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J of Orsnge County ,p up with tho news „ 0ver the county by , THE NEWS of County. OLUME 62 NUMBER 3 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1*SS For quick, prowon results, sell, buy, rent or pot a job by using the classified ads on pa»» 5 of THE NEWS of Orange County. EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK ■ ' fit U KUXWREWER'S JERGROUND ^ . One af-j on last week I was driving j ten Elkin and Wmston-Sa when; an approaching car ■d lights at me. I checked . jf my lights were on. They4 _vt_ 'The next , car did the four out of every five cars |he same thing. The drivers |d and waved and I waved en 1 got to the Yadkin River e I was ncit surprised to i whammy set up by the' vay patrol. From that point jar in front of me flashed ghts at every car he passed we got to Winston-Salem, j is an interesting experience , ive in psychology. Apparent ur out of eyery five people cooperating to defeat the tise of the whammy. The one may have taken for eit that the others had been I / e thing impressed .me. The limy didn’t cause the arrest lybody who had any sense •serration who was traveling een Elkin* and Winston-Sa that afternoon. And yet it in reality accomplished its ose. I had never seen a more rly line of traffic on any i way'. Everyone was within peed limit and waving, sm.l and cooperating with his f.el ravelers. ; ; |e thought occurred that if on is traveling and observ (lat the flow of traffic is ex ling the speed limit that he |d be doing his fellow travel and himself, a favor if he. [flash his lights, smile and regardless of whether a nmy is ahead or" not. One ^t be and at least it will the speed laws to be ub for the next ten miles h" one might be—a life just may be your own. 1AL FRIENDLY . . . There many freshman members of legislature in Raleigh, and ■ has been a- lot of “getting ainted” going bn. They are teable lot, and easy to g°t now or else they wouldn’t been elected back home there are also a lot of fresh or new lobbyists on the this year anti the\ are lni-\ ng acquainted with the" legio s..as fast-„as :tbev can. -am! Hiey are a friendly Inf -9tk1 "fellow well-met'’ or else would never have been c-hos nr the work they are sent to do. ■eerdv I saw lvr' of fli"■-> lobbyists d;nin" toge'h«*r in j aleiph re?*a>!'-''nt, and th’v^ ' laughing so hard 1 i.red as to the cause .of th °r. They are from different °ns of the state and by som<* te had never met. They had up an acouainfance in the v of. the Sir Walter Hotel j had gone across tbc street to rh thought the other on’. ** member of iorr* J both were doing their best lahe a good imoression. and m’sation had gone something *h's: “I hope to go* hotter ( ainted with you during the three months, and if-there oything I can do for you se depend that it will he a sure for me to do so.” “Well., sir, that is most kind of, :MM: me. hasfen to .a--ir-sj •nat I am -at vour service . pa?er to return am- favor ” 's Went oh for awhile until . °J1<> was convinced that he .made a nmv friend end se a new vote for his em h’er. - j ’’’‘"ally one said, “Tell me,. I l0uld know, but are you a mem r.?f t*Ie house or the senate.” wither," was the reply, “I am 'Pfebyist.” “Shake.” said the ler one, “So am I,” and with 't they both saw the humor of 1 situation and were still Shing when I came by. , LUB-DE-DUB . * . Speaking See ROUNDUP, Page 2) Lockharts Lose 300 | 7 Arrested For Stealing Turkeys j"7 At • least seven men have been arrested in connection with a widespread turkey-stealing opera ! tion against the Lockhart Turkey Farm in Chapel Hill township. 1 Sheriff Odell Clayton and his deputies have been investigating liig "several* leads Ait The'TluTHam' area, one man was arrested'dur ing the weekend and information gained front\questioning him and dozens of ouJhre led to the mass arrests. John Lockhart, who with his father, S. P. Lockhart, operates the huge turkey farm which has won wide acclaim for the quality of its products, including a State j Fair award, estimated that well j- over 300 nf the choice birds were stolen for a total value of about i $2,500 The turkeys were believed stol en in small quantities ranging up to a dozen, the thefts beginning bef<Jr0t Thanksgiving. The thefts word not believed the work of an •organized gang, but two brothers aTreaay -ar^srer cofnposFd oT one' wtyite man and six Negroes. Several of the men have pre-, vious larceny records and at leas* two were involved in the celebrat ed hog