ID . Within the
ears the three units
liter University of
ina have lost over
8 to private business
t -of-iSeYe las tit lit'ows.
schedule Is so k»w
been unable to corn
lie constant beckon
wc prepare to raise
State employees sal
inroads being made
s faculties at Chapel
»ro. and State Col
lat also goes for
ivillc, CuUowhee. and
spots where we have
ted schools
a sharp eye on cx
•al work being done
■ill Friday, new pres
! neater University,
situation is critical,
needed!
0 . i .. They haven't
h about it for pu^li
II the U. S. Savings
n. North Carolina arc
"ouudvrork for a big
l a new-type bond
‘ out shortly,
for Ie8l. It Will iga
ul.kly. it will bring
L-' -
lig. new big attempt
save money and—at
ic—cUrb Inflation.
>AST ... Now that
dge across ‘Croatan
iipfeted—wlU be de
c William B. Urn
ial Bridge on April
drive slam to Nags
southern route.
Little Washington,
‘UiaVen, Swan’ Quar
? bridge and you hit
a few hundred yards
ne of the Lost Coi
idge is being used
in the southern half
this Is the way to
the nprlh wiU s ill
via B|l«|beth City.
' PRICES . Rural
s North Carolina anil in
iuuthern states are hav
'<nigh tiote of it keeping
istors.
n interests# In tlie prob
ently studied 40 churches
issoeiation in the South and
hat thp average length o.‘
1 service wis fight months.
A- Clark, who is associate
>r ol Pastoral Ministry and
hureh fork at the South
Baptiat Theological Semi
Fort Worth, Texas, says
current Issue of Biblical
err
ROU.WUK Pag* 2)
'wc-auiey, upstanding high
school senior of the i955 class, came back to
( Htllsboio Tuesday in custody and to jail, lat
est local personification of tire futility of
j crime. ’
He confessed he realised only S-rr. from
die loot stolen by him and two companions
1,1; ’3 break-ms ol local business firms and
offices, including the courthouse, on Feb
ruary 22.
; . H ls.I,eartbreaking story came back to H ills
'*,ro in Us entiretly abbot sundown Tuesday
afternoon with the return of Sheriff O H
Clayton, Deputy Buck Kniglu. SB! Agent
! ] • lV‘- Harton, McCauley'and one of his ill
dated companions in rite local ransackin'
operation. Robert John Rheaurne of Paw"
j tucket, Rhode Island. - i
HEARING MONDAY -f ^
Tile pair were placed in Orange County,
jail where -Sheriff Clayton said they would
remain without bond until a preliminary
hearing before judge L. j. Phipps in County
Recorder's Court next Monday morning. ,
Sheriff Clayton said McCauley, whose im
plication in the sensational local break-ins
was as shocking to local citizens as the break
ins themselves, received a deferred sentence
of ^ive years Monday for his break-rn of
the Central Falls. R. I. city hall with Bennett
William Hayes of Providence, R. I. on con
dition he t-eturn here with the Sheriff of!
Orange County to stand trial for the more '
serious offense. '■ .
McCauley s confession revealed how he,
Hayes and Rheaumc completed the series of
james leon McCauley
... a senior in '55
local break-ins between 11:30 pun. Febru
ary 22 and 4:tK) on February 2 5 and got
out of town, only to l»e caught after the
Rhode Island job when similarities between
them aroused the suspicion of Sheriff day
tom
"ROl.l.FD" BY BI.ONDF.
What happened to all the money, some
Si.2‘,0 to $1,300 picked up here? McCauley
said Hayes told him he and "Needles" (their
name for Rheantne) went on a spree in Balti
more after they left McCauley in Raleigh, he
met up with a blonde, got drunk, and was
"rolled" by the blonde who had taken all of
the money and departed when he woke up.
No money whatsoever was recovered, said
the Sheriff, and County Accountant Sam Ojt
tis said losses from his office at the court-.
house, which were covered by insurance,
had .been repaid by 11 »e insurance company.
