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HILLSBORO ANO CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, AUOUST M, 1957
For Quick, pravon ro*u!t*
call, buy, rani or gut a |«b
by waing tba dawlfiaR it*
an Paga It af Tba HEWS
of Oranga County. j.$
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TWELVE PACES THIS ISSUE
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BOARI>S . . . North
ially got a new regu
st week with the ap
f the Real Estate
est pieces of lobbying
anybody anywhere
by one Hathaway
ing this one through
on of the Legislature,
time the real estate
pted to spt up a li
to protect the pub
ck real estate 'trad
lc she bang collapsed
. Let's -hope (his one
week indeed around
e licensing board or
n't walk the headlines
airlanes. We have a
se bodies now— and
the making to Pro
ul.
US . , . The recent
oreign doctors in our
itals threw the pub
lit on the state Board
Examiners. The San
we may need
we say—regulate
Carolina needs to
tral authority over all
licensing boards. The
iners. until they back
emonstxated a failure
their responsibility to
II as to profession. We
nt that tiie licensing
some of the other pro
d other trades are
ow in outlook."
JTEL . .Charlotte-,
par-old Barringer Hotel
ngest—and one of the
the Caroltnas is slated
with a three-millioiv
[■ultra ho:cl-motcl build
pr,
promoters was in Ra
hveek tnterestnjjT Jocaf
li the enterprise. It will
|ing room facilities ^foY
people,, a landing port
Jters. Cost is' expected
neighborhood of $6,000
I hear more about it
(eel develops.
1SHIPS . . The Travel
.NottbiCaroLint* chests*
other Hodges as spoii
itj for. the Anti-Litter
^ign launched in July is
memberships.
^I>ai«n -began August 15
dividual. $10; business,
try or small essoeiation.
Srger industries and as
$100 per year.
(more .of.. Southern PiiU's
kt. with Ray Galloway of
membership chairman,
et, Raleigh newspaper
pe rotary-treasurer.
TO DUKE . . . We
Igood authority this past
liiat Duke University has
land aggressively plead
V' editorials and other
If tiie late Santford Mar
pat arrangements have
pleted for Duke to have
keir entirety.
(regarded as quite a coup
University, library offi-,
I*w of the fact tiiat Mar
in alumnus of Wake For
Ige. Our information is
f asked firsthand hardest.
editor of the Winston
burnal for more than 40
fd at the age of 70 last
pe and the late J. M.
and retiring Federal
jnson J. Hayes were class
jWake Forest 50 years ago.
| SHOW . . . You olde;
Uc-agcd and up. am
j loo. for that matter, wil
tnovie now making th<
l,c: "An Affair to Remem
pyers are Cary Grant and
Kerr. no kin to the Haw
Durham Kerr’s, but a
t'ess . . Just the same.
! sentiment in the show,
nen will leave it dabbing
eyes a little with their
^hiefs. Some good times.
of which, "Tomorrew
»s top-drawer stuff. You
►y it.
HOVNDVP. Page 7)
Hundreds Attend First
Health Fair In County
Boy Scouts, Efland Troop, apply emergency first aid to an ac
cident "victinv"
Chief J. S. Boone, Chapel Hill £ire Department*, explain* the
control of the three clashes of fire* likely to be encountered it*
the h$me and on the farm. r.. t ■ ***—r'*/'
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Dale Parry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. WfTey Perry, Orange Grove',
and Cynthia Walkpr, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker,
St. Mary's, 4-H King and Queen
of Health.
Noah £wainey
Passes Here
Wednesday
Noah .R. Swainey, 54. of Hillsboro
died In Duk,e Hospital Wednesday
morning at 1 o'clock.
He had been an employee of the
State Highway Dept, for a number
ol years and a member of the West
Hillsboro Baptist Church.
gnndving. are his wife..Mrs.. Mary.
Swainey:- two sons, C. M. Swainey of
Abcrdale and Walter of the home:
three daughters. Mrs. H. C. Osborne
of Durham. Mrs Peggy Waddell
and Mrs Ann Daklcy of, Hillsboro;
his mother. Mrs.' Ellgn Swainey of
Asheboro; four sisters. Mrs. Flauie
Anderson of. New Jersey, Mrs
Vuthel Dawkins and Mrs, Etta
Wisllum of High Point. Mrs. Gladys
Peel of, Ashbnro: ttfo brothers,
Charlie, and William of Asheboro.
funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Demonstrations, King
And Queen Crowning
Are Program Features
out for the Buckhonv Health Fair
Saturday afternoon to see nearly
half a hundred exhibits of per
sonal' and public health and safety
measures in the first healtlv f*ir
ever- held in this part of the starte.
