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♦ (Published Weekly) •f County cm gp with the nown from all • . *a county by roaElnt THE T # ews or CHANGE COUNTY Ivol. 58—No-?*9 < . • of Zli&tr Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1895 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL ,N. C., THURSDAY, JULY *6, 1951 buy, rent or ««t a Jo* by THE NEWS of Omm C • Price: $t a Year; 5c Single Copy KSS'..?'1'-.'IJ - «- Durham — Duke University is launching a $5,500,000 build ing program /for 1915-52. Six new projects are eittier now un der construction or are In the planning stage: (TojT reft),the Elizabeth P. Hanes Nurses Home, $850,000; (Top right), A Nuclear Research Addition to the '|Physic« .Building, $265,000; (Lower left), Men’s graduate-* dormitory, $1,540,000; (Lower right), Cancer and Heart Re search wing to the Medical Re search Building, $300,000; (Cen ter), Is being cleared for a pro posed Classroom and Admini stration Building* , $2,000,000. Sixth project is a $300,000 addi tion to the university boiler plant. Only the classroom build Wig and graduate domltory are being built under Duke's $12, 000,000 development program. The other projects are financed by gifts from private Individuals or special grants. - - * - — SiHsboro--Speeding on the highways took on a lighter., hue da. Orange County Recorder’s Speeders Get Judge’s Mercy Lowered Fines Court this week and' two youths who got heavy fines and suspend ed sentences last .week came back for mercy this -\yeek .and got it from Judge L, J. Ruqojw. Fines of $>100 each imposed on Latham W. Philips and Alfred Dodson were cut in half after Attorney ‘A. Hr Graham appear ing for Phelps asked ibr a re hearing. Over the protest oi Pros scuting ■ Attorney * John 9' Le Grand who objected‘bn statutory grounds to the reopening af crimi nal cases after the adjournment, the judge allowed pleas _ of nolo contendere to reckless driving charges and reduced the fine to >30 each. Last week the pair pled, giuilty to speeding 85 miles per hour, a crime which would automatically cost them their driver’s license for a period at time. The solicitor sought to postpone the , rehearing to allow the arresting highway patrolman to appear again on the stand but the request was denied. The record: Charles Jaimes Florence, reckless driving and failing to step for stop sign, >10 and costs; Thames William Austin, no operators license, $25 and costs, Alton Ceoii Whitaker, public drunkenness, costs; Mayor P Stevens, public drunkenness, costs, Arnold R. Williams, speeding, $15 arKt costs; Henry Riggins, public ^runkenness, costs; WiH Cotton, “legal possession non tax (paid whiskey^ sax months jail sentence suspended and fiflne of' $150 and rusts; Albert Dodson, 30 day su spended jail sentence for public drunkenness ordered- into effect; -forris Terry, drunken driving, *100. and costs; Roland Habgood, Public drunkenness, costs; Roland ■ hgood, failing to stop for step • -on, $io and costs; Jimmy Ben Ilett, reckless driving, $50 and V?sts: William .Long Jr., failing to ~ni lights, $io and* costs; Robert jLupilton, assault, $5 and costs; William Clyde Darnell Jr., reck-; droving, $50 and costs; John [ * ordan, trespass, $5 and costs; j 'v\ Rudolph Nondan, drunken; lvin£, not guilty; James Hen- { <***. assault, not guilty; Rob-; ^rna<h Gilmore, •peedirug, $101 and costs. >1®»000 street fund Q^apel Hill — The Town of rqcjsiye .$18,000 -Mw the Powell Bill for us£ o« unicqjai streets, Town Manager Rose {as reported. Hidden Hills Matter Tabled Chapel Hi'll — The petition u*, annex- the surbunban section Known—as—KH-*=1-r‘n—H|tl< t.p the *Fown of Chapel Hill has been tabled temporarily." The petition for annexation, first presented a year ago, was renewed at the last meeting of the Board of Aldermen, and Town Manager Tom Rose was requested to secure necessary data -to aid the -aldermen, in making a deci sion. _ Rose .told Jie'.TBbaftf real ‘and personal property located within the proposed area to be annexed was valued at $69,500 and would produce annually only $990 in ad valorum taxes at the current rate plus- about $25 in poll and dog taxes. Estimated municipal ser vices would cost aproximately $2,000 per year. STjsc' ** 'nakirtg-'&s repw min-Jed the Board of its own esti not realistic to exipect to finance sewer lines in the area before the Fall of ll953 at the earliest. If annexed tihe town would have to provide “such services as it could1 untU January 1952 without any reve nue whatever from that area” and money would not actually be re ceived before October 1952. Concluding Ida report, Rose s;id he believed the public would expect the Board to decide whe ther Hidden Hfills is or is not the next section which should be an nexed. . ' Motion