VNCIAL CIRCLES . . . As
egislature continues to go
I in financial circles, varl
a(is out of the woods are be
iggcsted. So, don't be sur
,f package deals on the best
nit to the problem soon be
aming their appearance—as
id two years ago when buds
a- tearing on the big oaks
tiding the Capitol.
, matter of cold, hard-daet,
ai,. now lias a surplus of
million dollars. That's the
vc figure it. Of course, if
(incc taxes coming into the
the anticipated revenue
lx- enough to provide teach
ih the 19° per cent increase
vant.
..if \ve leave the same taxes
cc for the next two years
,c now have in force—then
n get along fine—providing
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vc, no depression.
;.VL OK LOCAL , . . It was
('lurries B. Aycoek a haU
v - ago who said something
; cited that “equal . . /
is the word."
nay be that the word "lo
v ill become the call of the
. . . rather than “equal."
guments move from day to
li e need for moro local help
i to be the thinking of some
ns of the Slate administra
Slatc would continue to pro
thc basic foundation, Jetiit the
; would conic from city and
r finances.
V NOT NOW" . . Keiticm
om we got all in heat alxiu!
ears ago over executive ses
of the General Assembly
liUtees, etc. ft was a great
0 the day. And you liad to
slues one wny ,or the other
ii were a cow-ard. J5ow wliat
iccime of the argument'.’
far as we can tell, the Legis
1 is running about as it did
25 years ago when we saw
irst one. What happened to
ig whoop-to-do of tour years
Two years ago?
V not now? )Ve still have a
secrecy. ,
!]•; \ i >S . Wc don't report
names here, but two new
ists came to town the same
last week. And, being fresh
in. die bnsniess, they wanted
ake friends fast. i
! "as from Charlotte, the
from Norfolk, and they
and became fast friends for
t»ie of days . > , becoming
M'rs o; the Mutual Admira
iocicty.
why they got along so
for a few hours? It seems
each of them thought the
"as a member of the Legis
LDEN. . The April 1 issue
me Magazine devotes a -half
1,1 its “The Press” depart
to North Carolina's Harry
'n. publ sher of Carolina Is
e. : ■.
last week's column of Ra
il oundrp for the same stuff
red to in Titne. It carries a
e of Golden, big cigar and
hletic worries . Hav
ecn rather closely asMJliated
athletics all ipy ife prac
I find myself boosted and.
‘alien, kicked about, and eie
* by games, their outcome,
the attitude of the public . . .
1(1 *he schools^,... . and their
STS,
r instance, last week I was
rbed that the former Duke
D>ck Groat, may be trad
'b bv the Pittsburg Pirates
"hen it begins to look as if
are going places. _ |
r instance again, I am dis
9pd that Dickie Hemrie
11 f seem to' be getting in the
fames with the Boston Celtic^.
lp0Be he* i* still with them—
haven't seen anything of the
boy—that lad with legs like
‘Pipes-^in the papers of late.1
* big game Boston had with
Louig last Saturday, Dickie
lJtet In the fray. f- 4
*n, also, i was peeved as all(
>l|t when one of odr favorite
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IntrodueiwMuesday . *
Sunday Race Ban Wins Senate |
Committees Vote YesterdayI
County Commissioners i
Give Approval After
Visit Of Ministers
The Board, of Commissioners on
Monday heeded an appeal from
members of the North Orange Min
isterial Association and voted ap
proval, albeit reluctantly, of a
proposed bill to ban Sunday rac1,
ina in Orange County.
Only Acting Chairipan Dwight
Ray of the four present stated
firm convictions in favor of the
bah. After lengthy discussion ift
the afternoon session, however,
the board voted unanimously to
approve Senator Ed Lanier’s ban
ning bill with a proviso promot
ed by Commissioner Henry Walk
er that the act would not become
effective until June 1, thus giv
ing the race track owners a short
reprieve from the "upon ratifica
t'on" date included -in the origi
nal draft. •••
Walker,- after consulting with
Owner Dace Ward of the Jalopy
Track, -aid he was reluctant to
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vote the ban immediately but fav
ored giving the owners an
tnnity to get back some of their
investment. Commissi ncr Donald
Stanford said he was “basically op
nosed to Blue Law legislation" but
acceded to the minister’s request,
as did Commissioner Claude Pope,
after being told that legislation
would be introduced whether they
approved it or not.
Neither Representative Umstead
or Senator Lanier was present but
spokesman assured the board, they
were ready to go ahead with leg
islation to ban Sunday races.
