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The News of Orange County has more newt about Orange county In Ita columns than any paper-published in the county. THE NEWS of ' e County When you buy a newspaper, ask for an Orange county pa per, published and printed In Orange by Orange citizens. Vol. 53» No- 35 Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, October 24, 1946 (Published Weekly) 8 Pages This Week Boy ucoiit Lamporee To Start Tomorrow; 800 Are Expected Approximately 800 Scouts from the Occoneechee council are expected to start gathering on the Navy Pre-Flight grounds in Chapel Hill tomorrow morning for the start of a weekend camporee. E, A. Clement, council commissioner, serving as camporee chief, will be in charge of the event, Roy Liles, Scout executive, announced. A number of Scouts from Hillsboro, Chapel Hill . _1_°_1_ * anu v^aii^vw — ~ 'y-r--— the other Scouts in the council in the weekend camporee. Scout Executive Liles in an nouncing the plans for the event has released the following infor mation: The camporee will be held rain or shine, it is pointed out by local Scout officials. It will close Sun day at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon the entire camporee (will attend the Carolina-Florida football game at Chapel Hill. Saturday night, a gigantic campfire will be held, at which time it is expected that Gov ernor Cherry will be present and speak to the Scouts. Newly elected members of the national camping fraternity known as the Order of the Arrow, will be tapped at the campfire by a team from the Dur ham chapter of the Occoneechee lodge. , ' - The xamporee will be conducted on tile patrol basis. Patrols will be judged on camp sites, Scouting spirit, equipment, patrol projects and uniforms. It will be possible to earn 3200 points. Patrols earn ing 2700 points up will be awarded “Proficient” banners; patrols earn ing 2200 points up will be awarded “Standard” banners, and patrols under 2200 points, “Participating” banners. An adult leader must at tend with every troop. Assisting Clement in conducting the camporee will be members of the commissioner staff, members of the camping and activities com mittee, and the executive staff of the council. 800 Orange Stockholders To Attend According to Farmer’s Mutual Exchange representatives in Hills boro, approximately 800 fanners from Orange county will attend the annual meeting of the stock holders which will be held Friday morning at the Athletic Park in Durham. W. L. Bradley of Bufalo, N. Y. one of the nation’s outstanding authorities on farmers cooperatives will speak, E. S. Knight, educa tional director, announced. Bob Patton, Morganton humorist, will participate in the program and C. W. Tilson, manager of the ex change, will give a report on op erations of-the exchange for the fiscal year ended June 30. A grand prize of a 100-pound pig will be presented and other prizes will include a pressure cooker, three bags of feed, five gal lons of motor oil, one 100-pound bag and one 50-pound bag of flour and a prize for the oldest and youngest wife. Opening Of Prefabs Relieves Student Congestion At UNC Chapel Hill—The first glimmer of relief for Chapel Hill’s severely congested student population ap peared with the announcement from, .Superintendent George Rat terman that the married-student section of “Vetville,” prefabricat ed housing development on the Macon Farm Road, has been com pleted. Twenty-seven new apartments in the area have been made avail able to student-veterans and their families Supt. Ratterman stated. The apartments will be occupied by married couples now living in Whitehead Dormitory, and the dormitory, which will be vacated by this weekend, will be turned over to single students. This will make it possible, Uni versity officials have said, for sin gle students now living barracks style in the “Tin Can”, ancient University gymnasium, to mave out immediately and into White head. The “Can” will be given back to the Athletic Department for intramural sports activity. Whitehead will accomodate 160 students, which is approximately the number now “seating it out” in the “Tin Can.” Opening of the final 27 apart ments in “Vetville” (nicknamed “Mudville” by the student resi dents) brings to 95 the number of occupied apartments there. With sufficient quarters for married students assured, work will be rushed on 46 pre-fabricated .United Kingdom houses to be used by faculty members and their fami lies. The units—individual four foom houses built originally for the British under lend-lease ar rangement, are expected to be completed by Nov. 1. j. Further housing relief wil