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—— ___ THE NEWS of Orang your advertising mes r SAGE IN THE NEW8 WILL bring the desired re sults _ MORE PEOPLE READ THE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER NEW8PAPER PUBLISHED IN ORANGE COUNTY _ 8 Pages This Week County Court Starts May 5; Bond Issue Is Discussed By Board Holding an all-day session and even passing up an invita ion to attend the dinner at New Hope church at noon Mon lay, Orange county’s board of commissioners made a step to ward holding an important bond election in the county next nonth, authorized the start of Orange county recorder's court in May 5, and disposed of a number of other minor and nearly ninor pieces of business. A large delegation of citiifens nterested in the betterment of ioth white and Negro schools in nd near Chapel Hill in the sou hem part of the county first ap icared before the board of edu ation and then brought their de mands to the attention of the com oissioners. It was brought out in he discussion with the commis ioners that the desires of the ci izens in the southern part of the ounty would entail the expendi ures of pearly $1,000,000, a consid rable amount more than the com missioners have tentatively plan ied to this date to raise through bond issue. iP EC IAL MEETING The desires of the citizens will c discussed at a" conference in ’hapel Hill this week and a spe ial meeting of the board of com missioners and the board of edu ation will be held in the court Ouse Friday at 7:30 p.m. at which t is being hoped a decision on that will be undertaken to meet he immediate needs of the schools n the entire county will be reach d. ’——-:--——--———■—— The proposed bond issue—vote i which will be held probably next ionth—will be large enough, if resent plans materialize, to meet fie immediate needs of the schools, enovate the interior of the court ouse and construct an office adding in Hillsboro to house the ounty officials now using rent d office space-and for those whom doth wid not be provided when he court house renovation work > completed. JOUNTY COURT . Another impoi laat step •-LwlTL y the commissioners was author ring the county court to start pro eedings on the first Monday in lay—which will be May 5. Acting under the recommenda ions of County Attorney Dumont Iskridge and Clerk of Court Ed rin Lynch, both of whom pointed ut that the June term of Super or court could be cancelled by tarting the county recorder’s hurt in May, the board passed resolution authorizing such a iove. ' “ ■ The court wil meet each’ Mon - ay morning. Definite time of ourt was not decided upon, it be ag deemed best by the board that he starting time be set to meet he desires Of the court officials. L. J. Phipps of Chapel Hill, imminently mentioned in past lews stories as the likely judge ppointee, was appointed judge f the court at a yearly salary of 1,800. Phipps is a past judge of he Chapel Hill recorder’s court nd in unofficial reports has been eld best qualified for the post Dumont Eskridge of Hillsboro, ounty attorney and chairman of he Young Democrats in the coun y, was appointed solicitor by the ommissioners at a yearly salary f $1,500. Like Phipps, Eskridge as been previously mentioned in eports as the likely appointee and •as been considered excellently qualified for the ^position as the ounty’s first solicitor in the re order’s court. Clerk for the court was not de initely decided upon, but it was enerally felt that Clerk of Su perior Court Edwin Lynch would Iso hold the job of clerk of the ecorder’s court. Final decision on hat position was held up pend n§ an investigation of how to pro See (COURT) on page 4 Leading To Church Under Repair The road leading from the Cha Hill-Hillsboro highway to the ^ew Hope Presbyterian church is >eing widened. In the widening process, a num of curves in the road are being nominated and other bad features road corrected. summer camp to serve Orange Presbytery is estab ished on the grounds surrounding ;he New Hope Church, it is ex P^ed that the road will bear much tnor^ tiafic than ff has in recent years. The road is also an important arm-to-market artery in the 001111 ly and a school bus route. Garden Club Pilgrimage One Week Off If town authorities, property owners and businessmen intend to clean up Hillsboro before the Garden Club Pilgrimage on April 17, they have only one week left in which to perform the work, it was pointed out this week by Garden Club workers. Hillsboro is scheduled to be vis TEe<r on April 17 by the Garden Club members f rom many sections Garden Club officials late Tuesday night asked that the date for the pilgrimage to Hills boro be clarified. Reports from headquarters said that the pil grimage would be made to Hills | boro April 12. The correct date for the pilgrimage is April 17. of the state. A number of homes and buildings in the town will be visited during the pilgrimage. The Hillsboro Garden Club, seeking to have Hillsboro and the appearance of the town make an impression on the visitors, is an xious that definite steps be taken by the town and the citizens to clean up before the pilgrimage. Chapel Hill is also