Newspapers / The News of Orange … / Nov. 27, 1952, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The News of Orange County (Hillsborough, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Orange County L ^ty oy reading oF ORANGE y°Mr Hom<? Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER HLSIGH t RQU/Kd U/0 EA/Lty he SPRING . .. Late in the t now is the time to Lr Governor William B. Um big appointments. Only can’t delay will be made en now fcnd December 15. want of something political ite about within the past the scribes have been doing [of conjecturing on the chang be made. You may be sure vhen the time arrives, there e multitudinous incomings itgoings. However, it is won , how Mr. Umstead has kept 'matters to himself, ior appointments are set for when the Legislature »left town and its work up and digested by the governmental machines, us not rush the season on Bill. _, ISSUE . . . rThe State je js now ait work on a 1 Inaugural Issue of the Bill weekly. Sharpe, who in lly is being mentioned ipro for head of the dept, of •vation and Development* _j magazine attractive and < averse to having them hang avy with advertising, i what we hear, the Inau [ issue will be long in both ; CHAMP . ... . The State is accepting nominations for Carolinian of 1952. Any estions? Some of those in the j so far are: W. Kerr Scott, _ t L. Doughton, L. V. Sutton, 1 Green, Inglis Fletcher, and V Anderson, developer of New ail Beach. Last year it* was Ion dray, president of the later University. GOODBYE . . . Well, a old football season is about Jr. Somehow, it seems to us, the (pigskin in North Carolina this r was a fet like a'fleet half t on a wet field. It Just couldn’t |going. On one or two Saturdays signs painted to good .gains 'then the rousements wilted, after .Georgia Tech, things : never quite the same. Attendance was off all over. Re > we have are that most of the ols lost money, with State and ie.Forrest dropping real oash. -for the deoline inintfjrest ' have stemmed from the Tar d’s miserable season.. A contni ng tactor was that folks didn’t Ae the money to go traipsin off , spending from $50 to $150 tin (200 and 300 miles oh a weekend process. Thousands of them ind television, backyard garden and helping the wife wash f^dows a lot cheaper, bother season like this one and maXv expect wholesale dis fitinuance of football among i Carolina colleges , and else lere. 1 SEASON . . . Down South we have always been great f wanting to make a noise at "istmas. We don’t know how ^it of kicking up a big s got going in Dixie, when July Rs been the day for firecrack r an^ other pyrotechnics in the Anyway, the season for remaking in these parts ap aches. . ’ . Twenty-five ago an North Carolina — i'n * days when the 'better rural 'mes ^ere lighted by evil-smell 8 carbide—the vogue out in the Un'ry Was to put a little carbide a arge ten-cent snuff box. The * ^. a hole in the bottom. 's in the operation was off the lid, spit in the box, clamp on the lid, let sas form, and then apply a *cti the bottom.. The ex * on c°uid be heard fully 40 ne snuff box lid went sailing aljVe’ anc^ a 8ood time was had i*® NO CAPS ... But the CCkers got 50 bi8. 50 dan“ ,1 ’ and so numerous among id- “p the Legislature oAl&47 odivin be unlawful for any trnoJf?1, firm, partnership, or cion to manufacture, pur ’ Seli' deal in, transport, pos ^ receive, advertise, use or leu, 0 be discharged any pyro “ °t any description what l^^thin the State of North ,®tiLl stands, in case you icke king of ordering fire s- etc., from that Qhio firm, c°9tinued On Page 8 Thanksgiving Day -, 1952 New County Board To Take Reins, Organize On Monday Bingham Township Negro Bound Over On Charge Of Murdering Wife In 1949 (Hillsboro—Paul Morgan, Bing ham township Negro, almost three years after the brutal murder of his wife, Nina, in Februray 1949, went on trial for the first time this week in a preliminary hear ing before Judge 'It. JV Phipps,, who found probable caiuie and bound him over to Superior Court, i Morgan had been in jail here. since September when he wa^ found in Wake County, where he had been working on a farm. Former Orange County Coron er H. J. Walker, who with Sher-j iff S. T. Latta was called to the two-apartment house in which the Morgans lived just off highway 64, 12 miles south of Chapel Hill, about 12 to 15 hours after -the woman's death, found the woman s body lying face down on the bed with signs of “very bad blows on , the face and body and a broken i leg.” “I think she was beaten to) death,” he said in answer to a, question as to the woman’s death. | Testimony