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TEU. A NEIGHBOR Get your rteighbof tp «Ub ,9oWEW-e “' _ _ (Published Weekly) As if in answer to a two-week search,£y THE NEWS and the peo ple of this town, Mayor Johnston this week appointed T. Norfleet Webb, Ideal florist, to serve as chajrnian of the Victory Clothing CoUectioii drive in this community. Mr. Webb is distributing pam phlets this week, and says that clothing for the drive may be left in the building formerly occu pied by the dry goods department of the Dollar Store on Main Street. This vacant building, soon to be taken over by Mr. Webb for his florist business is located next door to the remaining shoe and hosiery department of the Dollar Store. The chairman said that if the store is not open at any time, clothes may be left at the Mayor’s office. He requests that evening clothes not be included in con tributions, but says that all wear ing apparel outside of these would be welcome. The drive will end January 31. mn Post Of Legioa To Try Dance Again Chapel Hill.—Attendance of the square dance given by the local post of the American Legion last Friday night for the benefit of the Infantile Paralysis fund was han dicapped by snow and ice covered roads. For this reason, members of the post will discuss plans for another square dance (proceeds from which will also go towards the drive) at the next meeting Friday, February 1. Tentative date set fpr this dance is Friday, Feb ruary 8. The time will be 8 o’clock, and the place, the Legion Hut on East Rosemary Street. D. M. Hom er is chairman of "the dance com mittee. .■■ — v _ COUNTY SCHOOLS TWO WEEKS BEHIND SCHEDULE R. H. Claytor, superintendent of the Orange county schools, said this week that all schools in the county served by busses have lost about two weeks of classes be cause of the bad conditior,._of, the roads'. '‘The recent snow clo&KTlSI? schools down last Thursday. They were scheduled to open Wednes day of this week provided a break in the weather came. The time lost will have to be made up to complete the required 180 class days. In some schools this time will be made up on Sat urdays and the two weeks will be added to the end of the term in cases of others. Annual Meet Of Hillsboro Bank Is Held At the annual meeting of stock holders and directors of the Dur ham Bank & Trust Company last week S. A. Johnson of Hillsboro was re-elected vice-president and manager of the branch at Hills boro. Officers and directors of the home bank arid its branches were elected and a report of the past year’s business was made. The bank had a 22 per cent growth in total resources and de posits during the year, and there was a 10 per cent increase in num ber of depositors. By transferring $150,000 from undivided profits to the surplus account the bank now has a total capital fund of $931, 000. Branches are maintained in Hillsboro, Apex, Cooleemee, Creedmoor, Mebane, and Wake Forest. A new building was au thorized for the Wake Forest branch and improvements will be made to the buildings at Apex and Mebane. Closing Date Extended For Clothing Drive Chapel Hill.—Bad road condi tions once more monkey-wrenched county plans last week as Boy Scouts were prevented from pick ing up bundles for the Victory Clothing Collection drive. Because of this, according to Dr. George Cutten, chairman of the drive here, the date of closing has been ex tended to Saturday, January 26. As previously arranged, truck £oy Scputs will, be made in the afternoon, with scouts readying contributors in a morn ing house - to - house check-up. Donors will be asked to place bun dles on their front porches. Dr. Cutten reports ihat'a good many articles have already been brought to collection centers, and that most of these are being pack aged this week by members of the shipping committee. Bank Stockholders Rename Officers, Board; Sanction Remodeling Of Building Chapel Hill. — Clyde Eubanks will continue as president of the Bank of Chapel Hill, following his reelection at an annual meeting of the board of stockholders Fri-‘ day, January 11. Other officers were also reelect ed, including Collier Cobb, Jr.‘, vice-president; W. E.. Thompson, executive vice-president; J. T. Gobbel, cashier, and W. O. Spar row, assistant cashier. The board of directors was voted to be retained without change. Members are Mr. Eubanks, D. D. Carroll, Mr. Cobb, B. B. Lloyd, Roland P. McClamroch, J. E. Ken nette and R. B. Fitch. In comparing 1944-1945 annual reports, it was found that deposits in 1945 increased by $1,017,442.57; holding of Government bonds, $1, 121,350.00; capital and surplus and undivided profits, $40,410.09, and loans were increased by $73,481.32. Mr. Thompson said in an inter view Saturday that he was opti mistic for the future year, “pro vided the strike situation is cleared up reasonably quickly.” The spokesman said that at the meeting stockholders au thorized directors of the'bank “to use their own judgment in en larging and remodeling the pres ent banking house.” He said that plans would be drawn up within the next month; building started this spring, and completed in the fall. “The prospective plans should take care of banking needs for a good many years,” said Mr. Thompson, “and if it is found ad visable to move from our present location, we will do so.” He added, however, that no suitable land or building was available now. TWO LONE RANGERS In order to keep you posted and straight on the goings-on of that, superman of the Wild West, the Lone Ranger, we are .including two Installments, this week. This will* take ears of the •ertea left out last! Week. Colonel Hatcher b Speaker For Clubs Chapel Hill.