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NO. ’5 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, H. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL IB, 1956 EIGHT PAOBS THIS ISSUE I KIDD BREWER’S ftenv this week by T. wood, Executive V. ’ P., Merchants Ann.) i—*-♦ ■ •.i 1 <0N . Can Alton Len ie handsome Wilmington ^er who ran for the U.S. two years ago—and made ly good race of it—defeat ton's Ertel Carlyle ^ for is in the Seventh Dis Dr. has Lennon lost his ling charm? j Lennon has served in S. Senate, as well as the! Sente, and has been so ent for the past five years, mid think that the politi phets would be seeing him Brother Carlyle the fight life. If they are seeing it, r?n’t saying it. Their at is in the Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Districts. ■ , is no doubt due to the at they have predicted s defeat so frequently in st, they don’t dare do so , ... / '| Congressman in the State I a harder time of it keep seat than Ertel Carlyle— ep it he has. Lennon may iim this time — but we ’t bet any money on it. - I RALPH! ... If Carl n and Thurmond Chatham | eated, there is. going to be of confusion in North Car ind in Washington, D. C, i has Ralph H. Scott, i Scott’s brother, op Chatham has I tmnmer Is here, es no difference if the $ are' out and frogs arc ng in the meadow, you’d not flirt with the weather you'll suddenly find yqur 'ozeh, drowned, or a bone g, combination of both, h is. a literal flower gar !)is month, but that some lalces this sorry weather all rder'on us. ' hear of Dogwood Win ’ •* - '■*- l hadn't either until recent read in the Bladen Journ I the Northampton County shout it: lend tells us that each year the- blooming season ofa ogwood there is a return iter to the area. This was by oljj timers Dogwood ne times the Cold spell ’ they say, as the dogwood ms begin to unfold .their I then again, in the height blooming season, or even latter part of the season.” legend has it that after the ogwood Winter has passed will be no more killing If.this rule holds, we are several more days of time winter — as the two °ds in our backward are 1 bloom. <D TROUBLE .. 4 The old Member came down to ast the morning after init wemonies a little bleary ,nd wobbly, but stiffly erect h,°w of, dignity. he sugared his coffee, his loticed that one of his, was bandaged. She asked < 1 explanation. was a blatter of small con lce at our lodge banquet1 'ight, Magnolia", he told, ne of our younger brothers an’t handle their corn got e unde? the weather. One m stepped on my hand.” ®NC We note in the 13 issue of State Travel in> put out by the N. C. of Conservation and De "ent» that the.first channel ' the season, from the surf, Ju8ht at Hatteras Inlet on I XQVMDVP, Page 2) Exchange Minstrel Opens Friday Night Aij&jE-xcnange Club will present its “Ole Time Minstrel Sho«T of 1956” tomorrow and Saturday' nights at 8:Q0 p.m. in the Hillsboro High School auditorium. Complete new costumes and many new faces and talents will be in the " ‘56” show. One of the feature acts will be a new idea for the “Oleo” (Oleo ministrel jargon for acts between acts). The “Qleo” acts alone are worth the pric^ of admission — $1.00 for reserve seats, 75f gener al admission, 35e students. Reserve seat tickets are on sale, at James Pharmacy; Corner Drug'and Hills* boto Sundry. • ' '.. One gentleman citizen has donat ed the material to "make the com plete costumes. One very nice lady lias tailored, free of charge, all the costumes. Seventy-five to a hun dred people have given their time and tahpnts to produce this show. Now, -ail that remains is for 700 people each night to come and en joy ,the show. The Exchange Club will refund to any of these 1400 people their price of admission if they say they did not really enjoy 'the show. What" can you lose? Sec you at the Minis trel! * i All proceeds go to the develop ment of the park. Minstrel scene.Weekend Entertainment Candidates Meeting Set Next Wednesday Th first public forum fot1 Or ange County, congressional district and township candidates'is sched uled in Hillsboro for next Wed nestfv£_ niaijt and another follows on tw^fcmay-ntgdt, k big > Demo cratic Party rally to be held 'at Schley Grange. The Legislative Committee of the Business and , Professional Women’s Club of Hillsboro will sponsor a “MCet the Gand d-it's program next Wednesday ove.r ing, April 25, at'8. o’clock in the new courthouse in Hillsboro. ' Every cftSenTor even -p* t -n l' Orange..County is invited to at tend. -At this time each candidate from Orange County and the Sixth D$lrTcTwTl] H^e’We* offlWtmtitv to express! his views on vital" is sues' eon fronting the citizens oi Orange County. After .the candi dates have stated Oie major temtt' of their platforms, a question and answer period will follow. Candidates who have been in vited to attend this county-wide meeting are: Simpson L. Efland, 0. W Evans, R. J. Mv Hobbs, Don ald M. Stanford and Hugh 'Wilson, 'or County Commissioner; Edwin stf* tfaliiiMMr Ed\tio £*' Lanier and John T. Hanning, for State Senate; John W Umstead and Georgs Harward, House of Representatives; James R. Farlow, State Commiss ioner of Labor; John Hawkins and Vernon Truesd«le, County Board of Education')’ Vernon Burch and John L. Rogers, Constable (C H. Township): Car! T. Durham and Rajph Scott, U. S. House of Rep rcstiitrves';* Ed Laws.'Justfce'oT the Peace, HiiLsbbi o township.. X RAY TETA-NUS- CLINIC i nr. 0 David Garvin, announces "jhal a. X Ray 'and Tetanus vaccina iion Clinic -will be tyfld at Cedar GrOve. School in Cedar Grove -1hi's afternoon between 1:30 and -I o'clock This clinic ift for every one, •*. Mystery Farm Of The Week Who Owns This Mystery Farm? _ ■ . ^—" “W-. -_ arM.^jwni.HW” A 1 ; .. k _,. .. U .h. .< Mr «r.. Marion - Last week's farm was identifi Hi„$boro. It consists of 137 acres. The house was built in Walker on Highway 57 four «"•'«. r#|$#d. , jentlfy above "mystery farm" first and youwill re 1935. Cattle- tobacco »nd sm*'‘ 9WS Orange C survty. Harold L.tta of_Hill»boro wa*^h* first to. , ceive a free subscription to The r. ^ mounted pte*u« at tjlfir Mi« « '» appeared in the call-last. week. The Walkers^ave charfes Williams, Mrs. Gladys Coley, Mr. M J. Walker, Mrs paper. Others to correef'y •<*•«♦ »V,abfree T#d Mer.in. Mr*. Henry Walker, Alag Wjrtkins^Mrs. R.ch.rd ilcired Thompson, Mrs. W. A. V Sum ney, Ed Barnes, Virgia Jones, 0. -0. Reitzel, Mrs RobeflSr Mrs. Everefte 1K*"n*?',atta’ Donald ChiUress, Betsey Lloyd, Mrs. C. B. Nichols, Marion Wal filler Mrs. Bill Miller, J e Filing Deadline Passes-Election Official s Named ** • - - ' Commissioner, Senate Races Top Interest Voters of Orange /-County, will have 12 candidates, to select from in races for Coun ty offices lit is year. , ! A last-minute-contest in die \fay 26 Demon.a tic pri mary developed in the Coun ty School Hoard rat e nn Sat urday, moments before the Board of Elections noon-lime deatt’ line for candidates*, filing. Ver-; non -Truesdale, official at the Eno plant of the Duke Power Com pany and a resident of Route Two, Durham, appeared „ before Board to file fof the 1 seat at-stake on (he three-man board. He is op posed (or this nomination by John W. Hawkins, currently filling out (be term of Harry Breeze of Hillsboro Who resigned earlier this. year. Mr. Truesdale has "two young children and this is his first quest'for public office. He pledged “to work for better schools | for ail iu Orange County” if elect ed to the,Board. Sim L. Efland, incumbent coun ty commissioner, ended specula tion regarding his candidacy yvhen he filed with the Board 'Vriday morning to make it a five-man race for the Board of Commissioners, i Other filers or. Saturday morn* ing were Republican George Har ward, running a second time against Representative John W. Uinstead. J. Ed Laws, former reg ister of deeds, who seeks election a Justice of Peace far Hillsboro Kinship, and Johnj£, Rogers of Car^boVe.' incumbent 'cotrtthb^e of Chapel Hill township, seeking re election. L Efland Statement . f Mr. Eflanci, in revealing his in tentions in the current primary campaign, said he planned to be in the county from now *on He said his' rgcenj visit to the Southwest Lot* business reasons requirecKtwice as much time as anticipated, thu^ his' unexplained absence frtim ' a number of meetings