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■ Pet. Q» »10,000,000 Total...
Mange Awarded Hefty Share
M State Secondary Road Fund
jge County will get
|! or i .$52 per cent of
1000,000 allocated to
lo counties of North
|a for secondary road
Ttion this fiscal year.
L has been an addi
tllocation of $206,000
L for maintenance of sec
tads, which will bring the
Indary road money to this
[p to $425,473. This is
0,000 over last year’s ap
Jon to Orange.
L counties in the Seventh
[of the State—Alamance,
' Guilford, Orange, and
■am—will get 8.221 per
11,414,113 out of the total
, Highway officials said the $18,
000,000 allocation was distributed
on the basis of each county’s rela
tive need as determined by a com
prehensive study of all unpaved
rural secondary roads in the state.
The survey, which was conducted
during the first five months of this
year, included estimates of cost to
stabilize every road to minimum
standards and the cost to pave
these roads serving more than 50
vehicles a day.
Such costs in each county were
totaled and compared with costs
in all counties to secure a percent
age of need for each county. Al
locations were made strictly on the
percentage' of need in the county
Compared with total state-wide
need. Thus a county with one per
tool Bus Repair Work
low Being Pushed
lance work and complete
of Orange County’s 62
:ho61 buses is well under
Wechanic H. H. Strayhorn
maintenance crew, con
|f two mechanics and a
Is helper, checks every
|the busses, makes necess
rs and paints them if
It takes about four days
ling, painting and repair
Ts apparent there is little
pare in getting the buses
school opening Sept. 2.
haintenance crew starts
buses just as soon as
[recessed for the summer.
|s are cleaned and check
dually and faulty mecha
cted. The crew usually
the mptors, repairing
when necessary. Next
| wheels. They are pulled,
em checked and repair
lessary. Steering comes
[from there every part of
carefuly checked.
I the school year each bus
fcd daily by a mechanic,
Jsufe brakes, lights, etc.
ling properly. Minor re
Ihe buses are made at the
|nd major repairs at the
I Mechanic Strayhorn 1
jcial emphasis on curta
|ious damages to busses
>ed. Stopping unnecessa
ss, cut seats, emptying
uishers and first a
take cooperation of j
I with bus transportatk
.1h Carolina, 8,300 bus
I about 500,00 pupils dai
brise the biggest and b<
>chool buses anywhere
Student drivers avera
lars of age, both boys ai
Ipose the driving team.
1 County busses travel
bn 200,000 miles last yei
transporting 3518 pupils daily. Cost
of transporting a child for the en
tire year was only $18.14. Both
boy and girl student drivers are
employed in Orange County, also
;five adult drivers.
When Strayhorn took over as
chief mechanic 30 years ago, local
j school bus transportation was
.handled by 10 Ford T-Models. We
now have 62 buses, mostly Fords
land C hevrolets. Three new ones
will be added next year: He has
seen the system grow from the
old four-cylinder fleet to the most
efficient school transportation sys
tem in the nation.
Although there are two seperate
school units in Orange County,
each operating under a board of
Education and Superintendent,
there is only one system of trans
portatioh. This ’sj’srFITi, tinder
County Supervision, provides trans
portation for the students in both
units.'
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Interstate 85
Paving All Se*
Paving of a major link in the new
Interstate Highway No. 85 in Alam
ance and Orange Counties is sched
uled in the near future by the State
Highway Commission.
Bids from contractors on 30 high
way projects involving a total of
170 miles of roadwork in North Car
olina counties will be opened next
Tuesday in Raleigh The proposals
'will be reviewed by the Commission
at its meeting on the following
Tuesday in Statesville
Included in these projects is the
11.53-mile section between Highway
54 and Efland This job will include
grading and structures and con
struction of a rest area.
I® LIKES WHAT SHE SEES — Mi** North Carolina,
****••. gets • pule at tha oarly stages »f creation of er i*»
p«geant presentation formal at the home of designer u
- S*tf. The gown, of Cone Lurvel, will be modeled by M.*.
trolin* at a luncheon in bar honor given by one
* Greenabor© Country Club. Cone Mills is furnis> **9
'• winner an all-North Carolina wardrobe, •«* J*k,n» ”
* h»or of the state. Coincidentally, both Mi*. North Caro-.
designer of her pre.ent.tion gown are resident, ot
*• Mr. Self is formerly of Greensboro.
cent of the state’s need was given
one per cent of the $18,000,000
made available.
Under the allocation method,
Wilkes County, with 3.8(3 per cent
of the total need, received the
largest construction appropriation
—$608,900. Several counties re
ceived over $400,000 for secondary
construction, including Guilford,
Randolph, Ashe, and Buncombe.
