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FRIDAY ISSUE Next Issue Tuesday Vol. 33 No. 77 Student Wives Club Packs a Thanksgiving Box ;• ' : «*.4* i a 11 mi i * wwM| 'Tin i k"’ •<> . :<• s \ •*& te .. : j 4 |l| & IH Jhtjf? .>• 4 yaz' « (niAIMMVMI^ n.. 1,,. . in liiw i[i^w'i a tw MMMfea ' t TR '■’ > 11 f xt: lßfcsL iW , Is|||m|MW •ftHl' ’’" is V '< ■ ‘T' ~3 . y ' jK--. !^- A yKAC j| * "'+< , ' 1 JRF ,-- 1 ii ;,:* mSSKVi '' yl. M 1 JRr a ■ M%&Pppfe:.:,. *~, v,.. BRM « •* BRKPR a BHB BBBB :: r> The University Student Wives Club took on as one of its recent projects the providing of a Thanksgiving Box of food for a needy family in the Chapel Hill area. From left to right, above, shown packing the box, are Mrs. Sally White, child welfare worker; Mrs. Pat McMahon, a case worker assistant; and Mrs. Carlene Hunsucker, president of the club. The group meets on the first and third Tuesday nights at the Victory Village Nursery. Other officers are Mrs. Silvia Minteer, vice-president; Mrs. Sue West, secretary; and Mrs. Frances James, treasurer. Chapel Hill Country Club Plans to Revamp Golf Course and Enlarge Clubhouse; Future Plans Include Swimming Pool By Billy Arthur Reopening of the golf course,’ expansion of the clubhouse and jPlht-range development plans for tifln Chapel Hill Country Club were announced yesterday by President Charles Shaffer. Already work has started on re arrangement of the nine-hole course to eliminate some of the hill-climbing and to make it ap proximately 6,500 yards. It is expected to be opened in the spring, Mr. Shaffer said. He also announced that archi tect’s plans for the proposed clubhouse enlargement, which will almost double the present size, will be available tor bidding p bout December 1. Included in the long-range plans are a swimming pool, parking areas and tennis courts, but the reopening of the golf course, which has been closed about five years, and clubhouse work will come first. Mr. Shaffer explained that work on the golf course and the clubhouse is a result of a number of things. “We feel we' really need more golfing and #Vreation facilities here,” Mr.' >!naffer said, “and that golfing facilities should be available fori faculty and townspeople with out crowding the students, for. which Finley golf course wasj primarily built. That is now crowded on weekends and Wed nesdays, and other days, too, when townspeople and faculty members have a chance to play. Also, the influx of population will create a demand for additional facilities. And the reason we can Exchangites Name Nominating Group «A nominating committee to pre nt a slate of Chapel Hill Ex change Club Officers for 1956 was named at the weekly meeting of the club at the Ranch House Tuesday night. President Pat Pope named on the committee lmu Vine, Coy Durham and Doug Yates. The committee will report and the election will be held on the first Tuesday night in December. Tony Jenzano was a guest of the club at Tuesday’s meeting at which plans were also dis cussed for the club’s Christmas party and its Christmas cheer «ject at the Pittsboro or nage. Chapel J4illnotei Yellow chrysanthemums bow ing to the fast-approaching winter on Rosemary Street • • • Hard-playing senior end Will Frye dramatically Mowing kies to empty Kenan Stadium ae he left with hie family and girl friend following his final home game for Carolina last Satur day. • • • Two little children, on windy day, taking off shots and apek* to enjoy walking on the grass. When their mothers call to them to pptM indoors they care fully fWt i» tad aedtai drop soaks, than shoes; try ever and over until thajr got J*ll - |go to work immediately on the golf course is that Dr. Robert Lawson left money for its de ■ velopment. Too, unless the prop i erty is used as a golf course the terms of the Coker bequest are that it reverts back to the Coker estate.” Enlargement of the clubhouse i includes almost doubling the floor space, rearrangement of the kit i chen and addition of terraces. All of the work now going on and planned was decided upon . last May, Mr. Shaffer said, when I the club's directors also voted [ to admit new members on ths Council Uphold* l Public Schools , Expressing itself as “gravel? ’ disturbed by recent suggestions I North Carolina should abandon i its systems of public schools,” ithe Faculty Council of the Uni- Iveraity