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(Published Weekly) NEWS of Orange County "fS s-> R M COUNTYWIDE CO' Is Available Or.*/ in Tn» of Orange County. ' Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since itiQS SUBSCRIBE TODAY. ' HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1949 Price: $» a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages -T Week . hlpV_Heart-warming tributes f National and State leaders im _1 ftnnrw*lflt.lOn Ol "thfless vocal appreciation of of citizens from this and t whoring countries were the Khts of impressive dedica y ceremonies held here Tuesday l. the new Schley Grange. Hall, L hv the organization as first E"e for community service president E. J. Condon of the rs Roebuck Foundation, spon ge of the contest and donors of r mndel building, sounded the Uote by declaring, “Never in t life have I been associated with ilroiect so down-right soul- sat C.in2 in its concept.” And other Wkers and visitors to the hall fcmed to echo these sentiments. |Grand Master Albert S. Goss of [e National Grange, one of the Iremost farm leaders of the nation Id world, paid glowing tribute I the Schley membership in a Idication address in which he en isioned the example set by Schley I the basis for national economic 111 being and .better internationl "operation. “Thank you for the Kdership you have shown in |ese troubled times,” he said. You have presented to the nation [great example of self help. Your [inning and the obstacles you .'crearre has been an inspiration hrch has led hundreds of other •anges to do better,” he said. Pointing to the record of in eased farm and industrial pro iction and the inevitability of an entual great surplus, he saw in e grange’s program of ‘helping rselves, building our own life, the only spirit to win the^ter lie struggle ahead.” ja ed the Grange’s re ability • leadership, national and later tional as well and called upon . members for continued activ fGovernor W. Kerr Scott, who slped organize the Schley Organ i |tiors in 1930, recalled his ex eriences at that time and cited [>me pressing rural needs of today which Schley and other rural le cah direct their efforts. He essea* great grktihffStWn over |e progress made at Schley.. j State Grange Master Harry laldwell presided and Schley faster J, E. Latta received the eys to the building from National [faster Goss. R. L. Mohler, Reid fitsoih, FfedRertzel, Marviri fhelps, Miss Emily Mohler and V Rev. C. S. Hubbard partici ated in the formal ritual install jig the alter in the new building, integral part of the Grange pro ram. j Composing the dedicating party the platform, in addition to foss, Condon, Caldwell and Scott, rere Mrs. Margaret Caldwell, a brmer state master, Mrs. W. Kerr fcott, Commissioner of Agrieul are, L. Y. Ballentine, Congress pan Carl Durham, J. W. Sargent, f B. Garrett, J. B. Slack, officials the state farm program; Repre entative John W. Umstead, who nnated a state flag to the Grange, Jtate Senator James Webb, How (rd Robinson, L. L. Ray, Fred pavis, T. W. Allen, Charles L. tnight aM Farland Hendricks, Ifficers of the State Grange and Harold D. Meyer, chairman of he N. C. Recreation Commission. F'ho with his staff assisted in for mulating plans for the Schley Kidding program. ■o 'ivic Club Hears •s. Hopkins . Carrboro-—Mrs. Charles Hopkins [f the General Library of The university of North Carolina was 'he featured speaker at the No ember meeting of the Carrboro •ivic Club held last Wednesday, iov. '30, in the Carrboro Health '■'ll ter. Mrs. Hopkins used a number of -hristmas giving in her discussion, nd much helpful information was erived from the meeting by all nembers present. The speaker 'as introduced by Mrs. Kenneth lush of the club, member of the >rogram committee. Russian tea nd cookies were served after the •usiness session by Mrs. Raymond tiddoo and Mrs. Hugh Nanney of he social committee. Blackwood Rites w-— and friends of this attended the funeral and bur services on Tuesday afternoon : this week of John J. Blackwood ‘ J-jurha~ • ‘am, formerly of Orange I •«’**4*J LVi lllvi V *-*1 4 “"O ounty, who died at Watts Hospit U uicu at naiw Sunday night at 8:05 o’clock. 'yas a member of the Mt. Car lel baptist Church, Orange coun w an<1 was a brother-in-law oi rs- Jesse Riggsbee of Carrboro I'— Local Navy Men To Participate la CoaumssioniBg Chapel Hill—Four Chapel Hill Navy men will have prominent roles in the commissioning cere monies of the new $400,000 Dur ham Naval Reserve Training Cen ter Saturday .morning, December 10, at 11 o'clock. — -.