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■Awarded First Place General Excellence by North Carolirih Press Association for 1946— Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, May 22, 1947 (Published Weekly) 8 Pages This Week rOUR ADVERTISING MES 5AGE IN THE NEW8 WILL {RING THE DESIRED RE — 8ULT8 ■ L __ , ?■;. y MORE PEOPLE READ THE MEWS THAN ANY OTHER HKWSPAPER PUBLISHED fN ORANGE COUNTY rops Hit Hard y Dry Weather With marly sections of Nortlv Garoiina moving into their lUrth successive week of dry weather, farm operations are he * seriously hampered and delayed and many crops are ruli ng ^ behind their normal growth for this season of the :ar, according to weather-crop reports issued in Raleigh /--» n/Minfir olnnrt unit. 11 *rS * * w - --— - w -* WiV, st of the state, has suffered from e prolonged spell of dryness, any farmers in the county us klly finish setting out their to [tcco plants by the middle of May, pt this year only a very small ercentage of the tobacco crop as been planted thus far, and no ners have yet reported that they e planted a complete crop. Heavy rains fell in sections of lie county over the weekend, lowever, they were of the “gul fey washing” type and did not do much good as a gentle, soaking «n. Tobacco plant beds are suffer ng for lack of water, and the plants are much later than norm lly is the case, farmers are report - ig. Almost all tobacco growers have put in some fertilizer, but tery few of them have done any ransplanting as yet. The great najority are being forced to water heir plant beds, meanwhile wait ing for a “good season” before transplanting tobacco. The corn crop also has been de layed by the dry weather. In many Instances corn has failed to come up, and it may have to be planted Dver. However, it is possible that a good rain may soon cause much of [the com to come up and start grow ling- . In addition to the dry spell, nany plant beds have been retard by prevalence of blue mold, th a scarcity of fermate, large Jnumbers of farmers have been ■handicapped in their efforts to [fight blue mold. In Raleigh, Frank Parker, head I of .the Crop Statistics Division of I the North Carolina Department of I Agriculture, said that “farmers in Imany areas are faced with dry and I hard land.” “Clods are prevalent in many f fields in the clay soils of the cen f tral and mountain counties.” said Parker, adding that most upland heavy soils cannotbe worked. The report indicated that pre paration of bottom lands and san dy soils was still possible in most regions, but that, these fields are in need of additional moisture. Judson Blount, of Greenville, farmer and merchant, told repre sentatives of the Agriculture De partment that planting and gen eral farm work in that section are running around three weeks be ). hid schedule. Temeratures have averaged b< low normal, and the plant grow [th has been retarded, heavy fronts having been reported within t *he past week in the mountain are as. However,'weather and crop : re porters regard the general com jj tion of the fruit crop as good, d.es pite some frost damage, the /nil extent of which will not be kndWn for several days- yet. Jj Orange Counter Recorder’s Coa rt The following cases weJre dis posed of in Orange couMjity re corder’s court Monday: Pete Chrisp, disorderly ^conduct, costs; Willie Day, drunk "fend dis orderly, $10 and costs; Rot-trt Hes ter, disorderly conduct, J30 days suspended for 12 month^[ on pay ment of costs and goodiTbehavior; Clyde Thompson, Jr« drunken driving, $50 fine and c Josts; J. T. Hornbuckle, drunken dfifciving, $50 and costs; Johil Thoma.