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NEWS OF ORANGE COUNTY
NEWS of Orange County
Voi r>9—No- 10
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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 195*
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Eight Pages This Week
ti^LberS 0bserve National Week
I Officers of the 12 4-H clubs In (Orange (County who form the County ‘,4-H ,/Council -are iahown
above as they met recently’to plan ;the local observance of /National ^-H /Week. Over £00 rural
boys and girls ^partlcipatejln /4-H -work in this county. In the picture above are':; Bobby ^Grasty,
Benny Freeland, ’Wayne * Durham, jof {the Murphy Club; Lois Liner, -Peggy /Pope, f. ou ise ^Vagoner,
and Jimmy |Liner, lAycoek Senior Club;Ted Martin. iPatsy Martln. and /Olivia' Roberts,' Hillsboro
Senior 4-H /Club; Lawerence Tilley,/Caldwell; Stanley Pope, Gerry Wrenn, Aycock ’junior ,4-H
Club; -Rachel /Thompson, (Ed ^Williams, Weldon R igsbee, Ann Mclver, (Chapel Hill Senior Club}
Helen Liner, Jean May, (Betty /Walters, Rose Walters, Louise Graham, and (Shelby Voung, \Efland
Club; Jean -.Carol Gregory, Ann Craven, and Reginald Vick, West Hillsboro. ,
rog?J
Visitors;. . .Most significant de
velopment of Bill Umstead’s first
week in campaign headquarters
here was the number of Kerr
Scott supporters and aippointees
who called by and signed the
register to let all and sundry
khew where they - 'mil stand
come the primary on Stay 31.
Among the callers were Joe
seph Graham of Linoolnton, Scott
appointee as a member of the
State Highway Commission; Fred'
Davis oif Z.ebulon, the most active
of'Kerr Scott’s younger followers
in 1948 and subsequently a Scott
appointee; David Q. Holton of
Edentcn, a Scott appointee .and
supporter who will- around the
first of May stage a 12-cfiunty
rally* for Him stead in Edenton,
with barbecue, baseball ‘ game,
and other ingredients of big poli
tical Tousement; Fred Royster of
Henderson, whom Scott support-”
ed for Speaker of the House in
the 1951 Legislature; Ed McMa
han, Scott appointee to the State
Utilities Commission; Fred C.
Hunter of Charlotte, whom the
Governor reappointed to the State
Utilities Commission; Allen Langs
ton of Raleigh, formerly one of
the Governor’s chief defenders in
the capital; Garland Bobbitt of
Baleigh, member of the inner
^ncil cf Scott’s advisors; Alonzo
Edward's of Hookertton, former
president of the State Farpi Bu
reau and Scott appointee ti the
■Advisory Budget Commission; and
rcm Allen of Creedmoor, one of
the State Grange leaders and Scott
follower in the 1952 Legislature.
locates*. . .It is possible - -
^ it is easier — to visit j
| ms teal’s room - - the Manteo |
? ( m :,rs the Sir Walter — with- j
jj-. ir.g the register. These]
Mentioned, and the following.
tT Wrently want to be regarded
IJmstead disciples: J. C. B.!
! hrtnghauis, Jr„ sen of the form
r Governor; Carl Goench, found-\
-of the State Magazine and >
r: ci;
commentator; Ardh ' Allen,
^ the former Superintendent
cf s'teols A. T. Allen. Raleigh ’
-ttorney and secretary of the
P&aid of* Trustees,, University of
N- Carolina. ‘
Tlhen there was Mrs. B. B.
®'rerett of Palmyra, one of the
loading Democratic women in the
®^te; Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, of
west Jefferson, publisher of news
papers there and in Sparta and
jonner president of N. C. Fed
crati-cn of Women’s dub; Ed
Pate of Laurinfourg; J. Hairnp
Price, Leaksville; Roger W.
Wolcott, president of the N. C.
Por®y*,'y Association: Ray Gallo
'wa7. former head of the Ameri
Lhgion in this State; Wad*
******* of Pittdboro; Wiley Pick
fading Logipnair*; Fired W.
executive vice Presl
ey* N. c. BotVers Association;
[w«e Burton, assistant attorney
general; Reginald Harris, farmer
Lt. Gov. and legislator, Roxboro;
Superior Court Judge W. C. Har
ris; Mrs. R. S. Fenguson of Tay
lorsville, former member of the
State Senate and a candidate this
year; John A Park, publisher of,
-the Raleigh Times; "Cc*l. deft W.