— The program will be* directed by Comdr. A. J. Fahrner, Chapel Hill, Battalion Commander of the Durham Naval Reserve. Lt. Comdr. Marvin Allen, Uni versity of North Carolina soccer coach, is serving on the planning committee, along with Comdr. H. D. Crockford and Julian W. Scheer. The new Training Center houses the reserve units of the Durham Chapel Hill area. There are more than 50 enlisted men and officers from Chapel . Hill.< Among .the. officers are Lt. (jg) Ralph Stray horn, former University football captain and Lt. Comdra James Wadsworth, University, housing official. The commissioning, ceremonies will be open to the public. Rear Admiral R. Y. Hayler of Charleston,, commandant of the Sixth Naval District,' will formally commission the new building. Cap tain Diggs'Logan of Charleston, j director of Naval Reserve for the ! Sixth District, will also take part | in the program. i ! Chicken Roast Is ^Expensive For Two | Hillsboro—An old fashioned j “chicken roast” has, proved rather expensive to Johnny Wall, Jr., ' abfftit 20, and Gurney B. Duncan, about 40, of West Hillsboro, al though their plans were that the 1 supper was to be “on 'the hayce” The “roast” was held on Thurs day highd7 three weeks ago near the state highway bridge in West Hillsboro. The chickens were stol en from Bob Ashley of West Hillsboro, and -the oil to start the - fire -was : stolen from dare-pots in use at the time on the bridge, which was closed to traffic. Deputy Sheriff Carl Hurley, who was on duty in the area, noticed a Are near the bridge. He stated that. as he approached to invest!; gate, he heard Wall remark to Duncan, “You don’t.know how to cook stolen chickens.” Hurley said that Duncan was dressing a chicken at the time, and another Chicken was staked near by. He also said that both men had been drinking. Further investigation the next morning showed that three chick ens were missing from Bob Ash ley’s lot. In Orange County Recorder’s court Monday morning, Wall was found guilty of larceny and pub lic drunkenness, and sentenced to four months on the roads. Duncan was given a sentence and three months on the roads, suspended 12 months, and fined $25 and costs, —i-=—o— Chest X-Ray Clinic v. The chest x-ray clinic will be held at the Health Department in Hillsboro Monday. December 12th. The hours for this clinic have been changed from 2-4 p m. to 1-3 p.in. DK. RUSSELL L. DICKS Dr. R. L. Dicks Laymen’s League Speaker Sunday Hillsboro—Dr. Russell L-. Dicks, head of the Department of Past oral Care at Duke University and Chaplain of Duke Hospital, will be the speaker at the meeting of lha..Hillsboro.. Laymen’sLeague. next Sunday evening, December 11th, at 7:30 o’clock at the Hills-| boro High School Auditorium. The topic of Dr. Dick’s speech will be “The Force That Makes for Health.” The Hillsboro'high school glee club will sing. “Dr. Dicks is the author of sev eral _baoks dealing with minister ing to the sick. He is an elequent speaker of national reputation and we are fortunate to have him ad dress this meeting.” stated Elmer R. Dowdy, program chairman, in announcing his appearance. The public is cordially invited to attend. -:o-— Santa To Return To Hill Sunday Chapel Hill—Santa Claus was swamped with so much attention from the crowds of children lin ing the streets in Chapel Hill and Carrboro when he arrived Friday night, that it was impossible, for him to pass out candy and apples as he had planned. So it was necessary for him to come back Sunday afternoon. He met the children on the lawn in front of the school house and handed out 700 bags of candy and apples to pre-school children. A photographer was on hand to pho tograph those who wanted a pic ture with Santa. Plans have been made for similar activities at the school house next Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6 o’clock. -—i-*—o— -- ' - last Rites Tuesday For Mrs. Hornaday Chapel Hill—Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Hornaday, wife of Clyde E. Hqrnaday of Chapel Hill, were held from Walker’s Funeral Home Chapel/Tuesday" at 11 a.m. with the Rev. W. H. Howard. Jr. officiatinfl Interment was in Pine Hill Cemetery', Burlington, Surviving are her husband; two foster sisters, Mrs. John A. Regan of Weaverville, and Mrs. M. D. Phillips of Cleveland Hei|hts, Ohio; and severalmieces and neph ews. Pallbearers were W. S. and Vanc-e Hogan, H. D. Bennett, Ken neth Putman. L A. Williams and T. A. Rosemond. ■ Csiiaty PMA Committeemen for 1950 Will Be Ejected By Farmers Next Week Hillsboro—Next Thursday, De cember- 15, farmers in. the County’s elect community directors of the Lteltiction^ndMarKetingAdmim stration for the coming year. The> S also choose a delegate iron, each community to a county con vention which wili name the three-man county PMA Commit ‘“C *1 is elegible to voi, or hold office who is an owner, operator