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<1 i . •■'VS* of Orange County . up with the new* 0y«r tt»o county by THE NEWS of County. HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HU For gulck, proven laewIMk > „eoll, buy, rent or got a jo* by uoing the claeeJfle4 aOM on gab# 7 of THE NEWS — 1 ~' - kt Orongo County. ,, "t. T‘. EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE OPPORTUNITIES ... A mttis ago Robert M. Hanes ]Sl('n-Salem, president of achovia Bank and Trust aS quoted as saying that me he would like to re am the banking business ntribute his time and tal i governmental pursuits, he c»V ha; was ly arid is stilt iriterested’in ng a servant of the peo would suggest Robert M. as president of the Greater iitv of North Carolina. In e might even go so far as mmend him for this posi [e has virtually the same l that has made Gordon uch an asset to the Uni His experience is in •espects similar to Gray’s" mportant, be has much f it. ' anker Hanes should not r follow educational en then we recommend his ment as director of the )ept. of Conservation and ament, No man living has more to develop North a and Robert' Hanes has been long on* and interest conservation of, our nat 'ources. reply may be that we are [ things along a little— neither position reeom I herewith is vacant, onh occupied by Gordon Gray e other by Ben Douglas. Trie. "But Gray is not d to return. Douglas, also, ng a leave Of absence and s: sonx* doubt, hereabouts “ will return to Raleigh, ray, what we are trying to te here in addition to ree ding Robert M. Hanes for the two jobs is that its ow and then for the job the.man rather than vice H ... v.’e "Were gran to • long - turn* friend, ,A1 of Siler City, recognized Ralegh News and Observ Sunday as “Tar Heel of the Although he was not ) North Carolina, A1 has he major portion of bis ife in these diggings and ade a great eontrfbu^on general betterment of the Along with the Parker i Ahoskie, Miss Beatrice f Morganton and a-hand-. >thers,' A1 Resch has made ite contribution to a gen ising of the standard of i-daily press in , N. C. icracy seems inclined- to little in some sections of in try, but in NVC. it. has t)f zing'to it--thanks non-daily papers which inch! and searching beam into every hamlet, every >ds in the State. Their in can not be overlooked, for ; is more thoroughfy read it- hometown paper. Main now is their''advertising re too low'“to**cbpd with itly increasing overhead, ct after that one, Al. Y THIEVERY ... I have wished my first week as in the ownership and ope of the .Howard Johnson iust north of Raleigh- It ‘n an enlightening exper» tg that first week we lost her pitchers, three door 1 lamp, numerous towels, ags-^-not to mention ash 'nd little items of that to my taking a part in deavor, my -knowledge of hiiui-the-scenes operations Is and motels was strictly an amateur. But I was Ut® ■ pett# thiv&Ty occurs. Our Howard John tel is spanking new, very and I thought we! were ng the. highest type travel the road. At least the cars in front of our^ place Pad one to this conclusion. :y were certainly eager to tething for nothing. LAWS :.. Most of the ‘acted by the 1955 Gen tsembly went into effect 1 Friday, July 1, and some 1 are a pretty radical de from the lawsr they re ROVNDUP, Page 2-) HOPE FOR SAFETY—Hignway Patrol Maior lnar»e Speed and Bob Hope of radio-TV movie fame get together on a topic currently in the Tar Heel news—Slow Down and Live. The entertainment industry is lending a hand in the North Carolina campaign with traffic safety bits from such'stars as Randy Scott, Amos V Andy, ' Debbie Reynolds and others. School Board Assigns Pupils To Same Units i ne h;.aici o| Education of Grange County, ‘meeting Tues.laj morning approved a 'jlution a sign'll) g ad school pupils i .Myilhin the \nuyv : system to' the '.{■me schools they attended last •year. „ > , j - The action., was in accordance with the law passed at the last] essk;n * pf the legislature, which -ffartpd the power of' a^iWMirent .'