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■-« -—-- -- HILLSBOROAND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 19M ‘ TEN PAGES THIS ISSUE
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HANGE ... It is interesting
iote that the man who heads
North Carolina contingent at
Democratic National Conven
in Chicago this week was
even listed as an alternate
.gate four short years ago.
hi, gives you some idea of
speed Gov. Hodges has pick
up when he finally decided to
into politics. In 1952, he had
been nominated Lieutenant
ernor. - - «*
ow he is one of the bell
bow of the boys from Dixie,
judgment and decisions carry
ght—and he is recognized as
of the leaders in the South.
ETERAN ... In contrast,
t is John Larkins of Trenton
lairman of the State Demo
ic Executive Committee. He
one of the ram-rodders in
suading” F. D. Roosevelt to
for a third term agd went to
... ... -is'!'
is interesting to speculate
why John, able, popular, and
•ably the Democratic Party's
lest worker in North Caro
, has never sought office high
han State Senator. lie is in
•ago again this time plugging
usual—for the party.
ATIONAL PUBLICITY . . .
Magazine this past weekend
drawings — on a big map of
ortant men at the conven
-of Sen. Kerr Scott and Gov.
her Hodges. They got Kerr's
ry eyebrows all right. How
to us, the expression on
Governor’s face seems a lit
!oo quizzical. Other than that,
i caricatures are excellent,
i Time Magazine is a picture
n from the Wilmington
ning Star As you look at it,
seem to observe that a ghost
itting with three Marines. At
lance, you might think the
(led figure was a Ku Klux
n follower. Not so. Read the
•nation in Time:
iurtTi Carolina's Wilmington
ning Stir (cire. 17.B66 went
press with a front-page pic
nf Four Marine witnesses in
court-martial of Sergeant
thew C. McKeonl As soon as
paper hit hts desk, the editor
duty gulped and stopped the
"cs. He had failed to notice,
the shadowy impression on
Associated Press mat that
plierf the picture, thaf one of
Marines. Private Eugene W
in of Bridgeport, Conn., was
ipgro. The deskpipn met the
is by ordering a pressman to
1 hammer and chisel to the
18 Plate. Next morning Pri
S«e ROUNDUP. Pape 7.)
.WILL SUITTS BARN—AFTER THE STORM
Struck By Lightning . . .
Flames Level Will Suitt's Dairy Barrr
Flames destroyed the large dairy
barn of Will Suitt’s in the Orange
Grove Community after it was
struck by lightning during Friday
afternoon’s cloudburst.
Mr. Suitt said that 60 Holstein
cows were in the 20-year-old barn
for milking when the bolt struck
about 4:30 p.m. Within a few mo
ments the flames were noticed, and
the cows were evacuated, with the
exception of a heifer and three
calves that were lost.
Lightning arrestors on th0 barn
did little good, inasmuch as the
building apparently,.suffered a di-,
rect hit. The jolt caused cows in
the milking stanchions to break
Ensign Talks
On New Hope
Development
The 200 - year - old New Hope
Church community has been trans
formed through the spirit and
dedication of its people into th?
kind of community more and more
neonlc arg*wanting to live in ard
rear their children.
These thoughts were projected
to mcmbers of the Hj.1 Is Vr n, L i ons
ClW' b> the* Rev. John Ensign
Tuesday night in an adddress in
which he described the develop
ment of the Presbyterian Church
camp at- New Hope and* the- new.
$85,000 church -building which
was built almost exclusively, ex
cept for brick laying, by volun
teer work of the community"
The acomplishments at New
Hope, he said, are “the result of
•what- others^have done in laying
foundations over the past 200
years.” . ,
He said the’ church camp wm
(See Ensign. Page 6)
loo k before they were taken ou
of the barn .Electricity was knock
ed out, some water pipes melted
and pumps put out of commission
hampering the fighting of th<
flames.
Except for the assistance of
dozens of neighbors who hauled
water from the nearby farm pond
and the milk cooling shed to wet
down nearby ^bujldings all of
them, and possibly the Suitts'
home, would hav* been destroy
ed, too. Mr. Suitt expressed his
appreciation for the many who
helped during the fire and on
through the night and the next
day, too.
All equipment in the barn and
hundreds of bales of hay were lost.
The 64 by 90-foot structure was
leveled within an hour and the
ruins were still smoking late yes
terday. Twice a nearby shed caught
fire, but was successfully doused
with buckets of water*
Working until long past mid
night, Mr. Suitt’s neighbors set up
stanchions in hi..- farm machinery
shed so that the milking operation
could be continued. “I certainly
want to thank all of them,” said
Mr. Suitt. "We wouldn’t have any
*
thing except for their help.”
Bodv Held For Ransom, Says Ross
Will Ed's Tomb
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Remains Empty
In Ihe midst of a neat, grassy
area across the highway from the
Efland Presbyterian Church in
Abe middle of this western Oranga
....
new- mausoleum erected forthe
body of tho date Will, Ed .Thomp
son, thfe wealthy eccentric whose
last will and testament - has kept
tongues wagging off and on sincg
his death back in March, 1953.
