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Hillsboro. N. C., Thursday, October 4, 1945
(Published Weekly)
8 Pages This Week
Uscharges Mount
ike Wildfire; To
alley Is Impossible
eturning Orange veterans re
ed from the service increased
m0re than three times last
ith the number counted for
just. The exact figure can not
stated since the register of
is files, where the discharge
t be registered, include only
ie discharges which men have
lght in. There is a certain lee
in the time of filing so that
iv may be home and out of
ice with no record obtainable
listing them here.
0 supplement register of deeds
lunts, the office of the U. S.
iloyment agency in Chapel
has been contacted. Notices
iischarge are sent there in or
that a letter may be written
veteran offering him aid in
iring a job or in obtaining in
nation in regard to his privi
s under the GI Bill. Thirty
e letters were written last week
follow-ups to notices received
e.
ere is the list, in so far as all
liable information dictates, of
nge county servicemen released
ing the last three weeks of
teinber:
avy—LEWIS RIGGSBEE, sea
1, second class, of Durham, Rt.
as honorably discharged after
1 months in the service. . . .<
IIS PHELPS, specialist, third'
s, WAVES, of Cedar Grove,
been discharged under the
it system after 2 years of duty.
. JOHN BARKER FENLEY,
rmacists mate, third class, of
ar Grove, received a medical
harge after one year and nine
tths in the service. . . . BER
?D HOLMES HOLLAND, yeo
, first class, of 309 R»rt$om St.,
pel Hill, was discharged under
point release system after three
rs and five months of duty. . . .
MAS ABNER HICKS, cox
in, of West Hillsboro, was dis
ged, just why not determined
iuse of scant information on
Navy discharge form. . . .
■LIAM RANSOM CAMPBELL,
ARM, second class, of Carr
), and BRATCHER WARREN
ns, apprentice seaman, of
t Hillsboro, are two more
v-released men for whom
it of discharge was not ob
ed.
lie following were released un
the Army’s point system:
OHN T. FOWLER, staff ser
>t, of 234 McCauley St., Chapel'
. who served two years and
months, won the distinguished
>g cross and the air piedal and
action in the Rhinelafid and
th France. ..f.
EWIS WALKER, private, from
t Hillsboro, a former employee
he Eno Cotton Mills.
tKALD C. DUNCAN, techm
> fourth grade, of Rt. 2, Chapel
l who was awarded the good
duct medal and served in the
stic and Pacific theatre.
AMUEL H. HOBBS, master
leant, of 311 „Pittsboro St.,
'Pel Hill, .who served two years
three months in the Army and
1 in the European theatre.
'ALLAS H. ROBERSON/ tech
lan third grade, of Rt. 3, Chapel
1. who put in seven years and
e months, serving in both
WET and APT.
IOYT SPARROW, sergeant, of
'Pel Hill, who held the purple
and the distinguished unit
Ige, serving five years and four
nths.
■EWIS D. VICKERS, first lieu
ant, Rt, 3, Chapel Hill, who held
distinguished flying cross and
air medal with three oak leaf
rters, home after one year and
r months in service.
TARENCE A. WOMACK, pri
«• first class, of Rt. 3, Chapel
*• who served five years and
?e months In the Aleutians, the
"eland and other European
as.
EARVIN L. WORKMAN, tech
“>an fourth grade, Rt. 2, Hills
who wore the purple heart
served four years and eight
part of that time In the
met.
ALEXANDER W. TAYLOR,
vate. West Hillsboro, who was
tor 'four years and eight
^ms, seeing action in the Bhine
Ardennes campaigns.
KEDERICK B. CONNOR/staff
geant, of Rt. s; Chapel Hill.
0 was in the Pacific area, four
and 10 months his total serv
time.
HORACE B. DARK, sergeant,
bor°, who won the president
(Continued- on page 2)
Deaths
- . e>
THOMAS AULEN GORDON
.Thomas Allen Gordon, 53, died
at his home in Charlotte Monday
of this week. Members of a prom
/iinent Orange county family, Mr.
Gordon made his home in Hills
boro until 22 years ago when he
moved to Raleigh. He lived there
for ten years after which he moved
to Charlotte and has made his
home there ever since. For the
past 20 years Mr. Gordon had been
connected with the Phoenix-Fidel
ity Fire Insurance Co. of New
York.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lille Peterson Gordon; one broth
er, Brown P. Gordon of Hillsboro;
and three sisters, Mrs. Julian J.
