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Orange County with tho nows r the county by E NEWS of E 61 NUMBER 16 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HII.L, N. C„ THURSDAY APRIL 22, 1954 ' Bm- ■ V™* » ■*111" ■ .. 1 mwwiiiin'ii —> Por quick, pray— results, •oil, buy, reht orget a fab by using tha classified ads on page 7 of THE NEWS af Orange County. EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK sat DRY... Although L is being said about it |Wj evidence is reaching |0f a vicious battle shap er a year he'hce between [forces and those favoring liquor. Lys feel better about the for three or four reasons, hey see a sign—though |o larger than a man’s hand »he tide may be turning [liquor: They couple this decision of several legis nown to be strong for the [e of alcohol not to become les for re-election. Along hese reasons for feeling is one connected with [That is they seem to be nore of it from somewhere, [obstacle the drys will have come is need of revenue, jis a big tax-gatherer. Bring I the-sheaves is one of-its nl occupations. Consequent [e who favor getting rid of preach greater economy in nent—at city, county, state, heral levels—or show where Jean be.1 raised to offset the [revenue which would r^ult Taking whiskey off Alcoholic ee Control shelves. LER-EST ... duller - dull so it is—this Scott-Lennon [that is. There seems to be am, no interest, and nothing candidate has been able to ferns to have attracted very | attention or excitement, don’t be misled. There is r of fire being built by each Look out for May. f... .Offices may close, the Jan may be home working rden, school may be out, with in the meadow and cows the lane, but there is one [around here that apparently I for nothing. It’s the State Museum, a divi j>f the N. C. Dept, of Agricul [Take Easter Monday, for ex Everything else around gh was shut tight—aflmost Christmas. But an announce came out in the papers last as follows: “The State am will be open on Easter pay, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.” hat way every holiday—week too. Id so we want to pay our pers to Curator Harry Davis, Mary Knight, his secretary, his assistant, Frank Meacham. te to Agriculture Commission Y. Ballentine: Stag, can’t you these folks take a little rest, [and then? They make us nor people feel lazy. )MMENDATION ... Several ks ago, incidentally, upon the Psion of the dedication of the ghts and Measures Testing pon here, Gov. William B. Um commended publicly the fine ice of Agriculture Commission lallentine. He praised Ballen for the cooperation his de cent had given the Governor’s Pinistration. - ie sharp compliments led to [comment that Stag Ballentine Tit be the man who can con flate and bring together again various elements of the De fcratic Party in North Carolina. PATCH IT... Keep an eye on FHA scandal now brewing in shington, for our private infor Mon is that it will make pikers the RFC rackets and the U. S. ^culture Dept’s grain mess. [Across parfy lines, will reach ipto virtually every state in nation, and—maybe—right fc'n into your own home town, lhat’s the way we heard it. 'OLKS AND EASTER... Kerr observed his 58th birthday er the weekend at his Haw River me with his wife, brothers, two ls and daughter. A^orney ^General and Mrs. Harry -Mullan spent the Easter holi ^ visiting relatives and friends Washington, N. C., their old metown. Senator 4Lennon spent Easter jh wife and kids in Wilmington, J ran up to Greenville, N. C., in e a^rnoon to appear on the big !W television station there being (See ROUNDUP, page 2) Board. Approves Bonds For Schools Formal Resolution Passed After Action By School Board Hillsborq—The Orange County Board of Commissioners, at a spe cial meeting Tuesday afternoon', formally approved a preliminary order authorizing the issuance of $65,000 in school building bonds to enable the construction of the new Cameron Park Elementary School in Hillsboro. This is the amount which the Commissioners may issue prior to July 1 this year withojut a vote of the people. The action Tuesday was taken in response to a resolu tion approved the same day by the Board of Education in which that body said it had “found as a fact that adequate school improve ments are not now available in Or ange County to comply with the constitutional requirement for the, maintenance of schools in Orange County six months in each year." The S65,000 bond money will be placed with $105,000 which hasj be£n held for1 this purpose as the Hillsboro allotment of the 1949 lo cal bond issue for schools and the $65,000 allotted from State Bond Issue for Schools, passed by vote of the people last Fall to construct the building on St. Mary’s road just east of the Episcopal Church. The next regular meeting of the Commissioners at 10 a.m. May 3 was set as the time when any citi zen or taxpayer can protest the is suance of the bonds. Final approval or disapproval will come at this meeting. Commisioners Sim L.