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NEWS of Orange County
Vol. 56—% 47
(Published Weekly)
Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER *, 1949
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■ ‘fMr
usners in cnnstaas Season in Orange Today
Iie jolly gentleman above needs no
r his 1949 debut in Hillsboro this
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introduction, but just for the record it can be said he’ll be on hanc
afternoon at 2:45 and in Chapel Hill and Carboro tomorrow nigh
tlany Dignitaries To Attend
chley Grange Dedication
LSchley—A number of National
id State leaders?, imftua'mg the
[aster of the National Grange and
pvemor of North Carolina, will
prticipate in the formal dedica
-on of ‘the new $50,000 Schley
trance Hall here Tuesday at 2
Iclock.
I They include: Albert S. Goss of
Fashingtpn, D. C., the National
(range Master and one of the
jutstanding farm leaders of the
puntry, Governor W- Kerr Scott,
toward CqiJ&on of Chicago, pres
ent of Sear^rKoebuck Foun
lation, doobrs of we building and
Carles E. Berry Sr.
es At His Home
Hillsboro—Charles Eli Berry, 56,
|ied suddenly at his home near
iurdles Mill Tuesday morning at
[:30 o’clock. He had been in de
ining health for several months.
He was in the milling business
r several years, and was also
ith the Berry and Mace Lumber
Company in Mebane and at one
ime was connected with the Ford
’otor Company in Mebane, Mr.
terry was a member Of the Wal
iut Grove Methodist Church.
He was born in Orange County
apt. 14,1893, the son of the late
£hn- S. and Emma B. Berry. He
arried the late Luna Gray Berry
r 1918 and five children survive,
■harles E. Berry Jr. of Hillsboro,
'itian ’"Berry of Hillsboro, J. T.
terry of Raleigh, Costen H. Berry
f Greenburg, Ky., and Mrs. Lee B.
lari'of Durham.
Funeral services were held
ednesday at 3:30 p.m. from the
'a’.nut Grove Methodist Church
ith the Rev, H. B. Lewis and the
ev. j. b. Hurley officiating. In
terment' was in the church cfeme
in 1931 hg was married to Mrs.
tula Taylor Berry of Orange
-ounty, who survives as do four
laughters, Peggy, Lou, Alma Jean,
Jylvia and Charlotte, all of the
>°me; two sisters, Mrs- C. M. Whit
er of Durham, Mrs. W. D. Bur
ette of Hurdle Mill; two brothers,
h-Tome and Walter Berry, both of
^ange County; and four grand
children.
Building f .... - .
Carrboro—Work began Monday
H this week on the large brick
'uilding for Andrews and Riggs
jee- owners of the Anlrews and
uggsbee store in Carrboro.
The new building will extend
r°m the present building to the
levv 'treet directly in front of the
Wln Village Laundry. The build
*s expected to be completed by
‘ e First of January. ,
Harry B. Caldwell ,o£ Greensboro,
master of the North Carolina
State Grange. A number of other
state and county dignitaries are
expected to attend.
Opeij house .will be observed
from 10 o’clock Tuesday morning
until the dedication ceremonies
are completed.
The new grange hall, built and
furnished as a model for the na
tion, was won by Schley Grange
last year in Sears-Roebuck’s na
tional Community Service con
test in which the Orange County
organization was judged the out
standing Grange in the United
States by its accomplishments and
varied activities.
J. E. Latta is the current master
of the Schley Grange and is in
charge of the program.
*,533 Chicks ’ •
Lost la Fire
Chapel Hill — Approximately
’,000 baby chicks were destroyed
near here Friday afternoon when
fire leveled'a chicken house at the
! Durham Road Dairy farm, about
I three miles from Chapel Hill on
j Highway 15-501.
■ The building that was destroyed
was near other structures on, tjhe
farm, but firemen kept the blslze
confined to the chicken house.
About $100 worth of chicken
feed vias also lost in the fire.
Caretakers at the farm stated
that the fire •* apparently started
from a brooder in the building.
UNC Combined Clubs To Present
Concerts Sunday, Tuesday Evenings
Chapel Hill—The annual Christ
inr^ concert by the combined glee
club* of the University of North
Carolina is slated to be presented
in Hill Hall next Sunday and Tues
day, December 4th and 6th, at
eight thirty* each evening. This
concept h always hailed as one
of the highlights'of campus a«*
tivities during the year.
Under the direction .of Profes
tvvo
s'cr Joel Carter, me
Hub' totaling arm--' ximately
hUnd rc 1 fifty.JUd :vi; 1 T’"‘
,--ri t e f lh >wh " ' - ■ ' ’ j: "
joice in the Lord Alevav” -'Flu -
r'oil “Sicut Cenue”—Palestrina.
