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L, N C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 7. 19S« of Orange County , up with tho now* over th# county by THE NEWS of lounty NO. 30 ' " ' 1 -i ■ -- For Quick, prevan ro*uh» coll, buy, r«nt or got a jot by using tho da*sifi*«l adt on Fago 7 of THE NEWS of Orango County. EIGHT PAGES THU ISSUE [AL? . • • The recently d State Utilities Commis opped three bombs here (k. f e\\ on Carolina Power & j, one on Public Service North Carolina, and the Southern Bell. Smart and >ublic Service made rate is voluntarily before go he mat with the Commis p & L. was asked to ef-1 ;e cutbacks in industrial rn Bell's effort to re o alter its approach on, tes—raising some and low-t ■ers—was turned down un er study could be made, these three occurrences thin a matter of five days, j as quite a bit of street jossip here. Many a good it used to criticizing the Commission for being too itive was set to wonder iis all-powerful body had ng completely in the op irection. Now up for de ’arolina Tel. HOME . . . Those lobby like to get good fees for i death and naive clients le Legislature comes to turally will not admit it. truth is: ore friends you have work vni! hack ii: the area . :<• k Liter.', live. ou spend to get work done in Raleigh. stimated that five friends are worth a minimum o. t for a lobbyist. Of course, don't have folks working ivhere the solons live, then thing you can do is hire ,---accept their statements, : around the long green. ( the most pitiful situa pening each Legislature is a person, company, or >u think would know bet ting money on someone convinced them he has e track with the legisla I. C. Education Assoeia laude Farrell has. the a. He is busy these days ig teachers to have heart talks with their friends in islature. We can't recall tEA has employed special for the General Assent F.Il REGISTRATION . versity of North Carolina “I Hill is experimenting registration plan, which e adopted by other State plagued with back-break' <iul<*s and mile long lines tnber. lords cannot describe the sweat, and general frus eated in past years trying to get approxi 2,000 new students lined toliege ... in four Sop iays ing in June this year— tinuing through August - iill began urging those for the first time to pay y visit during the summer The word we get is that plan is much more effiei *ing snapped up entluisi by the freshmen, and will ove the permanent solu the registration headache *s descended like lOO-de “ig on Chapel Hill each IN SetlOOL . . . The new Sh junior high school will d after LeRoy B. Martin, served on the Raleigh “al board for 25 years. • who was head of the Sia’e -ommission from its be ds the old Equalization 1 W27 until he went with i Bank in 1935, is a broth e late Santford Martin of >alem, also regarded as friend of education. An other, Zeno Martin, was ndent of Marion City coming ito Raleigh in the s to be business manager lith College. He died sud a heart attack about five lo. has a brother, Albert wIk> is principal of Boon HOUNDUP, Page 2) Hillsboro Post Office Dedication Set For Saturday; Greene Speaker Plans were virtually complete today for the dedication program for the new Hillsboro o*to ce Saturday at 2 odock at the courthouse, to which every citizen is invited Principal speaker will he James,F.. Greene of Atlanta, Ga„ a native of Alabama, who entered the postal service as a substitute clerk and rose through the ranks to Regional De livery Services officer for the-Atlanta Region. Dedication rites for the new postal facility, made available as a part of the Post Office )epai tment s Commercial Leasing Program, which uses private financing to obtain needed JAMES E. GREENE Personnel Rules Hillsboro's Board" of Commission ers Tuesday night adopted a sys tem of personnel records and estab lished specific regulations govern ing annual leave, sick leave, holi days, overtime and relief help. Discussion by the commissioners indicated there nave been employee abuses in this field in the past, lead ing to the assignment of the Fin ance Committee ito conduct a study leading to the recommendation for the new regulation. Members of jjc group jirpposlng the new sched ule are. Commissioners I? Jt Smith Sr.. Arthur Crabtree, and John P. Ballard. The new regulations are as fol lows: First'■ Regardihg Annual Leave: t^i Each salaried employee-will be granted two weeks an nual leave to be taken in accordance with the follow ing provisions j. Leave will have to be taken hv the wee*. r 2 No leave hi be, taken be tween December 1st and February >st of each fiscal year. • H" "’C-.., 1-. 