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. • Plf irief paper Service i 8-444 tfjcQ. 0. J. Forman Mail „ Monmouth, 111. rrboro Chapel Hill News Leader Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carfboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas On Pupil Assignment Interesting comment on the Pupil Assignment Law and the I’earsall Plan, From another news paper, is carried on today's edi torial page. TELEPHONE 8-444 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1957 EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE Chapel Hill New Voter Registration Opens This Saturday; Continues For School Area Entertainment Planned Voter registration for the May 7 not have . to si>ecially register for Town of Chapel Hill elections will the School District election, if they open hi the polling places for the are already registered on the newly-created three local precincts Town’s voting books or if they regis- ihis Saturday. ,er for the Town election during the It will also be Llie final day of April 20-27 perioi that the books I'egistratioii for new voters in the v\l11 be open. To dale there have i.hapcl Hill . School Disti ict. for been only 16 persons outside of r.hi':h four School Board members town registered for the school vote, w 11 be elc2tcl . in «ei)arate vo'ting. Precinct 1.ocations 01 tais-o a May 7 in the same precinct The book.s will be maintained in •ihiing place.s. the Xorth Precinct at the Chapel An i>ersoiis- living outside the Hill Town Hal], by Mrs. Henry opporiiinity for persons in the new- Town of Chapel Hill but within :he Royall: in the South Precinct at ly-annexcd sectors of Chapel Hill ..ames O'!! the old District .must register by Woollen Gymnasium by Airs. A. T. to register, and. all must do so to book into the the books close this Sat- I^Iiller; and in the East Precinct eligible to .vote in the May 7 biennial municipal election arid SjOO.OOO 'bond isMic referendum. •S FUNERAL rttng a brand new adillac ambulance Walker sdd 'lat b ave been pur- iineral- home's of- and Mebaiic, too. ■)el Hill cost a' oul id. tions on the two Saturdays be tween 9 a.m. aud 9 p.m. In emer gency cases the registrars arc authorized to accept registrations at their homes, except on Siui- day, between 9 a.in. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday next week. For tlie School District tlic registration books >vai be open I'mm 9 a.m. through sundown this Satui'day. This SatiM'day will be the first For Box Supper Event Miss Pee Wee Batten, UNC coed comedienne, will be part of the entertainment at the Y-Tcen Barbecue Supper April 30 at the University Tin Can. Ty Boyd will emcee the program, w^hich W'ill follow the supper, served by Griffin’s of Goldsboro from 5:30 to 7:30 p^m. Other enter tainment will be announced later. Brookbank And Dark First To File For Town Offices In Carrboro Voter Registration Opens This Saturday Local poliiics l^e^aii pop ping in CianboTo today—-Ic.s.s t.lian three* weeks bclote the nuuii(ip:.'l elections on .May I). OF WOMEN vo ted the job of jt set-up for the hi order to be eligible, to at Glcnvvood School by Mi's. Lind- 5 of todav. accoixl- ^ School District electii n s.iiy Neville. tie’s count, there I'l^wevei-, according to a . ruling by For the Town of Cliaj^el Hill the n the books in the County Board of-Elections, par- books will be open iii the precinct IS follows: North, living within Chapel Hill will polling places for new registra- iid East, U. The lly registered h t are tho.se whe | awn voters in 1935 noved Out east of League threw out ; bout 23u voter. ^ noved aw'y from died. The job of i w b'oks was done lid Adams, wh' y addresses against | rc.'tor.K's. I . TOM MURRAY : r Old single-game | (Ige si'ore in the Guild-.'4X>i]son (' I Tcuriiamcnt. They ^ -ir small .dams i i>oints, compared C' ord of 6 370 lurrays won’t gc: : for their cha.m