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Church youth group forced to jump to escape from train on trestle Serious tragedy was narrowly averted on an Easter Monday Sunday School picnic near Carr boro when seven youngsters had to jump from the Bolin Creek railroad trestle to escape from ah oncoming freight train. The group of about 18 teen wafers were walking southward toward Carrboro down the Southern railroad trades about a mile north of town about 12: 50 p. m. They bad been on a morning hike and stopped for a picnic and devotional services a short distance northward on the tracks. <* Their minister, the Rev. .Ru dolph Hardee of the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, left than after the picnic with the church's youth pastor and drove around to meet them at the Pleasant: Drive crossing of the tracks near Carrboro. Before he arrived, Mr. Hardee said, he heard the train whistle and real ized what might happen. When 'We pulled up at the crossing he said he saw the train stopped in the distance down the straight - away of the tracks, and rushed to the scene to find1 that Seven youngsters had to jump from the trestle into the rocky gorge on the creek banks to escape. Engineer D. E. Causey said he saw the children ahead on the trestle as his 2flKcar freight train rounded a downhill curve in front of the .trestle. He ap plied iull emergency brakes, he said, tout was unable to bring the train to a halt until his lo comotive and thre* cars had pasted over the 300-fobt-loag .’’ | Of the seven who jumped : three were still hospitalized yes terday. They were Elizabeth Da ; vis, who was scheduled ■ to mu j dergo a head operation; Caro lyn Ray of Route Three, Chapel Hill; and John Henry Watts, youth counselor for the church.1 Watts was credited with saving several of the girts who might not have gotten off the tres.la in time without Me help. The minister said that Watts did not even realize he’d been hurt un til after going to the hospital with the injured girls he found that couldn’t get up after he. sat down hi the emergency waiting room. Four girls were released af ter examination and minor treat ment. They were Joan Black wood, Sandra Harding, Carolyn Mason, and Julia Tripp. BIRTHDAY FOR "MISS JEN HIS"—Mr*. Jennie Jordan Mc Dade, probably Orange County's only centenarian, took her 100th birthday in stride last Thursday, as the jovial smile she displays here indicates. An ardent Democrat, she particularly enjoyed the telegrams of good wishes she received from Vice President Lyndon Johnson, U. S. Senators Sem Ervin and B. Everett Jordan, Congressman Horace Komegay and county party chairman Jim Phipps. Her formuta for longevity, she told visitors: "not cross ing bridges until she got td them." If anything does happen to botherbershesey s, she just goes to bed and sleeps on it. Shown with her is her daughter, Mrs. Hattie Lee Slack, her constant companion for many years. ia,~f’ 'T*~ ^ v--. Bank buys HiUsbo ro building A major property transfer is in the offing in downtown Hills boro. It was learned authoritatively this week that Central Carolina, Bank has completed preliminary negotiations for purchase of the A. L. Mitchell Hardware builtl ing, a landmark at the corner of King and Churton Sts., the town’s main business corner. The building, a two-story struc ture housing two retail firms on its street floor, adjoins the bank building on its north side. It is one of the largest buildings, spacewise, in the downtown area. A major renovation and expan sion program is contemplated, ill is understood, although complete | plans for utilisation of the fa cilities have not yet been worked out. Confirmation was not avail able from local bank authorities. Present tenants are expected to vacate in about 90 days. Mitch ell Hardware occupies the comer and upstairs sections of the building and Summey Shoe Store a portion of the first floor area fronting on Churton St. adjacent to the bank. Mrs. Ben Williams, President of the Carrboro Women’s Civic Club, became the 10th candidate for the three seats at stake on the Carrboro Board Of Com missioners this past Week. A native of Orange County and a graduate of Chapel Hill High School' She is 63, a mem bear of the Carrboro Baptist Church, and has three grown children. Mr, Williams is knit ting supervisor for the Superi or Mills plant in Carrboro. Other candidates for the Board in Carrboro are Gordon Fisher, Bryant Hackney, T. W. Hoenig, Leon Ivey, Robert Rut ner, Bynie Riggsbee, Hughes Lloyd, and incumbents Of fie Durham and Ralph Morgan. Running for Mayor are in cumbent C. T. Ellington, Clay THE NEWS OF ORANGE COUNTY .71,-No. 16 April 18, 1963 3% Sales Tax; Otherwise in U. S. $4; Overseas $5.50. Entered As Second Class Mat ter In The Postoffices at Hills boro And Chapel Hill, N. C. bourne Greenhill, J. Alvin Wil liams, and E. 'N. Shelton. In connection with her candi dacy Mrs. Williams said “I have become aware of a num ber of needed improvements in our town — particularly in the line of fire protection and1 streets. ••Carrbbro is " growing at a fast pace now. Its growth should be careful^ guided by the Town Bpard, with particu lar attention being given to good Boning, the sewage system/ and streets. 'The Board needs to be more cognisant of die wish es of the townspeople.*’ fpgl Ten hopefuls will seek the ti tle of Miss Orange County at the first annual county - wide beauty pageant to be staged in Chapel Hill on Friday evening. May 3, The Jaycee - sponsored event, Ideal elimination for the annual Miss America selection, is suc cessor to the Miss Chapel Hill competition held for the previ ous 12 years. Entrants had been limited to Chapel Hill residents and University coeds. This year they represent every section of the county. Those vying for the titles are Beverly Leng, Delores Marie Scott and Joan Carol Archer of Chapel Hill, Andrea Marie Ray a* Efland and Gwendolyn Marie Min nis, Olivia Ann Clayton, Peggy Lou Byrd, Judith Qail Hollis, Gayle Dora 8iw6, a«idSrlvi* Kay Worrell ofcHUlsboro.x:'! f Master of ceremonies will be Ty Boyd of Station WBT in Charlotte, former local radio and television personality. The Jim Crisp combo will play. Winner of the title will be pro vided <250 as a college scholar ship, a wardrobe for the Miss North Carolina pageant in Greensboro next summer, and' .an official Miss America prelim inary trophy. The two runners up and the entrant chosen "Miss Congeniality” by the other en trants will also toe given official trophies. % Tickets to the pageant at <1.00 are on sale in downtown stores and through Chapel Bill Jaycees members. 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