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I of Orange County 9 up with tha now* over the county by THE NEW? of County* HILLSBORO AND CMAPM. MILL, N. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 17. IMS bAX ... Dh J. W. Harrel C. State College chan tmeritus who died sudden Saiurday night after suf a cerebral hemorrhage, cently confided to several | friends that his ambition, climax his public cffreeF North„Carblina. • friends with whom he had rd the matter had not told but they felt that the iry campaigning to win |ice would prove too much nan of his age. He was 69 bf age at his death. Harrelson apparently did alize that his health was bg down—or he would not entertained any idea of public service on a regu lis. ' Jan possessed of boundless and an individual upon worries seemed to rest Dr. J. W. Harrelson virtually his entire life ! service of others. JNG VS. SPRING CLEAN - The 80-degree weather eased in on your capital 1st week brought, forth the Jroup of 1955 fishermen to ice at Bella Acres. I might as well confess that | only didn’t, gel an oppor to join these ambitious juals, I didn’t even get a to see what kind of luck ivere having. |l, we can be sure of one At least they were suffi fortunate to be out fish |ls for me, I had to help my lady with the spring "g. |OW DOWN ... The talk outs is to -the effect that Jeneral Assembly and Gov. Hodges are gradually tig for. a showdown on jthe (s. bills having to do with relating to where the should go for new tax Ire are tfiose who maintain lastly that there will be no I taexs on tobacco. Others hat this, session of the Leg se wiH refuse to- put a .tax. bttled drinks. Nevertheless, Ian hear that both of these ''will "fee'taxed—as the fiov recommended in hjs origi [essage relating to the hnd >fore the Legislature., pt of the observers, how i agree that the result will [great extent depend upon jar that Gov. Hodges is will go to bring the members le Legislature over to his" V the fence. [other words, everybody is ering to what extent the [■nor is going to go in forc irough his program. -L,.HE RAMROD? ... Very I now the Governor must .de iefinitely if he will go down |ng for his tax ideas or if 111 work along with the Leg |re on plans which some of. [embers, have for producing revenue. Something has [to give somewhere; and ler side last week showed gns of wanting a compro Cover Hodges decides to through his program, is a very good chance the nature will be here until 1. Also, he will run the [of making bitter enemies. it, on the other hand, if h ■s to the conclusion that, all, he has been in office . a' little over five months that the Legislature has the responsibility for taxes, e will be some who will t to that fact as an illustra that he did not have the ssary leadership to move See ROUNDUP, Page 2) REV. TOM M. FREEMAN !■"' TO CONDUCT REVIVAL—The Rev. Tom M. Freeman, pastor of Hocutt Memorial Baptist church Burlington, will conduct revival service each night at 7:30 for the week beginning Monday, March 21, at the Mars Hill Bap tist Church. Special music will Be rendered by the Mars Hill Choir. Mr. Freeman is a grad uate of Mars Hill Junior College and Southern Baptist Theologi cal Seminary and currently pres ident of N. C. Baptist Pastor's Art Exchange Plan Proving Very Effective In an effort to help children to develop better understandings in the area of the social studies, an art exchance - program was launched Jast fall uhder the'gen eral leadership of Mrs. Norma E. Snipes, Supervisor Of Elementary Schools vith Mrs. M. D McPher son. Mrs. Alice McAdoo and Mrs. Lucy James, teachers, acting as chairmen representing Central High, F.fland and Cedar Grove Schools From 'he beginning much in terest was shown among teachers and- minds in the project. Pupils from gra te one through eigfit sent pictures .of life in Orange County to children who live in lands we read about and .discuss daily. - Our first collection of foreign pictures arrived a few days ago. They were from Israel. Boys, and girls of grades five and six drew them. The pictures depict quite vividly the life of the people in this ancient, bioiieal, religious land. They show also how the culture, society and life in gen eral have, been influenced by the grographil position and dimate pt this land. Many scenes were (Sec ART EXCHANGE* page X) l'"111 ^ . EXERCISE HAIL STORM-Two Orange County youths recently participated in a winter training maneuver at Camp Hale, Colorado, where they are members of the 8th Infantry Division's 61st Regiment. Sgt. Charles H. Hughes, top, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hughes, Cedar Grove, pauses beside a 75 