THIS WEEK’8 NEWS:
Clean Up I* Urged.
jpT Spraying Start*.
Veed Pricea High.
Industrial Accident.
another Polio Case.
of Orange County
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Vol f)f»- No- *9
(Published Weekly)
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HILLSBORO ANI) CHAPEL HILL. THURSDAY JULY 29. 1948
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Iillsboro Carden Club Says Time Now
o Clean-Up Town, Not To Spruce Up
treets, Front Yards, Wink At Alleys
I Seizing upon me opportunity to stress the necessity of clean
ip campaigns during the present polio emergency, the menr
,els of the Hillsboro garden club this \veek issued a statement
sserting the “time is past when Hillsboro can spruce up its
treets and front yards, and wink at its accumulated filth out
ack."
The statement was made in the wake of the second case of
dantile paralysis to be reported in the Hillsboro vicinity.
Members of the garden club said they planned to approach
lecorder’s Court
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ision Features
•lie Drunk Cases
[A number of public drunken
reases have featured the las1
j^o week’s session of Orangt
bunty recorder’s court in Hills
pro.
[cases handled July 19 '"were
fillie Johnson, public drunken
costs; Leola Frances Little
2 drunk:
[less and disturbing the peace,
E and leave county or serve 30
bys;
I Henry Stutts, public drunken
costs; John W. Wall, Jr.
unk and disorderly, costs; Dal
i Walker, illegal possession non
paid whisky costs, 6 .months
ispended 2 years;
|Tink Terrell, illegal possession
whisky, displaying whisky in
[iblic place, $15 and costs; Herbert
anch, public drunkenness, costs;
|r. R. Pendergraft, public drunk
pness costs; Adolphus Heffner,
ault on female, not guilty; Ar
ur Reid, non-support, 12 months
spended five years, costs and
/ $15 weekly for support of two
[inor children.
es July 26 were: Robert E.
public drunkenness and
*?& and costs;
Bar]
ae Hupman, public drunken
$10 and costs;
[William H. Watson, assault on
male, judgment continued on
lyment of costs; Thomas C. Jett,
ig on hill, $10 fine and costs;
icy Smith, disorderly conduct,
it guilty; Claude Walters, public
mkenness, $5 and costs; Walter
ck, assault with deadly weapon,
ee months suspended, $25 fine
1 costs, pay Odie Thompson’s
ipital bill; - . -
[Vernon-Cranford, -assault with
lly weapon, judgment con tin
on payment of costs; William
irvey Hughes, reckless driving,
ee months suspended and costs;
uss Allison, assault with deed
weapon, $25 fine and costs;
irren Hall, engaging in affray,
its; Willie Torian, drunk, dis
lerly conduct 30 days suspend
costs. 1
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'own Board Meets
Tuesday Might
fo Adopt Budget
lillsborO town board of com
fssioners are to meet Tuesday
it to taJje final action on a pro
6ed budget for the town, Mayor
I" G. Johnston announced Wed
he proposed budget retains the
tie tax rate of $1.25 on the $100
fuation. The budget has been
f up on a total town valuation of
r'60,216 in comparison to the
valuation of $1,290,851 last
(The figures for the new val
fion do not include public serv
. corporations.)
pohnston said that the town re
ned in its budget of $17,717
’ the past year and that the new
ASet was for practically the
ne amount.
me iuwu council wnn a clean-up
campaign and to stress the neces
sity of making it a complete clean
up rather than just one “hitting the
high spots.” '
The statement in full is:
“Clean-up campaigns in the
past have done much to Im
1 prove the appearance of Hills
boro, and many organizations
and individual citizens are to be
Congratulated on their coopera
tive attitudes and helpful work,
“However, the time is past
.when Hillsboro can spruce up its
streets and front yards, and wink
at its accumulated filth out back.
And Hillsboro harbors its share
of filth.
“In the face of . increasing
- —Health_problems._we cannot
much longer excuse our inade
quate water supply or our primi
tive, disease-inviting sewage dis
posal. Our open privies are our
public disgrace. Hillsboro can
not now excuse or rationalize its
pig-pens, its garbage and' refuse
cluttered alleys, or its open gar
bage cans.
