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ESIDBXT FRIDAY . . . The
tn death of Senator J. M.
thtori early one Sunday morn
|n March of 1949 started a
of events which has kept
Greater University of North
|na in an almost-coastaftt tur
fr>an that day unttt last week,
bredictable Gov. W. Kerr
j-within a few days reached
[into Chapel Hill and appoint
Frank' Graham to the sen
fceat left vacant by Brcmgh
I death.
began the search for - a
^ssor to Dr. Frank, who had
under criticism i.for a few
prior to his leaving the
trsity. His critics said he was
I l-.ercl. that a Communism j
uiui ihatTfe wsTSaWIreB
|-was away from his Job
pg the government in various
Pities, the long search be
•don Gray became president,
fas away quite a little—but
Iked as if the University had
a man its thousahds of
|ni and friends could raTi.v
id The Gray family seemed
•joy the relatively quiet life
|e Chapel Hill community. It
a rather tightly knit little
'—and they were very popur
nth the staff, the students,
isitors'to Chapel Hill,
then Mrs. Gray died—and
in -never seerped happy again
University. He tried to make
of it, but Washington •beck
again and again. Finally, he
ht would resign the presi
of the Greater University—
lis res:gnation was not ac
He continued with his
taglon duties. Meantime,oUni
|’V trustees saw that some
"ould have to be done. Th
’i-all tliree units of it—tva
jdering educationally' ifi
®f its greateSt physics
th
‘sident Gray was asked if h
» in? to remain in Washing
ls assistant to the, SecretaV
'flense, fie said he wai
'ned again. The Universit
ahtng -
lowing a good mgn' whe
’aw ol|e. had named youn
riday as his good .man ditt
as £ll of that, too.
en began another long searc
President of the Greater—<
1 idated—University of Norl
na A committee looked an
'ked- Meantime, Bill had bee
d acting president. And, wjie
were down—as the
Gnite often during this awl
regime—Bill acted.
e mi re the committee seared
me more it thought of Bi
u> fhe searching group wt
l,ke a kid on a June mornin
*’ for a place to hitch ol
•' fhe cow. This boy waul
“J a hill across the way—an
grass showed up green—an
5fl! and UP the hill. But whe
• the cow would go dow
got there, they found tli
S ess green than that whk
ad left on the other hil
‘hey woqld go.
committee whs that wa;
1 J1ntci to the original tiili
ere was Pill Frklay. But 1
s° yeung they" said—an
cc roundup, pope. 2/
► Miss Hilda Anne Strayhorn of
Hillsboro High School and Miss
Helen Louise Liner of Aycock
High School have been selected as
'Best Citizens'’ in. their respective
senior classes to compete in tiff
stat^ DAB's Good Citizen Contest.
These Orange County girls will
enter the state contest under the
sponsorship of the Davie Poplar
chapter, Chapel Hill, of the N.C.
Society of the Daughters of the
American Ravolution of. which
Mrs. B. B. Lane is Regent and Mrs
R. W. Isley of Cedar Grove, chair
man of Good Good Citizen Com
mittee.
This year questionaires will be
filled out.by those participating
in the contest instead of making
scrapbooks as has been the cus
tom in cth?r years. The questions
will be on State and National gov
ernment. citizenship and their ac
tivt :;\s.
Three girls were selected by the
student bodj of each school and
the faculty picked the contestant*
from the three in each school.
Each girl selected is awarded a
DAR emblem of ^ood citizenship
the national society. The winner
of the state contest will be pre
sented a $100 bond.
Miss Strayhorn is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Stray
horn. Both of her parents are na
tives of Orange County. Mrs Stray
is an eighth grade teacher at
Hillsboro tyid her father is chief
mechanic at the Orange, County,
school bus garage.
- Hilda is quite art've in school.
She is president of the-Beta Club,
president of the Pttfur? Teaches
Chib, editor of the school annual,
associate editor of the school news
paper, a member of the basketball
Pain and was .a. school marshal
last spring.
-(See BEST CITIZENS, Page 8)
Breeze Named
i ' - .. |;r
Cameron Park
FTA President
Harr/ P. Breeze „was named
president of the Cameron Park
Parents and Teachers Association
l at its organizational meeting on
Tuesday night.
