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UP of orange County can Wlth the new. from all ^ county by raadlng THE ^ QF ORANGE COUNTY 37 ___ of Four Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1895 For quick, proven results, buy, rsnt or pot a Job by the classified ads on pops 9 of THE NEWS of Oranpo County (Published Weekly) I HILLSBORO"AND CflAPEL HILL, N. CL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER so, 1951 Price: $2 a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages Thu Week jiapel Min urns Again S‘U’ Opens ' , Hsii _ The University Jftreused itself - - and with frcm i*s “between ses f lethargy over the weekend, -me 1000 new students ar 7Pn the campus for regiStra Thirh -got under way in ,llen Gymnasium Monday aft erinning Saturday, the earn ed community began a hec bu«;le to get settled-for toe ,ing of the fall term which is with classes on Thurday Tfshinen. a new crop of coed I transfer students, and well , [00 0]d students serving as i.ors were, ail over Chapel Hill wghout the weekend. lhe new students’ orientation ..ram, which will continue un dasses begin, was in full swisg pith many eating establish es -dosed since the end of the mev Session, those operating , crowded with customers, ra heio had to be sought and manent employees were work overtime. ■ranikian street, toe main roughfare of Chapel Hill, all of udden became congested with s and people - - students, there and fathers and friends, rlcing was at a premium, and ■rywtiere there seemed to be an of suppressed excitement and kipation. Resident Gordon Gray <wel ned the newcomers at a gen 1 convocation in Memorial Hall tuiday night, and Sunday aft loon Chancelor and Mrs. R. B. use gave a reception in honor the students. ;ampus offices quickly assumed brisk atmosphere today, tele ones buzzed, papers rustled, d waiting rooms were soon fill— School had really started in mest, and before the orienta n program is over, toe 158th ar of University operation will well on its way to normality. --o ew Chape! Hill coot Executive Introduced t1 Chapel Hill Council of the '] .Scouts held its 'first meet of- the year. Monday. Sept, ■ at which time Mrs. Sam B. yner, the new executive direc was introduced. Mrs. Joyner a sraduate of Duke University d has done advisory work with d Scout and Y-Teen Groups. * will maintain a downtown of e in the Sutton Building. w Girl Scout Program will “t October 1 following the na "wl theme - "Girt Scouts Grow Forth For Freedom.” The suc ‘ «f the program depends Wy upon volunteer workers. Vi J' Demerath, the Gii ut Commissioner, urges worn interested to volunteer the! • ' 'Previous experience A complete course o Z? ^!1 be offered in pre for the year’s work. In j,, .Arsons should get ii •Be WO*.1*”' DCTnerath ' tele tttiire Event toes Soon ^>oro — There is a lot of Rurpc a/n<)r‘'g farmers sowing f in tk01" tbe first t'*me tois aosorert k pasture contest cy Coleman-Laws Com Hillsboro. b ,orfa^:r who Places an pasture grass"seed for draJ n„ e this year is eligible one of the five $20 prizes ^ by V e hve $2° pr i wj Loleman->L3ws Co, 8^0number contest to b « sJLl°unty pMA Off.ee £ ^>tember 29th. atned a? ,,the drawing* can b t ^ County PMA Of Speaker w~~ Ur’ ?• ' G. Greer, i, 9PaeKer and Baptist k at next Sunday Sl**iiS£L 2K t*»e execu KUoTa? °* ** Business V th« University, was ftfc1wperlnt««»ent of °Jph**'-a«e. * ; ^ Aerial View of New Carolina Industry This new asphalt plant at Wilmington, N. C., built by American Oil Company for its associate, Mexican Petroleum Corporation, will be dedicated September 21 by Governor W. Kerr Scott. It is the only asphalt plant of its kind on the Atlantic Coast, and can produce from 750,000 to 1,000,000 pounds of paving asphalt every 24 hours. Aldermen Plan — Street Inspection Pranksters Taunting Local Policeman Discover Fire Hillsboro — Youthful pranks ters, an alert night policeman and members of the Hillsboro ; Volunteer Fire Department col- j laborated last Wednesday night ! to prevent a iserious fire and heavy damage at 1;he Walk«r Milling Company here. It happened this way. When several local youths of high school age rang th* courthouse bell and scurried off into the