since, they wevf utes for Mr. and is worth! PAUL CHEEK OF that a saving was V last Saturday’; tuffi- e. A totfil •j'C .saved on Sat- y U c.xtra man were required to on MotKb-y. IVfr : he t\>tal order for •jorviccs had beoj Posim .sfer C'* Hlay—oxcent that; will cont nue oi 30 p.m. The half-: iig will remain ir.. inged by the dis- cnt. Air. Cheek US OF 16 OAK- rerl a cioirijxmnd ; last week in an 'home. Both the eg were broken, uw reported to be tactorily at home. Changes Tu Precincts Persons already registered will not have to do so anew, though many will vote m a different place this time, since the voting list un der the old one-precinct system al the Town Hall has now been divid ed into appropriate lists for the tlnee precincts. Residence requirements for beth ‘own and .school di.strict eleetioits nre:‘ one year in North Carolina; and 30 days in the town or district by May 7. Tickets are on sale at the Dairy Bar in Glen Lennox, Bar clay’s Texaco Station. Sloan’s Drug Store, the Village Grill and by local Y*Tecns. Mrs. C. P. Erickson and Mrs. George Bar clay are in charge of ticket sales. As reservations must be made with Griffin’s in advance, tickets will not be on sale at the door. Mailed Money Theft Charged P.O. Employee A veteran Chapel Hill postal clerk has been charged with theft of a letter containing money. Chapel Hill Po.stmaster Paul Cheek said today that Homer C. Hojlow'ay Sr., employee in the local postoffice for the past 28 years, had been placed on annual leave from his job, pending furth er disposition of his status prior to trial in Middle District of N. C. Federal Court on the .charge. Mr. Holloway has admitted the theft, according to the postmaster, and posted a bond f:'r his trial at a hearing before U. S. Commission er Henry -Bane in Durham. \'cstcnlav al'teinooii Cirovcv (;. livookbaiik. retired build ing- (Diiiraetor, liecaine tlic first candidate to file tor the May or's office, which is being vacated l)y R. B. Todd at the end of his 'irst twq-year term this spring. And H.arold W. Dar’r a University em ployee. became the fir.st candidate 1or the three scats to be elected on the six-man Boat'd of Town Coin- iiiissioners. Registration Saturday Registration oi new voters for the election will begin this Saturday in the Town Hall on Lloyd St. Mrs. L. R. Sturdivant is registrar and w ill be as.sisted on election day by Wiley Franklin and another por- .^oii. yet to be appointed, as judges. Registration hours will be from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. on this Sat urday and the following Saturday, April 27. Frbm Monday through Friday of next w'eek new registra- fions will also be accepted be tween the hoiu's of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Members ol' the Town Board whose tei’ins are expiring arc Mayor Pro-Tern Tete Lloyd, Bill GROVER C. BROOKBANK W'OoUen-Moullon Photo HAROLD DARK News Leader Photo Hardee, and Gone Sturdivant. Hold- He .said he decided this week to o-ver Board members are Offie run for mayor ’’at the continued Durham, Wilson Lackey, and John requests of a number of my McLa'Ughlin. friends." Brt>okbuuk: Former Teacher .Mr. Dark. 33, is a re.sident of 304 Ml-. Brookbank. 75, lives at 702 Lindsay St., and Assistant Mau- N. Greensboro St., where he main- ager of the Scientific Supply Room tains a small cabinet shop. Born in of the L'niversity Purchasing De- Guilford County, he was graduated oartmenl. He is mari-ied and Iih.s from Oak Ridge Mili4.ary In.stiLiite. a daughter and two .sons, all in .