County
4, 1954
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EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK ,
KIDD BREWERS
|)THAM . . . For the first
fce he went to buy his in
tiat and other swearing-in
ft'illiam B. Umstead is
to New York City. Ac
ting him are Private Sec
fd Rankin, C&D Director
jglas, and probably mem
bis family.
[reason for the trip is to
Ilk with, and probably
lrt industrial prospects and
of the North Carolina
[New York City. The trip
[otentially, pay big divi
the State. We have noth
with it, but the powers
are missing a good bet if
[i’t take along Gene Sim
Tarboro, who is such a
to Ben Douglas’ program
I the State.
| GROWTH? . v .While in
last week we heard a
- and only a whisper, so
excited — that the J. B.*
would soon make a bid
purchase of the big, beau
successful Ellis Stone
Durham and Greensboro,
ow has stores in Charlette,
Asheville, Greenville, S.
liri Florida. *
3ING THEM HOME : . .
the old Democrat, Presi
i said he would bring home
from Korea. Last week
i back our two boys front
[MAN ... Speaking of
|as who was, Paul Hoffman,
' with Studebaker apd now
President Eisenhower’s
Infidential advisors, will be
papal talker here in about
feks at the annual meeting
C. Citizens Association.
INS IN ... It is' no sur
bt Carlisle Higgins is suc
Robert L. Doughton as
latic national committee
North Carolina.
Ins, who managed W. B.
Id’s campaign for Governor,
save been chosen to succeed
|n Daniels as national com
rvan two years ago had it
en that Congressman Bob
lown some interest in the
^ference to his age, the love
gh esteem held for him by
vernor, and his long service
[party, Doughton was given
t)d In fact, William B. Um
rent to Washington, visited
i, to ascertain if he wished
national committeeman.
Ion did, has made an ener
fne despite his age, and is
ig now only because of con
ill health. Higgins, native
ta, is an attorney, was dis
^ttfirney for the Federal
for many years, has repre
the U. S. in the Orient,
an old-warrior-type Demo
te should prove a worthy
lor to the great Doughton.
|R JORDAN. . .You know of
rdan family of Saxapahaw,
Durham, and Belmont.
| is the retired dentist, Dr.
Jordan, the man who as
bf the State Highway Com
p paved 12,000 miles of ru
fds in four years. You know
Jordan2 textfle man and
^an of the N. C. Democratic
ye Committee. There is a.
too, Frank, who is a Meth
[minister in the Charlotte
■Then there is Dr. Charles E.
vice president of Duke
ty. Their daddy was - ^
dist minister still remember
easantly by all who knew
p*have heard of George. Co
Cob’e Dairies and the
p leading dairyman. He's
parcat who led all the other
pssioners in building roads
^9-53. He’s is the middle of
milk fights. He knows how
3 care of himself. He has a
jful daughter named Geor
i student at Duke, and smart
ae neople say than her fa
aat’s going some, too.
that’s about all ther^ is to
jcept we understand she and
of Duke’s vice president
engaged, with a marriage
for June. >
ee ROGNipj^ jpijge 2)
Day Of Prayer
Observance Is
Planned Here
People of, Hillsboro and Chapel
Hill-Carrboro will join with 118
countries around the world oji the
first Friday of Lent, tomorrow, in
a world-wide service of prayer.
For the 67th successive year the
World Day of Prayer will be ob.
served Friday, March 5, in com
munities all over the globe by
people of every denomination,
creed, nationality and color.
the observance is sponsored in
the United States by the United
Church women, and Hillsboro’s
service will be in charge of the
women of the Presbyterian Church
and will be held at that church
at 4 p. m. on March Jj.The Chapel
Hill service will be at the Univer
sity Methodist Church at the same
hour. Every person in the county
and town is invited to be present
at this one of 19,000 American
community services.
The purpose of the day is to
unite all Christians in a bond of
prayer and to make an offering
for Christian missions at home and
abroad.
