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THURSDAY ISSUE Next Issue Monday VoL 36. No. 18 CHAPEL HILL CHAFF By Louis Graves % Governors of the States have met on many occasions and have engaged in many | important discussions, but j nothing that one Governor ever said to another is as famous as the saying of the Governor of North Carolina to the Governor of South Carolina, “It’s a long time between drinks.” Why this simple state ment took such a strong hold on people’s fancy is something nobody Ims ever been able to explain. Here is a proper subject for study by analysts of humor and experts in popular psycho logy. The remark has been Rioted by thousands of mas ters of ceremonies and after dinner speakers and has won such a firm place in literary allusions that it is cited in Bartlett’s Familiar Quota tions as having appeared in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, “The Wrong Box,” and in Rudyard Kipling's “The Light That Failed.” Bartlett has a footnote which reads: “Os the sev eral traditions relating to the origin of this remark the most responsible one traces it to John Motley Morehead, Governor of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. He was visited by James H. Hammond, Gov ernor of South Carolina. They engaged in discussion and argument and when Governor Hammond waxed hot Governor Morehead re marked, ‘lt’s a long time bs - drinks.’ ” Bartlett gives a> its authority the present John Motley More head, grandson of the Gov ernor. * Continued on Page 2‘ , Pre-nt-tiMl Registration The (lift) wood Elementary School pre-school registration will lake place beginning at 9 am Wednesday. April 15 Parents of any child in the school's area who will be six years old on or before October 15, 1959 should communi cate will; Hen Hattie principal of tiie school, at once. He may be telephoned at H 5-173 or a visit may be made to the school. Lutheran Women to Meet jfl'he Evening (Tide ot the Holy 'fffluty Lutheran Church will meet at a p m Mon lay March 9 in the Fellowship Hoorn of the Church Mrs It W Host will be program leader (?ate*tc(<zi EVENTS Thursday, March 5 •tj 30 pin 5 Teens Daughter Parent* supper. Methodist Church • 7 30 p m , Glenwood PTA meets at Glenwood School. Friday, March 6 •2 30 pm, Community (Tub meets at Institute of Pharmacy Sunday, March 8 • 8 pm , Roger Williams gives piano concert. Memorial Hall Monday, March 9 • Methodist circle meetings, sch Rule on page 8 • 4 pm. Playmakers hold tryouts for three new one-act plays Playmakers Theatre. • 8 pm. W.M.U. meets at t.’Di versity Baptist Church * • * Morehead Planetarium "Kas*er, the Awakening." 8 ,>o p m seven days a week plus 11 am, 3 pin 4 p m Sat and 2 p in , 3 p m . and 4 p m Sun, • • * Carolina Theatre. TTiurs. to Sat., “Bell Book and Candle," James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lem-j mon, Ernie Kovacks; Sun. to Tues . “The Remarkable Mr, Penny- 1 packer,” Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Charles Coburn. Varsity Theatre: Thurs , -to Sat., “No Name on the Bullet," Audle Murphy, Joan Evans. Charles Drake; starts Sunday. “The Horse's Mouth,** Alec Guinea, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston. 5 Cents a Copy B» mm |M tSRI .Hr ' > S flr HH4-. t WMKLV PHOTO BILL PROUTY TRACTOR MAINTENANCE SCHOOL Farmers from the local area study the carburetion sys tem of a tractor at the high school work shop he re last night during the second class of a two-day session sponsored bv the school's Agriculture Department under the direction of I. C. Yag el. Aiding Mr. Yagel in the tractor maintenance school which included visual aids as well as prac tical solutions oi maintenance problems, were Julian Fore, head of the Department Agricultural Engineering at N. C. State College, and Ezra How ell, who teaches farm shop at State. Mr. Yagle is standing at far left, talking to Bryson Yates on his right. On tractor seat Ls Carson Lloyd, while along the far side of the tractor (I. to r.) are Clyde Hogan. Auburn Davis, Mr. Howell. Bit Hogan, Leonard Wright, and Johnny Ltd. All Principals Reappointed By Town Board Os Education Newcomers Planning Style Show Next Wednesday At Carolina Inn SIM 'J ’ i | ‘ h j • v.-vB ' I ISiMI fl : - 3 fiHH Bf If jjf tf 1 SHIM * t .’v 1 I I&EHH. Stall Photo by Bill Pmuty ' I FASHION .SHOW MODELS Mrs. Dan Martin (left) wears a !