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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, MC, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1950 Price: $2 a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week
14 People wanted School Library; How Hey Got
Is Remarkable Story O’ Community Cooperation
inal results
onr library is the pret
ace I ever saw!” exclaimed
grade girl two weeks ago.
talking about the beauti
mo'dern school library
Efland people have just
ted. — -
| Turner Forrest, sixth grade
was the spark that started
brary project because early
[year she began geting peo
iterested in this new idea,
anuary the P. T. A. decided
sor this tremendous pro1
at later became everybody’s
At that time Miss Cora
omar, the new elementary
supervisor, told the group
[ome old classrooms could
aodeled into a functional
huge undertaking, Miss
suggested that a Steering
bit tee b e appointed - that
represent all the people,
[following were selected tfi
this important committee:
ad Mrs. John Dunn, (mem
the Efland Town Council),
toward, (President of the
F3. T. A.), Mr. and Mrs. John
I, Jr., (Chairman of the Ef
School Board), Miss Cora
Bamar, (Supervisor of El
fcry Schools of Orange Colin
[Clyde Cates (Efland School
lipal), Mrs. Turner Forrest
Irs Claude Murray, (teachers)
Mrs Dalton Riley
erwards the wheels began to
Superintendent Glenn Pro
greed that the Board of Ed
on could supply paint, lumber,
new furniture,^ blackout
ps and light fixtures IF the
aunity would do all the work.
[visiting committee visited in
ither schools to find out more
school libraries. *
erts were called in. Miss
Camp, State School Li
t Adviser, and Miss Margaret
from the Library School of
niversity at Chapel Hill, met
the Steering Committee for
Illation. Mr, Harper, Duke
F Lighting Engineer, came
Jo inspect the building to see
pr«et lighting facilities could. I
Walled. -
Ie student library committee
E a complete survey of the
ol to get a list of all parents
would contribute their time
lfbor to any part of the
pct. Soon work began. The
1 room that housed the pres
book collection and the large
ty classroom adjoining were
ted. This meant tearing out
“Storage closets: makirtg ' »
i opening in tk^wall, mend
tbe plaster, removing a sink
some blackboards. The men
volunteered worked on their
jobs during the day and
e. to the ’isduw) at night to
ribute their work. These were
sant times because the work
ught took on the old “house
com- 'husking, and quilt
atmosphere of days gone by.
oe interesting phase of the i
* was the day when Archie i
bam, one of the jaainters, |
>ght his huge electric paint ,
y machine to the school. 1
‘y of the children had never !
such a machine, and great |
ed was the interest in look- ,
through the windows watch
Graham gfve theentire li- i
y two coats ot eye-rest green .
then half * day.
(Continue* On Page 4) {•
Poem Reprinted
Mrs. Lucile Noel Dula o’f Hills
boro will have a poem “Ambition”
reprinted in a midcentury an
thology of verse to be published
by the Twentieth Century Press
of Los Angeles. The poem pre
viously appeared in the “National
tJnotrv Antholoev for Teachers.”
Son Is Born
Mr—and Mrs. -E. H. Kennedy of
Hillsboro, Route 2, announce the
birth of • a son, Robert Glen^i,
Thursday May 25 at 3:30 in the
morning at Watt’s Hospijtal. Jgoth
mother and son are doing fine.
Elections ofll&alsj earned their
pay last Saturday when the heavi
est voting on recorc was recorded
in the county’s 16 v ting precincts.
Registrars and ju ges in some
cases were on dul r as much as
20 hours and wei t groggy with
figures before the; could finally
call it quits. Precin t officials must
remain together i itil totes are
counted except pa dirt emergen
cies whes substiti tes must be
appointed. , . .. " . Jake Forrtst,
Hillsboro druggist, is entitled to
be addressed as J idge since two
votes were cast f ir him as As
sociate Justice ol the Supreme
Court in Saturday’; primary . . .
S. T. Latta, who t oiled the day’s
highest vote for county offices,
had at least one iltra-loyal sup
uorter, whose only] inscription on
the ballot was “ i want to vote
for Sam Latta.” No other candi
dates were marked., . ... .Sen
ator Frank Graham^ almost 10-1
majority in his
be a near-record b
the polls were not
all men, women,
ibabies-in-arms who
to Chapel Hill polls
the majority
considerably more,
impromptu parade vlhtch met the
Senator at Carrboro i city limits
after his ride from Illlsboro re
ceived enthusiastic r sponse from
on-joker from that >oint to the
Southside precifict. T . . .Hot
meals by courtesy >f canidates
and other well-wish« l Is usually
the lot of some poll holders but
Registrar Benson Raj at Carrboro
complataed the only jjft to him
town must
Observers at
ised. Had
ren and
ie the trek
recorded,
ve been
. . An
a stick of
and his cohorts was
chewing gum from H. trady Dor
sett, the Republican cs idldate fbr
Congress.