The hri ck a rid marble struct ure
was completed about- two months
ago. but in. the words of Graham
Attorney Clarence Ross, the execu
tor of the estate in'whose discre
tion most of the estimated half
million dollar estate was to be
spent, "“The tomb is empty.” . ,
According to Ross, “they’re hold
ing him- for ransom” -up,.at. (be
Chestnut Ridge-Church cemetery.
Erm Of The Week
Owns This Mystery Farm?
i in the office- The owner ha* not correctly
°n* gue*a for last week'* mystery farm ha n reader*. Reader Earl Walker thought
it, *o w. remain In the dark a* to the id and Carr's Store,
fc* ,h» Blanche Puller place located between Gjdantif]cation to .the Mystery Farm each week
Kh* flat to call the office and to provide ,h# c _ c„u„fy The ewne- receives * beautlftl y,,
iV“ « free year’s *ub.cription to The News of Orange Q.u. >’
•nt««l photp 9f th« ftirrn a* It appeared "> the pap • . - - i
a few miles to the south of Ef
land, where his burial was defected
by his- famity before the- terms of
the will later filed by Ross were
itnorni.'
.Ross, through, bis attorney,
Thomas C. Carter of Burlington,
filed an action some time ago in
Alamance Superior Court to have
rthe body moved, but resistance
came, from the Memorial Associa
tion of Chestnut. Ridge and mem
bers of the Board of Trustees who
are claiming $800 in damage and
$375 in attorney fees. The matter
now rests With Resident Judge
Leo Carr for settlement G. P.
Sykes is president of the church
Memorial Association.
Mr. Thompson directed that the
mausoleum be built for- his 3>ody
in the Efland Church cemetery,
that certaip nominal sums and
property be left to each of his six
nieces and nephews, $10,000 to
the executor Ross, and the re
mainder to go into a trust fund to
be spent at Ross' discretion for
the benefit and heautificalion of
the Efland Presbyterian Cfeurch
and cemetery.
Durham Attorney Victory Bry
ant, who himself had 'an earlier
will by Will Ed in which he was
a major beneficiary, and some of
the relatives sought to break the
will that was probated but the
effort was in vain.
Wildcats Play
9-Game Slate
Next Season
Hillsboro High Wildcat* will play
a nine-game schedule this fall with
eight District Three schools and
one non-conference foe on the
slate.
Coach Glenn Auman will be
starting his 19th year as head
coach here, the longest tenpre of
any conference coach.
The schedule is as follows:
Sept. 6—Southern, here; 14 —
Northern, away: 21 — Oxford High,
away; 28 — Cary, here,
Oct. 5 — Chapel fell, here; 12
— Roxboro, away; 19.— Hender
son, here; 26 — Oxford Orphanage,
away. " ' - - -,.'y
Nov. % —. Graham. away
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Largest Summer Renovation
Program Near Enid In Schools
The Orange County School sys
tem is now in the process of com
pleting the largest summer reno
ration program in its history, in
preparation for the Fall opening
less than three weeks away.
Some of the work has been by
contract but by far the greatest
imount has been accomplished on
i “labor and materials" purchase
basis'with the regular maintenance
force greatly augmented for the
improvement program.
The buildings at Hillsboro High
and Elementary schools have liter
ally been transformed as addition
al space is made available as re
sult of the opening of the new
Cameron Park school. Expendi
tures are in the neighborhood of
'.$15,000. ’ --—fpv-Vit-;;;’ i;r||
Among the improvements:
(1) A new library has been de
veloped with over 1500 square feet
by combining,,two classrooms of
the Elementary building. .
(2) Thirteen' classrooms have
been refloored and sanded.
(3) Six classrooms have been en
larged from less than 600 square
feet to more than 700 square feet
in accordance with best school
planning recommendations by re
moving cloakroom partitions.
- (4) New eeilings of accoustical
tile have been installed in eight
classrooms located in the base
ment.
(5) Elementary building gpainted
'throughout.
Carrboro Tax
Vote Put Off
For Two Years
The Carrboro District
School Committee has voted
to request a public referendum
ftl its area on the levying of
a $ .15 supplementary school
tax not later than 90 days af
ter the completion of its new
school, now in the planning
stages. Thus such a vote, if it
comes, is not seen Likely Th
the next two years.
The Committee first sought
to have this vote taken in a
resolution pas^-od last' October.
However, Committee Chairman
Carl Ellington said, work on this
proposal was stopped until "a
reasonable length of time has
elapsed after last spring's County
school bond referendum.”
