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•ny BSCRIBE TODAY. (Published Weekly) your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 jet • Job by TNB NEWS mf Orotif* County want ad column*. HILLSBORO A^D CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY >8. 1951 Price: $2 a Year;* 5c Single C®py Eight Pages This Week . - - - ___ - ~ EXCHANGE OFFICERS TAKE OVER — New officers of the Hillsboro Exchange club were ed *t their last meeting. Reading from left to right, they are: H. G. Coleman, JK John Frank Ray, president; George Canned/, retiring president; and Wi|aut Cole, treasurer. m . oe north Carotin* ? ^ ?to*ra» e Officers Mey Grange jpBley—-A conference designed acquaint. Grange Lecturers of Jis area with the 1951 program f the State and National Granges ’ill be held at Schley Grange Hall ridav, and Saturday. jBifcirors from throughout Bill and Piedmont North Car ■Kvilt ‘ attend the sessions to : Mr.di- i.,, ,J. n. ‘-Toward. Stale : l-'ctorer. Members of. the Ifify C-as "e°af“' hosts' |Hc G"-m*»' officials will out-1 jrotrrp-n plans for the year, ] [ip.? the c^mwunit" service I [re tirH the ^osi? Member- j ^Memorial -Finals of_the Yo'llh O'alnr~i. nl C lib- r’^necl for December SO. »e held ns January 19 and] rsHo -r^’a^ds will be pte 1 bv the: Sears Roebuck (anel Hill—The Chanel Hill ht.-Toacher Association will \ tonight at 8 o’clock in the au d if or iu m for a b ri ef con - by fho TT'gh School Bard a discussion of the iss”cs problems now facing the lei Hill School Board, hool authorities will make a mtation of the issues and i members will be available ward for a question and ’er period. Parents are urged sit their children’s rooms at cock Juntas* Present Play ’Isb^ro—The annual Junior will be presented at k school tomorrow night at r to the presentation of the entitled“Anr>t Tillie -Goes own,” the Senior Class will sor a supper to help finance school annual. eluded in the cast are Lois er, who plavs the title role, Pone. Lon'se—Wagoner, e Paniels. Almalettv Oak Dona’d Hartley, Bruce T ode. liam Tate. Ha»rv Po^ Hilda ore and Kathleen Oakley. ilnei To Hill a net Hill — “The Old Pro, sor,” Kay Kyser will return to apel Kill with his family to 0 srf-imd the firs* of February. DIMPS MARCH IN Chapel Hill — Plans have been completed for the opening session today of the 26th annual three day Newspaper Institute to be held at the University of North Carolina and Duke University un der the sponsorship of the North Carolina Press Association. The North Carolina AP Club will hold its annual luncheon meeting Thursday at 1 p. m. at the Carolina Inn with President Henry Belk, editor of the Golds boro News-Argus, who is also president of ithe Press Association, presiding. Tl\e principal speaker will be Reland Morin/well known Associated Press war correspon dent. who has just returned from Lire ksrean^battlef’rGnt. Registration for the Institute will begin at the Inn around 3 p. m. , • -j •At the opening - session in the Inn ballroom to-night at 8:30, Dr-. Dale H.G; Eiruey, trie new presi dent of Salem College, will ba the, 'principal speaker. He will be .in tixduccd by.. William K. Hoyt, PU&ljrhtT■ of the Winsioh-Salem Jcurnal-Seotinel. Chancellor Rob ert B, House wilt extend a wel come for the University and Fires ident Belk will respond. Proif. Joel Carter oi the Uni versity Music .Department. %yill present the Glee Club Quartet in several numbers. i Group meetings will be held Friday morning. Mrs. Elizabeth G. Swindell, Wilson, will preside over i he sessions of the Associated Dai lies and B. Arp Lowrance, Char lotte, will be in charge of the Weekly Clinic. . / — Discussion leaders for the Week ly Clinic wilt be John B. Harris, Aibermarle, on editorial pages; Martin Harmmon, Kings Mount ain, Community service; J. S. Kroertson, Leaksville; news cov erage; Jchn Setzer, Marion, ser vice to advertisers; and W. Curtis Russ7 Waynesville, picture cover— age.