North Carolina Newspapers

interested l« Grange County t Then read The News of Orange County for Items of Interest from .actions. It’s reported factMal true and without color or bias. THE NEWS of Orange County Jy Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 COUNTYWIDE COVERAGE Is Available Only In THE NEWS SUBSCRIBE TODAY, of Orange County. Vol. s6—No‘ 27 / ______—7*— (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1949 Price: $2 a Year; 5c Single Copy Twelve Pages This Week “THE CAR OF THE FUTURE —Th*t’i what they called this unconventional-looking automo bile at the Oakland, Calif., Auto Show. Above, model Sherry Stevens steps into the teardrop-shapect vehicle, which has four independently sprung wheels set in a diamond shape. The wheel arrange ment gives it *Juradn* radius of 12 feet—about half that required by a standard auto. Only drawback to Dm “Car of the Future” Is its building coit^-$8000, not including labor. Citizens Petition Board To Get Them Out of Mud Hillsboro—Aftenpath of the re cent road bond issue campaign was clearly evident in “urgent” petitions presented Tuesday to the Board of Commissioners for road improvements. Three petitions calling for “im mediate consideration,” were pre sented by Simpson L. Efland, chairman of the Town Council of Efland, who wrote in a letter of transmittal that “The people of the communities have had no hard-surfaced roads whatsoever, and it is their desire to get out of the mud, as displayed by their vote which gave the bond issue a majority. We feel that these roads are urgently needed for the safety, health and welfare of our com munity, county and state.” The three roads included in the petitions were the Efland-Ridge road, an extension of the hard surface from Highway 86 where it intersects Highway 70 south from Efland past Chestnut Ridge Church until it intersects High way 54, the Efland Community road, extending through certain sections of Efland community, and the High Rock road, from the Old County Home Crossroads on the Efland-Cedar Grove road north west to ISe interswsfcfcm of High - way 119. B. L. Miller presented a new pe tition for a road from Highway 57 near Bethel Church to the J. K. Laws place in the northeastern' ipart brmr^tmtyr sbvbfai others appeared in regard to petitions previously presented. Information Was received by the Commissioners that three roads previously recommended for, improvement had been ap proved by the State Highway and Public Works Commission for addition to the county highway system. They were Barclay-Road and Wyrick Road, north of Chapel Hill, and Rice Road, Just outside of Mebane. Wheat Acreage Allotments How Being Set Up Hillsboro—Wheat acreage allot ments are now being established for Orange County .farms, and "• S. Compton, who is the chair man of the Orange County Agri cultural Conservation Association, warned farmers today that they must file requests for ■ “new” wheat acreage allotments if they did pot have wheat seeded for harvest in any of the three years !947, 1948 or 1994, but intend to seed wheat for harvest in 1950. This request, Compton stated, must be filed with the County Committee in writing well before the normal seeding date for the county. The closing date for ac cepting such requests will be Au gust 1st, Compton said. fu filing a request for a “new” mn advised that the farmer in clude in the request the serial number of the farm for which the allotment is requested, the names °f the owner and operatefr, the amount of acreage allotment re quested, and any other informa ,10n which the applicant feels will gWWU in establishing the al 4'H PICNIC SATURDAY Hillsboro—-The annual 4-H pic m will be held this Saturday, y 9th, at- Slogan’s Lake near qpel Hill. recreation wjli ”“J-rway about ,1030 .p’fclopk cnic lunches spread at a Recreation during boxscore .0* jt. C , N I 6MBAjrtr j Killed July 1 through July 4 13 Injured July 1 through July 4 . 173 Killed through July 4 this year . 369 Killed through July 4, 1948 323 Injured through July 4 this year .4,202 Injured through July 4, 1948 ... 