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IOUHTYWrDE COVERAGE vailable <fnly In THE NEWS of orange County. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. NEWS of Orange County Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 No. 25 Interested In Then road Tho News of Orange County for Items of Interest from all sections. It’s reported factual* ly, true ard without color or bias. (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY. JUNE 23, 1949 Price: $2 A Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week People, Spots In The News [trUCKING help# solve hous ing problem as giant Lustron trailer with 4,000 parte for steel home parks .sclose .by while oorcelain-enameled hoipe is put yp and truck goes back.to Co ! lumbus, O., for another house. BRONX CHEER (bot tled) is*given the Collins m quarHruplets si of New York City’s biggest K borough, all / heavy topers. ^ ! n/.a n c y BERG., helps . put Miami i Beach “on the map” by put ting a map-of Florida wca,p around bath ing s uit'on ■ herself. Fas- | ■cinatinr geog raphy. eh? OPEN HOUSE was no fun for residents of this Wood River, 111., house neatly sheared in two by tornado. Three saved their lives by crouching in cellar (left). ■.oca?' And I-aae Association Bets Federal Insurance Approval; Record Of Progress Cited At Meeting I Hillsboro — Members of thej loard of Directors of the Hills oro Building and Loan Associa ion and their wives, meeting last reek at a dinner meeting at the lasonic Lodge, heard Attorney ionney D. Sawyer describe their rganization as one of the safest nd soundest of the small build ig and loan associations in North arolina. The dinner meeting, which fol )wed a regular director’s meet iT of the association, was held i recognition of the steady prog -ss and increase In business the issociatlon has enjoyed duripg the >ast few years and in recognition the recent approval of the asso iation by the federal government or federal deposit insurance pro ection. All individual accounts with the ssociation are now insured up to 5,000, it was announced, and it s possible for husband and wife o obtain the maximum of $15,000 irotection through use of joint ac :ounts. Sawyer in hjs remarks related ®me of the history of the associa ion since its founding in 1913 and eminisced briefly in connection vith events in the association’s ustory. Secretary Earl Stone reported >n recent changes made in book keeping and fiscal procedures in line with approved building and loan standards and stated the as sociation’s assets had now reached over $370,000. He recounted also some of the problems which had orisen during the 36,-year history ipn, president, presided over the Meeting. Other directors present who snoke briefly included B. S. Carr, w. Henry Walker, C. Scott Cates, ^ T. Murray, D. B. Mahaffey. Director R. T. Taylor was not Present. ---- Attend Convention Delegates from the local chapter o° attended the 28th annual convention of the American Le Jon Auxiliary in Raleigh Friday rough Monday were Mrs. D. E. ,°rrest' Mrs. Robert Mohler, Mi’s, bn Simpson, Mrs. Ed Laws, and tv, *®Hdred Kennedy, hose who attended one day of I convention included Mrs. W. • Smith, Mrs. J, M. Crartree, Herbert Riley, and Mrs. Vir Rnia Gattis. Scouts Fete Lions, Conduct Court Of Honor Hillsboro — Members of the Hillsboro Lions Club were guests wiener roast last Friday evening at the home of Allen Whitaker, their Scoutmaster. There was a Court of Honor following the wiener roast, and the following boys received awards: Beverly Webb received his Star Scout membership and also merit badges in music, public health, public speaking, reading, and safety. Bobby Forrest and William Fryer received their Second Class rank. Donnie Whitaker received merit badges In botany, reading, paint ing, forestry, and hiking. Thomas Webb received his merit badge in animlft industry. Van Kenyon received his merit badge in animal industry. Stone Selects New Coradttee Heads For Legion Hillsboro-—Jerry B. Stone, new ly elected Commander of Hills boro Post No. 85 of the American Legion, announced that effective with the installation of the new officers of the Legion would be the appointments of the following committee chairmen and officers: Social Fund—-Jake Forrest. Guardianship—A. H. ‘'Sandy” Graham. Athletic—Melvin C. Scott, H. G. Coleman, Jr. Americanism—Owen Robertson, Wilford Woods. Boys State—Owen Robertson, Edmund Kenion. Child Welfare^—Jack Snipes. Employment—E. J. Hamlin. Graves—Lonnie Hastings, Rob ert Gilmore. ■ ' Membership—Sim Efiand, H. G. Coleman, Sr. Oratorical — Lucius Cheshire, _Ciai etice Elrod.