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_ _ J on «.ie N ified Page thi» week. Make abit tp read and use The News Ified Ads. They pay. . 55. No* *9 NEWS Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 (Published Wee*kly) “HILLSBORO, AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., MAY 20, 1948 Advertising in The News gets re sslts. Over 7,300 people read The News every week. Look through this issue and see who is using the advertising columns and see what you are missing if your isn’t included. Price: Ji A Year; 5c Single Copy Ten Pages This Week If Ip son supporters Promise Active paign; Sawyer Named Manager D. E. Forrest Ihef de Gare County 40 8 8 D. Efland Forrest of Hills was. named Chef de Gare of 40 and 8 Voiture Locale No. I of Chapel Hill and Hillsboro meeting held in Chapel Hill fiv. May 14. uer officers named were: W. L. of Chapel Hill, Chef de D. M. Homer Jr., of Chapel Correspondant and Cofnmis Intendant; Walter G. Wren' Sillsboro,' Conducteur; R. L. ler'of Hillsboro> Gafde de La tr; Paul H. Robertson of bel Hill, Ammonier; Owen S. titson of Hillsboro, Commis Igeur; and H. G. Coleman Sr., Jillsboro, Lampiste. election of members to the ninot was deferred until the | meeting to be held at the Le hut in Hillsboro on June 11 3. M. the Chapel Hill meeting the Ind 8. also voted to sponsor Jie McDade of Cedar Grove-to State at the University of Carolina and Ann Dalehite Joute 3,)<Hnisboro, to Girls’ at. Woman’s College. Both Its will be held during June, le organization also decided to jin whatever means possible [crippled children of Orange nty who are treated and ex Jied at the crippled children’s lc held in Chapel Hill. * o Is Held Cotutty Jail ial of Charlie Hodgins was ferred to the Orange County erior Court Monday and Hodg vas ordered held under a bond 300 for robbery of W. F Baker [21-jewel watch and $1 in cash, len b nd for Hodgins was not frdj he ^emended to the age County jail to await action ie grand jury and the Superior Ither cases handled in the Re ger’s Court before Judge L. J. pps were: krl Parker, simple assault, judgment' continued two H; Ralph Lee Smith Jr.; speed B0 miles per hour, $15 fine and ; Lonnie Thompson, assault deadly weapon, four months f-nued two years and costs; Jgene Tapp, public drunken $5 fine and -mosts; Joe Moses ter* transporting Whiskey, not r, Bruce Baldwin, assault with dly weapon, 6 months suspend ’0 years, costs and $25 to A. idrews; larijey Florence Blalock, failure tarry out health department in actions, guilty, judgment con ped to May 24; | D. Williams, illegal possession non-tax paid whiskey for sale, [onths suspended, $100 fine and Willie A. Jones, not proper ker’s license, costs;; Sam Brooks, |nng drunk, $200 fine and costs; render driver’s license; William Howard Pike, overload-* vehicle, $25 fine and costs; t>ert R. Hinton, speeding, $5 and costs; Curtis Hursey, vio - conditions of suspended sen 30 days; Curtis Hursey in hering with an officer, 90 days, iderson Walker, public drunk less, costs; Fred Ray, illegal session non-tax paid liquor, $5 and costs; Bill Stanley, mur or aiding and abetting in mur transferred to Superior Court, [bond set as Stanley is serving r-year road sentence in Durham knty; Joe Horner, assault with weapon, 3 months suspend $50 fine and costs. o st Citizens Annotutced est citizens in the different es of the Hillsboro school were jounced by the Hillsboro gar Club this week for the ninth ith. hey are: first grade: Marion, ye Williams and Patsy Latta; Dnd grade, La Verne Thompson l Peggy Cole; third grade, Sylvia Byhom and Alice Faye Thomp ;; fourth grade, Patsy Kenyon, Margaret Holmes; fifth grade, Beard and Marvin McBroom; i grade, Jean Mincey and Mary abeth Kenyon; eventh grade, Anne Roberts r Evelyn Dickey; eighth grade, perly Webb and Helen Mohler; grade, Peggy Strayhorn and Lee; tenth grade, Natalie —1 and Dorothy Haithcock; nth grade, Faye Dalehite and „ Privette; twelfth grade, by Hayes and Monroe John [ Ann upson / “An agfiressive campaign for the Democratic nomination of Charles M. Johnson for governor of North Carolina will be waged in Orange County,” was the decision reached b ya number of Johnson’s support ers and friends in the county at a meeting held Tuesday night in the law office of Ejtonner D. Sawyer in Hillsboro. • Sawyer revealed at the meeting that he had accepted with “pleas ure” the post of campaign manager for Johnson in, Orange County and promised that the county would be made thoroughly familiar with Johnson’s platform and aims in his campaign for the Democratic