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THE WORLD
Vol. 53* No- 26
V-J Day 1
V-J Day 2 4 Peace In
Tie wo ac on a year of free- in many senses more critical and dramatic tions, has speint the past 12 months struggling;
<1°”1 ^ ° . . w.ar yesterday, August 14. than the horrendous years that preceded it. to set its feet back on the highway to peace
It has been a cri ica year and dramatic year, The United States, together with other na- and security. It cannot engage in this strug
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Our Day
gle wi^iout* the deeply-etched reminiscences
of the dark and bloody times that were en
compassed by Pearl Harbor and Okinawa.
THERE WAS MORTAR FIRE on the black beaches deep into the volcanic sand. This August, 1946, I wo silent monuments to American valor and sacrifice. On can peer into the glow of his outdoor hearth
of Iwo Jima, for the Marine (left), his face plunged and many of its grim sister islands of the Pacific are the white beaches of the United States the veteran (right), remembering, but alive and at home again.
(Official U. S. Navy Photo.)
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Over 2,000 Veterans In Orange
Benefit Under Terminal Pay Bill
Over 2,000 veterans in Oral
from the recently enacted tern
Orange county draft board
2,530 men from Orange con
forces during World War II.
the county served,” Miss Fay
“but.we do not have any record
of them.”
It was conservatively estimated
that approximately 2,000 men
would receive money for furlough
time they did not receive while a
member of the armed forces. The
2,000 estimate' was believed con
servative in some instances, many
believing the number would ap
proach 3,000.
The bill as passed by cchgress
and signed into law last v^eek by
President Truman provides $2;
700,000,000 for distribution to en
listed men who had accumulated
leave. Officers for many years have
received terminal ppy. ————-—••
The payments will; be made to
enlisted personnel of the armed
forces who, have served, at any
time between September 8, 1939.
and September 1, 1946. They will
be paid, up to a limit of 120 days,
for the number of days leave due
at the rate of two and one-half
days per month, minus the num
ber of days actually taken.
Payment will be at ..the rate of
the last grade held, plus 70 cents
per day for subsistence. In thd case
.of persons with dependents; in tfte
three highest pay grades, an addi
tional $1.25 per day will be
allowed.
ige" county-will receive benefits
final pay bill for enlisted men.
reported that it had records of
lty who served in the armed
“A number of other men in
Jones, clerk to the board, said,
Grange. Group
Is Organized
At New Hope
Friday night, August 9, an open
Grange meeting - was- -held- at- -New
Hope Hut. G. O. Reitzel, Orange
County Grange Deputy, introduced
the principal speaker, Mrs. Harry
B. Caldwell, Master of North Car
olina State Grange.
Following Mrs. Caldwell’s talk,
Don- S. Matheson, County Farm
Agent; discussed the proposed es
tablishment of Freezer • locker
plants in*Hillsboro and Chapel Hill
It was decided hy those present
to organizea Grange at New Hope.
J. R. Pulley was elected Master;
Christine Cates, Secretary and
Treasurer; and Miss Mary Hogan
Lecturer. Other officers will be
elected at 'next meeting. .
The next meeting of ,the Grange
-wil be held Wednesday- night, Aug
ust -21, 8 o’clock at Which time
Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell will again
be present.
300 Attend Night Program
Closing West Hill Frolic
Nearly 300 West Hillsboro
* citizens packed their way into
the auditorium of the West
Hillsboro school Saturday
•tight for the final exercises in'
the afternoon and night pro
gram of fun and frolic spon-]
sored by the West Hillsboro
civic organization.
Dr. O. David Garvin, dis
trict health officer, was the
principal speaker for the occa
sion which featured talks,
s°ngs, music and presentation
of awards and a $25 govern
ment bond.
Stressing preventive medicine
in his talk, Dr. Garvin pointed out
the necessity of sanitatipn, vacci
nation and observance of the gen
eral rules pf good health. He was
introduced by Sidney Green who
served as master of ceremonies.
Awards were presented to the
following: Roland Holden and
Dewey Collins, winners of the
sack race; Bobby Riley, potato
mce; Davis Wagner and Roland
Holden, first and second in water
melon eating contest; Charles An
drews, potato scramble; Charlie
James, walking contest; Melvin
f*®ck, hog calling- contest; Mrs. E.
D.. Young, husband calling; Mrs.
' Annie Hardee, rolling vpon bal
loon-blowing contests.
