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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.