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Person and Roxboro "Sacrifice Day,"--September 29th FDR latfl: I hope Americans will figure out for themselves addi tional payroll sav- i|p|FP VOLUME XIV PUBLISHED EVERT SUNDAT AND THURSDAY Sell Nearly 300,000 Pounds Here On First Three Days jHighest Average And Quality First" Day But Trend Upward Again Rain Causes Slowness On Roxboro And Other Old Belt Marts Tuesday. Estimated average for the first three days of the Roxboro mar ket is placed at $38.78 for 279,192 pounds sold for $99,902.23, with largest sale of 155,410 pounds on the opening day, Monday, when average was close to S4O per hundred pounds. Lowest sales were on Tuesday, a day of heavy rain, when only 56,878 pounds were sold, but the climb upward began again on Wednesday, with 66,904 pounds. Price averages on Tuesday and Wednesday were lower, but so |was quality, that at the be ginning was described by George W. Walker, board of trade secre tary as “medium to fair.” Sales are being held each day in each of the four houses in Roxboro, starting on the opening day at the Pioneer, where about 86,000 pounds at a $39.75 aver age was reported. Associated Press in a story from Winston-Salem said Tues day that Old Belt growers are pleaded with what they got on the opening day and that no re ports are being received of “tag turning”, the methd us oehwednß turning,” the method used when growers show dissatisfaction with prices. Lightness in weight, plus poor quality of some offerings, has pulled the price this year below the opening average for last season, but these were expected factors ar»s warehousemen atre expecting both prices and quali ty to be higher here from now on. Heartening factor in the Old Belt season is the fact that prices in general are better on it than they have been in the Mid dle Belt. Good, likewise, in Roxboro,' is the fact that stocks on hand are being taken care of each day. Co-incidental with the opening of the market here is a notice able increase of trade in stores, a trade that merchants are pre pared to handle despite admit ted shortages in certain lines. Person growers and many from other towns are this year coming to Roxboro. Olive Hill PTA Hears Burns And R. B. Griffin Speak ‘•OH** Hill sehebl had its first PTA meeting of the year in the school auditorium last Thursday night. After a discussion concerning opening of the school cafeteria, R. B. Griffin, Person Superinten dent, was presented who gave a talk on the Third War Loan drive, for which he urged full cooperation. Griffin then introduced the speaker of the evening, Robert P. Hums, who gave an informal talk about school arid parent problems. Following the business session a very pleasant social hour was enjoyed by all. bate Heins Bulletins SURGICAL DRESSING WORK RESUMES (Surgical Dressing Unit at the Red Gross, of (which Mrs, J. |H Hughes is chairman, will resume work on Monday, Septem ber 27, in quarters on second floor of the Wilburn and SatteT field building. New suplies have been received. COURT OF HONOR TO BE HELD Monthly meeting of the Btoy £|cout Court of Honor will be y-M Friday night at seven o’clock at Person County i Court House, with E. B. Craven, chairman, in charge. HEALTH SCHEDULES CHANGE Dr. W. P. Richardson, Person Health Officer, today an- - ; -ftst ynocinatfon clinics and health examinations will be given on Mondays from two to four o’clock in the afternoon. Health examinations far domestic servant* will also Person County Times BETHEL HILL HAS PROGRAM PLANNED FOR SCHOOL YE AR Claude Wilborn, Former Athlete, Acts As Coach For Football Captains Elected. Claude Wilburn has offered his services as coach of football at Bethel Hill school for the year. Mr. Wilborn was at one time a football star at Bethel Hill high school. Wilborn has been a professional star in base ball with the Richmond Colts. When the call was made for special training in physical edu cation in- the upper grades, Wil burn sftid he was willing to do his part to help in the training program. John R. Murray has been elec ted captain of the football team, with Jimmy Woody and Barley Dunn assistants. Twenty - five boys have been examined and (turn to page eight, please) Direct Appeal For Third War Loan By Farris Humphries Quiet, But Sincere War Bond Appeal Made By Person Pearl Harbor Veteran Humphries Says Men Re act To What Folks At Home Do With