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Orang* County with tho now the county by E NEWS of NUMBER 24 KIDD BREWER'S me/tfft 1faun</ap lHE KICK! ... Our Id, Bedford Black of reports-that out in ,0 _ where he has Ely attending a Young meeting — efforts |ng made to get rid of as the Democratic Setup jgMX Ji'e kick that ofcr reg (m usually generates, [the regular lapel don- ; worn by Democrats, ■ J out in New Mexico ling a triangle-shaped j (ring letters reading j Party,” with some jemeath to the effect | | Populi Vis Nationis.” : good Democrat,' the Id be a lot of Greek. located in the tri likenesses of Jefferson, lid FDR. [ports that New Mexi nor Orville Freeman Humphrey of Min seen supporting — ig on their lapels — ickless emblem Y " Democrats are out, being at least, of the They want to get White House. Dem iders say the best rapture the Presidency 1 some hefty, kicks at I he I I t do that with a , tri |even if it does have of three. Democratic l . You can only do it Iraocratic donkey pos 1 plenty of vim, vigor,1 \ line to time we hav$ lorn the donkey, but ■ lark and hot as a per- j rrangement. - So, Sena KfjhunphnVto the con l'it h standing, yob ire to find North CSrro png along with chang ers in the middle of j h. Tar Heel Democrats j Iwith Humphrey and ler “young Turks” in pd that fall gave Adlai more electoral votes |other state in the na can differ with him this emblem business prious injury to Demo atter of fact, I -recently donkey. He looks Dem id votes the same -way. to carry' him to the locratic to-do held in ■» • J •*-. f ~ i . . . M flj >SS ... In t£e sudden Harry McMullan last th Carolina lost one of outstanding attorneys the United States. not been +n good r about three years; al times had discussed friends the thought" of Slain reason he did his deep love, for the of his staff. men ,n his department command salaries at re than they received State, dJut Alley -were o their jobs, enjoyed Raleigh, and Harry Mc as afraid a new ap might tear asunder a rdinated staff he had rs developing, ame along the U. S. Su- i ourt segregation rulings eemed important that he done to jeopardize n8th of the Attorney .of!i?£v Thus it was that chose to remain in the job, in the middle ay, until death removed the scene as he slept hi? modest Raleigh * on East Lane Street sday night. ASSISTANTS .... Luther now has so many ap lts of widely varying nd projects to fill that 0 doubt in a quandary lst whom to name as General. .( S so it‘s a sorry week ! rhen Gov. Hodges doesn't Roundup, pope 2j * At Commissioners Hearing Gymtorium Demands Bring Sharp Clash . Misrepresented In Headline « Lanier s Position ‘Ttie.Juae a A . Hurham. Morning Herald worded a headline for a 5 Vo, n* 3 pay th3t t0t"lly misl'ePresents me as an individual- and*as ”a„d po” 1 “• ""re,ore- lr>;to -» w .«&, I have never and I do not now view with favor the Supreme Courts sociological directive that Negro public schools and while .public schools be combined. “I have been and am for making public school facilities for both "T*** near, y eqUal 3S We Can> as rapidl>' as plain fatness to 8 taxpayers- will perm.t. Buildings, teachers, teachers' salaries instructional aids, and transportation equipment provided by the tax f„ay£h h 5°UntV an<1 Nor,h Carolina- »«tify ‘0 si^ere effor.s in behalf of the Negro race. .. “f1 is, my P'csent conviction that the.future and fate of our pub. lie ..school system is now completely nebulous and uncertain There fore. 1 am not going to vote to raise the County tax rate to pul more taxpayers money into new school buildines during 1955-56 I am completely uncertain about hfiw many public school gymtoriums and classrooms we will need in Orange County two years from now. When the time arrives in June, 1956, to'prepare th* County's budget for : - f.S'ec LANIER, page 4) - .3 HENRY S. WALKER ALEXANDER HEARD 1 Walker Is Named ;| Welfare Chairman j Henry JL Walter rj( St, Mary’s community wa- .elected chairman, -and ..Alexander, Heard of Chapel Hill was sworn in as a new mem ber at the regular meeting of the Orange County Welfare board Mon day. Walker, also a memoer of the Board of Commissioners, is the senior member in point of service. The thin! member imrw is -Mrsr Robert Earl Hughes of * Cedar <',ro*e r , ^ ..4 ., Th regular monthly meeting of the Orange County Welfare Board was held on June 27. 1955. Mf. Alexander Heaid was sworn in as .the new member. Mr H. S. \Valkcr+ was elected Chairman. _ >mj. Henry ffogah, a member of the , Board for six years, and Chairman ' for five, retired from the Board because of the six year limit of ap pointment had been fulfilled. Policies around adrmnisfr£d'on of general assistance, hospitalization .