North Carolina Newspapers

■ . - - - -—C 7- ->■»?■ . ‘ '..ail rwd •w»pjr Orange County Newspaper SUBSCRIBE TODAY. 58_No. 2 (Published Weekly) •"*' ' ■ -»-■ '-M' HI ■ - ~ - . "J' . M ■ ' - -a J* ky Pour Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 THE NEWS or **"l »d col _... .. ___„___.‘ . . . • . »•„■.. -• ^ \ ; _ IHLLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY u, 1951 Price: $2 a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week er Carrboro Is Cited try arti the California J* ' T. , formerly or carrfloro. Quitman White, of the 21st Regiment has be-en the silver, star for gallan cation. Lt. White’s citation that during an attack Aug. a well defterjded enemy on a aill .tqp near Mae Dong, his company suffered casualties from small arms artillery fire. Although ex to intensive Are, White as-» command of two rifle pia and reorganized them into ectlve fighting unit. Through 's courageous leadership, the •took it's assigned Objective.’* White's wife who is now"irt sent the clipping from ia paper to White's here, Mts. Melvin '' and Mrs. T.|igpfcL. U Who spent his boyhood in attended the Carrboro Ail by He is a veteran of -three rrvtce in World War 2 isiWi months oversea duty. He the present fighting 1950. ■even Scoots pceive Aawrds R Honor Court Ghgpel Hill — Awards were 'll to 11 scouts at the Orange f iet Boy' Scout Court of Honor last Sunday night. The fneet presided over by R. B. Fitch or Patrol .leader of the spon lg Trpcp Nine^of Chapel Hill, held in Gerrard Hall, le uniform inspection contest won by Troop Nine, Troop irilfa 14(kner cent of its regular jerghip present '(including its and friends), won the ad vance check. ivancements in rank were as /s: Second Class. Roy Prabir) rigg Williams, Chips 'Weaver; r, Leigh Skinner, Jr.; Life, Ross Vis; Gold Palm, Charles Wolf; jr Titles in seven classifica l, Charles Wolf, and Civic Duty rd, Charles Wol* _ ; e following merit badge ,rds were alsd made: Herman >ands, Explorer Port?Jh-Sales iip, Marksmanship, Fruit t, Textiles, Farm Home And Pfenning; Charles Wolf, Ex Post 20-Weather, Conser Chemistry, Autojnobiling; _Gillin, Troop Nine-Wood k and Basketry Leigh Skin Troop Gordon rkwell, Jr, Troop 39-Public Ith; Ross JefVis, Troop 39 Study, Conierv&tion, Public iltbr, Firemapship,- Athletics, ivn-t of Honor Chairman Bill stated, that an especially :e Court is planned to be held t in'nth as a feature of Na Boy Scout Week. marl o Practice Teachers n Local Systea Chag>el Hill — Fifty . student eachers who are majoring in education at the University are working in 11 .different school systems including the Hillsboro and Chapel Hi'll units, in the state this quarter, Dean Guy B. Phil lips of the School of Education has announced. Under -the new plan of student teaching now in operation at the University, students are placed in selected schools throughout' the state on a full-time basis for an entire quarter. During this time the student-teacher participates in many. ,of the activities of ' the school. " - » • ■ " ■ o WEDNESDAY CLOSING Jiltisboro — Member merchants! of the Hillsboro Merchants as sociation have voted to resume the practice of Wednesday after noon closing, effective at once. —*r.. < X ■ -- 3 •Hillsboro — The Orange Pres bytery, meeting at the historic Presbyterian Churah of Hillsboro for the first tirp.e in 40 years, Tuesday formally adapted a num ber of changes in church proced ure and organization, including an executive council and a new man ual specifying the procedural changes. ' An attendance of 124 from the various units of the 70-church Presbytery was revealed, with deacons representing many ol the churches cm hand as invited guests. The Rev. Irving Birdseye, pastor of the Host church, with •the assistance of the Rev. Paul Tudor Jones of High Point, the moderator, and Elders. I* E. Beard, H. F. Latte, C. D. Jones and Sydney Green of Hillsboro, conducted a very impressive Com munion Service. Lunch was served by the ladies of the local church In the beauiU ful new educational plant of the churdh. In addition to major changes effected, the delegates elected commissioners to the Presbyterian General Assembly which meets in Fla., in June. t xnoee fleeted were Rev. Dan T, ' CaldrwetL, Greensboro; Rev. Paul T. Jones, High Point; Rev. Z. T, Piephoff, Bessemer; Dr. Edgar vWoods, Graham; Rev. M. S. Huske, |Reid*v4U«; George A. Denny, Bes [semer; Gabe Holmes, Sanford; W ' L. Sharpe, Alamance; Garland , Kirkland, New Hope; L. E. Beard, Hillsboro. ' Clearing House The council will Jbrve as the ciaarina bouse for the Presby tery’s business reports and activi ties. Moreover, die council with expedite church wofx and further co-ordinate functions assigned to tihe committees. Under the new plan, committees will report their activities to the council for relay to the convention. In another action, the Presby tery named a special committee tfr form ~s?