team Allocated *300
n Recent Tour Profit
>oro Garden Club at the
g before summer recess
iate $300 of the proceeds
jghly successful Homes
ns Tour to the Orange
orical Museum,
an outgrowth of action
fall meeting to make
n the chief beneficiary
munity
i Plans
Forward
,nd meeting to plan the
n of a Community Fam
or West Hillsboro was
past Saturday night in
■ium of the West Hills
1.
isembled heard the re
din Terrell and Bernice
it the managements of
and Belle Vue Mills
aerate with the Family
lowing the use of their
>r recreational purposes
will make their proper
e upon the full organiza
club.
?re immediately laid to
lembership campaign. A
mmittee was set up to
people in the communi
uaint them with presen;
activities now undei
rn Mr. Dock Andrew
i ot this committee Oth
; him a^e Mrs. Bernice
rs. Hurley Dickey, Mrs
lar and Mrs. Franci
fiership Comm ttre w.i
h Bernice Craven an''
icl-py as rn-rha:rmer
littee will work on a
r basis to enroll mem
' new organization Otu.
committee arc Mr. an'’
) Hodge, Mr. and Mrs.
T- Mr and Mps, Richard
Mrs. It C. Dollar, Mr.
Tiomas Taylor and Mr
nhn Terrell. Anyone in
i building memhershr’
lily Club or anyone who
enroll themselves and.
y may ccntaet.arcy Qf the
if’ they have not been
or visited.
e Hillsboro High School
raseball team needs a
ractice. they have asked
to. use the Cone Mill
C- Paul-Carr- Superin
T HILL CLUB, Page 8)
of proceeds derived from the tour.
Also, in accord with previous ac
tion, the-'.home owners will' share
one-third of the net profits of the
tcur, and $3*6 will be given to the
Scholarship Fund of the Garden
Clubs of North Carolina Inc. The
remainder of the tour proceeds will
go into the club treasury to be
used for civic beautification and
various projects.
Discussed at length was the need
in the Hillsboro area for city plan
ning. Specific problems cited were
the need for a shopping center,
zoning, and improved parking con
ditions in the downtown area.
Also discussed was the need for
care of the Old Town Cemetery.
Here are buried William Hooper,
signer of the Declaration of In
'ependence, William . A. Graham,
fo-mer governor of North Carolina
and Secretary of the Navy, Archi
bald Murphy, founder -of North
^Carolina's public school system,
and many other outstanding North
Carolinians. The President, Mrs.
Fred Cates Jr. asked the Restora
tion Committee; Mrs. Clarence
Jones, Chairman, and the Civic
beautification Committee, Mrs. Ben
Jchnstcn. Chairman, to make a sur
vey of needed repairs. The club ex
->rossed a willingness to finance in
itial _repairs. They felt that upon he
ing put in proper order the town
TX'ilt assume responsibility for its
upkeep. The ceme'cry. which is.
adjacent to the Presbyterian
Chutch property, is visile I each
year by many school grams, in
ivi duals and organizations from all
ver the state.
\n Fxe"Uiive 'Board Meeirg will
be held the last of May to make
a.s ior the new year'.beginning
in September”
Homcccmtnj
At Cane-Greek
This Sunday
Cane Creek Baptist Church at
Orange Grove will hold its annual
home-coming ahd memorial day
observance Sunday, May 17th.
John W. Eddins, Associate
Professor of Theology at SoutF
eastern Seminary at Wake Forest
will bring the morning message
and Rev B L Clinton, former pas
tor. wifi speak in the afternoon.
Special music has been planned for
noth services. *
Seeking Action By General Awmbly
“Children have special talents
and interests which often show up
at an early age and persist through
life,” Mrs. Elia S. Barrett, Voca
tional Guidance Director of the
State Board of Education, told
Schley Community members and
guests from throughout the county
at Schley Grange Hall Tuesday
night.
There is something for every
child, Mrs. Barrett pointed out, Vo
cational Guidance provides a child
with the information needed to size
up his strengths and weaknesses
and to make an intelligent deci
sion as to what he is best fitted for.
