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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (• your problem printing? Then lot Tho News settle it for you. See us today for that printing you want done. <1. 8 Pages This Week Hillsboro, N. Cl, Thursday, May 10, 1945 (One Week Nearer Victory.) iron Drawn onday For onrt In June he county commissioners met the courthouse on Hillsboro lday of this week to draw a of jurors for the two terms of •t in June and hear plans for building of a cannery at Ay school. delegation of men from Ay . headed by Z. C, Burton pre ed plans to the commissioners expressed needs for a can f at Aycock which, if built, be the third community can in Orange county. No action taken by the board, but the bers favored the plans pre ed by the delegation, he board voted to name Gra and Eskridge as county at eys in the absence of A. H. ham, who will be in Raleigh lling the duties of chairman he state Highway Commission, ham has been county attorney inuously ever since obtaining, law license with the exception he time he spent away from in the first World War. ;e he will not be here to at to that job, the board ap ited the Graham and Eskridge firm to attend to the job. jrors drawn for the criminal of superior court in June _ F. XT. Dodson, E. M. Sonntag, aur Lloyd, A1 C. Walker, S. H. jight, Crudup Duncan, E. B. is, M. H. Parker, Walter Clark, jell L. Holman, Joe P. Hughes, iam L. Carson, Alvin Haw Frank K. Walker, Thomas ,’n, W. W. Teer, W. G. Wall, rlie Pearson, J. C. Waddell, le Blackwood, A. L. Mitchell, R. Smith, J. D. Woods, C. N. lett, C. C. McDade, Russell rumman, A. M. Ray, E. E. res, S. E. Teer, Joe B. Lin Bruce Strowd, I. W. Durham, J, D. Oliver, J. H. Hinson, \ McGalliard, Ftotf T.-Rtew li. W. Sparrow, J. O. Couch, [. Snipes, J. H. McAdams. iose named to serve on the during the June term of civil t were Wade Bland, J. T. jht, G. H. Rogers, G. P. Al gh, L. D. Perkins, C. F. Over , Wallace V. Copeland, W. H. €, G. T. Durham, Frank Smith, A. Crabtree, J. W. Bennett, R. Pearson, Lonnie DeansK C. Wilson, Weldon L. Riley, lie Blackwood, W. D. Car lael, Jr., Fletcher Sltanklin, nie P. Edwards, T. E. Pope, rt P. Cox, Troy Andrews, J". k'ans, Thomas W. Pendergraft, id Riley, W. E. Sykes, E. G. n, T. Weldon Sykes, C. M. shaw, Ed H. Lloyd, J. F. cman, E. G- Daniels, Fred Rice, Woods, Lem L. Albright. other’s Day Will ! Observed By ■arches On Hill hapel Hill, — There will be eral observance of Mother’s ' in Chapel Hill churches next day. Three ministers have an nced special sermons for the o’clock morning hour:' and at* other churches in town * the alar service program will be 1 unday services for the day fol aptist Church: Regular 11 a m. dee will be held with the Rev. ley Barnett delivering a Moth Day message. atholic: At 6:30 a.m. mass, in card hall; 10 am. regular mass service; 8:30 p.m. a brief serv at the Rectory. piscopal: Early Communion at • m.; regular Sunday morning dee at 11 a.m. with a Mother’s ' message by the Rev. David es; Canterbury Club at 6:30 •; an organ recital at 8 p.m. luaker: Usual meditation at 11 • in the Grail Room of Gra ft Memorial. > ewish: Rabbi Maurice Schatz I conduct the usual 11 a.m. serv •utheran: Service will be con fed by the Rev. D. P. Rudisill II a.m. on .the second floor of ■ham Memorial. lethodist: At the 11 a.m. service eral infants 'will be christened the Rev. G. H. Ruark. Mr. ■rk’s sermon will be on “What dd we ask for our- children?” ■day evening the student group 1 n\eet. ’resbyterian: The regular Sun ■ morning service will be held 4 a.m. - ‘ Injted: Besides the regular ll • service there will be a Young Pie’s meeting at 6:30. Miss Pat Lee Coghill will be the speaker. I ■ . ’ ' . •' A V-E Day Editorial Let’s Celebrate Soberly And Thankfully There is little place for dramatic exultance in our. celebrations of th^ defeat of Germany. As one soberfaced young sailor said Monday, “I can’t throw my hat into the air and shout over the war’s ending in Europe; too many of my buddies and friends are lying dead over there and in the Pacific for any such thing.” c President Truman spoke the minds and thoughts of millions of Americans in his official proclamation broadcast Tuesday morning. It is a time for sober thankfulness for the end of one phase of war, and an occasion for earnest prayer to God that a speedy end may come to the Pacific conflict. ' Words piled' on words may toe spoken, shouted, and written about V-E Day. but all of them have the