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INVESTIGATE Granville County has many business and farm opportunities. In vestigate, then Invest. * VOL. 80 PUBLISHED m THE YEAR 1881 TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NO. 41 Jaycees Sign 9 Contestants for Miss Oxford TOPS Ht SCHOLARSHtP—Mary EUa Webb front, b satutatortan. end Sue Sowers and Undo Crab tree, tn that order, are co-rate dictorians of the senior ctass of Nict.!is High Schooi. Miss Webb is from Saratoga and the other two students are from Durham. Nichots photo SAM T BRAGG ... vatuHetorian SUEOTfEAt . . salat* torian --n--^ Honor Students At Witton High Homed Satty Bragg Becomes Vale dictorian and Sue O'Neat, Satutatorian WILTON. May 23- — Chosen on a basis oi scholarship, two Wilton seniors. Sally Bragg and Sue O'Neal, have been named valedic torian and saiutathrian, respective ly. ot the class ot 1061. Saiiy Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bragg. Jr., of Route 2, Oxford and Sue Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. O'Neal of Route 1, Creedmoor. Selection of the stu dents on the basis of academic average in high school was an nounced by School Principal R E. Strother. Miss Bragg has been active In many school and community af fairs. She is secretary-treasurer of the senior class, a* member of the Beta Club. Glee Club, Future Teachers Association. Future Homemakers Association and 4-H jClub. She plans to continue her education at Meredith College, seeking an AB degree with major in English Miss O'Neal is vice president of the senior class and has been a Beta Club member, a member of Future Homemakers, Glee Club. 4-H'er and assistant librarian She plans to attend Campbell College and prepare for a career in teach ing or counselling. CoMHty's Festive! ParticipaticuGood UDC and Committee Chair man Elated at Granville's Appearance in Events UDC's and the chairman of the Granville. County Centennial com mittee were eiated yesterday at the outcome of Granviiie's participa tion in the Confederate Centennial Festival in Raieigh Friday and Saturday. . Mrs Edith Cannady, chairman of the Granviiie Committee, said "the local participation was just perfect —a credit to North Carolina, it mutan t have been finer." - UDC members and leaders here echoed her remarks. They were ail pleased with the parade, the ex hibits and the bail. Mr and Mrs. C. M. Barker and son. Charies. wearing period cloth ing, drove a buggy in the parade. Miss Liiiian McFarland, the Con federate Belle from the local UDC chapter, rode atop a convertible with Wallace Clayton as her chauf feur and at the bad Saturday night, Miss McFarland and her escort. Bill Hicks were presented, each wear ing attire of the Confederate peri od. Six Get Degrees At East Carotina Coiiege Exercises He!d Sun day Afternoon in Coi iege Stadium Six from Granviiie had degrees conferred at the annual com mencement Sunday afternoon when over 1,000 received diplomas at East Carolina College, Green ville. The exercise took place at 9 pm. in the college Stadium. Family, friends and relatives of the ooupty students were in attendance at the exercises. Thomas B. Currin, principal of Nichols High, received the Master's degree, and BS awards went to Nancy Fleming Clay of Stem. Treva Wiggins Dean of Oxford, Patricia Carole Farmer of Butner. Lillian Hicks Gill of Bullock and Jannie Catherine Harris Preddy, Route 1, Creedmoor. , 3erea Sermon To Be C!ven Sunday Rev. W. H Johnson to Ad dress Members of Senior Class at 8 F. M. The Rev. W. 1. Johnson of Mt Zion and Enon Baptist Churches, will give the commencement ser mon for the senior class of Berea High on Sunday at 3 pm. Graduation is planned for Berea seniors on May 3! with an address by the Rev H W. Baueom. Jr., pastor of Oxford Baptist Church. Rev H. C. Triplett, principal of ihe school, announced the closing pians. Mrs 8 L. Vaughan of Berea Community is a patient at Gran ville Hospital. ie Arres'ed !n BrcssfSeM Raid Officers of Granviiie and Wake Join ATU Men in Successful Raid Five perse ns were arrested, an sutomobtle and 29 cases of whis key sei ed Friday nght as Qran "iiie and Wake enf .rccment men and Fe-erai egents made a ali at the Owen Bragg 'tome. Route 1, .