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iiil k|D0 BREWtRo flow of up jUjjTORD . . • When Ter i of Fayetteeville talked (jign affairs 'to one of civic club speeches, I ■s could be heard like iroof all over North Car juy were saying was: Wunds more like a can r the U. S- Senate than per. You don’t hear rial candidates dwelling (B the U. S. foreign po , of this corneiwwill recall aid here several months jonford's ambitions seem re snugly in the senator toother point to consider e could get good finan from labor as a candi the U. S. Senate. Labor Itks around much money ni races for governor. IL OFFICES ..,.t .When ter H. Hodges appointed Iordan to succeed the late Scott in the U. S. Sen e was general mourning r in the Scott camp. The i who protested loudest i Roney and Roy Wilder,' Iotants to and intimate ke gentleman from Haw im lucrative postions as I helpers in protest. Now t set up offices here in fers Building just ^across it from those once oc fW. Kerr Scott and now over by his successor, their announced intention nder various legislative t and that sort of thing; here is that their chief i promote the ambitions Sanford with Hmt Legis i the press. Both Roney ir are able men, are po trewd, and their pew of t next door to those of lole, astute political war il estate man, and Wake tott manager }n 1954. K . . , Most people think would have as good ind we actually think bet ecoming U. S Senator ifnor. If he were success^ senatorial campaign, he od up four to Six years schedule. Most of our yfor the Governor’s of had this iff mind as a stone for the U.. S.; Sen iors Hoey, Broughton, later became U. S. Sen did Cameron Morrison, ird does not run for the >te in I960, he might well the opposite corner in sr Governor Luther Hod 1 B’lTAL . . . A. D. Pea-' i is known throughout the the Good Samaritan for 1 Home at Lake Wac 1 Columbus County is in •tal here recovering from •ttack or something sim to. ■ ’ . - , in Raleigh a few days D! one of his civic club khalf of the home when Ibcken. This is a salute !k and the fine Civitan their activities on behalf *ing Boys Home at. Lake E HILLS ... I have al * a little partial to the 1 since the summers 1,1 25-30 years ago when at Mrs. W1U Hyatt s ^aynesvllle and attend ^hools at Lake Junal'u have bought Howard’s as a Romance and <a to all students who ^ed Appalachian State ColW» «.» Rnnr»> It l**® town, and is the landmark of that section. It towers 1, aWe Boone, home of ^ West” and a new 18 c°urse. When coaching * used to get my football 1 ^ shape through pre *** to Howard’s Knob. to speo4 some happy WVNDVP, Page 1) PUT ’ER THERE, MR. CHAIRMAN—William S. Roth, director of field service for Boy Scouts )in the Occoneechee Council, is shown offering congratulations to San^y McClamroch, third from right, after Mr. Roth installed him as new district chairman of the Orange dis trict. Left to right are Ralph Howard, Carrboro, and Clarence Jones of Hillsboro, vice-chairmen, McClamroch, John Efland of Efland, vice chairman, and Roth. About 250 persons attended the 1958 district annual dinner of Orange district, held at the Tin Can last week. Clark Is Top Cubmaster School Band Reorganized; New Director Approximately 100 parents .anc their children attended an organiza tional meeting of the Hillsboro Higli School Band under a new directoi Monday evening in the ^h^cl audi torium: A film illustrating the problems and rewards of' a school band was shown after which G. Ijjtr Brown Hillsboro High School principal, ex plained the new five day per week hand program which commenced or Wednesday. Mr. Brown pointed out that there would be 'daily meetings during school hours of both a be ginner’s band-and an “A" band; and each 'at separate class periods. He also pointed out that the children of this community are'being “pen alized" through not being; privileged to participate hn a well-organized band program He suggested that ,-ntil this time music was the only field, which a graduate of:the Hills boro school system was unprepared to: geek a career^ • in . and then stressed that a solution was avail able in the form of Robert B. Haas, the new director pf bands, whom Brown termed, a most energetic, capable and ambitious person.” -Ifaas expressed his’ thanks to the magy patents and students for their interest and cooperation and stated fhat results of the musical aptitude test recently given to Hillsboro stu dents in grades five througih nine showed that'the children’of this community have as much talent as any children in the world. Ha<p said that he is .