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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C , THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1954
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Ujg . . The rumor spread
L last week that Dr. I. G.
lecutivc head of the Nbrth
[Business Foundation, will
Lm this post next year.
Lushing along toward 70,
[• has led an active and in
[ life. For years he taught
L Appalachian State Tea
|o!lcgc in Boone. While
L became known through
I country for his ballad
Lc and his renditions in
[ike has appeared before
lie groups than any other
h living, with the possible
[ of Edmond Harding, pro
[ public speaker of Wash
North Carolina,
ding Baptist layman. Dr.
Lf, Appalachian and be
L of Thomasville Orphan
has kept the Business
Ln on an even keel, pre
f it on several occasions
lining'after rabbits of the
variety. - •
he not a Republican, Dr.
have been Governor long
I hate'to see men like him
om the scene. But we are
learn—and we hope it is
Lthat -Dr. I. G. Greer will
in. full salary': somewhere
BIO.OOO per annum.
[s of the Business Founds
at the University of North
i Dr. Greer lives in Chapel
i»e .would not be surprised
him heading toward the
again when he goes into
>nt from the Business
lion. ... ......
iKI) . . . It wasn't until
tnHnwn last Settirdav that
oro firmlv convinced that
;i> I Hi.' -:n
aided.-'
thp scom a( 52 to aero
- I ni', ersitv rtf pcnhs' lean
v nine through th" doubt
r> p,.nvprted into b0,te\'ers.
veil He that Duke will have
htest football machine this
is known since th° davs of
on Justice at the Universi
>rth Carolina.
e from one soprtswriter in
v paner: “Like a magician
rabbits out of a haC Duke
lill Murray turned loose a
Jream of stars who gorged
ves, on touchdowns w'hile
must have wondered at
I strength of this gridiron
he has created."
t„of things to come would
cn apparent to the close
‘s back in the summer. At
no. billboards throughout
•e began listing the home
ihedule of Duke Universi
e Devils. They advised one
In "follow the Blue Devils”,
ugh we have had some fine
teams in the past 25 years
h Carolina ,we can't recall
w having seen any other
using billboards to ad' er
ir wares >, . . on "the, grid
, *
nuuld have known that no
10 organization .no school.
agency1 will go to that tre
s expense unless he, or it
' loaded. Of course, all this
good, but the real test
•ext Saturday when Tennes
ues to Durham. If Duke
' by that one, then they
ally rave it.
• To the best of my
and to the best of Archie
-the recent Young Demo
convention held in Char
as the first time all candi
gk-jk ufcE dftwit ii*
Position.
le this was fine for the can
s- the fact may rise to
New President John Jor
Raleigh. He may be forced
lrate YDC with little or no
’T- Reason is that no money
Pessary.
constitution provides that
oiay ca stvotes unless it
ad its dues. Since there was
Position, no fight, nobody
Particularly about voting—
'is left no practical reason
lying up, only the moral
• In some cases, this is not
ent—though it may, be this
John Jordan will go after
ods. '* ■
CHANGfe . . ^jSKhen
i Continue^ on page 2)
One-Day Scout Fund
Drive Planned Tuesday
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Orange Scout
'Gold Rush'
Set Saturday
Something new has been added
to Orange County’s fall Scouting
program, and the Boy Scouts are
going for it in a big way, accord
ing to County Scout leaders. '
The “something new” is Orange
County s first field day lor Boy
Scouts, an all-day event set for
Saturday, October 2 on the "Iron
(See GOLD HUSH, Page 8)
Report Many
Complaining
About Water
e*jn t > keep the seh >ols m nig
despite difficultiesr incTderit To thti
short , water suply," Superin
enrieiV! P.-wd Carr- Said' vt-s
tevdar. . -
Carr made the statement in
answer to a query regarding com
plaints on tiie water situation at
the Hillsboro schools, which he
was told were rampant through
out the community.
Two patrons of the school,-Mrs.