____ . ■ _ Public Relations—Robert Rose mond. " Sons Of Legion—J. F. Moulton. F. S. Cates, Jr. Disaster and Relief—Allen Wat kins. - . . Legal—A. H. Graham. House — Clarence Rnsemond (members — Sam Gattis, John Simpson, Tom Bivins, and Lucius Cheshire).- . V i i ! i tv g Jim Ri Ren hoi iso; Dwight Walters. Defense—J. D. Arthur. Attendance — Clarence Rose mond. Commander’s Aides — John Simpson, A. H. Graham, Alonzo 'Kenion, Andrew M. Browning, Owen Robertson. Commerce and Industry—H. G. Coleman, Jr. Youth Study—Bunn Turner, Jr. Co. Council—Sim Efiand. The executive committee elect ed as post adjutant, James Che shire, Jr., and as post treasurer, Sam Gattis. Commander-elect Stone appointed as three other members of the executive com | mittee, H. G. Coleman, Sr.^ An drew M. Browning, and Owen S. | Robertson. Also appointed were F,. P. Cox as assistant sergeant-at l arms ancl J. P. Cox as assistant : adjutant. . o Frozen Foods Denonstratiou Will Be Given Hillsboro.—Mrs. Kathryn Ham rick, county home demonstration agent, will demonstrate the prep aration of foods to be frozen on Wednesday, June 29th. This meet ing will be held at 2:30 -in the basement of the Hillsboro Agri cultural Building. This meeting will be Of Special interest to those with home freez ers and all interested persons are invited to attend. Various con tainers, sealers, and other new pieces of equipment that are now being used to freeze foods will be shown. •o Relative Of Local People Succumbs Hillsboro—J. P. Lynch of Spen cer, a former resident of Hillsboro and relative of a number of local people, died last Saturday and was buried Sunday in a Salisbury cemetery. 0 A retired railroad man, Mr. Lynch the son of the . late George and Julia Brown Lynch. Immediate survivors here in clude his nephews, Edwin M. Lynch, William, George and John Rainey Lynch. Gold Star Mothers At Chapel Hill Honored At Legion Auxiliary Party Chapel Hill—The American Le- | gion Auxiliary''held its anriual '3x3?* party, at the Legion Hut an Thurs lay evening. As the'Gold Star Mothers and vives arrived each one was pre sented a corsage of gold and green flowers with gold ribbon and a jig gold star with their name jrinted on it and pinned on them. Corsages for the Gold Star iVives were made of red, wbi ind blue flowers. The hut was beautifully decorated with gold md green flowers throughout m jarrying out the Gold Star color icheme. The Mothers were g«et >d at the door by a welcoming •ommittee of Mrs. Mildred Qartee, president of the Auxiliary, Mrs. rannye Hinshaw, chairman of the 5old Star Mothers Committee, an VIrs. Margaref Upchurch A short business meetin was leld, after which a social hour followed. Mrs. Carl Durham wel comed the Mothers with a short taiik. -Miss Jean Hinshaw ren cferefr *a ' pflj noir sefeccnE^ Butterflies.” Miss Barbara Black burn of- Blackwood Station sang “A Prayer to a Norwegian Child” and “There Are Such Things,” ac companied by Mrs. P. G. Gardner at the piano. Mrs. Fannye Hinshaw took charge ^of the party following and several*games werfe played by the guests, Gold Star Mothers, Wives and members of the Auxiliary. Punch, cookies and sandwiches were served to 37 persons, includ ing nine Gold Star Mothers. The Gold Star Mothers attending the party were Mrs. Jim Andrews, Mrs. Ben Pritchard, MrS. John W. Um stead Jr., Mrs. Butler, Mrs. W. P. Poythress, Mrs. Lillie Cheek Strowd, Mrs. Fred- Varley, Mrs. Charlie Graham, and Mrs. Millard Jones. Seven Receive Divorce Decrees Here This Week Hillsboro—Seven couples re ceived divorce decrees in a civil term of Superior Court in session here this week. Other cases heard during the first three days ended in non-suit or .voluntary ‘.agreements .on the part of the litigants, A suit brought by Ernest Win ston against Hazard Motor Co. and Worth D. Kenion ended in non-suit after a long hearing when it appeared the defendants were not - the employers of the •plaintiff who sought payment -of wages for work done on the new Hazzard building in Chapel Hill. A ease brought- against Roy Mc Adams by the Administrator of Oscar Adkins, whose killing was charged tq McAdams in a recent •term of court, was settled by an agreement, to fay the widow $2,000 ip cash and notes in satis faction of the- civil complaint. Reeei yiug. -<iivorces .