-rank'.inion. Charged with violation of whis key laws were Fragg and Terry Vaughan of Franklinton, both white, and Willie Hawley. Negro of Oxford, and Charlie Green, also Negro. Route t. Franklinton. The ether man. a Negro refused at the time to give his name. AH were taken to Wake County by Federai agents who joined sheriff's men and Wake ABC officers in the round-up. Hawley was apprehended after a 14-15 mHe chase that started as he drove from the Bragg premises when officers were ciosing in on the residential area. One group of officers gave pursuit and finally cornered Hawley in a dead-end road off the Antioch Road. Officers were abie to keep trace of the Hawiey ear by a cioud of dust which he churned up as he raced through country roads in his at tempt to make a get away. In the Hawiey car officers found 16 cases of "white" whiskey. An addttionai 13 cases were taken at the Bragg farm. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Born to Mr. and Mrs. James B. Moss. Route 1, Oxford, a daughter. Barbara Elaine. May 13. at Gran ivilie Hospital. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Av erette Route 2. Oxford, a son. Frank Cameron, May 14. at Gran ville Hospital. * ' Bern to Mr. and Mrs. Irving in. Faucette of Route 3. Oxford, a son. Haywood Leonard. May 16, at Granville Hospital. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy H. Elliott tf Route 4. Oxford, a daugh ter, Shelby Jean. May 17, at Gran ville Hospital. Born to Mr. pnd Mrs Henry El more Ross, Jr. of Hillsboro Street. Oxford, a daughter. Beverly Ann. May 16, at Granville Hospital. Bern to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gearly. Route 3. Oxford, a son. Bruce Allen May 16. at Granville Hospital Bom to Mr. and Mrs. William Keranakis, Route 4, Oxford, a daughter. Terry Lynn. May 1! at Granville Hospital. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Watts cf Clarksviile. Va., a son. May 16, at Granville Hospital. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bar ger of 2701 Highland Avenue, Dur ham. a daughter. May 20, at Gran ville Hospital Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Watkins of Butner. May 21, at Granville Hospital, a daughter. MissK.C.toCgms FtrSaiurdny Event First Y ehearsa) to Be Heid Taesday Ni?ht — Enter tain;ncnt Pianned for Con tesu-nts and Judges The initial reiiearsai is pianned ton^ht hr the Mis-. Oxford pag eant to be staged at 8 pan. Satur day nig.u at me high schooi audi tor.um under sponsorsmp of the Junior C.-amber of Commerce. The second and finai rehearsai is pian ned for Friday night. Jaycee President Nelson Daniei disciosed Monday that 10 iovehes is hi appear m the program. In ad dn.on, there is to be musirai en tertainment provided by a sextet consisting of Aiien Ccienda, Bill Day. Maynard Gentry. Aubrey Ciark, Hugh B Haskins and Jackie Fits. T he contestants are Helen Brown, Kay C a n da c y Burweii, Bonnie Lou Currin, Sandra Evans, Joyce Ann Murray, Barbara Reid. Barbara Jean Rogers. Rubio Dale Watkins. Judy Lane Williams. Miss N. C. Coming A speciai attraction for tne pag eant wiii be the appearance of -oveiy Ann Herring of Winston -aiem, Miss North Carolina who narrowiy missed the titie of Miss America in Atlantic City iast fail. Daniei said Miss Herring wouid perform for the audience. Three out-of-town judges have accepted the responsibility for choosing Miss Oxford. They are ired Pooie of Washington, Clar ence Boyd and Mrs. Daiiie Jones of Durham. Biii Kirby, former WOXF announcer, wiii emcee the program. rarsy tor contestants The Jaycees are to entertain Saturday with dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Royster Critcher on Linden Avenue prior to the pageant their guests wi!i be tnc iO contestants, the judges and master of ceremonies^ Daniel stat ed. This wiii be for the judges to observe the contestants. The event is planned to provide the judges an opportunity to become acquaint ed with the contestants, then per sonality and speech. On the same basis as the Miss America Pageant is conducted, the iocai contestants wiii be judged on evening gown, swim suit and taient competition. -a Lighting Committee To Meet Here Todoy A Merchants Bureau Committee today wiii consider pians for street decorations here to be installed