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f /4. • of Or»n»o County i up with tho now* oVer th* county by the news of County. 42 NUMBER 30 Par ^utcfc. pynvon; moNb ooU, boy, ront or got • job hr woinf Km ifawHIM «BI 0*1 MOO 7 of THE NEWS of Orongo County. EIOHT PAGES THIS ISSUE ^ICiDtf BREWERS m/ty/r ' i f^mc/up [STACTORY ... People we hiked to within the past ys express deep satisfac |th the manner in which kither Hodges 'has handled Beverly Lake problem. . Ipsrti^ulady like thefipv attitude regarding «f eertain groups to have nt Attorney Lake removed Ice. of the old - timers are kg the Governor with hav ot of political savvy. Con | seems to be that he has edingly sensitive feeling |the reaction of Tarheels ■ent evients—(particularly are related to the racial (fG ALONG -As for he hopes to continue—at |>r several months—as As Attorney General, to all the row, he had definite plans to, set up here and go into pii ettee. However, he is net to retire under fire can look for him to go |Bout as Se has been going ne time yet. [ getting a lot. of requests speeches. Dr. Lake has blends that the Asheboro With its repercussions— Iv8 no effect whatever on wre speeches. pds are impressed with his feelings on the matter, eel that he is one of the this seetion olf the South |vo had the intestinal forti stand up and say what Inks — whether right or [folks have shown time and [that they like a man to out boldly for whpt he I i? right. That is one res nd probably the Cltiet, a» hey saw fit toelect W. Kerr Commissioner of Agricut br three terms, for Gover |e term, and for U. S. Sen least one term. CTIGE ... As for the kind ' practice Dr. Lake will when he gets out on his 'our guess - is as good as training in private practice ted. But he has established I reputation as an analyti nker, a prober, a student law. and quick on his feet, meys around Raleigh say everiy Lake will have his full in good-paying eases the practical aspects of and whites going to together start hitting the OVERLYG ... Glad to note Wallace Wlnborn, assoc stice of the State Supreme ^eems to be recovering from his recent operation teville. He- is back at his IS Marion,. and is expected, urn to Raleigh about a from now. getting along nicely is arence Pbie7 veteran editor Progressive Farmer, who sinjilar operation at Duke al last spring i AND DOWN ... . North na has its good! days and nes in the national pub lineup. e’s what we mean. ew months ago one of the studios announced it was to come out with a picture ir Walter Raleigh. Your 1 city put in a bid for the ho wing in the nation. The !h Merchant* Bureau was ' to hgve a bid tqjto, with and all that. One of the here would have been Miss Davis, who has the role ieen Elizabeth in the film !n- for some reason, Holly decided to change the name e film from “Sir Walter [h” to “The Virgin Queen”. Proved too much for tne Merchants, and they decided thdraw their support of a lere. w the original presentation ,e up in Maine, near where Davis jfs vacationing this ler- So, Maine gets the pub -not Raleigh—and person we doubt that Hollywood <1 itself a great deal at the ffice by “The Virgin Queen” * WOUND UP. Pave 2) ; Will Come To County August 10 Six Orange County Families To Act As Hosts For 3 In Foreign Exchange under the auspices of the In ternational Farm Youth Exchange1 (IF YE) Program three young men from the Middle East will visit Orange County and live on farms here for one month. . The Si. Marys grange will act as sponsor for Isam M. Yak'tin from Lebanon. He will live in the St. Marys community spending two weeks each with Mr. and Mrs.'1. Clyde Roberts and Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Martin. The New Hope Grange is spon soring the visit of Basheer Kha waga from Jordan. He will live two weeks each with Mr. and' Mrs. Winston Strayttprn and Mr. and .Mrs. John W. Cates of the New Hope colnmunity. lEa.i Behnam of Iran wyll spend . two weeks with Mr. and Mrs Rob 1 ert Earl Hughes of Cedar Grove and two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Hogan of the Calvar.der community. These outstanding young men 3rrivgd in this country. in April. Since- that -time.. they - have been living with farm families in South Dakota. They wlH come to Grange Colinty on Atigust lOtband remain untile September 7th, They will then visit another county in North Ca:olina from which they will leave to return to their native land in late October. The International Farm Youth Exchange (1FYE) is a project for selected farm youth from the United States to live and work with farm families in other countries for-.4.