if Orango County up with th* now* ^•r tho county by HE N E W S of unfy _ . i— -- 10. 52 TIN PAQIS THIS ISSUB HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, DBCIMBIR 25, 19M •oil, * clmaiftod 5 of TNI NIWS ill KIDD BREWFR’S Ra/eie so . . . and H should be lot of Lynn’s writings is •terial;; and in fact su • some stuff already put < recently written in the has wide experience, has *ing after the afternoon ®f North Carolina here * 16 years now, and any 1 writes should be inter W really valuable So, we te te some basis in fact •nor that he is writing one. »!FT . . . They won’t be for the first two-thirds of •ion, but legislators will 'ailable this tittle one of * air condition installs ‘he State. - - • 11 Services Officer George tent mort of this year air hsg various offices and I ip State officialdom here. ROUNDUP, Page 2) PACKING THE STOCKINGS — Mrs. Harrie Chartj^erlin, left, and MrsJ E. J. Owens, righi, among the helpers this past week as members of the Chapel Hill Junior Serasice League packed and distributed peckeges for the unfortunate in the league's annual Empty- Stetf *ng FTteFtpeakagas shown are for Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsboro. The "Stocking" headquarter* ehH }n tf. Sinclair, station in Glen Lennox. .• : ' '* ' -pdfn — • -» — :—-• — -- ■ -— —*——— -- r d? O 'ji1*1.—•—-r~ Year-End Dividend OfLocal Savings & Loan Largest Yet P r,' . . - -*• "'V Orange County People Have Annual Income Of $63 Million - .hist how much ..annual income do citizens of Orange County have tfr-dfriti"*?-, "f7 ' , • ^ According to the latest- figures available, as contained in Sales Management’s 1958 “Survey of Buying Power," state that the county’s effective buying income lor 1957 totaled $63,485,000. The county’s average per capita incoTnc. was $1,568 and Sales Management^ Survey listed the per household income at .$6,-976. Of the total number of house holds in the county, 30.6 per jeerit receTved fess lharr ’$2i)0fr itieprfic for the year. ' . ■Figures for the state were listed as: $5.4 billion total effec tive buying income; $1,219 per capita; $4,986 per household.. Of the total households in North Carolina, 29.6 per "cent received less than $2,500 income during 1957. Memorial To WilFEd Thompson * New Efland Church Is Near Completion If the late Will Ed Thompson, who , eft an estate valued at about $200, 100.00, could look southward from , :he Mausoleum, shaded in the sum- j mer by a tall poplar tree, across the green cemetery plot, he would see Uie new Ejfland Presbyterian School Bus .. Drivers Asked To Make Check Drivers of the county's school buses, idle for a week, have been asked to test them Friday io deter mine whether limy arc in good run ning order. , ^ County School Supt .Paul (.air said the drivers should start the motors Friday. “If there is any trouble in starting the motor, the forivor ■ should call the Courtly Gar* age on Friday so that the difficulty can be repaired by Monday.^ The county schools will reopen next Monday a|ter being closed since Dec. 16 because of a heavy snow. > -J , Church. The handsome new Church i> completed on the outside and .vir tually completed on the inside.. It lias* been built at a cost of $55, 000.00 which came out of the por tion of the estate left to the church, of which Clarence Ross is executor. This is perhaps the most significant thing left to his memory. The sole inscription on the mau soleum is: : "r . - . ‘ Will Ed Thompson * 31 March 1880 It -March 1053 Benefactor of This Church The tentative plan is to dedicate icon January 24 The Pastor, W. q Smith and John Efland. Chair man of the Building Committee, are indeed proud" of and grateful for this now structure on the original church site. The sanctuary will seat 00 and can he expanded to seat 200. There are five Sunday Schoo' rooms, a Fellowship Hall, kitchen aocf two rest rooms, ft is air con ditioned throughout; The member ship of thirty-one will provide $3. 