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Oron»o Cowty with »h« noon tho county by t NIWS of HILLSBORO AND CHAPIlL HILL, li. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, IfSS EE ... Somebody knew were doing when Ed man tor Raleigh Radio w*s |ho»en « as sctor of the N. C. De if Conservation and’De tyish pipe-smoking son d Baptist minister and orest classmate of the g sports announcer, has been with WPTF ten years. ast, we have nominated riotis positions, but he fit to leave radio work one came along, e with the Greensboro fs in its editorial en Kirk" which ran in last aper: S .. . "We’ve been try nk of a better man to > the No. 2 spot of our w and development Ed Kirk, and have giv » man fits the job with over. ileigh' radio hews man n unusual place in the his colleagues: He is , thorough, decent, en -and yet knows a piece hen he sees it and has notion of. what to do ch a professional touch and D. no harm, n’t say for sure hov conserve and develop take him a prevailing 0 a workman’s job o: public relating dus Heel attractions and ies; on demand. He 1 state like the back flU-1 the sprt of public ap we can applaud with lion, for Kirk’s only of •far sj^we know, is his te' afcitity A« 'Uaartiw.: it, ;t This is nod the then a piece of political lug wish Kirk a Happy ca ic public livery.” >S WAV ... I drove home, on the outskirts last .week to Lexington ice of about 105 miles not go through one re was only one stop it time you come east— st—particularly if you to Statesville, Lexing a _ Point. Thomasville. o, Burlington, Durham h—or any of the cities ihis general territory— is express way. and/go opinion it’s the ' finest t has' happened in the bad system rin North MEETING . . . My reason ‘ip was a speaking en at Uht annual joint f the Hickory and New is Clubs. is held at the St. Step iolidated School one ot st schools from an en> standpoint in Jthat sec e State. This is a typical ehool, spanking new— a wonderful plant, friend of ours, Webb utay, with whop I wa tt Duke, is principal of |1- He played some fine or Jack Coombs at Duke successful coach before a school administrator rays fun—and a great uilder — to renew ac es with old friends. Dick nothor old sidekick, is School System. And,- to tiers complete, an old >ol friend, Bill Hamil perintendent of the Hic >ol System. like Class reunion day hours in Catawba Coun ’hursday afternoon and night. RS ... A short while be is to leave Raleigh £or nis meeting two of my teammates came hy the ne was Don Hyatt and • Nick Warren. Js’jck is th.e Durham Recreation ptf while Hyatt is an of [ the Newport News ship HOUNBUP. Page 2) Mist Phy.llis Bh»k« Mis* Nancy Crabtraa Two Girls Selected As Best Citizens . Miss.. Phyllis Blake of Hillsboro! High School and Miss Nancy Crab tree of Aycock High School have! been selected as the “Best .Citi-I zens” in their respective senior1 claKSPa to enmpptn in thp slalel DAB'S Good Citizi^. Contest. These Orange County girls will j enter the Slate contest under the ' sponsorship of -the Davie Poplar; chapter of the N. C, Society of, the ( Daughters of the American Revo -Chapel Hill is Regent and Mrs R. VV. Isley Of Cedar .Grove, chair man of Good Citizen Committee. Scrapbooks depicting what , each j onteslant has done during .hjA! our years in high’school are the principal basis for judging. 1 Three girls were selected by the ftidint body from each school anti he faculty selected the finals. Miss Blake, who is seventeen , ears old, is the daughter of Mrs. Cred Blake and Ihe laic .Mr. Blake if Hillsboro. She hasT been an “A’ itudent each year she has been in ,ehuol achieved the honor of .chief marshal for the girls in-her junior ear with an average of 97 and :ine ,f(iu?feen's, the’ highest' aver ge of griy member -of the class. ,-Class work-is not al^ that hail laimed Phyllis’ time in school for ,he has been active in all phases JU school life. She has played bas vdball for a (bur years, been a member of the newspaper r'.ajf fb'Ur" years;~Beta- - Club,- ,* Fntwe -Teachers' Club, Latin -an'l French Clubs and in her senior ytai holds - he following offices;, co-captain •if the basketball team, associate editor of the school newspapdr, ires idem <)f the Future Teachers’ .'lub and edlTor1 in-chief of the .tigh school annual. „ ■ j Phyllis has wen playing me piano for 11 years and at the. ' dale High "Scljpol Music Festival at Meredith 'College in Raleigh site ; ,vas awarded superior rating. She | is a member of the First Baptist: Church of Hillsboro, a member of he choir and belongs to Ihc Bap- ! i ,ist and Methodist Youth.Groups. Cach summer she assists with "the ' . aculronal Bible School. ■ j Miss Crabtree-is