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/ertis-ing in The News gets re l|ts. over 7,500 people read The ' s every week. Look through [is issue and see who is using the jvertising columns and see what are missing if your message n’t included. “w 55, No. 15 THE (Published Weekly) of Orange County Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizetis Since 1893 - '' .? .*» ruv. • • . Want to buy a nice house in Or ange County? Look at the fine bargains offered on The Neste Classified Page this week. Make It a habit te read and aae The News Classified Ads. They pay. HILLSBORO, X. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 19,8 Price: $2 A Year: 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week plans Being Formulated Ifo Start Improvements Sanctioned In Election 1 Chapel Hill—Plans are being, ,ee<iily made to carry out the irrnanent improvement program Ihich received such an overwhelm U affirmative vote in the bond lection held on April 6. T <pne vote on the bond issue for iteinal improvements was not a Pte to issue bonds for the entire mbunt of $260,000 as a lump sum. here were four major proposi ng considered, all four to re Iive’S^otal of $260,000 from the Je of bonds. The four proposi onS were, one, sewage facilities, receive $200,000; two, street nprbvements, to receive $35,000; tiree, equipment for trash and arbage disposal, to be appropri ted $23,600; and four, equipment or town departments, $1,400. Mayor Madry and Town Man ger Gilbert Ray have said that 11 possible haste will be made to rard beginning the internal im t'rovement project. The bonds, hich will be sold to raise the re iuired funds, cannot be issued for 0 days. However, this should not ause any appreciable delay in the 12 to 18 Months The construction of the new ewage disposal plant on Mason 'arm and the laying of new lines nil take approximately a year to 8 months. Most of the work on he plans have been completed. Vhen the new plant is finished, it fill be able to take care of an ad litiorial 15,000 in population, and oth the old. and new plants to other will provide for a popula ion of 22,500 with a maximum lopulation of 37,500 at a compara ively small additional cost. The ieed for the new plant was brought bout by the old plant, which was ilanned 25 years to take care of a lopulation of 7,500, being % now ver'oaded to double its capacity. This overloading has been causing breaks to ooew*-ki the sewage lines, flowing raw refuse to overflow in many places. ■ Improvement of the street sys em, that is, the hard surfacing of ome streets and the repair of ithers that are already hard sur aced, will be carried out during he spring "and summer of this •ear According to a statement by ;he special committee set up to tudy the bond issue for the im irovement program, approximate y half of the paved streets in Chapel Hill were seal coated last all, jjust in "bime '-for the severe vinter that was to come. Only the rnes that needed treatment most vere included in that operation, lowever, and the ones that were lot treated are now urgently in leed of seal coating. All this wiH »e taken care of in the forthcoth ng program. Street Improvements The $35,000 appropriation for treet improvement will ^include ar or asphalt paving for nine un aved streets: Graham, Roberson, Junn, West Cameron, Whitaker, loble,— Lindsey, - McDade and| looper Lane. Twenty streets are 1 line for seal coating: Short, 'ritchard, Pine, Henderson, Carr, lorih, Glenburnie, Tenney Circle, last Rosemary, North Boundary, IcCauley, Senlac Road, Ridge ■ane, Ransom, Park Place, ’Ail on, Vance, Patterson Place, Uni ersity Drive and McDade. Sunset •rive and Mitchell Lane, both lo Rterb rn the colored section of the Dmmunfty, have alko been taken ver for maintenance by the State. It is provided by law that the , ocal Government Commission of ie State shall have , the entire harge of advertising and selling onds. The bonds to be sold in hapel Hill will be subject to the inre regulation and will be sold i a nation-wide market on a smpetitive basis, thus insuring the est terms for the town. City Manager Ray has estimat- j 1 that no tax rate increase will i necessary