(Published Weekly)
Hillsboro, N. C. The News, October 30, 1947
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54, No.' 44
THE
—Awarded First Place General Excellence by North Carolina Press Association far 1946—
What other medium in
county gives you as much
formation about your county
The News of Orange County.
The News to learn what's hap
pening in the county.
8 Pages This Week
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, collection of antique* and valuable article* from the home* of
Mt county made up the exhibit of the Antioch Road Home Dem
■ration club on achievement day.
jRecreation Center exhibited by'the Schley club at annual meeting
county home demonstration clubs. Figures in the exhibit were
de from clothespins.
ID Speaker Points Out
iucation Divergencies
nd Effect On County
larvest
mtiftai
Held
The New Hope Harvest festival
|s held Wednesday afternoon
night at the New Hope Grange
located at the rear of the New
Jpe Presbyterian church.
Principal speaker for the event
Commissioner of Agriculture
Kerr Scott.
iW • Leaper of radio . station
TF in Raleigh, was master of
Kmonies and the program
feeduled talks by Don S. Mathe
county farm agent, John W.
Rodman of the extension service
adqiiarters in Raleigh, and R. W.
Bdry, mayor of Chapel Hill.
Vt the dinner meeting Wednes
|y night the Rev. George Pick
pronounced the invocation and
ferry Caldwell, assisted by Mrs.
fcldwell, acted as toastmaster.
*e rmils Not
Revoked When
est Failed
If an applicant fails to pass the
te-required examination for a
ver’s license, he is entitled to
other examination and his pres
t license is not revoked, it was
Plained this week by Highway
'airolman T. P. Hofler.
Several people have been in
armed that their driver's license
i revoked if they fail to pass the
'sts. ‘This is a mistaken impres
ion,” he said. “A man is entitled
3 study up on the parts of the tests
e fails and to take another ex
amination before January 1, 1948,’
ofler stated.
However, if a man wfiose license
supposed to be renewed before
anuary 1 fails to do so, it is au
)matically revoked and he musl
ass the test before he can legally
rive in the state.
Persons' whose last names begir
fth either A or B are required
Oder state law to secure a new
river’s license before January 1
I’ORMER pastor
*Ef*E SUNDAY •
The Rev. S. W. Oldham, formei
Pastor at the Hillsboro Baptisl
murch, will conduct regular Sun
“ay morning services at the
church Sunday, November 2, ii
^as announced this week. The
|tev. Mr. Oldham was pastor o:
me church 15 to 20 years ago.
county boards
M£ET MONDAY
Regular monthly meetings o:
^e Orange county board of com
missioners, the school board anc
me welfare board are schedulec
t0r Monday, November .3.
The ©range county federation of
home demonstration clubs held its
annual achievement day program
hi. tliE* IT i’shoro high school gym
■©cwbev^S.
Outstanding features of the pro
gram were an address by Dr.
Gordon W. Blackwell, professor of
sociology at the University of
North Carolina; the judging of the
various club exhibits, and a picnic
lunch served in the school lunch
room.
Addressing the group, Dr.
Blackwell suggested the follow
ing slogan for Orange county: “As
'Education Goes, So Goes Orange
County.” He discussed the dif
ferences between the several parts
of 'the county. pointed- out
why these divergencies have prob
ably arisen and called for a bridge
ing of the tragic gag* between
Chapel Hill and the rest of thp
county.
Mrs. Kathryn Hamrick,, home
demonstration agent for the coun
ty, presented a pressure canner to
the Schley club, which had the
most outstanding record of
achievement for the year.
Blue ribbon winners for club
exhibit# were the Smith Level,
Schley, and Calvander clubs.
Judges were Mrs. H. A. Totten,
(Chairman, Mrs. Gilbert Ray and
Mrs. Betty Dawden.
Mrs. James Andrews of the
White Cross club, Miss Mildred
Hutcnins of the Calvander club,
and Mrs. Banks Lloyd of Orange
Grove won first, second, and third
places respectively in the sewing
exhibits.
In the needlework group Mrs.
Louis Freeland of the Blackwood
New Hope club was awarded first
place, Mrs. J. W. Clark of Orange
Grove, second,; and Mrs. J. E.
Adams of Shrowd Hill thiid.
