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EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE
my*
f&mcfup
KS OUT ... Decision of
,ther Hodges to go direct
ie people for support of
jram could have some far
g political results,
levating Kerr Scott from
isioner of Agriculture to
•Uoa of Governor and then
ing him to tlie U. S. Sen
e people of this State
very clearly indeed' that
te a man 'who will speak
forthright, and fight for
e feels is best for North
tCCO ... Right down un
moment he began his
and television broadcast,
i-ere many legislators of
mon that he would mere
iew wltat had happened
nentally in the few weeks
e had taken the oath of
. m the < ieift 1 \ n
mod just as certain that
Id merely give anew h -
? preferances — taxes on
.soft drinks, raising the
ix limit above $15, etc—
lot press the issue. .
all minority of the legisla
ted in Raleigh over the
d prior to the Governors
to the people to bone up
problems facing the 1955
of the General Assembly,
particular senators and
ntatives—plus a handful
- ;<■ '■:! %
y Monday before he went
air Wednesday that Luth
ges was getting a lot of
ne calls in opposition to
laeco tax. The Governor
d a few visitors, too, urg
i to take it easy on that
Y OR SCOTT? . . One old
’i'davor was heard ;>i au-f
on Wednesday as to
r Governor Hodges was
o be a Hoey or a Scott?
d what he meant, the
?r replied that both Hoey
ott were popular Cover
ven though they were di 1 -
types.
, he pointed out. never
tnybody mad, was friend
lished, polite, and egsy
it all times. On the other
Scott as Governor liked a
his man reminded, and at
could .be exceedingly
landed’
h would be the better
t>r Gov. Hodges to take.’
oey road or the Scott
as he prepared to go to
pie with his first report
?TlON ... Well, you know
that the Governor made
s known as a “lighting
’• He let it be known in
Brtain terms that he is go
stand steadfastly by the
lendations he made to the
lure.
lion of the legislators was.
' say, mixed. Some liked
Others seemed not to like
it — particularly as re
he tobacco tax.
iVER? ... Reports were
town last weekend that
nts of the Governor’s tax
rere asking the radio sta
or the same amount of
ey gave the Governor so
ey might answer him.
SRNATIVES ... You may
tax picture come down to.
three alternatives: a tax
cco; a sales tax on food;
s raise in taxes at all.
s is some feeling develop
t efforts will be made to
ore money —without cur
the services—in our edu
1 setup. However, North
a must not take a step
rd in tducationa—now or
OF WAY John Lar
ormer State senator and
ent the legislative liason
Governor Hodges, made
i before a group of bank
ew days ago and quipped
ROUNDUP, Page 2/
AT ZONING HEARING—.'..ore than 115 persons filled th». courtroom of the Chepel Hill Town Hell 1
[. to capacity on Monday evening for the hearing on the proposed suburban zoning ordinance before the
Chapel Hill aldermen. Rural opposition to tho measure from some residents on the Durham Rood end
the Mt. Carmel and Smith Level communities was as strongly voiced as its been expressed during the
past four years that the zoning measure has been under consideration. Planning Board Chairman Frank
; Umstead is shown at the left in front of the big zoning map while Chapel Hill Mayor O. K. Cornwell
(background) puts a question to him.
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The County Commissioners*
this week unanimously de
nied the Paie^it-Teaelit'i As
s(u i.it ion's renuest (iti t tottn
ty-wtde xeletetKiitm on vlvl,
sr ores: •
Meeting in Hillsboro Sion
day ;’, m. tin- Iroard discussed
the proposal at length‘and.
held the matter open for fin tit
er disc fission until altenloon.
Hut during the discussion
Commissioner I-tin in S. 4,a
rficr—an already outspoken op
ponent. of the proposal—moved
that the- PTA’s request for, the
■refe/endum : br deniedr I mined i -
ately and simultaneously. Com
missioners Dwight Ray of Carr
boro and Henry Walker of St
Ma y's seconded Mr. Lanier’s mo
tion, thus committing a majority
of the f.ve-man board to pass this
-motion. • » ....
