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HILLSBORQ AND CHAPEL HILL. N. C, THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 1955
For quick, proven rooutNfc
' oofl, buy, ront or pot o fob
by wtinp tho claMifiod ado
on popo 7 of THE HEWS
of Oronpo County. |
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EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE I
ASHINGTON ... I suppose
column should have a Wash
on dateline—as , most of It
cing written up here in the
ion’s Capital, where I am
iding March 18-20 renewing
acquaintances and attending
annual North Carolina ban-'
quite a thing this year.
several hundred Tar Heels'
icipaling and healing good
s by our fine U. S. Senators,
.1. Ervin. Jr., of Morganton,
W. Kelt Scott of Haw
r.
mong those attending from
th Carolina were State Demo,
ic Chairman John Larkins
Vice Chairman Mrs. Mary
rens Richardson.
,tj section of North Caro.
was exceptionally well rep
ntrd at this year’s party—
as usual; and as I think wo
licted here several weeks
Congressman Thurmond
(ham s F'ifth District won (he
niianee cup. hands cown, with
e than 90 people present.
was the sixth year in a row
Congressman Chatham—
its a great deal to His able
stant Harold Thomerson of
islon-Satem—has come off,
i (he attendance loving cup.
HOLE FAMTLY ... The Kidd
wer family, including Mrs.
Kuhi. Jr. ami I.inncy, all went
is an tm.-, one. Had a
idd, Jr., pore little feller,
nt almost all of Saturday
ning in the bathtub. You see,
like this: the Brewer barn
s not have bathtubs. Wre
cialize in showers—and when
d, Jr , .1^4 jt .was .possible
take a bath and do a little
Mining at the sarnie. time, I (
an to think the Brewer
ily was going to have to spend
Washington trip in the bath
Pe got him out—and there
•e no more baths for him in
shington. We were afraid we
;ht have to spend the summer
there. *
HE WHOLE COUNTRY ...
ile we only went to Washing
- am! ifaloigh is not a- far
n Washington as it is-from
leville—when ’ we got back in
nr ia'e 'Suntiay- .afternoon,' 1
Hy felt like we had been on
»ur on thetNation.
h Went to sie Cinerama.
T(‘ is no other movie in exi'
cc for our money, which can
cil it for sheer splendor, an
the-seene feeling, and beauty,
lie ride on the roller coaster,
n the picture, of course—had
°f us almost seasick—dizzy
t, that is—wniie the airplane
> over the grain fields of the-,
t and down into the Grand
iyon moved us as much as any
ctacle we have witnessed in
ong time..-. . . . . ■ - -
Cinerama” is too big for any
ltres in this State. Although
las been running for some
re years now, it is still goinr
n8- If you are ever where
being shown; don’t miss it.
!tILL CHECKING . . You have
bably heard much of the
iabaloo about the whammy
Ce the Legislature moved in
Raleigh on January 5.
* particular occasion on Sun-’
' afternoon, March 20, two
s before its crucial test if>
House on Tuesday, March 22:
whammy will in all prob
ity continue to check speeds
North Carolina highways—
will survive many more
i: in the Legislature, in the
lrts, and on the roads. It
*ns apparent that, while it
no doubt made a lot of
mies, the vast preponderance
the people still like the wham
and that is why it will like
remain with 'us for some long
Re to come.
(Se<? ROUNDUP, Page 2)
C*dar Grove Farm and Home Efficiency Committee'; L. to R.
Dave Breeze, Sylvester Brooks, Marvin Thompson, Mrs. Corina VII
lines, Albert Blackwell, Jim Ed Vanhooke, Arthur Beasley, Oscar
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Baaslay, pratidant, Mrs. Flouil Wall*, tfacratary, Gatti* Ruttall, David
Pool#, Gaorga Thompson, Cartar Whita, Doe Baaslay, Mr». Varna'
Burnett and Wayne Compton.
