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;iien* of Orange County can «P er up with the new* from all EWS county by reading THE qp orange county THE NEWS of Orange County ol 5»-No- 38 lour Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 * For quick, proven results, eoH buy, rent or get a Job by using the classified ad* on page • of THE NEWS of Orange County ^Published Weekly)_ HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N.'C.,THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER*;. 1951 Price: *s a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week | d Hill - An aged man . had been described as act ; peculiarly for at least a week [ot his wife in Orange County Ls week and thus bolstered this Lunty’s growing reputation as a l . center of violence In this Eon of North Carolina. fi‘a X. Sparrow, 67, -readily ad-. Ltted blowing off the side of his Life's head with a single blast Ln a 12-guage shotgun-Sunday Iveninf while alone with her in |is -home in the M't. Moriah hjurch community, four miles torth of Chapel Hill. Mrs. Spar ( -a’ was The slaying was just a few miles 1VU.. the. secluded spot near New lope Church where the -battered iody of Miss Rachel Crooks was lound on the morning of August Sparrow has not elaborated on he circumstances of the killing ither than to refer hazily to a nan in the room with his wife. ^ coronors jury empanelled from imong his neighbors on the even ng of the shooting gave the fol owing verdict: "It is the verdict of this coro ler’s jury that Mrs. Rhoda Spar ow (Mrs. Ira Sparrow), met her ieath on the evening of Sept. 23, 1951, at her home in Chapel Hill township, Orange County, by be ing shot in the head by her hus band.” The white haired farmer was then lodged in Orange Coun ty Jail at Hillsboro. Funeral services for Mrs. Spar row were held yesterday at the Ephesus Baptist Church. In addi tion to her husband, Mrs. Spar row was survived by two sons, Howard M. Sparrow and T. B. Sparrow of Durham, and four daughters, Mrs. J. P. Evans of Durham, Mrs. Wade Whitfield, Chapel Hill, Mrs. D. C. Hayes of Durham, Route 1, and Mrs. D. M. McFadden of Wilmington. -o Legion Auxiliary Opens Campaign - For New Members Enrollment of members for a new year of service to America and its disabled defenders will b& begun by the American Legion Auxiliary here immediately, Mrs. Frank Ray, President of the Hills boro Post No. 85 Unit, announced today. . • Because of increasing need for the type of work carried out by the Auxiliary due to the present national danger and Korean War casualties, increased enrollment will be sought for 19&2, Mrs. Ray said Invitations to come into the Auxiliary will ibe extended to women of war service families throughout the county during an intensive membership effort. The campaign will be directed by Mirs. Mary Cox, Unit Member ship Chairman, assisted by Mrs. Mildred Kennedy and Mrs. Mar Roberts, members of her comntittee. Working with the committee will be a large group other members who will give personal invitations to join the Axillary to eligible women. “With our country in continu ing danger from the world-wide roeat of communism, and with •housands of wounded from the orean conflict being added to i 0 nation’s roll of disabled vet j^ns, there is growing need for e services the Auxiliary is or Sanized to perform,” said' Mrs. ay. “We need, the help of every who is eligible and we “ be to enfoll a greatly increased _ umber for our activities of 19 Cedar Grove Boy Is Promoted With The 7th Inf. Div. In Ko i!a — Daniel H. Wheeley, son of and Mrs. C. T. Wheeley of °Ue *> Cedar Grove, recently *. Promoted to the grade of w£ral,in Korea- - th„ who is serving with ,,® <th Infantry Division’s 31st tj‘“lar Bear” RegVnent, earned , mAn*?rwnotioa during the regi s r®cent drive across the .