In the new resolution the Com
mittce decided to Continue work
on this plan approved last fall with
the amendment that the Commit
tee go on record as asking the
vote ‘‘not later than 90 days after
He new school building in Carr
boro has been completed and ac
cepted by the County Board of Ed
ucation.” ->.-*•
Preliminary plans for the new
school were revealed for the first
lime last night to th«. Committee
members, the County School Board,
and interested citizens of Carrboro,
Mr. Ellington -aid everyone pres
ent seemed t'i annrnvQ the propus
(See CARRBORO, rage 6)
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Large Still Cut
Near Blackwoods
One of the largest whiskey mak
ing operations in Orange County
in recent years came to a sudden
end Tuesday night when the op
erators returned to their boldly
conceived location to the waiting
arms of the Sheriff and his depu
ties.
_ Caught in the haul: two men, a
1941 model automobile, 700 lbs. of
sugar, 17-cases of whiskey, four
bags of coke, 20 case of empty
fruit jars and 3,000 gallons of beer
in process.
Sheriff Odell Clayton said the
still had been operated within 500
yards of the late S. P. Lockhart
home on the famed turkey farm
near Duke Forest, just east of
Blackwood Station. The home has
been unoccupied since Mr. l/>ck
hart’s death about five months
ago.
Arrested in connection with
the still were Charlie Griffin.who,
resides in the old Sunnyside Ser
vice Station on Highway 70-A east
of Hillsboro and Homer Griffin,
from Franklin County, Virginia.
Charlie Griffin escaped from the
still site but was later arrested
at his home while the Virginia
man, said to be in his fifties, was
caught at the scene.
Water for the operation was se
cured through a plastic hose run
from the Lockhart yard. Sheriff
Clayton said about 40 barrels' of
mash were in process and with the
sugar and other materials being
brought in another large run ap
peared on the way.
Tour Of Aromatic Tobacco Area
Scheduled For Next Wednesday
Next Wednesday afternoon, Aug
ust 22, at 2 o'clock a tour will .be
held of some of the producers of
Aromatic tobacco in Orange Coun
ty.
The tour will start at the Claude
Pope farin at Cedar Grove Those
attending will see various phases
of production of this new type of
leaf Th:s NvHl include a visit to
the field where the leaf is grown,
a demonstration of the priming
of the leaf, and observing the
qualities desired in Aromatic to
bacco. Following the field visit,
the group will observe the “wilt
ing or "yellowing’ of the tobacco
and the curing process. Mr. Pope
has constructed an, excellent cur
(Sec TOUR, Ptipe «)
TWO CARRBORO EVENTS
which attracted targe throngs in
the past week were the installa
tion of*Druggist Lloyd Senter as
•District Governor of Lions Dis
trict 31G and the annual Caw
boro Mills picnic at Camp Nttw
Hope oh Saturday. More than
300 Lions, their wives and guests
heard International President
Jack Stickler of Charlotte in the
installation address. At right.
Governor Senter presents^ bolt '
of suiting from Carrboro Mills
to President Stickley as a me
mento of his visit here.
Over 1100 employees of the
Carrboro plant and their families
and guests enjoyed games, swim
ming, contests and healthy serv
ings of New Hope prepared food
in the camp setting. The long
lines to the food tables are shown
in the Photo by Rotgjvd Gidux,
below.
(6) Two classrooms restored to
Home Economics and Commercial
departments which had been uti
lited for other classes.
(7) New heavy-duty electric ser
vice installed to H i gh School
building to be adequate for heavi
est load. v
... (B New light fixtures installed
in lunchroom - and entire luncb
ro:m repainted.
(0) .Partition removed in Agri
culture building and building re-"
painted. 1"
(10 Principal's office re-aiv
tanged to allow private office for
him.
(11) Teachers' lounge re-arrang
ed in What was old Library and
additional textbook storage space
provided.
(12) New furniture, seats, desks,
chairs, installed in four classrooms.
In addition to the painting* at
Hillsboro, the following schools
were, painted both inside and out:
Efland-Cheeks and Murphey.
White Cross Was painted on the
outside and^ Caldwell’s lunchroom
was painted.
At Central, a Complete new roof
whs put cn, celotex ceiling was
Installed in the auditorium and
new wiring and lighting was in
stalled.
^ New 10,000 gallon water tanks
were purchased and installed at
Aycock and Cedar Grove on 50
foot stands and concrete footings
at a cost of $5,500 for each school
md a 5,000 gallon tank Was mov
'ed from St Mary’s and installed
on a 30-foot stand at Efland
Cheeks.
At Aycoejr, new heating equip
ment Was installed in the high and
elementary schools and the agri
culture building, a new roof was
put on. a roof deeSf tfas built on
the auditorium and ceiling tile was
installed” In the auditorium” Ex
penditures at Aycock will be in the
neighborhood' of $13,000
A new boiler was installed af
West Hillboro and lawns were
graded ' and seeded ' at Cameron
Park, Efland and West Hillsboro.
A four-foot cytlone fence~wa& in
stiled on the west- eirie of the
Cameron Park school grounds at a
edst ■ of