mm. recoilless rifle. He is a section leader of his company. He entered the Army in June 1953 and is a former student at Presbyterian College CpI Jewel d. Cecil/ son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cecil of Route 2, Hillsboro, is a rifleman. He also entered the Army in June 1953 and completed basic training at Camp Atterbury, Ind. ABC Issue Not Dead; Ask Bonds PTA Proposes Vote On School Bonds Although dampened - somewhat by the expected rejection of the PTA referendum request by the Orange County Board of . Com missioner!, , the ABC- issue is cer rifinjy •#<»>• dead"' here,--Swording i tq informed sources. Persons interested in getting an ABC setup for Orange let. it be known over the weekend that a petition for the holding of an election will definitely be circu lated, though hot necessarijj' right away. If the signatures of approxi mately 1,200 voters can be secur ed on such a petition to the Coun ty Board of Elections the" calling of the. referendum is automatic under a state law which requires a requesi of 15 per cent of the registered voters for an ABC vote in a county. —Public Comment_ As far as public comment on the matter has gone during the last week the ABC issue has been dormant But proponents of the election, who asked not to Be quoted jlirectly, let it be known this weekend that the petitions ■will be made available for circu lation by individuals some time later this year. They expressed the opinion that there’d be little trouble in securing the necessary number of signatures. -•---At Thursday night's PTA- meet ing President Jim- Godfrey re ported on the commissioners’ re fusal of the organization's request for the referendum. “Although our request was rejected,” he said, "1 think it’s done a tremendous amount of good. There’s been more talk about schools and'edu cation here in ihe last three weeks than there’s been all year.” A move by two members of the organization 10 remind the earlier acTi oh ~Trr“ which the- ' Association requested the referendum was ta bled on a voice vote. Except for a little discussion on the rescind ing proposal there was almost no talk about the ABC issue. Seek Bond Issue Looking further-toward the so lution -of school problems, the As1 sbeiatioh passed with little dis cussion a motion to call for a eountywide bond issue for school funds. This proposal is to be put before the local Citizens Commit tee for Better Schools, to be for ma fly organized <h ere later- in- the. month. TO BECOME MINISTER—G.^Peui Carr Jr., ion'of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carr of Hillaborov kas mad* known his intention to become a minister of the Methodist Church|Md last Sunday was recommended | to the district committee for licensing by a special meeting of the J Quarterly Conference of the Hillsboro charge. Now a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he will continue his studies leading toward the ministry and in due course will appear before the district group for its approval. Following the action of the Quarterly Conference Sunday* he was warmly congratulated by members of the church present here. One of hit first duties since becoming a ministerial student will be to preside at the Hillsboro Methodist Church next Sunday during the morning service at which Judge Marshall Spears^ of Durham will, be the speaker. Rural Zoning Plan Is Finally Adopted By Chapel Hill Board The Board of Aldermen Mon-* da> night unanimously adopted a zoning ordinance affecting an area some H> miles in and around Cha* pel Hill' and Carrboro. No opposition* was' voiced to the ordinance at the ’ meeting.’ The bulk ol the night's session was taken up with the reading of the ordinance, it took more than an hour for Town Atty. John Le t.rand and Town Mgr. Tom Rose .to'read it. ■_ _„ • Some 12 persons attended the session. The ordinance extends the Cha pel Hill zoning area into a wide area of Orange County. It sets up eight zj^ies, of which three are new to Chap 1 Hill. The new zones -in e.'tjide agricultural, "suburban commercial and paved rural high ways. - "-/Atrtfost • anytfttng-~»-'ge*s-.ant.