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! lf orange County «M Lt <» -•**,ro” or «■<»"« tHE k'oKAUGE.couNTY '^5T___ four «ome Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 189J (Published Weekly) mjjBQRO aNd CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1952 -IS N EW8 of Ten Psgees This Week. * Price: $2, a Year; 5c Single Copy I b t(GH - ftmud ti up ^Stx H. POV BA/Lt/ _ IrtTlES . • • Scattered scrub 1 23 miles of rather rough terrain and fields of hroomsedge serve to sepa ild gentle, aristoratic Ra in hustling, bustling, in iweat-stained Durham. : the only thing these two uve i» common is the Ra jrham Airport and love for ;ead. BOARDS . • • These seats of lid Durham counties are rivals in athletics and they ilv vie for the farmery dol 'd that rural trade. A few lago Durham succeeded in a shop-in-Durham billboard i in the middle of Raliegh. ult of this discovery on the Baliegh businessmen was Ising of a Greater Raliegh |Fund of approximately $30, r billboards imploring moto , trade in Raleigh where h’s Friendly Stores Offer Raleigh billboard slogan • Dollars Have More Cents |eigh”. urham comes right back old one-two punch line: if Exciting Stores”, so it goes. TO RALIEGH” ... However, mary 9, Durham will move leigh lock stock and barrel, inauguration of its Wil li, Umstead. An “On to Ra | project is being sponsored i Durham Chamber of Com all civic and fraternal or [tions being requested to send lions to Raleigh for the nber President E. C. Dame j a special call last week said: I is our first opportunity to the inauguration of a go from our home county, I Jthat.the people qf^Durham their presence, let William know that hiss neighbors ; in seeing him take over the [of North Carolina’s govern S. Coman, Durham artist, |ecently presented to the Um family a fine painting of nor-Elect Umstead. It will [in the Executive Mansion. ICE JUNE ... In their regu ar-end stories this time, man; i daily papers will no doub i feature on what Assistan it Director D. S. Coltrane ha: with his time since Ker: requested him to resign las u Will remeber that Coltrane id to resign. So Scott stopped ay- It was strickly a case of gum again hickory” and Dave ad to stick right in there, sa « no salary. He hasn’t drawn le from the State since. -Quite u*l, but we have had such* and 31 goings-on here for about years now. re Scott goes out of office of *y. °a the day Durham moves Raleigh-January (Land that’s 1 the Coltrane salary ($1,000 nonth) gets going again. It may lat the Legislature will restore by special legislation the W-$7,000 the Governor took ' ^r°m him by his midsummer i euver. I The Governor also that Colonel Rosier of Chat County, Motor Vechicles Dept. :an<i Preacher T. C. Johnson, Board Commissioner, 'a have followed him blindly | the road in his choice for fGGr- But they supported Um-! Scott fired them. He found Permit him to take this action ; he man who ran the State -culture Dept, from 1937 to ^ e^’ n°w, as to what Coltrane “een doing since June, the is Plenty. While in the jeuP’ L. D. Moore was given | °f the duties and much of the , i’ Coltrane has been anything inactive. has been of tremendous as B ce ,t° the Advisory Budget, er fss!on and has worked with , ion jPartments in the prepa-' u ,of their respective budget s. More important, his free make 35 Permitted him to tijer, through study of North j tolin . rousn study of no o a,t*i budgetary problems, ■wnue he certainly didn’t do [f,, "‘tterness toward Coltrane ^e .suc^ results, Governor jisJJ?t in some beneficial chan *5 N°rth Carolina’s fiscal po The late William Mead Prince of Chapel Hill contributed the above picture many, years ago to the New York Times "Hundred Neediest Cases" campaign. Permission to reprint it i'uwpoert of the Orange County Empty Stacking’drive, currently‘toting spenso.-ca on a'eounrf’«n.dif<foa«u $ ’tho'^CtatipaPNIII Jun ior Service League, was readily granted by The Times and Mrs. Prince. As can be seen, the picture dra matically symbolizes the cheerless prospects which many of our neighbors and fellow citizens face at Christmas time, and Can be alleviated to some small degree only by the generous contribution and sup port of the general public. ■' _ Empty Stocking Drive Ends Monday; Final Appeal Sam Selden of. the Carolina Play makers read Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol” to a capacity au dience that overflowed into the aisle and lobby of the. Playmakers Theatre last .Sunday night. The junior and Senior High School Glee Clubs sang a number of Christmas carols and songs. At the entrance of the Theatre a fireplace had been set up around which do nation baskets* for the Empty Stocking Fund were left. The stage was decorated with large candles and Christmas greenery. The Jun ior Service League of Chapel Hill co-sponsored the event with the Carolina Playmakers. In Hillsboro, children have brought gifts to the school this week and other contributions are coming in to the welfare depart ment and the office of the chair man at the school agricultural building. » , This is the final appeal of the League for contributions since the drive is scheduled to end on the 22nd of December, in time to give the welfare workers in the county an opportunity to distribute the items and cash collected beiore Christmas. The