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= ■ A '■ . J'our Home Newspaper Setving Orange County find Its Citizens Sinte 1893 ~ ;\ HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILU KL C., THURSDAY, SEPTeSiBER 7,1950 IiOHOOLS OPEN — Scenes like this were being re-enacted all ovdr Orange. County this week as :ho9> be!Is rang again. The cotrnty schools opened last Monday and the Chapel Hill Schools will •op«n next Monday. Shown above is the Efland school library, built last'term by the community lowing again how school improvements can be made with the wholehearted cooperation and interest f e^rry citizen. • 3.8 Miles Road Paving inished In Bo~d Program Chapel Hill fman Honored It Mebane Event Site Frances Bartlettof ChapeJ ill. District Deputy Grand Mat in-of the Eastern Star and Har tev Byrd of the Southgate Chap ir 177 in Durham, District .Deputy rand -Patron, were special guests i Friday of the Mebane chapter the Eastern Star. After a routine business session, i special welcome entitled, “Flow re for the. Living” was extended District Deputy Grand Mat ron by: Mrs. Hazeleen Wilson, on.dustress, (Mrs. Gladys Kirk -U'ick, Associate ConductreB^; -Mary. Jeffreys, Worthy Mat Mrs. iMyrtie Miles, As stciate Matron. At the conclusion 01 the ceremonies the honored ?uest' was presented with a cor 5aIe. of. red roses. Mrs. Frances Bartlett gave instructioon on the the in iatory work. A on t he^Robert [Qallot- and report was- -hear ^ ___ I Morris Day celebrationwhieh was in Greensboro recently. j» The :<ical chapter presented a ?ift of a china plaque with the i Eastern Star emblem to Mrs. Bart [ ;e't- They, also, gave Mr. Byrd a ; cigarette lighter with the Mason I if emblem. soeial period that program, punch, Coring the followed the . _, ^_ . fookics. nuts and mints were ser e<f- In art it ion to the local mem ^ers visitors were present from hilsboro Chapter 180, Southgate hapter 177 and University Chap *er No- 2W of the Eastern Star. -—.... 0 Funeral Services For Polio Victim Held Saturday i t ^pc' Hill — The first polio a - >n Orange County this ... Ir ^ccuiTijd September 1, with , c)e:;th of eight-year-old Wal ;;-.e Lloyd, son of Mr. and QrS‘ Lindsey Lloyd of Orange r «.,TUr-v.'V-nK*are his ’parents;, a sls r*’ Linda Faye, two brothters, vie) and Tommje, all of the maternal grandmother, f‘ ^:r‘n^c Berry of Ox fofd, and ^t-nal grandfather, T. D. Lloyd i Orange Grove. , 11*ivia‘e funeral services were , September 2, with the Rev. J Hittenhouse officiating. In w‘" Le in the Cane p, Church Cemetery in Orange Grove. JJ . -,/ revivaTmeet'ing - ... ~s* HHlsb^ro — A revival *n progress at the ~vTr~^=yBalii>yan- ghureh -In West. >i°. The meetings, wl ic'b ,*n Sunday, Sept 3, are being . 1 every evening for two weeks. , * "*«v«l is > being conducted . ' he Rev WjUiem Armstrong of Greensboro. ' ^ The State Highway Commission has paved 13.8 miles of secondary road in Orange County since the Start of the accelerated road -con* struction program last year. This represents a portion of the $200,000,000 bond issue program m;w at peak o'perafioiKd capacity t hroughout the stated Oii lifer work brpldnned for Orange mrthg the latter part, of 1950 and during i951, according to James A.- Barn well. Fifth District highway com- : misaipner. Newly payed rpgds open to the public as of September 1, 1950 in Orange are as follows: , Orange Grove Road from cross-’j roads church to Orange Grove, 4.- j 9 miles; Ahtioch Road froi^Tlni-j versity- Lake .west, £gr--a-3ist3p.ee i of 2.4: miles; Jor.eS' Ferry,.-Road j • from Antioch toward Chatham i County |ine. 1.8; £evfar Grove R. ad from Eflarkt-td beginning fit "surface:—h ear.