200.00 for furnishings. «_L ’ - - ' ' The directors of the Hillsboro Savings and Loan Association “have declared the Institution’s largest di vidend in .its 45-year history and checks are being mailed to the stockholders. Secretary Ira “Ward said the di vidends to stockolders of" record as of December 31 will total $46,872.12 These payments on “earnings will .bring*to $92,018.93 the amount which has been paid to’stockholders of tlie institution this year, on the basis of a 3M> per cent rate. T]ie to tal of earnings in 1957 was $86, 290.24. Flfhf fub«rcu!o§f» buy Christmas Seals Pastor Resigns The Rev. Clyde P. Pearson, pas tor of Mars Hill Baptist Church, has resigned, effective December 3J., after being pastor there for three years. ; ^ - Mr. Pearson is going to Island Creek Baptist Church, Route 5, 4fenderson. Christmas Activities Take The Stage „ f i ' --rt7"'".TT?. r** As Holiday Nears In Orange County ASC Sign-Up To Pre-Measure Acreage Set D. V. Roberts, County ASC Of fice Manager, has announced sign up for requesting premeasure ment of tobacco and cotton acre age for 1959 will be held at Ot angc County ASC office from Jan uary 2, 1959 to February 15, or until a maximum of 300 applica tions are filed, which ever is first. The cost to the farmer for re questing premeafcurement is th|e larger of $3.00 plus $1.00 per acre, with a minimum cost of $8.00 per farm. I ' ' Any farmer requesting premeas urement of his allotment of 5 acres or less will be required to pay a minimum fee of $8 at the County Office at the time he file* his request. Anyone requesting premeasurement of allotments of 5.01 acres or more will have to deposit a fee of $3 plus an addi tional $1 for each acre that he ie requesters prenwMsurement Of. Roberts says that farmers with tobacco varieties having growth characteristics similar to those des ignated as Coker 139, Coker 140, Dixie Bright 244^ or any mixture or strain of such seed varieties will* receive only onerhalf the sup port rates for comparable grades of other varieties in 1959. Sight Tuharculasls Buy Christmas Saals Fire Damages Legion Hut Extensively A large portion of the interior of the American Legion building of Hillsboro Post No. 85 on N. Chur ton street was gutted by fire last Saturday night about 6 o’clock. The fire, which was first seen by passers-by, was centered in ’the front area of the building just above tire furnace and adjacent to a cbim mey, leading to the assumption that the blaze originated in a defective flue. Firemen were able to contain the fire in the front bar- area but smoke and water damage extended throughout the lower floor. i Damage has been unofficially esti mated from $6,000 to $8,000. It was covered by insurance. Plans are already underway for repairing the damage and restoring the building to use. 'L NEW OFFICERS. INSTALLED—An installation aarvica of now officers Has boon held for the Orange County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs. Lett to right; Mrs. Clyde Walker. Howto 2, Rougemont, Treasurer; Miss EI isobath* Kirkland, Route 2, Chapel Hill. Secretary; Mrs. Clyde Roberts. Route 1, Hillsboro, fanner counselor who installed the officers; Mrs. Harold Walker, Cedar Orove, Fresi dent; Miss Martha Lloyd, Route 1, Chapel Hill, Vice-President; 8nd Mrs. Henry Walker, Routs 1, Hillsbajih| Counselor. 'fiylfoa omA QjovM ' puw The News Staff ALONG WITH THt MANY HEARTY WISHKS of • Happy Holi day given by your friends and aura upon tha following papas, plaaso accept our own. At this season, tha Nows family Is especially mindful of thp contributions of a host of people to what avar success tha Nows has enjoyed. Subscribers, advertisers, correspondents, sub scription solicitors, carrier boys, postal workers—all have helped to make possible tha work of the Nows staff in giving Orange County people coverage of pews and opinion. Tha merriest Christmas to everybody! County Tax Listing Be jins Next Week January is tax listing time by law in North Carolna. By virtue of this requirement list takers in each of the seven Orange County townships begin work Jan. 2 in an effort to get all taxable property on the books during the re mainder of the month. A schedule of appointments in various parts of their areas may be found on anoth er page of 4hts edition. This has been set up by the list takers to more conveniently serve the taxpay ers and facilitate the listing pro gram. *. ' ■ ' v"; , . January 1 is a holiday, but offices at the courthouse will be open on Jan. 2 and listers will he filling appointments in many of the town ships. Moat of the township list tak ers who do not begin their scheduled visits to centralized listLne places until Friday can be reached at their homes or business places. Each list taker has already been furnished by Tax Supervisor Sam Gattis special books, showing the values of the various automotive veicles and farm equhne^t as well as schedules of valuatic f a num J. S. Collins Hurt In Auto Collision Here J. S." Collins, Hillsboro Route 3 dairy farmer, received injuries here Monday afternoon about 3:30 in a collision at the corner of Wake arid Queen streets in Hills boro. Mr. Collins was taken to Watte Hospital where it was reported he hadsqffered two broken and two fractured1 ribs in the crash, which sent his 1958 Pickup truck 42 feet from