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«* v* t [ ,4 to Or**. O-Mrt The New. of Oral*. |0unty for item, of I sections. It*. [true and without Vol. 56—No. 35 mw [• Trjr •^2 °<T %> 'Tit- wM- i'f- -ne^ "’HENE (Published Weekly) Pour Home HILLSBORO ~-"'r ■ f * s-‘ :? COUNTYWIOE COVERAGE I. Available Or,!/ in Tut news of Orange County. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. I?r Serving Orange County and Its Citizens^Since 1893 Id chapel hill. Thursday, September 8,1949 price: $2 a Year: 5c single copy Ten Pages This Week K Mebane yueen MISS MARY JO FOX of Meb ,r,e" reigned' as; queen of the ball leld as .the climax to . the all-day Tobacco Festival which brought in estimated 10,000 person® to Kebane Exchange club was the •vents arranged for the day, in luding a parade, appearance of he Grand Ole Opry troupe, a vater polo match and the selec ion and coronation of a Queen, lovernor W. Kerr Scott did the irowning following an introduc ion by Judge Susie Sharpe. The fiebgne Exchange club wa sthe sponsor for the event, described is one of the most successful ever 1 eld in this section. i . -o— )inner Planned To End Sununer Sports Program Hillsboro—As a grand finale to the fine recreational program the •ommunity has enjoyed this sum tier through; the softball league, many people have suggested a big dinner to end the fun. Iii accordance with their re quests the recreation board has decided to have such a dinner next Tyesday evening at 7:00 P> m:, at the school cafeteria. Ralph Neighbors has been placed in charge of arrangements and Rev. Irvin Birdseye will be in charge of thd program.' The la dies of the New Sharon church will serve the dinner consisting' of fried chicken, barbecue, potato salad, slaw, onions, hot rolls, pie, coffee and tea. Bob Tyson and bis quartette will furnish music and all trophies and awards will be presented by the Exchange club and others. All members of teams, boys and girls, umpries, managers, scorers, coaches, sponsors and directors are invited to attend and bring their wives, boy friends or girl friends as the case may be. The meal will cost $1.25 for ev eryone attending and will be served table d’hote in the style the New Sharon ladies always dis play-. -----.■; ~ Tickets will be sold by all team managers and all money collected will be used exclusively for the dinner. No profit will be made for lights or other-cause. -A- crowd °f 200 to 300 is expected to attend what is expected to be the finest gathering for better recreaion and wholesome entertainment the town has ever had. --—o . New Residential b?-m- ■.. ■&SSjE335i£i?J'xsssm Development Opens Saturday Chapel Hill — Dogwwodacres, hapel Hill’s newest land devel opment project, will be opened to ® fu^Uc Saturday morning, ac ming to an announcement by Cole, local realtor, fne 104 a-cre development, ~Uch is located 3 miles, south of , apel Hill, has been subdivided . ®or® than 75 lots ranging in j, . lfom one-half to two and one acres. Twenty-two more remain to be subdivided. 'x ^^ams j-un through * the -dually rWri" land and two , ^ nave been filled to provide , ,J5®[ enthusiasts a recreational 'll” Cole said tMt the lakes .s°°n b° storked with bass tin **y *he State Conserva lt0n Department. Commissioners Call For Election On Bond Issues i For Schools, Courthouse; Set Date As November 22 Clem Cheek New Master Of Orange Pomona Grange Hillsboro — Clem Cheek was elected master of the Orange County Pomona Grange at a ' meeting last week at the American | Legion Building here. He succeeds I G. O. Reidel. • Other officers selected were; Ed Latta, overseer; Polly Roberts, secretary; Elviri Cates, treasurer; Aubrey McLennm steward" Leopard , csiaefc riew ■vrr JVL . lady as . jrfste i, Kev.. C. S. Hub ■ chaplain; Rev. John Ensign, assistant chaplain; Van Kpnion, gate keeper; the graces—Mrs. Winston Strayhorn, Flora; Miss Ruth Miller, Ceres; and Mrs. Fred Reitzel, Pomona; Mrs. Clyde Roberts, lecturer; Miss Martha Lloyd, assistant lecturer; and^ Fred Reitzel, Henry Walker, Man ly Snipes and John Lockhart, members of the executive com ; rhittee.. Mrs. Kathryn Ham rick was _ elected , Home Economics chairman, with the authority to select a committee to serve with her. Mr. Don S. Matheson, Mrs. Clyde Roberts and Mrs. R L. Mdhler were appointed as a c >m mittee whose duty would be/ to keep the Grange informed about urgent local matters. Under this head the pending bond issue for for Orange County schools was [ discussed. The decision was that each subordinate Grange should have all the information and facts about the matter brought to their . attention. After adjournment, delicious punch and cookies were served, with Mrs. Hamrick presiding at the punch bowl. School Board Faces Old Problem Hillsboro— The' County Board of Education faced’ an old prob