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lute rest td »« <>*"*• <****' Then ff* Th« N*W# °f °™** C0unty for Item* of Interest f*om 9 oectlon.. It'* rtpon*d factual and without color or biaa. THE NEWS of Orange County , true , Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 Vol. 56-^-No. 31 •% .. (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO. AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1949 Wke: $* a Year; 5c Single Copy COUNTYWIDE COVERAGE lo Available Or..’/ In THE NEW* 1 of Orange County, SUBSCRIBE TODAY. Ten Pages This Week I Plan More Bond Issue Meetings Hillsboro — Meetings between muntv and school officials and leading citizens in three sections of he county, held last wek to deter mine public sentiment in connec tion with a proposed referendum on bond issues for school buildings anrt providing adequate county 0H'jCe facilities, were described as very successful this week. Additional meetings will be held at Carrboro, Caldwell and Efland within the next two weeks. Exact dates have not been announced. Chairman Collier Cobb of the Board of County Commissioners said yesterday no action toward calling the referendum would be taken prior to the Board’s Sep tember meeting and following the meetings still to be held. Plans for a proposed office building, including court facilities, have been drawn and presented to the Chairman, who said the board would also hold a meeting with the county bar to determine their attitude on the proposals and the adequacy of the facilities. __ ----o PTA Executive Beard Hears Activity Reports Hillsboro—An executive hoard meeting of the Hillsboro P. T. A. was held in the High School li brary Tuesday afternoon with the president. Mrs. Clarence Jones, presiding. Ten members were present. It was reported that the buses had been rerouted and it was thought no new bus would be needed. The board decided to have all regular meetings at night on the third Tuesday night of each month at 7:30, subject to the approval of the entire association. Mrs. J. W. Dixon, program chairman,' annqunced the pro grams for the year. After a short business program in September, there w*y. fle open house held in each room throughout the school. It is also planned to have occa sionally a ten-minute program from either the high school or the grades. It was decided to sponsor the program at the Halloween Carni val with Mrs. Alton Williams as chairman. - It was reported that the public school music teacher would have a music room. Mrs. Charles S. Hubbard, music chairman, yras asked to check on tffe mtisic equipment to see if it is in good condition. Mrs. Jones reported that the lunch room had been enlarged, and that a new piece of equip ment, a baker-broiler-oven com bination, had been secured at a cost of $570. The following awards were an nounced as having been received by the local P. T. A. for last year’s work: 1. A 5-Star Achievement Cer tificate for securing subscriptions to the P. T. A. Magazine. 2- Certificate for making 10 per cent increase in membership. 3- Certificate as a standard as sociation. 4. Approved -Constitution and By-Laws. 5. A charter with three seals on it. Mrs. Ed Barnes was authorized o get a new Scrap Book for the P- T. A. Mrs. Glenn Auman. recreation chairman, made an appeal for unds for a sliding board for the P ayground. Some possibilities for Rising extra money for this pur pose were discussed, it was reported by Mrs. Reid oberts that the work of the grade I Representatives was very satisfac °ry last year, and it was decided *i sn3Ve this a8ain this year with ? , reward going to the room rnaving the bist attendance. vr*" Carr boro Clothing Ww Successful —"Phe members of the Uiodist Youth Fellowship who *‘M°*v?ted a very successful . thing drive” for overseas re «. ,on tkst Thursday, wish to n, “r* everyone who helped to drlve a access. woiT1! *° collect the clothing ~ned t>y the Ogbum Fur Aft ^ Co. and by M. E. Lanning. L ?