Mrs. Barrett pointed out that
the Federal Government is offering
to provide fifty percent of the
funds needed to establish vocation
al guidance.
Mrs. Barrett was introduced by
Grady Brown, Principal of the Hills
boro High School.
A general discussion period fol
lowed Mrs. Barrett talk, revealing
much interest in securing vocational*
guidance in the local schools.
The securing of Vocational Guid
ance in the local schools has been
a community project of Schley
Grange for some time.
Follow ing I he general discussion
Schley Grange members voted to
draft a new resolution urging the
North Carolina General Assembly
to provide Guidance CounseTors in
Liquor Case
Of ABC Man
Transferred
The on-;'1 arVnst a Negro ABC
nvp ‘igaVir from Raleigh charged
y Patrolman Mann Norfls with'il
legal pos ession of non-tax-paid
whiskey and speeding in Orange
County, was transferred Monday
to Middle DusflritVFederal Court
for the whiskey.
The petition for transfer on be
half ct Ha-old D. Wright, was filed
ui federal court by Howard V.
Hart, an assistant U. S. Attorney,
and allowed here Monday by Assis
tant Recorder A. H. Graham, who
placed the defendant under $500
Kind, hdwever; for trial—hrttris
countv in Superior—Court on the
speeding charge.___:_
Wright claims that as an inves
tigator for the state ABC board
he had legal right to have posses
sion of the quart of whiskv fonn
(See TRANSFERRED. Page 8)
med Forces Day Flight Slated
iets from, Seymour John
ly over seventeen North
wns and cities including
this Saturday from 9:30
tn. as part of their aerial
Armed Forces Day.
'100 Supersabres from
ohnson’s Fourth Tactical
ing, four F-102 Daggers
482d Fighter Interceptor
and four T-33 twin seat
s will rear off the Sey
son runways at 9:30 for
lal demonstration as pail
o s morning show which
the flight line at 9 a m.
three hours.
pon jets will pass over
pg cities at 1500 feet in
'ond shape formations:
at 9:30 a.m.: Selma -
on - 9:35; Raleigh - 9:37; j
9 40; Hillsboro - 9:42;
9 45; Greensboro-9:48;
lem - 9:52; High Point -
>°ro - 10:08; Sanford -
e Air Force Base - 10:11; j
e - 10:13; Clinton - 10:18; j
10:20; Kinston - 10:25;
to Seymour Johnson at
j
masses will be made over
line at Seymour Johnson
the free morning show
n North Carolina resi- j
ic exhibits of the latest
Ambers plus fire and
demonstrations will round
“niing festivities,
to the base are encour-1
ring their cameras and
Pictures taken with jet;
cue supper will be held ]
!V«nlng from 5 to 8 o’
>sored by the Palmer’s
thodist Church in the
t■ Building.
ssz 5K xr Jiitr:
film into hi* camera- * . pictorial record of Armed
—„ .*.*«. *™. *r
r ^Th* -*
invited to come and make pictures. - ,
the schools, panting out that the
North Carolina State Grange had,
adopted such a resolution submit*
ted by Schley Grange at the State
meeting last October.
Parker Roland and Harry Woods
___^ • £ -
were also delegated to call on
Orange County's legislators this
#eek end to urge the enactment of
measures needed to provide voca
tional guidance in the schools of
North Carolina.
-
STUDYING VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE materials brought to
Tuesday night's Schley Grange meeting by Mrs. Ella S. Barrett, Vo
cational Guidance Director of the State Board of Education, left,
above, are County Commissioner .Henry S. Walker, Mrs. Sally Mincey
and Mrs. Beth Roberts. Below, , Mrs. Barrett shows some of her
materiel to Judy Miller, Hillsboro High School student, who attended
the moating.
