YoL 23, No. 45
Government Aid
Lowers Price of
School Lunches
Under New System Chapel Hill
Children Will Get Midday
Meal for about 9 Cts.
Financial aid is given by the
U. S. Government, to communi
ties throughout the country, for
school cafeteria lunches.
Chapel Hill’s application for
this form of aid has been ap
proved by the state department
of education, through which
Government grants of money
are made. The federal aid lunch
plan will replace immediately
the present arrangement under
which the school runs its own
cafeteria.
Henceforth children will pay
about 9 cents for lunches for
which they have been paying, on
the average, 20 to 25 cents.
C. W. Davis, school superin
tendent, was highly pleased when
he told, yesterday, of the in
auguration of the new system.
“Just as soon as we got the
word from Raleigh that our ap
plication had been approved,” he
said, “we began making the
preparations to comply with alj
GoveMiment requirements—as to
equipment, menu, and other mat
ters—and now we are ready to
go ahead.
“About 150 pupils, in the high
school and the elementary
school, have been taking their
lunches here. The number is
sure to be much larger from
now on."
Mrs. C. E. Buckner will con
tinue to be in charge of the cafe
teria.
The cafeteria is in the base
ment of the elementary school
building. A larger One is part of
the plan for the new high school
building which (it is hoped) will
be built next year.
Howell’s Library Is
Gift to University
Kay Kyser and his mother,
Mrs. Emily Royster Howell Ky
ser of Rocky Mount, have given
to the University Library the
private library of the late Ed
ward Vernon Howell, dean of
the University pharmacy school.
Mrs. Kyser is the sister of Mr.
Howell.
Since his death in 1931 his col
lection of books and documents
have been in storage in a Univer
sity building. The 3,537 items
are in two main divisions, gen
eral history and botanical his
tory. A separate bookplate has
been designed for each. Both
forms of the bookplate will bear
record that the collection is a
joint gift of Kay Kyser and his
mother.
The general historical material
relates largely to the South,
North Carolina, and the Civil
War period. It contains a set of
the "Colonial Records of North
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A. A. U. W. Meeting
The American Association of
University Women will hold its
regular monthly meeting at 8
o’clock next Thursday evening
in the faculty room of the Caro
lina Inn. Miss Kathryn Cook, vo
cational guidance counselor for
women students in the Univer
sity, will speak on "The Bole of
Women in the World Today."
Anyone eligible for membership
; in thq A. A. U. W. is invited to
be present.
' King's to Meet
The King's Daughters will
meet at 8:80 Tuesday in the
Episcopal parish house.
The Chapel iHill Weekly
LOUIS GRAVES
Mtor
Huggins Badly Burned in Explosion;
Glass over Swimming Pool Shattered;
Sthoke and Flame Sween into Gym
An explosion of several drums of cleaning fluid in a storage
closet in the Bowman Gray Pool building, an annex to the Univer
sity gymnasium, at 6 o’clock Monday morning, inflicted severe
burns on C. B. Huggins, maintenance superintendent; blew out
a 15-foot-square section of a tile wall; shattered many of the
panes in the glass roof over the pool, and in windows and doors;
tore plaster from walls; scorched and blackened window and door
frames; and spread flames and smoke through the building and
adjacent parts of the gymnasium.
Mr. Huggins was taken to Watts hospital and will have to be
there for some time, just how long is not yet known. His burns,
mostly about the head and face, have been very painful, and his
throat is also affected.
Building repairs got under way immediately after the insur
ance adjusters made their examination Tuesday morning. Oliver
K. Cornwell, head of the University’s physical education depart
ment, said yesterday he expected the pool to be in use within two
or three days. Visitors on Tuesday saw the shattered roof glass
lying on the floor under the water. Later the gym and pool main
tenance force drained the water out and cleaned the place up.
When Horace Maynard, head of the day crew of gym janitors,
opened the gym building Monday morning, the foggy-looking at
mosphere made him think a steam pipe had burst. He telephoned
Mr. Huggins at once. Then he called the watchman who was at
the Tin Can nearby. They investigated, found smoke coming
from around the edges of the closed door of the closet, and knew
there was a fire inside.