to table the matter was offered by Alderman Robert Fow ler. Mrs. Irene Pender Named Supervisor For Elementary Schools Of County • Hillsboro — Mrs. Irene Oliver' Pender, a native otf the Cedal Grove coomnvuruty and. a teacher in the Aycock School, has been selected to succeed Miss Cora Paul Bomar is county supervisor of Elementary Schools. Superintendent G. Paul Carr Carr Aid she would begin her duties on August 15. Miss Bomar, who vos the first incumbent m the supervisory position in this county, resigned in June to be ,come a library consultant with the State Department of Public Instruction. Mrs. Pender has had a varied educational experience to bring to her new post. She received both her A: B: ami M- A., degrees , frojn the University cf North Carolina, ha- a diploma in Religious Edu cation from Elon. College and has taken special studies at Duke Uniufcrsity and N. C. State Col had a number, of years experience -in aU, gra^ies_of t e elementary school and has also served as principal erf an elemen tary school for two years prior to her nineteen year tenure as a teacher at Ay cock. She has also tati^tf social sciences and health in high sahool, given private pi ano lessons and assisted in Glee ClUb work. Mrs. Pender is a member of the North Carolina Education As sociation, National Education As sociation, North Carolina Associa tion for Health, Physical Educa tion and Recreation. She is a former president of the Orange County Chapter of the NCEA and for two . years headed the Orange County unit of the Classroom Teachers Association. Active in Vhli.'i h werte. she jg a member of fhr - Cedar Grove Methodist Church, bras taught the Young People’s class for the past 10 years and at one time served as super intendent of the Youth Fellow ship Division of the Methodist Church,-1_' bids today Chapel Hill — The University of North Carolina will oipen bids for the construction of the ob stetrical section of the new ^ach ing hospital of the Medical Sohoo here Thursday, July 26. The cost is expected to be approximately $300,000. .. ' This section ot the 1*“l|^ consist of the present third (top) floor af the Infirmary andol netf fix*.jwtti cougar connections adife tSie ,roaln pital. tom thumb wedding The Antioch Road Home Dern onstratiton club will sponsor a family fun night program to be given at White Cross School on Saturday, July 28, at 8:00 o’clock. One of the highlights at the pro gr„„. ..“ill be a Tom Thumb Wed ding by the smaller children. Re freshments WiH be for sale. Pro ceeds from the -program are to he tawrdbuildiftg a future conahiHtfty SiCMing: ^ \ Staff Changes Are Announced By Health Office Chapel Hill — Dr. O. David Dt-tUiC*'Health Department, an nounced recent changes in his Ataff. Dr. D. R. Chadiwidc. Assistant He lath Officer in Chatham and Lee, has resigned to become the Health Officer in Granville Coun ty at Oxford, North Carolina. Charles Hdp&ins, sanitarian in Chatham County has resigned to study at the University of North Carolina. Marvin Price, sanita!rian. in Per SWl County has accegAed 4he posi tion of sanitarian to Wilson, North Carolina. t‘ Mrs. Beryl Rogers has resighed from the Orange County staff to join her husband in Durango, Col orado. Mrs. Evelyn Henson and Mirs Virginia Gibson have left the Hillsboro office to live in Greens boro, North Carolina, and Cam bridge, Mass., respectively. Mrs. Rose Wischkaemper has resigned as nutritionist with the district staffs Howard Fitts, Health Educator, has resigned to continue graduate study at N. C. C. at Durham, N. C. New arrivals in the District of fices include JVlrs. Statta Watson and Mrs. Lena Seasons in Orange County, Mrs. Arista McSherry in .the Person County office as pub lic health nurses.^ New assistant “sanitarians with the District are Erston E. Bruce of Waverly, Tennessee, who joins the staff arfter a period of ex perience with the Southern Dai ries of Miami, Fla;, and Bveretit W. McNeilly of Casor, N. C., who who has completed his work for a B. A. at Wake Forest. New secretaries are Mildred Wright in the Chapel Hill office and Camelia Comptom in the Hillsboro office. —-ZzZ— -o— ■ Misenheimer To Be Installed Hillsboro — On Sunday at 11 a. m .'Kay Misenheimer, a grad uate al Uhion ^Tec^t^lcal- Semi narv, Richmond, Va., will be or dained at the Little River Pres byterian Church. He has been working in the Little River, Fair field, and Eno churches since his graduation. He will be installed at Fairfield Church at 3 p. m. and at Eno Church at t p. m. Serving as representatives o< Orange Presbytery far the ordina tion will be Dr. T. Henry Patter son of . Greensboro, the Rev. I. E. Birdseye erf Hilldboro, the Rev. W. M. Raker off Mebane, and Mr. Life*** Hughes o£ Cedar .Grove. Cedar Grove Folks Offer Loan To Complete Gym All Rent Control Lifted In County Hillsboro .