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The New. of Orange County has more new. .bout Oraftge county In Its column. then any paper publi.hed in the county. Vol. 53. No- 32 THE NEWS of Orange When you buy * newspaper, Mk for an Orange county pa per, published and printed in Orange by Orange citizen.. Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, October 3, 1946 (Published Weekly) 6 Pages This Week Campaign Starts October 14 For Orange County Scouts The Occoneechee council, Boy Scouts of America, which includes 11 counties in central North Caro lina, is asking for $38,000 for its work in the coming year. A quota of approximately $1600 has been set for Orange county which now has six active Boy Scout troops. The district Boy Scout commit tee has appointed E. Carrington Smith of Chapel Hill as Orange county chairman to raise this fund, and F. O. Bowman for Chapel Hill and James Webb for Hillsboro have been named town chairmen. Each of the town chairmen have appointed a number of people to help with solicitation. The campaign will get under way in Orange county on or about October 1? and It Is hoped to com-, plete it within two Or three days. In Hillsboro, in addition to rais ing our part of the above Council fund, it is proposed to, raise the remaining $800 needed to complete the Hillsboro Youth Center build ing. Mr. Webb announces the ap pointment of the following com mittee to call upon people in Hills boro for contributions to this cause: Mrs, J. A. Whitaker, Mrs. D. E. Forrest, C. D. Jones, R. O. For rest, J. M. Blieden, F. E. Joyner, Coy Andrews, Rheldue Scarlett, Mrs. H. H. Brown, D. B. Sawyer, Dr. H. W. Moore, C. J. James, G. W. Ray, C. C. Culbreth, A. R. Young, A. L. Stanback. Better Weed Ups Prices On Old Belt High average prices for better qualities and much lower prices for inferior grades plus considerable improvement in quality over open ing week last year characterized the first week of sales on the Old Belt flue-cured, tobacco-markets, • • According to the United States, North Carolina and Virginia de partments of agriculture, cutters were up from $13 to $20 per hun dred jaid good,to. choice qualities in other groups from $5 to $19. Good and fair lemon cutters and choice orange lugs showed the greatest gains. Losses.jfpr poorer grades rangdd from $3 to $24.75. The greatest decreases occurred for inferior leaf and nondescript, with common green (orange side) leaf and best crude nondescript leading the declines. Growers were jubilant over returns for their bet ter grades, but great disappoint ment was expressed over prices for lower qualities. Numerous rejec tions were observed on most mar kets and in a few instances some farmers carried thefr tobacco back home. News Of Our Neighboring Communities News of Eno By Mrs. S. H. Strayhorn Lois King returned home Sun day from the hospital after hav ing her tonsils removed. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harris and Mary Jo spent the weekend in San ford as guests of Mrs. Harris’ mother, Mrs. D. I)'. HlhsotT.w * ' 1"*,‘ Elmo, Floyd, John, Grover and Giles Clayton attended the Duke State football game in Riddick sta dium in Raleigh Saturday. L. B. Haithcock, G. D., Ken neth and Giles Compton and W. L. King, Jr., and Duncan King at tended the motorcycle races in Durham Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Strayhorn and girls, attended the all-day .service at Union Grove Church Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Truesdale, J. M. Harris, J. E. Ballenger, W. B. Haithcock, John Salman and Royal Roberson attended a meeting of the Mutual Benefit Insurance, in Sal isbury Thursday. Representatives from each of the Duke Power plants were present and enjoyed a barbecue dinner after the busi ness meeting. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Haithcock *®nd E. C., Jr., came Friday night and spent the weekend with Mrs. Haithcock’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Truesdale. Mr. Haithcock went to Macon Saturday and spent Saturday night and Sunday *■ with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Talley and Carolyn Jean of Durham visited Mrs. Talley’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Truesdale, Sunday. Cedar Grove A number of the young people from the Methodist and Presbyter ian churches here attended the Youth Rally at Long^s Chapel Christian Church Sunday evening. Those who attended the anni versary services at Union Grove Methodist Church from Cedar Grove Sunday included J. S. Compton, R. C. Compton, Ralph Cooper Compton, E. F. Cude and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Pender. The picture show on “Creation” WJ>s presented at Fairfield Presby lerian Church Monday evening.. E' P. Barnes, assistant county farm agent, and Mrs. Kathryn Hamrick, county home agent, were at Aycock school last week and organized the junior and senior ■*~H clubs. A large number of stu oents joined the clubs and much interest is being manifested in that Work this year. Several people from Cedar ^fove attended the Duke-State ootball game in Raleigh Satur , nay, including G. A. Munn, J. W. Tolar, E. F. Cude and J. S. Comp-' .ton... Je(i- his mother, Mrs* Martha Gaws, and sister,. Mrs. Lula Fin leY. Monday. * Wts. T. L. Oliver visited her pother, Mrs. C. B. Crisp, near !Pect Hill last Thursday. New Hope By Miss Elizabeth Kirkland Virginia Nunn, Elvin, Christine and Jane Cates,_ Betty Lou and Helen Tapp attended the young people’s rally in Burlington last Sunday. An interesting program has been olanped by the young people for rally day, Sunday, October 6. World-wide Communion Sunday will be observed at New Hope next Supday when Christians the world over will partake Of this sacred element in their own churches. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tapp at tended the funeral of Richard Cannon’s father near Rocky Mount last week. • Div-S.-B. Turrentine of Greens boro visited his sister, Mrs. M C. Blackwood, over the weekend. . Many New Hope people enjoyed the hospitality- of the Union Grove people in commemorating.their lOOth anniversary and cornerstone laying of the new church Sunday, September 29. A joint celebration of- this kipd has never been held in Orange county before. Five min isters and several lay workers had a part in the program -music was rendered by Frank Bennett from Durham and quartets from Cedar Grove, and Hebron. « Circle No. 2 will meet-with Eliz abeth Tuesday, October 8; at 2:30 pm. —— . Now Hope Auxiliary* was repre sented at the meeting of district No; 3 in the Chapel Hill Presby terian church Tuesday, October 1. Palmers Grove By Mrs. W. V. Armfield Sunday, October 6, being world wide Communion Service Day, Palmer’s Grove Methodist Church will have a communion service at 3 p.m.; Sunday school at 2 p.m. Miss Frances Yates, who has been under a doctor’s care for some time, is much better. Miss Betty Canada of Chapel "Hill was a guest for the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Y 3 tcs Miss Betty Dalehite, a freshman at Elon College, was hbme for a brief 'visit Sunday afternoon. \ * * * HDAY PARTY ,nds of Miss Nonme Yates 1 celebrate her 16th birth nth a party Saturday night, s and dancing were enjoyed present. Later in the evening )Us refreshments were served who"helped make thisnrgala Legion Membership Reaches 146 Total il 'membership in the Hills ^pst No. 85 of the American i was reported as being 146 neeting af the Post'Tuesday oal of 300 has.jbeen set with eadline being November L Coleman, Sr., membership nan, said in reporting the it membership. . ,;>r . * YDC To Meet Here Friday A meeting of the Young Democratic Club of rOrange county will be held in the court house Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. for the purpose of electing dele gates to the convention to be held October 11 and 12 in Ashe ville. Dumont Fskridge, president of the club, in announcing the meeting requested that all mem bers attend. Good Health Group Lists Six Points Durham—The North Carolina Good Health Association which was recently granted a charter to promote a six-point program de signed to provide more hospital facilities and medical care person nel for the state, has opened head quarters in the Snow Building here. President I. G. Greer, of Thomas ville, announced v plans for the health movement following a meet ing of incorporators. The Good Health Association was launched six months, ago at a meeting held in Thomasville and attended by more than 200 state leaders. North Carolina’s low position in hospital ' beds and doctors was stressed by Dr. Greer. “In 1941 North Carolina, the 11th largest state and the 5th most rapidly growing, stood in 42nd place, tied ‘with South Carolina, in the num | -ber of general hospital beds- per