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nqRTH NO. 1 NEED good health vX7Tn»- 43 10 Pages This Week ... '-‘ggl Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, December 19, 1946 ._ (Published Weekly) Safety Award Presented To White Furniture Plant Cherry Here for Ceremony; 400 Attend Officials and . employees of Or ajjtfe Furniture Craftsmen, a .di . visien :of the White Furniture C moany of Mcbane, were honored' here Tuesday afternoon by presen tation, of a Certificate of Safety Achievement by the State Depart ment of Labor. The award, which is the first in a series of such awards to be . made in North Carolina -to quali r manufacturing plants, was made by Forrest H. Shuford, State Labor Commissioner, in presort tation ceremonies in the high school auditorium featuring _ talks 5y~ .ho vomer R. Gregg Cherry a net Commissioner Shuford. Over 400 plant employees, plant officials, local civic officials, State officers and local people attended the-event-s in presenting the award to J. Sam..White,, presidtnt qf White Furniture Company' and Joe P. privett, plant superintendent of the plant in Hillsboro, Commission er Shuford commended the em ployees and management for roll irg'up “an outstanding record in • the field of industrial safety.” Governor Cherry commended the employees and management for their record, citing the coopera tion between the two which made, the safety record possible. The management and employees of the plant made a perfect record of no lost-time accidents during both the first-six months of 1943 and the first six months of 1-046. The Governor - asserted that North Carolina was getting set fur a_great industrial 'expansion -- that -the -record^ made by th-- Or ange Furniture’Craftsmen \. us incentive for other plants. Shufard -explained that- the . Manpower Conservation Prog beih& earricd on by the St te La . bor Department, und.er which the safety award was given, is a c ; tinuaticn on a permanent, s wide basis of the wartime - •ties of-the National Commit ; the Conservation of 'Manpi \ .... : ■;...: - ; Fortv-lii-or- plants- in N rth Cat ; qiioiTtu ft 1r p dJnicat"of Safety- Awv>- Wr*- - Tuesday’s presentation to-ho • Ch ange Furniture Craftsmen was- the first formal recognition given any . of the plants. The certificate is signed by the Commissioner of La bor and the United States Secretary of Labor. . . Distinguished personalities at tending the. exercises were Lewis P. Sorrell, deputy commissioner of labor: Glenn Poland, safety di rector, Erwin Mills; William Creel, safety inspector, N. C. Department of Labor; James M. Cobb, repre sentative, U. S. Department of La bor; W. Kerr Scott, commissioner °f agriculture; and James Webb-, state senator from the 16th dis trict of Orange and Alamance counties. Following the presentation of the certificate, the people attending were the guests of White Furniture Company at a barbecue supper served in the high school cafeteria A magician entertained in the school auditorium after supper. Seal Drive Still On In Orange Receipts -from the sales of Christmas seals in the drive being sponsored by the Hillsboro Lions . dub -haver increased-4e~ $3&L50.r-il ®'as announced this week. Anyone who has not yet pur chased any seals or who desires to saake a contribution to the fund should see or write the Re' Charles.S. Hubbard, Hillsboro. A similar drive is being con ducted in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Action of Orange county and is being beaded by Robert Varley. Contributions from people living m *hat section may be addressed to Varley in Chapel Hill. All proceeds from the'sales win "U proceeds from the'sales he turned to the fight against tu berculosis. Ohf0 ED * ■ dearborn, Mich.