^Ceddr Grove, 4.L^ Orange^ County’s shaye ot the first, $125,000,000 in bond, fuijds is $93'1,500. With the exception ot I $208,350,' this amount Has been al- i located to specific w'ork. in the county. The secondary Road Bond i Act as passed by the General As- , sembly divided the bond money i <HTHjtablv„arnound the 100 counties. The cost of road construction under the secondary program is less than expected by the ,State Highway Commission and conse quently more mileage of roads | may" bcvp3Ved under the program. ‘ han wa’f. exnected in may areas. Carene Goodwin Gets N ursing Award Hillsboro — Miss Carene Good win was awarded the N. D. Bit tin 3 r.rize as she graduated fiom *he .Watts Hospital School of Nurs 'ng last week in exercises held j at the Carr Junior High School j in Durham. ■ Miss Goodwin was awarded the prize “as the student whose grades in surgical nursing, thedry ^and practice were the highest in the class.” i-gfafc School Board Makes Several Appointments Hillsboro — The Orange County Beard of Education appointed treasurers for nine schools for the new'year at last Monday’s meet ing and took other routine ac tion^ incident to inaugurating the new school year. The new appointees who Will sign checks for local" school ex penditure^ along with the: f)rM cipals include: Mrs. J. F. Rose mond, Hillsboro; Moyle Umstead, West Hillsboro; Mary W. Brown ing, Murphey; Mary D. Murray, E flan cl; Mrs.^frene Pender, Ay cock; Agpes Andrews, Carrboro; Margajet^Stanford, White Cross; Mapf' R. Mitchell, Caldwell; and Fannie C. Warner, Central School. Flint Hamlin was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Ayeock Dis trict- School Committee. — : Papers were signed deeding the site for the new Chapid Hill Negro School to the Chapel Hill Admin rstiative_HnitBoaFd.ol..Trust®®S' The site is outside the actual limits of*Chapel Hill and was own ed by the county system. Several new teachers were giv en formal approval for the new term. These included: Mrs. Ralph Rankin at West Hillsboro,!James H. Peace at Hickory Grove and the following at Central School, fftttsbe** Mary Holley. Willie Wilkins, Lauretta Hall, Cassie Johnson, Joseph Barber and Sadie Jeffries. The School Superintendent was ordered to investigate the age of Principal R. W. Isley at Aycock, in the light of an inquiry froth the State Department Retirement Board which indicated he was 65. The Superintendent noted that the new prinicpal’s age on the latest Wealth certificate was 54. A re quest for his retention beyond the age of retirement must be filed by the Board of Education if he has reached the retirement age. STEM IS SPEAKER Hillsboro — Thad Stun, Jr., of Oxford, , divisional commander of the American Legion., No: th Ca rolina Department, was the speak er Tuesday night at the regular meeting of Post-No. 85. dttpel mu Schools Open Monday; list of New Teachers Released Chapel Hill — The Chapel Hill schools will open. Monday, Sept. ~tt, for the -195.0 session, accord ing to C. W. Davis. schooT'saper intendent. Davis appealed especi ally to parents to hive their chil dren. on hand for the opening Of -school as the number of teacher^ aHoted to the school the state is computed cn the attendance record. . J .j . Registration *ot new--Students, hi-h school and- elementary, is scheduled'today from 9 until noon. S p • vis released i list c. the wilt comprise the faculty for the coming year. There are'*fives changes in the high school staff one1! seyen in the elementalv school. " ... • The follovyin^teachers will be added' to th.e *choor ^ff thlS yoac-_jfliiss Frances Furr, Franklin, science! Mijss Mary Anderson. Chs ipw. S. C.. commercial studies; J. V^esley. Noble, Dunn, English and social studies; Mrs. "TSHiaBSW Schinhan. Mars Hill College, mus i'c: and Mrs. Eulalia Solomon, Flizabeth City, 'French and Span ish.