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(Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY. SEPT. 29, 1949 Price: $2 a Year; 5c Single Copy
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sufesem be today.
Eight Pages This Week
itizens Protest
later Rate Hike
Hillsboro—A bitter protest over
:the recent increase in the ^ water
Irates to be charged out-of-town
customers of the Town’s water
IL.tem resulted in a mass meeting
of citizens at the Town Hall Mon
IV. night and the scheduling of
another at West Hillsboro School
tonight at 7:30 o’clock.
I Spokesman for the group seek
ling revision of the new rates
Monday night was Rev. J. F. Ker
| nodle °f West Hillsboro who re
quested a hearing before the Town
Board in an effort to ascertain the
reasons for the increase. Mayor
gen Johnston, only member of
1 the° municipal government' pres
ent, told the-group -he would.
I transmit their request for a hear
ing to the board after indicating
action by the full board would be
necessary before any change of
policy, could be made. He sug
gested any proposals of the pro
testing group, numbering in the
neighborhood of 100 citizens Mon
day nigtht, be made at the regu
lar meeting of the board next
Tuesday night.
At tonight’s meeting at West
Hillsboro, at which all groups of
outiof-town residents are expect
ed to be present, ii committee to
formulate the recommendations
and ideas of the outsiders and
present them to the Board will be
set up!
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Presbyterian
Church Centennial
Program Ready
Chapel Hill—The Rev. Charles
M. Jones, pastor of the Presby
terian Church, here announced
that the program for the celebra
tion of the church’s 100th birth
day on October 14-16 is virtually
completed and that wften . it is
made public it will have several
unique features. ,
In the interest of the centen
nial observance Mr. Jones has be
gun s series o', visits to ministers
and churches in neighboring
towns, and this coming week will
make a tour through the eastern
part of the state.
In connection with the October
celebration, the Church hopes to
raise a centennial fund of $10,000,
a great part of which will be used
to forward work among the 1400
Presbyterian students now at
tending the University of North
Carolina.
"These 1400 boys and girls,”
said Mr. Jones “make up the
largest body of Presbyterian stu
dents to be found on any campus
in the state. Our regular mem
bership, however, is only about
22 percent as large. Hence we are
asking the help of- all friends of
the little church here to enable us
to meet these needs.”
Mr, Jones’s church is itself
Probably unique jn that two ser
vices are required every Sunday
doming to accomodate the
thronging students. Both sermons
are preached by Mr. Jones.
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Chapel Hill Win
Over Orphanage
Pleases Locals
Chapel Hill—Three touchdowns
in the second half gave the Chapel
Hill High School Wildcats a sweet
21-0 victory over Methodist. Orph
anage of Raleigh last Friday after
noon on the local high school’s
new football field.
Playing on a slippery field, nei
ther team could Jhit pay dirt until
j?te in the second quarter when
Fenno McGinty passed to James
Smith for ^Chapel Hill score only
m-motion penalty. The first half
' ended soon with no score.
The second half was a different
st°ny, however, when Chapel Hill
received the kick-off and marched
j° Hie 20 'where McGinty passed
o Eddie Mann for the first score.
Smith ran for the extra point and
Chapel Hill led 7-0.
Later in the same quarter, Bill
H°gan and Howard Stewart
locked a Methodist punt on the
visitors 28. McGinty ran the whole
stance on the first play and scor
ed tor Chapel Hill. After a 15
yard penalty on the first extra
Point attempt, McGinty again con
ned with Mann for the 14th
^apel Hill point.
In the fourth quarter, McGinty
again led the way to a score and
Passed to Jim McGlaughlin for
the marker. Smith ran the ball
aeross for the filial point. That
ehded the scoring and Chapel Hill
Won the ball game, 21-0. .
New Policeman
Is Authorized
At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill— A new policeman
will be added to the Chapel Hill
Police Force as a result of action
taken by the Board of.Aldermen
last Monday night.
The 'Soard authorized Town
, Manager Rose to hire the man and
' purchase a new three-wheel mo
j.tor cycle 'or Servi-car for the
force.
Also approved unaminously was
a motion to have the Institute of
Government make a survey of the
town ordinances and make an es
timate of the cost of codifying
such ordinances.
r- A-t the beginning of the meeting
residents of W. Cameron Ave| ap
peared before the Board to ask
that the street not be left open to
heavy truck traffic as had been
proposed at an earlier meeting;'
Spokesmen stressed the point
that the street is completely resi
dential and that the pavement
could not stand the weight of
heavy trucks for long. They also
pointed out that although in reali
ty; a , wide street, It is seriously
congested with parked cars be
longing to members of the several
fraternities in the area.
