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THE NEWS naxt
reaulta will come
plentiful.
Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, November aa, ,1545
(Published Weekly^
little Over Third
)f Quota R eached 1 n
bounty Bond Drive
With only two more weeks left
the campaign, the Victory Loan
rive in Orange county continues
rise slowly toward its quota of
,,9 000 At the end of last week,
1 ’purchase of $210,167.50 of
,nds, $86,587.50 of these in E
)nds, had been reported, accord
v to J. M. Saunders of Chapel
|ll chairman of the drive,
goth the state and nation are far.
*ind in their quota especially
! the sale of E bonds. In North
irolina, Orange county is tied
ith another county for 'sixth place
highest percentage of sales, hav
» sold 38 per cent of its quota,
nlk and Alleghany counties are
uiiHfl. the state’ with "70 "and 66
fSt tespectiveljr.* =
An announcement is made of
e special United States Roosevelt
rinorial savings bond on sale for
e first time during this drive. The
ind has a maturity value of $200
id is sold for $150. Face of the
md bears a picture of Roosevelt
d this quotation from him: “Ev
y single man, womah and child
a partner in the most treahaener
us undertaking of our American
rtory.”
Citizens of Orange county are
minded that any bonds pur
ased during the month of De
mber count towards the quota,
hough the" campaign ends of
ially on December 8.
iRM BUREAU TO
)LD MEETING
• CEDAR GROVE
\ farm meeting has been sched
d at Aycock School on Friday
;ht, 7:30, November 30, by Flake
aw, secretary of the North Caro
a Farm Bureau. All farmers in
iar Grove are invited to attend.
1 CLUBS HOLD
RESTRY PROGRAM
Che 14 Orange County 4-H
ibs have held a forestry pro
im with F. J. Cook, district for
er, showing a moving picture pn
value of better forestry prac
:s and afterwards talking to the
is and girls about how they can
p make their woodlands a pay
trop. - • > . . .
Comparison
THE NEW8 counting machine
went to work again this week
to figure out the-words the pa
per published last week about
Orange county people and things.
It didn’t get around to determin
ing the exact words but, by a
process of word cdunt and type
fitting, It arrived at figures it
is Willing to put into the record.
For last week, THE NEWS
printed T3,860 words of Orange
eoMly Meal —news._That was
8,500 words more than .any other
xo u ntyzftewsfjmper:; pub i ish ed In
Hillsboro printed.
(NEW8 advertisers are dis
covering the value of buying
space in the local newspaper
with hoigge town and home coun
ty reader interest. Display linage
in recent, weeks prove it.)
Scouts Here
Are Ready For
Honor Court
First Court of Honor ever held
by Boy Scout troops 31 and 38 of
Hillsboro is scheduled for Thurs
day night, December 6, in the court
room of the county court house
here. Rev. W. W. Abernethy, lead
er of troop 38, is to be awarded
the Eagle badge. Numerous merit
badges and other awards have been
earned by troop members and will
be presented at this time.
On-hand to present awards will
be Claud Humphreys of Raleigh,
district executive of Occoneechee
council, and E. I. Moak of Durham,
district executive.
Parents and friends of the troops
from Hillsboro, West Hillsboro and
vicinity are all invited. It is the
hope of Troop Leaders W. W. Ab
ernathy end E. D. Young that a
large crowd will attend to give the
boys encouragement in their first
big ceremony.
lealth Officers Urge Parents
lave Children Vaccinated jts
Diphtheria Increases Here
Allowing a report of, 12 cases
diphtheria in Orange county
ring October and November,
inty health officials urge all
ithers to have their children vac
IM SS soon as possible.
‘he county clinic is open in
dsboro on Fridays from 2 to 4
lock and in. West Hillsboro on
sdnesdays from 3 to 5. The clinic
Chapel Hill is open Fridays
im 2 to 4 and Saturdays from
to 12. 4
If a child has been vaccinated
the past year or so, he ^ should
brought to the clinic for a
hick test to make sure that the
“nunization is still effective.
There has been a marked in
Wse of diphtheria throughout
Estate this year with over £,000
J*® reported. This is an increase
60 per cent over 1944. In Per
il county two deaths have been
(“orted recently. Throughout the
|te 35 children have died from
phtheria during the year.
