Vol. 21, No. 16
Bus Service to
Be Improved by
Companies’ Pact
Trip to North without Change
in Durham to Ik One Result;
Busses to Run to Hillsboro
The bus service for Chapel
Hill is to be greatly improved by
the agreement reached by the
Carolina Coach Company and the
Virginia Stage Lines and ap
proved by the State Utilities
Commission. The agreement ends
a dispute between the companies
over the question of whether the
V.S.L. should receive a franchise
to operate busses from Raleigh
through Chapel Hill and Hills
boro to connect at Yanceyville
with a V.S.L. line to the North.
Under the compromise agree
ment, the V.S.L. is to have a
franchise to operate through
busses from Chapel Hill through
Durham and Roxboro and on
into Virginia. This will enable
Chapel Hillians to go to Wash
ington (byway of Lynchburg)
without change in Durham. *
The Carolina Coach Company
is to establish a service between
Chapel Hill and Hillsboro. The
present plan is for three round
trips a day.
The V.S.L. withdraws its ap
plication for the Yanceyville-
Hillsboro - Chapel Hill - Raleigh
franchise; in place of that, it
will be permitted to run busses
from Durham to Hillsboro over
highway No. 10 and then on to
Yanceyville and Reidsville.
It is understood that the Caro
lina Coach Company will add a
round trip to its present sched
ule between Raleigh and Chapel
Hill.
Former Mayor John M. Fou
shee, who has been a leader in
the movement for better bus
service, said yesterday that he
thought Chapel Hill had reason
to be well pleased with the agree
ment.
Cy Razemore’s Twins
The visit of Cyrus W. Baze
more’s four-months-old twins, a
boy and a girl, caused a commo
tion at the Orange Printshop
Tuesday afternoon.
The news that they were here,
passed from the front oflice back
to the composing room and on to
the editorial sanctum, brought
Cy’s old friends on the run—
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Pugh,
Klmer Harrington, Robert P.
Moon?, Nelson Callahan, H. M.
Pittard, and Louis Graves. They
crowded around the automobile
in which William Cyrus and Ber
nice Madry swung in two bas
kets. The babies, fat and
healthy, lay flat of their backs
and smiled up at the cluster of
admirers.
. Mrs. Bazemore, the former
Miss Lena Madry, sister of Rob
ert W. Madry, was in command
of the automobile. Beside her
on the front seat was the grand
mother, Mrs. Madry. In the
rear, with the twins, was Mrs.
Lynch.
Mr. Bazemore is at the Bap
tist Theological Seminary in
Louisville. He is soon to enter
the ministry.
D. D. Carroll, Jr., Commissioned
D. D. Carroll, Jr., has been
commissioned a second lieuten
ant in the Army Air Force’s ad
ministration division. He has
been assigned to the Fighter
Command School at Orlando,
Florida. He has not yet seen his
son who was born March 16.
Mrs. Carroll and the boy are
with her mother at Punta Gorda,
Florida.
Buy War Honda
At the Rank or Poat Office
The Chapel Hill Weekly
LOUIS GRAVES
Editor
Food Fads and Fancies
To the many Chapel Hillians
who hare attended his lectures
James C. Andrews, head of the
department of biological chemis
try in the University medical
school, is known not only for his
thorough knowledge of foods and
what they do for you (or to you)
but also for his ability to keep
his listeners interested from the
beginning to the end. The other
day the editor happened to men
tion to Mr. Andrews some old
notion about the harmfulness of
a certain combination of foods.
Mr. Andrews said that there
were a lot of other such notions,
all just as foolish. The editor
asked him to write an article
about them, and here it is.
By James C. Andrews
In the course of my several
series of lectures in Chapel Hill
on practical food and nutrition
there have come to me many
questions concerned with what
we might call “food fads and
fancies.” These questions usual
ly have their beginnings in some
piece of folklore about foods,
even dating back many years. In
McDonald, Expected to Run for Governor,
Gives a Sort of Preview of His Campaign
Ralph VV. McDonald, who,
since his resignation from his
post with the University, is gen
erally assumed to be a candidate
for Governor, gave a sort of pre
view of his campaign, in a speech
to the Rotary Club here night
before last, by attacking Gregg
Cherry’s record on school legis
lation in the 1933 legislature.