~ “new Presbyterian Church in Siler City. A group of 50 persons from the Chatham County town signed a petition asking that assistance, The group noted in its request that a building already has been provided and that attendance has grown sufficiently for recognition as an affilfafer Committee Named Committee members named to organize the Siler City Church were: Dr. T., Henry Patterson, jr., •Frank Anderson, Wr T Smith, -Mh ,W Vann, Dr. F. L. Knight, Rev. W. M. Currie, and Rev. S. M. (Contiuned on Page 5 ) ABB Drivers On List Again Far Exaadnitians | HUlsboro — Its t«ie lor Orange! County drivers, whose name* start with A and B to have their d rivet* license renewed, it was announced this week by the Department orf j Motor Vehicles, « I From now until June 30, these ■ drivers are to apply for renewal ’ as well as those whose names end in Up V, W. X. Y, and Z. It will be the second renewal^ for the A and B drivers who received their license under the depart ments program in 1947. Drivers in the A and B groups may apply for renewal within 30 days prior to the expiration date stamped on the drivers license and by doing so will not have to take the driving test. However, the department states that those who wait-.until after their license has expired will be required to take ihe complete, road* test," vision, written, sign and road.— To further explain the system, the department" states that a j$er son in the A and B group whose license expires on February 1 may apply for renewal any time after January 1. If the application is made during the month of Jan uary, the driver will not be re quired to take the road test. How ever, if the A and B driver waits until after February 1 to apply for renewal, his license will have expired, and he will be subject o penalty of found driving: In addition .the driver will be re quired to take the complete driv ing examination when his applica tion is made for renewal. Drivers are urged to apply early j to avoid long waiting linear^—i - r-I:"'. / . .... V.. ! Still At Large NORMAN HART * . >' V' '• *#V- . SJT ’*<'»’ ' :?.-"<&aJs£ • KAf CUMMINGS » HMMM v-v JOHN E. FITZGERALD Prison Break May Bring About One Improvement Raleigh — At least one'Jmprove in er/t may be effeeted as result of the daring escape of three con vWs from the Orange County Prison Camp last week. Prisons Director John M. Gold said following an investigation of the break in which Guard Alex Shanklin was wounded that there appeared to be no apparent reason for arming the guard inside the cellblocks of Camps throughout the state. The guard inside the block has no key to exit and therisfbre no reason to carry a gun. His main job is to maintain order in the cells and to set off the alarm in the event of prisoner sickness or other reasons. The cellblock is locked from the outside— The trio Jumped Inside Guard Berry and took his gun with the aid of what apparently was a toy pistol before shooting Shanklin. No trace of the missing trio or the truck has been found yet ac cording to latest information. —---■—o ■■ — County Pomona Grange To Hear E. Y. Floyd Hillsboro — The Orange Coun ty Pomona Grange will Jiold an open meting^at the Schley Grange Monday night, January 15. a4. 