—Lt. Col. Howell J. Hatcher, head of the North Caro lina state highway patrol and high way safety division, was guest speaker Tuesday night at a joint meeting of the Chapel Hill Ro tary and Kiwanis clubs and the Carrboro Lions club at the Caro lina Inn. He spoke on highway safety. Town officials of Chapel Hill and Carrboro were invited guests. The Chapel Hill Rotary club in vited Colonel Hatcher to speak several weeks ago and arranged Tuesday night’s supper and pro gram. Colonel .Hatcher is a former lieutenant-governor of the North and South Carolina District Ki wanis club.' Short Session Of Chapel Hill Court Chapel Hill.—-Chapel Hill mu- ' licipal court was of short dura ion Tuesday and Presiding Judge Senry Whitfield adjourned the iession after hearing three minor :ases brought before him. John Burnett, charged with Irunkenness, pled guilty. He was irdered to pay the costs. Mel Pendergrass, colored, plead ruilty of drunkenness; ordered to jay costs. - - Roy Dollar, colored, non-sup port; ordered to care for his 9 nonths-old child.' . ' The case against Willie Dorsett, solored, charged with reckless iriving, damage to property, and injury to persons requiring hos pitalization, was continued until March 5. * . .. _ The case against Dan Fuquas', iriving while drunk, was also con+ ifiuea tmtfl Mbrch 5. . MljM I I IW— I Governor Honors Three Local Draft Board Meabers Governor Cherry, assisted by General J. Van B. Metts, state di rector of Selective Service, and members of his staff, presented three local selective service board members with Congressional Cer tificates of Merit and Selective Service Medals at a gathering in Raleigh Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Wake county court house. Members honored at that time were G. O. Reitzel of Hillsboro, chairman; A. C. Pickard of Rt. 1, Chapel Hill; and S. W. Hughes, also of Hillsboro. The awards were presented simultaneously with the presentation of similar awards by President Truman in Washington to one Selective Service board member from each state. ’ White Mea Leave For Fort Bragg' The following white registrants will be sent to Fort Bragg next Wednesday for preinduction phys ical examinations. - f is Chester Lloyd Crabtree, Rt. 1, Hillsboro; George Jennings Bryan, Chapel Hill; Merl Milton Norcross, Chapel Hill; Jack Henry Camp, Chapel Hill; Frederick Holmes Houser, Chapel Hill; Marshall Glenn Coster, Efland; William Ralph Holmes, Chapel Hill; Law rence Wingate Brown, Chapel Hill; William Ross Best, Chapel Hill; Walter James Keeter, Jr., Chapel Hill; George Carlton Hall, Rt. 1, Timberlake; John Temple Gobbel, Jr., Chapel Hill; John Edward Couch, Rt. 1, Durham; Leonard Tufts, Chapel Hill; Buddy Lea Crabtree, Rt. 1, Cedar Grove; Lonnie Hassell Kim rey, Efland; Harold Lloyd Clark, Chapel Hill; Mather Steven How erton, West Hillsboro; Thomas Caldwell Williams, Rt. 3, Hills boro; Jesse Junior Blalock, Rt. 2, Rougemont; William Luther King, Rt. 1, Durham; Melvin Durward Smith, Rt. 1, Cedar Grove; James Ray Clark, Rt. 2, Chapel Hill; Stanley Landan Colbert,- Chapel Hill; Wiliiam Edward Walker, Cedar Grove, Elmer Daniel Cates, Rt. 1, Efland; Lee Stewart Cole, Chapel HjH: Homwr Spence Atlas, Ch&pel fnn; Robert Bacon Nich ols, Jr., Raleigh. , ‘March Of Dines’ Dance Saturday Chapel Hill.'—Students at the University Will sponsor a March of Dimes Dance for the benefit of the Infantile Paralysis fund Sat urday; January 26. The dance will be held in Woollen Gymna sium from 9 to 12 - and will be open to the public. Admission will be $1 for both stags and couples. Music will be supplied by a vet eran’s orchestra, and dancers are requested to wear informal attire. Winding up the drive in this county, high school students will .stage a tag day Saturday. Girls and boys will be stationed at vari ous points throughout the city to exchange a tag for any contribu tions citizens may wish to make. Chairman of the drive for this county, E. Carrington Smith, re ports that “many handsome checks have already been received, and that additional checks should be mailed to “March of Dimes,” P.O. Box 70, Chapel Hill. Snow And Jce lx Prevent Road Meet Monday Bad roads, the cause for a spe cial meeting of the county com missioners being scheduled at the courthouse in Hillsboro Monday, nement of the t snow and ity’s business first Monday, was decided ith these peti ioners were and tour the Also caused a meeting since the ice forced the directors to stay at home. According to Qilbert W. Ray, county accountant! a large number of petitions for neftr roads and im provements swamped the commis sioners at their Regular meeting this month on A special meeti upon to dispense tions. The . scheduled to county to ins pec the proposed roads and imprc cements. Since this year’s record snowfall made such a trip impo sible, the peti tions are to be « nsidered at the next regular ipeel ing on the first Monday in Febnu ry. The roads asked for in the peti tions are to be instructed and maintained by the state. The peti tions, bearing a minimum of 25 signatures each, are first submitted to the commissioners, who then inspect and either approve or dis approve the requests. If a peti tion is approved, it is submitted to the state for its approval or re jection. AIDS CLOTHING DRIVE Chapel Hill.