COUNTYWIDE COVERAGE callable Only In THE NEWS 0f Orange County. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. THE NE WS of Orange County Vol. 5®—^°‘ (Published Weekly) Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since i8qs • •*. * * * m Intereeted In Orange Then read The Newa of Or County for Items of Interest frees all sections. It’s reported factual* ly, trus and without color or blue. HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1049 Price: $2 A Year: nc Sniffle Codv Eight Pages This Week lousing Project hreat Dissolved Chaoel Hill—What was thought many to be a threat to Chapel lli’s proposed 300-unit apart lent project was dissolved by the oard of Aldermen meeting in jecial session in Town Hall Tues ay night. The Board voted unanimously , negotiate a contract with Wil am Muirhead, president of the ountry Club Development Cor oration, on the basis of Muir ead’s June 25 proposal to the hwn of Chapel Hill, which in ibstance states -that: (1) He will build all necessa^ nes and pumps from the apart tents’ site on Raleigh Road, High ray 54, to Chapel Hill’s new dis osal plant; (2) He will pay the Town of ;hapel Hill the present “out-of awn” sewer rates—reserving $9 n every unit as a credit toward mortization of the costs of con tructing the sewage system. Fol iwing the retirement of the debts lcurred in laying the sewer lines, he lines and pumps will become he property -..of the Town of jhapel Hill. (3) He reserved to the town the nrestricted right to let other par ies connect, their disposal lines to he apartment sewer St rates set iy the Board of Aldermen provid ng the Town of Chapel Hill as umes the responsibility for main aining the sewer at the time that nyone does tap onto the line. The Town of Chapel Hill will eceive $6 per year for each “wa er closet” (toilet) in the apart nents. If the plan goes through, he town would thus receive reve me amounting to $1800 a year. Wuirhead estimated that his com rany’s debt would be retired in 13 years. --o-i Euilding, Loan roup Giving ividends Today Hillsboro—The Hillsboro Build ing and Loan Association will dis*. tribute $4,‘585 in dividends to the several hundred shareholders of record as of today, June 30. _Announcement _of the dividend v.>as"Hi»de’"by Secretary Earl Stone, who said the current dividend was over $600 more than the last semi anual dividend paid December 31, 1948. Tomlinson Talk Sunday Night OpenToPnhlic Chapel Hill—Edward Tomlin son, author, commentator and Inter-American advisor to the National Broadcasting Company, will, describe “Our New Destiny in the Americas” Sunday night, July 3, at 8 o’clock in Memorial Hall here as a feature of the opening program of the 47th an nual convention of the Interna tional Platform Association on the University of North Carolina campus. The six-day program, which continues through July 8, is open to the public and there is no . ad mission charge for the Sunday night session which also includes a joint song recital by Ann Bol linger, Metropplitan Opera so prano, and Norman Codon, for mer Metropolitan bass who is now Director of the Music Foun dation of North Carolina. Chan cellor R. B. House will preside. In discussing Mr. Tomlinson s address, Russell M. Grumman, director, University Extension Division, said “he presents an* up to-the-minute, first-hand picture $sg&Zi2ss4Z±. i2S22S!f8&ri y tha how awaits us here at our own door—the opportunity to share in the development of more than a score of fabulously rich, independent nations.” --o--— MISSES SUITT, HOGAN W|N DAIRY CONTEST Hillsboro—The county contest to select the winning dairy team from Grange County was held last Tuesday. These teams were judged under the following three headings: sub let matter, presentation, and re sults. ' The winning team as selected hy the judges was composed of Miss Billie Suitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Suitt and Miss Gay Hogan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lack Hogan, Misses Siptt and Ho gan will compete in the district contest to be held in Durham on Inly 8. v Dr. W. F. Prouty Passes At 69; Rites Yesterday Chapel Hill—Funeral services for Dr. William Frederick Prouty, 69, head of the University of North Carolina Department of Geology since 1933 and nationally known geologist, who died of a heart at tack in a Durham hospital Mon day night, were held in the Chapel Hill Episcopal Church Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. David W. Yates officiated. An authority on the origin of the bays and lake basins of the coastal plains of the two Carolines. Dr. Prouty was widely known for his study, research