^ Riley, il legal possession of wb Iiskey, $15 and costs; Milton Raynor, engaging in af fray and disorderly (.''Conduct, $5 and costs; Frank Vincent, disor derly conduct and e jngaging in affray, judgment continued until May 28; William (Bud) Jen Jkings, non support of illegitimat e child, 12 months on roads to be executed « he fails to pay $11 1 per month for support of child u, itil $360 has been paid, payments \ o start June 1SH7, and costs of cou. irt; William Lawsoft Pb ifer, speed $5 and costs; M ick Horner, two charges of asaultK on female, nolo-contendere as to a both charg ^ judgment contin, jaed for 12 months; T Jack Woods, assault,T\ costs; Ow en Leach, drunkenne tss, $5 and «*ts; Carl M. Leslie, s \peeding, $5 end costs; Ernest The impson, as sault, $10 and costs; I Dock An drews, assault, nol pros Awith leave; Jack Moore, assault, nolal pros with leave; Mary Virginia'V Forrest, speeding, continued until *^4ay 26; Winfred Vincent, disorder! V con" ™eJnd engaging in affray Fire Damages Durham Home In Carrboro Carrboro—Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Durham, Jr., on Greens boro street just outside the town ' limits was badly damaged by fire 1 on last Saturday afternoon. The fire was discovered by neighbors shortly after a bad ' thunder storm. It is thought "the 1 bouse was struck by lightning, rhe family was away from home it the time and closed doors kept . the fire from spreading into the house. The kiteSSE j ind back porch were destroyed. Aik' kitchen furniture including ^ an electric stove, frigidaire / and washing machine, all furnitufre and clothing in the house wen# black end by smoke and scorched. The home and furniture was partially covered insurance. New (Mficers For Cjhurch To Be Installed One Ruling Elder and six Dea cons wftu be ordained and install- , ;d by rthe Session of the Hillsboro Presb yterian Church during the norrhng Worship Service on Sun lay. j May 25. These new officers ! vei%e elected recently at a congre l*' fconai meeting called for the I * /The Elder-elect is Clarence ’D. ^lines, whose father was for many 'fears a Ruling Elder in the Pres byterian" Church. Mr. Jones has 1 >een a Deacon in the church for . Several years, and is at present < serving as the Church Treasurer. The Deacons-elect are: E. E. Patterson, D. G. Allman, E. P. Barn es, Joe P. Hughes, J. W. Dickson, and Lantham E. Latta. Most of these men have been . serving the church in one capacity ' or another for some years, the Rev. S. W. DuBose, minister, said. A special sermon will be preach- ] ed that morning by the pastor, oh \ the subject, -‘Why Jesus Took the ] Towel.” t ( Ribbon Winners For Flower Show Are Announced Approximately 150 persons at tended the Hillsboro Garden Club’s Flower Show held at the Eno Chevrolet Company on May 8. Blue ribbons for the first awards - were given to Rev. Charles Hub bard, Mrs. D. E. Forrest, Mrs. C. D. Jonesf, Norfleet Webb, Mrs. L. W. Strayhorn, Mrs. J. L. BroWn, Mrs. Felix Forrest, Mrs. Henshaw, Mrs. B. B. Forrest, Mrs. Glenn Auman, Mrs. George Gilmore, Mrs. Hubert Bivins. Mrs. Allen Walker, Mrs. Brown Gordon, Sr., Mi's. Eldon Matteson, ] Mrs. H,. Turner, Ellen Claire x Turner, Mrs. George Teer, Mrs. H. j W. Moore. Mrs. W. W. Abernethy. Red Ribbons for second awards were received by Mrs. P. C. Col- 1 lins, Mrs. Harold Latta, Mrs. D. E. i Forrest, Mrs. Felix Forest, Mrs. « J. W. Richmond, Mrs. D. S. Ma- < ;heson, Norfleet Webb, Mrs. George I Gilmore, Mrs. L, W. Strayhorn, < Mrs. Justin Brown, Mrs. Jerome Ftosemond, Mrs. C. W. Sharpe. ^ Mrs. Eldon Matteson, Mrs. C. D. f fones, Mrs. James Webb, Mrs. t Garland Miller, Mrs. J. C. Webb, j Mrs. Brown Gordon, Sr., Mrs. H. , SV. Moore, Mrs. Ora Chance, Mrs. £ 2. W. Sharpe, Mrs. J. S. Spurgeon, ^ Patsy Webb, Betsy Ann and Phyl- j [is Forrest, Mrs. C. S. Hubbard, , Mrs. H. H. Brown. ( Winners of yellow ribbons were Mrs. J. L. Brown, Mrs. Felix For- 5 -est, Norfleet Webb, Mrs. Hubert ] Bivins, Mrs. D. E. Forrest, Ellen , Claire Turner, and Mrs. W. W. Abernathy. White ribbons were awarded 1 Mrs. D. S. Matheson, Mrs. C. D. i fones, Mrs. J. W. Richmond, Mrs. Eldon Matteson, Mrs. C. S. Hub aard, Mrs. H. Turner, Mrs. Mar- * iorie Matteson, Mrs. J. L. Brown, Mrs. Brown Gordon, Sr., .Mrs. C. 0. Jones, Mrs. H. W. Mopre, Mrs. < Ben Johnston, Mrs. J. 8. Spurgeon. * Aycock High Seaier Class m * The members of the Aycock high