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Orange County »ha county by NEWS of HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, OfCBMBER 22, ijWS TEN PAGES THIS ISSUE 1 IG .. The fabulous |fer to Meredith Col subject of a long, rial, conference in bm with representa redith and a member nolds family back in |omething we knew had to sit on until it ktch. Wc were afraid I the story prematore inlerfere with the -and further develop you will be reading Id the middle of Jan tl) HERE.One not sit on when we it yas the bad fecl ftake Forest Board of card Dr. Harolds W. in this column more ago that there was betion among two of lets of the board re president of Wake ■lace. aiak caau- fronj.atl In fairness to thought we misu'nder ptuation, I would like they were deaply sin fir feelings — and 1 the. tolerance they ard me for the state kde in this column lek of-harmony among Vt College leaders on IKS . .< I bumped in es of Wilson, member Senate and chairmar fopriations Committee in Atlanta last week irning from a business pfornia and I was or <ew Orleans. . The' following ^he New Orleans (me on November 24 must to the average certainly not to any i Carolina—except the “Wildcat ^Completior new Allen Oil Field.’ Pd saici: "A new o'i [lien Parish has beer the M. G.ay No. 1 I Sep. 5-6-Sw." pords meant Merry for the Brewer family |IE$DS . While in Snd .Texas a few days [William Jennings Bry 11 had gojje to school pnston-Salem and play with at Duke. He was Big Bil£. pe down to visit me Is cpachirig football at «iss., and stayed down [•on. going to work with pil companies. He no\j fouston.. -.. and is stili business. | old fl-iend of mine is etary of the Baton . Chamber of Com is Opie Shelton of He served as our lirector when I eoachfed Ihian and after th^t was Ispoltfs editor of the plem Journal. hat with Opie. He said [two kinds of people i those who' “have oil ! those who don’t have VT";.. Several days ago word -that the thing WNDXJP, Page 2) UtCOGM'l ION KOI! LONG SEKVICEv-.Rccpntfy James S. Compton of Cedar Grove relinquished his duties as chairman of the Orange County ASC committee after 21 years of service in this capacity.'At,a -banquet held at Colonial Inn on December 9. Mr C mpton. right,-was present a certificate of service and 20-year lapel button by E. \V A vent, district A*<? fieldman. who is in charge of this area of the agricultural agency. M_f. Compton had failed the caunty committee since its inception early in the RcjjscacIL administration - ' * County Tax Listefs Meet, Make Plans For Annual January Work Tie tax listor-s of -.the coun' - mot ] st the rmirthwso—two a schooling on methods lor tv 1“',55 ' tax listings. The schopj was wilder 1 the supervision of S M Pattis,' : County Tax Superv isor. During the meeting taxc listing - forms were given to list takers • a.s vyell a- information and instrue i I tions W-the-pio-mlurcs for the tax i j listing which Degiils in the county: , on January 3rd. - ; i Cattis stated J.but- yte^-biy .rfe quires every resident of'the county regardless of age. to give in his* | personal and real'property for tax purposes. In order .to make ILcas lcr for tax payers, Gaflis stated that-the list-take; s at a future date . wilt announce a‘ Sf.liediile -AS—tB_ ' vjhcre they, will he during the per iod. ft was also .stressed.to the reg istrars-'by ' Cattis., to get cprrect name, age arfd address pi tax pay ers. Gajtis pointed, out that all male's 21-50 years of age arc liable* for poll tax, unit' specialty «einp ted by law, „ ' - 'As a yard stick for obtaining the values Of automobiles, the county commissioner voted to' ust again valuations as set -up . on cost loan value in the National Used -Car . Market . Report Tractors will be valuated in*accordance , with the | National. -Fi»rm Implement Book based on an average cost value, j ;..jA-complete,list of livestock sche dute to be used hli: 1955 tax list ings'has-been approved, including horses, mules, hog', milk • cattle' OeCt,cattle, and bulls' isftti ,’ollow in listing' pof'-ffniij "pimp' :y>. Prepared by the tax supervisor rpan instructions of the Cdtwty Jonimissioriers. tile guide Tontdins jverage values for \ arioifs -types- pt personal' property such as'.'elcMri •al appliances and farm machinery it various .ages in Their* existence, d . enable the 4i>tor ‘to- check on terns givep in.by-the taxpayers, this is .desi^necl to secure 'more yn forni and equitable listing and aircr values on the tax bnbks in -( ing with tbqse-of real property: Also handed the list takers vyere he new values for IfvestocJf'oCall^ inds. They are: Jfilk/ Cattle — purebred,. $105; :oojL470: Grade; $35 * Bdef Cattle -**- pure-! 