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COUNTYWIDS COVERAGE ,, Available Only In THE NEWS of Orange County. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. THE NEWS of Orange County Vol. 56—No. 80 Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Sine« 1893 Into rooted In Then read The No wo of Or County for Iteme of Into root front all oectlona. It's reported factual* ly, true and without color or bloat (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1949 Price: $s A fear; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week New Chapel Hill Town Officials Take Over -- --.-- _ Robert W. Madry (right), mayor of Chapel Hill for the last seven years, turns over the gavel to his successor, Edwin S. Lanier (left) at installation ceremonies for new officials conducted in the town hall last week. Left to right: Alderman Obie Davis, P. L. Burch, Bernice Fitch Tfeelcetect7,'Lanier. Alderman R‘. J. M. Hobbs, who was named Mayor Pro-tem, Madry, Town Manager Gilbert Ray (just behind iViucny), Mrs. W. S. Talbert, | Town Clferk; iRdberl L. Fowler (reelected), Auditor Erie E. Pea cock, Town Engineer Tom Rose, Alderman Kenneth Putnam, new member, and. C. P. Hinshaw, own" 'attorney. Sykes-Perldns Case Featuring Court Session Hillsboro—After severing the marital ties of six couples here Monday, the current civil term of Superior Court appeared yester day to be bogged down in a case involving E. P. Sykes and his sister, Mrs. Hettie R. Perkins of. Durham county. Sykes is a local automobile dealer. Mrs. Perkins, the plaintiff was on the witness stand all day Tues day stating her side of the case in which she claimed indebtedness of Sykes in the sum of $3,548.50, growin" out of an alleged part nership of the two in the motor firm here. In her complaint she charged that Sykes had usurped complete control and possession of the firm and failed and refused to apply earnings to the payment of partnership expenses- and debts. The testimony _ drew laughter from the crowd at times during the long appearance, of the plain tiff on the witness stand. In ans wer to a question regarding the number of cartons of cigarettes she had received from the firm, she gave a moderate number, add ing that she smoked “Bull Dur ham.” “You mean that you roll your own,” the attorney quest ioned; whereupon she replied in the affirmative, claiming consid erable proficiency. of.the ar-t.__''„; Divorces granted included Eric Bynum from Minerva Tuck By num, Katie Mae Davis from Wil liam Henry Davis, Bruce R. Dur ham from Mary W. Janowski Durham, Mattie I. Alston from Henry W. Alston, Sophie M. Freeman from Dobson W. Free man Jr. and Ben Alfred Lloyd from Clara Mann Lloyd. ■o i Legion Heads Are Re-elected Chapel Hlil.—Officers of. the Chapel Hill American Legion post have been reelected for the com ing year. ~ Jack McDade is commander, G. B. Cline, vice commander, J. J. Keller, Jr., junior vice com mander, Calvin Bui'ch, adjutant, Mangum ^Upchurch, finance of ficer H. D. Leigh, sergeant-at arms, J. C. Williams, chaplain, Paul Robertson, historian, and Paul Sexton, athletic officer. Hillsboro Club Wins Top Honors Hillsboro.—High national and1 state honors were awarded to the Hillsboro Garden Club as result of its recent Flower Show, which this year was combined with the annual pilgrimage, according to announcements made here and at the State Garden Club Convention in Charlotte last week. It received the Purple Ribbon for Flower Show Excellence, a top National award, was placed on the Honor Roll for the year’s work and received an award for the best publicity of the year. At the club's, meeting last week, Mrs. J. W. Richmond, a delegate to the state convention, presented the flower snow awalti to Mrs. Robeit Fdv rest, chairman, who accepted it for the club. Mrs. Elmer Dowdy was publicity chairman. Money sent to'the State Pil grimage Treasurer, realized from this year’s Pilgrimage, will be re turned to the local club to be used in the restoration and • preserva tion bt Hillsboro. Mrs. George Gilmore was chairman of the Pil grimage. Mrs. Charles Cannon, Concord, N. C., will serve on the local Restoration •and Preservation Committee which is composed of T. N. "Webb, chairman, Mrs. James Webb, Mrs. Allen Walker, Miss Rebecca Wall; Or. H. W. Moore, Hen Johnston, Lucius Brown,—Charlie Hubbard, Edwin Hamlin, Clarence Jones, and Mrs. IG. s Hnhharri. ex officio. Work on this project by the committee is scheduled to get under way soon. —O I PI A Endorses Bond Issues Chapel Hill.