-Hid held public school teaching and the local public schools, principalships in Nash County and A native of Chatham County, he HOSPITALIZED Today’s register of patients at Memorial Hospital include: Winston-Salem, Upini leaving the field of pub lic schH>ls he turned to construc tion work. In 1946 he and Mrs. Brookbank moved to CaiTboro when he was superintendent on the remodeling job when the muii- iiioiis plant was being converted by Carrboro Mills. He retired from construction work five years &go. is the .son of Mr. and Mrs. D, J. Dark of Carrboi-o, and attended Chapel Hill High School. He served TWO years in the Army dxiring Hoiid Wa-r II. Mr. Dark is Chair man of the Board of Stewards of I he Can-boro Methodist Church ainl program Chairman for the,, MetJio- d’st Men's Club. He is also a mem ber and a past Director of liie Cari-boi’o Lions Club. Revelation of the charges came a considerable shock to postal Frances Carol Alexander, .Mrs. Carl Baxter. Theodore Edgar Best, Ward' Lee BiirnelL Commie By- KELLOGG GRANT TO FOUN TAIN—Ben E. Fountain Jr., of 46 Hayes Rd., Associate Secretary of the N. C. School Board Assoc iation, has been awarded a $1,500 Kellogg Scholarship for the com ing year to be used for research In educational administration. Mr. Fountain, now working on a doctorate in education, plans to engage in research on school community leadership. employees and local citizens alike. Aum, Robert Henry Cheek, Richard Postmaster Cheek, citing Mr. Hoi- Clark Jr., Airs. Floyd Coin, iovvAy’s record of employment Charles Crabtree, Carolyn .S lice June 1, 1928. said he had -Marie Dawson, .lame.s Taylor Fnu I- »'een good employee" to his Cecil jon‘s, Miss .Frances, knowledge. Now in his 29th year E. .Tones, .Mrs. Herbert Lloyd, Kath- of postal service, he would have ilcKcc, Mrs, Harry Maeklin, been eligible' for retirement in Lee Massey,-Mr.i. Hugh Mer- two years at age 55. ritt, Robert K. Nicks, Mrs. Howard Odum, Johnnie Riggsbee. ATrs. Erie According to the postmaster the Riggsbee, Joseph J. Swain. Mrs. charges were brought by two j, l. Tripp, W. J. Wilkins, postal inspectors following their Marilyn Williams, Mrs. Barry investigations here recently. ston and 0. R. Yeager. State Employees Here Push Pay Hike Hearing University employaes .plan t.'*> their fight agaih.st the recently set up employee 'C>assi!ficatiou scale and propo.sed salary increase fig- rny " said th{#> ki sman --an Assuciatinii officer. He explained that many Univer sity workers would not be bene- iires through a hearing before the jitted at all by the pay increases Mrs. Win- CUPBOARD, ;d a ‘Tempararlly . door for the past is now apparently ed. Owner Mrs. >ed the downtown ent without any nd ha.s been out the time since weekend m^ist of her place was ud her employees elsewhere. N EMPLOYEES today, in choos s Easter holidays le lane markings ions, and parking downtown disU'icl. congested seasons occasional job. lERT J. .MCMUL- uO-year Masonic eefcing of XJniver- on Monday night, for the evening’s Trand Master of Race E, Caldwell ation. "Dr. Mac” in the lodge of wife’s home town, TOWN, SCHOOL VOTING SET-UP—Here are the School District and Town of Chapel Hill voting precinct set-ups, as prepared in map form by the local unit of the League of Women Voters. The dividing lines for the three precincts are Franklin St. and the Dur ham Road, and the bypass highway. Registration of voters for both of the May 7 elections will be held this Saturday. 'Warmed Up To 25 In Summer ... Dr. Taylor, Returned From Antarctic, Says Chapel Hill Was Never Lovelier' General Assembly's appropriations committee in Raleigh. A sj>[)kesmai] for the local unit of the N. C. Slate E.riipUjyees As sociation said this morning that Clifton Beckwith, Executive Secre tary of the State m-ganization in Raleigh, would seek tlie hearing as .scon as possible. ‘Fact Sheet’ Unsatisfactory Even after receipt of the State (See EMPLOYEES, Faye 8) Taylor Named New Ad Mon For Newspaper Will Taylor, former advertising manager of Ihe Marlboro Herald- Amidst Recollections Rotaryf Kiwanis Clubs Observe 28th Birthday In Joint Meeting By MARGARET PADGETTE Eighteen months in winter un derwear may be a pretty grim thought, but it was worth it to Dr. Isaac M. Taylor of Morgans Creek Road, w'ho returned two weeks ago from Antarctica—better known to the layrhan as the South Pole. Dr. 