Cfaiwty (Published Weekly) your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 189$ HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL. --L.- i n.*■ A THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1950 Price: St a Year; 5c Single Copy Ten Pages This Week Pushed ro—Concerted efforts to ie orderly development ervation of the historical Hillsboro were begun ; week at a meeting of facials and members of l Restoration Committee ast year by the Garden pating in the conference C. C~ Crittenden, head ite Department of History ■hives, Mr. Heidlefoaiugh apartment of State Parks, Roy Homewood of Chapel strict Gardaa Clubs dl ^embers of the Restora [mittee participating were rebb, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. j, Mrs. H. H. Brown, Mrs. Gilmore, Mrs. Eldon Mat id E. J. Hamlin. .;... aeeting’s purpose was to into the possibilities of d/or Federal aid for de local sites. pal outcome of the meet a decision, suggested by tenden, to obtain a survey irical facilities available d prepare a long range • development. Dt. Crit department will be ask _1 till 1 i iJKaka uan to declare HilUsIboro “an historical interest.” nber of projects are under ation by the Restoration tee, including the main of a museum in a part td courthouse. ■o eetAtffiU Women m Counties lights wil be Colony Onmtr and ter, Norman Cordon, of N- C. Music Program, [o'clock the group vdB at jie rehearsal of the N. C. ny, under the direction of ijaanin Swalin in memori Others appearing on the are: Mr. Russell Grum t tension Director of Uni otf North Carolina, Mrs. Johnson; Vice President .of Federation of Home De lation Clubs, Miss Verna Assistant Home Demon Agent, Miss Anamerle Northwestern District I Mrs! R. M. Comick of the \ Federation of Women’s [and Miss Mary Sue Moser, at State 4-M Club Leader, -o :er Campaign Named el HilL County chairmen i annual campaign of the j Carolina Division of the pan Cancer Society were yesterday by Mrs. E. Marshall of Mt. Airy >ivision’s educational head N here. range County, Mrs. K. M. |ouse of Chapel Hill will as chairman, and William Prince and William Alex pf Chapel Hill, as co-chair | drive opened April 1 and kntinue through the month. ... , __ (Plhoto by B. P. Gordon, Jr.) HISTORIC OLD KEY—Mrs. Cora Harris, right, garden columnist for the Charlotte News, presents the old key used to lock up the Regulators here prior to their hanging just outside at town before the Revolution, to Mrs. Charles S. Hubbard, president of the Hillsboro Garden ClUb. The presentation was made on behalf of Mrs. Charles Cannon of Kannapolis, president od the Society for the Pre servation of Antiquities, to the lpcal organization. Mrs. George Gilmore may be seen in th# background. Mss Cora Hams Featured Speaker At Club Meeting Hillsboro—Miss Cora A. Harris, garaen editor of the Charlotte News, and widely known lecturer, was guest of honor at a meeting of the Hillsboro Garden Club last Thursday, and presented to the dub a key to the jail where the Regulators were locked up before being hanged in Hillsboro almost two hundred years ago. Mrs. Charles S. Hubbard, president, ac cepted the gift for the dub. Miss Harris gave an Illustrated talk on “Shrubbery, Perennials and the Care of Jiulfcs," using kodachrome slides taken recently at “For Pity’s Sake,” the country home near Kannaipolis of Mrs. Charles Cannon, president of the North Carolina Society of Anti quities. Miss Harris is the land scape architect for the Cannon gardens. The meeting last Thursday was held at the home of Mrs. J. W. Richmond, with a total of 57 mem bers and guests present. ~T Miss Harris was the guest of Mrs. R. C. Mastertoa during her visit In Hillsboro. -o-■■ __ Dr, Kirkland 7~ To Address PTA Tuesday Night Hillsboro—Dr. J. Bryant Kirk land, Dean of the School of Edu cation of North Carolina State College will address the Hillsboro Parent Teachers Asociation at a meeting in the high school audi torium- Tuesday night, April 11, at 7:30. His subject will be “Vo cational Agriculture in North Carolina.” New PTA officers will be in stalled by Mrs. C. D. Jones, re tiring president, as follows: presi dent, John Midgett; vice presi dent, Mrs. J. W. Dickson; second vice president, G. A. Brown; sec retary, Mrs. Fred Bteke; treasurer, Vernon Elrod; and-finance chair man, Mrs. Glenn Auman. The May meeting will be a party for the teachers. __ Coauaissioaers Refuse to Intervene .: .