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> (Published Weekly) your sample copy This Is It. Read.and ap praise It. S1.B0 will bring it to your home for a year NEWS —— Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, March 14, 1946 SUV* TRADE, SWAP Use Want Ads at Little Cost te Buy, Sell or Trade. The Profits Ars Big 10 Pages This Week Hillsboro, Chapel Hill Red Cross Drive Quotas Are Not Yet Realized, Say Officials With only one more week to go, and a goal of $2,000 to be reached, j m. Blieden, chairman of the Hillsboro Red Cross drive, reports collection of $296.75, $267.50 from the local business district and $29.25 from the West Hillsboro district. W. T. Murray was solici tor for the West Hillsboro district. Citizens are urged to get their contributions in as early as pos sible. If not contacted, individuals may leave their contributions at Mr. Blieden’s store. The goal for this year in $2,000 less than that of last year, and it is hoped that -it will be realized without diffi culty. A meeting will be held Mon day ni|ht at 8 o’clock in the library to total, rural .'receipts and other local contributions. - With several divisions still to be heard from, $5,509.49 was the lat est report to come from the Chapel Hill Red Cross drive on March 12. Chairman Russell M. Grumman expects the drive to far exceed the $6,000 goal. Divisions which had not reported by March 12 include business, Carrboro, rural, eight residential sections, nine campus buildings, students, and the theatre collec tions. Last year Chapel Hill went $3, 000 over and above its goal of $12,000, according to Mr. Grum man. The national goal this year is $100,000,000, half of what it was last year. This cut is due to the .fact that, the war being over, many of the Red Cross operations have ceased functioning. The funds raised will be divided half and half between the local and national chapters. __• / Chairmen of the various divi sions are: Mrs. J. B. Linker, resi dential; Rev. Kelley Barnett, busi ness; Walter Spearman, campus; Dwight Ray, Carrboro; Miss Lib Henderson, students; Floyd D. Turnage, rural, and Mrs. Hubert Robinson, colored. Court Docket Well Weighted For Monday Orange county Superior Court, which convenes here. Monday with Judge Paul Frizzelle of Snow Hill presiding, has a heavy docket fac ing it. Solicitor William H. Mur dock will make his first appear ance here as solicitor since his dis charge from the Navy recently. The docket of nearly 90 cases includes one first degree murder charge against Mattie Boldin and one manslaughter charge against •J. W. Kii-kland. The' majority of the cases are of less serious na ture. There are 14 divorces to be tried, 14 nonsupport cases, 21 drunken driving, five cases of il legal possession of liquor for sale arid a general mixture of the other usual types of- charges: --T-■——— --- NutritionCourse Started ta Village A course in nutrition, sponsored by the Chapel Hill Red Cross and scheduled to begin after the new college term starts, is now being organized by Mrs. W. C. Coker and Mrs. John Couch of Chapel Hill, co-chairmen of nutrition. A meeting to discuss the time and Place for the course will be held Tuesday, March 26, at 4 o’clock at the Episcopal parish house, ■f j^ives of veterans and interested townspeople are invited to attend. Dr. James C. Andrews, instruc tor in bio-chemistry in the med ial school, and an approved Red Cross instructor in nutrition, will teach the course. Those taking the course will receive certificates at Jts completion. There will be no charge, and those who wish addi tional details are asked to contact Mrs. John Couch at 3481, Chapel BETTY FRANCES ABERNETHY •N COKER COLLEGE PLAY A cast of 11 was chosen to pre ‘ftthe annual senior class play ,®‘ c°ker College last Saturday venihg, staging “Green Stockings,” i1 tile college auditorium. Miss e«y Frances Abemethy, daugh ter of Rev. and Mrs^W. W. Aber ethy of Hillsboro, wai one of the ??