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Oranfl* Co«m*T f up with Hi* now* gytr tho county fcy thE NEWS •» Coo"** HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL chool Board Votes Closing )f Murphy School Next Year ioard of Education Monday , dose the Murphy School, teacher elementary school, erK| of this year and as pupils and teachers to the n Park school in Hillsboro, , new wing will be opening ill. nt pupil membership of the js 79, according to Super ,t G. P. Carr, who explained "the primary interest" of the Board of Education in the matter was "to provide better learning opportunities for children of the Murphy School area." J Opinion in* the community ap parently is sharply divided on the question of continued operation Some 25 or 30 students who live in the district attend school in Dur ham or Durham county and are transported by their parents. About 10 attend Cameron Park by spe cial request of the parents who pro vide their own transportation. All of these parents are unwilling for their children to go to Murphy, it is said. Controversy over the operation of the Murphy school has existed for years, many parents expressing dissatisfaction over the quality of DAIRY PRINCESS Jamie Monk of Hurdle Mills, above, with her bouquet of roses follow* ing her coronation this week here. At left, with runners-up in the contest who were her follow students at Aycock, she poses with Carol Pitt ard, left, and Barbara Parker, riqht. Below, County Accountant Sam Gattis, one of the judges, appears pleased with his coronation duties. K : / * jk J.. . -V 'V * ' '• * t:a :W' hool Board Approves w $462,682 Budget Board of Education ap the annual budget request 62,682.25 spending docu >ols Monday and presented ailing for an overfall rn if $15% for the next fiscal the Board of Commission i the first hearing held by imissioners as they begin a f such hearings leading to al approval of a budget *t month. minty school budget which 1 for -the first time to bring richment to the curriculum appropriations to be used fhing funds for obtaining money shows an overall in f $63,562, of which $32,880 ncreased debt service for n school buildings built the county and in Chapel e current expense section expenditures of $138,177, 137, and $122,569 for capi •y> up $9,519. Most of the s in current expenses are >ted by maintenance and n of the new school build ich have about doubled- in me in the past eight years. ier actions, the board of ^ to assign Orange Coun ts going to sch<H>l in Cas ^ to Orange, nbtify par the Caswell board; and, 11, if Caswell enrolls stu '“>g in Orange, get a court ng order directing them w Sharon's ■becoming Is Sunday H Homecomihg Day will be at New Sharon Methodist Sunday, June 7. _ School will begin as usual and the Worship service ow at ll am., wi$h the nar H. Sdunity, pastor, de the sermon. The church 11 bring special music for An -ilem of unusual inter 1* a sole toy Mrs. Bobby a former member, who, Parlier, will be home for not to enroll such students. Accepted the new Central School building from the contractors sub ject to a final check by the archi tect and the State department. Continued the same student in surance contract for another year. ■ Approved-the -following-teachers to operate the Driver Training program for tlfe summer: Glenn Auman. Fred Claytor, G. A. Brown, Hugh Burch. A. L. Stanback and Gloria Jones. Miss Brown Gets Meredith Math Award Miss Henrietta Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Brown and a rising Sophomore at Meredith College, received the Mathematics Award at the annual Awards Night, which is a part of the Meredith Commencement Program. This award, given by the Chemi cal- Rubber i’uhds.hmg. Company, is given each year in 750 colleges and universities in the United States to the most' outstanding freshman •mathematics student in each school. One of the most outstanding mem bers of her class. Henrietta is on the Dean s List and has been se lected to serve as a Freshman Counselor for next year. HENRIETTA BROWN County Dairy Princess Is Jamie Monk Miss Jamie Monk, a senior and valedictorian of her class at Aycock High School, was chosen Orange County Dairy Princess last Thurs day afternoon in competition staged at the courthouse by the Home Demonstration department. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Jim “Monk of Hurdle Mills, Routrr She will reign during the month of June in observance of June Di ary Month activities and compete in a district contest leading to state wide competition thus afternoon at the Alamance 'Country''Club in Bur lington. '* Other contestants were Barbara Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Parker, Hurdle Mills Route 1. Carol Pittard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pittard tff Cedar Grove, Sally Kenyon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Van Kenyon of Hills boro Route 2, Libby Smith, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R, J. Smith. Hurdle Mills, Route 1, and Louise Riley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Riley. Hurdle Mill-. Route 1. Last year’s Diary Princess, who -won- out in District Competition, was Sandra Wrenn, also an Aycock senior. CHANGE OF MEETING The American Legion Post No. 85 meeting night has been changed from the first Tuesday night in each month to the first Thursday of each month. — The first meeting of the changed date will be held tonight at 8 o clock. The annual election of offi cers will be held. All members are urged to attend and vote. instruction and other factors, some of a social nature. Carr said the question of money entered the decision also, pointing out the average per pupil cost is much higher in a smaller than it is in a larger school. The Murphy school is 30 years old, also, needs a new heating plant, and generally is costly to maintain. Commissioners Call Election At White Cross The Board of Commissioners, act ing on requests from the Orange County and Chapel Hill school hoards, Monday; formally called an election in the White Cross school district on the question of joining the Chapel Hill school system. The election will take place on Tuesday August 11 at the regular precinct polling place. Thomas Y. Teer was appointed registrar, Mrs. Jeannette Blair and Edmund Strowd judges. A new registration is re quired. The issue has been hanging fire since the defeat of a similar pro | posal Jast year, following which an agreement was made to hold an other vote as soon as legally pos sible in exchange for a non-tuition agreement with the Chapel Hill ad ministrative unit. In other actions: The commissioners accepted the resignation of A. H. Graham as as sistant Judge of Recorders Court. Mr. Graham agreed to serve during the absence of Judge L. J. Phipps while he was securing eye treat wen*. • M Appointed Commissioner Donald McDade to a three year term; as a member of the County Welfare Board, succeeding Commissioner Henry Walker. Heard a request from Dr.; O. D. Garvin, health officer, that Dog Warden Cashe Boggs be given “some relief’ in handling dbg com plaints in the Chape! Hill City Lim its Dr. Garvin reported Chapel Hill police refer.—all dog complaints, however minor, to Boggs, whereas General Statute 106-382 provides that towns of over 5,000 population shall provide their own dog pro gram. The commissioner# directed that-City Manager Tom Rose and Chief W. D. Blake be advised of the Board’s sentiment that Chapel Hill should provide its own Dog Warden Service except in cases of emergency. Heard a report from the Orange County Historical Museum commit tee, Mrs, C, D. Jones chairman, on ; museum progress and toured the ! premises. Mrs. Jones reported re ceipts of $1.410 40 from public and I private funds since 1957 and ex penditures of$ .1,227.36. Needs to talling $480 cited in a section of the report entitled "Needs, Wishes and Goals." Approved a resolution "official ly endorsing legislation" designating Highway 15-501 through Orange ; County the "Jefferson Pavis Na tional Highway.” The highway has been so designated for decades but official legislation has not been passed. Heard a report from Marion Wal ker of Highway 57 that dogs had killed 24 lambs and referred the matter to the Dog Warden. Received and passed on petitions for road improvements for Old Bar racks Road in West Hillsboro and Milton Street in Chapel Hill town ship. ABC Store Opens Friday The ABC store for th>- Chapel pill area. Orange County's second since the approval of the voters last February, will open for busi ness Friday morning at M o’clock. The store, located in the pro poned new shopping center near the beginning of