Even the weatherman cooperated
with comfortable temperatures and
grounds neither wet” or dusty as
the fair visitors watched an after
noon of demonstrations on the
Grange grounds. ? -
The Fair was sponsored by the
Buckhorn Grange and the Com
munity Advisory Board of the
Orange County Blue Ribbon Farm
and Home Program, with the as
sistance' of tihe School of Public
Health Education, University ol
.North Carolina.
The crowning of Dale Perry and
Cynthia Walker as 4-H Healtli
King and Queen by Dr. J. T
Hughes, N C. State Board fi
Health opened the afternoon’s «c
•tivities.
Chapel Hill Fire Department
Chief J. S. Boone followed with s
discussion and demonstration ol
fire control. Nancy Roberts. 4-E
Club District winner, presentee
her winning Dairy Food demon
stration. J. S. Ferguson,, of the
Agricultural Engineering Depart
ment, North Carolina State C©1
lege, Remonstrated some of th<
hazards of careless tractor opera
TOe Efland Boy Scouts gave )
demonstration of emergency fifs
aid. and John Ballard. Hillsbon
Fire Department, explained Bw
-fisc of the department'* rcsusclta
tor.
Gate prizes were dgiiafted^by th<
ytHlable furpljuri
The Mcbane Company: Rcxall Druj
Store. Mebane; Long Meadov
Dairies; Southern Dairies; and th<
Dairy Bar. Chapel Hill.
Deputy Robert* Finds,
Destroys Big Still
Single-Handedly
Deputy Sheriff W. Rainey Rob
erts. veteran county officer, eon
ducted a one-man stMi raid on
Sunday, a week ago, capturing
and destroying a large outfit
single-handedly. i
Deputy Roberts, the depart
ment's oldest, officer hy a genera
tion. said he saw no need to call
(or, assistance in cutting down IT
boxes of mash which'* contained
4,too gallons being readied to run.
and tlu; .180 gallon boiler type
steam outfit.
There were no operators at the
site in Little River Township, ]ust
off the Guess Road, said Roberts.
Several hundred people turned
28 Polling Places Announced For Use
In Nickels For Know-How' Election
Twenty eight wiling place liave |
been’announced for voting tomorrow :
in the NickeJs For Know-How Refer
endum to be held in Orange and
every other North Carolina county.
According 'o Chairman Don Mathe
son. county agent, voting will take |
place at the following places.
Farmers Exchange. Hillsboro;
Walker Milling Co'.. Hillsboro; A.S.C.
Office. * Hillsboro;- County Agents
Office Hillsboro;- Forrest & for
i est, Efland; Graham's Filling Sta
tion. Efland: High Rock Service
Station. Efland; Bradshaws hilling
Station. Buckhorn; Dorsctt's Store,
Fairfield: Comptons Store. Carr;
Burton’s Store. Carr: Giles Longs
Store. Cedar Grove: Villines Ser
vice Station. KL 2, Hillsboro; Mur
ray's Store. Caldwell: R- M. Hills
Store,, St Mary s; Watkins' Store.
St. Mary's; Whitiield s Service Sta
tion. White Cross;
Tapp s Store, New Hope: Snipes's
Store. Orange Grove; Hawkins’s
Service Station, Kennedy?.; Coy
Long's Station. Cedar Grove; harm
ers Exchange. Carrboro; Andrews
Rjggsbee, Carrboro; Schley Com
munity Store. Schley; Hawkins
Store Hurdle Mills: Coles Service
Station. Hurdle Mill; Negro County
Agents. Hillsboro; .lack Longs Ser
vice Station. Carrboro.
Everyone who lias an interest in
farming and who buys feed or fer
tilizer for agricultural production
is eligible to vote in the referendum
tomorrow, according to Matheson,
This includes landlords, tenants and
sharecroppers and their wives and
children who use fertilizer or feed.
We would like to got out a large
vote on this important issue on ex
paneled research program which
has come about as a result of the
Nickels For Know-How Foundation
is important to the future welfare
of farmers of Orange County,” he
added.
