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I ■ '' ■ I; PARENT. . . t between high iges came to a ago when offi ersity of North -once and for ould begin re- | • examinations ;raduates deslr udents at these ised if at least jols in the State announcements eing done? Be iigh school gra ger a standard ■ words, twenty, assumed that a finished high' red for college i icet the various I i the freshman | lany years now essors and the] in private bull n grousing and e i r academic poor prepara its received "in 8- of them have 1 r it in public. A tell you that a | Of o u r Jiigh in North Caro- j rery little more ltd the seventh school”—gradu go. as grown worse ie have moved mass education. re quantity but le high school stand for much tent a< standard. ■ soon start do he colleges: re imber of quality km. In this way Id hgve to do f pass the sub costs now about $1,000 per| -and in some cases consid f more—to send a kid to e. The University of North, ■na action may save parents, * State a lot of money. - ' •*■’-— ■ ■*>' , f THEM GO. . .Our educa costs are so high in North ma that we can hardly af t° permit a child to keep tmg his grade. That’s what iucators tell you. nay be that if all those who h remain over for another * ®e same grade were aK fo do so, we would not e enough teachers to go d and enough classrooms to them. Jre in such shape that w’e keep shoving them along ler they are ready to go or pother thing: parents do ke to s e e their children a grade, oftentimes felam he teacher more for the c than the child himself. So foil are. T- ,. .We haven’t talked " recently about it, b u t s f'Sddy^.former school pa1, former superintendent l00ls in Union County, and ;r superintendent of Raleigh •chools—has long maintain 1 we should have two types Sh school graduates. One ompleted his work and the as gone to school for twel ja[s The student who has eted satisfactorily his 8 and high school subjects' (n a diploma which entitles “enter college without ex lon- The student who has assed biff work is given-a !catc showing he has com n® years required for gra ?n He is ready to go out art making a living—to en M!le tl-ade—but he is n o t “f college. He is not pre ■ He will probably be mak ,re money four years hence “ hoy who went to college may make more of a suc “ life—but he is not the fype and therefore can - — ^LSPllfg# and squand *y for nothing the hard aollars of sacrificing par ;« V . See Roundup, Page 2) ■tf . « ' Scen** ,,m,lar to the on* above are-taking piece almost nigM ly^in some part of Orange County where school leaders and mem- -J ,he * toering committee promoting the fdrthcoming $2,000,000 school bond issue are holding panel discussions at PTA's, Granges, and other civic meetings. The picture above was , taken at the Cedar Grove Negro School PTA meeting last week, Shown are, left to right, John S. Hawkins, member of the County Board of Education, Sam Gattis, dainty accountant, R. 0. Forreet, a member of the steering committed H. H. Webb, principal, Wayne Compton, school committeeman, Luther Corbett and Carter White, steering committee members. * '• • • • . > J'i s- ' • ■ TV ■ : ■ • : ' Women Voters Schedule Bond Issue Forum Climaxing several months of ^tudy on the needs of Orange County schools, the Chapel - Hill League of Women Voters will fea ture a panel discussion on "Why A Bopd Issue For Orange County Schools?” at an open meeting on Wednesday, February 29, at the Town Hall. Mrs. Richmond Bond, president of the league, will serve aS mod-' erator of the four-man panel-. Par ticipants will be Carl Smith, chair man of the Chapel Hill school dis trict board; Clarence Jones, ihem [4wr of -the Oranpp. Countv school board. County Commissioner Hen-! See VOTERS, Page 8 County B * >1 Bonds; 2 Object Monday A resolution urging the County's voters to pass the $2,000,000 school bond issue in the March. 20 referendum.