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For quick, proven rM*M%|9 aril. buy. rent or get a lob by using the classified ads on page 1 of THE NEWS of Orange County. # EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK KIDD m/;t R‘5 jlG JOB The new full-tine t t0 the North Carolina “ratic Executive Committee , have one of the biggest jobs ,e state and, potentially, She important. Sou can understand why it is r sought by umpteen men and ,en in North Carolina and in iington when you realize that position could lead ultimately [my level of' State officialdom, ler of the place will have to the straight and narrow be ^ the liberals and the con utives in the Democratic Party, much accomjflished, every l else will be easy, feeling around here is that Chairman John Larkins has j given full freedom to choose r person he wants for the place, i appointment should be made iin 200 days and may come as prise to many a Democrat in Carolina. - ——J John Larkins taking over trains as chairman of the Demo tic Party in this State, we are made to see that he :s the horse. Someday he should be by something other than1 ! work. ok for the full-time assistant i somebody over 28 and under tLD ISLE . . . BenvDoug g Dave Holton, and L. R. Fisher, | of whom you have read about i column before, have bought on the new - resort develop1 Emerald Isle, which is just e beach from Atlantic Beach (located near the fishing village liter Path in Carteret County, lots adjoin each other and | doubt the welkin will ring for r when they join forces in gen hospitality. good will, and play on Emerald Isle, lith the ocean on the front and I sound in the back, this portion' i beach is as beautiful as can found ahywhere. fl memory kes not, this section of the ula lies adjacent to the old dore Roosevelt property, teports are that Wyatt Taylor, for several ^ears has been ■sting as manager of the Ra YMCA camp on the ocean, 1 closed the deal for purchase | some of the Roosevelt family erty for another summer development of Emerald Hr just another indication of t fabulous snreading-out of the ’** all along our Atlantic rThe wilderness opens; it is t ® the markfct, and within a c or two a modern ocean village |h full swing,..’ ' ■_ •ISEASE .... To medical state which say that alcoholism sease, we are provided this ¥ which is passed along here interesting rebuttal and not ■Uy as a personal opinion— it is pretty rich: alcoholism is a disease: it is °oiy disease that is contracted act of will. It is the only which is advertised It is only disease that requires a _5e to propagate it. It is the disease which is bottled and J It is the only disease wiO ut n or virus cause, and for there is no corrective medi ■ It is the only disease that ■tes nearly a half-million out to spread, it. It is the only 8 which is habit-forming. It only disease that produces germ • 1955 Legislature may be con M with these and similar ar . . . Dave Holton, head LZ* ^*v*sion of Purchase a.id has not only bought a °n Emerald Isle, he’s mov , 0 ^oleigh. He will also be on . Water here, living on Lake RRETE MIXER . . . R looks , the Brewers are destined to 'One residing in our barn for time to come. For several 1 we had been -trying to get ^ ®ent dug—but a little of r™nng had happened before c°ncrete mixer came along. A ff* ROUNDUP, page 2) Paul Cheek New Acting Postmaster Has Served 31 Years In Postoffice Work J. Paul Cheek, native of Orange County and a veteran^ of 31 years postal service, was Monday formal ly sworn in as acting postmaster of Chapel Hill. The job has been vacant since the death of Wiliam S. Hogan, postmaster for 15 years, last Slay 6. H. D. Strowd, assistant post master, has been carrying out the duties of the postmaster since then. The appointment has been ex pected momentarily for many weeks It was made formal this morning when a post office in spector came here to check post office records and officially turn over the job to Mr. Cheek, who is the senior Republican in the local^ post office at present. In fact, Mr. Strowd is the only one of Hie 35 employees in the local post office who was working there when Mr. Cheek first started his postal employment as a substitute clerk