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10f Orang* Caunty up with tha naw* fovar tha county by thE NEWS of fcounty. 61, NUMBER 42 KIDD BREWER'S ffa/e/a/t '$)Uflcfap x. "RAPH ... Miss Edith Inion County native, YDC \nd former assistant ir nan Deane’s office, re Lured her ankle. It is cast, . "X ~ Ln’t so unusual, but or |is an. autograph by Gov a Unis bead, written hjs excellecy when Miss ■sited the Mansion with |n the' Democratic Ad din mitt ee. llENCE . .. It if admitted ling is more important Irience — whether it be |s. business or football. (the present football rul^s |us big colleges are fi/ial g. around to substitut teams rather than a viduals at a time. This |tical, businesslike—and a business. | other advantages, it will I insuring that each year I! most likely .be- eleven Available who have had Ible game experience* to edict that one of these trf these teams leave the ^t, before doing so— confer wih their re | and give them the what they have learn game. , is not practical, then . possible to profit from mistakes. ■ -■■ - ICEMENT . Ed Sum »f Jacksonville will sue |n Larkins in the State bxt January. fteresting to note that Ed nan Larkins succeeded first came to the State ktally, John is the oldest of the State Senate in sendee. He was not a this year, but has ser tight at twenty years .. |vas one of the youngest of the State Sena % and is only 4f> years of Ihe present time. DOOR" .,. Although I visited either place, it in a note handed me by iant that the North Car ical Society and the fi a 1 Association ha ve- ad • tlices in the Capital C|ub in Raleigh. .... * STEADILY ON ... This it and final week of the t tour of the. Democrats e show goes steadily on of the participants have f improved in their j;pre i, adding a joke here ig there. >mmissioner of • Agricul Y. (Stag) Ballentine has made more consistently arance in that he has • varidti subjects and has the various stories and d has thus been able to oss more 'worthwhile without consuming a *1 of time. AND TENTH ... As the ic Caravan rolls to its ’n' it still looks as if the h State will, remain safe Democratic corner, i true—‘with the possible of the Tenth Congress strict—and includes the is dreading the 1952 Assembly, biggest dread - those who will comprise bership. If the prophet; 1, the session will Iasi 1 the middle of May average legislator will b°ut $2,000 more foi °°m, transportation, anc '—guests ... from-.--bad' just happened to drop t; he will receive in sal ary, he wifi receive $11 r each day of the session :ceed a period of 90 day: 8* months. Since th< lre this year will con January 5, your legislai 16 representative or sen b paid urttil . aboui ROUNDUP, Page 2): r 111 ’V Mystery Farm of The Week—No. 9 Who Owns This Mystery Farm? f __ IDENTIFY THIS "MYSTERY FARM" first an d you will receive a free subscription to Tho News of Orange County. Considerable interest has been shown in this feature series and a number of people'are calling each week with their identifications.' Often they are right, sometimes they are -wrong. -So, join the game. Read page 4 of today‘s issue for the identification of last week's "Mystery Farm." The own* er of the farm pictured above is ask ed to come by T he News .as »soon as possible and receive a beau tiful mounted photo of the-pictuie above, courtesy of the Durham Bank and Trust Company and this ' newspaper ' _ v Hazel Hit Orange Hard ... But There Was A Bright Side Also J Orange. County suffered a heavt blow from Hurricane Hazel bui with most services restored by Iasi night, citizens generally began tt recount some of the beneficial re suits. „ The rains, of course, Drought re lief front, the .worst drought the area has yet suftliTP and’''"Gcill ed stringent restrictions on watei use in Hillsboro which had causec four schools to be operated on pari time since the opening oi sehoo 28 days previously. All schools tins week began to operate on norma schedules and.officials made plan; j to cap two wells ^hat had beer opened at Hillsboro to enable that school to run full