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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1949
Prire: It A Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week
(Published Weekly)
Seekers After Perfection
I To eliminate or reduce the frequency of neps, those little snarled-up bits of cotton fiber which
itroy the even texture of a fabric, researchers at North Carolina State School of Textiles have oer
ted a gadget that permits them to calculate quickly and with remarkable® accuracy the number
neps in the web as it comes out o£ a carding machine. They hope to determine proper speed and
ting of textile machines to reduce nep frequency, which often results because the fiber is imma
e. Above Professor John F. Bogdan (center) of the school’s research department discusses a phase
the projeet with C. M. Asbill, Jr., (left) research engineer, and Peter Bachinger, technician.
teriff Sam Seizes
ill, Scraps Same
llsboro. — The Sheriff’s de
lent, assisted by an Alcoholic
JUnit officer, cut down a still
(destroyed a large quantity of
in the Carr Store neighbor
of Cedar Grove Township
(day.
so confiscated \frere four
l»; illegal whisky
(home of “Red” McCabe, on
Be place the illegal distillery
[found.
lie still was not in operation
le time of the raid and McCabe
| not been taken into custody
erday. Nine hundred.„gallons
lash just completed Tuesday
ling were destroyed as was
Ithree horsepower steam boiler
[other equipment.
irticipating in the raid were
riff Si T. Latta, Deputy Rai
| Roberts and Ray Brandon of
ATU.
[art Attack
tal To Wife
“Hap” Perry
liapel Hill.—An unexpected
ft attack brought almost sud
death to Mrs. Mary Ellen
legy Perry, 48, wife of L. J.
p” Perry, executive sercetary
le North Carolina High School
etic Association, here early
day morning. Funeral serv
were conducted Tuesday at
Olive, where she was bora
f reared.
pe attack came without warn
Mr. and Mrs. Perry were
faring for breakfast when she
plained of a “peculiar feel
Then she collapsed. Dr.
Patterson, who arrived a
minutes later, pronounced
t dead.
rs. Perry’s death came as a
t shock to the University com
ity where she had made many
nds since coming here from
i College a year ago. She had
fifvecf in'iteidsvil5e for*Vri'drrf
; of years.
lie had been in good health, ap
pntly. Yesterday she and her
hand had spent the day in
Ehurst.
jiryivors include her husabnd,
was athletic director and
bh at Elon College before tak
[his present job two years ago;
sons, Lindsay Jackson Perry,
23, aeronautical engineer at
In Field, Fla., and William
py> 20, a junior at Elon College;
three sisters, Mrs. ;W. H.
Patrick, Hookerton, Mrs. John
Groome and Mrs. Dale Keller,
1 of Greensboro,
trs. Perry was the former
y Ellen Komegy daughter of
late Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Kor
y of Mount Olive- She was
iuated from the Woman’s Col
of the University class of
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Student Action
Faib To Make
Graham Trustee
Chapel Hilt—A UNC student
council resolution urging that Dr.
Frank Graham be given a perma
nent seat on the Board' of Trustees
of the University had little effect
on the Legislature’s joint' commit
tee on trustees this week.
" That-body failed to approve Dr.
Frank from a list of 78 proposed
trustees and he therefore failed to
get one of the vacancies on the
100-man board. The nominations
of the committee were to be act
ed upon by the Senate later..
Included from Orange County,
among the nominees was Mrs.
Mary’McIver Stanford.
The resolution favoring Dr.
Graham wa§ given to Representa
tive John Umstead, chairman of
the House of Representatives com
mittee on trustees.
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“Voice” Movie ■=
Filmed At UNC
Chapel Hill—The University of
North Carolina campus has been
| chosen by the United States State
l Department as the subject for a
movie in one of the “Voice of
America” series.
Carolina was chosen as an out
standing example of the way the
American students practice de
mocracy in their schools. The
film, which Is to be printed in
black and white and will run
about 1,000 feet, will be shipped
to foreign countries as part of the
program to acquaint other coun
tries with the ways of democracy.
Work on the film was begun
last week when pictures were
made of student*elections, politi
cal rallies and vote counting.
Other phases of government will
be included, along with pictures
showing various sections of the
State in which the students live.