“The hour is getting late. Ex
tension of water sewage facili
ties looms as a necessity, and
and municipal action relating to
cleanliness and health is very
much in order.’’
The statement was signed by the
Hillsboro garden club executive
committee.
Members said that they planned
to request the town council to pass
an ordinance requiring all persons
in the city limits to hook on to the
sewage disposal lines where the
‘ lines passed near enough their
homes to mak^tt possible* In many
sections of the town the lines are
not located for all homes to have
I access to-them.
The members also said they felt
that ‘pig-pens in town should be
eliminated as a health safety meas
ure.and that back alleys should be
kept cleaner. —- -.- ,-1—c...
The reference to the'shwage dis
posal plant refers to Hillsboro’s
! method of dumping raw sewage
' into the Eno river. Durham county
health officer recently warned
.residents of his county not to swim
in the Eno river since the sewage
from Hillsboro made it unheahh
ful.
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Saturday Is Last
Day To Reinstate
Vets Insurance
In order to give World War II
veterans every opportunity to rein
state lapsed National Service Life
Insurance prior to the deadline on
easy reinstatements, all Veterans
Administration offices will remain
open Saturday, July 31.
Prior to Aug. 1, veterans with
lapsed term insurance may pick up
their policies in most oases by pay
■ ing- two monthly, premiums and
sighing a statement that their
health is as good as at the time of
lapse. On and after that date, a
physical examination will be re
quired where a policy has been
lapsed more than 90 days. *
I VA estimated that more than 10,
000,000 veterans are eligible to re
instate upwards of $100,000,000,000
! worth of this low-cost insurance
prior Jo the deadline. A veteran
may reinstate any amount of-in
surance from $1,000 to $10,000, pro
vided iMs in multiples of $500.
T Spraying Of Hillsboro Homes Starts;
er 100 People Make Request For Work
Iddt spraying of Hillsboro
pmes and business establish-.
was started Tuesday
°ming by a member of the
tange county health depart-'
ent.
I^ne man was assigned to the
Tuesday, but two men
pjp ex Pec ted to be on the job
sesday and work until the
raying in this area is com
bed.
paying of the homes wtt
^Possible by the health de
ment after a case of polio
found % this section. Over
home owners requested the
spraying after the first an
nouncement was made last weelc.
The health department is
charging only a nominal fee for
the servf«fT~
Spraying will curtail flies,
mosquitoes and other insects
around the home and is recom
mended as a health safety meas*
ure. , . j
If the service is desired, a
homeowner, should call the
health department office in'Hills
boro and request. Your name
will be listed and the spraying
done when the workers are in
your neighborhood. ,
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People, Spots In The News
FARMER DEWEY explains some
of the finer points of dairy cow
1 husbandry to Republican vice
B presidential nominee Earl War
ren during the California Gov
ernor’s visit to Dewey’s Pawling,
K.Y., farm.
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"Cfctn*ffE& ONLY in tni"
nocence. Peggy Ann O’Don*
nell and her doll-, Susan, find
a fire hydrant the answer to
New York’s heat wave. —
I RACING the
clouds. Vonnie
Hoffman, dashes
over the sand
?! dunes at Panama
§ City. Pia. —fey.*
FIRST SCHEDULED AIRLINER to land and takeoff at New
York International Airport at Idlewild, the world’s largest, was |
this radar-equipped DC-4 of Peruvian International Airways, i
Chief Pilot Doug Larsen, of Peruvian, was at the controls. |
19-Year-Old Negro b Killed Instantly
In Accident At White Furniture Plant
Charlie Edward Watspn, 19
vear-old Negro of Efland, was
instantly killed at 10:30 Wed
nesday morning at the saw mill
at White furniture plant near
Hillsboro when ''"his body was
severed by a large saw.
Ambulance attendants of Wal
ker Funeral Home in Hillsboro
who answered the call said that
the youth was dead when they
arrived on the scene of the ac
cident and that he was killed
instantly.. ‘
Information given the atten
dants at the scene of the acci
dent was that WatscfVs glove
caught in the saw and jerked his
entire body into it.
Watson had been employed by
the furniture plant for several
months.