come shortly with the opening of Quon set huts being constructed on the Macadam tennis courts. Eighteen Your Attention Is Directed... This month the Rural Free Delivery service Is celebrating^ •ts 50th anniversary. In appreci ation of the service rendered by the Rural Route Carriers in Or ange county, THE NEWS is Printing on 'the editorial page. * letter lifted 'front the RFt> national magazine. We think it worth-.reading and urge you not to overlook It In going through your favorite newspaper this week. of the huts,' which are of the type used extensively during the war by the Marine Corps and Navy, are now complete except for plumbing , according to University -Engineer Arthur R. Holleti—who, is in charge of the project* The 18 huts, which include two study halls and two: utility units' will provide room for 280 students. They are being reserved primarily for students -entering the Uni versity next term. University of ficials said that all of the 6,800 stu dents now enrolled will have a suitable room by Monday. v . J. E. Wadsworth, University housing officer, happily announced that “our period of cramped and congested living is definitely at an end.” 27 Calves Displayed At Show Twenty-seven purebred calves were exhibited by FFA and 4-H club members at the first Orange county Kiwanis Junior Dairy Call Show held at White Cross Tuesday. A large crowd of school children from Aycock, Chapel Hill, Hills boro and White Cross schools, to gether with a number of adults witness the first show of its kind held in the county, Ed Barnes, as sistant county agent, reported. m The Danish system of judging was employed by Professor R. H. Ruffner, head of the dairy depart ment of N. C. State College in placing the apimals. Those receiving blue ribbons and $4 in prize money were Neai Las ley, Route 2, Mebane, exhibiting a Holstein junior calf; Lewis Cheek, Route 1, Chapel Hill, Ayr shire junior calf; Lewis Cheek, Chapel Hill, Route 1, Ayrshire senior calf; Bill Stanford, Route 1, .Chapel Hill, Holstein senior calf; Ralph Compton, Cedar Grove, Jer sey senior calf; Glenn Carruthers, Route 2, Hillsboro, Jersey cow; Al ton Munn, Jr., Route 2, Hillsboro, Jersey senior calf; Jackie McDade, Route 2, Hillsboro, jersey senior calf; Herman Tate, Route 1, Efland, Jersey junior calf. The following ciub members re ceived red ribbon with $3 in prize money: Curtis Whitfield, Route 1, Chapel Hill, Holstein junior calf; Curtis Whitfield, Route 1, Chapel Hill, Holstein senior yearling; Cas well Andrews, Route 1, Chapel Hill, Holstein junior calf; Charles Williams, Route 3, Chapel Hifl, Jersey junior calf; Glen Carruth ers, Route 2, Hillsboro, Jersey cow and Jersey junior calf (bull); Connie Parker, Cedar Grove, Jer sey senior calf; William Dorsett, Route 1, Efland, Jersey senior yearling; Donald Oakley, Cedar Grove, Guernsey senior calf; J. C. Hawkins, Cedar Grove, Jersey junior calf; Malone Long, Cedar Grove, Jersey junior calf (bull). The following club members re ceived a white ribbon with $2 in prize mopey: Wade Whitfield, Route 1, Chapel Hill, Jersey junior yearling (bull); Bill Stanford, Route 1, Chapel Hill, Holstein senior yearling; John Knox Wil liams, Cedar Grove, Ayrshire jun ior yearling; John Knox Williams* Ayrshire senior calf; Donald Oak ley, Cedar Grove, Guernsey cow; Alton Munn, Jr., Route 2, Hills boro, Jersey senior yearling; Rob ert Lone. Cedar Grove. Jersey cow. The Kiwanlis club announced at the conclusion of the show that it would sponsor the show yearly with next year’s show being held; either in Hillsboro or Cedar Grove. Good Health Heads Are.Anounced Don S. - Matheson of Hillsboro and Mrs. C. W, Stanford of Chap el Hill have been named chair man and cc-chairman for the Good Health Association in Orange county. $95,000 To Be Requested For Construction Of New Post Office Building In Hillsboro G. O. Reitzel Elected Matter Orange Pomona Grange; ■ Better Secondary Roads Asked At a county (wide meeting of* the Orange County Pomona, Grange held laat Friday night the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Master, G. O. Reltzel; Over seer, Harry Woods; Lecturer, Mrs. Cly4e Roberts; Steward, Charlie Teer$ Assistant Steward, Johnny Lockhart; Lady Assistant Steward, Martha Lloyd; Gate' Keeper, Allan Rhew; Secretary, Christine Cates; Treasurer, Mrs. Marvin Phelps; Chaplain, Ed Latta; Ceres, Miss Polly Roberts; Piomona, Mias Virginia Nunn; Flora, Mrs. Brady Lloyd; Execu tive Committee, Aubrey McLen non, W. A. Davies, Clyde Rob erts. Resolutions to be sent to the 8tate Grange for their consid eration were submitted by the different Subordinate Granges in the county. They advocated