[north CAROLINA’S
NO. 1 NEED
GOOD HEALTH
—Awarded First Place General Excellence by North Carolina Press Association for 1946—
" HilisbororN. C., Thursday, February 13, 1947
(Published Weekly)
8 Pages This Week
I How To Collect Soil Samp!es From A Five-Acre Field
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Although 19,500 soil samples were analyzed by the Soil Testing Division of the N. C. Department
of Agriculture during 1946, many farmers still do not know the proper procedure to follow in
obtaining samples, says Dr. I. E. Miles, who is in charge0f this workr" - —-1^- —-_ — -
The 20 stations shown here represent areas where about one tablespoonful of soil should be
taken for each area. These samples should be collected from the top five inches of ground and put
Into one container and labeled "topsoil.”
A subsoil sample should be taken at three or four places at a depth of 12-16 Inches and then
put into a container and labeled “subsoil." This subsoil could be taken at stations numbered 4, 8 12
and 19.
i
Sell McAdams, Aycock Senior,
s First In Oratorical Contest
I Nell McAdams, Aycock senior
Bgh school student and 4-H club
kember, won out in the oratorical
pntest held in the Hillsboro high
pool agricultural building Thurs
ay afternoon, February 6. Other
rntestants were: Nancy Lloyd,
lillsboro high school senior and
-H club member, who won second
(lace, and Marvin Poythress,
|hapel Hill high school senior and
r A club number, third place.
The contest was sponsored by
he North Carolina Bankers As
ociation, The Bank of Chapel
till, the Hillsboro Branch of the
jlurham Bank and Trust Com
any, and the Durham Farmers’
Mutual Exchange.
-Miss McAdams spoke on the sub
let, “Six Inches of Topsoil, Our
Bold on Life.”
As county winner, Miss McAd
ms will receive $25 prize. Also,
dll receive $25 cash prize. Also,
he will receive a $10 school prize
nd an opportunity to compete
pith the winners of Alamance, Per
on, Granville and Durham count
in a district contest to be held
1 Durham Thursday, February 13,
|t 1:30 in the Duke Power Com
lany’s auditorium.
Miss Lloyd, the runner up, an
roythress will each receive $1
ash prize for being the winner o
he elimination contest held a
heir respective schools. Runner
pp for the individual schools wer
Robert Long of the Aycock school
Richard Murray, Hillsboro schoo
knd Jack Pendergrass of the Cha
pel Hill school.
Judges for the contest were (
r- Bernhardt, assistant county a;
knt of Durham county; Glenn Pro
fitt, assistant superintendent i
fchools; the Rev. S. W. DuBos
Tresbytefian minister; and tl
Rev. c. S. Hubbard, Methodi
minister, timekeeper.
A total of 53 students enters
he contest.
The American Legion Auxiliai
of the Hillsboro Post No. 85 wi
'fleet in the Masonic hall he:
Diursday night, February 13,
p.m.
White Cross
Pre-School ——
Clinic Set
A pre-school clinic will be held
st the White Cross school Thurs
day, February 20, at 9:30 a.m., ac
cording to an announcement iron'
the Orange county health depart
ment office.
The announcement further states
that there will be a general 'immu
nization clinic for children and
adults starting the same day at
t0:30 a.m.
Dr. O. David Garvin, county
'fyplioid boosters, ft'
takes about three months for im
munity to develop, Dr. Garvin is!
anxious to' start typhoid clinics i
much earlier this year.
Chapel Hill Scouts Close
Week Celebration Tonight
By Robert, L. Brooks
Boy Scout Troops 9 and 39 of
Chapel Hill have been observing
National Boy Scout week since last
Friday. This year the celebration
commemorates the 37th anniver
sary Of the formal incorporation of
Boy Scouts of America.
This afternoon, the close of Scout
week will be marked by the final
lowering of the Colors from the
flagstaff in front of the Recreation
Center where Old Glory and the
troop flags have been flying each
day this week. *
Court of Honor is scheduled for
this evening at 8 o’clock in the
Recreation Center. Scouts from
both troops will receive awards at
this time. Second class ranks will
be given to Borden Abernethy,
Ralph Boggs $nd Hampton Teague
of Troop 39; and to Charles Best,
Majo Sommer and Dean West of
Troop 9. The only first class rat
ing of the program will go to Ron
ald. Shearin of Troop 9. To .Troop
39, merit badges will be awarded'
to Herman Husbands for home re
pairs, Bob Linker and George Mc
Kinty for swimming, and Charles
Wolf for stamp collecting and I
swimming. Scouts of Troop 9 re- I
reiving merit badges are Charles |
Best, Sam Emory and Bobby
Wherry for .home repairs; Assist
ant Scoutmaster Burt Myers for |
rowing, and Scoutmaster S. Young
Tyree for pigeon1 raising.
