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of Orange County can p»f>f u0 With the news from aJI Ittf . the county by reading 'THE >V€f »••». -- - • „'-••• (EWS JpnPgr'' the news of ORANGE COUNTY Vol. 58,—N°- 44 ^ (Published Weekly) l our Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 the claaeifled ade on ■ THE NEWS, of Orange County HiLLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1951 Price: fa * Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week Sharpe. . .Those folks who have m wondering if Bill Sharpe is pally running “The State’, week v magazine established here sev 'ral years ago by Carl Goench, hould move to other problems. The statement cxf ownership re tired at intervals by the Post )(ftce Department reports that the ,ublisher of “The State” is: Bill lharpe The editor is: Bill Sharpe, •he managing editor is: Bill jhanpe. The owner is: Sharpe •ublishing Co. Readers of the magazine are bus assured that the publication nil remain just as ever. Nobody bows more about doings around forth Carolina than Bill Sharpe, t must be admitted, however, that ir. Goeren seems still to be one if the magazine s chief contribut or editors. -_o fore he died, Tom Bost was on i radio program with Carl Goerch, vhom he occassionally referred :o as the “Carolina Chatterer }oereh asked Tom several ques ions about the Old North State. Naturally, Bost came up with the inswers. «■ A day or two later one of Tom’s icquaintances met him on the •treets and said: “Mr. 'Bost, I ieard you on the radio the other lay with Carl Goerch. You seem ;o knew almost as much about 'forth Carolina as Goerch does.’ Tom Bost would 'betw to no one when it came to a knowledge of lis native Tarheelia, and the friend’s intended compliment lawked Brother Tom no end. -o--— Convention. . jNo meeting, but 10 meeting, is as interesting, year ta-year-out, as the State Baptist Convention. Anything can happen and often does. Next week’s Bap tist get-together in Asheville should prove even mo> j drrno dafsofir-w&rfnftii ttertftts uai,. ... Heretofore* the General- Board has came along with recommen dations which served as a sort of guide for deliberations. There were arguments,- of course, bad' feel ings, prayers, and then good feel ings again. Nevertheless, there was the guidepost at the end of the raw. The Baptists find themselves going into this convention with no recommendations, and to all intents and purposes .not even a §j|*era] Board. Last year, the hoard was reorganized and en larged for better representation. Prior to this year the Baptists have followed the staggered-term basis so as to insure experienced men on the board. In the whole sale reorganization, it was finally ooided that no board member ^hould succeed himself. Meeting Arlington a few days ago, the "eneral Board decided that, since 1 is going cut of office next week, could make recommendations the State Baptist Concention. about floundering, you will ** ft in Asheville, but the Bap will muddle through, will I®®1® wrt stronger than ever. —-o Sorrow Two Million?. . .Wake * vw miuiun;. . .waive orest’s new president, Dr. Harold Tribble, is reportedly ready to request the State Baptist Con 'ent:m t0 borrow $2,000,000 to wt the college with its Winston plans. An unidentified don r has said he will give Wake crest $2,000,000 next summer if can find $3,000,000 between now d Jhat time. President Tribble that the Baptists can raise r*e than $1,000,000 of this a oooT 11 is felt that the $2-000’_ Ca the Baiptist organization n ? Vertually assure an addi ng,,3 55,000,000 by the middle of 19S?* ♦ ^'ic^etiS- • .Since early in % p |h.e YMCA Health Club here Scott’ ClSl1 ^as ill>een one Kerr a*”® **vorite hangouts. He gets s, violet rays, violent Pleasant, easy con T* 10c from the big masseurs. «ey aU like «the ^ Governor at the State, Scott Stat* ^ several passes to the ly-v. You would: think he Jortiw,Ulr0w tbem around in op direction* among Very Persons. P^haps he hut this year ./ .. em “ ' YMCA here received tiu* Governor ftl# ,^*iit-ed««d passes to fixe St >« still talking about *** «t tha y. Nickle?. . Success of the recent Nickles fo.' “Know-Haw” vote is new history. NC farmers- have shown they are willing to make their contributions to carry the State along in agriculture. 