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—Chapel Hill, Hillsboro, Carrboro—Betxveen and Beyond—
VOL. 69, NO. 14 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 4 24 PAGES
NO FORMAL ACTION HAS,
yet been taken, but the County
Commissioners are letting the j
V two school boards know that they
have in mind appropriating about I
$38 per pupil for the school bud
gets next year—or roughly the
same rate as the $37.73 this year.
The idea is to aid the school
hoards in the teacher hiring and
other plans for 1961-62.
THE NEAREST THING TO AN
Automat this side of Times
Square has latejy been installed
to replace the snack bar at Me
morial Hospital. There are about
a dozen different slot machines
to serve hot soup, sandwiches
light luncheon fare, all manner
of crackers and candy, and cof
fee (“push this button for dou
ble serving of cream”). One of
the most impresive mechanical
gadgets is a “dollar bill chang
er.”
YOU GOT TO MOVE FAST TO
keep up with the- legal proce
dures of the Town of Hillsboro.
At their meeting last month the
town commissioners passed a
formal ordinance calling for the
May 2 biennial town elections.
The ordinance was published in
a legal ad in this paper last
Thursday. It noted that the can
didates’ filing deadline was noon,
last Tuesday, April 4 . . . . And
two of the intervening four days
were holidays, yet ....
THE SURPLUS FOOD ALLOT
ments Orange County will soori
be distributing to the needy are
intended to provide about one
fourth the monthly food needs of
a small family. Figure conserva
tively that each parcel is worth
about $20-and this will mean that
Orange County will be passing!
out over $6,700 worth of food a j
month to the 344 presently-ap
proved applicants. —A right size- i
able bargain for the estimated j
$500 (or less) monthly cost of ad
ministering the program (This is
our own calculation—not an of
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DOUG YATES OF CHAPEL
r HilJ has had tough luck in all
three late-model races he’s been
in at Orange Speedway. He was
running fourth two laps from the
finish of the 100-miler last Sun
day when the transmission on
his ’59 Plymouth gave out. —
Still, it was as near to finishing
as he’s gotten at Hillsboro. He
was one of a number of drivers
who broke the track record for a
lap. His time: 36.25 seconds for
(he .9 mile.
THE COUNTY COMMISSION
ers are - considering asking the
Legislature to pass a local bill
prohibiting the practice of faith
healing in Orange County. Hold
up on the measure now is to get
a legal definition of the un-de
sirable type of faith healing with,
which the County is concerned.
CHAPEL HILL TOWN MAN
ager Thomas D. Rose is reported
to be recovering quite satisfac
torily at Memorial Hospital where
he’s been a patient since Mon ;
day of last week with a heart f
ailment. j
THE CHAPEL HILL-CARR
bero Merchants Association is
going to give out $20,000 in
"spring green money,” redeema
ble at member stores for 10 per
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Races for mayor, board
shaping up in Hillsboro
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Orange ex
in giving out surplus
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FIREMEN TEST EQUIPMENT - Warm iceather
brought the Chapel Hill firemen outdoors at the Glen
Lennox fire station for a check-out on equipment, uti
lizing the newly-set-up testing grounds -at the station.
Fire Chief Boone, looks on while Archie Creef
hi - •’
(right) sets the controls on a pumper truck before Ever•
eft Lloyd opens up a hydrant. In the background fire
men Marvin Morris and Robert Williams ivork on the
100-foot aerial ladder truck.