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IP UP with the news from all • *®r proves results, Soft, er the county py reading THE ; pSpp*gKg! buy, rent or get a Job by using t|Zens of Orange County can - the classified ads on page 7 of WS OF ORANGE COUNTY, _ ._ Your Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 the news of Orange County —^ N°—-^Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY. May 8 1952 Price: $2 a Year; 5c Single Co^ 12 Pages This Week I THE APPLE OF BILL UMSTEAD’S EYE—The young lady playing the piano i* the apple of Bill Um Head’s eye-his nine-year-old daughter Merle. When Umstead comes in from a hard day of campaigning Hr Governor, he and his wife like to relax and hear Merle play the newest piece of music she has mastered. II OLD FRIENDS . . . Among the touse*members who are returning b the General Assembly without femocratic opposition—and with Irorpects of weak, if any, Ropubii an obstacles—are old friends of Drmer Governors, Lieutenant Gov rnors, members of the Legisla te, and Democratic warhorses. We won’t attempt to name them 11. but there is Noah -Borfoot, of Elizabeth City, who for many ears was chairman of the board t county commissioners in Pas iuotank; John F. White, the man pith the black felt hat in Chowan, nd who will be among the oldest members in the 1953 Legislature— lthough White is still a young man; J. K. Doughton of Alleghany, ixtyish, but nevertheless a nephew f Congressman Bob and one of the most able legislators in North Car ina or elsewhere; Sam Worthing on of Pitt, the rules committee man and rules expert; Joe Branch, ’oung but experienced, Halifax; John Umstead of Orange, brother »f William B., and friend of edu ction ; Larry More of Wilson, who ia9 held about every important po rtion in the House except Speaker; Ben Fountain of Edgecombe; Wil iam B. Rodman of Beaufort, who etsablished his name in the State Senate, but served with distinction in the 1951 House; David P. Del linger of Gaston, who sometimes fills in so creditably as reading clerk and is a candidate for Speaker; and R. Lee Whitmire of Hendersonville, good friend of Harry Buchanan and anything from the mountains, and sure to be one of the powers in the 1953 General Assembly. — There pre other veterans who will have smooth sailing, but these are the more prominent, interest ing, or both. A HOT ONE . . . One of the hottest races in the State involves Joe Curruthers of Greensboro and Arthur Kirkman of High Point. Each man is well known in Demo cratic circles, each is prominent Statewide. Both are interested in repre senting Guilford County in the State Senate next year. If memory is not astray, Kirk 11'.an has not served in the State Senate. He is a veteran, however, °n the House side. Curruthers has not only served in the Senate, he has played leading roles in’ outdoor dramas of Statewide significance, like in 1948 when he managed Bill L’mstead’s race for the U. S. Sen ate. Kirkman filed at the last rtiin ute; and it’s going to be strictly “blatkgum, or >“blaggum”—to use the toothbrush term—against hick ory from here on in. Kirkman will have hefty sup port from organized labor, with some educational support, and a following ' om other groups in that corner of the lot. Currutners should have the backing of big and little business, generally speaking, with solid support from the middle of-the-road element^ of the Demo craticpartyv —------ - m . BRAKING . . . An Umstead and an Olive supporter were having it out on a street corner here the other day. They Had it back and forth for a full ten minutes, nei ther getting the better of it until the Umstead rooter tried to end the I discussion with a beauty: “My man isn’t a conservative. And, another thing, he is not a liberal. I’ve al | ways regarded Bill Umstead as being a progressive—a progressive | with the brakes on.” That was too good to drop right , there. “That’s exactly the way I look at Hubert Olive,” said his old friend over his shoulder as they parted company. FIFTH COLUMN . They had just heard William B. Umstead in one of his important speeches and, feeling good, were downstairs with the crowd which had come out to hear the candidate taking on with the potato chips, cheese crackers, and the other offerings. As one of them moved down the table, he lifted gingerly with finger and thumb from the dish a choice item. It happened to be a stuffed olive. “Now how in the devil did t.iose things get in here?” he inquired. OIL . . • The remark reminded some folks present of a recent quote attributed to Governor Scott to the effect that what some of his friends needed most was olive. 