during the next two :ars with the passage of the >nd issue. This is principally be* iuse of the property revaluation hich took place in 1947. He says, at he does not think there would s a need for any increase in the * rate for the next few years, ■ovided that present prosperous nditioKs continue. # Town's Funds $10Richer From Fines " 7 V Hillsboro’s attempt to regulate parking on its two principal busi ness streets has resulted in 10 people paying the $1 fine for im proper parking, . Miss ‘Marjorie Cole, town clerk, reported Tues day. She said eight citations were still outstanding against automo bile owners who had not paid their fines or indicated that they' de sired/’a court hearing. , "Tije drive against indiscrimi nate parking on Hillsboro’s streets —and particularly on Churton Street — was started coincident with the turning of traffic through here on the opening of the detour road Trom Hillsboro to Durham. . For several days before the po lice department started using the warning cards on «11 automobiles found parked . improperly. . No public announcement ,, was made on the enforcement of the parking regulations before the warning cards were used or before the yellow citation tickets were placed: in use. o Harland Speaks To Rotarians Chapel Hill—J. P. Harland spoke to the Rotary Club on April 0 about the findings of archaeologists which confirm Biblical history. In scriptions upon Egyptian tomb walls, records kept in stone, and excavations in Asia Minor prove more and more the narratives of the Bible. President J. B. Johns, who is also chairman of the cancer drive in Chapel Hill, asked for support from the Rotarians. ----T,-0- - ' -- Bird Club To Show Movie Chapel Hilt — The Chapel Hill Bird Ciub will present the I'sist of its series of movies , tomorrow, April 16, at the Pick Theater. Alexander Sprunt. Jr., well-known naturalist, will show the film at 8 o’clock, in the evening. It is in color, entitled “Our'Living Earth.” ‘ Admission price for adults will be 50 cents, 25 cents for childrne. Lecture Given At Gerrard Hall Chapel Hill — Friedrich A. Hayek', distinguished economist best known for his book, “The Road to Serfdom,” delivered a public lecture Wednesday eve ning in Gerrard Hall on ' Plan ning and Reconstruction in Eu rope.” His .appearance was ifnade possible by a special gift from an interested alumnus of the Uni versity. • Professor Hayek, now with the University of London, is on a visit, to the United States. Six Seminars Are Planned '.Chapel Hill—The Wesley Form ation oUtfie Methodist Church is; Donsoring a series of six seminars; n Christian living, similar to the j opular series given last fall. The rst meeting was held last Sun av evening, and the other five ill be held on successive Sundays ir the next five weeks. , Warren Ashby led the seminar st Sunday on “The Christian and, ther Religions." Martin Lean ‘presented Humanism, Iman Sel a spoke on Mohammedanism, A1 owenstein talked on Judais, and ttam Chari represented Hindu m and Buddhism. “The Christian’s Stand on Civil ights” will be led by Howard K Lale Charles Elliot will lead scussions on “Religion and Psy ldogical AdjustmentA J. R elson, director of the Wesley jundation; will lead the siminar i “Toward a World-Wide Corn unity.” * Plaque To Be l inveiled At New Hope Sunday A bronze plaque in memory of; James Phillips will be unveiled at, the New Hope Presbyterian church' Sunday at the eleven o’clock morn ing Service. The inscription reads: “In Memory, of James Phillips, n.I). April 22, 1792-March 11, 1807. Beloved leader of New Hope Church, 1831-1867. A faithful shepherd, comforting his flock in times of affliction and teaching them to love one another, he did justly, loved mercy and walked humbly with his God.” The plaque is the gift of James Lee Love of Burlington, son-in-law of Cornelia -Phillips Spencer, who was James Phillips’ only daugh ter. Descendants of Phillips’’ two sons, Charles and Samuel Field, will also be- present. The plaque wilL be . unveiled by little Lucy Philips Verner of Burlington, a great-great - great - granddaughter of James Philips. Following the service, lunch will be served on the church lawn. Kiwanis Head