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NO. t EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE «*T •n Pag* tH cock Wins Trophy r Sportsmanship; rls Tearn Champs . High School has receiv wide recognition lor the nship and conduct of its id student body at home urlng the current basket an. iccial School Award, a sil for sportsmanship, was to the Aycock team fol he finals in the North t Basketball Tournament a Saturday night, one such award is made ir by the North Carolina hool Athletic Association ction is made by the Dis cials Association. The vote >ck was said to have been us. • • • - - . e conference tournament d Saturday night, the Ay •Is won the North Pied inference championship, mbers of the team being or the all conference team of them being named the cot's most valuable player, .ycock lassies defeated Hel ;o 3S fo lake the first con title in the school’s his a Wrenn, a senior, was ie “most valuable” player and Pat Compton, sopho irward, were named mem the All-Conference team, lops’ team was eliminated First round of play in the (-School snts Begin Schools ^e-School Registration and Schedule hag been an ! by the Hetlth Depart th the exception of Cedar ichool which will be held school on the same days “W.ell-Baby’' Clinic is held ron Park School—Registra y, Feb. 25 end Pre-School March 3. ' Grove School — Registra iy, March 4, Pre-School larch 19 and April 16. at School — Registration arch 11, and Pre-School (larch 17. d School—Registration Day, 18, and Pre-School Clinic 24. * Hillsboro School—Registra y, March 25 and Pre-School March 31. 0 c k School — Registration i>ril 15 and Pre-School Clin 1 21. iley Post Is trict Host s Saturday American Legion 16th Dis >per will be held at Schley Hall this coming Saturday -6:30 o’clock with legion om throughout the three 1‘strict invited to attend, merican Legion State Com S. H. Hutchinson, ise* o be the featured speaker, upper will be a dutch af h a crarge of $1.50 per lay night’s district meeting ! Schley Post as host will last one comprising the district of Orange, Dur d Person counties. A re it of counties is scheduled place at the State conven < summer. i Will Address »ron Perk PTA 'ann, attorney of Durham sident of the North Caro-, •ng Democratic Ciub, will the Cameron Park Parents chers Association Tuesday 7:30 o’clock in the school i. . . will speak ott the “New > in Modern Education.” >nt& and teachers are in ■stfraar-"--:. White's Led In Wage Hike For Industry Announcement of general wage increases in several segments of the furniture industry earlier this week brought public revelation that White Furniture Company had been the first to raise wages, back on January 5.. , The increases affected some 500 furniture employees at plants In Mebane and Hillsboro. & The wage increases granted by White’s on January 5 brought em ployees to a $1.25 minimum hour ly wage, and since that time, there has been a percentage raise given, with hourly wage earners receiving increases ranging from <ix to 11 cents an hour.. Office 1 workers also were raised. I_ Legion Post 'Hut* Repairs Are Completed The local American Legion Post 85 has completed the renovation of its “hut” on Churton Street here t a cost of over $5,000, following he extensive fire damage in De cember. The renovations and improve ment program included repairing all fire, heat and smoke damage :o floors, ceilings, and porches, re linishing the ballroom, <?ompletely rebuilding and pine paneling of the social lounge, and repainting the building throughout, inside and out. Use of the “hut” will be re sumed this coming Saturday night with a social event for members being arranged as the opening event. The regular monthly meeting of the Post membership will be held at the Hut next Tuesday night. March 3. CAKE SALE A cake sale sponsored by the Hills boro High School newspaper staff i will be held at the old post-office building' this Saturday. It will begin ^f 9:00 a.m^and wiH cbntinue until all the cakes are sold. NEW OFFICERS of |aglo Lodge No. 19 A. F. ft A. M. of Hill** boro aro (loft to right), front row: Dolmar Brown, son lor warden; Chandler H. Catos, master; Lawton W. Pettit, junior wardbnj Chorlo* Williams, socrotary. Second row: John Tolar, junior deacon; John AAengum and Harvey Gates, stewards. Tog row: W. L. Smith, tytor and H. O. Bivins, treasurer. Others not pictured above aro Milton Smith, senior deacon and G. A. Brown, chaplain. Officers were in* stalled January 2. Laws Assault Case To Jury Yesterday The trial of Eddie D. Laws of Little River township entered its third day yesterday and a jury ver dict had still not come in late yes Terday^morning. —-— — Laws, young white resident of the Caldwell area, was charged with shooting James Mack, a Neg ro, in the eye at Caldwell Com munity Store last year with intent to kill, and damage to property. Testimony alleged that the pair had had a falling out while en gaged in the liquor traffic and that Laws believed Mack was gunning for him. They met and there was an exchange of shots from their respective automobiles parked just outside the store owned by Robert Murray. i A jury was selected Monday af ternoon. b*t>M»ea one juror failed again. Th* jury retired U> its de liberations about aid * morning Wednesday. Durham Attorney “Dog” Brog den, private prosecutor, and De fense Attorney Paul Ranson en gaged in frequent vitriolic ex changes which drew reprimands from the judge and adefed an his trionic touch to the proceedings. The February term of Superior Court for the.trial