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, New* family I* growing aef every day. 80 wh> be outsider when you can Join for only H-50 for one year. Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, April 5, 1945 (One Week Nearer Victory) & 6 Pages This Week Jhance Ousted In dvor Of Johnston it Meeting Tuesday le Candidate For ayor Race Here William Chance was eliminated 0 l when those present at the rn mass meeting Tuesday night ninated Ben G. Johnston as didate tor mayor of Hillsboro a total vote of 24 to 6. John 1 is the only candidate of the eting and is running to succeed iself to the office he ha^j*ield the past 12t years, he meeting was called to order the mayor at 8 p.m. Tuesday 1 J. D. Eskridge was appointed lporary chairman. Gilbert W. y was nominated and elected iirman of the meeting, i'ive candidates for the offices town commissioners were placed nomination by R. O. Forrest, ey were F. E. Joyner, C. J. ies, Frank Walker, A. J. Snipes i Lucius Brown. None of the going commissioners were nom ted to run again at the meet They are Dr. H. W. Moore, ' B. N. Roberts, W. W. Walker, W. Sharpe and H. O. Bivins. Johnston was nominated as can late for mayor by J. L. Lock •t. Tom Stone nominated Chance er which the nomination was sed. Some discussion followed i Tom Stone introduced a mo ll that the group present at > meeting vote to eliminate one the, candidates.- The members the meeting accepted the idea d Stone’s motion backfired when » vote ousted his man 24 to 6, iving Johnston the only candi te of the meeting running for e office. It is still 'tod early, however, to 11 whether Johnston will run thout opposition. There were ily 30 men present at the meet g Tuesday night, leaving a large >rtion of the town still unheard om who may place a candidate; the race. j T.A. FATHER’S NIGHT FXTJUSgDAY^V^iG; The i Hillsboro Parent-Teacher isociation will hold annual thers’ Night Tuesday night of xt week at 8 pan. in the high 100I auditorium With Dr. H. W. lore and Hubert Turner in arge of the program. Mrs. H, Mickey.jfrom Duke, who > been holding the Saturday tap icing classes in Hillsboro for younger children, will present iroup of dances displaying local mt. - - .=. . ill parents are urged to attend s meeting. led Cross War 7und Is Over ,000 Dollars Mrs. Allen Whitaker, chairman f the war’ fund drive for the •range County Red Cross chapter, “vealed this week that the quota f S4,000 has been over-subscribed y $1,252.49, bringing the total mount of money donated to the ause by 'the end of March to 5,242.49; ", Orange county, comprising all ie county except Chapel Hill and •ingham townships, was among re first counties in North Caro na to be on the honor roil for eaching its goal early in the month f March. In expressing gratitude to the. 'orkers and contributors in the rive, Mrs. Whitaker said, “I want ) thank each one that had any art in making the campaign a uccess. I am sure our Orange ounty boys will appreciate our nterest when they read of the uccess of the drive in The News, he merchants have been most ielpful with their window space. ®rs. R. B. Hayes, our treasurer, nd Miss Annie Cameron, our •ublicity chairman, have worked aithfully and untiringly.” THE LIBRARY -Ibrary Hours: 12 to 6 Daily; 2 to 6 on Saturday % The following is the schedule or the Bookmobile during the emainder of April: Monday, April 9—Efland school, ,0:30 a. m.; First Baptist church, -arrboro,.. 12 noon; Mrs. Walter -rabtree, Smith’s Level, 1:15 p. m. , Tuesday, April 10—Elizabeth urkland,, Rt. 3, Chapel Hill, 10 a. Murphy school,' 10:45 a. m.; the Jlenn community, 12 noon; Wil Van Vyncht, Duke power )lant, 12:30 p. m.; Laura Watkins, New Sharron, 1:30 p. m.; Caldwell ichool, 2 p. m. Seeks Re-election Mayor Ben G. Johnston was nominated at the mass meeting held at the courthouse Tuesday night to run to succeed himself in the office of mayor of Hillsboro. The other candidate, William Chance, was eliminated at the meeting by a vote of 24 to 6. Haaan Relations InstitBte Began At Hill Last Night rr»rsraKJMBmyi'aaMfczarJftaniR ir-m.u., , . Chapel Hill.