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Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, July 19, 1945 (One Week Nearer Victory) tamp Sales Total $140,511 In 1wo Big County Post Offices or Fiscal Year Just Ended amp sales at the £hapel HilL office for the fiscal year end | June 30 amounted to $117,286, rly three times the volume re ^ed to give the post office a class rating.. stake from stamp sales during same period at the Hillsboro office was $23,225, leaving a frgin over the amount nec ry for a first class rating, but |ing short of the $4,000 stand that makes a first class post ce. figures from the Three “other sty post offices, University, Jrboro and Cedar Grove, weri available. These have had a rth class ratings, in the past lostal ratings are based oh stamp ps for the calendar year, not fiscal year. However, these bres from fiscal year sales are jiirly accurate indication of the ngs that will be handed out pr Decamber 31. Stamp sales the end of the last calendar |r in Chapel Hill were $114,444 in Hillsboro, $21,639. Actual lulation of the two towns is [t the same, but the 4,000 Uni sity students and transit popu on connected with the Universi fccount for Chapel Hill’s leader in stamp sales. Postmastei [S. Hogan says that his Chapel post office serves over 10,000 Iple, while Shepperd Strudwick, fmaster at Hillsboro, estimates around 3,000 people depend on boro for their mail, new law: recently passed by Igress and signed by President liman removes the rule that een per cent must be subtract Ifrom the receipts of the post fee, before its rate is fixed. By new law, the status of a post fee is determined simply by the al stamp sales during the calen f'year without any subtractions. U1 persons in the postal service pe just received a substantial pease in pay by the new postal just' passed. Clerks and carrj | receive a raise of $400 a year, fuding rural carriers. Postmast and other administrative of als receive a raise of somewhat lilar proportions according to |ir classifications. This raise is aanent. The Post Office De tment has been paying a $300 year bonus to clerks and car in^ yiew^of^ttiejjtorge~increase | living eosts. This* bonus was pped on June 30. 'low employed in the Chapel post office are five city car rs, three rural carriers, 13 reg jr clerks, one special delivery fssehger, an” assistant" postmast-^ the postmaster and three sub |tute clerks. In Hillsboro there three carriers, two regular Irks, one substitute clerk and the jstmaster. Chapel Hill reports a lady increase in stamp sales since B2, and Hillsboro tales have ne above their normal average I the past three years. Local Girl Is Heard Speaking Fro« Manila Hillsboro people tuned in to WPTF Tuesday night from 10:15 to 10:30 dropped their magazines and crowded close to the radio when “I’m from Hillsboro, North Carolina”, floated over the Waves all the way from Manila. The voice was that of Pvt. Dorothea Myers, WAC, daughter of Mrs. Eugene Terrell of the Fairview section. Dorothea sounded like a homesick young lady when she replied to the' intelrviewer’s ques tion as to what she missed most with, “I miss the whole state of North Carolina.” After eight months overseas, she sounded as if there were no place she’d run across in her jaunts around New Gui nea, New Caledonia, Leyte and Manila that she liked half much as home. “Any message you’d like to send to your folks?” ask ed the interviewer. “Just that I’m healthy, so far,” replied Dorothea. The interviewer sounded an optimistic note when he brought out that she now has 41 points and may be com ing home soon. Dorothea’s father, F. W. Myers, now dead, worked tor many years with the Eno Mills. Dorothea herself was employed by Belle-Vue Mfg. £?. before entering - the 7 Wilder Very Acti wuuam m. w Uder, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wilder of West Hillsboro, has been awarded the campaign ribbon with one bronze star for the liberation of the Phili ppines. He was a member of the ship’s company in the assault wave of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Phili ppine Islands, and the resupply of that island some time later. He also participated in an assault wave of