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Hillsboro Allegedly
Locale For Article In
Saturday Evening Post
Hillsboro.—A leading story in
this week’s- edition of the Satur
day Evening Post is authored by
James R. Webb, relative of a
number of local people, and this
community is alleged to be the
story’s locale, although not
easily recognizable.
Webb is the son of Brown
Webb, who lived here many
years ago before moving to Cal
ifomia, where the young author
was born. , The younger Webb
has never lived here although it
was stated 6y some that he had
visited here.
His local relatives include
John Graham, James and Nor
fleet Webb, James Cheshire and
their families.
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County Cancer
Unit Aided 4
During 1948 ..
Four cancer patients in Orange
County have been financially aid
ed this year by the county unit of
the National Cancer Society.
Of all the money received
through drives and donations, the
Orange County Chapter keeps 40
per cent; half of this goes toward
patient aid for those who have
cancer and cannot afford treat
ment; the other half goes toward
support of the detection center at
Watts Hospital.
Cancer is the second ranking
cause of death by disease in the
nation. In this county alone, 23
persons died of cancer in the year
1948; according to a-statistical sur
vey by the State Board of Health.
Far from being an adult disease,
cancer kills 2,000 children a year,
and leads all other diseases as a
killer at the five-to-nine age pe
riod.
The goal for the county in the
current cancer drive is $1,710. It
is hoped that the campaign will
be successfully completed by Sat
urday, April 23. __•_. _
Mrs.^Donald Kent, secretary of
the chapter, announced that Mrs.
George E. Marshall of Mt. Airy,
state commander and executive
vice president of the North Caro
lina Cancer Society, visited in
j Chapel Hill yesterday in connec
tion with the county drive, which
“was described as progressing sat
isfactorily. The drive for the
University is being sponsored by
the Interfraternity Council, head
ed by Charles Loudermilk.
Compton Cites
On 3 Objectives
Hillsboro.—James S. Compton,
in a formal resignation submitted
to the Orange County Board of
Education which he headed for
several terms, last week expressed
his reluctance at severing his con
nection with the board and his
optimism over prospects for im
provement of the school program.
His statement:
Cedar Grove, North Carolina
April 4, 1949
The Orange County Board of Edu
cation:
Itertder herewith tny resigna
tion as a member of the Board,
effective as soon as my successor
may be appointed and approved
by the Legislature.
Ten years ago today I came in
as a new member. My association
with all Board members, both for
mer and present, and \idth the late
Superintendent Claytor and the
current Superintendent G. T.
Proffitt, has been most pleasant.
The working together on various
problems with the Orange County
Board of County Commissioners
has been harmonious throughout
the decade! . * .
Irr viewni such agreeable expe
rience it is with the greatest reluc
tance that I offer you my resigna
tion. However, I.have decided to
follow the instnictions bf my phy
sician and relinquish the added
burden and responsibility which
must be borne by a citizen thus
representing the important inter
ests of mfen, women and, espe
cially, the children of our County.
I share the conviction of other
members of the Board that we
have not accomplished all that we
had selected as our goal. Condi
. tions and circumstances have
rarely been conducive to the at
tainment of such progressiveness
in our school administration as
our members wished for and la
bored for. My great interest was,
is, and ever sjjall be, that every
child of Orange County, of what
ever religion or color, may find in
this county, an easier way to ob
tain a better education.
I am optimistic enough to be
lieve that the situation will be
Wetter soon. Under the “Go For
ward program of our distinguished
Governor I am sure that three
objectives may be reached at an
early date:
1. mat tne cnapei Hin mgn
School plant will be com
pleted .—
2. That a consolidated Elemen
tary School will be erected
for the colored children of
the northern part of the
county.
3. That the district served by
the Ayeock High School will
be enlarged so the Hillsboro
High School overload may be
lightened and Orange Coun
ty may have three perma
nent high schools. - *
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES S. COMPTON.
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Efland. — An Easter , Sunrise
service will be held at Hebron
Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing at 6 o’clock. Rev. D. K.
Christenberry, the pastor, will
conduct the service.
