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SERVICE AWARDS In the Carrboro Club this year went to Wilbur Partin, James Blake,
Year Al Williams and Carl Ellington, shown above left to right.
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OF-YHE-YEAR Al Williams, Carrboro Police Chief, re
award from District Governor Dan Bland, right, of Ea
e/ Williams Chosen
rboro Lion Of YGar
Police Chief Alvin Wil
been named Lion of the
lembers of the Carrboro
mem of the selection
tation of the award took
Thursday night at the
ies Night event held in
ion room of New Hope
wards for runners-up in
for Lion of the Year
ions James Blake, Carl
and Wilbur Partin and
initions were handed out
t Governor Dan Bland
and International Coun
ts. Senter of the Carr
District Governor Cole
ales of Burlington was
at speaker and Dr. J. S
Carrboro, club president,
laster of ceremonies.
•ard were presented as
Jnal Counsellor Lloyd
esented 10 year Old
Membership Certificates
wing: Dr. J. S. Gibson,
,ade, Claiborne Oakley,
>' and Herbert Riggsbee.
Charged
> Rape
Glen, 23-year-old white
Mebane area, has been
ith raping a 15-year-old
'rl about two miles west
onday.
le of the alleged victim
ithheld because she is a
being held in Orange
*• without privilege of
ing a preliminary hear
Warrant for his arrest
by Sheriff C. D. Knight
Strl was threatened with
she resisted the assault.
Five year-perfect attendance pin
was presented to Herbert Riggsbee.
Ten year perfect attendance pins
were presented to Dr. J. S. Gibson,
TaV-k MeDade. Claiborne iDakley
and Dwight Ray.
Twenty-five year Old Monarch
Membership Certificate and 25 year
perfect attendance pin was present
ed to Wilbur F. Senter Sr.
Mothers of the year for Chapel
Hitl-Carrboro were special guest of
the Club,
Community —
Club Being
Formed Here
Members of the community of
West Hillsboro met last Tuesday
night in the West Hillsboro school to
discuss the possibility of setting up a
community organization.
Those who attended the meeting
were Walter G: Wrenn, Sr., Mr. and
■Mrs. John Terrell, Hurley Dickey,
H B. Craven, Mr. and Mrs. W. 0.
Hodge, Mrs. Chester Riley, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Bateman, Mrs. Florine
Bateman, Sydney Green, Mrs. Leona
Snider, principal OTXhe school, and
Margaret Addison.
It was agreed iijat there, was a
number of things that a community
chib could do and1 that ’rhembershij*
should be open to everybody in the
community from four years of age to
ninty. There will be no membership
dues. The proposed name for the or
ganization is the West Hillsboro
Community Family Club.
Committees were appointed to call
on J. H: Hughes of the Cone Mills
and L. E. Beard of the Belle Vue
Mills to learn if they would cooper
ate with members of the organiza
tion in establishing play areas in the
community. ; Two play areas are
hoped for, one for the older boys and
girls and the adults for a ball park
and recreation field, and the other
Tor young children and their parents.
Others will call on all the ministers
of the community to get their views
on the formation of a Family-Club
and enlist their support.
A second meeting will be held this
Saturday night in the West Hillsboro
School.at 7:30 in the auditorium. Any
resident of Wre.st Hillsboro is invited
to attend and express his views.
umstaaa Kepons
More Support For Teachers'
Pay Increase-Than Supposed
By JOHN W. UMSTEAD, JR.
Last week there were several new
Bills of importance which were in
troduced in either the House or
Senate. These Bills are almost cer
tain to be controversial and will
take up much time.
A resolution instructing the Com
mittee on Appropriations ^ to in
crease teachers salaries VZ and
salaries of other state employees
3M>% was sent' up last Tuesday
For more than two luuirs this reso
lution was debated and on the
roll-call votrthe resolution lost by
5 to 23. fn my opinion the reso
ition lost due to the iact that a
umber of Senators thought it was
le wrong approach. To have pass
i the resolution would have been
i strike down the committee sys
im. Senators who will support the
icreased salaries for teachers and
;her employees voted against this
■solution. The vote showed how
ler, that the proponents lor m
■eased salaries for teachers and
ate employees had muie .streng
i the Senate than- had been
lought prior to the .test vote, .