1 OUT THE VOTE . . • Executive Secretary of the Raleigh Merchants Bureau is.G. Wesley Williams. Al though only about 30 years of age, Williams is recognized by the Na tional Retail %foods Associa tion and the American Retail Fed eration as ong of tfee leading trade association executives m the Unit ed States. He took over the Raleigh Mer-j chants Bureau ten years ago when its office was in the rear of the Raleigh Chamber of Com™*ce headquarters. Now it has a hand some three-room suite m xthe center of Raleigh's business dis trict Its budget this year, includ S the Raleigh Trade Fund, -ill. Continued OrrJ*afle 5 Farm Bureau ...... Plans Tobacco Mass Meeting Farm Bureau President Jack Phelps has announced that a to bacco mass meeting of both men and women interested in tobacco production in Orange County will be held at Aycock School Building I Thursday night, May T5, at 8 o’clock. L. T. Weeks, general manager of Flue Cured Tobacco Stabilization Corporation, will make the ‘prin cipal address. Mr. Phelps states that this meeting is a development of the meeting attended by Mr. Jule Allen, Mr. Don S. Matheson and himself last week in Raleigh at which time important informa tion was given about the Stabiliza tion Corporation, Tobacco Asso ciates, and the referendum which is to be held this summer. A dis cussion of the prospects for tobac co prices this year and the need for cutting the acerage in 1953 will be entered into. Mr. Phelps and the directors of the Orange County Farm Bureau urge a large attendance at this meeting. May Festival ] At Aycock Friday Cedar Grove—A May Festival will be held at Aycock School Fri day, May 9, at 9:30 a.m. Queen Bobby Grinstead and King Joe Compton will be crowned. Members of the queen’s court will be Raynell Daniels, Lois Liner, Nancy Hawkins, Janette Parker, Priscilla Wilkerson, Louise Wag ner, Peggy Pope, Betty Joyce Woods, Betsy Beam Parker, Joreen Cates, Janie Lee Dunn, Ann Long,] Elain Horner, Betsy Ross Scott, Jane Wells, Oscar Compton, Bruce] Long, Harry Compton, Zeb Terry, Robert Vaughn, Charles Hughes, Joel Long, Vernon Rogers, James Wesley ‘ Jordan, Jim Compton, Howard Pope, Fred Hawkins, Don Hartley, William Tate and Bill Allen. Games or a drill will be present ed by the students of each ele mentary grade. . ( GUEST MINISTER Hillsboro—The Rev. Roy T. Sherrod, Jr. will preach at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Sherrod is pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Austin, Texas, and the son-in law of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Beard of Hillsboro. He is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary, Rich mond, Va., and also holds a Th.M. degree from that institution. Part of his training included work at the Massachusetts General j Hospi tal. I j Mr. Sherrod will preach on “Happiness Is a Habit.” —jj-L— fa_ ' , ** ,a Proposed 22 Percent Welfare Fund Hike ‘Shocking’ To Commissioners AMeraea Face Maay Decisions At Next Meeting Chapel Hill—The Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen, despite it toe ing a no-mceting week, faces a busy*- schedule and probably im portant decisions at next Monday’s session. The Safety Committee, headed by P. L. Burch, will meet with a committee of the Negro Civic Club and other citizens at the site of a proposed stop light on West Franklin Street on the curve at Merritt Mill Road, ag item which has previously been turned down. The Negro group recently told the Board that there are 344 individual children crossing the street at this point en route to school each day and asked again that safeguadrs be provided. The Safety Committee also will consider the passage of proposed regulations on awnings and signs recently presented by a committee of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Mer chants Association in order to recommend action at next Mon day’s meeting. Another active committee thi§ week is the Utilities Committee headed by Robert Fowler, which is meeting to study the Carolina Cab Company’s request for a re-con sideration of the taxicab rate structure which calls for 35c in town. This is an outgrowth of recent reported refusals of some cab operators to go into the newly annexed areas of Chapel Hill at the regular fare approved by the Board of Aldermen. i Monday’s meeting, the Zon ing commission will again throw the controversial zoning proposal back to the Aldermen following a review and slight revision. The Aldermen will then decide whether to call for another public hearing to lead to a final decision. Only a few changes have been made in the bill since it was originally drawn up last winter, ac cording to the chairman. These