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Eight Pages This Week - ■ M results, sett, by ueinf • of County buy. classified lit^ens of Orange Countv ,EWS OF ORANGE .COUNTY Vol. 58—No. Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 (Published Weekly) T HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY* MAY *4, 1951 Price: $s a Year: 5c Single Copy Raleigh — The trial balloon artists are hard at work these days, sending up their little wind gaugers into the wild blue yonder ">[ next year’s gubernatorial pri mary. The conservatives have follow ed a pattern noted and mention ed here early in the year. They acted as though Bill Umstead was their boy, trying to smoke out Easter Seals To Provide Speech Classes Chapel Hill — In order to con tinue the much needed speech therapy which some children in Orange County have been receiv ing through the (public school system for the first .rtime tlgis year, and to offer those persons needing speech correction, espe cially such children who will en ter school this fall ,and persons not in school, the Orange County Chapter of the North Carolina League for Crippled Children, the Easter Seal Agency, is making plans to provide summer speech classes beginning aibout July 1st and continuing during the sum mer. The.classes will be open to chil dren dr adults with speech diffi culties if it is determined they will benefit from such training. It is hoped that classes can be held each week in Chapel Hill and Hillsboro, alternating days. There will bo no charge for the speech f therapy, this being a service of | the Easter Seal Agency, however, each person enrolling will be re s' sponsible for his own transporta tion to and from the class. A list of persons from each section of the county will be made available so parents may pool transporta tion facilities, if desired. - _Persons from Orange County wiU be given preference h^ut other i plications will be considered if classes are not filled. Preliminary application blanks can be obtained from the Orange County Chapter of the N. C. Lea for Crippled Children, P. O. n »x 839, Chapel Hill, N. C. or ' ione 8911 during the day1 or night. Requests should be made by June 1st if .possible. Smith To Head March Of Dines For Eighth Tear Chapel Hill E. Carrington S'nith, manager of the Carolina Theater, has been named, to head ♦he March of Dimes Campaign in Orange Counlty for the eighth er nsecutive year. Announcement of Smith’s selec tion to direot the 1952 drive was made yesterday by Mrs. Phillips Russell, director of organization °‘ the North Carolina March of 15 mes, who commented upon the unusual Success with which his efforts have met during that per “We are haippy,” she said, ♦hat he has agreed to toe with again i thro ugh -the coming ‘Tarch of Dimes drive. The cam ffugn, as in all previous years, take place during the last awn. weeks of January.’’ !n the 1951 campaign, Smith's r an:^att°n Jj^ised a gross total e- $h75?.43-J^-Oranige County, a m«.able amount of which was con 1 huted by the public-spirited People of Hillsboro and adjacent areas. Club Observes Hillsboro — Members of The ^^bOro Exchange - Club and ’heir families enjoyed an old fashion picnic supper at Camp Hope oai- Wednesday, June 16th. Various games were enjoyed before and after the supper. Officials of the club announced hat another Waste Pappr d^ive ls Planned for Sunday,.June 3rd, All citizens are asked to. put out waste paper for colection on this date. . _ —---: FAtRyjEvy p.( V. B.'§. •Daily Vacation Bible School wiU bee-in May 28 at Fairview Mission from Nursery age t0 intermediates. Gtasses last daily from 9 until 1 m. until June 1st. the apposition. They saw the east west tradition would carry much weight, and realized that Um stead would be an easy man to beat, and early in the Legislature shifted their strategy. They handed the floor-leader ship to Kerr Craige Ramsay in the House and - - in effect - - said let’s see your stuff, son. They apparently liked what they saw, because the chief pro pagandists of the Conservatives ®re touting the youngster from Rowan as “the next governor.” They apparently have pulled their support from Sam Ervin, but are keeping him in the bull pen warming up - - just in case Ramsay develops a sore arm. The wiseacres - - politically speaking, thast is - - have ruled out Agriculture Commissioner L. Y. Ballentine, Secretary of State Thad Eure, and are putting the skids to State Treasurer Brandon Hodges’ toboggan. o Waynick Announcement? There’s been a lot of talk about Capus Waynick, ambassador to Nicaragua, and his' political fu ture. Some folks say he won^ run for governor, others