thousand population”, it was point ed out, “and in a comparable posi tion in the number of doctors.” Objectives of the Good Health Association cover a six-point pro gram; 1. for State assistance in the care of indigent sick; 2. for State assistance in building or enlarging local hospitals and establishing and equipping rural health centers; 3-. for a medical-education loan fund to help worthy North Carolina young men and women who pledge themselves to practice in a rural commu-nity for four years; 4. for the expansion of the two-year medi cal school of the University of North Carolina into a standard" four-year school with a central teaching hospital; 5. for special study and provision for the medi cal education of Negroes; and 6. for the promotion of voluntary group insurance plans. CALDWELL JOINS STAFF j Washington, U. C.—Resignation of Harry B; Caldwell as secretary treasurer of the American Plant Food Council,.Inc., to. accept a po sition as Executive Secretary of the newly - formed North Carolina Good. Health Association, with of fices in Durham, has. been an nounced by .Clifton A. Woodrum, president of the council. Caldwell, a* well-known North Carolina farm leader, joined the council’s staff ih September, 1945, after serving as master of the North Carolina State Grange tor' fopr two-year terms. “We are reluctant to lose Mr. ^Caldwell’s services,; but we share with him the great concern for the health of the nation and have some consolation in the fact, that both the plant food industry and the North Carolina Goed Health Association are united in the be lief that the prosperity of our nation depends upon the health I and vigor of its citizens,” Wood rum said. A successor to Caldwell has not been named. “My decision to resign, from the staff of the American Plant Food Council was most difficult, inas much as I assisted in the forma tion of its policies and subscribe wholeheartedly to its objectives,” Caldwell said. “I am grateful to the officers and members of the American Plant Food Council in accepting my res ignation and I shall continue to be interested in their efforts and have perfect confidence in their continued success.” Kiwanis Clu£ Calf Show Is Next Wednesday ^ Dr. R. H. Ruffner, dean of the Animal Husbandry department at N. C. State College, will be the judge for the Kiwanis Dairy Calf show to be sponsored by the Chapel Hill Kiwanis club October 9. The show will be held at the White Cross school, 10 miles from Chapel Hill on the Greensboro road. Agricultural committee of the Kiwanis club which is sponsoring r of i°hn Uhl stead, Frank Umstead, Bill Latham and W: S. Hogan, chairman. Prizes will be $4 for blue ribbon winners, $3 for red ribbon win ners and $2 for white winners. Union Grove Church History Given In Talk By C. W. Davis Following the speech delivered by C: W. Davis of Chapel Hill at the* Union «>feve church Sunday on the occasion of the 100th anni versary celebration and the laying of a cornerstone for a new church. We have assembled here to cele brate two birthdays: the birthday of a mother church that was 100 years old last Monday, the 23rd of September, and the birthday of the child whose cornerstone we expect to lay today. It is appropriate on an occasion of this ■* kind to give some thought to what this church has meant to this community. To do this, it will'be necessary to re cite some of it* history. Union Grove'Church was organ ized September 23, 1846. A school house near this site served 4ts the place of worship from 1846 to 1871. During this period the church did not have a regular pastor, but was under the supervision of the pas tor of the Orange circuit. Revival meetings were held intermittently by visiting Methodist Protestant preachers. The names of Alson ! Gray, James Deans, Arrington Gray and J. M. Kennett appear in the records. The first record of membership was listed by Rev. R. R. MichauX in 1869. The members at that time were Thomas Hayes, Lemuel Car roll, Calvin Bishop, Nathaniel King, Baxter Davies^ Sarah Hayes, Martha Currie, Margaret Long and Margaret Bishop. George C. Hunt was pastor of the church when the present build ing was erected in 1881. The list of contributors included Thomas Long, Henry Cate, J. W. Cate, -William Cate, Baxter Davies, John Dodson, Murphy Smith, . Wayne Garrett, Melvin Bishop, Willis Smith and J. H. Jones. The land for the church was