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^ Orang* County can wlth 4h# news from all jounty oy £••**"« THE oF ORANGE COUNTY No. 37 , NEWS of Orange County Kour Home Newspaper Serving (jutuge i.ouniy and Ji.\ {.itiiens since 59 (Published Weekly) HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL.. N. C.. THURSDAY. Sept, n 195* Price: $t a Year; 5c Single Copy THE NEWS of Orano* Eight Pages This Week lapel Hill Expands Street provement Program ! Kal&gh |:l 7?oun(/-ub INC UP ... It looks as if a and wine people can’t election any more. Three Davie, Caldwell, and (dhave voted an tide issue the past three weeks. Each m went overwhelmingly beer and wine, now stands, Buncombe is t county going west in you can find legal sales of id wine. other two counties to votej ape and the hop*- out of rovinces this year were m and Brunswick. Where legal salers used to win he chips were down, they w losing. iow have 35 counties of tne 100 bone jdry, legally ig on beer and wine and' y. There are 13 more coun foich are dry, tout have within them which are wet. who is bringing about this ation process? Some of avoring legal sales put the on the rejuvenated Allied League and the- ministers, blame it on the “ringing, — throughout the voting le ringing, ringing of those bells.” tever it is, something is ob happening. No other beer ine elections .can toe held ar since the law says they be conducted within 60 f another election, general '•lectin Times an ber 4; and this rulei out wo months 'before and two : after. For the. same rea io elections could Ibe held tpril 1 this year until Aug because of the primary on WCE . . . For an unusual he next time you haippen ‘round Chapel Hill give the House a try. They have a oe as long as from here to >nt door and the meats are 1 over charcoals • as in ye bin Hood days. on’the Airport Road just ■ town. If you plan to take ' along .with you better con Wl Alexander of Chapel 1 advance, for reservations. ’ since we are in the free King business right along nnght as well plug Fire Service Center in States boys there do every ®ut handstands and cart ' in getting you served, •d in the center of States US. 70 crosses US. ^one Service Center is an of modern filling station PJSON rmjly ^ [democrats were informed | / tlwt Adlai Stevenson, “me to Haw River for ocratic kickoff barbecue. ’ ,e kickoff ha* already e“ elsewhere. 'J* wl*»t Woody Price said ews and Observer’s “Un ,* Dome” last Saturday in ?* on the YIDC meeting in Sboro: “Discussing the rally report to the convention, Mate President Bill Staton " ^mmendation but not ill 6 k3** ^ed to arrange y under a mandate from executive committee and re YDC and in so doing ccnve the target for much j1 aiJd unjustified eritt i^ter, he said his critic* *y eame from outside the rally had been planned as i^for the NationalDemo .T”Bnipai5n» with the Demo nominee for President as Z? ^aker. Some anti ***• of the senior Dem wty opposed it on the * “ w°uld help Scott politi ^PParenUy, they have con Adla* Stevenson, the Dem ^ nominee, that it would frj v- th€ Party in the j. “ls administrative as aas informed the Young u-L. Stevenson cannot make 1 ** « kickoff rally.” MBASCXNS . . . Publication ol that monumental work "The De cline and Fall of the Roman Em pire”, occurred 165 years age this year. In that book* five reasons were hated for Rome’s downfall, as follows: (il) Rapid increase in divorce; the undermining of toe dignity and sanctity of the home, which is toe basis of human so ciety; (2) Higher and higher tax es—spending of public ftrnds for free bread and circuses; (3) The mad craze for pleasure; sports be coming every year more exciting sand more brutal; (4) The building of gigantic armaments when toe real enemy, the decadence of the people was within; (5) The decay of religion^ faith fading into a mere form, losing touch with life and becoming impotent to guid 1%e people. REASONS . . . Saw the other day that the divorce rate is down in many sections of the country. The reduction is attributed to veterans’ adaptation to normal life, etc. In the current issue of Collier’s Judge Mildred Lillie of Los An geles. handsome lady of 37 who handled the ecer.t Ber :: r-Lind etrom controversy ever Daughter Pia, says that family troubles are caused 'by wives: nagging: insuf ficient interest in the home; carelessness about personal at tractiveness and physical rela tionships of marriage; careless ness with , money; belrttlh - hus - bands before others; and exces sive activities outside the home— and husbands, as follows: exces sive drinking, refusal to let wives handle .funds; tyrannical attitude; | (Continued on Page 2 j SCHOOL TREASURERS Hillsboro—The Board of Educa tion has appointed the following treasurers for the various schools in the county system: Hillsboro, Mrs. Betty L. Rose mond; Aycock, Mrs. Janie Pope Caldwell, Mrs. M ary R 'Mitchell; Efland, Mrs. Mary D. Murray; Murphy, Mrs. Mary W. Brown ing; Central, Mrs. Fannie C. War