‘ Efland, who voted against- issuing the bonds to build the Hillsboro School when the commissioners met ear lier this month, did not attend Tuesday’s meeting. The county’s current net debt for school purposes at this time is $1,022,000.. The School Board voted unani mously to request the bonds. Its resolution in part said: “The board of education has determined and found as a fact that adequate school improvements are not now available in Orange County to com ply with the constitutional require ments for the maintenance of schools In Orange County six months in each year, that it is necessary, in order to maintain such six months’ school term, to erect and' equip an additional school building in Hillsboro, and that it is estimated that the sum of $65,000 will be needed, with other available funds,'to provide such school building. “The Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange is here by requested to/take all necessary steps, by the issuance of bonds or otherwise, so that such school building may be provided.” . Sheriff Cuts Large Still The Orange County Sheriff’s Department destroyed a 180-gallon whiskey still in Cedar Grove town ship last Friday afternoon and poured out about 3,400 gallons of mash just ready to run. Located on the Jim Jordan place now owned by the heirs, the steam outfit was discovered by „ Sheriff S. IT. Latta and Deputy Carl Hur: ley Friday morning. Five Negro men were just beginning to fire up the boiler, heard the approach sheriff Latta returned with other leputies in the afternoon and de troyed the outfit. - The identity of the operators ould not be learned. dynamite suspect Hillsboro Police Chief Torn Rob- i erts found two sticks of dynamite at the corner of the Pope's 10c Store building Monday night and authorities later picked up for in vestigation a man reportedly seen with Tour sticks two days earlier. The man, whose identity was not | revealed, * is Bfeing~.qu£sU<>necMn ! connection with the theft several weeks ago of a quantity of dyna mite from the quarrying operation on Eno Mountain. No formal char ges have beei\ preferred. Election Board Names Officials In 18 Precincts HILLSBORO—IThe Board of Elec tions has appointed registrars to serve in 18 of the county’s 19 vot ing precincts for the next two years. The appointees will have the responsibility of conducting elec tions in their precincts during their term of office, with the judges representing both the Democratic and Republican pafties to be an nounced later. Only registrar position still un filled is that of the new Chapel Hill Precinct No. 2, which will have the American Legion Hut as its polling place. Registrationbooks will be open on -May 1 and remain open through May 15. r*: Registrars whose appointments have been certified by the Board and their precincts are: Chapel Hill: No. 1, Mrs. William Merrittr No. 3, Harold Walters; No. 4, Mrs. IreneH^roggs; Mrs. Lindsey Neville. Carrboro: W. Benson Ray. Hillsboro: H. G. Coleman Jr. Efland, H. K. Mayes; Rock Springs, Mrs. Manley Snipes; Pat terson, J. R. Whitfield; Carr, E. C. Compton; White Cross, Melvin Lloyd; Tolars,‘ Mrs. Hattie Slack; Cole’s Store, Mrs. Mitchell Lloyd; St. Mary’s, Mrs. Wallace Bacon: Cedar Grove, Mrs. R. E. Hughes; University, J. M. Harris; Caldwell, W. 0. Mincey; Cheek’s Crossing, Henry R. Heath. - Final Rites Held For Mrs. Copeland HILLSB6R0 — Funeral ser vices were held for Mrs. Bfary Teel Copeland, 76, "on Sunday aft ernoon at 4 o’clock from the West Hillsboro Baptist Church, conduct ed by the Rev. Warden E. Kerr, the Rev. J. F. Kernodlc and the Rev. Jack Reckard. Burial was in the Hillsboro cemetery. Mrs. Copeland died in*a Durham hospital Friday morning after an extended illness. ’ She is survived by her husband, L. L. Copeland of the home; three daughters, Mrs. H L Williams of Biscoe, Mrs. J W Dickson and Mrs Paul Ray, both of Hillsboro; six sons, W. L, Copeland of Gra ham, R. E. Copeland of Los Ange les, Calif., Norwood Copeland of Burlington, Clifton Copeland and Robert D. .Copeland, both of Hills boro, and Joe T. Copeland of San Diego, Calif.; two brothers, H. A. Copeland and the Rev. Z. B. Teel, both of Durham; and 10 grand children and three great-grand children Mist Sidney Ann Simt Miss Sims Wins Essay Contest In Two Counties Miss Sidney Ann Sims, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney .Sims of Hillsboro, has been named win ner of the essay contest held in Orange and Durham bounty schools under the sponsorship of the Durham County Committee of Colonial Dames. The committee ineludes Thein bers from both counties. Miss Sandra Faye Stephens of Bethcs da was also name!) winner, Both /-received prildstM $.3. Miss Sim’s essay on “Patrick Henry" will be entered in tne sttite contest spon sored by the North Carolina So ciety of Colonial Dames of Amer ica. She will be in competition then for one of two awards of $25 beirjg offered for the two best es says on “A Colonial Patriot," from the years'1730-1775. A committee of five Colonial Dames judged the 57* essays sub mitted. The contest was part of the Colonial Dames’ patriotic services program to arouse more