A lengthy statement from the
Chapel Ilill-Carrboro Ministers
Association in opposition to the
setting up of ABC stores in this
community was presented to the
bond in the afternoon. Passed
at the group's weekly meeting
Hast" .Thursday,- the - statement, was
signed hy 16 members of the - As
soc i at;on.. -j___.
. ' _. ■ _ . ...
Th ee-Part Opposition
It uppfted only to the plac
ing of liquor stores in • Chapel
| Hill, declarirlg, in brief, in its
jlfirefe parts, th a ti (I'-'W e helieyC
| that this issue should be consid
i ered with regard to the total wel
i fare of our community; (2) "We
I twtiove. V it should' be consid
: ered ' wTlTTetfaW P), » ' cerjain
f uniqueness of our community,
land (3) We believe a moral issue
| is involved here" The text of
[this statement is carried, in full
: below - . i j ,
At the commissioners meeting'
held Monday lctters_wcre
sented from five other church
groups in opposition to the hold
ing of the referendum. These
were from: The Mt. Carmel
Church, the members of which
See ABC, Page 8
Ministers Statement
“We believe that this proposal
Tvrtetrmrctrtal'to Ihe larger. inter
esfs'”()T oil r' cojnrfiumly■said" a
statement adopted last week by
the Chapel llill-Carrboro Minis
ters’ Association concerning the
possible opening of ABC stores
in town.
. The statement said the gropp
which is interestod in the open
ing of ABC, stores here “reaches
ihe conclusion that wfc open the
way for ABC stores on the basis
of its eefue.ir for one commun
ity prob'cm (more revenue Tor
the schools) rather than on basis
ot a consideration of the total
communitj situation. We are con-*
eerned alsojpbout the problem of
insufficient funds for our schools.
Jjut we do not think that this is
ifie best answer.” said the Min
isters' statement
In c ns deri'ng the opcpihg of
ABC stores in a University com
munity such as* Chapel IlilT, the
statement said. “Drinking is a
problem in student life, just as
it is with other groups. It might
be argued as to whether or not
i h» presence of ABC stores would
VuTgravirtV th'e" problem;‘However;
both logic and experience seem
t0 suggest that 'easy availability’
brings an increase- in the- sales of
•a—product”--.. .— ....
The ministers' statement said,
• We are . . considering "a parti
cular community p'roWem and the
Viioraf- tss-ue-concerned in it,”
“The moral issue, as we see it,
whether or not' we as a commun
ity want to become in effect ’sil
ent partners’ in the distribution
of a'product which aggravates,
possibly creates, serious personal
ity disturbances in its patrons,
said the ministers in their state
ment.
The statement concluded, “The
chief argument advanced for op
ening the ABC stores is that of
securing revenue for the schools.j
There arc many reasons for ques
ttontng- on legal - and economic
grounds thi#’method of financing
local schools. Even if these did
not exist, we believe that the mor
al weakness of the proposed plan
sould eliminate it from our con
sideration. We believe that there
are other possible answers which
can meet the needs for the schools I
wtihout posing serious problems
« the communityT
The Chapel tfftt- PTA's retjuest
tor a referendum vote on the op
ening of ABC stores here was de
mon Monday by the Orange Coun
tj Commissioners
Commissioners
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Orange 40 & 8
Plans Nursing
Scholarship
Paul H. Robcflson, Chef de
Gare of Orange County Forty and
Eight Voiture 1266,-has announc
ed that th^ local Voiture will in
itiate a program of sponsorship
of an Orange County girl in i
nursing school. v
The first girl will be selected
to begin her course of study dur
ing this'year. The method of se
lection will be announced in the
near future.