*• Miss Elizabeth Newell, fac rlty sponsor of the graduating ass> directed the production. Eflaad s^^i^d Mnf»Xee*St,^in3t and Helen, spent the week ^jjJ^Mrs. W. H. Sechrist of . L;J- Seehrist is visiting with his mother in Springfield, Ga. N. C. Postmasters ' Elect Hogan As State Director Willie S. Hogan, postmaster of the Chapel Hill office, was elected state director of the *North Caro lina chapter of the National Asso ciation of Postmasters at an annual spring meeting held at the Caro lina Inn in Chapel Hill over the weekend. Mrs. Mabel Jordan of Gibsonville was elected chairman of the sixth distdict. Postmasters from Orange, Dur ham, Alamance and Guilford coun ties were in attendance, S. Strud wick representing the Hillsboro office. Rep. Carl Durham gave the principal address; Mayor R. W. Madry and Director of Admissions Roy Armstrong welcomed the vis tors, and Postmaster "Hogan ' pre si ded at the banquet. , Post office carriers, also, held an annual meeting at the Inn over the weekend. All officers were re elected, and the Hillsboro post of fice reported a 100 per cent at tendance by local carriers. Other officers elected during the Postmasters meeting were H. M. Cates of Saxapahaw, vice chair man, and William G. Cobb of Guilford College, secretary. Mrs. Jordan succeeds Hurley Whitesell of Elon College as chairman. Student Draws* Heavy Fine In Accident Case •Chapel Hill.—A fine of $50 and costs was the verdict rendered against Richard Gibbs, young Uni versity student, when he appeared in recorder’s court Tuesday on a charge of drunkenness and ma licious damage to property as a | result of smashing a street light I over the weekend. Judge Henry Whitfield, in level ling the heavy fine, said any fur ther damage of this sort would result in a road sentence for the guilty parties. Gibbs was also or dered to reimburse the University for the cost of the light in the amount of $6. Woody T. Swaim, local veteran charged with operating a motor vehicle intoxicated and reckless driving, w<^s fined $50 and costs. A' considerable portion ■ of. the morning session was devoted to a hearing in which Bessie-Mae Rog ers, negr ess, charged her husband, Joe Rogers, with assaulting her. She testified she was‘beaten* about the facd by the defendant at their home near Chapel Hill last Satur day. Judge Whitfield ordered the two to remain separated, as they had been since the incident, and prayer for judgment was contin ued for two years on condition rthe defendant pays $2 weekly toward care of his child, and court costs. Other cases were disposed of as follows: Herbert Early, drunkenness, $5 and costs. ' - Leo Stroud, drunkenness, $10 and costs. Irby Brown, Negro, drunken ness, costs. CoVbitt C. Cannon, student, run ning through red light, costs. Sergeant Johnny Taylor, speed ing, costs. Rufus Tuck, called and failed, cash bond condemned. REA Manager Has Good Orange News The best news heard by F. E. Joyner, manager of the local REA office, at the fourth annuhl meet ing of the National Rural Electri fication Association in Buffalo, N. Y., last week was an announce ment by the Pole Committee that shipments of Western Po]eS would soon be available in all communi ties. Mr. Joyner said that the lack of these poles had for long bottle necked further rural electrification in this county, as well as else where. While at the meeting, the man ager said delegates were pleased to learn that the United States Senate had passed a resolution granting an additional one hun dred million dollars for rural elec trification in tins country. , During Mr. Joyner's sfay m Buf falo, he was invited into Canada to inspect rural electrical devd opments.around Niagara, which he reports as being quite advanced. -+1 Pope Dog Wins In Field Trial “Lady,” poihter owned by Em erson Pope, won the silver loving, cup awarded as first prize in the Durham Kennel Club Field Trial March 3. Thirty dogs participated in the trial, with the number of spectators present “estimated at 200. Second prize, $300 or a one-year membership in the Kennel Club, also went to Mr. Pope, for his English setter, “Dot.” Third place went to “Bob”, pointer owned by W. O. Ladd, “and fourth place was taken by “Mike,” pointer owned by Luther Rich. W First in the puppy stakes was “Biddy,” a 12-months-old pointer also owned by Mr. Ladd, who was given a choice of $300 or free membership in' the club for a year. “Dana,” 10-month-old English set ter owned by Kermit Ellis, receiv ed honorable mention. “Redbart Kendrick,” Irish set ter owned by Dr; K. A. Young strom, was awarded a vase with a bouquet for the best conforma tion of any dog entered in the trial. 