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. 64 NO. 3 pilRJIRMIIII J. LVTh’OKM . . . With a score trwsroen and radio technicians rm'ng all about him and with lights for television ermeras ting down upon him, Governor her Hodges holds his press fercnce in the hall of the House Representatives here, e is fair game for any ques Anrf, as a rule, he answers n swiftly., sorely, and with* x, hey I t.a l ion or word-searching." irt a question came up the :r day which he would not fuss. That was the matter of running against W. Kerr Scott the U. S. Senate In 1960, the 1 rear of bis regime—and the li year of his time in office. «aid point-blank he wasn’t i; to talk about it. & , ” AS . . . Neverthless. every r here bci'eves he is running, in the -ense that candidates d'y run for office—but in the ic manner that J. M.Brobgfi ran-for the U. S. Senate while ernor. Also, much in the same W. Kerr S ott prepared him for going' before the people in should the opportunity pre itsclf o: -diton laid his plans by an rcssive educational program rh saw our North Carjlina kiN 'o from eight months to ■ and our grades from a top eleven to twelve. Governor ! ;t's built his platform upon a e network of rural roads. M. Broughton assumed office ! anuary of 1941. W. Kerr Scott's ii ended in 1952. Thus the ns pf these two Governors* i Gregg Cherry's (our years 4-48' embraced all of 1940-50. * ** • __ _ - - ■' Wf- - I n - 1 OWNHILL . . . But in those » train. 1941) lo 1950, when we d iKtencnifg our' educational -am and buildlug our vast u*rk of highways, otir fine e was lagging in many Ways. best college ^graduates; • erally speaking, moved away i us to states offering them " Money and a brighter future. J*r capita income, already . found even lower levels, c much of the decade^—the 01'ity of it-.came during the 'Pars, our mills ran over ? and our economy boomed. Je Sam spent; millions in North alina.. .—■—.. aweverv it is admitted now we didn't keep pace with ic other Southern states in in? new industry. Speaking to cal civic chib here last week, r?e P. Geoghegan — regional ’'resident'of Wachovia Bank Trust Co.—said North Caro m'd not gain, but actually, 500,000 in population between and 1950. ,- • runtime, some other states 0 almost doubling their popula ro^hegan is heading up a sev onnty Capital Area Develop 11 Program similar to North '•■rn North Carolina’s plan ' has meant so much, to that ‘on of the state. There, .as Wachovia Bank and Trust "as in the forefront of the m Geoghegan said further: ‘ are lagging behind the na ■d fiend in solving farm prob s created hy mechanization ■ declining^ markets for some acts. We are not growing as as some other Southern Ps" • ' ! °HK CUT, OUT ... So, Gov 'r Mother Hodges’ work is, as ’ sav; cut out for him. His Jrn' in any campaign against r Scott must be based largely 11 his efforts to expand North a '"a s economy, raise our per a lllf,ome, bring in more in 1' a,,{l create more right here “'"ic. His first move in that G‘°n is tied to the Tax Stu G-mmission Report. Ypu will er'c more of its unfolding in o'ernor’s inaugural address m some Particular bills com- j Wore the Legislature about Month from now. Cs’ tllc Governor is running Ulsl (hc man who has already l«a‘ced himself al a candidate for the same position he °ids. He i« running in the “ w*y J- M. Broughton rati, ■" K-OVndup Page 2) ■ "T ' i ’“W- • *• 2 Fire destroys 6-room home of Tommy Roberts family - - - ----- - -—- A School Tax Supplement Given Airing jAmiri increasing indication.1 that the.County School Hoard mav calMoT a County - wide vote on a special tax supple ment outside the Chapel Mill School Dishirt, sc hop! lead ers ol 'Orrlxtifo ' and other units ol the Cckuhv .met Fri das nig lit to air the problem. Most definite reaction stem ming horn the spirited dis cussion which took place among l*K' approximately 50 leaders present \y,c.s that Carrboro is. Ready and finx'nns for a: nest- now on the tax question While many County lead ers are nindeeided whether efforts to puss a con.nty-wide tax now would be. successful. , . • * tVan.t Top Monr.v • Further... there was the definite ■•ntvession that Carrboro leaders v old not be averse to helping the county '’.pass such a supplement. btil are sTrtffl2‘y' ter-Kwcd" tn such r • County/ vote if it would reduce the amount cf