time. Farmers, likewise, recounted many beneficial results from the much needed rain, having waiter many weeks lo get seed in the ground for some— small—-grama. Livestock prices Went up. |... On , ttic- debit side. to property running into uiitolc thousands of dollars in damaged power and telephone lines, trees roofs, television antenna,- and smashed automobiles. _ f One of the most serious event" of the hurricane visit was the ac cident suffered by Billy Blackweld er, Duke Power Company emplo 1 yee, of the Hillsboro office. Wher one of th'’ giant trees in George .Hunt’s yard fell during the storm : Blackwelder climbed the pole at . the street to cut the power lines suffered a shock’ when he touched •the line accidently and fell to the ground, suffering fractured verte FIRST TO IDENTIFY Last week's mystsry farm was identified first by H. M. Lloyd of Chapel Hill, Route 2. He will receive a free year's subscription to The News of Orange County for supplying the first correct identifitation. Mrs Gladys Sheets, of High way 86, and a number of others also correctly identified it as Le longing to Charles W Davis, sup -rmtendent of Chap-'l Hill fm. ; fhe past 15 years. Somebody wins every week,, so any reader who thinks he or j she knows the correct identity i is urged to call or come by the L News office and make his guess. brae Ho has been a patient at the i hospital since thai time, but is recovering satisfactorily and is ex-; peeled to return l>6nt« today. Wit-^ nesses said Black^»14*rMi>st reach-’: ing lor his gloves ipfyfflQfflipuck- j et when he came in contact with, the \tire. His fall was partially^ broT ?n h" two r’.en or* the ground at the bottom of the pole. Worst hit. by the storm was the local Piedmont Electric coopera tive which has 1300 miles of line in six counties. Manager F. E. Joy ner said that all lines carrying pri mary voltage had been placed’back j in service by last night tfnd-crews were now repairing isolated cases of service wires into homes. He asked that any of the REA mem bers knowing of local conditions not remedied to report them and expressed his appreciation for the | nntionce- and cooperation 1 He said 90% of consumers hh tne { lines were without power bt one time and the* cooperative had to. c all in extra crews from eoopera-1 lives to the west to get the re- j pairs done as speedily as they were. Duke which operates some 250 miles in this county had all of its j lines back in service Sunday night, according to C,. 8. Parris, local; manager. . I The county’s timberland, accord ing to Forester W’. R. Kiser, was helped more thtyi hurt by the storm, fie said many trees were lost but the thick growth made forest damage slight. The loss in shade trees, though- was great, ht>' admitted. J Superintendent G. Paul Carr said damage to schools totalled about $1,000. The roof on the Ef land School was badly damaged and some shingles were blown off on every school covered by asphalt shingles. Three doors were blown off and windows _ blown out throughout the system. ^ Most citizens seemed pretty thankful that the damage wasn’t worse and other than Blackwelder’s no serious injuries were reported narrow squeaks, from falling trees, power lines, etc. W. ,H. Clayton’s house dt University had two rooms demolished by a falling tree. Insurance agencies were swamp ed all weekend with claims on ; Hamlin Reminds Voters Of Final Registration Saturday With 12 days remaining be fore the general election on November 2nd, Orange County political leaders began the home stretch this week with plans I last minute' campaigning and T effort to'get out a-large I e J Hamlin, elections chair | man, this week reminded voters / that Saturday is me iasi uay iu register for the election with the following Saturday designated as Challenge D‘a y Hamlin stated that registrars for all nineteen pre., eincts will be at the polling place Saturday for the purpose of as- j sisting prospective votersWith registration. 