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i" 0rtn«# County! en read The New* of Orange iunty for item* 0f ,nt#re*t from .ection*. It’* reported factual true and without color or bias. THE NEWS of Orange County COUNTYWIDK la Available Only la th» P8W* v of Orange County. ™ * SUBSCRIBE TODAY. Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 Vol. 5®—No. 4® (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1949 P”ce: $2 a Year; 5c Single Copy Ten Pages This Week brange Schools Far From Equal I In spite of constitutional and >rth Carolina legal guarantees of tool equality, a large proportion Orange County’s 2,500 Negro tool children do not have edu tional opportunities and facui ,s equal to those enjoyed by White children. The proposed school bond issue on which Orange County citizens will be asked to vote next Tues day is designed to provide a cor rective for this discrepancy and bring into more equal balance the High Hock ‘ociiool - utilities for the two races. Many of our 16 one, two and iree-teacher schools are now eing operated under - miserable anitation and health conditions nd in direct violation of the law, laking the county, according to he experts, extremely liable for suit. There are six one-teacher ehools and nine two-teacher • new siding -maybe—-— schools in operation, of wooden structure and for the most part in poor state of repair. Most of the -schools have no ;; water supply of their own, water being brought in pails from wells on nearby farms. None-,of them have ifiside fountains -and'drink ing cups for the students are everything from fruit jars to paper Jordan’s Grove . , dispensers, which two of them ave bought. A rat was drawn p from the well, at Grover school ot too long ago and springs uti ized in some cases are often uddy. -■-■A--.. Toilet facilities at the 16 small chools are limited to the outdoor ype and heating is from the pot bellied stove'around which chil iren huddle during thf extremely cold weather. Raising the windows not necessary for adequate ven tilation in many cases^ because fresh air enters freely through cracks in walls and floors. No ianitorial service is provided by he county for these schools, main enance men being sent out for [jor repairs. Seven of the 16 are wired for electricity. ... abounds around most of ools and at several the wears boots the year ss to the Damascus toss a log over the en the rain is heavy ust wait until the creek n before going to or leav es school, as the case may be. At Grover, pppils must often be ferried across a stream on the hack of a mule by their parents. Curriculums at many of_ these schools, naturally, are as limited lirjht outsida Cedar Grove's water supply proportionately as the physical I plants. More adequate buildings and consolidation, proposed under the current plans, can do much to correct these inequalities. I - ■ - - •■■■ :_:__ _ Beer Inspector Says 61 Oatlets In Orange County There are sixty-one beer out lets in Orange County, according to Ralph M. Stockard, hardwork ing Malt Beverage Inspector lor Alamance, Orange, and, Chatham counties. Stockard, a resident of Graham, and an experienced law enforce ment officer, was a state A.B.C. enforcement officer before Join ing Malt Beverage Division at its establishment in July. !‘We have had the full coopera tion qf retail beer outlets in this .county, as the majority of the re tailers - realize our department makes it easier for them,” Stock ard said: The procedure as outlined by the-Malt Division provides for any one desiring to receive a permit for selling beer to contact Stock ard_for an •• application blank. The petitioner will be thoroughly investigated as to the location, general condition, and general reputation by the community. Neighbors of the applicant and local law.enforcement agencies will be contacted and court rec ords will be screened to see if the applicant or any employee has ; been convicted of a felony. Stock ard also pointed out that the ap plicant is also required to either advertise in a local newspaper or post on the door of his premises ten days prior to the issuing of the permit that an application has been made. When the investigator has made his report to the board in Raleigh the permit is either granted or re jected, usually on the recommen dation of the investigator. If ap proved the permit is then routed to either the town or county board of commissioners for approval or rejection. It was stated that as a general rule, when the state board had approved an application that the local commissioners usually approved it also. Stockard pointed out that all this investigation prior to the is suance of a permit is done without charge to the applicant. Every beer retail outlet in the county has been contacted, he said and a copy of the state regulations left with the proprietor. Jt was point ed out that the hours for selling beer are from 7:30 to 11 p.m., and no consumption of beer on the premises is permitted after the prescribed hours. Continuous visits are made to each outlet, after the permit has been granted and contacts are made with all law enforcement agencies in the three counties to receive complaint* or information to determine whether or not the 133 beer outlets are operating ac cording to the state regulations. Very''few complaints have been made Stockard stated, but every one made by an officer or a priv ate citizen is throughly-1 