[BRALTER BRIDGE . . . At
t four North Carolina heavy
itruction firms are said to be
rested in the Spanish gov
nent's plan to build a bridge
aecting the continents of Eu
[ and Africa at historic old
■alter Strait. • ,
he J. A. Jones Construction
of Charlotte has recently
ipleted big projects in South
erica and in Iraq—and the
lo Teer firm of Durham now
a job underway in Iceland,
here are now approximately
construction firms with
ie offices in North Carolina.
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CROSS THE WORLD . . .
have been unable to learn
hitely whether any of the
th Carolina firms have ac
[y contacted the Spanish
ernment about the proposed
jge. However, the Spanish
emment has been wooed
lag the past two years by
erican business — and the
icral Franco regime is now
arded as friendly with the
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lo place on earth has played 1
more important, more inter
igg role in world trade than
iralter. Thousands of. AmerL
i soldiers in both World Wars
recite to you incidents iq.
ir lives tied closely to that
i: North Africa, moving in
to Mediterranean Sea, the
advertising signs on tbe
k ... the trip to Salerno. I
jit bridge promises to be one
tbe great engineering spec
ies of the world. It will be
in-type, 15 miles in length,
1 will permit American trav
■b in Europe to drive and see
Kely all tbe countries e*
ig from the Halite Sea to
i tip of South Africa—across
di of the world from north
louth.
Present plans call _ for the
idge to be constructed at a
int just west of Tarifa, Spain,
il to connect—only 15 miles
V in Africa — with Spanish
Wroca. Fabulous? Nothing
And « North Carolina firm
iy be in on It.
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STREET SCENE . . . T. Carl
wn, able supervisor-of Dis
ibution Education In North
wlina, and Tom Greenwood
tbe N.. C. Merchants Assoeia- J
w. in deep street corner con
rution planning for the an
5 Workshop to be held at Wo
ffli College in Greensboro on
igust 20-28. Good teamwork.
Also coming up: the Credit
ireau and Merchants Associa
k Management Institute in
•pel Hill on August 5-11.
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ON THE LINE . . , Glad to
!t that everybody is going to
ll full information on what the
ftfslature plans to do abdut
lr school segregation problem.
Observation: This is the first
0( that the people have had
'hance to see every bill pass- j
j by the Legislature before it
tovenes.
Tb*t is not exactly what you
wild call “keeping us in the
»rk,” is it?
COLD . . . This fellow had ac
tually fallen into a deep
*wly dug grave and couldn’t
61 out. As night came on, he
f8«n yelling: “Help! Help! Get
le out of here. Tm cold.”
A drunk happened along, look
d down at him and said: “No
°nder you’re cold. You don’t
,v« any dirt ovor you.”
NO VEEP ... He no doubt
"joys hearing it, but Governor
-other Hodges is not so naive
* to think he stands a China
chance of being nominat
I for the Vice Presidency by
"e Democrats when they meet
" Chicago next month.
®ot he is being talked; and
f* good Publicity for North
'•rolina. If we are not mistak
J- M. Broughton was men
10n«d for the Vice Presidency
II 1848.
, ^ike Broughton a decade ago,
"ther H6dges has a reputation
(See WWipUP, Page V .
Graham S««i
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N© Rural
Road Help
In US Bill
Since the recent passage of thi
biggest federal road-bill in history I
many people in the rural areas
think that the Highway Commiss
ion now has unlimited funds to
make extensive improvements on
the primary, secondary and urban'
roads. Such is not the case. High
way Chairman A. H. Graham said
today.
To clear up any misunderstand
ing by the public about the new
road bill, he pointed out that “al
though a tremendous road program.
Is underway and a large amount
of federal funds are available, the
bulk of the national, road program j
is specifically earmarked for work I
on only one road system — the In
terstate Highway System.
