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^HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 195* Price: $s a Year; 5c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week
APEL HILL'S OUTSTANDING JAYCEES OF THE YEAR
own above as they <pose with “Young Man of the Year”
n Grice following last week’s banquet iof the Junior Chamber
lmerce, during which the (annua! awards were made. iNamed
t Men and runners-up to 'Grice for'the 1951 Jaycee honor
left to right, .H. /Koon, ‘William JAlexander, iGrice, W. jj.
n, Charlie iC. Phillips, land (Roland Giduz. ,
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by JAMES H.POU BAILEY 1
kSIO!
in-Jackson . . . Liast Sat
tii'ght most af the Deroo
irty workers, big and' lit
jal and would-be, gath
Raleigih to renew their
[the Democratic Party and
iute to its financial well
were so many candidates
[they were soliciting votes
ch other.
[Rowe of Pender County,
Kurfees of Firsyth, and
Hodlges of Rockingham
ill candidates for lieu
Jgovernor — were present
Iry much in evidence. Ail
Srculatinig through, around,
[and over the Sir Walter
r as we could tell,, Rowe
to be attractibg the most
but for the most part
present were being quiet
languages cn this race.
ras a lot if speculation and
[ion about the Governor’s
advertisement for another
ite for the Number Two
in the State admtinistra
Cosrt of those I talked/ to
ought tha/t L/uther Hodiges
ott’s support.
seemed to believe that he
s it—smoke screen to the
■y notwithstanding.
e were enough members of
gislature present to hold a
Qf both houses. It’s a long
k the last day for filing for
153 General A.uemfbljt so
>uld~be representatives and
•s were, generally, speaking,
mmSttil
s as if the majority of the
nembers will seek re-elec
-tation agreements make it
.ngly difficult to tell too
[about the State Senate at
me.
may expect some argument
rotation in Burke-Caldrwell.
evidence* points to a cross !
‘re and fur may fly. A. B.;
r was in the last Senate
the able chairman of the
Insurance Committee. He
^finitely seek re-election,
fe were all side issues, of
> compared to the race for
ror. William Umstead and |
|t Olive had special rooms ■
Mors. Both were as busy i
t proverbial one-armed pa
inger with the itch,
f'kly, we dlon’t recall, having
s many folks who were al
openly and actively com
! to a gubernatorial candi
ts there were around the,
alter Saturday night. If the
worship had depended1 upon
f at the Jeffersan-J ackso n
dinner, today Bill Umstead
be your Governor.
I it’s a long time until May
S • and a lot can, and will
We still maintain that j
■ .man can. win, without, a
WR. Fear has 6*eri expres-}
rt Iknsteadmen out in the;
a might be taking it too
easy. Saturday night in Raleigh
it was Urmstead all the way.
There was a lot of guessing as
to who would be named by Judge
' Olive as his campaign manager.
Concensus seemed to be that, re
i gandless \if who is named:, Kerr
1 Spott will master-mind the oper
teration. And. ladies and gentle
men, don’t discount i the value of
that! Love him or hate him. Kerr
Scott is a fighter and a politicin.
As you know, Frnnk McKinney
' chairman of the National Demo
cratic Executive Committee, made
the big speech. He was preceeded
by Yojurig Democrat Willie Sta
ton, .Senators Clyde R. Hoey and
Willis Smith, Dinner Chairman
i Jonathan Daniels, and Goy. W. K.
J Scott. . .
j Applause sometimes tells h
i tale. Willis Smith stayed away
from national politics and praised
-the North Carolina., representa
tives'in Congress. He got good ap
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plause. Clyde Hoey left out all
personalities and praised the Par
ty. There was a rattle of ap
plause, nothing exiting, just a
good scatter of patter. Staton
praised the Young Democrats and
premised to work for Victory in
November, where the nominee
might be. Polite applause.
