Vol. 29, No. 50
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Studies WUI Be
Resumed Jan. 3
The University’s Christmas
holiday will begin this (Friday)
afternoon at the end of the fall
term examinations. That is the
official schedule, but the holiday
has already begun for many stu
dents who completed their ex
aminations before today. You
could see dozens of student
laden automobiles, busses and
private cars, leaving the village
yesterday;
The University’s classroom
work will be resumed Wednes
day morning, January 3, which
means its holiday will cover 19
days (not counting today). The
Chapel Hill schools’ holiday will
end at the same time as the Uni
versity’s but it will be five days
shorter because it will not begin
till the letting-out of school next
Wednesday afternoon, the 19th.
Among the faculty members
who are planning trips some will
attend the annual meetings of
learned societies; some will visit
relatives and friends; and some
will go away just to move around
in the glitter of city lights, see
plays and hear concerts, and
saunter through shops and mu
seums.
Chapel Hill has a non-family
and non-going-away population
of a few hundred that will de
pend upon the restaurants for
its meals. The Pines announces
that it will be open every day,
including Christmas and New
Year’s. The N. C. Cafeteria will
be closed after luncheon today
(Friday) till breakfast Wednes-
SmJHt Stt
cafeteria will be open right on
through the holiday but that the
dining-room schedule is still un
decided. The Monogram Club
dining room will have dinner
this coming Monday evening as
its last meal of 1951 and will
reopen January 2. The Carolina
Coffee Shop will close only four
days, Sunday, December 23,
through Wednesday, December
20. The Club Sirloin and the
Curve Inn restaurant will be clos
ed only on Christmas Day.
Hooch’s will be . dosed from
Christmas Kve aft.er no o n
through Doccrnl>er 27 and the
College Sandwich Shop from De
cember 24 through December 26.
This newspaper expects to
publish next week a more detail
ed restaurant holiday schedule.
Comic Books and (*um
Wanted for Veterans
A call has come from Fayette
ville to the Chapel Hill chapter
of the American lied Cross, ask
ing for 600 comic books and 450
packages of gum, to go in the
Christmas boxes which are being
prepared for men in the Veter
ans Hospital. The church circles
of the village have assumed the
responsibility for a large num
ber of these; hut any other or
ganizations, or Individuals, will
ing to contribute comic books
and gum, are asked to bring
them to the Red Cross Office,
106 Alumni Building (ground
floor, south end) by the first of
next week. The office will be
open Saturday morning.
The chapter sent to San Diego
several weeks ago five boxes of
gifts, Christmas-wrapped, for
service men who will be on ship
hoard on the 25th.
Ralph Casey Returns
Ralph Casey, assistant swim
ming coach at the University,
has returned to his duties here
after a year of graduate work
at Columbia University.
The Chapel Hill Weekly
Louis Graves
Editor
Westwood Is to Become Bart of Town;
Annexation in Effect Christmas Day
Westwood, the residential sec
tion adjoining Chapel Hill on the
southwest, is to become part of
the town. The ordinance annex
ing it was adopted unanimously
by the aldermen at their meet
ing Monday night. (The ordin
ance appears in full in another
part of the paper.)
The meeting began with a pub
lic hearing on the annexation
proposal. Though the hearing
had been well publicized, in news
articles as well as in the adver
tisement required by law’, only
about twenty persons were pres
ent. The reason for the small
attendance was that there was
no opposition to the proposal. It
had been under discussion for
many weeks, and a petition for
annexation signed by a majority
of the property owners in West
wood had been presented to the
aldermen. So, nobody had any
doubt that the measure would
go through.
The annexation will go into
effect December 25. The fixing
of this date was the occasion for
an exchange of felicitations be
tween the aldermen and the
Westwood residents present.
“We welcome you good i>eople of
Westwood as a Christmas pres
ent for the town,” said Mayor
Oakview Garden Club
Makes Holiday Plans
Members of the Oakview Car
den Club drove over to Ralegh
yesterday to tour some of the
city’s residential areas and to
visit the Governor’s Mansion,
which has been decorated for
by members of the
Raleigh Garden Club. The trip
was the first of several Christ
mas-time activities of the club.