Prizes Awarded
During the court, prizes will be
awarded for the best Scout Week
window display and the runner
up. Exhibits of Scoutcraft have
adorned the show windows of the*
downtown stores of Chapel Hill,
since last Friday, portraying
“Scouting for Good Health,” “The
Scouting Trail,” “Firebuilding,”
“Safety,” “Marksmanship,”' and
“Tin Can Cookery.” - r
For the last few days, village!
citizens have seen smartly-uni
formed Boy Scouts hurrying to the
varied activities scheduled by
Chapel Hill Scout officials for the
annual anniversary celebration.
The formal opening of Scout Week
took place on Friday afternoon
when both troops lined up in front
of the Recreation Center with
color guards for flag-raising. The
notes of the "Star Spangled Ban
ner” rang out and the national
emblem unfurled itself in the brisk
breeze.
Attend Church --
Sunday morning Troop 39 at
tended the morning worship serv
ice at the Methodist church, while
Troop 9 was present at the Epis
copal service. The troops are
sponsored by these churches.
During the regular Troop 39
meeting time last Monday evening,
a ceremony was held in which- new
Scouts were formally inducted into
the troop and newly-appointed of
ficers were installed. After this
impressive ritual held in candle
light, the patrols of the troop com
peted in scoutcraft contests.
A movie party for the Cfrapel
Hill scouts was presented on Tues
day afternoon by E. C. Smith,
manager of the Chapel Hill thea
ters.
Competition was in the air yes
terday afternoon when the annual
track meet between Chapel Hill
and Carrboro Scouts was held at
Fetzer field. Scouts strove for
points in the 100-yard dash, 220
yard dash, 440-yard run, stand
ing and running broad jumps and
other track events. _ _ ____
Parents and others who were
interested were invited to all
events by the scouts._
Two Injured In Accidents*
Car Splinters Power Pole
One Orange county youth was seriously injured and an
other miraculousiy escaped death in aut6mobile acrfdentr^
day and Saturday nights in two different sections of the county.
Bob Strayhorn of the New Hope community was seriously
injured in the first accident when fcfie car in whmh he and
t lnvd were riding turned over on the old Hillsboro
Mitchell Lloya were _ ctafPH that
Durham highway near the Dick
3cn place Friday night. Lloyd was
not injured. . ,
- Strayhorn was carried to Duke
hospital, suffering from a broken
jawbone, facial injuries and wha
was feared to be a possible skull
fracture, according to the report
of Highway Patrolman T. P. Hol
ler, who conducted an investiga
tion of the accident.
Hofler said that apparently
Lloyd, driver of the^ automobile
lost control of the vehicle after it
had negotiated the curve near the
Dickson place. Hotter stated tnat
Lloyd said he went to sleep at the
-vheel. No arrests are being made,
Holler added. *
Harold Parker of Hurdle Mills
narrowly escaped death when his
automobile plunged off the road
near Tcm Riley’s home on high.-,
way No. 57 Saturday night, careen
ed down an embankment and
splintered a power pole.
Pole Splintered
T: tattd, ■
ducteti the investigation, said that
the power pole was split into two
See (TWO INJURED) on page 8
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What three parts of a news*
paper do you read first?
J. H. Williams, route 3, Chap
el Hill: “I read the news of our
relations with foreign countries
first, followed by the editorials
and national and local news."
Mae Wilkie* Chapel H*tfc
‘Sports come first with me, fol
lowed by Dick Tracy and then
the society news."
* * _* ■
Jane 8parrow, Meredith Col
lege, Raleigh: “The first three
that I turn to are the editorials,
funnies and sport page."
* * *
Mrs. Hughie Rogers, Chapel
Hill: “I read- the death notices
the first thing, then the funnies
and the front page."