3 Leave may not be allowed to accumulate, but must be taken or lost 4 Should -a regulatibn holiday occur during tire time an HIGH GRIDDKIIS ro OPEN DRILLS Hillsboro High School’s Wildcats open football practice tomorrow afternoon at 1130 o’clock. employee is taking leave, that holiday Will be lost. , 5. Any employee that has to have a paid replacement while on leave, may elect to work and be paid for their leave. 6. Employee tr.k'.'g t'rj: off from his duties, except as set out in the above provi sions. will be doing so with out compensation 7. Compensatory leave will not not be permitted without ap proval of the Town Board. H All wage paid employees shall have one week leave ■subject to the shme provi sions as salaried employees. Second: Sick Leave * tA‘ Each employee shall be granted five days, a year sick ' lehve ' subject to the following provisions: 17 TF monT’fhan~“two days' be * ' ■ taken at one time, a doc-. tor‘» certificate must be pre -sented and be filed in em ployee's record. 2 Sick leave may accumulate to a maximum of 30 days. v , "’each employee bein given 10 days in the beginning. Third: Regarding Holidays: (A > The following holidays will be observed: January 1st J Easter Monday July 4th Thanksgiving Day Christmas - 2 days Fourth: Salaries Overtime and (See TOWN, Page 8) County Board Turns Down Referendum On ABC Stores -\ resolution to call a1 refa emluni on setting tip state owned AIK.: lt«|uoi stores in Orange Counts was defeated alter being introduced in the Orange Count^,anl ol Lom H i 1 Is WIv ■'-. niissiotte.rs meet mg m boro Moilday. Following a lengthy discuss ion on il,o oil-.a|k«l proixgh Commissioner Donald M. Stanford, of Chapel Hill introduced the no fion. which was seconded by Com missioner Donald McDade of Cedar Gf0Ve the bill would be JpSiSX***'** i,\, miUay funds, subject to 1 orange was held in ejection m “ Stanford the summer, ol twh ““Before introducing his* measure he said “I have not been compete £££* -th the budget we have Donald Stanford Introduced Motion For Public Referendum just passed.” Declaring that this budget didn’t meet the needs of the County, he continued “It is the responsibility of this Board to. see that the needs are met.” Mr. Stanford felt that the com missioners should do something toward action on, the A8C mat ter now, the new budget having just been passed, and he added that there had-bjort some senti ment' oiK both the Chapel Hill and Hillsboro town boards to seek municipal referendums on this issue. Board Chairman R.J.M. Hobbs of Chapel Hill, while indicating basic support of the idea, asked “Would n’t we want some assurance of pop ular support for this election?” Commissioners Henry Walker ech oed this query. Commissioner Don ald McDade said “I prefer this to continuing to raise taxes.” And Commissioners Dwight Ray said “I feel we should have a petition.' In the voting on the measure this afternoon Mr. Stanford and Mr Mc Dade were for it Mr. Ray and Mr. Walker against. Mr. Hobbs broke the tie by voting against. -„ ** ’ Text of the resolution follows!* “Whereas on July $8, 1958. the. Orange County Board of Commiss ioners did set the ad valorem tax rate for 1958-59 at’$ .82 per S100 property valuation, the said tax being a reduction of ( .15 below the required appropriation, al though an increase of $ .10 over the 1957 58 tax rate, “And whereas the County of Or ange is operating near the legal limit of its bonded indebtedness, and 25 cent of the $ .82 tax rate is being expended to retire bonds and pay interest, . “And whereas the greatest, need for funds _$re for schools capital outlay and this need has not been met and cannot be met without a substantial increase in the ad val orem tax rate, “Anfi whereas the people of Or gnge County have not voiced tneir opinion in 27 >ears on the sub ject, be' it hereby resolved by the Orange County Board of Copimiss ioners that an election be .called, as soon as legally feasible" after the. general election to determine the vote of the electorate on having Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores in Orange County.” facilities, are Delag sponsored oy the Hillsboro Merchants Association. Civic leaders and public officials of the county have been invited to attend along with postmasters throughout this and adjoining coun ties. local and rural patrons of the local office. Entertainment Helping to provide entertain ment for the occasion will be the Cooper Four Quartet, local sing ing organization. At tfce conclusion of ceremonies at the courthouse, flag raising ceremonies under the auspices of the American Legion Post 85 will take place at the new postoffice, accompanied by the singing of the Star Spangled Ban ner led by Charles Wallwr.