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Vol. 56rzrNo- *9
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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1949
Price: $2 A Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Page* This Week
[Little Activity
lYet on Bond Vote
Little evidence of a public cam
paign in connection with the con
troversial roads and schools bond
elections by either side was avail
able this week.
As far as could be ascertained
no public meetings have yet been
announced in Orange County ior
the period between now and June
4 wher> citizens will be called upon
to vote for or against the proposed
$200,000,000 bond issue for sec
ondary road construction and the
$50,000,000 issue for school build-'
ing construction i
The 'Comrnufllty '"Council in
Chapel Hill and election officiate
in Hillsboro reported considerable
confusion over registration, which
got underway last Saturday. It
was emphasized that prospective
voters must be registered for vot
ing in a general election and that
legislation for a municipal elec
tion alone woujd not suffice. It
was pointed out in addition that
persons registered on the general
.election registration books were
not required to register again.
Registration book's will be open i
at. the polling places next.Satur
day and Saturday, May 21, with
May 24 -reserved for challenge,
day. Persons may register at ally'
time by contacting the precinct
registrar at his home. Rev. J. R.
Greene, 117 Mallette Street, is
registrar in Chapel Hill and H. G.
C'oleman, Jr., in Hillsboro.
A majority of votes csist will de
termine the elections.
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Young Veteran
Wins AtBMle
Beautification
Hillsboro—Wm. J. Crabtree of
Route 3, Chapel Hill, a young
veteran, who, with the help of his
wife and father, remodeled and
'^eautii'ed an old farm house was
declared wim*# of tlie Orar>-*e
County Home Beautification con- !
test, sponsored by the Hillsboro
Branch of the Durham Bank and
Trust Company.
Mr.' and Mrs. Glenn Lloyd,
•Route 1, .Chapel. Hill placed sec
ond, and Mr. and Mrs. Amick Bor
land, Route 3, Hillsboro placed
third. The- prizes were. First
place, $100.00 Savings Bond; Sec
ond, $25.00 Savings Bond; and
third, $10.00 in cash.
The judges were very much
pleased at the great amount of
improvements and beautification
carried out, on each of the con
testants farms. The basis for dt
termining the winners was the
percentage of improvements made
in general appearance, landscap
ing, painting, and improvementsL
appearance by minor changes in
constructio.
High Senior Play
Is Set For May 20 |
Hillsboro. — Preparations are,
underway for the annual Senior
play at Hillsboro ^High, School,
Friday, May 20. A Royalty play,
“Sally and Company,” will be
presented with the following char
acters: Clayton Haithcock, Betty
Ann Barber, Janie Liner, Helen
Beard, Nancy Crawford, Ann Ef
land, Peggy Neighbors, Bobby
Riley, Ben Lloyd, Betty Freeland,
Bobby Scarlette, Helen Tapp,
Carolyn Collins and Victor Sharpe.
Mrs. Edgar T. Campbell is di
rector and Jackie Goodwin busi
ness manager.
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Fails On 13
The Aycock High School found
number 13 is unlucky.
After 12 wins in as many starts,
their match was met. Red Oak
of District 2 in the Eastern North
Carolina .League nailed the Ay
cockers 9-6 in first-round play
offs for the Eastern championship.
A. Rose went the way for the
victors, leaving Hurman Tate
holding the bagr Tcite was re
lieved in the fourth by James
Webster.
Red Oak batters had a field day,
while Aycock’s infield helped
them with five errors. These
teams will play Tuesday at Red
Oak; time, 3:00.
. Runs by innings: H. R- E.
Red Oak 102 400 101—15 9 2
Aycock 20t 001 300— 9 6 5
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Barbecue Planned
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By Legion Tuesday
Hillsboro. _ The Hillsboro
American Legion Post has plans
underway for-a barbecue next
Tuesday evening from 5 to 8
oclock at the Legion building
here.
Advance ticket sales are un
derway at $1 per plate and funds
derived will go toward defray
ing expenses of. erecting grave,
markers.
Lustron House
Display Planned
By Jaycee Group
Chapel Hill.—Over 40,000' peo
ple ate expected to, visit the all
steel Lustron house sponsored ""by
the Chapel Hill Junior 'Chaipber
of Commerce when "construction
is completed in the near future.