-and-4l^ fjenlavv were discussed. The caseworkers presented. fifty -ix ca-cs for approval of the Board. There, nmr riccfeaSmof $144.00 in the assistance programs. Eight new applications were ac cepted for payments. J The county commissioners’ bug get hearings Monday night erupt ed '(into a sharp controversy over the needs for a.gymtorium at Lin coln school in the face of present j classroom needs and the uncer*, tainies which: the •Supreme Court integration ruling has brought about.., ■ * Strong opposition. developed, likewise, over the request from the Chapel Hill School Board to j increase the special tax levy for, schools in the Chapel Hill district from the current 12c to 20r. Principal spokesman for Com missioners who oppose the in creases (a drastic increase in the tax rate will be required if the Chapel Hill administrativejunit is i gi anted the $100,000 requested tor the gymtorium) was the former Chapel Hill Mayor. Commissioner Edwin S. Lanier, who called for a year's delay in building the gymtoriunv as well as other major building plans, while the integra tion issue is becoming more set tled. He'pointed to a lack of clear cut direction- from the State which ii also, observing a. cautious, waiV and see policy. • He pointed to other serious building needs both in Chtynjl Hill and the-county and pointedly ask ed Chapel Hill Board. Chairman Carl Smith a number of times if the building of classrooms were not more important than the gym torium Both Smith and* Superin tendent C. W. Davis repeatedly in* ■sided that the gj’miorium had first prefe cnee. - Heated Session Tempers flared at several points in the discussion between Lanier and Smith. Questioning the need for the ad ditional money to hire an addition al teacher to allow Raymond Kid doo tu be fuli-jjipq principal at (lienwood (a 12-fqichet- sehool) i and serve as assistant superin tendent, Lanier charged, “You’ne maneuvering amund to make Kiddoo superintendent of Chapel Hill schools and the teachers of Chapel -Hill, resent it right down to their shoe soles. They resent it and are deeply hurt by it.” He , said 13 teachers left the system this. year, and charged jfeat—the teachers stum Id- be paid a--f«ai supplemont” with the district tax money rathe; than a pittance which “amounts to $1.70 per week.” “I think we need to do some firing and clean housg if things are coming to you as you say. There are always some arguing about saTaryr*“shor~bacltf'Srtrtth^ “Why don't you get autocratic and lire those who have talked to me."’ Lanier replied, his voice -Me dicating "anger. “rm begging for (See GYMTORIUM. pnye 4) MYSTERY FARM OF THE’WEEK-NO. 45 Who Owns This Mystery farm? farm as yet remains uftidsntified. Experience has shown that when t*.is Jiap Last week s myste y be ,ocated jost outside the couiilty,- faken inadvertently when the air pens, it eventually turns ou photographer flew somewhat afield from the Orange County area plane Searing the ' mys ery ^ identity of t ie farm above and if you are the first to correctly covered by this newspaper. subscription to Tne News of Orange County. The owner of the farm identify it you will receive a ^ . fhe News u soon « possible and “receive a beautiful mounted pictured above is asked to come y v - . -~ photo of the picture above. \ : " Gaorga Eastwood John P. Garnar Prankla Durham Thomac Roland Jimmy Ph*lps Chart*'* Snydar Carl Thomas Monk Farr**« Walk*r R abort Worient*r» Sheriff Dept., With SBI Aid Arrests Gang With (he arrest of 10 in the early morning hours yesterday on some 20-odd charges of breaking, entering, and thirveiy, the Orange County Sheriff’s department, with the assistance of SBI Agent J. P. Thomas, cracked a tri-county , iwb-. Tiery ring that has been striking with alarming frtnjuency in north, crn Orange and in Alamance and Caswell.- —--—— Sheriff Odell Clayton, his dep uties and the SBI agent have been working steadily on the robbery casea for the past two weeks. Eight pf the group confessed' and implicated the others. With « the arrests ’ early, yester day morning, the break-ins at the Coy Long store at Cedar Grove, the Fred Rcitzel service station on Highway 49, and the two robber ies of Martin Crabtree’s' store' in the'Cedar Grove area were clear ed up, .along with two in .Caswell, Arrested also fallowing the con-j fissions here was a Haw River service sta^on employee - who. had . been buying the stolen goods and j acting as a “fence” fot the bandits^ in selling the cigarettes, cigars, chewing gum, and other articles stolen from the various places. Some of the clothing and a rifle were.recovered. * fames Robert, alias “Moe”; Gfae, thud Shift operator of the Stone wall Service? Statign, Haw River, was fingered as the fence by the others, but has denied any con nection with- the gang. He faces charges in four different warrants. the others, all in.Orange County .jail, are listed as follows: Carl Thomas Monk, Orange County. Frankie Durham, who resides in the Orange County section of $Sft£8S?.i ■« ... —.