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THE NEWS of Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its (Citizens Since 1893 In Orange read The News of County for item* of i reported Price: $2 A Year: 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1948 ]liristmas Season )pens With Parade; )ecorations Go Up iqkboro — Various activities rked the official opening of the ristmas shopping season in Isboro Tuesday. ;eVeraJ merchants worked as , as midnight Monday in order Complete their window decora by the Tuesday noon dead , an(j to compete for three cash je? offered by the Hillsboro rchants Association for the most iropriate' decorations. 'uesday afternoon, a large wd gathered in the downtown a for the Merchants Associa j.spcmsored parade led by ita Claus riding on a float pre ed by the Jack and Jill Shop ..Richmond Motor Company. »parade also included a toyland it from Western Auto Associate re, and the Hillsboro High iool band, under the direction James Rittenhouse. n the evening the large Christ s tree on the courthouse lawn s lighted, to add the festive ch to the community, udging of the window displays it place.; at , 7 P- m. Gordon’s icery was awarded the $25 first. ze. A second prize of $10 was n by the Hillsboro Sundry and rd prize, $5, went to Wynne’s mty Salon. The Hillsboro Flow Shop was awarded honorable ntion. udges in the contest were Mrs. W. Moore, chairman; Mrs. arles S. Hubbard and Mrs. Vir ia Gattis. [udging in the residential sec n will be held December 20. zes of $10 each will be given the best decorated window, arway, and yard. Entry blanks y be obtained from Miss Jean ttis at Citizen’s Insurance Com ny. immunity ■ age Teaas psn Friday Hillsboro.—The recently organ id, Exchange Club sponsored, in and women’s basketball teams 11 play their first games Friday !ht at 7:30 in the Hillsboro High hool gymnasium when they *t the Hillsboro High School ims in a double header. : ' The community teams sponsored the Exchange Club include for -r Hillsboro High School stars, i the women’s - team are Miss lry Susan Robertson, Mrs. Bill lance. Miss Jean Gattis, Mrs. eve Allison, Mrs. Marion Alli 1> Miss Betty June Hayes, Miss mette Lloyd, Mrs. Charlie For st, Mrs. Thurmond Head, Miss irtrude Sykes, Mrs. Calvin Ray, iss Betty Chance, Miss Shirley yner, Miss Virginia Sue Rose °nd, Miss Virginia Liner, and sis Jean Lloyd. The team is ached by Steve Allison. The men’s team, coached by luck” Knight, includes Jerry one, Melvin Scott, Harold Cul eth, Randolph Brown, Troy °yd, Frank Frederick, Louis 3rder> Warren Mincey, and Cliff mson. The Hillsboro High School gym smm was equipped with a heat S system during the past sum ert enabling spectators to attend e basketball gamer in greater mfort. Proceeds from Friday night’s ine will go to the athletic field luting fund. Games are being scheduled for the men’s and women’s teams . outstanding independent os in this section. . N Hillsboro Dies At Duke H'fS^r°r0‘—Raymond McCauley, ’ i°, ’™est Hillsboro died Sunday tai ?’clock noon at Duke Hos e t,after an illness of three days. " Was caused by complica auley is survived by his Mrs. Ruby Wheeley McCau children, Gene and Leon; roK hCr’ James H. McCauley; 0 brothers, James Dace McCau P William Lacy McCauley. 1 T era* services were conduct uesday afternoon at 3:30 from Holiness Church in ■erni^llsboro* with the Rev. J. F. the Rev. Reldue L .tt®, officiating. Interment fV-p t^e Hillsboro Cemetery. R»i?Uley had been an employe ,n *vue Manufacturing Com °y the past 17 years. Orange Leaders In Scouting Get Order .Ot Arrow Raleigh.