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(Published Weekly)_HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1950 Price: $2 a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week
■ Orange Spots for February 2
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Orange County, with more Spotted Poland China breed
's than any county in the United States, continues to make
reparations for the first purebred show and sale, to be held
ere February 2. The pictures above show some of the fine
viner to be entered. R. L. Mohler, soil conservationist, is
le interested observer in the top photo while the unconcern
1 gentleman below is Style Prince, the $4,400 boar of J. E.
atta,. who has been one of the top breeders in the county.
irst Dividend
hecks Arrive
Hillsboro—The first of the ap
iroximately three quarters of a
nillion dollars' in GI insurance
efunds arrived in Orange County
his week with the beginning of
he long awaited payment sched
ile by the 'Veterans Administra
navy Medals 2
Ure Available
At UNC MROTC
Chapel Hill—Captain J. E. Coop
er, Commanding officer of the Nav
al ROTC in the University of North
Carolina and professor of naval
science, announced that Navy Oc
cupation Service medals and China
Service medals have been re
ceived here from the Comman
dant, Sixth Naval District, Charles
ton, S. C. for distribution to Navy
and Marine corps veterans.
In order to receive these medals,
an applicant must have been at
tached to, present and serving on
permanent duty with an organiza
tion, within the prescribed area
subsequent to certain dates, he
said, ,
To receive the Navy Occupation
medal, the applicant must have
served in the European Occupa
tion areas after May 8, 1945, or
the Japanese area subsequet to
September, 1945.
To be piigihle for the China
SkWic# medal, *fhe aippficah^hfust
have served in the China theatre
after September 2, 1945, unless he
has previously qualified for the
medal for pre-war service in
China. In such case, he is eligible
I°r a clasp to the medal.
Eligible Navy veterans may ap
ply at the Naval Armory ajt Chapel
Hill. Applicants should bring their
discharge certificates or release
orders at the time they apply.
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PRIFF1T AT PTA ~ —
Hillsboro — Glertn T. Proffit,
school superintendent, spoke
briefly on school alms and a mov
“A U. S. Community and its
Citizens,” was shown at Tuesday
mght’s meeting of the PTA here.
A family relations committee
composed of Van Kenyon,. Mrs.
Walter Teer and Mrs.n Verno
Elrod was announced.
tion.
First to receive his check from
the Hillsboro office was Fred
Howard of Hillsboro, , Route 2,
whose wife happened to be in the
postoffice when the first group
was being sorted. By late yester
day only about a dozen had been
received here in the easily dis
tinguishable red and white border
ed envelopes. >,
Approrimately 3,500 Orange
veterans are eligible for 'a slice
of the fund which the -VA has
estimated will approximate an
average of $175 ,per veteran.
The veterans Administration’s
special dividend task force of
3,000 workers is laboring feverish
ly to divvy the dividends on sched
ule. The Treasury Department
estimates it as probably the larg
est. single federal -expenditureto
individuals over a short period
ever made. It is $500,000,000 great
er than last year’s record tax re-;
funds. It is bigger than -our en
tire national income 100 years
agb.
But the job won’t be completed
by mid-May because almost 2,
applied for their dividends! Some
may nev'er apply;" some. World
War I veterans never asked for
their bonuses.
All veterans who have applied
will be split into two groups,
about 11,600,000 in the first, dhe
balance in the 'second. VA - says
.that, generally speaking,-those in.
the second and'smaller group got
not begin to get paid until all
those in the first group have been
paid. ‘ -
Who gets paid first within,each
group depends on the last thiee
digits of the veteran’s service ser
ial number. The smaller those last
three digits, the quicker the check
will arrive.
Thus a veteran with the number
45976001 would find his check in
the mail the first week. Number
31034999 would have to wait until
the end of his group.