Bond Pro gram. “I am sure you are all inter ested enough to know the im portance of buying Third War Loan bonds, but I don’t think you are fully aware of the effect the (Sale of Bonds has on the morale of fighting men and I believe I can tell you just that,” said Sgt. Farris Humphries, Per son Pearl Harbor veteran, at first meeting of the Parent- Teacher association of Roxboro Central Grammar school Tues day. i Introduction of Humphries, who as a veteran is a member of Lester Blackwell Post of the American Legion, was by Godon C. Hunter, Post Commander, who is also district chairman for the Third War Loan. Presiding was Mrs. H. C. Kynoch, PTA president, and devotional was by Miss Claire Harris, of the faculty. Hunter in his introduction, described the circumstances un der which Humphries was wounded and he also gave an urgent appeal for War Bond and stamp suport, saying that raising of the Person, and Roxboro quota (turn to page eight, please) ROXBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1943 HOW HERO LOOKS WHEN HE COMES HOME TO PERSON Sg t. Pullium Wears Cover-Alls And Keeps His Modest Grin. How a hero looks when he comes home: Staff Sergeant Lewis E. Pullium, 22, of the Air Base, Blythe, Calif., and Rox boro, who about two weeks ago was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in a formal cere mony, was on the street in Rox boro yesterday. He wore a pair of brown cover-alls, they have a fancier name for them in the Army, with a below the knee pocket on one leg. The pocket, says Pullium, is handy, especially, when sitting down in a plane. Plainly visible was a pack of cigarettes, tucked into the space with a few green backs. Here for a visit with his parents and his wife, Pullium still had his engaging, modest grin, and in his hands a ffeshly wrapped box of shoes, probably for his wife. The medal ceremonies at Bly the, says Pullium, were quite in (turn to page eight, please) AT CHURCH Chaplain C. P. Daane, of Camp Butner and Roxboro, will be guest speaker Sunday morning at eleven o’clock at Roxboro Pres byterian church. Cpl. and Mrs. Philip Suitt, of Roxboro and Fort Breckenridge, Ky., are today announcing the birth of a daughter, on Tuesday, September 21, at Community hospital. Honor Paid Huff At Church Sunday Post Chaplai“ And Former Teacher Praise Sacrifice He Made ALDERMAN SAID TO BE PRISONER IN GERMAN CAMP Lieu. R. J. (Jimmy) Alderman, es Roxboro and Brevard, who on August 17th was reported as mis sing in action following a bom ber raid over Central Europe, is Now said to be a prisoner of war Sa German camp, according to formation received from the International Red Cross by his wife, Mrs. Mable McNeely Aider man, of Lake Toxaway. The brief message said that Alderman, a winner of the Fly ing Cross and stationed in Eng land, is “well and safe,” his mother, Mrs. Lucy B. Alderman, his sister, Mrs. Preston Satter field, Jr., and his aunt, Mrs. J. J. Woody, all live in Roxboro. An-, other sister is Mrs. Gilbert Wag staff, of Baltimore. Alderman’s wife telephoned his mother Tuesday night. PROMOTION Dr. Earl Daniel, of Oliver Gen hospital, Augusta, Ga., has beten advanced from Sergeant to {Staff Sergeant. Makes Plans 0 Gordon C. Hunter District Chairman Gordon C. Hunter, today announced plans for the Third War Loan “Sacri fice Day,” to be held Wednesday. TRINITY CHURCH NOT TO OBSERVE RITES THIS TIME Service Will Be Delayed Until October, With Love As Speaker. Fourth Sunday afternoon preaching services for the Trinity Methodist church, of the Brooks dale Charge, will not be conduc ted next Sunday, September 26, because the pews have been re moved from the church auditor ium and the floor has been varn ished in preparation for the new pews and pulpit furniture. The new pews and new pulpit furni ture will be installed in the church the first week in October to be ready for the regular sec ond Sunday’s preaching service. Second Sunday in October is to be observed as Home Coming Day for the church, with, the District Superintendent, the Rev. F. S. Love, of Durham, to be present to preach at 11:00 o’clock and conduct the fourth Quarterly Conference for the year. Picnic dinner will be served on the grounds and a special afternoon service conducted. It is to be a special occasion as it marks the completion of what is regarded as one of the finest rural churches in Person County. Spe cial notice