3 Local Vets Arrange For Dance Here The Hillsboro chapter of the American Legion appointed Buck Holler, Mac Bivins and Seth Thom as to a committee which will ar range a Legion sponsored dance in the high school -gym for the benefit of the hut-building-fund of the local chapter. Steve Allison was put at the head of the Legion-sponsored boys baseball team this year. Youth Center Goal Placed At $2,500 Local citizens jkave begun a cam paign to raise $|JSOO for the con truction of a Yoinh Center in Hills boro. The center ,*vill be erected on a lot behind the Methodist church which was donated by Mr. and. Mrs. H. H. Brown. The building '(till be used prin cipally by the Girl and Boy Scout organizations of Hillsboro but it will be available for other super vised youth activities. The center will be the result of efforts to give Hillsboro’s child ren a wholesome and adequate place to conduct their organized activities. Construction of the fire-proof building will begin as soon as pos sible following tine raising of the initial estimated cost of $2,500. Upon completion the center will consist of a large assembly room, a work shop, kitchen and two toilets. It will be constructed of concrete blocks and will have a cement floor. Heating will be furnished by a large fireplace and an auxiliary heating plant. After the center is completed, further improvements will be fi nanced by such activities as bene fit parties. The fund raising committee con sists of Mrs. H. H. Brown, Mrs. D. E. Forrest, Dr. H. W. Moore and Rev. Charles S Hubbard, repre senting the girl scouts; and Bon ner D. Sawyer, *Rev. W. W. Aber nethy and Tom Brown represent ing the boy scouts. Members of the committee have expressed the belief that the build ing of this Youth Center is the best possible thing that can be done for the young people of Hillsboro at this time. THE NEWS In Retrospect MARCH 18, 1915 Mr. Moody Lloyd, the barber, has purchased a new Ford. Mrs. Louis H. Webb and child ren have gone to New Jersey to visit relatives. Mr. Bruce Strowd has sold four or five Ford machines the past week. Touch is light fellows only a qt. every 15 days. There will not be so many snakes seen this summer. Representative Smith returned home Tuesday evening after the legislature adjourned sine die. Af ter all they cjid some good things. MARCH 25, 1915 Dr. J. H. Pratt attended a good roads conference held at New Orleans last week: ~ , Snow fell here Monday thick and fast for a few minutes. The house tops and trees were covered. Mr. Pendergraf.t’s six cylinder Chalmers car, which was dam aged by fire last winter, has re ceived a thorough overhauling, and looks like a new car. Next Friday, March 26, Carolina will go up against some real base ball with .the .University of Ver mont. ■— Messrs. W. A. Stroup and L. Mc Neill who stood the recent ex amination before the Supreme Court for license to practice law, were on Tuesday sworn in before Judge C. M. Cook, Hillsboro. We regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Robert Strayhorn, which occured several days ago at her home at University Station. The remains were buried at Durham. She was the mother of Mrs. Oscar Craig, of University Station, and Mrs. W. H. Pritchard of Durham. In Durham Superior court last week Judge Cook nonsuited a case in which Alfred McClellon, Col ored of Chapel Hill, was asking for damages from J. C. Scarborough, colored undertaker, of Durham, because the undertaker sold the body of his (McClellons’) father to the medical school of the Uni versity without making an effort to locate any of the relatives of the dead man.'n MARCH 15,1917 Mrs. W. A. Maddry, in the Or ange church section* has been quite sick for the past week. The high cost of livijig has forc ed turnip salad up to’ $2 a bushel on the Durham market. What next? The girls basketball teams of Durham and . Chapel Hill high play in the Bynum gym tomorrow night at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Cora Williamson has re turned from Baltimore, where she has been selecting her spring mil linary and studying the latest styles. She was accompanied by her milener, Miss Causey. The announcement of the en gagement of Miss Mary Roberson, daughter of Mrs. Cornelia Rober son, of Chapel Hill, to Mr. Roy Mas»»,. q| New York, has been made. The date of the marriage has not been fixed, but It will probably take place soon after Easter. President Graham spent Sun day in Charlotte, his former home town. MARCH 