For Quick, proven ‘ remit*, eoll, buy, ronf^or ,pet e |ob «by uslnp the cleeelfied ed« zssjz— _ '. id -.-™HT ”” I I SKETCH of tho proposed new building of the Hillsboro Presbyterian Church, II be built to the north of the present sanctuary and old Sunday School to house a n. v Sunday School assembly hall, kitchen, recreation facilities. etc. The new structure, as can be seen, will be located to the rear of the Confederate Memorial Library building shown at the left and will in no way obstruct the view of that building from the street. - v . * j r e-s I . i ! UDE EVERYBODY . . ! he vaijiuis sc up* -’ Governor Luther Hodges ■ State Department of n efforts to hive the State i minimum wage law is te Legislative Council. Council is composed of . » ~.Ai ig its mosj ardent sup is/the 8Ut? Federation neh’s Clubs. The women ily pushing again for the linimum Wage Law and til in-the current issue of xcellent little periodical, omen’’ that "there is too 'i.fG’PWilial bitw< ii ' a. ■ >er hour, minimum wage estate workers under the 1 A ALT' hour la A at ; \ , ■ astute workers who have ',r protection." women, as usu :l are - and we admire their But their interest in the aid should b:gih—literal at home. We would say, 1 knowing for sure *— but leless — feeling certain ’o are correct that: th3 these women employ in ome are more in need of mum wage law than any group of workers , in the r Nation. VAC,E CODE . . They At realize it, put what to h various aspect^ of the ;ers' activities in our s > is claiming the attention 1957 Legislature. i>l Tiem cat!!:- u:. as CommUCbfc o,; Highway debatted whether to make d racing on the highway ny thus, depriving soni? er of his citizenship for and placing a black mark name for life. It will up again in about two in the matter of extend urisdiction of juvenile to sixteen-year-old first :rs. " e average holds, approxi 1500 North Carolina I mder the age of sixteen torrv during the year of 'his is four per cent of the lumber of Tarheel worn Will go to the altar dur ose twelve months, about i 100 boys under can be expected to marry ‘ar- Even though the law ?s written parental con th.e law is regarded as too loose. So, look for the d Assembly to be request strengthen the marriage y requiring a birth certi or birth card as proof of recently came into posses f a teei^gger's code writ a teen-ager. Here it is: ee RQVtfpVP, Page 2) County Board DeclinesTo Act On Anti-Racing Endorsement The Board of County Gom.niss-* ion-'is on Aionday declined to take niyy action on an ©range County ministerial association request for cndorsbm.nt of proposed local an ti-raciog legislation. Petitions seeking a ban on auto mobile racipg in Orange County which would affect two tracks operatmg in the Hillsboro area have already been presented to Orange County members of the General Assembly by olficials of an antT-racing association formed to, fight the tracks last summer shortly after thi- opening oi the second track off the Orange Grove road. ■ Dr. Charles Maddry. the Rev. William Sea wolf-and the Rev.-Will iam Smith: appearing b. fore the Commissioners, said Representa tive Umstead had indicated a de sire for sentiment from the Coun ty Commissioners oh the matter and called upon the board to ap prove the anti-racing bill and write to Mr. Umstead. Dr. Maddry acted as spokesman for the ministers, calling the races a “des?cration <>I the Sabbath" and "endangering life.” The present membership of the board, it was indicated by the discussion" which followed the ministers’ appearance, does not feel the racing question is one now within (he purview of the .Board of Commissioners. The present Senator. Edwin S. Lanier, took a strong position against the races ?s a member of the Board last summer. -The Commissioners forwarded to Umstead and Lanier a trans trjjl of Their action ts.r February in which they Vnrtor&d an act ton of the county Democratic Execu tive Committee recommending an (See ANTI-RACING. Page 8) World Day Of Prayer Tomorrow The*World Day of Pra.voi will be observed at the Hillsboro Metho dist Church tomorrow afternoon at 3:45 o'clock sponsored bv the churches of Hillsboro. , On this dav, the town of Hills boro will join 20,000 other com munities all over America m Chris tian fellowship. • „ . Mrs S F Nicks is chairman of I He general planning committee for ?hc loc al ..observance. Mrs, Lawto VJ Pettit is leader, of the piogram. The following Raders represent , he churches in Hillsboro: Bap list. Mrs. Leonard Mitthell: B^s*; copal. Mrs. Don ^latheson;. Pres «»Z' *. ““^TaT,. of the Methodist Church will speaH. I County-Wide Tax Vote The “CSrrboro District School Committee; which is pressing hard for a school 'tax'supplement elec tion in its district ;’alone. con tinues to oppose a proposed coun ty-wide supplement vote now fav ored by the Coun^; Board of Edu cation. -As a result, progress toward calling any election has come to More Units Begin Work Pnr Red Cross • Join and Serve" became the word throughout .Orange County last Saturday as* the Hillsboro Residen tial, Rural. Elland, School, and Colored Divisions joined the divi sions already at work in