sound of hollowness until a final and lasting peace has come to the other half of the world.' ' Let us follow the admonition of President Truman to spend Sunday, May 13, as a day of prayer—prayer of thankfulness for what has been accomplished and of supplication for final victory in this war ... to be followed by a peace as permanent and ■ lasting as sober, sane, sensible men can make it. I” This Week’s WAR NEWS IN BRIEF By Gisli Asthorsson Germany has surrendered. The announcement, made official by the simultaneous proclamations of the leaders of the “Big Three,” came exactly five years, eight months and seven days after Hitler’s in vasion of weak but proud Poland. The surrender, as announced by President Truman-in a triumphant broadcast at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning, was unconditional, Hit ler’s dreams of world conquest smashed to pieces. V-E news was preceded by a rapid succession of events in Italy, following Mussolini’s ^execution neal- Milan, the German opposi tion had surrendered uncondi tionally. In war-torn Germany, Russian troops, flying the Red Ban ner over the remains of the once proud Relahstag, were searching for the body of the Fuhrer, while in Austria and Holland, on the Baltic and in ‘Denmark, the Ger mans had signed the only surren der terms Allied leaders would ac cept—unconditional surrender. Thus the Nazi war-machine had been smashed; and with London ers celebrating in the streets, Netherlander drinking to victory and Danes jeering at collaborators being hurried off to jail, optimis tic Americans saw the quick fall of the Japanese now that the over whelming power of men and ma chines tied up in Europe can be thrown in against them. On the “home front” the San Francisco conference has been re ceiving major attention. Argentina, strongly supported by the United States and the Latin Republics, was admitted to the conference over Soviet protests, while the Polish question, disputed from the beginning, has not fe^en settled. In spite of sharp words over the mysterious disappearance of 16 Polish officials, Allied leaders I seemed confident that the outcome of the conference would be suc cessful. Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov, the delegate that most of the conference controver sies have centered around, gave support to that belief in a state ment issued last Monday. “The Allies,” said Molotov, “successfully settled the Yugoslav question and I hatC iio doubt that the Polish question also will be settled suc cessfully.” Thus optimism was the order of the day. But with the nation all set to celebrate the total vic tory in Europe, Allied home-front leaders and military men urged people hot to lose sight of the two things confronting them at this hour of victory: 1. The war in the Pacific has yet to be won; 2. In spite of the fact that peace has returned to Europe its inhab itants will now need our help more than ever. Hillsboro Drubbed In Playoff Of Disputed Game Saturday By Mike Michael - Chapel Hill, May 9.—The Chapel Hill high school baseball team smothered Hillsboro high 17-4 on Emerson field Saturday morning ;te clinch the district class “B” 'title and assure themselves of a ticket to the state playoffs where they will meet Dunn of Harnett county in the semi-finals. Chapel Hill’s Bernard Lloyd pitched beautifully, holding Hills boro to one hit up until the 7th .inning. He fanned six Hillsboro men ancT issued "no walks. Mean while he and his mates put on a slugging spree as . they pounded three Hillsboro hurlers for a total of 20 hits. Wombl4, Chapel Hill Wildcat rightfielder, banged out four hits in six trips to the plate, while E. Uoyd, Gobbel and pitch er Lloyd followed close on his heels as they collected three safe hits during their five turns at bat. Teer started on the mound for Hillsboro, but was relieved in the sixth inning by Johnson, after be ing rocked for 16 hits by the Wildcats. Johnson stayed just one frame, allowing three hits during the sixth. Then Frederich came( in from right field to pitch the final two innings, in which he allowed ist one hit. . The Hill sluggers scored in every ning except the seventh, while illsboro got one tally in the first, to in the severity, and one m e ninth. Saturday's contest was the play f of the “disputed uniform” game April 20, when Chapel Hill oach Charles Sfanbach protest l Hillsboro’s, sending in King, a player, who- had nothing,, h sembling a baseball uniform ex ,Dt a pair of baseball shoes. Hills )ro’s Coach Brown took his team f the field, while Stanback kept team on for the required 15 to obtain a forfeit vic A conference of officials of the C High School Athletic Asso uan resulted in the decision. (Continued on page 4.) CHAPEL HILLIANS PLAY -- TWO GAMES THIS WEEK ' 5 Chapel Hill.