- '-V*
rant to buy a "Ice homo In Or*
e County? Loow at the fine
line offered on The New*
ygaini ~~
la*»ified Pi*« title we*k. Matte
a habit to read and u»e The New*
laseified Ada. They pay.
Vol. 55’ No ^3
Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893
Advertising in The New* get* re
sult*. Over 7,800 people read Th«
New* every week. Look through
thf. issue and see who is usi ng tl*
advertising columns and see whaS
you are missing If your messag#
Isn’t included.
(Published Weekly)
HILLSBORO AND CHAPFX HILL, N. C., JUNE 17, 1948
Price: A Year; 5c Single Copy Eight,Pages This Week
132,000 REA Loan Approved
o Build Lines, Office, Storage
The Piedmont Electric Memher=
ip Corporation of Hillsboro has
ceived approval of a new loan
5132,000 from the Rural Elec
cation Administration, Carl T.
irham, member of Congress
jm the Sixth North Carolina Dis_
ct, has informed W. F. Shaw,
esldent of the, corporation.
The new loan will be used in the
nstruction of a new headquarters
hiding and to take care of the
ficiency in present building pro
gram because of increased material
and construction prices, F. E. Joy
r-V> manager of the cooperative,
said this week,_.....
To Complete Projects
As a result of this loan, the co
op will be able to complete the ‘H”
project of 200 miles of line and 800
new members, complete the ‘C”
project of 14 miles and 25 mem
bers, the “L” project consisting of
a new .sub-station, voltage regu
lators, oil circuit reclosers, new
|o Polio Cases
Orange County
Health Report
The Hillsboro office of the Or
Jge County Health Department
ported Tuesday that no cases of
pantile paralysis has been report
in Orange County, despite the
bt that Greensboro is experienc
; a near-epidemic and polio cases
ported on all sides of Orange
funty.
Yn appeal was issued Tuesday
bm Greensboro for graduate
Irses to assist in caring for the
fctims. “There are 59 victims in
polio hospital,” the request
“and the burden .has become
great for the present staff. We
st have at least eight more
Irses immediately.”
p disclosing that no cases had
en reported in Orange County, a
Dkesman from the health office
S Hillsboro said it was the hope
the department that no cases
buld be discovered within the
rders of the county.
In the past years a few cases of
|io have'been reported in Orange
rnty with death resulting in at
one instance.
-O
[change Clnb
ishing Plans
it Band Show
lillshoro Exchange Club is push
its plans for staging the first
mal music and band festival on
Occoneechee Speedway Mon
p, July 5, with. 10 bands already
finitely committed to participate
tentative arrangements with
other small high school bands
lthe state. _■ •j -f. •_
Yrv all-day program is being
Inned with bands, floats, Air
pps-drill teams and Army 6quip
3t slated for display, officials
jthe club said this week. Z£L J
program is now being pre
fed for the occasion featuring
[tures and stories of the bands
the other exhibits planned for
day.
?igh school bands which have
sady signified their intention to
End are: Mebane, Roxboro,
fioolfield High, Va., Smithfield,
iceyville, Pittsboro, Robertson
|e, Burlington High Junior Band,
iberton, and Hillsboro. Tenta
arrangements have been made
the following schools: Ashe
Salisbury, Washington, High
it, Nashville and Statesville.
;e Chapel
iaerial
sets June 20
tie annual meeting of the^Or
|e Chapel Memorial Association
| be held Sunday, June 20.
}re will be two services for the
with lunch served on the
Unds. These annual meetings
| held as a memorial for those
» have died during the year, and
1 as a homecoming day.
eo Carr, Burlington, judge of
| sixth judicial district, will be
[speaker for the morning serv
I Both morning and afternoon
rices will feature special sing
fo From Orange
it State Degrees
vo people from Orange County
[listed among those receiving
es at the commencement ex
's held last week at State Col
[ in Raleigh.
p are: Paul Eliot Green Jr., of
Hill, master of science in
engineering; and Remus
ith Jr., of Hillsboro, gen
engineering. ~ 3*.