“Be 'dad Then- America”—Bill
.;na?. “As Lately We Watched”—
r'hn-lc.i Black “All-JuiAW-John
• f.p :_anri “Cliilde Jesus -
Clokey -and kirk', bW the combined
~#ifesfflS-wfS®
“Silent Strings" — *B a n t o c k
O'Shea! “Requiescat”—Schuman,
“La D a n z a’ — Rossini-Sektberg,
“t)in« Dong,' Merrily on High”—
French. Carol, “Holy Day Holy
Carol “Christians,,. Hgrk” Bres
san Carol, by the Women’s club.
' “Ave Maria”—Arcadelt. “Suab
ian Folk Sone"—aFr_
‘•Fain Would I Change That Note
—Williams. “Brothers, Sing On
—Grieg “The Babe Devine”—
French Carol. “I Wonder As I
Wander”—Appalachain Carol, and
‘Trom Heaven High”-Mark An
drews, bv the Men’s Club.
Soloists for the program are
Sopranis: Betty Lou Bal1-Wins£j'
Salem: Doris Fowler, Mars HU
Margaret Gwaltney, Smithfleld
Virginia: Jean Hillman, Newark
Delaware: Jocelyn Rhyne, Chapel
Hill- Barbara Young, Chapel Hi ,
Mezzo-Sopranos: Elizabeth Mul
ler, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Patricia Win
slow, Chapel Hill: Contralto: Mary
Rellaham, Montclair, N. J.; Ten
ville, S. C.; John Bridges, Ashe
ors: Bradford Arrington, Green
ville; Jack Clinard, Winston-Salem;
John Crabtree, Raleigh; Lanier
Davis, Chapel Hill; David Orr,
Grove Hill, Alabama; Carl Perry,
Chapel Hill: Baritones: '< Milton
Bliss, Thomasvilfe; Joseph Fields,
Durham; William Sanders, Roan
fk< Ranids: Irving Silver, High
Pu:n‘: Hr.rschell Snuggs, Winston
Saierri: Basses: Joseph Beasley,
D •■■■■ hn-ii: John Sherin, Weldon:
Dick Smith, Burlington; and John
Von Canon, Sanford. ,
Accompanists for the concert
\v,i]l be: Qrganist: David Brandt,
Shrilly; Pianists: .Jocelyn Rhyne,
Chapel Hill: William Wafers, Ro
enormous.Christmas Tree that is
^set up in the foyer of Hill Hall
%ach year. Members of the club
purchases decorations for the tree
each season and these are kept
from year to year with the names
of the donors on each individual
decoration. Hence, each yule tide
season brings with it an increase
in the number rof decorations on
the tree. . ■
Tickets for the conoerts may be
purchased from the Glee Club
members, at the YMCA, ah the
Glee Club Office in Hill Hall on
the night of-the coneert, or by
writing for them in care of the
Musie ' Department. Tickets are
good for either concert, and are
not reserved. Seats will be on a
first come, first served, basis. The
price of the tickets is 85 cents
each.
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Parades, Community Sings Open
Christmas Season In Orange
Friday Night
Is Chapel Hill,
Carr hero Opening
Chapel Hill—Tomorrow night
at seven o’clock the Christmas
season in Chapel Hill and Carr
boro will officially Open.
Santa Claus and$-Mrs. Santa
Claus will ride through the two
towns aboard a float'and escorted
•by the Chapel. Hill ftigh School
band. Santa will throw out candy
to the children along the why.
The parade will start at Ralph
Morgan’s Service Station in Carr
boro at seven o’clock and will pro
ceed to Chapel Hill on West
Franklin Street, to Mallelt Street,
up "MaDette Street td Cameron
Street Avenue, down Cameron
through the campus to Hillsboro
Street, thence to E. Franklin and
up Franklin Street to the Chapel
Htli High School fcn&n. -
After the parade, a community
sing will be held on the' high school
lawn, where a huge tree has been
donated and erected by the Jay
cees and decorated by Electric
Construction Compatty. A Christ
mas scene has been prepared by
Lloyd Electric Company and Oak
view Garden Club has decorated
Cone House, for the occasion.
The University Glee Club and
various oth^g music groups plan
[ to particiDate. ;<
t Judging for the best decorated
home, doorway, yard or tree in
the community will take place be
tween December 12 and .22. Judges
will be the president, vice-presi
dent, secretary and treasurer of
the Civic Clubs of Chapel Hill and
Carrboro who participated In the
recent Band Promotion program
A prize of a $100 savings bond
will be awarded the first place
winner. Second pris# will be a $50
savings bond. ' ’
Beginnhf Friday high*, stores
s itn; «haped Tmr'aod- ■gkr'wa^' wiB
remain open until nine o’clock
each night through December 17.