The theme for this year’s ser
vice is “That They May Have
Light.” The program used the
world over comes from a differ
ent country each year. The 1954
service was written by Miss Sarah
Chakko, late president of Isabella
Thobu'm College in Lucknow, In
dia. Miss Chakko gave her entire
life to furthering the cause of
Christian education and unity. She
was the first chairman of the
World Council of Churches’ Com
mission on the Life and Work of
Women in the Church. A member
of the 1600-year-old Orthodox Sy
rian Church of Malabar, she died
in late January • while playing
games with her students and fac
uuy.
A special offering taken at the
service will go toward the two
projects of home and foreign mis
sions carried on by all Christian
denominations together. Half of
the money stays in the United
States for aid to American Indians,
migrants and sharecroppers and
for work with foreign students.
Half is sent abroad to further
Christian education and services,
and for publication of Christian
literature. The countries included
in this year’s project are. India,
Pakistan, Japan^ China and Korea.
Each year a different church in
the communities is in charge of
the services, but members „of all
churches in town are on the pro
gram. —;—
^.Fourteen churches will cooper
ate in the Chapel Hill World Day
of Prayer. Leaders for the ..ser
vice will include the'■following:
Mrs. U. T. Holmes, Mrs. T. B. Du
hart, Mrs. Richard Jacksog, Mrs.
L. R. Sturdivant, Mrs. James R.
Pattoij, Mrs. Alfred Linde, and
Mrs. P. H. Epps.
The sponsoring committee is as
follows: Mrs. A. D. Campbell, Mrs.
W. R. ■ Campbell, ■ Mrs. P, T. Dur
ham, Mrs. Augusta Edwards, Mrs.
J. R Ellis, Mrs. J. L. Godfrey, Mrs
Pattie Jones, Mrs. Nannie Jones,
Mrs. E. C. Markham, Mrs. James
Patton, Mrs. R. D. Stroud. Mrs. M.
T. Van Hecke, Mrs. W. E. Wil
liams and Mrs. Donald Hayman.
Both" the Carrboro Baptist and
Methodist Churches are taking
part on the program.
Scout Leaders Set
Planning Session
Chapel Hill—(The Orange Dis
trict Committee, Boy Scouts of
America, will meet for dinner,
Thursday, March 11, at 6:30 p m.
in the Carolina Inn cafeteria. An
duled* to begin at *7:30 p m.
Scout masters and Cub masters
from all troops in Orange Count}
have been invited to attend the
meeting and assist in the building
of a district program calendar tor
the year.
The meeting will mark the first
time the new district field execu
tive, Robert L. “Rip” Collins’ of
Chapel Hill, has met with the com
rrpttce.
G. Paul Carr, of Hillsboro, dis
trict chairman, will preside.
APPROVES TAX RETENTION
CHAPEL HILL — The Chapel
fill PTA at a recent general meet
ng Iras gone on record as approv
al the retention of the special
0 cent school tax supplement in
he Chapel Hill district.
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Jean Wilkerson of the Hillsboro Sr. 4-H Club was elected presi
ded of the Orange County 4-H Council last Friday at the monthly
council.
Othe<r newly elected officers who were installed in a candle light
ing service along- with Miss Wilkerson were: Vice-president, Gerry
Wrenn of the Aycock Senior Club; secretary, Sandra Wrenn of the
Aycock jr. Club; reporter, Cetherine Roberts of the Hilslboro Junior
Club; and'program chairman, Helen Liner of ttte Aycock Club.
Theso 4-H County Council officers during 1954 will be leeding
Orangj County's twelve 4-H/clubs which are made of approximately
74Q members.
Lef; to right are: Sandra Wrenn, Gerry Wrenn, Jean Wilkerson,
Catherine Roberts. Other officers were not present when the picture
was made.
Bid For School
Moneyj Renewed
Hillsboro Groups
Again Ask Bonds
For New School
Hillsboro—Committeemen of the
Hillsboro High School, where there
is said to be an urgent need for18
additiohal classrooms for the open
ing of the next term, pressed their
case Monday for the issuance of
$65,000 in bonds to enable the be
ginning of work on the proposed
Camem Park School lfere.
The delegation composed of L. E.
Beard, Sidney Green, Mrs. Beth
Roberts and G. A, Brown first, ap
i peared before the County Board
; of Education and later the Board
of County Commissioners to em7
j phasize the needs at Hillsboro.