-—The Ford Mo tor Company will discontinue man ufacture of tractors for Harry Although Many Repairs Made Grand Jury Finds Need Of More In spite of the fact -that Assist-' flftt ou;ijgi-inh-ncioiit .o*--.Sill-eels G . T- .PrdSiit submitted- a'dired-pag* mimeograph report on .the repairs -made to the different schools in the county, the Grand Jury, making its report in the December Term of superior Court last week, made a long list' of recommendations • for further repairs to the schools in the count}’. The Grand Jury reported: “Mr. Proffit and Mr. Stravhorn from the Board of Education were askod to appear be fore the Grand Jury and cxpIain~\vTuiractiohliad'be«.:i t ik en to correct conditV-ras rip,uteri' by the . last December arid March Grand Jurors as Existing -In tile County's schools. Mr. Proffit sub mitted a mimeograph report. This .indicates,.tiuit waAdcaabla., ;aa:-.i.u. tion has. been given to bettering conditions at the school. We wish to commend the Board of Educa tion for the interest it is showing in -..providing, for the needs of'the • schoT5;ls"Tts-indicatm .'mi- ttio rJurtY bersj-of the 'grand .jury.'' A study of Proffit’s report, shows that conditions have been improved at all the schools in the county.. A copy of this report is now in the hands—ef-^-W+EE NEWS and s' special article on the schools in the county is being prepared by Mae V. Lark for~t re first issue of THE NEWS in 1947, ‘This Issue wili.app-car on Janua.r-y 2. The--re Port of the Gr:;n.i J'.ry . •:itinyed; “Mcmb rs of tlVt G a h, " . v vrl i’o ' : ' r'o o’. 44 ; Negro.” I' Editor's Note: Additional near, i of -4iffevc.nl schools in the ("'an_ [ 1v w'iH-bc incorjiorateel Jjhthgy t jug appear in the January -2 cdi 1 tion. '■ ■ I Experpts. from the report of the ftria-nd Jur-v-fnlkavs; :. _ wir “The oHIc® ir. the rnurt rwme were -visited and public officers in them were interrogated eon eerning t-hc discharge of the,duties -assigngrlHu: them-. The Grand.! urv \ ’ was satisfied that the assigrtmertls of the public .officers were being" [ faithfully oan iv d out. ! “The Grand Jury studied- the reports of the Justices of Peace and j found them to be in ordqr. Recom •mendations macleby the last Grand Jury concerning the limitation of j authority being assumed by one 'Justice of Peace seem to have been : followed. ’ . j “Visits were niacin to the "couthy [4; :1 a-fict to the prison camp and u^TvTfs it in ericIT* seemed sHTTioV i "I'airoin-.an T. P. Hoflcr, at the ! request of the Grand Jury; in s' . ted during the week beginning i'der mber 2 all the county’s school b;t:-s s.;ir(This report.was xiuxicd in s' in last .Week’s issue of THE [NEWS.) \ “Th Grand Jury urged Patrol >nu;u Hoflcr and Thomas to cxcr tci.se close 'watch .over the condi •‘itnir- o'Ftne sch; ; biases 'all times and to. keep off the roads any ; which are in unsatisfactory and j unsafe operating condition. In ad dition, Rlr. Proffit of the board of education.was advised of this ac h-t- u, and lie indicated* his inten b n of cooperating' to the fullest * "With further reference to the j-.s'fcty cf school children riding » i nty buses, the Grand Jury r.. cmnii. rids that at the earti . p; 'is.; time all county : .heat bases be. .equipped vyifh ■ !' .f J wina’shietds* is one vvif, v - are not. willing to ns . and the Grand r„ fee! th at - arguments con _ srh'.,fql u5 carry no weight - | at: s ri up Ur; t. ’ contrary to the ' sty , ’n.- Wo resp ct f fly ask Board cf Education pr ,y: r ruiie equipment in 1 Ht s'Hftnt rt a -f. ■ ■-■'/■ ' b . '_ _ilVl.. .. ill;:_ . - ... nr ■ “tf* . ' : , rni . ' ': t■ < he. <ft bin- (ibric; (1)' that the .nrpy fi nish at least one ad u'al <: ;• y, or (2) that Cimp ill.il ar Carrboro. policemen be • n the nithori.ty to act as de -vufics. Sheriff Lutta was called ;n ’ !