Mat ;i Norris, Jri’tTnd Mrs. Calvin
Ray, visited the Superintendent
yesterday morning and urged that
dice s be di.e nUiuicd until the
shortage *cf water can be allevi
ated. They reported that the
schccl drinking water at times is
"muddy" a:.d that children were
taking water from home in Lher
bottles and canteens.-—
They cited the sanitation lay-^
H£T uccSsictifS^ty '*t 1.c ‘ rcsttTcffciis
on water measures, the pollution
and mosquito situati i. iu the
ec.nmunity, and the discovery of
a recent polio case in the Hills
boro school as ample roast, n' for
discontinuing school,. . • ►
Car said he- had received one
other cqjnplaint about the water at
the school, which-is being supplied
from two wells which have beeri
tested'and approved by the health
authorities. Carr explained that the
water in the wells is ample, but
the . storage tank is too > small
and ini times of heavy usage
there is insufficient pressure to
provide an adequatedidppteioCarx::
cited the restrictions in effect at
the.schools and pointed out that8
the water is cut off much. of.the
time and toilets arc flushed only
by janitors—and .at periodic. m-.
tervals.
Kick-Off Breakfast
Will Open Campaign
In Hillsboro Area
Thp annual onc-day finance drive
for Boy Scouts of Orange County
will be held next Tuesday, coin
ciding with the concerted drive
throughout Occoneechee. Council.
The drive in HiUsboro under the
direction of Ira Ward, representing
the Hillsboro Lions Club, sponsor
of the troops in that community,
will eel underway at 8 a m. with a
kickoff breakfast at Colonial Inn,
during, which a corps of workers
will receive their instructions and
materials for the drive.
"We hope the drive can be com
pleted in the one day,” Ward said,
“and that supporters of Scouting
will give generously in order that
we can achieve our quota and'in
crease the impact of Scouting
among the community's youth ”
Acting as majors in the Hillsboro
drive will be 0. Paul Carr, John
MidgetL.and John W, Dickson.
Advanced gift chairman will be
Sidney tireen.
■ ’'luv fttllawiiig wali serve, as suli
citej-s ip the concerted omvdav.
drive next Tuesday: Ralph Neigh-^
hors, Carl Davis, Ted Smith. Oliver
HavtcnT II I). Button. Ri;v. A B
Williams, Vance Martin; Sam Gav
ti*. Marion Allison, Rev C. H.
Reckard. W. Lacy Lloyd, Robert
Copeland, K. R. Dowdy. Chandler
Cates, Glenn Auman, Frank Evans,
Remus Smith Jr., Tom Bivins,
Clarence Culbreth, Kav, Winecoff,
.1 V Chestnuti. E. J. Hamlin.- Al
len I loyd, Dehnar Brown. Rev. J,
F. “Kernodle. John Ballard, Ed
Barnes.; (i. A. Canmdy. Hoe P.
Hughes, c D Hones. Tomm'v Shue
Harry .Brown. Rev; 'Lawton W
Perm. Fir I Bason W R. Black
welrler. J. W. Rotsford, I ucius
Brown. Ca-rnro Mm-’iim. Bobby
Kni ;ht and. E. E. Patterson.
Direction of the drive in other
comm;ifiines wttI be in ttre Ramts
id th'-r fol.lowi.na committe; Cro
well J.ii lie of nthnet Wilt chair
rrr n: Joh: Eflrand of Bfland; Tom
Murray, of Carrboro; and Bill
Cherry, of Chapel Hill.
A11 communities in the county,
with the execration of f'hapel Hill,
secure-funds with which to support
Scouting programs’ from the an
hual solicitation bv volunteers Bov
Scouts of Chapel Hill belong to the
Community Chest and derive funds
for their program in this way.
Responsible for the conduct of
the drive in Carrbyro is Tom
Murray. Assisting hi/i are: John
!7e£F.:"’AW\vcn Tiarwaid. ” Wiley
Franklin. Tom Goodrich. -.Janies
Pern. and- Arcnie • Bassett.
Crowell: Little,- of’-ehapel -Hill.
County finance drive chairman,
stated* that the goal for Orange
County is to. contact ten-percent
of. the citizens in Hillsboro, El
la nd. and Carr boro.
Monday Opening New Courthouse
SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN ADDED in Or^fle County's his
toric old county seat. The new courthouse, described by many as
the most beautiful in North Carolina, is now in use and will be
opened formally at ceremonies Monday afternoon.