^parallel into North Korea. •' ijr* unit hat been playing an . Z^wtant role Tin the Korean r^salgn since the Inchon land September. entered the Army in ”®v*«**r lwo. or T®Be ft Chapel Hill — The annual Or ange County Institute of Religious Education will begin next Mon day night at 7:30 o’clock at the University Methodist Chufch un der the directorship of Maurice A. Kidder, Gray Lecturer in Re ligion in Education at the Uni versity of North Carolina. Designed to benefit both those wtio lead or participate in wor ship services as well as those lay .men, interested in-.enriching. their own Christian life, the Institute, open this year to the whole of Orange County, will, continue through October 5 with two class hours each evening. . . A number of experienced and distinguished teachers have been seleoted fqr the Institute, which will present a cho.ce of courses for each hour. A registration fee of $1 has been set for the Insti tute._ The pregram will begin with a 25-minute devotional period led by Dr. Bernard Boyd, Gray Pro fessor of Biblical Literature at the University, whose Subject will be “The Grandeur of the Old Testament.0 The first class period, from 8 to 8:50 each evening will offer a choice of these three courses: “Planning and Leadership in Worship,” taught by Maurice A. Kidider; “Teaching Primary Chil dren,” taught by Mrs. Cecil John son; and “Teaching YoUth,” taught'; by the Rev'.' Charles M. Jones. The second class period from 9 to 9:50 each evening will offer the following: “Personal Christian Living,” taught by the Rev. Irv ing E. Birdseye; “Teaching Jun iors,” taught by Mrs. J. Edison Adams; “The Church and Family Life,” taught by a specialist in the study of marriage and the family from the University facul ty; or “The Superintendent' and His Task,” to be taught by several leaders. The Rev. Mr. Jones is pastor of the Chppel Hill Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Mr. Birdseye is pastor of the Hillsboro Presby terian Church. Mrs. Johnson is superintendent of the Primary Department at the Chapel Hill Baptist Church and Mrs. Adams is a trained religious educator with wide experience fit' The si old and in the local Episcopal Church. Marvin Durham Gets Bronze Star Medal In Korea With The 1st Gav. Div. M Kd rea — M/Sgt. Marvin B. Dur ham, Route 3, Hillsboro, has been, awarded the Bronze Star Medal for outstanding service in Korea. Durham was cited for meritori- j ous_achievement in military , operations against the Cornmu nists between July 22, 1950, and May 26, 1951. He earned *the award while a memlber of Battery A, 82nd Field Artillery Battalion. _ —o-- ’ RESIGNS Hillsboro — Miss Kathleen Brown has resigned as chief cler in the office of County Account ant and Tax Supervisor, Ira Ward. She has accepted new employ ment in Burlington. The resigna tion is effective Oct. 3. __ Concert By Noted Organist To Feature Dedication Of New Presbyterian Organ Hillsboro — Frederick Stanley Smith, organist and choirmaster of Christ Church Parish in Ral eigh, will present a concert on th£ new Baldwin electronic organ at dedicatory service to be held 'Sufiday'-aTrt'nifMt u'tduck at: the Presbyterian- Church here. The new organ being installed this week vvras recently presented to the church by Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Fryer and will be dedicat-' ed as the church celebrates the 135t<h anniversary of its founding. , To accomodate the new organ, a- sounding 'Chamber had to be built behind the North wall of the Chancel of the church. The ; old-ergan-of-4he ehurch has been presented as a gift to New Hope Presbyterian Church on the rec ommendation of S. Strudwick whose family was the original donor of that' instrument which has served the church for many years. Mr. Smith is said to.be an out standing organist and a composer of note, having served as a past dean of the music department of Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, a teacher of piano and music su pervisor in public schools. He has served as organist in a number of the leading churches of the nation since his graduation from Lebanon Valley Colege in Penn sylvania. Mr. Smith's.thirty-one publish Frederick Stanley Smith ed compositions include six origan numbers,. five piano, three vocal, one violin, six antihems, and nine four-part male choruses. The 4-H