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Eight Pages This
Eoara studies
'ater Request .
mt;n2 out-of-town water cus
that the proposed rate in
■®ase be lowered.
■The proposed increase, set to
■ into efect November 1, has
■en the subject of considerable
■ntroversy since it was an
■urced tWo weeks ago arid re
■lied in a mass meeting of out
Ktown residents at West Hills
■rii school last Thursday night,
■ which time the delegation was
■lected.
■ Raluh -Neighbors,' acting as
■okesman for the group, .termed
■e proposed rate as “excessive*1’
Kd urged that the proposed min
■um be set at $2 instead of
K 50 and that the above-the-min
tum increase of 50 percent be
■iminated. Neighbors agreed the
Kt-of-town customers should pay
■ore than citizens of the town
■it not as much as has been pro
Ksed. He said his delegation was
Kterested only in action to aid the
■tittle consumer.” "
■ Members of the board quickly
tinted out that the group’s pro
tsal was what the people wanted,
■owever. Decision will be made
It the next ^regular meeting of
lie Board.
| Members of the committee other
Ian Neighbors were Dud . Walters,
Kerbert Cates, Alex Riley, W. L.
Imith, L. L. Copeland, and Roy
trawford.
I Prior to the presentation of the
lelegation’s proposal* H. Broad
Lell presented the board’s posi
lon, noting that $48,000 was still
fcwed on the original construction
londs, that additional repairs and
equipment totalling $19,000 was
[equired to insure adequate supply
lor the next four years. He said
pater consumption here had
doubled during the past five years
pud that the impression that the
pter department had made
k~s erroneous. Currently 46 per
Ei * of the water customers live
Ktside of town, he said, later
: dip? outybrn* '" <> rNof every
ti ree towns checked by the board
hr comparable rates had con
; erably higher rates plus tap-on
re, for the out-of-town custom
•u
lhapel
towns Graham
| Graham.—The Chapel Hill high
school football team led by Fenno
IMcGinty defeated the Graham
High School “Red Devils” in the
opening game of the season before
2,000 fans.
The first and only score of the
game which spelled defeat for the
locals came in the opening minutes
of the game after McGinty took
the kick-off from his own 10-yard
line and returned it to the 39.
On the second play from scrim
mage McGinty then heaved a long
pass to end Bob Mann who ran to
the Graham two. On fourth down
McGinty then bulled his way for
the score.
After the first scoring threat
neither team was able to pene
trate beyond the 30 yard line,
plendid defensive play by both
mes was responsible for the close
ness of the^ score. T~
Ballard Offers
FHA Service
Hillsboro. — John Ballard an
nounced this week that FHA loans
are now available at his office
through tffe Pilot Life Insurance
Company.
Ballard has been appointed by
Loan Department in this area, j
He says that loans up to 90 per
cent of value are available on 1
some types of new construction.
The interest rate is 4 1-2 per
cent and the loans can be made
with twenty years to repay. He
stated that in some areas the
monthly repayments have been
less than monthly rent payments.
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CAKE sale
The St. Matthews Parish Guild
W5U have a cake sale at the Farm
*f* IJairy- here Saturday at 11
c clock in the morning.
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FIRST television
First television set was insl
* "unediate Hillsboro are
1 ° home of Eddie Hines,
SJapel gm Road> by r«]
'umiture Co,, of Mebane.
Grange Hears
Plans For Two
Telephone Lines
The Orange County Pomona
Grange met in Hillsboro Monday
night with Grange representatives
from all parts of the county at
tending.
The new -o'fficers who had been
elected at the September meeting,
headed by Clem Cheek as Master!
were duly installed by Mr. York!
Pomona Master of the Randolph
county Pomona Grange. Mr.
York was accompanied by Mr.
Murray, also of that county..
December 6 was announced as
tentative date for the iormal dedi
cation of the new Schley Grange
Hall.
Don S. Matherson reported that,
after much labor, plans had final
ly been made for 4he- extension of
two phone lines from Chapel Hill
Cross and Calvander.
Robert Mohlar reminded the
G range to keep in touch with the
Contractors’ suit, headed by Nellp
Teer, to determine whether or not
the recent road bond issue money
could be used to buy road build
ing equipment by the state.