- ..... Grades have not v*F b'-pn as signed finally to elementary school teachers; however, Miss Mildred Mponeyhah. principal, announced the following new teachers who will be on the faculty this year: Miss Elizabeth Murray, Burgaw; Miss Mary Sherwood, Raleigh; Mjss Nelzena Sullivan\ Atlanta; Mrs. Bernice Wade, Chapel Hill; Miss Carolyn Taylor, Morehead Citv; and Mrs. Ida l#avin, Chapel HiU. I I ^cnooi; withdraws Protest Ruling PTA Executive Committee Plans ■ ! Year’s Program ■ Hillsboro — The executive com mittee of the Hillsboro PTA met to review objectives of the PTA and to make plans for the current school year. , * '» v J. B. Midgette, president, presid ed and announced the following ^committee chairmen with a partial 'committee list: Mrs. Helen War | ren, Music; G. C. McBane, Jim ' Rittenhouse, Safety; C. S. Hub ! baro^Glenn Auman, G. A. Brown, ahd Frances Crawford, Grounds and Recreation; Elmer R. Dowdy, G: p. Jones, G. A. Brown, Jim Rittenhouse and Mrs. Alton Wil ' liams, Auditorium; Mrs: Van Ken ion, Mrs. Joe Rbsemond, Educa ! tional Standards; M r.s. Harry Wobds, Mrs, Clyde Ray, Citizen ship; MrS. Don Matheson, Grade Parents; Mrs. J. W. Dickson, Vice President and Program Chm. Mrs. Alice McBane, Mrs. C. D. Jones, Mrs. George Teer, Miss Emma Leu l Davis; Miss Rebecca Liner, Pub i lication; Mrs. Alton Williams, Mrs. Stella Stanfield, Scrap Book; j Mrs. R. O. Forrest, Mrs. Ross I Porter, Sanitation; Mrs. C. D. LJones, Yearbook; Jaxie T. Dowdy. ! Publicity; Mrs. Ralph Neighbors, j Lunchroom; Mrs. Beth .Forrest, Goals; Miss Annie Camerorf, Sum j mer Round Up for Pre School Clinic and Inside School Publicity; G. A. Brown, Parent Education I and Study/Group; Van Kenion, Mrs. MgMe Loraon, Membershop; J Mrs^Bon Matherson, Bonner Saw , yer, Legislation; Mrs. Roy Kenne dy, Rural Service; Mrs. Henrietta } Auman, Finance; Mrs, Vernon El lod. Hospitality; Mrs. Fred Blake is Secretary and Vernon ElrOd is treasurer. —: The slogan of the >PTA for the coming school year is “Every Par ent a PTA Member”. Miss Rebecca Liner gave a re port on the PTA Institute shi attended as a delegate held this summer at E. C. T- <J. _ Charles S. Hubbard spoke in behalf of the community play to be presented September 14-15, tsponsored by the Lions Club, He s ke d coo pe f allo n oL the s chool and teachers, explaining the money derived from the entertainment would be spent in the auditorium ih—its entirety. New equipment amounting to $2200 has been added to the .lunch room. ■ The September PTA meeting wRi-fee a social meeting, at which time new teachers and <&d teachers can meet and converse with par ents. Each PTA meeting this year will be a night meeting, third Tues day night of each month at 7:30. o Court Adjourned As Tribute To C. H. Jones | Hillsboro — Judge L. J. Phipps adjourned yesterday’s session of Orange County Recorder’s Court “jn honor anp memory” of the late Cicero H. “Deacon" Jones, who died August 26. Mr. Jones' was recognized as a long-time public official and Phipps noted this record of Serv ice in his o'rder. of the day' to Sheriff S. T. Latta. Yesterday’s brief session dis posed of a number of minor ac tions recorded as follows: Clifto.n C. Kiger, failing to ,reduce- speed j when .another ,citr attempted to pass, $25 and' costs; Ewell,Jeffries, , no operators license, $25 and costs; Eugene - Richmond, improper equipment,' $10 and costs; Benja min Bradshaw, speeding, $15 and costs; Joseph Frederick,-alias ,Pee weev Walker, driving under the nfluence, 90 days on roads (also invoked another 90 dpy sentence in a previously suspended case in volving illegal possession of whis key and carrying a concealed weapon); Nathan Terrell, assault on a female, $10 and costs; Sandy Nathaniel Foushee, speeding, $10 and costs; Herbert E. Adams, ^needing. $25 and costs; John I. Smith, failure to dim lights, costs; ; and Roland