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ISSUE
Next Issue Tuesday
Vol. 33 No. 40
Aldermen and
Planning Unit
Hold Meeting
With Babcock
By Charles Dunn
For almost two hours
Tuesday night W. F. Bab
cock, consulting traffic en
gijtter from Raleigh, dis
cJßed his preliminary re
port on thoroughfare plan
ning and traffic operations
for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
area before members of the
Chapel Hill Board of Aider
men, the Planning Board,
and other interested persons
from the Village and Carr
boro.
Very little ndt included in
the preliminary report was
discussed at the informal
meeting, and no action was
taken. Mr. Babcock said the
preliminary plan “was noth
ing but away to begin," or
/ “a starting point for argu
ment.” He suggested the lo
cal officials “sit on the plan
for a\ while” and think it
over. He added that officials
could now take certain ac
tion but both the aldermen
and planning board mem
bers “should try to visualize
the proposals and form their
own opinions.”
As for himself, Mr. Bab
cock said he was going to
“a much needed vaca
tion,” but that he would re
turn late in August and “sit
down with the aldermen or
the Planning Board and
firm up the thoroughfare
plan,” or “bring before the
Board of Aldermen a detail
ed plan which it could act on
as an ordinance.”
Following the meeting,
Mayor Oliver K. Cornwell
said it was “a grand report”
that “showed a lot of things
that we can do now, and a
lot of things that require
further study.” He added
that the report had “a lot of
meat in it,” and that evi
dently “a lot of hard work
has gone into the prepara
tion of it.”
Although no action was
taken, Frank Umstead,
chairman of the Planning
B«Ad, suggested that “cer
tain things can and should
be done immediately. Then
the people can see the good
of it, and will better accept
some of the later improve
ments.”
One of the major prob
lems discussed at the meet
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Adams to Conduct
Outdoor Services
Raymond Adann, University
professor of English, will con
cha the morning worship ser
of the Community Church
of Chapel Hill this Sunday, July
24, in the Forest theatre (or in
Hill hall in case of rain). The
service will begin at 9:30. He
will speak on “The Power of
Dullness.”
Mr. Adams has been a mem
ber of the University’s English]
department since 1920 and is now
acting chairman of the depart
ment.
Story Hours for Children
This is to remind parents that
story hours for children are be-
twice a week at
thljfefary Bayley Pratt library
in the Chapel Hill elementary
school on West Franklin street
by Mrs. Nina Chasteen, the sum
mer librarian. At the story hour
for pre-school and ffrst grade
children at 10 a.m. tomorrow
(Saturday) Mrs. Chasteen will
tell three stories, "The Bremen
Town Musician,*’ "Rumpelstilt
skin,” and “Curious George Rides
a Bicycle.” At the story hour
for children seven years old or
older, at 10 a.m. Wednesday,
July 27, she will read “Homer
Price."
Mary-Martha Class Meeting
The Mary-Martha class of the
Chapel Hill Baptist church will
hold its July meeting at 6:30
p.m. Monday, July 26, at the
home of Mrs. G. Willard Prilla
man on Old Mill road. It will
feature a picnic supper given in
honor of members of the class
who are teachers and workers
in other departments. All mem
lam an urged to be present.
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Tommy Lloyd winds up for a pitch as umpire W. H. Hester indicates the balls ants strikes
on the batter in tbe softball contest at the Merchants Association picnic at Camp New Hope on
Wednesday afternoon. The game was between merchants on the north and south sides of Franklin
street. The northerners came out on top, 6-2, with pitcher Lloyd taking credit for the win.
Shortstop Bucky Kosemond can be seen in the background. (Photo by Hauser)
About 400 people, includ
ing merchants, their fami
lies, and guests played hard,
ate heartily and thoroughly
enjoyed themselves at the
annual picnic of the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro Merchants as
sociation at Camp New Hope
Wednesday afternoon.
Threatening weather cut
sharply into the anticipated
Future Growth of University Must Be
Considered in Local Traffic Planning
The University and its poten
tial growth, says traffic engineer
W. F. Babcock of Raleigh, are
prime factors to be
in formulating traffic and street
plans for the Chapel Hill of the
future.
Mr. Babeock, who Was hired
by the town to survey its traffic
needs and to recommend solu
tions to its traffic problems, is
convinced the University “will
increase in size to a large extent
in the next 20 years.”
The advantages of a coordina
ted academic area, he says in the
report which he hss turned over
to the Board of Aldermen, “indi
cate that the University at
Chapel Hill will become larger
rather than separating into a
number of smaller colleges in
different cities.”
