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m it -‘‘SSM ./ V"-' Orawflt County! int«r*** •« ... ™ N.W. .* Or.,.. MU.W »- '*•"» »' !>’• lr0< *rd without oolor or blM. THE NEWS oi Orange County COUMTYWID1 COVERAGE la Available OnJjr in Tme RfWt «f Oranfla Com»1|r. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. 1* l^our Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 Vol. 56—No. 43 (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1949 Price: *2 a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week 1 Registrars Open Books )n Saturday Registration books in 16 Orange *5V voting precincts will be nened Saturday for. the pre Sion registration in connection fth the Bond Election for school ‘ d courthouse construction, 'heduled for November 22. Announcement of the election rafmade last week by the Board r Elections and the County nard of Commissioners. Registrars will be on duty at ie polling- Places this and the ivo following Saturdays and per ohs desiring JP register may do at any time during the period at the books are open by con ning the registrar and making ie necessary arrangements. The campaign in behalf of the ,ssage of the two issues led by e steering committee named by e Commissioners has been con ned thus far with the appear ice of speakers and committee orkers at civic and parent acher groups. There is no or mtzed opposition to the issues, i far as can be ascertained. Most active plans for getting out ie vote have been set up in hapel Hill where Harold Weaver serving as head of- the Chapel ill-Carrboro-White ■ Cross PTA leaver said that plans are near ig completion for telephone and ir teams which will make them Rves available to anyone who iay find it inconvenient either oils on election. So many new people have ist few years, Weaver, said, that lany of them have never reg itered for an election. He cited tie PTA’s aim to get everyone of tiese new residents registered nd to the polls on election day. ■o Counterfeit tills Found i Hillsboro Hillsboro—The circulation of )unterfeit $20 bills, recently re orted in several nearby towns, as extended to Hillsboro. Two of the spurious bills have een caught by Hillsboro Dry leanerss in deposits made at the idelity Bank in Durham. B. E. eck, manager, said the firm new who passed one of the bills ut did not khow when or from rhom the other was obtained. Officials of the Fidelity Bank ere quoted as saying they had night a total of four of the coun rteit $20 bills in deposits made om Hillsboro. No other firms have reported itching any of the bills and the cal branch of Durham Bank and rust Company indicated also one had been picked up there, he United States Secret Service arnings issued to law enforce ent officials gave the following “icriptioh of the bills: “$20 Fed 1 Reserve Notes identified by e of the adjacent capital letters Rearing in the Bank Seal to n of the portrait: New York “B,” ucago “G,” St. Louis “H,” fnneapolis “I,” Dallas “K” or San ancLsco “L”; bearing the follow 8 check letters and face plate unber in lower right comer on infi note: C43> C107> F11> J16> ,1 or K51; bearing the following Plate numbers in lower right comer on the reverse side the note, “8”* “48”, V88”, or “592.” On some of the s, c°Jored fibers have been i ated adding fine ink lines ilnr?n s°me a very light brown ^ *ng,, s been added to simu age.” t'i arAoro Civic JSlJklfew. Homewood “1 0bf ArMrs‘ R°y M- H6me °f Chapel Hill, District Di den i,thLe Eighth District o [bUubs in North CarOlin; itober sPeaker at the regula Of the Carrbdn IV mo 4. °morrow at 3 o’clock ib’s will be held in th kool 25“* nea«- the Carrbor p given ‘ aR lnterested person Present3 cordial invitation ti ry enth at this meeting, i utiv« S-astic meeting of tto i on m °f,the Civic Club wa ek at tuDday aftemoon of thi sident h0me of the clul i Mrs- M, E. Williami STSS? "e looking forwar .. ‘vvAiug iui wan vmi °t Mrs. Homewooc brmg interesting ant ihformaUon concerning V**h activities in Nortl Hew Education Building Aided To Historic Structure At left, • recent pic ture of Hillsboro Presby terian church showing the new education build ing constructed to the rear of the Old structure, long one of the show places visited by tourists because of the age and beauty of the old church and historic graves which lie in- the old church yard. * . Presbyterians Will Dedicate New Building Here Sunday Hillsboro—The historic Hill?