3_ihe tiimes far-reaching occurrences and events turn on little things. Perhaps you have wonde.ea how the term “Nickels for .Know How , originated. Give the ere Ut to William' C. (Bill) Haas. 1931 State College graduate and editor of “The Technician”, State Col lege weekly newspaper. A native of Wilmington, Haas is now as sisting Frank Jeter. He will join the Air Force later this month. Coming Home. . .You read here last week the statement from NY that a NC basketball star would scon be involved in the gambling scandals. As we go to press, there .s nothing now to report on this, Wadesfoorp, - assistant Attorney General, is now being investigat ed. He has already admitted tak ing a trip to Italy to assist some big wine merchants. This week his income tax statements will eerne under the microscopic eyes of the Republicans. LaMar Caudle is Assistant U. S. Attorney Gen eral in charge of the Justice De partments Tax Division. He is re sponsible for- prosecution of aU criminal tax cases. o Far Cry. . .In his room in a rest home in Greensboro last week sat Gilliam Grissom, former col lector of internal revenue in NC and for many year's the Demo crats’ favorite Republican' in this State. Back in the 20's when the Dem ocrats were straying for patronage and the Republicans with their Mellons were rolling iu power, there was never a sharp look tak en at one of the top Republicans -4o ;North Carolina.—Gill,apr- -Gris— loved by everyone? He was a- tax collector, hut. relatively few people, in those days paid Federal income taxes. At least one time Grissom ran for Gover nor cn the Republican ticket. He didn’t get rnyrwhere, of course, but never made enemies. And so last week at the age of 84 he Was a broken old rn,an.'No (Continued on Page 8) Lee Hearing ' Set For Today " Hillsboro—A preliminary hear ing for Hubert Lee, the accused slayer of Miss Rachel Crook, has ibeen scheduled for 2 o”clock this r‘’tcrnoon at "the County Court house. Magistrate E. J. Hamlin will hear evidence to determine if probable cause exists for holding the defendant for trial in Superi or Court. The hearing was requested last week by Defence Attorney Bon ner D. Sarwyer and will be held in the magistrate’s court which has original jurisdiction in the case. Sign Owners Must Remove Them From Highway Right-of-way- - -Or Else Raleigh — It is illegal, for ad vertisers to .post signs on rights of-way of North Carolina high ways, according to an opinion given by Attorney General Har ’y M31U11 an to the State High way and Public Works Commis sion. , ' MeMuIlanV ruling-eeme « --quest of the Commission, which has designated the month of No vember for a campaign of volun tary cooperation frcm roadstde ad vertisers, looking to removal of jll advertising from rights-of way. The Commission has indi cated it will take more stringent action if the sign owners fail to “This does not mean there can e no signs at all", Highway hairman Henry W. Jordan em hasiztd." It merely means that aadside advertisers should take leir signs off the rights-of-way nd put no more on the righ s He pointed out that signs se ising the exact footage of nght f-way for given roads are post i 9t fr«iu(fnt intervals along toe iataways and' these should be ‘by advertiser* wh# want ftaow whether their »ga» en* roach oe rtghtsH^-flvay (Vlohler CD Head Killsiboro — The Board of Coun ty Commissioners have appointed a Director of Civilian Defense for Orange County. He is Robert L. Mohler, local head of the Soil Conservation otf flicp,. wlp served as an officer in the last war and who has had considerable experience in mili tary affairs. Mohler’s appointment was made i Monday’s meeting of the Board at the request of the State Office of Civil Defense. - Otherwise, this month’s session was devoted primarily to road matters and other routine bus iness. Petitions for stablizing four roads were received by the Com missioners and notification was received that the Highway • Com mission had approved the addi tion the State System of seven roads previously approved by the jcounty board. The four now requests were for the Standard Oil - Supper Cln'i road in Cheeks township, the Holmes Store Road in Bing ham township, the Orange Chapel and Clover Garden Chunch road in Bingham township and the Old Stage Road in Cheeks township. Appearing with the .petitions were Mrs. Sample Forbes, J. C. Ray, Wiley P. Perry and John Apple. New additions to the state sys tem were Dogwood Drive, Valen tine Lane, Old Mill, Arrowhead and Greenwood roads in Chapel Hill township; the E. 5$. Taylor road in Cheeks township; and the L. W. Pinnix, D. L. Poole and and Bryant Bradsher roads in Cedar Grove township. The t commissioners agreed to relinquish the water rights to the spring on the Wilson property in Hillsboro, and the County Attorn ey was directed to proceed with foreclosure proceedings on delin quent tax land sales. —.