Carrboro Cleans --~ir~r
As Petunias Bloon ——
Carrboro — As “Clea 1 Up Week”
is being observed th s week in
Carrboro, a lovely bei of bright
colored petunias that have been
blooming prefusly fo sometime
in front of the Colciial Motor
Company, on Main Str st In Carr
boro is especially no icafole, All
residents and property owners in
the town are urged t< cooperate
in the drive to make tjiis a really
cl'ean-up campaign anid to keep
‘he town clean. All civic organiza
tions are taking an active part in
the drive as in past programs to
keep the town as attractive as
^ncsifole.
. — ■ —„—— ... .——.
Joe Howard Takes Oath As Hew Meaher
Of Welfare Board As Budget Approved
Hillsboro — Joe Howard .of
Efland was sworn is Monday as
a now member of the Orange
County Welfare Board.
H® succeed John Hastier of the
Cedar. Grove section. The oath of
office was administered by R. O.
Forrest, magistrate, in the presence
of County Commissioners and Wel
fare Board members prior to the
Joint meeting of the two boards.
Following a general discussion
of welfare problems and a propose^
overall budget, tentative approval
was given by the commissioners to
the section of the Welfare Budget
on admministration and $10 per
month raises were given to Miss
Fairfax Mitchell, child welfare
worker, and Miss Mary Frances
Kenion, clerk-stenographer.
The new budget called for ex
pesditures of $22,850 for admini
stration of welfare activities in
the county, an increase of $200
'over last year's figure. Broken
down the proposed expenditures
for next year will, be: salaries
$18,000; travel $2,000; postage
$450; supplies $250; < rent $420;
heating, lights and water, $250;
maintena:(e and repairs $100;
board members remuneration $180;
other $250. .
In an afternoon session, the
Board of Commissioners worked
on road petitions and visited
several roads in order to pass
judgment on the merits of the
petitions. ~
Negro Youth, 19,
Is Drowning Victim
Near University
Hillsboro — A 19-year-old
Negro youth, Odie McBroom, son
of WalkerMcBroom, was drowned
Tuesday afternoon in an aban
doned rock quarry near University.
Coroner H. J. Walker ruled the
youth's death resulted from “ac
cidental drowing’’ following an in
vestigation.
McBroom and another youth,
Eddie tee Nuhhr wemr coottng oet
in the quarry located on the old
Duke Farm . land, not far from
the home of the boy”s father.
According to Nunn, McBroom went
out of sight and came up twice
but he was unable tp/give him
any assistance. He was described
as unable to swim by his father.
Two West Hillsboro youths,
Tally Hardee and Charles An
drews, located McBoom’s body
and brought It to the surface. 1
3 Orange Graduates
At Eton ^
Elon College — Three Orange
the. class of 153 seniors who re
ceived degrees and diplomas at
Elon -College today. The grad
uation exercises —climaxed the
sixtieth, annual commencement at
the College.
Orange County boys who grad
uated included Fred Claytor and
James Murry, both of Hillsboro;
and William Perry of Chapel Hill.
Plan Face-Lifting
For Nail Boxes
Through Contest
Hillsboro — A complete face
lifting' for Orange County mail
boxes is the object of a county
wide mail box improvement con
test being sponsored as a cooper
ative project by th« various agri
cultural agencies, Orange County
postmasters, rural mail carriers,
the home demonstration dubs, the
Grange and the Highway Depart
ment. .
Prizes for the best mail boxes
will be $10, $5 and $2.50. Beginn
ing at once, the contest will con
tinue throughout the month of
June.
Rural parrlers .Vidfl select the
thrdj^ belt mailboxes on their
routes from which judges will
select the best of the three for
each route and these route winners
will compete for the three awards.
; A list of Instructions on how
to improve and beautify mail boxe
has gone out from the county farm
and home agents* office to all far
mers and information -as to how
to obtain stencils and other equip
ment may be obtainecf from the
mail carrier. ' —r-r
Residents of the Schley and St.
Mary’s sections hove already ob
tained these stencils and printed
the names of their farms on at
tractive signs.
--,—o
new srtros
Charles Stanford of Chopd Hill
Route 3 and Milton Latta, Hills
bdio Route 1, have just completed
new concrete silos.
