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THIS PAPER CONTAIN8 more orange cqunty news than any in the THE WORLD (Published Weekly) Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, July n, 1946 Cannery Now Open For Public Elmer R. Dowdy, teacher of agri culture in the Hillsboro school, an | noUnced this week that the can ■ nery would be open for public use Tuesdays and Thursdays. Following is the text of his an nouncement: The Hillsboro high school can nery will be opened to the public Thursday morning, July 11, at 8:30, and will be open on Tuesday and Thursday of each week until fur ther notice. We will operate addi tional days if the need arises. Any one wishing to use the cannery is urged to have their products ready to be placed in the can for pro cessing not later than 2 o’clock in the afternoon. We are very for tunate itr having splendid instruc tors to help with'this Canning pro gram. G. A. Munn, teacher of agri culture at Aycock high school, arid Mrs. Munn were in charge of the cannery during the time that I was in the Nc^yy and they will be back again this year during the first part of the cannirfg season to help train the new instructors. Garland Miller and Mrs. Bertha Clegg of Hillsboro will be at the cannery each canning day and will serve, as instructors. We have been in deed fortunate in securing large stock of cans which will be avail able to the public at the cannery. Price of Cans The entire price, including cans and processing fee, will be 6 Ms cents for, a No. 2 can and 7% cents for a No. 3 can. -This price was arrived at after considerable dis cussion by the committee of the Hillsboro cannery. This commit tee isf composed of a leader out of each of the communities that the cannery selves. I wish to stress to you that this is a training program. The instruc tors are there to show yoi& how to do the work yourself. V/tAe are approximately 50 veterar >9 'ho are now engaged in farm wc irk in Or ange county and who art'*staking a special course in agriculture un der the various teachers of agri culture in the county and part of their training will be in food pro cessing and will be carried on right there at the cannery. At the present time, the Hills boro cannery is the only one in operation in Orange county; how ever, plans are already in opera tion to open the cannery at White Cross at an early date. J. C. Yow and C. A. Gentry have been em ployed as instructors for the White Cross cannery. Lathan Back at Chapel Hill It is expected that W. F. Lathan will be back on the job as teacher —of agriculture at the Chapel Hill high school on August 1. Mr. La than is now serving in the armed services. C. A. Gentry has been employed as assistant teacher of agriculture and is now serving as one of the assistants to me as teacher of agriculture at the Hills - boro school, but it is expected that he will be assistant to Mr. Lathan upon his return to Chapel Hill. This entire training program is un der t^ie direct supervision of the teachers of agriculture, but so many things come under their work that the Federal government has pro vided funds for assistant instruc tors. It is hoped that a cannery will be established in the Ay cock com munity in the not too distant fu ture and plans are already in op eration for accomplishing this goal. Orange Grove Defeats White Cross, 4-3 Carl Van Vynckt hurled Orange Grove team to a 4 to 3 victory over White Cross in a 15-inning game Saturday, July 6. Timely hits by James Snipes and Kelly Davis brought victory in the bottom half , of the 15th. Van Vynckt had 10 strikeouts, while Homer Lloyd had 8. Van Vynckt gave 7 hits, Lloyd 14. Orange Grove plays a double header with G. A. Brown’s Hills boro team at Orange Grove Sat urday, July 13. Starting time will be 2 p.m. V Guy Miller Wins $5 Essay Prize Guy Miller of route Z* Rouge rt'ont, an Orange county'4-H boy, has w,on a $5 prize* in a state wide , miTk "epaay: contest. The NEWS ‘has made a fiqueM'T&r' the essay and hopes to receive' It In tiqge for publication In next week’s newspaper. Animal Legion Barbecue July 17 Annual barbecue of the Hills boro post of the American Le gion will be held at Hofler Forrest pond near Hillsboro on Wednesday afternoon, July 17. The annual membership drive will be .formally opened at the barbecue. All veterans and their wives are invited to secure a ticket and attend. Tobacco Crop Good in County a gooa crop or rooacco for Orange county, farmers has been forecast by farm leaders. * Although some tobacco in -the county is late, the recent fains are bringing it out and county wide a good crop is in prospect. Some farmers in the county have already started pulling tobacco. Subsidy Loss Forces Milk Prices Higher Loss of a two-cent subsidy paid dairy farmers during the life of OPA has forced the retail price of iriilk