claim to have the “inside dope” that he "won’t run. Plain truth of the matter is that he hasn’t decided yet. You can look for a formal state ment from Mr. Waynick within the next week or ten days. This statement won’t say he will run, and - it won’t say he won’t run, But it definitely will say that he has not removed himself., as a candidate. Close friends of the ambassador have been in contact with him - - via photje and mail - - -within the past week. Incidentally, Waynick's close friend Paroles Commissioner T. C. Johnson has not gone to Nica ragua to confer with Waynick. -o Delays Candidacy The general attitude is that Waynick will ccme hcme-in July wiU delay. his fihaF’dectsion until then. General opinion is ".hat Waynick will not run if he can get . the ambassadorship to - either Mexico or Spain. Meantime, his holding off pit ching his hat -in the ring is keep ing the Conservatives and Liber als alike undecided;' Governor Scott has said he will support Waynick in any w’ay the High Point man would like if Capus. decides to run. Other -wouldbe Liberal candidates, Who would like the administration’s bless ing, will waif until they find out what Capus has in mind before making a decision themselves. And the Conservatives need W know who the,Liberal candidate will be in order to pick their best horse for the' Governor’s Derby. (Continued on Page 8) 1 Church Caap Registration To Begin Sunday Hillsboro — The Church Day Camip being held June 4-9, by a group of Orange County churches will receive registrations on Sun day, May 27, at-the various church schools which are participating, it was announced this week by the Rev. Irving Birdseye. The cauvp will be held at Camp New Hope in place of the usual vacation church schools of the several churches cooperating. One church has withdrawn, the Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, because thgt public, school will still be in session.’ A planning committee com posed of Mrs. Alton Williams, the Rev. John E. Ensign, Mrs. Vernon Elrod, Mrs. J. W. Dickson, and Mr. Birdseye report that an ex cellent faculty has been obtained. Mrs. John Ensign will be in charge of the handicrafts. Only those children who have attended school will be permitted to go to camp, it was said. Pre school children will be provided with a class at the Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro and are urg ed to pre-register for that class next Sunday. The day campers will leave Hillsboro each morning at 9 a. ra, with a bag lunch, Bible and bath ing suit and return again at 4:30 p. m. Chapel Hiirs Last j P. T. A. Meeting ■' Of Tear Tonight The last meeting of the year tor the Chaipel Hill Parent-Tea chers Association will be held Thursday, May 24, at 7:45 o’clock at the Elementary School. Officers for the coming year will be elect ed.. At 7:45 parents wdll visit the various classrooms. Parents of Mrs. Ellis’ pupils will meet in the Music Room, Mrs. Carriker’s and Mrs. Harris’ rooms in the Cafe teria, and High School parents in 'the Eelementary School Library. | All lost articles .which have been found, during the year will be displayed in the Cafeteria for parents to identity. The next day they will be displayed in the hall for students to identify. If un claimed, they will then be turned over to the Welfare Department. Since the Senior Play had to be postponed until May 23 and 24 on account if illness of one of the leaders, the business ses sions of the P. T. A. will be held in the Elementary School Library instead of the Auditorium .This meeting will begin at 8 o’clock, with Mrs. David Garvin presid There will be no typhoid shots given at the school this year, but pupils can get them at the Health Department on Fridays from 2 to 4 and on Saturdays from 9 to 12 o’clock. District Enlargement Clarification Sought Hillsboro — The County Board of Education has refused to act on a petition of the Chapel Hill School District Board of Trustees seeking an enlargement of the district pending a clarification of certain boundaries. I . This action was taken at a meeting Friday night at which all j recommendations of district com mittees as to reelecticrn of prin cipals, and teachers were approv ed. Announcement—of—faculty changes is expected following the close of school since legal noti fications- of personnel actions maj' be made through the last day of school. In its petition to the County authority, the Chapel Hill board sought to add areas on the north and south side of the present ad ministrative .district from which they are drawing, elementary stu-. denis at the present' time. The elementary areas of Carrboro and White Cross, which, the Chapel Hill * board" has recently sought to include in the Chapel'Hill special tax district, are nbt involved in the present move. ' V The proposal was returned to the Chapel Hill board for further boundary clarification because it contained territory west of the State University Railroad and be cause Highway-558, south from Can-boro City Limits to the Chat ham line was part of the district line. It was the opinion of the County Board that having the middle of a road as the dividing line would be conducive to con troversy, inasimuah as residents on opposite sides of the same road would have different school status involving both attendance and special taxes. 