were changes in the actual layout of zones rather |than in the struc ture of the ordinance. The aider men held a public hearing on the measure in March, after which they sont it back to the Commission for further consideration due to heavy rural opposition to its en actment COMMANDER -*■.. John A. Simpson of Hillsboro Uuesday night was elected Com mander of Post No. 85,the Amer ican Legion, succeeding Jim Ches hire. Others elected were Arnold Hastings, Lucius Cheshire, Carl ton McKee, and. Fred Seagroves, Vice-commanders; Kajr Winecoff, sergeant at arms; Walter Wreenn, service officer; Ed Kenion,histor ian; Winfield Baldwin Jr., chap lain,. J. G. Goodwin Jr. To Be Ordained Here Sunday Hillsboro—Next Sunday will be an important' day for the congre gation of the First Baptist Church of Hillsboro. The Rev. J. G. Goodwin Jr., a native of Hillsboro, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Goodwin, will be set apart by the church for the gospel ministry. It will be'Homecoming Day for all the former members of’■ the church who have moved away. J?ive., of. the former pastors of the church will take part in the ser vices of the day. At the 11 o’clock hour, a former pastor, the P.-'v. W. W,. Abernathy will preach. 1 The ordination service will be held in the afternoon with the or daining council consisting of W. W. Abernathy, A. K. Cheek, S. W. Oldham. J. R. Green, J. C. Ritten-, house, Sr, J. C. Rittenhouse Jr., | H. D. Booth, W. L. Pearson and Charles E. Maddry. ’ ] There will bes a picnic dinne^ on the church grounds and all the for mer members®and friends of the church are invited to come and partake of the hospitality of the church. ' School Board Accepts Three School Projects Hillsboro——The Board of Educa tion put their final stamp of ap proval on three new school proj ects Monday following an inspec tion of the facilities and set Mon day, May 19, as the day for for mal approval of actions of lbcal school committees on the election of principals and teachers for the next year. The Board, minu9 Member Harry P. Breeze who did not attend, visit ed the West Hillsboro lunchroom, the Carrboro auditorium and the White Cross lunchroom and gave their approval of these projects for final payment to the builders. | It approved the sale of three abandoned Negro schools — the Morris Grove School for $1,700 and the Hickory Grove School for $2,010, both to James R. Farlow, and the Poplar Grove School to Ethel Mack for $770. A tentative budget for next year presented by the County Superin tendent was approved by the Board and then presented to the County Commissioners. The County Superintendent was directed to prepare and present to Highway Engineer L. H. Gunter at the May 19th meeting plans for j improving the entrances to schools that are located on paved roads. ' Gunter had previously agreed to meet with the Board at that time. Hillsboro Senior Play Tomorrow Hillsbo’-o—The Seniors ftf Hills* ftoio I' 'h <*«•* in their luial re hearsals for “The Life of The Party” which will be given at tbe school auditorium' prompt!y at 8 p.m. Friday night. Due to a substitution, the final list of characters follows: James Horn; Bob Strayhorn; Giovanni Micol; Edwrad Scarlet: Larry Wil liams; Walter Johnson; Charles Boggs: Janet Riley; Becky Hayes; Betty Lou Reinhardt; Nellie Ruth Lloyd;. Margaret Brown; Priscilla Llovd; Peggv Joyce Walker: Alice Holloway; Helen Mohler; Jan Mit chel. This production is an outstand ign one, and one can be assured a pleasant evening full of wholesome wit and fun. Tickets may be se cured at James Pharmacy. The only candidate for Governor of North Carolina with a platform calling for the extension of the town limits of Mebane and Hills boro and the incorporation of Efland is back on the' road again. William Henry Jordan, one-time publisher and the one identifiable member of the Golden Rule Tem perance Party, was. back in Hills boro this week after an unex plained absence of many months, busy campaigning for himself as Governor and Billy Graham as president. He seea the election of those two as the one salvation of the nation.. His campaign literature, which is strongly anti-liquor, except with the state operating the stills for medical uses and profit, anti-war, and pro-government-ownership orf railroads, coal mines and oi} wells, gets down to fundamentals in the final paragraph with these words: “There are steps being taken to extend Hillsboro corporate limits from Berry’s Creek on the east to Eno River on the west and the same distance north and south and steps are being made to incorpor ate Efland and make its east lim its Eno River and its west line