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X gf Or»n*o County up with tho now* iver tho county by THE NIW» of *nty. ~ r62 Dumber u -€> * HILLSBORO AMO CHAPEL HILL, N. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955 EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSU^ KIDD BREWER'S 1&un</up x IS OVER ... It is gen mceded now around Ral 1 elsewhere that most of nbers of this year’s edi he N. C. General Assem getting a little impatient foing toward home, e it or not, the thrill is Qre. imporfent, 'too, the popped-—has bVen sfop fact, for more than two DNS .. Tttb work has be motonous and increasing uing. The legs Gators— ■ most patient of them— j of listening to various why this or that bill ir should not be passed, have given up hope of any group which agrees eir particular interest be taxed to pay the t it a little more briefly your legislators are ( for the relative peace t of their tawn respective ities. ROMISE ... It is this f mind which makes1 it for compromise—perfect for it—and compromise be if we are to have a and keep the show on --*-.- . NG ... It is at these times is advisable to take a »e for a bit of the quiet on which is ordinarily as with that gentle sport s fishing. on such occasions, what ch is not nearly so im as what you are thinking ying. V; TO TRY ., . Several i of the Legislature’ have kind as to tell me reeent rhen they received an in from me at the beginning iession—more than three ago now—to come fish in e at Belle Acres, they it was a nice courtesy, it a useless gesture inas they would of course not and here when spring adrrjitted, too, that they three months ago that uld have little time to o such harmles pursuits. J^hese legislators declare ready to do a little' fish same think. - L E WAITING .. Who ut that the final decision i ho will feel the tax bite decided while various s of the Legislature are waiting for thg bass to ;lle Acres' lake. ! who is there to argue the choice of the site of nly, in the open—under beautiful sky and sur by the beauty of green is a more appropriate r conscientious decisions ! so many of God’s pecr 1 in a smokerfilled hotel 1 TO BELIEVE ... Rep Ive Ralph Fisher of Bre io resigned last week be illness and who is to be by his wife, Thelma, has as many friends among fs ' as anyone in North good that Thelma, wh: Mention and courtesy by >and’s many friends. |ne .said recently about “fte is 'certainly a fine 1 s hard to believe that he iublican.” iim. Such is the workings political mind. ELICloPTER ... Suppose e noticed that Gov. Luth Bes is making use of a er for transportation sev es this week. if these days our major i candidates and office, as well as business lead- i AOUNDUP, Page 2) - < Orange 4-Hers Prepare For Farm Youth Fete f Orange County youth are mak ing preparations for their part in : the Farm Youth Festival activities i whicn will be held on April 28 | and 29 in Durham, i Aycock, Hillsboro, Efland, and Carrboro 4-H Clubs will be repre sented by floats in the Festival pa rade. These floats will depict i ,ome phase of Fayn and Home Ef ficiency which is the 'theme of .^n®,Couutv:s^halien,ep,n._ gram, for-two. Th'e four -Oratige County floats will have the follow-? ,in : slog ins- “Wheels Geared for ; Efficiency”, “Cull _ Keep Hens ' That Lay 200 Higgs a’Ycar”, “Guard Health for Efficiency", and the fourth float will encourage the drinking of milk. T his past Saturday 4-H members, who are planning to exhibit and sell baby beef steers, attended a "Grooming and Showmanship” workshop. This workshop was con ducted by E. P. Barnes, Assist ant Farm Agent at the home, of Catherine, Naney and I^irry Rob eris, A-H mpmhors ^ *' T^rcfb additional 4-H'members have announced that they will have animals at the Fat Stock Show and Sale. They are Mike Walker, Sam my Ray, and Billy Ford. - ... 4-Hei's grooming for festival I Name More Leaders For Home, Garden Tour < Plans Made i , / . ! To Observe Soil Sunday j 'ftfay- "Soil Stewnrasliip j Sunday” thisyear. Henry S. Hogan, Chairman_ oi...