here in 1924. He will stand-a good chance of getting a permanent appointment as postmaster to' this office when a civil examination is given for it, as appears likely now. The son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cheek, he was born near White ‘Cross and educated in Chapel Hill public schoois and at the Uni vefsity here. He worked in the Chapel Hill post office for 15 years until transferring to the Ra leigh post office in 1935. In 1940 he returned to the local post of fice staff. He has worked lr al most every job in both the lia A $19,000 contract for exten sion of sewer lines in Carrboro ~ was awarded to Roy M. Home' wood on Saturday. The contract, 'approved by the town commis sioners, provides for completion of the work in 120 days. It will extend sewer sen ice to about 50 households, approxi mately 30 inside the town limits and 20 outside. About 4.700 feet of new lines will be laid on the Hillsboro and Graham highways and down Pine Street on to Greensboro Street, connecting with the present system at Hill crest Street. The out-of-town customer- will pay a premium rental for their sewer sendee—$30 annually, as compared for $6 with for those inside town. leigh ami. Chapel Hill offices. §ewer Li Lef - Mrs. Cora P. McClamroch Dies In Greensboro Funeral, services were held Sun day in .Greensboro for Mrs. Co ra P. McClamroch, mother ox Ro land McClamroch o£ Chapel Hill. Pallbearers were William J Deaton, J. V. Kirkman, Gene Kirk man, Guy Butner. and Alvey Wright Mrs. McClamroch hao been in declining health for Ue past 1V4 years. Widow of Rufus S McClamroch, she was a native of Goldsboro and had lived in Greens boro for many years. She was a member of the College Method.* Church and a charter member of the Woman’s Club. Surviving besides Roland . Clamroch ahd one daughter.. Mrs, Charles ‘’.Bennett of Gree^fcO^ft, „„c sister, Mrs. Roseboro; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Dr. Garvih Lists Jew Polio Cases Dr 0. David Garvin of the Dis ,t Health Department reported , more “very mild” polio cases ■ the Chapel Hill-Carrboro vxcin this past week. , f rhis report brings the to al t s area to four for the year. Pa yi has been absent so fan d s said, and* both of the new ;eV have* "been gating treatment home‘Both the'new cases are ildren, whereas bpth previously ted cases involved adults. 1 CORNELIUS E. LINER Liner Finishes Army Course Second Lieutenant Cornelius E. Liner of Hillsboro has -just coin-1 pleted the 11-week basic infantry officers’ course at Fort Benning, Ga. Liner, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Liner of Hillsboro, enlisted j in the Army in April, 1954.^ i The purpose of the 11-week course is to provide trailing for newly commissioned officers who have not served with troops. It is designed to indoctrinate the offi cer with his tasks as an inlantry unit commander. ’ ? Lt. Liher attended Georgia Mill tary Academy, and was graduated from High Point College in 1953. He reached the rank of colonel at G.M.A., and played football, boxed, and was on the track team. Marshall Hurt When Car Goes | Off Highway j James C. Marshall, local service station ppetator, was seriously in jured last Saturday night about j 11 o’clock when his automobile ran off the highway and down a steep embankment on th? curve just across Eno River bridge from Hillsboro. Mr. Marshall had just left h;s| station, the Marshall & Gibbs Ser [ vice Station at the northern end I of Churton Street, and war. ap parently enroute to his home oh Highway 10 He was alone at the time of the accident. He was removed by ambulance j I to N. C. Memorial Hospital where, he is still being treated for broken ribs, a puntured lung, head and spinal injuries. His condition was regarded as slightly more favorable yesterday lhan had previously been the case since the accident, -—- | CLOTHING NEEDED j Have you laid aside any cloth ing? .The County Welfare Office is, asking this question now. The of fice is seekifig.;.clftihjpg„ for child-! rcn who will be starting to school j soon. This clothing is badly needed and the welfare offices at Hillsboro : and Chapel. Hill remind those who | have tfhv old clothing- or clothing !hat