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8 Pages This Week ' (Published Weekly) Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, September 5, 1946 24 Houses Available For Veterans The Chapel Hill Veterans Hous ing Commission is ready to accept applications for the purchase of 24 two and three-bedroom houses, being allocated by the federal gov ernment, John M. Foushee, presi dent of the commission, said yes terday. The non-profit corporation, re ceptly appointed by the Chapel Hill board of aldermen, is anxious to compile a complete list of eli gible, interested applicants as adon as possible, Foushee said. Appli cations should be filled at his office at 135 East Franklin street, Chapel —Hill*— -—— --- .. _ Applicants must be financially able to purchase the houses which are expected to cost between $3,000 and $4,000 depending on the price paid for land, he" explained. A let ' ter of commitment from any regu larly-constituted financial institu tion will be considered available funds. Married veterans with children will be given preference as far as possible, he said, and sales will be limited to veterans of World War II who - will use the structures as their own homes. The Veterans Housing Commis sion is authorized by ^deral law to purchase demountable houses and related surplus property from the government for resale to eli gible veterans. “As a non-profit broker for Uncle Sam the com mission will negotiate and execute contracts for demounting, moving, and re-erecting the house,” he said. “Each buyer will be expected to finance his own purchase and obtain his own land. The comrois sion, however, will assist purchas ers in selecting suitable building sites in the Chapel Hill area.” The Chapel Hill commission is composed of John M. Foushee, president; C. P. Erickson, execu tive vice-president; Fred B. Mc Call, secretary; J. B. Linker, treas urer; W. A. McKnight, N. J. Demarath and John B. Temple, the last two being veterans in the Uni versity. Sykes Purchases . Fall Interest In Auto Agency E. P. Sykes, former partner in the Reeves-Sykes Motor Company, has purchased the entire interest in the company and is now operat ing the Oldsmobile sales and serv ice agency in Hillsboro under the name of Sykes Motor Company, fs is being announced this'Week. I The motor.-company is located: at the head of Churton street. Stub: clair products are also being hand led in connection with the Olds mobile dealership. Frank Wagner has been em ployed by Sykes as service station attendant. Wagner formerly oper ated an Esso station in Hillsboro. 50 Receive hyBhnb Chapel Hill.—E. B. Patterson, ■commander of the Chapel Hill Le-'1 gion post, reports that applicants for the G.I. furlough pay bill are coming in “mighty slowly.” Only from 40 to 50 applications had been completed by Monday. A meeting of the Legion will b°e held Friday night at the Legion hut. Planh for ai^Pther bingo party will be discussed, and reports will be made on the current member ship drive. An announcement con cerning the annual Fall Fair of the Legion will also be made at the Friday meeting. ___ ,| Visiting Mrs. Clayton Jones Mrs. Clayton Jones had as her guests this weekend Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Allen of Asheboro, Lieut. Wallace Allen of Washington, D. C-> and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jack son of Florida. Fall Festival Trading Program Adopted By Hillsboro Merchants Promotion Plan Starts October 14, Ends December 14; Officers Named Decision was reached at the meeting of the Hillsboro Mer c lants Association Tuesday night to sponsor a" Fall Festival trading program in Hillsboro starting October 14 and ending December 14. The festival will be similar to the one held during the month of July by the local merchants during which tickets were given with each $1 purchase or with each ft paid on account. Details of the program will be worked out later in the month and announced shortly be fere the start of the program.. A finance committed of R. O. Forrest, Lucius Brown, Clarence