|.h.e..QmSS. <.':"miy Supervisors of the Neuse River Soil Conservation Distiicit, an nounced today. * The designation of May 15th is in keeping, with the custom of the past nine years in observing the fifth Sunday, after, Easter as a day. for offering thanks for the gifts-, of soil, water, and sunshine that makes' all living things possible. “We invite all ministers. Sunday school superintendents apd teach ers, and other church leaders to join with us in observing our re • possibilities -to our fellow men ‘j'ncT-'Ciiture .geTrerations" 'said -Miv Hogan. “We must realize that we afp jdfewatftfs. not <wntms;s.bf Clod’s land.’’ j The.setting aside of one Sunday each year S5 a special day lor re numbe ing our God-given respons ibility as stewards of the. soil was first observed in' many* sections of the South nine years ago. During the past nine years the observance of..jStn.l Stewardship Sunday has spread-to ail sections of the South, and to many" other parts of the nation. Sunday, May 15..has been designated as. the, (Sep SOIL STl’DV. ',>■:(/(' 8) " Teacher Pays Court Costs For Passing Bus A Orange Counts school teacher who pled- guilty * *o pa^s nc a Gopped school bus on.-.the high way was charged on's the costs 01 court by Judge L. j Phipns in 0range* County Reco'dors Court eacher in the Cedar G-oye N;'grr 'chool, testified that sue did no' cc the bus, but did see the child r„,j.c Kennedy, daughter- of .Mr. md Mrs. Lee Kennedy of ICch irify 86, who narrowly escaped be ng struck by the ear after hear- j ng warning screams from the ter- j ified mother who wai waiting j cross the road. Another school teacher, Coach Yank Evans of Jtiilsboro High ebool, was a witness to the ‘inci rnt and near-accident and testif ied for the State at Monday^ A complete record of the week’s 1 ourt is included on another jpage ; f this edition. ► Mrs. utenn Auroan, general chairman, Announces the chair men of committees for the His toric Homes and Garden Tour which will lake place Saturday,! April 30, 9:30 a m. until 6 p.m. and Sunday afternoon, May 1, 1 o’clock to 6 o’clock. Following are the committees: Registration--Mrs. J. W. Rich-' mond and Mrs. Fred Blake. • Hostesses—Mr?. C. B. Parris and -Mrs -Robert Ferrewl. Flowers. — Mrs. Helen Hanna, Mrs. Paul Carr, Mrs. Garland Mil ler, Mrs. Marion Roberts. Guides—Mrs. Van Kenyon, Mrs. Don Malheson, Mrs. Taylor Biv-.j ins, Mrs. C. 1). Knight. Mrs. O. : G Parsley, —»-: L___ t Clean-up — Mrs. Ben Johnston J and Mrs. Virginia Gattis. Publicity—Mrs. Clarence Jones, Mrs. Robert Murphy, Mrs. Jake Forrest, Mrs. Paul Hodul, Miss Maude Brown. . All Garden Club members, and others are assisting in” many ways. I The highway patrol and'Mr.. Clar-t cnee ' Walter s men are cooperat- j ing; in: many.' ways: Etei«i! -©©w4y'’#;i boys and Oliver Clayton are mak- i ing new signs,t0 mark the places ' open 1 for the tour. The Mer (Sea CARDEN, page 7) Scouts Are Ready For Big Circus Orange County Boy Scout lead ers report their troops in readi ness tor the Scout Circus to be held on Saturday at the N. C. State Fair grounds in Raleigh Some 6,000 Cubs, Scouts, and Ex plorers from the OoconeecMee Council are expected to take pfrV in the gala production whose theme is 'Totworriw's Americi.’’ This'is the second such event evei sponsored by the Council, with which all Scouts in Orange Coun ty are affiliated. The 1955 Occoneechee Council class of Eagle Seouts will be nam ed for Gordon Gray, President oi the University of North Carolina, a. member of the Council’s execu tive board and a long-time Scatt er whose five sons are or have been active Scouts. ' . ^ As a part of this year's circus 75 young men throughout thi Council who have become Eagle Scouts since November of 1993 will receive their Eagle Seoul neckerchief in a public recogni tion ceremony. Following the pre sentation pf the neckerchiefs these Scouts will be introduced to Mr. Gray who will deliver to the boys his personal challenge to five up to the high expectations of an Eagle Scout. Orange County Scouts will be rep resented in the