has been outgrown to bring it in. *--— AAUP Gives Thomases Clean Bill l '] t A statement of April 23 by the American Association of University Professors, released by fhe central office of the AA.U.P. in Washing ton, D. C., fully endorse^ the Christopher J. Thomases, Catawba music professors who were dia missed by the Salisbury school for alleged disloyalty. The Thomases “did bpt fail in loyalty*’ says the statement fir. and Mrs, Thomas came to Chapel Hill this year to sjt out r, law suit they are seeking to insti tute against the college. The suit would call for Catawba to release certain documents which would exonerate the Thomases from blame in the squabble that resulted in their dismissal. Members of the college faculty, reports the statement, had gotten wind of “financial irregularities" extant in connection wtih the col lege administrative staff. A special faculty meeting was called in May, 1951, which Mr. Thomas attended. . At that time, Mr. Thomas “moved that, until Dr. Keppel (president of Catawba College) should see fit to attend, the meet ing be declared out of order.” The faculty meeting planned to ques tion .Dr. Keppel abouf the alleged financial irregularities. Mr. Thom as’ action at. the faculty meeting apparently contributed to the charge that he had been “disloyal” to the administration. , "RKurrtnt Disagreements" The A.A.U.P. investigation of the case discovered that Mr. Thomas ajxd President Keppel had “some recurrent disagreement's over the role of a music department in a liberal arts college, involving such questions as the kind of music with which students were to work and the relative emphasis to be placed on ‘unobtrusive and routine’ work of the classroom as against public performances: and upon musical theory as against applied music. “This fundamental difference!' the report continues, ‘‘manffeptqp itself in disagfWmeiits** 8ti«r cur riculum, personnel, and the ac tivities in which the Music De partment should engage.” But in the disputes, the A A U P. says, there is no evidence that Mr. Thomas was discourteous or vio lated the standards of conduct “generally considered proper in situations of academic disagree ment.” Concerning both of the Thom ases. the association’s Committee A (a committee on academic free dom. and tenure) found it unlikely that they would ‘go about among their colleagues to discuss either the alleged financial irregularities in the administration of the col lege, or their own grievances: they were, on the contrary, mo; un likely to coHect or .disseminate gossip.” • The association “found general agreement that they were socially somewhat aloof, confining their social contacts to a small gemip with congenial tastes in music and related matters.” Charge Inaccurate / Another charge leveled against the Thomases by Catawba was that See TtlOMAS CASE Pg. 8 School Teaching Roster For County Is Announced For Opening Sept. 8 Nickels For Know-How Referendum Plans, Polling Places Announced For October Vote Orange County users of feed and fertiliser will vote at tl polling places in the Nickels for Know How election, Friday, October 15. Don S> Matheson, county agent, announced yesterday that those eligible to participate in the elec tion may vote at anyone of the following sites: Carr Community — Compton's Store—Lynch’s Store. Cedar Grove—Giles Long’s Store and Chandler’s Store. Caldwell—Murray’s Store—Al vin Hawkins Store. Hillsboro—Walker’s Mill, ASC Office and Farmers’ Exchange. New Hope—Blackwood Station. Carrboro — Farmers’ Exchange and Tripp’s Store. White Cross—Sturdivant’s Store. Buckhorn—Jones’ Store. Efland—Forrest’s Store: and Dor sett’s Store. . Orange Grove—Snipes’ Store. Kennedy’s Store. I , Eligible to vote ate users of feed I or -fertilizer who are engaged in I the production Of farm commodi i ties and their. husbands or wives I --- Future Farmers, 4-H Club mem bers, and other farm youths may vote, Matheson said. He pointed out that since Nick els for Know-How was first ap proved by a 9 to 1 majority three years ago, the money contributed by feed and fertilizer Users has Bald for 38 research and educa tional projects dealing with prob lems of major concern to farm people. The