For their skill in making feed
sacks into attractive garments,
Mrs. R. H. Holleman, Mrs. Jessie
Merritt, and Mrs. Phillip Sparrow
of the Mt. Carmel club won first,
second, and third, places, respec
fly. ' -y-!
liss Mae Crawford, Orange
,ve received first place in the
ss revue, Mrs. Waldo Sparrow
Mt. Carmel second, and Mrs.
iks Lloyd, Orange Grove,
idges for the needlecraft
ips were Mrs. C. C. Shotts,
rman, Mrs. C. D. Knight, and
Hubert Rigsbee.
ibbon winners for canning ex
ts were Mrs. John Kirk,
nge Grove; Mrs. J. W. Tolar,
r-Aycock; Mrs. G. H. Gilmore,
zander; Mrs. T. H. Yates, Tram
d- Miss Leta Strowd, Calvan
Msr. W. E. Berry, Gravely
• Mrs. E. F. Cude, Carr-Ay
’ Mrs T. O. Pender, Gravely
•’ Mrs C. M. Cheek, Orange
ve and Mrs. Victor Walters,
tela.
Iges in this group were Mrs.
Adams, chairman, Mrs. Bob
ist and Mrs. Noel Houston,
icheon arrangeemnts were
by Mt. Carmel and Fairfield
Flower arrangements were
ibuted by the Hillsboro
er Short
The Rev. Irving E. Birdseye
Named Presbyterian Pastor
The Rev. Irving Earl Birdseye
of Syracuse, N. Y., will on Sun
day, November 2, begin duties as
pastor of the Hillsboro Presby
terian church, replacing Dr. S. W.
DuBose who resigned recently to
assume teaching duties at Davis
Elkins college in Elkins, W. Va.
The Rev. and Mrs. Birdseye
were this week moving into the
Presbyterian manse on Churton
street.
He will hold regular services at
the Presbyterian church Sunday.
His wife is the forager Mary
Hughes Carmichael of Morris
town, Tenn. They have been mar
ried two years, no children.
Following is a biographical
sketth of the Rev. Birdseye:
Bom in Syracuse, N. Y. Grad
uated from Blodgett Vocational
high school, Syracuse, 1938. Re
ceived A.B. degree from Tuscu
lum college, Greeneville,- Tenn.,
1943. Served a group of small
rural churches while attending
college.
Received S.T.B. degree from
Union Theological Seminary,
New York, N. Y., 1946. During
three years in seminary, served as
assistant pastor at the East Chester
Presbyterian church. New York,
and as supply pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, Oceanside,
Lr N., ■ New York.
Licensed to preach by the Pres
bytery of Syracuse in April, 1945.
Ordained by the same body in
May, 1946. During summer of
1945, served as Director of Re
ligious and Recreational Activities
at the Holston - Orphanage,
Greeneville, Tenn.
Beeame—member—of—Orange
Presbytery, Synod of North
Carolina, October, 1946, serving as
Stated Supply to the Deep River
Presbyterian Parish (Gulf, Golds
ton, Cummock, Farmville). Now
completing work toward masters
degree in the Department of
Sociology with special emphasis
on the rural church at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Will
begin duties as pastor of the Hills
boro Presbyterian church on No
vember 2, 1947.
V. • ,4 y.jr,.
Fish Ponds
Are Stocked
With Bream
The following farmers in Orange
county received fish for their farm
fish ponds last week through the
Soil Conservation Service: A. S.
Blackwood and S. H. Basnight,
Chapel Hill community; Ralph
Hudgins and W. E. Berry, Mebane
community; -Gary W. Lloyd, Fred
ick Miller and Brothers and Van
Kenyon, Hillsboro community; Jeff
Roberts, B. C. Corbett, Odie Wil
son and G. C Kennedy of the
Cedar Grove community.
The Federal Fish and Wildlife
Service furnished1, the fish' for
stocking these newly, built ponds
and personnel of th$ Neuse River
Soil Conservation district, Orange
county work unit, assisted these
farmers in the building of their
ponds by way of technical advice
and in securing the fish.
Bream (the blue gill) are put in
the ponds in the fall, and the bass
will be put in next spring. With
proper fertilizing, these ponds
should provide fair fishing one
year after the stocking.
Thomas Assigned
Seth L. Thomas, above, former
employee of The News, will be as
signed to Jacksonville as state
highway patrolman after he is
sworn in at ceremonies in Raleigh
Saturday.
Thomas last week completed the
training course for future high
way patrolmen in Chapel MiJI, and
said this week that he had beeh
assigned to Jacksonville for fur
ther field training.