6, 1919 Born, March 3, to Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Hendertoh, a son. A box party will be held at Smith Level school Saturday night, March 8. MARCH 20, 1919 Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Atwater of the Fearrington section spent Wed nesday in Durham. MARCH 4, 1920 The University Orchestra is to give a free public recital at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon, March 7, in Gerrard Hall, under direction of professor Paul John Weaver. Hon. Cameron Morrison of Char lotte, Democratic- candidate .for i Governor, will speak to the stu dent body of the University Fri day evening, March 5. MARCH 11*, 1920 Miss Willie Ames left.last. Wed nesday for a visit of several weeks to relatives in Norfolk and Rich mond, Va. MARCH 31, 1920 Mr. John Tilley, of Durham, will open a shop here for the mak ing of screen windows and doors. Mr. Re&lue Lloyd’s son had the misfortune to get his arm broken Monday, while trying to crank a Ford. Miss Moria Cole, daughter of Mr.. W. C. Cole, near town, and Mr. Alfred Brandon of Durham, were married one day last week at Durham. MARCH 9, 1922 Missed Helen, Nellie and Alva Ajndrews and Miss Ruth Long and Mr. Roy Brown spent the week end wifh relatives and friends in* Raleigh. Mr. Wescott, assistant postmast er for a number of years, has re signed the position and has ac cepted a position in the bank of Chapel Hill. MARCH 9, 1944 Pfc. Maurice B. Kirkland, Jr., 24, son of Mrs. Pauline McMahon of Route 3, Chapel Hill, has been awarded the Purple Heart after being wounded in battle. He re cently sent the medal home to his mother with the information that he is now back in action in Italy. C. H. Jones proved himself a modem William Tell last Sunday when he killed the King Hawk of the vicinity. The big bird meas ured .3 feet, Id inches in all. ' A barbecue supper was given for Seaman 2c Vincent Forrest who is on a 30-day furlough at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ross Por ter, last Sunday night. MARCH 16, 1944 Lt. Elizabeth H. Collins, Hills boro, has been transferred frpm the Third' WAC Training Center Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to the Mo bile Air Service Command, Brook ley Field, Mobile, Ala. USES Claim Taker Here 2 Days Now Charles L. Parrish of Smithfield, claim take? for the USES in Hills boro and Chapel Hill, announced that beginning next week he will be on duty in the Hillsboro court house two days a week (instead of one, as was previously arranged), Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9 to 5 o’clock. Mr. Parrish says that self-em ployment farm claims are increas ing steadily in this vicinity and for that reason he will devote his time exclusively to settling these claims. Louis Berini, supervisor-inter viewer of the local office, is in Durham this week for a special training course. An; Recruiters Open Service In Conit House The Army Recruiting Service is next week introducing two ser geants to the people of Hillsboro. They are S-Sgt. Edward W. Cha bot and Sgt. John S. Haskins of the Mobile Recruiting Unit from Durham. These two recruiters will be in the county courthouse all day on Tuesdays and may be contacted there. S-Sgt. Chabot has over nine years service in the Army, includ ing 15 months in the European theatre of operations as a Medical Aid man in General George S. Patton’s ‘ famed Third Army. He wears the ETO ribbon with four bronze service stars, purple heart. American defense, American the atre, good conduct ribbon, also World War victory ribbon. He re cently reenlisted in the new streamlined regular Army for three years. Sgt. Haskins has served four years in the Army, spending 19 months in the European theatre of operations with the First United States Army, under command of General Omar N. Bradley, at that time First Army Commander. Sgt. Haskins wears the ETO ribbon with five bronze stars, good conduct ribbon, American defense medal, World War victory ribbon. He also has reenlisted in the Army for three years. Both sergeants agree that now is the time to enlist or reenlist in the new Army. By reenlisting be fore the 90-day period is up, a serviceman can retain the rank held at the time of his discharge. Men who have no prior service and have not received final call from selective service, may wish to enlist in the regular