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NEW. TODAY
acco Acreage Increased
o Drive' Over Top
Finders' Report Continued
Mitchell Dies
nd Town Meeting Called
ol. 5®—"No. 7
THE NEWS of Orange County
(Published Weekly)
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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL, HILL, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1949
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YYUMimyiun vaers irs <*ar of the 'Merci Trains
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of Texas, chairman of t he Senate Foreign Relation* Committee, rats a
Sen. Tom Connally (D)
ribbon and opens the door of the Washington, D. C., car of the French “Merci Train” in ceremonies
[held at the capital. One boxcar of rare gifts also went to each of the 48 states as the French people’s
way of saying thanks for gifts received by them via last year’s Friendship Train.
led Cross Drives
eaders Named
Ik. K. McAdams, chairman o:
6 Orange County Red Cross fund
pnpaign, and Dr. E. P. Roe
airman of the drive for tht
iapei HiU chapter, this week an
unced community and division
iders for the forthcoming drive.
The campaign is scheduled foi
».t month.
Tor the Chapel Hill solicitation,
. Roe announced the following:
Ivance Gifts, J. P. Hazzard
isiness, James Davis; Campus
fices, Harold Weaver; Cairboro,
bert Ray, A. B. Whitfield:
tgro, Nathaniel Sellars; Residen
1, Gerald A. Barrett; Rural,
rs. W. E
illiam Friday; Trailer Camps
rs. H. L. Thomas; Victory Vil
;e, Mrs. L. D. Ashby, Mrs.
L. McKee; Chairman Head
larters, Mrs. R. M. Grumman;
distant, Mrs. J. L. Gibson.
McAdams’ appointees and the
mmunities in which they will
rve: Caldwell, Mrs. Robert. Mur
y; Carr, E. C. Compton; Cedar
rove, Mrs. J. S. Compton; Ef
nd, Mrs. Coy Riley; Gravelly
ill, Mrs. T. O. Pender; Crab
ee’s Store, Mrs. N. N. Jordan;
illsboro Residential, Rev. Irving
Birdseye; Hillsboro Business,
larence Jones; New Hope, ‘Mrs,
rinston Strayhorn; Fairfield,
[rs.'E. S. Taylor; Schley, Mrs.
• L. Mohler; St. Mary’s, Mrs.
raUace- Bacon; Eno Power-Plant,
trs. G. C. Truesdale: Murphev,
F, Spencer; West End, D. B.
lahaffey; Rick Rock and Leba
on, Mrs. C. J. Dunn; Lynch
tore, Dewey McAdams; Palmers
irove, Mrs. Tom Yates; Pleasant
treen, Mrs\ Douglas Hill.
W. L. Stanback will serve as
aptain for all colored solicitors
a the county drive.
Eflaad Town
Meeting Called
On Sanitation—
Efland.—Sim Efland, chairman
■of the Town Council of Efland, has
announced a community meeting
to be held February 21, at 7:30
p. m., at Efland School.
The meeting will be held to dis
cuss the findings of a house to
house sanitary, survey made by
James Westbrook, William Long,
A. Dobson, Jr., and Jack Fooks,
from the District Health Depart
ment.
Included in the survey was a
check on the water suply, toilet
facilities, milk supply, garbage
disposal, screening “and general
cleanliness. Individual reports
are being mailed to each property
owner. ,
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Hogan To Report
On Conservation
Hillsboro.—A report .On . the
progress of soil and water conser
vation in North Carolina will be
presented by Henry S. Hogan of
Chapel Hill, second vice president
of the North Carolina Association
of Soil Conservation District “Su
pervisors, at_the annual conven
tiori of the National Association <>i
Soil Conservation Districts in
Denver; Colo. .
_ Hogan is also chairman of- the
N cure River Soil Conservation
District and has been very active
in the soil conservation movement
since 1938.