-' boro Presbyterian church, organ- j ized in 1816. will observe another •milestone Sunday afternoon in the dedication of its new education building at a special service. The Rev. Dr. S. Wilds DuBose, a former pastor and now profes sor ei Bible at Davis and Elkins College,. Elkins, West Virginia, will be the principal speaker on this important day in the life of the local church. The new educational building was begun on May 10, 1948, after nearly half of the estimated cost of construction had been raised, and seven months later the building was used for the first time by the Church School. Now being com pletely paid for and equipped to meet the present needs of the school, it will be formally dedi cated. Ben Johnston, chairman of the Blockaders Faring Hard In Orange Hillsboro—Whiskey blockaders have not fared easy in Orange County during the past two weeks, three Outfits have been found and destroyed by Sheriff S. T. Latta and deputies,, with the assistance of Investigator J. R- Brandon of the Alcoholic Tax Unit office in Durham. None of the stills were owned by Orange County people. On October 13,''a 75-gallon fully, equipped still was found on tire branch back of John Watkin’s tobacco barn in Eno township. Ap proximately 2,000 gallons of mash were destroyed along with 85 gal lons of whiskey. Nobody was at e scene and no charges preferred. On the following day, a 450 gal n submarine type still was cut 0 on the Old White Place north Mebane and 9 boxes of mash, tailing approximately 2700 gai ns, were destroyed. ^Arrested ;re were George L. Boyd, 837 hite man, of Rocky Mount, Va. eorge Calvin Wade, 57, Negro, Union Ridge in Alamance aunty, and Walter Cooper, 42, egro," of Mebane Route 3. In oted in Federal Court, the trio ere given a hearing in Durham id bound over to next term un ;r a bond of $1,000 for Boyd id $500 each for the other- two On October 21, another ou,fit ?ar the Old White Place north Mebane was destroyed along ith 900.gallons of beer. It was >t in operation at the time and 1 arrests were mdde._ - Building Committee, will present the keys to the building to Deacon Deacon Edwin M. Lynch, who wjill represent the officers and congre gation of the church. Lynch, in turn, will present the keys to the pastor, who will represent the Presbyterian Church in the Unit ed States .in receiving the proper ty. Johnston was ably assisted by Harold F. Latta Sr., and D. Glenn j Auman in the work of directing j the building program while Lynch i served as treasurer of the Build ing Fund. Dr. T. Henry Patterson, Execu tive Secretary of Orange Presby tery, will lead the prayer of ded ication, and the Rev. Irving E. ! Birdseye,, the pastor, will moder ate the service. The Chancel Choir under the direction of Mrs. C. D. Jones will sing “Sanctus” by Gounod with Dr. Vurmau Mc Larty of Durham, N; C., as soloist. Seth Lippard, baritone and student of music at Wake Forest College, will sing “The Holy City.” Immediately following the ser vice there will be an Open House and historical exhibit in the new edifice. The Women of the Church, with Mrs. D. Glenn Auman as chairman, will be hostesses, and C. D. Jones will arrange the ex hibit of the old records and papers of the church, some of which date the founding of the church in 1810. Mr. Birdseye, speaking.for. the Session and congregation pf the church, extended an invitation to the public to attend the program. Halloween Events Top Friday BIO Hillsboro— Halloween events will be in full swing at the High School here tomorrow night, be ginning at 7:30 o’clock. The P. T. A. will present a high ly comical play with local dra matic talent at thtft time, inter spersed- with an authentic style show of the 1890 period featuring both men and women models led by Mrs. Tom Lynch and Mrs, Mary Crawford. A carnival under the sponsor ship of the Junior Class will get underway about 8 o’clock in the Gym during which a Queen and King will be crowned and other contests and parades will be staged. The PTA cart includes such per formers as Mrs. Fre' Cates, Jr., Cart Efe-rfS, Mrs. Stetih Stanfield, Mrs. Beth Forrest, Mrs. Garland Miller, Mrs. G. C. McBahe, C. V. Elrod, John Midgett, John Lock hart, George Hunt, Miss Helen Sorrell, Mrs. George Tear, Mrs. R. H. Mohler, Mrs. Allen Whit aker, Reid"Roberts and Van Ken ion. --- . WATER DECISION Hillsboro—Final decision of the controversial water rate question will be made by the Hillsboro Board of Commissioners at their