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z tM county W R-.wi HILLSBORO AND CHAI>EL ftlLL, IB C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1*59 ounty Gets $10,000 tangible Tax Bonus' e County recently re $10,000 “bonus” in ts tax. imating the amount county would receive angibles tax, the oramissioners set it at at budget setting 102,047.19 came in. les tax is a State col bank deposits, accounts stocks and bonds'. Part Iney collected each year d to county and munici nments throughout the bis year the various 4 town governments in lounty received a letter State saying that intang revenue would be up percent. But the amounts even that when the received by the various ities in Orange County follows: Hillsboro $2, Chapel Hill $22,097.00; $4,185.51; and Mebane portionate portion in Or 97.39. All had estimated lid receive substantially the county received $91, returns from the state i tax. Only 18 of the 100 received more, indicating Jounty’s position insofar e wealth among the var ities is concerned, oney received by each •ntal unit will be distrib a pro rata basis to all the budgets. Distribution nade on the basis of last i rate. h case the amount going ic funds will be slightly an the estimate made by oissioners. jrge Smith's i Purchases sshire Firm •treat & Co., managed by boro partner in the firm, Smith of Mountain View has purchased the Chesh rance Agency of Hillsboro, i of a general insurance in the Cole building on St. lange is effective Septem Sieshire agency has been ! James W. Cheshire Jr. for the past several years, mat & Co. is owned by Smith of Hillsboro and H. Jr. of Richmond, Va., who combined experience of 28 the business. fr % type community picnic at the Aycock Cafeteria r at 6:30 p.m. All families 'ea are asked to attend and 1 a basket, plus tea. All ems will toe furnished by s of the Community Re Committee. A recreation all families members will be picnic. The new teach be school personnel will be ‘b at the beginning of the t. CARRBORO PARENTS APPEAL — r«.r. and Mrs. T. Lae Vickers of Carrboro, seen at a recent Chapel Hill School Board moating, have appealed the Board's refusal to assign their 10 year-old son to the white Carrboro Elementary School. A legal hearing on the matter has been set by the Board for Aug. 31. Mrs. Stack, 67 Local Native Passes Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Wil liam Stack, 67, of Greensboro, were held yesterday at the Forbis & Dick Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Stack, the former Mabel Jones of Hillsboro, died Monday. She had been ill for some time. Dr. Joseph M. Garrison, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, officiated. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Stack attended Greensboro College and the Conservatory of Music in Durham. She was a mem ber of the Greensboro Astronomy | Club. She is survived by her husband; a daughter, Mrs. James E. Marion of Decatur, Ga.; a brother, Clar ence D. Jones of Hillsboro; and sisters, Mrs. Gilbert Craig of Hills boro and Mrs. Allen Bain of Burl ington. Farmers Have 15 Days To Ask For Conservation Reserve Payment Rate Farmers of Orange County have only 15 days remaining during which they may file a request for a conservation reserve payment rate for their farm. This is the first step toward pos sible participation in the 1960 Con servation Reserve Program. Any farmers who are at all in terested in participating in this pro gram should file their request for Committee during the time left be setting a rate with the County ASC tween now and September 10,. . • which is the final day such requests may be made. _ Opening Date For Old Belt i Is Postponed A committee representing 16 of the 20 markets on the igorth Car olina-Virginia Old Belt'voted unan i imously Tuesday to delay the belt’s opening date from Sept 8 to Sept. IK). ' Fred S. Royster of Henderson, IN. managing director of the Bright Belt Warehouse Associa tion, said it was found that it would be impossible to have suf ficient buyers on the belt by Sept. 8 The delay is in line with a sim | ilar postponement for North Car olina's Middle Belt markets. The Middle opening was changed from Aug. 27 to Aug. 31. Junior Dairy Show Today ! At Speedway i The county's first Junior Dairy ! Show, with some two dozen 4-H and FFA boys and girls participating, will be held today at 1 p m. at the Oiange Speedway. Thirty-three well-groomed heifers hsu^^peen entered-in the competi tion and their will be prizes for all entrants, contributed by business interests of the county. ,J D. George, in charge of Junior Dairy work at State College, will be the judge for the event and the youths will receive instruction in the handling, fitting and grooming of their cattle. smorial Hospital At Chapel Hill >ven Years Old Next Wednesday Carolina Memorial Hospital e' will observe the sev “liversary of its opening ■ay, Sept. 2. l°spital wag opened to re gents on Sept. 2, 1952. On toe hospital o|>ened 78 beds ^ahle for patient care and 5P'tal staff numbered 215 Today the hospital has a | for some 408 patients and has grown from 215 to 950. ** Patient admitted to the ®as Mrs. John F. Bolton, of West End. At the * the first day of hospital * years ago, seven had been admitted. “More last, on