' The house, which is located on
the Airport Road, will b.e the only
dwelling of its kind in the Chapel
Hill area and no one will be al
lowed on the property until the
house is completed.
The Lustron house is tentatively
scheduled to open Sunday, May
22, and an admission charge of
25 cents per person will be"
charged. The money derived from
admission receipts will be used by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
to improve the athletic field of
the Chapel Hill High School.
All fixtures in the Lustron
house are completely modern, and
the two bedrooms, dinette, kitch
en, and bath contain built-in cabi
nets, bookshelves, wardrobes, and
dressing tables. The kitchen also
has a built-in sink and clothes
washer. The house is completely
heated by a small heating i^nit. -
The Lustron dwelling will be
completely furnished by the Og
burn Furniture Company. Drapes
will be provided by the Carolina
Drapery Shop and silver and
china will be supplied by Went
worth and Sloan.
Chapel Hill Boys
Club Officers
Chapel Hill - Ralph K. Hebb
University: of-.North Carolina stu
dent from Aubiirndale,Fla , has
jusj been elected president of the
Town Men’s Association. The
group is composed olj. men.students
not living in dormitories.
—Other officers are --Ben lames,
Jacksonville, Fla., vice-president.
Skip Hoyle, Chapel Hill, treasurer,
and Harry ' Pendergraft, Chapel j
Hill, secretary.
Nominated, subject to review
by the executive.committee, were
Ben James, University Club rep
resentative; Dave Sharpe, Chapel
Hill, Graham Memorial board of (
directors, and Bob Madrick, Fort^
Pierce, Fla, dance committee pie- j
resentative. |
Three menabers-at-large to the,
soms, Chapel Hill; Nelson Taylor,,
tee were also elected: Alex Ses- j
Beaufort, apd Bot^Fadrick;
Named Deputy Grand Master
Chapel Hill—Dr. W. E. Cald
well of the University History
Department was elected Deputy
Grand Master of the North Caro
lina Grand Lodge of Masons at a
meeting held in Raleigh this week, j
-H CLUBS ON RADIO
Hillsboro.—The 4-H Clubs of
range County will present a pro
•am over WPTF at 12:45 oh Sat*
rd'ay, May 14th. Kenneth Brown,
Uie* Mae Crabtree, William Dor
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4-H Festival held m Durham.
Fint Shipment Of Pare Bred “Spots” Leave Orange Conaty
Clyde Roberts, E. P'. Barnes and Jack Dunn wotch Orin 'Minnis, Hillsboro express agent, weigh I
•in two hogs. which constitute the first shiprp«|»t o. Dure bred Spotted Poland China boars fever to
leave this county to improve the btefed 'elsewhere, in this ease Alabama. ‘Owned by 4-H Club Mem
bers Richard Roberts, Hillsboro Route 1, and Jack Dunn,. Efland Route 1, the boars may not be
carrying “banjos on their knees” but they are carry ing some of the best blood lines of the Spotted
Poland China breed, according to county farm offi cials and breeders, who are gaining wide recogni
tion for having placed this county in the forefront in the SPC breeding field. The two boars were
farrowed last £all and were both sired by Style Prince, son of the famous $4,400 boar, Grandview
Supreme. It will bfe recalled that Style Prince sirt.d the Grand Champion, Reserve Champion and
the three next top hogs in the recent show at Durham, and is owned by J, Ed Latta of Hillsboro
Route 1.
Blue Mold Damage Serious In County;
Many Farms Seek Plants Elsewhere
Hillsboro—County Agent, Don
S. Matheson, after a thorough
canvass of tobacco farms in Cadar
Grove Township, reports that ap
proximately 20% of th.e farms will
need tobacco plants from "beds
ofher than their own due to severe
blue mold damage.
Chemical treatment when ap
plied early and consistently has
materially reduced the damage by
blue mold. Jule Allen, John Mc
Dade, and James and Cooper
Compton are among several grow- ;
ers Who will begin planting this.
week. They all followed a pro-1
gram of spraying with fermatp.
The county agent has been in
touch by telephone with State
College and eastern North Caro
lina and has made sever contacts!