—.. ....... - - V ■_ President Gordon Gray of the C rsolidated University of North Carolina will give the principal address at a luncheon session at! the Inn at 1 o’clock. He wHl be introduced by Controller W. D. Carmichael, Jr,. in orman voraan, uirvywi vx uic North Carolina Music Program, and Hank Beebe will present a musical program. At a general session beginning £<t 3 p. m., W. M. Garth, president of the Lithomat Corporation, Cambridge, Mass., will speak, aft er wnicn there will be a business session. ' v -^ Friday night the annual dinner given by DuHe University will b$ held in the Duke Union at 6:30. The principal address will be d iiyered by.j>r. James Cleland of tne Duke University Divinity Sohcoi! Governor W. Kerr Scotit will m«l;e the presentation of the 1050 Vo-? avfcrds, . . : " Hollis Edens, president of "D Jtc.^will ex‘en 1 jr welcome and President l?.e!k .will respond.'. A. mtisicil program wi!!"\ be fu nished by the Duke University Double Quartet, directed. by Prof. J. S’.-star Bamfcs. . . - - Th» -Sfjal session... Saturdaj ; morning will be heid at the Caro lina Inn here, featuring a break fast at 8:30 honoring past pnesi-* l dents > of the Press Association. *•>«.: /T: '• * * ' I___:_ • Exchange Chib Installs New Officers For ’51 Hillsboro—At the regular meet ing of the Exchange Club of Hiilsboro, newly elected officers for the coming year were in stalled. * • The Rev. Irving Birdseye con ducted the installation service. Officers installed were Frank Ray, President, John. Moultojp, Vico President; K. Wibon Cole Secretary, and H, G. Coleman, Jr., Treasurer. New members to the board of'control are Marshall Cates, Jr., Jack- Ray, and James Chestnut. Marion .Allison reported on baskets distributed to families dnrng the Chir:tma3. season. —George A. (Jannady was pre sented with■ a Past-President• Pin in aDpreciation for the excellent service rendered the club during past ypar. • Cellist Recital Open To Public Chapel Hill—Juliette Alvin, the ce’ebrated eellist whose husband, Prof. William A. Robson of the London bchool of Economics and Political Science is Craig Visit ing professor in the University of North Carolina Political -Science Department, will give a recital in Hill Music Hall here tonight at 8:3ft The public fs invited and there will be no admission charge. Mrs. Robson has had a dis tinguished careers a soloist with leading European orchestras. She has studied at the Paris Conserva toire, where she received the first Prix d’Excellence and later as a pupil of the famous artist, Pablo Casals. During World War II she gave recitals on tours of war-factories and in military and Red Cross hospitals. For Orange Rural Areas Launched Walter J. Jones Succumbs At 91; Funeral Today l Hillsboro — Walter J. Jones, 91 one of Hillsboro’s oldest citizens died suddenly here yesterday. I Funeral services will be today at. &3Q p. m. at the Presbyterian Church with the Rev. I, E. Bird j seye the offieating minister. Inter i ment will be in Hollywood ceme tery, Richmond, Virginia, Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock. I Mr. Jones had been in declin ing health for several weeks but his death had not been expected. Born in Tallyho, North Carolina on June 10, 1859, Mr. Jones led a varied and active life prior to his retirement in 1942. During his earlier years he was connected with the tobacco manufacturing industry, later was a dealer . in cotton seed with operations throughout the South. Before coning to Hillsboro in 1938, Mr. Jones was an antique dealer in Richmond, Va. and continued (to ooerste »v ar.tir.ne shop there un til his retirement. Be was married to the late Eu genia Southerland Jones, of Hen derson and is survived by one granddaughter, lire. Joel Cheat ham off Henderson, one sister, lire. Nettie B.Jones of Winston-Salem two nieces, Mrs. T. E. Lynch and Mrs. Mary Crawford of Hillsboro, one grandnephew. Edwin M. Lyn ch of Hillsboro, and several cous ins Pallbearers will be -> Claude Sharpe, Ben Johnston, T. P. Hof ler, V. M. Forrest,'Dr. M. B. Rob erts, J 1>: Eskridge, L. C. God tvov a nr! Fr'H R"on<\ The body will remain at Walker »#Hri , the church Jusi^ -toi io the Aral rites. Mr ■ T~ "l r. -o m {= jfjLT^HhregjgjQ-tripi the ' ff i 1 l«i ^''”0 PT \ meeting Tuesday night. Miss VPnJbfcrrt Liner’s second riira'dfe:xlass TOUsieat the at fendance prize. Two movies were shown::-——-— — -*TTT' TlW/mtshny ported that the. American Legion Auxiliary is rTT in?1 a t5 prize i for the best essay on “Anv'ricao H**m~4e-<- Junior or Senior in j Hillsboro High School. The win ning essay is to be' sent to the state cftntest where the first prize is a set of encyclopedia and the second Drize $10. The state win ner will be sent to the national contest where the first prize is a college scholarship. In an effort to make school children manner-conscious and thereby improve their table man ners, several Hillsboro merchants are giving an ice cream treat to the child in each room voted to have used the best table manners !h the school cafeteria each week. Contributing merchants are James Pharmacy, Coleman-Lewis, J. L. Brown and Sons, Forrest Bros, and Western Auto. The Citizenship committee is composed of Mrs. Harry P. Woods, chairman, Mrs. Garland Miller and Mrs. Clyde Ray. Permit For Constructing New $90,000 Belk Store In Chapel Hill b Issued I Chapel Hill—A permit for the j erection of a $90,000 building on i |W. Franklin Street for the Belk Stores has been issued by the j Town c f Chapel Hill. The permit for the building to be located on the propertv of the Toy Estate just east of the present A & P store was lcsued sobyC. to the approval of the Town Planning Board. No olans were ■'submitted ^to the Buildings In spector but it w.vas explained * such a structure would have to I jeertfarm to the Colonial archi- j tectum1 plan no*” in fo-'*" the community planning program, j The builoirig" wouiu .o' ".oiited immediately in front of the Toy's' large, family bom* now b a fraternity house. The con struction permit was obtained by S. M Bradsher. Inc. of Durham, a new firm formed by the former 'eneraE—superintendent for the George W. Kane Company. j Soma 4oubt has been express-1 ed as to whether the building can be constructed immediately in view of the recently imposed re strictions on nonessential building issued by the Federal Govern ment. which froze all new build ing until February 15 except ip ‘emergencies. - 4 CHANGE OF DATES ? Chapel H'.l—Plans for the -, cf Red" Cross Bloodmob:Ie here to secur? whole blood for troops in Korea have been altered. The date will be February 1~ and 2 instead of Januarv 25-26 as previously announced,. At least 575 donors will be needed to fill the schedule of IS persons each 20 minutes. Per sons willing to be donors are requested to fall F-471 and ask for the Bl E. Wilson Cole Is Naned Hillsboro Bank Manager As S. A. Johnson Retires Hillsboro—S. A. Johnson has re tired from active service as vice I president of the Durham Han^i I and Trust Company and manager of the-Hillsboro, branch, effective as of December 31,. 1054. He has been sdbceeded as Hills boro branch manager by E. Wil-1 son Cole, who has been associated I with the Home Ravings branch of the Durham Bank and Trust CoTnpany In Durham since its | merver with the parent Company in May of last year. For 13 years prior to the merger, he was con nected with the Home Savings Bank i in Durham, except for a period of service during World War jll when he was on active duty with the Army Finance Division:----J I Cole began his banking career in 1937 as a bookkeeper with the Home Saving Bank and gained experience in all phase* of bank ing. He was assistant cashier at the time of the merger with Durham Bank and Trust Com pany and was promoted to the Dost of assistant and treasurer by the larger organization at that -times =—===== --- - - He resides in Hillsboro with his wife, the former Dorothy Gordon, and their one son, Gordon. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Cole, Sr., of Durham. — E.WHaon Cola ..... • naw bank manager ,Mr. Johnson, now on a six weeks vacation in Florida, will continue to serve the bank in an advisory capacity. He came to Hillsboro some 35 years ago anj^ was associated with the Farmers and Merchants Bank here until its consolidation with Durham Bank and Trust Company in 1939. Mrs. Nancy Walker Is Appointed Secretary Of Merchants Association Hillsboro—Mrs. Nancy S. Walk er hasXJjeen named secretary of i the Hillsboro Merchants Asso ciation, succeed irS" Mrs. Jean Gu lick Babcock wbo resigned. —— .'1 •‘-. Walker has already assum i '.l bpc* duties, holding office in ; her home. She can he reached I ;.t Telephone 22(i4, or if no I an v, or 22r~i . Mrs. Walker has had consider able business experience, having Served in -the Information Di vision iT~lTm~T'Wvt-'TefvtcS" cern r iSSjsStbiT in#T.’m' ■' Ttnn an 1 with •the ntfl-T of thr* Collector of In ternal Revenue in Greensboro. In Hillsboro rhe has previously vc.'kcd n-S a local sec rotary and in the, office of the county Rog ister of Deeds. She; is the w ife president of the association • As- secretary of the Association she will have charge, of the oper ation of the organization’s Credit Bureau and Collections division land handle other administrative | duties incident to the activities of the bodv/ 1 Mrs. Babcock, who held the post for approximately a year, resigned to accompany her hus band, who has been recalled to active duty with the Army. She will leave for Fort Jackson, S. C. in the next few weeks. Orange Cancer Society Mantes Education Head - Chapel Hill- The Oran ;e Couiv Tv Division of the Amr^'cah Cancer Society hn^ nnnnt'ni’M the anp i.n' nont of Ralph Jl. Boat- j Trrcnt'asnipart. time education' di-?' ■rortor. ac(iO’~Wiiy|. to Mw. -K nhf th [ iVinkhons f'ommandi'r of the luj cal unit. With the. addition of Boatman 1 tf the staff Tn^rw o(l:ofH(ti<>nHl K<)t‘‘ vires will be choc orgatttrst’nns, public schools. County. Organisations interested in (planning a program on cancer education should contact the Commander oT the -Orange County in Chapel Hill. Unit Boatman has had previous ex perience with health .education programs as health coordinator ahd f'ha’rman of the Department ; of Health Education, Southern i Illinois University. At the present time, in addition to his duties with the local Cancer Society, he is doing graduate work In Public Health. i Harry B. Caldwell To Address Rural Electric Cooperative Members Hillsboro — Fa<—y B. Caldwell, i will be the principal speaker at the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Piedmont Elictric Membership I Corporation to be field Saturday, February 3. 1351 in the Hillsboro High School, beginning at 10:00 o'clock A. M. Caldwell is widely known as Master of the North Carolina State Grange and Secretary of ; the. Farmers Cooperative Council of North Carolina. He has been very active i n agricultural circles .throughout the state and nation and a big help in formulating plans for legislative action as it might effect rural North Carolina. Nine Directors are to be elected, rcoorts will be presented, and routine business will be transact ed , • 1 A barbecue - burnswick stew lunch will be served free fo'mem- ! bers who have registered by 11 : Via-'k The lunch ’ wHL be -pre pared and served by the ladies of New Sharon Methodist .Church. A large numibec_afvaluable attend-' ance prizes axe to be given away also. , f elaborate program of enter-i tairmenflis planed. The Hillsboro^ High School Band will play "and se veral vocal groups, will sing. An added feature will be presented by a dancfe.''tranr from Durham.! Member* of ths» North Carolina 1 Harry B. Caldwell . . . REA speaker. Rural Electrification Authority and the Rural Electrification Admini stration aTe expected to be pie sent fuCiShort talks. - All of thet Cooperatives 4000 members