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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1957 . Bequests by CMinty Commit ^ tee for S#pfp^mentary A! Payments under the AgriculttnS <?onservatibn Practices program in OranviUe for 1357 wtii exceed $100,000, Qariand Catiette, office manager for the Oranviite A8C committee, indicated yesterday. Catiette said unprecedented in terest Md teen shown this year by hind - owners in taking advan tage of the prograori offered by the U. 8. Department of Agricuiture. the originai alio&tion of funds by the state office to GranviHe for support Of this program was $81,000. j When the demands continued to increase for participation in iate summer ahd early fail, the Gran ville committee headed by C L Jones appited fbr ait additional ak iocation, Catiette extdained. Two supplementary siHotmgnts of $10,000 each have been granted to pnd clover - and other FuuHra! C boro on John WBllam Rester. 73. native of Granyiile Copnty and an attor ney here for a pumher of years, died at Mathiesen Cl^c W Pitts boro about noon Monday. He had been a )MitiSht at the ciinie for four weeks The funeral ww conducted at the home in Pittsboro at 3:30 p. m. .P Brown. Burial was in Woodiawh MehtoNal Cemetery. Durham. f: Mr. Hester was a graduate of Oak Ridge MpUtary Institute, where he taught for several years, and iater received the A.B and LL.B. degree at the CnivBrsity of North CaroHnh - -'* * " * Although the iaw was Mr. Hes ter's vocation, his evocation was writing. For a period during the second World War he did editorial writing for a Penpsytyania writing for a PennsyWgahr news paper and ovbr a iwg period, from his home in Oxford and iater in Pittsboro, where he had resided in repent years, he^ had w^ote nidny pabiic forum letters for North Car olina newspapers pn , ewitroversiai Tommy K&e, 3 charges were preferred t <3yanvtHe County than morntn# after the vehicte )perathj waa tnwMM tn own(^ car A, griffin ttep tv Ro ghe atatts Pt Highway pt operated VtEWING THE SHTUATfOW—Benny Jones, Route 5, Ox ford, right, moves in for a close look as Wiiiiam' Jones, warehouse weighmaster, records the weight of thg pro ducer's tobacco. Tobacco is moving si^adiiy through the auction market in Oxford in increased volume^. Sf udenf WurfF Highly Fairol Investiga tinn Contihttes as Rites ate Hei^ (hr Bleed Danie! Cur ywo of 23 students aboard were M'urM, one fataily. when an Ox ford schoot bus went off a rurai rpad near. town Tuesday afternoon, hittitm a rock in (ihe road ditch, ripping tiie rear axle from the fra)ne. lire 1949 mode! bus came to rest against an embankment on the right side of the road. A fifth grade student at Credie School, Fred Daniei Currin, Jr., 10, died an hour later at Granville Hos pitai\where he aws taken in a semi conscious state after he was cata pulted from Ms seat by the-impact. Coroner Grover Saunders, who ordered an autopsy with parental Consent, said yesterday Duke Hos pital authorities had advised him that death resulted from a ruptured iiver. . . The other student. Pauia Yancey. 12. taken to the hospital by her parents. Mr and Mrs Randolph Yancey, returned home after exam ination disclosed her back injury was not serious. J Exhaustive inveftigation Highway Patrolman W. T. Feiton, who began gn exhaustive investiga tion of circnmstances immediateiy before and after the accident, was joined by school officials and Coro ner Satinders. - ", Feiton identified Maurice Hester, it Oxford High seMor, as driver of the bus, No. 29, wMch was travel ing on a dead - end. road wMch passes tn the i north pf the office buiiding at the Tobacco Station, r ester told , the officer that the right rear wheei of his bus dropped into the road ditch as he met an? other bus. proceeding in the op posite direction. \ The right real wheel of the bus struck a large rock in the ditch, bouncing the bus in the air. The veMcie. Felton said, came back on (he road, traveled a short distance and went baok to the right in the road ditch, coming to rest against the embankment in such position that operated could not be FRED BAKHEL , JR^ Knightda!e Layman To Speak Tor Two Services in Area James Pulley, layman of Knight dale, will be guest speaker for Lay men's Day at Tabb's Creek Baptist Chureh for the morning worship service and at Bharon Baptist Church for the evening service. Mr Pulley Is a Sunday School teacher and deaeon at the Knight dale Baptist ChuTch, and is em ployed by the U, S. Post Office in Haleigh. He is now a student at the Southern Baptist