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R advertising* mes E IN THE N ring the desired SULTS l 54, No. 25 MORE PEOPLE READ THE NEWS THAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN ORANGE COUNTY —Awarded First Place General Excellence by tforth Carolina Press Association for 1946— Hillsboro, N. C., Thursday, June 19, 1947 * (Published Weekly) 8 Pages This Week \ Ehapel Hill Upset Over Defeat if School Bond Issue In Vote; otary Seeks Higher Tax Rate inal official results of the bond •tion filed in the office of clerk :ourt E. M. Lynch last Thurs " decreased the unofficial mar against the proposed bond IB S’ but didn’t decrease the ma t'jes enough to make any dif ,nce in the final outcome. (fficial results revealed the owing: 819.000 school building bonds— 9 for, 1764 against; 150.000 county office building istrtiction—1324 for, 1771: inst; , „ - - r— 85.000 renovation and restora ! of court house—1313 for, 1 against. ipproximately 3,100 votes were t in the election in which 10 voters were registered and ilified to vote. JIGNATION HIGH •ublic indignation in Chapel 1 reached a high peak last dnesday and Thursday when final results of the bond is became known. Principal item the $810,000 issue proposed for ools was $407,500 for finish construction of the high school Chapel Hill. Jpinion was expressed by many t Chaper Hill and the stu its of the Southern section of county who attend school in apel Hill had been “sold down( river” by the remainder of county as far as providing ade ite schooling for the children, 'ote of the Carrboro and White j jss precincts was as difficult the Chapel Hill school sup ters to understand. Both Carr o and White Cross send their h school students to the Cha Hill high school, supporters of school bond pointed out, and od to gain more by the passage the bond act that other areas the .county voting against the TARY RESOLUTION , The Chapel Hill Rotary club in regular weekly meeting last dnesday took immediate steps rard a new solution for secur tax money with which to con-1 uct the Chapel Hill high school. )n the motion of L. J. Phipps,' Ige of Orange county’s record s court, the club adopted a re ution urging the county com ssioners to raise to the limit the iropriations in the new budget1 capital outlay for construction schools. _ • Seventeen cents of the total tax e of 38 cents is now applied to >ital outlay for school purposes, der the provisions of the Ro-1 y club resolution, it would have s 17 cents raised to the legal lit. So far as could be learn from court house officials this ek, there is no legal limit for s purpose, except the extent of ammon sense”, as one official t it. Collier Cobb, Jr., of Chapel Hill airman of the board of county nmissioners, at the time of the ssage of the resolution said it »uld be given “serious consider on” by the board during its dget hearings. 'PPORTERS’ ATTITUDE A “something has got to be ne” attitude has been taken by e supporters in the Chapel Hill ?? of the school bond electi(j>p. Despite the fact that the voters the remainder of the county ve turned them down on a re est for funds to construct the Sh school, a structure for which e county and no other govern ental unit in the state can pro oe the necessary funds, the peo e of Chapel Hill still assert that \»n.are ^ue ^e htgh school, whether they will petition the Unty commissioners in the next w months to hold another bond sction, or whether they will seek r®lse money through an increase me capital outlay, or whether will seek some other means of •ttrng the high school construct remains to be seen. Orange county, however, the ‘PPorters still point out, is le Uy bound by state law to pro ue adequate school buildings for le Ohapel Hill area, a section of range county from which ap °ximately 50 percent of the tax l°uey collected comes. iTtend ASSEMBLIES Carrboro—Rev. J. L. Joyce, pas of the Carrboro Methodis _ ’is attending the annual as mmlies of the Methodist youtl owship at Louisburg this weefc hiose ^tending the meeting fror church, last week include* **ses Clara Joe Riggsbee, Tril •*n“ Coleen Hackney, Pegg Eddie Mann, Lee Wesi j Sturdivant, and Mrs Poole, counselor. Steak Supper Is Saturday Members of the Lions club in Hillsboro are urged to con tact Ed Barnes to secure their tickets to the steak supper Sat urday night in the Colonial inn. .. The supper is be*ing spon sored by the Granges in the county and Lions club to pay for a baby beef purchased at the recent Durham- fiat Stock Show by the St. Mary’s Grange. New Hope By Miss Elizabeth Kirkland The young people’s fellowship group met at the church June 10 at 8 p.m. Members present were Christine Cates, Virginia Nenn, Billy Lou Tapp, Jane Cates, Helen Tapp, Betty Tilley, Sarah Free land, John Cates, Neal Tapp, Thomas Powell, Elvin Cates, Vernon Tapp, John Lockhart, Bob Strayhorn, John Freeland, Charles Rochell. The