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VoL IS. No. 44 Henderson Loses Priceless Books and Manuscripts Blaze December 20 Destroyed His Third-Floor Library And Living-Quarters REST OF HOUSE IS SAVED Archibald Henderson dashed home from an examination Fri day morning, December 20, to find his third-floor library and living quarters ablaze with a. fire that resulted in the destruction of his scientific, historical, and literary collections, the manu script for a 100,000-word vol ume, several family portraits, and all his clothing. Although a high wind was blowing, firemen worked effi ciently and confined the blaze to the third floor. Except for dam age caused by water, the first and second stories were not harmed. . Mr, Henderson thinks the conflagration may have been , started by the ignition of papers or boards close to the hot chim ney from the furnace. He be lieves that three of four other fires in the same house were caused by defective wiring; but he doubts that this was the ori gin of the last one. When inmates of the house first smelled smoke, they thought that the chicken for Archibald, Jr.’s birthday dinner was being scorched. The chicken was all right, though; and after the de parture of the firemen and ex cited neighbors, the family went on with the interrupted dinner. Varty. Mr. Henderson made this statement to the Weekly as his New Year Card of Thanks: May I not take thia opportunity, «easonally belated though 'it be, to express on behalf of our family most cordial thanks to tha Chapel Hill Fire Company for their brave and effective labors in extinguishing the Are at our home on December 20?. They could not have done better. Had they ar rived ten minutes later I daresay it would have been impossible to save the house. The subjects of Are and water naturally suggested their hy phenated combipation; and I only re gret that most of the members of the Are company had drifted away be fore this happy thought on a cold day occurred to me. At a suitable time and occasion, we hope to express our gratitude In a more substantial way. (Continued on last pa go) Bill for Frozen Foot Town Mast Pay Hospital Expenses of Alleged Car Thief After the snow came M. J. Dawson’* car disappeared from its parking place in front of his house. Coming uptown, he saw his car going by eastward bound, with a Negro at the wheel. With a friend in another car he gave chase. The Negro stepped on the gas and on East Franklin street ran over a boy on a bicycle, who proved to be Paul gparrow. His leg was hurt in the fall. At Dr. Lawson’s corner the fugitive tried to go too fast and wrecked the car. He jumped out, losing his cap and one shoe. With one foot bare he ran a mile and half through the snow and outdistanced his pursuers. Chief Sloan and Officer Wright took up the trail and ar rested Simmy Nidi, Negro, whom they charged with the theft. Nick was sitting near a stove, nursing s swollen foot. As it showed signs of being frozen, the officers sent him to a hos pital, where he remained several days. The town wOi have to foot the bffi. The Chapel HI Weekly LOCK GRAVES ip**.. Chapel Hill Chaff Archibald Henderson can take it on the chin. An hour or so after the recent fire at his house I found him in the midst of as desolate a scene as I have laid eyes on in many a day; standing in the attic room where nearly all his valuable books and papers had been destroyed. There were yawning holes in the roof, and all around lay ashes soaked in the water with which the fire men had put out the blaze. Os course I did not expect to find Mr. Henderson beating his breast and wailing; but I must say I was astonished at his cheerfulness. Most people need a little time to decide that there’s no use crying over spilt milk. Evidently he had made the de cision right off the bat. Bare headed and without an overcoat in the frigid attic open-to-the sky, he roared with laughter as he told me: “Here was the final touch of irony. Just after the fire was put out, with the ruins still smoking, a boy came up to me with a pad and pencil and asked me to sign a receipt for twelve tons of coal.’’—L. G. • • * In the middle of the after noon on the day before Christ mas I turned away from the home of M. C. S. Noble, having found ndbody in, and met Mr. Noble coming up the steps from the sidewalk. He had on a bright red tie and was smiling. “You look mighty happy to day, Uncle Bill,” I said. “I am happy,’’ he replied, “and you knojv why? It's because Alice lost the key to my car in stead of my losing the key to hers. I wouldn’t take a pretty for that.” I can understand how he felt. That same satisfaction, of not being the one who has lost something, comes to me once in a while—say, about once in ten years.—L. G. * • • For several years Editor Graves has been using this col umn to chaff his fellow towns men. Well then: Just before Christmas he threw off the harness and with Mrs. Graves in the car, drove (Continued on loot pagoj Graham on Honor Roll Univtnity President Named on The Nation’s List of Twenty-Three The Nation of New York, ac cording to its custom for eight years, printed in its January 1 issue an “honor roll’’ in which appeared the names of 23 per sons who, in that weekly’s view, “deserve the applqpse of their countrymen.” The eighth item in the list was as follows: “Frank Porter Graham, presi dent of the University of North Carolina, for years of brave, outspoken leadership in that state in education and social service, and especially for his brilliant address last August at the Williamstown Institute of Humsn Relations in behalf of social control In the United States and the modernization of the Constitution.” WUliajUm Takes ThlM Plate Running in the .first Sugar