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j Ortnv* County , up with tho nows „v.r th» county by 7hs news •' cwnty TP NUMBER 25 HILLSBORO AND CHARSL HILL, EIGHT RAGES THIS WEEK _ [GROUND . • • A lot of jeem to want to know more „r new United States Sen m j Ervin Jr. ox Morgan |0 is succeeding the late , Hoey. ... It has long been an bat if you want to get any n politics you must first be r it looks as if Senator profession, experiences, on, interests, and politics o into virtually everything t in Western North Caro ourse, he belongs to the ar Assocation, is a member North Carolina State Bar, arican Bar Association, and sociation of Interstate Com Commis.-ion Practitioners. a? membership in the Amor ldicattire Society, the- Gen Jumni Association of the sity of North Carolina (pres j 194748), American Legion, ns of Foreign Wars. Dis Ameriean Veteran>, Society First Division, Army and region of Valor, tor Ervin is* a member and president of the Morganton s Club, the Morganton er of Commerce, the State •y and Historical Association, rn Historical Association, tan Historcial Assoeiat ion, he Society of Mayflower idants. the lodge and Greek bus le belongs to Sigma Upsilon, )elta Phi, Junior Order. Is of Pythias, Dokies, Knights >r and the Scottish Rite Ma 32nd degree). our other new U. S. Sena Kefi- Scott, Sam Ervin is ibyterian and also like the liver gentleman is an elder. )ly this will nark the first n history where we have had resbyterians representing us ! U J. Senate. ja joiner, then, you can see 5am J. Ervin Jr. qualifies— 4or any political role thrust him. pCATION . . . The new U. S k Graduated from the Uni b' of North Carolina the same P Kerr Scott finished at State p June of 1917. lio went into the service. Ilut Bed to' school after the war Muated at Harvard with a legree. He had received the to A.B. at Carolina. [R RECORD ... He served pnce with the First Division tthteen months during World I He was twice wounded in twice cited for gallantry in >■ and was awarded the French tuyere, the Purple Heart with Leaf Cluster, the Silver and the Distinguished Ser tross. . .. .. • . You heard a lot of ■ talk about age in the recent ■afy, about hoW we needed V men, men who would be v long enough to achieve sen ■ >n the U. S. Senate. l*y said W. Kerr Scott, born ■Pril 17, 1896, was too old. So ■ time came to name a suc ■r *° Clyde R. Hoey, a man Per than Scott was chosen. I® ^vin was born on Septem F> 1896, and thus our senior ■ °r will be from April to Sep |jer younger thah our junior ... How have his mem Ps- his education, his con ^ Panned out through the years J Ervin Jr.? ! represented Burke County in ^Kislatures of 1923, 1925, and was chairman of the e County Democratic Execu C°mmittee in 1924. He was -of the Morganton Graded l°,s- 1927-30. '0rn 1930 to 1937, our new sen Was a member of the State ocratic Executive Committee. Zsity of North .Carolina, ■f- 1945-46; Judge, ‘ Burke "y Criminal Court, 1935-37; North Carolina Superior (See ROUNDUP, page 2) **0r Ervin was a trustee of the n’ 1937-43. .- _1 : • * did our mutual friend, Hu lve Of Lexington, Sam Ervin THE NEW PLACQUE purchased by the Board of County Com missioner; as > tribute to the farm people winning the award of "County of, the Year in Rural Progress," has,arrived and will be installed in the corridor of the old courthouse. Chairman R. O. Forrest and County Agent Don Matheson hold the placque in the picture above The inscription reads: "In recognition of the farm people and agricultural workers of Orange County for winning the 1953" State Award, 'County of the Year in Rural Progress,' and for their donation of the prize money toward the beautification of the old courthouse - grounds, the Board of County Commissioners of Orang'.' County directs that this placque be, placed in the hall of * this Courthouse." Tobacco Crop Seen Best In Years At This Point I Gilmore Warns About Blasting Cap Dangers ! The warning "don’t touch a blasting cap" was sounded ves i terdav by Fire Chief George Gil . more in launching a broad safe ty campaign to protect children 'from blasting cap accidents tha' i last year blinded or maimed ov ! er 100 children and adults. Blasting caps are shiny, penci' sized metallic cartridges, which, when inserted into sticks of dy namite and" detonated by a burn ng fuse or electric charge, set iff the explosion. Caps in them selves are dangerous since they contain a powder charge that can M>t off by careless handling, -hock! or heat. When this hap pens fragments. from the cap’s disintegrating metal casing can puncture an eye, sever a hand, or. in extreme cases, cause death. ” Blasting caps, Chief Gilmore said, are needed to set off dyna mite to mine coal, build roads arid tunnels, drain swamps- and dear fields but,-, if carelessly handled and the caps fall into the hands of'boys and girls, serious injury can -result. ' Tf- yotr frnd V blasting cap, don t touch it. Call, a fireman.