The Rev. C. H. Reekard. spokes
man for the ministerial associa
tion presented a strong moral ease
|?r the Sunday ban. declaring
the primary interest of the min
isters being the “preserving and
maintaining of the peace and
sanctity of the Sabbath." He call
ed upon the Commissioners to en
dorse the proposed act of the
General Assembly banning Sun
day racing in Orange County as
a moral obligation to the people
and said inaction could only be
interpreted as opposition. The Rev.
(Sec RACES. Page 4)
MISS ANN ROBERTS
'e '
Ann Roberts
Wins Music
.Society Honor
<*■
Anne Carrington Roberts, daugh
ter of Du. and Mrs. M. B. Roberts
of Hillsboro, \\4ss one of three sen
■ors from Woman's College School
of Music in Greensboro elected t*
•. a»
membership in Tgu Chapter of Pi
kappa Lambda, national honorary
society in music.
The society is .equivalent to the
Phi Beta Kappa in the literary
iiekL.JThe girls were elected on.
the basis of musical and academic
scholarship. Candidates for the so
ciety has e to acquire -certain grades
and the faculty votes on -those
; elected
Miss Roberts is *- recipient' of a
Scandinavian Scnrftar Sciiuiarshtp
which entitfes Iter to one year's
study in Copenhagen, Denmark bc
ginning tlie first of August. Slie wtfl
graduate in June with a bachelor's
degree in Mus'c.
Julia Agnes Jessup. Mount Airy
and Laura Edmondston Gilliam of
Uethcsda Md. along with Miss Ro
berts will be initialed into the ^so
ciety at Commencement,
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County-Wide Vote Or Else, Group Told
Request For Separate
Carr boro Vote Denied
The Orange County Board of
Education in effect Monday de
nied the request of the Carrboro
District School Committee to call
a special supplementary tax elec
tion in the Carrboro district alone.
The Carrboro committee had
requested the calling of such art
election in the "single district and
advised the County Board it
would not support a county-wide
supplementary tax.
The County Board indicated its
belief that the Carrboro vote alone
would not be "compatible with
good government and wise school
planning*' and, in effect, told the
Carrboro • di^gpntcrs they could
either-stay iii the county system
and participate in. tbit county-wide
supplementary tax or vote into
the Chrfpel Htil school system.
The County’s position as out
lined by ^Superintendent G. P
Carr in a letter to CaFrboro and
Chapel Hill school , officials was
as follows: —*— ““
“The Orange County Board of
Education has carefully studied
the Carrboro situation. It finds
only two courses open which are
compatible with good govern
ment and wise school planning.
They are:
“1. For Carrboro to remain a
definite part of the county unit,
and participate in a county-wide
supplementary tax.
"2. For'Carrboro to vote into
the Chapel Hill Unit.
“'Since thp Carrboro Commit
tee has indicated its unwilling
ness to accept cither of these
plans, the board is stymied in its
efforts to provide a plan to pay
tuilidh to * the Chapel Hill City
Unit.
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••The board feels that a county-'
wide supplementary tax- vote is
the answer and would pass if sup
ported by Carrboro. It is afraid
such an election would fail if not
supported by Carrboro.
■ “On a ba-is of the above think
ing. the board took no action on
the matter of calling an election
either in the .Carrboro District or
on a ciuntv-wide basis for the cur
rent fiscal year.
" Lanier Bill Provides
Stiff Requirements '
For Insurance Cover
Senator Edwin S. Lanier’s hill to
ban Sunday automobile and motor
!• cycle racing in Orange County, ta
| traduced in the Senate Tuesday,
I received a favorable report in tfegt
i Committee on Counties', Cities aim
i Towns yesterday moriling. ' ,
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It now goes to the Senate floor
arid when passed to the House. ... <
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Upon recommendation of Lanier,
the Senate body amended the ori
1 glnai bill to make the effective date
upon ratification rather than June 1
as recommended by The Cotton is*
loners. It also was amended to
ban “practicing" on Sundays,
In addition to the Sunday ba.
on races:
j.C TJ}e bill- w ould require. .pet
.-.m to be 18-years-old or older lit
i.Tre he could participate- as a com
petitor in any motorcycle or au
tomobile race. . i .
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Before any race could be held
it; the county, the bill would re
quire the person or firm conducting
it to file with the clerk of the
{'range County Superior Court a
certificate of insurance.