“confident that an outstanding band, , of which the school and community wilt be just ly proud, can be built here if the parents will only provide theirhoys and girls with an instrument, enroll them in band classes and encourage them to practice,'’ George Peck, manager of the • : '(See BAND, Payc 4) . ON 90TH BIRTHDAY — Shep perd Strudwjckr. on. Of Hills boro's 8rafl«l Qld^n observed his 90th birthday last week by visiting his usual haunts in down town HjUsboro. H*r* he »s shown with his long-time fr.end and frequent companion, W. W- «P chell. Install Officers :L * The- Orange Scout District last Wednesday . installed new- officers and handed out awards at its annual district, dinner meeting at the. Tin Can. An estimated 250 parents and Scout leaders attended. Sandy McClamroch was installed as president, succeeding L. J. Phipps, who presided at the pot luck affair. The award for top Scoutmaster in the district went to Paul Trembley, Scoutmaster of Troop 835, sponsor:'?. i£‘ $U*’« by* Jhe .Congregational Christian , Church. William S'. Roth, Raleigh, -director of field services for the Occoneechee Council, installed Mr. McClamroch as district chairman and John.E Efland Jr.. Efland Clarence Jones, Hillsboro,' and Ralph How ard, Garr boro, as district vice-chairmen. Distinguished service awards went to Trembley; to Marion Clark of Pack 438, Hillsboro, 'as outstanding ' Cubmaster, to Mrs. Ruth West, Pack 845, Carrboro. outstanding 'Den Mother; and to W. M. ‘‘‘Red” Tyler of Chapel Hill as outstanding ijfferict eomiDitJeeman. . Mr. Tvier I is camping chairman, of the Orange District. .. - j.'Attendance ,h wards for troops un . dor lp members went- to Troop 449 first plafie, and Troop 4o0 Eflafld. { for troops 15 and over, first place went to TreoRj826Lg£ Chapel Hill and second place to Troop 835 of I ChapeT Hill. Awards- for success in financial drives went to. Eftand, H illsboio, New Hppe,,and Cedar Grove. Carr boro and CaldWell have not com ' pic ted their drives and Chapel Hill s j organization derives' its funds from the Community Chest. thanksgiving service A Thanksgiving Day service will be held at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church at 10 o’clock There’will be .a- ceieBration of the Holy Com munion. _ Ewell C.'yi)cr,was honored with a testimonial dinner hy the Rural Carriers Association^ at the New Hope Presbyterian Recreational Building Monday night, November !0. With around 40 attending. Liner who retired as rural mail carrier OcIoBcr 31 after 38 years of service was presented a Certifi cate of Commendation .from the 'Postmaster General, which. ..the per sonnel at the Hillsboro Office had framed. John Dunn, carrier of Ef lanl presented him with a sport coat on'behalf of the Rural Car rier's Association, of which Gordon ,incr is president "During During rue , *-ach *** esent paid tribute to the honoree remininisceing - their association th him over the years. Mc. and Mrs. Garlkod Kirkfend Chapel Hill were hosts. Guests included: retired carriers [d wives—Mr. and Mrs. E. C, nor, Mr. and Mrs! Charles M 'Drys' Group On ABC Vote For Battle Neil Clark has been named tem porary chairman of a group pledged io fight the establishment of ABC stores in Orange county in a special election here Feb. -3. Meeting, at the University Bap tist Church FridSy night, the “diV” forces organized after hearing the Shelby, say that at least will be needed. 1,500 more registered voters Rev. Hauss urged the local “drys” to put the pressure on clergymen, representatives and other county leaders to take an active part in the campaign. « The speaker called for the.spme pressure to be applied to Senator Edwin "S. Lanier to get him to lead the vdry forces’ movement, but LjM«<tr later rejected the bid. * Rev. Hauss told that “about half” of Chapel Hill’s ministers could be counted on to take no stand on the issue, urged the 40 persons in at tendance to “approach them any how,and light a fire under them.” The group will meet again at Hills boro Sunday. Executive Committee Increased Ross Porter Is Named ' The Orange County Democratic Executive Committee, meeting Tues day night, appointed a Hillsboro man to act as a. member of the Orange County School Board: It also in creased’ its membership, creating two-ne^T posts. Ross Porter’s nomination to the school unit will he effective until he is officially appointed by' the Gen eral Assembly sometime next Spring. He succeeds Cterence Jones of Hillsboro, who resigned from his school board post recently to be come a member of the Board of County Commissioners. Mr. Jones was elected in November general election. Attorney Charles B. ' Hodson of Chapel B*U. incumbent president of the Young Democratic Club in the Walker, Mr. and Mrs. W. Henry Walker, of Hillsboro and Mr. and Mrs. J3ob Hughes of Cedar Grove; substitute carriers and wives—Mr. and Mrs. Diggs of Carrboro; Mr. and Mrs. Wells of Cedar Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Walker and ... a sport coat and a certificate for retired mail carrier E. C. by John Dunn and Mia* Maude Brown, in center abgve. Liner, right and left; presentation* Traditional Thanksgiving Events Today Today will be a holiday for moot Orange County residents. It wifl alio be a day (or special nillglsua services, family turicey dinners, football contests and just plain rest (or