—The Wiildcats of the Chapel Hill high school- play two games of baseball this week, the first game with Bragtown on Tuesday afternoon-in Durham. On Friday the Wildcats play Siler Ci ty there. Civil Court To Begin Monday At Hillsboro, The May term of superior court will ‘ get underway next Monday morning for the, airing of nine divorce cases and sixteen other civil cases. Judge Harris will pre side over the term scheduled to last three days. The following divorce cases are slated to come before the court:, Allen A. Loften vs.. Bertha M. Loften, Phyllis D. Pipkin vs. W. L. Pipkin, Mary Davis vs. Pink Davis, Henry P. Bums vs. Violet W. Bums, Thelma Hamilton vs. Bobalee Hamilton, Ira Dunnegan vs. Minnie Dunnegan, Oleta H. Chambers vs. E. F. Chambers, Laura Ham vs. John W. Ham and Frances H. Allen vs. Paul F. Allen. Other civil cases to be tried or continued are Michael Pappas vs. Gus Crist, Coline M. Smith vs. Pace Heating and-Plumbing Com pany, William XL Brooks vs. J. W. Bradsher, E. E. Vaughn vs. W. I. Suitt, E. W. Godfrey vs. Southern Railway Company and Stone, Daisy Smith vs. J. S. Smith, Herbert Lloyd vs. Stuart W. Bish op, Ralph Smith, Sr., vs. Efthimios Mariakakis, Virginia Mariakakis and Willie Watsojn, and Elmer Campbell vs. the s*me three. B. W. Koontz vs. Carolina Coach Company, Mrs. Clejlie L. Lloyd vs. Mrs. Nora E. Lucas, Harry Crit ticos vs. W. Ed McPherson, East wood, Inc., vs. Edward Jewett Martin, Cedar Fork Improvement Company and Doris Saunders vs. Nellie Andrews. There is also a matter of the will of Eliza B. Bryan to be settled between Graham and Eskridge and Henry A. Whitfield. Local Lioas Will Hold Ladies’ Night Hillsboro Lions will honor the ladies tonight at the Masonic Hall with a ladies’ nigKrtalnquet sched uled to be packed with mirth through the combined efforts of the club’s tail twister, and the fun maker of the evening, Luther Barbour of Durham. The finish ing feature, of the evening will be the raffling off of flowers at a bingo match. This ladies’ night event was scheduled to have taken place sometime during . the month of February, but the burning of the lodge building postponed it until the building could be repaired. Tonight at 7:30, Lions and their ladies will see and hear Lion Strudwick serving as toastmaster. Tail Twister C. B. Parrish will be absent from the meeting, but Frank Turner is slated to take his place in maintaining law and or der. Among guests to be present at the banquet are former Lion O. P, Southerland and Mrs. South erland, who recently moved aWay from Hillsboro. PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC AT HILLSBORO ON, MAY 17 The pre-school clinic will be held May 17 at the Hillsboro high school from 9 to 12 in the morn ing. Grahaai Honored At Barbecue Supper The men of Hillsboro gave a barbecue last night at Dr. Rob ert’s cabin honoring A. H. (Sandy) Graham on his recent appointment by the Governor to the position of chairman of the State Highway and Public Works Commission. A number of the state’s digni taries were invited to attend the barbecue at which there was to be about 200 people present. At the time the paper went to. press, it was not definite as to how many of. the officials would be -present. GOVERNOR R. GREGG CHER RY was among the 8tate notables invited to the barbecue for Sandy Graham. Those to whom invitations were extended were Governor R. Gregg Cherry, Lt. Governor Ballentine, former Lt. Governors Horton, Har ris and Long, Congressman Carl T. Durham, Representative John W. Umstead, George W. Kane, dis trict highway commissioner,-, and John Harden, the Governor’s sec retary. Most of the guests invited to at tend the barbecue were Orange countiarvs, many coming /.from Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Seaman Ward Recites Tales Of Daring Strikes Made In Pacific By Wisconsin Buck Dawson Buys High School Lots Chapel Hill.