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Indror/u
lal Lane
h Or South Route
Yet Determined
Iy 70 through Orange
ceived a nice slice of a
ion allocation of federal
funds for 17 projects of;
's 717-mile part of the
Interstate Highway Sys-,
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i Chairman. A; H. Graham
the sum of $2,1000,000
ig, right of way and
from a point east of
i tlje. vicinity of Eno
ation dual lane and ari
>00,000 for grading and
for paving the sechnd
Efland to Greensboro. |
•in Raleigh yesterday,
m said the determination
been made yet whether
70 ultimately will go to
or south of Hillsboro,
ys were , nearing com
nittee of the Highway J
>n has already decided
way 70 will be limited ^
i be determined now is
t will be more practical j
i second lane along the ,
>ute with limited access (
ays or follow an entire-1
oute dual lane to the
lillsboro. |
t 70 is one of the main
the interstate system in
rolina.
ham said that the $28 2
location was the largest j
g of'highway funds ever
one time in the history
>6-57 Interstice highway
emade avidiaftie by ihe
ial highway bill together
i funds. Under the ne.v
North Carolina receive!
nal $25.5 million for the
on its portion of the In
ystem. Congress autho
truction funds for toe
highway program.
Far Reaching Effect
-nam .-aid the effect of pour
ons of dollars in road funds
the economic lifestream of
h Carolina would have ,fc»r
effects on every phase o.
""'a' life in the State. The big
program will. furnish em
ment fyr thousands of men in
omstruetion and. man rials
'lying field. It will require
labor of many, men during the
i’ear construction progratn,
es of big road-building ina
n«s, and tons of materials—
a a scope never before imag
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'ring the second and third
' <>1 the new raad program.
It Carolina will receive a total
(94.3 million in federal eon
:1ian funds for the Interstate
!m within its borders. 1
lf new construction specifi
«s call for the highest engi
■ng standards for safety, traf
tapacity, easy grades, wide
:inents, and shraight align
ts. The superhighways-will
“limited access”, a 300-foot
! r;ght of way, a 36-foot wide
'dng strip separating the two
)at wide one-way paved traffic
5. wide overpass bridges, sta
shoulders on the right sid"
,ch main traffic lane, and low
lloPes and banks. Enough
t of way will be provided for
're expansion from four to six
no lanes.
n other words,” said Graham.
new highways will be de,
ed and built like turnpikes—
"ithoilf lha «llo »» I
Leaders in the Hillsboro chapter, Knights of P/thies, leek on as Mayor Ben Johnston signs ■ pro
clamation setting the month of August, as Knights of Pythias Highway .Courtesy Month. Standing left
fo right are: A. J. Snipes Jr., Jimmy Mangum and £ugehe Laws.
Mayor Backs
Safety Drive
Of Pythiares
The month of August has be ji
«oclaimed the Brtights of Pythias
ghway Courtesy Monthy by
Mayor Ben G. Johnston ot Hills
boro.
The Mayor’s proclamation was
made at the behest of tin1' local
chapter of the national fraternal
order which has had traffic safe
ty as one of its ma>or projects
for the past three years. . «
A number of activities are he
.4 See Proc\<imatmn.r.*P(%te 3)
Miss Roberts
Is Competiiig
Catherine Roberts, - daughter of
Mr and Mrs. Reid Robe-'s, will
represent Orange' Gottnf.w .in the
State Dress Revue in Raleigh dur
ing State 4-H Club Week which is'
this week She will compete, with
winners front iSforfK Carolina 's 100
counties for the title of State 4-H
Dress Revue winner. She also com
petes for the trip to National '4-H
Club Congress which is held the
last of November, io Chicago. -|
Jar.ii%. Ward, daughter fit Mr.
and '\Jrs. Sam Ward, ajuf. a‘ mem
ber of the Efland 4-H tTub, partici
pated in the State 4tH Club Week
activities also. As an outstanding,
district tafriTf Wtnrtcrl .she was »e- ■
lected to appear on- tht. Tuesday
tn’or-n ng assembly program. She
entertained the delegates attend
ing State Ciuh Week with a ballet
dance.
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MISS CATHERINE ROBERTS i
Sales Event Planned
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Here For Aug. 9-10-11 \
A three-day sales event, town-1
wide in scope,Was scheduled by]
members of the Hillsboro Merch
ants Association for the weekend
of August 9, 10, and H, last
Thursday at the,Colonial Inn, |
Marshall Cates, president, read |
letters received from Mrs. B. P. I
Gordon Jr., thanking the Associa- i
toon for it* interest in selecting!
a business student to be present
ed a watch each. .year.
Charles Walker Jr. chairman
of the committee -appointed Uu
study the. membersiup joining
(he State Association, report d
there were .some who were Mn
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favor and some not. It was decid
i(l that the Hillsboro Association
would pay the charter fee of $2o
entitle all members
f.i receive rWfflS afi’n'-.