Mothers are warned that the
*• symptoms of diphtheria are
|“ar to those of the common
**• The disease is caused by
*?'* which grow in the nose and
a poison which damages the
and nerves, causing paraly
” a baby catches the disease
® is not treated early by a doc
> there is danger of the child’s
"hng to death. Children under 8,
, Particularly under two years
Phtheri6em mos* susceptible to
WOW MUCH LONGER ARE
W60UNA MAKE ME \MAlT ?
VE OMLY GOT CVP-1
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SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL
CHRISTMAS*
Preserve Game
Is Club’s Goal
/ Newly organized and of increas
ing interest throughout the county
is the Orange County Wild Life
Club which met on Monday night
of last week in Chapel Hill to dis
cuss promotion oi the club in this
vicinity and development of a
more extensive program devoted
to the conservation of wild life.
The club voted to send Bill Ho
gan of Chapel Hill as representa
tive to the state convention which
is to be held at Greensboro in
January. Affiliated with the North
Carolina Wildlife Federation, Inc.,
in Raleigh whose purpose it is to
form a systematic plan for conser
vation throughout the state, the
county branch is sending this dele
gate to bring back information as
to statewide plans.
For several years now the sup
ply of fish,, turkeys, quail and
squirrel has been on the decline. It
has been estimated that in a few
years there will be a drastic slump
in game supply. The Wildlife club
is stressing a program of education
through movies and distribution of
literature to instruct property own
era and sportsmen in the conserva
tion and care of game.
Meetings of the organization, to
be held once in February, again
in June and last in the fall, will
be given a definite date latei by
the president, C. E. Vashaw of
Chapel Hill. Other officers are
Clarence Jones of Hillsboro, vice
president, and L. L. Gamer of
Chapel Hill, secretary and treas
To joip the club, a fee of $2 will
be charged to landowners and a
fee of $1 for non-landowners.
Free Will Baptist
Has New Pastor
New pastor at the West Hills
boro Free Will Baptist church is
Rev R- G. Woodard who comes
from Kariha-polis. He succeeds
ReV. W. D. Taylor,
W. D. Tgyior, .
two ' daughters/ aged nme
See pTan to move to West HiUs
borcTby the first of the year.
County Will
Worship As
Day Passes
Pfebjpile Iron! aH oV«f the county
will gather In their community
churches for Thanksgiving wor
ship today. Stores will be closed,
offices vacant and many school
children on holiday as the first
peace-time Thanksgiving since
1941 is observed. Hunters are ex
pected to venture forth' in full
force as the quail, rabbit, turkey
and squirrel season opens today.
Hillsboro’s worship service will
be a community affair in the Bap
tist church at 7:30 tonight with
Rev. S. F. Nicks as preacher. The
Episcopal church will have Holy
Communion at 8 o’clock this morn
ing.
A Thanksgiving union service,
sponsored by the Chapel Hill
Carrboro Ministerial Association,
wgill be held at . l&30 ibis morn
ingin the Chapel Hill Baptist
church. Members of both €am>e>ro
and Chapel Hill churches are in
vited to participate.
The Episcopal church in Chapel
Hill will have Holy Communion
at 8 o’clock this morning followed
by a morning prayer and sermon
at 10:30.
At the Carrboro Methodist
church, services will be held at- 7
o’clock this morning. Hot coffee
and doughnuts will be served af
terwards by the Youth Fellowship
group. An hour earlier, at 6 o’clock,
members of the Carrboro Baptist
church will gather for worhip, and
a breakfast prepared by the Wom
an’s Missionary Society is to be
served afterwards.
Chapel Hill Is
Set For Sale
Of T. B. Seals
CHAPEL HILL 8ET
The Chapel Hill Christmas Seal
sales committee met Friday night
in the office of Bruce Whitmire to
make preparations for the 39th an
nual Christmas Seal sale, running
from November 19 to December 25.
Quota this year is $3500, 75
per cent of which is to be used
locally in badly headed anti-tuber
culosis wor’k. The money, when
raised, is to go for hospitalization
of the sick, milk and cod liver oil
for the undernourished and prizes
in the school T.B. essay contests.
Sub-committee chairmen on the
sales committee are Mrs. M. E.
Newton, advertising, Bruce .Whit
mire, bonds; Miss Nancy McClen
don, booths; Miss BgrleUe Capt.,
campus; R. H. Marks and P. L.
Senter, Carrboro; Mrs. Edna A.