The amount, he confirmed. StjoG. No other
losses were covered, it is understood. ,
McCauley said fee had met Bennett Will
iam Hayes. sGyear-old steel tvorjicr who was
already under parole after serving part of a
long prison term, alxiur three weeks earlier
in a bar in Providence, not too far from
where .McCauley's ship was in port, that
Haves had been nice to him and taken him
to the home of his mother. When Hayes and
the feller, w.ho McCauley knew only at that
time by the dame 'Needles”, told him they
were going down to Washington in Hayes’
mother’s .car, McCauley decided, to ride that
lar with them 011 the wav to Hillslmro, since
(See McCAULEY. page 8) '
t Woman Leaps
From Auto
In Suicide ,
A 26-year-old West Hillsboro
mother jumped from the moving
automobile of 'her husband Mon
day night and the coroner hits
ruled her death a suicide.
The victim was Mrs. Margaret
Lucille Dorrity Lane, wife of Will
, iam Douglas Lane, mill employee,
who was driving his 1949 Mer
cury two-door from which the
jump was made about 6:30 p.m.
the death occurred on the
bridge on the We-.t Hillsboro St.
eading west f.om the Southern
a'lway station. Coron:r A. H.
■ Walker in issuing the suicide rul
ing said death came as result of
a broken neck. There were three
1 eye-witnesses, in' addition to the
husband and the woman’s '7-year*
, old daughter, Sharon Rose.
.Patrolman* T. P. Smith, the in
CSee SUICIDE, page 4)
Jurors Drawn
for Civil Term
Of Court Here
The following 50 jurors wore
Irawn for the civil term of Orange
County Superior Court beginning
March 25:
Hillsboro — George B. Lloyd.
Ruth W. Pearson. J. V. Chestnut.
Coy. Cates. M. O, Walker. Evelyn
,H. Dunn. Clyde E. Dickey. Rav
'.V. Quc.iis. Mary E. -Hall. FJor
■ntina B. P.cedc. Ervin Green.
1 fohn^Wiison Cates. J. »B. Yale.-..
! lohri. T. Wilson and Jonah Park
*r> ' ' j * m
Chapel Hill—Dudley J. Cowdcn.
• \shw:ll B. Harward. John T. Scs
ions G. R. Tilghman. Joseph Ros
inbcrg. Mrs. Deris Campbell Hols
uvorth. Betty Burslev Rankin,
i '.’hr stine Thompson Stillwell, John
1 V. Crowley, Carroll E. Wood Jr..
Barbara J. Tyree,-Margaret Jones,
Jarrfcs H, Davis. J. W. Sparrowr
S. Ni Beiochick. W. F. Pender
graft, .Ailins A. Page Jt.. Mrs.
Obic Davis. Arthur Williams,
Clyde N.’ Pickard. Charles D. Van
Cleave. Edward Staffer. William
J. (PRullivan and L. M. Sharpe.
Carrboro -— Charles Leawood
Sparrow. Georgia Hogan, and
; Robert Rudin
| Others — Robert McDadc. El
! land; Eleanor B McKee. Rouge
1 mont. Ivan Ray Lasley, Rt. 2. Meb
ane. Valera Mc-Farling. Rt. 3. Dur
i ham; 1 H. Parker. Hurdle,, Mills;
j \jrs. e. p. Walters. Little River and
1 Grady P. Martin. EflaiMp-————
NEW EAGLE—Don Nevills, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Novilto
of Calvander community, received the Eagle badge, highest rank
in boy scouting, from his mother, in traditional ceremonies at Sun
day night's Orange District Boy Scout Court of Honor. He is a petrel
leader In Troop ITS of Carrboro. Photo by Brinkhous
27 Scatst3‘QetA?tbi<hJM€ovi4;
Eagle Rank Bestowed On Neville
Awards were presented to 27<
Orange District Boy Scouts at the
District Court of Honor last Sun
day night.. *
Top honor went to Don Neville,
patrol leader in Carr boro's Troop
45, who received the Eagle rank
badge from his mother, Mrs. W.