Okinawa, Shima, Ryukyu Is lands, at which time his ship was credited with destroying two Japanese aircraTt. Seaman Wil der has been on active duty with the U. S. Naval Reserve since Aug ust 1, 1943. County Board Of Education Hires Beasley The board of education has em ployed Mr. B. E. Beasley to assist with school transportation, the the school book rental system and other work in the Orange county board of education office, it was announced this week by R. H. Claytor, superintendent. Mr. Beasley has been employed with the state highway safety di vision for the past four years. His main duty was to^ certify bus work use. He made, his home at Smith field but covered a- territory of several counties. —At present Mrv Bea .sleyisiiv-. ing at • the home -of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Richmond, but is looking for a hdme to which he can bring his wife and 5-year-old child to be with him. _ Chapel Hill General Gets Merit Award With the 27th (Tokyo Express) nfantry division on Okinawa (De ay ed)—Major General George W. Jriner, Commanding General of he 27th Infantry division, was warded the Legion of Merit Med il Oak Leaf Cluster June 24, “for exceptional meritorious conduct n the performance of outstanding ervice.” The award was made lersonally by Lieutenant General tobert C. Richardson, Jr., Pacific )cean Areas commander, following i tour of .the 27th’s area and a eview of the divisions activities n the Ryukyus r"'. General Griner took command if the division in July, 1944, dur ng the Saipan Campaign, led his nen to the conquest pf Machinato Virfield, and over the formidable Cakazu Ridge, the enemy’s last oast-to-coast .natural barrier on Okinawa. Both of these accomplish nents were vitally important to he subsequent success of ^other livisions that carried the drive outhward from a line below the tidge. In addition. General Griner ngineered the island-wide mop ip that continued even after the sland had been secured, result ng in the extermination of all m lependent pockets of enemy re istance that had existed in suf icient strength tcu be dangerous o American fortes on Okinawa. General Griner had already re vived one Legion of Merit award or service in the European The iter in this war. He "won the sil ver star there during World War rhe general is a resident of anel Hill, where his wife and ughter still reside, the latter roled ‘ as a student at the Um rsityf Aroui Orange WITH THE HOME AGENT CARR-AYCOCK H. D. CLUB The Carr-Ay cock Home Dem onstration club met at the school the afternoon of July 3. Mrs. Zeb Burton presided at the meeting. After a song and the club collect by the group, Mrs. Knox Woods, treasurer, made the treasury re port. The treasurer was author ized to purchase thnbook “When We are green We Grow” for the club to read and to later present to the Home Economics library. The group voted to present to the club treasury all money received from waste fats. A community chicken fry and pic nic lunch was planned for Sat urday p.m., August 4th, from 4 o’clock to 6 o’clock to be held at the school. The chicken will be fried at the picnic grounds. Mrs. E. F. Cude, recreation leader, will have charge of the recreation. Mrs. R. Y. Vaughn, poultry leader, made the July report on poultry. After reports, Miss Woodward Byars, home demonstration agent, gave the demonstration on “You and your appearance.” At the close of the meeting, the president served light refreshments while the group chatted about canning peaches and making plans to send a truck from their community to the sand hills for peaches. SCHLEY H. D. CLUB The Schley Hfome Demonstration ! Club met la the afternoon! of I July 4th at the Grange Hall. Since club members had just eaten a big fish fry and picnic meal with all the community and lots of visitors from the community, busi ness and the future was not of such great concern. However, the president, Mrs. Claiborn Wilker | sorr,' called the meeting- ta order and the following business was transacted. Mrs. Allan B. Latta and Mrs. O. W; Mincey were ap pointed to work with Mrs. Mar vin Phelps on an ice cream sup per to be held in August by club members; the time to be announc ed later. They hoped to demonstrate