the Chapel HUI by-pass. Highways 15-501, is just now being completed as the first building In the center. The Coun ty ABC board will be present for the opening but no ceremonies j will be held. Harold Walters, manager, and Donald Fause, assistant, have been employed at the Hillsboro store since its opening. O. R. Yeager and William Tolliver are the other employees. Jule Long of Cedar Grove has been named a new employee at the Hillsboro store. Honor Students Are Reveqled ' y \ ‘ - . j - I -.wb' For Three County High Schools ' ** • , ~ 1 J Betty James Monk Jacqueline Faye Talley Marjoria Gattis Lavi M. Carso i Fay* Wabater Ray Barnas School Exercises Tomorrow Night JOHN HARDEN . . . commencement speaker ... Little League Baseball Play Starts Monday Play will begin for the Hills boro Little League next Monday | evening at the high school athletic field with the first of two games getting under way at 6:30 o’clock. \ The second game is scheduled to start at 8:00 o’clock. •, Hie 1959 plans were begun at a meeting of parents recently held at Cameron Park School. Officers (or the 1959 season elected at the meeting were: C. H. Reckard, President: Joe Rosemond, Vice President; E. W. Cole, Jr., Secre tary-Treasurer. The league Board of Directors will consist of these officers, one representative from each of the four teams, and the 1958 officers, Ira Ward and Tom my Leonard. Managers for the ball clubs will be: Cardinals—Joe Murray and Harry Lloyd; Braves— Bobby Clayton and Alton Williams; Yankees — Frank Frederick and Kay Winecoff; Tigers—George Al lison and Kenneth Roberts. Games will be played on Monday and Friday nights with the season running for a total of six weeks. There will be no charge to watch th? Little League in action, and the public is urged to come out and to give these young players enthusiastic support. | Commencement exercises at Hills I boro High School will be tomorrow night at 8 o'clock with John Harden of Greensboro, well known North Carolina author and political lead er, bringing the address. Special music will be presented by the Rev. S. T. Kimbrough, pas tor of the' Hillsboro Methodist Church, who will sing, "I Love Life.” Mrs. Harry L. Brown, pian ist. The Salutatory and Valedictory will be deliveied. Mrs. Frank Hay 'will present the seniors with -ffibies and Ross Porter will give them their diplomas. Senior class officers are: Rhy Barnes, president; Kaye Williams, vice-president: Sally Kenyon, sec retary pd Nancy Oakley, treasurer. Marshals are: Nicky Kenyon. Chlfefr Linda Lfland, Chief; Evelyn' Lloyd, Harry Lloyd, Lynda Brewer. Clarence Roberson, Dupre Jones, Janice King, Nancy Roberts, and Linda Terrell Commencement Committee men under the direction of Mrs. Scott Cates are: Nancy Oakley, chair man, Mary Lou Jarrett, Joe Dickey. Louise Riley and Libby Smith. ( lass Night-—~ Tonight at 8 o’clock Hillsboro School will hold Class night in the (See GRADUATION, Page 6) Public Hearing On “Single Shot" Vote Bill Set For Friday A public hearing will be held before the Senate Elections com mittee in Raleigh tomorrow on Rep. John l instead'* action plac ing Orange County under a state wide bill which would outlaw “sin-j gle shot" voting in local elections. Intent of the bill is to prohibit persons from voting for one can didate in elections in which there are multiple scats at stake. Votes cast for a single candidate in such cases would he thrown out under the law. The action placing Orange Coun ty under the act has brought sharp criticism from a number of persons in Chapel Hill and Hills boro and a si/eable delegation in opposition to Senate confirmation of the House action is expected to appear at the hearing Friday morning at 9 I® a.m. in the Agri cnlture Buiniing at the tapiioL. Room 351. Honor students of tl * three Orange County Schools wil addresses tomorrov night mencement exerciies in tieir re deliver in com Aycock spective schools, Hillsboro and Central. They are: Faye Webster ind Ray Barnes, Valedictorian and 1 Saluta torian at Hillsboro High;! Betty James Monk, Vdodictoriai, and Jacqueline Faye Talley, Sa utator ian at Aycock High Schorl; and Marjorie Gattis, Valedictori; n, and Levi M. Carson Salutator an, at Central High School. Miss Webster is the daugiter of Mr.