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I Oran** County up with tho now* lV(r th# county by he NEWS of only HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1»S8 IIFFS' MEN proved effective hosts at the big 6th District Isboro and Schley last Thursday and the barbecue served to 4S0 (by actual plata count) of tho party faithful was pronouncod good by ovary loyal Soul. BIOWIGS AND DIGNITARIES were at each other's elbows when they received their init on the courthouse steps. II SAM ERVIN AND STATE PARTY CHAIRMAN Wood •9ht, were major participants, had kind words for thair e spirit of Orange County democracy and the barbecue hley. |E IN THE CROWD—Inconspicuou* at the back of ± |!*y Orange last Thursday wa, Sen. B. Everett Jordan, T'nclpal speaker* at the Democratic Sixth D'‘*r,et ” * ♦he daughter* of Mr. and Mr*. Pete Ivey of Chapel H.ll, I*** '"""all RAULY PHOTOS M SIM JONES Schools Close Tomorrow For NCEA Meeting Orange County white schools will be closed tomorrow while teachers, principals, supervisors and G P. Carr, superintendent and other school personnel attend the Annual Convention of the East Central District of the North Car olina Educatidn Association in Ra leigh. Carr, chairman of Superintend ents, will preside at the superin tendents session. The following ten counties com prise the East Central District Orange, Durham, Franklin, Gran ville, Franklin, Johnston, Person, Vance Wake and Warren? This will be the last of the 10 district NCEA conventions of the fall series. Orange Bond Sales 105% Of "58 Quota Orange County citizens through September had purchased 105.7 per ceht of the 1958 county quota of U. S. Savings Bonds, According to W. E. Thompson, county chairman. Orange County sales for Septem ber were $24,415 and cumulative sales for *the year in this county are $398,815. Orange is one of only eight counties of the state which have surpassed their year’s quota during the first nine months. U. S Savings Bonds sales in North Carolina during September were outstanding, showing an in crease of 17.9 per cent over Sep tember of last year. This is the largest percentage gain in any month during the past two years. Total combined sales amounted to $4,021,649. ■••• ELECTED AT AGNES SCOTT Miss Knox Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Jones of Hi)lsboro, has been elected a mem ber of the Student Council at Agnes Scott College where she enrolled last month as a Freshman. She graduated from Hillsboro High School last Spring. \ r- — - ■ .. "Give A Buck" Is Party Plea For Finances Orange County’s Democratic Par ty is waging a strong campaign for party finances in conjunction with the national effort entitled. -'Give A Buck To The Party of Your Choice.” A general solicitation is underway throughout the county under the direction of the Democratic pre cinct chairmen to secure small con tributions to support the party. Party Chairman Robert 0. Foe-' rest said an effort is being made to contact everybody. If anyone is not contacted for a “Give A Buck” lud OMiNiUMi, he srtdr w jeJBfc mail his contribution in to him and a receipt will be returned. Solicitors have been furnished with contribu tion cards and records of each gift is reported to State Party head quarters for its records. Chairman Forrest said the Demo cratic Party would rather have a large number of small contributors than a few large ernes because that is the true essence of Democracy. Mrs. Virginia Nicholson of Chap el Hill, one of this county’s rep resentatives on the State" Demo cratic Executive Committee, is fund campaign chairman for the Chapel Hill area and Chairman Forrest heads the drive in Northern Orange. STEW SALE The Women’s Missionary Society of Ebenezer Baptist Church will sponsor a brunswick and chicken stew Saturday at the Cane Rob ert’s homeplace, present home of the J. ft. Garrard family. The stew will be ready at noon. Orders may be placed by calling Hillsboro 2965 by tomorrow. All pro fit will go towards the church work. :'&SS « Building Availability Is Seen Necessity To Obtain industry l T&" ~ OperationJlndustrial Development, Hillsboro’s all-out drive to construct a 20,000 square- foot industrial building fcor rental to Southern Garment Co. is in full swing. The kickoff occurred Monday night at a meeting at the courthouse attended by some 40 persons, some of them em ployees of the plant operating in temporary quarters near f Now, a 10-man committee, arm ed with stock pledge certificates, 4s canvassing the area, their im mediate goal 950,009 needed to construct a new industrial building intended to house the industry. One-fifth of the total amount, $10,000, was raised Monday night At a town meeting called by Hills boro’s five-man industrial commit tee. This had almost doubled by