Mr. Babcock says the present
street and building pattern dic
tates that walking must be the
main means of travel between
academic buildings. Students,
with no campus parking permits,
have already found that out.
“The future type and amount
of development of the Univer
sity,” Mr. Babcock continues,
will have an important effect upon
the street pattern and, converse
ly. any major thoroughfare
will have a pronounced effect
upon the operation, efficiency and
desirability of the campus.”
Here are some of Mr. Babcock’s
specific recommendations con
cerning streets in and around
the campua:
1. Country Club road and Ral
eigh street: At the present time
they are serving as campus ac
cess streets and as major artar
iea for tha town. A new street
should be developed in this area
to serve city traffic.
2. South road (ths Raleigh
road): It has become surrounded
by the, campua. It must serve
as a campus street and an im
portant major thoreaghfare. In
I order to accomplish this, park
ing must be eliminated and, in
the future, the street widened to
Eastern Star Leadei
Mra. Hilda S. Halliburton of
Clyde, N. C., Worthy Grand Ma
tron of the Order of Eastern Star
in North Carolina, made her offi
cial visit to four chapters of the
10th district her# Wednesday
night.
University Chapter No. 264,
Order of Eaatern Star, was host
ess to the other three. They were
the Donie Rich Patton chapter of
Durham, Hillsboro of Hillsboro,
and Benjamin Stanfield of Craad
more.
About 160 member* of tha
Eastern Star and Masonic lodgaa
of ths four communities war#
present at tha official visit of
Mr*. Halliburton, made in tha
hail of tha Univarsity Masonic
Ladga Ms. 408 an Wast Franklin
The Chapel Hill Weekly
5 Cents a Copy
attendance. However, more
than 100 prizes ranging from
automobile tires to. lamps
and ice cream, all donated by
association members, were
carried home by the lucky as
well as the able participants.
President Crowell Little
welcomed the throng, and
Joe Robbins, chairman of
the promotion committee,
accommodate four moving lanes
of traffic. (Note: This seems a
strange recommendation, tinea,
with parking reiroved, tfcg Ral
egh road can easily handle four
lanes of traffic.)
3. Cameron avenue: It should
be preserved as a local street
for campus traffic and as an ac
cess to parking areas.
4. Pittsboro road-Columbia
street: This thoroughfare serves
today and must serve in the
future as a major radial route
from the south carrying traffic
to and from the central business
area. Although it might be de
sirable to divert traffic from Col
umbia street to Pittsboro street,
Pittsboro street cannot economi
cally be extended to Franklin
and Rosemary streets. Thus,
Columbia street must have park
ing restricted and, in certain
areas, be widened to accomodate
four moving lanes of traffic.
On another important problem,
Mr. Babcock has this to say:
“Student parking has become
a major campus problem. There
are not enough streets to handle
I this parking. It would appear
impractical to ignore this prob
lem or attempt to eliminate stu
dent ownership of motor vehicles.
The trend of modern living, de
centralization of living, business
and recreational activities indi
cate that there will be more
and more atudent vehicles in
future years.
“The answer to the student
parking problem appears to be
the development of large peri
pheral parking lota for the stor
age of atudent vehicles. These
lots should be within 1,000 to
1,600 feet of the living areas.
“It does not appear practical
to encourage atudent driving on
the campus by the expedient of
reducing the campus area to a
large parking lot. Land for pres
ent and future parking lots
should be designated in the near
future as streets will be needed
to serve these parking areaa.”
r Pays Official Visit
street. Other notables present in
cluded Mrs. Elizabeth West of
Durham, district deputy worthy
grand matron, and Guy W.
Crutchfield of Graham, district
deputy worthy grand patron.
Mrs. J. I. Mann is worthy matron
of University chapter and Mr.
Mann the worthy patron.
The theme of Mrs. Halliburton’s
talk waa “The Art of Living.”
Prior to the meeting, she waa
honored nt n dinner attended by
66 persons at the Pines Res
taurant. Tom Rosamond was
master of ceremonies. Tha dec
orations featured Mra. Halibur
ten’a chosen flowers, Madonna
lilies, her colon of ’purple, white
and gold, and hot symbol, the
American Flag.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRR)AY, JULY 22, 1955
presented a handsome gavel
to past President Herb
Wentworth. The gavel had
an inscribed silver band and
was accompanied by a wood
en pad to bang it on.
In one of the feature at
tractions of the afternoon,
tradesmen from the north
side of Franklin street,
managed by Jack McDade,
defeated those from the
south side in a softball
game. The score was 6-2.