^ collections were in, the _ers enjoyed an ice cream ^ oner at the Dwight Ray Park oh kway Drive. , r e cloth and . shoes eollect J^ere asso>t<vi and packed on i,, sday evening of this week to ", slnt overseas bv members of * fellowship in the Methodist -nurch hut. Bivins Loses Car ^ f But Officers^' ^ It With rhA " Hillsboro- FR. >f Hubert O. Bivii. , xvOi’ wn local man, are ottering'.f m plenty of advice this week an how to keep his car. Mr. Bivins suddenly discov ered his car missing last Friday and immediately set the wheels in motion for its recovery, call-, ing local law enforcement agen cies his insurance agent and others who should be notified on such occasions. Patrolman T. P. Hofler, hur rying in from the country in an swer to the urgent summons by radio, hememborsd- seeing a- car similar to the Bivins automobile parked across the street from his own home for several days. Arrvng in town, his suspicion was confirmed. The car was stiTT there. It was the Bivins car. Mr. Bivins had driven to the meeting of the Masonic Lodge on Tuesday night. Engrossed in conversation on de-parting, he forgot" the car, remembered it only when'he needed it on Fri day. Hillsboro Firms Changing Location Hillsboro—Two changes • in the location of local business firms were announced this week. The Hillsboro Flower Shop, operated by T. N. Webb, on Chur ton street, is moving to the Webb residence on West King street. The move will be made in the next day or so. The building now used by the flower shop will be occupied by the Dell-Mar Shop, now located on the second floor of the Cole building at the comer of Churton and King. :i f ■-o— Susan Fink Breaks Record Chapel Hill—Susan" Fink Of Chapel Hill broke The junior wbmen’s 100 yard backstroke state swimming record for the junior women’s division in last Saturday’s Southern A. A. U. fi nals held at Wilson, and the Chap el71111 team piled up a total of 216 points ■ to t a k e; c hampionshi'p honors. Miss Fink swam the 100 yard distance in one minute, fifteen and nine-tenths seconds. Another local entry, Cecil Mil ton of the University of North Carolina, set a new retcord for the senior men’s division in the 880-yard freestroke swim. Mil ton’s time was eleven- minutes, two and seven-tenths seconds. ___—: First Composite Picture Of Highway C omission -- -* i .;.. **^HENRY G.^ SHELTON f 4» W.'GUY. H»®TV jftt* Aj WILBUR CLARK THifO OivitiMi >4 -I** -J«-; Fourth Division ' JAMES A. BARHWIU** -_* Fifth Division'll* ‘ mill fmimn—iruinm..i i ^'OR. HRNRY w JORDAN Chain*** T' GEORGe S, CO»Lt ' ■■m Sixth Oirbioi* a M. OTIS POOLE **** S«vmiHi Uvjrir ’ MARK GOFORTH Eighth Didiioo JOSEPH GRAHAM ,. Ninth DiWijon ‘ r •' ITDALE THRASH ^Tsnrtl Division J Above is a composite picture of the members of the State Highway Commission. In the hands of this group rests control of the spending of the $20j>,000,000 for secondary roads of the state. Cap Pistol Quells Husband Beater; Judge Adds Costs Hillsboro— An Orange County man, who used a cap pistol effectively to protect himself from his wife, won the sympa thy of the court thia week and a not guilty verdict from Judge L. J. Phipps in Recorders Court. Tom Chambers, Negro, was charged with committing an as sault on his wife. Lillian, with a deadly weapon. Lillian took the stand first as prosecuting witness. She said Tom west off that morning and when she finally went to get him she m.et him on the road and “went to beatin’ him.’’ He drew a pistol and she quit Asked to identi fy the “weapon” on the solici tor’, desk, she said" “that’s" the' one.” The judge looked once and then back in a double take. The officers verified his first opin ion. “Did you know this was a cap pistol before you swore out the warrant,” Judge- Phipps asked the witness. “Yassur, he showed me the pistol befo I went to see the officers,” said Lillian. “Frivolous.” judged the judge for the record as he pronounced the verdict of not guilty for the defendant and taxed the plain tiff with the costs. Chapel Hill Aldermen Hear Petition To Extend Commercial Building Area -Chapel Hill—The , Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen meeting in regular session last Wednesday night, heard a petition requesting a' change in the town’s zoning* or dinances that would extend the commercial building area on land bordered by West Franklin, Gra ham, Cameron, and Robinson streets 350 feet. The board referred the request to the Town Planning Board along with a petition by a resident of West Rosemary Street that the western section of his street be restricted to residential building. Business firms now located on land covered by the first petition include the Colonial Store and Hazzard Motor Company. , v The petitions were read as part of the regular report ,of Town Manager Thomas D. Rose. Rose also read to the board a letter from the Negro Civic Club con cerning pavement of certain streets, the need for more stop lights on West Franklin Street, and the sanitary condition of a stream that runs through the northwestern section of Chapel Hill. , . . _ Two letters from Judge .John l. Manning were brought before the board. One concerned Manning s protest about the town’s sewerage policy and the other asked for al tera Bohs in the court room.