— Rent controls in Orange County were unanimous ly voted out of existence here Monday by the Board of County Commissioners. • The'action fallowed an official public hearing at which only tiwo persons appeared to present their views. Ernest Lockhart supported the group's proposed action, while Orange County Veterans Service Officer Walter G. Wren declared he felt the controls should be con-1 tinued. | Board Chairman Collier Cobb Jr. declared he had heard almost no other comments either for or against'lifting the rent curbs. The action wil became final on its ap proval by the Office of the Hous ing Expocditer in Washington._ All of Orange County went un der rent control at the same time during World War II. The Town I of Chapel Hill killed its controls' last Dec. 11 following a similar public hearing. At that time Orange County Rent Advisory Board Chairman H. R. Totten said he felt controls Next Speaker Carrbero Minister In Outdoor Series Camboro — The Rev. Troy E. Jones of the Carrlboro Baptist Churdh will be the speaker at the 3tun»ner out door service next Sunday evening, July 29th, at 8 "dV'Twk at the Lion's Baseball Park in Carnboro. : 'Mr. Jones is the first Cariboro minister to speak at these services attendence for the unique services continues and it is expected that a large number will be present next Sunday evening. Thse are joint services for all churches in this area. -p tiily A'yiwi I in the rest of the County had been continued only because of the previous housing shortage in Cha pel Hill. 1 . o - , Central Hum Ec . Teacher Holding Adult Classes Hillsboro —Classes, under the J supervision erf Miss B. A. Pretty, ( are being held in the Homemak ing Department at Central High 1 School on Monday from six to eight P. M. and at Bfland Grad ed School on Tuesday, from six I to eight P. M. I oige s() (<»f The classes, which will consist of lamp making, decorating ma- , teriate, needle crafts, and dress 'making, wdl continue from Jdly 23 until September 3. Many will be surprised to And how attractive a lamp made from an old stone jar, bath salts bottle, large candy jar, and many more discarded bottles, wood and glass, can be decorated. Pillow cases, curtains, dishtowels, etc. are also decorated. The Home Economics Detri ment will be opened for indivi dual projects any time upon re quest. Time that isn’t spent foT individual project work and adult classes will be used for home I visits, planning yearly program ' of work and for professional growth. --——o JORDAN REUNION TO BE HELD AUGUST 5 The annual Jordan reunion will be held1 Sunday, August 5. at the home of Mrs. W. SI (Jennie Jor dan) McDade in the Walnut Grove Church community. All Jordan decendents and! there friends are expected to attend. Come and bring a picnic lunch. Patrolman T. P. Hofler Is Transferred To Pinetop Alter 12 Years In Hillsboro Hillsboro — HigHwtajr Patrol man T. P. Hofler, who has served Shis area witlt headquarters here for the past 12 years, has been transferred to Pinetap in Edge combe County, effective ^ugust 1. He will be succeeded by T. P. Smith, who is now assigned to the Durham highway patrol of fice. The new patrolman in "Hills boro will be joined by still another member of the patrol within the next few weeks, bring ing to five the number of patrol men assigned to work in this county. Two men are now sta tioned at Ghaipol Hill and one at EQand. In a statement addressed to “the people of Orange County,” Hofler had this to say yesterday: “I wish to take this opportunity to ex press my appreciation for the kindnesses and cooperation that you have shown me during my stay in your county. I have tried to serve the -people at the county and State to the best erf my ability in a fair and imip&rtial way. I shall continue to retain a great interest in Orange County and! all of its citizens. I solicit your con tinued cooperation and support for my successor.” During his tenure here Up fie r was married to the former Miss Bessie Efland at Efland. They have one small daughter, Carolyn, They expect to move to their new home tomorrow.-. • —~r-r I The Hofler home located on King Street next to the Colonial Inn has been rented by N. G. ! Sawyer, local lumber dealer. Patrolman Smith is expected to move his wife arud one child to Hillsboro soon after he assumes his duties. Aldermen Move Against Carve Inn Set Public Hearing On August 13 Chapel Hill — In a strongly worded bill of particulars, the i Board of Aldermen went into -ae~ |-tiiort lVTnndav night_against the i i defiant owners of the Curve Inn ' • and issued formal notification to i them of a public hearing on the question pf a privilege license an<3 j beer peirait to bh held on August 13. | The resolution taking note of j • the action of Dr. S. A. Nathan in : ignoring their previous revoca-] tion of the permit allowing reno- ' vation of the drive-in, the board said it considered the “expansion” j cf the old Curve Jtm building j clearly in confcict with the spirit and letter of the Ghaipel Hill Zon ing ordinances. It cited “a serious distuxtoance and a near free-for all fight and riot” which allegedly ocurred at the place on July 13. The board said it considered the whole Curve Inn, areas both inside arid outside of the actual town limits, to be .