3,477 From midnight Friday through midnight Monday 12 persons were killed in highway accidents and 163 were injured, the Highway Patrol reported. -o Orange Free From Violent Holiday Deaths While the nation was suffering a record toll for the Fourth of July deathly-long weekend. Orange County was able to celebrate the Spirit of' ^e' withoar sherificing lives of its citizens. No violent deaths were reported for ths county during the holiday. None of the 21 fatalities that were North Carolina’s share of the na tional death rate,’ occurred in Orange. Chapel Hill did a little better than Hillsboro to help build up the wrecker, service trade by claiming one fair-sized accident. —Chriest Andrews of Chapel Hill and Duncan Brakin of the Univer sity of North Carolina and State College, Miss., were injured when they went with a car over an em bankment on the Raleigh High way. Brakin received aid for minor head wounds at the Uni-, versity’s Infirmary and Andrews was carried to Watts Hospital in Durham to be admitted for obser vation. --*-0-r-—’ MERCHANTS MEETING Hillsboro—An important meet ing of the Hillsboro Merchants Association has been called for tonight at 7 o'clock at the Ameri can Legion Hut. All members are being urged to attend. 350 Persons Attend Legion Holiday Event Hillsboro—Mrs. Walter McKee of Rougemont RFD was the top prize winner at the American Le gion’s benefit baseball game here July 4, which attracted a crowd of some 350 persons to the holiday event. Her prize, a Bendix washing machine, * was presented by the area distributor, Southern Appli ance Co. of Charlotte. Other prize winners and their prizes were announced as follows: Carolina Ward, A five-way lamp; Effie Snipes, (3 prizes) 600 paper towels, a box of hose and an offi cial league ball; F. R. Cole, a card table; James Cheshire, a box of hose; Robert Copeland, an auto seat cushion; Mrs. W. F. Mishoe, paper towels; Wayland Sharpe, hair cut and shave; Affie An drews, two gallons motor oil; Ed ward Byrd, wall picture; Paul Ho gangan, paper towels; Wilma Lat ta, hair cut and shave; W. P. Gates, box of hose; Clyde Kenion, tackle box and reel; L. B. Haith cock, paper towels; Billy Shatley, juicer; A. Max Browning, gro ceries; Oscar Neighbors, paper towels; Nick Hughes, gallon of wax; Nita Bobbitt, lotion set; Elizabeth King, paper towels: Bobby Parlier, 8 piece refrigerator set; Walter McKee, auto direc tional set; and Mrs. O. S. Black welder, a necktie. The benefit affair netted^ the -Legion post in excess of $&9&, it was reported, and funds will be used toward Legion projects and retirement of debt on the post’s building. Incidentally, in the feature events of the occasion, the strong Electric . Construction team of Chapel Hill, containing several UNC athletes ip the lineup, de feated an all-star Hilfsboro team 16-0; An all-star Hillsboro girls team defeated Carrboro 6-5. ---o Deputies Destroy 400-Gallon Still Hillsboro — Sheriff’s deputies and a representative of the Alco holic Tax Unit found and de stroyed a 400-gallon still in opera tion in Bingham Township last week. Located near Dodson’s cross roads, the still was of the sub marine type. 3,500 gallons of mash were on the sjte as was about 30 gallons of whisky. Warrants charging two Lynn brothers, first names unavailable here, of Burlington, Route 5, with manufacturing illegal whisky were issued for trial in Federal court. Admiral Loomis Retires From UNC Naval Duties: Will Continue Living At Hill Chapel Hill—Donald W. Loom is, commanding officer of the naval science, in the University of North Carolina, retired fast Admiral after 35 years service in the. Navy- He is 54. fcommander A. G Sohnabb e, a member of the NROTC staff, will be in command until Septem ber when Admiral Loomis suc cessor'here will be named. During World War II Admiral Loomis directed landing opera tions at Sicily, in the Marsha 1 Islands, in the Mariannas m the Philippines, and at Iw0 was regarded^ as one of tion’s outstanding authorities o amphibious warfare. Numerous, decorations h ve been b^t^ed , upon him ^elud ing five Legions of Merit awards. Asked what he considered the girling, bojnbing did ll,tjle ^ soften up the Japs for they dug m in caves and we could not reach them. When our Marines went j ashore, the terrain offeree! little in the' way of protection. This was j islands in the- Pacific area. Of course, it cost us a heavy price to take