Army and receive ' the advantages, that : the Army now offers volunteers. " S-Sgt. Chabot is a native of Frostberg, Md., but has spent the' greater part of the last eight years j in and around Durham. Sgt. Has-j kins is a native North Carolinian, from Durham. I.. . : X-Ray Survey Has Good Reception Miss Mildred Spahr, head of the public health department here, reported “an excellent turn-out” last week for the x-ray surveys in Hillsboro and West Hillsboro. She said the clinics were well-attended with a total of 1,476 x-ray films being taken. Reports as to the results of these filmings will be mailed to patients within a week or 10 days, accord ing to Miss Spahr. Miss Alice Payne, graduate stu dent in the department of public health, University of North Caro lina, will, join the staff of the Hillsboro office March 22, to serve through May. White Cross P.T.A. The White Cfcoss PTA. met last week in , the school auditorium with the vice president, Mrs. Ivan Lloyd, presiding. Mrs. Lemuel Cheek was elected the .incoming president, replac ing Mrs. “Bud” Durham. Mrs. W. I. Suitt spoke on “effect of environment upon the child.” Mrs. C. A. Gentry spoke on the organization of a boy scout troop in the community. The dollar given at each PTA meeting to the room having the mosl parents present was won by the 5th and 6th grade room taught by Mrs. Suitt. OY8TER 8UPPER J. G. Goodwin, E. C. Liner and Wallace Boland were hosts at an oyster supper held af the jfifasonic building Friday, March 1,, for all members of the Eastern Star. Durham, Rives Offer Biggest Show In The Primary Race P Morehead Team Takes Hillsbere la Semi-Finals Play-off The boys’ basketball team of Hillsboro high was bested 33-26 in a game with Morehead City high in Morehead City last Sat urday in the Eastern Class C semi finals. During the season, the team held a record of 13 games won, 6 lost. The team left for Morehead City Friday, spending the night there and returning the following night. Coach Hairy Breeze accompanied the boys. Baseball practice will begin this Monday, and the schedule of games will be announced later. Chapel Hill PTA Reelects Officers Chapel Hill.—John IjL Foushee >vas reelected president of the Chapel Hill Parent-Teachers Asso ciation at the March meeting held Monday night in the auditorium of the Elementary School. All the present officers were re elected and will''serve until next March. They are: first vice-presi dent, Mrs. Henry Whitfield; sec ond vice-president, Mrs. C. E. Buckner; secretary, Mrs. Maurice Whittinghill; treasurer, Mrs. C. W. Shields. Mrs. J. M. Saunders, chair man of the nominating committee, presented the slate. Miss Helene TiranofT, curator of Person Art Gallery, spoke on the art program sponsored in the schools by the association. She was introduced by Mrs. J. E. Adams, program chairman. Miss Tlranoff emphasized the fact that education consists of more than reading, writing and arithmetic. Art too is an important part, because the urge to create something is basic. She stated that a great deal has been accomplished in the lines of the various crafts and reported that the possibilities for the future are good. However, she concluded with a criticism and a challenge, saying, “Chapel Hill is the worst town I have ever seen for not providing opportunities for peo ple to work with their hands.” Her talk was followed by a dis cussion of plans for a workshop of some sort, but no! action was taken. i More than 100 people attended the meeting,, about -d fourth of whom were men.- This is an in crease over the number of men usually attending, probably due to a consistent effort on the part of the president, Mr. Foushee, to in crease the masculine participation in the association’#^ activities. ' ' DAIRY DELAYS OPENING Due to a number of difficul ties, such as labor, materials and weather conditions, which nat urally beset a project as large as the Farmers’ Cooperative Dairy in Chapel Hill, the plant will not begin operation until the last of this month or the first of next. The opening was origi nally scheduled for tomorrow (March 15). Co-workers with George Cline> manager, have not as yet been selected, but ft is expected that they will be next week. 100 Members Signed In Farm Bureau The Orange county Farm Bur eau met in the Aycock high school auditorium Friday night, March 8, 7:30. The