good old American ingenuity by using white syrup and prepared mixes and already sweetened fruits to make the ice cream, and not to sacrifice their own precious sug ar. Unless such measures are taken many children of the present age will not remember the tradition al ice cream suppers of this part of the country. • Mrs. O. W. Mincey, garden lead er, made the July garden report and offered strawberry plants to anyone who would come for them. These plants are of the highly recommended variety; ~ Miss W. Byars, home agent, gave the dem onstration on “You and, your ap pearance,” covering points on good grooming and personal hy giene, after which the meeting was adjourned. CALVANDER H. D. CLUB The Calvander Home Demon stration club met with Mrs. Mar vin Cheek in the evening of July 4th. Mrs. Burroughs Hogan, pres ident, opened the meeting with a song,: and the club collect and a short prayer. Mrs. M. D. Pridgen was welcomed. Mrs. Henry Hogan, acting secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting for approval. The annual picnic was planned for July 28th to be held at Hogan’s Lake at 6 o’clock. It is hoped this is a time that all club members can come. The demonstration on “You and your appearance” was giv en by the county home agent, Miss W. Byars, after which the hostess served refreshments while the group rejoiced with Mrs. Cheek over newly wired house for elec tricity. She says the first piece of electrical equipment she wants is an electric churn. Her neigh bors, the Strouds, feel that they will derive more comfort and greater convenience from the el ectric pump and water in the house. STROUD HILL H. D. CLUB Mrs. Patty Ellinger was hos tess to the Stroud Hill H. D. club Thursday p. m., July 5th. Mrs. Eugene Andrews, president, open ed the meeting with the clyb col lect. Two visitors, Mrs. Roy Kidd and Mrs. Roger B; Davis were wel comed. Mrs. Claude Davis, acting secretary, read the minutes of t|»e last meeting. Mrs. W. M. Crook was appointed to fill out the un expired term of treasurer. Mrs. -.(Cont&ued on last page) <4 Efland Hero • Posthumously Awarded Charleston, S. C.— The Air Mfcdfti has t»ese C warded post humously to Lieutenant - John Frank Thompson, USNE, of Ef land, for preventing a Jap plane from interfering with a rescue mission. The Navy officer was pilot in a fighting squadron attached to the US3S CABOT during a rescue mission near Formosa on Octob er 12, 1944. He led a two-plane section on a rescue .combat air pat rol during the first day’s aerial operation near the northeast tip of the strongly defended Japan ese island. When an enemy plane suddenly emerged from a cloud cover, launching a vigorous attack at close range, he attacked it, shooting away the port wing and sending the hostile plane crash ing ablaze into the water, The citation which accompan ied his award was signed for the President of the United States by James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy. It read in part. “An ex pert airman, Lieutenant Thomp son, by his quick idecisive action, daring tactics and’ skilled marks manship, prevented interference with vital rescue operations and his gallant conduct was in keep ing with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.” The Navy pilot's brother, Clark Thompson, whose address is Box 98, Durham, is listed as his next of kin. Harrises Sets Forty Tears Former Solicitor Leon S. Brass field has withdrawn his notice of appeal to the State Supreme Court in the case of Harry C. Harrison, sentenced to serve forty years in the state’s prison after conviction on a charge o£ second degree murder and larceny, resulting from the death of wealthy Mrs. May Higham of Raleigh, a dis tant relative of young Harrison. Mrs. Higham met her death Easter Monday. The original sentence of 30 years for second degree murder was increased 10 .years when the defendant plead gf. no defense to a charge Of larceny. Harrison has begun serving his sentence at Cen tral Prison in Raleigh. A former resident of Hillsboro, Harrison was living in Raleigh at the time of his apprehension. His mother resides at Scotland Neck, Riley b Pacific Pvt. Arthur Riley, husband of the former Miss Nancy Jane Blackwood, and son