indicated she was beaten with a stout dogwood stick, which appeared to have beensz as a poker and other Pieces df wood and bark were found-m fig In the chain of circumstantial vicinity of the bed. evidence which Prosecutor Jonn Q. LeGrand sought to wea\ around the 40 year old defe^da" ’ Donzelle and Willie Lee Vic ^ gro couple who lived in the o.her apartment of .he house tested Morgan was at home wh , left around mid-day of the day the murder allegedly occurred, ks a «J5 te the killing and he-Ja «drmt ted the act, had given h : and threatened her We also if sne ; idn’t keep quiet. lence in an effort to ge* j ordered held «UJ he next term of Supenor Court vithoui privilege o following >" o*h“ “SS Bo'ydW puhho md costs, Cler“ Thomas le.isions webra rejfunkdenness, $5 fledlm, public Woods, Irunkenness, costs, Ben Rob. issault, $10 and costs, James k ertson, carrying concealed wea pon ..and public drunkenness, $50 and costs and pistol confiscated; John H. Gates,'illegal possession non tax paid whiskey and public drunkenness, $10 Aid costs; Rob ert Ward, illegal possession of non tax paid .whiskey, and " public .drunkenness, $10 and costs; Bob by MoCullock, passing without sufficient clearance, costs; Graham Roberson, assault with deadly weapon, three months on roads, suspended and pay costs; Marvin Lee Workman, reckless driving, $25 and costs . James Holman, speeding, $20 and costs; Alex A. Autry, assault', costs; Carr Vallines, drunken driv ing, $100 and costs; James Marshall Phelp, speeding, $20 and costs; Jack M. Baity Jr., public drunk enness, costs; Gonzalos Steward, improper equipment $10 and costs, Thomas Lee Dudley, speeding, $10 and costs; Henry Samuel Walker, failing to (Jim headlights, costs; James Parham, stop sign violation, $10 and costs; Henry Lee Reynolds, speeding, $15 and costs;.Rubin H. Johnson, public drunkenness, costs; Robert Clay Hogan, exceed ing road width limit, Costs. To Present Movie The sound and color movie, “God Is My Landlord”, will be shown gt the Hillsboro Methodist church on Sunday night, November 30, at 7:30 pirn. The picture will be shown personally by Raymond 3. Jeffreys, author of the book from which the movie was taken, and who also wrote* the script for the movie. 1 Major county appointive officers cofne up for reappointment and the new Board of County Com missioners takes over Monday when it meets at 10 o’clock for its regular meeting and the first of the new term. R. J. M. Hobbs of Chapel Hill, elected to the county board for the first time on November 4, will join incumbent Commissioners R. O. Forrest and Sim L. Efland. All three will take the oath of office and then organize for. the new term. Hobbs succeeds Chair man Collier Cobb Jr., who com pleting 14 years on the board did not seek reelection. • R. O. Forrest is expected to be named chairman, although Elfand has the longest tenure on the Board. Forrestls residence in Hills boro, the seaj-ef the county govern ment, his long association with county affairs and his servioe as chairman of tthe county Demo cratic Executive Committee • are expected to be factors in his se lection for the presiding position. It is not believed Hobbs will seek the post since he will be sitting on the board for the first time. Appointment of the Tax Su pervisor, the judge and solicitor of the Orange County Recorder's Court are major items of business on the calender. No changes in these positions are expected. Tax listers also come up for ap pointments and bids will be open ed on the job of re-wiring the old courthouse. -o County, Towns Get Beer Tax Refund Of $30,900 Orange County and its munici palities have received slightly less than $30,000 as their share of the State taxes collected in the year ending, September 30 on the sale of beer and wine. Of the total $29,900, the coun ty gets $19,157, Chapel Hill $7,992; Hillsboro $1,157; Carrboro $1,563 and Mebane (for that part in Or ange) $121. A total of $2,354 ip checks was sent to the 287 counties and towns across the State for allowing beer and wine to be sold. A 1947 law requires the Revenue Department to remit a portion of the taxes it collects on beer anH unfortified wines to the towns and counties where those beverages1 may t>e sold. The amount the de partment is mailing out this year was slightly under the $2,427,000 the State returned last year. > • v '• \7r ' • Old Tom Turkey, the tradit ional aymbol of American Tha nksgiving and the fellow meet In the newa this week, has litt le to be thankful for from the expression on his doleful beak, and Its easy to see why. For most of ua, our 'friends and