— Due to the fact that the garbage dump on Durham Road has been filled, the site for a new dump was discussed. Rose was instructed to trade in the town’s oldest police car for a new one and to secure a pickup truck for use in municipal work. Both vehicles are to be bought on the basis of bids. The town manager reported that the Orange County Home Demon stration Club has asked for aid in securing a new and better site for a curb market. A location on Graham Street between Franklin and Cameron was mentioned as a posible site. Such a site, it was pointed out. would be centrally located be tween Chapel Hill and Carrboro and parking facilities would be available. Should a site on Graham Street i be selected, the Board of Aider men would the. zoning ordinances before con-, struction of a market could take place. , _. ._ Obie Davis, chiarman of the streets committee, urged comple tion of paving work authorized under last year’s bond elections. The board asked the town man ager to give a report and recom mendations including estimated costs at the next meeting. R. J. M. Hobbs, chairman of the Cemeteries Committee, showed the Aldermen a survey of a topo graphical map and a burial plot map of the new Negro Cemetery. The new cemetery, located north east of Carrboro. is expected to be opened shortly. Mrs. W C Coteer was elected to a five year term on the Town Pterning -Board. She succeeds Victor Huggins. A special meeting of the board I was called for August 24. Hillsboro, Chapel Hill Legion Posts To Assist Vets Filing For Dividends Hillsboro—The American Le gion posts, both at Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, have made exten sive plans to assist veterans in filing for GI life insurance divi dends to be paid this Winter by the Veterans Administration to all holders of National Service Life Insurance during the war and since. Blanks for making application for the dividend and assistance in filling them out will be available at the two Legion posts beginning I August 29, according to an an I nouncement this week. The Chapel Hill Post No. 6 will be open from 7:30 to 10 P. M. through September to assist vet erans in the southern part of the county and the Hillsboro Post No. 85 will be open from 9 A. M. until 10 P. M. through September for those in that area. Officials of both posts are anxious that all veterans file their applications correctly to assure that Orange County veterahs get all to which they are entitled. The average dividend per vet eran has been estimated at $175 and payments are expected to be gin around the first of the year. A file will be kept of those filing by the two posts in order to as sure that all Orange County are included._ Included in the information that must be included on the applica tion form to assure a ccurate handling are the veteran’s service serial numbers (all numbers as signed) and the insurance cer tificate number, including the prefix N, V, or H which is a. part of the number. This information should be obtained and held readily available when filling out the applications, it was advised. --—o LANIER RECOVERING Chapel Hill—Mayor Edwin S. Lanier is gradually recovering from illness that has confined him to his Park Place home since last Wednesday night. Lanier, who also heads the Uni versity Central Records Office and serves in several other capacities in connection ^vith his University and town duties, has improved to the extent that he now sees visi tors and is doing some .paper work at his bedside. The Mayor expressed his hope that he will be able to return to his office “soon.” Orphans Take To Hoad, Wind Up With Hillsboro " Man And Trip Back Home Hillsboro — Four boys from the Methodist Orphanage in Ra leigh set off for adventure and wound up in Hillsboro to enjoy the hospitality of the town, town. Their ages, about 9 years. Dropped off at Laws service station outside of town by a passing motorist, they were brought to the Town Hall. Of ficer Tom Roberts took them in charge and at the suggestion of Mayor Ben Johnston took them _ to a local restaurant «rhe»-p they downed a hefty meal with ice: cream and other trimmings be fore being returned to the or phanage by Ross Porter and Felix Forrest. Hardee Faaily Reunion Is Held Carrboro—The annual re-union of the Hardee family, their close friends and neighbors was held last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hardee on Main Street in Carrboro. Approximately 75 brought pic nic baskets and long tables on the lawn were laden with the noon day meal, cold drinks and lemon ade. Those attending from Durham included Mr* and Mrs. David Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Elbetf Har dee and family and Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Hardee and family. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Hardee and family and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hardee attended from'Hillsboro, and Everett Har dee was present from Raleigh -o— -*— ICE CREAM SUPPER Hillsboro—The Knights of Pyth ias will hold an old-fashioned ice cream and cake party at the Pyth ian Lodge hall on the St. Mary’s road tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 o’clock to which the public has been invited. Funds derived from the event will go toward furnish | ing the Lodge’? kitchen. Home made ice cream and cake in large helpings wili be served at 35c pei serving. k Hillsboro Telephones Off When Subscribers Fail To Pay By 151/1 Hillsboro—If you got a re peated Jjusy signal on your friend’s telephone in Hillsboro this week, rftore than likely he was among the 94 local tele phone subscribers who failed to pay their bill by the 15th. If was the first wholesale cut-off of telephones here for failure to pay the bills on time ever attempted by Morris Tele phone Co., which Inaugurated the policy both here and at the home office in Roxboro. Mrs. Mamie Gordon, Hillsboro manager, described it this way: “Mr. Murray (Walter Murray,~ new manager of the Morris sys tem! ordered them cut off, Red (Red Paham, local repair man) cut therh off. and I took the cussing when they came to pay the bill.” A majority had been cut back on by yesterday, it was stated, and the results of the new policy in monetary returns were pleas ing „to the company. Baptist Revival Begins Sunday At Hillsboro annual revival 18 havln« its through 28 with*?™ August 21 scheduled daily. tW0 services at 10:00 Aa>Mtne ®ervices will be j horning ^service^ Jg P, *■ Thl 1 thlrty minutes Fo I *St for worship service' Pa!h ng the wili be a picture shnn^ht there Phase of our L 'ng some work. Foreign Mission DrhewTlHamg ?reacher will be five years he has ho °r the pas< Argentina, and " this” workinK in home on furlough Ev^ h® ls cordially invited E<.u ryone is Rev. T pau, by the Pastor, services. Deaton- to all the Garden Club Plans Luncheon Meeting lho™!t?SS°SL£frden C1“b &s i "-S-55S; week by MreV?°linred thls Club Miller, Members planning to attonri Strajdiorn clu^ ?*rS- Walla~ Miller ’ b ecreta,y, or Mrs. <o Join the 8r"up C>,,end> » 1 Couple, Facing Fourth Abandonment Charge, Draws Two-Year Sentences Hillsboro—An Orange County i couple, charged on three previous occasions with abandoning their six minor children i this and other counties, were back in court here this week on the same count. They were James Lee and Ban della Tarlton Bailey of the “mountain section of West Hills boro. Bailey faced the added charge of abandoning and failing to support his wife. Evidence before the court paint ed the Baileys generally as bad characters and- the children were with them only on a probationary basis, having previously been wards of the county and kept in boarding homes while dhe parents, either one or both, served^ time on the roads or in jail. Mrs. Valerie Bissette, child wel fare worker of the County Welfare Department, testified the six, ranging from 13 down to three, were found alone at the home, having had only some water melon to eat since their mother went away about daybreak onthe morning of July 11. “ — Mrs. Bailey denied abandoning her children, said she returned about five o’clock, after the chil dren had ben taken into the cus- i i tody of the welfare department. In court” she wore her right leg in a cast, from injuries she claimed she sustained while run ning from a dog. and officers i testified she had black eyes and j was generally “beat up" when j they found..her in-a Durham po- I lice station to serve a warrant for her arrest. Witnesses testified she had a bad reputation for sex of fenses and whiskey. Bailey also denied intention^ to abandon the family, said he went to South Carolina and got in jail, but had previously helped pajr the grocery bill when at home. In testifying against her hus band, Mrs., Bailey the whole blame on the car Bailey bought. She said he had provided well until he bought the car, then they both started drinking. The car was the whole trouble, she said. Bm& a&m mtered to pjty fQfr each into the court each month to help support the children as part of a two-year sentence, which was