Ml Orange county news for 1.50 In the county and $2.00 lutside the county. All serv cemen get the county fates. Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, April 26, 1945 6 Pages This Week ARRBORO Want to aell or buy? Try a want ad In The News. You want results and we want to help you get them. BOND BUYERS AND (One Week Nearer Vitf&ryJ LIONS ON THE LOOSE loaring Lions From have—22 years. You’ll hear kthing new; I know, for I have lard Ce'cil Webb make that same eech al least three times. Every beting night you will listen to me other fellow make a speech, Id you will listen to some mem o's wife sing a song; neither eaker or singer worth listening . it is Lionism; in fact, you ft the same treatment at all ser ce clubs, including Kiwanis and tary,” , , As an example of what you are for,” Barber went on, “take the lk on ‘intelligence’ and ‘think s’ you just heard Cecil Webb ake. It takes no intelligence to ake that talk, and you clon’t even ive to think, to know what I’m ying is so. We Durham folks en come over to Chapel Hill and t Bob House to talk to us. that when we can’t get somebody se.” Barber also discounted the nging done by Lions, saying, ook what you got here tonight; e fellow we brought over to lead e singing is no singer; he’s a ember of the engineering school Duke University.” As examples of the great work rvice clubs do, Barbfer recalled a 3int meeting of all Durham ser ice clubs some time ago at which ach club was cited for_,its out landing work of the year. The iwanis club, he said, had conT tructed what was io have been a wimming pool but which turned ut to be a wading pool without ny water in it. “And when it came ime for the Rotary club to name s project the only thing it had one was to send a telegram of ongratulations when Mr. Duke lave his millions to Duke Univer ity,” Lion Barber concluded. •istrict Governor Cited — Lion Johnston, introducing Dis rict Governor Xalte of High Point, o make the charter presentation, >aid high compliment to the Lion 'fficial, citing him as one example (Continued on page 5) Look This Over “ If you are~not a subscriber to 1’1'e News, look over this issue and get a sample of the 'news you are mistlng every week from all parts of the county. Notice the up-to-the-minute coverage of the two leading stories on this and "remember that. Qur policy is to be in there, with-the 9oods every single week. ■* For such a nominal amount, y°u can have this complete weekly news coverage .of all Orange county right in your own ntail box. 8ee us either-In per son «p by man, and make ar rangements, for us to keep you P.osted.every week on the doings of all the drives, civic organiza ^ons, general news and news of fltt m^n and women in service. WkJInvite you to Join us today. LION PRESIDENT The Rev. V. E. Queen, president of the newly organized Carrboro Lions club. Trade Meeting Held By OP A For Grocers , OPA officials called a trade meet ing of grocerymen at the Hillsboro High School library Tuesday night of last week to discuss with them .the wherefores and whys of OPA and price regulation and the best methods of how to' conduct their grocery trade in accordance with OPA stipulations. _ Mrs. E. R. Dowdy, price clerk of the ration board in Hillsboro said this week that in a recent food check, a number of Orange county merchants checked were found operating slightly in violation of OPA regulations either in the post ing of prices or selling above the ceiling. These merchants attend ed the trade meeting to hear speeches by officials from Raleigh. The meeting was called by L. E. Beard, chairman of the local price panel, and members, J. L. Brown, Jr., B. D. Sawyer and D. B. Ma haffey. Three' OPA officials from Raleigh were" present at the meet ing'to issue warnings about viola tion of price regulations and the meeting was adjourned without anyone being penalized for his mis take. The men from Raleigh who spoke were W. A. Lineham, dis trict price executive; Daniel Crump, district food representative, and his assistant, Tom Bunting. • Mrs. Dowdy said a later food check in the stores in Hillsboro found the response to be favorable in complying with regulations, especially in the line of meats. SANFORD PASTOR WILL BE ]N CARRBORO SUNDAY Carrboro.