Planing ForToday;sChi|l^n
County Meeting On White
House Conference Monday
Dr. Harold Harris, Instructor. De
partmenl of Psychiatry, UNC
School ot ivie,;icine, will address
the first meeting of the Orange
County Committee, 1960 White
House Conference on Children and
Youth, Monday evening at 7;30
p.m. in the court room of the Cr
inge County Courthouse in Hills
ioro. ,
“How well are children "being
equipped, physically and emotion
ally, to take their place in the so
.iety in which they will be adults,"
is one of the questions Dr. Harris
will discuss in his address to the
meeting Dr. Carson Ryan, Kenan
Professor Emeritus, UNC Depart
ment of Education, will give a brief
resume of past accomplishments of
earlier White House conferences.
The purpose of the Orange
County meeting of May 18 is to
generate a common concern for ad
vancing the welfare of the coun
ty’s children and youth according
to Mrs. Paul N. Guthrie, Chape!
Hill, the Orange County chairman
The meeting is open to any citizen
of Orange County or any repre
sentative of an agency or orgam
■ation whose purpose is wholly or
largely that of serving „tjie .farndy..
or more specifically, of serving
children and youth. In the Fall,
there will be a state wide White
House Conference meeting to which
county committees will be invited.
President Dwight-D Eisenhower
in his cal If or the golden annivers
ary White House Conference on
Children and Youth said:
“The rapidly changing times in
which we live, and the increasing
ly fast pace of change, make it in
cumbent on usto do everything we
can to plan ahead aiid to see that
we prepare today's children for life
in tomorrow's world." ::
March 27 through April 1, 1960
has been set for the golden anni
versary White House Conference
on Children and Youth: This will
be the sixth time in fifty years
that citizen representatives from
all states and territories will meet
to share a common concern for
advancing the welfare of children.
Governor Luther H. Hodges des
ignated the North Carolina Con
ference for Social Service as the
state coordinating agency for the
conference. Dean Mereb F,. Moss
man, Woman’s College, UNC, is the
chairman. In the first bulletin to
county chairmen, Doan Mossman
says, “If this White House Confer
ence'is to achieve any measure of
success,-it must start with the peo
ple themselves, their problems, and
their ^efforts to solve these prob
lems. The county, then, is the start
ing point and th» County White
House Conference Committee i.i
the nucleus for this.”
Senior Class Play Friday
Opens Commencement Season
Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in
the Hillsboro High School Audi
torium, the Senior Class will, pre
sent its annual play, “June Wed
ding," a comedy in three acts, un
der the direction of Mrs. Edgar T.
Campbell.
As usual, the play begins the
high school commencement exer
cises.
The cast is as follows:
Dandy Ferry—Kay Williams;
Mrs. Martha Perry—Mary Miller;
Linda Perry—Nancy Oakley; Clau
dia Jones—Catherine Roberts; Ru
thie Miller—Annie Laurie Black
welderT Mrs. Lucia - Gavin—Mary
Lou Jarrett; Mrs. Millie Henshaw
—Louise Riley; Beverly Gavin—
Judy Graham; Gladys, the maid—
Hilda Settlemyre; Alan Perry—Har
vey Reinhardt; Gordon Gavin—
I Wayne Roberts; Billy Bridges—
i Tommy Adkins; Art Coleman—
Philip Dodson; Dutch Whyte—Ken
ineth Cook and Prof. Roderick Ga
vin—J. W. Dickey.
Following are the committees
working on the play: Scenery—Ray
Barnes, chairman. Joe Crawford.
Advertising — Eugene Kennedy,
chairman, Agnes Scarlett and Cecil
Davis; Make-Up—Hilda Settlemyre,
chairman and Judy Graham.
Stage Manager—Charles Mincey;
Announcer—Sallv Kenyon and Pi
anist—Gene Nordan.
