I-OT
•r 0tf a job by using
Iftad U% on w 7 ©f
WS of Orange County.
I
IME 60 NUMBER 14
1893)
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C.,
T
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1953
Price: $2 a Year; 5c Single Copy
KIDD 8REWER'S
ffa/e/f/f
^flomefap
ARTING ... For about
prior to 1948 Dairyman
joble of Lexington and Ag
Commissioner W. Kerr
little love for each other.
,es which George laid on
,uld blister asbestos. The
:ourse, began over milk,
the few weeks immediate
his announcement that he
[run for Governor, Kerr
'fered. He had no money,
•ently little chance of get
Main task was to pull
d his money- into the Scott
iter a series of telephone
ing night visits, and a lot
-mostly Guernsey and Hol
ioble j’nied up for the dur
obody to this day, includ
irge Coble himself knows
how much, moola the Lex
[airyman put into the Scott
i. Some people say it went
five figures,
was elected. Coble was one
|top men. In four years he
the other members of the
Highway Commission in
and repairing roads. Last
and the Governor reported
ked as Lexington-Raleigh
promoting Hubert Olive,
lilk, the item which caused
trouble in the first place,
in has become- the eream
Sen. Ralph Scott and
of the fence are vigorous
iorting the establishment of
ite Milk Commission. Coble,
against it, last week came
;o wrecking plans for the
ision, which he and some
iig and fine dairymen feel
restrain trade, prevent ex
pand mark another step in
government into business,
the Scott’s and the Coble’s
ime to a parting of the ways
three months after the
ce gentleman moved out of
-i
Ian
JM WAGE . . . Right
now you should be reading
■daily press about the troubl
I Minimum Wage Law is hav
jthe Legislature. Even though
he support of Governor Um
ad the State Department of
[ and even though five of the
nbers of the Senate Commit
| which it was referred sign
measure, we seriously doubt
I pass th Senate. It may not
iirvive the committee.
•REACHING . . . The dark
of secrecy has clothed in
ion discussions of the Ap
itions Subcommittee and
when regarded necessary
it in silence the work of the
Appropriations Committee
trouble between the Leg
and the press is not as
orthy as you have been led
ik. This falling-out did not
ast week, las month, or last
.Like decaying mash at a
line still, it has been oozing,
ig> and grinding away for
little while now. The whole
has political overtones ex
lg from 1948 to 1954, believe
lot.
ime ways, it is an outgrowth
good old free-wheeling days
Kerr Scott administration,
lave probably noticed, too,
>d name of Assistant Budget
or Dave Coltrane popping up
•nally in the stories on the
ban. He had little to do with
never mind—.
irters three weeks ago had
day with Sen. James H. Pou
and then watched expect
seeing a big story develop,
le Legislature slowly chose
Last week, it finally caught
its hauling. There has been
to write about. Not in five
could the subcommittee have
ich news. But this thing is not
|yet. Principle of the contro
ls more important than any
made or hidden. Sudden ac
'f the Legislature was perhaps
>iggest surprise—no hearing,
•thing but. action.
Y OTHER QUESTION? .
ast one Raleigh reporter,
®me Charlie Craven of the
and Observer, was apparent
npletely carried away by th°
ington azaleas and Actress
Smith, this year’s Queen
In describing Hiss Smith
See ROUNDUP, Page 2)
THIS GRIM SCENE IS one re
P«*t*<f every day during tha Ko
rean righting.. and your blood
may save this man's Ufa. Tho
Rad Cross bloodmobilo will bo
in Chapol Hill naxt Monday,
Tuasday and Wodnosday and in
Hillsboro April 15. For ap
pointments call Chapol Hill 5611
or 9-1881 or Hillsboro 3262. On'
the stretcher is a wounded Ma
rine being carried off battered
Vegas Hill in Korea.
Bloodmobile's
Visit Planned
For Hillsboro
Hillsboro—Plans are well under
way for another visit of the Red
Cross Bloodmobile to Hillsboro on
April 15, according to an announc
ment by 9 Mrs. George Gilmore,
chairman of the local Chapter’s
blocyd committee.