J. R. Farlow Is
Sworn In As New
County Solicitor
James R. Farlow of Chapel Hill
was sworn in as the new solicitor
of the Orange County Recorder’s
Court-Monday at the start of the
day’s session. The oath of office
was administered by the clerk of
court.
Farlow was appointed last week
by the Orange County Recorder’s
Court to replace J. Dumont Esk
ridge who resigned the position
after serving for the first year of
court.
Cases tried Monday were: Willie
Harward, public drunkenness,
costs; Albert Hughes, driving
drunk, second offense, $200 fine
and costs, surrender driver’s
license; Dallas Moore, public
drunkenness, $15 fine and costs.
Odie Bradsher, public drunken
ness, $10 and costs; Marvin Gor
ham, no driver’s license, $25 fine
and costs; Homer Wheeley, larceny,
six months suspended, placed on
probation three years; Archie War
ren, disorderly conduct, 90 days
suspended; Rufus Brown Eaton,
speeding, $5 and costs; Henry Da
vis, inadequate support of minor
children, not guilty; Harold P.
Sykes, reckless driving, judgment
continued;
Harry Donald Fulton, speding,
$5 and costs; Harvard' June Tim
men, possession of liquor for sale,
continued; Joe Moulton, assault
with deadly weapon, four months
susp*^cj«*d, $25 fine and costs.
Mrs. P. R. Caston’s
Father Succumbs
In Bessemer City
I Caleb Andrew Thornburg, 99,
| oldest Mason in North Carolina and
I the seventh oldest Mason in the
world, the father of Mrs. P. R. Cas
ton of Hillsboro, died at his home
in Bessemer City Saturday night
following an illness of several
months.
The Gastonia Gazette of June
14 carried the following story:
Mr. Thornburg, a prominent re
tired business man and long a be
loved citizen of this community,
was born July 2, 1849, near what is
now called Antioch Lutheran
Church, three miles west of Dallas,
and was the son of the late Joseph
and Mary Ann Thornburg.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Eunice Jane Simmons,
whom he married on August 18,
1869. Mr. and Mrs. Thornburg
would have celebrated their 79th
wedding anniversary this August,
and were perhaps the oldest living
married couple in the United
States, there having been only
three living couples in 1944 cele
brating their 75th anniversary m
nation-wide recognition of the Dia
mond Wedding Anniversary com
lemoration.
Funeral services were held at 4
’rfock Monday afternoon at J.
[. Odell Memorial Methodist
hurch with the pastor. Rev. A.
rank Phibbs, officiating.
Besides his widow, Mr. Thorn
urg leaves one brother, J. Larkin
hornburg of Cherryville and the
>llowing children: Miss Iva Thorrt
urg of the home, R. Lee Thom
urg well-known Bessemer City
m tract or, Carl A. Thornburg of
ouston, Texas, Mrs. W. H. Holmes
f Lowell, Mrs. A. R. Rhyne of
anio, and Mrs. P. R. Caston of
illsboro. Preceding him in death
■ere one daughter, Mrs. W. B. An
iony of Greenville, S. C.; one son,
aymond W. Thornburg of Bes
;mer City; and two children who
ied in infancy. He is abc• sur
ived by 27 grandchildren, 23
ceat-grandchildren, and three
reat-great-grandchildren. .
Mr Thornburg was a charte
,ember of J. M. Odell Memorial
[ethodist Church and until his re-1
-nt illness attended church serv
es regularly. He retired quite a
“Sfofye'ars ago from the lum
:r and contracting business which
» owned here.
[feeder lines and to build a new
office building and warehouse.
Construction will be pushed as rap
idly as materials and labor can be
obtained.
The co-op now has 550 miles of
power lines which bring electric
service to 1,850 rural consumers.
Upon completion of its present
building plans, the system will be
j increased to 900 miles of rural lines
serving 3,000 consumers, the presi
dent said. ' •
“It is our purpose to see that
rural electrification in our area
keeps pace with its advance in
other sections of the country,” Mr.