\\y: v. H.y! 11 Roberts Justice from Sanely'Green • Justice, Dennis Boggs from Irene iJ. Boggs,.. Hettie R. Taylor from Theodore R. Taylor, Lucille C. Morrow from Herbert Morrow, Fannie Sell McCracken from Glenn McCracken, W. Taylor Bell from Joyce Presson Bell, Nina C." Hinnant from M. M. Hinnant, and John Mason from Peffrl McCau ley Mason. Carrboro Civic Club To Heair Mrs. H. R. Totten Carrboro—Mrs. H. R. Totten ot Chapel Hill will be the principal speaker when the “Cafrboro Civic Club for Town Tirtprovement" holds its monthly meeting next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Carrboro Health Center building. Mrs. Winslow E. Williams, club president,' urges all persons. inter ested in town improvement in-any way to be present at this impor tant meeting whether members or non-members of the club. Mrs. Totten has been directly connected with the State Garden Clubs since 1924 and president of the State Garden Clubs 1935 to' 1937. She has been editor of State Yearbook for garden clubs four different times, and from 1946 to 1947 she served as regional direc tor for the National Council of State Garden Clubs for the South eastern Region which includes the states of Virginia, West Virginia, , Kentucky, North and South Caro I lina, Georgia Florida, Mississippi, 1 Louisiana, and Alabama. For the \ past three years Mrs, Totten has served as state flower show chair man of purple ribbons. The Carr * boro Club feels very fortunate to nave such an able speaker for this meeting and hopes to have a large attendance present. Mrs. Mary Ray Passes At 70 Chapel Hill—Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs. Mary Bertha Craig Ray of Chapel Hill, who died at the age of 70 in Dur ham County around noon Sunday, day. Mrs. Ray’s minister, the Rev. M. E. Tyson of the Carrboro Meth odist Church, officiated. Burial was in the Bethel Baptist Ceme tery. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Curtis Hogan of Orange County; two sons, Joe W. Craig of Durham and B. T. Craig NEXT WEEK’S SOFTBALL SCHEDULE i Tomorrow: Met hods t Church vs. Eno Owls; Belle Vue Girls vs. High School. * Tuesday: American Legion vs. Eno Cards; Belle Vue vs. Whites. Wednesday: Exchange Club vs. Methodists; Eno “Chevrolet Girls vs. High Sphool. ---—o---— MEETING POSTPONED Hillsboro—The board of County Commissioners has postponed its scheduled, first-Monday meeting falling in July on tbe 4th until the following day. Consideration of 1 the budget for the next year is [ expected to take precedence at the July session. Orange Nudists Still Unknown Hillsboro—A determined ef fort has failed to uncover any Orange County nudists who might belong to Chapter No. 208 of the National Sunbathing Association, reported to have a camp in operation near Durham to serve this and several othei» counties. - In fact the location of the camp is still a mystery to “all questioned. If there are pros pective members, they might be interested in a ruling announced yesterday by Attorney General Harry McMulIan that such camps are illegal in this state. Meanwhile. The News will continue to seek infophation regarding the membership, to advise its Tenders who might be interested. Legion Post Will Sponsor Benefit Game Hillsboro—On July 4th a Hills boro all-star softball team will play host to one of the outstanding softball teams of , North Carolina when the loeal lads entertain the' Electric Construction Company softball team of Chapel Hill at 5 p. m. This game will highlight the Independence Day celebration to be put on by the Hillsboro Ameri can Legion Post No. 85. Tickets are being placed on sale in all the communities of Orange County. Not only will there be another good ball game .but many prizes such as Bendix washing machines, etc., will be given away at the game. All of this is free except the $1.00 ticket to see the ball game. The Legion is rpereseetative ,of all families in Orange County and carries on many worthwhile proj ects which constantly drain the Legion’s