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jjORTH CAROLINA S NO. 1 NEED Vol. 53> No- 42 [6 Of 35 Buses In Good Condition Chapel Hill School Served By Bus With Poor Brakes; Lights Are Faulty On 23 Only six of 35 Orange county school buses inspected by X. P. Hofler in a periodic inspection last week were pro nounced in good condition by the highway patrolman, his report to the grand jury reveals. ? Poor conditions ranging from needed repairs to light “ switches ,to bad brakes on one bus serving Chapel Hill white schools were uncovered by Hofler • in his inspection. Most frequent fault found by Hofler in his inspection was the lack of lights on the buses. Twenty three of the buses have only one light, no lights or their lights are in need of repair, Hofler reported to the grand jury. Bus No. 33—which serves the Chapel Hill white school—was re ported by Hofler to be in such a poor condition that he recommend ed the bus be taken out of service. His report showed that this par ticular bus had no lights, that the brakes were in working order on only one wheel and that the driver reported to him the brakes would not hold when the bus was loaded. “This, bus should be taken off . the road,” the highway patrolman as -.-.sertefd, , Following is the complete report: Report of T. P. Hofler, Highway Patrolman, to Orange county Grand Jury on Condition of School Buses: “In the week beginning Decem ber 2, 1946, all school buses were inspected by me, personally, and conditions were found to be as fol lows: Hillsboro White School Bus No. 34—Good condition. Bus No. 31—Had no lights, had ( brake needs tightening, stop sign needs repair. Bus No. 39—No rear light, steer ing gear needs repair. Bus No. 16—No lights. Bus No. 7—Light switch needs repair. Bus No. ?0—Good condition. Bus No. 44—No hand brake, no rear light, no stop sign. Bus No. 15—Good condition. Bus No. 40—No lights. Efland White School • Bus No. 48—No lights. Bus No. 37—No lights. Bus No. 9—No lights. Hillsboro Negro School ~.. Bus No. 6—No lights. Bus No. 52^—No lights. Bus No. 5—No lights. ^ wniie ^ross school v Bus No. 47—No lights, stop sign needs repair. Bus No. 17—Good condition. Bus No. 38—No lights. Chapel Hill White School Bus No. 19—One light out, hand brake needs tightening. Bus No. 20—Handle on emer gency door broken—should be re paired immediately. * Bys No. 43—No lights. Bus No. 10—Good condition. . Bus No. 33—No lights, brake on only cne wheel, driver says will not hold with load. This bus should be taken off road. Chapel Hill Negro School Bus No. 53—No lights. Bus No. 50—No lights, no wind shield wiper. Aycock High School Bus No. 3—No lights. ■ Bus No. 32—Needs sun shade. Bus No. 4—Needs sun shade. Bus No. 46—No lights, needs sun shade. Bus No. 26—No lights. Bus No. 35—Stop sign needs re pairing. Bus No. 36—Windshield wiper needs repairing. Caldwell School Bus No. 22—No lights. Bus No. &—No lights. Bus No. 6—Good condition. I would recommei^d that the hghts be put in good working or der on all buses as soon as pos sible. Christmas Party Set > At School Christmas party for the chil dren ~of West "Hillsboro will be Siven Thursday night, Decem ber 12, at the West Hillsboro school building, under the spon sorship of the Civic Association. Announcement of the plans for the Community'fchrlstmas Tree said free treats will be given for ah the children who attend. Music, singing, recitations and a general good time for all at tending is. promised. Orange Youths In Contest Are Winners Elizabeth Morrison and Kinsey King, both of Chapel Hill high school, will represent Orange county in the third round of the state-wide high school oratorical contest being conducted by the Goad Health Association.^ At Elon College last week they were declared winners in the se cond round in competition with a number of other high school speak ers from-adjoining oounties. In the Negro division Moses Burt of Hillsboro Negro high school will represent Orange county. He was declared the secopd round winner far the -boys in - compe tition at N. C. College in Durham. No third round is being held in the Negro division. Winners will compete in grand finals in January at N. C. College. Alpha Delta Pi Alumnae Organlie^ Chapel Hill. — Alpha Delta Pi alumnae in Chapel Hill met Wed nesday evening for their first meet ing since the alumnae club was formed here two weeks ago by a group of interested alumnae who voted to organize a. club, to be composed of the 20 alumnae mem bers now living in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Herbert S. McKay, who formerly was an active member of Beta Epsilon ehaptcr a_t UNC and has served a<= alumnae advisoirtd that chapter for the past year, was named president of the new group; Mrs. Joseph C-: Moore is to servers secrctary^treasurer. and .Mrs. II, C. Cranford, Jr/,.