Preparations
For Carrboro
Revival Start
Cottage Prayer meetings are be
ing held each evening this week
in different homes in Carrboro in
preparation for the series of re
vival services which wilt begin
next Sunday in the Carrboro Bap
tist Church.
The Rev. Henry Stokes, pastor o.'
the church here will conduct th'
services which will begin each eve
ning at 7:30. The music for thi
services will bctwmder the direc
tion of Kenneth Keeton, Gradual
student UT'fC.
Services un Monday, evening wil
be sponsored by .the men, and th
ladies will sponsor the Tuesda>
evening service. A supper for al1
visitors will be held at the chord
at 6:30 before the service on Wed
nesday "evening. Please teleph >n
9-8716 if you can come. Thnrvda'
evening- will be “Sunday Schoo'
Night” and Sunday School classc
will sit together. Friday evenin'
wdll be observed as “Farm1'
Night.” Saturday mining. “Yout1
Night,” Sunday. “Hirrh Attendee
Da,T.” F',p’‘v one is given a mo(l
cordial invitation *" attend a1' s'”
vices ‘New is the Ibv.. ef Sab a
tiop” is-the theme of the srrirs.of
meetings. • # "
JOINS FARM GROUP
Ray Griffin, who operates a farm
manggement service ii> this coun
ty, has been accepted ara ntem
ber of the N. C. Society of Farm
Managers and Rural Appraisers.
Negro Citizens Of Five Areas
** .
Organize For Farm Program
The communities of Cedar Grove, •
j EfEfland, Chapel Hill, Iiyisboro
and Terrell Creek met last week |
and organized for this year’s Farm '
and Home Efficiency program,
sponsored by the agricultural
agencies, of the county.
Advisory Committees from‘each 1
jonuttunXty,. composed of chair-1
man, secretaries and efficiency
leaders were set up to conduct1
the business of the communities. I
The above picture shows the:
Cedar Grove Advisory Committee.
Fhis group chose as their Com
munity Project tho "Beautifica
tion of the Cedar Grove School.”
Thomas Flowers, Ext. Landscape
; Specialist, has already drawn up j
- recommendations for the im-,
; provement of the- ichoal-amunds..'
| and will meet with the commit- j
i lee on Monday, March 28, at the
i Cedar Grove School to discuss
| ‘.hesc plans.
The officers of the Hillsboro j
Community are Walter Torair
president; Thomas Watkins,**Vice
president; Mrs. Alice Cates, sec
etary; Mrs. Estonia f’atterson, as- |
istani secretary. The leaders arc
j Srv.n Green, Sam Trice, Mrs.
fancy Watkins, William Breeze,
^harlie Thompson, and James
Scarlet. This group has selected
-is ■ its Community Project the
beautification of the churches in
he St. Mans, Coblspringsy • Ridge •
lioad; Harveys ChapeL-Ftet. Rock,.
and diversity neighborhoods.
Tht^officers of the Efland
Community -are Herman Allison,
president: Wallace Edmonds^ vice
president; James Fuller, secretary.1
The leaders are Elizabeth Brad
shcr, Ralph Johnson, Theodore
Vincent, Nathaniel Siiitt, Gus War
ren, Chester Thompson, William
Richards and Ellis Bradshcr.
The Chapel Hill officials are:
Arthur Allen, president; Ethel
Hopson, secretary; Mrs. Retta Ho
gan, Mrs. Ollie Rogers, Mrs. Ora
Atwater, .Eugene Jackson and
Marion Foushee leaders.
The Terrell Creek officers are
Milliard Whitley, president; John
Edwards, vice president; Mrs.
Dorothy Carlton, secretary. The
leaders are Mrs. Berlena Worth,
Sylvester Bynum, and Hedrick
Nevilles. This group chose as its
Community Project completion of
;he Community House 6n9 church
yard beautification. ‘ .
