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oun (Published Weekly) Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, November 1, 1945 PremPtnM** P™cW*" •f* Iciency «« thrM * <* TXrSi? *hr" ..— ■ 1 1 "■■■■ Why Mt try a want Ml hi THE NEWS ne>rt weak and results will cams quick and * plentiful. Homewood On Bulldozer Starts Rink County Forest warden P. H. Lhns went out With fire-fighting Lmipment Monday afternoon and Extinguished a smoldering (blaze »hich had burned black the wiry ass for 300 or 400 yards along highway shoulder between Hillsboro and Efland. Mrs. Johns 0rted the fire which she saw on ter return trip from Greensboro. Johns says that the fire was arted, without doubt, by a cigar ette butt some passing motorist Ld tossed out. [ Monday’s minor fire fs seen by he county forest warden as a fore st of trouble ' to borne. [ date of this fire had been a few _eks-. later, timber would have €n dry and serious damage might ave resulted. Woods belonging to Duke Uni iersity lie adjacent to the char 1 shoulder and would have gone Ip like kerosene if they had been rust a little drier. Danger periods for forest fires the latter part of November, ember and late spring, Johns ointed out Monday, although he ■jPPZihe fire back of Carrboro hool which took place on one ; the hottest days of July as the tost terrible he ever fought. Fre at source of fire is a lighted Igarette thrown carelessly from a window. Hunters smoking in te woods and not taking pains to jctinguish cigarettes or matches ■fore dropping them into dry ass do their share of destroy - forests. [ With leaves falling and furnish ; tinder for creeping flames, this son of the year is a period in hich all motorists, hunters and destrians should take 'special re to prevent fires. Johns urges |veryone to stay on the alert and take special pains to see that : is not guilty of destroying any f the wood which is so desperate r needed now. Deaths THOMAS C. MURRAY Funeral services for Thomas C. lurray of Carrboro, 71, who died i Watts hospital Friday after oon after several weeks’ serious lness, took place in the Carrboro tethodist church Sunday after wn at 2 o’clock with Rev. V. E. !ueen officiating, assisted by Rev. . L. Parrish of Jonesboro, Rev. oy Morris of Sanford and Rev. f. H. Poole of Carrboro. A .native of Alamance, Murray ad lived in Carrboro for the past I) years. Surviving are his wife, Irs. T. C. JJurray of Carrboro; iur daughters, Mrs. P. F. Emory f Durham, Mrs. F. M. Parks of Iraham; Mrs. Sidney Wall and Irs. Sidney Barker of Carrboro; ve sons, W. Murray of Durham, - L. Murray of Haw River, J. L' Murray of Harleysville, S. C., T. Murray of Greensboro and imest Murray of Carrboro; 16 randchildren and two great randchildren. Burial was in the Long Chapel °netery in Alamance county. •> THOMAS 3. WIL80N Funeral services for Dr. Thomas Wilson, University of North lina figure for half a century prominent Chapel Hill citi— i were held in the Chapel Hill Pal church Saturday morn Dr. Wilson died at his home 'ttsday morning of last week, tad been a professor, registrar, of admissions and secretary faculty and was advisory of admissions, editor of the versity records and archivist *ta university at the time of death. Members 6f the university board toistees, representatives of the versity, members of the Epis church and friends in the ®eta Kappa fraternity served honorary pallbearers. Active p rs were Paul Eubanks, • Harland, Ben Husbands, Dr. T "^Speth, S. A. Stoudemire, ' Wiley, J. Maryon Saunders Harry F. Comer. T^Wtag are four sons and a Der of grandchildren. ROBERT E. BURCH E. Burch, who died at °me ta Chapel Hill last Wed night, was buried Friday *jn in the Cedar Grove cem runeral services were con at the Chapel HiU Meth tturch with the pastor, Hen • Ruark, in charge, assisted ' EnVall, pastor of the ^r°ve church. r ^nh wasetnphggeC'in'th * -many ih P. H. Johns, county forest war den, has issued an appeal for pre cautionary measures to prevent fires during the two coming dan ger months. With pump and rakes he and his men put out the first fire of the season Monday, The fire was minor, but he sees it as forerunner of more serious fires which are certain to take place if great care is