-Open house and the serving of refresh ments will follow In the new air conditioned building. Miss Maude Brown is the acting postmaster, having been preceded by Thomas E. Bivins, Mrs. Cora 1 Lynch and Mr. S. Strudwlck. New Era In commenting upon the opening i (if the new building recently. Miss Brown noted. "This new postal fa cility symbolizes a new era in com ; munlcatlons In this community. Pos tal patrons are finding U Is much ■ i»>ie pleasant to do business here, ! and more pleasurable for our postal employees to provide even better ; service," she said. The new postal facility, she add er I, is a link in a system that today has about 37,000 post offices, serv ing over 170 million persons and handling nearly two-thirds of the world’s mail. ', , - “Continued increase in , mi *1 volume afford as. i ponding economy,” Miss Brown continued. For example 10 years ago, lotal postal revenue was $14. 873 compared to $32,836 in the 1957 fiscal year and $27,584 in the 1958 fiscal period. The builder and lessor of the new post office is Fred S. Cates. The new building is .modern, has 2.400 Square feet of floor space and is air conditioned. AIR CONDITIONING The Orange County Bar Associa tion went to bat for air cqndition ing all the major offices of the Courthouse before the Board of i Commissioners Monday'.' John T Manning and L. J. Phipps spoke in favor of the proposal, w*hereupon 'the commissioners requested".that estimates be obtained but made no committments. LAWYERS WHO DREW UP THE legal" action to forestall Tuesday's scheduled school area merger refer endum used some terrific two-dollar words. Topping the list was ‘'■con tumacious,'-' used in this respect' "The Chapel Hill School Board has shown contumacious disregard of the laws of North ■Carolina.” De finition of contumacious: stubborn ly disobedient. . .53 1 'Show Cause' Hearing Fails To Stop Vote The request of Carrboro school area merger opponent Shelton Sparrow to postpone Tuesday's referendum on joining this sector with the Chapel Hill Special School District was denied in a< 75 fnimite special hearing in Su perior Court at Hillsboro Monday afternoon. ''County Attorney A. H. (Sandy) Graham introduced a denuirret v.hich was sustained and the plain tiif's request for injunctive relief— tq| bar the vote Tuesday — was d|nied by Judge Hamilton Hobgood. Mr. Sparrow, who brought the ac tion for himself “and other tax payers" was taxed with the costs of court. —,1— The courtroom was about half fitted with spectators as the plain tiff's lawyers read their allegations and tha County’s attorneys an swered them. Following these de positions each side presented furth er oral arguments. Plaintiff's Plea Basis of the plea of plaintiff's at torney Blackwell Brogden of Dur ham Was that the Carrboro School Adyisory Committee's petition for the vote did not meet the require ments of the law. Mr. Graham an swered that this was not germane la that the County Commissioners bad the authority to call the refer endum anyhow, and Hurt they had met all legal requirements. Mt. Brodgden introduced the rrpvtiuoB tw rorrarr vmi Doru _* jjnmittee Chairman Lloyd Sen ter which slated Uwl he (Senter) signed the petition solely as chair man and didn’t vote on It. The attorney added that since his clients had no other remedy they had to seek the injunctive remedy. ~T,There is no sense in making SIT those people go to the polls to morrow.” he stated. ‘There s no sense in going up a hill just to go down and then go up and down again. Their employers would rath er have them at work.” As to the proper redress to con test the election, Mr. Graham read from state laws a regulation noting that the vote could be legally chal lenged withiTi 30 days after it. Was held. PROTECTIVE instinct James Mack, Caldwell area Net, ro, got sliced pretty badly Tuesday night, but still retained^ the pro tective instinct while being sewed up for multiple cuts at Duke Hos pital. He told Sheriff