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HILLSBORO AMP CHAPEL, H. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1959
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EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE
Irhool Study
roup Named
CHAIRMAN — J. Allen ]
of Hillsjbor* has been
d 1959 Fond Chairman
Orange County Chapter
American Red Cross.
ools Begin
dies To Get
eral Funds
oard of County C-ommis
n Monday announced the
'%vp >f the of. -c -d
er advisory committee for
y of school financing in
iounty.
•oup. containing outstand
Vi'.' :
■ry section of the county,
tgrowth of board diseas
ing last year’s budget de
is and recommendations
range County and Chapel
ol boards and the Orange
’itizens Advisory Commit
chools.
tommittee includes one
each from the two school
one former school board
a UNC dean, an Institute
t
len and two Negro mem
' group will elect its own
Ited to th«£ committee i
Jymond Andrews of Carr
Bernard Boyd, the Rev.
(iley, Dr. Alexander Heard,
/ard, Robert Hogan, Eton
ian and Grey Culbreth of
|Hillf Harry P. Breeze,
Warner and Mrs. Van
|of . Hillsboro Mrs. Clyde
of St. -Mary’s, Wilfred
Cedar ;Grove; and Mrs.
forrest of Efland.
'ross Chapters
I Joint Meeting
pange County Chapter and
pel Hill Chapter of the
Red Cross held a joint
I last Wednesday night for
fion of chapter activities.
linary plans were made
[1959 Fund and Member
(ipaign. Home Services ac
Vere.also reviewed.
enting the Orange County
yere Remus J. Smith, Jr.,
Chairman, and J. Allen
! Fund Chairman.
Royall, Chairman of the
fill Chapter, presided.
Orange County schools have tak
en preliminary steps to enable the
school system to take advantage of
provisions of the Federal Educa
tional Defense Act, which provides
funds for certain educational pro
grams on a matching basis.
Title in of the act provides fin
ancial assistance f(h* improving in
struction in science, mathematics
and modern foreign languages and
there is a possibility that from
$10,000 to $12,000 might be ob
tained by the county on a match
ing basis in this program, Such
funds may be carried over with
final implementation next year.
Title^IV of the act provides up
to $2,5O0",under a guidance and
counseling program and the possi
bility exists this might be carried
out this year.
Committees of faculty members
ha.ve been named by the Superin
tendent of Schools' to conduct sta
tus studies and develop a four year
program in four subjects.
Mathematics: G. C. McBane,
chairman, Perry Harrison, Mrs.
Nancy Collins, Mrs. Dorothy Cole
and Mary Murray.
Science: Ted Shoaf, chairman.
Mrs. Beth Forrest, Mrs. Mary Dod
son, Mrs. Janie Pope and Mrs
Carolyn Compton.
Modern Foreign Lauguage: Mrs
Carrie Campbell, chairman, Mrs
Evelyn Patterson, Mrs. Lillie Mae
Isley, Mrs. Gladys Carr, Mrs. Lois
Blalock, and Mrs. Lillian Smith.
Guidance, Counseling, Testing
Mrs. Anyce McKee, chairman, S
G. Duke, A. L. Stanback and Mrs
Irene Pender, who also serves and
chairman of entire Title III pro
gram. _ ._ _. ,
65 Are Drawn
For Jury Duty
This Month
Sixty-five Orange County Per
sons have drawn jury duty for a
term of Criminal Court in Hills
boro starting February 23. The jury
list is as follows:
Hillsboro — Jean P. Gates, Rt. 3
William J. Forbish, T. A. Taylor
Curtis S. Riley, Boyd. R_Walker,.
E. W. Godfrey Jr., Clarence H
Walker, George W. Sykes,' Herbert
Tucker, Lois B. Parrish.
Chapel Hill — John Cate, Mary
R. Foust, James Roberson, W. T,
Evans, Mrs. Jean. Harrig, Anna
Belle Llliyd, E. Marvin Allen, Mar
garet E. Eubanks, Edna M. Tim
mons, Clara McClamrock, Melton
E placl/wond, Howard Hearn, Beu:
lah K. Cox, -Bcverly-B. McCall, Mag
gie 0. Womble, Joseph Hutchin
son, Grace S. Poe, Mrs. Vivian V.
Cobb, Margie Webb. Rex Shamb
ley, John Luther Edwards,„Margie
R. Patrick, Margaret Haynes, Cath
erine D. Guthrie, D. B. Herring, C.