Lane, directory; Mrs. Helen Perry
Kelly, mailing; Mrs. Norma Snipes,
Negroes, and W. C. Davis, schools.
The committee is issuing aii ap
peal that Chapel Hill and vicinity
support the sale as generously this
year as in the past.
MISS JONES DRAFT CLERK
Miss Faye .Jone bas beer
clerk of the county draft, b - ,xu..
She served as assistant clerk for
two years while Mrs. Mildred Col
lins was clerk. With Mrs. Collins’
resignation, recommendation of the
board members that Miss Jones be
her successor received state ap
proval.
A Thanksgiving Editorial
Let ua spend today thanking God for being able to spend this
Thanksgiving'in a country at peace. Lot us be especially grateful
6iat so many families are reunited, that others will be together
by Christmas and that our servicemen are looking forward to
rapid transportation home. In Orahge county alone oyer 700
ysteraoshayit returned. Families still separated can rejoice in
their neigh bo to’ good fortune.'Everyone has something special
for which to tfs thankful this year.
Automobiles are priced lower than we’d dared hope. Shoee
can be bought without a stamp. Gas is ours for money without
the added headache of coupons. Electrical appliances are oh the
mkrket Return to pre-war civilian life Is just around the corner.
For all these things we can be thankful.
We know there are still many dark clouds on the horizon.
China is threatening to mix our troops in her civil war. The
rebellion in Java makee us leery. Failure to achieve harmonious
relations with Russia has us on edge. Question of what to do
with the powerful atomic bomb, although settled for the time
being by Truman and Atlee, Is still pending. Wrangllngs over
compulsory mititpry training will be resumed January.
Strikes at home wilt still be needing attention.
In spite of >these things, today Is a day for thanksgiving.
God has been good to us in sparing many lives which wouid have
been foot had. Japan seen flt to lengthen hostilities. We should
.— ■ ■ '■ ' " - '
forget dark clouds and concentrate on the silver lining for'
today at least w T ~r 7
THE NEW# wishes for every family in Orange county, for
every relative of dVery family In Grange and for every American
whether here or . overseat the happiest Thanksgiving Day in
four years.
Election
Is Nedr
of the {bounty AAA
will inept tomorrow
Members
committee
night to set the dat<£ for an elec
tion by Orange farr lers of AAA
community and couity chairmen
for the coming year. This election
will be sometime within the next
four weeks.
Three community committeemen
and two alternates, «s well as a
delegate to the county convention,
must be chosen in each of the coun
ty’s 10 farming Communities. The
delegates will later elect the three
man committee which will admin
ister AAA activities within the
county. # .
The committee wmfih is meet
ing tomorrow night to set a date
for this election is composed of
J. S. Compton, chairman, of Cedar
Grove; H. S'. Hogan,. Rt. 2, Chapel
Hill; E. L. Lockhart, Rt. 1, Hills
boro; and A. K. McAdams, secre
tary, of Rt. 2, Mebane.
Chairman Compton says that ap
proximately 2000 farmers in Or
ange are eligible to vote. “Eligible”
farmers are those who participated
in the 1945 agricultural conserva
tion or crop, insurance program.
An appeal to Orange county
farmers to^ote in the cqming elec
tion is being made by' Compton
and all members of his committee.
There promises to be more work
next year for county committee
men than ever before in adminis
tering AAA programs in the coun
ty.'Full participation is needed in
the coming, ballot if a farmer is
to be assured men administering
these programs are the ones he
wants to represent him. - ~
Dates, hours and piaces-for hold
ing the annual election will be
announced in the next issue of this
paper.
Achievement Day To
Show HD Club Work
Annual Achievement Day for all
Home Demonstration clubs in the
county will be held at the Hills
boro agricultural building on Tues
day, November 27. The program
will begiri'promptly at 1 o’clock.
Exhibits and skits which the dif
ferent clubs are preparing will be
featured, and everyone in the
county is invited to attend.
Among exhibits wil}. be canned
foods, quilts and comforts made
from sacks, reworked garments
and other home projects. One club,
the Smith-Level club from near
Chapel Hill, will exhibit newspa
pers and items of interest collected
by club members in their, corre
spondence with women in Eng
land. -
Skits have been prepared by
other clubs as their part in the
Achievement Day program. Recre
ation—including games and music
—will®be directed by still other
clubs.