Mayor Ed Lanier asked the
board to begin a prompt study of
the provisions of the Federal
Housing Act so that in case the
1950 census made Chapel Hill
eligible for such aid, the board
might be able to act quickly and
wisely on the matter.
Regular reports were made to
the board by Town Manager Tom
Rose, Town Attorney C. P. Hin
shaw, and Auditor E. E. Peacock.
District Meeting
Of Garden Chibs
Here Hext Month
Hillsboro—The Eighth District
of the State Garden Club will
meet at Hillsboro, on Wednesday,
October 26, with the Hillsboro
Club as hostess club.
Registration will begin at 9:30
at the Methodist Church and the
meeting will be called to order
at 10:00. by the District Director,
Mrs-. Roy Homewood, of Chapel
Hijl.. Luncheon will be served at
the Colonial Inn which is said to
have been used by Cornwallis as
his headquarters in 1781.
Alden Hopkins, Resident Land
scape Architect of Williamsburg
Restoration, will be the speaker at
a brief afternoon • session, after
which a short historic tour has
been arranged by the Hillsboro
Restoration Committee.
Mrs. James M. Tyler, of Kins
ton, is the president of the State
arden Club.
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amateur talent show
Hillsboro— The American Le-.
gion amateur talent show, featur
ing a dozen or more acts, will be
presented at the Gem Theatre
next Tuesday and Wednesday
nights...
Phipps Named Co-Chairman Of Steering
Committee For November Bond Elettion
Hillsboro— Organization activi
ties preliminary to the campaign
in behalf of a million and a quar
ter bond issue for construction of
schools and a new courthouse in
Orange County continued this
week with the appointment of ad
steering committee and Jdie selec
tion of Judge L. J. Fhipps of
Chapel Hill as co-chairman.
He will serve with Robert O.
Forrest of Hillsboro who was nam
ed chairman by the Board af
County Commissioners earlier this
"Additional members of the steer
ing group are G. O. Reitzel
Hillsboro, Manly Snipes of Orange
Grove Manly Snipes of Orange
Grove,’ Reid Roberts of Hillsboro
Route 1. Mrs. J. S^Henmnger of
ChaDell Hill, E. T. Hearn of Carr
K M, Durham of Carrto.ro
and A. K. McAdams of Mebane,
R"(Committees appointed to get the
program underway ^eluded:
P Publicity: Gordon Blackwell,
James Webb and Rev. C. S. Hub
^Speakers: Bonaer D.Sam
Mrs. R- M. Grumman and Rev.
H. B. Lewis.
Finance: R. O. Forrest, L. J.
Phipps, G. O. Reitzel, D. M^Ray
and F. M. Durham.
Appointment of Precince Work
ers: Mrs. R. H. Marks,, Claiborne
Wilkerson, Coleman Gentry, C. A.
Clyde Roberts, Reid Roberts, Rob
ert Nichols, E. T. Hearn, G. M.
Long, James S. Compton, Manly
Snipes, Mrs. J. S. Henninger, and
A. K. McAdams.
Durham To Talk
To Women Voters
Chapel Hill—Congressman Carl
Durham, of the 6th Congressional
district, will be the featured
speaker at a general meeting of
the Chapel Hill League of Women
Voters which will be held at the
Town Hall on October 5 at 8 p. m.,
Mrs. .1. W. Summerlin announced
this week. 1
Congressman Durham’s subject
will be a review of the work .of
the 81st (present Congress). The
public is invited.
Carrboro Firm
Puts In Television
For Customers
Carrboro—A Philco television
set was installed on Monday of
this week at Ivey’s.Cafe, on Main!
Street in Carrboro.
This is the first television set
in Carrboro and the others in this
area are owned by the Bruce
Strouds at their home near Mann’s
Chapel Chffreh and the Joe Buck
Dawson at their homp in front
of the Navine Veterinary Hospital
on the Chapel Hill-Durham high
way,____ . *
Mr. and Mrs. Ivey had many of
their friends in for the opening
programs beginning at 7:30 to
10:30 on last Monday evening.
Their television screen is larger
than" those used in most homes.
Each frame has 525 lines per
frame and there are 30 frames per
second shown. Many programs are
shown just as they are taking,
place, but some of the pictures
are films.
—Every Thursday evening Ivey!s
will show the highlights of the
football games of the wek before,
and on every Wednesday flight the
Arthur Godfrey show will be
shown.
When television was first shown
in Chapel Hill at Ogburn’s Furni
ture Store, the television station
serving this area was in Charlotte,
but now a station lias been In
stalled in Greensboro, and all pic
tures are much clearer arid all
the service is greatly improved.