six months from now. The Christmas decorations com mittee headed by Frank Pruette, is to meet m the office of the Cham ber of Commerce at 10 am. to dis cuss the needs and possibilities. Other members of the committee are Haroid Penny. Waiter Hughes. Jr., Neison Wiison and Irvin Pox. j Roberf D. Man/ Mamed For Schoo/ Jo6 Member of Faculty Picked by Schooi Committee to Sue ceed Robert Ed Strother A member of the Wilton High School faculty. Robert D. Hunt, an Oxford native and East Carolina Coiiege graduate and possessor of a graduate degree from that col iege has been named Wilton prin cipal for the 1961-62 term, succeed ing <R. E. Strother. ROBERT D. HUNT t Hunt. sen of Mr. and Mrs. F Ear! Hunt of this city, joined the Wiiton facaity iast fai! after hav ing eariier taught at Highlands, served as a Boy Scout fieid execu tive in Eastern North Caroiina. and taught in Washington. Hunt gained his A. B. degree at East Caroiina in i955 and thereaf ter joined the faculty at Richiands He was active A Boy Scout and community activities there and was named by the Junior Chamber of that town as "Man of the Year." He received his M. A. at East Car oiina with specialisation in the fieid of schooi administration. Mrs. Hunt, the former Juiia Stout of Siier City, is a member of the Berea Schooi faculty. Election of Hunt by the Wiiton Committee was announced, by Chairman Oariand 1+ Catiette. He said Hunt had proven himseif to be a good man during the year he had been a member of the schooi fac ulty. He has worked energetically ;n the schooi program and also in the Boy Scout troop of the cotp munity. according to Catiette. Wiiton has a faculty of 13 in ciuding vocational home economics and agriculture teachers. 8trother has resigned to become principal of Green County High Schooi at snow Hiii. ' tvtLTCM PREACHER — The Rev. Stuart McRae wiU deliver the WMton High Schooi com mtnaement sermon at H am. Sunday. A student at Huke Ut vinity Schno), he aiso is pastor of Banks and Grove Hiii Metho- ] diet Churehes. both in Wiiton i Comntkr. ty He is a native ot Cotie ge Park. Ga Awc^s for Band Wa?!t Prereitod ProgrsRt at High Schon! Au ditor? "m Thursday Night Draws Crowd Brenda Ashworth received th* coveted John Phitiip Sopsa Band Award presented Thursday evening at the schooi auditorium as the Oxford High Batid presented its spring co .'-ert before a iarge and enthusiast:- audience. The aw.rd. provided by Howard Harreii t encourage faithfuiness and perfection in band participa tion was resented by George Cur rin. president of the Band Booster's Cit'b. Marc Dttggins was presented the Woman's Hub Cup by Mrs. Hardee TTj^^Ketib' "" (!I Lnc Ciuo. r' "ettes receiving Band pins were Ciaudia Currin. Kay Garner, tinda Currin and Ann Ohoison Simtiar awards went to coior "tiards Emilte Adcock. Katherine Duffy Diane Cox. Lyne'to Currin. Ameiia Wheeier and Brenda Caroie Jones Presentation was by Schooi Prtncipai B F. Sioan School Superintendent C W Duggins presented to 35 members of the senior band mustca) mono grams and pins to nme junior high members. The program was under the di rection of Bandmaster Frank Mc Cuiioch. Finds at Stem Hiqh Stheddet! Rev. H. W. Baucom, Jr., to Give Sermon. Rev J D. Young, Address The pastor of Oxford Baptist Church, the Rev. Herbert W Bau com. Jr. wti! give the commence ment sermon at 8 p.m. Sunday at Stem High Schooi. Schooi Principai M. R. Vickers announced'*the program wouid be in the school audttcrmm On Wednesday May 3i, the Rev J. D Young, pastor of Cxford Methodist Church, will give the commencement address at 8 p m. Two ministers serving Baptist churches in the schooi district are to assist in the two events Rev. L. W. Smith of Providence w!!i assist in the sermon service and Rev. Oienn Patton of Taily Ho Baptist Church in the graduation. Schoo) Bus Leaves Ro**W. Driver Taken To Shaw Hospifa! A schooi bus. beginning the morning run Friday, left highway 15 south of Oxford and came to rest off the road where the front of the bus struck a culvert adjac ent to the residence of Dorsey De ment on the west side of the road. The driver. Aivin Hester, operat ing Bus 92, en route to Mary Pot ter High Bchooi. only occupant, was taken to Shaw Hospital by am bulance. He was reieased Monday after a physiea! which disclosed no mator injury. The right front of the bus was damaged including the steering mechanism, wheei and tire Dam age was approximated at (75 00. Sgt. T. E. Cook and Patrolman Byrd are continuing their investi gation of the incident. Oxford H/gh C/os/ng 7o 7oAe P/oce ./tine 6 Rev. A. S. hrmlo Les.