This program of awarding a
s, iH larship in the field of nurs
ing will Be in line with similar
programs sponsored by 40 k 8
Voitures throughout North Caro
lina and in. many parts of the
nation. Believing this to be one
oi the most needed, programs in
our county today, the local Voi
ture voted unanimously in regular
meeting last Friday to undertake
this most worthwhile project.
In making thia announcement,
Robertson stated that the organi
zation has set the wheels in mo
tion to raise the funds needed
.to carry on. Jhia . project. Frank
Umslead of 'Chapel Hill will head
ttic first portion of the fund
raising drive, which will be a
Bingo party at the Chapel Hill
, Legion Hut, 0n Friday night, Ap
ril 8. A second suck, party will
Ibc given at some later date in
Hillsboro.
Chef de Gare R ' 71®
Chairman UmMead have express
ed the desire for full cooperation
of • ail- the citizens of the Cdunty
in this effort t0 raise the necea
.ary funds to award this nursing
scholarship.
Talent Contest Winners Named
At Event Featuring 4-H Week
National 4-H Club Week is one
of the mtost importan' events of
j the year to 4-H Club members, !)
i.s a week to" inform the public of
T tie Tar feafcti .iU valuer l»f llie .4-H
program.This week also club mem
!><■ v are .urged io- lake inventory ol
heir ^-H'Club activities and set
: higher standards of achievement.
- The theme for 1955 is ''Improv
ing Family and Community Liv
ing." , ...
Tiis week Orange County’s 730
club members join with 146.803
ielub members over North Carolina
. in this. 4-H f lub Week observance.
' ’CTufrmmnKeifT^
a:e informing the public of their
activities by bulletin boards, pos
ters, leaflets, and chapel programs
4-H Club work has given millions
of rural and urban youth an op
| portunity to improve themselves
j in the art of living through a
' program that has been planned to
i meet their needs. Club Work has
made a contribution to the nation
and world and it is with pride that
4-H members everywhere honor
^ heir organization this week'.
Between 175 and 200 4-H Club
members, parents, and leaders
began the observance of National
4-H Club Week Saturday night by
attending a County 4-fl Recreation
Night at Schley Orange Hall.
recreation ..Was a talent contest.
I From a field of 19 contestants,
the following were named blue
ribbon winners and will represent
Orange County in the District 4 H
! Talent'Contest: Joyce Ward, Hills
: boro Senior 4-H Club; Joe Fotrest,
[ Rfland 4-H Club, Nancy Felnjet,
1 Pajt .Ray- and Judy Ray. of White
Cross 4-H Club; and Sandra Wrenh
and Nancy Wilson, Aycock Junior
4-H Club. Honorable mentions
Kenneth Walker, Nancy and Cath
erine Roberts,- and Judy Norton,
fudges for the talent event were
Miss Barbara Mitchell, Mr. Vance
~ Martin, Mrs. Charlie Mincey, and
Miss Ruth Thompson.
The Hillsboro Senior Club will
present the blue ribbon group'with
medals at the County Achievement
, Night this fall. ,
The Board of County Commissioners this wee k registered strong opposition to legislation now be
fore the General Assembly which would whittle aw ay a portion of its budgetary and tax levying au
thority. v
In doing so the county board
took cognizance of a concerted ef
fort by Chapel Hill school author
ities to bring pressure on the
commissioners to restore the fulb
26c. per $100 special -supplemen
tary school tax, which last year was
cut to 12c. Commissioners at that
time took the position that the
revaluation should not be used as
a vehicle to raise additional reve
nues. Nevertheless, under the 12c
rate the Chapel Hill schools, re
ceived more than previously under
the 20c levy.
In taking action, the board stud-"
ied carefully an editorial appear
ing in Sunday’s Greensboro Daily
News on the subject, moving first
to commend this, in its entirety
to Orange County representatives
in the General Assembly, later de
ciding to draft its own resolution
and adopting it unanimously.
The Daily New* comment -is re
produced in an adjacent column
at the request of members of the
Bdard.
