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Orange County with ttia naw> tha county by HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30. 1W» Par Quick, provan rvault* Mil, buy, rant or gat a job by using tha claaaif iad aA on Pago 7 of Tha NEWS Of Orange County. EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE yoUR PIECE I ... You arc members of the Ini Bureau should make Ians to come to Raleigh ary 9 for the annual at the Hotel Sir Wal Ling declarations of po ] be forthcoming at this -the first one in more lade that has not had the [of Flake Shaw. Those reau members who do annual meeting will still have able leader lonzo Edwards, executive Lent; Randolph Eagles, and Will Rogers, mem IaPERS . . . Some of our ^wsp&pers in North Caro getting pretty bulky, we j to notice in looking over litem on January 26. ones we observed on the Island were the Charlotte with 60 pages, the to Daily with 52, the Ra )vs and Observer- with 48, Winston-Salem Journal nel with 48. not including in pages tsi or, as with the Char erver, the magazine in uding all those, that pa 120 pages and felt like [lined version of the New IN NEWS ... Alcoholic |». as we pointed out here k, get their share of the iNorth Carolina. Look for lie very soon .... from Jiree different directions.. ne, Beer Attorney Lew (of Kinston, veteran legis ts announced severance of the brew’ers; Tom Allen, [lead, has decided not to he veterans; and Catawba |as voted decisively to con legal sale of wine and :MAN'D . . . There is a of good male speakers in arolina available for civic (grams, hog killings, and eunions. e learned the other day difficult to find capable hie we mean interesting— alkers'.; Among those most nUf are;. Dr. Ellen Wins C Dept, of Welfare head; gsie Sharpe of Reidsvillc; s. Grace Rodenbough of only female member of oral Assembly; Mrs. Ro ll lists Danbury^ as her beeause that is the corni n' Stokes. However ,if you get in touch with her delay, write her at her al estate, ' Covington," at love. urd the other day that Mrs. ugh has ambitions as yet lied. ENTION . . . The one man t week had the best op y to give Luther Hodges for second place on the Democratic ticket two eacc did not once refer to than was Brooks Hays of Rock, Ark., representative gress, president of the » Baptist Convention, and J!> who brought President >wcr and Governor Faubus discussion at Newport last c was speaking to newspa ^Ple from throughout North a gathered at Duke Uni for the twenty-fifth annual given there for those at the midwinter Press In N°T? . _ , Hays, powerful r> was introduced by Sena tn. His entire speech—aside onie wonderful stories—was found the Negro problem in ■tii. At the conclusion of it, dlenged North Carolina to he lead in reasonableness the situation. He referred I !ate Walter Hines Page, to rnce. to Charles B. Aycock, r uRuded • to tins State's lib fcanings—and those present ! for a reference to Corn er L, Hodges—but it never ^vicejmtiated Saturday . Carrier Mail Delivery Is Started In Carrboro earner delivery of mail in Carr boro was started on Saturday morn, ing, with about 235 patrons receiv ing mail in the initial rounds of the two new local routes. Carrboro Postmaster Claiborne Oakley said there were about 800 possible residential and business stops in the city delivery limits oi the new carrier system. In the past, he said, about 500 families have re ceived their mail at the postoffice either through the lock boxes or general delivery. The Postmaster said lie felt cer tain that most of them would choose to relinquish their boxes and get the once-a-day home delivery, soon after they saw the postmen passing their homes.