meeting next Tuesday night. Chapel Hill Township Yonng Democrats To Organize Tonight; Gardner Speaker r--- ---— Navy Reserve Meeting Called Chapel Hill—All Navy Re serve rvffirers in the Chapel Hill area are invited to attend a meet ing of the U. S. Naval Reserve Volunteer Research Unit 6-6 in the Naval Armory Anpex here to night at 7:30 p. m., Lieut. Comdr. Raymond Stainback, head of the unit, announced yesterday. Purpose of the meeting is to set up panels of specialists in various scientific fields, such as chemistry, physics, medicine and biology, for study and the pursuit of specific projects. One group i» already doing special work In the commu nication - education - psychology field. OrangeCounty Hog Breeders Win Eight First Places, Five Seconds At State Fair fetefisL lUiwapfi Ke NoT Hillsboro, won a blue |XnTn .he iuniorgl< SS3. *>» ** out over the senior sow pig, and in later competition, won ou o Se junio? yearling sow and senior champion sow, thusJ^J^breed Grand Champion sow of this b at the fair this year. This voung gilt was out of a reg ■Fg5BOT» herd boar owned by Latta. era uu<“ -- - , , A junior boar, Ogedanka^sChal lenger, also owned ^ yCthee<judge This young animal - Purchased in^th^summer by 7va McClenny recent g5Sd*£i a full brother to grans chafhpion at the Maryland State Fair this year. These animals were sons of the famous $5,000 boar, Challenge Me. Latta also won first place in the senior sow pig class. Other first place winners were: H. S. Walker in the senior boar pig class; Vic Walters in the junior yearling boar division. All to gether Orange County exhibitors won a total of eight of the eighteen first places awarded in the show. Among those winning second place ribbons were: J. E. Latta two places; H. S. Walker, Richard Roberts and James Minnis one place each. Twenty-eight animals were ex hibited by the following members of the Orange County Spotted Po land China Breeders Association: J. E. Latta, Helen Mohler, H. S. Walker, Richard and Polly Rob erts, James Minnis, Victor Walter?, C. J. Dunn and Frank Miller. - Chapel Hill—O. Max Gardner, Jr., son of the late governor and ambassador to Great Britiain, will be the guest speaker at -an or-i ganizational meeting of the Chapel Hill Township Young Democrats] Gkikr tonight at 7:30 in the court room of the Town Hall. Gardner was given much credit for the election of Terry Sanford to the presidency of the state YDC at New Bern last September, and is president of the University chapter here. He was president of the student body at N. C. State in Raleigh before he entered the Univrsity Law School here where he will get his degree in June. Although still a student, he is a member cf the Greater University Board of Trustees and is on the special committee to pick a suc cessor to Senator Graham as pres ident of the University. The meeting will be the first in an attempt to organize a Young Democrats Club in Chapel Hill which will operate separately from the student organization at the organizing group havie invited a dumber of persons ip the area to attend the meeting, but they stressed that any man or woman interested in joining the club are asked to attend. .Gardner will speak to the group on the aims of the YDC and what a club in Chapel Hill would be able to do. -o ■■■ . GLEE CLUB MEMBER Mars Hill—Bill Lloyd, son' of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Lloyd of Hills boro, has been selected as a mem ber o fthe Mars Hill College glee chib for the school year 1949-50. Under the direction of Miss Eliza beth Souther, the glee club is com posed of 124 students. In addition to performing at the college num erous times, the Mars Hill College glee club will appear in concerts throughout the year at various places. Saga,. Hillsboro and Chapel Hill In Grid Scrap Tomorrow < Uinstead Says He’ll Be Candidate Again Chapel Hill—Orange County’s representative to the state legis lature, John W. Umstead, Jr. said Tuesday night that he would ruh again in the May primary “be cause I cannot stand to see Orange County represented by any man who does not believe in serving the people.” Umstead made the remark dur ing a talk he made before students and faculty of the University at a meeting of the Students for Dem ocratic Action. The subject of his talk was ah analysis of the part played by Governor Scott, Sena tor Graham, and National Com mitteeman Jonathan Daniels in the control of the state’s