meeting, was called to order by the temporary president, after which there was a brief de votional by Rev. Hurley. Mr. Clyde Roberts, secretary-treasurer, read the minutes of the last meeting and gave the financial report. A report was given by Mr. John Hawkins and Clyde Roberts on the recent membership drive. Mr. Hawkins had secured 19 members and Mr. Roberts 5. Other mem bers who had. agreed to sign ntem berships were not present at the meeting to give the report. It was estimated that a total of 100 mem bers had Joined. COMMISSIONERS CON8IDER TAX ASSE.88M ENTS T$xe Orange county board cd •&&8£2aMimiS wiM ■ morning in the city hall to con sider tax assessments. " :v: ) , . Most of the excitement to be offered Orange county voters in the coming May 25 primary will come from the congressional race between Carl Durham, Chapel Hill incumbent, and Judge Earl Rives of Greensboro. Sheriff Sam Latta is the only county official who has any oppo sition at the moment. The filing date deadline is over a month away, however, and the local as pects of this primary may get warmer as the deadline nears. Highway Patrolman Bob Thomas of Carrboro is campaigning against_ Sheriff Latta and he has promised plenty of competition for the office. James Webb, Eno Mills official from West Hillsboro, has announ ced his candidacy for the state senate and up until now, only has the rumored opposition of Mayor Bob Madry of Chapel Hill. Mayor - Madry told the NEWS that he has been too busy to give much con sideration to the race. He added that he had the job as Mayor of Chapel Hill and didn’t know if he would be doing the right thing to give it up for a job of two months duration. John Umstead has thrown his hat again into the ring for re election to the state house of rep resentatives, and there isn’t any rumored or real opposition out against him at this writing. Other members of the county’s official family, who have been con tacted by the NEWS, say they are not yet ready to make any official announcement of their candidacy. Local prognosticators in the polit ical realm feel that all of the present office holders will be in the race for reelection if any compe tition crops up. These offices in clude the Clerk of Superior Court, the County Accountant, the Reg ister of Deeds and the County Commissioners. AAA Resumes Measuring Of Tobacco Acres To further strengthen compli ance with the • marketing quota program, all acreages of flue-cured tobacco grown on all farms in 1946 will be measured by AAA committeemen, or others working under supervision of committee men, it was announced by J. S. Compton, chairman, Orange, Coun ty AAA Committee. “Due to the manpower short-.., age, the AAA found it necessary to discontinue measurement of all iiue-curdd acreages during the war, and this will be the first year since 1942 when all acreages will be measured,” Mr. Compton said. “The ..system of reporting their, individual acreages by farmers, themselves, and subsequent spot checking was th# best means of acreage determination during the ' war. However, a return to meas urement of all acreages is essen tial in order to make the market ing qtiota program fully effective.” Flue-cured producers of Orange County will be notified of 1946 acreage allotments for their farms in a few days. The county’s total acreage allotment for 1946 will amount to approximately 6,200 acres. Preaeasoreaeat Of 1946 Tobacco Acreage OK’ef A. K. McAdams, secretary of the CJrange County AAA, announ ced that according to the state office premeasurement of the 1946 tobacco acreage has been approv ed and states that farmers should take advantage of the premeasure ment or, in any case, measure tobacco acreage themselves prior to planting. Any premeasurements will be at the expense of the farm operator. Farms for which premeasurements are made will be checked after planting as are other farms in * order to determine (1) the accu racy of the premeasurements and (2) whether the crop has been planted within the premeasure- ^ ment area. The final acreage will be that determined after planting. Pre measurement dimensions found to be correct may be utilised in the final acreage determination. - Mr. McAdams also states that he would like for two or three peo qualify for measuring tobacco to call at this office at once.
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