Club Pledge Song which he set to music in 1940 is sung all over the U. S. by the nearly two million members of the National 4-H Clubs. Compositions in manuscript include a book of twenty songs for children in kindergerten and the first three grades, several an thems, solos, piaon pieces, violin solos, a concerto for piano and organ, and many others. Armstrong, With Western flourish, Kicks Off 1951 Scout Roundup With a real Western flourish, President Roy Armstrong of the Oaconeechee, Boy Scout Council, attached mortgages onto the twelve Districts comprising the Council. Smiling from under a ten gallon haf and sporting a red neckerchief, Armstrong kicked off the 1951 Round-Up that Scouting is Teat u ringtail oVet 'this great nation. ‘ a cokis »ted effort made between now and the year's end ■to round up as many new boys \mavericks) and as many former Scouts (strays) as possible. Each of the twelve District Chairmen will have a mortgage on his Dis trict equal to th’e number of Scout Units' "times - fi ve new boys .per Unit. They in turn Will attach a mortgage to every Unit Leader in their area. According' to W. x. Compton. Scout Executive, who is sparking the Round-Up, final report meet ings will be held in late Novem ber or early December to see which mortgages have been “paid” with new boys for the movement. Specially prepared awards will be made to every Unit that rounds up a minimum of fine boys. This meeting of the Executive Board followed a dinner at the Woman’s Clulb in Raleigh. The Leadership Training Committee' and the Commissioner Staff of the Council ate dinner with the Board and then went into separate meetings. District Executive Roscoe Stev ens, Durham, acted as advisor to the Training group which was presided over by Russ Grumman, Chapel HiU. They discussed plans to take basic training for Ciib Scout Leaders, Boy Scout Leaders and Explorer Advisors into every District in the Council. The Commissioner Staff met with District Executive Douglas Kelley, Henderson, to study the technique and operational phases of the 19&1 Round-Uip. Camping and Activities Director D. Rodney Sener, Raleigh, was called in to explain the deads of the flat; ial Scouting Three-year plan ufi go “Forward on Liberty's Teani.” President Armstrong announced that D. Rodney Sener resigned as Director of Camping & Activities effective October 1st. G. Newell, Negro. Field Executive, resigned August 31st. to become Assistant to the principal in a Raleigh High School. Tom Durham,. resigned September 15th. to go into Fan* Equipment business in Aberdeen. The Scout Executive, W. Y. Comp ton, recommended the resigna tions, be accepted. N. J. Suttles was recommended for appoint ment to the Camping & Activi ties Directorship with additional duties as they may he assigned by the Scout Executive. The Ex ecutive Board authorized a per sonnel committee be appointed to look into replacements for these Executives. President Armstrong made fun ctional assignments to his four Vice-Presidents, naming Chris Hamlet to serve the Durham and Orange Districts. Dr. Sylvester Green, Chapel Hill, heads the' Public Relations Committee. Chimes Te Stag Again In Hillsbor* After Late October Chimes will ring again in Hills boro. Following a demonstration last week, the Hillsboro Methodist Church placed an order for a sat of Norton Chimes. The Norton Company has promised delivery and installation of the system in time for dedication on the last Sunday in October. —— The decision" to purchase the chimes was literally forced on- the on the willing Church officials. Scores of non-Methodist citizens urged approval, and several have pledged contributions. The Rev. Charles Hubbard stated he believed the chimes will offer a spiritual service to the .whole community The music of the bells will extend the influence of Christianity, and will proclaim the~gospei throughout ttre~weekr He further explained that the permanent installation will (be made in a manner that will pro ject the major sound waves over nearby residences. Thus the sound should be neither harsh nor over lcud