HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL M||.L, N. C,
^Tof Or«ns# County
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ing THE NEWS of
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THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1954
TEN PAGES THIS WEEK
JoTES ON ALVIN. . .Don’t
t scheme - dreaming in your
-jnng about Alvin Wingfield’s
Esion to run for the If. S. Sen
Eerr Scott didn’t have anything
do with it It would suit Scott
[right if nobody were running
ept him and Sen. Alton Len
l you may be sure that neither
Lion nor any of his folks were
Jon the decision. They would
L much preferred that Wing
Id stay out of it . *
Yell, you ask then just what
Opened? Nothing, really, out
of Wingfield’s mind. He just
tided he wanted to be the Jun
T U. S. Senator from North Car
La. Anything wrong with that?
Is free, white, and of age. He
jj, apparently, the $250 filing
Don’t try to read any deals,
cloak . and • dagger - smoke
|ed rooms plans into the state
nt. There were none. There are
Scott people were at first pleas
with the announcement They
[ are mot too unhappy about it.
House of Lennon was seen to
ay slightly like a tall pine in a
ky breeze. But it recovered
dckly enough. Its recovery be
ne complete when Wingfield’s
ke County Courthouse talk
attracted 63 people last Fri
night.
tie Lennon people feel, that
jlngfield’s entry may push the
ntest into a second primary,
kere are four men — not all of
em bad, either — running be
lles Scott, Lennon, and Wing
bid. They are Olla Ray Royd,
pom you have no doubt heard
before, A. E. Turner, H. L.
krinkle, and W. M. Bostick.
o 11 nHnrctanfl tkot
WW to sp*nd .r<omi ecw and
at Sprinkle has plenty to spend
[he wants to, so don’t 6ell these
lllows short just because you
kve never heard of them. Ten
lars ago you didn’t even know
Idlai Stevenson existed, and .now
ok.
I Anyway, Lennor^ people say
■ere will be a second Primary—
hd thaffs just the briarpatch
ey’re looking for.
I BURGEON . . . With spring
i’sting out all over and moment
[is things in the air for education
North Carolina and elsewhere,
fere is a word with which all
D°d Tar Heels should become
Jmiliar — and an interesting sto
in connection with it.
Ever heard of “burgeon”?
hances are you have not in all
t>ur born days uttered the word
ordinary conversation. Odds
fe Just as great that you have
ever heard it used except possi"
^ *n some address.
Well, a burgeon is a bud. To
urgeon is to commence growth
the bud. The word has become
eeuliarly north Carolina’s be
ause one man made it famous 40
ears ago. It ranks in importance
[ght along with “equal”, “inde
endence”, and ‘freedom” with us
• oiace. iiov. Hilaries d. Ay
pleaded in one of his speech
s for 'the equal right of every
hild born on earth to burgeon
ut all that is within him.”
But it wasn’t until some 20
ears after his death that child
en of tobacco growing Colum
Us, for instance, had school fa
’lities equal to those available
>'«e tjhfltfren oF tobaectr- in
1 aoturing Forsyth. This came on
1 after the State took over the
chools 20 years ago.
And the burgeoning in many
r°as has been retarded until re
ently because of inadequate:
c oolhouses. Many a county in
ls State neglected their school
gildings for colored children un
1 'he State first appropriated
“nds and voted bonds for school
"ants in 1949.
QUOTES.,. .Writing in the News
>nd _ Observer last Week, Column-j
s Marguerite Smethurst said she |
yas surprised to- find , in “The
j ' and Speeches of Charles B.
yeock” by Clarence Poe and R.
(See ROUNDUP, page 2)
V*' '>VV . ... . .
Public Invited
To Hear Talk
By Brownell
CHAPEL HILL _ The eener.1
public has been issued a cordial
invitation to attend the address
of Attorney General Herbert
Brownell in Memorial Hall tomor
row night at 8 o’clock and after
wards the reception in the newly
renovated main lounge of Graham
Memorial Student Union.
Following the speech, which is
being sponsored by the Carolina
Forum, a non-partisan speaker
presentation agency of the Uni
versity Student Body, there will
be a question-and-answer period
in which members of the audi
ence will have the opportunity
to ask the Attorney Genarel any
questions they might haye.
He will be introduced by Dean
Henry Brandis of the University
Law School. Forum Chairman Joel
L. Fleishman, Fayetteville, will
preside.
A native of Nebraska, Mr.
Brownell was graduated from the
University of Nebraska in 1924 and
the Yale Law School in 1927.
While at Yale he was editor-in
chief of the Yale Law Journal.
Mr. Brownell is a member of
the American, New York State,
and the City of New York Bar As
sociations. He is a member ofPhi
Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Sigma
Delta Chi, Phi Delta Phi/and the
Order of the Coif.
