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» • M COUNTYWIDE COVERAGE • _ I _ * I, Available Only In THE NEW8 of Orange County. . . SUBSCRIBE TODAY. Vol. 56—No. 18 * (Published Weekly) Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 1-—---— HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949 Interacted hi Orange County 1 Then read The Newe of Orange County far Kama of In to rent from all eoctione. If a reported factual* ly, true and without color or blaet Price: $t A Year: 5c Single Copy Ten Pages This Week Commissioners, Sheriff In Tiff Over Plumbing Hillsboro.—A plumbing bill for $1,367.19 at the county jail came as a “shock” to the Board of Coun ty Commissioners at their meet ing Monday and brought forth a heated interview with Sheriff Civic Clubs, Merchants Hear Stockdale Chapel Hill. — Approximately 250 persons attended the joint din ner meeting of the Chapel Hill Carrboro Merchants Association and Chamber of Commerce, Inc., and the five leading civic organ izations in the two communities at 6:45 last evening at the Caro lina Inn. . Dr. Allen Stockdale, staff speaker for the National Associa " tion of Manufacturers, addressed the group on “Free Enterprise.’ This was the first time that Dr. Stockdale "had ' talked in Chapel Hill. In his remarks he attempted to portray the human side of busi ness and industry, using his re search and study of several years in a very forceful and entertain ing manner. The guests were greeted at the door upon entering by the direc tors of the Merchants Association. Those seated at the speaker’s table were Vic Huggins, president of the Merchants Association; Mrs. Mildred Cartee, secretary of the Association; Dr. Stockdale; Rev. Samuel Habel, invocation; J. B. Johns, Rotary president; Dr. John Riggsbee, vice president of Ki wanis; Herbert Wentworth, Jay cee president; Lloyd Senter, Lions president; Miss Maude Lee, Al trusa president; Mrs. R. H. Marks, pianist; and Roy Arm strong, song leader. / y ,, This was the first jdmt meeting to be held by the six civic organ izations of Chapel Hill and Carr boro; this being in honor of the newly formed Jaycees Club which now boasts a membership of ap proximatelv 100, After the dinner and Dr. Stock dale’s speech last night, the Mer chants Association held a business meeting, at which time officers • for the coming year were elected. Two Accidents Listed At Hill Chapel HilL—Chapel Hill had two automobile accidents during the past week. Nick Collas, 52, sustained a broken leg when he was struck by a 1937 Ford coach driven by Tommy Joe Regan last Friday evening. Collas was knocked about 7 steps when he started across the street in front .of the bus station. A 1947 Ford owned by John Steele Henderson was hit by an automobile while parked on the north side of Franklin Street, around 5 o’clock in the afternoon Sunday. Both the fenders on.the left side of the car were damaged. Billie Jones, Negro, turned himself in at the police station after the accident and will be tried in the Recorder’s court. S. C. Latta regarding the author ization. The bill resulted from work ac complished to the concrete encased pipes which sprung a leak under the jail and required considerable tunnelling to repair. The Sheriff .contended the situation constitut ed an emergency when the pipes burst and “there was nothing to do but have them fixed.” Chair man Collier Cobb, as spokesman, and members of the board con tended that- the Sheriff should have consulted the Board inas much as they are responsible for budgetary and money matters. The meeting wound up about “nowhere.” with .the. Sheriff proyn ising that. “everything” would be laid in the Board’s lap in the fu ture' and the Board countering that it wanted to be bothered with only the major items of expenditure. The bill threatened to throw the budget askew but sufficient funds were removed from other appro priations to pay it. Other matters handled were largely routine with the exception of approval of budget requests from the County Welfare Depart ment for old-age assistance and •aid to dependent children, consid eration of the Health Department budget, and consideration of a re quest for increased appropriation, from $800 to. $1,000, to the Hills boro Library. Terming its request “conserva tive,” representatives of the Wel fare organization asked an in crease from $7402 to 7740 as the county’s share for aid to depen dent children and an increase from $11,180 to $11,812.50 for old-age assistance. These are to constitute the, county’s share ir\ the total budget request of $48,240 for ADC and $89,250 for OAA. Dr. O. David Garvin sought approval of a budget of $25,830 on the basis of the present personnel and requested consideration of an additional nOrse for work among the Negro residents of Chapel Hill. PLANS KINDERGARTEN Hillsboro.