the Orange County Chapter's 1957 Fund and Membership Campaign of the .Amer ican Red Cross. Mrs. G. C. McBane and Mrs Jra vVard are co-chairmen of the Hills boro Residential .Division. -Captains of the Hillsboro Resi dential Division are: Messers J. W Dickson. R. H. Claytor, Charlie Forrest, Curtis Scott, W C. Brewer. C. W. Sharpe. Lucius. Cheshire, L. p. Beard, Mann Norris, David Baird, Evelyn Parsley. Doit*Ma'the snn. Guy MiMe^.ti-'D-Xh'ghl' Roberts. Ralph Neighbors, James (See HKD CROSS. HageG} ... a standstill and expected actios ort this matter *t last Mondajjj$> meeting cHd not eome. Can boro Chairman Carl Elling . ton formally notified Superinten dent G. Paul Carr Monday morn ing that “All members of the Carrboro Board have expressed, opposition to calling a county wide supplementary tax vote." This followed a meeting last Friday* night between the County Board and the Carrboro committee in which'the county unit, which (See TAX VOTE, Pope H) rresoyierians Plan Addition ; To Building The congregation of Hillsboro Presbyterian Church is proceeding with plans for early construction of .iddtliimal Sunday- School facilities-! Sf Th^'churetr. ~ - ■ The congregational approval con stituting the go-ahead signal came last Sunday morning at a congre gational meeting which approved tentative plans o^ the church's rb nning- committee find a Outturn srehitect for a new Sunday School assembly building and kitchen faci lities in a single storv building to be constructed to the north of pres ent building and joined to the North i nd of the present Sunday School building.' The - planned construction is expected to cost about $16,500. the present Sunday School build ing, which also houses a kitchen, will- bo altered- to create additional , l lass rooms in lieu of the present (Sec PRESBYTERIANS. Page 8) j After 6-Hour Marathon ■ \ Preachers Get Old 'Heave-Ho'; Hunt Decides'null's Enough Street corner preachers who came to Hillsboro from Barling-' ton “to save souls” Saturday af ternoon seemed to be doing all right until Chief George. Hunt, de cided the town had had about . enough. After a six hour marathon dur ing which a corps of five bom barded all ears within range of court square and buttonholed all who would stay long enough with in reach, tlic Chief said he thought , the “disturbance” had gone on long enough. The preaching got underway about 2:58 p.m...and Wre Chief reached his decision about 8*30. he said. He told them he thought It was U-—---- » about time for them to be on their way. They protested at first, said I they * had “saved seven souls” ! already, but tlie Chief stood firm. ] A demand for and a peek at I their driver’s licenses seemed to be a clincher, but some thought if might have been a second look at vigorous, grim-faced Deputy Rainey Roberts at the Chief’s shoulder that did the trick. ^ They decided, sullenly, they might as welf>%e on their waff Police Force Hiked For Weekend Duty Bullard Is Named • • To Succeed Roberts After Retirement The town board of Hillsboro Tuesday night selected a •‘helper" for night police work with the! tentative tmdsfstanding he will I succeed Policeman D: T Roberts next May or June whop the latter retires._ ^ ter Roberts, Mayor Bon John ston said, will be able to retire under social security after state law enforcement officers vote to bring th ir retirement system un der the. federal pr.gram sometime in April. 4 Selected for the job—was Leon Bullard, a retired warrant officer of the armed forces, who has seen military service in many places throughout the world, including service in the military police.: . - . Mr. Bullard has returned to Hillshoro to make his home with his family after retiring several months ago. „ Decision to hire a "helper" for work on Friday and Saturday nights apparently was made at an unscheduled and informal meet ing of board members last week and most of the discussion Tues day night centered around the selection of the officer from am ng • the four candidates who had ap plied for the job orally. No public call for applications was made' but the Mayor said word of the Impend ing hiring had gone out on the ‘grapevine." Lynn Smith. .I D Ray and .Rich ard Bateman were the sillier appli cants. As was fhe’iF usual custom, the board neither read nor approved minutes of any previous meetings** and the town clerk did not attend. «. POLICE. Page 8) Dedication Of Windows Set Sunday The Mars Hill Baptist Church, ■Route 1, Hillsboro, will dedicate its new memorial windows on Sun day at the regular .11:00 a m. wor ship service. - The windows, installed on Feb ruary 12 by Russell Church Stu dios. of Winston-Salem. were given as memorials to former members of the church by their families:: The designs of the windows’ de pict the following e vents in., the life of Christ: Birth, Childhood. Baptism, the Lord’s Slipper, Geth semane, Crucifixion. Resurrec tion, arid Ascension Appropriate scripture passages will be used along witli the dedi cation of each window The eh ;ir. under the direction of Charles M. Walker. Jr., will render special music with Mrs. C. M. Mincey as solist. Members of the families present who gave the memorial windows will be recognized. ■ , Several out-of-town guests arc expected to attend the , service, .ffhe public is invited to attend. •Jhe Rev. Clyde I* Reason is pas V>r of Mars Hill’ RED CROSS LEADERS of the North East rural division are shown above: Seated left to right—Mrs. A. L. Hamlin, Mrs. W. A. Crabtree, Mrs. Clyde Roberts, Mrs. Bun Pope, Mrs. C. T. Roberts. "Standing laft to right—Mr*. R. L. McKaa, Mr*. G. R. MKKaa, Mr*. L. 0. Kirkland, Mi** Margarat Cata*, Mr*. Milton Latta, Mr*. OtU Mincey, Mr*. C. B. Nichol*, Mr*. Allan Latta, Allan Latta. i ----7 .The town board of Hillsboro* Tuesday night authorised the re surfacing and sealing this Spring of W paved streets.