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Or»ng* County p with th* n*w ,r th« county by HE NfWS of ir»ty. HILLSBORO AMO CHAPEL HILL. M. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER •, 1955 For quick, provon rosufNy •oil, buy, rent or pot a job by using th* classified ads on pag* 7 of THE NEWS of Orango Comity. A. EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE too :. • Dr. Thurman »;as. the sixth of eight who attended Wake lege. . .. c a unique contribu e Baptist school during ■years connected with of its- medical school, mi' it' ■preM’d’Mit emeri will tell you—and ith—that when Ke took resident in 1930, Wake ihg the bottom. When in 1950, Wake Forest ved prominence it had wn before Dr. Kitchen the scene. hen apparently loved more than any other exv in this seet:on of States. It was during that fhe little old rounccd many power e-Georgia, Tennessee, e times and Carolina that, on the gridiron. Deacs won eight and pity theft he did not Wake Forest move to ome Jie envisioned for ston-Salem. But. even ■lived six of his seven who attended Wake within a few days* the golden three-: 1 LOCAL ... As schools lanother term through hn. it is becoming ap l many a parent ami man’that more resp'Ons-' Ibeing placed in local i li.dature took a definite , at direction last spring. | about 25 years ago, | kr schools gradual!:. I iRaleigh. From here All Vtt ''ill be from Stale • L, . school. Why this State is taking bn that, people living pne, are more familiar problems and how to than are the more keated officials in Ra fashingtoO. realize it yet—but we and more as time goes I most important swing iorial circles in the Ihe new emphasis on |1 control .... in North I we wade more deeply [dal questions, involved bn*, you will see other the South following plina’s example. - . | .. .-~s WRECKS? . : . Thom I White, Lenoir County five who gave the State j atrol such a hard time j [islature, is still after j vent seen one of these ! ube jobs across ' the en, you won’t know is talking about. Any e'v gimmick is a sort • -gussied up to work hammy in the patrol over there in the you are on this one it, the new ap appa t 'fitly c'jifig ■& f course, its weakness can_ only do 50 per work as tie old job —for it only oing in one direction, written the highway" th*ey' have played w—or words to that that instead of speed and thus de e number of wrecks, is increasing wrecks. it:etches that tube e of the highway. You mind on it, for you to get caught. Yoti swerve out of your the left lane—there r—and up comes "a ither hits you or runs trying to miss you. f this objection, will cep using the black1 ably so, for reports . *oate it is right up e forefront in catch s. UNDUP’; Page 2) ^CareersJnJHome Economics -:1 V • .'0 Three Recent Hillsboro Graduates Are Majoring In Home Economics v m*s&mK4mmrn. r-. >.-ls L*H to right, Mary Elizabeth Kenyon, Carolyn S.rayhorn, Gladys Miller and their teachef, Mr*. Hem rietta Auman. Another picture on back page. ' By Henrietta C. Auman Teacher Hillsboro School It ft thrilling .'that .three recent j graduates of our high scho'ol are : majoring in Home Economics. They are: Gladys Mill at \V c. V \ C ; Carolyn Strayhorn, Meredith Col lege and. Mary Elizabeth Kenyon. Mars' Hill. . . . .. . 1 There are.niany interesting ca-, reel s from which these girls may j choose, but perhaps* the most fa-| miliar ones are In the field of edu cation. especially in high school and colTege'luichingr There are (Tiore jobs available Ilian t^ierc^'afe^raTne3v*TiiprrCdl1tS'.“' and every Home Economics Or^ t ganizafion is making a special ef toft to interest, qualified young wo men ir entering the field of Rome Economics. leaching is a challenging ca reer Eel-lowing are a few quest'cms and answers ! concerning hitsh school teaching taken from a bul letin published by the N. C. Home Economics Association: A B. S degree in home econom ics from an accredited four-year college or university is required. A vocational home economics teach nig position requit-es a voca tional teaching certificate. What Witt You Oo On -Ms? As a high school home economics teacher, you’ll help girls and boys through the study of hnmemaking to help themselves. You'll help them to gain knowledge and devel op skills in the areas of housing foods, clothing* and management You'll guide them'in preparing'for marriage and parenthood; and most ! important, you’ll help them to d.is | cover their own special talents and | interests' and become better ad justed membeis of their commun I i’ties and families. As a vocational home economics teacher, you'll work an additional one or two months beyond the school - term; During this'outtof See CAREERS, Page 8 Foreign Youths Visit Seen Profitable For All v ' " '•& By E. P. Barnts _Assistant County Agent • .. . . The people of Orange County have very much enjoyed the visit of two young men from the Middle East, during the past month. Isam Yaktin a graduate student in Sociology at the .American University of Bcru.it, Lebanon, and Basheer Khavvaga, an agricultural teacher from Tulkarm. Jordan. During lus visit heYe Isam has lived on The^farms of . Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Roberts, and Mrs. and Mrs. Jesse Martin, both of the St Marys community Basheer's host families have been Mr, and Mrs? Winston Stt;ayhorn, and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cates of the New Hope community. This experience in international relations has been profitable, both to us and our visitors. During their stay here they have shared in the home life of our people, have participated in community activites, and have spoken to numerous civic, farm, and church organizations. T^cy Have also expressed their views through the media of newspaper ?nH 'television. Through personal as well as group discussions. We have arrived at. j» better understanding of some of. the"problems of the Arabian people, and Ihby in,turn, have learned a great many tfiiftgs about our wav of life. They iuive- marie many.dmiendsvwbiie. in Orange r?»„wty. Alt uish them a Pleasant and-happy ex^erienbe during their month of visiting in Chowan County, and then a safe return to their native laftd. They Write ... By Isam Yaktin, Lebanon BLJMHBpagasi U sSInmk sxfliPi* ......._,. • vr gratitude lor your' warm hospital!: y. If I forget, I will never forget , he huge,, number of chickens we . lad been fortunate to taste. Never | n mv life, in such a short period j >f time, I 'have eaten so much ; ihickcn. „gut more than anything we .have i ieen much impressed - by your , riendliness, waimth, and love to, luman beings. I can assure you, hat our people have sent us with he same feelings - a oesire to york together to build a w0^ j ,’f friendship, and peace .At this : ime people all over the globe look-I vith a greater confidence to the ; See" YATKIN, Page 8 By Basheer Knawaga, Jordan It is my greatest pleasure to one 'mtiift iTirT^CwHffope commun ity of Orange County! I am ex tremely glad to get in touch with people who have surprised me in many things. They ’ are friendly. They don’t pretend to be friendly, but they really are. The American people are always in a hurry. They don’t sleep enough. In other words, the people who never sleep. The people in* North Carolina are famous in hospitalities which differ from South Dakota, and the women heie are famous in cooking. [ will report that North Carolina is famous for pretty, smart, sincere girls, ihd I observe from experi See KHAWAGA, Page 8 'N. Flood Relief f Quota Is Met— f By Red Cross i The Orange County chapter is well over the $250.00 flood relief quota asked by thd America Na | tional Red Cross. The final total is not available as reports from various commit i tees are still coming in. Quentin Patterson received a •telegram from national headquarl j ers Saturday stating- that over ■ $10,000,000.00 has been raised by the flood relief operation. This is sufficient t0 meet the needs of I the Red Cross in the disaster areas. The Red Cross thanks those who have given freely of their money, 4 time, and effort to make the-goal 'a reality. It is only through the ; generosity of many, such people ythat the Red Cross is a big tp carry" on its vital, work. . 1 he Spring drive was $135.00 below the quota and it is hoped that the surplus from this latest drive will be sufficient to bring our -quota of the year to 100%. Gilmore Closes j Garage Here .1 George W. Gilmore, for the past 11 years operator of the Gilmore Motor Company in Hillsboro, “has c.losr-d the business because’of his health. ,, 1 In auto mechanical work fof 33 ! years, Mr. Gilmore said yesterday I he was closing up on the advice ‘of his physicians who say he must • y VET TRAINING The next enrollmentt period for Korean veterans for "On the farm Training" will be October 1, at the Hillsboro High School. AH papers required for en rollment must be/filled out be fore October 1. All persons in terested may see Clyde Erwin, 1 Agriculture teacher, on each Wednesday afternoon until then, for information. V 4 28-Member Development Body Appointed By Board Board Follows Through On Action In May The 28-member Orange County Agricultural and Industrial Devel opment Commission, four members from each township, was appointed