-I-.. a:ea, Orange County ^ ™ George Eastwood, Thomas Ro land, and Robert Woodrow Work man, all of Mebane, Alamance County (See ROBBERY, page 4f ROBERTSON INSTALLED Veteran American legion, aTre Pr«;i! Rohn ty>n was yes terday fmtallerl as Maty Leg ion Department ('.oinmancler lor the coming year in special reremonies in the Naval ROTC Armory. B & L Announces $22,635 Dividend The Hillsboro Building and Loan Association announced yes terday its Boa;d of Directors had approved payment of a six-months dividend of $22,635.08 to be paid Tour Of Two : Communities Set Friday The third annual "Farm and Home Tour of the High Rock and Harm fin v neighborhoods- will . be_ eondueted-tomorrow. The tour will start promptly at 8 a m ,-at the High Rock ■ Service Station The following farms and homes will be visited: Leroy Bradshaw’s, Marvoo Bradshaw’s, Simon Brad thaw’s? Oddie Lee Torian’ss- Ira Johnson's, Lacysjjfcnnixls, Charles Bradshaw’s, Kddie^Poteat's.RuffUs Poteat's, Charlie PoteaCs, Fred Thompson’s, Walter Richmond's, Weslry Pntrat'sT otid John PoteaC*. Family garden, tobacco irriga tion, swine production, poultry and home improvements will be ob served on the tour. ((Witty on-atl saving accaunts. Today’s dividend payment is the highest yet paid for a six-months / period by the local institution and will be distributed among some 1. 200 savers. , • " $7,04ft.75 of the total dividend was paid to owners of full-paid Shares, the' remainder, - $-15,585*33; on optional savings accounts. Last dividend paid was on De cember 31, which amounted to $20,343.44. Last June 30th’s divi dent totalled $19,350 68. ' __■ I i 4-Hers To Compete In District Event . -Seven' Orange.Courjty. 4-H .mem bers will participate in the North-' western District 4-H contests at North Davidson High School near Lexington today. _ [ ' Catherine Roberts,* winner of the sub-district vegetable use .con test; wilt be competing for the district title as she gives a demon stration on flow' to freeze snap beans to preserve food VAtue jind . flavor. The title of her demon stration is, “The ♦ Story of Mr Snapbean." (See '4-11ers. page 4) -—j Lloyd Senter InstfjflsLionfM Club Officers , Lloyd Senter.-Carrboro druggist ahd deputy district governor of Lions International district 31C, was the principal speaker and in stalled new officers at the meet ing of- the Hilfe'brtro Lions Club Tuesday. ■ ( . . Before installing the new offi cers. Senter told of -changes, in prospect as result of decisions at the recent State convention and presented club Secretary Ted Smith with a handsome' trophy as recognition of his selection as a 100'c Reporting Secretary,” one of the club’s coveted awards from International._____. fc\ B. Pari is was installed at__: president, succccdihg G.. Pa ,i Carr. officers for the new , year include it. O. Forrest, Ira Ward and Ted Smith, vice presi dents: Varice lsvnhnur, secretary? treasurer; Edwin M. Lynch.' lion. tamer: -♦Edwin. P Barnes, tail twister; and George Dabbs, Odell Minnis Alien Walker, and Dr. H. W. K^ptn-e, directors. Ft SH TRY. - The annual Fourth of July fish fry will be held at Schley Grange Jean+Wilkerson Wins Dress Revue Jean Wilkerson, .daughter of .Mr. and MisTClaiborne Wilkerson and a number ofrthe Hillsboro Senior 4-H Club, was judged first place winner in the annual 4-H Press Revue held, here on Monday afternoon. She will represent Orange Coun , ty in the State Dress Revue to be held in Raleigh late in July. A blue rayon dress, which she had made.'vypn Miss Wilkerson the Ltie of tounU D.e.s- Rjyue win-.. a trip to St'ate 4-H C’JLub week by Mary’s Shop in Hillsboro. Second place winner.in the revue Carolvn Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred I. Wilson of Hurdles Mill and a member of the Aycock Sr. 4-H Club, who modeled an,aqua nylon diess. . In the junior revue,‘ Catherine and Nancy Roberts tied for first place. T^i.ey are .^daughters of Mrs and* Mrs. Reid Roberts.' v Helen Liner, member of the Ay cock Club and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Line:, was narrator for ‘\he dress revue. j ■* ‘4-H DRESS REVUE WINNERS—The winners of the Orange County 4-N CIub Dress Revues that were held on Mondey afternoon, arc pictured above. Jean Wilkerson on the left won first place in the Senior Division and Carolyn Wilson, second place. In the Junior Division a tie for first place resulted with Nancy and Catherine Roberts, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Reid Roberts, the joint winners.
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