7 The petition is expected to be altered by the Chapel Hill Board and returned for the County Board’s- approval and ; present a-» tion to the Board of County Com missioners on June 4 for their ap proval and calling of an election in which the residents at the area would vote on their inclu sion in the special tax district. --——o——— HOMECOMING DAY Hillslbpro — Homecoming and Memorial Day services will be held Sunday at the Hebron Meth odist Church in Orange Counity, three miles south of Metaane. The Rev. C. P. Morris, aformerpas tor, will be the speaker of the day. Special music and dinner on the grounds will be additional, features. • ' * Orange Groups Take Leading Roles At Garden Convention; Hillsboro Wins Model Mile; Chapel Hill Woman Head Chapel Kill — Mrs. Roy Home wood of Chapel Hill was e’jvrted the new Staite President of the North Carolina Garden Clubs at the convention last .Week at Wrightsville Beach. Also elected was Mrs. J. T. Gdbfoel of Chapel Hill, who will serve as State Secretary during the coming year. It is not unusual for the secretary and president to came from the same town be cause of the necessity for work ing so - close' together. Singled out .fof exceptional honor during the convention was Mrs. H. R. Totten of Chapel Hill who was awarded the Maslin Service Award, a silver bowl pre sented to her as the most valu able member during the year. o Finals Friday At Hillsboro; Erwin Speaker Hillsboro — Final exercises to morrow night will conclude the commencement program at Hills boro high school. Dr. Clyde Er win, State Superintendent o# Pub lic Instruction, will make the ad dress. - . According to announcements from the school this week, Fred Blake Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blake, will be the class salutatorian and Donald Whitaker, sen of Mr. and Mrs, Allen Whin taker, will be the valedictorian, having achieved the class’s high est scholastic ratings. - Medals will be presented by ulenn Altman, Bibles by John Midgctt, and Diplomas by Clar ence D. Jones. Commencement week got un derway last Sunday evening with ihe baccalaureate sermon Sunday night by the Rev. Charles W. Maddry. Dr. I. G. Creer Named Chapel HIU Finals Speaker i Chapel Hill Dr. I. G. Greer, executive vice-ipresident of the N. C. Business Foundation, will be commencement speaker for Chaipel Hill High School. Closing- activities for the school have been announced; by C. ,W. Davis, Superintendent of Chapel Hill Schools. The commencement exercises will be held in Hill Hall on Jiine 7. A graduating class of between . 65 and 70 is expected. The baccalaureate sermon, will be preached, by the‘ Rev. Samuel T. Habei in the Baptist Church on June 3. The combined glee clubs of the high school will sing on both occasions. Memorial Poppies To Bloom Saturday In Orange; Mayor Proclaims Popdv Dav Poppies by S-hii millions will .bloom Saturday in memory of America's war dead. Made of crepe paper, replicas of the pop~ .pies of “Flanders Fields”, th)ry will be worn throughout the United States (to ipay tribute to the hundreds of thousands of young Americans who have given their lives in’the nation’s, defense three wars - - the two World Wars and. the present conflict in Korea. In Hillsboro women of- the Arne: can Legion Auxiliary .will be on hc streets early in the in or rung with baskets ui the ii t tl e •ed dowers of memory. They will work throughout he day and icpe to have a poppy on every a pel ’ before nightfall. The ob servance is being directed by Mrs. •hank Ray. Poppy Chairman of ttlirbaro Auxiliary Unit. ATarS have been .working for ncntris in hospitals and convale.