Gillette of Wilmington, head of
the Ports Authority; Collier Cobb
Chapel Hill; Clarence-, Stone of
Stonevil'le. former member of the
Advisory Budget Commission.
Others: W. G. (Cousi^ Willie)
Clark cf Tarboro; Wa,viand Spru
ill cf Windseor; Willie Lee Lump
kin cf Lduislbung; F. E. (Lew)
Wa-Haee of Kinston; John Harden
of Greer.cbcro, ••private secretary
to Gov. Cherry; Ruth Hobbs,
Cherry's stenographer, while he
was Governor; Stanley Winborne.
chairman of the State Utilities
■Commission; Mrs. Annie Cooper.
Veteran -chief clerk of the House;
Hai ry Vander Linden of Hick
ory, Amvets official; Charles W.
Dgniel. Fuquay Springs, who as
sisted with Scott's publicity in
1948; Tony Tolar, former head of
the State Highway Patrol.
There were others-.— We have
recorded here the name visitors.
They may all be for Hubert Oli
ve. However, it is not likely that
one. of them is;
Since names make news, we
will report to you prominent
North Carol'n-ians- who visit Ol
ive’s head-quarters when it starts
operating.
(Continued on Page 2)
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Grange Allotted
11.52 Miles New
Roads For 1952
Hillabcro — Orange County has
3een allotted 11.52 miles- that can
3e added to the highway
iu-ing the calendar year cf 1952.
This imfoamatien was reeejv -
'Fcm L. Hi'Gunter,-district -engi
leer. and, announced to the Ebard
-,f CouBtv^CcwMwi^-O-ners at their
-e-gular meeting here Monday.
This mileage is double thai a
Letted the county Met year by
,-irtue of the change in policy an
nounced some montlhe ago by the
Highway Commission.
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fland program
Etfland — The -Pre-School Clinac
r.d the United Forces for Edu^
iticn Program will be the topic*
>r discussion at a meeting of the
if land- Parent-Teacher^ Associa
on next Tuesday night at 7:30
‘dock- ••• -t -_ -.< . -
Mrs. Ophelia Andrews will bi
ina-et the United Forces pxo
ram while' Miss Mary Murray,
rst grade teacher, and Miss
llarcho, school nurse, will speak"
a the pre-ocitcwl cLinio. Pirenis
- s U -*• r4«iwUn4< PSOftClfil•
"II- ~~ -vw.-t.W-. . --,/
• invited to attend.
Banquet Friday
For County Leaders
Features 4-H Week
Hillsiboro — Some 500 4-H boys
and girls from all sections of
Orange County this week are
joining with their two million
fellow club members throughout
the nation in the observance of
National. 4-H Club Week.
Through radio 'programs, the
passing out oif booklets telling of
4-H history, posters in business
establishments and window dis
plays, members of this rural
^mil'll nitjm11lfttlni1 »his w c arc
j telling the 4-H story to their fel
low citizens.
Tomorrow night at 6:30 o’clock
at the Colonial Inn in Hillsiboro,
officers and leaders .of the coun
ty’s. 12 4-H clubs will have a
banquet as the week’s conclud
ing event and school officials, farm
agents and other leaders will at
tend. Among the guests for the
occasion will be Miss Anamerle
Araot, district home demonstra
tion agent, and Miss Margaret
Eee, Stevens’’ of Wa\fne ■ County,
an outstanding 4-H leader, who
will be the principal Speaker.
Jean Wiikerson, president of the
Orange County 4-H Council will
extend the welcome and a song
and recreation program will fea
ture the evening.
Boys and girls club work is a
part of the Agriculture Extension
Services and the United States
Department of Agriculture. R is
a nation wide educational pro
gram rated second only to the
public school system. Its purpose
is to teach rural boys and girls
from 10-21 years of age the best
Agriculture and Homemaking
practices and the finer and more
significant things in rural living.
The 4-H Club is a set upon a
school, county, state, and National
basis. Club work begins in the
school with a group of organized
students having their own, officers;
this terminating into a county
council make up of the officers-o f
the different school clubs ar.d
.having its own staff of officers.