A Christmas workshop is
planned for the club’s December
meeting, to be held at 8 p.m.
Monday at the home of Mrs.
George Kadman ut 17 Uogerson
drive, with Mrs. J. T. Blake and
Mrs. Grey Culbreth as co
hostesses. The program will in
clude a demonstration of candle
•making by Mrs. If. It. 'rotten.
Members are requested to bring
old candles, crayons, and kitchen
j molds.
The Christmas doorway dec
oration contest sponsored by the
club will be judged Wednesday
afternoon, December 11*. All
residents of Oakwood and Rog
erson drives and the Greenwood
area are eligible to compete, re
gardless of whether or not they
are members of the club. Judg
ing will be on the basis of orig
inality, materials used, and the
artistic planning of doorway or
yard decorations. There will lie
a first prize, a second prize, and
three honorable mentions. The
judges will be Mrs. Dudley Cow
den, Mrs. Sheldon Voorhis, and
Mrs. William P. Richardson.
taGrand Chosen Town Attorney
At their meeting this week the
aldermen appointed John Q. Le-
Grand town attorney to succeed
C. P. Hinshaw. The appointment
will take effect at the beginning
of the year. Mr. Hinshaw re
signed because of the press of
duties, and the aldermen accept
ed his resignation with a vote
of thanks for his many years’
service. He will continue to be
the prosecuting attorney in the
recorder's court.
Laundry’s Holiday Cloning
The University Laundry will
be closed for Christmas from
Friday, December 21, until Wed
nesday, December 26/
This low of the Weekljr has II
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1951
Lanier, “and we hope the town’s
taking you in will be a good
Christmas present for you.”
Mayor Lanier and P. L. Burch,
the senior member of the board
of aldermen, both spoke briefly
to the effect that the aldermen
did not want any section to be
annexed to the town unless it
was a mutually satisfactory ar
rangement. Last year’s annexa
tion of the Hillcrest-Davie Circle-
Strowd’s Hill colonies at the east
end of town was cited as a case
of successful cooperation be
tween the town and an outlying
area.
Some of the Westwood people
at the meeting asked questions
about improvements the town
would make and services it would
render—al>out the hard-surfac
ing of streets, the water supply
for fire protection, the town’s
fire-fighting equipment, and
sewer lines. Mayor Lanier and
Town Manager Rose answered
some of the questions specifical
ly. As to others, which could not
be answered specifically, Mayor
Lanier promised, for himself and
the aldermen, that they would
extend to Westwood the stand
ard town services as promptly
as they possibly could.
Annual Ladies Night
Os the Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis Club had its an
nual Ladies’ Night party at the
Carolina Inn Tuesday evening.
About a hundred and twenty
five persons were present.
Roy Armstrong was master
ceren>onieß. The Barber Shop
Quartet, composed of Duke Uni
versity students, sang “Sweet
Adeline” and old favorites of
that general character. The Inn’s
ballroom had been decorated for
the |>arty by Art Bennett and
John (Jouger.
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Public Ih Invited to Sec Holiday Display
Christmas decorations arrang
ed by members of the Chapel
Hill Harden Club will be on view
to the public from 2 to 9:30 p.m.
next Thursday, December 20, at
the Episcopal parish house.
The display, entitled "Yule
tide Decorations,” replaces the
cIuI/h former annual plan, which
called for the decoration of a
private home. It iH felt that
Christmas Lights On Again
The Christmas lights at street
intersections, which were turned
off last week because they caus
ed danger to traffic by obscur
ing traffic signal lights, have
been turned on again. “We had
the Christmas lights raised,”
says Town Manager Roue, “so
that they would not interfere
with the view of the signal
iighta.”
Grant for Hartung’s Researches
The renewal of a medical-re
search grant from Sharp &
Dohme to the North Carolina
Pharmaceutical Research Foun
dation will enable Dr. Walter H.
Hartung, of the University
school of pharmacy, to proceed
with his researches into catalytic
hydrogenation.
Swimmers to Meet Duke
The University’s swimming
team, coached by Dick Jameraon,
will open ita season January 7
against Duke in the Bowman
Gray pool here.