last Fall, i He issued the following state ment in connection with'Hi's can’di •I dacy: ■ Many trends' throughout Or ange and Alamance Counties have urgwl-that-I become & candidate l for the Senate in the forthcoming primary. My business interests, however, will not permit me to de vote the tim$ necessary to earn . . . , ___ THE FINAL MttfUTES before the filing deadline is always a period of greet activity for the Board of Elections, in each election year. Saturday was no exception. Last filer for nomination in next month'* Democratic Primary, Vernon Truesdale o f Eno township, came in with only minutes to spare, flanked by two enthusiastic sponsors, his brother, J. H. Truesdale, shown with filing fee in hand, end John Marshall Link, standing at right. Board Chat rman S. T. Latte is seated at right, Republican Member Marshall Cates Jr. at far left. Truesdale is a candidate for the Orange County Board of Education. * • , paign and serve in the next term of the legislature. Inasmuch as there already three candidates of outstanding ability already seeking this post, I believe the Orange County viewpoint will be well rep resented when the successful can dluate goes to Raleigh. 'With reference to the Board of aCjphty Commissioners on which I Up *&een prtvtlegetfvlb serte fd/ the past terms, may 1 say that 1 continue td believe it should be composed of the widest represen tation possible, with every section of the county insofar as possible being represented. This was the idea behind the increase to the live-man board. “I am not opposed to any of the presently announced ^candi-! *dates> for' County* ComimsuoMr. Rather, 1, believe that all are able men* .However, the large number of people in* tho. northern.(halt of the county, which (has not yet presented a., candidate for the .Hoard of Commissioners, who have requested that I run a^ain empha sizes to me oven" more strorigl/ the necessity for a candidate, from tliis half of the county. "I am aware that the path of least resistance* for Ute, after my long service, would be to withdraw from the hoard. This I will gladly Up if a strong candidate represent . ;;iiv(j of rural Northern Orange writ carry the banner. Since it does I trot appear That this wifF' occur, I have - agreed to file for- County ! Imnhissibrier by noon on Satur day. "I solicit your support-and your \<»te. If elected, 1 shall continue to j render prompt, impartial and ef ficient public service to all the { pet pie of Orange'County with the best, interests of the taxpayer at heart at all times.'’ The Republican Party prg-j ditced only one candidate for the County ticket in the Novem- j (See ELECTION, page 8.) ORANGE COUNTY CANDIDATES For County Commissioner "Simpson I/. El land, (incumbent) Efland; O. \V Evans-, Hillsboro," Route Three; R. J. M. Hobbs (in iVumbent), Chapel Hill; Donald M. Stanford, Chapel Hill: Hugh Wil i son. Orange Grove. For State Senator Edwin J. Hamlin, Hillsboro; Ed win S. Lanier, Chapel Hill; John : T. Manning, Chapel Hill; For State Representative John W. Umstead (incumbent), I Chapel Hill; George Harward, Cha ! pel Hill, Route Two (Republican). For County Board of Education i ,Jphn Hawkins (Lncumbent), Cedar Grove; Vernon Truesdale, Eno. For Constable (C. H. Township) Vernim Burch, Chapel-HilU-John.. L, Rogers * (incumbent), Chapel Hill. . V -V. For Justice of "Peace, Hillsboro J Ed Laws, Hillsboro. „ ,1: Late Filing Candidates VERNON TKUESDALE SIM EFLAND J. ED LAWS GEORGE HARWARD Candidate Statements Bpth candidates for the County School Board issued . statements this week in connection with their candidacies. Truesdala Statement Mr. Truo.sdule's statement: "I. present myself as a candi date for the Orange County School Board in the May 26 Democratic Primary Election. 