— - : - —V— In Protest of Chapel Hill Bealevari Hillsboro — The Board of Coun ty Commissioners Monday refused to intervene in connection with the proposed route of the new super-highway between Durham and Chapel Hill. Protest against the proposed lo cation of the road was lodged with the Commissioners by Attorney Victor Bryant of Durham in be half of C. M. Hunt, who claimed the new boulevard woulcl require demolition of his home. In the letter of protest, the com plainant said the road ajpuld run through the middle of his property at 20,84 acres. He said: ‘‘This would destroy my home. The house, which I have built at con siderable expense is located at a high point .on the property and I do not think it can be satisfac torily movecl to any'other location. The road would require demoli tion of the house.” Hunt said he thought there could be other locations for the road and requested that he be ac corded a hejuing after notice. A map of the proposed high way has been posted at the court house door since March 6. A period of one month was set by the High way Commission for protests to be filed by the county’s govern ing body if it deemed any feasible. In other actions the board paid Dr. J. W. Beard $50 for the loss of 10 sheep and Currie T. Johnson $29.50 for the loss of 59 chickens killed by stray dogs, A report of the tax collection for the period up to March 31 showed that 80 per cent of the ’49 levy bad been collected, $228,169, levy had been collected, $226,189. 91. ' —o-——- •'. CORRECTION Hillsboro — The School Board this week revealed ita meeting with the school committees nam ed to effect a solution to the Aycock - Hillsboro boundary problem would be held at 7:30 o’clock on April 17 in the Court house. Last week, The News errone ously announced that the time for this meeting was 2:30 In the afternoon. izens Making Plans for Traditional baster weeKena sjgj zam8 a king preparations during week for the traditional aster weekend, while keep eye on weather reports, es throughout the coun anounced special plans /ices, the majority featur iitional music, and in some aities, Jt was announced churches would combine ial service. School Holidays chile, school officials an tfoat both. Friday and would be observed as My officials stated that all offices will be closed on to enable employees to longer weekend, and town throughout the county are that the sheriff's office and police departments would remain 'open throughout the day and skeleton forces are expected to maintain the fiire departments m the county. Stores Close Monday Conforming with customs, busi nes houses will remain closed all during Easter Monday, but wih observe the regular Friday and Saturday business.hours. All fed eral and state offices are expected to be closed during Monday as well as the banks in the county. Meanwhile, residents were eye ing the weather and' studying local weather reports. Farmers Busy Fanners throughout the county are reported to be busy Pj-epar ing the soft for planting, due to, favorable weather conditions dur strides have been made. Many of the industrial .plants in the area have made plans to dispense with; certain shifts in order to enable employees to en-1 joy part of the Easter weekend, while ohers have stated that they, will run on their regular week end schedule. Heavy Traffic Expected The state highway department has announced that they are ex pecting record traffic on the high ways^ and^ave urged^hll imotoflets to drive with safety during the weekend. Xbcal Taw enforcement agencies state that plans arejbe ing made to handle the traffic through Orange County and steps wil be taken to curt) speeding and reckless driving. - |J< 1 Announce Pla»s ■ ip or Hew Grange At Orange Church ' Hal*"™ r^?”e*<**”*ln tt“ . j the rneetln} Announcement o by G Wa3 mafle here y®* ^ the stah O. ReitzeV ^ people « Master, w^JJJLh area had m the Orange an* invitee itiated the “Tto hdP ln 1114 £e Grange leaders to ***»„ „ ■ss55£?ssr -1 P«*£ m®**" “ nVUnto^ in this county- _ - f Grange in — ; I Hillsboro Debaters Defeat Chapel 1 * ’ noth lliU^>°r0 * teams, afttrma School debating won debate* 1 live and n g ^ jD Hie Nor tJ 1 against Chapel Htu » gating \ Carolina Friday, thereby »•zr& \ month. Miller and Dorothy \ hS aSd'SyS* For* L'prerfd® »< u“£j vote’ SU«»~S2lW ™h0°1 This is the natw ^t year debate topic. in the dis V The winning q- the affirm a trict contests six nCgative. will Live'and six o"/"test for the 1 enter the fmal trophy Xycoek Memonal CoPv by the Sh has been Un I intercollegiate Carolina. Th* final contest wb Hill April 5*£'&\LvSErV|CE8 iOOD FRIDA Qood Friday, ^rrcortm^usservicel^n if o’clock noon to ^ Episcopal