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K FOUR ST . . Bill Sharpe the WAC stationed in Cor 'ho went strolling through ris one spring day. She de t take a swim in a quiet found. g her clothes on the she plunged In. e later, feeling cool and re the WAC started for her when she saw a male offi ce distance coming toward abbing her clothes, she dash for the nearest tree behind it. She stood stiff waiting for the officer to But he suddenly halted, ouflage Company dismiss called out briskly, that, every tree in the tor ched off! I vs SOFT DRINKS . . . is nothing we enjoy more Pepsi Cola—though a lot of t'rnls Cokes. And I >e gentle side-kick who says w is the best drink ever 6(1 by man. lat as It may, North Caro 1 a population basis—con more soft drinks than any »tate in the nation. So, ou 'e are a drinking people. "eek the U. S. Brewers 'ion. a highly reputable or ion with excellent represen n North Carolina in the per Ray Galloway and Willard announced that Wisconsin e ROUNDUP, page 2) ■*v" nnft f V bWUlivu vm«ij w««vi r»««■».» I lie proposal to build a big-dual-lane limited access* superhighway south of Hillsboro to replace the segment of . Highway 70 to the north in the new' interstate system stirred up plenty of bitter criticism at last Friday’s public hearing by the Highway Commission: It was that type of hearing, billed in the Highway Com mission s public notice as an opportunity for all interested citizens to express their views ot ♦ --;— -—-i_ the proposed project, with special reference to the economic effect of the new location. The protesters, generally, were property owners along the southern route through whose land the new 3«Moot riglU-of-ways would be cut, or business firm operators along the old segment Highway 70 to the north .of Hillsboro, who want the big ■ traffic artery, commonly known as North Carolina's main street, to be continued as the main drag. Proponents of the new location significantly and understandably stayed away from the hearing, which attracted about 50 people . No Policy Makers Absent also significantly, were the policy makers who could have defended the decision of the High way Commission and the Federal Bureau of Public Roads to build the 8.85 miles from the point near Em Steam Station sooth of Hills boro to its juncture with oM 78 near Efland as a dual-lone limited access highway, T. A. Burton, 7ih division engineer, of Greensboro conducted the hear ing and a battery of the ^ftton engineering corps were in atten dance to' provide Assistance. He con tin dally assured the critics that the purpose of the hearing was “to give each and every person an oppor tunity to be heard" but intimated in more or less conclusive,fashion that the decision on the location for all practical purposes had already been made. He assured, however, that no contract had yet been let and "if interested parties want to be heard by the policy-making group" (i.e. the highway commission) he was satisfied a hearing will be given. _— -a t AH of which appeared more than frustrating to Dr. J. B. Rhyne, At torney R. Percy Reade, Who rep- j resented a number of taxpayers. Dr. Joe Beard, Andrew B. Lloyd. Arthur Cole and other opponents who went to the recording microphone to be ‘•heerd.” , Rhyne Protest One of the most vociferous was Dr. Rhyne, who decided, “We are losing our essential Democracy to . the engineers. The people are bd ing given _** opportunity.” as he i understood lt,*“to lot off steam, ! with the' real decision already hav ing been made." j ! He saw “a lesson in citizenship in this road,” said “we are being 1 pushed about in ways we don't know anything about and decisions are quietly made before we citizens get an opportunity to voice our opin ions." Dr. Beard said flatly, "We (resi dents on the southside> don’t want rite road. Most of us bought, our homes to get away from roads. The proposed road will split farm after | farm, remove much land from use." Attorney Reade by the time he! got ready to speak had decided he | was before the wrong group, the engineers instead of the policy-mak ers. He represented Cal Cromer, the Jamax Motel owner, and other business firms along present 70, a ' group which he said was interested in dual lanlng Highway 70 north of Hillsboro. He thought the new high-! way would "stifle the economic and business life of Hillsboro." I Life Savings -HO said many of Mi eHKarN)*' put their life savings in their busi