North Carolina Newspapers

EW8 every ■ ■ 7 *WmSBamE&3? range —No. »9 County grange County MowoMP*'* JBSCRI8K today. JEM Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and its Citizens Since 189! (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY n. ff0 __ With train* of the n Railway standing as re tire strike, mail service -boro and other poetofflces [East-West line was being by motor van yesterday Lugh the strike officially U> effect at 8 am ypater he morning train passed t here in line with the J to clear all trips started ■ the strikfe began. lery of mail here apparent [ be delayed several hours lit of the truck deliveries. Tail from the West usually ] boxes by 8:30 to 9 o’clock | mornings may not be ex J now before 11 o dock, loute deliveries fere arriv i5 to 2:30 in the afternoon fct be affected. The afternoon torn the East, usually plac |boxes about 3:45 pm. was ate yesterday. tr rail services at the South ation at West Hillsboro al ire at a virtual standstill. usstaner* irove Streets Maintenance boro — The Board of Coun Jcmmissioners Monday ap l two roads, one in Hillsboro • other in the Carrboro area, tiding to the State Highway for maintenance. - ley were Mitchell street in boro and Ruffin to E. Bound from Orange to Queen, and pad near Cantgjro from High to the end of Goldston ue, distances of three-tenths e-eighth miles repsectively. lor to the decisions on roads, pmmissdoners met as a Board add. review and complaints from 18 citizens ng a downward revision in tax assessment for the year lie first open meeting of the liam unit of Alcoholics An Inous, which includes a num I of members from Orange pity, will be held at the City lory May 18 at 8 P. M. to in plbe public about what the B organiation iandoihg to re llitate alcoholics, p outstanding national speak lidentified by the spokesman [the local group only as “Dr. P'” win deliver the principal pss. A policy of. the national pholic Anonymous ‘requires f names of group members not disclosed. lerhbership in the Durham unit ( grown from five to 80 since reactivity tion in March 1947, prding to the spokesman! dl interested persons are in !fl to attend the meeting. us Contest fillsboro—The Hillsboro Hign ool Future Farmers of America C" Cattle Judging team won | pierce in a recent judging test, which included teams n seven FFIA chapters in Dur jjtoh Orange Counties, embers of the team are Thom-. 7$ Cheek, with Jim Williams alternate. Elmer R. Dowdy is PrH£R<8 DAY 8ERVICE IBI I K[ ^P-cial Mother’s Day service Esi f /^Id at Cross Roads I io-a urch cemetery on tvfey ■ h!l° at 3:00 p M. There will m, .r”?8 an<J » message honor W the Mothers. V$ Orange Home Club Members At Schley Meet . Hillsboro — Eighty-five Orange Home Demonstration Club Wo men attended the County FMpra tion of Home Demonstration Clubs which was held at the Schley Grange Hall last Thursday in ob servance of National Home De monstration weefk. Featured speakers at the meet ing were Rev. Charles S. Bub hard, State Board of Recreation, Mrs. Paul Long, vice-(president of Home Demonstration Qoutot y Council, and Mrs. Charlie Mincey, county music leader.' Rev. Hub bard spoke on “The Use of Leisure Time,” stressing the importance of wholesome community recrea tion for teen-agers as well as adults and younger members of the family. , ■ v - 1 - •Mrs. Paul spoke on the observ ance of National Home Demon stration Week. Mrs. Charlie Min cey discussed the music program which will begin with a survey in local clubs during May and June. The county winner of the essay contest “Twelve Reasons Why I Am A Home Demonstration Club Member” was given by Mrs. Du pree Smith of the St. Mary’s Club. There were approximately 35 entries in the county dress revue. Included in this group were win ners of the local cllib dress re vues held at the April meetings: Winners of the 4 divisions of the county revue were: Children’s garments — .Mrs. W. R. Andrews, Harriet Walker, and Virginia Ivey. Suits — Mrs. R. L. Mohler, Mrs. James Andrews, and Mrs. Diaughn Rountree. Sunday Dress es Ifctes. Ohar.lie Mineey, Mrs. W. R. Andrews and Mrs. Nor wood Andrews. House Dresses — Mrs. Roger Davis, Mrs. Marvin Cheek, and Mrs. Bill Miller. Mrs. Lacy Lloyd and Mrs. Bill Rich mond judged prior to the begin ning of- the-program-.v../ Devotional was conducted by Mr;. Jack Hogan. Mrs. Charlie Mincey was in charge of