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your advertising MES. Sags in the news will bring the desired re sults >1 54- No- 18 —Awarded First Place General Excellence by North Carolina Press Association for 1946— Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, May 1, 1947 (Published Weekly) MORE PEOPLE READ THE NEWS THAN A.'Y OTHER NEWSPAPER ^ ISHF.D ? - IN ORANG OJNTY = 8 Pages This Week — Municipal )fficials n Contest Next Tuesday, May 6, is election y featuring in Chapel Hill a o-man, race for the mayor’s oi e and a similar campaign for jge of recorder’s court. In Hills ro five commissioners will be :cted from a field of eight men. Mayor Ben Johnston of Hills ro> who had earlier announced ; intention "not fo seek re-elec in, filed after Charles Walker, withdrew 45 minutes before e deadline for filing closed, John >n will remain Hillsboro’s mayor less a determined write in vote :re to upset him. In the race for commissioner e Frank H. Walker, V. M. For st,iThomas E. Shue, J. L. Brown, R. J. Smith, H. Broadwell, T. Webb, and Marshall Cates, Jr. Tn Chapel Hill, Paul H. Robert !, insurance man, has filed as a didate for- the office of mayor jppose R. W. Madry, incumbent, the only other contested cam gn John Manning will oppose umbent Henry Whitfield for ge of recorders court. '. L. Burch, R.J.M. Hobbs, and e Davis will be re-elected for lur-year terms on the town board [ aldermen. E. B. Patterson, com lander of the local American Le on post, will be elected to a two sar term, Edwin S. Lanier and ernice Fitch, other members of le six-man board, still have two jars of their present terms to ;rve. Polls in Hillsboro will be open om 7 a.m. until 6 p.m., accord ig Miss Marjorie Cole, town erk. o Honor 9 *ast Grand Masters Here Nine Past Grand Masters, Eagle odge No. 19 A. F. and A. M. will e presented with jewels at a idies night meeting of the lodge i Hilsboro on Wednesday night, lay 14. Past Grand Masters who will be onored are: Dr. J. S. Spurgeon, S. truclwick, S. C. Forrest, J. A. Whitaker, H. G. Coleman, Sr., "A. Williams, R. J. Smith, J. B. lidgett and J. C. McDade. The meeting will be held at :30 p.m. in the Masonic lodge in lillsboro. Light refreshments will e served. chool Paper Sponsors Show “The Proconian”, Chapel Hill hgh School weekly newspaper, ill sponsor “The Proconival”, on 'riday, May 2 in the high school in can. Matinee will be from 4 «to for children, and the night per ormance for high school students nd adults from 7 till 11 p.m. The carnival features a number ►f shows, games, prizes, clowns, nd fortune telling. THE NEWS Asks ... Are your daydreams imprac tical? Mrs. Bertha Cook, Cedar Grove: “My daydreams are al ways about the house I’m going to build, and they are very prac tical." Mrs. Jeanette Atlert; Chapel Hill: “I hope mine are not im practical, because I want them to come true some day." E. F. Humphries, Carrbdro: “My daydreams are> practical. They are plans to enlarge the laundry and cleaners (Twin Vi I - age) to satisfactorily take care of the business we have. Mrs. Raymond L. Andrews, Carrboro: “No. Hard work can make day dreams come true. Mine are for an ideal home." 40 Members Attend HDC Area Meet Miss Iris Davenport, above, was the guest speaker at the , eighth district meeting of Home demonstration clubs in Durham last week. Forty members from Orange County attended the Eighth Dis trict meeting of- the North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstra tion, ^Clubs last week. Durham county was hostess to the delegates from Person, Chatham, Wake and Orange counties. Mrs. R. E. Ward, district chairman of Chatham county, presided. She was' assist ed in the afternoon by Mrs. Clar ence Cole, vice-chairman of Or ange county. —During—the- fifteen minutes- pri or to the opening of the meeting,’ an Organ -prelude was given -by Mrs. S. J. Arigier, Duke Memorial Churcji organist. After the meet ing was" allied to order, Mrs. Boyd Browning conducted the devo tional. The welcome was given by Mrs. W. K. Cuyler of Durham county. The response was given by Mrs. C. W. Salinger of Wake. Greetings were brought from the See (40 MEMBERS) on Page 8 Id Part Of Caldwell School