yesterday. A spokesman for the committee said yesterday his group hopes to reach the $50,000 goal within two weeks. The 10 men are asking in dividual businessmen and civic leaders to subscribe stock in a cor poration which will attempt to construct the building. Subscrip tions have been received already by_?5 investors in this area. Under plans outlined by com mittee members at Monday night’s meeting, the $50,000 would be used to build an industrial plant of 20, 000 square feet. The corporation of subscribers would retain permanent ownership of the building and would lease it to Southern Garment Co. Formation of such a corporation (Set INDUSTRY, page 8) » ' — ■ ■ -- Saturday Is Final Time To Register Saturday is the final day for registration prior to the November 4th General Election. Books will be dosed following that day and the next Saturday, November 1, will be observed as challenge day. „ , «Local elections officials and par* ty leaders, therefore, call upon all new citizens, those who have be come 21 years of age since the last election, and those who may have changed their places of resi dence to get their names-on the books and complete their eligibili ty for voting before the books close. Registration requirements are that persons be citizens of the United States, 21 years'of age or over, and haye lived in North Car olina one year and in the precinct 30 days, and are able to read and write <±e. copy) any section of the State Constitution. ■ ■w — 1 UN Week Activities " Include Tree Planting Hie Hillsboro Improvement Asso ciation will dedicate a tree to the United Nations on UN Day at the Hillsboro Community Center on Orange Street, Friday, October 24, at 5:00 p.m. The tree' planting and dedication ceremony is sponsored by the Hills boro Improvement Association as a part of Hillsboro's- observance ol United Nations Week. Scheduled to appear on the pro gram are Clarence D. Jones, mem ber of the Board of County Com missioners; Paul G. Carr, Super intendent of!Orange County Schools! Rev. F. J. Boddie Jr.-, pastor ol Dickerson Chdbel AME Church; the Rev. F.J . Boddie Jr., pastor of Mt. Bright Baptist Church, and M. C. Burt Jr., president of the Asso ciation. Other county and town officials are also expected to be present. The public is invited. Arrangements for the dedication have been handled by a special committee headed by Mrs. Marinda D. McPherson. Other members of the committee are Mrs. Hazel Payne, Mrs. Audrey F. Burt, Roose velt Warner, and Clyde W. Whitted. Carr To Head UN Chapter For County New officers were elected by the Orange County Chapter of the United Nations Association here Sunday as the group laupched the annual observance of UN Week, to be'climaxed today, which has been designated UN Day. Paul Carr was elected chairman of the county-wide organization, Miss Anne Cameron, vice chairman for the Hillsboro area, Edward Danziger, vice chairman for the Chapel Hill area, and Mrs. C. D. Jones, secretary-treasurer. In observance of the week, an information booth has been in operation at the town hall in Hills boro and window decorations i have emphasized the observance. Board Seeks Independent Appraisal Of Machinery On Pacific Appeal The Orange County Board of Com missioners Monday decided to seek an independent appraisal of the value of Burlington Industries’ Pa cific Milks’ machinery at Carrboro, as of January 1, 1858, before acting on an appeal of the firm seeking a reduction of its current year’s tax assessment. The commissioners directed the county attorney and tax supervisor to furnish recommendations of per sons or firms who could make such an appraisal at their November meeting. E. R. Zane, Burlington Industries tax counsel, at Monday’s hearing, asked for a reduction of $136,000 in the 1958 assessed valuation on machinery, classified as personal property as opposed to real estate, on the basis of a net reduction of machinery removed in 1956, but not corrected in the 1957 tax levy. He said $412,000 in machinery was re moved and $184,000 put back in, and by mistake no adjustment was I reported to the tax supervisor in . ■ v 1907. However, he claimed that the error should not be perpetuated in 1968.' The reduction claimed, if allowed, would cost the county $1,150 to $1, 300 in taxes this year. Zane emphasized the company was not seeking revaluation of its personal property blit merly a cor UNSUITABLE FOR TEXTILES E. R. Zane, tax counsel for Burlington Industries, speaking to the County Commissioners here Monday, expressed doubt that the Carrboro plant of the Pacific Mills division would ever be used again for a textile manufacturing operation. He described the buildings as obsolete for this purpose .and said high speed textile machinery of today makes use of the type