•»• the Agricultural zone. The- suburban commercial is designated to en courage centers,of .commerce. The paved rural highways is a ;rrsi~ denlial zone with certain restric tions as to size. The ordinance creates a,Board of Adjustment to hear appeals Five members a retd bp. appointed, from within the town by the al dermen,and five are to be named from outside the town by the County Commissioners. Red Cress Fund Drive Pushes Toward Goal The Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross is mov ing steadily toward its goal of 2200' members, Marion Allison, chairman of the 1955 Furid-and Membership Campaign, said lo: j Red Cross is not heeded somr-j where,” said Mr. Allison, “Whe-! ther it is men and women* in service, their families at horju; people who in sickness or acci dent need special facilities, or people caught in widespread di- - asters of storm or flood. “Last week Red Cross Chapters j along the flooded Ohio River from ! Pennsylvania through Kentucky j and Indiana have been operating 10 shelters for at least 1,200 per- i sons, in addition to feeding and j clothing them. Chapters from Huntington, West Virginia to the Mississippi were alerted for trou (See RED CROSS, page 8) ►— .. —. - - - ■ -I New Manager At Local Firm A new manager has assumed the ’management of Pope's 5e to $i Store in Hillsboro. The new manager is Nelson Ar lington, wdio with Mrs. Arrington, has cotne here from St.t Paul where thev have Been erifployeij 1 by one of the Pope^stores there They have a daughter, Rebecca Ann, who is 10 yea<s of age., John Norris, who has been man aging the store, is now employed by YV. V. Fryer Co. and Alamance Paving Co. as bookkeeper. TAKES P&ST HERE has assumed duties.'as bookkeep er of the Coldmait Caws Co., Inc. Link has recently been dis-: charged from The Coast Guard and is married lo the former Doris Cheek of Hillsboro. ORANGE DAIRY HERD LEADS STATE Dr. J. W. Beard's hard of rog istarad Holstaln cows lad the state In milk production for the month of January, according to Carlton BtiVfe<& of N.C. State College, in charge of Dairy Herd Improvement work in North Car* olina. Dr. Beard's 24 cows av eraged 1349 lbs. milk and 4S.S lbs. butter fe't each. D. Hawkins is herdsman in charge of this herd of cattle. Easter Seals Go To 6,000 In Orange 1 Easter Seals went out to 6,000 Orange Countians Thursday as the N C. Society for Crippled Chil dren and Adults took the first step in launching the greatest campaign for crippled children in its. 34-year history. __. The campaign, which continues through Easter Sunday, April 10, is the one annual opportunity pro vided residents in Orange County and across the nation to contri bute .financial assistance for frip pled children's. services, accord ing to B. L Ward, chairman of the 1955 appeal in the county. The mailing and other campaign preparations were carried out by members of the Chapel Hill Ki wanis Club. Campaigns are being conducted simultaneously by more than 1,200 affiliates of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults in the 48 states, District of Co lumbia, Alaska, Hawaii and Puer to Rico. u-.. " Ward‘explained -that the largest portion oi the funds coptributed in the local area will support such projects as furnishnig special edu cational material for classes of crippled children (one in Mcbane), grants to the anti-convulsive clin ic at Duke, awarding of a cam pus-ship to the Easter Seal Cnp (ttrff fTinm.-cirff V..lfrtp ilcltl St T" Hope,'U. C. . Last year 6 wheel chairs were purchased fur .amputees and; para plegics. this year it is hoped that an itinerant, mobile, physical ther apy clinic can be established for treatment of crippled children and adults in the county. More than 90 per cent of the Tuflits raised remain m the stale for direct service, the remainder going for a nationwide program ol education, direct service and research, including the Easier Seal Research Foundation. FORM NEW FIRM W. V. Fryer and James Free hold have now formed an asphalt ni an ii f acfurT ng * firm, AlJmtam'e Paving'Co.j located in Graham. . They are making asphalt for \ roads, driveways and parking lots. They plan on starting operations this weekend DR. JOHN McLROD JR Evangelistic Series Opens . Here Sunday T'h e Hillsboro Presbyterian Church Sunday begins its week of evangelistic services at thfr morn- j ing service climaxing a prepara tory program which began a month jigo. . . XlleJ. eyfBgcltstk. series is the first phase of a three Jear pro gram. Forward With Christ, of tfc« Presbyterian Church of the United States. Dr. Johu McLeod Jr., of Keyser, W. Va will come to Hillsboro to cynmet the services in the morn ing and evening SontUy and cuh ** *-..14 .fSi xJcsvV-fii 7 30 o’clock In .preparation for the services a... survey ;:of Hillsboro and' hit rounding areas relative to the church affiliation of residents has been conducted, nine, neigh borhood prayer services have been conducted each Wednesday eve :ninj* this, .month 4n .the homes ot members, and a program -of vi*i~ tation to promote attendance of non-church members has been carried out Subject of Dr. Keyset's sermon on Sunday in the morning at 11 o’clock is “The Fire of the Spirit.