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Orango Caunty with tha nawa NEWS of HILLSBORO AMO Chf^PEL HILL, N. C <IDD BREWER'S %a/e/q/t fbunc/up CE FOREST ... It’s a fideed when one of our hool»—Carolina, State, Kike Forest—is not in hie kind of sports has ing I was able to do Wake Forest friends igh this past weekend the alumni—many of •cpcon supporters and j E of them leaders in lub—were very much d shocked to read in irning's newspapers signations of Athletic Preston and Head rh Tom Rogers. HOME . The state ton that he is stepping best interests of njy ie” caused some raised cause a lot of people iton would be much linston-Salem than at be much closer home ollege moves to the xt year. He grew up le, only a whodp-and Winston-Salem, and valon Hail’S daughter, a native of Yadkin up the/e in Yadkin many years was this Republican Superior >r. He was beaten out to by Allie Hayes, a ty Republican and a hnson J. Hayes, judge lie District Fe'er.il fon!y Republican Fed ft is North Carolina, b' th Allie and John leading Wake' Forest J” . . . There is a lot ‘tow steifesfSSfrfs * le time—in the WakeJ c situation. Board of Trustees ston-Salem on t)ecem esignations will be: ented to the group, i ye on developments j time—and for several I that date—for a cue] Wake Forest is going or the next decade, there will be attempts j both Athletic Director, and Coach Rogers to j minds. But to coach am, you have to have must .pave athletes in Here is about the in North -Carolina iis fall as compared tr this time: x..collections are up r cent; sales tax col ;ip nearly 30 per cent ress shipments are up 25 per cent: bank deb rer 15 per cent; ABC »re up nearly, 10 per s from farm market ade over ten per cent: e sales, up about 20 senger car sales, about ■t the year—or for ten h _ ‘ __ *the year, January >ber, everything, is up months of 1954 ex-! ] com farm marketings own about three pei tie len months’ figure >t’s something the Re 11 have to worry about he country next year liest sign in the North inomy—or amongrthe . n the future-—is that “mitS for this year are j1 ter than 20 per cent1 i months’- figure for 1 er good point is thatr£ 20 per cent more new ;£ chartered this year -1 jJ. RS —. Three or four year we devote a por-! column to the -sales j1 in North Carolina. This good business baronie figures show how far »f cars are selling com-' • a year previous. j rding to registrations—■ th "the N. C. Dept, of ( :les, here - is .the way j rUNDUp; Page 6 I Board To Med On Two Issues School Nominees Incr 0 & ssd j Additional suggestions for j persons to fill the two rerently j created vacancies on the Carr i horo Srtrool CpftimiUec were received by County School Hoard in Hillsboro M<>ndn\ morning. A petition With 281 sigiui4 tines affixed was presented in 'he interests of Lloyd Senter and Ashwell B. liar ward as successors to Walter Clark Jr., and R B. Todd. The Car.boro Citizens Com mittee, presented another petition With 26 signatures affixed asking that the rwo committee members he chosen from among the follow ing:. Mrs. Jesse - West, Mrs. Ralph Cheek, Cornelius Kay lor .Mrs. Ralph Howard, A1 Brandon, Dr. Claude .Baker, and'the Revs. Henry Stokes and Paul Edwards: ‘ ™ j , Hear Citizens Spokesmen In its morning session the Board | heard Mrs. Kaylor'and Mrs. Marvin Woodard, representing the Citizens Committee, speak in the interests of the' candidates whom they pro posed. The terms of the two jo be named will expire next April ] ■: The Board also { discussed Ihe proposed straw vote on toe issue of the merger with the Chapel Hil] District Whicji the Ca.rboro com mittee has said; it intended to con duct ■» r-1 ANNUAL BAZAAR Tne- aSSrtmM bazaar ot St. ilat he wT Tarish "Gaild will Be held ’ at the' Colonial Inf Itl I fills boro jn Saturday, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. There will be handwer’:. Chr'ist nas ’ decorations and 1 lower jir angements, Chr.simas *’gii: .Lind novelties, toys for the eh'ldfcn and food, including bran viok stew-. Therewill also HE fresh salsify for sale. : The Ohgnge, 'ounty Board of Education has yied a special j meeting to be hi i tomorrow night at 8 o’clock tt study the forth coming school bond referendum and to appoint vo individuals to fill current vac* cies on the Carf boro District f hool committee. dismiss classes n the county , schools for the (|ristmas holidays^ , Supt. Pauf Carr lid he anticipated ; the request film the various i schools and sriitht the decision. Approval wat given for the purchase of a rtwpick-up truck" foe the.mainttBnajce crew. Approval was kiven for plans »for the Aycock , :hool lunchroom to he presented sion of School fanning 'for its approval. A new classroo just completed at West lfillsbor .spotted an ace the State Div> school was in ited from the huilding who watJauthdTlkeri final payment. Durharij Choir Sings 'Messiah' Here