scheduled tc be visited on the same day. The following schedule has been See (GARDEN) on page 4 Do you put off until tomor row what you should do today? Miss Era Sparrow, Chapel Hill: “Sometimes I do. But often I do things today that I should wait until tomorrow to do.” Ed Riggsbee, Carrboro: “Some things, such as writing letters, I always postpone as long as possible.” Sam Berman, Chapel Hill: “I try to do today what I should do today.” J. M. Hood, Chapel Hill: “Quite often I do, especially on busy days." Robert Andrews, Carrboro: “It depends on yvhat it is that I should do.'” '' H. D. Bennett, Chapel Hill: “I’m afraid I do, and it’s a bad policy.” •---8— May Civil Term Jury h Drawn Jury for the May civil session-of Orange county superior court was chosen by the commissioners at their regular meeting Monday in the court house. Jury drawn is as follows: Charl ie W. Rainey, Jr., E. C. Compton, L. C. Childress, J. L. Phelps, W. L. Wilkins, A. P. Hall, Arthur W. Cole. J.'R. Crabtree, A: H. Borland, Alex Carroll,” J. H. Dickey, Fred S. Mangum, M. L. Hutchins. T. C. Reynolds, W. O. Howard, A. J. Mark, Ernest Robinson, Wil liam McKee, S. J. Sparrow, George Ii. Gibbs, Edgar Pickard, Jeff Parker, T. J. Blackwood, E. L. Pickett, L. P. Hauser. Harry W. Crane, R. A. Dodson, Chyle Garrett, Hildrey Ivey, Ed H. Lloyd; O. M. Powers, Alvin Haw kins, R. B. Riley. O. L. Berry, H. M. Truitt, B. H. Lloyd. • Chapel Hill Rotary Offers Huggins. As District Head Chapel Hill—Vic Huggins, prom inent Chapel Hill hardware deal er, civic leader and chairman, has been nominated by the Chapel Hill Rotary Club as a candidate for Governor of the 189th District of Rotary International, an area em bracing 86 Clubs in the upper half of the State from Burlington to the coast. Mr. Huggins has been active in Rotary for a number of years. He was chairman of the District Con ference in Pinehurst in 1944, sec retary of the Chapel Hill Club in 1944-45, and during his adminis tration as president of the Chap el Hill Club won the President’s award for the best all-round Jre^ cord in the District in 1945-46. Mr. Huggins'is owner and man ager of Huggins Hardware Com pany and* is a member of the le gislative committee of Carolinas Hardware Association ..Prior to en tering the hardware business, he was state wholesale representative i for the Haas Tailoring Company. A native of Henderson couni> and a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1925, Mr. Hug gins taught in Fletcher and in Winston-Salem before entering business. , 'T He was a prominent student leader during his undergraduate days at the University. He was veil ed the most energetic member of his senior class, was head cheei - leader in 1924-25, and was active in debating and as a member of the Carolina Playmakers, Gl<je Club, and YMCA. , Mr. Huggins is a member of tne Board of Deacons of the First Presbyterian Church, .the Masonic Lodge, a< Shriner, and is a past president of the Chapel Hill Mer chant’s Association. Red Cross Goal Exceeded John P. Ballard, camapign manager for the Orange county Red Cross drive, announced this week that the chapter exceed ed Its goal of $1,000 by $110 m raising $1,110 during the March Red Cross campaign/ Certificates of award are be ing prepared for the workers who contributed their time dur ing the campaign, Ballard said, rihd *IS be- presented tnMto * ’future-. . Carl C. Davis, Orange county tax collector, it chairman of the chapter. . Protests Trash Being Damped, Not Burned Dumping trash and garbage picked up in Hillsboro on property out of town and not burning or des troying it has resulted in the Hillsboro town officers being crit icised by county citizens living near the garbage dump. An appeal was issued to THE NEWS this week to call attention to the fact that flies and other in sects, with warm weather com ing, would. be .. attracted by the trash. —- “Last summer,” the'^spokesman said, “we were forced to keep our windows closed most of the time to keep the insects out of the house.” Scene Of Eight-County Church Meeting The New Hope Presbyterian church is shown in the above picture. This was the scene of activity Monday as Presbyterians from eight counties in the Orange Presbytery gathered to inspect a camp site. Orange and Alamance counties are included in the Orange Presbytery. 10 File For Town Board; Ben Johnston Is Mayor • As Walker Quits Race Ben G. Johnston, mayor of Hillsboro for the past 14 years, despite his stated intentions not to file for mayor again this year, was forced into the job Monday when Charles M. Walker, Jr., who filed last week, announced his withdrawal 45 minutes before filing time closed Monday. ■‘I don’t want the job again,” Johnstonsaid as he offered his name—which means that he will be tne next mayor since no one filed against him--but under the circumstances thet>e was little for Johnston to do except file his candidacy. In anounclng his withdrawal, Walker said that after considering it all last week, he had reached the decision that he did not have the time from his busines as proprie tor of Walker Milling Company to put to the many duties he would be called upon to perform in the