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Colleges, re-districting, utilities
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clarified as key legislative issues
By CLIFF BLUE
ISSUES . . . Many people
are asking what will be the big
issue or issues confronting the
1963 General Assembly.
It could be that some of the
big issues will work themselves
out without a fight in the legis
lature. This has happened quite
often in the past. We remem
?ber befefe ibefore the opening of
the 1947 session of the General
Assembly that it looked like
there Would be a big fight over
separation of the Wildlife divi
sion from the Department of
Conservation and Development.
The issue was hot as a pistol.
But everything was finally a
greed to and the Wildlife divi
sion .was set up as a separate
department without a floor fight
at all.
RE-DISTRICTING ... The is
sue of ire-districting the State
Senate which practically every
one agrees must be done, may
result in a big fight, or it could
be worked out without a fight.
UTILITY LAWS . . . ft. E.
A. supporters will be asking
for legislation to continue ser
vices within REA areas teken
into town. This will cause j
big fight. If some of the pro
posals advocated by members
of the General Statutes Com
misdon are proposed, they
too, will create a fight. The
Utility committees could be a
hot spot.
HlGHEft EDUCATION . . .
There will be emphasis on high
er education during the 1963
General Assembly kindred to the
emphasis on education in the
public schools during the 1961
General Assembly. Community
Colleges will likely toe greatly
encouraged. Four year institu
tions of higher learning for'Wil
mington and Charlotte will like
ly be provided for, with due con
sideration being given to Ashe
ville.
AUTO INSURANCE ... The
public is right upset with the
* cost and red tape connected with
automobile liability insurance.
Something should be done, and
we believe something will be
done to make compulsory lia
bility insurance more palatable
to the paying public. In this
! Deaths
MRS. EMMA J. JONES
Mrs. Emma Jane Overaker
Jones, 91, died Friday morning
in a High Ponit hospital after
a short illness. She was a for
mer resident of Hillsboro. '
Funeral services were conduc
ted Saturday at 3 p. m. "at Wal
kers Funeral Home in Hillsboro
py the Rev. Lauton Pettit and
the Rev. R. E. Scarlett. Burial
was in St. * Matthews Episcopal
Church cemetery.
Surviving are one sister Miss
Alice Overaker of High Point;
and several nieces and nephews.
Pin* Seedlings Available
Farmers wishing to plant lcb
lolly pines this year should
place their orders with our of
fice as soon as possible. These
seedlings have been raised by
the N. C. Forest Nursery and,
through the courtesy of " the Hal
ifax Paper Company, a limited
number of early orders will be
given a one-half price fate. The
regular rate is $5 per thousand
trees. s.
matter we do not want to burn
down the bam to get rid of the
ratsr. -
BUDGETARY MATTERS . . .
Budgetary matters, appropria
tions for the state institutions
and agencies and for carrying
on the services of the state as
well as the enactment of the
necessary revenue laws always
constitute major issues before
every General Assembly. 1963
will be no exception.
CITY EXTENSION ... We
note that some towns have been
able to expand their borders
without a hard - fought vote of
the people under legislation en
acted by the General Assembly.
Southern Pines has been able to
expand its boundaries consider
ably under the new law.
SIMULTANEOUS VOTING
. . While the 1963 General
Assembly will convene in the
people's new and modern
State House, the members
will lack the automatic voting
machines which some ^8 of
the legislative bodies in the
nation now have. Among the
states having the automatic
voting machines for their leg
islative bodies are West Vir
ginia, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas,
Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Michigan, Nebrask
ka, and Kansas.
Soma of the legislators
might not want them because
on some “hot issues" they
prefer the voice or standing
vote rather than the ayes and
nayes. However, before many
years voting machines will
likely be installed.
_PEOPLE ... Bill Moore is
doing a good jot? as editor of
the Laurinburg Exchange, fol
lowing in the footsteps of his
fine dad who passed on about
a year ago. . . We are always
amazed at the amount of work
Mrs. E. F. McCulloch, publisher
of the Bladen Journal, can turn
out. . . We hear that a new
newspaper may soon make its
debut in Rockingham, N. C. . . .
Rep. Dan Simpson of Morganton
and Rep. Bill Osteen of Greens
boro are engaged in a fight for
the position as GOP minority
leader in the 1963 General As-1
sembly. Bill Cobb, we under
stand, is backing Simpson — his
fellow townsman. . . . George
Uzzell would like to re-district
the 9th district. No doubt some
in the eighth would like to do
the same thing, including some
who supported the 1961 re-dis
tricting plan. • _J
60 draw duty as court jurors
The names of 6a Orange Coun
ty persons have been drawn for
jury service in the one - week
civil term of Orange County Su
perior Court which will open on
Monday, Jan. 21, in Hillsboro.
By townships the potential jur
ors are: , !
Chapel Hill —* Basil G. Tay
lor, Donald G. Tarbet, Helen D.
Wilkins, Herman Turk, Mat
thew W. Atwater, Esther Sumpr
Samuel I. Smith, Donald E.
Stewart, Mack Burnett, E. E.
Scheer, Ulysses Clark, Mrs.
Claude Baldwin, Ann Lessie Rus
sell, Mrs. Gales E. Andrews,
Mack J. Preslar.
Charles B. Morris Jr., Colum
bus Foushee, John R. Dykers,
Jr., Hosley Perry, James Fou
shee, C. Y. Tilson, Laura Far
rar, Julius E. Toomer, Neal H.
Tracy Roland Gates, Mildred C.
Cox, Mrs. English Bagby, Peter
Ford, Ralph M. Trimble, Fritz
Sulzer, Frank D. Crawford, Nel
son Cotton, John and Ellemet
Byars, and Dudley J. Cowden.
Hillsboro — Jerry D. Hughes,
Annie Jones, Carl S. Jervis, Mrs.
E. L. Holmes, Robert F. War
ren, Nocho Walker, J. H. Craven,
Mrs. C. J. James, E. L. Horner,
Mildred Currie, George Nichols
Sr., Arthur Crabtree, Lacy Coo
per, Margaret Cheek, and Ro
land 'Holden.
Cheeks — Clifford Sykes,‘W.
W. and Alta Jones, Marvin W.
Sykes, Paul W. Weeks, J. Hu
bert Sykes, Johnny G. Jacobs,
Thomasine Shields, and J. H.
Pennington.
Little River — Ernest Mc
Manning, James Robert Butler.
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planning meeting for 1963 this
past Thursday night in the Ay
cock School Cafeteria under the
direction of its new President,
Howard Compton.
'Following supper, served by
the Carr Methodist Church
’W.S.CfS.’, President Compton
directed the club through busi
ness session devoted mainly to
making committee assignments
and presidential appointments.
Standing committee Chairmen
and their respective committee
men will carry the main load
of club accomplishments during
the new year.
The chairman of the Finance
Committee, Oscar Compton, an
nounced plans for a rummage
sale to foe held early in the
spring. This project is expected
to raise several hundred dollars
in clufo funds to promote good
will activity in the local com
munity.
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