of North Carolina voted j overwhelmingly for a resolution urging the people of the State I "to set their faces firmly and I finally against every proposal !to abolish, abandon or weaken j our public schools.” The Faculty Council spoke “to the extent we are accountable for the traditions and standards of this univerity” and also “as citizens with a wider concern.” Doing away with the public schools would mean “crisis or | collapse for the state’s system of higher education.” The faculty J resolved “the roof cannot stand I without the house.” Aside from responsibilities at the University, the council ex plained its broader interest as follows: "We believe that abolition of ' the public schools would inevi tubly result in illiteracy, ignor ance, poverty and industrial stag ’ nation. It would destroy the ' gieatest single heritage our finest ’ past leadership has bequeathed : us, while denying ) the state the opportunity to produce its right i ful share of future leadership.” r The Faculty Council, composed 1 of 70 faculty members elected ! by the whole faculty and pre • lided over by Dudley D. Car roll, chairman of the faculty, f <ent the resolution to Chancellor ' Robert B. House, and through ■ him to acting President J. Harris 1 Purks, and to the board of trus ' tees of the University. Chancellor House stated that the faculty resolution has his j “full approval.” The Faculty Council further re solved, "in a world which criti cally needs understanding and insight to match its scientific knowledge, we must strengthen, rather than destroy, our system of universal education." Jsrnif aas as Trip My. and Mrs. Rupert Jeniga* toft Wednesday by automebU* to Tbit their son and daughter* jn-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. icrnigaa Jr, In Charleston, Was* Virginia. They will return Bun* 4toy. vs (Trahans* Chrbtmas Party MmwT a* the Chapel Mil Exchange GWF ptt Stone p OtoMmaa pMf for the oMMren at the nttebeyo Christian Hem* They and thsir jrivas wfll lib presents to the Warn and bp The Chapel Hill Weekly [ 5 Cents a Copy —Photo by M. A. Quillen basis of golfing memberships, social memberships, or both. Per sons desiring to become mem bers of the Country Club may now submit their names to the president or the board of direct ors. Mr. Shaffer complimented the work of committee chairmen whose efforts have made pos sible the projected work. He mentioned by name John Man ning of the greens committee, J. A. Branch of the building com mittee and I)r. W. G. Morgan of the finance committee. Other officers of the Country Club are Dr. Morgan, vice-presi dent ' .Mrs. John Sessions, secre tary; Orville Campbell, treasurer; Mra. Carter Bums, social chair man; E. B. Crawford Jr., house manager; and Mrs. J. L. God frey, Mr. Branch, Joseph B. Phil lips and Mr. Manning, members the board of directors. Two New Exhibits At UNC Library Two new exhibits have been installed in the main hall of the University Library. One feat ures past winners of the May flower Cup as the best book written by a North Carolinian during the year, plus hooks ent ered in the 1955 competition. The other exhibit is devoted to the “Evolution of the Eng lish Dictionary” and is com posed of old and new dictionaries in various fields from the Library’s holdings. “Good Morning, Mlsh Dove” “Good Morning, Miss Dove,” the color movie based on the [book of the same name written by Mrs. Frances Gray Patton of .Durham, will he shown here Sun |day, Monday, and Tuesday, Nov ember 27, 28, and 29, at the Caro lina Theatre. It tells the story of a wise and beloved school jteacher in a small Southern town. Jennifer Jones plays the leading Vole. Semi-Pro Cagrrs A semi-pro basketball team has been organized in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, and may get in the Durham City League. Rus sell Perry is player manager of the team which is composed of | local student* at the University. Local Residents Form a Club to Bring UNC Athletes Closer to Townspeople A group of athletic-minded and civic-minded Chapel Hilliane this week determined to bring the University's basketball and football teams closer to the townspeople. The stated purpose of the new, organisation is to demonstrate outwardly to the athletes that they represent not only the Uni-, varsity and the student body but also the townspeople, and that the residents