1 iamages, but most of them were' icing cleared up, according to late reports. - Some of those in the Hillsboro area suffering losses were R. C. Minnis Store, plate glass window; Clarence Mangum, Ernest Dickey, Matthew- Strung, Paml Shelton and A; tv. Stan back.\v and roof dam age; R. C. Minnis, S. E. Patterson' Milton Raynor, Wilson Boyd, Jr., Will Brooks, G. A. Brown. Banks rerrcll, Joe Colemarj, Paul H. Col ins, J. H, Torain, T. H. Bradley* Henry McBroom and Richard Ter rell. roof damages; E. K. Norton, Charlie Rainey, John Ballard, Mrs. R. A, Rook and Jap Vincent, TV antenna' damages. A tree fell across the James W. Cheshire house and debris damaged Ted Smith’s car. There were probably hundreds of others similarly damaged but re ports-on all could not he obtained . : ' 1 ADVICE TO VOTERS W* Ci. Wrenn, county veterans ■tervice officer, yesterday issued this advice to veterans having GI lea ns;———*=— - , ■ ■ “If you had any damage by hur ricane Hazel, be sure to contact your Service Officer of the Veter ans Administration before signing any claim papers.’’ GARDEN CLUB TO MEET The - Chapel Hill .Garden Club will meet at 3 p m.: Monday ~at :he Institute of Pharmacy audi torium on Church Street. J. K. Witherspoon, a rose specialist from the Durham RoSe 6luJ> will speak to the group. - f* 4i i Will Take Office Npv. 1 New Community Committeemen Elected lot Next Year In 10 Orange Communities Orange County farmers nave de led 10 new community chair men. selected 'the eounty commit tee in the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation program; includ ing one new regular member, and voted to support the Nickels for Know-how referendum. The office of Farm Agent Don S. Msrtheson announced yesterday that the “Nickels” program to fin ance agricultural research carried in Orange County by a vote of 338 to 22. The ASC chairmen and their com mittees were chosen in a separate ejection in which a total of 409 forme. voted -'he comp lei e turn ivi of ■(' ''’(uniity chairmen was” attributed to a new Department of <’'jriculttire rule wfhicb permits community officers to serve only lhre<^j'c;'t>. »n n row'. All Of* last year’s chairmen had served more Ilian three years. A chairman, vice chairman and three committee members were elected for each of the communi ties to serve a one year term for the year of 1955. The new cpm mittoernen Will take office on No vember 1st. Their duties are to work with the farmers of their communities oh any project ad ministered under the ASC pro ^I'amh, and als'o to help adjust jtobacco allotments for their fel low farmers. All in all only two of 30 active community committeemen were se lected for the coming year. Community chairfficp, acting as leftcgates from their commt0ity, met in Hillsboro Monday'and re elected J. S. Comptoh of Cedar Grove as the chairman of the coun ly committee, a post he has held since the beginning of this pro gram, in 1932. The term limitation ruling does not apply to the coun Iv setup.'The- delegates moved up VV. M Snipes of Route 3, Hillsboro vice chairman and. elected Claude A- Cray of the Caldwell community as regular member, suc ceeding John H. Brown, who did not seek reelection. Alternates were (1. O. Reitzol, Johp Lockhart Committees of the lQpJtontrmmk ties are as follows, officers listed in the following order for each:. (chairman; vice chairman, regular member, first alternate and second alternate). Caldwell: Paul E. Gates, Henry Miller, N B Berry. Irving Robin son,Jessie Porterfield. Carr: Coy Kimbro, Billy Walker, Marvin Rogers, N. G, Wilkerson, V. C.; Walters. Carrboro: Harold Ray, N. W. Dollar, S. C. AVilsbh, Clyde Merritt, W. D. Neville » Cedar Grove: Donald McDade, J W. Roberts, R. R. Compton, G. F. Liner, Jim Hawkina. | Efland: H. R. Heath, Bill Dorsett, | A. C. Wright, Howard McAdams,] W. B. Shambrey. Hillsboro: Robert Nichols, Jr., ] - TYPICAL SCENE th ouphout Orange County since last Fri day is one like that above-with the. -norooted tree prominently seent This tree inst missed p hotter Jokesters pinned*a “Fire wood For Sale’’ sign on theyoott. * i i- . Leroy Hall, Jr., Ted E. Coleman, Marvin