Shaw declared.
Area Coverage
“We're thing ahead with plans
to serve the greatest possible num
ber of rural people in our area. We
operate on an area coverage basis
—in other words, we hope eventu
ally to bring service to every rural
J resident who wants electricity in
| stead of only to those ia our-more
thickly settled communities.”
The Rural Electrification Act
requires that REA loans be made on
ia self-liquidating basis, and the
cooperative received approval of
[ its new $.132,000 loan only after
REA had completed a thorough
study of the application.
Since the Piedmont Electric
Membership Corporation was or
ganized in 1938, it has received
$1,326,000 in loan fund allocations
from REA. The co-op is meeting
payments on schedule and has paid
REA a total of $74,176.77 in prin
cipal on its loans with $20,358.53
of this amount paid in advance of
the date due.
-O
Farmers Dairy
Plans Second
Annual Picnic
The second annual dairyman’s
picnic of the Farmers Dairy Co
operative will be held at Hogan’s
Lake on Thursday, June 24, it was
announced this week by G. B.
Cline, manager of the cooperative.
B^linnifig at 5 P. M., the picnic
• outing will feature dairy cattle
judging contests, milking contests
for men and women, hog calling
contest for the men, husband .call
ing competition for the women and
and horseshoe pitching. A soft
ball game will also be arranged for
the boys and girls.
Supper will be served at 7 P. M.
Milk and ice cream will be served
by the dairy. Those attending are
requested to bring baskets of food,
if possible. -
Realtors’ School
Now In Session
The first Realtors’ Institute of
the North Carolina Association of
Real Estate Boards began a seven
day session last Sunday in Chapel
Hill under the direction of Clyde
Homaday, chairman of the associa
tion’s education committee.
Realtors from all parts of North
Carolina are attending classes in
salesmanship, real estate law, prop
erty management, financing, and
appraising.
Among the instructors for the
Realtors’ Institute is William A.
Olsen of Chapel Hill, who will con
duct a course in public speaking.
John P. Ballard of ..Hillsboro is
attending the school.
-O
Folk Festival
Begins Friday .
At 3 P. M. tomorrow 600 mu
sicians and dancers will enter
Ken ant Stadium in Chapel Hill,
dressed in colorful costumes, td
dance, sing, and play the native
folk songs of all regions of North
Carolina. Thia will be the first
Carolina Folk festival. Bascom
Lamar Lunsford is directing.
A square dance contest, fiddl
ing, clog dancfjig, and many other
specialties of folklore will com
pose the program. There will
be performances at 3 P. M. and
8 P. M. Friday and Saturday. .
Afternoon admission will cost
50 cents for adults, 26 cents for
children. Evening performances
will be priced at 75 cents for
adults and 40 cents for children.
15-MINUTE BROADCAST
‘Raleigh—Mutual Broadcaating
System is planning to carry a 15
minute broadcast of the Caro- ]
. (Ink Folk Festival Juno 19, 6 to
6:15 P. M., Daylight Tims. ' I
Play Starts
In Hillsboro
Softball -
Play was started in the Hillsboro
Softball League Tuesday afternoon,
continuing Wednesday and winds
up its first week of scheduled
games this afternoon when the Eno
Owls meet the Methodist Church
in the third game of the week.
Pushed by the efforts of the
Hillsboro Exchange Club, the
league has been organized with
six teams participating, thereby
giving each team the opportunity
of playing one game a week on the
high school athletic field.
A board qf directors has been set
up with a member coming from
each of the six teams, By-laws
have been adopted and a schedule
arranged for three games a week
until August 26.
Because a number of firms and
individuals expect to take their
summer vacations during the week
of July 4, no games have been
scheduled for that week.
Members of the board of direc
tors are: Jamec Webb, Eno Cards;
Sidney Green, Eno Owls; G. A.
Brown, Methodist Church; H.
Broadwell, Exchange Club; Dr. D.