Unexpectedly Chapel Hill—The Kiwanis Club of f Chapel Hill was favored by an unexpected visit to its March 6 meeting from the President of Kiwanis International, Charles W. Armstrong of Salisbury, who was in town visiting his son, ’William H. Armstrong, a senior in the University. For the program, President Armstrong told of his gravels as President of Kiwanis Internation al which have taken him and his wife to all but three of the states | in the unioh and to most of the provinces of Canada, j F. Carlyle Shepard, fn behalf 1 of the American Red Cross, awarded Jack P. Hazzard a cita tion of meritorious services as chairman of the community Red Cross drive. Guests of the Kiwanians were Cheney, - president of the Salis bury Kiwanis club, W. H. Weath erly of Elizabeth City, Orville Campbell, Dr. Ernest Taylor and Hugh Nanney. • • ! Last Day For Car Inspections _Qiapel Hill — Today is the last day for Car inspection in Chapel Hill. A. F. Fields and four assistants are conducting mechanical inspections- for the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles at the corner of Cameron Avenue and Kenan | Street. The inspection, which every car owner must- have done sooner or later this year, is available from 8 to 5 o'clock. One must show the blue card which came with the 1948 li cense tags. 405 Vehicles Are Approved For Operation A total of 405 motor vehicles were approved _fpr operation on Nprth Carolina highways by the State Safety Lane inspectors who worked for five days in Hillsboro two weeks ago, it was reported this week. *■ The total number of cars ap proved on initial examination was 244; approved on re-exam - ination 161. One hundred ninety three vehicles were rejected for faults ranging from faulty head lights to improper brakes. Two of the five days the lane operated in Hillsboro were rainy and the number of vehicles in spected was held down because of the weather— T. P. Hofler; highway patrol man, said that the safety lane inspectors told him there were fewer complaints from the ve hicle owners here than in any town they had worked this year. The safety lane will make an other trip to Hillsboro later/, in owners who -for various reasons didn’t have their Vehicles inspect ed will have an opportunity to run them through the. safety lane. . - News and Views of the County Agent -r— By Don S. Matheson Judges To Visit Home Improvement Contestants Orange-C0unty farm men and women who have entered the home improvefent and beautifi cation contest, sponsored by the Hillsboro Branch of Durham Bank & Trust Company, will be notified within the next few days when to expect the judges to visit their farms. At the first vis it the judges will take pictures of the home and yard and will offer suggestions as to landscap ing, remodeling, etc. These judg es will then visit the farm the first week in December when pictures will be made of the completed project and the win ners will be determined at this time. Judges "will determine the winning, farm by the following score card: Gehferal appearance, 35 points: landscaping, 25 points; paint, 20 points; improvement of appearance by changes in con struction, 20 points. The following have signified their intentions of competing in the contest: Amick H. Borland, Mm. ■* Milton Latta, Mrs. John Kirk, John S. Freeland, Mr. and ' J. E. Latta. Mrs, Jeter, C. Lloyd, F. S. Tapp, Crawford Breeze, J. I. Dickey, Reid Rob erts, Hehry Walker, Mrs. .Glenn Lloyd, Ted E. Coleman, Ben F. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Odel Black Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rob erts, and T. A. Watkins. Seeds Controlled In Tobacco Plant Beds By Chemicals G. T. Pentecost of Cedar Grove-has demonstrated that to bacco plants can be grown suc cessfully on the semiplant bed site for- several years in succes sion? Last year he used a con centrated application of Cyana mid on part of his plant bed to kill the weeds and prevent dis ease. On this part of the bed he got good thrifty plants without having to weed his bed. This year he, is trying a mixture of one-half pound of Cynamid and one pound Uramon per square yard applied ninety days before seeding. Where this application was used his plants are looking good and there is little evidence of weeds being present. Mr. Pen tecost has h» spray outfit in read iness to begin spraying with fer mate this week for the control of blue mold. Many other farri ers in Che county will start their fermate spraying this week. New Pasture Grasses Showing Promise Last fall Lemuel Cheek of Cal vander Community seeded a poorly drained creek bottom til a mixture of alta fescue, orchard grass and ladino clover. 