skinning episode several years ago. Under arrest in the case now are John Junior Alston, James Burton, Henry Bailey, Harvey Tur ner, Jehue Alston, Raymond Walker, all Negroes, and Hubert j Mayse, a white man, all of Dur ham county. • * ' ' i Commissioners Take | - ■ • ' - • : • j Action On Legislation I In a-session largely devoted to discussion df proposed legislation being presented to the General Assembly, the Board of Countv Commissioners endorsed eight proposals approved by. the Sta'e association of County Commission i < ers. The board also asked its attor neys to check with the State Wel fare Department regarding legis lation to change the method of distributing welfare equalization fund. In other actions the board took a dim view and refused|to approve a proposal from the C. M. Guest Cer .‘ruction Company, develop | mont engineering firm of Greens boro. that this county grant tax I exemptions to firms which might he interested in establishing lab oratories in the Durham-Ratoieh X'htmel Hill triangle Tbe matter. was presen'ed likewise to countv hoards of Durham and Wake. No snecific developments were men tioned by firm. Cognizance, was taken of the cur rent campaign to change the mr Ormr svstem in North Carolina and the board recommended that Representative Unr-toad and <'eo ator Scott give "serious consider "‘ton’’ to these propositions be for° easting their votes. The eight proposals endorsed hv the boa"d include the follow ing;- -----■ ■ (1) Staggered terms: (2) allow ing the board to designate its own ' 'TW IfoRiliiliwnr in<»s: f?) .iltowtog . tlv>' board" to rr-rehas^”Ihibilil' "I’d a"»*iden4—to— sura nos; (5) requiring .TP’s to usrt n.i-nherpd “warran'S and r° niijrip" rnneipts to he audited an Af Caldweli Tfris Saturday A benefit chicken supper and fwster supper will be on sale in ! the. Caldwell School lunchroom I this coming Saturday, January, erring’ will commence at 5:30 and-continue until later' ij> evning. Pic; sake, coffee, and I drinks in addition to the din i. Proceds from this affair ch is sponsored by the Cald I Educational Association and Caldwell Home DemonStra Glub - will go to the .Caldwell lanUJjltx house building fund. ng donations for the dinners Mesdames Sam Riley, Hassie ler. ClairvBerry, Amy Taylor, nche Clayton, Wilma Berry, S. J. Parker,- Sr. - hose comprising the cooking serving committee are: Mes aes Ida Erskin, Parker, Ida Dur a- Parker, Fred Mangum, Sad trey, Geraldine McKee, Billie Nellie Mabl^ Harris, Nola Miller, :es Hawkins, Luna Wilker Polly Laws, Polly McKee, Blalock, aftd Mary Ruth Wal 1 The publicity committee for this affair are: Misses Marjorie Carey and Vergilene Berry, and i Mrs. Elizabeth Murray. —— nually; (6) changing the board of welfare term of office from, Aprif 1 to .luly 1 i"i'wsii*i'ng ' the IB quirement that the superintendent of welfare and the welfare board chairman sign checks on admini stration expenses; -<8) creating a pooled fund for hospitalization an*d puhlic assistance recipients. Forestry Meet Next Tuesday According t'o Don S. Matheson, county agent. John Gray, North G>rolina Stale College Extension Forester, will hold two forestry demonstrations Tuesday, January 25. The. first wilt be at, McP-uffy Mom- gl. t'hurdle .Airp<K‘t ..|toad, Chapel Iim. in the,.forests of C. O, L. A., and P. K Hogan. Thinning aiul pulpwood wilLbe' the subject of this meeting. In the afternoon at 1:30 o'clock there will be a meeting at Gary Sykes' farm 4 miles south of Hilts boro on the Orange Grove Hoad. Sykes has, since 1940. thinned his 100-ac e farm woodland, and periodically has sold over 200,000 ft. of timber and his stand of tim be: now is better than it was when he Itcgan his timber thinning pro grant. All interested woodland owneriy im f Jrangr' f'turn ty-are - in vited to attend these demonstra PARKER SELLS OUT Randolph Parker, who for tinny years has operated the only shoo s-hop 4n. Hill shorn, sold his -bu .