I't gay main lies for tended ead of jr day J. Urn m in s ago. ia and North past strain I were >mmit leld in his in id was n with it tacks before in of \nyone her H. r‘ guest g r e f . ration, one of fe—but »1 into 'ion |jy ' ■ ball dance b—will the in han at it the ly five fear’s, lab on Seta s look i a lit along ce, or of all • • LOAD . .Had the Governor )nU‘iit to let the tax situation long, he could have had a lol-v easy Legislature. There !ood surplus growing, busi general is good, and the fin demands by the various State.. ;s are no larger than antici 'V(-'r, the Governor felt that the best time we have ever revamp our tax structure . each member of the Legisla as been sent a copy of the ie Report of the Tax Study wsions on of ■te Government. Pile this the mendations of the Highway Commission. Then now about 0,d chestnuts concerned with ortlonment of the General As 1 a,'d separation of the prison ment from the State Highway ission? load indeed. \ ‘ . *** • ^ING? . . . At least one asso “ Planning n convention at the Sir Walter during the last of May believes firmly that Jt°rs will still be encamped ose old battlegrounds on June “■ conseqaently, has set up late *at«s at a hosiery in an ?Ry~just in case, out knowing exactly, I would - 2a j!ears has run for about dnd-a-half months. ’V * ttle 1S57 session does not until Wednesday,• February J can ,figure on the length of juning affair running the tint* See ROUNOyp, Page 2) * ■ ; J, f " f * p*r4 Year's 1 • ■ .Golden Deeds Book Honors School Man . The “Book of Golden Deeds" g'v j en by the Hillsboro Exchange Club was awarded to Grady A. Brov.». I longtime Principal of Hillsboro High School, at the Club,’s annual ladies night Christmas party. The Rev. Charles Hubbard, pas. tor of the Chapel Hill Methodist Church, made, the presentation. This award is the highest hon or the club can bestow. It is given j to a living person who has unsel fishly given to his fellowman and community. Grady, as he is affectionately cab led by his osier graduates, was born in Fayetpville, N-X. At a very early age his parents, Mr. and' Mrs. N. S. Brown, moved to Saxa pahaw, N. C. No| hatanj| public high school 5 »*ft. Mo/th Carolina. at the. tima- m j his completion of the seventh grade in elementary school, he attended ! EJJon College where '.he finishr I his high school curiculum and four year of college curiculum all in four years. While a studeu. a! Eii n he was an outstanding athleic. Upon his graduation at Elon, h:V. first assignment was teacher an.I cogth at Fallston, N. C. Af.e; j two year tenure there he cartwrl . Hillsboro as teacher and coach ir. j 1934. After serving as teacher am1 athletic coach for two years l.e* became principal, which posiu a ' be has held since 1926. . |Ir. Brown and Mrs Brown are. parents of Bobby, Harry and Her, •delta Brown. ■. The Rev. Hubbard in his prtu • 1 tation said, “As his former pastor, and friend for many years, he is .' one indeed worthy'of such ai t award. Although his own children are grown, he has never stopp 'd helping children. A man of- Goo < and a man of the outdoors his ot -1 forfs are tireless. I never called on 1 him to perform a church duty but ' whet he was always ready and will ‘ ing. not one to push himself onu, others but always ready to help i (See GRADY, Page 6) Grady A. Brown receives from the Rev. Charig.s Hubbard, left, the framed page signifying his se- j lection by the HMIsboro Exchange Club for its "Bo ok of Golden Deeds'’ on file at the local Confederate k'»mntial Lihrarv Phnit\ Rv I/u> Umthnc Man Murdered After Argument □Ver 60 Cents A year ii.n • \irinine n .in anti V 50 \ t* ii-i>l(l vvom;in with whom ii had boon living for the oast six oars came over into Orange Coun Sunday- afternoon for a visit and tell out" over 60 cents. Willi- m- Bradshaw, the man. is lead- from a butcher .knife stab bing in the chest .and Emma Vie nna Hay, the woman, is in jail nthotjt orivi'ege of bond for his 1-irdrr" Both are Negroes. The argument arid stabbing, Be arding t-n Sheriff O H.