Kerr Scott introduced McKin
ney. Then McKinney praised* Kerr
Scott. No applause—desjpte the
pause for it. He praised Truman
and paused—no applause. In his
entire seech, he was applauded
only two times—and neither time
was it the result of praise of the
, titular heads of the State and Na
tional Democratic party. "1’
At the conclusion'—many had
leift_the applause was what you
wc uld call “petite. Our impres
sion was that the crowd was not
ten per cent in favor of Truman
r- the nominee. Many expressed
the opinion they would, not vote
(Continued cn Page 2)
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Orange GOP
Meeting Is Set
Hilkboro — O ange County
Rtpulbiieans will meet with their
executive committee at the Court
house, Wednesday February 20tn
at 7:30 p. m.
Chairman M'. L. Cates urges
that all party members’ and others
interested be present to help
complete organization and plans
for this year’9 election.
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ZONING .MEETING
Chapel Hill — The newly ccn
^‘itnted Chapel Hill Zoning Com
mission Enlarged, containing three
now members from the surround
ing rural areas, will hold its first
meeting next Monday night at 8
o'clock.
The controversial rural- zoning
ordinance this week was referred
fcaefc te -tfee1' Zemng horty kjS
Board of Aldermen for further
action Iby the new board.
Four Entered
In Chapel Hill’s
Beauty Pageant
Gha'pel Hill— Foui entries in
the Chpjpel Bill beauty and Per
sonality Pageant scheduled by the
Jaycees for February 29th to
select “Miss Chapel Hill for 1952”
were announced this week by the
committee in change.
The first four contestants for
the $260 scholarship and chance
to compete in the State Contest
in Winston-Salem this summer
are Miss Margaret Wimsett, Miss
Barbara Ann Bynum, Miss Anne
Jacobs and Miss Ins Merritt. All
are brunettes.
Miss Wimsett, 18, sponsored by
Obapel Hill Motors, Inc., attend
ed school in Shanghai, China, is
now a secretary and wants to be
an airliDjp ter less- Mjss E .um,*s
18 and sponsored by Knight
Campbell Hardware. She is an
accomplished pianist, a graduate
of Ohaipel Hill High School and
a freshman at the University. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Rupert Bynum. 'T
Miss Jacobs, who is 17, is the
daughter of Mrs. M. L. Jacobs
and' is a senior at Cha-pel Hill
High and.jias been a cheerleader.
She wants to be model and has
modelled same locally.- She is
sponsored by Robbins. Miss Mer
ritt,' also 17, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Merritt and
also a senior at Chapel Hill high
She has beers active in school af
fairs, is co-captain of the basket
ball team, a drum majorette, and
has been Homecoming Queen and
Sweetheart Queen in recent years
at the school. Her sponsor is
Sloan Drug Store._ _
Exchange €lnb
Plans Minstrel
Hillsboro — Plains are now un
derway by the Hillsboro Exchange
Club to present? an old time color
ed minstrel.
A search for local 'talent is now
uraienway in Hillsboro and vicin
ityT The minstrel will be staged
March 21st and 22nd in the Hills
boro High School Auditorium.
Max Morris, an employee of
Cole Motor Co. af Burlington, ha9
-.■*r0oci to direct the minstrel.
Moris ha- had considerable ex
perience in minstrel’s in and
around Burlir^tcn. B. P. Gordon
Jr., and Carl C. Davis head the
talent committee. Anyone who
would like take a pait are urged
to contact, this committee.
Officials of the club expressed
their appreciation to local citizens
that have been cooperating in
,'virg waste paper for the Club’s
salvage drives. However, at this
time there is no market for waste
paper and all indications are that
the market will not open scon.
No astdftkmad waste paper drives
will be held until further notice1.
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BENEFIT 8UPPER
The Woman’s Society of Pal
mer’s Grove Methodist Church of
Hillsboro Route 3, will sponsor a
chicken supper Saturday evening
Feb. 16, from 5 to 8 o’doak in the
community building.
. Proceed* front this supper will
be uised to beau&y the church
grounds. The public is invited.
CARRBORO TOTAL: $500
Chapel Hill — .Final report*
from the Carr boro campaign for
the March of Dimes have been
made to E. Carrington Smith,
Orange County chairman.
Mrs. Jesse West, leader In
Carrboro, announced that a total
of $500 had been raised in Carr
boro for the polio fund.
