North Carolina Newspapers

jyVM'- THE PRINTED WORD is the only type of adver tising that may be re ferred to again and again —at will. ixforJt VOL. 67 ESTABU8HZD IN TBZ TEM( USl (KKORI) N. ('■ iSeitoer INVEbiiOAiji, Granville County has many business and farm opportunities. Investi gate and then invest. FRIDAY, DEC. 31. 1948 rtIBMSHKn ITIBSnAV *N1> *TtTIO*v NO. 103 Mildred Lue Hayes Bride of Mr. Noell Miss Mildred Lue Hayes and Wil lie Hunter Noell were married Dec. 18 at 6 p. m. at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. Kenneth L. Pegram in Pilot, N. C. The bride and bridegroom enter ed together and pledged their vows before an improvised altar in the presence of a few intimate friends and relatives. For her wedding the bride wore a suit of blue gabardine with black accessories and pinned an orchid at her shoulder. Mrs. Noell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hayes of Hender son. She is a graduate of Aycock High School in Henderson. Mr. Noell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Noell of Oxford. He is engaged in farming in the county. The bride and bridegroom haVe returned from their wedding trip and are making their home with the bridegroom’s parents. Negro Carpenter ! Fo ^ d Murdered ^ ^ jming Dec, 24 Lods'e Master «- A Shf o E. P. Davis Says Rob- ' ' Believed Motive for lurder of Cam Hicks Wilkins-EUiott Moss-Jeffries In a double ceremony Sunday af ternoon, Dec. 26, at 5 o'clock at the home of Rev. W. I. Terrell, the officiating minister. Miss Wilma Doris Elliott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Elliott of Elnon Com munity, and Hellon P. Wilkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hellon P. Wilkins, Sr., of Stem, and Miss Thelma Jeffries, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Groves Jeffries of Durham County, and William Atlas Moss, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Atlas Moss, Sr., of the Providence community, were united in marriage. Mrs. Wilkins was attired in a gray gabardine suit and green ac cessories. She wore a shoulder corsage of white roses. She is a graduate of Stem High School and formerly held a position at Rose’s in Oxford, where she resided before her marriage. Mr. Wilkins attended Berea High School. He is engaged in farming. Mrs. Moss chose for her wedding, a blue taffeta dress. She used black accessories and wore a shoul der corsage of white roses. She at tended Mangum High School and resided in Durham County. Mr. Moss attended Stem High School and is engaged in farming. Close friends and relatives of the couples were in attendance. Eloise Wheeler And Mr. Peebles Marry Miss Eloise Wheeler and Cecil Peebles pledged their troth in ma trimony at First Baptist Church here on Dec, 24 at 8 p. m. The Rev. M. L. Banister, pastor, officiated at the double ring cere mony which took place in the pres ence of members of the families of the contracting parties and inti mate friends. The church was decorated with Christmas greens and presented an attractive appearance for the im pressive ceremony. Mrs. John A. Myers, organist, and Jack Currin, vocalist^ rendered the wedding mu sic. Mrk Myers played a program of pre-nuptial selections and ren dered the traditional processional and recessional marches. Mr. Cur- rin’s selections were "Through the Years” and “Because.” The bride and bridegroom enter ed together. The bride chose for her wedding a dove green suit with which she used navy accessories and wore an orchid at her shoul der. Mrs. Peebles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wheeler, is a grad uate of Oxford High School. She held a position with the Southern Railway for several years and for the past few years has been em ployed as cashier at Williams- Breedlove Company. Mr. Peebles, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Pee bles, is a graduate of Oxford High School and served during the war ■with the Naval Air Force. He now Is in the Naval Reserve Air Corps and also is engaged in business with his father and brothers at Boydton, Va., where the bride and bridegroom will make their home ■upon their return from a wedding trip to rmannounced points. » ; Oxford Girls Are N. C. Debutantes Two Oxford young ladies were presented at the North Carolina Debutante Ball in Raleigh Wednes day night. They were Miss Lucy Brewer, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. <X H. Brewer, and