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It orange County NEWS every week than any r orange County Newspaper. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. ' THE NEWS of ange For quick, buy, THE ""?*•*•** 1 **** Of Or.U#0 r !«■■■■ Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 /ol. 57—No. if (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL to, 1950 Price: %t a Year: 5c Single Copy iiADING FIGURES at the meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary’s 8th District here are pictured iove. From left to right are Mrs. J. A. Ward of Willlamston, Department President, who was the incipal speaker; Mra. E. A. Latta of Henderson, the District Committee Woman; Mrs. J. Ed. Laws of illsboro, who was elected to succeed Mrs. Latta; and Miss Aurelia Adams of Raleigh, Department Sec tary. _ Photo By B. P. Gordon, Jr. _______—.•— . . j ■ itizens Give onds Approval Hillsboro—A token representa ion of Hillsboro citizens gave heir overwhelming approval to he issuance of $45,000 in bonds lere Tuesdfcfy for improvement if the water works and purchase tr,d improvement of additional and for cemetery purposes, The vote was: For Water Bonds. 80 Against . 7 For Cemetery Bonds .... 72 Against . 14 | Little interest was shown in the election locally because the bonds were expected to require no addi tional taxation. _ The $30,00010. itfater bonds au thorized by the vote will be re paid by an increase in water rates on out-of-town customers in ef fect since last Fall. The $15,000 in cemetery bonds will tbe repaid I by sale of lots. The water bonds will enable an enlargement of the present town filter plant and the laying of additional pipelines. -o New Physician To Join Forrest Hillsboro — A new physician will poin the staff of the Forrest Clinic in mid-July, it was learned this week. He is Dr. W. Landon Smith, a native of Kentucky, who is now with a Naval Hospital in Cali fornia. He is married and the father of three children, who will come to Hillsboro with him. r>r. Forraet- hag Ihoon #10 only doctor serving the Clinic since it was opened by him last Fall and he has been in search of a suit able assistant for some time. Chapel Hill Aldermen Working On Annexation Democrats Plan Organization Meetings April 29 Hillsboro — Organization of the Democratic Party in Orange Coun ty for the current election year will get underway officially on Saturday, April 29, at 3 o’clock when precinct organization meet ings will^be held in each of the county’s 16 precincts. The purpose of these meetings, to be held simultaneously through out the State, will be to perfect the precinct organization and to elect, delegates and alternates to the County Convention to be held in Hillsboro at the Courthouse on Way 6 at 3 o’clock. The County Convention will elect delegates and alternates to the State Convent!on and set up the county leadership of the party which consists of an' executive committee, of which two shall be Women. The executive committee . ^chairman and vice a woman. Current, party leaders in the county are Robert O. Forrest, chairman, Mrs. Charles Stanford, wee chairman, and J. Dumont Eskridge, secretary. Ehch precinct is entitled to one v°to in the County Convention tor each 2ik Democratic votes, cast and one vote for fractions over 12. -——-o-— CLEAN-UP urged Hillsboro—The Hillsboro Gar den Club clean-up committee Pe winds residents of the town *h*t the Garden Pilgrimage here 18 only one week away. Everyone’s cooperation is urg ed in making Hillsboro as at * tpactlvo aa possible for the tour 0n April 29 and 30. ~~ 1 Chapel If ill —' Plans are being j formulated by the Board of Alder- j men for holding a public hear ing for residents of Chapel Hill outlying areas on the question of possible extension of the town limits. __' _ A statement, outlining the con ditions under which .the town limits can be extended, is being prepared by a committee of the Town Board, and will be pre sented to the Board of Aldermen ( at next Monday night’s regular1 meeting. .The date for the public hearing will be set at that time.1 At a meeting last Monday night, the Board pledged its cooperation, end the use of its forces and equipment, in the clean-up cam paign, now underway, sponsored by the Chapel Hill Garden Club. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Franz J. Roberts, son of Dr. and Mrs. Bryan Roberts, of Tryon St., Hillsboro, has won a Red Star award for high aeadcnnic'achieve ment at the Valley Forge Military Academy during the recent second term. This is Cadet Roberts’ set on d’ academic honor, this year. ... The academy honor^list is pub fall, .winter and spring terms. Mrs. Ed Laws Named to District Auxiliary Office Hillsboro — Some 50 members of the 8th District American Leg ion Auxiliary from Orange arid four other neighboring counties met here last Wednesday for their annual meeting and -elected Mrs. J. Ed Laws of Hillsboro as their District Committee Woman. Prinicpal address of the day was made by Mrs. John A Ward of Williamston, State Department President, wiho stressed child wel fare work and rehabilitation re sponsibilities of the local units. Mrs. E. A. Latta of Henderson, current District Committee Wo I man, presided. Local women participating in the program included Mrs. Charles Walker, Jr., and Mrs, Mildred Kennedy, who advanced the coi» ors, arid Mrs. R. L. Mohler, who made the address of welcome to the visiting delegates. Ass toting in entertaining the -guests were Mesdames O. S. Rob ertson, G. G. Bivins and T. E. Shue, who formed a reception committee, Mrs. Frank Ray, -who handled registration, and Mest dames Claude Sharpe, Charles Walker, Sr, Glen Auman and Virginia Oates, who assisted in serving." “ ~.~ . ■ -,——o-. Three Convicted As Forest Fires—3 Do Heavy Damage Hillsboro — With forest and brush fires breaking out almost daily Tf?f this area during the past week, three men were named by Forest Warden Wordie Fitzgerald as having been convicted for of fenses against the burning law. Willie Holman of Timberlake paid suppression costs of $4.40 and court costs for letting a fire escape. Approximately 75 acres were burned. J. T. Rountree of Cedar GroVe paid court costs of $44.0 for burning without first obtaining a permit. Lonnie Work man, Jr., of near Mebane paid a $10 fine and court costs of $5.25 for starting a fire, not maintain ing a competent watch and al lowing if to escape” to another’s property. Three gergswerc bum ed. ’ - w Male drivers in 1949 were in volved in more than 90 percent School Decision 18 Candidates Assure Three Oppose vonnssnicrs) Liner vs. Latta Hillsboro —■ A field of 18 can didates for 10 county and legisla tive posts at the closing of filing time Saturday assured for Orange County voters a lively campaign prior to the May 27 primary. Late entrants in the race brought a total of three opponents for the incumbent Board of County Commissioners, who were the first to file. These included Sim Efland of Efland, H. S. Walker of Hillsboro. Route 1. and Coy Lon of Hiusboro. Route 2. Other incumbents which face appostion as result of Saturday’s filing spree are J. Ed Larws, regist er of deeds, .who is being opposed by Archie G. Williams of Efland, S, T. Latta, sheriff, who is being opposed, by Gaines F. Liner of of Hillsboro, Route 2, and Z. C. Burton,, whose opponent is Harry P. Breeze <xf Efland. Edwin M, Lynch, 0erk of court, J. W. Umstead, Jr., candidate for the General Assembly, and A. H. Walker, who seeks to succeed his father, H, J. Walker, as coroner, are unopposed in their bids for office. A three-cornered race for the 16th District Senatorial Seat, held jointly by Orange and Alamance, developed when Wallace W. Gee, Democrat Of Burlington, and Thomas C. Carter, Mebanft’ Re ■publlcan, filed against Ralph H. Scott of Burlington, brother of the Governor, who was first in the field several months ago. In the county race, the candi dacies of Efland, Williams and Breeze appeared to be die only organized resistance to the cur rent regime as all other candi dates filed independently. Efland is the son of M. j*JStfland, Sr^ and operator of the^lPfeyge Hosiery I Mills at Efland. He M* been ac tive in civic and public affairs of the county for several years and served hi the Navy during the war. He is an alumnus of the University at Chapel HSU. t_Williams is the son of the Rev. B. M. Williams, retired Method ist minister. He has lived at Bf land for 25 years, formerly work ed at Western