-—Twenty-pne new mem bers were inducted into the Occo neechee Lodge of the Order of the Arrow at weekend ceremonies conducted at Camp Durant. The Order of the Arrow is a national honor campers society, sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America. Candidates who were given the ordeal honor at the weekend en campment were selected by their fellow troop members last May for their Scouting spirit and camping ability. They were to have been inducted at an Order of the Arrow camp which was postponed last summer due to polio. Lenthal Wyman, Raleigh, Lodge. Adviser, was in charge of the cere monies. A degree team composed of Stewart McLaurip, Horace Mc Laurin, Clarence Walker, C. W. Witherington, all of Durham, and Charles Wilkinson Wake Forest, conducted the ordeal ceremonies. Members inducted were: Hart Gates, Troop 3, Raleigh; John Newton, Troop 5, Wake For est; Sam Emory, Troop 9, Chapel Hill; Eddie Cheek, Troop 13, Dur ham; Duane Wolfe, Troop 13, Dur ham; Eddie Cothran, Troop 25, Raleigh; Bob Linker, Troop 39, Chapel Hill; Barrie S. Davis, Troop 40, Zebulon; Warren Greene, Troop 40, Zebulon; George Massey, Troop 40, Zebulon; Robert Lee Privette, Troop 40, Zebulon; Jim my Guthrie, Troop 75, Durham; Billie Parsons, Troop 81, Raleigh; Billy Bray, Troop 84, Erwin; Eu gene Pope, Troop 84,Erwin; Tru | man Royal, Troop 84, Erwin; Stan ly Williams, 'troop 84, Erwin; Jo seph C. Matthews, Troop 201, Westover; R. E. Overing, Troop 201, Westover; Bonner D. Sawyer, council camp chairman, Hillsboro; Charles Brown, Troop 16, Hen derson. Well-Baby Clinic At Efland Set For Next Monday Chapel Hill.—The District Health Department announces that the Efland well-baby clinic will be held Monday afternoon. Decem ber 6, at-2 o’clock in the Efland colored school. All parents living in that section are encouraged to Tiring their ba bies. Immunizations will be given and Dr. Mendel Sheps, the attend ing pediatrician, will give neces sary advice on the care of the baby, including proper diet and need for physical corrections. Any information concerning the growth and development of the child, its habits, and even selecting its clothes, can be given by the nurses who will be present, or by Dr. Sheps. /' it_ , During the present month ana the months following, childhood diseases seemingly spread more -rapidly ,ti»n at other times; for that reason ail mothers should at tend the clinic to make certain that their child receives the pro tections that are gvien to ward off these diseases’. ■O Unique Store Opens At Hill Chapel Clothing Cupboard, owned by Milton ulian, opened,at its new location on West Franklin street on Monday. A deli catessen table was set up in the store for visitors bn the first two opening days. Julian opened his business the first of September in his home on East Franklin street, awaiting completion °f the.colo nial-type building at 420 West Franklin. Mrs-- Julian designed the cup boards from which the clothing store gets its name, and C. E. Johnson built them of knotty pine. The walls of the store are also of pine paneling. The unusual wood- j carved sign hanging outside from a cedar post was made by Charles Valentine. ‘ A special feature of the new store is the “photo-fitting” equip ment, which Photographs a cus tomer against a measurement scale for correct tailoring. I Keeping Watch Over VJV. Truce in Palestine i—i—'— ~ m 'nr ' mmii'iii 'rn-Timirn——mmii 'mmnminiiTraniiiiH——mm—mnm U.N. military observers in Palestine (left)—from Belgium, France and the United States—are at* tached to the United Nations Mediator to supervise . military activities and enforce the truce be tween Arabs and Israelis. At right Is one of the many radio communication stations designed to keep observers’ outposts in continuous com munication with United Nations Headquarters. Speaker R. Mayne Albright, former can didate for governor of North Carolina and former executive director of United World Fed eralists and the State Employ ment Service, will be the speak er for the Laymen’s League meeting Sunday night at the high school auditorium. He speaks on the subject, *‘Is Peace Possible?” Load Symphony Chapter Reaches Membership Goal Hillsboro.