D. Neville of the Calvander com
munity. The District advancement
ttltci attendance tptpltl' was pre
sented by Bill Freeman to Troop
43". -ol which Ralph Howard is the
scoutmaster.,
Other awards, were presented as
follows: Life. Scout,: presented to
Gene Ray, Troop 45. by Jim Drake;,
Star Scout, presented to Gilbert
Godfrey of Troop 45 and Tim Hub
bard and Dav-id Radford of‘Troop
3S by Vernon Crook: First Class
Scout, Johnny Allcott. Jock Lau
lorcr. and Joe "Moore of Troop 39.
and Donald Smith of Troop 45.
presented by John Tapluy
Second Class, Brute Desro.siers.
I'anny Fitch, and Tommy Graham
of Troop 45. Geoi'&e Ham .and Billy
Blackwood of Troop 39, ancl Benny
Cicil, Donald Efland. and Joe For
rest of Troop 45. Efland. all pre
sented by Bruce Martindale.
Merit badges, presented to Tim
Hubbard.. Charles Hubbard, Bob
Spearman, ancl David Radford of
Trpdp 38. and to Gilbert Godfrey.
Bill Mishoe" Donald Neville" Gene
Ray, Kent Roberson,; and, Donald
-Smith of Troop 45. ___
' ofeb-- . 1
' ■ A
Pair Watch .
* .
Man Drown In
Foot Of Water
. A 37-year-uld (Ydai; Grpve .Ncg,
ro epileptic drowned in shallow
water about noon Sunday while
two 'friends stood by, apparently
to.) frightened to help him.
Robert Corbitt, a bachelor who
'lived on the Bill Pope farm, was
said to have been walking along
side a small creek with.an 18
year-old companion. Cornelius
Franklin, when he suffered an
epileptic attack and fell into''water,
about one Toot in depth,
Franklin told officers he was
seared and ran to get his broth
er-in-law. Roosevelt Swan, 27. who
lived nearby. When the two re^
turned, the officers were”told. Cor.
bitl was still moving, trying to
raise, his head out of the water,
and they stood watching him. too
scared to help him get his head
above the one-foot depth of wat
er into which he had fallen.
Coroner A. -fj. W'alk-er ruled ac
cidental drowning the cause of
death? • : .
,
John Umstead Says . . .
Highways Would Be More Dangerous
If Some Proposed Bills Are Passed
By REP. JOHN W» UMSTEAD
! During the coming week a mat
; ier of much importance to prac
j iicai'y every person in' North Caro
1 Pna will have Hie attention of some
committees and probably either the
' House or Senate should the bills
‘ be reported from committees. I
| refer to the bills regarding high
way safety , many of which would
mean, if passed, that our highways
would be more dangemtt Jim.
■ "at- Hie present time.
! When we. see the account of a
week In our daily papers we think
U the'death that mdy have rewi
nd and sometimes the account v til
i "give the amount of damage done to
j the car. Ver$ few of us> go a bit
i further and ijrbikof' the thou
i sands who die seriously hurt in
these accidents with many of them
. being disabled for life. Very f£w
of us stop to think of the hard
ships that face hundreds of per-,
i ,-ons. when their means of trans
portation are taken from them as
a result of these wrecks. Literal
ly hundreds of thousands of dol
ors thousands of work hours
I are involved in the accident to be
j taken each y*ir in our state.
J More than 1.000 deaths annually.
+4her thousand* injured anil mil
}\ **’ ■
r.ons of dollars in property dam
I ;tge should make each and every
i member of the General Assembly
safety conscious to the extent ’that
their every effort would ^e exert
ed to make the highways safer.
And yet tills is not- the case. Each
: s.-ss on sees the introduction and
| serious consideration given to meas
ures that would weaken our safe
ty laws. |
The 1955 session saw the enact -
meat of a law that required each
patrol ear to be painted the same
color thus making the patrol' less'
.effective It Is significant that one
See UMSfEAD, page 9)
V. ■ .% ■
Blind Seals
-Appeal Issued
By Chairman
tlohn P. Ballard, chairman of
the Hillsboro Lions Club ^annual
blind seal campaign, ' yesterday
"Urged local citizens to mail their
contributions at once for the
"S:ght and Blind Aid” Seals which
were sent in the mails to 1.500 in
thl* immediate area recently.