Theological Semi nary at Wake Forest. The morning service at Tabbs Creek will be at tl a. m., and the everting service -aR Sharon will be at, f^p. m The public is welcome. PTA Launches Drive For Members in City The annual membership drive of the Oxford Parent - Teacher Asso ciation ' w, ( launch"! this week with the goal 100 percent represen tation, according to Mrs. Vernon W. Currin, chairman. Mrs. Ccgrrin bald every home with a child in School must be represent ed in the association's member ship to attain the fOO percent goai. The association is making an especial effort to Sign fathers in the drive, Mrs. Currin said. The membership is (i 00 per person. Laymqn '00 Churth observed Church with new commun Creedmoor has protect of € Club for the t cording to dent of theclu Plans are to lag on Par^ the Pitts Ele building, where stands. Wilson underway to h structure some members of t)^ volunteered the pieted before the en ember. Plans for the new now are In the hant tractors .and bids are to come in. , Assorted Mo Before City) OnTuesdn One AppMcation I Another Dented Oxford's Board of ^ meeting here Tuesday down one application retail beer and appr of another in Whdt < mond Alfred Huff, is on Clement Ave) that he bring the matter in at tentipn of W. F. Freeman and Company, city engineers, witH a 're quest for action. " ; Inspector J. M Biaiock brought two matters to the attention of the board with a request for guidance. He said a number of home - owners had not complied with agreements to obtain sew^r taps after he had issued budding permits. The board advised that warrants be procured if such action is .necessary for en formement of the sanitary ordin ances of the city. Biaiock said he had" recently learned that some equipment in Hancock Health Center releases waste water into the City's Sewer gee MATTERS, Page S Mrs. Bonn Morgan SattumbsalMome Services to Be Conducted at 3:30 P M Saturday at G. 'T. Eakes Funeral Home Mrs. AUie Adcock Morgan^ 72. wife of J. Bunn Morgan, died at ii a. m. Thursday at her home, HI Rectory Street, after a lengthy 1H nesg. ' The funeral will be conducted at 3:30 p. m. Saturday at G. T. Eakes Funeral Home by the Rev. Herbert W. Baucem, Jr., pastor of Oxford Baptist Church, of which A&s. Morgan was a member. Burial is to follow in Elmwood Cemetery Mrs Morgan was a native of Granville County, a daughter of the late Simpson P. and Cara Luns ford Adcock. She taught in the public schools of the rdiinty for 25 years prior to her retirement Surviving m addition to her hus band are a foster son, Brent Ad cock of Butner; a foster daughter, Mrs. E. S. Powell of Oxford, a sister. Miss Nannie Lou Adcock of Oxford: two brothers. N. L Ad cock of Route 1, Oxford, and Goldie D Adcock. Route 1. Rougemont. together with a number of nieces and nephews. Dentist Sues Doctor, Motive of This City A Greensboro dentist. Dr. Clarence N. Stone, has filed suit in Ouilford Superior Cmpt against a Winston Uchard C Dr. Stone or aHowed nedicsl table neat and i psychiatrist, Dr ' a treat him River Ass n edutes Annuo! i Meet Next Week O^enhig Tuesday At Peace's Chape! and Ctosing Wed nes§ty at BuUock Church and win River Baptist Association d its 164th annual session on and Wednesday, Oct. 15 16. the Tuesday session at Chapel Baptist Church and tay session at Bullock Church. A. Mitehiner, Moderator, ie. ght of the two - day session on Wednesday afternoon _Roger Smith of the em Baptist Foreigh Mission iped*. speakers will include, Dr. ihley, State Sunday School of North Carolina: Dr. K Young, representing arolina Baptist Hospital; Carpenter, speaking on Literature; Rev. J M. pting North Carolina es for the Aging; speaking on Civic and Public Morals; A. Huggins, represent Missions Board To Members onai Appoint at October of Board ^ <re the Fred Ray the Granville County that the member fromsix to 10 i meeting of the Com J.S , h# Ooi of ^Dommissionet s -six: years. Of the Library Webb. Jr., treasur . W. Parham, Mrs. W T. Yanee^ and Bradsher. . ANNOCNCEMENT Bom to Mr. and Mrs. ft. H. Averette, Jr., of Paydtteviiie. a son, Robert J#aroid, Jr.. Oct 4, at Cape Fear Wiey Hospitai, Fayetteviiie. Mrs. Aaerette is the former Mildred Parrigh of Stem. A-' Born to Mr and Mrs. George Powert of South Hill. Va., a daugh ter, Get. 6. Mrs Powers is the for mer Miss Martha Lacy Landis oi this-city. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carroii, Jr., of Mebane. announce the birth o< a son, John Morris, Sept. 4, at -the Mebane Citnic. Mrs Carroii is the format Betty Margaret Morris of Wilton. BBAFT BOARD OFFICE TO BE CLOSED OCT 15 The Draft Board office here in the Phncock buiiding wiii be ciosed ill day next ^Tuesday, Oct. 15, to enaMb the personnel, Mrs. G. T. Eaites and Mrs Samuel E. Wheeier, to attend an area meeting of se lective servica. officials to be heid that day in Henderson Gas Takes 4-Cent Drop TVA hit the ctty like a storm Wednesday. . The result, a four cen*s per gal lon reduction in the retail price of gasoline. . . - In the petroleum business, TVA is Temporary Voluntary Allowance. It is an undetermined "kick bdck' which iobbers or distributors may allow their retail outlets to assist them in meeting competition, ac cording to R T. Wiliiford, vice president o^ McCracken Oil Com pany and manager of the Oxford plant. lfsso posted first reduction here Wednesday When that happened, dealers across the way and around the comer got busy on the phene. They were toid to meet competition and signs began appearing out front. "Gas 29.9 " most ofv them read Retaiiers said there is a correspond ing reduction in premium grades Locally, the drop was four cents per gallon, stili one cent higher than has been the going price at Creedmoor and vicinity for several days Fuei oils are not affected by the current nrice adjustment. Roberson Death Probe Continues County and State Officers Accumulate Large Fi!e In Six Year Old Murder The unsolved murder of an aged Granviile County man on a rainy August night in 1951 continues to challenge officers at the county and state ieveis, and although the home In which J M. Roberson resided a few miles north of Oxford Is nearer .'Ws.. tion. who MW years ha a determined effort to link together the unknown and bring to light true facts in the case. , Shortly after Sheriff Roy D. Jones came into office, working with Deputy J. C Cash and SBI Agent Bradshaw, the case was re opened and work has continued since that time with only periodic interruption. ! "We have a file about that thick." See PROBE, Page 8 HD Ciub Soiiciting Ledger Subscriptions The month of October has been designated as "Home Demonstration Ciub Month For Securing Subscriptions to Ox ford Public Ledger . " The club will receive a liberal commis sion on ali subscriptions re ceived by them through Octo ber. If you are not now taking the Ledger, or if your present subserpition expires not iater than January 1. 1958. give your subscirption to your favorite ciub and they wiii receive credit for same. Remember, January 1, 1958, is the deadline on re newals that will count. ' Voters fo Determine Fate ot Bond Program Voting at Court House to Begin at 6 A. M. Saturday as Citi zens Decide Whether City Undertakes Water and Sewer improvements Voters of Oxford will tomor row determine the fate of a 3832,090 bond issue proposal in a referendum ballot Mayor Hugh Currin yesterday re - emphasized that ^he outlays requested for water system and isewer plant improvements are imperative to the safety and well-being of Oxford's present and future citizens. "The city administration has sought to bring the facts to our citizens and property owners. We know it is a big undertak ing. but we also know that the improvements are vi aimost mandatory-^from mdpoint of the public health safety." Currin said. The bond Issue is the largest ever proposed for the City of d. Of the total. MM.000 needed for water piant tm additions^ tank. The remaining $463,000 would be used hy sewer piant enlargement and refinements and for new outfail lines Currin said he and members of the Board of Commissioners of Oxford are encouraged by the fact that each of the city's civic ciubs are on record as approv ing the proposal. "We believe the great mapority of people going to the poiis wiii favor the issue." Curtin stated. There are approximately 2,000 registered voters in Oxford, 30 having been added during the registration period last month. Mrs. T. O Stem, Jr., regts fra. noted that there is to be cn!y one poiiing place, and that at the court house Poiis wiii be open from 6 a m . to 6 p . m. Assisting Mrs. atem at the poiis wiU he Mrs. C. R. Wat kins, Jr., Mrs. John N Wat kins, Jr.. Joe Badgett and C. O. Credie. (j;r(2fi\'(//(3 Board yUcfs On ^ssorfed ProB/enn Pres!ey WiHiams Given Prison Term Convicted in Federal Court In Raleigh this week on charges of postal law violations, an Ox ford Negro. Presley Williams.