They were each presented prizes
contributed by merchants of West
Hillsboro. Mrs. J. W. Richmond
Se® (FROUC) on Pago 4
Cold Plant
Drive Still
In Progress
Movement to secure enough
signers for freezer locker plants
in Chapel Hill and Hillsboro this
week had exceeded the one-third
mark in Chapel Hill and the one
quarter mark in Hillsboro with
hew signers being reported every
day, leaders in the two efforts re
ported.
Farmers-Mutual Exchange, need
ing 200 farm users and 100 town
users of a freezer locker plant,
has indicated its desire to con
struct in both areas a plant if
enough support were received to
merit construction.
In a farm news letter sent out
from the farm agent’s office this
week the following statement was
made concerning the drive to se
cure signers willing to make a $15
deposit for one year’s rent for
ckers: ' .
“There is danger of losing our
eezer locker plants. Don t let
happen. Act now! While quite
few have already paid their year’s
ntal in -advance, there are still
great number to be signed up
.fore you will be assured of a
eezer locker plant in Chapel HiU
,d Hillsboro. You are not asked
buy stock in this plant, but on*y
3ee (FREEZER LOCKER) Pafle 5
Facts on
61
Terminal Pay
Washington. — Questions and
answers on how some 15,000,000
veterans will collect an estimated
$2,700,000,000 for unused leave
time under the Terminal Pay Bill
President Truman signed re
cently:
Q. Who is eligible?
A. Discharged enlisted men
and women who served after
September 8, 1939, former of
ficers part of whose service was
in the ranks; and officers.and en
listed men sti(.J in service who on
September 1, 1946, have between
61 and 120 days leave to their
credit.
Q. How do they, adoly ?
' ' A. Obtain application forms
from local post office, fill out and
notarize, mail along with dis
charge certificate to one of pay
ing offices designated in instruc
tions shee.
Q. How will payment be
made?
A. By mail.
Q.. In what form?
A. If less than $50 total, by
Treasury «• ehecle. -For-- larger
amounts, by bonds in multiples
of $25, with the balance by
check. _
Q. When will forms be avail
able? 4
A. Probably within 45 days.
Q. When must applications be
filled?
A. September 1, 1947.
Q. Are the bonds negotiable
or transferable? ,
A. No, but they may be issued
to pay premiums, loans or con
version costs on government or
National Service Life Insurance.
Q. Must original discharge
certificate of service be submit
ted?
A. No, a true copy certified by
an authorized state or local of
ficial or a photostatic copy will
suffice.
Q. Suppose the original has
See (PAY BILL) on Page 5
New Health
Nurse Assumes
Duties Here
Miss Elizabeth Robertson, for
merly of Pine Hall, has replaced
Miss Mildred Spahr as Hillsboro’s
health nurse in the office in the
district health department, it was
announced this week.
As yet, Miss Robertson, who for
merly worked with the Allegan
county health department in Mich
igan, has been unable to locate a
place to stay in Hillsboro. She is
living in Chapel Hill.
A graduate of the University of
North Carolina in June 1944 with a
B. S. -degree in Public HealtH
Nursing-, Miss Robertson also at
tended school at- Guilford College
near Greensboro and took her
nurse’s training at Berea College in
Kentucky.
Assistant
School
Head
Is Employed
G. T. Proffit, former district
principal andf acting superin
tendent of Schools in Harnett
county, Monday assumed the
duties of assistant superintend
ent of schools in Orange county.
R. H. Claytor is superintendent
of schools.
A graduate of the University
of North Carolina, class of 1926,
Proffit had been connected with
the Harnett county school sys
tem for 12 years before accept
ing the positlflfri here.
His wife is teaching science at
Campbell College, Buies Creek,
and will not join him here un
til a later date. At present, Prof
fit is staying in the home of G.
W. Ray, county accountant, un
til he can locate, a place here
to live.
Forest Fires
On Decrease
For 3 Years
A steady decrease in the num
ber of forest fires in Orange county
has been recprded for the past
tfyree years, P. H. Johns, county
fire warden, reported this week.
Johns last week returned from
a two-day conference-of fire war
dens in this district. The. confer
ence was held in Rocky Mount
and featured discussion of law en
forcement and viewing demonstra
tions of various phases of their
work. Rocky Mount is headquar
ters for wardens of District 5 of
the State Forest Service.
At the meeting an equipment
demonstration was given by J. R.
Spratt of Raleigh, assistant state
forester. J. W. Keel, Rocky Mount
attorney, spoke to the group on
law . enforcement.
