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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1948
Price: J5 A Year; 5c Single Copy v Eight Pages This Week
Ieop!e, Spots In The News]!
SLICK CHICK meets slick \sink I
in model California home where
Barbara Bates, movie starlet,
p tries out for herself the easy
i “eawng . Properties of. ceramic
jttj “led dramboard and wainscot in
j all-tiled kitchen. -
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KTY-TON load
__ _ of wheat in
Eight car was jacked up just to
Ee this kitten, whose paw was
light in a coil spring of the car
[Buffalo rail yards. A member
the ASPCA bandaged his
pshed foreleg. _
NEW ERA was seen at hand
in American tennis as big,
crashing, 20-year-old Rich
ard “Pancho” Gonzales of
Los Angeles emerged as
new national champion pt
Forest Hills as many vet
eran top-notchers—Parker,
Mulloy, Talbert — were
tumbled in early rounds.
JCKET BAIT is Tommy Marotta of Boonton, N.J. His dad
ocured a license for Tommy’s $3,000 miniature racing auto—
^wered by a lawn-mower motor—but got no driver’s license
Tommy, aged five, and the cops said nix
Insiderable Interest Being Displayed
Heifer Show, Sale, Scheduled Oct: 29
psiderable interest is being
by Orange county 4-H^and
members as well as adults in
|five-county dairy heifer show
sale to be held at the livestock
ket in Hillsboro bn Friday,
|ber 29,
number of entries have al
ly been received at the county
It’s office for animals which
be entered both in the show
[in the sale. It is expected that
100 purebred and grade heif
ap to two years of age will
pown and that about 40 of
animals will be offered for
at an auction to be held in
fernoon.
farmer or club member may
an animal in the show in
th the following prizes will be
pd: Blue ribbon, $6; red rib
$4; white ribbon, $2. If the
er wishes, he may enter this
M in the auction sale which
[be held in the afternoon. No
ges or commissions will be
out of the .proceeds of the
and the owner may no sale
[animal if he so desires.
Bother feature of the sgle will'
be that any heifer fresh with first
calf by her side may be entered
'in the sale without charges or
commission.
This is the first event of its kind
ever to be held in North Carolina
and each, farmer, dairyman, or
club member who has a heifer of
good dairy breeding, either grade
or purebred, is urged to fit the
animal, and enter it in the show.
Those who have surplus heifers, of
good breeding are urged to fit and
show the animal, and also enter
her in the sale.
This show and sale will be held
at the livestock market in Hills
boro and all pens will be thor
oughly cleaned and disinfected
with new litter on the floor prior
to the time of fhe sale. This is
being done in order to insure that
no contagious diseases may be con
tracted or spread by this event.
If sufficient interest is shown
by the farmers, club members,
and dairymen, it is hoped that this
show and sale can be held at Hills
boro each year. Counties partici
pating are: Person, Granville, Dur
ham, Chatham, and Orange.
fk Ob Roads In County, Board Is Told
"best
ea
October 17
rh« Community Chest drive,
|u9urated for'the first time
spring, as an annual cam
l®n’ will begin October 17
a house-to-hduae canvass
donations. Funds will be
tr'buted by the Community
Jnc,l to the Boy Scouts. Boy
I uts’ white and colored recre
Sn cer*ters, colored nursery,
|er8ency Medical fund, Crip
Children’s League, the Chil
1 * library association, and
Uw*ne Society, all service
lan'zations.
Armstrong Is* in charge
[ #1* year,«^campaign, assisted
Community Council mem
Paui W. Wager ie head of
f°7"n,tteat and Orville
Pboil is publicity director.
Recent rains and unsettled
weather have retarded the work
of the highway workers in keep
ing the state highway system in
the county in good repair, Clarence
Walters, superintendent, reported
to th commissioners Monday.
Walters appeared before the
commissioners and- gave an infor
mal report on the condition of the
roads intfie county. He said that
every farmer who voted for Kerr
Scott in the recent elections was
expecting a hard-surfaced road by
his front door.
The commissioners approved the
addition of one-seventh of a mile
of road in the Chapel Hill area
to the state system. The road is
known as Coolidge street and
seven people live on it,-according
to the petition presented to the
commissioners.
. A meting of the State Highway
commission will be held in Rox
boro on October 13 at which time
petitions appwd by the county
commissioners will be presente
for the okay of the state board.
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Bread grain production in the
Soviet Union is forecast to be larg
»r than in 1947, but still well below
iverage.
Carr boro P-TA
i For School Tear
I Carrboro.—The first meetfhg for
l the school year of the Carrboro
j P-TA was held on last Tuesday
evening at 8 o’clock In the Carr
boro school auditorium.