Brown of Efland, Ms. Connie
Thompson of Durham, and Mrs.
Fonnie Smith of Charlotte.
Mr. Gordon had been in declin
ing health for the past two years.
Funeral services were held at the
Bryan-Harris Funeral Chapel in
Charlotte at 10 a.m. yesterday.
The body *was carried to Hills
boro cemetery yesterday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock. ,
ALEXANDER F. DURHAM
Alexander F. Durham, 75, died
at his home on Greensboro St. in
Carrboro Friday. The funeral was
held at the Carrboro Methodist
church Sunday afternoon with his
pastor, Rev. V. E. Queen, con
ducting the service, assisted by
"Rev. L. L. Parish, a former pas
tor, of Jonesboro.
Mr, Zan, as he was called toy
everyone, moved to Carrboro 32
years ago from Hillsboro. He was
a member of the Methodist church
and a former m°rchant.
Surviving are six daughters,
Mrs. E. D. Ellison, Mrs. J. T.
Squires, Miss Lessie Durham, Mrs.
Foy McFarland and Mrs. Pryor,
all of Orange county, and Mrs.
E. W. Ellison of Irmo, S. C.; five
sons, Eugene of Durham, Paul of
Ralhigh, Woodrow, Herbert and
Murphey, all of Carrboro; one sis
ter, Mrs; Lula Pickett of Carrboro:
three brothers, Jim, Will and Lu
ther, all of Orange county; 13
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
"ST-#"
ic;
USS Massachusetts Returns From
Carrboro Boy Aboard Battle-Scarred Ship
Pictured above is the USS Massachusetts which reached the west coast on Sept. 13 to become the first
battleship to return to the States from the Paclflc war. Serving aboard the Massachusetts is E. B. Par
tin, seaman, first class, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Partin of Carrboro. During the war career of this
ship, she sank three enemy vessels, seriously damaged two fighting ships and sailed more than 225,000
miles. Shejiarticipated in 35 engagements during three years of operations in two oceans.
Firemen Fight
Mebane Blaze
.Answering a four-alarm call
Tuesday afternoon were eight
members of Hillsboro’s crack vol
unteer fire, department who made
it to Mebane and the blazing
Fitch-Riggs Lumber Co. there in
12 minutes. In spite of water spray
ing on all sides from the hose of
Graham, Burlington, Mebane and
Hillsboro fire-fighters,, the lum
ber company burned to the ground
with very little of the stacked
timber saved.
Several thousand dollars worth
of damage was done. Tar and paint
which were stored in barrels ex
ploded {aid added fuel to the fire.
Hillsboro firemen pumped water
for an hour and did not stop to
go any nearer the building than
their station at the pump. They did
not determine how the fire began.
Driving the local fire truck was
Seth Thomas, an old member of
the fire department who is home
on furlough right now. Others hop
ping on for the trip were George
Gilmort, chief, Gilbert Ray, Carl
Davis, Ralph Thomas, Chandler
Cates, Herman Strayhorn and
Leonard Roseman.
Phone local news items to 55.
CARRBORO
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BAPTIST TRAILING UN,ON
HELD-HERE SUNDAY
A large number of young peo
ple from churches of the Mount
Zion district attended the Mount
Zion Baptist Training Union held
at the Carrboro Baptist church last
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The principal speaker was Dr.
Kelley Barnett, pastor of the
Chapel Hill Baptist church. Dr.
Barnett spoke on “What is the
Baptist Spirit.”
The devotional thought was on
the training union theme for Qc
tober, “Christians Witnessing for
World Salvation.” Others taking
part on the very interesting pro
gram were Mrs. Margaret McKim
mon and Miss Mildred Thomas of
the West Durham Baptist church.
Next Sunday has been set aside
as Rally Day for the Baptist church
here. A special program has been
arranged and everyone is urged
to go to church on this special day.
FI-RST 4-H GATHERING
OF FALL WAS THURSPAY
The first 4-JI Club meeting of
the year was held in the Carrboro
schcx.1 auditorium last Thursday
morning at 10:45. The new county
Home Demonstration Agent, Miss
Kathrvn Highsmith, was present,
So Don Matheson, the County
Agent This was an organization
meeting and after the group sing
ing’ of “God Bless America the
following officers for the year were
elected: president, Lee West, \ ce
president! Milton Chee^secreUry
and treasurer, Carole Dean Hunt,
program chairman, Earlene Pe ry.