of the community appreciate their presence here' and their participation in ath*j ft. Carrington Smith was named, chairman of the new organisa tion, to be known as the Chape] Hill Athletic Club. Other ofTi-j eats are H. S. McGinty, vice-, president; Crowell Little, seers-j tayy* aad the Rev. Charles §.; CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1965 Professors Slate A Meeting to Talk About Presidency A special business meet ing of the Chapel Hill Chap ter of the American Associa tion of University Professors will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, November 28, in Gerrard Hall. The program will consist chiefly of a discussion of the organization’s committee re port on recommendations for qualifications for the Presi dent of the University. The report will include sugges tions for the faculty’s par ticipation in the selection of the new president. Alexander Heard, chair man of the committee, urges all members of the chapter to be present for this import ant discussion. , Officers Nominated By Merchant Group The nominating committee of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Mer chants Association has submit ted the following slate of candi dates to be voted on for the selection of officers for the com ing year: President, H. S. MeGinty; vice president, Edward Danziger; at torney, L. J. Phipps; state direct or, Whid Powell; directors, Mrs. Lucy Sutton, James Davis, Ber nard Whitefield, Bill Hobbs; ad visory board, C. E. Teague, J. S. Bennett, John Umstead. Present directors not up for re election are Bernice Ward, Or ville Campbell, A. J. Altemueller, John McLaughlin, Tony Gobbel, and Crowell Little. The election of new officers will be held Monday evening, December 5, at a dinner meeting of the Association. Additional nominations if there are any, will also be heard at the meeting. Traveler, Author To Speak Dec. 1 S. E. Gerard Priestley, author and world traveler, will speak at Hill Hall here Thursday, De cember 1, under the joint auspices of the YMCA, the Pi Sigma Alpha fraternity, International Relations Club and the Graham Memorial Activities Board. Mr. Priestley’s topic will he “New Challenges to World Under standing.” Attend Presbyterian Hally Members of the Senior Hi Fel lowship of the Chapel Hill Pres byterian Church went to Graham last Sunday evening to take part in a district rally at Bethany Church. “Safe Driving Day' Will Be Observed In Chapel Hill Thursday, December 1 Chapel Hill, along with other communities throughout the na tion, will observe Thursday, De cember 1, as “Safe Driving Day,” or “S-D Day” as designated by the President** Committee for Traffic Safety. In calling on people here to make a special effort to drive and walk care fully on that day, Sandy Mc- Clamroch, Chapel Hill’s S-D Day director said: “Safe walking as well as safe driving is essential to reducing accidents. Studies by safety or ganizations have shown that since 1937 pedestrian deaths have been reduced by 49 per cent, while non pedestrian traffic deaths have increased 16 per cent. Neverthe Hubbard, treasurer. Mr. Bmith said yesterday that the method of operation and plans for demonstrations would be made at an executive cotnrai ittee meeting today ( Friday). i"We intend to begin right away with the basketball teams,” he said, “to show the players on them that we appreciate them and are solidly behind them. Our efforts will be in the form of frequent get-together dinners and annual awards. In that way Jwe hope the athletes who repre sent the University and Chapel .Hill will get to know better the people they represent. We intend to do the same for the football teams, and if we grow aad do .the job we hope to do we will probably take in some es the tether major sports. Chapel Mill ChaU J. J. The Chatham Record, Pittsboro’s weekly newspap er, says that a lot of Sunday afternoon traffic jams have occurred in Chatham County as a result of the recent pub lication of “The Devil’s Tramping Ground.” a book written by John Harden of Greenboro and published here by the University Press. The book is a collection of tales about well-known North Carolina ghost stories and natural phenomena. The devil’s tramping ground, the subject of its title story, is in Chatham County a few miles off State Highway 902, between 421 and 422. The Record says that expedit ions to the