Court Of Honor Highlights hcout
|¥eek Observance; 19 Get Awards
Chapel Hill.—The 39th annual.!
ibservance of Boy Scout Week
kra§ highlighted by the Orange ■
bounty. District Court of Honor. j
Nineteen boys received awards
:overing nearly all fields of Scout- .
ng. j'
Highest award was that of Eagle ;
Hold Palm, given to Mitchell
-■loyd of Troop 38, Hillsboro*. To
'eceive the award Lloyd earned 10
nerit badges above the 21 re
luired for the Eagle badge, high
■st rank in Scouting.
Donald Whitaker of Troop 38
eceived the Eagle Bronze Palm,1
vhich represents five”* merit j
>adges above the Eagle rank.
The- Star rank was presented to j
rtac Proctor of .Troop 39, Chapel
fill, for earning his first five merit
'adges.
Hampton Teague and Borden |
Ibemethy, both of Troop 39, re- j
eived their first class awards,
►econd class ranks were presented
o Paul Valentine, Troop 9, Chapel
fill; Don Collins, Carl Carr, Jr., :
-harles Boggs, Johnny Reeves,
im Reeves, and Thomas Webb, <
>oop 38, Hillsboro; and James
lives, Neighborhood_Patrol 231,
Vbite Cross.
Merit badges were awarded to >
lari MacPherson, Troop 9, for j:
•ainting; Charles Wolf, Troop 39,
or rowing, woodwork, carpentry
nd basketry; Gray McAllister, ■
II, Troop 39, for reading; Mac
h-octof, Troop 39, for swimming;
ames Rives, Neighborhood Pa- j
rol.231. for wood carving; and,
Coleman A. Gentry, Neighborhood
Patrol 231. for -first aid. n ..
^Vinners of the, annual Scout
Week window display? in Chapel
Hill were also announced. Plan fig
first was the Cherokee Patrol of
rroop 9, led by Carl MacPherson.
rhfeir-display of a miniature camp
site may be seen in the window
)f Varley’s Men’s Shop. The Fox
Patrol of Troop 39 came in second
for their life-size cooking display
n the Varsity window. Each aft
ernoon during Scout Week, the
Patrol is staging a demonstration
)f cooking in thp* ■window.
The Fox Patrol of Troop 3 was.
iWarded an honor patrol pennant
for making the highest average
score for January in the Troop
contest. The pennant is a rotat
ng award, going to the winning
patrol each month.
- The Court of Honor was held
n the Congregational-Christian
Hhurch here. The Rev. Bernard
/' Munger, pastor of the church,
spoke on “A Right Sense of Your
importance,” in a special service
■ombined with the court. Befoie
Joining to Chapel Hill, Reverend
Vlunger served three years^as
■ago area Boy Scout camps. As
iisting in the service were Bob
Linker, Herman* Husbands, and
Pharles Wolf of Troop 39 and
resse Basnight of Troop 9, all of
vhom attained the rank of Eagle
scout during the last year.
More than 150 citizens attended
the court ceremonies. ,
Minor Actions
Feature Court
Session Monday
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Hillsboro.—A series of traffic
violations, minor assaults and
drunkenness cases were disposed
of by Judge L. J. Phipps in Or
ange County Recorders Court
Monday,
Two defendants charged with
operating motor vehicles on the
highways while under the influ
ence of intoxicants were ordered
to pay fines of $100 each and costs.
They were Winford A. Winslow
and D. L. Bikins.
George L. Allison, judged guilty
of reckless driving, was fined $25
and costs. Two defendants, plead
ing guilty to speeding, Willie
Thomas Lunsford "and Henry
Thomas Oakley, received fines of
$10 and costs each.