Mr. Cherry may be Mr. McDon
ald’s opponent in the campaign.
Saying that the legislature of
1933 imposed the most severe
reductions ever suffered by pub
lic education in this state, Mr.
McDonald added: “And the situ
ation would have been much
worse than it was had Mr. Gregg
Cherry and some other members
of the legislature had their way.”
The reference was to the Cherry-
Bowie “economy bloc.”
“North Carolina has made
greater progress in education in
the last ten years than any other
state, hut we still have a long
way to go,” Mr. McDonald said.
“It is necessary that we keep our
perspective by recognizing the
inadequacies and deficiencies
which still exist.
“We still lag far behind the
national average in current ex
penditure per pupil per year.
“North Carolina still appropri
ates from state sources consid
erably less per child than many
states which have not taken
over the state supjiort of schools.
“In three-fourths of the corri-
From the War Relief Shop
Last week S7B was sent by the
War Relief Shop to the Chinese
War Relief Society for orphan
children; S7B was given to the
Junior League (the greater part
to be applied to the medical clin
ic maintained by the League);
and $25 was given the Service
Center.
Candidate Twice in 6 Days
Robert W. Madry will he a
candidate twice in 6 days: on
the 29th of April, in Rocky
Mount, when he will be nomi
nated for Governor of the 189th
district of Rotary, and on the
4th of May when he will be voted
on for Mayor of Chapel Hill.
Mrs. IjiwHon’s Condition
Mrs. R. B. Lawson, in Watts
hospital in Durham, U improv
ing after her third operation, but
she is not yet well enough to see
visitors.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1943
extremely few cases there is some
slight basis of truth, but the very
great majority are to -be dismiss
ed as “old wives’ tales.” I have
gradually become interested in
making a collection of these no
tions. The collection is far from
complete; new pieces of folklore
constantly appear.
In the following list the notion
is written in quotation marks and
my comment, if any, follows:
Combinations of Foods
“A meal high in starches and
sugars should not contain pro
tein (meat).”
“Fish (or sea-food) should not
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Volunteer Air Raid Observers
Meet Tonight at Town Hall
Persons who will volunteer as
Air Raid Observers are to meet
at S o'clock this (Friday) eve
ning in the courtroom in the
Town Hall. Instructions will be
given, and a schedule w ill be laid
out. L. .1. Phipps is in command
of the Air Raid Observation Post
here. His assistants are Paul
Robertson and G. M. Kirkland.
munities in the state the sense
of local responsibility for the
schools is either dead or dor
mant.
“The average salary for
teachers is far below the ‘ na
tional average, and city teachers
are still the lowest paid in the
union.
“School superintendents are
the lowest paid in the country.
“While North Carolina has
made marvelous progress in edu
cation, actually we have just es
tablished a base from which to
go forward.”
Students Will Help Cultivate Victory Gardens
A movement to enlist stu
dents as helpers in the cultiva
tion of Victory Gardens has been
organized in the University.
Thus far about 20 students
have volunteered to be on call
from vegetable gardeners in
Chapel Hill. The charge for the
labor will be 25 cents an hour.
Calls for the students should be
made by telephone to tin; Gra
ham Memorial (9887) between 2
and 4 o’clock on weekdays.
Earl Pardue, a member of the
Donald Campbell's Monk
Donald Campbell’s East Af
rican monkey, J.T., and his In
diana skunk, Susan, that escaped
from their cage and wandered
around for a week, are hack at
home in Westwood.
The editor was called on the
telephone early Monday morning
by Clifton Partin from Carrboro,
“I’ve got that monkey you
had a piece about in the paper,”
said Mr. Partin. And, after he
was informed who the owner
waH, he went on to tell how he
happened to have J.T.
He has a house, temporarily
unoccupied, on a farm about
two miles southwest of Chapel
Hill #n the road that goes out
past the laundry. Recently he
has been making repairs" on it.
Last week he saw the monkey
hopping around in the trees.
