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DECEMBER 15, 1967 *"***""*"** - ' mmy but*....** ihnnoMxaUHKht In wtigatc, ^ *" HmaBSHHMat) 5C Per Copy PUBLISKRD TUH8DAT AMD ' VOL.M MU' .Ji-i 18 PAGES—3 SECTIONS On* Shot, Four Fat arges an s TAR RIVER CLUB will have a supper meeting at providence Dec. 30 at 7 p m., awarding to Waverly Woodllef. who urged that all mem bers attend. ROY E. CRYMBS sustained a compressed vetrebra In a fall on his back at home the night of Dec. S. He entered the hospital Monday and will be there for an undeter mined period. Crymes is a retired former RED carrier. MEMBERS OF THE Junior Order of United American Mechanics held a dinner meeting and nomi nated officers Dec. 8 at Tar River Country Club. Wiley Newcomb Jr. said the election would be held in a meeting scheduled for Jan. 13. -iPil'* BISHOP W. MOULTRIE MOORE of the Diocese of North Carolina will make a visit to St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church here Sunday, de livering the 11 am. sermon, ac cording to the Rev. O. D. Stanley, who said the public is invited. The Visit wili be the first to the con gregation for the former Charlotte -Wwf. * ' #3^ to a Ford atSp-siap on Hillsboro Street at the Intersection of Bank Street at 3:30 pm. Wednesday. Jerry Sauls of Henderson, operator of the vehicle, said he did not know the cause of the fire, which wss.ln the engine compartment, just to the right of the driver. Firemen usep a chemical tank to extinguish the flames. ' RETAIL STORES here are offer ing extended service to customers far the remainder of the pre-Christ mas shopping period. Closing hour today wili be 8:30 pm. as it will be -iBL '** " *^*^^*** FIRE DID undetermined damage Iwo^hwoaFor Dorothy Lewis smd Rev T. E. #po#<Mt lb Be Listed in 1968 Edition Two local residents, attending dif ferent schools. have been chosen fw, lnclushm in the 1908 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. They are Dorothy Mable Lewis, daughter Of Hr. and Mrs. R. A. Lewis of Oxford, and the Rev. T. E. Woottoik, pastor of Refuge Church of Christ in this City and a student at North Carolina Coiiege. The students chosen for inclusion in Who's Who among students are nominated from approximately 800 colleges and universities. The or ganisation awards each a certificate of recognition, usually presented at graduation. The listing assists mem bers . in seeking employment; scholarships and fellowships. Campus nominating committees are instructed to consider scholar ship, participation and leadership in gcademio mid extra-curricular affaift, citizenship and service in school and promise of future use fulness. Rev Wooifoik is a senior, major in history at North Carolina Col lege. Miss Lewis is a senior in the school of nursing at Hampton In stitute, Hampton, Va. C. Penn McIntosh C. Penn Mclntesh, 64, retired reagent of Creedmocr. diet! at 5;S0 pjm. Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. The funeral was inducted at 3 pro- Thursday at Pirst Baptist Church in Creegmoor by the Rev David. Bia^. pastgr. and the Rev. Chpriep Lancaster of the Creed mcpr Methodist Church, of which Mr. McIntosh jVas a member. Buriai was in Cresmnoor Cemetery with Mshonic rites, 4 native of Btuart, Va.. a son of the iate Carter S. and Annie Penn McIntosh, he was a graduate of Greensboro High School and attended Duke University. He was a member of Guilford Masonic Lodge No. M6, Greensboro. Surviving are Ms wife, Mrs. Margaret Lyon McIntosh, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Robert L. Hoffeidar, of Adeiphi, Md.; one - # Mon brother. Dr. C. erickeburg, Va., children. ^ ^5: Guard Unit Redesignated; Oxford Native to Command * 'A*!.' The local unit of the North Caro lina National Guard has been re designated in a widespread shake up on the civilian soldier organi zation and on January 1 will be come Headquarters & Company A (in part) 730th Maintenance Bat talion headquartered at Butner. The unit also is getting a new commanding officer, an Oxford na tive, Ernest Ray Dickerson Jr., a second lieutenant. He will replace Captain Wiley D. Vaughan of Wnr renton, who is being transferred to the Division Staff in Raleigh. In disclosing the local change, Sgt. Frank B. Newell, Administrative Supply Technician, said the next driii of the unit will be on January 6 and 7. Newell said the change shifts the unit for the first time from an infantry to