Viola Powell Circle met with Mrs. Joe Reinhardt Tuesday June 10 at 8 p.m. Circle No. 2 met with Mrs. Fos ter Tapp Wednesday, June 11 at "2:30 p.m. At this meeting it was voted unanimousuy to name the circle the Nannie Kirkland circle. The time of the meeting has been changed frim Tuesday to Wednes day. Mrs. John Freeland left Friday, June 13, for Drexell where'she will spend the weekend with her father and mother. The Blackwood - New Hope Home Demonstration club will meet Tuesday, June 24 at 2 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cliff and Ernest Turrentine of Durham spent the weekend ip the community. Mrs. W. A. Craig attended a birthday dinner horToring Mrs. Mag Snipes on her 25 th birthday Sun day, June i5 in the Orange Grove Community. Carrie Lockhart left by plane Sunday June 15 for New York, where she will take a course in business administration. W. G. Strayhorn is spending the month of June with his daugh ter, Mrs. Winder Bishop. The Woman’s Auxiliary met at the church Sunday, June 15. the program on Synodical -and.Pres byteriar Home Missions was pre sented by Virginia Nunn, Mrs. Oneil Sharpe and Mrs. Elmer Johnson and a collection was taken for this cause. West Hill News By Doris Young Miss Juanita Scarlett is now a patient at Duke Hospital. Miss Louise Crawford of Dur ham spent Friday with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Crawford. Mrs. C. S. Young has returned after spending a few days in Bur lington visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Moore spent a few days last week at Carolina Beach. - Thomas Scarlett was injured in a bicycle accident Thursday ev ening and is now a patient at Duke Hospital. John Raynor of Asheboro was home for a few days last week. J. B. Moore is now a patient at Duke Hospital. The Ladies Missionary Society met Friday night with Mrs. L. L. Copeland. Those present were Mrs. S. C. Richardson, Mrs. D. B. Mahaffey, Mrs. Bessie Riley, Miss Mabel Myers, Mrs. Dickey and Jiss Blanch Dickson. Mr. and Mrs. David McLemore iave returned to their - home in >arkersburg after a few days, visit vith Mrs. McLemore’s parents, Mr. ,nd Mrs. H. C. Ashley. While here hey attended Mr. McLemore s jlass reunion, Class of ’41 at Cha >el Hill. Miss Gertrude Ashley re urned with them for a visit. H. D. Club Meets With Mrs. Tapp The Blackwood - New Hope jme Demonstration club will >et Tuesday afternoon, June - . th Mrs. Homer Tapp at her home Route 2, Chapel Hill. ENLISTS IN ARMY trrboro—Webb Evans,, son of and Mrs. J. R- Evans, who [ved his discharge from the v several months ago, with latiZ of Lt. Colonel, has re nted in the army. He is now oned at Camp Campbell, Ky. 70 Hear Talk Urging Need For Planning Felix A. Grisdfette, executive secretary of the North Carolina State Planning Board, told a joint rn£eting of the Lion^ club and the. Hillsboro Garden Club last Thursday night that a town plan ning board should be appointed to work with the town council to wards civic improvement. “Take inventory of what you have and then move in the direc tion to take thebest advantage of your natural resources. Don’t try to go North <sto bring a large manufacturing plant here, but de velop your own resources. Hills boro is richly endowed with his torical tradition. YOU have an ex cellent beginning there to begin civic improvement.” Approximately 70 people were present for the supper meeting. Don S. Matheson, president of the Lions club, presided and Gil ibert Ray, chairman of the civic improvement committee of the Lions club, presented the speaker. The meeting was arranged by Ray and Mrs. Charles S. Hubbard, president of the civic improve ment committee of the Garden club. Gospel Baptist Homecoming Is Announced Homecoming services will be held at the Gospel Baptist tab ernacle Sunday, June 29, with two services and dinner on the grounds. Morning services wil be at 11 a.m. and the afternoon services at 2 p.m. Following homecoming, reviv al services will start in the church on Monday night, June 30, to corf tinue throughout the week. The Rev. Luther A. Nall, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church of Bur lington, will do' the preaching. Bus transportation will be pro vided to the church each night during the revival. The bus will come through town about 6:30 or 7 p.m. and everyone is invited to attend the services. On homecoming day the bus will come through town about 9 a.m. » —» i ■ ■ i .in i ■—i * Asks WS • • ard, operator rofitable days Old you have fcny bad luck last Friday, the.thlrteenth? Albert Murray,) Chapel Hill; "No, it was Just anf ordinary day for me, but It is thie first Friday, 13th I can recall that didn't bring me bad lueki” Mrs. Ann Mayqi Co-Ed Beauty Shop, Chapel Hill: “I think it was lucky. It was one of tho most p I’ve had recently. O. M. Powers, Ur., Carrboro: "No. I have alwa fa considered Friday the thirteenth as lucky.” Mrs. Homer Tspp, Route 2, Chapel Hill: "No, nfy bad luck came Saturday w ten the light fixiure in tire t)v ng room fell and smashed.” Mrs. O. C. Marsi, jr., Chapel Hill: “No, It was an ordinary day.” Hundreds Pay Last Respects To Tom Brown Hundreds of Hillsboro and Or ange county citizens paid their last respects to Thomas S. Brown at funeral services conducted for him Tuesday momihg in the Hills boro Methodist church here. Tom, as he*was popularly known by his many friends and acquain tances in the county, suffered a sudden heart attackiand died Mon day morning at ljis home near Hillsboro. At the time of his death, he was cutting th* grass in the front yard of his hdme. Death was sudden. 