school senior class are shown above, leading from left to right, they are: First row: Mary Ruth Ward, Dor >thy Pore, Mildred McCulloch, Iris McCulloch, and Foy Berry. Second ow: Mary Alice Boland, Rita Vaughn, Marian Abee, Hazel Tate, Lois Ward, and Anne Wagoner. Third row: Nell McAdams, Sammy George, Fairfax Oldham, J. C. Hall, and Delmo Berry. Back row: Buck Liner* kelson Wright, and Ira Ward. Those not photographed were: Patsy El is, Robert Long and Harold Riley; P&ppy Day Honors War Dead ln U. S. Nine Past Masters Are Recognized Nine past masters of Eagli Lodge No. 10 A. F. and A. M. weri presented with past master’s jew els at an open meeting of the Lodgi held Wednesday night, May 14 in the Masonic lodge in Hills boro. Presented with past master’ jewels were: Dr. J. S. Spurgeon, S Strudwick,. S. C. Forrest, H. G Coleman, Sr., J. A. Whitaker, A G. Williams, R. J. Smith, J. E Midgett and J: C. McDade, Jr. - C. B. Paris, master of the lodge was in charge of the meeting. In vocation was given by the Rev Charles S. Hubbard, pastor of th< Hillsboro Methodist church, am :he welcome to the guests was ex tended by Sidney Strayhom. Mrs lule Long of Cedar Grove gavi the response to the welcome, am Mrs. Charles S. Hubbard render id a vocal solo. ~ — G. A. Brown, principal of th< Hillsboro District schools, mad< the presentation of the jewels. Fol owing the presentation, each o the nine past masters presen spoke a few words. The Hillsboro boys chorus ren lered several numbers prior t< the social period that followec the meeting. Several members o he Hillsboro high school banc tumished music during the serv ng of the refreshments. News of Eno By Mrs. S. M. Strayhom The United Principals Organi tation of Orange county held it: May meeting in the office of the MUrphy school. Rev. Holt of Dur ham was the speaker for the even ng. Mr. and Mrs. J. M.Harris anc Mary Jo spent the Mothers Daj weekend with Mrs. Harris’ mother Mrs. D D. Hinson in Sanford, a Mrs. L. B. Haithcock and Bras ey spent the weekend in Macon a: quests of Mr. Haithcock’s par :nts. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Haith ■ock and Lion also visited Mr Jaithcock’s parents over the weeh :nd. The final meeting of the Countj Council foV this school year wac leld in the Murphy School audi orium recently. Members of sis ^TA’s of the county were presenl rhe years report was given bj sach president. New officers foi ;he coming year were selected Pupils of the school under the di rection of Mrs. C. F. Hudson ren iered a very enjoyable musica Drogram. Following the meeting •efreshments were served by the Murphy PTA in the school lunch ■oom. Mr. and Mrs. S. H# Strayhom Peggy and Sylvia visited friendi n Roxboro Sunday afternoon. Mrs. D. D. Hinson of- Sanforc md Miss Vivian Hinson of New fork City left Monday aftei ;pending the weekend with Mr ind Mrs. J. M. Harris and Marj To. — . . r May 24th will be Poppy Day in Orange County and throughout the United States. On that day everyone will be asked to wear a memorial poppy in honor of the dead of the two world wars andi to make a contri bution for the jvelfare of the dis abled veterans,!their families and the families of the dead. ; Volunteers from the Auxiliary and young women’s groups of the city will distribute the flowers on : the streets throughout the day. . “The Saturday before Memori - al Day has been observed as Pop py Day in all parts of the country for many years,” said the an nouncement. “Poppies have been worn in memory of the war dead ever since the close of World War I. They are replicas of the wild flowers which grew on the battle fields of France and Belgium, fought over in both wars, but they have come to symbolize memory for those who died in any part of the world. “The poppies which the Auxil iary will distribute are all hand ' made from crepe paper by disabl ed veterans working in hospitals and convalescent workshops ; throughout the country. The dis j abled men take special pride in making the flowers to