a mechanized unit rather ; than an infantry organization. It remains as a part of the 30th Division. "This is particularly significant in our recruiting program, " Sgt. Newell said. "It means that our recruits can choose schools around the coun try for their active duty training— schools in which they can acquire technical skills that will increase their employment potential." He remembered one instance in which a young man working for MO per month went into training and beer me a welder. He has since been employed at the rate of $8 per hour The local outfit will have two plattoons, one engaged in supply and the other engaged in armament maintenance, including artillery and b.g guns. Sgt. Newell said the change Will necessitate inventory of ait supplies and equipment of the iot# unit, i which are to be turned in fot'eredit, i With headquarters at Butner, other parts of the unit are iocated in Reidsville and Roxboro. The Bat talion Commander is Lt.-Coi. James ^ C. Kannan Jr. Hs replaces Ltt-Col., Ferd L. Davis of Zebulon, who-has } b en reassigned as an executive of ficer. Lt. Dickerson is employed in Ra leigh as an inspector for a con tracting concern. He had ROTC training while a student at N- C. State University, later taking active duty training at Fort Knox, %y., and Fort Sill, Okla. Cad L. Wilkins is being assigned i to the unit here as Warrant Officer, j and eventual receipt of equipment for use in training the maintenance unit. L. (. Adcotk Mamed Superintendent Former Assistant Superin tendent Warned Successor to David W. Hix at Decem ber Meeting oi Board A former Granville County School boy who went to the war, came home and completed his college career before becoming a teacher in his native county Monday night was elected Superintendent of Gran ville County Schools. The Board of Education named L. C. Adcock to fill the unexpired term of the late B N. Hix, ending 30. IMS. and postponed for TheiHiletioWsniaby action of the board and came after Chairman H. L. O'Brien toid mem bers of the board that Mr. Adcock was not an applicant for the po sition, but had indicated a willing ness to accept the post if it were offered. Members participating in the election were H. M. Currln, C. Hesley Clark, Wallace Brummitt. Dr. Sam Daniel, Dr. William Tarry and W. W. Whitfield, in addition to the chairman. The election came while the 39 year-old Mr. Adcock was absent from the board room. Upon his return, and upon being advised that he was the unanimous choice of board members, he said "I am will ing to accept and I pledge to you that I wil! serve the best I can." In Wavy Two Tears Upon graduation from Berea High School, where his mother, Mrs. Uhlan F. Adcock, has been a faculty member since he was in the second grade, Mr. Adcock entered the U. S. Wavy, serving in 1943-46. He thereafter entered Campbell Col lege. completing freshman and sophomore work there in 1947-1943 and thereafter entering Elon, where he earned his AB degree in 1930. Returning to Granville, he accepted a teaching position at Oak Hill High and following the death of the late S. R, Murray in 1953. was named principal of Oak Hill School, a po sition he retailed until he was tap ped to become assistant superinten dent following a merger of the Ox ford and Granville County school systems in 1963. Tb Married to the former Miss Carol Knott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. See ADCOCK on Page 3 County Taking New Look at Stairway The Board of Commissioners of Granviile is coiiectiveiy taking a new took at the front stairway to the second floor in search of ways and means of providing improve ments. Raleigh Architects, Haskins and Rice, have joined representatives of the board in examining the situa tion and iater wiii tender recom mendations. according to Commis sioner T. W. Carrington, who is county property t officer. Steps at both the right and ieft of the entrance foyer at the front of the buiiding spiral up at a steep angle Earlier, some improvement was made in the treads, but the narrow inside of the steps at the turn and the metal binders on the treads have become a cause for in county. ADCOCK Extra Dividend is to Be Paid By Credit Union Community Savings and Lending Agency Nearing Ciose of Good Year Directors of Oxford Credit Union, meeting Tuesday night, authorized payment of the usual semi-annuai dividend at the annual rate of three per cent and