money which would ac crue to the district if Carrboro Were set up as„a separate tax district. Mrs. Jesse W’est of the Carr boro School committee said. “The people of Carrboro are ready to vote for a supplement and a • County-wide vote would upset these plans." On the other hand. Chairman Carl Ellington of the Committee , while making it clear that “We want to be good neigh bors,” made it clear he thought ( Carrboro might lose under the per capita distribution proposed by the County and indicated he and the others were opposed to thi<. . Under a proposed supplementary tax distribution plan passed out to tlie -group by. Superintendent C. F’atrl ■ Cswtv a 15 edjD per $100 fax on the estimated SK#?* property vi.luatipn otdskie Chapel Hill ‘Special Tax District would raise $il7.82l'. of which Carrboro would get $5,765. White Cross. $1,695. and Cn:<pel Hill $6,104 as its propor tionate share lor students from’ out side the district now attending with-^ out paving the supplementary tax. Carr Explains Background At the outset. Superintendent Can explained the background of the pre sent dilemma relative to Carrboro. White Cross and the Chapel Hill .district, which Carrboro seeks to lesolve by setting up its own tax district. Carr explained that White Cross, now in a separate district could not bold an elect ionunder the law Unless it was joined tokjie boro district and told of another small area around Calvander U> which the Negro children gP to Chapel Hill and the White children go to Hillsboro. School Board Member Clarence Jones appealed for a County-wide supplement, calling it the only way to settle the “fringe area problems and lo eliminate the fussing and b4ek-b|ting“ over areas which is now prevalent. (See SCHOOL TAX. Pajjh. ...... -‘ni-' ■+. \ ' ‘;;.v ;. .. • .p^«***r Schools Reopen Today $ 1 Fire Destroys Home ! i r' ’ . , t i During Icy Interlude THOMPSON GREENWOOD greenwood Talk Slated To Merchants Thompson Greenwood, executive yice president of the N. C. State Merchants Association. wHi speak i lay to the Hillsboro Merchants v soeiation at a lunelieon meeting in the Colonial Inn at 1 o'clock. Greenwood will point out the ad vantages for each Individual mer chant in a member of the State ’Sssbciation The Hillsboro Merchants now are members as a ■ coup. \ . All members and those Interested in joining are urged to attend. S 4 L MEETING,TONIGHT The Hillsboro Sfvings 4 Loan Association's annual sharehold ers’ meeting scheduledp|pr last Tuesday night and postponed because of the ice -will be held tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the association’s building. ► Orange County was expected to Lreturn to normalcy today after a [ two-day freeze which tied up1 traf ' fice and closed the schools. J School were scheduled to re-j open this morning as the higher! temperatures o#st«tr(fay w*** peeled to clear the routes. Major tragedy of the period tyas the lire which destroyed the six-! -room. of the Tommy Roberts fairt ;ily,on the northern outskirts of Hillsboro about midnight Tuesda.i night "• . Fanhed by the driving sub-freez ing wind, the fire was far out of control before ice-bound . firemen I could arrive at the scene. Noth ing of value was saved andj-Rob i ers Counted himself lucky he was gblc to get lilts wife and five yeung children outjsf the house before it beeaftie a roaring holocaust >•. •- • • . '■ > Firemen who manned the Orange County Rural Fire truck were able to keep the fire from spreading to 'neighboring homes nearby. Roberts, who was described as one of the hardest working color ed residents of the community, works lor several local firms in addition to the Kno Plant of Cone Mills. He had just recently bought one of the company houses and moved it to the site between High way 70 anil 70-A and joined it to his smaller home to make the 6-room structure. It was partially covered _b.v insurance. Origin of the fire cwuld not be determined. A nuhiber of . rrtinor accidents i and- collisions were reported "by officers but*(famage was not great and miraculously there were no injuries reports. Officials said slow driving prob ably saved many persons from j bruises and cut! Youngsters got their first chance | at sledding this winner and galty was reported in these circles. ' *v «-. a $94,280 In Acreage Reserve Funds To Be Allotted On Basis