There are 16 Home Demonstra
tion clubs in the county, and each
is (o be represented by either an
exhibit, skit or recreational pro
gram. A short business meeting,
oyer which Mrs. Clarence Cole of
the Smith-Level club will preside,
is to be held at the beginning of
the afternoon. Mrs. Cole is county
council president.
Mrs, Cole met with Mrs. Claude
i/avis' on.w —.■ —
(Continued on page 10)
Chapel Hill
Has 3 Fires
Three alarms within 23 hours
kept the Chapel Hill Are dapart
ment hopping last Wednesday
night and Thursday,
First alarm was turned in at
11:25 Wednesdays night from Cam
eron avenue. The building was the
last house on the avenue, left side
df the street and was occupied by
a colored family. A fire in the ceil
ing had been caused by a defec
tive flue, but flames were' under
control, by the time Chapel Hill
firemen answered the call.
Thursday afternoon at 4:20, a
bucket of gas exploding in the
middle of the floor at Strowd Mo
tor Company brought firemen and
truck up one block from home
base. No damage was done, but
Bruce Strowd and his staff had
quite a scare.
Later Thursday, but hardly af
ter firemen had settled down front
the Strowd freak blaze, the old
fraternity house on Frat Row, now
owned by- -toe University, eaught
fire as a spark fell from a chim
ney to'the roof. At 7:05 the five
truck sirened forth again, hose be
ing brought into play and the fire
CAtVtfgi. \w
was done.
Escape In
Carrboro
T*wo trustees of the Orange
county prison camp, Chick Fin
ley and Lonnie Perry; both white,
made a break from their road gang
last Tuesday afternoon in Carr
boro, - jumping into a 1940 Ford
pick-up truck parked near the de
pot and outrunning Carrboro’s
chief of police, R: H. Mills, to
make good their getaway.
Finely and Perrry were carrying
water to other prison Inmates, who
were unloading gravel at the de
pot, when they spotted the truck
with keys left in the ignition
switch. They threw down .tlmfe:
buckets and scampered quickly
side. Guards spotted them and
notified Mills immediately. The
truck belonged to Mr. Brewer who
operates the Carrboro cotton gin.
License number of the stolen ve
hicle is 160-291. --———
Mills was unable to overtake
them. Apparently they cut off the
main highway and left no trace as
to direction in which they were
heading.
Perry had served 15 months of
a five to seven years sentence for
larceny of automobile. He is from
Durham, aged 26, weighs about
150 pounds, is five feet nine inches
tall, and has coal black hair
Finley, who had served 14
months of a three to five years
sentence for robbery, was brought
to this county from Burlington. He
is five feet, eight inches in height,
weighs 160 pounds, has dark hair
and dark ecfmplexion,
When these men are eaught—if
these men are caught—they will
be tried for automobile theft and
for prison breaking. ~
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FORE8TBY THINNING
DEMONSTRATION TO BE HELD
R. W. Graber, state extension
forester, will give a demonstration
on the proper thinning of the
young pine stand on the farm of
W. I. Suitt Tuesday, 2 p.m., De
cember 11. The new European
style bow saw will be demon
strated.
*tt)e are numUrei tuitk tne victor#
in rite greatest u>*r in kistorij ~
^TLavj toe and our allies succeed
in fcke kardest jot in ki story —
^deeping world peace.
Blame For Veterans
Leaving Count ' Is
. ^.
Put On Employers
lidst Came For
Chanel Hill Is
Heart-Breaker
Chapel Hill.—In their last,.game
of the season, the Chapel Hill foot
ball eleven suffered a 32-0 defeat
from the Raleigh.. Methodist Or
phanage- team last Friday after
noon on Fetzer Field.
The Methodist eleven struck
early in the first quarter when they
recovered a fumble on the Chapel
Hill 21-yard line and drove down
to the two-yard line. Then Bill
Britt, the star of the afternoon,
took the ball through center for
the .first touchdown. Before the
period ended, Hardin drove over
from the eight-yard line to make
the count 13-0,
A 25-yard run by fullback Britt
brought the score to 19-0. The next
touchdown was gained when Britt
threw a five-yard pass to Rogers.
In the third period Britt made the
final score on a 60-yard run around
right end.
In the first quarter the Chapel
Hill Wildcats carried the ball to
their opponent’s three-yard line
where they lost the ball on a
fumble. This was the nearest the
defenders came to scoring.