Burke County came closest to
having an ‘‘average need” for new
construction with 1.01 per cent of
i the state need. Burke’s share of
the $18,000,000 was $183,400.
Allocation to the counties from
the $24,299,585 maintenance ap
propriations was based on the
number of miles of state-maintain-'
ed secondary roads in each county.
Some counties, where weather, soil,
I and other conditions bring tradi
tionally higher maintenance costs,
got additional maintenance money
[to enable engineers to maintain a
uniform level of road service in all
sections.
The Orange County paving pro
gram—one of the most ambitious
ever attempted in the County—in
cludes 10 95 miles of grading,
drainage, and paving work on sec
ondary roads during 1R59-60. In
addition there will be 2.3 miles of
grading, drainage, and base, and
8.3 miles of stabilization.
All work will be done under
supervision of County Highway
Supervisor C. I. Walters of Hills
boro by county highway forces.
Top priority for construction
has been assigned the paving of
the Estes Hills School Road off
Highway 86 near Chapel Hill, and
the Halls Mills Road from U. S.
70-A to Old Hillsboro Road.
CONTACT LENS STUDY
Dr. William T. , Kalin. Chapel
postgraduate ca&jStKme*,. MMpI
University in the theory and prac
tice of contact lenaes. The course
covers the latest developments and
techniques in the contact lens field,
including the several bifocal lens
design.
REUNION
The Cooper-Compton Clan will
hold their annual reunion at The
American Legion Hut near Pros
pect Hill. N. C. on N. C. Highway
No. 86 Sunday July 26th. All re
latives and friends are urged to
attend and bring lunch and tea.
Vote Today
On Wheat
Quota Issue
Today is an important date
for wheat growers.
It is the day eligible growers
will vote on whether or not
they want to use marketing
quotas for the 1960 wheat crop.
If quotas are approved grow
ers may market penalty tree
wheat on all the wheat they
produce within their acreage al
lotment, and also be eligible for
the full level of price support
authorized for 1960. But if grow
ers with more than IS acres of
wheat for grain have more
acres of wheat than the allot
ment calls, for, the excess
wheat will be subject to a mar
keting quota penalty. The pen
alty is set by law at 45 percent
of the parity price as of May 1,
1960.
If quotas are not approved,
maketing quota penalties will
not apply, but available price
supports will be 50% of parity,
and acreage allotments will be
in effect for the 1960 crop of
wheat. Due to thd fact that Or
ange County has less than 100
eligible voters, only one polling
place has beenn designated for
the County. Polls will be held
at the ASC Office and will be
open from 8 a m. until 6 p.m.
All eligible voters are urged to
visit the County Office on Thurs
day, July_ 23, and cast ballots
in this election.
Little League
Picnic Is Set
Here Tomorrow
Ail players, parents and fam
0***. "dSeials and workers of
the Hillsboro little League will
gather (or a picnic Friday eve
ning at 6:30 o'clock at the Ex
change CM, Park. Parent* are
-■M 4« *
caston of recognition for thane
who have worked with the
league this summer, individual
awards will be presented to the
members of the first place bail
club.
The activities will be cotn
eluded with an election of offi
cers for the I960 season. In ad
dition to the numerous individ
uals who have worked with the
league this year, 7i boys reg
istered for play.
Tomorrow's Dairymen Will Be
Using Head More, Hands Less
The dairyman of tomorrow will
be using. his head more and his
hands less; He will stop carrying
hay. silage, bedding, and milkers
to his cows; and milk and manure
from them.
And how can he do this? Guy
Parson, dairy specialist at N. C.
State College, tells how:
HAY—Store it on the ground and
let the cows eat right out of stor
age. Ground level hay storage sheds
are gradually replacing burden
some and costly overhead storage
setups. When you put the hay ov
erhead you make yourself lift
and carry each ton two extra
times.
SILAGE—Store it on the ground
and self-feed. It is being done suc
cessfully with trench and above
ground bunker silos. Writh a tower
silo, you may want to consider a
mechanical unloader that empties
into a self-feeding bunk or onto a
mechanized belt that moves the
silage to the cows. This saves you
handling each ton of silage three
times.
MILKERS—Let the cows bring
the milk to the milkers—and when
they get there, let them stand up
on a platform where you can work
the easiest. Yet. use a milking par
lor with elevated stalls.
MILK—Let pipelines carry the
milk By the pipeline putting the
milk into a bulk milk tank, instead
of a dozen cans, it will save you
handling |.each pound of milk as
many as five times. Is it necessary
to carry 40.000 pounds when a
cow give 8,000 pounds per year?
