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lPublUhcd Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950 Price: $t a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Paget This Week sooro—A. E. Helmick, post , last weekend investigating last weekend investigating Bed sites to Hillsboro’s new tfice, but departed without ng any decision because of defects in the 11 sites of lndlcated he would return urther conferences here be [April 1, after the return of ster Tom Bivins who is Florida -'a a vacation. ^ local postoffice authorized following statement after the ■tor’s visit: "Inspector A. E. of the Postoffice Depart spent two days in Hillsboro I week investigating the pos |ty of selecting from bids al received, a suitable lot for uture postoffice building. Wo nent was made since most lots offered were not up guirements of the Post office nent. He stated he will be further investigation be the end of March. Mr. Hel urges that other -bids be before his return. fte Inspector was accompanied tour by H. Broadiwell, V. orrest and M. M. Chance of [Town Board of Commission Tin the Absence of Bivins and Ben Johnston. iile the inspector apparently ted all of the 11 sites offered new federal building, it nderstood from private sources two sites may still be under ^deration, the Graham prop f, adjacent to and behind th«4 m-Eskridge Low Office on on Street, and the Header* [property between the Colonial ' and the Richmond home, lion was given that the Post i Department did not take in* onsideration the hilly terrain iil&boro when setting up re ents for the site and a adjustment of those require ttts might have to be made to ure a suitably looked site, be--site on whichr-stands the sent home of Miss Annie Wilk on was described as most suit by the inspector but Miss [lkerson declined to offer her erty for sale. Leave >r Washington New Drawa lapel HiUr-JPaul Green, who is ting the drama which will be first event “in the Sequieen mial celebration of Washington, C., this year, last Sunday by ne for the Nation’s Capitol for fries of conferences with the [■e-building and play-product experts. ie play, as yet untitled, will be out George Washington, and aywright Green has been writ and researching on the subject several months. A specially acted outdoor theatre is be built in Bock Creek Park to se the drama. “The exceptionally mild wea er this winter has permitted t>rk to go ahead rapidly on the ptoor theatre," Mr. Green said oere is a good prospect that the suing will take place in July as aally scheduled,” he added. Irs. Green will accompany her sband on the trip and they will /0te part of their time in wash ton to looking for a house to re during the next few months, fe’d like to get something in ; Rock Creek Park neighborhood [possible,” Mr. Green said, “be ase I want to be as close to the tual production as possible.” utter S1io#Oj>ca$ t Planetarium Chapel Hill—A spectacular East show, which has been in pre ration for several months, open at Morehead Planetarium it night. show will be given every ?ht at 8:30 and on Saturdays d Sundays at 3 p, m. in addi from now through April 10, Many facts, such as why Easter 1 wander through our calendar >m March 22 through April 25, e explained in the new and jetacular presentation. Following these calendrical dis ssions, here will ibe presented spectacle in music, lights and from Easter and Good by John Masefield. Easter^ The Awakening” is ex eted- to attract as many visitors “Star of * Bethlehem,” because its similar nature and appeal. Henderson Boy Wins Oratory Contest Here Hillsboro—The Third Division of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion held its Oratorical Contest finals "in the Hillsboro American Legion Hut on March 8, 1950. Chairman Swain of the State Department was present and con ducted the contest with the help of the local Post. A. H. Graham served as chairman of the Judges. The winner of the contest was Reggie Mason of Henderson. Local legionaires who served, in various capacities as Judges, Time-keep ers, etc. were Robert Rosemond, George Lynch, Robert Babcock, Sam Gattis, Clarence Rosemond and A H. Graham. Jerry B. Stone local Command er served as Division Chairman in the Absence of Fred Davis, Divi sional Chairman. The five con testants had