'The alta fascue has made a very good growth so far this spring and seems to be a grass that will-grow where excessive pioisture.is pres ent. Mr. Cheek likes the mixture so well that he plans to seed more of his creek bottom land this fall in this same grass. John Kirk, who was one of the pioneers in seeding Ladino Clov er, is turning his herd in a ten acre pasture containing a mixture of Ladino Clover and orchard grass. He is getting earlier graz ing from this mixture than from any other grass on the farm. Clyde Roberts and Henry Wal ker of St. Marys Community, who realize the heed, for improved pastures, having seeded more of their best cropland in perman ent pastures and are putting up woven wire fences around this land. They are using the best grade of heavy woven wire and plan to put up fences that will be as near permanent as possible,. New Dairy. Barn _ _<AJmosi Completed Mr. Shelton Ray of White Cross Community is completing "a*- ten staunchion combination milking barn and milk *house.i This” barn is built of cement] blocks ■ and is one of the most conveniently arranged barns .in this county. ' New Farm Home Completed The Grady Durham’s o| White Gross Community are ready to move in theijr new seven room brick home. This home is com plete in every detail with cen tral heating, a full basement, and modern kitchen. Incumbents In County Positions Face Mo Opponents Unless Foes En ter Race For Jobs By .Saturday World Peace Forum Convenes At UNC I ■ With Members Present From AU Of State Chapel Hill—The North Caro-, lina World Peace Forum, which! has attracted national interest,.! convened in Gerrard hall in Chapel Hill April 7 for a full day:s program. -Gbaneelloir R. B. House, , president of the stater wide Forum, presided at the ses sions. Dr. Harold A. Bosley, Dean of the Divinity School of Duke Uni versity, addressed the forum members from all over the state on “Is Peace Still Possible?” Three groups met in the after noon to discuss "Peace Through Organized Religion,” led by the Rev. Irving E. Birdseye of Hills* boro, “Peace Through World Government”, led by Claude Shotts of Chapel Hill, and “Peace Through Education” “led by Dr. Dorothy MoCuskey of- Chapel Hill.-. The Rev. R. J. Nelson, Mrs. D.--D. Carroll.and. Walter Spear-. man, all of Chapel Hill, made re ports to the meeting, and 'Irving P. Hexner of Washington, D. C., was the main speaker at the eve ning session. , The North Carolina World Peace Forum first began in the fall of 1947 when the Community club of Chapel Hill voted to adopt a project in the field of inter national relations as its work for the year. When the international relations department of the club met, it decided to ask other clubs and agencies in the state to par ticipate in the study of war pre vention and the promotion of in ternational understanding. The Community club issued in vitations to other state-wide or-’ ganizations and to all women’s clubs in District Eight of the Fed eration of Women’s Clubs to meet in.Chapel Hill on November 11, 1947,. to discuss the need for a program of action in behalf of education for peace. Fifty persons representing forty organizations met and formed the I North Carolina World Peace! Forum. “We need an informed j public opinion in North Caro lina,” said a spokesman, “so that the citizens of our state can make intelligent decisions on important international issues." The World Peace Forum Jhas aroused the interest of the United Nations, and a list of its objec tives and plans were sent, upon request, to a committee at Lake Success which wishes to encour age the work in North Carolina. Herschel V. Johnson, United States Representative to the United Nations is honorary pres ident of