E. Forrest, American Legion; and
Joseph P-, Privette, White Furni
ture. Webb is chairman of the
board.
By-laws are as follows:
The Community Softball League
has been organized for the purpose
giving organized recreation with
an opportunity for the-participants
to indulge in a competitive athletic
program.
1. All games to be 7 innings un
less tied at the end of regulation 7
innings.
2. All games to begin at 5.30 P.
M. on the High School Athletic
Field.
3. Each team to furnish one um
pire and one scorekeeper, umpires
alternate calling strikes and balls.
4. No player can represent more
than one team in the league.
5. A roster of 18 players must
be presented to the chairman of
the board of directors not later
than July 15, 1848.
6. Responsibility of conduct of
players must be assumed by the
manager.
7. In case of postponed game the
game must be placed-upon mutual
agreement betk%.»i managers of
teams involved.
8. Any team not having 10 men
at game time may begin the game
with 9 men but no less. If less
than nine men, the game must be
forfeited; f—
9. It is agreed to use 10 men per
team.
10. The team on top at end of
regular season play team'in third
place bept three out of five game
series with second place team and
fourth place team playing same
procedure as first and third place
teams. The winners of above se
ries meet in a three best out of five
game series for the trophy.
Schedule^
The schedule for the season in
cluding today’s game is:
June 17—Eno Owls vs. Methodist
■Chnrrh, _ /
June 22—White Furniture vs.
Eno Owls.
June 23—Exchange Club vs.
Methodist Church.
June 24—Eno Cards vs. Ameri
can Legion.
June 29—Eno Cards vs. White
Furniture.
June 30—American Legion vs.
Methodist Church.
July 1—Exchange Club vs. Eno
Owls.
July 13—Exchange Club vs.
White Furniture. j _
July 14—Eno Cards vs. Eno
Owls. v
July 15—American Legion vs.
Methodist Church.
July 20—Eno Cards vs. Methodist
! Church.
July 21—Exchange Club vs.
[American Legion.
July 22—White Furniture Com
pany vs. Eno Owls.
July 27—American Legion vs.
Eno' Owls.
July 28—White Furniture Com
pany vs. Methodist Church.
July 29.—Exchange Club Vs.
Eno Cards. *
August 3—Exchange Club vs.
White Furniture Company.
August 4—Eno Cards vs. Meth
odist Church.
August 5—American Legion vs.
Eno .Cards.
August 10—Eno Cards vs. Eno
Owls.
August 11—Exchange Club vs,
American Legion.
August 12—White Furniture
Company vs. Methodist Church.
August 17 — White Furniture
Company vs. American Legion.
August 18—Eno Cards vs. Meth
odist Church
August 19—Exchange Club vs.
Eno Owls.
August 24—Exchange Club vs.
Methodist Church.
August 25—American Legion vs.
-r See SOFTBALL, Page 8
220 Belle-Vue Mill Employees
A re Presented Pins For Service
A total of 220 employees, representing 3,443 years of service, received service pins at an
awarding ceremony held Saturday evening in the Hilljboro High School auditorium for the
employees of the Belle-Vue Manufacturing Company of Hillsboro. ___.
The service pins were presented by L. E. Beard of Hillsboro, president and treasurer of
the corporation, and John K“ Whitaker, chairman of the l>oard of directors and president of
Hesslein and Company, owners and selling agents of Belle Vue Manufacturing Company.
Prior to the awarding of the pins to the 220 employees, Malcolm E. Campbell, dean of
School of Textiles. North Carolina State College, delivered an address in which he pointed
out the progress of textile manufacturing since its beginning.
Following the award of set vice pins, a barbecue and fried chicken dinner was served in
the high school gymnasium to the employees of lielle-Vue and invited guests from Hillsboro.
naif A Million Spent
Pointing out what Hesslein and
Company found when it purchased
Belle-Vue Manufacturing Co. in
1945, what has already been done
to improve the mill and what was
planned in the future, Mr. Whitaker
in a speech following dinner as
serted that the parent company had
invested on improvements in two
years ‘'close to, a half a million dol
lars and in two years we have in
creased production nearly 70 per
cent without increasing the running
time.