following events: Troop 438, sponsored by Hills boro Lions Club, patrol kitchen Troop 464, of Eno Mills, tumblin; exhibition; Troop 450, sponsored by ETland P.T.A., demonstration of physical development; Troo) 45, of Carrboro, will take part ir the events opening and closing th< production. Other events include whin cracking, bicycle feats, wal scaling, fire by friction, signaling disaster scene, Indian lore, pio neerng, and camping. The public is invited to attem the show which will begin at 7:3< p m. Tickets are $1 and may b secured in advance from local Seoutr "whw- ■sharc in -the r£ven«< derived from ticket sales. Exchange Club Sees Slides On Gettysburg The Hillsboro Exchange Glut held its regular monthly meetin; on April 14 with a large numbei of its members present. The Project Committee gave a report on the site for a park for the Hillsboro area.' Robert Copeland was in charg< of the program and. introduced Dr Marion Roberts,, who gave a talk and showed sum* slides , of the Battle Ground at Gettysburg, during the Civil War. The program was very interest ing and enjoyed by each member 1 Complete First Round Tdday Salk Vaccinations For 1150 Orange Children Is Progressing Smoothly The treatment of more than 1150 Orange County first and second graders with the Salk anti-polio vaccine proceeded smoothly tnis week and will be completed today. Vaccinations of first and second graders from Hillsboro. Efland and Aycock schools this morning will complete the first round of shots being administ’erod by local physicians Under the tuspScesf Uf the county health department. The unprecedented operation be gan in this county Monday with Ihe first vaccinations of 500 Chapel Hill area elementary school "chil dren. Yesterday, the operation con tinued at the health office on the ground floor of the courthouse in Millsboro where children of Cen ral, Efland Colored School, C.edar ■ rove, West Hillsboro^ Murphey and Caldwell were brought in oy Ichool .busses for- their shots, u «Dr. N. .L. Mauroner and Dr ■lobert Murphy, Hillsboro physi cians, and Dr. Elwood Coley of Memorial Hospital wielded the weefl’.e„sv while a corps of health department nurses and volunteers assisted. .. f The children went through the ordeal in assembly-line fashion, being he. ded by their teachers through the northeast door, down, the long corridor to the neodie,s and out the south entrance. The vaccine, furnished free of charge by thp National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, will be given in two shots. The Health De artmcnt will give the second shots hree weeks from now. A third booster shot in - seven months* has been recommended in the basis of last year’s expert nenfs with the new seruqj, but iarents will have to secure this hroligh private physicians, Dr. iarvin said. Promptly at 9 o'clock Monday voming ,in the Chapel Hill Ele mentary School Dr. J. Kempton * lories administered the first' shot —one enhic centimer of fhh am her liquid—in the upper left arm of Allen Breafn. son of Dr. and .Etfce 'aTT mgst all of the children who moved through the clinic in Principal Miss Mildred Mooney ban's office. Allen didn’t' flinch (it all as the injection was. given —and he even managed a smile. "It didn't even" ljurt," teas his characteristic reaction as he rub bed his arm. Though a few of the children shrank momentarily from the sight :>f the needle, most of them seemed proud receiving the treatments. •—Such as the tearful girl who :'ame out of the.office sobbing ‘It doesn't-hurt .'as much a; I thought it would.” . • By way of an answer one of her dassmates stepped up to the head :>f the line an,d said proudly: “I’d 'nuf-h rather have a little sting i ban to get ppljo." Mystery Farm Of The Week—No. 35 Who Owns TIiis Mystery farm? Last week's mystery farm was the S. H. Basnight plica on th« La<e road near Chapel Hill, which proved an easy mark for our alert readers. George Cannady of Hillsboro wee the first caller, followed by Miss Nell Walker, Mrs. Lacy Lloyd, John Ballard, Vance Martin, all of Hillsboro; Miss