night, Officer Tom Roberts took . off in hot pursuit. Hurrying be hind the old mill building on the northeast side of court square they, saw a fire just get ting started around a window sill. Throwing caution to the winds, they rushed back toward the pursuing policeman, sound ing the alarm. T The volunteer fire (department did the rest, saving the structure from serious damage, later estir mated to be less than $300. The fife was'started by an overheated machine used for spraying Insecticides, when the automatic cutoff failed to work. Needless to say, the pranks ters got off with a stern warn ing from the law when the dan ger passed. Commission Has Hearings Hillsboro — The North Caro lina Industrial Commission held hearings here Monday in several liability cases involving accident claims. —•Claimants 1 were Miss Estelle Brown, who was injured in a fall vdhile a teacher in the local school and Mrs. Colleen Buchanan of Hillsboro, Route 2, who was hurt in a wreck while serving as oper ator of the Bookmobile. Mrs. Douglas Davis, district li brarian, also appeared seeking re imbursement from, the Commis sion for damages to the Book mobile which" were -incurred in the accident. No announcement of findings was made by Commissioner Bean. Bean, who conducted the hear ings. • - .-—-——— The Jama Webb Family J o Alove lo (• reenshoto Hillsboro James Webb, president of the Eno Cotton Mills, said here this "Sleek that he would move to Greensboro with his family Jthe latter; part of this year-to assume new "duties w1th tihe -Cone Mill*. Cor poration, which operates the local plant, -• -*--i— The move will take place probably In December upon completion of a home which the Webbs are building In Greensboro, There wlU, be -feWaws* in -tfii-'*** here at Eno, he said; and he dent of Eno, In addition to will oontlnue to serve se presl overseeing the Cone plants at Haw River sad serving In ether eapacltiee with the Arm. Chapel Hill — With the State Off North Carolina’s check for si8,456.47 on hand, the Board of Aldermen will go out this after noon and look for the best means of spending it_ The Board and Town Manager Tom Hose h ave ached u ledan in spection tour this afternoon and atre planning a complete city wide itinerary to decide what streets are most deserving of im provement with money available for street work under the Powell Bill, Town Manager Rose said he had. four’ streets particularly- in mind he would recommend for paving but did not elaborate pending the fair of inspection by the Aldermen. Green To Speak At Rich Square Rotary Event ■ Rieh" S quare Plans have teen completed for Chapter. Night -by the Rotary Club of Rich Square, it waSvtma'derJtnbwH Thursday with the announcement that - Ur.' C. Sylvester Green, well ^nown religious educator, editor and lecturer of Chapel Hill, will be the speaker at" the banquet on Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock, Several hundred Rotarians, their wives.and guests are expected to attend the official recognition of Riph Square’s newly organized Rotary Club and participate at the banquet and ceremonies in the Rich Square High School gym nasium. Members of Rotary Clubs in the 278th district have been invited to attend the Charter Night cere monies at Rich Square. - . ... . SUICIDE VICTIM West Hillsboro — Henry Mann <f this community was found dead ibout 10 o’block yesterday mo-m ug in bed at his home. Officers said death came as re mit of a bullet from a 22 call er rifle, shot in his mouth. His leath was termed a suicide. Raising Each Farm’s Income $1000 Goal 0f Rural Progress Campaign Orange Couhty farit leaders have completed concrete (plans far this county’s participation in the Nor'.h Carolina Rural Progress campaign and announced a com prehensive program aimed at in creasing farm income, improving home and community, . The Rural Progress Campaign is a concrete effort ip Orange County by farm, civic,,, and re- j i Bank Ta Present New Farm Signs To Contest Winners Hillsboro — Community Com mitteemen from six of the ten communities in the county have nominated three farmers in each community to compete in the best pasture contest sponsored by the Bank of Chapel HH1. —- • The