nomi nation for-governor. Representatives from many of the precincts in Orange County were present at the meeting when plans and procedures for getting out a large vote in the county on May 29 were discussed. “We believe Johnson to be the best qualified man for the hon ored office of governor of North Carolina and we shall do all pos sible tcf give him a majority vote in Orange County,” Sawyer said, in promising that an aggressive campaign would be waged for Johnson’S nomination. ' * -o Forestry Camp Is Scheduled For Farm Boys Plans are now being made for the third annual forestry training camp for North Carolina farm youths to be held at Singletary Lake the latter part of August. This camp is one of the seven planned in the southern states sponsored by members of the Southern Pulp wood Conservation Association. The administration of the camp is under the North Carolina Divis ion of Forestry and Parks of the Dcjjcu Unfiii. vx-r'‘Conservation and Development. The State Exten sion Service and the Vocationai Agriculture Department co-operate in the selection of the boys. The object of these camps is to give the boys practical training in forestry whcih they may take home with them and actually-apply in their cwn woodlands. A well or ganized recreational program is also.provided for the boy’s enjoy ment. To be eligible, a farm boy must be at least 16 years old, in good health'and have proved his interest in forestry by carrying on a project in the woods. Projects may include such activities as the planting of tree seedlings, forest fire fightings or.the harvesting of timber crops. Selection of the boys is made through the local county agents and vocational agricultural teach ers. ' ' . . •o Warning Is Given On Haying Hazards “Approach of the haying sea son on America’s farms ushers ir that period of the year when acci dents to farm people occur mosi frequently,” the county agent foi the State College Extension Serv ice. inserted today, According to'recoEcIs of the Na tional. Safety Council, the peak o: such accidents is reached irt Jufj and August. Therefore farm peo ple ned to take extra precautions tc insure safety at this time of flu year. Haying machinery especial ly is important because it is usual ly operated with high speed gear! and rutting mechanism. To reduce hazards' and avoic disastrous losses, the followinj steps are suggested: 1 Carefully check all equipmen for' defe'fcSVe -hitches, rcpea pul leys, lifts, hay racks or ladders Loft floors should be .put in go<x repair and hay chutes guarded. 2. Make starts and stops gradu ally in all naying operations anc watch out for falls from hay racks hay stacks, and hay mows. 3. Machinery should be stoppec and thrown out of gear before oil ing, adjusting, or unclogging, anc safety guards should be kept h place at all times. 4 Pitchforks are dangerous; ah wavs place them where they an £ Jain sight of all porkers. Neve, throw a pitchfork. - 5 Do not wear loose or raggec clothing which may catch easilj in moving machinery. 6. Damp hay is one of theprin • ji causes of bam fires. There S^Se that the hay is wel ^ Check regularly for sev erafweeks for any signs of heating A' Half-Century of Progress The 'above rare photograph, taken in 1896, shows a team of two mules and an ox hauling: a ',iew loom to a South Carolina mill from the nearest railroad point. Transportation was a big: -problem faced by southern mills fin obtaining new machinery dur- T mg: the 19th Century. On the right, this latest high speed loom on which the shuttle travels across the cloth more than 220 ' ~ times per minute, emphasizes the high-speed eija of today in which streamlined transportation goes hand in hand with top-speed, easily-operated textile produc tion machinery. • —.r Eggs Ride Half Mile On Running Board; None Break By Mrs. Ira Mann Carrboro—Shortly before time for the supper meeting of the Carrboro Lion’s Club last week I In the Methodist Church hut, Mr. Roy Riggsbee, who is secretary of the club and one' of its most loyal supporters, gathered eggs /from his hen nests near the garage and placed the container of eggs on the running board of his car, forgetting all about them. Returning to the car after the meeting, he couldn't imagine what the coffee can could be do ing on his running-board. As no eggs were broken or even cracked, Mr. Riggsbee put them on the floor in the back seat and returned home. Yes, all the eggs were saved, not one was cracked, and we think Mr. Riggsbee Is the smodthest driver that we know. The distance was one half mile over dirt