job. At the time of Walker’s with drawal, there were only 45 min utes of filing time remaining and it is doubtful that anyone would have filed against him. • . ^ ; i COM Ml SSI ONER RACE Eight more candidates announc ed their intention of seeking one of the five positions on the town board. One of the eight requested that his name not be announced at this time as he was considering withdrawing from the race before the election day. *■ The. other seven plus the two. who had previously annouiiced are Frank H. Walker,, incumbent; V. M7 Forrest; member of The board for seven years before entering the aimy; T. N. Webb, Thomas E. See (FILE) on page 4 Revaluation Is Completed In 4 Areas New assessments made on prop erty in Orange county for taxation purposes will be announced to property owners in letter form to be sent from the county tax of fice about June 1, G. W. Ray, tax supervisor, announced this week. He said that the board of asses sors had completed reassessing the property in Cedai* Grove, Little River, Hillsboro and Cheeks town ship. Eno, Bingham and Chapel Hill townships still need to be completed before the new assess ments can be made known, it was pointed out. No notices will be mailed to property owners un til all townships are completed. “It is being hoped that the revaluation of the property will be completed by June 1,” Ray stated. Between June F and October 1, property owners will be given op porTuriities to a ppeal the. valuations placed on their property. Taxes become due October 1. See (REVALUATION) on page 4 Soil Conservation Practices In Orange County H. S. Hogan of near Chapel Hill is shown on the left discing side of a terrace prior to planting small grass. On the right are white-faced Herefords in clover on the farm of Reid Roberts neai* Hillsboro. Both pictures were made on November 13 of last year by John W. Bush of the Soil Conservation service. ■s, By Mae V. Lark Results ofthe carefully planned activity of the Neuse River Soil Conservation District can be seen on 758, almost half, of the 1870 farms in Orange county. Yet there are many farmers who do not know the benefits they can derive through the help of this group. Since its beginning in 1939, the Soil Conservation Service^. has worked with individuals to enable them to obtain greater efficiency from their farm lands by keeping the soil in the fields, raising the degree of fertility of the soil, and putting each acre of land to its proper use. 7~.~ ORGANIZED 1939 The Neuse River Soil Conser vation district was organized in 1939 to serve Orange, Durham, and Wake counties at the request of a group of farmers from these counties. Johnston and Wilson counties were later included. H. S. Hogan of Orange has served as chairman since the beginning of the project. 4oil conserva^onists serving this county are R. L. Mohler, O. P. Southerland, and C. V. Ferguson. Mohler helps the farmer in formu lating plans; Southerland and'Fer guson assist in executing them. To date, they have practiced crop rotation on 15,589 acres in the, county, strip cropping on 940 ac res, and contour farming on 2075 acres. PINE8 SET OUT Two hundred fourteen acres of woodland have been improved by the cutting away of decayed trees and thinning; trees have been planted on 516 acres. Nine teen thousand pines are being set out this spring. The preservation of wildlife has been aided by the conservationists. They have sown seeds for food and nesting material on 30 acres. They have also supervised the building of 21 farm fish ponds and have supplied fopd for thp fish. They have supervised farm drainage, pasture improvement, terracing and the planting of grass es to prevent erosion and tb re build poor land. *The Soif C&hserva'iioit ServitSf Nursery located near Chapel Hill serves as aft experimental station for the district. V, West Hill Group Plans Activities The Planning Committee of the West Hillsboro Civic Organiza tion met and plans were formu lated for the next three months ac tivities at a meeting held Thurs day. The following attended: Sidney Green, personnel manager of Eno mill and chairman of the civic organization; John Terrell, Clar ence Crawford, Chester Riley, Mrs. M. E. Webb, health educator with the health department; Miss Ruby Gibson, nurse trainee with the health department; Ralph Boat man, health education trainee with the health department. Mr. Green presided while plans were formed for getting the year’s activities under way. The group decided to hold a Com munity Brunswick Stew and Mr. Riley was elected chairman of that activity. _ Mr. Crawford was elected chair man of the program committee and he is conjunction with Mr. Green have promised some fine musical programs which will de light both young and. old. Mr, Terrell will again head the DDT demonstration activities and he has promised to see that de monstrations are held in all of the neighborhoods of West Hilslboro so that the members of the com munity may have an opportunity to see for themselves the advan tages of having.their-homes spi ay-.. ed with DDT. Some members raised the ques tion of rodent control and it was decided to launch a community campaign with