winner in each community will be awarebedan attractive farm sign. The three nominations for each of the six communities are: White Cross - Andrew Womlble, Colon Thompson and Lex Whit field. ' Orange Grove - Cecil Lloyd, G. W. Lasley, and Hugh Wilson. Caldwell - G. W. Hall. H. G. Bales and Frank Laws. New' Hope - C. R. Brown, L. A. Hogan, and J. R. Whitfield. St. Marys - Henry Walker* Clyde Roberts, Sterling Hunt. — Hilsboro - Dr. J. W. Beard, Ted Colman, and Frank Perry. Nominations for the other four communities will he published next week. Aliy farmer in the community who wishes to nomi nate some other farmer may do so in writing within seven days time. Judges will visit these farms and make their selections after October 1st. -o MRS. CHARLOTTE CREIGHTON Chapel Hill — Funeral services for Mrs. Charlotte Gilliam Creigh ton of Chapel Hill, who died in a Washington, D. C. hospital Sat urday, were held Tuesday at 11 A. M. at the St. Bedes Catholic Church in Williamsburg, Va., her former home. Burial was in the Williamsburg Cemetery. ' . • _ Mrs. Creightonwho was ,$ctivA in business and civic life of Cha pel Hill for 10 years, had been ill for about a year. 7 PLANTS IN ORANGE Orange County was once an Important tobacco manufactur , Ing area containing 7 manu facturing plants in a directory ! compiled in 1881-82 and pub f lished In the United Stales To bacco Journal as shown in the current Issue of "The |E. S. C. Quarterly", published by the Employment Security .Commis sion of North ^Carolina and edit ed by M. R. Dunagan. This directory shows that at that time 6 plants were operat ing In Hillsboro and one In Chapel HJ11 although tobacco manufacturing at that time was frowned upon by the residents of these historic rand cultured places. The list of manufacturers shown In 1881-82 is as follows: Hillsboro - L. C. (H. .Brown A Co.; H. P. Jones A Co.; L. H. Lambeth; E. ,H. Pogue; Webb A Co.; J. Y. Whitted; Chapel Hill - J. M. Corbin. lrgious organizations working to gether with farm men and wom en to provide the incentive, the leadership and the means by which great progress can be mfede. At a meeting held at the court house last Thursday night, re presentatives from, all phases of county activities werp told details of the program and were shown in graphic form, both by words and/ photo slides, some practical suggestions for addin* $1,000 to the income of each farm family in 1952, for improving the living conditions in every heme and for carrying out some worthwhile activity in each community. These .practical suggestions were said, to ! be within the reach ox every farm i family. Additional meetings will be held Figures To Be Improved 1951 ESTIMATED FARM GROSS CASH INCOME CROPS — Tobacco - 4200 acres @ 1,000 lbs. @ .50 -$2,100,000.00 Cotton - 200 acres -- , - -—30,000.00 Soybeans for oil 1,000 acres 50,000.00 Corn, wheat, oats, hay sold for cash 150,000.00 Vegetables sold , 10,000.0)0 $2,340,000.00 _LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY . , Dairy products sold $700,000.00 Beef, sheep, hogs, veals, etc, sold . 230,000.00 Poultry and eggs- sold- ——- —• ----- 500,000.00 $1,430,000.00 Total gross cash income-$3,770,000.00 There are 2000 farms - Average gross income per farm $1885.00 Estimated net income per farm $1000.00 Lions Leader Calls Carrboro Club Most Active Carrboro — District Lions Gov ernor Guy F. Lane of Ramseur paid high tribute to the Carrboro Lions Clulb at its meeting last week, caling it “the most active club in the district.” Governor Lane spokp on the subject, “Making the Most of Your Opportunities.” He praised the Carrboro Club for their in terest in Lionism and the eom mt*nity. :„v, _ Lloyd M. Senior, of Carrboro, !• deputy district gdverftor, was in stalled officially at the meeting. , Zone Chairman E. Carl Pratt of Swcipsonville was a guest of the club and presented pins to 18 members 'who had maintained perfect attendance during the year.-Five members of the club received pins for a perfect attend ance record of five years, They were: President E. T Hearn, Past 1 President M. M, Watts, Vice | President Carl M.-Ellington, sec retary Roy Riggsbee, and Deputy ;Governor Senter. I:"....'..