Sunday The Black nail M morial Bresby tcrian Church choii of Durham un der the direction f the church’s pastor, the Rev. t eorge R. Ed wards, will sing the Christmas sec tion of Handel’s ' essiah Sunday night,'at 8 p.in. a the HilWboro Presbyterian Church , j -Soloists of the group include' ,Thenna's Clayton, tsinr; Ralph Un- 1 dereood and Phillip Browning, basso, .Mrs. Odell Whitfield and.' .Miss Mabel Brownflg, altocs; Mrs Herman Maynard trnl Miss Ruby Browning, sopranoth All of these and the remaining nineteen singers irphe group are irpoihers of the BtarknaM ("hurry Acedimpanis* for (he evening wflj. be Miss Guinn Cooke, also of Durham. The public is cordially in\|ted to jpin in the service. I * i On January 19 at 7:30 p m.. the Hillsboro Presbyterian Choir is' sehe gird to siig an exchange pro- ; gram at the flacknall Church in Durham, The olca'ion for that per formance will)' he the Celebration of PrcsbyteriJij \Vorld * Missions OPEN HOUSE AT ASC OFFICE-T. Hunk Hu County Com missioners for Their h.wly ^nOv.t.H qo.rfcr. in ♦*« Hi* Orange County Agricultural building, local ASC personnoI w th« help of District and state ASC offlelalt hold an open houa# Monday afternoon. _ . E. W. Avont, district fioltfman, acted as Maator of Ceremonies, introducing the Commls.iob.rs, Stata official* and visitors for short remarks prior to Hi* serving of refreshment*. Taking par* from the State office were H. V. Mangum, assistant administrator, and Dan C Hatch, head of Hie information division. Th* seen* above show* a part of Hue* present. New *«H»«g, new floor eover ing, new lights, new heaffng system and a complete paint job improved the appearance of th* quarters eonsiderebly. County Gets $204,230 As Cut Of School Fund The sum of $204,230.42 was al * lotted to Orange County by the State Board of Education as its shale in the second $25 million of, state school bond funds. I Tae total exceeds by 98.900 th{^ county's shaFe of the first $25 mil- j ion. Of that sum $130,454.70, or j 66.70 per cent, went to the Oramm County school board. The Cb apet ' Hill school board received $64,878. 54. or 33.21 per cent, . No! information was available here today as to how the second allotment wil be divided. Tae two school superintendents were report ed out of town. 1 * ! A school, bond u4»U*«m «.H-hoi vt-, ing the issuance of not more than $2,000,000 has lieen set fo« March... by the county commissioners. The sum provided by the state today is not expected to alter the bond needs. Tae two school boards estimated their needs over the next five 'ears at $2,830,000 and accepted a lower figure for the bond election because of legal'debt limits. J V Election This Week Roberts Nominated For Soil Supervisor Post as Reid Roberts, Hillsboro. Rt. >een w)mi naied^fiirflllaiigL* Cmin ty Supervisin' of the—Netise RrverSoil Conservation District, Orange Coun ty Chairman Henry Hogan an nounced today. The election is being held this .veek, December 5th through 10th. All qualified voters of Orange minty are eligible to vote for a mpervisor: Other candidates may be voted for by writing their names in the blanks provided on he, baflofs. Ballots boxes foi:,,lbe election are ocated at Long’s. Store. Cedar rhovel Compton's Store. Carr; ''armer's Mutual exchange, Carr )oro; Murray's Store, CaldweJ*; farmer's Mutual Exchange, _Hills )oro, and the ASC .Office, Hitls J010. Election to the three fman grange County Board of Supervis )rsjs for a three-year term bpgin ling January 1. One new supervis jr is elected each year. Janies Compton, Cedar Grove, vho has,served as a supervisor of he Neuse River Soil Conservation jisiriptjfor the past siv years-; d? ,:Ofc easons of health. The Supervisors of QrangeCoun v together with the supervisors ithe other four counties in; the listriet comprise the governing iody of the Neuse RiCer Soil Con ervation Distiiet The Neusf River .Soil ,t onsfrva jon District was organized by IT NEXT WEEK heavy docket of criminal s ranging from murder, slaughter, drunken driving assorted other violence end estie offenses has been *ch *d for trial at a term of ,rtoT Court scheduled to i on Monday. ld8, L,oo Carr wm pre|ido. farmers of grangd; Parham, and Wake couniMs in 193!) to provide them with -a legally constituted or gantzatmn tn help solve their grow ing problems! of land damage and income' lossefc due to erosion. * In. 1940 the farmers of Wilson and Johnston counties petitioned to be included in the Districts and af ter an election- showed majority approval, the District was enlarged to include them. At 'present, about 2600 local soil conservation districts are working tor the preservation of the produc tive capacity of the land in the United States and possessions. Orange County Supervisors fill ing unexpired terms are Henry S. Hogan, Rt: 2. Chapel Bflfc and Charles \V. Stanford, Rt, 1, Chapel Hill. ' -r *..