Miss Jeannette Parham, daughter of Mrs. B. W. Parham. Miss Brewer and Miss Parham went to Raleigh Tuesday afternoon and were on hand for the rehearsal Tuesday night and for the attend ant events during the afternoon, during the day Wednesday and the ball Thursday, which c oncluded the debutante series. Charles Brewer, Jr., accompanied his sister as her chief marshal. His assistants were D. K. Taylor, Jr., ,M. K. Pinnix, Jr.. Gus Graham, Jr., and Ben Wood of Edenton. John Webb of Wilson, accompa nied Miss Parham as chief mar shall. His assistants were Dick Mc Lain of Lumberton, John Hardaway of Greenville, Dick Crews of Ox ford and Charles Lambeth, Thom- . asville. ^ single homicide marred the 1 ^ ay season in Granville County, ® iff E. P. Davis reported yes terday. The body of Cam Hicks, middle aged Negro carpenter, was found off the Salem road about five miles from Oxford, last Friday morning. Sheriff Davis said Hicks’ head had been beaten with a blunt in strument, probably a hammer which was found in the woods near a hat identified as that belonging to Hicks, He had been shot twice through the heart. The body was discovered by hunters about 11 a. m. Friday, Da vis said, about 40 steps off the highway. A pool of blood on the road led officers to believe that the attack took place on the road and that the body was carried to the spot where it was found. The sheriff said Hjcks was given to boasting about his money and that on the evening of Dec. 23 he had displayed a roll of 85 $1 bills. Davis said he believed robbery was the motive for the slaying. Creedmoor Has Sober Yuletide Family Gatherings, Cozy Fire sides and Visit by Santa Features of Holiday CREEDMOOR. — Christmas day, 1948, was both joyous and sad. The reunion of family members, exhil aration of the children, mellowing of hearts due to mutual gratitude for the coming of the Savior — and just the occasion for rest — were ample cause for joy but a sad note inserted itself into the picture when one reflected upon the fact that vi olence and cruelty persisted in the world on the birthday of the Child. Here in Creedmoor on Christmas day, the number one idol was San ta Claus, who, due to the coopera tion of various agencies, made it a truly merry Christmas for all. A cold, rash wind and driving rain early Christmas morning turned to snow in the afternoon, making the weather ideal for communion with the fireside. Family members, long separated, united during the holi days. And there was the usual run of Christmas parties, dances and eggnog parties to mark the Yule- tide season. The majority of local business houses, sponsors of loudspeaker Christmas music preceding Christ mas day, made a clean sweep of all seasonal merchandise on Christ mas eve and were closed until De cember 28. Attending Game Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Whitfield^ Mr. and Mrs. Lambreth Rogers, Harold Baker, Lane Peed, R. A. Pope, Jr., Dot Peed, Otis Aiken and Annie L., Aiken^are in New Orleans to attend the Sugar Bowl classic between U. N. C. and Oklahoma on New Year's day. R. D. Woodard is in a Durham hospital, having been struck by a car on Christmas day. Hugh Daniel is new manager of the Farmers Exchange here. Police reported a quiet and peace ful Yuletide. Several whiskey still raids prior to the holidays may have been a contributing factor. School students here will again open their books on January 3. Mrs. Edwin Bullock, P.-T. A. prexy, urg es a full attendance at the next P.- T. A. gathering on Tuesday, Jan. 4, in the school gymnasium. The Otis Stem giant outdoor Christmas tree will remain in busi ness until the calendar changes. Thanks to Mrs. Dewey Mangum for her part in making the Lion Christmas party a whopping suc cess. The well manner 9-year old boy whose wayward mother ran out on him two days before Christmas was not forgotten by St. Nick, thanks to generous citizens. The little Jackson girl of Dur ham was remembered by the school basketball team. Her dad was killed on Dec. 17 in an auto wreck in which a school eager, Maurice Ste venson, was involved. Rev. L. R. Jordan, former pastor here will be married on Friday, Dec.’31, at Liberty to Miss Martha Marie Frazier. • — - ■ MR. AND MRS. JAMES BROOKS MOVE INTO NEW HOME Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks have moved into their new residence near Oxford Motor Inn. They moved there from an apartment on High