.t students and-routing'of busses-’ .o' the local boards, Accordiry' to the resolution, all' new students seeking admission J should make application to the principal of the school in the at cndance area in which they live, .he principals to admit such new pupils in accordance with the policies of the board; , - • Further, it was provided that agreements will be sought with neighboring, jurisdictions for stu-j dents living in Orange County to continue 'to.‘attend schools whei;c hey attended lad year. The text of .the resolution was" ” a* atr-ftdhtws ——-—-—-It,.,—- - RESOLUTION: '"WHEREAS, ■the 1P55 session of ;he General Assembly of the State of North-Carolina. Cl-S. Chapter J6C, Section 1-4, authorized and: directed counly boards to assign 'pupils to schools within their re spective uni-K and / -WHEREAS, the General “ST-" Sheriff Lists 70 Arrests During June ' 7*he “sheriff's '(li'pfnmpnt - der 7.0 arrests and conducted 15 inveStigatuShs. ;ynl three raids during the months af June, according to -a -report sub mitted toi-be J.OmmJss--ipuers l.f*J5 day. ~ - • The report noted also that fines paid to the courts and costa as essed "agarhTt dtdendan!' during June; .as result of-- eases originating in the department totalled $1,019. A total of eight years and 10 months in roads- sentences were put into'effect and 16 months in probation sentences as result of this enforcement activity. Some half dozen break-ins wore Jeared up with the arrest of 11 still to be. tried. ’ three civil papers were jnc Jurnrc siimmo'ned to and JQO gallons of mash destroyed. 15c SUPPLEMENT TAX [y apparent general agree ny the Board of Commu ters Tuesday set the Chapel I district school tax supp e nt at 15c per $100 valuation the next year, allowing an rease of 3c over last Vear to opposition was registered this proposed figure Tues f but the formal levy wi oe on July 28 upon final «P val of the new budget and •ng of the 62c tax rate. .* senibly provided - far essentially • he same sup'pott of schools as last year, lS54-55,,and , 'WHEREAS, the Slate Board of Educa„-an has allotted- teachers and provide^ for the maintenance and operation of schools on es sentially the same basis as last year; and "WHfi'HEAS, bus transportation i?r hfiny-pros^ded by. the State Btarif bl K.fucaTion on essentially he same level of suppoit as, last year. "BE IT THEREFORE RESOLV ED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCA TION OF ORANGE COUNTY. “FIRST, that all pupils living in Jraag<Y ^onnly w^jo. attend sphtSpl n Orange County are hereby as signed- to,.the Same school, which hej atTentted last'year, and* 'SECOND, that all beginners who attended pie-school clin.es arc hereby assigned to the school where they attended such clinics, and '.'THIRD,, that all new students •vr'plrmg ~ adrutssi** n—to—the—public schools of Orange County shiuld airake applicati n to the principal if the school in the attendance area in which (hey 4ive, and— •FOURTH, that such principals hail admit such new pupils in ac cordance with" the policies estab _.jsherl hy I he. hoard. And _ : ViFTH. that agreement be .Hiighi with • neighboring turisdki. .imis for studerrfs' h-wng in..Ora»gf Cou'nty to continue to attend ■sehr.fil where they attended last year," ■* - ssioners Hold 62c Tax Rate rease School Capital Outlay Chapel Hill Units In Striking Distance Of Gymtorium Request Oh:»pel Hill school leaders, backed bv strong lay forces' Won their fight for appropriations to build the long^felayed gvmtovium" at l.infoln school, frequently described as -that vV-'jv. • .^uatmkMun. j,•»**•;« >-*vv*eh*«,^’*4 .