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v ■ ’f ;■ atf’ $|p|p ' if -^/t""--V ' J 1^ 'I' ': ‘.'^■i mS^^H jatSysp^*^" g I rg^&fcaaL;' :.SSt:~S ^ sS ■MBffpp.. ' • g REASON ... Those edu B1 officials who profession plunk for higher pay for ers place the blame for all ,1 wrongs at the money door. y_it ain’t necessarily no. is a fact that approximately . per cent of our schools in i Carolina opened the:r last week short of their full of teachers. The Pro’s in aniS attribute, the shortage fher- to low pay, of course. t ask some of those in the __and talk to college stu who are being urged to b> teachers—and they will tell that the main reason they like the teaching garde -is* iay—but parents. e of the finest school prin , in this or any other State OTh Q. Holiday, head man rambunctious Needham {hton High School in Ral giparents now think—in motWfn and * erudite Wid tieth century"— that their ren can do no wrong—we raising a race of brats- Be as it may, this situation has ing to do with the Needham ghton inddent — the fates t veral which have plagued ham Broughton principa's i through the years, lliday last Friday morning scant four days after th ing of school for a hew ter n s served with a ^warrant ging him with assaulting a tar-old student. seem - that Principal Hoi' i had jerked this girl" by the while she was standing in hool hall during Thursday's h period. He had talked ily to the girl. She told her nts...when she got home i school that evening ...... and irranl1wa&,l*vfarn on Holliday he parents. le indictment came as a com t surprise to the school prin I—and served as a ’fitting ude to another pleasant ol year. Hu will read of other similar rtments during the hext nine th.- throughout the State. If not a warrant, it’s an insult, atened assault on the part irents on teacher or princ - We know of one school head Western North Carolina last er whose life was threatened i dimphool daddy because principal would not let the M's awkward daughter play string guard on the basket team he coached! it, getting back to Holliday. who knows, two or three ts hence he will 'get a job in Me industry. Then the, cry to up that he left because i know, North Carolina is in 1 Place and blah-blah-blah It! And double bunk! ilary, course, is a factor—an “riant factor—but it is not raain rea„vj we have a short of teachers. And we still “tain that Joe Holliday is lin8 one of the best high Ms in the ooui.try. °0D VOTE ... Just, as we **sied here, the vote in the :ial election of September 8 good—big enough to be fui 'Presentative of the thinking he people. though aj this column is ten—very early Sunday morn September 9—127 precincts °f the 2,047 had not been d from, signs pointed to a °f about 600,000. at’s a good vote—a real good "in this jday and time ... and Set a record for any special ll°n. Had it not been for the lnt racial troubles in Texds, "esr*e, and Kentucky, 1 * the total ballot.* this past irday would have run more 1 about 400,000. e said here three weeks ag > the vote would likely run er the normal Republican ^ng of about 300,000 than frwocutic standard of 700,- _ think this would have been Sltuation, too, had it not been J,*cent Southern disturbances. t*l* l>ON'E . . . Although we ROUNDUP, Page 2) NEW HONORS came this wedk for Eagle Scoot Harvey Reinhardt of Hillsboro troop who Mondfy nighv was selected as Orange District Honor Scoot lo represent the district in the Oceoneeehee Council Contest. Reinhardt as the top Orange Scoot wilt compete with other district representatives for a din ner and TV appearance with Governor Hodges. The pi ood Scoutmaster shown with him is Jim Rote ford of Hillsboro. _______ Churches Plan Week Of Religious Emphasis The niiniXers of the Baptist. Episcopal, Methodist, and Pres byterian Churches announced to day that a Religious Eniphas s. Week will be sponsored jointly by their churches for the general pub lic during, the week of October 21. ■ ■ '' Planning for this-week of ser vice.,, the first of its kind in the recent history- of Hillsboro, was begun last spring and has now been completed. ; The Rev. William H.‘Kryde-. well-known pa.