^r Hr. Ch i '.-s 1. Carro!! to Give /?rMtnenr"'uent Ad dress -Uaf K. F itard. Jr., to Preside for Crass Night Events Ti e Rev. A. S. Lamm, paster o: West Oxford Baptist Church witi give the sermon and Dr Charles F. Carroii, State Superintenueht of Pubiic Instruction wiii give the commencement address for the schtoi ciosing formaitties here eariy next month. Mr. Lamm wiii preach the ser- , moh at Oxford Baptist Church. on ,ufie 4 and Dr Carroii wiii deliver 'he address at the high school auditorium on June 6. Tile ciass night program for the high school ciass wiii be on the night of June a and the Nichois ciass program wiii be on the afternoon, of June 6 on the Orphanage campus. High Schco! Principal B. F. Sioan announced Friday that Brenda Gupton and Barbara Rog ers. scholarship leaders in the 60 member senior ciass at Oxford High had been chosen vaiedicto rian and salutatorian, respectively. Hai K. Pittard, Jr., is president of the senior ciass at Oxford High and wiii preside for the ciass exer t.-es. Others participating wiii be: Jimmy Harris, giftorian; Barbara Rogers, poet; Anna Peed prophet; : Bitty Seate wiii present the seniors: : Nancy Hogan is testatrix; and ['homes Adams, historian. KRLNDA GUPTON vatfdictorian BARBARA ROGERS .satulatfolan Sheiia Louise Ruff is mascot of the senior ciass. BONNIE LOU CURRIN Bonnie Lon Curtin Enters 1C Pageant Leading Contender in 1960 Event Ninth to Enter Locai Show Jaycees yesterday recruited a new contestant for the Miss Oxford Grown, which wili be awarded here Saturday night. She is Bonnie Lou Currin, a ris ing sophomore at East Carolina Coiiege, Greenvtiie. and a ieading contender in the 1960 event. Miss Currin. 19, came home Sun day from coiiege and found a Jay cee delegation waiting. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Currin. and resides on Hancock Street. Her specie! taient is music and Her lyric soprano voice has won <See CURRIN Page 4i Presbyterian Fie)d P!ens Joint Service The Granville County Presbyter ian fieid is making plans to cali a minister to fill a position vacant f(,r several months. Congregations cf Oak Hill, Ge neva. Stovall and Hebron are to worship jointly at 8 p.m. for a ser vice at Hehron to be conducted by the Rev. Raymond Sharpe of Ches ter. Va. Masonic Group To Entertain Ladies Masons of Henry F. Grainger Lodge No. 4i2 wtH entertain with tadies night Saturday in the Amer ican Legion HaM at 7 p.m . Otis L Harrtson, chairman, amxntnced Monday * Harrison said members of the iodge their iadies and other spec ial guests wiii participate in the organization's annual social affair. A caterer wiii provide the food. & SKR'aH Gir! Bestj^krBske! Annette Parham Wins Trip to 4 H Cub Camp in Com Meal Muffin Contest A Stovati 4-H Club girt. Annette Parham rn Saturday won herseif a free trip to the annua) 4-H Ciub amp on Roanoke Is'and by turn ing out the most attractive, crispest and tastiest corn meal muffms in the annuai contest in Granviiie op"n to iunior club girts The expense paid trip was a gift f rhe North Caroiina Corn Miiiers Association. The contest was under the supervision of Mrs. Bettie H. Parrott, girts' club ieader in Gran viiie. Mariiyn Stovaii was winner of second piace and Ellen Gresham of Oxford was third. Other partici pants were Margaret Sanders of Oxford and Jeannette Elliott of Stovaii. Each received a cooking utensil. Judges were Mrs. Lawrence Rcy ster. Granviiie foods and nutrition ieader and Extension Agent Doro thy Wiikinson. Seaboard Trains Detour to County SHver Meteor, Star, Comet, Patmtand Pass Through Dickerson, Creedmoor Seven crack trains of the Sea board Airhne Railway roHed through GranviHe County in a 17 hour period between 4:30 pin. Sat urday and 9:90 am. Sunday. The hne between Henderson and Ral eigh was ciosed by a derailment. Three of the speedy passenger trains were southbound and four were northbound. A detour between Apex and Durham was on the