HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1957
1IND . . . They
uch about it right
experts with the
a worried look
still pours into
tremendous rate,
of expectations,
enough to cause
budget based on
Nations.
no. is short of esti
end is worrisome.
, . The belief
bv. Luther Hodges
|liirig,»but sense in
|hat the State Ports
be moved away
bn—and preferably
)e change would be
his:
Ithc office remains
(Morehead City will
or certainly that
eing shown to the
plicad,- there would
filmlnetonT
think the Governor
|is position also feel
ral offices of the
sity of North Caro
be at Chapel Hill
fcutral point.
tS . . . Those in the
jials with the State
[rostiqation—say that
lead all the blr
in bad checks,
ds, on a population
bothered more by
and flim-flamrrurs
(than anywhere else
and can least
what the season
The SBI says fall
— October
are by far the
)UT BOWL ... De
may have heard
this column—there
grange Bowl or any
bowl for State Col
or basketballcrs
kind off bailers this
t>r the next after that,
you have called to
the powers-that-be
proselyting, or en
lendance at State for
Itc., and so no team
[participate in any of
^nat doings for about
yet.
I of course, but State
That’s what they say
i’e wouldn’t know.
... An official of
Board went to Duke
week for eye trouble,
pari Wester. His trou
on his right eye. His
ABC: auditor. He
I of work for about a
With the ABC Board
cst eyes he can get—
|if he is auditor. And.
ut fltm-flamming. the
flaw enforcement bul- _
nber 7 reported that
as an eye doctor in
area "fleeced a white
$900 for a - pair of
\ to remove catcracts."’
AND UPWARD .
id almost anything you
1 the State Magazine
vember 2 issue—this
s Iredell County—the
ave an Interesting item
'R and writing. In 187(1
100 vears ago, one-fifth
ulalion above the age
read and write,
has now dropped to
. . Workiug
his boss on the litter
George B. Cherry has
leaner Capitol grounds,
noted thinly last week;
ing everything we can
Capitol grounds clean
is impossible without
the public."
you are all rifeht. You
• too. But If you want
grounds clean, don’t
Public. Look at them
MUSEUM OPENING in Hills
boro lasfSunday afternoon saw
some 150'visitors from this coun
ty and neighboring towns come
to view the display, which mem
bers of the Hillsboro Garden
Club hope will some day be a
complete local historical museum
on the second floor of the old
courthouse.% T
Nucleus of the embryo mu
seum, which will be open each
Sunday afternoon this month,
was a display of the regulator
episode, firearms and clothing of
the period, loaned by the State
Department of History. Also al
ready installed, are the historic
old weights and measures which
have been housed in Orange
County courthouses since the
Revolutionary period, a desk
which belonged to Governor
Burke and one of his wife's
dresses, and a 1768 map of the
Town of Hillsboro presented to
the museum by Colonial Will
iamsburg.
The entire courtroom has been
repainted for the museum use
and glass display cases have been
fttefiSffed for the protection of
the historic relics. Some of the
scenes in the museum may be
seen above and at right.
Fishing Violations
Found Against 7
Seven persons,luv>e Ixen found, guilty here of violating
late game laws ill eon neelion with (he taking of fish from
hy draining watersof Kastwood l ake,
Ml pleaded guihv to the misdemeanor ehargesv wliieh
v ere brought by Orange County Game Protector Bob Logan.
F'lie w ildlife law enfoieeuient .officer charged one of the men
vith draining flic |o-ai re lake—long a favorite fishing sppi
Pima area—without a permu
The defendants -were tried before
usticeof the Peace Paul Robertson,
barged with taking fish illegally
rere Jinvmy dark and William
lives of Route Three. Eaton Rives
f Route One. James Harris of
’ittsboro. Route One. and Tete
loyd and M. B Merritt of Carr- .
oro. all of .whom were taxed the
osts of court.
William Brown, representative of
ic Mortgage Insurance Company
t Burlington, which owns the Lake j
Forest residential subdivision now
being developed at Eastwood Lake,
was fined $50 and costs after plead
ing guilty to a charge of draining
public waters w ithout a permit.
Mr. Rives, a local builder, said
he had a contract to repair leaks
in the Eastwood dam and was
lowering the level oL the water
under supervision of Mr. Brown
when a log became stuck in the
outlet valve at the base of the
(See FISHING, Page 4)
Lions Open
Annual Blind
Seal Drive
•' The Hillsboro Lions club yesterday
opened their annual blind seal cam
; paign to raise funds to carry on
> *their program of aid to the blind
i and visually handicapped.
I Lerers bearing the annual apt»eal
i anti distributing the familiar Sight
• and Blind Aid" seals have been
placed in the mails for delivery to
i Orange County citizens, following
, a meeting Tuesday night in which
: members of the club in a joint ef
; fort inserted the. materials in en
| velopes and prepared them for mail
ing.
I John P. Ballard, chairman of the
club’s “Sight Conservation and Blind
Committee, is chairman of the an
nual drive.