■ In a statement to the two boards,
| the delegation pointed out : "Be
cause of the present urgent need
i for classrooms at the Hillsboro
j White School and the additional
'rooms which will be needed when
school opens for another term in
September,. 1954, we, the Hillsboro
district school board, earnestly re
I auest and suggest, that all possible
I haste be made to relieve the
| crowded conditibns under which
we are laboring now, and provide
for additional space needed in the
1 immediate future.
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“We are now teaching classes
| jn (he Auditorium, Gymnasium,
i hallway, Lunch Room, store room,
! ladies lounge, - and have been
j compelled to crowd eight elemen
tary classes into the high school
I building which forces high school
I classes into impossible situations
such as we have in the basement
formerly used for toilets.
“The conditions listed above in
dicate the need for 15 additional
classrooms, and present attend
ance shows and additional growth
for three teachers in September
which will require 18 rooms to
meet our immediate needs. This
will still leave four classes in
basement rooms which are already
condemned as unfit for school
use.”
The delegation offered no sug
gestions to the Commissioners for
obtaining the necessary funds, but
at 2 o’clock in the afternoon the
Board of Education appeared be
fore the Commissiners and renew
ed their request for the issuance
of the $65,000 in bonds which can
be done before July 1 without a
vote of the people. This board re
ported that it had allotted $65,000
of the $130,000 obtained from the
recent State Bond Issue for Schools
to the (Cameron Park Project,
which when added to $105,000
available from 1949 local bond
issue made $170,000 now available
for this project. They reported
plans for an eventual^ 20-room
structure with the basic plant and
lft classroms to be built now. They
said they had instructed Architect
Archie R. Davis to hold plans for
this building to a minimum of
$235,000 and said the State Board
of Schoolhouse planning would
not approve his plans until the
money was made available.
The Board of Commissioners
took no official action* on the re
quest but took the proposal under
advisement.
Fall In Well Is Fatal
To 3-Year-Old Child
To See How Progress Is Made
Entire Extension Service Corps
In Raleigh Will Visit County
HILLSBORO — The-entire per*
sonnel corps of the Extension Ser
vice, some 115 people including
the Farm and Home Agent leader
ship and specialists in the various
agricultural fields, will come to
Orange County Monday for re
view of the county's si^cessful Ru
ral Progress Program and inspec
tion of various sections of the
county.
The morning session will begin
at 10:30 at Schley Grange hall,
following by lunch and tours of
the Schley and St. Mary’s com
munities through Orange Grove
to White Cross. An afternoon dis
cussion session will be held at the
White Cross Grange hall where
more refreshments will be pro
vided and the visitors will contin
ue on through the county and en
route back to Raleigh.
Hillsboro Area
Polio Campaign
Most Successful
Hillsboro — The 1954 March of
Dimes is officially closed and in>
closing, Vance Isenhour, chairman
for jthe northern part of the coun
ty, disclosed that this was the
most successful drive ever con
ducted for polio in this district.
Exclusive of funds raised by the
schools, a total of $139300 was
raised through the efforts of the
various committees and organiza
tions cooperating in the campaign.
“The unselfish and untiring ef
forts of these individuals and
groups have made a large contri
bution toward enabling Orange
County to raise its quota on
a county-wide basis,” he said,
in closing this campaign, Chair
man Isenhour had this to say for
those helpers, "I dQ want to take
time to publicly thank all the in
dividuals and groups for their as
sistance and for making this cam
paign the success it is, for without
the unselfish help I have received
the job could not possibly have
been accomplished. All of us have
a right to be proud of our part in
making this greatest campaign ev
er conducted for Polio in our coun
ty.”
THANKS TO SCHEIDT
HILLSBORO -r The Orange
County Board of Education has di
rected that a letter be sent to
Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ed
Scheidt in appreciation of State
Highway Patrol efforts to provide
safety for Efland school children.
The Efland restricted speed zone
has been a frequent site for use of
the new speed-checking device
which has brought hundreds into
court in this county in the past
few months.
A delegation of the Efland Ne
gro School has requested that the
speed zone be extended to their
school and the Board passed on
this reqeqst for the State High
way and Public Works Commis
sion.