junior Service League will operate its special booth on Franklin street through Saturdav, December 19. it 1S quested the persons donatingshoes either tie or tape them together since this greatly saves time in .he sorting out. rrboro Mill liday Set boro __ The Carrboro Mills a of Pacific Mills wilt close Wednesday morning, Decem at 8 a.m. to give employees T to observe Christmas, r ull perations will be resumed on employees will receive full ,av for Christmas Day L the, cessation "5? opera-, tV each of the three operat Lfts Christmas parties wi [ in’ the various departments refreshments for employees f?s for employees’ children distributed by the mi • also will exchange gifts ; this period. $ Three Teen-agers Convicted For Throwing Firecrackers Hillsboro — Three teen-agers charged with throwing fireworks f rom if mo virig lurtomobile neat Hie. j crowd and .under the feet of Police ihan Tom Roberts during the fes i tivities fn connection with the ar I rival of Santa Claus here last week j were convicted.in- County Court ; Monday. - - * - ———— _' | Thomas Bradley Trammell receiv ed a 30 day road sentence suspend ed and costs, as drive* of the car, and a $10 fine for faMng to stop at a stop light. Two other partici I pants, Arvil Lee Austin and Calvin , Wagner were taxed with the costs. Policeman Roberts said the flash from the firecracker enveloped him to his waist. He obtained the car license and the driver was later 'stopped after it crashed the stop light. The record: Roman Eugene Scarlett—Allow ing unlicensed person to drive — costs; Lois Scarlett—No Operators ' license—$25.00 and costs; Herman Burnett Norwood — Speeding 75 m.p. hr.—$25.00 and costs; Walker Scurlock—Parking on highway at night without lights—$10.00 and | costs; -Jack Murphy—Reckless Driv ing—$25.00 and costs; Joseph Chea tham Duncan—No Operators lic ense—-$25.00 anci costs; Joseph C, Duncan—No Operators license — $25.00 and costs and 6 mos. to roads, suspended; ^ohn'H. ‘Ike” Pugh — Illegal possession of non tax paid whiskey and Public Drunkenness— $10.00 and costs; Sylvester Poteat _Illegal possession of non tax paid whiskey—costs; Booker T. Edwards —Reckless Driving—Not Guilty; W. W. Faw—Reckless Driving costs; W. W Faw—Driving after li cense revoked—$200.00 fine and costs and 4 months to roads, sus pended; James C. Horn—Reckless Driving—Not Guilty; Thomas Brad ley Trammell—Failing to stop for red light—$10.00 and costs and 30 days to roads, suspended; Thomas Bradley Trammell—Illegal posses session and discharging pyrotecnics _30 dfiys to roads and pay costs, jail sentence suspended; Arvil Lee Austin—Illegal possession and dis charging pyrotecnics—costs; Cal-1 vin Wagner—Illegal possession and Discharging pyrotecnics — costs; Talmage Bell, driving drunk— Continued on Pafle 101 New Deacons, Elder Elected By Presbyterians ■ At a congregational meeting of the Hillsboro Presbyterian Church on Sunday Harry Lake Brown was elected Ruling Elder and Ben Johnston and E. Wilson Cole, Jr. were elected Deacons. •;*!*- .. Mr. Brown was formerly an El der in the Venton, Virginia, Pres byterian Church and since his com ing to Hillsboro has been teacher of the Men’s Bible Class and an active churchmen. He is in the employ of the Piedmont Packing Co. Mr. Johnson, Mayor of Hillsboro and businessman, and Mr. Cole, cashier of the local branch of The Durham Bank and Trust Co., have been outstanding laymen in the church. Plans for the installation of Mr. Bfown and the ordination and in stallation of Messers. Johnson and Cole have not been set as yet, it was announced but will be held in a few weeks. ——-——o--— Baptists Plan Special Services At Chapel Hill Chapel Hill—The Baptist Church of Chapel Hill will observe Christ mas with two special Services on Sunday, December 21. At the 11 o’clock hour the Church will hold its annual Service of Carols and Candlelighting in which the whole congregation participates. At six-thirty o’clock p.m. the An nual White Christmas Service1 sponsored by the Sunday School will be conducted. A Playlet dir ected by John W. Parker, of the Carolina Playmakers will be pre sented. The congregation will bring gifts of goods and and clothing to fill Christmas baskets which will be taken to various homes in the Community. Board Proposes Equal Voice For Rural Folks In All Zoning Chapel Hill—-The Board of Al dermen, seeking ways to make the proposed zoning ordinance palata ble for all factions—both urban and rural, said in effect Monday night that rural residents have the same right to rule on zones in Chapel Hill as the urban folks have par-; ticipating In zoning outside of town. Thus, it was agreed at a joint meeting of that body with the Chapel Hill Planning Board, En larged Monday night that amend ments to the prlsent enabling act -_; Grand Jury List . Of School Needs Tensed Accurate Hillsboro — The Grand Jury meeting in connection with last week’s session of Superior Court came up with a detailed listing of minor needs at the various schools of the' Orange County and Chapel Hill systems. In commenting upon the report, County Superintendent G. Paul Carr said: “I think the Grand Jury report was fair and accurate. Some of the things mentioned as being needed had not been reported to the Superintendent’s office and some were in the process of