given by Thomas and Nancy Long. It was deeded to five trustees. They were Nathaniel King, Baxter Da vies, Thomas Long, Thomas Pratt and Joseph Durham. The first members received af ter‘the church was erected were James Williams, father of Rev. J. D. Williams, and Christian Bor land. Union Grove Church has never had a very large membership. It is especially proud, however, of the ministers that worshiped here during their boyhood days. Such men as J. D. Williams, R. C. Stub bins, O. B. Williams and Jesse Frank Minnis will be long remem bered in this community and their influence will be felt in generations yet to come. There is ample evidence.that the founders of this church and those that mothered it through the trying Civil War days and into the early nineties were motivated by seriousness of purpose.' It Would be well for us to remember them with thankful hearts, because they have passed on to us a priceless heritage. I’m not thinking so much about the building, though it holds fond memories. I am thinking about an organization of loyal peo • pie united in spirit and purpose. There is no way for us to evalu ate the influence that this church has had on this community. I’m quite sure it would have been a different community had it not been for the church. I expect some of us would not have cared to live here had it not been for the church. I doubt if there is a person here who has attended this church over a period of years that has not had experiences here that shaped the trend of his or her life. No doubt many of you could recite incidents that would prove this. You have certain seenes and occasions in your minds which you like to re call and think over again. In your .mind’s eye you can see certain people as they worshiped in this church. You know just where they sat. You can hear and see them enjoying1 some of the old hymns as they sang them over and over again. You can see some of them moving about in the congregation doing personal work during re vival services. You can see them as they were carried to their final resting place in the local ceme tery. These memories are dear to us, and as we grow older we seem to understand and appretflalSL them: more. This spot is sacred to all of us. When we think about it seriously —what it has meant to our fathers and mothers, to us and to those who may come after us—it makes ns want to acclaim it Holy Ground. Civilization marches forward on the shoulders of each succeeding generation. It’s a fine sign when you see a people who want to. pass along their inheritance to the next generation in just a little better condition than it was when they received it. I think we should feel that obligation. A person who in herits a farm should not try to de plete it of its fertility and re sources, but should strive to im prove it and pass it on to the next generation in better^,condition than it was when he received it. This is what you are attempting to do in case of this church. An im proved building is being erected;. membership is being increased— the strength and influence of the church is being extended. Five score years ago our fathers organized in this community a new church conceived in faith and dedi cated to the worship of the living God. We’ve met here today to celebrate the founding of that church and to lay the cornerstone of a new building. We are not only honoring those that made this occasion possible but are reaffirm ing our faith in their God. This community will not long^remem ber w]iat we" say here today and it will not soap.- forget what- they, did here 100 years ago. May we pledge ourselves to carry on f in a nobler way the cause to which they were so much devoted, so that their efforts may not perish fr m the earth but that this church may experience a new birth. ——i— -A Spot In Orange County... - • Walter L. Simpsons Choose Site In Orange To Make Home By Mae V. Lark With all the Southland from which to choose, Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Simpson and their daughter, Natalie, of Oil City, Pa., have selected a little spot of Or ange county on which to establish their home. Last Spring, Mr. Simpson re tired from his position as Clerk for Southern Group Pipe Lines, trans porters of oil, after 45 years of service, and he and the family de cided to move South to escape the bad winters of the North. As is customary, their first consideration