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HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 36, T95S
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Stock Pledges In Local Industry '
Development Near Halt-way Mark
A total of $21/700 in stock' pur
chase pledges had been received
by yesterday toward the construc
tion of m building in Hillsboro to
house the expanding Southern Gar
ment Company, now operating In
temporary quarters near Efland.
Thus the campaign leading to the
formation of the Hillsboro Industrial
Development Corporation and the
eventual construction of the indus
trial-type building to be rented to
the manufacturer of ladies dresses
and housecoats is near the halfway
point toward its goal of $50,000.
Leaders of the movement are
optimistic that the sum needed can
be raised in the next week or 10
days and steps to form the cor
poration and issue the stock can
begin.
A total of 46 firms and individuals
have thus far agreed to participate
! in this community movement by
pledging to purchase the stock in
the corporation which will retain
permanent ownership of the build
ing.
Member* of the committee who
are assisting in the job of contact
ing local citizens, from whom stock
pledge certificates may be obtained
srer Ctarooce D. Jcnes, Frank
Walker, R. J. Smith Sr., Ira Ward, I
Fred Cates, J. Allen Watkins. Ed
Laws, H. G Coleman" Jr., J. L.
Brown Jr., R. J. Smith Jr„ Bon
| ner D. Sawyer. Don S. Matheson
and E. Wilson Cole.
Pledges to purchase stock thus
far have come
H. W. Moore,
Home. C. P.
Co. Edwin
er Jr., Mrs.
Will Smith, C.
er, H. J Walker,
Ralph Neighbors, O. B. Pope, B.
S. Carr, James J. Freeland, J. S.
Reinhardt, Bonner D. Sawyer,fjhhn
E. Couch, E. H. Kennedy. Betty
June Hayes. Remus Smith Jr., J.
L. Brown Jr., Joe Coleman, H. G.
Coleman Jr , J. Allen Watkins.
Frank Walker, Elizabeth H. Col
lins, Ira A. Ward, J. E. Laws, Clar
ence Jones. Remus Smith Sr., Fred
S ' Cates, Don S. Matheson, E. J.
Hamlin, J. B. Mangum, Frank G.
Umstead, T. A. Taylor, R. T. Tay
lor Sr., C. Wayland Sharpe, W. R.
Blackwelder, Wesley Woods, Bob
by R. Roberts, Ernest Wilkins and
Ervin Rosemond.
HARVEST FESTIVAL
The Buckhorn Grange is spon
soring a Harvest Festival on Satyr
day, Nov. 8, at the Buckhorn
Qrange Hal for the Building Fund.
Lunch will be served from 11
a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Supper will be
served from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m
The Auction Sale will start al
1:30 p.m. On sale will be farm
produce, canned food, preserves,
jellies, vegetables, flowers, hand
work, bake food and other things.
The public is cordialy invited.
V Businesses Reveal County s
e Of Growth In Last Three Years
t of individual enter- .
H flourishing in Orange !
Iging by the rate at
businesses have been
•dents, with the urge to
' own, haye raised the
•■•-farm business popula
te high, j/
is told in a Joint report,
by the Department of
and by the Department
Education and Welfare,
ax reports submitted by
under the Old Age and
Insurance Program for
the new ventures do not
difficult first five years.
' do to justify the risk
»v • MM -
-ounty, by virtue of this
■ h«s a total oi 463 busi
frtses in which there are
re employees, the report
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1 a big increase over the
led three years earlier,
ew Business, page 4)
R. O. Forrest County
Political Leader, Dies
Death came last Saturday morn
ing to Robert Oswin Forrest Sr.,
54, long-time chairman of the De
mocratic Party in Orange County
and a life-long resident of Hills
boro.
He had been •‘itl «poor^ health for
some time. He sudcumBel to heart
failure in his sleep a^home.
•Prominent in civic and business
affairs, Mr. Forrest was a former
member and chairman of the Or
ange County Board of Commission
ers anl with his -brothers operated
Eno Chevrolet and Forrest Brothers
Grocery in Hillsboro for 32 years.
