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IE? Orange County people read lEWS every week than -any Orange County Newspaper SUBSCRIBE TODAY. ! £srz*sm~+xer^ :r?rrp -~'-r: /or quick. proven results i buy, rent or get a Job by THE NEW* of Orange County lr,8_No. 13 (Published Weekly] Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1^93 want ad columns. HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C... THURSDAY. APRIL 5. 1951 Price: $2 a Yeai; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week erticipacing in ceremonies awarding 25-year membership emblems at last week’s meeting of Lodge No. t9, AF A AM, were Wallace E. Caldwell. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of h Carblina Masons, who made the presentations, teft^and five recipients, Henry Liner, Patti eeves, Gary Lloyd, Sydney Green and Howard Ellis shown above from left to right. usboro — oix memoers re 25-year emiblems and one ief received a 50-year Vet Emblem last Friday evening precedent-setting meeting of Lodge No. 19, AF & AM of boro at the high school cafe le members of locai lodge en uned their wives at a delicious lecue supper and were in turn Sained by Most Worshipful lace E. Caldwell, Grand Mas the Grand Lodge of North firm Masons, who Spoke iorously on the secrets of ma fy for the 'benefit of the as iled ladies. iceiving the 25-year mem Ihi'B awards from the Grand tier were Henry Liner, Paul ecves, G. W. Lloyd, Eydney (n and Howard Ellis. The £laud P$?e,ltw£s >r the presentation. * |r rent he jO-year emiblern was pre led to Past Master Shepperd pdwick by Caldwell following remarks in which he ex Nd his own pleasure in mak [ the presentation arid paid tri te the veteran Mason in im ^sive manner. ast Master John P. Ballard as toastmaster and prepar of the meal was under the irision of Junior Warden C. Wker Jr. Bonner 0. lawyer jvered the address of welcome, sting out that this was pro wl the largest gathering ever P by the Eagle Lodge, and Mrs. lH; JfaHter responded for the res Past Master and Certified ' Sol Lipman; an honorary er of the Eagle I/odge, was pgnized among the guests pre Mary Mitchell ids Classroom ■ ichers Group he Orange County Unit of ssroom Teachers held a bus fs meeting prior to the N. C. E. dinner meeting at Schley hnse Friday night for the pur |e cf tV election of officers, •he Nominating Committee, r r H. Pender of Aycock, pre ted the nomination of Mrs. fry Mitchell, Caldwell School. President; Mrs. Gilbert Craig ['he Hillnboro High School, for [^-President, and Miss Moyle pead of West Hillsboro, Sec and IVeasurer. /he officers retiring are: Mrs. IB- Studebaker, president; Miss « x • ^mstead, vice-president; Miss Agnes Andrews, sec ^ a-nd treasurer, aree Schools were 100% ip memberships this past year. ®y were Munphy, White Cross Carnboro. There have been naemfoers in the Classroom L" er Professional, organization year. This is an increase from nast year, reflecting a greater 1 Professionalism ip the Pnty. |LEs FOR JUDGE apel Hill William S. Stew- • young local attorney, hal ter the posiiton of Judge of ■ 'orders auoceed Judge ^Manning, who announced he not run in the Ms#*elec Poet Master Shepperd StrUdwick receives the 50-year Veteran* Cmblem from Grand Master Caldwell of Chapel Hill, who wae principal speaker at the function in Hiilsboro. —■ . ; Photos 'My -iP. Gordon, Jr. *r>R* HILLSBORO BOARD ^ ; F. E Joyner Files With Incumbents Hillsboro — The Mayor and all incumbent members of the Board otf Commissioners of the Town of Hillsboro have filed for reelection along , with one additional candi date tor the board. The period for filing for can didates in the municipal election of May 8 closed at noon Monday. The lone candidate other than the inclumbents is F. E. Joynei. nanager oF the Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation, a form ir member of the Town Board, jj.lavor Ben J*ohnston will be seeking his 10th consecutive term, having, served., continuously, since :t»33. CwminissiOfieny. M. Forrest ilso has served continuously since 1933 except for a period during he war when he was in service. Commissioners W. M. Chance and Dr. H. W. Moore have served in v mittentlyFSince 1933, the latter urrently finishing out the un-i spired te:m of T. N. Webb. H. roarfwell has served two terms r.d R. J. Smith one. :GION MEETING Chapel Hill — American’ Legion •st No. 6 will hold its monthly eeiing-at. the Legion Hut Friday 7ht at 8:00 P- AI. included’on the agenda will be e Legion's action oh a beer .per il “for'the Hut. The Chapel.H«1 jard of Aldermdn deterred ac n ffii toe Legion's application r a beer license at its last njeet td asked for a full' report on ntiment otf the Legionames The Post had previously adopt - a resolution asking the Alder en fo*; a permit. Chapel Hill Authors Are In Dictionary Of Modern Writers Chapef Hill — Three leading writers