> junior sophistocate black and while checked wool costume suit with l| lop. Her companion. Mrs. Edward Foster, has on a Navy blue cos- | tuine suit with polka dot top. Both dresses are Horn The Little Shop as will be all the costumes to be shown at thi Faculty Newcoinws 1 ( tub l.um heon and Style Show which will be lit id March It at the Carol.na Inn. Invitations have Keen sent out this week tor the Faculty V-vv (comers Luncheon and Style Show to be held Wednesday. March 11 at the Carolina Irtn Paid members are urged to make reservations ior themselves and their guests as-'soon as possible Reservations should he sent to Mrs Ronald Lehr. k 8 Hamilton ltd No can ellations or refunds w,'l be ac cepted after March 7 Mrs Clifton Kreps will be the commentator for the style show of fashions presented hy the Little Shop. Mrs Kay Kyser will help with the program Models will in elude the following members of; the club: Mrs Iran Martin, Mrs ; Herbert Fred, Mrs. Rolfe Glover,l WUNC-TV To Televise Menotti’s Newest Opera This Sunday Night WUNC-TV, Channel 4, will tel evise Gian Carlo Menotti s newest opera. "Maria Golovin, live from New York at 5 p.m. this bunday The two-hour production will tie presented in cooperation with the N.B.C television networtj, and fe atures the N B.C. Opera Com pany Franca Duval is featured in the lead of Maria Other prin cipals are Richard Cross as Don-! anto, Patricia N'eway as Lkn.atoV Mother, and Ruth Konart as Aga ta. "Maria Golovin' was written by Menotti to be premiered at the Brussels World Fair last year. It was presented on Broadway rec ently, but closed after five per formances. It is set in modern-day Europe, and tells the story of an unusual and destructive love as The Chapel Hill Weekly Mr.-. Jerrold Orne Mrs Edward Foster, Mrs. Ernest Campbell. Mrs. Richard Levin and Mrs It B Midgette. Mrs Ralph Dunlap will be in charge of the music Hostesses for the event will be Mrs N F Rod man, Mrs Paul isomers, Mrs Charles Vernon. Mrs Haris Strupp, Mrs Walter Benson, and Mrs (Billy Pettia Honored guests fer the occasion will by Mrs W B Aycock, Mrs W M VVhyburn, Mis William Friday. Mrs J A Branch, Mrs Alex Shepard. Mrs Hugh Feller Mrs Claude F Teague, Mrs L 8 Rogerson. Mrs. Kay Kyser and Miss Elizabeth Branson fair Other operas by Menotti which i have met with great critical and popular success are “The Med liiuin," "The Consul." "Amahl and the Night Visitors," "The Saint of Bleeker Street.” and "The Telephone In order to carry this special opera production on Channel 4, "Meet the Press," usually seen at 6 o'clock, will be moved up to' 4 30, and "Chet Huntley Report ing" usually seen at b 30, will not be televiseU Episcopal Women to Meet, The Women's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church of the Holy i Family will meet at 8 p.m. Mon day Serving the Chapel Mill Area Since 19211 CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1959 Problems of Room Shortage to Be Tackled Monday ! By Helene Ivey The Chapel Hill City Board ofj (Education at its March meeting! last Monday night re-appointed; all principals of schools in the! 'district and voted to meet againj jnext Monday tat 7 30 p m.i in an! i effort to solve the problem of hav ing next year about 240 children; jtnore than the present classrooms! will hold In presenting the school's j report, Joseph .Johnston, super-] | intendent of the Chapel Hill schools and secretary of the Board, re ported that the auditor had sug gested a revised method of book keeping so as to simplify matters Currently the school system has three sets of books The current expense accounts, the capital out lay accounts and the agency funds! which is composed of book and, supply fees and a host ot accounts j that are collected in the various schools The auditor recommended that the agency funds accounts be di.s continued Certain accumulations !'reserve funds l may be transfer- 1 | red to the c m erit expense books | About $1,809 i-> in this portion ot I the account The other parts of (these funds should be transferred to the various schools for which they are living held, the auditor recommended Without formal vote the Board onct-dc-d tiiat the auditor's rec ommendations should tie followed In other action the Board voted to have the Division of School House I'iar.ning of the State Board of Education and the Chapel Hill Citizens Committee tor Better, Schools make separate studies of die current need for extra class rooms The Board itself will also; be working on this problem in special meetings it was determined that the earl iest time that the White Cross citizens could vote on the question of merging with the Chapel Hill School District was almost mid August 'the dis'ricts will not be adjoining until the Carrboro l iiapel Hill merger becomes effective next (Continued on Rage 12' Planning