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I^yg TOP NEWS n rces Top Court) Action |D«t Food pickUp Near* Cagers Play Tonight IjoI Hearing Plana Outlined Ipel Hill Teama Feted 1)1. 55- No- 48 THE NEWS of Orange Coun L Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 Interested In Orange County 1 Then read The News of Orange County for Items of interest from all sections. It's reported factual* ly, true and without color or hlaa. (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL hEl THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1948 Price: *2 A Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week New Airport Feature-Road Underpasses Runway n Air France Constellation taxis over the world’s first roadway underpass built to permit the si mltaneous movement of aircraft and surface vehicles at New York’s International Airport. The nderpass, considered a major engineering feat, drops to below sea level at the point pictured above, he roadway, retaining walls and overpass comprise a 92,000-ton “concrete boat” built to with stand pressures from below sea level. .Jh TA, School Heads Asked j Appoint Local Groups j 9 Report School Needs tllsboro.—The education sub nittee of the fact-finding appointed by the county aissioners this week called all P. T. A. presidents and ol principals in the Orange nty and Chapel Hill school sys to appoint committees to in fegate the local situations ar>d Irt to the subcommittee at R, t lie hearings set for January 12 [ 13 at Hillsboro, tiese lec^rmnenda^Pl wiP Hement the information al ly obtained by the committee fisits to the schools, earings for white schools will keld on the evening of the 12th V.30, fqr the Negroes on the he results of the hearings and ftrts will be incorporated into overall board report to be le to the county governing p in February. ach school will be given 10 jutes to present its main points fly and a written report will (submitted for detailed study, ping needs, equipment, cur jlunv personnel, transportation ] distritet division are items ex led to be covered in the inves Itions. fwanians Fete » Undefeated lapel Hill Teams hajiel Hill.—The Sugar Bowl ed Tar Heels, their coaches Athletic Council members and [Chapel Hill High School foot tean*, both undefeated this °n, were guests of the Chapel Kiwanis Club at a barbecue brunswick stew supper given be high school Tin Cam be program included talks by >ches Bill Grice and Carl pely, a ventriloquist act by .ician John Shepard of Dur i>; songs by a sextet of Univer football players: Bill Maceyko, [Washington, Max Cooke, Bill sch, Jim Hendrick and John breth, and selections by a sex Ifrom the University Glee Club: Ver Davis, Bob Hurley, Dick fbi, Jack Clinard and Milton Tin Gan was attractively (prated with vari-colored lights, «SStih'as tree arid by Gene Strowd, and a Ki committee composed of Roy wd, Jack Lipman, M. M. Tim James Westbrook, Henry t> Clarence Oakley, Kenneth Pam, Tom Rosemond, and Gray breth. Ucb of the success of the party ] due to the contributions of i 1 merchants, including the j C Cafeteria, Fowler’s Food j e’ Brady’s and the Electric struction Company. [,8TMA8 PROGRAM Jlsboro.-The pageant, “J tori Christmsa,” will be pi as the annual Christrr ^ at Bethel Baptist Chur 23 at 7:30 o’clock, and fellowship he Mebane Christmas Opening Attended By Huge Crowds Mebane.—Over 5,000 persons at- ! tended the official opening of the Christmas season at Mebane last Friday night, sponsored by the Mebane Chamber of Commerce. The evening program began .at 7 when a concert was presented by the Mebane High School Band. Following the band concert a 45 minute program of Christmas car ols was presented by the Commu nity Chorus, under the direction of Mrs. Eugene Gosnell. This cho rus is composed of church choir members and students from.' the high school, together with other residents. Santa Claus then made his offi cial visit to Mebane and distrib uted gifts of candy and fruit ot the many children around the large Christmas tree. - A spirited contest was conduct ed with over 35 stores and busi ness houses competing for the prizes. The judges, all from Bur- j lington, awarded first prize to Re- ; liable Furniture Company, second to Walker Electric Company, and; honorable mention to City Market,, Golden Rule Store, Mebane Flower i Shop, and the James Electric and 1 Furniture Co. The entire Christmas program,. sponsored by the Mebane Cham ber of Commerce, was directed by C. R. Strouse, executive secretary j of the organization. second Legion Bingo Monday I Hillsboro*—The local- American Legion’s second bingo party- of the winter season will be field Monday night at 7 o’clock in the High School lunchroom. This will be turkey bingo exclu sively, with 40 turkeys to be given away, with proceeds going to the , Legion building fund._ Exchange Team Plays Tonight The Hillsboro Exchange Club’s basketball teams, boys and girls, will play Pittsboro here tafaight at 7:30 in the high school gym. Hills boro defeated the Pittsboro boys previously by two points while the girls lost by; four points. Dorothy Smith Quits News Job For UNC Post Chapel Hill.