County Given, . This Amount For'57 Use Orange County has been allotted $91,280 in the Acreage Reserve phase of the Soil Rank program and individual farmer allocations agreements will be accepted oil a ‘'first come, first served” basis on February 1. - Of this amount, $89,741 has been allotted for flue-cured tobacco growers and $4,666 for cotton larm rers, these being the only two acrc . age-controlled crops in the county. _ Retails of the 1957 acreage l-fe ’serve phase of the Soil Bank pro gram were given to local Agricul tural Stabilization and Conserva tion office personnel in Greens boro earlier this week and the amount of this county's allocation iwa.' received here yesterday, r This,year’s 20'I acreage cut and the additional 50'; price support .cut in three varieties of tobacco ifia\c sent interest in the availability jf soil hank payments soaring in recent weeks. The procedure for obtaining Soil Bank acreage reserve funds for removing certain lands from production will begin at the local ASC office at 7 o’clock on the morning of February 1. Fanffefs wishing*to sign agreements will be given slips in the order of their application for the fund.-r and these agreements will be filed and con sidered -in that order. fc \iUC pptimnncl emphasized that the agreements will definitely be signed on a "first come, first serv ed basis;1’ If the allotment for this county is exhausted two fidffrs* after the local office opens on February 1, no more agreements will be signed. However, applica tions will still be .taken until March 1. Fund, for any agreements- sign ed which are later turned down h> the County ASC Committee, which must reyiew them, will go back in jL$ec SOIL PANK, Page 4) New Central. Activity Bus Is In Service The faculty, student body and sup porters of Central School' saw a two year old dream come true this week u hen a new activity bus rolled up on the campus. Two years ago this school decided that ' an activity bus was needed to solve the problem of transporta tion for the athletic teams, the band, ihc glee dub and other school or ganizations. The need was so acute at that time until they Immediately purchased and old retired school, bus which has" been used tip until (his week. This new bus was secured at it cost of $1567.00. The school has al ready- raised $2711.00, and tit the present time groups at the school are conducting various projects so ‘.hat the balance can be paid off as soon as possible. Patrons who wish to assist the school with ttiis pro ject should contact J. M. Murfrpe, chuintian of the Activity Bus Com-, mi-tee. 4 NEW EXCHANGE OFFICERS—pictured following their installation last Thursday night were: (fere ground) Clarence Mangum, left, and Joe Rosemond, exchanging gavel; background, left to right, George Cannady, J. L. Brown Jr., Joe Hughes, Quentin Patterson and W. E. Kennedy. Joe Rosemond New Exchange Club President J(k> Rasenfbnd assumedthe presi dency of the Hillsboro i Exchange Club during "installation. ceremon ies at ls«t Thursday night's meet irg at Colonial Iftn. — - • A' lifelong resident of Hillsboro who has been active in Exchangi activics for a nurttber of years. Ro.-emond succeeded VV. Clarence Mangurti. In charge of the installation was Buck Hutchinson, prominent Dur ham. Exchangeite. Ofther .officers installed follow ing their election by fellow club members were Quentin Patterson! secretary. Joe P. Hughes, .treasur er, W. E. Kennedy, George Van nady nad j.-L. Brown Jr . member* of the Board of Control, ft, Smith Jr. -was elected' vice pfi&i -dent: —■■— Work Gets Underway On Radio Relfty Tower Work got underway this week, on the T20-foot radio relay tow r being built by the 11, S. Army on' Cates Mountain, south of Hills boro: Corps of Engineer officials term ed the project “vital to our de fense and time ol the essence’" in rsquesling a 10-year lease an Liu property which the rmmty-nw lU'ft1 property already leased to Hu State Forestry Department lor 50 years. Little information could. be ob tained ^locally about the pr jeet which is expected to be complet ed..i,n about four weeks CIVIL TERM Twenty-three civil actions have been placed on the docket for ar lions next week at the regular Jan uary .session of Orange County . Su perior Court. » Judge .1 B. Craven Jr of Mor nanton will be on the beach c “ new ACTIVITY