Then there is the State Council
made up of the officers „ of the
County Council officers. The state
council has its own staff of of
ficers and is under the, leader
ship of the State 4-H leaders. The
National 4-H Leaders- ‘are select
ed- f« i m. a. lc.vel.-cf sta 1 c antLiNa.-,
(Continued on ‘Page 5)
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SSterfing Hsnt
Pa?ses At 69
Hillsboro — William ^Sterling
Hont. 69. of Rt. 1. Hillsboro. died
Wednesday of a heart attack.
Survivor's include his wife, Mrs,
Peart C. Hunt; 'two daughters.
Mrs. John Kirkland ancf Mrs.
Donald Wright, 'both erf Durham:
two sons, William M. Hunt, of
Durham and’ W. S. Hunt Jr., of
the home; and, a halt brother
Charlie James cd Hillsboro.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 2 p. m. at the New
Sharon Methodist Church with
the Rev. W. L. Maness and the
Rev. C. S. Hubbard officiating.
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Federal Officials
Still Frown On
New Courthouse
Hillsboro — Tf»e Board of
County Commissioners in a let
ter to Chairman Collier Cobb Jr.
has been advised by Congress
man Carl T. Durham that con
struction of the new county court
Wise cannot be authorized* at
this time.
Durham raid he had just con
ferred with officials of the pro
duction and materials allocation
authorities, who advised they
would continue to study the situ
ation. He said construction may
be approved, in July and promised
that he would exert every effort
to. secure such approval?;.
The building, heretofore, has
been classified as a commercial
building tout efforts are being
made to get it out of this oata
gory. ✓
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Anne Jacobs
Judges’ Choice For
“Miss ChapelHiir
• Chaipel Hill — 17-year-old An
ne Jacobs, daughter of Mrs. M.
L. Jacobs, was selected “Miss
Chapel Hill” at the annual Jay
cee Beauty an3*Persomality Page
ant last Friday night.
She will represent Chapel Hill
at the Miss North Carolina Page
ant in Winston-Salem this sum
mer. •
Arrne, who won a $250 college
scholarship and a wardrobe from
Robbins, was chosen out of a field
cf 17 entrants. She’s 5 feet, 4
inches tall and weighs 116 pounds.
Runnerup was Iris Merritt, an
other high school senior. Iris is
the daughter c*f Mr. and Mrs. E.
G. Merritt.
The contestants themselves
picked 19-year-old Ruth Benson,
a Chapel Hill secretary, as “Miss
Congeniality.”
Two other finalists were Beth
LLoyd, a sophomore at UNC, and
Jackie Merritt, a UNC graduate
who’s teaching ir^Wilmington.
Dot Hcdan, Ia?T year’s winner,
crowned Miss Jacobs.
Final Rites Held
For J. E. Walker
Hillsboro Josaph Edward
Walker, 69. of Hillsboro died at
bre heme -Friday —morninig—after
an extended illness.
Survhmrs include his wife. Mrs;
$udie Waiter; two daughters,
Mrs. J. L. ftosemoftd' and Mrs.
Marvin Phelps and 6ne son, Har
m’d Walker, all cif Hillsboro; four
brothers, H. G.-M.. W. H. and
Gene, Walker, all. of Hillsboro; and
one sister, Mrs. Mary Taylor of
Hillsboro. «
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at 3 p. m. at the Mars Hill
Baptist Church conducted by the
Rev. W. H. Rittenhouse, Dr.
Charles Madry and the Rev. J.
R. Green. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Cate To Quit School Board;
Breeze Expected to Resign
New Parkiag
Laws Passed
At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill — To relieve the
congestion cn South Columbia
Street and area at the intersec
tion of that street and Cameron
Aive., the Board of Aldermen' at
their - last. meeting set up park
ing restrictions and received In
formation that' there request to
widen and round off the the
Carolina Inn comer had been
-•■■proved by the State Highway
Commission. *•
The parking ordinance passed
by the Board makes it unlawful
after March 20, to park at any
time, o_n either side of S. Colum
bia Street between Cameron Ave
nue and McCauley Street, except
temporarily for receiving or dis
charging .passengers or loading or
unload!rug merchandise. A $1 fine
was set up for violators.
