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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.
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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,
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: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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 ■
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At Orange Church
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Master, w^JJJLh area had m
the Orange an* invitee
itiated the “Tto hdP ln 1114
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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
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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^^^__
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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.
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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.
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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. ’ ■
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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.”
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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. -
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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 <xf
the University Band, has extend
ed an invitation to many high
school bands to attend the game
and perform at the half-time.
Chancellor* Robert B. House
has invited all seniors in high
schools throughout the State to at- _
tend the activities here on May
6. The students have been re
quested to bring picnic lunches
for the day, but special lunches
will be available In Chapel Bill
and in he University halls
all day Saturday.