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V«L I*. No. 1( U. S. Proposes Health Service Centered Here Aldermen Hear Dr. Mangum Ex plain Plan and Assure Him of Town’s Cooperation SCHEME UNIQUE IN NATION “It is the only undertaking of the kind in this country—and, so far as I know, in the world.” This is what Dr. Charles S. Mangum said when he was tell ing the aldermen, at a special meeting night before last, about the proposal of the United States Government, acting in cooperation with the State Board of Health and the Uni versity, to set up o regional puiblic health service with head quarters in Chapel Hill. The district to be covered by the service is to be composed of Or ange, Person, and Caswell coun ties. The plan combines the train ing of physicians in the science of public health with the actual operation of a public health ser vice in the three counties. The training, to be conducted by the University medical school, will be closely linked with the opera tion of the service under physi cians who are experienced in the field of preventive medicine. Before he appeared before the aldermen Dr. Mangum had already explained the plan to the county commissioners. The rea son he is presenting it to local governments is that they are asked to bear part of the cost. 'The requested Contributions, beyond these governments’ reg ular budgets, are not large; since the new organization would take over work already being done, the counties and munici palities would not have to put (Continued on page two) Koch to North Dakota 'PlayMkera’ Director to Make Com neaeement Speech at Univeraity Frederick H. Koch will deliver the commencement address at the University of North Dakota next Tuesday. It was at that in stitution, 29 years ago, that he organized the Dakota Play makers and laid the foundation for his success as director of the Carolina Playmakers in Chapel Hill. He will speak at the final ex orcises of the State Teachers college at Minot, N. D., next Wednesday. The Dakota Playmakers will present ‘Twelfth Night” in his honor tomorrow evening. This was the first Shakespearean play that Mr. Koch produced there. Hunt Establishes a Gardening: School Here William L. Hunt has founded the Southern School of Garden ing in Chapel Hill. It will open July 22 and continue six weeks until August 30. Lectures will be conducted in the Phi Kappa Sigma house one block from the University cam pus on Cameron avenue, and the .library will also be there. Living quarters will be provid «ed in fraternity houses for both men and women students. Special attention will be giv «n to groups of gardeners who wish to c«ne to Chapel Hill for •one or two days of lectures and for the use of the library. Res ervations must be made as far in advance aa possible. (Ad dress of secretary, P. O. Box. The Chapel Hill Weekly LOUIS GRAVES Editor Dr. Charles S. Mangum laid before the county commission ers, at their meeting in Hillsboro this week, the offer of the United States Government to bear a large part of the cost of the pub lic health service which it is proposed to establish in the dis trict composed of Orange, Per son, and Caswell counties. Here is a wonderful oppor tunity which it would be folly for the county not to seize. Com bining as it does instruction in the science of public health with an actual practical service, this is the only enterprise of the kind in the entire nation. Nowhere else are local governments being aided by the Government in such a manner. It is necessary for the three counties to bear some share of the cost, but the demand upon them is npt large because the projected organization will take over the public health work for which the counties already make appropriations in their regular budgets. Most of what the coun ties are asked to contribute rep resents money that they are al ready spending. Caswell and Person counties have agreed to chip in the amounts requested of them. The quota of Orange county, for the budget set up by the United States Public Health Ser vice and the North Carolina Board of Health, is $3,600. The commissioners, after they had heard Dr. Mangum explain the plan, assured him that Orange would cofjgtyute as much as $2,500. It is understood that the rea- Hill Gives the Inn Keporti That He Would Present it to University Prove Well-Founded At a meeting of the executive committee of the University board of trustees Wednesday in Raleigh, John Sprunt Hill pre sented the Carolina Inn to the University. The committee adopted a resolution expressing its deep appreciation of his gen erosity. There had been reports, for a year%or more, that Mr. Hill in tended to add the Inn to his many benevolences to the insti tution. The Music hall was a gift from him and Mrs. Hill, and he has been a frequent con tributor to the library and various other University de partments and activities. The Inn was built about ten years ago at a cost of around $200,000. It was a boon to the community, for there had never before been adequate accommo dations for visitors. 169.) The tuition fees range from flO for one week to $35 for six weeks. The admission fee for a single lecture wiU be sl. The lectures will be delivered from 9 to 11 o’clock and from 8 to 5 o’clock, Monday through Friday. There will be field trips to nearby gardens and the Uni versity campus. Collections of plant material will be on dis play, and demonstrations of planning and construction will be included in the course. ’’The school is organized to teach the principles of practical gardening in the South,” says Mr. Hunt in his formal an nouncement. "The courses have been designed along lines more practical than technics^”!-.—^ An Editorial CHAPEL HILL, sl. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1935 son they hesitate to vote the re quested $3,600 is that, if they did so, it would mean an increase in the tax rate. But this is cer tainly not a good reason. One cent added to the rate will pro vide enough revenue to make up the difference between $2,500 and $3,600! Oaange county is now in an exceptionally favorable financial condition. The latest audit shows that it has reduced its get debt by $245,000 in the last six or seven years. It has reduced its tax rate from $1.34 to 78 cents in the last ten years. De spite the fact that real estate assessments underwent a hori zontal reduction of 26 per cent four years ago, the tax rate has fallen in that period. The affairs of the county have been well managed in recent years by Commissioners Han (Con Untied on page two) Hamilton Chief Marshal Champion Book Agent Has the Job of Showing People Where to Go Oscar A. Hamilton of Chapel Hill, North Carolina representa tive of the Macmillan Publishing Company, with which concern he has made a phenomenal success, has been appointed Alumni Chief Marshal at the University’s 140th Commencement next week. He was graduated here 25 years ago, and his class is hav ing a reunion this year. In his student days he was celebrated as a baseball player. His fond ness for physical exercise now finds its outlet in golf, tennis (occasionally), pressing down on the accelerator, lifting food and drink to the face, and shoving the chips back and forth between the center and the edge of the table. Mr. Hamilton received the degree of master of arts from Columbia University in 1923. He was principal of the Wilmington high school, superintendent of the Goldsboro schools, and su perintendent of the New Han over county schools. He re signed from this last post in 1932 to go with Macmillan. A Sewage Problem Home-Owners in Southweet Section Are in Difficult Situation The perplexing problem of .sewage in the southwestern sec tion of the village, both inside and outside of the town limits, was discussed by the aldermen at their meeting this week. Among the property-owners present were T. J. Wilson, Jr., R. H. Wettach, L. M. Brooks, and Paul Wager. The difficulty is that many homes are not connected with the municipal sewer system. They are served by septic tanks, and in some cases this system of disposal does not function satisfactorily. Troublesome engineering and financial questions are involved. One perplexing circumstance is that service for homes outside o t the village cannot be provided under the regular taxation plan. A home - owners’ committee composed of R. H. Wettach (whose property is within the limits) and H. F .Comer (whose property is beyond the limits) is to have conferences with an aldermanic committee to try to work out a solution. Duke University conferred the degree of doctor of philosophy on 29 students at its commence | meat exercises Monday-. Chapel Hill Chaff The frequent rains of late, al ternating with periods of hot sunshine, have caused the shrubs and the grasses to grow so luxuriantly that in many places the village is a veritable jungle. R. J. M. Hobbs, of the faculty of the University school of commerce, was seen by a friend, one day this week, going across the campus with a pair of pruning shears in his hand. The friend asked him why. “The bushes outside of my of fice have got so high and so thick that they blot out the light,” he replied, “w I am go ing to thin ’em out” * • * * Old-timers, and many of the people who have come to Chap el Hill more recently, do not like to see the village become citified. They realize that many changes in that direction —brick-front stores, big and bright show win dows, pavements, electric lights on the streets—are inevitable. And none of them would be will ing to forego the modern com forts for the sake of preserving the “quaintness” of a bygone era. Still they are a bit sadden ed by every new movement to ward citification. The parking nuisance is an illustration of what I am talk ing about. A week or so ago I heard one of the old-timers—l think it was Clyde Eubanks — say: “Here in Chapel Hill peo ple have (been used to small town ways—putting their cars where they please and keeping tham there as long aa they want to. I sort o’ hate to see us have rules and restrictions like those in the cities. But”—sighing re (Continued on loot page) The Engineering School Question of Morin* it from Here to Raleigh Is Still Unsettled The executive committee of the University board of trustees held a spirited discussion, at their meeting Wednesday in Ra leigh, of the question of remov ing the engineering school from Chapel Hill to Raleigh. No decision was reached. The committee will meet here at 10:30 Tuesday morning, and there will be a meeting of the full board of trustees that after noon. It is probable that the question of what to do about the engineering school will be re ferred by the committee to the full board for settlement. A consolidation committee made up of trustees has been considering the problem. In ite report of the executive commit tee meeting the News and Ob server of yesterday said: “It was understood from authorita tive sources that the consolida tion committee recommended the removal of the engineering school to Statq College . . . The consolidation committee's re port did not reach a vote yester day* it appeared* largely because of the stubborn opposition of John Sprunt Hill and Walter Murphy, who argued at length for the retention of the engineer ing school at? Chapel Hill.” t Gerr&rd Hall Condemned Gerrard haH has beep con demned, on the ground of ■neafeneea. The meet Inge both Monday and Tuesday mornings, which were to he held