group singing and Mrs, Milton Latta was pianist. _ The nominating committee ap pointed to submit recommenda tions for 1851-52 county officers and jroject leaders were Mrs. Clarence Cole, chairman. Mrs. R. E. Hughes and Mrs. Renry Hogan. •'•After the meettaJF^he ladies were • served refreshments by the Gravely Hill and Schley Clubs. Mis. Allan Latta presided at- the service table. - Tea To Honor Local Teachers Hillsboro—Teachers of the local school system iwill be guests of honor at an informal tea. to be held by the Parent Teachers As sociation next Tuesday afternoon in the garden of Mrs. Paul Col lins from -4:30 to 6:30. _The. association’s scrapbook which .won for it the national or-‘ ganization’s Rlue Ribbon award for excellence -will be on display for the first time. In the event of rain, the event will be held ymv the following day during the same hours. •—-== Mrs. Stella Stanfield is hospi tality chairman for the event. ROBERT O. FORREST ... again elected Orange County's Demo cratic party chairman by un animous vote.-^ -- j— Swine Feeding _ Experiment Begun By Farm Agents Hillsboro — Ah experiment to determine the value of ladino clover, the effective new pasture grass, for fattening of hogs was begun yesterday on the farm of J. E. Latta. Five Spotted Poland China pigs weighing an aggregate of 251 pounds were released into an ap proximate acre of ladino clover following weighing and inspection before members of the- State and Local extension service and other interested witnesses. ; The pigs will be fed only water and a mixture of essential min* erals during the period of experi ment, will be weighed monthly to see how they compare in growth with pigs being fed in the con ventional manner. Should the exiperimeht succeed in pro'vihg that hogs may be fat tened sufficiently through gr**~ ing on ladino clover alone, farm! officials feel that they will have made an important contribution to swtne raising in this and other I areas. A Church Council Elects Officers Chapel Hill — The Chapel Hill Council of Churches held its an nual meeting on April 23rd in the Methodist Church for the election of officers and approval of its pro gram for the year 1950-51. Mr-. A. C. Howell of the Baptist Churt* was elected president, to suceed the Rev. D. W. Yates, liie other officers elected are: Mrs. Guy B. Johnson, Methodist Church, vice-pregfdentr “George H. Esser, Jr.. Episcopal Church, secretary; Paul W. Wager, Presby terian Church, treasurer; the Rev. Samuel T. Haibel, Baptist Church, Mrs. M H. Jennings, Jr., Congre gational-Christian' Church, and the Rev. D. W. Yates, Episcopal Church, members of the Executive Ccmmittee. Each participating chuich has appointed three dele-' gates to the Council. In the business session the Council decided to sponsor the Used Clothing Collection for World Relief and the Christian Educa tion Institute again this year. It also authorized the Executive Committee to conduct an Overseas Relief Funds Campaign later in fhe year if the committee felt that such a campaign ~would be prac tical. May 14th was set as the date for the Clothing Drive and Mr. George Esser, Jr., was ap pointed chairman. Mrs. Esther Marrott was appointed director of the Christian Education Inatltttli which will be held during, the second week in October. Saif of District Construction. „ To Be Completed By End of ‘Season’ Raleigh — Roadbuilding in the north central tier of counties in cluding Orange, which comprise the Fifth .Highway Division is be ing stepped up so that half the secondary “road bond prograni will be completed at the end of the current ^construction sea s o n, Commissioner James Barnwell of Burlington said this? week. t --- . _ “A minimum, of 50 per cent of he program will either be com peted in each county or well inder way toward completion this season,” the Fifth Division com nissianer 'estimated. The con itruction season usually is eon lidered ending about November 15- "' " J——-—'—• The. bond program in the di vision got a slower start than in many other divisions—for one thingr because of a more intensive Study of -where the rural roads built with bond money should go. There was a shift of engineers, and the State Highway-Commis sion at its meeting here Thursday allowed the division 100 more per manent employees, although it had previously passed a ruling that the number of permanent