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FOWLER REUNION The annual Fowler Reunion of the descendants of the late Mar tha, and Janies Washington Fow ler, was held last Sunday, May 1, at Chesterfield Lake which is on Route 1, Pittsboro, on the Mann’s Chapel-Mt. Pleasant hard surfaced road. E. W. Powell, a descendant ol ■ the couple was chairman of all j arrangements for the annual af- I fair and owner of the beautiful j lake where the gathering was held last Sunday really did a wonder ful job in preparing for the event More than 150 persons were pres ent bringing well-filled baskpts. Sonderful food for the noonday lake. Hot biscuits'were provided from an electric stove in a mod em, well-equipped beach cottage which can be used on sundry oc casions with it’s tall chimney and big open fireplace. The lake was built last year by Mr Powell and is well stocked with fish for fu ture fishing. The natural beauty of the surroundings has been clev erly enhanced with much improve ment, and on Sunday was com plete with a number of large white ducks swimming across the sur face as many guests enjoyed boa! rides. One duck had a nest near the water and will hatch young ducks this week among the ferns. Mrs. Powell has planted flowers also, and bright colored flocks were hi blodm. Altogether it was a most pleasant day,-and all who attended last Sunday are looking forward to the Fowler ^Reunion next year. SON IS BORN Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. l^e Laughlin of .118 Purefoy Road an nounce the birth of a son, Mich ael Daniel, April 25 in N C- Mem orial Hospital. Mrs. McLaughlin is the former Mary Bess Tilley of Carrboro. The couple also have a daughter, Janice Clair, age 2. CIRCLES MEET , Circles of the Woman’s Mission- j ary Society held interesting meet- i ings this week as follows: The 1 Ann McDade Circle meeting on Tuesday evening with Mrs.- Cliff ' Partin On South Greensboro St. j The Minnie Durham Circle met on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, and the Eoy Johnson Farmer Circle met also on Monday evening at .the | rilr|1BV<|i» iftijttnh" r on-> Pleasant Drive.'All circle meet ings were„well attended and most interesting programs- were well carried out. The Florence Lide Circle will meet on next Monday evening, May 16, in a supper meet, ing to be held at the’ Balptisl Church here and the Woman's Missionary Society of'the Ephosu* Baptist Church has been invited as dinner guests of this circle. CIVIC CLUB TO MEET The Carrbofo Civic *ChJb will holdJt's regular monthly meeting, for May on next Wednesday aft ernoon, May 11, at 3 p.m. in the club building near the Carrboro School. Mrs. William Wilkins will serve as hostess for the meeting, and Mrs. Fraud Maddry will be - in charge of the program. All members are urged to attend the meeting and any one in the com munity is given' a most .cordial welcome. JOYCES HAVE SON Mr. and*Mrs. Hugh Joyce of remember % mm On Mother's Day-Sun., May 8 I } \ GIFTS OF GOQD TASTE,AlWAtS I Norris or Belle Camp Also a Fine Selection of Cosmetic and Stationery Gifts Sure to Please James Pharmacy Portland. Oregon, announce the birth of a son, Hugh Joyce Jr., on April H, in an Oregon hospit al. The couple also have a daugh ter, Rebecca Faye, who is three years old. Mrs. Joyce is the for mer Miss Ruth Lindsay of Carr boro. RE-OPENS CAFE Mrs. M. C. Ivey has re-opened her cafe on Main Street in Carr boro. Since re-opening on Mon day of this week she says busi ness has been good, but that she doesn’t think every one knows that the cafe is re-opened. It has been closed since last August, i During last fall and the winter months Mrs. Jvey took an ex- i •Watte#' through:- the West Indies, Mexico aijd across i the United States. VISITORS Seventeen children of the! Thomasville Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville the past weekend in homes of friends of the Mt. Car mel Church community, and at tended services at the church at Mt. Carmel on Sunday. Each year people of this community invite children from the orphanage for a weekend visit. The children were accompanied by two matrons from the~-home on their visit. PERSONAL NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Benson Ray and Mr. and Mrs. Starnes Weaver were visitors at the weekend" to Mr, and Mrs'. H L. Weaver and family in Florence, S. C. Visitors at the weekend to Mr. and Mrs, -T. C. Lindsay Sr. includ ed Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lindsay Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Coe of Raleigh. Mr,;, and Mrs. J. P. Ellington, and Tamlty went over to Hickory at the weekend for a visit' with Mr. Ellington’s sister, Mrs. Jake S^hoonderwoerd and family. Mr and Mrs. J. T. Johnson and two children came from their home in Newport News, Va. Jit the weekend for a visit here with Mr. Johnson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs Talmage Johnson and family. Mr and Mrs. Harry R. Lyons and their two daughters. Jane and Mary, who^have been on a vaca tion in Jacksonville and Miami, Florida, stopped by the home of Mr. and Mrs. John McLaughlin before going on to Florida, and also on their return trip, the party stopped here for a visit. Mrs. Ly on’s is the neice of Mrs. McLaugh lin. Mrs. Robert Moore and two children of Akron, Ohio, are on a visit here with Mrs. Moore’s mother, Mrs. Leonard Collins and family. Mrs. Moore is the former Miss Betty June Collins. .Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swanson of Hope Mills were visitors at the weekend, to Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Hardee arid family. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Clark and famdy oL*HillsJ>oro were visitors at the weekend to Mi;, and Mrs: Ira 'Mann'and other relatives here. "I see a man ... he's driving a car . , an OK Used Carl.. . Wait, I'll see if he’s got a friend!" ras&v'Xwa look V for the red 0fc Tagl man who drives an OK Used Car. The red OK Tag tells him he can drive with confidence in a car that’s inspected and scientifically recondi tioned for performance, safety and value. It’« warranted in writing by the dealer. Sold only by an Authorized Chevrolet Dealer <4 Eno Chevrolet Co. Hillsboro Bernard Whitf ield Is Elected I ' V' t.:.. New President Of Lions Club Bernard Whitfield succeeded to the Presidency of the Carrboro Lions Club Jft last week’s meeting of the group in the Methodist Church. Since there were no further nominations from the floor at the civic group’s last meeting, the nominating cofftthittee’s entire slate was elected as a formality tonight. The third vice-president, and other officefs are chosen new each year and the other vice-pres idents step up the line automatical ly. Here are the other club officers for the coming year, as elected by club: First vice-president, James L. Perry; second vice president - Jack... McCain., .vice-president, Claibnrrte 'THKWS*1 administrative treasurer, Harry Andrews; project treasurer, "Wil son Lackey; Secretary, Lloyd Sen ter; assistant secretary, Mack' Watts; Lion Tamer, Mack Wil liam^ Tail Twister, Wilbur Par : 4W- i~M***UZ; ' BERNARD WHITFIELD tin: and directors {two years) F. M Durham and June Merritt: and (one-year) Shelton Lloyd and Harold Hark. The Land Of Orange «“That meadow strip is looking a lot better again since I fertilized it,” said Tom Jackson. St. Mary’s last week. The well sodded strip of grass and clover has for several years provided a safe passage of terrace rutioff water through natural drainage way jn the field Wail ace'Bacon and Tom Jackson; St. Mary’s; and Marvin Rogers and B. M-Dixon, Carr, had terraces sur veyed last week, for hotter protec tion of some'of their cropland. Ralph Webster, Rt. 2 Mebanei has joined the ever growing num ber of Orange County farmers speeding up the improvement of their land with deep-routed le gumes by seeding several acres of red clover this season. Mrs. Carey Sweet, Chapel Hill, and W. H. Breeze, Rt. 3, Hillsboro, received' the maps and plans for their soil and water conservation systems last week. The land capa bility maps, showing the degree of erosion, the slope, and the soil types, were, furnished- as part pf the agreement by the Tfeuse River Soil Conservation District. J. L. Hurd. Calvander, Mrs. Murray Sparrow Dies From Electrocutifn Funeral services' were held Sunday afternoon at'the Mt. Car mel Church , for Murray W. Spar row 35, line foreman for the Uni versity Service Plants, who was electrocuted late Friday afternoon while supervising a work crew on a power pole at the corner of "Greensboro and Main Streets in Carrboro. - . The Rev*. Henry Morgan, Mt. Carmel pastor, assisted.t»y the'Rev Richard Jackson of Chapel Hill, officiated. Interment was in the Mt: CarmeJ-Sparrow cemetery. Mr. Sparrow, employed- by the Uni versity Service Plants for the past eight years, died in Memorial Hos pital abouF'ah Wtvur after he—re ceived the fatal shock which his arm,brushed a 7,200-volt line. ’Surviving are his wife, of the old Raleigh Road, two sons, Phil andj Roger of the home; two sisters, |. Mrs. Dallas Robertson and Mrs. El- j mer Pendergraft .both of Route 3: | and his mother, Mrs. Pearl Spar row, also of Route 3. -v Mary Webb, Chapel Hill, and Robert Kirby, Cprr, had surveys made last week for recreation and livestock, water ponds. "Conservation Fanning—The Basis Fo-r Permanent Farms’’ JULIUS CAESAR -.. As played by Walter Smith Walter Smith To Play Lead Role In Julius Caesar This Weekend The title role of Caesar in The Carolina .PJayinakers production.of Caesar”, to be staged in the Forest Theatre, Friday through Sunday, will be played by Walter L. Smith, assistant professor of statistics at tne University and a newcomer in a Playmakers cast. Previously he has appeared in revues and as an amateur magician. The faculty member is a .native of London, England. Prior to com ing to Chapel Hill in 1954. he was statistician to the School of Medi cine at Cambridge University, from which he received his M A and Ph.D* degrees. , All of Mr. Smith’s previous theatrical experience has been in England While in grammar school he began ap interest ip drama by writing a lampoon on school mas tersjytd AQicxican gapgster iUros., He was also responsible Jor orga nizing a playreading