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HEWS of
MJLLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL. N. C
BREWtRo
metft
kus
of
LOSS ... Ral
,{ its great men in
fl)r Ed\vin McNeill
bcfo.e* Christmas,
the outstanding
ie world. ,.
if the leading fam
Ition, he was^a first
Hubert. Poteat of
College. His father
of Furman Uni
many years. His
Poteat, was heat! of
ment at Meredith
jout 50 years. His
lliam L. Poteat, was
rake Forest College,
was versatile. He
ith the best, write
best, and he knew
•s and for a time 20
died the public ad
ments at State Col
lames- .
ill man.
itifuliilie,
»oems, one of which
Faith” and went.as
say that God is
in human guise,
| say he^as sufficed
ight TO
light TO shadowed
I
to speculate
kysterious to the
Ipture,-early, late,
kvcs that once were
.?.... We can ill
men like Dr. Ed
Poteat. The death of
of the Poteat family
I grief to all <frf us—
1 have many around
kr. Poteat leaves a
pam H. Poteati who
, ..i’ vsophy at
ly of North Caro
ft know him person
said he fits the Po
And, if memory
Itl.v, he considered at
[ering the ministry.
is sometimes so
figious- outlook that
ould move from the
the pulpit without
ficulty,>and we could
aVfc a Poteat as one
of the Baptists.
lR BUSINESS ... As
North Carolina
thankful for one of
hristmas seasons,
kipated that — when
December have been
will be shown that
1955 stood right at
Jomically speaking. It
a month yet before
J a full report on De
|up to December 1955
lead of 1954 as fot
permits for the elev
riod were up 22 per
pe same period last
^receipts, up four per
tax collections, up 18
peipts from farm mar
at the samei 18 per
ew corporations were
Js at Alcoholic Bever
store% were up four
ad State income tax
pore up approximate
|cent.
business was boom
tead 0[ November for
fy field except postal
|hich: were down a
HONS
E Wilson—of the N. C
pers Association—wil
lieir new building thi
lave ■ constructed ii
peeks.
Education Associa
l its own building foi
20 years now. on Mor
| but so far as we car
‘ now no other associa
It building. The Motoi
“ices are on West Mail
the old Raleigt
Pings.
a number of small
|ions, we understand
into the possibility
|a building on a coop
[is adjacent to Profess
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L HONORED FOR LONG SERVICS-TuvVw ne u/jicert of the Hillsboro Building and. Loan As•
~sbctdTton~ were 'honored hi the .mTiib^Chm^m^WWMtl fOt l/Mf'Pimluii »/ t.h« u.iflniiiiuliwi,' rfuiiL.
wipes and guests. A 35-Year Cert if ieate of Apprecia ion from the North Carolina Building and 4+m
League teas presented to W. John Clayton, preside it of the association, and a 25-Year-Cenificate went
to B.sS. Carr, vice president, in recognition of the.- respective periods of service as directors of the
building dnd loan ’association. Mr. Carr is shown a1 left, above, and- Mr. Clayton, center, mth Edwin
J. Hamlin, publisher of The'News of Orange Cbun y, who presented the awards on behalf of the State
organization and as .a representative of the community.
Emergency
Designation
Is Extended
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture yesterday extended through
Dec. 31. I9nfi the designation of 31
North Carolina counties—including
©range—as areas where the Farm
ers Home Administration may
make emergency Joans to farmers
The emergency - reltef provision
was «et up )-ne*ln 19.>4 because of
prolonged drought and other u?l
favorable weather conditions.
In addition to Orange, Counties
eligible for the emerg "ov loans
include Alamance. Alexander, An
son, Ashe. Caldwell, I'aswei’ Chat
ham.1 Davidson, Durham. ■>r,'v'..
Grtlltford, Harnett. He > V.-on.
Hfoke, Iredell, Johnston. Lee, Mont
gomery, Moore. Norlhanr 'e- Ra‘n
d o 1 p b. Rockingham, Hieluimnd;
Stokes.-Surry, Union. Wake. Wat
auga. Wilkes and Yadkin.
Meanwhile. LaiggJ^A- Gibson,
county supervisor in charge of
Orange and Durham counties, said
the two-county area availed them
selves of the .emergency loan op
portunity last year He estimated
fhat-;«b<Hit the s;)mi'-.uumb(tr,_Haye
asked for loans this year
He said farmers generally, have
had only one good crop in three
years now and that the extension
for another year will help the
[armors recover economically.