The enormous dividend pay
ment is neither bonus nor hand
out, says Harold V. B reining,
VA insurance director. It -is, he
says, payment of the surplus which
has built up in the National Serv
ice Life Insurance (NSLI) Fund
since 1940. The NSLI Act provides
for dividend payments out of sur
plus. '
Fam Ageacies «
Arrange Series
Oi Meetings
Hillsboro—A series of meetings |
to be held in the various com-,
mnnities of Orange Cousty, be
has been schemed I
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tural agency, mf"‘’ fre3fnt to
Cam The agenda includes such ;
H213SS1 •“!
beSinnlng/a„Sy°9 mitt C««'
Today, January i», ,
School, - Schley Grange Hall.
January 24, bcmey L
January 25, Aycock SchJo
January 26, ^dwell School
January 31, Chapel Hill Ag
cultural B“lldU^eW Hope Grange
February 1, mew
Hall Mary’s Grange
February 2, St. »>aiy_
Halt- Hillsboro High
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Young Man of Year
Will Be Honored
By Jaycees Tonight]
, u;ii_The “Young Man
Mh?Ye«” in Chapel Hill will
be honored tonight by the Jmuor
Chamber of Cojmjr
quet to be held at tne ^
InThe “Bosses' Night” banquet
A • mi aiso honor Jaycees
meeting w]^ s -William D.
who are fm^°y^iing .president
Carmichael, be the chief
of the University, wdl^hc the Ja^_
speaker and w ce, vice Award
cee’s Distinguished Serv ce „
to the “Young Man of ^
The win,n®Lrr 37 who is eligible
be a man und Jaycees
for membership m the^Jay ^
but not neees*uy a committee
has been sd^ dHiJ businessmen
of oldar Chape H president
headed by W.ilb /\ iUon. The
0f the Merchant-Ansoci ^ ^
selection, whi-h ... ds based
^cret done for
on what the win past year.
the community m > als0 be
I Gold key awards^ ^ made
given to theft “ybtions to Jay
| distinguished contrm^ l949.
I cee work in , , been selected
These five ™en of the entire
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Farm Bureau
Holds Meeting . .
Hillsboro—A meeting of the
Orange County Farm Bureau Fed
eration was held at the courthouse
last night to select delegates to
the State Convention to be held
in Raleigh next month.
; Consideration of resolutions and
selection of committeemen for each
of the crops in which this county
has an , interest is also on the
agenda, according to 7,. C. Burton,
Orange County presidents
Speakersmn the,.convention pro
gram in Raleigh, include Secretary
Of Agriculture Brannon, Governor
Scott and -Congressman Harold D.*
Cooley.
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Midget Basketball
Hillsboro—Midget basketball is
on the program at High School
Gymnasium each Monday and
Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock. At
the end of the season a tournament
"will be held with matched teams
fro/n the midget ranks participat
Joe Howard
New Lecturer
M State Grange
Joe Howard,' Efland, has been
appointed Lecturer of the North
Carolina State Grange, according
to Harry B. Caldwell, Master.
Raleigh who found it necesary to
submit his resignation because of
increasing responsibilities in the
Dairy Products Association.
Howard, a graduate oi N. C.
S'ate College, served as 'Assistant
County Agenh in Orange County
for a number of years. He is
presently Agricultural Engineer
fpi>.Duke Power Company: He is
a. former Master of the Orange
County Pomona Grange and mem
ber of the Program Planning Com
mittee. He also served for 2 years
as State Grange Youth Chairman.
As State Grange Lecturer, How
ard will direct the Educational
Program of the organization. He
will assist local and county Grange
leaders in their program planning.
To Head Drive
For Red Crust!
Chapel Hill—Professor R. H.
Wettach, Chaiiman % the Chapel
Hill Chapter of the American Red
Cross, announces that Admiral D.
