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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1049
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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«<rt
In commenting-on the new budget,
Mayor Edwin Lanier stated, “This
budget does not show a reduction
of the municipal tax rate in Chapel
Hill, but we hope and will strive
to make it represent improvement
of our municipal services.”
Gilbert Ray met with the Board
Tuesday night for the last time
before, leaving his position' as~
Town Manager f >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.
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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' \