-to 6 months, and for farm youths from eooperating countries to go to the United States to live and work on farms. Begun in 1948, the Exchange now includes 48 countries in Afri ca, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Pacific, and the Middle East. The project is dedicated to. the belief that understanding people is the foundation of world peacfc. Through giving farm youth^an op portunity to learn another way of life by living it, the project helps rural young people to understand the problems and attitudes of rural people in other parts of the world. Tne supervising organisation in each country selects young people, generally between 20 and 30 years of age. and who have farm ex perience, a second school educa tion, faith in the objective of this (See EXCHANGE, page 8) IRAJ BEHNAM, Iran ISAM M. YAKTIN, Lebanon ' B^SHfeER KHAWAGA; Jordan Orange Vote Is Overwhelmingly In Favor Of 3-Year Leaf Quotas Tobacco fa: mdrs in Orange* County Saturday approved, over- j wheimingly matketing Quotas for flue-cured tobacco for crops in the* next three years. ! T'.ie trend in voting in the five states was followed by Orange County farmers. Of the approvi mat^ly 1.900 eligible voters in the county, 943 made the trek to the polling-spots on-Saturday. The. vote here was also ove:whelming with 913 voting in Tavor of three-year control, 9 for a one-year period of control and 21 voted against any quotas, | In order for the quotas to be ap proved, two-thirds of the ballots cast must have approved marketing quotas-~Prirt> se ppwtfor the. next., three years will be.90 per cent of parity, and the person .overplant ‘frig his allotment will* be' subject to penalty on his excess tobacco. The Tar Heel vote in the refer rendum was considerably lighter, than was' the vote three years ago: Virtually complete "returns, for-the state reveal that 126,074 growers VOtad for the-three-year extension; 2,079 voted for a one-year exten sion and 3,547- voted^ against .the •program. The pirve.nl.ige of ap proval in North Carolina was 95.7 per cent, far above the necessary two-thirds required. “- For Tobacco ‘Associates, 908 voled in favor of the 10c assess ment and 22 voted against it.. Coles Estcfe Of $215,840 Is Estimated The late Fred. Cates Sr. left an estate -valued at $215,840, Accord ing to the preliminary estimate filed' with the Clerk of Superior Court. The estimate listed real estate of $ 150,8-10 and S65.000-in person al property. Mr. Cates’ will, written in his handwriting on" a scratch pad pn July 127 fwo (laytrbefoi e his death; listed his .wife. Mrs. Virginia R. Cafes, and, four Children as heirs.;' The children: are: John AlaffCates, Fred Cates Jr., Mrs. Nancy Cates, Beard and Mrts. Peggy Cates Bar tow.., The will, signed both Fred Cates Sr. and F. S. Cates, was worded -as follows: ::‘T herehy give* to my wife half of adjusted gross estate -and the remainder to my children -and appoint.-her execu-. trix.” Witnesses were Ada P. Smith and Mrs. Lorraine Best, nurses at the hospital, and Mrs, Margaret W. Richmond'of Hills boro. Overdue Water Customers To Be Cut Off On lltfr Under a new policy approved tjy thtr‘Board ' of Commissioner^ of the Town of-Hilisboro, the wa ter superintendent wjlj he direct - ed to cut pff *all delinquent Water accounts on the 11th day of each month. All water bills, according to Mrs. Charlotte..Cole,...to>ji *.4ftrk. are due on or before the 10th of each month. The cutoff orders will be issued the following day. A- fee is charged to get the water turned back on after it has been cut off. Mrs. Cole announced also that a 'number of firms here stttl have not bought their, new Schedule TJ” 3BSKtt£3Qg.tire' preset* year. A penalty of 10 percent will go into effect on Monday, August 1. A list of the fees may be found elsewhere in -thls newspaper. -—.-ACCEPTS COUNTY- JOB _ Mrs, J. W. Dicksoqjias accepted a position in the ..aLiica ,of the: Orange County tax department. She succeeds Mrs. Rita Bobbitt, who resigned to join her husband. Lewis Bobbitt, stationed at JCelly Air Force Base in Texas. 