investi gated. —-o Bingo Party Hillsboro—The annual Ameri can Legion Bingo party will be held at the Hillsboro High School cafeteria next Monday night at 7:30 o’clock, it was an nounced this week. The affair is an annual event in this community and a wide variety of prizes, including turkeys and hams, will be given to winners. - * . | New Model Ford To Go On Display Here Tomorrow The 1950 Ford line of passenger cars, with what the company describes as scores of improve ments, was made public today by toe Ford Division of Ford Motor Company. “The progress that has been made in performance, economy, comfort and appearance ''hh again mark the 1950 Ford as he car of the year,” according to **•" D* Crusoe, vice-president and1 general manager, Ford Division. The r'°k'" Fords will be on dis play in the showrooms of Rich mond Motor Co. in Hillsboro and Strowd Motor Co. in Chapel Hiil as well as the other 6,400 Ford dealers throughout the nation starting tomorrow. The new features embody im provements throughout the entire car- in the engine, *£***** seats, doors, frame, trunk, fab 4 ics; instrument panel, brakes, floors and elsewhere. -The ‘50 Fords will be offered in wo lines—the Custom Deluxe and the „ lower-priced Deluxe series. A full range of body styles will be available, including station wagons and convertibles. Ford will- continue to offer the choice of two engines—the 100-horse power V-8 and the 95-horse power Six. A Voters Will Decide Fate Of Two Bond Issues At Polls Next Tuesday Orange Corn Yield Increased, Says Matheson HiHsb0ro—In spite of the fact that this year’s ciimatic condx t?nns were not as favorable last’s for the r°an^e the average yieW'11 Q* “ J “SereT^'ln* of ~m *° ?f| harvested, but every day tamers report their measured yWright: their whole crop. Nelson W g tom-naan Mnbane report^ MB b^ebrrwe1Tey VeSer of the £33^gjl fanTSSbSs on a smaller num £Sk S Chapel Hill have already had their acres measure*l and ^ results will be m^e public barbecue supper to be held in near future. ——O' Hillsboro Lions Sponsor Annual TB Seal Sale Hillsboro—E. R- Dorw,dy’,0P^L' dent Of the Hffleboro Llone announced today Christmas would sponsor the 1949 i.nr ^ Seal Sale in the northern P “S,* SSSt* *° ralse *°?*i , ™S ,3J to the fight Mams* tubereffi 1. P«n>)g t!ll°,T»'l 21 The Committee l“*2Sides thss Christmas Sealjal E. P- Baroes’ Rev C. S. agent, chairman, the R Birds. Hubbard, and the Rev. i. eye, treasurer. charge of Co-chairman in ® * colored section i» M. C-Burt, as stated by A- P- Stanbarfc. Hubbard Entry Chosen ior ‘49 Art Exhibition Hillsboro — A P|U aDfntlU<d scratchboard e ‘ c h «, char,es .BT-SSTS^ SSTiSlW Exhibition al—the State Art Gallery from Decemo 1 to January 1. . the The work was selected by iury appointed to judge the ®" jury ctatA-widG compcxi t+riCS Last year, Mrs. Hubbard’s tion- Last yews Frog” was in SS* * the exhibition. ^ and later at E. C. i- * % "and becoming a member group in Durham^ All-Star Benefit Game < ' -v. ■ r’K" Slated Friday Hillsboro—An aU-star game be tween Hillsboro blgh scl?°team Gf rent football team and a tea ^ n»n‘h*10C‘’ 8riK4?r”,Tr.*i*> **• »*• , j with proceeds *£”£. “dfool and lighting going t0,the s - manager fund. John Midget^is of ^ npindes' blather Howerton, imr>*sSd SroS. •»■*>«■Mann end, Alfred jack Straybom, <Stmy. gunrd, %*£• iStt. taeUe. oX3. end, Mlncey and Bobby Knight, baqks Or. 1. G. Greer Dr. LG. Greer Laymen’s League Speaker Sunday Dr. I. G. Greer will be the speaker at the monthly meeting of the Hillsboro Laymen’s League next Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock in the Hillsboro High School Au ditorium. Dr. Greer will speak on the subject “The Rights of the Child.’’ Special music will be pro vided by the choir of the Hills boro Methodist Church. -o HARVEST FESTIVAL New Hope—A harvest festival will be held at New Hope Church Saturday, beginning at four o’clock with a sale of home made pies, cakes, crocheted articles, quilts, dolls, and other items suitable for Christmas giving. Dinner will be served from six to eight p.m., featuring b runs wick stew made by the ladies of the community. An auction sale of dressed poul try, pigs hogs and other farm products will be another feature of the festival. Scott Pleads For Bond Issue Suppbrt In Cedar Grove Talk Cedar Grove—The State’s No. 1 campaigner for progress voiced a vigorous appeal for support of the bond issues for schools and courthouse here yesterday. Tears welled in his eyes as Gov ernor W. Kerr Scott returned to the section of his forebears to urge a crowd of 300 farmers to “fight militantly” for the bond issue which promises better schools and subsequent rural prog ress. Speaking at a membership rally sponsored by the Orange County Farm Bureau, headed by Zeb C. Burton, Scott called for his listen ers’ continued support of his year long program to bring better ser vices — electricity, telephones, schools,, roads—to rural North Carolina. Pointing out that he had recently visited a total of 28 states, he said he found North Carolina in the forefront of all. He called the ownership of public services—power and tele phones—by the University. of North Carolina a “situation which is not wholesome” and said he hoped the University would get rid of them and get some more of its revenue producing property back on the tax books also. Burton, speaking in behalf of the absent R. Flake Shaw, ex