Jones, The merchants voted at the meeting Tuesday night- to con tinue the Wednesday afternoon closing until the opening of the tobacco markets, scheduled for September 16 and September 23. ---—_ _._ George Gilmore and W. T. Mur ray was appointed by J. M. Blie den, newly elected president, to make an investigation on the cost of the program. | *. — . ^ New Officers In an election of new officers J. M. Blieden was named president to succeed R. O. Forrest. All of ficers were elected by acclamation following the report of the nom inating committee. Other officers named were: R. B. Todd, vice president; Marshall Cates, treasurer; and W. T. Mur ray, Charlie Walker, Jr., and T. N. Webb, new members 'of the board of directors. Retiring officers make up the remainder of the board of directors. Soldier’s Day A committee of John Ballard, Lucius Brown and George Gil more was . appointed to make an investigation on the possibility of holding a soldier’s day celebration in Hillsboro. It was pointed out that a special fund is deposited in the Hillsboro branch of the Durham Bank and Trust Company earmarked for that purpose. Barbecue September 11 Final plans for th^ staging of the barbecue Wednesday, Septem ber 11, at the Hofler-Forrest pond were made. The barbecue will be held in conjunction with the mem bers of the Hillsboro Lions club. Starting time was set for 5 p.iH. Ladies are invited. : - Farm Leaders Speak on Radio Elmer R. Dowdy, vocational teacher of agriculture in Hillsboro high school, will speak over WDHK in Durham, 12:30, Thursday, Sep tember.! 2. His topic will be “Voca tional "Agriculture in the- High Schools of North Carolina.” ~ On Monday, September 16, B. E. Strickland of the Farm Security Administration will-talk over Sta tion WTIK at 12:30. book-bridge club ' The Book-Bridge club met at the home of Mrs. ClarenceJ Jones Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. High scorer for club was Mrs. R. H. Mohler; average, Mrs. Joe Hughes; guest high, Mrs. James Barbour of Raeford. The hostess served a dessert course with cold drinks during the evening. Bridge was played at three tables. Books were exchanged at the close of the • evening. RT GROWS HEAVIER normal adult heart grows er as a man grows older, the ase amounting to a little less half an ounce for every 22 ds added to body weight. The it of the average man’s heart been estimated at 11 1-2 js h* Hillsboro High Plays Durham There In Night Game Friday Hillsboro high school football team °Pe,*s ^ season in Durham Friday night when it tang m Durham Bulldogs in the Durham Ath etic a * Coach Glenn Auman, returning to the htgh schooUth laic picture after a term of service m the armed forces, has been working a squad of appioxmia - b°ys for the past two weeks. ■ whi ped into From all indications a fair team has - • „:na. shape by Auman, although by nostieu 1 purfrarn tion is the team thought to be on a par Bulldogs, who are expected to be. contenders-for state hig% school football . fs u>i}} })3: ends-4 . Probable starting lineup for the ^ Alfred Smith M. Howerton and Vernon Gates; „ and and Clayton Haithcock: guard^Marvm Durham *j. Clayton Heaffner; center—Curtis A . vVilliam Frederick, quarterback;. John Raynor left halt, w. Parker, right halt; and Luther King, fullback. Jurors Drawn For Civil Court Term, Jurors for a one-week civil term of Orange county superior court were drawn by the county commissioners at their meeting in the court house here Monday morning. Court is scheduled to start on September 30 with Judge Clawson L. Williams presiding. Jurors drawn by the commis sioners are:-- - Hubert Wilkin!, P. Brady Lloyd, Curtis Austin, C. W. Riley, M. L. Carver, Wiley B. Sanders, L. C. Davis, J. W. Lasley, Coland J. Riley, C. F. Laws, Joe M. Keyson, N. N. Jordan, J. D. Gooch, W. H. Hawkins, Jacob V. Eubanks, Baxter Foyshetf; Harry A. Kear, Sam R. Durham, Joe W. Durham. Aubrey Harward, Charlie R. McBroom, G. R. Brown, W. M. Marley, Charlie Childress, J. W. Sparrow, Thomas Jackson, Jr., J. Add Riley. William Martin Dye, W. A. Har ris, Charles B. Robson, Auburn M. Davis, William T. Huntley, Jr., John Walker, J. Thomas Sykes, W. F. Compton, Philip S. Ran dolph. Soil Men Plan To Attend Meet R. L. Mqhler, O. P. Southerland and C. F. Ferguson of the Hills boro office of the Neuse River Soil Conservation district will attend the Hugh Hammond Bennett. Soil Conservation Day in Wadesboro on Septetriber 9. H. S. Hogan of Chapel Hill, five county supervisor of the Neuse River district, is also expected to be present for the occasion. Five counties in the district are Orange. Wake, Durham, Wilson and John ston. . 