- as corresponding secretary and reporter. The alumnae members elected to‘meet on the third Wednesday evening of each month, the next) regularly scheduled meeting to bei held at 8 o’clock on January 15 at the ADPi house, 407 East Rose mary street. Affiliated with the new club are the following ADPi alumnae: Mrs.. McKay, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Cranford, Mrs. Syd Alexan der, Mrs. Joseph Floyd, Miss Betty Gaither, Mrs. Hardy Henry, Miss Viola Hoyle, Miss Mary Pierce Johnson, Mrs. David Maloije, Mrs. R. W. Elliott, Mrs. Miles McCor mick, Mrs. James A. Midgett, Miss Echo Patterson, Miss Edith Pell, Mrs. George Roberts, Mrs. Robert ■ Smith, Mrs. Williaftfr»tl«. -Smithy Miss Margaret Ward and Mrs. Dick Young. 13 New Books Added to Library A total of 13 new books have recently been added to the collec tion of books in the Confederate Memorial Library in Hillsboro. They are: . Leeming, The , Costume Book. Greenslet, The Rowells; Hanson, Conquest of the Missouri; Rich, Happy the Land; Vasaris Lives of the Artists; Ornstein, Decorating Unpainted Furniture, Corbett, Man-eaters of Kumaon, Haves, Green Peace; Macardle, Summer in April; Molloy, Uneasy SPtpV The Kid Comes Back; Huggins, Double Take; Hockridge, Death of a Tall Man. AllStarsPlay” Siler City Monday The"Hillsboro All-Stars will play their first home game against the QUpr City five in the high school gym Monday night,, December 16, o’clock. k Snipes, Bobby,Bro«m M-em Troy Lloyd, Warien Mutcey, 2-S2U- Cu! Mattox Says Response Is ffGratifying” W. T. Mattox, superintendent of the Orange county welfare depart ment, said Tuesday that the re sponse of citizens in helping needy families had been gratifying. His statement: -- -• - , “The response of the citizens and organizations to the plea of the Or ange Cpunjty Welfare Department for assistance in helping our fami lies in need at Christmas has been gratifying and appreciated. “May we share with you one of our interviews with an individual who was offering to help a needy family for Christmas. Mr. “X” came to the Welfare Department offering to take as his responsibili ty some family which he could help for Christmas. A family was given to him and as he left he remaked that Be was not a wealthy person but as Christmas drew nearer and if we knew of children who wouldn’t be able to know the joys of Christmas, he would do his humble best to help us see that Santa Claus didn't forget these children. “There are still many children who have not yet had any Christ mas planned for them as well as many elderly couples who would be grateful for a Yuletide remem brance. If you do not feel; that you could accept the responsibility for a full family any donations that we could use in making up a Christmas basket would be appre ciated. “May we again thank you for your help and wish for all a Christ mas of Peace, Joy and Happi ness.” Village Post Office Open Saturday Chapel Hill—To take care of the expected flood of Christmas mail ing, Postmaster W. S. Hogan has announced that the Chapel Hill post office will remain open until 6 p. m. next Saturday, December 21. Also it was revealed that an emergency carrier and 10 addition al office workers will hegin work this week. Postmaster Hogan urged towns ttcople:-4ft- mail -4heiy-..Xhristmas cards and packages as early as possible. .. Seal Sales Total $92_. Receipts1 from the sale of Christ mas seals in Hillsboro this week had reached tfre.total of $92. Lead ers in the 'campaign here requested that further contributions be made in the purchase of the seals. Total receipts from the sales go towards fighting tuberculosis. Christmas Lights Are Tamed On Carrboro. — Christmas lighting for Carrboro, consisting of stars, greenery, wreaths and strings—of light bulbs across the street in the business section of Carrboro—were turned on last Monday night. New permanent white lights for the Carrboro business section were turned on Thursday night of last week. These new permanent lights are a great improvement in light ing and design. Speeding Auto On School Grounds At Lunch Period Endangers Lives Of Pupils In the wake of a 16-year-old Durham high school lad driving hie automobile at breakneck speed through the campus of Hillsboro school last Thursday at the