A gift to e friend, • eubeeription
to tko Weekly: imoide Orange county
$» • yew, outride sl.
Chapel Hill Chaff
When Dr. .Fred Patterson
came home on a recent evening
he was very tired. Os course
there was nothing unusual
about that, nor is it unusual for
anybody, a physician or anybody
else, to prefer sitting quietly at
home to going out and prolong
ing the day’s work. No really
serious case was troubling Dr.
Patterson on this occasion, but
he had in mind one patient he
felt he ought to visit: Mrs.
Kemp Jones, the wife of his
partner. She had been in an
automobile accident that day,
and, though she had been lucky
enough to come out of it without
a cracked skull, a broken bone,
or internal injuries, she had been
badly bruised and shaken up.
So, after dinner, he went around
to the Jones home. But he
found that there was no treat
ment, or even words of comfort,
for him to give. Mrs. Jones had
made such a good comeback that
she had got out of bod and she
and Dr. Jones had gone out to
the country to call on the Jo
Philipses.
* • *
1 know a man who has a fe
male detective in his house. That
is, his spouse. I don’t mean she
is a professional detective, who
gets paid for her detecting. I
mean she is a detective story
reader, who has read so many
of these stories, so attentively,
that in nine out of ten of them
she can tell you who commited
the crime before she has read
twenty pages. Well, thinks the
husband, why shouldn't she put
this power of perception to some
oractical use? So, he has had
himself placed on th# mailing
list of the F. 8.1. for the posters
that start out with the word
WANTED, follow it with photo
graphs right profile, front,
and left profile—of the criminal
whose presence is desired in a
federal jail, and then proceed
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under the new plan all the mem
lier.s will be given a better chance
to show their talents for ar
ranging Christmas decorations.
Each one is asked to bring some
thing that she will use later in
decorating her own home.
Mrs. I*. If. Quinlan and Mrs.
Guy H. Phillips are co-chairmen
of the "Yuletide Decorations”
committee.
Mrs. Cleveland Soon to He 96
Mrs. Sallie S. Cleveland, who
lives here with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
F. 11. Edmister, will celebrate
her 96th birthday Friday, De
cember 28, in Cocoa, Florida. She
and Mr. and Mrs. Edmister will
leave tomorrow by automobile
for Cocoa, where they will spend
the holiday season. They plan
to drive back to Chapel Hill
about the first of January.
Barbecue Supper Tomorrow
A barbecue and Brunswick
stew supper will be served by
the women of the Bethel Bap
tist church at 6 o’clock tomor
row (Saturday) evening at the
White Cross school. The charge
will be $1.50 per plate. Every
body is invited. The proceeds will
be used to help pay for the in
stallation of the church’s new
heating system.
Beaketball Tickets on Sale
Season tickets to the Univer
sity’s home basketball games are
on sale to the public.
ClsMlflH ads appear «a pages
2 sad I.
Joe Jones $2 a Year in Advance in Orange County
Astiatant Editor S 3 a Year Out of County, be a Copy
Mayor Mentions Omissions from
Natural Gas Franchise That Is
Proposed by Company to Town;
Committee Is Studying Problem
Gilts to Be Collected
Sunday for the
Empty Stocking Fund
The Jaycees will make a city
wide collection of clothing, food,
and toys for the Empty Stock
ing Fund from 2 to 5 p.m. Sun
day, December 16. People are
asked to place contributions on
the front porch or doorstep by
not later than 2 o’clock that af
ternoon.
Anybody whose offerings have
not been picked up by 5 p.m. is
asked to telephone Fowler’s
Store (2-416), where Jaycees will
be stationed to answer the calls.
Similar calls may also be made
to Fowler’s on Monday.
The Empty Stocking Fund is
sponsored by the Chapel Hill
Junior Service League to pro
vide Christmas cheer for desti
tute families throughout the
county. Buster Ogburn is chair
man of the Jaycees* collection
committee.
Christmas Carols to
Be Sung: by Y-Teens
The Y-Teen girls will sing car
ols throughout town next Thurs
day evening, December 20. They
will be transjH>rted from place to
place in a truck and will take
special care to visit the homes of
shut-ins. Afterwards they will
stop for a social hour at the
home of one of the members of
the Y-Teen group.