R. Ferrell.
Cedar Grove — N. N. Jordan,
lames Smith, M. A. Latta, C. G.
Oakley, Robert F. Watkins.
Eno — M. L. Walker and T. O.
Elliott. Cheeks — Mrs. L. L. Chris
:opherr Walter J. Wright, Q, Nel
son Squires, Paul Ross, Richard
Thompson, Clars R. Merritt, T. W.
tfoore, George Henry Davis, and
tainey W. Ray.
Bingham — A. H. Maness, Louis
Thompson, H. A. Bennett, J. P
Cdwards, Neal Lasley.
Little River— J. G. Berry, Mel
on Lee Parker, Walter Brown, I.
I. Page, Jesse Dickson, and Neva
lihanklin Berry of Efland.
A VOTE — An unidentified voter cast hit ballot in Tuesday'’!
county wide voting on whether or not Orange County should have
legalized alcohol beverages. photo by Bill Brinkhous
V/el fare Spending Below
Expected In Most Funds
Public welfare expenditures
from county funds, except for two
assistance programs which are pro
portionately in the red, are Well
within their budgets for the first
six months of the current fiscal
year, according to a report of Su
perintendent Jane Parker to the
County Commissioners Monday.
And^ prospects are that welfare
spending will continue slightly less
than expected in most caagories
the remainder of the year.
Of the county share of the total
welfare budget for the year, $86,
974, only $35,672 had been expend
ed at the end Ofe the’' first six
months. Further, the adult board
ing home program, for which $7,-'
200 was appropriated and $2,248
spent thus far, is being eliminated'
as result of increased federal funds
lor this purpose. Old age assistance
High Wildcats
Top Henderson
Second Time
Hillsboro evened its conference
record at 5-5 here Tuesday night
against Henderson, winning by 54
49. The wib boosts the Wildcats’
hopes for a finst-di vision finish.
Flashy* guard Joe Crawford, a
senior co-captain who has improv
ed greatly over the past few games,
led the scoring with 16 markers.
Crawford hit seven field goals. His
mate at guard, Harvey Reinhardt,
connected on five foul shots and
three field goals for 11 points.
Joe Barnes got 11 and Ray Barnes
9 points.
Hillsboro held the lead for al
most the entire game. They hit at
spurts in the first half, and at
one instance held a seven-point
lead. But the sharp outside shoot
ing and rebounding of center Dick
Corbitt pushed the Bulldogs ahead
at half by 29-28. Corbitt hit for
12 points in the first half, but the
stiff Hillsboro defense held him to
three in the second half.
The win was the second the
Wildcats have taken over Hender
son this season.
rboro New Industry Announcement
eived W'th General Enthusiasm
G. Binswanger, Jr., Fresi
'rank G. Binswanger Inc.
Division National Indust
tors announced through
nch office, Charlotte, Fri
the two plants which
nerly operated by Pacifit
subsidiary of Burling
>■ Inc., in Carrboro, ha'
I to Jefflene Corporation
inouncement was greeter
lusiam by Carrboro folk;
i r neighbors throoghou
ounty.
a newly formed corpora
the knitting, dyeing, an
t of cotton cloth. Th
loth will be sold to Kni
Manufacturers. It is fui
ther stated that the plant of the
new company will commence op
erations within a very short time,
employing more than 500 employ
ees.
The plants consist of two mod
ern air conditioned buildings total
ing 168,000 sqare feet and 32 acres
of ground Both art served by a
Southern Railway siding. The con
sideration was not reported.
Mr. Binswanger said that Burl
ington Mills and Pacific Mills
management have expressed grati
fication in finding such a purchaser
for the property and one that
would continue to provide Carr
boro and the County with such
substantial employment operation.
Mr. Binswanger stated further
that we are extremely happy in
being instrumental once again in
adding to North Carolina’s‘roster
of new industry and this is further
evidence of the State’s growing in
dustry pull.
Mr. Binswanger also paid tribute
to the effort and cooperation of
various men of the North Caro
lina Conservation and Develoo
ment Board, other state officials
and the industrial development
personnel of the Duke Power Com
pany and Southern Railway. He
particularly praised the coopera- i
tion extended by Mr. Williams j
and other officials of Carrboro
arid Orange County. .7"’*v • T
cases are down from 267 to 237 in
the county as result of more liber
al social security regulations, said
Mrs. Parker.