—The four cottages on the lot behind the Chapel Hill high school were sold Saturday by the Orange County Board of Education. The sale was made to Buck Dawson of Chapel Hill with the condition that a period of 10 days must transpire before the deal is consummated. In the mean time, any higher offers will be considered. The cdttages.mccupying the site where the classroom unit of the mew high school is to be built, will be moved from the lot when the sale has been made official. Work will begin immediately on the high school project in order to complete it, if possible, by the opening of school in September. Efland, May 8.—Lester B. Ward, S 1-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ward of Efland, aboard the battle ship U.S.S. Wisconsin is seeing much action in the strikes for Tokyo. > - Seaman Ward had this to say about his service in the Pacific: “The Wisconsin, part of the Navy force which made history in the smoking raids on Tokyo, hit ting Jan airpower and land bases, was first introduced to battle dur ing the famous operations of the fleet in the strikes for Luzon, For mosa and the daring thrust in the South China sea. . _ “At the time General MacAr thur's troops were making a suc cessful invasion of Mindou, we were making strikes in Formosa which proved very effective. It was at the conclusion of this op eration that our ship was. plunged into the midst of a roaring typhoon which made life very uncomfort able for a couple of days. Our ships provided sea support for the Marine forces which succeeded in capturing Iwo Jima after a bloody, struggle. . „ “Thep carilfe" the invasion * of Luzon itself and that’s where the Wisconsin piled up an impressive j record of enemy aircraft andjgfig- j sets destroyed. • “Then in a swift move our!- ship ; steamed into Japan’s own back- j yard—the South China sea. Here l assistance was offered during the air strikes on Camranh Bay, Hong kong and other ports ranging the length of the coast of South-China. Alerted at all times the anti-air craft batteries had little-to do ex cept stand monotonous lengthy watches since the Japs offered no .air opposition. “That belle of the Western Pa cific, Tokyo Rose, predicted that our fleet would never leave the South China sea, but we did; but we don’t know what alibi s^je ais( givipg her sponsor now. We are living and making it plenty hot for thetfaps!” Ward’s wife, the former Alma McAdams, ancLson resided n.B.ur lingten He has one other-brother. Pvt. James R. Ward, who is serv ing, with the 56th Ordnance in Italy. -—— _ . : .BALL RESIGNS”".:'.. J. H. Ball, day policeman in Hillsboro, resigned that position as of May 1 and this week went to work at Watts hospital in Dur ham Ball succeeded Sharpe as day policeman here and held that position one year. As yet, no one has been appointed to replace him. Hillsboro And Chapel Hill Get % ' T“ 7T -. New Blood On Town Bodies Poll Highest Votes For Their Offices BERNICE FITCH again led the, ticket in Chapel Hill voting Tuesday. It was the second tirrle in two contests he was high man in the voting. Ed Lanier, a new comer, waa next highest. JUDGE HENRY WHITFIELD was re-elected judge of Chapel Hill recorder’s court by an al most 2 to 1 vote over nearest competitor in Tuesday’s elec tion. f v Remus J. Smith, a member of the Hillsboro high school faculty and a local' furniture dealer, ran a close second to Ben G. Johnston, incumbent, in the mayor race, be ing supported solely by a write-in campaign. •* . Smith, whose name was not on the ballot, drew 50 votes to John ston’s 71, putting Johnston'back in office for another term. There was no opposition listed on, the bal lot, with only one candidate fo» each available office. The strong Smith trend is reputed to be a hangover from the election two years ago when Johnston and Smith were running in a hot and close contest for the mayorship. -The only appearance of. .opposi tion in this election was the nomi nation of William Chance, at the mass meeting prior to the election, to run against Ben Johnston. At. that meeting, however, those pres ent eliminated Chance from the race and nominated only one can didate from that meeting. No fight was put up by Chance supporters, and the only evidence of Smith supporters putting up a fight came through rumor. There was also no opposition listed among th£ Commissioners al (Continued on page 5) Orange Countians Receive V-E News Without Rowdyism Finals Serao* At Chapel Hill Corns Sunday, Jane 3rd Chapel HH1.