He is a graduate of Hillsboro
high school and served overseas in
the army during M\e second world
war. _
Highway Men
Are Honored
At Meeting r:
Graham — Approximately 300
Fifth Division employes of the
State Highway and Public Works
commission assembled gt prison
camp 501 here Wednesday to hear
a series of talks by highway of
ficials and participate in the
awarding of service buttons to 32
of their number. ■
Presenting the awards to the
men, whose length of service with
the highway commission ranged
from five to 25 years, Chairman
A. H. Graham lauded their efforts
expended in the construction and
maintenance of the North Carolina
highway system, and declared that
1946 and 1947 had seen more and
better road work accomplished
than in any previous two-year
period in the hiatory of the state.
Fifth Divisip*^^.Commissioner
George W. Kane, Division En
gineer T. A. Burtoh, Administra
tive .Assistant W. H.% Rogers Jr.
and Highway Auditor Sam N.
Smith were among officials who
made informal remarks before the
group.
Men receiving the service but
tons were: 25 years—S. A. Camp
bell, Goss Cheek, C. E. McLeod
J. G. Royals and C. I. Walters; 2C
years—J. H. Lunsford; 15 years-^
A. H. Borland, E. G. Bush, G. C
Penny, H. C. Foust, R. V. Graham
J,' D. GWynn, J. W. Hooper, C. E
Murphy, W. T. McKee, T. S
Wright, W. A. Pearson, J. A
Wrenn, W. R. Pearson, A. R
Pierce, J. W. Rainey, C. H. Scott
G. M. Shelton, C. B. Sumner, L. J
Whitt and J. H. Workman; and
five years—Eaymond Y. Allen
William A. Atkinson, Preston F
Page, Eugene L. Slaughter and
B. T. Craig.
Following the presentation oi
awards, all persons present for the
meeting were guests at a barbecue
supper held on the prison camp
grounds.
District Head
Visits Lions
Club Here
District Governor Francis
Walker addressed the Hillsboro
Lions club last Thursday at a
well- attended meeting of the
club.
He stated that Lions Interna
tional was now the largest civic
organization in the world, having
6,218 clubs with 330,000 members
in 19 countries of the world. He
said these clubs last year entered
into ,85,000 separate activities for
the betterment of their local com
munities.
He announced that Melvin
Jones, founder of the International
Lions club, would be present at
the Durham club’s 25th anniver
sary on November 18.
Mr. Walker closed his address
by complimenting / the local club
for its active work with the blind
and the Boy Scouts.
Matt Smith Is
Still Missiag
All information concerning
the mysterious disappearance of
Miltori “Mutt” Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Smith of Hills
boro, has been turned over to
the SBI.
Mr. Smith said Wednesday
that nothing had been /heard
from his son since he disap
peared after attending the state
fair Friday, October 17.
Half Of County’s Tobacco Sold;
Sales May Start Again Monday
Orange Men
Show Champ
Bulls At Fair
At the recent N. C. state fair a
bull belonging to Lewis Cheek,
route 1, Chapel Hill, was declared
senior champion and grand cham
pion of the breed.
quality and type sought after by
promoters of the ,breed. This
senior bull is the herd sire of the
splendid Ayshire herd owned by
Lemuel Cheek* route 1, Chapel
Hill. Another junior yearling
heifer, “Lemola Rio Rita” won
thi£d place in her class at the fair.
Hugh Wilson, route 3, Hillsboro,
exhibited a junior yearling Ay
shire bull, “Lemola Clipper’s Sir
Hector,”'which won third place in
his division.' " ~———
Both of these men are Interested
in building good herds of this
breed in Orange county.,, The ani
mals exhibited by'“them give
promise of adding quality, high
milk production and butterfat
content to the herds ‘they repre
sent.
The bull', ‘Tell
Boy” was declared
being an outstand
Dnny
fe as
le of
News of Eno
By Mrs. Lloyd B. Haithcock
The W. M. S. of Mt. Herman
Baptist church will meet with
Mrs. H. C. Haithcock Thursday
evening at 7:30 p. m.
The Rev. W. Rittenhouse Sr.
is still confined to his home be
cause of illness. His son, W. H.
Rittenhouse Jr., delivered the ser
mon at Mt. Herman Sunday.
Gl-over Clayton, Joyce Hunt,
G. D. Clayton Jr., Audrey Hunt,
Oscar Lashmit, Royal Robinson,
and Kenneth Clayton attended the
Duke-Wake Forest game Satur
day.
Misses Mary Jo Harris and
Peggy Strayhorn attended a dance
in Sanford Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Haithcock
and son, Tim, were visitors in
- .Macon over the weekend._,_
Mrs. J. M. Harris has returned
from Watts hospital, where she
underwent an operation recently.