of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Riley of Chapel Hill. Riley took his infantry training at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark,, Mrs. Riley spending two weeks with him while there. Private Riley is now serving somewhere in the Pacific. CANNERY OPENS The cannery at the Hillsboro high: school opened today under a temporary schedule, it is announc ed by G. A. Munn, acting super visor. The cannery will be open every Thursday between the hours of 10:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. This is only a temporary schedule to find out what hours the cannery should stay open to fill the needs of the people throughout the county, who wish to make use of the adequate facilities. - -.I-—*. „ - • ■ The cannery is open to anyone who wishes to use it to do their canning. Receives Discharge Pfc. Charlie A. Carden, husband of Katherine Terrell Carden re ceived an honorable discharge from the army, June 19, after receiv ing treatments at four different hospitals, the last of which was Welch’s convalescent hqapititL at Daytona Beach. Fla. ' He has received the expert in fantryman’s badge, good conduct medal, purple heart and one oak leaf cluster. Private Carden had been in the service three years on June 11. Changes In Orange County School Faculties Announced EHand VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL VERY SUCCESSFUL The Methodist church has just closed a very successful Vacation Bible school with 43 enrolled. The school was directed by the pastor, Rev. E. H. Measamer. The teachers were Miss Marie Lloyd and Mrs. Woodrow Berry, Beginner-primary, Mrs. E. H. Me asamer, Juniors, and Mrs. Robert Nichols, Intermediates. Rev. I. J. Strawbridge had charge of the worship program. These workers did a fine piece of work which was appreciated by all. HOUGH WILL PREACH SUNDAY Rev. T. B. Hough of the Mebane Methodist church will preach at the - Chestnut' Ridge Methodist church Sunday, July 22 at three o’clock in the absence of the pas tor, Rev. E. H. Measamer, who is on vacation. MEN IN SERVICE U.'f Sgt Dalton Riley of the U. 8. Army Air Corps is spending his furlough with his mother, Mrs. Coye Riley. Sgt Riley was stat ioned in England and went on many bombing missions over Ger many and France. Pfc. Melvin Rice is spending his furlough with his parents. He hat just returned home after serving overseas in France and Germany. Charles and Franklin McAdams of the U. S. Army are spending their furloughs with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McAdams. Sgt. David McAdams has been at home for some time. Another son, Howard of the Navy is stationed somewhere in the Pacific. Pvt. Woodrow Berry of the U. 8. Marines is spending Ms fur lough with his' wife and daugh ters, Mrs. Ora Mae Berry and Judy and Peggy. He has just com pleted his basic training at Parris Island, 3. C., and Is stationed at New River at Camp Lejeune. PERSONALS Larry Miller of Mebane spent several days this week with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nichols. Miss Bettie Sue Lloyd has re turned Rome to spend the rest of the summer after attending sum* mer school at Elon College. Mrs. Minnie Jones and da ugh* ter, Frances, spent Sunday and Monday with Mrs. A. B. Lloyd and Mrs. Della Murray. The Rev. E. H. Measamer and family are spending the week at Carolina Beach. —_ay. ANN W. INGLE_ Cooperative is the word for thi Latta Co-op Dairy, a farm-owned non-profit organization which ha: been serving Hillsboro and th< surrounding countryside sinct June 5. There is'cooperation amonj all contributors, route men anc workers in the new dairy from th< time milk leaves the cows Until i is delivered in modern square bot tles, to retail customers or, in ter gallons cans, to a Durham plant On the farms, sleepy men ar( up well before dawn, milking theii cows, cooling the milk and strain ing it into high cans. The farmer; have to get up early if their milk out-put for the day is to be readj to roll when Latta route men come by. Most of these producers live north of Hillsboro. There are twc on the Hurdle Mills mail route; the rest are within Hillsboro’s RFE area. Two types of milk, Grade “A’ and Grade “C”, are brought