Other officers for the coming
year are: Mrs. David Baird, vice
president; Joe Rosemond, treasur
er and Mrs. Mary Leigh Webly sec
tary. *. j
... Pr-d Rogers, principal of^the
school, was in charge of the meet
ng. The Rev. Lawton Y. .Pettit, of
St. Matthews’ Episcopal Church
gave the devotional. '
A tie for roll call count of par
j ents for each room, was made by
Miss Maude McCauley’s room amd
Miss Ruth Crawford’s room.
After the business session which
was held in the cafeteria, the
group went into the foyer to watch
Miss McCauley’s students demon
strate some of the rhythms they
have , learned this year. ■
Open house • followed with the
teacher in each classroom explain
ng her program for the year and
->ns"ermg questions the parents
might have had.
New 1-lope Get?
Mention As
Church Of Year
New Hope Presbyterian Church
received first Honorable Mention
in a contest to name the “Rural
Church < f the Year” by the North
'Carolina State Grange.
* New Hope Church has just coin
pleted and dedicated a new build
ing during its 200th anniversary.
Named as “Rural Church of the
Year” was Hawfields Presbyterian
;*f*frureh Alamance County from
w hich, the Orange County church
was formed in 1796.
Hawfields Church, though cen
turies old, is one of the most pro
gressive- rural churches in the
state The first house of worship
for Hawfields w:as a log building.
Decades later a frame building
was erected which was declared a
“splendid country .church” though'
for more than 30 years there, was
no glass'ln the windows.
Gthrr rural churches having I
outstanding, records and receiving j
rm’<vah»r 'Mention are: Marlboro i
Friends Church, Randolph Coufltv: j
Fraternity Church of Brethren. 1
Forsyth’ County and Friedberg
Moravian Church, Davidson Coun
Two men have been.,arrested and
charged with a aeries of 11 break
ins, including a school and a post
office, which began in Orange Cdtu»
tv two weeks ago. j
Sheriff Odell H. Clayton said Jer
ry McPherson, 21, of Mebane add
Thcmas Irby. 29. of. West Hillsboro
had confessed to the robberies and
are now in Orange County Jail
awaiting a preliminary hearing here
next Monday.
The case broke wide Spen when
an Alamance County man who pur
chased a .32 caliber pistol stolen
trom one of the Orange County
places brought it the Mebane PoUcd*
Chief who called Sheriff Clayton. A
search of McPherson’s home, In Me
bane then produced most of the
stuff taken in the 11 Orange rob
beries and questioning brought Cull 1
confessions from the pair who had
earlier been arrested for car theft
in Graham.
Sheriff Clayton said radios, fish
ing equipanent, automobile acres*
-dries, guns and pistols stolen
Orange were found at McPherson’*
home and identified ,bv the oWneri.
■\ .22 rifle iaken from Bill Dorset’s
store and a shotgun stolen from
Forrest and Forrest were recovered'
from a hiding place under debris of
‘he rid Dimock’s Mill house west
if Hillsboro. A group of watches;
taken- from Wilkerson’s service sta
tion, .Highway 8& at 49, have nsl
been recovered but will be on
&in
The pair admitted entering
ng into Brown’s Service, statii
Forrest Trading Center at
and Wilkerson Service Station near
the Caswell line’ on Thursday Octo
ber ’8 Friday they entered Chavis
Service Station, Highway 86 at 57,
1 Cald
Hamlio's Service Station at’
well and the Caldwell Sc 1 tool
On Sunday October 21, they, broke
into Dorsett-’s store on the Eflnnd
Cedar Grove road, Forrest and For
rest, Forrest Trading Center
Brown's Service Station .and the
Postoffice, all at Kfland. Small
amounts of change in addition to
the merchandise and firearms were
stolen at each place. Two cash
registers, one an antique valued at
(See TWO CHARGED. Page 8)
Mastery Farm Of The Week
Who Owns This Mystery Farm?
. k.s farm was identified as the papa e came out. ft is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Loy
La p, 1 Hillsboro five miles north of Hillsboro in the Schley Community. Mrs. Lawrence
Gay Ti ey o ■ ^ next to the Tilley’s was the first tejdentify It. She is receiving a free year's sub-.