Phelps, Frank Persy. New -Hope: John Lockhart, Ho mer Tapp, L. A. Hogan, J. W. Brown, Bob Strayhom. Orange Grove: Jesse Sykes, Cecil C. Crawford, T. W. Kirk, Jr., C. P Jones, Joe Eubanks. . St. Mary’s: W S. Hunt, Jr., Wal lace Bacon, M. L. Latta, Raymond Weaver, T. F. Crabtree. White Cross: G. T. Durham, Ed mond Strowd, Aubrey Ivey, Grady Durham, Settle Crawford. John Foushee Named Chairman Of Orange District Scouting John M. Foushee of Chapel Hill has been elected chairman of the Boy Scouts of Orange County for the*calendar year of lt>55 He 'wtll succeed G,. Paul Carr of Hills boro. Mr. Foushee, real estate and in surance executive and former or of Chapel Hill, was unanimous ly elected at the monthly meeting of the Orange district committee held at Camp New Hope last Thurs day night. Vice chairmen elected were: James E. Wadsworth of J£hap€l Hill and Ira WaTd of Hillsboro. Frank G. Umstead of Chapel Hill was re-elgcted district commission er. ^dgar Thomas of Chapel Hill served as chairman of the nomi nating committee. The new officers will be form ally inducted at a dinner meeting on November 11 at Nat^ Hope, fattor-iratjfes Night," the dinner is an annual affair to which Boy Scouts, parents, and friends of Scouting are invited. Members of the committee heard a report by Commissioner Urn stead on the district’s recent “gold rush.” Mr. Umstead reported the field event, first, of its kind in North Carolina, a definite success. The idea of staging a somewhat similar project next year was dis cussed. The group afgp. discussed plans for a Boy Scouts “round-up" this fall. A concerted effort will be made to-bring into. Scouting other boys who liye in areas already organ ized, The need for organizing ad ditional units in, the county was expressed by Scout leaders. Bill Roth, former Chapel Hil lian who is now on the staff of the Oeconeechee Council, reported on plans for adding new Explorer units. At present there is one such unit in Chapel Hill. It was announced that the an.' nual vocational conference for all Explorers in the state will be held in .Chapel Hill on November 5-6-7. PTA Council Sets Meeting The Orange County Parent and Teachers Association Conn c .11. meeting will be held on Monday evening, October 25, at 7:30 o' clock, -in the Efiand School. ■ The program lor the evening will be in the form of a panel dis^ mission under the direction- of the vice-president, Mrs, Edith Kay lor of Carrborp. Some of the--top ics to be discussed arc: Yearbook, -program, membership, attendance! and nursery. There will be a ques tion period at which time all pres ent may seek information. This training meeting should! be stimulating and interesting "to ' those who are now engaged in1 P.T.A. work. SUB DISTRICT MEETING The Fail meeting of the Orange^ Sub-District Women’s Society of j the Methodist church will meet in Carrboro Methodist Church on Sunday^ afternoon, October 24 at 2:30 o’clock. Speaker will be Mrs. Norman C. Wood of Burlington, who will, talk : on the Assembly held at Millwaki in Mi^y. All Methodist women are cordially urged' to attend. ^ Girl Scout Council To Be Formed Girl Scout representatives from a five-county area climaxed a year’s study in Durham recently by agreeing to form an Area • Council of Girl "Scouts ' to" serve Durham, Orange, Granvile, Vance end Warren counties. Heretofore the Girl Scouts un its in the five counties have ope rated independently of each other and without area supervision. “'“ToITBWiffg" the" clecisfdir*to"'form the Area-Council the study group held .