4 Soil conservation farming as is being carried out in North Caro lina will be given a big boost in the program. Governor R. Gregg Cherry has proclaimed the day as a special celebration in honor of Dr. Hugh Hammond Bennett, chief of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service and a native of Anson county. Dr. Bennett will be hon ored at a homecoming at Wades boro on September 9. Understudy Gets Chance in Hay Manteo. — Sebastian Sommer of Chapel Hill, who plays a colonist in The Lost Colony, understudied the part of the courier in the last scene all summer without a chance to play it until the Wednesday night performance of last week. L. P. Leggette, who has the part and is also make-up director, was unable to go on and Sebastian was called upon to bring to the colony the bad news that a Spanish shop had anchored nearby. His weeks of understudying stood him in good stead—he did sb well that very few were aware tha^.a. shift had been made. SPEAKS AT BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. IV. S. Gellespie, professor of the New Testament and an inter preter at the Southern Baptist Seminary in China, spoke to the congregation of the First Baptist church Sunday. Dr. Gellespie is now residing in Wake Forest, but he and his fam ily are to leave for China the first of next year. ' ■ARING AIDS Disc receivers for women’s hear l aids now are being concealed attractively styled jeweled ear igs* connected--by cords with , a iden microphone. The hew single it hearing aids have been made ssible by the development of mpact “Mini-Max” batteries lich gave important service in rious fields during the war. ; Local Signup For Lockers Climbs To 96 Thirteen farmers and two non farmers have signed for freezer lockers in the Hillsboro area, in creasing the total of signers for a locker plant here to 96. As The NEWS went to press latest signers for a locker 4n fee Chapel Hill area were not available. A total*. of, 300 signers—200 farmers and 100 non-farmers—are needed to justify the construction of freezer locker plant in either Chapel Hill or Hillsboro Latest signers in Hillsboro are: Claude H. Lynch, R. H. Tate, W. L. Stanfield, M. H. Parker, G. D. McAdams, Elmer R. Dowdy, A. D. Graham, j. L. Scotton, N. M. Lowe, O. S Wright, W. W. Wilkerson, W. W. Hawkins, Clyde . C. Walker. Non-farmers Mrs. L. L. Scearce and Nat D. Ellis. Game Slated Sunday P. M. In an effort to raise funds for the beautification of the grave of Garland £ing» former member of the Enp baseball team, members of the sqiiad are sponsoring the ap pearance of fee Carolina Barn Dance Jamboree and a comedy ball game Sunday afternoon, Septem ber 8, at the Eno ball park in West Hillsboro. The comedy ball game will pit Cousin Nimrod and his “Tennes see Tumblebugf” against Hank Scoggins and his “Tar Heel Heif ers.” Homer Briarhopper and his “Dixie Dudes,” Johnny and Jack and the “Tennessee Hillbillies” and Little Cliff Beckwtth, ..king of the mountain ballads, are featured performers in the Carolina Barn Dance jamboree. of the Hillsboro Baptist church met in the home of Mrs. Paul Reeves Monday afternoon, September 2. Mrs. Fred Blake had charge of the program, the topic of which was “The Christian Foundation for the Good Neighbor Policy.” Mrs. G. C. McBane, circle chairman, presided over the business session. It was decided by the "members to send cards to the various members and a note of appreciation to Mrs. C; A. Caldwell who recently re signed as WMU president. Mrs. Caldwell