-police man, or sheriff. "They will know "hw -trr dispose of it safely, EXCHANGE CLUB TO HOLD NAPKIN SALE The Hillsboro Exchange Club will hold a napkin sale on Tues day evening, June 29, with mem bers calling on the homes. Full packages of first quality napkins for one dollar will be offered. Everyone is urged to buy. Proceeds from this sale will R° > the club’s recreation fund for he rOBACCO DISEASE CLINIC HILLSBORO—Dr. H. R- Garriss rom State College Extension Ser rice will be at Chandler's Store, ^edar Grove, Thursday, July L rom 2 until 5 o’clock for tne nur liseases which farmers in the ,ose of identifying any tobacco ounty have. » • . . . Tobacco farmers are invited to .ring any diseased plants to this :linic for identification and rec unmended control. •HLEY FISH FRY ON 3RD The annual Fourth of July fish v at Schley, an annual event r the past 30 years, will be Id this year ort Saturday July inasmuch as the Fourth fajg , Sunday. As always, the ouWjr ' invited to this enjoyable af ► Generous rains of the past 'week have caused tobacco and othei crops in Orange County to grow with a renewed vigor, report! County Agent Don Matheson. The needed rains have greatly pushet the tobacco crop and a maturity I is expected within the next thie< I weeks. Three rather he^vy rains withir four days amounting to well over fi’ve inches were followed by warm sunny weather after a day of over cast skies. Matheson says this i. just the thing for tobacco. Consensus is that the current leaf crop is the best at this stage of maturity in many years, in con I trast to opposite-conditions a year (ago. At this time in 1953, most growers barely had a stand and some were planting as late as the latter part of July. Almost everywhere the crop is -m-hmlthy condition, wt»h a good, even stand of plants. There has been some tendency for plants To button out" too low on the stalk as a result df the dry spell before the rains began, but this has no* dampened the generally favorable outlook. A number or growers nave iaiu by’” the crop and others will do so this week, Some observers predict that cur ing of the crop wll get underway on some farms in another two to three weeks if weather conditions continue favorable. Recent ranis have been sufficient, to provide, moisture for at least a week* or ten days, and during that time rapid, growth is expected to take place. Curing is already underway in the Border Belt and portions of Eastern North Carolina, where the outlook is described as equally as promising as in the Orange County area. The rains have been a big help for corn and for garden plots of vegetables generally. All in all, farmers at the moment are facing the best prospects they have ex perienced in many years. fiPsinfe , —? Visiting Ministers In Presbyterian Pulpit » Next Three Sundays Visiting ministers at the Hills boro Presbyteriaif Church during the next fewe weeks will be as follows. A June 27, Dr. R. J.wMcMuIlen, who is acting pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, will bring the message. July 4, Dr. T. A. Schafer of Duke Divinity School. July 11, Dr. Bernard Boyd, head of Dept, of Religion of U. N. C. The Rev. C. H. Reckards are spending their vacation in Hunt ington, W. Va. visiting with Mrs. Reckard’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Arndoiff. Some School* Lose Money On Lunches . school system’s 11 units drmtl » total of 333,081 half-pints of Milk during the past school year, pc to a consolidated rejl§H of lunchroom activities just c<*n-. pleted by the office of the Couftty superintendent. This is just one of the bits of statistical information contained in the report which shows that the 'unchrooms were operated at a loss of $57.78 during the year, tut the fund still is in the black hy $7,555.31 as a result of profits ad* cumulated in past years. Total expenses last year in the 11 schools amounted to $86,574.53. if which food purchases amounted to $54,152.83 and libor $22,020.44. Schools which went into the red in their lunchrooms were Efland, M .563.50; Carrboro. $491.48; West