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Vol. 58_.No. 26
(Published Weekly)
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1951 Price: |a a Year; 5c Single Copy
Eight Paget This Week
i’s And Don’ts For Yonr Sumner Vacation Trip
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Automobile travel on the nation’s highways is expected to reach a new peak this summer To
ftp travelers get the moat pleasure out of touring, and to help keep their cars in the best possible
Edition, owners are reminded of the following DO’s and DON’T’s:
be particularly careful to watch crankcase oil
/el on long trip®.
remember to switch tires and to watch pres
jre, especially on hot days,
wash your car once a week to remove road
31m and chemicals.
sit in a comfortable, erect position and rest
requerttly.
keep the windshield free of dust and dirt at
times.
give your car a Lubrioare treatment,
remember that most drivers can get 10 per
tent more miles per gallon by observing econ
ly rules.
DON’T neglect inspection and adjustment of brakes
' before starting a long trip. —----—1_
DON’T allow grime and dirt to accumulate on
chrome. Clean as frequently as necessary.
DON’T take chances with improperly aimed head
lights. Your safety is at stake.
DON’T put off having the air cleaner cleaned and
refilled with new oil.
DON’T forget in warm weather your battery needs
water frequently. Check it often.
DON’T block vision with gadgets and stickers.
DON’T drive faster than conditions warrant, don't
run risks on the highway, and don’t drive if you
are fatigued.
Keen Installed
It Carrboro Lions
idles Night Event
arrboro — The installation of
rs, the naming of I4on of
Year and a speech by Anebie
inieW Mayo®1 of JJrapcr, -SMC.,
Vured the annual Ladies Night
jram of the Carifooro lions
last Thursday.
le lion of the Year award
^presented to J. S. Gibson and
award for outstanding bom
tee work was presented to
President R. B. Studelbaker.
cers installed by the first
Esident of the duib, Rev. V. E.
pen of Fayetteville, were: E. T.
president: Card Ellington,
vice-president; Hugh Nan
second vice president; J. S.
bson,* third vice president; Ash
Harward, tail twister; Eric
a, lion tamer*A- M- White
treasurer; Roy Riggsibee,
retary; Dwight and Lloyd M.
iter,' directors fdr one year;
elton Lloyd and Made Watts,
lector for two years,
luests of the duib at the meet
were: President and Mrs.
ay Culbreth of the Chapel Hill
ranis Clulb; President and Mrs.
ties Godfrey of the Chapel Hill
tary Club; President and Mrs.
|1 Alexander of the Chapel Hill
|C. s; the Rev. and Mrs. Queen;
and Mirs. Daniels; Mr. and
Roland Giduz of Chapel Hill;
pn and Mrs. Wellman, former
of Pine Bluff; Lion and Mrs.
fetters of Shelby.
iwler Family
folds Reunion
}t Hogan’s Lake
hapel Hill— The second an
1 reunion of the Fowler fami
was held Sunday at Hogan’s
near Chapel mil with a
- number of direct descend
ed the late James Washing
Fowler and' Martha Fowler
\ for the event. /
ing the greatesrT distance for
reunion was Mrs. Alice Fow
(Joyce, and children, Michael
'^Colleen, of Chicago, 111. Other
~bers of the family and
came from Chapel Hill,
rham, Raleigh, Rowland and
.' surrounding area for the get
fether.
nic dinners were spread for
n°ontime meal and .barrels of
no nade and ice water were
shed by E. W. Powell of near
ol Hill, who with Cod. M. B.
er and Marvin Fowler, of
■ ^lam, and their brothers in
r5*! Hill, are responsible for
t reMnion each summer on the
Sunday in July.
New Filtration Facil
Hillsboro’s Water F
Hillsboro — The Town of Hills
boro has just put into operation
its new filtration facilities which
doubles the capacity of the local
municipal water plant.
Water was pumped Lsto the
new units Monday for the first
time as new machinery, agitators,
flocculating machines went into
operation and the new settling
basin was filled.
The plant now has a capacity of
half a million gallons per day and
was completed at a contract price
of $30,000, - including a half mile
of additional six inch piping,
which extended fire protection to
the Northwest comer of the town
capacity - -thus -assures adequate
supplies for. fire protection
throughout the town.
