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your advertising mes sage IN THE NEWS WILL BRING THE DE8IRED RE SULTS 4 THE NEWS of Orange -Awarded First Place General Excellence by North Carolina Press Association for 1946— Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, April *4, 1947 (Published Weekly) ■; vl MORE PEOPLE READ THE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN ORANGE COUNTY 10 Pages This Week Orange Farm Youths To Enter 47 Calves In Durham* Stock Show Farm boys will not be the only ones exhibiting, beef steers at the second annual Durham Fat Stock Show and Sale. April 29 and 30. Several farm girls have grown out beef calves for the event. Above, Polly Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Roberts of Hillsboro, route 1, shows off “Lightning,” the 850-pound Hereford she will enter. Farm youngsters from six counties wiM enter approximately 135 steers in the show and sale. The public is invited to attend the event, which wil be held in Roycroft’s Warehouse in Durham. N. C. Symphony To Appear In Chapel Hill On April 28 Chapel Hill—Chapel Hill and Orange county, home the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, will get its opportunity April 28 to hear the famed musical organi zation which is in the midst of its annual concert season, appearing in all sections of the State from the mountains to the coast. Directed by Dr. Benjamin F. Swalin, the Orchestra, whose per sonnel . numbers upwards to 65, will appear in Memorial Hall at the University of North Carolina twice on Monday, April 28. The main concert, for adults, will be given that night at 8:30 o’ctock, while the free school children’s concert is scheduled for that after noon at 2:30. Tickets for the evening con cert will be on sale, begining next Monday, at Ledbetter-Pickard’s. It was pointed out at the Symphony headquarters here today that this will be a general ticket sale and not a membership concert. The Symphony’s tour, the larg est this spring in its history, will continue through May 15. Begin ning in Reidsville Auril 9, the en tire Orchestra will have appeared in 25 different cities and -towns by that time, giving two concerts in the large majority of the com munities. In February and March the Lit tle Symphony of 20 of the regu lar Orchestra personnel, toured the smaller towns of the State. By May 16, the two groups will have given a total of 115 concerts in 59 different cofnmunities to set a new record. REA To Get Nationwide Safety Award F. E. Joyner, manager of the Piedmont Electric Membership Cooperative and Clyde Roberts, treasurer of the cooperative, left Hillsboro last Friday for Chicago where they boaded a special train for Spokane, Washington, to at tend a meeting of the National Ru ral Electric Cooperative Associa ' tion. During the meeting the men will be presented with a bronze plaque in recognition of the association running up a total of 50,000 man hours without a lost-time accident. The Piedmont Electric Member ship Cooperative is one of 26, such cooperatives in the United States to be presented safety awards dui - ing the meeting. Joyner and Roberts expect to he gone on the trip about two weeks. ^he Piedmont Electric Member ship Cooperative has lines and serves rural Orange, Alamance, Durham, Caswell, Person and Granville counties. At present 1,271 members are being served over a network of 400 miles of lines. attend wedding Mrs. Pat Johns and daughters, Patricia and Gretchen, have gone to Atlanta, Ga., to visit Mrs- John’s unc>e sad aunt,z Mr.' Mrs. Al bert R. Jones, and to attend the wedding of their daughter, Miss Ann Jones. Models Dress The above picture shows Bob bie Sue Gibbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs! J. F. Gibbs, of route 3, Hillsboro, wearing the two piece wool dress she .modeled in the State FHA style 6how in Raleigh, April 12. The dress, made by Mis Gibbs, is of black and white virgin woo! with red trirn buttons. Her accessories consisted of a red felt hat and a red leather shoulder bag with black gloves and shoes. The to tal cost of the dress, not includ ing the time Miss Gibbs spent making it, was $14.30. Four delegates from the Hills boro chapter of the Future Home makers of America and their ad viser, Miss Helen Sorrell, attend ed the second annual meeting of the North Carolina FutureHome makers of America Association held April 12 in Hugh Morson high school in Raleigh. The delegates, were: Aurelia Trimm, Audrey Patterson. Carrie Lee"6ardie, Bobbie Sue Gibbs and the adviser, Miss Sorrell. Principal speaker of the day was Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, superintend ent'of public instruction of North Carolina. A style