-/ ~ Lion-.Oscar- King of- Ramseur and Jim McLaughlin of Franklin, Mass, were -guests of the club. ---u-• Four Of Dafal Faculty Named Chapel Hill Four new mem bers of the University of North Carolina’s School of Dentistry faculty were announced here by Chancellor, Robert B. House and Dean John C. Brauer. They are Dr. Lucian G. Coble, Greensboro, a native of Alamance County who was appointed clini cal professor of prosthetic den tistry; Dr. Monte G. Miska, Uni versity of Washington, associate professor in fixed partial dentures; Dr. Robert J. Shankle, Emory University School of. Dentistry, associate professor in operative, dentistry, and Dr. Mons William Hellyer, Jr., who graduated from Emory University School at Den tistry, instructor in .prosthodontics.1 Heavy Traffic Docket Occupies J County Court iUlLboro - Tae highway pa trol^ renewed campaign against traffic viehnorr swelled this week's session, of County Record er's Court and 67 cases were handled, all but just a few being offenses of the road. The record: . RUby Woody Guerrgnt, speed ihg $5 and co§ts; Alvin John House, speeding. $10 and costs; Boyd Ernest Dickey, speeding, $5 and costs; Hubert Irvin Crabtree 60 day sentence suspended and fine of $25 and costs;. Hannan. Harmon, disturbing the peace $10 and costs; George Thomas Clapp, improper lights, costs; James Hinkle Jr., reckless driving, $25 r«»; iw* t speeding. $10 and costs; Chalmus Bunrpu^, dm*sraper license, costs, Marvin ib. iliBiaaW#1*#? SS Robert Holt, operating truck for hire without chauffers license, costs; Paul Springs, fail ure to dim lights,' $5 ano costs, Joe Oliver, assault, $5 and co9&, Emory W. Godfrey Jr,, reckless driving, $25 and costs; Howard Ray Bailey, failure, to stop at stop sign, $10 and costs; James Robin- j son Smith, speeding, $10 and costs; Coleman D. P;uitt, assault on a female, $5 and costy, Wilton Harold Benson, speeding, $50 and j posts; Paul Matthew Tysinger, speeding, $10 and costs; Richard j Bateman, assault, $5 and costs; Ernest Lyon, public drunkenness, I posts; Odie Thompson, public ( drunkenness and disorderly con- j duct, $5 and costs and ,30 day, suspended jail sunterjce; Reynolds | E. Bayne, passing in the face of oncoming traffic, $10 and co6ts;j ZJharlie Baldwin, ilegal possession rf whiskey, $10 and- ccpU; John ! Renry Pugh, illegal possession of, «wts; <a»ariie 3uyton, no operators license, ludgement continued to Odtoberj t; William banning, speeding, $5 tnd costs; Charles WilBam Davis, peeding, $10 and costs; James' Tuttle, speeding, $5 ana costs; Henry Arden Jones, overloaded axles, $10 and costs; Charles Mace, public drunkenness, costs; Robert Andrew Hamlett, im proper equipment; $10 and costs; Theodore Roosevelt Ivey; speed ing, $10 and costs; Cassius Rex Hudson, speeding, $10 and costs; Jack Moore, r: ceding, $10; Fred erick M. Ellington, speeding, $10 Noah shoaf, speeding, $20; Wil- j liam Weston Reaves, speeding, $10 and costs; Edward Morris Tolley, speeding, $10 and costs; Willie Smith, operating truck for hire without chauffer’s license, $10 and costs; Henry F, Dagenflveart, speeding, $5 and costs; Willi am Henderson, ho operators license, * 125 and costs; Nathan Horn, im-j proper license, $10 and costs;' Richard Earl TJyrlor, ’ 110 and costs; Harold 3>eeding, $5 and coats; iloya £. speeding, $10 and costs; Sdgar N. Martin, following too (Continued to Page •) Lions District Governor Guy F. Lane of Ramaeur. .pays hji^h tribute to Carrboro club. Large Attendance Marks Opening Of PTA Year Hillsboro — The local P; T. A, got off to a good start Tuesday evening when it met for its in itial meeting of the year in the Jiigh SKfhool auditorium. There were about 200 present. The Rev. Charles S. Hubbard led the devotional part of the program stressing the co-opera tion of parents and teachers. Lucius Brown has been select ed treasurer of the association in the place of Vernon Elrod who is leaving Hillsboro. G. A. Brawn introduced the speaker of the evening, Paul Carr, Superintendent of Orange Courrty schools, who used for his topic “The Characteristics of a Good School.” Included in his list of characteristics, Mr. Carr listed a happy school, childcentered, dean, democratic, good morals, and' a working school. Mr. Carr paid our community a compliment when he said, “One would not have to live here long before seeing evi dence of ,the co-operation of She school, parents, and civic chibs." The next regular meeting will be the third Tuesday in October This will be a very important meeting for at this time there will be a visitation time for the parents to visit their children’s rocms and meet their teachers. ! 