spot have become the order of the day since the book’s publication. Hence the Sunday traffic jams in the Bear Creek neighbor hood, where Highway 902 deadends into Route 421. The Record describes the tramping ground as a clear ed path that makes a per fect circle 40 feet in diameter in a grove of trees. “This circular path,” the paper says, “has existed as far back as the memory of man. It’s always been just that way. No sprig of vegetation has ever grown in the path way. Trash, sticks, rocks, or obstacles placed in the path way are always found to have been cleared out by the following morning. “The legend that grew up around this spot has it the devil goes there to walk in a circle as he thinks up new means of causing trou ble for humanity. “Sight-seers came in such numbers, and directional in-{ quiaps became so common all \ver Chatham County that State Highway Com missioner Forrest Lockey of Aberdeen, who has charge of Highway Division No. 8, which includes Chatham County, finally took steps to solve the problem that the book created. (Continued on page 21 Hhotputting Footballer David Coates, a product of Culpeper, Va., has had a fine season at tackle for the Univer sity freshman football team, and now will shift to the indoor track and field and later to the outdoors where he is expected to become one of the Tar Heels’ finest weight men, excelling in! the shot. lens, from one-half to three fourths of traffic deaths in cities involve pedestrians. “The experts have found that seven out of every ten pedestrians killed are men; that 3 out of 5 are struck during the hours of darkness; and that 8 or 9 out of every 10 adult pedestrian fatali ties are non-drivers. “Some special studies indicate that more than one-third of all pedestrians killed are over 65 and that the great majority are, wearing dark clothing when struck. Jaywalking in a factor in half of the pedestrian deaths; stepping from behind parked cars and crossing against red lights rank next in pedestrian actions which most often result in death or injury in cities; and, in rural ureas, many pedestrians are killed walking in the roadway with their backs to traffic. “For the nation as a whole, one of the brightest spots in the whole traffic-accident picture has been the reduction in deaths a mong school-age children. This 1 redaction has been nearly 40 per coat during the years when deaths among all age groups were in creating by 26 per cent. Much of tMs improvement it attributed to the school safety patrols, now mope than 600,000 strong, and to intensive programs of safety education in the schools through peeters, leaflets, talks by trained pettm officers, and so on. “The reduction iif pedestrian' deaths through the years is con crete evidence that traffic safety maaderee, properly conceived, oon tttogtly applied, and supported lw the public, do pay off in terms cf eve* saved.” Santa Claus Scheduled to Arrive in the Village Monday to Open Christmas Shopping Season; Community Sing and Parade Are Also Planned Santa Claus yesterday announced the completed plans for his arrival in Chapel Hill and Carrboro Monday night, and he was emphatic that his parade will move off at 6:30 p.m. on the dot. “Regardless of the weather,” Santa Claus said, “I’ll come to Chapel Hill Monday night, rain or fair, warm or sleet. I’ve never failed the kiddies yet. Os course, if the For an Extra Three Cents , You May Put Letter Inside Christmas Package You can put a letter in your Christmas packages this year for only three cents additional postage, accord ing to Postmaster Paul Cheek. This new “combination” mail service will go into ef fect Monday, November 28, on a 60-day trial basis, Mr. Cheek said. It’s an honor system deal. The sender must indicate on the outside that a letter is enclosed and pay an extra three cents for the letter in addition to the regular Progress Is Seen on Parking Lot for East Franklin Street Business District The possibility of a new park ing lot for the East Franklin Street business area seemed near er this week as the Chapel Hill Parking Association announced a meeting of its stockholders to be held on December 5 at the Town Hall. Local businessmen expressed optimism on the possibility of the American Legion accepting ,the association’s offer of $45,- 000 for the Legion’s 38,000 square foot lot on Rosemary