interest among school children in the study of Ea?ly American HiS1 tory. Miss Sims is a student in Hills boro High School. Group To Quiz Candidates The Negro Division of the Of ange County Cooperative Project will hold a mass meeting at the Orange Couhty Court House on Thursday, April 29, 1954 starting at 8:00 p.m The purpose of this meeting is to give each candidate who has filed for a political office subject to ■the Democratic Primary of this -county an opportunity to make a public statement to the citizens of Orange County. All candidates are being contact ed by the Cooperative Projects Commitee. The public is invited to attend this meeting. Eleven Late Filers Bring Total Of Candidates To 31 Carrboro Leader Becomes 12th Candidate For Commissioner Dwight M. Ray, Carrboro mer chant and civic leader, filed his notice of candidacy for a seat on the Board of County Commissioners Saturday morning, eight hours be fore the close of the filing period, thus becoming the 12th candidate in the contest for the five places on the board. Ray was the last Democratic filer for a major county office to come in under the wire. If elected, said Ray, he will be the first Democrat cf Carrboro to serve in a county wide elective office. He said he consented to become a candidate only after being urged to do so by a large number of his fellow citizens. “My only interest in entering the commissioners’ race,” Tie"said, "is to' assure if possible the continuation of good, economical, level-headed county government which this county has enjoyed for many years." Ray is a native of the White Cross section- of Orange County and attended schools at White Cross, Oak Grove, Orange Grove and Chapel Hill High School. He is a-member of the Carrboro Bap tist Church apd has been in the hardware business in Carrboro for 32 years. Always active in civic affairs, he was registrar in Carrboro for 20 years, and has" been Democratic Precinct Chairman for 25 years.' He served three terms on the Town Board of Carrboro, two of them as Mayor pro-tem. He is president of the Carrboro Lions Club, chair man of. the Central School Com mittee of the Carrboro-White Cross district*, a member of the Board of Advisers of the CarrboFo Branch of .The Bank of Chapel Hill, and in World Y?&r II served on the local rationing'board. Thief Bores '• Into And Robs County School A thief with a brace and bit bored into the White Cross School on Highway 54 Tuesday and stole food from the lunchropm supplies valued from $200 to $300. An exact inventory was not im mediately available. Sheriff S. T. Latta is conducting an investigation of the crime. That the thief was a slap-happy artist with the brace and bit and unfamiliar with the school layout was plainly evident. He used a one inch bit to bore holes in each of three outside doors and one inside door to gain entrance to various rooms. Breaking a small glass pane would have enabled entrance in any of the three outside doors. Entrance was made through the front door into a classroom, through another outside door to the auditorium, through another outside door to the kitchen, and from the kitchen into an adjacent supply room. A one inch hole was bored into each door. BENEFIT A Brunswick stew, co-sponsored by the Caldwell Educational Asso ciation and the Caldwell Home Demonstration Club, will be given in the Caldwell School lunchroom this coming Saturday, April 24, 1954. Serving will begin at five thirty and continue through the early part of the evening. ,rit ^.jurtK FOUR QUARTET—One of the mist active of the singing organizatipns of the Hills boro aree is the Cooper Four, children of Mrs. Lu:inda Thompson Cooper, who will celebrate their third anniversary Sunday a^ernoon at 2 o'clock wi/h a public program at Central School. As with all | appearances of th<i quartet, there will be no admission charge but a collection witf be taken for a worthy cause. Last year .contributions at their anniversary program bought a $144 window for their church, the Mt. Zion A M.E., and $25:was spehfonthe new-parsonage. This year the collection will go Tor new doors for^the church and to improve the cemetery. The Four, Walter, Ruben, Ruth, and Marla," shown from left to right above, have been singing together for 17 years but it's their third anniver-. sary as a professional group. CALDWELLS TO SPEAK ' AT ST. MARY'S GRANGE The Orange County Pomona Grange will meet in open session at the St. Mary’s Grange .Hall, Monday night, April 26 at 8 o’ clock, with State Grange Master Harry B. Caldwell and Mrs. Cald well as guests of the Pomona Grange. They will give a trave logue of their trip last summer to Europe, where they took part in the International Agricultural Conference. The public is cordially invited to attend this meeting. School’ Plans , Career Week For Students Hillsboro—Career Week at Central High School will be held April 26r30. f B. C. Crews Jr., Director of Guidance has planned a wide and varied program for the Juniors and Seniors during that week. Speakers representing numerous occupations and