hpnor their fallen comrades, and the work Is valuable to them* as occupational , therapy, besides bringing them , much needed earnings.” To Build Fire Station Plans are underway to construct' a fire station to house the town’s fire fighting equipment between Gilmore’s garage and the Western Auto store on King street. Eno Chevrolet Company, where the equipment is now housed, has requested the town to move the truek—as soon as possible. The Chevrolet garage needs the space taken up by the truck for t.he ; erection of new equipment expect , ed to arrive in a short time. The fire truck and other equip ment has ben kept in the Chev rolet garage since the organiza tion of the fire company. White Elephant Sale Is Feature Of Clnh Meeting Mebane—'A ‘'Wfiite Elephanjt,” sale was the main feature of en of the Junior Woman’s Club when the club met with Mrs. Marvin Walker and Mrs. Elmdr Wilkin son Monday night at the home of the former. Mrs. J. C. James was auction eeer. During the business meet ing presided over Jby Mrs. Sam Pender, the members made plans for a dance to be held soon, Mrs. Joe Hurdle ,Jr. and Mrs. Wells Pittard, the newly elected presi dent and vice president, respec tively, were appointed delegates to the state meeting to be held at Wrightsville Beach next week. During the social period the hos tesses served a dessert course to the following: Mrs. Pittard, Mrs.1 Hurdle, Mrs. Sam Pender, Mrs John Henry James, Mrs. J. B. James, Mrs. J. C. James, Miss Frances Scott, Miss Mary Wilkin son, Mrs. Bill Walters, Mrs. Leon Mincey, Mrs. Russ Kale, Jr., Mrs. Robert Compton, and Mrs. Nellie Nichols. Hillsboro, Cedar Grove Schools Hold Final Exercises On Friday State Alumni Name Dowdy As President Alumni of N. C. State college held a supper meeting Thursday night at the Hickory House. Af ter the supper, the alumni reas sembled indhe Vocational Agricul tuial building for the election of office;s ano other business. Out going officers were Marion Alli son, president; G. A. Munn, vice president; John P. Ballard, secre tary; and J. W. Tolar, treasurer. Newly elected officers for the coming year are Elmer R. Dowdy, president; Tom Bivins, vice-presi dent; O. P. Southerland, secre tary and Charles Stanford, treas urer. A membership committee composed of Tom Bivins, chairman, Marion Allison and G. A. Munn, was appointed to con tact all State alumni in Orange County and solicit their support in the alumni association. After the business session, Babe Woods, backfield coach of the Wolf pack, and Allen Nelms, exe cutive secretary of the Wolfpack club made talks. Woods discussed the past season’s fine record of all the athletic teams of the college. He also displayed some pictures of the football games. Nelms dis* cussed the Wolfpack club as a part of the alumni who are active in supporting the athletic program of State College. The next meeting, which will be held within the next three months, will be ladies’ night. Dial System For Hillsboro In 3 Months [ Hillsboro will have dial phones [in operation in the next three months if the present plans of the Morris Telephone Company of Roxboro, operators of the tele phone system here, materialize, Mrs. John Morris of Roxboro said last week. Mrs. Morris revealed the plans in a discussion of the telephone needs of the town at the merchants association banquet last Thursday night. Arrival of a piece of important equipment is-how.holding up plans, she said. Manufacturers of the equipment, however, have prom ised delivery in six to eight weeks, she said. Installation of the equip ment and switch over the present manual operated telephones to the dial system will increase the start of the new system to about three months, she added. .All users of telephones in Hills boro will have new numbers. Long distance calls, now routed through Durham by the operators, will continue tq go through Durham, but with the telephone usecJbeing conected direct to Durham to place the calls. Mrs. Mamie Gordon will handle' the information