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I of Orange County up with the now* fovar the county by THE NEW* of fcouhty. EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE KIDD BREWER'S NWARD ... When the ure came to Raleigh, five ago last week, North Car were told that $52,000,000 taxes would be needed to through the bienniDm ex from July 1, 1955 through |; 1957. ' . '.:x " ■' , f.? I • 1 the Legislature had been about four months, the on new taxes needed was to $37,000,000 for the m. i weeks later the need for renue plunged again. This • slipped to about $28,000, was some more figuring, rd whispers that all signs to an estimate showing Id struggle along during 5-57 biennium on $25,000. n taxes or less. on Friday, Governor H. Hodges addressed a v called joint session of ise and the Senate. lid the new tax require rmild be $20,000,000 ten for each year of the hi .mil !v would lea’ General Assembly as to this money should come )ENDS ... All of these re i from $52,000,000 in to $20 000,000 in May— e wag to remark that we i -' u • even money d fislature could stay here lime “Yeah”, said his ‘and I do believe at the y’te going they would be us dividends if they could ounri until July.” DA/§ TO .GO ... If the tire stays here until May that’s just around the 0 w ■" establi-li a niu.'li n for the number of days, ) the service of the State, redict the old recoid of 11 be broken. The old leg expert, Secretary of State ire, pointed out last week e champ session of 1931 n January 7 and ran until this session makes it for nore days, it can become nt of them all. It began iary 5. Bv staying until it can establish a modern and equal that one set up ■s ago. Should it stick for one day extra, it could' o. down in history. COUNTIES ... Approxi >ne-half of all money com the General Fund—the ; fith runs tlie schools,'the dleges, etc.,—comes from i counties. ten top counties—in the imed—Mecklenburg, Guil 'orsyth, Wake, Durham, be, Gastoift,'New Hanover," te, and Cumberland. To* they brought into the j easury last year a total! 1.631, ! ten lowest counties are i ny. Jones, Gates, Pamlico, k, Avery, Tymrell, Hyde, and Clay brought in 20. te you an idea of the un stribution of wealth in Carolina, Mecklenburg to the State $18,133,715 •ay at the bottom, brought (tie Weekly called “Facts ^ acts they are—Felix Gris ' 3ws that one out of every ren born In North Caro born out of wedlock. This astounding figure. But the non-while children, of five is born out of Br County leads the State regard, with 16.8 per cent >e child of every six—be n out of wedlock, rissette makes an informa servation as follows; “It interesting to note that out of wedlock fluctuate down from year to year ut the same manner as Roundup, Page 2) IN GROUND-BREAKING RITES—Shown at tits ground-broking ceremonies for the new $50,000 colonial brick New Hope Presbyterian Church building; Sunday afternoon are (left to right) Sam Blackwood, Clerk of the Session for the Church; M . Mattie Craig, one of the oldest members of the church; Mrs Winston Strayhorn, Building Committee Chairman with her grandson, Kenneth Strayhorn Jr.-, youngest 'descendant of Gilbert Strayhorn who gave the 190 acres for the church property in 1754; and the church pastor, the Rev. John^ Ensign. Rolnhd Gidiiz Photo Ground-Breaking Ceremonies Held For New Hope Presbyterian Church around breaking ’•ceremonies .or a new church building at New ‘Hope "Presbyterian "Chyyfh were held Sunday following the morn ing worship services. The new colonial brick build ing—which will be the fifth home for the historic church—is to be finished fn time for the ’200th An niversary of the congregation a year from next August. However, it is expected that services will be held in part of the building by next fall. , 'Mrs. Mattie CiaigJ1»"onp of the Oldest members of the-congregfl ► tion, turned the first spade of earth al the groundbreaking rites. The site is about on the location jl the second church building, about 100’ yaids bchiffd the pres ent church in a wooded tract ov erlooking the new ChapeF II ill Hillsboro highway. Estimated $50,000 Cost Designed by II. H Haines of Duke University, the "(/’-shaped building is expected to cost- about $50,000'. If.^vijl have a spire-. 4(1 feet high and a sanctuary with regular seats for 183. This is dr-. 