Electric In Bur lington and Is a graduate of High Point College. Breeze Is a 'former Hillsboro High School teacher, a native of this county and currently em ployed as an industrial engineer at -Western Electric in Burling ton. He is a member of the Hills boro Presbyterian Church and a Mason. He is a graduate of Ap palachian Teachers College and during the war was employed at a U. S. Naval Ordinance Plant. Liner, who seeks to unseat the veteran S. T. Latta as sheriff, is SEE CANDIDATES CN PAGE 8 Candidate Moves Too Fast, Fin*d in Orange Hillsboro—Ernest R. William son, Durham labor leader who this week opened hie campaign against Carl T. Durham for the 6th District Congressional seat, is a man in a hurry. Booked for speeding on High way 70 through Orange County, Williamson told the arresting patrolman his identity and opin- • ed he’d have to—keep--mo/ing in a hurry to beat the veteran Chapel Hill sotew. • - He pai.d a fine of $5 and costs in County Court here Monday Chapel Hill Host to Scout Court of Honor Sunday Chapel Hill — Boy Scouts and their local Troop leaders will be featured in the Award Court of Honor for Orange County Scouts o’clock at the First Baptist Church of Chapel Hill. The addresses of the evening will be gfven bv three Scouts and the awards will be presented by Scoutmasters. Scoutmaster \V liam Bell of^HHlaboro Troop 38 will present two Silver Pa^ awards to Eagle Scouts. These awards will be of special interest to Hillsboro parents and friends ins. Both of .these hoys h?ve al ready received their Eagle badges The Jiost troop for this Award Court of Honor will be Explorer Post No. 29 of Chapel Hill. The Junior Leaders of this Post have Will conduct the proceedings. This is quite proper, because of the increased interest in - Explorer Scouting. The number of Explor er Scouts in Orange County has rapidly increased in the past year and all of them will Jae.interested in the Woodsman.. Econtiersman, and Ranger awards to be present ed at this Court. Explorer Scouts i Herman Husbands and Jack Bright of Chapel Hill will receive the highest award ^i Explorer Scout • • - ■« and now receive the correspond ing award as Explorer Scouts. This is an achievement which is indeed rare in Scouting history. atTIMifliaMitf jUft Seoutsr<>iSr~ ents and. friends at the past two Award Courts has set records both in Chapel Hill and in Hillsboro. Sunday night the Troop from .Carrboro and their parents and friends will be out in their usual nvuriber to win the attendance < award for the thud time this year. The public is cordially invited to attend this Award Court of Hem- i or and recognize these Scouts who have made progress in their per sonal and troop activities. Forthcoming 'Pilgrimage Offers Interests In 3 Fields Hillsboro — The Hillsboro Gar den Club’s Home and Garden Pilgrimage on April 29-30 otters visitors a veritable educational tour in. three distinct fields: Horti atuer or professional historian culture, architecture, and history. In horticulture the gardening ranges from the “green thumb” variety to scientific propagation of new specimens, and the results to be seen on this year’s tour are well worth the trip to anyone interested in planning a garden and growing flowers. Although she avers that, like Topsyyfcper garden “just growed,” Mrs. P C. Collins has proved her self a landscape architect of no mean afofifty and a horticulturist par excellence in her informal Garden, one of the “must," spots to be visited on the Pilgrimage. In its arrangement and in variety and quality of bloom, the place would be a credit to any estate. If you- are interested in “old fashioned” plants and shrubs or in designing an interesting set ting for a small or an old house, a visit to the gardens of Mrs. C. D. Jones and Mrs. T. £. Lloyd will, no doubt, give you information and new ideas.' The Webb gardens should in terest the scientific gardener or the person looking for fine va rieties ahd new plants. Mr. Webb, formerly horticulturist with the SarahDuke Gardens of Duke Uni versity, has some especially fine iris and outstanding tree peonies in his flower collection. Typifies Region Hillsboro probably has more and better examples of the type of building design and construc tion that typifies the Piedmont .tjegion from the early eighteenth century to the middle of the nine teenth, than any other town in North Carolina. Its old homes are striking examples of the “happy medium” attained in the transi tion from the Old World magnific ence to simple rural existence 4n a new world. The public buildings are of equal interest as demon strations of the development of a native architecture during the — 8EE PILGRIMAGE Janes and Ray Named to Local —--v-.