govern ment. Umstead said that he did not believe that Scott was building a “machine” as he couldn’t be building one “when he has been doing and saying the things he has since he 'became governor.” He said that he thought Graham would win against anyone in the campaign for the U. S. Senate if the campaign was not fought on issues of race and labor vs. Capital. Umstead said he would not have anything to do with such a cam paign, if one should develop. The Representative from Orange said that he would vote for Graham with some “reserva tions,” then went on to say that he had heard that “Brother Bill” would run against Graham, but he did not know anything about that. “Brother Bill” is William B. Umstead of Durham, former mem-> ber of Congress who filled the va cancy in the Senate brought on by the death of Josiah 3aile> MA who lost in a close race to Mel ville Broughton, the man whom Graham succeeded. There has been talk that Umstead would op pose Graham-for the balance of Bronghton’s unexpired term in the Senate in the "May Prim ary. In regards to Daniels, Umstead said that he thought the National Committeeman would not be re elected at the end of his term in 1952 when a committeeman would be chosen by the delegates to the National Democratic Convention. He felt that the importance of Daniels in the present regime was “pure and simply an accident” and that, of the three men, Daniels was weakest in regards to influ ence with the people of North Carolina. -0—--. Sister Of Local Residents Diet Information was received here yesterday of the death earlv yes terday morning of the death of Mrs. Oscar Williams, 62, of Ral eigh, a native of Orange County, who has been seriously ill for some time. Mrs.. Williams is the sister of Miss Hattie Brown, Mrs. Clyde Ray and J. L. Brown, Sr. of Hills boro and E. A. Brown .of Chapel Hill. Another brother,, Charles Brown, resides in'' Springtown, Texas. Other survivors include her husband, one daughter„Mrs. Vo lene Brooks, and two grandchil dren, of Raleigh. Funeral arrangements had not been completed late yesterday morning. Hospital Open-House Attracts Estimated 2,000 Folks From Area Hillsboro—In an auspicious opening day “open house,” so the 2,000 Orange County folks and visitors from neighboring counties trooped through the new Forrest Clinic last 8unday afternoon for a first-hand view | of the county’s first private hospital. From all reports they were impressed by. the efficiency and beauty of the facilities and Dr. D. E. Forrest, the founder, who personally greeted and shook hands -with almost every visi tor, expressed gratification dyer the tremendous interest in the hospital shown by the people of the area. By Monday morning patients were converging on the .clime and by yesterday two babies had been born there, a boy to Mr. and Mrs. William Fllyaw of West Hillsboro, and * boy also to Hubert and Cora Belle Walton of Hillsboro, colored. 125 Attend District Garden Clnb Meeting Hillsboro—Some 1^5 visitors, including all of the State Officers of the Garden Clutrof North Caro lina, attended a meeting of the Eighth District of the Garden Club here yesterday. The morning session was de voted to business meetings and the presentation of reports,- under the direction of Mrs. Roy M, Hcmewodd of Chapel Hill, district leader. A tour of several places of historical interest, the William Hooper House, the Regulator’s Graves and the Presbyterian church and churchyard, and an address by Alden Hopkins of Wil liamsburg, Va. on “Garden Res toration” were features of the afternoon meetingJ following a luncheon at Colonial Inn. Mrs. M. B. Roberts gave the invocation, Mrs. Garland Miller extended welcome to the visitors and Mrs. Allen Tyree of Durham responded. Mrs. J. W. Richmond was in charge of registration and Mrs. H. W. Moore was luncheon chairman. Mrs. James M, Tyler, state president, presented state officers arid reported on the Na tional progress. - --—--o Man And His Universe, New Planetarium Theme Chapel Hill—“Man and Hip Universe?'