The Orange County Board of
Commissioners' resolution in its
entirety reads as follows;
“Be it resolved:
“First, that the Board of Com
missioners of Orange County is op
posed to that section of the school
bill now before the General As
sembly which makes it manda
tory to levy the maximum amount
at supplementary- taxes author
ized by the votersjn spfpial elec:
lions, in spite of property revalu
ations by the county, because we
believe it unwise to divide the
tax-levying and tax appropriating
authority of the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners.
“Second, that the Board, there
fore; urges Representative John
W. ltmste*d.and Sen-dot Ojjlph V(.
Scott to oppose enactment of the
proposal." . . , .
1_..-1-!.-—j,
Pft/pps Elected
Bv County Bar
I, J Phipps, local attorney
- and Jitrtgf1 of the Orange County
Recorder’s Court, has been elec
t()d President of the Orange
County Bar Association for the
coming year.
i The vice - president of the
. Association thi.\. past year, he
succeeds Bonner D. Sawyer of
Hillsboro, The dozen-odd mem
bers of the group elected »offi-,
cers at„ their monthly meeting
here last, weekend.
B - Henry A, -Whitfield was chos*
en vice - president and Emery
B. Denny Jr., re-elected secre
tary-treasurer.
SCHOOL TOUR DEFERRED
The scheduled tour of county
schools which Superintendent G.
Paul Carr and the Board of Edu
catiqnhad arranged for the Coun
ty Commissioners this month has
been deferred as a result of a
schoo.l board decision Monday that
more time was needled to study
budget requests and future build
ing needs prior to the visits..
SCHOOL GOES FOR $150
The County School Board Mon
day authorized the sale of the
abandoned Damascus school build
ing for $150 cash.
Flexible Tax Levies
A sleeper bill pending at Raleigh would force county com
missioners to levy the full amount of supplementary taxes au
, t horised by the voters in special elections.' •"
Hilt and the Orange County commissioners. School officials would
force commissioners (who set the tax rate) to boost Chapel Hill's
12-cent supplementary school tax up to the full 20 cents author- ,
ized. As we understand it, the bill would make the same sort of
thing mandatory ;n other counties with special levies, such as
Guilford and Forsyth. ; ■"'? *
The bill, we think, is dangerous, divisive and unsound. It
would authorize a situation vary much lika two people trying to
ride a motorcycle with one guiding and the other feeding the gas. -
As of now county commissioners have authority to sat the
tax rate. The pending bill would take< authority for reculoting
school, levies out of the commissioners' hands. It would .definitely
discourage revaluation by making supplementary tax rates tor.....
flexible and unmanageable hy the very officials authorised to set
'those rates. x
As the law now works, commissioners may set special levies
"up tQ" a certain maximum If that maximum were made man
datory, it would have adversely affected Guilford's recent reval
uation project in which tax rated were lowered by' commissioners _
as valuation of property waa raise.
Supporters of the Orange County bill defend the right of the
people to levy taxes on themselves to "educate their children.” -
Surety Jtiey have that right, hut responsibility' for setting tax
Irntoa must ultimately rest somewhere. County commissioners
should not be stripped of their authority in this field. It would
bring on added troubles. * —The Greensboro Daily News.
Hillsboro Bond Vote
Citizens of Hillsboro will vote
on the proposed $50,000 bond is
sue for building • dam for addi-!
| tional water storage in the event
| of drought at the sanje time and,
place as the regular biennial mu
nicipal election on May 3.
I The decision was reached at
*furt«£»y* night's meeting of the
' town commissioners when a bond
ordinance setting up the machin
ery rsTTW"rererfntttrm'was ap
proved unanimously. ;
The books for the regular town
election and the bond election will
be opened on April 9 and close on
April 23, with April 30 as Chal
lenge Day. .
The deadline'for candidates to
• file for the offices of Town Com
missioner and Mayor js 12 o’clock
myiP'-rtffThe first Monday in April.