show, in which Miss Gibbs participated, was a fea ture. One hundred girls from North Carolina modeled dresses they had made in the show. New Hope Grange___ Banquet The New Hope Grange will sponsor a banquet with Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Caldwefl as prin cipal speakers on Wednesday night, April 30, starting at 7 p m. Lexie L. Ray, State Grange Lec turer, and Executive Vice-Presi dent of the North Carolina Dairy Products Association, will serve as.toastmaster. Special music will ^rendered by the “Friendly Four Quartet” of Durham. ^■A series ot six educational pro erams was recently sponsored by the Grange and the speakers at See (NEW HOPE) on Pa«e 5 Forty-seven calves from Orange county are expected to be enter ed in the Durham Fat Stack show, sponsored by the Durham Kiwan is club, on April 29 and 30, Ed Barnes, assistant county farm agent announced this week. ^‘Mo|t^j3f the calves in the county are in good condition,” Barnes said, “and 1 believe we could easily pick 37 that would be better, except for the grand cham pion, than were entered in last year's show,” he added. From 140-150 calves from Per son, Alamance, Granville, Dur ham, Chatham and Orange coun ties are expected to be entered in the. competition. - - • • .^The following youths from Or ange county will enter calves in the show: John Maddry, Polly Roberts, Broughton Clark, Glenn Carruth ers, Ted Martin, Richard Roberts, Mary Smith, Doris Taylor, Jack Dunn. Jimmy Dunn, Jim Compton, Buddy Williams, Dorothy Dorsett, Joe Compton, George Cooke, Ralph Compton. Hugh Liner, Jimmy Liner, Wil ~tl5m~ Dorsett. Jimmy Dorsett, Dwight Compton, Sam Oldham, Don Collins, Jackie McDade, Fay Hogan, S. J. Parker, Jr., Stan ford Whitfield, Henry Cate. Oliver Roberts, Olivia Roberts,' J. E. Grasty, Jr„ Robert Poe, Jane Hogan, Dorothy Hogan, Bill Ho gan, Jessie G. Nichols, J. C. Haw kins and Gay Hogan. 1946 FIRST SHOW Held last year for the first time, the. show featured 37 calves which were exhibited by farm boys and girls from the six counties. At the sale, the calves averaged 55 Vz cents ,a pound. The event is sponsored by the Durham Kiwanis Club. Agricultural workers who have helped the farm youngsters in get ting the animals in top shape for the show say the quality of the calves generally is excellent, per haps better than in 1946. Funds to finance the show have been contributed by Durham mer See (SHOW) on Page 5 Corn Contest Attracts 21, 40 Is Goal With the announcement that 21 farmers in Orange county have en tered the corn growing contest sponsored by the Bank of Chapel Hil, agricultural leaders said that a goaToiTW'entries'had been set for the corn contest this year. The contest was sponsored by the bank last year and resulted in Joe Wilson, route 2, Mebane, being acclaimed as the com champion in the county by producing an av erage of 92.4 bushels to an acre. The entries are: J. I. Dickey, route 2, Hillsboro; Harold Walker, route 2, Hillsboro; W. O. Mincey, route 1, Hillsboro; W. L. Miller, toTit'e 1," Hillsbofo; Fred" Reitzel, mute '2tj,Hillsboro;.:. —L— John G. Lockhart, route 1, Dur ham; June Smith, route 3, Chapel Hill; J. R. Weaver, route 1, Hills boro; J. E. Latta, route 1, Hills boro; Robert Thompson, route 1, Chapel Hill; J. L. Scotton, route 1, Efland; Robert Tolar, route 1, Ef land; J. E. Hawkins, Cedar Grove; Reid Roberts, route 1, Hillsboro; Clyde Roberts, route 1, Hillsboro; and Truitt Lloyd, route 2, Mebane. John H. Cate, route 2, Chapel Hill: Sam Nelson, route 2, Mebane; ! J. E'.. Hawkins, Cedar Grove; Joe Wilson, route 2, Mebane; and Guy Jones, route 1, Chapel Hill. Prizes will be: 1st, $100 savings bond; 2nd,_ $25 sa'vings bond; and third,*$10 cash. It is' also planned to hold a com show in Hillsboro at the comple tion of the contest in which the winning corn will be displayed. County agricultural leaders are hoping that at least 10 producers will exceed an average of 100 bushels to the acre. Any farmer in the county is eli gible to enter, provided he makes application by May 31. An en trance fee is not charged. Funds Accepted For. Victims Voluntary Red Cross contribu tions for the relief of the Texas City explosion sufferers will be ac cepted by cither the Chapel Hill or the Orange County Red Cross chapters, it was pointed out ^His week. Contributions should be mailed te the. Red Cross chairmanta either Chapel Hilt of Hfffsbbro, depend ing upon which chapter the* con tributor desires to receive credit for the contributions. What carelesa driving habits of others annoy you most? R. L. Mohler, Hillsboro: “The habit of failing to stop at Inter sections of seconda'ry Import ance.” J. 8. Fleming, Mebane, “Slow ness in making up