Marshals of the Hillsboro School
this year arer Nicky -Kenyon, chief
and Linda Efland, chief; Harry
Uoyd, Clarene Roberson, Dupre
Jones, Nancy Roberts, Evelyn
Lloyd. Lynda Brewer, Jan Ward
King and Linda Terrell. •]
Locusts Are Back
In White Cross Area
After a period of about 13 years
the peace and quiet in the White
Cross Community has been broken
by the hum and buzz of a red-eyed
insect which most people call a
locust *
There are many thousands, even
millions of these buzzing creatures
in the vicinity of the M. R. Mc
Girt home between White Cross
and Dodsons Cross Roads. You may
drive along the road for several
miles and stop the car and hear
the whirring “buzz-saw" .noise of.
these insects. The insects (only the
male makes the noise) have their
sound-producing organs, a kind of
“drum”, on each side of the base
of the abdomen.
This year’s “crop” of locusts
(cicadas), by means of a saw like
appendage, will lay eggs in the
twigs of,trees. The nymphs, upon
hatching, will drop to the ground
and bury themselves. They feed, in
that stage, by sucking juices from
the roots of forest and fruit trees,
and finally change into the pupae
In the latter stage, after 13 years,
they crawl from the ground, clutch
hold of a suitable leaf or limb and
emerge as full-f ledge cicadas
There are varieties of cicadas
which appear each year, but in
relatively small numbers.
jlnsofar as it can be learned at
this time, no serious damage has
been done to trees or shrubs.
Plans For Golf Course
Being Formulated Here
A strong movement to establish
a country club and 9-hole golf
course in the .Hiltsboro area is well
into the advanced planning stage,
School Census
Is Underway
In All Units
A general census of all persons
in the area embraced by the
Orange County Schools Administra
tive unit of all ages below 21 years
is now underway.
Census cards for compilation of
family data and letters seeking pa
rental cooperation have gone out to
the individual schools from the
Ccunty Superintendent’s office this
week. Various methods will be used
by individual schools to assure that
the data is complete.
The explanatory letter from Super-}
intendent G. P. Carr to be-sent all
parents is as follows:
"At itS regular meeting on Mon
day, May 4. the Orange County
Board of Education asked that a
census be taken of all persons in
the Orange County Unit between
birth and 21 years of age.
‘‘This census Ls being requested
at this time to bring up-to-date our
record of pre-school students and
students who have dropped out of
school but are still of school age.
This information will be useful for
future planning.
... "One card is to be used for each
family. Where .theile are children
in both elementary and high school,
separate cards should be made;
one for the fiigh school children in
the family and one for the elemen
tary school children in the family.
“Will you please help us make
this census complete and accurate
by filling out a card for your family
for each school which your children
attend. Please also get cards filled
out by your neighbors who have
children if they do not have chil
dren in school. ..
"By helping with this census,
you will help us assure your chil
dren adequate schools. We appre
ciate your help very much.
it was revealed publicly this week.
Several interested citizens of the
community have been busy con
tacting potential members and ob
taining reactions for several weeks.
Two weeks ago, a representative
of the National Golf Foundation,
Hary Eckhoff, met with some dozen
or 15 community leaders at a sup
per meeting at Colonial Inn in the
interest of such an organization.
This was in the nature of a fact
j finding session, with the visitor
supplying information on various
aspects of the program and evaluat
ing the suitability of one potential
site for the course.
Mr and Mrs. Sam Kirkland have
agreed tentatively to make avail
able for .lease or sale up to 52
| acres in a tract on the Kirkland's
Aymount Estate which was do
I scribed by Eckhoff as an “excel
lent natural site" which would re
quire a minimum of work to bring
I into shape for use.
| Another site is also being Con
| sidered by the group making the
\ preliminary organizational survey.
No definite plans have yet been
made, all activities thus far being
! exploratory. However, if feasibility’
is* established a formal organiza
■ .......
. tion will be set up.
Named as a preliminary com
mittee to proceed with organiza
. tfonal plans at the recent meeting
-were the following: it. J. Smith Jr.,
B. F. Allison, Jack Ray, Dr. H. W.
Moore, C. Scott Cates, Ira Ward,
Marion Allison and Er~J; Hamlin.
