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I for the best In n.w. and , average of any biiahed in Orange county. Items cover the county a particular are* or » a, group of citizens. THE NEWS of Orange County Awarded First Place General Excellence Oy North Carolina Press Association for 1946— (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1947 Price: $8 A Yearr 5c Single Copy Ten Pages What other meelli county give* you formation about your The Nows of Orange Coui The Nows to I earn whi pening In the Compton ds AAA iher Term .I1 E J. S. Compton Compton of Cedar Grove re-elected chairman of Jty AAA committee—a po ( has held^since the AAA jugurated in Orange coun Jthe delegates from the 10 |ities in the county. officers of the county ee named were: John H. vice chairman; P. 13. |egular member; and C. W. and- J. E. 'Hawkins, al election held December cent of the eligible v.oters iunty went to the polls to ie county committeemen county ir communities. Immunities they are: tell—chairman, Claude Ay Ice chairman, A. E. Wilson; [member, Clyde H. Berry; jernate, Lewis Blalock; sec jernate, Reid Hall. airman, L. J. Rogers; lirman, G. D. McAdams; member, Lewis Dunn; Senate, J. L. Scotton; see brnate, Marvin Rogers. I >ro — chairman, W. R. t: vice chairman, J. S. Wil I ar member, John H. |n;t alternate, Aubrey Mc second alternate, L. R. Grove—chairman, C. W. ■'ice chairman, J. E. Haw ‘Sular member, J. M. Haw in alternate, C. T. Pope: ■alh 'mate, jule Alien. ' 4- • .airman, W. B. Rich -vk-c ■ chairman—-Claud J. regular member, Rill , Dor - ■ h alternate, H.- E. Mayes; •ahernate, 'Glenn Pender. };ro - chaiiTjian, Milton wic£_ chairman, -Clarence tirSt alternate, Reid Rob icond alternate, Marvin Hope—-chairman, L. A. vico chairman, I. S. New-: ular member, J. R. Whit-' rst.alternate, Hi 1ST. Black second alternate, Frank ge Grove—chairman, C. E. ce chairman, G. W. Lasley; member, | Frank G. Um first alternate, James Jr-; second alternate, J. W. Marys—chairman, Clyde I vice chairman, Wallace regular member, H. S. first alternate, J. H. Mar cond alterhate, T. F. Crab e Cross—chairman, S. A. M; vice chairman, Walter d; regular member, Alton I-ham; first alternate, W. M. aecond alternate, J. Tom aw. : Listers Naaied nSe county tax listers will listing taxes shortly after st of the year, Ira A. Ward, ’ acc°nutant, announced this listers this year will be ™cKee, Hillsboro town . R. Cheek, Chapel Hill "lp-H. R. Heath, Cheeks; R. r Comptpn^ Cedar Gr0ve; qW“Son, Littie River; T. M. > Binghahn; and Glenn Au ^ule of the tax listers will ished in next week’s paper. 'Phone Books n Available S Gordon said this toH3t additional telephone nes were available at the office in Hillsboro for s j did not receive them. » k ®e hid quite a num icnvla?d and that she would PPy to distribute them. Next Issue On Monday Next week’s issue of THE NEWS — which will feature Christmas messages from Orange county merchants—will be published on Monday after noon for delivery on the ruralf routes in the county Tuesday morning. __ Deadline for advertising copy will be 2 p. m. Saturday and for society copy 2 p. m. Friday aft ernoon. News deadline will be 9 a. fn. Monday. This will be the final issue of the year, the next issue appear ing on January 8 following a week’s vacation for all em ployees. Lloyd’s Body Found Sunday Near His Home Funeral services for J. Ralph Lloyd, 63, were held Tuesday aft ernoon at 2 o’clock at Bethel Bap tist church with the pastor, the Rev. W. H. Rittenhouse, the Rev. William H. Poole, and the Rev. George N. Harward in charge. Interment was made in the church cemetery. Lloyd, who had disappeared from his home eight days earlier, was found dead Sunday afternoon in a field beside highway 54, about one-half mile from his home. The body, which was frozen and not decomposed, was discovered by a group of children ■ playing in the field about one-quarter mile from ■the highway. Acording to Coroner H. J. Wahker, he ha dcommitled suicide oh the day of his. disappearance by cutting the vein in his- right wrist with a razor blade. The blade was found lying beside the body. ' Surviving are Lloyd’s wife, Mrs. Callie Neville Lloyd of the home; 1 one son, Hughes Lloyd of Carr | boro; one grandson, Hughes Lloyd .Tr.;"two step-sons, Erie-and Sir > Neville of Can-boro; six sisters, Mrs. Thomas. E, Lloyd .Univer sity; Mrs. Emma Lloyd. M's, ?'