• ftl;; final meeting at which it named a new committee to act . ually organize the Council, writi a constitution and apply for t charter. Mrs. E, B. Hamshar of Durham, was named temporary chaintian Of the new committee. She said that' a series of sub-committee meetings wlj) be held the second week in November and “it is hoped that the organization of the Council will be complete early in '1955 and Scouting will to reward..with renewed vigor.” Ot’her members of .the new. committee include Mrs. Van Kenyon of Hillsboro, Miss Vir ginia Suiter, Mrs. E. T. Brown and Mrs. E. C. Bolmeier, all of Durham; Miss LUc i 1i£,Ca Id wel 1 and Mrs. G. O. Doak, both of Chapel Hill; Mrs. Bob Ray and Mrs. (Carl Brewer, both of Ox Jj^etf^Maj. W. A. Graham and Mrs. John L. Kerr, Jr., both of Warrenton;. and Mrs. J. C. Gard ner and Mrs-. Tillory, both of Henderson. . ASC Asks Reports. On Material.Use The Orange County ASC Office urges all farmers who received ma terial under the Agricultural con servation Program to report its use by October 29. .This is the closing date on the program, and ali of the material i£ expected to be used by this date: All fanners afe advised by ASC officials to keep in mind that unless th<*y used all pasture ma terial according to the proportions in which it was issued, they will be held responsible as misusing the material and will have to re imburse the treasurer of the Unit ed States, * *• - ■ Call For Bias Is Directed . For New Unit ■;;> Th« Orange County Bo#nf,o£ Ed- ^ ucation this weak gave' final ap proval to completed plans for the new Cameron Park School at Hills boro and instructed the architect to cafl for bids on November 24. The plans have not yet been ap proved by the State department but no difficulty la expected in this connection although the plans have drawn criticism from the State Department of Schoolhouse Planning. In a- long letter to County Snp srintendent G. P. Carr earlier thia month, this department presented a long list of changes it recom mended, but Carr indicated most of these had been cleared up by the architect or were things that were adequately answered in the plans but missed by the review ing State authority. The county has $233,000 set up for the school and Architect Ar chie R. Davis advised the board, this week he thought the building planned could be buiU for the mon ey available. ■ i The Hillsboro school is the last to be built using funds from the bond issue for schools approved by the people in 1949. Name Leaders <?• For Central School PTA Mrs. Lull Mae Cuthcart has been named president and other officers and committees appointed at Cen tral School in Hillsboro for the current year. hey include: Eugene Wilson; vice ^resident, Mrs. Lillion Long, secre-’r ary, Mrs. Ruth Long assistant sec retary, and Luther Delon, treaawr- , * r, and the following *■» imittees: MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Ruth McRae, Mrs. Helen Ellison? Mrs. Elsie Jayne, Mrs. Ida Iradsher, Mrs,. EtheJ Whitted, Mrs Vnderson Morrow, Jr., Mrs. Annie Fuller, Mrs. Helen Jon£s, Mrs. Ruth Traynham, Mrs. Louise Brad her, Mrs. Lula Mae Johftson, Mrs. ’aul Scurlock, Mrs. Doc. Beasley. HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mrs. Betty McAllister, Mrs. Fan lie Warner, Walter McDade, Clyde Whitted. .—.----- --- WELFARE COMMITTEE Miss Martha Chavious, Charles tainey, George ate, Wayne Comp on, M. C. Burt. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Mrs. C. C. Stanback, Mrs. V, K* Speller, Mrs. Creola Grady, Edgar Collins. - FINANCE AND BUDGET Mrs. Alice Wilson, Leacho Walk er, Charlie Torain, John Jeffries. ^-PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Mrs. M. D. McPherson, Mrs. Re becca Ringer, Mrs. Mary Jones, Mrs. Vendee Burnette, Sirs. Ossie Snipes. CHAPLAIN Rev. J. R. Bridgers. Bur-Mills Exchange Burlington Mills Corporation an nounced Monday that its offer to ng,. them ng each share of their stock in Parifis Mills for 1/3 of a share, of new 4M: per sent scsond prefer enre stock and 11/5 shares of common stock of Burlington Mills, has been mailed by the New Eng land Trust Company, 135 Devon shire Street, Boston,-Mass, Letters nf transmittal, for use by stock holders in making thjs exchange, together with other information regarding the offer and the com panies, are available at the New England Trust Company and all >f Kidder, Peabody and Company. The new 4M per cent second }reference stock and the :ommon stock isahable by Bhrling ipproved for the Now fork Stock
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