of criminal cases began Monday in Hillsboro with Judge Henry A. McKinnon of Lumberton presiding. In early cases tried: Victor B, Whitted was given 12 months in State Prison suspended for two years on payment of $150 Leaders For Red Cross Fund Drive Named; Begins Monday Plans are about complete for launching the 1959 Fund and Mem bership Campaign of the Orange County Chapter of the American Fled Cross, Campaign Chairman Al len Watkins announced today. Monday, March 2 will be the kick off date for the local chapter. “We have a good organization." Mr. Watkins said, “and I’m sure that with the people who are Jedd ing the various Divisions we will have no trouble meeting our Chap ter quota of $2,800.” The chairmen of the Various Di visions are as follows: -Jack. Miller — Business Division, Mrs. Joe Reinhardt — Hillsboro Re sidential, James Faucette — Indus try, Mrs. Irene Pender — Schools, A L. Stanback — Colored, Mrs. John Forrest — South-west Orange, Mrs. Clair McDade — North-west, Mrs. Everett Kennedy — North-east, Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges,—West Hills boro Resdential and Mi$s Betty June Hayes — South-east. “Nearly 11,000 families are con tinuing to receive Red Criss help as a result of the January floods alone,” Watkins points out. “Added to these disasters are the February floods as well as the tornadoes, the worst of which de stroyed a 30 block area of St. Louis. In all these disasters the* Red Cross was on hand immediately with em ergency food, clothing, and shelter, as' well rehalibation as soon as the first emergency was eased. In all of these, the Red Cross being there mpnm: that you were there - if you are a Red Cross member. And as we would want it to be with stricken neighbors, our aid through the Red Cross was given freely, not loaned. "When your volunteering neighbor calls on you next week with an op portunity to join the Red Cross, remember thdt he brings you a chance to help the victims of the next flood, fire, storm, or other disaster.” —— and costs on the charges of manu facturing liquor, possession of equipment for manufacturing and illegal possession. Herbert Cannada ‘was given 80 days in the county jail for public drunkenness, suspended on pay ment of $10 fine and costa. Carlos Lee Currie, escape, 12 months in State Prison to begin at expiration of sentence he is now serving, suspended for two years on condition he is or good behav ior and not violate any State or Federal law during that time. Albert Smith, Charles W. Chil dress and Johnnie Johnson each given six months to be at State Prison on charges of es cape to begin at expiration date of term they are now each serving. A true bill of son was found by the TVnute for Local Gym Scene Of Area Tournament By HARRY W. LLOYD The mpdern new Hillsboro High School gymnasium will be the scene of the Eastern VIA, District III basketball tournament next week. * Beginning March 4, eight cage learns will battle each other to de cide the regional entrant to fhe NCHSAA tournament. At this lime, the pairings for the four-day event are completely, undecided, pending the results of eliminations in both the Northern and Southern divisions of the District. Four teams from each division will compete in seven games in the single-elimination affair. The new athletic plant, with a capacity of a thousand spectators, has not been filled for a basketball game yet this season.. When the fighting for positions becomes intense be tween the teams, then the fans may have to struggle as equally hard to find a seat for the crucial playoff. ABC Store, Warehouse Combined At Local Site . Plans aire virtually complete fist the establishment of . the bounty’s first Alcoholic Bever age Control Store and ware house on the Cates property near the intersection of High ways 70 and 86, north of Hills boro. £ It was revealed yesterday that a satisfactory contract-lease agreement had been worked out be tween ABC officials and property owners and the document was be ing drawn by A. H. Graham, at torney for the board. Details as to rental and other matters were not revealed pending formal approval. __Tentative plans had been made to establish the wareHbuse and of flce for the board in the Dairy building on E. King St. but con ferences with State ABC officials brought the conclusion that the building would be unsatisfactory from a space standpoint for that purpose. Plans now tentatively approved call for the erection of a single building with 59 feet frontage and 77 feet depth which will house both the retail store (24’ x 65’) and the office-warehouse. 'onstruction is expected to get taken in connection -with the hiring of a County ABC Manager and of fice secretary. Applications for both posts are being accepted by the acting Chairman R. J. Smith Sr. in Hillsboro. Progress is still at a standstill on establishment of a store in the Chapel Hill area pending the rec overy of Dr. D. D. Carroll, who was named by the joint appointing boards as ABC chairman. in the next few days and ted in about six weeks, lie, no action has been J. M. Kenyon Jr. Takes Soil Post In Ashe County J. Jkf. Kenyon Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kenyon of the Schley Community, has accepted an ap pointment as soil conservationist in Ashe County and began work this week. Kenyon received his discharge from the Army in December after serving two years, part of which was spent in Germany. He and his wife are making their home in West Jefferson. Umstead Sees Little Opposition To Proposed Changes In State