was Florida. Florida Out But after some thought, Mrs. Simpson definitely decided that Florida was out. She did not relish the idea of reestablishing a home every time the weather changed. It would be better to choose a section where there would be mild weather the year round. The Simpsons had spent pre vious vacations touring the South, and felt .that the Carolinas would most nearly meet this requirement. Rural Area Wanted The next question was which section of the Carqjinas to choose. For themselves, Mr. and Mrs. Simpson wanted a rural section with conditions suitable for rais ing vegetables and* flowers. Gar dening has always been one of their hobbies. For Natalie, they wanted an education center, as she will, in a, few years, be ready for College, She is entering, high school1 this year. . ■ ' v, « , ■ After Visiting several college campuses, Natalie was most im pressed by the University’s in Chapel Hill, and immediately de cided that Orange county was her choice. House Near Hillsboro The Simpsons were fortunate in finding a house for sale about four miles east of Hillsboro, so, on re turning to Oil City, they sold their house and returned to Orange county in June and have spent the summer getting established. Mr. Simpson is well pleased with the yield of his vegetable garden, and especially proud of his okra, which, to him, is a new vegetable. Mrs. Simpson has learned that the yellow squash is better if cooked while it is young. Back home they don’t cook it until it is quite large. On her pantry shelves are 300 quarts of vegetables canned from the garden. Mr. Simpson is busy now, conditioning the ground for next year’s garden. Mrs. Simpson says that back in Oil City she had to pay 75 cents for a small honeysuckle or trum pet vine. She has enjoyed writing back to the folks about how they grow here. Natalie, who always lived only a block from her school, is get ting much pleasure from the nov ' elty of riding the school bus. She says that she is crazy about Hills boro high school. The Simpsons did not have to be questioned about the proverbial Southern Hospitality. They quickly stated that they have, found the South to be just as hospitable and just as lovely as the novelists have presented it. Orange .county welcomes, the Simpsons. We feel extremely for tunate to have' them join us, and sincerely hope that they will never have reason to regret their decision to make Orange their county too. 100th Anniversary, Cornerstone Laying Bring 300 To Church Efland Man Dies From Gas Fumes Nazar Wright, 60-year-ald Ne gro of Efland, died as a result of being overcome by gas fumes while cleaning a well at the home of Wil son Efland in Efland on Thursday morning, Sept. 26. Wilson Austin, Negro, approxi mately 40, who was helping the clean the well, was also overcome when he went into the well to res cue Wright. John Efland, Jr., 30, cousin of Wilson Efland, entered the well and brought Austin out. Both Efland and Austin were in serious con dition and were hospitalized at Bufce hospital. Wright was finally brought out by Nord Tinnin, Negro, after hav ing been in the well about one hour. He died shortly afterwards. Wright is survived by his wife and five children. 60 Attend Ladies Night Carrboro.—A dinner party was enjoyed by more than 60 guests in the Carrboro cafeteria last Thursday evening when the Carr boro Lions club observed ladies night. , Upon entering, the ladies were presented corsages of pink or white carnations and a number for -a lucky prize. The winners in thf drawing proved to be Mrs. i. f. Hardee and Mrs. Leonard Collins. R. B. Studebaker, president of the club, extended greetings to~the guests and visitors. M. M. Watts led the group singing.' Lloyd Senter, program chair man, presented the prizes to the ladies. L. H. Barbour of Durham was guest'speaker and--provided-much fun and merriment with his hu morous short stories and observa tions. 4. _ . ..... Work Started On Cemetery Carr boro.—Work was begun_on the new cemetery for Carrboro last week.. Roy Homewood is in charge of tire work. The nine acres -of land purchased by the town of Carrboro lies between the Weaver road, and the Jones Ferry road. The con lecting link is the Davis road. Work is being done at present on drive ways and walk ways. The entire nine acres will be laid off in plots. Community Club Begins Work Chapel Hill.