During the past, the Hillsboro
! Lions Club has provided free eye
" examinations and free glasses,, for
many persons, large print books
for near blitad children, arranged for
selling blind-made products, prbvid
(See BLIND, Page 6)
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Tuberculosis
Seals Being
Put In Mails
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During the past few weeks, the
t Orange County TB and Health Com- !
milteo has devoted many hours ot
work in preparing several thousand
envelopes of Christmas Seals which
residents of this county are now
receiving through the malis.
This work has been dependent
entirely upon volunteer workers, !
says JL G. Goodwin, who is again J
this year serving as chairman o!
this most worthwhile drive. “It is
solely through the funds provided j
by the Christmas seal sales that ,
TB x-rays can be provided without j
cost to the public, and enhancing !
the chance of curing the disease
after it is found,” says Goodwin.
“Great progress is- being made In'
combatting the disease of tuber
culosis but there is still a long way
to go to effectually stamp it out.
Your prompt response 'TB the TB
appeal ih the form of your remit
tance for your share of the ehrist
(See TB. Page 6)
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Caldwell Fall
Festival Set
For Saturday
The annual community festival
will be held in the Caldwell Com
munity Center this coming Saturday
November 16, from 5,30 p.m. until
later iii the evening.
A chicken and a .Brunswick stew
supper will be served from 5;3t)
until 7:00 p.m. Along with the sup
per plates, coffee, cold drinks, pie,
cake, and other desserts will also
be sold. .
Beginning at 7:00 p.m.. tickets ol
the Blue Ribbon Farm program—in
which the community has been an
active participant—will be drawn,
the lucky number winning a Cha
tham blanket.
Following the drawing of the tick
ets, there will be a general auc
tion with Robert Nichols of Efland
as auctioneer. „ Among the special
items to be auctioned off at this
time will be hand-made quilts which
have been especially prepared for
this occasion by the women of the
community.
Finer Farms
Contest Is
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On Again
Orange County communities have
an opportunity to participate in
the Finer Farms Prograin of the
Carolina Power and Light Company
again . th^year. Henry S. Hogan,
Chairman of the Orange County Su
pervisors of the Neuse River Soil
Conservation District, announced
today.
This is the Soil and water con
servation contest in which three
Orange County communities. St.
>• Mary’s, Buckhorn, and Jordan
Grove each won a Superior Results
award of $50.00 each in the 1937
contest. The Orange County super
( visors placed first in the Sagervi
;j aors classification and received
| $250.00 award.
In Raleigh, Monday, the Carolina
Power and Light Company officials
explained the 1958 program to the
► Supervisors of several North Caro
? Una Soil Conservation District*, and
| Vocation Agricultural, Extension
jf Service, Soil 'Conservation Service.
I ao^Wildlife Resources Commission
I personnel and radio and newspaper
' representatives.
4 The progrtiim for 1958 will bo
similar to that of last year. This
s year, however, any Supervisor can
sponsor more than one community,
the change which makes it possible
for as many communities as wish
to enter.
-The contest is open td edtomuni
ties in the 63 counties served by
ihe Carolina Power and Light Com
pany—51 in North Carolina and 12
in South Carolina. • ■
In announcing the contest, based
on ttye foundation of agriculture
iHo conservation and wise use of
soil—the Carolina Power and Light
(Ymflany officials emphasize "Our
future is the future of the area
we serve. Good soil and water con
servation means more productivity
i less work, more net income. As the
■farmer prospers through b h t t Jr r1
- forming, so does tb*MCarolina Row
er and Light Company." \
The contest is based ou the total
soil and water conservation prac
tices carried out in the community.
The contest Is very simple. It -
consists of mailing an entry blank
to signify a wish to participate,
applying .or maintaining conserva
tion measures, and reporting the
i measures applied and maintained
The-entry deadline is December l,
t957.
(See FARMS, Pafje 6)
MUSEUM APPOINTMENTS
Mrs. E. M. Lockhart has been
named chairman ofthe Accessions
Committee of the Orange County1
historical museum. It Is this com
mittee’s duty to pass on and accepti
donations of items and materials I
for inclusion in the museum. Dr. H. :
w-. Moore and E. M. Lynch are
members of > committee to handle
transportation.
BULLETIN
Mrs. Ma.ve B. Carr, well-known
local woman, wife of Brodie S.
Carr, local merchant, died In a
Durham hospital yesterday after
n«g>n. at 2:45 o’clock. She had been
seriously ill for several weeks.
Funeral arrangements had not
been made when the newspaper
went to press.
To Show Improvements
MRS. RAY/tf.OND THOMPSON
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Mrs. Raymond T hompson
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Earned Top HOC Leader
Raymond Tfiompapjp \>f the*
Bethlehem H e m e Itemotrofrattorf
efcrtr• was named «a?aqge Oounty's
outstanding Home fljmMristr&tion
Leader at Achievement- t>ay held
November 7 at Wlilte Onj»ss Cam-1
munity Building. ; - • /
Caldwell Home Den cjnstration
Club received a silver pntcher. for
being the Outstanding Horne Demon
stration Club ir 1957.
