VoL 19, No. 22
Does Refund Go
To Earlier or
Later Owner?
Question Still a Tangle,
There May Have to Be an
Appeal to the Courts
BUT SEVERAL CASES ARE
APT TO BE COMPROMISED
The question of who gets the
refund on the Frankljn street
assessment —the man who owned
property when the assessment
was made or the man who ac
-quired it between then ai\d the
passage of the refund ordinance
in January of 1939—is still a
tangle.
According to the ordinance,
the later owner gets the refund.
The earlier owner is putting in
a protest against this. The mat
ter may have to be settled by the
courts, but some of the owners,
past and present, may compro
mise-in order to avoid the delay
Atwexpense of lawsuits.
~s>The three lawyers principally
concerned are C. P. Hinshaw,
representing the town of Chapel
Hill; John Manning, whoss ef
forts over a period of years had
much to do with bringing about
the refund legislation; and L. J.
Phipps. Mr. Manning supports
the view that the refund should
go to the owner of record when
the ordinance was adopted. Mr.
Phipps is attorney for some for
mer owners who sold their prop
erties before the adoption of the
ordinance.
No two cases in which property
changed hands are exactly alike.
In one case a small part of the
total assessment would be paid
by an owner before he sold; in
another case, a large part. Hence
claims vary widely.
The Orange County Building
and Loan Association acquired
by foreclosure property on the
south side of the street near the
Andrews Funeral Home. It paid
the part of the assessment that
had been left unpaid by the fail
ing mortgagee, and later part of
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The Girl Campers
Several Scout Troops Have Week-End
Holiday at Crabtree
The Girl Scouts of Chapel Hill
and Carrboro, four troops of
’em, had a holiday at Camp
Crabtree at the last week-end.
There were 45 campers alto
gether-—3B Scouts and 7 leaders.
Miss Elsie Lawrence was the
leader-in-chief. Her associates
were Mrs. F. S. Perkerson and
Mrs. Carl Anderson, and these
University students: Miss Elea
nor Brown, Miss Muriel Malli
son, Miss Helen Sears, and Miss
Eva Mae Nee.
The gif Is cooked, ate, and slept
out of doors in the usual scout
fashion. They played soft ball
and went swimming, and after
nightfall they gathered around
campfjres.
Parents took them to and from
Camp Crabtree in automobiles.
Dr. W. P. Richardson, the health
officer, made the medical exam
inations required by the Scout
camping code.
E. C. Smith, manager of the
Carolina theatre, is directing a
canvass among parents to raise
a fund for the Girl Scouts’ ac
tivities for another year. Later
on it will be extended to people
other than parents. Mr. Smith
will be glad to receive any con
tribution sent to him.
Miss Adams Witt Make a Talk
Miss Harriet Adams will make
a gallery talk at 5 o’clock Sun
day afternoon at the exhibition
of French paintings in Person
hall.
The Chapel Hill Weekly
LOUIS GRAVES
Editor
Sinking ol Bismarck Described as Fine
Example ol Warship-Plane Cooperation
Percy W. Foote, retired rear
admiral of the United States
Navy, was asked yesterday to
comment on the sinking by the
British of the German battleship
Bismarck:
“It seems to me this is an en
couraging indication of the fu
ture course of the war,” he said.
“From the facts that we have
now, the sinking of the Bis
marck confirms the opinion of
all the leading naval strategists,
and of all the other competent
students of modern warfare,
that it is not warships alone,
and not airplanes alone, that will
win a war on the seas, but a
combination of both.
“When people discuss the
question which is the best, the
battleship or the airplane, they
are wasting their time. The sup
posed competition between these
two is fictitious. The battU&hip
and the airplane are noHsompe
titive they supplement one
another. They are both needed
for effective operations in sea
warfare. The airplane is needed
not only for scouting and patrol
ling; under some circumstances
it may make a very destructive
attack. But the ship with heavy
armor and powerful guns is still
the backbone of a fleet. This is
true despite the fact that deadly
The New Presbyterian Minister
People acquainted with Rev.