GRAIN—When possible have it
over the milking parlor in a big
bin Gravity will bring it down to
each feed manger where a meter
ing device will measure out the
correct amount for each cow. This
saves you handling each 100-pound
bag of grain at least twice.
COW—To take the greatest ad
vantage of these suggestions, your
cows should be free to move. They
should be housed loose in a pole
type loafing shed. This will save
you the work in unstanchioning
and re-stanchioning your cows
once or twice each day. Since re
search shows that cows produce
(See TOMORROW, Page S)
School Spending Up 49 Pet.
In New Budget For County
•Split VoRrOkays $ .95 Rate;
:inal Approval Set Tomorrow
On a split vote of 3 to 2, the Orange County Board of
Commissioners Monday night adopted a tax rate of gjj^cents
?r $100 valuation for the next fiscal year, including an un
precedented 49% increase in* funds allocated for schools.
The new tax of 95 cents is an increase of 13 cents over
»st year’s rate of 82 cents. A11 increase of 10 cents was added
»st year. \
Also increased at Monday night’s meeting by formal action was
e IS cents per $100 valuation supplementary school tax imposed in
ie greater Chapel Hill school district, which now includes the Carr
fcoro attendance area. The special school tax was increased to the
Jpaximum of 20 cents per $100 valuation.
I
The increases came as the result of an intense campaign for in
creased school appropriations from Chapel Hill citizens, including both
ardent school forces and leading businessmen of the community.
In approving the school section of the budget, the commissioners
thus completed the major share of work on the spending document
for the next fiscal year, because decisions on the school funds to all
practical purposes established the tax rate. Final approval is expected
to come Friday night. ' *
In the new budget, in addition to the increased school funds, one
step raises (about $10 per month) have been approved for all employees
under the classification system and two-step raises for Sheriff’s depu
ties. Previously merit system raises have been provided for welfare
workers and increases of 5% were included in the schools’ budget for
workers of that division.
• Only decisions yet remaining before final adoption of the budget
end taxing resolutions, are the increases to be given the elected of
ficials and major department heads.
All salary increases which had been requested, if granted, how
bver, affected the tax rate less than one-half cents, it was said, so
.Jjius was not a factor in the increased rate. One cent was included as
j|f start of a fund for property revaluation scheduled to come in 1964
JP" *n>e*Vchool budget 6f $779,672 includes $125,000 for a site and a
six-room addition to the Glenwood school in Chapel Hill. Of its total
budget request, however, the Chapel Hill School administrative unit
was, cut approximately $18,000 in its current expense budget and about
$2,000 in its capital outlay budget. It is the closest Chapel Hill has
come to getting its full school budget request. The budget as adopted
includes provision for issuing $56,120 in bond anticipation notes, above
the 95 cents rate, to privde the school capital outlay request.
The following allocations were included in the approved school
budget: for county current expenses $138,177, for Chapel Hill $93,101;
for county capital outlay $122,569, for Chapel Hill" capital outlay $2247
235; for debt service $201,910.
Commissioners Clarence D. Jones and Henry S. Walker voted
against approval of the 95 cents tax rate and the finally approved
budget for-schools. Walker previously had moved to set the rate at 92
cents. Following the vote, Jones said he favored the 95 cents rate if
the $56,120 could be cut. from the school budgets and the proposed
sale of bond notes be eliminated.
Jones said he did not think “we can justify the nepd for=95 cents
and the borrowing of $56,120.” - ~ r
”1 think we can cut $50,000 without any hardship,” he said.
Letters supporting the full Chapel Hill school budget requests
were noted from Grey Culbreth, W E.. Thompson, Collier Cobb, John
Foushee, Richard Jamerson, Crowell Little, B. L. Ward and George
Simpson.
George Smith of Hillsboro appeared in behalf of increased ap
! propriations for the Sheriff’s department, calling it “a shame and a
1 disgrace” that county officers receive such small pay in comparison
I to similar jobs in nearby counties.
Hall Going To Mt. Airy . . .
Paul Cook Resigns As Deputy
To Become Beer, Wine Officer
Orange County Sheriff’s De
puty W. Paul Cook has resigned
his job, effective Aug. 1, to be
come Beer and Wine Inspector for
Orange County.
He will succeed Dick Hall, who
hits been transferred by the state
to a similar post in Mt. Airy.
Cook, of Carrboro, joined the
Sheriff's Department two years
ago under the late Sheriff Odell
Clayton. Prior to that time he had
been a fireman in Chapel Hill.
The son of Mrs. Manley Snipes of
Orange Grove, he is married sad
now lives in Carrboro.
His resignation will leave Sheriff
Buck Knight with only five de
puties out of his normal quote,of
seven. The two new men are ex
pected to he hired in the near
future, he said. One will replace
Cook and the other, Sheriff Knight
himself, since no replacement was
hired for him when he teak over
the Department on the death of
Sheriff Clayton last winter.