Mid-Way Store and about the same distance north and south. Mebane’s limits are to be extended from Mid-Way Store on the East to midway between Mebane and Haw River and Hew River to be incorporated. These and many other improvements will goon be made. Hillsboro has less population than it had 200 years ago and Efland has too much' population not to be incorporated. Mebane is growing but needs more roonf to grow and Haw River has never. been incorporated. Most of Hills boro’s population is outside the corporate limits. Why? ^ “What has been the cause of Hillsboro going backwards instead of growing? “What has kept Eftand from growing? What has held back Me bane? Ycurs for a better State, Nation and World.” So, gentle voter?, if you don't like Umstead or Olive, this may be your man, and he comes from Or ange County too. , The candidate.as he does not look today r - . • ' ' ‘ . ' U'* ‘ ' ■* \\ ' Hillsboro—The Board of County Commissioners got a preliminary taste of next month’s budget prob lems at their regular meeting this week and left the conference table “shocked,” to use the language of Chairman Collier Cobb Jr. Miss Annie Strowd, county wel fare superintendent, presented her department’s preliminary budget requests Monday and tossed the Commissioners a document pro posing expenditures approximately 22 per cent higher than a 'year ago despite the loss of at least 65 re cipients of Old Age Assistance by way of the last legislature’s lien law. The proposed budget would es tablish the county’s share of the total county welfare budget at $57,790 or auprcximsteW *10,000 more than this year's budget. Pro posed increases in the payments for Old Age recipients and a new form of welfare, Aid to the Total and Permanently Disabled, made up most of the increase. The Commissioners were frank to admit that the increase pro posal came as a surprise In view of the reduction in Old Age Assist ance rolls and declined to take any action on the request pending a conference on the situation to be held tonight at 8 o’clock. They plan n joint session with the Coun ty Welfare Board, which had pre viously approved the requested in crease. The Commissioners also received a tentative budget request fjom the Board of Education calling for increased expenditures of $24,432.50, part of this coming from increased debt service as result of the school building program. The increase totalled approximately 12 per cent of last year’s figure. The Board took formal action to sell the remaining $265,000 school building bonds and an anti cipation note for $250,000 to build the courthouse by approving ap propriate resolutions. Additional funds were trans ferred in this year's budget to pro vide the Welfare Department ad ditional funds for hospitalization nhd the Clerk of f’oiTrt more monvv for supplies and operating expenses for the county court and his of I fice necessitated by the increase in court activity. . Women Voters League Forum Wednesday Night ^ Chapel Hill—Citizens of Chapel __ Hill and Orange County get their . opportunity to see the candidates for office from the same platform prior to the May 31st Primary next Wednesday night at 8 o’clock when the Chapel Hill League of Women Voters holds its “Candidates Meet ing.” All candidates subject to the primary who are seeking county or district offices have been invited to attend and there are indications that virtually all will be presont. These include the five Democra I tic candidates for the Board of County Commissioners, the five [ candidates for the School Board j vacancy, the candidates for Con I gress from the Sixth Congressional District and the two candidates for the State Senate from the Ot ange-Alamance district. The can didates for the latter office come from Alamance County this year under the rotation agreement be tween the Democratic Party Exec utive Committees of the two coun ties. A number of questions have been prepared in advance and pre sented to the candidates to guide the discussion during the meeting. Women Voters Tssne Handbook For Citizens Chanel Hill-^-“Local Govern ment,” * handbook for citizens of Chapel Hill and Orange County, lias just come off the press and is available for sale. Originator and sponsor for this attractive 28-page booklet is the League of Women Voters of Chapel Hill. The books will soon go on sale various places throughout the county for 35c. _".c tS The volume contains a wealth of vital statistics on the opera tion of county and municipal gov ernments and quasi-governmental organizations in Orange .County, including charts of organization and voting places.
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