Board Okays Amendment That Would Permit Shopping Centers The Planning Board of Chapel Hill and Environs at its meeting! last Tuesday night voted 6 2 to; approve an amendment to the! Chapel Hill Zoning Ordinance that; would permit the establishment I of regional shopping centers in ! the area. The action followed a bitter controversy with Frank Um-i stead, chairman, and Ben Pot ter, hoard member, fighting aga inst the proposal Voting for the amendment were Joe Hakan Fred Cleaveland, L. L Connor, A. D. Fowler, J R Manley, and Pearson Stewart The Board of Ald ermen will take final action on the proposal next Monday night The Planning Board recommend ed for approval (to the Board of Alderm*qi the Clark Hills Plat II which had been amended to Local Merchants Discuss Area Shopping Problems Davis Is To Head ABC Unit Resigns As Tax | Collector To Accept New Job Carl C Davis ot Hillsboro, form jer Orange County Tax collector, I was appointed the county's first. !manager of the Alcoholic Beverage. Control System The salary ot the position has been set at $5,000. Mr Davis in resigning from his tax collector position in a letter to the Orange County Board of. Commissioners set no effective! date, but he verbally informed j the commissioners that he would-, be required to spend some days in; the service ot the ABC Board dur-j ing the next few weeks. He and Tax Supervisor Sain Gattis told | the Commissioners an audit and | tax settlement would be required (before he could sever his connec jtion with the job finally. It was jthen the target date for making j the resignation effective was set iat May 1. ! Tax Supervisor Gattis told the Commissioners the Davis resigna tion would create a "terrific prob lem" for the tax office and re i quested the board ot allow him two ;weeks to study how best to replace ihim. He said he planned to dis jcuss the matter with the Institute |of Government and might present a plan of reorganization of the Tax ■ Apartment. fie discussed the need for an "outside man", to work on appraisals and the need for a "county tax map" to accomplish a more efticient taxing program for the county. "Mr Davis has been our tax map for many years and now we are losing him." he said He said the county’s rapid grow th and the office work load had (resulted in their being about a year behind in appraisals of hew construction for tax purposes. Cre mation of a tax map would cost in the neighborhood ot $40,000, it was estimated Gattis and Davis will report to (the Commissioners on March 16 their recommendations tor stalling the tax office (iraham Will Be Temporary Judge For twelve years Judge !. 1 Phipps has presided at every ses sion of the Orange County Re corder's Court, which is held at the Courthouse in Hillsboro Din ing all tiiat time, he has always arranged his vacation so as not , to miss a term oi court The fact is that no vice-recorder, to preside in the absence of the (regular judge, had ever been ap pointed to the court since Mr Phipp s appointment as judge Judge Phipps has now asked the County Coinnusioners to make such an appointment, and they have named A H (Sandy Gra ham of Hillsboro as vice-recorder Mr Graham will preside over the court if and when Judge Phipps ever asks to be relieved tempor arily include a right-of-way for a road leading to 'and through' the For est Hill Estates to the recreation center of the latter corporation The Planning Board also voted to recommend the rezoning of a section immediately east of the present Ridgefield's development from Agriculture to KA 15 'mak ing each lot a minimum of 15,000 square feet' and further approved with modifications the preliminary, plat for 101 lots in that area In other action the Board ap proved for recommendation that business signs be permitted in zones for Business, Highway Shop ping Centers and Regional Shop ping Centers; it re-constituted all its committees except the architec tural review committee (the one that was established largely to Azalea Sale Not only is this the ideal time to plant azaleas, the Jaycees will tomorrow and Saturday have fine azalea plants on sale at the Fowler's Food Store and at the Lennox Building in Glen Lennox. They have a variety o! colors and the prices will be set according to the size of the plant. George Dickinson of the Chapel Hill Nursery has seen and approved the plants as being of the finest type. The azalea sale is the final part ot a three-phase money-raising Jayeee week that also featured the selling of ads for Radio Station WCHL and a house to house Kteenex sale. The Jay cees will use the money they raise this week