TUESDAY ISSUE Next Issue Friday Vol. 33, No. 53 Clyde Eubanks Celebrates His 64th Anniversary In Drug I tnsill css liy 4 \> mi itti >V'ork, as Usual w$ * y *' Auxiliary will hold a joint meet ing in the Legion Hut on Rose mary street Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. Plans for the new Legion clubhouse will be discus sed, in addition to the regular' order of business. Joina Municipal Staff William D. Conn of Zebuion, a ■tudent in the University’s School of Education, ha* joined the mu nicipal staff here as an assistant in the office of Town Jfanager Tom Rose. Returning from Europe Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Watkins ere expected home noon from • trip to England and France. years old next April. In this picture, made about 1905, he is shown (at right) behind the counter with his assistant, Luther Ring, now retired and liv-ii ing in Florida. Mr. Ring is at the soda fountain, Mr. Eubanks rests his arm on the ice shaver, and between! Special to the Weekly ... Congressman Durham Says Atomic Energy Meeting Was Beneficial and Successful (Editor’s Note: Congress man Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill, chairman of the Joint Con gressional C o m m i t,t e e on Atomic Energy, has released to the Chapel Hill Weekly a here tofore unpublished statement, of his opinions on and reac tions to the recent Geneva con ference he attended. The con ference was on peacetime uses of atomic energy.) By lari Durham The Geneva international con ference in the peacetime uses of j atomic energy is now over. For two weeks, more than 1100 dele gates from the- four corners of I the earth met to explore prob lems and progress in developing peaceful uses of the atom. This conference was given more news coverage than any !other scientific meeting in his- j tory. In fart, so much was writ ten about this gathering, and in ,'i much detail, that, i fear some 1 of us may lose sight of the forest for the trees. It was my privilege to attend iihe Geneva -conference as a dele gate of the Joint Committee on ! Atomic Energy and 1 thought a useful purpose might now be served by setting forth my .main impressions of the significance lof these historic meetings. Was the conference a success? Yes, I believe it decidedly was. For the first time, scientists from 'throughout the world including Soviet scientists were able to jmeet at one place at one time in older to discuss ways and means iof speeding progress, in using the atom for beneficial purposes tin medicine, agriculture, and in jdqstry. As a result of the con ference, the entire world will now be able to move more quickly for putting the atom to work for peaceful ends. Did participation in the con ference benefit our own atomic, (Continued on page 6) Philippine Woman Gets UNC Scholarship Miss Corazon Ramirez of Ma jnila, Philippine Islands, has beery awarded the Lunsford Richard- j son Memorial Fellowship for 'graduate study in pharmacy at j the University here. The award was announced yes- Iterday by E. A. Brecht, Dean of the School of Pharmacy and secre tary of the North Carolina Phar maceutical Research Foundation, 'and Robert P. Richardson, vice president of the Richardson! Foundation, Inc. j The fellowship is named for | the founder of the Vick Chemi cal Company and his son, a for mer president of Vick, both of whom were North Carolina resi dents during most of their life times. Miss Ramirez was graduated from the University of the Philippines with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy The Chapel Hill Weekly • 5 Cents a Copy I them sits the Coca-Cola urn. The old-time soda foun tain had a 25-gallon water tank and made its own car bonated water for soft drinks. “It was a lot better than the carbonated water you get now,” Mr. Eubanks said yesterday. In the back (ContinOed on page 8) Memorial Hospital In •! Yeays Old The North Carolina Memo- !rial Hospital here celebrated its third birthday last Fri day. The celebration was a 'quiet affair, the extent of it being a large cake with three candles placed in the hospi tal cafeteria. Hospital em ployees were served the birthday cake along with |their lunches. Although the giant health center was dedicated in April, 1952, the first patient was until Sept. 2 of that same year. At the time the hospital opened, 78 of the proposed 400 beds were available for use. Today 309 beds are available to patients. In the first three years of operation 18,325 patients have received treatment in the hospital, not including those being treated in the Out-I’atient Departments, j A total of 133,121 patients have been treated in the three Out-Patient Depart ments. These three depart ments include Private Pa tient Service, the Out-Pa tient Department, and the Emergency Room. With the exception of Mitchell County, these pa tients have come from each of the 100 counties in North I Carolina. lin 1840. She worked for one year an a licensed pharmacist in Manila. Since then she has taught chemistry and mathe matics first at the Nueva Ecija | Trade School in Cabanatuan City and later at the Philippine SchooJ of Arts and Trades in Manila. She comes from a family with eleven children, all of whom are either professional people or are being educated for profes sional careers. | Miss Ramirez will be support ed in her graduate study at the University by a fellowship from the Richardson Foundation under tha Exchange Visitor Program of the Fulbright Act. Haydoas on Way Howe Mr. and Mrs. Glen Haydon are on their way home from Europe. They are sailing from Genoa, Italy. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1955 Edwin R. Cheek Appointed to Wingate Faculty Edwin R. Cheek of Chapel Hill has been appointed a member of the faculty of Wingate college, it was an nounced yesterday by Budd Smith, president of the col lege. Mr. Cheek is a graduate of the University with the A.B. and M.A. degrees in English. At Wingate college he will serve as teacher of English and direct a student newspaper. While at the Uni versity, Mr. Cheek was elect ed to Phi Eta Sigma, hon orary fraternity and Phi Teta Kappa, national scho lastic fraternity. He has been ! active in the affairs of the [University and the Chapel | Hill community. Mr. Cheek is the son of the Rev. L. C. Cheek of Chapel Hill, who is also a popular employee of the iChapel Hill post office, and of Mrs. Cheek. j “Wingate is indeed fortu nate to. have this very- fine scholar come to the staff to work with the young peo ple,” said Mr. Smith, presi dent of the college. Red Cross Appeal Here Nets $1 ,200 > Chapel Hill citizens “generously contributed slightly more than '51,200” to the Red Cross appeal for Hood relief donations, Chair man J. Temple Gobbel of the Chapel Hill chapter announced yesterday. He also announced that the na tional appeal for $10,000,000 had been exceeded and that the na tional Red Cross had telegraphed him Sunday afternoon that no further contributions would be ' Xii'cdeJ'ft Wf ffiffi, always do. The people war* line in their spirit and generously contributed slightly more than $1,200. Some of the people were exceedingly generous. And we appreciate ! everything that was done.” . Off-Street Parking Corporation Will Be Organized at Public Meeting Tomorrow Property owners and business men interested in the East Franklin Street business district were urged yesterday to attend tin- organization meeting of the Chapel Hill Parking Association, Inc., at the Town Hall Wednes day night at 8 o’clock. Letters went out during the weekend to all knoyvn interested persons who were “cordially in vited and strongly urged” to at tend the meeting. Advising that the corporation is being formed to work out a planned parking solution for the business district, the letters also saiii in part: “We are writing to you be cause you are ®a property owner or businessman in the East Franklin Street business area. As either one, you are vitally in terested in maintaining good business in this area. To encour age people to trade with us we need better planned parking fa cilities. This is why we are call ir.g on you for your wholehearted help and participation. "The report of the original steering committee will be made at this time outlining the char ter and by-laws of the corpora tion. In addition there will be an election of seven directors to serve until the annual stockhold ers meeting on the second Wed nesday in February. , “If you wish further infoyna tion any of the following steer- The grateful appearance of all cashiers at a local super market when a woman returned with $lO one of them had overpaid her when making change. * * * Signs of approaching opening ,of the University: streets ripped open and marked with one-way signs. * • • The attractive young brunette in khaki ahorts and green plaid' shirt with long-strap ahouider bag standing In the middle of a pile of Balk’s empty boxes, evi dently looking for something to pack up and mova in. • • • TWe Weekly's efficient Joe Jems, supposed to begin Us va Chapel Mill Ckall J. J. A woman who subscribes to the Weekly phoned the other day and said, “I read your piece in Chaff about Ben Curry.” Any writer is pleased when somebody mentions his work. Her words gave me a lift. Her second remark let me right back down as follows: “I want to get rid of a trunk he left here at my house and I called to see if you knew where I could find him.” Never mind; a few days later I met Mrs. Waverly Branch on the street and she said, ‘‘l read what you wrote in the paper about movies and I agree with you on ‘Wuthering Heights.’ I cried for three days after I saw it.” * * * A riddle now going around i 3 about a man who went into a store to buy a 35-cent item. While it was being wrapped he picked up a 50- cent piece from the counter and used it as payment for his purchase and received 15 cents in change. When his conscience hurt him next day he went back to confess and pay the merchant what he owned him. How much was it? * * * I The clearest and most un cluttered piece of writing in 'Friday’s Weekly was a par enthetical paragraph insert ed in Hilly Arthur’s column iby the linotype operator, Betty Hodges, nee Betty Arnold. 