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Vol, 26, No. 5 6-inch Pip|e to Be Extended to Negro Quarter ■ - I ' “— ? — ( Will Give Fire Protection to Northwest Corner of Town; ; Work to Start in Spring When the winter w r eather is past—which, for construction in Chapel Hill, is around the middle of March or, in some years, a little earlier—work will begin on a 6-inch pipe line out to the northwest corner of town where colored people live. An extension of 1,200 feet, from the line on Franklin street. is planned. It will run from the j Hazzard Motor Co. corner to Rosemary lane and then north ward along a street west of the Negro Community Center. Hy drants will be located within fire-fighting distance of the houses along Sunset drive on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro line. I When this extension is com-! pleted the whole town will lx? within the fire-protection area (i.e., the 6-inch pipe line area). There are several 6-inch pipe lines running out into the suburbs beyond the corporate limits of the town. The latest one completed runsj 6,200 feet out the Raleigh high-! way from the Country Club road intersection, past Oakwood drive to Rogerson drive. There are 2-\ inch extensions through bo»th these settlements, and there is also one out the highway to be yond the county line and on to the Summerlin home. Work on the mile-long 6-inch line down the Durham road from the MacNider home to the Bolin creek bridge was slowed down by the rock encountered and then had to be stopped be cause of cold.weather. It will be resumed early in the spring and should be completed before summer. The laying of pipe lines is done by the University’s utilities division, which supplies water for the whole community. The use of the water for fire pro tection is regulated by the town government. Sloan to Open His Drug Store Monday W. L. Sloan, son of Chief of Police and Mrs. W. T. Sloan, will open his new drug store this coming Monday. It is at the cor ner of Franklin and Columbia streets, in the part of the Brock well building formerly occupied by Pender’s. Mr. Sloan and Mrs. Marshall Brewer, both graduates of the University’s school of pharmacy, will conduct the prescription de partment. Mr. Sloan worked for nine years with the Wrike Drug Company in Graham. Mrs. Brewer has been connected with her father’s drug company in , Kinston for the last few years. Joseph Sloan, W. L.’s brother, and James Peace of Siler City , will be salesmen in the store. Mr. Sloan’s having a drug store in Chapel Hill is the ful- ' fillment of an ambition he has had for many years. His wife is the former Miss Ruth Hamilton of Lumberton. i They are keeping their home in Graham until they are able to I get one here. Next Week’s Basketball Games The University basketball 1 team has two important games scheduled for next week: with i State College Tuesday in Ra leigh and with Duke fu*re. The Chapel Hill Weekly Louis Graves The Village Has a Cold Spell M*ax D. Saunders, who keeps the records of the U. S. Weather Bureau station in. Chapel Hill, got back from Florida, where he had been reveling in warm sun shine, in time to give an official report on January temperatures here. The suspicion that you have been cherishing—namely, that this has been a cold month—is fully confirmed by the Govern ment figures. The coldest moment of the winter in Chapel Hill, thus far, was in the early morning of Thursday, January 15, when the j official thermometer outside of Phillips hall on the University campus, registered 10. (Clyde Eubanks, who ranks along with the Government as a source of information for this, paper, re ported a minimum of 9 at his home on Cameron avenue.) Os course there has been a lot |of grumbling about the cold — we are not used to it in long stretches, and it wears us Archduke Otto May Be a Visitor Here His Imperial Highness, Arch duke Otto of Austria—who re tains his imperial title despite j having been ousted from his 'high estate —may come here at this week-end. This is possible (1) because he is going to be in Durham as chief speaker at the dinner of the Durham Executives Club this evening, which will make a visit to Chapel Hill easy, and (2) because he has an acquaint ance herein the person of Ed ward Danziger. Otto and other members of his family used to patronize the Danziger candy store in Vienna, and Otto’s father, the Emperor Carl, deco rated Mr. Danziger, then a cor poral, for bravery in the First World War. Because of his ac quaintance with the royal fam ily in Vienna the Chapel Hill candy merchant, who joined the Executives Club last year, was appointed to the entertain ment committee for this eve ning’s dinner. The Archduke’s topic at the dinner will be “Christian De mocracy or Communism?” Chapel Hill members of the Durham Executives Club are (besides Mr. Danziger): R. W. Madry, Ed. G. Danziger, James Hi Davis, Dr. M. R. Evans, L. V. Huggins, J. B. Johns, Dr. F. G. Patterson, L. J. Phipps, Dr. J. E. Pleasants, Carl M. Smith, E. C. Smith, J. W. Umstead, R. B. House, and H. W. Wentworth. Latest News about Graham The latest news about Presi dent Graham is in a telegram received at his office here say ing that he was to leave Batavia yesterday (Thursday). He is coming back by the India-Medi terranean - Europe - Atlantic route. If he left Batavia yester day, travels by plane, is not de layed, and does not make any stops except for the usual plane changes, he should get to the U. S. by Monday or Tuesday. No body here knows whether or not he will have to go to United Na tions headquarters, or to Wash ington to report, on his mission before he comes to Chapel Hill. Choral Club Rehearsal ♦ The Chapel Hill Choral Club will begin rehearsals at 7:30 Monday night in Hill hall for the annual commencement concert. Paul Young will direct the club this year in Mozart’s “Requiem." Anybody may join the chorus. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1948 down—but, as everybody who reads the newspapers knows, Chapel Hill has had it pretty soft compared with many parts of the country. We have had only about two days of what you could call really nasty weather; that was a week ago when it had been sleeting and there was freezing slush under foot. The days this week have been cold but not wet or windy. The sun has shone bright a good part of the time, and the several nights have been beautifully moonlit. The snow has been ideal for sledding, about a couple of inches deep and, except during a few warm hours, hard. From the middle of the month to yesterday, the 29th, the high est temperature was 54 on the 22nd. The lowest was 13 on the 25th. The mercury wentilown to 14 on the 19th, 16 on the 24th, and 17 on the 26th. Here’s a contrast: on Janu ary 25 a year ago the mercury went up to 78; the maximum on the 25th this year was 38. Lanier Makes a Talk On Community Council In a talk at the Kiwanis Club meeting Tuesday evening Edwin S. Lanier said: "A year ago the Community Club of Chapel Hill, whose ob jective is the ‘promotion of the welfare of the community,’ pre pared a list of the agencies and organizations in ( hapel Hill. There were 84, of which 27 had the same objective. “There was no medium through which they could dinate their WM bilize their efforts for munity’s welfare. “Last May the Community Club suggested to each of the (Continued on page four) Postponed Clothing Collection to Be Made Sunday Afternoon, Beginning at 2; Hope Is To Get Bundles Enough to Make Up Carload The collection of clothing for overseas relief, postponed from last Sunday because of bad weather, will be made this coming Sunday afternoon. All contributors are asked to have their bundles out on front porches by 2 o’clock. Six trucks—with Boy Scouts aboard to do the running to and from houses, toting, loading, and unloading—will go around town. The trucks are lent by merchants. “Though we called off the collection last Sunday, we did send around one truck,” said Carl Smith, who is in command of the project, yesterday. “We had tried to get word of the post|H>ne ment to everybody, but we felt sure there woidd be some people who wouldn’t know about it and would have their bundles ready. That turned out to be the case, and we got a truck load of clothing. “We are hoping to get enough in Chapel Hill and Carrboro to fill a box-car. That is, 30,000 pounds. The railroad company will put a car on a siding at Carrboro on short notice, and it can be loaded immediately.” The bundles placed in the car are taken to the World Church Service Center at New Windsor, Md. where they are sorted and examined and prepared for transfer to a ship bound for Kuroj>e. Materials contributed may be either new or in good used con dition. Articles desired include garments of all kinds, blankets, sheets, towels, shoes and rubbers (all footwear tied in pairs), feed and flour sacks, soap, candles, silverware, felt hats, farm tools and harness, and kitchen utensils. 3rd Performance of “The Mikado” Is Announced A third performance of “The Mikado” has been added to the schedule for this week-end. The famous Gilbert and Sullivan opera, already announced for this (Friday) and tomorrow even ings will be presented Sunday evening also. Tickets for that per formance will go on sale at noon today at the store and at the Playmaker office in Swain hall. The place for the three performances, Memorial hall; the hour, 8:30; the price of a ticket, $1 (except that a person who has a Playmakers season ticket can use that,) The opera is produced jointly by the University music depart ment and thq Carolina Playmakers. Paul Young is the music di rector, Lynn Gault the stage director. Edgar W. Knight, Kenan pro fessor of education in the Uni versity, has been engaged by P. F. Collier and Son, publishers, to write for their 12-volume Na- Chapel Hill Chaff A poem by Barbara Henderson (Mrs. Archibald Henderson, as some of the newcomers in the village may not know) appeared in this paper two w r eeks ago under the title, “Along Came Gideon.” It was a satire on Henry Wallace built upon allu sions to characters and episodes in the Bible. “I intended sending a foot note along with the mild satire,” Mrs. Henderson writes me. “Be fore some Gideonites—and mem bers of the Cloth—tell me I don’t know the Bible, I’d better say that I was doing a bit of a Gideon act myself: beating a gong to create confusion in the ranks of the Midianites. Henry is so much more gibbous than Gideon, and quite as futile. “So, when your attention is called to the fact that Gideon is not Gibeon you are at least fore warned.” I doubt if there is anybody in Chapel Hill more ignorant about Gideon and Gibeon than I have been all these years. Mrs. Hen derson’s letter set me to search ing in the Bible and in several reference books. This put me ’way behind in my schedule of work, for when I turned to the Book of Joshua I became so fas cinated in reading about the siege of Jericho, and the way Rahab the harlot helped Joshua by hiding his messengers, and the tumbling down of the walls, and then about Joshua’s slaying the Amorites and making the sun stand still—-I became so ab sorbed in all this that I kept on jmgdtiflHK of getting back r*Ti» M gtfsftig to quote pas sages here. They would take up too much space; and, anyway, they would just tell what many (Continued on next