“As most of you know, Hesslein
and Company bought the Belle
Vue Manufacturing mill about
three years ago. And what did we
find?** the speaker asked. - --
Always Growing '’
. “A mill old in years but young
in heart, a mill founded some 50
years ago and always growing, one
that for some 25 yegra has never
failed to make a profit and provide
a living—scanty as It may have
been in hard times—for its em
ployees.
“We found a mill* that had and
has a great many very fine, de
voted and loyal people working in
Tf, many of whose steady years of
service are being recognized by
the service pin being awarded to
night.’’ .)
Mr. Whitaker pointed out, how
ever, that like all individuals the
mill had some weak spots, so our
doctors, or engineers recommended
that it be given a blood transfusion
dl good, hard American dollars.
That is where we (the Hesslein
Company) came in.
Improvements Listed
“You all know what has hap
pened since. You know of the fine
new boiler plant we have, the
great chimney which helps make
it efficient. You know of the latest
new opening and picking machines
that have been bought and installed
to make cleaner and better run
ning work, of all the brand new
cards that have been put in to get
more Lprdduction without a- third
shift run, of the'slubbers and new
drawing frames and of the added
spinning frames that are running
so well. But, best of all, you know
of the beautiful new lighting sys
tem, and of (he white tiled wash
re grits which we. believe equal
those of any mill in the country.
Third Shift Seen
“Altogether we have spent on
improvements here-in the past two
years close to a half a million dol
lars. Just-as soon as business will
justify it and more good people
will come to work here we want
to start up a third shift, which will
increase production another 40
per cent.
“But I want to see many more
improvements—we need some new
equipment in the dyehouse, some
improvements on our spinning
frames and looms. We are going to
have new spooling and warping
this summer and this will give you
weavers better warps. Most of, all,
when material and labor shortages,
will permit, I want to see running
hot and cold water and bathrooms
in every one of our village houses,
better streets and sidewalks in our
village, more company houses 'and
I think it would be a fine thing
to have a complete first aid room
right at the mill.”
Guests of Belle-Vue for the oc
casion were: George W. Walker,
treasurer of Hesslein and Company;
J, G. Gordon, charge of sales; G.
W. Johnson, vice president and
general. manager of Plymouth
Manufacturing Company, McCall,
S. C'., L. Hall, general superinten
dent, Plymouth Mfg. Co.,- and Mr.
Wilson personnel and recreation
director ef Plymouth Mfg. Co. A]
number of Hillsboro citizens were
also present for the ceremony and
the supper.
The service pms ^warded the
employees pictured a shuttle cross
ing a check pattern. On the bot
tom -of the pin is inscribed Belle
Vue Manufacturing Company with
a small shield on which the years
of service'Sre printed.
Barbecue and fried chicken din
ner was served by the ladies of the
New Sharon Method ist ehurch. •
Oscar G. Parsley, who was chair- j
man of the committee for arrange
ments for the banquet, has served
Belle-Vue for the past 25 years as
secretary and superintendent.
Thoee who received service pins
and their years of service were:.j
Five Year Group
Shepherd Baine, James L. Bea
ver, Donnie Burgess, Marian Y.
"Cates, Paul C. Dickey. Hugh H.
Dodson, Samuel L. Faucette, Wil-1
liam T. Jerrell, Willie D. Jones, j
Lewis M. Kennedy, Anderson Mor
row, James J. Obie, Fred Ray,
Alitle H. Riley, Anna F. Riley, Lula
J. Riley, Roxie D. Smith, Charles
B. Stanley, William J. Thompson,
Walter G. Wrenn Jr., Mary Bate
man, Lonnie Baldwin, Alice Hunt,
Tommie Pritchette.
Six Year Group
Roy W. Evans, Eure M. Faucette,
Robbie P. Hayes, Emma-Belle
Hastings, Irwin Johnson, Clarence
J Jones, George A. Jones, Harrison
P. Martin, Dallas Ray, John H.
Ray, Walter G. Raynor, Olden H.