—The biennial Hu man Relations Institute opened here Wednesday night by Dr. Ed uard Heimann of the new school for social research in New York City, speaking ont “The Social Dynamics That Have Underlain the War.” The institute has been arranged under the direction of Harry F. Comer, secretary of the Y.M.C.A., with both student and faculty committees working jointly. Ses sions will continue through Tues day, April 10, featuring public addresses by well known authori ties. “The Prices of Peace” is the general theme, and it will be car ried out through extensive exhib its and classroom discussions. ' The first seminar Wednesday night featured Dr. Heimann, Dr. William Starr Meyers, and Dr. Er vin P. Hexner. Wendell Berge, assistant attor ney general, U. S. department of justice, was also featured on the program Wednesday night when he spoke on “Stabilization of Our National Economy.” The speaker for Thursday night will be Morris Ernst, attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union. The topic of his address will be “The Problem of Preju dice.” The 1945 Weil lectures will be incorporated in the program of the institute and will be delivered by Senator James William Ful bright of Arkansas. His general topic is “America and World Or ganization,” and he will give a series of lectures on Friday," Sat urday and Sunday- nights. Lt Clarence Dupree Smith, Holder 01 Distinguished Flying Cross, Returns To Florida Following A 30-Day Leave Merchants Met Here March 28 The Hillsboro Merchants As sociation met Wednesday night ol ppfe-.vcjfc at Dud’s Tavern to agree oh Wednesday afternoon closings cept a elosing schedule for all mer chants to abide by if the war in Europe should suddenly end. Beginning Wednesday, April 11; all stores in Hillsboro will close at 12:00 noon Wednesday during the summer months with the ex ception of the drug stores. According to the schedule fur nished the merchants, the store closings at the end of the war in Europe will be as follows: If the news comes on Sunday, all stores will be closed all day Monday. II it comes Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday before 12:00 noon, close the remainder of the day; after 12:00 noon, close remainder of the day and all of the.next day The end comes on Thursday* be fore 12:00 noon, close the remainder of the day: after 12:00;.close until 12:00 noon Friday. The news com ing on Friday or Saturday would make the stores close at 3:00 p.m on Saturday and remain closed all day the following Monday. There were about' fifteen mer chants present at the dinner meeting. HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TRAINING CENTER Chapel Hill, April 2.—The Dis tricT health department has been selected as a field training center for six students from the school of public health at the University of North Carolina. The students are Miss Louise Buckley of Chestview, Fla., Miss Mildred Spahr of Wash ington and Columbus, Miss., and Mrs. Sarah Hall of Chapel Hill, public health nurses; Mrs. Louise L, Snell __ of Chapel Hill, Mrs. Leona de Mare East of Springfield. 111., and Miss Maria Zalduondo of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, health educators. ■ They will be under the super vision of Miss Agnes Bowe, super vising nurse, and Miss Elizabeth Lovell, health educator. Robert Blackwood Has Fifty Missions th AAF in Italy—1st Lt. Rob j. Blackwood, son of Mr. and W. M. Blackwood, Route 2, >el Hili;; recently tallied his. combat mission in Europe. He bombardier on a 15th AAF Liberator plane, basefLim hree-sport star at Chapel Hill school, Blackwood joined the VF in November, 1942. He lis wings at Victorville, Calif., aril L 1944, and has been sta i in- Italy since last August, decorations include the Air ,1 with three bronze oak leal Lt. (jg) Clarence Dupree Smith, USNR, is reporting to Florida for further orders, after a 30-day leave spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Smith of Hillsboro, his wife’s parents at Blackstone, Va., and a vast number of friends and relatives of Hillsboro and Raleigh. He has returned from a year in the Pacific area, during which he operated fighter pilot off an aircraft carrier with the Third and ~Fifth Fleets. -*—i Lt. Smith was awarded the Dis tinguished Flying Cross for dis tinguishing himself by heroism and extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight from a carrier base in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands. In the face of heavy anti-aircraft fire he pressed home a determined attack securing a direct hit an an -enemy carrier inflicting seridus damage to the vessel. His heroism „ and skill were at all times in keeping with the high est traditions of the United States Naval Service. He was presented the Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Flying Cross for ser vice rendered in the vicinity qf Formosa. While engaged in a strike against enemy shipping, he pressed home an attack on an enemy destroyer escort, securing a direct hit. Sgt. Thomas Gordon -Smith, brother of Lt. (jg) Smith, returned to Fort Myers, Fla., last week, af ter a 20-day furlough at home. Clothing Drive For Chapel Hill Headei By W.D. Carmichael By MAftV HTLL GASTON ' Chapel Hill, April 4.