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Hi* county by NEWS of OrapE* County i up with tho now* HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILI^ H. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 13. 1055 v '• i KIDD t <fcWIRS Iy Default . . . Waldo Charlotte, who was a ointee to the poslttion of loner of Insurance, was |h last week for a couple |»n business. ^. , hasn’t necessarily news, ias president!of the In, ice Life Insurance Com flhe Queen City, returns aleigh haunts every two [weeks for brief visits, lie had to say to close however, made news. Be they could pass the kg to alt and sundry that jicr Hodges would not be for Governor without that’s definite”, sdld |just who will be Luther opponent?” h$ was ask hut it down that he will have one”, answered gas taken to mean that elf, would “be a canfli iGovernor on the Demo ket next spring if no has the nerve to take who has hehi the top kin.ee last November. ]a hearty Wake Forest 42 years old, and a Baptist layman, was re one of Kerr Scott’s very pintments. He has been as gubernatorial timber bast four or five years; Inown to be politically ”OTT .„ . Cheek is using approach in talking possible candidacy as Scott in 1948 when he Iding whether to run )tate Treasurer Charles how had been an avow late for Governor for -at par before Agriculture oner Kerr Scott began laleful eyes in that di ody is going to have to |nst Charlie Johnson”, |ild say. reports are correct, Jit actually went about [State looking for some an against Johnson, at to have opposition”, luld say. It became a |h him. the fellows who would I against Charlie began Scott in effect: [yourself, Scott.” ke the little red ¥en of |r fame, he did. JF.DEFENSE . Ever [summer when he made ping remark about la Detroit area, Pefcn.se Charles ' Wifson has Irded as one of the real of the Republican Par ■Mnd Republicans, right... maintain that the GOP in control of Congress i leadership had harness soon enough prior to ons last fall. I grapevine talk reaching rect, Wilson is gradyally j Ved out of his top-rank p—one of the most pow jthe face of the earth— Btion for the all-out, big fal race next year. Chapel Hill they are M Greater University Gordon Gray is even p groomed for Secre efense post. They point otherwise, he would not pted the place as As eretary. lus in upper echelons of Iter^ University is that W of the Greater Uni concerned—and they dy conducting informal for a worthy successor, oay be nothing to this Ml street-comer chatter, to make some sense yet has not been denied. IGHT HERE ... Pur [ the Charlotte Observer light family, which owns [growing Chicago Daily Pe Mfami Herald, and p other big dailies—all as leaning to the Re party—was probably the hich “led the Raleigh Observer to spend up IQVNDUP, page 7) Bank Names Cole An Ass t Vice President "• " “son cole, who for feveraH years has been branch manager of the Durham Bank & Trust Com pany s Hillsboro office, was named an assistant vice president last week at a meeting of the bank Board of Directors. He was one of six such officers* so recognized; HSI, ^airman of •be Board, explained in connection with the promotion of Cole and five other Branch Office Managers that, “Two factors have l&d to our decision, the first and most im portant being that we wish to give tangible recognition to the very major role that our Branch Mana gers have played in the overall operation of thp Trust Company and that, in addition, the title of ♦‘Branch Manager’ does not truly indicate to the people in our ( branch communities the real de-„i gree of responsibility which' we place on the shoulders of those operating our Branches”. ’Hill went on to say that Cole “has more than lived up to our very strong desire to have all of our Branch Office” Managers be come a true part of their respec tive communities. From President and Secretary of the Exchange Club through thp Presidency of the ’Merchants Association, Chair 'man of the Red Cross and member of fhe Diaconafce of the Presby terian Church in the few years that Wilson has been living and working in Hillsboro is a record which few can boast of. Wc have never considered our'Branchcs’ to E. WILSON COLE ~ -1- ■ ■ ■-----~-, be subsidiaries of the Main Office but rather have always considered them as a true bank of the com munity. Cole's