Street. However, D. M. Horner, chair man of the Legion committee responsi bile for the sale of the {property, said the committee is waiting word from the association on a counter proposal made by tha Lag ion. Mr. Horner said the Legion has offered to sell the property for $60,000 but has not rejected the association’s pro position. Carl Smith, an association spokesman, said the group will hold a meeting on December 5 to consider the possibility of floating debenture bonds and changing interest rates to make them more attractive for purchase by Chapel Hill residents. The association, a non-profit corporation, has 16 stockholders. Mr. Smith said more stockholders would aid the organization in accomplishing its purpose of pro viding adequate parking facili ties for the village. Once the association acquires | initial property for a parking area, others will follow more {easily, Mr. Smith said. Mr. Horner said the Legion .is planning to move and build {on a 33-acre lot on the 15-SUI by pass. Plans for the Legion build ing have ulready been drawn, he said. Mr. Smith said the parking Former Resident Wins Art Award Mrs. Richard Nickson, the form er Miss Mary Louise Huse of Chapel Hill, has won the First Purchase Award for a painting she exhibited in the annual Circle Exhibit at Roswell, New Mexico, Museum. Mrs. Nickson now lives at Roswell. Her offering was a painting of “The Cockfight” and was con tained in an exhibit of both paint ings and sculptures. Join Air Force R. B. Fitch Jr. and Roger Logsdon have gone to San An tonio, Texas, to begin training in the U. S. Air Force at the Lackland Air Force Base. Worldwide Broad cant of the Game Tomorrow “There is one game that stands! apart, the star-spangled finale' between the Army and the Na jvy,” writes Harry T. Paxton in! this week's Saturday Evening 1 Post. “The Army-Navy game seldom has championship sig nificance, but it is the greatest spectacle of them all. It is always a show with a unique flavor and an emotional wallop.” One passage in the Paxton ar ticle tells of how Army and Na vy men in the Arctic, in the Far {East, in the Caribbean, evcry-| .where, listen to the radio report of tbs cams: I “At military outposts all 1 around ths world parties to hear! tbs broadcast of tbs game have been arranged, whether it comes, at breakfast time, as fas Hawaii;! $4 a Year in County; other rates cm page 2 parcel post or second class mailing rates. Thus, for the first time in history a written message may be placed inside a par cel post package or inside a magazine or other second class matter moving at sec ond class rates without the sender having to pay first class postage on the entire mailing. In the past any enclosures without payment of first class rates on the entire package made the sendler liable to fines up to SIOO. area behind Sloan’s Drug Store will not be purchased by the association. It is believed that the lot's owners are planning to construct a building on the property, he said. Mr. Horner said his commit tee will act on the association's offer of $45,000 for the lot as soon as it receives some word, either favorable or unfavorable, on the Legion’s $50,000 proposal. The committee’s decision, he said, would be final authority on a sale of the -property which would be carried out by the Legion’s Rut Corporation. School Pupils Arc On Television Show Group games involving us* of balls, clubs, and jump ropes were demonstrated by Chapel Hill; school pupils on this week’s “Play Period” program over WUNC-TV,| the University’s educational tele-| vision station. Twelve students participated in | the program, presented from the! Chapel Hill studios and directed i by Mrs. Ruth Fink of the UNC| Physical Education Department.. They were Robert Crook, Roberta Skinner, Pat Culhreth, Kay Fowl er, Joe Moore, Bob Spearman, Virginia Ellis, Carol Manning, Becky Merritt, Carol Lawton, Elaine Beard, and Bill Straughn. Methodist Church Getting New Walk The University Methodist Church is getting a new walk and wall. A Williamsburg brick walk is being put down beside the church and across in front of the church, and a rock wall will run along the west property line. Rock steps will lead to the leveled west walk. The shrubbery, which has been removed temporarily, will he re placed. Brother* Get Science Grants The National Science Founda tion has made a grant of $12,000 for