neighbors, the story Is entirely different. Orange County will celebrate Thanksgiving In the traditional manner as businesses, offices I schools, industrials plants and j government units observe the national holiday. The majority will observe the day at home around traditional Thanksgiving Dinners as fami lies gather from far and wide. Others wilt take advantage of the holiday for hunting orother recreational activity. Churches throughout the county will hold the usual Thanksgiving services either last night when a number were scheduled or this" morning. Some industrial plants will resume operations Friday morn ing along with business In ge neral while schools will observe the remainder of the week. Drivers have been cautioned by safety officals to be ^treme ty careful during-the holidays and the word of caution was also extended to hunters, who gen erally turn out In largenumbers with the opening of the season. -;--—o-—' Chapel Hill’s Mew Christmas Lights To Go On Monday Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill’s newly purchased Christmas decorations will be turned on next Monday j night if tentative plans of the De I corations Committee headed by Tom Rosemond are carried out. The decorations this year pro mise to he more colorful than ever I before with the use of 50 five-feet high plastic candles mounted on | the street light -standards. Addi tional decorations, illuminated j Santa Claus faces, at the street intersections, large quantities of evergreens, and lighted Christmas trees on the Methodist Church lawn and at the Bus Station will add to the festive appearance of the community in the pre-Christ mas season. Mr. Rosemond said yesterday the mountings for the candles, which are red with simulated wax dripping from the top and “Merry Christmas’^Jh, colored lights at the base, have “hot yet. arrived but are expected at any time. -o EXPLANATION . Curtis Jones named last week in the Recorders Court record in connection with an assault charge was not the Curtis H. Jones of the Hurdle Mills section. Mr. Jones requested that the News make this clarification. 'ft* County's Negro Progress Drive Rates In Top Five Dates Are Set Far PMA Elections Nest Month A. K. McAdams, secretary of the Orange County Production and Marketing Administration, afP* noimced today that county elec tion! for PIMA community commit teeman will be held on Thursday Deofhiber 18. At that time three committee men," two alternates, and one dele gate and one alternate to pick a county committee, will be elected fromlpach- of he county’s 10 com mnitf^s. The following day, on December 19, a county PMA Com mittee of three men with two al ternates will be chosen by the 10 delegates. * ~ Prior to the election, on Decelfi? ber 8, 0. and 10, candidates will be nominated at meetings in each of the community polling plaees. Their names will then be placed on the baUots. Nominating meetings will be held at Carr, St. Mary’s, Orange Grove and New Hipe at 7 o'clock on December 8 and Cedar Grove and Caldwel| at 8 o’clock. On December 9, meetings will be held at Efland at 7 o’clock, White Cross! at 7:30 o’clock and Hillsboro at 3 o’clock. The tenth community meeting will be at Carrboro on December 10 at 7:30 o’clock. Every person who had a definite interest in a tobacco crop during 1952 or participated in the 19521 AGP program or was eligible for any commodity loan will be eligi ble to vote. McAdams estimated that around 1,800 farmers would be eligible to j vote in the election. i$e urged all farmers to take an active interest in the selectiontheft un ity committee. “These committees along with1 the responsibility of administering all PMA programs in the county for 1953,” he said. -o New Officers Are Elected -Hillsboro — iNew officers have just been elected in the twelve 4-H clubs in Orange County. These officers will serve from January 1952 to January 1953 in stead of the previous form from September until September. They are as the following: Ay cock Senior Club—President Carl Walters, Vice Pres. Peggy Roberts, Treasurer Prioilla Wal ker son, Secretary Elizabeth Talley^ Program Chairman Betty Jane Walters, Song Leader Martha Rog ers, Pianist Jim Compton, Report er James Hauser. Ay cock Junior Club—President Jerry Wrenn, Vice President Ron ald Wil.cerson, Secretary, Sara Jobe, Program Ch. Betty Allen, Treasurer Jamie Monk.___ West Hillsboro—President Don na Godfrey, Vice President Gary Bateman, Secretary Judy Watts, 1 Program Ch. Arlene King. Murphy — President Edward Underwood, Vice President Cur tis Whicker, Secretary Maxine Fesperman, Program Ch. Ronnie Pepdergrass. Carrboro — President Haywood Pendergrass, Vice President Way ne Lacock, Secretary Patricia Thompson, Program Ch. Carolyn Woods. 