Negro Minister Seeks
Seat On Town Board
rk.not uni A
Highway Hearing Draws Large Groups
From Several Counties In This Area
Hillsboro. — Appeals for road
improvements abounded at a pub
lic hearing at Orange County
courthouse here yesterday as dele
gations from counties in the 5th
Highway District presented their
cases to Commissioner George W.
Kane and the engineering staff
of the district. »
Largest delegation, some 50
persons of whom almost half
were women, came from Stem to
renew their appeal for a two-mile
stretch to link their community
with the main highway through
the area from Durham to Oxford.
Another large delegation sought a
five-mile stretch in Rockingham.
Most of the delegations pre
sented their cases as most vital
and some in strong language urged
TODAY'S CHUCKLE
Hillsboro. — B. B. “Jake”
Forrest, Court Square’s most
prolific heckler, has met his
match in Frank Miller,, five
'■'year^ofd^KJh^nf''
Cecil Miller. '
Said Forrest, in the age-old
attempt to separate a boy from
his dog, “I’ll give you a Coca
Cola for your dog.”
Returned Frank, without too
much deliberation, “Aw, he
wouldn’t drink it.”
From Forrest, stunned, no
reply,
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Banished Nan
Back In Orange
Once Too Often ~
Hillsboro.—Thomas Riley came
back to Orange County once too
often at the suggestion of
Prosecuting'Attorney Jerry Stone
was ordered by Judge L. J.
Phipps to serve a six months sen
tence in two old cases which had
been suspended upon the condi
tion Riley remain away from Or
ange County. _ __
~ Riley was-ordered to- begin "the
six months terms, to run concur
rently, Monday in an assault case
.heard last November and a case
involving public drunkenness,
illegal possession, resisting arrest
and assaulting an officer he earped
May of last year.
Other cases heard here Monday
involved public drunkenness"'and
saw 30-day suspended sentences
going to Jack McAdoo and'Frank
Stutts on this charge, while Wil
bur Walker and Joh'n Thomas
Clayton were ordered to pay the
costs. _ ’ - =
Catherine C. Leathers was fmed
$100 and costs for operating a car
under the influence of intoxicants
and Herman Riley and Thomas
Chambers were fined $25 and
costs for possession- of non-tax
paid liquor. Albert Fenley was
ordered to pay $25 and costs for
speeding.
Hillsboro School Students Doing Variety Of Projects
On Historical Subjects For Flower Show, Pilgrimage
By CATHERINE DOUGLAS, LU
CILLE RILEY, PATSY TEER
and BETSY FORREST
Hillsboro.—The Hillsboro High
School and elementary grades
have been working on many inter
esting projects concerning his
torical Hillsboro. These projects]
will be on display at the Hillsboro
Garden .Club Flower Show and
Pilgrimage, which is to be held
April 23 and 24. i
The progress that has been
made is as.follows: *• ■ \
constructed an indoor garden. This
garden consists of a colonial style
house, many colonial flowers, and
a hand pump.
On display will be flower books
and bird books which will be
made by Mrs. Sharpe’s room.
Mrs. Dodson’s room as a whole
has made one big scrap book and
each pupil has made an individual
pamphlet on historical Hillsboro.
Mrs. McBane’s room is working
on the Occoneechee Indian Vil
lage. They have dressed Indian
dolls, made thatched huts, a look
out tower, fish-fryer, and a minia
turevillage, They are gathering
and planting wild flowers and
shrubs. Some of th'e children have
been to Chapel Hill to hear a lec
ture by Dr. Guthe, the director of
a New York museum. They are
{going next week to see the relics
that were dug from Occoneechee
Farm. These relics will be on
display with the miniature village.
The children are working up In
dian costumes for themselves.
They will be on hand in these cos
tumes to answer any questions
asked and to tell legends.
Mrs. Blake’s room is working
on a sand table showing where
the Regulators were hanged. They
have found some information
about the Regulators in the book
written by the sixth grade. They
also took a trip Over to Cameron’s
' fcCA JitrC hV,:.
learned many interesting facts by
this trip.
Mrs. Forrest and her biblogy
students are working up a display
of poisonous plants. They are
making a complete collection of
wild violets also.
