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Hillsboro. Cc>rrbora—Between and Beyond— 47, NO. 14 • CHAPEL HILL, N. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL *7, 1940 PAGES AREA CENSUS SUPERVISORS John McLaughlin in Carrboro and Mrs. Henry Walker for northern Orange said yesterday the 41 en umerators were making good progress. in the decennial head count and hoped to have their preliminary work done after next week. They asked more coopera- j tion, however, in getting advance reports ready for the census tak ers before they arrive. TWO POTENTIALLY DISAS trous fires were averted in Chapel "Hill-Carrboro businesses yesterday. In the morniv.g firemen were called to Fitch Lumber Co. where a blaze had caught in the ceiling of the w'ocdwork shop. However employees doused it with their own hose before the trucks ar rived. Early in the afternoon an employee at Loflg Meadow had an accident “while re-fueling a gas powered mower. Flames spread around a furnace in a back room of the building, but were quickly ; extinguished. THE NOSE FOR NEWS WAS , .. ,_ »■ . i; to call Fitch Lumber Co. on Wed nesday morning. Somebody picked | up the 'phone said “Haven't got ; time to talk now,” then clicked jj off the receiver. A minute later : the Carrboro fire siren sounded. ■ Nobody needed to tell the News- > man what that alarm was for. CANDIDATE JOHN LARKINS cut a wide swath through Orange \ County this past weekend After ! the Sixth district rally in Burling- [ ton Saturday night and a Sunday with his daughter and family in Hillsboro, the candidate spent Mon day handshaking around Hillsboro and Chapel Hill; wringing some hands, two and three times. Mon day night he attended what back er Tommy Gardner of Chapel Hill described as a “very enthusias uc private Daroecue at ur. jacK Moore’s pond north of Hillsboro. Gardner said the aim of the feast was to increase Larkin’s support from among the ‘Influential” cit izens of the county. Attendance was described variously as from about a dozen to SO by some of those in attendance. After dinner he spoke to SO “Ladies For Lar kins" at Colonial Inn. FAMILY TREES AND TIES IN Orange have already been noted for gubernatorial aspirants Terry; Sanford, Malcolm Sea well, and J6tm Larkins. But we failed to call attention to Beverly Lake’s niece, Mrs. Allen Walker Jr., of Hillsboro. Dr. Lake gave her away in ber wedding. So much for the Division of Local Democratic Loy-i (More PEALINGS on Page 12) Circulation Today 7,460 0 FCT. DISTRIBUTED IN ... ORANGE COUNTY mmmeof*"1 u muju i-u u-tji Orange boys at camporee... THE SCOUTS’ BANNER — PROUDLY IT'S RAISED — Boy Scouts Arthur Gifford (loft) and Jot Blanchard of Chapol Hill's Troop 826 prepare to raise their troop flap at the entrance to I their troop campsite noer Smith Lake on the Ft. Bragg reserva tion last weekend. A total of 161 Orange Scouts attended tho OccOneechee Council camporee. News Photo + + +■+' + + + New ag building plans are presented to board See Story, Page 2 ★ ★★★★★★ ★ ★★ ★★★ Fourth Democrat/ second Republican in running for county commissioner See Story, Page 2 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★★★★★ ★★★★
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