Street. J. J. MEDFORD ■ — -41 — Oxford Masons Elect Officers Installation to Be Conducted In Lodge Hall Here Mon day Evening Oxford Masonic Lodge No. 122, in annual election, chose J. J. Medford to be master of the organization for 1949 and he and the other newly elected officers will be installed at the first meeting of the new year on Monday, Jan. 3. Serving with Medford during the year will be Ralph Boswood, seniof warden; F. A. Cole, junior warden; W. E. Warren, treasurer; E. T. Re gan, secretary; M. G. Talton,. Jr., senior deacon; Steve Knott, junior deacon; Bill Oasque and J. E. Pit- tard, Jr., stewards; W. R. Frazier, tyler; Rev. A. D. Leon Gray, chap lain; T. G. Powell, marshal. C. V. Morgan, J. C. Adcock and A. S. Harris were named to the Ox- fn^'d Orphang.ge committee; J. E. Pittard, Sr., the committee on sick, and M. E. Parham, auditor. W. L, Speed Dies At Home in City Oxford Orphanage Mainten ance Man Dies Suddenly Of Heart Disease Wilbur Lee Speed, 64, died sud denly at his home on Hancock I Street Tuesday night, Dec. 28, at 111:45 o’clock. Death was ascribed to heart disease. I The funeral was conducted at 3 ; p. m. Thursday at the Oxford Me thodist Church. Dr. Sam A. Max well, pastor, Rev. O. W. Dowd of Raleigh, and Rev. M. L. Banister of Oxford, were the officiants. Bur- I ial was in Elmwood Cemetery. ; Mr. Speed was a son of the late , Eugenia Terry and 'Thomas H. I Speed and was born in Granville I County. He was a member of the ; Oxford Methodist Church and for- i merly was a member of the board j of stewards of the church. He had ! been a member of the maintenance I staff of the Oxford Orphanage for i many years. j Mr. Speed had suffered with heart disease for some time, but had been in his usual health. He I had worked as usual on the day prior to his death. Surviving are his -wife, Mrs. Het- tie Frazier Speed, a son, Wilbur Lee Speed. Jr., of Charlotte, and three daughters, Mrs. Lester Mouse, Miss Jean Speed of Oxford and Mrs. Annie Dee Hallman of Marsh- ville; three brothers, William, Frank and Charlie Speed, all of Oxford, and four sisters, Mrs. i Frank Spruill of Henderson; Mrs. j Willie Moore of Bahama, Mrs. I Henry Speed of Louisburg, and Miss Nan Speed of Henderson, and two grandchildren. Firemen Called Out Here Tuesday Nig-ht Oxford firemen were called out 'Tuesday night to the residence of Mrs. Newman Fuller on Broad Street when fire was discovered in bedding stored in a garage build ing. Origin of the fire was not I known. Damage was reported as small and was confined to the bed ding stored in the building. Mother of Oxford Resident Succumbs Mrs. W. L. Whitaker, mother of Mrs. K. C. Moore, Jr., of Oxford, died at the home of her daughter 1 in Wrightsville Beach on Tuesday I night. Mrs. Whitaker’s body will be [taken to Orangeburg, S. C., for I burial. I Pfc. Samuel O. Beasley, Jr., son ' of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Beasley, is I home for 10 days on a delay en I route to his next base after com- ^pleting school at Cheyenne, Wyo. March of Dimes Campaign Is To Begin January 5 T. M. Evins Announces Plans for County-Wide Drive Be ginning Wednesday The 1949 March of Dimes cam paign for Granville County will be gin Wednesday, Jan. 5, and con tinue through the month. General Chairman T. M. Evins announced yesterday in behalf of the sponsor ing Kiwanis Club. The drive has a goal of $2,900 and is to be made on a county-wide ba sis. Evins said. A. H. A. Williams is chairman for Oxford and J. P. Bragg is county chairman. C. E. Pittard is publicity chairman and the Jimior Woman’s Club is to assist in the door-to-door campaign in the city. Evins said coin boxes would be put out later in the rfter the larger contributions ha n bem received. The money is to be used for infantile paralysis control and care of patients, Evins said. Mrs. Rosa Wheeler Succumbs at Stem Funeral Rites for Widow of Edgar P. Wheeler to Be Held Friday Mrs. Rosa 'Wheeler, 73, wido'w of the late Edgar P. 'Wheeler, died suddenly Thursday morning at 12:30 at her home near Stem. She had been in declining health for se^'eral months. The funeral service is to be con ducted at Gooch Memorial Church at 2 p. m. Friday, Dec. 31. Elder D. JV. Spangler of Danville, Va., will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body ■will be taken to the church an hour prior to the service. Mrs. 