7:30 o'clock. _E. Y. Lloyd. wpH knr‘wn farm leader from Raleigh, will talk on the 1951 tobacco outlcok. ; All Grangers and crtfrier,. interest ed' in this subject are invited to attend- Mr. Floyd was for many voar^ rTxtenMon Tobacco Specialist for State College and has taken a leading part in the organiza tion in the Tobacco Stabilization Corporation. He is now in charge of the Plant Food institute for North Carolina and Virginia. Chapel Hill’s Four immediate Needs Are Outlined to Board of Aldermen ^ ‘ - ___. ■ Rubber Checks Flood Court As Jedge Ponders Hillsboro — While Judge L. J. Phipps pondered the case of G. R. Parnell and the worthless check for $6.25 he gavg a Durham taxi driver, at least a half dozen other checks of the rubber variety with his signature flooded in from courtroom onlookers and the loss es mounted into Che hundreds. A glib defendant. Parnell, “id it all happened while on a drink ing spree as he pleaded for mercy. He said he thought he could raise the money if the Judge would let him out to. round up his father and brothers who had not been apprised of his difficulty. The Judge decided he'd let him round up the family all right but it would have to be at the county Jail where Parnell would have to remain until next (Monday for final judgement. He ordered that the defendant be furnished plenty or paper and m pencdto bring in the family with the money In other cues the results were as follows: Marvin T. Ferrell, ttit* ure to provide adequate support for wife, prays*, for judgement continued; James S. Myvick, pub lic drunkenness and tifepd posses sion, $8 and oosta; Rayford Mc Cauley, larceny of transmission from Gates ftftrvioe Station, 12 ntonths suspended jail sentence and costs; Duly Huffman, public •drunkenness and illegal posses sion, 30 days suspended and costs; Charlie Dority, pvjblic drunken ness, costs; Moses A. Torian, pub lic drunkenness and speeding, $10 and costs; W. H. Priest, disposing of mortgaged property, costs; Paul Campbell Lloyd, ok less driving and public drunkenness; John ^o^eley. speeding. $10 ajtd costs; Charlie May. reckless dnvisg, not ,guilty; Adolphus Lee Th rmn-s, reckless driving; not guilty; Bon cMIa Bailey,' vagrancy,' 30 days; William J. Potts, speeding, $10 and costs; Of ho Mitz, driving under influence. $100 and. costs; William Edward -Hobby, speeding over *75 miles per hour, $25 and costs; Claude D. Harrelsdn, no operator's ; licence Imd public drunkenness^ ik&f .and costs; John Harrelsc-n, public drunkenness, posts; Wylie .Richmond, drunk and disorderly, $5 and costs; Wiley Cates, driving under' influence, 'three* months mads, suspended and $106 and ports plus $100 "Tor use ahd~beneflt of Rainey Hawking, prosecuting witness; Robert Copeland, called and failed, ca-pjas ordered and »>~nd of $200 6et for appearance or Jan. 15. Draft Prospect - Grows Stronger . For Many Tooths .Hillsboro — Many a young man' from Orange County who six. months ago did not reckon on be ing drafted in 1951 is in Ytir a surprise.. Congress this week, at the re quest of President Harry Truman, and officals of the Selective Ser vice begin to overhaul the armed forces manpower procurement system. When it is finished, vet erans, farmers, essential workers, 4-F’s, husbands, even fathers all may be subject to call. The 1948 Selective Service Act designed to maintain an armed force of 2.167.000 at the most, is certain to be changed to provide the now planned force of 3.500,000. This an almost two-thirds iri crease. Plainly something will have to give. Recommendations frbm m-ny 1 sources call for one or more of the following changes in the 1946 law: I "Raise the present top draft age of 26. _ \ : Draft l8year-olds.J‘' Draft veterans with little ser vice, perhaps for ncn-ccmbat du ty- • Frtend Irn^th of service from 21 months to 24. 27 or 30 months. : Induct the more -than 900,000 4-F’s for non-combat service. _ i Tighten deferment regulations, under which 600,000 now are de ferred for dependency and more than 200,000 for occupation. Lower physical and mental- re quirements. _- ~ 400 Pints Is Goal For Bloodmobile Rural Fire Fighting Hillsboro — A preliminary organizational meeting In con nection witn-a campaign to ralee funds to purchase a fire truck for use in the rural areas sur rounding Hillsboro will be hold tomorrow night pt the Fire De partment here. -• Representative citizens from throughout the area have been invited to attend. County Agent Don M«thesen and Fire Chief George Gilmore vfttt lead the discussion. Aldeneen Set Outside Tew . Chisel >lm — TM * In a communication addressed to Chief P. R. Perry, the board said: "Regarding the matter of fires outside the town limits of tfhef Town-of Chapel Hill, the follow ing policy has been adopted and is jn force until further notice:' "The Chapel Hill Fire Depart-] Lment will not respond to calls outside the Chapel Hill Town1 limits unless in the opinion of IJ. S. Boone, G. S. Baldwin or other ranking fireman on, duty at •he time the fire would clearly I endanger property inside tlo town limits. ': “The ruling docs not apply to a fire on or endangering • any pro perty o? the University' of North Carolina,' t,r ' :" <• • United' States Coverrmcnt, or the, public schools adjacent to Chapel Hill, in which Tarn- ther ftrp~dcp:irtrnrnt will re .