■ a*. '1011. I No: 25 Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, August 2. 1945 (One Week Nearer Victory) 6 Pages This Week Zmlens Visit Negro Club, Dope For Coming Book • nd Mrs. Jesse Ogden, mem : the University of Virginia on service, spent last Wed in milsb°ro gathering in ion about the Negro Health up with some 60 odd other ^ from all over the United Has a lull day for tfie Ogdens. ■ began vvorK early Wednes Horning with a tour of the HeW( Racetrack, School, Mars ■ Baptist church, West Hill, Hsville and Riverside dis ■ which are included in the H Club’s general .working ■Then they visited Oddfellows I talked with Miss Evelyn K public health nurse, and ■iewed Miss Helen Wilson, ■ant health educator. Et came a meeting with mem Ki the Health Club’s planning Kjttee at the Negro Library. Eers of this committee pres Eere Roosevelt Warner, A. L. lack, Mrs. John Wells, and ■Archie McCullers. The Ogdens Kd up their visit in Hills | with a trip to the Negro lien asked why the Hillsboro |th Club had been selected liaterial for their book, Dr. In replied that of all the pro Ks developed in the southwest, lone is the only one with deep land long planning, he Negro Health Club was or fced at a mass meeting in the led school the first week in I 1944. Districts had already I blocked off for Red Cross k, and these same districts t used as a working basis for [club. A leader and assistant |er from each district was el [d. These were Mrs. Hattie Ma [Mrs. Annie Clarke, Mrs. Noche Iker, Mrs. John Wells, Mrs. (e Payne, Mrs. Archie McCul l, Mrs. Blanche Jones, Mrs. Mi va Wilson, Mrs. Elsie Jeffries, Mrs. Martha Long. Roosevelt mer was yarned chairman of committee and Mrs. Austin ±airman. All members of the ired community were automat ic included in the club. tor their book which is to iblished by Harpers soon, iiilsboro program will be and the book, unnamed as ,ould be on sale by the first year. he work that has been under |en by the club in its 15 months xistence has succeeded through J energy of district leaders and Iperation of the club members, ■immunization program has been ped out with thoroughness. |c. Martha Long has the distinc bf claiming vaccination for fry child in Her district. When was impossible for the mothers [take their children to clinics, Long took them herself, community center has been fde in the old Oddfellows build There recreational activities meetings take place. A fund |now being raised to fix up the tiding, and it is the ambition the club to have a good library Jere someday. J Another project of the club was ' clean-up campaign which was Ned in cooperation with the .of Hillsboro. Yards were paned and prizes given for those Perein most improvement was |ade. [Newest program to be launched Jp the club is a canning program. |ext Tuesday night a meeting will F held in the school auditorium, [speech will be given on canning uits and vegetables, a movie, Canning the Victory Crop” will e shown, and plans made for a Pnning contest. Knowing these accomplishments pd plans of the club, Dr. and firs. Ogden will write on the re markable work done here. Be pdes including an account of pillsboro’s Negro health program their , book, a separate leaf on Hillsboro alone will be published which will be used by palth departments all over the fation for reference. — _ rcKee Twins Re-United Alter Three Long Years The McKee twins, Harlton and Carlton, a r® ^th their boys with “ thr* years, Sheriff and Mrs. Sam Lttto have.bo™ States after ejh. Harlton, a corporal in the army an t Tuesday to find thafc in,.Germany> France and Austria, ca inside of India ana £arlton. a private, first class, who has seen l^d Burma, had won the race for home by 12IJW The twins wnv> nniv fmir vears old when they nl Burma> had won the race for home by came lo live with MrThsenaW«3 Wfre only £our yeaFS 0ll HiUsboro artd were in their seLf MrS' Latta- They gr6W U£ the army “got” them. Nine wVear of Wgh school here when thear^ygf old age which 2* then, they look each other over now for signs oi oia may have brought. / . ,„ff f„r the Pacific theater, ’ J -- ,, •» * r=.n lave brought. . f the pacific theater, andaJlton had only one furlough before he **• a-rpria* arrival Sid ** roft! 30 guested, and now Carlton has until Aug** ^er and the Lattas. Harlton doesn’t report to his camp . hatil