the packed hut amaz ed at the well delivered and polish ed speeches "on the U. S. Constitu tution. All went away with a feel ing as expressed by former Lt .Governor Graham that: they had learned something that they didn’t know before. Bill Lloyd Menber Mars Hill Glee Club Mars Hill—William H. Lloyd, ton of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Lloyd of HilM>oro, will be one of the forty select voices from the Mars Hill College glee club which will tour South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Virginia, March 17-26. Oh the tour this year the singers will present a/ program of tradi tional, classical, and contemporary compositions. The chorus will con clude its, tour with a concert at the annual meeting of the Ameri can Association of Junior Colleges at Roanoke,-Va., March 26. The group will be under, the direction of Mrs. Elizabeth Logan Schinhan, of the college voice de partment, with Bert C. Edwards, pianist, and Dr. Jan Schinhan, organist, accompanying. * ■ _o 4-H Girls Learn To Sew And Save In Clothing Event With one eye on spring and the other on their pocketbooks, North Carolina 4-H Clifb girls are off to a good start in the 1950 National 4-H Clothing Achievement pro gram. Last year more than 15,600 girls throughout the state took part in the activity. Interest in the program is always keen because every young lady— whether she’s 10 or 20—likes pretty clothes. Local club leaders and Ex tension agents teach the girls to select attractive patterns, buy good fabrics, and plan a practical, ward robe. Hats, bags and other acces sories are designed, too, at a con siderable savings. Evidence that 4-H’ers do acquire a working knowledge and skill in dressmaking is the fact that in 1949 more than two million gar ments were made by some 591,000 club members. Another important phase of the clothing program is learning how to remodel out-of date dresses and coats. Many daughters.stretch the family bud younger brothers and sisters. In adition ,to thesg, accomplish ments, members have a shance to earn recognition for outstanding achievements in clothing work. -—o— 1 New Officers Chapel Hill—At the regular) meeting of the University Chaptei | No. 264 of The Order of the Eastern Star in the Mosonic' Temple in Chapel Hill last Thursday even ing, the following officers were elected by ballot, for’the ensuing year. Worthy Matron. Mrs. Fannye Hinshaw; Worthy Patron, J. Ralph Weaver; Associate Matron, Mrs. Katherine Thompson, Associate Patron, James Williams; Condus tress, Mrs. Mth Humphreys; Os sociate Conductress, Mrs. Margaret Calahan; Secretary, Mrs. Louise Bryson; Treasurer, Mrs. Lossie Packer. Kerr Craige Ramsay of Salis bury, North Carolina, will serve as State Campaign Chairman for the 1950 Campaign in which the North Carolina Division of the American Cancer Society will seek to raise $200,230 for the fight on cancer. ---o— Last Chance Tomorrow For Census Workers To Take Examinations_ Hillsboro—The final chance for those who wish to take the examination for census, enum erator jobs in Orange County will be tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 4 o’clock in. the Agricultural Building (Mr. Dowdy’s class room) at Hillsboro High School. According to Supervisor John Ballard all persons who are in terested in these jobs should re port for this examination. Appointments are expected sometime next week. From 25 to 30 persons will be used in this county. ■ J . - >:■ Plans Revealed For Extending Rural Telephone Lines In Orange Committees To Work Out School District Settlement Appointed Hillsboro—School district com mittees named to work out a set tlement of the Hillsboro-Aycock high school attendance area con- ! troversy have been announced. | I A meeting will be held with the County Board of Education to make recommendations. The committees were named by the Parent Teacher Association in each district. They are:* Hillsboro—R. O. Forrest, Bon ner D. Saiwyer, Mrs. Clarence Jones, and Charles Hubbard (al ternate). " | West HilUboro—Clarence Craw- 1 ford, J. F. Kemodle, Sidney Green. Murphy—Mrs. Felts Paschall, Albert Shambley, and W. V. Armr field: ____ Bfland—Siro Bfland, Joe Ho ward, and Bill Dorsett. Aycock — Henry Lewis, Mrs. Frank McDhde and Mrs. Margaret W. Walker. Caldwell—Henry