In another traffic action, the
Board removed parking restric
tions on West Franklin Street
from the Baptist Church to Mel
lette Street cvcept for 28 feet in
front of the steps of the Elemen
tary School. In that area, all
parking is prohibited.
Board Studying
Problem Of Firemen's ,
Attendance Record
Chapel Hill — The Board of
Alderman, studying a report of
the 'Fire Department at last
week’s meeting, ,noted that the
attendance record of a number
of members of the town’s Vol
unteer Fire 1 Department is very
low.
.This becomes a matter Al
derman Ic .interest by .virtue of
the town’s membership in the
State /Volunteer Fireman’s As
sociation and the ipayment of
$1.10 <aa an (Insurance assessment
tor each enrolled volunteer
fireman .whenever a member of
a volunteer department in one
of .the member cities through
out the {state dies. >
So far this year, the town
has expended about $290 of Its
$410 appropriation for this pur
pose, at the rate |of $1.10 for
each of the ,23 enrolled local
volunteer firemen. ■
After discussing the Idea of
replacing older members of the
department with younger, more
active men, the matter was sent
to,committee for’,further study.
Parking Problem
Solution Offered
FAST WORK
Hillsboro — Two escapees
from the State Mental 'Hospital
in a "stolen automobile ran in
to the home of iMr. and Mrs.
Walter Teer and knocked the
underpinning from# the front
porch .Sunday night attempting
to escape from Highway Patrol
» man ;Mann Norris Jr.
Norris tiad placed the pair
under_ arrest., on a speeding
charge . and was leading them
into town when they cut off
into the side street and failed
to make the turn at the end of
the street. He had them in jail
30 minutes after they had stolen
the automobile from, a .parking
space in front of ,WatfsjHs.opital. *
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j WINNING speaker. .
Hillsboro — Miss Margaret
Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Brown of Hillsboro Route 3,
was named the winner in the
Oratorical Contest held at Hills
, boro High School on the subject
Kof World Peace. Spsonsor of the
I contest was the Hillsboro Lions
j Club. a
Red Cross Fund campaign poster for 1952 |
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Hillsboro — The Town Board
of Hillsboro received, an assist
from two sources on two vexing
problems at Tuesday night’s regu
lar meeting.
For the parking problem in
downtown Hillsboro which has
Ijeecme the subject of widespread
discussion and bitter criticifJn
during, the past few months, the
town got an offer 'of a site for
a parking lot provided the town
will do the noeessary_ grading and
paving tojput it in usuable shape.
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The offer came from*the For
rest Brothers who operate the
Fno Chevrolet CcmiJany and the
site is the area Immediately be
hind the garage building front
ing bn Churl cn street. An area
can be provided there, it was
said, to park 35 or 40 cars, whidh
:f used only by downtown mer
chants and their employees would
case the situatio'n considerably fn
the business district.
Efforts to get downtown work
ers to park off the main streets
voluntarily in the past have me1,
with failure generally and the
town board has been reluctant to
institute legal parking restric
tions. Just prior to the Forrests’
offer, Dr. H. W. Moore, proposed
a 30-minute limitation on park
ing on downtown streets but his
efforts died for lack of a second.
R. O. For Vest presented the
parking lot proposal and the
Board agreed to look into fine
matter of costs and the feasibility
of accepting the offer. If estab
1: ibinS,' entrance to the /parking
iot- would be via thez driveway
bf ween the garage and the
Sharpe building which is already
navcd to the rear of the build
ing.
A delegation Jfirni the Hills
boro Gavd!£ty4jfrjff including Mrs.
W W. Moorfe and Mrs. Felix
Forrest, presented / their club's
nroposal to hoorso-r a trcwn-wido
"Clga-n-lSp .. Weck’l du-ing th''
first'- weekiIn April ard cited a
number aneeded street and side
walk repairs which* they had ob
rerv.ed. The Mayor and board
members promised their whole
hranted erdors-femer.it cf the clean
lip drive and the suggested im
provements.
The Clean-Un Week- will be
;et pp by ofTlcikl proclamation c-f
the Mayor arxl will be headed by
the members of tlhe Garden Club.