t^e point of impact. Driver 'of the other^hicle, a 1963 Chevrolet, was toward Chambers, Negro, of Prospect Kifr who, according to Police Chief George Hunt, failed to stop at the stop sign while heading north on Wake. The Collins vehicle was travelling east on Queen. Damage to the Collins truck was estimated at about 9600, to the Other car, about $500. Hr" 1 ber of other types of property. Little change has been made this year In schedule of values for per sonal property and liveshtock. Taxpayers throughout the county are urged to list their taxes early during the month to avoid the last minute rush that always develops toward , the end of the month. Z.. One change of listing place is re vealed, - In Chapel Hill the listing operation returns to the Town Hall after a year, at another point hi the city. AD real estate and personal prop erty Is required to be listed for taxes and all male persons between te ages of 21 and 50 are required to list polls during the same time. In cfHftiection with the listing farm owners or tenants are required to furnish facts about farms which is for information only is not used for tax purposes. For instance, the tax lister iftust be'informed the acreage of each crop harvested dur ing the calendar year 1858. The number of cows, sows and hens on a farm January, 1958, must be re ported, as well as the number of people living on the farm on January l, 1959. All of the information is confidential but Is needed In making up various agricultural reports for the counties in fhe state. 2-Day Holiday To Be Observed Here Generally Orange County merchants have reported heavy Christmas buying as the citizens this week made last minute plans for the Christmas holi days. Christmas spirit has appeared abundantly throughout the county as residents have decorated and lighted their trees and home de corations. in general the county and the various communities will observe a two-day holiday period. Schools in the county will open December 29. Stores in Hillsboro will be closed both Thursday and Friday, reopening for business Saturday. The Durham Bank and Trust Co. and the Hills boro Savings and Loan Association will be closed Thursday and Friday opening Saturday as usual. County offices will close Wednes day at noon and will remain closed the rest of the week, reopening Mon day. Both the Hillsboro and West Hills boro Post Offices will be closed all day Thursday. The Hillsboro office will be open Friday morning clos ing at 1 p.m. Rural carriers will work as usual .Friday. The ’ West Hillsboro Post Office will be open Friday moruing closing -at noon. Saturday morning both offices will open as usual closing at 12 o'clock noon^ — .. , .■ -__ White Furniture Co. dosed at the end of Tuesday's work day and will resume work Monday. The Wiliam L. Barrel] Co., Inc. .will be closed Wednesday lor ..the. remainder of - the week resuming work on Monday. Tuesday night’ at 11 p.m. and will ’ • resume operations Monday morn ing. They will also be closed for New Year’s closing Wednesday night Dec. *31 at. 11 o'clock and nol reopening until the following Monday. The employees have re ceived their Christmas Savings Club and were given a small Christmas 1 bonus. — Many churches and Sunday Schools held special services fea turing traditional Christmas music last Sunday. Aside from Ole Santa Claus, who • of course is the busiest man in town at this time of year, the housewife certainly rates second place. The weary housewives have been busy completing their final plans for last minute decorating and wrapping of the family gifts, and last but not fli-ast - the buying and preparing of the annual Christmas dinner. Family Activities Take Over - " Special Services, Hours Mark Chapel HHJ Yule Churches, business estab lishments and town offices will observe special services and hour^ during this Christ mas week. .. Business will take a back seat for a while as most at tention is focused on family activi Churchti Among the special Christmas ob servances at the Ideal churches are the following: Christmas Eve services will be hetrf at j-l:30 p.m. at the Eniscobal Church of pie Holy Family in a choral service of Holy Coinmua lon. During the service the choir will present several special Christ mas anthems. Included in these will be “Jesus, Jesus Rest your Head,” which it derived from an Appalachian folk carol by John Jacob Miles, and ‘*Of the Father's Love Begotten," a 13th century Plainsong. This translation was made by Henry W. Baker in 1859,. and the text was first used in Ledfric Collectar of the 11th century. On Christmas Day a ’service of i -fSte HOLiDAY, Pope 8) ' . ,