ner; West Hillsboro, Miss Moyle Umstead; White Cross, Miss Mar garet Stanford; Carrboro, Mrs. R. B. Studebaker; Cedar Grove, A. M. Morrow; Efland Negro, M. N. Norris. Chapel Hill — Miles' Fitch was appointed to the Town Board v> succeed Lloyd Roof and five addi tional streets were added to the current streets improvement pro gram as the Board of Aldermen met Monday night. $3,000 from the Powell Bill ap propriation to Chapel Hill was al lotted to the project to supplement the $11,000 already set up for the improvements. The following streets will be treated: Colony Court, 260 feet, paving; West Rosemary Street fromiChurch Street to Mitchell Lane, resurfacing; Friendly Lane, about 380 feet, paving; Robertson Lane, about 250 feet, paving; Ra leigh Street between Cameron Avenue and Emerson Stadium en trance, resurfacing. • In taking up several matters of business the Board: Authorized the Town Manager to accept the bid of Sitrowd Motor Co. to sell the town two new police cars for $1,607 apiece. Announced an agreement had been reached with Grady Pritch rd concerning the Westwood Sew age Pumping Station located on his property. Voted to share on a 50-60 basis with the Chapel Hill School Board, the cost of brick sidewalk 'nine feet wide in front of the elemen tary and high schools, the Town’s share not to exceed $1,200; work to be under supervision of the Town Manager and Grey Culbreth. Approved a rat eradication pro gram proposed by the State Board of Health. Late Crop Brings Attendance Lag At School Opening Hillsboro—-3,625 students were enrolled on Tuesday, the first day of the 1952-53 school term 'n the eo unity school s>item. The enrollment was 179 less than the, first day of the 1951-52 term and County School Suoerin tendent, G. Paul Carr/ stated a belief that the drop was due to the late crop this year. He is ex pecting the enrollment to increase later in the term. The White schools of the coun ty reported an enrollment of 2, 373 while the Negro schools re ported an enrollment of 1,252. The largest drop came from the Negro schools who enrolled 1,361 the first day of last year. The White schools enrolled 2,443 students on the first day of last year. The largest enrollment for any class was reported t*v the 7+h 7th grade at the Hillsboro tcbool —dl6 were present ror the iust day of the term. Last year the 9tli* grade at Central High School held that record with an enrollment of 115. Exchange Speaker t -—-—7 Jeff B. Wilson, director of in formation and safety of the North Carolina Motor Carriers Associa tion, will speak to the Hillsboro Exchange Club at its regular meeting tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the Hickory House. Using the subject "The Truck in Your Life," Wilson will speak following an in troduction by J. Prank Ray, pro gram chairman. Previous errone ous press reports had indicated Wilson’s address would be given iFriday. . ' Higher Social Security Checks Com In October Social security checks mailed September 3 to approximately 525 Orange county area people were the last under the old rates of payment, according to Mrs. Nina 'M ‘hews, manager of the Dur ham ;-vhl 'security office. Pay ments due to the same people ear ! ly in October will amount to about $17,500. i As a result of changes made in thf social security law in July, nearly everyone receiving old-age land survive s insurance: benefits I will get higher payments. Most retired'wiekmV'will receive in creases ranging from $5 to $8.60. Increases for dependents and sur vivors wlH be less than those for retired workers. In most cases, these increases will be about $2 to $5. “For example,” Mrs Matthews says, “a - retired insured worker whose August payment mailed this week is $40, based on earnings re ceived since 1936, will get a Sept ember payment of $45; a worker who got $68.50 in the current check will get $77.10 the first ;week in October.” Mrs. Matthews says that it will [not be necessary for persons now getting old-age and survivors in surance payments to call or come to the Durham social security of fke to get the increase. ‘The checks they wall receive early In October will automatically carry 1 the increased amounts. Carrboro Sc On State Committee To Help Schools I,i Kellogg Program IS a e l Hillsboro — (Local committees which will work with the Uni versity of North Carolina and the I Kellog Foundation in a long range program of school improvement i and leadership development have been named by the county board of education . Orange is one of eight coun ties in North Carolina “selected te; participate in the program. Others are Duplin, Harnett, Rockingham, Ailamance, Durham, (Bladen and Rutherford. The cooperative pro ject will continue for four years. A grant of $45,000 has been giv en the School of Education at the University from the Kellog Foun dation to furnish trained person nel who win confer with local committees and put some of their suggestions into practice in the schools. Purpose of the