This is the first casualty to be
reported from the plant in sev
eral years. Recently, the plant
was awarded a safety certifi
cate for its outstanding record
in industrial safety.
Survivors and funeral plans
were ljiot known early Wednes
i day afternoon.
Charles Walker, Jr.
Named President Of
Laymen’s League
The Hillsboro Laymen’s League
elected Charles Walker, Jr., as
president to succeed Elmer Dowdy i
at its meeting this past Monday)
night. Dowdy was „ elected vice :
president, Fred S. Sharp, secretary; i
E. Wilson Cole, treasurer, and E.
P. Barnes, public relation, .officer.
Plans were made to have another'
program on the first Sunday night
in September providing s chool I
opens as scheduled. The program
committee will meet in mid-Aug
ust to complete the plans for that
program. The September program '
will present a speaker on the
Amsterdam World Assembly of
Christianity where 142 denomina
tions representing 40 countries will
gather to form the World Council
of Churches and seek a new orien
tation for cooperation and out
reach. i
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New Hone Ec Horn
Under Construction
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Constiuction of a new ‘home
economics department at the Hills- j
boro Negro school has been start-*
ed, Glenn 1*. Proffit' superiiiten-'
dent of-schools, said this week.
The new building 22 x 60 feet
will meet the specifications of the
State which required the construc
tion on threat of .the local Hills
boro school losing its home eco
nomics department.
Funds for the building are being
secured from the capital outlay
money appropriated in the new
county budget
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Over 2,000 Attend
Fonaal Opening
Of Fowler’s Store
Over 2,000 people attended the
grand opening of Fowler’s Food
Store in Chapel Hill last Thurs
day, July 22. The store, which is
the largest grocery in ^tawn, was
4ecor&ted wfith congratulatory
baskets of flowers sent by other
Chapel Hill n^erchaata.
Cards were handed out at the”
door to all shoppers, who wrote
their names and dropped the cards
in the drawing box. A card was
chosen from the'box every 20 min
utes, and the lucky winner was
delivered a bushel basket of gro-.
ceries, containing fresh vegetables,
cannd foods, soft drinks, bread and
assorted cereals, crackers, potato
chips, and such household necessi
ties as starch and cleaning fluid.
These grocery prize's wife awarded
continually during the first three
days of the opening. f
l3ob Andrews conducted a quiz
program in the store which was
broadcast over WDUK Thursday,1
Friday, and Saturday, Contestants,i
picked from the shopping crowd by |
Mrs. Neal Creighton, had a cljance
to win a fabulously large dinner j
from Fowler’s with everything
from the fruit juice cocktail to the
large (T to 8 pound "ham;
Other attractions for the openift#
day shoppers- were the, cookies and
small sundaes gives away.-- These
were particularly popular*yvith the
children, who, by the way, have
special seats on the push carts.
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__OUT WITH MALARIA
Ira A. Ward, county accountant,
suffered an attack of malaria Sun,-,
day and wiased work in the court
house Monday and Tuesday morn
ing, He returned to work Tuesday
afternoon. .
Practice Reports
On 1948 Farm Plans
Are Due By July 31
According to an announcement
by A. K. McAdams, secretary of
the Orange county ACA, all
farmers who have signed a 1948
farm plan are requested to come
to the AAA office before July 31
and make their performance re
port on practices carried out and
to give orders for any material
wanted on their farms.
After the abot'e date all money
that has not been used will be
put into a county pool and it will
be possible for any farmer to get
additional^ material above his
minimum assistance. ~* ~
All tobacco has been measured
and tobacco books are ready.
“You may get these books when
you come Into the office to make
your performance report, Mc
Adams said. The AAA office is
no longer opnen on Saturday. The
office is open from 8 A. M. to
5 P. M. Monday through Friday.
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Kiwanians Honor
Dr., Mrs. Lawson
At Clnb Meeting
The Chapel Hill Kiwanis Club
had a barbecue and brunswick
stew picnic on the public school
grounds Tuesday evening with
Kiwanian wives and guests at
tending.
Glowing Tributes
Glowing tributes were paid to
Dr. R. B. Lawson, a veteran mem
ber of the University of North
Carolina faculty, and Mjs. Lawson
and their daughter, Mrs. Estelle
Lawson Page, the famous golfer,
at a testimonial dinner given by
the Kiwanis Club at its meeting
last week. Vp ' - ^ ■
Other guests included Mrs.