page) Knight to Write on Education tional Encyclopedia the article on the history of education in the United States. The encyclo pedia is to appear about a year from now. Proposed Bond Issue by Town, Plus University Contribution, Will Provide Disposal Plant, New Paving, Repair of Streets University Scholarship Given by Daniels Josephus Daniels, who died January 15, provided in his will for the endowment of a scholar ship in the University, “to be en joyed by members of my family or youths selected by my execu tors.” The will, filed for probate Tuesday with the clerk of the Superior Court of Wake coun ty, lists the value of Mr. Daniels’ estate at $344,130, made up of j bank deposits, $3,797; stocks and bonds, $245,808; household and kitchen furniture, $5,000; : insurance, $43,600; and real estate, $45,925. The report in the newspaper does not itemize the stocks and bonds, but presumably a large proportion of that item consists of stock in the News and Ob server publishing company. The estate (after deduction is made for certain specific be quests) is bequethed to the four Daniel sons (Josephus, Worth, Jonathan, and Frank) in equal parts. This equal divis (Continued on page 8) Tomorrow Will Be A Big Deadline Day Tomorrow, January 31, will be a big day for deadlines. For example it will be the deadline day for listing taxes. Anybody who has n&PJisted his taxes before the end of January is subject to a penalty. The list taker will be at the Town Hall today and tomorrow. And tomorrow will be the last day for payment of 1947 town and county taxes at the flat figure. A penalty of '/ per cent a month is added for delay in payment after January 31. If your check is mailed in an enve lope bearing a Jan. 31 post mark you will not be penalized even if the check does not reach the tax collector till February. Tomorrow will be the last day you are allowed to have your automobile on the street without a 1948 town license tag. Non compliance with this rule makes you subject to a fine. Tags, at $1 each, are on sale at the Town Hall. And tomorrow will be the deadline for the purchase of dog tax tags. “Mystery Box" Winners Winners of the “mystery boxes” in the drawing at the opening of Senters’ drug store in Carrboro Tuesday evening were Mrs. R. G. Cheek, Clarence Moore, and Jean Hackney. Visitors attending the opening of the store received, as gifts, ice cream from the Durham Ice Cream Co., sandwiches from the Broadway Sandwich Co. of Durham, crackers from the Tay lor Cracker Co. of Raleigh, and candy from Pangborn & Co. A large crowd uttended the open ing despite the bad weather. Nursery School Has Openings The Baptist nursery school now has a few vacancies for children from 2 years of age to school age—for either half day or full day (with lunch) enroll ment. Parents interested in en rolling their children should communicate with Miss Lucy Horne at 9741 for further infor mation about the school. , \ $2 a Year in Advance. 5c a Copy Adoption of Landfill Plan for Trash and Garbage Disposal Eliminates Incinerator At a special meeting Monday evening the aldermen voted to submit to the voters the ques tion of a bond issue to raise $260,000 for sewage disposal and other municipal purposes. A sewage disposal plant is the. most important of the pro jected improvements. The Uni versity’s share of the cost will be $225,000 (already appropriated by the legislature), the town’s share $200,000. The remaining $60,000 of the proposed expenditures by the town, out of the bond issue money, is for new paving and the repair of present paving ($35,000), and for equipment ($25,000). The equipment is to include a clamshell tractor, a motor grader, and three trucks. Os the streets for which new paving is planned, five (Whita ker, Nunn, Lindsay, McDade, and the north end of Roberson) are wholly, and Graham street and the west end of Cameron avenue partly, in the Negro sec tion. The other streets on the paving schedule are Hooper lane and the Pritchard avenue ex tension through Noble Heights. The total arejftjtto be paved’ is 17,000 squiMKMjfcrds. The streewlßtarhich present paving is to with a new seal -eoatHßi Pritchard avenue, Carr, Pickard lane, Glenburnie, WiflHHnpatterson place, Vance, GS9b drive, Ridge lane, east fHP$f Rose mary, Tenney circle, Park place, Senlac road, McCauley, Ran som, and University drive. The total area of street surface to be repaired is 46,000 square yards. The list of improvements first included an incinerator, but that was eliminated when the aider men decided to use what is call ed the landfill method of dis posing of trash and garbage. (Continued on page 8) Janitor Loses All Belongings in Fire Sam Perry, the hard-working and respected Negro janitor in Murphey hall, lost everything he owned in the fire that destroyed his house last week. His wife, an invalid, had , narrow escape from being burned to death. Faculty members and students who know Sam from their daily association with him, and some of his other friends, are trying to help him in his distress. “Sam saved only the clothes he had on; he lost even his pocketbook,” said William Mc- Knight of the romance lan guages department yesterday. “He can use anything. But spe cially useful will be clothing of any sort, blankets and bed linen, furniture, kitchen utensils, and dishes." Things for Sam can be taken to 14 West Graham street (at the comer of Rosemary lane, one block beyond the street that runs by the Hazzard Motor Co.). Or, checks can be sent to Mr. McKnight. Match with Davidson Tonight The University and Davidson will meet in a basketball game here this (Friday) evening.
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