The funds collected'. 5 cents per
ton of feed or fertilizer, have been
used wisely to expand research ’“bn
(See NICKLES, Page 6)
VOTE ON FRIDAY—If you .bought even a email bay of fer
tilizer, or a bag of feed, you'ro eligible to voto in tho statewide ref
erendum Friday. Tho voto will decide tho fata of North Carolina's
"Nickols for Know-How" program, which supports agricultural re
search and education programs that affect North Carolina farmers
directly. ., „
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Two New Staff
Members Join
i
Welfare Dept.
; Two new workers liave joined the
staff of the Orange County Welfare
Department and another is sched
uled to arrive on October J..
Miss Geraldine Fossum, a native
of Miami, Fla.7 who has been em
ployed by the State of Florida Wel
fare Department, assitmed her du
ties with the department as a case
worker assistant, specializing in
child welfare work, Monday. She
received- her training at Mars Hill
College in North Carolina and South
i western College at Houston, Texas.
Her professional experience also in
cludes a year of work in Louisiana.
Mrs, Rachel Athas Selim, who
resides on old Highway 86, between
Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, joined the
i staff as a case-worker assistant,
specializing in general welfare work,
on July 1. She is a graduate of
1 UNC and has had experience in New
: Hanover and Moore0 Counties.
Miss Caroline Nicholson, now em
. ’ ployed by the Randolph County Wcl
i fare .Department, will become a
rj case worker assistant-with the io
.i cal department on October 1.
. i
Rifle Firing
Just Misses
; * fined $10 ami costs in County
| Court here 'Monday after a bill
j let from their rifle, barely missed
I hitting Mrs: Bobby Hornbuckle
! and her daughter in their home al
most a mile away.
The youths, David Tierney, a
Duke student, and Charles R.
Sanders Jr., a UNC student, said
| they, were target shooting at the
1 Orange Speedway race track,
"just practicing,'' The charge,
disturbing the peace, for which
Judge L J Phipps continued pra.vt
er for judgement upon payment
* cff the line and costs
The Hornbucljlcs reside on St.
Mary's road, across the Eno Riv
'W', a large residcnrthT' develop:
ment, Highway 70. and intervening
areas’from the afleged site of the
I shooting. —
39 Candidates
Working Out
I For Wildcats
Coaches Glenn Auman and Fred
Claytor put the Hillsboro High
Wildcats through their first heavy
workout Tuesday as the 39 as
pirants for this year's team tried
out their uniforms for the JLrst
time'.
Light drills began a week ago.
During Monday's drills, the
1 team lost for the season the ser
vices of Wallace Robinson, a prom
j ising guard, who suffered a
j shoulder, injury.
Thirty nine candidates are out
for tlic 1957 edition of the Wild
| cats, including 11 seeking back
| field posts.
| '
UNC Minister
Speaks Here Sunday
The Reverend Harry' E. Smith,
Presbyterian Minister to Students
at tbc University of North -Carolina,
will conduct the morning worship
! service this Sunday at the Hillsboro
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Smith has held this position
at Chapel Hill for three years. The
program there has expanded to a
size calling for the addition of build
ing- space to accommodate more
students. Construction of these facili
ties is planned for the immediate fu
ture; - ,
The topic of the message Sunday
will be “Church and Campus.”
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Town-Wide Sale
To Open Today
) CLAUDE T. POPE
... passes al 57
\ Claude Pope,
! Popular County
[Official Dies
Claude T. Pope, 57, Cedar Grove
tobacco farmer and- a member of
! the Board of Grange County Com
missioners, died at Memorial Hos
pital in Chapel Hill Sunday night
after a short illness.
* He was the ton of the late Bunn
T. and Annie Smith Pope.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Pauline Pope; two sons, Claude
Jr. and Franklin Pope; two daugh
ters. Susan and Polly Ann Pope,
[ all the home: two brothers. J.
Hal Pope of Durhfcm and Dewey
. Pope of Cedar Grove.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock from
■ the Cedar Grove Methodist Church
I by the Rev. O. V. Elkins and the
Rev. Clark Porter. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Pope was a member of Eagle
Lodge .No. 19. AE&AM.. Oasis
Shrine ‘Temp^ of Charlotte and
[ the Scottish *Rite Consistory oF
New Bern and a member of Cedar
I Grove Methodist Church. ^
CHARGED in stabbing
. Roosevelt Swan. Cednr Grove-Ne
gro. is free under bond of $200 for
1 the Sunday night stabbing of Sonny
Wade of the same community. Wade
is. in Duke Hospital. Sheriff's de
partment filed charges "Tif assault
with a deadly weapon against Swan.»