“Already we have been contact
ed by individuals and even dele
gations who want to get their bid
in early for a share in the new
federal funds. Thgy don’t seem to
understand that little of the in
creased federal funds will be avail
able for local and county road im- j
provements. ~ ;
“I hope people will realize that
the new road bill provides no ap
preciable increase in funds for the
primary, secondary and urban
roads. Th'e lion’s share of the in
creased federal funds can be used
only.on the Interstate system. The
new measure is'so wordrd that the
fundis cannot be transferred for
work on the other road systems."
It’s true that during the first
year of the program, the State will
receive an additional $25.3 million
for work on the Interstate system
in North Carolina. However, only
$3 million more federal funds are
available for the primary, seconda
ry and urban links, he added.
With the exception of 1,000
miles, the routes fot the entire pro
jected 41,000-mile national defense
Interstate system have already
■been de:- gnated by the U. S. Bu
reau of Public Roads. North Caro-1
lina has only 717 miles of* this vital I
interregional road system. It iS-nn j
these 717 miles that the majo-'ty
(See RURAL ROADS, page 8) j
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Cross Roads
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Homecoming
Next Sunday
The Cross Roads Baptist Church,
located on the Orange Grove" Road,
will have Homecoming Day this
Sunday, with:'the Rev. W. B. Cone,
of Calvary Baptist Church in Dur
ham, as guest speaker. Next week
Mr. Cone will speak at the re
vival services.
Services on Sunday will be: the
regular morning service at 11 o’-,
clock, followed by dinner on the
grounds and the afternoon service
will start at 2 o’clock. w
The revival services which will
be held Monday through Satur
day wil begin at 7:30 o’clock.
Special music has been prepared
for these services and there will
be a nursery* for the children.
The Rev. Paul Shoup, • pastor,
extends a cordial invitation to the
public to attend the.-.’ services.
SAFE STOLEN AND RECOVERED—Thieves broke into Hills
. boro Dry Cleaners and Laundry last Sunday night, carted off its.
300 lb. safe through the buck doOr. Monday afternoon it was dis
covered by children, its side completely bashed in and approximately
$1,350 in checks and cash missing, in Foister's Creek in Northern
Orange between Schley and Simm's Crossroads.
Sheriff 0. H. Clayton and the SBI ara still investigating tf*
robbery. Entrance was made by prizing up the rear toilet window.
Meanwhile, Manager B. E. Beck appealed to all'customers who
cashed check* at the. laundry Friday afternoon and on Saturday to
notify him ih p*4*r that payment may be ^stopped and new checks
can be issued.. About half the loss was in checks.
Above, Deputy Sheriff Burch Compton helps hoist the battered
safe from the creek. At right is a close-up view of the gaping hole
cut in the side to reach the contents. Some insurance policies and
other veluable papers were recovered wet but undamaged.
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Garvin Urges
Folks To Take
Salk Shots
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Salk polio vaccine is now avail*
able at the local health depart
ment for administering the third
(booster) shots, as- well as the
two earlier ones, to persons under
the age of 20.
In announcing the availability
of a good Supply of the vaccine,
Dr. O. David Garvin, district
health officer, urged that all peo
ple eligible for the vaccine ob
tain at least the first shot for
their own protection. Eligible to
reeeive the free polio shots are
children from.stt months through
19 years of age and pregnant wo
men. t
The second- shot is given four
weeks7 after the first and the-third
at least six months later.
Regular innoculation clinics are
held at the health office in Hrlls
bor*- • each Tuesday afternoon
from 1 until 4 o’clock. If the num
ber 'of requests indicate special
clinics are needed, they will be
•scheduled, Dt. Garvin *■ said.
Only one polio case has occurred
in the county this year.
The State’s Medical Society’s
Polio Vaccine committee last
week announced its alarm over
'the ’fac't ■ that- North Carolina - is
47th in the nation in the number
of eligible persons immunized'
against polio and planned . mass
imtnunftatfon programs in - some
places.