who give Chapel Hill as their hctne address, are listed in the new biographical and infor mational - dictionary e n t i t l,e d ‘‘American Novelists ol Today. They are: Paul Fassett Ader, Mrs. Betty Smith Jones.and James Street. j __ — The local au.nors are among 575 prcminer.t living writers chos sen by Dr, Harry R. Warfel for representation - in his new book. p:. -aring accounts of these jocks, Warfel, who is professor of English at the* University of Flori da, has produced the 'first pano ramic survey of this form of writ r %. The new bo' k gives sketches the life and writings of each of the authors on the roster. ■ALE cf cemetery bonds Hillsboro — Bonds tofalling $7, -f¥)-puf.the .purciuuie. acd improve •,ent Cf land to enlarge the town cemeterv wil be sold in Raleigh next Tuesday for! the Town of HillsihorO by the Local Govern ment' Commission. j ! Land for additional cemetery -mace will be purchased from S. T. Latta adjacent ito the present cemetery and revenue for liqui dating the Cemet^ Bonds will l come from sale of lots. ■■ ^ . \ Laws Creates Vacancy On County Board By Accepting Hillsboro Post Paul Carr Unanimous Choice For County Superintendency district School Conmitteenen i j Reappointed Hillsboro — The Board of Edu cation Monday reappointed mem trers of ftve district - school com mittees whose terms expired April 1. The appointments were all for three years terms. They were: Sidney Green, Dis trict No. 1, Hillsboro; D. W. Hol mes, District No. 2, Efland; John Hawkins, District No. 3, Aycock; John F. McLaughlin, District No. 4, Chapel Hill; and Lacy Tilley, District No. 5, Caldwell. —— In addition, advisory committees for all schools were appointed fori two year terms as follows: • Hillsboro: L. E. Beard, Clarence Jones, Leslie Van Kenyon. West Hillsboro: W. T. Murray, Clarence Crawford, Mrs. Allen Vick. ___|_._2__ . ■ . (Murphey: Walter Dillehay, A. T. Jefferies, R. F. Paschall. | Carrboro: Raymond Andrews, Burroughs Hogan, E. T. Hearne. White Cross: Alton Durham, J. F. Whittfield, Lemuel Cheek. Similar committees were ap pointed for the county’s Negro Schools, in most cases the mem bers to serve only- until consolida tion of the-smal schoolsis effected. Hillsboro: Roosevelt Warner, Luther Delon, Walter Hester. Eflar.d: David English, Marvin Allison, William MeAdoo. Gravelly Hill: Alonzo P. Walker, A. P. Evans, Robert L. Hester. Carr: Mr$. Lpuise Bradsher, Shapherd Hht^ieti, Junior BradT sher. Grover: D. W. Torian, J. A. Parker, Carter White. Jordan's Grave: Walter Hester, Ben ny ^Hughes, Marvin''Thompson. White-Oak; B. C. .Corbett, W. M. Oliver, Clyde Russell Hickory Grove: Herbert Watson, Paul Minor, Titus Farrington. Morris Grove: Louis Webb, Ho bert Vhtlker, Labon Hogan. Ridge Road: Lloyd W. Cooper, A. J.. Breeze, Otho Thompson. High Rock: Wallace Elans’, Chesley Thompson, Junius Rich mond. • — Cedar Grove: C. Poteat, W. Compton, H. T. Tiiwrin. Harmony: Elijah Poole, Wesley Poteat, Walter RidMond. Sirithr Oscar Belsley, Saddle Villines, Ai-thur Wells. Damascus: Sam Morphs, M. Hackney; Sam Smith. Merritt’s: Ruben Cole, Dixie Noell, Floyd Faucette. 1 Popular Grove: Z. V. Vanhook, Pearl Lowry, Woody Sneed. -.. ... MERCHANTS MEETING Chapel Hill — The Chaipel Hill Merchants Association will meet in Town Hall Monday night, Mrs. Mildred Cartee, Association Sec retary stated yesterday. Mrs. Cartee said that the meet ing will include a quarterly re view of the Association’s activities. Hillsboro — G. Paul Carr, prin cipal of the Angier School in Harnett County, Monday was unanimously selected as the new Superintendent of Orange County Schools from a field of eight can didates for the ipost, all from out side* the county, Carr, brother of Superior Court Judge Leo Carr of Burlington, resident judge of the 10th Judicial District, will succeed Glenn T. Profflt, who resigned to accept the superintendency in Harnett Coun ty, He has been in school work for 21 years. Carr was the unanimous choice of three incumbent members of the Board of Education and Harry P. Breeze, board mamlber-elect who takes office next month. He also received strong recommenda tions from others both inside and outside the county. The new superintendent will come to Hillsboro, where he ex pects to reside, in June following the closing of school at Angier, to familiarize himself with the program here before taking, on his duties officially on July 1. He is married and has two children, a boy, 15, and a girl, il/'He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and was scheduled to receive his masters degree there this summer. Prior tp going to Angier, he-was principal of the jjTirnesland School in Pitt County. In Angier. Carr was active in the organization of^the' .KuwatuT club and served as its first presi dent. He was a member of the Board of Stewards of the Metho dist Church and a Mason, Other candidates (for ythe post included three supfrKntendents, two (principals and two other per sons with varied school; experi ence. They were: H. Lee Thomas Moore County Superintendent. B, B. C.. Kesler, Onslow County Su perintendent E G Bourne, prin cipal of Bethany School in Rock ingham county, Laxton Hamrick, superintendent of Tryon City Schools, D. Wayne Taylor, a native of Efland, who is principal of Sadler School in Rockingham County. Thomas S. Turhyflll . of CaiawbjiCourjty,. and A..