by the Board of County Commis sioners. The list includes prominent names in all sections of the county and many who have been' active in the county’6 development for many years. The new commission was set up on May 2 at the instigation of Commissioner Edwin S. Lanier with the following major objective: "to encourage and promote in every way feasible and legal the location of additional industrial and agricultural enterprises in trailge County; the improvement ind expansion of such enterprises now located in Orange County; and .o promote understanding -among ,he people throughout Orange County 0f the need for such grow th and development in Orange County. * At the time of establishment by reaolution of the Commissioners early in May, it was pointed out that the move had no connection l with current attempts at that time to. secure the location, of a large. (Heetronics industry in the Chapel Hill-Carr boro area but was a long rju'jt project for the development ! of »jjr entire county. T& membership of the commis •OoiAill serve until December 31, lSv*ffj^»o plans for an organiia have, .been fngpMi-. latwr* ' The 'membership includes: Bingjham: Manley Snipes, Rt. 3, Hillsboro, Charlie Stanford, Rt. 1, Cha'pel Hill, Wiley Perry, Rt. 2, Mebane, Walter Lloyd, Rt. 2, Meb ane. Cedar Grove: Claude Pope, Ce dar Grove, Lewis Kennedy, Rt. .2. Hillsboro, Zeb Burton, Cedar Grove, Tom Ellis, Cedar Grove. Chapel Hill:. Collier Cobb, <Jr„ Chapel Hill, Bernice Ward, 307 Pritchard Ave, Chapel Hill, Ray mond Andrews, Carrboro, Mrs. T. >M. Andrews. Rt. 1, Chapel Hill. Cheeks: Robert Nichols, Efland. M. P. Efland, Jr., Efland, Thom as Kale, Efland, Bill DOrsett, Efland. End: Reid Roberts; Rt. 1. Hills - boro, Mrs. Clarence Link,' Rt. 2, Durham, G. C. Truesdale, Uni versity, Mrs. Carl Walker, Rt. l, Hillsboro. Hillsboro: Don Matheson, Hills boro, Bob Forrest, Hillsboro, Sid ney Green, Hillsboro, W. L. Miller, Rt. 1 Hillsboro. Little River: Bob Murray, Rt. 2, Rougemont, Mrs. Clyde Roberts, Rt. 1, Hillsboro, Mrs. Clyde Walk er, Rt. 2, Rougemont, Bryant lierry, Et. 1; Hurdles Mill/'N: €. Circus Had Trouble With Weights Here The circus made an unscheduled stop in Orange County yesterday and the performance was all im promptu. By noon yesterday most of the difficulties yehich the King Broth Weight Station on Highway 70 just vest of Hillsboro were" about leared up but the congregation of circus vehicles had lasted some eight to 10 hours, according to As sistant Superintendent J. M anight of the Weight Station. He said most of «. the trucks of -he circus, which had a scheduled 2 o’clock showing in Durham, were held briefly for overloads and im proper registrations, on which penalties were collected. He de clined to 8$y how many circus trucks were Involved, but onlook ers indicated the area was filled with them for several hours. Bulging Schools Open Without Incident, Here Schools Opened in Orange Coun- • ty yesterday with bulging" rolls and more parent visitors than could be remembered, but without incident involving the segregation issue. All students .according to pre liminary reports to Superinten dent Paul Carr, attended schools to which they had previously been assigned. An increase in enroll ment was expected throughout the county, but exact figures were-not expected for several days. One new development which went into effect at Hillsboro with^ the opening of this year’s term is f expected to gain widespread ap-i proval of parents and friends of the school. Principal G. A. Brown announc ed that with the approval of the Board of Education and the en dorsement of the Executive Board of the P.T.A., he had instituted a policy of- not allowing any child to go downtown during school hours for any purpose. If it’s necessary for a child to go to town, he will be taken by a teacher or the principal. Thus, the appear ance of any Hillsboro student downtown unescorted . by, school j personnel will bd pfima field evi dence of a violation of regulations. A note to this effect was dis patched to ah parents yesterday. The Orange County Board of Education, acting Tuesday after noon, paved the way. tor -the ac ceptance of bids to build the much discussed, gymtorium ,at Lincoln school in Chapel Hill. Both the Orange County boarcf and the^ CfiapeT THill School Bohfd held meetings Tuesday to request the issuance of - the $34,000 in : bonds for school improvements I and passed formal resolutions on ! the Commissioners for initiating til* formal procedure with bond : attorneys and the 4®cal Govern-, , The Chapel Hill board, after a I hasty early morning meeting, call j ed upon the