—The Chapel Hill Community club will begin its work of the fall season Friday afternoon at a meeting scheduled for 3:30 o’clock at the Episcopai parish house. Newcomers to Chapel Hill are particularly urged to come to the meeting. Club departments open- to the women who belong to the Com munity club the American home, art, literature, health and welfare, education on citizenship, and mu sic. The local club is a member organization of the North C!aro lina Federation of Women’s Clubs. One Man Sent On Draft Call One man was required for the most recent draft call met by the Orange county draft board, it was announced from the draft board office this week. ^vThe reason only one man was required for the call was because Orange county received credit’for all the men from the county who enlisted in either the Army, Navy or Marine corps during the period. Enlistees during the period. Wftte: Walter' “Keiter. Marine corps; John Fletcher McAdams, Army; and William Scott Totten, Marine corps. Dallas Miles Emory was sent as a draftee. ♦ «■ , ■ . ' 4 Nearly 300 friends, members and past members of the Union Grove Methodist church gathered at the church Sunday for the cele gration of the 100th anniversary of the church and the laying of new cornerstone. Dinner was served on the grounds following the morning program. A rain jstorm, which threatened to "halt the proceedings, circled the area surrounding the church, but fell in Hillsboro, seven and one-half miles from the church. Ceremonies surrounding the lay ing of the cornerstone were con ducted by Dr. H. C. Smith, super intendent of the Durham district. C. W. Davis, superintendent of the Chapel Hill school system, made the principal address— which is printed on this page—in which he told of the history of the church. Davis is a native of the Union Grove community and is a former member of the churefa. Pastors who were present for the occasion—which was called the first occasion in Orange county at which the 100th anniversary of the church and the laying of a corner stone for the construction of a new church were celebrated at the same time—included Dr. A. G. Dixon of High Point, the Rev. R. C. Stubbins of High Point, the Re.v. O. B. Williams of Claremont, Dr. J-. >D. Williams of High Point, Dr. S. B. Turrentine of Greensboro, the Rev. E. F. Gude of Cedar Grove and the Rev. Charles S. Hubbard of Hillsboro. The afternoon program consisted of talks by many of the ministers attending the function and by J. G. Rogers of Burlington, a layman. • A. K. McAdams of Hillsboro made the Layman’s talk at the morning program. A* collection afnfl|unting" to ^ $670.56 was taken to be applied on the construction of the church. Efland church contrubuted $113: Hebron—church, $75: Lebanon church, $35, and Chestnut Ridge, $30. The remaining amount was contributed by the people attend ing the meeting Sunday. NICKS ABSENT The Rev. S. F. Nicks, former pas tor of the church and regarded as the father of the new church, was unable to be present .for the. oc casion. He was admitted to Watts hospital in Durham last week for treatment.. Dr. Riggsbee Opens Office In Chapel Hill Chapel Hill. Dr. J B. -rthahp'e,PrHr io,,lin8 service with the Navy, medical corps in the Mediterranean and U1C Riggsbee is now living on Carr street. He is planning tc open ms office in a building now under his omce iu « Franklin construction at 31 ^ wesvr street by about the middle of Oe t0bDrr; Riggsbee was forme*-a undergraduate student at_the Un versity, winning his A.B. degree herf and his M.D. at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Tenm miring the registration period at^he University. Dr. Riggsbee has intirmarv in. at the univciaitj» ~ ^ —■——jzr" been assisting at the infirmary m giving physical examinations to indents entering the University. Lee To Speak At League The Rev. W. T. Lee, pastor of the Mars Hill Baptist church, will be the speaker at the Laymens League meeting Sunday the Methodist church in Hillsboro "IPS music will be furniHied by' the Junior choir made up of singers from four churches » Hillsboro. ____j— Girl Scouts To Sell Cards ^ Hillsboro GMSeouUhawe^n '"'tay'JS? dSirtog to Christmas cards tromthescouts* asked to telephone either Mrs. "m" wfrs. U r asked xo H Brown (Of Mrs. Scout leaders announced u total of $160 was gdu** * rummage sale held Saturday Eno Chevrolet garage.
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