■ ,ti ler Butnfer, Mrs. Elba Woods, Mrs. Blanche Lloyd and Mrs. Rober Madden, all of Orqnge county throe brothers, Lest si.':.:, Ll oyd o. Chapel Hill,, route i: ’ C«ronoo J.loycf of Burlington; and Settle Llovd of -Orlando,' Fla.' Serving as pallbearers ..were Russell, T. W„ Cecil...and Shel hfen Llqyd, "Bruce: Rtgsboe. and Shelton 1 !oy,d.-B y cc Rigsbi e and Sh alt on Mr K n i ■ j i ‘ —...-—-*— Cottar Grave Pageant Is On Sunday A Christmas pageant “Follow the Star,” will be presented in the Cedar Grove Methodist church Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. Prior to the pageant a brief program will be given by the primary and jun ior classes, under the direction of Mrs. R. C. Compton and Miss Mil dred Finley. The pageant will be presented jy the young people of the Sunday uy uic.juMUft - school and the church choir. The cast consists of the follow ing characters: Mary of Today, Margaret Burton; Josephmf Tgday, Frank Liner; innkeeper, Hugh Liner; Mary the Mother, Nel Liner; Joseph her husband, Glenn Laruthers; Angel Gabriel, Man inne Pittard; first angel, Peggy Laruthers; second angel, Lois Liner; third angel, Carolyn Pit .ary; King Gaspard, Zeb Burton fr.; King Melchior, Bobby Woods, Sing Balthazar, Billy Hurley. First shepherd, Harry Pope; sec ond shepherd, Joe Compton; third .hepherd, Bobby Liner. Ralph Cooper Compton Jr. will 3e in charge of the music, Buck Liner the lights. The §JS jeing directed by Mrs. C. H. Pen The ehoir will include the fol r G -F Mesd^es Eva SS.S. *uby McDade, Gl^ys )ng Lizzy Long, Jean McDade, azel Compton and Misses Mane mnedy, Libby Uner Mildred nley, Virginia Liner and Ma y Th^ public" is cordially invited attend this ptogram. SCOUTS TO 5L THURSDAY Intermediate Girl Scou >ro will meet with Mrs. Ira at her apartment in M • Browning’s Thursday^ night ►’dock to go carolling. PICTURE NEWS OF THE WEEK EYE POWER to spare has Lila Leeds, say optometrists who spe cialize in such matters. The new comer to the movies has “the kind of eyes that make men lose their strength when they need it most." --K 7 WHEAT GROWER Tom Camp bell tells President Truman that rise in wheat price to $3.50 a bushel from current $3.00 could solve wheat shortage by encour aging farmers to turn loose grain they are holding. ELUSIVE HOT DOG. Pretty lit tle Ann Steuer has more, than her share of troubles at the annual food show in Milwaukee. r~TTllll¥tiiiiiniinn—" • mi ... ! STAINLESS STEEL SLEIGH 1 OK KIDDIES TOYS. Euch year Columbus Elks distribute toys so no little kiddies will be forgotten. Last Christmas Eve reindeer and sleigh were replaced with an International truck and Fruehauf stainless steel trailer manned Jjv Elks in c-' of the social welfare work. Bulging with toys this "giant s’ ade the entire city circuit in. one trip. Chapel Hill Schools Give Animal Christmas Carols 1 I Presentation -of 1 he--Chapel Hill I -T1 Christmas -Carol program ! this afternoon (.Thursday) will ,brin:;-to a close tin Christmas carol ' r: m for the schools which was star.cd Wednesday aftei noon .wi -h the clttni.ni.ary program. i The primary elementary, juiftor | hign/hiC; ■'-•ftionl-rhfcr.mirHHe hdrh seh-“ )■ -mixfed—chows have- a part on 'the program. JtMrfc*. Fred'S. .McCall-is directing the primary and , elementary groups .and .Mrs. F. W. Chapman the junior and senior groups. Mrs. BcnjMywn Swalin and Mrs. Shaw ] Smith accompany the singers. ! A new feature of the high school music is the boys’ glee club. Sev eral years has elapsed since the school had a boys’ glee club. Decorations in the school a/e Furnished by a committee of pdr nts under the chairmanship of Harold Weaver. Two attrac tive features of "the decorations «■ the doorxvay which Mrs. C. H. , V t.; has designed and the creche ! in the front hallway. h : Mrs, Richard Jc-nte is custodian ; of-the' creche, a .gift- to the school h5y the “aid department of the com J ihunity club, and she reassem j hies- it each year according to the ! original plan. -The figures are | handmade and they are clothed in i garments of . silk and velvet. Be ! hind the creche is. a lighted stained •' glass window, also presented to I the school by the art department. I Supt. C. W. Davids, Miss Mildred I Mooneyhan and the faculties of ! the schools are handling all other I arrangements. > ^ _ Workers Clearing Up Debris From Chapel Hill Big Blaze Property belonging to the University of North Carolina on Frank lin street in Chapel Hill suffered damage to the extent of $50,000 when fire'bf undetermined origin swept through the upper floors of two ad joining two-story building? last Thursday afternoon. Damaged in the blaze were the interiors of the University tltilitles^ f' '• ..•■■■ office aiid the Western Union office. - The blaze was the biggest and costliest in Chapel Hill since the town’s high school was destroyed by fire several years ago. None of the occupants of the buildings was Injured and it was re ported that the damage was covered by insurance. Workers this week were clearing up the debris and restoring wires burned out. A temporary mobile Western Union office was brought into the town and will be in use until regular service is restored. Mebane Chamber Group Drive For New Members Continues On December 9 pledged meih bers of the newly organized Meb ane Chamber of Commerce met at the Mebane high school decided to continue the drive for new mem bers and to continue organization plans for the chamber. D. K. Muse, chairman of the membership committee reported that there were 128 pledged mem berships and about 79 pledge cards which denote potential member ships which have not been re turned to the, chairman. A nomins^hg committee com posed of seven men was elected to - «•-! ' write a ticket of candidates for the election of the board of directors. The committee is composed of D. K. Muse, chairman; Tom Hawkins, secretary; John McIntyre, Steve Millender, June Grumpier, C. L. Malone, and L. P. Best.' * The committee approved the election of 11 directors one di rector to represent the public; four to represent industry; five to rep resent business and one director to represent: the farmers. The Mebane chamber is a new group having been orgaaiatdin the pastmonth. Claiborn Wilkerson’s Place First In Home Beautification Contest The, Claiborn Wilkersons of the Schley community won the $100 war saving bond offered by the Hillsboro brancn of the Durham Bank and Trust company for mak ing the most improvement in the beautification of their farm home and grounds. The Banks Lloyds of Orange Grove were close second, winning the $25 saving bond. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Poe won third place and $10 cash and Mr. and Mrs John Apple won fourth place and $5 cash prize. Mrs. H. R. Totten of Chapel Hill, one of the three judges, highly praised all four of the winners for having done a remarkably good job of improving end beautifying the appearance of their farm homes in the short period in which the contest ran. More than fifty Orange county farmers entered the contest last spring, end in spite of scarcity of labor and material, a good pro portion of the contestants com pleted their, plans. Mrs. .Totten said it was a mighty hard job for the judges to decide between the first six contestants. S. A. Johnson, vice president of Durham Bank and Trust company, in charge of Hillsboro branch, in commenting on this contest said that his bank was glad to have a part in any worthwhile undertak ing which would help Orange county farmers better their living conditions. He said that the prizes would be mailed to the winners. 