1 wish every issue had something in it by Betty, who is the smartest woman in town. As a slight indica tion of her perspicacity I 'submit that she is a Phi Beta ! Kappa graduate of the Uni versity of North Carolina, was formerly the editor and printing superintendent of a newspaper in Maryland, is (Continued on page 2) I ing committee members will be 1.1 ad to be of help: Joe Rage, Harvey Bennett, Joe Robbins, Bill Sloan, Herb Wentworth or our attorney, Emery Denny.” The let ,'tera were signed by il. W. Went worth, chairman of the steering i committee. School for Game Protectors Opens The Institute of Government and the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission is conducting a Wildlife Protector's Training School here, it will run through September 22. The 30 new candidates attend ing this school have been care fully selected and screened from applications received from the entire State of North Carolina. They will be eligible for posi tions with the Wildlife Resources Commission upon graduation from the school. i An intensive program of the background of the game laws and their present applicability throughout the State is being presented. In addition, they will learn much about the law of ar { rest and the law of search and seizure. j Instruction is being given in Ifirst aid, judo, and techniques of i physical training. Chapel JJillnote* cation last Friday, loyally labor ing at his desk through Sunday but declaring “when I do step out of here, I’m gonna forget it for a week.” » « • Weekly staffers widely scat tered around the globe as today’s edition of the paper goes to press. Contributing Editor Louis Graves is in Europe touring with his wife, Managing Editor Joe Jones is in Albany, Georgia visiting his mother, and Advertising Director O. T. Watkins is vacationing in Naw York City with hia wife. Chuck Hauaor returned Sunday night from Now York on the same plane that carried Mr. Jones to Georgia. 2,700 Students Expected to Enroll in ChaSKl Hill and Carrboro Schools Tins Year; Work Will Get Underway on Thursday MordSt ———————— 4 Schedule of School Openings Chapel Hill Elementary School—Miss Mildred Mooneyhan, Principal Wednesday. Sept. 7—8:30 a.m.—All students report directly to their classrooms. Classes will be dismissed at noon. Chapel Hill High School— Mr. Wesley Noble, Principal. Wednes day, Sept. 7—8:30 a.m.—Students will report to the school andi torium for devotion and instructions. Classes will be dismissed at noon. Glenwood School—Mr. Ray Kiddoo, Principal. Wednesday, Sept. 7—8:30 a.m.—Students will report directly to their classrooms. Classes will be dismissed at noon. Northside Elementary School—Mr. J. H. Peace, Principal. Wednesday, Sept. 7—8:30 a.m.—Students will report to the'schooi auditorium for instruction. Classes will be dismissed at noon. Carrboro Elementary School—Mr. Reid Suggs, Principal. Wednesday, Sept. 7—8:30 a.m.—Students will report directly to their classrooms. Classes will be dismissed at noon. Lincoln High School—Mr. C. A. McDougle, Principal. Wednes day, Sept. 7—8:30 a.m.—Grades seven and eight will report to the high school cafeteria for further instruction. Grades nine through twelve will report to their homerooms as previously as signed. All students will be dismissed at noon. Merchants Plan Welcome for Incoming University Students; To Hold Contests Crowell Little, president of the 3 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchants Association, will welcome incom ing University students to the Chapel Hill community at an as sembly in Memorial hall on Thursday evening at 7:30. Mr. Little will speak to the students for about five minutes.l The meeting is designed as a gen eral orientation program with short talks by University and stu-j dent officers. On Tuesday, September 13, the Merchants Association will set up a booth on the corner of j Franklin and Columbia streets to I serve as an information center for new students. Available at ; the booth will be copies of the' special edition of The Chapel Hill' j Weekly, maps of the community, j and other pertinent information. The booth will also provide copies of the rules for a special 1 contest being conducted by the association through the week.L Here is the way the contest wMl| work: Cards, approximately 12 inches' square, bearing a letter of theji alphabet, will be placed in show windows of different business; firms. Students participating in 1 the contest must find all the let- ; tt rs and arrange them to spell a sentence. Prize for the first . correct answer to be turned in • to the association office will be ; $11). Other prizes will be $5, $3, | $2, and 20 prizes of $1 each. j New students will be urged to 1 visit ail Chapel Hill and Carr ’ boro business establishments to get acquainted with the goods i and services being offered in the 1 community. A number of firms I are planning to provide refresh i ments and souvenirs as part of the welcoming program. Mrs. Sallie Sadler Cleveland, 99, Dies $■ *’ mt mm Mm Wm. whf Mm l * ■ Wm . Ik ' MRS. SALLIE SADLER CLEVELAND Mrs. Sallie Sadler Cleveland, who would have been one hun dred years old next December, died here Saturday night at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd H. Edmister. * Funeral services were held yes terday afternoon at tha Baptist church in Glasgow, Va., sad to- $4 a Year in County; other rates Orientation Week At UNC Opened The University will welcome some 1,300 new students this [week as it prepares for the 1355- 56 school year with the annual “Freshman Camp" and orienta tion program. i A total registration of 6,500 istudents is expected when class iwork for old and new students begins Thursday, September 15. The latest enrollment forecast released by the Admissions Of fice includes 1,238 freshman men; 105 freshman women in the General College, pharmacy, nurs ling and dental hygiene courses; 1 313 transfer women, and 258 transfer men. The ninth annual three-day conference for first-year men >*ing held at Camp New Hope Bill, with some 150 SfniMJi 30 upperclassmen tie campus YMCA sponsoas ffitfwvaat, which is being directed this year by Scotty Hester, a senior from Reidsville. | Following registration at the YMCA Building Monday morn ing, the campers went to New Hope for lunch and afternoon as sembly. The camp will end Thursday morning, when the freshmen return to the campus to begin the Orientatym Week program of academic tests, phys ical examinations and meetings with advisers. Thirty other students will act as counselors during Freshman Camp, which will be highlighted by “cabin discussions” on foul major topics: "Freedom and Re sponsibility,” "Honor,” “Campus (Continued on page 8) terment followed in the Glasgow cemetery. * A native of Virginia, Mra. Cleveland spent most of her life in Glasgow, where her husband was a successful physician. After his death about thirty years ago aha sold their home there and moved to Chapel Hill to be with (Continued on page t) '■ ii i i ' in ' m Sy TUESDAY' ISSUE M«xt h ’ Vacations will end tomor row for nearly 2,700 boys and girla who will be return ing or starting anew to the six public schools in the com munity. This morning (Tuesday) at 10:30 a.m. the new stu dents at the Chapel Hill high school will be reporting to the high school auditoritum for special orientation. All students, both white and co lored, will report to their re spective schools at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Classes will be dismissed at noon. The regular schedule will begin in all schools Thurs day. The lunchrooms will be open on Thursday also, with children’s meals selling for 25 cents each. The largest increase will be at Glenwood school where Principal Ray Kiddoo expects approximately 400 students. This is an increase of about 170 over last year’s enroll ment of 230. About 125 of the new students at Glen wood were transferred from Chapel Hill elementary school when districts were changed. Accorumg to Miss Mildred Mooneyhan, principal, the Chapel Hill elementary school pupils will go directly to their classrooms on Wed nesday morning. Names will be posted outside the class room doors as follows: First grades and seventh grade (one section), ground floor; second and third grades, main floor; fourth, fifth and sixth grades, top floor; sev e* * h. amkeight grades, baser of the high school bu Wmg. At the Carrboro elemen tary school, Principal Reid Suggs is sexpecting 425 stu dents, as compared with 380 last year. This is an in crease of 45 students. All students will report directly to their classrooms. (Continued on page 4) Thrift Shop Is to He Reopened Today The Thrift Shop operated on West Franklin Street by the (Chapel Hill P.T.A. organizations I will reopen today after a week’s ; closing for stock reorganization (and cleaning. From now on. it will be open on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 1(1 a.m. to 5 p.m. An announcement said that contributions of clothing, espe cially children’s, would be ap preciated. These will be sold and proceeds used by the P.T.A. for its work in the Chapel Hill schools. Persons who have con ti ibutioiis but who cannot bring them in may call 8155 for pick up service. Correction in School Story It was reported here last week that about 40 elementary and high school pupils from the Carrboro and White Cross school districts would attend school this year in the Chapel Hill district. The story should have said about 100 instead of 40, which was a typographical error. Cates Reunion Planned The annual reunion of the descendants of Thomas S. and Adeline P. Cates will be held | Sunday, September 11, at the (home of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. | Perry at Orange Grove. All descendants of the couple are in vited. Fred M. Russell of Gra hum is president of the reunion, and Miss Rebecca Crawford of Chapel Hill is its secretary. At the Episcopal Church The following meetings will be held this week at the Chapel of the Cross: Meeting of church school teachers and officers at 8 p.m. Tuesday; Holy Com munion at 10 a.m. Thursday in observance of the United Thank Offering at the Episcopal gen eral convention in Honolulu. Baptist Miaeiene Program The Baptist women's program f ok state missions will tm hpld at 1:80 p.m. Thursday, Septem ber 8, at the Baptist church. Mrs. J. T. Dobbins will have charge •f the program.