the weary. Thanksgiving means a two-day holiday (or the public schools, (or all Orange County, students and teaphers and for many boys and girls attending colleges and uni versities. County and city schools closed yesterday to reopen Mon day morning, as did, the Univer sity. , There will be a'one-day holiday for most business firms, as well as other public institutions such <as banks, postoffices, government offices. The majority will observe the day at home around the tra ditional Thanksgiving dinners as families gather from far and wide. Others will take advantage of the holiday for hunting or other re creational activity. In Hillsboro a Thanksgiving Un ion service was held last night at the Presbyterian Church with the Rev. S. T. Kimbrough, pastor of the Methodist Church, speaking. Churches of all denominations par ticipated in the service. Thanksgiving Day as always will mark the opening of the hunting season for most game animate and birds and* many Orange . County dwten are expected to take;to the woods for game. An excellent sports menu has been arranged in the form sf the Duke-Caroilna Freshman game at Duke Stadium for the benefit of j the Cerebral Palsy Foundation at Z o’clock. Then there will be col I lege and professional football game ! by radio and television for those | who do not wish to leave hcfrne. county, was named to one new ex ecutive committee seat, and Sheriff Odell Clayton was named to the ojheV post. ' •' Mr. Hodson was named second vice chairman, and Mr. Clayton third vice-chairman. Mr. Hodson’s ap pointment apparently came as re cognition of the YDC. Mr. Clayton will be finance chairman. The com mittee is composed of county pre cinc.t chairmen. Mr. Porter, Democratic nominee for the Board of Education, was selected in last Spring’s primary to fill the unexpired school board pos ition- term, The executive commit tee was authorized to appoint some one to fill the vacancy until the Legislature acts. _1^=^ Mrs. Henry Welker Me Med Outstanding HD Leeder Of Year Mrs.Yianry Walker, President of Orange County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs, was named Outstanding Home Demonstration Leader of the Year at the Achieve ment Night held in the courthouse November 20. White Cross commu nity won top honors in the Rural Progress program. This meeting was a combined re cognition program for the 14 Home Demonstration Clubs in Orange County and the 8 Rural Progress or ganizations. The White Cross community won first place prises of $25 each in 11 of the 20 categories of progress in agriculture and homemaking in which competition was waged in the 1958 program. A total of 4,540 reports of actual achievements and improvements were turned in to community lead ers to compile the record. Slides showing outstanding pro jects in both organizations were used in the county progress report given by Mrs. J. Henry Cate Jr.. Treasurer of Orange County Federa tion of Home Demonstration Clubs, and B. F. Spencer, Chairman of New Hope Rural Progress Organi zation. ■__'_ St. Mary’s Top Club St. Mary’s Home Demonstration Club was judged the Outstanding Home Demonstration Club in 1958. A silver pitcher was the award for this honor. Selection was based on points made during the year. St. Mavylsi Snaae Demonstration Club Publicity Book was also judged the best of those on exhibit. Second place went to Caldwell Home Dem onstration Club. White Cross Community won the gavel for having the largest repre sentation. White Cross Home Dem onstration Club won the prize for the. club whose members read the greatest number of books for the second year. Eleven Awards —-— Eleven awards were made to White Cross in the. Rural Progress Program” for improvements made in 1958 in the following projects: New Sources of Income,. Home Food Sup-„ ply, Forestry, Forage Crops and Pastures, Soil Test, Dairy, Poultry,( Farm and Home Records’ Clothing, Housing and Home Beautification, and Community. Aycock received six awards: Feed Grains, Tobacco, Hogs, Soil and Water, Wildlife, and Mail box. St. Mary’s made the most im provement in Sheep and Schley in (See WHiTE CROSS, Page 4) Thanksgiving To Mark Start Of General Hunting Season The general hunting season in Orange county begins Thanksgiving Day, Game Protectpr Bob Logan to day reminded hunters. He also urged nimrods to shoot ' wisely and legally.” — Postal Workers Honor Liner temporary carrier. Chandler Cates, and Mrs. Cates, of Hillsboro. Also present were: Miss Mildred Finley, postmaster at Cedar Grove and Miss Maude Brown; Hillsboro postmaster, and the clerks of the Hillsboro office and their wives: Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. D. JC. Rhew, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Cates, Mr. and Mrs. Char-lie For rest. and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woods and Baxter Latta, formerly of Hills boro and now carrier of Burlington. According to Mr: Logan, prospects for hunting