Belcw are two scenes from the commodious quarters being pro
vidtd two county offices. At left, Miss Ruth Thompson, home dem
onstration agent, stands in front of the refrigerator in the model
"kitchen and home-making laboratory on the second floor. At right,,
Mrs. Faye Patterson operates the microfilming machine in the new
surroundings, far different from the curtained-off space the machine
formerly occupied in one corner of the County Accountant's office.
)The Rev. T. C. Williams, pastor
*f the Antioch Baptist Church '*
near Chapel Hill, will be the
speaker at a series of Revival
Services at Fairvrew Baptist .!
Church in Hillsboro. The series
will continue Monday through
Saturday evenings of next week,
Mystery Farm Of The Week — No. 6
Who Owns This 'Mystery Farm'?
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-' |Dc^tiWy THIS' "MYSTERY FARM" first an A you wilLxeeeive..afre.e_sju!bscxijprien to The Nows of
r ntv Considerable interest hastieen shown in this feature series and < nuin^ir of people are
°r«nge ou y. identifications. - Often they are right, sometimes they are wrong/ So, join
calling ea - 4 of today's issue for the ide itificetien of last week's "Mystery Farm." The own
^ tTrfarm pictured above is asked to come by The News as soon as possible end receive w beau.
ti^Jl mounted photo of the picture ebove, coiartesy ot the Durham Bank and /Trust Company and thh
| newspaper.
Plan To IncreaseMilk
Consumption In Schools
A- new ■ .program designed to
increase the consumption or milk
in schools will be in effect in
Orange County schools within
the next few weeks.
North Carolina 'will receive
$2,331,000 as its share of a $50,
(>00,000 program " approved by
Congress recency and, jmik.. con
sumption it: State kcfToots is ex
pected to be doubled.
Superintendent G. Paul Carr
said in all probability the new
pregram ~ Would enable milk to
be sold in the schools of this
county f6r 3c per half pint. He
■said he expected a heavy in
crease in milk consumption, as a
result of the program.
Derails Of the program were ex
plained at an area meeting o'f
school officials in Haleigh Tuear
day. Officials were told that tlie
plan is .designed to increase whole
milk consumption with a partial
ment will reimburse schools cafe
terias or lunchrooms from three
to four cents per half pint of milk
consumed.
The reduced x-ate will not ap
ply to milk at the regular lunch
periods. It will apply to all milk
consumed at the school at other
intervals.
Carr said, that in county sehuols.
the exrta milk may be offered to
children arriving at school after
a long ride on buses, it will be
available at recesses, play, per
iods, at the beginning and end of
the school day a’nd possibly at
other times.
According to Carr, milk costs
the county now 6M>c per half
pint now. Should the reimburse
ment from the government by
4c. tbis >would i .enable its sale
hereafter at, 3c, including 3/4C for
handling' and refrigeration. The
prgram is entirely non-profit.
The price will be set after con
ferences with the various prin
cipals and compilation of data, us
irfg past milk consumption and
enrollment 'f.gurcs-‘to '.arrive at'
a base: amount.
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Need 1908 Calendar?
.Need any brand naw 1908
calendars or World War' I ex
amption buttons?
If so, you couldn't find a bat
tar placa to gat them than tha
offica of Clark of Court E. M.
Lynch, providad ha hssntt
thrown tham away by now.
' Those, and many othar itams
of ^diverse character, were
brought to light dJHng the^pack
ing for tfra move of the county
offices from the historic old
Orange County Courthouse to the
new building on Margaret Lane
last weekend. ..
Large Crowd
Of Home Folks,
Guests Coming
A glittering array of dignitarie*
to provide formal opening cere
monies for the State’s newest and
possilMy its most flitter tin# Jample
of justice—the new Orange Coun
ty Courthouse are expected to
be here next Monday.
The formal openin# ceremonies
are scheduled for 4 o’clock in
the afternoon with the Governor
as the chief speaker. He will be
preceded, however, by numerous
others from varying levels of*
government, the judiciary, and
Orange County dtiaenry.
Band music, flower bedecked
offices, county employees in their
best bibs and tuck#, along with
refreshments " served from the' •
new home demonstration* kitchen
and laboratory on the second
floor, are other features planned
for the occasion. . * •.
Upwards of 500 citizens and
visitors from nearby counties, are
expected.