Hillsboro, $172.32; Caldwell. $20.20, and Inland Negro, $5.08. Largest profits were made by Hillsboro, $1,053.54, and Central at Hillsboro. $007.17. Students of White Cross ele mentary school had the highest record of participation jn the -hool lunchroom program—88%. Other high participation schools were Efland with 83% and Mur phey with 82%, both all-elemen tary schools. On an average 508 tudents ate lunches daily at Hills boro with 184 at Aycock for par ticipation averages of 59% and '15%, respectively. Milk was supplied., exclusively •v T nng Meadow Farms at a cost if 8V4C per half-pint. Students in the Orange -ire Destroys Home Of Tapps Near New Hope The two-storv home of Mr. and J Irs. Foster Tapp on the New lope-Chaoel Hill road at Black "ood Station was completely de droyed by fire last Sunday short 'v after 12 o’clock. Nothing was saved from the Mazing structure and the proper ty was not insured, according to informants. A daughter of the Tapps was the only occupant of the house when the fire broke out. She was led to safety by. another daugh ter who discovered the fire upon her arrival at the home from church. Mr. Tapp was sa^d Jo have been, at a .nearby barn when the fire was discovered. The Orange County rural fire department answered the call to the fire but the fire was too in *ense upon its arrival for effec tive work except in the saving of outbuildings. The local department answered two other alarms this week, both on Tuesday afternoon, at the Fry er’s Stave Mills where the saw dust pile was ablaze. U . .-. ' PRESBYTERY TO MEET Representatives of all Presby terian Churches in the county will be among the atte|iders at the meeting of Orange Presbytery at New Hope Church today. A report of the commissioners to the General Assembly, one of whom wtos Hillsboro’s Clarence D. Jones, and a memorial to the* late Rev. Carl Craig, a native of this county and the New Hope Community, are among the items on the agenda for the day. Second Primary For Sheriff's Post To Be Held On Saturday Lloyd Senter (loft) presents a gift from the congregation of the Carrboro Baptist Church to the Rev. Olin T. Binkley, supply pastor foi the church for the last six months, at a recaption held Sunday night at the cHurch .for him and Mrs. Binkley. Tennessee Minister Is Called 'i * ■ , To Carrboro Baptist Pastorate The Rev. Henry Brown Stokes. Carolina alumnus and pastor of the Baptist Church of Hartsville. Tenn., has been called to the pas torate of the Carr boro Baptist Church. The call was issued by unani mous vote of the congregation at a business meeting after last Sun day morning’s worship services. If accepted, the call would become effective on September 1. The church has been without a regular minister since December 1 when the Rev. Troy Jones resigned to accept a call to the Four Oaks Bap tist Church. Since then, the Rev Olin T. Binkley, former pastor of the Chapel Hill Baptist Church and now on the faculty of South eastern Baptist Theological Somi naify in Wake Forest, -has—been supplying the pulpit of the church Mr. Stokes is a native of \Vin ston-Saleqi, arid went to College S? Wake* Forest and the University of North Carolna, from which he was graduated in 1938 Following his discharge from the service during World War II. he entered Southern Baptist Theological Sem inary in Louisville. Ky., from which he was graduated several years; ago. • Since then he has held his pas torate in Hartsville, Tenn He i .married and has two young child ren, a baby daughter and a son Mr. Stokes preached at the v or ship services in Oarrboro On June 6 and was honored at a picnic supper at the church that evening. This Sunday the pulpit will be supplied by Dewitt Meyers, a Wake Forest divinity student. Following the evening worship servees last Sunday a reception was held for the Rev. and Mrs. Binkley in the church parlor, snon sored by the Friendly Class of the Suirday School. Mr. Binkley preached his final sermon as sup ply Dsstor for the church last Sunday. Lloyd Senter presented him a gift from the conggregation con taining a number p( personal Items and a $50 savings bond as a token of their appreciation for his ser vices Mrs K B Todd, class presi dent, and Mrs Willie Perry, teach er, were in charge of the affair __«*._._ COMMUNITY MEETING HILLSBORO All Rural Progress leaders from Bethlehem, Orange Chapel, Orange drove, and White Cross communities are requested to meet at the White.Cross Com munity Center Tuesday night, June 20, at 8 o’clock for the