He began practice of law in 1927
with the New Y*rk City law firm
ol Root, Clark, Buckner, Howland
and Ballantine. In 1929 he became
associated with Lord, Dayt and
Lord, New York City, and-was a
member of that law firm frijm 19
32 until January, 1953. He wa©
elected to the New York State Leg
islature in 1932 and served five
terms.
From 1944-46 he served as chair
man of the Republican National
Committee.
He is Honorary General Coun
sel of 'the American National Red
Cross. -
Miss Goodwin
On Red Cross
Duty In Africa
STUTTGART, Germany — Miss
Jacqueline Goodwin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Goodwin, j
Sr., of Hillsboro, has reported for |
duty as a worker at the American
Red -Cross recreation center soon j
to be opened at Port Lyautey,
French Morocco, for if. S. sfirym^l
men stationed at and near that j
North African seaport.
Miss Goodwin joined the Red |
Cross staff immediately upon her
graduation from the Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North,
Carolina at Greensboro in Jan
uary. ' j.
Port Lyautey’s recreation cen
ter will be the second to be set
up by the Red CCross for U. S.
servicemen in isolated locations
in Europe and North Africa’ where
other diversion is limited. The
first, at Chateauroiix. France, was
opened February 14.
Future Homemakers'
'Daddy-Daughter' Date
Held At Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove—The Aycock Fu
ture Homemakers held their an
nual “Daddy-Daughter Date” last
Tuesday with a Chuck Wagon Sup
per.: A supper, of baked 'beans,
slaw, hot dogs> crullers and cof
behind a
covered wagon, we*
After the meal the group was j
entertained by talented Future j
Homemakers. Frances Tate acted
as Emcee. Betty Walters did a
song and dance act, ‘‘Tennessee:
Wig-Talk”, Joyce Woods did a;
pantomime based on “D^rk Town
Strutters Ball.” The* Senior girls
led by Anne Wilson, did a special
arrangement of ‘‘On Top of Old
Smokey.” I
As a climax to the evening.:
Peggy Roberts, assisted by Frances i
Tate and Elizabeth Talley, direct-j
ed a game, “Two* foV. the Peanuts” j
an adaptation of “Two for the,
Money” using raw; peanuts for j
the. pay off. Seventy dadd.vs and
daughters were present. and the
affair was considered quite a suc
cess.
* BONNER b. SAWYER
County Bar
Group Forms;
Elects Sawyer
HILLSBORO — Members of the
the Colonial Inn in Hillsboro last
Friday night, for the purpose of
Orange County Bar gathered *■ at
reactivating^ tjje Orange County
Bar Association.
The objectives of organization
are to facilitate the disposition of
cases for trial,(in Orange County,
to promote public relations and. to
provide a medium for expressing
the concerned opinions of the Bar
Association in matters of public
interest. *
In attendance were Bonner D.
Sawyer, Jerry B. Stone and Lloyd
Noell, attorneys of Hillsboro, and
John Q. LeGrand, Marshall E.
Cline, Charles B. Hodson, James
R. Farlow, L. J. Phipps, William S.
Stewart,-Roy M Cole and Emery
B. Denny, attorneys of Chapel Hill.
E. M. Lynch, Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Orange County,
was also present as an invited
guest of the members.
After enjoying a delicious steak
dinner the members elected Bon
ner D. Sawyer of Hillsboro to be
President of the Association and
Marshall E. Cline of fhapel Hill
to be Secretary-Treasurer.
During the meeting there was
much discussion concerning the
best procedure for placing cases
on the calendar for the trial term
following the calendar meetings.
Reports were made by various at
torneys on the procedures follow
ed Jn other North Carolina-coun
ties. President Sawyer then ap:
pointed L. J. Phipps ,to act as
Chairman of the Calendar Com
mittee to be assisted by James R.
Farlow and John Q. LeGrand. Mr.
Sawyer is to act as an ex officio
member of the Committee.
Members of the Association
adopted a resolution endorsing E.
M. Lynch as a candidate for the
office of Clerk of the Superior
Court in the coming May election.
The next meeting of the Bar
Association will be held in Chapel
Hill sometime during the month
of April_:
FINAL RITES HELD
FOR E. CDPARNELL "
Funeral Services were held Sat-1
urday at the Carrboro . Methodist
Church for E. C. Parnell, 42, Carr
boro policeman, who died last!
rhursday at.his home. Burial was
in' Westwood Cemetery. I
New Street Lights To Make
Town Area 20 Times Brighter
Betty J. Hayes Candidate
For Register Of Deeds Job
A second candidate for the Register of Deeds post tad a sixth candidate for the Board of County
Coommissioners signed up with the Board of Elections this week as aspirants for nomination in the May
29 Democratic Primary. .
.These two, plus the entry of a candidate for constable in Chapel Hill township, were the only new
hats in the political ring.