Miller, Clyde Walker, Mrs. Elizabeth Murray, and Flint Hamlin and R. E. Mur ray, alternates. The committees were the out growth at a public hearing held here last week on proposed changes to the Hillsboro School District which would transfer some students now attending that school to the Aycock school in order to strengthen that school. News Campaign In Final Week The News of Orange County’s big subscription campaign in which over $li00 is being award ed in prizes to persons turning in the most subscription during the six Weeks drive will end Sat urday at 6 o’clock in the after noon. Final tabulations on the con-, testants will be made Monday morning by the contest judges and checks will be mailed to winners immediately thereafter. . Named as judges for the con test by Publisher E. J. Hamlin were Judge L. J. Phipps of Chapel Hill, Mayor Ben Johnston of the Hillsboro Merchants Association Charles M. Walker, Jr. These men will meet at 9:30 Monday morning to certify the results of the cam paign. Announcement of the win ners will be made in next week’s edition of The News, which as result of the campaign will go to more readers than any Orange County newspaper In history. A report from Campaign Man ager, Charles Haskett Indicates that all the contestants are on the alert these last few hours, rea lizing that victory may be won or lost in the last few hours. Persons who may be vitally in terested in one bl the leading con testants should offer their aid between now and the close of the campaign it is possible that she may not be able to see you but would appreciate your help to en able her to win. The votes on your subscription may be the de ciding factor. The public has played a big part in-this campaign, subscribing most generously, and the contestants as well as The News of Orange County appreciate support in help ing to build a larger and better home county newspaper. The $15 “club” vote this last week is 75,000 votes for each $15 “club." Each dollar’s worth of re newal or resale, subscription turn ed in this week carried 10,000 extra votes regardless of who made thg' first sale. It's Now Or Never . • There is a facination in trying— real downright gratifica tion in going on—and the supreme en joyment of all is to WIN ! There is abundent reward for winners in The News of Orange County’s Cash Offer Campaign—hundreds of dollars worth • Contestants should decide about the best way to intelligent ly and successfully guide their course during the few remain ing hours in this race? They should plan to win. It takes effort—real effort—to win a big award in diis cam paign. Reward wifi be in direc t -proportion to the effort put forth and the result obtained. Do not underestimate the value o£^Jhe . awards, at stake'; gpr; the honor and satisfaction of \VINXINC':"^ THIS WEEKS REPORTS WILL DECIDE THE BJC WINNERS. Name . - Address j Mrs. Blanch Andrews .. N .......... . West Hillsboroi Mrs. Bill Dorsett ... Efland Miss Dolores Dodson..~v, Chapel Hill, Rt. 2 Miss Eloise Folgem<|au*.VAr.-... • .Chapel Hill 1 Mrs. Eppie Fisftef f .,. • ... :.......... • West Hillsboro Mfe Mildred Gibbs.. ... . Hillsboro, Rt. 1 Mrs. Maude Hayes .. .. .. - ./ Hillsboroj Miss Elizabeth Kirkland . Chapel Hill, Rt. 2 Miss Martha Lloyd.Chapel Hill, Rt. i Miss Jennette Miller.'...Hillsboro Mo. Ira Mann..f . . ... Carrboro Miss Molly Ann Morgan . ... . .Hillsboro, Rt. 2 Mr^. Manley Snipes .... »w »...... -- Hillsboro, Rt. 3 Miss Natalie Simpson ... .. . . . . . ..; Durham. Rt. 2 Miss Anm> Wilkerson Hillsboro1 ------ / - • Jane Harris Hendricks, above, is the new assistant secretary of the North Carolina Merchants Association. She succeeds Thompson Greenwood, who on March 1 became executive secre tary of the organization. Mrs. Hendricks, for the past three years public relations di rector for the American Retail Federation in Washington, D. C., will assume her duties with the association on May 1. A native of Concord, N. C., she attended St. Mary's in Raleigh and Salem College in Winston Salem. o Season’s First Race Sunday At Occoneechee Hillsboro—The first stock car race of the season here is sched uled for Sunday afternoon at Oc coneechee Speedway - under the direction of Bill France, veteran promoter. _*_ It is billed as a battle of the Flock brothers