- and Mrs. Henry Webster of Rt. 2. M e b a n e. Faye has be^n out standing in her studies during her four years. She won the World ace Speech contest winning a lo New York and the United Nations. She was president of the Freshmen class. President of .J^atin Club second year and Librarian this year. Barnes i.s the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kd Barnes of St. Mary's Road. He has been active during his four years as president of his class in sophomore, junior and senior years. He has played basketball, football and baseball for lour years. He has accepted an athl&ic scholarship to (See HONOR STUDENTS, Page 4) Mayor Gives Endorsement To Proposal Delegations representing the Hillsboro Garden Club and the Hillsboro Merchants As sociation Tuesday night asked the Town Board to appoint a “Planning Board” for thecom munity to assist the commiss ioners in making long-range plans. Such a board, said Mrs. Fred Cates Jr., president of the Garden Club, would have no authority, but would be purely advisory to the Town Board. “The community needs a planning board," she said, “to stu dy local problems and make long range plans and recommendations for the future. Her views were supported by Mrs. C. D. Jones. Such problems as zoning, park ing, and town limits extension were mentioned as within the purview of such a board. Ira Ward, president of the Mer chants Association, endorsed the proposal heartily, pointing out that the idea behind such a board was to “help and supplement" the pro gram of the Tee Commissioners, and not to "hinder and interfere.” He saw the planning board func tion as one to help in selling ideas and worthwhile programs to the cit izens.J. L. Brown Jr. and H. <J. Coleman Jr. accompanied Ward from the Merchants group and add ed their gsriorsement. Mayor Jfctjfton said he also real ized tftatS'rplantau board “» HKS—Vhfng need’^’bad proiMstd action by the Board on tfm-paa* ffosal before'the next meeting The town Board of Commission ers, with two new members, was sworn in Monday. They adopted a tentative tax rate .of 75 cents per $100 valuation for the next fiscal year, the same as it has been since 1054. and took under advisement a tentative budget reflecting little change from the previous year. New members are Frank H. Walker and Herman H Strayhorn. Anne Hawkins And Harry Lloyd Selected For Girl/, Boys' State Anne I). Ilawkjhs and Harry W. Lloyd, rising Seniors at Hillsboro High School hard been selected to allege! Girls KfcaiBoys State. They wu 11/be Sponsored by the American Legioft and American Legion Auxiliary of Schley Post 452. Girls Stale will be held the week of June 21 27 at The Woman's Col li pe in Greensboro and Bovs State will be held June 14-20 at Chapel Hill. Anne is the daughter ol Mr and Mrs. C. „D. Hawkins of Hillsboro. She. is a member of the Future Teachers Club and has been a high si hool teacher in Special Fxluca tion class i this Ls a class for men tally retarded children i for two r ears. Anne was a member <>t Latin Club and Junior Classical League. She was the winner of Division 3, \merican Legion Oratorical Con test and is at present teaching a junior girls’ Sunday School Class. Harry is the son of Mr and Mrs. tV Lacy Lloyd ol Hillsboro He is i member of the Beta and Science Chibs, assistant Kditor ot Hillsboro ANNE D. HAWKINS High School newspaper, “Den Echoes," .Junior Class Marshall, member of the baseball team for three years and member of the basketball team for two years. Har ry was a team manager for Hills boro Little League baseball last summer. He is High School sports columnist.for the ‘News of Orange County ' Harry is a member of Mars Hill Baptist Church, Sunday School and Training Union, serving as recorder for Mt. Zion Baptist Association Royal Ambassadors for two years. During his scouting ac tivities he attained the rank of First, Class Scout. Candidates to Girls State and Boys State are chosen from the ris ing Senior Class and ranking in the upper third scholastically of their class Other qualities necessary are that they be mentally alert and physically fit, enthusiastic and co operative. honest and dependable, capable of developing qualities of leadership, aware of the opportun ities of Girls State and Boys State, and personally concerned to im prove the ability of their citizenship. HARRY W. LLOYD-”
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