the fifth aa 7 M the hospital opening, a plaque was unveiled carrying the names of 168 staff members of N. C. Memorial Hospital and the UNC School of Medicine These were the persons who had continously served the school and hospital for five years Last year an additional 100 names were added to the plaque and 70 will be added this year A buffet dinner will be held on the anniversary date at 7 p.m. in the Hospital Cafeteria honoring staff members and employees who have attained the five-year record. A three-fold program is carried out at Memorial Hospital. This pro gram consists of teaching, patient care and research Since the hos pital opened seven years ago, 343 physicians have graduated frpm the UNC School of Medicine. These men and women received their clinical training at the hospital. Also, the students of the UNC School of Nursing receive their training in the hospital. Since Memorial Hospital is owned and operated by the people of North Carolina, it is significant that pati ents have been admitted to the hospital from each of the 100 coun tie's of the state. The late Dr. Malcolm T. Mc Eachern of the American Hospital Association summed up the opin ions of many leaders in the field of medicine when he visited Me morial Hospital at its opening and said, "The new health center is an apex in service to humanity.” New Officers Are Iristnied By Schley Post Schley American Legion Post No. 452 held its regular monthly meeting Monday night and install ed the newly elected officers for 195M0. The installing officer was 1* J. Phyjps, Judge Advocate of the American Legion Department of North Carolina. Otter official American Legion guests were Les ter Foley and J. D. Dixon, Com mander and Vice-Commander of the 1st District, respectively. The new officers of Poet No. 452 are Wallace Bacon, Com mander; Everett H. Kennedy, Vice Commander; J. Frank Ray, Ad jutant and Treasurer; Aaron Frank Thompson, Sgt.-at-Arms; and Alton R. Woods, Chaplain. Com mander Bacon and Chaplain Woods were re-elected to succeed themselves. Those present heard the report of their Boys State Candidate, Harry Lloyd. After this very in teresting and educational talk about the activities of- Boy’s State regular business was conducted. After this the auxiliary served refreshments in the form of home made ice cream, i _ Five Local Men Face Charges Of Raping Girl Five Hillsboro young men are in Orange County jail without privi lege of bond on a charge of raping a 16-year-old Metoane girl. The alleged attack took place on Saturday August IS at the Cliffs in the West Hillsboro area. A prelimi nary hearing scheduled for last Monday was postponed until next Monday by Judge L. J. Phipps. Investigation and ..charges were brought by the Sheriff’s department on the basis of information supplied by Betty Lou Hodge of Mebane, the prosecuting witness. Defendants are listed as Robert Dorrity, Jack Collins, Albert Rid dle, Roger Reid and T%d Lane. Rules For Use Of Marketing Cards Cited Flue-cured tobacco farmers have several rules that must be followed in the handling and use of their to bacco marketing cards. W. M Snipes, chairman of the Orange Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation County Committee, said that all farmers should familiarize themselves with these rules and re sponsibilities in order to avoid un necesary inconvenience or penalty. “It is especially appropriate,” he said, "that*'these requirements be called to the attention of farmers at this time since the tobacco mar keting season is rapidly approach ing.” Some of the main responsibilities that rest on the farm operator, ac cording to Snipes, are as folliws: 1. The flue-cured tobacco mar i keting card must not be left in the possession of the buy er. A 2. The marketing card must be used to identify all tobacco marketed from the farm for which the card was issued. 3. The marketing card must be returned to the ASC county office when all tobacco from the farm has been marketed or when all memorandums in the card have been used. 4. All farmers must return their marketing card to the coun ty ASC office within 30 days after the close of the mar kets in their area, the marketing card, according to Snipes, enables ASC county offices to see that all farmers are treated fairly in the marketing of their to bacco under 'the acreage allotment and marketing quota program. “If all farmers will abide by their re sponsibilities in the marketing of tobacco and the use of their mar keting card, administration of the program in the county will be ex pedited,” be said. * For 4,200 students and teachers in the 10 schools of the Orange County system, school tor the 1959-60 term will open next Tuesday, September 1, rather than on September 2 as previously announced. Sirtce the date of the original announcement of the open ing date, it has been decided by the State Board of Educa tion and the Orange County Board of Education to move the date up one day, hence the change in the county system from Sept 2nd to Sept. 1st, stated G. P. Carr, county superintendent, yesterday in an announcement to the public. The earlier opening is the result of the advanced schedule of teacher employment made possible by the last legislature. The school opening schedule actually will get