nesses along with pledges for the future and he didn’t feel the State of North Carolina should be con tributing to the building of a road unless it is built with regard to the growth and development of the comritunities through which it will traverse. He said the limited ac cess road to the south will benefit , principally those travelling through. Mr. Lloyd said the present road splits, his dairy farm and the pro posed new location will split it from another direction. He .thought it un fair to build two limited access roads through his property. Mr. Cole said he didn't think It right for the high way commission or anybody else to take away "our businesses" in which many have invested their life's savings. Chairman R. J. M. Hobbs of the County Commissioners said the new limited access road would add much to the safety factor, of travel and that he was happy to have the new four-lane highway through the coun ty Mayor ten Johnston .said his board had taken no action and he had no comment for the record. Former Commissioner R. O. Forrest said “The people of Hillsboro feel they're beipg put farther off the main street of North Carolina and the county hates to lose the ‘property valuation, on the old road which will not be gained on a limited access highway." The proposed route of the new highway leaves present Highway 70 on the west just south of Efland, crosses the Orange drove road one half mile southwest of the junction with old 86; It crosses old 86 one half mile south of that road's junc tion with the Orange Grove road: it crosses present 86, about one quar ter' mile north of the old Johnston Surrender house and re-joins present 70 just west of the F.no Power Sta tion. There will be seven grade se parations on the 8.83 mile stretch where road crossings are made, three of these to be cloverleafs. The so-called cloverleafs wUI be at Efland. on new and old highway ’ *•- - . - ..;-j Property owners through whose lands the new road will traverse froiA west to east include; C. N. Copple. N. M._ Farrar, A. B. Lloyd. Sim Efland, Edgar Mayes,- -Paul Riley, Sam R. Tapp, Dewey Riley, Calvin Parker, Leonard Ktng,.J. W. j Mangum, Mrs. _ Adeline McCauley, I Alton Ashley, H. H - Thompson ds 1 tate. F. S. Cates Jr., Eddie Hines, G. W, Lloyd. Paul C. Collins, Farm ers Exchange Stock Market, Mrs. • W. P. Few, John Lawrence, Dr. J. • B. Rhyne. Dr^.Joe Beard. Mrs. Mary S Trent, Milton Alrhart, J. S Hill and William Muirhead. ASC Group !•”- - - —. ■ • Makes Ruling On Compliance With requests for ACP allocations virtually double the amount of money available for Kail conserva tion practices, the Orange County ASC committee has established strict rules for compliance, according to Donald V. Roberts, ASC office man j tt33;(K)0 had been allotted to this county for cost sharing in ACP Kali practices, lie said, i'he county cbm mittee'met on July' 15 ffnd approved" requests as far as money was avail able and established September 10th as the last Reporting Performance Date for all Kail practices?*"' * „ Jn other rulings, the committee said«*K- ■ . J , \o extensions will be granted to complete practices at a later dale unless the farmer -is in the process of completing the Practice by Sep tember 10th All cost-sharing approv ed for farmers which have not start ed the practice by this date will be cancelled and the money re-allo tate’d to farms receiving no Cost sharing during 1957. It is essential that all farmers re ceiving approvals for fall practices who are unable to complete the practice notify the ASC Office at the earliest possible date in order that tliis money may be reallocated to other producers who will make use of it Roberts said. a ■ • " Favorable ° Reports Given In Polio Cases Two of Orangee County's recent polio victims have returned to their homes and a third is expected home today or tomorrow. . — .~ All three cases reported have been “non-paralytic" type of polio, and are reported to be getting along nicely. .. Patricia Brewer. 14 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brewer of Union Street returned to her home Tuesday morning, after being admitted to Watts on July 13. Fred Sharpe Jr . 