workers should be “frozen” at existing levels." . The commission recognized* however, that the Fifth h&d been understaffed when the freeze went into effect. It made an exception of the division which handles heavily traveled roads in what is perhaps the state’s most heavily populated road di\nsion. * nrV • Defeaiaat Gets Court Order To Sell Goats Hillsboro — An Orange County man, Vernon Blackwood, was or dered to sell his goats in Record er’s Court here Monday after he failed, to contest a charge of allow ing livestock to run at large which was lodged by neighbors. Prayer for Judgement was con tinued by Judge L. J. Phipps up on condition Blackwood pay the costs of court, sell the goats he now has and keep them confined pending the sale. Traffic i^ehiet "occupied the court for the most part during Monday’s session. Both defendants i involved in a collision near Chapel Hill, William F. Dodson and Al bert F. Owens, Jr., charged with reckless driving, were judged not guilty. Paul Ferguson, who claimed he went. to sleep and crashed into the home of George Lucas, was ordered to pay a fine Of $25 and costs and make restitution for damages to the home.. J. L. Blanchard, Jr., was found not guilty on a reckless driving charge while R. P. Dowdee, facing a sim ilar charge, had prayer for judge ment continued until the first June session. L. C. Medlin for driving under the influence of intoxicants and public drunkenesa was fined $100 and costs and Adolphin Rodgers on a similar count received a four month? road term suspended, was ordered to pay a fine of $100 and costs and not molest the fami ly of W. L. Terry, .-I-0 Mayor Proclaim Town of Hillsboro Bird Sanctaary Hillsboro—At the request of the Hillsboro Garden Club Mayor Ben G. Johnston this week proclaim ed this community a bird sanct uary and called upon the town Board of Commissioners to enact such ordinances as will best pro tect and preserve our feathered friends. .. Mayor’s Proclamation Believing that bird* art GocTe gift to humanity to citA 4 MX I* ent beam of cheer to ths isdtll of man during his earthly state of existence; I hereby proclaim that Hillsboro, N. C. should be dedicated as a Bird Sanctuary, and to that end, as Mayor of Hillsboro, N. C., I take gre»* pleasure in proclaiming .Hills boro, N. C. as a Bird Sanctuary, and call upon the commissioners of Hillsboro, N. C. to enact such ordinances as will best preserve and protect birds, and upon the police authorities to enforce all protecting laws, and more upon l our citizens, men, women, boys and girls to protect "birds' 1W' every way possible, ahd to en courage their multiplication, and preservation by providing bird houses, food, etc. -teat every parent, school teach • ~ r and ctvlc organizatidn tOaph to all pupils within the range of their influence that birds are loved and protected by those whose hearts are dominated-,.by * • fo've and by briitss. B. G. JOHNSTON, Mayor ! The action 6f the Catfden Club •was taken in line with its adopt ed objectives of "Sanitation* Re storation, Beautification', and Con servation,” in which it pledged itself to see that “the things in which we delight are not torn down, shot down or blotted out and* furthermore, through- en lightened opinion and united 'ef forts strive to make the world around us a better* and more beautiful place in which to live." In making its. request 'to the Mayor, the club pointed to the great beauty and value of birds as aids to conservation and in the destruction of crop destroying in sects._:_■ • ‘-.A--,:.- .• j Hillsboro—Orange County Cor oner H. J. Walker yesterday still, awaked a report on the results of an autopsy performed Satur day at a Durham hospital on the remains of Walter H» Clayibtt, well known Hillsboro man, who apparently was killed last Wed nesday night on Highway 70 when his car was struck by a transport truck. The autopsy was ordered fol lowingthe request of attorneys for the trucking company and its insurers, who based their claim upon the testimony of the truck driver, Edgar M. Lyerly of Cleve land, that the car was sitting on the highway without lights when the Impact occurred. An attempt would be made in the autopsy to determine if Clayton had been dead or unconscious from a heart attack or other causes before the crash occurred. Clayton’s car was carried nearly 300 feet before it and the trudk came to a stop