••• t;oninjiiim\ s no. i new. ■;„ - The Hoard of Commissioners lj\ appropriating S from tax money for Chapel Hill ctpitaloullay for schools and adding another $17,000 from a proposed bond Issue of $34,000 to be issued by the Commissioners, provided Sufficient funds funds fo enable a call for bids on the addition to the Negro'High •Srtool; originally estimated to cost $100,000. i i $ • » I The Chapel Hill school administration had previously said it could provide $10,000 from money previously set-aside and estimates given by several sources had indicated a 15-to-20 per cent decrease in bids is possible at this time as compared to the time of the original pro posal. . , , - Commissioner Edwin S. Lanier, who at an earlier hearing had | opposed the building,of the gymtorium this year and said he wouldn't \ have "integration and a gymtorium both shoved down his throat in | the same year," led the fight Tuesday for Chapel Hill’s capital outlay request, which originally was $113,000 with $100,000 earmarked for the gymtorium. A majority of the board, however, refused to go along with the allocating iof the entire amount of a proposed bond issue to this Chapel Hilt pfoject. which he'proposed following another last | minute appeal from Board Chairman Carl Smith and Superintendent I C. "W. Davis. . • ’ '• The County Board of^Education tqrljee -gkieaday, apparently irked 1 by the pressure being ap^lfed to-the CoijrimTssibhers to build tjicr gym j, torium. called upon the Board of Commissioners to raise an additi^al ; $80,000 for the county unit for classrooms at Central School and Cedacu Grove, school. and registered strong opposition to the proposal not to | I divide the proposed bonds on a per capita basis. f Smith and Davis were called in (he afternoon to counteract the county's request. ’ Davis toldthe -Commissioners.• “I think it is high time to appro . priate on the basis of. need,”-while Smith said he thought jt. “bad 1 taste” for the -county hoard to put iff.tho.lasL minute, request for more money. He described the per capita formula for capital 'ouRay~3Bffrf=r' bution as a “very dangerous position," and said “I don't see any fair ness to approaching- our problem, in this w-ayj' Both men indicated it might be hard to have harmony -between > : the two systems during any sort of negotiations for a large bond issue program for schools next year, following the .struggle for funds yes terday. Smitli hinted the ofHftity'a whi-jto lx* admitted »»-*: f’irwrf'lta was ChttjNgi flfbl’s. would be greater if the Chapel Hill unit ' refused to admit the 350 students nowNgoing there from outside the special tax district. * . (See GYMTORIUM, page 6) George Hunt Promoted To Police - Chief; Tax Rate Retained At 75$ Hillsboro’s board '"of ~ "conThTfip" ■sioncrs Tuesday night promoted Policeman George Hunt to the po I dtion nf Chief of the two-man de partment, raised his salary and that of two other officials, approv. ed a budget of 835,040 and voted to retain the 75c tax rate for the next year.' * ’ j _ f Hun! has beett a policeman in A)!?bbroJfh#:ib**b»ree,.of si,ect and cemetery workers,for,thy past year and a half. His new salary 1 is $3,000 per year, including the 1TJ00 'iiKTease.--... Water Superintendent Myron Lloyd got a salary increase of $200 to 94600 per year, and Mrs.. Char- . 'otte Cole, town clerk, was "given an increase front $2,520 to $2,700. The new town budget is based on a property valuation of $3, 200,000 and other miscellaneous income amounting to $11.040 ' • Prior to the promotion of Hunt. D. T. Roberts. vvRo works' as night •^nHceihan, lx hi the title of-Chief Mystery Farm Of The Week—No. 46 Who Owns This Mystery Farm? Lasi week's farm was identified as the papers came out. If is owned fointly by B. D. Dodson and Mist Elizabeth Cecil. The farm is located on the Chapel Hill Road across from the Midway Service St tion The owner has received a mounted aerial photo of the place. Mrs. James Harris, has received a free'year's subscription to the News of Orange County for being the first to identify. Other correct identifiers were: Bill Ray* Miss Nell Walker, Charles M. Walker Jr., Mrs. Irma D*vis, Mrs. L. W. Stray horn and W|rs. Leon Smith. .