1 White Cross—'President Betty Lou Andrews, Secretary Susie El len Smith, Program Ch. Peggy McCauley. Caldwell — President Libby Smith, Vice President Marvin Wil kerson, Secretary Geraldine Bar ker, Program Ch. Louise Riley. | Efland—.President Helen Liner, Vice President Bobby Wright,, l Secretary Rose Walters, Program Ch. Joe Crutchfield. Hillsboro Senior Club—Presi I dent Oliver Roberts, Vice Presi dent Phillip Pittman, Secretary Louise Graham, Program Ch. Jean and Ruby Wilkerson. Hillsboro Junior Club—Presi dent Carl Pittman, Vice President Benny Freeland, Secretary Kath ryn Roberts, Program Ch. CVo |lyn Wilson. Chaoel Hill Senior Club—Presi dent Mary Frances Andrews, Vice | President Melba Sturdivant, Sec retary Jane Hogan, Program Ch. Bennie Wright. --- _. Orange County is one of live finalist counties in the Negro di vision State Rural Progress Cam paign and thus is in line for the $500 offered by Dr. Clarence Poe and for designation as the "County of the Year in Rural Progress and Achievement.” The State committee which will make the final selection from the top five will visit the county on Qwccmber If* in its effort to jle termine the winner. The five finalists were chosen from a field of 41 counties enter ed in the state-wide contest at the beginning of the year. On the basis of the tabulation of the scores in preliminary Judging by District Farm Officials, following are the top counties in the order of points received: Edgecombe 600, Duplin 580, Hertford 580, Rock ingham 440, and Orange 420» The State committee making the final selection is composed of the fallowing officials: Dr. W. E. Reed Chairman, Dean, School of Agriculture, A, and T. College. S. B. Simmons, Assistant Sup ervisor Vocational Education. J. E. Jeffries Tobacco Grad ing Specialist Production Market- >■ ing Administration. a A. W. Solomon, Field Represen tative N. C. Farm Bureau Fed eration. Mrs. Lucy F. James, Supervisor Vocational Home Economics. Mrs. Ruth Lawrence Woodson, Supervisor N. C. Negro Elemen tary Schools. Dr. S. E. Duncan, Supervisor IN. C. Negro High Schools. B„ F. Cbrbett, Public Relations Director, A. and T. College. R. E. Jones, State Agent Negro Extension Work, A. and T. Col lege. The Rural Progress Program has been a united effort sponsored by ‘.e 12 sctim farm org. designed* *o promote splritea.conf petltlon among local communities to see which could show the great est progress in 1) farms, 2) homes, 3) schools, 4) churches 5) recrea tion and 6) community organiza tion . The impetus for the campaign originally came from Dr. Cla rence Poe, whose Progressive Par mer Magazine offered $1,000 to the winning county. Later, Dr. Poe, personally contributed an ad ditional $506 to ..go ,to the .county. „ group whose Negro citizens made greatest progress. Orange County’s campaign got y underway in September 1951 with the announcement of a progran} which had as its goal,raising each farm family’s income by $1,000 during 1952, improving the living conditions in every home and car rying out at least one community j improvement activity in each com munity. At the conclusion of the con test, it was announced that 393 farms had made an effort to in crease their income by following the suggestions of the program leaders and about 175 had in creased their grOss\ cas^i income by $1,000 this year. fey tile end of the contest, the number of laying hens had been increased 14- per cent, beef cattle had increased 53 percent, dairying# and other live stock interests had increased,sub stantially and many home and community improvements had been made. These advances were not broken down between Negro and White ,, farmers, but M. C. Burt, Negro County Agent, said between 50 and 75 Negro farmers-earned the extra $1,000. ■o Hillsboro Midgets Lose Title Tilt Hillsboro's Midget football team lost tne Midget League Champ ionship title Monday night when , it was defeated 13-0 by Erwin Au ditorium. This was Erwin Audi torium’s second victory over Mill* boro. The Hillsboro Midgets ended the season with a record of eight wins and two losses. Only one other team, the Red Shields of Durham, has been able to score on -the hard fighting local tpam. Hillsboro never offered a seri ous scoring threat in the fm»i tus sel. Donald Gattis did most of the ball parrying for the local learn.
The News of Orange County (Hillsborough, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 27, 1952, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75