of orange county
—Chapel Hilly Hillsboro, Carrboro—Between and Beyond—
VOL. 69 NO. 9
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1961
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THE HURRICANE - FORCE
gusts of early last Saturday aft
ernoon caused damage in vari
ous places around the county.
Among places hit were Maultsby
Perry Tire Co., Carrboro, where
a large window was broken; and
a number of housai. along Gold
ston Ave. in Carrboro where
shingles were blown on. Mrs. Ed
Lanier, walking on a downtown
street in Durham, narrowly es
caped serious injury when she
-was blown down.
T TWO POLICEMEN HAD
quite a time. Monday afternoon
breaking open the safe which
burglars stole from Long Mea
dow Farms’ Dairy Bar last Fri
day. The robbers gave up their
effort after beating up the strong
box. Police Chief W. D. Blake
and Sgt. W- F. Hester were lit
tle better as yeggmen, but final
ly got it open after 45 minutes
work. The $200 contents of the
damaged box had to be removed
and the combination lock had
been damaged beyond repair.
"I SUGGEST YOU FIND
yourself a $25 mule." This was
c as he revoked a de
dfiver’s license for five
BOOTLEGGERS ARE AS CLOSE
to being tile vanishing Orange
Countians this month as they
probably have ever been. The Or
ange . County ABC enforcement
staff has been unable to make a
single arrest or capture a drop
of whiskey despite having put in
what Chief Burch Compton terms
their “hardest month of working
and watching.”
DISCUSSING THE STATE DE
partment of Labor’s apprentice
ship program, in one of his many
local asides during his speech
here Tuesday night, Commission
er Frank Crane noted another
Hillsboro “first.” He said John
Berry, pioneer Hillsboro builder
who designed several of the com
munity’s now historic structures,
was the first man who ever un
dertook to put up a complete
building with brick.
REDBOOK MAGAZINE'S
March issue mentions Chapel Hill
in an article about a northern
family’s vacation in North Caro
lina. “We took a day out to visit
the close triangle of university
towns—Raleigh, Durham, and
ChapdktfHilL” the article said.
'Thejjprdens and Gothic perfec
tion of Duke, the grace of the
University of North Carolina’s
red brick and the contemporary
sparkle of the State College pro
vide sharp contrasts, but togeth
er they seemed to us to embody
the best of the New South ”
JEFF THOMAS AWARD RECIPIENT - Former UNC basketball star .Ray
Stanley, now living in Chapel Hill and working in public accounting, was pre
sented the Jeff Thomas Memorial Award as Carolina’s outstanding athlete last
year, according to vote of the Tar Heel coaches. He s seen above with Coach
Frank McGuire during the half-time presentation ceremonies at the Tuesday eve
ning benefit game at Woollen Gym in which the Carolina all-stars defeated Len
nie Rosenbluth’s squad of Rosie’s All-Stars, on which Stanley plays. A memorial
to the late Chapel Hill soda shop operator who was an ardent sports fan,, the tro
phy was presented by Whid Powell. _News Photo
Grand jury exonerates guard
again in prisoners death^