W. Loomis hfls accepted the chair
manship of the Red Cross Fund
Campaign 4for 1950. ■■>
A graduate of the Naval Acad
emy, Admiral Loomis served in
the Pacific area during the war
years,. coming to Cnapel Hill in
1945 as Commandant of the
*NROTC and Professor of Naval
Science. He retired from the
Navy in July, 1949, and is now
connected with the Ford Tractor
' Company. He says that he -will
Chairmen for the Campaign, which
will be conducted during the first
week in March.
| Price Support
On Lespedeza
Hillsboro—P. M A. Secretary,
A. K. McAdams, Hillsboro, an
nounced yesterday (1) that farm
storage a n d wai •/house-storage
t loans will be nmde on 1949-crop
1 lespedeza seed (common or Ten
nessce 76, Kobe and sericea)
through February, 28, 1950, and
1(2) that purchase agreements on
I these seed will be available
through February 28, 1950. .
Previously the Department had
announced that o n.l y purchase
agreements through January 31,
1950, would be available on the
specific varieties of lespedeza seed.
The purchase agreement date ha*
been extended through February
28; and loans have been added to
price support program, because of
an unfavorable price situation, that
has resulted from the record 1949
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Admiral Loomis
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State Press Converges
At Hill For Annual Meet
World Agaiast
Robert Mayo
in Big Court Day
Hillsboro — The Mayo family
squabble broke into court here
Monday and Robert, who went on
a rampage pn January 7, now has
18 months to decide why his family
has it in for him.
On that fateful day, Robert, 31
year-old local Negro, assaulted his
mother—he said he was just be
ing affectionate: assaulted his
niece, Pocahuntas—he said he did
not think it proper for her to be at
home “by herself with three boys";
broke his brother George’s shot
gun (which Pocahuntas was trying
to use on him) and window lights;
had a. run-in with his brother
-Jame s-—who ran-tbr-the. lawwhen
he was stopped by him on Mar
■gareF Baae; drove an automobile!
while drunk; and resisted three
officers, who fried to arrest him.
All in all, it seemed by his tes
timony, .the world was against
Robert that day. To top it all the,
mean old court brought up an. old
case about" him assUhlting' his.
mother. a few months back and
decided to give him 12 months for
that- and three months each for
his current assault on his mother
and niece. Six months for the
drunken driving and resisting ar
rest eases will run concurrent
with the others.
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Farm Leaders
Plan Livestock,
Poultry School
Hillsboro—A livestock and poul- j
try school for Orange County
farmers will be held today at the
‘new Schley Grange Hall from 10
until 3 o’clock.
A number of leading specialists
in poultry, beef cattle, sheep; and
hog production will be present to
give the 1950 outlook and a report
of developments in the field of
production. .
Lunch will be. served by the
Schley members.
Among those from the Depart
ment of Agriculture and State
College iegdisg the discussion will
be John Winfield, W. G. Andrews,
Sam Buchanan, L. .1. Case and
Jack Kelly, all speaking on dif
ferent phases of livestock and
poultry production. ———
Cash ISO W!
Hillsboro—-‘Cash on the barrel
head ia the new policy of the
Orange County Recorders Court,
according to an announcement
by Judge L. J. Phipps.
Heretofore, considerable leni
ency has been granted to de
fendents in making payments
of fines and costs.,In the future, -m
the advice to defendants is
"bring your money to court, or
else.”
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Hillsboro Club
In Garden Tour
Again This Year
Hillsboro—The Hillsboro Garden
Clul) lias agreed, to participate in
the State Garden Tour and Pil
grimage again this year at the
special request of the State organi
zation.
This announcement' was made
at the last meeting of the club
held January 12 during which
preliminary plans were reported
by the Pilgrimage Board headed
by. Mrs. George Gilmore. Last
year’s pilgrimage events here were
among the most elaborate ever
held in the state when for the first
time the tour was combined with
the annual Purple Ribbon show.
At its January meeting at the
home of IVIrs. R. O. Forrest, Mrs.
E. C: Hamblen of Durham was
guest speaker for the afternoon.
She spoke on “Roses,” giving 14
practical points important for Rose
growers to know.