The three sets in this area have
all been installed by Edd Lamb,
who has been with the Ogburn
Furniture Company for the past
four years. He is the only tele
vision service technician in
Orange County. He holds a diplo
ma from the television school in
Greensboro and was a radar tech
nician for four years in the Army,
and before that he was trained in
the Midland Radio and Television
School in Kansas City and the
Westinghouse Experimental Lab
ortories in New York.
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Godwin Address
Features Legion’s
Veterans Reunion
Hillsboro—An informal pro
gram featuring entertainment and
an address by R. C. Godwin, State
Commander of the American Le
gion; highlighted the veteran’s’
reunion, sponsored by the local
post Tuesday night.
Introduced by A. H. Graham,
the state commander discussed the
various benefits to be derived
from Legion membership, the as
sistance programs it sponsors, and
the value of the organization to
community, state and. nation.
The entertainment program in
cluded presentations from paH
ticipants in the forthcoming
American Legion Talent Show to
be held here next week as a
benefit event. ~ ’•
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AGIN THE I .AW
Htllsboro— Those decorative
birds being attached to wind
shields the*e days are against
the law, the highway department
advised this week.
Patrolman T. P. Hofler said
that beg/fining tomorrow driv
ers found with the birds at
tached to windshields will be
cited to court since they con
stitute an obstruction t<§ view.
Township Units Get Responsibility
For Selecting Roads To Be Paved
Ready For Stock Show
These three young 4-H Club members in the above picture proudly
displaying their five Holstein heifers that will be entered in the second
annual Livestock Boosters Show and Sale to be held at Farmers
Mutual Livestock Market in Hillsboro today. The I.ivestock Boosters
arganization is made up of the agricultural workers and interested
livestock fanners from Durham, Chatham, Granville and Person
Counties. The show will get underway at 10 o’clock and the sale at
1 o’clock. —;
Livestock'Boosters’ Dairy Heifer Show,
Sale To Be Held At Local Market Today
Hillsboro — The annual Dairy
Heifer Show and Sales sponsored
by the Livestock Roosters will be
held at the Livestock Farm and
Market of the Farmers Mutual
at Hillsboro today. The show will
start at 10 o’clock in the morning
and the sale at 1 o’clock the same
day.
The Livestock Boosters is com
posed of the County Agricultural
workers and Dairy and Livestock
Field men in Durham, Orange,
Chatham, Granville, and Person
Counties. The slogan of this group
is “Breeding, Feeding, Showing
and Selling Livestock.” They are
working with small farmers, dairy
farmers, 4-H C3wo and Future
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PTA Designates
Third Tuesday
For Meetings
Hillsboro—The first meeting of
the Hillsboro P. T. A. was held
last week during Which the Asso
ciation -voted to have all night
pneetings this year, dnd designated
the third Tuesday night, 7:30 as
the time.
The Roll x Call prize went to
Miss McCauley’s second grade.
As Mrs. Clarence Jones, presi
dent, introduced the executive
committee, each gave a report
Mrs. Alton Williams, Finance
Chairman, announced the P. T. A.
would give a play in the hih school
auditorium the night of the Hallo
ween Carnival.
G. A. Brown introduced the
new teachers to the parents.
Announcement was made of the
Sixth District P. T. A. Meeting
Oct. 5, in Chapel Hill beginning
at 10:00..
* R. O. Forrest, Chairman of
Orange County Bond Issue, made
' a brief talk explaining that the
"election had riot been called on
spur of the moment. Last year a
committee made a study of the
needs of the schools. There have
been community meetings of citi
zens to explain how the $1,400,000
bond issued money will be spent.
Mr. Forrest cited the improveT
ments to be made to the present
buildings, and told which schools
would get ne wbuildings.
*• At the close of the meeting,
parents were invited to visit each
classroom, lunchroom, library, and,
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Funds Available
For Pastures
.Hillsboro—$5,000 in additional
funds for pastdre and pasture im
provement practices are available
this week only to Orange Cpunty
farmers who have had not asstist
ance this year under the Produc
tion Marketing Administration
program,.
‘This announcement was made
yesterday by A. K. McAdams,
PMA secretary,, who said the
money would be issued on a “first
come,. first served,” basis. After
this week, the money will be
available to any applicants as long
as it lasts for the purpose speci
led, he said. r
Farm boys to get them to use the
best pure bred sires they can af
ford for breding their livestock.