In Hillsboro, J. ,L. Brown Jr.
revealed that reports of collec
tions are stilt oomlng In and
urged that all group leaders turn
in funds and reports to him at
once in order that a final tally
of collections in this area may
be made.
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Carrboro Drive
For Red Cross
Is Outlined
Carrtooro — Carrboro is mak
ing reacty Cor the American Red
Cross Drive, which is set for
March 1-5.
The town of Carrboro has been
given a quota of $800.00 this
year and will have ft® headquart
ers office at The West-Williams
Florist Shop on Main Street in
Oarilboro. Mrs. J. S. Gibscrn, will
serve as Carrboro chairmen and
will be assisted in the residental
areas of the town by Mrs. Bruce
Bay, and Mrs. Rathleen Roberb
son.
Sidney Barker will have charge
of the business area, and the Stpe
cial Gifts Division.
There will be a general meet
ing of all those who are to help
in the Red Cross Drive on Sun
day, February 24th, at the Town
Hall in Chaipel Hill, beginning at j
4 o'ctook in the afternoon. All j
Captains and their workers are l
urged to attend this most import- j
ant meeting.
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Health Offices
Go On 5-Day
Week In County
Ciw»pet Hill-—#»r. O. David
Oanvin, District Health Officer for
for Orangel Person-Chatham-Lee
Counties, announced ycrterday
that by direction of the District
Board' of Health, and with the
approval of the State Board of
Health, State Merit System and
a majority of the concerned Coun
ty officials, the Health Department
will revise its program to go on
a 5-day, 40-hcur week instead of
the present 39 hour work week.
The longer work* week; which
also eliminates Saturday office
hours, is instituted to offer more
services jo the community, and
to equalize work hours through
out the District for Health De
partment employees.
Under the new 40 hour weeik
the Chapel Hill office will be open
ifrcm 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Monday
through Friday each week. The
Hillsboro office will be open from
8 A. M. to 5 P. M. Monday through
Friday edcih week. The Saturday
morning office hours will be can
celled.
H. Dobson, Jr., and Brevitt
Hook, the sanitarians, will con
tinue to be available Saturday
mornings by appointment.
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INCOME ;TAX HELP
Junius D. »Wefoib, a deputy col
lector of Internal Revenue from*
the Durham, office will be i*
Hillsboro at the Courthouse on
February 20 and 21 from 9 a. m.
to 4:30 p. m. to assist Federal in
come taxpayers to file their re
turns.
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PTA MEETING TUESDAY
The regular monthly* meeting
of the Hillsboro. Parent Teacher
A -Delation will be held in the
ihi'glh school auditorium Tuesday,
February 19, 1952, at 7:30 o’clock.
The president urges all mem
bers to be present at this meet
bis been planned, also after the
’-Fi<?u)ar meeting there will be a
social honoring the teachers.
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LEAVES FOR FAR EAST
1 Ross Porter, superintendent ‘ of
Duke Hospital and resident" of
Hilsiboro. left yesterday for an ex
tensive tour of the Far East as a
consultant for the U. S. Public
Health Service and the Economic
Cooperation Administration. He
will be gone about three months.
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ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Or
ange County Cooperative Breed
ing Association will be held to
morrow night at 8 o’clock at the
White Cross School- .An. extension:
dairy specialist from "State Col
lege will speak.
Two Chapel Hill Men Seek
Election To County Board
Statement By Hobbs
In becoming a candidate ^ CourAyCcm U ^ ^ ^r.
subject to the Democratic a^d t0 become better acquaint
pose to visit every J all ^uons 0f the County,
ed with the needs and prcbtennc: <Q do aU in my power.