Mrs. Jesse West, president of
the Carrboro association, presided
and announced the following com*
mittees for the year:
Mrs. Amelia Thompson, pro
| gram chairman; Mrs. ’Thomas
| Goodrich, secretary and treasurer.
Membership Committee — Mrs.
Clara Farrell, chairman; Mrs. De
ward Pepper, Mrs. Clifton Boyd.
Health, and Summer Round-Up
1 —Mrs. Pauline Ferguson.
, Magazine—Mrs! Clifford Feath
er, Mrs. John McLaughlin, and
I Mrs. Bourrough Hogan.
Publicity—Mrs. Frank Maddry.
Recreation — Raymond Kiddoo,
Bourroughs Hogan, and Philip An
- dfews___'. ~
, Goals for Standard Association
—Mrs. Sam Lockhart. Safety—
Mrs. Hand. Finance—Mrs. Dewey
Sparrow, Mrs. Henry Hogan, Troy
Hackney and Deward Pepper.
Library—Miss Agnes Andrews.
Character and Spiritual Education
—Mrs. Troy Jones.
Music and Art—Mrs. Ira Mann.
Parent 'Education—Mrs. R. B.
Studebaker. Social Committee—
Mrs. Carl Ellington, .Miss Agnes
Andrews. '
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Cooley Address
To Head Fanners
Farmers Mutual annual stock
holders meeting will be held in
Durham Friday, in the Duke gym
nasium, according to an announce
ment by C. W. Tilson, general
manager of Farmers Mutual. The
j program will start promptly at 10
o’clock and will be followed by
a barbecue dinfier. ‘ ” •
| Congressman Harold Cooley, a
member of the House Agricultural
Committee, will be the principal
speaker. Mr. Cooley will be intro
duced to the stockholders by U. S.
Senator William B. Umstead from
Durham. Other speakers on the
program will be C. W. Tilson, who
win report to me siocKHOiaers or
last year’s operation of Fanners
Mutual along with the financial
condition of the organization.
Contests and group singing are
other features to appear on the
program. Prizes will be awarded
to the winners of various contests
and an attendance prize wiil be
given to the lucky ticket number
holder.
The decision to have one big
annual meeting in Durham rather
than one in each of the five coun
ties that Farmers Mutual operates
in was made by the community
directors at a meeting held recent
j ly in each county. This group felt
J that the facilities of the Duke
gymnasium along with being able
to secure a better speaker and the
need for all stockholders to get
together made it advisable to have
one big meeting.
Invitations have been mailed
out to 12,000 stockholders and at
least 5,000 are expected to attend
the meeting and barbecue dinner.
For 14 years, Congressman has
been a member of fhe agricultural
committee, of Congress and has
been very active Jar helping to
iwaaJiIataJbg nation *s, agricultural
policies. He has worked! hafd"to
see that fair support prices have
been established £or agricultural
products.
Congressman Cooley and his
committee have.had the all-impor
tant job of working out a long
range farm program., This com
mittee held last year 12 regional
meetings throughout the United
States to get the farmers’ views on
what a long-range agricultural
policy^ should include. One of
these meetings was held in Rocky
Mount and farmers representing
all phases of agriculture from
North Carolina, Virginia and
South Carolina appeared before
Congressman and his committee
and presented our agricultural
needs.
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Change Being Made
In Indexing Method
A change is being made in the
indexing system in the register of
deeds office in Hillsboro to give
more space for filing the papers
brought to the office.
More papers are being filed in
the available books because there
is no more space in the vault to
place additional books.
Larger Nwaber Turn Out In Chapel Oil
To Hear Thurnond Than In Any N.C. City
A larger audience turned out for ’
States’ Rights Presidential Candi-!
date J. Strom Thurmond in Chapel!
Hill Tuesday than at any other 1
point in North Carolina during his [
one-day swing through central
Carolina.
Thurmond spoke in Chapel Hill
under the auspices of the Carolina '
Forum to approximately 1,500
people. _I
Thurmond’s most enthusiastic!
audience was also at Chapel Hill, j
but there was more than a hint J
that the Carolina students were
taking the South Carolina gover- J
nor with tongue in cheek. They
laughed uproariously at his sallies
directed at President' Truman; j
Sneator Alben Barkley, Truman’s !
running mate, and Thomas E, j
Dewey, the Republican presiden-1
tial candidate. At the mention of
Henry Wallace there were some
cheers and a loud chorus of .boos. |
A light wave of laughter swept |
across the student audience when
Thurmond declared, “I have no
race prejudice.”
In most places, Thurmond’s au
dience applauded vigorously and
frequently, but° the applause came j
generally only from a portion of i
those present.
He attacked Senator Barkley, i
claiming that the Democratic can- 1
didate for vice president had “be
trayed” the South by attempting
to secure passage of some ciVil
rights proposals by preventing a
filibuster.