* * • * ■
R. L. Lindsey, Charlotte:
“Sports and the front page are
my first two choices, while I
guess that a reaular column Is
my other selection."
Farm Trainees
Must Register
Before March
The regional office of the Vet
erans Administration announced
m February 5 thj&t North Caro
lina veterans'of Wbrld War II, who
desire to take cooperative farm
training under provisions of Pub
lic' Law 346, must be enrolled for
instruction by a vocational agri
cultural teacher prior to March 1,
1947, in order to receive tuition
and subsistence allowance pay
ments under the Veterans Admin
istration training program.
Veterans not enrolled by the
end of February.sannot enter the
farm training program until 1948,
as new procedure! require all en
rollments to be made during Jan
uary and Februar*>>i each year in
the future. This meads that farm
training will always start at the
beginning of the crop year. '
The local veterans service officer
announces that the veterans service
office will not be open in Hillsboro
on Tuesday and Wednesday in the
future. On these days the service
officer will be at the American
Legion hut in Chapel Hill, to as
sist the veterans of that localtiy.
Westbrook
Joins Health
Department
After an absence of almost five
years, James A. Westbrook, senior
public health engineer, will rejoin
the district health department on
February 15, when he replaces L.
L. Fittro, senior public health en
gineer, who resigned January 24
to enter a private dairy business
in Sisterville, W. Va.
Westbrook was a member of the
district health department from
1936 until May 1, 1942, when he
resigned to accept a position wjth
the Waterworks and Sewage divi
sion of the State Board of Health.
Dr. O. David Garvin also an
nounced that the recent crisis in
X-ray photographic film has been
passed with the arrival „of a new
supply. He added: “Only thing
that is handicapping us now is lack
of time.”
After April 1
Sugar Stamps
Valid for 10 lbs.
All sugar stamps made valid
on or after April 1, 1947, will be
good for 10 pounds of sugar,
A. D. Simpson, Jr., OPA Region
al Sugar Executive, said today
in Atlanta.
. Spare-Stamp 53, now vali.cLf°r .
five pounds of sugar, will ex
pire for consumer use at mid
night on March 31 and a new
stamp, good for 10 pounds of
sugar, will be validatedon April
1 to cover both home canning
and regular home use, Simp
son stated. He added that the
number of the next valid stamp
will be announced at a late.
-.Pate.
it is necessary, Simpson sa'd.
to terminate Stamp 53 a month
earlier than originally announc
ed in order to avoid the ser'
lous traele 'problem "of handlina
both five and 10 pound stamps
at the same time. The change is
ocmqr w
consumers adequate gooortunity
to “cash" stamp 53 before tt ex
pires*
Orange Agriculture Board
Makes ’47 Recommendations
The Orange county board of
agriculture met last week with
J. L. Scotton presiding. County
Agent Don S. Matheson presented
the four projects which all mem
bers of the USDA Council are
working together on; nllmely, pas
ture improvement, forestry, home
beautification and increased corn
yields. The board was very much
interested in these projects and
recommended that they be adopted
by all farmers in the county.
It was pointed out that the aver
age farm in Orange county has
only 35 acres of open land. With
the increased use of mechanical
equipment and the need for rota
tion, the board felt that some of
the most adapted cutover land
should be put into cultivation. It
was suggested that where prac
ticable another ten acres be added
to each farm. They thought the
best way to clear this land was
to cut the stumps and brush level
with the ground, Turnover it with
a bush and bog harrow, and seed
it to pasture grasses. After graz
ing it a,.few years, most of the
stumps would rot out and the
land could be put into- cultivation,
without much trouble.^
Different types of mechanical
saws for cutting timber and brush
were discussed and much inter
est was shown in their use on the
farm.
The committee went on record
as approving in its jentirety the
Good Health program and asked
that our legislators be informed
of the board’s endorsement.
The board also thanked the
Hillsboro branch of the DurBamT
Bank and Trust Company for of
fering $103 in prizes for the win
ners of the home beautification
contest.
The need for a portable rock
crusher to crush farmers’ rock- piles
and provide small quantities of
crushed rock for farm roads and
dwellings was emphasized and a
committee composed of Don S.