14 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sharpe, of Ruffin ’St. was admitted Friday night and is hoping to come home either today or tomorrow. Kenneth Walker, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Walker of St. Mary's Road came home Sunday after being ad mitted to Watts Utst Wednesday. TURKEY SUPPER The Buckhorn Grange is planning a roast turkey dinner with all the dressing on Saturday night from till 8 o'clock. The benefit will be for the building fund. The plate will sell for 50 cents for small and $100 for [large. . History Recalled As Bookcase Of Governor Burke Is Presented To New County Museum By LUCIUS NOELL DULA Throughout all the annals of his tory there are stories devoted to objects as well as to the people who have made them famous in Hillsboro today, with the acquisition oi the bookcase part of an old sec retary which once belonged to Gov ernor Thomas Burke, there is an other important momento of an age in. which men struggled to attain freedom—nothin an atomic world, but ih an age,of muskets and gun pow der tmr KookcM*:* THfaefliir tfr The Orange’County historical mu seum by Mrs. Roblnna Webb Mickle of Winston-Salem, was once bfoken into by British soldiers, who search ed for incriminating e v i d e n rw, against the governor during the AmeMban Revolution. The story of Thomas Burke, the third governor of North Carolina, is an engrossing. narrative filled with action, suspense, and tragedy. Born uhlihe county of Galw.ay in Ireland around 1747, the son of Utick and Letitia Ould, he was of Norman French descent. He probably studied some at the University of Dublin, since Edanus Burke once Wrote Thomas, on the subject ot “Heral dry” and remarked that he remem bered your telling me you (Thomas • studied this branch of science at the University.”- . - First A Doctor About 1782, Thomas quarreled with his family and Jeft home for the Colonies, settling in Virginia. He first practiced medicine but changed to the practice of law because it offered “much more profit and yet much less anxiety.” He practiced in the courts of Virginia at the same time as Thomas Jefferson, and in his collection of letters in one rrom Jefferson which refers to a case of Plume vs, Portloek. On March 10, 1770, Burke married .Miss Mary Freeman, with Thomas Davis probably performing the cere mony, since on April 3 of the same year Davis was sent “seventy shills” for the marriage fee. In 1772 Burke moved to Orange County about two miles north of Hillsboro to a place he named Tya quin for the old family estate in Ire land, a place he never forgot, al though his letters home apparently went unanswered. The move to Hills boro was made because the heavy business duties, and the climate of his Virginia home did not agree with him physically, and the rich soil, moderate climate, and good water supply in Orange County impressed him. Date Unknown The date when he acquired the secretary, of which the donated book case is a part, is not known. It is known, however, that it was at Tyaquin he purchased slaves and began to acquire the estate which he left his wife and daughter in a will probated at the Orange bounty Courthouse in Hillsboro in April 1784. Throughout the thirty-six years (See BURKC. Page 4) J .... moment o of history for museum . V __*j__ _ - Dedication Rites This Sunday ! For Ebenezer Baptist Church Kbenezer Baptist Church, organiz r * o - ■ \ ; 'ed 1896, will observe its annual : | Homecoming Day on Sunday. July 28, with the dedication of the new ! church. J, Dr. Charles E. Maddry, Former ■ Secretary of Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convent ron', will be the guest minister at the IF o’clock service. . it ■ \ Directly following the morning i service there will be lunch on the church grounds. Rev. W. E. Coates of Reidsville I will be the minister for the afternoon ! service. Dr. Maddry and Rev. Coates are both former pastors dTtlie Eberi ezet Baptist Church and all other former pastors of the church also havee been invited to these serv ices. All who can attend, are cor dially invited to come and enjoy the day in fellowship and worship. This is also the beginning of the revival services which, will be.held each evening ,at-7:45. begirtniiucMon day’' July 29. 1957. anil continue through Sunday. August 4. 