tenant or sharecropper oS a farm that is participating in program administered during the current calendar year through the county and community PMA ^mS can cast their ballots day at die foUo win*ipoking places d Caldwell School, with poll hold ers Claude A. Gray and A. E ^Carr community at Comptons Store, with L. J. Rogers and J. L , Scot ten. , >erv . Carrboro, at the Farmers Ex change, with poll holders' W. R. Womble, J. S. Williams and Lacy Neville. Efland, Forrest Store, W. B. Richmond, Bill Dorsett and W. H. Riley. „ Hillsboro, PMA Office, with Reid Roberts and Marvin Phelps. New Hope community, Hollow Rock Service Station, with I. S. Newton, J. R. Whitfield and I. S. Sparrow. In Orange Grove at W. N. Snipes Store, James Snipes, Jr., Charles Teer and M. D. Dodson. At St. Mary’s School with W. A Crabtree and Wallace Bacon. White Cross community, J. T. Bradsher’s Store, with Walter Lloyd, T- J. Whitfield, and Herb Vert Bradshaw-, Cedar Grove, Giles Long’.s'J : J. E. Hawkins. Commissioners Okay 10 Roads For Paving; Re-appoint Ward UNC Frat, Choo ChM Plan Orphaa’s Thrill Chapel Hill—Christmas is sched uled to come a little early again here this year for 50 children from the Methodist Orphanage in Ra leigh. • -w r. _The. occasion will be their sec ond annual Chrl&foas party, to he held Saturday, December 10, at the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house here at the UDiversity of North Carolina. On hand again to thrill the youngsters and autograph pictures will bo Charlie (Choo Choo) Jus tice. The All-American tailback nearly stole the show from Santa Claus at the party last year when he put in his appearance. Charlie will be vieing for honors -with . Saint -Nude--again--this. ..yeax^ The old gentleman will be met at the lpcal airport, by the orphans when he flys in from the North Pole. He will take them back to Chapel Hill where he will distrib ute gifts he. brought „ . Also on the agenda of festivity s will be a sumptuous turkey dinner with all the trimmings, a Western movie at a local theatre, and sleight-of-hand tricks by Dick Anderson, member of the frater nity who proved to be a big hit last year. The children, whose ages range from five to 16, will be brought to Chapel Hill Saturday morning and will return to Raleigh late that afternoon. They will be ac companied by the superintendent of the orphanage, L. C. Larkins, and other members of the staff. -o Presbyterian Choir Plans YnhlSfagran Hillsboro—^The Hillsboro Pres byterian Church will present a program by the Chancel Choir on Sunday, December 18, at 7:3G ‘qojnqo-eqj jo /C.ien:pues aqj ux -urd it was ^announced this week bj Mrs. C. D. Jones, director of the choir. The Cantata, THE INF AN! HOLY, by Louise E. Stairs will be sung. This work contains manj familiar choruses, and solos. The public is cordially invitee to attend the service, --—-—o Superior Court Ter* Next. Week Hillsboro—A week’s term oi Superior Court for the trial of both civil and criminal erases well gel underway here Monday with Judge John J. Burney on the bench. Some three score criminal ac tions, including four murder cases long awaiting trial, have beer placed on the calendar along with 14 divorce hearings. The criminal cases run the gamut from secrel assault to liquor cases, manslaugh ter, robbery and crimes against nature. Tenth To Serve 18 Months For Breaking Into Copeland Drink Stand At Em Mill Hillsboro—Robert “Buck" Al bright, 19, of West Hillsboro will serve a total of 19 months on the roads as the. result of two sen tences imposed upon him in Mon day’s session of Orange County Recorder’s court. On November 26, Albright re turned to West Hillsboro after being discharged from the Army, following approximately one year’s service. Instead of going home, he went to Eno Cotton Mill, where he told the night watchman he was look ing for his brother.'The watchman explained that his brother was not at work, and that the mill had been closed several days for Thanks giving holidays. He asked Albright to leave the premises. Later investigation proved that Aibi hgb t—broke into Copeland's Drink Stand in :the mill and stole cigarettes, peanuts and other mer chandise valued at $5. For this offense, Albright was found guilty' of forcible tresspass and larceny and sentenced tot* .18 months on the roads. Last Saturday night, he was ar rested for public drunkenness, and received a sentence of 30 days on the roads in Monday’s session of court for the offense. The two sentences will run concurrently. Other cases dispose! of' Monday were: i William J. Pettiford, 'driving a motor vehicle with improper brakes, $10 and costs. Gray Knight, -public drunken ness, costs, _ _ Paul Jones, assault on female, prayer for judgment continued two years on condition defendant be of good behavior and not molest Sarah Jones. Costs. Luther Funderburk, reckless driving, $25 and costs. Alvis Baldwin, illegal possession non tax paid whiskey, $5 and costs. Garland R. Pendergraft, aban donment and non-support of wife and minor child, six months on roads suspended five years. De fendent must pay .