predecessor, Mr. Johnson, pertainly fulfilled this de sire and we kndfc that Wilson will continue it. We expect an outstand ing'job from him and hope that this new W tie, while ref ecting credit lor the job, which he has already done, will also be a. clear indication to the people of Hilis boro that our interests are the in terests of the’community as* a whole and thatr We expect to have the best possible man as Head of their bank.” Coming To Orange Each Month Over $33,000 Monthly In Social Security Pay In Orange OAmty M. tic end of last year, 363 retired workers were receiving $19,600.00 in monthly social security payments,, according to figures just released by ..Nina H. .Matthews, Social Secu ity Ad ministration district manager in Durham. - In addition to the retired work ers .themselves, 450 people were receiving $>3,755.00- :a. -month as dependents of aged workfcrs'or as survivors of those who had died. ' these amounts represent a con siderable increase over the bene fits being paid at the end of 1953, Mrs. Matthews pointed out, due primarily to the 1954 Amendments to the social security law, Which increased all benefits. ——— One of the changes ui the lgy made lt po^ihtc fpr l-ite-iw^aunc. lor the survivors of some workers who died alter 1939 and before September 1950-to. qiiaJjfy__for pay ments,____ Beginning in September, 1954. the amendments permit the “drop ping out” of up to 5 years of low 's* earnings in figuring, the wnrk . JJS lias the effect of increasing the average earnings, from uhich the monthly payments are figured. Other improvements in the law did not go into effect until the first day of 1955: although these Ranges had not aftected the pay ments that were being^rnade at the ojid of 1954. they willWntribute lo further increases inNthe total .mount of benefits payable in Qt.ange County%during this \ear. Among the amendments that went into effect on the first of the rear, one change, the rules for re viving payments while the bene ficiary is working, one extends coverage to many kinds of work that did not count toward social security benefits before 1955, and mother increases the maximum earnings credit uu. . lajor change made by the Amendments was provision lethod by which totally dis workers can protect their benefit rights by “freezing' social security wage records they are disabled. This can se the payment now being to many people who are al 65 but were disabled for a erable period before they d 65. C se local figures for old-age irvivors insurance payments a national trend, it was d out: In the country as a there were 6,886,480 per ceiving benefit payments at d of 1954—nearly a million ttonn ip hemnbei, 1953. Mrs. Matthews stressed the im pnrtance ol these benefits as the _greatest nr thp.-only source’of in* come to many of the families who received them. “'Two out !•< three people now reaching age 65 can qualify for old-age and sur vivors insurance benefits,” he said, “and none out of ten mothers and children in the country are assured . - of saFytVore-tHtfWfils tn -ease* of , the" death of the family breadwin ner." Money to pay these benefits comes from the Old-Age and Sur-. vivors Insurance Trust Fund, which is built up front social security tax contributions of ytorkers, their em -nlnvprs. and self-employed peo ple: • The Durham Social Security .Of fice i, at 216 Pol Office Build trig and-representatives, of this office regularly visit Hillsboro on the first ancT third Wednesdays of each month Trid ntay be contacted in the Mayor's Office at 1 p.m. Urge Vote On Wheat Saturday Polls To Be Open For Referendum From 8:30 a.m. To 5 p.rit. A. K McAdams Office manager of the,,Orange County ASC, to- | 4*y urg<¥t eountiiarmers fa.vote j in ftie Wheat; Referendum which is scheduled for Saturday at the Agriculture building in Hillsboro. McAdams stated that if a farmer a.m. to 5c00 p.m. McAdams reminded farmers, grows more than 15 acres qf wheat un their farm, or if he plans to grow more than 15 acres'in 1956 will be eligible to vote in the Wheat Referendum, June 25. j He stated also that there are some farmers who have the idea 1 that they could cast an unfavor-1 able vote in the Referendum, and i be voting against their acreage al lotment. That impression is eniaj tirely wrong, he pointed out. As a , vote for or against Marketing Quo tas