Mr. Maynard, going to the telephone in the control room <.uldn’t
read the names in the directory because of the smoke. He called
central by dialing zero and said he wanted to put in a fire alarm.
Central told him the fire headquarters number. But he couldn’t
get the connection. He says central answered again and advised
him to “hang up” and then call fire headquarters. Finally Mr.
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Brazilians Send Letter to Chancellor House
Petitioning University to Teach Portuguese
Brazil covers more than half
the South American continent.
Its population is equal to that of
all the Spanish-speaking coun
tries of South America taken to
gether. Portuguese is the lan
guage of Brazil, and in the whole
world it Is spoken by more than
80 milUoqpqpesipfo.
These are facts recited in a
letter petitioning the Univer
sity to give courses in Portu
guese. Addressed to Chancellor
House by Ulysses Freire da Paz,
the letter is also signed by the
following Brazilian engineers
studying in the University’s
school of public health:
Carloz da Silva Guimaraes,
Leo Ferraz Alves, Antonio F. de
Lucena e Melo, and Rolando
Ramos Posta.
“The University of North
Carolina is undoubtedly one of
the most famous universities in
this country,” writes Mr. da Paz,
“and all of us are happy to be
able to study here. Nevertheless
there is a gap which in my opin
ion should be filled. I am re
ferring to the teaching of the
Portuguese language. The Uni
versity has many courses deal
ing with Spanish; but nobody is
Odum Arrives from Panama
Xt. Thomas Odum arrived last
week from Panama for a 15-day
leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard W. Odum. Ac
companied by his mother, he
drove to Athens, Ga., to visit his
brother and sister-in-law, the
Eugene Odums. At the end of
his leave he will proceed to hie
new station at Chanute Field,
111. He served several month* In
Panama as a meteorological ex
pert.
Carolina Barber Shop Expands
The 85-feot addition Y. Z.
Cannon is building onto the back
of his Carolina Barber and
Beauty Step will ba completed
within the next few days. Whan
tha work is jfafchad, the barber
shop wiU be considerably en
larged, and the beauty shop will
be doubled in size sad will be
equipped with new booths of the
most modern type. C. M. Ben
nett ie the contractor. . „ ,
CHAPEL HILL, N. OL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1945
teaching Portuguese, despite
the large number of people in
terested in the language.”
After giving facts about the
area and population of Brasil,
Mr. da Paz continues:
"Many great Brazilian cities
were in existence a half-century
before the Pilgrims landed In
Massachusetts Bay .... Brazil
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Halloween Hoodlums
On Halloween night last week a gang of young hoodlums poured
acid in automobiles belonging to two of my acquaintances who
live on Rosemary lane. The seat covers and upholstery were
badly damaged, and one of the owners had her dress ruined by
the burns from the acid on the driver’s seat. Another act of van
dalism that same night, on East Franklin street, was the spread
ing of flour over the carpets in a house whose owner had gone out
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tor dinner.
I was told of similar roughneck performances in various parts
of the village, and of course there were many others that I never
heard of. The newspapers have carried articles about damage
done on Halloween in many cities and towns. There is no reason
to hope that the nature of the hoodlums will improve. So, every
body who wants to protect his or her property on Halloween night
next year had better prepare to stay at home and patrol around
on the porchn and in the yard and along the street.—L. G.
Two Oscars in my neighbor
hood, Oscar Coffin and Oscar
Hamilton, have impressed visit
ors with how cheerfully they are
bearing up under serious leg
trouble. When I see either of
them I feel sure that I would be
moaning and groaning constant
ly under the same provocation.
Both of them have been im
proving in the last few days.
Mr. Coffin has phlebitis in the
left leg. Under his physician's
orders he is staying at home,
mostly in bed. He confers with
his colleagues in the journalism
department, and now and then
If Yon Want to See Any Movie a Second Time, Tell Mr. Smith
The Pick theatre will be on a regular 7-days-a-week schedule
from now on, and E. C. Smith, tha manager, says he would Ilka to
receive suggestions for return engagement* of movie plays.