4.;«n Study Group ool Board Agenda 4 entin Patterson Named Chairman 1 Quentin Patterson was unani-< mously elected Chapter Chairman of the Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross, suc ceeding G. P. Carr, at the old Court House last Thursday, j Other officers elected were: I Vice-Chairman, Sam Gattis and Secretary - Treasurer, Miss Nell Walker. ^Reports were given fro,m vari olas committees. Mrs. Henrietta Auman reported that she and Mrs. iiouise Wihslow both taught first aid courses\in their third year home economics* classes. Also Mrs. Auman had taught an adult first ■ aid class during the year. It was reported thit Mrs. Irene Pender had taught firat-aid courses at EfJ | land, and Aycock Schools during | the year. ^ - * ' Mrs Mabel Rrittain gave, a re port on. Homeghervice. She "stated j that this service largely deals with 'servicemen, veterans, and their | families. She reported that 148 servicemen, vetgrans, or their fam ilies have been served, during the past year through this chapter, and on the average 8 emerginney Ium es for- servicemen hi-ve boon verified each month during the past year. Also, financial assis tance Is given to servicemen's families ’ in emergencies. Quentin Patterson reported that the Information Committee had made reports to the newspaper for publication regarding the Fund PBrfve and fhat Marion Allison and Bill, Lynch had built the sign on the old Courthouse lawn showing collections during the Fund Drive. G. *P. Carr reported that the Service Groups had sent packages to Korea, transported sick persons to the hospital, and that the Gray Ladies had served well in their capacity at the Veterans Hospital. He stated that Mrs. Lawton Pettit is now Chairman of this group, (See PATTERSON, page 8) School Head Resigns Post At Carr boro " ■ William W. Ramsey, principal of the Carrboro Elementary school, has resigned bis position in mid summer following a tenure ot one year. ' • j Superintendent G. Paul Carr said he could reveal no reason 1 for the principal’s resignation and., no replacement had been obtain- j ed. He said Ramsey expected to continue his teaching career. *| Mr. Ramsey was formerly a resi dent of Lincolnton, and attended the University of North Carolina. Quentin Patterson .... new lied Cross leader Pressure On Salary Scale The threat of another resigna tion-in the Welfare Department, which Mfi bo^rd member said was ‘faced with enltapse,” failed 4 to budge the Board of County Com missioners this v.ec]k from their determination to hold the line on salaries unliL. _cmn pie11on of a job survey and classifiction system for all county employees. Meatiwniie, a meeting is- sche duled by. the Coin mi ssio nersf" for tonight at 7-.30 o’clock to'formally adopt the budget for the fiscal year which began July 1. Meeting in a joint session with the county Boaid of Welfare'last Friday night, the Shard of Com missioners were told tn-rl the Wel fare Department urgently needs an additional appropriation -of $ 1083. 60 in the current' budget for sai ;m \ raises ;to two secretiicics and a car depreciation- ailpwaiite ffif the .superintendent and case work ers. Cast week resignation of two case workers and a secretary was announced by Mrs. Jane Parker, Superintendent. She said thus far, sht* had been 'unable to find re placements because of the salary infoaiffan .Wad latifc ^Agar ii^xe-, ciation allowance here. She said the operation of the department was further impaired- by .the fact that Miss Mary Frances Kenton, the oldest employee in length of JUNIOR EDITORS AT UNC—Five fresh man students from Hillsboro High School are serving as a jun ior editorial panel, advising on the writ ing of u health article being prepared in the Department of Health Education, University of North Carolina School “ of Public THprijliiTiil sMtefaftKpc natlorrinF encystof>em#T Shown at a recent conference on the UNC campus are panel members, left to right seated: Brittain Saw yer, Kaye Williams, Catherine Roberts, Sally Kenyon, and Ray Barnes. Standing: Dr. Rosemary M. Kent of the. Health Education Depart ment; and Mrs. Quen tin Patterson, health teacher at Hillsboro High School, who su pervises the panel. tenure, had received another job offer and wanted an increase of ' $21t per month to tvrmmr. * ' | Board Member Alex Heard said . if they gave Mis* Kenifjn a raise, a $10 increase should also go to Miss Irma Jean Roberts, the other secretary tn the department, The I total increase requested added up I to: $900 for car depreciation, $122.40 for Miss Kenion and $61.