-. inT workrooms making the flow irs which will be worn Saturday. Mrs. Ray estimates that more 30,000,000 poppies have been pro duced.for the’Auxiliary, with more then To,000 disabled men who are unable to do other work employ ed. The flowers which will be dis tributed here, have been made at V. A. Hospital. Fayetteville, An army of .nearly 150.000 wo olen has been mobilized by the Auxiliary to.carry' out the nation wide'distribution cf the pmpp.es, Sjjfrs. • Ray saia^All. serve as. unpaid volunteers and att of *»«s 'ontributiuns they receive in ex change for the flowers will go in ■0 the rehabilitation and child welfare funds of The American Legion Auxiliary. The money will be used to support the vast work of these organizations for the wel fare of disa/bled veterans and veit erans’ families during the eom i ing year. Hillsboro — All citizens of Hillsboro were urged to wear a memorial pupoy on Saturday, j May 26, in a proclamation issued ( today by Mayor Ben Johnston I setting the day aside as Poppy For the welfare of America's disabled veterans “-and for the widow* end ... orphans of the nation's honored dead — buy a BUDDY POPPY Day. Pointing out thait the wear ing of he poppy is an individual tribute to the memory of Ameri ca’s war dead, he proclamation s’ated: "Whereas young men of the City of Hillsboro are again serv ing in defense of our country and are talcing their places among our honored citizens alongside—those who have served in other wars, and "Whereas the roll of those who have given their..lives in the na tion’s dofense is increasing as war takes its toll of our finest vou.ng men, and f— —-, “Whereas the memory of those citizens of Hillsboro who make the supreme sacrifice for America should live forever in the hearts of all citizens of our City, ahd “Whereas annual wearing of the memorial popipy is an indi vfduar ' trmte tO'^he- war-dead, showing^.ihat we remember and are grateful for their sacrificesT TiT our behalf, now —-Therefore T Ren ft. Johnston,; Mayor of^fche City of Hillsboro, io hereby proclaim Saturday, May 26, to be Poppy Day in the City of Hillsboro, and I urge all' citizens to observe the day by wearing the memorial peppy. Poppies, made by disabled Vet erans at V. A. Hospital, Fayette ville, JU. C„ “will be distributed hroughout the city by members’ 'f the American Legion Auxiliary ?n Poppy Day. Contributions for he adi of disabled veterans and needy children of veterans will >e received in exchange for- the ittle red crepe-paper flowers, - „ Tobacco Crop In Orange County Two-Thirds Set Hillsboro In spite of the dry weather and cool nights, tobaooo farmers In Orange Counity have planted approximately two-thirds of their crap. The dry . weather for the past few weeks has made it necessary p water the plants and to do a lot of re-setting. All farmers have an abundance of plants and there should toe no trouble in getting off to a good sitart, provided the rainfall is sufficient. String Method A greater acreage of tobacco is being set with this crop in rows put in the fields toy the “string method.” Demonstrations have been held on five farms in the past few weeks, showing the farmers how to run the tobacco rows in order to get the water out of the field in such a manner that each row would carry the water that ga thers in it just fast enough that good drainage would be given, and at the same time the water moving’ slaw enough that the soil and fertilizer would not be car ried off the field. About 150 fanners attended demonstrations held on the farms al Boto Afidareon. Qedar Grove, W.fH. Wade, Carr, Charlie Brad shaw, -High Rock Road, C. B. Taylor, Jr., Caldwell, and W. M, Lloyd, White Cross. Latest, figures on the 1950 to bacco crap in the county indicates that there were 4180 acres plant ed, which produced 5.694.082 lbs. or an average of 1362 lbs. per acre. This is the highest average yield ever made by Orange Coun ty tobacco farmers. The small grain crop is look ing, ■!*>*». ay.* L 'illinw ou satisfactory. The new Atlas wheat is C'-peeiailygoodanti-some record yields are in /the makin'g. Th^ same can be said about the new Arlington oats which were plant ed by a few farmers for seed this year. One patch of 5 acres on Raymond Weaver's farm, 5 miles east of Hillsboro on the St. Mary’s Road looks as if it might make 100 bushels per acre, provided it doesn’t bed down. ——0— -—. • Former Carrboro Girl Red Cross Worker In Japan Cari-boro — Miss M>*ra Sliver thorae” daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Silverthome of Carrboro, a Red Cross worker, is now sta tioned at the 35th General Hos pital, just outside Tokyo, Japan. She arrived there early in the Spring, flying to Jaipan by way of Alaska. The former Carrboro girl is a veteran Red Cross worker as she entered the” Red Cross service originally as a social workr in 1943 aud filled various assign ments ir duding duty as' a social worker at Lovell General and Gushing 'General* Heap!tali? from, 1943 to 1945: Hospital Ship from April to December 1945 and War Bride ship frem January tQ Ami] 1916. During the summer of 1946 she was- connected—with the Heme Service department cf Lawrence., Mass. She rejoined the Red Cross -.