O. H. Clayton he stopped to help a man fix a tire in front of Mars Kill Church and got cut by the latter for his troub le. Further investigation led the Sheriff to swear out a warrant charging the deed to James’ wife, Magdalene, however. Mack is ex pected to recover. Merger It Voted 746 To 303 Margin Tuesday's rote for merger of the Parrbera School Attntuce Area with the Chapel HU! system woo a complete reversal of the mult of a similar election, bat in a larger area, held last May 20. Tuesday with 1,052 persons vot ing, 740 voted for merger and 303 against with about 01% of the eligible registrants voting. Three ballots were recorded as “spotted." The same Issue was defeated on May 00 by a 916 to 505 majority, but a number of factors included the tuition requirement and in tegration threats appeared to have turned the tide for merger. Home Nursing Course Planned By Red Cross John W. Dickson, chairman of the Orange County Red Cross,, an nounces a Red Cross Home Nursing Course wUl be offered in the Hills boro High School Home Economics Department beginning August 12 at 7.30 pjm< The instructor wtll be Mrs. Glenn Auman, Vocational Home Econom ics Teacher. - The ctwss wili meet each Tuesday and Thursday nights for three weeks ending August 28. <u make-up class wUl be arranged. ) Members of the class wiU receive a Red Cross certificate upon. com pletion of the course. The information is very practical and the Red Cross urges every woman to avail herself of one of its courses. There wUl be no charge and no written examination is required. THEATER RE-OPENS The Osbunn Theater, owned by the family of the late W. M. Chance, closed for the past sever I al months since shortly after his death, reopened last night under new management. , The new operator on a lease from the Chance family is Sam R. Owens of Durham, who previously hits operated drive-in theaters in Durham, Burlington and Fayette ville. Mr. Owens says the Osbunn will now lie operated on a full schedule using all the latest and best pic tures, plus other features. Tuesday's special referendum in which it was voted to merge the Carrboro School Attendance Area with the Chapel Hill Special School District will not become effective until next July i. And of course the $ .15 supplementary school tax rate which citizens of the Carrboro area voted on themselves won’t go into effect until tax bills for 1959 are sent out. However, the favorable vote of the people on this Issue, by better than a two-to one margin, will almost completely solve the legal and Jurisdictional snarl that has beset the County and Chapel Hill School Boards for a number of years. By previous agreement the Chapel Hill Board will admit to its schools this fall the more than 300 Carrboro area pupils who have been or would be assign ed to Chapel Hill schools. The policy of charging a tuition of $30 per pupil to all non-district pupils will be waived this year insofar as the Carr boro area children are concerned. What Ah—t White Cross?_ The one matter not now settled Is what will happen to the White Cross area pupils—that Is the Ne gro pupils and the white high school pupils from the Wile Cross Attendance Area who have been attending the Chapel HIM System schools. 'As of today it appears that the more than 100 pupils in this, cate gory will not be admitted to Chap el Hill Schools this fall unless they had turned in their $30 individual tuition applications by Jhe~ deadline of June 30 set by the Chapel Hill Board.) But it’s known that the County School Board has been in the pro ces of negotiating with the Chapel Hill Board to work out an agree men for these pupils, too. Negro Applications Doe other issue of more than casual concern is—what about ' j the several Negro applications for ! udmisslon to the new Carrboro Elementary School. Since these pupils will now be admitted to the Chapel Hill School System his fall It would appear a foregone con clusion that their applications for ; Carrboro will be denied by the County School Board. But it re mains to be seen whether nr not they'll actually withdiaw these ap pllcalons. The $. 