County Council Of PTA Hears
Carrboro Glee Club Mohday
Featured on the program Mon
day when the Orange county coun
cil of the PTA met in Hillsboro’s
high school auditorium were mem
bers of the Carrboro glee club who
sang five numbers under the direc
tion of Mrs. Ira Mann, music teach
er in the Carrboro school and music
chairman for the county PTA
council. ' *
Shubert’s “Ave Maria” was the
first number sung and this was
followed by a special arrangement
of “There’s Music in the Air.” “Re
cessional," with words by Kipling
and musical score by Reginald De
koven, was the next selection.
“Prayer of Thanksgiving,” a Neth
erland folk song, and “Anchors
A weigh” concluded the vocal
numbers, t *»
The 1<5 Carrboro children sing
ing were Peggy Ferrall, Lee West,
Bill Hogan, Marie Perry, Carole
Hunt, Sam Blackwood, Catherine
Smith, Peggy Jemigan, Clara Joe
Riggsbee, Josie Mae Hardee, Mar
celle Smith, Cora Jean Partin, Ed
die Mann, Earlene Perry, Betty
Pendergrass and Mildred Wright.
After the program, Mrs. Mann
mechanics of printing were ex
plained to them.
PTA’s represented at the council
meeting included Chapel Hill,
Carrboro, Hillsboro and Murphey.
Report from the Chapel Hill dub
showed that $900 for new window
drapes in the elementary school
auditorium had been raised under
PTA sponsorship. Mrs. Felix For
rest, reporting for the Hillsboro
clubs, listed PTA activities as in
cluding spdhsorship of the lunch
room, sanitation and hygiene of
rest rooms, restoration of the Nash
Kolloch building, improvement of
classroom appearance and aid at
the health center at Camp Butner.
Carrboro’s report told" of PTA
sponsored lunchroom, art and vis
ual education. The Murphey PTA
reported aid in public school mu
sic, purchase of playground equip
ment and operation of the lunch
room.
County art project was explained
by Mrs, Cecil Johnson of Chapel
Hill who told how reproductions
of the world’s best paintings have
been made available to schools all
over the cotmty. These 'pictures,
around 200 of them in all, can be
Employes in ‘his vicinity who
need labofevs 'should give their
orders immediately to the county
USES office it they are to prevent
men needed here from migrating
to other sections for jobs.
Accordihgtowdrdreceived here—
Tuesday from Louis Berini, super
visor interviewer-in-charge of the
dhapel Hill USES office, appli
cants for jobs have been flood
ing the mayor’s office in Hillsbpro
'for the past two Tuesdays. These
applicants are, for the most part,
veter&ns with no special skills who
would ripjmally do common labor.
Since the few employers who
have given Orders to the USES
office cannot meet requirements of
all these applicants, it has been
necessary for Berini tovrefer them
to ; jobs in Durham or .^Raleigh
areas.
If sawmill operators, farmers,
dairymen, garage and filling sta
tion owners in the county will call
at the mayor’s office in Hillsbpro
on Tuesdays when Berini is there,
or at the Chapel Hill office in the
town hall any time except Satur
day afternoon or Sunday, and
place orders for workers, some of
these men may be kept at home.
Berini says that he can hardly
refer men to jobs unless he has
these orders since he must be able
to tell applicants about hours,
wages, etc.
Due to the steady stream of per
sons desiring interviews on Tues
days in Hillsboro, it is possible that
Berini may soon be here two days
a week instead of one. A few saw
mill operators and filling station
owners, both the local textile mills
and some scattered farmers are
the only employers who have
placed orders for laborers. Vet
erans do not know about many in
dustries where jobs might be
available since these industries
have been in operatoin only since
they left for service. It is to these
potential employers that Berini is
especially appealing.
On-the-job training, a service
which is offered by the Veterans
Administration, has not been go
ing over the way it should in this
vicinity. Employers may benefit, as
well as veterans, from this service
which pays a single veteran $50
while he is learning a new job
and a married veteran $75. A sup
plement is expected from the em
ployer to this wage, but the meas
ure is designed as a two-way ben
efit to protect both the employer
and his new employee. Berini or
any of the USES is willing to give
information concerning on-the-job
training to employers.
-TIER AT RICH MONO MOTOR
Te« h« joined the staf
at Richmond Motor Company »
parts manager. Tcer was formerly