1 In respect to hi|n, all business activities in Hillsboro ceased op eration for one hCur during the funeral services. Btown had been connected with iColeman-Laws Co., Inc., here for the past 15 years. A veteran of World War I; he was the son of Sie late George and Sarah Jobe Blown pf Hills boro. He was a member of the Chestnut Ridge Methodist church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ollie Howard Brown; one daughter, Mrs. Carlton McKee; two sisters, Miss Bell Brown of Greensboro and Mrs. R. C. Minnis of Hillsboro. Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist church here by the Rev. S. W. DuBose, pastor of the Hillsboro Presbyterian church, and the Rev. R. C. Mas terton, rector of St. Matthews Episcopal church. The Rev. Charl es S-.»Hubbard, pastor of the Me thodist church, was out of town. Pallbearers were H. G. Cole man, Sr„ J. E. Laws, Pon Mathe son, Edmund Latta, F. E. Joyner and Brown Gordon. Members of Hillsboro Post No. 85 of the Am erican Legion served as honorary pallbearers. New Hillsboro Exchange Club To Receive Charter Thursday; Expect 125 Here For Ceremony Coronation Service Is Held On the evening of June 15, sev enteen members of the Junior and Intermediate Girls’ Auxiliary of Carrboro church participated in a Coronation service. This was the first service of its kind to be held in the church here. The following girls were crown ed queens: Carole Deane Hunt, Josie Mae Harden, Earlene Perry and Mildred Wright. The follow ing Sunbeams were crownbearers: Brenda Harward, Toby Ray An drews, Deloris Pepper and Jean ette Watts. The Queens and other members of the court were an nounced by two R. A.’s, Donald and Tommy Riggsbee. The court was composed of two Princesses, Marie and Dorothy Perry; three Ladies in Waiting, Roxada Harward, Jackie Partin and LaRue Clarke; eight maidens, Royce Mae Farrell, Opal Wright, Bennie Jean Wright, Peggy Crane, Marcelle Smith, Joyce Feather, La i Verne Riddle and Virgie Mae Hackney. Following the lighting of the candles, Mrs. Jones, young peo ples leader of the church presided during the opening service. Mrs. W. H. Rittenhouse, Mt. Zion as sociational young peoples super intendent, led in the opening pray er. The State WMU young peoples leader, Miss Hilda Mayo, was pre sent to conduct the coronation ser vice. She was presented hv Mrs. G. N. Harward, Mt. Zion ational WMU Superintendent. Mrs. I Harward gave a brief history of the work of the G. A. since it was or ganized in this church. ; ’ " The materials studied in the Forward Steps were presented by the girls who had attained the various degrees of achievement. Gardenia corsages for the queens and the officers taking part in the service were given by Mrs. Wins low Williams. _ Mrs. Troy Jones presented Mrs. Winslow Williams and Mrs.. R. B. Studebaker, -counselors of the girls auxiliaries with gifts. Mrs. Herbert Riggsbee, president of the WMS presented Miss Mayo with a gift also. Mrs. Harward presented a GA pen to each crowned queen. The dedicatory prayer was led by Rev. Troy Jones. Orange Farm Agent Begins Four-Part Story On 1,500-Mile Trip To Alabama, Tennessee Don S. Matheson, Orange county farm agent, was one of 60 county agents in North Caro lina to make a 14>00-mile trip recently to observe the Ten nessee Valley Authority work in flood control and soil con servation. Here is the first of three articles he is writing on his trip. COUNTY AGENTS MAKE TRIP THROUGH TVA AREA Ever since the Tennessee Valley Authority began its work in flood control, and soil conservation, many county agents in North Ca rolina have wanted to make a trip through this area to study the work which was being done. I was for tunate enough to be included in a grou pof sixty county agents from all over North Carolina and have recently returned from a 1500 mile trip through Western North Caro lina, Alabama, and Tennessee. Many interesting farm practices were observed which could be ad apted by our own farmers in Or ange County. ^. 