underway on Mon day, August 31, when countywide teachers’ meetings will be held; for the white teachers at Hillsboro High School ait 9 a m., for the Negro feathers at Central High School at 10:30 a m. Registration , Pre-school registration also will take place on Monday between the hours of 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. The first grades throughout the county will register students who are beginning this year during these hours. Parents have been advised by letter of this event. Children do not have to be present. Birth certificates and immunization records must be presented. The high schools will also register any late comers, or consider any changes in registration which may be requested by form er students at this time. ia, A child must have been born on or before October 18, 1963 to en ter school this year. Under the law principals are charged with efl^ forcing this law and there will be no deviations authorized by the county board. 1 Opening Tuesday All students will report to the schools on Tuesday morning at the regular hour, 8:45. Mr. Carr asks students |o come prepared on Tues day to pay book rentals and other fees of the schools, since this day will be set aside for the collecting of fees and other things irrelevant to teaching. This first day of enrollment will be cm a short day sched ule and schools will close at 12 o’clock. All buses will operate on the first day of school, Sept. 1. Lunch rooms, however, will not operate on Sept. 1st but will be open on Wed nesday, Sept. 2. On Wednesday every possible effort will be made to operate on a regular school day schedule. Extensive renovations and improvements have been made in the schools during the summer and t\^o new buildings, at Cameron Park *1^ Central High School, will be put into use. This year for the first time Orange County schools will be served by two or three guidance counselors. The program is being financed by the county chiefly, with some help from U. S. Defense Act funds. The counselors are assigned to the high schools and will work with grades 7 through 12. Considerable homogeneous grOu$£ng lias been done even.in the i elementary schools below grade 7 and much effort is given to group ing on an “ability” basis in grades 7 through 12. This program was promoted and encouraged by the Board of Education and lay citizen groups. Following are some of the fees: book rental fees, all high schools, $3.60; elementary supplementary readers fees, grades 1-2, 50c; grades 3-4-5, 60c; grades 6-7-8, 70c; optional student insurance, all schools except Hillsboro High. $1.50, Hillsboro High $2.00; home economics and agriculture, Aycock $2.75, Hillsboro $2, Central $2.65; other fees for instructional supplies vary by schools from 50c to $2. Schools of the Chapel Hill city system Will hold registration day on September 1 and classes begin on September 8 NEW STAMP — District Supervisor C. W. Stanford, laft. Hank Rhaw and Scott Cates of the Post Office Department examine a rep lica of the soil conservation stamp that went on sale at the Hills boro Post Office this morning. Conservation Stamp on Sale The world’s first conservation stamp want on sale at the local postoffice this morning. Printed in three colors, the stamp want on sale yesterday in Rapid City. South Dakota, at the annuel meeting of the Soil Conservation Society of America, Acting Post master Ernest Patterson said. The issuance of the stamp, points out the local postmaster, is a recog nition by a grateful nation that American farmers and ranchers, and tHfcir government, are hard at work to protect and improve, for the benefit of all, Our most valuable natural resource, the soil; The stamp portrays the beauty as well as the bounty, that modern conservation farming brings to rural living. The city skyline on the horizon signifies at the same time j that dwellers in sky scrapers also have a stake in soil conservation. The stamp will be to them a sym bol of assurance that a plentiful supply of food and other products of the land will continue to flow to the Seven-eights of our people who live in town. The stamp is a tribute to the countless farmers and ranchers who are demonstrating good soil stew ardship. It is a salute to their lo cally organized soil conservation Districts, and to the scientists, tech nicians,’* and other agricultural workers of State and Federal Gov ernment who * lend assistance. Its design contains a reminder that soil conservation is an orderly com bination of practices aAd land use that carefully relate water, grass, tres, livestock, wildlife and other crops of the land. New Lunchroom Program Planned School Punches may be higher in cost and in greater variation at Hillsboro High sAioot this year. The changes will come about as result of a new system of operation being instituted for the first time this year by Supervising Principal G. A. Brown in an effort to get more participation by students in die lunchroom program. Plans this year call for the with drawal from the Federal lunch room program, from which about 20 percent of the fundp for opera tions plus considerable contribution in surplus commodities have come in the past. This year, the students will have more choice in selection of their foods and will not have to