not exercised by all. J. L. Lockhart Death Is Blow The death of James L. Lockhart on Friday afternoon, Act. 25, came as a shock to his many friends in Hillsboro. A familiar figure to all in town as he wait back and forth from his home in the Colonial Inn to his office, he had been seen as usual the week of his death. Mr. Lockhart, a native of Orange county, was the son of the late Levi Y. and Martha Breeze Lock hart. An active member of the American Legion post here, he had spent a great part of his mature life in Hillsboro, working as as sistant clerk of court, county ac countant and then managing the Citizens Insurance agency. Surviving Mr. Lockhart are two brothers, Dr. D. K. Lockhart of Durham and Ernest Lockhart of near Hillsboro, several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at the Pleasant Green Methodist church Monday morning at 11 o’clock. Interment followed in the church cemetery there. Members' of the American Le gion serving as active pallbearers were: H. G. Coleman, Ben G. Johnston, Clem S. Strudwick, Cur tis Williams, Clarence Sharpe and Herbert Riley. Chapel Hill Legion naires joined Hillsboro Legion members who were not active pallbearers, and the group of be tween 25 and 30 marched before the casket. $idney Green blew taps before the "final benediction as Mr. Lock hart’s many friends stood gravely in the cemetery awaiting inter ment. „ Halloween Capers To Be Cut Friday At Orange Grove People living in the Orange Grove community are all invited to a big Halloween party at the Orange Grove school Friday night. Spooks will be at large, witches will ride arid, above all, refresh ments will be served by ladies in the community. Time of the big party is 7:30, and even though Nov. 2 is a few days after Halloween, spirits will not be dampened be the delay. Miss Hattie's Shop Sold To Mrs. W» Smith Stock in Miss "Hattie Brown’s •ranee Specialty Shop has been id to Mrs. Will Smith of Hillsboro -ho will change the name to mith’s Ready-To-Wear. Mrs. mith takes over full control of ie shop today, Nov. 1. Miss Hattie has, operated her ress shi>p here for 12 years. She ; selling out so that she may sUy rith her mother,--Mrs.-■■Julia trown, who has been v^y iU. Mrs. Smith has helped Miss lathe off and on for a numberof ears on Saturdays and holidays. he will serve customers withth^ ame efficiency tattle, having changed nothing bout the shop but its name. Ground for Chapel Hill’s new skating rink was broken Saturday morning by Roy M>. Homewood, chairman of the Rotary Club’s playground committee, who saw the long-proposed project get un derway from his seat on a giant bulldozer. The rink, which is to be a 130 Eoot oval cement brack measuring 12 feet m diameter, is being built back of the elementary school. Ori ginal plans were drawn Up in 1942 and $1000 set aside by the Rotary club for its construction. Tie up af materials has postponed definite action until now,- but metal strips, which are needed to divide ce ment blocks, were released last week by QPA and delay * at last iumed into action. -7 Completion bf the rink is ex pected within two weeks. Funds on hand are -not enough since prices have gone up in the last two years, and contributions are needed if they rink is to be paid for right away. An open, out-door, all-weather place to skate will be provided tor Chapel Hill’s young and old when the rink is completed. Dedication ceremonies are be ing planned for sometime in the near future. Rotarians and their wives will have a dance on the rink at which time a Rotary wheel will be embedded in the cement. Members of the playgrounds committee who are assisting Home wood are Oliver Cornwell, J. Shelton Henninger, W. T. Hunt ley, C. M. Smith and Bruce Strowd. Manning Sought For Delinquency Orange County Local Board No. 1 is looking for Odie Morris Man ning, 18-year-old registrant, who was scheduled to report for pre induCtion examination at Fort Bragg Tuesday, Draft board per sonnel believe Manning is delin quent through neglect and not in tentionally. Manrilr^ls registered as living in West Hillsboro, and he gave the AAA Restaurant in Durham as place of employment. Letters ad dressed to both West ‘Hillsboro and Durham have failed to reach