—Mrs. D. E. Patter son, Hillsboro first grade teacher for the past 26 years.'wilP open aj kindergarten here next Fall, she, announced this week. Children frOm three through five years of age, whose birthdays come later than October 1, will Toe eligible for attendance. -One of. the oldest teachers in- the local system in. point of service; Mrs. Patterson’s new venture has the endorsement of both local and county school of ficials. ' . • No Float For Orange In Alamance Parade Hillsboro. — Orange County will not have a float in the big parade in connection with Ala mance County’s Centennial cel ebration next week, despite its honored position as the “moth er” of Alamance. County legal advisers ruled the funds .which would be ex pended for such a purpose could not be considered “necessary expenditures.” The Board, in the face of this ruling, declined to appropriate money for the project and no other organiza tion has been found willing to undertake it. Orange Citizens Expecting To Attend Alaaance Centennial Celebration Hillsboro. — Many natives of neighboring Alamance County, now residing in Orange County, *ss day party of Alamance* County during May 9 through May 17. Already several notices have been received that citizens of Orange County plan to attend the Homecoming Day, Monday, May 9, which will kick off the Ala mance County Centennial Cele bration to be held all over Ala _ mance County. - , Many civic organizations as well as private families are plan ning to welcome “old-timers” to Alamance. Feature of the day’s activities will be the gigantic pa rade which will form at 3 p. m. at the courthouse in Graham and march down Webb ' Avenue through the Main Street of Bur lington, then to tee recently com pleted High School Stadium. At the stadium “Miss Ala mance” will be selected and crowned from 15 beautiful Ala mance County girls. This event will be followed at & p. te- by an address of Governor Kerr Scott, himself a native of Haw River in Alamance County, who leads the return of native sons their birth. Another highlight of the week s festivities will be «the Industrial Exposition at the Carolina Ware house in Burlington which fea tures an investment of approxi mately $75,000 in exhibits. Cloth, stockings and electrical supplies will be manufactured all during the exposition. Bascom Lamar Lunsford will bring over 50 people with him for his “Folk Festival” featuring square dancing, genuine mountain folk music and songs to the Bur lington High School Stadium on Wednesday and Thursday eve nings. •> Climaxing the celebration will be three performances of “Ala mance Heritage,” a spectacle which depicts the fflstotTr and progress of Alamance County with a east of over 500 persons. The spectacle will take place on May 14, 16 and 17. k&iugees Flee Shanghai Crowds of refugees jam a railroad station in Shanghai to flee the city before Communist troops cut the rail tie? to the south. The fa'll of China’s capital, Nanking, 150 miles northwest, was the signal for large-scale evacuation „of Shanghai by air, sea and rail. Board Chairman -- Races Agaia Set For Sunday At Occoneechee Hillsboro. — Stock ear races, originally scheduled for Occone^ chee Speedway here last Sunday afternoon, will be staged next Sunday afternoon, Race Director Bill France announced following postponement of the events due to rainy weather that made racing, impossible last Sunday oover this fast one-mile track. Many of the nation’s top drivers will be on hand for the racing program_ at' Ocgoneechee Speed way next Sunday with “Red By ron Day” still being observed in honor of the famous Atlanta speed star who won the national cham pionship, for stock car drivers last yea r. Rated among the top threats to Byron are Curtis Turner. Roa noke. Va., winner of the South eastern crown last year and lead ing money winner in stock car race competition for the month of April by winning features at Greensboro and Winston-Salem; Fonty Flock, Atlanta, the 1947 na tional king and winner of both major racing events at Occonee chee last season, and Bob Flock, oldest of the three Flock brothers. Sunday’s program calls for two 10-lap heats, a 10-lap consolation, a 15-lap semi-final and a 351ap feature. Time trials start at 1 o’clock with the first race slated for 2:30 p. m. -,-o-; Rites Are Held For Mrs. McDade Cedar Grove.