Blood donors are asked to begin
calling at once for convenient- sche
duling between the hours of 11
a.m. and 5 p.m. on that day. The
number iS Hillsboro 3262.
Mrs. Gilmore emphasized that
the , blood program now takes on
added significance to all of us
when it is realized that life-giving
gamma globulin derived from this
source will be available if needed
to combat the paralytic effects of
polio should that disease strike
again in this county.
Quota for the bloodmobile visit
is 150 pints of blood, she said.
- She also pointed out that in or
der to secure 150 pints of blood, at
least 200 to 225 persons must be
pledged since a prospective donor
is not permitted to donate unless
found physically able upon exam
ination by the bloodmobile doctor
and staff nurses. --
Persons between 18 and 59 years
of age are eligible. Those between
18 and 21 must be married, in the
armed forces or have the written
consent of a parent. Mrs. Gilmore
Urged qualified persons to register
with the chapter immediately for
the .visit.
“Everyone who is a resident of
(Orange County benefits from the
blood program as all blood used in
our local hospitals is made avail
able through the program at no
charge to the patient for the
blood,” the chairman declared.
She continued, “There are two
other important reasons for peo
ple to donate blood. It is of vital
importance to our wounded ser
vicemen and is often the determin
ing factor between life and death
for a wounded GI. There is the
further need for blood to process
into gamma globulin to fight
polio.”
HOLIDAY
Easter Monday will be observ
ed as a general holiday through
out Orange County.
Stores and industrial plants
with few exceptions will be clos
ed as will public schools and of
fices. Offices in the county court
- house wifl be closed, at - wi ll
banks and the building and loan
offices. The Board of County
Commissioners has deferred its
regular first Monday meeting un
til Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Five Musicians
Rate Highly
At Festival
Hillsboro — Five more youthful
musicians from the Hillsboro area
who are pupils of Mrs. W. P. Twad
dell in Durham recently received
recognition at the Capital Music
(Festival at Meredith College, spon
sored by the National Federation
of Music Clubs.
They are all members of the WiP
liam Powell Twaddell Music Club.
Receiving ratings of Superior for
their piano renditions were Caro
line Bivins, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor Bivins, Knox Jones,
f daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Jpnes, and Jack Dowdy, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Dowdy. Miss Doro
thy Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and
.Mrs. William Mitchell, was rated
excellent at the piano and Richard
Armfield of Hillsboro Route 3 re
ceived the excellent rating in the
voice division.
Contestants rendered one requir'
ed number and another number of
their choice by an American com
poser.
Mrs. Elizabeth Logan Schinhan
of Chapel Hill served as chairman
of the Capital Festival.
SQUARE DANCE
The St. Mary’s Grange will spon
sor an old time Square Dance Wed
nesday night, April 8, at 8 p.m.
Men are requested by the spon
sors to wear dungarees and women
print dresses or skirt and sweater.
The Teer Boys will provide the
music and the public is invited..
Carroll, Burton, Smith Named
Board Of Assessors For Taxes
Hillsboro—Membership on thp
Board of Tax Assessors to super
vise and advice in the current re
valuation program was completed
this week by the Board of County
Commissioners.
Accepting their appointments
and meeting for the first time yes
terday were Dean D. Carroll of
Chapel Hill, Zeb C. Burton of Ce
dar Grove and Remus J. Smith Sr.
of Hillsboro. The board does not
have a chairman.
Burton served during the last
revaluation program in 1947 and
Dean Carroll was a member of
Boards of Assessors during the
30’s.
The board will function as an
advisory body to tie J. M. Clemin
shaW Company which has been
tired to conduct the complete re
ft;
valuation.
I At its meeting yesterday the
board began reviewing base unit
values recommended by the com
pany on various types of property,
j These include the square foot
values of buildings, front values of
residential and commercial tracts,
and acreage values according to
land use (cleared and cultivated,
improved or unimproved pasture,
non-productive land, timber land,
j cut-over land, etc.).