- To get the home delivery a patron will have to make format application for de livery to his street address, the postmaster said. Hired as carriers for the two routes have br<-n Starnes Weaver and Ronald Pickett. Mr. Weaver, formerly emphivcd with. Carrboro Mills, has the main route in the northwest sector of town.general ly bounded by Main and Greens boro Streets, lie n make a single walking trip of a Jitllo over 10 miles during eacli of his daily de liveries. The other route—a part-time proposition-^ being carried by Ronald Picketl, local dry cleaning firm employee. Mr. Pickett will handle the southeast sector, of town, which contain about a third ot the delivery customers. In addition he wiTT set out delivery “bundles for himselt and the other carrier "Ur the nine collection and relay boxes that have been spotted arownri the town To Set Pick-Up Times I The daily pick-up times fo- the I new red-white-and-blue combination ! mail and relav boxes have not yet been set, pending a longer trial ol the routes. But pick-up times will be pos'ed on each box. On holidays ! the pick-up will be at 2 p.m. These new mail boxes have been set out at the following corn ers: Oak Ave. and Poplar Ave.; Pine SI. and Hillsboro Rd.; S. Mer- [ ritt Mill Rd. and Crest Circle: | High St. and Hillsboro Rd. Oak St. and N. Greensboro St. W. Main St. and Poplar Ave.; N. Greensboro St. and Pleasant Drive.: E Main und Rosemary Streets; and Sbel LIONS ENTERTAINED ^loirzo Squires, blind entertainer, who once worked .with Fred Allen in the old days of radio's heyday, now an investment counselor in ■ Durham, provided a humorous pro gram for the Hillsboro Lions Club mid-winter Ladies Night at Colonial j Inn Tuesday night. ton and N. Greensboro Streets. Postmaster Oakley emphasized that the arrival and departure times for mail would remain the same at the local postoffice: 7:10 a.in. and Mm '■ — -: ——~. 4:40 p.m. daily for both arrivals and departures. The Carrboro second class post nffice became eligible for carrier delivery service upon the establish meat of its having at least 2.500 patrons and upon the area's having complied with the requirement that all streets be marked by name and houses numbered. " *— ---•—r-""-1 . ,-• - • START MAIL DELIVERY IN CARRBORO—On hand for the initiation of city mall delivery service in Carrboro on Saturday morning war* (loft to right) Chapal Hill mail carrier Raymond Parry who was a volunteer assistant for the occasion; Postal Inspector Hoyle Beam of Raleigh; Carrboro Postmaster Claiborne Oakley; and the new Carrboro carriers S ernes Weaver and Ronald Pickett. Roland Giduz Photo Hillsboro's Largest Retailer Carr s Observes 33rd Anniversary Hill-boros largest retail enter prise and its owner. Brodie ”S. Car, observed their 33rd annivers ary in business this week, the old est continuous individual business owneiship in the community. The firm now known as Carr’s Super Market and owned by Mr Carr came into being under hum ble circumstances January 28. 1925 in the same location, but today's bustling business and modern, but still crowded, brick building are a far cry from the small wooden service-station type structure in which^thc operation was begun. From its modest beginnings the Carr firm progressed steadily un til its Silver Anniversary year of 1950 when it underwent a com plete renovation and expansion of facilities and- inaugurated new purchasing and selling policies to bring moderit super store prices, merchandise and equipment to the community through a home-owned firm. Business volume and custom er acceptance have continued to mount since that time. Modest Beginnings It was back in January 1925 . BRODIE S CARR when Carr, a ypung married man of four months, . Hound himself without a job and sadly embar rassed for funds with which to, im press his young wife, to say noth ing of buying groceries. His time (See CARR. Page 4> Strike Story Brings News Press Award The News of Orange County was awarded honorable mention in the Piedmont Industries Award For Excellence in Business Writ ing at the- N. - €*• -Pres* Institute's mid-winter convention in Chapel Hill last weekend. . . . It was the only weekly recog nized among the 55 entries judged by Vermont-Royster, senior associate editor, The Wall Street Journal. New York, the award coming for Editor Edwin Hamlin's story of “Lingerie Workers Go On Strike Here;, Seek Union Recognition." The Judge's comment: “This paper gave excellent coverage to a local strike in such a way as to prcse.nt its readers with a clear picture of the issues involved and of their importance tot he com munity.” An entry