—Dean Katherine Carmichael has announced that Mrs. Dorothy Dashiell Smith will assume the duties of assistant per sonnel adviser to women in the office of the Dean of Women on January 1. She will replace Mrs. Robert S. Swain, who is leaving Chapel Hill the latter part of Jan uary to« go to Asheville where her husband will practice law after re ceiving his degree here' next month. . Mrs. Smith graduated from Ste phens College in Columbia, • Mo., in 19'45 and the University of North Carolina in 1947 with an A.B; de gree in journalism. While a stu dent at Carolina, Mrs. Smith was a member of the Student Legisla ture, the Pan-Hellenic Council, t£e Y. W. C. A., and the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She was secretary of the Women’s Council her senior year and was elected to member ship ii% Phi Beta Kappa. Since her graduation she has been associated with The News of Orange Coynty as Chapel Hill representative. She is the daughter of Dr. J. F. Dashiell, head of the Psychology Department at the University, and is married to to Adrian “Duke” Smith, who is working toward an A.B. degree in political science. ..-o CHRISTMAS PAGEANT Hillsboro.—The children of St. Matthew’s Sunday. School will present their "annual Christmas pageant in the church on Sunday, December 197 af 1:30 P- «i. The oublic is cordially invited. At the close of the pageant an offering will be given to help bring Christmas cheer into some of the leedy homes in Orange County. T Christmas Seal Shows Small Boy Trvine To Get Glimpse 01 Santa The age-old attempt of children to catch a glimpse of Santa on Christmas Eve inspired the picture on the 1948 Christmas Seals, ac cording to Elmer Dowdy, chairman of the Hillsboro Tuberculosis Committee. This year’s seal features, a small blond boy in red pajamas, sitting on the floor, hands calsped about .his knees, and gazing into a blazing fireplace over which three empty stockings hang. At Seal Sale headquarters yes terday Mr. Dowdy said that the seal’s designer, Barry Bart of South Kent, Conn.. painted ^he picture after he had watched his young nephew hurry silently downstairs one Christmas Eve and set up his givil near the fireplace. Mr Barf is a well-known Amer ican artist and illustrator. Born in Paris, he began the study of archi ■ gf '' — h - - - '-. tecture and painting there and continin-d at Milan, Florence, and Rome. He has always been inter ested in aviation, which has been the theme of much of his work, and was an “ace” during World War I. His paintings liave been exhibited in various galleries of Paris and at th'* former Anderson Galleries in New York City. Some of hi sworks hang in Luxembourg, Nantes and Avignon museums. “This year’s brightly-colored red, yellow and Blue'seal will be par ticularly decorative on Christmas cards and packages,” said Dowdy. Orange County’s Seal Sale, part of the nation-wide 42nd annual Christmas Seal Sale, continues un til December 25. Proceeds will be used for the 1949 tuberculosis con trol program of the Orange County Tuberculosis Committee, Dowdy pointed out. coals Set up In County Soil Conservation Hillsboro.—Goals in the soil conservation program in Orange County were set up at a meet ing here of the Orange County Soil Conservation Committee and 1 .representatives of the N. C. State | College Extension •'' Service, the • Production and Marketing Admin istration, Veterans Training School, vocational agriculture teachers and the Schley Grange. Twelve group meetings were scheduled for the coming year for the purpose of acquainting the farmers with the district soil con servation program, as were three forestry demonstrations and two pasture tours. Henry S. Hogan is chairman of the Orange County Soil Conserva tion Committee. Goals set up for the various phases of the soil conservation program were: Contour fanning, 5,000 acres; cover cropping, 3,000 acres; strip cropping, 1,000 acres; pasture improvement, 8,000 acres; pasture seeding, 4,000 acres; crop residue management, 800 acres; wildlife area improvement, 10 acres; woodland management, 2,500 acres; tree planting, 15 acres; fish ponds, 25 acres; terraces, 65 miles; crop rotation, 1,500 acres; water disposals, 50 acres; kudzu, 10 acres; sericea, 500 acres; alfalfa, 500 acres; firebreaks, 10 miles; to bacco row management, 300 acres. --o-— Methodist Youth Of District Hold Annual Meeting Hillsboro.