against the field again since in three races staged over the one mile course In 1948, Fopty Flock won all three, and last year Fonty repeated In the modified stock ear classic and his older brother, Bdb, zoomed to victory in the 200-mlfe strictly stock car race that attracted a record crowd of 17,500 to the Hills boro speedway. Sunday’s program calls for trials to begin at 1 o’clock, followed by three heat events, a consolidation race and then the 50-la®> feature offering a $3,000 purse to the drivers. The nation’s top drivers will be in the race. J -o-.... Dr. H. G. Baity Goes To Mexico Chapel Hill—Dr. Herman Cr. Baity, professor of sanitary engi neering in the University of North Carolina, has gone to Mexico City where he will present a paper this week on the training and oppor tunity of sanitary engineers in the Americas at the second Congress of the Inter-American Associat ion of Sanitary Engineering. In addition to his own paper, Dr. Baity is joint editor of two other papers to be presented to the Congress which will meet in Mex ico City March 16-26. One of them' concerns the rehabilitation of the water supply of the Amazonian city of Manus, Brazil and the h^'ef* diNifaelf^ofluli'cm "fn" Mbfe tevideo, Uruguay. Dr. Baity was chief engineer for Brazil in the cooperative health and sanitation program of the institute of Inter-American Af fairs, and since 1944 he has been serving this organization as a con rultant in the health programs of several Latin American countries, j STUDWICK AT GEM Hillsboro—Hillsboro’s Shepherd Strudwick has a~ leading role In the .first North Carolina showing, of the motion picture, “Kid from Texas,” at a local theater. The Gem, today and tomorrow. The movie wasv given an early local release because of the appearance of strudwick. The story of Billy; the Kid, Strodwiclr plays the part of the Kid’s father. The headline rcie is played by Audie Murphey Traffic Cases Feature Coart Calendar Monday Hillsboro—Traffic cases were most numerous in last Monday's light docket here in Recorder's Court. Two defendants convicted of driving under the influence of in toxicating beverages were fined $100 and hosts, which has become almost standard penalty for con ations on this charge. George L. Roberts and John Hartly Ste wart received these sentences and $108 was added to the latter’s cost bill as damages to the prose cuting witness. In other cases: Emmett Thor ton, public drunkeness, not guilty; John Theorore Jones, failure to comply, 12 months roads; Robert Lee Hamilton, no operator’s lics ense, $25 and costs; William J. Godfrey, reckless driving and speeding $50 and costs; Tom Can nada, illegal possession for sale, $25 and costs and judgement sus pended for 12 months; Bud Bishop, public drunkeness, cost; Billy Carden, speeding, $10 and costs; Odie Lee Brooks, improper lights, costs; Caro Thompson, il legal possession, four months sus pended for a year and $10 and -costs; Tinney T. Wefob, - Solomon H. MeFhedson, Everett Squires and Clarence E. Squires Jr,, nolle 1&*$se with leave. ---o— | Jeanette Milter Wins Speaking Test In County Hillsboro—Jennet te Miller, of the Hillafooro High School, was the winning speaker in the County preliminary speaking contest held March 9 on the topic “Social As pects of Soil Wastage.” John Madrey represented the Chapel Hill High School. Aycock School did not have a contestant in the County contest. Miss Miller goes to FrankHnton March 17 where she will compete with speakers from Chatham, Durr ham, Franklin, Granvillq, Har nett, Johnston, Person, Vance, Wak« and Warren Counties. The winner in this contest will compete with winners from the other nine groups in the State on March 24, for the State winner. The North Carolina Bankers’ Association, sponsor of the speak ing contest, will give* the state winner $400 in bonds; second prise ih $100 in bonds, and third $50 in bonds. The school prizes in Orange County were given by the Bank of Chapel Hill, and County prize of a $25 bond wa‘s given by the livestock Market of Orange County. o Pre-School Clinic Dates Listed Hillsboro—Pre-school clinics for children who will reach their 6th birthdays before October 1st will be held in several schools in the county during the next month. The district Health Department, .in cooperation