- was passed by the Board of Orange County Confmis* ■Sinners at a. special bearing on the issue Monday' in .Hilsboro. Only two persons appeared to object to the proposed issue as the commissioners unanimously passed an order calling foy the bond is sue,—if- approved -by-.the,... voters./ Commissioner Sim Efland- whs ab sent from the Board meeting. Proposed B'/ Lanier f The resolution backing the pass ■ age of ..the' referdum was introdUC- j ed bv Commissioner Edwin S., Increased Poultry Production Foreseen For Orange County - ft* ^ , \ V -■■■ An uo&uuHt of -interest »in. in creasing commercial egg "produc tion -has • been noted through Orange-County, according to Coun ty Agent Don ^latheson. Much impetus has been provid ed by the Agricultural committee of. the Qrange Cpunty.Ag' ieidtural and Industrial ^Development aim mission set-. Up last, year, . ,: The Agricultural committee, working with farmeis throughout the county, has proposed a five year plan which would increase poultry production in the county about 100 per cent within the next five years. .. , Orange Cuunty farmer&rffftduld be in a good position to compete successfully with poultry farmers - elsewhere in the United States... There is a good market for poul- j try product^ in this section. „Thc Farmers Exchange has re cent lvemployed Tf yel4-qualified Egg Marketing Specialist to pro mote the volume sales of high quality eggs They have placed an order for sorting and g chines of an approved have cold staraga liaciiities - tor the storage of su. plus eggs. The manager of this department states .that from sixty to eighty per cent of- the eggs Used in Durham, are brought in from out, of the state. Poultry farniers in Orange Coun ty have just about doubled their production within the past five year period.. Poultry now biings a gross income, ^f. almost a million dollars annualy, and is the' third iargest farm income-producing en terprise. . Many Orange County farmers See POULTRY. Page 8 - Lanier and seconded by Dwight* Ray. -It stated in part. "Be it re solved that the Board of Orange County Commissioners .is per suaded by the data submitted to 4t by the County and Chapel Hill School Boards, that the $2,0000,000 called for in school bond authori zations,is urgently needed for min imum school building require ments between now and i960; and that the board recommends and urges the people of OrangeQoun ty to support and vdte their ap proval of the proposed bond issue in the March 27 election." This motion carried after considerable] discussion,, board member, and the two protestanks’ qu<4'.io'ning the propriety of such direct support Appearing in opposition to the issue were O. F. Riley and W. A. Boyd of Hillsboro. Speaking voci fcrously^gainst the pppposakrth^P cited the ‘‘unsettled situation caused by the SUpt'eme Court de cision" and noted further that schuots are .standing idle??- in Mm County. The latter was a refe epee to the iab^ndoned St. IMrfy's School. Commissioner Laniqr ques tioned the two at some length on their opposition.,.— ' "V '■ ’*■ * ' ■ ■ ■ Smith In Support Rumus j. Smith Sr., Co-Chair* man of the Citizens Steering Com mittee-for'passage of the bond is sue, also spoke before the-com mittee declared that Orange Coun ty won't need any fewer class rooms even "If segregation is end ed in the schools system: He also noted’ that Orange held fourth place in the state in the rate .of its population growth in the last four years. “We can’t build schools overnight," he said. • ‘ , Who Owns This Mystery Farm? ’• » i - * 'V' . : _ ■ -' . ", ;■ ■ - ■■ * ."*1 1 WM identified as the old Lee Tapp farm, now owned by Charlie Last week'*. my*f*rV Mj|e creek ona i„d a half miles south of Efland. Present oc Brown, which is located 6" . on tha ”$ite, over 100 years old, was torn down some years cupant is Luther Wagner. Jh ^ <#|| week was Bill Ma<e pf Route 1, Mebene. He was ago, and the present one bui Stanford of Efland. Each week the owner of the mystery . followed in second place by . , f th. f;rm while th* first to correctly identify it re — < ~~ e~*-,. ^ | WHAT'S HAPPENING $ TO OUR; DOGS? That it thg question raised by several dog owners in the vicin ity of the CMd F.aucette Mill Road in the Feirview Communi ty. Three have come home to die From poisoning, three have dis appeared anrj cannot be found and one has come home badly scalded. They are hot just mongrels, but valued highly by each of the five different owners. Cashe Boggs, who hat had one to die and a coon dog that can hot be found. Is offering- e re ward to the pertton solving this question. Orange Scout District Named Tops in Council The Orange District of Boy Scouts has been adjudged the “top district” in the 12-county Qcconee-1 chec Council for 1955. Announce ment of the County’s high rating . for the past year was made by Council staff member Bill Roth at the monthly dinner meeting of the district committee