—On December 6, the Durham District oi the Methodist Youth Fellowship held its first yearly meeting at the Hillsboro Hillsboro Methodist Church. The evening’s program was di vided into three parts: business, recreation, and worship. Mary Helen Culbreth, outgoing presi dent, of Durham and Duke Uni versity presided at the business meeting. Plans were made for the organizational meetings of three new subdistricts: Chatham, Or ange, and Yanceyville. New dis trict officers who were elected are Glenn Hannah of Burlington, president; Clinton Harris of Dur ham and Duke University, vice president; Catherine Brewer of Haw River, secretary-treasurer; arid Phyllis Forrets of Hillsboro, publicity superintendent. At the recreation period, re freshments were served by the Hillsboro Youth Fellowship to the 275 members present, and the Rev. Troy J. Barrett, Conference Direc tor of'Youth Work, led folk games in the church basement. The worship program featured an address on “Brotherhood” by Dr. E. L. Hillman, District Super - inetndent. The offertory solo was rendered by Bobby Scarlett of Hillsboro. At the close of the meet ing," the new officers.and Rev. John Cline, the new District Director of Youth Work, were installed by Dr. Hillman. Chapel Hill FUa ^ • • - - C .-‘v Ji - ' .7* Next Three Days Chapel Hill—“This Is Chapel Hill,” a documentary film of the town and the University, will be shown as a short subject at the Carolina theater today, Friday, and Saturday. The movie was made here last spring by the Don Par risher Productions, Inc., of New V* ..m-ed by many of {he Chapel Hill businesses. Candid shots of townspeople on the streets and in the stores and pictures of landmarks of Chappl Hill will ipake up the movie, narrated by radio announcer Norman Broken shire. -o Stores To Stay Open At Night Chapel Hill—Chapel Hill and Carrboro stores will remain open during the evenings until 9 o’clock from Monday unt^Friday, according to the Merchants Asso ciation. Grocery stores will stay ope/i all day on the Wednesdays before and after Christmas. Christmas day, New Year’s day and in some cases the day after Christmas will be observed as holi days by the shops of the two towns. W orld Court Hears Corfu Channel Case Arguments in the first case between nations to come before the International Court of Justice are now being heard at The Hague, The Netherlands. The case involves the United Kingdom’s claims for payment from Albania as the result of mine damage to British destroyers and the death of 44' seamen in the Corfu Channel off the Albanian coast. Here Sir Hartley Shawcross (left), U.K. counsel, looks at a map of the channel with Pierre Cot, Albanian counsel. Graham Farm Credit Body i j Sets Meeting Graham. — The annuli stock holders’ meeting of the Grahma Production Credit Association will be held in the courthouse at Gra ham at 10 o’clock on Saturday morning, December 18. In addition to financial reports which are to be given at the meet ing, the stockholders will elect two directors and hear progress reports covering the association’s opera tions for the past 15 years. Julian H. Scarborough, president of the Production Credit Corpora tion of Columbia and of the Fed-, eral Land Bank of Columbia, will be the principal speaker. Short Holiday Schedule Is Set For County Schools Hillsbdr'o. — Christmas holiu.*ys I <or schools in Orange County will] begin Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, according to an announce ment by school authorities this week. Classes will be resumed on Wednesday, December 29, at 9 o’clock. The short holiday program is general throughout the state, it is understood, because of the delayed openings necessitated by the polio epidemic. - Protests of the short holidays have come from several quarters, in the form of letters signed “stu dents.” No action toward changing the schedule is contemplated, how ever. :. The -present holiday sched ule was set up last summer. Friendship Train' Collection Nears Hillsboro.—Organization activity continued this week in the Orange County drive to collect a boxcar of farm commodities for overseas relief in the overall campaign be ing sponsored by the Christian Overseas Relief Program—CROP. Collections will be received in the churches this Sunday and it is being emphasized that donations of money from those who cannot give the actual commodities, are most acceptable. Rev. Irving E. Birdseye is the treasurer and the person to whom checks should be made. Collection^ throughout the coun ty are set for Monday and Tues day when trucks in each commu nity will pass through the streets and highways for the purpose of receiving the contributions. A pub lic ceremony is scheduled here at 4 o’clock Tuesday in connection with the loading of the car. 1 From No. Carolina; to Europe’s Needy CROP tf) L _. KfNOfBM mf *> < DURHAM — The children shown above In a German kindergarten were once too hungry and 111 to go to school. Now they are eating food contributed by American farmers. They are well and happy. To such as these, in dozens of different countries, a major part of the farm commodities contributed to the CROP Christmas trains will go. Thousands of volunteer canvas sers throughout the state of North Carolina are now soliciting gifts in kind from rural people for ship ment overseas on the North Caro lina CROP Christmas trainl The goal is 100 cars. Local pastors and county agents are cooperating. 