A demonstration' of fire line
plowing and a movie on warden
training was included in the pro
gram. P. W. Tillman of Raleigh,
forest inspector, spoke on phone
education and public relations
work.
Enforcement Is Aid
In pointing out that the num
ber of forest fires in the county
has steadily decreased for the past
three years, Johns attributed the
decrease to strict law enforce
ment.
“Burning permits- are strictly
required for all types of burning
over 50 yards from a building,” he
said. A person is liable for con
viction on a misdemeanor charge
if found guilty of violating the
burning regulations, he asserted.
He urged that Orange county
citizens discovering forest fires
burning in their sections contact
him immediately.
It is our desire, he said, to dis
cover fires as soon as possible and
to do all in our power to prevent
valuable woods from being de
stroyed.
TRANSFERRED TO CALIFORNIA
Aviation Chief Machinist’s Mate
Harry Gates, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Gates of Hillsboro, has been
i transferred from the Naval .Air
Station in Memphis, Tenn., to San
Diego, Calif. Enroute to his new
post, he aijd his wi|e spent 17 days
in Hillsboro visiting his parents.
Farm Tour Scheduled
In Schley, St. Marys
Thursday Afternoon
By Don S. Matheson, County Agent t
Thursday afternoon Orange County farmers will go on a
tour of several farms in the Schley and St. Mary’s communities.
Leaving the county agent’s office in Hillsboro at s> o’clock,
we will first go to the dairy farm of G; O. and Fred Reitzel.
This farm was one of the first in the county to be 100 percent
mechanized. There are no horses or mules on the farm, all
4-H Youths *
Are Attending
Short Course
Thirteen 4-H Club members left
Monday morning, August 12, to
attend Short Course at State Col
lege in Raleigh. It is expected that
some 1200 to. 1500 4-H Club boys
and girls will assemble at the col-,
lege-■for this educational event, it
was announced.
The morning period of each day
is being devoted to instructions in
4-H organization, citizenship,
health, family relationship. These
courses are taught by college pro
fessors and members of the Exten
sion staff at the college. The after
noon program consists of team de
monstrations, campus tours,, and
visits to the various places of in
terest in the capital city. Evenings
are devoted to entertainment and
recreation.
Those attending Short Course
from Orange county are: Hubert
Durham, Tommie Bradshaw, Cur
tis Whitfield, Henry Cate, Wade
Whitfield, Ben Lloyd, Stanford
Whitfield, Marie Lloyd, Doris Tay
ior, Jane Cate, Clyde Young, J. E.
Grasty, Jr., and Dorothy Hogan.
work being done by tractor and
electricity.
In this connection, it is interest
ing to quote the figures from North
Carolina Extension Service bul
letin No. 348 in a recent study on
the costs of doing farm work with
tractors and with mules. The aver
age total cost per year of keep
ing work stock, according to this
study, was $185 each, or 23c an
hour per head. The average cost
of operating a medium sized trac
tor, excluding the driver, was 54c
per hour.
We will see a good pure bred
herd of young Holstein cows graz
ing on a 15-year-old permanent
pasture which seems fo improve
with age because of the good treat
ment it has received. The Reitzels
believe in liberal applications of
lime and phosphate, together with
clipping their pastures twice
yearly.
Just after passing the silage
corn, you go, to a 13-acre field of
second-year alfalfa which has been
Cut three times this year: The last
cutting yielded 400 bales of high
quality hay when harvested by
their pick-up baler.
Across the road is another good
pasture and a well-drained piece
of bottom land which has been
ditched by the use of dynamite.
Across this ditch is a 15-acre field
of red clover which is ready to be
harrowed in and seeded to alfalfa
1 See (FARM TOUR) on Page 5
Tobacco Crop Nearing Stage
To Be Placed In Warehouses
Q range county’s good quality to
.bacco crop is rapidly nearing the
stage where it will be ready to be
placed on the warehouse floors and
offered for sale in a market which
has progressively become better as
additional belts begin sales.
A few farmers in the county
were this week making plans for
trips to the border belts which are
now open. Don S. Matheson, county
farm agent, said that a survey
through all sections of the tobacco
producing are^s of the county
show a “quality crop” this year.
“The good seasons we have had
this year,” he continued, “have ma
terially affected the growth’ and
preparation of the tobacco. The
crop has ripened normally and in
dications are for a 900 to 1,000
pound acre average for the county.”
Although the tobacco heavier
than at one time was expected dur
ing the early part of the season, the
crop on an average ds still lighter
than it has been in prior years, it
was Vpointed out. ‘ . -
If the present price trends con
tinue, Orange county should have
a $2,000,000 tobacco crop, growers i
have said.