take the planned lunch which was made available on a “take it or leave it basis” under the previous type of operation. They will be able to pay for what they get and not the stand ard fee of 30 cents, as heretofore. Costs may be higher or lower, de pending upon the child’s apetite and available funds. New dietitian and manager for the Hillsboro school cafeteria will be Mrs. Mae Umstead, Durham route 2, who succeeds Mrs. George Cannady. Mrs. Umstead says she has tiad no experience with the new type lunchroom operation. ..During the past year, according to figures recently presented to ton Board of Education, only 42.5 per cent of the average daily attend ance a* Hillsboro High School ate in the school lunchroom. The per-, centage of participation in moat schools runs much higher, some- # times up to 90 and 95 percent. Last year, with an average daily attendance of 871, the average num ber of lunches served students wan only 370. In addition a total of 5,251 lunches were served to adults. A total of 103.113 half-pints of milk were served, 97,530 of these to stu dents. •■>• ' Students paid a total of $20,290.75 for their lunches last year and adults paid $1,639.07. In addition to these amounts, the Special Milk Program of the federal government provided $1,332.28 and the National School Lunch Program of the gov ernment brought in $1,926.69. In ad dition $3,103.76 was received in sur plus commodities. All of this income from the gov ernment sources will be lost under the new program. Just how the new program wW work out, no one professes to know. But, apparently it is going to bn watched with interest by many pea pie connected with the school pi# gram. High School Band Director Robert B. Haas continued his crusade for more band .students at the school in a frank and forceful address to the Hillsboro Lions Club Tuesday night. "We need students and we need parents’ support,” he challenged after pointing out that 467 students in the Hillsboro schools in tests had shown a musical aptitude of 75 to 100 percent, indicating they are all qualified for band study._ He> noted that 63 students had scored between 97 percent and 100 percent, an exceptionally high per centage, and none had answered pleas for joining the band. "We ne£d these* potentially gifted stu dents,” he said, “and they need the band.” The band as now constituted has 24 members, who have been taking instruction during the summer, and according to Haas have made tremendous progress. He is especially interested in get* ting students in the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades enrolled to establish a continuous feeder system of qual ified band members Haas said he plans to stick with the band until it is a success. On the basis of the number found qual ified, we should easily have a band of at least 155 members, he said, as he cited the benefits to be de rived by the students and the com munity from a successful band program. “If we had one-tenth of the en thusiasm among parents that we should have, we’d have a band.” Haas concluded. Farm Census Director For Area Named Appointment of Charles 0. Brad sher of 3100 Sprunt Street, Dur ham, as a field assistant for the 1959 Census of Agriculture was announced today by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Com merce. Bradsher will direct a force of 19 crew leaders and 315 census takers in 15 counties in north cen tral North Carolina. Counties in which Bradsher will supervise the farm census this fall include: Orange, Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham. Forsyth, Gran ville, Guilford, Johnston, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and Wake. Bradsher will enter on duty on September 20 and receive several days of training which will cover administrative procedures and oth er duties and responsibilities con nected with the job. He will be responsible for recruiting the crew leaders who will enter on duty on October 26. The crew leaders will in turn recruit the census takers who will enter on duty on. November 18. Youth Week Is Remembered With Gratitude By KNOX JONES Youth Activities Week, sponsored jointly by the Hillsboro Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, is looked back upon with enthusiasm. The individual group leaders, Mrs. Harlton McKee, Roger Marsh all, Glenn Auman, and Mrs. Bill Matthews, as well as Rev. Steve Kimbrough and Bob Young, minis ter and assistant minister of the Methodist Church; are remembered with especial gratefulness and sup port. The ladies of both churches played an important part in prepar ing and serving supper each night. But perhaps those young people who attended were really responsible for the ultimate success of the week, the first of its kind in Hills boro. Their number increased from night to night, and the whole-heart ed participation of each made the various sessions meaningful for all. Each, night began with supper, followed by a sing. The young peo ple then divided into four groups according to age and went into in tensive studies that varied from group to group—from Christian per sonal living to Christian marriage. By the end of the week many wero aware that they were sharing in sn (See YOUTH WEEK, Pope 9)
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