funds have also paid for the publication of a^ text -on soil and soil fertility, for use b^vocational agriculture students. Nickels for Khow-How will pay for a similar publication on tobacco later this year. Quoting D. W. Colvard, dean of the State College School of Agri culture, where the 38 projects are in progress, Matheson said that without the Nickels for Know-How program, this work could not have been started, since public funds voted by governmental bodies were already fully commit ted to other projects. “Nickels for Know-How permits a flexibility of money to meet emergency problems that demand immediate research or educational attention. You can’t anticipate all the problems you will meet two years in advance, when budgets are approved. New diseases, in sects and other factors that have a direct- influence on your income strike quickly and without warn ing. ‘"Nickels for Know-How funds are immediately available to put tion at work in epiergency situa the forces of research and educa tions, subject to the approval of the N. C. Agricultural Founda tion.” The Foundation director ship is made up of farmers and farm leaders from every county in North Carolina. Colvard has pointed out, Mathe son said, that Nickels for Know How has served to start new areas Of research and education, oy strengthen areas that-were inade quate to meet the' needs of tne state. In some cases, after the proj (See NICKELS, page 8) 2 Elementary Schools On Accredited List The State Department of Public Instruction has notified Superin tendent G. P. Carr that the Aycock Elementary and the Efland Ele mentary Schools have been placed on the list of state accredited schools. They are the third and fourth ! elementary schools to become ac credited in the county system. The mailt purpose of accredits ! tion is to promote the best possible i conditions in the school as a whoie; I to the end that maximal desirable, I results for all boys and girls may be achieved. Requirements for accreditation are set up as an indication iiii what constitutes or suggests a fairly sat isfactory learning situation for children. Schools are evaluated by th«_ State Department by evaluative items which include the philoso phy of the school- staff, the objec tive of the school, the schorl or-j ganization and administration, the I pupil activities program, the library service, the guidance service; the curriculum including instruction and expected outcomes, the school equipment and supplies, and ade quacy of the building and grounds There must be a continuous eval i uation of the schools considering | all the items of evaluation If a I school fails, to meet requirements fit is automatically dropped--fromj accreditation. The Efland and Aycock Schools | | were both first accredited in 1927. j The Aycock School was non ae i credited in 1930 and Efland ni | 1936.' In 1940 both schools became youthful Couple Has Help, But Pitfalls Many Marriage, Or How To Achieve It, Becomes Problem For Milwaukee Couple Over Weekend The road to matrimony is sel dom smooth, but on the oilier hand it is rarely as rocky as it was iot a young couple from Wisconsin who selected Hillsboro mmmaem The incident consumed a long weekend and-a lot of folks, many of whom were only sidelines interested in the plight of the young couple, became involved before the happy climax was reached. ; * The young Wisconsin lad was stationed at Fort Eustis in Vir ginia and the bride-to-be came down from Milwaukee to be mar ried. Virginia law does not Per mit marriage of persons under 21 without parental consent and the girl was bnly 18. They caught a bus to Durham on Sat urday, but found the office of the!