olive Hill,
Eddie Perkin’s Store; Roxboro
No. 1, Courthouse; Roxboro No.
2, Courthouse; Roxboro No. 3
Courthouse; Woodsdale at
Woodsdale.
LOIS YARBOROUGH.
OF AUGUSTA, GA.,
HOME FOR VISIT
His Sister Hurt In Acci
dent, Leaves Hospital.
Corp. Lois Yarborough, of
Augusta, Ga., whose sister, Miss
Hazeline Yarborough, of Rox
boro, was injured Thursday in
an automobile accident near
Roxboro Country club, is spend
ing the week-end here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Yarborough.
Miss Yarborough, who receiv
ed a fractured arm, returned to
her home Friday from Commun
ity hospital. Others in the car,
driven by Miss Mary Lou Dixon,
which turned over after striking
a rock in the road, were Misses
Mary Jane Fox and Olivia Gar
rett, all of Roxboro, and Miss
Lucy Sumner, of Raleigh, guest
of Miss Dixon. Their injuries
were slight.
Four of the five girls, all mem
bers of a swimming party, were
reportedly standing and riding
on running board of the car.
Berry Turns In
Formal Release;
No Successor Yet
M. Banks Berry, of Roxboro,
new member of the State Barb
ers Eamining EJoard, yesterday
, presented to Person Clerk of
Superior Court Miss Sue C.
, Bradshisr, his formal resigna
i tion as a member of the Per
son County Board of Commis
sioners. Miss Bradsher, how
ever, has not yet designated
his successor, although it is ex
pected she will announce de
cision in a few days.
She said yesterday that the
names of two or three persons
had been suggested, but declin
ed to make further comment.
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WHERE SHARKS HATCH
In some species of shark, the
eggs are hatched within the
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY AND THURSDAY ROXBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1943
Some Warned
Others Have To
Do Without
Some Seven Cases Con
sidered By Hearing
Panel Friday.
Gasoline books were ordered
revoked and restrictions were
placed upon seven or more alleg
ed violators of rationing rules
Friday by the hearing panel of
the Person OPA in its regular
session. Officials present were
Sam Byrd Winstead, panel chair
man, and Philip L. Thoma_s, OPA
chairman and panel member.
Police Chief George C. Robin
son, third panel member, was
absent because of illness.
B book of Thomas Graves, one
of the offenders iwas revoked,
although it was stipulated that
he may apply at a later date for
gasoline for the next period.
Kenneth Walker, of Roxboro,
who lives across the street from
his work and who has allegedly
taken pleasure trips to Georgia,
had his C book revoked.
In the case of Dorsey Brad
sher, whose license was revoked
in Person Recorder’s court, the
panel ordered that his A book
be kept for family use, with the
warning that if any of the mem
bers of the family violate the or
der the book will be revoked,
while Walter Reade Gentry, of
Roxboro, charged with speeding,
was warned that gas book for
his car will be revoked if he is
caught again.
For James Gregory, of Route
One, Timtoerlake, whose driving
license was revoked in Record
er’s court, the OPA board will
not issue a suplementary book.
His son will drive for him on an
A book, while William Woodrow
Smith, a truck driver for L. S.
McWhorter, was warned that all
future gasoline for him (Smith)
will be revoked if he is caught
again. Smith, in Recorder’s court,
was charged with speeding, and
Clay Thomas, R. F. D., Roxboro,
charged * with careless and reck
less driving, was warned that if
he is caught again his gasoline
books will be revoked.
STATE GUARD
UNITS ARRIVE
AT BRAGG TODAY
Advance Corps Already
On Scene At Largest
Camp.
FORT BRAGG, July 17—. The
entire North Carolina State
Guard is scheduled to arrive at
Fort Bragg on Sunday, July 18,
for a 10-day encampment, it iwas
announced by Colonel William S.
Pritchard, commanding officer of
District No. 2, Fourth Service
Comand, under whose guidance
the 2,000 guardsmen from all
sections of the State will undergo
training.
Plans have been completed for
the encampment and an advance
detachment arrived at this larg
est of| Army posts Thursday,
July 15, to organize a supply
unit. The guardsmen will occupy
the area formerly used by the
114th Field Artillery, one of the
most ideal encampment sites oar
will b* it review on Saturday,
Mel/ilie Broughto*. North
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j County’s War
j Fund Meeting
j Set For Thursday
Robert M. Hanes, of Winston
i Salem, Tom Carroll, executive
Secretary, also of that City,
and J. H. McEwen, district
dhairman, of Burlington, will
be headline speakers Thursday
night at eight o’clock at Fevson
County Court House at a mass
meeting of Roxboro and Per
son citizens which is being
called for purpose as erganiz-
I ing a United War Fund com
! mittee.
The War Fund drive is ex
pected to take place in the
Fall, but it is regardied as im
portant that machinery for or
ganization be set up now and
for this reason a full attend
ance is requested.
Bleat Board In
Plain Talk Blood
Over Controls
Says Time And Place In
opportune Fbr Regula
tions And Abattoirs.
R. B. Griffin, vice chairman of
; the Person County War Meat
; Board, today reported that the
Board at its Thursday session au
j thorized the sending of a com
munication to the State Board of
Health, Raleigh, saying that
i some adjustment of cancelled
I slaughtering permits for Person
butchers and meat dealers must
be sought and that the Person
Meat Board feels that this is a
most inopportune time to choose
for enforcement of regulations
that have been on the books for
as long as two years without en
forcement.