—The recently organ ized Hillsboro chapter of the North Carolina Symphony Society has reached the membership goal suf ficient to bring the North Carolina “Little Symphony” to Hillsboro for a concert, it was announced this week by Mrs.' E. M. Lock hart, chairman of the Hillsboro chapter. In expressing her appreciation for the public interest shown, Mrs. Lockhart said: “Our goal for membership in the Hillsboro chapter of the North Carolina Symphony Society has been reached and I want to thank each of you who helped in making this concert possible for the school children. “I am grateful for your support of this fine organization and as sure you a dividend in musical ap preciation from the 840 children who will be fortunate enough to hear the orchestra when it comes o our town early in February.” ^Colonial Hillsboro” Flower Show Theme Of Hones Is Clab Xnas Project Chapel Hill.—'The Chapel Hill Garden Club, which has until this year decorated a member’s home for a Christmas project, is adopt ing, instead, a plan to promote the beautification of all Chapel Hill homes, particularly outside. Mrs. W. W. Pierson is chairman of the Christmas decoration committee. The Garden Club is asking all residents to decorate their front door or an outside tree, and it is cooperating with the Merchants Association in encouraging the in dividual merchants to give prizes for the best efforts. At the meeting Monday, a pro gram of questions and answers was conducted by si^iocal garden ing authorities, Mrs. wT'vC. Coker, Mrs. Noel Houston, Mrs. H. R. Totten, Mrs. F. H. Edmister, Mrs. R. W. Bost, and Mrs. P. H. Quinlan. Nurse Registry Being Compiled At Chapel Hill Chapel Hill.—The health and welfare department of the Chapel "Hill Community Club is compiling a registry of all registered and practical nurses, white and col ored, and colored midwives for use in event of-a local disaster or on other occasions of vital need. The registry will be made avail able to doctors and Red Crosa offi cials and the 'file will be kept up to date. A questionnaire covering the information desired will be available at Eubanks Drug Store between December 3 and 10 and the completed form may be left there or mailed to Box 624, Chapel Hill, Information desired includes identifying information, data on experience, fees expected’ and an expression of willingness to accept duty. Star Farmer of America Kenneth Cheatham, left, 1®, of Greenville, 111., was awarded tli$ title’ of Star Farmer of America at the annual convention of the Future Farmers of America in Kansas City, Mo. John M, Collins, editor of toe weekly Kansas City Star, sponsor of toe award, presents him with a 31000 prize check- ._ Hillsboro.—The theme, ‘‘Colo nial Hillsboro,” has been chosen and committee Appointments have been made for the proposed com munity-wide flower show to be held here next spring. A project of the Hillsboro Gar den Club, the show will be held over a two-day period during April. Various homes will be opened for the pilgrimage, accord ing to plans just drafted by the general Flower Show committee consisting of Mrs. Robert Forrest, chairman, Mrs. Joe Hughes, Mrs. Efland Forrest, Mrs. Oscar Par sley, Mrs. J. W. Richmond and Norfleet Webb. The feature exhibits, horticul tural division, specila educational division, scientific education divi sion, Junior Garden Club exhbits, and niches will Ije on display in the American Legion hut. r The following committees and chairmen were named: « Registration dtifl Schedule: Mr*. J. W. Richmond, chairman; Nor fleet Webb. Staging: Norfleet Webb, chairman; Elmer R. Dow dy, Martin Henderson, Joe Hughes, Bill Lynch. Special Educational Division: Mrs. Oscar Parsley, chairman; Mrs. Joe Hughes, Mrs. Virginia Gattis. Scientific Educational Division: Mrs. Everette Forrest, chairman. Horticultural Division: Mrs. Clar ence Jones, chairman. Junior Gar den Club Exhibits: Miss Annie Cameron, chairman. Flower Ar rangement Division: Mrs. Wallace Strayhom, chairman. Feature Ex hibits: Mrs. Don Matheson, chair man. Hospitality: Mrs. Charles S. Hubbard, chairman. Judges: Mrs. Allen Walker, chairman; Mis. Ma rion Roberts. Finance: Mrs. Brown Gordon, Sr., chairman. Informa- j tion: Mrs. Efland Forrest, chair-' man. Awards: Mrs. Garland Mil ler, chairman. Clerk: Mrs. Wal-i lace Strayhom. Publicity:* Mrs. Elmer R. Dowdy. -o Speech Contest Finals Tuesday - Final judging in the Peace Speech • Contest sponsored by, the Hillsboro Exchange Club will be held Tuesday. December 7, at 9 a. m., in the Hillsboro High School auditorium, it was announced this week by Mrs. Jack Snipes, chair man of the speech contest. Speeches have been prepared on the topic, “Position of the United States in World Peace,” by a num ber of high school students, and will be delivered Tuesday morn ing. Judging will follow imme diately and a medal will be pre sented to the winner by the .Ex ehange ."Club.