'Wheeler was born and rear ed In Stem, the daughter of Eliza and Elijah Gooch. She had been a member of the Primitive Baptist Church in, Stem for many years. She was married on Oct. 21, 1896, to Edgar P. 'Wheeler, whose death occurred in January, 1928. Surviv ing are two sons, Garland L. 'Wheel er of Oxford and Hazel H. Wheeler of Stem; two daughters, Mrs. Eula ■Wheeler Collier of Wilmington, and Mrs. Lettle 'Wheeler Parrish of Stem; three brothers, R. L. Goss of Durham, T. C. Goss of Varina and L. O. Goss of Stem; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Fowler of Garner and Mrs. W. T. Roberts of Durham, and nine grandchildren. Active pallbearers will be J. H. Daniel, M. L. Fowler, Elbert Hill, M, H. Moore, Ernest G. Clayton and L. W. Hall. « Tag Sales Here Reported Slow Motor Club Branch Office to Continue Sales Today and Until Noon Saturday Sale of approximately 1,900 li cense tags at the local branch of fice of Carolina Motor Club was re ported yesterday by J. J. Medford, local manager. Medford said the Oxford office had issued approximately 200 tags fewer than for the corresponding period of 1947, although tonight, Friday, at midnight is the expira tion date for the 1948 tags. The Motor Club office, in Par- rish-Medford Motors, is open to day until 4 p. m. and will be open from 9 a. m. until noon Saturday. The office will reopen Monday morning at 9 o’clock. Oxford Banks To Be Closed on Saturday Oxford banks, in closing up the years business, and in keeping with a custom of long standing, have been closing at 12 noon each day during this week. The banks will be closed aU day Saturday in observ ance of New Year’s Day, a legal holiday. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Newton of Durham, announce the birth of a daughter, Sarah Jones, Deo. 2S. Weight 7 pounds 15 ounces. The Newtons have two sons, Wallace, 3 years, and David, 17 months old. Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Royster, a son, weighing nine pounds, at Granville Hospital, Dec. 26. A Misses Irene and Nettie Day and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lasley and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lasley, Sr., the lat ter two of Norfolk, Va., left Tues day for a motor trip through Flori da to New Orleans, La., where they ■will attend the Sugar Bowl game tomorrow. Mrs. C. K, Proctor of High Point, visited friends at Oxford Orphan age during the holidays. Silver Loot Worth $2,000 Recovered By Oxford Police Rostee Huffhes, 32, Facinj? Charg^es in Bur glarizing Residences of G. B. Watkins and D. T. Currin During December Recovery of sterling silver and ether personal goods with a total value of more than $2,000, stolen during the month from two local residences, was reported yesterday by Chief of Police J. L. Cash. Being held in the county jail in default of bond of $2,500 is Rostee (Preacher) Hughes, 32, South Car olina Negro who came here last fall as a tobacco worker at $60 per week. Hughes was arrested in -Dtit- ham about noon Monday when he made inquiry about selling silver which later was recovered by Chief Cash and identified as stolen goods. Arrest of Hughes followed inves tigations of theft of silver from the residences of G. B. Watkins early ‘this month and from D. T. Currin during the past week-end. Follow ing a preliminary hearing Wednes day afternoon before Mayor W. M. Hicks, he was ordered held for the next term of Granville Superior Court under bond of $2,500, which he was unable to provide. Currin Home Entered In the absence of her parents, Mrs. F. O. Pinch found that the Currin home had been burglarized when she went to the residence on Main Street Wednesday morning. She immediately made a leport to police and Mr. and Mrs. CuiTiii were summoned home from Jack sonville, Fla. Police are yet to press charges against Hughes in the Currin case although they seized from his room at 206 McClanahan Street a suit of clothes, robe and coat identified as property of Mr. Currin. Entrance to the Currin home, like that of the Watkins residence, was gained by cutting a screen. A window on the back side of the Currin home, entering a bedroom, was smashed. The silver loot includ ed pitchers, serving forks, spoons, knives, forks and candle holders, hauled away in a bag belonging to Mrs. Currin and taken from the second floor of the residence. First Break Chief Cash said police got first break in the case on Dec. 14 when one of two sets of flat