P The 4-H Club meetings in the
Carrboro school this year w>U■
held oft Wednesdays, the fourth
Wednesday in each month.
MEN’S JOB
LASS
ELECTS OFFICERS
In a very interesting meeting of
the men’s Bible class of the Bap
tist church held last week the fol
lowing officers were elected for
the year: president, Archie Chris
topher; first vice-president, Billy
Williams; second vice-president,
Wiley Franklin; corresponding sec
retary, Wallace Womble; record
ing secretary, Mack Williams;
treasurer, Earl Perry.
GARAGE CHANGES HAND8
Charlie Ragan has sold his ga
rage near the Carrboro school to
Carl Bradshaw and Lonnie Brock
well who will now run the busi
ness.
LEE WE8T, JANE LANNING
FETED ON BIRTHDAY8
Lee West, who was 13 last Sat
urday, and his cousin, Jane Lan
ning, who was 14, were given a
formal party last Saturday eve
ning at the West home out on the
Graham highway. A large num
ber of young people attended the
party. The home was decorated
throughout with arrangements of
summer flowers. The flowers in the
dining room were especially love
ly .with the birthday cakes and
candles. The refreshments served
the guests were sandwiches, cook
ies, ice cream and cake. The honor
guests were showered with appro
priate and very attractive gifts.
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OTHER BIRTHDAY PARTIES
Other birthday parties held last
week were Michael Riggsbee, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Riggsbee,
who was five years old on Sat
urday. His mother made him a big
chocolate cake with candles. Forty
five gests came to help him cele
3 Gunmen
Flee With
Huge Haul
..'■V' f ---
Earl Davis, cl«rk in McBain’s
Remnant store between Efland and
Mebane, was robbed of $400 Mon
day night, and about $50 was taken
from the cash drawer in the store
by three unidentified men.
The three men drove up to the
gas pump in front of McBain’s in
a black Ford coach, either a ’41 or
’42 model, and Davis filled their
tank. The driver asked Davis how
much his bill was, whereupon one
of the other occi^^$||pf the car
came in with, “Never'mind that—
just open the cash drawer.”
Using a short gun, the man who
had spoken jumped out of the car
and proceeded to relieve the reg
ister and Davis of all available
currency. Davis described the
stick-up-man as weighing 150
pounds, standing about five feet,
nine inches and having a black
mustache and black-hair.
This mustached marauder fled
from the store to the car where
the driver had the engine idling.
Heading west toward Mebane, the
car sped down the road, leaving
no apparent clues. Sheriff S. T.
Latta is working on the case.
Scouts Make
Rummage Pay
The Girl Scouts made around
$130 Saturday from their rummage
h sale in the Eno Chevrolet build
ing. Proceeds from this sale will
go toward buying uniforms and.
equipment for the girls.
The local Lone Troop, organ
ized in July and inactive during
the month of August While most
of the girls were away at camps,
is starting off the fall with two
meetings a month. Five meetings
have been held since the troop was
organized.
There are now 21 girls, rang
ing in ages from 12 to 17, who are
working toward a tenderfoot
badge. Miss Margaret Monk is
troop leader, and her asatstafcjpMi
are Mrs. Brown Gordon, Jr., MSs
Jean Liner and Miss La Verne
Ward. The troop committee is com
posed of Dr. H. W. Moore, Mrs.
H. H. Brown and Mrs. Efland For
rest.
Members of the troop are Helen
Beard, Nancy Crawford, Betsy
Arm Forrest, Phyllis Forrest, Jac
queline Goodwin, Jane Liner,
Dorothy Lloyd, Jeanette Miller,
Patsy Teer, Ann Efland, Carolyn
Davis, Evelyn McAdams, Jacque
line Whitaker, Hilda Scotti Doris
Cheek, Carene Goodwin, Betty
Privette, Kathleen Tapp, Mary
Frances Rosemond, Nell Walker
and Joyce Brown.
FIVE GENERATIONS
Isaac Durham of Carrboro, the only man in the midst of
the four women above, will be 91 years old on Oct. 18. To his
left is his daughter, Mrs. T. N. Mann, and at the extreme right
his granddaughter, Mrs. flossie Campbell, both of Carrboro.
Adding the last two* steps in this ladder of five generations
are his great-granddaughter, second from right, Mrs. H. W.
Roberts of New York, and the very young great-great-grand
daughter in Mrs. Roberts’ lap, Miss Anna Roberts. Mrs.