Frrmt
Spring Terms Are Last Chance For Korean
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I . w. G. Wren, County Veterans
Service officer announces that
spring school terms, starting early
in 1954, mark the last enrollment
opportunity under the Korean GI
Bill for thousands of post-Korea
veterans.
The reason, Wren explained is
that the law’s cut-off date of Au
gust 20, 1954, applies to Korean
veterans seperated from service
before August 20, 1952. If they
want GI training, they must begin,
hy the 1954 deadline in order to
continue afterwards.
| The deadline, however, comes
before next fall’s school term gets
under way. Therefore, except for
th summer session, th school term
starting early in 1954 will offer
many veterans their last opportu- j
nity to. get started under the Ko
rean GI Bill. The deadline will |
also effect these veterans that de
sire farm training.
Wren said that veterans who
left service after August 20, 1952,
need not'consent themselves with
the forthcoming 1954 cut-off date. |
instead, they have two years from
the date' of their separation in
which to begin GI training.
I ,.Under the law, a veteran must
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"enroll in ana Degin training ue
fore his deadline, if he wants to
go on with it afterwards. The
mere filing of an application be
forehand, with the intention of
starting afterwards, is not enough.
Wren emphasizes that these
cut-off-date rules a,gply only to
Korean veterans separated from
service before August 20, 1952 and
who desire training under the
Korean GI Bill. -
Veterans in the above catagory
that desire training should im
mediately see Wren, their agri
cultural teacher or other school
official.
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'54 Red Cross
Fund Campaign
Gets Underway
Hillsboro—The 1954 Red Cross
Fund Drive began officially Mon
day Night, March 1st with" a kick
off meeting at the Methodist
Church.
’ A~ large number ’Of District
Chairmen and DistricUCapttfins at
tended this meeting anti received
instructions for the drive.
Fund Chairman Quentin Patter
son named the following rural
leaders for the drive: Frank Spen
cer, South East District Chairman;
John Lockhart, Captain Blackwood
Station; • Mrs. Annie Nunn, Miss
Virginia Nunn, Mrs. IT. R. Tapp,
Mrs. Christine Lockhart, and Mrs.
John Freeland, workers. Miss Jan
ie Blackwood, Captain of the New
Hope Section and Mrs. Tom Brown
worker. Mrs. Frank Spencer, Uni
versity Section Captain, Mrs. R. C.
Blankenship, Mrs. “Doc” Griffin,
Mrs, Ruth King, and Mr. Howard,
workers Miss Dorothy Crabtree,
Captain of the Murphy Section;
Curtis E. Bane, Martha Shambly,
Annie Clayton, and May Couch,
workers. Miss^ifUolores Dodson,
Captain of the Midway Section.
Hubert M. Carter, Southwest
District Chairman. A. K. McAdams,
Captain, Hebron Community; Mrst
E. J. Pennington, Mrs. H. R. Heath,
T. O. Pender, Mrs. O. S. Weaver
j and Mrs. C. B. Comer workers. D.
E. Wrenn, Captain of the Cross
Roads Church Community; Charles
Hickes, M. Ray and Jessie Wagon
er workers. W. C. Wrenn, Captain,
! Old Highway 10 Community; "J. H.
Bradshaw, Captain, Buckhorn Com
rruinity; Tyson' Simmons, ' G. B
Cook, D. W. Holmes, W. C. Carter
and Harvey Ray workers. W. M.
Snipes, Captain of the Orange
Grove Community; C. W. Lloyd,
Mrs. H. B. Dodson, C. M. Cheek,
C. C. Crawford and R. Phillips
workers. J. E. Sykes, Captain of
the Oak Grove Community; Mrs.
E. "Simmons, Mrs. Wiley Perry,-C
C Oats, R. Bradshaw and Mrs W.
E. Sykes workers.
Ed Barnes, Chairman of the
North East District. Mrs. Jesse
Martin, Captain of the St. Marys
Community, Mrs. Bob Murray Cap
tain of the Little River Cgmmunity,
Mrs. Clyde Walker, Captain of the
Caldwell Community, Mrs: Phillip
Hauser, -Captain Palmers Grove
Community, Mrs. Charles Miller
and Mrs. Odie Mincey, Co-captains
of the Schley Community.