him. Persons knowing the where abouts of Odie Morris Manning are asked to contact him or the draft board in Hillsboro. Cedar Grove DEPARTING LADS ENTERTAINED SATURDAY The ypung people of Eno Pres byterian church entertained in a social gathering Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and--Mrs. R. Y. Vaughn. The party was given in honor of Bunn Pope and Kenneth Compton who are to leave1 soon to be inducted into the Army. Miss Marie Wells directed the games played by the group. Re freshments were served by Mrs; R. Y. Vaughn assisted by Mrs. G. A. Munn and Mrs. Jack Wells. Those enjoying the party were Alton Munn, Glenn Carruthers, Hugh Liner, Robert Long, Malone Long, Tom Pope, Marianne Pit tard, Bunn Pope, Ann Pope, Mar garet Burton, Dot Boone, Rita Vaughn, Sara Vaughn, Margaret Vaughn, Robert Vaughn, Jimmie Wilson, Katherine Long, Kenneth Compton, Helen Boone, Burch Compton, Evelyn Stewart, Chris tine Stewart, Robert Hughes, Sa rah Hughes, Martha Hughes, Mary Louise Oliver, Bernice Oliver, Mrs Jack Wells, Patsy Ellis, Walter Cook, Doris Taylor, Marie Wells, and Ellise Oliver. FACULTY ATTENDS N.C.E.A. MEETING The faculty members of Aycoch high school attended the North eastern District Convention of the NC.E.A. in Durham last Friday CROWD ATTENDS BURCH FUNERAL A large crowd attended the funeral of Robert Burch of Chapel Hill which was held in the Cedai Grove M. E. Church last Friday Mr. Burch had a number of rela tives living in this community. DR. HODGIN GIVES CHAPEL-PROGRAM Dr. Hodgin of Greensboro con ducted a chapel service in the school auditorium last Thursdaj morning. HALLOWEEN PARTY TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY Thete wiR 'be a- Halloween pact] in the Aycock school auditorium Friday evening at 7:30, Nov. 2 (Continued on page 8) Beauty School Draws County Pharmacists . ?(<«•> .. : i.i : '■' Here's the faculty and student body of a three-day school in the merchandising and application of cosmetics recently conducted in Chapel Hill by the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association for retail drug stores. • * Among those attending from this county were, front row, fourth from left, Professor M. L. Jacobs, assistant dean of the UNC school of pharmacy; fifth from left, John Grover Beard, dean of the UNC school of pharmacy; sixth from left, W. J. Smith, secretary treasurer of N* C* Pharmaceutical Association, Chapel Mill._ •_•._ Fourth row, third from left, Mrs. Thelma D. Senter, Senter’s Drug Store, Carrboro. Boards Combine Price control -division of county ration boards in Chapel Hill and Hillsboro have been consolidated with the Durham, area price con trol board. This consolidation went into effect today. Ration boards have not been abolished in the county. For an other month there, jail be one per son in both’the Whbpel Hill and: Hillsboro offices to take care of rationed articles. At the end of November, no more funds will be available for office rent, and if there are still rationed items then, the one clerk in each board will have to be housed somewhere rent-free. AH materials concerning prices will be handled and mailed from the Durham office beginning to day. Questions concerning prices should be directed to the price di vision of-the Durham OPA office. At the end of this month, offices of the ration boards in both Hills boro and Chapel Hill will plose. Where rationed items will be handled after that time remains to be revealed by OPA. Tire applications will continue to be filed with local boards and passed on by the Same local tire committees. However, these cer tificates will be issued from the Durham office after tire , boards have passed on them. Miss Virginia Williams will re main in the Hillsbofo office until the end of this month. Mrs. Elmer Dowdy is to retire from work out side her home for awhile, and Miss Mary Frances Kenyon’goes to work for Bonner Sawyer. I Draft Board • Counts 665 Discharges « Total number of servicemen dis charged in the county since the war began in 665, according to figures released from Local Draft Board No. 1 on Tuesday. An aver age of 50 men a week are now re porting to the board with dis charges. This average has been maintained for the past six