during tnc season, ac cording to surveys and general in formation, are "very good ”. Hunters will be able to shoot rabbits, turkeys'* and quail starting at'sunrise Thanksgiving Day. Law ful season on bag limit is from sun rise on the first driy to sunset on the last day of thb season, Feb. 14. Sunrise-to-sunset hours apply each day of the season. According to the game protector, hunters will ,be allowed a daily limit ot five rabbits, and, a possess ion limit of 10; a daily limit of ope turkey, two in the season; and a daily limit of eight quaff,'wTTtr a possession limit of 1„6. "I want to be sure and men tion that local hunters should .pick up a copy of hunting-and Knutations from local jents," Mr. Logan le agents as Carolina Hi.pninc tt.rauii.no Campbell and Lloyd l&y‘in .Chapel Hill-Carrboro; Clar ei|6e Jones in Hillsboro; Forest-and Fyest in Efj.and; Sears-McDade in Qldar Grove; Bob Merritt in Cald-’ will; and Howard Hester, near’the Orange-Durham county ling. Among the more important rules mentioned by Mr. Logan were the (See HOLIDAY, Page 4) MOVE OVER CRANBERRIES—Thin might the gobbler above bo squawking as ho hoads for the gallows and soma body's Thanks* giving tablo. Right now, as shown in tho photo above, he's riding tho shoulder of Turkey man Bob Strayhorn of the famed Shady Oaks Farm in New Hope community, while nephews. Bill, 3, and Kenneth Strayhorn 4, trudge alongside* They are sons of Sgt. and Mrs. Kenneth Strayhorn. Over 300 of the choice Shady Oaks birds were killed and dressed for sale prior to the holidays. Photo by Jim Jones. During The Construction Seaton Work Completed Division Engineer T. A. Burton announced today that, during this construction season, a total of 256. 84 miles of road work has been completed in the Seventh High< way Division by contract and main tenance forces. The Seventh Highway Division, with headquarters in Greensboro, is composed of the following coun ties: Alamance, Caswell, '©range, Guilford and Rockingham. In ad dition to Burton, the engineering staff includes P. L. Welsh, the As sistant Division Engineer, and two District. Engineers* L. H. Gunter is District Enginer at Graham for Alamance, Caswell and Orange Counties; and W. W. White is Dis trict Engineer ?t Greensboro for GuiIfo3 and IlocfcijigSihi'Counfieir Work completed thus far in the Construction season in Orange County amounts to 42:32.fniles, ac cording to' Burton. State forces have graded, drain ed and paved four roads with coarse aggregate base course for widths of 20 feet: 0.4 mile of Mi. Willing Road, from Hillsboro cor porate iimit to Betty Riley Road: 0.7 mile of Excelsior Mill Road, from Efland-Buckhorrr Road to a county road; 3.C miles of Efland BuckHorn Road; and 1.8 miles of Faucette Mill Road, from US 70-A to Reitzel Road. Six-inch coarse ag gregate base course was applied— 20 feet wide—<o 3.2 miles *f the Buckhorn-Holmes Store Road by contract forces. Soil base and bituminous sur face treatment has been applied to two. secondary roads: 0.7. mile ef did Greensboro Street, from end of pavement to Old NC 86; and to (See ROADS, Page 4) Reid Roberts Re-Nominated For Soil Post Reid Roberts, Hillsboro farmer and pouitryman, has been nomi nated for re-election to the Orange County Board of Neuse River Soil Conservation . District' Supervisors. Henry'S. Hogan, Chairman of the Ibcal board announced today. The election is for a three year term, one new supervisor being, ejected each •year, and will be held pec. 1 through Dec. 6th. All qualified voters of Orange County are eligible to vote. Other candidates may be voted for by writing their names in the blanks provided on the ballots. Ballot boxes will be located in the ASC office, Hillsboro, The Farmers Exchange, Hillsboro. Snipes Store. Orange , Grove,. Longs Store and Carets Store, Cedar Grove, Forrest and Forrest Store. Efland, and the Farmers Exchange, Carrboro. The supervisors of Orange Coun ty, together with the supervisors of the other four counties in the dis trict, comprise the governing board of the Neuse River Soil Conserva tion District The Neuse River Soil Conserva tion District was organized the farmers of Orange, -Wake, and Dur ham counties in 1939 to provide them with ‘a legally constituted or ganization to solve the growing prob lem of land damage-and production losses due to erosion. At present about 2,800 local soil (See ROBERTS, Page 4) P. O. Offers New Gift Item Fro the holiday trade the Post Office Department is offering two new items in thro Savings Stamps division*. They are two books containing a new issue of twenty-five cent saving stamps. The books are like ordinary postage stamp books—one size containing ten stamps for $2.50; the other, twenty stamps for $5. . .. . * These books stimulate children to save and can later be applied on Jtte purchase M. saving bonds, They make nice gifts and .be obtained at the local Post Office,
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