Election Laws By JOHN W. UMSTEAD The Commission to revise the State Constitution and the Com mission to study plans for the election of Trustees of the Great er University both made their re ports to the General Assembly during the past week. These re ports were of interest to a large number of people, as well as the introduction of Bills changing the election law according to the rec ommendations of the State Board of Sections. JThe main change in the Elec tion Laws was the change of the date of the primary. We have been holding our primary the last Saturday in May and the Bill introduced by the Chairman of the Committee on Elections and Election Laws would change thit date to the last Tuesday in June. The reason give for changing the day of voting Qom Saturday to Tuesday was that large numbers of voters in the state do not work on Saturday and might be away from home on week-end trips, and thus lose out in the vot ing. The change from May to June was due to the fact that-1 many of those who considered the matter thought that the primary should be a bit nearer the date of the General Election in No vember, Another Bill proposed as the result of the recommendations of the State Board of Elections would spell out the procedure in the case of a tie vote in the first primary and also in case of death of ‘a candidate just before the primary was held. There appears to be little opposition to any of these proposed changes. It was of interest to note that no Bill was introduced to abolish the absentee ballot in the Gen; eral Election as was roeammend ed by the State Board of Elec tions. There is no doubt about the fact that the use of absentee ballot in the General Election has been abused by both parties. If it is not to be abolished some further safeguard , should be thrown around it to insure only it’s legitimate use. The Commission to make rec ommendations for a revised State Constitution had a rather lengthy report and one that show ed there had been lots of study and consideration given both the old Constitution and recommen dations by various citizens and groups, as to what should be in cluded in the new Constitution. Many of the recommendations •re controversial and there will ibe much debate and study by members of the Legislature be fore a new Constitution is sub mitted to the people. I will dis cuss the several controversial (See UMSTEAD, Page 2) Grand Jury Says New Jail Urgent The Orange County Grand Jury, which for the past several years has perennially harped on the con dition of plumbing in the county jail, went a giant step farther this week. It reported to His Honor, Judge Henry A. McKinnon, judge pre siding over his first term of Su perior Court here, that “a new jail is an urgent heed." This conclusion followed a dis cussion of "less than satisfactory" conditions discovered by the jury's inspection committee when it visit ed the County Jail on Monday. In dismissing the Grand Jury for the term, Judge McKinnon thanked them for their ervices but made no comment relative to con tents of the report. Wrote the jury in its report signed by W. W. Boger, foreman, of Chape! Hill: _« “A committee pf the Gxand Jury on February 23 found the County Jail in less than satisfactory con dition. It is still badly in need of which is very flirty, is probably as clean as it Could be kept under the circumstances. It shows evi dence of general neglect, hot water is apparently not available in ade quate quantity, and one light switch and plate were hanging loose from the wall and the wiring exposed. A new jail is an urgent need.” The committee found the Chapel Hill jail in “excellent condition,” and the facilities at the State rison Camp in this couhty “in good order, with cell blocks s«b clean as to give the appearance of regular cleanliness, beds w e 1' made, and food preparation very good in both quality and variety.” Turning to another subject the Grand Jury had a recommendation for the county’s three Justices of the Peace, while finding their re ports “generally in order.” The jury said it “would recommend, however, that hereafter the Justice' of the Peace report the charge, the amount of costs, and the fine in leach casevhandled.” ■ Hillsboro Merchants File Protest About Local Telephone Service Members of the Hillsboro Mer chants Association are requesting more efficient telephone service at their places of business. I^ast Thursday at a luncheon meet ing at the Colonial Inn the members of the Association voted to send a letter to the Roxboro office of the Morris Telephone Co. stating that “inefficient telephone ^prvice at their places of business is not only irri tating and time consuming, but actu ally causes them to lose business.” They further requested that "neces sary technical steps be taken to give the service that they should reason ably expect from a business tele phone.” It was pointed out that in some instances on a private line the phone can be picked up and other persons are talking. Frequently a busy signal is given before a number is even dialed and in some instances the phone does not even ring. A copy of this letter is to be sent to the Town of Hillsboro and also to the State Utilities Commission in Raleigh. Letters in the form of a question aire are to be mailed to each mem ber of the Association on their view of holding the monthly meeting. 