Charles Jones, who will
preach day after tomorrow for
the first time as Presbytefian
minister in Chapel Hill, Have
said that his most commanding
characteristic is a broad human
sympathy. This is no doubt due
in large part to his association
with all manner of human be
ings in the course of a varied
career.
He was born in Nashville, Ten
nessee, 35 years ago; attended
the public schools there* worked
in an insurance office and then
with the Hudson Motor Com
pany in Detroit; attended Mary
ville College; had a job with the
DuPont Rayon Works; and
operated a restaurant in San An
tonio, Texas. He studied voice
in San Antonio, and it was
through his interest in church
music that he was stimulated to
study for the ministry. He com-
Today’s Post Office Schedule
Holiday hours will be observed
today (Friday) at the Chapel
Hili post office in celebration of
Memorial Day, a legal holiday.
The schedule for the day will be
as follows: Parcel post, general
delivery, and stamp windows,
open from 10 to 12 o’clock; mon
ey order and registry windows,
closed all day. Mail will be dis
tributed in the post office boxes
as usual, and the doors will be
open from 6 A.M. to 8 P.M., the
regular hours. There will be a
morning delivery in the village,
but none in the afternoon, and
no rural delivery whatsoever.
Stephenson Visits Here
Victor L. Stephenson, Univer
sity alumnus of the class of 1906,
editorial writer on the Syracuse,
N. Y., Herald-Journal, was in
the village for a few hours last
Friday. Mr. Stephenson, a na
tive of Statesville, was editor of
the Tar Heel here. He joined the
staff of the Charlotte Observer
after his graduation and served
there ten years; was with the
New York Evening Poet four
years and the Worcester, Mass.,
ITelegram three years; and Went
to Syracuse in 1923.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, FRIDJtY, MAY 30, 1941
torpedoes may be launched from
smaller vessels as well as from
airplanes.
“The operation against the
Bismarck is typical of the co
operation between air and sur
face craft that has been empha
sized in our own Navy. The
United States Navy has probably
developed its air arm more
thoroughly than any other navy
in the world.
“The pursuit and the sinking
of the Bismarck present an ex
cellent example, from the infor
mation now at hand, of the man
ner in which sea power and air
power should function together.
“The pursuing British ships
loathe German ship in the bad
weather, but they hung on with
their scouting planes. Then one
of the planes found the Bismarck
and directed the warships to it.
We are tolfl that it was hit and
partially disabled by torpedoes
fired from airplanes, and then
the British ships came up and
finished the job with their heavy
gunfire.
“The combination of both
arms, sea power and air power
—that is what is going to bring
victory in this war. It is by this
combination that the British,
with America’s help, are going
to win.”
pleted courses of study at the
Union Theological Seminary and
Columbia University.
His first pastorate was with
the Gordonsville and South
Plains churches in Virginia.
Since he left there he has been
in Brevard, N. C.
His wife is the former Miss
Dorcas McKinney of Richmond.
They have two children of their
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Proclamation of National Emergency Was
Proposed by Legion Post Here a Year Ago
The proclamation of a nation
al emergency, issued by Presi
dent Roosevelt this week, was
proposed in resolutions formally
adopted by the Chapel Hill post
of the American Legion on June
4th of last year. The post gave,
as the reasons for such a proc
lamation, substantially the same
reasons as those now given by
the President.
The first paragraph in the pre
amble to the resolutions was as
follows: “Whereas, the situation
The Beginning of the Forest Theatre
The site of the Forest Theatre
in Battle Park was selected in
the academic year 1916-1917 by
W. C. Coker, Edwin Greenlaw,
Holly Hanford, and J. M.
Booker. It opened in the spring
of 1917, a few weeks after
America entered the World War,
with a program that included
Miss Nell Booker Wins Distinction at Art School
Miss Nell Booker, who has
just completed her first year at
the Art Students League, the
famous school in New York, is
distinguished by the publication
of one of her drawings in the
annual catalogue. When |day
Mrs. Fealer Heads League
.Mrs. James W. Fesler was
elected president of the Junior
Service League this week. Other
new officers are Mrs. W. D. Me-
Dermond, vice-president; Mrs.