One the basis of its preliminary
surveys the Cleminshaw company
has presented tentatively suggested
land values to the Board of Asses
jsors. These,’however, do not con
stitute the final recommendations
ion these values which will be pre
1 sented to the Board for approval
or revisions after further survey.
Fund Proposed
To Aid Orange
Swine Growers
A committee representing the
swine industry in North Carolina
has recommended that the 'Slate
set up $25,000 to indemnify owners
and take care of other expenses in
connection with a recent outbreak
of the swine disease vesicular exan
thema in Orange and Johnston.
The disease struck at least two
Orange County swine growers shear
Carr boro several weeks ago and a
state of quarantine was immediate
ly declared. Hogs |n these particu
lar herds were ordered destroyed
and measures tf eliminate all
areas of possible infection were
taken by the State. The disease has
struck five times in the State since
last July. Around 100 hogs were
said to be affected'in this county.
The $25,000 which the committee
proposed to be made available to
grange and Johnston counties for
t the immediate emergency would
be a part of a total fund of $250,
000 requested to be set up to deal
with present and future emergen
cies arising from the disease. An-,
other $25,000 would be set up to
combat any other outbreaks that
may occur before July ,!.
In addition, it was proposed that
the Legislature add $100,000 to the
state’s emergency and contingency
fund for each year of the next bi
ennium. The amounts would be
" held in reserve for “V. E.’r emer
jgencies. ,
The committed recommended
that the special funds be used for
two purposes:
1. Employment by the State De
partment of Agriculture of extra
personnel, veterinarians and live
stock inspector^ on a temporary
basis. ..
2. Payment of indemnities to
owners of infected or exposed
swine liquidated ttf prevMt spread
of the disease. The state has an
agreement with the Federal gov
mment authorizing the payment of
I such indemnities on a 50-50 basis.
! Salvage values are taken into con
sideration in the payment of such
I indemnities.
; Dr. H. J. Rollins, state veteri
. narian, said appraisals have been
i made and papers are now being
drawn requesting indemnities for
. Approximately 350 hogs and pigs
destroyed in slaughter programs
. begun in recent1 weeks to eradicate
outbreaks of the disease in Orange
i and Johnston Counties.
1 4
Several Throw Hats In Ring
For Town Elections In May
Chance Only Candidate
Yet To File For Board
In Hillsboro Campaign
Hillsboro—William M. Chance,
local theater owner, yesterday be
came the first to file for the town
Board of Commissioners.
, He is currently a member of the
board and has served a number
of terms.
Although next Monday at noon
is the deadline for filing, neither
Mayor Ben Johnston or any of the
other incumbents had indicated
their intention to seek reelection.
All, however, are expected to file
before the deadline.
Other present members of the
board are R. J. Smith, F. E. Joyner,
Dr. H. W. Moore and V. M. For
rest.
The board announced this week
that the election forj Municipal of
ficers will be held on May 9 and
that H. G. Coleman Jr. will serve
as registrar and Toitt Stone and
Kay Winecoff will serve as judges.
Books will be open at Coleman
Laws Store from April 10 through
April 18 for registration of new
residents.
Red Cross Campaign
Still Short Of Goal
Hillsboro—Chairman Tom Bivins
of the American Red Cross Fund
Drive for Orange County announc
es that reports of his division
chairmen indicate a total of $2,100
in cash and pledges raised to date.
Five divisions have not yet turn
ed in their reports. Presently the
drive is just $100 short of the goal
set. The chairman urges all those
who have not Joined to mail theii
membership dollar to the Red
Cross Headquarters, Hillsboro.
EFLAND OPERETTA TONIGHT
Efland—Grades one through five
of the Efland Elementary School
under the direction of Mrs. Ken
neth S. Clem, are presenting an
operetta entitled “The Land of
Dreams Come True”, Thursday
pight April 2, 1953 at 7:30 p.m. at
the school auditorium. Principal
John O’Neal extends a cordial in
vitation to all interested friends
and patrons of the community to
attend.