—Funeral services were held Monday at t)ie Cedar Grove Methodist Churth for Mrs. Lessie Maley McDade, 66, who died following a one day’s illness. She was a member of the Hills boro Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, and had received aalife-time membership in the W.STC.S. of the Cedar Grove Methodist Surviving are her husband, Carl C. McDade pf the honrie; five sons, Jack McDade of Chapel Hill, Cur Donald McDade of Cedar Grove, Larry McDade 'of Raleigh, and Matt McDade of London, England; three daughters, Mrs. S. A. Un derhill and Mrs. John Pope, both of Durham, and Mrs. Harold Keating of Hillsboro; three sisters, Mrs. C^ G. Roseman of Hillsboro, Mrs. Nina McAdams of Efland, and Mrs. Emma Stewart of Kit trell; one brother, Jasper Haley of Fuquay Springs; and six. grand children . WIFE OF EDITOR DIES _ Chapel Hill.—Mrs. Carrie Ho gan Thompson, 73, widow of W. B. Thompson, a former editor of this newspaper, died last Saturday and final rites were held Sunday after noon at the home, 206 McCauley Street. Survivors here include Miss Ruth Thompson of the home; a sister, Mrs. W. T. Hogan, and a brother, A. T. Hogan. Hillsboro.—Kemp S. Cate of Chapel Hill was elected chairman as the new Board of Education of Orange County met Monday for the first time and organized for the new two-year term. He was named by the legislature for a four-year term. Other mem-, bers are C. W. Stanford, named for a six-year term, and Zeb C. Barton; "who will serve a two-year term. Hereafter terms of all mem bers will be six years. Most of the session centere4 around discuSnjror, of the new school'laws drifted by the recent legislature and the funds allotted and to be voted upon for school building construction. From the 25 million dollars appropriated from the state surplus by the leg islature, Orange County will get $250,000 and upon passage of the proposed bond issue on June 4, Orange County’s share, based on daily attendance of pupils, is slat ed to be $151,000. Both amounts will be spent on school construct tion. In other actions the Tx>ara au thorized- purchase ,of a tract of land on the Chapel Hill highway beyond the Prison Camp for con struction of a school bus garage and parking area to cost an esti mated $10,000. The tract was owned by C W. Davis. A com mittee was named to consider ac tion in connection with the request of the St. Mary’s Grange to use the St. Mary’s School building as a Grange Hall, and decision was made to install stokers in county schools over a three-year period. Appointments of district and ad visory committeemen were made and will be announced next week. -—o-— “Spot” Collins Dies Tuesday Of Heart Attack Carrboro.—Leonard B. (Spot) Collins, 41, died at his home Tuesday morning in Carrboro fol lowing a heart attack suffered at his work at the University laun dry. He was superintendent of the University laundry. The deceased was taken ill at his work and was taken to his home. A doctor was 1 but death came* in Surviving are his wife, Eliea beth Blackwell Collins, one daugh ter, Betty, a son, Bernard—all of the home—and his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Col lins, and one brother, Walter L. Collins, of Rockingham. The deceased was a member of the Carrboro Baptist Church and was master of the University Lodge No. 408 in Chapel Hill. Funeral services are set tenta tively for ,2 p. m. Thursday aft ernoon at the Carrboro Baptist Church . Burial is to-follow in the Chapel Hill cemetery with Ma sonic honors. \ Mr. Collins attended the lodge meeting Monday evening and had made plans to attend the Grand Lodge hi Raleigh Tuesday. On the day prior to his death, he ran second in a threfr-way contest for the position of Mayor of 'Carr boro. Chapel Hill Casts Record Vote; Lanier Tops Madry; Hillsboro, Carrboro Low While Chapel Hill citizens cast their highest vote in the town’s history, Edwin S. Lanier Tuesday defeated incumbent Mayor Robert W. Madry, 811 votes to 589, as the climax to one of the hottest mu nicipal campaigns of local record. John T. Manning ousted incum bent Judge of Recorder’s Court "Henry Whitfield and Chapel Hill’s first woman candidate and first Negro candidate for the Board of Aldermen went down in defeat before incumbents Robert Fowler and R. B. Fitch and Kenneth Putnam. The defeated candi dates were Mrs. Roland McClam roch and Rev. J. H. Jones^Negro Dr. D. E. Forrest Named Legion District Chief Hillsboro.