to 20 cents a quart in this area, it has been announced by dairy heads. Increase in the price of milk was forecast shortly after the OPA ex pired on July 1. In spite of ap peals from national leaders who promised that they wouIcT do all possible to make the subsidy retro active when and if a new OPA bill is, drafted and .approved... for law, the dairies' serving llillsboro, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and othei Orange county points have an nounced their price increases. In making the announcement of the milk increase the dairies point ed out that other milk distributors were charging more for their milk and that it would be impossible for them to operate at the old prices. * ■» • Many farm leaders, too, assert ed that with the, already mount ing costs of feed and other supplies the 20 -cents per quart for milk barely met expenses. * Road Constructed Around High School An all-wfeather road has been constructed around the high school property by the state highway and .public works commission. Constructed of gravel aiTSTTais the road is used by school bulges ^serving the Hillsboro school. County Employees Get Raises; Tax Rate Remains At 88 Cents As Commissioners Plan Budget Post To Name Officers For Hut Fund, Inc A special meeting of the Hills boro American Legion post will be held Monday night, July . 15, for the purpose of electing officers for the newly created Hut Fund, Inc. • Incorporation papers have been secured for the American Legion Memorial Hut Fund, Inc., a non profit organization, and in the near future shares of stock in the cor poration will be offered both legion and non-legion members. The goal of the corporation is the securing of enough mqpey for the construc tion of a Legion hut for Hillsboro. V is being hoped by Hillsboro Legion members that construction work on the hut will be started by next spring. Two types of stock will be of fered, both for $10 per share. Type A, available to Legion members, carries the privilege of voting, while Type B, available to any individual, is a non-voting stock issue. Incorporators of the Hut Fund, Inc., were-Walter Wrenn, .H. O. .Bivins, C. R. Strudwick, J./E. Laws, O. H. Clayton, O. S. Robertson,' T. E. Shue, A. Max Browning, H. G. Coleman, Jr., Ben G. Johnston and A. H. Graham, Sr. Priorities Sought For Gym Repair Application has been filed with" the appropriate federal authority for permission to repair the foun dation of the Hillsboro high schoo' gymnasium. The foundation was recently condemned and use of the gymna sium has been denied the school for the past several months. R. A. Claytor, superintendent of schools, said he hoped the priorities and materials would' t>e secured and the gym repaired in time for the 1 start of the basketball season. Reserve Officers In Orange Organize Into Association At a meeting last week in Gra ham Memorial, attended by over .'seventy officers, the Orange, county chapter of. the Reserve Officers Association, of, the United States was organized. The organizational meeting was presided over by Major Pinkney Bernstein of headquarters, first military district of North Carolina, located in Raleigh. Also present at the meeting was Major Schmidt, commanding officer, 470th Army air force base unit, located at the ■ Greensboro-High Point Army air base, who has charge of air corps reserve training in this area. Both Majors Bernstein and Schmidt made short talks on future reserve 'raining activities now being con emplated by the War department. In the election of officers, the following were selected: president, Robert W. Linker, Maj. AC; vice president, Peter Lavin, Capt. FA, secretary - treasurer, Archibald Henderson, Jr., Capt. AC. Chairmen of committees: pro gram, Corydon P. Spruill, dean, L^TCoI. QM; publicity, Cornelius 0 Cathev, Col. AGD; membership Edward E. Caldwell, Capt. AC; in formation, Hermon O. Coleman. President Linker, upon assuming office, announced that this was the first chapter of reserve officers or ganized in North Carolina since the war ended. He also ext«ide an invitation to all former officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, residing in Chap el Hill, Orange county, and vicin ity to join the chapter. An announcement of future meetings will be made as soon as the schedule has been Worked out ‘TION SALE SATURDAY irrbogo.—Five homes will be at -public auction Saturday ning, July 13, beginning at 10 ick. The property to be sold ie Winston Laycock house on >e on GreenSuo*^ P Pickett house on Elm streei two houses on Pleasant drive. Wildlife Club Meets Friday In Chapel Hill Orange county wildlife club will meet Friday night, July 12, in the court room of the town hall in Chapel Hill at 8 p.m. An entertainment feature of the meeting will be a movie on fish ing and fish conservation. The movie is being made possible through the courtesy of W. J. Smith. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Salary increase? to all county of ficials and their* clerks with a lone exception were granted in the 1946-47 Orange county budget tentatively adopted by the com missioners at a special meeting held Friday >nigh£. Tax rate for the county was Retained at the present 88-cent mark. A budget totali lg $239,742 was adopted by the co nmissioners, the total figure beinj $20,719.71 less than was authori; ed for expendi tures. in 1945-46. The difference in the two budj ets was caused mainly by the d fference in the amount of capi tal outlay for schools in the co mty, $172,888.15 being authorized in 1945-46 as compared to $36, (08 for 1946-47. SALARY INCREASES The following increases in salary were authorized: sheriff from $3,200 to $3,500; one deputy from $750 tp $1,800; two deputies from $1,500 to $1,800; and $900 for a deputy for West Hillsboro; treas urer from $1,200 to $1,380; ac countant and tax supervisor from $3,900 to $4,250; accountants’s of fice clerk from $1,440 to $1,680; tax collector from $2,000 to $2,300; register of deeds from $2,000 to $2,500; clerk to register of deeds from $1,320 to $1,620; clerk of superior couyt $2,900. During 1945-46 ty officials and ceived a bonus in rom $2,500 to all of the coun ;heir clerks re addition to their authorized salaryj, but in every case excepting one the bonus ad ded to the 1945-4 5 authorized pay does not equal thje increase given by the comissionars. In 1945-46 a total of $26,010.98 was spent for salaries as compared to an appro priated figure of $29,835 for 1946 47. County’s share of salaries paid the farm extension workers was also increased. Increases were as follows: farm agent, from $1,860 to $1,980; assistant farm agent, from $720 to $1,080; office help, from $960 to $1,020. In maintaining the county’s tax rate of 88 cents tire commissioners experience some difficulty, but by making slashes at several places in the budget, increases were made possible in other places. welfare Budget highest The welfare budget—the high est yet ever authorized for the'de partment by Orange county com missioners—was increased a total of $2,384.44 over the authorized expenditure of $31,397.56 in 1945 46. The 1946-47 share of the county in the operation of the welfare department is $33,782.00. Total budget for the welfare department is $85,599. Federal and State funds augment the county appropriation. Authorization in the budget of $900 for a deputy in West Hills boro was made following a prom ise to citizens of the section at the May meeting of the commissioners. James Webb, president of Eno Cot ton Mill, told the commissioners at the May meeting the mill would supply -half of the expenditure needed for the employment of a deputy. A budget summary is printed elsewhere in. this issue of The NEWS. A detailed copy of the budget is on file in the office of register of deeds for public in spection. Final approval of the budget will not be made until 20 days after publication, of the budget. JOIN ARMY Two men from Orange county have recently joined the Army through the Durham recruiting station. They were Will W. King of West Hillsboro and Louis W. Mitchell of Chapel Hill. Load Limit Placed On • State Road One section of North Carolina highways in Orange county has been designated by the State High way and Public Works Commiss ion as a light traffic road “inade quate to carry the maximum load permitted by the motor vehicle laws.”" ' The road is N. C. 54 from XlaF mance-Orange county line to junc tion of U. S. 70 at Nelson—vehicles of two axles, 10.4 tons; three axles, 16 tons; four axles, 20 tons. An ordinance, approved recent ly by the commission limits the number of tons carried by two, three, four or more axle vehicles over the road as listed above. The ordinance was effective July 1. The commission has also order ed that light traffic roads be “con spicuously posted” with the maxi mum }oad authorized. 11 White, 9 Negro Men Go To Bragg Eleven Orange county white men ages 20 through 29, will be-sent to Fort Bragg on Tuesday, July 16, for preinduction physical examina tions in preparation for their in duction to the army. ' The men are: Roger Arnold Hines, Bertram Morris Drucker, Melvin Lay Williams, Leonard Samuel Pendergrass, Macon Eu gene Williams, William Reid Thompson, Charles B,mf Wil liams, BHerihan Hubbard, ifelntar Martin Brown, Walter Harvey Wil liams and Myron Glenn Lloyd. The following Negro men were sent to Fort Bragg yesterday, July 10, for preinductidh examinations: Walter Henry Thomas Torain, George Arthur Jacobs, Robert Jones, Jessie Clayborn Atwater, Ludrick Gates, James Walker Kirkland, Oscar Davis Snipes, Sjterman William Purfoy, and O’ Kelly Poteat. ' “f®5=5 T Hillsboro Tax Rate Unchanged; Budget