1 German Teachers 1 To Study Here Chapel Hiil — The group of 15 i young German teachers whd are I being sent to the University of North Carolina by thd U. S. Of fice of Education to study dur ing -the current academic year will arrive in Chapel Hill Satur day. September 22, Dean Guy B. Phillips said here. Miss Christine Babb of the staff of the School of. Education here will be director of the German teacher project. & Aocordiiw totfee U? S. Office of' ■ Education, the University here was selected because of the em phasis it placee«*n teacher train in*, particularly in the elecentary field. in communities throughout the county, by Granges and the Farm Bureau, and community clubs. A genera! prospectus on the program has been prepared giv ing both the reasons for the cam paign and the practical wavy it can, be aohieved. Hi ebacfefround statement as to the reason this was said: * ‘'Rural Orange County has made pr ogress : during the . past decade by increasing .the cash income of the farms, by improving the liv ing conditions in the homes and in general providing a better place to live, but we have not made enough progress.- The estimated average gross cash income for the family sized farm in 195ft is only $1885.00 whioh means that the net cash income will be around $1000.00, and this for a family of 4.2 persons. This is entirely too low. - .. _-.-' • • - i "There - are many attractive, | livable homes in the county, yet the majority of our. farm homes are not as attractive in aippearan.ce , as they could be, nor arethey [ equipped with modern Conyen- • iviioes as they shoukibe. - ‘ The community life of our eaur'.y is perhaps above the aver age for the state, but a lot is to desired. Many communities have \ no community buildings, no re creational program, no telephones, no community pride in home and roadside beautification and very 'little interest in community bet terment.” In an effort to give some practi cal suggestions for increasing In come by a family size farm by $1,000 per year*, such examples as | the following were giveri: Beef Cattle Turn Grass Into ■ Money 10 Beef Cows Sell 9 baby beef calves weighing 450 lbs. (7-9 months old) @ .25c Per ib^^2:50 = Feed- Required: v7-" 20 acres ladino-grass pasture 10 tons hay Laylng Hens Are Money Makers 2d0 Laying Hens Sell 12 dozen eggs from each hen .48 cents - $5.76 (200 hens x $5.76 - $1152 Requirements: - • -=== Suitable laying hquse 50 bushels com ■*; ■■ -■ 50 bushels oats 25 burihels wheat JQD bags laying mash There Is Money In Hogs 2 Brood Sows . (2 Litters Each) Sell 22 fat 240 lib. hogs - 5,280 lbs. .20 cents per H>. - $1,066 Keep 3 for hofne use, ^ Reguirements: — 2 acres lachno clover pasture 5 acres com (40 bu. yield pet acre) 10 bags hog supplement ^ ■rollors Can Great $1,000 In Tan Weeks 1300 .Broiler* Sell 1200 ten weeks old broilers weighing 3 lbs. each, or total weight of 3600 lbs. @ .28c per lb. - $1,008.00. Reguirements: Suitable house Brooding equipment" ” 130 bags broiler mash Sell $1,000 Worth Of Veals 6 Milk Cows Sell 6 veal calves @ 225 lbs @ .30c - $450.00 (Continued to Page 8) AVu> Chimes At Local, Methodist Church .Maybe Hillsboro — Residents of this community listened in wonder Tuesday afterneon as the pleasf ing sound of musical chimes drifted over the area, t - -_ Investigation determined that the music was emanating from the new instrument installed at the Methodist Church on a trial basis fey the Norton Chimes Equipment Company af Atlan ta, Ga. No one would say but the concensus seemed to bo that some generous donor might be planning a surprise gift for tf»e congregation, but ,hIs, or bhelr identity remain###n*#*ewn. John M. Pony's chimes might bo attached to M
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