Tommy Lloyd was the win
ning pitcher and Bo Taylor
was named the outstanding
player. Both wertafcHrittjffi
awards. The south tdMRVM
•Xtnaged by Henry-rilflir
In order that full order
might be maintained during
the game, the ympires were
three fully-armed policemen.
They were Jack Merritt, Ho
ward Pendergraph, and W.
F. Hester.
Principal door prizes were
awarded by Master of Cere
monies Pokey Alexander to
Mrs. Jane Whitefield, Lewis
Sparrow, and Jack McDade.
In the sack race, Dan Naile
came in first and Irving
Carte second, and the girls’
sack race was won by Ann
Perry with Betty Ann Davis
second.
President Little and Or
ville Campbell outdistanced
the field in the three-legged
race, and Lewis Sparrow
and Bill Fowler came in sec
ond.
The delicious Brunswick
stew and fried chicken sup
per was prepared and served
by the ladies of New Hope
church.
At Memorial Hospital
Among local persona listed as
patients at Memorial hospital
yesterday were Thomaa N. Aider
man, Charles Barbee, John
i Myers Blount, Miss Constance
Brooks, Mr*. S. G. Caldwell, Zeb
P. Council, Mrs. David Davis,
Jehue Edwards, Mrs. Ed E.
.Grace, Mr*. Harold J. Harris,
Matthsw Leggett, Joseph Scott
i McLean, Wilda Lou McDade, Mrs.
Ronald L. McDonald, Mrs. T. A.
McNsil, Mrs. Paul Maddry, Dr,
Robert A. Boas and Basil Lamar
Sherill.
Son Breaks Dad’s Nose
Parents who endeavor to teaeh
their eons the manly art of self
defense should first be well
versed in that art. You can take
it from Paul O. Latham of Jack
sonville, N. C., formerly of
Chapel Hill. Last Sunday Paul
[offered some lessons tq Paul Jr.,
and a right cross broke up class.
Father wont looking for a doctor,
Ifoupd on* who told him to pro
ceed to the hospital to have his
broken nos* set.
Polio Shota Available Today
Salk polio vaccine for children
who received the first shot of it
last spring was available yester-!
day (Thursday) at the District
Health Department office* on Old
Fraternity Row and will be avail
able there again from 2 to 4
•'clock this (Friday) afternoon.
Parent* are asked to accompany
children te the Health
Antique Autos Are
fflTo Arrive Dere
About Aoou Today
Seventy-one antique auto
mobiles, one of which is 52
years old, are scheduled to
arrive in Chapel Hill be
tween 10:30 a.m. and noon
today (Friday). The pro
cession will halt at Bill
Fowler’s Gulf Service sta
tion at 214 West Franklin
street, where the public is,
invited to see the “horseless
carriages.”
At approximately 11:45;
a.m. the caravan will move;
from the service station to
The Pines for lunch, and
will leave there at 1 p.m. for
Pitts boro.
The occasion is the 4th
annual two-day tour of the
|Horseless Carriage Club of;
; North Carolina, from High
Point to Southern Pines via
Danville. The caravan will I
go from here to Pittsboro,
then Sanford, and then to
Southern Pines, terminus of
the tour.
All of the cars are Worei
than a quarter cenfury old.j
On the highway, every effort
|is made to keep them in line
and together. The speed of
the slowest car sets the
pace; therefore, the exact 1
arrival time in Chapel Hill 1
lis indefinite. Accompanying
the caravan is a repair truck,
just in case something gets
out of whack.
Members will wear cos
tumes typical of the year
their cars were made.
The caravan left High
Point Thursday morning,
stopped in Greensboro a
I while and proceeded to Dan-,
qig for the night. It de
ff&d from Danville early
tedqr for Hillsboro and
Chapdl Ml At Southern
Pines Saturday the cars will
be judged and awards and
trophies presented. After
church Sunday, the process
ion will move back to High
Point where it will be dis
banded.
Oil Men Are to Arrive Here Today for
Grand Opening of Phillips 66 Stations
Key officials of the Phillips
! F’etroleum Company will be in
the Chapel Hill area today (Fri
day) and tomorrow for the
formal opening of 47 Phillips
service stations in Orange, Dur
ham, and Person counties.
i The delegation, headed by E.
H. Lyon, general sales manager,
will arrive here by air today
[from Bartlesville, Okla., head
quarters of the company. Frank
I Kenan of the Kenan Oil Com
pany, Phillips distributor for the
three-county area, said the offi
cials would be given a reception
at the Washington Duke hotel in
Durham at 5:30 this afternoon.