\ ihi discussion, and- he, ad vised that action had been taken to make tour er five’Chapel Hill h!!,r. Carrboro..poliecrnem deputies. The Grand Jury comrnfends this ■action. Local-Choir Well Received, In Rendition Of 'Iloly City” The Hillsboro high school audi torium was filled to its capacity Sunday*Sight* for the Hillsboro Community Choir’s rendition of ‘•ffte-ttriy City” by A. R. Gaul. Following’ the performance, praise was heaped upon the mem Zrs of the choir foe the master ful performance then gave Gaul’s deeply . religious master piece;. Guelt soloist was Dr. Furman G McLarty of Durham, formerly of Hhlsboro, who renderedI .wo Other soloists were Mrs. Chart*® S. Hubbard, Mrs. J. M, anThJe0lchotr0vvahsaunder the direc art. Mrs. J. N'. 11 waiM was at the An°trio was’ sung by Mrs. Hub ,fd, Mrs. Ban J hnston apd Miss Turner Mrs. N. G.-Bar furTnd Mrs. J-W. Riehmond ren SidU^' soloists • ^ t invd Mrs. Lloyd, tne nev ^ S Hubbard. Mrs. Taylor h " TtT.-c "Herbert jQ. Riley, Hu fv:n M TuSr Sydney Green. ;rt M- 1 , T p RRtenhouse The choir />sv«rm ^ Nancy ,11,'.wing S2I ‘. Ann'ie Cameron. . Barboi M y Annwr l ^ a .rVo.. 'yiMrs. Allen i^yijii ufrjfil).. £d, Mrs. .»•_ "h- *»—*“ fd, Mrs- -«v H w. Moore, CyGL ^McB«neV Mrs. J- C. Rittenhouse, Mrs. J. L. Kosemona, Mrs. Bryan N. Roberts, Miss Mary Spurgeon, Mrs. Herman Stray horn, Mrs. O. L. Thomas, and Mrs. Alton Williams. Altos—Mrs. Taylor Bivins, Miss Elizabeth C'ullins, Mrs. J. W. Dick Mrs. Bin Johnston, Mrs. E. M. Lockhart,. Mrs. J. W. Richmond,. Mrs. Herbert G. Riley, Mrs. Seth L. Thomas and Miss Jeanne Tur I ner. 1 Tenors—Elmer Dowdy, Sydney Green, the Rev. Charles S. Hub bard, Vance Martin, Dr. Furman G. McLartv, J. B. Midgett and J. L. Rosemond. A Basses — John Lockhart, Ross Porter, J. C. Rittenhouse, Dr. H. W. Moore, Gilbert W. Ray and _ See (CHOIR) Ph .page,4 W. Hill Party For Children Is Dec. 19 ^ Christmas party for the chil dren of West Hillsboro will be given Thursday night, Decem ber 19, instead of December 12, as was announced in last week s issue. ‘ , The party will be held at the J, West Hid»boro school under the sponsorship of the West Hilfs i boro Civic Organization. ()fringe 4-H Club Winners Announced County winners in girls 4-H Club competition selected by records of their year’s work were -announce,4 rick, 4-tT C|ut? lepdfr and home i n Or ange county. ' The winners: clothing achieve ment, Peggy Pope of Carr-Aycock club; room improvement, Alma Jean Berry of Caldwell ulub; food TmtnaTntio nv "3 o. AnTrdarr-of- -fithrart club; food preservation, Carolyn Thompson of the White Cross club; poultry, Peggy Bowden, also of White Cross; and gardening, Lois ■Walker ul X'yrr-Ay eyek^...:_ County, winner in the dress re vue contest held, in September whs Boris Taylor of the Carr-Aycock club. She later exhibited her dress at the district dress revue held in Raleigh. .Juanita Allison of the Hillsboro club placed second and Jacqueline Long of Carrboro club was third place winner in the .county dress revue. All the county winners and those placing in the county dress revue contest received writ prizes vary ing in amounts, f in $5 to $2. The 1 mixes-were Contributed by John W, Umstead of Chapel Hill, Charlt s • J. James 'of Hillsborh, 11. C. For et of Hillsboro anti. Mi>. W, L. & JiiHn'kluai 4-H clubs in. .the ■ i:i day exe rises at lie ir r ;n club meetings instead of stag tig a miunmoih at hrow m .:nt day. 4re Continued Completing the business of the Orange county superior court for^ he calendar year, Judge Clawson L. Williams granted continuances in 12 cases last