road. There were 10 eggs. -o——. Cheshire Replaces Mrs. Scott Cates In Clerk’s Office Lucius Cheshire, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cheshire of Hillsboro, will replace Mrs. Scott Cates Jr., as assistant to Clerk of Court Ed win Lynch effective June 1, it was announced this week. Cheshire, a graduate of Hillsboro High School attended the Univer sity and was recently employed in the insurance business out of Ra leigh. He will begin work in the clerk’s office on Monday on next ‘ week.9 - - - . .. Mrs. Cates recently submitted 1 her resignation. Duke Professor Delivers Sermon On Whitsnnday Dr. H. Shelton Smith, professor of American Religious Thought at Duke University, delivered the sermon at the Chapel Hill com munity service of worship held in the Chapel of the Cross last Sun day- evening in observance of Whitsunday, the festival of the birthday of the Christian Church. The Rev. Bernard Munger, chairman of the local Council of Churches, and the Rev. E. C. Coop er were in charge of the planning. The ministers of Chapel Hill, giving emphasis to, the unity of Christians, exchanged pulpits for the morning worship services. -o Playmakers Give Romantic Drama At Three Shows “Cyrano de Bergerac,” Edmond Rostand’s ever popular romantic drama, will open tomorrow night in the outdoor Forest Theater at 8:30 for the first oT three perform ances, scheduled for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The play is being produced by the Carolina Playmakers as its major spring presentation under the direction of Foster Fitz-Simons. The leading roles will be acted by students Fred Johnson and Gloria Gunn. Many Chapel Hil lians are included in the large cast. Lynn Gault designed the eaborate £ive sets of scenery on three re voving stages, and Mrs. Irene Smart designed the period cost ] tumes. __ I Tickets are on sale at Ledbetter-; Pickard’s and the Playmaker business office in Swain Hall for $1,00, and are goodstar any of the, three nights. No seats will be re served. Holders of season tickets must exchange stubs for tickets in advance. ■ Class Night Thursday, Commencement Friday 8 P. M. Close 1948 School Year The Hillsboro High School se . nfor class of 44 members will pre sent its. class, night show Thurs . day (tonight) at 8 P M. in the [ high school auditorium. Bobby Parlier will be chieChar rator. Monroe Johnson, president of the class, will have charge of the program. Others expected to participate are: Mabel Wilkerson, Hal Ray Johnson, Anne Holloway, ; Ben Forrest, Juanita Carey, Genie ’ vieve Dodson, Aurelia Trimm, Bobby Mayes, Anna Carden, Elea ‘ nor Waddell, Edith Griffin, James Van Vynckt, Julia Hardee, Franck u Frederick, Daphine Tapp, Irene 1 Couch, Betty Sue Hill, Mary Nell Wilson, Wesley Simmons, Merle McAdams, Marie Kennedy, Helen l Crabtree, Richard Roberts, Flor ' ence (Peach) Rittenhouse, Molly Smith, J. D. Turner, Billy Lloyd. Juanita Allison, Jim Bob Davis, . Jesse Scott, Sue Riley, John l Thomas Walker, Jackie Whitaker, . Kenneth Rosemond, Faye Crab . tree, Peggy Holloway, Sam Hughes. Margaret Tolar. Iola Mae Mincey. Katy Dodson, Fred Boone, and Monroe Johnson. fivery 'rnemBe?- "of th'ergfathta ting class will have a part in the class night program " - Commencement Night Tom C. Ellis of Cedar Grove, known nation-wide for his book keeping system for business firms, will be the principal speaker at commencement night activities. Miss Betty Johnston will make the presentation of medals, Mrs. Clar ence Jones the Bibles, Glenn T. Proffit, superintendent of educa^ The high school glee club under tion, the diplomas, the: direction of Mrs. J. F. Rose mond will present several num bers. Marshals for all the graduating exercises are: Betty Ann Barber and Victor Sharpe, chiefs, and Ann Efland, Faye Dalehite, Betty Pri vette, Bobbie Sue Gibbs, Clayton I Heffner, John Roberts, Bobby Scarlette, and Jimmy Richmond. Band Festival Is Planned By Exchange Club The Hillsboro Exchange Club announced plans this week for staging a mammoth July 4th cele bration for Hillsboro by reveal ing that It planned to spon sor a band festival on the site of ttte new Hillsboro speedway. Featuring bands from many of the highe schools in this area, Army Air Corps from the re cruiting service, and 82nd Air Borhe drill team from Fort Bragg and a pageant, the festival will be held on Sunday, July 5. A parade of the bands and the other units participating in the festival will be staged. Many of the bands are expected to exe cute field drills and different maneuvers. Committees from the Exchange Club