lunch period, 8tate High way Patrolman T. P. Hofler of Hlllebbre (asserted this week that a crackdown will be ma<fe on all youthful drivers who flagrant ly violate safe driving regula tions. “Warrants will be Issued for the offenders and they will be brought In to court for trial," the patrolman said. Several smalf children playing on the school grounds at lunch period last Thursday were frightened and many escaped serious injury before a barrage of rocks and bricks from larger high school boys drove the driv er of the Durham automobile off the grounds. Hofler said the driver was W. L. Tilley of 1615 N. Duke Street, Durham. The'youth, Hofler fur ther, added, has been expelled from the Durham school and will stand trial in the March term of Orange county superior court on a charge of reckless driving. No reason could be advanced by the highway patrolman to cause the youth to drive from Durham to Hillsboro and then endanger the lives of the school children in such a manner. Hillsboro Community Choir Presents Oratorio Sunday Community Choir Fatorio—The Holy City, by A./H. Gaul—on Sunday night, December 15, at 8 p.m. in the Hillsboro high school audi torium. The chorus of 40 voices drawn from the Baptist, Episcopal, Meth odist and Presbyterian choirs is The Community Choir will hold its Itinal practice in the Hillsboro high school auditorium Friday, December 13, at 7:30 p.m. All choir members are urged to attend this practice. directed by&Hrs. C. D. Jones, as sisted by MnL E. M. Lockhart and Mrs. Charlea^jH ubbard with Mrs. J. N. Howard as accompanist. Dr. Furman McLarty of Durham will be the guest tenor soloist. Dr. McLarty is a former resident of The Hillsifcjrn will .give thtejo Hillsboro and it will be good news to his many friepds here that he is to take part in the program. Other soloists are Mrs. N. G. Barbour, Mrs. J. W. Dickson, Mrs. Charles Hubbard, Mrs. Ben John ston, Mrs. Allen Lloyd, Mrs. J. W. Richmond, Mrs. Herbert Riley, Miss Nancy Lloyd, Miss Jeanne Turner and Sidney Green, Charles Hubbard, John Lockhart, Ross Porter, James Rittenhouse and Hubert Turner. Committee on arrangements is composed of Miss Elizaoeth Col lins, chairman, Miss Annie Cam eron, Mrs. Ben Johnston, Mrs. J. L. Rosemond, Mrs. Alton Williams, Mrs. J. W. Richmond, Elmer Dow dy and John Lockhart Ushers will be PhyIlis^~3?bPreSt, Betsy Ann Forrest, Jam#? Webb and Paul Davis. The public is invited. County Group Headed By Compton; Members Named was reelected chairman of the Or ange county ACA committee at a "meeting he$i Monday fn the offtee in Hillsboro. , Other county committeemen named in the election were John. H. Brown, vice chairman; A. J. Poe, Sr„ regular.member; Clyde Rob erts, first alternate; and John E. Hawkins,.second alternate. Returns of the community elec tions held Saturday, December 7, resulted in the following commu nity committeemen to serve for 1947: Caldwell Claude A. Gray, chairman; Ar thur Wilson, vice chairman; Clyde Berry, regular member; Lewis Bla lock, first alternate; George McKee, second alternate. Carr Lewis Dunn, chairman; L. J. Rogers, vice chairman; J. L. Scot ton, regular member; J. G. Rogers, first alternate; G. D. McAdams, sec ond alternate. Carrboro J. S. Williams, chairman; John H. Cate, vice chairman; Aubrey McLennan, regular member; Ben Tripp, first alternate; L. R. Cheek, second alternate. Cedar Grove C. W. Long, chairman; J. E. Haw kins, vice chairman; C. T. Pope, regular members; R. C. Compton, ond alternate. Effand l W B. Richmond, chairman;-Bill feorsett, vice chairman; Hv R. Heath, regular member; A. J. Poe, Sr., first alternate; J. S. Gill, sec ond alternate, Hillsboro Milton Latta, chairman; Reid Roberts, vice chairman; Clarence Hines, regular member; Leroy Hall, first alternate; W. A. Davies. sec ond alternate. > New Hope L. A. Hogan, chairman; J. R. Whitfield, vice chairman; I. S. New ton, regular member; H. N. Black wood, first alternate; Clyde Car roll, second alternate. St. Mary’s J. H. Martin, chairman; Clyde Roberts, vice chairman; Wallace Bacon, regular member; T. F. Crabtree, first alternate; Jessie Jordan, second alternate. Orange Grove C. E. Teer, chairman; G. W. Las ley, vice chairman; H. M. Perry, regular member; W. M. Snipes, first alternate; J. W. Kirk, second alternate. White Cross S. A. Whitfield, chairman; Wal ter Lloyd, vice chairman; Alton Durham, regular member; H. C. Lloyd, first alternate; P. B. Lloyd, second alternate. afsm Plans Pushed For Revaluation\ Plans for revaluation of all county property for taxation are being