Four ladies, Mrs. Reid Roberts,
Mrs. Charlie Mincey, Miss Belle
Crabtree, and Miss Kenion, took
part in a dress review. First prizes
were awarded Mrs. Roberts and
Miss Crabtee, whose dresses will
now be entered in the state con
test.
Chief Sloan Says
Grid Visitors’
Behavior Fine
Chapel Hill. — “The last two,
football games here have been the |
best I have seen here in years as
far as the conduct of the spectators
is concerned,” ■ Chapel Hill Police
Chief W. T. Sloan said, early this
week.
In the past, football weekends
have brought on a great many ar
rests from drinking, disorderly
conduct, and driving violations. |
But the last* two weekends when
there have been 44,000 football
fans in town, have been 'extraor
dinarily quiet.
Chief Sloan said that heavy
drinking at the games has .been
greatly reduced from years past.
The only person jailed during the
game was a visitor who refused
to be quiet when told he could not
enter the stadium. When he j
cussed at the officer and dared |
him to take him to jail, Chief Sloan j
said he had no other alternative, j
“We’ll be mighty happy if the j
conduct stays this good for the,
rest of the season,” the chief said
in concluding.
Sloan also announced that Her
man Stone resigned from the force
on Oct. 1 and C. J. Simson has
been chosen to replace him. Simp
son is a recent graduate of the
University. , • I
Also Sloan said • that the force
has bought a new black Chevrolet
to use as 'a patrol car. It has re
placed the black 1956 Ford which
the police had been using.
Two more patrolmen will be
hired soon and the new Servi-Car
has been ordered and will be here :
soon.
Cab Scoot Pack
To Be Organized *
Tuesday Night
Hillsboro.—Many a parent of !
a young boy has heard, “Gee whiz,
Mom, I wish I was old enough to
be a Boy Scout.”
It was announced this week
that plans are being made to meet
the needs of these younger boys
for an organized program of
games, handicrafts and hobbies
through the organizing of a Cub
Scout Pack.
The first step necessary to pro
vide a program of Cubbing is the
full cooperation and understand
ing of the parents of boys 8, 9 and
10 years old. Therefore, a meet
ing will be held of all parents of
boys eligible to become'Cub Scouts
at the Presbyterian Church , at
V:30 p. m. on Tuesday, October j
11. The Reverend Irving E. Birds- ;
eye announced the meeting and >'
urged all parents to attend as it is
essential that they take an active
part in establishing the program.
Birdseye stressed the hope that
West Hillsboro and nearby agri
cultural communities Would be
well represented at the meeting.
Clarence Weldon,\ Boy Scout
Executive, will be present and ex
plain the program,- it was said, and
invitations will be sent to ail the
ministers., of nearby churches.—— I
If Clouds Hide Eclipse
Tonight, Planetarium
Has One As Substitute
Chapel HilL—“The Moon and
Eclipses” is the title of the new
show at the Morehead Planetar
ium here which just started
Tuesday night.
In connection with the show
will be a real eclipse of the
moon which will take place to
night and cah be seen by every
one in the United States if the
weather is clear. Dr. Roy K.
Marshall, director of the lane
tarium said that the moon will
begin to enter the Earth’s shad
ow at 8:05 tonight.
By 9:20 the moon will be com
pletely hidden by the shadow
and will appear to be a dull and
dark red color. The moon will
begin to come out at 10:33 and
will be completely normal again
“by 11:48. .•*
In case of bad weather, Dr.
Marshall said, the eelipse will
be reproduced in the Planetari
um at 8:30 every night and at
3 on Saturdays and Sundays as
a part of ^the, show now going
on.
On each of the three Satur
days when there will be a foot
ball game here, the usual 3
o’clock matinee will be held at
11 a. m., and the building will
be open to the public from 10
to noon and from 7 to 10 at
night; --.
Board Promises
Aid To Ay cock
Highway Patrol Reports Two Traffic
Attd.yf ^ v ^
One death each m Orange and
Uamance Counties contributed to
he total or t,i98 accidents i*
vhich 62 persons were, killed a
-.93 injured investigated by
highway Patrol during August,
he North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicles reported.
During the month the Patrol
-pent 114,166 hour? on duty and
‘raveled 1,213,919 miles.,-A
of 64,194 vehicles and 8°-5
driver’s licenses were inspected
on the highway. N®
fourteen light tickets were isj
sued 1 275 equipment tickets and
Eft warning tickets. Lights were
corrected' on 24,504 . vebicles 595
vehicles were weighed and 59
found to be overloaded. Stolen
cars recoverer numbered 58.