Twenty-five year old Betty June
Hayes, assistant to the Register of
Deeds, yesterday announced her
candidacy to succeed her present
boss, J. E. Laws, and thus become
the first woman candidate for a
major political office in the coun
ty.
Miss Hayes’ announcement thus
was the first official indication
that the veteran official, who has
been Register of Deeds for the
past 12 years, would not be a
candidate for reelection. When
queried later, Mr. Laws confirmed
I ,_J H'l—JWIliei ■ II ' „ ' .. i.
Police Chief _
Hurt In 4-Car,
3-Man Crackup
HILLSBORO — Police Chief
Tom Roberts suffered a badly in
jured knee last Friday night a
bout 10 o’clock in an automobile
collision involving four vehicles
and three people on the streets
of Hillsboro.
The chief, travelling west on
Margaret Lane in his Ford Pick
up, was hit by Johnny Scott, Ne
gro resident of chapel Hill Route
2, heading East Oh Churton in a
Plymouth Coupe. After being hit
by the coupe, Mr. Roberts’ truck
careened into the automobile of
Postmaster Tom Bivins, who had
stopped at the edge of StfunPs
Esso Station waiting to make a U
turn, across the end of a gas tank
island, and into the automobile
of. J. W. Moore parked adjacent
to the side of Ray-O’Neal Motors."
The force of the blow cracked the
plaster in the garage office and
considerably damaged Moore’s
car.
Mr. Roberts’ truck was badly
damaged and the Chief has been
confined with injuries to his
knee.
OOP TICKET SLATED
Hillsboro A committee nam
ed by the Republican Party con
vention last Wednesday to seek
a slate of candidates wil meet
April 13 at the Carrboro Fire
man’s Hut at 7;36 o’clock. __
A small group of party mem
bers, meeting at the courthouse
last Wednesday, agreed to try to
get up a ticket of candidates and
a number of prospective candi,-’
dates were discussed along with
other issdes.. ,
the belief that he would not run.
He said he would later issue a pre
pared^ statement thanking the cit
izens for their support through
the years. He would give no indi
cation of his reasons for stepping
down and said he had no state
ment to make at this time in re
gard to his plans for the future.
In, announcing her candidacy,
Miss Hayes said: “Having worked
for seven years in the office of
Register of Deeds I feel that this
experience qualifies me to serve
the peoples of Orange County as
Register of Deeds. Your support
will be appreciated In the pemo
cratic Primary on May 29th."
The sixth candidate for Com
missioner is . Fred T. Reitzel, 41,
Cedar Grove township merchant.
Mr. Reitzel, who indicated his be
lief that the Board should be rep
resentative of all sections of the
county and gave this as one of
his major reasons for running,
said: “If elected, I will serve to
the best of my ability to fill the
position."
The candidate for Chapel Hill
township constable is John “Big
John” Rogers, 38, of Carrboro,
who operates a delivery service.
He emphasized he is seeking ; the
job on his merits and has “no
tie-up with any candidate for any
office."
Miss Hayes, who resides with
her mother, Mrs. Robbie Hayes,
on the Hillsboro Orange Grove
ro;\d, is a native of Wink, Texas,
having moved to Orange County
in 1941. She graduated from Hills
boro High School with the class
of 1947. Whije still in school she
worked temporarily for the Beg
ister of Deeds and was appointed
as the full-time assistant in Octo
ber 1947. Her grandparents, the
late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Plott,
were residents of Orange prior to
their deaths. __
Miss Hayes has been active in
the civic and church life of Hills
boro. Currently, she teaches a
Sunday School Class at the First
Baptist Church, Hillsboro, is as
sistant director of the church B.
T. U, and sings in the church
choir.
Mr. Reitzel is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. O. Reitzel of Hills
boro. He now operates Fred’s
Shell Service, on Highway • 49 be
tween Carr and' Vincent’s Cross
roads and has lived in this county
since he was 10 years of age. He
is a fonder master of the-Schley
Grange, paving held this post
when the grange won first place
(See CANDIDATE, page 6)
(s)EW MEMBERS OF HONOR GROUP—Newly elected members of the Junior Honor Society of Greens
boro Colleife are shown Above. From left to right are-front row, Patsy Martin, Hillsboro; Elizabeth Buie,
Biscoe; Faye Pritchard, Elizabeth City; Back row Hel n Stephens, Charlotte; Elizabeth Mustian, Kittrell;
Edith Marie Bowman, Randleman; and Jean Dail, Gr enville. Not pictured a«r Claudia Covington, Wades
boro; and Jo Ann Chavis, Charlotte. Other members ire Mary Lou Vaughn, president. Prospect, Va.; June
Bunn, Nashville; Jane Cocke, Ashevillef Eliza *
Mary Lee Wells, Greensboro.
7 .