and writings on the subject. His most monu mental work, which was recently completed, a monograph on the Carolina bays, will soon be pub lished by the Geological Society of America. A native of Putney, Vt., Dr. Prouty was educated at Black River Academy, Ludlovy, Vt., and attended Syracuse - University where he received his B.S. and M.A. degrees. After doing field work for the Maryland Geological Survey and taking his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University, he ac cepted a position with the Univer sity of Alabama deology Depart ment, and in 1911 became head of the department. He remained there until 1919 when he accept ed a professorship of economic and structural geology in the Uni versity of North Carolina. In 1933, upon the resignation of the late Dr. Collier Cobb, he became head of the department. From 1906 to 1919 while at Ala bama, Dr. Prouty served as chief assistant (f>f the Geological Survey of Alabama, and when "he came to North Carolina he was appointed geologist for the North Carolina Geological Survey, a position he held until 1924. He also served as paleontologist for the West Vir ginia Geological Survey from 1922 to 1925, and since 1938 he had been consulting geologist for the Board ot Consultants for the Ten nessee Valley Authority. cal' Society of America, and a member of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Sci ence, the Society of Economic Geologists, the North Carolina Academy of Science, and a num ber of focal societies, fraternities and organizations. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Lucile W. Thorington of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and three sons, Comdr. Frederick M. Prouty of Alexandria, Va„ whose wife is the former Miss Tempie Newsom of Durham; William W. Prouty of Chapel Hill, and Chilton E. Prou ty of the University of Pittsburgh faculty. -—o--—— Davis Elected Salvation Army Leader In County Chapel Hill—James Ht. Davis was elected chairman of the Sal vation" Army’s Orange County work unit at a meeting held in the Carolina Inn here last week. Davis replaces E. Carrington Smith, the ater manager. Jesse West was yarned vice chairman and Kenneth Putnam was selected treasurer in the elec tions. Captain George Marshall ol Durham made a talk during the meeting. ' For Bookworm* Everywhere . • • International book coupons Issued by the United Nations Educa tional, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) now enable readers in countries with currency restrictions to boy hooka pah* lished in other countries. Coupons are sold by Unesco and may be paid for in local currency, then used to pay for hooks from abroad. Here a j^plfian miss studies coupon, worth one dollar. Legion Events Top 4th Program Belle-Vue Mill To Close Week For Vacation H i 11 s b o r o-Employees of the Belle-Vue Manufacturing Compa ny will receive their annual sweek’ vacation beginning on July 4, officials announced here this week. The vacation during the July 4th week is an annual event at the local concern. It will be a longer than visual r*>st for employws in some departments of the plant currently operating only the first three days of the week. For those employees the vacation period will extend from today until July 11. ---o4- - Dr.D. E. Forrest Installed In Two Legion Posts Hillsboro—Dr. Efland Forrest, outgoing commander o.f the Hills boro American Legion post and Chef de Gare-of the Orange Coun ty 40 & 8 voiture. was elevated to two higher offices in the North Carolina Department of the Amer ican Legion during the annual convention in Raleigh last week. He was installed as commander of the 17th District, composed of Orange, Durham and Person counties, and vice commander of the third division, comprising a much larger area. -z-o CANE CREEK REVIVAL A sbries of revival services will begin Sunday evening at 8 o’clock at Cane Creek Baptist Church, Orange Grove, according to an an nouncement made this week by the pastor, the Rev. J. C...Ritten house. The series will continue through next Friday night. --—o Worse People haven’t got the money they had a year ago, a tradesman complains. Worse, they haven’t got other money in its place. —Punch Hwggins Promotion Draws Big Crowd As Prize Winners Are Airtioitttceir Chapel Hill—In one of the-gay est and most exciting promotions dere in many years, approximate ly 375 persons waited- in hue, pound cake and won prizes in Huggins Hardware’s first annual Cake Cutting party at noon yes ^The line of attendants through jut the length of the Street store and along the s walk to the Village Sroeery Store while men. women, and