1 see the need of progress in our local school system to keep abreast with the growth in our County population. “If - elected to this responsible Board, I promise to work for bet ter schools for all in Orange County I will seefc to deal fairly wit^ all segments of our popula tion, and do all possible to stand ardize the Orange County schools. This is my first venture in the political field." • Truck-dale " is married to the former Miss Mary Thomas Roberts. They have two children. Tie is a graduate-ot Hillsboro' High School, and attended Oak; Ridge Military Academy. -He has been connected with the Eno Steam Plant iof die Duke Power Company for 20 years. He is a Baptist and a Mason." ' Hawkins Statement Mr, Hawkins' statement "Having b<on appointed on the 24th day- of January, 1956 by the Democratic Executive Committee unanimously to fill1 the unexpired portion of Mr. H. P. Breeze s term on the Orange County Board of Education, I am now announcing as cam!.date for election as the third member of the Board of Edu cation of Orange County. "I am a farmer of Orange Coun ty-, Cedar Grove township. 1 have served on the Orange County Board of Commissioners one term. 1 have served as School Commit teeman i.or 2(1 odd yeafS. "I am- a - member "f the ,Deino cratic Party and am interested in the welfare and education Of our children in Orange County. If ■*"" ---— —J elected, 1 will serve the peop.e of Oranee Countv to the best* of my ability.” New Polling Places Chosen At 2 Precincts The Orange County Board of Elections, meeting last Saturday morning at the courthouse, named prccihct elections officials for the next two years and officially des ignated new polling places for - two Chapel Bill precincts. New voting places for Chapel Hill No. 2. will he at the Student Hut of the Presbyterian Church on East Rosemary and for Chapel Hill No. 3 Woollen Gymnasitup on Raleigh Road • Former polling places for theae precincts were the Legion Hut and the Institute of Government Barracks. The lat ter has been torn down and the former is expected to be within the next few weeks. Four registrar* were appointed for full two year terms for the first time; the remainder were re appointed, all having served pre viously and for varying period of time. The new registrars \ are Mrs. Marie K. McCulloch, Rt. 1, Cedar Grove for Tolars Precinct; Mra. Warren Walker, Rt. 1, Hillsboro for St. Mary’s Precinct; Mrs. Hen ry E. Royal! for Chape) Hill No. 1; and J. A. Warren for Chapel HUl No. 2. Three of the new registrars served temporary appointment! during the recent bond isaue elec tion. - __ The complete list of elections officials is as follows: (listed be low in the following order: Pre cinct, Registrar, Democratic Judge, Republican Judge) , Hillsboro; Mr*. Alton WftHams, Lloyd NdeH. C Lai**, it. White Cross; Melvin Lloyd, Wal lace Copeland, Mrs. Elva Wood*. Tolars:, Mrs. Marie, K. McCulloch, Miss Alma dreeie, Mrs. Oma While. St. Mary's: Mrs. Warren Walker, D S. Walker, Mrs. Betty Hill Crab tree. . Cedar Grove: Mrs. R. E. Hughes, Mrs. Clair McDade, J. S. Dark. University: J. M Harris, W. P. AnitrewsV" Tbm JoKASon^' Caldwell: W. O. Miricey, C, H. Berry, Richard Gates. ""'Effandr Tf'E KMyes. Mrt John • S Forrest, Mrs. Curtis Brown. Cheeks Crossing: Henry R.. Heath, Vernon D. Jones, E. L. •Cheek. *—— _• Chapel Hill No. 1: Mrs. Henry E Royall. Newborn E. Piland. Mrs. John Crawford. „ Chapel Hill No. 2: J. A. War ren, G. S. Baldwin, Chapel Hill No. 3: Harold Wal ters, - Walter Baucom Guerney Riggsbee. Chapel Hill No. 4: Mrs. Irene Scroggs. Mrs. Raymond Adams, H G. Dorset!. § Chapel Hilt No, 5: Mrs. Lindsey Neville. \lrs, Ralph Blackwood. - Sr ,' E. Theodore Dollar. Carrboro: W. B. Ray. L. R. Cheek. R. S. Sparrow. Rock Springs: Mrs. Manley Snipes, Clem Cheek. Joseph C. Dodson Patterson: J. R. Whitfield, L. A. Hogan, J. W Brown. Carr: E. C. Compton, Mrs. E. C. Compton, Coy Kimbro. Coles Store: Mrs. Mitchell Lloyd. Miss Janie Blackwood, Mrs. Lois D. Mtnnis. Area Legion Meeting Here Next Sunday New officers for the l?th Amer ican Legion District ,will be elected at a supper meeting of the S countj; -district to be held here at Post 85’s Hut Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Walter Wren, present district commander of the Orange, Person, Durham area, said a large crowd is expected fo the dutch supper and meeting. All legionaires are invited and are requestd to noti fy thjr commander if they plan to attend in order that sufficient - food may be prepared.
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