the Forum. With the cooperation of the Extensipn Divisions of the Con solidated University of North Carolina, the Forum aids the state communities in developing pro grams in the field of international relations. It encourages an ob jective approach to the >tudy of world government, international problems in health and welfare, economic security, atomic energy control, international cooperation; and the work of the United Na tions. v~ The Forum furnishes an advis ory and information service to communities, organizations, and the individual, citizen. It sets up, when requested, leadership train ing institutes in international re lations and assists local groups to sponsor these institutes in their communities. Officers of the North Carolina World Peace Forum are R. B. House, president, Oscar K. Mer* ritt of Mt. Airy, first vice-presi dent, Mrs. Gordon Maddrey o' Ahoskie, second vice-preside Mrs. C. W. Stanford of Chapel Hill, treasurer, arid Dr. Guion G. Johnson, of Chapel Hill, execu tive secretary. Mrs. R. M. Grum man, Chape’ Hill, is in charge of local arraugefrients. School Bus Driver Appeals Sentence; McAdams Released Under $2,000 Bond • Thomas Wesley 'Simmons, school bus driver for the Hillsboro school, was found guilty of reck less driving, of a school bus oh Monday when Judge, L. J. Phipps •pronounced him" guilty of the charge for driving the school bus with a door open and a boy hang ing out* of it. - • • • < Arrested by^ Patrolman Bob Thomas on the detour road from Hillsboro to Durham. Simmons said that the door flew1 open while he was trying to dodge some of the washouts in the road. Patrolman Thomas said that he went approxi mately 100 yards before closing the door. The case was appealed to the next session- of Orange County, Superior Court. Superintendent of School Glenn T, Prof fit said that Simmons has an excellent record as a school bus driv’er. Probable Cause Found Roy McAdams, who was last last week freed by a coroner's jury in the death of Oscar Atkins, was ordered held for Superior .Court] action under a bond of $2,000 when probable cause was found against him for murder. • Members of the slain man’s family after McAdams had been turned loose by the coroner’s jury s-wore out a warrant for him and efployed Lawyers C C. Gates and G. Glenn Pickard as private prose cutors in the ’case. McAdams’ bond of $2,0Q0 was signed by E. C». Compton, a mer chant and land owner of the Carr community. - The case is scheduled for trial in the May term of Superior Court. Other Cases * Other cases disposed of Monday here: , — ' Robert Glenn Ogburn, speeding and passing on a hill, $10 fine and costs; Mrs. Nina P. Best, failing to stop Torslop sign, costs;: Carrie Cotton, larceny, nol pros with leave; Marvin L. Burch, sim ple trespass, judgment continued Or two years; James Way, no op erator’s license, 60 days to issue if he drives before securing a license, and improper equipment, $25 fine and costs; Robert McFadderi, illegal pos session of whiskey, $25 fine khd costs; John E. Beasley, speeding, $10 fine and costs; — O. W. Roberson, public drunk enness, $5 fine and costs; Ernest Roberson, public drunk enness, cosj^;, , Richard N. Fbwfler, speeding $10 fine and costs; Leonard Hicks, public drunkenness, *$10 fine and costs; Walter Vernon Brown, pub lic drunkenness, costs; Henry Davis, affray and disorderly con duct, 00 days to issue on motion o prosecuting attorney. — -o—-——— i Hillsboro ~r FHA Cop Court Titles —The Hillsboro chapter of the Future Farmers of America was the winner of the annual Dur ham-Orange County Federation of Future Farmeri of America basketball tournament held re cently. The championship game was between the Hillsboro and Aji’cuck chapters, Hillsboro win ning by a score of ,50-34. Elmer R. Dowdy, tecjcher of agriculture, was the coach of the winning Hillsboro- team. The -Future Farmers hif Amer ica chapters participating in the tournament were: Bethesda, Man gum, Lowe’s Grove, Oak Grove. Chapel Hill, Aycock and Hills boro. The Hillsboro - chapter team consisted of the following: 'Don ald Walker, Bryce Newman, James Webster, Arnold Kirk, Ben Lloyd. Jesse Scott - and Sam Hughes. -o—————— Carolyn Guthrie Named President Of Town Girls Chapel " JUTI — Miss CaroJ^n Guthrie was elected president for the coming year by the Town Girls Association of the Univer sity at* the April 5 meeting. Miss Letsy Pearson was elected vice president of the organization, ancf Miss Betsy Emory was elected secretary. The new treasurer is Miss Marie Sparrow. Miss Patsy Window and Miss Mary Mac Kear'are the new co-social chair men.