Bob Marine head ing up this program and utilizing the assistance of the Boy Scouts in putting it across. The DDT demonstrations began on Tuesday, April 8, with demon strations on New Hill. Wednesday demonstrations were given on the Mountain, and during the follow ing weeks demonstrations will take place throughout the communi ty. It is hoped that some one, can See (PLANS) on page 4 Four Calves At One iTime; Cow Recovers E. D . Ray of route 3, Hillsboro, belives that his Jersey cow has set some sort of record by drop ping quadruplets—all stillborn— at his farm in Orange county last week. , As reported by his son-in-law, W. A. Gordon, also of route 3, Hillsboro, the three bulls and one heifer all weighed about 50 pounds apiece. Ernest Myers of route 3, Jiills boro, was present at the time and assisted in administering to the Jersey cow during and following the still-births of the four calves. It is believed by them and farm workers in, this section that this ia. the first instance-of one cow dropping four calves at one lihne. The cow survived the ordeal and at last reports was on the road to recovery. ' " ■ - -.. -'P. 1 ■-■■--'■V ....-.. Orange Presbytery Representatives View Historic New Hope Grounds For Gamp The New Hope area was selected as an ideal place for the camp be cause of the topography of the ground and the natural beauty of the site. The New Hope church donated its 67 acres for the pro ject, and through the generosity of T. G. Gunn, an Elder in the First Presbyterian church of San ford, the trustees of Orange Pres bytery hold title to 60 acres-im mediately adjoining the church property, making a total of 127 acres for the project. TENTATIVE PLANS Tentative plans include 23 cab ins each in the girls’ apd boys’ quarters. Each cabin will Accom modate approximately ten persons. Four buildings, the Administra tion, the Assembly, ,the Lodge, and the Dining Hall, will house the of fices, first aid room, quarters for visitors to the camp, indoor recre ation facilities, and dining rooms. A home will be furnished for the camp director. Plans include a two and one half acre lake, a swimming pool _2QQ feel square,. an athletic field, and spacious picnic grounds. Crushed stone wil be applied to existing" roads leading to the site. These roads will also be widened. The site will be used for camp ing and conference ■ purposes by any or all of the organized groups in member churches in Grange Presbytery, which is made up of Presbyterian churches in Orange, Alamance, Lee, Guilford, Caswell, Randolph, Chatham and Rocking ham counties. CAMP TRUSTEES -- The camp trustees selected by the Presbytery are Henry V. Koonts, Higl\Point, chairman; Rev. Herman J. Wombledorf, Yancey ville, vice-chairman; Rev. Henry Patterson, Greensboro, secretary; C. Fred Carlson,r Greensboro, treasurer; Rev. W. M. Baker, Me bane; Rev. N. N. Fleming, Mebane; Rev. Marion S. Huske, Reidsville; Mrs. Waylon Blue, Jonesboro, Mrs. Ralph Holt, Burlington; Mrs. H. D. Jones, Graham; George F. Mc Millan, Greensboro; Garland Kirk land, Chapel Hill; T. D. Rose, Chapel Hill; E. P. Barnes, Hills boro; and Mrs. T. G. Gunn, San ford. A map showing the plans of the camp was explained to the group who gathered inside the church in the afternoon by Rev. Patterson, secretary of the board of trustees. Henry V. Koonts, chairman, an nouncod that April 20 has been designated as Camp Sunday, when the matter will be presented to all the churches and a minimum donation of $1 per member re- - quested. The date for construction work to begin on the project will be set after that date. During the morning, the group enjoyed an egg hunt and music furnished by the Hillsboro high school band, who made its first appearance in the new blue and white uniforms. The uniforms ar rived Monday morning shortly be fore.. ihe band left Hillsboro. A lunch of barbecue and bruns wick stew was served by the lad- • ies of New Hope church. Approxi- - mately 450 were fed. PAST HISTORY The New Hope church was or ganized in 1756 by a group of freedom-loving settlers who came to this section to establish homes On the virgin soil. Inspired with See (CAMP) on page 4 University Hand Concert On April 13 Chapel Hill—The University of North Carolina Band, composed o£ 90 members and directed by Prof. Earl Slocum of the Music Depart ment, will give its annual spring concert in Memorial Hall at Chap el Hill Sunday afternoon, April 13, at 4 o’clock. The public is in vited. Two soloists, Paul Vittur, Uni versity student from Roxboro, trombonist, a^d Billy Thompson, Chapel Hill grammar school stu dent and xylophonist, will be fea tured on the program. They will play “Adagio” from Cello Con certo by Joseh Hadyn, and “Pet er's Chinese Nightmare” by C. W. Coons, respectively. Other numfcers to be given in clude “Amparito Roco" (Spanish March) by iaime Texider; “The Merry Wives of Windsor Over ture”, Otto Nicolai; “An American Rhapsody”, Victor Cherven; “Street Scene”, Alfred Newman. - i “La Sorella March”. L. Gallini; “Perpetinaa XSobilr” Strauss; “First Norwegian Rhap sody”, Melius Charistansen, and “Jericho”, Morton Gould.
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