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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.
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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.
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^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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.