The Committee on Roads killed
the Auto Inspection Bill- The vote
was close and indicated that the
majority of the members of the
House are beginning to forget the
sad—experience that we had with
the inspection law in 1947-48.
Eventually 1 think we will have
an inspection law which will save
many lives on our highways.
The Committee on Constitution
al Amendments hfrs several meet
ings'^ week, and this week saw
them beginning to vote on some of
the proposals. Of main interest was
a proposal that the number of
senators be increased to 60 and
that the Speaker of the House
and the Lieut. Governor should re
apportion the" membership of the
Assembly in case the Assembly did
not follow the mandate of the
constitution and reapportion as
the constitution requires. Both pro
posals were killed in committee al
though the vote was close in each
instance. It was the same old story
of the smaller counties feeling that
they would lose representation in
the Senate to the larger towns and
cities in the Piedmont area. The
action of the Committee on Consti
tutional Amendments means that
there will be no reapportionment
until 1961
Another Bill that was passed
(See UMSTEAD, Page 1)
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Election Results Provide
Minor Surprises; No Upsets
me municipal elections orougni
a few surprises Tuesday but fed
erally the incumbents and predict
ed winners emerged victorious.
In Hillsboro, 80 percent of the
eligible voters went to the polls
in a surprisingly close election for
Mayor and five commissioners, 809
of a probable 629 eligible voters
casting ballots. Mayor Ben John
ston with 278 votes emerged vic
torious for his 14th term over Fred
S. sCates Jr., who polled 215. In
the Commissioners’ race, incum
bents V. M. Forrest, A. W. Crab
tree and Fred T. Claytor won re
election, while Herman Strayhorn
and Frank H. Walker were chosen
for two other seats, from a total
field of eight.
For the Chapel Hill district
scnooi Doara, tne Rev. j. R. Man- -
ley, Negro minister, led the ticket
and incumbents Henry Brandis Jr.,
law school dean, and Grey Cul
breth, long-time chairman, wonr re
election, from a total field of- seven
candidates.
Sandy McClamrock, F. Eugene
Strowd and Roland Giduz were
elected to the Chapel Hill Board
of Aldermen from a field of five,
including 20-year veteran Alder
man Obie Davis. '
At Carrboro, C. P. Ellington,
Wil9on Lackey and Office Durham
won seats on the Town Board from
a field of seven candidates.
Mayor R. B. Todd of Carrboro
and Mayor 0. K. Cornwell of
Chapel Hill were not opposed.
PRE-ELECTION SMILES — Mayor Ban Johnston, right, and
ohallongor. Prod Catos Jr.
Her#* Tabulation In Four Major Municipal Races On Tuesday
HILLSBORO
Fred T. Claytor ____ 373
A. W. Crabtree _ .1 337
V. M. Forrest ___334
Herman Strayhorn . 234
Frank H. Walker _ 232
J. Everett Forrest . 270
Chandler Cates .J__248
Otto F. Riley _ 70
CARRBORO
C. P. ftHwgton — 151
Wilson Lackey __.1.. . !®4
Qffie Durham __ 99
J. R- Evans .... 79
Robert Oakes . it
Sidney Barker _ 66
-Troy L. Hackney ___ 64
CHAPEL HILL
Sandy McClamroch ......_....
P. E. ((Sana) Strowd .. .1......
Roland Diduz ._
Ohio Davie _
Tommy Gardner _;_
933
... 658
... 628
. 591
337
DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
J. R. Manley 1,125
Henry Brandi* Jr. 983
Gray Culbrath 935
Calvin Burch 829
Richard Calhoon . 440
Dr. David Hawkins ,_ 428
Auburn Wright ... 271
Lions Planning
Refel Clean-Up
In Broom Sale
“A new broom sweeps clean”
and a clean sweek is anticipated by
the Hillsboro Lions for their an
nual Broom and Electric Bulb Sale
to be held Friday evening.
Hours are from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m
A house to house canvass will b«
made by the members of the Lions
Club and public support is request
ed.
of *t|je swe, Li6ii‘lF. E
Jojfner will be assisted by c^-cap
tai«is#aul Carr, H. W. Moore, Ted
Srtfith, Edwin Lyncll and A. H
\®|%er. The entire Lions Ciut
wul work with the above captains
in promoting this sale.
Brooms, door mats and special
packaged light bulbs will be feat
ured during the sale and proceeds
will go to the Lions Club better
sight program.
