-ore orange County,people read ftfWS every week than any |ther Orange County Newapapei SUBSCRIBE TODAY. of Orange County Vour Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 Per quick, proven reautts etll, buy, rent or get * Job by THE NEWS Of Orange want a dm. Vol. 57—No- 28 (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 13. 1950 Price: 3* a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week NORTH CAROLINA RECEIVES LIBERTY BELL REPLICA—At a cererhony Friday afternoon, July 7, Governor W. Kerr Scott ac cepted in behalf of North Carolina the Liberty Bell replica which ^visited 74 cities and towns in the state for the current U. S. Savings Bond Independence Drive. The bell will temporarily rest in the State Museum of Natural History and later will be moved to the RaH^of^lisfOfY* Left to right are B. R. Roberts of Durham, Mrs. J. S. Mitchener of Raleigh, both state vice chairmen for the U. S. Savings Bonds Committee; J. M. Bailey, state' LSC. Chapel mil — White Cross community will/ have telephones soon, according to latest advice from the University Consolidated Services. Residents of the community have been busy the last week obtaining right-of-way along NIC 54. The work should be completed within two weeks. The phone line -will go to tpe' W^ite Cross school. The University Utility has ex tended otner rural lines south of Chapel Hill into Chatham County and north of Chapel Hill to Cal vander and following their elec tric light -line into- the . Qrange Grove extending in to the Mt. Carmel community and one west nf Chanel Hill oast the lake into the Antioch community. As soon as the new highway I is completed- to New Hope, they plan to build a line into that fonimimitv. it was reported._ -.—o-;- " LIBRARY MEETING - ...-1__ The annual meeting of the Hills boro Library Association will be held at the Confederate Memorial Library Monday night, July 17, at 8 P. M. All friends of the library are invited to attend. Traffic Violations I As Recorders Court - Hillsboro — Evidence that ttm Highway Patrol is hearing dow n on traffic violators in an effort to curb North Carolina’s rising ac cident and highway death toll was available in unmistakable quant ity in Monday’s Recorder’s Court session when 22 cases involving traffic offenses were disposed of udge L. J- Phibps. P Hinshaw, Chapel Hill at y again acted as solicitor e absence of Prosecutor Jerry tone, who is on temporary e duty with the Army at Foil ng, oa, (Rc cases included: Harye> id, driving under the m a-'of’ intoxicating, h^ er%ges, ind costs, prayer fpr J^dge continued on the condition thfr fine be paid; ^andeR Lackey, speeding, S10 and Daniel E. Johnson, speeding mph; $20 and costs; Merle e F-vans, passing on a curve, id costs; Jerry D. Galomdes, r to Stop for a stop^ sign, nd costs; Nathaniel Camp : Rowing an unlicensed dn , operate his motor vehicle, Sennie Jane Cadlett, dn ,-ithout a license, $2o fine remitted; Robert E. speeding, $10 and costs ;s Cranford Scarlett, driving ££ W«h ih(P™P» $10 and-costs; Tom Noel« g without a iicense. $25^md Wes ^nald Moody faiU . stop for a s-gn ^O and Laural HemyJordam [5 and costs; WifturtE. lowing an unlicensed driver ve his motor vehicle^ $23 Farmers to See Unique Swine Demonstration Hillsboro — A swine field day will be held in the Schley Com munity on Friday, July 21st. This will be the first event of its kind ever to be held in this or neighboring counties and will offer an opportunity to farmers, breeders,^ and others to see hc>w piactical and economical swine production can be made in this section. ’ ~TTTTzr~—:— The program will get underway at 10 o'clock in the morning at the Schley Grange Hall with a very brief discussibn of the op _*_m in this section. Afterwards a short tour will be held at which time those attending will see one group of pigs that have been on pasture without any grain or concentrates whatsoever since May 9th and will, also see brood sows that have I been on ladino clover alone since : the middle of April. They will also see what a small hog pasture can mean to the average farmer and how adaptable an electric | fertce can be in swine production. Lunch will be served on the grounds at Schley for a nominal charger "After wrucfiTh'“general dis be held in the Grange Auditorium. Representatives from the State College Animal Husbandry De partment will be. on hand to lead these discussions. It .is expected that many local farmers will at tend this field day. -o Legion Officers Are Installed 5 Chapel Hill—S. Mangutn Up church was installed as command er of the Chapel Hill American Legion at ceremonies held last week at the Legion Hut. He suc ceeds Jack H. McDade. Others officers installed were H. H. Harvel, 1st vice command er; Herman Lloyd, 2nd vice com mander; l£red C. Free, 3rd