During the business session a
report was .given by Mrs. Glenn
Aurhan on the progress of the
“‘Model Mile” contest being con
ducted by the highway beautifi
cation committ^b.
YDC Drlv.e
Hillsboro—A membership drive
will be conducted by the Young
Democratic Club of Orange County
fn the near future, according to
an'announcement of Jerry Stone,
county organizer.
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Plays Prospect
Hillsboro —.The.,American Le
gion basketball team Will play the
Prospect Hill team tonight at
Prospect Hill; it was announced
.this week. • •
League Of Women Voters To Honor
Mrs. Roosevelt At Chapel Hill Event
Chapel Hill—The six chapters ,
of the North Carolina League of
Women Voters will sponsor a
luncheon in the Morehead build
ing, at the University of North
Carolina orr February 2 at 1:30
o’clock in ,honor of Mi's. Eleanor
Roosevelt, who will give the an
nual series of- three Weil Lectures
on Citizenship at the University,
on'the nights of January 31 and'
February 1-2 j_
Mk. Roosevelt has been * an
active and enthusiastic member
of the League for a numjber of
yehrs:—-:
The luncheon session will be
informal, and there will be no
speeches. Invitations will.be re
stricted to members of the League
in this State.
Mrs- Roland McClamroch, an
active member of the Chapel Hill
chapter, is in. charge of local ar
rangements.
Presidents of the League in other
mciybors.
planning to attend the luncheon.
Mrs. Donald Hayman is head of
the Chapel Hill chapter, and presi
dents of other chapters are Mrs.
Phillip Handler, Durham: Mrs.
Robert, Denkel, Greensboro; Mrs.
Thomas W. Sharpe, Charlotte;
Mrs. H. L. Reed, Asheville; and
Mrs. R. L. Anderson, Raleigh.
', Mrs. Roosevelt’s visit is expect
ed to stimulate interest in the
work of the League in North
Carolina. Two State meetings have
been held in Chapel Hill and
Charlotte. At present the work
of the League is confined to local
and, national issues.
It carries out this program
through its Voters Service and
local, state, and national programs.
In its-Voters Service a year-round
program, the League “provices
nonpartisan, factual infonnation in
regard to registration, voting, .can
didates, public officials and issues;
and promotes party participation
and voting in every, primary and
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Joe «els
Hillsboro—Joe Pugh, who this
week shot his jsecond man in the
past six months over the affec
tions of his wife, Ella, -was off
today to serve a three-year road
sentence for the two shootings.
His second victim, Ike Wilson,
it was said, is still in the hospital
with two broken arms and several
other bullet wounds. Pugh, a
quiet, mild-mannered little,man,
shot Duff Carr several moths ago
for the same reason. He got off
with a nolle pros with leave in the
first shooting but when the second
came around, the court decided
he’d better face both charges. The
verdict, one year in the first, two
in the second, and 30 days each
for public drunkenness and illegal
possession to run concurrent with
the assault terms..
His wife, Ella, charged with
public drunkenness and being a
common nuisance, was packed off
to Woman’s Division of the State
Penitentiary for a year.
A wide variety ol other cases,
traffic and liquor violations, filled
the week’s docket. t Cases disposed
of included: R. V. Watts, passing
on hill, costs; Jessie R. Brooks,
speeding, $10 and costs; C. G.
Queen, public drunkenness and
illegal possession, $10 and costs;
Edgar Riley, public drunkenness,
costs; Clarence Junie Lyon, speed
ing, $1Q and .costs; John Dixon,
driving, $25 and costs: Joe Arthur
Jones, improper brakes, $5 and
costs; Percy Peaks, carrying con
cealed weapon, $50 and costs; Buie
Nichols, illegal possession, four
months (suspended) and $25 and
costs; J. M. Bishop, public drunk
enness, costs; Fletcher Wright, dis
orderly conduct, costs; Leroy To
i rain, assault on female and dis
orderly conduct, costs; W,alter
Mebane, failure to support illegiti
mate child, capias issued for ar
rest; Walter McCauley and Lonnie
Jr., speeding, $10 and costs; Junius
Harris, no operators licence, $25
and costs ($15 remitted when de
fendant couldn’t pay); Edward
Miles, no operators license, $25
and costs; Wade Oakley, reckless
Wells, assault, 30 days (suspended)
and $10 and costs; Leonard Hicks,
E. W. Faucette and Arthur Read,
failure to pay costs, capias issued
for arrest.