project is to back up with concrete exam ples the slogan that "Better schools make better communities,” iLong range objectives, improve ment of instruction, will come first in committee study: physical plant; improvements later, according to Superintendent G. Paul Garr. Names of local committee mem bers follow: White Schools: Board of Educa tion, H. P. Breeze; District Com mittee, Mrs. Sudie Warren; Ele mentary Teacher, Mrs. R. B. Studebaker; Secondary Teacher, Genn Auman; Civic Clubs, Clar ence Jones; Principal, John T. Smith; Supervisor, Mrs. Irene Pender; Superintendent, G._ P. Carr; Women’s Organizations, Mrs. Don Stanford;P. T. A., Mrs. Flint Hamlin; Ministerial Association, Rev. John Ensign; Chamber of Commerce Bob Forrest; Labor Group, Bessie Mann; Management, Sidney Green; Public Health, Dr. O. D. Garvin; County .Agriculture and Home Demonstration, Don S. Matheson; County Commissioners, Sim Efland. Negro Schools: N. C. College, Dr. Rose Butler Brown; District Com mittee, Roosevelt Warner; Ele mentary Teacher, (Margaret Jones; American Legion, J. L. Makin; Supervisor, .Mrs. Norma Snipes; Ladies Aid, Mrs. Bonnie Davie; Minister Rev, A, J. Holman; Health, Mrs, Essie Cato; Board of Education, Clarence Jones; Dis trict Committee, Wayne Compton; H. S. Teachers, J. M. Murfree; Principal A. L. Stanback; Super intendent, G. P. Carr; P. T. A., Mrs. Alice Wilson; Business, Hur ley Greene; County Agriculture, M. C. Burt; Board of Commis sioners, Sim Efland. Formal Ceremonies To Open First Lane Of New Boulevard On September 19th The Durharh-Ohapel Hill Bou levard will be opened formally Friday Sept. 19, with a roadside barbecue for State and local of ficials.' . "V ’ " ’. ~ Joint announcement of the cere monies was made last week by E. C. Dameron, president otf the Dur ham Chamber of Commerce, and Miss Elizabeth Branson, who holds the same office at Chapel Hill. The celebration will be held at noon at the Durham-Orange County line. Special guests expect' ed include Governor Scott, who once dubbed the highway “just a football road,” former Governor R. Gregg Cherry who earmarked the first $500,000 spent to build the highway, and Democratic nominee for Governor, William B. Umstead. Others expected are tnembers of the State Highway Commission and its staff; the*Fifth Division staff, division engineers from (throughout the State, and of ficials of Durham, Durham Coun ty, Chapel Hill and Orange Coun ty. The program will' be sponsored by the two chambers of com S3 Rural Progress Report No. 6 Electricity And Rural Progress Well Illustrated In Lloyd Hall’s Faming Rural Electrification started m Orange County on a large scale back in 1939, when the Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation was organized. Since that time rural people have made a lot of progress in all of their farm op erations and home improvements. The use of electricity has 'been re sponsible for a lot of this progress in the dairy and poultry industry and especially has electrici y played a leading role in dauying. An excellent example of what can be done in the way of dairy farming is the farm of Mr. and Mre! 'Lloyd Hall of Route 2, Rougemont, North Carolina. Mr^ Hall has had electricity on Jus farm only three years and since that time he had wired and equip ped his home for the uses of elec Hcity. He has an electric well pump and running water m the hoS a grade (A) dairy barn S light? electric water heater, and milk cooler. Mr. Had started rrtilking^ his herd of nine cows in March of Vs year. His plans now caU for a ird of twelve cows. The good Lality of the milk that he sells n^en by the fact that. the av erage butter fat of the milk is 5. a-5nt“ a"nd tbe avepage bacteria yunt is 3000 per c. c. ^ Twenty acres of Mr. Hall’s one mdred and' seventeen acre farm now in new imprOved pe_ it pasture. Six acres of thhis pas u-e^as sowed this year>He has permanent'fence around all but four acres of this pasture. On uus four acres of pasture he is using an electric fence. f The dairy milking barn is lo cated on a well drained slope which helps to solve some of his sanitation problems. The bam is in two parts. One part contains the milking parlor where these are stansions for 6 cows. The en tire floor of the bam and the feed ing troughs are made of concrete, making a quick wash down possi ble after each milking. The other -'art of the milking bam shown in the photograph contains the elec tric water heater, milk cooler and storage box, and wash basins for *he milk utensiH. The low bac teria count of the milk is due part v to the adequate supply of hot water and' the adequate cooling lacilities for the milk. in addition to the milking barn, Mr. jHall plans to build a loung ing barn and feed storage space in -he near future. The additional income that he will receive from vs grade (A) dairy will 'enable him to further improve his home , and general farm operations. j The Hall family realizes that the proper use of electricity is im