Programs which have spent
more than half of the total year’s
appropriations are Aid to Depend
ent Children and General Assist
ance.
{Following is a breakdown of
spending from July 1 to Deis' 31 in
each Ibudget catagory, the first
figures are the annual appropria
tion, the second the amount spent
prior to Jan. 1: old age assistance
$17,085, $6,977; aid to dependent
children $11,900, $6,020 ail twW1
ally and permanently disabled $7,
081, $2,937; aid to blind $2,070,
$904; administration $22,770, $9,
496; boarding homes for children
$7,500, $2,335 hospitalization; $9,
000, $3,114 adult boarding homes
$7,200,—$2,248; general assistance
$1,400, $993.
Final Rites
For W. T. McKee
72, Are Held
William Thomas McKee, 72, of
{He Caldwell community, an em
ployee. of the State Highway- Do
iwrtment for 35 years and a form
er superintendent of the Hills
boro prison camp for seven years,
retiring in July 1956, died in a
Durham hospital Saturday morn
ing, after a critical illness of a
few days. He suffered a heart at
tack Tuesday morning at his home.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock1
from 1 the Little River Presbyter
ian Church, of which he was™ a
member since early childhood, by.
the Rev. Clarker Porter and Rev;
K. M. Misenheimer. Interment wai
in the church cemetery.
Mr. McKee was the son of the
late W. R. and Alwilda Roundtree
McKee. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Oliva Ray McKee, of
the home; two daughters, Mrs.
Dallas Cole of Chapel Hill and
Mrs. Wilfred Phelps of Cedar
Grove; two sons, Bill and Howard
McKee, both of Orange County,
seven grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Leland Miller of Burlington,
Mrs. Lawrence Cannon of Daviu
son and Miss Tiny McKee of No#
Bern; two brothers. George Mc
Kee off Rougemont and Charlie
McKee of Washington, D. C. <*
FOX PROBLEMS
John H. Cate of Chapel Hill,
Ftoute 2, says foxes have beeome
i real problem in his community.
He resides on old Highway 86 be
tween Carrbdro and Hillsboro.
Monday he called upon the Board
pf County Commissioners for ad
vice as to what can be done legal
ly to help eradicate these preda
tory animals from the area.
ADJOURNS
The Board of Commissioners has
adjourned its 1958 session as a
Board of Equalization aijd Review
all matters of tax valuation in dis
pute, including-the Carrboro Mills
protest, "have been adjusted. :
57
f
Orange County voters Tuesday approved the establish
ment of Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores by a substantial
margin of 825 votes.
On the basis of unofficial but authentic returns, slightly
more than 5,860 citizens went to tfye polls in icy rain and
sleet to record their sentiment on the question.
The balloting followed a quiet and orderly campaign,
ABC Returns
By Precincts
FOR
Chapel Hill No.
Chapel Hill No.
Chapel Hill No.
Chapel Hill No.
Chapel pill No.
Hillsboro
Carrboro
Efland
Cheeks
Cedar Grove
Tolars
Carr
St. Mary’s
Rock Springs
White Cross
Caldwell
Coles Store
Patterson
University
295
300
451
347
5 440
052
289
77
63
63
35
69
13
25
39
34
25
30
72
AGAINST
74
105
107
194
137
507
349
146
125
80
64
20
62
171
121
76
87
26
43
3319 2494
Father Told
To Send Child
To School
A Hillsboro area father was giv
en a 60-day suspended road sen
tence in Orange County court this
wfeek for Vfng to send his 12
kiMo school. {,
■hoof 'attmklance officers of the*
Welfare Department said the child
had mimed more than half of the
days of the current school term de
spite the fact the home had been
visited several times'and’clothes
had been purchased for the child.
Judge L. J. Phipps suspended
the road sentence for Trov Sigman
of the Fairview area for six months
nv.*“not he absent from Cameron
Park School without a doctor’s
certificate.”
witn tew exceptions devoid of bit
terness and histrionics by either
adherents or apponents of the
ABC system.
It was the county’s first ABC
election since September 9, 1938
when legal control was defeated by
457 votes. Tuesday’s turnout was
almost double that of 20 years
ago.
The vote was 3,319 for, 2,494
against.
Coincidentally however* with -the
exception of Hillsboro which re
versed Its trend, the same pre
cincts which approved the stores
in 1959 also approved them in
1938, indicating little change in
sentiment but greater concentra
tion of voting strength in the ur
ban Chapel Hill and Hillsboro
areas.