The Patrol made 5,639 arrests,
442 of which were for drunken
driving. Citations were issueu ™
5,459 persons.. A total of 7,188
complaints were investigated. Pa
trolmen rendered 13,172 courte
sies. First aid was administered in
three cases and five fires were
extinguished. -
Of persons arrested by the pa
trol, 5,628 were found guilty and
352\not guilty. Those convicted
were sentenced to 96 years, six
months and eight days.
Cars and property recovered
by the Patrol and returned tc
owners were valued at $48,110.36:
fines collected from persons ap
prehended by the Patrol amounted
to $122,302.17, which was turned
over to county school funds; Costs
turned to county general funds in
counties where cases we$e tried
amounted to $61,016.73; $4,411.58
in highway revenue was collected
or a total o $236,837.84.
Hillsboro—The Board of Edu
cation at its regular meeting Mon
day promised an Aycock delega
tion it would take two steps prior
to the next school year in an ef
fort to gain more students for the
high school there.
It promised to urgently re
quest the State Board of Educa
tion to allow high schopl students
from the Prospect Hill section of
Caswell County to attend the Ay
cock school and to seek changes
in current bus routes in this
county which would bring more
students to the school.
The Aycock delegation in
cluded Mesdames Robert E.
Hughes, J. S. Coihpton, Ormond
Woods, Frank McDade and < Mr.
J. M. Hawkins, who indicated at
the outset of the hearing their in
tention to discuss the enlargement
of the Aycock school district.
In another action, the board
moved to request that Alamance
county stand by a 1946 agreement
regarding bus routes into Western
Orange, after it Was reported that
routes were coming deeper into
Orange than provided for in the
previous agreement.
The board also approved the
appointment of the teaching su
pervisor for white schools to fill
the position authorized by the
last legislature. Miss Cora Bomar,
present librarian in the Chapel
Hill school, will receive the as
signment to- work with the ele
mentary teachers of the Chapel
Hill and county units and with the
librarians of the high schools.
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BTU SUPPER MEETING
Carrboro.—The Baptist Training
Union of the Carrboro Baptist
Church held ,a very interesting
supper meeting on Wednesday
evening of this week at the church
with their leader, Miss Doris Lind
say. The officers and teachers of
the Sunday School will hold their
regular monthly meeting on Fri
day evening of this week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Stude
baker.
Jerry Voorhis
Farmers Matual -
Main Speaker
Jerry Voorhis, former Congress
man of California and now execu
tive secretary of the Cooperative
League, U. S. A., will be the fea
ture speaker at Farmers Mutual
annual stockholders meeting
which will be held in the Duke
Gym next Thursday announces
C. W. Tilson, general manager.
“We are very fortunate to se
cure a man as well qualified as
Mr. Voorhis,” says Tilson, “to be
our main speaker. I am sure the
message that he brings our stock
holders will be remembered for
a long time ana will do us a lot of
good.”
Voorhis is a native of Kansas
and a graduate of Yale College.
In 1936, he was elected from the
twelfth district of California to
serve in Congress and served five
terms. In January 1947, he left
Congress to beconfie the executive
secretary of the Cooperative
The famous Briarhoppers of
Radio Station WBT, Charlotte,
will appear on the program as the
feature entertainers, announced
Mark Davis today.
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I HOPKINS SPEAKER
Hillsboro.—Alden Hopkins, res
ident landscape architect for* Cor
lonial
principal speaker for the meet
ing of the Eighth District of the
State Garden Club, which in
cludes Durham, Franklin, Gran
ville, Johnson, Orange, Person,
Wake, Warren, and Vance Coun
j ties, to be held in Hillsboro on
Wednesday, October 26, at the
Methodist Church,
i Registration will begin at 9:30
a. m., and the meeting will be
| called to order at 10:00 o’clock by
the District Director, Mrs. Roy M.
Homewood of Chapel Hill.