is to make her home in Mount Holly. Refreshments were served to Mesdames Leonard Mitchell, R. B. Todd, R. E. Bivins, Wallace Stray horn, Sam Crawford, Curtis Scott, Herman Strayhorn, Fred Blake, G. C. McBane, Leonard Rosemond, Miss Mary Spurgeon and Mrs. Winnie Blackwelder, a new mem ber. ' Farmers Show, Hocutt Circle Holds Meeting The Hocutt circle of the WMU Stamp No. 49 Is Stfll Good For 5 lbs. Sagar Spare Stamp No. 39, good for five pounds of sugar and sched uled to expire last Saturday night, continues good through out September because of the shortage of sugar in some areas due to mal-distribution, OPA District Director Theodore S. Johnson has explained. At the same time, he an nounced that Spare Stamp No. 51 became valid last Sunday, also for five pounds, In line Wjith the regular ration pattern followed for the past several months. This stamp continues good for the balance of' this year, he said, adding that uncertainty about the extent of the coming Cuban crop makes it impossible to In crease the present sugar ration. Draft Board Starts Work On New Calls As the draft boards in the na tion geared for action after a sum mer of comparatively quietness, the Orange county draft board is making preparations to meet three more calls this month. The first call—the sending of nine Negroes to Fort Bragg for pre-indiction examination and two Negroes for induction, was met Tuesday morning. Other calls to be met this month are two induction calls and one more pre-induction call. * — Negro' men sent to Fort Bragg for pre-examination Tuesday were: Garland Ray, Willie Benjamin Al lison, Ernest Weldon Foushee, Howard Davis, J&ke Gunn, Jodie Atwater, Charlie Newar Poteat, James Burnett, and Isaiah Hadley. Negro men sent for induction were James Wade and Frank Fearrington. Ptc. Fred Cates Wins Commendation Pfc. Fred S. Cates, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Cates of Hills boro, has been commended by his commanding officer for his work in the Army. The letter of appreciation, signed by his commanding officer, Col. Guilford R. Montgomery, is as fol lows: “Private. First Class Fred erick S. Cates, 14 204 662, served under my command from 1 March 11946- to 1.6 August 1946 ais an. air craft instrument mechanic on C-54 type of aircraft. Pfc. Cates, by his devotion to duty during the crit ical period preceding the dropping of the atomic bomb, greatly facili tated the carrying out of our mis sion. He always conducted him self in a superior military man ner^ combining a soldierly atti tude with a desire to do his job and do it well.” - - • ' ] NOW STAFF SERGEANT United States ’Forces in Austra lia.—Jack W. Sparrow, Jr., son of Mr..- and ''Mrs. Jack W. Sparrow, Durham road, Chapel Hill, has been promoted to staff sergeant while serving in headquarters company of General Mark W. Clark’s United States forces in'Australia. Prior to induction into the Army in June, 1945,. he attended Chapel Hill high school. He was assigned overseas in February^, 1946. - m Curtailed By Board Effective October 1 Acting on the request of two Hillsboro ministers, who re quested that the sale of Sunday beer be halted in Orange county, the county board of commissioners Monday ordered that all licensed beer retailers iq the county cease selling beer on Sundays. The order from the board takes effect October t: TheTtev. S. W. Du Bose, pastor of the Hillsboro Presbyterian church, and the Rev. Charles S. Hubbard, pastor of the W. H. Yeargan Rites Held August 30 Funeral services for W. Hubert Yeargan were held from the Chap el Hill Baptist church at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, August 30, with the Rev. Leo Bridgers and the Rev. C. E. Byrd in charge. Interment was in the Chapel Hill cemetery. Mr. Yeargan, a member of the Mt, Moriah Baptist church, was born in Orange county November 30, 1912, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Yeargan -of Chapel Hill, Route 2. , . He died suddenly at his home in Chapel Hill Wednesday morn ing from a heart attttck. After graduation from Chapel