MAYOR EDWIN 5. LANIER
Legion Plans
Easter Egg
Hunt Monday
Hillsboro — On Tuesday, the |
members of the American Legion 1
Post 85 met with the , following ,
named ladiesjin plan the Easter
Egg Hunt scheduled for the affef-1
noon next Monday at 2:30 p.m. on
the American Legion Club lawn.
This activity is planned for all
children of 10 years and under.
A committee of Legion Friends
including Mrs. Ben Allison, Mrs.
E. P. Cox, Mrs. O. S. Robertson,
Mrs. F. S. Cates, Jr., Mrs. William
Warren, Mrs. S M. Gattis, Sr. and
Mrs. Fred Seagroves,* along with
a committee from. th«. lletlMifc:
Church headed by Mrs. Alton Wil
liams, a committee from the Bap
tist Church headed by Mrs. | Cur
tis Scott, and a committee from
the Presbyterian Church headed by
Mrs. John Billie Dickson participat
ed in the planning.
Prizes to be awarded include a
, Bunny Rabbit, first; a Silver Dollar,
second; and various toys for subse
quent prizes. The event gives pro
mise of one of the highlights of the
1 Easter activities and an invitation
I is extended to all eligible children
J in the community.
'Decision May Have Been Wrong," But . . .
Umstead Says Vote For Secrecy
Was To Enable Work To Continue
By John W. Umstead Jr.
Representative, General Assembly
J During my nine terms as a mem
ber of the General Assembly, noth
ing has aroused as much feeling
and provoked as much discussion
as the amendment to existing stptu
' tes in regard to meeting of the
committee or the subcommittees of
Editorial comment on Legisla
ture’s secrecy law on page 2.
the Appropriations Committee.
Many statements have been made
about this amendment that are in
correct and there have been many
assumptions about it for which
there are no facts to substantiate
these assumptions.
First let us see what this amend
ment says. I quote it as furnished
by the office of the Secretary of
State: “Provided, after public or
open hearings have been held and
opportunity has been afforded all
persons interested in any appropri
ations to be heard thereon, the
' joint committee or any subcommit
tee thereof, within the discretion
1 of the committee or subcommittee,
may hold Sessions at which only
members of the committee or sub
committee and those designated by
the committee or subcommittee
may attend, for discussion and con
sideration of any and all matters
referred to the committee or sub
committee, but final action by the
Joint committee shall not be taken
with respect to any appropriation
except in open meetings of the
I joint committee". Thus we see that
(“final action” which means the
J final vote shall not be taken “ex
cept in open meetings”. Debate and
discussion is not barred and the
press would be present if they de
sired.
This matter of executive sessions
Jtvith the press barred came up at
the first meeting ;of the subcommit
tee. At that time I voiced my op
position to closed meetings of any
kind when matters of public inter
est were being discussed and acted
upon. After discussion it was de
cided to proceed with our meeting
with the members of the press
present. There was no need for this
, decision on our part for the law
stated that there could be no clos
ed doors so far as the appropria
tions committee or any subcommit
tee of it was concerned. We held
; three meetings with the press pre
I sent and in so far ast I could see
I they reported nothing unuslial and
nothing that anyone could have any
! objection to.
Then, on Tuesday afternoon,
when we met a motion was made
to go into executive sessions. I
again objected to this procedure
(Continued on page 8)
Like Santa Claus In Spring
St.. Mary's Grange Completes
Telephone Project; Serves 35
“Momma, it’s like Santa Claus
coming in the spring!” That was
the remark made by a little boy in
St. Mary’s Community after he
made his first telephone call.
St. Mary’s Grange has completed
its telephone project. This was be
gun in 1950 as one of the Grange’s
Community services. A committee
of three members, Clyde Roberts,
| Reid Roberts, and Henry Walker
was appointed to head this project.
Much time and effort has been
spent by them to make this pro
ject a success. First a survey was
pnade to see if there would be
enough subscribers to merit the
company’s building the line. Thirty
five. families signed for telephones.
Next the right of way had to be
secured for a distance of over six
tniles. The Grange was responsible
for clearing this right of way and
digging the holes for the telephone
poles.