Father Of Five Succumbs
To Auto Exhaust Fumes
Exhaust pipe fumes from his auto
mobile snuffed out the life of Dan
iel Wesley Hill, 29, of Old Highway
06 south of Hillsboro, early last
Saturday evening.
The coroner's verdict in the case
was that the death was a suicide.
The victim was found in his Ford
auto, with the motor running, about
8 p.m. Saturday, by his father-in
law, H. A. Scarlette of Hillsboro.
It was reported to Sheriff Bucjt
Knight that Hill had recently lost
his job and had gone to Chapel Hill
and Carr,boro last Saturday looking
for new employment. His family—a
wife and five young children—had
gone to have supper with her pa
rents in Hillsboro. They left a note
for Hill to come and join them after
he got back.
Law enforcement officers said’
that Hill had driven his auto into
a garage shed, extended a rubber
hose from the exhaust pipe into the
t'unk, and left the motor running.
The fumes quickly seeped from the
trunk through a makeshift fiber
back seat shelf in which holes had
previously been drilled.
Beside him on the front seat qf
the car was a Pepsi Cola, cigar
ettes, and a 22 pistol.
Funerad services were held Mon
day afternoon at the Carrbofo Baj>
tist Church conducted by the Rev.
G. V. Vaughn and the Rev. Henry
Stokes, Church Pastor. Burial in
Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro fol
lowed.
Pallbearers were A. C. Poe,
James Jones, Larry Riggabee,
James Yates, OLlie Clark, and Bert
Williams.
Surviving "are his wife, the former
Ada Jane Scarlette; three daugh
ters, Barbara. Anita, and Judie;
two sons, Daniel and William; his
mother. Mrs. W. H. HH! of Carr
boro, three sisters, Mrs. Walter
Clark Jr.. Mrs. Lindley Zachary
and Miss Eva Mae Hill all of Carr
boro; two brothers, William Collier
Hill of Akron, Ohio, and Vernon I.
Hill, Greenwood, S. C.
Leaf Support Rates For 1959
Are Higher Than Last Year
The support rate for the 1959
crop of flue-cured tobacco was set
at 55.5 cents a pound Friday by
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture. This is an increase pf .9 of
.&. cent over the support rate; for
1958.
In .issuing the support rate, the
Department estimated the flue-cur
ed crop at 1.082,000,000 pounds,
with North Carolina’s share slight
ly smaller. The chief decrease is
expected in the huge Eastern Belt
which produces about half of the
Tar Heel leaf. Drought conditions
over the state during June and the
early part of July is expected to re
duce the poundage as much as 150
pounds an acre on the average
SCHOOLS TO BE BIG SPENDERS—School administrator* of
Orange County will have the responsibility of spending almost half
again more during 1959-60 than we* appropriated in their budgets
| last year. Above—some of the key men who'll be charged with these
duties—are Chapel Hill School Board members being sworn in to
their jobs by local Recorder's Judge William S. Stewart. Taking
oaths are Board Chairman, Grey Culbreth (left), Superintendent
Joseph Johnston, and (right) the Rev. J. R. Manley.
.The price support average is 90
per cent of parity as of July 1. As
in recent years, it will not apply'
to Coker 139, Coker 140, and Dixie
Blight 244, so-called “blacklisted
Varieties” which have been dis
counted to 'one-half the‘''suppdrf'"'“~"
rates for comparable grades of oth
er varieties.
I-ast year North Carolina's flue
cured leaf brought an average of
58 2 cents per pound or about 94
per cent of parity. Tobacco special
ists predict that this year’s crop
will average 58 to 60 cents a
pound.
Woman Dies
When Struck
By Train Here
Mrs Vella Rosenbaum, 37, o!
West Hillsboro was killed by a
train Saturday morning around 10
o'clock while crossing the tracks. B
It is reported Mrs. Rosenbaum
had left her two children ages 8
and 10 at the home of the Rev.
and Mrs W. S. Williamson while
she carried lunch to a lady work- ——
ing at a mill located on the other
side—of-the track.
Allen Walker, coroner, ruled the
death accidental.
Mrs. Rasenbaum has been a
resident of Hillsboro for about a
>tar coming here from Richmond
Co
Funeral services were conducted
here Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock from the Church of God
by the Rev. W. S. Williamson.
Graveside services and burial
were held at 3 pjm: at Morin*
Cemetery near Wadesboro.
Surviving are her husband. John
C Rosenbaum, a daughter. Bar
bara, and a son, Harvey, all of
Hillsboro, and a ^brother, Joe R.
Watkins of Washington, D. C,