Gibson suggested that^farmers
nterested io more information con
cerning the loans should contact
lis office mi the Agriculture Build
ing in Hillsboro .
ACP Sign-Up
Period Opens
On January 3
Orange Coun'y. formers —wna
wish* to participate in the 1955
Agricultural Conservation* Pro*
gram may sign up lor the desired *j
-pring practices, during the sign
ip period from January 3 to -foil- ,
iary 23, 195f5.
County ASC , the 1956 ACP will I
be divided in . two parts* the
spring program and the fall P'°
i»ram. The spring: program will be
from January 1 fo
Farmers who wish i to*participate.
..•Ill f ie a Tepees!'at the County |
K'SC office for the practices they
,vish to carry but,
^medjafely following the dose.
if the siQRMip «u(,riofl ap.”Al. \
,e made for ml .**$*<»■»
n the limits • availa^'" -ond,
\ppliratnms made after the initio
•ign-up period will be ■ approved ■
jrovidei- 'he-c a"e;fund« available. j
\*11 spring practices must be eat -
•ied out , and reported not later l
See 'ACP,.me *'
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H & L DIRECTORS—A' y ary of'the tabie scene at Colonial Inn
W»m tlireetors and employ/e* of the Uillsborp Buildtn'p &r Loan
.Umir.ni-'on. their vires ami (/nests, held their aii'iiudT CiM tmas
party pfiorto the holiday teason. '
March Of Dipies Drive
Sets Goal Of $10,000
. The annual March of. Dimes
(.liiw veil I hex in in Oranjgp "County.
Tuesday morning with $10,000 as
the goal
K. I'arringtSH} Smith of Chapel
..llill. ;«hu. lias -served as county
phairman for many years, again
will direct the eampaign.
He said the Hillsboro Lions Club
will be in charge of the drive in
ffimtiftro .arid various other civic
organizations throughout the coun
ty Will assist in the sponsorship fff
various fuhd raising ^ctiviUes ..in
behalf of the campaign.
A chairman f<u'" the Hillsboro
drive has not been announced. The
drive will eorrtimie throughout
Januar\
Mr. Sml'h appointed Miss Mary
Frances Kellam in charge of the
mail phase of the drive, Mrs. Jesse
West as Cprrboro chairman, and C.
William Gardner,as* treasurer. ‘He-1
announced that, school children!
would not be given appeal cards
bis -> rai-, SO Ural all residents are
asked to respond to the mail cam
* NO RECORD
The mail volume at the Hill*-,
boro posfoffice broke no rec
ords, this year, according to
"Gle rk - in -charges 6 J’.atter -^j
son, but folks were more co
operative than ever. "
Patterson said yesterday he
had made no comparisons on
Christmas Business this year
with previous years but thought
the volume was about the same
as in years past.,.The rush, how
ever, was not as great as'usual
as lesult of the public's begin
ning the big mailWy operation ,
earlier than ever before. As re
sult the Christmas mailing was !
spread over "a longer period.
"We wish to. thank everyone
for their cooperation and un
derstanding during the pre
Christmas season," said Patter
son.
paign. . -
Alls. (Arville Campbell was nam
ed Chairman u; the Mother's
March' house-to-house solicitation.
Once acain.'hc said, the Jayeecs
will their- read-block collec
tion on one Saturday in January.
• Appointments
Of List Takers
Are. Revealed
Januaiy is t*x listing time by
law. in North Carolina.
By. virtue of this requirement i
list takers in each of the seven ,
Orange County township ' begin
work Tuesday in an effort to get
all taxable property on the books
during the remainder of the month.
A schedule of appointments in var
ious parts of their areas may be
found on another page of this edi
tion. This has been set up by the
list takeis to more conveniently
serve the taxpayers and facilitate
the listing program.
Monday is a holiday, but Ux of-,
fiecs at the courthouse Mil be
Apow »n Tuesday and listers will be
filling appointments In many of
the townships. Most of the town
ship list takers who do not begin
their scheduled visits to centralized
listing places until Tuesday can be
reached at their homes or business
piques.
Each list taker has already been
furnished by Tax Supervisor Sam
Gattis special books, showing the
values of the various automotive ve
hicles and farm equipment as well
as schedules of Valuation of a
nutnbei of other-types of property.
Taxpayers throughout the coun
ty arc urged to list their taxes
early during the month to avoid
the last niinu’e rush that always
develops ' toward > the end of t ic
month.'