15 tax Is expected to yield in excess of (14.000 a year when it becomes effective-next year. With this additional revenue, Chapel Hill school officials have pledged, they'll supplement all Carrboro school teachers salaries, and put in a full (See VOTE Page H 9-— --- - . ■■ Jury Reports Blood On Jail, Floor, Walls Jail inspections were a big item in this week’s report of the Grand Jury to Judge Hamilton Hobgood, presiding at the August term of Su perior Caurt. Blood wa's fiotcd on the floor of the Chapel Hill jail but othei wise things appeared about nor mal, even to the bad plumbing of the County hoose-cow. The State Prison Camp, said the report, was found to be "in excel lent condition." The jail at Chapel Hill was found "generally'in good condition, and cleaner than at the last inspection. However, there were spots of blood on the floor and wall of one ceLl. Some lava tories were badly stained, but the plumbing was in good condition and reasonably clean. There was I no objectionable odor in any part >-of the jail."--— In the report on the county jail it was found in "good condition except 'fcor the plumbing equip-'- - ment, which is in no better con dition than at last inspection. However, the jailer reported that the County now has on hand re | placements for the defective fix tures/]_ - * / The Tax Of tip* rfportedvdat tbo ! total tax charges of 1957 were $684,676.63 of which $889,966 83 (or 86 17 per cent) had been collected as of July 31, 1958. leaving an un collected balance of $94,709,80 In comparison with previous years, 87 96 per rent of the 1956 levy had been collected By7 July 5. 1957: and 90.10 per cent of the 1953 levy had been collected by July 5, 1956. W. W Boger is foreman of th? Grand Jury. Other members in clude Rachael E. Long. David Rain ey, Walter .Smith. Eugene Terrell, James C Parsons, Dallas Wilson, • W. 1.. Zachary. Frank M. Duffey. H. W. Moss Clyde McFarling. V. L. Pendergraft, Ellis Hall, Jr.. C.. E. McAdams Bertha"RT'Wehster, Haz- ~ el S. Vaughan and Mack Jk Fre.-, lar. Rural Progress Series """"mammae—mmmm—m Caldwell Area Continues Progress (Note: This is another of a series of articles telling about some of the activities of Orange County's communities.) By EO BARNES Caldwell, which was named “Community of the Year” in the 1957 Rural Progress Program, eon tinues to move forward in the 1958 program. The Community Center, which was constructed and has been maintained through the coopera tive efforts of the Caldwell Educa tional Association, the Home Dem onstration Club, and the Grange, has been the focal point, of much activity in the community. The building has recently been painted inside and outside. A walk way to the parking area is being completed, as shown in the accom panying photograph. A name sign is to be erected in front of the building, and shrubs ar^ to be planted this fall. The building is being used lay various groups in the community for meetings, picnics, etc. It will be the scene of the Annual Har vest Festival this fall. Community meetings, sponsored by the Advis-' ory Board of the 1958 Rural Pro gress.. Program, are being held in the Community Center. Among some of the other pro jects sponsored by the Advisory Board are mail box improvement, telephone survey, health program including an x-ray clinic, wildlife conservation program, and the pre paration of Christmas baskets for needv families. Another communi ty project that many take pride in is the school library.. Telephone right • of ways have been signed up and il is expected that telephone service will be avail able in the community before the end of this year. Several of tf.e churches servin ’ the tW&a including Little River. New Bethel, .Walnut Grove, and Berry’s Grove have .carried out projects to improve and beautify their buildings and grounds. Several new homes are in the process of being built, or hav» been built recently, by the follow ing families; Paul Gates. Flint Hamlin, ‘Nelson Jarker, Vance Walker. Floyd Parker. John Gates, Charles Tilley, and Erwin James. Quite a number of families living | in the community have remedied and improved tr.eir homes. There has also been some ex pansion in poultry and livestock noted during the past year. A number of families in Cald well Community supplement their income through some type of pub lic work. However, prospects for a good crop are excellent at the pres ent time. All of those who know the his tory of. Caldwell Community will agree that much progress has been made t$this community in theft past few years It has all of the resources necessary to continue this forward Inarch We believe it will. r . community ntmbtrs laying new walk for Caldwell Community Building.
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