I Local chairmen for the hostess
• club are: Mrs. Jf. W. Moore,
Luncheon, which will be served
at the Colonial Inn; Mrs. Garland
Miller, Hospitality and Flower
Arrangements; Mrs. J. W.* Rich
mond, Reservations and Registra
tion; T. N. Webb, Historic Tour;
Mrs. E. R. Dowdy is Publicity
1 Chairman for theDistrict.
Mobtory Wave
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/Residences
tu CliaPeI Hill „
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'over fh dences 0n f* info stu,
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entered whit S°rority house
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made hi, J "V Then the thief
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fakon the SDrOrity ep. aI mem
girj J0 rai^ed from’ $8 fe am°nnt
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dentsi01m StheIuWing ^2] £?“
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Bond Hearing
Set October 17
Heavy Daaage
In Train Wreck
At University
University—A spectacular trair
collision at' Glenn, known foi
years as University Station, over
turned affreight engine and six
cars shortly after 3 o’clock Tues
day after striking three other cars
left standing on the main line by
a shifting engine.
Engineer R. L. Dean of Spencer
was pinned in wreckage and hac
to be removed by a welder hur
ried to the scene from Hillsboro
He suffered a badly crushed leg
but remained conscious during
the removal operations. G. F
Holler, the fireman, sustained
minor cuts and bryises.
Force of the collision literally
broke apart the standing box cars
and rails were bucked and twisted.
The eastbound freight, No. 254 was
finally,, stopped by a water tank
which, when bursted by the irti
pact, showered water and timbers
over a wide area.
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Hoggins Wins
$7,000 Verdict -
Against Streets
H i 11 s b o r o— Civil actions
brought by Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Huggins against John and Helen
Street of Chapel Hill as out
growth of an automobile accident
in Chapel Hill were concluded by
compromise yesterday afternoon
with a $7,000 settlement in favor
of the plaintiffs.
Action took place in the civil
term of Superior Court here which
has been in session since Monday.
Street 'is the son of the well
known author, James Street,
Huggins is manager of Woollen
Gymnasium in Chapel Hill.
In three divorce actions heard
earlier in the week, Pennie At
water Davis was ^divorced from
Samuel W. Davis, Ruby L. Gro
gan was divorced from C. E. Gro
gan and Maldy M. Cooke was di
vorced from George C. Cooke.,
Myrtle Suggs Ethridge was de
clared owner of property con
tested in a suit brought against
C. C. Suggs, trustee, and C. E.
Ethridge; while S. A. Nathan re
ceived an $843.97 settlement
against J. B. Goldston in an ac
tionbrought -by the latter.
Tubercular Hospital, Million Dollar
Donuifory Boosts Building Program
Chapel Hill — The $12,000,000
building program for the Uni
versity of North Carolina was
given two big boosts last week j
when the state Advisory Budget i
Commission approved the con- j
struction of a 100-bed. tubercular
hospital in Chapel Hill and also
decided to build one large men’s
dormitory costing over a million
dollars rather than three separate
dormitories as had been previous
ly planned.
1 Following the recommendation
the board of directors of the N. C.
Sanatorium for the Treatment of
Tuberculosis and a suggestion of
j the last session of‘ the state legis
| lature, the approval was given so
that the hospital cpuld be near
the U. N. C. Medical School..
$471,250 had been appropriated
by the legislature to construce the
hospital, and the University has
agreed to donate five acres of land
for the site.
Lack of suitable space on the
already crowded campus of the
University led to the commis
sions decision to build one-large
dormitory instead of the original
three. The proposed site for what
will be one of the largest, college
dormitories ih the South ryns from
the Monogram Club on the Coun
try Club Road across from the
Forest Theater to the Raleigh
Road.
Spokesmen said that the large
building will have as many rooms
in it as had been planned for the
original three.
| Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church
|?ww?
I Chapel Hill—It was announced
f this week by( Prof. M. T. Van
I Hecke, chairman of the centen
nial committee, that one of the
■ features of the Presbyterian
Church’s celebration of its first
100 years on Oct. 14-16 wall be a
history ot the church in four parts
to be presented by four narrators
' impersonating great personages in
the church’s past.
These four characters will be
Governor Davis Lowry Swain who
was president of the University
before and after the Civil War;
| Mrs. Cornelia Phillips Spencer,
I Chapel Hill’s “great lady” 'who
sewed, taught and worked for the
church; Prof. B. S. Hedrick, who
was the center of the church’s
greatest controversy in the past;
and “Parson” W. D. Moss, ,the Ca
nadian minister/who inaugurated
the great movement that has re
sulted such a large student at
tendance at services that two ser
mons are necesary every Sund
day morning.