H. R. Ben field -and Company
was.contractor for the: additipn
to the * water plant which was!
agreement to complete the work
in 60 days.
Hillsboro Board
Drafting Act
Regulating Cabs
Hillsboro — The Town Board)
Commissioners took under ad
/isement this week ' a proposed
>rdinance regulating the opera-s
ion of taxi cabs within the com- j
nunity. . ... . |
Preliminary discussions mdica.
id the ordinance may undertake
o establish rigid regulations both
is to operators and drivers and
ikewise cover the question of
•ates and other matters not here
tofore regulated by the municipal
Commissioners F. E. Joyner and
id R J- Smith were named a
munittee to work-with Attorney
D. Eskridge in drafting
•oposed ordinance. -- _. .
The board, in accordance
-©visions of an act of the recent
igislature. passed a formal reso
ition declining to waive its im
unity to suits which might re
llt from acts of its employee*
his action followed receipt of an
terpretation from thei Leagu* g
iunicipalities that such mrnmmty
ould be lost unless specific ae
on was taken to retam it.
The board elected Mrs. ^
ole for a two year term as Town
lerk, succeeding Mrs. Alice
hew. -at a monthly^ y
17^ It also reelected M. P. Lloyd
fater Works and mereased lus
asic salary from $65 to $75 per
New Filtration Facilities Doable
Hillsboro’s Water Plant Capacity
Fourth Birthday
Of Exchange Club
b Program Feature
Hillsboro — The HilMjoro Ex
change Cluib observed Ladies
Night and the fourth anniversary
of the club’s organization with a
dinner meeting at the Colonial
Inn last Thursday*night. -
.A number of State officers of
the civic organization were guests
at the meeting. Lee Fonbis, State
Exchange Club president, and Dr.
J. B. Morris, State vice-(presidents
spoke"'briefly." Other guofts in
cluded: Lee-Settle, state secretary,
and Mrs. Settle of Mefcane; C. L.
Russell of High Point, state treas
urer: f>uy Bphl^nd-, of Burlington,
member of the state board of con
trol: Frank: Crawford, Mefoane,
district governor; and Mr. and
M£s. R. L. Mohler, representing
The Hillsboro Lions Club.
During the program Frank Ray,
.president of the local club, spoke
on the projects of the club dur
ing the past four years. Following
the program, a spelling bee and
card bingo was played. To con
clude the event, a birthday cake
-punch.-were served. _
Heavy Budget Requests May Push
$1 Tax Rate Up: Rent Action Seen
Hillsboro—The Board of Coun
ty Commissioners took initial ac
tion Monday to effect de-«ontrol
erf rents in Orange County.
It voted to hold a public hear
ing as required by law to obtain
local sentiment but the belief was
indicated that little it any apposi
tion would be registered to the
proposal. That has been the ex
perience in other communities of
the area, notably in the Town of
Chapel Hill where decontrol ac
tion was taken many months ago.
A definite date for the hearing
will probably be set next Monday
night. A 30-day notice of such a
hearing is required', It was ascer
tained by County Attorney J. D.
Eskridge, after a Imitative date
at July 16 had been set by the
.board.
A request for the establishment
of toilets for Negroes was sub
mitted to the Board by M. C.
Burt, who called attention to the
absence of any such facilities at
the courthouse for the public or
Negro employees of the county.
The commissioners called for a
study of the situation by county
officials, and requested estimates
of construction costs be obtained.
Five petitions for approval of
road improvements were present
ed at Monday’s session and taken
under consideration by the Board.
No actions were taken. They in
cluded: a road in Cheeks town
ship from Oasis Service Station to
North Est; a road in Little River
township known as the Henry
Carden road; the Mt. Sinia road,
which a delegation requested be
paved and widened for a distance
of 5M miles; Fittsfooro road in
Chapel Hill towsihip, a distance of
Vi mile; and a road in Eno town
ship from Palmers Grover to L. I.
Yates.
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BIGGEST DIVIDEND
Hillsboro — The largest divi
dend In the history of thd orga
nization waa paid on Juno SO
by the Hillsboro Building and
Loan Association, Wade D. Key,
secretary and treasurer, an
nounced today.
Nearly a thousand stockhold
ers received a total of $9,820.
16, Key stated, the largest
amount paid since tlhe associa
tion was started In 1913, thirty
eight years ago.