Dr. Garvin said the first Salk
shot would normally provide 85%
immunization. *
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Sion-Up Deadline Tomorrow
Soil Bank Payments To Farmers
Already Reserved Over $22,000
Tomorrow is the final date for
Orange County farmers to sign
agreements to participate., m the
Soil Bank acreage reserve pro
gram. A. K. McAdams* manager of
the local ASC office reminded
farmers today. • .
Signing up under the reser
program began in Orange _ Coun
ty on the 2nd of July. Through
yesterday 143.91 acres of all eli
gible commodities had been plac
f‘ in the reserve. These included
103 11 acres of tobacco with a tota
payment to farmers estimated at
$216521.81; 24 acres of wheat witn
total payment to farmers estimat
. at s96- and 16.8 acres of cotton
with p^nt esUmated at $916,
3<McAdam5 a ays this acreage that
will be withheld from production
in 1956 wil] do much to reduce the
surplus problem and to strengthen
the market for future production.
He warned that no farmers may be
signed up after the deadline.
McAdams explains that tobacco,
cotton, and wheat may be included
in the acreage reserve program.
Payments for these commodities
will tie based on a unit rate per
pound or bushel multiplied by the
normal or appraised yield for the
land involved and the result mul
tiplied by the number of acres
placed in the reserve.
Payments for flue-cured and
burley tobacco are at the rate of
18 cents per pound; for cotton, 15
cents per pound; and for wheat,
111.33 a bushel.
School Tax, District
Meetings A^re Planned
A number of tftanges in the Fin
ancing of public schools in Orange
County have beejf proposed at a
meeting of the county and Chapel
Hill School Boards.
Another meeting between the
two school boards and the Carr
boro school committee has been
set -for next Thursday night at' 8
o'clock at the University National i
Band board room. J
As outgrowth of their meeting]
the following proposals appear
slated for eon-.deration; (1) A-rcf-j
erendum in the Carr boro School j
Attendance District on Merging it ,
with the Chi pel Hill Admimstnc j
live Unit;, (2) the working out of 1
a formula t'e reimburse thc Chapel.
Hill Board for supplementary j
school tax funds it does . not re
ceive for the more than 400 pupils
from outside J.tS.. tax di.-trict Thai
are assigned to its schools each
year; (3) the possibility of a vote
in the entire Orange County Scho-4
administrative unit on the levying*
of a supplementary school tax
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Called By Local Board
Thtrsessrrtfrwas called -aWhw**ri- ']
quest of fhe Chapel Hill Boardj
as a continuation of past session
it's held to try to work out with
: the: County Board a ... satisfactory
agreement on payment to Chapel
Hill for the children from the
County District who attend schools
here. The Chapel Hill Board In
felt that a financial reckoning saif
in order since the non-district
children- receive the benefits, fr rn
the $.15 supplementary school tax
paid by taxpayers of this District,
yet,n^ such taxes or compensating
payments are made to Chapel Hilt"
for taking these outside children.
An average of 400 pupils from
the White Cross and Carrboro
attendance districts have been
assigned by the County Board to
attend local schools for tf^e past
several years, and the number is
expected to higher this com
I Sixinducted
From County
Six from Orange County left
Tut • lay morning lor induction in
, the Army at Raleigh, it was am
nounced by Mrs. Willie Lee.Xyneh
[ of the local Board.
Those leaving were: Billy Vic
1 tor Ray, Boyd Russell Jr., Jessia
William Crabtree, John Edward
j Chase, Alfred Cotton Perry, and
; Bernis Michael Dod^an.
[’- Mrs. Lynch announces there is
a call for only one in August , -
“ng yeir. ' Superintendent of
Schools C. W. Davis, speaking on
this matter in the past, has said
ha felt that extra benefits worth
about |6,000 accrued to. these
non-district childrorf'on a per
pupil basil, calculating the total
of the supplementary tax paid in
and dividing it by the number
of pupils in the system.
However, , the County Board,
while admitting that there was an
inequality existent in the situation,
has refused to agree to recommend
that any of its budget go to the
Chapel Hill unit in payment for
the supplementary tax not receiv
ed. Cbmftv Superintendent- Paul
Carr said that to do thi.? would* be
taking money from all County pu
pils for the benefit of a few pupils.