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Today., tomorrow and Sajurday
will be town-wide sale days in
Hillsboro,
Merchants are joining in spon
soring the special sales event
which has been designated »’s a
-Town-Wide End of • Summer Sale,
Many merchants are featuring
both summer 'clearance merchan
dise and newiy arrived Fall items
and officials of the Merchants As
sociation report there will be s
large variety of bargains in all cat
egories to interest the. buying
public,'
They urge, citizens th rough ou!
the area to take advantage of this
special event to get ready for Fall
and the baCk-to-schboT movement
and to trade at home in progress
ive local stores.
Church Event
In Area Puts
16 In Calaboose
Religion and boore apparentlj
proved a potent mixture at th«
Negro Primitive Baptist Astoria
lion last weekend at High Rock
Church in Cedar Grove township
The Sheriffs department, aug
mentedo by two Negro police of
ficers from Chapel Hill on Spec
ial Duty and members of th<
State-Highway Patrol arrested n<
less than 16 attendws Sattirdaj
night during the height of the
festivities.
Charges ranged from illegal
possession to public drunkenness
driving while drunk and carrying
concealed weapons.
Rain apparently dampened the
crowd's spirits on Sunday , ' bul
during the ttfo days, previous, of
ficers estimated some 3.000 per
sons were in attendance.
MEK(HAM'S MKKTINO
The Hillsboro Merchants Ass«.
Ciation wilt-meet today at the Hills
boro ■JteCmitiort'al Park The meet
ing w.as postponed last - Thursday
utitil today. In case of bad weather
the meeftmr will be held in C & R
Furniture Co.
Three County
Communities
Also Winners
Orange County’s Supervisors of
‘he Neuse River Soil Conservation
•District Won first place and $230
, in the Carolina Power and Light
Company's Finer Farms Contest, it
.was learned today.
St. _ Mary's Community. • Jordan
Grove Community, and Buckhorn
Community won Superior Results
Awards and'cash prizes of $30 each.
Supervisors of Orange County, are
Henry s Hogan. Calvandcr; G. W.
Stanford, White Cross, and Reid
Roberts, St. Mary s.
For outstanding work in the con
test Henry S Hogan. Chairman, was
awarded $50 in the Supervisors
classification.
This is the third year the Carolina
Powerand Light Company has spon
sored the Finer Farms contest. The
contest area includes sixty-one
counties in North and South Caro
lina. ••
TIus is the. second year Orange
County communities have' partici
pated in the contest.
Jordan Grove last year won a
Superior Results award.
The contest is based on the con
I servation established and maintain
ed in the participating communi
| ties.
; "We arc interested in Finer
' Farms." officials of the Carolina
Power and Light Company an
; nounee, ."because we believe that
our future is the future of the area
we serve. As the farmer prospers
through better farming, so do we."
Each participating community's
(See FipiER FARMS, Page 6)
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Me
HENRY S. HOGAN
.» winning chairman
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Ensign To Speak At New Hope
Homecoming Event On Sunday
1 The annual homecoming will be
held at New Hope Presbyterian
Church this coming Sunday, Aug-j
| ust 25.
i
The Rev. John E. Ensign, form
er pastor of New Hope and El
land churches who is now Director
of Camps and Conferences of East
1 Hanover Presbytery in Richmond,
Virginia, will deliver the morning
sermon at 11 a m. •
During the eight years of Mr.
I Ensign’s ministry at New Hope,
he directed and supervised the
building ami camp activities at
Camp New Hope: his inspiration
1 and leadership were largely re
! sponsible for the erection of the
: new $85,000 modern arid modern
I ly equipped church building.
The Rev. Mr. Ensign is widely
known in church camping, and
jointly with his wife, Ruth En
sign, has written several books on
I church camping, published by the
; National Council of Churches and
! are now being used in 23 denomi
nations. Recently they have been
commissioned to write a Camping
i Guide for Leaders. He will direct
: and assist in the services.
New Hope’s new pastor, the
i Rev. William 0. Smith, who sue- j
! ceedcd Mr. Ensign in October,!
1956, is a graduate of Davidson
I College and holds a Masters De-!
; gree from Louisville Presbyterian :
Theological Seminary, Louisville,
Ky.
Dinner will be served on the
“rounds—if raining in tRe large
Itecreatipn Hall of the Church—
and all friends are invited.
Jfsvsvas#:
Th« R«v. John Ensign..... , homocoming tp«*kor