Hobgood, speeding, $10 and costs. ' Hillsboro — Two more rounds in the* Battle of the Boundaries between A'ycock School and rest of the county have been put on record books this week. v The result, after two sessions of wrangling, high pressure persua sive tactics, and bitter words on both sides against each other and the school board, is complete maintenance of the status quo for all school districts and routing Of all busses exactly as during the past year. * In a session last Thursday night the County Board of Education re scinded its action of July 3 and voted two to onev to accept the action of the. State .Board of Ed ucation gf its June meeting. Board Member Charles Stanford moved for the rescission and was backed by Chairman Kemp Cate. Zeb ,C. Burton, who has carried the fight for extension of the Aycock dis trier, cast tae aissenung vine. Prior to thi§ action delegations representing the Efland, Caldwell and Hillsboro area, families iosid ing in the controversial sections which the Board’s previous action would have allottee to Aycock protested the decision of July 3, charging it was “unworkable, il legal, unfair and undemocratic.” The Bev. Charles S. Hubbard, | spokesman for part of the group, called for an explanation of the action which the ‘people can un derstand” and branded the Board’s attempt to go against the ruling of the State Board of Education of June 4 which had maintained the status quo as a “mistake, pointing out that a conversation with State Superintendent Ciyd<* Erwin, had shown that the State Board’s action in approving the change had been passed without, question_in the belief that it re Contract Is Let To Heat Old County Courthouse I Hillsboro The forces of pro gress made one finore stride in Orange County^ this week when the Board of Commissioners ap proved a $13,200 contract for thhe J installation of heating system for II hd county’s 100-year-old court T house. j - The contract went to tie Alli j ance Plumbing and Heating Com pany of Durham as the lowest of , five bicfders/’Xnother contract for $960 went to the Gfibson insulation ahd. weatherstripmng Company of 1 Durham for weatherstripping and I necessary repairs/ to the windows jcnd frames. ' : ' J/NsThe Alliance bid was $750 chea j per-tban the next lowest and calls for, the installation of equipment to I heat the old courthouse from boil | ers in the Jail ''building and a eerctari between the two .structures. • .. At the saiTRr'tifne, a contract was approved Detween-the county and Louie Murray for the demoli I lion of the old wooden structure •on Margaret Lane formerly used J by the Countv B.oard of Education. 1 which will be the site of the new" courthouse. Murray agreed to tear ; down the building arid clear the I site in return for the materials in J the building. He was to give a! S1.000 bond for compliance. N0 w~ working hours a p pi icable. to county officers under their ju risdiction were established by the Board foX purposes of uniformity. Hereafter, \»ffiees in the courthouse will be open from 8:45 a. m. to [5 p. m/ on weekdays and 8~sA5 to | 12:30 p. m. qp 5a4ui^iays. A petition *0 have the State | 'take over Lak^ Shore drive, off Highway 70 wasffkMJD>u4.’s Javern, for maintenance was presented by Coy. Cole who said^aeyen families i reside on the .4 mile stffctiShv > . I NEW CLINfC DATE 8ET 1 The first chest x-ray clinic of ! the fall season, originally sched uled for Monday, Sept. 11, has t been .set for Friday, Sept. 8 from 2 to 5 p. m., according to an an- , nouncement by Dr. O. David Gar- ' vin, District Health Officer. All i teachers and food handlers, in the schools can be x-rayed at that 1 time. i J Youth Welfare Conference Date Set For Sept. 13 Chapel Hill — North Carolina’s report to the nation-wide White House Conference