Thursday as a one week mixed, criminal and civil Term was brought to a iclbse. *, Cases disposed of last*Wednesday and Thursday were: Ped Neville, whiskey for sale, six months oh roads; Leroy Smith, breaking and entering, continuedj-r-Charles Mo Broom, dri/ing drunk, continued; Cofton Phillips, driving drunk, $150 fine and costs; Alvin Godfrey and K. A. Beas ley, larceny, Beasley not guilty, Godfrey, three years continued on good behavior and payment of costs; Oscar Williams, assault with deadly weapon, continued; Elder Rich, arson, 25 years. Rich pleaded nolo contendere to setting fire to the Tankersley building at 175 Franklin street ih Chapel Hill. The court asked that Rich be given a See (COUP, i ) on page 4 C. B. Parris Heads Lodge A s Ma s t e r Charles B. Parris of Hillsboro was elected Master of the Eagle Lodge. No. 19 A.F. & A.M. al^ a meeting held last Friday flight. Other officers flamed were: John P. Ballard, senior warden; A. R. Williams, junior warden; Garland Miller, treasurer; and C. M. Walk-' er, secretary. Walker was reelected secretary for the 12th time. Installation of the new officers will be made at the next meeting, December 27. " It was also announced that T. C. Ellis of Cedar Grove received the 25 year Masonic pin for his father, A. Ay Ellis, at a meeting held two weeks agcr. The pin was authorized for A. A. Ellis prior to his death. No Paper Next Week This is your last issue of THE NEWS this year. The staff is taking off next week for its vacation per iod, Afl..advertisers and cor-, respondents are requested Fo remember this in preparation of their copy. The next issue of THE NEWS.wfli be January 2, 1947.'' Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! , St. Matthews For Sunday The Yftung' Peoples Service! League of the St. Matthews Epis-I copal "church together'’‘Wrth ■ttro children of the Sunday school will J present the annual Christmas pa-1 goant of the Nativity in the church ' at 5 p.m. Sunday. i - The pageant; which-, is - built ! aroud Christmas hymns and carols, | depicts four scenes (1) the Annun-j ciation, (2) the announcement to| the shepherds (3) the Manger; Scene and (4) the coming at the i wise men. During the closing scene of the; pageant, immediately following the | presentation’ of the . wise men’s j gifts, opportunity will be given for ! any of those in the congregation | to bring gifts in the form of food ; (or' if pn f\ ryed, ’ money to buy ! food) for immediate fhi-vm oat mv [erseas. '(’lit: cart of himfaciers for the pageant is as follows; the Angel ft Vir ;ii . Tdo'-y, i Vi-y I!r ih"; Joseph, James Wtbb,_Jr.; the Three Wise - Mon,.. Ibmeriy—\ f ebb,—K Lou—(*. I - m v ;mi Alien -Walker. An; >s: 1 ab-'lle Mast: rte.n. Arne I: b rts, Edna I .tjyd, Jan Mitch 1, | lypiiS' Uiiih- 1 Ji.vd.-Adirt; Walker, Annie ■ Mae C irdi n'., Sudi ’■ Mao ■ . Ann' Vv itbb, :: iv. Marika .Ray, K • It ;irv W teli,:Patr.w Martin, J,*ak•-’;’ H i1 .' T7j ill , JJw: WjIl sr. See \V. !k v, Kl.ir.ab 'Mi M’atho- ' - h and , Betty Hayes. Shepherds.: Billy Che hire1, B n Forrest, Buck Roberts, Hunter Dula, Paul Cam-j iron W bb, Jimmy Parsley, Win fed Walker, John Dickey, Ted Ray, Frank Williams, Skippy Webb, L. C. Lloyd and Larry Lloyd. The pageant, will be under the direction of Miss Eva Gatling, as i sisted by Mrs, R. C. Masterton and Miss Annie Cameron with Mrs. J. C. Webb at the organ. J. E. Grasty, Jr. Wins Bag Of Feed J. E. Grasty, Jr., of Durham, route 1, a senior 4-H club member of the Hillsboro high school, won a bag of protein supplement given by the Durham Farmers Mutual Exchange for putting the most gain oh his baby beef calf for the month of November. J. E.’s calf, “Eno,” a purebred home grown Angus, weighed 