(1.) If elected, it would be™r^rt^foe Boards to continue the
in cooperation with oth*V™ t-on ^K-h -the County has had for
able and constructive administration wnun
many years. . -* mature to house County govern
(2.) The building of a within m next two years.
t £ S2? st *r££gsr«*** ‘"d
that full value is received for the *hat the benefits
of zixrSL'Jzssnrss “ *"*■ -l
;hs«?'"Snye o.*. ». -y *-!!~«°Z*J££rT£
the Extension °e®“tJfn,'J[h^oreA tM the work at the home
EmSSSS+Z Here knprow* £*£ £ ^JSSt
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be STS;, *«-*•■* SSL'Sjszmi St ssss
retn.r.rs^T^ gUg-i - as -sb
aec«T *??lmS^S4 2SESJ i^1111**
(8.) it is a aiuio . roceive adequate ccmpensa
“*nr S^ekTnrmn^ An exeelleut Incentive ,. good work
l> 7"^ -WJ-M- *• S
J^^tSSr adlmlnidtered In order
^aTonetf^he important functions at County government
is the equitable
"fth^money'raiscri by taxes; No Waste or inefficiency should be
t0l€White'many of these objectives seem general in nature,'it appear
•haHh^y S o,f necessity be in the form of board pupposes o
.hat Y. Winrk of the Board of Commissioners is, as I
iSTTtmlM into praeUeal operation these
If elected to the Board, it would be my sineere purpose to realize
there objectives in the tolled, meesure poeaible. ^ ^ ^
Statement By McClamroch
■•With lull realization of the importance at the County
slonerilp 1 am pleased to offer myself tor the oon.lder.tlon oj
the voters of Change County In the Demo^*“()^“1£;ia„^ch
Town Seeks Area
For Park Site
Chapel Hill — The Board of
Aldermen, has petitioned the State
Highway and Public Works Com
misiion for a deed to a two-acre
tract northwest of the new- Dur
ham-Chapei Hill highway at the
Chapel Hill city limits for use as
a park or for “beautification pur
poses.”
The area sought by the Town
is bounded on the southeast by
State Highway 15 (that part of
it known as Strowd Hill), on the
east by, the Curve Inn, on the
north by Hr C. Holloway and
ethers, and on the south by R.
B. Vaughn and others.
The resolution and petition to
the State board is based on the
Town of Chapel Hill's desire and
pledge to use this area l'or park
and/or beautification purposes for
the public’s benefit. Part .of the
area sought now contains a sec
tion of the old road which is
being eliminated in the straight
ening project which joins E.
Franklin Street extension with
the super-highway under con
struction.
This petition and, another urg
ing the State Highway and Pub
lic Works Commission to curb
and gutter the new road from
Roosevelt avenue to the bottom
of the hill at the Strowd Hill
bridge was presented to Fifth Di
vision Highway Commissioner
Jiines Barnwell in Burlington
yesterday by Mayor Edrwin S.
Lanier and .other town officials..
In another action reported to
the - boaid at its Monday' night
session, it was reported ‘hat the
Highway Commission had agreed
to re-surface W: Franklin street
from Columbia street to Carrboro,
using for the area , outside the
main highway center section the
balance of funds To the town’s
credit from its portion of gaso
line taxes in*,previous yehrs, a
sum said to be about .$14,000.
* The board took under consider
ation a request from the Recrea
tion Commission, Charles Phillip®,
chairman and spokesman, that the
town take care of heat, lights and
Water for the Negro Recreation
Center. This action was necessary,
it was said, because receipts from
*be 1S92 Community Chest Drive
were not enough to finance the
, recreational program and take
care of operational costs of-the
center. The Attorney-General has
ruled the town can only use such
funds on a recreatiqnal building
as are necessary to preserve the
property which it owns.
Raritans Hear
Efland Patrolman
Oa Accident Caases
Cedar Grove — A member of
the State Highway Patrol, M. C.
Parnell of Effland, was the fea
tured speaker of the Cedar Grove
Riuritian Club this past Thursday
night.
Ip his address, Patrolman Par
nell po/ntcd out some of the ma
jor causes for most highway
fatalities, and cited lack of road
courtesy while driving as most
predominant.
Forty-six members were on
hand to hear Patrolman Parnell
and also enjoy a delicious din
ner served by the Aycock School
P. T. A. Finance Committee.
Numerous items of business
were transacted during the leng
thy business session, presided
ever by President Wilfred Philps.
The club gave a unem'.qus vote
of confidence to the Welfare Com
mittee in its endeavor to obtain
the admittance cf George Corbitt,
a crippled Negro child to the
Gastonia Orthopedic Hospital.