on Children and Youth is being formulated on the county level with Mrs. Mabel Britr tain and Rev. C. S_. Hubbard as chairmen of the Orange County progress report meeting to be held Sept. 13 ft 7:30 in the Red Cross office in Alumni Buildings^ Dean..;Guy B. Phillips, of the University’s School- of Education, is heading the Norih Carolina Con ference. The county meeting is be ing held to detetrmine what the., needs of the Coun yVtfehilldrcn and youth are and what is being dene about them. The chairmen urged all -inter ested iindivipuais to attend. The goal for the group is active parr ticlpatlbn in the progress meeting. -rj-u—— R. W. Merritt Feted On Birthday Carrboro — R. W. Merritt,' who has been a semi-invalid for the past several years, was honored on hi<t 75th birthday last Sunday at his home on ’Mam STfget’""in Carrboro. ^ Fifty relatives and friends were present and brought picnic baskets for tijfra y Hinn er. wh ich was spread on tables on the lawn. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Charlie J^erritt and Mr. and Mrs. James Yates, Jr.* ~and daughter of Hillsboro, Mrs,, Ida Cheek, Chapel Hill, Mr. and fe Pryor Merritt, Pittsboro, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Field and son, Mike, of Chapel Hill, Miss Alice Rowe, Durham. Local guests Included Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Whitfield and all children and grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt. Home made ice cream was also enjoyed by the guests. .. - Cast Announced For Benefit Musical, [It’s A Date’ To Be Given Sept 14-15 ; Hillsboro The cast for the I community , show “Its A Date”, ! sponsored by the Lion’s Club, has been selected and rehearsals are underway. ! The play, which .will bgfgiven Sept. 14 and 15, centers around ! twe young people who cannot de I cide on* their weeding day and seriously discuss each month. Each 1 scene in the show, represents some special occi.rsion in each month. The cast as announced by Mrs. Virginia- Roach, director of the play. Is as follows: Ginger, Peach Rittenhouse; Jo, Bob Parlier: Mr. I Got‘Rocks, C:~V. Elrod; Santa Claus,, Ervin Rosemond; Mrs. Santa Claus, Mrs. C. V. Elrod; San ta claus.' Jr., Toby .Hubbard: Eddie Cantor, J. D. Eskridge; Don'Mcneil, 'Rev. J. E. B’rdseye; Aunt Fannie. Mrs. O. L. Thomas; Patsy Lee, Mollie Johnson; John Desmond, Rev. C. S. Hubbard; The end men for the minstrel, Ira A. Ward, C. S. Hubbard, Carl Davis, ^nd Remus Smith, Jr., interlocuter, J. D. Eslf ri|ige. Minstrel men, Bonner D. Saw* y.er, Jim Rittenhouse, F. E. Joyner, H. W. Moore, Vance Martin, Ed Barnes, Marshall Cates, Jr., J. T. Ballard, and W. P. Berry; Labor Daze -(men dressed as women), J. B. Midgette, Bill Mitchell, Jr., IJat Patterson, W. H. Sinter, Re mus Smith, Jr., and Jirh Ritten house: chorus, Priscilla --Lloyd,1 Janet Riley, Carol Liner, Jan Mitchell, Nellie Ruth Lloyd. Edna Lloyd, Grace Sharpe, and Carolyn Strayhorn. —Mechanical dolls; Kay Williams,: David Fryer, Roy Rogers and Harvey Rinehart; Shoemakerj Dance Chorus^ Nancy Roberts, Evelyn Lloyd, Carolyn Bivins, | Clarence 'Roberson, Dell Parker, Judy Eskridge, Emily Louise’ Hamlin and Rid Forrest; Raggedy' Ann Dolls, Katherine Roberts and! Paul Webb. : ~ ■ ■;] The choir leaders are Mr. and, MigMClarence Jones and the ac corffpdhist is’Lewis Thompson. R. L. Mohler and_ Tom Bivins are ticket chairmen for the produc- i tion and C. D. Parris will handle the lights. _ ' j presented tne unanimous ,ser... ment of the entire county. Hubbard expressed the opinion . that most people had believed the problem solved and that the Board was in harmony wil^i the State School Board’s decision. Bonner D. Sawyer said the- people felt the County Board had not kept faith with them and as a result J»ad lost confidence in the