at any distance frenv the toiwer. The system cost $1600, and will be financed entirely through vol untary contirbutions; tout the Methodist expect to have the money in hand before the chimes arrive. o Former Missionary To Speak Sunday At Baptist Church Hillsboro — Dr. M. T. Rankin of Richmond, Va., Executive Sec retary-- of the Foreign Mission Beard of the Southern Baptist Convention, will preach aft the First Baptist Churoh of Hillsiboro Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. Dr. Rankin was formerly a missionary to £hina, later he was made Secretary for the Orient. |, Following Pearl Harbor he was , taken by th'c Japanese and spent ! many months in prison camps un der near starvation conditions'. He ccmes with a message that has i grown out of his varied experi ences as he has visited many mis sion fields around th<? worlds Mrs. Rankin will accompany him and they will be weekend guests of Dr. and- Mrs. Maddry. Dr; Charles E. Maddry plans to | occupy his pulpit October 7., He^ "has been recuperating from an operation. >——--—o——— HONORABLE MENTION -— Greensboro—St. Mary’s Grange andi Calvander Grange in Orange County have won honorable men tion in the Grange Community Service contest for North Caro lina, it was announced this week by Harry Caldwell, State Grange Master. -» —The—Matrknony_Grange in Rockingham County was the State I winner and will compete with the winners of 37 other states for the National grand prize of $15,000 offered by the Sears Foundation. The Schley ^Grange orf Orange County was the National winner and received a $*5,000 full equip ped -Grange building as the top prize. Drunken Driving Hearings Highlight County Court Session At ffillsboro Hillsboro - Three drunken driving cases highlighted anothe session of Orange County coin which Monday disposed of another -e-ord die eket of traffic offenses reflecting the intensified campaign beiS coveted by the Highway Patrol in Orange County Two of the defendants were convicted and a third won acqui sal following presentation of- a array of witnesses tending to con 'SdL the testimony of thiee State Witnesses. ' The convicted were Eugei Lon- who drew a three months sentence suspended and a "e. $100 and costs for driving and damage to property and Xne Frank Rathburn, viho was ordered to serve six months or ordered $126 and costs of Srt ,mt repair W* SSk driving ““““ and damaging iproperty ^ m WT*Max Browning, on a similar .ti^as judged not guilty fol ,ch f-’oresentation of his case, Zl tJ^taesses for the State ffiSJvE under the. in* testbed hew ^%lcating liquor fluence ofsom his or narcotic art me arresl oii King Street in Hillsboro I bv Patrolman Mann Norris Jr. on • he night of August- 18. Other witnesses for the State who fol lowed the Patrolman on the stand were Officer Tom Roberts and ' Cliff Ray who said Browning was drunk when he “cussed” them out in front the Mayor’s office with out provocation following his ar rest. . Witnesses for Browning, Mrs. Virginia Gattis and Mr. and N>rs. Winfield Baldwin, said they talk ed with him shortly after his ar rest and saw no evidence of in toxication* Browning admitted having drunk some wine prior to leaving his heme the night of the arrest but denied he was under the influence. While publicly apol ogizing for his verbal attack on Officers Robrts and Ray, Bcown iog nevertheless took the occasion while under, oath -to rehash a previous arrest in 1945 in whidh he said the officer took $15 from him as a bond and for which he was never tried or had the bond money returned to him. Mi-. Roberts later'denied fce aactpted such a bond. • In other cases the following judgements were rendered: Jack Hurley, improper equip ment, speeding, $10 and: costs; Hubert Johnson, speeding, $5 and costs; Joshua Jamison, illegal pos session of non tax paid whiskey, $10 and costs, public drunkenness, costs; Charles H. Hooper, speed ing, $10 and costs; Algier Hindley, public drunkenness, costs; Clay MpCauley, improper equipment, $25 and costs, failing to stop for stop sign, $10 and costs; Willie L. Hardie, operating