‘Clayton, tofrk (See MURDER. Page 6) ■ ■ " *Ss. . - /; • ' ~~ ; ..' .. •' ^ •' ¥'■ ' :T* • •' - , Orange Employment Up Average Wage $47.88 Average monthly employment In Orange County during the sec ond quarter of W56 amounted Jtp 1,713, the Employment Security Commission has reported. This g|ig a gain of 7 percent over the first quarter. J Total wages paid in Orange ppunty during the second quarter ranched $2,311,015, with an aver qge weekly wage of $47.88, the ISC said. XWs is employment covered by the Employment Sec urity Law. A breakdown of employment in construction totaled 242. with wages totaling $165,527 for an average weekly earning of $52.02, average employment in manufac furd amounted to V,802, -with-wages totaling $1,179,762, for an average p weekly earning of $50.36; employ ment in transportation and com IBunieatipn averaged 44., and total - -wages ..paid came .to jn ^ trade, average employment -was^ 966. and total wages came to $562, 365; In finance, insurance and real estate the average employment J was 353 and total wages amount- • j gd to $239.42^; and In; ' service ’ and other employment, the^aver age employment was 280, and total wages amdunted tp $137,517. Statewide hew employment and wage records were set in the set-mid quarter. In jobs covered by the ESC Law, average monthly employment in April. May and June amounted to 816,400, an in crease of more than 11 percent ever last year's figure. The average weekly wage amounted $59.56. This Vvas $2.30 more than last year's average $8 33 more than five years ago. and 97 cents, more than in the first* quarter of this year. Second quarter 'earnings of' in sured workers amounted to $632. J.79,10^. this was 27- Photo By-doe Hughes School Board Buys Hillsboro Property The board of education voted to purchase the old Laws place op posite the Hillsboro High School ji.nitor's home on Hazel street , for $5,000 at a special meeting here last yviday' night. No specific plans for use of the i property have been made, school officials pointing out that it is the 1 first chance that has been available !or many years to obtain additional ' property near- the present 1 y c ro \vd- • I eel high sc hool site. Ownership of the property could, rftgure into the selection of a site -gmusium at -the school—There.is., one "intervening house and lot be tween IT and the present gym site, •■owned by Mrs. Jim Jenkins. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Bivins. 4The old home, whieh sits on a well-: elevated lot, is in a state of disrepair and could probably be moved or lorn down. \ , . i The Bnard discussed at length with members of the White Cross school committee, Edmond Strowd and Bernard Durham, the situation of the White Cross school with relation to the supplementary tax election being requested by the Carrboro committee. No Specific recommendations were - made by the White Cross commit lee, but there was general agree ment that the district's location makes It imperative that the dlst- i xicta should be. combined and both should vote on the tax Supplement together. j Tfte two schools were divided in to generate school districts, only (See SCHOOL, Page 6) 4 ’ ' v • ... Man Of Year Recognition B; Goes To 'Luke' J. L.i Brown, Jr. was named he Exchange Club’s Man of the Vear at the Hillsboro Exchange Hub’s annual Christmas party at he Schley Grpnge Hall last Thurs- , lay night. E. Wilson Cole, recipient of the l tward last year, made the pre lentation. of the award. The Man of the Year award is nade annually, by the Exchange :lub to the member voted most iiitstanding. J. L. Brown Jr. has a long ree- j »rd of distinguished service in the H’llsboro Exchange Club. During! he past year he has been Chairman if the Concessions Committe, and t member of the Park Committee t»d Finance Committee, i ■ !'i * I t (>j '.in /a! am1 of the lot ..1 SulPin 1946. A charter member, p» (,-rved as president for the first two /ears of the clubs-existanre. He has ‘ >erved almost continuously on the Hoard of Control since that time, j in that ten' veal period he has missed only one regular meeting il the club., , In the past he has served as chairman on most .of the ’cllib’s •ommittee.s. Among them the pro eel committee. Girl Scouts. House-, .nd Recreation Committees. He is a member of the Hillsboro Viethodist Church where he has 1 u?en tin f the Grouhd’Observer Corps which ie joined when organized in 1933. ‘ For the oast eight years he- has leeii Vice-Chairman for the Orange kHjnt& t hap'er of the National b’Lio Foundation. "* Other cl vie * activities include Girl, tcout work. Merchants association, fSVe LUKEt Page 6) -^ -V. _ /, The Jack Rays Win Top Prize In Decorations The grand prize winner and winners in the major divisions of the Home Decorations contest sponsored by the Hillsboro Merch ants Association’ were announced yesterday following judging by an unknown panel Tuesday even ing. The grand prize went to Mr.*anf Mrs Jack Ray‘ whose home is lo cated on Oeconeechee Farm Road. In the Religious division first prize went to Mr. and. Mrs. Nat Ellis for MJjfcir home otf Highway 70-A west $ of jHIIsboro. Second prize went® Mr. and Mrs. Marion A^luon^^l^^ceone&clv^ Farm Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Parris wtfose home is located on Boundary Ave: and second in yards. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bivfhs on St. Mary’s Road. Houses were judged with the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Strayhorn on Union St. receiving first prize and Mrs. N- D. Crab tree’s h me on Boundary Ave. re ceived second. c i Honable mention went to Mrs. Betty Sue Hawkins. Margaret Lane. Mr and Mrs. Marshall Cates Jr Mitchell St. and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Dixon of Highway. 70.. S & L Directors Hold A«r»nal Chrstmas Eve^t Members of the Board of Di eetors of the Hillsboro Savings and Loan Association held their annual Christmas party at the Colonial Inn Tuesday night with wives and irhers.as invited guests. The program was an informal jpc with all present participating. Lifts to those present were pre sented from a lighted Christmas !ree following a steak dinner serv 'd by the Inn. | Orange County merchants have reported heavy Christmas buying i* citizens this, wetfc made last minute ‘plans for the Christmas Holidays. * . Christmas spirit has appeared abundantly throughout the county this week as residents have decorat el and lighted their trees and home decorations. In general the county and the various communities will observe a two-dav .holiday period: Schools in the county close tomorrow to open again on January 2nd. The traditional Christmas parties, pro grams and the exchange of gifts will highlight the -school holiday closing. Stores in Hillsboro will be closed both Tuesday and Wednes day for the holidays. County of fices in both the old and new courthouses will be dosed three days, Monday througfc Wednea da , as wiU, the Hillsboro fbvmg* £*■ than v3tani.-ei a ti »n. Some industrial plants in the area are allotting employees additional pay with this weeks payroll. Offi cials at Cone Mills' Eno plant an nounced that the employees' Christ mas Savings Club there totalled be tween $50,000 and $60,000. This has already been distributed. Stores and business districts have been decorated in the Christmas theme for the past several weeks. Postmasters throughput the county report fhaj the increase of volume ii mail was heavy as ha’d b#Sn anticipated -nbeesilating' adding ex tra help through the holiday- period. Many churches and Sunday Schools b*dd special services featuring tra ditional Christmas music last Sun day, with a few making plans for special Christmas programs sche duled. for this Sunday. With Christmas Day on Tuesday this year, most merchants in Hills-, boro have announced that their stores w ill be, closed , on Tuesday end Wednesday io extend a holiday for employees. -It was also stated (See CHRISTMAS. Page 6) Everett Cheek's Speech On Conservation Of Soil Wins Second Place In State Event Everett Cheek, of ‘Lemola ■'arms’. Calvander community, has teen judged second place winner n North Carolina in th? Spencer fhemical Company’s speaking con est, fen* 1956, Henry S. Hogan. Prana? bounty Supervisors of the Veiise River Soil ComeevaU/tR District, announced?*todav. “My Soil Conservation District —Its Value to My Comijiunify" A-as the subject this year in the innual contest. In his speech Everett Cheek raced the development of'agricul ture on the headwaters of' the Veuse River and the erosion at tendant upon a clean cultivation system of farming. * By the early part of the 20th century, he pointed out. erosion tiad removed fifty percent of the topsoil from half of the land in the District with a consequent de cline of productive capacity. The organization of the Neuse River Soil Conservation District in IWff provided the landowners af the area the-instrument -needed for a coordinated effort, to stop erosicn damage. Since that time, ‘Lemola Farms,’ along with hundreds of others in the District, have developed and applied soil and water conserva tion systems specifically designed for each particular farm. And1 on those frms, Mr. Cheek explained, Cfosioq . frs.been" practically, halt ed, profluctityn 7’increased, and a stable agriculture developed—all to the beni^it of local business, industry, municipal water sup plies, and all segment^ of the community. A purebred Ayrshire dairy herd is how the main enterprise on the farm operated by Everett, his .brother, Lewis, and father, L. R. Cheek. Alfalfa and pasture, irri gated as needed, how mke safe use'of rolling land once subjected to erosion by cultivation. Robert C- Shipley, of Watauga' County.' was first place winner in North Carolina. State winners will ( compete for national awards. (pfioto by U. S. toil Conservation Service) Bverett Cheek, and a ‘'fifty ton" cow from the herd of pore bred Ayrshire* of t-EMOLA FARMS in the Calvando* Community. Thi* cow has produced over fifty tens of milk in Her lifetime. ' ’ * t ou.tet; * ,1-Jiirirv ; ■■■. *•-•' •* . : ; ' . /■ . -' *; * .***" -