Increased Town commissioners In Hills boro have tentatively adopted a 1946-47 budget of $14,027.50, an increase of $1,750.34 over the 1945-46 budget. Tax rate for the new fiscal year is fixed at $1.25, the same as this"past ysar. ^ Increases in the budget were noted in the following: town clerk, treasurer and tax collec tor, $1,200 to $1,315; pqlice uni forms, $175 to $225; cenfete'ry and streets, $3,202.16 to $3,500; fire department, $250 to $500; and miscellaneous, $350 to $500. Decreases in the budget were made in office supplies, $200 to $159.15; fuel and rent, $275 to $250; and debt service, $1,360 to $1,212.50. Detailed study of the budget is printed elsewhere in this .is sue of The NEWS. Lot Given Lutherans Chapel Hill—The Rev. D. P. Rudisill, Lutheran pastor in Cha pel Hill has announced that a lot has been given for the erection of a Lutheran church. The lot, which is on the corner of East Rosemary Street and Pickard Lane, within two blocks of the business section, and less than that distance from the Presbyter ian and Episcopal churches, is the gift of the St. John’s Lutheran Church of Cherryville. Building of the new church will start as soon as possible, Mr. Rud isill has said, and plans call for an expenditure of $75,000, of which somewhat more than $40,000 has been raised or pledged to date. Plans have been announced for a meeting on July 2l in Gerrard Hall at 3:30 P. M. to organize the Lutheran congregation here. The Rev. H. A. Schroder of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Durham will be among those taking part. Father Disappears Following Alleged Attack on Son Jesse Waggoner, who lives two miles north of Hillsboro, has re turned to his home following his recovery of gun shot wounds al legedly inflicted by his father, Luther Waggoner, on June 11.' Sheriff S. T. Latta said that Luther disappeared after the al leged attack and has not been seen since. - » - - Grange Members Endorse State-Wide Health Plan One hundred members of Or ange county Grange went on rec ord here Friday night as endorsing the “good health” program as proclaimed by Governor R. Gregg Cherry. Principal speaker for the occa sion was Dr. Earl W. Sheets, na tionally known Grange leader and student of farm problems. Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell, master of the State Grange, presented the speaker. Joe Howard, former county extension worker, presided over the meeting. . 1 Health program %s endorsed by the group includes provisions for a four-year medical school at the University, more rural doctors per 1,000 population, and more hos pitals located in various places in the state. Refreshments were served to those attending by Miss Christine Cates and Mrs. Kathryn Hamrick. Tobacco Quota Vote Is Friday In the opinion of Orange county tobacco leaders the outcome of the tobacco quota referendum Friday, July 12, “will not only affect the welfare of tobacco farmers in 1947, but will also largely determine their economic. position in the postwar era.” Here are some of the rather ob vious reasons the leaders in Or ange county list for continuance of the quota system: 1. In North Carolina we produce 70 percent of the Nation’s supply of flue-cured tobacco. Without quo tas it is quite probably we should lose our commanding position.. 2. Tobacco ^presents. better than 50 per cent' of our gross in come from agriculture. The loss of the quota system would tend to, reduce this income for North Caro lina. 3. .Tobacco has been success IfyBy tern administered by the A. A. A. without harm to any other crop area or segment of our economy. 4. The efficiency of production and the improvement of quality, plus the cooperation of growers and handlers of tobacco, improved under the quota system. 5. The quota system is not only needed for protection of capital in vested ott^farms and in towns but also to assure the continuance of a fair wage to labor and farmer alike. POLLING PLACES Here’s the list of polls in Orange county and the men serving on the committees. Caldwell: Bob Gates Store— John H. Brown, Claude Gray, Clyde Berry. Alternate—Lewis Blalock. Carr: Comptons Store—J. L. Scotton, L. J. Rogers, E. C. Comp ton. Alternate—-Lewis Dunn.. - • fw-wyim- Town Hall—Aubrey McLennan, Ben' Tripp" John Iran can. Alternate—S. C. Wilson. Cedar Grove: G. M. Longs Store —J. E. Hawkins, R. C. Compton, Clyde T. Roberts. Alternate—J. L. Phelps. Efland: Forrest Store—Walter Richmond, E. F. McAdams, J. L. Poole. Alternate—S. C. Forrest. Hillsboro: P.M.A. Office—M. A. Latta, Leroy Hall, George Miller. Alternate—J. D. Mincey. Orange Grove: Orange Grove School House—W. H. Freeman, M. D. Dodson, R. S. Terry. Alter nate—W. Dodson. St. Many’s: St. Mary’s School— Clyde Roberts, E. L. Lockhart, John T. Perry. Alternate—Lewis Tilley. * White Cross: Grange Hall—H. C. Lloyd, John Whitfield, P. B. Lloyd. Alternate—Tom Bradshaw. New Hope: Mr. Newton’s Home —I. S. Newton, Clyde Carroll, Marjorie Cole Assumes Job As Town Cleric Miss Marjorie Cole, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Coie, of Hills boro, has assumed the position of clerk, treasurer and tax collector for the Town of Hillsboro. She replaces Mrs. Mary Thom as TrueSdale who resigned effect ive July 1. In addition to serving the town, Miss Cole is also acting asf secre tary for the Hillsboro Merchants Asociation. Chapel Hill Post Establishes Guard Chapel Hill.