it. This operation bears out the theory that no place can be so strongly fortified that the ene my cannot take it.” Admiral Loom is has been sta three and one-half years, having threee and one-half years, having succeeded Captain E, E. Hazlett, who has. gontinue^fctQ • live in Chapel Hili since*» ffctifement.. Admptal. Labmttfefl1^ »een ex tremal J* popuiar* With students, afitM#ai0hiryeacr^d boy. who -at-* eVfcaaschool, lb €hapel. »ilb‘«be Million Dollar School Bond Issue Proposed To Meet Building Needs Hillsboro—Stockholders of the . American Legion Memorial hut elected a new board of directors Tuesday night but a protest over the legality of the election may set aside the results. The stockholders meeting fol lowed the regular meeting of the Legion during which new officers of the Post, No. 85, were installed for the coming year. ., Elected as a new board of direc tors to control the cooperatively owned building were H. G. Cole man Sr., H. G. Coleman Jr., A. H. Graham, Jerry B. Stone, R. L. Mohler, Dr. B. N. Roberts, Walter Q. Wrenn, Simpson L. Efland, O. S. Robertson, Charles Walker and Ben G. Johnston. The direc tors later met and elected H. G. Coleman Sr., president, A. H. Graham, vice president, and H. G. Coleman Jr., secretary. Motion to set aside the election was made by O. S. Robertson on the grounds that 10 days notice of the meeting had not been given stockholders in accordance with the corporation’s by-laws. A re quest for decision on the motion was referred to the Legion’s legal committee headed by A. H. Gra ham. Opening Dates For Weed Belts Set By Board Tobacco sales belts surrounding Orange County will open Septem ber 1 and 12, according to the schedule set last week by the Board of Governors of the Bright Belt Tobacco Warehouse Asso ciation. The Middle Belt markets im mediately to the East will open on September 1 while those to the West and North of the Old Belt I fire their opening gun on the 12th, I one day earlier than last year’s inaugural date. The board extended the. sales day to five and a half hours—a half-hour longer than the time tllotted_last year. The_five-day sales week was continued. The rate of sales was set at 400 piles per hour and the maximum freight oT piles at 300 pounds., These limits were in force last year. The board decided that Labor Day, Sept. 5; Armistice Day, Nov. 11; and Thursday and Friday at Thanksgiving, Nov. 24-25, will be observed as market holidays. Fred S. Royster of Henderson, president of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association, com mented: “I think the dates are eminent ly fair and equitable to all belts and markets. I believe they repre sent the best possible solution.” Dates for other belts are as follows: South Carolina Belt and North Carolina Border Belt, Aug. 2. North Carolina Easterp Belt, Aug.’ 18. Four market#) pf the North Car olina Middle flWt (Sanford, Aber deen, Carthage and Fuquay-Va rina), Aug. 29; Remaining markets of the North Carolina Middle Belt, Sept. 1. Virginia and North Carolina Old Belt, Sept. 12. 'Six Escape County Gangs; ’Two-At'Easte1’ Hillsboro—Tvyr escaped prison - ers were still at large late yester day following breaks which oc curred St ' three places in the county Tuesday afternoon. They are Willie Tate pf Rock ingham County, serving time for highway robbery, and Claude Weldy of Winston-Salem, serving time for breaking and entering. The pair pscaped frorft work ga/*8$ in the Vanity of the camp, ground 1 o’clock, Monrpe Flin um wal|^4jfvvay front a gang aftd pbout Cook and F H A Pats Okay On Chapel Hill's Housing Project Chapel Hill—James P. McRae, State director of the Federal Housing Administration, has an nounced that his government agency will insure a loan to be made for financing the 314-unit housing project at Chapel Hill. McRae pointed out that U,niver-, sity and town officials had dem onstrated an interest in securing the new project for the relief of the acute demand for living quar ters in this densely populated “village.” William Muirhead and William E. Watt were listed as builders of the project, and . the Wachovia Rank and Trust Company as mortgagee. Total cost is estimated at $2,366,907 and the FHA will insure a loan up to $2,130,000. The new residences will be called the Country Club Apart ments and will be located just outside of Chapel Hill on the Ra leigh Highway. As the News went to press, reports were received that stakes had already been driven to mark off the necessary areas and Muirhead expects that actual ■ construction work will be well underway by September. 