—Rev. Roy A. Morris of Sanford, former pastor of the Baptist church here, will speak at the 11 o’clock hour Sunday morning, May 6, at the Carrboro Methodist church. Every one is cordially invited to hear him. Eno Mills Sends Paper To Employees Now In Service Eno Cotton Mills at Hillsboro extended a helping hand in keep ingmen and women in service in touch With home last week by purchasing a full year’s subscrip tion to The News for several for mer employees of the mill .now in service, Quite", a number of ad dresses are still unobtainable. The list of names turned in totalled 91. but several were al ready receiving The Nows every week, bringing the total, list of subscriptions purchased by the mill down to 82. These men and women will have the paper mailed to them, every week for the entire year with compliments of Eno Mills. They aw«=^g-r., ■ Care Postmaster, New York: Sgt. Fairley A. Austin, Pvt. George Allison, Sgt. Daniel D. Ashley, S-Sgt. David L. Ashley, Pfc. James C. Barker, Pfc. Douglas L. Brown, Pfc. Albert N. Copeland, Pfc. Clayborne C. Cox, Pvt. Robie E. Combs, Pfc. John P. Crabtree, Cpl. Richard D. Chisenhall, Pvt. Delma Dunagin, Sgt. Horace K. Greason, Jr., Pvt. Douglas Lane, S-Sgt. James M. Faucette, Pfc. Jessie R. Owens, Sgt. Leon M. Mincey, Pvt. John E. Moore, Pvt. L. C, Medlin, Pfc, Raymond.A, Summey, T-5 Edgar W. Riley, Pfc, Joseph Tay lor, Pfc. Herman Tate, Pfc. Joseph O. Thompson, Pfc. John P. Woods, Pfc. Maynard C. Utsman, Pvt. Joe H. Dickey, Pvt. Joseph D. Midgett, Pvt. Frank W. Davis. Care Postmaster, San Francisco: Cpl. Melvin C. Austin, Pfc. Willie Andrews, Pfc. Thomas L. Bow man, Pfc. Raymond Dixon, Lt. Fred' E. Green, Pvt, Artis King, Pfc. Lonnie L. Sloan, Pfc. Charlie Thompson, T-5 Thomas J. West brooks. Fleet Post Office, New York: S 1-c Edward F. Byrd, S 1-c Henry A. Davis; S 1-c William Luquire, Robert Horton, S 2-c Osbon Mad dox, S 1-c James Paul Riley, S 2-.c John R. Thomas, Richard S. Wil son, Jr., S 2-c Leander Bateman, S 1-c R. M. Terrell, S 2-c Wade William Peace. Fleet Post Office, San Francisco: EM 3-c Owen Allison, BKR 3-c Cheshire Cole, S 1-c C. R. Dixon, S 2-c Melvin W. Dixon, S 1-c Tommie D. Hicks, “S 1-c James P. Wheeley, S 1-c Willis Wilder S 1-c. Samuel M. Wilson, S 1-c Charles J. Spivey, S 2-c Herman Work man. .-site Pvt. Ollie Dickey, Postmaster, New Orleans; Sc 3-c Jack Greg ory, San Pedro, Calif.; P c,A1^ F Conklin, Squantum, Mass.; Pvt. Weldon R. Nordan, Camp Hood, Texas; Pvt. Allen- Vernon Owens, Roanoke, Va,; Pvt. Charles M. Higgs, Fort 'Jacksoq S. C Pfc. Rovce Maddox, Sarasota, Fla., Die Raymond Riddle, Warrensburg, (Continued on last page) Boys And Girls To Take Over Rotary Chapel Hill.—At the , weekly meeting of the Chapel Hill Rotary Club last night, the Carolina Play makers, under the direction of Douglas Hume, presented excerpts from their recent tour of the sur rounding service camps. E. E. Peacock was in charge of the pro gram. Next week the Rotary Club is observing boys and girls week. Club members may bring their sops and daughters or any children they wish to the meeting. ... .. BIRTHDAY PARTY GIVEN ' FOR MALONE LONG Cedar Grove.—Mrs. Coy Long gave a surprise birthday dinner for her son, Malone, Sunday, April 22. Those present were Mary Ann Wilson, Cornelia Compton, Mar garet Vaughn, Alton Munn, Jr., Sarah Vaughn and Jane Comp ton. Hone Tow* News The following tetter came In ’ to The New* all the way from New York. The writer tella In, a few words what The News means to an Orange countian away from home. * “You will find enclosed $2.00 for which you will please renew my subscription to The News. I will take advantage of this op portunity to say how much I en joy the home town news. There may be a few friends and rela < fives there who would like to know where my two sons in service are stationed. S-Sgt. -j Robert L. Adams is in Honolulu, T. H., and V. H. Adams, ACM, Is at the Naval Air Station in Astoria, Ore. ^ “Thanking you, f remain a good reader of your paper.’’ Mrs. Maude Adams 134 Vernon Avenue Roekville Center, N. Y. ...»