Exchcngeites
To Hear State
Chief Tonight
James F. Daughtry of Clinton,
Pie.-ident of the North Carolina
Exchange Clubs, will speak to
night at a meeting of the Exchange
Club of Hillsboro to commemorate :
the 44th anniversary of the Club’s
founding. Frank Ray . announced .
today. 1
vjtili discuss, * Tlid
guarding America
L'mies f.om wit tin as well as those
.vho ‘hreaten armed aggression. I
The meeting will mark the or
ganization of the first Exchange
Club in Detroit in 1911.
Two Churches Exchange Pastors For Revivals
Churches frill exchange pulpits I
.during the first week of simul
taneous revivals beginning Sunday,
with visiting ministers being
brought in for a' second Week fol
lowing. V. ■
At Cross Roads
Revival services will be held at
the Cross Roads Baptist Church
March 27 through April 10, with
each service beginning at 7:30 o - j
clock in the evening.
The Rev. Warren E. Kerr, pas
tor of the 'West Hillsboro Baptist
church .will have charge, of ser
vices for next week and the Rev.
C.iane< o:- Jenkins of Nashville.
NV-C. will conduct the services the
ast week.
The church choir will render
special music.
At West Hill
Revival services will be held at
the West Hillsboro Baptist Church
for two weeks, beginning on
March 27 and continuing through ]
Aproil 10, beginning at 7:30 each j
evening. . j
The Rev. Paul Shoupe, pastor!.
sol. the Cross .Road Baptist Church-, i
will be speaker for next week's,,
services.
Evangelist Waiter L. Jones of
Hinton, West Virginia, will con
clude the services .for the last
week of the meetings.
REV. PAUl. SHOUPE
REV. WARREN E. KERR REV. CHARLES O. JENKINS
figure in church revivals p lanned. here
Public Incited
To OES Rites
At Chapel Hill
The public is invited to the in
stallation of officers for 1955,195ti
of University Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star o£. Chapel Hill, which
will take place on Tuesday even
mg, March 29th at eight o'clock in
;.he Masonic Temple lit Chapel Hlli
Installing officers for the even;
vill be Mrs. Edna Moag of Greens
boro who is Grand Esther of thf
General Grand Chapter O.E.S. who
will serve as Installing Officer ir ;
Chapel Hill. She will be assisted j
by Mrs. Elizabeth M. West, Dis
trict Deputy Grant! ‘Matron of lhu>
the Tenth District who will sorvi
as Worthy Grand Marshal. Harvey
C. Byrd Jr. of Salisbury I’.P, wilt
serve as Worths Graiicf Chaplain
Mrs. Doris Wilkinson W.M. of Bur
lington will serve as Worthy Grand
Conductress, Mrs. Mary J. Whet
stone P.M. of Durham will servo
as Worthy Grand Organist and
Harold Moag Jr. of Greensboro
will serve as Worthy Grand Solo
ist.
Officers to be installed are as
follows: Mae Clark Mann. Worthy
Matron, John Ira Mann, Worth' j
Patron, Mrs. Louise Bryson, associ
ate Matron. J C. Williams, Associ- ;
ate Patron, Mrs. Gertrude W. Har
vard, Secretary; Mrs. Margaret -W
Callahan Treasurer. Mrs. Nancy
Riley, Conductress, Mis. Ruth Elia
Larsh. Associate Conductress, Al
ton Riley, Chaplain, Mrs. Pauline _
Boger, Marshal, Mrs, Mary Maults
(>y, Organist. Mrs. Ruby Harding
Adah. Mrs. Betty Boone, Ruth, Mrs
Ruth Peninger. Esther. Mrs. Esther
McDonald, Martha. Mrs. Katie Wil
liams, Electa. Mrs. Florence Old
ham, Warden and Floy Oldham.
Sewtiffetr—--—rr*-—
Koy Comptcn !
Rites Held
Funeral services were held for
Koy H. Compton 'on last Thurs
day afternoon from the “Cedar
Grove Methodist Church.
Mr. Compton of Cedar Grove
Community died in a Durham
Hospital after two weeks illness.