will have no effect, whatso- j ever, on the allotment that each •wheat farm will receive for the 1956 crop. • Therg arc actually only two is sues ot stake in the Fteferehdum. The first issue is whether farmers want a maximum level of price support that Will be available un der Secretary Benson’s flexible program or whether they want this support rate to drop to 50» per cent of parity. A 50 per cent support rate for 1956 would be around a dollar-twenty a bushel. If the Referendum carries, the 1956 crop of wheat will be sup ported at the maximum rate per-' mitteji by lawj under current sup ply conditions. If the Referendum does not carr\. that support rate will drop to 50 per cent or $1.20 ,* a a The 1666 wheat marketing card^ are ready and may be obtained if called for in* Bv written request, j Guthrie reminded farmers. Summey Opens Own Shoe Shop Lawrence Summey, who for the •past nine years has worked as shoc repair man in the Parker and Iron shoe shops here, has opened his own business iir the former Latta Coop Dairy building on E. King Street. Summey announced that he has installed new and efficient equip ment to enable him to handle ’any type -of shoe repair and- invited- all - his friends try call on him at his aarniw*^1 ■■ He is a native of HHisbord, a* graduate of the local schools, and the son of Mr. and Mrs.' T. O. l Summey. He is ma>ried. to the form cry Miss Janice Johnson and the father of four children. rv Increased Budget Requests Keep Commissioners On Job 'District' Terminology Confusing Unit Would Pay Bonds, S Should the Chapel Hill school ad-< niinistrative unit issue bonds, fol lowing vote of the people, as pro 'ided in Representative John Um tead-'s peripissive legislation pass id on May 25th, it would not be entitled to a per capita allocation rom the county for debt service n such bonds. This-was the information here, oday in a, special Attorney Gco ral's opinion prepared by Assi lant Attorney General Claude L. „ove at the request of Mr. Utn lead and School Board Chairman lari Smith. Tile ruling 0f the Attorney Gen-, ral had been sought following lubheation" of a report from ounty sources, based on an in erpre:ation from the. Institute of ■overniiunt, that th<*;.Chapel Hill listricl would be entitled under Provision's of the -new general chool statutes to a per capita hare of the county debt service evenue in ^the event it should ;ote ^additional school debt upon tself in accordance with the Um tead local statute. - . iiauae-jlill 17”.. ratified on May 16. prof idea that the county school iebt scrviccfund shall include “a ler capita apportionment to each SK’al district" based on the nunty-wide debt service, f On the other hand. House Bill |278 authorizes the the issuance W school' builditu: bonds in be half of the Chapel Hill adminis trative^! nit, but prpvidcs that they "shall be made payable exclusively but of the taxes to be levied in' such district or such unit, ex cept that the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County may pay from county funds any; part of the principal and interest of .said*-bonds or-notes." , ~*nr the •Attorney Generat*!rwpffT*"l ion the expression “local district” used in the Slate act referred to areas within a county administra- j live unit which may owe debts contracted prior to 1933 when all! school districts in the State were abolished for certain purposes. I Wrote Mr. ...Love: .‘U. would seem | fin view of certain previous def initii^ps), that the legislative intent i n’ertacling’ para^aph' V UT Sect 16^ 3, Article 9, of |he new school law was to take care of old districts, which still owe debts that have rfot (See UNIT, page 3) Mystery Farm of the Week—44 i f wtm Who Owns Th.is Mystery Farm? GUESS THE IDENTITY of the form above an I if you aro the first to .correctly identify it you j. wi(1 r,c#jve a free subscription to The News of Onnge County. Last week's Mystery Farm was named j first by Mrs. Peggy Cannady, as belonging to Luth *i Craig of DurhSm. Newton L. Johnson is living on Hie farm, which Is located 4 Vo miles south of Hilisboro on Highway 84. The farm consists of aroond j 80 acres. Other early correct identifiers were: Mis:. Dathene Summey, Donald Walker, Mrs. Lacy Wil- , kerson, Mrs. Jennie Svnwt»y and John N. Johnson. t, I JOINS AIRCRAFT FIRM — Donald Chanca, ton of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Chanca df Hiltaboro, laft Sunday for Baltimora, Md. whara ha hat joinad tha ataff of .