Would-Be Safe
Crackers Are
Foiled Here
Would-be thieves attempted to
break open the safe at the Farm
ers Exchange in Hillsboro Sunday
night but were unsuccessful in gain
ing an entrance before their pre
sence was discovered.
They %iade a successful get
away,’ however.
Mr. Eddie Lloyd, who lives next
door, heard a pounding at the Ex
change late Saturday night and
called Night Policeman Will Gil
more. Ringing of the outdoor alarm
type phone, it was believed, alerted
the crooks and they took off be
fore Gilmore arrived.
It would not be determined how
entrance was made. The safe was
damaged but no other loss was sus
tained: The Safe is bolted to the
floor.
LIGHTS OUT
ought a bottle of
ig little attention^
door, one of them
the light twitches
h boat It for their
Legal Action Against
Caswell Is Threatened
, The Orange County Board of
Education voted Monday to begin
legal action unless the Caswell
Board of Education agrees within
the next 10 day to assign to Orange
County next year all students from
this county now enrolled in Cas
well. *■
Negotiations between the nlpre
sentatives of the two school boards
have been in pfogr^ss fop’ some
time relative to.lhe hssignritpnt 1«
s$e wliid» «Wee last
September.
Caswell's board has agreed to
abide by the State Pupil assignment
law with regard to students from
Orange who want to attend in Cas
well in the future, but thus far
has refused torcassignIfiosepupils
. from the Aycock district who are
now attending in CasweH.
In other actions, the board Mon
day approved plans for taking a
school census between now and the
end of school; approved a request
from the Committee studying
school finance to have the State
Department make a buildings sur
vey of the county system; ap
proved plans for implementing the
Driver Training Program this sum
mer in the local high schools; re
ceived a report that the Central
and Cameron Park school additions
would be ready for use next Fall;
and took under advisement a peti
tion from patrons of the Murphy
School that Principal Maude Mc
Cauley be replaced at the end of
this year.
Jack Childress
Is Appointed
New jailer
Mir. and Mrs. Jack Childress ol
Route 1, Hillsboro, have been
named custodians of the Orange
County jail by Sheriff C. D. Knight.
Mr. Childress, a sawmill worker
and resident of this county for a
number of. years, will succeed De
puty Sheriff W. R. Roberts as
jailer about May 15 and Mrs. Chit
dress will assume responsibility
for feeding the prisoners. A salary
allocation of $2,800 per year will
be divided between them.
Mr. Childress will not be a de
puty .sheriff, but will serve as cus
todian of the buildings and grounds
of the two courthouses and the
Agriculture building in addition to
the jail.
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts who have
lived at the jail for 31 years asked
to be relieved to move to the home
of their daughter, Mrs. Louise Clay
ton on Tryon street in ' Hillsboro.
Mr. Roberts will continue to serve
as a Deputy Sheriff.
RAY BARNES
Barnes Chosen
“Candidate For
NROTC Study
1 V *'
Edwin Ray Uarnes, son of Mr
and Mrs, Edwin P, Barnes of Si,
Mary’s Hd„ Hillsboro, a senior at
Hillsboro High School, has been
selected as a principal candidate
for the Naval Reserve . Officer
Training Corps program.
The program is conducted an
nually in which high school seniors
and graduates participate on a
nation-wide competitive basis, for
| selection. Designed as a supple
ment to the Naval Academy Offi
;cer output, selected students attend
,a civilian university with all tuition
i (See BARNES, Page 3)
4-H Dress Revue Winners Named
Four 4-H members were singled
out for top honors in the 4-H Dress
Revue and Health Pageant this
past Friday evening at the Hills
boro High School.
Cynthia Walker, daughter ol
Mrs. Harry Walker of the St
Mary’s Community, won first place
in the senior division of the dress
revue and will receive an expense,
paid trip to State 4-H Club Week
in July. Rosanne Cud*, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Cude, was
selected junior winner and receiv
ed a pair of shears. These awards
and others awarded to dress revue
winners were given by Belk-Leg
gett-Horton of Chapel Hill.
Ann Wilkerson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. Wilkerson and Be
linda Clayton, daughter of Mr. "and
Mrs. L. W. Clayton, were crowned
senior and junior Health Improve
ment Queens.