uilding Condemned By State The old part of the Caldwell school building, constructed in 19 24, has been condemned by state building inspectors and must be tom down, it was announced this week by R. H. Claytor, school sup intendent of Orange county. The building consists of six rooms and an auditorium and was formerly used as a high school. A four-room addition was construct ^ approximately six years when the high school was established there is still being used as the elementary section of the school. Except for an occasional com munity meeting the old part of the building has not been used since the high school was dis continued at the start of this school year. Part of the $810,000 school bond issue—if approved by the voters m the election scheduled for June V wiil be used in tearing down the building and constructing an auditorium for the- use of the school /pnd community! Band Concert May 9 For Uniforms In an effort to raise money to help pay for the band uniforms the Hillsboro high school band will play a concert Friday night, May 9, in the Hillsboro school auditor ium. Efforts to date to raise money for the uniforms have resulted in a to tal of $625 being colected. Chairman of the committee is Jack Blieden. Other members are R O. -Forrest, Sidney Green, Steve Allison, and Jim Rittenhouse. A total of $1,300 is needed Anyone desinig to contribute is requested to send the money to one of the committee members or to this newspaper. , t Violet Dorriety Spelling Bee W inner In Orange County Violet - Dorriety, 13-year-old i eighth grade student of Hillsboro! school, has been declared spelling bee champion in Orange county by virtue of her victory over six other students in a contest held in Hillsboro last week. __ Violet is a pupil in Mrs. Herman Strayhorn’s home room and is a resident of,route 1, Durham. Other participants in the corftest and the school they represent were: Edward Roberts, 11 years old, fifth grade at West Hillsboro; Frances Hicks, 12 years old, sixth grade at Murphey; Joanne Lee, 13 years old, eighth grade at Efland; Charles Hughes, 13 years old, sev enth grade at Aycock; Carol, 13 years old, eighth grade at Carr boro; and Evelyn McPherson, 13 years old. eighth grade at White Cross. ---:-• —Runner up in the contest was Joanne Lee, representative of the Efland school. Judges were Mrs. Clara L. Lee of Efland; Mrs. R. B. Studebaker of Carrbore; and Mrs. R. H. Clay tor of Hillsboro, teacher in the Aycock school. Winner goes to Winston-Salem Saturday, May 3, where she will participate in the Winston-Sajem Journal-Sentinel spelling bee to be held in the auditorium of the Reynolds high school at 3 p.m. Saturday. While in Winston-Sal em, Violet, along with winners from other schools in the area, will be the guest of the Journal Sentinel at a luncheon to be held in the Robert E. Lee Hotel. Hubbard Appears On Panel The Rev .Charles S. Hubbard, pastor of the Hillsboro ^tethodist church, participated in a panel dis cussion this week at the North Car olina Conference of Social work ers in Asheville. The topic of the-discussion was “Solial Legislation Looking Ahead.” Hubbard spoke on ‘TJse of Leisure Time.” - — ‘ Others -participating in the dis cussion were j. M. Broughton, former governor of North Carolina, who discussed social legislation; Dr. Frank P. Graham, .president of the University of North Carolina, who spoke on education; Dr. S. J. Hobbs of Chapel Hill, social j^ell being; Mrs. Ellen Winstead, North Car olina welfare head, child and fam ily welfare; and Harry Caldwell of Greensboro, physical well being. 