Hill high school he accepted a position with the Chapel Hill police force and served there for the past 11 years. He was married to the former Miss Margaret McKee of Hillsboro who survives. Other survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Yeargan of Chapel Hill, Route 2; two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Craig and Mrs. A. G. Belcher; two brothers, Claiborne and James Yeargan, all of Durham. Active pallbearers were Ollie and Roy Yeargan, James, Audrey and Madison Wilkins and Harvey Markham, all cousins of the de ceased. Honorary pallbearers were the law enforcement officers of Or ange and Durham counties, the mayor, aldermen and city manager of Chapel Hill and Bernice Ward. J. M. Walker, Jimmy Maddry, W. B. Stinson, W. S. Hogan, Richard* Webb, Hubert Wright, M. W. f>ur ham, Dr. E. McG. Hedgpeth, H. A. Whitfield, L. J. Phipps, CvP. Hin shaw, Paul Robertson, J. S. Boone, G. S. Baldwin, J. F. Partin, Ralph Morgan, Manly Snipes, Wilbur Wilson, Bob Logan, Troy Wilkins, | Clyde Lloyd, Lonnie Davis, George Rogers, Lester Williams, Jesse Cole, Donald Davis, Garland Kirk land, Frank Maddry,. Charlie Ho gan, Lonnie Hogan, Brack Creef J: E. Hinson and Glenn Whitfield. Floral bearers were close friends of the family. * ’'.'v~’ Special music was rendered by a quartet composed of Mrs. K. S. j Cate, Mrs. John Crawford, W. O. Sparrow and Dr. Prestop H. Epps, with Mrs. George V. Tilley at the organ. The body lay in state in the church for . one. hour before f services. I --—-—;—--1_ Durham Speaks To Legion Congressman Carl Durham ad dressed the members of the Hillsboro post of the American Legion at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday n.ight in the Masonic hall. Following the meeting of the Legion, members of the Aux iliary joined them in playing bingo. Chapel Hill, Carrboro Schools To Open Monday; 39 Busses Carry Students To Classes This Year While an estimated 2,500 Orange county boys and girls are trooping back to school today, Chapel Hill and Carrboro students are enjoying a few more days of vacation before their school doors swing open to receive them on Monday, September 9. A total of 39 school busses to serve all the schools in the county have been placed in the hands of bus drivers. Drivers secured their busses from the coun ty garage in Hillsboro this week. Bus drivers this year are: Hills boro—Chester Crabtree, 19, stu dent; Neal Tapp, 17, student; Ned Johnson, 17, student; T. W. Sykes, |7, student; Landis Cannady, 18, student; James Van Vynckt, 17, student; Donald Walker, 17, stu dent; Monroe Johnson, 18, student; and John Cates, 17, student. Murphy—Bill Link, 17, student. Efland—Bob Efland, 16, student; Ira Ward, 19, student; Mrs. Ed ward Taylor, 41, adult; J. S. Gill, 56, adult. Ay cock — Irma Blackwell, 25, r adult; A.j. T. Wright, 58, adult; Hughes /Oakley, 32, adult; C. H. McAdams, 46, adult; Robert White, 45, adult; L. H. Tilley, 18, student; Joe Rice, 18, student. Caldwell—Alton Woods, 17, stu dent; T.... C. .Allison, 17, student; Felix Miller, 16, student. White Cross—Mebane Durham, 21, hdult; Fred Eubanks, 27, adult; and "G. T. Durham, 41, adult. t„: Chapel Hill—Raymond Whit field, 18, student; Numa Womble, 16, student;; John Hoenig, 17, stu dent; Branton Tillman, 18, stu dent; and Stanford Whitfield, 17, student. Orange county training school— Nathaniel Eubanks, 26, adult; and Henry Oldman, 19, student. Hillsboro Negro school — Fred Loftin, 17, student; James Hester, 17, student; William Toriah, 18, student; and James Whitted, 18, student. Busses in the Orange county school system this year are ex pected to travel a total average mileage oi 35.5 carrying .an aver age pupil load of 43.3, according .to figures released by the county superintendent’s office.jf ' A total of 51 trips are expected to be made per day, thereby cut> ting the pupil load per trip to, 33.1. Nine busses will serve the .Hills boro schools; 7 for Aycoclc; VftMC, Caldwell; 4 for Efland; 5 for Chapel Hill; 3 for White Cross; 1 for Mur phy; 4 for Hillsboro Negro schools; and 