1 After then members desiring
to continue in it would pay a fee
of $5 per year. Lucius Brown was
elected as representative to the
Board of Directors of the North
Carolina Merchants Meetings
Again, the Hillsboro Post Office
was brought up. Several months
ago Toni, Bivins, postmaster,-ask
ed the opinion of the Association
on closing the postpffice on Wed
nesday afternoons as is the eus- J
■tour- in*- several .other .p istoffi.ces^
The reaction' was it would nut. j
help the employees .any. Th«v j
would still have-the same amount;
*pf .work %o do ah^ygecive less f ar
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mayor NABS ESCAPEE?-- y
Mayor Ben Johnston has now j
won acclaim as a eapturer of r
escaped cojivicts after having
participated in the capture of [
one Tuesday. * [
A convict by the name of
Woods from Raleigh escaped
from the work gang near Dor- |
sett's store Monday afternoon. ]
Tuesday he was still being chas- i
ed by Sheriff's and State officers
when the Mayor riding vith
Deputy Malone Long found him
sitting under a tree on the S. T.
Latta property along highway
70.
He was arrested without a
Struggle. Sheriff’s deputies, who j
as law enforcement officers can- j
not receive a reward for captur- j
ing escaped prisoners, are push
ing the Mayor for the title and
remuneration ■ befitting an es
capee . eapturer.
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C. 1). Jones remarked lait
Thursday at the meeting “that
not one merchant present would
have a sign as delapidated as the
one on the postoffice window on
his establishment." He said fix-1
tures have depreciated and ®rltJ
rusty, dirty and unsightly, On a!
recont trip he noted, that nine, out
of evefv 10 postoffices were way.j
ahead of Hillsboro*
On the iubje^t of the boxes b«|
complained there is just not near!
opou^h People coming here to j
live, be said, cafi-’ot get one and
have to stand in line at the win-'
low to receive their mail As an
instance. Mr. Jones said ere'
morning in just a little- whfh; two
c”=tomers couldn’t open the [
latches on their boxes and had to
baye an- of the employes open
th"' 'bo^fW'fhHft.
It was decided bv. the associa
tion that a eommitte be appointed
13 look-into-this'matter. '•
Kay Perry Hllll *
New Oak Grov# Club |
Kay Perry, daughter of Mr: and 1
Mrs. Wiley Perry, was elected
president of the newly organized
Oak Grove 4 H Club. Peggy Apple. |
daughter of Mrst and Mrs. Arthur.
Apple, was fleeted secretary
The Oak Grove Club, which
will meet only (luring the summer
months, was organized by ,\lrs:
Wiley Perry, 4-H Leader of Bethle
hem Home DemonstrationTteiub,
and Mrs. Vernon Sykes.
Mrs: Wiley Perry gave the dem
dnstratiori nn “The Use and Care
of the Pressure Canner”.
The next meeting has been
planned for August 8 with Mrs.
Vernon Sykes who v'ill conduct
the demonstration then.
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REUNION : :!
The Cooper-Com pton Clan wifi
hold its anmtal re-uhion on Sunday
.a* the Prospect Hill American Le
gion.Hut All relatives and friends
are cordially invited to come.and
bring baskets of food.
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BAKE SALE
A Bake Sale will be held this
Saturday morqing starting at 8
o’clock in the Herring-Conners
Chevrolet building, with the Wo
men of the First Baptist Church
sponsoring. J
In State's Stream Sanitation Program ' ^
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C Of Eno River
Is Not Expected Before '57
Classification and public hear t
int, • in connection with the Eno
under the State’s Stream Sanitation
law are not expected before next
year when the entire Neuse River
basin is completed.
This information was revealed
here Tuesday night by W. E. Long
Jr., chief engineer of the State
Stream Sanitation Committee,
which is charged with administer
ing the laws and the program of
pollution abatement of the State
Board of Health.
Long spoke on the background
and program of the committee to
the Hill-boro Lions Club on a pro
gram arranged by -Dr. Robert J.
Murphy. Mayor Ben Johnston and
Town Commissioner J. W. Dickson
were present at the meeting:
Long said* much sampling activi
ty had already been done on the
Eno above .and below Hillsboro. He
explained the thorough program
which is followed in determining
the type of water in a given stream
and the highest uses which may
be made of it.
Upon completion of a survey of
an entire river basis (there are 16
major river basins in North Caro
lina) a public hearing is held and
all interested parties, industries,
municipality.!' are. given a chance
to testify regarding the recom
mended classification which the
Stream Sanitation proposes to
place on the waters involved.
Enforcement and pollution abate
ment begins following the classifi
cation.