* 20 for Miss Roberts. Heard said the “morale situa ; tion in the office is quite bad and these resignations may not be the j last." Chairman R J.'M. Hobbs, in an swer to the plea for more money, i told the Welfare-board and su ! perintencteiu , .he... .thought_it “a little? precipitant-and uncalled for for these people;4a.fly off and,quit eh masM'"’ He referred ‘to. the. •oh classification system which i Ihe Board had planned and point ed out that work would begin on it the following day by the Insti | lute of Government and ' com-' ’ pie tion had been promised by i September 1. L Commissioner Ed Lanier said i ■■ complying with -such .. a. rotfuest! would play havoc with the per sonnel situation throughout the courthouse. “1 couldn't thipk of. | agreeing to that for. myself," he saj,d. “I know the lady is very valuable, but I'm committeed to1 i- na;salary increases until’ this etefe-j sification survey is made and i adopted. '> Commissioner Sim Efland said,, ‘^Nobody__ is indispensable" and - cited similar cases in industry in personnel administration. Mrs. Parker argued her depart- j meat was different from others in 1 the courthouse in that it was fin anced partially from federal and j state funds arid its members were already under »the merit system, j All members of the board point, | the budget to make such adjust ments as might be suggested when the new system is put into effect later in the fall or next January 1. AH said they had no objections to considering using this money and if possible mak ing it retroactive when the survey is put into .effect.' FOUR INDICTED Warrants have been served on j four men in the Cedar. Grove area for failure to have their dogs vaccinated against rabies. They are Eugene Tapp, Hay wood Tapp, Willie Clayton Jr., and j Odie Richmond. Action Based Qn Advisory Group Report Consideration ol the appoint ment oi-a committee to study lo cal problems in connection with the implementation of the Su preme Court’s school integration decision will be on the agenda of the Board of Education at its reg ular meeting Monday morning. Superintendent G. Paul Carr, who earlier revealed he would recommend the appointment of such a committee, said yesterday he had “no statement for the press at the present time.” He said local consideration of the appointment of a study group was being made as result of the recommendation of the North Car. olina Advisory Committee on Ed ucation to (he Governor bn June 23., The. committee wrote: I "At this time, we recommend that each administrative school unit having the responsibility of the assignment of pupils to school* and to busses as soon as may be practicable, make a thorough study of the ‘varied local pro blems’ in such district arising as ' the result ;of the recent decisions of the Supreme Court of th* United States relative to segrega tion in the public achools; and that each school administrative ; unit, through such means or agen I ciea as it-shall determine, seek the factual information necessary to the ‘elucidating, assessing and sot , vfe*e these ** Small Number — .— •*»- - Turn Up For Salk Vaccine Less than 10 percent of those eligible to receive their second shot of Salk polio vaccine at Hills, boro had appeared for the innocu ■lation late yesterday morning. Only 65 had come for the shots by 11. o'clock although busses had been sent to all rural schools in the county system, except -White Cross which was being served by • the Chapel Hill office of the health department. *. Only one bus bearing one child had reported. ;—- ... .." Officials announced that elinics for administering the vaccine to those who received the first shot will be held each Tuesday after noon from 2 until 4 o’clock until school opens. 676 children in the first and second grades received the first -7 shots at the Health Department in the Courthouse in May. Two 4-H Girls At State Meet Jean Wilkerson and Catherine Roberts, two Orange County 4-H members, are participating in 4-H contests at State 4-H Club Week. There are 1189 4-H delegates from North Carolina's one hundred counties attending the activities mmmi campus in Raleigh: Miss Wilkerson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne Wilkerson, participated in the State 4-H Dress Revue which was held on Wednesday night in the Coliseum. She modeled a blue butcher linen dress that had won, for her the title of county dress revue winner. Miss Roberts, Northwestern dis trict winner in the 4-H Vegetable Use Contest,11 will compere against five other district winners for the state title. This, contest is sche duled to begin it 2:00 in WRhers Auditorium on Thursday. hi*
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