being cleared up.” Central Negro School at Hillsboro received the only completely clean bill of health by the Grand Jury. The only comment here was “This school is in excellent condition.” Of all three Hillsboro schools, the re port said: “The principals of these schools are doing an excellent job.” Among the items listed, the fol lowing were typical: West Hills boro, drains need attention; Mur phy, brick arc!? needs repair, floor and doors need repairing; Caldwell, lunchroom needs screens; Carr boro, road near building should be closed; Chapel Hill Colored Schools, boiler grate burned out, roof drains in bad shape, spigots need repair, playground washing badly; Chapel Hill High Schools, no fire extin-1 guishers, faulty bus brakes, roof leaks; Aycock, floor covering on lunchroom, water fountain needs repair. - “Wherever possible all of the items reported are being taken care of," said Carr: ----O Grange Youth Conference Set At Schley Hall The annual Winter Conference of Grange Youth will be held Dec ember 27-28 at Schley Grange Hall near Hillsboro, state Grange head quarters announced this week. Approximately 100 boys and girls are expected to attend from North ( Carolina—from as far west as Cherokee County and as far east i as Robeson County. Greer To Speak •* Dr. I. G. Greer of the North Car , olina Business Foundation at Chap el Hill will give the keynote ad dress on the night of December 27. The Grange Girl and Boy of the Year will be announced at the night meeting, which will follow a buffet supper served by members of Schley Grange. Reports on - youth activities at Summer camp, the state Grange convention, at local Granges pres ent and at the National Grange Convention will be heard Saturday morning. Kenneth Walker of Old Fort will make the national report. Officers for 1953 will be elected at the Saturday afternoon business session and will be installed at the meeting that night. Kennedy Sharpe of Hiddenite is outgoing president. A worship service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, December, 29. The speaker will be Rev. Homer Goode, pastor of the Stony Point Baptist Church which has been recognized by the state Grange as the Rural Church of the Year. Other speakers during the two day conference will include State Grange Master Harry B. Caldwell and Mrs. Caldwell of Greensboro, Mrs. T. W. Ferguson of Ferguson, Grange youth leader, and an ex change student. '-o Exchange Plans Ladles Night The Hillsboro Exchange Club's Annual Ladies Night Christmas Party will be held at the Schley Grange Hall tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p. m. A highlight of the meeting will be the presentation t>f the first “Ex changite of the Year” award. A; special election was held at the i last Club meeting and the reci-i pient was elected by secret ballot. ! The name of the man selected will remain a secret until announced by president Carl C. Davis at the (Continued On Page 4) HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES PnChriilmit activities are tak ing the stage in Orange County today and this weekend and most citlsens prepare for the tradition al holidays boginning next Thurs day. lit general mdlt citizens will observe a tWo-day holiday but county employees and employees of most of the industrial plants will bo idle the entire weekend. One plant. Belle Vue Manu facturing Co* will remain closed all next week, as will county schools which dose Friday and reopen on Tuesday, December 30. The great increase in mail go ing through the postoffices has already begun-and extra employ ees are already at work in the various postoffices to handle the great volume of Christmas mail. Stores generally will be closed Thursday and Friday and re-open on Saturday. The courthouse will be closed Thursday, Friday and -Saturday^. —'---— •o TB Comauttee Is Sponsoring School Project The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Tuber culosis Committee in Cooperation with The District Health Depart ment and the public school teach ers is sponsoring a series of activ ities for schools as a means of pro moting tuberculosis education with special attention focused on the prevention of the disease. The present activities are a News paper Project and an Art Project. Teachers, health educators and public health nurses are assisting in the project. Reading materials, films, etc., are being furnished by the sponsoring agencies, In order to give evidence of an intelligent study of the subject pre sented, schools will submit uKcom petfint judges original studies in Art or Literature and all schools participating will be given awards for^their work. The schools participating are the Chapel Hill Elementary School, the Carxboro JElementarv School, the White Cross School and the Nortli side School. The schools entering the School Press. Project presented by the National Tuberculosis Association and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association ,are the Chapel Hill High School, the Lincoln High School and the Northside School. Only schools publishing school pa pers are eligible to this contest “presented in the interests of sound health education and good journal ism.” -o-— Choral Service At Hillsboro Church Sunday Hillsboro - A Christmas Choral Service in a candlelight setting will be held