■ .GEORGE HUNT ‘ ..now Hillsboro Chief Two Methodist Pulpits Given New Ministers At the Methodist Conference in Fayetteville last Thursday " there were two new appointments in’ the local area and others re-ap pointed. — H. W. Pearce, of Statesville, was appointed as preacher for the Ef land-Lcbanon churches. Mr.- Pearce is mairied and has three children. He is planning to attend Duke Un iversity this tall. Organization of a Methodist Church’in G len Lennox with Kim seFTWmr n* 'its - preacher was ap proved by the conference. Mr. King, a Gle.n. Lennox "resident, will graduate from the University School of Divinity next fall. In May he was granted a license as a preacher by the Durham Dis tri’«*of fKe N. C. Methodist CcVn lerenci*. The son of Prof, and Mrs. A. K. King of Chapel Hill, he bis ciiarried and lives at 137 Hamilton Koad. ' ". ~• '.The Rev. Charles Hubbard was re-qppointed for another year as minister of the Umve1 sity- Metho dist Chuich in Chapel Hill. The Rev, A. M. Williams was re appointed as , minister of the Hillsboro- Methodist _ ..Ullvprs receiving ,, re-appoint ments*: Rev. R. 7.“ Newton-, -Cedar Grove Methodist Church: Rev. C. F. Grill, Eno Methodist Church: Rev. J. Paul Edwards, Cat rboio Metho dist Church and Rev. C- D. Roett ge'r. Chapei Hill Circuit. The Rev. Vance Lewis, who' Has tieen m charge of. the i2£land-l>c banon charge is being transferred ■ to .Pine Tops in tin' Rocky Alt. .amnerr :r - - .. ~-—-— 4-Csawi Horseless Carriage '" ■ Caravan Is Cominci The Horseless Carriage Caravan of about 74 cars and 133 people will pass through Hillsboro at ap proxi'mately. TP: 20 on Juty 22 on it- Kmit-'h Annual Tour. , It will'begin bn July 20 in High .Point traveTi'hjr to Danville,, Va on the 21st and on to Southern Pir.es on the 22nd for a two day stop. , ~ No Salary Increases Allowed Pending Job Classifying System The Board of County Commissioners wrestled with a new county budget for a month, held a dtven regular and .special meetings to studv requests and hear department heads and ljuards, Tuesday pi; ed’its okay on the tentative docu. ' This, however, did, not eonje without a split vote as the wrangling continued to the .bitter end. The new budget contained the following salient features: t. The tax rate remains at 62c per $100 valuation. I 2. Total budget, based on a property valuation of 74 million dol lars, and other miscellaneous revenues, is $869,720.50. 3. Compared to last year, the new budget represents an increase of $36,755.50 in proposed expenditures. 4. All salary increase requests were denied, pending the adoption } ot a complete fob analysis -and, classification J^tetn. which will re main in effect as permanent policy. | - ' .... 5. $34,000 will-bc issued in bonds to augment the school capital outlay appropriations and will be divided equally between the Orange County and Chapel Hill administrative units. 6. Schools were given a total county appropriation of $340,532.50; of the 62c rate, or over 60^ of the total appropriation from ad volorum taxes. • F ' •' In approving the 1955-56 budget, some members of the board re sisted a move to raise, the rate to 65c to give .more money to schools.. Commissioner Dwight RayTIrsr pfqposetf the increase, which tifer was embodied in a formal motion by Cqmmissibnf'T Edwin S. Lanier,'which died for lack of a second. Lanier tied in his tax increase motion with the proposal to issue $34,000 in bonds allowed the commissioner with out a vote of the people, to supplement the Chapel Hill school capital outlay appropriation to build the Lincoln School gymtoriupt. Lanier later made the motion which was passed successfully em bodying the 62c rate, the equal split on the bond money between the two school units. Commissioner Henry Walker provided the second and Ray voted aye. Commissioner Sim Efland abstained from voting,, as did the Chairman R.j.M. Ilobhs. Prior to the passage of the budget, Chairman Hobbs argued vigorously for the increased rate and the appropriation of the entire ^ issue to the Chapel Hill capital outlay fund. Efland plugged for econo mies in every