The son of B. B. and Mollie Belle
Smith Forrest, he attended^ Hills
boro High School and the Univer
sity of North Carolina. He was a
(See FORREST, page 4)
ROBERT 0. FORREST
HOMECOMING QUEEN—Mist Mary Anna Workman, daughter
of Jack Woakman and tho lata Mrs. Workman of Root* 2, Hillsboro,
was choson for this oxciting rolo at Hillsboro High School to sorvo
during tho fostivitios in connection with tho Hillsboro-Southern foot
ball game last Friday. Horo tho rocolvoo tho crowefs choars atop tho
seat of the traditional convertible used on sawh occasions.
Photo by Delma Tudor
School Halloween
Events Scheduled
The Cameron Park Party will be
held in the school beginning with
supper being served at 6 o’clock.
This will consist of hot dogs, soft
drinks, coffee and homemade pies
and cakes. The King and Queen of
the school will be crowped and
recognized. There will be various
games including a Hoola Hoop con
test, fishing, spook room, etc. A
cake and pie sale will also be held.
The activities will end at 9 o'clock.
HILLSBORO SCHOOL
The annual festival of the Hills
boro High School will be begin at
7 o’clock in the new gym with a
program of local and out-of-town
talent.
There will first be a parade of
the individual class beauty queens
who are as follows: Fifth through
Seventh grades—Gayle Trollinger,
Jackie Bailey, Betty Lou Parker,
Susan Ray, Terry Forrest, Judy
Overaker, Phyllis Yates, Avis
Lloyd, Mary Parker, Betty Jane
Baucom, Bonnie Terrell, Beth
Marshall, Tommie Marshall, Diane
Whicker and Brenda Abril. High
School—Libby Smith, Patsy Latta,
Ann Hawkins, Antionette Crawford,
Nancy Norris, Sue Waker, Phyllis
Crutchfield, Linda Parker, Jean
Shambly, Kay Graham, Sandra
Kennedy and Joan Freeland.
Mary Jo Reinhardt will drama
tize a skit entitled “The Monkey’s
Paw” which will be followed by a
square dance featuring “The Foot
and Fiddle Club” of Graham. The
fourteen persons taking part in the
dance will be in costume.
Ch^re will be several free door
prizes given, including a picnic
ham. This part of the program will
be under the sponsorship of the
Parents and Teachers Association.
Immediately following the pro
gram in the gym, at 8 o’clock,
there will be a carnival held in the
old gym directly across the street,
under the sponsorship of the Junior
Class. The ticket bought for admis
sion to the talent program will ad
mit entrance to the carnival.
AYCOCK SCHOOL
At the Aycock School the Carni
val will be held in the school audi
torium beginning at 7 o’clock. \
There will be a selection ol the
Junior class King and Queen, the
Senior class King and Queen and
the most popular baby. A style
show will be given with local men
participating in It. .
Also to be held will be a rum
will be
«if
School Carthral each year h the
Auctioning of the home-made cake.i
which will include this year. Ger
man Chocolate, old fashioned pound,
fresh coconut and many others
made by women of the community.
Exchange Club's
Fruit Cake Sale
Set Nov. 17 & 18
The annual pre - Thanksgiving
Fruit Cake sale of the Hillsboro
Exchange Club has been scheduled
for November 17 and 18.
Members,of the club will canvass
the community on that Monday
and Tuesday. Proceeds will be ap
plied, as always, to the club’s com
munity improvement projects.
CP PTA SPEAKER •
Dr. Robert Hughes of the Uni
versity of North Carolina will
speak to the members of the Cam
eron Park PTA next Tuesday
night at 7:30 on “The Exceptional
Child.”
GOP Offers
Only Token
Opposition
Next Tuesday, November
4, is General Election Day in
Orange County.
TThe day will climax prob
ably the quietest campaign in
•local history, with the Demq
crats presenting a solid slate
of incumbent candidates ih County
and State and the Republicans,
with three exceptions, offering no
opposition.
A relatively light vote, probably
not exceeding 3,900, is expected by
political observers.
A long state and district ballot
bearing the names of 19 Democrat
ic candidates for United States
Senator, Attorney General, Con
gress, Supreme and Superior Court
seats contains only one Republican
opponent, Richard C. Clarke Jr. in
opposition to Senator B. Everett
Jordan.