0,^ pure bred' heifers, over ,15 months of age, $105; pure bred heLLi. unde: 15 months of age, $70; pure bred cows, $105; other cows. $50: other heifers over 15 months. $50: other heifers under -15 months,"SOO Hogs—on loot, $15; pigs under 10 weeks, $4. ■ » Chickens — hens (heavy, 5 lbs: and over). 70c: hens (light,, less than 5 lifts.)A30c; broilers, 30c biddies. JOc. ' Horses—first Vcfass. $50: other grades scaled down. Mules—first class. $60: Other grades scaled ’down. ' Inventories must "be listed at cost January 1, 1956. and provi sip ns must be listed at 15c per pound.' Prize Winners Named In Home Decorations Contest For Area -l-hi. irarpj.priyft winner anri win ners m the major divisions of the Hoiji(\ Decorations contest - spon sored b> .the J.IjJjsh.oro Merchants Association were announced yes terdax following judging by an out of-town panel. Thursday evening. —First prize went lu Mr. and Mrs. Nat Kllis. for their home on High way 70-A west of Hillsboro. In the religious division, first honor went to Mr. and Mrs. Mar shall Cate's Jr and second awards to Mr and Mrs.. Bill Lynch. Mr. and Mrs.~C. B Parris took first place in the Best-Lawn divis *pn, with second prize going to Ml? and Mrs. Harold Bivins. For the, Small Homes Division, •Mr. ...and .Mrs. (). P, (.'ole were .lodged first prize -winners and Mr. and Mrs. John H Lynch sec ond. . Among Large Homes, Mr, and Mr*. Herman Strayhorn took first honors and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Allison second. A number of gifts and services were contributed by local mer chants and distributed among the p ize winners. -afL valued at about (See DECORATIONS, page 4) ASC To Attempt To Reach More Folks In '56 One objective of Agricultural Stabilization arid Conservation of fice in the county next year will be to reach every farmer who has not participated in ASC’s conser vation program for a number of yea is. A. K. McAdams, office mana ger of the local ASC, reports that all coujtfies in the State have been requested to mako a special analy sis of participation in the ASC program for 1952, ’53. ’54, and ’55. The results of this analysis will be used In eaeb&ffice in a con certed attempt to r«*u-h new farms and n#w farnWs ; January 3rd\hrouMi 23rd has been WL.as thAtinieJlor signing up for**ACV praeflfees rt»r the com ing year. farmers in .Orange County as as thrdbghnm fbe State ri 1956 will have an .®ppdi#pnity of making better use of their Agrj (See ASC, pugc 4) » Cole Is Named Exchange Club's "Man Of The Year" E. Wilson Cole, an assistant vice president of Durham Bank & Trust and manager of the Hillsboro Branch, has been jiamed “Exchangeitc of the Year” by his fellow members of the local civic club. Announcement of his selection w»s a feature of the club’s annual Christmas Tarty and Ladies Night event last Thursday evening at Schley Grange hail. I Cole's selection was announced by George A. Cannady, l^st year's recipient o/ this recognition, who was in.ehargv of arrangements and j balloting for this year’s event. Cole has been one of the most aciiv* members of the club for many years an<j this recognition t climaxed his leadership of the club as president during ^he past year, |/n which a number successful projects trer? carried out,and an | ambitious community pane project was inaugurated. 'J^Uou 'omJ UouM — / |/uwn TheNewsStaff 4r ■ ALONG WITH THE. MANY HEARTY WISHES of a Happy Holi , day given by your friends and ours upon the following pages, please accept our own. At this season, the News family, is especially mindful of the contributions of a host of people to whatever success the News has enjoyed. Subscribers, advertisers, vcorrespondents, sub scription solicitors’, carrier boys, postal workers—all have helped to 1 (»*o*»ible the work of the News staff in giving Orange County people coverage of news and_opinion. The merriest Christmas to i everybodyl No Stranger To Financial Spotlight nvqlves Orange Man newspaper arucie neauea "Washington, Success Story” and inyolviire an Orange County na tive who has a -sister in - Hillshoro and ^>§a.vr.te;iH'r * rfialivain and ;enf!y appeared in the business section of The Washington Post. He Ts Janies M. Johnston, sister )f Mrs. I). E. Patterson. wbo was •eared in the New'Hope"communi y. and has recently made a num aer of substantial,contributions to .vard the construction of the new Mew Hope Presbyterian Church ind 'other improvements. ■ By S. Oliver Goodman i Financial Editor -Thirty-five years ago a young jursuit pilot, fresh out of the Vir Force and World War I,, risk id $3333 of his life savings ip h ic\P~ veniwre.; Lt., "James M. John ;ton went into the ihvatmepi lanking business. (See JQHNSTON, page 6) ' saasse? J- ^v^wsiary: ?au-s* t Ki " .. ! ■ ■ . * ■;—? * *' * . E. Wilton Coif, loft, focoivot Six Gills Pile Up On Icy Road Early Tofsddy^ Orange County Tuesday morning No one was injured. Investigating patrolman Tom Brown of Durham blamed ice on Ttnmjfftf for the "accident'.'