The act would require the per
son or firm responsible for races
lb obtain casualty and liability la
.-uranve to proVide $5,000 for in
jury to any competitor or worker
uU, the track, $5,000 for the dt-ath
cf any competitor or worker end
$3,000 for property damage sus
tained by a spectator.
it would require death and in
jury coverage up to $50,000 for an
individual spectator and a mini
mum of $200,000 covering any apfe;
-accident occurring at 'the sceirt^fe
the race and causing injury or
death to more titan one spectator. |
Failure to comply with the pro
visions of the act; would constitute
a misdemeanor, and violators would
be fined not less than $50 or more
Ilian $250 or imprisoned for not
more than €00 days for each racing
motorcycle or automobile of any
type 'participating in the event in
which the violation occurs;
Each racing event . conducted in
-violation .of any provision of the
bill , would be deemed a separate
• ■ .elation
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Baity Child, 3
Burned
Little Barry Baity, three year
old son of Mr. and Mrs Billy
Baity, was severely burned Mon
day and is a patient'in Watts Hos
pital. -
Barry n'as burned on the back
fmm the neck down with second
degree burn when a toy dust mop
be was using hit the handle of a
pan of Boiling water' on the' Stove
overturning it on him.
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Pickets hide their faces during the activity at Reverie Lingerie yesterday. -
Commissioners
Approve $250
For Museum
The Board of County Commiss
ioner* has sanctioned the use ,,pf
the upstairs epurtroom uf the old
courthouse as an historical mu
P’.yut«d It ep'h stilt b^sed
for meetings for the next^fett
years, and voted an appropria
tion of $250 to buy five show cases
for the project.
The bid for county support of
the Hillsboro Carden Club's Or
angc County Museum project was
presented “by a. delegation of the
club's museum committee, with
Mrs. C. I) Jones as spokesman.
Mrs: Ben Johnston. 'Mrs. Virginia
Gattis and Mrs. K. .0. J-'orrest
were othpr members present.. j
Mrs. Jones cited the recent et%
forts of the.group to artnise infdr-T
est in" the project and the advice
of Dr. C. C. Crittenden of the State
Department of. Archives and His
tory that the old.'courtroom, was
the best available location and
should be preserved intact. She
requested an original appropria
tion of $500 to $1,000 from the
county's non.-tax •funds for the-pro
ject.
The board took Ihe request un
der advisement and later on ino- \
tion of Commissioner Ht‘nr\ \Valk; |
er voted the appropriation and
the site approval with its re
striding .proviso as jo future j
meetings.
MINSTREL OPENS FRIDAY—Tho Exchange Club will present its *Ole Time Minstrel Shew of
1957'’ tomorrow and Saturday nights at “8 o'clock in the Hillsboro School auditorium.
On# of the feature acts will be the "Oleo" fep uring a miniature minstrel of future minstrel men,
now 10 and 14 year* of age. There will be skits, sol as and *1* and men along with other specialty acts,
approximately 60 local persons taking part. ' « . r ‘ •’* r i *
r, Al| proceeds go to the development of the park. Above, a scene from last year's show.
Town Board Studies
Proposal For Zoning
Reid gnliri^j, well known Orangc
County poultry man of the - Sf. ’•
Mary's road, has joined Marshall
Cafes. Jr. in Ihe partnership oper
ating the ■ furniture business on
K„ Ring hi. in Tfillsboro. the
lirin ill the future-to he known as
& K. Kumilure Company in
■ stead of C. & M. as heretofore.
No changes In personnel nr poli
j
lies are contemplated. Mr. Ro
berts assumes the interest former
ly held by I)r. N. I.. Muuroner.
who has moved from the county.
Seven In Race
For Hillsboro
Town Board
A seven-map rut lor the Board
of Commissioners of the Town
of Hillsboro became a reality
Monday when the remaining two
incumb.'.Tits who fiad not filed and
two. others .signed 'notic«r-V)f can
didacy 'shortly before the noon
deadline.
V M Forrest and F K. Joy
ner completed the roster of board
members filing and John P. Bal
lard and "William B Coleman
filed in addition to the five in
cumbents.
.. Neither Ballard or Coleman ha.s
previously seiVcd on the Board
Mayor Ben Johnston filed for
his position without opposition
Other members of the board
who had previously filed for re
flection were A. W Crabtree.
R. J Smith Sr. and .1. W. Hick
son.
At Tuesday ".night's meeting of
the* board a formal resolution call
ing- the biennial...municipal , elec
tion for May 7 was passed and
Kay Winecpff. the Mayor’s son-in
law. was appointed Registrar, and
Harvey Watkins and John Sharpe
was named judges of election. j
Registration books will be open
from April 20 through April %7.
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■ The Commissioners of the Tuwn
of Hillsboro Tuesday night were
urged to start thinking about a
local Zoning Law and a commit
tee was named to study the pro
posal and. report at the next meet
ing.
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Commissioner John W. Dickson
said he was disturbed aboutf re
ports that an automobile junk
yard was about to be set up in
town and told the board he
thought the time had come when
“we need to do something about
a Mining law."