Anybody who knows of a
shut-in who would like to hear
the carolers is asked to call Mrs.
Sam Joyner, the Y-Teen director,
at 6562.
The evening of carol singing,
an annual uffuir, will murk the
dost; of the organization’s serv
ice to the community for the
months of November and I)e
--ceml)er. These activities have
been varied. The girls have belli
ed in the preparation of the Tu
berculosis Association’s seal sale
envelopes, have contributed food
to make up two Thunksgiving
baskets for needy families, and
are now helping to mend and pre
pare toys contributed to the
Junior Service league's Empty
Stocking Fund campaign.
The members are making plans
for the annual Y-Teen New
Year’s Kve dunce, to be held at
the Rendezvous room in the
Gruham Memorial.
font Office to Be Open All
Day Next Two Saturdays
To help alleviate the Christ
mas time postal rush, the Chapel
Hill |K)st office will be open all
day tomorrow (Saturday) and
all day Saturday, December 22.
The parcel post and stamp win
dows, and all other windows, will
be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The post office usually closes at
1 p.m. on Saturday.
Stores to Be Open Till 9
For the benefit of people who
find It more convenient to do
their Christmas shopping in the
evening, the stores here will be
open till 9 p.m. daily from Tues
day, December 18, through
Christmas Eve. Free gift-wrap
ping service, both for mailing
and for home delivery, is also
being offered by the merchants.
The Rotary Christmas Party
The Rotary Club will have its
annual Christmas party, for
men and women, next Wednes
day evening at the Carolina Inn.
A special committee of the
aldermen, with R. B. Fitch as
chairman and O. K. Cornwell as
vice-chairman, is making a study
of the natural gas franchise pro
posed to the town by the Public
Service Company of North Caro
lina. This is the company that is
| to provide communities in North
: Carolina with natural gas that
comes through a pipe line from
Texas.
The proposed franchise, which
would extend for 50 years, was
submitted to the aldermen No
vember 23 by the company’s lo
cal attorney with the request
that the board approve it at
their November 26 meeting so
that it could be submitted to the
Federal Power Commission De
cember 6, but the aldermen de
cided that the subject called for
more careful study than could
be given to it in that short time.
This decision, which Idd to the
appointment of the special com
mittee by Mayor Edwin S. Lan
ier, was made after the board
had received from the mayor a
memorandum mentioning omis
sions, from the proposed fran
chise, that the town might con
sider objectionable. Some of the
omissions ho mentioned were:
No adequate protection for the
town against liability for injuries
and damages. ... No specifica
tion as to when or how a cut
in the streets may be required,
except for the word “reason
“Wy” Nothing in the docu
ment saying when and under
what conditions the franchise
would be forfeited or how the
town could go about trying to
get the franchise revoked. . . .
No provision for the town’s hav
ing power to tell the company
where it can or cannot lay a pipe
line, along a street or alley, or
how far underground. . . . Noth
ing in the document assuring
the town of prompt restoration
of impaired services.... Nothing
that requires the company to
accept formally the franchise
when approved by the town or
that states any time limit with
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Club Collects $370
For CARK for Korea
A total of $370.35 has been
collected in the Community
( lull’s CARE for Korea drive
and 37 teu-doilar CARE pack
ages have been sent for distribu
tion to destitute and suffering
civilians in South Korea. The
money was raised without any
personal solicitation whatsoever.
The campaign is being continued,
and anybody wishing to help is
asked to give his or her con
tribution to Miss Bertha Pickard
at the Bank of Chapel Hill.
A message from the club says,
“We wish to express our deep
appreciation of the spontaneous
response shown by so many
people.”
CARE for Korea is the fall
project of the National Federa
tion of Woman’s Clubs, of which
the Community Club here is a
member. The national goal is
150,000 ten-dollar CARE pack
ages, which calls for contribu
tions of $1,500,000.
Carterif In Greenville, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Carter and
their daughter, Cely Anne, will
spend the holidays in Greenville,
S. C. Mrs. Carter and Cely Anne
wept to Greenville last Saturday
and Mr. Carter will leave today
to join them there.