-- — _t*. . . . ■ Fireman’s Boards C. J. James of Hilldbaro and D. M. Ray of Carrfcoro have 'been appointed by Commissioner at In surance Waldo C. Cheek as mem bers of local Boards of Trustees of the Fireman’s Relief Fund. Statutes provide for a local board consisting of five members, two of which are fleeted by the fire department, trwo by the gov erning body of the town and" one appointed by the Commissioner of Insurance. These boards control the use disbursement of funds re ceived by them from the State and other agencies supporting'this fund. -o----— ' Dr. H. W. Moore Sutters Barns la Flash Fire local dentist, suffered severe bums on one hand and^ lesser bums on the other hand*, «*arms and neck Monday afternoon when a bottle of ether exploded near a bunson burner‘he was using, setting his* clothes and rtffice on The burns were incurred as he ripped off his burning smock and shirt and attempted to extinguish way as a result of the spilled and wa yas result of the spilled and highly inflammable ether. It was estimated that it would be-several weeks before he would be stole to use his hands in'his profes sional practice. The fire was easily extinguished upon the arrival of firemen answ ering the alarm. Vital Facts On Pilgrimage The Hillsboro Heme and Gar den Pilgrimage will be held on April 29-30 with headquarter* In the American Legion Building. Houra open: April 29, 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. April 30, 1:30 p. m. to 7 p. m. Admlaalon for out of town gueeta will bo 32.00. Local ad mlaeion will bo $1.00 • Tho following places wijl be open for tho tour: American Leg ion Building, Maoonlc Lodge, St. Matthew’s Churoh, Monument to the Regulators, Orange County Courhouae, Presbyterian Churoh, Methodist Churoh, First Baptist Cherch, Kitchen of Mr. end Mrs. Don 8. Matheeon, Ruffin-Snipes House, Jones Garden, Colllna Gar. den, Ayr Mount, ¥ Moorefletde, Home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. RIcN mond, Webb Garden, and Home and Garden of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Lloyd. Mrs. Frances Jarman will be in Hillsboro Thursday to visit some of the, homes and gardens to be open for the Pilgrimage. She will do a recording at that time for her broadcast Friday morning ever WDNC. Next week Mrs. Harriet Pressley will broadcast from WP TF in Raleigh giving descriptions of .soma of the homes and bulid - ings visitors will see during th* Pilgrimage, —-" Peter Taylor, Local Resideat, Wins Fellowship A Hillsboro resident, Peter H. Taylor, who several months ago bought the Ed Laws house on E, King Street, this week was awards ed one of the coveted Guggenheim Fellowship Awards for 1950. Taylor is professor of. English at the Woman’s College In Greens boro. The scholarships are award ed annually tcf assist outstanding scientists, scholars and artists. His fellowship is 'for creative writing. „ Taylor is „a native of Tennessee and for some time has contributed to leading national publications. He is the duthor of a novel en titled “Casa Anna.’’ ---o — Last year, 31,800 Americans were killed in traffic accidents. mm*. To State Board % Hillsboro — The Aycock-Hills boiro high school attendance are* controversy shitted into a com plete deadlock Monday night af ter a meeting of committees from each of the affected school dis* trkrts with the Board of Educa tion to work out a settlement. ■Hie Board of Education, after i listening to all sides, rendered its decision, which neither side would accept Whereupon both Hillsboro and Aycock representatives is sued notices of gppeal to the State Board of Education. An appoint ment tor the contending groups to meet with the State Body and air toe whole matter will be se cured by the County Superinten dent ——• —7 Going