BETTY JUNE HAYES
Scout Leaders
Set Meeting
At New Hope
CHAPEL HILL — The next
monthly meeting of Boy Scout
leaders of the Orange District will
be a combination cook-out and
coordination session to b<* held at
Camp New .Hope on April 8 at
6:30 p m.
Members of the district com
mittee will be joined at the cook
out by all scoutmasters, assistants,
^and members of all troop commit
tees in Orange County. Also in at
tandance will be W. D. Campbell,
president .of the . Qcconeechec
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
“Because of adequate indoor fa
cilities at Camp New Hope our
get-together out there will be held
regardless of the weather,” it was
announced by G. Paul Carr, of
Hillsboro, district chairman. Mr.
Carr indicated that Dr. Wilford
Gallagher, of Chapel Hill, will be
responsible for the evening’s
“food and.fun.”
Petition Asks
HILLSBORO—A petition signed
by some ‘50 residents- of High j
way 70-A from jts junction with I
Highway 70 at, Williams Triangle
Inn to Hillsboro requesting desig
nation of a 35 MPH speed limit
along this road has been forward-'
od to Commissioner of Motor Ve
hicles Edward Scheidt in Raleigh.
Mrs. J. M. Shope, president of!
the Community Club of that sec
tion, said the petition was Circu
lated by members of the club. |
In a foreword statejnent pre-1
ceding the signatures, the peti- |
tion stated: “At one time the
present speed limit was not ex
cessive, but now that so many
new' houses have been built on
this stretch, of 70 A, and the lives .
dangered, we feel it is imperative
for their safety that the speed be
-reduced to 35 miles per hour.”
Minstrel Show
Rehearsals On
HILLSBORO — The Exchange
Club’s “Ole Time Minstrel Show
of 1954“ will be staged at 8 P.
M. next Thursday and Friday
nights at the Hillsboro High
School Auditorium.
A large cast has been rehears
ing for the past week and it is
iovppctprf-thpt a hptter than yv^r
show will be presented this year.
35-Mile Speed
Duke To Install
New Mercury
Vapor Lights
r
HILLSBORO — A new street
lighting system which will increase
the amount of light in Hillsboro*!
downtown business section by at
least 20 times has been approved
by the Town Board and will be in*
stalled by Duke Power Company
as one of the first of its type on
; their vast network of lines.
Installation work is scheduled
to get underway tomorrow or
Monday and is expected to be com
pleted by the end of next week.
The heavy downpour of rain
prevented inauguration of the
work yesterday, 'a company offi
cial said.
According to C. B. Parris, local
Duke Power manager, the com
pany will Install, under a plan
Worked out with the Town Board
of Hillsboro, twenty two, 20,000
lumen Mercury Vapor La*^p^ ?
| new type of lighting develop^ S*
GE and especially adapted <for pri
mary traffic arteries $hd" business
streets justifying a high level of
illumination.
, Raleigh and one or two other
places in North Carolina on Caro
lina Power and Light Company
lines have installed this new and
highly efficient type of lighting,
but Hillsboro will be the second
town on the Duke system to have
it. Taylorsville was .the first.
Among the advantages are vastly
more illumination and more eye
comfort.
The new Mercury Vapor lumin
aires will be installed in the busi
ness section from the Colonial Inn
to Court Square on King Street
and from the bridge to the Con
federate Memorial Library corner
on Churton Street and will be
mounted on six-foot upsweep
brackets on the wooden poles now
carrying the electric lines. The 22
new lights will replace six 250
candlepower and three 400-candle
power lamps which now provide
all the light, except for store win
dows, in the area.
*1,000 lumen in light measure
ment corresponds to 100 candle
power* which means that Hills
boro’s new downtown street lights ’
will provide 440,000 lumen, or 44,
000 candlepower, as compared to
the present 2.700 candlepower.
Hillsboro’s former street lighting
cost the town $17.25 per month.
The new lights will cost an addi
tional $92 75 per month, or $1,320
annually.
Size 15 Thief
Robs Brown's
H|LLSBORO — A thief who *
knew exactly what he wanted in -
the way of clothes broke open the .>
front door at J. L. Brown St Sons
store Monday night and stole two
boxes of shirts, size 15„ several
pairs of work pants, some sox,
ties and pocket knives.
J. L. Brown Jr. said the thief
went through several boxes of
shirts to pick out the size 15’s he .
wtfnted and used the same selec
tive process in selecting the work
pants from several piles on the
counters.
found in the form of one third of
a tomato and wrapper from a coco
nut bar.
No clues as to identy of the
thief have yet been found.
5EEK MOTEL PERMIT
S. C. Forrest Jr of Efland and
James J Freeland of Hillsboro,
operating as the Chesterfield Mo
tel Company, this week filed an
application with the. Dirham City
Council for a permit to build a
iO-room motel estimated to cost
5150.000 just north of the U. S.
7.0 by pass near its intersection
with Avondale Drived •