■ ness this week to Martin C. Irons *of /Toms' River, N. J.. Mr. Irons assumed control of the bus mess. or,. Monday. Jl.C, anj Mrs. Irons are residing on Wake street in Hillsboro., -i. ■ ■ H Seen Need By Solon f By John W. Umsttid Jr. Representative, General Assembly The second week of the 1958 session of the General Assembly was used almost entirely by the -Budget Bureatt' «nd the Reven deoaijyient.. in^.ejypjamiing to bo' commendations of the Advisory Budget Commission in regal’d tfl taxes and appropriations. This pro-' cedure is being tried for the first time and it seems to be working well. It is especially beneficial to the members of both bodies who have never served^in the legisla ture The proposed new taxes have been given much publicity in the press of the state For this reason 11 will not go into them other than to say that all of them will meet some opposition from those affected. The strongest oppositibn will be to .the proposed tax on bottled drinks and tobacco. It is too early in the session lb say what the outcome will be in re gard t«> any of the proposed taxes j but there is a feeling that some j new revenue must be raised and j . Bo doubt jiuieh . of fhc proposed tax program 'will ultimately be adopted. ‘ ' - Must Get Money The reason for making the statement at the close of the last paragraph is that a large' number of the members know that the people of the state will not stand ' for curtailing necessary seryjee1 anu they know That we must get the money from some source. There are those who say that we ; unnecessary spending. When you ask them where they would start you never get a direct reply. J>ome say that you could cut the number of employees of agencies and institirions in Raleigh. When you tell them if we cut out all i employees in Raleigh that would mean only a drop in the bucket .then they begin to hedge-and end up with no definite place that 'we can cut services. , For a minute let us analyze the (situation and we will see that there is little, chance to cut ex I peases very much. Take the item i at public, schools. Seventy cyits (ff each tax dollar is spent on schools. Everyone knows that wo. annot dispense, with janitorial, service and heating. Everyone knows that*- we cannot dispense -with ol'r school bus services to those who live long distances from their schools. Everyone Tcnows TWat wir~cannot afford-to i cut teachers! saLries .in the. face HE the . curr^tiL-sboEtage . • '-rs in our stale -as well as the | oun.rv at Targe. We n-’C'l to i'ncr,as1 salaries to Inc? utir I), i I) vs au | g.rls ~SU nio .the t ar. fmg p* fes-i n :.i ,• than :> k’./OO more -school ii .. i, ^nt rod otfr - schools in pl.mber than ha I ever entered foie. This registration of six a r-->Ufs requiresra"MnTnnfflr'tJf (See NEW TAXES, pyge 7) “«r Town Board Expects To Get Water Survey ReportToday Report.Of Steady Progress In 1954 Heard By Local B&L Stockholders :**r,as*•»,».3W&r.;;4r. Another report of *steady growth featured the annual meeting of ►the Stockholders of the Hillsboro Building and’ .Loan Association Tuesday night. Secretary-Treasurer Ira A. Ward told the group that total resources of the association experienced a growth of over a quarter of a million dollars during 1954, which he said was one of its best years though not the biggest in growth ■ "We have grown steadily^ if not spectacularly, during the past year,’ Ward said, “and our area, town and community are growing along with us.” whifh has close to 2,000 savers and borrowers in this immediate area, increased by $258,035 during 1054, according to Ward’s report, which he illustrated freely with charts. Other highlights of the report ! showed: 245 new loans were made dur-j ing the past year, amounting to a total of $615,225. ’ s>. I These included 68 for new I homes, 46 for purchase of real property, primarily homes, and 131 for other uses primarily re-1 pairs, etc. “something in which we as stock holders and citizens can take pride.” Earnings of the association during the year amounted to $85, 000, 48.8*;: of this amount bein ’ paid to members as dividends All directors and officers of the association were reelected includ ing W. John Clayton, president. B. S. Carr, vice president. Ira A Ward, secretary-treasurer. Bonner I>, Sawyer, attorney, and W. H Walker, W. T. Murray, R T Tay lor,' C. Scott Cates and J. H. Mc Adams. directors. Total assets in the local associa tion now total $1,655, 387 58. 