“With our present knowledge,
there is little exeu~\> or justifica
tion for dumping raw sewerage in
^ny stream today," aaid Long.
"Progress in stream polution
abatement will come only when
the people” ar,. educated to the
needs," h*. continued.
Vaccinations
Pre-Schoolers
' At Veast 25 percent of pre-school
children in Orange County-who are
vheduled to jpUer school jnext
September have not completed
their required imimtlttzations, ac
cording to an announcement by
Superintendent G. P. Carr yester
day.
In addition to the 100 on which
the Health department has incom
plete immunization records, theref
are 58 whose records are incom
plete as far as required physical
examinations are concerned. Some
415 are regi.-tered for beginning
school next year. » .
Mr. Carr urged that parents oc
operate with .the Health Depart
ment in completing the immuniza
tions and the physical examinations
reouired before the child can en
roll in school,--- . .....
The Health Department offers
free vaccinations and physical ex
aminations for beginners each
Tuesday afternoon from 1 until 4
o’clock and ■ there are dnly five
more Tuesdays before school starts,
■Mr. Carr explained. Vaccinations
for smallpox and diphtheria are
required by law
The tabulation bv school’ of
those who have registered but not
completed immunization or physi
cals is as follows: (first figure in
dicates vaccination.’, the second
physicals!.
Cedar Grove, 11. 12: Central 18,
10: Ffland White, 8; Ffland Negro,
10, 3; West Hillsboro, 4; Aycock,
4, 1; Caldwell, 3, 1; Hillsboro, 42,
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Il instead. Backs
Governor s Program For Schools
range Countyv Rep. John
k'mstead, Jr. came out
J,icly on Monday in sup
! °f the Governor’s pro
e<l school legislation, be
token up by the General
ie»nbly jn specitl session
s 'veek.
revtously^ the veteran leg-.
lt0r—one of the most po\v
voices in the Assembly
_ had withheld his views on the
proposals drawn up by the gale
Advisory Committee on Edueati n,
except to say he would oppose any
move to eliminate the compulsory
school attendance law.
Rep Uinstead war a member ol
House Education Committee which
"»r**rs:
school bill-passed by the last Gen
Before leaving for the session
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which .convened on Monuay,
Uinstead made public his views on
the program that will face the tWj
sembty this ’week. “I'm,.going to
- support it (the Governor’..- propo )
sals),'' he said,' "because in my*
opiriioit this legislation takes the
decisions oh our public schools out j
of tfe hands of extremists on both
sides."
However, noting that the pro
posals might be greatly amended j
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before being patted, he reserved
hit support of them to be only
as they now stood. "Even though^
I support thit. program I am not
certain it is th* solution to our
problems,” said Mr. Umstead.
' But it seems to be the best solu
tion offered yet."
The compreheft%ive program that
tvas presented to the Assembly
Monday by Gov. Hodges, will, Mr.
Umstead predicted, be approved,
though he foresaw the likelihood of
a great deal of debate on it. I
While this program does include
the possibility of eliminating com
pulsory school attendance under
the most extreme circumstances,
the Orange County A .emblyman
! voiced the feeling that this was |
one of the most significant features
of the proposals. Though he did
, not support this particular point
of the bills, he i,nd\cated he would
! not oppose the while program be
cmia* of it
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First Aromatic Tobacco Being
Harvested In County This Week!
Aromatic tobacco is being har
vested in Orange County this
week.
• AH of the' growefs Of Aromatic
tobacco are pulling their first
printing from the small stalk of
the Aromatic or Turkish tobacco.
This operation, delayed at least
three to four weeks, by the very
unseasonable weather, is in full
swing on all farms where- it was
planted.
These leaves are pulled from
th,; stalk very, much like the ilue
cured type. They' are strung on
wire sticks and carried to a “wilt
ing" or "yellowing’ sited. After
about three days the yellowing is
accomplished and the leaves are
■ then placed in a curing barn
Where a- constant “’temperature of
about 95 to 100 degree* i* main
tained throughout the curing per
iod which is approximately one j
week. All of the curing barns
have had specially adapted curers i
and air' cureulators installed.
The following Orange County
farmers are producing Aromatic
tobacco this year: C. T- Pope and
Knox’and Jack Walker. Negro
farmers producing the Aromatic
j leaf are Brice Poteat, M. C. Burt,
Jr t and John and Ham Poteat.
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800 Out-Of-State Visitors Wifi j
Tour Orange County On Tuesday
Rural North Carolina will be
come a -tourist's playground for
3 000 farm cooperative members
this week. The tourists^from every |
state, will be enroute to Raleigh
and the national meeting of the
American Institute of Coopera
tion. *
On Tuesday afternoon, July-31st,
about 800 young people attending
FFA HONORED
Thv Hillsboro Chapter of tha |
Future Farmers of America un- '
dor the leadership of Clyda Er
win, local vocational agriculture
teacher, has been invited as one
of six state chapters to represent
th« FFA program at tha national
mooting of tha American Insti
tute of Cooperation being held
next week at State ‘Collage.