* Register of Deeds flfifiSsL. Upon being told the Hillsboro office was open until noon, they came here. Because' of her extremely youthful, appearance and a.slight mutilation around the “age” sec tion of her birth certificate, the was dubious about her agef^S'ii sent them off to Durham for their blood test and health cer tificate. Here, Taxi Driver John Thom as entered the picture, took them to Durham for necessary tests and put them up at his home until Monday morning when the Register of Deeds1 office opened again. Early Monday morning the Register of Deeds office called Milwaukee, verified the 18-vcar age and issued the' license. But, all the problems were not yet solved. ' They sought a Justice of the Peace in Hillsboro to perform the ceremony. Both of these ol V - V - fit / V ficials were out of town. They ! were then directed to the Rev. C. H. Reckard,. the Presbyterian minister, who upon aeertaining j she was of Catholic faith, rec ommended that a priest of her ? "Tfi^iqus beliefs”' hfc; tforisulted:-; After contacting one in Durham by telephone, the local pcstor prove them to Durham, where they learned from the priest of other technicalities which would not permit them to be married for several days. The Orange County license was invalid for a marftage in Dur ham, so they then obtained an other license and a Durham JP tied the marital knot after which they boarded the bus for camp, and military duty for him Tues day morning.’ End of marriage license trou bles for young couple from Mil waukee. End of honeymoon, End of story insofar as it involved Orange County. ! ' s \ i accredited and were again dropped from the list with all others in the county in 1949 ! In the year 1949-50 there were no no accerited elementary schools in Orange County. West Hillsboro was first to become accredited in 1950. Carrboro met requirements and vtas accredited in ,1952 and Aycock and Efland reached accreditation in 1954. The principals, teachers, and communities of these schools have been highly commended by the State Department for their ef forts in these improvements. The Aycock and. Hillsboro High Schools are both accredited hign schools Hillsboro has been accred ited since 1923 and Aycock since 1930. VIEW COUNTY INDUSTRY A group of farmers from Curii j tuck County, led by their county] agent. L. A. Paw.elL visited. Orange I County Monday to study the devel opment of the livestock- industry | An - the County-of the-Year in Rural Progress. They;.fiobserved the oper ation of the livestock market at Hillsboro and visited the farms of i Clyde Roberts -and Henry Walker ; in the St. Mary’s section. FISHERMAN? Ju*t a* it is to many anothor, tha yon to fish has a strong an poal for James Curtis Armstrong, a prisoner at the Orange camp. Or, so it seems. Armstrong, making his fourth escape while serving a 15-20 year sentence from High Point, got away from the gang working at the Rock Quarry last Thurs day. They found him Monday fishing on a creek bank in the western pert of the county. He had shad his stripes and bor rowed some less conspicuous clothes from a line within a few hundred yards of the county jail and owned by a deputy sher iff's grandson. ---— DIRECT FIRE GROUP Persons interested in joining the Orange County Rural Fire Associ ation may do so by contacting one of the officers or directors of the association in the various commun ities in which they live. _ (They include^ Xom ,fillis,^presi dent; Clarence L). Jones, sen eta tv treasurer; Or. Joe Beard," Claude Pope, Reid Roberts, Don Matheson, W. L. Kennedy, Roosevelt Warner, Ljjtta and W. T. Murray - Photo Contest Entry Baby And A Watermelon » • • “Baby and a Watermelon”— a; perfect set-up for a candid, picture to rememhep- for ve r s , io come. :That's what Mrs. Marvin G. Scoggin of 124 Mason Farm Road thought when she saw this scene, which she recorded for posterity and entered in the News photo contest. Entries may be left at the News office in Hillsboro or Carr boro, sent in by mail, or 'eft at Foister’s Camera Store in Chanel Hill. Winners of the first sec tion of the contest will be an nounced next week. However, another contest will begin right away, so keep sending in your entries. New Hillsboro History Book Allen Alexander Lloyd has re- I cently published another, ox- • panded edition of his “History of the Town of Hillsboro,” The new book- is some 30 pag^s ’ larger than the old one and in eludes pictures of the new courtr house,'old clock, the recent page ant, and an extensive list of county officers. The book, on sale at James Pharmacy, sells for $1.75 Lloyd says he publishes a new one “whenever find enough neV; jn^terial.” «. • One of his best sources of material is townspeople who