Page's husband, Julius Page, and
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Page. "
Mrs. Page gave a lively report
on her recent golf expedition to
England where she was a member
of the victorious Curtis Cup team.
*. Alumni Secretary J. Maryon
Saunders, to document his review
of Dr. Lawson’s career, brought
along a University catalogue of
the era of 50 years ago. He read
passages about University athletics
of that ~ era and recalled the
prowess and the fame of the young
Virginian, Bob Lawson, who came
here in 1898; was pitcher on the
baseball team for three years and
afterward coach; played on .the
Boston team in the National Lea
gue; studied.medicine and took his
M. D. degree at the University of
Maryland; and returned here to
i become gymnasium instructor and
; member of the faculty of the Uni
versity Medical School.
W. S. Hogan, president of the
club, and T. A. Rosemond, past
president, expressed the Kiwan
ians’ high regard for their guests
of honor. Mr. Rosemond presented
to them a plaque reading: “In
Grateful Recognition to Dr. and
Mrs. Robert B. Lawson for Out
standing Community Service,1906
1948. Chapel Hill Kiwanis Club,
July 20, 1948.”
Both Mr. Hogan and Mrs. Rose
mond praised Mrs. Lawson for her
[ services. a
Mr. Saunders acclaimed Mrs.
! Page as “the member of the Law
son family who has made Chapel
Hill famous all over the world.”
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$100 Scholarships
Will Be Available
A large number of scholarships,
valued at $100 a year, will be avail
able, beginning this fall, to high
school . and college students,
through the consolidated Univer
sity of North Carolina Escheats
Fund it was announced by,"Presi
dent Frank P. Graliam and Con
troller W. D. Carmichael Jr.
Between 60 and 65 North Caro
lina boys and girls will be
awarded scholarships within the!
next'month, both high school and
college students being eligible to
apply on the basis of scholarship
and other standards prescribed by
the scholarship committees of
each of the three institutions. They
may hold the scholarships through
out their college careers, it was
sai^j— -tlhey.. CQBttoML .
maintain "the standard of work re
quired.
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Correction - *
In the story on the Orange
county budget in last week!s News
incorrect figures were given, for
the increase in the valuation in
Little River Township. The cor
rect figure for the increase is
$55,MS. '• ~
Second Case Of Polio In Hillsboro Up*
County Total To Seven Victim As Health
Director Expresses Hope Peak Reached
Report of a second case of infantile paralysis in Hillsboro
during the past week increased the number of cases reported
in Orange county to seven—largest number of polio victims in
the county in many years—as Dr. O. David Garvin Tuesday ex
pressed the hope that the epidemic in the State had reached its
peak and was now on the decline.
“I don’t think,” Dr. Garvin said, “that the report of the
second case in Hillsboro is any reason to become aroused over
the spread of the disease. Two cases in Hillsboro is a normal
New
Head
EUGENE S. BRIGGS
Eugene S. Briggs, Enid, Okla.,
above, is the new president of the
International Association of Lions
Clubs. He was elected by unani
mous vote a the 31st annual con
vention of the association in New
York last week. Briggs succeeds
Fred W. Smith, of Ventura, Calif.
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Final Budget Action
Scheduled By Board
During Next Week
A special meeting of the Orange
county board of commissioners1
will probably be held next week
to take final action on the county
budget which has been tentatively
adopted.
The tentative budget retains the
same tax rate of 85 cents on the
$100 valuation calls for an ex
penditure of $53,223.04 from the
county’s general fund, $10,000 for
the health department, $8,350 for]
superior court and jail fund, $4,-1
200 for recorder's court, $35,690
for salaries, $133,527 for welfare
department (includes county, state
and federal appropriations), $30,
705 for debt service and $151,
945.59 for schools.
Further discussion of the dog
situation in Orange county is ex
1 pected to be held at the commis
sioner’s meeting Monday in light
of recent edict issued against dogs
roaming the streets and the Uni
versity campus in Chapel Hill.