Ballard said local response has
been vmy gratifying but he be
lieved many people who have not
done so would still jilee lo con
trlbmo>to this worthy cause, ‘ do
signod to enable th? blind and
visually handicapped to become
^iappit‘r‘and more useful citizens
in bur fine ‘Community.”
Said Ballard: *
“ACc sincerely feel this a worth
while program and service and
hope, yap will share the responsi
bility with us in carrying it out. It
1* a rijpl challenge in our AlmeTo
help materialize the conviction of
faith and hope which, of necessity,
must exist in the heart and bosom
■. ^cach pf our blind friends. So,
Fonce again we offew-you *ui/Op
portunity to participate in our an
nual blind seal campaign and en
close "Sight & Blind Aid".Seals
(or your use.
(See BUND SEALS, page 4)
i _
Poultry Group
Plans Meeting
Here Friday
The. Qr&iiffe County Poultry As
fwiciation will meet tomorrow night
in the old courthouse at 7:30 O'clock.
All poultry profhn'crs and interest
ed persons of Orange County are
urged to attend. v
The association will .be represent
ed in Washington on March 22 and
L'3 at which time various congress
men and representatives will meet
with the delegation from tHtr "Cen
tral Carolina Pool try Association,
of which Orange County is a mem
ber. Th<- delegates representing the
Central Carolina District is com
posed of Ward Suarr of Chatham
‘County, M. O. Frederick of Koxhbro"
and Robert Scott of Alamance.
The delegates are laying the
groundwork in an effort to get the
legislature to relieve the plight of
the poultrvmen. All persons in
terested are urged In come to the
old court house tomorrow night.
Seen As Unconstitutional, Board
Limitation Plan Tossed Back By A.G.
New Vaccine Brings No Change
In County's Anti-Rabies Program
A hTChfly developed “live vi
rus'-’—rabies- vaccine, which pro-:
tccts animals against the disease '
for threej years instead of one.'
will not be generally used this;
year in Orange County, although |
credit for such vaccinations, when j
administered by a veterinarian,
will be given by the County Dog
Warden .:
Dr. O. D. Garviri, district health
officer, told the County Com- i
missioners Iasi week he would rec
ommend no change in the- -coun
ty's* current dog vaccination pro
gram.‘under which clinics:, are
now bring held- by Dog Warden
Cashe Boggs daily in various sec
tions of the county. The dog war
den cannot administer the new
vaccine. ^
. Dr. te.L- Vine. the. gnunty's on
ly'active veterihariaii. dm admin
ister the new vaccine in his pri
vate practice, but thus far has
been too busy to, attend the prev
iously scheduled county clinics or
schedule any of his own. Certifi
cates issued by .him,to dog owners
on animals given the three-year
*
innoeulatinn. however, will he
credited for that period by the Dog
Warden when presented by the
owners... ^ .
The ‘ State Board , of Health ap
■proved the new “chick -embryo”
'rabies vaccine #1 a uieerfng'.pn
FehrttarV 4 North Carolina sta
tides which require dogs over four
pionths- of age to be vaccinated
every year, however, have not
beeri changed.
School Board
Body To Meet
At Raxboro
District 7 of the North Carolina
School Boards Association will hold
it - annual meeting in the Earl
'%! » ’ ,
JVr adsher School in , Roxboro on
.'.larch 13. , ‘ *
Clarence D. Jones of Hillsboro,
district president and a member
of the Orange County Board of Edu
cation, will preside. Dr. Guy Phil
Of Chapel HiU njR moderate
the btisines.A<mssiou. ilia] will tmgin
at 5 P.M. '
Attending this meeting will be
members of. boards of education,
superintendents principals. and
school committeemen from Orang£.
Alamance. Chatham. Caswell, and
Person counties..