£. tMlMn.: now employed by the' Division of’ Textbooks of the State Board of Education. The Board of Education voted to accept Proflit's resignatidh' with regret following the presentation of his written resignation in which he expressed kpiteclatlon for the Board’s cooperation and .support and continued interest in the schools of the eounty. -o TELEVISION SET STOLEN , I Hillsboro — No clues have been j discovered yet in the theft of a television set from the American Legion Hut in Hillsboro. The television set was stolen last Saturday morning by a thief or thieves who entered and re moved the set through the screen J door that enters the main hall [ from an outside breezeway be- j ween that room and the kitchen. 1 Budget Request For Chapel Hill Schools Studied Hillsboro — The Board of Coun ty Commissioners received next year’s capital outlay request from the Chapel Hill schools and hand led a variety of routine matters during its monthly session Mon day. The request for capital outlay funds for fiscal year 1951-52, pre - sented by C. W. Davis, Chapel Hill superintendent, totalled $44, 777 and included many items nec essitated -by movement into new quarters, such as shades, desks, office equipment, grading and grounds improvements, home ec, shop, commercial, and cafeteria equipment floor covering, lockers and similar equipment. The re quest was 'broken down into $12, 050 for the White School and $32,727 for the Negro School, with such potential items as cost of the Negro laiwsuit left blank. The board approved the pay ment of a fee of $2,000 to the firm of Graham & Eskridge for expenses and services in connec tion with the recent sale of $750, 000 in bonds. Several requests for road im provements were received, a Jury paid $15 for two pigs killed by stray dogs. Chapel Hill’s Recreational Reeds Outlined Chapel Hill — Dr. Harold D. Meyer, sociology professor in the University of'North Carolina; dis cussed recreation needs in Chapel Hill in an address (before the Kiwanis Club here last week. The program was arranged by John Q. LeGrand, program chair man for the week. ""Dr.-Meyer has a recreation commission but no regular recreation funds other than those provided by the Com munity Chest. He declared that one of the greatest needs of the Chapel Hill area., la a- community center^for white people.— -_ Dr. Meyer also discussed ' the work being done by hospitals, in dustries, churches, schools and municipalities in developing re creation programs and providing facilities for them. Visitors were Dr. George K. Wellwood of Barber town. O.: F. D. Dodge, Greensboro, and Richmond Sloan, Chapel Hill. -—o LEGION BARBECUE Schley — The Schley Post of the American Legion will hold a chicken-banbecue at the Grange Hal) next Wednesday- from 6 to 3, o’clock to which the public is invited. 1800 Orange County School Children Will Converge On Memorial Hall Monday For Annual Symphony Concert Chapel Hill — On Monday aft ernoon Memorial Hail will be teeming with 1800 youngsters from the Orange County schools who will attend the annual free con cert of the North Carolina Sym phony Orchestra. This special matinee for children will start promptly at 2.00. Adults wishing to accompany children will be ad mitted upon presentation. of a Symphony membership card, or by .paying fifty cents admission at the door. Children in all the schools have received preparation in their class rooais on the music they will hear the orchestra play Monday after noon. For weeks they have been listening to recordings, learning the instruments of the symphony orchestra, reading stories about [ the composers, dancing and paint ng pictures erf the numbers on the program. « SYMPHONY STORIES, the pro gram booklets written 'i>y Mrs. Fred B. MaCal for the 100,000 children throughout the state who ■ will hear the orchestra this sea son, are enhanced by Les For grave'p cartoons - _ a unique gift of the artist 4,o the Symphony Society. Mr. Forgrave, well known to many admiring friends in the village, is interested in the educa ijonal program of the Orchestra, and donated valuable time to the making of these cartoons. On his recent visit to Charpel Hill he worked with the Elementary school children in an exchange of ideas for the comic strips in SYM PHONY STORIES The program this year is unus ually appealing to children, in cluding numbers from the popu lar NUTCRACKER SUITE by