'Taylor was one of 93 Navy men stationed on Ross Island in McMurdo Sound, which was set up as a supply base for the station be ing built at Little America. This Dr. Taylor says fhero is a de finite seasonal change in Anart- tlca — winter is dark and cold, spring and fall are twilight and cold, and summer is light and . cold. Winters in the deepest south he couldn’t get enthused about, for the temiperature hov ered around a chilly 70 degrees belC'W zero. It's hazardous just to exception of McMurdo Soiintl, which, will continue to be main tained as a supply base. Dr. Taylor said many countries are represented down there for the IGY, including Soviet Russia, but he had never seen finer re lationships in an international setting. Although Dr. Taylor volunteer ed for duty in iVntarctica, he says Pei 3 0 11 n e 1 Department s fact Advocate, semi-weekly newspaper flieef showing the proppseii si'ale Bennettsville, S. C., has been Ilf raises, the local organization re- advertising manager of the ilerateil its opposilion to the plan. Leader, eircctivc last Mon- wl'iich would give average pay hikes of 11 'per cenl. The faet II,, suceeeds L. M. Poliandcr, who resigned active duties wil.li the •dieets were, rccciv-ed by 'many \)f. l(ie more than 2,000 local UNC paper because his work with the workers on Tuesday. J urnalism department at the Uni versity prevented his devoting full time to 1he newspaper job. Mr. Ta-ylcr has had wide ex- Rotarians and Kiwanians of Chap el Hill staged their annual inter- service club banquet last night amidst a round of recollections of the founding of the two groups here 29 years ago. dent chorus of the University Den tal SelnooL conducted by Dr. Roger Sturdevant. which sang for the go outside, he said. The wind wlnps the snow and he’s not too anxious to return for ice in 50-mile-an-hour gusts. How- as long a tour a.s this one was — will be a part of the International ^ver, the summers he found "very to which Mrs. Taylor added an en- Geophysical Year, which begins in Pleasant." The temperature rose to Ihusiastic “Me, too!.’’ about 25 degrees, though things Said Dr. Taylor, “Eighteen Was Camp Surgeon never quite got thawed out. months is a long time away from Camp surgeon for the personnel Civvies To Take Over home, and I’ve thought many lim- ba.vd on Ross Island, Dr. Taylor All the bases down Soutli will be es since I got back that I’ve never "We are going lo fight for the lojig-time service employees who will be frozen in their present salaries.” said the Association spokesman. He re-iterated that they felt there was considerable "inconsistency” in arriving at the classification pay limitathnis for the variou.s local workers. “We protest the whole classificiation pcrienco in the new.spapcr adver- ti.sing and public relations fields and comc.s to the Chapel Hill scene highly recommended. He . will devote full time to the de velopment of the News Leader’s advertiNng program. evening’s entertainment program. Mr. Saunders, in recalling the sai(] that aside from accidents, the Hmned over to civilian scienti.Hs seen Chapel Hill looking lover- ioar of the Clubs founding, noted extreme eoid accounted for most ^i-'^’ing the IGY, with the probable lier!" Both were formed in 1928 by pa- dial system of telephones of the medical attention needed. rent clubs from Durham—the Rotar- installed in the^lowu tliat year, lans in the spring, and the Kiwanis There were 1,000 telephones then. Club, the iollowing summer. Of the compared to about 7,500 num- more than 150 men currently in the *^*^'*'s he 'pointed out. The Uni- two clubs here, only seven I'emain versity s student population then cs charter members. wus 2,500, as compai*ed to over They are. in Rotary. William M. 7.d00 today. IC of the higliest