August 25. * - * ■I White Cress Takes Siler City 11 te 10 The White Cross baseball team continued their winning streak by defeating Siler City 11 to 10 on Wednesday and then stopping Brown s Chapel 8 to 2 on Satur day, Pitchers Williams and Teer combined to stop Siler City, with Teer doing especially well after relieving Williams in the 5th in ning, and striking out the last two batters in the 9th after Siler City had put potential winning runs on second and third base with one out. Bernard Lloyd had no trouble with Brown’s Chapel after two runs were scored in the first inning on infield errors. The game was called in the sixth in ning because of rain. : • - liKeiHere Oranse order, from the <*^*^Lceived from the Word t Qf Agriculture U. S. ■p®P^J?to North Caro-, that six c?untie® 'mpted and five lina have ^ areas coming under added to the area n9, as the set-aside order, w I amended. , ntfer subect to Counties ^ are Ma WFO 119. as amended Gran ^ance Durham Gudto^e ville, °rfnge„hich the order be i counties in ^ inirast l are An-i 1 are Chatham, Moore, ^ \ dolph. .k o{ broilers pro Vl?„un«» removed ftomthe ~ der control counties1 1 population than neW amend \ substituted unde population l“ent. ^arpo^ may now draw ^ sed counties auction m Cbange of county I Result in the ted to m 1 designations rs P{ pouUry for 1 „rpase the supP^ cities. . Sfuans in those “|'rica«„r£ William VanHook leplaces Ballard r vanttook, Person J. William Van ^ ^ last ounty JS^aeHmyeam, has been aP* ,w° and 3 ha«y the position vt pointed to BaUard 'vhop rated by J- ■ „ci to Soil Con_ transferred f«g F announcemen^ servation- Th { this week from supervisor T,S, Distric • his new I -*StIlci»W vanHook wM over ,r to perform, H® miles continueom his home hv sags*?® MpSnt superintenden^of^^ clerk tne?Tl«rs. Virgmm J" ^anHook will! and. | Rillsboro. commit"! t. “"g&J*. &* H,UgS td JU- “CSs con,n,it; 'H tee »”'» °b,U ot Ki6>^___ o£ \he " ——- 1 rrZZT wnSHiNOTON mbs. sM|T is spending &-*****_;' -— Nettie Crawford Dies In Orange Chapel Section Funeral services for Miss Net tie Jane Crawford were condusted at the Orange Chapel Methodist church „ Monday morning at 11 o’clock with the pastor, Rev. H. L. Harris, in charge. Miss Craw ford, 66, the daughter of the late James and Mary Ferguson Craw ford died at home in the Orange Chapel community Saturday after noon following, an illness of sever al months. She is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Percy Ellington of Graham, Route 1, Miss Vella Crawford of the home, Mrs. Clyde Rogers of Graham, Route 2, and Mrs. J. V. Cobb of Gibsonville, Route 1; 3 brothers, Luther, Charlie aind B. C. Crawford, all of Orange county. Lions Continue Plans For Scents Discussion of the proposed Boy last Thursday’s noon meeting of the Lions Club. Lion Abernathy, Boy Scout leader, was not present, las^ week being camping time for his scout troop. It was stated that the Boy Scouts have raised enough money for a roof and other build ing materials that will be necess ary for construction of the hoped for log cabin. It is the desire of the Lions Club to-find-a donater who will let the scouts build on his land. Special guests at the Thursday meeting were Pfc. Carlton McKee and his twin brother, Cpl. Harl ton McKee who have recently re turned from duty in the Pacific and European theaters, respective ly. Fightiag Twastae Reaf Six Heaths In County Jail % Chapel Hill, J Williams and colored, were givi prison term each Henry Whitfield court. Convicted two will have quiet their ing the next 1—Mary Lou Norwood, six months by judge in recorder’s, affray, these iportunity to Spirits dur Biddy with work on the roads and Vary Lou with work under supertdgon of the county sheriff. With Way Lou’s sentence went the stipulation that she might be hired out, earnings from her wages goftK to the coun ty, provided that "she does not work within 10 nmes ■ ■ : Captain Walker Awarded Medal University-Town Topics BY GISLI J. ASTHORSSON DR. EDGAR KNIGHT CALLS FOR LIBERAL COURSE On. etc** ri. V*/Qttr Dr. Edgar W. Knight, Kenan professor of education who has made a close study of education in the state and nation for years and is the author of several volumes on the subject, spoke at a dinner meeting Friday night, another im portant event in the Sesquicenten nial celebration of the