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'Worried about disappearing landmarks . . / New Hillsborough Historical Society is formed Plans* for a projected Hills borough Historical Society, now in the process of being organized by a score of interested local citizens, were announced today by Mrs. Marvin Lockhart, mem bership .chairmdfi.: ~~rr “The idea of an historical so ciety has been simmering in Hillsboro for a long time," Mrs. - Lockhart said. “A hundred years ago historians were lamenting the fact that so many of our old land marks and (buildings were disap pearing without leaving a trace. A month ago, some; of us decided that the time bad come to pre serve what we had left. — ‘Mr. November, Dr. Christopher Crittenden of the State De partment of Archives and History introduced a resolution (unani mously passed) at the Raleigh meeting of the State Society at the Raleigh meeting of the State Society for the 'Preservation of Antiquities to the effect that thlat Society would lend all en couragement to the establishment of an historical soeiety in Hills boro. Perhaps that backing gave us just the impetus we needed.” The initial exploratory group, besides Mrs. Lockhart has con sisted of: Dr. and Mrs: Charles Blake, Edwin Lynch, Mrs. Erie G. Hill, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Murphy, Hugh Conway Browning, Mr. and Mrs. Don Matheson, Mrs. Jake Forrest, Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. John Carr, and Mrs. Alfred /dr. Engstrom. The group has held a series of informal meetings throughout February layirig the foundation work for the Society. They will meet again tomorrow night, March 2, at tifce home of Dr, and Mrs. H. W. Moore on W- Queen St. “The State Department of Archives and History has given us a considerable amount of assistance,’’ Mrs. Dockhart said. “We have now worked out a sound constitution which will allow the Society to do a very great deal for Hillsboro for many years to come. We plan to incorporate as a, legal unit in a few months and a course we are affiliating ourselves with the State Depart ment of Archives and History.” “We want to emphasize the point that this is a community venture, and that membership in the Society will be open to anyone who has an interest in Historic Hillsboro and the sur rpunding. area—and a wish to preserve it.” Mrs. Lockhart announced that -the-first public meeting of the Hillsborough Historical Society (which plans to use the spelling of the Earl of. Hillsborough’s name) will_ be held on Friday eve ning. April 6, at 8:00 p. m. in the New Courthouse. - -Four new precincts were set up in Chapel Hill Town ship and a complete re-reg istration of all voters order ed yesterday by the County Board of Elections. The new boundary lines brings the Township to a to tal of 12 precincts out of the! 25 in the County. About two-1 thirds of the iy,ooo-pIus j presently-registered-voters in the ! County are estimated to reside in Chapel Hill Township. The new registration will be held at the regular registration period for new voters prior to the May 26 Democratic party pri- j —:na,r,v. The registration -books in 1 he new 12-precinct Chapel Hill Township will open on April 28 and continue open through May 12, with registrars being in the -precinct polling places on April 28, May 5, and May 12. Anybody, j who fails to register at this time1 will not be eligible to vote in 1 •ouhty, state, national, and Chapel Hill School Board elec tions. Whether or not the Town of Chapel Hill will require a regis tration remains to be decided bv i New members sworn for grand jury duty Carl L. Sparrow was sworn iiv Monday as the new foreman of the Orange County Grand Jury as the new term began. Nine new members were drawn for the six months term. ; Mr. Sparrow was ill on Tues day and the court appointed Ver non E. Sykesc as assistant fore tnan to continue the jury’s work. Other new members sworn in to the Grand Jury were Allie C. Walker. Charlie L. Mangum. Ed j Faucette. Billy Medlin, Robert K. Weiler, Charles C. Hopkins and: James Snipes Jr. municipal officials. Five of the new precincts are all or partially inside the “town limits, but their boundary lines within the town are the same as those for the county. Since a separate set of voting books is maintained by the town the decision on this wUL rest with the municipality. At their meeting yesterday the Board of Elections re-named all of the Chapel Hill Precincts. Session of high court limping along slowly in first part of week With Solicitor Ike Andrews di viding hts~ time -faetweenr Hills boro and Pittsboro, with sessions of Superior Court in session in both counties at the same time, this week’s Orange County term limped along with little progress. Divorce actions were big items in Monday’s record and continu ances and nol pros decisions were numerous In the record for the earlier part of the week. Two breaking add entering cases were the principal crimi nal actions disposed of in the first two days. Charles Tate. 26, Chapel Hill area Negro, was sentenced to serve 7 to 10 years for breaking into Fitch Lumber Co. ^nd. steal ing $6 and a quantity of tools. His attempted safe robbery here was unsuccessful. Later, he broke into Mebane Lumber Co. at Meb ane but was frightened away by police. He entered guilty pleas in both cases and prayer for judgment was continued in the latter case for five years on con dition of good behavior. Four escaped convicts were sentenced to one year addition to their current terms for es cape attempts. They were Melvin Heaton, I.uman Wayne Estes