-1» the title of the new show which started Tuesday night at the Plantearlum, It replaced the show, “Eclipses of the Sun and the Moon” which ran for three weeks. The new show will tell the story of the great systems of stars that lie out in space in all directions to the greatest dis tance that can be seen by exist ing telescopes. isaessm Is Primarily Snooks fari^ASiir Chapel Hill—Harry B, Snook, a] University student, has taken over j as studio announcer at the Chapel Hill studio of radio station WDUK, Mrs. Charlotte Creighton, studio manager, announced this week. Snook, * who replaces another student, Mark Barker, was for merly connected with stations. WAYS and WBT in Charlotte. He was production manager at WBT. A recent addition to the sched ule of programs originating in the Chapel Hill studio in the Strowd Motor Company building is a women’s program, “Talk About Tdwn.” This program, which is sponsored by Chapel Hill and Carrboro merchants, reports oh women’s activities in the two towns. —. Mrs. Snook, or Patricia Lee, as she is knewn to her listening audience. handles the women’s programs. She, too, has had a number of years in professional radio work before she came rto Chapel Hill with her husband. The Snooks have become well knorn. in Charlotte for their pro gram, “Breakfast With Patsy and Harry,” which they broadcast over station WBT. They are now known as Aunt Patsy* and. Unde Harry in a semi-dramatization of the funnies every Sunday morn ing at 9 a. m. To make the stodio more of a family affair, Patsy Snook’s broth er, Jim Mills, another University student, presents a sports pro gram every Tuesday and Thurs day at 1:40 p. m., called the ‘'Uni versity Sports Digest.”* All die Chapel Hill broadcasts can be heard through WDUK in Durham at 1310 on the dial. Scholastic I Tussle Pits County Rivals Orange County’s scholastic grid iron classic of the year, the tra ditonal Hillsboro - Chapel Hill football scrap, takes .the spotlight 3h Chapel Hill tomorrow after noon. _ — - Kickoff will be 2:30 o’clock. Annually a battle royal between the county’s only high school riv als, the game will attract several thousand supporters from the two communities. Undefeated during the past two years under the coaching regime of Bill Grice, the Chapel Hill * teams reigns a slight favorite, by virtue of the season’s record. Tied by Sanford and Oxford, two Class A conference powers, Chapel Hill has beaten Methodist, Orphanage, Graham and Siler City, the latter last week by the score of 32-6. Hillsboro, on the other hand, has lost twice, to - Roxboro and the strong Durham High Bulldogs of the AA Conference. Victories have been at the expense of Dunn. Durham County and Siler City and the game with Asheboro ended in a 6-6 deadlock. Coach - Glenn Auman’s charges at Hillsboro present a hard run nin attack led by Harry Brown and have shown their versatility with a better than average passing attack. Fenno McGinty, Jim Smith and Ed Mann are star performers for Chapel Hill. The Chapel Hill team will be wearing new uniforms of black and gold just presented to them by the Chapel Hill Jaycees. Bands from both schools are expected to be pn hand to lend additional color. I ■O r Farm Family " Program Set j For November 2 Hillsboro—-The annual Farm Family Progarm will be held Wednesday night, November 2nd, in the Hillsboro High School .Au ditorium. Summary of this years’ activities will be given by Home Demonstration, Farm, ,and 4-H organizations. Awards will be made to the county winners in 4-H projects. 29 reading certificates and 7 ad vanced certificates will be award ed Home Demonstration Club members. On the preceding day, Tuesday, November 1st, exhibits will be arranged! by i4 Home Demonstra tion Clubs in the gymnasium of the High School. The nubile is cordially invited to vist the ex hibits Tuesday afternoon or any time during the following. These exhibits show different phases of _< farm and community life, and, in most instances, are illustrative of - projects that have been gven special attention in the commu nity,. There will be table in the gym during these two days arrayed with flowers and shrub cuttings, aprons, pot holders, tea towels, vegetables, .canned goods, etc. that , will be for sale. - ---o. Final Services Held Tuesday 'Wfyt'S tty ’ Hillsboro —Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Gospel Tabernacle Baptist church, for J. H. Com, 68, of Hills boro, Route 2, who died Monday morning following an illness of —^ sometime. * were the Officiating ministers Rev. S. E. Elmore, the Frederick and the Rev. Interment was in the etery. Mr. Com had been a resident of Orange County for 25 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Turner Cora; three sons, Forrest Com of the home, and Leonard and Haskel Com, both of Durham, four sisters, Mrs. .Mary Pr-* Martha Crum.