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TAXI .CHARGES
Chapel Hill — Reports that
residents at newly annexed areas
of Chapel Hill are being changed
out-of-town rates by taxis are
being investigated and the Town
Attorney has been tasked to check
the local tnrxi ordinance to aWiee
if action by the Board of Aider
ITV^ri 1 Wl Gftadg
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Chapel Hill — Kemp S. Cate of
Chapel Hill, long-time member of
the Orange County Board of Edu
cation and chairman of the board
prior to the current term, will
not be a candidate for reelection.
date’s desire to retire from the
board has been known tor some
time but his announcement this
week was the first formal indica
tion that he would not permit his
name to go before the Democratic
voters for nomination in the May
31 'primary. .
Cate's action this week indicates
thifrt Orange County voters will
prebably be called upon to name
two new members to the three
man school governing body this
Spring. Harry P. Breeze of Elf
land, who took office less than
a year ago after defeating Zeb
C. Burton of Cedar Grove in the
previous .primary, has indicated
to friends privately that he will *
likely teifJer his resignation
shortly because of inability to at
tend meetings and devote the
necessary time to the position
that it demands.__
_ Breeze has recently received a
promotion, and netw responsibili
ties at the Western Electric Com
pany’s plant in Burlington which
has prevented his regular attendr
an.ee at Board meetings and' he
is understood to feel that this
precludes his further service as
a board member.
Members of the Orange County • '
-v.hool board are nominated in
+te party primary and then nam
'd. by the General Assembly for
-our year terms which are stag
berod among the member?.
Clarence D. Jones of Hillsboro
IS being urged by friends to run
for the Board from his communi
ty and Roy Armstrong has been
mentioned as a possible candidate
from Chapel Hill for the two
positions. Neither has indicated
that he would seek the position.
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Red Cross :*
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Local Campaign
Gets Underway
Hillsboro-The Rod Cror? c:im
ipaigw got ifmi'orwfay In Orange'
County this wo ok and Chapter
Chairman Toni Bivins said a large
“thermometer” campaign - sign
‘'h< wing progress toward the $2,
200 county goal would, be placed
on Court Square tomorrow.
Solicitations -in both - business
and residential sections of Hills
boro are underway but no re
ports o>f contributions to date are
available. * . .---4^
Go-chainnon of the Negro citi
zens' division, A. L. Stan back for
the southern section including
Hillsboro and M. C. Burt for the
Northern section, announced the
names of those who will assist
them in the drive.
Utey are:
For the Northern section: D. L.
Poole - Harmony, Mrs. Elizabeth
Snipes - Harmony, WilHe Snipes
- Harmony, Waiter J. Hester -
Jordan Grove, H. B. Sbaith -
Jordan Grove, Bennie Hughes -
Jordan Grove,* Clyde Torian -
Cedar Grove, Wayne Crompton -
Cedar Grove, Clyde Russell -
White Oak, Mrs. Coy Bradsher -
Carr, Sam Graves - Carr, David
^Breeze - Carr, Carter White -
Grover. J. A. Parker - Grover,
D. W. Toriar* - Grover, Author
Beasley - Sartin, A. T. Cearnal -
c;u-tin, Mrs. Flossie Wells - Sar
tin, W. L. Oliver - White Oak,
Oak, Luther Corbett - White Oak,
Dallas® Shepard Burnett - Carr.
For Hil’ iborc: Mrs. M. D. Mc
* "-r. on, Mrs. Elsie Jefferies, Mrs.
Wilson. Mrs. Fletter
Collins, Mrs. Gather Collins, Mrs.
Vene D. Mhyo. Mrs. Henderson
Jones. Jr., Mrs. Maible Jones. Mrs.
Mannie Anderson, Mrs. Mary
Ferriibo, Mrs, A L. Staaback,
Mrs. Alice Payne, Mrs. Clabome
Jones, Mrs. Velma Teer, Mrs.
Catherine Brooks, Mrs. Mary
Swan, Mrs. Lillie Warren. Mrs.
Julia Warren, Mrs. Edith Torian,
Mrs. Lena Thompson, Mrs. Maria
Cooper,
ison
NEW RESIDENT MANAGER
Carrboro — Herbert Baphaw
» the new Resident Manager of
the Canhoro Wooten Mills.
Wr. Bagsharw. who succeeds
a®er here moved his Anally from
HNMfax. Virginia te their home
oq the HilMboro Highway in
.CEnhoro lest