S held at St. Ma«hew ^ ^ {our Church Wltb ‘^hes participating vtillsboro chur given on the Seven talks wi Q^st on the last seven.words Cross- „ is invited to attend Everyoneis^^^__ _ur Q* g JOINS PATH® us J. Smith. Jr Hillsboro^iusboro and i* Tias returned to » father m now asso<52f J Smith fjntttij; the operation formeNy been Co. here. tt® Marsh Fund ture CojSL®®* r_ Plans Shape Signed Five School Ce—itteef Reappoiatei: State Approves Negro School Prograa Hillsboro — Five school district committeemen whose terms ex pired were reappointed Monday by the County School Board, holding its regular monthly meet ing. v ! The new appointments were tor three year terms. They were: Mrs. Beth Roberts, Hillsboro; Joe Howard,- Efland; Robert Earl Hughes, Aycook, Jeter C. Lloyd, Oarrboro-White Cross; and Henry Miller, Caldwell. I Meanwhile, the Board heard re ports from Superintendent Glenn Profflt and Chairman Kemp Cate that the first hurdle in the oouny school consolidation and improve ment program had been cleared. Friday, Prodfit and Cate, along with C. W. Davis, superintendent, and S. T. Emory, School Board Chairman, at Chapel Hill, appear ed before the Review Panel of the State Board ot Education and presented plans for the county’s building program. The plans for Negro schools, which include a new building at Chapel HiU and a new school in the Cedar Grove area .to consolidate 16 oae-and two teacher units now operating were approved completely. Some changes were required in plans for the Witte schools to be built. When These are approved by the State organization, the county will be eligible for its share of the $50,000,000 appropriation for school construction made by the last legislature. ^Following this approval, the construction program, which was supplemented by approval of a 'million dollar bond issue in this county, will proceed as rapidly as possible. 85 Per Cent Orange Tobacco Plants Are Up Reports from some twenty County Agents and farmers from counties in this area indicate 1 that: IV 'Airbeds have been seeded. ” 2. The percentage of plants up range from 10 per cent in Camp bell County, Virginia, to 85 per cent in Orange County, North Carolina, Henry.and Pittsylvania Counties in Virginia. -• 3. All counties report that plants are in good condition.. Most plants are still small. Very few farmers have started to use Fer - "mate;-—~-,—.—, There has been no report of -any blue mold. However, in Person County, North Carolina, and Pittsylvania County, Virginia, re ports indicate that some farmers are complaining of midge fly lar vae. According to reports to this office, this larvae, or long trans parent worms work underr ground and kill plants. - —o.- -— -f-J easter morning Services Hillsboro —; Art EaSter Morning devotional services will be held at the Hillslbora Methodist Church Sunday morning at eight o’clock, followed by a fellowship breakfast in the church basement. Members of all other churches in town are invited to attend. -o SUNRISE SERVICE West Hillsboro—A sunrise serv ice will be held Easter Sunday at the Eno Methodist Ohurch at 6 oelock in the morning with the pastor, the Rev Walter Feltman in charge, Mrs. John A Ward Legion Auxiliary District Meeting To Be Held Here Hillsboro — The annual eight! district meeting of the America] Legion Auxiliary will be held a the Legion hut in Hillriooro o: Wednesday, April 12, ait 2 P. M Approximately 10 0 Auxiliar members from the several coun ties in the district are expocte to attend. Mrs. John A Ward of Williams ton, North Carolina Departmer President of the American Legio Auxiliary, will be guest speakei Annual reports from variou auxiliaries Will be given, and social hour will conclude the pro gram. ’ ■ --o--— Stone to Speak Over Network For Graham Hillsboro—Jerry Stone, youn Hillsboro attorney and solid to of the County Recorders Coin will speak tonight at 8:30 ov« the radio stations of the Tobacc Network in behalf of the sena toriail candidacy of Frank P. Gra ham. In a speech prepared for de livery at that time, Stone oalle for a return of the Orange rest dent to the United States SenaU He pointed the former Unlversi ty president as a man “who love his fellow man,” a pioneer in fh direction of right, and a man c courage in carrying out Demo era tic principals. •_ Pointing to Graham’s record i: the Senate, which has neithe been "radical or reactionary, Stone raid he was a man of “In dependent Judgment and excep tlonal statesmanship.” --6— -——- .. ■ Clean-Up Caapaigi Underway Here Hillsboro—iMrs. Garland Mille and