Chapel Hill—The 25th annual
North Carolina Newspaper In
stitute, to be held at the Univer
sity of North Carolina and Duke
University today, tomorrow and
Saturday, will open it Hill Hall
at Chapel Hill tonight at 8 o’clock
with a public address by George
Crews McGhee, Assistant Cecye
tary of State for Near Eastern and
African Affairs. .
Mr. McGhee, formerly Special
Assistant to the Secretary of State
and Special Representative of the .
Secretary to the Near East on
Palestine Refugee Problems with
the rank of Minister, will make
his first public report here on a
world tour he has just completed.
Chancellor Robert B. House of
the University will welcome the
some 200 delegates to the Institute
Which is sponsored by the North
Carolina Press Association. R. E.
Price, Rutherfordton, president,
will preside. .
Friday-morning-group meetings--—
of the Associated Dailies and .
weeklies will be held, beginning at
10 o’clock, at the Carolina Inn
under the chairmanship of ^P. T.
Hines, Greensborp, and W. Curtis
Russ, Waynesville, respectively.
Leaders in the discussions will in
clude Stuart Sechriest, University
Department of Journalism; Tom
Lassiter, Smithfield Herald and ,a
member of the University journal
ism faculty; J. D. Fitz, Morgan
ton News-Herald, and A1 Resch,
Chatham News, Siler City.
A luncheon,, will be given by the
University at the Carolina Inn
at 1 o’clock Friday, with Acting
President W. D. Carmichael, Jr.,
of the consolidated University, ex
tending the welcome. A variety
entertainment program will be
given by the University Harmon
eers. - ■ ■ * - . .
Beginning at 3 p.m. Friday there
will be a general session of the
Association and an editorial sym
posium, with H. W. Kendall, editor
of the Qrv .
presiding. Participants In the d»s
cussion of “North Carolina’s Re
sponsibility in Mental Care” will
be Dr. David A. Young, genera!
superintendent, N. C. Hospitals
Board of Control; Roy M. Purser,
business manager of the Board,
and Senator John W. Umstead, >
Jr., member of the Board.
A feature of the Institute will
be a banquet at the Duke Univer
sity Union at 6:30 Friday evening.
Prinipal speaker will be. Dr. A.
E. Aey, pastor, Monumental Meth
odist Church, Portsmouth, Va. Dr.
Hollis Edens, president of Duke,
will give the- welcome, and PresU
dent Price will respond. Governor
W. Kerr Scott will present the
annual press awards. Vocal selec
tions will be given by the Duke
University Double Quartet.— *
The final session Saturday
morning will be a breakfast meet
ing here honoring past presidents
of the Association. Dean James
H. Hilton, N. C. State College, will
be the principal speaker, and
Frank Daniels, Raleigh, will pre
side: A brief business session will
conclude the program. — r:
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Beer Licences
Are Revoked
• Raleigh — Several beer licences
in "the area have been revoked or
suspended recently by the Malt
Beverage Control Division, it was
reported this week
Officials state that by action of
the board the following action was
taken: Hicks Place, Rt. 2, Mebane, '
licence revoked for disorderly con
duct; Johns.-Rt. 2, Hillsboro, sus
pended for 60 days for^permitting .
beer to l#ave premises on Sun—
dcur; . Toney’s Tavern, Graham."
licence su'spdiidVd days for -'
permitting intoxicated persons on
premises; and Elite Cafe, East
Davis St., Burlington, suspended
for 30 days on the grounds of
selling beer to intoxicated persons.
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