The move from the * old to the
new courthouse was completed
Tuesday and officials and their
aides are busy this week getting
their offices in order again after
.he move. Workers are installing
.he benches in the courtroom and
putting finishing* touches on
some of the old shelving moved
.o the new building.
Formal opening day will get
.mderway first thing Monday?
, morning wheat Judge Leo Cap' is
expected tb cp* duct e briet- tgre
munv at the opening .of the first
term of court in the new struc
ture at 10 a.m.
The 4 o clock program will be
in charge of the local bar with
Bonner D. Sawyer as Master of
Ceremonies. Rev. Charles Hub
bard will give the invocation,
Chairman of the-Board of Gorft
i missfoners R. O. Forrest*will make
the welcoming address, followed
by Judge L. J. Phipps of the
County Recorder’s Court who will
welcome visiting attorneys. The
Hon. R. P. Reade, prominent Dur
ham attorney, will respond.
Judge Leo Carr will speak as
resident judge of th j 10th Judicial
District. Others Who are sche
duled for short remarks are Col
lier Cobb, Jr., Congressman Carl .
T.. Durham, J. M. Murfree, and
Mrs. Clyde Roberts. A. H. Gra
ham. Sr., will introduce the gov
'ernor and make other remarks as
dean of the Orange County bsur.
A large group of special guests
from among the lawyers and of
ficials of neighboring counti'es, of
i ficials of the University, and
other groups are expected to
swell the crowd to be here for the
1 event. .
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A Picture Leads to Investigation
Present Polluted Eno Far Cry From River of Old
There are many attractive pic*
lures on the walls’ of many Hills- <•
boro homes, but none, 1 am sure,
|t any lovelier than a small oil that
i hangs in the little study in the
home of Mrs. Grant Shepherd.
The other day, when the tem
perature stood at 90 degrees, I
picts a shady walk, deep shade
under overhanging boughs, cool
; gray rocks, apd the typical ferns
■j and moss that one find! ..along a
meandering path through the
woods. On such a hot-day it was
•j especially attractive.
Answering my inquiry as to
its origin, Mrs. Shepherd told
me that it waa a painting-done
j by her mother of the “dark walk”
-—■. a pathway that existed years
ago along ^he Eno, Incredulity
must have showed in my expres
sion at the mention of the loca
tion, because she hastened to tell
me more of the “dark walk”.
Once the Eno was a' beautiful
riyer, clean arid free-flowing pver
T its rocks: qitite in its deep pools.
\ Flowers, ferns and trees grew on
its banks. Fish swam in its
depths. Birds built their nests
nearby It was the natural place
lor young folk to go for their
picnics and for swimming. Sweet
hearts of all ages walked hand
in hand along its cool paths.
The over-hanging boughs gave
After leaving Mrs. Shepherd,
1 rode out St. Mary's Hoad and
trespassed on that part of Sam
Kirkland's land that borders on
the Eno. The breeze was river
ward and was somewhat less
than aromatic. In fact it was so
nauseating that I held my nose
for the rest of the inspection,
pools of filth, slime and raw
sewerage was all the river that
there was. Clouds of flies and
mosquitoes added their charm.
Withered weeds hung dry and
lifeless to the banks. No birds
was in sight. Surely this stagnant
ooze could not be the same river
' that ^attracted and nourished the
Occoneeche Indians, Could this
poor thing be the same that of
fered healthy mutation in the
form of a swimming hole for the
former boys and girts of Hills
boro? Could this be the river
that promised reward tot sun
burned little boys that trudged
along with their fishing poles ov
er their shoulders? Could this be
the river that drew artists to its
side to capture its beauty on
mttaamjKrmBfk'
trysting places alohg its bank?
Nature endowed us with a clean
and a beautiful river. Man has
despoiled and polluted it with
his wastes. Aside front the re
creational and asthetic values to
be considered in disposing of
of our sewerage in some source
other than the Boo, there is the
public health interest that a dis
posal plant improves and invigor
ates. The Hillsboro Garden Chib
and the Parent Teachers Associa
tion have done their part to
rectify the error of disposal at
the present tin*, now let us as
individuals get behind the town
Board tyith our interest and ef
forts and see what can be Arne
toward