THE NEWS of Orange County
Published Every Thursday by
THE NEWS, INCORPORATED
J. Roy Parker, President
Hillsboro, N. C.
Entered at the Post Office at Hillsboro, N. C., as second-class matter.
Editor..Harry D. Hollingsworth
Associate Editor.Mae V. Lark
Mechanical Force. ..Kenneth T. Hall, Supt.,
Owen F. Jones, Bobby Parlier
Community Representatives.Elizabeth Kirkland,
New Hope; Mrs. Lloyd B. Haithcock, Eno; Mrs. Ira Mann,
Carr boro; Mrs. W. V. Armfield, Palmer’s Grove; Mrs. C. H.
Pender, Cedar Grove; Marinda McPherson, Hillsboro Ne
%ro representative; and L. Vickers, Chapel Hill-Carrbo^o.Ne
sp-o representative.
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THE NEWS of Orange County is the oldest newspaper of continuous
operation in Orange County.
Member North Carolina Press Association
The News, November 6, 1947
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Let’s Close
The Gap
The News qf Orange
County, which wishes to be
remembered as having spoken
and as frequently as it legally:
-could- voted—for the school
bond issue which failed to
carry last June to, hopes very
much that the County Coun
cil of Farm Women were lis
tening and taking to heart the
plea of Gordon Blackwell of
the university for “a bridging
of the tragic gap between
Chapel Hill and the rest of
the county.”
Not that we enjoy being re
minded of the existence of
such a gap; but it w7as there
last June, .because Chapel
Hill, voted overwhelmingly
for the bonds and Hillsboro,
along with other precincts,
—voted them down.
This does not necessarily
• m^an that the. citizens of the
"university tommunjfy afe The
only -voters in Orange coun
ty interested in their schools.
’ Let’s don’t assess blame for
what happened; but let’s get
together and see that it does
not happen again.
The Farm Bureau
The North Carolina Farm
Bureau is currently in a drive
for 100,000 members and is
making every effort to insure
that every farmer who desires
to join may have the oppor
tunity.
In this county the farm
bureau is a potent organiza
tion for the welfare of the
farmer and we hope that those
of you who are interested in
making farm life better will
avail yourself of the oppor
tunity to join this organiza
tion.
All of the farm organiza
tions have their place hi our
farriFeconomy and we believe
that a farmer would do well to
consider membership in the
group.
With a constant aim of an
improved agriculture, fair
prices for- farm products, bet
ter rural living standards and
farm equality in our national
economy the farm bureau con
stantly makes every effort pos
sible to improve the welfare of
the farmer.
Mere About
The Farm Bureau
Less than two weeks remain
drive for 1,000 raera
of Orange County Farm
is
au, and the campaign
about half-successful,
membershin commk
we
would not presume to advise
on how to conduct a campaign
of this sort; but we do feel that
we have, a right to assert that
a farmer who does not take, ad
vantage of organization, now
idays is ' powerfully ' short
sighted and need not be sur
prised if those who da plan
and work together for a com
mon cause are wearied by his
complainings. -
Personally, we do not be
lieve the extension of the
bureau just now will affect in
the slightest the marketing of
the rest of this year’s tobacco
crop; but it could have a lot to
do with succeeding crops of to
bacco and other farm com
modities.
Thanksgiving
As the Thanksgiving season
approaches, autumnal colors
begin, to show themselves in
the forest of oaks on the cam*
pus of' t he “Oxford Orphanage
and remind us that 308 boys
and girls present that many
opportunities to benevolent
meh and women desii’ous of
making wise and loying con
tributions in behalfr of needy
children.
For 75 years the Orphanage
has continuously been in the
business of caring fdr^ educat
ing, and training orphaned
children, In this three-quar
ters of a century some 6,000
North Carolina boys and girls
have been molded into good
and useful citizenship, becom
ing important assets in the life
of the state. These graduates
have entered into the various
businesses, trades and profes
sions. The records are im
pressive.
While the Orphanage is
wholly owned and operated by
the Grand Lodge of Mason,
no child is debarred from its
benefits because of non-M'a
sonic parentage. Scarcely 2c
per cent of the children in the
Orphanage today have Ma
sonic lineage. The question
is never, who was the father
or mother,' but what is the
need of the child? This is
the deciding factor, always.
Special emphasis is this year
being laid on the needs for
more and larger gifts at
Thanksgiving. In its long list
of expense requirements the
Orphanage has marry “musts.”