The feeding phase consists of en
couraging the production of abun
dant pastures and feed on the
farm, and properly feeding the
young livestock. Then the show
and sales, which are being spon
sored, will give all of these farm-j
ers, young and old, the opportui^b*
ty to compare their dairy heifers
with those bred and grown by
others and of course, the sale is
to give anyone who wishes the
opporttunity to put their heifers
on the market. In the dairy
heifers sale, the real object is to
present heifers that will freshen
in the fall and be ready for those
dairymen who need them for
maintaining or increasing their
milk production. Valuable cash
przes are offered in every class
of dairy heifer shown. These cash
prizes are being provided by
Farmers Mutual and milk'process
ing plants which operate in these
five counties. ,' , -
Small fanners who could pro
duce dairy heifers profitably as
well as the dairy farmer and
young farmer should attend this
I show and sale, if at all possible,
even if they have nothing to put
in this year, the county agent ad
vises. They will get some informa
tion that would help them to start
in the breeding and production of
l good dairy heifers. Dr. Colvard,
head of the Animal Industry De
partment of N. G. State College
will "be the judge for the dairy
l heifers in the show. He will also
asist in classfying the heifers for
the sale.
Among those entering calves
and heifers from Orange County
are: Harold Latta, Sr., Lantham
Latta, Harold Latta, Jr, Crawford
Breeze, Van Kenion, W. J. Buck
ner, Victor Walters, Ted Martin,
Jesse Martin, Bill Dickey, Free
man Dickey, Jim McAdams, and
Robert Nichols. - --
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Chapel Hill To Get Town Bus Service
October 15; Board Approves Franchise I
Chapel Hill—Chapel Hill will
get a town bus service on or about
October 15. Approval of a fran
chise contract with the,Chapel Hill
Transit Lines, Inc. came at the
Monday nigtht meetirjfe *>f the
Board of Aldermen.
v The contract gave the company
a franchise in CttajjeT Hill ror
twelve months after which the
company may take up the option
for five years. If at any time the
company fails to provide modern
equipment, employ courteous and
experienced drivers, maintain
reasonable schedules or does not
provide adequate liability end
damage insurance the town re
serves the right to revoke the con
tract.
The contract also provided that
the schedules, loading signs, and
insurance policies be appproved
by the Town Manager.
The Bus Line, incorporated in
the office of Secretary of State
Thad Eure on Tuesday as the
Chapel Hill Transit Lines,, Inc.
will be managed by Clyde Has
tings, owner-operator of the Has
tings Bus Lines. „
Hastings, who is one of the three
stockholders in the new corpora
tion,<- said that the company
would operate three busses in and
about the town when the service
opened. Definite schedules had
not yet been drafted, but Hastings
said that they would include ser
vice to Victory Village, vthe GI
studpnt area. Caj-rboro, -and • the
new apartment developrnilmf' -on
the Raleigh Road.
Tentative fares, which have to,
be approved by the N. C. Utilities
Commission, have been set at 10
cents in the town and 15 cents
outside the town.
The new corporation has been
chartered with an authorized capi
tal stock of $100,000. The sub
scribed stock is listed as $300 and
is held by Hastings, James Bowl
ing, and George McAbee all of
Durham.
There have been several at
tempts to provide Chapel Hill with
bus service in thje past 10 years,
but all these attempts have met
with failure, Chapel Hill officials
have expressed the hope that the
experience of Hastings in the
transit business and the amount
of capital stock in the new adven- j
ture will insure the new company!
from failure.
» Hillsboro-r-The Highway Com
mission handed responsibility for
selecting roads to be paved under
the $200,000,000 bond program to
the people of the various com
munities here Monday night but
also advised it would furnish the
yardstick to assure that roads se
Road Meetings
And Leaders
Hillsboro— Committeemen have
been selected in two townships to
handle the rural roads program
in accordance with the plan,
adopted here Monday night and
chairmen were namgd in the re
mainder.
Meetings to elect the remaining
members of the committee and
consider roads to be paved will be
held as follows:
Cedar Grove: Ayeock school
tonight. E. C: Compton and L. J.
Rogers, co-chairmen.
Little River: Schley Grange hall
next Tuesday night, October 4.
W. S. Hunt, chairman.
Cheeks: Efland school tonight.
Bill Dorsett,, chairman.
Bingham: White Cross school
tonight. C. W. Stanford, chairman.
Monday night October 3 at 7:30
™ Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill school,
7:30 o’clock. Committee: Henry J.
Hogan, chairman, J. R. Pulley,
Lemuel Cheek, Glenn Snipes and
Leonard Sparrow.
Hillsboro: No date set for meet
ing. Committee: Van enipn, chair
man, C. F. Wilkerson, .H. F. Latta,
J. R. Kennedy and W. L. Smith.
Eno: No date set for meeting.