“clearly detri / mental to the homes of residents I of the section adjacent, a common I nuisance to those residents and value to those who patronize it. _It declared the beer permit pre,* Wrtisly is.-oied to—EdwitL E. John son null and void inasmuch as he- had not opened for business and issued formal notification to Nathan and Johnson by name and any other interested parties that the board wiH consider the ques iion i.-.f a privilege license-and beer peanit for Edwin E. Johnson for use at Curve Inn on August 13. .. The Board approved the formal resolution authorizing the issuance of $6,000 in sewer bonds to en large the sewer system, and agreed to pay 1V* percent of police of ficers’ pay into the Law Enforce ment Officers Retirement Fund inasmuch as these employees could not came under social se curity along with other municipal j wnployees. Huisooro Residents of the 'edar Grove community want heir Aycock School gym*nsuim wmpleted now and Monday of ered to lend the County Com- ' nissioners money to do the job. Zeb C. Burton and John Hnr cins made the offer as a dele tion from the community under he stipulation that the Board voutd agree to budget the re juired expenditure in next year’s ►udtget. When bids were opened for the chool project Mat Week, they ex ceded the available money by 7,236.80, including architects fees. ’he building had been allotted ■82,500 under the bond issue pco An additional $1,024.30 vould be needed to complete the ruiiding without heat _if an a<f iitdonal $24,80 could be found. However, the committee felt the >uilcLmg would be of little value virfihoul these items. Tb go on vith construction and get the niildang completed now they pro xrsed to raise lend the county the ~“ ■equired amount. The Commissioners expressed rympathy for the project but ex pressed some doubt as to the legality of suqh a loan, or eornmit nent of funds for a future year, The delegation was requested to present their problem to the Board of Education and get some recommendation from that body prior to next month’s regular meeting of the Commissioners f when the matter will be taken up again. Low bids for the project rati_ to $66,418 and architects fees an additional $3,$i20.80. ”Sv —-~0 Former EHaad Man b Named To School Post 'jx Efland — D. Wayne Taylor, 24 year old. son of Mr. and Mrs. L-—S.—Taylor af Efy-nd. was re ceu.ly elected as “assistant Super intendent of Rockingham County schools. Young Taylor graduated with ihe class of ’43 from the .former Efland High School and from Elon College with the class at ’47. Since that time-he has been principal of Sadder School near Rekhmlie. Oh July 20, he completed hb work for his Masters-degree from the University of North Carolina. . His wife, the former* Tessie .Zim merman, who is also a graduate ot Eton, will teach at the Reids- ’ ville City school next term. ---- Students Seeking Deferments SheaM Notify Board < Hillsboro Selective service registrants seeking student defer ments should make sure the local draft board has been notified of their acceptance for college train ing, according to local officials. The college or university ac cepting the student must supply the selective service boards with Form 109 showing such accept ance. The local board must have the form before it can consider deferments based on the recent college aptitude examinations. Student registrants should act at once as draft boards are ex pected to .complete all student classifications- by August 2Q.L Registrants may check with the local draft office to find opt if the fortij has been received, Regisr_ trants planning to transfer from cne institution to another .must have Forms 109 from other insti July. The position pays $2,040 People’s class for the past 10 years —— 1 ^ -P--I— HOMECOMING AT UNION GRdVr — The Union Grove Methodist Church is having its annual Homecoming Sunday. The morn ing service begins at 11:00. The Rev. Jesse Minnis, a visit ing missionary fircxn India, and formerly from the Union Grove Community will be the morning speaker. After dinner there will he an afternoon service. All fri ends and former members are in vited to come and bring a picnic
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