M I will be glad If anybody who wants a play brought hack will
send me a note about it, in a letter or on a postcard,’* said Mr.
Smith yesterday. "It may net be possible, always, to get plays
that act desired, because the prints may not be procurable, but
I’ll do the best I can to get those for which there is a demand.”
There is variation among producers in the time that prints
are held after being token off first-run exhibition. Mr. Smith
says that Metro keeps its prints only two years. United Artists
prints are sometime* kept four or live years.
Chapel Hill Chaff
Lieutenant Jake D. Hill, who
was here with the Navy for
more than two years, and his
wife and two children went back
to Columbia, S. C., this week.
They dropped in on us Sunday
to say goodbye. Theodora; the
pretty 7-year-old daughter,
whom I became very fond of
when the Hills lived next door
to us, was plainly not cast down
at the prospect of returning to
the family’s old home. “Theo
dora, I don’t like to see you look
so happy at leaving Chapel Hill,”
I said. She had her hands in
mine, and she looked at me with
the laughter suddenly gone from
her eyes and said in a sorrowful
tone: “There’s not but one rea
son I don’t want to go, and that’s
you.” This touched me so deep
ly that I almost wept. Later I
found out she had said the same
thing to President Graham and
Captain Hazlett. I don’t know
how many others there were who
received from Theodora this per
fect farewell.
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j “I always wanted ten children,
and now I’ve got ’em,” Mrs.
Isaac Manning said to me last
Saturday. “Nine are here, and
Howard will get in from Wash
ington tonight. Tomorrow will
be the first time the family has,
all been together since the be
ginning of the war.”
i The count of ten is made up
!oy the three sons and their wives
and these four grandchildren:
Patricia Bryden, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Isaac H. Manning, Jr.;
Elizabeth Wright and Carol Stu
art, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
John Manning; and Howard, Jr„
pon of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Manning.
These last few days have also
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Two Oscars Are Improving
he gets up to write an editorial
for the Greensboro “News."
Mr. Hamilton is slowly recov
ering* from his automobile acci
dent. His right leg, in a plaster
cast, stays stretched out in front
of him, resting on a padded
stool, as he sits in his living
room and chats with the family
and reads books, magazines, and
newspapers. In about three
weeks a demolition squad at
Watts hospital commanded by
Dr. Foy Roberson is going to
break the cast off with saws and
hammers.
G. L Couples with Children Are
Quartered in Former Infirmary;
161 Veterans Here with Wives
Open House at School
Next Wednesday
The Chapel Hill school is to
have an Open House at 8 o’clock
next Wednesday evening in con*
nection with Education- Week.
Everybody is invited.
After a movie and a commun
ity sing in the elementary
school auditorium the assembled
company will be welcomed by
the teachers on a tour of the
classrooms, and then refresh
ments will be served in the cafe
teria in the basement. The visit
ors will be told about the new
federal aid lunch plan.
The people of the village will
have the opportunity on this oc
casion to see the new draperies
in the auditorium. They are of
dark gray velour matching the
dark red stage curtain. A fund
of about S9OO was raised by
popular subscription for the
purchase of the draperies last
spring.
Legion Will Serve
A Barbecue Tonight
There will be a barbecue at 7
o’clock this (Friday) 'evening
for the members of the Chapel
Hill post of the American Legion
and the Auxiliary and their
relatives and friends. It will be
served on the lawn of the Hut
on Rosemary lane.
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The post will have an open
house for service men and wom
en at the Hut from 3 to 7 o’clock
day after tomorrow (Sunday).
A cordial invitation Is extended
to everybody now in the armed
forces and everybody who has
been discharged.