6th Grade Students In Negro School Co»p!ete Rat Unit The sixth grade of Hillsboro Ne gro high school with the. guidance of Mrs. N. C. CoWnrd, their in structor, has done a remarkable job with an experiment on white rats. The pprpo.'jjt of.this experi ment was to show the -importance of milk in the diet. This experi . ment Was carried out under the | direction .of Mrss Hellen Ballock who visited the class every two weeks checking the weight of the rats and imparting encouraging remarks and counsel to the teacher ancl pupils. Superintendent Proffit visited the class twice and apparently he was much impressed- The pupils were inspired over his remarks to the extent that—they iiwrftrdvithn to attend their program whieff terminated the experiment; - Art and'. m.Tny other activities carried out .tjfe,; pupils..were involved in ' the* milk unit. The pupils constructed a dairy farm in their classroom with barns, silos, pasture arid farm house. They even had little cows standing in the pasture. When the unit ended a program' was given during chapel exercises. The pupils rendered creative programs, creative dances and songs which told a story about the importance of milk. Mrs. F. M. Warner, the primary teacher, as sisted by furnishing piano music throughout the program. I t The entire school was very pleased to have R. H. Claytor present. He gave some, very in teresting remarks. Two films that correlated with the unit were shown during the program. The class received 100 per cent co operation from the principal, A. L. Stanback, who assisted in every way possible to make the experi ment a success. The dairy council’s photog rapher, T. M. Scoggins, made pic tures of the scenes in the program which will be on display in the next school newspaperissue. Also some pictures will be turned over to the dairy council for future ref erence. . * The class was very glad to have the state supervisor visit their room. The entire school is al ways inspired by her visits. The aibove picture demonstrates the result of the experiment. Mrs. Coward hopqs that this experiment will be effectivevin convincing the sixth grade pupils that they should drink at least one quart of milk each day. Breeze Gains Slight Reprieve John Henry Breeze, Orange county Negro who- was supposed to die in the gas chamber at the state prison in Raleigh the day after Christmas, has gained a slight reprieve on his life. Governor Cherry has announced that ’ no one will be gassed on Christmas day or the day alter. Breeze was convicted on first degree murder for the slaying of Mrs. Agnes Wilkinson last year. .. ■ Ballard New Master Of Ma&on$ Here John P. Ballard Installation of new officers of Eagle Lodge No. 19 A. F. and A. M. in Hillsboro will be made^Fri day night, December 26, \tthe lodge, halt. The installatinjg oi filer has not been announced^ / New officers were elected Fri day night, December 12, with j John P. Balard being named mas ter. Other officers named were: Alton R. Williams, senior wrarden; Giles M. Long of Cedar Grove, junior warden; Garland Miller, treasurer; and Charles M. Walker Jr., secretary. .Other officers and committees . of ihc lodge are to be apnointed by Ballard and will be announced later. Sshool Buses Fcsslte Schedules Superintendent of Schools Glenn Profit! said this week that school buses this year had experienced little difficulty in. making their schedules. y? ;‘The eight new. buses we re ceived have been a big help in transporting ‘the children,” he added. ' Of'course, dhere have been sev eral buses to get stuck in the red, clay mud of Orange county’s un saved highways, but on the whole, the buses have come through with ■•practically no trouble, he pointed, out. Schools Close December 19 For Holidays Alt white and Negro schools in Orange county will dose for the Chrjstmas holidays on De cember *19 and will reopen— with the exception of White Cross and Carrboro — on Wednesday, December 31. The White Cross and Carrboro schools will reopen on Monday, January SAwith the Chapel Hill schools. i- ’ --- E. B. Patterson Of Chapel HiH " Succumbs Sunday Funeral services for Ernest Brown Patterson, 63,. prominent. Chapel Hill merchant, member of the board of aldermen, and for mer commander of Chapel Hill’s Post No. 6 of the American Le gion, were held Tuesday after noon at the University Methodist church, after which interment was made _dn the Chapel Hill cemetery. f ' ^ Patterson died in Duke hospital i in Durham Sunday