Commissioners to ex plain their plight on the gvmtor \ ium bids. Low bids, which must be accepted by Saturday if at all, totalled $107,000. They have $80, 000 on hand. i Superintendent C. W. Davis^and ■ Chairman. Carl Smith both said I with $10,000 more in hand they I could go ahead and let contracts, ■ alter dropping some $17,000 of : items until the next fiscal year. When approached on the pw posal by Commission Chairman R. J. M. Hobbs, the county hoard .agreed to permit a transfer - of $10,000_from its share of the bond ! money to permit the letting of i contracts provided the Chapel Hill ! board will agree in writing to re1 turn tins money should Male tunas later be allocated to Chapel Hill or in the event this does not Oc cur to -agree to a replacement of Jthis amount in next- year s capi tal outlay allocation lrom the coun ty™ T-' r “ ~ - “A--pu blic hearing «n-U?e -tale -of. bonds has been set for Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. and publication of first of ficial notice appears in today’s newspaper. Alisenheimer Accepts Coll The Rev. K. M. Misenheimef has accepted a call to the Siler " City , and Mount Vernon Springs Pres byterian Churches. Now pastor of tjie Kno, Fairfield and Little River Presbyterian Churches in Orange County, the Rev. Mf. Misenheimcr will mo.vc/L* Siler City and begin his worked. Sept. 12. A native of Asheville, be is a graduate of Kings College, Bris tol, Va., and the Union Theologi has been pastor or the three Or ange County churches since his graduation from Seminary. Definite Date For Completion Of SchoolSef ■. many*.*:-*ctit*jjjjfc J* The Cameron Park elementary school now under construction will definitely be completed and ready for oecupany after the Christmas holidays. This was revealed yesterday by Superintendent G. Paul Carr upon the advice of officials of the Haynes Construction Company. Other building activities report ed to the Board of Education Tues day included: (1) The breaking ground for the classroom to be built ,at West Hillsboro on Monday, of, this week. (2) The forwarding Of specifi cations,on the new Aycock lnnch room to the school committee and the instruction of architect Archie R. Davis to begin drawing plans for the structure. (8) Th» changing of specifica tions -for glass in the Cameron Paik school to Vi” plate at an ad ditional cost of $660 at the re quest- of the architect to prevent a delayJaecause ol short supply Of the type first specified Town Orders Advertisement , Of Unpaid Tax The Town of Hillsboro board of commissioners Tuesday night auth tyorized the advertisement of prop erty for delinquent taxes. This w the first time'delinquent taxpayers of the town have been advertised ipHnany yea^J The list ip pears on anolSer page of this newspaper. The sale will be at noon on October 2 at the town hall. In other actions the. board voted 5175 to participate in a beautifica tion project in front ol the local library in cooperation v.rt.h the lillsboro Garden Club, and con tacted w ith the-Alamance Asphalt md Paving Co. of Graham, owned by W. V. Fryer ol Hillsboro, tb rcmiove an estimated 3,000 cubic vlrds of dirt located behind the new dam site. The town will pay 70c a cubic yard to the contractor lor exacavating and removal of the lirt plus SI per load for al^ which . he commissioners want hauled o .. the cemetery for, reclamation here. Other dirt not heeded by the . the cemetery project will be dump ’d in fills along the road, said r M ay or B e’ri 3 oh ns ton Mystery Farm Of The We^tS^-No. 56 Who Owns This Mystery Farm? Last week's farm’was identified as the papers came out. It is owned by Mr. and. Mrs. G. L. Ken nedy and is located on Highway 86. The owner is receiving a mounted aerial photo of .the place. The Kennedys' built the- house in 1930. It consists of arouild 30 acres. They have one daughter. Fay, who is eight years of age today. Malone Long of Routs 2, Hillsboro has receiyed a free year's subscrip tion of the News of Orange County for being the first to identify it. Other correct identifiers were: Scott Cates, Dick Bateman, Miss Margaret Riley, Mrs. E. E. Patterson, Miss Nell Walker, Fred Fox, Mrs. Nat Ellis, John Ballard, Charles Walker Jr., Everett Kennedy, Mrs. Era Laws, J. G. Goodwin, Betsey Lloyd, Jack Miller, Nancy‘Roberts, Grace Hayes, W. C. Brewer, Mrs. G. C. Kennedy, Mrs. W..JJ. Bobbitt, R. E. Hughes, Ed Barnes, Earl Walker, Lee Kennedy, Miss Vesta Bacon, Mrs.- Netta Haithcock, Dolly Strayhorn, Marvin Phelps, Della ffcppey, Mr*. Ed Miller, Jack Phelps, Ann Crabtree and Miss Mary Elisabeth Kenyon. 1 .
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