Tobacco
Is 75%
Planted
Tobacco planting is in full swing
in Orange County and some observ
ers estimate 75 percent of the crop
will be planted by the end of the
week.
Some growers in the Cedar Grovs
area have already completed the
planting operation.
Assistant County Agent E. P.
Barnes said planting this year Is a
week or 10 days ahead of lid
year’s time table.
The showers yesterday, however,
were badly needed and should prove
of great benefit in getting the crop
off to a good start.
Blue mold has not held up growth
of plants in the county this year.
According to Barnes, there has
been little blue moid reported, and
generally it has been less of a fac
tor this year than normally.
Farmers are advised, however,
to continue dusting or spraying
their beds, even at this late date,
because blue mold strikes fast and
can cause extensive damage when
it hits.
According to Barnes there has
been no plant shortage in the coun
ty this year. While there have is
olated individual cases of shortage,
the general supply in the county
has been more than enough for
Musical Bill
To Feature
PTA Finale
A musical program is planned for
the last meeting of the school year
of tha Hillsboro Parents and Teach
ers Association Tuesday night be
ginning at 7:30 o'clock.
Mrs Dodson's shrth grade will
have the devotional by Billy Lloyd
and "The Lord’s Prayer by Avia
Lloyd. The class will sing, “Follow
the Gleam.” They will also give
a play, "In the Southland," a short
musical romance of the Anti-Bellum
period, by H. L.- -Bland,.- --
The characters of the play are:
Nancy Porter by Avis Lloyd; Col
onel Benjamin Porter by Don
Plummer: Richard Whitson by
Steve Neighbors; Franklin James
by Steve Johnson; Marybelle Han
-(See PTA, Page 8)
U instead Reports
Withholding Tax Defeat
Would Present Problem
By JOHN W. UMSTEAD
1 The General Assembly received
Governor Hodges' statement in re
gard to state finances on Monday
night of last week. The Governor
raised the estimate of state reve
nue formerly submitted by the sum
of sixteen million dollars, or eight
million dollars per year for each
Selected For Phi Beta Kappa
i Two from Hillsboro were among
fifty-two seniors and juniors at the
University of North Carolina in
itiated into Phi Beta Kappa, top
scholastic society, in ceremonies on
the campus Tuesday.
They are Bryan “Buck” Roberts
and Charles Frederick Floyd Rob
erts is a junior and Floyd is a
i senior.
* Those initiated who are from
Chapel Hill were: Marian Lou
Dickens Oakley, senior and John
Howard Payne Helms and Theo
dore Carlton Moore Jr., both jun
iors.
1 Chancellor Robert B. House ad
dressed a banquet held in Lenoir
Hall honoring the initiates after the
induction ceremonies. »
i
BRYAN (BUCK) ROBERTS
'. ' - A
CHARLES F. FLOYD
year of the bitnnium. This was
welcome news to the Legislators
until they began to take into con
sideration the valid request for in
creases over and above the Bud
get Commission's recommendations.
When they did this the problem of
money for necessary services still
remained since this eight million
dollars would not take care of the
services that many think are ab
solutely necessary.
The Finance Committee has not
voted on a single measure to in
crease revenue up to date, how
ever, they have before them a num
! her of Bills to raise new taxes and
provide the necessary services. It
is to be hoped that they will take
jsome action very soon which will
ishow their Appropriations Com
mittee whether or not they can
expect additional money over and
above the sixteen million dollars
available under the revised esti
mate.
Representative Blue. Chairman
of the House Finance Committee,
introduced the Witholding Tax Bill
during the week. This was discuss
ed at length in committee and
there has developed among mem
bers of the Assembly quite a lot
of opposition to the plan. Inasmuch
as this plan would raise forty
eight million dollars of the amount
recommended by the Budget Com
mission it's defeat would really
present a problem.
As the readers of the News have
already seen from the daily news
papers - the Minimum, Wage Bill
was passed by the Senate and is
now a law Ihis Bill originally was
supposed to increase the salaries
of some 70.000 persons in N. C.
(See UMSTEAD, Page 2)