Other company officials who
will be here are E. J. Webster,
manager of sales, and John Get
good, W. O. White, George Glad
felder and Staney Learned, all of
Bartlesville. Ninety-four other
sales and minor company officials
will be in this srea for tha grand
opening of the stations.
Mr. Kenan said tha officials
would attempt to visit as many
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Officers *f tbe Chapel Mill Bacbaage Clab are abewa a* they war* HmtaßaA far the earning
year at lb* dab's meetiag la tha Beach Houac »n Tuesday evcaiag. Fram loft te right, they ar*
Hobart Hswkia* aad Mac Vaadivtcrc, elected members of the Beard *f Central; Lcatar Foley,
elacted treeoarer; Herb Hoilead, re elected secretary; Wbld Powell, re-elected vico-president; Fat
Papa, rejected pe said sat; and La* V. Bottle of Msbaae, Immodlato peat atato preside at of tha
Bacbaage aagaidaatlea Mr. Battle laadaHal the laataßahaa Hah— tmm tha pfctaaa ta
Baraka HatcMna, slatffid ta tha Baaed es CaateaA
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Chapel J4ill Chaff
L. G.
At dinner the other eve
ning we were talking about
teachers we had had in
school and college—their
merits and defects, their
eccentricities, the results
they got or failed to get in
trying to stuff learning into
us. Mi3s Ellen Tanner told
of something that happened
one morning at St. Cather
ine’s, the celebrated girls’
school in Richmond, Vir
ginia. The class in English
literature had turned in, the
day before, their blue-books
with answers to a quiz on
“Macbeth.” The teacher be
gan the recitation period by
flinging the blue-books on
her table with such fury
that many of them tumbled
on the floor. Then she ex
claimed: “If ever I regret
ted being an old maid I am
glad of it now because of be
ans’ saved from being the
mother of anybody as stupid :
as the members of this,
class 1”
* * * *
Among the Chapel Hill
ians who read about Stan
Musial’s home run that
broke up the AJI-Star Game
last week, or heard about it
over the radio or saw it on
the TV screen, I wonder how
many are aware that right
here among us is a man who,
if he had accepted an offer
made to him by a Big
League manager, might
have been as famous as
Musial. He is Oscar A.
Hamilton. There was no
rule against freshmen’s
playing on the varsity when
he was a student. He enter
ed the University in 1906
and for four seasons, 1907-
1910, was the varsity first
baseman. He fielded his
position brilliantly and was
a tremendous swatter.
One of his longest hits
was in a game against the
University of Virginia in
Charlottesville. The ball
went over the centerfielder’s
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of the stations as possible and
become acquainted with the oper
ators and with local citizens.
Stations in this immediate
area which now offer Phillips 66
products are Beal and Tillman on
highway 54, Clark Brothers
across from Glen Lennox, Crab
tree’s on route 1 Pittsboro, Dog
wood Acres Store on route 3
Chapel Hill, McGhee’s on the
Farrington road, Poe Motor
Company, The Little Red Store
on route 1 Pittsboro, Whitfield’s
at White Cross, and Wilson
Brothers in Carrboro.
Bahnsens to Maks Trip
Mrs. Jane Bahnsen and her
daughters, Mary and Sallie, will
drive to Cleveland, Ohio, this
weekend and will fly from there
to Seattle, Wash., to visit Mra.
Bahnsen’s other daughter, Mra.
L. A. Irish, and her family. In
Seattle Mra. Bahnaen will see her
eight-months-old grandson, David
Iriah, for tha first time. She and
Mary and Sallie will b* away
about three weeks.
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University Will Make Every
Effort to See That Students
Are Housed, Says Wadsworth
Judge Stewart la
New Chairman of
Community Council
Judge William S. Stewart
has been elected chairman
of the Chapel Hill Commun
ity Council, succeeding
Philip Green, who had been
serving as acting chairman.
He was elected unanimously
this week by the Council's
executive committee and
was asked to take office im
mediately.
Judge Stewart has been a
leader in Community Coun
cil activities for several
years. He formerly served
as chairman of the Commun
ity Chest campaign, which
is sponsored by the Council,
and has also served as chair
man of the evaluating com
mittee of the Community
Chest. He is judge of the
Chapel Hill Recorder’s
Court.
Play Reading Date
Changed to Monday
The Community Drama Group
will meet at 7:46 p.m. Monday,
July 25, in the University Li
brary's assembly room to read
Luigi Pirandello’s comedy, “Six
Characters in Search of an
Author.” The group usually
meets on Sunday evening, but the
date has been changed to Mon
day for the rest of the summer
since the Library will not be
open on Sunday during the sec
ond term of tha Summer Session.