better secondary roads, higher salaries for teachers; increase in pay for school bus drivers, so as to demand better qualified drivers; a more simple method of obtaining right of way across property for rural electric and telephone lines; the 8tate Good Health Program with a 4-year medical school at Chapel HUI; better school bases; and several measures to improve highway safety. f t Thanks Received For Garments The Red Cross Sewing Room, now being held on the balcony of Swain Hall, recently sent in a large number of crocheted wash cloths, for which they rggeived the folow ing letter in sftxnowledgment: V. A. Hospital Oteen, N. C. Dear Chairman: We recently received a generous supply of crocheted wash cloths made by members of your Corps. These wash cloths were requested by our Chief Nurse who advises that the patients like them better than any other kind. Also, they were greatly needed to supplement the hospital supply. ~We appreciate your assistance and generosity. * - Very tfuly yoUrs, Lola Ft. Crawford Field Director ARC SVH DISTRICT HEAD W. P. Horton of Pittsboro, form er lieutenant governor, has been appointed chairman of the Sixth District, which includes Durham, Orange, Alamance, Caswell, Per son and Chatham counties. 25 Exhibits Bring $70 For 4-H’ers j Sixteen Orange county 4-H club members in 25 corji exhibits at the N. C. State Fair earned a total of $70 in prize money, Ed Barnes, assistant county agent, reported this wek. Some of the prize winning corn and the check* the 4-H mem bers received are on display In the window of THE NEW8 of fice. .... -- A number of the winners ex hibited both 10-year samples and one-half pecks of shelled com. Checks and ribbons will be award ed to the club members at their club meetings. Winners are: First prize winners, $5.00 each: Richard Roberts, route 1, Hills boro, (T23); John Maddrey, Jr., route 2, Chapel Hill (1023); Jim mie Dunn, route 1, Efland (U. Si 282); and Joel Long, Cedar Grove, (yellow mixed); * • Second prize winners, $4.00 each Carlton Shue, route 2, Mebane; John Maddrey, Jr., route 2, Chapel Hill; Jimmy Dorsett, route 1, Ef land; Oscar Compton, Cedar Grove; Oliver Roberts, Hillsboro; Ted Martin, route 1, Hillsboro; Joe Ev ans, routs 2, Hillsboro. Third prize winners, $3.00 each: Mitchell Walker, route 1, Hills boro; Wade Whitfield, route 1, Chapel Hill; Ted Martin, ‘*ute, 1, Hillsboro; Clyde Young, Cedar Grove; and Henry Cate, route 2, Chapel Hill; Fourth prize winers, $2.00 each: Merritt Wright, route 3, Chapel Hill; Robert Childress, route 2, Hillsboro; and Mitchell Walker, route 1, Hillsboro; Fifth place winers, $i .00 each: Robert Vaughn, route 2, Hillsboro. Mixed Fertilizers Now Available A. K. McAdams, clerk of the Triple A office, announced this week that mixed fertilizers were now available through purchase orders. He also said that four cars of phosphate had been shipped for distribution in Orange county. These cars ar^ expected to arrive in the near future. It is being hoped that other cars will follow, he said. I Information was released from Washington this week that the Post Office department desires to spend the total of $95,000 in Hillsboro for the construction of a new post office. The total for the new post office In Hillsboro was Incftided In figures given for construction and alterations to post office build ings In 107 North Carolina towns. The department will request approximately $15,000,000 for the construction program, first of Its type undertaken since before the start of the war. Both the Federal Wofks Agency and Congress must approve such projects. , To be eligible for a new post office building, an addition to a present building or alteration a community must show postal re ceipts In excess of $10,000 In one year. The release from Washing „ ton pointed out that many post offices In North Carolina doubled that figure operating in rented buildings. 8uch Is the case In Hills - boro where postal receipts.for the fiscsl year 1945-46 exceeded .$$5,000. The Hillsboro post office building Is rented from J. L. Brown and 8ons. There has been considerable speculation in Hillsboro and Orange county In recent months over the possibility of construc tion of a pest office here, but word from Washington this week was ths first definite indication that Hillsboro was slated for a new building. Police Puzzled Over Series Of Thefts In Chapel Hill Civic Clubs Hear Talks On Relief • Chapel Hill.