vice eemmaiider; Arthur Ward, adjut ant: Paul Sexton, athletic .officer; Calvin Burch, finance officer;^?. J. Keller, Jr., service officer; Jack ■McDade, sergeant-at-arms; J. C. Williams, chaplain; Paul H, Rob ertson, gaidianship officer; and Judge L. J. Phipps, historian. ... . -o ——• MAIL BOXES TO BE JUDGED Hillsboro — In the recent mail box improvement contest sponsor ed by the Orange'* County Pomona Grange, the Rural Mail Carriers Association, and County Extension workers,- judges will .visit the three best boxes On each rural route in the county and make their selection of the winning boxes this week. The judges are Willie Hogan, Postmaster of Chapel Hill, Tom Bivins. Postmaster of'►Hills boro, and Clem Cheek, Master-of Orange Pomona Grange. igain Predominant Handles Big Docket j and costs, SI5 of the fine remitted; I Sim Fearingtin, operating a ve I hide without proper equipment, | costs; Frank Williams, driving i without a license, $26 and costs; 'Alexander Dunn, Jr.; operating a | vehicle without proper equipment, | $10 and costs; David Kelly Dean, | passing on a hill, $15 and costs; i Robert Bass Clayton, speeding, $15 and costs; Clifton B. Copeland, allowing an unlicensed driver to operate his vehicle, $10 and costs; Edward Wright Prevatte, passing in a hill. S10 and costs; Samuel Edwerd Burnett, failing to give proper hand signal,- $,10 and costs; and Edna - Lee “Folger, .speeding, $5* and'costs. - .'. Woa r<4. : this.? AWAPk w e r e; Lfconsrd Hicks, public drunkenness, $5 and costs; Lon nie L. Sloan, public drunkenness, $5 and costs; Jesse Dorrity, illegal possession of non tax jaaid whis key. $10 and costs; Jesse Dprrity, public drunkenness, $5 and costs; Mattie Mae Rogers, public drunk enness, costs; Dallas MoOte, illegal possession' of.non tax paid whis key, $10 and costs; William Harris, trespass, engaging in an afTray, disorderly conduct, six months on the roads; and Junia Bradsher, engaging in an affray and dis orderly conduct, prayer for judge ment continued _Qn__condition that defendant stay off premises of Joe Richmond and pay ttejjggf $15 and costs. The following cases were con tinued: Leonard Hicks, Robert D. Payton, T. C. Breedlove, Hubert Oakley! Jr., Thaddus C. Doss, and Gilbert H. Godfrey. Commissioners Pass Expanded Budget; Up Tax Rate, Salaries Club Sponsors ‘Baby Contest’ For Clinic Fund Carrboro — The Can boro Civic Club is sponsoring a "Baby Con test” to raise money for" the Well Baby Clinic held each month in the Civic Club building near the Carrboro School with doctors and nurses in attendance. ._. Pictures of babies entered in the contest will be on display in Senter’s Drug Store in Carrboro, where the voting will ajso, take place. The contest opens/on Fri day of this wek, July 14, and will close in Saturday evening, "July 22, at 10 o’clock. Each vote is one cent and the winner in the contest will be announced on Monday^ July 24th. * The three prizes awarded will go to the baby .receiving the most votes, age from birth to one year. -Arprize to the baby receiving the largestnumber of votes, age from one year to two years. A prize will be awarded t? the baby. ag6 two to three years. The three prizes will be of equal value. All pictures are to be brought to the West-Williams Flower Shop, . not later than the opening date, Fri day^ July 14. -- -;--O--- ' " Pendergrass New Deputy Sheriff Hiisboro — Albert L. Pender grass of Carrboro has been ap pointed as an additional deputy sheriff ,. serving the southern part of the county. c Pendergras was sworn in last week fillowing * his appointment by Sheriff Sr T. Latta. Pendergrass has had previous law 'witoree^nent«wt'tidHence- wBb-i both the Chapel Hill and Carr boro police departments. Accused Killer ^ Is Still Sought Hillsboro — The oearch ts still on for Clyde Durham, who has been- charged -with the-July 4, fatal shooting of. Leroy Watson near Chapel Hill, according!© Sheriff S. T. Latta. ; / Durham has eluded officers since the shooting despite widespread efforts to capture him. Numerous leads and rumors as lo Durham’s whereabouts have been followed up, but the report Tuesday was that not even a ruipor had crop ped up in the past few days. -o— -- PUSH PASTURE PROGRAM Hillsboro — Thirty farmers who have been selected as local com mitteemen in the Production and Marketing prqgram will come to the County Agricultural Building today to make plans for an exten sive pasture drive. During the morning they will receive techni cal instructions regarding all phases of pasture production. In the' afternoon they will yrisit the farm of J. E. Latta in the Schley Community and study the type of grassland farming he is practicing. Federal Milk Sanrey Gives Oraage Honor Roll Rating; Improvement Noted A survey made for the U, S. Public Health Service by the state Board of Health in May, 1950 drowed the milk supply In Orange bounty is% good. B. L. Jessup, the survey officer, stated that the supply of milk being sold in the area has im proved a great deal since the sur vey made two years ago. The county is served by the following milk dealers: Durham Dairy Products, Dur (t«p. • ... .. —-r "' Durham Road Dairy, Chapel Hill. .