Jr., William Horace Sanders and Her shel Carver. Robert Elliott Murray received a two year roads sentence sus pendedfor three years on two cases of breaking, entering and larceny. Joe Lewis.chnvicted in February 1961 for unlawful pos session and sale of illegal liquor and fined $200 and costs, had his four months prison sentence in voked this week for failing to comply with the terms of the previous sentence. Divorces were granted to the following on grounds of two years separation: Robert Barnard from Jina P. Barnard: Delma Lewis Tudor, from Dorothy M. Tudor; Klatherine Strong Pard ington from Edward Davies Pard ington; Florence L. Voorhis from Sheldon S. Voorhis; William B. Bullock from Jean Cannon Bui lock; and Dolly O’Neal Perry from Milton E. Perry. Nol pros decisions were grant ed to Dennis Edwards, Bobby Nelson Leonard, Donald Weaver, Cleveland Atwater, W. W. John son, and Melvin Hatcher. Cases against the following defendants were continued: Cal Chambers, Floyd Edwards, Arthur Eugene Sykes Jr., Ed T. Yarborough;; Dorsey B. Haley Jr., Billy Car den, Andrew Arger, Douglas Per. ry, William ' Curitan, John Far- j rington, Dave Mason Jr, Albert ! Williams, James Merritt. Earl Geer. eliminating the old numbering system, and designated the npw Cawrboro voting areas as North and South Carrboro. Whether or not the town and county boun daries will be the same within Carrboro also remains to be de cided by town officials there. The former five Chapel Hill Precincts have been re-named and divided as follows: Estes Hills, East Franklin. Woollen Gym, Glenwood, King’s Mill, Dog wood Acres, and High School. While it may be difficult for residents to visualize the boun daries of • the new precincts, they are described by, the Board of Elections as follows: •— In Chapel Hill Precinct One there will h« no change. Precinct Two is divided into the Estes Hills and East Frank lin Precincts. Boundaries for the Estes Hills F’recinct, with polling place at Estes Hills School, will be the Chapel Hill town line on the south, to the Durham Road at Bolin Creek, thence eastward to the Durham County line and then up the county line and along the previous border with Patter son Precinct on the north. The East Franklin Precinct, with Graham Memorial building as polling place, will be bounded on the north by the Chapel Hill town line, Columbia St.-Airport Rd. on the west, and on the south, by Cameron Ave. east ward through Battle Park on Battle Branch to the bypass high way, thence up the bypass to the Durham Highway, Precinct No. Three will remain as it is now, except that the area between Cameron and Franklin Si. as noted above will be in the new East Franklin Precinct. This precinct will henceforth be nam ed Woollen Gym, where the poll ing place will continue td be lo cated. The Glenwood Precinct has been created out of the north side of Precinct Five, and will be bounded on the south by Ma son Farm Road — the section leading to Finley Golf Course, and thence up the Finley Golf Course Road to the Raleigh Road. The area south and west of this Mason Farm-Raleigh Road (Highway 54) dividing line and formerly in old Precinct Five will be known as the King’s Mill Precinct, in which the polling place is yet to be designated; Pri mary purpose of splitting, this precinct was to leave Highland Woods in the town precinctr Precinct Four has been divided by Morgan Creek, the dividing line beginning at the bridge over the creek on Pittsboro Highway, and thence up the creek to Uni* yersity Lake and south on Price’s Creek to the Chatham County Line. The area south of these creek lines will be known as the Dog wood Acres Precinct, with the precinct polling place still to be designated. The righbof-way of the Duke Power Co, transmission line will be the boundary between South Carrboro Precinct and the re mainder of Precinct No. Four, which will henceforth be known as High School Precinct, where Continued on Page 5 The trial - of Bobby Lee “Lucky” Moore for the Dec. BOHBiiii ; THE NEWS OF ORANGE COUNTY VOL 70, NO. 9 March 1, 1962 Published ■ Every Thursday In The Year By The News, Inc. Subscription Rates (Payable In Advance): In NC, $2.5Q. plus 3% Sales Tax; Outside NC„ $3. Entered As Second Class Mat ter In-The Postoffices at Hills boro Afid Chapel Hill, N. C. : 8 single-shot pistol slaying q£ i Bill Ellis in Chapel Hill was i expected to begin today in ! Superior Court at Hillsboro. The possibility of Moore's p"entering" a guilty plea to some ’ lesser charge than the first degree Qount on which he was earlier arraigned entered the picture this weefi, It was learned that a conference was hold with Moore in jail at Hillsboro, on Tuesday and this possibility was discussed. The ?.9-year-old printer has been held in the county jail without bond since the mid night shooting in a downtown | Chapel Hill cafeteria. TJnles^ he is tried on a lesser offense i than first degree murder he ' would by law be required to ’ enter an autotnatic plea_ jit] not guilty. Moore’s attorney is Hills boro lawyer Bonner D. Saw- \ yer. Eye-witnesses to the shooting were summoned to'! appear in court for the trial yesterday. However, it was apparently postponed until today because of Solicitor Ike Andrews’ necessary absence to prosecute eases in Chat ham County Superior Court. CLEVELAND SWORN IN—Gordon Cleveland of the Univer sity po}|ticaI science facility formally accepts appointment to the newly-created State Awards Commission from Gov. Sanford at ceremonies held last Thursday In tRState Capitol at Raleioh,
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