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■ f r MRS. COY W. LONG OF HILLS boro, Route Two, has been an nounced as a first (dace winner in the cherry preserves competi tion at the N. C. State Fair at Raleigh this week. She also cap tured one second-place rjbbon. • ' ' . , . , T THE SHRUNKEN HEAD USED by “Bloody Mary” m the Play makers forthcoming production of “South Pacific” is really mis cast in the show, according to UNC anthropologist T Joffre Coe. Scriptwriters Hammerstein and Joshua Logan, in calling for a shrunken bead as part of Bloody Mary’s trappings, overlooked the extreme unlikeliness of his species being found in Bali Ha’i. Coe notes that the he&d-shrinking bus iness has lQpg been confuted to the Upper Amazon regions of Souuth America and die Jivaro Indians. ST. MARY’JS COMMUNITY IS the first to reach and exceed its quota in the campaign to rata* ♦3,500 in this county in the State 4-H Foundation Fund drive. Chairman Henry S. Walker Mon day turned in $357 and expressed his appreciation to those who had helped in the community. St. Mary’s quota was $250, one of 11 community quotas assigned in j this county. * CLYDE BALL, AN ASSISTANT director of the Institute of Gov ernment will address a general meeting of die Chapel HiH League of Women Voters, to whidi the public is invited, next Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the UNC Library As sembly room. His subject, “the Judicial System of North Caro lina.” WHO BOUGHT THE $50 A plate tickets to dine with Harry Truman in Raleigh tonight. Coun ty Democratic Chairman Jim Phipps said last week there were plenty of takers for the six du cats available to Orange. But as of yesterday the names of the partisan gourmets couldn’t be ob tained. RESCUERS HAD TO USE A chisel to chop through the metal ' body of a tree service truck and extricate two men trapped in the bade of it when the vehicle’s brakes failed going down the steep curve of Roosevelt Ave. on Mon day: The driver chose to plough the truck into a steep bank on the left side of the road, rather than risk turning over farther down the sharp-dropping slope. Circulation Today 7,061 99 PCT. DISTRIBUTED IN ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY GETS MILLIONTH BOOR - Frank B. Hanes (left) of Winston-Salem, University Librarian Jerrold Ome, and Chancellor William B. Aycock (right), are seen immediately following the Univier sity Day rites in Memorial Hospital yesterday at which the one millionth volume, which they are holding was _ presented to the 'Library by Mr. Hanes. Election Questions... < ■ - -X • Here are the answers to questions most frequently asked of Orange County elections officials during the last few days? ; -• AM I ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE NOV. 8 GENERAL ELECTION? —The easiest answer is, “You are eligible to Vote in the general election if you were eligible to vote in eith er the Republican or Democratic primaries last spring and have not since moved to a new precinct. WHEN MAY NEW VOTERS REGISTER, AND VOTERS CHANGE PRECINCTS? On the next three Saturdays, Oct. 15 (this Saturday), Oct. 22, and Oct. 29, in each of the 21 precinct poling places, with the precinct registrars, from 9 a.m. to sunset. . WHAT IF I CAN T MAKE IT AT THAT TIME? You may also register at the home or place of business of the precinct registrar during the weeks between Qct. 15 and 29, 9 <*.m. to sunset. f , WHAT ARE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS? ! —Native or naturalized citizen. age 21 by Nov■ 8, m ust be literate, and One-year residency in the state and $6 days in*the precinct by Nov. 8. , . • • ' *— ' x • HOW CAN I GET AN ABSENTEE BALLOT? ‘ ; —By obtaining an* application from Elections Board Secretary Clyde Carter in Chapel Hill or Board Chair man Sam Latta in Hillsboro. •• The News will be glad to answer queries about precinct boundary lines or other questions regarding elections. —Telephone 8-444 Chapel Hill. Information is also available through Mrs. George Tindall of the Chapel Hill League of Women Voters* Phone 7-2331, or at the voter infor mation booths in downtown Chapel HiU and at Glen Lennox Shopping Center on Oct. 14, 21, 22, 28 ^ind 29.
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