-— in—... , a Baseball Game Ends In Fugs Over Britches A supposed td be conference baseball game between Hillsboro and Chapel I^ill ended with the score tied in the first half of the ninth inning last Friday afternoon in Hillsboro When the Hillsboro coach, G. A. Brown, took his play ers off the field following a dis pute about whether a mam* on third base was wearing the proper kind of pants. ' Another dispute had arisen earlier in the game when the Chapel Hill coach, Stanback, be came involved ip an argument with the umpires as to whether a man was out when Stanback said he was tafeged with the ball while off the base. The umpires ruled StanbaclpAvrong, saying the boy was n^F tagged while off the base and the coach returned to the bench. In the first half of the ninth inning, with the score tied at eight for both teams, Brown sent in a substitute on t fifed base. The player was in proper uniform with the exception of his pants. Stan back protested, although regula tions would not rule the boy il legal, and in answer to the protest, Brown took his team off the field, refusing to finish the game. Chapel Hill was at bat at the time and Hillsboro was to come to bat in the last half of the inning. . Brown said the game, which was to have been the champion ship game for this district, will be played in Chapel Hill on Emerson Field, Saturday, May 10. Stanback has agreed to stay off the field dur ing the game. Lions To Meet At Lodge Hall The Hillsboro Lions Club will resume its meetings every other week at the Masonic' Lodge in Hillsboro after about two months of meeting at Dud’s Tavern fol lowing the fire in the Lodge build ing Tuesday morning, February 20. The building has been repaired and the Lions will start meeting there today. They will be served by the Eastern Star. Club Women Hold Annual Meet At Hill Orange county was hostess to four other counties at the annual meeting of the 8th district North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, held at the Methodist church in Chapel Hill last Tuesday, with Dr. H. D. Meyer, of the University of North Carolina, being the main speaker. The Carrboro ‘f-H club furnished music for the meeting, accompanied by Mrs. Ira Mann. The meeting was opened at 10:30 Tuesday morning with the Carr boro 4-H club leading the group of about 75 people present in sing ing the “Star Spangled/Banner.” The Rev. Henry G. Ruark, pastor of the Methodist church led the de votional, and R. W. Madry, mayor of Chapel Hill, welcomed the visitors to that town. Mrs. Robert fi. Ward of Chatham county, vice president of the 8th district de livered the response following Mayor Madry’s welcome. Greetings were extended to the group by Mrs. W. Carson Ryan, president of the 8th district of the federation of women’s clubs; Mrs. Edison Davenport, of the State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs; and Miss Ruth Current, state home demonstration agent. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary of the 8th district, Mrs. J, J, Lane of Raleigh, after which there was group singing by the Carrboro 4-H club. They sang “Anchors Aweigh,” “Marine Hymn,” and “Follow The Gleam.” A war bond song was rendered by one of the club members. Countv reports were given by the council president from each county in the district. Those coun ties are Chatham, Durham, Orange, Person and Wake. The reports v/ere given by Mrs. Paul H; Nance, Chatham; Mrs. C. B. Weatherly, Durham; Mrs(. Clarence Cole, Orange; Mrs. B. B. Bullock, Per son; Mrs. H. A. Holder, Wake. The reports covered work done in the various counties during past year, especially in production‘ and food and conservation. Dr, H. D. Meyer, of the Univer sity, spoke to the group on “rec reation," outlining community pro grams utilizing available sources such as trained workers, schools, churches, club groups and families. He also advocated a paid position in every county for a superintend ent of recreation. rr Miss Ruth Current, state home demonstration agent, discussed with the group \^ork for next year, stressing the question of how neighborhood and project leaders can best be trained to further home demonstration w6rk. Following Miss Current’s dis cussion with the group,, the meet ing was adjourned and the visitors spent the remainder of the after noori -touring the town of. Chapel Hill and the University campus. Mrs. C. A. Sallinger, Wake county, president of the 8th .dis trict of home demonstration'clubs presided over the meeting-m which t^e attendance was fm; below that of normal times. U^cause of the gas and tire shortage, only one car was driven front each county with the exception of Orange. In nor mal times,'these meetings are- at tended A5y 300 to 500 people. Scouts Learn How Navy Works At Their Camporee By C. H. Wickenberg, Jr., USMCR Chapel Hill.