With Carrboro voting against the
stores, the overall Chapel Hill
Oarrboro area still recorded a ma
jority of 1.056 for control and Hills
boro added another 145 votes to
the “wet” margin. Other precincts
voting for the stores, as they did
20 years ago, were Carr 69 to 20,
University Station 72 to 43, and
Patterson 30 to 26. All of these
three smaller precincts border on
adjoining counties, Durham and
Caswell, which are “wet.”
Precincts voting against legal
sale of whiskey were Carrboro, Ef
land, Cheeks Crossing, Cedar
Grove, Tolars, St. Mary's, White
Cnosa, Caldwell and Coles Store.
- ■Spcrt’ •’f Beetion* will meet
at 11 ©’dock today to canvass tho
returns for certification to the
Board of Commissioners, which
board along with the Board of Ed
ucation is expected to proceed soon
thereafter to name an ABC Board
to set up the system in the County.
Person County voters defeated
the ABC proposal last Saturday
while— citizens—of.adjacent Ala
m^gce have- scheduled a vote for
this coming Saturday on the ques
tion. _.M
Methodist Women Plan
Fashion Show; Benefit
The Wesleyan Service Guild of
the Hillsboro Methodist Church is
planning a Dinner and Fashion
Show at the Colonial Inn on Feb
ruary 13 arftt 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Forrest Fashions’- will present
Spring and Summer fashions of in
terest to all age groups and the
Guild will use the proceeds toward
the purchase of a refrigerator for
the Church kitchen.
EUROPEAN TRIP
County Agent Don Matheson has
been granted two week additional
leave of absence from his duties
in April and May for a trip to
Europe. Mr. and Mr§. Matheson ex
pect to be gone about a month on |
the jaunt.
Commentator for the show Will
be Mrs. Bill Matthews and models
will be Mrs. Oliver Clayton, Mrs.
Coy Cole, Mrs. Wilson Cole', Mrs.
Melvin Dixon, Mrs. R. O. Forrest,
Mrs. Charlie James, Mrs. Ben
Johnston, Mrs. Marvin Lockhart,
Mrs. H. W. Moore, Mrs. Ralph
Veighbors, Mrs. Oscar Parsley. Mrs.
Jack Ray, Mrs. Marion Roberts,
Mrs. Henry S. Walker, Mrs. Bill
Whittington, Miss Sandra Baucom,
Miss Elizabeth Collins, Miss Jdl
Gilmore, Miss Ann Hollandsworth,
Miss Evelyin Lloyd, Miss Ann
Murphy, and Miss Mary Anna!
Workman.
Tickets for the event may be ob
tained from any Guild member,
the Colonial Inn, or Forrest Fash
ions at $1.50 each. Reservations are
necessary.
FASHION SHOW PLANNERS—Getting ready to make plans
for the Dinner-Fashion Show to be held at the Colonial Inn on Feb.
13 and 14 are members of the Wesleyan Service Guild of the Hills
boro Methodist Church. Left to right—Mrs. Ted Smith, Mrs. Robert
Bradsher, Mrs. C. D. Knight, Mrs. Foy Bartlett, Mrs. Chandler Cates
and-Miss.Mary B. Forrest.- ___^
Southern GarmentPlans
Move From Efland Site
YOUNG MAN OF YEAR —
Donald M. Stanford of Chapol
Hill, dairy farmar and county
commissioner, last week was
selected by the Chapel Hill Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce for
its annual Distinguished Service
Award as Chapel Hill's Young
Man of the Year. Thirty-two
years old, Stanford has been ac
tive in many phases of county
life, most recently serving as
overall chairman of the success
ful pro-ABC campaign.
Exchange Club
To Give School
Sound System
The Hillsboro Exchange Club
will present a new sound and pub
lic address system to Hillsboro
High School Friday night, accord
ing to announcement yesterday,;
The new system has been engi
neered especially for the needs of
the- local school hv a professional
sound system engineer and install
ed by the enginecrin geommittee of:
the club. These members are: W.
W. McDade, W. C. Brewer, Tom- j
my Leonard and Bill Kennedy.
“This gift follows tire plan of
the club to support the school
system and other community pro
jects in any way possible." assert
ed R. J. Smith Jr., .past elab; presi
ident in announcing the pi'esenta
tion, which will be made by him
to Principal G. A. Brown.