is. given that the ser (turn to page eight, please) Huge -Crowd Packs Mill Creek Church. Final Taps By George W. Gentry, Jr., Roxboro Scout. Solemn and impressive echo taps by George W. Gentry, Jr., Roxboro Boy Scout, marked the ending of memorial services held Sunday afternoon for Pfc. Lewell T. Huff, of Payne’s Tavern, Per son man, who last December was killed in action in North Africa. Honored woman, who attend ed the service held at Mill Creek Baptist church, of which Huff was a member, was his mother, Mrs. Emma Huff, who wore the Purple Heart decoration posthu'- mously presented to her son.. Also present /were other mem bers of the family, brothers and sisters of the deceased soldier, together with close friends and church members, who heard the sacrifice theme stressed by both speakers, Post Chaplain Captain Lars Pedersen, of Gamp Butner, and the Rev. J. BL Currin, of Roxboro: Also program! participants were Chaplain Kasper, Cpls. Luboff and Davis and others tram Camp Butner, who lead in r (turn to page eight, pleape) War Bond Auction Will Be Featured By Parade Band CARLTON AGAIN REMINDS PUBLIC ABOUT CHRISTMAS Attention of the public is again called to the importance of mailing all Christmas pack ages to our armed forces over seas by October 15th and not later, if such packages are to be delivered by Christmas day said L. M! .Carlton, Roxboro Postmaster, today. Special attention should be given to size, weight and pack ing and addressing. Full in formation will be given at the postoffice so that the laws and regulations of the Depart ment may be complied with and no delay made in dis patching. Extensive prepara tions have been made by the government to take care of these Christmas packages which will be sent to every part of the world, but strict 'complianc with the regulations and prompt mailing is requir ed if this service is to be rend ered. The sooner you mail, the better, said Carlton. NEW STUDENTS New students at Wake Forest include, Dolian Harris, Thomas Long and John Hall, who left here Tuesday to enter the col lege. Women Plan Start Os Service Club Work In Roxboro Joint Committees Meet In Chamber Os Commerce Office On Tuesday Hotel To Take Names Os Soldiers Wanting Places In Private Homes. Women Expect To Be At Mrs. Beth Bre;\ver Pridgen, president of Roxboro Buesiness and Professional Woman’s club, together with Muses Mildred i Bass, Billie Vogler, members of I the club’s military service com j mittee, met this week with members of similar committees from Roxboro’s Kiwanis and Rotary club • to plan an establish ed Military Service program. Al !so at the meeting was Farris Humphries, as a representative of the American Legion, and J Wallace Woods, of Chamber of [ Commerce. Under plans made at the meet ing Mrs. Pridgen is to name a committee to be at Hotel Rox boro on week-ends to direct men who need rooms to available quarters in private homes. It has been suggested that ma-jority of men wish to pay for their rooms, but that in instances where charges are not made, the men will be given an opportunity to contribute to a fund for esta -1 blishment here of a USO head quarters. Also discussed was a plan of using an uptown building or the American Legion hut as USO headquarters, with majority sen timent favornig an uptown build ing because of inacessibility of the Hut, which is rather far out on Court treet.' It is hoped that ultimately a separate USO build ing can Be established here. Sentiment was expressed that soldiers who do stay in private homes want rather to be let a lone than to have an excess of planned entertainment. Rotary committee representatives , pres ent included R. B. Griffin. Gor don C. Hunter and Tom Shaw, while Kiwanis representative was Dr. Robert E. Long. i Being planned for this Satur day by Dr. Long. Lawrence Fea therstone and others is, a Ser vice dance at Raxboto high school. The Tuesday meeting was first organized effort made here to establish a service pro. gram. Company Os Butner Soldiers To Come To Event; Temple Brothers Will Be Auctioneers For Rally MRS. WHITE HAS PRAISE FOR WORK OF COMMITTEE Representative Citizens Attend Session Os Hos pital And Camp Council Unit. Mrs. T. Miller White, of Rox boro, Person chairman for the Hospital and Camp Council com mittee, today had much praise for the interest of the Commit tee, which had its September meeting Monday night and is making