4ycoek High Seniors Give Plays May *2 The senior class of Aycock hight school, Cedar Grove, in Orange' county, will present three one-act plays in the school auditorium Friday evening, May 2, at 8 o’clock. The first of there plays will be “Super-Cupid”' by Fremont Varn um, which is a comedy with the cast of characters as follows: Fair- i fax Oldham, Tim Stewart; Lois ] Ward, Mrs. Stewart; Sammy Ge orge, Mr. Stewart; J. C. Hall, Ralph Steel; Foy Berry, Jane Stewart; Harold Riley, Vance Malone., The second play onvJhe program will be a farce, “A Crazy Violet” by Van Wallen. The cast is the following eight characters: Nell McAdams, Mrs. Martin; Marian Abee. Beth; Hazel Tate, Ruth; Pat sy Ellis, Myrtle; Mildred McCul loch, Patty; Dorothy Pore, Dot; Mary Ruth Ward, Carlotta; Annie Wagoner, Violett Rae. . The third play a comedy, “Bob by Sox”, will be presented by Mary Alice Boland, Mrs. Hanna; Iris McCulloch, Bobby Sox; Robert Long, Norton Brown; Rita Vaughn, Margie; Delmo Berry, Cal; Nelson Wright, Bill; Ira Ward, Cliff. During the intermission of these plays T. C. Ellis, a popular pianist of Cedar Grove, will render a spe cial musical program at the piano. These plays are being directed by Mrs. C. H. Pender. Drawing For Gar Saturday At J P. M. Drawing for a free car to be given away by the Hillsboro post No. 85 of the American Le gion will be held Saturday af ternoon. May S','in front of the court house in Hillsboro The Hillsboro high school band will play a concert prior to the drawing and tickets on the car will be offered until 2 p.m., ac cording to announcements of Legion officials here. Greer’s Topic For Talk Here Is Announced Dr. I. G. Greer, superintendent of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville, and president of the North Carolina Good Health As sociation, will speak in the audi torium of the Hillsboro high school at 8:00 o’clock Sunday evening, May 4. His topic will be “Lay men as Interpreters of Christiani ty.” Special piusic for the program will be provided by the Orphan age band of thirty pieces. The meeting is being sponsored by the Laymen’s League of Hills boro; which is an inter-denomina tional organization with represen tatives from the Baptist, Method ist, Presbytertrfn and Episcopal churches of Hillsboro. The public iss cordially invited to attend. County Court Holds First Session May 5 - First session pf Orange coun ty recorder’s court will get un-. derway in the court house in Hillsboro Monday at approxi mately 10 a.m.'With L. J. Phipps of Chapel Hill presiding as re corder. J. Dumont Eskridge, county attorney and recently appoint ed solicitor, will prosecute the docket. Early- this- week about 15 cases had been docketed with several more be ingf "expected' to be placed on the court docket before the end of the week. Edwin Lynch, clerk of su perior court, will also serve as clerk of the recorder’s court. Court sessions will be held in the court room of the court house here in Hillsboro each Monday morningf.A^r-^=^F^>.^»an^=y Polly Roberts’ Steer Is Grand Champion At Durham Calf Show County Could Retire Bond Issue By 1972, Study Shows If the proposed bond issue of $1,045,000 to be voted on by Orange county voters on June 10 is approved by a majority of the voters, it will take the county until 1972 to complete the payments on the present outstanding bonds and the proposed bonds, a study of a re port released by G. W. Ray, county accountant, reveals. According to a report filed in the register of deeds office in the court house in Hillsboro, the outstanding school debt of the county is now $128,000. That, plus the proposed $810,000 to be spent on the, schools In the county, would' raise the detot to 4.9817 percent of the total valuation for taxation. Under the law, the county is permitt ed to go in debt for school, needs up to and not over 5 percent of the total valuation. A further study of the present debt of the county shows thatdor purposes other than schools the debt is $370,000, less $184,236.16, now in the sinking fund. The statement of the annual debt service requirement on present and the proposed $1,045,000 debt shows that the county will repay the bond issue principal at the rate of $20,000 for six years, $40,000 for three years, $50,000 for eleven year* and $51,000 for five years. Interest payments during those years will increase the, total amount . to be paid by the county to $1,861,260. Interest on the principal has been estimated at the rate of 2.35 percent. On the present bonded debt payments will continue until 1962, when it will be paid in full. Restored Colonial Inn To Open On Thursday The; Colonial Inn, which has been redecorated by Colonel Paul Henderson, Who purchased it at auction last year, opens Thursday, May 1, offering Hillsboro its first hotel