one’s mind, or changing it at the. last min ute.” Ernest Wilkins, Hillsboro, “Pulling out from the curb with out looking back.” Mrs. Mary Boggs, route 2, Hillsboro, ‘‘Passing on curves and hills.” \ T. E. Rice, Hillsboro, “Drivers who do more sightseeing than driving.” ’ - .. - :r-zz.L~£Z- . /. G. Greer Speaks Here ■ Sunday, May 4 Dr. I. G. Greer, superintendent of the Baptist orphanage at Thomasville and president of the North Carolina Good Health As sociation, will be the speaker for the May meeting of the laymen's league in Hillsboro. Dr. Greer will speak in the Hillsboro school auditorium Sun day night. May 4, at 8 p.m. The 30-piece orphanage band is also coming to Hillsboro with Dr. Grefer to provide music for the occasion. The talk is being sponsored by the Baptist Methodist, Presbyter ian and Episcopal churches of Hillsboro. HDC Members To Attend Zone Meeting The Eighth District Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs, which includes Orange, Durham, Chatham, Person and Wake Coun ties, Will hold its annual meeting in Durham on Thursday, April 24. Beginning at 10:00 o'clock, the meeting wil be held in the Duke Memorial Methodist church, lo cated on the corner of Chapel Hill and Duke streets. Miss Iris Davenport, Woman’s Editor of the Southern Agricul turist Magazine, will be the prin cipal speaker. As a former clothing specialist, she will speak on, “ Dis tinctive Dress”. Miss Davenport is a North Carolinian; has a B. S. degree from University of Geor gia; M. A. degree, Columbia Uni versity^, further graduate study in See (HDC) on Page 5 Home Beauty Tilt Judges Are Named Mrs. H. R. Totten of Chapel Hill, T. N. Webb and Garland Mil ler, both of Hillsboro, have been selected to judge the Orange coun ty Rural Home Beautification Con test, sponsored by the Hillsboro Branch of the Durham Bank & Trust Company These judges to gether with representatives of the USDA Council will visit all con testants in the near future. Besides observing the plans for making more attractive their farm homes and grounds, these judges will be glad to offer helpful sug gestions to any contestants who might wish to take advantge of their experience, Don Matheson, county agent, said. “Mrs. Totten, who has served as president of the State Garden Cliub, has had'wide experience in owner of Hillsboro Flower Shop See (BEAUTY) on ^Page S 1 ' ' Proposed Bond Issue Increased By $45,000 For Extra School Needs; Vote May Be On June 10 Two-way Race For Mayor Develops In Chapel Hill, 10 Days Before Elections Coleman Quits Commissioner Race In Election Witk the Hillsboro town election 12 days off, H. G. Coleman, Sr., announced this week that he had withdrawn from the race for town commissioner. Coleman is the second man to announce his withdrawal from the election. Early in April Charles Walker, Jr.; who had filed for Mayor, withdrew 45 minutes be fore the deadline for filing closed. Mayor Ben' Johnston, who had earlier announced his intention not :o seek re-election, then filed and will be Hillsboro’s nexl mayor inless a determined write-in-vote were to upset him. Withdrawal of Coleman leaves eight men in the race for,com missioner: Frank H. Walker, V. VT. Forrest, Thomas E. Shue, J. L. Brown, Jr., R. J. Smith, H. Broad well, T. N. Webb, and Marshall Bates, Jr.— Five men will be selected for town commissioners. Brown and Walker are the only members ot the present board to file for re election. ■" 100 Attend , Pilgrimage Here T. N. Webb of Hillsboro, who had charge of the Garden Club Pilgrimage here last Thursday, said that over 100 persons registered at the headquarters. In s .. yru,j$ house and that many more viewed the gardens and! other exhibits during the one-day pilgrimage here. He issued a special thanks to the mayor, the town board of com missioners, civic leader and THE NEWS for the support given the Garden Club in conducting the Pil grimage here Join Manning Henry Whitfield In Judge Race Chapel Hill—The municipal el ection picture in Chapel Hill de veloped into a two^man race for the mayor’s office Monday when Paul H. Robertson, local insur ance man, filed as a candidate to oppose R. W. Madry, incumbent. Election day is Tuesday, May 6; In the only other contested cam paign John Manning will oppose incumbent Henry Whitfield for judge of recorder’s court. Fred O. Bowman has with drawn his candidaney for a seat on the board of aldermen, .leav ing the four other candidates un opposed. P. L. Burch, R. J. M. Hobbs and Obie Davis will be re elected for four-year terms on the town board. E. B. Patterson, com mander of the local American Le gion post, will be elected to a two year term. Edwin S. Lanier and Bernice Fitch, other members of