—Chapel Hill directors of the United Na tional Clothing Collection Drive met Tuesday night at the Carolina Inn to complete plans for the cam paign to Be conducted here and all over the United States during April. Due to a delay in shipment of necessary material from gen eral headquarters, the group has been unable to begin work so far. Head of the local drive is W. D. Carmichael, Sr. Both Rotary and Kiwanis clubs have committees working with him. It is estimated by national' of ficials in the drive that an average of five pounds of clothing must be collected from every than, woman and child in the'tinted States to reach the national goal of 150,000, 000 pounds. These officials have stated that over 125,000,000 people in Europe are in dire need of clothing, more than 30,000,000 of these being chil dren. Clothing collected in this drive will go to these people. Be cause of military and civilian de mand in the United States manu facture of clothing for these Eu ropean sufferers cannot get un derway for some time. Chapel Hill’s drive, according to Chairman Carmichael, will be in full swing in a very short time, now that he and his committee have gotten to work. South Differs From North At ... v Bowling Alley James Freeland, proprietor of Fairview Bowling Alley, intro duced a vivid reminder of racial distinction in the South when he knocked Lorenzo Thompson, ne gro, out cold and dragged him out of the bowling alley Tuesday night following Thompson’s stubborn re sistance to not being allowed to bowl and refusing to leave the alley upon Freeland’s request. Freeland said Thompson entered the alley about 11:30 Tuesday night with his. brother and a friend, "Thompson, said to be par tially intoxicated^* told Freeland he wanted to bowl. Freeland said, “are vou kidding?” to which Thompson answered “no” and be gan telling about how he was al lowed to bowl “up north.” Free land said he told ^Thompson he would give him thirty seconds to get out and at the same time Thompson’s brother and the friend were trying to get Thompson to leave. Thompson refused to leave;-the alley in accordance with Free land’s request, after which Free land landed a solid, right upper cut on his jaw. That was the only blow. in the row. Thompson went down and when his head hit the concrete floor he was unconscious. Freeland dragged him outside, and Thompson’s brother and buddy carried him to the doctor to get several stitches in his head. When the victim fell, a switch blade knife with the blade open fell out of his pocket. Freeland turned the knife' over to Rainey Roberts, deputy sheriff. No charges haye yet been brought against Thompson. This Week’s WAR NEWS IN BRIEF By C. H, Wickenberg, Jr., USMCR With peace rumors filling the air as robot bombs once did, and with the rtiost heartening news,yet re ceived during this war from both Europe and the Pacific, it has been difficult for the American public to keep abreast of the lightning like developments .inthe war. So rapidly has been the Allied ad vance into the Ruhr industrial basin—-each report placing one of the nine Allied armies 20 to 40 miles nearer Berlin—it has been exceedingly 'ctifficult for newspa per editors to decide which was the most important news. In Europe the battle moved so quickly away from the Rhine river that press headquarters located there was in two days far to the rear of the front lines. The overall picture is bright with progress. The first organ ized German resistance since the drive began was encountered at Paderborn in the Kassel area at the northern end -of the front. Re ports make it clear that this is the Hun’s “last' stand.” Field Marshal Montgomery’s armies were threatening the en trapment of all the Germans still in Holland. EUROPEAN ; The greatest push in, military history, in size and intensity* mounted during the week to heights inconceivable. With one Allied army after the other hurd ling the Rhine, the Germans reeled back from the first push-throughs and continued their retreat to ward defeat as our gains up to 40 miles were reported daily. At first appearances, all the Allied forces seemed headed for terror stricken Berlin which neu tral .sources reported near ..bedlam. By Sunday the objectives of our armed might appeared clearer. Instead of stabbing at Berlin, the plan seems to be to carve the Vaterland into little pieces. Pincer tactics on large and small scales, engulfing prisoners by the thou sands, were used all along the flex ible