Clay McCauley, pleading guilty
to disposing of mortgaged prop
erty, was ordered to pay the costs
of court and to Western Auto As
sociate Stdre the amount of $27.52
due them. _
In two assault 'cases, before the
court, Clyde Vincent was ordered
to pay a fine of $10 and costs for
rassauTtTnf-'a’"' T6'ffia!e*"a»ci * Owen
Clay Parrish for siritjale assault
and disorderly conduct received a
30-day road sentence, suspended
for one year upon payment of costs
i and upon provision that he re
main of good behavior .
Arthur Edward Piner, judged
guilty of .reckless driving during
a November term of court', .was
ordered to pay a fine of $25 and
costs during Monday’s session
Ed Gates, 73,
Passes; Final
Services Today
Hillsboro.—Ed Gates, 73, died
,.c his home in New Bethel com
munity, Orange ^County, . at 12
noon Tuesday after a critical ill
ness of five days.' He was the son
of the- late Stephen and Emma
Brown Gates, and had resided in
Orange County all his. life.
Funeral services will be field at
:>;3-0 o’clock t his afterno«n aY ‘the"
New Bethel Church and the body
will lie in. state at the church 'for
one hour prior to the funeral.
Surviving" are one son, William
I S. Gates of the home; three
daughters, Mrs. Pearl Wagoner of
Route 3, Rougemont, Mrs. Opal
Rogers of Timberlake, and Miss
Ruby Gates of Durham; two
brothers, Richard and Bob Gates,
both of Orange County; one sister,
Mrs. Minnie Miller of Route 2,
Rougemont; and one half-sister,
Mrs. Paul C. Wheeler of Durham;
1 12 grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Drange District
Scouters Meet
4t Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill.—Scouters of the
Orange County District of the
Occoneechee Council, Boy Scouts
of America, met at the Carolina
Inn on Monday evening with
Chairman Bonner Sawyer presid
ing. i_:__
Committee chairmen reported
on scouting activities for the past
month. Scout Executive Roy
| Liles of Raleigh was present for
his last meeting with the group.
Mr. Liles has resigned his posi
tion to go to a post in the regional
office of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica in Atlanta.
4/628 Acre Tobacco Allotment
Approved For Orange County
Ladles Night
Gala Affair
At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill. — Approximately
300 persons, including members of
the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Mer
chants Association and Chamber
of Commerqe, Inc., their wives,
employees, and special guests, at
tended the ladies night banquet
of the association in the ballroom
of the Carolina Inn last Friday
night.
Entertainment features includ
ed group singing led by Norman
Cordon, former Metropolitan Op
era star now living in Chapel HU1;
a humorous skit by members of
the Chapel Hill Junior Chamber of
Commerce; a skit by Andy Grif
fith, University of North Carolina
student from Mt. Airy, in which
a number of local merchants par
ticipated. Door prizes were do
nated by member firms and a
square dance followed for which
Cary Lloyd and his string band
furnished music, and L. B. “Spick”
Collins called figures.
L\ V. Huggins, president of the
association, was master of cere
monies 'during.r the evenings- He
introduced special guests attend
ing the banquet, including the new
full-time secretary, Mrs. Mildred
Cartee, who joined the association
the first of the year.
Thompson Greenwood of Ra
leigh, assistant secretary of the
North Carolina Merchants Asso
ciation, and Mr». Greenwood were
among special guests. Greenwood
made a short talk on activities of
the state associtaion and “unseen
advantages” of membership in lo
cal as well as State Merchants As
sociations.
Committees wh^ch arranged the
dinner included the following: en
tertainment, M. M. Timmons,
Eugene Strowd, Vic Huggins; tick
et sales, Clarenc!| Oakley, chair
man; reception ’Sbrrtmittee, Jack
Lippman, chairman; skit by Jay
cees, Herb Wentworth, chairman;
drawings, A. C. Pickard, J. B.
Johns, T. A. Rosemond, Bruce
Whitmire, H. D. Bennett; square
dance, Vance Hogan, chairman.