plans for turning in re quested supplies by October 4, date of the next meeting. The Committee, as explained by Mrs. White, is charged with the duty of getting supplies of a suplementary nature, for Camp Butner, for Fort Bragg and for B. T. C. No. 10, in Greensboro. A list of the supplies needed was released through newspapers here about two weeks ago and on it are items needed to make (turn to page eight, please) Health Board Has Meeting On Wednesday Members of the Person County Board of Health, of which Coun ty Commissioner Frank T. Whit field is chairman, yesterday held their quarterly session. Regular report was presented by Dr. W. P. Richardson, of Chapel Hill, director of the tri-county health department. • Others who are Board mem bers are Drs. John Merritt, H. M. Hedgepeth and J. H. Hughes, also R. B. Griffin, Person Super intendant of Schools and" S. G. Winstead, Mayor of Roxboro. Schoof And Taylor Make Malaria Tests State Department Makes Immediate - Response To Request For Invstigation Malaria Report Can Be Expected In Few Weeks Says Richardson. H. F. Schoof, of Raleigh, of the malaria control division of the State Boalrd f Health, assisted by Winston B. Taylor, Person sanitarian, has completed an ex amination of malarial conditions said to exist at Chub Lake.and is expected to make a report in a few weeks, according to Dr. W. P. Richardson, of Chapel Hill, director of the tri-county health department. Dr. Richardson, here yesterday for a regular departmental visit, quoted Schoof and Taylor as say ing that in certain spots in the Chub Lake area fee incidence of the disease > 'hr|pb[yil ■v ■■. I Phone 4501 If you have any news items or for advertising or com mercial printing service. NUMBER 98 Pullium Humphries, Rleade And Others Will Participate. Harris, Hun ter And Griffin Urge Public Support. Person and Roxboro “Sacrifice Day,”, when a special effort to reach the Third War Loan quota of $567,000, will be made, will be observed here on Wednesday, September 29, when a War Bond auction, proceeded by a Camp Butner argumented parade, will be staged at two o’clock in the afternoon at Person Court House. Tentative plans for the pro gram, revealed today by Gordon C. Hunter, district chairman for the Third War Loan, call for parade participation of a full company of Soldiers from Camp Butner, with their band. Butner participation has full approval of Gen. Edwin P. Parker, who is extending all possible coopera tion. The soldiers will bring with: them full equipment and a demonstration of its use will take place on the Court House lawn. The auction, according ta Hunter, will be in charge of Temple Brothers, of Danville, Va., well - known auctioneers, who will be assiste’d by Guy Whitehurgt, of Roxboro. In the parade, which will start from Central Grammar school at two o’clock, will be Sgt. Farris Humphries, Pearl Harbor veteran and winner of the Purple Heart, and Sgt Lewis E. Pullium, who last week came home from the Air Base at Bly j the, Calif., where he recently re ! ceived the Distinguished Flying Cross from Gen. Newton Long fellow, commander, for exploits as tail-gunner in North Africa and Europe. Also in the parade will be members of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Boy Scouts, representatives of the Red Cross and other war ac tivities and Person and Roxbors public school pupils. W. F. Reade, 97, of Mount Tirzah, only surviving PeVson Confederate veteran, is also being asked to be in the line of march. ' (turn to page eight, please) i —: j | Roxboro Country Club Members y Meet Tonight Members of Roxboro Country club are requested to meet to night at 7:45 o’clock in the grand jury room at Person County Court House, where club affairs of importance will be discussed. President is J. S. Merritt, who a nnounced the meeting. • in numbers of samples of the Lake water malaria-bearing mos quitoes were found. Schoof is now completing his survey, having taken with him to Raleigh a number of blood smears and slides. Actual check ing of breeding conditions for mosquitos at Chub Lake will not be particularly effective before next Spring, according to Rich ardson, but officials are going to> do what they can nqw. and will be most certainly ready to do good work by Spring . One aspect of the survey is an attempt to discover ctike* of mal aria not ntntu
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