The history classes of the Hills
boro High School have made a
study of places of historical inter
est in and around Hillsboro. They
have searched the school library
and the Confederate Memprial
Library for the historical facts,
and have read the family histories
available.
A number of the pupils have
visited tWe churches, and each
church history has been written.
Each pupil has visited an- old
home, or the site of one of Hills
boro’s oldest private schools.
They have visited the following
places: Cameron’s Park which is
located in a beautiful grove just!
behind the Episcopal Church; the
courthouse, located in the center
of town, the camp of General
Cornwallis, located two miles
north of Hillsboro; the Colonial
Inn, and the Military Academy,!
located two miles from the court
house on a dirt road formerly
called the Barracks Road„ . They !
also visited Thomas Burke’s home'
situated on Queen Street, the Wil
liam Hooper home located beside
the Methodist Church on Tryon
£&»**>m •ifcmplsgksKfiojT • •
located beside the town library,
the Nash and Kollock School was
on Margaret Lane, the Berry
homestead located two miles east
of Jlillaboro.
From' this first-hand informa
tion the pupils have written es
says. Some pupils took kodak
pictures of the old places.
Mrs. Craig’s History I class is
making a miniature Cameron
Park. Different committees have
worked on the park, the boys get
ting the sand and dirt, and the
girls bringing small trees, flowers,
moss, grass, and rocks. The min
iature park consists of the Regu
lators’ graves, Eno River, and the
Dark Walk. A committee went
over to Cameron’s Park this:
morning (April 1) to get the exact
details of the park and to copy
the old marker of the Regulators’
graves.
the highway department to do
something for them, promising to
come back again and again to
similar meetings until the im
provements were made.
The appeals sometimes bordered
on the hilarious as other delega
tions laughed at road descriptions
given by another group. One
spokesman told of not being able
to keep the car doors closed over
one stretch while another told of
not being able to keep the car in
gear over the bumpy section.
The Commissioner and his staff,
headed by T. A. Burton,.district
engineer, heard all appeals cour
teously, made no'promises for spe
cific improvements pending ap
proval by the full commission.
Onion Service
is Scheduled
For Good Friday
Chapel Hill. — A community
wide service prepared by mem
bers of the Chapel Hill Ministerial
Association will be held for all
Chapel Hillians on Good Friday,
tomorrow, at the University Meth
odist Church at 1 o’clock.
Business houses and employers
are being urged to make the hour
available to employees who wish
to attend.
Participating in the service will
be Rev. Brooks Patton, director
of the Wesley Foundation, who
will conduct the worship service,
Rev. David Roston, pastor of St.
Joseph’s Methodist Church, who
will assist, Rev. Charles Jones of
the Chapel - Hill Presbyterian
Church, who will lead the Good
Friday Meditation, and William
Waters, who will serve asorganist.
A quartet comjoset’ ’•‘OT&fisSes
Harriet Keen and Marttia Loftin,
Carl Perry and Joe Hutchinson
will sing two Bach chorales.
The service of- worship was
prepared by Revi Hilton Seals of
the Chapel Hill Presbyterian
Church- Rev Henry Ruack-of 4he
University Methodist Church, and
Rev. Bernard Munger of the Con
gregational Christian Church.
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Reitzel Reveals
Essay Contest
Schley,—G. O. Reitzel, special
deputy. of North Carolina State
Grange, announeed today that an
essay contest on the subject of
“The Conservation of Our Soil
^Resources” with $15,000 in prizes
is^ open to any young man or
woman who will not be more
than 20 years of age on June 15,
1949, closing date- of the contest.
The National Grange and the
American Plant .Food Council are
equally concerned with impor
tance, of maintaining and replen
ishing the fertilization of our soils
and in the furtherance of this-goal
and have jpined in the sponsor
ship of this essay contest..
All young people who are inter
Subordinate Grange for more de
ested should contact the nearest
tailed information.
National judges for this contest
will be Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan, Dr. Hugh
Bennett, Chief of Soil Conserva
tion Service, and Dr. M. L. Wil
son, Director of Extension Work,
U. S. 'Department of Agriculture.
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Anne Roberts
Highly Praised
Hillsborp' -— Anne Roberts,
Roberts, who won a superior, rat
ing in the recent music contests
at Meredith College, won high
praise from the judges for her
piano, playing.