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A. S. Mitchell,
Pioneer Local
Merchant, Dies
Hillsboro.—A • S: Mitchell, one
of Hillsboro's pioneer merchants
and founder of the hardware firm
here now bearing his name, died
at St. Petersburg, Fla., Tuesday
afternoon at 1 o’clock.
~ TTe was- BO years of age find had
been seriously ill for several
weeks.
Funeral services- will be held
here tomorrow morning at 11
o’clock, the place not yet decided.
Interment will.bg in the Hillsboro
cemetery. r~
• Surviving are his wife, who was
with him at St. Petersburg; four
daughters, Mrs. Juanita Mitchell
of St. Petersburg, Mrs. Ancj.rew
Pickett and Mrs. Piemen-Watkins
of Durham, Mrs. Paul Hogan of
Hillsboro; two. sons, Leonard and
William Mitchell of Hillsboro; 17
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren .
Quota Surpassed By $2,000
March Of Dime
Goes Over Top
Students Mane
Best Citizens
At High School
Hillsboro.—Students of Hills
boro School recently elected tht
best citizen in each classroom at
the end of the fifth school month.
A similar election will be held
at the end of the school year and
a silver cup will be presented bj
the Hillsboro Garden Club to the
best citizen of the year in the
senior class.
Those recently elected were:
Miss Cameron’s first grade.
Evelyn Pauline Lloyd; Mrs. Pat
terson’s first grade, Dupre Jones
Mrs. Cates1 first grades, David
Walker; Miss Crawford’s second
grade, Kenny Cooke; Miss McCau
ley’s second grade, Kay Williams;
Miss Liner’s third grade, Mary
Ann Neems; Mrs. Webb’s third,
Martha Hubbard; Mrs. Carr’s
fourth grade, Juanita Carlton; Mrs.
Ray’s fourth, Hilda Strayhom;
Miss Brown’s fifth grade, Patsy
Kenyon; Mrs. Sharpe’s fifth, Lou
ise Crabtree; Mrs. McBane’s sixth,
Nell Beard; Mrs. Dodson’s sixth,
Chistine White; Miss Cole’s sixth,
Bobby Joe Mille; Mrs. Crabtree’s
[seventh, Douglas Woods; Mrs.
| Allred’s, William McKee; Mrs.
| Blake’s eighth, Carol Liner; Mrs.
; Strayhorn’s eighth, Nalda Haith
cock. / \
In the high school, students cho
sen in their respective home rooms
were Betty Cooper, Betty Lon
Rhinehardt, Becky Mangum, Doris
Johnson, Kenneth Collins and Pa
tricia Hayes.
Chapel Hill.—With only a few
scattering .reports still to come in,
Qrange County is assured of sur
passing its March of Dimes quota
by $2,000.
This announcement was made
yesterday by E. Carrington Smith
of Chapel Hill, who served as gen
eral chairman of the campaign for
Orange County.
This means that Orange County
contributions have totaled $10,500
and additional contributions may
still be forthcoming. ^ sE -r-r:
While a complete breakdown of
contributions by groups was not
available pending final reports,
Mrs. J. W. Richmond, chairman
for the northern part of the coun
ty, including Hillsboro, indicated
that the quota for that phase of
the ■ Campaign was also exceeded.
With some reports still forthcom
ing, a contribution of $225 real
ized through a comical basketball
show between Hillsboro business
men dressed as girls and a girls
team sponsored by the Hillsboro
Exchange Club sent the fund over
the top for that section.
Smith paid tribute to school
children for their part in the cam
paign and said that “everybody
did well in assisting the county
organization to go over the top."
He expressed gratification that the
campaign was so successful.
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Income Tax Help
Chapel Hillians may consult an
adviser from the U. S. Internal
Revenue Service' on next Wednes
day, Thursday,' and Friday. The
Service representative will be in i
the basement of the post office
from 8:30 to 4:30 to help taxpayers
make out their 1948 federal in
come tax returns.
Compliments For A Good Job .'