fre quently supply him with old pictures. He said that’s where many of the new photos in the book originated. Included in the sixty-page book is information on the Colonial Period, Period of the Revolution, early education, prominent men in Hillsboro, noted buildings and th£, civil war period. The program and pictures of the historical drama, “The Roau to Orange;” are included. > A long lists of officers include ing all postmasters, mayors; county sheriffs, and many others, is in the book. 122 Teachers, 1 :S 11 Principals J On County List The public schools of Orange | County are set to open Wedne> J day, Sept. 8, it was announced to day by G. Paul Carr, superintend ent of public instruction. On the faculties of the county * schools will be 122 teachers, 15 of 1 them new. The schools wMl have 11 principals and four of these will be in the county system for the first time. As schools ready themselves for opening, there are no vacancies. Activitity will start with a conn- | ty-wide meeting at Hillsboro of ! Tuesday, Sept. T at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Central School. The white teachers will amass that afternoon at 2 o’clock ^ at' Hillsboro High School. The first, county-wide principals’ 1 meeting will convene Aug. 30 at 2 ! p m. at the Hillsboro High School Agriculture Building. Programs and policies fpr the coming academic i year will be up for discussion be fore the group. iThe following breakdown ia cludes the teachers by schools* J Hillsboro: New teachers—James Johnson, Chapel Hilt; Mrs. Quen tin Patterson, Hillsboro; Mrs. Mary Alice Fields, Goldston: Mrs. Lora Lee R. Bradshaw. Fayetteville; Mrs. Joan E. Evarts. Spokane, Wash.,' and Mrs. Rachel Johnson, Themas ville. -r » j Veteran faculty members—G A.. s Brown, principal; Mrs. Blr.nche Hodul, Mrs E. T. Campbell, Mrs. Beth G. Forrest, Mrs. Jewel 3. South. Mrs. Mable L. Gordon, G C. McBane, Frank Evans. Mrs Ellen J. Craig, Glenn Auman, Mrs. Betty L. Rosemond, Elmer R. Dowdy, Mrs. Henrietta Auman, Mrs. Lu cille Strayhorn, Mrs. Alpha Blake, Mrs. Helen Warren,' Mrs. Jaxie Dowdy, Mrs. Miriam Allred* Mrs. G C. McBane, Mrs. Mary B. Dod son, Miss Rosa Cole, Mrs, Lois Evans, Mrs. J E LaUa. Mrs Lu - ther Sharpe, Mrs. Mamie Ray, airs. Helen ('arr, Mrs. Turner Forrest, Miss Maude McCauley, Mrs. Marg aret Allison, Mrs.* Mary Leigh Webb, Miss Ruth Crawford, Mrs. Pauline Lloyd, Miss Annie Cani ejvin. West Hillsbort): Veteran teach' ers: .Mrs. Gladys Harris, principal amt '-grade ft.- Mrs. Margaret Phelps, Mrs. Lillian Smith, Mrs. Dorothy .Colo, Mrs. Nora Bailee Miss- Moyle .Unstead/ MB7 t)lje; Brown. Murphey, Veteran teacher^: Mrs. Erna Link, Mrs. Mary W. Brown ing, Miss Claudia Cates Efland. New Teachers: Fred W. Rogers, principal and grade 87 Mrs. Charles 0 Radley. Veteran teachers: Mrs. J. W. Richmond, Mrs. Gladys Carr, Mrs. Dovie W. Clide, Mrs. -Nancy. R* Hanes. Mrs. W. p. Andrew's, Mrs. Mary D Murray. Aycock. New teachers: E. Dale Davis, principal; and . social .stud ies. Felton Nease. Vetera a teach ers: Charles A. Brown. Mrs. Paul ine Nease, Mrs. Elizabeth Cates, Mrs. Iris W Cates, C. N. Langs-" ton. Mrs. Louise Winslow, Mrs. Lillie Mae Isley. Miss Marie Wells, Mrs. Kathrine MeDade, Mrs. Ru bie Wr. Bubb*Mrs. Janie Pope. t arrboro, New Teachers: Mrs. Lydia Teer Ray, Carr boro, Mrs. Suzanne Trimble, Chape} Hill, Mrs. Sarah M. Finger, Me bane. Veteran teachers: UHlliani Ram sey. principal and grade 8. Mrs. Sarah Peedin Rose, Mrs. Helen Petit,- Mrs. Eva Blaine, Mrs. Vir ginia M Grantham, Miss Agnes' Andrews. Mrs. Loula Maddry, Mrs. White Crdss> Veteran teachers: Mrs. Blanche Mattox. Mrs. Patty J. Bynum, Mrs. Dorothy Heotra ings , Miss Margaret Stanford. Caldwell, Veteran teachers: Mrs, Lois Blalock, Mrs. Mary R. Mitch ell, Miss Asa Riiew. Central, New teachers: James C. Yonrse. Greensboro, Miss Gale* Mack, Wilmington, Mrs- Rebecca F. Ringer, Hillsboro, Miss Oveta Satterfield, Durham. ^ Veteran “ teachers: A. L. Stanback. princi pal, Miss Martha Chavious. Mrs, Anita’s, Bryant. Mrs. Catherine Stanback, Mrs, Linnell Alexander, Miss Delores Parks, Joseph S. Par-. (See TEACHERS, page *> Colored ' .- v. w i' /
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