Wted-thejn«»cem»J<.iEri(e S3V& rRem 13Drl W thE. Caldwell6 of 412 E. Rosemary, who this summer plans , trip to Dublin. ireland, to visit iis two-year-old grandson. Wal aje Franklin, son of Robert and Martha Painter Caldwell, w o stationed there, was winner oi the large size Baby Coo doll; and Mrs^ E. A. Stevenson. Jackson Circle, won the Blue Grass lawn mower. Forty-eight other recipients of charms from the cake received other prizes and all adults present were given other prizes, less valu able, for consolation. Vic Huggins, manager of the store, reported the party “a grand occasion,” and expressed his grat itude to those who stood in the sweltering sun to participate in the event. Excitement was high throughout and several children burst into tears when they failed to get the life**ike baby'doll given as first prize, but the endirig took a happier turn when it was an nounced that the Caldwell grand son in Dublin would be the final winner. I Orange County folks were mak i ing varied plans this week for the long holiday weekend celebrating the 4th of July. Stores arid business houses gen erally will be closed throughout the county. At least one industrial plant, Belle-Vue Manufacturing Company at West Hillsboro, will be closed throughout the week for its annual vacation. As usual on legal holidays, the: banks, post of fices, building and loan associa tions and federal and state agen cies will^ be closed throughout Monday. An all-star softball game spon sored as a benefit by the Hillsboro American Legion is expected to attract a large crowd to the Hillsboro High athletic field Mon day at 5 o’clock. A long list of valuable prizes will be given away and a widespread ticket sale for admittance and chances at' the prizes f}3S.;bgeu. un^erjyay rlLur.ing the past week. Funds will be used for the Post’s community projects. Electric Construction’s strong team from Chapel Hill and an all star Hillsboro aggregation will op pose each other on the field. * Open house will be observed all day at the Hillsboro Legion Hut and a big Square Dance is sched uled at the Hut for Monday night. A general exodus from the county is expected during the weekend as citizens take advan tage of the long weekend for trips to the beaches and other vacation sport. Highway traffic is expected to be heavy and safety agencies are urgthg precautions to prevent excessive holiday loss of life. 2 Million Hike In County 1949 Property Valuation Honeycutt Bound Over In Wile Beating As Heavy Docket Is Tried Monday Hillsboro — Wilson Honeycutt, already facing a murder indict ment in the slaying of Paul Phil lips approximately a year ago, was bound over to Superor Court again Monday on a charge of as saulting his wife with intent to kill. Described, by witnesses as a man df "bad reputation,” Honey cutt was placed under $1,000 bond after Judge L. J. Phipps found probable cause in connection with the crime charged. Honeycutt, on the stand in his own behalf, de scribed himself as a heavy drink er who didn’t' always remembeif what he did while under the in fluence. On another charge, pos session of non-tax paid liquor, he was given a 90-day road sentence and $25 fine, the road term sus pended for two years on condi tion he not violate any laws. A variety of other . assault, traf fic and liquor cases filled the long docket. Charlie Bell-Swan, a self-styled Negro preacher charged with as saulting his wife, drew a six months suspended sentence nad $25 fimdi. In a third wife beating case, Thurman Bateman had prayer for judgment contniued for 12 months on condition he “keep the peace as far as his wife is con-, cerned.” Six defendants who allegedly ganged up on another faced as sault charges and two were found guilty and assessed with fines of $25 and costs. They were Coleman Cameron and James Riley. Sam Cameron Jr., Robert Whitted, Vick Whitted and Brooks Palmer were judged not guilty. *G. W. Durham was fined $100 and costs for operating a car while under the influence of intoxicants and J. V. Wilkerson received the same judgment under a similar charge. In other traffic cases R. F. Shields was fined $25 and costs for driving without a license (fine remitted oil motion of the prosecuting attorney), William Gattis was fined $25 and costs for improper brakes, J. A. Vallines arid' Willie Coley wore fined $10; and costs for improper 'brakes, Irene Norris was .lined $25 and costs for driving without a license and John W. Crabtree was found guilty of rqpkless driving and judg ment was held in- abeyance until July 11. Probable cause was found against a pair of near-teen agers, Lucian Riley and David Edwards, 17 and 18, who were charged with breaking and entering a trailer and stealing property. Bond was set for each at $100. In public drunkenness cases, James Hester, Lewis C. Morgan, E. C. Ervin were charged with costs and Charlie Barrett and J. W. Wall Jr. were lined $5 and costs for speeding and Leonard Hicks was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs and doctors bills in an assault case. ■■<>■ ..