Rent Signup
On Monday
Raleigh—An estimated 2,000
rented dwelling units in Orange
County must be registered with
the Chapel Hill Rent Control Of
fice beginning Monday, August 19,
at 9 o’clock, J. Frank Mclnnis, Dis
trict Rent Executive, said today.
Final plans have been completed
for the registration and full In
structions were made available to
day. Every rented dwelling quar
ters must be registered before Sep
tember 1.
Mclnnis said that personnel from
other rent offices well be in Chap
el Hill to help in the registration
beginning Monday so that “those
who can register sconce may get
prompt service. Tt/ese persons are
being loaned to the Qhapel Hill of
fice In an effort to put the office
in immediate action for the bene
fit -si-- landlord*.. end ii terssnte
alike.” '
Hillsboro landlords will be able
to reuister on Tuesday at the U-. 8.
Post Office lit, Hillsboro,
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78 Cases
Docketed
For Court
A docket of 78 cases has been
scheduled for next week’s term
jf criminal court in the Or
ange county superior court
ivith Judge Clawton L. Wil
liams presiding, Ed Lynch,
:lerk of court, announced this
week.
Heading the cases is the trial
of W. T. Wingate, smooth
talking South Carolina man
:hargcd with obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Wanted in a number of North
and South Carolina towns for tak-.
ng orders for clothes, securing a
leposit in some instances up to 25
percent, and then not making de
livery, Wingate was arrested in
West Hillsboro by Carl Hurley,
recently - appointed deputy sheriff
for West Hillsboro, on a suspicion
charge. 1 ' ~ -
It has been estimated by SBI
officials that Wingate fleeced North
Carolina merchants out of “thou
sands of dollars.” Since his arrest
several .weeks ago, he has been
held in the Orange county jail
here.
Another case expected to attract
a lot of attention is a manslaugh
ter charge against Howard Dim
can, West Hillsboro man. Duncan
was the driver of a pick-up truck
in which two West Hillsboro men
—Archie Hicks and Garland King
—met their death.
Other cases on the docket are:
Willie Andrew Uradshaw, crime
against nature; J. C. Carr, driving
drunk; John T. Johnston, ’ reckless
driving; Thomas A. Henry,, driving
drunk; T. B. Wilkerson, Jr., driv
ing drunk; Charlie M<©room, driv
ing drunk; John W. Jeffries, driv
ing drunk; Samuel J. Whittington,
nonsupport; Ped Neville, illegal
possession of intoxicating bever
ages and did sell same; Leola Foust,
illegal possession of intoxicating
See (COURT) on Page 8
Fegd Shortage
About Over,
Says. Tilson
The animal feed shortage, which
has plagued farmers of this sec
tion for months and which until
recently was the most serious in
this- country’s history, is about
over, according to C, W. Tilson,
general manager of the Farmers
Mutual Exchange in Durham.
Practically all feed materials
and grains have started moving
through normal channels to manu
facturers and distributors of feeds.
Although many of these feed grains
and materials were too high when
ceilings first were removed, Tilson
"said, they are now settling down
rapidly toward a reasonable feed
arid livestock ratio.
i—_l__ Reasons Given _
“r~ The -rather sudden improvement
in the feed picture is generally
credited to the progressive devel
opment of prospects for bumper
feed grain production this season,
some reduction in livestock and
poultry numbers, and to the ex
piration of price ceilings on farm
products.
Feed manufacturers, Tilson'said,
are certain that feed supplies will
be so large that at no time dur
ing the coming year will the cost
of feeds in a free market become
unreasonably high.
Corn Crop High
This prediction is based prima
rily on the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s report of July 15
which estimates a record corn prop
of almost three and a half billion
bushels. Feed men say indications
are it will be not only the largest
corn crop in history but of high
quality as well. Corn is the basic
ingredient in feed, representing 75
to 80 per cent of oil grains nor
mally used in producing meat,
milk, and eggs.
In addition, a near record of
1,741,000,000 bushels of oats is in
dicated for this year. Tilson said.
To this must be added one of the
largest carry-overs of oats on rec
ord.
“The unusually large feed sup
ply at hand, plus the information
that Canada may soon be seeking
an outlet for some of her surplus
grains here, mean? an increased
production of meat, dairy and
poultry products,” Tilson pointed
out. “This production boost should
help to prevent any inflationary
prices for these commodities.”
TO ORGANIZE H.D.C.
FOR WEST HILLSBToRO'