Later the animal came into the
house and eagerly accepted
pieces of an apple and other bits
of food from Mr. Partin. Find
ing himself greeted in this hos
pitable way, and liking the fa
miliar sort of shelter (familiar
because he has always lived uu
der a roof) J.T. made himself
at home in the house.
Chapel Hill Chaff
Persons who, like Dr. William
de B. MacNider and .myself, re
member the way this community
used to obtain its milk supply
cannot get as worked up as some
other persons do about the dan
ger of drinking milk that doesn't
measure up to all the require
ments of the U. S. Public Health
service.
When we were boys in Chapel
Hill, Will MacNider lived where
the post office is now, and I lived
where the Carolina Inn is. The
MacNider place was a block deep
(as nearly all places were then),
and the cow-barn was down be
side Rosemary lane, where today
vehicles turn into the post office
grounds. Our place near the west
.campus gate covered several
acres. (Land in the village was
a drug on the market in those
days; any family would have not
| only an ample garden and space
for poultry and cows, but also an
orchard and a pasture.) The
front door of our house was about
where the front door of the Inn
is, and the Inn’s apartment-house
wing, adjoining the cafeteria,
stands about where our cow-barn
was. Beyond that to the south
jail was dense woods; not a build
ing ’til you came to the mill on
Morgan’s creek.
Will and I were talking one
day last week about our dealings
with cows around the years 1895
to 1900, and he described his
milking chore on a cold winter
morning: how he would go down
to the barn, often through mud
or half-frozen slush, with a pail
ill his hands; how he would open
the barn door; the spectacle that
met his gaze in the sombre half
light; and how he proceeded to
do the cleaning, preparatory to
milking, with the gallon or so of
cold water in the pail. The de
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junior class, is at the head of
the movement. He and his fel
low volunteers call their service
V-4 (for Vim, Vigor, and Vic
tory).
“Some of us have had experi
ence with gardening, some have
not,” said Mr. Pardue yesterday.
“There will have to be super
vision by the owners of the gar
dens. We are going to do our
best to make our service depend
able.”
The service is for vegetable,
not flower, gardens.
ey and Skunk Recovered
Susan was recovered in the
middle of the night. About 2
A.M. Friday Mrs. Fdmister, who
had been awakened by a commo
t ion among the hens, telephoned
to the Campbell home to say that
the skunk was in the hen-house.
Susan is accustomed to eat an
egg a day, and she had gone in
to get her meal. Donald was
aroused, went over to the Ed
misters’, and brought his pet
home.
Now J.T. and Susan are in
their cage together as before—
secure, well-fed, and apparently
none the worse for their holiday.
War Bond Sales in County in
April Now $382,950
The sales of War Bonds in
Orange county in April, in the
2nd War Ix>an campaign, now
stand at $382,950. This is slOl,-
350 above the county’s quota. It
is earnestly desired by the com
mittee conducting the campaign
here that (here he a great num
ber of small purchases of bonds.
Os course large purchases are
wanted, but the objective
now is to. have the largest pos
sible community participation.
Guild’s Choice of Her Novel
Will Bring Mrs. Betty Smith
SIB,OOO on the First Printing;
Offers Come from Movie People
Faster Sunrise Service
The village’s annual Easter
I Sunrise Service will be held at
6:30 day after tomorrow (Sun
day) morning in the Arboretum,
j In case of rain the service will be
moved to the Episcopal Church.
The program has been ar
ranged by the University Y. W.
C. A. and Y. M. C. A., with the
assistance of representatives
I from the young people’s groups
in the local churches. The co
chairmen of the Y. W. C. A.-Y.
'M. C. A. committee are Fran
Ferrier and Lee Howard.
The reading of scripture, the
responses, m edit a t i o n, and
; pfiiyer will be conducted by stu
dents under the direction of Mrs.
Martha Johnson and Harry
I Comer. A chorus has been or
ganized for the service.
Everybody is cordially invited.
Plantain Recommended
As a Rabbit-Diverter
An article about the raiding of
vegetable gardens by rabbits ap
peared in this paper last week.
Mrs. A. M. Jordan tells the
editor of a preventive measure
recommended in the handbook of
the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals the
planting of plantain along the
edge of the garden. (Not the
plantain that bears fruit like
bananas (which is a tropical
growth) but the dooryard or
roadside weed of the same
name.)