pushed by members of the county board of com missioners and Gilbert Ray, county accountant, with new developments being announced this week. At a'special meeting of the commissioners last Wednesday the revaluation of property and possible improvement of county roads came in for discus sion. The commissioners decided to engage a board of assessors to make the revaluation, a task which is expected to require the full time of a board for a period of two or three months. Three citizens of the county will constitute the board. Two members Jjave been selected, but their names are' being withheld pending ap- j pointmenUQf the third member. - A sizeable Ste mlue of property for taxation Is-being expected from the results of the revaluation. Last year without a revaluation, the taxable property in the county increased $1,021,597. Collier Cobb, Jr., .chairman of the board of commissioners, in an in- 1 formal discussion several weeks ago pointed out that the tax listers and the board of assessors in the revaluation would face a serious problem in correctly listing the property in the county for taxa tion. Board jnembers realize, that the tax listers yrili have to be «x~ tremel^'riifeful in listing propferty purchased during the war years when values were high. Aim of the commissioners will be to strike a medium between the , property purchased during that period and the property already on the tax books at a certain value. • Card questionnaires requesting pertinent information on land and buildings will be distributed at an early date to all property owners in the county. These must be filled out and returned to the tax listers in January, to be turned over to the board of assessors. Roads Discussed The commissioners discussed at length the laying of next year’s road improvement program. It was decided that inspection tours will be made in the course of the win ter to determine what roads are to be Yeiommpfi&&6<ter hard-surfac ing in' requests^to 'the 'State High-" See (REVALUATION) on Pag© 8 Beer License Is Revoked For Selling On Sunday Ex-Minister At West Hill Church Dies Funeral services were held Sun day at 2 p.m. for the Rev. Charles S. Young, former pastor of the West Hillsboro Baptist church, at Sheets Memorial Baptist church in Lexington. Burial was made in the Forest Lawn cemetery in Greens boro. The Rev. Mr. Young, 59, tiled af 4 p.m. December 5 in Watts hos pital in Durham. He had been in declining health for four months and had entered the hospital last Wednesday for treatment. He had resided for the past eight years at 805 Raeford avenue, Lex ington, where he was pastor of the Sheets Memorial Baptist church. He was native of Person county and a minister for the past 21 years, holding charges at Lebanon Baptist church near Greensboro, Stevens Memorial Baptist»churcht Broadview, ana West Hillsboro Baptist church, in addition to the last post. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Willie Hogan Young; three sons, the** Rev. E. D. Young of West Hillsboro, present pastor of the West Hillsboro Baptist church; Charles S. Young, Jr., of Monroe; and V. A. Young of Newport News, Va. Miss Doris Young, bookkeeper in The NEWS’ office, is the late Rev. Mr. Young’s granddaughter. Mebane News By Mary Wllkerson Mebane.—The" Reviewers Club met this week with Mrs. Henry Dixon. The hostess served a des sert course. The home was dec orated with greenery and berries suggestive o! Christmas. Routine business was taken care of during the business meeting presided over by Mrs. Ralph Riggs. Mrs. Annie Crawford read a paper on the Re sort Islr.ndsr Maderis, Canary Is discussed the habits and customs of the natives, their easy life and handcraft..-~i r—r.- -•••• - ~ HOSTESS AGAIN On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Dixon was again hostess, this time to the Contract Bridge Club. Bridge was played at three tables with prizes being awarded to Mrs. L."RrBest for high Bcoye among club members and to Mrs. Richard Tt^le for high score among the vis itors; Mrs. Dixon served a sweet course with accompaniments. - * * * Mrs. Dixon efttertained the mem bers of the Fridays Bridge Club and a few additional'-.guests on Friday afternoon. Mrs. L. P. Best was awarded the prize for high score among club members *ahd~ Mrs. Lewis Riggs for high among the visitors. • * • MISS SHAW HONORED Honoring Miss Mary Ellen Shaw, bride-elect, M^as. A. L. Fuller en tertained Friday night at four ta bles of bridge and rummy. Miss Catherine Shaw, sister of the bride elect, and Miss Anne Phelps