Matheson, Henry Hogan, Clyde
Roberts and John H. Cate was ap
pointed to study the situation and
make a report. _^_
Some discussion was given to
road bank improvement and a
Committee composed of H. G. Laws,
J. S, Compton and Clyde' Roberts
was named to work with -the high
way authorities on a program to
clean up road banks and to prop
erly place permanent fencing on
these road banks so as to obviate
the necessity_of moving these
fences in case of road improve
ment.
GRASS BLAZE
Hillsboro fire department an
swered a call Sunday afternoon to
a grass blaze” in an open field- be
I hind the home of Wa;-ne McDade.
Hold die Clock
There are times when all of us
would like to hold back the clock
hands, or push them ahead Just
a few minutes, for. one reason or
.Another. ' ~ y~' ~— ~
Such was the case of Mr. and
Mrs. Houston. Walker of'Hills
boro last Saturday night, when
at just eight minutes before
midnight, their granddaughter,
six-pound Sarah Jo, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker of
Chapel Hill, was born.
If the Walkers could have
pushed the clock hands forward
just elnht minutes, Sarah Jo
would have been born on the
Golden Wedding anniversary of
her grandparents.
World Day
%/
Of Prayer
Scheduled
The annual World Day of Prayer
service will be held this year al
the Episcopal church on Friday,
February 21, at 3:30 p.m.
Everyone is cordially invited,
but the women, especially, are
urged to attend. The program was
written by a native Indian woman,
Mrs* Tsabe^Caleb, on the staff of
Ewing Christian College, Allaha
bad, India. The title pro
gram Is, “Make Level trrtne Des
ert a Highway for. Our God."
This service is sponsored by' the
women’s organizations of the
Hillsboro churches and is planned
by the wives of the ministers. Mrs.
R. C. Masterton, who for the past
four years has served as chair
man, has resigned and Mrs. C. S.
Hubbard has biMn elected to serve
as chairman for next year.
Christian women throughout the
world will be gathering on this
day In their .places of worship for
prayer. Since some groups will be
- praying during every hour of the
day it has been decided to have
the Episcopal church open and
heated all day for those who can
not come at the regular hour but
who would like to stop by at some
time to participate in the fellow
ship of prayer with their* fellow
Christians.
Members of the choirs of all de
nominations are asked to meet al
the Episcopal church .Thursday
night, February 20, at 7:30 to Re
hearse.. - .
Highway Patrolman Denies
Remarks Attributed To Him
T. P. Hofler, state highway patrolman of Hillsboro, the
object of two newsstories and editorials in the Durham daily
newspapers Friday, Saturday and Monday, categorically de
nied the remarks attributed to him and charged that the
reporter writing the stories for the twlo newspapers had given
only the defense witnesses’ statements and had not properly
givei> both sides of the case.
Following is the story printed in
Friday’s Durham Morning Herald
on the incident:
“R. C. Yates, 38-year-old Duke
’ower Company bus driver charged
with reckless driving by State
Highway Patrolman T. P. Holler
of Hillsboro, yesterday in Record
er’s epurt was given an acquittal.
“Hofler, who stated at the time
he brought the defendant into po
lice headquarters that every time
he came to Durham a bus driver
ried to~run over, him, testified that
Yates last week failed to give a
hand signal when the officer at
tempted to make a right turn into
Duke street off Main street.
“The bus driver’s negligence
•aused the large vehltle to block
his car, Hofler told the court.
“Yates denied the accusation,
saying that the bus never stopped
it the particular intersection, and
added that Hofler ‘lost his head
and became angry/
“Three other witnesses corrob
orated this statement and declared
'hat the patrolman was ‘bullying
and domineering.’
“A charge of having an imorop
It err,
dropp°d against Yates by Hofler
himself.”
In a statement Monday Hofler!
’pointed out that he did not become
angry, as charged in the court, and
that he offered the bus driver the
opportunity of taking a citation
and appearing in court or com
ing with him at the t ime.
Hofler added that the driver in
ferred the patrolman could not
lake him to jail, cursing him at
the time, but left his bus and pas
sengers and went with him. Hofler
at the time was accompanied by
Deputy Sheriffs Odell Clayton,
Rainey-*R©heFts-an4-Carl Hurley-,
all of Orange county sheriff’s de
partment, who said the Hillsboro
patrolman offered the bus driver
every consideration and courtesy
and did not at any time lose hi
head or become angry, according
to the testimony given in court.