—At. a-'meeting of the Executive Committee of the Chapel Hill Parent-Teachers As sociation. that Committee went on record as endorsing both the State School Bond issue in the amount of $25,000,000 and the State Road Bond issue jin the amount of $200,00^,000, Jbeing voted on June 4th, 1949.' The Parent-Teachers Associa tion, according to President J,ohn T. Manning, is anxious to have a large vote turn out for the elec tion June 4th. It is anxious to have as many eligible voters reg ister this week as possible._ tm Arthur E. Fink Named New President Of Chapel Hill Community Council Chapel Hill.—Arthur E. Fink was unanimously elected presi dent of the Chapel Hill Commu nity Council Monday evening at the second annual meeting of the Council in Town Hall. Other officers of the council, also elected unanimously after nomination by Chairman Gordon Blackwell of the nominations committee, are Mrs. J. A- bar ren, first vice president; IJatJianiel Sellars, second vice president, Mrs. John A. Parker, secretary; and Lloyd R. Roof, treasurer. Members of the executive board include Mrs. U. T. Holmes, re tired president; Mrs. Frances Hargraves; Mrs. J. E. Adams, and W. W. Wentworth. Short reports were presented by members of the various commit tees within the Council. Vic Hug gins made a report v,. finances. Mrs. J. E. Adams gave a report on the school financing. Clyde Carter of the elections committee recommended that a new registration be held in the two Chapel Hill precincts He also advised the members of the Council that one registration pre cinct would save citizens time and trouble when registering for the various elections. Carter further recommended that add. compensation be paid to local reg istrars. Other committee chairmen re sorting on activities were hT D Crockford, community fund aising; Frank Kottke housing; H c McAllister. 1948 comma liy ci.es., end Cordon Blackwell, studies of Orange County. p--——--—I Fire Destroys Did Landmark In Efland Mill Efland.—A tragic fire last Fri day night wiped out a historic landmark of this section, and con sumed grain and other property valued upwards of $50,000. The old mill of the Efland Mill ing Company, owned by John L. Efland, Sr., went up in flames around 10 o'clock of the evening before lire fighters. could get r to the scene. The exact date of its origin unknown, it was believed to have been built in the late 17th century, according to^av.ailable records: . s' ' At least 2,000 bdshels of wheat and a large jzfuantity of other rains and feejsla were stored in the mill, in addition to a quantity of lumber and other building ma terials which had just been pur chased for - remodelling. The building; and its contents were only partially covered by insur-, a nee. - - -—O-; T— Schley. Contract Award. June 1 Hillsboro—The architect for the Schley Grange Hall has com pleted plans and specifications for Hie building and all interested contractors are invited to view these plans and specifications and place their bids on June 1st at which time the contract will be awarded. Shooting Spree lost Misses Proving Fatal Hillsboro.—Refusal of Mrs. Grace Collins to attend his wife, apparently sent John Tolar of the Fairview section into a fit of anger and a shooting spree early Sunday morning which narrowly missed being fatal. The incident occurred at the Collins home on North Churton Stieet around 1 o’clock in the morning. In a drunken condition, Tolar allegedly went into a rage and shot into a nearby bank several times, following an argument with Mrs. Collins. He later left and came back and Shot several times into the house, one ricocheting bullet just missing the head of one member of the hotteehold. A warrant rdjr»^ng_ Tol"- yvMjg driving drunk, carrying a con cealed weapon and firing into the house of Mrs. Collins has been sworn out by Sheriff S. T. Latta. --—o Dowdy Elected Club President Hillsboro—F.lmer Dowdy high school agriculture teacher, was elected president of the Hillsboro Lions Club at the regular meeting last week. Other -officers named include: Rev. C. S, Hubbard, first vice president F E. Joyner, second vice president, R. L. Mohier, third'vice president. Tom Bivins’ secretary-treasu rer, C. D 7 El rod, tail twister, and Shepherd Strud wick, lion—tamer. These officers with the follofing contsitute the club’s new boadr of directors: C. B. Parris, G. T- Proffit, Don S. I Itlatheson ,Ira Ward, Fred Blake and John P. Ballard. Umstead Heads Bonds .Drive; Aides Selected State Representative John W. Umstead, Jr., of Chapel Hill has accepted the chairmanship of Or ange County’s committee for Bet ter Schools and Roads and an in tensive campaign under his lead ership is rapidly forming to se cure passage of the two proposed bond issues on June 4. A county committee composed of K. S. Cate, Chapel Hill, W. M. Snipes of Rock Springs township, Clyde Roberts of Caldwell, D. M. Ray of Carrboro, Z.