Son of the late Henry B. and
Eula Chandler Compton of Orange
County, he is survived by his wife, •
Mrs. Verta Vaughan Compton of
the home; three daughters .1
Mrs. Clair McDade and Mrs. Mel- |
vip Wright and
son, Koy Compton Jr of the home;*
two sisters. Mrs. Nannie L. Smith
of Gi'bsonville and Mrs. Rudy
Ward of Cedar Grove; three broth.
»rs, J. W. Compton of Greensboro, :
W- F. and R. R. Compton of j
Cedar Grove; and five grandchil
dren.
CONCLUDES TOMORROW
The series of evangelistic ser
vices at Hillsboro Presbyterian
Church will continue through to
norrow night with Dr. John Mc
Leod Jr. of Ke.vser, W. Va. speak
ng at 7:30 o'clock each night.
Observer Corps Goes
On 72-Hr. AlertHere
17 Taxpayers Complain
. <K * •
About Values To Board
i
The Board oX Commissioners<
heard complaints.*!coin. 17 .taxpay.-.
ers seeking reductions Mondays
while sitting as a board of equali
zation and review.
An even dozen of the complaints
came from the more populous
Chapel Hill township.
In two cases, regarding valua
tions placed on property of N. C.
Theaters, Inc. and the Texas Com
pany on its service station at the,
corner of Franklin and Columbia
Streets, the commissioners declin
ed to change previously placed
values.
The N. C. Theaters complaint in
volved only the ' valuation placed
on its. air conditioning system
which had a tax value of $28,080.
The servic«Kstation owners next
door claimed the $35,8*0 appraised
value of their building was too
high and contended it should be
erty before finally acting on the
complaints. Yesterday afternoon
the board began a tour or the
property to be studied in the Chap
el Hill area.
Others appearing or with repre
sentation before the board Mon
day with complaints were: H,
Charles Holloway yJr., Marvin L.
Poythress. V. I. Moody, F. H. Ed
minster, A. R. Bennett, T. C. Lind
say estate. W. W. Barker, Mrs. An
nie Boyd S'anoell. Claude Rest md
H. L. Hackney, «ii of vna^kr tfill
township- E. W. Austin of Little
River; Sam C. Oyeraker Jr. of Eno.
Mrs Nora Brower of Bingham; T.
V. Walker nTOttle' Rfvef; ancf TT*
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Last Rifes Held
For Miss Collins
Funeral services wore held for
Miss Henrietta 1’. Collins. 34. a
lifelong resident of Hillsboro On
Monday afternoon from the St.
Matthews Episcopal Church. Burial
was in the church cemetery. ___
Miss Collins, daughter of Ihe
ra"fe'-C-gorgc P. a nd.Aii nie Cameron
r’fdfttj?' "of Orangf -County, vdied
Saturday night at her- home after
a short illness. ‘ .
She is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Frank C. Mebane of Staten
Island. N. Y.; and one brother,
Paul C. Collins of Hillsboro: and
several nieces and nephews.
$27,000.
In other cases the commission
ers agreed to inspect the property
for comparison with similar prop*
N. Johnson- of Hillsboro.
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HICK WIND DAMAGE
Wind of High -velbsity blow
down * Urgo troo in tho yard
of Mra. Mollio Forrost In Hill**
boro Tuo*day afternoon, and
caused other damagos of vary
ing degree* throughout Hi* area.
Some of Hioto which war* re
ported included roof damage* to
Hi« home* Of C. Paul Carr, C. K.
Heffner and Warron Summey of
Hillsboro, Claud* Murray of Ef
land, and tha TV aerial of J. M.
Murfree of Hillsboro.
Judge Sends
Several Here
To Road Terms
The Orange County Superior*
OVuft, with Judge William Y Blck
.eti on tho bench, continued to
whittle away at the heavy criminal
docket yesterday in the third day
the session. .
A variety of cases had been
hearii involving whiskey, violence
and offepses of the road.