'rooms at ball, to, >ea[ an additional overflow pi- 73 There will be a full basement with a fellowship, hall to seat TOO, a kitchen, four elassroomst and a choir robing room On the main.floor- will he seven class rooms and tpe pastors study The plans provide for the future pos sible addition of a. balcony in the sanctuary. . - Worklon the budding is expect M m begin i n a few days, M i s Winston Strayhojn, building ~c'om mittce chairman.i announced jes , terday thai. . James Freeland of Hillsboro, 'Whose '"father was a member, pf the church, had volun teered to do. the excavating work. It is planned lo contract the foun dation and masonry work and to have the remainder of the con struction done by local labor and volunteer assistance of church members. Use Next Fall ,Jt is hoped .that the lower floor \vm bo useable by Fall so that the church can meet in the felr. lowship ball. Completion of the upper'story is planned as funds become available, said Mrs. Stray horn. j At a recent . congregational meeting, at which the plans were j finally a'pproved, a building fund gift of $10,000 from Jaimes John ston, Washington (D.C.) investment broker, was announced. Mr. John . ston is a native of the community land Jiu* 'at® Charles Johnston, was an elder in the Alujj'i-tt JjJi. nil ye.io . . , Building fund Treasurer Mrs. John Lockhart said that slightly over $18,000 was already avail able in cash for immediate use in the construction. To date, she said, $15,000 has been raised la pledges and cash within the con gregation. In addition .an undes ignated amount has been tenta tively promised for the construc tion from the church extension committee of Orange Presbytery. Planning Three Years Planning of the construction has been under way for three years and the plans have been revised eight times, Jrtrs. St ray horn said. Member* #f!her building commit lee are Mrs. W. S. Nunn, Miss Virginia Nunn, Sam Blackwood, William Barker, Elviri Cates, John Lockhart, and Ernest Mauer. The present wooden church building was erected in-1805. Speaking At Schley Event k : ... Peaceful Atom Showing Great Promise For Farmer-Durham The unlimited p.ossiblitics for | ~Tfieuse of atomic-energy-fa peace- i Durham Tuesday night in an ad- | dress at Schley Grange hall * on | the occasion of the third eom rrttmity mdettrrg—trr^Hre•' current ■ The Chapel Hill congressman] u hi is ihe rantutjg representative j from the lower house in Atomic-^ Energy matters described for the Orange County farm audience, many of the peaceful uses of the; atom which, have already been de veloped. , Among these he described the f prt servation cf food by ^ radiation which means progress for the far- i tger because it removes fresh.pro- j .luce frhnj the perishable field and makes* into a staple. He told of eating six months old meat , and 24 months old potatoes pre |"seryed by radiation Also, he pointed out, the "abil ,-cries of pro grants bn «arm- and ity'to study the life cycle of ani mals "and inserts through Hie use of radio-active isotopbs opens up juJKbple jjew field for the biolo gyThrough radio-active iso topes, he said, more knowledge of diseases are being obtained for the benefit of ,V4 mankind. More effective insecticides ,are. Jticing developed.—Through_knowledge developed by --reactors,- *he said, flies may be wiped out eventually by breeding a type of sterile fly The direct feeding of plants- by f soliar processes and liquid fer tilizers, 'has far-reaching possibil ities for good. lie sooko of the atom with op t'.mism, for -the futuren and ur-ged his -audience to carry on normal lives without worrying, too much about the dire possibilities poten tial in the atomic age. He was in troduced by Parker Roland. Prior to his address, Assistant County Agent Ed Barnes discussed the’ possibilities of aromatic tobacco a a supplementary crop for this area. ME A Anniversary Is Noted Here The local Piedmont ~ Electric Membership Corporation through Us manager F. E. Joyner, yester day issued congratulations to ihe Rural Electrification Administra tion on the occasion of the latter s 20th anniversary. Foi 16- of this 20 years, the lo cal cooperative has been a bor rower of REA. -In commenting upon the ob servance, Joyner had this to say from his office in Hillsboro: / “To do the tremendous, job ol building 1,300 miles of distnbu tion lines to serve more than 5,000 rural homes, schools, churches and establishments in Qrange, Durham, Person, Caswell Gran ville and Alamance counties, it • slightly more than two million 1 dollars from the federal REA. Af- ! ter 16 -years of operation, the Piedmont Cooperative has met j all principal and interest payments j promptly and have paid back $150,000 in advance of due, date.” Joyner stressed that Piedmont is a privately owned business enter prise with all stock owned by the members. • “With the increased use of elec tric service on the larm, the real ; problem is keeping capacity built j into the system, far in advance | I 'of needs to take care of the {growth,” stated Joyner. “We all feel that we have helped build and are a part of the community. Khe-pavrM^n» :paK*a5Bs atone pour more .than SIOOTOOO a year into this area, but more than that we consider that it has been a privilege and an honor to build and serve the system that furnish ag Alof-tricitv to so many of the rural people of this section," he said. Th° national REA. claims it has toad the way in carrying electric ity to all but about 5 percent of ihe nation’s farms. As officials see it, the REA has just about as muph to do now as it did back on May 11, 1935, when President Franklin. D. Roosevelt