All real estate and personal j
property is required to be listed
for taxes and all male persons be
tween-the ages of 21 and 50 are re
qaweil to list pull* during the same
time.
In connection with the listing
farm owners or tenants are re
quired to furnish facts about farms
which is for information only and
.is not used for tax purposes. For
instance, the tax lister must be
informed the acreage o'f each crop
harvested during the calendar year
155. The number of cows, sows and
hens on a farm January, 1956, must
be reported, as well as the number
of people living on the farm on j
January 1, >956. All, of the infor-!
mation is confidential but is need- i
ed 'in making up various agriciil-j
tural reports for the counties in
the stale ■ 11 —
T.iis year, for the first time, dog1
owners will be given a county dog
license when the dog is listed and
wearing of the tag received from
TSe'TaSr
See Tax Listing, page 8
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Top News Stories Of Year
Populatioi
Growth Bi
An expanding Orange County >
bustling with energy and gaining
in population and industry became
the top news story of the year in
1935, as newsmen looked back ov
er the developments of the 12
months past,
Late in November the statistic
ians discovered that Orange Coun
ty’s gain in population during the
first four years and of the decade
was the fourth highest' among
North Carolina counties, that the
county’s population gain was twice
as -high tK? national average
The University and Hs connect
ed institutions had continued to
expand , home-building had soar
ed to big-business proportions' in
the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area and
concerted efforts to find new in
dustry which would fit into the
coonununity’s pattern took on-ser
ious aspects as several firms be
came “prospects” as new industries
for the county and phblic officials!
wrestled with financing proposi
tions for water and other facilities.!
None of this new industry had
actuafly materialized by the year’s
final week, but a county-wide De-j
velopment Commission had been
set up by direction of the Board
of Commissioners, was functioning
with new enthusiasm and a con
crete program ttf iqpease farm in
come had been drafted as one
phaso of the overall effort,
A new lingerie manufacturing
firm came to Hillsboro in the early
summer and soon machines were
humming merrily, the management
was pleased with its reception and
progress and there was talk of ex
pansion if larger quarters can be
obtained. A 5c pay raise was pre
sented to most textile workers in
August and the establishment of
a new truck weighing station near
Hillsboro brought revenue to the
county from its round the clock
employees as well as fines into
the county coffers from violators.
The Town of Hillsboro received
a scare from the 1954 drought and
early in 1955 began plans for elim
inating the dangere of water shor
tage in future by voting bonds and
building a nice new dam on the
Eno river near the site of the Old
Dimocks Mill dam which had wash- I
ed away several years ago.
In a brief flurry early in the
year, the Chapel Hill FTA went
on record in favgr of holding' a
county-wide liquor election a» a
means of getting more^revenue for
schools, but the usual uprising by
church groups brought enough'
pressure to enable the Commis-j
Manors to kill the proposition with i
dispatch and only scattered regrets.]
Parents in grange as elsewhere(
wrestled with the Salk vaccine pro
blem. Some 1,152 took the first
dose but the number dwindled to
less than half" after the nation- ]
wjde furor 6vcr its carl>\ handling.
An Orange County farmer waa
fined $1,298 for violation of ac
reage quotas, and a controversial
issue, rural zoning, was finally
adopted in an area surrounding
Chapel Hill. .
The school attendance problem
became acute when Chapel Hill
school authorities, using a new
found power, declined for a time
to accept assignment of some 400
students from-Carrboro and coun
ty while they negotiated with the
ney. As a part of the problem a
county for $12,000 in tuition mo
campaign to ^et the Carrboro and
White Cross areas into the Cha
pel Hill tax district was begun by
some groups and the whole prob
lem was still in the air aa the
County Commissioners called for
a $2 million dollar bond issue elec
tion to be held next March 20 for
school improvements.
As the year grew older, there
was usuall^ Mg news every meet- ,
ing from tho- County Commission
ers now grown to 5-member size,
until shortly after mid-year and
then there were four members only
to solve the problems of the day.
Commissioner Sim Efland had left
for part# unknown, as far as his
colleagues knew and his seat was
still vacant as the year leaped to
ward its finale — no resignation,
no indication when or if he would
resume his activities as the senior
member in length of service.
Christmas Holidays
Q uietest Remembered
According to Orange County law
enforcement officers, the Christ
mas holidays just past were the
quietest that could be recalled.
The Sheriff’s department re
ported a few calls during the
holiday period but the disturbanc
es were of a minor nature.