He also attacked Dewey, claim
ing that the Republican candidate
Should not get a vote from the
South because of his opposition to
equal freight rates for the South.
Without mentioning Secretary
of the Army Kenneth Royall by
name, Thurmond made note of
Royall’s recent visit to Columbia,
S. C., where he made a speech in
support of Truman.
Thurmond said Royall was a
man “for whom we all have great
admiration . . . but I sincerely be
lieve he. was acting rather boldly
when he said, from the platform,!
that President Truman would not,!
or could not, carry out his prom-j
Ises to the minorities to break
down segregation in the armed
forces and in our factories and
business.”
The States’ Rights candidate re
iterated his belief that he could
vin the election by securing enough
Sectoral votes to throw the selec
tion of President into the' House
)f Representatives.
“The Republicans would rather
lave us than Truman,” he ex-1
blained, “and the Democrats would
•ather have us than Dewey.”
Hillsboro High Loses To Oxford, 19-0;
Asheboro Is Opponent For Tomorrow
MRS. CORRINE GRIMSLEY
Family Life Expert
To Be Here Tuesday
Mrs. Corrine Grimsley, family
life specialist for the tate College
Extension service, will speak in j
Hillsboro Tuesday, October 12, at
the Hillsboro First Baptist church,
when members of Orange county
home demonstration clubs will act
as hostess to club members from
Alamance, Caswell, and Durham
counties. —
Approximately 65 family life
leaders in the various clubs are
expected to attend. Family life
leaders in the P.-T.A., Grange,
Fatm Bureau, and missionary so
cieties are invited to attend.
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X-RAY CLINIC
The regular monthly X-ray i
clinic will be held at the health <
department in Hillsboro on Mon- ]
day, October 11, from 2 to 4 p. m.
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By BILLY MANGUM
The Oxford High school eleven
defeated Hillsboro by the score of
19-0 Friday night.
Oxford scored the first touch
down in the opening quarter when
Kern carried the ball over from
the eight-yard line. The extra
point was good and Oxford led 7-0
at halftime.
Oxford’s second touchdown was
scored in the third quarter when
Kern connected with a pass to
BoWl on the 10-yard line. Kern
in two plays carried the ball over.
The try for extra point failed.
Kern also figured in the* third
touchdown when he scooted '50
yards with an intercepted pass. *
Oxford picked up 10 first downs
While holding Hillsboro to seven.
Oxford was penalized 75 yards
while Hillsboro last 65 yards via
the penalty route.
Harry Brown and Carl Swainey
both did exceptional jobs at the
fullback and halfback posts. Brown
picked up a lot of ground and
looked good at blocking and back
ing up the line.
Swainey had a good average at
-ushing. His kicking continued to
lighlight his play wit han average ’
af 42 yards per try.
Hillsboro’s only chance of scor
ng came in the fourth quarter
■vhen Harley Heaffner intercepted
i pass and returned it to the 25
/ard line. The game ended after
he first play,
Hillsboro plays Asheboro tomor
•ow night in Asheboro. .Hillsboro
s slightly ’favored.
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Bus And Track la
Collision Near Here
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A Carolina Trailways bus and
i transfer truck collided near the
! rive-in theater on the Hillsboro- ,
Durham highway Tuesday after
»oon.
County Commissioners Name Committee
Of Citizens To Study Needs Of Orange
Regarding Capital Outlay Expenditures
j First step in laying plans for i
bond issue election next year ii
Orange county were made at i
joint meeting of the Orangjs count;
board of commissioners and boar<
of education Monday in the court
house when a committee of repre
sentative citizens from all section
of the county were named to male
a study of the heeds of the county
In appointing the committee thi
combined members of ^he twi
boards made an effort to selec
Becky Huggins b*
Named Queen Of
Durham Festival
Miss Becky .Huggins of Chape
Hill was crowned Queen of To
baccoland at the coronation bal
of Durham’s annual Merchants As
sociation Tobacco Festival las
Friday night in the city armdry
Lyndon Hobbs, Miss Huggins’ es
cort, who is also from. Chapel Hill
reigned as king of the festival.
Miss Huggins, winner of i
beauty contest ponored by th<
the daughter of Vic Huggins> presi
dent of the Chapel Hill-Carrbori
Chamber of Commerce and Mer
chants club. Both the king an<
queen are students of the Univer
sity.
Miss Elizabeth Lyons also repre
sented Chapel Hill at the three
day festival. Miss Huggins ,wai
chosen queen from among 22 girls
from the Durham area.
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Junior Health ~
Educators Here
* -m** -
For Orientation
■ - ■ «- ■
According to Dr. O. David Gar
vin, district health officer, Miss
Mildred Oakley of Oxford and
Miss Margaret Drennan of Boston,
Mass., have been recently assigned
.to the Orange-Person-Chatham
Lee District Health department at
"Chapel Hill to work under the
supervision of Miss Elizabeth Lov
ell and Howard Fitts, health edu
cators for the district.