jus^.west of the intersection of Highway 70 and the intersection of the St. Mary’s road from Hillsboro. The accident occurred about 11:30 o’clock with both vehicles headed in the di rection of Durham. According to investigating Patrolman T. P. Hotter, there were no skid marks at file scene of the wrick. The Clayton car was demolished and Clayton’s body was pinned under the truck. A hearing in Recorder’s Court or Lyerly on a charge of man slaughter was postponed. Bond was posted for $2,000 pending trial, -r-r- -——______ Funeral services for Clayton, 53, were held Friday from the Walnut Crove Methodist Church with the Rev. Henry Lewis of ficiating. Following the rites the body was taken to Durham for the autopsy anjfs||fterment took place following its completion the following day. ■ ^ : ^., ■ Survivors include a daughter, Miss Ella Susan Cteytrn of Nor folk, Va.; two sisters, air*. N. C. Porterfield, of Durham and Mrs. R. C. Epps of High Point; and foil* brothers, Luther, Graham and Ira Clayton of near Hurdle Mills and R. B. Clayton of Route 2, Hiltebieo. Board Defers School Decision Hillsboro — The State Board of Education deferred its decision! on the Or«n*e County school, boundary cbfm-oversy until Its | June meeting following a hear ing last week, while indications mounted that no action would be ! taken to force students to attend the Aycock school unwillingly. John Cameron, director of th£ State Board’s Division ..of Surveys and Field Services, said that af ter a survey, “we recommended that no pupils be taken from Hills boro to Aycock. We didn’t think it fair to take students from a bigger school (Hillsboro) to one that inevitably will falter and die a natural-death.” He said his di [ vision felt Aycock eventually will become consolidated with Hills boro. In their appearance before the State board, delegations from Hlllsbon? and Aycock reiterated the positions previously taken irf public meetings here before the Orange County School Board. The dispute evolved after the Orange County Sdhool board pro posed an enlargement of the Ay cock high school attendance area to include Caldwell and Efland and then altered its proposal to include only a small addition to Aycock which would affect some six families and approximately 15 students. ~ - i -o (CANDIDATES MEETING V Chapel Hill — The candidate’s meeting sponsored here for op posing candidates for county of ficers will be held Tuesday, May 16 at 8 o’clock in the Town Hall. A list of questions Has been sent to the candidates which they will be expected to answer while ex pressing their views on county affairs. Last Chance To Register Hillsboro — Saturday I# the final day for registration prior to,the primary on May 27. * Books, udder a now oyotnu . of registration, have boon opon since April 15 and persSno who; do not register during this period will not be aWe to vote in the forthcoming Democratic prt mary May 27. An Intensive effort has been made to get citizens registered agsin. Around 2,000 have been registered In Chapel Hill and some 1,250 are on the books et Hillsboro. Few reports hsve been received from the rural prwtfict* put Indications are that ogls tration there has been relatively light. +^6 League of Women Voters has cdriduetod an intensive drive in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area in the Interest of the registra tion. ----—6 COUNCIL MEET - A. C. Howell of the Baptist Church was elected president of the Chapel Hill Council of Church e sat the council’s annual general meeting last week. He succeeds Rev. David Yates. Other officers are Mrs. Guy B. Johnson, Method ist,-- vice—president;-George H. Esser, Jr., Episcopal; secretary; ai.d Paul W. Wager, Presbyterian, treasurer. Members of the execu tive committee are Rev. S. T. Habei, Baptist; Mrs. M H. Jen nings, Jr., Congregational-Christ ian: and Rev. David Yates, Episco pal SetiiwXl3j,fridayNifltToOpeo Hillsboro Coauoencemeiit Activities Hillsboro —* The Senior Class will present “It Never Rains,” a Samuel French Production, on ; Friday night at 8 o'clock in the high school aduitorium. This play, written by the popular author of the romantic comedy “Skidding,'’ is a delightful story of Jimmy Rogers and Dorothy Donovan, one entering second year at the University and the other a fresh man worried for fear she will not •get a bid for the leading sorority. The stern