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; Many New Homes
> Are Going Up
, In Carrboro Area
' Carrborb-^A number of new
and very attractive home are go
ing up- in Carrboro at this time.
1 Three homes with all modem
conveniences are being built by
1 Bruce and Ernest Riggsbee near
* the Carrboro Ifealth Center and
are nearing completion -J. B.
Goldston is building two near the
Jeter Ellihgton home on the Gra
ham Highway. The houses are in
addition to sixteen new homes
built recently- by Goldston near
trie Goldston Lumber Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Womble
- have just moved into their new
r six-room home on Laurel Ave; and
- other new homes in this vicinity
- are those recently completed by
- Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Womble and
; Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Carroll. On
- the opposite side of Laurel Ave.
, from these is the new dwelling be
f ing erected by Mr. and Mrs. J.
i L. Cate. Mrs. David Dillehay is
erecting a new home on Weaver
. Road and Mr. and Mrs. Richard
i Bone have just completed a new
. home next to their own home on
the Hillsboro Highway.
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Leaf Growers
Asked To Tarn
hr Sales Card*
Hillsboro—A. K, McAdam3, sec
retary of the Orange; County PMA
Committee, urged all farmers who
raised tobacco in 1949 to return
their tobacco sales cards to the
l PMA office as soon as.they make
; their last sales. i
: Since the majority of the flue
i cured tobacco markets have al
ready closed, it is believed that
i most of the producers have com
i pleted selling their 1949 crop. The
* PMA Office has to report to Ra
i leigh Office the number of pounds
- of tobacco marketed for the year
; of 1949 and we cannot be sure
* of this check until all tobacco sales
; cards are returned. If you have
i not already returned this card,
* please do so at once, In order not
i to hold up the work in $he County
Office.
Chapel HiU Board Adopts Policy
On Maintenance of Unpaved Streets
Chapel Hill—At its regular
meeting Tuesday night, the Chapel
Hill Board of Aldermen voted to
adopt a policy concerning the
maintenance of unpaved streets
within the city limits.
Under the program adopted by
the board, the town of Chapel Hill
will maintain streets where three
or more established homes or
businesses are located on the same
side of the street within a dis
tance of 200 feet; when right-of
ways are provided by property
owners; and when the width of
the street is satisfactory to the
Board of Aldermen.
The board also voted to estab
lish a tax abstract for the town,
which will eliminate the neces
sity of using the Orange County
books that are located in Hills
boro.
.This proposal was made by City
Manager T. D. Rose. The new plan
will take e%ct in 1950 and will
necessitate a separate set of books
ate the red tape of using the
County’s books, according to
I Mayor Edwin S. Lanier.
Farmers Go. To Polls In Two Weeks
To Select Conndtteemen For 1950
Hillsboro—Who will administer
siich national, farm ■ programs as
agricultural conservation, price
supports, acreage allotments, and
marketing quotas in Orange
Orange County in 1950? The bal
lot box, traditional bulwark of
democracy, will decide.
On December 15 farmers'in the
County’s ten agricultui'al com
munities will be choosing neigh
bors as community Production and
Marketing Administration farmer
committeemen for the coming
year. They will also choose a del
egate from each cSmmunity to a
county convention which will
name the three-man county PMA
Committee for 1950.
A referendum committee will be
in charge of the polling place in
each community where farmers
can cast their ballots from 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. on December 15. Cot
ton growers will vote for or against
marketing quotas at the same time
and place.
“Any person is eligible to vote
or hold office who is an owner,
operator, tenant or sharecroppfer
on -a farm *hat is participating
-admfafatcfed star
ing the current calendar year
through the county and commun
ity PMA committees”, says J. S.
Compton, present county commit
tee chairman.
“Heavy participation of farmers
in their committeemen elections
is one of the best methods of
demonstrating their support of the
farmer-committee system of local
administration of national farm
programs", the chairman points
out.
Negro b Killed
As Tracks ffit
Chapel Hill—A 24-year-old Ne
gro, Wayman Harris of Rt. 3,
Chapel Hill, was almost instantly
killed Friday morning when two
trucks collided at Carrboro shortly
before 9 o’clock.
Harris died en route to Duke
Hospital after being thrown out
of a dump truck driven by Hubert
Atwater, and 18-year-old Negro
also of Rt. 3, Chapel Hill. Officers
stated the dump truck rolled over
on Harris.
According to investigating High
way Patrolman E. C. Parnell, the
crash occurred when Atwater
made a left turn without giving
a hand signal and another truck
hit’ the vehicle.
Hope ” Wr “Might -—
Someday See in Hillsboro
A Netv Post Office Building
• Hlllsborct-Trlt is “hoped” that
construction “might” get under
way before the end of next year
on the proposed post office
building for Hillsboro. Th»t,*=
what officials said Tuesday, ac
cording to a news bulletin from
Washington.