—A discussion of conditions in China and other na tions which have been receiving UNRRA relief shipments featured meetings of the Kiwanis and Ro tary clubs here this week. A representative of the Chapel Hill churches committee for world relief spoke briefly at the start of each program. The Rev. J. R. Nelson, student minister of the Methodist church, spoke at the Kiwanis club meet ing Tuesday night. The Rev. Mr. Nelson returned recently from the Pacific area where he spent sev eral months in Guam, Japan and China. * Y. H. Tsou, Chinese graduate student now attending the Univer sity on an UNRRA fellowship, also talked at the meeting. Tsou, who was p regional representative of UNRRA and CINRRA before com ing to America in July, describes the suffering and starving now be ing experienced by Chinese and stressed the need for contributions to buy clothing for indigent Chi nese. James Wallace, University law student, addressed the Wednesday night Rotary club meeting. Wal lace recently returned to Chapel Hill from Czechoslovakia where he represented the Univrsity of North Carolina at the Prague world student congress. Festival Spirit Permeates scene . . • As Demonstration Clubs Celebrate Achievement Day, Install New Officers And Present Varied Exhibits -f, By Mae V. Lark The Hillsboro high school gym nasium was the scene of the an nual Achievement Day program of the Orange County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs on Tuesday as members of all the clubs' in the county, with the ex ception of Carrboro, met to dis cus their achievements of the year and to install the new officers for 19 New officers are: president, Mrs Victor Walters; vice-presi Tr: Mrs t O. Pender; secre tary-treasurer, Mrs. Henry Hogan; county Project leaders: nutrition , Nc ■%%% “■„enfUhomj”™nageme„t-Mrs. I P Efland; home beautification Mrs Alexander Freeland; home ardeh—Mrs. H. M, Perry; home nultrv_Mrs. Claude Davis; home T yMls l. R. Cheek; parent jUy tion—Mrs Harrod Lloyd; 4 fcCtoder-Mrs. T H . Yatej cr Wth—Mrs. Glenn Lloyd. . 'OUNTY FAIR SCENE * 'The scene in the gymnasium was The scene • that of any county Try ExhVite of the individual Ss the waUs, and the au tumn harvest theme was carried out in the decorations. First prize was awarded to the Fairfield club for its exhibit en titled “Arts and Crafts”, which featured rugs made from feed bags, children’s clothing made from men’s ^clothing, and waste baskets which were made from ice cream containers* One item of special interest in this exhibit was a door mat made from corn shucks by Mrs. Bill Dorsett. Another was a chair slip cover made from feed bags by Mrs. Clarence Sharp, at a cost of only $2.21. Mt. Carmel’s “Home-made Christmas Gifts” exhibit won se cond prize. It contained many an swers to the what-to-give ques tion. There were embroidered tea towels, tablecloths, potholders, pillow cases, and aprons for the ladies; for the children there were handmade dolls and stuffed ani mals. One unusual gift was a shop ping bag made of blue denim. There was also a homemade shoe bag. Third prize was awarded to the Schley club, for its “Pin Money j for Farm Womdn.” exhibit. Each I article. In. ,^his display was made at the cost of only a- few centsr, while the selling prices ranged from $1.50 to $3.00. There were child ren’s dresses,-baby garments, bed room slippers, pin cushions and linens. OTHER EXHIBITS Other clubs having exhibits were: Efland, Tram Road, Carr Aycock, Antioch Road, Caldwell, Stroud Hill, Calvander, Smith Le vel, Orange Grove, and Black wood-New Hope. Mrs. Clarence Cole presided ov er the business meeting of the federation. In her county report, she pointed out that during the year, 15 home demonstration club members and their families have built new homes, 35 other homes have been remodelled, 40 kitchens and 70 other rooms have been improved; five water systems have been installed; 40 homemakers have arranged more storage space in their homes; 225 have received valuable information on how to im prove the family’s diet; eight have lead active parts in the school lunch program of the county; 105 own pressure canners, 55 have learned how to economize on time, 25 have earned money selling their handicrafts. Club members have remodelled 80 coats, 60 hats, and 255 children’s garments, she said. .. Mrs. Cole added that club mem bers have enrployed various m edits of supplementing the family in come. For example, shejsaid “they have'earned $1,362.50 taking in ; r • . *■' sewing; $25,830.25 selling dairy pro ducts; $79,979:50 selling poultry and eggs; $3,530.45 selling fruits and vegetables; $6,131.35 selling home products and crafts. “In addition to the 86,670 quarts of food canned, they have brined and dried 4,375 pounds of fruit and vegetables and have put 1,825 pounds of food in the freezer lock er,” she stated. For overseas relief the clubs