1. As a coffee hour. 2. Should the meet Womanless Wedding At Aycock Tomorrow There will be a “Womenlass Wed ding” tomorrow night at the Aycock School beginning at 8 o'clock under the sponsorship of the senior class. The bride will be Will Wade and Donald McDade will be the groom. Joe Compton will be soloist. Others taking part will be: Char les Langston, Gordan Liner, Terry Fuqua, Jim fttonk, Sherman Long, Tom Rountree, Curtis Nickles, Wil fred Phelps, Bos Anderson, John Hawkins, Bobby Hughes, Draughan Rountree, Coy Thompson Jr., Jule Allen, Oscar Thompson, Howard Thompson, Robert Isley, William Dorsett, Glen Carruthers, Gene1 Duke, Beau Wells, Bill Pope, Bunn Pope, Fred Cates Jr., D. J.. Pope, Howard McKee, Wyatt Phelps, Car roll Pope and Knox Woods. ing continue as they are now. 3. Would they like the luncheon to be added to the monthly dues. The re sults of the majority of the votes will decide the issue. ASC Still Takei Cost-Sharing Applications “ The Orange County ASC Office is still accepting requests from farmers for cost-sharing under the Agricultural Conservation Program for practices to be carried out this spring. W. M. Snipes, Chairman of the Orange ASC County Committee, reported that an initiial sign up was held under the 1959 ACP dur ing the month of January, how ever, he stated that he did not want a misunderstanding of this “Initial” sign-up to keep any eligi ble farmers 'but of the program. Although the initial sign-up is end ed, applications for cost-sharing under the 1959 ACP are still being accepted on a day-to-day basis. The County Office Manager has been authorized by the County Committee to approve requests of farmers where all requirements have been met. This means that if the practice in which a farmer is interested does not require technical approval and supervision by SCS, the farmer can, in one trip to the county office, request cost-sharing, have his request ap proved and if necessary obtain the purchase order, for materials or services. - Snipes stated that every time an acre of cropland is tafcen out of production of an allotment crop, our conservation needs are in creased by that amount. Because of this reduced acreage, we have a terrific-amount of conservation which needs to be carried out be fore we can even get back to where we were a few years ago. K isn't enough for us to just get back to Where we were in the way of con servation accomplishments, we must add to these accomplish ments to provide for further ex panded needs in the way of pro duction of food and fiber, he said. Hayman Heads Committee; Begins Study The newly formed county* wide committee named by the County Commissioners to study school financing began sifting the mas? of statistical data and hearing the experts Tuesday night at its first gen* eral meeting since a prelimi nary organizational meeting. At Tuesday night’s meeting iDobald Hayman of Chapel Hill, a member of die Institute of Govern ment staff, was named permanent Chairman; Harry P. Breeze of Hillsboro was named vice chair man, and Mrs. Bernard Boyd of Chapel Hill was named temporary secretary. After hearing statements from Superintendents G. Paul Carr of the Orange County administrative unit, Superintendent Joseph John ston of Chapel Hill’s administra tive unit, and County Accountant Sam Gattis and receiving a mass of statistical data from the three of ficials, the study committee called for projected budgets from each unit based on projection dt needs for the naxt 10 years. Specifically the two units were asked to present a Project A Bud get to show the normal increases to be expected with no increase in the level of services offered; and a Project B Budget which show what increase in services are needed. Presented to the committee Tuesday night were copies of cur rent budgets of both units, tables showing, property vakawuu, the status of the building programs, valuation of buildings, averngi daily attendance, division of the tax dollar and other statistical data designed to enlighten the study group. The entire citizens’ study set-up is a result of the continuing tug of-war between the two school units for a larger share of the tax dollar and for the appropriation of additional tax dollars for schodl purposes. Noted Negro Minister To Be Here Sunday Dr. V'ernon Johns, widely ac claimed as one of the top ten Neg ro ministers of the United States, will deliver the 11 o'clock sermon at Mt Bright Baptist Church Sun day morning. March 1. ^ A. graduate of Virginia Union University, Dr Johns also attend jed Virginia Theological Seminary and Oberlin University in Ohio. A past president of Virginia Theo logical Seminary, he is presently Dean of the School of Religion. Baltimore, Md. The appearance of this national I’v-known figure in Hillsboro is made possible through arrange | ments with Rev. F. J. Boddie, Jr., ! pastor of Mt. Bright, and other of ficials of the Religious Emphasis Week observance at Shaw Univers ity, Raleigh, where Dr. Johns is principal coordinator. I A holder of several honorary de grees and of many top ministerial posts, Dr. Johns preceded the_fam ous Dr. Marfin Luther King Jr. as pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Clown Basketball Game Planned Here I March 13 By PTA Plans are underway for a “Clown Basketball” game to be held Fri day night, March 13, at the Hills boro High School Gym under the sponsorship of the Cameron Park PTA. - The planning committee, Mrs. K. C. Winecoff, Mrs. Hank Rhew, Joe Rosemond and Frank Fred erick, announces the players will be local men. There will also be a “serious” game in addition to the main attraction. So keep the date in njind—Fri day, March 13.
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