the six-man board, still have two years of their present terms to serve. Madry, who is director of the University News Bureau, has been mayor of Chapel Hill since 1942, when he was elected by the board of alderman to fill the unexpir ed term of John M. Foushee, who resigned after moving his resi dence to the country. Since that time Madry has been re-elect‘vi opposition to two full terms. Robertson, who has lived in Chapel Hill for the past four years has served a four-year term as alderman. He was not a candi date for re-election. He is active in American Legion affairs and is a member of the Masonic lodge and Junior Order. To provide for more school needs in Chapel Hill and in the county school systems, the Orange county board of commissioners, meeting until nearly midnight Tuesday night, decided to offer to the voters on June Id a proposed bond issue of $1,045,000 instead of the million-dollar issue decided upon at a previous meeting a week earlier. The proposed issue was increas ed when the Orange county school board received from the Chapel Hill board of trustees a request for $407,500 as compared to the $382,500 the Chapel Hill school would have received under the original bond order. COUNTY SYSTEM TOTAL The Orange county school sys tem, under the new bond vote de cision, wil be allocated a total of $402,500 instead of the original $382,500 as proposed under the million-dollar bond issue. Late Tuesday afternoon the Chapel Hill board of trustees, act ing under presure applied by the Chapel Hill Parent-Teacher Asso ciation, voted unanimously to pe tition the “Orange county group for an extra $25,000. * Rather than cut any of the al locations for the schools in the county or to curtail any of the court house or office construction plans to locate the extra $25,000 requested by the Chapel Hill group the commissioners voted to pe tition the local government com mission lor permission to hold a $1,045,000 bond election vote in stead of the original million dollar vote. The News of Orange County agreed to hold up printing of this edition until G. W. Ray, county accountant and Coljier £obb, Jr., chairman of the board ot county I commissioners, could contact ol fi*^* Raleigh Wednesday rriof mug to have the increased bond election approved. Printing was held up in order to' publish the necessary legal papier on the elec tion. Permission for Orange county to conduct a $1,045,000 bond election was given by the Local Govern ment Commission about 10 ajn. Wednesday. 300 Attend Banquet Held Thursday ^ ^ ; inniiii'iHMir Min in i . __ ._ Jim Rittenhouse, band director at Hillsboro school caught State Superintendent of School Clyde A. was made Thursday night at the banquet held in the sitting in front of him a plate of rolls. The picture Erwin in this picture as he was offering the people cafeteria of the school in Hillsboro. Identified in the "photo are: Left to right, A. C. Teachy of Raleigh; Helen Crabtree, Mrs. Elmer Dowdy, Elmer Dow dy, Mary Claytor,' Toastmaster Tom Bivins, Superintendent Erwin and Mrs. Erwin. The two people sitting in the foregrpund on the left were not indentified. Approximately 300 persons from all sections of Orange-_county at tended the banquet held Thurs day night in the school cafeteria in Hillsboro honoring the Future Farmers of America, the Future Homemakers of America, and the Veteran Farm Training Classes be. ing taught in the county. Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state sup intendent of public instruction, was the principal speaker for the banquet. He 'used a* his subject: •“Conservation of tjaiural Re sources.” ,-u „ „ The speaker pointed out that 4 1-2 inches of the top 7 inches of soil had already been wasted and that it was the responsibili ty of this generation to plan a program of education necessary to promote wise utilization of our basic resource. The Hillsboro high school band furnished music for the banquet. It was under the direction of Jim Rittenhouse, band director. Toastmaster was Tom E. Biv ins of Hillsboro. The Rev. Charles S. Hubbard, pastor of the Hillsboro Methodist cSt cation and the playing of the Star Spangled Banner closed the banquet. Other sepakers on the program were: toast to parents and guests, Landis Cannady, president of the Hillsboro chapter of theFFA; Mrs. Mitchel Lloyd, response; FFA creed, J. E. Grasty; FFA purposes, Richard Murray; synopsis of Vet erans Farmer Training Program, R. E. Cummings; highlights of FFA activities, Helen Crabtree. The Latta Cooperative Dairy in Hillsboro was recognised for do nating the milk and aream used ers Dairy Cooperative In Chapel See (SANQUET) on Page 5
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