^ was given a prison term of 22 months, Assistant Chief N E White has been advised. T&hlte was the officer who "broke" the case against Wil- - Hams when a number of checks which he allegedly tend ered in payment for orders placed by mail were returned. * After his transfer to Raleigh. Oxford police seized from Wil liams' premises a large quantity of radio and television equip ment. including some property which he had accepted for re pair. 'F/t/ S/oshes Creedmoor High Influenza, approaching epi demic stages, has slashed schpol attendance at Creedmoor this week, but the situation yester day appeared to be Improving. That was the yrord from Supt D N. Hix after conferring with J. L. McDonald, principal of Creedmoor High, and G C Hawley, principal of Hawley^ High. , McDonald said the situation yesterday appeared to be im proving after pom- attendance Wednesday, which he the worst day . " At MO students were roUinent moor High, 750 . Hix said schools in Creedmoor were the oniy ones in the county system suffering from the influenza outbreak. Wilton School, he said, reported nor mal attendance. Methodist; Mon S. S. institute Visiting Faculty Members to Assist with Training Pro gram Oct. 15 The Granville Sub - District of the Methodist Church will hold a Church School Educational Insti tute at Oxford Methodist Church in Tuesday, Oct 15, at 7:30 p. m. The purpose is to help Church School teachers and workers have a better understanding of the lit erature used in Methodist Church Schools, and to discover new methods of presenting lesson ma terials in the Church School, ac cording to Mrs. Garland Averett, superintendent of the Sunday School. The Institute is set up for five different areas of the Church School program, and those expect to attend include all workers with -hildren, ali workers with youth, he superintendent of the adult di vision, the director of family life, rli general Church School officers, superintendent, superintendent for membership cultivation, chairman if Commission on Education and pastor Workers with children wiii be un der the direction of Miss Elizabeth lohnson; Rev. C. D. Brown and lev E M Thompson wiii iead /outh workers; Rev. Keiiy J. Wil son, Jr., will work with the super intendents of the aduit division; Rev. E. C Shoaf wiii work with he directors of family^life; and lames Patrick will be the leader or general Church Schooi officers. PTA Supper Preparation has been made for a record attendance at the annuai *^TA - sponsored Mtrbecue supper tonight. Friday, at Berea High School Serving is to begin at 5 and con tinue until 4. The menu will in clude pork barbecue or barbecue chicken served with chicken salad and other accessories, together with drink and pie for dessert. A large number of tickets have, been sold in advance and arrange ments have been made to take care of other patrons at the door. Road petitions, school finaaeta. tax collections. social security./ school inspections. galnt Ing and library appointment* ward among the wide variety of mattem aandled at the October meeting of tbe Board of Uommissiongm; hme Monday. And at the end of the lengthy session, there remained for <Mspa**l several requests which bad h#$0 brought again to the board ^cUon. Among these was the sw quest of Rev H W. Baucom. dr . in behaif of Granville Recreation Commission, for use of the present American Legion quarters in (he Ag buitding for a county - wide recreational activity. The request Counjly order that the sheriff might continue the co vision was made for audits. The auditor wi ed to settie with She coiiections on the 1956 the auditor's departn tinue efforts to coHet accounts. 1. of them with two .thrars. asked that the pay be upped 1 $175.00. Later in the day Ote b# ' authorised an increase of $3*g month for the job. fixing the cot pensation at $136 per month Bialock queried the board ^ ' what members "thonght"'d% * social security tax on his mwtdn! from l95i. The matter was !e open when Chairman Georgiy % Morton cited, to Mr. Blalock a ruling by the Director of BatcH)* Revenue that t<& an employee of the codnty. Board's attorney. T G Stem, ag)& ed that there Is some disagreement on the issue and asked for tta* to search out the facts before action was taken by the board. Lights and fainting Adked Placed before the board were ra quests for interior painting and in* sta nation of more adequate ing in two departments in the Ag building. Garland L Catlette Sok* ed for interior painting and llght ing in the ASC offices and Mrs. Edith Cannady asked for installa tion of more adequate lighting in the library portion of the building. See BOARD, Page a Dexter HaptBts
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