Official Returns By Orange County Precincts In Saturday's Democratic Primary
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M. Chapel Patt’son S. Mary Univ’ty S. Chapel W. Cross R. Siting Carr 2. Grove Tolars Cheeks Carrborq Cald’ll Hillsboro
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-- FOR U. S. SENATOR
WILLIS SMITH
FRANK P. GRAHAM ”
ROBERT R. REYNOLDS
OLLA RAY BOYD
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FOR ASSO.'lUSTlWSWn eT
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FOR COM. OF INSURANCE.
WALDO C. CHEEK 1018
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Marching to the polls in the
greatest numbers on record. Or
ange County voters last Saturday
piled up heavy majorities Tor
Frank P. Graham and Carl T.
Durham in the National Congress,
sent major county office holders
back to their jobs and In a minor
upheaval replaced two incumbent
Board members with newcomers
to the county political scene.
The veteran Sheriff S. T. Latta
polled the heaviest Vote of the
county ticket, amassing 3,932 votes
to win easily from Gainea F.
Diner of Cedar Grove, who had
waged a hard battle to unseat him.
Liner picked up 2,999 votes and
carried six precincts but Latta*s
heaviest majorities cspae from
the heavy voting precincts at
Chapel Hill and Hillsboro. _1
Register of Deeds J. Ed Laws
had a closer fight with Archie G
Williams of Efland but emerged
with2,290 votes to' 2,744 for Wil
liams, also aided by heavy ma
jorities in Chapel Hill. William*
carried seven precincts, including;
a heavy margin of 457 votes to
26 fn his home precinct of Efland.
In Hillrfaoro Laws wasable to
poll only 45 votes more than his
opponent.
In the race for three seats on
tha Board of County Commission
ers, Sim Efland replaced the in
cumbent Ben F- Wilson ol Cheeks
township and polled the second
highest total in the six man race,
2,992. Incumbent Chairman Col
lier Cobb, Jr,, won the top vote
for commissioner with 3,539 and
H. G. Laws retained his seat witta
2.919 votes. Votes cast for dthev
candidates "'tfrere Wilson 2,881,
Henry S. Walker^ 2700, and Coy
W. Long, 1938.
In a contest for membership ora
the Board of Education, Harry P.
(Buddy) Breeze of Efland carried
11 precincts and nosed out Zflb C_
Burton, the incumbent, By 341
votes. The official tally: 2,716 for
Breeze and 2,682 for Burton. Bur
ton's heaviest support came from
the two Chapel Hill precincts and
his home precinct of Cedar Grove.
Although he apparently failed
to obtain a clear majority ovei*
his three opponents in returns
from throughout the State. Sena
tor Frank P. Graham polled 75
per cent of the vote cast in his
home county against Senatorial
Candidates Willis Smith, Robert
R. Reynolds and Olla Ray Boyd
Graham’s total was 5,204 to smith’s.
•4-233. .Reynolds* 443 and Boyd’s 36.
Carl T. Durham's' supgoFT Tromr
his home county, which gave hirrs
i majority of 4,808 over; ErnesJ.
R» Williamson’s 1.757, was an im
portant factor in his successful
fight to retain his Congresional
seat for another term. He carried
Guilford and Alamance but lost
in Durham by a slim margin,
Waldo C. Cheek defeated Hoke
R. Bostian For Insurance Com
missioner 4,100 to 947 In Orange
County voting while support wtut
also forthcoming for. incumbent
Supreme Court Justice Emery Bi.
Denney who polled 3,307 to Oscar
Efird’s 1,733 in this county.
Little interest was shown in the
only Republican contest in this
county, only 58 voting in the race
between H. Grady Dorset t of
Chapel Hill and A. A. McDonald
of Durham for the dubious right
to oppose the Democratic nominee,
Durham, for Congress. Dorsett got
33 votes and McDonald 25.
The voting in Saturday’s prf*
maries was the heaviest on r«
cord in this county when approxi
mately 7,000 of the 8,964 persons
registered went to the polls.
The official canvass of vote*
i was made by the Board of Elec
tions Tuesday.
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Mt Canddnrch
Recreatiea Cable
Now la Fall Use
vCarrboro — The Urge
tion cabin started last summer at
the rear oi the Mt. Carmel
tist, Church is now in use,
is being enjoyed by all ages ot
the membership of the church.
The btoliding constructed of «fah»
der blocks was erected mostly tg
members of the congregation fas
spare hours after
lays work was finished,
ing which is made up at a faugh ’’
luditorium, three class rooms apt
pro baths is indeed .a help to tit
rhurch life of the
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