—■ . n- .. M Orange Farmers Approve Mickles ! Proposition 5 To 1 i Hifl&boro — in tne referendum held Saturday, November 3rd, or the question of whether or* not farm people wish to add five cents per ton to the price of feeds and fertilizer for the purpose of expanding. the argicultural re | search (program for this State was | carried by a large majority1 of the voters' in Orange County. • 510 persons voted in favor of JJie proposal with 93 votes being cast agaiast it. This appears to be. about the same proportion as was voted in the entire state. The act as passed by the legi slature required that the .propor tion must be favored by 2/3 ma jority of votes cast. This program will go.into effect ^or a_ 3 year period. -—o COMMUNITY /PROGRAM ! A White Cross Community Su.p iper and Dance will be held Sat urday night at the school, begin ning at 5:30 o’clock, it was an nounced this week. Proceeds will go toward the new community building. MuMullan said the Commission is empowered to remove signs frcm rights-of-way, even over the Gibjecticns of owners of the signs, fie sfded that the law makes it a misdemeanor for advertisers to put signs on rights-cf-way. Highway maintenance 'forces ■throughout the State *hiVe been directed, to tear down signs post ed on rights-cf-way to advertise fairs,' auto races, games, auctions ;md other events that already have been held. This, according to high way officials, will reduce seme of ‘he eye-distraction that creates traffic hazaids, make the road sides iook better, apd at the same time create compliance with the State and Federal regulations for bidding enicorachment on rig his c*f-fway. After this month, such signs will be taken down by highway forces whether the advertised event has been held or not, and the same policy will be applied to other illegal roadside advertis ing. Already the petroleum industry through its marketing managers in North .Carolina, is cooperating in voVuntary sign-removal orogr&tn. iSt marketing manners (Continued on Page •) --=--—SC* R. L. Mahler- - * - -defense ' director.' Harvest Festival At Cedar Grove Very Saccessfnl By Rev. Henry A. Lewis, Pastor (Reporter) Cedar Grove — The first Har vest Festival cl the Cedar Grove Methodist Church was held Sat urday, October 27, at the church. Every one joined in the work gladly, and as a result the day was |a wonderful success. The griendship, good will, and the genuine fellowship enjoyed by everyone made the day a great and worthwhile experience. There were four departments, consisting cf cakes and .pastries, piece work, farm produce, and lunch and re freshments. Each department rais ed over $10(1.00, the total being approximately $950.00. An electric range was placed ir the kitchen orv a lorn basis to help the ladies in serving lunch. Sunday morning at Sunday school Jack McDade of Chatpel Hill made the announcement that the range was not foaned but was a gift to the ohurch. — — r-^— The following res r’ut.ion was:, presented to the Sunday School and, adopted unmUrnjjsly:. , “On the firsfc. afS* v»jry success ful harvest festival of the Cedar Grove * Methodist Church , we the l members wish to express our sin cere thsr.ks end appreciation. “1. To the members of our sis ter churches, and1 those who came from far and near to buy various articles and to enjoy the day with us. “2. To our pastor who worked, hard and faithfully and gave un imuled tkne to make it a success. “3., To our Sunday School Su perintendent, Mr. Everette Ken nedy, who gave time and labor, and also to many other members too numerous to mention. “4 To Mr. Jack McDade for the .plendid .gilt uf the electric range.” It was decided to make the Harvest Festival an annual affair on the Fourth Saturday in Octo ber. ---0-■ Permit To Begin {New Courthouse Denied Again ■ Hillsboro — Prospects for be ginning construction of the pro posed new' Orange County Court house were killed this*week with the notification from the National Production Authority’ that the I architect’s request for a building ■ permit had been denied, j This was the second such denial, , the first being in the late sum ! mer when 'he NIPA denied an ap plication for permission to begin construction and obtain allotments for controlled materials. The second denial was for the j first quarter of 1952. County au thorities “were advised that a new application could be submitted for the second quarter of next year in a further effort to get1 the project underway. ,J Miles Paving Is Completed Daring October Raleigh — The State Highway Commission completed 2 miles of paving in Orange County during October, Chairman H. W. Jordan 1 reported today. Surface treatment was finishedI j on, road from Cedar Grove to ! King’s Pond, 1.2 miles; and on Greenwood Drive at Chapel Hill, OJ mile. . The Fifth Highway Division’ completed 4tJfi ... miles .of . road work during- October, Chairman (Jordan announced. Many Conditions On Park Site For Hilisboro School New Hope-Chapel Hill Read Marker To Hoaor Janes Phillips, Forner Pastor Chapel Hill — A proposal that the read between here and the New Hope Presbyterian Church be banned the James Phillips road, in honor of a former pastor, was discussed at a meeting here of a committee composed of the Rev. John E. ^Ensign, minister at the New Hope Presbyterian Church, Mrs. A. J. Freeland, Miss Mattie Blackwood, and Prof. Phillips Russell, of the University faculty. A project to designate the road by a suitable marker was also taken up. James A. Barnwell, commis sioner of the fifth division of the State IVghway and Public Works Commission, has informed the committee that while it is not the .policy of the Commission to name any road officially, it would not object to a memorial sign if suit ably located. Dr. James Phillips, professor Of mathematics in the University, died here in 1867 after occupying the Naw Hope pulpit for many years. He also preached degularly at Pitt^boro. The church building at New Hope carries a tablet in his honor donated by the late James Lee Love of Burlington. o Leaders Named In 1951 Empty Stocking Drive Hillsboro — All civic clubs throughout Orange County have been requested by the Junior Service League by the Junior cooperate in .the Empty Stocking Fund Drive to be held in Decem ber. v* Ta|i;:if:r.