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-— --:-—• _ ••It. kuy, r ky w»lnt tl " m' path 7 of Orang* County. CIGHT PACES THIS ISSUI ^^^ManwoMMaoaiaMMkiaoaiioaMM GOVERNOR? ... A man i already served as local State Senator, and U. S. _ and is now going to ;—is quietly going about be a candidate for Gov 1960 if the situation is vorable. refer, of course, to Alton ofWilinington. ast Governor of North to come from east of was J. C. B. Ehringhaus, elected in 1932. He was izabeth City. Thus it has n 24 years since the east iave had in the mansion heir own — and by 1960 iave been 28 years since > had a Governor from Raleigh. ' . igh beaten by the old n, Kerr Scott, in 1954, has shown himself to be he better young vote-get he State. ENSQN UP . ,. It’s inter o note how political Cor se and fall these days. nth ago almost everybody ting off Adlai Stevenson lied last year’s rose. But !. He moved ahead of Ke in Florida, gave him a ig in California, and is % h* b load to the Deni nomination. hit this down: there is no tevenson state in the U. S. rth Carolina. JNING . . , One of the kening trends in national to our North Carolina its is the way the Repub g-wigs . . . including the ipapers and magazines ... shed Kefauver along dur past yezr. •- .J seems to be no doubt it the Republicans gave tefahver— without his ge -- under-the-table and he-corner assistance In ta. This has been done in f to sidetrack Adlai Ste for the Republicans feel little enthusiasm for Ke mong the men who will the national Democratic ion. on of a dog-fall between in and Kefauver would e way for a dark hor.v, vhip candidate. WING ... I heard last low this second- grade was encouraging her ipiis to report on current d the community, of the little girls finally e floor and said: “Well, it my mother had a baby now the doctor - think my also coming down with SION . . . When A. C. Ed fJHookerton decided last at he would not put the the $100,000 expense of d primary for Lieutenant >r, he increased his pqpu 1 over North Carolina. 1' we get are that one of igs thal| discouraged Ed upst — other than the ex - was that the word had >und that Gov. Luther was in Luther Barn corner. Frankly, we have > no indication of .this — ernor ..-aid time and again neutral — but if Luther dt’s folks got this talk go vas indeed smart politics, exactly the right psycho approach ... with the re ■y wanted. ■let's face it—considering of three wefks ago, there ian we’d rather have on e right now in a North 1 Political battle than one Hodges, our Governor. ^UNCEMENT ... Look important announcement mg the Greater Unlversi North Carolina and Wo C(dlege within the next ree weeks. T UNDERSTAND IT . • - iced this sign banging in Jg Democrat’s back office er day: ou can keep a level head this confusion, you just “derstand the situation.” • hQUNDUP, Page 2) '■ ■ ’■ :r': . ■ : >■ . V * ■ '’•■JtjfiBHi ers, Past And Present, I | PAST CHAIRMEN—Recognized at last week's annual meeting of the local American Red Croa* Chap* ter were the past chairmen of the chapter who were awarded pins by retiring chairman Quentin Pat terson. Shown above, left to right, A. H. Graham, Mrs. J, C. Webb, whose husband was first chapter chairman, Don Matheson, Bonner Sawyer, Grady Brown, Clarence Jones, Tom Bivins and Paul Carr ’ _ ' . .. Photo by Joe Hughes The Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross held its annual meeting June 6th in the Old Courthouse, Quentin Patterson, Chapter Chairman, presided. -The following officers.were elect ed for the incoming" year: Chapter Chairman — Lloyd Noell, Vice Chairman — John Dickson, Efland Vice-Chairman—Mr,.*. John Forrest, Cedar Grove Vice-chairman — Mrs. Lillie Mae Isley, Secretary-Treasur er—Mrs. Owen Allison. Patterson thanked his commit tees for their support during the ' year. Under the leadership of J Hughe**, the fund drive campaign reached a total of $2,334.56, mope money than has been reised sir^o the war years. Mr. Hughes was »***»♦« a *ertifteate of apprecia tion for outstanding community service. ■ * .*■ The work of the Gray* Ladies was prai.