recently. Mr. Roth, a former Chapel Hill ian, paid tribute to local Scouters and parents of Scouts whose sup port helped to provide thfe dis trict’s Boy Scouts with the “best over-all program as measured by the Council’s to tests of success ful Scouting,” ' Following his announcement of the Orange district's compara tive standing among neighboring districts Mr. Roth described the ; Council’s program of Explorer ac tivities, of which he is the Direc tor. He announced that a get-to gether of Scouters would be held in the County on March 7 for the purpose of developing further ac tivities for Explorers. The following local Explorers met in special ses&iori with the District Camping Committee: Leigh Skinner, Jr., Tammy Lcflcr, Allen Smith, and Montie Milner. Ex -ploring is. designed’ to meet the needs of boys, 14-17 years of age; Reports were given by chairmen of operating committees and plans were made for the district’s par ticipation Jn^Jhe Council-wide ex-^ positioiytotawe place in Raleigh on Maifch 17; pay Ritchie, district special events chairman* announced that Bob Windsor will serve as chairman of the exposition commit tee. Wilbur Klutz has been placed in charge of ticket safes. . In a brief ceremony Scout Exec? utive> Robert L. Collins presented Universal Scouting lapel pins to the following Scouters who recent ly have accepted positions of ’ re sponsibility in district operations: Wallace Williams, Vernon „Crook, Hugh T. Letter, Bill Freeman, Jess Dedmonfl, Bob Windsor and June Merritt. r Announcement was made of the appointment of the following neighborhood commissioners: How ard Culbreth, Scouts in Chapel Hill: Andy Gutierrez, Cubs in Chapel Hill; and Kay Winecoff, Hillsboro Scouts. A feature of the meeting was an inspirational talk by the Rev. J. R Green, of Chapel Hill, who in 1911 organized a Boy Scout troop in Hillsboro. This was the first group organized in Orange County and one of the first in the nation. 7~7 ■ S' POOL PROGRESS Much progress has been made on the "new swirnming pool at Camp New Hope. It appears now that this hew $80,000.00 concrete pool will be ready for the 4-H boys' and girls from Durham, Franklin, and Orange Counties for their camp in^June. The 4-H group will be the first to officiatly“open the camp and use the pool._ WORKING AT VETERANS HOSPITAL ' ^ .■. " "■« ' »"■ Gray Ladies Contribute 882 flours GRAY LADIES AT WORK—Mr*. Helen Hanna, Mr*. Fred Cata* Sr. and Mr*. Fel|i< Forrest, left-above, are among the Hillsboro contingent «f Red Cross Gray Ladies who regularly work at the Veterans Hospital in Dorham. At right, Mrs. Forrest, Mrs; Cates and Mrs. Alan Whitaker are shown With-a patient in-the Hospital Library. j The Orange County Chapter o< the*-Xrhcrican Red Cross reports | ' that Hillsboro's Gray Ladies have I given 822 hours of service to the ! Veteran's Hospital in Durham dur ing 1955. L T-his is an average of four X»rayf( Ladies on duty each week giving ' an average Jof 17 hours of service | ^ each per month: half of a day each week of Gray Hillsboro ladies who gave one Lady service are Mrs. Lawton Pet liL (irey .Lady Chairman for the year; Mrs. Curtis. Scott, Mrs. Allen Whitakei, Mrs. Helen Hanna, Mrs Fred Cates, Sr., and Mrs. Felix Forrest who is the Chairman of the Piedmont Service'Council of the American Red Cross in addi tion to her .regular. Gray Lady duties. ; V - Mrs. Wilson Cole is Chairman of Supplies and’Entertainment and on call for Special Service Enter tainment are Mesdames Cole, Ceorge (lilniore, WcBan?, j. W. Dickson, W, V Fryer. Ben' Johnston, Allen \Va)ker. ,0. ('<■ Parsley and MiSs Flora Spurgeon. | Eighty - one additional workers , for 11 special assignments were provided for work in the hospital. This work included 4 cigahette dis t ibutions; 3 coffee hours, 2 birth day parties;'a bingo party; toe Hal loween carnival, and a Christmas party confined with a birthday par*v. Three supply assignments at the hospital were met by ,the Chapter. Supplies included four do?ch. tubes toothpaste, tooth brushes, shaving cream and six razors, i Spiritual comfort was also pro vided the patients. One of ...the town's Mens Bible classes and their - teacher conducted the regular les son with the patients at the Hospi ."tul Chapel on a recent Supday morning. ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY Wayne Frederick narrowly escaped serious injury Monday night when the automobile he w|is driving crashed into another 've hicle headed south on Churton St. in front of the Shepperd Strud wick. home. * . ' Frederick;- who" was knocked un conscious for several minutes but otherwise not seriously hurt, came out of. th|e side street into the path of the other-car Damage to both cars #4s estimated at about $800. Heart Sunday To Be Observed This Weekend Here, Nationally G. Paul Carr chairman ai the H)5C Heart Fund in Orange Coun ty, stated plans, are .well .under way to-give local'residents an op portunity to contribute to the heart program. , * j “Whatfi true of the nation, Noith Carolina and Orange County is just as true of the' individual .townships and communities that .make up our^county and state— that diseases of the heart and biopd vessels account for over half of our healths,’ declared ■ Carr. “but it is equally true that we have the same hopeful future in the pteady advancement of re search into the causes and better treatment of these diseases,” he said. “With our continued support, medical science will reach vie-' lory,” he emphasized. “1 would like to appeal to all ! of our church peaple, our clubs and their leaders, our teachers and principals and all interested peo-' pie throughout the county to help ' educate the public in the import ance of fhe’Heart Fund Drive,” Carr declared. ' _.j Up stressed the importance of everyone beiri« informed of the drive Sunday afternoon, February ”Se HEART, I'age 0‘ - No Speculation YefOn Board; Rally Planned Pre-campaign political activities continued at a high pitch this week in Orange 'County with the entry, of a third man in the race for the State Senate' and the eli mination of two strong potential candidates for the seat which Alamance’s Ralph Scott has held for the past six years. At the same time, the Orange County*'' Young Democratic Club launched an intensive membership drive and announced plans for an old-fashioned political Tally ten tatively scheduled for the last jjjMfe in April. f A supper meeting to discudl plans for. the event will be held Friday March 2. at 6:30 oclncd at Colonial Inn in Hillsboro and a general meeting wiH follow at 7:30. All interested Democrats ere oeing invited to attend this plan ning session. YDC leaders met Monday at Pines and selected Odell H. Clay ton of Hillsboro and Harold Ed wards of Chapel Hill as co-chair ! meifTor the event Roy Cole was named to head publicity. Prof. 1 -George - Nicholson and Gordon | Cleveland will head the Distin guished Guests committee. During-the week. County Demo cratic Chairman R O Forrest of Hillsboro and County Solicitor John Q. LeGrand announced pub licly that they would not be can didates for the Senate. Both had been prominenttjr mentioned* precampaign speculation. Mr. For rest said he would not make the race because of pressing business demands whde Mr. LeGsan* at tr^K^wM** ‘El#***1**1 and professional consideration.' Both admitted they had %tcn con sidering the race earlier The third avowed candidate for the Seriate oprnmrfg Bdw'in J ■ Ham lin. Hillsborcj newspaperman, and Jolin T. Manning. Chapel Hill at torney,- is former Chapel Hill May or Edwin S. Lanier, currently a member of the Board of County j Commissioners. Lanier s;|ld he would retain he* I Membership "n the Board while campaigning for the Senate He resigned from the .Chapel Hill post to take the Commissioner job to which he was* elected in 1954 for four years ' Speculation regarding possible candidates for tg'o seats on the Board,of Coun ty Commissioners re mains relatively quiet. -Neither Chairman R J M Hobbs or Com missioner Sim Efland, whose terms expire, have indicated their inten tions regarding spelection. M:. Lanier, the Director of .the University's Central Office of Rec ords and Student Aid, is a native of Candler County, Georgia, and attended the University from 1921*1 to 1925 For six years he taught high school af~the Baptist Ocphan age in Thoraasville, leturning* to Chapel Hill to become Director of Student aid at the University in 1930 He was a member of the Chapel Hill board of iddc^men from 1945' to 1949, resigning to run for Mayor against the late Robert W. Madrv He served as Mayor of the Tows until bis election to the County Board for a four-year term in 1954. A Baptist See POLITICS, Page 8 Chapel Hill Candidates For Senate JOHN T. MANNING EDWIN S. LANIER
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