Rabbits are so fond of the lit
tle leaves of the plantain that if
plenty of these leaves are pro
vided for them they won’t
trouble the vegetables. Further
more, they like to make their
nests in clumps of plantain, and
there the young can be found
and disposed of.
Mrs. Jordan says the S.P.C.A.
handbook gives the Chinese the
credit for the discovery of plan
tain as a rabbit-diverter.
Milton Abernethy in the Army
Milton Abernethy, who has
owned and run the Intimate
Bookshop for many years, has
entered the Army. Mrs. Aber
nethy is managing the shop in
i his absence. She has been help
ing her husband to manage it
since her marriage, and she is
well qualified for the job.
A Letter from Marvin Hogan
Marvin Hogan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Poydrus Hogan, writes to
the editor from his jK>st with the
Army in the southwest Pacific.
He says he receives the Weekly
regularly. He tells of how keen
ly he has been interested in
meeting men from all over the
United States.
Garden Club Meeting Monday
The Garden Club will meet at
3:30 Monday afternoon in the
Presbyterian church. Members
are asked to bring spring flower
arrangements.
Mr. Binkley to Preach Here
Rev. O. T. Binkley, former
Baptist pastor here, now at
Wake Forest College, will preach
the Easter sermon at the Bap
tist church.
Mrs. Kate Porter Lewis’s Book
The University of North Caro
lina Press has published a book
of negro plays by Mrs. Kate Por
ter Lewis.
$1.50 a Year in Advance. 5c a Copy
Writer Who Has Had Struggle
for Years, with 2 Children
to Bring Up, Gets Reward
A telephone call from New
! York Monday morning brought
jto Mrs. Betty Smith, who lives
at 504 North street, the sensa
tional news that her novel, A
i
Tree That Crows in Brooklyn,
had been chosen by both the
Book-of-the-Month Club and the
Literary Guild.
The man at the New York end
of the wire, speaking for Harper
j Brothers, the publishers, said the
j Guild wanted the book for July,
[the Club for two or three months
later. It was for her to decide
which should have it. Being told
that, there was no great financial
difference between the offers,
Mrs. Smith said: "Give it to the
Guild.”
“I chose the Guild because it
meant earlier publication,” said
Mrs. Smith when the telephone
conversation was over. “I’m tired
of waiting.”
An order for the printing of
150,000 copies has been placed.
At 12 cents a copy, Mrs. Smith
will get SIB,OOO as her share on
.this first printing. Os course
'there will be severe cuts for na
tional and state income taxes, but
even after the tax-gatherers have
done their work there will be a
handsome sum left for the au
thor.
If the book makes a hit with
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New Fishing Rules
“The Fno river in Orange and
Durham counties will be open
the whole year for fishing with
hook and line for coarse fish
(catfish, carp, suckers, and other
non-game fish),” says Game
Warden Robert F. Logan. “The
j closed season for game fish is
from April 6 through May 19,
and game fish taken then must
be immediately and carefully re
turned to the water. The trib
utaries of the Fno are not open
to fishing during the regularly
closed season. Fishing as usual
will be permitted Easter Sunday
and Monday.”
Mr. Logan has asked sports
men to be extremely careful
about fires if night fishing is
done. They should be sure to ex
tinguish their fires completely
before leaving: if they don’t,
t hey may cause forest fires.
Lyons’s Report on Crossing
J. Coriden Lyons, professor in
the University, is with the Army
in North Africa. In a letter that
Mrs. Lyons got from him one
day last week he wrote: “It has
been so long now since we got off
the boat that it will be all right
to tell you something of the
crossing.” And he proceeded to
set down some interesting de
tails about the voyage. At least,
Mrs. Lyons supposes they were
interesting. She can’t be sure,
for she has never read them.
They were neatly scissored out
by the censor.
Junior Service league Meeting
The Junior Service League
will meet at 3:30 Tuesday after
noon in the east parlor of the
Methodist church. Mrs. R. H.
Wettach will speak on civilian
defense.
President and Mrs. King Here
President King of Amherst
College and Mrs. Kinffihave been
visiting their son, Lt. Richard
King, at his home in the Glen.