1957. Rev. E. D. Young, pastor of the Cumber land Road Baptist Church, Fayette ville. will be the revival minister. Jury Drawn For Superior Court Session The following Jury list was drawn for Orange County Superior Court to convene in Hillsboro on August 5 for a t«rm of criminal cases. Hillsboro— A. L. Stanback, Mrs. Wade Oakley, Ira Parker, West Hillsboro. Willie"! Xing, W. Hills boro. E. J. Hamlin, C. P. Hines. James P. Jennings, Ida B. Shope, W. F. Dodson, Rufus Gates, Rt. 2. | Mrs. O. B. Parsley, Calvin Ray, Randolphv Parker. Gyy> Miller, Kathryn M. Ray^,.. Chapel Hill—Kt R. Rankin. Leroy H. Merritt, Mrs John Lockhart, June D. Hurst, Charlie Feorrington, L. E. Johnson, John S. Bennett, John Blount MacLeod, Estelle Lawson Page,. Loula L. Maddry, James St rowd —Carrboro. A. P. Hudson, IT. I D. Bennett. Daniel O. Price, March C. Whitaker—Carrboro, J. E. Hus key.- Barton C. Brown, Roland Mc Rae, Alex S. Davis, E, A. Dollar— Rt. 3; E, G Hogan—Rt. 2. Mable. T. Hill. Ollie Goodwin, Willis Bar bee, William M. Geer, Bruno A. Hoft. Jr.. Ethel Hogan—ill. 2, Ben T. Pritchard, June F. Young. Lam bert Davis, Mrs. Pearl M. Basnight —Rt. 1. A. P. Rogers and E. H. Hinton. Bingham—Roland Nickerson, Hay wood Moore, J. T. Nesbitt, Tullie Tapp, Lewis Alien, F. R. McFar ling, John S. Cole, Paul T Hancock. Joseph C. Dodson. Henry Lewis By num and Frank Wart. Cheeks—Flora Efiand Cheshire, Lexie, D. Hatch. E F. McAdams, and J. A. Spivey. J Cedar Grove—Larry S. Coleman. Ralph Berry, 'Herman Ashley. Billy Walker. ATLAS CORDON NEVILLE County Youth Wins Dairying Scholarship Atlas Gordon Neville of Route 1, Chapel Hill, has been awarded one of two scholarships, valued at $50f| each, to North Carolina Slate College amt will- enroll as a- ftjeshnjan at the institution this fall. :.. in announcing the selection of the two youths to receive the awards today? Dr. W. M Roberts, head of the Dairy .Manufacturirtg Section of the State College Ant:, mat Industry Department, said the scholarships were * presented by the North Carolina Diary Pro duets* Association. - * ", Both NewUle and JajnCs H.,Bat ten of Middlesex, will study dairy manufacturing. The scholarship winners bolh have been highly active in the ae (See NEVILLE. Page 41 Social Security Payments To 1,150 Orange Citizens Hit $52,000 Monthly More than 1150 beneficiaries in Orange County were getting monthly social security payments totalling approximately $52,000 at the end of 1956, Mrs. Nina H. Matt hews, District Manager of the Durham Social Security Office an nounced today. In the entire area serviced by the Durham Office, including Durham, Orange, Person, Gran ville, and Lee Counties approxi mately 10,000 people were receiv ing approximately $450,000 in monthly benefits. This represents a sizeable increase in both number of beneficiaries and total benefits payable over the previous 12 month period. These increases, she noted, result in part from the pro tection extended to farm families and other self-employed people and also the reduction of the age limit for women from 65 to 62, At the end qf 1956, monthly pay ments were being made to more than 550 retired workers in Or ange County. Over 160 wives and dependent husbands of these re ! tired workers were receiving pay ments. Monthly payments totalling J about $8,900 were being made to over 300 children under 18 years | of age, including children of re tired and deceased workers. Over 60 mother..- of these children' were receiving approximately $2,100 in monthly benefit payments, in ad I dition to those being made to them on behalf of 'the children. , Widows, aged 62 and over and de pendent widowers aged 65 or over number about 90 and /were re ceiving approximately $3,900 in monthly benefit payments. About seven dependent parents of de ceased insured workers ihcludingi mothers aged 62 or over and fath ers aged 65 or over were receiving payments totalling about $300. The lowering of retirement age i for women was one of the pro visions of the 1956 Amendments to the Social Security Act and became effective last November. It applies to retired women workers, wives of old-age insurance beneficiaries and widows or dependent mothers of deceased insured workers. Many women who had to wait up to thr^e years longer before starting to get benefit? tinder the old law became entitled to benefits in the last two months of 1956 Mrs. Matthews pointed out that self-employed farmers were first brought under social security in January 1955. Those over retire ment age at that time, or who reached retirement age before the end of 1956, became insured if they reported self-employment in come of at least $400 for 1955 and again for 1956. These insured per sqns were able to qualify for old age benefits during the latter year. A large number of farm claims have already been filed and approved ^pce 'January 1, 