-tor and dynamic preacher of the Graham Presby-. terian-gh.urch, will -preach for the main services which are to be he'd nightly at the First Baptist Church, In addition to theoe . meetings. White Elephant Sale Saturday The Exchange Club’s white ele phant sale Saturday afternoon at 1:30 will again offer many goot bargains. . ‘ . The sale will be held in the park lot adjacent t„ Graham and Ranson'. law office. Hams will be given away as free prizes. Plans are to have at least two used cars to be auction ed off to the highest bidder. Cates Esso Station will be glad to come and pick up any item you many wish to contribute to th sale. All proceeds to go *nt0 the park fund. Bf popular demand the Club is going to sell fruit cakes again th s season. Order your fruit cake now for Thanksgiving and Christmas. YOUTHS speak to lions Boboy Forrest, who spent the summer as a waterfront counselor at a boy’s camp in up-state New York-, and Harvey JBeinhardt,jvho participated in a canoeing expedi tion in Canada as S representative of the local Boy Scout troop, spoke to members of the Hillsboro Lions Club op their experiences at lue» day night s regular meeting. noonday prayer services will 06 held Monday through Friday. A special invitation to business men as well j the public imggneral has been issued by the lopal ministers who will conduct fc noonday meetings. , . . - , . . The announcement- further em phasized that the purpose of this combined effort is to bring" the people of this community into a more. vital relationship with the Church. To this end invitations are being extended to the various civic clubs to attend in a body on Wednesday night. Thursday night will be devoted to special recogni tion of the youth of Hillsboro. ~ -, Norris Urges Farmers Get Trucks Ready .Patrolman Mann Morris this week urged farmers to get 4heir trucks and 'trailers in compliance with the law before beginning their hauls to the tobacco market In the next fcfew weeks. , He .reminded particularly, ol lights and license requirement, and load limitations, pointing ou also that operators other than the owner of a truck -must have ; chauffer’s license -it carrying a loac over 15,000 pounds. He expressed the hope that al larmers' would familiarize them solves- with laws relative to truck: ir. order, not to be caught unaware: during the important hauling sea son. ' & ar— : — 11’"" ^ ,v 1 ■ ' r- ■ ■■■. . Orange Approves Pearsall Plan 3,359 To 1,784 Rest Of County In School Vote Chapel Hill 4 To 3 Against Amendment Chapel Mill, ond the rest'-of. Orange County wdm separate ways in last Saturday's Special Constitutional Amendments Fleet ion, which sa\v an elect orate turn out in unusually heavy numbers virtually ap proximating last Spring's Pri mary. . . • - " Outside of metropolitan Chape! Hill's five precincts, Orange County citizens voted per centagewise exactly as did the State as a whr.le, 4% to 1 in favor of the so-call Pearsall- School Amendment, the State-administra-* tton sponsored plan for preventing integration in the public school ?. stem. In Chapel Hill, it was a different story, however. There the margin was 4 to 3 against the segregation amendment. The official canvass by the Elpard ef Elections on Tuesday for the county as a whole, alf 19 vot ing precinct \ showed 3,359 voted in favor of the school amendment and 1,784 against, a favorable mar gin of less than 2 to 1. Interestingly, 49 present of “^OrengO County's vote# egelnst the school hit! Were contained in the 1,234 opposition votes in Chapel Hill's five precincts. However, including the heavy Carrboro town Vote—(4891— y the school bill wero’contained in ( proposal carried In the com ^^*|unity. For the CaVrboro pre strict the vote we# a sharply aon traating four-to?one ballot of approval (489 to 124). ' Hillsboro, as usual, cast the largest vote of the day, 579 for and 172 against the vhool amend ment. a slightly less than 4 to 1 margin. Many of the rural precine's cast unusually large votes in this election, Caldwell's 11 to 1 mar gin being _Jhe' bigge.