Roberts and Anna were in Carrboro recently for a visit. This
picture was taken at that time and is presented as evidence
that five generations of one family can still be found occa
sionally.
brate his birthday and pictures of
the children were made to send
to Michael’s father overseas.
Helen Hogan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Burroughs Hogan, was
eight last Saturday. The large
number of birthday guests attend
ing her party af 3 o’clock in the
afternoon enjoyed the games and
the big chocolate cake with can
dles and ice cream.
On Saturday evening Miss Re
becca Williams celebrated her 13tb
birthday with a party at her home
on Oak Ave. A large group of
the younger set attended and en
joyed the evening spent with de
lightful music, games and contests.
Rebecca received a large number
of useful and lovelyi gifts, peli
cious- refreshments were served
‘by the hostess, assisted by her
mother, Mrs. Ben Williams, and
her sister, Mrs, C. E*. Looney.
Robert Thomas was id years
old last Friday. He was given a
delightful birthday party at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. R. Thomas, Friday afternoon
from 4 to 6. His favorite cake is
chocolate, especially on his birth
day with 10 glowing candles, and
all his friends were present to help
him enjoy his birthday. The oc
casion was a- very happy one for
all the young guests who enjoyed
seeing Robert open all his gifts.
RALLY DAY AT DAMASCUS
A Rally Day, an all-day service
with dinner op the grounds, was
held at the Damascus Congrega
tional Christian church last Sun
day. The three other churches tak
ing part in the Rally were the
Chapel Hill Congregational' Chris
“ (Continued on page 4)
Docket Is
Finished
In A Day
The October term of Civil Court
convened Monday morning at 10
o’clock with Judge Henry L. Ste
vens, Jr., of Monroe presiding. The
tight docket was quickly dispensed
withy Id cases being tried and act
ed upon by adjournment at 5
o’clock that afternoon. Of the 10
cases, seven were divorces, all of
which were granted, one filed as
nfaPsuit due to death having oc
curred to one of the parties in
volved.
In the suit of Harry Critticos
et al vs. W. Ed McPherson et al,
the date of expiration for tifnber
removal from property sold at
auction had been misunderstood.
McPherson, former owner of land,
had understood removal of timber
to be effective after date of auc
tion, which was June 15, 1944,
making expiration June 15, 1945.
However, Critticos, present own
er of land, had understood auc
tioneer to give McPherson only
until January 1, 1945, to remove
timber. McPherson was granted
extension until December 29, 1945,
to remove all timber from land.
In the action of Mrs. Clellie Lu
cas Lloyd vs. Mrs. Nora E. Lucas,
Mrs. Lucas will turn over to Mrs.
Lloyd one toilet set (silver, which
was presented to the late H. F.
Lucas by his daughter, Mrs. Lloyd)
and books constituting library of
the late H. F. Lucas, except for
Encyclopedia Britannica, and pay
Mrs. Lloyd $2,000 plus cost pf
action. Mrs. Lucas, administratrix
of estate of the late Mr. Lucas,
gave a quitclaim.
The divorce suits cbvered were
ifg /KLttw grounds of two years
separation and included Charlie L.
Bradsher vs. Katie B. Bradsher;
June W. Lemons vs. Margaret R.
Lemons; Alice Taylor Tripp vs.
Luther Tripp; Albert D. Stansbery
vs. Ruth S. Stanbery; Wayman
Dorr vs. Clovie Dorr; Connie At
water Durham vs. Willie Durham;
and the suit of Margaret L. Teal
vs. James H. Teal, nonsuited due
to the death of James H. Teal, de
fendant.
Bin Would Give
$95)000 Postoffice
A fecom
tdation that $95,000
be alloted HiNfeboro for Post of
ffice extension, repair and addi
tional land was made to Congress
Tuesday by the Public Buildings
.Administration of the Federal
Works Agency and the Postoffice
Departments This was one of 105
North Carolina postoffice construc
tion projects proposed.
Inclusion of a building in the
eligible list is no indication that
a recommendation for its construc
tion is to be expected in the near
future, pointed out W. Englebert
Reynolds, commissioner of pub
lic buildings. He said that many of
the proposed buildings may not
be constructed for years.
MRS. EDNA ROBERTS ATTENDS
LINEN SHOWER
Mrs. Edna Roberts attended the
linen shower given at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Terry recently
honoring the former Miss Polly
Terry.