a truck for hire without chauffer’s license and failure to dim lights, $10 and costs; William A. Perry, no opera tors" license, 30 days suspended and $25 and costs; Claude radsher, illegal possession of non tax paid whiskey, $10 and costs; Mary Dunn Lyndh, speeding, $5 and costs; James Lee Bailey, illegal possession of non tax paid whis key, 60 days on roads; Ernest Lee Walker, speeding, $5 and costs; George R. McDaniel, speeding, $5 and costs; Ernest Lee Thompson, aiding and abetting in breaking and entering, probable cause. and costs; S. C. reckless driving, not guilty; William Jen nin\s Godfrey, reckless driving, guilty, prayer for judgement con tinued until October 15; Charles Helmen Castle, speeding, $10 and ! costs; Hal Wagoner Boring, speed - [ ing, $10 and costs; Henry Bran ' non Marley, speeding, $10 and costs; Thorrtas F. Dameron, speed | ing, $10 and costs; A. M. Delion i bach, following too close, $10 and costs; Hester S. Cook, sipeeding, $5 and costs; Lawrence J. Bennetrt, improper lights,, $5 and costs; ! Percy R. Overman, following too closed $10'and costs; t. R. Rash, speeding, $5 and costs; Anna J. Stephens, improper equipment, $10 and cosjs; W. C. Aired, speed ing, $ 5and coats; Sidney J. Le Bauer Jr., speeding, $10 and costs; James M. Phelps, improper lights, $10 and costs; Fred B. Rozzelle, speeding, $10 and costs; John W. ! Allison, speeding, $10 and; costs; Wallace J. Chamberlain, passing on curve, $10 and costs; Alpheus ; J. Davis, speeding, $10 and costs; Theodore McNeill, speeding, $5 and'costs; Harold P. Griffin, fail ing'to stop for stop ago, $10 and costs; Andrew G. Godwin, speed ing, $10 and costa; Wiiliadt C. (Continued on Page S) Spending Powell Bill Money ^ Street Program Gains Approval EMBARRASING Chapel Hill — Men posing as garbage collectors who pick up the containers and dump the .j^llfjh on the ground are giving the local government a bad"' name. The Board of Aldermen took note tof the situation at their meeting Monday night and dl»’< rected that an ordinance pro viding punishment for* such activity be drafted. o Carve Ian Seeks Official Sentiment As Restaurant Chapel Hill — Attorney Henry Whitfield, representing the opera tors the Curve Inn establish ment on the Durham road, .center of extensive controversy during the past few months by virture of its defiance of th£ Board of Al dermen’s zoning ruling^Jias sound ed out local officials as to the possibilities of the town allowing the place to be operated as a cafe. Town, officials, however, have taken no action in the matter or given any indication of their at titude regarding the new propos al. The long-awaited hearing on the establishment’s request for a beer permit is scheduled for to day in Raleigh before the Statue Alchololic Beverage Control Board. —--—o— - Heard To Heal United Nations Day Program Chapel Hill-Dr, Alex Heard | of the University faculty has been appointed general chairman for Chapel/ observance- of United Nations. Day next mom*. His appointment was announced this week by Mayor Ediwin S. Lanier who said Heard would co ordinate the activities of the vari ous participating groups'and plaff the overall observance here. Last year- an elaborate program with University, community, bus iness and civic groups, rural and municipal agencies participating was held here. Tentative plans are being (formulated ■ now for this year’s observance. ■ ' . -o— - Evelyn Lloyd Wins Summer Reading Contest Hillsboro — The summer read ing contest sponsored by the Hy ooneechee District Library is over. Evelyn Lloyd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lloyd erf Hills boro, is the winner of the prize given to the one who read the 1 Others receiving, reading certi ficates from the Orange County Confederate Memorial Library were: Annie Laura Blackwelder, Charlie Fiances Blackwelder, i Jeanne Cates, Pat CJayton, Alice I Ccle, Frances Coleman, Jackie Lloyd, Peggy Jean Minnis. Ger aldine Murray. Lonnie Coleman. In the Negro community con gest sponsored by the Negro Pub lic Library, the p'.ize given by I the library to