*; majority It cast 143 for and only 13 against the amendment. As throughout the State, roam of .: Orange Comity’s • opposition votes were cast unintentionally through misunderstanding of the wording of the amendment. Many poll holders and clo.<j observers at the polls noted this from voters' remarks and feared that it would materially lower preponderantly favorable attitude for the amend ment: (See ELECTION, Page, 8) Mystery Farm Of The Week Who Owns This Mystery Farm? Mrs. Philip Johnson of Route 1, Hillsboro and M e or Moure . 2, Kougemont, in that order, identified test week's Mystery Perm as the Walter McKee place on Rougemont Route 2. ^ Mc Kee, who rents parts of the 173 acre farm to others, sayr tobacco, wheat, born, hay and oats are all growe on the place. He has received the beautifully moun /ed aerial photo of his farm reserved for him at this office with our compliments. The first to call and provide »;*e correct identification of the Mystery Farm in each issue of The News of Orange County wins a year's -free subscription to the newspaper. Can you identify the one above? _. . *L , . ’ * . ' ■ ft ' , ■ ‘ ' - . . J __Am___-mmmjkM - ————;--—•—^ --——— — -v»- .-—.TT . . ._■ 1 ") Official Voting Return* In Orange County — - . Special Setiion Regular Seeeion Amendments Sc Keel Amendment Ne. 1 Ne. 2 No. 3 ' Per Ag. Per Ag. Per Ag. Per Ap. Hillsboro 579 172 481 188 519 188 548 128 Carrboro . 489 124 . 889 148 433 88 .438 -. 93 Chapel Hill 1 128 204 ' 181 136 214 90 248 88 Chapel Hill 2 . 171 171 278 56 304 26 327 7 Chapel Hill 3 .1. .:_ 198 330 436 77 478 37 510 11 Chtfpel Hill 4 260 257 396 104 424 74 485 34 Chapel Hill 5 179 272 324 110 372 57 423 14 Caldviell .. 143 ' 13 55 32 . 51 30 66 23 Cheeks. ... '.....177 32 104 50 124 32 111 41 T61ars _ 76 12 54 18 . 53 18 46 22 University . 145 29 104 37 115 21 * 125 17 Cole’s Store . ., 62 17 54 19 49 16 64 ll Carr’s . . .. 68 9 55 9 52 9 54 9 St. Mary’s ..“.l:. 47 8 20 22 31 12 32 10 Efland 174 47 115 73 121 53 137 44 Rock Springs 90 30 73 24 . 76 18 91 16 Cedar Grove . . 119 15 58 32 58 22 08 19 Pktterson 72 21 75 0 72 10 72 9 White Cross . .. . .... 182 21 115 50 132 20 JM 16 Totals 3,359 1,714 3347 1132 3472 777 3#7 592 -.-----1-„-i--■---------i, 10 Miles Of New Hard Surface 1 V Approximately 10 miles of ad < ditional hard surfacing have been or will be completed shortly on Orange County roads already a part of the State system. County Maintenance Supervi.-.rt* Clarence Walter* of the State High way Commission said it was one of the largest authorizations for new hard surfacing allotted In ttrs county indecent yew* AH* work i.v being done by local highway forces. Most of the base work .and prim ing has already been completed and the actual paving will be com pleted in about two w.eeks on the following roads: (1) St. Mary’s to Pleasant Grove Church. (2) King's Pond road to Carr. (3) From Old NO. 10 highway to Highway 70 by way of University Station (4) Hazel Street in Hillsboi'o. A surface treatment has already been- completed on one mile of roads in the Dogwood Acres de velopment near Chapel Hill. In addition to this work in prep aration for paving and paving, the (See ROADSi Page 8) Town Truck Damaged; Struck By Caf On 70 A town of Hillsboro garbage truck was heavily damaged Tues day morning on Highway 70 near the Reverie Lingerie plant. The truck was hit by a Greens boro travelling man, Alex James HursU in the front portion as the truck was making a left turn into the side road leading to the town dump. The 1952 Buick he was driv ing then caromed off the truck, hitting David Matzo’s car parked at Cole Motor Company, 100 yards away. Eddie Nelson waS driving the town truck. Damage was estimated abopt $500. There Were no injuries. Wildcats Win Opener; Meet Northern Friday Hillsboro's Wildcats opened the currant football season with a 14-0 victory over Southern WMW High here last Friday bight before a farge turnout This week Hillsboro trayels to Durham County’s Northern High School which defeated Cary the de fending State Class A champs lft-B irt their opening game. The first quarter of last week's game he’re was a defensive battle with both teams being hurt by penalties. Hillsboro