treasury. Funds derived from the game will support proj ects now underway or planned, such as Junior Legion ball teams, teen-age boxing, Boys State, child welfare, and many other like un dertakings. Carr boro Lions Club Officers To Be Installed Carrboro—The recently elected officers of_the Carrboro Lions Club will be installed at the regu lar meeting of the club to be held tonight in the Carrboro Methodist Church hut. Officers to be installed are: Lloyd M. Senter, who was re elected as president; R. H. Marks, first vice president; J&se West, second vice president; Hugh Nan ney, third vice president; Roy Riggsbee, secretary - treasurer; Bernard Whitfield, lion tamer, and W. G. Fields, tail twister. New directors to be installed are E. T. Hearn, Ernest Mann, Carl Elling ton, and F. M. Durham. The ten members who received a' lapel button for perfect attend ance for 32 weeks are E. T. Hearn, Carl Ellington, F. M. Durham, Bob Ray, Roy Riggsbee, K. B. Cole, Lloyd M. Senter, M. M. Watts, Bernard Whitfield and Hugh Nanney. Raleigh Road Site Has Reea Selected By Mairhead For FHA Approved Project Chapel Hill—Relief for the se vere housing shortage suffered in Chapel HiU since the war ap peared in sight yesterday with announcement cf approval for the construction of a 300-unit apart ment project. Arrangements for the project have been made by William Muir Issue Warning ~ On Typewriter Repair Racket - Chapel • Hilt - -The "Clin pel -HttT Police Department has been noti fied th it two men posing as type writer repairman are expected to pass through Chapel Hill and Durham sometime this week. The men pick up typewriters tHim d511erent places of business under the disguise of .repairing them and then move on toanother h wn. rhe Chapel Hill Merchants 'As.s.H-iation has sent out notices to its members urging them to be on the looKout for the thieves. In the e\ ent that they are approached by suspicious persons, businessmen have been asked to notify the Po lice Department or the Merchants Association. Ctiiel W. T. Sloan pointed out that the typewriter racket is not new to Chapel Hill. Some time ago the Chapel Hill High School temporarily lost five of its ma chines under the scheme. The typevviiters were later recovered in Columbia, South Carolina. At presstime no activity on the part of the crooks had been re ported in.Orange County. —---__ /A Administrator * “Non-Committal” Regarding Site Hillsboro—Final ^word on the Selection of a site TOT the Veteran Administration's proposed neuro psychiatric hospital in this area is expected in 30 to 35 days, John P. Ballard, who Interviewed VA Administrator Carl R. Gray, said this week. Ballard conducted Gray to three proposed sites offered by Hills boro interests but the latter was described as “non-committal" as to his reaction to the load*sites. Ballard reported that the adminis trator first declined to view any' regentatives but later asked spe cifically to see the Hillsboro sites. --- 4-H Dairy Event Set For Tuesday Hillsboro—Participants in the County 4-H Dairy Demonstration Contest will meet in the basement of the Hillsboro Agricultural Building to compete for the county championship. This meeting will be held at 2:30 on Tuesday, June 28. Teams competing will be com posed of Gay Hogan and Billie Suitt, Rachel Thompson and Caro lyn Thompson, Mary Elizabeth Kenyon and Jean Wilkerson, and Patsy Martin and Susan Knight. Judges for the event will be Mrs. Henry Yates and Mrs. Clyde Rob erts. Railway Depot Always Called Chapel Hill Designated “Carrhoro" By Southern Carrboro—The Town of Carr boro, which has had a depot with railroad map. The depot, always designated as “Chapel Hill,” was changed by the Southern Railway last Monday to “Carrboro,” thus removing a pro verbial thorn from the side of many Carrboro citizens who have long resented the failure to recog nize their town. C. R. Williams, veteran railroad man of Carrboro, said the depot was built here about 1880 and at one time was the largest crosstie market in this part of the country. Although about one mile outsiBe the town limits of Chapel Hill at the time of-construction and with in the town limits of. Carrboro since it was*chartered in 1911, the depot has always been “Chapel HilL” Plans take Cutting 3wsS»*sSa5E} Chapel Hill—The cutting of a huge 