1957, and many more are expected befor#'the end of this year. Mrs. Matthews pointed "‘out that three-fourths of the men becoming 65 this year will be eligible for so cial security benefits. Of all people over 65 years oi age. 62 percent are now drawing benefits or will be entitled to draw them when their income from work stops. Payments to disabled adult chil dren who were disabled before reaching 18 and who continue to tie disabled became payable in January of this year. Included in this group are children of retired insured workers and of deceased insured workers. Benefits to disabled work ers aged 50 or over who meet all of the qualifications of the law be came effective this month. The first checks will go out around the first week in Augujst. Payments to these two groups will greatly in crease the total number of bene ficiarie • and the amount of bene fits payable. Commenting on the growth of the social security insurance pro gram in the 20 years of its opera tion, Mrs. Matthews recalled that the original law covered about 26 (See PAYMENTS, Page 4) Name Body For Water Inventory Matheson, Temporary Chairman, Says Meeting Will Be Held Here Soon A nine-man committee was named by Don S. Matheson to conduct the Orange County phase of the state wide inventory of water problems. The committee, composed of rep resentatives from industrial, agri cultural, municipal, recreational and wildlife organizations, was formed at the. request of the North Carolina Boat'd of Water Cc mmissloner*. The 'inventory is part of the Board's plan for collecting information that will be useful in mapping a long-range water conservation program for the state. - * '■ Named to the committee wen " Thomas D, Rose, Town Manager i Chapel Hill. Ben Johnston, Mayor of Hillsboro Sam M. Gattis, County Accountant, Hillsboro; Mrs. Rashi Fein, President, League of Women Voters, Chapel Hill; H. Ted Smith, 1 Hillsboro; Quentin Patterson, Soil Conservation Str vice, HDIsboro; Charlie Langston. Vocational Agri culture Teacher. Cedar Grove; J. M. Murfre*. Vocational Agriculture Teacher. Central High, Hillsboro. The primary function of the com mittee will be to plan and conduct a meeting or meetings at which citizens of the county will be ashed to ■ report* their present ’ or antici pated water problems. Mr. Matheson. who was selected as temporary chairman of the com mittee, said the inventory meeting will be held within Die next two or three weeks He explained that the committee wanted time to educate the public to the purpose of the In ventory and to familiarize the peo ple of the county with the type of problems to be reported. - Bullet From Passing Car -~ Hits Vehicle Mrs. Clayton of Highway 70-A and two of her children nar rowly escaped serious injury Tues day evening ^when *an unknown mo torist fired a pistol into the vehicle in which they were riding on High way 70 near Hillsboro. The Claytons were returning from a visit to friends east of town about 7:3ur Tuesday evening during the raVn. when they heard a pistol re port followed by a shattering ' of glass Inside the front. seat of the pick-up truck. The bullet whs deflected downward outside the windshield, but several pieces of glass lodged themselves In Mrs. Clayton's arm' and had id he removed * by 'a physician. The children, Ann and Johnny were not hit. Members at I he highway patrol and the Slieritls department at tempted to catch the vehicle which was headed toward Durham but were unsuccessful Central School Addition Bids Opening Today Bids for the construction of the new 12-classroom addition and gym torium at Central School in Hills1 boro will be opened here this after noon at, 2 o'clock. It will be the third major con st rnet ion projeel to get underway in the past few months in the County School System. Meanwhile. Superintendent G. Paul Carr said satisfactory progress is being mude on construction jobs for the new Carrboro School (he Hills boro High Gymnasium and- the new Science Department in the tXMKnent of the high school at Hillsboro. In view of recent experience, a large number of bidders are ex pected to enter the competition tor the Central job. RITTBNHOUSS AT NORFOLK Serving at the Naval Air Station at Norfolk, Va. is Navy Lt. (jgl James C. Rittenhouse. formerly of Hillsboro. He has been assigned ditty as Chaplain for the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va. ~ /;
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