Chapel Hill — Philip Lloyd,
operator of the Carolina Pharma
cy h^re, is under arrest on eight
counts of sellimg habit forming
drugs without prescriptions.
Trial has been set for Middle
District Federal Court on the
fourth Monday in September.
Details of the alleged^ offenses
have not been disclosed here.
Orange County Coarts Beconw Money
Makers; Increased Activity Reflected
Hillsboro — The Orange Ooun
■ ty Recorders Courts have de
veloped into real money makers,
figures compiled by County Ac
countant Ira Ward revealed this
week.
Thus is reflected increased ac
tivity oh the part of law enforce
ment officials «id comparable fol
low-through action on the part
at the courts. Increased highway
patrol activity is in large measure
also responsible for the increase.
Clerks and solicitors fees in the
Orange County Recorders Court
have increased close to 100 per
cent in the past year" and ftnee
approximately 80 percent, die
statistics reveal. Clerks and so
licitors fees in the County Court
totalled $3,186.02 in 1049 while in
the fiscal year 1950-51 these fees
had increased to $6,322.34: $13,
731.18 was collected' in' fines for
| the past fiscal year as compared
to only $8,371.26 the previous 12
months. Last year’s budget for
operating the court amounted to
only $4,801.55.
The Chapel Hill Recorders
Court yielded to the school fund
otf the county $12,040.60 during
the 12 months preceding May 21,
1861 as compared to $9,078 th<
previous year, „ ;'x -'
~ It was estimated conservatively
that revenue from the two oourti
had more than doubled during
the past five years.
Increased receipts have alsc
been noted in the office of Regis
ter at Deeds, but costs of operat
ing the office last year were still
higher than receipts. A new sche
dule of fees was approved by
legislative act this year which
should remedy this deficits
Receipts from Register of Deeds
fees totalled $7,387.30 in 1860-51
as compared to $6,278.75 the pre
vious year. $8,354.78 was budget
ed to operate the office last year.
School Board Sets Opening Date
For Tent, Changes Own Meeting Time
Hillsboro — The Orange Coun
ty Board of Education set opening
and closing dates of school and
official holidays, and changed its
own time of meeting at last Mon
day’s monthly session which
marked the first session attended
by the new Superintendent G.
Paul Carr.
School for next year will open
on September 3 and close May
23 with 10 apnoved holidays dur
ing the term: the date of district
meeting of NCEA October 4,
Thanksgiving, November 22-23,
Christmas, December 20-31 and
Easter Monday, April 14.
For its own monthly meeting
the board set 7:30 p. m. each first
Monday instead of the regular 10
a. m. session.
In other rountine actions it
I scheduled a meeting July 17 In
Chapel Hill in the office of Board
Member Kemp Cate at 10 o’clock
to go over with members of the
Carfboro and Chapel Hill school
boards the question of boundaries
which have been in controversy
for sonre~ time. At 2:30 at the
courthouse - on - the -sameday, it
will open bids for the new Ay
cock School gymnasium.
An agreement was approved
with the St. Mary'S "Grange for
leasing the old St. Mary’s School
to the grange for a Grange Hall
for a 10 year period. The Grange
agreed to keep up the property
during the period of the lease and
the Board agreed to reimburse
the Grange for any Capital Out
lay spent for a heating plant dur
ing the first year of the lease on
a proportional basis in the event
it took over and cancelled the
lease before it? expiration.
Whitley Murder Case Bound Over To Superior Court
Hillsboro — An attempt to have
the murder case against 16-year
Mattie Lee Whitley dismissed
in a probable,, cause hearing in
County Recorders Court failed
here Monday.
Judge L. J. Phipps found pro
bable cause against the frail ap
pearing Negro mother after hear
ing- witnesses for the State and
bound the case over to the next
term of Orange County Superior
Court. - ■ _
Solicitor John Q. LeGrand in
troduced testimony of the funeral
director, Bynum Wearver, who re
lated his version of picking up
the deceased Marion Whitley from
the yard of Lemuel Edwards, the
girl's father, and removing him to
the hospital, and Deputy Sheriff
Frank Maddry who gave results
of his investigation * and girl’s
version as related, to him. Maddry
said the girl told him she shot
her husband after he broke the
door down and threatened her
with a cabbage knife, backing her
through two rooms after she de
posited their baby on the bed in
the middle room, and picked up
the shotgun.