50 pound cake at Huggins Hardware oh Franklin Street next Wednesday will climax the store’s first‘annual cake carnival. Customers who visit the Store during the first- two days of the Week can obtain a bid to, the cut ting of an old-fashioned pound cake to be baked for the occasion by Bob Reinhardt of Hill Bakery, who will do the carving at Hug gins’ Wednesday noon, and thus establish their eligibility for the 50 valuable prizes to be offered. The cake will contain 50 ster ling silver charms, entitling the recipients to certain gifts. First prize is a $24.95 Baby-Coo doll and second a $22.95 lawn mower. head, Durham contractor, who ap peared before the Board of Aider men Tuesday night in connection with final details. Financing, it is - understood, will be through the Federal Housing Administration. Construction is expected to get underway shortly after approval of iinal details by the government agency, whose specifications re garding' ogmp-ajujyv ■outside /. up-.-' proyemcnts and o'thgr factors are required. She of ‘.he project' is on the Raleigh Road, Highway 54, ap proximately three quarters of a t/nile from the town limits, near ■ the Oak wood development. . —— T.rfKiatgd. orr a bcautiiol, wooded tract, the project will include a number of two; three and four apartment buildings and the apartments themselves w ill be a variety of one, two and three bed WW M-vr. flie buddings will be of English architecture. The uroi oct will have some 1,000 feet of front on the highway and will ex tend about 4,000. feet back, it is understood. _.; __ In accordance with F. H. A. specifications, pa-ved roads, curb and gutter construction and land scaped lawns will be built throughout the project and the only restrictions on occupancy wfiiH be the granting of veterans preference. By unanimous approval of the Board of Aldermen, the Town of Chapel Hill has agreed to furnish sewerage disposal facilities at the rate of $12 per year per apartment unit and garbage disposal at the rate of $4 per year per apartment unit. These services are based upon delivery of garbage and sew erage to the disposal units by the contracting agent, Mr. Mufrhead, who will be required to build a line from the project to the town’s new disposal unit on the Mason Farm, approximately one mile, in the case of sewerage and make de liveries of garbage to the disposal site. Legion Auxiliary Members Attend State Conclave Chapel Hill—Several members of the Chapel Hill Post No. 6 American Legion Auxiliary at tended the annual convention held in Raleigh,. Sunday, "Monday and Tuesday of, this week. Registration was held during Sunday. A memorial service was held in Memorial. Hall at 5 o’clock for one hour which wan a very "impressive ceremony honoring our war dead and our deceased Gold Star Mothers and Wives. This service was followed by high tea at the YWCA with the Raleigh Unit as hostess. Various meetings were held Monday with Mrs. Eli Bennett, vice president of the National Auxiliary, as guest speaker. Mrs. Bennett is from Arkansas. Re ports were given on the work done by the Auxiliary Units in North Carolina for the past year. A Joint banquet was held Monday evening by the members of the Legion and the Auxiliary in the Sir Walter' Hotel ballroom. This banquet was followed by a dance in the Vir ginia Dare ballroom and a street dance in front of the hotel. Everyone enjoyed a parade last- * ing an hour Monday afternoon with the parade starting at the Capitol and ending at Memorial Hall followed by an outdoor con cert by the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg. Meetings were held Tuesday in cluding the election of officers for the coming year in the state of fices. Members of 'the pbapel Hill tion included: Mrs. J. J.* Keller, Mrs., Paul Robertson, Mrs. Mil dred Cartee, Mrs. Margaret Up church. Mrs. Carmen Geroge, Mrs. Jean Keller, Mrs. Lorene Ward and Miss Jean Patterson. Five Named To New Board Chapel Hill—The Board of Al dermen has appointed five mem bers of a new Board of Adjust ment to carry out the provisions of the new zoning ordinance which went into effect on June 1. The appointees, all of whom have accepted, include J. S. Ben nett, B. W. Clark, J. T. Dobbins. Roland P. McClamroch and F. E. Strowd.
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