University's founding. In his speech, Dr. Knight said, “If the institutions which as sume to educate teachers are to regain the leadership they once had' in the state, more emphasis than now must be given to the lib eral and” cultural equipment of those men and women who go into public education. The great est educational need in North Carolina today is for teachers and managers of schools who are broadly educated men and women of high intellectual qualities and cultivated mihds and manners, rather than mechanically trained in pedagogical technicques and certification.” V-12 PROFESSOR WINS >„ ~ NAVY’S SILVER STAR Lt. Donald G. Byers, a native of Indianapolis, Ind., and assistant professor of naval seience and tac tics with the V-12 unit here, last week received the Navy’s Silver Star by order of President Tru man and Navy Secretary Forres tal. The decoration was awarded for outstanding service and brav ery during the Sicilian, Salerno and Anzio landings from April, 1943, to October, llM4. Thirty children with speech and hearing defects are now taking courses here ih speech and hfear ihg correction, a special feature of the University’s summer session. (Continued on page g) Sawyer Heads District jBar Association it. . - Bonnef Sawyer, local attorney was elected president of the 10th District Bar Association at a meet ing of the association held in Dur ham Friday of last week. Sawyei succeeds Victor S. Bryant of Dur ham. Saife-:; -i^=p:.5^r;r ", Other officers elected were B S. Royster, Jr., of Oxford, vice president; M. h! Burke of Rox boro, secretary-treasurer; -re placing Allston Stul>bs, and R. P Reade of Durham^ re-elected as representative of ifre State Bai Council. The meeting was held in the Superior Court room of the Dur ham court house with Bryant pre siding. Approximately 50 mem bers heard speeches made by Dean Robert Wettach of' UNC law school, Lt. Col. Charles Jonas, Jr., of Raleigh, and Professor Taylor Cole of Duke University. The afternoon session was con cluded by a barbecue dinner at Jack Turner’s place on the Huckle berry Springs Road out from Dur ham. Congressman Carl T. Dur ham of Chapel HQl was the guest speaker. Wives of the members were present at the dinner. Congressman Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill and A. H. Graham were among the guests at the bar becue supper. White Cross MEN IN SERViqp Cpl. Coy E. Dirham is spend ing a fifteen day furlough with his father, Clyde Dutfiam. Cpl. Dur ham is in the Arjny Air Corps at Sioux City, Iowal Seaman 2-c Matthew Atwater spent this Week ead with his moth er, Mrs. Iser Atwater. He is sta tioned at Bainbridge, Md. PER8ONAL8 Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Ward, Kol lah, Mebane, and Hubert Durham, Tommy Bradshaw, Jr., Bernard Lloyd, Esther Ruth Wilson, How ard Smith, Doris and Beryl Ward, Roy Lloyd, Billy Butler arid Paul Plummer, spent Sunday at White Lake. > Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Gentry and children spent a few days at thedr home this wfeek. Miss Evelyn McPherson spent several days with Miss Evangeline Crawford last week. "Mr. and Mrs. Grady Aldridge of Durham spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Dur (fiun. Miss Jesse Ward, Lillian, Frances and Jpe Durham'spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Sparrow at Morehead City. Miss Ella Phipps spent the past week at Carolina Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wan| and laughter, Bernice, have gone to see Private Horace Ward. He is stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga. Captain Charles M. Walker of Hillsboro, (right)has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meri torious service in North Africa and Italy from July, 1942 to May, 1945. He is the officer in charge of «——me****??*—m+mm w»nmi la The Service BRONZE 8TAR P|NNED ON LEWIS GRAVETTE Corporal LEWIS T. GRAVETTE son of Mrs. Rosalee T. Gravette, West Hillsboro, was recently awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement in action on the Italian front. He served with the Fifth Army in the 913th Artillery Battalion, a unit of the 88th “Blue Devil" Infantry Di vision. * * * * Word has been received from the 336th Ordnance Battalibn that Pfc. GEORGE P. BROWN, Rt. 2, Hillsboro, was one of the men in this outfit who helped set a record in the six weeks period from Jan uary 1 to V. E. day by handling over 1000,000 tons of ammunition. Charged with the operation qf ali'ammttaition depot-in the com* munications zone of the Europgftrt Theater of operations, the battauon maintained an average of more than 150 tons of munitions hand led each day, attaining the peak figure of 1800 tons handled in one day.