—At its regular meeting Monday night Boy Scout Troop 39 made plans to stage a clothing drive in Chapel Hill Sat urday, January 26, in conjunction with the nation-wide effort to col lect used clothing for European war victims. The drive was ori ginally scheduled for last Satur day but had to be postponed be cause of the weather. John P. Ballard, of this town, announced Tuesday the purchase" of the insurance agency of the late J. L. Lockhart from the estate of the deceased. Mr. Ballard, who is at present working part-time at the Soil Con servation office here, said that his plans would be completed within the next 10 or 15 days. Until that time, he will maintain an office in his home. He will sell all lines of insurance, including Ore, hail, life, etcr ==— Before accepting his present po sition with the Soil Conservation Department in August 1945, Mr. Ballard served as county super visor for the Farm Security Ad ministration, moving here in June of 1941. He is a native of Fuquay Springs, Harnett county, and at tended North Carolina State Col lege, Raleigh, where he majored In agriculture. REA Stretches Legs With 150 Miles ib ore Of Farm Lights —-1 Valentine Nail Hurried By Post Office Here I ' Valentine mail and packages for men and women in the service overseas .must be mailed imme diately if it is to be. received by. February 14, according to Mrs. Cora L. Lynch, clerk in charge of the post office here. Mrs. Lynch reminds persons who wish to send Valentines. overseas that the same rule applies for this mail as applied for overseas Christ mas cards. A three-cent stamp, as well as the placing of a return ad dress in the upper left hand cor ner of the envelope, are neces sary to insure delivery. |-1-;—— BAD ROADS BOG DOWN COUNTY WORKERS A. K. McAdams, chief clerk of the AAA office in Hillsboro, and W, T. Mattox, supervisor of the welfare department, both of whom commute' to their work, were “snowed in” three days and could not * make the trip to Hillsboro. The record snowfall that blanket ed the county last Wednesday night stranded them at their homes for the rest of the week. F. E. Joyner, manager of the Rural Electrification Association office in Hillsboro, revealed this week that a bid has been opened for the construction of 150 miles of rural power lines in the area served by this office. These lines will be constructed in Orange, Person, Caswell and Granville counties. The bid now being opened by this office calls for a construction job, the estimated cost of which is to be about $175,000, and the additional 150 miles of lines is be-r ing run to serve about 500 new members. Joyner said if a low bid is accepted right away, construc tion of these lines should begin within the next thirty days. Most of the material necessary for the work, is already available. ... .This will be the first contracted construction of R.E.A. lines in this area since 1940. -Wartime condi tions havfe held up the expansion program of the R.E.A. for five years. At the present, the Hills boro office has under its control about 350 miles of rural power lines and the proposed 150 miles will bring that total up to 500. Within the next 12 months, there is to be 150 to 200 miles more'of the line constructed to serve 500 ^to 600 more members in this area. The cost of that construction job is estimated at $250,000. Let It Snow, Let It Snow By Marjorie Jordan » In the words of Mark Twain, “Everybody talks about the weath er, but nobody does anything about it.” Residents of Orange County, as well as those of other areas throughout the state, had plenty to talk about l&st week. Old Man Winter really made his presence felt! Local residents awoke Thursday 1 morning to find the community blanketed with approximately ten inches of snow. Mere accurate weather observers probably would attribute the sit uation to a mixture of snow and sleet, following a drop in the tem perature on Wednesday afternoon. At any rate, it covered every thing! N Those who were foolish enough to park their cars out-of-doors found them embedded in the snow and barely recognizable. However, those with cars in garages were unable to use thejn because of the condition of the roads. Transpor tation was virtually at a stand still Thursday, with conditions only a little better Friday. Both the Greyhound and Trailway bus es were forced to cancel their