Mrs. Jule Allen, . Chairman of
the North West District. The nam
es of the captains and workers of
this District are not available at
this time.
Patterson expressed .his appre
ciation for the»cooperation from
the people in this area for their
willingness to help with the driveJ
PLACQUE APPROVED
HILLSBORO — The Board of
County Commissioners Monday ap
proved the placing of a bronze
placque in the old courthouse in
tribute and recognition of the
and agricultural workers of ffii
county in winning the “County of
the Year” award.
The $1,000 and $500 prize cfiecks
won by the white and Negro divi
sions in the rural progress con
test were presented to local leaders
last Thursday night by William
Poe and M. C Mann, Jr., sons of
the two donors who had been pre
vented from appearing for the
presentation.
REAPPOINTED
HILLSBORO — The Rev. John
Emicn has been appointed for a
new three-year term as the State
Board of Welfare appointee.on the
Orange County Welfare Board. His
new term begins April 1. '
Hillsboro Volunteer
Fireman's Heroic Work
Fails To Save Life
Hillsboro — Little Roland M.
Long would have-been three years
old tomorrow.
He will be buried at noon today
following graveside rites in a
Hillsboro cemetery.
You see, the little Negro boy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Long,
who live on the outskirts of Hills
boro on the street that runs from
West Hillsboro to frfirvtew, Tues
day afternoon fell in a 50 ft. well
that had been left uncovered.
The little boy’s water-logged
body was brought to the surface
by members of the Hillsboro Vol
unteer Fire Department, led by the
hecoic efforts of Alfred J. Snipes
Jr. who scaled the-30 feet to the *~
water 'to attfach the grapplers to #
the Jittle boy’s trousers belt. At
times Snipes could barely get his
shoulders through the narrow
opening of the well apd risked his
own life in an effort to recover , ^
the child.
Efforts to restore breathing in
the child through use of the re
suscitator were of no avail. Fire
Chief George Gilmore estimated he.
had been in the water about an
hour when brought to the surface.
Thlc body lay on the bottom of the
well in 20 feet of water.
Dr. N. L. Mauroner was among
the 250 spectators who had gather
ed to watch and participate in the
rescue and helped with the efforts
to revive the child. Coroner Allen
Walker ruled the death was acci
dental resulting from drowning or
a blow on the head received in the
fall.
According to reports of the ac
cident, the child’s mother, who
has JfnotheY biby two 4eeks old,
had sent Roland to a neighbor’s
after some cake pans. When he
failed to return, a search was be
gun and the well was thought of as
the likely place. Mrs. Cheshire
Webb was in the vicinity, noted -
the search around the well, and
returned to Hillsboro and notified
the Fire Department, from which
a.general alarm was sounded...
The well in which the boy lost
his life was said to be covered
only about three feet above the
ground with only a piece of tin
left over the top. According to re
ports, there are two other wells
in the same area covered about
the same way. I
Chapel Hillian
Heads Club
CHAPEL , HILL — Edward T.
Brown, Chapel Hilt, was elected
president of the newly formed
Graduate Education Club af the
University of North Carolina at
the organization’s first official
meeting last week in Graham Me
rriorial. ■ •*
Other officers elected were Ar
thur O. Linskey, Chapel Hill, vice
president; Mrs. boris Smith, Chan
el Hill, secretary;* and Carlton W.
Sprague, Chapel Hill, treasurer.
Mary Jo Rader, Miami, Fla., was
chairman of the nominating com
mittee.
The work of the new Club will
be devoted to the promotion of
professional goals for graduate ed-,
ucation students and a more co
hesive social atmosphere among its
members.
will fie "fie
Willard Swiers and A1 Young, all
of Chapel Hill, will have charge
of entertainment at the March 9
meeting.
Freeland To Speak
At New Hope Meeting
This Saturday evening, March 6,
at 7:30 o’clock, the Rev. Paul Free
land, Secretary of Overseas Re
lief and Inter-Churcti Aid will
speak at New Hope Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. Freeland re
turned from a trip abroad on No
vember 2. He was sent out by , the
Southern Presbyterian Church in
i the interest of displaced and
needy persons.