are now at work making plans for the event which it is hoped will become an annual festival for Hillsboro. -—o— -—-. A Safe Car May Mean A Life Saved “Check your car . . . check ac cidents” is the May slogan of a continuing program aimed at sav ing hves on the streets and high ways of Nrth Carolina. “.The brakes of your car can mean the difference between life and death,” say officials of the De partment of Motor Vehicles. '“Lots of people realize that. But still it’s deplorable how many motor ists continu'e, to drive with poor brakes. Other car parts, too, can wipers, tires, steering and wheel be life savers. Lights, windshield alignment, and -muffler, and* exr haust System, the glass, rear-view mirror-and-hom are-all important to safety.” The Department of Motor Ve hicles is urging'all motorists to keep" their cars in safe operating condition as one means of pre venting losses from traffic acci dents. This project for May is part of the year-’round Operation Safety program sponsored by the National Safety Council. Department, pfficials are urging .•NoEUdJCacolma. me.toosls jo take their vehicles to the State’s me chanical inspection lanes for their check-ups as soon as possible. The inspection law requires that • all vehicles registered in this State must be inspected once during 1948 and twice a year thereafter. Thirty-six lanes are operating throughout the State to check vehicles on safety devices. ■ Your life and. the lives of others may depend on whether or not your car is kept in safe operating condition. Vehicle defects were contributing factors in 18 per cent of all fatAl traffic accidents, ac cording to reports from traffic au thorities. Yet this figure does not tell the whole story. Information on vehicle condition is available In less than half of all reported fatal cases. * So check your car . . v check ac cidents . . . and save a life. R. 0. Forrest 2s Named Chairman Of Orange County Democratic Party » R. O. Forrest of Hillsboro, chair- } man of the Orange County Board' of Elections, was named chairman of the Orange County Democratic executive committee at the Demo cratic convention held in the courthouse in Hillsboro Saturday afternoon. J. Dumont Eskridge, county at torney, was named secretary and Mrs. Charles Stanford of Route 2, Chapel Hill, vice 'chairman. Approximately 75 to 100 people attended the convention which was one pf the best attended meetings of the party in recent years.’ Forrest said Monday that he would resign his position as chair man of the Board of Elections as soon as his successor-was named. Other-members of the board of elections are J. B. Johns of Chapel Hill and Lucius Brown of-Hills boro, the Republican member. Carl Durham, Representative of the Sixth Congressional District in the United States Congress, and A. H,. (Sandy) Graham, former lieutenant governor and presently State Highway Commission chair man, made talks at the convention Saturday. Delegates to the State Demo cratic convention being held in Raleigh today were named by the convention. * . The delegates are: R. O. Forrest, Mrs. C. C. Davis, H. G. Daws, M. L. Allison, A. H. Graham, O. S. Robertson. J. D. Eskridge, James Webb, J. W. Umstead, T. B. Creel, Mrs. R. P. McClamroch, C. C. Carter, P. H. Robertson, Collier Cobb Jr., R. W. Madry, L. J. Phipps, W. £. Thompson, P W. Wager, H. A. Whitfield, Mrs. John Gillim, D. M. Ray, W. E. Williams. Melvin Lloyd, Mrs. C. W. Stan ford, Otto King, W. M. Snipes, A. K. McAdams, B. F. Wilson, J. L. Scotten, Rudy Ward, R. E. Hughes, James Compton. Neal Sumner, T. J. Wilkerson, A. E. Wilson, George McKee, G. P. Walker, E. L. Lockhart, J. H. Micol, G. C. Truesdale, L. A. Hogan, J. R. Whitfield, S. L. Efland, Turner Forrest, Mrs. H. M. Lloyd, Luther Sharpe. i , *— Alternates named Were: Brodie Carr, Ira Ward, Mrs. S. T. Latta, John Clayton, H. Broadwell, Allen Walker, G. G. Bivins, S. Strud wick, O. J. Coffin, C. P. Hinshaw, Walter Spearman, E. S. Lanier, Paul Sexton, Jack H. McDade. Y. Z. Cannon, R. W. Linker, Mrs. R. H. Marks, E. G. Merritt, R. C, Andrews, Mrs. W O. White, L. R. Creek, Mrs. Nora Bailey, J. F. Whitfield, Floy Ward. Thomas Lloyd, Miss -Saline Sykes, J. S. Gill, W. E. Berry' E. C. Compton, C. J. Dunn, T. JL. Oliver, Zeb Burton, Charles E. Berry, . Alvin Hawkins, Clyde Walker, • Lewis Blalock. Henry Walker, Jesse Jordan, John Link, W. T. Andrews, C. O. Hogan, Wal ter Everett, J. H. Hanner, Walter Richrriond, ‘Gary Blackwood nd Mrs. Winston" Strayhorn. —.