Men. Women, and Children Hock
ed to White Cross Community Build
ing for the annual Home Demonstra
tion Day. which begaii with a cov
ered-dish supper. Whit e Cross, An
tioch Riad and Orange Grove Home
Demonstration Clubs f were hosts for
the group.
After the supper / ithe group met
in the auditorium ho .hear a. report
if' Home DemonsYration Work, and
a talk by Mr. John Harris, Exten
sion •Specialistv M,ts. Henry Walker.
Route 1, Hillsboro, presided over
the meeting '
Mrs. Harold ’Walker of Schley,
larrated the report and Mrs. Paul
inyder *f Caltrander directed the
>kit. Two women from every Home
Demonstration Club told about some
jhase of Home Demonstration work 1
is they shopped, gardened, tied to
>acco. and did their house work.
Mr. Harris, who was presented by
Mr E. P Barnes, Orange County
Kami' Agent, used a flannel board
o illustrate his talk on yard beau
ificatiqn.
The guests were recognized by'
L(See HOC, Page 6) 1 |
New Chevrolet
HT
Dealership ts
Now Pending
Hillsboro will Iiave a new Chev
rolet dealership on- December 1.
That much seems assured but the (
identity of the new ownership has ]
not been announced although rumors
are rife throughout the ‘community ,
and are being widely discussed.
Ed Herring, manager of Herring- j
Conners Chevrolet. Inc., holder of ]
the present franchise, confirmed,
that he had been notified-the busi
ness would change hands on De
cember 1, He said he Understood
the purchaser was Earl Bason, who •
is now office manager at Ray Motor
Company, the local Ford Dealer:’{
but said he had no direct knowledge
of that fact.
Bason, when questioned, denied
any knowledge of such a deal and 1
said he knew nothing of an im
pending change involving him, "or
other associates at Ray's. The ru- 1
mors were being discussed with *
considerable good humor and spe- j *
.ulation at the Ford agency but all *
personnel denied any direct knowl
edge of an impending change.
Robert ‘Harris* of Chapel Hill, who 1
epresents the majority ownership | 11
>f the Herring-Conners firm, could a
iot be reached for confirmation of r
lie sale. - 1
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Public Invited
To Review
Local Progress
The Confederate Memorial
Library in Hillsboro on this
coining Sunday, November » j,
wtH hold aw . open house" to
ttbiih all the citizens of the
county'are invited.
Hours wHI l>e from 3 to 5
o'clock. 1
The occasion, which marks the
first day of National Children’s
Book Week, will offer people of
the county an opportunity to in
spect the building, which faps
recently undergone extensive re
furbishing and painting, and Its
equipment, including the book
mobile which carries- books to
.people in the rural sections. -
Officials of the library, includ
ing the staff and members of the
governing board, are extending a
cordial invitation to the people of
Hillsboro and Oradge County to
take advantage of this occasion
and review the progress that has
been made. Sunday’s “open house"
is being held in lieu of the bi
ennial meeting of the Hillsboro
Library Association of which
every interested citizen in the
county is a member.
Members of the Hillsboro Busi
ness ii Professional Women’s Club
will serve refreshments. Decora
tions will be in charge of the Hills
boro Garden Club. A
box in which visitors may
helpful, ideas will bes avail
Thp Confederate Memorij
firary is housed in a hac
tae>
’Tha
made small annual approprif
to the library before state
were available, at least as
as 1938. and some financial
port still continues to come
both the county and the town of
Hillsboro. Since 1942. Orange
County has been in a tri-county
library district consisting of Cas
well. Person and Orange, which
with the help of state funds, pro
vides district-wide library servlod
through the facilities of the book
mobile and several sub-libraries
Recently library use has sbosrii
a substantial increase throughout
(See LIBRARY, Page 6)
16 Practices
Set For Year
In ACP Work
The 1938 Agricultural Conservation
Program which will be in operation
n Orange County next year has
jeen formulated by the Agricul
ural Workers of the County.
The County Agent, County Rep
•esentatives of the Soil Coaserva
ion Service, the Forest Service, and
he Farmers Home Administration
dong with ASC Personnel and Com
nitteemen met last Thursday at
he ASC Office to develop the 1998
and to make recommendations for
the 1958 Program.
This group studied the conserva
tion practices most needed in this
county and made their recommenda
tions accordingly. In order for the
program to bring about needed con
servation of our dwindling Agricul
tural Resources, farmers should be
gin thinking about their Conserva
tion needs and how these needs can
be met.
Sixteen Conservation practices
were selected^ the group jfew next
year, including the following:
Permanent Pasture or Hay; Ad
ditional Vegetative cover in crop
rotation; Liming Materials on farm
land; Initial establishment of a
stand of trees on farmland for pur
poses other when wind or water
erosiou; Permanent pasture or bay
Improvement; Farm p^jt M a
neans of protecting vegetative cov
?r or for irrigation water; Forest
mprdvement. Sod Waterways; Ter
acing; Winter Cover Crops- Sum
"er Annuel Legumes and’ Year .
ound Cover. *