Riley, Steve Riley, Margaret K.
Allison.
rr - —: Seven':. Yaar. Qro up;;, , :
Marvin W. Dickey, Owen C,
Hicks, Willie Ida Jackson, Laura
R. McLean, Homer Phillips, Tom
Walker, Lonnie E. Dickey.
Eight Year Group
George Webster, Annie Andrews,
Isaac Brown, Bernice H. Craven,
Fred W. Cates, Knox Mayo, Cal
vin L. Scarlett.
Nine Year Group
John A. Jackson, Daisey W.
Hayes, Archie C. McLean, John W.
Moorp, Robert L. Wilson, George
B. Bennett, Nellie Dickey.
Ten Year Group
_ Edmond Baine; Melissa J. Car
roll, Herman J. Craven, Mary E.
Dunnagan, Georgia C. Lane, Eunice
A. Roberts, Ellis V. Scarlette, Er
[vin W. Scarlette, George T.; Tapp,
' Elizabeth H. Taylor, Pauline
Wrenn, Clarence E. Williams, An
derson S. Morrow. -
Eleven Year Group
Samuel H. Andrews; James W.
Harder, Emma D. Mann, Alma D.
Scott, Charlie Carden.
Twelve Year Group
Mary Moore Andrews, Lessie L.
Cates, Ruth S. Crabtree, James O.
Harward, Mary E. Sparrow, Wini
fred C. Squires, Melvin Strum, E.
Banks Terrell, Maude C. Tucker,
Bessie Womble, Thomas W. Wom
ble, Paul D.. Searboro. . . ■
Thirteen Year Group
Ernest M. Dickey, Hubert P.
Jones, Lelia Jones;
Fourteen Year Group
Eddie C. Faucette, Dudley A.
Hastings, Emma D. Riley, Metyin
H. Riley, Roland N. Riley, Wil
iam A. Shambley, Gertrude H.
Terrell, Paul R. Hayes.
Fifteen Year Group
Lillie H. Duncan, Charles E.
Fitzgerald, Elpie L; Knight, Emma
G. Luquire, Lessie A. Martin, Flor
ence S. Mayes, Ernest R. McCauley,
Flossie C, Ray, Lillie M. Roberson,
Nellie e. Scarlett, Lonnie Womble,
Mary R. Wheeley, Otha M. Whee-;
ley.
Sixteen Year Group
Mina E. Davis, Blandena P. Har
ward, Omie R. Stutts, Hettie R.
Taylor, Mary H. Vick, Mandy S.
Wheeley, Robert D. Gattis.
Seventeen Year Group
Hollie A. Gates, W. Harvey Hall,
Goldie f). Harward, Cleveland W.
Hicks, Calvin L. Kenyon, Henry
Lane, Ruby W. McCauley, J. Hia
watha Phillips, Edward- Or-Riley,
George L. Robertson, Leonard L.
Scarce, Herbert L. Tucker, Maggie
|J. Tudor, Ervin E. Tudor, Elbert
Wagner, Pharoah "J. Walker, Lucy
Arrington.
Eighteen Year Group
L. E. Beard, William H. Carroll^
William Otto Luquire, Weldon L.
Riley, Myrtle W. Scarlett, Fetna
L. Terrell, Lilliam W. Howerton.
Nineteen Year Group
Clyde C. Collins, Clarence C.
Cates, ■Qeorge M. Farrell, Clyde PT
Scott, Paul T. Wagner, Sadie Tay- I
lor, General W. Newman.
Twenty Year Group" -
Charles B. Blackwelder, Mittie
S. Gattis, Ruby L. Hocutt, Martha
F. Lloyd, Luna Pugh**- Pearl C.
Scarlette, Jennie B. Strum, Jessie
C. Phillips, Pearl H. Riley, James
Pippin.