“ Misses Mary Jo Harris,* Peggy.
Strayhorn and Natalie Simpson
attended the formal dance Satur
day evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Craig.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Jacobs were
the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
L. B. Haithcock Saturday evening.
Mrs. Fannie Pearl' Fulcher, a
member of the Needham-Brough
tcn high school faculty, and Miss
Carrine Odom of Raleigh visited
Mrs. J. M. Harris Saturday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Widener, Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Harris, Mrs. Tom
Barbee and Maben Barbee visited
IVfr and Mrs. G. D. Clayton Sun
day evening.
Eddie Ballenger spent the week
end visiting his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Johnson in Durham.
Miss Mary Ellen Williams, who
is attending Elon college, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. E. Williams.
PARTY HONORS THREE
WHO HAD BIRTHDAYS
un rriaay mgnt, Mrs. vernon
Truesdale and Mrs. G. C. Trues
dale entertained at a Pollyanna
party in the home fo the latter.
Card, games and contests were
enjoyed by the group, with prizes
| going to Mrs. H. C. Haithcock,
I Mrs. J. M. Harris and Miss Carolyn
Jean Talley. —^
At the conclusion of the games,
gifts which had been brought by
the “Pollyannas” were distributed
among the guests by Carolyn Jean
i Talley.
The party was also given in
recognition of the October birth
days of Mrs. L. B. Haithcock, Mrs.
L. H. Cox and Carolyn Jean
Talley.
The guests were invited into the
dining room. The table was
covered with a lace cloth. Crys
tal candelabra held green burning
tapers. At one end was placed a
two-tiered birthday cake. Mrs.
L: B. Haithcock cut and served
the cake. Refreshments of ice
cream, angel food cake, and cof
fee were seived to Mrs. H. V. Staf
ford, Mrs. L. H. Cox, Mrs. T. E.
Lloyd, Mrs. Paul McKee, Mrs.
W. F. Lark, Mrs Jack Van Vynckt,
Mrs Walter Simpson, Mrs. W. B.
Haithcock, Mrs. L. B. Haithcock,
Mrs. A. D. Clayton, Mrs^J. E. Bal
lenger, Mrs. W. T. Ttflley, Mrs.
H. C. Haithcock, Miss Carolyn
Talley and the hostesses, Mrs.
G. C. Truesdale and Mrs. Vernon
Truesdale.
Efforts were kept alive Wednes
day that the flue-cured tobacco
markets In North Carolina and
Virginia would re-open on Mon
day following a four-day shut
down because of the withdrawal
of all British buyers from the
market.
The withdrawal of the buyers
struck a death blow at the tobacco
crop in Orange county with only
50 per cent of an estimated 5,000,
000 pounds marketed.
Don S. Matheson, who released
the figures, said that last year
Orange county marketed 5,778,249
pounds of tobacco. “Based on this
figure,” he said, “there would he
at least two and a half million
pounds yet to be marketed.
He added:
“Leaders in government, indus
try and' farm organizations are
working together to try to keep the
market stabilized. The govern
ment, through the Stabilization
corporation, is prepared to provide
a floor price at 90 per cent of
parity. The newly organized To
bacco Associates, with J. B. Hut
son as president, is working to di
vert tobacco that ordinarily goes
to Britain to other foreign coun
tries.”
Approval by“ Secretary of Agri
culture Clinton P. Anderson of a
government loan proposal where
by British buyers will continue to
buy leaf brought hopes for the re
opening of sales on Monday.
Fred Royster of Henderson,
president of the Bright Belt Ware
housemen’s association and chair
man of the marketing committee,
said that in all probability the
markets would "reppen Monday.
Most tobacco men expressed the
belief that the brief sales holiday
would have a healthy effect on
prices. Confidence was expressed
that prices will rise to the level
existing prior to the British ban
announcement.
Farm Bureau
Seeks 1,000 ’
In Orange
With approximately 500 mem
bers already signed up in the
Orange county farm bureau, the
membership committee is entering
the final weeks of the drive to se
cure Orange county’s quota of 1,
000 members before the deadline,
November 15.
In view of the preserif 'crisis "OH
tobacco, Orange county farmers
are well aware of the necessity of
maintaining strong farm organiza
tions to look after the interest of
all farmers. *
Every farmer not yet . signed up
should see the committeeman in
his community and sign up right
away. ' \
The following men are on the
membership committee: R. C.