weeks. Since selective service began on Oct. 16, 1940, 3,110 men have been drafted for duty through the coun ty board. There are 2,445 men Still in service. Mrs. Mildred W. Collins and Miss Faye Jones, draft board per sonnel, have been kept hopping for the past three months, and the past six weeks in particular, inter viewing discharged servicemen and' filing individual records. All men drafted through the board must report back when they are dis charged. Also, volunteers are sub ject to call on the local board when their release comes through. In addition to keeping straight all the-veterans coming in, there is still the task of inducting men into the armed forces facing the local board. BEASLEY WILL SPE?VK AT LAYMAN’S SERVICE _ B. E. Beasley will be speaker his coming Sunday night, Nov. 4, for the Layman’s Service which is to be held at "the Presbyterian church at 7:30. . These services, in which all four of Hillsboro’s churches participate, have proved enjoyable and helpful to those attending. Everyone in town is invited to hear Beasley speak this Sunday. Yellow Jackets Take Graham, Will Meet Roxboro Tonight Hillsboro’s football team met ex pectations of home supporters last Friday afternoon when Graham was put down 19-6 in the big homecoming game of the year. The newly-organized band was there, directed by Fronz Roberts in the absence of organizer Tom Andei> son, and first band music of this season added spice to the occa sion. •’ First quarter of the game was a tight one. Frederick took the ball around left end in the first five minutes of play and ran for 12 yards to go over for the touch down. Attempted pass for the con version failed to connect, and Hills boro established a 6-0 lead which Graham promptly set about to overtake. tiefore the quarter ended, Shu* of Graham passed to Cathy who ran 25 yards for six points. Gra ham’s attempt for the extra point failed also, and the score stood ; 6-6 as the quarter ended. Second quarter saw Hillsboro pullipg ahead again, Frederick up to his old tricks'. The dynamite boy of the day ran around .right end and loped off 15 yards for another touchdown. William Par i ker went through die. middle of . the line and scored an extra point, (Continued on page 8) Local Chapter Red Cross To Meet Soon Annual meeting of the Orange county chapter of the American Red Cross will be held next Thurs day night, Nov. 8, in the Red Cross workroom at the Hillsboro library. It will be a business meeting with election of new officers one of the primary" interests of the evening. Time is 8 o’clock. V With election of officers, the Rea Cross chapter will have its first real turn-over in three years. During the war years, old officers and board of directors have served almost without change. Positions on the board of directors will also be subject to change at this meet ing next Thursday. All members of the chapter are urged to attend. Anyone who do nated a dollar or more last year to the Red Cross is automatically i a member. . . (•- - Now serving as chairman-ia Clar ence" Jones, with Mrs. R. B. Hayes as treasurer and Mrs. Mary Trues dale as secretary. Lions Hear Davison Explain Fish Ponds “Addition of a fish pond can be a very profitable farm enterprise and will offer a great deal of pleasure for the farm family,” Verne E. Davison, regional biol ogist for the Soil Conservation Service, Spartanburg, S. C., told members of the Hillsboro Lions Club last Thursday. “A one-acre pond, properly constructed and fertilized, can be made to yield 400 to 500 pounds of fish annually,” Davison continued. He spoke to 23 members of the club and their two guests, Clar ence Shafpe aiia Ernest Patter son, both returned veterans. Davison, who is recognized in several states as being an out standing authority on fish pond construction, was secured as speak er for the Lions Club by H. E. Singletary, soil conservation head in the county, and John Ballard who were guests of the Chapel Hill Rotary club Wednesday night when Davison explained fish pond construction to Rotary members and around 30 farmers from the southern part of the county. -.