group while a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy. As a member of the Pentacle Club at Cambridge, he took part in three annual revues and two tours of these revenues. J The Playmajfcers’ Caesar is also a magician. He is a member of the Magic Circle of London and has been elected as associate of the Iliner Magic Circle, for which he was awarded a Silver Star. Mrs., Smith has appeared with the Playmakers as a chorus mem ber in “Show Boat.” She is now playing one of Calpurnia's atten i dapts,. in “Julius Caesar.” Over 15,000 At Opening Of Belk Store Upwards of 15,000 persons aie believed to have attended the three-day grand opening of the Belk-Leggett-Horton store held last weekend. Store Manager Carlton Byrd, who termed the event “most sue cessful,” was unable to estimate the crowd accurately, in that it surpassed the store officials pectations so completely. But since the store was practically packed during nearly all of the three .days of the opening, the estimate of 15.000 seemed relative ly conservative. , • '"Winners of the grand, door prices j'i Tv yr*«r. <**«: dal vere "Ruth Bodenheimer, daughter )f Mr.' and Mrs. Paul. Bodenheimer )f Kenan Street; William N. Ge rard of 2ll Church Street and J. E Bagwell of 128 Polk Street. The •egular store hours of 9:30 a.m. to k;30 p.m. were begun today, though he store will be open until 8.30 on Friday evenings. People attended the opening ivent from Siler City. Pittsboro, Djrrham, Mebane, and for miles iround in the Chapel Hiff trading uea, according to Mr. Byrd. Busi nes all over town seemed to pick ip considerably with the influx if customers and visitors for the Belk opening. The big job for the 3elk folks today and for the next several days will be the replenish ing of its merchandise. Mr. Byrd said. Mrs. Apple Hostess To Bethlehem Club The Bethlehem Home Demon stration Club met with Mrs. John Apple on April 25. Mrs. Grady Crawford, president, presided :over- the" meeting. Mrs. Crawford read the devotional taken from Hebrew, 8th chapter, and spoke on service to others. All the members sang “Old North State" and repeated the club Collect. Minutes of the fas! meting W'ere given by the secretary. Mrs. C. V. Bradshaw gave a poultry report stressing the buying of chicks bred to lay. Mrs. R. E. Bradshaw in her garden report pointed out that the Soaking of- seedtf gives a bettor stand. Several book reports were given. There wore eight members who have signed up for the can cer clinic in July. Mrs. Mary Fouse gave a demon stration on “Pots and Pans.” Refreshments weje served to the 10 • members-; present. The May meeting date was. changed from May 24. to Monday, May 10, and will be held with Mrs. Mary Foust. Mrs. John Apple, reporter Reports indicate that the North Carolina late spring harvest cot tage crop isl in .only fair trp poor condition due td the late March freeze .. - ■Cubs Beat Lowes Grove 18 J In Season's Opener Yester J The Carr boro Cubs won their season's 6‘pener with bowes Grove after fighting an upnill battle most of the game 18-10. Tuesday flight the Cubs opened .heir home schedule in the Dur ham City League, playing Glenn Parts Company at 7:45 in the Carrboro Lions Park. Season tickets for the 10-game regular home schedule are on sale through team members for only a dollar The Cubs- will Play here each Tuesday evening and * away on SYKES IN MANEUVERS \ .FORT* LEWIS, Wash. -- Army Barbara, lives on Route ,2, Meb ane, is among 26,000 soldiers slat ed to participate in Exercise Ap I iple Jack during May at the Ya kima Firing Center, Wash. | Apple Jack will test the effi I ciency of the infantry and support I units in mountainous and resert , terrain. The simulated use ol ! atomic weapons will be one of ! the conditions of the exercise. Son of Mrs. Cora H. Sykes Route-1, Efland, the 23-year-old sgoldier is a member of Head j quarters Company of the 2nd" In fantry Division's 38th Regiment 1 He entered the Army in . Augusl 1953: - | Thursday and Sundays their 20 game League.'.^m : though additional special | wilt be scheduled from ti j time. Tommy Gravitte Wj]| i ably start on the mound for j boro tomorrow. Against Lowes Grove the scored their 18 runs the losers gaining 10 on 2l 11 hits. Bob Johnson run* t. the way for Carrboro. At bat vin Crabtree and Red Gaffi* | Carrboro with four hits eacL* | tree making two home runi i sell Perry also had a good j —three hits and three runs in. i The game tvas*tied into the seventlj up 5-5 inning .n, vv^u'X;; again later in the game befo, L locals clinched the victory »j| Symptoms of Distress Arisen STOMACH ULCE due to EXCESS AC QUICK RELIEF OR NOG Ask About 15-Day Trial 0ft Over five million packages of the VTl Tkeatmemt haVe been solij i„ , •5 nip Ionia of distress arising from Si and Duodenal Ulcer* due to Eicm Poor Digestion. Sour or Uput si Casslnoss, Heartburn. SUtpl. ate., due to Excess Acid. Ask lor“WU Message” which fully explains ihu ireatment—Iraa—at CORNER DRUG. ST Hillsboro WAS KICKED PUT qr. school FOB , CHLATING.' HOW COMS.--OETTV SUE ? Ht WAS CAUGHT ' COUNTING HIS ! 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