declared an extra divi dend of one-haif per cent for the final six months. Both are payable as of Dec. 31. Secretary-Treasurer J. F. Webb Jr. said the payout would bring to a total of about $50,000 the amount of cash earnings paid in 1967 to share holders. fn addition to the cash, shareholders are receiving an aggre gate of about $2,500,000 in group life insurance protection provided by Oxford Credit Union. President D. K. Walker presided for the December meeting of the board. On hand in addition to Webb were Directors J. R Perkinson, Joe A. Watkins, Tom W. Johnson, Wil lard King and Crawford Hester. In reviewing operations for the month and for November and for the first 11 months of 1967, Webb told directors that earnings for the year have shown a "neat increase," and that there were many indica tions that the year would be one of the best in history of the organiza tion. First Class Mai! Rate to Bo 6 Cents Final Congressional action is ex pected this week on a House-Senate compromise on a sweeping postal rate-federal pay biil that wiii in crease the cost of mailing a one ounce letter to six cents on Janu ary 7. , The changes are part of a biil that will raise postal rates more than !900 million and give federal employees a pay boost that will total $3.7 billion a year when fully effective in 1969. In addition to an increase from S to 6 cents for a first-class letter, the bill will send the rate of first class cards up a cent to 6 cents. Airmail letters will go from 9 cents to 10 cents, e"** airmailed cards from 6 cents to 9 cents. Four of Seven Faculty Vacan cies Filled — Broad Street Property Purchased foe* School Use Seven mid-year resignations in the teaching staff of Granvilie County Schools have been received and four of the places have been filled, members of the Board of Education were advised at their December meeting Monday night. Superintendent L. C. Adcock told the boardmen the leaye-taking could occur between D^etbber 1 and t^ia semester end in January unfiUedg"' tary. commercial work at Mary Pot ter and public school music at Toler High. r . ' Severn! Other Matters Orange Faculty matters Were but one of several reports which Mr. Adcock made to his board Others dealt with purchase of property on Broad Street for school use; the sale of buildings on school property on Orange Street; progress of work on heating arrangements for build ings at Creedmoor Elementary School; plans for renovating a building on campus of Oxford Ele mentary School; Installation of dishwashing equipment at Hawiey, Toier and Shaw Schools and on the operation of a girls' interscholastic athletic program at J. F. Webb High School. ? Chairman H. L. O'Brien appointed a committee consisting of Hugh M. Currln and W. W. Whitfield to pre pare a resolution of respect for the services of the late Superintendent D. N. Hix. In that connection, Mr. O'Brien said during the past several days a "large number of people have come to me expressing their iove and sympathy in our loss of Superintendent D. N. Hix and re questing thaf I so inform the board. " He continued y "1 feel that See BOARD on Page 2 Schoo! Bus Goes Over, Driver Not Hurt Wednesday A Granville School bus, unoc cupied except for the driver, ieft the road and overturned at a curve on the Cannady Mill road about 4 pm. Wednesday. Patrolman T. E. Saunders is continuing his investigation. It was learned from School Transportation Supervisor T. W. Carver that bus No. 41, operated by Clarence Bridges, Hawley High student, and a 16-year-old resi dent of Rt. 2, Oxford, was dam aged an estimated (260. Carver said Bridges had made his final stop for discharge of passengers on the homebound trip and that the bus went off the road in a curve 0.4 mile south of Tar River, tipping over on its side. Bridges was not injured. Knott's Grove Plans Program tor Sunday A Christmas program, with special music, will be presented at 7 pm. Sunday at Knott's Grove Baptist Church. Howard Wade of Vance County will be the visiting soloist. The pro gram is under the direction of Mesdames Louise Smith, Elsie Bass and Hilda Smallwood. Commissioners At Wor!tenAmbw!ante PrcMem for Area Committee Visits Two East ern Counties — More Study Today -t—. Committees of the Board of County Commissioners are this week making expioratory visits into Eastern and Piedmont North Caro lina counties, seeking iight on ways and means of coping