— Local Legion Units Awarded Pair Of Trophies Hillsboro—Hillsboro’s American Legion Post No. 85 and Orange County Voiture Locale 1266 of 40 & 8 were awarded important tro phies for membership activities during the past year at the State Convention of the American Le gion -held last week in Raleigh. ~~ The Post received the Early Membership trophy, given annu ally to the Class B post first in the state to equal or surpass its pre vious year’s membership and the quota assigned for the current year. This feat was accomplished by the Hillsboro post on Novem ber 14, 1948, in securing its 1949 membership. The local 40 & 8 voiture re ceived the Clarence E. Smith tro phy at the Grande Promenade for securing more members of the lo cal Legion post per member of the voiture and any other unit in the Grand Voiture of North Carolina. o Rotary Picnic At White Cross Installs Leaders Chapel Hill—The Chapel Hill Rotary -Club held a picnic supper yesterday at the White Cross School just ofL the Greensboro highway. Besides the Rotarians and their wives, 54 Orange County farmers joined in the celebration as special guests of the club installation of new officers was the sole business of yds week’s gathering. Dean W. W. Pierson, Jr., assumed the office of presi dent as J. B. Johns'retired from that post. Wilbur S. Kutz replaced H. C. McAllister as vice president. James- Daivs "took over the posi tion of secretary as Dr. J. B. Linker stepped down, and Clar ence Poe became the new treas urer following the retirement of Lloyd Roof. --- ■ -iran-iTT, -O BIRTH OF DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Thompson announce the birth of a daughter, Pamelia Ann, on June 10th, Watts Hospital. Mrs. Thompson was for merly Mildred Crabtree. Chapel Hill Tax Rate Remains Same; Pay Raises Included For Officers Chapel Hill—Tuesday night the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen tentatively adopted the town’s budget for the fiscal year of 1949 50. The General Fund Budget was set at $127,111 and a “Debt Serv ice Budget” of $37,973.74 to help retire Chapel Hill’s bonded in debtedness was approved The tax rate for the coming year will remain the same as it was for last year—$1.43 per $100 prop erty evaluation. Of the $1.43, $1.10 goes to the General Fund and 33 cents is putinto the “Debt Service Fund:” The hew budget carries modest salary increases for members of 'Vive Polide and f the uejWifri«r his new office as r City Manager of Fayetteville. Ray will complete his work here on TDfcrsdav. June 30, and will assume his new position Friday, July 1. Mayor Ed Lanier mid each member of the Board of Alderman have praised the quality of his work in,Chapel Hill. Thd Board Hs continuing its study of the applicants for the va cancy created by Ray’s resigna tion. At press time no decision had been reached. W. E. Stone Sr., 67, Succumbs Chapel Hill — William Edgar Stone, Sr., of Chapel Hill, Route 3, died at the age ot 67 following a heart attack at about 8:30 p. m. last Thursday. The funeral serv ices, held Saturday afternoon at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church, were conducted by the Rev. W. R. Wagoner who was assisted by the Rev. C. E. Byrd and the Rev. Thomas Bland. Chapel Hill Cemetery was under the direction of'the Masonic Lodge. Mr. Stone’s survivors include his wife, Mrs. Menta Merritt Stone; two daughters. Mrs. Ralph Black - I wood of Chapel Hill and Mrs. For ney T. Andrews of Mebane; four sons, W. R. Stone of Durham, Howard E. Stone of Durham, W. E. Stone, Jr., of Chapel Hill, and M. J. Stone of the home; two sis ters, Mrs. J. M. Williams of Chapel Hill and Mrs,, M. L. Skaggs of Greensboro; and six grandchildren and one niece. Mr. Stone was born in Chatham County August 31, 1881, the son' of Robert S. and Elizabeth Anne Markham Stone. For the last 27 years he resided in Orange Coun ty. He was a member of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church, the Knights of Pythias, and the Ma sonic Lodge. “Man” Show Draws Crowds Chapel Hill—The largest crowls to visit the Morehead Planetarium at the University of North Caro na since its formal May 10 have filled the theatre every night last week to witness the new demon stration, ‘Invasion