J: hn Hawkins of the Education
Committee reported that he had
been authorized by the Orange
County Board of Education to
purchase marterials in the amount
of $300.00 for laying -a; cement
walk around the Aycock School.
In other action, the dub voted
to sponsor a religious picnic this
.summer .and to give $5 00 to local
ohundhes that send young people
to youth camps this summer. The
ckd> also heard its delagates re
port on* the recent National Con
vention held in Asheville. The
next regular meeting of the club
/will , be held Thursday night,
March 6th in the Aycock School7
Catfteria.
Politics on the local level be
gan to pick up momentum this
week with the emergence of two
strong condidates for the Board
at County Commissioners from
the town of Chapel Hill.
Notices of candidacy were filed
with the Chairman of the Orange
County Board of Election ■ this
week by both R. J. M. Hobbs,
former member of the Board o?
Aldenmen and Mayor Pro-tern of
Chapel Hill and Roland MoClam
roch, former member of the Gen
eral Assembly from Orange Coun
ty, ‘ '' .
Beth men apparently have re
ceived strong indications of sup
port from various leaders and
groups -in the University com
munity.
Mr. Hobbs was the first to file.
A profesjer of business law in the
University School of Commerce,
he was a member of the Board of
Aldermen of Chapel Hill for 17
years iproior to has voluntary
withdrawal from the municipal
board at the conclusion of his
term- last year. He has resided
in Chapel Hill for 23 years. He
served as M'ayor Pro-tern for a
number of terms.
Mr. McClamrodh served in the
1939 legislature as a member of
the lower House and has been a
resident of Chapel Hill since 1914'
Closely associated with Chapel
Hill and Orange County civic and
governmental affairs for the past
20 years, he was chairman of the
Board of Assersment which re
assessed property vailues through
out Orange County in 1947. He
served in both Wirld Wars, was
president of the North Carolina
Wildlife Federation for three
years, and currently head® the
Red Cross fund drive in Chapel
Hill.
Both men issued statements
announcing their candidacies
which may be found in another
column of this newspaper,
The Chapel Hi 11 men are the
only oardidiatea who have filed
for local office thus far. Chairman
Collier Coifcb Jr. has announced,
hat he will not be a candidate
for reelection and present Board
Members- Robert O. Forrest of
Hillsboro and Sim L. Efland of
Bfland have not yet stated their
intentions in regard to this year’s
.ace.
Rcbe t Murray, resident of the
Caldwell community, has revealed
his intention to seek a seat on
the County board but has not yet
filed his official notice.
New Hope Grange
Names Projects
And Chairmen
Hillsboro — At the February
9th meeting of New Hope Grange,
Master Johnny Lockhart named
(the following community service
projects for the ensuing year and
appointed a chairman to carry
each project to completion.
Mail box improvement, Betty
Lou Taipp.
Cburoh cemetery and surround
ing area beautification, Garland
Kirkland.
Recreation, Christine Cates.
Home Improvements, Mrs.
Kathryn H. Hamrick.
.Scrap metal. Ed Campbell.
Rural telephone, Gene Black
wood and Broclie Dodson.
. Wildlife. Foil'”*
Community fertilizer service,
■ Johnny Lockhart,
j F'ood nu bile donors. Jane and
John Cates, Jr. .
Sh’icitaticn for rcw Grange
[ members, Dolores Dodson.
! Plans are well under way for
i one of the major community serv
; ice projects headed by Bob Stray
horn. This project is the beauti
fication of the new hard surfaced
highway which links New Hope
with Hillsboro and Chapel Hill.
Under the recreaticnaljprc rram,
the Grange has been very instru
mental in carrying on a much
needed program for the communi
ty. Square dances have been held
monthly under tihe supervision of
the Grange and have carried out
in a very orderly manner with
excellent attendance. Other square
dances are planned and will be
'called' by Charles Lockhart, As
sistant Farm Agent of Edgecombe
County, Robert Wilson, local 4-H
member and Charlie Bowden.
hw*l fanner. Hubert Meatbam,
prominent dairy farmer from
Chatham County* .stand* ready 1
wflh hi “HUlrBilly" band to
furnish music for the