purpose of receiving bonus tickets and other Tnsfruclioris ~T(> be~carried to all the farm families in their respec tive commuriities. LIONS INSTALLED Dr Fred Isaacs of Durham, newly elected Governor of Lions District 3I-C, was the principal sneaker at Tuesday's meeting of the Hillsboro -Club Following; his address, the new governor conducted installation t ites for the new dub officers: Paul Carr, president; C. B. Paris, R O Forrest and Fred Blake, vice presidents;, Ted Smith, sec retary Charles Craword, ' lmt tamer; Bari O’Neal,’ tail twister and Odell ,Minnis, Dr. H. W. Moore- F. E, -Joyner and C. I). Jones, “directors: DOCTOR'S NUMBER Dr. Robert J. Murphy has mov ed his family to Hillsboro, where they are residing in the okl Hayes hoi^se at the eastern end of King Street at the corner of Boundary Street. His new home telephone number is 2051. Hillsboro Volunteer Women Have Contributed mmmm <* f«A/% ■ ■ | a • mm f | •_ I* f ay 1,500 Hours Service To Hospitalized Veterans HILLSBORO — A group of Hillsboro Women, working with the Veterans Administration Vol untary Service on a plan for community participation in the orogram for hospitalized veter ans, will soon complete one year of service. Up until the first of May, some 20 regular volunteer workers have contributed 1,500 hours since last September. In addition to this, volunteers from the fol lowing organizations have con tributed comfort items. Christ mas gifts and forms'* of recrea tion for the hospitalized veterans. Methodist Church, Presbyterian Ouirch, Baptist Church, Schley, St. Mhry’s and# Cedar Grove Granges. The Exchange and Lion’s Club and the American Legion. The American Red Cross has a trained group of “Grey Ladies,” who have also received training from the Veterans Administra tion. The “Grey Ladies” give a regular service of three hours each week at the hospital. Mrs. Felit Forrest now heads this group. Members are: Mrs. Robert Forrest, Mrs. Curtis Scott, Mrs. J. W. Dickson, Mrs. Juanita Mit chell, Mrs. H. W. Moore, Mrs. Al len Walker, Mrs. J. A. Whitaker, Mrs. Ben Johnston, Mrs. Marion Roberts, Mrs. Oscar P-\<-sley, Mrs. George Gilmore, Mrs, W. Fry rer, Mrs: Fred Grey, Mrs. Alice '■ a' . ■ " Cates, Mrs. H. H. Brown, Miss Flora Spurgeon, Mrs. Calvin Ra^ and Mrs. B. E. Beck. Mrs. Ed Laws works regularly with the American Legion Hospital Ser vice. The V. A. Hospital needs vol unteers to work as information | desk assistants. These volunteers | need not necessarily come once a week and may work at night every other Wednesday from P to 8 o’clock. Ant one interested may contact either Wilson, Cole, I who is chairman of the Orange [ County Red Cross or Mrs. Felix Forrest,’ chairman of Volunteer , Service. Ladies interested in be coming “Grey Ladies" may con tact Mrs. Forrest. - 3,000 To 3,500 Vote Foreseen; Several Issues Emerge In Race A heated contest for Sheriff* which* has generated considerable local interest, but with little pros pects for a heavy vote, will be decided in the second Democratic primary to be held throughout Orange County on Saturday. Polls will be open at the county’s 19 voting precints from 0:30 a m. to 6:30 p.m. The selection of a party nomi nee for Sheriff is the single issue to be decided in Saturday’s elec tion. Odell H. Clayton of Hillsboro, a former deputy sheriff who was the leader of a field of four is the first primary on May 29. is opposed by Frank Maddry of near Chapel Hill, a present deputy of Sheriff S. T. Latta. Clayton led Maddry by 441 votes' in the first primary and Maddry! called for a runoff from his bed at home in the Orange Church section of the county, whore he was still confined following a se ries of heart attacks which placed him in Watts Hospital on May 10. Maddry remained at Watts until May 30 and then had been con fined to his bed «t home until early this week when he was able to take hjs first ride into the county. , ~ In repeated statements to the, press from his bed, Maddry has in I sisted he would be physically able to handle the sheriff’s job witfiiii a few months, but his physical condition nevertheless has been one of the major issues of the campaign. A continuation of Jhe influence ana policies oi .wrm Latta in the operation of the de 1 fjimet haa alao become -en issue | because of the present sheriff’s strong backing of Maddry In the southern part of the county, the figure of big Albert Pendergrass, a present Latta dep uty and avowed supporter nf( Maddry, was shoved into the pic ture when he failed to turn in. funds