from the WinstoivSal em. Journal won first prize of $100, the Charlotte Observer second ..pri^g. of $75 and the Greensboro Daily News third''prtzfc of $50. DIMES BENEFIT A benefit cake sale for the March of Dimes will be held tonight at 8 o’clock at the Ayeock School gym nasium, according to'an announce i ment by Chairman O H. Clayton. County GOP Ch ief Sets Event Dates M. L. Cates Sr., chairman of the Orange County Republican Execu tive Committee, yesterday made the following announcements: To Republicans of Orange Cuon ty—I am catling your county con* vention for Saturday morning, March 1, at 11 o’clock to elect delegates to the State Convention to be held in Winston-Salem, March 8, at 10 a.m. The Congressional Convention wilt be held March 7 with the place being announced later. Precinct chairmen will meet at the Polling Precinct on Feb. 28 to elect delegates to the County Con vention. Notice of candidacy for'County, State and Congressional offices must be filed by March 21. Tax Listing Deadline Is This Friday Tomorrow is the final day for ■listing taxes in Orange County without a penalty, -County Tax Supervisor Sain fiattis reminded citizens yesterday. Some 25 percent of the tax payers still have not given in their lists to the township yesterday. as •He deadline approaches, it was indicated. Delinquent listers will have to j pay a late listing penalty of 10%, I according ttrlaw: WarrantorwtH toe j sworn out on-Marcto -i iar tho.se who fail to list by that time. Several listers have final ap pointments. scheduled today at ! some convenient place in their j township while others will be at I their homes or usual places of listing to take care of the expect ed final rush. Tent Ruritan Members Go To Conclave Ten members of Cedar Grove Puritan Club attended the Na tional Hurilan Convention in New | Orleans, La., January 25 , 26, 27 j and 28, with headquarters at Jung Hotel. Glenn Caruthers,' Club Presi dent, Tom Pope, Vice-President, and Marvin.Rogers, Treasurer, delegates to the convention, will j be reimbursed by the Club for transportation and hotel expenses. The other members who made the trip to New Orleans for the convention were Bunn Pope, Ter rjt Fuqua, Howard*Pittard. Jack Wells. Charles Berry, Knox Woods and Howard Compton.- The i entire tfToup made the trip by ■ automobile. . T obacco Phase Of Soil Bank Also Halted Increased Requests Brings Halt As ASC Starts To Count Up The State ASC Office notified the Orange County ASC by tele phone Friday to cease signing 1958 Tobasso Acreage Reserve Agree ments. | This was necessary as result of the large number of requests be ing filed to participate in the 1958 Acreage Reserve ' Program. All counties were requested to submit I a report showing the total npmber j of acres offered for’the Acreage Reserve Program and the total amount of compensation required : to compensate these producers. Prior to the halting of agreements, j the Orange County office had ac- ! c-epted 221 agreements for placing tobacco acreage in the Reserve. These agreement totalled 415 56. acres and in compensation amounts. to $91,516.70. In 1957 there were only a total of 218 agreements in the county, all (old 365.43 acres with total com pensation of $78 858.25 The State Office will review all ‘ reports submitted by the Counties: to determine what portion of the Soil Bank Allocation has been ob ligated. The Slate Office will then noti fy^'eacF counTy oT the amouftrj of money that may be used to compensate producers in their county. Anyone who wishes to place any (See SOIL BANK, Pape 4) Home-Making Test I? Won By Miss Cates The Betty Crocker Homemaker of . Tomorrow in Aycock School is Naiicy Carolyn Cates, ^tighter of Mr. and.Mrs'. Sam Cates of Rt. 2, Hurdle Mills. She received the highest score in a written examination on home making knowledge and attitudes, administered Dec. 3 to senior girls in the grad * uating class. Her examination .pa per will be en tered in compe tition vo name this state candi date for the title .of Tomorrow and will also be con sidered . for the runnerup award in the state. For her achievement, she will receive an award pin