■c Tast faH and V7asTTatroned-j at the U. S. Naval Hospital. Camp j I^jeunc, ..N. C.' ' ‘ -I Miss Silverthorne is A graduate! f Boston University. Simmons College of Social Work, and the "University of North Carolina from which ape received_Jier mastgj.. From January 1938 to January" T943“sHe~was~ca;?e worker- -for-dfce. Na s+r ua Community - - Council Nashua, N. H. and front Novem ber 1946 to September 1949 sh was connected with the R. X. Children’s Friend Society of Pro vidence,.: R. 1. — -:—o Clover Garden Homecoming - The - annual* Homecoming Ser.X vices will be held at Ck>Ver Gard en-Church, near White Cross., on Ju.ne X it was announced this week. The Rev. T. B. Hough of Me bar.-e ■ will, speak aX afternoon services, following the regular 11 o’clock services in the morning and 'dinner on the grounds. ■ 1 Hillsboro—The Hillsboro Gara en Club has tied for first place n the Model Mile Contest for the year 1950-51 and received a $25 cash award. ^ Presentation of the award was made to Mrs. George Gilmore last week at the annual convention erf erf the North Carolina Garden Clubs at Wrightsville Beach. The local club entered the Model Mile Contest in 1940-50 and selected -the St. Mary’s road entrance to town from the inter section at ; Highway 70 to the Episcopal Church. The members of the committee contacted home and property owners fro their co operation and received a $10 prize last year. Much improvement was made and the efforts of all con cerned wore continued this yeagt Mrs. J. R. Bennett, State Chair man of the Highway Beautifica tion inspected the Model Mile last week and expressed her pleasure at what she saw. In announcing that the Model Mile Contest would be continued for three more years, officials of the Hillsboro Garden Club ex pressed appreciation lor the co operation of residents "on the Model Mile and to C. I. Walters, highway superintendent for their cooperation in making the pro ject a success. Said the statement, “The Hillsboro Garden Club hopes everyone will continue the good work and keep this a Model Mile. We gain not just a cask award but the reputation of having a most attractive extrance to our tjiwm ”~ 1——•--—~ Lewis To Speak At Schley Post Memorial Rites Schley — The Rev. Henry B. Lewis, Methodist minister a. gCe i'!»r Grove, wfli < liver the prin Apal address ai Memorial Day exercises to be held Sunday at j 2 o'clock by the Schley American ! Legion Post No. 452 at the Schley ' j Grange Hall. His subject will be “Tribute to Veterans of All ' Wars.” Special patriotic music will be offered by Mrs. Charlie Miracey and Mrs. Hernvan Wilson and the Rev. W. H. Rittenhouse will participate with prayer and benediction. Commander R. L- Mohler will make Introductions. Cemetery services during which flags will ..be placed on veterans graves will follow this schedule: (two- series at sevices will- be conducted) 2:45 p. m.'—Mars HiH arid New Sharon; 3 :30 p. xn.-rLit tle River and Cedar Grove Meth odist; 3:50 p. j»»:—Cedar Grove Presbyterian; 4:00 p. m.—New Bethel; 4:30 ,p. m.—Walnut Grove and Berry’s Grove. At 8 o’clock in the evening the “Ceremony for Disposal of Un servicable Flages” will be held at Schley Grange Hall. The public is invited to all services. -O Two Convicts Make Escape From Orange ~~ Hillsboro'" — Two ’'A** grade prisoners escaped Monday from ‘-he Orange County road gang,_ the prison department reported. The pair made their 4>reak while working at the rock quarry northeast of here about 2:30 p. m. They were listed as Richard—i Ray Starnes, 27. of Route 1. Con over. -sentenced from Catawba in September, 1942. to 15 years for assault with intent to commit rape; and Manford Osborne, 30, I of Route- 1. Jamestown, sentenced from Guilford and Jackson to 15 yeavs^ for armed robbery, 10 years for breaking, entering, larceny and receiving, and five to eight years for eC-rrspiracy -to - rob-- the..,, stale _.qf its property. Prison records showed the 1st- " ter two sentences against Osborne" run concurrently with the first. * Starnes's record showed two -pee- 3 vious escapes. His first getaway was on November 30, 1943, Ke - was recaptured on January 11. 1944,- He escaped 'again on Feb ruary 3. 1947, but was" reprehend ed nine days later —-—o-— j BENEFIT SUPPER The R'y's Club of The Palmer Grove Youth Center will sponscc* a “Hot Dog" and "Hansbuger" unp^r. Saturday, May 26th from j to 8 o'clock at the community ©use.
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