there, will be held fas - the Hitt. Music heu. ivy.' s7 ""] F. W. A. Enlarges Staff Here; Chapel Hill Is Seat of Power Under Government's New Plan Wet-Dry Test Today Judge Frixselle to Pm on Judge Cruuuer’s Restraining Order Argument on the question of holding a liquor election in New Hanover county will be made to day (Friday) before Judge Frizzelle in the superior court in Wilmington. Judge Cranmer signed the re straining order last week. Judge Frizzelle is to decide whether or not the injunction shall be made permanent. It is regarded as certain that the question will be taken to the Supreme Court. The New Hanover county commissioners have scheduled the election for July 2. If Judge Frizzelle upholds Judge Cran mer’s restraining order, there will be no election until the Su preme Court has given its deci sion. If Judge Frizzelle dis misses the order, New Hanover may hold the election and, if the wets win, set up liquor stores; but if later the Supreme Court takes the dry view the stores will have to be closed. Rainey’s 80th Birthday Children, Grandchildren, and One Great-Grandchild at Reunion Monday, June 3, was T. H. Rainey’s 80th birthday. All of his children gathered at hia home on Sunday for a reunion. They were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Rainey of Texarkana, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Rainey of Staunton, Va.; Mr. and Mrs, E. C. Hurt (Mrs. Hurt—Annie Rainey) of Chatham, Va.; George H. Rainey of Athens, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Bracken (Mrs. Bracken—lda Rainey) of Charlotte; Mrs. J. M. Porter Blanche Rainey) -of New Or leans, La.; Miss Olivia Rainey of Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brandon (Mrs. Bran don—Rosa Rainey) of Wilson; and T. H. Rainey, Jr., Elizabeth Rainey, and Julian H. Rainey of Chapel Hill. Two grandchildren and one great-grandchild were present. Dr. and Mrs. C. E. King of Durham were guests. A party was given for Mr. Rainey Monday evening at his home. The Knights of Pythias and their wives, R. B. House, Mr. and Mm. J. A. Giles, and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Strowd were the guests. Mr. House played his -harp, and Mr. Strowd showed his Font movies. Russell Astonished at Becoming a President Two days had passed, after the election of Phillips Russell to the presidency of the North Carolina Historical and Literary Association, before he knew any thing about it. He was sur prised, to put it mildly. Per haps he shouldn’t have been, aince it was natural enough that he, the vice-president, should be elevated ill consequence of the death of the president, J. M. Mc- Connell of Davidson College, but he was. Somehow he just couldn’t picture himself as / the president of anything. “What do I do?” he Meed, in a dazed manner, when he was informed of the election. Recovering from his surprise, be was cheered by the thought that, as executive officer, lie would be concerned with select ing other men to speak instead >rmaking speeches himself. Bull $1.50 a Year in Advance. 5c a Copy Baity Authorised to Deckle on Matters That Were Formerly Referred to Washington FINANCING BASIS CHANGED Several members of the ex panded and reorganized staff of the North Carolina division of the Public Works Administration have come to Chapel Hill from Washington, and more are to follow. Among the first to arrive were the attorneys, Charles N. Malone and H. Emmett Powell. As coun sel for the P.W.A. units in the Carolinas and Georgia, Mr. Malone is to have his headquar ters here. He is at the Inn for the time being. Mr. Powell will head the P.W.A.’s legal staff for this state. Fulton Holmes, an other of the attorneys, had the good luck to mention his search for a home when he stopped at the Texaco filling station. Her bert Pendergraft, the proprietor, was sending his family to the coast for the summer, and right off the bat he made a deal for the lease to Mr. Holmes of his house on Pritchard avenue. Os the new members of the clerical force, Miss Billie Curtis, Mrs. Helen Waters, Miss An nette Osborne, and Miss Janet Sessoms are here. Among the six yet to come is Miss Emma Tate Williams. And there will be three finance examiners and one new engineering examiner. The decentralization of which the newspapers have been telling is genuine under the new set-up. There have been times in the last year when Mr. Baity has not seemed to enjoy s great degree (Continued on loot page) Mclntosh Anniversary Coker Sends Congratulatory Message in Fern of Versos Last Sunday was the 48th an niversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mclntosh. As a message of congratula tion and goodwill, their neigh bor, W. C. Coker, sent them these verses: Married are they for forty eight yean, Very much happiness, some times tears, Always love in joy or pain, Ala ays sunshine after rain; ' What I call living—Oh, toy Gosh! Wish I could live like Mclntosh! he looked downcast a moment later when he was reminded that he would have to make a presidential address at the an nual meeting next fall. Born in Rockingham, Mr. Rus sell was a student here from {9OO to 1904. For several years he did newspaper work in New York, Philadelphia, and London. It was when he was in London that he conceived the idea of writing a biography of Benja min Franklin. The reviewers ac claimed it a triumph, and it had a handsome sale. Since then he has written biographies of John Paul Jones, Emerson, and Wil liam the Conqueror, a novel, a book about travels in Mexico, and a book of historical essays. He has contributed many articles to magazines. * Now in tig* University faculty, he conducts courses in writing*
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