the daughter Of • Mr -aiid Mrs. B. II Crabtree of; j Hurdle Mills. She is seventeen,; I years aid and is a senior af A’y-.j ! ,-oek. Nancy enjoys reading and j playing basketball as her, past limes. •Last year, as a junior, she was • awarded the,, citizenship, trophy; presented by the Ruritan Club for Lloyd Sertter And Mrs. West Are Appointed Lloyd’ Scnter and Mrs. Jesse Vest have„bcen appointed to till i-ictSchool" Comm'... The County School Board iStned the two at a special seei ng in Hillsboro on Friday even ng. Mrs. West, a PTA leader, had ieen recommended by the ci t ns committee from Carrboro ind Mr. Senter, a pharmacist an ivic leader, was recommended ,y a petition Signed by several lundred citizens- • , Other members of the nittee ure Carl,Ellington, acting hairman; Ernest Hearn, and taymond And.cws*The t.wo new v ppointees will fill thcyacanc.es reated bv the recent resigna ions of J. Walter Clark Jr . and 1. B. Todd, whose terms will ex ire. next spring- —-s—. v» t. » outstanding citizenship in the school. She also won the citizen ship nveda I presented by the school She attended the 1955 Session pf Girls’ State held at W'o ■ uun^-LaltgHP in Greensboro Nancy entered the Patriotic Contest sponsored -by the North .Carolina State Camp, Patriotic Order Sons of American last year, tier tfipic was "The Declaration, of independence" which won Tirsi place in the school and' in the county contests, *7 * She also entered the 4-H Better Speakers Contest in 1952 and won tirst place in the school contest and second in the county contest. In 1953, Nancy won first place in the school contest and first place in he county one.. This-year she is the editor of he school yearbook, co-captain-of he basketball team, president ot tile Glee Club and president of the Future Homemakers of Ameri ca Organii'alion. She is a member of the Mt. Zian Chr.stiAn Church and Is very ^aetiMerin the church youth gemefr and other church activities^ ' 1, ■ mpr »- - Officers Praised • j$Ji 1 By Jury Hillsboro Gym Heating Is Viewed With Alarm Jhe Orange County grand jury, wRh one exceptioo- -thi%j¥sesfc*. fiJtfc, sented a glowing leporLof couaty operations, and paid particular tri bute to the “uniformly good per formance of officers, who appeared as witnesses. An “exception” to the qualified j “excellent condition of the school*” was noted in "a faulty heating sys tem in the Hillsboro gymnasium,” which the Grand Jury saTfl “might well be a health hazard to stu dents.” Regarding schools, the report signed by Foreman Oonakf kl> Stanford said: “The Grand Jury has conferred with the ^Superin-, tendent of Schools and inspected most of the school buildings. It appears-tha-t the paramount pfnh-: lem of the. county is the-need for expanded facilities for thejncreas ing” school population. The "Grand Jury feels that the schools are- in excellent condition considering the amount of funds available and the j presently owned property.”- , - j Under the heading “General-Ob servation,” the report said: “The Grand Jury found its work made much easier by uniformly good performance of officers who ap» peared as witnesses We would like to especially bring attention u» li}e good work done on one murder case presented.” ■ The Grand Jury said, referring to the Welfare Depa.tment, it wgs pleased with “the attention and energy given to »the department’s work. The Prison Camp and county | Jail were found to be in excellent condition and good condition respee j lively, f V -'•* Tlie jury found that tax eollecv tiol* arO appt&mmateiy' ¥our’ pfcri See JURY. Page 8 Reid Roberts Ejected To Soil Conservationn Supervisory Unit Reid Hob** ts,r Rt. 1, Hillsboro, poiiftrymah and livestock farmer, has been elected to the three .man .Orange County Board of Supervis ors of the Neiise, River Soil Con-' serration District, Chairman Henry ; Hogan announced today. lie succeeds James S. Compton u.ho..declined, to serve another term because of reasons, of lieaith. The electron is for a three year te m. one new member of The board being elected each year. The Mouse River Soil Conserve-i tion District is composed of tive counties. Orange,-Durham, Wake,! Johnston, and Wilson. The District was organized and chartered as a governmental subdivision of the state in 1939 and began work later that year to slow the process of soil erosion that was depleting the productive' strength of the farms wtihin the district. Surveys at that time showed that 4tr; of the land id Orapge County had lost over one half the original topsoil through erosion, cutting sharply its supply ol nutrients and its water holding capacity. - The district makes available to cooperating landowners