-ed and bars wire present ed'those who served 100 hours or more at . the Veterans Hospital. Gray Ladies who have earned bars are: Mrs., H. 0. Bivins, Mr TL 0, Forrest, Mrs. B. Felix Forrest, Mrs. W. V. Fryer, Mrs. Georg; Gll.nore, Mrs. Helen J. Hanna, Mrs. Juanita Mitchell. Mrs. H. W. Moore. Mr • O. G. Parsely, Mrs. Lawton Pettit, Mrs. Curtis Scott, Mrs, Annie Mae Walker, and Mrs. Vera Whitaker. ‘Bonner Sawyer was the speaker The minutes of the Orange Count.'' Chapter of the Red Cro.'s for the years 1917-1019 were reviewed These were years of devoted ser vice %nd marked tl»<? beginning of Ihp Orange County Bed Cross Chapter Following Mr-Sawyer's discus sion of the stirring early years of thC Chapter, the. past Chapter Chapter Chairmen were recogniz ed, and awarded pins. Mrs. J. C. Webb, whose husband was Chairman during the organiz ing of the Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross, was predated a pin in token **i their work during that period. “ Past Chapter Chairmen present and receiving pins were: A. H. Graham. Grady A. Brown, Bonner j Sawyer, Don Matheson. Clarence Jones, Tom Bivins, and Paul Carr. , Mrs. Mabel Brittain. Home Ser- , vice Secretary of the Chapter. 'P'H cussed briefly the National Red Cro.* 's observance Of the 75th year of its founding- j —--—-—* ' .jL ! James White ! Wins Honors James William White, son of Mrs Rosa Long Taylor and grand con of Rev. Hampton Long of Hills ( boro was commissioned as Second mencement exercises at ^ "d ^ College, Greensboro, recenU^ H “juST««Krtar7'i^SjS Kaopa Phi Kappa Forensic S^cie > . kev for proficienc/ in debating, j ^James ranked number one in his , hjh school graduating class at | :entral. - - GRAY LADIES—Among the Gray Ladies of th« local Chaptor who have served over 100 hours at the Veterans Hospital who were pre sented -service bar* wer* these three, Mrs. Curtis Scott, Mr*. Helen Hanna, and Mrx Robert Forrest, who were handed their award by Quentin Patterson. Photo by Joe Hughe-1 ^-1-^i—-— ^^atSTAWDrWTTCWWVHJNfTV^SeRVICE: As Chairman of th* year's membership and fund drive, Joe Hughes and his aides raised more money than in any previous campaign s:nce the war years. He was presented a certificate' of appreciation by Quentin Patterson, right„ . , , Photo by C. D. Jones * St. Mary's Water L!ne Cut On; j Built As Cooperative Project Residents of the St. Mary’s su» turban area, long plagued by fluctuating and inadequate water pressure, are bothered no more. A new additional six-inch pipe line has been installed under a community cooperative project fin anced by the residents of the area, including the new Forrest & Freeland residential development, a few hundred yards to the east of the road. Water was cut into the new line on May 31. The unanimous cooperation and financial support of all property owners served by the new line was obtained by the committee of resi dents in charge of the project. Under an agreement with the Town of Hillsboro,'residents wilt pay an. additional charge each month on,, their water bill (See ST. MARY'S, page 6) --—.: ‘l ' •— __“ Cutting on the water on the new S^. Mary's line were Fred King, the contractor, Myron j Lloyd, Town Water &porinfond ent, and Mayor Ben Jehratom -c Is Convkted On 7 Counts Thomas F. Cathcart, 41, of Hills boro received fines totalling $175 Sd costs and suspended road sen ices totalling a year in Orange County Recorder’s (>urt Monday lice and falling to register with tlje 3 charges of illegal medical prac erk of Court. It was the second time Cathcart his been hailed into court for prac ticing without a licence. Following investigation by the S.BI and Sheriff’s Department, Cathcart two weeks ago was charg ed on four counts of practicing without a license and four With failing to register as a physician. In the hearing on Monday bne each of these wa - non-suited by the Judge and he was convicted on the remainder. In another case involving the possession and use of narcotics, Cathcart was bound over to the Superior Court and bond was set at $250. In still another case in which he was charged with larceny of pharmaceutical supplies valued at tap than $100 from Memorial Hos pital. where he worked as air or derly, Judge Phipps levied a fine of $25 and co^ts and suspended a three months sentence. A Judge ment of non-suit was allowed in a case charging illegal possession of hypodermic syringe.