Twenty-One Y>ar Group
Rtifus Bowles, E. Mack Carr, Lil
lie *f.„Piner, Bunn F. Riley, Chester
Riley, Reldue E. Scarlette, Flora
B. Carroll. - •» ’ “
• “ Twenty Two Year Group ' :
Arlie M. Keck. Homer A. Riley,
Iva J. Phillips, Seymore Richard
son, Louis C. Scarlett, Ernest W.
Bateman.
Twenty Three Year Group
Hubert R. Carr, James M. Oak- 1
ley, A. Roscoe Finer. Theodore R.'
Taylor, Daisy G. Tyson, George W.
Wright. &
Twenty Four Year Group
Ernest P..Cox, Dokie Ml Squires.
Twenty Five Yo*r Group
Florence Elkins, Sidney Maddox.
O. G. Parsley, Robert H. Scarlette,
Louis Wrenn, James C. Wyatt,
Georgia >!S. Keck.
Twenty Six Year Group
Effle W. Hursey, Bertha H. Love,
Lucy P. Mangum, William Paul
Martin, Geneva G. Moon, Bennie
B. Satterfield, Bunn Terrell, Allen
M. Vjck, Kate Wheeley.
Twenty Seven Year Group „
J. Willie Bowles, Haywood Dun
nagan, Maggie D. Harder, John H.
Neighbor*, Ralph C. Neighbors. —
Lee Vincent.
Twenty Eight Year Group
Mary L. Bowletf.
Twenty Nine Vear Group
James, A. Davis, Parting B. Ma-‘__
haffey.
Thirty Year Group
Alma N. Clayton, James F. Rich
ardson, Harley B. Tyson.
Thirty One Year Group
Elizabeth T. Strum.
Thirty Throe Year Group
Charlie L. Bowles, Ermon Whee
ley.
Thirty Four Year Group
Tullie D. Moon.
"thirty Six Year Group
Stella B. Taylor, Fletcher Strum,
Richard Strum.
Thirty 8even Year Group
Allie G. Burton.
Forty Year Group
William J. Clayton. James H. '
Dorrity.
--O
Presbyterian And
Methodist Churches
Hold Church School
The Hillsboro Methodist 'and
Presbyterian-Churches are holding
a joint vacation church school this
week. The program began Mon
day morning under the direction of .
Mrs. Allen Whitaker at the Meth
odist Church. Over 70 pupils en
rolled and were assigned to -four
toartmeuts, with...Mrs. JahilBeil
and Mrs. Ross Portejr teaching the
beginners, class. Mrs. Wilson Cole
and Miss NeU Walker the primary
group; Mrs. Harold Latta and Mrs.
*J. W. Dickson the juniors, and the
Rev. Irving E. Birdseye and Miss
Betsy Forrest the intermediates.
Misses Phyllis Forrest, Patsy Tder,
Sydna Fryer, Sue Fryer, Joyce
Brown, and Mrs. Harry Hollings
worth are assisting with the pro
gram.
A commencement program will
be held Sunday, June 20, at 11 A.
M. at the Presbyterian Church.
Merchants Vote
To Purchase Flap
With only 10 members in at
tendance, the Hillsboro Merchants
Association voted last Wednesday
night to purchase 40 Hags to be
displayed on the streets oh patriotic
holidays and other occasions.
B. P. Gordon Jr., said this week
that the flags had been ordered
iand it was the hope of the com
mittee that they would arrive in
time for the July 4 holiday and the
first annual Hillsboro band festival
on July 5.
It was also voted to close all
stores on July 5.
- -—O-— •
Grattan Receives
Honorary Degree
Frank P. Graham, president of
the University of North Carolina,
received the honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws from Dartmouth
College at the Dartmouth com
mencement exercises Jupe 13 at
which Dr. Graham gave the princi
pal address.
Seven other honorary degrees
have been conferred on Dr. Gra
ham, those being from Columbia
University, Catawba College, Bir
mingham ^Southern College, David
son College, Duke University, Wil
liam and Mary, and Temple Uni
versity._ _.... .....