with the need for pubiic ambuiance service in the county beginning in January. A decision to foiiow that course reached at a meeting of the board Monday night at which Attorney W. M. Hicks reported on informa tion he had obtained from the In stitute of Government relating to steps being taken in other countries. Today, a committee consisting of Elmo Blackley, T. W. Carrington and Sam M. Watkins is to make a trip into the Piedmont, visiting Alamance and other counties. Tues day, Henry Currin and T. M. Daniel visited Bdgecombe and Pitt Coun ties to obtain information. They ascertained that Edgecombe is entering a contractural agreement with a Norfolk, Va., firm to provide public service and that Pitt County is at work on the development of a plan in connection with Pitt Me morial Hospital. After the inquiries have been made, commissioners will meet again at the court house to review their findings and attempt to reach some plan of providing service in Granville county after funeral home operators shut down their ambu lances at the end of this tnonth. Christmas Events Party wifh Gifts far Children Scheduled Sunday—Bonus Payments Due Soon Burlington Industries wiii again observe the Christmas season with plant vacations, traditional Christ mas parties for children of em ployees and bonus payments for wage employees. Christmas parties for children of some 70.000 employees are tradi tionally held during this period. The Oxford Worsted Plant of Burling ton's Yarn Company division has scheduled a party for Sunday with 750 children and parents expected to attend. The local plant will be closed for the holiday from December 22 through December 26. Prior to the holiday closing, Bur lington production employees will receive Christmas bonus payments, which this season will total about $3K million for the entire Com pany. These payments, plus pay ments received during last summer's vacation, will total about $7 million this calendar year, the company re vealed. Near!y $14 Mi!!ion Paid for Tobacco The 1967 tobacco crop sold on the Oxford market for the sea son ending Dec. 13 returned almost $14 million for the pro ducers, according to the year end statistical record of John N*. Watkins Jr., supervisor. .The average was $64.97 for 21,537,761 pounds soid for $13,992,965.87, according to Wat kins. The market topped the 1966 record both in totai volume, money paid out and the aver age. In the season ending a year ago, 19,004,445 pounds brought til.841,696.06 for an average of $62.31. Watkins termed the season a "good one" in spite of the fact growers and warehouse opera tors went through one of the most difficult seasons in history of ieaf auctions in this area. The short sales week, the short sales day and the inability of buyers to. remove and process their tobacco tied up warehouse floor space and slowed the sales during mid-season to the point that producers spent up to 46 hours in some instances in ef forts to get their leaf on sale. 7wo IVhffe Men Mabbecf /n Se/zure of M//iis%ey / HENDMCK Roy Hendrick )n (PL Pioneer (tub Meter Reader with Power Company Began Career 25 Years Ago Roy T. Hendrick, meter reader for Carolina Power & Light Com pany in Oxford, has qualified for membership in the company's Pio neer Ciub by completing 25 years of service. A native of Granviile County. Hendrick has been employed in the Oxford office of the power company during his entire career with CP&L. He is a member of Delrayno Bap tist Church and treasurer of the Brotherhood of the church. Hendrick is married to the for mer Thelma Annis Moss of Gran ville County. They have one son. ABC and ATU Officers Seize Truck, Whiskey and Arrest Robert Eari Perry and Charies Rufus Wilson in Afternoon Operation Two white mm were arrested, one of them a former Oxford re sident, a Ford pick-up truck was seized, together with 253 gallons of non-tax-paid whiskey and 36 pounds of dry yeast, by a party of officers operating in GranviHe County near the Wake County line at 6:46 pm Wednesday. Given a preiiminary hearksg Thursday afternoon before a US. Commissioner were Robe^ Hart Peny, 36. and Chatlgs Rufus Wil son, 29, both Whitt. Perry is hum The arrests and the seizure oc curred in the yard of the residence of WHiiam (Buck) BurweU, TS-yeer oid Negro, of Rt. 1, Franklinton. off N. C. 86, where the whiskey had been stored in an out-house. The 1963 truck was registered in the name of