- r ~ Long Meadow Farms, Durham and Chapel Hill. Long Branch Dairy, Chapel Hill. Results show that the milk sup ply made the “honor roll” since all classifications were scored above 90% as shown. . Retail raw milk 92.0% Raw milk sold to plants 92.53% Pasteurization plants 93.49% Pasteurized milk* . 95.84% Enforcement methods .93.0% Milk processors and dairymen have been most cooperative in making improvements for the pro duction of quality milk. A number of new dairy barns and milk,hou ses have been constructed. Dr. Garvin, health officer, com mented, “ I am gratified to know that our local milk supply com paries "favorably with the better milk supplies in the state. How ever, I am disturbed to learn that our people m Orange County, largely the town folks, are using less than a pint of milk per per son a day. Adults should drink p ^pint of milk a day and children should drink a quart per day. Last Rites Held For Miss Merritt Chapel Hill — —Miss Bonnie Belle Merritt, 54, Chapel Hill na tive’ and long-time employee of the University, died in a Durham hospital ear-ly Tuesday morning following a long illness. Funeral services were held yes Church with Rev. J. C. Herrin officiating. -Burial was in. th'e Chapel Hill cemetery. 'TTL-lJr1 < Miss Merritt was the daughter of J. Edgar Merritt and the late Minnie Lindsay Merritt. She was educated in the Chapel Hill schools and at Woman’s College, and was a life long member of the Chapel Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include her father, one sister, Mrs. Frank Goodrum, Greensboro; and three brothers, Dewey W. Merritt and William B. Merritt, both of Chapel Hill, and J.E. Merritt, Jr., of Raleigh. •-o WINS #AWABD Chapel Hill — The National Quality Award of the National Association of Life Underwriters and the Life Insurance Agency Management Association, for 195Q, has been won by W. H> Branch, the Jefferson Standard’s special representative here. Tins award is given annually to representa tives in recognition of a superior quality of life insurance service. STANDING BY Hillsboro—The Orange Coun ty Draft Board is standing by, awaiting- otficiat instructions for J reactivating the local office from the State organisation. No worrt.regarding ..theresumption of the draft had been received yesterday although it has been announced that local boards would be re-established by next week. S The Orange Draft office was closed last year along with 66 other county units and records were removed to district office. --o---;— Register of Deeds Receipts Increase Hillsboro — Fees collected by the Office of grange County Re gister if Deeds J. Ed Laws have increased 130 percent during the past six years and 17 percent dur ing the past year, according to a summary released by him this week. principally for recording legfi in struments and issuing marriage licenses. Receipts for fiscal year 1949-50 totalled $6,279.76 as com pared to only $2,726.70 in 1843 44. Last year's receipts were listed at $5,326.90. County Reports . Two Polio Cases Chapel Hill — Two cases of polio< in Change County lu.v* been re - ported recently. The latest child believed stricken by the disease is the three-year-old daughter of Ralph Casey, University of North Carolina swimming coach. The case has not 'been definitely diag nosed a§ polio. Delores' Costella. Negro child who lives in the county near Carr jjooro, contracted the disease in April. --o ( LICENSE REVOKED Hillsboro — The beer license of E. W Godfrey, operating as the Hickory House of Hillsboro, was suspended by the Malt Beverage Control Board, it was announced this week by Ralph M. Stockard, of Graham, district malt beverage inspector. - — :—■»' ■ -— Stockard stated that the suspen sion resulted from serving beer to intoxicated persons. -o-l Homecoming Bethel Baptist Church, 5 miles West of Chapel Hill, will observe Homecoming Day Sunday, July Id, followed iby a week of Revival Services., -- The Rev. W. H. Pople of Smith field will assist the regular pastor during the week. All members, former- pastors and friends are cordially invited to attend and bring, a picnic basket on Sunday. P.Ti. Yearly Report Shows Member Iacrease Hillsboro—s-With a total mem bership for the past year otf SI4, the Hillsboro Parent-Teacher As sociation is a going'and growing concern. Education is everybody’s business in Orange County these days, with the determination to offer' the best