in several years to meet the needs of transients. ^ The floors of the two-story structure have been refinished, and the walls of each room colorfully papered. The many coats of paint have been scraped from the stair way, restoring it to its natural light brown color. Each room has been equipped with a bath, an* .no«b ern kitchen has been installed. The wall paper in the lobby and the corridors of the first floor fea tures figures of a stagecoach, sug gestive of the days when the inn was the scene of considerable ac tivity. It was in this inn that Lsord Cornwallis is said to have estab lished his headquarters at a time when the British general was mak ings vain efforts to recruit soldiers for the King’s army. Hillsboro has watched with 'keen interest the restoration of the inn, which less than a year ago stood on the verge of ruin. Martin Henderson, son of Col onel Henderson, will manage the inn and is currently seeking a place in Hillsboro .for him and his family to live. Dining hall is expected to open about May 15. Special Mother’s Day Services There will be a special Mo ther’s Day Services at Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday. May 11, j at 11 a.m. with the pastor, Rev > craned II. E. Scarlett in charge. ; Dinner will be served on the grounds at noon. Plans for the afternoon services have not yet been completed. Town Truck To Collect Old Clothes Plans for the collection of cloth ing, bedding, and shoes for over seas relief were announced foi Hillsboro this week by the Rev S. W. DuBose, * county chairman He said that collections woulc be held in Chapel Hill, Carrboro Efland and Cedar Grove at latei dates in the month. The town truck, at the sugges tion of Mayor Ben Johnston, will make a collection in Hillsboro on Chapel Hil} has planned a drive for the middle of the mSnth. he added. Plans for collection in Ef land, Cedar Grove and Carrboro were being made this week and will be announced later. The drive is aimed at obtain ing at least a pound a person in Orange county for the needy in Europe and Asia. It is sponsored by the North Carolina Council of Churches.' ■' . The county , committee is com posed of DuBose as chairman with these members: R. H. Claytor, Don Matheson, the Rev. Charles S> Hubbard and Harry D. Hollings worth. Mrs. Allen Whitaker is [Hillsboro chairman. Chairman of the effort in Ef land is John Efland, Jr., ,and in Cedar Grove, E. F. Cude. Hillsboro Freezer Locker Plans Dropped Because Of High Costs • Plans for the construction ot a freezer locker plant in Hillsboro by the Farmers Mutual Exchange have been dropped until building costs and other economic condi tions improve, it has been an nounced by C. W. Tilson, manager of the exchange, in letters .ad dressed to persons- who deposit ed $15 as a one-year’s rental fee for a locker during a campaign conducted last summer. Text of the letter follows: This is to bring you up to date on the developments with regard to the proposed freezer .locker branch which the Farmers Mutual Exchange has been considering building at Hillsboro. The Farm ers Mutual Exchange has. pur chased a good sized lot in Hills boro. We feel that this lot is at a good location and will have-ample space for building a much needed warehouse ^nd eventualy a small branch locker plant. When condi tions are favorable for building dh this large fbt, we - of course plan to locate the buildings so that patrons can make the most prac tical use of'them and also so that the people living on that street will not be inconvenienced by our -operations.'--;--——,— We had hoped and expected that building conditions would be more favorable by now. However, re strictions are tighter and build ing costs such as material, labor, plumbing, wiring, insulating, etc., have gone up to where they are unreasonably high. Delivery of machinery and equipment is still extremely slow and uncertain. The income from operating a locker plant efficiently isuvery low and it is absolutely necessary to keep the costs of the building and equipment reasonable in order for the plant even to break even. Un fortunately most of the plants built within the last three or four years are not breaking even^now. We