designed • by Trifari* of New York. The national winner in the fourth annual Betty Crocker Search conducted among 327:000 young women in 11,800 of the. nation's public, private and pa rochial high schools will be named April 17 at a banquet in the Wal dorf-Astoria Hotel in New York /See HOMEMAKER Page 4) Matheson Promotes Broiler Expansion County Agent Don Matheson noted this week that now may be an op portune lime for farmers, hard pressed by dwindling allottments and other problems, to expund in the broiler production field. A meeting- on the„.subject is set for next Friday. **• Said Mr. Matheson: J All evidence points to the. fact that farmers in Orange and sur rounding counties, might well take advantage of the broiler situation at the present lime. Prices are better now Ihan they have been for^several months. Local dressing plants plait to expand their operations. Peed dealer^ are offering more liberal contracts to the growers. One of.the largest producers in £>iango - County OlO.tXk) bi>d” eapa city i recently stated that If a fel low ever wanted to get into the business, now is the time Another producer here in Orange County 15,000 bird capacity made the state ment that he and his wife could make more money and ■ work less with their broilers than they could with their tobacco. This couple, well past middle age. have been growing broilers lor three years. A meeting of all persons in Orange County Interested in hroiler growing will be held at the court - Iibuse in- Hillsboro on Friday after* noon. February -7th at 2!00 o'clock.' All interested feed dealers, con tractors ' and processors are also invited to attend this meeting. Each wdl be given an opportunity to brief ly explain his program or contract. Area 57 Traffic Death Record Is Already Surpassed In Twin Auto Crashes Sunday ' Southern Orange surpassed its entire *1957 traffic death toll Sunday when 19-year-old David Nelson of Farrington Mill Rd became the area's third auto fatality of the new year in twin smash-ups caused by racing on the,highway. Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Parrish of the Mt. Moriah commun ity died following a wreck on the Durham Boulevard the preceding I weekend. One rt Charged Highway Patrolman Tom Win- \ borne has charged one driver with racing on the highway in connection with yesterdav s 2:35 a m tragedy. Law enfotoepient of- , ficers at the scene called it the most gruesome tragedy they could j remember seeing. Akers Noah Manring. 25, of the Mann’s Chapel community, was released Sunday on $1,000 sign ed bond pending trial on this charge in Orange County .Record er'* Court Feb. 3. He was treated at Memorial Hospital for lacera tions. The double wreck occurred on .. " oAre-H.re Is Akers Noah M.nring's demolished 1953 Ford e.r « it was found NOBODY WON RACE . nMr tho Collin* Crook bridge whoro it wot wrecked at 1:05 a.m. acrot* tho now Greensboro 8 whom Miming was allegedly racing, was killed in a wreck a The driver of ^nother^car, - - • ~ - ■jgt,-»•> *• *"■ Upland Giduz Photo the Collins Creek bridge 10 miles west of town on the new Greensboro Highway near the Alamance Coun ty line. Returning From Dunce According to reports given Patrol man Winborne. 'the boys involved 'in the wrecks, as well as a number l of others from this area, were re I turning from a Saturday night dance ip Snow Camp < William Benson Partin. Hi, of Route Three, told the investigating patrolman that as they were driv ing back front the danee a rare developed between Nelrflon's car, in whirh he was a passenger, and Munring’s ear. He reportedly told the' officer that v Manring's 1954 Ford passed their car at about 85 or 90 miles an hour as they neared Collins Creek, and that the last thing he remembered (See ACCIDENT. Page 4) KILLED IN SMASH-UP—Orange County's third auto doath of tha now yaar occwrrad at 2:35 a.m. Sunday in twin wracks at the Collins Creek bridge 10 miles west of town on tha now Greensboro highway. Above, the body of 19-year-«ld David Nelsonv who was killed in the wrack of his car, is carried away., ~ " * Roland Gidiu Photo
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