Bow) invitation track and field meet in New Orleans Monday, Harry mid dle distance star, finished the 880-yard race in third position, behind Charlie Hornbostel of Harvard and Ross Bush of Southern California. It was a fast run, Hornbostel clipping a second off the old southern rec ord of 1:65,6. *. ~ CHAPEL HILL, N. G, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3,-1936 15 New Homes Go Up During Year As Village Has Building Boom; Forecast lor 1936 Optimistic By H. D. Carter A village building boom dur ing the past year has resulted in the appearance of 16 dwellings and four business buildings, ex tensive repairs and alterations on 12 business and residential buildings and on University dor mitories, and commencement of construction on one new home and a combination And rooming house. Here is a list of the new homes in Chapel Hill: rental cottage, North St., Paul Roberson; West House, student dwelling and erstwhile “mystery house” on Fraternity Row; two dwellings on West University Drive, for Grady Pritchard and J. Maryon Saunders; rental dwelling, Davie Woods, Dr. J. P. Jones; dwell ing, Carr St., Walter Crawford; rental cottage, Davie Woods, I. B. Rush; cottage, Davie Woods, Moody Lloyd; rental cottage. Short St., W. T. McGalllard; cottage, Rosemary lane, Miss S. R. McGalliard; cottage, corner Church and Carr Sts., 0. B. Gooch; cottage, Patterson St., Mrs. 0. M. Craig; cottage for Post Office’s Big Year Reford Receipts entitle it to First Class Rank The Chapel Hill post office has just completed the biggest year in its history. The receipts were well over $50,000, which will establish it as a first-class post office effective July 1. Even the banner year of 1028 was sur passed. The holiday business was ex ceptionally large, but Postmas ter Eubanks dispensed with extra help as far as possible, re lying on overtime work by the regular staff. They handled it on time. The official figures, prepared by Willie Hogan, for the last ten years follow: 1925 $40,904.80 1926 45,673.01 1927 48,545.36 1928 49,993.20 1929 47,461.27 1930 46,144.71 1931 44,378.58 1932 42,644.55 1933 40,237.32 1934 43,484^04 1936 60,589.37 Miss Johnston’s Honors Miss Peggy Johnston has been chosen to play the leading part in “Tweedles,” the senior play at Peace College this year. She was graduated, with salutatory honors, from the high school here two years ago. At Peace, she holds the offices of presi dent of the senior class, mem ber of the student council, editor of the senior section of the school annual, the Lotus, and Vice-president of the Sigma Phi Kappa literary society. She was recently elected “Miss Person ality.” She is the daughter of Mrs. George Johnston and grand daughter of Mrs. Charles H. Johnston. Winter Term Opens Winter quarter classes in the University begin this morning (Friday) at 8:30. Allowing for the usual winter quarter de crease of about a hundred stu dents, Ben Husbands, associate registrar, estimates that the en rollment will be around 2675. 2788 students were enrolled for the fall term. ! J / • . *: O. T. Binkley, Wilson St., built by J. T. Dobbins; combination cottage and garage, Pittsboro road, Kennan Strowd; dwelling, Hooper Lane, Mrs. Roy Mason. New business constructions are T. R. Harwood’s dairy build ing on the Durham road, the field house adjacent to the new intramural field, Moody Dur ham’s store building on Frank- St, and John Booker’s ga rage on Senlac road. Alterations and repairs trans formed the Archer House on Columbia street into the Co-ed Graduate Qlub. Other work of this type includes: extensive al teration of J. F. Dashiell’s newly-bought home in West wood; installation of screens, overhauling, etc., in dormito ries ; alteration by J. B. Ross of the Strowd Place into apart ments ; repairs by J. B. Ross to a dwelling for the K. E. Mal combres; repairing of fire dam ages to Miss Alice Jones’ North St. apartments; J. P. Harland’s home on Briarbridge Lane, re placement of stucco on walls by (Continued on loot page) Town Tags Due All Permanent Resident* Required to Have Car Licenses Town tags on cars are re quired at the New Year, but Town Manager Caldwell an nounces that in view of weather conditions an extension of time will be granted until Monday, the 6th. After that police meas ures will be taken. The license fee is $1 for all permanent resi dents. Last year about 500 local tags were sold. This year the total may run to 600. The tags are ready at the town hall. Child Burned to Death In one of the series of small fires that have kept the fire de partment running a colored child one year old was burned to death in a small house in the rear of the home of J. Ralph Weaver. An aunt of Bessie Page, the cook, had left the child in her care while the mother went to High Point. It had been left alone only a few minutes when a blaze of undetermined origin swept over the structure. The child was dead when the firemen arrived. Few Traffic Accidents Despite the accumulation of ice on the streets, only minor motor car accidents have been reported. This is probably due to the extra care taken by driv ers, but more probably to the effectiveness with which the State Highway Commission kept the roads clean and to the town’s work in scraping the streets and sidewalks. Residents have suf fered more from caliipygian bumps, due to icy steps, than to car crashes. New Cash Night Registration The name of the winner of the cash night award of SBS at the Carolina Theatre tonight will be drawn from a new registration. Registrants may secure cards at the box office and must turn thorn in before 7 P, M. to be eli gible for tonight's drawing. Fifteen names were drawn last Friday before a winner came forward to claim the $65 which