Summey, w o - ^ Qr e County. The ho use was built six years •»*. farm consists of one
scription to ti.’ Walker estate. Mrs. Tilley is the ’former Dorothy" Walker. They have two
,f 'SoP“lr|°v 10 years old, and Gayleen who is five. Tilley works for the State Highway Com
chrWren^ever'y, £ id.ntifv (the the place were: Mrs. M. J Walker. Mrs. BUI Miller, Lind
n,,,S'"n ® " W<>ods, Nancy Roberts, Lewis Vernon Tilley, Mrs. Mildred Thompson, Ted Martin,
sey Woods, y Woods. The owners of the above farm will receive, a mounted aerial photo
Clorln Cates an njMfy the office of the correct identity of the above farm will receive a
of their place. The tirsr to e
free year's subscript,o,t to this P-P*- - A ,
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THOMAS IftBY
■
x JERRY McPherson
Four Nnmed
To Methodist
College Body
<S. Paul Carr. Sr., Reid Roberts:
Grtidy Brhwn and Reverend W. A
Seawill, pastor, will represent The
Hillsboro Charge on the special Con
ference Advisory Committee for tjie
nevy Methodist College in Fayette
ville. .
Terr/' Sanford, of Fayetteville,
Chairman of the proposed institu
tions board of trustees, in announc
ing the . appointments, snd: "V#
expect, to rely a.great deal upon the
advice and help of these and Other
leaders as we go forward with our
college project.” .
This identity with the collegft*vhe
aid, will comer upon committee
members the distinction of ■ hon
orary alumni.”
The new institution, chartered by
he North Carolina Methodist Con
ference, is scheduled to be .erected
in a 700-acre site about three miles
Vorth of Fayetteville on the Raleigh
lighway.
Stocking Fund
Organization
Plans Noted
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"Tlie .Yorth wind doth blow" and
brings with it the realisation that
Christinas is not far away.
Because of this, the Junior Serv- (
ice League of Chapel Hill has an
nounced its organization for the 7th‘|
annual Fmpty Stocking Fund camp
aign which provides Christmas for
the needy families of Orange Coun
ty. |
Mrs. Donald Stanford, chairman
of this years' campaign, expects
tnisr. 450 families to be on the
Kmpty Stocking list.
Seven years ago the Junior Serv
ice League,’ in, cooperation with the j>
County Welfare Department, pro
vided food, toys, clothing and money
for numerous- needy families in
Orange County who would have had
no Christinas otherwise. Each year
(See STOCKING, Page 6)
► SweJIed registration roils, increased requests for absentee ballots and lever-pitch cam
paigning by presidential aspirants in thjf forthcoming national election indicate next Tues
day's General Electron in Orange County wild see the largest vote of lota! record.
This was the opinion yeterday of electio ns officials and poHt&d leaders of both parties
as campaigning moved down the hoem stretch for I ueday's big test.
Registration books closed last Saturday after a heavy pre-election registration in aitnot
every Orange County precinct.
In Chapel Hill and Carrboro
alone, a totfl of 1,000 were added
to the six precinct voting lists to
bring Hie total number registered
to 7,770, and an overall increase
of 13 percent. Other precinct
were swelled to their highest reg
istration of record, and an esti
i mated 15.000 citfsens are eligible
, 'to vote if they want to.
I Just 31 abort of 9,000 Orangr
bounty voters cast ballots for
Eisenhower and Stevenson in
1952 and predictions on the in
crease by some observers go as
high as 15% for 1936.., ■
„ Best guess seems a vote'of 9jfk*
to 10,000 In the county next Tues
day, which would be the larges4
of record.
Polls will be open 6:30 a m. to
6:30 p.m. in the 19 Orange Coun ■
ty ‘ precincts.
Preparations were going for
ward yesterday for the delivery of
ballots and other elections sup
plies by Elections Chairman S. T.
Latta to registrars throughput the
county today.
Well over 300 absentee ballot*
have been mailed to or returner’
by applicants tb Chairman Lattr
and application forms have beer
'•equested by many others.
Orang? County voters will have
three ballots to:mark when the:
One bi
go. to the potis Tuesday and there
will be additional special township
ballots in Chapel HtU 'and Hills
>■*
will be for indicating
■•h? choice of presidential candi
dates, another for the State ticket
ncluding thb candidate for Sixth
District congressman, while the
third will be the state legislative
-andidates and county offices.
In ..Hillsboro a special township
.ballot includes the name of J. E
'.aws for justice Of the peace and
n Chap?! Hill township the name
of Vernon G. Burch appears for
onstable. Both are unopposed.