have donated 250 cans of food, 400 pounds of clothing, and $26.50 in cash. One of the chief features of the all-day program was a talk in the afternoon by Mrs. Harriet Pressly, well-known Woman’s commenta tor from WPTF in Raleigh. Mrs. Pressly spoke on “The Teen-agers Place in the Family”. She pointed out that too many parents teach their children rules instead of teaching them the principles of honesty,'loyalty, and dependabili ty, and that few parents are wil ling to accept their children for what they are. BAND CONCERT Other features of the program were a cqncert by the Hillsboro high school band; a short talk by Miss Anamerle Arant, nfetthwest district agent, who was a speeiaZ guest; three enjoyable skits, given by the Orange Grove, Fairfield, and Blackwood-New Hope clubs; w ***r and a dress revue, in which mem bers modelled dresses they had made. First prize in the dress revue was awarded to Mrs. F. S. Tapp, pf Blackwood-New Hope, second prize to Miss Mae Crawford of Orange Grove, and third prize to Mrs. James«Andrews of White Cross. Lunch was served to all mem bers and guests by a committee composed of Mrs. Marvin Phelps, Mrs. J. D. Graham, Mrs. Curtis Hogan, Mrs. John H. Cate, Mrs. Henry Hogan, Mrs. Burroughs Hogan. An auction sale of articles in the exhibits was conducted by Mr. Robert Nichols. Proceeds were to be added to the federation treas ury. A collection of $20.40 to be do nated toward the purchases of uni forms for the high school band was made among the club mem bers. The program committee was composed of Mrs. Burroughs Ho gan, Mrs. Harold Berry, Mrs. Mit chell Lloyd. Arrangements committee: Mrs. Jeter Lloyd, Mrs. Alton Durham, Mrs. Lacy Neville .. Judges: Mrs. Glenn Auman» Mrs. N. ,W. Dollar, Mrs. A. K. Mc Adams. -. Chapel Hill—Local police today reported “no progress” in the search for the person or persons who last week broke into Ogbura Furniture Company here and stole some $150 worth of radio com binations. It was the third time in the past three months that the store has been entered, according to Own er W. J. Ogburn. Details of the first two break-ins were not made public by the police department. Ogburn told police that the most recent break-in was accomplished after the thieves broke a window in the rear of the store, squeezed through the window and unlock ed the back door. After putting out two night lights, the thieves removed the radios from a show case in the front of the store. The office was ransacked, Og burn said, but only about $2 in yjftaj'&e was taken from the cash drawer. A large number of checks were not touched. The Ogburn store, which is lo cated, on .West Franklin Street be tween Chapel Hill and Carrboro, is one of a number of local business places that have been burglarized recently. The Carolina Pharmacy, .also on Franklin Street, was broken into several weeks ago and currency, checks and change amounting to $815 stolen. As in the case of the Ogburn store, entrance was gain ed by breaking a lock on a rear door. “The Scuttlebutt,” sodashop and student supplies store located on the University of North Carolina campus; also was ransacked by nocturnal prowlers several weeks ago. A quantity of cigarettes, can dy, razors and other stock was re moved. Chapel Hill police have report ed no arrests in connection with any of the thefts. Sponsor Movie The Aycock FHA girls are spon soring a movie based on the Du Barry products on October 25 at 2:15 p. m. The public is invited to attend. Polly Rogers, Reporter. CARD TOURNAMENT The Annual staff of Hillsboro high school is sponsoring a card tournament Thursday night at 8 o’clock in the Masonic lodge. The admission is 50 cents. Agency Selected To Handle Funds Thomas J. Wilson of Chapel Hill has released the following information concerning the world relief drive in Chapel Hill: The Chapel Hill churches com mittee for world relief has an nounced that it will channel all contributions received for the relief of the starving through Church World Service, the re lief unit of the World Council of Churches, unless contributors specify some other agency to which they wish their own gifts to be sent. The Chapel Hill committee has selected Church World Service-because of its re markably fine record in distrib uting funds entrusted to it. Less than .7 of 1 percent of the money sent to Church World Service for relief ’'purposes is required . for administrative expenses; in Other words more than 99 per cent actually gets to those who are in dire need. The campaign for relief fundi among Chapel Hill resident* will take place Sunday afternoon, October *7.
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