are making an extensive and care ful study of the most practical and economical way to build and oper ate a community locker plant. But in consideration of the.above cotl ditions, we are not planning to build this freezer locker at Hills boro now. We hope that conditions will be much more favorable before very long. We trust it will be satisfac tory with you to continue your deposit withgjfoe Durham Bank & Trust Company at Hillsboro so that you will be in line for a locker when the plant is built. If for any reason you do not wish to have the batik to continue to hold your $15 deposit, we want you to feel free to write us at Durham and we will refund your deposit. "Lightning," an 885-pound steer belonging to Polly Roberts of rt. 1, Hillsboro, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Roberts, was declared i the grand champion at the Dur- * ham Fat Stock Show held in Dur ham Tuesday. Polly’s steer was chosen the best baby beef calf from an entry list of i43 calves from Orange, Per son, Chatham. Alamance. Durham and Granville counties. Judge of the show was Harty Hamilton, beef cattle specialist at the North Carolina Department of Agriculture Reserve -champion was exhibit-, ed by James Elliott of -Durham county. All entries, in the show were divided into three groups—heavy weight. medium weight and light weight. In the heavyweight group Or ange county club members took the first five places. First place went to Polly who exhibited the grand champion. Second place was vv<*n by Charles Williams, a mem ber at the Chapel Hill 4-H club, third place by J. E. Grasty of the Hillsboro 4-H Club; fourth place by Glen Carruthers of Aycock club; and fifth place by Jane Ho gan of the Carrboro 4-H club. The showmanship contest was being held at the time THE NEWS went to press, but Orange county* was being represented by nine of e the 13 entries selected for the fin als. ' ; -- - | Entered in the contest were Oliver Roberts of the Hillsboro 4-H club; Glenn Carruthers of the Aycock club: Jimmy Dunn of the Efland club; Charles Williams of Chapel Hill; J E Grasty of Hills boro; Dot, Dill and Gay Hogan of Chapel Hill, and Jane Hogan of Carrboro. Colonial Store, Inc , of Durham announced at the banquet held Tuesday night that they would present to Polly Roberts a feeder calf to be fed out for next year's rhow The Durham Bank and Trust Cdfh p#H j ^as host to the banquet which was attended by 300 club members and their parents. Hamilton, judge of the contest and authority on beef cattle in North Carolina, stated at the con clusion of the show that it was the best held in the. state this year. Sale of the cattle was held Wed nesday afternoon a.t 1 p.m. Local Merchants r Meet Monday Night T-he Hilsboro Merchants Asso ciation will meet Monday, night. May ,5, at 8 jj.m. in the mayor's office, Jack fileiden, president, an nounced this week A committee will be appoint ed, Bleiden said, to appear before the town council and request bet ter. compliance of parking and __ ti aflic laws-'in the town. _ • ' " Garden Club Plans Flower Show >The^Hillsboro Garden Club w;li meet Thursday Mav 1, at .1:30 with Mrs. H. W Moore Plans will be completed for the Flower1 Show which will be held v on May 8 in Eno Chevrolet Show Room. Brunswick Stew At West Hillsboro Saturday, Nay 3 The West Hillsboro Civic Or ganization starts spring atid sum mer activities with a Community Brunswick Stew which is being held on Saturday, May 3, at the West Hillsboro School. Last year a Comunity Stew was n‘irl it ^ r.i 7 il »-»--* at ^ __ i inu ttriu t'vri txj fvc pit niuniu" ed and enjoyed a gala afternoon and evening which featured bet sides the stew, music, games, a' 1 planning activities. “This is an opportunity for each ‘ person in West Hillsboro to get behind his Civic Organization and go over the top with the year's activities. Tickets for the Stew may be secured from Chester Riley, chairman of the stew, John Terrell. J chairman of demonstrations. Mr Valentine, chairman of publicity, Clarence Crawford, chairman of program, and Sidney Green, ticket chairman," it was announced. Be Certain To Attend Drawing
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