\yith eastern growers. Zeb Burton,
president of Orange County Farm
Bureau, is planning to make a
trip to some of these eastern farms
early in the week and will be glad
to give any information on the
availibilit.v of plants to anyone
who will contact him. The county
agent will also have Shis informa
tion and will'be glad to offer di
rectioii to^giawers .wishing, to se
cure plants. .
Local Matters Predominate Assembly
Activities, Lewis Explains In Talk
Chapel Hill.—Only 75 or 80 of
the 1834 bills passed by the State
legislature this year amount to
anything, Henry Lewis of the In
stitute-of Government told a town
hall audience Monday night in a
meeting sponsored by the Chapel
Hill League of Women Voters. ~
Lewis saW 3100 bills were intro
duced in the' legislature this year.
Sixty pei cent of thq bills intro
duced were local bills, dealing
with one county or city, and 40
per cent were State bills-. How
ever, Lewis declared 90 per cent
of the local bills were passed
while approximately 50 per cent
of the State measures were enact
ed into law.
The principal controversy in the
recent legislature involved school
appropriations, Lewis -:stated.
Twenty-five million dollars was
appropriated from the post-war
reserve fund to be used for school
buildings. The money will be
distributed equally among the
counties and each county will re
ceive a s,um of $250,000 for use
in building schools.
Lewis pointed out that the 20
per cent salary increase for State
employees does not mean that all
workers will receive a 20 per cent
increase.«.
' The State personnel director
wiil'wwlr
ment heads and devise a salary
Chapel Hill Men Catch ’Em Twice
in Year’s Best Fish Story
Chapel Hi-11 ^—The year's best
fish story can be told by Brodie
Clark R S. Lloyd, a&d Paul Rob
ertson who went on a fishing trip
to Columbia Wednesday.
The three fishermen began fil
ing from a boat Wednesday morm,
ing in Wildcat Bay and had fair
in patching bass, lhat air
ernoon, Paul Robertson, who was
in charge of attaching the fish
caught on a chai^ fish stringer,
failed to attach the stinger prop
erly and six live bass fell back
111 The*fistf were still alive so the
men hunted for the fish that aft
ernoon but could not find their
catch. When night came, the
three anglers went back to Co
lumbia, and returned the next
morning.for another day’s fishing.
This time, however, they had
hopes,of keeping the fish they
'ought.
' They went out in a boat into
Wildest Bay again,., and about 4
'o’clock that afternoon R. S. Lloyd
made a cast from the boat. He
saw a fish Approver the line, gave
a couple of pulls, and when his
catch came alongside he had his
six original fish that were still on
the stringer.
scale to,cover the 20 per cent sal
a ry in crease. Thus the increase
will affect the salaries of part of
the State employees.
A permanent improvements bill
appropriating $72,000,000 has been
passed by the legislature to build
new buildings in .ttve^. nott two
year's, Le wis sai d iSi dm
in the bills elimmlftes tl^tf neces
sity of sticking" closely to the pro
visions. The savings from the
peimanent improvements bill will
then help to knock out the $6,000,
000 deficit which the State will
have at the end of the fiscal year.
' Changes have also been made
in the liquor laws by the legisla
ture, he declared.’ The sale of
beer will rrow be under the Board,
of Alcoholic Control, instead ■ of
city or county control. Beer per
mits will be received from the
ABC board, and beer will not be
sold after 11 o’clock at night.
Lejvis stated the State election
laws have been changed and all
registration will1 be made in one
big book which the State Board
of Elections.will issue. Republi
cans and Democrats will not be
listed in separate books, and re
strictions have also been placed
.ujpgn oagiga.ignin^ by members of
the electfod
The new election laws Will give
the county boards of elections au
thority to 'tall a completely ifpw
registration if election board
members do not want to copy the
old registration books.
The entrance of the D^xiecrats
and Progresives duriqig the last
election caused considerable con
fusion and resulted in the passage
of selection laws governing new
parties. ,
Five constitutional amend
ments will be decided on in the
next State election, Lewis said.
The amendments , will deal With
rotation of judges,1 additional dis
trict judges, waivers of indict
ment, a bill to leave State retire
ment funds” untouched by future
legislatures, and raising the pay
of members of the legislature
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Committees Set
Quarters Are Sought
For Post Office Here
Hillsboro. — Postmaster Tom
Bivins announced yesterday
that the Post Office Department
had invited proposals for- lease
of quarters for housing the local
post office.