intc the Latta Co-op from these farms To produce Grade “A” milk, dairy men must have cement floors or their barns, cows which have beer tested and approved by state in spectors once a year, water under pressure (that is a large supply stored up), adequate refrigera tion, well-screened dairy bams along with fly-free milking barns, and cows which have been check ed regularly for bacteria count. Milk is graded “C” when al though the cows are state approv ed and pains are taken to see that the milk is free from harmful bacteria, the farmer may not have water under pressure or cement floor in his bam. All producers share in the pro ceeds from the sale of their milk. This month 6ver $4,00 was paid out to the men who sent in milk, each receiving an amount in pro portion to his total contribution. BRINGING IN THE MILK The next step in this wide spread, cooperation is trucking the milk into Hillsboro. There are two route men, G. F. Liner and J. E. Latta, who start out at 7:30 in the morning to collect the shiny ten gallon containers. Liner, wide awake by. this time since he’s T been up for hours seeing that his own cows are milked, rattles along ! in 'a converted army command ' car, visiting about 30 farms and ’ loading down his vehicle with 250 1 gallons of milk, or more. - Ed Latta is off every day on the same early morning mission, Ijis International truck (a ’40 model) taking its 200 gallon load without protesting. Ed is the largest single producer for the Co-op-his aver age contribution is 90 gallons a day. Besides his own, he brings in milk from 12 other farms. < CAREFUL PROCESSING By nine o’clock both Liner and Ed Latta have pulled up at the back door of the Co-op building When unloading is over, proces sing begins. R. B. Todd, manager of the dairy, takes over at this stage of the milk-from-producer to-customer cycle. T. O. Ham, of Mebane, young Charles McMil lan and ttjp faithful colored man, James Nichols, are invaluable hel pers in preparing the milk for con sumption. Processing can be broken down into three stages.; In the first stage, a sample is taken—a small pipette full—from each milk can. Say one farmer had sent in three ten gallon cans. To sample his individual contribution, a little is taken from each of the three cans, combined to form a composite sample, and then stored until the test for butterfat is run on 15 such samples simultaneously. Todd makes these tests twice a month, and then the producer is paid on the basis of his average butterfat count for the month. The next stage in processing is weighing the milk, pouring it in to a receiving vat and pumping the milk out of this vat over a cooler. The cooler brings tempera ture down to 40 degrees Fahren heit, After the milk has been cool ed, all the grade “C” and that part of grade “A” which will not be sent to Hillsboro customers is poured back . into, ten gallop cans and sent to a Durham dairy. There is much grade “A” milk going in. these wholesale lots to Durham that might be bottled and sold locally. As retail demands increase, less grade “A" milk will leave the -■ county. Ed Latta gets busy again to transport “live Durham-bound cans. Final stage in preparing milk for retail consumption is pasteuriza tion.. Only grade.“A” roilis..goes through this stage. Pasteurization consists of heating carefully to kill certain bacteria which may have wormed their'way into the milk. Following this, milk is cool ed and stored. On July 5 larger motors were installed in the dairy’s refrigeration system so that milk will now have little chance to “go bad” shortly after it is delivered. DOOR-TO-DOOR DELIVERY * Another member, a very im portant member, of this coopera tive movement, is H: F. Latta. Latta acts as president for the organ ization, delivers the bottled milk and is general jack-of-all-trades around the plant. He served Hills boro for 23 years from his own dairy, and it was his old customers who made up the first subscrib ers to the Co-op. Since pitching in with the new concern, Latta has seen daily retail sales pick up by 70 gallons. Every other morning H. F. Lat ta turns on the switch of his Divco at six o’clock and starts delivery to homes in Hillsboro. Like Liner and Ed Latta, he