6 Dentist Joins Health. Staff Next.Month Dr. John T. -Hughes, Pittsboro Untist, will become a full-time lentist with the Orange-Person- j Chathaml^ec health department! an February 28; ■ Dr O David Garvin, district ] healih officer, said* this is the .list time a dentist has been as signed permanently to a single I listrict. He expressed grafication at this additional assignment and the opportunity which it affords - for service in the schools. Dr. Hughes will he in charge of j oral 'hygiene in all schools in the four counties, and it will be his ■job to inspect ail acftcdT and to correct-defects of the up* derprivi-legod- children. , f L., When Dr. Hughes takes over the District -Health post on March 1st, he will discontinue his pri vate practice of dentistry in Pitts boro. He said this week that he .Will make cvoK effort to bring another dentist to Pittsboro tor take his place Dr. Hughes and his family will continue to make i heir home in Pittsboro. Dr. Hughis said that the people <il Pittsboro and Chatham County . ve been extremely nice to him during his righi years here = and ■ihat this kindness is greatly ap preciated by him. — A- na; iv e .o-f ,-itr*-Hughes. -! need' Wake Fmkt ' College ,«id the Baltimore College of irntal Surgery, A7ni versity-. -of Maryland Den al School-, He ser ved in I he Army from 1 !)42 to *944, and -set up—an office in . ittsburo for the practice of dent istry in August, .1947. Ilis wife is the former Miss . Elizabeth Dis ney of Bai; imorCj.—M-aryland, - .and they have two children. Mystery Farm of the Week—No. 22 „ Who Owns This Mystery Farm? Identify this '/Mystery Farm'' first and you will receive a free subscription to The Nows of Orange County Miss Josephine Pendergr.ft, of Route 3, Ch^ Hill wes the first to cell last week .dent.fy.ng that farm as belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Cheek Sr, Farrington Road, Route 3. The owner has received a beautifully mounted photo of his farm. A, $50 PLATES AVAILABLE Ortng* rSSK D#m«er»t* • have b«*n oivan an allotmant of .ilx placat at tha annual J*f feCjon-Jsckion Day dinr»*r to bo Hold in -RaWgh on Pobruary 6. Pries of tha ticket* ara $50 aach, tha county's quota baing $300. Chairman R. O. Porrast says that any Democrat ha* tha privilaga of purchasing ona of tha tickats far $50 if ha da siras. In accordanca with tha usual practice, if tha dinnar platas ara not said, a solicita tion to raise tha county's quota will be mad* amang party mam bar* through the county. The Jaffarson-Jackson Day dinnar is the annual fund-rais ing event of tha party. Excavations Begin for New School Excavations for the construction of the new Cameron Park Elemen tary School in Hillsboro were be gun,, Tuesday. - , „• Contracts for the general con struction and the subcontracts were signed earlier this week by school officials. The Charles C. Haynes Con struction company has the gen eral contract. Hunt Piumhing Company the plumbing contract. Arrow Plumbing. and Heating 'CompaiivTtie liraTrigTOrirraet• amt Mace Electric Company-the elec tricfll contract; all-tot-iHing in the neighborhood of $235,000 since the elimination of a number of minor items from the _ original specifi calions to bring the.total wi'.hin the money available II is planned to hive the build ing cntnpleted by early--E-aH-Ar-. chie R. Davis is the architect. ATTRACTS 300 Over 300 people attended the open house of the board of edu cation at the new school admini strative offices jn the old court house Tuesday night. Credit Union Reports 1954 Its Best Year The' Farmers Mutual Credit Un ion held its annual share holders meeting Thursday night at the Central High School Cafeteria. The re-port showed ' that th | Credit iTriion enjoyed-'its largest' "growth in 1954' The growth <jn number of shares moved from (50 shares in 1953 to 140 shares at the close of business December 31. 1954. „ The Credit Union sponsored a Christmas Savings Program for th‘‘ ',inu> in the three schools in 1954, as a means of teaching thrift. More than 700 students .participated.'.in' The' program lotal of $3495 25 was collected , in Christmas Savings. The Efland Elementary School won* both prizes offered in Ih elementary and grammer grade departments Central High woo (he prize offered lor - the high school department. Schools-partic ipating were: Cedar drove, Efland arid Central High School Pi rns are being developed for the 1955 savin"s program, sched tiled to begin this month Members of the Board of Direr tors reelected were: A. L. Stanbark. President It oo n - - v, * 11 Warner. Viee Prestitent C. Burt. ’Treasurer: Mr* Mariah O McPherson. Collector and Bookkeeper': T A Morro\v. Mrs A. O. Whittecl and J. G. Coilins. -Credit Committee:_Charlie T1 rain. Chairman. R. A Travnharn. and. Herman Alli.sep Siroen isor Cf.njiroittee: .1 M -Murfrce, Chair man, Mrs. A A Burt,, Mrs Marian C. McPherson NEW. LOCATION Bolsford Radio & .TV ;Smie?