Space approximating 1,800
square feet is needed and pro-..
posals will be received through
next Tuesday. Further data
may be secured from *ths pest
office.
Cooley Expected
To Discuss Program
In Alamance Talk
Hillsboro—Thousands of farm
ers, and farm leaders have been
invited to attend the addrdss of
Congressman Harold D. Cooley,
chairman of the House Agricul
tural Committee, who is expected
to comment on the proposed -farm
program; when-he makes.the prin-:
cipal address at the “farmers |
Day” observance of the Alamance
Centennial Celebration now in
progress.
■_Copley, a native of Nashville,
N. C. is expected to fly from
Washington to the Burlington
High School Stadium where he
will address the farmers at 5:30,
Thursday, May 12. Carl Durham
of Chapel Hill will introduce him,
will introduce him
Farmers from urange county
are being invited through the
county agent to attend this ad
dress which is expected to in
formfarmers on what to expect
of future farm problems and cur
rent conditions and trends.
Following the Farmers Day Ad
dress at 8:00 in the stadium also,
I Bascom Lamar Lunsford, inter
nationally known folk ballad
dancer and singer . will bring
some 50 singers, dancers, and mu
sicians for a two hour program of
genuine mountain folk dancing
and singing
Visitors are also expected to at
tend the Centennia 1 • Exposition at
the Carolina Warehouse'"] h 'Bu^'
lington which feature exhibits
ainountm^fn a cost of $100,000.
Included in the exposition are tex
tile machinery in operation mak
ing draperies, hosiery and- clo'b,.
ks well -as an electronics exhibit
by Western Electric. Admission
to the Industrial Exposition is
free and attendance prises ire
awarded twice each day with a
grand prize of a n e w. Dodge-auto
mobile to be given away on Sat
iirdav. —~7 77. 7
Manning Wastes Little
Time Taking Over Job
Chape'l Hill.—John Manning,
newly-elected judge of the
Chapel Hill Recorder’s Court,
proved himself to be a fast man
in taking over a new job, last
week.
• The town election ordinance
states that “all duly elected of
ficers will be eligible to assume
office on May 4, upon taking the
oath ”“So on Wednesday morn
ing, following "town eloetTons the
night before, Judge Manning re
ceived the oath of office from
Justice of the Peace Dyson Pat
terson and presided over the
short session of Recorder’s
Court that morning.
Community Softball League Will Open
Season’s Play Here Tuesday Afternoon
‘ ‘ H illsbo ro.—The" HiflsBoro
munity softball league, now com
prising 11 teams, will open the
season’s play next Tuesday.
The league is again sponsored
by the Community Recreation
committee, headed by Dr. H. W.
Moore and composed of Glenn T.
Proffitt, G. A. Brown, Remus J.
Smith and Marion E. Allison.
Pending the completion of the
installation of lights at, the- high
school athletic field, games will
| begin at 5:30 o’clock in the after
' noon. All programs will be dou
' bleheaders with the girls teams,
: when schoduled, playing 'first. A
call has been issued for qualified
umpires t« volunteer foe duty in
that capacity and a schedule will,
be prepared.
Teams included .in the league
this year are the Exchange Club,
Owls, White’s Furnittne, Meth
odist' Church and Belle Vue
among the boys, and Eno Chevra
let, Hillsboro High School, and
Belle Vue Mills for the girls. The
high school girls are temporarily
without sponsorship and any or
ganization desiring to sponsor this
team is invited to submit a re
quest.
The schedule for the opening
week finds doubleheaders set for
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day. Tuesday’s games have Belle
Vue meeting the Chevrolet girls
and the Eno Cards playing Amer
ican Legion. Wednesday’s sched
ule pits the high school girls
against Eno. and the Exchange
boys versus Bellevue. Oh Thurs
day with no girls’ game set, the
' Cards play the Methodists and the
j Owls play White’s Furniture.
Hillsboro—The Orange County
3oard of Education last week
lamed district and advisory com
mittees for terms ranging from
me to three years
The three district committee
men were named to staggered
terms in each district to assured
experienced groups at all times
in accordance with recent recom
mendations of local and state
fact finding committeees. All ad
visory committee terms are for
two years.