$15 ‘weekly to thb wife and child. ’ T I ®i*ange Scout r#»a,v A"“al *u Tomorrow Chapel Hill—Friday night at seven o’clock in the Panel Room o the Carolina Inn, leaders of Boy Scouts In Orange County will gather from Hillsboro, Carrboro, White Cross, New Hope and Chapel Hill. — — Following the banquet there will be the Annual Meeting of the Orange County District, Occonee chee Council, Boy Scouts of Amer ica. In addition to the reports of the activities of the past .year, the recognition of unit leaders, and the election of officers,/ the Scout Leadershin will hear an address by Mr. W. .A. Dobsopi, Regionaf Scout Executive of Regiorf Six. Bonner Sawyer, retiring presi dent, and Hillsboro lawyer, will preside over the meeting. As is customary on this annual occasion, the wives of these Scout leaders have been Invited. Reverend Bern arn Munger, the United Church of Chapel Hill, is serving as chair man of the Banquet Committee: He reports that this year, in ad dition to the Scout Leaders ac tively participating in the Orang£ County program, the Banquet Committee is trying to bring to this meeting those people of each community who should be giving sofne of their time to the Boy Scout movement. As usual, the leader ship from1 Chapel Hill and 'Hfflffr bdro will be trying to out-do one another in having the largest rep resentation at this banquet. All Attendance Records Broken For Planetainm’s “Star of Bethlehem” Chapel Hill—All records for both day and weekly attendance were broken at the-University of North Carolina’s Morehead Planetarium where “Star, of Bethlehem” is drawing people from all sections of the state to the campus here this week. Last Sunday the total attend ance was* 1944, bringing the week’s total paid attendance up to 5,706. demonstrations were given before In addition, two invited preview 936 members of the ministry and their families. i On Saturday and Sunday, De cember 10 and 11, open house will be held with the areas normally closed to the public open for in spection. In order to accomodate the large crowds expected to at tend at this time, a special sched ule has been established for the demonstration “Star of Bethle hem.” . Saturday, the first demonstra tion will be given' at 2 p.m., in stead of 3 p.m. as usual. Additional demonstrations will -be given as needed. The first evening demon stration will begin promptly at 8 p.m^ and will be followed by another if necessary. The first demonstration Sunday, December 11, will begin at 1:30, and will be followed by others at intervals of approximately one hour. The evening demonstrations will begin at 8 p.m., with others to follow, if the crowd warrants it. This weekend schedule will pre vail during the period through January 2, while “Star of Bethle hem” is being presented. JDurink the week ttye public demonstra tions will begin at 8:30, or earlier if the seating capacity is exhausted. Those who wish to make sure of being seated in the evenings should arrive at least as early as 7 p.m. Orange County Receives Check For Beer Taxes MiwsDoro-—grange county nas rpceived a check for its share of the beer and wine tpxes sold in the county and collected by the state. The check amounted to $12,503.34 and almost $5,000 less than that received last year by the county. The overall return by the state the, loca actua all decrease of 28 per cent it was stated, while last year 98 counties participated in the refunds as compared to 94 for the year past and officials pointed out that the -next refunds would only include 74 counties because of local elec tions which have outlawed the legal sale of beed and wine. The ' money was returned to counties and towns under a 1947 law which states in effect that half of the total collected on the sale of beer and wines is turned back to towns and counties which licence beer and wine dealers. Almost three, million dollars was returned by the state last year, it was said, as compared with the $2,123,296.74 returned last year. The amount represents the amount of taxes collected from October 1, 11)48 to the same date this year.