Clarence Link, chairman.
The steering committee, headed
by John W. Umstead and com
posed of representatives of va
rious farm, civic and municipal
groups in the county includes -the
county commissioners, the coun
ty board of education, representa
tives of town governments of
Hillsboro, Chapel ..Hill, Carrboro
and Efland, six members of the
Grange, six rjoembers of the Farm
Bureau, designated representa
tives of the civic clubs and mer
chants asociations of Chapel Hill,
Hillsboro and Carrboro, the Wo
men’s Auxiliary of the Farm Bu
reau, the PTA’s, both white and
colored, and the school superin
tendents and principals.
Carrboro Church
Sets Honecmung
Carrboro—:Next ^Sunday, Oct<
ober 2, has been set aside by the
Carrboro Baptist Church as
“Homecoraihg Dayi” It is ihe 47th
anniversary of the founding of
the church. -
All members, former members
and friends of the church are
given a cordial welcome. Special |
music will be a feature of the all- ]
day services, .former pastors will
be special guests. All visitors and
members are invited to bring pic
nic baskets for spreading lunch at
the noon hour.
RECRUITING
The USA and USAF Recruiting
Station of Durham has announced
that a Recruiting Sergeant will
be in Hillsboro each Tuesday for
the purpose of interviewing U. S.
Army and Air Force applicant.
* Interviews will be held at the
Mayor’s Office from 9:30 A. M.
till 4:00 P.M.
iccted v/ould be those the com
mission would have selected any
how.
This action occurred at a mass
meeting of citizens here Monday
night which overflowed the court
house and had to be transferred to
the High School auditorium.
A citizen’s organization reach
ing into every township was set
up to implement the program.
James A. Barnwell, Fifth Division
hand to describe the Commis
sion’s plans for the huge road
building program in this county.
Harry B. Caldwell, State Grange
Master, provided the inspirational
theme of the meeting in intro- ..f
ductory remarks in behalf., of the ,
sponsoring organization, The
Orange Pomona Grange, in which
he called for cooperation and
teamwork. Harry B. Weatherly of
Guilford County described the
citizen’s participation program in
his county whch formed the moder
for the organization set up in
Orange. G. O. Reitzel presided.
The program, finally adopted by
the assemblage after considerable
heated debate over .alternate plans,
provided for the establishment of
a central steering committee of
54 persons, to guide the overall
program, act- as liason between
the county and the Highway Com
mission and provide representa
tion and participation from the
various municipal, civic and
school groups of the entire coun
ty. Actual work of selecting the
roads using the standards and data
provided by the Highway Com
mission will be by fiye-man com
mittees in each of the townships.
John W. Umstead Jr., who
headed the Better Schools and
Roads committee in Orange last
Spring, was elected tq head the
steering group. Other nominees
for the post included Chairman
Collier Cobb and Ben Wilson,
members of the Board of County
Commissioners. A complete list
of the; steering committee and
township committees may be
•fteund in another column of this J
edition.
" Barnwell in his remarks prior
to the organizing activities de
scribed the purpose of the road
program as (1) to open up rural
communities, (2) general expan
sion of the county, and (3) general
decentralization of industry. He
told the basis upon which roads
would be selected fox paving and
advised that Orange County’s
total from the bond issue and from
federal and other funds would be
$2,126,527. Seventy five miles will
be paved and the remaining 425
miles of unimproved roads con
stituting the highway system in
this county will be stabilzed and
improved. “It is your money and
we want you to spend it like you
want to,” he told his audience.
He said 80 percent of the roads
would be selected by the local
committees on the baste of' the
data provided them by the Com
mission and the remaining 20
percent would be chosen by the
State for such purposes as con
necting links, etc. He estimated
paving would cost $20,000 per mile
and stabilizing $1,500.
- Considerable debate and confu
sion preceded the selection of the
type of organisation desired and
considerable sentiment favored an
outright township form of com
nuttee instead of the steering com
mittee recognizing the various
groups of the county, including
the municipalities. A vocal mi
nority favored a group composed
entirely of “country folks ’* after
the term of “dirt fanners’,” used
<>«, 6y spokesmm was ob.
to elanr*11’- 'n remarks tending
part ofy misunderstanding on the
anth l ny present that final
authority was being turned over
the committee, said this authori
ty was not being turned over to
hefd0nefinahiat hC commissi°n sill
held in their communitfes a^d
few'dayr SCheruled for the next
William Heads
Chapel Hil| FFA
Chapel Hill—Eddie Williams
was elected president of the ChaD
el Hill High School chapter of
the Future Farmers of America
at the chapter's first meeting of
the school ** *