Commissioner Jf E. Joyner
joined hint in support, of such a
.proposition arid said the idea
should be' expanded to outlaw the
keeping of livestock in. town at
•ter the life of presently owned
animal*- bits i xpired. Jojncr cited
thip recent establishment of ] a rue
oil and gasoline storage tanks in
a residential section its an exam
pie of the neVd for zoning
curbs'. Oi her board, members', join
ed in the discussion.
Major Ben Johnston offered to
work with a committee to stud^y
the proposition and contact the
League of Municipalities and In
(&•<• ZONING, Pape 8)
Woman Hurt
In Picket
Line Tussle
.'ttitkcis threw up a picket
line iti front of the Reverie
Lingerie pbot near Hillsboro
vtsH Klav i naming. and thev
< oinmunitY s first labor-ntan
»gemetit skirmish in many
years was on.
The plant, now about two
years old. employs something
over 60.people, virtually all women, .
in the manufacture of ladies pan
ties. About two thirds of the per
sonnel remained out of the plant
yesterday morning.
Objective of the strike, according
to placards carried by the pickets,
is to win recognition of the union
as the bargaining agent' for the
employees. i *" •
No election to determine the right
of-the union,' the International La
dies Garment Workers of America,
AFL-CIO, to represent the work
WOMAN KNOCKED TO GROUND
, A woman picket at the Reverie
Lingerie plant strike wes injur
ed at !2:5S yesterday in the first
bit ef violence reperted in con
nection with the union-sponsored
activity there.
Maxine Yates, daughter ef
Luther Yates, suffered a back
injury as she attempted to black
th« entrance ef Fred Wyess Jr.
into tha plant for work. She wes
treated et the office of Or. Rob
ert Murphy, and released.
Spokesmen said Wyese walked
into her, knocking the women tg
the ground, when she attempted
to block his path. Sheriff's depu
ties wpr* on hand to prevent ^
further violence. No charges
were preferred immediately.
era has ever been held, aad as far
as could be ascertained no re
ciuest has yet been made.
Sidney Eller, president of Reverie
Lingerie, confirmed that about 20
tmployeels were at work yesterday,
but said on the advice of counsel
lie would make no statement what
ever in connect on. with the strike.
■ Representatives of the company. -
the striking employees and the
.uniijiL..If.h.ns been learned, met in
Durham Tuesday night to negotiate
"their differences but apparently
wthout success, inasmuch as tbe
- rike went on Wednesday morning.
.1, W; Mitchell of Durham, who
■aid he was n union worker, walk
ed back and forih with the pickets
throughout tlig morning yesterday,
out declined lo make any state
l.ents on tile strike, he said, on
"(Nee STRIKE. Page 8)
Districting And 5-Man
Board Plans Dropped'
The proposals to elect members
of two county boards by districts
or zones, and to limit membership*
to not more? than- two to any one
towpship, are apparently dead.
The • 'same is true for the pro
posal to increase the membership
of the Orange County - Board of
Education to five members.
The Board of County Commiss
ioners on Monday voted to with
draw previous requests for in
creasing the school board member
ship and- the-proposition of town
ship limitation on its own mem
bership as well as that of the
Board of Education
Following last Spring's primary
which brought the Chap'el Hill
membership on the Board of Com
missioners to four out of five, a
movement was proposed and. later
endorsed by the commissioners to
place a township limitation on its'
•membership. When some Chapel
Hill , pcmoc-ratic leaders became
miffed over the election of Pedir
Grove's John Hawkins to the
school board and rammed through
a Democratic Executive commit-1
tec recommendation to increase1
the school board to \ feemem
bers, the - ■ eorrvfnissioners added
similar township limitations to
this proposition in recommenda
tion- to'the legislators.
Later, the Attorney-General ad
vised such limitations would be
unconstitutional if contested atjd„
election b\ districts dr zones was
proposed and -endorsed by Rep- •
re- entatrve insteadand- Senator
Lanier. .
After discussing the ramifica
tions of the districting proposals
at Monday's meeting, the commiss
ioners. on motion by Walker, sec
onded by Pope, voted to withdraw
all requests' previously made per
taining to the propositions. Fol
lowing this action, it is not be
lieved likely that the legislators
will proceed further in the mat- >!i
ter. 4
Four road petitions were re
ceived and held in abeyance pend
ing inspection: a road north of
Highway 70 near Hillsboro in
which water stagnation presents
a hazard, presented by James '
Welts; the Tolar Farm road In
Cedar Grove township, by J. W.
Tolar: the Oakley road in Cellar
Grove township by Charlie Oak
ley; and Wilkins Drive, off Mt.
Sima road fn Chapel Hill towu
ship.
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