Bruce Whitmire, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Floyd Siewert,
recording secretary; and Mrs.
Ru&s6il Smith, trQ&surer.
Chapel Ml Chaff
“How did you get that gold we
sent you?” I asked my mother,
one day this week. “I’ve forgot
ten about it.”
“Why, President Roosevelt
brought it to me,” she said.
We were talking about how the
Vforld War had burst around her
when she was in Europe in the
summer of 1914. She and my sis
ter and Miss Mary Roberson
(now Mrs. Roy Mason) and Miss
Nellie Roberson were in Switzer
land when hell broke loose. All
Europe was in a panic. Banks
and tourist agencies closed.
American travelers were in dire
straits.
My brother and I began a furi
ous despatching of cablegrams,
just as thousands of other peo
ple with relatives in Europe were
doing. The congestion and con
fusion were such that a lot of the
messages never got off, and many
that did get off were never de
livered.
Our four women in Switzer
land decided on a dash for Eng
land. They found Paris a dead
city—the houses boarded up and
the Government gone to Bor
deaux. After $ day there they
went on to the Channel, on a
train passing over a route just a
little beyond the range of the
German guns, and arrived safe in
London.
Meanwhile, the United States
Government had sent one of the
Navy’s warships to Europe with
a cargo of gold for American
travelers. When my mother Said
“ ’resident Roosevelt” she was
using the present title of the man
Vho was in cqjmmand of the ves
sel, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Before he got to Europe the
machinery of exchange had got
into fairly regular operation
again, and my mother had been
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in the world today is such as to
constitute a definite threat to the
safety of our country and to the
lives and property of our peo
ple . . .”
The first paragraph after the
preamble began: “Therefore, be
it resolved by the Chapel Hill
post of the American Legion,
that the Congress of the United
States should at once declare
that a national emergency exists
and should grant the President
full power to prepare this nation
for its adequate defense.”
Paul Green’s first play. Adolphe
Vermont directed a pageant in
the Forest Theatre in the sum
mer of 1917. Frederick H. Koch
came to the University in 1918
and organized the Carolina Play
makers. The Playmakers took
over the theatre, and their first
production there was “The Tam
ing of the Shrew” July 31, 1919.
comes the teacher of every class
selects for the catalogue the best
one of the pictures done by his
students jn the course of the
year, and George Grosz selected
a black-and-white which Miss
Booker had drawn in January.
The Symphony Dinner
The North Carolina Symphony
Society had its annual dinner
Tuesday evening at the Carolina
Inn. Walter Cutter was toast
master. Short talks'were made
by Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt,
president of the Society, Benja
min Swalin, conductor, and Paul
School for Younger Children to
Be Operated Here This Summer;
Hours Will Be from 8 to Moon
Coker’s Comment on
Cutting Down Trees
Editor Graves has asked me for
some comment on his recent
piece about cutting down trees.
It is sufficient to repeat what I
have already said; that is, if I had
known that it was contemplated
cutting down the trees referred
to, I would have made a vigor
ous protest; and so expressed
myself on my return to Chapel
Hill. I would like to say, how
ever, that in my opinion no board
of aldermen should have the
right to cut down any good tree
on the streets of Chapel Hill
without full publicity ahead of
time as to reasons, so as to allow
the citizens to inform themselves
on both sides of the question.
Trees should not be cut down by
a small body of men for what
they consider good business rea
sons. It is very easy to make a
mistake as to what is good busi
ness in a case like this. I know
two town/in South Carolina that
are terrible examples of this,
whole blocks of fine trees having
been cut, turning a cool, shady
village into a torrid canyon of
ugly buildings.
W. C. Coker
Blistering Heat
The village has been in the
grip of blistering heat this week.
Day after day the temperature
has been up in the 90’s.
On the editor’s porch, in the
shade, the mercury was at 94 at
1 o’clock yesterday.
A severe drought is burning
the grass and shriveling the
shrubs. It has been in progress
for weeks. True, there has been
a shower now and then. But the
showers have not been of the
steady, soaking kind extolled by
gardeners. Rain, when it has
come at all, has come down hard;
has not kept falling long; and has
run off fast. After a rain like
that the gardeners utter their
time-honored wail: “Stick your
trowel in the ground, and an inch
below the surface it’s as dry as
a bone.”