‘‘No wonder the passengers or
the bus thought I was ‘bullvinc
and domineering,’ ” Hofler said,
“when they were left in the bu'
while the driver went "with me tc
the police station. But under the
circumstances, when^ the driver
had said I couldn’t take h:m to
jail, thgre was nothing left for me
to do' except take him at the time.”
It was further reported that th>
bus driver has a brother on the
police force in Durham.
Bills Setting Up County Court,
Extending Chapel Hill, Carrboro
Police Authority Are Introduced
Four bills—two of them af
fecting the establishment and
operation of a recorders court
in Orange county and the
court already established in
Chapel Hill, the third mak
ing the measure on profane
and indecent language appli
cable to 'Orange county and
the fourth extending the police
authority of Chapel Hill and
Carrboro police—have been
introduced in the General Assem
bly by Orange county’s represen
tatives, Senator James Webb of
HIISEbro'and Representative John
W. Umstead of Chapel Hill.
SB 109—introduced by Webb on
February 7—would establish a re
corder’s court in Orange county
with the court meeting only at
Hillsboro, the county seat. A simi
lar court already exists in Chapel
Hill and both courts, under the
measure, would have concurrent
jurisdiction.
The Institute of Government in
Chapel Hill, in a weekly bulletin,
reports the following information
concerning the court bill and the
other measures introduced in the
General Assembly:
SB109—Introduced by Webb, Feb
ruary 7.
4 “To amend Article 25 of Chap
ter 7 of the General Statutes of
North Carolina relating to the es
tablishment .of county recorder’s
courts as it relates to such court
in Orange county.’’ (To accompli
purpose stated Tn\itle, would
amend sections as indicated: G.S.
7-218: to require the court to be
held only at the county seat. G.S.
7-219: to provide that the first
county court recorder, who would
be elected by county commission
ers, shall hold office until the 1st
Monday in December, 1948, at
which time, and bienniaHythere
after. his successor would be elect
fid ^pihL; ccT'flssisf'-T*
to hold office until his successor
is elected and qualified. G.S. 7-222:
to provide that in the territory
over which the Chapel Hill muni
cipal court has jurisdiction, such
court and the county recorder’s
court would have concurrent ju
risdiction where the Jurisdiction
covers the same cause or subject
matter. G.S. 7-228: would be re
written to provide that lr either
party to trial in the county court—
demands a jury, the recorder must
transfer the case to the Orange
county superior court for trial de
novo. G;S. 7-231: to make the
clerk of the Orange county su- --
perior court the ex officio clerk of
the county recorder’s court. G.S.
7-232: to provide for appointmerit
by Superior Court clerk of a dep
uty clerk to assist the clerk of
the superior court and to act as
clerk of the recorder’s court.) To
Courts and Judicial Districts.__
HB 254—Introduced by Umstead,
February 6.
“To extend the jurisdiction of •
Police officers of the town of Chap
el Hill and Garrboro, in Orange
county, to inclucfe all of the ter
ritory situated within the boun
iaries of Chapel Hill township.”
(As title indicates. Would confer
on said police officers same power
as that of sherill or township con
stable within the area.) To Judi
ciary 2.
HB 255—Introduced by Umstead,
February 6. *
“To provide for the transfer of
cases frcm t'he Chapel Hill re
•ordcr’s court to the superior court
of Orange county when jury trials
ore requested.” (As title indicates.
Would require recorder to make
such transfer when jury trial re
quested.) To Judiciary 2.
SB 108—Introduced by Webb, Feb
ruary-4?.
“To make section 14-197 of the
General Statutes, relating to the
use of profane or indecent lan
guage on public highways, appli
cable to Orange county.” (As title
indicates. Act makes it a misde
meanor, punishable by imprison
ment for not more than 30 days or
by fine not exceeding $50, for any
one err a public-read, in-hearing of
2 or more persons, to use ipdecent
or profane language in'a loud.and
boisterous manner.- To Judi
ciary 1.
DISTRICT SCOUT ^
COMMITTEE MEETS
Orange county district Boy
Scout committee will meet at the
Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill on
Monday night, February 17, at
6 30. F. E. Joyner of Hillsboro,
district chairman, will preside over
the meeting.
PRESBYTERIAN AUXILIARY
MEETS MONDAY NIGHT
Monday night, February 17, at
8 pan.