An Editorial
This nevvspajrer is strongly disposed to compliment menv
bers of the county corninittee whic h recently surveyed the
county’s needs and came up with a comprehensive study
showing us just what should be* done to bring the schools,
county departments and other phases of our county admin
istration oearet their rightful state,of efficiency. The com
mittee took high-level approach toward the various prob
lems which it encountered and members ^rightfully com
mented that theirs was an easier job than that of the people’s
suggestions- are to be put into eflect.
While jt may be a long day before many ol the suggested
i 111 proven Ter it s can be put tnto effect, a valuable set vice has
has been rendered by the committee in calling the "stag
;f- ge+i-ug" needs to the people's attention. The job acconi
plished by the body appears to have been thoiough and
fair and without thought to the merits of a single suggestion,
we wish to pay tribute to the group of c itizens who rendered
this important service to theit county.
file complete report has been .published in tire current
and |nx*cediitg editions of this neuspapci and we romiiienci
it as interesting reading to every Orange County c iii/.ed.
’49 Total Gives
Weed Growers
143 More Acres
Hillsboro.—Tobacco farmers of
Orange County will receive a total
weed allotment for 1949 of 4,628.6
acres, it was announced yesterday
by A. K. McAdams, secretary of
the local AAA office.
Total acres' assigned to thea
county last year was 4.486.3 and
the present increase is due to
state-wide increase of a flat 5 per
cent, McAdams said. The 1948
acreage was cut 27 >4 per cent
under the total for 1947 and the
present increase will be 142.3 acres *
more than was allowed in 1948.
McAdams pointed out that Or-'
ange County ran true to form with
the other tobacco producing coun
ties of the;state4n that many to-,
bacco farmers failed to plant the
total allowed.
Individual allotment notices
have been mailed to the 938 to
bacco farms in Orange County.
McAdams warned tobacco farm- ,
ers that planting over the pre
scribed approved figure would re
sult in a penalty on each pound
of tobacco sold. During 'the past
season farmers were penalized 16
cents per pound on all excess to
bacco grown. The penalty for the *•
coming season has not as yet been ^
announced.
The breakdown of tobacco al
lotments by communities in the
county is as follows: Caldwell,
192 farms, 928.1 acres; Carr. 100 —
farms, 928.5 acres; Carrboro, 72
farms, 181.8 acres; Cedar Grove,
144 farms, 1,401 acres; Efland, 99 _L_
farms, 315 acres; Hillsboro, 121
farms, 3274) acres; New Hope, 37
farms, 93.4 acres; Orange Grove,
37 farms, 92.5 acres; St. Mary’s,
58 farms, 157.6 acres; and White
Cross, 78 acres, 202.8 acres.
Meanwhile the Tobacco Asso
ciates report for January has
pointed out that flue-cured grow
ers should give more attention to
tftifprotAictTon of elgkrettefyMlIty
tobacco "if we are to capitalize on
advantages we now have in taste
and aroma and to meet the domes
tic and foreign demand for U. S.
tobacco that will make good uni
form cigarettes.” . * "
. “Farmers have a much larger
stake, in the production of cigar
ette quality (tobacco) than is gen
erally realized," The report con- ”
tinued.
“Talks with representatives of
domestic manufacturers and the
the foreign trade reveal that .they
want a tobacco that'xarrie these
properties: low nicotine content;
high -sugar content; light -'body;
bright color; porous and fluffy
'texture., and a clean and mer-}
^hantable product.”
Farm Manager
Course Planned
Hillsboro.—-Moyle S. Williams,’
farm management specialist at
State College and a native of Or
ange County, \yill conduct a farm
management school at the'Hilis
boryNegro High School for neigh
borhood leaders and other inter
ested farmers in Orange County
tomorro wat 2 o’clock.
J.W-J fifM em assist an i Negro
state agent and supervisor of •the~'.~
Negro* Western .District, is expect
ed to be present also.