situation. . Changed 27-Ytar Line John Eflapd Jr., a member of .he protesting delegation from Ef land sjAa the proposed change in sphobl bus routes would have re ^rfoved from Efland’s area people on bus routes which had been in existence for 27 years. He- said that he personally while a. stu dent at Efland drove busses into the area which the Board’smew ruling would have pyt in the Ay cock district,_• Other spokesman pointed oyt Caldwell’s precarious situatioh^re^' garding teacher allotment as well as .the possibility that the action thight also cost Efiand a teacher. Both Burton and Cate argued that their action had been based on recommendations of commit tees from the State and previous actions ofv the Board regarding boundaries and their action was taken solely in the interest of en forcing equitable boundary lines previously in existence, until a clarifying letter from State Super intendent ... Erwin was produced which in effect reiterated the State Board’s decision of Said Erwin’s letter which had been inserted in the minutes of the County Board: “The action of the State Board of Education on June 1 in regards to Elementary and.Secondary pupils -al ending the Aycock and Hi 11.-boro schools' was to have them continue as they have been for the past several years. It may be or it may not be that the present district line would be the dividing line; that woufd depend on whether oiT'aot the IjistrUit iiiie l*fS'Ibeen enforced 11 believe with the interpretation above the Orange County Board of Education will be able to establish the District line in conformance with the ruling of the State Board uf Education on Junel." Immediately after the presenta tion of Erwin’s clarifying letter, the board went into executive session - and a few minutes later emerged with the resolution re scinding their previous action. Aycock Protest On Monday morning, as the Board met in regular session, an Aycock delegatio* urged the Board to reverse its action of Thursday night. The Rev. Henry Lewis saicL he did not feel the board was bound by its Thursday decision ■sincei..lhe discussion prior to the June < 1 decision, in the opinion of the Aycock people, had_pertain ed to high school students. He cited the existence of two empty rooms at the Adcock school and the overcrowded condition at t h e. Hillsboro school. Both he and Burton expressedthemselves as being in favor of high school stu dents in the controversial area furnishing their own trasportation if they did not want to attend Aycock in conformance with the Board’s July 3rd recommenda tions which they themselves re cinded Thursday night. Lewis urged the Board to solve the districting problem themselves without recourse to the State rul ing, citing the encroachment of federal and state governments in a number of other fields as parallel to the present situation. He saw the present controvery as a com-i plenty new issue. Mrs. Frank MoDade again urg ed the Board to do the ‘Tight thing” for Aycock School and eharged, in effect that it had not been fiim in dealing j with the Aycock problem, She promised it was the last time her/committee would appear before rim county boaid, that hereafter it would be the “big boys” who would carry the protests from her community. 'Burton who Monday continued— to fight his colleagues’ decision ef the previous Thursday charged that the. matter was “not a thing but a selfish proposition” and said * he would not vote to spend a dime tp i‘fix up St. Mary’s school or make other arrangements to al leviate the crowded situation at Hillsboro-while the vacant rooms exist at Aycock. He said the board had frule *”-n 3“terpots to solve the ovcrc: o\v ct situation at Hills boro at»d the -Hillsboro people- had refused to accept either.
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