Follow|ng the dinner at (i 30 P.M
and the election of officers for the
ensuing .biennium. It: B. Griffin.
' I.:*"
.superintendent of: Person count)
s( hoots, will present Charles TVlip.
I ran. tirominent industrialist of
Sshgfborn and a member * of the
CSV'1 sniOCii: HOARDS', page S)
Rural Response Termed Example
For All fn Red Cross Campaign
“The outstanding response of
i ur rural people sets an example
for all of us as we hear I he,- calI
for support of the Red Cross."
flic Rev. l\ 1,1 Kcekard, Chairman
of the Orange County Chapter’s
Fluid and Membership C'anipagin,
announced today
"I am" reminded that our per
sonal and, corporate victories l^p
pear. along the way of the sec ml
mile willingly and energetically
traveled.” Mr. Reekard continued.
■’Th:1 leaders “and w«rks*rs of our
rugal neighborhoods^ deserya our
. highest commendation for this
generous fesponsp. Such eitmmen
da'ion i> als'i due in equal degree
in Kiland under the.leadership ol
I he Rev. Roland Stubbing and the
Girl Scouts ol Mrs. Sam Ward, eo
leadcr. and In - the-school Divis
ion under live leadership of Mrs.
Irene Render." . — •*..*
.Divisions inwtaddition to the
Schorls, and Kiland already [each
mg or exceeding their g als are
the North Hast Rural. A li Katta.
Chairman; North West Rural. Kver
elt Kennedv.‘Chairman; and South
East Rural Robert Stray horn.
Chairman. *" ■* •' ,
► I ne propose** v* «> u i»» >
Commissioner limitation kill
(or Orange (flinty wmild Ije
unconstitutional. ac cording to
'the State Attorney («etKial.
As originally proposed the,
hill would limit to two in any
Orange Township the nttm*
her ol persons .who could he
elected to serve on the five-man
County Board of Commissioners.
Voting would be on candidates-at
iarge in the entire County.
This latter feature of the mea
sure, the Attorney General has
stated, would be found in violation
of the North Carolina Constitution
if it were contested.
Orange County Rep. John W.
Umstead, Jr. rocontly presented
the Commissioners' request for
I enactment Of this proposal to
tho Attorney Generei to be
drawn up in legislative form.
As a rosult of tho Attorney Cen
tral's examination ef the Com
j mitsioners* idea, the matter has
beaus .returned by, Mr- Umsteed
te the County Beard
The Commissioners Knmauon
j intent could be carried out legally
! by altering the bill so t.hat mem
j hers of the County Board would
actually be elected from a parti
cular district, township, or from a
district comprising more than one
township, t’nder this plan the
election would be only within the
'designated districts or townships,
\t the present time 11 counties in
; he state already have such a sys
tem in effect for election of their
mnuji.tssioners. *
in orange the plan could be car
ded out by grouping the County's -
■von townships mtojive districts
with one member- being elected
from each district Inasmuch as
irecinet lines are already divided
vithin township boundaries no
new registration or district lines
other than the exiting township
lines would have to be designated' -
ut ler this plan
- One practical problem that would
face the present Board under the
act as originally .proposed would
tie- that Commissioner Dwight Ray
of Carrboro, who ■ term wifi ex
pire next year, would lie unable to
,stand fur re-election, if the other
two commissioners from Chapel
Hi!' T wnship. Donald Stanford
and R. J.. M. HobbsT chose .'to con- ’
tinue to dtirve out their terms,
which expire in I960.. * ‘
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ASSISTING IN THE RED CROSS fond drive nosiy in progress in
the Northwest rural division are: Seated left to right—Mrs. Bertha
Helm** Mrs. Louise Kirby, Mrs. H. M. Compton, Mrs.. R. >IV. Foushee.
■/t j i
Standing left to right—Evaretta Kannady, Mr*. Everatte Kannady,
Mrs. Claire McDade, Mrs. P G. Allison, Mrs. R. 0. Hughes, Gordon
UnA. *•'* ■ >
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