calls through the Hillsboro office. The new system will be housed in the building now being com pleted on King street. Big Bass Contest Resumed After a five year lapse due to the war, Western Auto Supply Company of Missouri,^ is again sponsoring its Big Bass Contest. Prizes totaling $10,657.50 in list value will be awarded the win ning contestants throughout the country. This contest, wnich has proved so popular in the past is limited to fresh water large and small mouth bass taken from wat ers ooen to the general public. It is open to ail men, women, boys and girls in ihe thirty-five states in which a Western Auto Store or Western Auto Associate Store is located. Clarence Jones is own er of the Western Auto Store in Hillsboro. To make the contest as fair as possible and eliminate any dis advantages one state would have over anotni r tg such a wide-spread contest, Western Auto gives a sep arate set of awards in each of the thirty-five states. Past records shew that bass weighing as little as 1 1-2 pounds See (BIO BASS) on Page 8 THE NEWS Asks ... Do you prefer to make decisions rather than to let circumstances decide for you? Raymond Andrews, Carrboro: “Yes, I like to make my own de cisions, because otherwise some one else might make them for me.” Mrs. Clara B. Wentworth, East port, Maine: “I ponder for some time, yet in the end I do allow circumstances to decide the ques tion. Mrs. e!. F. Humphries, Carrboro: “In most cases I would rather make my own decisions, depend ing on the circumstances involv ed." L. H. Cox, University: "I would rather make my own decisions, al though they don’t always turn out too well.” —-— House Speaks At Opening Of Inn Here Dr. R. B. House, of the Universi ty of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Thursday night told 100 ci tizens of Hillsboro attending the formal opening of the Colonial Inn dining hall here that great communities are made from the identical things that make great men. Speaking at a ladies night meeting of the Hillsboro Mer chants Association, Dr. House as serted that education, cultural pursuits, beautiful architecture and interests in the more artistic and finer things of life not only build a great city—perhaps u-t one in size but ir stature ana ben eficial good to the suri'o*i*\d'.,lti community—just as those qualities build a great man. ~—Hillsboro, Orange county and North Carolina should be grateful to Col. Paul Henderson for his re storation work here in this beau tiful old Colonial Inn, the Che.. e. Hill ijieator told the audience of 100 Prior to his more idrtna! rernaks, Dean House entertained the" janv med dining room with several numbers from his modth organ. He was introduced by A. II. (Sandy)- Graham, a- Hillsboro jia-. tlv6 and present highway com missioner of North Carolina. Guests of the merchants were Mrs. Graham; James Webb of Hills boro, state senator, and Mrs. Webb, John W. Umstead of Chapel Hill, county representative, and Mrs. Umstead; Mrs. John Morrs of Roxboro of the Morris Telephone Company; and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Nelson, formerly of Seattle, W$sh., who have recently entered busi ness in Hillsboro The Colonial Inn in one of Hillsboro’s most historical land marks and dates its history back to the 1780’s. It was formerly known as the Corbinton Inn, for Francis Corbinton, then an agent "Of "theKing of England, During the Colonial period in North Caro line, its name was changed to The Colonial Inn. During its long history, it has served as the resting place for many state and national figures and also as headquarters for many military units. When Col. Paul Henderson, its present owner, purchased it at auc tion last summer, he saved the old historical Inn from being razed and its lumber converted to other uses. At the time he purchased it, he announced his plans to restore it as nearly as possible to its form er appearance. The Hillsboro Merchants As sociation banquet brought for all practical purposes the restoration