schedules. By Friday u night; how ever, the highways end the streets in both Chapel Hill and Hillsboro had been cleared. Beads in tb$ rural areas wdre still impassable several days after the storm. Schools were -closed throughout the county. A few eager boys and girls, evidently not having heard the radio announcement of the cancellation of classes, appeared at several of the schools. They were quickly dismissed to join the others in enjoying the pleasures of youth—sledding, snow-balling and the like. At the University, classes con tinued as usual. Almost as usual, that is. Most students arrived at .their first classes a little late, per haps because of the necessary time required to dress appropriate ly for the occasion. Coeds appeared in the traditional blue jeans and plaid shirts, complete “with knee boots. Former “GI’s” were clad in dungarees and “fatigues”; some wore the uniforms of ski-troopers. It was not unusual to see both students and teachers minus shoes and stockings, attempting to dry these necessary items by the ra diators! V Many faculty members walked to their classes—in some in stances, a long walk. A few were victims of the more mischievous students who attempted to score a “direct hit” with a well-aimed snowball. Dr. Frank Graham and Dean E. B. House,, were among those serving as targets, but both took the snowballing in the spirit of fun. i ' "K - ; Even the matt, carriers were prohibited from “the carrying out of their appointed tasks.” Resi dents of Chapel Hill received no mail on Thursday. Carriers were unable to make their rounds in some rural areas. Newspaper de livery was halted, with THE NEWS being late in reaching al most all its readers. Subscribers of the various Durham, Greens boro and Raleigh dailies did not receive papers until Friday. Fortunately accidents and prop erty damage were kept at'a mini mum, possibly because most resi dents cooperated with the request of the highway department that they travel only when absolutely necessary. According to “old time” resi dents of Orange County, the pres ent snow is- the largest in about ten years. Most of the youngsters agree that they can remember nothing like it. As THE NEWS goes to press, the situation seems to have re turned almost to normal. Trans portation is restored, and with it both mail and newspaper service. The boys and girls are back in school, their holiday little more than a memory., Nevertheless, enough snow remains tp cause many of us to wonder about the truth of all the many references , to “the sunny south.” Maybe it’s only propaganda! Bob Madry And Jim Webb Mentioned As Senate Candidates New Cleaning Establishment Opened Here The HillsbortyiDry Cleaning and Laundry, owned and operated by Bruce Cannady of Raleigh, an nounces, its official opening this week. AU but one piece of equip ment to be used in the office here has been secured, and Mr. Can nady intimates that he is now ready to handle just about any kind of - dry cleaning that comes his «way. Assisting Mr. Cannady in his business are his wife, Barbara Lee of Hillsboro, Marvin Maynor of Durham, who is in charge of the cleaning room', Charlie Anderson and Luke McAdoo, both of Hills boro, pressers; Sue McAdoo, also of Hillsboro, silk finisher, and Earl Parker, pick-up and delivery man. The cleaning establishment, the only one in this town, is located on_King Street opposite the court house. Credit Group To Meet iu Graham , Next Saturday Graham—(Special to the News) —Member ownership of the asso ciation will be the theme of the annual meeting of the Graham Production Credit Association to be held in Graham, in the Court house, on Saturday, January 26, at 10:30 o’clock, according to an announcement made by J. C. Moore, secretary-treasurer of the association. This is the twelfth annual meet ing of the Graham Production Credit Association, which makes short-term agricultural loans to farmers In Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Or ange, Person, Randolph and Rock ingham counties. According to Mr. Moore, tw>> directors for the coming year will be elected and officers will also be chosen. The principal address to the stockholders of the association will be given by R. Flake Shaw, Ex ecutive Secretary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau. “Due to the lifting of travel re strictions,” Mr. Moore said, “we are expecting one of the largest attendances in the history of our association. There is always a great deal of interest in our annual meetings, particularly in the" report on the operations and accomplish ments of our association during the preceding year. This year we expect to have some lively discus sions on expxeriences of our mem bers,” ' . , Mr. Moore also pointed out that the Graham Production Credit Association is a cooperative credit organization which makes short term agricultural loans on all types of farming and' is owned and con trolled by the farmer-members of the association. C. T. Hall of Person County is president of the association. The directors are: S. E. Boswell of Guilford County; L. L. Garrison of Alamance County; D. Lacy