fund, while Walker strongly opposed any salary in creases during the coming year. Making reference to the current drought and the previous year** experience of farmchi Mr Walker , said. “I am against any salary increases this year." In view of the proposed classification system authorized Efland joined him in thia stand. Commissioners Hobbs and Lanier proposed the placement of an additional $2,500 to take" care’ of any increases considered appropriate when the new system is adopted, probably next TTefemBefdr January. Largest increase in I he new budget went for schools to which $340.532 50 was appropriated, divided as follows:-*_L__1 County System: current expenses $95,446, capital outlay $98,272; I (Sec BUDGET, pape 6) Two MoreArrested, Thtee More Robberies Cleared Up In County j i nree more rop penes nave Deen • cleared up as result of the ques tioning of the 10 men arrested 'as:, week by the Sheriff’s .depart Imie-ivC and--an SBL-agent._,_:_ | In addition .two more men. have beeij. fir^csted and implicated in some of- the' thefts. * They are Tommy Lee West, whc lives near Sellars Crossroads near Tie Alamance-Orange line ami Kenneth Walker of Me bane With the arrest of an even doz ; cn men, who had been operating 'in four* eoutynes, ---Shertff Odell | Clayton said all outstanding store, breaking cases Tn this'county had .linen, cleared. up, along-wiLh sever al in Alamance. Caswell and Per ;>ion counties, all, committed by v:a. nous combinations ot members Of (his gang Additional robberies solved in eluded. the^J E. Cross Sawmill j-robheries. involving property val-_ ued at $445 on June 16 and 20,. the .lone 19 theft -of two tires ... od wheels from John PoteaCs ir . rig at ion pump. Carl Monk, Forrest Walker, and Tommy Lee West are still in Orange County, jail in default ‘of —• SI.000 bond. The remainder are free under bond. Monk; Tommy Roland. Charles ... ■ Snyder,' George Eastwood, and West are charged in the two saw "Ulttf robberies; West. ‘Eastwood, Robert Workman and Walker are .'Charged in the Poteat robbery. Joint Bond Campaign Proposed For Schools Commissioner Ed Lanier Tues day presented to the Hoard of Commissioners a prepared reso lution declaring the Board’s inten tion to call for joint meetings with the two schools boards in the the advisability of a bond issue for schools in a 5-year improve ment programt • ■ f Lanier's resolution follows: WHEREAS, the information submitted to this Beard by the Orange County Board of Educa tion and the Chapel Hill School District Board of Education in support of their budget requests for 1955-56. along with statements, of their needs for capital outlay purposes during the 1955-60 peri od, persuade this Board that these public school needs can hardly 'V bo met on a pay-as-you-go bas.s; and WHEREAS, it is on? of the du ties of this Board to do all it can within, fairness to the tax payers o help the School Boards finance Jounly;'and «■ WHEREAS, it is the. sole duty if this Board to determine the .J valorem tax rate in Orange aunty for air county government ictivit.es, including the public -•bools; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: FIRST, ths Board recognizes dearly the prerogatives- of the wo School Boards, and it will at all times guard against any tres pass by this Board on those re sponsibUities; rather, it stands | ready to cooperate toward getting the kind of public schools the ''.children of Orange County need jjkI deserve. SECOND^ that this Board now i desire and intention of Education and . the Chapel Hill •School District Board of Educa • ion to a joint conference with this Board in October, 1955, to discuss and determine the need for and advisability of the two School | Boards submitting, through this ! Board, to the people of Orange ■ County at some time in 1956 for their consideration a bond issue for school purposes designed in , amount to meet the capital outlay j needs for schools for 3 five-year | period, 1956-61 or 1957-62.