‘ha giant Glenn L. Martin Air craft corporation aa an anglnaiar. Ha graduated earlier thia month from N. t. State Collage in Ral eigh with a degree- in mechanical engineering Orange County Is Having Ship Named For Her I -I Orange County is being honored ; by having a fighting ship named for ’it. The vessel to be renamed the i USS Orange County is a Landing ■ Ship Tank, or LST, and i« one of! 158 such Navy ships which have prcviousjy been designated by number -only. Xhg lATjj..St-XXed ! throughout World War II as work horses of the Navy's amphibious forces. The ships which carried troops, tanks and many other I kinds of mobile arms and vehicles,1 played a large part in every ma jor landing operation, including the Normandy invasion and nu iSi:roils IiTin p h i h i o ii s actions thoriighoul the J'acific. Originally ciu^mnelndi to 'meet. »• the World War 'll neecf for an ocean-going ship that could lie beached in landing operations, LST's arc rdenHi ierMiy- their iafge Ixew doors which open to discharge tanks and other crago over beaching ramps. Ati* official' ship-naming cere-; mony will he held at a Jater date for the Owinge fimuiftb. l’«p~v resentatives of Orange. County, original sponsors of the ship when she was commissioned, and de-'t pendents of personnel assigned to. Ihe ship have .beefi invited to at tend the ceremonies.. I White Elephant Sale Saturday > The Hillsboro Exchange Club's annual White. Elephant Sale will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday. June 23, Sales Chairman 'Mutt Cannady announces. » ; j The sale will be, held in- the lot - beside.-Coleman - Laws," with be usecT lor the development of the Recreation Park now under way on Highway 86 south of Hills boro". Some of the articles, new and used, for sale are. electric’‘stove, refrigerator; television sets, radios, chairs, dishes, china closets, hard ware, window screens an sashes, screens, lamps, studio couches, an tiques, and other items. - j There will be an automobile for , sale, in good running condition. Anyone having any articles for donation to the project may ar range to have them picked up by contacting CL A. Cannady or Mar shall Cates. 5 Robberies In Cedar Grove Area Thii Week A wave of robberitfv and break iris has swept the Cedar Grove area, five in five days, to be exact Sheriff O. H. Clavton and depu ties are pressing their investiga tion in each case but no arrests have been made. Another break-in was cleared up this week with the arrest of Junior Cobb, Negro, of Eiland on a charge of breaking into the Club Naha on Highway 70 near Hillsboro. Cobb is now free under $1,000 bond. Last Friday night thieves broke a plate glass window at Rcitzcl’s service station on Highway 49. Cedar Grove towpship, and stole merchandise amounting to $200. Sunday night two wheels and two tires were stolen from an ir rigation pump on the John Poteat farm in Cedar Grove township. The same night t'wo motors, valued at $100 were stolen from Oliver’s garage at Cedar Grove. Monday night a. saw and belts va'ued at $400 were taken from the J. E. Cross Sawmill on the Claude Pope (arm in Cedar Grove town ship and Tuesday night merchan dise valued at $150 w’as stolen from Coy Long’s store after entrance* was gained by the thieves by break ing the front door., * PM vs Chief ^ In Civil Suit; $700 Awarded ■ PPStiMkter Thomas E. Bivins this wedk Was awarded $700 In a civil suit b ought by him against Hillsboro Police Chief D. Tom Huberts for injuries suffered in an automobile accident last year at the corner of Churton St. and Margaret Lane. The Bivins car was stopped on the lot of Strum’s Esso station when struck by the Roberts ca. as it • careened - away from, another car driven by a Negro man travel ing down Churton Street at high speed. The suit came about when Robert's insurance company and Bivins could not agree on the amount of damage. In other cases, the court. Judge -Wrllimn- Y. -Bic-kcU, presiding, con firmed a .judgement of $171 in (.n or of the .plaintiff Roy llome wood vs Wcorgr Cj. Athcerw and wife,. Gladys, originally awarded bV Justice of Peace Paul H. Rob ertson in Chapel Hill. Divoiceswereaw-arded the fol lowing George T. Holman vs. Liz rie Mac J. Holman; Basel Jones vs. Mattie Maud Farrow Jongs; Arthifr H. Simmons Jr ys. Mary Alice SknnMKi*; -Henry A.TUtey-**.