signed an executive order creating the agency and authorizing it to See REA, Page 4 Teen-agers Get Work At Park. For Dynamiting i l ' Judge L. J. Phipps, after wrest ling for a week with an assign ment that caused him more worry I “than any 12 other cases,” came j op with a probation-work sen I <ence this week for the 10 Hills twro teen-agers involved in two dynamiting episodes. On the charges of malicibus judgment Was continued for a period of 60 days on condition that «ach defendant be fct his home by 10 p.m. every night unless he has soecific consent of his parents that he be out later than that; that each not operate an automobile unless one of his parents is with him; and on further condition that each defendant within the 60 day period work for 40 hours oh the Exchange Club project, and pay the costs of the court. The six in volved in the American Legion . Hut dynamiting were ordered in addition to pay ftfr window dam ages there. All 10 of the youths pled guilty as charged- Don Collins, Joe ■lilackwelder, .Rodney Toler. Gar ■ land Spangler. Robbv Carr Clenp Collins^ Harold Oakley, Billy Joe , Hicks. Reid Roberts and Jeff Al bright v ■' •Don Collins, the only one of th'e noys to testify, said the first dy namiting at the party at Gilbert Craig’s was planned the day be fore. Me did not say where the „—„ .See-COURT, Page 8... Senior Pigy To Be Given Friday Night , th« «»wi0r'P!av. H a Samuel French production, will be given Friday night at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. The members rilf* therast a re Sue Hayes, Carroll Brown; June Carolyn Frazier; P. H.- Craig; Billy Jo Ilieks; Nell Beard; Mary Jo Reinhardt; Ted Williams; Dolly St ayhorn; and Leon McCauley. “Skidding” presents a fresh pic ture pf, modern American life. The father, Who is' a dignified judge, has a very difficult time managing his own family. His wife does not at all approve of the course of studw that their young daughter is pursuing at college. The other two daughters are high strung, hard headed, Snd .'absolutely refuse to take any dictation" from their hus bands. Mother Hardy is so upset • that .'sHe 'goe/'on.' a” strfk:e--run^ away and leaves it fill. The young -on is an adolescent with his first case of love. Th,e grandfather is an unforgettable -character who brings pathos into the scenes. New Lingerie Industry Job Applicants Sought 4 Chapel Hill Bond Legislation Umstead Explains By John W. Umstaad Jr. Ropro'aontatlvo, Ganoral Astambly After reading the* results,of.a school census of the Chaj>el Hill School district it-occurred to me that we should have enabling legislation so that we could vote on the question of bonds for school buildings in case there should be no chance to get the needed funds from the state bond issue 01 from another county bond election. For this reason 1 introduced an enabling act on Monday night. I his enabling cat would ask the county Tom missf oners to call an election for voting bonds for the erection of school build ings when a petition was present ed to them signed by 15 per cent of the number of voters who had voted in the last election in the school district. The bill outlines the manner in which the election would be held and the procedure for the sale of the' bond'. The bonds would be* Sol'd f»i 'he lowest possible rate of inter est'with the provision that such bonds could not draw more than six per cent interest. This is the usual language of these bond bills \s‘a matter of fact the rate of in terest would never be more than 2Mr to 3 per cent - judging by the last sale of bonds for a compar able school Unit. The provisions of the bill are the same used for the Albemarle Administrative unit. This bill was approved by the New York bond attorneys when It was passed and we know that If we ever have to use It the bond issue would meet with their approval. The bill is 1 t tnply permissive legislat on. If w.« lirOfieR.A s's w-w* never need it no harm has been done. When one contemplates the great increase in school popula tion If is fdiindthal some provi" siori must be made for school fa cilities for these children. We must have the .necessary fund* from some source. The needs for school facilities See LEGISLATION, Page 8 POMONA GRANGE MEETING The Orange County Pomona Grange will meet Monday - night, May 16, at 8 o'clock, with the New Hope Grange. A review of the Orange County Farm and Home Efficiency Program tvill be pre sented jtb this meeting; in -addition ; to an interesting program. BAKE SALE " The members’ of' St. .Matthew's Parish Guild will- have a bfike sale nn Saturdays beginning at 10 a.m. at the Eno Chevrolet Co. School Legiiiation Came Ar Surprise To County Officials The introduction earlier this week in legislature of a bill to auihoriM a school bond issue and school tax for the . Chapel Hill school district came as a surprise tp cointy Officials,"t who wore cautious about com ment until more study could be given the provisions. *T* } County Superintendent f.