Al ston of Chatham County; J. R. Wil liams of Caswell County, and C. T. Hall. J. M. Blieden Heads Red Cross Drive J. M. Blieden, owner of the Dollar Store, was named chair i man of the 1946 Red Cross Drive in Hillsboro at a meeting of the Orange county chapter of the Red Cross Tuesday, January 15, at the Confederate Memorial Library. Present at this meeting were mem bers of the executive committee, headed by Don Matheson, chair man, and committee chairmen. The drive is scheduled to begin' the first of March. Newsboy Wasted THE NEWS has openings for dependable newsBtfys*to*- telling and delivering newspapers In Chapel Hill. The pay Is good and commissions are paid for obtaining subscriptions In addl tlon to liberal profits *rom street sales. Only those whs really want to make extra money and can deliver newspapers need apply. Call Chapel Hill 8831 and leave your name and address If In- ‘ terested. So far in this political year the only candidatorial news to come out of Orange county have been two speculative newspaper reports published in Raleigh newspapers. The Raleigh morning newspaper recently carried a report that Rep resentative Jno. W. Umstead had “unofficially” announced his can didacy for renomination while speaking at an, educational gath ering in Raleigh. Again, a week ago the same newspaper told of a possible im pending contest between two Or ange men for the post of state senator. Mayor R. W. (Bob) Mad ry of Chapel Hill and James Webb of Hillsboro were listed as meo tionables, with the friends of each doing the talking. It is Orange’s time to furnish the senator .for the district composed of Alamance ahd Orange counties. By agreement Alamance furnishes the senator three terms to two by Orange. Two years ago Dennis W. Mad ry, the brother of Mayor Madry, was elected senator from Alamance county. Friends and supporters ol the Bob-Madry-for-Senator move ment say it would be fitting and proper that the district name the Chapel Hill man^tb SUeceed hia brother, Question about whether he wofild offer for the place this spring, the Chapel Hill Madry brother said, “1 feel highly hon ored that some of my friends should be thinking about me in connection with this post, but so far I have no definite plans.” Jim Webb has been named in most of the speculative talk on senatorial candidates and it is known that he has some willing and eager backers for- the post. Full Slate This Year This is the year for nomination and election of all county court house (Officers, and state and na tional legislators. Present incum bents of Orange offices who will be affected are: Representative John W. Umstead, Clerk of Court Edwin Lynch, Register of Deeds Ed Laws, Sheriff Sam Latta, Treas urer Carl Davis, and Commission ors Collier Cobb, Jr., Chapel Hill Hubert O. Laws, Hurdle Mills: and Ben F. Wilson, Mebane, Rt. 2. Congressman Carl Durham will also have to go through primary and election mills to retain his place in Washington. He is ex pected to De candidate and nc formidable opposition is in sight nor is it expected to develop be fore the primary lists are closed Formal announcements of can didacies may be expected^ any time. The Democratic primary is many weeks away but the machin ery for setting it in motion is al ready' greased end party leaders in the state are laying plans foi precinct organizations. In Orange county the Democrats are in the saddle and they have been running things for some years, but the Republicans are thick enough in the county to of fer opposition. They can usually be counted.upon to offer candi dates for local and district offices arid, while no announcement has come from, them yet, they are ex pected to name their candidates by the county convention method. Chairman of the executive com mittees in Orange are: A. H. Gra ham of Hillsboro, for the Demo crats, and S. H. Basnight of Chapel Hill, for the Republicans. Primary Comes April 27 A. H. Graham, chairman of Or ange county Democratic executive committee, announced Tuesday the biennial state and county primary election would be held Saturday, April 27. Candidates for State and Fed eral offices must file their notices of candidacy with the State Board of Elections on or before Saturday, March 16, but thbse seeking Gen eral Assembly and local county posts will have until Saturday af ternoon, April 13, at 6 o’clock to file their notices with the local Board of Elections. The local Board of Elections will meet Saturday, April 6, to select registrars and judges of election for the primary election. The reg istration of voters for the primary election will come to a close Satur day, May 11, and challenge day will be observed the following Sat urday, with the registrars being stationed at the polling places dur ing the day. Should a second primary be reJ Quired to select the nominees for the general election, it will be Sat urday, June 22. SON BORN TO WILSONS A son, Harold Thomas, was bora to S.2-c and Mrs. Wilbert Wilson of West Hillsboro on JumarylT in Duke Hospital Mrs. ’ the former Miss Charley of ~"-^
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