with the PTA, will conduct the clinics as follows. School, March 23; at Aycoek, Tuesday, A-pri 1 4; at Central high (Negro) on Tuesday, April 19; and at White Oak,. (Negro) on Thursday, April 13. Examinations .will begin at 9, a. m. at each of the clinics. Chil dren will be weighed, and teeth, eyes, ears, nose, throat ancf heart will be examined. Booster shots against diptheria, whooping cough and smallpox will be Waitable at-the clinic upon thef request of parents. Unlimited Parking | Chapel Hill—The Chape! Hill Board at Aldermen, at Monday night's meeting, revoked the one hour parking limit on S. Columbia Street front Franklin to Cameron. Effective immediately, parking will be unlimited in this area. Hillsboro-—In conference with County Agent, Don S. Matheson, telephone companies operating in'” Orange County have revealed! their plans for extending several rural lines. The Morris Telephone Company with switchboard in Hillsboro has made a definite agreement with'* C. C. Kennedy to purchase the privately owned line to the Pied mont Packing Company and this deal will be consumated as soon as the utility commission gives its approval This line will be available to any termer wishing service.. . The Morris Company, has also approved a rural line from Ef land to Cedar Grove. W. R. Mur ray, manager, plans two more ex tensions as soon as they can get to it. One will be on the St. Marys Road from the end of the present line to St. Marys and on to the Clyde Roberts term. The other will extend south of Hilkboro on the Chapel Hill road from the Prison Camp south to about Mid way Service Station. The Consolidated Services ai Chapel Hill plan to run e line from Calvander to Orange Grove and on down to the farm ot C. W. Stanford. They have under construction a lln« on the Antioch Road to. the term of P. B. Lloyd and they hope to extend their line on R{. No. 54 to White Cross as soon as possible. This company is limited at present time because of lack of switchboard apace and will not be able to hook on any additional telephones until this fall when the new switchboard equipment will be installed. Big Assortment Of Violence Set On Superior Bill Hiujboro—1a wide assortment of violence and whiskey troubles will be heard next week at a team of Superior Court hero with Judge W. C. Harris, resident jurist of the Seventh Judicial Dis trict on the bench. A baker’s dozen of divorce ac tiona Is scheduled for hearing' Monday morning before the crim Inar session gets underway.~ Three murder cases pending for months are on the docket but ' It’s unlikely they will be tried in the absence of the defendants al ready serving sentences in other cases.* Two new murder cases * against Jesse and Alexander Bol- F din of Chapel Hill are scheduled for trial Monday, us are two cases c.f manslaughter with Guy Mc Donald Phillips and Hubert At water, Jr., as defendants. —>— Burglary, assaults, traffic cases and fraud among the other crimes listed on the comparatively light three day schedule. Chapel HU1 Pride Of Nearhy Cities-Haraon Chapel Hill—“Chapel Hill has natural resources and attractions that few other, towns possess and nearby cities feel,a certain amount of civic pride in your community,” Harmon L. Duncan, manager of radio station WDUK, Durham, said in an address here at the weekly meeting of the Chapel Hill Carrboro Merchants Association. Mr. Harmon spoke on the topic, ‘■Advertising and Promotion." The program also Included the showing of a movie, “Pathways to Profits,” a discussion of bad checks and counterfeiting, and a short talk by Dr. C. H* McGregor on the Univefsity. To support the pro gram merchants associations throughout the state have been assigned a quota on the amount of 1 retail sales in its territory. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Association’s quota is $1,300 for "Orange County. Hillsboro PTA To Meet Tuesday 1 The Hillsboro Parent-Teachers | Association wiU meet Tuesday. March 21, at 7:30 p. m. in .the high school auditorium. After the business session, an operetta, “Little Sambo," will be given, under the direction of Miss Mary Leigh Webb. A tel «8I ate 1m Brafmtodl by Bruce Richmond and Priscilla Clayton, under the direction of Miss Helen Warren.
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