Mrs. Owen Robertson, of th clean-up committee of the Hills boro Garden Club urge all citizen of the town to participate in th April clean-up campaign in orde to present Hillsboro at its best to the Garden Pilgrimage, on Apri 29 and 30. - \ Hillsboro — Plant for oonatzuc t tkm of (he new Orange County courthouse with the $250,000 ap proved for that purpose In a bond issue election, held last Fall mov ed forward Monday with the ap proval by the County Commis sioners of a contract with Archie Royal Davis, Chapel Hill archi tect, for architectual services in connection with the new building. Davis presented preliminary plans for the new building earlier last month. Monday, heads of various county departments met with Davis and the commission ers to present their requests tor space allocations and give their ; ideas of needs for their depart ments.---- ---- While no' final decisions have been made, it seems likely ttiat the Health and Welfare depart ments will be given space on the ground floor of the new build ing with entrances on the sides inasmuch as many visitors to these departments would be un able to climb stairs to upper floors. The main floor of the build ing, fronting on Margaret Lame, will house the Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds, Sheriff, Tax Office and the courtroom. Davis’, .contract - called foe : an- -SSg overall fee of 5 per cent at the ■___ construction costs. t The Commissioners declined to * approve a Board o! Education : resolution calling for the purchase of the former Latta Cooperative Dairy building for office apace ’ for the County Schools System. _ Board members indicated their . be*ef that purchase of the build ing was not in the best interest of the County in view of th« ' architect’s estimate at costs re * quired to make the building suit i able for office space. Negro Health Clubs Poshing Adult Chapel Hill — Each year the Negro Health Club® in Orange County conduct one of their com munity activities during th* week of Dr. Booker T. ’Washington’s birthday which is observed as Na tional Negro Health Week. In Ob servance of the ocasioa this year the health organizations are pro moting drives to get all adults to have physical examinations. , Several physicians, ministers, members of the health depart ment staff, and interested citizens ape . cooperating with sponsoring organizations in Hillsboro, Chapel . Hill, and Efland in this endeavor. 5 The project began April 2nd and e will «nd April 16th. f During the two week period - club members are contacting adults in their respective nelgh 1 bor hoods urging them to have r check-ups and explaining the ne cessity of such action. As an in - ■ centive, written receipts for “an - investment in health” will be giv en to those persons who have had a check-up at any'ttm** during the year and to those who promise I to have one during the Campaign. • Further, the names of persons having been examined by a doctor will be reported to the chairman of the drive and in turn will be r placed on a large health honor » roll located in a public spot. Realizing that the diseases which s are leading in killing and disabl ■ ing adults can be controlled and r oven cured when discovered early, ' r members of the organization hope 1 for and expect community-wide cooperation. *■£»£= :. Of Tar Heel High School Children On May 6 Chapel Hill — Plans were an nounced yesterday for the seventh annual North Carolina High School Day on Saturday, May 6, which is expected to attract thousands of high school seniors to Chapel Hill and the campus. ' Under the sponsorship of The University Cltib, the visiting stu dents will begin a round of activi ties at £ o’clock in the rooming with guided tours of the campus, including many departments of the University, dormitories, fra ternity houses, and other places of interest. Dr. Roy K. Marshall, Director of the* Morehead Planetarium is I preparing a special show for the [ visitors beginning at 10' 'oo’clock and continuing throughout the early afternoon. Also on tap during the morn ing is a special basketball game by the varsity t^am and a squad made up of Coach Tom Scott’s best freshman material. Highlight of the afternoon will be a football game in Kenan Stad ium, featuring two teams of Car olina players, including All-Amer icans Charlie Justice and Art Wei ner. This game will climax the spring practice.. The University Monogram Club is in charge of the basketball and football con tests and both promise to draw very targe crow*: ..- 4‘ Pix*f. Earl Slocum, director