—Dr. D. E. Forrest, present commander of the Hills boro American Legion Post 85 and chef de guerre of the Legion’s Or ange County Venture 1266 of 40 & 8, was nominated district com-:, mande.r of the American Legi6n at a meeting last week in Durham. The nomination is tantamount to election. Paul R6bertson of Chapel Hill elected delegate from the 17th American Legion district torattend. the national convention.. And the Legion members endorsed Dr. D, R. Perry of Durham as depart ment commander of the Region for 1949-50, ' Chapel Hill Legionnaires who attended the meeting in Durham 'included J. H. McDade, com } mander of the post, Fred Free, Paul Sexton, J. C. Williams, and Paul Robertson .. Egbert Heywood, 17th district commander, presided over the meeting which was held in the Legion post in Durham. Rabies Clinic Response Poor Chapel Hill.—The response of the people in taking advantage of the clinics to vaccinate their dogs against rabies has not been as good as had been expected, according to Dr. • O. David Garvin, district health-officer., . He.'empftasixfed the need to have all dogs Vftdclnated" against rabies, both to protect the dogs and per sons who might be bitten; During the last week quaran tines on dogs have been startedi in Harnett County and in Wake County . Other surrounding coun ties are finding more rabid dogs. Already during 1949, 10 rabid dogs have been found in Orange County. Protection for the dogs and the people of Orange County is to take advantage of the dog immunization clinics which are being conducted all . over ' the county, Orange Farm Youth Win Top Show Honors “Nubbins,” 965 pound steer owned and exhibited by Bill Hogan of Lake Hogan farm, • Chapel Hill, Route 2, was declared Grand Champion Steer at the re cent Fat Stock Show held in Dur ham. This animal wits purchased by Miles Drive Inn for 82 cents per poundv Eighty-seven steers were exhibited by 4-H and FFA Club members from eight coun [ ties in. this area. Wilbur ' Smith of •.» Chatham County exhibited the feserve 'champion Steer with Polly Roberts of the Hillsboro club' receiving third place with her steer It will* be recalled that Polly exhibited the Grand Champion at the show two years ago. Patsy Martin of the Hillsboro Junior Club exhibited the Grand Champion hog. This animal was a 230 pound gilt out of a Duroc sow, sired by Style Prince. This gilt topped all animals in the sale by bringing 86 cents per pound and was purchased by J. P. Woods of the Siler City Packing Company. The reserve champion hog was a purebred SPC barrow exhibited by Carl Walters of the Efland 4-H Club. This animal sold for 35 cents per pound and was purchased by Piedmont Pack ing Company. The third, fourth, and fifth placed hogs in the show were owned by Orange County 4-H Club members and were sired by the outstanding SPC boar, Style Prince. 'These animals were also purchased by PiedmonPPack ing Company. A total of 106 head of hogs were exhibited and sold by club members from eight coun ties. A third feature of the show was the selection of county groups of steers. ;Each of the counties se lected a group of three steers. The Judges , awarded the' Orange County gfaUp^ftrs?1 flits event.. The three animals exhibit ed belonged to Bill Hogan, Polly Roberts, Jane Hogan. The fourth feature of the Fat Stock Show was a showmanship contest among the 4-H Club members exhibiting steers. A specialjudge, L. I. Case, Extension Animal Husbandry Spe cialist from State College, selected twelve persons "during the showing of their calves. These 12 were requested to bring their animals into the ring and the judge of the main show then selected the best three out of the twelve. Bill Ho gan was awarded first prize and a certificate with Patsy Martin being awarded the second prize. John Fuquay of Alamance County took third place with Polly Rob erts of Orange County in the fourth position. This is the fourth successive year that Orange Coun See 4-H HONORS, Page 10 Methodists Plan Organ Dedication Hillsboro.—A new Hammond organ, first organ in the history of this historic church, will be dedicated at the Hillsboro Meth odist Church Sunday, at the 11 o’clock hour. An organ concert, by a repre sentative of the Hammond' com pany, and a tribute tp Mothers will feature the dedication service. There will be no sermon. A spe cial bulletin honoring the Mothers has been prepared by the Wes leyan Guild. CHURCH ELECTION Hillsboro.—St. Matthew^ Epis copal Church will hold, its annual election for vestrymen Sunday morning following the 11 o’clock service. Other business which might be presented will also be transacted at this annual session. -o- »• MEETING POSTPONED The Hillsboro Garden Club’s regular meeting, scheduled for to day, has been postponed until next Thursday at 3:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. T. N. Webb. •Reports- from delegates to "the ^State convention will be heard. ;-o CHEST X-RAY CLINICS The regular chest x-ray clinic will be held at the Health Depart ment in Hillsboro on Monday, May 9th, between 2 and 4 p. m. minister, who was said to have the backing of left wing groups in the community. 