. He esFT mated 'damage to the cars at $1 025 ___ Brown said the accident series began when Peggy Joyce Walker of Hillsboro, driving south in a; 1954 model car.ikidjled on ihe ice and went partly into a ditch Mary] RpflFTinson Thompson, also of' Hillsboro, stopped behind -the • wrecked car in a 1946 model. Van Leslie Kenyon Jr. of Hills-! boro stopped behind her in a 1955 ! model and was struck rn the rear j by Joe Dallas of Kannapolis jn a 1950 model car.'The impact knock ed the cars ahead into each other. Dorothy Newall Layton, also of Hillsboro, Was next along in a 1949 model car. She put on brakes to avoid the wrecks ahead and skidded to the left across the road and knocked down a cedar tree. The last car, a 1955 model driven by Waylord Austin Godwin of Chapel Hill, crashed into the rear 8f Dallas' eari Six cars pil«l ufa on Highway 751 near Dulhr ^University in Decorations, Yule Spirit In Spotlight Orange County merchants have reported heavy Christinas buying as citizens this week made last minut? plans for the Christ* mas Holidays* Christmas spirit has appeared throughout the county this week as residents have decorated and lighted their trees and horn dee orations. .s^Ji. t In general the 'county and the 1 various communities «-Bl observe' |a two day holiday period- Schools j in the county dosed yesterday - . to open again on January 2nd. The 1 traditional Christmas parties, pno I yams and the' exchange of gifts jJiav* been decorate* Ui the-Christ mas theme fhr the peSl several •weeks Postmasters throughout the county report that the increase of volume in mail was heavy as had been anticipated fiecesitating add | ing extra help through the holiday periyd. * * N, Many churches - and Sunday Schools’held special services feat uring t.aditional Christmas music ? last Sunday,, with a few making plans for special Christmas pro grams scheduled. for this Sunday. With Christmas Day on Sun day t)iis year, most merchants in -Hillsboro—have . announced—that their stores will be closed on Monday and Tuesday to extend a Holiday for employees. It was also stated that a number of business establishments will be closed the following Monday for New Years. , With virtually all of the offices and government" agencies, mills, .’stores and business establishments dosing on Monday and Tuesday, most of the citizens of Orange County will settle down for a quiet and peaceful Christmas Day. Mills generally will close tonight to re-open Tuesday morning. Aside from 'Ole Santa Claus, i who of course is the busiest man in town at this time of year, the housewife certainly rates second place. The. weary housewives are busy completing their final plans for last minute decorating and wrapping of the family gifts, and last but not least—the buying and preparing of 'the annual Christmas dinner. Local Soldier Writes Poem Private William H. Crawford, son of Mr and-Mrs. OL. Crawford of St. Mary’s road has a tender feel CtffMmas tl'fnV: ugh-, he’s home on leav< now, he remembers only days ago when he pounded, the same lonely beat. Last week his poem, "Christ mas Sentinel,” wa;s published as the frontispiece of the Fort Sill 77th Field Artillery Group paper, Ihe Shell Blast.’ We present it herewith: CHRISTMAS SENflNEL I was the night before Christmas apd hearts were filled with joy, While in a des«0ed motor pool; walked a lonely soldier boy, Only his fading footsteps could tie - heard in the chilling winter air, He must have-felt forgotten, but a mother said a prayer. She thanked the Great Creator for 1 giving-her a son, And prayerfully hoped that his, | would be a job well done. . Private of the guard Is he, walking There's onTXson he’^out &£e. Friend, and that' reason is you. There's many more like him who love thp folks back home. In Korea, Japan, .Germany ... the names go oto and on. And as they nootimie to walk their post, " • They’ve one big thought in mind, and that’a their desire To keep peace on earth for all mankind. So as a special favor when you say your Christinas prayer, Won’t you utter a few kind words for that lonely soldier out there? And let’s be especially thankful on this* holy Christmas Day, Our guns are silent, our spirit strong, may God keep them that way. ’ pSHfe M
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