has cows of his own to milk before hand. Every other day delivery has been practiced by the dairy in order to cut down on gas burning and tire-wearing. As soon as transportation facilities are bet ter, the Co-op plans a retail route outside Hillsboro with T. O. Ham to drive the truck. Keeping tabs on who sends milk and how the monetary intake is to be shared is Wilma Latta, daughter of H. F. Latta, who files and figures in the office all day. Others who have a hand in-opera tion of the Co-op are Don S. Math Kon, secretary and treasurer; M. A. Latta, one of the directors and G.W. Ray, another of the directoral board. And-then, of course, every one of the milk contributors is in timately concerned with thi* dairy’s success and is as anxious as the board of directors to see that Hillsboro benefits from this whole hearted cooperation. several changes are being made in the faculty of the county schools this year with all v acancies having not been filled as yet. It is hoped that all the vacancies left by retig nations can be filled by the be ginning of the school term in the fall. Three members of the Hillsboro high school faculty have resigned with only two being obtained to fill their places. Taking Miss Mary Susan Robertson's place is George N. Harward, a member of the Aycock faculty last year. Miss Robertson was English in structor. Filling the vacancy left by Miss Malvena Shinn, home economics teacher, is Miss Helen Sorrell of Clayton. The position of mathematics teacher, filled last year by Remus J. Smith, has not yet been taken. Mrs. Margaret Phelps, seventh grade teacher, is being replaced by-Mrs. W. P. An drews, who taught at Aycock last year. Caldwell high school is lack ing a principal and three teachers; Aycock is minus two high school teachers and a third grade teacher; While Efland is minus a high school science teacher and one primary teacher. Miss Margie Lloyd has resigned as principal of the Qrange Grove school and is being replaced by Mrs. Mary Bor land Dodson. Mrs. Dodson is a na tive of the community. S Figuring in the Chapel Hill high school are two changes in addition to the change of principals at the end of the last school term. Charles W. Davis, former super intendent of the Roanoke Rapids school is now principal. Miss Ida Gardener, formerly of Goldsboro, is replacing Miss Florence Mancie as high school English teacher and' Miss Margaret Lewis, last year at Roanoke Rapids, is replacing Mrs. \ Kathleen Barham as home-eco nomics teacher. 6 Speed Deaons Before Magistrate Oi^m5 =» svss from outside- Orange. enS* haU,ng I was paid by^iich of^i*.” ?Dd 00518 traffic violators CariLn^rT^* Graham; G W Vn«i 1 L,oyd ville; Willie Taggerf GLTay,ftte' and A. L. CarlwflT nurirnSb^r°; speeding to greater Urham- For kzzL'iy-f™™0 BsSrfl'Sf "* h»d been dis. toe <he first tw?‘™«k'9“ ,du.r uTul?r3inf;aSfdar Gr,,v' b„u„a der a $200 bond t-L esart W- - B. Wiikenson jf‘ o5 rCaSC T' ' driving while J Greensboro. -ovefc to ! ldrank' was, bound SI00 bond Tss^W^r Und6r a boro.' „„ 5Xr"^'r„°' H1"s <J«r*ed cost, "court"’*' Praised As Hero Lt. Joseph L. Patrick r smg. Mich., pilot of “Th °f.Lan the Yanks’*P Flyin„ phoefPndeof whi<* Lt. James Fenlv S^ T°n was the navigator h Spear* Jr* Mrs. Nell Spear of otS wntten that her son^t* uf ChapeI Hill their plane cSsh lan^ When North Sea. landed on the Bt. Patrick said- “T'k„ . I have lost a very sr^Jt f ^°yS and wonderful navigatfr Thlv^n and ree when I sav «■« hey al] ®« (seven of lives saved) to the fact 1 Were such a wonderful Lhh t . did * us out of Germany ’* naV,gatin* E.C.T.^g’ a fo™er studen‘ at State College Ri 6, ,3nd N C. Air Medal and’ pS^Hea'^T84- ' have been present _fart which to his mother Posthumously CtLPEc COMPTon beun.on will be heldNit the°APt°n reunion jon hut fa iSbSLA2*S*11 LC« 22. J. S. Comnt™ ’ S°nday- July committJe h^00’^^^t of the is the first r^„ n<?Unced- This years due to ^^L!)eld “ four All relatives conations, vited to comT "2 ****** are in lunch. and brin* a picnic 8clan£ C^URCH NOT,Ce linJpSpjiS^^^ °f to® Caro at Bethel fiSit^r ^ P««d» day Jou 1 Church on Sun been arranged nius»c has for the ‘b* choir 1FJI y:
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