579 pounds on November 1 and 700 pounds December 1, a total gain of 121 pounds. J. E. weighed his con i centrales (ground grains and a pro tein supplement) each day. THE NEWS Asks . . . THE NEWS ASKS .7.7.7 . . . :B What New Year’s resolutions ( have you made, and .hqw •ong.do you think you will' keep them? Ernest Patterson: “I resolve to i be a better Orange county citi zen in 1947, and believe I can keep that resolution 12 months." Randolph Brown: “I never make any resolutions because I know I would never keep them.” Fuller Johns: “I repolve to help ' Helen cook breakfast every morning in 1947. I think I can stick to it as long as Wimpy kept his resolution not to eat ham burgers." — ■ Vernon Jones: “I resolve to have more fun next year, and > know It will not be hard to do." Progress Made During 1946 More Than Past 11 Years; Many Obstacles Overcome By Mae V. Lark A total of $422,000 was spentfoi r epairs-on Orange county roads this year, according to Collier Cobb, Jr., chairman of the Orange county hoard of commissioners. In*addition to general repair of the worst roads throughout the county, the money -ha^ been used to hard surface 12.1 miles, and to place crushed stone on 92 miles of c ounty roads. T he progress made irr can-Ire seen by-comparing I Chapel Hill Girl Gains hi Contest Durham.—The original field of or vend hundred participants in tile wide high school oratorical c :n lesV^luis been narrowed to right'| students—four boys and four gills, it was announced this week. ~ The t ight finalistSj_;id jti<t ticd win neri in tFurd round . eli mm aliens at louv places last week, are: Woman's College, Greensboro: Elizabeth Morrison of £bapel ___Hill, representing Orange county;1 and Harvey Adams of Farmer, representing Randolph county. East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville: Alton Hill, RFD Kin ston, representing Lenoir county; and Dorothy Raynor, Ahoskie, rep resenting Hertford county. Asheville schools office: W. L. Pearson, Jr., of Asheville, repre senting Buncombe county; and Theresa Alley of Waynesville, rep resenting Haywood county. Flora Macdonald College, Red 1 rings! Jamgn Brown III : -Clare .Tune Ward, both of Wil mington,. representing New; Han over "county. Pageant Set ( l ■_ -: A_pagqsatp ::if allqsyy.th£ :.:Stacc jgffl bg°*pT~csgrrfcd.-aP Ihi •, J'.I t.-j£j site CVinjin gntjnnai . Christian Church' . n Tuesday evening {Christmas Eve-), December 24, at'.7 o'clock. This pageant brings a picture of the Nativity before the eyes of youth and makes it: a little more dear and better understood. The characters are Mary of To day. Hazel Tate; Joseph of Today, R. B, Poole; the Innkeeper, Carl i Douglas... Mon_k; Mary, Mother of Jesus^ Colleen Atkins; Joseph, Sammy George; the An geL Gabriel, Ruby Tate; Angels, Mildred McCullock, Julia Allison and Polly Rogers; Kings, Herman *gate, Bobby Woods and A- T. •George; Shepherds, Colon Monk, Billy Tate and John Knox Woods. Soloist, Mrs. Starifield. ' The church choir will furnish the music for the program. The pageant is being directed by Mrs. C. H. Pender of Cedar Giove. Everyone is cordially invited to attend this program. figures with those of previous years. From 1931 through* 1945, 9.3 miles were hard surfaced. This ^year’s figure, 12.1 miles, exceeds that of the previous eptire period of 14 years. • " . : ' :\~ Distribution The hai'd surfacing this year is distributed as follows: 6.8 miles on the Orange Grove road. 5 miles in Carmel Church road, and 2 miles made and money appropriated for paving 3.5 miles of the St. Mary's road; however, the actual work will extend into next year. —_oi_thq . crushed , ... stone lias not been as general as we would like to have had it,” Clarence Walters, maintenance supervisor of. county and state goads in Orange county, . stated. „• -“Thbris 'because*we hare-depended-• to a great extent on shipments of commercial stone from Graystone and Marion, and shipping condi tions have been bad.” 15,000 Tons Stone In addition to native Orange county stone, 15,000 tons of Coin in'rical stone have been used. This is the equivalent of 250 rail road cars of stone loaded 60 tons o the car road have been /.