Suggest Several Solutions
Several solutions wpre suggest
ed: Mr. Carr'proposed the matter
be submitted to the State Board of
Education ' for arbitration. Super
(See SCHOOL TAX, page 6) '
$131,946- Park Plan
Explained By Club
The Hillsboro Exchange Club unveilei to the. public for the first time last Thurs
day night its complete plan for development of the community ^creation park a half
mile from town on old Highway 86.
The occasion was the ciul/s 9th anniversary celebration and Ladies Night to which
Sentiment Of School j
Leaders For Proposal. I
• Orange County school officials 1
for the most part appear to favOr
the program of Governor Hodges
and the Advisory Committee oh
Education designed to prevent in
tegration of races in the public
schools of North Carolina.
Orange- County’s only member
of the General Assembly' in next
week’s special meeting of the leg
islature, Representative John W.
Umstear, was not available yes
terday for comment!
Governor Hodges made public
Saturday the steps he and his'
committee plan to recommend
that the legislature and the people
take in order to “preserve public
schools and hplp preserve the
public peace.” At a televised press
conference the governor released
copies of the legislative and con
stitutional proposals designed to
effectuate the tuition grants-local
option school segregation plan of
the committee.
Superintendent G. Paul Can
had this comment to make on the
proposed legislation: “I have
studied the proposal to be pre
sented to the legislature by the
Advisory Committee on Educa
tion and I favor its adoption by
the N. C. General Assembly."
School Board Member Clarence
* D. Jones of Hillsboro se*d: “Gen*
[ erally speaking, the proposals
sound as though we might be
able to live with them. I am wary,
however, of the tuition grants
phase of the plan. I can’t see any
thing but unfairness to take
money from the public treasury
to help the more well-to-do send
their children to a private school
in order To avoid having them at
tend an integrated school.”
, Earlier in the week the goverr
nor and his committee held a ser
1 ies of closed meetings with legisla
tors in different parts of the state.
Orange County’s legislator attend
ed >the session in -Lexington.
The gist of the school plan
would provide attendance ex
. pensse grants, formerly referred to
as .tuition grants, to citizens Who
do not .want their children’to go
i to school w|th a member of the
opposite race, and allow a local
school unit to suspend operation
| (See: SENTIMENT, pAge 3)
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Cone Offers
Public Sale
Of Houses
Beginning August 1, some of
the vacant houses in the Eno
mill village will be offered .for
sale to the public. .1 <
An announcement to this effect
was made this week by Cone Hills
Corporation local officials who
said anyone interested can get
details concerning the sale at the
main office of The local plant on
or after August 1.
The mill several months ago an
nounced it was disposing of ail
homes in the village and giving
employees'then residing in them
first opportunity to purchase the
homes in which they were living.
It was stipulated that employees
purchasing the homes must move
them from the mill property to
their own land.
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Local Troop
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Honor Group
At Scout Camp
Hillsboro Boy Scout Troop 438
was “Honor, Troop of the Week"
last week at Camp Durant.
The troop of 16 boys piled up
568 point.* which was a Camp re
cord. They also broke -a record in
pioneering, putting up a twenty
foot tower which had 16 lashings
to tie onto it in 19 minutes.
Those of Troop .438 attending
were: Harvey Reinhardt, senior pa
trol leader, Joe Barnes, Walter
Swainey, Jack Dowdy, Joe Griffin,
Jack Knight, Harry Lloyd, Jimmy
Parsley, Jimmy Hopper, Gene
Kjiigh£ ^Kenneth ^Bobbitt. Jimmy®
Strayhorn, Phillip Dodson, Mike*
Ray, Craig Allison and Billy Lynch.
The troop would like to thank
Fred Rogers for hL* leadership and
the time he gav.e them at camp.
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Who Owns This Mystery Farm?