* for inject of habit forming drugs. Judge Phipps ordered him to re move the MD emblem from his ;ar and surrender all claim to drugs and needles, etc. seised at his home here except those which Dr. Rob ert Murphey would allow for u -e by Cathcart’s child being treated [or asthma. witnesses for the State the flowing te *tified on various phas Sr^of Ca'hcart’s activities: Vera tattts, Ruth Mae Moore, Jerriles Jreeze, Annie and Joseph Thomp &Dr, Robert Murphy, SB! Agent Rimmas and Memorial Hos ■jltal Pharmacist W. W. Taylpr, Liquor Raids Brought Good Returns In May Orange County Sheriff O. H. Clayton reported to the County Commissioners that during the month of tyay, 120 gallons of non tax paid whiskey were de 'royed, B raids conducted, ITT pints of tax paTff''Whiskey captured, one^truok told for junk, one car captured one truck^seized and ordered sold and one car ordered sold. * There were 46 arrest*, 35 civil papers served, 1 investigation and 15 witnesses summoned for court. Also, $661.00 of stolen money tiad been recovered. Fines, and, costs given by Court resulting from Sheriff’s Depart ment arrests amounted to $1,093. B0. Sentences given during May in •ases originating from the Sheriff* Dept, totaled 12 months. Total of t.wo years and 11 months liven those who were given sus pended sentences dr placed JULpro^ Nations. The report listed .three trips to Durham, two trips to Raleigh and Iwo trip*’ to Camp Butnef. Civil, fees collected by the ’ Sheriff’s Dept, for serving civil papers jmounted to $113 52 Total fees Col lected in fines and costs, together with costs of civil paper*’ totaled *1,207.32, according to the report. Orange Chapel Homecoming Is This Sunday The annual meeting of the Orange Chapel Memorial Associa tion and Homecoming will be he’d Sunday. June 17 at Orange Chkpel Methodist Church. There will be both morning and afternoon ser-f vices, with dinner on the grounds. Prof. Garland Hendrick • South eastern Rcntist Theological Semin ary, Wake Forest, will be the morn ini' speaker The,, Rev. T. C. Wil liams, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, will appear on the after noon program. There will be speci al music for both programs, and the public L- cordially invited to tune, _. ~ .... rg i v Ip -***---:-----‘-;-»--—-< Senator Erwin Will Address ■ : • ' ' ' ’ , v '* 4 •" * “ * Electric Cooperbtive Members The 17th Annual Members Meet-| ing of the Piedmont Electric Mem bership Corporation will be held Saturday at the . Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, starting at 1 p.m. Honorable Sam J. Erwin Jr.,' United States Senator from North Carolina, will be the principal i speaker. Senator Ervin is familiar! with the many problems of the j electric membership Cooperatives throughout the state and nation, j F. E. Joyner, General Manager' of the Cooperative, stated that nine Directors would, he. elected from a slate of lYlnemben nomi- j nated. The nominating Commit- j tee’s list of candidates has been mailed to all members along with the official notice-of the meeting.1 Reports of the,officials and man agement will be given, an open forum conductor, and considera tion’ to any other business that might come before the meeting. Other prominent people who have accepted invitations to at-1 tend and appear on the program, ' include, Honorable A. H. Graham, - Chairman State Highway Coramiss-( ion, Gwyn B. Price, Chairman North Carolina Rural Eiectrifica-t tion Authority, John W. Umstead Jr., member North Carolina House of Representatives from Orange1 County, William T. Crisp, Execu tive Manager a^d General Coun sel, Tarheel Electric Membership Association, Congressman Carl T. Durham, and others Interested in the rural electrification program. The Cooperative now serves 5200 member consumer*' with etoctrlc (See ERWIN, page «) M SENATOR SAM ERWIN JR. R. O. Forrest Is Installed Lions' Leader Robert 0. Forrest was installed Tuesday night as the new presi dent of the Hillsboro Lions Club in ceremonies at the club's regular meeting at Colonial. Inn. Forrest succeeds C. B. Parris. Lions Zone Chairman 0. P. Carr served as the installing officer. - | Other officers installed for the coming year included: Ira A Ward, first vice president; Ted Smith, second vice president; Odell H. Clayton, third vice president; Vance Isenhour, secretary; Dr. H. W. Moore, tail twister; F, E. Joyner, lion tamer; and Allen Walker Sr.. Sam Gattis. BlmeP Dowdy and Clyde Erjarin, dirocturs. Fred Rogers Named Principal At New Cameron Park School Fred Roger.