Other winners in the drgss revue
were Kay Perry, 2nd place senior
winner; Evelyn Perry, 3rd place
senior winner, Faye Kennedy, 2nd
place junior winner; Harriet Walk
er, 3rd place junior winner, and
Avis Lloyd, 4th place junior win
ner.
Club members nSmed to the
blue ribbon group were: Sandra
Chambliss, Alice Morris, Kay Per
ry, Evelyn Perry, Faye Kennedy,
Avis Lloyd .Cynthia Walker, Rox
anne Cude, Nancy Roberts, Susan
Pope, Charlotte Wall, Faye W’all,
Joan Dezern, Hilda Cates, Judy
Perry, Vickie Coleman, Harriet
Walker.
Local health improvement kings
and queens were: Linda Allison,
Harell Berry, .Carolyn Farrar, Hil
da Ann Cates, Bytsy Snipes, Mari
lyn Laws, Dwight Terrell, Belinda
Clayton, Ann Wilkerson, Janet
Sharpe, Dickie Felmet, Phyllis
Strowd.
The local club winners were pre
sented to the group in a pageant.
Patsy Latta was the narrator and
Avis Lloyd portrayed the elf who
presented each 4-R winner. e
The Boards of
its and Education stoo
m two policy decisions
ng the ABC system Me
They were:
(i) Allocation of profits to
nuni^ipalities.
(a) More pay for Chairman
R. |. Smith Sr.
Chairman R. J. M. Hobbs told
he commissioners a movement had
aegun in Chapel HiQ to aoanro to
;al legislation which would direct
he allocation of a portion of tho
\BC profits to the municipattUea
and that he had been called on thu
natter by Representative John
IJmstead Jr. Proponents of tbd
nove were not identified.
Mr. Hobbs reiterated his oppoat
ion to diverting such funds from
he county’s general fund, inas
nuch as approval of the control
system in this county was effected
without encumbrances under the
general state law and all stored
presently contemplated were lo*
:aled outside of the rnunkipalitien.
Jther board members voiced limil
ar sentiment and the policy 0(i
finally enunciated was continued.
With Mr. Smith abstaining, tho
<\BC board Monday passed a re
solution in effect calling upon tfap
joint Boards of Commissions gpd
Education to approve compenation
[or Mr. Smith of $200 per iiiimWi
from Feb. 15 to June 30 and $■>
per month from July 1 to Jan. I.
This in effect would revoke action
pf a month ago which set up IMS
per month from Feb. to July t#
compensate the chairman for extra
work in getting the system sited.
When the two boards mot in
joint sesion following lunch, tjhf
board members appeared 'MS
animously adament in holding titohf
original position that thh ABC
Board chairman in Orangd County
would not be,a paid j^anagpr, hot
wonld, Jfknain^a tmemboir jar a pA
licy-making’ tidily, 'tljg. request Of
the ABC hoard to Hffjhjir the
temporary compensation K^JBo
Chairman was denied. Most mm
biers spoke against any chongs snA
the vote to hold the line was aa»
. In other actions of public interest
affecting ABC operations, the ABC
poard decided Monday to permit >
lie sale of fortified wines up to
40 percent in Grade A restaurants
and groceries.
County Signs
Agreement Ort
Farm Program
The County Commissioners Mon
day approved the signing of a "me
morandum of understanding” which
sets down in writing the responal*
bilities of county boards and N. C.
State College in carrying out poli
cies of the North Carolina Agri
cultural Extension Service.
The memorandum was recom
mended by a state study group aa
a means of eliminating misunder
standings that might occur in the
employment of new personnel and
other matters.
Rules governing the responsibil
ities of the college and county
boards will remain the same as
they have been all along. The only
difference is that they are written
down now, whereas before they
were unwritten.
The study group recommendtaf
the memorandum was appointed hy
Governor Hodges shortly after ho
first took office. Purpose of the er
ganization is to strengthen aad
modernise the N. C. Extension Str*
vice. s
PETITION
A petition calling upon the Qnhte g
ty Commissioners to appoint Hnfjh •>
M. Wilson a constable for BtaMkeni
township was presented hy Mr.
Wilson Monday. The petition eigned
by a group of residents said they
were annoyed by the presence el
small speakeasies in the neighbor
hood which serve alcoholic bevel*
ages by the drink and by the bat-'
tie. No action was taken by the ~“~s'
board pending consulation with the
county attorney relative to its no
thority. , - ~~_ j