special technical assistance in planning and applying soil and water 'con servation systems according to the iands capabilities and needs. Other Orange County Supervis - >rs of the Neuse River Soil Con servation are Henry S. Hogan anil, C. W. Stanford. READY FOSTCAROL SERVICE—Mambar* of th* Mlltfboro Pr*«byt*rUn Church choir, which Sunday aftarnoon will peasant thalr annual ChHotma* program, a tradltonai community avant, aro: front row. loft to right, Mr*. Ollvar Clayton/ Mr*. T. P. Smith. Mr*. Prod Cato*. Mr*. Robart Copaland, and Mr*. Harlton McKaa; **«ond row, loft to right, Mi** Knox Jon**, Mr*. J. W.. Dickson, Mr*. Scott Cat**, and Mr*. Ban John.ton; back row. loft to right, Mr*. C. D. Jono*. choir diroctor, Mi»s Mariori* 5fTTt, 6r9»nlK', Ctaronc* 0. Jon**, David-Boird, and Sidnoy Croon. -- ; . . Kidnapping Case Expected To Opeh Today 'Trial of criminal charges growf ing out of domestic troubles be tween an estranged husband ancj wife was in progress in Orange County Superior Court yesterday, and the hearing of kidnapping! charges against a mother and her two daugbtets was expected to be <in today, * , Shortly before noon, the State organ presenting its case against Airs. Blannie Long who was charged brugking, entering and lar wtiiiMttstM band! Charlie Long. She allegedly mo ted away a number of pieees of furniture a/id gaplianu;*- which Long claims! h^l|01" The Longs have been 1 having domestic,difficulties for some time anb at one titne about a voaCgfio' Airs. Long sought to obtain a peace warrant- to protect her. from her husband.. . V.;. T.ie kidnapping case involves Mrs. Sal lie- Atkinsdn and her two daughters, Mrs. Cora Be jester and Mrs. Al ice I nee, who are charged 'with taking Mr.*. Hugh Wilson from, her home near .Orange jtjlrnve Itn—. their, neiirhy • farpi and giving her a whipping which necessitated' hospitalization for Mrs: Wilson.. The defendants—*!^ ieged ark affair between Mrs. Wil son and George Atkinson, the hus band, and father o£ the defendants, and civil actions seeking large sums have beedTiled by both sides in the -■controversy-, which has at See COURT, Page 7 Identify the "mystery farm" above first and win a free subscription to The News of Orange County. Join our game ea^h week and see if you can name the owner. AY L. Walter, whose farm it was last week, has received a mounted aerial photo of his place. It is located five miles northeast of Hillsboro in the Schley Community, on Route J. The farm consists of 60 acres. Mr. Walker does some farming and raises chickens. He is retired after working at the Eno Steam Plant for 13 years. The home was built in 1921 and about three years ago ft was completely remddeled. The Walkers have three daugh ters, Mrs. Brodie Riley of Hew River, Mrs. L. G. Tilley Jr. of Route 1, Hillsboro and Miss Nancy Wal ker who teaching school in Sparta. Plrst to correctly identify the farm was Chandler Cates. Har old Summey and Mrs. G. T. Tapp were also correct identifiers. , / ‘ j Traditional Carol Decorations Contest Has Few Entries As matters stand today, some four "home owners in .the Hillsboro area will pick up a total of $172 .in prizes being offered in a Home Decorations 'Contest being spon sored by the Hillsboro Merchants " "n.sociift‘on. V • 1 - That Was tie number of entries tn 'the contest late yesterday, ac cording to Merchants Association .Sefl-eiarji Edna Dawkins. ; I ' Iie&'tilmc for entering tht* eon ! test . is December 17th. Saturday, ,*fidf ^trtrjej., postmarked by mid: Ihfght on that day will be eligible or the judging by the secret, com fhtttefe on Tuesday, December 20. beginning at 5 o’clock in the af i e-.noon. .Prizes will be givcp^according to the following: best la’wn first ind second prize; large house, first and second prize; and small house, first and second prize. propriateness, originality, beauty, music . and lighting. Winners will he ~ announced in The News, of Orange County next Thursday. Merchants contributing prizes were the following: Allison Flower shop, Bivins Furniture Co., Browning's Esso •Service, Botsfords TV Service. J. L. Brownr and Sons, Brewer's Appli ances. Cates Oil Company, Cole Motor Company, Coleman Hawkins, Coleman Laws, Couch Gulf, Farm ers Exchange, Forrest Brothers; G. and G. Grocery, Hillsboro Jewelry, Hillsboro Dry Cleaners. Hillsboro Manufacturing, Hillsboro Service Station, Herring - Conners Chevrolet? James Pharmacy, Latta Brothers Tractor, Irene’s Florist, Miller Service Station, Mangum )ry Cleaners, News ,of Orange County, Orguge County Observes; Ray-O’Neal Motors, Strums Esso, Smith Furniture, Smith Beady-To Wear; Sis’s Shoe Stroe; Shelton’s Gulf Service; Phil Thomas Book: keeping. Walker Oil Company, Walker Milling Co., and Western Auto Service.. IS? Meeting Is Tomorrow Buckhorn Community’s third quarterly Farm and- Jfome Effic iency meeting will be held Friday j night, December 16, at 7:30, at the Chestnut Ridge Church. In the furtherance of the Health ( Project selected by the Buckhorn i Cbmmunity Advisory Board, Chair-1 man Pattye Stanford announces! that the Reverend Keith MyCord, j pastor^of. Hebron Tuid Chestnut Riclfe churches, will discuss Spirit ual Health. Santa Claus will be present and .will distribute a bag of treats to I everyone present. ’ I r~Tfip annual Candlelight Carol Service of the Hillsboro Presby terian Church will be presented this Sunday afternoon at five The choir, un«.:er liie direction, of Mrs C. D. Jones, will sing a number of Christmas songs by not ed composers telling the story of the nativity. In addition to sdlu work by various members of the choir the program will be en hanced by the candlelightin^cere mony and the singing of the junior choir. Miss Marjorie Stiff wjll acconir pany the choir.at the organ. Thbii£h the years ttre service has taken on the increasing flavor of a community-wide service, and again this season the Piesbyteripn Church extends a cordial invita-, tion to the public to attend. CATE KILLS BUCK John. 11. Cate ot tne Calvander Community spent a weekend re cently .With his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Fowler of near Wake Forest. While. there, Mr* Cate went deer hunting with Mr. Fowler and other members of the Wake Forest Gun1 Club. Mr. Cate killed a 6 point -bttck-oirrht’ reservation near Sco-t iand Neck. Institution's Assets Now Over Two Million Following their custom of many years, the. Directors of the Hills horn Building & Loan Association Tuesday night declared another semi-annual dividend on earnings to stockholders of record as of Docember 31st. $ The payments this month, how ever, will be the first under the > 3ta % dividend fate1, which was ap proved some months ago and de clared rctiyactive to July 1st. Coupled with the declaratidb of the dividend was the announce ment that resources of the local association as of November 30 had reached well above the two million dollar mark, or $2,006,844.52. This rep;esents an increase of almost lalf million In resources since Noycmber 30 a year ago when total assets' were ? 1 B58,T48.«r. "' The semi-annual dividend just, announced is expected to total ■round $29,000 and will be distrib uted to some 1,250 savers. The June 30th dividend v this year amounted to $22,620, making the year's total distributed...cartings _ ,.vell in excess of $511000. Induction Call . Comes For Three There is a call for three men ,'rpm Orange County for induction into the armed service for Jan uary. , Mrs. Willie Lee Lynch-., clerk of the local draft board, announced the new calls for men. She also reminded IB-year-old youths that they are required to register with ! 3Cir local draft hpard on th*? day" hey are. 18 or wrfltlfc five days hereafter. Registrants are request ed to keepf**the Local Draft ftoard informed of their status such as I correct mailing address, marriage 'ind birth of babies, etc. Inducted into the service on Nov. ■29 were: Marvin Daniel Bennett and George Alfred Hotelling. Joseph L. Farrish,* Clyde Ulysses Pickard and Edgar Newton Mann Ir> were inducted on Dec .2. MERCHANTS MEET TODAY The Hillsboro Merchants Asso ciation will meet in the Colonial Inn at 1 o’clock for its luncheon 331*96 HOWARD'TAPP AND C. T. McADAMS . . . Give Saturdays To Roof-liaising ... Two Large Gifts Announced ... '*rr Jhey're AIJ'Raising TheRoot' , In New Hope Church Community . “Raising the roof." as a. com munity project has brought the construction of the New Hope Presbyterian Church into its final exterior building stages.. For the past few weekends up to, 50 -members of the congregation have . turned out to give a full day’s labor on Saturday to putting on the roof .decking slabs and car rying out other construction jobs. The Rev. John E. Ensign, church pastor, has been directing the la borers, along with pne or two re ;ular carpenters. Entire families turn, out for these occasions- the women coming along to cook din ner in the big mess hall at Camp New Hope and to wtftch the young er children. In utilizing their own, member ship -for construption labor and iirUttilding as funds become ava ilable, the members of the con- , gregation hope to .erect the es timated S65,000 building for ap proximatly a third less than this figure. They hope to have the en tire structure finished debt-free (See NEW HOPE, Page 2;
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