*, 27, principal of the Kfland Elementary School for the past two years, ha* been selected as the first principal of the new vapierojt Park School in Hillsboro. . Clares will begin next Fall in the 14 teacher elementary unit completed earlier this year but nut in time for classes in the school year just past. Rogers is a native of Kelly in -Bladen County and a graduute ot High Point < ol tegt*. principal, in >,s home :ounty before accepting the Kfiand post. He has partially completed work toward -his | master y degree at U.e University of North Carolina | The new Cameron Park principal is mar ried and the father of three .-.nail children , ■e* » FRED ROGERS 78 Million Is Tentative Valuation Orange County commis sioners are proceeding with budget hearings, in prepara* tion for the adoption of the county’s budget for the next hsc.il \e.n:. Meanwhile, phuw- are’ be- . ing held up and ultimate budget decisions are being delayed by * New York bond attorneys who will not yet approve the sale of school bond.; approved by the people of Orange County in a special bond election held late in March. It was expected that the decis ion in the Anson CoOnty case by the North Carolina Supreme Court last week would open the way for the sales of bonds whicK were hie ing held up throughout, the st*te, : However., the Local Government Commi flion Secretary. Mr. Raster ling. has advised County Account ant Sam Gattis that the New York attorneys, who must approve tne bond sales, are now studying a Stanly County suit, which may also have to he di.-posed of before they will give approval. The attorneys have promised some decision with in 48 hours as to whether pending' sales will have to be postponed un til the Supreme Court has acted in thL- case. Final budget figures and the new tax rate, of course, are tied verv closely to the proposed sain of bonds for school construction. Budget requests from bode''the county unit and Chapel Hill Iv-bootl have been stripped largely of capi tal outlay items which might come tinder the bond issue construction, except the Lincoln Oymtorium pro ject In the event bonds may n$ be sold for a year or so, some of the capital outlay items contem plated for bond money may have to be put in the budget for this year. ' The Commissioners have already met ‘ with most department heads to discuss their requests The next meeting i ' scheduled for tomorrow ni ’ht at 8 o’clock when the Farm Agent and the Welfare Department are scheduled to make their pres entations. Tentative studies _ riftr ,wfi t piohrcT -w-v 'p*-r5M‘d on • preliminary taxable property val uation of~ <78,000,006. This is an : ' increase of 1 ISM. minion dollars from la- year, which Was ah in crease of three million over the previous year -: Mystery Farm Of The Weak * Who Owns This Mystery Farm? ____ La*.- week's Mystery Farm belonged to Mr. and M s. Larry S. Coleman, of Route 1, Hurdle* Mill*, who have two tons, Donald, 12 and David, 11 years of aje. The farm, which consist* of 115 acre*, is locked 6 miles north of Hillsboro and 1 mil* w**t of Schliy Grange Hall The fTouse wet completed by the Colemans in 1952. General farming it don*. Mrs. C lemah is the former Mis* Fay Grainger of Missouri. First to identify last week’s farm was Harry Wood., who has received a* fro* year's subscription to .The News of Orange County. Others to identify it-w-re^ Charley Mincey, Mrs. Larry Coleman and Mrs. Charley Woods. The owner is receiving a mounted photo of their place as it appeared in the paper. .. --“-T-...—--.-i_ - . .* V " ‘ ....... H ' ■ • '. - V 1 . .''-i .. .' •. - . ' ‘
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