8tate CROP director is Wayne McLain, with headquarters here. Hillsboro.—Thirteen actions for absolute divorce and disposition of the appearance docket consumed the first two days of this week’s heavy Superior Court term with Judge Leo Carr, resident judge of :he 10th Judicial District, presid ng. The grand jury, selected at the opening of the term, looked into :ounty affairs and canoe up with recommendations for the County Board of Education, among them mprovement of the crowded con iition of some of the school busses, installation of fans in the. toilets at Hillsboro school to alleviate the >dors,- placing the consolidation of . the 17 small schools for Negroes in effect as “soon as possible,” and looking into the feasibility of get ting electric current to the Mer ritt School, recently wired by the community. The report described the situa tion in the small Negro schools as “serious” and stated that a num ber of repairs might be necessary before the consolidation could be placed into effect. Some of the busses Were described as “of the older type with seats running lengthwise.” It reported the county finances in qrder, as were the jail, County Welfare and Clerk of Court’s of fices* - - . One scheduled murder trial, that against Roy McAdams, wasset for trial, possibly late yesterday, but it was not believed ljy court offi cials that others would be tried at this term. The Arbie Parker case was continued. The case against Myruth and Mildred Brown and Robert Robinson, Jr., charged with an attempted slaying, was in prog ress late yesterday. In a civil action, a settlement awarding $5,000 to H. H. Brown, Jr.;'as result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Flor ida last March, was approved. Diyorces were .granted the t oasis of two 9&re -separation to the following: Solon F. Turner from Effie Neville Turner, Marvin T. Parker from Margaret Rebecca Conklin Parker, Hattie D. Breeze from W. W. Breeze, Catherine Collins Wilkerson from Richard V. Wilkinson, Charlie Warren Brewer from Nella Perry Brewer, Raymond Riddle from Mildred Beard Riddle, Esther Sue Cham bers Seagroves from Swannie L. Seagroves, Mabel Pauline Cotton from Junious Cotton, Edna Tyson Thompson from Harold Isaac Thompson, Joseph H. Ross from Estelle C. Ross, Joe T. Taylor from Mary Lee B. Taylor, Emma Burnette Cotton Hayes from Thomas A. Hayes, and Joe Green Hogan from Bernice Rose Hogan. In criminal actions tried, Geiter Farrington was found guilty of ob taining money under false pre tenses, but judgment had not been passed as the newspaper went to press. Raymond Jones, who plead ed guilty to larceny of $150 in property, also had not been sen tenced. Hazel, alias Grace, Smith received 60 days in jail for driving while intoxicated and after her license had been revoked. Lonnie Tyson was found not guilty of cruelty to animals in two dog poisoning cases brought by Mrs. Scott Cates, Clyde Scott, James DQrity and John Dixon. He had previously been judged guilty in Recorder’s Court. Howard Fra lix, alias Roy Ritzell, pleaded ■ guilty to a forgery .count but also had not been sentenced. Miss Barber Wins i-H Dress Review Hillsboro. — Achievements of winners in county 4-H contests received recognition at the fourth quarterly meeting of the Orange County 4-H Council held here. The 4-H Council consists of of ficers of the local clubs and 4-H leaders. QzsstgrJZ. .-i= Dress Revue went to Miss Betty Ann Barber, second to Miss Mar garet Vaughan and third to Miss Frances Reitzel. Miss Barber was also presented a 4-H Dress Revue pin. Miss Joyce Hughes, the county food preparation winner, was awarded a Foley Food Mill.. Prizes in the Dress Revue con test are given annually by John Umstead of Chapel Hill. Plans were mapped for the ac tivities of the council for the com ing year at the quarterly meeting. CHRISTMAS CONCERT Chapel Hill.—The Orange Coun ty Training School band and cho rus will present their awn^t Christmas concert this Sunday at 6 o’clock in the school auditorium. The performance will be directed by H. E, Pickard. v<
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