the older s'udent who re2d the most books will be received by Priscilla Thompson. The prize donated by an interest ed friend of the library for the younger s'udent reading the most > books will be received by Annie While. Other boys and girls re ceiving reading certificates were: Myra J. Cooper, Henry White, Majori.e Gattis, Bintha Walton, Patricia Jones, Carolyn Thomp son, Vivian E. Long, Margaret Ann Mayo, Chester Ray, Marilyn Long, Lorena Long, Lewis Tara in, Annette Steweant, Kennard Wal ton, Misha MayOv .M^rie Jones. TO fWIAK (HERE Hillsboro — Dr. Ellen Winston, State Welfare Superintendent will] gpeak .to county officials end other* here October 4*. iost books. Chapel Hill — The Board ot Aldermen has given approval for the resurfacing of the first half dozen streets in Chapel Hill with Powell Bill funds. Work will begin as soon as contracts Can be let. Town Manager Thctnas D. Rose was authorized Monday night to secure bids for the resurfacing of (1) South Boundary street from Franklin to Country Club, (2) Raleigh street from Franklin to Emerson Field, (3) one block of McCauley street, (4) one block on Pittsboro from Cameron to McCauley, (5) Ransom street from Cameron to McCauley, <6) West Rosemary Street, and the area to the Tear of the City Hafl.—— The proposed work in previous estimates by the Town Manager is expected to cost a little over $9,000. Members of the Greenwood Section association, who have sought to be annexed by. the town of Chaipel Hill, won a concession from the Board when the latter approved a ipolicy in which it agreed the town would reimburse the residents of the section for expenditures in installing a sewer system if the section is annexed in five years. E. M. Adams, ahair to the Town of Chapel Hill with man of the association, represent ed his neighbors in malting the proposal to the board. All work must be done according to speci fications of the torwn engineer. Two appointments were made by the Aldermen to the Recrea tion Commission, Mrs. E. G. Mic Gavran and Charlie Phillips, both named for five year terms on the reeammend'ation of the Recrea tion Commission. --o Pasture Contest Winners Naaei For Conuniuiities Hillsboro — Released today are the nominations for wih'grs in the Bank of Chapel Hill community’ pasture contest. * Community committeemen have nominated three farms in each community, one of which wili re ceive a farm sign as the prize ■for carrying on the best pasture program. Judges will visit all_ ‘.hese farms and select the win ders after October 1st. , White Cross - Andrew Womble, Colon Thompson, Lex Whitfield. Orange Grove - Cecil Lloyd. G. W. Lasley, Hugh Wilson. Caldwell - G. W. Hall, H. G. Bales, Frank Laws. New Hope - G, R. Brown, L. A. Hogan, J. R, Whitfield. St. Marys - Henry Walker, Clyde Roberts, Sterling Hunt. .Hillsboro - Dr. J. W. Beard, Ted Coleman, Frank Perry. Carnboro - R. F. FfcytSressT Lewis J. Lloyd, W. B. Parker. Efland - Clay Dorset!, H. M. Carter, Winfred Shambley. Cedar Grove - Charlie Pope, Howard McKee, Robert Nichols. The Carr Community has not turned in th,eir nominations. ■o Kenyon Pali Honor By FFA Hillsboro — Members of the Hillsboro Chapter o f Future Farmers of America paid tribute •'to Van Kenyon III of Hillsboro ; at their -first regular meeting of j the school year held last Friday. Young Kenyon, a high school sophomore, represented the F. F. A, members of Orange County for a week during August at a fores try cH-mp local at Lake Single tary, The camp was operated by the Southern Pulpwood Associa tion and all expenses except f transportation were paid by ibis ' organization. Practical experience in many | phases of forestry were taught ! and demonstrated during this week and over 80 boys- from all sections of North Carolina were m attendance. In competition with the entire group Kenyon placed first in the Entomology Contest and first in the Timber Thinning Contest. * * RETURNS TO (PRACTICE Hillsboro — Dc. D. rest has resumed his practice ot medlciae at FerrgA fag teeover? treat«
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