Chief George Hunt at Hillsbdro
reported sceufgr7mty ;oTie man in
toxicated on the streets and he
quickly caught, a taxi and went
home. • ’ , „
" The Highway Vatrof reported
only one accident in the county
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Mystery Farm Of The Week
Who O^ms This Mystery
Farm?
Last week's mystery farm was The" Samuel McKe e home iouthof Caldwell, on Route 2 Rougemont
JC miles north of Hillsboro. Mrs.. Clarence. Gates of Route 3. Hillsboro w£ the first to correctly
identify the fit-pi and for this has received a free year's subscription to the News of Orange Coun
ty. Mrs. Roy Woods also correctly identified it. Th e farm consists of 190 acres. Tobacco and grain is
* ra,sed- ,he McKee's have two sons,“E#rl Thomas who is 3\t years old and David .who is'lfl days
old today, Mrs. McKee is the former Mist Geraldine . Cray of Timberlake. The owner has received a
beautifully mounted photo of hie Term and if you are first t0 identify the above you will receive a
free yera's subscription to this paper.
and that relatively net serious dur
ing the holidays.
The Sheriff’s arrest blotter
| showed one man, Wallace Corbitt
of Cedar Grove, was arrested for
| illegally possessing fireworks and
' speeding 70 miles per hour on Fri
|day. Daniel C. Fuqua of Hurdle
Wills_road was charged with
{ speeding, atthapel Hill..'area man,
Fred Briles, was charged with as
saulting^ his wife, and Moses Co
sin of Cedar Grove was picked
{up driving without an operator’s
| license. Another Cedar Grove man,
Allen Farish was caught the fol
lowing day also driving without a
; license and on Christmas Day,
Marvin Lee^'Harris of Cedar Grove
was charged with illegal possession
of nontax paid liquor.. .
Untie King and John Hi Pugh
were pieked up on larceny and
investigation of larceny charges
Friday.
ALPHA ZETA INITIATE
Joseph Freeman Dickey of Route
2, Hillsboro was one of the twelve
top-ranking students’ at North Ca
rolina State College initiated as
members of the college chapter of
Alpha Zeta, national honorary ag
ricultural fraternity last week.
Election to membership in the
society is regarded as one of the
highest honors open to students
in' the college’s Schooi of Agricul
ture.
Several Local
Businesses Are
V -.m
On Move Now
A number 'of business changes
arc aking place on the Hillsboro
scene.
Bi^tsford’s Radio & TV Service
has bought the inventory aiqj
equipment of Hillsboro Radio &
TV, owned by Ri J. Smith, and
moved into the latter’s former
quarters next door toColemau-' '
Laws on Nprth Churton street.
The Western Union and Phil Tho
mas Accounting firm, which oc
cupied- quarters with Botsfordin :
Miss Sue Hayes’ building, also
moved with the Botsford firm,
which at the time of the move
retired from the retail phase of
th appliance business.
McDade Radio & TV Repair firm
announced it was beginning full
time operations. *
Sis’s Shoe Store Shortly will
move from its present location to
the building being vacated by
Botsford.
The John P. Ballard Insurance
Agency will move from its up
stairs quarters in the Minriis build
ing to the ground floor building
next to the Town Hall used as a
^storage building for the Minnia
Grocer}-. _ ._ _ ,
Changes affecting two other ma
jor firms in the downtown business
sectiotf were being discussed yes
terday but could not be confirmed. f
Is One Goal In Farm Program
(Another in the series dicussing
the new 5-gear plan for increasing
agricultural income in Orange
County) , ^
‘ POULTRY. :
Present Situation
The 1954 census shows 152,000
layers on 540 fartns producing 1%
million dozen eggs grossing $600,
000. In addition 8,000 layers for
hatching eggs on 12 farms pro
duced hatching eggs valued at $40,
000. 23 producers said V* million
broilers for $160,000. This dl adds
up to $800,000 fro mpoultry
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Suggeited 1960 Goal and How It
■ $ « •«
Can Be Reached
1. 200,000 commercial layers on
350 fapns producing 2 million doz
en eggs valued at $800,000. *
| 2. 20,000 layers for hatching
jeggs on 25 farms producing hatch
ing eggs valued at $100,000.
3. One million brolers produced
on 40 forms valued at $660,000.
This makes a total poultry in
come of $1,560,000. Recommenda
tions .for achieving this goal would
See Poultry, page S
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