- .♦anp "t: Judges will be Jerry B. Stone, John B. Midgett, and Mrs: Ever ette Forrest.’ ‘ -;-0 Soil Committee Election Is Set Hillsboro.—An election will be held during the period, December 6-llr.for one member of the Or ange County Soil Conservation Committee of the Neuse River Soil Conservation District, it was an nounced this week. The election is for a three-year term and ballot boxes will be in stalled at the following places: AAA office in Hillsboro, the Mu tual Exchange in Hillsboro and the MutUal Exchange in Carrboro. Appointments, Other First-session Activity Face Commissioners Hillsboro Liras Again Sponsor T4J. Seal Sale Hillsboro.—The Hillsboro Lions Club is sponsoring the annual sale of tuberculosis seals during the Christmas season. .The committee that served Or ange County last year has been reappointed as follows: E. R. l Dowdy, chairman; Clarence Jones, Ed Barnes, the Rev. Charles S. Hubbard. Also on the committee and in charge of the distribution of seals in the colored community are M. C. "Burt and A. L. Stan back. . Seals will be distributed through out the county in the near future. ° The committee plans to send j approximately 1,000 appeal letters in Hillsboro and vicinity. Chairman Dowdy stated, “Hills boro sale is late getting started this year, but I hope and bfelieve that the public will offset this by sending in their 'contributions promptly.” Last year the Hillsboro organi zation purchased to 11-mm. movie projectors and screens for use in the schools. Seal Sale funds were also used to augment the public health department’s tuberculosis coiftrol program. “Education is the most effective weapon we have to fight tuberculosis,” stated Mr. Dowdy He pointed out that this belief is shared by public health authorities who assert that tuber I culosis can be controlled and even tually eradicated by getting the pertinent facts about the disease across to the population as a whole. It is in the interest of th'/' cause that the4 civic-minded citi zens of the Hillsboro Tuberculosis Committee give freely of their time and energy." —-O Broadwell Last Rites Sunday; Killed In Action Hillsboro.^—Final rites'4 for Sgt. Elliott Graham Broadjvell will be held Sunday, Dec. 5, at 2:30 p. m. at the. Hillsboro Methodist Church with the Rev. Charles S. Hubbard officiating, assisted by the ReV. C. R. Haden of Durham. Inter ment will be in the Hillsboro Cem etery with Eagle Lodge No. 19, A. F. and A. M. conducting the graveside services. Sergeant Broadwell was killed in action on April 19, 1945, in Germany, after having served overseas for six months. He had served in the Army since May, 1943. Sergeant Broadwell was bom in Orange County .on August 5, 1914, the son of the late E. G. Broad well and Mrs. Pearl Spivey Broad well. - He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Minnis Broadwell; one son, Luther Graham Broadwell; his mother. Hit*. Pearl Spivey Broad well; one sister,’ Mrs.. Jack Wil liams of Durham; several aunts and uncles. Sergeant Broadwell was award ed the Infantry Combat Badge, Purple Heart, and Bronze Star. He was a member of Eagle Lodge No. 19, A. F. and A. M., of Hillsboro, and before going into service, was employed by Duke Power Company for four years. New Hope Group To Sponsor Dinner A turkey dinner will be served in the community hall at Camp New Hope next Wednesday eve ning, December 8, by the women of the community . Dinner will be served from 6 to 8 p. m. The price will be $1.50 per plate, and 75 cents for children’s servings. Everyone is, invited. On a date in December to be an nounced later, the second half of the movie, “David Copperfield,” will be shown. The first half was shown at the community hall last Saturday evening, with a record audience of 60 members of the community present. The public is invited to join the recreational ac tivities at Camp New Hope on Sat urday evenings. Hillsboro.