T .*xic ■•if Secon l Half Of County Survey ’ft r^rt
NOTE: This -is the second half
of the report of the county fact
finding committee presented last
week to the Board of County
Commissioners and the County
School Board.
pupil "Transportation
- Road* - -
Since roads over which school
buses operate vij&Ug, affect trans
portation, it is important that they
be in condition such that they can
be travelled at all times. Our Or
ange County roads fail to meet this
standard. .
We recommend that all school
bus routes be , surfaced with
crushed rock or other suitable ma
terial and that they be properly
maintained. This will enable
schedules to be maintained and
eliminate much of the waiting for
buses. It will lessen maintenance
costs and unnecessary break
downs.
Buses
Sufficient buses should be pro
vided to eliminate overcrowding,
double trips, and long routes. We
recommend that additional buses
be provided so. that every child le
gally entitled to transportation
will have a seat on a school bus,
and no child will be required to
leave home more than an hour
before the school session begins
except in exeeptional cases.
This will call for an additional
2 buses for the white schools under
present standards—one at Hills
boro—one at Chapel Hill If extra
long hours for elementary children
in the feeder schools are to be
eliminated, two separate systems
must be operg.tefc^pn.e fQr elenien
tary and one for high school chil
dren . This will call for additional
buses as follows: 4 at Efland, 3 at
Caldwell, 2 at Murphey, 3 at White
Cross.
In the Negro schools, elemen
tary children walk to the small
schools except in a few instances
where they live on a bus route
that goes by the small school. High
school pupils are transported to
Hillsboro in 6 buses and to Chapel
Hill in 3 buses. In order to pro
vide adequate transportation for
high school children under the
--jareseni-set lip without consolid
tion, 4 additional buses at Hills
boro and 2 at Chapel Hill should
be provided. When the 17 small
schools are consolidated, making 4
Negro schools In all, 6 additional
buses will be needed for the.Cedar
Grove School, 3 for the Efland, 3
tor Hillsboro, and 3 for Chapel
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I Hill. This calls for a minimum
of 8 schools. If two separate sys
tems were operated, one for ele
mentary and one for high school
in the white schools, there would
be a need for a maximum of 23
new buses.
Drivers
Additional salaries should, be
provided for adult drivers where
competent student drivers are not
drivers should be made adequate.
Supervision
More supervision should be pro
vided for transportation. The
principal should be relieved of
teaching duties dn order to have
time to confer with drivers. If
this cannot be done, then an addi
tional person should be employed
to supervise transportation for the
county.
New Garage
The present garage is a fire trap.
Suitable space should be pur
chased outside town to provide ad
equate parking space for buses.
A garage should be erected pro
viding sufficient spee for mainte
nance and repair work.
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CURRICULUM '
In considering the subject of
curriculum and its allied phases
in the schools of Orange County,
the goals toward which the educa
tional system is striving rfiust al
ways bevJ^ept. in the' fore. Care
ful, long-range planning, good ad
ministration, adequate financing,
and a vigilant and dedicated public
interest are essential to their frui
tion. These aims may be stated
briefly, as follows:
First: The development of indi
viduals of maturity, balance and
£qwxr^l#:;;wutK.a«a.. :;v ,
level-and ability should be the pri-'
mary aim of the schools^ Varitf
tions will occur according to in
telligence potentials, physical per
formance, and fundamental emo
tional stability, but within this
range each student should be given
the opportunity to develop fully.
A high standard of work on the
part of the student, a high stand
ard of proficiency, skill, and re- '
sp?ct for the responsibilities of
her profession on the part_of the
teacher, should be supplemented
by an attitude in the home of un
derstanding and a desire to com
piement thework of the scfiQoTm
its developmental and educational —
program. Responsibility is learned
by assuming responsibility, in in
creasing measure commensurate
with age and ability. By Jr. H. S.
level this should have been en
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