into executive session af ter hearing ar its from op posing sides a4l statements of their position Sam representa tives of districts hot directly con cerned, the Board of Education, rejected a motion by Bosrd Mem ber Zeb Burton that toe propose ed changes as recently shown on a map published in tola news paper be adopted and by a vote of two to one approved the mo tion of Board Member Charles Stanford that the board follow (he recommendations at the com mittee sent here by the State De partment, which very closely fol low the lines currently In force. Chairman Ketnp Cate of Chapel Hill voted with Stanford in favor of the letter's motion. ' r " Burton’s motion was worded so it would have allowed high school students from the Efland and Caldwell areas now attending Hillsboro to remain at Hillsboro until graduation but next year first year high school students from Efland and Caldwell areas would brain gQlrA, to Ayvote;. The Stanford motion, which pre vailed, .in effect added to the pres ent Aycock area a small section north of Kennedy's on Highway 86 with the new line continuing westerly lust north of Fairfield Presbyterian Church to the Ala mance line. In speeches prior to the Board’s executive session, Bonner D. Sawyer, Hillsboro spokesman, said the Hillsboro Group had nothing to offer other than what was presented lit toe previous hearing and re-stated the Hillsboro group’s — position that they desired to “take nothing away from the Aycock School.” Continuing, he said "We stake our claim;- our contentions, on the bus lines as now establish ed, unless the parents on these SEE DEADLOCK ON PAGE 8 ‘Hot Rods’ Racers Draw Stiff Fines, Stern Repriotands From Jndge Phipps * Hillsboro — The "hot rod” driv ers whose racing up and down the highways of Orange County cost tbe life of one woman on Easter Monday had their day in j County Court here Monday, but: Judge L. J. Phipps warned that such antics will not l?e tolerated and offenders in the future may expect stiff penalties. Eugene Young Ross; Jr., driver of the death car, was bound over to Superior Court, under bond of $1,000 on charges of manslaughter, reckless and'drunken driving and j George Long, Jr., who owned the i car "and was riding with him, was bound over under $750 bond for aiding and abetting in manslaugh to drive .-"JR-i»»i■uinrdMnr - - while drun their car was traveling in excess of 85‘ miles per hour just prior to the accident. Everett Lloyd, Efland youth, was charged-'With reckless driv ing and sixyding’ at 85 miles .per Trotir matour^fiir nIFein which he was allegedly recognized by Patrolman T. P. Hofler, who later ‘nvore the warrant against him. Other drivers were not apprehend ed. Lloyd was sentenced to 60 days, on the roads, suspended, and ordered to pay * fine of $75- and costs and surrender £is drivers license. Lloyd wntehdedr in court he was not in the area at the time the race occurred and gave -no tice of appeal to Superior Court. J jasper ,-Torain. driver of the t vehicle caught, racing with the Ross car on Easter Monday, re ceived the same sentence as Lloyd, In other traffic oases, the fol lowing. verdicts were Issued. Clay McCauley, improper lights and no operator’s license, $25 and costs; Willie Shaw, reckless driving and no operators license, 60 days us pended and $15 and costs; Sam my Fox, driving under influence, three .months suspended and- $100 and costs; Junius Loftin, speeding and improper lights, $ 15 and costs; Hal G. Randolph, speeding, $5 and costs; Richard Crockett, permitting minor to drive with out license, not gulky, Herman of road, costs; Willie. E. Nolley,' speeding $3.05 and costs. Norman Watts Merritt was or dered to pay $30 per month for support of his children in a non- " support case, and Mobile Jones, to pay $10 per week in a similar case under threat of a 12 months suspended sentence. Thomas M, ■ Brown was ordered to pay' costs for public drunkenness^ Wilbur Walker was given 30 days and suspended sentences totaling five s months were ordered Into effect - — when he appeared oa. a jamilar charge; and Jackson Tinnen re ceived 30 days and 90 days from a suspended case whoa be face& the court on a drunkenness charge.
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