from Mars.” Dr. Roy K. Marshall, Plane tarium director, said that an ex tra performance had'to be given Wednesday night to accommodate : the two 1 nights ‘were completely sold out. He strongly advised visitors com ing from nearby communities to arrive earlier than 8:30, the time of performance, in order to be as sured of seats. Matinees on Sat urday and Sunday are given at 3 o’clock, in addition to the even ing performances every night. A highlight of the current show is a L2-minuie abridged . trans cription of Orson Welles' famous “War of the Worlds” broadcast which created panic and confn sion in many sections of the coun try in 1938. ...... Dr. Marshall, through the cur rent demonstration, points out the inaccuracies of the radio program , as well as the erroneous impres sions many people have formed i from Sunday supplement science \ fiction and the comic strips. 1 Hillsboro—Increased values arrf new construction have boosted the assessed valuation of Orange County taxable prpoerty close to two million dollars for the next fiscal year. This was revealed in figures compiled by County Accountant, Ira Ward in connection with bud get studies made in preparation for action by the County Com missioners next week. Property valuations for the new year " totaled 929,115,886, a gain of $1,862,594 over the previous year. On the basis of estimates based upon the current 85c per 1100 valuation tax rate, an ad ditional $15,833.10 is expected in revenue from real property tax sources during the coming year. The figures reveal that the 1949 taxable property valuation for Chapel Hill is greater than the"* remainder of the county com bined, exclusive of public serv ice corporation assessments, fig ures on which are not yet avail able. Chapel Hill’s 1949 total as sessment is $14,170,704 as com pared with $13,177,443 for other townships of the county. In figur ing expected revenues, last year’s public service corporations as sessment of $1,767,739 was used. A breakdown of the 1949 valua tion and gain over the previous year for the respective townships was as follows, the 1949 gain being the second figure in each case: Bingham $1,305,635, $60,383; Little River $1,006,679, $94,738; Cheeks $1,641,136, $125,243; Hillsboro $4,672,746, $368,133; Eno $2,167, 440, $105,149; Cedar Grove $2, 383,807, $168,932; and Chapel Hill $14,170,704, $949,016. The commissioners will begin formal consideration of the new budget at their scheduled meeting Tuesday. •o UNC Summer Enrollment Is Shown As 4,31} Chapel Hill—Dr. Guy B. Phil lips, Director of the University of North Carolina summer school, released a report yesterday show ing tha< 4,313 students from 42 ‘states ntid enrolled for the. first term of this year’s summer school at Chapel Hill. North Carolinians compose the vast majority of the summer stu dents,, with-3,407 native Tar Heels oh the rolls. Although they are not as plentiful as in past sessions, veterans still make up a large segment of the total. There are 2,368 ex-servicemen and women studying at Carolina this summer. The famed ratio of women" to men at U. N. C., which during the past has reached to such an unbalanced figure as six men to each woman, is more nearly even this quarter:.. There are 494 women to match 3,364 men. The figure on total enrollment for the first term is a slight drop from last year’s number of 4,493 that stands as a record for summer sessions. Due to the fact that many public school teachers renew their licenses during vacation and other advanced students work off them scholastic credits in the summers, the University’s graduate school leads all other departments with 1,081 pupils. Natives of such far-away places at Algiers, Egypt, India, Palestine, Turkey, and Argentina are study ing at Carolina this summer. Of the 41 other states represented. South Carolina and- Virginia have sent the greatest numbers, the for mer 134 and the Old Dominion 122. Lions Install Hillsboro—Elmer R. Dowdy, president, and other recently elected officers were installed at last week’s meeting of the Hills boro Lions Club at the Masonic Hall -J . Installation ceremonies were in charge of Clarence D. Jones. Other ' officers installed included Charles S Hubbard, F. E. Joyner and R. L. Mohler. first, second and third vice presidents respectively; Tom Bivins, secretary-treasurer; S. Strudwick, Hon tamer, and C. V. Elrod, tail twister, and three elect ed members of the Board of Di rectors. who will serve with the lew officers, G. T. Proffitt. C. D, lones and Bonner D. Sawyer» Assuming his new office, Dow- ' ly called upon all club members ° assist him in carrying the club orward' \