suspended for five years on condition they kept up with the yapments. A $250 bond each was ordered to assure com pliance. In other cases Monday, Junior Cates pot 90 days suspended and a fine of S’S and costs for larceny! of a laundry bag; Louis Jacobs was charged S25 and costs for op- ! eiating a ca>- without license; Ed-j found Strudwi.k wps fined $5 and costs for speeding; Charlie Farrish was - tirted $ to -and costs for illegal possession and public drunken ness; Ned Browning was given 30 days suspended, and costs- for forcible trespass; James Stroble was fined $10 and costs for speed ing; and Earl Parker Echols was fined $25 and costs for driving without a license. Hillsboro—The Orange County Selective Service Board office, open since the beginning of the draft prior to World War II, will close up shop August 26. Records for a number of coun ties will be consolidated at some still-to-be-designated sub-depot, it was stated by local officials, and all administrative functions here tofore handled by local board clerks will be transferred to the district set-up. The County Veterans Service officer, Walter G. Wrenn, has ac cepted responsibility for registra tion of boys when they become eligible at 18 years of age. This activity will be carried on from his office in the Amercan Legion bulding. The draft board, headed by G. O. Reitzel and composed of S. W. Hughes and A. C. Pickard, will continue in existence wid_ an auditor from the sub-depot will bring the Orange County records to local meetings and act as clerk at the meetings, which will prob ably be held infrequently, n' Miss Mary Kenion has been clerk of the local Draft Board of fice. A SPC Breeders First Show, Sale ' Next February " Hillsboro—At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Orange County Spotted Poland China Breeders Association, a ten tative date of February 2, 1950 was set for the first show and sale of Spotted Poland China breeding stock ever to be held in this county. There will be at this show ap proximately 20 bred gilts, 8 to 10 open gilts, and 6 to 8 summer and fall boars. Present indications are that farmers from this and surrounding counties as well as breeders from several states will be present to bid on animals of fered in the sale. R. J. Smith of the Smith Furni ture Company was present at the meeting and offered to give some generous prizes to the breders in this county as an incentive in the production of better breeding sock in the .swine program for this, county. For the five top animals entered in the show and sale, the prizes are: First—washing ma chine Second—electric blanket, Third—master mix, F o u r t h— electric iron and Fifth—also an electric Iron. All of these prizes are products of the General Elec tric Corporation. Any breeder in Orange County belonging to the asociation who has an animal entered in the show and sale will be eligible for one of these prizes. At this meeting of the Board of Directors, it was also decided to send an exhibit to the state fair. Committees were set up both for the exhibit and the sale. The following are committees: Selection committee—(for both the fair and show) Ed Barnes, chairman, H. S. Walker, Dr. W. G. Chrisman, Bob Strayhorn and R. L. Mohler; Publicity Committe^r— Dr. E. P, Hiatt, chairman, R. L. „ Mohler Professor Van Kenyon, Dr. W. G. Chrisman, J. R. Pulley; Fair Committee— Ed Latta, chair man, C. C. ..Young, Tom Brown, Clyde Ferguson, Ed Barnes, Truitt Lloyd; Sales Committee— C. J. Dunn, Clyde Roberts, chairman, . Truitt Lloyd, Marvin Poythress and Victfbr Walters. Laws Reunion Is Held Here - Hillsboro—-The descendants of Wesley and Margaret Gray Laws [ met here at the home of Mr. and ,Mjs. Jft, G^ Laws last Siuvt.*y fos, v their annual reunion, Alt of their children attended. They are Mrs. Della Wilson of of Reidsville, Mrs. Novella Horner of Mebane, B. I. Laws of~Roxboro> and H. G. Laws of Hillsboro. There are one hundred and eighty (180) descendants, a large number which atended. Other guests were Mrs. Judy Taylor. Miss Lilly Gates, Alex Gates of Helena, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Bla lock, of Durham, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Breeze and Mr. and Mrs. N. V. Ray of Hurdle Mills. PEEPING TOM-— - Hillsboro—An alleged Peeping Tom has been active in Hillsboro during- the past two weeks and three instances of his activities have been reported to local po lice. He has not been identified but officers are keeping a sharp lookout for more appearance. '
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