Compton, John Cates, Zeb Bur
ton, John Williams, G. F. Liner,"
G. D. McAdams, Jim Monk, Clyde
Roberts, Harold Walker, J. M.
Dickey, J. C. Jordan, L. J. Rogers,
A. J. Pope, Joe Dickey, Jack Ho
gan, J. S. Dark, W. G. Carruthers,
John H. Brown, W. L. Miller, .Jeff
Atwater, John Hawkins, Clyde T.
Roberts, J. L. Phelps and John
McDade.
Orange County
Grange Backs
Food Saving
At a meeting of the Orange
County Pomona Grange held at
the American Legion hut in Hills
boro, the President’s food con
servation program was endorsed
and Orange county farmers asked
to do all they could to cooperate
with it.
The advisability of having
poultryless days when there seems
to be a surplus of poultry and eggs
was questioned and the Grangte1
recommended that the President’s
food committee study the statis
tics offered them by the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
G. O. Reitael Was re-elected
master of the organization and
Manly Snipes of Orange Grove
community is the new overseer.
Other officers are as follows: Lec
turer, Mrs. Clyde Roberts; secre
tary, Christine Cates; treasurer,
Miss Martha Lloyd; steward, Au
brey McLennon; assistant steward,
Richard Roberts; lady assistant
steward, Mrs. R. L. Mohler; chap
lain, W. A Davies; gatekeeper,
Don S. Matheson; Pomona, Mrs.
Winston Strayhorn; Ceres, Mrs.
Harold Walker; flora, Jesse Ward;
executive committee, Fred Reitzel,
J. R. Pulley, W. T. Roberts.
Associate Editor
Appointment of Mrs. Mae V.
Lark as associate editor of The
News of Orange County If an -
nounced this week by J, Roy
Parker, president of The News.
Inc., and Harry D. Hollingsworth,
editor of The News.
Mrs. Lark In September com
pleted one year of work with The
News and has served in several
capacities during that period.
8he Is a graduate of Hillsboro
high school and studied at Duke
university. She is a resident of
the Eno section of Orange county.
Cedar Grove
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Aycock high school will hold
its annual Halloween carnival Fri
day night. The porgram will con
sist of Halloween stunts under the
direction of Mrs. Tom Dula. Other
attractions will be two contests,
the “Ugly Man” contest and a
baby contest.
The contestants -for the “ugly
man” are as follows with spon
sors: Dewey Blackwell, third
grade;. William Dorsett, fourth
grade; James Wade, fifth grade;
Jimmy Winslow, sixth grade;
Burch Compton, seventh grade;
Herman Tate, eighth grade; Harris
Pope, nirfth grade; Tom Dula,
tenth grade; Luther Boone,
eleventh grade; E. F. Cude. twelfth
grade.
Contestants for the baby con
test, arersecond grade, Jane Wells;
third grade, Bill Allen; fourth"
grade; Judy Walters, fifth -grade; ;
Betsy Ann Wright; seventh grade,
Tommy Compton; eighth grade,
Larry Rogers; ninth grade, Matt
Ransom; tenth grade,' Kathy
Walker, eleventh grade, Joyce
Oliver; twelfth, Brenda Phelps.
Other attractions will be side
shows, fishing, fortune-telling and
movies, and refreshments will be
sold.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend and share In the fun of
Halloween.
The Woman’s Missionary so
ciety of the Methodist church con
ducted a program on the “College
Advance” during the Sunday
School hour Sunday a. m. Miss
Avett, the Orange county Bible
teacher, talked on work at Scar
ritt college.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Nichols at Watts hospital October
10, a son, Curtis Ausborne.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Rountree at Duke hospital, Oc
tober 24, a son.
The community has been sad
dened by the death of the Rev.
J. C. Williams. Mr. Williams was
pastor of the Cedar Grove Meth
odist church for four years. He
was transferred to the Fremont
charge three years ago. The Rev.
and Mrs. Williams have a large
number of rfiends in this com
munity all of whom regret to hear
of Mr. Williams sudden passing
last Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Finley and
Miss Mildred Finley went to see
“Gone with the Wind” in Durham
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Pender spent
Sunday at Natural Bridge and
other points of interest in the
Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia.
Mrs. Z. C. Burton is a patient
in Duke hospital.
Mrs. E. C. Compton has re
turned to her duties in the Ay
cock lunch room after having been
ill for the past two or three weeks.
A large number of relatives and
friends from
tended the
in Gibsonville last Sundav
Smith
mom in*