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Governor Cherry and State
Commander Victor R. Johnson
will speak over the radio from
WPTF (Raleigh) from 6:30 to
6:46 P.M. day after tomorrow
(Armistice Day, Sunday, No
vember 11). Other Legion-spon- 1
sored 16-minute radio programs
will be broadcast from WRAL
(Raleigh) at 8 P.M. Sunday and,
on Monday, from WBBB (Bur
lington) at 11:16 .P.M., from
WDNC (Durham) at 11:16
P.M., from WBIG (Greens
boro) at 1:30 P.M., and from
WGBG (Greensboro) at 1:16
P.M.
Mrs. Kluttz Goes on a Ride
Mrs. A. A. Kluttz, who has
made a good come-back after
her recent visit to the hospital,
was out in the sunshine day be
fore yesterday morning, survey
ing cheerfully the autumn leaves
upon her lawn. The gay colors
of her smock vied with the fol
iage of the elms and crepe
myrtles in the background. A
friend came by in a car, picked
her up, rode her around the vil
lage, and returned her to her
garden.
Max Edney a Staff Sergeant
Max Edney dOf the Marines,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Edney,
was recently promoted to the
rank of staff sergeant. He was
In the Okinawa and Eniwetok
invasions and is now stationed
on Is Jims. Hs hopes to coma
home next spring. His brother
Joe, who is a lieutenant in the
Army, was recently transferred
from St. Louis to Louisville, Ky„
where he is od the staff of a
medical supply depot
$2 a Year in Advance. 5c a Copy
Whitehead Dormitory Is Being
Used for G.L Couples Who
Do Not Have Children
The University has assigned
the former Infirmary, on Colum
bia street near the Carolina
Inn, to G.I. couples and their
children.-The building has apace
for 20 couples; about a dozen
are already in. The kitchen fa
cilities are to be used for pre
paring for the children only; not
for the parents. The parents will
have to get their meals at res
taurants or boarding houses. All
the children are babies.
Whitehead dormitory, at the
corner of McCauley street and
the Pittsboro highway, a little
way south of the Inn, has been
taken over by G.I. couples with
out children. Most of the couples
have one room each, but, since
there are a few in two-room
suites, the 56-room building ac
commodates 45 couples. All but
eight of the rooms are now oc
cupied.
It is rumored that Alexander
hall, which has been the head
quarters of the Navy Pre-Flight
School for 3Vjj years, will be
used as quarters for married
G.l.’s. Nothing definite is known
about this yet.
‘There are 161 veterans here
with their wives,” said Harry F.
Comer, chairman of the Univer
sity’s housing committee, yes
terday. “Os these, 55 have been
placed in what may be called
satisfactory apartments or
rooms. The rest are in quartan
that are unsatisfactory; they
are just making out the beat
they can. And we have 63 appli
cations from G.I. couples com
ing in January. Twenty-two
civilian couples are on our wait
ing list for housekeeping units.’*
Altogether there are now 575
veterans, married and single, en
rolled in the Univenity.
Pritchard Is Star
Os Tennessee Game
Bill Pritchard, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grady (Pritchard of Chapel
Hill, scored Carolina’s one touch
down in its 20-6 loss to Tennes
see last Saturday at Knoxville.
Playing at left end, he cleverly
outmaneuvered all Tennessee in
terference and caught Tom Gor
man’s 24-yard pass while stand
ing alone just ovgr the goal line.
Coming In uie early part of
the fourth quarter, the score
was the first one of the game. -
It was followed in rapid succes
sion by three Tennessee touch
downs. Carolina had outplayed
the Volunteers in the first three
quarters and had had one touch
down called back because of a
holding penalty.
Pritchard played well at left
And throughout the game. His
father before him was a great
Carolina football star, having
been captain of the 1922 leant
which lost only one game.
The Tar Basis win play Wil
liam and Mary tomorrow after
noon at Norfolk, Va.
Cotten to Talk on tMd Sliver"
The American Moan depart
ment of the Cootiaunlty Chib
will meet at $M P.M. next
Thursday in tteEpiscopzlparisli
house. George B. Cotton will
talk on "Old Silver.” Anybody
interested fat the dub’s Ameri
can Home department ie invited
to attend and bring an old plate
of silver.