■' Now pastor of the Keyser Pres hy lerjan. Dr Mi l.cod is a native' North Carolinian, born in Robbins and grew tip in Aberdeen. He at teffrfetT'PftrifferMmrmr-j'oilffgp for two years and then graduated from Davidson College.• .After this he attended Union Theological Sem inary in Richmond and graduated - (See EVANGELISTIC page X> Mystery Farm Of The Week—No. 30 1 . . , ——■——-r—■ ■■ _ Who Owns This Mystery Farm? I —e Last weeks' ‘'Mystery Farm" was the Herdsman's house on the farm of Or. and Mrs. J. W. Beard on Highway 70A East. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hawkins and their three children live in it. Dairy cattle are rais ed here and some sheep Alfalfa and hay are also raised. Or. Beard led the state last month with his i herd of 24 registered Holsteins. At Duke University Dr. Beard is head of experimental surgery. Mrs. t Beard also teaches there. First to identify last week's farm was Miss Elizabeth Collins of Hillsboro, \ who has received a free year's subscription to the News of Orange County. You too, can be a winner r by tUsng the first to correctly identify the one above. The only other caller to identify was Charles Walker Jr. _ , « •*' ' : l 3 Local Bills In Assembly Popular Vote Sought For School Board tY JOHN W. UMSTEAQ Orange County Legislator During the past 10 days I have introduced several piece; of Id eal legislation that many of your readers will find interesting. For this reason I shall give you some information in regard to this lo cal legislation The first local bill was to amend the charter of the Town of farr boro to allow the governing body to extend sewer lines beyond the town limits and make Jhe neces sary arrangements to pay for this extension of sewer service. Like authority would be given as re gards water lines. Both water and sewer facilities must be expand ed if Carrhoro is. to grow. I have been informed tfcat there ia no opposition to this change in the town's charter and I shall push this bill through as fast as pos sible. . • Elect School Board Another local bill is that call ing for the election of the mem bers of the Chapel Hill High School Board by popular vote. This bill calls for a board of six members with six year terms. Two members would be elected each two years * and they would serve six years unless there should, be a vacancy due to death or resig rtation. In that event the vacancy would be filled by the board un til the next town election. This bill was sent me by the Chapel Hili Board of Education and has their support. - The third-hill of uiteraaL.jg.jJhg bill concerning recreation in the Chapel. Hill area. This bill pro vides for the setting up of a rec reation district with either Char pci Hill alone sponsoring the rec reation project or with Carrboro joining with Chapel Hill in case they should wish to join in the promotion of a recreation pro gram that would mean much to both towns. This is permissive leg islation and there is no require ment that pither or both towns join in this enterprise. Recreation properly handled is the answer to the problem of ju '■enile delinquency and each and every town in North Carolina should he concerned , with provid - ing adequate recreational facili ties. This will cost money but why consideY the Cost when spending money will mean lower court costs and, fewer cases of juvenile de linquency with the attendant em harassment* and heartaches.^ Youth, whether in town or coun try' wishes diversion and control led recreation is the answer. Watching County Bills *¥¥«»n the Cpunty standpoint I have been watching the progress nt the bill sponsored by the As sociation of County Commission ers which would allow the county ?otnmiJsi6hefs 'To employ some jther county officer as clerk to [he boar.d rather than the Regis ter of Deeds as provided by statue itvthe present time. This state wide bill has passed the House ind has been sent to the Senate. Should it fail of passage in the senate I will introduce a local Jill to take care of the wishes >f the Orange County Commis sioners. There .are other proposals by he Association of County Com nissioners that tend to get local 'bvernment back in the hands of .he county commissioners. 1 shall Ures at the request of the Oijpnge ,'ounty Board- The people of the (See LOCAL BILL, page 8j Schley Grange Plans Cancer X-ray Program The Schley Grange meeting will >e held on Tuesday, March 29. inr lead of March 22. The program for the meeting vill Se centered around Cancer, i delegation from Watts Hospital rill be present to take appoint tents. The chest X-Ray machine will e there' beginning at 5 o'clock.
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