‘ E. Burton and J. W. Tolar of Cedar Grove, has been appointed to aid him. Lanier Introduces Prayer As Town Board fInaugurated . Chapel Hill.—Last week. Chapel Hill's new mayor and Board of Aldermen were installed and set tled right down to work, following prayer for guidance, an innovation tion in local affairs, » - The oath of office was admin istered, individually, by Justice of the Peace Paul H . Robertson to Aldermen Bernice Fitch,. Robert Fowler, and Kenneth Putnam, and to Mayor Edwin S. Lanier. Fitch and Fowler were reelection win ners, and Putnam and Lanier win ners, in the May 3 election. Al dermen P. L. *: Burch, .£3. Obie Davis, and —R, J. M. Hybbs, elected two years ago, will serve another two years before being : object, to another election..• ! As. soon 3s Mayor Lanier took the gavel he said, “Gentlemen of the Board, when I am confronted with a hard task I pray for help beyond myself. You and I to gether are for the next two years faced with an interesting and hard job. I have, therefore, asked Rev. Samuel T. Habel of the local Bap tist Church to lead us in prayer for guidance and patience and strength- as we begin our work. ” The Mayor made no inaugural statement. The Board then heard oral peti tions from Judge L. J. Phipps about the- town’s registration books; S. H. Basnight, about the sewer line to his place of busi ness; Joe Barbee and Charles Brooks, Jr., about the sewer lines to their homes; and Attorney 1 James R. F' vlow in support of ftv ft* "Wihberftfs application for a license to sell beer. Their ques tions were referred to committees for recommendation to the Board at its next meeting. Ordinances for one-hour park ing limits on Henderson .Street, post' office side, between East Franklin and East Rosemary Streets; both sides of Columbia Street, between Franklin -and Rosemary Streets; and on the north side of East Franklin Street between Henderson Street and the Village Apartments were enacted. The ’Hastings Motor- lanes’ re quest for a permit .and franchise to operate busses “fn Chapel Hill was referred to Aldermen Hobbs and Fowler and City Manager Gilbert Ray for their study and recommendation. - -- The Planning Board was asked to prepare for the Aldermen’s consideration a zoning ordinance for all that area within one mile of the town’s limits, under ,statu tory authority granted by the Fund Campaign Underway A campaign to raise funds for the Hillsboro High School band to purchase "uniforms and music, is underway here. The band, shown above with Directors Mrs. Miriam Kurbjin and Rev. J.- H. Ritten house inset, is composed of 1£. members who started last Fall and about the same number who have been members since the previous" chg&l year. Plans have been made to double the membership next year and it is. hoped enough money can be realized to outfit the -new members. \ Hh9 General Assembly-. - Reports from City Mgr, Ray, Auditor E. E. Peacock, Health Officer Dr. O. D. Garvin, Chief of Police Sloan, and Fire Chief Bud Perry were heard and considered by the Board; also, reports from the Board’s Standing committees -•*~Fina nee,—Health, Street, and Sa fety. For Mayor Pro-Tem the Board elected Alderman R J. M. Hobbs for'the next two years a position Alderman Hobbs has held for the past four years, .Election of ap pointive officers will probably be made in the regular meetmg Of the.Board in June. A special meeting of.the Board was set for. Friday, 8 o’clock p. m., May 20. Orange Share Of Bond Funds Is Announced - Raleigh.—Orange County will receive $401,037 for school build ing and $1,656,000 for road build ing if voters on June 4 authorize the issuance of school and road bonds, according to a letter re ceived by county commissioners from Governor W. Kerr Scott. School and road bond bills passed by the 1049 General As sembly allocate those amounts to be spent in the county, provided that the people authorize the issu ance of the bonds when they vote in the June 4 election. ‘ ' For school building Orange County would get $250,000 as its equal share of a $25,000,000 ap propriation by the General As sembly plus $151,037 as its.pdr pupil share of |His proceeds from the school bonds The per-pupil share established by the General Assembly is determined . on the basis of the 1947-48 average daily membership. —----O--— Burton Heads Steering Body For Weed Vote Hillsboro— Z. C. Burton of Cedar Grove has been elected chairman and J._E. Hawkins secretary of a steering committee composed of ten tobacco farmers. The purpose of this corhmittee is-to appeal, to farmers to go to, the polls and vote their convictions in the July referendum. This vote Is to be taken to determine whether or not acreage control of tobacco will be