2 for Orange county training school. Hillsboro Methodist church, ap peared before the board to make the request. Both pointed out that beer was now being retailed in Orange county on Sundays whereas in j other counties the sale of beer was prohibited. They asserted that the sale of beer in Orange county on Sundays not only created a moral hazard, but also drew a number ' of persons from adjoining counties who frequented beer halls and oth er places of amusement where beer is sold. “In many instances,” they— stated, “the parking of cars around these places created a traffic hay- t ard.” Sheriff S. T. Latta told the com missioners that a number of peo ple from other counties were com ing to Orange county on Sundays in order to take advantage of the opportunity to secure beer. The Rev. Mr. Hubbard, president of the Orange county council of churches, said he felt certain the Hillsboro ministers were express ing the wishes of all preachers in the county and laymen in mak ing the request for the halt in the sale of Sunday beer. Roads Discussed Conditions of the roads in fee county were discussed by the com missioners after they received a number of road* petitions asking that either repairs be made to the present qounty roads or that new roads be constructed to serve areas in the county sadly needing bet ter roads. Chairman Collier Cobb, Jr., re ported that 9,000 tons of stone had been placed on the county roads * near Mebane and that additional, shipments of stone were expected in Carrboro and University stations to be placed on the county roads in those sections. Following the meeting of the board, the members went on an inspection tour of the county to ascertain the condition of the roads jn ..the areas where repair work leen requested by petitions. * West Hill News By Peggy Mangum Robert Brigdon Miss Juanita Scarlett was hon ored at a surprise birthday party Friday, August 30, at the home of Miss Frances Neighbors. Games, were enjoyed by all. After refresh ments were served Miss Scarlett was presented with many lovely gifts. Those present were Frances Neighbors, Denver Phillips; Peggy Mangum, Bill Phillips; Doris Young, Tom Raynor; Irene Vick, Emmit Partin; Nettie Strum, by Scarlett; Juanita Scarlett, Ashworth. Mr. and Mrs. and daughter, Kathryn, fouucu, of Savannah, Ga., are now mak ing their home in Hillsboro with. Mrs. Brigdon’s mother, Mrs. J. I. Mangum. Mrs. Richard Strum and Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Strum visited Mr. and Mrs. Bun Brockwell of Carrboro Monday. Miss Juanita Scarlett was the guest of Miss Doris Young Friday night. Miss Viola Scarlett is recover ing from her illness. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Hall honored their son, Billy, on his 18th birthday with a dinner at the home. Those prersent were Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Neighbours and family, Mrs. Ivey Neighbours, Misses Nettie Strum,- Frances Neighbours, Larrison Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hall. Harvey Luquire visited relatives in Durham Sunday. Mrs. Allen Vick, Misses Irene Vick, Juanita Scarlett, Frances Neighbours, Emmitt Partin and Bill and Denver Phillips enjoyed a.play given at Carrboro last week. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Strum and family, Mrs. Ed Wagoner and children visited relatives in ford Sunday. Mrs. Sue Hill of Durham Mrs; Iva Neighbours Monday. - Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Strum visited Mrs. Strum’s great-grand mother, Mrs. Carden, who is ill. Friends of Miss Elizabeth Bate man of Troy, formerly of Hillsboro, were sorry to hear of her illness. Miss Bateman was rushed to the hospital for an appendix operation. Miss Louise Crawford of Dur ham and Hillsboro left Septem’ 1 for New; Orleans to begin ing in the seminary. Miss Ci ford, who for the past year secretarial work and sions for the West tist Church, is training eign missions. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Richmond, V last Valentine.
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