in school equipment; program, ^and personnel to its children as the pivotal point. During the past sdhool year, P.T.A. saw the fruition to a cer tain extent of some of its goals due to the continued loyalty, and vigilance of many interested fri ends of schools, its P.T.A. mem bers. The lunchroom and music programs have been major goals for some time. Both seem to be operating to the be*t advantage. P.T.A. bought two pianos for use in the elementary music depart ment, last year. New equipment is constantly being bought for the lunchroom and with the shortened lunch period, more children are mating at sphool with much better meals. ' ■ - The Hillsboro P.TA received several national awards during the past year. One for 100 per cent membprship; one for an increase in membership; one for classifica tion as a Standard Association referring to programs, type of meetings, affiliation jBftth the state and national associations, and fP.T.A.-r-Institutes; one for Publi cations; and for the pre-school MMe conduct®^ each year in tM. spring by Miss Annie Carnercm for children planning to enter school in the fall. ‘ P.T.A. continued its Interest in sanitation, recreation, safety, and citizenship in the schools, with unusual cooperation in each field by both parents and teachers. Bibles were presented to each senior at graduation, with the Caldwell P.T.A. voluntarily pro viding these for their own gradu ates. PVT. A. cooperated in civic and county enterprises by its float in the Christmas parade and enthusiastic backing of the school bond issue for buildings. ~ ~ Various small requests about the school have been answered, such as sheets and blankets for the elementary children’s rest room, and low shrubs to replace tall, plantings--in. frodt of the high school basement windows to. give more light, and a number of punch cups for the home economics de partment. A histoty of the 31 years of the H^lsbora “P.T.A. was compiled, and presented the past presidents.' A scrapbook of this year’s pro ceeding^ won 1,190 and increases in current school w" :reuses and school debt service accounted for thebulk of the p Overall Increase. ^Included in the $,>7,920J9_ap propriated for the Central Fund for the coming year were funds fer a new automobile for the Sheriff and a >1,050 fund for pur chasing radio communication* - equipment for three automobile* of the Sheriff's Department. How ever, tjhft^otyamount budgeted..--: ^iryi.set_ up a year ago, economies being effected in a number of items to make the difference. The appropriations for the Hy coneechee Library was boosted from $850 to $1,000 and that for „ Forest Fire Prevention from >1, 560 to >1,610. Salary raises of $300 per year were awarded to the Sheriff, the Clerk of Superior, Court, Tax Col lector and County Accountant and a $900 increase was approved for the Register of Deeds. All of these officers will now receive $3,900 per year, except the Tax Collector who will get $2,900, the increases for the elective officers going in to effect after approval of the new scale by the next legislature Deputy Sheriffs were boosted from $2,250 to $2,400 and the Depu tyty Clerk of Court from >2,160 to >2,400. The county’s share of the Farm Agent’s salary was boosted $240 to $2,220 and the county's share of the Assistant Farm Agent and Home Demonstration Agent's salaries was raised >120 to >1,330. An appropriation for a new Depu ty Sheriff was set at >2,260, same salary previously paid the in incumbents. * - : Total salary fund for the new * year is $41,370 as compared with $36,220 a year ago despite a sub- ' stantial decrease in the General Fuftd appropriation for salaries, the salary increases being made possible ,by Increased fee collec tions and tax sale commissions which make up the difference. ~ i ne sum oi was appro priated for Welfare purposes, which will -be supplemented by $153,470 from Federal and State funds to make the total budget for- Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children, hospitaliza tion and -other Welfare purposes $200 908 ~ Debt ■' service: increas^ vCere . * based largely on the expected is suance of $450,000 in School bonds and $150,00 in Courthouse bonds prior to January 1, Current expenses for Schools received an appropriation of $86. 981.21 tQ be divided on a per capita basis of $67,031 for the County System and $19,950.21 for the Chapel Hill unit. The budget ed capital outlay for school con struction and improvement trf $87,500 was divided $62,500 tor the county and $25,000 for the Chapel Hill unit. A breakdown of the $1 taxcaje shows ,11 for the General Fund, including salaries; M7 for court house repairs; .037 for Health; .020 for Superior Court and Jail; .148 for Welfare; .103 for Bonds: and £ .516 for Schools,’ of w'xish 51 ii for. Capital Outlay.