lem at their regular monthly meeting here Tuesday— that of parents who want to send their children to a school outside the district in which they iy 'de. Representatives of the lurphey School district, who have preci ously attempted several times to send their children to Hillsboro, appeared, before the boa: i to re new their request, were advised dren to attend school in the dis trict in which they reside except by permission of the State Board of Education and prohibit changes of districts after bus routes have beetl approved by the state authorities. A complaint that Alamance buses from Mebane were coming too far into Orange County was also received and a.conference was held with Alamance school au thorities who promised to investi gate.. . ._ Nine New Traffic Regulations Approved in Effort To Ease CLapel Hill Congestion Chapel Hill.—-In a special meet ng of Chapel Hill’s Board of Al dermen last Thursday night, nine eeommendations for the-improve ment o'f the traffic * problems of his town were adopted.* Under the new regulations, which are expected to be put into force soon, Henderson Street from East franklin .to Rosemary will 3e ’a one-way street going W 5nd Pine Street (Pickard Cane), will be ■ made a one-way street 'feoing south; trucks will be restricted to Franklin, West Cam eron, and Columbia Streets; and stop lights will be installed at the intersections of West Franklin and Roberson Streets (at Farmers Dairy), North Columbia and Rose mary (at Town Hall), and at Ma lette and West Cameron. The lights for the first two intersec tions have already been ordered and the one fbr Malette and West Cameron will be purchased when funds become available. Other recommendations 'adopt ed by the Board are; - 1. . A- re quest .that the University of North Carolina, install a stop light at the intersection of Raleigh Street and Highway 54 and that the Univer sity prohibit entrance to the park ing lot behind eabody Hall from South Columbia Street—thus pre venting traffic delays caused by drivers going south on Columbia waiting to gain a break in-north bound traffic in order to cut across the street and enter the parking lot; 2. Elimination of blind cor ners at street intellections by re quiring residents to keep their shrubbery or walls low enough (3 feet) for drivers to see cars on the intersecting street; 3. Require ment that taxi cab companies get off-the-street parking within, 90 days; 4. Prohibiting the riding or parking*of bicycles on side walks; 5. Appointment of an as sistant chief-of-poli<5e; 6. A re quest that high school officials use older students on the curbs to di rect school children across the street; 6. Establishment of one hour parking on South Columbia Street from the Baptist Church, to the Carolina Inn. / The Safety Committee com posed of Chairman P. L. Burch, Obie Davis, and Kenneth Putnam, substituting for Robert Fowler, met recently with Town Manager Thomas D. Rose and Mayor Ed Lanier to study a number of sug gestions by local citizens and to add some of their own.. It was on the basis of th*. Committee's report that’ the full Board took action. The committee turned down, at least for the present, the installa tion of parking meters and several other proposals.. Town Manager Rose will take a number of steps, for which he already has author ity, to ease the trajJJH problems. Strict enforcement of all traffic regulations to the limit of the po lice power and the Courts’ power and cooperation was asked by the Town officials. More Road Petitions Come Before Board Hillsbarp -s- The appearance of live roafl delegations constituted' an important item of business'on the agenda of the County Board of Commissioners this week.. The new requests were added to the large number of petitions..for. road improvements that have been showered on the board since the passage of the $200,000,000 bond issue forr ural roads last spring. Three- roads foe which'petitions request edf hard surfacing were the Pleasant Green Road, extending from Highway 770 to the St. Mary’s Road; the road extending from the fork on the Cedar Grove Eflapd Highway to Highway 86; and the Little River-Walnut Grove road which extends from Highway 57 to Walnut Grove chufeh. Petitions were submitted ask ing the inclusion of the road from Oasis Inn .on Highway 70, one mile north by the home of Fraudie Hunter and the road in Cedar Orove township from Allen Ward’s to the- S.. T. Latta, Sr., farm on the N. C. Highway system for maintenance. Pre-College Retreat Program For UNC Freshmen To Be Held At Camp New Hope" - Chapel Hill—One hundred and fifty members of the in-coming freshman class at the University of North Carolina will participate in the new Freshman Camp, to be sponspred September by the local YMCA, according to an announcement by Associate Sec retary Robert Barrus. The pre-college retreat pro gram which takes this year the i new site owned' by *he,0rf1?n 3resbytery and located .about 10 nUes from Chapel Hill on the Sillsboro Road. Invitations were sent to all m :oming freshmen with the expta laton that applications would be iccepted as they came in. Ac- ( :ording to Secretary Barrus, the 'irst 150 represent a11 ,se!