--—£—— . z.] Area Passed Up As Location For New Plant A New England industrial firm, which was describee as the best prixspect yet lor location of a plant in the Chapel HilK'arrboro area, has passed -the community l>y alter receiving the red carpet treatment from State, University and County leaders from Governor Hodges down. " (iniii iWtjnrftfy+'«ll ’ rhe negiftia ’ tions had been eonyslttely hush bush. including a dinner meeting at Chapel Hill some weeks'ag< promoted by the top pepartmen’ t)f Conservation and • officials, agd attended ]by leaders i)f the county Development Com mission, the University, State Treat urei- Edwin Gill and former treasurer| Brandon Hodges. - ^ :.zj • ---1--,-1- . .Mr'-— - .... j The firm, which was never id"" tified. proposed to build a mil lion and ja half dollar plant, whie1 would employ 500 persons, and narrowed the field to two loca lions frotp an. original list of 4f sites. frrTCT paling the film's m able decision, Chairman Don Mat-' icson of; the, development commis I sion expressed disappointment » ■ I he failure to secure this firm, | which hie said was described a one of jhe oldest and largest m Vew England. He indicated the belief that the county’s ijfbk o s large number of machine toe’ I workers might have been a facto- ! n the decision to locate elsewhere t There were two houses in the Photo of the My let us know. The house in the foreground is the left is the farm of Ted Coleman. The farm consis .was built in 1950. It is located six miles north of. Colemans have four children, thrpe sons, Ralph, and ona daughter, Mary who is four years old. Don farm and haf received a free year's subscription to have received a mounted photo of the farm courtsey Reid Roberts and Mrs. Charlie Woods. If you’ reco ,tery farm last week as our readers were quick to home of A'rs. E. Y. Coleman and the one to the ts of 27 acres and is a dairy farm. The lateAhouse Hillsboro and 1.3 miles west of Schley Grange. .The 7, Ronald 6 years old and Glenn who is seven months , jld Walker was the first to correctly identify the The News of Orange County. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman of the paper. Other early correct identifiers were gnize the one above, let us know.' ijti White Firm Pr Tax As Is Pendi /V majority of th* Idirdl if Oirti ifllssioners Monday ■ft®r**on agreed to a redtetW* ef ^nae 32% in the real ba*M« vahwtion I Of the White F\n4it»»r6 Company’s 1 Hillsboro plant. . Whether this would be aacept ablV to officials of the firm who have pliid their county tases un der protest for tike pajrt two years and now have fendi** ** appeal on the property vahaatton before the State Board of &n»allaation and Review. cmT not be ascer tained. \!riee President Steve Whito ap peared before the CamdUaaionee? £o months' ago and renewed his lueet that the property valu ation be reduced, indication he believed he add Tat Superviaor Sam Gattis could work out aatis figtyfy valuations after further ex animation of the property .and the Cleminshaw company valua tions: Mr. White termed the valuation an "injustice" and said he was willing to meet the county half way to foregd the appeal. Prior to Monday's meeting Gat tis and White agreed to adjust ments in some of the smaller buildings, but failed to agree on the main structure The Clemin shaw company valued that at $71 000. .Gattis thought it could H“ reduced to 850,000 and ^White thought it should be in the neigh horrhood of $25,000. Under the formula proposed by the tax sup ervisor and approved “ ^ mis#nner* voting 24 with Chair man Hobbs not necordfttg **a vote the real estate valuation Was re duced fnyn 4116,2 If to |7>A00 Commissioner Edwin S. I.ahier asked that he he recorded ax op posing any reduction after, ac cording to him, it appeared White would not agree to any values but his own. Commissioners Dwight Rav find Henry Walker voted tr adjust the values at the figure^ of the Tax Supervisor. White’s tax bill to Orange Coon ty, including real estate machinery and inventory, totalled 81.387 last year. In other aciions the Commis* sioners heard a report from th» Slate Jail—Inspector T A I’-, regarding' the condition of county jail land afterwards instri ted Gattis to secure estimates I remodeling the plumbing and ec struction of suitable temporary i -tention quarters for juveniles a the insane. Negro County Agent Most--' Burt told the Commissioners he had purchased « tape recorder for use in his work and asked the hoard to approve the pureh;r - from supplies funds already allot ted him. The board- agreed to the purchase wjth the understanding that it might be ufled by other de partments also. December 24, 26 and 27 and ■January 2 were designated as ho lidays for county employees. The board will January 3. mfet on on Tuesdav Sacred Music Concert Set By Rural Choirs The combined choirs of Eno. Lit ^ Kjver, Fairfield, Presbyterian odist Church will present a con cert of Sacred Chp-istmas ihusic during the pre-Christmas season. The group is under the direction of Mrs. Alien Graham with Mrs. Jack Wells as organist. The concert will include “The Gesu Bambino”, “$ng, ohi Heav. ens”, "The Cherubim Song” and “Silent Night”. Solifts will be Mrs. Jule Allen, Mr. Job Compton and .Mr. Allen Graham. Three perforinanpes will be ^iv en: December 11 at .7:30 p.m. at Little River; December 18 at 7:3C at Eno; December fc] at 7:30 p.m at Fairfield. The piiblic is cordial ly invited to attend any, or all, of these performances Tax Listers Are Named For Work In January Tag liters wei-e appointed £«t each of the county’s seven town ships by the Board of Commission ers Monday. v They will work.during the month of January fof tax listing as re quired b/ law. All have previous ly served in that capacity. By townships the appointed lis ters are: Chapel Hill, L. R. Cheek; Hills boro, It. J. Smith Jr.; Cedar Grove, R. C. Compton; Bingham, Jeter Lloyd; %Eno, Mrs. J. D. Griffin; Cheeks,-Henry R. Heath; and Utile River, A. E. Wilson. County Board Hears Report On Farm Plan A reoort, on the proposed five yew plan to increase Orange County’s annual farm income by $2,000,000 was beard by the Coun ty Cohurusriouers, meeting in Hilbhorb Monday. ZA Burton, head of the Agricul ture Committee of the County Ag riculture and Development Com mission, appeared before the Com missioners to give this report. He was assisted by County-Farm Agent! Don Matheson and Raid Roberts.! Read into the minutes Monday morning was an account of a spe cial meeting of the commissioners last week at which Ume the hoard rn the General Statutes of the Sttite. After thorough , discussion the board unanimously agreed that the total volume of duties which might be assigned under the pro visions of the statute did not war rant the establishment of the of fice of county manager in Orange. in this special meeting the Com missioners completed their job arid pay-scale classification for County employees that they start ed in July. Increases for the 1955 56 fiscal vear tot-'Uine made under the plan. Approved at for County Accountant and Tax Supervisor Sam Gattis. Tax Col lector Carl Davis and Welfare Supt. Mrs. Jane Parker. Mr. Gattis’ salary was increased from $4,200 j to $4400, Mr. Davis' from $3600 to $3750 and Mrs. Parker’s from 1 $3600 to $3750. Ail were retroac- j five to last July T. - ■ ' ~ .__ | TO SELL STEW The Women's Society of Chris tian Service of Efland Methodist Church will sell brunswick stew by the quart at the Fellowshio Center tomorrow afternoon, be ginning at 3:30 o’clock: Scholarship W ' Fund includes . This County Orange is one of 11 counties which will benefit from a million dollar scholarship trust fund es tablished by Aubrey Lee Brooks .of Greensboro, distinguished North Carolina retired attorney, to en AUBREY L. BROOKS dents from 11 N. C. counties tv choose and attend any one ot the three institutions. Oth«y counties are: Surry, Stokes. Rockingham. Caswell, Person. Granville. Ala mance, Durham, Guilford and For syth. Other counties stand to benefit later front the Aubrey Lee Brooks Koundaion, either from additions to the present endowment or from antcipated increased income. The present grant consists of 8,000 shares of common stock in Jeffer son Standard Life Insurance Com _ahy: - - ^jj- — Financial* need, character and academic standing are among re quisites indicated for students from counties comprising the old "Lm perial Fifth Congressional Dis trict." Students are to be nomina ted by principals of schools deemed eligible. Ceremonies setting up the foun dation were held yesterday at the Morehead Building. Those attend ing were Gov. Luther H. Hodges, Mr. Brooks -and members of his family, and the foundation' trus tees. ' Decorations Contest Announced me Hillsboro Merchants Asso ciation is sponsoring a decoration contest for the home owners to be j judged on December 20. This will be divided into three 1 divisions: 1— best lawn. 2—best i house decorations. 3—Small home ; and large homes. These will be for 1 outsde decorations only. The house contest will be for doorways, windows, roois and etc. i The lawn will include trees ana other lawn displays. There will be no entry fee, but to be judged every home must register by December 17. Either mail your entries to the Merchants Association or phone Mrs. Owen Allison at her. home. Phone 3913 after 1 p.m. and Mrs.' Dawkins at the Merchants Associa tion Phone 2000. Cut Out And Mail To HILLSBORO MERCHANT ASSOCIATION HOME DECORATING CONTEST ENTRY BLANK NAME ADDRESS _ ' i LOCATION DIRECTION .... Entries must bo received by the Merchant Association by December 17, 1*5S. Judging will be Tuesday night December 20, t*$5. ' ^ .. 1. zI
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