State Senator Edwin S. Lanier
of Chapel Hill is opposed on the
county ticket by Republican H. G
Dorsett, Chapel Hill, and M. L.
Cates Sr., Hillsboro, Chairman of
the County Republican Executive
Committee, is a candidate for
County Commissioner against the
three Democrats, Henry S. Walker,
4St. Mary's, Donald R. MeDade,
Cedar Grove, and Clarence D.
Jones, Hillsboro.
Registration books closed last
Saturday and thiS coming Saturday
from 9 until 3 o’clock is Challenge
Day. The official number of new
registrants has not been determ
ined but indications from registrars
are that Registrations during the
three weeks period the books were
open were negligible. Total «kiiv
|ty registration i* t* Hxmqtf IX
The polls will jpea at trtO a m.
and close at 6:30 p.m. in the coun
ty's 19 voting precincts.
In addition to the State and
county tickets, candidates for con
stable in Hillsboro and Chapel
Hill townships will be voted upon,
along with one constitutional
amendment, which would increase
the jurisdiction of Justices of
Peace.
As in all General Elections, vot
ers may cast a straight party ticket
and m>X vote for individual candi
dates.
Close to 10,000 voted in the
Presidential General Election two
years ago.
On this year’s ballots without
opposition are John W. Umstead
for House of Representatives, E.
M. Lynch for CleA of Court, Betty
June Hayes for Register of Deeds,
Odell H. Clayton for Sheriff, Ross
Porter of Board of Education, Al
len H. Walker Sr. for Coroner, Wil
iam H. Murdock for Solicitor, and
Carl T. Durham for Cohgress.
sm
Phipps Is
Party Chairman
The Orange County Democratic
Executive Committee yea t e r
day paid tribute to their late chair*
man, Robert O. Forr^h>fwl then
elected Judge L. J. Phipps to sue*
ceed him.
Miss Harriet Herring of Chapel
Hill, the committee’s vice chair
man, called the meeting at the
courthouse and the vote for Phipps
was unanimous from the 11 mem
bers pf the body in attendance.
A resolution, offered by A. H.
Graham, who on Tuesday was elect
ed by the Hillsboro precinct execu
tive committee to succeed Forrest
as precinct chairman, wan unanim
ously adopted praising the late
chairman for his long-time excep
tional service and devotion to the
party.
- Representative John W. Umstead,
in seconding remarks,' said he had
“never known a man more devoted
to public service” than Bob For
rest.
Mr. Graham, when the floor was
opened for nominations for a suc
cessor, submitted the nomination of
Mr. Phipps and seconding remarks
were provided by Donald McDade
of Cedat Grove. His election-.was
unanimous by acclamation.
Upon the selection of the new
chairman. Miss Herring asked to
be relieved of the vice chairman
ship and nominated as her suc
cessor -.Mrs, R- O. Forrest, wife of
the late ^chairman, and thereupon,
she was elected unanimously.
Precinct chairman present and
voting in the re-organisation were
Clyde Compton, Donald McDade, T.
T
• L. J. PHIPPS
| Brack Creel, Collier Cobb Jr., See
dy McClamroch, Mrs. Virginia Nich
olson, John Monroe, A. H. Graham,
L. A. Hogan, W. M. Snipes aad
John M. Link. ,
Upon notification of his selection.
Judge Phipps expressed his appre
ciation for the confidence in him
as indicated by the vote and urged
unity in the party, once the intra
party primary, battles.MS.«*►
cluddd. *. ~~-~
Precinct chairmen were urged to
continue their efforts to push the
“I Gave A Buck" campaign far
funds for the party to meet the
goal of $375 set by State beadquhr
teis. Persons wishing to contritpte
to the party are invited to hamf «r
mail their contribution to their pre
cinct chairman or poe of the offi
cers of the Executive committee.
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Chestnut Ridge Wins Second
Place As Rural Church Of Year I
Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church
in the Buckhora community of
western Orange was awarded jpi.
ond plkce honors in the Rural
Church of the Year contest at the
State Grange Convention at Elkin
this week.