As recent graduates of N.C.C.
and U.N.C. schools of public health
they are at Chapel Hill for orien
tation to the services of a local
health department and local health
education activities. Part of their
program while here will consist in:
giving assistance to schools and
comomunty groups in planning
and organizing health programs;
conferences and field trips with
the health department staff; visits
to local voluntary agencies; carry
ing out special projects with
schools and community groups;
and in general, fit into the already
very active program of the health
department.
At the close of their orientation
period Miss Drennna will return
to Massachusetts as health educa
tor with the Massachusetts Tuber
culosis league, and Miss Oakley
will remain in North Carolina as
health educator with the State
Board of Health, division of tuber
culosis control.
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Orange <*«»«
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torney at ~ r orange °dford ^
organizer tor by Been the
been or*»^ rf tfortM
BiacVr, J^cratic
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Carotin8- -A Stone s “wYoUng
in announcing ^ the
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i members of the two dominant po
1 litical parties in the county and
i of both races. Both men and
r | women" were named to the ccm
l j mittee..'■
• | James Webb of Hillsboro, State
■ | senator for Orange and Alamance
5 counties, was asked to assume the
i j chairmanship of the group. The
.: committee is expected to complete
H its study of the county’s needs
> | within the next two months and
t make a report to the commission
ers at the December meeting.
That limit was set by the com
missioners because they felt that
th study should be completed be
fore Webb assumes his duties in
the'State legislature.
Others named on the committee
and the areas they represent are:
B. C. Corbett, Negro of Cedar
Grove; Hubert Robinson, Negro of
Chapel Hill; Z. CL Burton of C.edar
1 Grove; Mrs. Clarence D. Jones of
. Hillsboro; J. Ludus Brown,- Jr., of
1 Hillsboro; Lemuel R. Cheek of
- Route 1, Chapel Hill; John L. Ef
t land, Jr., of Efland; Raymond An
. drews of Carrboro; J. B. Johns of
. Chapel Hill; Mrs. Clyde Walker of
, Route 2, Rougemont; Mrs. M. R.
Evans of Chapel Hill; and Hi G.
i Coleman, Sr., of Hillsboro: -
> Each person appointed was writ
. ten -the following letter: • -
> " cbuh
■ ty commissioners and the board of
[ education you were appointed a
member of the committee of 15
people from all sections of Orange
county to make a thorough study
of the needs of Orange county,
i particularly those requiring capi
; tal outlay.
“This is" an important assign
ment and presents an opportunity
to the members of the committee
to make a real contribution to
Orange county. ' ——
“The committee chairman. Mr.
James Webb of Hillstyfro, will call
! a meeting of the committee at an
early date, and it i sloped that the
committee’s report can be com
pleted within the next two
months.’’
The letter was signed by Collier
Cobb, Jr.ft.chairman of the board
of commission's, and J, S. Comp
ton, chairman of the board of edu
cation. . ___
The committee will be expected
to delve into all phases of the
county’s needs in regard to more
room in the courthouse, more
school buildings and other func
tions of the county’s government.
All employes of the county have
been instructed by the county
commissioners to give all aid pos
sible to the committee members
when they seek information about
the county and the functions their
office plays in the overall county
picture of government.
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Artificial Breeding
Ring Is Planned For
County Dairymen
At a meeting held In the County
Agricultural building last Monday,
John Brown, extension dairyman
from State College, explained how
Orange county farmers could form
an artificial breeding ring. If such
an. organization is perfected, farm
ers can breed their cows to some
of the best proven bulls in North
Carolina and Indiana by means
of artificial insemination. .
Brown stated that in order to
make the association feasible, 1,000
cows would have to be signed. HP
Five meetings will be held on
Wednesday night, October 13, at
7:30 o’clock, to find out how mann
cows farmers will breed if these
services are available.
A steering committee composed
of C. W. Stanford, G. F. Liner,
C. E. Teer, and P. B Lloyd, to
gether with all agricultural work
ers in the county, will have charge
of these meetings which will be
held at the following places: Farm
ers Iteivx Chapel Hill; Grange
Hall at White Cross; “Grange Hall
at Orange Grove; agricultural
building at Cedar Grove; agricul
tural building at Hillsboro
All farmers, no matter how few
rows they have, who are interested
n obtaining this service should go
:o one of these metings.
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Repairs Under Way
On Clock Tower
Repairs were started this week
on the clock tower of the Orange
county courthouse in Hillsboro.
Rotten timbers are being, re
placed and a copper roof put on
the tower.
The work is being done under
the direction of Curry Roberts on -
i cost-plus basis contract