‘cd last year by the Junior Service league, wh^ph is sponsoring the Ofl si? agaih'^hls year, .the Empty Stocking ,F%nd aims to provide food,—clothing, toys and money at Christmas time for the needy of Orange Cqunty. Mrs. H. T. Clark, General Chairman of the Drive, has an nounced that Elmer R. Dowdy will again be Chairman of the Drive in Hillsboro. Mrs. John Parker will assist Dowdy as Treasurer of. the. Hillsboro, area, Mrs.; J. Sullivan has consented te serve as Chairman for Carr boro, and W. E. Thompson will serve as Treasurer f6r' .Chapel Hill. A. L. Staniback will be colored chairman for the northern end of the County assisted by J. M. Mur free. MANE88 NEW iPASTOR Hillsboro — The Rev. W. L. Maness was assigned as the new oastor at the Hillslboro Methodist Church succeeding the Rev. C. S. Hubbard, who went to Trinity Methodist Church in Raleigh, at the annual conference of the Church last weekend at Wilming ton. Heavy Loss Leads Southern Railway To Seek To Discontinue Two Trains Southern Railway Company will file a petition later this month with the North Carolina Public Utilities Commission for authority to discontinue local passenger trains 111 and 112, now operating daily through Hillsboro between Greensboro and Goldsboro, ac -ording to Albert W. St. Clair, superintendent of the Tailway, at Greensboro. He said that operation of the trains has been a “losing proposi tion” for some time, and “led to our decision, to seek authority to discontinue them.” “For every gross dollar these trains bring in we are paying out mere than $2.07 in direct expenses alone. Total direct expenses for the year ending June 30, 1951, not including such iteims as main tenance of roadway and struc tures, supervision, dispatching, and depreciation, were $220,393.00. The total of all revenues for the same period was only $106,405.47. This resulted in a direct loss of $113,987.56 for the year." Ccmtnenting on the impossibili ty. of making the trains “pay their Superintendent St. Clair pointed out that wage and'fwei costs alone for-“the' year's opera 151 Pints Blood Arc Given Here In Donor Prograa Hillsboro — Tflxis community failed to reach its quota of 200 pints of blood during the visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile here Monday, but 151 pints of whole blood were taken during the six hour period. A number of persons who had signed up for the blocd dbnor pro gram failed to keep their appoint ments Monday. However, the day’s visit was considered successful by those in oharge. fa a statement issued yesterday. Tern Bivins, local Red Cross Chapter Chairman, expressed ap preciation to those who gave blood and assisted in the work. Said he: "Your contribution of a pint of blood will be in Korea within 2 Mt weeks to give strength to a1 Wounded man. We thank each person who gave his UFE-OIV iTNG-HLOQD.That some people might live, others, be strengthened. “Our community has contribut ed 151 pints to the ddminshed Korean blood bank. The Blood mobile visit was suocessfull be cause no price can be .put on a pint of blood. “We appreciate the tireless work of Mrs. George Gilmore and all of the ladies who served as co ordinators, nurses, typists, regis trants, canteen-aides, motor corps drivers, and aides. Our thanks go I to The American Legion Post 85 for their services and for the use of the Hut; Longmeadow Farms . for. contributing wnlfo Htlldboro 'Ice Company for all ice used, yfe appreciate the services the.Blood* mobile Staff are rendering. Thanks to them for coming to our com munity and giving use an oppor tunity to help.” ■o Contracts Let For Two School Lunchrooms i Hillsboro Contracts were let Monday, for two school projects, the lunchrooms at White Cross and West Hillsboro. Paxil P. Thompson otf Burling ton got the general contract for 111)1,436 at White Cross and the plumbing and heating went to the B. & D. Plumbing and Heat ing Company of Burlington for $3,328. King Hunter of Greensboro had the low bid of $17,716 for the West Hillsboro Contract and the plumbing and heating low bid was from Paschall Brothers, for $3,395. tion “were six times greater than total revenues received from car rying the .passengers.” “Today the public doesn't want, and will not