4 Orange Schools Will Be Insured Under State Plan Hillsboro—The Board of Edu cation has decided to go along with the State school Self-insur ance program enacted by the last legislature. , — It voted this week to turn over its fire and lightning policies to the State Board of Education’s division-of insurance as policies now in effect expire and premi ums betcome due. It is estimated that 39 to 40 per ■cent savings will be realized since the state has ruled- that fire and lightning rates must be 83 to 86 per cent of the rates in effect May 31, 1948 and a 25 per cent increase was mad? on those poll last August. o CONTRACT FOR EFLAND JOB Hillsboro—The Board of Edu cation has let a contract for in stallation of a filter bed and .dos ing tank to be added to the pres ent septic tank at the Efland School. Contract was awarded to the King Brick and Pipe Company of Burlington. Plans Revival Rev.. Robert C. Frazier, formerly of Marion, has moved to West Hillsboro and assumed the pas torate of the Pentecostal Holiness Church, succeeding the Rev. Dewey Earls: He plans to begin a revival series Sunday night to continue for an indefinite period. -;-0 Five In Orange Naaed To Posts On Scott “Tea*” Four Orange county citizens have been appointed to State posts by Governor Kerr Scott since the new governor took over on Janu ary 8. Some 280 jobs and board been awarded politically-wise Tar and commission assignments have Heels. One of his choices, the appoint ment of Dr. Frank P. Graham, the Unlveisity of Noitfi Carolina’s big-principled, little presidenl won him national acclaim. A fea ture article recently appeared in The Saturday Evening Post about Dr. Graham. The majority of the appointments went to farmers ot rurally influenced citizens, arid in almost every instance' did not campaign against the governor in two primaries or the election last year; . Possibly the top appointment went to Orange County’s Frank Graham, as. United States Senator some months ago, and the Uni versity influence was felt in other top appointments to boards and commissions. - - — Selected to the Board of Ac countancy was Dr. Earle E. Pea cock of Chapel Hill; Harmon Car lysle McAllister of Chapel Hill will serve on the Board of Phar macy and Dr. H. G. Baity of Chapel Hill serves on The Board of Plumbing and Heating Con tractor Examiners. Mrs. Roland McClamroch of Chapel Hill was named to the Board of Conser vation and Development. Country Gentleman Tells Schley Story Nationally hi This Month’s Edition The story of how Schley Grange won first prize in the National Community Service contest for 1948 is being told nationally this month. A 2000-word article titled “Grange Formula for Better Living,” by Fred Bailey, appear ing in the July issue of Country Gentleman, points out: “The Schley community entered the contest with perhaps less of a ..change Ts'ohe'b e oldest farming settle ments in the country, dating back to the late 16f)0’s. Many genera tions of tobacco and cotton farm ers had drawn flrom the rolling hill land most of it? fertility. Ugly gully scars cut across the face of the earth.” The magazine-reports that when Schley Grange entered the. con- j test, sponsored jointly last year by the "ftatiorial, prange and the j Sears Roebuck Foundation, ’a five-pofrtt plan was decided upon-. Quoting FredrReitzel, "Master Of of the Schley Grange, the article says: “We named a planning com mittee to make the plans for eaoh 1 of those five projects—soli con servation, .telephones, recreation, church, improvements and home beautification.” Photographs accompanying the article show J. E. Latta, G. O. Reitzel, R. L. Mohler, Charlie Miller and Jack Mincey, as well as the Mars Hill Baptist Church. Emphasizing the high degree of' community co-operation achieved, the article says: “All the agricultural agencies in the county were eager t<> help. Those included the Extension Service, Soil Conservation