collected for serving papers' for over a year and then crashed the headlines of Durham daily newspapers with a charge, of “nasty politics” against the Clay ton forces, at the same time out ting himself squarely in the Maddry camp by declaring his supoort Pendergrass has been with Maddry in his drive into the county this week. fn the first primary Maddry! support came largely frbm Chapel Hill, where he carried three, pre cincts, Carrboro, and the rural pre cincts south of the Southern rail road which divides the county Clayton, derived his greatest strength from Hillsboro and the rural precincts north of, the rail road. Since the area to the south ] cast L3 more votes than that to the north in the first primary’, the disposition of the 1,300 votes cast for Charles Johnston, the., third candidate, may be the deeMing factor in the second runoff. John son has said he will vote for Mad drv. Political leaders' for the most part have declined to take active parts in the current sheriff’s race, with the exception of Latta A vote of 3,000 to 3.500 is ex pected if weather conditions re main favorable. SUIT IS FILED A suit for $52,812.50 has been1 filed in Durham Superior Court aganlst Dwight Walters of Hills boro in which Fred M. Billings al of having been Hf over the heatf" with a metal ash try by Walters] on the night of December 31 NAMED TO BOARD Dr. Norman Lee Mauroner of the Hillsboro Clinic has been ap pointed to serve as a member of i the Board of Directors of the Durham - Orange County Heart Association for a two year term. Duke Seeks 90 Percent Drop In Tax Value HILLSBORO — Spokesmen for Duke Power Company and the Board of- County Commissioners met yesterday afternoon to discuss the power company's claim for a reduced valuation on its steam plant in Eno township. The company, in discussions with Adolph Pell of the. J._ M. Clemin- * shaw Company, who did the, re- ' valuation work, has requested a ftO'r functional depreciation al lowance on the steam plant which is used as a standby plant only _ now. The Cleminshaw company placed the total real and personal prop erty valuation on the plant at $2,324,292 Should the request of BOG be allowed, the reduction would be brought down to $232, 429. The plant and equipment had previously been valuated at $990, <&0 J.'C. McGowan, one of the firm’s assistant general counsels from Charlotte, was scheduled to pre sent the Duke request at yester day’s session. -3-. . Miss Crabtree Gets Award Of HD Club • ' ,‘i*-. ' , Miss Peggy Jean Crabtree, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Marti$ Crabtree of Cedar Grove, has be/i awarded $50 presented by the Home Demonstration Club of Ce dar Grove for being chosen the senior girl at Aycock High School showing the most outstanding abil ities in the field of home econom ics. Miss Crabtree, salutatorian of her class, also received a second award as the most outstanding home economics student in the school and was placed on the I Dare You honor roll sponsored by the Danforth Foundation. CHOIR FETED AT SUPPER The choir ’of the Presbyterian Church was honored with a fried chicken supper at- the Colonial Inn last Thursday, given by the Men’s and Women’s Bible Classes for their fine service tq the church. Mr and Mrs. Joe Hughes repre sented the classes. The Rev. C. H. . Reckard was also present.' Supper was served to the following choir members Mrs! Scott Cates, Mrs. Fred Cates Jr.., Mrs. Robert Cope laid, Mr's. T. P: Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones, Mrs." Ben Johnson, Mrs. Mary Cole, Mrs. J. W Dickson, Sidney Green, Mrs. Oliver Clayton, and Miss Knox Jones. NINE LOCAL ROYS INDUCTED Mrs. Gloria Cox released the fol lowing list of local boy* who left for induction into the Army Tues day, Jun? 22: Kearney Butner Rogers, Herman Lloyd Gravette, S*nr“" Richard Albert, Isaiah Norris Fop shee. Cleveland G o r h a.m and Charles Wesley ITilley. r. MARS HILL BAPTIST CHURCH TO CELEBRATE HOMECOMING The Mars Hill Baptist Church will have their homecoming day this Sunday, June 27. ' __ V Car Rolls Five Times, One Seriously Driving back from work at the Western Electric plant io Burling ton last Wednesday, Henry Cope land of White Cross struck an un usually slick place in the high way. His oar left the road and, turned over five times. ■] Mr. CopeTand WIS s jured about the chest and in the hospital. But two who were ridia* with him lously escaped for minor cuts, ie Pitch of . 3 ? ** a e
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