night at 11 o’clock. He had been ill for, six weeks and his condition had been seyfous one week. A native of Atlanta, Patterson and his family moved to Chapel Hill eight years ago and opened the Patterson Tire company. He was a veteran of World War I. He was a member of the Ki waais club and the University Methodist church. • Patterson’s place on the board of alderman will be. filled by t^moevary , apvbl^m^V*. by the board, periding the election of a successor in May, 1949. He was elected last May for a two-year term. Officiating at. the funeral were the Rev.. Henry G. Roark of . the Methodist church rnrr the Rev. J.'M; Culbreth of I. owhurg. Pall- . bearers were members of the Chapel Hill American Legion post. Honorary pallbearers were the mayor and the board of alderman. Surviving are Mr. Patterson’s wile, Mrs. Ruth Dyson Patterson*, four sens and two daughters, E. B. Patterson Jit-.. Tampa, Fla.; Capt. Alfred K. Patterson. Stillwater, .Oklahoma: Robert B. and Dvson & Patterson,, both of Chapel Hill; Mrs. Ruth Patterson Pecora, Er wirfr; and -Miss’ Jean Patterson, Chapel Hill: one sister?1, Mrs. Frank H. Reynolds, Atlanta, Ga.; three t grandchildren, and several nieces J* and nephews. Grand Jury Returns Not A True Bill VfrdictJn Crime Against Nature Case 1 Not a true bill was returned against H. W. Crabtree of Hills boro by the Orange county grand jury last week when Crabtree cember term of superior court. Crabtree had been arrested and waived preliminary hearing in the Orange county recorder’s court on two charges of crime against nature. Not a true bill verdict was returned by the grand,, jury on both charges. However, a third charge of vio lation of the county beer regula tions resulting in Crabtree draw ing a $50 fine and losing his li cense to retail beer in Orange county. Twelve divorces were granted during the session. They were: Willie Williams, Jessie Booth Alexander; Clander Henley frOTh i Moland Henley; Louise Glenn Dollar from Roy Dollar; David G. Frey from Novia L. Frey; Paul J. Campbell from Mary Jenkins Campbell; Lena Louise Andrews Brewer from Robert Otis Brewer; Robert G. Baldwin from Cassie Bell Foster Baldwin; Mary Pat terson Fisher from Samuel J. Fisher; Gladys R. Hicks from Banks J. Hicks; Raymond Bynum from Bertha Bynum; and Joe Crowder from Alee Farrington Crowder. Other cases disposed of in the court, session were: J. C. Carr, driving drunk, nol pros; Charlie McBroom, driving drunk, con tinued; Charlie A. Brown, driv ing drunk, continued; Jesse C. Mangum, driving drunk, continued; Utis Parrish, bastardy, $100 to Thelma Evans, $5 par week for child and costs; Edgar Rice, murder, committed to Insane ward of state hospital at Goldsboro; came up for De L. C. (Buddie) Medlin, assaults with deadly weapon, costs; Hobart Ollis, larceny, 12 months; Joseph R. Daniels, two charges of. fraud, repay Bank of Chapel Hill $25C, and $71 and costs, two years sus pended; r Raymond Jones, housebreaking and larceny, costs; C. R. Hutchins, I driving drunk, costs; Frank Vin cent, burglary, not a true bill; O’Kelly Poteat, carnal knowledge of female, $250 to defendant now and $250 next December; Charlie Ward, larceny, 60 .days; Circus Craig, assault with intent to kill, two years; Laura Pure foy, illegal possession of whiskey, $25 and costs; Charlie S. Black well, parking auto on state high way, $10 and costs; j, Herbert G. Andrews Jr., speed ing and reckless driving, costs; Arthur Foushee, Arthur Foushee Jr., Willie Jenkins and Dorsey Hargraves, larceny, costs; George Edwards, assault with deadly weapon, not guilty; Her bert Canada, two charges of pub lic drunkenness, costs and $5 fine. Robert Rogers, murder, costs; John A. Qualls, larceny, con tinued; Cathalene Trice, forgery, nol pros with leave; Leroy Smith, breaking and entering, 30 days; Johnnie W. Walker and Henrietta Walker, immoral conduct, con tinued; Andrew S. Johnson, Rustin, Igal Roonenko, «u.u Joseph A. Felmont, violation of bus seating statute, continued Elton Crotts, dri continued; »my, Brad mg, and reckless driving,
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