Jane Neville, Miss Betty Sue Neville,aMiss Myrtle Jvey, and Mrs. Thomas Pendergraph, ell of Chapel Hill Route 1, The owner may secure a mounted aerial photo of his farm by catling at th* News office in Hillsboro. The first correct identifier receives a free year's subscription to the newspaper. Can you identify this week's mystery farm shewn above? ■ ___. __ V*. •, FIRST SALK SHOT—Allen Bream, ton of Dr. and Mrs, Chferlaa 1 Bream of'McCaulay Street, smilingly stepped up to Dr. J. Kempton Jones in the Chapel Hill Elementary School office Monday morn ing to become the first of more than 500 first and second graders I who received anti-polio shots here today. Assisting it the school nurse. Miss Sally Malpat, while District Health Officer Dr. O. David Garvin looks bn. 2,000Orange Children WiJI Hear Symphony The North Carolina Full Sym phony Orchestra will present wto * concerts, Ori a free children's 1 program and the other an adult i performance, in Memorial Hall ! ip. Chap >1 Hill Monday evening-,/ H- -The - Tree -ehildfi»h5L iancert1 ; featuring pretty Vivian Morrison I who will play the bagpipes and ' perform Scottish dances, will be 1 held at 2 p.m. and the'adult con-1 S een, foatuiing Miss Caroline Tay lor as piano soloist,, will follow at 3; 30. The orchestra, which opened its 1955 season at Hickory last Friday nig.it, is playing to record crowds,1 I and Hickory and Salisbury reviews ! have been high in their praise of the symphony's program. At Hick ory, alone, 5,600 school children heard Ihe Symphony, under the di rectroTr-of Benjamin Swalin. — In Chapel Hill approxiniale ,ly 2.000 children.from- White Cross, Rlfland, Cuirboro, Northside, Lin coln, Glenwoyd and Chapel Hill elementary schools will attend the children's concert in the afternoon. The have been, prepared by the cpncerT as^ Tbsuft OT classroom * instruction whieh followed two j local work shop's for teachers, con t.tlucled.-cb.v_... Mrs, _ Fiftd. St McCall, j Chapel Hill music' supervisor and | head of the children’s division of the N. C. Symphony Society [These workshop- "ere in additlm ifo those conducted by Mrs. Mc Call on a state-wide basis through he University Extension Division. For the children’s concert, Sym bony Society membership cards < ill not be honored. Adult ad nissjon will be 1. However, mem-; >e:.ship cards will be honored at! he evening adult concert. For the evening program. Con-1 iuctor Swalin will present the sym- j n Schubert's “Symphony No. VII n C Major,” and in Pinto’s “Mem- ! iries fo Childhood,” to be followed | by Wagner’s “Forest Murmurs." The closing selection will- be VVeber.’h /‘Overture tot he Opera OtBeren.” .Immediately following a lor will- play “Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Opus 35" by Shostakovich. Miss Taylor, daughter of the Hon. H. P. (Pat) Taylor, former lieutenant-governor of the state, and Mrs. Taylor of Wadesboro,! made her debut in New York Town Ha|l last Aprij. Last year she was a Symphony auditions winner. * Miss Morrison, who hails form - 3addeck. Nova Scotia, is presently enrolled in the freshman class at Flora Macdonald College. She will appear here in full Scottish regalia :o perform Scottish dances and (See SYMPHONY, page 8) i VIVIAN MORRISON Wrenn Gets Legion Post Walter V\ renn was elected com [ mander of District 17 of the N. C Department of American. Legioi t at its semi-annual meeting hel j at* the Ivost; 85 fUrtin HiHsborc"| on Sunday night.' Other officers, named were! Samuel OMJrien of Lowes Grove vice commander: Jake Nurkin o Durham, delegate to the nafiona' ''onventiori in Miami, next fall n.dPaul Roberson of Chapel Hill Jterna'e delegate to the nationa' ■onventiori. - Division Commander Carl Rid lie of Durham gave his report P he . meeting. Lf. Carlin of Dur ham Filter Center was' gues ■ peaker. ■ The meeting was followed, wit’ •i barbecued cfiicken supper wit' the Hillsboro Post No. 85 hostes .'o the district meet, composed c oosts from Durham, Orange an Person Counties. Authority To Aid New Firm Asked The Board