Volume VII
Number 37
February 10
1940
THE STATE
A Weekly Survey of North Carolina
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Itelalcb. North C»rotln*. uod.r th* Ael of U»rrh S. IS79
The Only Wo
an Clerk
At least, she is the only one win» ever lias
been eleeteil by a vole of llie people, al¬
though Hi€»re are others who have bc»en ap¬
pointed to fill out iiiioxpireri terms.
ANOTHER North Carolina
A\ “First" :
ш
* Miss Sue C. Bradshor, clerk
of the court, in Person County, is the
first woman ever to have been elected
to that office in the history of the
state. Wo might go a step further and
say that she is not only the first woman
hut the only woman who ever has
received this recognition at tin* hands
of the voters of any county.
Ae one enters the front door of the
Person County courthouse in Roxboro,
he receives his first greeting from the
office of an alert, cheerful and charm¬
ing brunette, seated usually at her
desk in front of a typewriter and al¬
ways busy at some office task. Never
too busy, however, to extend a cordial
word of welcome. If you have business
in her office, she and her assistant will
gladly and efficiently dispatch it. If
you want advice, it is willingly given.
If you just want to while away a few
minutes, entertaining and interesting
conversation is not lacking.
Started as School-teacher
Miss Bradshor is the youngest
daughter of the late D’nrcy W. Brad-
.-her and Mildred Satterfield Bradshor.
She was horn and reared in Person
County and . . >ivcd her education in
I lie lloxboro schools and at Meredith
College. About the only occupation
open to a girl then was school-tench
ing. so for eight years she followed
that profession.
But everybody knows about the kind
of salaries that school-teachers get.
By MRS. A. F. NICHOLS
Bradshor felt a little dubious about
making teaching her life-time work.
She resigned and accepted a |*>sition
a« secretary of the Itoxboro Broom
Works.
Shortly thereafter, Mr. I*. W. Brad-
sher, who had been clerk of the court
in Person County for more than
thirty years, found that his work had
increased to such an extent that lie
would he obliged to have an assistant,
lie knew of no one bolter fitted for
this place than his own daughter, and
Miss Sue C. Bradshcr, clerk of the
to her he gave the position of deputy
clerk in 1923 — a place she held until
six months before his death in 1929,
when she was made assistant clerk.
At the death of Mr. Bradshor, who
had served continuously for thirty-
eight years as clerk, Mr.
Л.
C. Gentry
was appointed l<> the position and Miss
Bradshor continued as deputy clerk.
Mr. Gentry met a tragic death in De¬
cember of that same year and to Mr.
L. Brooks fell the lot of lilliug the
dace for the next four years. Miss
{radsher was still deputy clerk.
All in all. she worked in the county
clerk's office for eleven years, and
then, in 1934, the people of Person
County decided it would In* a good
time to elect her clerk of the court,
and this they proceeded to do. There
may have
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a few skeptics who ex¬
pressed doubt about her being able
to hold the job. hill their skepticism
was due to the fact that they did not
know the lady.
There i* no skenlieisin to l«* found
today, for evervlto-ly realize- that Miss
Bradshor i« making one of the most
efficient clerk* that tin* county ever
has hail. She wn* re-elected for the
second term in 1
!»■!>.
diidgo and others who have h id
I n.-incss dealings with the clerk's office
aie unstinted in their praise over the
manner in which Miss Bradshor and
her popular assistant, Mr. K. A. Bul¬
lock, run the office and serve the pub¬
lic.
An Efficient Home-Maker
Although we have been referring
only to her qualities us a business-
( Continued on page twenty-four)
and at the cud of eight years, despite
a very optimistic disposition, Miss court in Person County.