for their many civic projects, including their Youth Fitness Program. They will hold their next paper col lection Sunday afternoon, March 22. Alberta Beat New President Ot Altrusans * Miss Alberta Beat was elected president of the Chapel Hilt Al trusa Club at its dinner meeting Tuesday at the Carolina Inn. She will succeed Miss Ruth Gilpin. Other officers for the 1959-60 ac ademic year were elected as fol lows; Miss Lucy Boylan, vice president; Mrs. Bernice Wade, re cording secretary; Mrs. Wick Page, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Evely| Smith, treasurer, and Mrs Edith Brocker, director. The new officers will Ije insti led in June Mi ss Beat was elected delegate 1 io the Altrusan international Con vention, to be held in July at Chicago. The also dis-. cussed plans for the District Con ference, to be held next October in Durham. The district is com posed of the Southeastern states Lountry (Hub’s March Events The Chapel Hill Country Club's , March calendar of events includes the following activities March 8 Sunciay Family Sup per Reservations should he tele phoned Friday afternoon. March 6 March 10 Ladies luncheon. None will be held on March 24 March 21 Dinner dance. Asm ogasbord dinner will he served, with Mrs Jake Wade, special dinner chairman in charge Club members Jake Connors, Jack Pruden. Monk Jennings, Dwight Price, and Cass Johnson will furn ish music part of the evening The ('tub will furnish records for darn - ing the rest of the evening March 28 - Junior High and High School Dance. March 30 - Faster Egg Hum This is for the tirst and secon grades at 11 a m The annual tea dance will also he held on March 30, Faster Monday begin ning at 6:30 p.m., with music by the Embers. have all buildings of the Colonial; type i and recommended for ap proval the establishment of muni cipal buildings such as fire sta tions, sub-fire stations, police sta tions and others in RA 20 Residen tial Zones. The Board gave its approval of having the Board of Aldermen pay S2O for a park, playground, public open space, and recrea tion need study which will he dir ected by Douglas Sessuns, chair man of the Recreation Uommis sion and member of the Univer sity's Recreation faculty and as sisted in land planning by John Anderson, secretary of the Plan ning Board and faculty in the University’s City Planning Depart ment. Students majoring in the two departments will do the leg work. |4 a Year In County; other ratea op page f Concern Expressed 4s to What Town Plans to Do With Parking Meter Money By Joe Jones About .'JO members of the Chapel Hill Merchants Association met at luncheon yesterday at the Pines to discuss ways of making the town’s main business section more accessible to shoppers. Association President Carl ton Byrd had called the meeting for express considera tion of this problem which has plagued cities and towns ever since automobiles became too numerous for the streets and parking areas. Hites For Mrs. | Marshall To Be | Held Tomorrow t Mrs. Mildred Hartley Marshall, 159. wife us Ralph T. Marshall, Vice ! President and Treasurer of Erwin ■ Mills. Inc. of Durham, died early (this morning at Duke Hospital fol ! lowing a lingering illness. The 1 family lives at 300 Tenny Circle in Chapel Hill. Funeral services will be held at the Episcopal Chapel of the j Cross this Friday morning at 11 i o'clock Rev. Vance Barron will | officiate, with the Rev. R J Mc ' Mullen assisting. Committal services and burial wdl be at Pine Grove Cemetery in Whitinsville, Mass., at 2 30 p.m. on Sunday. The family has re quested that flowers be omitted and that instead a donation be sent to the Women of the Church of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Marshall was born October 19th, 1899, in Pawtucket R. 1., the daughter of the laL .ad Edward Hartley. She attetnled the public schools in NorthUiiidge. Mess., graduating from North bridge High School', She iker graduated from Hill Secretarial College and Worcester Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Mass. Married to Mr Marshall on Oct ober loth. 1925, she lived a short time in Falls River. Mass., where she was a member of the United Presbyterion Church and active in women's organizations She later moved to Utica, N. Y., where she was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, president ul the Woman's Auxiliary, and a -member of the hoard of managers lor the Home for the Homeless | During the war years she as sisted in organizing a program in the Utica Hospital for tianiing nurses aides. In 1952 she moved to Greenville, S C . and in the fol lowing