1 Other county fyoards will also
hold their monthly meetings Mon
day in Hillsboro, the school board
convening in the school office and
the welfare board in the new wel
fare office.
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Revival Scheduled
At Ebenezer Church
EbenSeF'B’apf isf "CK*urclT*b¥gfHfS
a series of revival services Sunday,
August 1. 4
The Rev. Floyd L. Paschal!, pas
tor of West Hill Baptist church,
| will be guest minister for the meet
'ing. There will be services each
| evening at >45 P. M. Sunday
! through. Friday.
number to experience during the
year.” Last year two cases of in
fantile paralysis were reported in
the town. *
*‘I think it would be a good idea,”
Dr._ Garvin continued, "for the
same practices urged last weds to
be continued. Children 16 years
old and under should not be allow
ed to mingle in crowds and no spe
cial meetings or large gatherings
of people should take place until
tl>e epidemic is abated.’
Danny Williams, 18-months-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Wil
liams of Eno hiU,* West Hillsboro,
was the second victim of the di
sease in Hillsboro. The first case
was reported in the Belle-Vue sec
tion of West Hillsboro.
Garvin said that he didn’t think
opening of schools in Orange coun
ty would be delayed in September ^
by the disease. ,‘It is our hope,”
he said, “that the epidemic will
have reached its^peak and be on
the downgrade when schools
open."
Glenn T. Proffit, superintendent
of schools, had earlier expressed
the opinion that the school board
would allow the health board and
the health director to decide on
the adviseability of opening
schools.
The seven cases reported to date
in Orange county are more than
have been reportd in recent epi
demics, Dr. Garvin said. Three or
lour cases were reported in 1044.
now the second worse epidemic
since this year’s total number of
cases has exceeded the number re
ported then.
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Hillsboro Lioas
Are Represented
At Convention
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Ballard
and Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mohler are
representing the Hillsboro Lions
Club at the 31st annual convention
of the .Lions International In New ,
York. ” _' . /
They are part of a contingent ot /
700 Lions from North Carolina^
clubs who are attending the annual
convention. Delegates from
countries, representing five conti-J
nents are attending the meeting, i
Members of the North Carolina V
delegation are also presenting an
exhibit of North Carolina resources
I during the convention.
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Library Workshop
b Held At UJi.C.
More than 80 librarians from col
leges and universities of North and
South Carolina and Virginia are
in Chapel Hill for the library work
shop, directed by Miss Blanche Mc
Crum of the Library of Congress
and W. P. Kellam of the University
of North' Carolina. The workshop
began Monday and wiU end to
morrow.
Charles E. Rush and other mem
bers of the U.N.C. library staff are
group leaders. Consultants include
Dean Susan Grey Akers, Miss Ger.
trude Merritt, and Miss Georgia
Faison of Chapel Hill.
Two Hillsboro Softball Teams to Enter
Single Elimination Roxboro Tournament
Two softball teams from Hills
boro have entered an invita
tional softball tournament—m
Roxboro from August 9 through
August 14, it was announced this
week.
The two teams have been se
lected from among the players
' participatirxgS'in league play in
Hillsboro. It was pointed out,
however, tha-b the seieeticR& axe
not final and that any member
desiring to play should contact
one of the managers.
Fred Sharpe is n. aging one
of the teams made up of players
from Hillsboro while Dick
Dickey, is managing the second
team made up of players from
the Mill teams in the softball I
loop. ‘ iV ‘ ' I
> Players on the team managed 1
by Sharpe are Kenneth Rose
rnond, Joe Rosemond, Randolph
Brown, Charles Walker, Everett
Kennedy, Bobby Brown, Buck
Gordon, Wayne Frederick, Mel
vin scott Harry Cromer, Junior
Snipes, Riddick Miller, Glen
Aurran, . Jack Strayhom, Carl
Van Vnyckt, Scott Cates, - and
'Bill B^ttenhPMSL „
Players on the second team
are Huffman. Dace Brown, Ter
rell, D. Emory, R. Dixon, B.
Crawford, D. Dickey, Austin, R.
Thompson, D. Riddle, Wall us, B
Medlin, J. Moore T. Medlin, B.
Draughton, Talbert, C. King and
Riggs
The tournament is a single
elimination affair and all games
will be played at night.