of orange county
—Chapel Jtiill, Hillsboro', Cnrrboro—Between and Beyond—
VOL. 67 NO. 43
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, I960
24 PAGES
Party patriarch, matriarch...
IN THE HEART-WARMING
■words of a positive thinker, 97
year-old Mrs. Jenny Jordan Mc
Dade said she wanted a copy of
the photo of her on this page so
she’d “have something to look at
for years to come.’’
FOUR-YEAR-OLD PHIL ASH
ley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Ashley Jr„ of Highway 86 north of
Hillsboro, came back home yes
terday morning shortly after five
deputies and some neighbors
started looking for him. Old deg
Kate was with him and both were
wet up to their knees. Phil said
Kate walked through the branch,
so he did, too!
AND
PINK
cheeked, flaxen-haired three-year
okl moppet was picked up by her
father at the Chapel Hill Police
Station Tuesday night. Wiley Bak
er of rural: Wake County had
gone to notify authorities that his
daughter was- missing when they
told him to come get her in Chap
el Hill. UNC students saw the
girl shortly before 7 p.m. with
Baker’s brother-in-law,- James
, Haley, who’d passed out in front
of Battle Dormitory. Haley was
too far gone to make any sense.
Tender words from the police and
a couple of Pepsis kept the jeans
clad girl silently content until she
fell asleep waiting for her daddy.
Haley, who lives with the Baker
family, was turned back to them,
too.
irS OVERSHADOWED BY NA
tional and state interest, but
there’s 9 contest on for Chapel
Hill Township Constable. Incum
bent Vernon Burch and Marshall
Duncan are both seeking the of
fice via write-in. Voters in the
eight precincts of Chapel Hill
Township will get a blank ballot
on which they can write in their
choice. And id Bingham Town
ship the word is out that Demo
cratic wheelhorse Hugh Wilson,
that graaddaddy of all candidates,
has bowed to the will of the peo
ple and will . accept the job of
Township cohstable, also via
write-in vote, if elected.
ONE OF ’EM WAS BOUND TO
turn up sooner or later: Saw a
wee car yesterday with a hand
drawn sign affixed to the back
panel, “N. C. Republicans for
Kennedy.”
UNC DEBATING TEAM COACH
Dr. Donald - K. Springer declares
that a fifth Keanedy-Nixon TV
debate would be “repetitive” and
is not in order because the issues
have been covered. Speaking pro
feiljfeially as a debate critic and
not as a Democrat (which he hap
pens to be), Mr. Springer said he
felt Kennedy gained an edge in
the debates through his “mare
forceful, enthusiastic delivery”
and because of his “better TV
personality and appearSiice.”
AND TRUE TO THE SPIRIT
of bridge buffs the world bver
was a quartet seated on the stad
ium floor long before Adlai’s
speech. They didn’t lose a trick
in tyieir second rubber as the
speaker paraded into the audi
torium at the head of a shouting
column of supporters. —Never
paused a single play for the pre
liminaries. But the game did
break up when the band played
the Star Spangled Banner.
NONA GENA RIA NS HONORED BY DEMO
CRATS—Mrs. Jenny Jordan McDade of Tolar's Pre
cinct in Cedar Grove, at the age of 97, was cited as the
oldest active Democrat in the Sixth District at the par
ty's rally in Burlington last week. She’s seen above with
v U. S. House of Representatives Speaker Sam Rayburn,
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Congressman Carl Durham, and Thomas Lloyd, 92, of
Orange Grove, the County’s oldest male Democrat.
Though confined to a wheel chair, 'Aunt Jenny’ prom
ised she’d be at the polls Nov. 8 to maintain her perfect
record of Democratic party support. News Photo
Water-based sewer rates are proposed;
recreation planning group is appointed
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