—Seventeen patrols of the Boy Scouts of America staged their annual Chapel Hill Camporee last weekend at Mason’s farm, now the Agricultural Ex periment Station, three miles south and east of here. One hundred and fourteen scouts from troops in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Sanford, Raleigh, Pittsboro and Durham at tended the affair which started Friday afternoon and ended Sun day morning. Immediately after arrival, judg ing of patrols began to determine winners of blue, red, and white ribbons. Scoring continued through ribbons. Scoring continued throughoufthe caniporee;'conclud ing with an inspection of the camp site Sunday. Judging took place on the patrol as a whole, and not on individuals. Points were given for equipment, correct uniform and insignia, campsites, Saturday dinner,, stunt night, and a final in spection. Five patrols were awarded blue ribbons for scoring more than 350 points. The Fox patrol of troop 39, Chapel Hill, led by Erwin Dan ziger, captured first place with a total of 40# points, Scouts making up this patrol are Dayid Vance, Roger Peele, Stanley Peele, Tommy Hexner, Douglas Harwell, Bobby Linker, and William Wolfe. Rib bons will be presented to the win ning unite at their local Courts of Honor. . . ~' Lieutenant Commander G. D. Kepler of the Navy Pre-Flight School was the camp chief. He was assisted by E. I. Moak, field executive from Durham, Claud Humphries, executive of Occonee chee council, Charles Bartlett, Jr., junior assistant scoutmaster of troop -39, Chapel Hill, and Robert Brooks, Drew Cobard, and Billy Browne, all of the same troop. The area in which the camporee was held is the U. S. Navy Pre Flight campsite. A demonstration space had been set aside by the Navy showing survival methods in “which only natural growth was used. Ropes and lines made from the barks of trees, fish hooks of briars, snares, traps to catch small game, shelters of all* sorts were studied by the scouts. ' Saturday afternoon Commander Kepler led the patrols into a dense, tropic-like jungle, where he show ed how water could be obtained from vines, and food from many plants. He told the scouts that if the choice between food and water ever had t plorer patrol, Raleigh, 358 points; and the Flaming Arrow patrol of t* - - (Continued on last page) J Munitions Workers Triple Bond Quota In Less Than Week By Marv Hiix Gaston Carr boro, April 25.—Bringing pay checks dating as far back as 1942, plus ail the extra money they had saved up, workers on the C shift of the Carrboro Munitions^Piant overshot their bond quota by a huge margin and won the plants bond-selling contest in last minute activities netting $13,000 in Ixmds last Friday. With a quota of $29,475 for the three months covered by the Seventh War Loan, employees staged a “special emphasis week,” April 13-20, to raise $15,060 in cash Ixmds. The rest of the quota was to he subscribed through the payroll deduc tion plan. - But in only six days of activity workers at the Carrboro plant had bought a total of $42.58.1.25-111 Ixmds, oversubscrib ing the $15,000 quota set for the week and also the $29,475 quota set for the entire drive, which runs until July 7. Plant officials estimate that a total safe of $100,000 in Ixmds will ----- be made at Carrboro._ RECEIVES RIIiBONS Cpl. Charles B. Wills, Jr* of Huldah T. Benson or Chapel Hill and the late Sgt. Charles B. Wills, who died in France in 1918, has recently received service rib bons while serving in France. Cpl. Wills received the E.T.O., good conduct ribbon, bronze star of the Normamty campaign, two overseas service- stripes and the American defense ribbon. He en tered the army i and has been, ov than one year. 1 October, ..1942,, jrs.eas for myre Whitt Mincey, athletic director for/tne Hillsboro American Legion VUist, announced plans ;jthjs week 'for the organization of a Legion baseball team to be composed of boys of high school age. The team will play other Legion teams dur ing the season, and through the -process of elimination attempt ,to capture the championship title. Not more than 15 boys can join the ** American Legion Baseball League team here, and uniforms will b'e furnished theft.hy the Fofd Motor Company. A boy may be eligible to join the league if he §ias not played ball more than two games with any other American Legiofi "fearn, arret