The Person Board in its
resolution also said that the pre
sent time, because of difficulties
of obtaining materials, even af
ter priorities are granted, is not
a suitable time to construct any
but the most simple and rudi
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Coast Guard Swell
Say Two Who Get
Stared At, At Home
Basil Riley And
Noell Jones Are
Full Os Stories
Only Men From Roxboro
In Coast Guard, Proud
That They Volunteered.
B&sil Riley, 22, and Noell
Jones, 20, two Roxboro young
men, eight months ago were con
firmed “landlubbers” whose only
nautical experience was confined
to the muddy waters of Chub
Lake, near Roxboro Country
club. Today, they are seasoned
Seamen First Class, of the Uni
ted States Coast Guard, and ra
ther proud of the fact that they
are apparently the only Person
and Rorboro representatives in
that, ancient branch of U. S. ser
vice.
Riley, a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Aubrey Riley and a nephew
of Police Officer and Mrs.
Charles Wade, with whom he
makes his home, is now here on
leave from his station, Curtly
Bay Yard, near Baltimore, where
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Irwin, On Spirit Os
America, Defines
National Traits
PRAISE COMES
FROM NISBET FOR
ANNIVERSARY
Columnist Comments On
Roxboro’s Newspaper
Appreciation Week.
. Lynn Nisbet, of Raleigh, in his
syndicated “Around Capitol
Square” column, last week had
these kind words to say about
Roxboro’s Chamber of Com
merce and its two newspapers,
“The Times”, and “The Cour
ier”
Sesquicentennial
That was a right nifty stunt
pulled by the chamber of com
merce and the newspapers at
j Roxboro last week. Wallace
j Wood?, ’chamber of commerce
j secretary, conceived the idea of
1 observing the 150th anniversary
i of the establishment of Person
| county as “Newspaper Apprecia
tion Week.” He couldn’t have
! hit on a better idea to get pubji
j city. Roxboro’s two fine semi
| weeklies—The Courier and The
: Times—“ Went to town” with
; special editions publicizng the
: progress,: and development of the
’county and its county seat during
, the pat century and a half.
Prophetic
Considering the occasion, the
1 special editions were delightful
ly different from the usual rj^n.
| There was very little about the
- >.
j past glory of Person or Roxboro.
| Emphasis throughout was on
i present accomplishment and fu
! ture prospects. The papers in
j formed the rest of the world
that whatever might have hap
pened years ago, fact is that
right now the county has a pro
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ru re about two weeks ago, is at
; the Surf Station, Sandwich,
Mass., but they started out on
I their adventure together and this
I story belong; to both of them.
To begin with, they volun
teered for the Coast Guard. It
! was back in the days when vei
•j unteering could be done, Decem
ber 2, 1942, at Raleigh, where
they were sworn in after a
rather miserable week of wait
ing in a crowded hotel, where
five youths all of the same mind
and anxious to be accepted be-
I fore volunteering was passe,
j shared one bedroom, one mirror
j and one towel.
That experience ought to have
been a warning of what was
coming at the induction center
and training station at Curtis
Bay, where Basil and Noell and
others of their “one-towel” crew
I were first initiated into the com
plexities of becomng Coast
Guardsmen. They discovered, for
instance, that they had to learn
the special vocabulary of a ser
vice first formed in 1790, one
year after Washington became
President and three years before
Roxboro was founded. That’s
■how old the Coast Guard is.
Its words and its w«* as
Basil says, are its own. fey way
of example, then Is •s&<*-
tho ' I
NUMBER 80
Holds Attention
Os City’s Civic
Club Members
Also Praises Work Os
H unter As Roxboro
Banker.
Dr. W. A. Irwin, native of
Glasgow', Scotland, but for many
year,; a citizen of , the United
States and now educational di
rector of the Institute of Bank
ing, New York City, in a stirring
address to two Roxboro civic
clubs on Thursday night analys
ed “The American Spirit” as a
combination of best qualities
drawn from Greek, Roman and
British traditions, with love of
freedom and a passion for self
government as dominant charac
teristics.
Introduced by Gordon C. Hun
ter. Roxboro banker, whose guest
he was, Dr. Irwin, who came
South to participate in the
Bankers’ conference at Chapel
Hill, paid high tribute to Hun
ter’s work in the North Carolina
Bankers’ association. The ad
dress was given at Hotel Rox
boro, where Rotarians, Kiwan
ians and special guests, among
them Mrs. I. O. Abbitt, likewise
a native of Scotland,
gathered for more than an hour.
'Purely material aspect of
American progress was illustra
ted by the speaker by descrip
tion of the impression of wonder
created for his mother by the
American system of free and un
limited telephone service and the
extent of her appreciation of the
new world by her declaration,
“If I were twenty years young
er, I would never go back to the
old country.”
Quickly, and with wit. Dr. Ir
win changed emphasis from A
merican wealth, material pro
gress and restlessness, by saying
that native sympathy, coupled
with love of liberty and a spirit
of intellectual curiosity, are basic
principles of the American spirit
and contrbute our real claims to
greatness among nations;
Timely, also, was his reference
to the fact that many of the
staunch American soldiers of to
: day come from ranks of young
people once looked down upon
by their sober elders as “jitter
bugs” of first order. Equally im
pressive was his quotation from
the “Agricola” of Tacitus,, anent
decadences of an earlier day.
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Funeral Conducted
For Mrs. Jeffries j
Os Rougemont
Funeral rites for Mrs. Emma
Bowen Jeffries, 58, of Rouge
mont, were held at the Red
Mountain Baptist Church Friday
with the Rev. O. L. Riggs, pas
tor, officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers iwere John Pool,
Philo Wilson, Cleve Adams, J. N.
Oakley, R. W. Crabtree and Gar
land C. Jordan.
Mrs. Jeffries died Thursday.
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