— Lions club members were in structed by Davison to see Single tary if they had further inquiries to make concerning the building of a pond. After the meeting adjourned, several interested members of the' club stayed for an informal dis cussion. Then Davison showed several colored slides on the selec tion of a proper site in which he stressed that small water sheds of three to five acres without a stream would be desirable in con struction. v Business coming before the club Thursday included plans for spon soring a minstrel show on Nov. 10 and an account of Boy Scout activities by Bonner Sawyer. Al though all details of the club sponsored show have not been completed, it is known that the event will be staged in the high school auditorium on Saturday night, Nov. 10, and that “’Lasses ’n Gravy” will be on hand with a chorus to present a real old-time Negro minstrel. Carrboro Gets Committees For Schooir ~ Carrboro. — Representatives for each grade in the Carrboro school .were named last Thursday night to further activities among the boys and girls. Parents and friends of the school, as well as teachers, attended the meeting when these representatives were appointd. A program on safety was given. Spurring teacher and pupil re lations will be, first grade, Mrg. Ruth Pendergrass, Mrs. Thomas Goodrich and Mrs. Bruce Riggs bee who will assist the homeroom teacher, Mrs. Pauline Ferguson. Second grade, with Mrs. Frank Madry as teacher, will have Mrs. Bryant Hackney, Mrs. L. B. Col lins and Mrs. Dwight Ray as rep resentatives. Third graders, with Miss Agnes Andrews their teacher, have Mrs. L. G. Freeland, Mrs. R. R. Thomas, Mrs. J. B. Hogan and J. B Hogan as representatives. For the fourth grade, Mrs. S. J. Neville, Mrs. -G. N. Harwood and Sidney Wall will assist Mrs. Sam Blackwood, teacher. Fifth grade representatives show the following names: Mrs. Eugene Sturdivant, Mrs. Henry Hogan, Mrs. Carl Ellington and R. R. Thomas who are to cooperate with the teacher, Mrs. Sam Lockhart. In the sixth grade, Mrs. Ernest Neal, teacher, there will be Mrs. if. N. Mann, Mrs. Archie Chris topher, Mrs. I. W. Pendergrass ancf G. H. Guthrie on the program; seventh grade, Mrs. L. B. Sturdi vant, teacher, assisted by Mrs. C. E. Smith, Mrs. W|kie Bland and J. L. West; seventh grade, Mrs. R. B. Studebaker, teacher, with Mis. Roy Riggsbee, Mrs. Marvin Ivey, Mrs. I. F. Hardee and Henry Ho gan. In the music department, Mrs. Ira. Mann, teacher, representatives were named as follows: Mrs. Onyx Hunt, Mrs. Ruth Nolan, Mrs. J. L. West and Mrs. Bun Williams: EHand Cpl. Jesse Wilson Is spending his furlough here with his parents, . Mr. arid Mrs.’ Henry -WflsohiFiahd with his wife, Mrs..Elsie Scarlette __ Wilson of Burlington. After his furlough, he will return to Sioux City, Iowa. .• ,' '.....:. ■ Sgt. Dalton Riley has received a discharge from the U. S. Army air forces and he is now spending some time with his mother, Mrs. Coye Riley. Bobby Nichols of State College, Raleigh, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nichols. He was accompanied by his roommate, Harvey Manning. John F. McAdams, also a stu dent at State College, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McAdams. Miss Doris Taylor spent the weekend in Cedar Grove with Miss Sara Vaughn. The Efland senior 4-H Club met Thursday morning in the school auditorium. The president, Nell McAdams, called the meeting to order and Je^se Scott, the secre tary, called the roll. Then a pro gram was presented on posture after which the boys and girls went to different rooms and Miss I£ath- • ryn Highsmith talked to the girls and Don Matheson to the boys. The senior class of the Efland Methodist church met last Wed nesday night at the home of 1 Claude Murray. The president, Marie Lloyd, called the meeting to order and old business and new business was discussed, after which everyone enjoyed a social hour. Games were played «and ice cream and cookies were served to the fol lowing young people: Gladys Hop kins, Ben Lloyd, Louise Wilson, Richard Murray, Annie Catherine Measamer, Bryant Warren. Jessie Gray Nichols, Stokes Wilsota. Mi ne Lloyd, Richard Murray, Carol Baity and Nell McAdams. . A Halloween • carnival will be held at Efland high day night at 8-o’clock, be different games and a
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