- —~—' — —- : ■■■■ —— The director of the State Reve nue Department’s beverage tax division, W. Cliff Pickett, stated that some of the drop rjxyst be at tributed to the clpsing down of beer and Wine outlets in some counties. “But.” he pointed out, “even in thise counties where the beverages were sold throughout the ybar, was a 14 per cent drop I caused by declines in consump tion.” Farmers Exchange Is Collection Center For Shelled Coni Collected For CROP Hillsboro—Starting tomorrow, the Farmers Exchange in Hills boro will set aside space for CROP shelled corn as it is brought to the center. . r During the past two weeks pre parations for the CROP drive in Orange county have been made by volunteer canvassers from the rural churches and by the min isters of 'the churches. In several rural communities, corn will be gathered at the local churches from Friday until Sun day and will be brought to Hills boro on Monday. Next Thursday the com be shipped from here to the near est shipping center of CROP. R. H. Mohler. will serve as shipping clerk for the drive. The steering commtitee, com posed of the Rev. I. E. Birdseye, chairman, and the Rev. Mssrs. C. S. Hubbard, R. C. Masterton, W. H. Rittenhouse, and Booth, have contacted pastors of all churches in the county, and volunteer work- i ers in many communities have asisted in publicizing the drive. The town people will be given an opportunity to help in the pro ject through special envelopes that will be distributed at relig ious services Sunday morning. Contributions may also be handed to 'S. W. Hughes of Hillsboro, treasurer of-the loc%l drive. Cash contributions will be used to buy coni here in the county to be CROP** W“h the sheUed 6001 tb Hillsboro—The Board of County Commissioners put their stamp of approval on 10 highway paving projects, representing 39.7 miles, in Orange County Monday, thus adding another endorsement to these “first priority” projects which already had been recom mended by local committeesunder the citizens selection program re cently carried on in this county. The Board took no action on the remaining 35 miles of paving al,°tted the county under the €200,050,000 secondary roads im provement program voted last Spring. It indicated it preferred to hold -fiirther recommendations in abeyance pending further study of the overall system. ——-— The 10 roads approved included: 1. Cole Mill road from Durham County line to St. Mary’s. 2. Road leaving Highway 70 at the Power Plant and running to Pleasant Green church. 3. Carrboro to Chatham County line, intersecting Highways 15- ‘ 501 at the Chatham line. 4^ Antioch' -Church Road; west —“ from Aubrey McLennon’s farm to Alamance .County line. 5. Damascus Church Road’, ex tension of road south of Univer sity lake. 8. Extension: of the Chapel Hill Airport Road north by Blackwood Station and New Hope church to old Highway 10 at Dr. Carr's farm. *7. Hebron road from Highway 54 in Oaks community to the Ala mance County line. _ 8. Buckhorn-Cheeks Crossing road. 9. Lynch’s Store Road from Ala mance County line northeast to Highway 49. 10. Two roads running north from railroad in West Hillsboro to West Hillsboro school and thence west to road leading to Highway List takers for the 1950 tax listing job were appointed and Tax Supervisor Ira Ward was named for a new one < year term. List takers, who this year will have the additional duty of compiling the farm census, will include: R, c Comi/on *),- ce&ar^w*. CarP ton McKee for Hillsboro, L. R. Cheek for Chapel Hill, Jeter C. Lloyd for Bingham, A. E. Wilson for Little River, Henry Heath for Cheeks and Mrs. M..R. Cates for Eno township. December 26, 27 and January 2 were Set as holidays for county employees and a new audit con tract was signed with the W. M. Russ Co. Permission for Tax Supervisor Ward and Miss Kath leen Brown, .assistant, to 'attend the Institute of Government’s tax supervisors meeting in Chapel Hill on December 13 was granted by the board. -o—t Or. Eaton Talks On Gardening Chapel Hill—Dr. Walter Pritch ard Eaton, well known author and dramatic critic, who is visiting professor in the Universtiy’s De partment of Dramatic Art this year, gave a public lecture under the sponsorship of the Chapel Hill Garden Club in Davie Hall here Tuesday night. Sh°,Tu by the “S® Glides what could be done with the small backyards of -New- Haven, Conn jP achieve privacy and effect through careful planting'of trees shrubs and flowers. * uSGd Slides taken ar»ong the Berk shires to emphasize how the gardens are laid out to achieve a j5-tj.~w.ta»» a; m.™°S h°W again., S.ISj'Z Trinity College in England in com aW°nthl° S^d' walls t^itipas of Gather Com mtorSeveS”m„7IkWh° h“ ^ “mm ?„™SS,E“'L“ver is still confined Hospiti Mt. PleasSt Church Sh<^e n« County. Last SaturS*1?*, Chath» ing men from CarrhT the foUow t° the Mann f»2?W'0 ^*nt « Cbariie Mann J.V?1 and help* sen of com from tlm Chriatniaa Pmrt* Chapel Hill—Th* gate s53 ” ‘ Mrs ®«*ene Andrew*