1,442 votes were cast and the next previous high was 941 in 1945. In Hillsboro, the incumbent Mayor, Ben C. Johnston, and five candidates for the town board went in unopposed and only 48 votes were east-for the top men. Incumbents „ R. J. Smith, H. Broad well and T. N. Webb drew 46 votes, V. M. Forrest 45 and W. M. Chance 44 for the Board and Johnston'45'for Mayor. In Carrbdro, citizens also wit nessed a light vote as I. F. Har dee defeated inoumbent I. A. West for Mayor and, four incum bent aldermen - retained their seats, winning out over three oth ers who sought to unseat them. 211 votes were cast. L. B. “Spot” Collins ran second in the mayoral race and West third. The vote: Hardee 81, Collins 68, West 64; for Aldermen, D. M. Ray 184, Roy Riggsbee 150, P. L. Senter 144, A. B. Poole 122; James C. Hearn 77, Frank B. Poythress 70 and W. B, Glenn 29. In' Chapel Hill, scene of the; record breaking vote, the cam-* paign was sparked by Lanier who at one time accused Madry of at tempting to manage his campaign and act as his press agent. Lanier publicly “fired” him and contin ued the campaign to defeat him at the polls. The League of Women Voters was also active in the campaign and held a public forum at which the candidates were invited to publicly state their positions. Manning, favoring re tention of jury trials in Chapel Hilt" court, polled 830 votes to Whitfield’s 575. The vote for Al dermen was: Fitch 842, Fowler 815, Putnam 850, McCiamroch 607 and Jones 607. In a statement following his vic tory, Lanier said, “To me, the most significant thing about this elec tion w thf. R«e of the vote. In rtffe past eight years.there las been a growing, alarming apathy'bn the part of eligible voters. This re versal—and it appears general in North Carolina municipal elec tions this Spring—is encouraging to. all. who believe in, representa tive, Democratic government. Chapel Hill has by this vote chal lenged its representatives to work alertly and steadily forrgood, effi cient, economic municipal' serv ices. As one of those representa tives; I pledge to all the people of Chapel Hill \steady effort to make, the people .proud of their' town government.” Madry said, "I extend to Ed Lanier my congratulations and best wishes for a successful ad ministration. I deeply appreciate the help of those who worked and voted for me ” The new administration will be installed next Wednesday night. APPENDICITIS Chapel Hill.—Robert W. Madry, defeated in the race for Mayor, was called from the scene of vote tabulating Tuesday night to take his son, Bobby, to-the University Infirmary for -an attack of appen dicitis. ---“ HEAR HUMORIST Hillsboro.—The Hillsboro Lions. Club heard Humorist Cullen Johnson of Raleigh on Wednesday night of last week as it held its annual Ladies Night program at the Masonic Hall. J. Dumont Eskridge was master of ceremo nies . Orange County First In State To Exceed Cancer Quota has exceed' goal by $150 to become the first county in the state to meet its quota, Col. C. B. Cline, campaign chairman, announced yesterday.. He said that workers in this area went over the top with con tributions amounting to $1,860 with returns still incomplete. The Orange County goal was $1,710. Gilbert W. Ray is treasurer. More contributions are expected from several organizations that operated concessions at the Blue White Carnival held here Friday night in support of the cancer fund. Colonel Cline said. Dr. Fred Patterson is chairman of the Orange County unit of the' American Cancer Society, Mrs. Arthur Roe is county commander, Mrs. Charles Stanford is vice chairman, and Mrs. Rupert Jer nigan and Mrs. R. E. Studebaker are secretaries. m, ,-r Mi its It Ogburn Addition . Near Completion Chapel Hill.—Over 7,000 square feet of floor space will be added to the Ogburn Furniture Company when alterations now under way *re completed in about three weeks. An additional room is being made behind the main display room and an arch will connect the two main display rooms. In addi tion, > two unloading platforms have "been made in the basement, and a complete electrical repair shop will be located there. All kinds of electrical appliances, from washing machines to radios, will be repaired in the electrical shop and'a complete line of elec trical supplies will also be carried.
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