Hillsboro’s industrial expansion
prospects received another blow
this week with the* announcement
that the Southern Garment Oo.
near Efland will move to another
county and close down here Feb
ruary 12.
William Friedman, head of the*
newly established industry, said he
will begin operations in a new
plant at Robbins Feb. 16. He said
employees at the Efland plant were
notified of the change last Friday*
Friedman said it is possible that
he will continue operations at the
Efland Plant, but he added that
there is little likelihood that the
plant will remain open.
The move is necessary, Fried
man said, because “We need more
space here and there is no build
ing available here for evpansion.”
He pointed out that a group of
Hillsboro civic leaders had been^
trying to raise funds for a new
building to house the plant, but
that their drive has iteen unsuc
cessful.
'“I understand they have been
able to raise only about half of the
$50,000 they set as their goal,” he
said.
No immediate comment was
available from Hillsboro industry
Committee members.
When Friendman established the
dress manufacturing firm here last
summer the town subscribed $2,
000 to help defray the cost of train
ing employes at the plant.
If Friedman closes down opgrib
tionlf/it will fnean the second hew
industry in two years to shut down
in this area. Last year the Reverie
Lingerie Co. went out of business
here after a prolonged labor dis
pute and a mysterious fire which
destroyed the plant and machinery.
The area fares the immediate
loss of inearlv S3 000 a week in
nayrolls from Southern Garment.
About.70 employees, mostly wo
men. will be thrown out of work.
STEW SUPPER ^ J
A chicken stew supper w?ll be
held at the Buckhorn Grange Hall
this Saturday, February 7, -5 to 7
p.m.
Plates will be 75c and $1.25, des
sert and coffee included. *
_Proceeds of the supper “will be
used for paying for graveling the
driveway and parking lot. - ——
Everyone is invited.
Orange Wins Second Place
In State Rural Progress Program
Bertie County was named this
week winner qf the North Caro
lina “County of the Year” award
for outstanding rural progress dur
ing 1958: It had won out in a stat?- ■
wide contest, sponsored by A& 1
College, in which 71 counties were
involved. V
Orange Coulrftywon second place.
The announcement, was made on
Friday by Dr. Glenn"iC Ranklin,;
chairman of the Committeb^n the
North Carolina Rural Pro^Fgss
Campaign, with special reference^
to Negroes and ac-ting dean of the
School of Agriculture at A&T;
College.
The decision was .announced
following visits by the Committee
to Bertie, Anson, Robeson and[
Orange Counties, finalists in the
contest.
The top award includes a $300
cash prize and a plaque. Other;
winners included: Orange County !
second placet $250 Anson, third
place, $150 and Roberson County, j
fourth place. $100. The" cash prizes,
“to be used for any constructive
purpose of general benefit to the
rural people of the winning coun
ty” are being given by the North
Carolina Board of Agricultural
Agencies and Organizations and
through contributions being pro
cured by L. L. Ray, director of
Foundations at North Carolina
State College, Raleigh.
Bertie- County, one of the larg
est in the State by land area Hi
the unanimous opinion of the Com-;
mittee, “had demonstrated the i
most impressive gains, during the
past year, in agricultural produc
tion and marketing, improved
homemaking and family living,
community improvement and de
velopment, provision for oppor
tunities for rural youth and co
operation of all agencies, organi
zations and institutions, all on the
highest plane of interracial co
operation and understanding.” ’
The announcement pair special
recognition to the 'resourcefulness
pf people of Bertie County in the
development of two additional
money'smops in watermelons and
sweet potatoes and for their fin
ancing and constructing a modern
wholesale produce" market in which
these commodities are marketed.
It commended the people of the
county for their “splendid support
and cooperation with both, the pro
fessional and lay leadership in thee
community which resulted in bene
fit for all,"
Those composing the State com
mittee in addition to Dr. Rankin
are: W. T. Johnson, assistant
State Supervisor of Vocational
Agriculture; R. EL Jones, State
Agent, in charge of the AAT Col
lege Extension Service; E. F. Cor
bett, Public Relations Director^artd
Mrs. M. M. Brown, assistant State
Home Demonstration Agent, all of
A&T College; A. \V. Solomon,
field representative, N. C. Farm
Bureau Federation and Dr. Jones
B. Jeffries, tobacco marketing
specialist, U. S. Production Market
o (See SECOND PLACE, Page tj