-except a few blocks that do not show need. The work will be done under contract with' the- State Highway and Publie Works Commission with ! the use of .Powell Bill funds and > under the highway department’s code maintenance provisions. The board, at the suggestion of Mayor. Ben Johnston, requested that ths Highway-Commission use plant mix for a smooth surface on areas such as from th«y lower end of Churton Street to Try oh. from the Agriculture Building to the Wake Street Intersection on King with other streets under code maintenance to be drag seal ed. Break-In Probe Takes Sheriff To Rhode Island James Leon McCauley, 20, Hills boro native, now stationed at Quonset Point Naval Air Station and currently - charged with ran sacking. two .city hall offices at Central Falls. Rhode Islaftd, is a prime suspect in the recent break in of 13 local business firms and offices. Sheriff Odell Clayton. Deputy . Buck Knight and an SfB.I. officer lejt. early yesterday by car for the Rhod? Island town to Interro gate McCauley and attempt to close the investigation. Sheriff Clayton said he had established McCauley was here on leave dur ing the weekend of the brek»ins, but did not reveal other evidence he might have to implicate Mc Cauley. McCauley—pled guilty in district court to the Rhode Island offense and was held in $1,000 bail foe The grand jury He with an accomp lice was' surprised by an officer walking ■ out of the City Treasur er’s office carrying a crowbar and screw driver whigh had been used to pry open the ofifee safe. Sim ilar tools were .used in all the robberies here. ► ■■ ■■ ■ -1-7" ' ..*.... County To Sell $862,000 In Bonds Soon *TK« pAAMfl A f C/iuAattAH U Ag • ■ - I tic OOar a yt cattCflUOit 1188 termined it will need $862,000 of the two million dollar bond is sue of last year during the coming year and called upon the county to sell at least that amouht in bonds to follow their construction timetable. The three large projects are all expected to be underway in the ...I next two months and will require $196,000 at Carrboro, $170,000 on the Hillsboro gymnasium, and $250,000 at the Central Negro School. The first $196,000 of the Carr boro construction will come from funds allotted the county under the last State-wide school bond issue ! The smaller projects which will go on simultansously with the larger projects during the coming year are at Aycock’. $63,000 (vir- " tually complete), Efland - Cheeks $98,000. Efland $40,000. Cedar Grove $30,000 and Hillsboro High School (renovation) $15,000. Development Body Leaders Are Reelected “All Incumbent officer* of the Orange County Agricultural and Industrial Commission were re elected at the first meeting of the body at the courthouse last Thurs-. day night. They are Don Mathcson. chair _man HppHina VI/ n rH_ man. otrrftnx tt hi u . »tcv vfiwtt man. R. 0. Forrest, secretary. Zeb ‘C. Burton, chairman of the Agri cultural division and Forrest, chairman of the. Industrial divis A committee of Chapel Hill area members was named to form a - • Chapel Hill - Carrboro industrial development committee to handle industrial matters for that area. Plans For $170,000 The Grange County Hoard of Edu cation has approved original plans and drawings for the new Hillsboro Hiph S-ltool gymnasium, which esU nates “now indicate will cost in the neighborhood of $170,000. The board hopes to advertise for bid* on the brick and steel. W.00» square fool structure ne^.t. month and ‘then let construction contracts Museum Plan Meeting Today Dr. C. C. Crittenden, head of the Department of Archives and History of North Carolina and Mrs, Joye E. Jordan, Director of the State Museum, will be guest speakers this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock on establishing an Grange County Museum at a meeting to be held in the court room of the old courthouse. - V Civic groups. Home Demonstra tion Clubs, County and Town com missioners. Granges and all in terested Orange County residents have been extended an invitation to attend this meeting being spon sored by the Hillsboro Garden Club. Mrs. Clarence D. Jones is chairman of the club’s. museum committee with Mrs. Ben Johnson. Mrs*. Robert Forrest, Mr*. &un Gattis Sr. and Mrs. Marlon ^Ro berts serving with her. •ho following month The proposed gymnasium will be a two-story building. The ground Door will consist of dressing rooms, shower and drying looms for boys.and girls teams, a 3f>' x 3