a Durham resident, ac cording to ABC Chief Arthur Ray Currin of GranviUe. Wake County ABC Officers and Federal ATU agents working out of Raleigh were with Currin and they are assisting in continuing the investigation. Perry formerly lived here and at tended a school in this city for a period. Patfo! Rookie To Be Assigned Here Oxford is getting a new State Highway Patrol officer, a rookie. He is L. E. Kornegay of Seven Springs who is among 34 troop ers graduating today at the In stitute of Government's Patrol Training School. Kornegay will be assigned to work with another local patrol man for a probationary period. Cify Board ; Susy Mtghf Session Th<t Board of Commissioners of OxforBymeeting Tuesday night, dis posed of deverai major items of busi ness, some of them pending for weeks, and left on the unfinished calendar severai other items. One requiring considerabie time of board members was a compiaint by Ben Miiis, Oxford merchant, who contended that poiice had fail ed to provide him what he consid ered adequate protection when his property and life were in jeopardy. In consequence of Miiis' com piaint. the Board's poiice commit tee, consisting of Dr. Wayne Mar tin and W. W. Hughes Jr., was asked to make a complete investi gation and report back to the board. Miiis' compiaint related to an ap pearance of a group of 16 boys at his store near midnight on a recent night, allegedly threatening him and threatening damage to his property. Arrests were made on the highway near Oxford after Miiis appealed to Sheriff J. C. Cash and his men for protection. The arrests followed an alleged attempt to force Miiis into a race, the start of the difficulty near th6 store. Mills laid he was in fear of his life and that when police whom he twice called to his store refused to do more than order the offending youths from the premises, he him self became outraged and may have used profane and boisterous lan guage. ^ Household lmp!entented At the request of John K. Nelms, appearing for Oxford Housing Au thority. the board approved sup porting resolutions authorizing a request for not to exceed 400 hous ing units and agreed to advance up to $60,000 in expense funds for get ting the program set up and the preliminaries taken care of at a cost of not more than $150 per unit. The board authorized the estab iishment on a trial basis of a load ing zone, particularly for the use of tractor-trailers which now are parking in the right-of-way, on the north side of the J. C. Penney Com pany store, said site to serve trucks making deliveries to all merchants in the area. Mrs. Lillian Branch was appoint ed to the Human Relations Com mittee here, with authority for a second appointment delegated to Mayor Tom Jordan. Attorney Genera! Rules City Attorney W. T. Watkins read to the board of commissioners a let ter from the North Carolina Attor ney General in which he advised that a lease between the City of Oxford and J. P. Harris and James B. Dean, made a number of years ago for an abatetoir site, /Was in valid The board also got A request for further delay in acting on the matter and granted the request, per mitting Attorney 8. S. Royster to appear in defense of the lease at a later time. The board approved a taxi license for Fred M. Allen. Also approved was a policy of one year of probation for new employees of the City of Oxford before they are permitted to come into the retirement program. See SESSION on Page 3 Demand for Payment Made Upon EndoMen of Potieeman's Debt An Oxford man and his buddies who earlier had befriended an Ox ford police officer came to the Board of Commissioners Tuesday night seeking a helping hand Ray Oarner picked up d! ray of hope in a promise that the Poliot Committee of the board would look into his claim. - Oarner said he and nine others had signed as endorsers bn a note made by Taylor Wilson whom he identified as an Oxford policeman. Gamer said Wilson had failed for 60 days to make necessary payments to keep the note in date and that demand for payment of a balance of 3531 had been made upas the endorsers. Gamer said he had earlier dis cussed the problem with Taylor's superiors and had failed in hie enofw w re**c*. Forsythe County arg hod btMon for Cv* yosra " Parrott sda.'fragod at at. ham hospital for facia! iaiurid ciuding damary tobh eyo. Thrinvestgadoadasbdm tinued Thursday.
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