of County Commis sioners has called upon Represen tative John W. U instead to in troduce permissive legislation to give it authority to spend county funds to build water and sewer lines to a new industry desiring to locate in this county. The commissioners tookthis ac WORas result.of a meeting at, Chan-. VC ii:ii•_ i." t,- w- W&*S al Hill's Town hall last Thursday afternoon following a request from the secreUry of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchants Associa tion and representatives of the Carrboro new industry group. In their communication to Mr. I Uinstead, the commissioners ad vised that in the event the use of ad valorum revenue for this pur pose is illegal they want author ity to issue bonds upon approval of the people and retire them with non-tax revenue. In taking this action, it was made clear the board in no way commit ted itself to construct any lines, but only sought authority in the event it might be needed. Secretary Jake Trexler of the Merchants and the Carrboro group, told the board that one of the larg est electronic firms in the world •‘is knocking on our doqt" to Ihj calc a plant in this area, and op tions have been secured oh sites within a two mile distance of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The plant would employ 700 people immediately, according to Trexler, and virtually the only drawback lo the firm locating here at the present time is lack of wa ter and sewer facilities. The name1, of -the firm was not revealed. | The sites under consideration, ho said, were all approximately two miles, or less from either Chapel Hill or Carrboro, and op tions have been secured on two possible building ligcations. Esti mate worfh of the plant and Its eouipment was put at from $3, 000,000 to $4,000,000 by Mr Trex ler At the commissioners meet ing it was. suggested that ..fight inch water and sewer lines would be needed to s“«*Ve the plant, (Sre NEW FIRM, page 1) Knight Leads Cancer Drive In Hillsboro The unnuai Cancer Crusade for ‘unds to combat this dread. du>* ease is” underway n HUistmro uW-.. ler the leadership of . Bobby .'Criigfif, who is servjn§g as commit* itty “Chatrman. As in preceding campaigns the drive. is being conducted by the circulating envelope method ir. each block or area rather than • icrsonal solicitation. Knighturg ed that residents receiving the en velope pass it along as speedily as lossible in order to complete the circuit. ..... - - Among those serving as block traders *in assisting *he chairman ire Mesdames Betty Sue. Cole man, Helen Roberson, .t. W Dick son, Effie Snipes, Mabel. Allison, Audrey McBane, Billye Forrest, Louise Clayton, Fred Fox, Lucious Brown, Elsie Scott, Irene Head, ~G. C. McBane, 0. L. Thomas, C. " H. Reckard, Ira Ward, Marjorie Minnis, Margaret Clark, Fred °ates Sr., Becky Thompson, John Crabtree. Bobby Knig.V and Miss Sallie Allison. Roy Cole of Chapel Hill is the 'cncral county chairman. County ASC Office Reveals ffmr^mpom^rni^ahKmsam Prices for the 1955 crop of flue 1 cured tobacco will be supported at a minimum average level of 48.3 , cents per pound, according to A .K. ] MaAdams, county office manager, | 0:ange County ASC. This compares with a 1954 loan level of 47.9 cents per pound. As directed by law, loans on th£ 1955 crop of flue-cured tobacco will be available at 90 percent of parity. If parity at the beginning of the marketing year, July 1, is higher than the announced minimum, the | i support will be increased. j \ The minimum support level ii based on the parity price as of * March 15, 1955. Price support will be available to growers of eligible tobacco through ___■ grower associations on The basis of official standards grades at a pecified rate for each grade. Under, a new eligibility provision, farWrs who grow more than one hind of tobacco on their farms In—— 1955 must comply with the acre age allotment for each kind of to bacco in order to be eligible for support on any- of the tobacco pro duced on the farm.
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