Five local members and Erwin
will attand with all expenses
paid to participate in the pro
gram. Coooarative activities form
FFA and tha IOC sponsors one
of the FFA programs.
the convention at North Carolina
State College will vi.it Qrange
County. “ ■—
The twenty busses will be met
by members of St. Mary's Grange
at the intersection of Highway 70
and St- Marys Boad. Individual
Grange members -will .be assigned
to each bus. They will welcome
the. group and call* attention to
thTrigs "of'interest as the ea'ravsfri
moves through the St. Marys
I
Community, A thirty-minute stop
will be made at the Clyde Roberts
farm where the group will study
in detail the set up of this individ
ual farm.
Following the visit- to the Rob
erts farm the caravan will move |
over to the Schley Community
where refreshments will be furn
ished by the State Grange and
served by Schley Grange members.
The caravan will then move, with
out stopping tnrough Hillsboro
where points of interest wip be
noted. They will then pro^bfd to
ward Chapel Hill stopping bf the
Now Hope Presbyterian Churchj
and Camp area after which they
will proceed on to Chapel Hill j
where a study will be made of the j
Hospital Savings^Xsteociation t
Prior to the afternoon visits.one
third of this group will spend
Monday morning in Hillsboro
studying the organization and ser
vices offered by the Piedmont
M-mU r,-,U;p -ASiWSiat .on.
Orange County is proud to wel
come this group of. young adults
from the many states of our na
tion j
C. B. Ratchford, assistant direc
tuc of. the State College Extension
Service; said many, of the farm
co-op members will take a “rural"
vacation' before^ arriving at State.
College Sunday. JuTy JSS We In
stitute ends Thursday," August 2. +
The visiting farmers ^wili be
especially interested^ in touring
North ■ Carolina '•farm' cooperatives, r
(See Cooperative*, Cage (i> \
Commissioners
Adopt Budget,
Set Tax Rates
The Board of County Commis
sioners held a brief meeting Moo
day afternoon at the Chapel Hill
town hall and formally approved
the new budget for the current
fiscal year.
It adopted without change the
tentative 'Budget it first approved
on July 2 and the tax levy to
meet It.
The new tax levy. L- based oh 72#
pet $100 valuation on a county
wide basis. As heretofore and
adopted without discussion was the
additional I5«* rate for the School
Supplement tax in the Chapel Hill
School District apd the 10c Greater
Chapel Hill Fire District levy.
„The commissioner - approved an.
additional list of 20 delinquent
tax payers against whom suits for
collection will be brought by At
torney Fmory Denny This is the
second group against whom Dcn
ly ha.- brought the suits in an 'ef
fort to foreclose on property on
which taxes have not been paid
for several years.
The list includes:
(Chapel Hill Township): Richard
Cordal, Willie Cotton. R. B. Davis,
heirs, Minerva Fearrington. Ed
Fearrington, R L McDougald,
Robert and Nancy Merritt. Wallace
Oldhain, Ethel Perry. James W.
Richardson, Lonnie Rigg -bee, Van
ce, Riggsbea, Minnie Riggsbcsu
Beenle Smith, and Betty .Weaver.
Township): VVimii, I. fie
Broem: (Cheek* Township): Glossie
H. Breeze, G I. Hargett, Sudie Mc
Adoo. and Virginia Borman.
CROP REPORT
Reports from twenty counties
'of the Old Belt, including
•Orange, indicate that practically
nil areas have received excellent
tasfemfaqp -Ouv tot „
month.
Temperatures averaged al
most normal and as a- result
there have been-ideal growing
conditions and tobacco has shown
a wry rapid growth, VerV little
disease and insect damage haa
been reported '
^Cultivation, has been completed
and-growers in most areas have
topped their tobacco Harvesting
has begun and some growers *
have. pulled twice: Harvesting
sheii 14, be general "In a Week or .
ten days.
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Mystery Farm Of Th*»
Who Owns This Mystery Farm?
Can you identify this "Mystery Farm?" If-you c in, you will receive a free year’s subscription to
The News of Orange County, provided you are the first to notify the office of the correct identity.
Last week's first call came from Harold Walker of Cedar Grove/followed by a call fronj^Gordon Liner
identifying it as the Dewey Pope Farm, located aro/nd 10 miles from Hillsboro and Vs mile from Cedar
Grove between Highway M and Cedar Grove. The swners of each farm published in the paper is asked
to come by the office and receive a beautifully mou >ted picture of their place as' it appears^ courtesy
of this nawspapor. ~
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