— -o— Poppy Day Is To Be Observed Saturday, May 29 In a proclamation issued this week, Mayor Ben G. Johnston of Hillsboro proclaimed May 29 ^op py Day iri Hillsboro. —The American Legion Auxiliary under the direction of Mrs. H. O. Bivins will have charge of the poppy day sate in Hiirsbord. ' " '” Following is Mayor Johnston’s 'proclamation^* " ” j The citizens of the town of Hills boro and Orange County served gallantly in the defense of the United States of America in two world wars and many sacrificed their lives in that service. The memory of those who so I died will always be held in highest j honor in this town, and will always ; be a source of patriotic,inspiration I for us all. I This memory is- ‘brightened: each year and honor paid to the war I dead by the weEjring of the Memo rial Poppy on the Saturday before ] Memorial Day, now .Therefore, I. Ben G. Johnston, Mayor of the Town of Hillsboro, do hereby proclaim Saturday, the twenty-ninth of May, to be Poppy Day in the Town of H?llsboro, and urge all citizens to observe the day by wearing the Memorial Poppy. - BEN G. JOHNSTON, Mayor. -*-o--- -■ - BALLOON TESTS . Through the use of a new plas tic balloon, cosmic ray scientists at the University of Chicago’s In stitute for Nuclear Studies will be able to send more than 100 pounds of equipment aloft in tests to be conducted before the end of this year, exceding the previous load by SO pounds; R. O. FORREST World Federalists _ Seek Coaveattea Of AU Nations /L ■ ;_,f _' . ' ' , "■ The United World Federalists’ Club, headed in Chapel Hill by H. P. Brandis, hasbeen campaigning quietly but effectively in recent months for the passage of ~ House Concurrent Bill No. 59. This bill, which is now before the Foreign Affairs Committed, calls for the United States to take the lead in calling for a convention of the nations of the world for the purpose of strengthening world government. In a recent interview, Brandis pointed out that this bill exemplifies the exact purpose of the United World Federals, since the organization is primarily seek ing a representative world govern ment with actual powers delegated to it by the family of nations. Speaking for the local chapter of the organization, Brandis said that the present cooperative effort of the UNO has weaknesses which ^an only be «£*n«%ed by a world government wnichnas actual leg islative and executive powers. He stated„that a strong world police force must accompany world gov ernment,___ Regarding the Chapel Hill chap ter of the World Federalists, Bran dis said that its 80 members have been sending letters to Congress men in ajn effort to get backing for Bill 59. • ’He Stated that the club has also been giving out informa tion on its purpose and .organiza tion. The members are seeking to- arouse the interest of the gen eral public in the, idea of changing . the UNO from.a-group of represen tatives of altogether* independent states to one with real law making - powers which would be binding on’ all national ’ states. This means enforcement of wont! laws by po lice force if nece^ary. Tire chapter of the United World Federalists in Chapel Hill is a member of the State and national organization and works in close co operation with them. Membership in the chapter is open to anyone in the general area of Chapel Hill, and meetings are called at varying intervals. Membership in the local chapter means-automatic member^_ ship in the State and national or ganizations. The annual member ship fee is $3.00. ^ ~f Other officers in the local or ganization ^include W. E. Thomp son, vice-president; Dr. J. W. Straley, second vice presidentj Mrs. English Bagly, secretary; and Dr. J. B. Bullitt, treasurer. Dr. -Frank - ~ -P. Graham, president of the Uni-, -versify of-North Carolina, is. chair,- _ man of the State organization. Fitz-Simons’ First Novel Out In Fall ..Foster ^Fitz-Simons’ .first novel - "Bright Leaf,” which he began fu 1936, is scheduled for publication in the fall by Rhinehart and Com pany. Movie rights have been purchased by Warner Brothers, and the story of Durham and its tobac co industry will be on the screen next year, probably in the spring. -t-O— WEIL LECTURES BEGIN Chapel Hill — Richard Henry Tawney, famous lecturer, author, and professor of economic history ~ at the University of London, will appear in Gerrard Hall in Chapel Hill on May 24, 25, and 26 to de liver the annual Weil Lectures. He will speak on "Social Democracy in England,” with the individual lectures centering on ‘"The English Approach to Socialism," “Policies and Methods,” and “The Prospect for the Future." 1
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