continued through the next two years. Another question to be decided is whether or not farmers wish to continue to pay 10c an acre on their tobacco allotment for the purpose ,'crf—financing “Tobacco. Associates”, a Corporation whose, purpose is to assist in marketing flue cured tobacco in foreign countries. In accepting the chairmanship, Umstead automatically becomes a director in the non-profit, non partisan citizens’ organization Better Schools and Roads, Inc. First meeting of county-wide significance in the bond drive is scheduled for next Wednesday fifght at the Elementary School auditorium in Chapel Hill when Capus M, Waynick, state Demo cratic party leader and nominee for Ambassador to Nicaragua, will be the principal speaker. Be-' tween now and the election date, - Umstead said public meetings', will ..be..Mid iEupractically all school . auditoriums in the county with definite time announcements ex pected to come later. Beginning with Schley Grange next Tuesday night, meetings of all Granges in the county will be held prior to June 4 fin the interest of the roads „ and $chools bond -campaign. ^ In organizing the campaign, Chairman Umstead yesterday named citizens committees in all but two townships to direct the drive. He said these, Cole’s Store and Tolar, would be announced later, The committees alre as fol lows: ' -■ ' - ■ -• •—;— Caldwell—Mrs. Clyde Roberts, Sterling Hunt, Mrs. W O. Min .Lewis. Blalock, Gene James arid Mrs. Robert Murray. Carr—L. J. Rogers. Claude Lynch, W. J. Sharpe, J. L. Scot ton and H. M. Compton. 7—• Cedar Grove—Donald McDade, J. S. Compton, Mrs. j*. W. Tolar, Garland Phelps and Mrs. Frank McDade. Cheeks—Ben Wilson, A J Poe, Henry Heath, T. A. Thompl son, and J. S. Nelson. Rock Springs —Mrs. Hardin Johnson W. M. Snipes, Clem Cheek, Mrs. J. H. Apple, L. C, Cooper and Frank G. Umstead. Efland—Sim L. Efland, Glenn Pender, Frank Pratt, William Dorsett, and Mrs. Edward Taylor. University—Paul McKee, M L. Hutchins. Clarence Link, and Mrs. Douglas Hill. St. Marys—Reid Robert#, Hen ££ Walter, Jesse Mastpn and Mrs. WaRsce^fcacbn. White Cross—Mrs. C. W. Stati ng’ « E Teer’ John Whitfield. Miss Martha Lloyd, Aubrey Mc Lendon and Mr#. J. T. Bradsher. Chapel Hill (N)— Mrs. J. £. AdamsA C. F. Milne;:, J. Marvin' Mangum, Mrs Walter Spearman Guy B. Phillips, Dr.. John B ’ Riggsbee, T. B Creel, W. L Sloan Gordon -W. Blackwell. Hugh A. Joyce, Dyson E. Patter son, Hubert Robinson, Kenneth Junes and Mrs. Nellie Perry Chapel Hill (S)—Dr: I. Q. Greer, O. K. Cornwell, Mrs,. J M Saunders, Roy Armstrong, k' 4 Mrs. John -Gillin, t E; Teague O. V. Cook, Vance Hogan, Dr. jJj. Wright. Billy B. Sparrow. H D. Bennett, Adol phus Clark and Charlie Craig. Patterson J. R. Pulley, Mrs. Glenn Whitfield. John G. Lock hart, Charlie Hogan and I.s Newton. ■ " * Carrboro_f,f|st T Hearne. Mrs. R. B Stpudebaker. Benson Ray, L. R. Sturdivant, Mrs Bruce Riggsbee. _ Hillsboro F. E. Joyner. Mrs. G. O. Reitzel, Rev. J. C Ritten house, Ben Allison. Mrs. E. R. Dowdy, John Mangum, Sam Alli son, Mrs. R. L. Mohler and A L Henson. --Registration books remain open * through May 21 and any citizen on the general election registra tion books in his precinct may vote. . • J Over Ton Of Used Clothes Collected In Chapel Hill For Europe’s Supply CHAPEL HILL.—Over a ton of -clothes were collected in the Chapel Hill used clothing- drive paign reported Monday. The used clothing 'drive was staged simultaneously on'the Uni versity campus and in the town. The clothes collected are stored -in the Baptist Church until sort ing. After sorting, the clothes will be shipped to New Windsor, Maryland, and from there to Eu rope. Howell expressed particular thanks to „ the Chapel Hill Boy Scouts and Scoutmasters. R. L. Hardison, C. A. Kirkpatrick, William Freeman, H. D. Strowd and Mrs. E. K. Poe for their work in the clothing drive.,- He also stated his appreciation for the trucks loaned by the Electric Con struction Company, Fanner’s Dairy Cooperative, Ogbum Furni ture Company, and Strowd Motor Company. Rev. Thomas Bhad New Duties Ca rrboro. The Rev. Thomas Bland, son of‘Mr. and Mrs. Wade Bland of Carrboro, who has been attending the Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., for the past year after his graduation from U. N. C., has been elected by the Carrboro Baptist Church as educational director for the church this summer „ Rev. Bland has assumed his duties here and while the regular Pastor, Rev. Troy Jones, is away «is weejc attending the Southern Baptist Convention in Oklahoma City, Rev. Bland will be in charge a* service.. He will preach at both the morning and evening services on nest Sunday, May 22.
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