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FRIDAY ISSUE Next Issue Tuesday Vol. 33 No. 62 Normally Crowded Sidewalks Are Deserted as Villagers Gather at TV Sets lor the ‘Big Game’ • ■/, V’- X Wtjk V v' : ' iHBPr 1W flkJHPt' .5 \jfi N «f B| - v sBBL&f--. >. jgjnwffi.. Illp; * ’ y . c^^^^^HH9SHHßH^HHß|Sn|«Mtvj9 ■ ■HB lv lw 1 rT- '•• jMjiTr^TN^B^Bfk rUrf B K '• v I wr I * Bj^B ~"v —Photo by Norman Kantor Here is one of the TV-viewing groups which gathered in business district stores Tuesday after- | noon for the final game of the World Series. This congregation is in the Town and Campus. At far right is Bob Cox and next to him is Monk Jennings, the owners of the business. By Lyn Overman “You want to add to that little bet?” asked a Dodger fan at the middle of the sixth. » hat’s two runs?” replied his anion as they entered a restaurant to view via TV the last game of the World Series. “Sure, I’ll take some more ofj your money, but let’s wait till the end of the inning.” Chapel Hill’s business district, in comparison to other days, looked almost deserted early Tuesday afternoon. But Tuesday was no normal day. The World Series was at stake. Draped over counters, crowded into booth* beneath television sets in drug stores, restaurants, apd what have you, w«ce the stu dents and business employees normally seen on a sunny after noon on Franklin Street. There were even a few women in the congregations. “What’s the score?” yelled a late comer to the Goody Shop. “Nothing to nothing,” answer ed a student who had obviously entered only a few minutes earl ier. “What do you mean nothing to nothing?” cried a female voice a rear booth. “The Dodgers kwW a run.” And so it went'. A mother came back to her automobile as ter leaving her small son for a brief shopping trip. She could hardly recognize it from the number of men crowded around listening to the ball game. Her son had turned on the radio— loud enough to be heard half a block away. Monk Jennings, co-owner of the Town and Campus clothing store, was sweating it out. “I'm the only Yankee fan in here, so Observance Slated On Fire Prevention a Oliver K. Cornwell this week signed a proclamation de signating next week as Fire Pre vention Week in Chapel Hill. Mr. Cornwell asked “all citi-: sens in the community to as sist in organizing effective pro grams for reducing the needless waste caused by preventable j fires." He continued, "I urge; civic groups, businesses, school* I and all other organizations in the town to actively observe Fire prevention Week.” apel Millnotei Two teenage girls hanging onto a hose on the rear of a fire truck at the Town Hall ... doing the Charleston. 0 0 0 Mrs. Mary Lovejoy, town clerk, and Mrs. Herman Ward, hard at work getting out town tax bills to Chapei Hill resi dents. « * • Collier Cobb 111 dejectedly walking out of a local cloth ing store afer watching his fav oritu Yankees get whitewashed in the final game of the World Series. • • • Along Franklin Street a sym phony in gold: Mrs. Kay Kyser and her youngest daughter, A manda Kay, walking. • • • Happiest man in Chapel Hill: Max Saunders at noon Wednes day preparing to take off for Hitlandale golf eoona with Lonaa Williams and Jana Basnight. The Chapel Hill Weekly I’ve been catching all kinds of trash.” Mr. Jennings borrowed a John son-Strowd-Ward television set especially for the games. Boys in the rear booths be-1 neath a television set in the Carolina Pharmacy were all for chasing out some giggling girls in the front booths. Interfering with their concentration, they said. Policemen moved in on the fire department in the Town Hall Bank of Chapel Hills Burglar Alarm Startles Passersby in Early Morning When the Bank of Chapel Hill’s burglar alarm bell acci dentally sounds, it'* usually during business hours and creates little excitement. But not so about 7:30 o’clock Wednesday morn ing. There was no one around the outside of the hank; the shades were drawn; and the doors locked. Suspicious and/or cooperative people who were on the street immediately notified the Town Hall, and Chapel Hill police came on the double. A crowd gathered when the police drove up. They found, as usual, some early rising employees working inside. The alarm had been set off accidentally. About 15 minutes is required for it to quit sounding. Curious people who had gathered when the police arrived attracted others, and knots of people stood around the hank's entrance until the alarm ceased. Bank of Chapel Hill officials passed off the incident by say ing the alarm frequently is tripped accidentally. But they were grateful for folks notifying the police. “You never can tell,” they said. Ceremonies Marking 162nd Birthday Os University Scheduled Wednesday