-. . - ** * * i* Pvt. ROBERT P. DENNIS of Salisbury, son of A. J. Dennis, of Carrboro, is now assigned to the Air Transport Command’s pipe line project at Morrison' Field, West Palm Beach,- Fla'. • t The pipeline project, one of the biggest maintenance operations ever undertaken by the Army Air Forces, involves'the repair and overhaul of huge fleets of C-54 Skymaster cargo planes. _‘_ Pfc. ELLIS SCARLETT, hus band of Mrs. Louise Scarlett, Hillsboro, is enroute home from the European Theater of Operations with the “Bloody Bucket” divis ion. Scarlett wears four battle stars, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Purple Heart and the good con duct medal. • • • Lt. ALONZO W. KENION is spending a thirty-day furlough here with his mother, Mrs. A. W. Kenion. Kenion is stationed at Lawson General hospital in Atlan ta, Ga. Pfc. JAMES CHESHIRE, JR., left Sunday after spending his furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cheshire. * * * DORTCH CLAYTOR is spending a twenty-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Clay tor. Lt. Claytor is an instructor of Navigation and bombardeering at Big Springs, Texas. • >»• • Sgt CHARLES W. CHANCE, hus- l band of the former Miss Winifred Cole, has been recently promoted to the rank of Staff sergeant at Manila in the Philippine Islands. Chance is the son, of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Chance' of Hillsboro. Sgt. ' and Mrs. Chance have one small daughter Mary Lynn. • • • CHARLES K. McADAMS, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McAdams of the Hebron community, has been promoted to the tank of captain4 as of June 6. He has been stat ioned at Hawii since Martrh of 1944. Pvt JACK LLOYEt U^MC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lloyd, Route 1, Chapel Hill, was wound ed in the battle of Okinawa, &&y 19. He has been awarded the'pur ple heart and is now stationed in a U.S. Naval Hospital. He^en (Continued on page 5) *• ■ i. ; : H. C. Tarleton Ration Theft Henry Calloway Tarleton has confessed that he, with his broth er as an accomplice, entered on Monday night, June 25, the Hills boro ration board and stole 1600 gallons of gasoline coupons, 2506 pounds of sugar coupons, 23 gas permits worth 10 gallons each, one number four ration book and a radio belonging to Mrs. E. R. Dowdy. The brother was at that time an escapee from a state highway camp and is now back on the road. The stolen radio led to Tarle ton’s detection. Authorities traced the radio back to Tarleton after hart sold it in Rowan, county. mtta, Jr., received a call from the Albemarle i chief of police telling him of • Tarleton’s confession. The police in Stanly and Rowan coun ties had been hot on the trail since Lee Phillips of the SBI had given th,enx, details of the Hillsboro break shortly after it took “place. Sheriff Latta and jailer W. R. Roberts left immediately for Albe marle after the call. Tarleton. related in his confes sion how he and his brother had driven—to- West Hillsboro after the theft and tossed oil stamps, for which they had no use, out the car window. The next Sunday aft ernoon three colored boys found the stamps near the highway on the. Duke University property. Tarleton is under bond for $1000 to Rowan county on charges of bigamy, and is being held in Stanly county on charges of break ing and entering, and is subject to imprisonment or a $1000 bohd in Orange county if he goes on bond from Stanly county. For some time Tarleton has lived in Hillsboro. His sister, Mrs. Luth er Laws, is a resident of West Hillsboro. Confesses To E. J. Gillespie ^ Dies Suddenly Edward J. Gillespie, 62, died suddenly at his home, 220 East Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill, Saturday night at 10:30 o’clock. Mr. Gillespie, son of the late Clay ton and Sarah Lance Gillespie, was a native of Brevard, He moved to Chapel Hill 12 years ago and has been affiliated with the Uni versity- of North Carolina since that time.