A three Vjfour year sentence on
the roads wais handed Pete Stevens
Of West Hillsboro in three csacs
growing out of a bloody affray two i
weeks igo. His wife, another wom
an, aneba man were all Victims ol
the aspult in which “intept to
kilt” ms included in one of the
chargofT
Rov Webb, alias Roy Brown
<:jilMnWHtr with a erimihaT
record, received 18 to 24 tnonthf
on the roads for breaking into Doc
‘Griffin's service station -and store
on “Highway "H> East and "stcalimH
goods valued at $13(1.
John D. Cooper for assaulting I
Ernest Rogers, allegedly with in- i
tent to kill received a 2-year road ;
term suspended on condition of
good behavior and payment of a
fine of $100 and costs and $10 med
leal bills to the prosecuting wit
ness. Daniel C. Bowden got a si> :
months suspended term and fine j
of $150 and costs on a reckles
driving charge.
Robert Mayo of Hillsboro was !
prd^ed to serve two years on the
load for vlolatin his probation. The ;
suspended term was allowed ii ’
19,50 and Jhe revocation on moti«i
•of tte Solicitor afid Probation Of
ficer was for a series of convic
tions—reckless driving, resisting
arrest, and assault on a female—
in ‘Orange County Records Jgourt^
last January. ■—
( Divorces were granted to Made
(See COURT, page 8.)
► The Hillsboro Ground Observer
post is observing a 72-hour around
the clock operational schedule,.
which went into effect yesterday *
morning at 8 o’clock.
The 'present operation being
maintained under orders received
last Saturday by J. L. Brown Jr., ■
local Ground Observer aupervi|or,
will continue. until 5 o’clock. tD-^
morrow afternoon. -:. -TJBj
The present operation, it-is pre- j
sumed, is for training purposes on
ly, although Brown several months ;
ago was advised the post would be
placed on continuous operational
basis. To that end he has request
ed funds from the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners to construct an
observation building for the local
post.
For the current operation, the
observation post has been ..moved
to the former Highway Patrol Of-' '
fice on Court Square from the fire
tower on Eno Mountain, where it
has been located for several years..
The post during the current
alert is being operated by 18 local
volunteer? who are serving on 4
hour shifts around the dock. Dur
ing the day. high school students
are being utilised.
All aircraft seen in the area are
being reported to the Ground Ob- I
servation Filter Center in Durham,
which serves some 250 such posts
from here to’the coast. “jgf
Entertainment
Event
At Carrboro
An evening of entertainment is
being given on Friday of this week
by the Safety Committee of the
Carrboro Parent-Teacher Associa
tfoh- and Grade Representatives (it
the Eighth Grade of the Carrboro
School. V
The event on Friday will begin
at 5:30 in the aftertHWm wheh
chicken stew and hrunswick stew
supper will be held at the school
here, which will be followed by a
Variety Show and Talent Show,
and a “Babv Show and Contest.”
All this will be held in the schbol
auditorium immediately following^
the supper. The baby contest will '
be for ages 0 to four years, and
' h" votes will be only one penny
each, so come1 out and vote for
vour favorite child.
Prizes will he given to the chil
dren with the highest number of
votes, and pictures will be in the
newspapers. This event is being
staged, to make money for the
Boys)., jgatroi. .. jaf, .the, . Cac^yo.,. ~
School arid for worthwhile needs
of the eighth grade. Your coopera
tion in this project will be greatly
appreciated by the school, and by
those in charge of the program
to make money for the school
needs.
‘M^terv Farm -Of The Week—N6. 31 " r.rgrjrrai'r-^^ J
Who Owns This Mystery Farm?
L*»t weeks' ".Mystery Perm" belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Vance Roberts of Cadar Grove, who have t
four children: Jack, Russell, Donald and Jean. The farm consists of 300 acres. Tobacco is the primary‘T
crop, with small grains also being raised. The Roberts have received a beautifully mounted photo of *
their farm with the compliments of this newspaper. First to identify last week's farm was Mrs. Edgar
Terrell of Hillsboro, who has received a free year's subscription to the News of Orange County. You,
too, can be a winner by being the first to correctly identify the one above.
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