Wrote Fletcher Moore, head of
the Music Department at Elon
College, a judge, “Very good play
ing. I enjoyed hearing you. lean
see that you are very careful and
thorough in whatever you do and
th^t your teacher is a very fine
one who is very careful of de
tails.”
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HEALTH PROGRAM
Hillsboro.—Mrs. H. W. Moore,
health chairman, will be in
charge of the program when the
Hillsboro Parent Teacher Associa
tion meets next Tuesday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock in the high school
auditorium. A movie on the sub
ject of “Health” will be shown.
at the Community Center Monday
night led to the nomination of the
Rev. J. H. Jones, Negro minis
ter, for one of the seats on the
Board of Aldermen. - >
The minister reported at City
Hall yesterday and filed his. can
didacy at the town office for tire
election on May 3.
Jones is the fifth candidate to
enter the race for seats on the
five-man board and a hot. race
appears in the offing, inasmuch as
opposingjcandidates are also in the
field for Mayor and Municipal
Judge.
A resident of Graham Street,
the minister is pastor of Mt. Zion
and New Hope Negro church.es in
Chatham County and was for
merly pastor ot two" Baptist
churches in Chapel Hill,
There were indications here
yesterday that Jones might not
have the support of the conser
vative members of his own race
and it. appeared his backing was
chiefly from certain pressure
groups seeking to capitalize on the,.
race issue. In an announcement
of the' nominating mass meeting ,
prior' to the meeting itself, it was
stated that plans for the rgily had
been made by an “interracial com
mittee” at a previous meeting.
Other candidates in the race
who had previously filed are R. B.
Fitch, R. L. Fowler, Kenneth
Putham and Mrs. Roland Mc
Clamroch.
Rural Music
Appreciation
Plan Launched
Carrboro.—Mrs. Ira Mann, mu
sic teacher in .the , Carrboro
school, represented Orange Coun
ty at a meeting and luncheon held
at the Univrf%i*y of North’ ' '<T>
lina last Saturday to launch a
program of music appreciation for
rui-al areas in this section.
Counties represented at the
meeting held in Swain Hall at the
University and luncheon at Caro
lina Inn, included Person, Cas
well, Orange, Durham, Alamance
and Chatham.
Miss Ruth Current, State Home
Demonstration Agent,,, of Raleigh,
was in charge of the meeting.
Other speakers included an intro- —
ductory talk by Ryssell M. Grum
man, director of the University
Extension Division, Dr.. Edgar
Stringham, forjner Columbia Uni
versity professor; Mrs. Fred B.
McCall, music teacher—in the
Chapel Hill School; Norman Cor
don, director of the State Music
Program, who delighted the group
wifh his singing. Folk songs were
rendered by Dr. I. G. Greer, ac
companied by Mrs. Greer at .the
! piano.
Mrs. Mann was asked to tell of
her work in music, especially
with the 4-H groups in recent
months. A group of 18 4-H boys
and girls under her direction re
cently sang the National Song of
4-H Clubs for boys and the Na
I tiqnal 4-H Club‘song for girls at
| a County Council meeting of all
IP. T. A. associations in Orange
! County, held at the White Cross
school. Mrs. Mann has been
County Music Chairman for the
P. T. A. Associations for.several
years. She is to help with the *
new movement for Music Appre
ciation in this area.
Baby Contest
jin Carrboro
" Carrboro.—Carrboro will ob
a®t:jgfefas?
; in May and the Carrboro Well
Baby Clinic will sponsor a baby
contest.
Everyone is invited to vote for
their favorite baby and a box for
votes will be set up in Senter’s
Drug Store where pictures of all
babies entered in the contest are
to be on display. Pictures of ba
bies to be entered in the contest
are to be taken to the West
Williams Flower Shop not later
than April 21.
Votes will cost one cent each.
One prize will go to the baby
receiving the most votes, age from
birth to one year. One prize to
baby receiving the most votes, age
2 to 3 years.
The contest will closeonSatur
day night, May T, at 10 o’clock
Winners will be announced at
Senter’s Drug Store Monday, May
8. at 8 p. in.