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• Four Orange County farm home* were mentioned by our readers in th# weekly Mystery Farm con
test last week. Positive identification came when J. O. Graham of Rt. 1, Efland called and identified it
as his place Steve Forrest Jr. of Eflapd was the first to identify It as the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gra
ham and for this he will receive a free year's subscription to The News of Orange County. The Graham
form is located next to the old county home. Chickens are raised. Other farms mentioned were: Clay
or .Henry Johnson, fcy W. G. Rippy; Rudy Ward, b/ Mrs. Bpssie Catas; and the Claude A. Gray place,
by Mrs. Clifton Rvbinson. The csyner is receiving a mounted photo of his farm.
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several nunarea outer ciuzens or
Hillsboro and Orange County were
invited for a ham and potato salad
supper at the. school cafeteria.
Plana for the park which ia ex
pected at this time to cost a total,
of $131,946 wei;e explained in de
tail, and a fund-raising campaign
was announced to cover th$ 9»
year development program,
A miniature golf course, which
is a part of the first phase of the
pr.rk, was opened at the beginning
of the summer. It has been a
popular recreational spot for local
youth since its opening.
Bonner D. Sawyer, local attorn
ey, served as master of ceremonies
for the occasion and spoke brief
ly at the opening of a panel dis
cussion and explanation of the
plans by four members of the
Exchange Gluh. Sawyer cited the
advantages of recreational facili
ties in which a community can be
proud and said. “In establishing
this park we are supporting moral
ly and financially an investment
in our young people. He said peo
ple everywhere, including thoee
interest^ in establiihing new in
dustry, are interested in a com
munity with recreational facili
ties and called such a venture $■
investment which can’t he mem
ured in dollam and oenta.
E Wiiaon Coie told th« gregp.
equally divided between men gad
women, a fund railing campaign
will $b conducted and pledges will
be secured from eituens and hqei*
nessej for payment in instilments
over a period of yeem. Me said also
the club won,' t c1 t«*nue Its fund
TShdaqr gnMW'qhu He palk de
velopment plan has been set up to
spend the money at it L/ raised.
He said the following had been
Selected for the fund raising com
mittee and others would be ap
pointed^ Dr. H. W. Moore, C. J.
James, R. J. Smith Sr., Everett
Kennedy, Clarence Jones, Alton
Williams, Harry Breeze, Marion E.
Allison and Clarence Mangum. ■
- J. L. Brown Jr. explained the de
velopment plans, dividing them
into three phase.-. the first phase
to cost $23,446, the second $29,500,
and the third $79,000.
The first phase includes the mini
-atpre golf course, two of the even
tual five tennis courts, the devel
opment of picnic areas, parking
areas, walk!-, wiring, drainage and
grading.
The second * phase includes i
children's play area, a miniature
train, and a $20,009- community
center with dining room, kitchen,
observation rooms, toilets and stor
age rooms.
The third phase includes a $60,
000 swumfiing pool and $15,000
bath house, three additional tennis
^courts and jmother play field. —
, Frank Ray discussed the history
'of the park project and described
the recreational program of the
Exchange Club since it.,-organiza
tion t®~ t§47. Marion E. Allison
talked on the policies to be fol
lowed in connection with the park,
explaining it would be non-profit
making, . and segregated. Club
President Clarence 'Mangum pre
sided and presented introductory
remarks.
I Commissioners To Act
On New Budget Monday
The Board of County Commiss
ioners will meet on Monday to give
final approval to the new fiscal
year, 1RS&-57, budget.
The Bi>ard will meet in Chapel
Hill to go on a road inspection tour
and handle the routine budget act
ion at that, time,, it was said.
The tentative Budget has been
on file for public inspection in the
office,of Register of Deed.- Betty
June Hayes since its approval on
July JJ. Miss Hayes sa|d yesterday
as far as .•lieknew no citizen had
been in to look’the document over
since it was placed on file.
MERCHANTS MEETING
The Hillsboro Merchants Associa
tion will meet for its luncheon
meeting today at 1 o'clock ia the
Colonial Inn. Members are urged
to attend