drove, 52 yards for their first score early irt the second quarter. Glenn Collins and Hay Barnes spearheaded the touch down drive with Barnes frpm 2 ■yards out'going over for the score. Glenn Collins scored the extra point on an end sweep run. The half, ended with Hillsboro leading 7,0. Hillsboro received the second half kick-off with Collins running the ball out to his own 43 yard line. A strong running attack led by Collins, Barnes, Knight and Hayden advanced the ball to South ern 23 yard line where a pass from Knight to Spangler picked up 22 yards and a first down on South ern one. Collins on a line plqnge scored and Hillsboro led 13-0. Col lins on an end run made the score 14-4) as he scored the second extra point of the night. Hillsboro drove to Southern's 15 yard line midway the fourth quar ter only to have penalties stop this determined drive. Southern never threated serious ly during the game reaching in side Hillsboro 35 yard line only on 4,353 Enrollment In County Schools Enrollment for the first week of school in the Orange County sys tem totalled 4,353 — an increase of 124 over last year’s first day !n the 12 schools. Some 2,975 were enrolled in six units of the Chapel Hill City ad ministrative unit, giving the county as a whole a total of 7,378 jn the public schools. Regular class schedules have proceeded smoothly throughout the first week.ancL slight increases in attendance been recorded since the opening. In thg nine white schools of the county system there were 2,329 enrolled in the elementary grades and 486 enrolled in the two high schools for a total white school population of 2,815. In the three Negro schools, 1,183 were in elementary grades and 355 in the one high school. Central at Hillsboro. Last year's total for all schools was 4,340 as compared to the 4,353 this year. White schools’ increase was 39 while the Negro schools lost 26. Following is a breakdown of this year’s opening attendance: Hillsboro elementary 450, High School 363; Cameron Park 466; West Hillsboro 192; Murphey 66; Efland 321; Ay cock elementary 202, High School 123; Carrboro 426; White'Croitt 95; Caldwell 9I; Cen tral elementary 560, High School 355; Efland Negro 227 and Cedar Grove 3D6. one occasion. Outstanding line play led by Petty. Spangler, Bateman. •IMeOon.ntTOhfgM kept the South ern offensive under control during the entire game. Offensive stand outs for Hillsboro were Ray Barnes and. Glenn Collins. STATISTICS “■ Rushing Car. Yds. Av. Collins 14 57 4.07 Knight , 3 18 6 Barnes 10 43 4.5 Hayden 7 38 5.1 Oakley 2 3 1.5 •Freeland 3 4 1.3. Spangler 1 ^ 4 4 Stanley 1 9 9 «Jotal Ruthing ysrdago—176 ’' Total Offensive^—210 •* Passing Attempt Compilet Yd*. Knight *' 2 1 22 Barnes 2 1 l Rinehart 1 1 n Total yardage 5 3 34 Schley Ladies Fete Veterans Patients at the Veterans Ad ministration hospital in Durham enjoyed a Bingo- party given Mon day night by the Schley American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs George Gil more. Entertainment and Supply Chairman of the Orange County Chapter of fjie American Red Cross reported today. The party was under the direc tion of Mrs. Aaron. Thompson, President of the Schley American Legion Auxiliary. Mft»mh‘prs of th* I 4>t*inn Anvil. iary were accompanied by their husbands and by vveral Orange County Chapter Gray Ladies. Prizes for the party was donated by the Efland Knitting Company, Efland. and by the Kale Knitting Company of Me bane This is the second party recent ly, under the auspice.- Of the local Red Cross Chapter, Mrs. Gilmore pointed out. Buckhorn Grange pre senting a birthday party last month. The entertainment schedule is light for the next quarter. Two coffee hours have been .vheduled for the local Chapter. Schedules for* entertainment at the Veterans hospital are mada by the Piedmont Service Council, of which the Orange County Chap ter is a member1. The Orange C.ounty: Chapter met -its-* supply and .other comaaittmenta last, month. Mr -. Gilmore stated, and plans have been made to meet the remainder of its committments for this quarter.
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