yf ^ Thompson, J. Maryon Year Stadium Opened both Uiis country and Bobert L. Fowler. Mf- Huggins, a UNC student in Charter Rotarians still in tliat Club recalled ii as the year that >ON, 8UVNAGER j g Bennett, Y. Z. Cannon, and Hr. E. M. Hedgpeth was .President tinent "a fa-scinating place,” but nn, and not the r„i,i.er Cobb Jr. The Kiwanians of University Medical School's desolate and lonciy to tlie point of were introduced by Mr. Saunders fh-st-year class and also the year depression. Vegetation conj-isls of that the CaroHna yearbook was moss and lichen, which grows in and that was surpi'isingly little. Precautions of every sort were taken to combat the cold, and the Navy started training the men in the care of their cloth ing and equipment during the summer, so by the time befow- lero weather set In, they were prepared. Dr. Taylor found the Polar Con- Public Ceremonies And Parade Set By Navy, AF ROTC Units The Air Force ROl'C and Naval men for excellence and distinc- nis Club, should le fancy banquet (.j^g Rotarians by Vic Huggiii.s. Program Chairman Dr. Marvin Evans introduced the 23-man stu- ;game hen u lricli e Rot ary-Ki a iii s CO banquet last ■clubs planu'Cd on ' meal, but Mr. informed, really PUTNAM NAMED Kenneth E. Putnam, special rep- for them. Last resentative here of the Occidental mactment of the Life Insurance Company of Ral* ession featured eigh. has qualified for Occidental’s e a palatable, but top honor club composed of lead- re for civic club iiig Company representatives and managers. dedicated to Paul Green. In the fall of the year, he added, Kenan Memorial Stadium, donated by University benefacfcir William Rand Kenan, was formally dedi cated at the UNC-Virgiuia Thanks giving day classic before a "sell out” crowd of 28,900. The Tar Heels barelj" won the contest In an alleged "overtime” as Vir ginia came from behind to bring the final score to !4.j:L the “melt pools,” left on the rock where ice has melted. There is no dirt known here. Animals Friendly The animals are friendly, but not, suitable for pets, as none of then can eat out of water. The men left there are completely iso lated during the winter months, when Antarctica i.s blanketed in darknesj and fljing is too danger ous to be attempted. in various phases tion of awards ceremony followed of their individual programs, by a joint review and parade on The public’is invited to attend Navy Field at noon next Thurs- this ceremony and parade. This event will be the only one during Normally, during the school the year in which the Navy and year the two units conduct separate Air Force ROTC Units perform drills for their respective orgafii- .tointly. zations. However, as the climax Grandstand seals will he avail- to the year’s drill activities, and ^ble and there will be adequate in honor of the recipients of Unit space for parking on the South awards, the joint review has been side of Navy Field, scheduled for this year. The or- POLAR EXPEDITION MEMBERS—Seen at Cape Chocolate in the Antarctic are expedition members (left to right) 'Grits’ Silman, construction officer Dick Bowers, Dr. Taylor; operation commander Capt. Ha.wkes; helicopter pilot Don Nash, and the ‘copter's co-pilot. Phote was made last Nov. 9, \j, s. Navy Photo gariization of the two units will "8 form a regiment, com- ^ ; ; manded by Midshipman Gordon B. Hall of the Naval ROTC Unit with Cadet Colonel Memory H. El more as tile Regimental Execu tive Officer. James L. Godfrey, Chairman of the Faculty, will represent Chan cellor Robert B. House in receiv ing the review and in presenting awards to the Air Force 'ROTC. Cadets and Naval ROTC midship- Cloudy and mild today with scattered shewers. Low tonight around 60. Cloudy end mil# to morrow, with chance of showers. High Low Rainfall Monday 58 32 .00 Tuesday RO 28 .00 Wednesday 66 43 .00
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