—The Chapel Hill post of the American Legion voted to establish a color guard and fir ing squad, at a meeting last Friday night in the Legion hut. The unit will consist df 13 mem bers, eight members and the com mander to compose the squad, and two as color bearers and two as color guards. These members will officiate at special occasions, es pecially weddings and funerals. The post also voted to give a bingo party Friday, July 19, in the Legion hut. This party will be open Association. ATTEND HOUSE PARTY Carrboro.—The following young ladies frohi the Baptist Church here are attending a Girls Auxil iary house party this week at Meredith College in Raleigh. Misses Joyce Ann Oakley, Nettie Sue and Cora Jean Partin, Josie Mae Har dee, Dorothy Perry, Bettie Collins, Rebecca Williams, Earlepe Perry and Priscilla Ellington. The girls are expected home tomorrow (Fri • Schools To Open Sept. 5 All schools in Orange county vl!l open on September 5 with ;he exception of White Cross and Zarrboro, R. H. Claytor, superin endent, announced this week. Opening dates oftheWhlte'Cross-” ” ind Carrboro schools were not known by Claytor since they open the same day the schools in Chapel Hill. Vacation periods authorized this year for the schools are as fol lows: two days for Thanksgiving; 10 days for Christmas; and one day for Easter. Scheduled vacation period for Christmas is from De cember 20 to December 30. It is not mandatory that the schools observe these vacation pe riods, he said, but they are author ized if the local school committees desire. “Orange county finds itself this year in .good position as far as teachers are concerned,” Claytor said. “Most all teachers have sig nified their intention of returning. A science teacher is needed at Ay cock and a-music teacher at Hiiis boro.” Six Masons Recognized For Service — Chapel Hill—William J. Bundy, grand master of North Carolina Masons, presented certificates to six members of University Lodge, No. 408, at the Masonic Temple, Monday, July 1, in recognition of 25 years of continuous Masonic membership. Recfpierfts of certificates were Collier Cobb, Jr., M. A. Hill, Jfr. J. J~" A. West, T. E. Hinson, master of the lodge, R. H. Marks and L. C. Patterson. Other grand lodge officers of ff North Carolina present at the meeeting were Wilbur F. Mclver, grand secretary; Wallace E. Cald well, senior grand deacon; W. H. White, grand steward, and J. Mar vin Mangum, district deputy grand master. I . -— Frank Stutts Returns to Jail For Being Drank Frank Stutts of West Hillsboro is back in jail again. Released two weeks ago after serving a 30-day jail sentence for being found guilty of public drunk enness, he was returned to the county jail over the weekend on the identical charge. ' Other cases handled before Magistrate Cicero H. Jones are as follows: G. C. Carden. Burling ton, passing on a hill, $3 and costs; Frank Poole of Hurdle Mills, drunk and disorderly conduct, $5 and costs; J. D. Burnett of Hurdle Mills, driving drunk and driving with out a driver’s license, waived pre lirhinary hearing^, bound over to Superior court; — Alvis Faust, Hillsboro, drunk and disorderly conduct, $3 and costs; Hubert Lee Moore, Negro, Efland, careless and reckless driving, bound over to Superior court; Martin (.Tink) Terrell, West Hillsboro, drunk and disorderly, $5 and costs; Doyle Branham, Bur lington, drunk, $3 and costs; and J. M. Cole, Burlington, drunk, $3 and costs. _ Hillsboro Man Naaied Chairman California AVC Shepperd Strudwick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shepperd Strudwick Hillsboro, who goes by the of John Shepperd in the film in dustry, has been elected to the chairmanship of the American Veterans Committee. Shepperd, noted fil^i actor in Hollywood, presided at the first session of the planning commit tee of the AVC. A former lieutenant, Shepperd served years in the officer-on several ships. The trip to the state convents in*San Francisco was made 1 plane from Shepperd’s home Los Angeles. CLASS IS ENTERTAINED Carrboro.—Mrs. Gary tertained her Sunday of bojte and girls last evening by giving them a at the home of Mr. and Mrs. West. Each member of invited, a special guest. A number enjoyed
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