“In the shade, our hnercury
here at the Texaco station has
been in the 90’s for several days,”
said Herbert Pendergraft yester
day. “That’s in the morning.
When the sun strikes the ther
mometer at about 1 o’clock the
mercury goes up to 120.”
Movies Here Today
“Blood and Sand,” a movie
made from Ibanez’s famous novel
of the same name, will complete
a two-day run today (Friday) at
the Carolina theatre. Tyrone
Power plays the part of Juan,
the tragic matador; the.leading
feminine stars ate Linda Darnell
and Rita Hayworth. “Sunny,”
starring Anna Neagle, will be at
the Carolina as a late show to
night (at 11:15) and as the regu
lar show tomorrow. “Lillian Rus
sell,” with Alice Faye, will be at
the Pick today, and “Invisible
Ghost,” with Bela Lugosi and
Clarence Muse, will be there to
morrow.
Seniors’ Good Performance
The high school seniors gave
a fine performance of the com
edy, “June Mad,” in the school
auditorium* Wednesday and
Thursday evenings.
Groceries to Close Early
Beginning next Wednesday,
June 4, the Chapel rfill grocery
stores will close at 12:80 every
Wednesday afternoon through
out the Summer.
sl-50 a Year in Advance. 5e a Copy
Fee of $3 All-Inclusive; Chil
dren May Leave at 11:30 to
Go to Pool in Gymnasium
PUPILS WILL BE WITHIN
AGE PERIOD OF 5 TO 11
The University has organized
a school for Chapel Hill, for the
month frfcin June 19 to July 19,
for children from 5 to 11 years
old. Possibly there will be some
pupils slightly older than 11.
The fee will be $3 and will cover
all the material and equipment
needed.
The program (at the element
ary school on West Franklin
street) will include reading,
games, arts, crafts, music, and
general school activities. The
hours will be from 8 to 12.
The faculty will be composed
of three teachers of broad ex
perience and high standing. The
instruction will be observed by
teachers attending the Univer
sity summer school.
“It is not expected that all the
children will report at 8 or that
all will stay till 12,” said Guy
B. Phillips, head of the Univer
sity summer school, yesterday.
“Since many parents find it con
venient to bring the children
along when they come to the
campus at 8, the teachers will be
ready to receive the children
then.
“The children who register for
swimming and wish to go to the
pool at 1:30 will be excused for
that purpose. The swimming
period for children at the gym
nasium has been set at 11 to 1.
The principal activity in the
school will come between 8:30
and 11:30. /
“Registration should be made
immediately, since each class
will be limited to 30 children.
They will be enrolled in order of
application. Parents who want
to enter their children should
communicate with Mr. Boger at
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Playmakers* Caper
There Will Be Singing and Dancing,
Surprises, and Food and Drink
The Carolina Playmakers will
hold their 17th annual caper at
8 O’clock tomorrow (Saturday)
evening in the Playmakers
theatre. There will be singing
and dancing, skits, surprises, re
freshments, and the giving of
awards. Everybody who has
ever helped with a Playmaker
production in any way is invited.
Frederick H. Koch will pre
sent the awards, the most im
portant of which will be the
Roland Holt cup given for the
year’s most distinguished work
in play writing. The judges
couldn’t decide between the work
of Merle McKay of Beverly,
Mass., and Joseph D. Feldman
of New York City, so the cup
will be presented to both of them
as a joint award.
War Relief Ball in Durham
The Thumbs-Up Ball, for the
benefit of the British War Re
lief, is announced for next Fri
day night, June 6, from 9 to 1
o’clock, in the Washington Duke
hotel in Durham. Music by Fred
die Johnson and His U.N.C. Or
chestra. Admission fees, $1.50
for a couple and $1 for a stag.
The ball was arranged by the
special events committee of the
British War Relief Society in
Durham. Mrs. Louis A. Carr is
chairman of this committee, and
the other members Mrs. S. C.
Chambers, Miss Janet Smith, and
I Miss Lottie