professions will discuss with the students the ad vantages and disadvantages of their choseft occupations. The opening day speaker will, be G* P. Carr, Superintendent of Orange County Schools. His ad dress will be on, ‘‘The Importance of Choosing A Career Early.” Other areas to be discussed Mon day April 26, will be Beauty Cul ture, by Mme. J. Deshazor, of Durham; Barbering by A. €., Artis, of Durham; Homemaking, by Mrs. Anderson Morrow Sr., of llilsboro; and Mortury Science by N. Har geit of Greensboro. . The areas to be discussed Tues day April 27, are as follows: Li brary Science, Dr. Benjamin Smith, Nr G-College at Durhana;, Engineer ing—G. E. Gray, A&fT College, Greensboro; Insurance, W. A. Cle ment, N. C. Mutual Life Insurance Company, Durham; Teaching, Mrs. Norma Snipes, Chapel Hill; Medi cine, Dr. George Debnam, Raleigh; Law Attorney, M. Hugh Thompson; and Careers in Science, Harold II. Webb, Hillsboro. Wednesday April 28, will be visiting day. This day will be spent visiting places of vocational and educational Interests in Dur faun^Thursday, ,APtil 29, will be “College Day”. On "this day we will hear representatives from the fol lowing schools: Durham Business College, N. C. College of Durham, Shaw University, St. Augustine’s College of Ftaleigh, A&T College and Bennett College of Greens boro, and Johnson C. Smith Uni^. versity of Charlotte. To climax the week’s activities, the final speaker, R. D.. Russelli Counselor, North Carolina College at Durham will address the entire student body. Two students -will also participate on the program. Misses Maggie McAdOo and Mary Vafthooke will speak on the subject “My Chosen Vocation^ and Why I Choose It.” GOP Files Partial ■* Slate; Lynch, Uinstead, Walker Are Unopposed Six more Democrats and five Republicans got their names in the political pot as candidates for county offices before the filing period closed Saturday at 6 p.m. Their entries' brought to 26 the number of Democrats and five the number Of Republicans who are seeking offices this-year. Since no more than one Repub lican is seeking any office there will be no Republican Primary, but their names are certified as the candidates of their party in the General Election next November. The end of the filing period also left a number of Democratic can didates without opposition in the May 29 Primary. Among them are John W. Umstead Jr., legislature; Edwin M. Lynch, Clerk of Superior Court; Allen TI. Walker, coroner; C. W. Stanford, Board of Educa tion; and the following township office candidates: Constables, John Rogers, Chapel Hill; Burl Melton, Hillsboro; Carson Thomas, Cheeks; Justice of Peace, Fred Di’xon, Chapel Hill. Walker, Melton, Thomas, and Dixon filed as Democrats on the final day, along, with Dwight Ray, Carrboro hardware and furniture dealer, who was the twelfth man to enter the race foi1 County Com missioner. Republicans among the late fil ers were Thayer Lloyd of Chapel Hill, for Register of Deeds: Louis Sparrow of Chapel Hill for Sheriff; Mrs. Doris. McAdams of Carrboro for Clerk of Court: and A. G. Craw ford and E. A. Neville of Carrboro for County Commissioner. Primary Contacts r Following is a list of the Demo cratic Primary contests: For C o u nT.? Commtfcsionei: R J. M. Hobbs, Edwin S. Lanier, and Donald M. Stanford, Chapel Hill; H. Broadwell, Hillsboro; Dwight Ray, Carrboro; Henry S. Walker, St. Mary’s; Bryant Berry, Cedar Grove; Sim Efland, Efland; Hugh Wilson, Orange Grove; G.^P. Sykes, Bingham Township; Fred Reitzel, Cedar Grove Township; apd Lloyd Hopkins, Caldwell com munity. For Sheriff: Odell H. Clayton, Hillsboro; Charles Johnston and Frank Maddry of Chapel Hill; and Willie Laws of Hillsboro, Route 3. For Register of Deeds: Archie G Williams of Efland and Betty June Hayes of Hillsboro. Hillsboro Nine Tops Durham County, 16-1 Hillsboro— The Berry twins—Coy ar.d Roy—went on hitting sprees" ' here Tuesday afternoon to pace Hillsboro’s undefeated Wildcats to a smashing 16-1 victory over Dur ham County. It .was the sixth straight District (Three; Glass AA'win for Hillsboro apd the team's 10th victory with out a loss for the entire season. Coach Glenn Auman' boys rip ped into Durham County pitching for 13 hits and it was the Berry boys who paced the attack. Coy Berry second baseman rap ped out a home run, and three dou bles in four official trips to the plate to drive in a booming total of seven runs. It was one of the greatest schoolboy performances of the season in this area. Meanwhikvhis twm brother Roy, who catches, slapped oVif two sin gles in two trips for a perfect day at the bat. APPRECIATION AWARDS (The Texas Oil Company paid tribute to two of its Orange County dealers when appreciation awards were presented at the annual Spring meeting of the company in Greensboro Tuesday night. They were G. M. Long of Cedar Grove, who received a 25-year award in the form of a diamond studded lapel pin and plaqtie, and H. F. Watkins of Hillsboro, who received1 a 15-year appreciation plaque.
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