^®nL“ he United States and one fo. ; lign country—Holland. The three-day period for the: moup is planned to help the new itudent become acquainted with lis new enviroment faculty mem ,ers and campus leaders^ They vill return to Chapel Hill on Fn lay September 16, and will par idpate^n the regular Universtiy ponsored Orientation Week pro ;ram for new students, both men wmimrnb-eth the afternoon for Camp New Hope. Following dinner recrea tion, Chancellor Robert B. Hnuse will drive out to welcome the students and conduct a general “get-acquainted’ program. Thursday student leaders will talk to the freshmen at various group sessions, and i at noon a number of faculty members and other visitors will join the new students for a picnic lunch v Thufs ob. m&&& after which there will* be a camp fire singing. . Among faculty, administrative officials and student leaders join ing the camp program, in addition to Secretary Barrus, will be Chan cellor House; Roy Armstrong, di rector of admissions; Assistant Dean of Students Bill Friday; J. C. Herrin, Baptist student chap lain; Associate Dean Cecil John son; Edwin S. Lanier, director, student aid; A1 Lowenstein chairman, freshmen orientation, Dean E. L. Mackie; Bill Mackie, president, student body. Dale Ranson, track coach; Alumni Sec retary J. M. Saunders; Claude Shotts, general YMCA secretary, and Biff" Shuford, ‘ asociate alumni secretary. Sam Magill, Shanghai, China; and Ben Jones, Elgin, 111., along with a committee of sophomores, are in charge of arrangement. Legion Post Condemns Press For Refund Slant \ Hr / Chapel Hill— T^r.h»pel mil American Region, "pull No. 6, went on record at its regular monthly meeting last Friday night as condemning the idea that the veterans insurance refund pro gram now underway is a “gravey train.” . .. .. Col. George B. Cline brought the subject to the attention of the Legionnaires, stating that some newspapers have given the im pression that the dividends to be paid to veterans for their National Service Life Insurance are gifts. 'Che' refunds are, in reality, Col. Cline pointed out, simply divi dends on money invested by the veterans in government insurance. The local post passed by unani mous vote a resolution, proposed by Paul Robertson,« condemning “any newspaper that gives out misleading information concerning veterans service life insurance re funds.’ In the meeting, presided over by Commander Jack McDade, the Legion voted to set up a commit tee to make arrrangements at Duke Hospital for local members to donate blood in advance for use whenever needed. Mervin Dyson was appointed chairman of the committee and Dr. William T. Burns,- Col.._ G.eorge Cline, and Calvin Burch were made mem bers*.___„_■ . • _ A report by Paul Robertson on the National Convention was heard, and volunteers were enlist ed for work at the Legion’s con cession stands at Kenan Stadium for the football games. The group will include Robertson, H. D. Leigh, Herman Lloyd, Paul Sex ton, and Fred Free. Plans for opening the Legion's Post at least twice weekly as a club house were discussed. ——•——o — Legion Kusnes Member Drive Hillsboro—Members of the lo cal Post No. 85 of the American Legion moved this week to in tensify their membership drive and exceed the membership quota assigned by the state de partment. Announcement was jnade of the possibility that dues may be increased by the national organ ization in October in order to take care of the increased rehabilita tion functions assumed by the Le gion. Members renewing their membership or new members be coming affiliated this “month, of course, will do so at the current membership rate.. H. C. Coleman and Sim Efland are chairmen of the current mem bership drive. Burton Urges Farmers To Join Farm Parity Chib Zeb Burton, Presiderft pf the Orange County Farm Bureau appealed today to the farmers of ' Orange Gounty to become mem bers of the Farm pureau Parity for Agriculture Club. - “To become a member,’’ Bur ton said, “it is necessary for a person to join the Orange County Farm Bureau and secure the memberships of at least nine other farmers.’’ During the 1948 State-wide Farm Bureau membership drive 1,827 Tar'Heel farm men and wo men were members of the club, thereby dedicating themselves to fight for the parity principles for Agriculture and pledging them selves to make whatever sacrifices necessary to give farm people the same protection that is afforded other groups. Farm Bureau mem berships written by Parity fclub members last year totaled 53,420. “The Parity for ^ Agriculture^ Club was formed in fionor of the past president of the American Farm Bureau, Edward A. O’neal, who during-16 years as president fought constantly for parity in come for the farmers of the Na tion,” Burton said. “The North Carolina Farm Bureau recognizes its members who perform speci fied duties in procuring member ships each year as Edward O’Neal Parity Club Members.” Presiden t Burton e xplained that the man and woman securing the largest number of Farm Bu reau members in the State will be given expense-paid trips to the National Farm Bureau Convention in Chicago this Fall. Awards for use in defraying the expenses of Parity Club members to the Na tional Convention will also be made to each county reaching its minim |-v mej*,ersljip q.;ota and maximum quora," and for each'MO memberships in excess of the maximum membershap quota. “Only through strong farm or ganization,” Burton said, “can fannersT make headway against the forces which tend to strangle production, peg pricey and hinder the free distribution of goods and services to the disadvantages of producers and consumers.” Jack Wright Gets Big Bass Hillsboro—Jack Wright of West Hillsboro pulled a 9 V* pound bass out of University Lake last Mon day around 6:30 in the afternoon. Officials and others at the lake were reported as saying it was , the biggest caught there this year. Wright was using a reed pole and hook with minnows as bait when he made the catch, which he plans to enter in a contest sponsored by a Durham sporting goods firm. i Bond Leader ROBERT O. FORREST, chair man of the Orange County Demo cratic executive committee, was appointed by the county commis sioners Tuesday to head the steer ing- committee.-for the forthcom ing campaign in connection with proposed bond issues for schools and courthouse construction. — -—o -- Layman’s Series Reopens Sunday; Brooks Speaker Hillsboro — The Laymen’s League of Hillsboro will renew its monthly Sunday night pro grams at the Hillsboro High School this coming Sunday, Sep tember 11th, at eight o’clock. There will be a candle light service exemplifying the Oath and Scout Law, followed by a Scout picture. The main feature of the evening will be an address by Dr. Lee M. Brooks of the University o' Not'i.. Caroljm The Laymen’s League programs are sponsored by the laymen of the Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, and the public is cordially invited to attend these educational and spir itual programs, ---O Name Treasurers For Schools Hillsboro^—The Board of Educa tion appointed treasurers for the various Orange County schools at its Tuesday meeting in accordance with new requirements of the state school law which requires such officers for units handling over $300 annually. Receiving appointments for the various schools were: Hillsboro, Mrs. J. . Rosemond: West Hills boro, Moyle Uinstead; Murphey, Mary W. Browning; Efland, Mary D.t Murray;. Aycock, Odie V." Munn; Carrboro, Agnes Andrews; White Cross, Mrs. W. B. Wilder; Caldwell, Mary R. Mitchell; and j Central (Hillsboro) Fannie C ! Warren , Welfare Superin* ** *•'« am £«“*"' “*««• Kn °“ l<*>' By MRS. JEAN HERR Superintendent, Public Welfare • During the recent years of un paralleled prosperity, many citi zens raised the question of why so much money was spent on pub lic assistance. The answer was that public funds, under the so cial security act, went to the aged with no means of support, and to children “deprived of parental support.” Now that the peak of rmcfeif an# passed, and many people are working on short time, it may be asked whether the taxpayers will be requested to increase their ap propriations for relief in order tp cover the needs of additional peo ple.. Will the costs of public as sistance continue to rise until vir tually every person over the age of 65 will be supported by his gov ernment? What is the effect of the general economic situation on rehef loads and applications "for relief in Orange County? Although unemploymenlinsur- j ande is cushioning the blow, many employed persons whose earnings have decreased are applying for ! Old Age Assistance for their aged : relatives; and at the present time in the county there is a waiting j list for Old Age Assistance of over 50 persons. There is a waiting list for Aid to Dependent Children of four families. -* ... i-:.v -nMfew' lr" V-;~ ./ .. - ■ In view of the fact of the in creased rate of applications, not only in Orange County, but throughout the State, several new regulations and policies relating to public assistance were adopted on a state-wide basis, to take ef fect September 1, 1949. The gen eral effect of these regulations will be to establish more rigid conditions of eligibility for public assistance, this enablng the Coun- ; applications, terminate some' grants, and to provide, for new cases of the most desperate need from the amount of appropriations currently available. Since many people seem to be- ! lieye that anyone who attains the! age of 65 ought to receive finan- j cifcl assistance from his govern- j ment, a brief statement of the! presen* conditions oi e.