Dur ham and Southern and between Durham and Henderson, on the Henderson-Oxford-Durha.. d i v i sion of the Seaboard. One local. No. 5 en route to Ral eigh made a tum-around at Dick erson Sunday morning after the ciosed main line ltetween Wake Forest and Raieigh was reopened to limited traffic. The Comet the Star and the Sil ver Meteor each made round trip over the detour and the Palmland, northbound, also came through the county. So far as could be learned, is was the first time that' such crack trains of the Seaboard were ever routed through GranviHe County, according to H. M. Lilly, who was unaware of the "visiting" trains until a Ledgerman made inquiry. Mr. Lilly called up and found that he Seaboard had agents on duty at Dickerson, Creedmoor and Durham irr the duration of the emergency. Damage from derailment of 20* cars of a SAL freight tram north of r' Raleigh Saturday was estimated at M64.000. Fourteen of the deraiied cars remained Sunday night at the dte of the Saturday afternoon ac ident. One car was reported out jf sight at the base of a 60-foot fiH. The trains on detour were limit id to a 25 mph maximum speed. ' Winners Named in Nichots Pet Show Dogs, ducts sqnirreis sod snakes were among the pets exhibited Fri day afternoon in the pet show at .'itchots High Schooi Dogs were the principai prize winners. Third grade students have been studying about them during the year. In the dog division, the winners with their pets were Dickie Adams, first: Bettie Joe Ciark. second; and Mary Lou Cox, third. Joe Russ had the best booklet on dogs and the first grade turned in the best poster. Judges for the show were Miss Annie Gray Burroughs and E. T. Regan. - 4-' GEORGE CURKIN TALKS AT LIONS CLUB MEET Speaking at the Thursday night meeting of the Oxford Lions Chib. George Curt-in presented a history of the time-recording devices and toid the ciub of newest deveiop ments in the application of the principies of horology. Currin ar ranged his own program. Comm/ffee Convenes For S/ucfy o/ Schoo/ Merger 8/// os Drawn The 14-member school merger study committee was reconvened last night at the office of the Ox ford Board of Graded School Trustees for a review of the bill irawn by the North Carolina At torney General's office and intend ed to clear the legislative way for i vote on merger of Oxford and Oranville County School adminis trative units. Co-Chairmen Hugh M. Currin and Dt James F. Pruitt presided at iast night's meeting. Before the group were copies of the bill draft ed from recommendations earlier prepared by the committee at the joint request of Senator Wills Han cock and Rep Joe A. Watkins. Senator Hancock is expected to offer the bill in the Senate this week. In many respects, it was pat terned after what is known as the Mecklenburg Act. a bill which im plemented merger of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Schools. The bill provides that a special election be held in Granville Coun ty Nov. 18. 1981, for submission of the school merger proposals. The bill provides that the ballot tn the election shall contain the question, with opportunity for voting" Fog" or "Against" the propoati: "Mer ger of the Granville County Board of Education and the Oxford City Board of Education and a supple mental schooi tax throughout GranviUe County not to exceed fifteen cents (Me) on the one hun dred doUara (tiOO.OO) valuation." If a majority of voters favor the issue, the merger will become ef fective Juiy I, 1963. with the sup plementary school tax to become effective on the same date. If a majority of the voters ballot against the proposal, then the mer ger will not become operative. The bill provides for a seven member Board of Education, three to be elected from Oxford township and one each from Pishing Greet. Brassfield. Salem-Bassafras Iharb. Dutchvtlle-Tally Ho and Walnut Grove-Oat Hill township district. Provision is made in the act for an overlapping of tenures of some members of existing boards to pea vide for a smooth transition dur ing the period of merger. Board members wili be elected by baiiot for six-year staggered tentures. The biil sets out that the Board of Education may employ associate (Bee BOHOOL Page t)
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