— ■_ Installation of the new officers will be held at the Episcopal church at 5:30, Monday, April 19. life. Unless some one should file be fore 6 P. M. Saturday, all Orange County office holders up for re norrunation in the Democratic Pri tnary May 29 will be nominated without opposition, R. O. Forrest, chairman of the Orange County Board of Elections, announced this week. . County officers up for re-elec tion are: Board of commissioners: Collier Cobb of Chapel Hill: : «Ber. F. Wilson of near Mebane; H. G. Laws of Hillsboro. Board of education: J. S. Compton of Cedar Grove; Kcmfr Cate of Chapel Hill; Charles W. Stanford of Route 1, Chapel Hill. State House of Representatives: John W. Umstead of Chapel Hill. State Senate: James Webb of Hillsboro. Election Officials Named Registrars and poll holders for the Primary will be: (the first named is the registrar, the second Democratic pollholder and the third the Republican poll hoder): / Hlllsbpro precinct: HjH3. Cole- . man, Jr., G. F. Miller and M? L. Cates; „ .+m Chapel Hill (N): Miss Betsy Brunk, G. S. Baldwin and Mrs. John Crawford; Chapel Hill <SJ: Rev. J. R. Green, Mrs. L. J. Phipps, and W. G. Fields, Jr. Efland: H. E. Mayes, E. L. Thom as, and T. M. Crutchfield; Cheeks Crossing: Julian S. Gill, Henry Heath, E. L. Cheek; Rock Springs: T. M. Snipes, T. D. Lloyd, John HowaidL... White Cross: J. F. Whitfield, W. V. Copeland and Lester Lloyd; Carrboro: W. Benson Ray, L. R. Cheek and W. H. Sparrow; Sole's Store: Mrs. Mitchell T '""d 1 M. Sharpe, and Hedrick son: J. R. Whitfield, L. A Hogan and Ira Sparrow; .University: , W. R. "Link) W. *P. Andrew's, and C. W. Sparrow; St. Mary’s: J. W. Jordan, D. S. W. a 1 »ei ahri*M- uk Walk*u;, Caldwell: Lewis Blaylock, W. O. Mincey and Richard Gates: Tolar’s: Mrs. Hattie Lee Slack, Mrs. Alma Breeze and Mrs. W. P. Riley;' ! Cedar Grove. T. L. Oliver, R. E. Hughes and John Finley; .^ } Carr: E. C. Compton, R B. Ward and Clarence Cates. Books Open May 1 Registration bnpks for the Pri mary open on May 1 and will open on each Saturday until sundown on May 15. . -Challenge day will be May 22: , Registration Rules The chairman, of the board of*. ... elections reminded aff voters in 1 the county that they should be ~ registered in the precinct in which they are living, ’He reminded particularly those vitizens of Chapel Hill who have moved from one precinct to another to, make cei Uun they are registered in the 1 correct books. ^ He also reminded the voters in the rural areas to check their reg- 1 istrations if they have moved since the last Democratic Primary. Only those people who have never voted in a Democratic Pri mary in Orange County or who h.jve moved from one precinct to another are required to register, it was- pointed out." / .Forrest was re-elected chairman of the county board of elections at a meeting held Saturday at 11 A. M. in the eourthousq. J. B. Johns of Chapel Hill wat> named secre tary. Lucius Brown Jr., of Hiils bdro, is the third member of the county board. -.—-a-— Publicity Officer Is Speaker At Reserve Meeting Chapel Hill — Colonel Leigh Wade, public information officer of the 14th Air Force, was the principal speaker at Tuesday’s meeting of the local chapter of the Air Reserve Association. Two other Colonels of the Air Force were on the program, Felix M. Hardison and Thomas K. Mc Ghee Col. F Carlyle Shepard of Chapel Hill was among the guests. A Carolina Inn dinner pre ceded the meeting for the guest speakers and the local Associa tion officers. The purpose of the Air Reserve Association is to assist Air Re serve personnel in the interest of . national security through flights to Marietta Air Base in Georgia every two weeks for further flight training.
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