Tchaikovsky. The celesta used in “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from this suite is; like a tiny piano with bell-like-tones made by playing on metal bars. Other numbers on the program are “Overture to the Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart,. “Work Song” by America’s outstanding 'Negro composer, William -Grant; Still. “Scherzo and Maich” fforn Pro koiiefTs opera, “The Love for three Oranges,” and "Prelude * to Act III from Lohengrin’ b’y Richard Wagner. Ail teachers in the Elementary schools of Chapel Hill and Orange County ■will accompany their classes to the . concert. Kinder garipn children wishing to hear the program must be accompanied by a parent .and they are asked to sit in the balcony since space on the main floor is allotted to participating schools. Singing by the school children will serve as a brief intermission in the program Arrangements for the program are. being made by Supt. C. W. Davis. Miss Mildred Mooneyham, j Principal of the Chapel Hill Ele- j mentary School, Miss Cora P. Bo mar, County Supervisor, and County Superintendent. G. T. Profflt. HilMboro — The general turn over in Orange County officialdom continued this week when a coun ty commissioner accepted another ■public office and the assistant clerk of court resigned to accept employment outside the county, Hubert G. Laws, serving his fifth term as a member of the Board of County Commissioners, was appointed Town Policeman by the Hillsboro Board Tuesday night, thus necessitating his resig nation from the county post. Appointment of his successor to fill out the remainder of the two year term will be made by Clerk of Court Edwin ML Lynch, who has appointive jurisdiction in this case. A constitutional prohibition against dual office holding pre sents him from serving in both posts. Lucius Cheshire, assistant Clerk of Courts, has also submitted his resignation to become effective to day. Cheshire resigned to accept a position with Western Electric Company in Burlington. The resignations immediately prompted speculation as to their successors and Lynch indicated he would make the appointments as soon as possible. He would give no indication as to posslile appoint ees. Otherwise, their seemed to be general agreement that the suc cessor to Laws should come from Hillsboro or from Northern or Eastern sections of the county in- — asmuch as other Incumbents come from the Southern and Western sections. Laws was a fanner and merchant in the Northern part of the county before retiring and moving to Hillsboro several years ago. As town policeman, his respon sibilities will include supervision of town employees doing street— work “and gsmbage cotection—as well as law enforcement during the daytime. The position has been vacant_|or several months. 4-H Club Members Assist In Drive .. For Cancer Funds Hillsboro — Local 4-H club members are assisting in carrying out the Orange County annual _ fund drive for the American Can •er Society, Miss Virginia Cathey, co-chairman of the drive in the northern end of the county, an nounced today. 77 -7 — —. -~ i -' - According to ■ Miss Cathfey, 4-H :: - — members have stuffed the special aippeal envelopes for mailing and have .placed collection boxes in business houses. They also will hold a Tag Day solicitation Satur day week in this end of the coun The drive, which is scheduled to last two weeka, has no set quota. •— Miss Cathey also is conducting a cancer education program in conjunction with the cancer fund drive. She stated that cancer ed ucation films wil be shown and talks will be made at the follow ing places: St. Mary’s Grange Hall. April 5; Efland P. T. A., at school, April 10; Calvander Grange Hall, April 13; White Cross Grange, Apiil 19. The public is urged to see these films, which are being shown by members of the Public Health School at Chapel Hill through the courtesy the Na tional Cancer Society. - Other officials of the campaign * are:'j. Q. LeGrand, co-chairman; Bruce Strow-d, special gifts; L. C. Todd, chairman of the Negro di vision. - General county officers are: Sirs. K. M. Bringhcuse. county com mander; Mrs. R. JL. McKee, coun ty treasurer; Dr William Rich ardson. chairman of the execu tive committee; H. B. Walker, ex ecutive secretary. -0———Z- ■■ ALL DAY SERVICES Hillsboro — All-day services, including dinner on the ground?, „ will be held at the Fir$t Baptist Church here Sunday.' Dr. Charles Maddrey, acting pastor, will conduct the worship at 11 o'clock .and ordination rites for the newly elected deacons and deaconesses will feature the ser vices at 2:30 p. m. - --—r-o—-r— — CHEST X-RAY CLINIC Chest x-ray clinic for the month of April will be held at the Hills boro Health Department on Mon day, April 9 1-3 P. M. Anyone desiring a chest x-ray is invited to attends --t—■
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