in Durham. Oranve. Per son, Granville. Alamance, and Caswell Counties are arsed to at tend this important meeting. F. Rj Joy Pier, Manger of the Coopera« tive. assures all those attending^ most enjoyable time. , Hillsboro—An active movement is underway to purchase a Are | truck for the rural areas sur rounding Hillsboro and a cam paign for funds to finance the project will be outlined within the next week. The movement had its incep tion last Friday night at a meeting of interested citizens in (he Hills boro Fire Department, called by County Agent Don S. Matheson. A representative group of citizens : from each section of a ltl-12 mile" area surrounding Hillsboro at tended arid expressed unanimous sentiment in favor of the .project The need for d rural fire fight- • ing plan has been seen for many years. While the Town of Hills boro’s equipment and volunteer .fighters have answered many calls in the environs throughout the years, such action leaves the municipality extremely vulner able in the event of a fire’s out break in town while the equip-— moot owned by the taxpayers is —— outside the limits. The policy of no trips outside the town limit* is now in effect in most commun tfp ~ --—~~ Recently, members of the ex perienced Volunteer Department of Hillsboro, headed by Chief George Gilmore, voted to offer their services in manning a rural truck if one could'be purchased by popular subscription or other wise. ' At last Friday’s preliminary or ganizational meeting, two com mittees were set up to plan the * campaign: a general committee to draft plans Iot a fund raising drive and a technical committee to decide on the type and kinds of equipment to be purchased. Don Matheson, Dr>sJ. W. Beard, Reid Roberts. Sim Efland and Andrew B. Lloyd .compose the first group and George Gilmore, Reid Roberts, W. L. Kennedy and Sim Efland are on the latter. When the t •chide?! 'wmitW •fk--kR.vpo>n/i-g equi tment r ?od- _ <’d and sets up the amoutit of money to be needed, the general r'remittee .will onnottn~* their plans,. for raising the money. A ntimb?rcdf alternate plans' were d set-fed at the preliminary. me et in •• hnt—final dec;-:r>n—was left * i the enteral committee ^ 1uT»‘!?ccF~W Matliesmv On T fie ei'- in voted unanimously hv those that only these persons joining, in the nurvl'O.ich of the equipment cmld, evP' <'t hen< fits or service in the event of a fire. Definite anouncCments as. to a. financial goods to--.-be sot and tha -. methods of raising of funds will be made next week. $250,000 Note So'd For Cowity—— Hillsboro—iA $350,000 three month school building bond an ticipation note for Orange County was sold in Raleigh by the Local Government Commission last week. Purchaser was the Branch Banking and Trust Co. of Wilson a' a rate of 1.68 percent. The short term note was sold to obtain funds for immediate payments on school building con tracts already in force. Bonds to_ cover this note and to provide additional funds needed at that, time will be sold in March or April. They will be a portion, of the $100,000 fund voted for school building construction in this county. Efland PTA Group Hears Miss Boaar Kfland — Miss Cora. B-vnar, teaching supervisor in the Orange Cnvntv schools: was the speaker at the Efland PTA’s first meeting of 1951 at the school auditorium. Her subject was “Guidance for Parents and Teachers” .and she showed a film ip illustration of the subject. Propects and aims for the rear were discussed and committees named io plan an operetta and a benefit supow. A Brun«'vfek Stew jnrpnrr will ho held Fridav, June 19 at 6 o’clock to which the. ptibBc is invited. Mrs. Aubrey Graham is chairman of this event. SINGING CONVENTION __ There wpl be a singing con vention at Palmers Grove Meth odist Churcft on Sunday after- , noon. Jan. 21. at 2:00 o'clock. • All singers are invited to come and participate. Ike public is in vited to attend.
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