had accumulated during the past throe weeks. James Matthews, of Ponder’d Store, was the win ner. '•: v • Notes on Snow y f All the Week, and since three days before Christmas, the vil lage has been struggling through snow, ice, and sleet A second snowfall, piled on the first and then frozen over, came as a climax to nine days of below-freezing temperatures. Not in many years has Chapel Hill been through such a siege. Even today Franklin street is so piled up with snow that park ing cars cannot get up to the curbs. The fall of last Saturday night and Sunday made a mantle seven or eight inches deep, and up to yesterday, when rain softened it, showed little sign of retreat ing. Chapel Hill has had occasional heavy snows, but none have been so persistent, and no one can re call when there was such severe weather before Christmas. According to Clyde Eubanks, who keeps a record of such events, the last heavy snow was on January 13, 1933, when 9 inches fell. On January 17,1930, 15 inches fell, crippling the town for a couple of days. But the heaviest of ail was the spring time snow of March 2, 1927, when 24 inches fell. The present freeze has burst pipes, exhausted fuel supplies, and generally disrupted whole households, but until the snow lof the 28th and 29th came the inhabitants remained cheerful. For the first time in several years the village’s inhabitants were moved to dig out their rusted skates. Skating was started on Hogan’s pond, but was broken up by the second snow. The children have been having a fine time sledding on Windy Hill and other slopes. They always seem to be able to find sleds. Os! to Europe MarKinney* Will Leave New York Tomorrow for Cherbourg L. C. Mac Kinney, Mrs. Mac- Kinney, and Loren left Tuesday for New York and will sail on the ‘‘Bremen” tomorrow for Cherbourg, France. They expect the fast liner to make the ocean trip in about a week. Mr. MacKinney’a researches in medieval medicine will take him and his family to Germany, Italy, and England, in addition to France. The bulk of his work will be translating old treatises on medical aubjetts. The MacKinneys will return to Chapel Hill sometime next Sep tember. Tire-Chain Stampede The snow that came before Christmas started the villagers off on a rampage buying tire chains. The second fail made it a stampede. Bruce Strowd had sold 141 pairs by Monday and was sending to Greensboro for more. Rubbers and galoshes also had a heavy run, and plumbers were nin ragged re pairing frozen pipes. Bus Station Robbed During the holidays there i were several minor robberies And store-breakings about town, but a robbery at the bus station was more serious. Nearly S7OO was taken from the cash till , there. The filling station of Scales Robertson on West Franklin street was broken into. Frank Weaver, Negro, was ar rested and charged with the of fense. The police art working on clues in the bus station rob bery. sl*66 a Year in Advance. Sea Copy Work oa School Building Awaits Melting of Snow Teaching and Extra-Carrkvtsr Needs Wiß Be Well Provid ed for In Big Struct are BONDS HAVE BEEN SOLD — $190,000 BOND SALE Orange county WPA school bonds totalling $190,000 were sold at Ra leigh on Tuesday at a pre mium of $27 with the first $142,000 maturities bear ing interest at SVfc per cent and the remainder at per cent. A syndicate bought them, the buyers being Lewis and Hall, of Greensboro, Branch Bank ing snd Trust Company, of Wilson, and Oscar Burnett and Company, of Raleigh. Chapel Hill high school stu dents will start to school next fall in a big, luxuriously equipped new brick building, if present plans and calculations work out according to schedule. The preparatory operations of clearing and grading the plot of ground along Pittsboro road which has been chosen as the site of the new W.P.A.-flnanced building will begin as soon as the snow is off the ground. According to the architect’s blue prints, the structure will face eastward toward the road; and there will be two sets of limestone steps leading to the main entrance one into the first floor lobby, the other into the auditorium which will compose the right wing of the building. Teaching and administrative needs and the students* extra curricular activities will all be abundantly provided for. The first floor is composed of: seven classrooms, measuring 34 by 22 feet; two seminar rooms; teacher’s rest rooms; a princi pal's office and anteroom; a file room; a book room; a supply (Continued on page three) Wild Turkeys Bagged Local Hunters Get Birds in Alamance and Orange Counties Chapel Hill hunters had un usual luck bagging wild turkeys during the holidays. Moody Durham and Brody Thompson went up to Haw River and re turned with one each. Dur ham’s was unusually large. Then Willie Hogan went up to the same place alone and got one. Aubry Wright got two in Chat ham County. C. E. Vashaw hunted ail day in the northeast part of Orange County before he saw a turkey out in a field. He got the bird. Wild turkeys occasionally come up to the outskirts of the village, especially in severe weather when food is scarce. They have been sighted along Morgan's Creek this season. Pastor's Parents Injured The Rev. Donald H. Stewart, pastor of the Presbyterian church, was summoned to Spar tanburg, 8. C., yesterday where his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Stewart, had been in jured in an automobile accident. Mrs. Stewart's arm was broken when their ear nkMAmA on the lee and turned over. She was taken to a Spartanburg hospital. They had been visiting their son here, and were returning to Alabama. Mr. Stewart will bring his mother to hie home here as soon as she can be moved.
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