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County farm Agents Column . . . County to participate in community contests for North Central area . By Don S. Matbeson, j County Agent Ed P. Barnes & Cyrus A. Greene; Assistants "" - I COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRIZES ANNOUNCED Orange County has definitely decided to compete in the North Central Area Development Com munity Development contest in 3962. There are three county prizes offered by the Associa tion: First—$150; Second—$125; and Third—$100. To supplement these prizes within Orange County, the Bank of Chapel Hill and the Hillsboro Branch of the Central Carolina Bank and Trust Co. have added a second county prize of $75; third—$50; and fourth—$25. The purpose of community de velopment is to inspire competi tive community action for bet ter living, and the objectives are to encourage communities to or ganize and cooperate in achiev ing .. . First, increased per capita income; Second, to pro mote youth and projects; Third, to more fully develop and uti lize leadership; Fourth, to en courage beautification of the home and community; Fifth, to encourage more home conven iences for comfort, sanitation _and general liveability; Sixth, to ■^*-~-devel6y''‘S0Ciai,' gcmromic; and religious activities; and Seventh, to improve schools, churches, roads, etc. in the community. A Steering Committee is being formed in each of the 10 organ Continued from page 1 ■born of Mr. and Mrs. David Ru-t dolph Stone of University Lake Road, Carrboro. Cheryl was born at 2:40 a.m. Jan. 1 in Memorial Hospital. She has one brother. THE HILLSBORO LIONS CLUB has served as official sponsor for the local Boy Scout troop for two decades. Recently, the club had been unable to secure a scoutmaster, despite aggressive efforts and renewal of the troop charter, now weeks delayed, ap peared in doubt. When ABC En forcement Officer Burch Comp ton arose at Tuesday night’s meeting and announced quietly that he had rtever been a Scout master or a Boy Scout, but was •willing to try the job, he receiv ed a spontaneous standing ova tion from his fellow Lions and a genuine hand-wringing from ev eryone present. TAX LISTING AS IS ITS wont has been going slowly dur ing the first 10 days of the month, only a little more so, ac cording to Tax Supervisor Sam Gattis. He estimated that only about. 15 per cent of the people had listed, with a third of the . listing time already elapsed. The business tax lister at . the court house, an innovation this year, has several times spent a half day without a customer. ized communities, to make plans to carry on an active program in 1962. ACP SIGN UP UNDERWAY Beginning Jan. 10 and continu ing through Jan. 26, the County ASC Office will take requests for cost-sharing of soil conserva tion practices. All farmers are eligible to make application for cost-sharing for seeding per manent pastures, liming crop land, building farm ponds, ter racing, and improving their forests. INCOME TAX MEETINGS TODAY There will be two similar in come tax meetings—one at 2 p. m. and the other at 7:30 p. m„ at the County Courthouse, to day. , Clyde Weathers, from the Ex tension Farm Management De partment of State College, will give instruction and answer questions relative to farmers’ in come tax problems. Concert set Tuesday by 45-player ensemble The UNC Symphonic Wind Ensemble conducted by Dr. Her bert W. Fred will present a concert in Hill Hall Tuesday at 8 p. m. The public is invited. The ensemble is comprised of Neuse soil unit elects Hogan Henry S. Hogan, dairy farmer of Route Two Chapel Hill, was elected Chairman of the Neuse River Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors- at the Dis trict’s quarterly meeting last Thursday. * .Hogan succeeds Rudolph How ell, of Johnston County, as Chair man. Plans were made for develo ping annual plans of operations in the five counties composing the District and for consolidating them into a District plan of operations at the next regular ; meeting. attending the District meet ing Thursday were Orange ; County Supervisors Henry S. Hogan, Charles W. Stanford, and Reid Roberts, and Work Unit Conservationist Quentin Patter son. a select group of 45 instrumen talists from among those enroll | ed in the University band pj*o | gram which includes the March ; ing Tar Heels, the Concert Band, 1 pep bands, and the Symphonic | Wind Ensemble. This group of instrumentalists which has gained a state-wide reputation of excellence, has per formed many eontemportary works for winds, which, until these performances, had not been heard in this area. This year's program includes another work, “Suite Francaise’* by Darius Milhaud. This work met with such success theft Mil haud was later - prompted to transcribe it for orchestra. Another work of particular in terest is the “William Byrd Suite” which consists of some selected pieces from the Fitz william Virginal Book. These have been freely transcribed for band by the English composer Gordon Jacob. One of these pieces, “The Earle of Oxford’s March, was commonly played by military bands of the 17th century. These bands of 6 to 10 were the forerunners of today's military bands. Other works to be performed are the Suite from “Royal Fire works Music” by Handel. Polka and Fugue from “Schwanda” by Weinberger. Pines of the Appian Way from the “The Pines of Rome” by Respighi, Sebastian Ballet by Menotti, and the over-, ture to “Candide” by Bernstein. Carl Durham to head Orange Heart Council Carl Durham of Chapel Hill has'been appointed President oC the Orange Heart Council, ac cording to a letter from Dr. C. Glenn Sawyer of Winston-Salem, president of the North Carolina Heart Association. Purpose of the Council is to inform the public of the facts about heart disease, to provide local physicians, nurses and other professional people who deal with heart patients with the latest research discoveries in j treating heart disease, and to conduct community programs for the benefit of patients and their families. The Councils will also spearhead the annual drive for funds to support local pro grams and those of the North Carolina and American Heart. Associations. _ \ ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Cates Jr. and F. Reid Roberts Are Pleased To Announce That Mr. & Mrs. Cates Are Now Sole Owners of C&R Furniture Co., Having Purchased The Interest of Mr. Roberts, Who Is Withdrawing From The Business. Mr. Roberts And The New Owners Join In Thanking You For .Your Patronage And Good Will In The Past, With The Hope The New Firm May Continue To Serve You In The Future. ★ ★ ★ ★ SAME NAME-SAME PERSONNEL THE FIRM WILL CONTINUE TO BE KNOWN AS C&R FURNITURE CO. AND THE SAME ACTIVE PERSONNEL WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU. EXPANDED SERVICE While The Same Unexcelled Lines of Furniture & Appliances Will Be Continued, It Is ... Anticipated That Many New Items And Lines Of Home Furnishings Will Be Added To Make Shopping In Hillsboro Easier And More^Complete. We Offer ★ Convenient Credit Facilities * Full Appliance Service
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