By caretful questioning, the
Solicitor sought to cast doubt on
the seif defense claim of the de
fendant by showing the absence
of blood in ithe house, the loca
tion of the two weapons involved
and the placement of a second
shot in the fireplace in the op
posite direction from which the
dead man was said to have enter
ed,
Defense Attorney A. H. Gra
ham after presenting testimony
of Sheriff S. T. Latta which gen
erally corroborated that oi Mad
dry asked for a dismissal of the
action at that point on the grounds
that self defense was clearly in
dicated and further prosecution
would entail needless expense.
CXher cases were as Hollows!
Charlie Williams, public drunk
enness, forcible trespass, $5 and
costs; Mrs. Gordon A. Nolys, no
driver’s license and reckless driv
ing, $25 and costs; Jfunes Odie
Hanward, improper license, $10
and costs; Ostella Toraln, improp
er breaks, $10 and costs; Thomas
J. Strayhorn, no driver’s license,
$25 and costs; John Thomas Per
ley, no driver’s license, $25 and
costs; James Brooks, public drunk
enness and cursing, $10 and costs;
S. S. Regan, illegal possession,
$15 and costs; Buss Riley, public
drunkenness, $5 and costs; Ira
Suitt,' obtaining money under
false pretense and failing to com
mence or complete such work as
cording to contract, not guilty;
Abe Louis Wolfson, passing on a
curve, costs; Nathaniel Brooks,
improper equipment, $5 and costs;
Linard S. Norden, speeding, $10
and. costs; Robert Lee Perry,
abandonment and failure to sup
port wife, nol pro^Syrith leave;
Robert Lee Perry, failure to sup
port minor child, pleas nolo con
tendere, iprayer for judgement
and continued; James Junius Pen
land, no driver’s license, $25 and
costs; Helen Melton, simple as
sault, $10 arid costs; Stella N.
Hatcher, no driver's license, $25
and costs; Fred Lee Anderson,
speeding, $10 and costs; Thomas
O’Zell Jeffers, speeding, $5 and
costs; William H. Whitford, speed
ing, $5 and costs Eddie ^Malloy,
passing without having 500 ft.
clearance, costs; William Rook,
assault, called and failed; William
Rook, damage to personal pro
perty, called arid failed; George
Gattis, assault, three months on
roads, suspended, costs; Robert
Robinson, hon-stipport, nol pros
with leawe; 5. B. Parsh, giving
wtorthless check, costs and pay
amount of checks; Annie F. Hol
mes, public drunkenness, costs.
Raritan Club
Is Organized •
At Cedar Crave
The newly organized Cedar
Grove Ruritan Club held Its
charter night on June 19 at Ay
cock School with representatives
of the nation#! club present to
take part hi the ceremonies.
Clyde Harris «rf- Roeh, :■‘Mount,
District Governor of Ruritan, in
stalled. the now officers and spoke
of the History erf Ruritan to the
forty-two members who were
received into the dub.
The principal speaker for the
evening was the Rev. Edgar Whit
ley of Conetoe who discussed some
of the value to the individual of
the Ruritan Club. Other guests
present included Kermit Dunn of
Nashville, N. C., lieutenant gov
ernor of the organization; O. B.
Nichols of Oak Grove Club and
and George Whitis of Conetoe. :
Officers installed at the charter
night "were: Wilfbrd Phelps, presi
dent; Giles Long vice president;
duulw-.tr.- lanfStHUg secretary;
Gordon Liner, treasurer; Mon
Alien, - sergeant-at-arms; R.—M.
Anderson, Clyde Roberts and Zeb
C. Burton, directors. The newly
organized club will hold a supper
meeting the first Friday night in
each month.
The next meeting will be held
.Friday, July 6, at 7:30 p. m. at
Aycoek Cafeteria and other local
men are urged So join the group
at that time.
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Eight Ministers
To Speak
At Joint Services
Carrboro — The schedule of
speakers for a series of joint Sun
day evening services of the Carr
boro Baptist and Methodist
churches has been announced this
week. The services, which begin
Sunday night at 8 o’clock, will be
held at the local Lion’s Park and
will continue through August
26th.
Speakers -will be: the Rev. W.