in the Presbyterian Church here on Sunday afternoon, Decem ber 21, at 5 o’clock, according to an announcement today. The Chancel Choir of the local church augmented by a newly or ganized Junior Choir of twenty voices will present- a program of traditional Christmas music under the direction of Mrs. C. D, Jones with Mrs. Harry Lake Brown, orga-1 nist. The program will include “Silent j Night” sung by the Junior Choir; ! “Hosanna”, a traditional Moravian > Christmas antiphonal chant; “Let j All Mortal Flesh” by Holst, With Nazareth followed by jfcwo cirols { Mrs, T. P. Smith as soloist; Gounod’s “The First Noel” and the Appala chian carol, “I wonder as I wan der” with Mrs. Oliver Clayton, so prano, and the choir singing the latter. Gervaert’s “Joyous Christ mas Song” will be followed by Stairs, “Virgin’s Lullaby” with Mrs. J. W. Dickson, alto, and the choir performing again this lullaby that has been part of the program for the past two years. An unusual arrangement of Handel’s “Joy to the World” and Blow’s setting for the Nunc Dimittis will conclude the choirs portion of the program. J. Dumont Eskridge will read portions of the Christmas story from the Gospels would be sought from the next Gen eral Assembly to give rural resi dents: 1. Equal representation on the planning board, enlarged, increas ing that board’s membership to five Chapel Hillians named by the Al dermen and five rural residents named by the County Commission ers. 2. Equal representation on the board of adjustment, making that body also a 5-5 board, appointed in the same manner as the planning board. In addition it was proposed that all restrictions be removed from territory proposed to be zoned as “agricultural,” if this would be constitutional. This would remove much of the objection that has been previously raised by rural residents. ^ . A formal ‘ meeting to consider final action on the proposal was set for January 12. In order to as sure that the equalizing amend ments to the act would be includ ed, it is likely that adoption at that time would be tentative only, ef fective at some subsequent date if and when the amendments are passed by the legislature . Four public hearings have al ready been held on the bill, first proposed by the Town Planning Board over a year ago. The aider men have the power, given them by an enabling act of the 1951 Gen eral Assembly, to zone the territory for a four-mile radius around Chap el Hill, exclusive of Carrboro. Town attorney John Q. LeGrand was directed to secure a ruling on the measure’s constitutionality. ^Al though the comprehensive 45-page ordinance was drawn after consul tation with the Institute of Govern ment, a number of its opponents have challenged its legality. Al most all of the opposition to its enactment has been from farmers, although the Calvander Grange — representing 65 farm families—-re cently endorsed it. About 90 per cent of the area out side"corporate toned into largely unrestricted ag ricultural territory under the bill’s provisions, However there would still be some restrictions on the locations of new buildings, anj a requirement that building permits be secured from the town’s build ing inspector for new construction. Monday night the aldermen gen erally appeared favorable to taking off all restrictions in the proposed agricultural districts—if the mea sure would still be constitutional. In earlier hearings on the ordinance some zoning commission members and they didn’t think it would be legal to have “spot zoning”, or re strictions on only a part of the to tal area. The main restrictions as the law now stands, would be on strips along highways leading out of town, since the measure was hi- - , - itially intended primarily to restrict commercialization of the new Dur ham-Chapel Hill Boulevard. The aldermen and the zoning commission jointly agreed to ask the General Assembly to increase rural membership op the commis sion from three to five persons. The five planning board members in ad dition to three rural members now constitute the zoning group. Also, under the new proposal, the total 10-man body would have jurisdic tion over matters inside corporate Chapel Hill, which are now the function of the planning board alone. , During the meeting the aldermen also considered an overall plan to Remedy traffic congestion along Pittsboro highway in the vicinity of the University Medical Center. This provides for a regular four way traffic light at the Victory Vil lage intersection, a series of three traffic signal lights at the “triangle” intersection of Raleigh Road, a 20 mile speed limit throughout the zone, and a “no parking” area on the highway between the hospital entrances. The plqp was to be tak en up today with a committee rep resenting Memorial Hospital. Among other matters of business last night the Board appointed Dr. Gordon Blackwell and Richard L. Jamerson to the Recreation Com mission succeeding * Dr. Harold Meyer and Roy Barham. -o—--— CUB SCOUT PACK MEETS Pack 438, Cub Scouts, will mee Friday evening at the Presbyteri* Church at 7:30. An informal Christ ma§ program is being planned. Ar friends of Scouting are cordially vited and especially cub Boys between the ages of ten who are interested »■ are more than their parents r
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