= spond.” o Policy On Fires Aldrvtnob aj govern oalls deportment i the town limit* here Monday nij outside i meeting Chapel Hill — An American Red Cross Bloodmobi}e will he here on Jan. 25 and 26 under sponsorship of the local Red Cross Chapter, as a part of the curren national blood for defense pro gram for U. S. troops In Korea. Aq objective of 400 pints has been assigned Chapel Hill as its quota. Chapter Chairman R. H. Wettach said it would take about 575 persons—including those who may be rejected—to fill this quote during the two days. All blood donated (will be pack ed to lee, and processed f6r Im mediate flight to the west-coast and trans-shipment to Korea within the week. The unit, to operate1 for six hours both days, will be set up to the Mato and Horace Williams Lounges of Graham Memorial. Chairman Wettach stated that about 40 volunteers from here will be required to help the Red Crocs staff of tbStft six run the pro* gram. ■——• • •"’. "i Women tnji men Alike can help, he pointed out, as receptionists, typist* clerks, and general as sistants. Persons willing to volun teer for this work should see Mrs. Mabel Brittain, chapter secretary, in 106 Alumni Hall, or telephone the office, 5672. Graduate nurse* are especially needed. ‘'The Red Cross is entirely re sponsible for our armed ^forces’ blood,” Wettach pointed out. "The recent Korean crisis has brought a great increase in 1% cail for blood, and made it rv cessary to expand the drive.” Donors must l,tt 60, it was noted, and a through physical check is male .before anyone is allowed to give any blood. Following the process which takes ab; ut five minutes for* a -each person is given some refreshments, must take a short rest. Wettac-h emphasized the en tire process is,-com; peteiy pirn-, -liv.s ac-:■) )n‘- il l/i iosihelic is given n the aim,. MaUteson Names Aides As Annual “Dimes” Campaign Gets Underway I Hillsboro—The March of Dimes | campaign, which gets underway formally in Orange County-next ^foncUy Is re-elving full poooera tion from leaders in all parts of the cdunty. This information was revealed yesterday by Chairman Don S. Matheson who has charge of the drive in Hillsboro and the wholes Northern part o«f the county. Even as he announced a group of assistants to aid him in the drive, Chairman Matheson re ceived the first donation of the campaign, a $25 contributicai voted by the Hillsboro Garden Club at its last regular meeting. Coin collectors will be placed [ throughout the county near the i end of this week by Vhe Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are aiding in addressing envelopes for the cause. in perfecting his* organization for the drive. Matheson revealed that. Glenn Profltt is vice chair tytan -ln ehfrrge of solicitations In schools; Sidney Green, vice chair man in charge of, Eno Cotton Mills; Vernon Elrod, vice chairman in charge of Bellvue Cotton Mills; Vernon Trueadale, vice chairman in charge of Eno Power Plant; Mrs. Mac Paul Efland. vice chair man at Efland; Mrs. R. E. Hughes, vice chairman at Cedar Greve; M C. Burt, vice chairman in charge i of Negro division; and the Rev. [I. E. Birdseye, treasurer. Others who have consented to help in the drive are Glenn A.uman In charge of special athletic events, Mrs. Stella Stanfield who will as sist with the girl scouts, and Everette Forrest who will direct the Boy Scouts. Ed Hamlin will be in charge of publicity. No Probable Cause Found In Fatal Anto Accidents ChaT>el Hill — Judge John Man ! nirig in Chapel Hill Recorders Court this weelt ruled no probable cause in two cases of technical ( manslaughter growing out of fatal automobile accidents in the Cha pel Hill area last month. Ralph Harris was the defendant whose car struck and'Jfalally in jured Frances Williams, 11-year old Negro giyl, on December 8. R bert Lawson,-Hawkins, a Uni versity student, was the driver of (the vehicle which .struck and kill ed Woscott Oldham, 64, oi