buy, local .passenger train service. Ancf losses such as those incurred in the operation of trains I'll and 112 are a serious matter. They cannot be justified and should net *be permitted to continue. “Everybody benefits when rail- j roads' are encouraged and help to I eliminate burdens that unneces sarily increase costs and general ly undermine railroad service. Shippers are vigorously protest ing that their freight rates are now required to pay for the losses from unused and uneeded passengjtr r operations. “Nearly everyone has an auto mobile nowadays and hard-sur faced highways are commonplace. This, plus the abundant common earrier highway bus and truck service available, means that the discontinuance erf trains Nos* 1W and 1'12 will result to no incon venience to the general public.’* In the event these trains are dis continued, Mr. St. Clair said that “tbe rematotof train service easily handle all the trmfie mmi II. thaf two '■ ■ Hillsboro — Negotiations with Miss Rebecca, Watt for a portion of the Cameron Park property as a site for a new elementary school for Hillsboro have been stalled temporarily pending further sur veys or the property, preparation ri a contour map and approval fry the State Board of School house Planning. The Board of Education pro posed to purchase a 17-acre tract running between the Wall home, Burnsides, and the Episcopal Church and between the church property and the property of A.,. H. Graham for $20,000; Miss Wall gave favorable con sideration to the Board’s proposi tion but later presented a num ber of stipulations which may make the site unsuitable for school purposes in the eyes of the Planning Board which sets up specifications. r° ; Most important of the condi tions set up by Miss Wall was that the school building shall be locat the Gra ham property and the Episcopal Church and not closer to the Wall home than the church. The site originally decided on by the school authorities was a knoll be tween the church and the Wall house. Another stipulation of Miss Wall that she retain aipproxi mately two acres of the property to be sold to the Episcopal Church would eliminate this site because of'lack of roam for a building if the two acres adjacent to the church were taken away. Miss Wall suggested that the school be built in the area be tween the Church and Graham property on a 13% acre plot which she is willing to sell. A meeting between Miss Wall, the architect and the school board was held Monday but no decision was made pending the making of the contour map and consultations with the State Planning authorities. Among other specifications out lined by Miss Wall were that the School be named the Thomas Ruf fin School for Chief Justice Thom as Ruffin* .gnd that a statement be included in the deed to the effect that the name of the school will not be changed; that sewer age disposal which meets the state sanitary law requirements be (provided; that no 'business, manufacturing o r commercial building shall be built on the premises and that the" property not be sold for other than resi dential tnmposes; that easement of right-of-way be granted her any time in the future for telephone, lights, waiter or sewerage across the property; and that the School Board agrees to build a street on the South border of the site and that the street shall be the north property line of Miss Wall. In other actions the School Board acepted three new build ings conditional upon their ac ceptance also by the architect and the State Department of Public Instruction. They were the new Cedar Grove Negro School, the Efland School lunch room and the new classroom addition to the Central School at Hillsboro. A five-man advisory commit tee r-mong patrons of the small tee from aniorjg patrons of the smal reboots consolidated into the new Cedar Grove School was ap pointed by the Board to consist of Elijah Poole, Shepherd Bur nett, Wayne Compton, D. W. Tori an and Oscar Beasley. The Hillsboro Exchange Club was given permission to erect a fence around the athletic field at the Hillsboro school and the pay ment of $500, as first payment on the Kellogg Improvement pro gram was approved. The Board declined to pay a bill , bf $429 to C. P. Roberts for supervisory work on the renova tion job at the Hillsboro school because it had not authorized such an agreement on this project. At the same time it declined to pay Floyd Ray some $23 on a wiring job at Efland School because it had only authorized $50 for this project. Further payments on both of these projects if they are made will have to* be handled by the lical communities involved. Mew Doctor IaHUlshoro HHWboro — Dr. William P. Noioi^ has opened riflV in on the second floor of the lfianis build la* where he will conduct a cen tral medicel practice. ^ Dr. and Mrs, Iftftaav hm been yvin* in Burlington nlan to tnatke their home in HmfrnnL ' ; :
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