The reading this Monday eve
ning will be directed by Carl
Maaon. Copies of the play may
be obtained at Miss Stella Lyon’s
news stMd lb tbe post oflkei
lobby.
Everybody interested in read
ing plays or hearing them read
is invited to attend the meeting
and to join the group, which is
sponsored by the Community
Church of Chapel HUL
Mr. SutteafleM in Hoepital
E. R. Suttenfleld of Leaksville,
the father of Mrs. John N.
Foushee of Chapel Hill, under
went an operation here Tuesday
at Memorial hospital and is get
ting along satisfactorily. Mrs.
Suttenfleld is here with the
Foushees. Mrs. Foushee’s sister,
Mrs. J. Hughes Fagge of Bur
lington, has also been here this
week. She planned to leave yes
terday to join her husband and
two sons for a vacation in West
Islip, Long Island, N. Y.
Miss Mooneyhaa Comes, Goes
Miss Mildred Mooneyhan, prin
cipal of tha elementary school,
came home last weak after at
tending, at Columbia University
in New York, a 2-weeks “work
shop” course for school adminis
trators and now sh* has gone to
visit relatives in South Carolina.
One day whan she was in Ntw
York she was escorted through
the United Nations buildings by
Mrs. Frank P. Graham and she
had luncheon with the Grahams.
Rehearsal Dinner .Tonight
Mrs. John Couch will give a
rehearsal dinner for tha Finley-
Dean wadding party this (Fri
day) evening at her home on
Rocky Ridge rood.
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* To accommodate the in
creasing registration at the
University this fall, three
| students per room will be
put in Lewis dormitory and
possibly in Aycock, Housing
Officer James Wadsworth
said this week.
Os the 19 dormitories on
the campus, Lewis will make
the 10th which will have
three students per room.
“Already all the dormi
tory spaces, including those
which accommodated three
students per room last year,
have been filled and we are
opening up other dormitor
ies which will take three
'students per room,” Mr.
Wadsworth said.
Roy Armstrong, the ad
missions officer, announced
this week that the registra
tion for the 1955-56 term
would be approximately
.6,400 to 6,500 students. That
would.be the second highest
enrollment on record at the
University. He added that
housing wouljl, present a
problem.
Mr. Wadsworth agreed,
but he emphasized that
every effort would be made
to accommodate all
who wish to attend the Uni
versity. “We don’t want the
impression to be that we are
unable to accommodate stu
dents, because some of them
might be discouraged and
seek admission elsewhere,
and we would lose some good
ones,” Mr. Wadsworth said.
“We will open up every
space that we can place stu
dents so they will not be too
uncomfortably or too incon
venienced. Hi fact, it’s not
the unmarried student that
we are much concerned with.
We can take care of the
single folks, I believe; but
it’s the married couples that
we are having difficulty get
ting housing for.”
He explained that the
available places of residence
in Victory Village and out in
town for married couples,
some with children, are al
ready taken. Victory Vil
lage, for instance, has a
waiting list of 400 appli
cants. Many of them are
professional students, and
many of them are already
here in school this summer
and will retain their resi
dence under the priority
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Schinhan Flies to
Harvard Meeting
Jan T. Schinhan, head of organ
instruction in the University's
music department, flew to Boston
Wednesday morning to go to
Harvard University at Cam
bridge fpr a conference on folk
music and ths ballad. A. P.
Hudson of Chapel Hill waa al
ready at Cambridga, having
driven there earlier in the weak.]
Mr. Schinhan plans to rotund
by air on Saturday and will rod
sums teaching his classes Mon-I
day morning. He is music editom
of the Frank C. Brown collection
of North Carolina folklore, to bd
published by Duke University
and is also a member of the Folqj
lore Council of the University
here. 1
Faculty Cub to Heur Demerit!
Dr. William W. Dameritt, qfl
sistant dean of tha Unlversit®
School of Dentistry, will addrS
the Faculty Club at a lunchJH
meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, JH
26, at the Carolina Inn. He
speak on his experiences in h
during a number of the aeflf
of television programs known!
“TV Project Health” and sfcA
on WUNC-TV by the various!
partments of tha Unlvepay
Division of Health Affaira. fl
•wm+lKSS
A square danos will he )*■
8 15 this (Friday) evening
the terrace of Woollen gyß
ium under tha auspice*
University's Summer Jlcti!
Committee. Admission 1 is 1
and everybody is invited, w|B
or not they art wmneeted®
st