Carr boro, while he was walking on the highway on December 4. Judge Manning ruled there was no evidence of negligence in either case. - Maddry Accepts Baptist Pulpit For Three Months Hillsboro The Rev. Charles E Maddry of Raleigh has accepted the invitation to serve as supply minister at the local First Baptist Church for three months while a •permanent paste: is being sought: A retired minister who preached uiis. first se mon here, the Rev. Mr. Maddry succeeds me Rev. T. Paul Deaton. - For his sermon next Sunday naming at the 11 o'clock hour, Mr. Maddry announced that his topic will be “The Expectant Christ.” The public is. invited. It is understood the regular Sunday evening service will be eliminated during the interim period. nui — a xie ouaru cw , Aldeimen girded itself for the new year at its first meeting of ^ of the calendar year Monday night, but not before giving a backward glance at noteworthy improvements effected during 19 49-50: Town Manager Tom Rose pre sented summary of such improve ments for the Board’s enlighten ment, headed toy the completion | o* the new sewerage diaposal plant and extension of the sewerage r system'at a cost of $43$ 176.44, £n which the town was assisted by the University jn sharing the costs. - He listed four immediate future . needs: I 1. New sewage pumps for West wood Pumping Station. Estimated . ccst $3,SCO. ! 2. Detailed property map for tax purposes. Estimated cost, $$, 000. 3. Security fence around new sewage treatment plant. 4. A new white cemetery. The Board began consideration of a Retirement Plan for munici pal employees but no action was taken pendhig study and recom mendations from the Finance Committee. Other noteworthy improvements listed in addition to the sewerage Item were: Completed •nnrnmnnt of tu m. tawing streets ad • feel of ft, 105.W.: N. Roberson St.. If, GtahamSt, . Sunset Drive, Whitaker St., part of Nunn St, part of MitdwB Lane. W. Rosemary St Construction of brick tool house for the cemetery at a mot of fl, 140.00. Two Quonset hah ereahd a* the Durham Road Sower runt to [ serve in place of the old barn, at i a cost of $650.00. ; Construction of a building o house the bull-olam tractor at the garbage dum vet a cost of $706 - . 00. Thr cost irC r.u-' ©£’$t.rSI trati> 9JS. •? lights at a (' PurohDse of a three-wheel ser . vicar l'or l.i r -i uhcnit at a cost of $974.85. ) Pu < h„se of a new police car F •■net ii > truck /of the labor ; foreman--c-t a cost of $1.1550.00., | Purchase of r<*,w adding ma chinc, costing $202.50, ,and an ac-< counting machine costing $2,557. 80 for the Town office, t ron Av- uue and Mallaue atrcefi = ’’"'Lengthen radius crubs at Cam . Detailed survey of Rosemary m Street for use in future widening pla ns.—— j v ~ _l • - - Court Room, Jail and Police of fice improvements. PurobftlC of two motor-driven lawn mowers. i Improved payroll forms, pur chase requisitions, gasoline fe-, ^ . . , coals, tax abstracts, and ttx fctii*. The board received the detailed audit from Auditor. Erie Peacock • for tlie year ending June 30 last In which he noted much improve ment in the organization and con- T duct of the Town Office. He noted the item needing greatest atten | tion was collection of taxes and recommended that an inventory jof supplies and equipment be tnade. - ■— ■_.u_ o Street Nawes Being Pain teg On New Markers Chapel Hill—Preliminary sten ciling of names on the Jaycee erected street markers In Chapel Hill was begun this week, start ing witih the West Cameron Ave. ' Intersection*. j Project Chairman Kenneth Put | ncm declared that work on all of the 180 cement markets will go ahead as quickly as captains • of the four divisions of town can pioceed. Nearly all of the ftve j foot shafts have been placed in the ground and painted, and are complete except for stenciling of street names and block numbers, j Town authorities have-directed the Jaycees to proceed in painting the names £ all streets oji mark | ers. as the streets are now rr med. j Since a Mayor's committee- is now reviewing and considering chang ing the names of some streets, the work had bee nhe'd up for'a while. The Town of Chapel . Hill has purchased a stencil-brush letter ing outfit to paint names on the markers, which will remain as a permanent part of die munici pality’s equipment after vees -- complete their’project.