front. At the southern end of the front the U. S, Seventh Army crossed the Main and Necker rivers; Man neheim fell and Frankfurt was reported the Seventh 37 miles northwest of Stuttgart -im . the Bruchsal area, and within 45 miles of Nuremberg. To the north of the Seventh Army the; Third Army achieved, the most sensational gafhs of the attack.'For the first few days un der a security blackout their whereabouts were only guesswork. Before the blackout they were re ported 40 miles east of the Rhine. Monday they were reported to have reached Kassel, and Fulda. Both are Important highway june (Continued on page 6) cleared. By Monday Commissioners Favor School Building In Chapel Hill And Draw Jurors For Civil Court Tom Henry To Run For Judge Chapel Hill politics increased in interest this week when Tom Henry, local attorney* filed as a candidate for the office of judge of the recorder’s court. H. A. Whitfield, the incumbent, and Paul Robertson, justice of the peace and notary public, are al ready in the race, bringing the total of candidates for the office of judge up to thr^e. Henry is the son of the late Capt. D. D. Henry and grandson of the late Dr. Thomas A. Henry of New Bern. Following services in the Navy, he attended Staun ton Military 'Academy and the University of North Carolina. He holds the degrees of A.B. and LL.B. Elected prosecuting attorney of the Chapel Hill Recorder’s Court in 1941, Henry assisted in the solu tion of the Martin murder case last year when the body was re covered from Eastwood lake near Chapel Hill. Mayols R. W. Madry, who Has filed for re-election, is so far with out opposition. Hssu Htt' °™*n'Slon»l. 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To The News The following list of 'Orange Countians have either Subscribed to The News this week or re newed their old subscriptions. By putting their names among our growing list of subscribers, they have indicated that they And The News worth the small price to pay. If your name Is not in this list and you are not already receiving The News every week, this is yourinvlta -tton^to Johv the family^ of News readers now. Hillsboro: O. T. Roberts, S. Strudwick, Mrs. Sam Crawford. Hillsboro, Route 2u„„Johh H Armstrong, Mrs. Jphn McDade, Mrs. W. H. Wagner. Chapel Hill: B. L. Smith, A. W. Hobbs, J. Maryon Saunders, D. D. Carroll. Chapel Hill, Route 1: G. W. Douglas, John M. Thompson. Chapel Hill, Route 2: I. W. Bishop, Simon Johnson. Care Postmaster, New York, N. Y.: CpI, John H. Blackwood, W. G. Wrenn, Jr. T-5 Jasper D. Wilson, Rich mond 19, Va.; L. J. Hogan, Route 1, Graham; G. C. Truesdale, Uni versity; R." H.' Breeze, Hurdle Mills; Mrs. Anne L. Borden, Enid, Oklahoma; Miss lifma Blackwell, Cedar Grove. A New Officer With Marines At Chapel Hill By “MIKE" MICHAEL ^ Chapel Hill, March 31.—Captain Preston S. Marchant, USMC, re cently returned from the Pacific battlefronts, took over duties of Offieer-in-Charge of the Marine detachment at the University of North Carolina last Saturday morning. In a formal ceremony of relief, the Captain took over the duties from Major James W. Mar shall, who has been the command1 ing officer of the Marine trainees at .the University since the Navy V-12 program first started. ;Captain Marchant, a native of Greenville, S. C., has just com pleted a 29 months tour of duty in the South and Central Pacific com bat areas, which included Guadal canal, Tulagi. the Bismarch Archi pelago, and finally Guam, where the Captain saw much action with his anti-aircraft artillery battalion which went into the conquest of Guam as direct support of the in fantry. Marchant experienced sev eral narrow escapes during the fiercely contested fight to retake this strategic Pacific island, but he remained unharmed until four days before he was.to be returned to the States for a rest under the rotation plan. Malaria struck then, and in the course of his treatment, he got an overdose of quinine which left him blinded. He was evacuated out and finally ended up in his native state at the Naval Hospital at Charleston, South Carolina. Upon recovery, the Captain was detailed to Washington, and from headquarters there he received orders to' report here to the Uni versity to take charge of the leatherneck unit. Captain Marchant comes to his new post with his wife, the former Miss Dorothy Wild, also of Green ville, and the couple are now stay ing at the Carolinallnn in Chapel Hili. ” 1 1 ################################ Deaths Mrs. George H. Squires Mrs. George H. Squires, 54, died at her home in Efland Sunday night after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband: three daughters, Mrs. Warren Holmes and Mrs. H. W. Sykes, Efland, and Mrs. A. V. Neems, Hillsboro; three sons, Nelson and Carl Edward, of the home, and York Squires, with, the army, overseas;, five sisters, Mrs. J. F. Jones and Mrs. G. W. Holmes of Efland, Mrs. G. W. Dod son, Mrs. G. A. Dodson, and Mrs. C. A. Williams, all of Mebane, and two brothers, J. H. Howard and E...J. Hqwgrd of Efland. V ifuheral services were conducted at the Chestnut Ridge Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The body was carried to the church one hour prior to the service and remained in state un til the service. Interment whs in the church cemetery. V •>. _ _J. / Censtrnctira T* Be Only Partial Now The county commissioners fa vored plans for beginning con struction of a high school build ing in Chapel Hill as presented to them when the board of educa tion and Dr. R. E. Cpker met with the commissioners last Monday. The commissioners also appointed G. W. Ray to serve {mother two years as county accountant, and the education board members ap pointed R. H. Claytor to the posi tion of superintendent for another two years. The building, to be constructed as a replacement for the high school building destroyed by fire several years ago, will not be com pleted under present plans. Only one wing of the building will be built at this time, containing about twelve classrooms. The plans for the entire building in its com pleted form call for a much larger plant. Construction is to get underway as soon as houses now standing on the property can be sold and removed. R. H. Claytjor, county superintendent, said it is hoped that the building can be started by June 1. It is supposed to be ready for the fall opening of school, but Claytor said he felt they would be fortunate- if they could occupy the building by Christmas. Miss Woodward Byars turned in her curb market report to the commissioners showing March re ceipts of $3,665.54 which is $1, 504.09 more than was collected at the curb market the same month of last year. Crawford Breeze was paid $6 for one pig killed by dogs and $1.50 for one goat lost in the same" manner. S. P. Lockhart was grant ed $5 for one turkey hen killed by a dog which is said to belong to Henry Tapp. m Thirty-six jurors were named by the board to serve during the May term of civil court to con vene at the courthouse in Hills boro Monday, May 14. Jurors chosen are: Hugh Strayhom, Ce dar Grove; N. W. Dollar, Oscar K. Rice, D. R. -Brooks, John Wil liford, Zera Lee J. Temple Gobbel, Jessie Suitt, D. A. Lowe, A. W. Hobbs, Paul Eubanks, C. B. Mayse, Howard R. Richie, Leonard''J. Sparrow, Willie F. Riggsbee, Chap el Hill; Clyde F. Bradshaw, W. S. Eubanks, Clayton Roberts, Brant ley Wagoner, Bernard K. Durham, Arlendo L. Smith, James B. An drews, Garland A. Cates. Bingham; D. T. Roberts, Dick Wrenn. J. H. Workman, Leroy Hall, Oscar Wheeley, Hillsboro; R. Durwood Parker, Little River; P. A. Wil lett, Clarence Link, J. G. Garrard, Carl Walker. Eno; Walter Warren, Joseph- W. -Murray, J. L. Blake. Cheeks. University Woaen Meet On Saturday Chapel Hill..— The executive board, composed of officers of the National Carolina Division of the American Association of Univer sity Women, will hold a one-day session at the Carolina Inn here Saturday, April 7, beginning at 11 o’clock, it was announced by Mr:te John B. McLeod, president of the Chapel Hill chapter. A business meeting will com-' prise the morning program, and, following a luncheon at 1 o’clock, there will be a short meeting early in the afternoon. Mrs. Reginald Kepler, presi dent of the Durham branch of the AAUW, will be the principal speaker at the business session. Mrs. R. A. Herring of High Point, state president, will preside. „ . Officers of branches in the fol lowing towns- have been invited to *attend: Asheville, Bryson City, Burlington, Charlotte, Durham, Greenville, Greensboro, High Point, Louisburg, Oxford, Raleigh and Shelby. ILUOROSCOPE CLINIC On April 10 a ffuoroscope clinic will be held at Sunnyside school. School children will be examined during the morning and adults in the afternoon. An attempt has been made to contact every person in the area to come and be ex amined. r.. ■. ” ' ■ HOTTEST MARCH SINCE 1878, SAYS WEATHERMAN *•' March, which came In and went out like a lamb and there by upset .the calculations of weather prophets, produced the warmest March weather North Carolina has witnessed since back In 1878. The average tem perature for the month was 62 degrees, or 11 degrees higher than the all-time average for the month. j.,.