8TRIP CROPPING ON THE STATE HOSPITAL FARM AT MORGANTON The first stop was at the large several thousand acre farm at the State Hospital at Morganton where we observed steep red hills be ing strip cropped. Somb of these fields were too steep to be ter raced but the strip croping was doing a good job in the preven tion of soil erosion. Strip cropping is really three practices in one. (1) It is an excellent erosion con trol practice. (2) A good rotation can be earily followed. (3) It en ables you to run rows with the contour of the land. It costs no thing and requires no more land than the same rotation carried on where the fields are planted sol id. It may be used with or with out terraces and it is not hard to carry on once it is established. While at Morganton, we were told that there were more than 3,000 patients at this Hospital and that conditions were very crowd ed. From this, it appears that the New Hospital at Camp Butner will be established none too soon for the very urgent needs of oUr state’s mentally deficient. LIME AND PHQSPHATE CONTROL BROOM8EDGE • Our next stop was in the moun tains of Clay County on the water shed of Cat and Robbit Creeks. These creeks were named for In dian Chiefs who had their set tlements there many years ago. Ever since 1937 when the TVA first began its demonstration pro jects on farms of the watershed of the Tennessee River, lime and phosphate in quantities were furnished at a minimum cost to these demonstration farms. It was easy to detect the farms pn which liberal applications of both of these elements were used. The pastures were practically free of broom sedge and yellow top, which is a common weed in that part of the V— - \ .*! country, and the crops in general were flourishing. We talked with several farmers who said that they were convinced that with* regular applications of lime and phos phate and regular use of, the mow ing machine to clip pastures they could get good pastures practically free of broomsedge and other ob noxious weeds. Incidentally, the average yield of corn in this ar ea. had been increased from 21 bushels per acre in 1937 to 54 bu shels in 1946. The home painted from 23 percent in 1937 to 57 per cent in 1946 and homes with run ning water from 2 percent in 1937 to 35 percent in 1946. We spent some time with the County and Home Demonstration Agents and had them outline the program planning work which has been very successful in this region. Miss Velma Beam, Home Demonstra tion Agent, gave some very im pressive figures on this work, stat ing that a community program for the development of farm and hom es was worked out with the com munity leaders and that all efforts were directed toward working out the things that the people wanted in each community. I had always wanted to go to Murphy, having been to Manteo, the most eastern town of our State and Murphy is the town farther est west and a very “up and com ing” town it is with a beautiful marble courthouse. The 4-H Club girls had prepared a bountiful lunch which was served in the school cafeteria. f Merchants To Elect Officers The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchants Association will elect new officers at a meeting to be held in the Chapel Hill Town Hall Thursday night at 8 p.m. Discussion on earlier Satur day night, closing for the stores is also on the program for the association. This will be the first general meeting of the association since Mrs. Lois Cranford became the new secretary of the organiza* tion. Report Made On Credit Group Meet C. T. Hall, President of the Gra ham Production Credit Association and S. E. Boswell, L. L. Garrison and J. R. Williams, who comprise th^ board of directors of the farm er cooperative credit association, have returned from a state-wide conference of directors held at Whightsville Beach. According to Mr. Hall, the con ference was devoted to a discus sion of farm finance considera tions: our economic situation as it aifecv_ sorth Carolina agriculture; ways and means of improving) credit service, and providing con structive credit service to farm er members during the post-war period. J. C. Moore, Secretary-Treas urer, also attended the conference, he said, “The I much thought to strengthening membership relations and plans for further progress in achieving com plete member ownership of the as sociation." ; — Speakers appearing on the pro gram included Dr. G. W. Forster of the Department of Agricultural Economics of North Carolina State College; Dr. L. D. Baver, Dean of Agriculture, North Carolina State College; Mr. Julian H. Scarbor ough and Mr. S. C. Lattimore, President and Vice President, re spectively, of Production Credit Corporation of Columbia, South Carolina. * -• C. T. Hall of Roxboro, T. W. Al lison of Creedmoor, and John R. Carroll of Greenville, were elected by the group to serve on the Ad visory Committee for the Produc tion Credit Corporation of Colum bia, representing the associations of North Carolina. Palmers Grove By Mrs. W. V. Armfleld Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw of High Point were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Whicker. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kaiser of Winston-Salem are visiting Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Whicker. Rev. John Haskew, Jr., of Dur ham, was a dinner guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Yates. Mrs. T. H. Yates has as her guest, her aunt, Mrs. Hattie Guil ford of Pennsylvania. Carden, Buck Buyma, and Woodrow Browning of Durham visited Nickey Carter on Sunday. Mrs. Robert Browning and daughter spent last week end with her daughter, Mrs. W. N. Carter. A number of ladies gathered at the home of Mrs. Dora Franklin on Wednesday and quilted a quilt. This quilt will be sold at the next Brunswick stew held in the com munity, proceeds to be added to the community building fund. Wildlife Club Plans Sapper The Orange county wildlife club will hold a dutch supper meeting at the White Cross school on Thursday night, June 19, at 7 p. m. John T. Manning, president of the Orange county club, announc ed that the pubilc and “particuX larly those who are interested in Wildlife Conservation are invit ed to attend with members of the club. The supper will consist of chick en stew and will cost $1.50 per plate. Tickets may be obtained from Kenneth Putnam, treasurer of the club, at the Bank of Chapel Hill, and from Edwin Lynch, clerk of court, in Hillsboro. ^ 1 "r . ‘.Av Approximately 125 people are expected to gather in the Colon ial Inn in Hillsboro Thursday night for the ceremonies marking the presentation of the charter to the newly organized Hillsboro Ex change Club. Representing the National Ex change club in the presentation will be Charles McKaye Clarke of Durham, district governor, North Carolina district No. 2. Lucius Brown, Jr., president of the new club, wlil accept the charter in be half of the Hillsboro chib. Members of Exchange clubs throughout this section are ex pected to attend the charter night ceremonies^ ; Representatives of clubs from Durham, which is spon soring the organization of the club here, Raleigh, Henderson, Cary, Mebane, Graham, and Burlington will attend the presentation. OFFICERS Officers of the new Hillsboro chib are: Brown, president; • H. - Broadwell, secretary; Charles W. Chance, vice president; and S. A. Johnson, treasurer. Board of Con trol for 12 months is composed of Phil J. Thomas, Odell H. Clay ton and Brown P. Gordon, Jr.; for six months, Robert D. Copeland, C. Scott Cates and E. P. Sykes. Members of the Hillsboro club (other than those named above) are: Bernard F. Allison, B. E. Beck, J. Bruce Cannady, Martin Hender son, Everette H. Kennedy, John Frank Ray, Ernest C. Wilkins, Odell C. Minnis, R. Randolph Brown, James M. Faucette, James Brown Minnis, Orin P. Minnis, James W. Taylor, Gary W. Lloyd, Clarence C. Culbreth, Joseph F. Rosemond, E. Wilson Cole, Al fred J. Snipes, Jr., George A. Can nady, John C. Ray, Jr., and J. G. Stephenson. George W, Serr#t, president, ^txcpa^ purhasr, will be the chairman for the ceremon ies Thursday night. John M. Riley, immediate past president of the Durham club, will install the- officers of. the Hillsboro club. Others who will have parts on the program are: Dr. J. B. Morris of Durham, pre sentation of covenant of service, Shaw Stevenson of Durham, pre sentation of United State flag; Sidney Pruett of Durham, presen tation of wings of victory pins to members of Hillsboro club for se curing two' or more new members; R. O. Heater, vice president of .rJorth .Carolina Exhange^Cftlb Raleigh, presentation of"the Na tional Exchange clube service pennant to the sponsoring club of < Durham and national service pins to fa. Ed. Murdaugh and James F. Linville, both of Durham ;and Captain A. C. Barclay of Toledo, Ohio, assistant national director of extension, remarks on organi zation. * Six Teachers Resign Jobs All teachers in the Orange coun ty school system were reelected for next year by the school board, but a number have submitted their resignations, R. H. Claytcr, su perintendent of schools, announc ed this week. Resignations have been receiv ed form Mrs. Alice Cates, princi pal of the West Hillsboro school; Rev. Ellis Clark, high school teacher at Aycock; Mrs. Ernest Neal, fourth grade teacher at Carr boro; Mrs. Helen Hill, seventh and eighth grade teacher at White Cross; Miss Emma Gates, first and second grade teacher at Caldwell; and E. T. Campbell, principal of the Efland school. Union Grove Homecoming Is Jane 29 Homecoming will be held at Union Grove Methodist church near Hillsboro on Sunday, June 29, it has been announced. Bonner D. Sawyer, Hillsboro at torney, will make the principal address. Twice As Mnch Lone Ranger The NEWS has a special treat for you Lone Ranger fans this week—12 strips of Lone Ranger action. Turn to page 2 first and read the Lone Ranger there. Then flip over to page 7 and continue reading the adventures of the .