\ . ’'r.ri* . hiBWi sets ho v i i:< a fixed 4k rough out .the county. ' ■> “We realize thai \ • iic-. camoVisfu .'a.great deal;”'Mr. Wal- • Stab , B :tu-s. .Until :• -c i !y -we w, re.fli unable . 1o get new equipment. ” '--ii PPeh \v«1 had was five years old., and five y ars i ■ a lifetime ’ ,r p si suirir;::;', J. h s been , t hi hi to !•■' labor. ~ "'hr 1 !••• >■ . - h. VC V: ; n in v i> n th m they were . . .. wgika. .• > j r ^ ‘v ~Thrnttghotrf Zl afthtig atone and removing snow and ice.” In addition to the‘work already c mpleted, many more plans have been made for general repairs to be done during^ the rest of this winter. Two hundred more rail road cars. or 12,00.0 tops, of com— • rmfrcial stone have been ordered and will be used throughout the county on arrival. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT BETHEL CHURCH The Young People of the Bethel church will present a play, “The Songs of Christmas,” at 7:30 o’clock Saturday evening, Decem ber 21. The children will also par ticipate in the program and there will be a Christmas tree and treat. “Yes, Santa Claus will be there, and certainly he will bring plenty of fun for all,” an annonneement said. I County Corn Yield Raised 75,000 Bushels In One Y ear By Don S. Matheson Farm Agent It has been conservatively esti mated that the yield of corn has been increased five bushels per acre in Orange county this year. On the 15,000 acres planted the increase would amount to 75,000 bushels of corn, which, at $L5Q pgr bushel, would amount to an in crease of $112,500 in the value of ,the crop. Mdny farmers more than doubled the old county yield of 20 bushels per acre. .Since harvesting 1 and measuring their corn crop, there have been at least 20 farmers who have reported producing 50 bushels or more per acre on their entire crop. The good results obtained can be attributed to favorable weather conditions, and the adoption - of recommended Experiment Station practices by a large number of farmers. This rapid trend toward the use of better corn practices; namely, hybrid seed, shallow and ; ear!l'v heavy ' appljca tion of nitrogen when corn is knee j high, and increased organic mat | ter, is largely the result of the concerted and planned program by farm and business organizations working cooperatively. The Bank of Chapel Hill made possible ,the county-wide corn growing con-* test by offering $100 in prizes to the winners. John W. Umstead „ furnished enough hybrid seed corn for each 4-H Club grower'to plant one-half of his prize acres to an adapted, hybrid. All the county farm agencies' 'stressed the simple steps in obtaining better yields. In the corn growing contest, 26 farm ers completed their projects and averaged 76.6 bushels per acre. Joe Wilson, the winner, led with 92.4 bushels." J. R. Whitfield came second with 88 bushels and Ray mond Weaver was third with 86.6 bushels. Incidentally, after all of Raymond Weaver’s crop was meas ured. he averaged f0 bushels on his ientire cornrrop. $jM [ irig to sponsor a similar com-grow- I , The Bank of Chapel Hill is go | ing contest in 1947 andfhe county ‘ 1 agents are very aii^ious* to have 1 as many entries as possible.
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