The institution “must” pro
vide shelter, clothing, food,
recreation, heat, light, books,
school supplies, health pro
grams, athletic equipment,
staff of trained workers, voca
tional training in several de
partments, laundry, repairs
and upkeep of grounds, build
ing and equipment, experi
enced case work for the big
family of children. All these
“musts” and many others have
Veterans
Intomatioa
Veterans Administration today
answered the six questions most
frequently asked by veterans
about out-patient treatment in a
VA hospital clinic or by their own
physicians at government ex
pense.
The questions were asked in a
survey that VA conducted recently
to learn how much" veterans know
about their federal benefits. The
questions and answers follow:
Q. Am I entitled to treatment in
an out-patient department?
A. Only if you have a service
connected disability, or if you have
a nonservice-connected ailment
and are on leave from a VA hos
pital and ordered to report to an
out-patient clinic for periodic
treatment or examination. Eligi
bility for out-patient treatment is
set by law, and, except in rare in
stances, treatment is limited to
those with service-connected ail
ments.
Q. Under what circumstances
may a veteran * be admitted to a
VA hospital through the out-pa
tient department?
A. Veterans with service-con
nected disabilities who requested
out-patient treatment and who
then are found to be in need of
hospitalization, often are assigned
to hospitals by doctors in the out
patient clinics. Also, veterans who
have no service-connected dis
abilities may apply to an out- pa
tient clinic for hospitalization. .If
physical examinations disclose the
need for hospitalization, such care
will be arranged for by the staff
of the out-patient clinics.
Q. Does VA provide maternity
care to veterans or their de
pehdents through out-patient
clinics. _■_ ___
A. No. Only veterans with
service-connected ailments are
eligible for treatment in out-pa
tient clinics, except under rare cir
cumstances,
Q. What is the waiting list for
hospitalization? - v
A. Veterans with service-con
nected disabilities must be pro
vided medical care first. Then, if
beds are available and if veterans
with nonservifce-connected ail
ments say they cannot afford to
pay for treatment elsewhere, they
may be admitted to VA hospitals.
Inasmuch as VA almost always
has more applications for hospital
care from veterans with nonserv
ice-connected disabilities than it
has beds, there is always a group
of veterans awaiting their turn for
hospitalization.
Q. How long does a veteran
have to wait before he is hos1
pitalized?
A. If a veteran has a service
connected disability, he does not
have to wait to receive hospitaliza
tion. If he has a nonservice-con
nected ailment and he is an emer
gency case, he is admitted immedi
ately. But if he has a nonservice
connected ailment that is not
emergency, he must wait until a
bed is available. The time he must
wait varies. Some hospitals are
more crowded than others and
thus’have longer 'waitlrTg H'Sts:
Q. May a veteran be treated by
his own physician, on the outside,
at-VA expense?
A. Yes, if he has a service-con
nected disability and receives
prior VA approval for such care.
risen enormously in cost and
this must be adequately bal
anced or the children will suf
fer from the neglect. The his
tory of a neglected child is
never a happy _ one—neither
for the child nor for the state.
Always someone must pay.
The Orphanages of the state
are adding additional fervor to
their appeals this season. This
is a matter of logic and figures.
There is no way out of it.
They have got to find the
money.
The majority of us waste
money every day for things
that serve no real purpose or
give adequate return. This is
a common experience. All of
us may be sure, however, that
every dbllar given needy child
hood yields interest compound
and never ceases to work.
Now, as you read this, is a
fine time to make a donation.
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Durham—Harmon L. Duncan,
manager of Radio Station WDUK
in Durham announced today that
the Federal Communications
commission has granted the sta
tion’s application for fulltime op
eration
~The station will now be able to
operate unlimited hours with a
daytime power of 1000 watts, and
a nightime power of 500 watts on
131® kilocycles, its present as
signment on the dial.
WDUK was Durham’s second
radio station antf has been on day
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light operation for a year and a
half.
Farm flocks in the nation laid
3,383,000,000 eggs in September^
This is three per cent more than in
September last year and 21 per
cent above the 1936-45 average.
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THE WILL TO VENTURE
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HERE!
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Within recent month's many new Industries have come to the
Piedmont Carolinas.
We're glad you’re Here! Continually, for 43 years it Has Keen our
Business .. . and our pleasure ... to encourage the location o*
new industries in our Piedmont communities.
Your coming confirms our faith' In the area we serve. Here wt
have seen hundreds of new industries grow... through' foresight,
initiative, and perseverance.
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You renew our confidence in the American system of private «n.
terprise ... which places the fruits of science and invention with'
in the reach of the average man. •
We serve you with a renewed awareness of our responsibility By
providing economical and dependable power we help to create
incentive and opportunity for you who are now exercising the
basic freedom of our economic system . *
The Will to Venture, With the Hope of H.ward.
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