three years to Eugene P. Odum of the University of Georg ia’s biology department and a grant of SIO,OOO for two year* to Howard Thomas Odum of Duke University’s biology depart ment, both grants being for eco logical research. The two broth ers, with their families, are now here on a Thanksgiving visit to their mother, Mrs. Howard W. Odum. | in the evening, as in Europe; or at S o’clock in the morning, as in the Far East. This sort of .thing has been going on for years. The 1042 broadcast wss beamed to troops 200 yards from the front line on Guadal canal. This year the Armed For ces Radio Service will send its own live broadcast over the fa cilities of the Voice of America, whose six powerful short-wave transmitters in New York sweep from Thule in the Arctic down across Europe and south to the Caribbean- The Mutual System has added Hawaiian and Latin- | American outlets to • 576-sta tion domestic hookup. At bases in this country the game will .he seen an television ever a 160- station NBC network.” FRIDAY ISSUE Next laeoe Tuesday ’weather is real bad, some of the floats and units in the parade to welcome me may drop out. But I’ll be there, and I’ll be riding in Hughes Lloyd’s little auto mobile right down close to the ground where the child ren can see me.” Santa Claus said his wel coming parade will leave from Andrews-Riggsbee’s in Carrboro, go down Main Street to West Franklin in Chapel Hill, then proceed on East Franklin to the Post Office. The line of march will extend down Henderson Street to Rosemary and back up Rosemary to the Smith Building at the comer of Rosemary and Columbia Streets. “There, I’ll make my ap pearance on the balcony of the Smith Building,” Santa Claus said, “and after all the people sing Christmas carols, under the direction |of Norman Cordon, I’ll come downstairs and see all the little boys and girls who want to meet me.” Santa also announced that the Christmas lights would be turn ed on Monday night for the first time and that all local stores would be decorated for Christmas and be open that night until 9 o’clock. He said he had arranged for a public address system to be installed at the Smith Building so that everyone could hoar, and over which would be played and bugle corps and crack drill teams of the Naval ROTC and the Air ROTC units at the Uni versity, the Chapel Hill and Lin coln High School bands. Boy | and Girl Scouts, and floats of the Junior Service League, Long Meadow Farms, the recreation ’centers and others. “Oh, yes, I almost forgot,” said Santa. “Mr. Crowell Little, who is president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchants Associ ation—they are the folks who are staging this big welcome for me—will welcome all the people who come to the Smith Building to see me Monday night. | “And I do hope everybody in both towns will come out, be cause it’ll be the formal opening of the Christmas shopping sea son here and in Carrboro. From then until Christmas the stores will be open every Friday night from 7 to 9 o’clock and on every night during the week before Christmas until 9 o’clock for the convenience of shoppers. I won’t be able to be in town myself every day, but I will be at one of the local department stores every Friday night until Christ mas. So come to see me Monday." Here are the names of the Air Force ROTC sponsors who are to participate in the parade: Mary Batten, Grace Boney, Kay Browne, Carolyn Cole, Margie Cook, Barbara Fleshman, Isabelle Holbrook, Libba James, Janet Johnson, Jo Ann Knott, Ree Long, Barbara Love, Idabell Mad ry, Sylvia McArthur, Barbara Miles, Callie Mitchell, Edith Morre, Mimi Morris, Amy Morse, Anne Newsome, Ann Norman, Patsy Poythress, Winfred Rouse, Meredith Stringfield, Sylvia Tara* tino, Jackie Van Hook, Susan .Walker, Helen Williams, Ann Wrenn. , ■■ ■ ■ ■■ mm m m ppnpi mmpsmmm Wanted: Letters Santa Claus yesterday In vited all the children es Chapel Hill end Carrboro to write him letters about what they want for Christmas. Aad hel answer them. “I’ve made arrangements at the Poet Office, and Poatmagter Panl Cheek has agreed to get the letters to me. AO you child ren have te do is write me— Santa Clans, Chapel BUI, N. C. —and IH get the letters. And you’ll get an answer frma me," Santa said he had already received sue letter, but that the little bey or girl who wrote H forget to sign Ms name.