build tog at Carrboro as impracticaL H® said all machinery at Carrboro has been sold and would be out the Carrboro property altogeth er hi another month. rection of an error which was made in 1957. He claims the machinery in question had a value on the com pany’s books of $623,822, but is as sessed by the county at $658,070, or ' 70 per cent of its tax-appraised value. The company has been grad ually decreasing its machinery at Carrboro for several years. In another action while meeting as a Board of Equalization and Re view, Hie commissioners denied a request from the local Belle Vue plant of the William L. Barrell Company for consideration of a revaluation of its machinery. The denial was based on the constitu tional requirement for uniformity of taxation between real and personal properties. Thu s, inasmuch as there has been no real property revaluation since 1954, it concluded it was without power to revalue per sonal property, to wit machinery, 1 in view of this constitutional man- . date. There has been no claim of , reduction or increase of machinery since the 1954 revaluation. I, PRIZES FOR SOIL CONSERVATION—Orange County toll cotv Mrvation loaders on the county and community levels received their < monetary rewards for efforts in the "Finer Farms'* competition Thursday night in an awards Wight event held at the courthouse. Nod Champion of Carolina Power and Light Company's public relations de partment presented the congratulatory remarks and the check* on behalf of the sponsors. At top, he hands a $250 check to Chairman Henry S. Hogan of the Orange County committee of the Soil Conser vation District Supervisors while Reid Roberts, right, another mem ber of the committee looks on. They won top prize among the coun ty boards. Below them. Champion presents the $150 check to Allen Latta of Schley community, which was 3rd place winner in the gem munity competition. Mason Kenyon at his left and Robert Nichols Jrv other members of the committee look on with pride. In bottom photo, chairmen of four communities of the county who won "Superior Re* suits" prizes of $50 get their checks. Left to rltfht are Champion, Al len Latta of Schiey, Harvey Ray of Buckhorn, Clem Cheek of Orange Grove and Mitchell Lloyd Jr, of New Hope-Midway. f* ___• • ' r\ f Commissioners Defer Action On Two Matters Action wps deferred by the Coun ty' Board of Commissioners Mon day on: (1) Adoption of a proposed meat inspection ordinance for Orange j County. <2t Appointment of a collector of delinquent taxes to succeed the in cumbent, Frank Maddry. i ‘ A hearing on the meat inspection ordinance was set foi Monday November 3 at 2 p.m. Interviews with applicants for the tax Job were set for a meeting to be held on November 17th. Both items came up for consider able discussion last Monday. - Halloween Carnival Set Next Friday The Halloween Carnival of the Hillsboro High School will be held next Friday night beginning at 7 o’clock in the new school gym. The program to be held in the gym will feature local and out-of town talent. There will be several door prizes. This portion of the evening’s entertainment is under the sponsorship of the Parents and reachers Association. Immediately following the pro gram in the gym there will be a carnival held in the old gym di ■ectly across the street, under the sponsorship of the Junior Class, rhe ticket bought for admission to ;he talent program, which will be centered around the Halloween notif, will admit entrance to the :arnival. H>. H. Kennedy of Piedmont Pack ing Co., whose company if one of two major slaughterers of meat type animals in the county, de scribed the rigid “voluntary” plan of inspection practiced by his com pany under the supervision of the State Department of Agriculture. He called for a more strict type of inspection than that called for in the proposed ordinance being considered by the County Board at the suggestion of the District Health Department. He termed the re quirements as being already out of date aud not up to present stand ards practiced by his firm. In connection with the tax job. If .was reported that nine applicants were seeking the position. ASC County Committee Is- Re-Elected The Orange County ASC Conven tion was held at the ASC Office, Hillsboro, Tuesday to elect a Coun ty Committee for the 1399 Year. Delegates to the convention were the chairman of the newly elected community committees. The delegates re-elected W. M. Snipes to serve as chairman of the county, committee; John G.«Lock hart, vice chairman;. and A. E. Wilson regular" member; G. O. Reitzel. first alternate and Clem Chert as second alternate. These.committeemen will take of fice November l, and will serve hrough October 11, 1989.
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