Two Held On
Morals Charge
Two Kflaud area men are free-j
under' $1,000 bonds on charges-"of-'
earnal knowledge of a 13-year-old
Mebane RFD girl.
They are Luther Cook, 28, and^
Thomas Knight, 23.
This pair was said to be the first J
of several men who picked the1
girl up on a Saturday night two
weeks ago on an escapade which !
-TMh^frcinSiifSiffg-- from her
for several days before authorities
finally found her in Danville, Va
One of the men she was with dur
ing the evening, she reported, car
ried her to the Virginia line from:
which she walked across into the
other state.
A 15-year-old Chapel Hill youth
was also arrested this week
charged with criminally assaulting
1 a six-year-old child in Chapel Hill
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4 u UIPSK OBSERVERS—One of the features of 4-H week in
4-H WEEK 0 ,ountv.wid« Recreation Night held at Schley
Orange County was contest held at this event are shown
Grange Winners m th ^ Felmet and Judy Ray of White
above: eft to rhg.t, Wi|,on and Sandra Wrenn of
Joyce Ward of Efland. Parent, of the group are Mr.
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, and Mrs. C. F. Ray, Mr and Mr*. D R. Felmdt, Mr. and Mr*. Turner j
! Forrest, Mr. and Mr*, Alfred Wil*on, Mr. and Mr*. Hassell Wrenn ,
j and F. A. Ward.
Other 4-H'ers spread the word about their organisation by di«
I tributing mail box sign* to the member*. Above, pretty Viola Fer
gerson, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. D C. Ferg*non of Whit* Cre*s,
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attaches one •# the signs to the family mail bo*.
At right, a group of 4-H'ers displays the distinctive signs which
will later adorn their own mail boxes. They ore, back row left to
right. Gail Ford, Ann Morrow. Viola Fergerson, Eleanor Lloyd; front
row, Billy Ford; Nancy Felmet and J. C. Ward.
Board Notes
Commendation
For W. Wren
The Board of County Commiir
sinners .received a their meeting
here Monday a letter corfimehd
ing Veterans Service Officer Wal
ter Wren for his efficient service
in behalf of veterans of the coun
ty. *• •
The letter came rrom Paul Fen
ner. North Carolina Department ,
Service Officer, The American Le
gion. whose office conducts liaison
with the Veterans Administration.
The commissioners voiced their
own pleasure for the recognition
lccorded Wren.
In other matters, the Board
handled a number of requests for
road improvement; approved a
long list of changes in welfare de
partment grants; studied a lengtty
■equest from J W .Hamlet and
wife of West Hillsboro asking for
heljr in getting their landlord,
Fred Cates Sr„ to remove a tree
hanging precariously over their
small home since Hurricane Haze!
came through; heard a renort on
the new Farm and Home Efficien
cy' Program now underway „ from
County Agents Don Matheson and*
Ed Barnes; inspected former quar
ters 'occupied by the Welfare De
partment to see if the owner, Gil
bert Raw was due anything for
damages suffered during the occu
pancy: and listened to various oth
er assorted details,of county bus
iness.
The board approved the writing
off of a shortage of $53 10 in the
accounts of the County Tax De
partment as an error in tax com
putation. ' after officials reported
diligent efforts had failed to ex
plain the shortage.
CHARGED IN BREAK-IN
-Two Eno township men have
been arrested and charged with
the break-in at Doc Griffin’s serv
They are Rov Brown, alias Roy
Webb, and Jack Burton, both of
I.rndpn Road. About $100 in mer- .
chandise was taken, according to
Sheriff 0. H. Clarion
PROGRESS CREDITEO
Credit operations of the Orange
County Recorders Court dropped
off two-third last month as com
pared to January, the Board of
Commissioners were told Monday.
Clerk Edwin M. Lvnch reported
that $256 was added to the credit
ledger in eosts and fines during
February while $560.15 was col
lected on old accounts. » , v .