The men of St. Mary’s Grange
had an old fashioned “chopping";
jn the summer of 1952 and cleared !
the right of way in one day. When
they finished, the women met them
at the Grange Hall with fried
thicken ham biscuits, corn on the
cob, pie, cake, and other good
things to eat.
The Grange is happy to have this
opportunity to help a progressive
rural community.
Mayor Lantor Files
For Third Term; Five
Seek Seats On Board
[ ■' . ;
Chapel Hill—Mayor Edwin S.
Lanier threw his hat in the ring
for re-election to his third term as
Mayor of Chapel Hill yesterday,
and two more candidates, one of
them an incumbent, entered the
race for the three Aldermanic seats
to be filled.
| R. B. Fitch filed for another
term. He is a local lumber dealer
and has served several terms on
the Board.
The other filer yesterday was
Bernice L. Ward, a Pritchard Ave
nue resident, and partner in the
furniture firm of Johnsonfitrowd.
Ward, who is seeking office for
the first time.
Their candidacies brought to
five the number of citizens now in
the race. Kenneth Putnam, wlid 1?
completing his second term, filed
for re-eiection last week, along
with HubertgRobinson, a Negro
citizen, andPaul Wager, a Univer
sity Professor who has been active
in community affairs and county
politics for many years.
I A likely candidate to oppose the
active._incumbenb Mayor—has--not—
fyet come forward and observers
doubt that Mayor Lanier will have
opposition.
! In announcing for reelection,
\ Mayor Lanier issued the following
statement addressed to “To All
Whom It May Concern”:
“I will be a candidate for Mayor
of Chapel f|jJ> in the May 5 mu
nicipal eledutm:
“If elected I will,, in cooperation
• ’tb * Boar* of ‘fid
the Town Manager,Continue seek
ing for Chapel Hill the quality of
municipal services the people de
serve and want.
“A completely new registration
for all eligible voters in Chapel
Hill is scheduled for April 6-25. I
hope and urge that every person
eligible to register at this time
will do so, and that every regis
tered voter will use the right to
vote in the May 5 election.”
Sincerely, - >
Edwin S. Lanier
Alderman Fitch in his announce
ment issued the following state- ~
ment “To The People of Chapel
Hill:"
“In the May ‘ 5 town election I
will be a candidate for re-election
to the Board of Aldermen. If I am
asked to serve in this important
phase of our community life, I
will gladly and faithfully try at
all times to deserve your confi
dence and respect.”
Robert Breeze
Passes Friday
Robert H. Breeze, 60, of near
Hillsboro .died at 4:35 a m. Friday
in Person County Memorial Hos
pital after an illness of five days.
He was the son of the late A. F.
and Cora Berry Breeze. He was a
retired farmer and cattleman.
Funeral services were conducted
; Sunday at three p.m. at Berry’s
i Grove Baptist Church. The Rev. E.
B. Booker officiated, and was as
sisted, by the Rev. Henry Lee Lewi3
and the Rev. Gaddis Brown. Burial
was in the church cemetery. The
body lay in state at the church
one hour prior to services.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. An
nie Breeze; two sons, Brady Breeze
of Roxboro, W. Russell Breeze, U.
S. Coast Guard, Portsmouth, Va.;
a daughter Mrs. Nell Peedin of
Durham; six sisters, Mrs. Bertha
Toolar, Greensboro, Mrs. Mary
Rimmer, Hurdle Mills, Mrs. D. T.
Chandler Durham Mrs. Sallie Um-.
stead, Washington, D. C., Mrs. W.
E‘ Reese Formosa, Japan, Mrs. O.
i H. Rimmer of Roxboro.
--—
RUMMAGE SALE
Schley Legion Auxiliary—Schley
Post 452—anounces a Rummage
Sale will be held Saturday, April
4, at the Eno Chevrolet Co, in
Hillsboro beginning at 8:30 a m. In
addition to the many rummage
items there will be featured a num*
j ber of delicious, homemade pies,
cakes and other baked goods.