- Lu cille A. Tilley; Paul H. Blake vs Blanche H. Blake and Bertha Ver nell Royals Davis bv- her next friend, S. T. Royal, vs, John Ed ward Davis with the plantiff being awarded custody of child, James Thomas. Davis. . . 74^ Tax Rate Required If Requests Met :.r% ; • . jp m/mtftm » kbc * . ...v* ctzrtapai . The '"’CountyCoui/niisloners '41ff burning the midnight oil this week and literally scratching their heads to reach a decision that is "right” on the annual puzzle that is the budget for the county gov* ernment, which includes, schools. Again, it is the struggle to hold the line, if possible, on taxes and still provide the service that the times demand. ( the departments i request, and the people desire. , Total budget requests from the various departments of county government for the fiscal year which begins just eight days from > today amount to $888,629.00. At the present stage of con sideration, according to County Accountant Sam Gattis, a tax rate [of fir per $100 valuation would ”1 be required to meet the budget. This is an incease of 12c per $100 valuation. Therein lies the crux of the problem What can be cut? How much tax increase is fair and just i for the people who pay the taxes? How can everybody be satisfied? j What is the best thing to do? These 11 re the questions, the com missioners arc asking themselves, each other,,and the various dele gations' officials and official boards who are making appear [anrea m support d their own' budget requests. Meetings were held last week, °n Monday and Wedpwpdny nights ot this .week and anuik; j" U gph*-' i • hard ^naJpSiTiiiht. Monday thL. commissioners heard he county school ofHtials. last night the Welfare Board,' and Monday night it will be the Chapel Hill school board B\ 'far the largest part of the lax dollar goes for schools, and I here the pressure for larger ap , School requests from the county propria lions is the greatest, system and the Chapel Hill city "adminTstrtrthrp “System total $398, 358.50. or 45 percent of the total j request. Of this, $118,589 is for current expenses and $55,477.50 for debt service. The remainder is for capital improvements for which the count} request is $110,- . 122 and Chapel Hill, which t>a$ one Jhird_of the students, has asked _ for $113,89Q. Delegations have ap- ^ peared, in favor of increasing the increasing the general^ appropria tion. The Welfare department has asked for a new ea5c«workcr;^tn—— creases in funds in each catagory, and salary increases for most per. somiel. Requested Increases in funds are: administration from . ^r383 old” age” ig^ * ‘ sistance from $101,540 to $103, 880; aid to dependent children Iftsfm $95,142 to $97,920; aid to the totally and permanently disabled from .$20.120 to $32,420. (See TAX RATE, page 6) ", ) Hobart Lee Arrested For Attempted Rape Hobart Lee of Graham who in 1951 was tried but acquitted for | the, murder of Miss Rachel Crook] of Chapel Hill, is again in trouble on a sex charge. | He .was arrested last Thursday.] rape. He.*was freed on a $1,000; There have been three other sex ! offenses charged to Lee, includ ing that involving Miss Crook. | The latest is an accusation con tained in a warrant sworn out by Doris Martin, a Negro woman of '■ Route Two. Snow Camp, a rural community a few miles west of Chapel Hill. ShC said that last .Tuesday. Lee came to her neighborhood “to see I about some chickens.” He sudden ly attacked her and tore her, clothing, she asserted. She said Lee ivas unknown to! her and she had bad no previous; dealings with him. The sheriff’s office at Graham said today that no date had been set for the preliminary hearing. Records in the clerk’s office at Graham show that on March 1, He obtained a ael pros with leaw On Nov. 23, 1941. he was charg ed with assault on a female, a less costly offense. Prayer for judge ment was continued on payment of costs. Then came the case of * Miss Crook. 71 years old, who lived alone at her fish and produce mar ket on West Franklin Street, this city, near, the Carrboro line. . ' Her beaten body was found in 01 j the woods near a branch road in the- New Hope community, a few miles north of Chapel Hill. Money found on her person was untouch ed.