\ Paud Carr tsaid he was not con • sulted, that the idea contained many possibilities, and Jong range potentialities that had not previously been discussed HI? declined*'to go into details. Most observers agreed the legislation is aimed at giving Chapel Mill an opportunity to act If the rest of the county doesn’t want to vote bonds. Others gomment upon the re action -iriih still further sup plementary taxation in the Chapel Hill area may have upon future tax policies.of fh£ county •as a" whole This arcs now has - a special school tax supplement for current expenses, a special ! fire district lax just voted, and | a campaign now is underway to j set up a special recreation dis I .triet to allow voters to vote on a special tax for recreation pur !•* poses. | ■ .'J__...__.. j HOMECOMING EVENT j. Next Sunday will he homet'oin : ing at the CanV. Creek Baptist i Church, according to the pastor, the Rev. Harry E. Byrd. '.. Dr. \Villiam Strickland_of the Southeastern Seminary at Wake ,forest, wtH t prewch...tin; nioming hsstVJce and. the Rev T C. Wil liams of Antioch Baptist Church in this -county ..will br^the after •noon—speaker. ’ Special miisie ha* ; been arranged for both programs Mystery Farm Of,The Week—No. 38 Who Owns This Mystery Farm? The "Mystery Farm of The Week" is e pleasant sort of a game which readers of this newspaper have boon enjoying for many months. The first to identify each week'*~far*i gets a free subscription to the newspaper and the owner gets a( mounted photo of the farm picture. Each week the competi tion has been keen for the correct identificafiddi-'Lest week—not a guess. The News' pilot, we fear, was bloyvn far afield from Orange County and outside the circulation area. If you recognise the one above, let us know. - «"r J • > .*• ■ * ‘ i:. *.. Employment Survey Set For Saturday ' Applications (W persons- Who J au? interested in jobs with Reverie ' Lingerie, Inc., the new industrial operation, scheduled to begin soon in the Uzzle building (form erly known as the Bates Garage property) on Highway 70 north west of Hillsboro, will be accepted by the Kmployment Security Com mission's Durham office all day on Saturday. This information was given The Mews yesterday afternoon by Prank Pierson, '’executive vice president of the Durham Chamber of Commerce, who made the an nouncement Tuesday of the new industry which plans to build y new building in Durham to vsd ploy 230 people in manufacturing lingerie. Pierson said the New York firm had a year's lease .on the Hillsboro building which is de scribed as a pilot plant Which will employ 30 people ^|d train peo- 1 pic for the later much larger 1 operation while at the same time turning out merchandise for sale. Twenty three machines will be $ installed in the 10,000 square foot building. Asked about prospects that the Hrin . might continue ^the HHU boro operation even after the larger plant in Durham is open ed, Pierson said the chances are 10-to-l that this or some other plant will continue in the Uxzle building after tbe present lease expires. With a going concern in operation hare, he mid.- it *wHl be much easier to sell another firm on taking over the hereto fore idle property. The State de ptrrtmerrt and the" Durham Cham her of Commerce likewise will be working toward keeping it oc cupied, he said. Negro Camp **' ♦ - ..V Fund Drive Seeking $700 The 4-H Club Foundation, orga nized for the ’purpose of providing camping facilities lor Negro boys and, gfrj.< at tbe Hammock Beaelr - in Jones County, has launched a drive in the 52 counties employing j.\e^io . Extension ...Workers *- and sponsoring 4-H, Club Programs to come to a close May 28, 1955. To dale a total of S31000 has been eontiibuie'd by Tarm’ people; “ business enterprises and interest ed •citizens. $36,000 more is need ed to complete the. facility for use this summer. It can be eom Ijlet.e the'facility for use this sum mer. It can be completed in 90 days if this amount is raised by May 28. Orange County should con- „ tribute $700.00 to meet its quota. The. program has-the endorse ment of the County Commissioners .of.Qrange County. Some of them have already made personal dona tion to this special .drive. The camping facility known as Camp Whispering Pines has been in use by Negro 4-H Campers for the past several years, offers camp ing to 200 4-H Club members“dur See CAMP, Page 8 NOTARY SERVICE Mrs. Edna Dawkins, secretary of the Hillsboro Merchants Asso for the members of the Merchants As sociation may be obtained free of charge. Others may obtain service for the usual fee. 10 TAKE PHYSICALS Mrs. Willie Lee Lynch of the local draft board announced there were 10 local boys who took their pre-induction Armed Force phy sicals in Raleigh last Friday. There will be no induction into the Armed Services from the lo cal board in May hr June, although 10 more will have pre-induction physicals on May 23.
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