greet ed the guests at the door. The house was decorated with greenery and berries suggestive of the Christ See (MEBANE) on Page 8 Hillsboro, Aycock Split Court Tilts The Hillsboro high school boys’ basketball team defeated Ay cock high, 26-22, Tuesday night in the local gymnasium. The Ay cock girls licked the Hillsboro girls' team, 29-10. E. CARRINGTON SMITH NAMED POLIO FUND HEAD E. Carrington Smith of Chapel Hill has been named Orange county campaign director for the 1947 March of Dimes campaign by Dr. Ralph McDonald, state director. The campaign In the fight against infantile paralysis is con centrated in the last two weeks in January, the 14th through the 30th, Aiding Dr. McDonald .Jn Mortb Co Polina's ea*>pgi»g» Mrs. Phillips Russell of Qhapol Hill, director of organization. Negro Draws 4-4 Tears For Eoteriag 2 Business Houses f „ First reported violation of Or ange county’s new ban on selling beer and wine on Sundays brought a conviction against Susan Bul lock of Hillsboro in Orange county superior court-on Monday, i Operator of a tavern on highway 70-A between the intersection of highway No. 68 and Dud’s Tavern, the defendent Monday was ordered to pay the costs of court and sur render her license to sell beer and wine. ’ * Other cases handled Monday were: Divorces granted: Louise Shaw Dettinger from Louis William Det tinger; Thelma S. Alston from John Alston; Helen B. Mitchell from T. C. Mitchell, plaintiff given cus tody of child and maiden name of Helen Brewer returned by court. Willie T. Draughon from D. W. Draughon, plaintiff’s maiden name of Willie Thomas Glenn returned; Pauline Elizabeth Stone from Ga thel Stone; A. W. Dagenhart from Cary G. Dagenhart; and Leonard Hayes ’nagner from Mattie Ellen Wrenn Wagner. 4 T. B. Wilkerson, Jr., driving drunk, defendant failed to answer call; Charlie Cotton, assault on fe male, nol pros with leave; T. R. Murray, reckless driving, defend ant failed to answer call; V. S. Earp, nol pros with leave; J. T. Garrett, reckless driving, $50 fine and costs; H. M. Perry, permitting another to drive his car while intoxicat ed, defendant failed to show up in court; G. F. Young, driving drunk jp’. pros with leave; J. B. Austin, Vi riving drunk; $50 fine and costs; W. T. Wingate, receiv ing under false pretenses, nol pros with leave; Dan Fuquay, driving drunk, $50 fine and costs; Luther I. Young, Yeckles driving, $50 fine and costs; C. T. Rich, Jr., speeding, $15 fine and costs; J. W. Lemons, reckless driving, $25 fine and costs: George Gattis, ty, left open for judgement; Dew ey Wiles, non-support, nol pros with leave; George.Mangum, bas- . -tardy, ordered to pay $25*5. to«Lu—.~~ cile Chambers and court costs. ~ Johnnie W. Walker and Henri I etta Walker, immoral conduct, con tinued; Foy McFarland, appeal from peace warrant, adultery and non-support, all three cases con tinued; Banks Hicks and Wade Treese, escaped, nol pros with leave. DRAWS 4-6 YEARS James Atwater, Negro, drew a four to six year sentence in the State Prison when he was found guilty in Orange county superior court Tuesday of breaking and en tering Gilmore Motor Company in Hillsboro and Ogbum Furniture Company in Chapel Hill and larce ny of goods from the two places. He drew four to six years on both charges, but Judge Clawson L. Williams of Sanford, presiding judge, ordered the terms to run concurrently. Superior court was still in ses sion Wednesday afternoon when THE NEWS went to press. Report of the grand jury and other cases before the court in this term will be reported in next week’s issue. Cases Tuesday were: Elizabeth Correll Ashcraft grant ed divorce from William Edwin Ashcraft; Eugene Womble, illegal posses ion of whiskey for sale. 12 months suspended for two years; John Henry Wells, drunken driving, $50 and costs; R. H. Scarlett, possession of liquor for sale, 12 months sus pended for two years; James H. Riley, assault^ with deadly weapon, costs; Robert Torain, assault with dead ly weapon, case left open; L. C. Medlin, resisting officer, 12 months suspended two years: L. C. Medlin, drunk and disorderly, 30 days in " Orange county jail: Lee Homer, possession of liquor for sale, $100 and costs: J. B. But ner, possession and transporting whiskey; -continued; James Mit- — chell, Jr., reckless driving, $50 ond costs; Ed Dickey, speeding, $10 and costs; Ervin Price, carrying concealed weapon, $75 and costs; Billie Hicks, breaking, entering, larceny, judges merit suspended, pl&ced ou pro See (COURT) oo Page 8
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