Service, Farm ers Home Admirtfstratiofi, .Pro duction and Marketing Admini culture department of the Hills boro High School.” ■< A high point of the article is this statement by Mrs. A. B. Latta: “Folks have lived in this com munity for years; passed each other on the road and spoke. But they hardly knew each other un til we all started working together on the community-service proj ect.” Describing the building of 5 the first-prize $40,000 Grange, hall srid community meeting center. Country Gentlerryln says: “And when the new Grange hall they won is completed save 'jUs$ about ire planning for * uodern kit change alining hall„ library, game rooms, a motion-! picture projector and a new piano; I ill in addition to a .big meeting1 Mil." ■ f- • Hillsboro—The Board of Edu cation this week tentatively por posed a million dollar bond issue for school building construction and improvements in Orange county Such an issue would have to be approved by the people at a spe cial referendum which would have to be called by the Board of County Commissioners. A joint meeting between mem bers of the Board of County Com missioners, the Board of Educa tion and the Chapel Hill School. Board has been called for Friday - night at 7:30 o'clock at the Court house for further discussion of the proposal. The bond proposal had been under discussion for some time and followed previous prelim inary talks between members of the two school boards and with members of the county governing body. The need for vast improvements in the school system was crys tallized around the first the year in the report of the Committee of Fifteen, a group of citizens from all parts of the county named by the Commissioners to study the needs of the county. The report of this body described the school , building" situation as critical and proposed widespread improve ments to meet the minimum needs. The million dollar figure was proposed by the education bogrd as the minimum required Hi meet present needs and will be in ad-t dition to $401,000 which will be made available to the schools as result of the recent approval of a 25 million dollar State bond is sue and the action of the ’<*gis lature in appropriating 25 million for equal division among the bounties for school building con struction. - , r Indications are that if a school, bond issue is approved and sub mitted to the people for vote, it will be tied in with an additional bond proposal -for solving the present courthouse problem. De cision will have to be made re/ i gaifdAnjg the construction. »f ad* . ditinnal office space for county departments to alleviate the un satisfactory condition regarding courthouse facilities bout which recent gran‘d juries have com plained consistently, as well as regarding the issue, "what’s to be done about the old courthouse.” A tentative plan of distribution of school construction require ments ha? been madf up by the Board of Education but was not released pending approval. Cate, Market Graies Released After Inspection Hillsboro—Restaurant and meat market grades for this section of the county for quarter ending June 30 have just been announced by Dr. O. D. Garvin, district health officer, upon completion of the inspection by Sanitarian Wil liam Long. Grade A restaurants include:: Amick's Grill, Colonial Inn, Dud’s Tavern, Green Top, Hickory" House, Hillsboro Cafe, Log Cabin and Shady Oaks, Grade A mar kets are J. L. Brown and Sons, B. S. Carr, Fairview, Forrest Broth ers, Gordon’s, Open Bible, Ter rell’s Comer and Shue’s. Grade B restaurants are Cates Cafe, Taylor’s Cafe and Terrell’s Cafe while markets of the same grade are C. W. Brown’s, Forrest and Forrest, Riley’s Lloyd’s and McBane’s; the single Grade C market was Midway. --- School Opening, Closing Dates Hillsboro—Opening and closing <fc»tes, and official holidays for next year’s school term were ap proved by the Board, of Education Tuesday. - Opening date for the county system is;« September 1; closing date. May'--24. Holidays are for Thanksgiving, November 24-25, Christmas, seven days from De 1, and Eas *'for ttapel Hill ____„_ school term will run from September 12 to June 8 witn two days for Thanks giving, two weeks for Christmas, and Good Friday and Easter Mon day. <