he- m ust -also sign a contract agreeing not to play with any other Legion team dur ing the season. Mincey said tryouts will be held soon and the eligible boys signed up to play. He urges, all boys in terested in playing ball for the Legion to contact him before May 10. All players must be gighed' up by that date. Any boy in Orange county, hot living wittrtn the dts trict of the Chapel Hill '“Legion, is eligible to make application. Seven have already expressed a desire to join the team, leaving eight to go if they are signed up. V Legion Dance The Hillsboro American Legion is breaking a little variety into the regular schedule of weekly square dances at the local high school gymnasium and oa Friday night. May *4, 'they'' are importing a well known colored band from Durham to play for a dance scheduled to begin at 9:00 p. m. and last until 12:00. Johnny Toran and his orchestra will furnish music for the affair, and proceeds from the dahce will go^to theLegion Hut Fund. GIRLS HAVE WEINER ROAST - Thp Antiock Y. W. A. girls had a' weiner roast at Mrs. Luther Grubbs Saturday night.. Games w«re played and songs sung. “ "Special emphasis week” found intense rivalry between the- two shifts of munitions workers. A Chance remark by H. A. Went worth, controller of the plant and director of the bond program, pro vided the spur to make the C shift struggle and finally, at the last minute, succeed in coming out on top. C shift, under Foreman Harry Breeze, had been the underdog it\, all recent contests held at the plant, and at the rally held' April 13 Wentworth told the crowd D. E. Neal’s A shift had boasted that the underdog Breeze shift would again eat their dust. Dust eating became the subject of jibe and joking among plant employees. Just who would be the dust eaters and who the dust raisers' was unknown until mid night of the last night, but then it was found the C shift had sold $20,062.50, against the A shift’s $91,537.50. Symbolic of the C shift’s vic tory is a small coffin placed at the plant entrance. In it lies a doll twgjfpd “Buddy Neal’s A Shi£;” 'atop it are real flowers. Also at jthe plant entrance is a large bulletin board with giant three-foot thermometers, built by Johnny McCauley. Sales for each shift were Recorded daily by- the thermoinefers. Prizes for winning the contest are^to be announced at an ice cpeam and coca-cola treat Thurs day, April 26, at shift-changing time, 3:45-4:15. Monday afternoon the victors invited all employees on Shift A to the party “because of the good sportsmanship they have shown in defeat.” As a result of the week’s activi ties the'percentage of over-all par ticipation in payroll deductions was raised from 88 to 92 per cent and the deduction 'percentage was raised from 9.6 to 14 per cent, en abling the munitions corporation . to fly the Treasury T flag.. In the final buying spurt two Negro workers, Tom Morphis and James Headden, bought $750 bonds. Sales will continue through out the drive in the Carrboro "plant. Top salesman in the week’s special drive was Mrs. Paulette Rossettos, of the C shift, who sold $12,600.00 in bonds. Second was Miss Ava Thrift, A Shift, with $ll,j00.00. Prizes offered by the company were a $25 war hond to the leading salesman in each shift, $10 in stamps to the runneis-up, (Continued on page 5) " Sugar Blanks Accepted Now For the -present time, all per sons making application for jcan ning sugar at the Hillsboro ration board must do so at the board office,-but Mary F. Kenion, chief clerk of the board, said this week that when "enough blanks arrive they will also be distributed at the local grocery stores. Applications for canning sugar can be made un til October 31, according to present plans. i “*j. Letters have been sent by the board to the eight ■community ser vice members in the county" ask ing them to aid applicants with any -questions concerning the ap plication blanks. The response to these letters has not yet been enough to indicate whether the members will help with the ap plications. Mrs.' S. H. Strayhom, Mrs. Beth Roberts, Mrs. Magk Ef land and M. C. Burt have agreed to assist in the job. ... , * Miss Kenion said all questions on the blanks must be answered before the blanks will be accepted by the board, and to avoid delay, she urges everyone to answer all the questions before submitting the blank to the ration board.