—The Chapel Hill high school commencement ser mon will be delivered on Sunday, June 3, at the Methodist .church by the Rev. Henry Ruark. Mem bers of all denominations are 4n vited to attend the service. On the following Wednesday, June 6, the Anal commencement exercises will be held at the high school. Dr. Frank Graham, presi dent of the University of North Carolina, has been asked to give the address. - -7 Wounded In Italy Pfc. William Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Parker of Hurdle Mills, was wounded in action in Italy April 14, according to a let ter received by his mother this week. He is in a Switzerland hos pital but doesn’t expect to be con fined for more than a month. His brother, Marvin, who was wound in Germany sometime ago, is re covering in an English hospital. See Mr. Laws Eugene Laws, Watkins Prod ucts salesman in Orange county, is the man to see if you want to subscribe to The News and can not get to Hillaboro. Mr. Laws is an authorized representative of Jhe News and will take new subscriptions and renewals any VheFe l?i Or*ange county, eX-' cept Hillsboro. Unlike their city brothers of nearby Durham, Orange coun ty awaited the "official” news of Germany’s unconditional surrender by the heads of the American, British, and Rus sian governments at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning before ob serving' V-E Day. Scores and other places of bftsiness in Chapel Hill were closed tight ly Tuesday morning and re mained closed throughout the day. Most of Hillsboro’s stores did business as usual. In Dur ham, stores closed Monday, af ter the Associated Press dis patch announcing the formal signing of surrender papers in Reims, France. Only two of the county’s manu factories closed" for the day. JEno Mills and Belle-,Vue at Hillsboro went on holiday. University class es went orv at Chapel Hill, Pre Flight and Navy V-12ers under went their usual training, the postofflce remained open, eating places still fed the hungry, and , service establishments stayed open. The Chapel Hill school closed early in the day after students and faculty had listened to the broad casts that were coming over the radio announcing the three-gov ernment “official” surrender news. In Hillsboro and at Chapel Hill registered voters were taking their turns at the election booths to se lect municipal officers for the next two years. Voting was light at both places. Special V-E Day services were held at Hillsboro in- the Baptist church. - Nowhere in Orange county did the V-E Day celebrations take on the air of hilarious and jubilant .rejoicing, and the celebration was in sharp and solemn contrast to the 1918 Armistice Day holiday. The sobering thought of casualty lists, of the war with Japan, and " in many homes the still fresh sor row from loss of life made the day one of restrained, almcjt tearful rejoicing. The only noisy manifes tations of celebration were the blowing of fire sirens and horns, and the ringing of school and church bells. Holiday flags were flying in Chapel Hill. Hillians Slated To Hold Bond Chapel Hill, May 9.—Officially opening Chapel Hill's seventh war loan drive will be a town rally to be held in the Carolina theater from 11 to 11:30 o'clock Monday morning, April 14. ^Featuring the half-hour pprog ram will be the showing of a war -mo.vie and-a brief, talk, by Captain. _ Preston S. Marchant, in command of the V-12 Marines at the Oniver sity, relating his experiences dur ing 29 months duty in the Pacific. Monday s war bond rally is be ing sponsored jointly by the Or ange county seventh war loan committee and the Chapel Hill Merchants Association. In order to give their employees an opportu nity to attend the rally, merchants and downtown establishments have been asked to close during the half hour. All Chapel Hill citizens are invited to the program, which will be held strictly to a half hour. Heading the arrangements for the Merchants Association is E. * Carrington Smith, president. Cla rence Oakley, vice-president, and Miss Fay Beeks, secretary. Assist ing them are the association’s di rectors: Harvey Bennett, Vic Hug gins, y. Z. Cannon. Vance Hogan, C. E. Teague, 'John W. Umstead, Seaton Lloyd, -George Livas, and - SheBHenninger:;iii:i^~ Orange comity chairman of the seventh drive is J. Mar yon Saun ders. Heading the county War Fi nance committee in charge ot all bond drives is W. E. Thompson, and chairman of the committee’s women’s division is Mrs. S. E. Lea vitt, who will direct activities of women in the county in' the com ing drive. Hillsboro chairman of the War Finance committee is S. A. Johnson, and directing the sev enth drive in Hillsboro and in the * rural sections is Gilbert W. Ray. Monday
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