^jbitly, is listed below: 1.. A p-. must be “in need." Need i> defined by the regulations , as need* of food, clothing, shelter., fuel and utilities, in certain speci- ? fied amounts, accord.U3Jt.tara-.stan dard subsistance budget. Medical care, insurance, and payment on debts are no longer included. 2. An individual’s resources are balanced against this standard budget. Every person is expected to make use of whatever resources are available to him to meet his (See WELFARE, Page 3) R. 0. Forrest Named To Head Steering Group: .-,. Hillsboro—The Board of 'Coun ty Commissioners ended its delib erations on the proposed county schools and courthouse bond is sues Tuesday afternoon and call ed for a special, referendum to be hold on November 22 to enable the people to decide the fate of the vitally needed. county build ing program. The decision came after senti ment of leading citizens through out the county had.been expressed at S$vcn community meetings. Approval will be asked for the issuance of $1,000,000 in bonds for school buildings and $250,000 for a new building to provide ade quate court facilities and office space for various county officers. A steering committee to spear— head the pre-election campaign in behalf of the bonds will be headed by , Robert Q. Forrest, chairman of the- county Demo-' erotic executive committee; Ap pointed to work with Forrest on the committee was Bonner D. Sawyer, James Webb and A. I,. Stanback of Hillsboro; L. P. Phipps, Mrs. R. M. Grumman, Mrs. R. H. Marks^ Gordon Black well and C. A. McDougle, of Chapel Hill; Dwight Ray of Carr boro; Rev. Henry B. Lewis, G. M. Long and James Compton of Ced ar Grove; Claiborne Wilkerson of Caldwell; Mrs. Clyde Roberts of St. Mary’s; Robert Nichols of Ef land and Coleman A. Gentry of White Cross.. Tuesday s decision came imme diately upon the heels of an elo quent appeal from a delegation of the Hillsboro Garden Club that nothing be done to the present courthouse structure to jeopardize its future restoration as an historic shrine.. Rev. C. S. Hubbard, spokesman for the Garden Club delegation,' safe?,thy would be willing to maintain the present courtroom as a museum at no expense to the county and re lated the steps which have al ready been taken to -gam the dc*^ tero^t of the Federal government in sucii an historical project. He pointed out that the club had been in contact with the proper federal and state authorities and tha the Federal government plans ■To send an investigator to Hills | boro to'look into the proposal.. * In making its bond issue an i nouncemeiat the Commissioners said they had no defUten plans for utilization of the present court room and they previously assured the Garden Club delegation of sympathetic and careful consid eration of their request. No monies from the bond issue will be used in connection with the old building, it was said, but minor repairs, repainting and the installation of Heating equipment may be accomplshed from current revenue sources. If the new build ing is authorized the dowpstairs portion of the old building will be occupied by county offices such as Welfare, Health and Education. Facilities' will be provided in the new building for the Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds, Sheriff, Tax Supervisor and Tax Collector, along with the courtroom. The million dollar issue for schools, which will augment the $401,000 from State sources, con stitutes the minimum that is con sidered needed to take care of present school needs. Chapel Hill without a high school building since its disastrous fire several years ago, and with grossly inade quate elementary and Negro school facilities, will receive $770, Sfih-. whtssfcs v m ule by the school boards of the county and town and $631,000 will go toward new buildings and addi tional facilities^in the remainder of the' county. The new courthouse building, for which tentative plans have been drawn up by Raymond Weeks, architect, will be con structed on the site of the present Board of Education office and garage, if the bond issue is ap proved.—— ——••• • • ---—O-— PLAY DUNN FRIDAY Hillsboro-r-The Hillsboro High School Wildcats of thtf gridiron, nursing the effects of a 39-0 de feat at the hands of Durham High last Friday night, will attempt a comeback tomorrow night under the lights of the high school ath letic field here when they meet Dunn at 8 o’clock.
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