—The Board of County Commissioners, meeting next Mon day in the first session of their new term, face a full schedule of inaugural day business, including the appointment of several offi cials whose terms expire. The terms of County Court Judge L. J. Phipps and Prosecut ing Attorney J. ,R. Farlow were set until the first Monday ip De cember, 1948, or until their suc cessors are chosen, at the time the court was established by legis lative act in the last term of the •General Assembly. Judge Phipps is expected to be reappointed and Jerry Stone, young local attorney, is expected to receive appointment to the so- ~ licitorship, succeeding Farlow, who asked that he not be consid ered for reappointment. It is not believed there are any additional candidates for either post. Ira Ward, county' accountant and tax supervisor, also is slated for reappointment, it is believed, as his term also expires. The office of County Treasurer, held by Gro ver G. Bivins, will be abolished as result of the. legislative act of the last session which transferred his duties to that of the county accountant. Commissioners,, themselves, must organize by election of a chairman from among the elected commis sioners, Collier Cobb, the present chairman, p. G. Laws, an ' "en F. Wilson. They will ret the oath of office from Clerk oi Gour. Edwin M. Lynch and they, in turn, according to information available, will swear in the township con stables to take office at this time. A flood of road improvement requests are expected by the next | board at the first session. Bonds I of county of&wers must be exam ined amr^rovod and, fund collecting and disbursing of ficers are required. A report from the ract-finding group named to look nito an phases of the county program and make recommendations was ex pected by some county officers but apparently will be delayed by the failure of some sub-groups to com j plete their work. James Webb, I state senator, is chairman of the full committee. No hint as to their recommen dations has yet been given but they are expected to cover a wide range of subjects from school con struction to “what to do about the courthouse.” ■ ■ o— Chapel Hillians In Playnakers’ Tonring Troupe • Chapel Hill.—Seven North Car olinians are in the cast of the Carolina Playmakers’ 40th touring troupe production of Richard Sheridan’s famous 18th century comedy, “The School for Scandal.” The play, which will -be present ed in North and South Carolina on its January tour, will open for a four-day run iln Chapel Hill be ginning Wednesday, December 1. Hilda Sharkey, Chapel Hill, will play the leading role of “Maria,” and Murray McCain, Newport, will portray “Sir Benjamin Backbite." James Byrd, Charlotte, is playing “Trip,” and serving as general stage manager, while Marty Jar cobs, Greensboro, will handle the Other North Carolinians in the company include Claude Rayburn, Greensboro, as “William”; Lynn Gault, Chapel Hill, as “Sir Peter Teazle,” and Suzanne Davis, Chapel Hill, as “Lady Sneerwell’s maid” and- make-up supervisor--... Major roles are being taken by Hal Shadwell, Columbia, S. C., as “Joseph Surface’; Patricia Peteler, Glendale, Calif., as “Lady Teazle”; Estelle Ritchie, Boston, Mass., is “Mrs. Candour,” and Mac Shaw, Ridgewood, N. J., as “Charles Sur face.” James Geiger, Miami, Fla., will make his 39th appearance with the Playmakers as “Sir Oliver,” and William Buckley, Abingdon. Va., will be seen as “Rowley.” Others in the cast are Charles Blenkner, Billings, Mont.; Francis Casey, Turners Falls, Mass.; David Samples, Joliet 111.; Nancy Curtis* Roanoke, Va„ and John Kirkman, Portsmouth, Va. The play is uixler the direction of Harry E. Davis, add Gordon R. Bennett is supervising the scenery building from designs by Lynn Gault Irene Smart designed the costumes.
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