ecutive vice president of the State Farm Bureau Federation, ex plained the purposes and ad vantages of the organization. R. O. Forrest, Rev. C. S. Hubbard, and Rev. Henry Lewis, members of the steering committee for the bond campaign, spoke in behalf of the two bohd issues. -o Supper for Abernattiys Hillsboro—A covered dish sup per will be held tonight at 0 o’clock at the Baptist Church here in honor of the Reverend and Mrs. W. W. Abernathy of Gilkey, who are visiting- friends in Hillsboro. All who would like to see the Ab emathys are invited to attend and bring a covered dish. New? Hillsboro Postoffice Assured During This Year Hillsboro is slated to get a new postoffice building—and in- the current fiscal year, too. So will say a formal announce ment by the Postoffice Department in Washington .within the next ten days or two weeks, according to press reports released yesterday. Meanwhile, the office of Con gressman Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill said he had approved a joint decision by the Postoffice Department and the General Ser vices Administration to construct the postofflce at Hillsboro under the terms of the new Public Buildings Act. This new law provides for the construction of one federal build ing in each congressional district during this fiscal year, tTie loca tion to be sleeted on the basis of a new study of relative needs amony eligible towns for new postal facilities. Durham ‘said the selection of Hillsboro for the Sixth Congres sional district for this year was based on population and postal receipts data which indicated Hillsboro had a greater need for the new postal facilities than other municipalities in the district not presently having postoffice build ings. Elon College and Gibsonville are other towns in the district which were in the running with Hills boro for the new building. Hillsboro—For the second time in a little over two years, Grange County citizens next Tuesday win go to the polls in bond issue elections for better schools and improved courthouse facilities. This week marks the climax of a vigorous campaign which has been conducted during the past few weeks in behalf of votes for a $1,000,000 bond issue *for school building construction and a $250, 000 bond issue for constructing a new courthouse on the site of the present «>unty garage and Board of Education offices. Polls will be open for registered voters in the county’s 16 pre cincts from 6:30 a. m. to 6.30 p. m. Tuesday. Sample ballots prepared for use In the separate"~issues indicate voters will-have a “yes” or “no” choice on the two following question: 1. Shall an order .finally passed October 17, 1949 authorizing not exceeding $1,000,000 School Building Bonds of Orange County for the purpose of providing funds, with other funds available for such purpose, for erecting ad ditional school buiidirfgs, remodel ing and enlarging existing school buildings and acquiring any ne cessary land and equipment therefor, and a tax for said bonds, be approved? 2. Shall an order finally passed October 17, 1949 authorizing not exceeding $250,000 Courthouse Bonds of Orange County for the purpose of proving funds for erecting and equipping a new courthouse upon the site now owned by said county near the present courthouse, and a tax for said bonds, be approved? Members of the county-wide steering committee which has pushed the bond campaign were optimistic yesterday. ovt» pro$ pefctc fi>r passage of both issues. Opposition to the bonds has not developed on any organized basis, as far as can be ascertained. The bond money, if realized, will be spent for improvements in all parts of the county, with the largest portion of the funds going for the erection of hew buildings for Negroes at Efland, ryiwe Grove and Chapel Hill, to enable consolidation of 16 one, two and three teachei^ch^l^^^^^gtoer fire several years ago. Other per manent schools in the county will be remodeled and enlarged to pro vide vitally needed facilities and -to alleviate the crowded condition existing in most of the units. The Commissioners have prom ised a 15- cents increase In the county tax rate of .85 if the bonds are passed 433 Legion Members Hillsboro—Hillsboro’s American Legion Post No. 85 reached its goal of 433 members for 1950 on Armistice Bay. Local People Enjoy Festivities at New York Typical of the festivities en joyed by thousands from Orange County last weekend in New York is the scene above, showing Hillsboro residents at the fabulous Diamond Horseshoe, one ' of the metropolis’s mdst glittering night spots. Miss Mary Frances Rose mond and A. Max Browning, left, are the Hillsboro folks, who were I met in New York by Browning’s cousin, H. Conway Browning, who is vice-president and treasurer of the Seaboard Terminal and Re frigeation Cor, center. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Calleton of Leonia, N. J., the couple to right, were hosts to Miss Rosemond and Browning during the wedkend. Scores from Hillsboro and -111 erally thousands from Chapel Hill were among the 20,060 fans who made the trip from North Caro lina. Many of them flew up for the first time and a fine weekend has been reported by alL Browning and Miss Rosemond flew Eastern Air Lines to New York and Miss Rosemond __ Confederate Flag to the Horseshoe the large lustily and attention emers was throughout the
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