ocrtant as a labor saver as well; as a convenience so that elertrici v for them is rapidly becoming a necessity rather than a luxury. -o > the nurture at left, Vance Martin, R£A engineer, discusses 4 - nt electrical installation with L-oyd Hall. BOULEVARD GROUP Chapel Hill—A committee of •lx was named by the Merchants Association this week to push for completion of the dual lane paving on the new Durham* Chapel Hilt Boulevard. L. J. Phipps was selected» chairman, along with the fol lowing members, Jack Lipnian, Herbert Wentworth, Carl 8mith, Joe Robbins and John W Urn stead. Umstead was also named tr head a three man group to help plan the dedication ceremonies to be held atilhe county line on September 19 opening the first lane of the thoroughfare. merce and by the three general contractors who built the high way: Nello L. _Teer of Durham, A. B’ Burton of Lynchburg, Va. I an<T F._ {l, 'Tripplet of Chester, S. C. j The boulevard cost about. $1,- 1 115,000, with one lane still to be 1 paved when funds are available. Grading for the second lane has been completed and bridges which cost about $920,000, will accommo- I daite the additional lane. Paving the single lane cost about $430, 000, • i Frank T. Erwin, chairman of i the Durham Chamber of Com merce Highways Committee, will j oreside at the opening ceremony, i He said a complete program will i be announced later. He explained J thait arrangements were forced to wait until Dr. Henry Jordan, } State Highway Commission chair- j man, could set a date. Jordan set , the date yesterday after contrac- j tors told him they’d be finished , with their work by the middle ot ! the month. The daite Jordan set is one day < before Duke University’s first ! j home game of the season. A week j j later the University of North Car- ] olina will have its opening game. < Hillsboro—The State l>ep«n nent of Public Instruction noti- f lied Superintendent G. P. Carr ast -week that the CarAoro School its been .placed on the lift of state accredited elementary schools. In commenting on the recogni tion, the superintendent sakb “The school is to be congratulated on its progress and having reached the rwuired bi?h standards for ac creditation. Thomas S. Turbyfill, Principal of Carrboro School, and his staff of teachers have worked hard to meet the requirements.” The county now has two accre dited elementary schools, the other being West Hillsboro School. Others are hoping to to become accredited this year. Mrs. Irene Pender Supervisor of Elementary Schools in Orange County, has worked closely with the principal and teachers of Carrboro School in helping them meet the requited standards. Veteran At Cedar Grove S!tat '21JH'Ktp‘, >p**irer •< sSSSm£S= o?at^rrfor SOme tim« was attach te’Sszjpsr “ tached to rs\ and was at commander of SH^S m'nCW Young Hawkins exnrp^o^ * isfactjon at the nro^LT^Jf ""a<te in rehabintS ?L *?'ng Wese people to our* Jap" form of life anri democratic GenemJ mX^VZ 5* **> Of helpmgtj “1,1”"! • «M s&wm«s% Truman relievinTcenera^l^T* ■«» Areock SiBrtclM1 S25,'&& mittee chairman ClUb s com" was a report S5’«.Al"0n* th«*> ®r seats Srthe l^e neW ««•<* be installed aboSTrv^m Would ‘hw year. This it„r5>Ctofcer l8< of inteSt to SI £"?*£«> V* club and to th! mem*>ers of sdnce the Ruritan r?*KC?*nmunity *°r®d a drive to S b has «*»« ^ Purchaie o/ ^ ® ^ A®* ** treasurer, °Oo»do»»*^t8 ‘ ®* *>*** that abomaSi £Ber r^ amount ^°° ?f ^,Z'Z'tTjz*£'Z _____^Aycocfc School ®evaluatloa Da 'Qmmissioners wm r<1 °* ®°unt7 »t the courthouse fo/Srth*0^*114 ti*tlon of thcX!ZSu^bcr dis 1 Professional en*a*e >r°Pe*ty values in ^_ re~aPPraise y during the neS Coun~ ■Henry (Lewis TkJ^? V®*** Government's eip^f Ins?itute of ,robIem*. will iSTljfi0**1 *« , B°ard NomS *obbs. who is S™?-* M. ffice in December to Uke Hollywood will spend $350,000, 000 in the next twelve months to produce approxmately 340 feature length pictures, of which 200 will he in color—an all-time record ac cording to advices made public to day by E. Carrington Smith, manager of Chapel Hill's Carolina , rheater. ^ } A survey of all Hollywood stu dios, and their respective produc tion schedules, has just been com pleted by Smith's company through their own representative in the film capitoC They are flow ing with the authoritative reports ~f productions completed, others actually on the sound stages, and still others in preparation, for en tertainment of Chapel Hill and Orange County citizens. “Never before have we found the atmos phere of entertainment capital charged with so much stimulating confidence uv the future of our business,” Smith declared. “New techniques, new equipment and casts of topflight talent drawn from every available pool, insures the industry greater efficiency in production. •Stressing quality rather than quantity, the pictures now in pro duction, and those on die produc tion line for: the ensuing year, re present the most ambitious pro pram of flhns ever planned at nine (Continued on Page •)