The University will he 102 years old on Wednesday of next week. The occasion will he ob served on the campus with tradi tional University Day exercises, beginning at 10:60 a.m. in the south court of South Building. The program will include a brief memorial tribute, music by i the University hand and chorus and pageantry re-enacting the laying of the cornerstone of Old Fast, oldest building on the cam pus. The cornerstone was placed on October 12, 1703. Chancellor Robert B. House has announced that classes, labs, and offices will he closed from 10:60 to 12 o'clock to permit stu dents, faculty, and administrative personnel to attend the ceremon ies. In announcing the Univeraity Mrs. Spearman to Help in Campaign Mrs. Walter Spearman ia to serve as chairman of the resident ial division of the Community Cheat drive, to be held from November 1 to November 9, it ia announced by J. A. Branch, leader of the campaign Sha will direct a house-to-house canvass to be made by volunteer workers, and she has already issued a call for volunteers to help with thia work that is so important to the community. A resident of Chapel Hill for 18 years, Mrs. Spearman has served as chairman of the Un iversity’s YWCA Board, presi dent of the Junior Service I>ea gue, president of the Community Council, and in various capacities with the P.T.A. She has been den mother of a Cub Scout pack for three years and is active in many other community groups, including the League of Women Voters. She has two ehildnm and t softies a Sunday school clam at the Preebjrteriaa church. 6 Cents a Copy while Police Chief W. T. Sloan, I professing to he no baseball fan, | strained his ears to listen to the game over a beat-up radio set ias he manned the desk. After the game the comment, j "What’s two runs?” could be > classified as the famous last words of the long-faced Yankee fans who were shaking their heads and wondering how the Dodgers could ever win a World Series . . . especially from the most sacred of sacred hall clubs. Day schedule, Chancellor House pointed out that it has been cus tomary for the campus and com munity to celebrate each year the anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Old East building. "The continuity of this cele bration,” he said, “extends hack for many years and is an occa sion cherished in memory and thoughts hy former students and members of the University with pride and affection. It is in the interest of all that such tradi tions be continued in full spirit.” Officers of the General Alumni Association and local alumni associations have been invited to come to Chapel Hill for the ob servance. All Members of Merchants Association Urged to Attend Monday Night Meeting All members of the Chapel- Carrboro Merchants Association have been urged to attend the association’s membership meet ing at the Pines Monday night. Mrs. Jane Whltefield, execut ive secretary of the association, said President Crowell Little and the three past presidents, Herb Wentworth, R. B. Todd and Eliza beth Branson, all of whom com pose the nominating committee, will welcome any suggestions from the membership. Special invitations were sent to the members of the association urging them to stand he meet ing, Mrs. Whitefield said. A new member being welcomed to the organization is Alexander’s Shoe Store on East Franklin Street. The store is managed by Tommy Dement. J. B. Robbins probably will re port to the meeting on plana for the Cbriatmaa season, she said. His report may conesrn hours daring, which ths town’s stores will rsmain open and the CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1955 Plans for Future Os Carrboro Are Outlined by Todd In Talk to Rotary In a “State of the Com munity” address before the Rotary Club Wednesday night Carrboro Mayor R. B. Todd discussed his town’s past accomplishments and plans for the future. Blueprints are being I drawn up now, said Mr. Todd, to double the capacity of the present sewage dis j posal plant at a cost of some | $30,000. Additional land has been purchased for the po ject, and money is in the town budget for the expan sion. The move, he said, will permit Carrboro to more ad equately take care of the community’s needs, to ac comodate fringe areas, and attract new industry. Carrboro has already com pleted all of its intended street paving, said Mr. Todd, | and the patchwork on exist ing paving has been com pleted. Larger bulbs have been installed in streetlights, and the need for additional lights is being investigated. Mr. Todd said ho and his board of commissioners are considering establishing a small community park, lie said work on the ceme tery has been completed, side walks are in good condition, and streets are being kept