The Federal government early
next year will begin acquiring
land and drawing plans for the
construction of the building in
Hillsboro, the bulletin stated.
The total cost of land, plan
ning, and construction of the
building Is to be less than $200,
000.
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Ralph H. Scott
To Re Candidate
For State Senate
Burlington—Ralph H. Scott,
general manager of Melville Dairy,
stated here Tuesday that he would
be a candidate for the state sen
ate subject to the Democratic
Primary next May. i
Scott, a brother o( WRovernor
Kerr Scott arid a native of Haw
River, s.e^eks the Ssenate. seat now
being held by James Webb of
Hillsboro, but returning to Ala
mance for the next term under the
Orange-Alamance rotation plan.
Scott has for many years been
identified in dairying and agri
cultural programs throughout the
state, holding high offices and is a
past president of the North Caro
lina Dairy Council. He did not
seek re-election to the Alamance
County Board last election, but
was appointed as a commissioner
to succeed Clyde O’Farrell, who
resigned almost immediately after
accepting office.
For the past several weeks it
was thought that Scott would an
nounce his candidancy, but the
statement would not be made until
after the first of the year. Specu
lation also runs high as to whether
other candidates being mentioned
for th? seat will enter their names
in the May primary.
Hillsboro Eveats
Today At 2:45,
7:30 O’clock
Hillsboro—A colorful parade
featuring some 20 units symbolic
of the Christmas season and a
tree lighting op the courthouse
lawn, two events scheduled for
today, will usher in the Christ
mas season in Hillsboro.. ,
Parade time is 2:45, p.m., leav
ing the high school athletic field
at that time and proceeding down
town and to West Hillsboro and
Fairview.
The Community Sing and tree
i lighting ceremonies begin at 7:30
o’clock. The Reverend Henry
Lewis, the Cedar Grove minister,
will be master of ceremonies and
close to a dozen musical units
from churches and schools in the
county will participate.
Hundreds of Orange County cit
are expefitesL lo witness, and -
participate in the two events.-In
the event of rain, the events will
be< held at the same time on the
following day.
Stores throughout the commun
dy are being readied for the
Christmas opening. Many of them
will remain open to customers and
visitors until the beginning of the
For^tf °n the Courthouse lawn.
Cor latecomers, windows of bus
inesses participating in the Mer
thant s association Christmas Dec
orations Contest will remain light
ing the pmdow sh°PPers follow
ing the Community Sing.
Judging jn the window decora
tions contest among thetm^
chants will take place at dusk to
Ine T ,out:?f-town judges mak
$10 and $5C1S1°nS' PriZeS are $25’
Reports from merchants and
civic groups indicate that a num
„ of elaborate and colorful
f!oa.tf, and displays will be in
£“ded i? the parade and, of course,
Santa Claus will be much in evi
dence to interest the children.
Two Red Cress
Tint Aid Classes
Are Announced
Chapel Hill—Dr. E. A. Brecht,
Red Cross Chairman of First Aid
for Chapel Hill, announces the
following classes which are to
commence this week. - .
Two classes of Junior Bed Cross
First Aid are to be held at the
Carrboro Public School for grades
seven and eight, began Tuesday,
Nov. 29th. These are to be taught
by Miss Harriet Elizabeth Butner,
of Carrboro, an authorized Red
Cross instructor. This is a joint
project of the Junior Red Cross
Mrs. Marvin Allen, Chairman, and
Red Cross First Aid.
One class of the Standard Course
in Red Cross First Aid will be
held for the Negroes’ Church
Ushers’ Association, at their Com
munity Center, begins Thursday
mght, Dec. 1st, at eight o’clock
The authorized instructors are P.
R. Jenkins and Ben Cooper, two
Pharmacy seniors. This is a joint
project organized by the Junior
Service League, Mrs. S. B. Knight
Chairman, and sponsored by the
Red Cross Committee on First
New Pontiac Otters Changes For 1950; Now On Display
Now on display at Cole Motor
Co., the Orange County dealer in
Hillsboro, the new 1950 Pontiacs
offer twenty-eight appearance and
mechanical improvements—head
lined by a substantial increase in
eight cylinder power.
In presenting the new Pontiacs,
Harry J. Klingler, general mana
ger of Pontiac Motor division and
Vice-president-of General Motors
Corporation, said:
“We believe our 1950 line to be
the best-looking, finest performing
Pontiacs ever produced. They em
brace logical and well thought out
advances. The 1949 models brought
Pontiac’s popularity to a new peak.
Now we have «one on from there.’*
Pontiac again gives its custom
ers wide choice. Chieftain and
Streamliner lines are
with -standard and deluxe styling,
six or eight cylinder
Hydra-Matic or Synchro-Mesh
transmissions. -