Johnson, Cobb
Share Position
Of Leadership
The United War Fund for the
county got underway Monday and
will continue through the next two
weeks, with goal for Chapel Hill
and Carrboro set at. the figure of
|9,0Q0 and for Hillsboro and rural
Orange, at $4,065. 7717" “ ...
Heading the committee for Hills
boro is S.* A. Johnson, with Gil
bert Ray as treasurer. Don S.
Matheson is chairman for the ru
ral area, and John Clayton and
Sydney Green have charge of the
drive in West Hillsboro.
Collier Cobb has been named
committee chairman of the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro campaign with J.*T.
Gobbel as treasurer. On the com
mittee with Cobb and Gobbel are
L. J. Phipps, Edwin S. Lanier, E.
C, Smith, W. E. Thompson, Eugene
White, Russell Grumman, J. R.
Evans in Carrboro and L. V. Hug
gins as chairman for a special
committee in the Chapel Hill busi
ness district.
Checks should be mailed to
either. Gobbel in Chapel Hill or
to Ray in Hillsboro, depending on
the area in which the contributor
lives.
The National War Fund is ‘‘a
federation of the leading war
related appeals with different or
ganizations which once appealed
separately . for support united in
one common drive. The Red Cross
is the only' organization • serving
the armed forces which does not
come in under this drive. The USO,
United Seaman’s Sera.ce, War
Prisoners Aid, Philippine War Re
lief, Belgian War Relief Society,
British War Relief Society, United
China Relief, American Relief for
Czechoslovakia, American Den
mark Relief, American Relief for
France, Greek War Relief Asso
ciation, American Relief for Hol
land, American Relief for Italy,
United Lithuanian Relief Find,
Friends of Luxembourg, American
Relief ior Norway. Polish War Re
lief, Husain WS* Relief, yrfited
Yugoslav Relief, American Field
Service, Refugee Relief Trustee.
U. S. Comittee for the Care of
European Children—these are the
organizations to which part' of the
money collected will go. Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, local recrea
tion centers and nursing schools
will come in for their share!
It is necessary that the quotas
be raised this year, even though
the war is over, since work of the
War Fund is going forward more
strongly than,ever to bring enter
tainment to now idle soldiers, food
to children left homeless in the
wake of war and aid to local civic
groups which could not continue
their activities without outside
support.
Safacribers To
-—The News .
Subscribing to THE NEWS
this past week for the first time
were the following:
Chapel Hill—Paul H. Robert
son, Carl M. Smith, W. H. Year
gan.
Chapel Hill, Rt. 1—Mrs. Berta
Davis, Lacy R. Pinnix.
Hillsboro, Rt. 1—J. S. Fau
cette, J. F. Watkins.
Cedar Grove, Rt. 1—W. J. Cur
rie.
Efland, Rt. 1—Mrs. Marlene
Jeffries.
Rougemont, Rt. 1—Arthur D.
Carden.
— Out of county—Cadet Herman
Brown, Waynesboro, Va., Nellie
Cheek Davis, Charlotte.
Youth Will Face Murder Rap
If Robert Edwards Dies Now
Oct. 3.—What may be a mur
der charge and what may be a
charge of assault with deadly wea
pon hangs over 17-year-old Lin
wood Reed of near Efland today
as he paces the floor of the county
jail waiting word as to whether
Robert Edwards, whom he shot
Monday, lives or dies. . — •
Edwards, who came to this
county from Henderson and has
been living with young Reed's
mother, was shot through his left
arm and shoulder and is now bal
ancing between life and death at
Watts hospital in Durham.
Reed and Edwards were in the
midst o^ an argument Monday, and
Reed says that Edwards hit his
mother and him with rocks. What
the fuss was about is inconsequen
tial Since hone of the persons in
volved can remember exactly from
what the fuming germed. After
Edwards had hit the boy with a
rock, . Reed shot at him with a
pistol. The aim was poor, and
since there was only one Kail in
the pistol, Reed ran into the house
for his gun.
Reed’s mother at first declared
that she, not her son, had shot
Edwards. She later retracted that
statement in the face of Reed’s in
sistence that he had commit
the crime and Edward's teeble
verification of the boy's claim.
Edwards has a wife and several
children in Henderson. He wan
dered off some months ago and
found Mrs. Reed quite Wffling to
take him in as a bed-fellow. Sin^t
living with her he has worked at
the Eno cotton mtR’