cleaner through the use of a new street cleaning truck. “We also think it would be a good idea,” he continued, “to have a clean-up, fix-up, paint up campaign next spring.” Mr. TodiP began his speech by stating several facts about Carrboro: The local government is of the commissioner type, with a mayor and six commissioners, three elective and three appoint ive; the town budget is $1M),000 with all business done on a cash basis; the tax rate is 1)3 cents per SIOO valuation, 14 cent* of which is used to clear the town debt and 70 cents of which is used for operating funds; the total town debt is $50,000, and it will be cleared by 1060; total property valuation equals five million dollars; 08 per cent of the community has water and sewer facilities. In conclusion, Mr. Todd said in deciding whether or not toj approve a measure to he taken by the town, he applied the Ro tarian test: Is it the truth? Is il fair? Will it make for better friendships? It it beneficial to, the people? lie cited a remark once made by Benjamin Franklin which had always impressed him: A group of men went to Mr. Franklin and told him that things were dark and gloomy in their town, and asked what should they do. To which Mr. Franklin replied they should go hack o their town and tell everyone to light a candle. "That advice cun he taken here,” said Mr. Todd. “Every one should light the candle of faith. It doesn’t make any dis ference how small some of the candles may be. Horne people may say there isn’t any use in their lighting a candle, but theirs is too small. But this isn’t true. You can’t use floodlights in a doctor’s office, and you can’t use a doctor’s pencil light on a football field.” Christmas Parade which haa tent atively been aet for November 28. Another report will be from H. C. McGinity, chairman of the finance committee, ahe aaid. Credit Bureau receipt* for •September totaled 1204.04 with thecollection eommiaaion netting 140.80. Said Mr*. Whitefield, “Thia waa the beat month the Credit Bureau haa ever had.” Movie Price flowered The adult admiaaion price for the Varaity Theatre’a cun-ent showing of Walt Dianey’a “lady and the Tramp” trill be 60 cent*, rather than 66 cente, a* indicated in the advertiaement inaide. The aection containing the ad went to preaa prior to the price change. Uniroraity at Georgia , The University football team will play the University of Georgia at Athena, Ga., Satur day afternoon. Chapel Mill Chaff J. J. Many Chapel Hillians who have hay fever or asthma at this time of year say their miltery is worse than usual this fall. Some blame it on the weather. A well-saturat ed blanket of tepid air has swathed this part of the country most of the time lately. This blanket traps dust, smoke, and pollen and holds it close to the earth, and the poor gasping asthma and hay fever victims draw it in with every breath. Another theory is that the wet weather we have had since June has caused an unusually heavy ragweed crop, which now sends out its invisible but lethal clouds of pollen from every field, roadside, and fencerow. Per haps it’s a concatenation of the two. Anyway, what we need around here is a sharp frost to kill off the ragweed and some good crisp October weather to clear the air. * * * A stranger who visited the Weekly the other day ar rived just as Pressman Billy Bowman was taking a ciga rette out of the pack. “Man, you should know better than to smoke that brand,” the visitor said. “Dort’t you realize they’ll burn up your insides?” “Is that right?” was! Billy’s skeptical reply, as he lit up. “Even the tinfoil on the pack will burn you,” the man said. “Let me show you something.” And he tore off a small piece of foil from the cigarette pack, placed it on Billy’s palm, and told him to close his hand and keep it shut tight. Billy did so. Nothing hap pened. “Keep holding it,” the visitor said. Billy kept hold ing it, and in less than a minute he began to screw (Continued on page 2) Auction and Supper Set for Tomorrow A harvest sale and supper will be held tomorow (Saturday) at Orange Church, which is two miles north of Chapel Hill on the Airport Road. Activities will be gin with an auction sale at 3 p.m. in the church hut. Sale items will be farm products of all kinds, baked goods, needlework, handcrafts, white elephants, and a few antiques und pet animals. Supper will he served throughout the evening, begin ning at 4:30, at $1.50 a plate for adults and 75 cents for children. Supper tickets may he bought in advance at Shields’ Store, Andrews-Henninger, and the Vil lage Laundry office on Franklin Street. Faeh plate will include either baked ham or brunswick stew, plus the following: Slaw, sliced tomatoes, *nap beans, pick led onions, potato chips or po tato salad, coffee or soft drink, and pie or cake. The sale and supper are being sponsored by the Calvander Grange and Home Demonstration Club to help raise funds for a proposed community center at Calvander. About S7OO Raised From Napkin Sale The Exchange Club’s annual napkin aale had groased between S7OO and SBOO as of Wednesday night, project chairman Wallace Williams reported yesterday. Last nigM the club was to wind up its annual fund-raising event with a house-to-house canvass of Westwood, Dogwood Acres, Laurel liill, and Carrboro. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights ths other areas around Chapel Hill were solicited by the club members, bearing napkins, “it looks like we’ve got s good sale going,” said Mr. Williams. Proceeds of the sale are uaad to finance the club’s civic and charitable projects. Luther** Supper Tonight A covered dish supper, being given by the Lutheran Brother hood of the Church for young student couple* and young couplet in the church, will be held at 6:10 this (Friday) evening at the Holy Trinity Lutheran ehorah. Francis Hammer ness in president of the Brotherhood. If You're a Stranger in Town, Yon May Be Having Trouble finding Your Way, Becanse Paint Has Gone From Most Street Markers By J. A. C. Dunn Quite a few of the town’s concrete street markers are: badly in need of paint. On some the black lettering has mm I fIH 11 1.,-! BpwJWKwg I. ;v! ||!| I sit 3BBmP i&aaP &■: IMBHMIpBBMBI. » »iif fIU mi mu mm n &jIISI ~ ■ . jSs,_ . vv —Photo by M. A. Quillen Lost your way? It’s no wonder. Many of the town’s street marker* are in the same condition a* the one which ia aero** the street from the Tewn Hall (ia background). This marker was recently repainted with a new white bane paint, bu the necessary lettering has never bean added. Boy Scouts' Second AnrmdJSM App| Will Be Held Tomorrow at Iron Wine The second annual “Gold Rush” of Orange County Boy Scouts to !*.- held all day tomorrow (Saturday) will be a competive demonstration of Scouting skills, and the public is invited to wit ness any part or all of the pro gram. It will he held on the wooded, hilly terrain surrounding the old Iron Mine about two mile* north of Chapel Hill, and every Boy Scout, Explorer, Scout leader and Scoutei of Orange County is ex pected to take part. Registration will be ut Roek Springs Farm, beginning at 8 u. m. To reach there, one is directed out the Airport Road until he reaches Cinstead Road, which is marked with a Gold Rush sign. Follow the signs. The “Gold Rush" will take its style, settings and names from the Gold Rush period of 1841) in California. The events will be in nine locations, each named for a town of the day* of ’4‘J as: El Dorado, Shirt-tail Canyon, etc. The Scouts will progies* from one town to another hy compass and a map of the area Each event runs 36 minutes to find the location, and do the stunt. Locations are $444 for Dogs Local Residents Are Billed for Total Os flßßfi94 in Municipal Taxes Chapel Hill reaidenta have been billed for a total of $188,004.20 in town taxea, final eatimatea by the Town Hail revealed yester day. The tax figure included 9154,- 700.36 in taxea on real and por aonal property evaluated at $16,- 204,621 and taxed on the baai* of 06 cent* per SIOO. The remain der conaiated of $677 in poll tax ea, $444 in dog Mxea, $6,626.10 in atreet aaaeaainenta and $26, 648.75 in aewer rentala. Final bill* for the taxea, pay able before February 1, were aent out from the Town Hall Tuea day. Peraona paying before Oct ober 30 will be entitled to a one half per cent diacount. Thoae pay ing aftdr February 1 will be aubject to a penalty of one-half per cent. • Increaaea in real property and peraonai property evaluation* were the baaic factor* for an inereaae in $11,464.40 In taxea over the 1064 estimate of $176,- 680.80. Real property evaluation jumped from $18,384,711 to sls,- 622,694, and peraonai property from $2,485,742 to $8*71,927. 14 a Year ia County; rates on page 2 faded off, and on others, not: only the lettering is peeling, | but the white base paint as well. According to the minutes from 200 to 300 yards apart. There is an added twist that should be interesting—each stunt is camouflaged in a problem of the Gold Rush days, as; “While prospecting, a miner has fallen over a small cliff, and broken a leg. Rescue him, and give first aid.’’ Teams will be judged on ar gunization, initiative, Scout spir it, teamwork, and their know ledge of Scouting skills. Judges will supervise each event, and will award simulated gold nug gets according to the score. The gold nuggets earned will be cash ed in at the “Assay Office.” A first and second prize of equipment will be awarded for greatest number of nuggets earn ed, and a Gold Rush trophy will he given to the Troop with the highest percentage of participa tion. Among the guests expected are Bill Hammett, an expert of the N. C. Wildlife Commission, and District Forester Duane Raver and County Boil Conservationist (Juenton Patterson. For the events Art Bennett will be chief judge. Charles Mil ner is chairman of the activities comittee, and Frank Umstead is in charge of arrangements. Other increaaea noted were: aewer rentala from $24,200 to $26,648.76; street assessment* from $097.37 to $6,626.10; dog taxea from $427.0 0 to $444.00. A decreaae wax noted in poll taxea: from $722 in 1964 to $677 this year, t Town officials explained the high increase in atreet asaess menta as resulting from an ex panding program of paving, and construction of curbs and gutter*. Mra. Mary Lovejoy, town clerk, said total prepayment* of taxea since June have totaled $36,030.- 42. Khe explained that person* paying in June received a two per cent diacount, thoae in July a IV4 per cent discount, and those in August and September, a one per cent discount. Taxes on real and personal business property increased from $20,020.08 last year to $24,704.27 thia year. Taxes on other real and personal property increased from $110,028.03 in 1864 to sllO,- 794.17 for white reaidenta, but de creased from $10,694 to $104*494 for colored resident*. ■ ■«" ■"" nan i FRIDAY h ■ ISSUE Nest lane Tuesday of the Board of Aldermen for June 28, 1954, “The members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, represented by Mr. Robert Cox, presented a resolution to the Board which was passed at a regular meeting of the group on June 3,1953. The resolution released to the Town all responsibility for the street markers, which the Junior Chamber of Commerce erected. Mr. Cornwell moved the Town accept the offer. Mr. Robin son seconded the motion and it was passed unanimously.” Thus the town came to be responsible for the main tainance of the street mark ers. The street marker project was started in 1949 by the JC’s, who, between 1949 and 1954, put up and painted 180 concrete markers in and around Chapel Hill. Accord ing to Alderman Kenneth Putnam, who was a member of the JC’s at the time, the JC’s repainted all the signs in 1953 and all were in good condition when the Town took them over. (C D‘ ; nued on page 7) Chapel Hill li c h, Hillsboro Square Off at Carrboro if comparative scores Tneea anything, Chapel Hill and Hills boro High Schools are evenly Hutched for their **bif game” tonight at Carrboro Lion* Club Fgrk. gickoff is at 8 p. m. havo defeated Dunn, by one more touchdown than did Chapel Hill. “We have been looking fairly good this week,” Coach Bob Cul ton said yesterday, "and it seems the team with the most desire and hustle will come out on top Friday night.” Coach Culton announced that Rudy Barker would start at quarterback in place of Ruffin llarviile, who is recovering speed ily from injuries. “But Harville will play some,” he added. End Ronnie Lackey is back on the xquad, will not start, but will get in the game, the coach said. Hillsboro has a 4-0 record for the season. Chapel Hill dropped its first game to Sanford but has been showing plenty of spirit and determination since, down ing Dunn, Northern, and South ern High Schools. The Wildcats hustle has moved Coach Culton to praise the Chapel Eleven after every game. Likewise, Hillsboro has been getting rave* from Coach Bill Auman. Both teams appear to lie able to move the ball at will. And bßth seem to have strong defenses. So, tonight's battle should be one that supporters of both clubs will remember for a long time. Dr. Newton Honored Dr. Maurice E. Newton of Chapel Hill was installed as vice president of the Third District Dental Society of North Carolina this week at its annual meeting at the Sedgefield Inn at Greens boro. He wae accompanied to the two-day meeting by Mrs. New ton, who attended the annual meeting of the Third District Dental Auxiliary. Bake Sale Friday The Chapel Hill Branch of tba A.A.U.W. will have a “Bake and Crafte Sale” at Fowler’s Food Store today from 8:80 a.m. to 12:80 p.m. All products will be homemade. ‘Wanted’ Town and Campus men’s clothing store fixed up a win dow display this week feat* uring pictures of town offici als and members of the po lice and fire department*. Early yesterday mcvhhlg paaseraby saw a hand-lettaroi sign affixed to the plat* glass of the display window. “Thoae hood* are WANTED!** an nounced the alga. The notice continued offense: Thee* racketeers is sued 1,900,900 tickets to VNC student*. Identification! Nasi *f thee* man are armed with piah ar Ma* tlehot hooka.”
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