Mr Howard—Jr., of tjie Chapel
Hill Methodist Church, July 8th;
Rev. Charles M. Jones of the
Oh ape 1 Hill Presbyterian Church,
July 15th; the Rev. David W.
Yates of the Chapel Hill Episco
pal Qhurah. July 22nd; the Rev.
Troy E. Jones, of the Carrboro
Baptist Church, July 29th; the
Rev. Rev. E. C. Cooper at the
Chapel Hill Lutheran Church,
Church, August 5th; the Rev. M.
E. Tyson, at the Carrboro Metho
dist Church, August 12th; the
Rev. J. Earl Danieley, of the Cha
pel Hill Congregational Church,
August 19th; the Rev. Samuel T.
Habel at the Chapel Hill Baptist
Church, August 29th.
Hillsboro — Substantially la
creased budget requests from vir
tually every department of the
county government dampened
hopes erf County Commissioner*
this week that the year-old $1
tax rate can be maintained dur
ing tfaa next fiscal year. ^
Despite increased revenues from
several sources and year-end sur
pluses in practically every fund,
the volume otf increased requests
and needed services irf granted by
the Commissioners, it appeared,
might force a small tax rate in- -
crease.
The Commissioner* meeting
here Monday received for study
the new budget requests and will
meet again next Monday night in
special session to begin formal
consideration of the next yen's
likely that increased property val
uation on the tax books will pro
vide some help toward keeping
the tax rate near its present zeM
tively low figure.
Should the tax rate be increas
ed. it would mean the "fiarseeable
future” of a year ago has come
to a dose. The County Board
during the bond issue campaign
of a year and a half ago and dry
ing budget considerations last
year indicated their belied the in
creased rate (from 85c to $1 par
hundred dollar valuation) would
be sufficient to maintain the gov
ernment during the forthcoming
period which could be foreseen
at that time.
To keep the county operating
until mid-August when the neiw
fiscal budget will be finally pass
ed, the Commissioners passed an
interim budget Monday in the
amount of $57,500 to cover sala
ries. operating expenses, welfare
expenditures and school approve
ments. * ._; , .
The surplus of budgeted funds
at the doae of the fiscal year,
Ji-ae AT, wc- -tell in- ernes• eg
160,000, according to figures pre
sented the Board, while On the
other hand one deportment re
quest alone, the Board of Educa
tion. requested $65,000 more than
last year’s appropriation. Broken
down, this is how the 1950-A1
surplus came about tram the
various funds: Salaries $4,795.92;
Recorders Court $2,480.28; General
Fund $7,882.90; County Bond Fund
$2,333.35; Health $713.45; Welfare
$6,879.80; School Capital Outlay
$26,527.17,“ School Dept Service
$2,534.19: Courts and Jails $1,896.
44; and School Current Expenses
${(,873.95.. T-v'-: ~~——..
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Hillsboro High
Aonnals Arrive
For Distribotioa
Hillsboro — The 1951 Hillsboro
High School annuals have arrived
and will be distributed Saturday
afternoon and night, Mrs. B. P.
Gordon Jr., faculty advisor, an
nounced today. _
Students are asked to call for
books at the school between 3 and
9 p. m. Saturday night.
! “The Silhouette”, edited by
Joan Reinhardt, has a blue and
white plastic cover depicting a
i portion of the school building. A
i section is given to each class, to
' the various school clubs, the ssn
ior class history, class prophecy
and the superlatives. One page
has a series of snapshots while
two double-pages, done in the
same tones erf blue and white as
the cover, show a scene from the
1950 junior-senior banquet; the
band at Kenan stadium; a group
picture of the girls’ basketball
team and individual pictures <rf
thesfr girls^The printing was done
in off-set by Myers and Co. Inc.,
of Toipeka. Kans.
The annual is dedicated to G.
C. McBaraq, the mathematics
teacher, affectionately known by
his students as “Mr. Mac.”
Working with Miss Reinhardt
to publish this successful and at
tractive annual were the follow
ing: Fred Blake, business man
ager; Bill Teer and Charles Boggs,
advertising managers; Betty Lou
Reinhardt, assistant editor; Ed
ward Scarlette, assistant business
Faculty advisors for the pro
ject were Mrs. Gordon and Miya
Bnma Lee Dacia, ifogifea* Itiarhtr.
Club’s Paper Drive Sunday