year to Chapel Hill Mrs Marshall had been very ac tive in the Woman's Auxiliary of the North Carolina Memorial Hos pital, a member of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, and presi the Church Surviving are her husband, a dent ot the Presbyterian Women of daughter, Joyce Ann Marshall of Danville, Va., and a brother Geor ge E. Hartley of Wtuginsville. Mass. (ilenwood PTA To Meet This Evening The current need for eight classrooms in the city schools will be discussed by Glenwood’s par enj Teacher association at a 7 30 meeting at Glenwood School tonight (Thursday'. A panel discussion on "What Can We Do About It?" has been planned for the program. Three of the eight classrooms needed are needed at Glenwood Weather Report 1 The United States Weather Bur eau at the Kaleigh-Durhara Air port forecast mostly cloudy with rain likely in the afternoon but when this paper went to press there was a haziness with sun shine peeping through. Thursday, rain ending Friday. High Low Monday 51 35 Tuesday 62 30 Wednesday 60 30 Now blooming in the Coker Arb oretum are Japanese quince, Ore gon grape, sweet breath of spring, cornelian cherry, golden belt, star ry magnolia, bridal wreath, blue windflower, Campernolle double daffodil, aad February gold daf-, fedil. j The Uggea terarl (hr a (Mag wrtMhei is to km dene It ' The main problem here, as out lined by Mr. Byrd, who presided at the meeting and opened the discussion, is to provide more downtown parking space and to figure out away to permit non shopping traffic to avoid the cen ter of town. A number of plans were suggested by Mr. Byrd; Miss Elizabeth Branson, vice-president of the association; Frank Umstead of the Chapel Hill Planning Board. J B. Robbins, W. E. Thompson, Bill Sloan, Sion Jennings, and (others. The merchants decided to en ; large the association's traffic and (parking committee and to instruct the Committee's members to begin work immediately on definite sug gestions that can be submitted to the town government. One of the first things the commitee will do is study the Babcock Report, a traffic improvement plan mkie for the town several years ago by W F. Babcock, who is now direct or of the State Highway Commis sion. Mr Umstead pointed out that Chapel Hill has a peculiar problem in that its business district is en closed on one side by the Uni versity campus. This bars the creation of parallel traffic arteries on that side. It was brought out that 5# situation ay worsen, since tnere is a strong possibility the University may close its sec tion of Comeron Avenue to through traffic. This leaves the streets and priv ate property to the north of Frank lin Street as the area where re i lief must be looked for. A number of tentative plans I tor that area were offered. To get the discussion rolling, Mr. Byrd said he believed it would help if Rosemary Street were widened and given curbs and gut ters and sidewalks from end to end, and possibly extended thro ugh to the Durham highway. This would make it a thoroughfare that would take traffic off Franklin Street. Miss Branson suggested a sim ilar plan for North Street Mr Robbins said the Franklin Street merchants face a bleak fu ture unless they take a long-range view of the situation and make their own shopping district so at tractive that people will come to it instead of going to other shop ping centers. "Take through traffic off Fran klin Street entirely," he said "We (Continued on Page 12) chapel hill Scenes describing in a word or two what your friends are say ing. thinking, and doing . . . i JOEL CARTER and GEORGE Hj\M shaking hands on the steps of the Playmakers Theatre . . . JIMMY WILLIAMS Sunday-golf mg at Finley . . GENE CROTTY escorting a charming friend to the concert . . . CHARLOTTE GEORG I hostessing for a former Chapel Hillian. MARY LEE CO OPER, here for the weekend . . . JIM WADSWORTH and "BILL : STEWART tallying another victory in tournament bridge . . . PAUL EUBANKS limping, but feeling better, thank you . . . ABC store components hoping local store will be built at a place accessible for shoppers. Newest, unconfirmed rumor is that the Chapel Hill Store will be built in Durham County so as not to offend the one in-three who voted “dry” . . . CYNTHIA ROGERS creating a minor stir on Franklin Street with - her daintily shorn French poocue ■ . . . Townspeople jealously eying . swimming pool construction at • University Motor Lodge. Local ' citizenry will take it hard when i it glimpses cool, swimming visit ■ ors while an route homo to hot j house. - - ■
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