background for’this romance is furnished by the par ents. The mothers have been class chums- before and the Donovan family come to California t<5 visit the Rogers. It is here that the trouble begins, for. much bluff en ters the plot and almost wrecks “• --.t . —- -•; the household. The entire senior class has worked to make this play a suc cess; the cast has practiced much to prefect their Tines, and a pleas ant evening of fun and romance is promised those who come. . ^ The characters are: Phyllis'For rest, Jennette. Miller, George Lloyd, Bobby Hastings, Patricia Hayes, Natalie Simpson, Paul Davis, Dorothy Haithrock, W. J. Wrenn, Patsy Teer, Carolyn Davis, and- Betsy Forres. : * Donald Chance, manager; ftoger Dalehite, Donald Chance, Harry Brown *and John Lafws, publicity; Nell Walker, make-up arid prop erties; Donald Cheek and James Minpis. electricians; Bdb Coffins, announcdr.-- --— ...... ... Sixty-Twe Hit! As DelegatiM To Capital Brat Hillsboro Some half a hun dred Orange County citizens, maybe more, will be in Raleigh today in attendance at the bien nial convention of the Democratic party of North Carolina, along with 3,000 other party members from every county of the State. Thirty-one delegates and an equal number of alternates were chosen here last Saturday at the County Convention, which saw’ the reelection of the present party leadership in the county by unan imous vote. ^ • Robert O. Forrest of HllUboro continues as County Democratic Chairman, Sirs. Charlie Stanford __ of White Cross as vice chairman, and J. Dumont Eskridge of Hills boro aS secretary.._ _...... - Forrest will lead the delega tion to Raleigh today for address es by major party leaders, adop tion j>f a platform already draft- * ed under the direction of former Governor R. Gregg Cherry, county c ~,v tin district caucuses and a keynote address by Secretary of State Thad Eure. . - /-:. ■ / A caucus of the Orange County delegation will be held at 9:30 a.m. this morning at the Carolina Hotel prior to the Sixth District meeting later at the Ambassador Theater. In the interest of the election of Orange County's can didate for major oficea. Senator Frank P. Graham and Congress man Carl T. Durham, the Orange delegation vofecTto seek no dis trict offices or participate in any . intra-district fights between ot» posing factions. Delegates and alternates to the state convention fropi each pre cinct lest Saturday Include: (dele Hillsboro: ». jg Carr, A. H. Graham, Jerry Stone, R, O. For rest, Mrs. Clarence Jones, Edwin M. Lynch, Owen Robertson, Du mont Eskridge, James Webb, E. J. Hamlin, Mrs. Elmer Dowdy and Ira A. Ward. Chasei- HM!. Northr Mrs. R. P.~ McClamroch, T. B. Creel. Clyde Carter, William Cochrane, W. E. Merritt, Collier Cobb, Jr., John W. Umstead, Miss Harriet Herring. O. J. Coffin, Walter Spearman, Mrs. J S. Henninger, Edwin S. iapel Hill, South: Mrs. L. J >ps, C. A. Kirkpatrick, R. W. ;ry, Mrs. Donald Hayman-i L. •hipps, P. W. Wager, Mrs. W White, W, E. ThQB^fn. $ £ UW8, and Roe Ab-' Carrboro: D. M. Ray, E. T. Hearne, W. E. William, Mrs. Norah Bailey. White Cross: John. Whitfield. Mrs. Charlie Stanford. Rock Springs: Manley Snipes. T. D. Lloyd. St. Mary’s: Henry Walker, E. L. Lockhart. « Caldwell: Arthur Wilson, Mrs. Clyde Walker. ----------- ^ Tolar’s: J. E Latta, H. P. Woods. Carr: E. C. Compton, Mrs. Lin wood Rogers; Cedar Grove: Donald McDate, Mrs. Robert Earl Rughes. Cheeks: H. R. Heath, Mrs. A. K. McAdams. Efland: Joe Howard. Mrs. Turn er Forrest. Coles €tore: Mrs. Mitchell Lloyd. Luther Sharp. Patterson: Lonnie Hogan, J. R. 'Whitfield. I University: *W. P. Andrews, G. Pc. Truesdale. In addition to perfecting party organization and naming State Convention delegates, some 75 ■nding the county con?. ^ave^eSIff a' Phipps of. Chapel Hill, remarks by aUendingeandkfates for county offices and appeals for continued emphasis on registration of voters p/ior to the closing of the books May 13. •o PARADE “ Hillsboro — Anyone interested in being in a parade at the High School field between games to* - night are asked to enter by call ing the Hickory House and giv ing name and entry. . -- ^ _•; , ^ Horses, mules, cars, floats* « . ;5' individuals . in costume will be welcome, according to an an nouncement, sent to this paper, and a gala time, at least for en trants, is promised. The band will participate.' ' •.•' ' "vv Vv- *•