plans to a close. All attending the banquet praised highly the re furnished state of the building. Lions Club To See Movie On A-Bonb Lt. R. R. Few of Durham will be guest speaker at a meeting of the Lion’s Club in Hillsboro Thurs ay at noon. Lt. Few, district representative for the Naval Reserve, will show a movie on the atomic bomb ex periment on Bikini, entitled “Op erations Crossroads." OPEN AIR MOVIES Carrboro—Open air moving, pic tures are being shown every Tues day evening on the lawn between Senters Drug Store, and L. D. Hearn’s* store on Main Street, Commencement exercises which got ‘underway in Orange county schools last week with senior plays and graduating sermons contin ue this week with the final exer- ^ cises being scheduled at Cedar Grove and Hillsboro high schools. James Street, noted author of Chapel Hill, will be the principal speaker at the graduating exer cises on Friday night, May 23, at Hillsboro high school. At Cedar Grove, Oscar Barker of Durham, who recently an nounced his candidancy for gov ernor of North Carolina, Will be the speaker. Graduating class at Hillsboro high school will be composed of William Allred, Herman Hooker Brown, Max Bunker, Julian Carr, John Cates, William Crabtree, Obic Davis, William Hill Efland, Bobby Efland, Robin Gilmore, Howard Hall, David A. Hastings, Thomas Hastings. Calvin Hicks, Landis Cannady, Richard Kenion, Billy Link, Dun can King, Luther King, Felix Mil ler, Joe Mitchell, Billy Ray, Bob by Roberts .Alfred Smith, Neal Tapp, Alton Woods, and Odis Johnson. Jane Cates; Betty Chance, Lot tie Cates, Doris Cheek, Doris Crabtree, Betty Dodson, Bobbie Ray Farrell, Virginia Forrest, Ca rene Goodwin, Betty June Hayes. Lucy Holloway, Mary Lee Huff man, Betsy Latta, Jeanne Lloyd, Marie Lloyd, Nancy Lloyd, Doris Kiger, Peggy Mangum, Catherine Patterson, Virginia Stfe Rosemond, Juanita Scarlette; Dorothy Sim mons, Nannie Ruth Sykes, Lydia Teer, Helen Terrell, Nancy Walk er, Sue Walters, Grace Williams, Louise Williams, Louise Wilson, Doris Young, Bertha Yates and Lucille Whicker. Tonight, Thursday, May 22, the senior class at Hillsboro will pre sent its class day exercises en titled “The Rainbow Trail.” All white schools in the county, with the exception of White Cross, *.'■ *oro, and Chapel Hill, ate closing on May 20 whed the stu dents will return for final reports. Chapel Hill, Carrboro and White Cross schools dose on June 4. All Negro schools in the county system will close on Tuesday, May 27. Navy Reserve Week Planned For Hillsboro - The week of May 18 through May 25 has been proclaimed na tional Naval Reserve Week. Elmer R. Dowdy, Naval Reserve., representative for Orange county, has announced that a movie oh the atomic bomb experiment on Bi kini, entitled “Operations Cross roads", will be shown May 28 in the agriculture building in Hills-, boro. "All persons interested in the Naval Reserve are invited to at tend. Lt. R. R. Few, district repre sentative, with headquarters in Durham, points out the members of the Naval Reserve may be re leased upon their written request. Everything in the Reserve is on a voluntary basis. Those eligible to join are vet erans of all branches of the ser \ ice, and non-veterans between the ages of 17-4C. Units have been organized in North Carolina in Durham, Char lotte, Raleigh. Greensboro, Ashe ville, Winston-Salem, ana Wil mington. Meetings ate held week ly, and members receive pay for each meeting attended. The Reserve offers Navy train ing in various fields. New Hope By Miss Elizabeth Kirkland Emsley Donnell, former member and trustee of New Hope, passed away at his home in Greensboro and was buried May 8. He leaves three nephews, D. E. Patterson of Hillsboro, M. C. and R. D. Patter son of Durham. Mrs. W. S. Nunn and Virginia i Nunn visited Mrs. Earl in Reidsville Sunday, May 18. The Blackwood-New Hope Home Demonstration club meet at the church ha day, May 27 at 2 p.m. onstration on itation. be
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