Chestnut Ridge was sponsored
in the contest by the active Buck
horn Grange, with Mrs. Edna
Holmes as committee chairman.
The Rev. Gayle Alexander is the
pastor. The new building fund pro
gram of the church, in which the
Grange has been an active partici
pant, waavan important factor in
the judging. Mr. and Mrs. Quentin
Patterson, delegates to the conven
tion, received the award from the
Rev. Garland Hendricks, State
Grange chaplain.
The Buckhorn Grange also re
ceived recognition in the Commun
ity Service contest of the Grange
and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Carter,
active Buckhorn members, were
given second place honors la the
Young Couple of tbo Year event,
won by an Alamance County cou
ple.
Scout Drive ;
Goes Over Top
In Hillsboro
Hiilsboro’s Boy Scout fund drive
has exceeded all previous years,
according td reports of returns
this week.
Through yesterday a total of $1,
328.50 had been contributed in the
white community of Hillsboro and
another $282.96 had been deposit
ed as the proceeds of drives among
the citizens of Efland and the Neg
ro citizens of Hillsboro. No division
of the latter figure was immediate
ly available,' nor were reports of
camnaicns in the rural wi-linnt
White Cross, Hillsboro Too 4-H Clubs
The White Cross and Hillsboro
Senior 4-H Clubs carried off the
two top club awards, the Cham
pion Banner and the attendance
trophy, at the annual Achievement
Ni^ht this past Saturday at the
Courthouse.
The White Cross 4-H'ers were
rated the most outstanding and ac
tive club this year according to the
score card that was kept during the
year. Hillsboro Jr. I and II and
Efland 4-H Clubs were close com
petitors for the Banner.
The Hillsboro Senior Club won the
attendance trophy for having the
highest percentage of members
presentt
The program began with the
Pledge ceremonies led by Avis
Lloyd from the Hillsboro Jr. I Club
and ancy Wright from Aycock Jr
4-H Club.
Certificates of Achievement were
presented to club members com
pleting project work. Countyr pro
ject winners were announced'in a
skit narrated by Catherine Roberts.
These winners are Carolyn Dil
lehay, Junior individual dairy foods
demonstration; Elaine Phelps, Jun
ior team dairy foods demonstration;
Evelyn Perry, Junior dairy foods
and garden; Joey Kaylor and Larry
Smith, blue ribbon poultry; Andrea
Ray, Hilda Stanford, and Betty Car
ter, cornmeal muffin demonstra
tion; Bobby Woods, forestry; El
len Bacon and Sue Poe, blue rib
bon frozen foods; Faye ‘ Dickey,
V egetable Production Demonstra
tion and Frozen Foods;; Mickey
Poe, dairy; Avis Lloyd and Jimmy
Busick, talent Nancy Roberts, Food
Preparation, Home Economics and
Dress Revue Cynthia Walker, Bet
ter Grooming and electric; Joe
Thompson, garden; Kenneth Walker
and Larry Walker, electric; Ken
neth Walker, Health Improvement;
Larry Walker, Swirfe; Johnny Brad
8her. Field Crops; Kay Perry,
Clothing, Home Management;
Michael Walker and Nancy Felmet,
public speaking; Charles McKee
and Mae Smith, junior public speak
ing; Sandra Wrenn Community
Relations; Dale Perry, 4-H tractor
operator; Gayle Sharpe, Vegetable
Use Demonstration and Senior Can
ning; Donna Allison, and Harriet
Walker, junior canning, Carolyn
Lloyd and Donald Lloyd, Junior
Health Improvement; Larry Couch,
Boy’s Agricultural projects; Cath
erine Roberts and Larry Roberts,
leadership Ann Wilkerson. senior
achievement, citizenship and sen
ior health improvement; David
Walker, senior boys achievement.
_ LEADERS—Installed as new 4-H county council k>. ui ■
Damonstration Agent, at 4rH Achiavamant Night Saturday were- At left ilaterf’p* *r*wbrW«*'
Michael Walker, secretary; standing, Larry Roberts vice president U!**' P^*»W«nt,
Andra. Ray, Donna A.llsop and Nancy Wright having ^