Each character in this church
drama will speak his own biogra
phy jn appropriate costume at the
opening part of the centennial
program at the church on Friday
evening, October 14.
Meantime Professor Van Hecke
announces that encouraging con
tributions are being received in
the church’s effort to raise a $10,
000 centennial fund, to be used in
repairing the church’s decayed
steeple, in preparing the buildini
for the celebration, and in advanc
ing the work among student
which loks after the interests ol
the 1400 Presbyterian boys and
girls on the campus.
Ililsboro—The Board of County
Commissioners formally approved
resolutions at its Monday meeting
calling for the issuance of $1,000,
000 in school bonds and $250,000
in courthouse construction bonds,
subject to approval of the people
at an election to be held Novem
ber 22, and set Monday, October
17 at 10 o’clock in the morning as
the date for a public hearing as
required by North Carolina law.
A complete text of the bond
orders may be found in another
page of this edition.
Several delegations bearing pe
titions for roqd improvements ap
peared before the Board and re
ceived fhe members’ " assurance
that due consideration would be
given their requests in connection
with the overall study of the
county roads planned by the Com
misioners. Chairman Collier Cobb
Jr. announced that notification
had been received from Highway
Commissioner James Barnwell
that he would meet with the
Board prior to handing down fi
al decisions as to which roads
would be paved under the $200,
000,000 program to ascertain their
views and recommendations.
The Board received the Col
lector’s final settlement for 1948
taxes and approved the new levy
for 1949, totalling $280,234.12, in
cluding $19,851.59 in special school
taxes collected from Chapel Hill.
The breakdown for the new levy
by townships and special divisions:
Hillsboro, $42,167.15; Chapel
Hill, $144,679.38; Bingham, $12,
092.86; Cheeks, $15,352.74; Cedar
Grove, $21,881.96; Little River,
$9,199.68, Eno, $19,249.19| Pub
lic Service Corporations, $15,611.
16.
The collector’s report indicated
-94.1 per cent of the original 1948
levy had been collected, or $230,
696.73. The uncollected' portion
was classified as $9,195.30 in land
sales and $4,604.26 in insolvents.
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Youth Of Two
Counties Plan
Fall Rally Here
Hillsboro. •— The Presbyterian
Youth Fellowships of Alamance
■and. Orange... Counties will “hold
their Fall Rally at the Hillsboro
Presbyterian Church on Sunday,
October 9, at 2:45 p. m.
' Miss Patsy Teer, president of
the local group announced the
meeting this week The Youth
Council of Orange Presbytery, of
which Miss Betsy FOrtest is a
member, will have charge of the,
program.. Miss Nell Walker will
be in charge of the refreshment
committee, Miss Phyllis Forrest
will direct registration and Miss
Teer will be in charge of other
arrangements. The meeting will be
concluded by a basket supper in
the recreation room of the church.
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Tobacco Grading
Meetings Held
Hillsboro.—Two tobacco grading
demonstrations were conducted
Monday, October 3, by John E.
Jeffries, tobacco grading special
ist of the U. S. Department of Ag- „
riculturfe, Tobacco Section.. ,
Twenty-three farmers and vet
erans attended the meeting at the -
farm of Walter J. Hester, in the
Jordan Grove neighborhood, at
10:00 a. m., and ten farmers and
veterans attended the demonstra
tion on the farm of Obe Pettiford,
in the Harmony neighborhood, at
2:00 p. m.
J. L. Poteat, Assistant Voca
tional Agriculture Teacher at the
Central High School at Hillsboro
j assisted with the demonstrations.
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CHEST X-RAY CLINIC
Hillsboro. — The regular chest
x-ray clinic will be held at the
Hillsboro Health Department on
Monday, October 10th, between 2
and 4 p. m., according to a recent
announcement by Dr. O. David
SJT'K. Health Officer.
This is the first clinic to be sched
uled since June, as the machine
has been under repair during the
summer months. ' “
LAV MEETING CANCELLED
Hillsboro.— There will be no
Daymen’s League meeting in Oc
tober,, due to a conflict in the
schedule of the proposed speaker.
Dr. I. G. Greer is scheduled to
speak at the November meeting
Music will be furnished br the
choir of the Methodist Church.
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