(See ELECttON, Page 6)
100 Bales Bring 60k To $1.25 Per Pound
Sale Pleases Growers
over tw Bates oi Aromatic zu-s
bacco were sold at Cedar Grove
last Friday "in the first sale of its
and ever held in this section of
he state.
Prices ranged between 60c and
>1.25 per pound.
The sale was held in the shop
»f the vocational agricultural De
railment of the Aycock School:
Vll local aromatic growers, and a
;izeable group of interested spec
ators were on hand to observe
he proceedings. As each, producer
rrought his tobacco in, each bale
vas indentified by a number, tag
fed, and weighed. Then each bale
was opened and examined by the
trader. As the grade was establish
'd, the price for the grade and
he weight of the bate would be
mnounced. A bill of sale was made"
bowing the grade and weight of
■ach bale? and checks were mail
id each producer within a day or
so after the sale.
* Although none of t:,e local
growers were able to ^ave more,
han % of their crop, because of
circumstances beyond their con
-‘rol, everyone seemed pleased at
.he grading and the prices paid for
heir tobacco. One producer was
aeard to ask ‘somebody to pinch
dm" where one of his bales hit
he $1.25 per pound grade. Total
averages have not been obtained
! but the bulk of the tobacco sold,
n the 80c per pound grade. Opti
mism was expressed that good j
luality aromatic tobacco could be
iroduced in Orange County, and
hat a good stand, planted early,
liquid produce in a normal season
-t00tf“’to 1500 pounds of leaf. This
should be #/t harvested by the
(See TURKISH. Page 8)
Fruit Cakes
Sale Planned
Today, Friday
The Exchange Club member*
wall be. out Thursday and Friday
flights at tP15, on November t and
2, knocking at your door to sell
you a fruit cake—$3.25 Tor a 3 lb.
cake and $5.50 for a 5 lb. cake.
Plans call for a door-to-door cov
erage at those times and dates.
Please be ready to buy one of
these cakes, urge the sponsors who
say, “You not only* get a cake
worth more than you pay for it,
but all proceeds will go to the rec
reation park where you add yours
will have a place to spend' the hot
summer evenings. Buy a fruit
cake—-have a part in the park."
Yule Opening
For Hillsboro
To Be Nov. 30
Chairmen of the different com
mittees of the Hillsboro Merchants
Association (net on Monday after
noon and set the dates for the
Christmas Opening for Hillsboro.
The Christmas program for the
town will be held on Friday night,
November 30 at 7 o’clock, at which
time Santa' is planning to visit
Hillsboro.
In the decoration contest, store
windows will be judged on Nov.
29 and homes will be judged Dec.
18: , ■ ' •
Sample Ballot
1.
3.
Official ballot for state senator, representative
AND COUNTY OFFICERS OFORANGE COUNTY
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER
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To vote a
itraight party tjcket, make » cross (X) mark in
you desire to vote for.
ie circle of the party
To vote a split, or in other words for candidates oj'different parties, omit making
a cross (x) mark in the party circle at the top'pfdhe ballot and mark in the voting
square opposite the name of each candidate on the ballot tbr whom you wish to
VOtt. * ‘ --4r • -«—i
If jmu should mark iiLthe party circle at the, top of the ballot and also mark
oppoaite the name of any candidate of any party, such ballot shall be counted
as a straight party vote for all of the candidates of the party whose name the
cross mark (x) is placed in the party circle. ; ' ' ’
4. il you tear on deface or wrongly mark thik ballot return it and get another.
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DEMOCRATIC
FOR A STRAIGHT TICKET
o
MARK WITHIN THIS CIRCLE .
For Senator, 16th District
f] EDWIN S. iAnIER
For House of Representatives
□ JOHN W. UMSTEAD
For County Commissioner
□ R. J. M. HOBBS
For County Commissioner
□ DONA LD M STAN FORD
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REPUBLICAN
FOR A STRAIGHT TICKET
: O'
MARK WITHIN THIS CIRCLE
For Son*tor, 16th District
□ _. • -V -
For House of Representatives
□ CFORGE N. HARWARD
For County Commissioner
□ _, - __
« «• .«;•
For County Commissioner
□
fc lection N*v*mMr 6, 1956
Chairman Orange County Board of Election#