District Committee Member* '
New Committees include:
No. 1, Hillsboro—Sidney Green,
Bonner Sawyer, Chm,, Mrs. Beth
Roberts. ,
No. 2, Efland.—W. B. Holmes,
John Efland, Cl Joe Hojward.
No’ 3, Aycock—John Hawkins,
L. J. Rogers, Chm. Robt. E.
Hughes.
No. 4, Chapel Hill—David E.
Arthur, D. M. Ray, Chm., Jeter
C. Lloyd.
No. 5, Caldwell—Charles Berry,
Chm., Mrs. Lois Blalock, Henry
Miller, Mrs. Clyde Walker.
« Advisory Committee Member*
(All Terms Expire 1451) ,
Hillsboro—L. E. Beard. Clar- , .
ence Jones, Claiborne Wilkereon. —
West Hillsboro—W. T Murray,
Clarence Crawford, Mrs. Allen
Vick.
Murphy—Walter Daiehite, John
Henry Michael, Felts Paschall.
Carrboro — Raymond Andrews,
Burroughs Hogan, E. T. Hearae,
Chm.
White Cross—Alton Durham,
J. F. Whitfield, Lemuel Cheek.
Suggested Advisory Committee
Members Per The Negro Schools
Hillsboro— Roosevelt Warner,
Luther DeLon, Walter Heater.
Efland—David English, Chm.,
Marvin McAdoo.
Gravelly Hill—Alonzo P. Wal
ker, Charlie Woods, Robt. L,..Hes
ter. • *
Carr—Mrs. Louise Bradsher,
Ernest Jeffries, Shep Bundy,
Junior Bradsher
Grover—D. W’. Torain, J. A.
Parker, Carter White.
Jordan’s Grove—Walter Hester,
Benny Hughes, Ollie Cooper,
White Oak—B. C. Corbett,
,V. lit Ob <! >>•, Clyde Russell.
Hiekorv Grove—Herbert Wat
son, Paul Minor Titus Farrington.
Hubert Walker. Labon Hogan.
Ridge Roa d—j a m es Cla rk, A.
J. Breeze, Otho Thompson.
Fairfield—James Withers, John
Faucette, Xuther Bostic
High Rock .— Wallace Evans,
Chesley Thompson, Junious Rich
mond .
Cedar Grove—C. Potleat, W.
C. Compton, H. T. Tinnin.
Harmony—Elijah Poole, Wesley
Poteat, Waller Richmond.
Sartin—Oscar Beasley, Euddie ■■■
Villines, Arthur Wells.
Damascus—Sam Morphs M:
Hackhey. Sam Smith.'
Merritts—Ruben Cole, Dixie
Noell, Floyd Faucett.
Poplar Grove—Mrs. Bertha
Ross, Mr. Pearl Lowrey, Woody
Sneed. - . —~
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Civil Court Tent
To Open Monday
Hillsboro.—A.term of civil court
with Judge Q. K Nimocks pre
siding is, scheduled to get under
way here Monday.
A short docket, which includes
several divorce cases, has been-set
up' for trial.. T|he last civil term
here was last October and a crimi
nal term is scheduled for June.
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New Sharon Play
Saturday Night
Hillsboro—The Methodist Youth
Fellowship of New Sharon will
present “So Help Me Hannah,”
a domestic comedy in three acts,
Saturday night, May 14, at St.
a t 8 m.
,e m be rs o f nfnasf* are' aSYor*
dows: Bell Crabtree, CMfton Rob
inson, Patricia Martin, J. W.
Robinson, Betty Rose Crabtree
Bob Parlier Maxine Crabtree,
Olivia Roberts, Polly Roberts, .
Ollie Mae Crabtree, Peggy Woods,
Johnson, and Ted Martin.
Prices are 50 and 25 cents.
Year Book Contributor
Chapel Hill.—Dr. A, R. New-__
some, head of the University of
North Carolina History Depart
ment, has contributed the article
op North Carolina to the 1949
Book of the Year, according to
Walter Yuet, editor-in-chief of *
the Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Inc. It is a source, book of cur
rent interest and serves as an aid ,
to Encyclopaedia owners in keep- f
ing up to date.