= will open in its new location, the building - formerly occupied by Dell Mar Shop, on.. Church on S' Saturday Meeting Set For 2:30 p.m. With Engineer ft ■fi details at 2:30 this afternoon of a survey which has been underway for several months to determine the municipality's proper cdune to assure an adequate water sup ply Town Manager Thomas D. Rose of Chapel Rill, the consultng en gineer, has scheduled a meeting with the Board to present the re sults of his survey. The survey report is expected to include plans for construction, of a dam on the Eno River near the old Djmock’s Mill dam site which was washed away several years ago, estimated costs, and other, factors upon which the Town .Commissioners can base their decision for future action. Personnel *f the board, it, is un derstood. ‘have boeh in contact with representatives .of the prop erty o&ners-and no difficulty is expected in securing -whatever land may be necessary . Hillsboro existed on a danger ously short water supply for sev eral months in late Summer and early Fall last year and drastic’ conservation measures had to be instituted to get the community through-the shortage. Rainfall has. been relatively light since' that time and many wells still are.dry, altogether making a situation dan gerous to the future welfare of the community and early remedial action necessary. 1 I 1 ' 1 Hi * 1954 Receipts At Postoffice - . ■ • Drop Slightly Postil receipts at the Hillsboro Postoffice showed a slight in crease for the final .’quarter of 1854. ascitmaared. td- the final ^ ! otiarter of the previous year, but total receipts for the year drop ped from the record of 1953. Total postal receipts at the lo cal office were $24,230 87 in 1954 v ; as compared to S25.616 99 the pre vious year » Prior to the paid year, gross re ! ceipts had experienced a steady crewth sincr 1948: - Total receipts for orevions,vears since 1948 were as_follows: 1948 S14.873 82 1949 $15.898 85; V950 *18.898 35: 1951 — $20.779 49: 1952 $24.274 01 -Reeeinls for a nostoffice are oh tained ‘hrough the sale of stamns. second class postage, box rents, and other types of paid postage. Receipts do not show the amount ' of - money order business, nor 4)0 . 1 they show the amount of postal savings business. MERCHANTS LUNCHEON^ The Hillsboro Merchants Asso- * ■nation will hold its regular Jan uary meeting at luncheon today at Colonial Inn at 1 o'clock School Personnel Begin Evaluation Program In Orange County Units The school personnel of Orange County's white schools, feeling a need to study our public schools, have begun a program of school ;-volii;itio‘p-' under the leadership of schools, with Ihe approval of superintendent. C P Carr As the study progresses the has ic elements of a good school will be considered. £ome of these ele ments are: To develop needed 1 skills-in Teaching pupils. To teach moral and spiritual values. To. meet needs and broaden interests of pupils. To foster personal and reomdvuhity principles for good cit i izenship To continue to improve our schools. To continue to 1m : prove our schools. To provide ade quate instructional materials. To have good equipment and grounds. To provide adequate and .safe | transportation. To provide guid unee for 'children. To realize val hcs in teaching in small groups o classes. To encourage teachers ti study for improved teaching meth ods. To-have interested arid coop Each school will conduct its in dividual evaluation. The sdperv: sor has provided questionnaires of check lists from the State Depart ment of Public instruction which will be the basis of the evalua tion. The teacher will" evaluate her own classroom and teaching procedures and from time to time conferences will be held with the j supervisor, princi pal and teachers participating in the study of the school's needs. Finally a summary of the eval at ion will be drawn by a commit tee appointed by the principal amt the results will be submitted to the Superintendent, G. I’. Carr and the Orange County Board ot Education for further study. Ft is necessary that schools be evaluated continuously in order to provide for better growth, and de- „ complishments and there is no better way to learn the facts than ihrough evaluation fk Teachers need to evaluate Uleir fc techniques and to study the in dividual pupil to provide for learn ing. Principals need'to continuously evaluate their schools from the - standpoints_of administration. school personnel, pupil transpor-™ ! tation. public relations, commun ity relationships and other phases of work of the principal. - The supervisor needs to have information concerning the school ti, (See£ VALUATION. pofl.e 5;
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