silver, taken from the Watkins residence a week earlier, was recovered from United Loan and Luggage Company in Durham, where it had been sold for $66.20. It had been sold in the name of “Rev. Henry Williams, 2020 Fayetteville Street, Durham,” by a man later identified as Hugh es, who told the shopkeeper that the silver was part of an inherit ance sent him from the estate of an aunt up north and that he de sired to convert it into cash to purchase a bicycle for his daughter for Christmas. Police continued a search night and day in the pre-Christmas pe riod and the Durham merchant vis ited Oxford in an attempt to help locate and identify the person who had sold the stolen Watkins silver at his store. Durham police called Mr. Cash early Monday afternoon to inform him that they were holding Hughes. Patrolman O. J. Mitchell and Mr. Cash went to Durham and as they were returning to Oxford with their prisoner^ he admitted that the oth er set of Watkins silver was con cealed in a parcel lock box at the Durham Bus Station. The three re turned to Durham and found in the lock box a note stating that contents had been removed after 24 hours and could be obtained by in quiring at the desk. Silver Recovered ! The second lot of silver missing ^ from the Watkins home was receiv ed from the bus station caretaker and identified by Mr. Watkins. As police continued their investi gation yesterday, Mrs. Finch re ported the loss of silver from the residence of her father. The break- in was similar to that of the Wat kins home and Hughes was ques tioned. He told officers that they could recover the other lot at the Durham Bus Station in a locker. A second trip to Durham resulted in recovery of the Currin silver, carefully packed in a black week end bag. Hughes, a six-foot, dark-skinned bony man with pimply skin, said he came to Oxford from Mullins, S. C., where he had been employe", by Herbert Taylor. He said he had been paid $60 per week, but had drawn only $50 per week, leaving the $10 to accumulate until the end of the tobacco season. He said that on his last pay-day he had received from Taylor $220 plus $100 bonus, j Hughes was arrested just after leaving the store of United Loan and Luggage Company, Durham, by Capt. Leary of the Durham Police Department and Chief Pollard of the Durham A.B.C. force, after be ing pointed out by a clerk in the store. The N^ro told police that the silver had been turned over to him by a white man, whom he identi fied as Charles Henry, a farmer whom he knew only as a patron of the local tobacco market. Police, however, regarded Henry as a. fic titious character and expressed the belief that Hughes had committed the burglaries himself. He first gave his address as 809 Goshen Street, the home of Lucy Royster, but police found that he had been living at 206 McClanahan Street, the home of Minnie Crews, who has cooperated fully with police in their investigation, Cash said.- Chief Cash said that Hughes stated he had served a term in Maryland for receiving stolen goods. Mrs. Maude Ball Dies In Hospital Funeral Held Wednesday for Daughter of Late William C. Critcher rs. Mangum, 80, Buried Dec. 25 Resident of Goshen Street Dies at Home After Leng thy Illness iMrs. Maude Critcjier Ball, 67, died at 12:30 Monday alternoon at Granville Hospital following a lengthy illness. Funeral rites were conducted at 2:30 Wednesday af ternoon at 'Poplar Creek Baptist Church and burial was in the church cemetery. The Rev. C. A. Upchurch of Raleigh and the Rev. B. G. Usry of Oxford, officiated. Mrs. Ball was a daughter of the late William Critcher and Alice Knott Critcher. She was born in Granville County and was a mem ber of the Tabb’s Creek Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, William Ball of Newport News, Va., a daughter, Mrs. Garland Gooch of Oxford, and a granddaughter, Jean Ball; three brothers, Murray, Casper and Calvin Critcher, and two sisters, Mrs. N. C. Gooch and Mrs. N. V. Barker. Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Bryan and two children returned this week from a motor trip to Florida and Tennessee. Mrs. Durell Mangum, 80, died at her home on Goshen Street at 5 o’ clock Friday morning, Dec. '24, fol lowing a lengthy illness. The funer al was conducted at Trinity Meth- 1 odist Church on Christmas day at 1:30 o’clock. Rev. E. C. Maness of Roxboro, pastor, was in charge of the service. Burial was In the church cemetery. She was a daughter of the late Robert and Frances Lyon Davis and had resided in Oxford for 30 years. She was a member of Trinity Church. Surviving are a son, D. R. Man gum of the home, and a daughter, Mrs. Joe B. Brooks, of Granville County, together with five grand children, Miss Susie Mangmn of the home, Lawrence Brooks, Mrs. H. M. Stone, Louise and Maynard Brooks, and two great-grandchil dren. Active pallbearers were B. P. Cunningham, Paul A. Walters, Roy E. Crymes, Joe R. Pruitt, Alvin Laws and A. E. Thomas. MAXIE PARHAM, JR., TO UN- DEBGO MAJOR OPERATION New Pastors To , j Begin Duties In I Flat River Ass n I —-— Olive Grove, Fellowship and I Poplar Creek to Have Ser- j vices by New Men j Five of the 28 Baptist Churches (which comprise the Flat River As sociation face the coming year with new ministers. Olive Grove Baptist Church, lo cated three miles east of Northside,, has extended a call to the Rev. Ed Andrews of Durham. 'The Rev. Mr. Andrews was formerly pastor of Millbrook Baptist Church. He is a graduate of Campbell College, Wake Forest, and of the Southerh Baptist Theological Seminary, *at Louisville, Ky. Fellowship Baptist Church, about three miles south of Creedmoor, has called the Rev. C. H. Norris of Wake Forest. Mr. Norris is pastor also of Tally Ho Baptist Church, near Stem; and of three churches in other associations. Poplar Creek Baptist Church has as her new pastor, the Rev. Billy Gordon, a senior at Wake Forest College. Two other churches have made temporary arrangements for inter im pastors; pending the develop ment of a new church field. These are Corinth, which has called Nor man Hicks, of the Dexter commu nity; and Mt. Zion, which has call ed the Rev. C. A. Upchurch, who also is pastor of the Tabbs Creek Baptist Church. inister Arrives To Begin Dulles Rev. E. B. JeffTess, Jr., to Conduct Service at 11 A. M. Sunday The Rev. Edwin B. Jeffress, Jr., together with his family, arrived here this week from Concord as Mr. Jeffreys prepared to begin his j duties as rector of St. Stephen’s ; Episcopal Church. The young minister and his fam ily, consisting of two small daugh ters, whl reside in the rectory on College Street. He wiU conduct hia first service for St. Stephen’s con gregation at 11 o’clock on Sunday 1113' nine. ! A graduate of the University of i North Carolina in 1937, Mr. Jef- fress was also graduated from the Episcopal Seminary. He is a mem ber of the Rotary Club and has been active in civic and communi ty affairs in Concord, where he has been rector of All Saints Church. I Rural Home Is I Burued Sunday Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lenwood Overton Destroy ed by Midday Fire The four-room frame residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lenwood Overton, located about five miles south of Oxford, was destroyed by fire about noon Sunday. Colored neighbors observed the flames and forced a way into the residence, removing the kitchen and dining room furniture, as the alarm was sounded. 3Mr. and Mrs. Overton were both away from home at the time. The fire apparently originated from a chimney in a second floor bedroom and spread to the first floor room. None of the bedroom or living room furnishings or per sonal effects, including clothing, were saved. The Oxford Fire Department dis patched a truck, which used a lim ited supply of water in saving a smoke house. Watch Party To Be Held 10:30 Friday At Bai^ist Church A New Year’s eve social and watch party, sponsored by the Flat River Associational Training Un ion, is to be held tonight, Friday, at First Baptist Church, Rev. Rog er E. Williams, Jr., missionary to the association, announced yester day. The gathering is set for 10:30 p. m., and an hour of fun is planned, said Mr. Williams. Games and suitable refreshments are planned and there will be a time set aside for devotions, he added. Maxie Parham, Jr., is to under- ! go a major operation at Duke Hos- j pital in Durham. Members of the family state that the school boy I has about one chance in ten of sur- ' viving the operation, according to ’ Duke surgeons, who have advised I the operation. Dave Mitchell, student at Dar lington School, Rome, Ga., has been spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mitchell. Lt. and Mrs. H. J. Henderson and niece, Janie, of San Diego, Calif., were holiday guests of 'Mrs. Clara Averett and Mrs. Ila Currin in the Berea section.