BUS—a group of seniorsi, above, gat tha first supporters of Central School at Hillsboro when it arrived on the view of the new school activity bus purchased by students end campus here Monday. — « * . ! Mrs. Cruciani New j Acting Welfare Chief Mrs. Frances Cruciam, a ease worker assistant in the department for tha pa;<t two^ears, yesterday assumed the duties of acturnj>rW| poftmtondant1 of tho Orange Coun'Jr Department of Public Welfare. She succeeded Mrs. Sallie White of Chapel Hill, the only fully rank ed ease worker in the department since the departure of Mrs. Jane Parker as .superintendent on No vember 1 of last year. Mrs. White submitted , her resignation some time ago to be effective on Janu ary 15. The wife of a Caw School senioi at the University, of North Caro lina. Kirs. Cruciani is a graduatpsof the Woman''.-s'.College of the Uni versity at-Greensbonr; ' where sire ‘ with her husband, on Chapel Hill. Route 2. The-Board of Welfare .has sought to fill the office of Superintendent with aft experienced public wel fare administrator sinee Mrs. Par ker's resignation last September, but without success. In another personnel change in the department ann uncement was made of the appointment of Mrs Mavis Conn of Durham^ who has assumed duties of ease work ax ■sistairt replacing Mrs. Vivian Foushee who has received a six month - leave of absence She is a former school Teacher and has bad no previous experience in welfare work. She is a Wake Forest Cal lege graduate __ ELECTED .-■J, f} Gofiifw in S.r was ejected vice chairman of the-Patients' See-, vice Regional Committee lor the Gravely Sanatorium at a meeting of th«* group at (he sanatorium re cently. Dimes Drive Being Pushed In This Area The March of Dimes campaign tor the National Foundation For Infantile Paralsis is well underway in' the Northern Orange Area ac cording to Sheriff O. if. Clayton. ■ ciinpaign chairman for the fund drive. _ ‘ . Appeal, letters to citizens through out tlie area are being put'in the ni.41 today a.id a number of fund • - ® - ■ . - - ' • - events ajc,being planned.. A Brunswick stew dinner followed 1 y .a cake sale for the benefit of ine March of Dimes will be held by' the women of the Carr Commit w* .• at Compton's Store th:s eoin in , Saturday. 'I lie dinner w ill be m 11 to 1. The cake salt will slat t at 1 o'clock. A basket-'tall acme will be held :A Ay cock High School next Friday nciht. Jan. 23. ;:t 7 30 o'clock and ■ piimediately following there will be "7 < \-kc viTe^wTrii all proceed* going towards the March of Dirtw**. Chairman Clayton urged every amily who letter to return tiicir cf'iitriSirtion in the speical return-'envelope* as- soon as possible and persons who do not receive a letter should contribute by mailing . 'rr ilirectlv'to The"chairman at bonr~" 37b • Hillsboro. "or contribute other wise to this' Worthy cause through their club or in one of the coin con tainers placied throughout the area. ♦ Orange HDC President On Tour Of United Nations With Group Mrs Paul Snyder. President. Cai vander Home Demonstration club left Saturday morning, January 12. for New York . to take part in the fourth annual North Carolina- Home DcmonsfratioifcU'nited Nations Stu dy tour. * MissrJessjv -Trowbridge, home demonstration agent announc ed today. Mrs Snyder joined wo men from ail over North Carolina i:i Haltngh. The purpose of the tour is to study the United Nations,' its pur pose. Organization and policies, first hand. Originally the tour was design ed to teach hotne demonstration club women about the United Na tions ms that they, could return home and help others to become actively Interested in supporting it. and to he Jo build strong, well-informed cit izens in the rural communities in North Carolina. Some of the events of the tour other than United Nations sessions 'i»dude dining in foreign restau rants, v.-isiting the Statue of Liberty, riding subways. Radio City Music Had performance, and free time to -ee some of the Broadway plays. Highlights of the United Nations sessions which will be attended by the women include speeches by Dr. I'r.inK Grahapi. member of the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations, and Mrs,, Eleanor Roose velt: a tour-of the United Nation* ... Glee Club, . '• v . , - ''
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