TUESDAY ISSUE Next Issue Friday ol 33 No. 82 Toy Workshop Is Moved Up To Wednesday A community workshop for the repair of toys col lected by the Junior Ser vice League during its Emp ty Stocking campaign has been changed from Decem cause of a conflict of engage ments with the High School Glee Club. Everybody is invited to at tend the workshop which will be held at 7:30 tomorrow evening (Wednesday) in the Presbyterian Church Hut (on Rosemary street back of the church). Mechanical toys, dolls and other gifts will be repaired and repainted under the aus pices of the Y-Teens and the Recreation Center. The Junior Y-Teens are making stuffed toys for children at Memorial Hospit al. The toys will be in win dow displays at Robbins, Stevens-Shepherd and Town and Campus stores. The stores will judge the toys for first, second and third prize-winners and also do nate the prizes which will be awarded at the Y-Teens New Year’s Eve dance. „ The physiotherapy department the hospital will put the toys under a Christmas tree for the pleasure of polio outpatients at a party on December 22. The toys will then be taken to the children in the wards. Men, women, girls and boys are asked to attend the workshop tomorrow night. Women and girls are requested to bring needles, thread, and scraps of material which can be used for doll cloth ing. The men and boys are ask ed to bring tools and materials for work on bikes, wagons, and other mechanical toys. Miss Susif Cordon, chairman of the Junior Y-Teens community service committee, and Miss Judy Hill, chairman of the same com mittee in the Senior Y-Teens, are the chairmen of the work shop. Wildcats Again Top Pittsboro by 50-32 Friday night saw a repeat per [HLrinanre of the previous week’s as Chapel Hill High School defeated the Pittsboro basket ball team, 50-32, and the Chapel Hill girls’ team lost to Pitts boro, 42-29. The halftime score of the boys' game was a 10-10 tie. Ed ('lark of Chapel Hill was high scorer with 14 points. Block Printing Workshop The Community Club’s block printing workshop will meet at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) at the home of Mrs. K. C. Bose at 8 Junes Street. The Aubrey Lee Brooks 1 Here is what Aubrey Lee Brooks of Greensboro has done: He has established a trust nam ed the Aubrey Lee Brooks Found ation, has conveyed »to it 8,000 shares of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company with a value of about a million dollars, and has stipulated that the in come from the trust shall be used for scholarships in the Uni versity of North Carolina to graduates from high schools in eleven counties: Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Person, Granville, Alamance, Orange, Durham, Guilford and Forsyth. The scholarships will be for SSOO each and will be awarded for a period of four years. The ultimate goal of the foundation’s program will be the award of one scholarship every year for each of the eleven counties, or 44 scholarships running concurrent ly- ‘‘The scholarships,” says Mr. Brooks in the trust agreement, “shyl! be awarded on the basis of academic standing, character, leadership, financial need, and the will of the recipient to help himself or herself prepare for a career as a useful and in formed citizen. Particular at tention shall be given to financ ial need. “I have designated the three divisions of the Consolidated j University as the means where-[ by the education and training of those selected shall be ac complished. I have done this in the ardent belief that the University, more than any. other sooroe, has stimulated and ia-| Mrs. A. M. Jordan Gets an Urgent Telephone Gall And a Gift From 35 Friends: a Newfoundland Dog t .\v/' I v' /'sift wtmHH - J / Wmßm ||p\ % 'fl ' p 11 % 'm *■ . < m* r Wm&te v;m » m m 4 a ;.y; m;? w \ vj*??*? , .. _ L i [£4* ~ ... • * $ ' r iniilr l^k Hk —Photo by Chuck Hau»ci Mrs. A. M. Jordan and Jimmy Vine, son of Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Vine, look happy in the picture above, and the reason is the little black Newfoundland puppy in Mrs. Jordan’s lap. The dog was a gift from her friends in Chapel Hill in recognition of her work with the local Humane Society. By Chuck Hauser When Mrs. A. M. Jordan an swered the telephone last Thurs day morning, she wasn’t sur prised to hear an urgent re quest for her to come to the Vine Veterinary Hospital. As treasurer and full-time worker for the Chapel Hill Humane Society, Mrs. Jordan receives many such calls. The veterinarian, Dr. L. TJ Vine, was on the other end of the phone. “Can you be here at 1 o’clock?" he asked. "We eat dinner at 1 o’clock,” answered Mrs. Jordan. "Is it an emergency?’’ "Well,” replied Dr. Vine, “it’s not exactly an emergency, but it’s extremely important. Can you make it by 2 o’clock?” Mrs. Jordan said 2 o’clock would be fine with her. "All right,” Dr. Vine said, “but don’t be later than 2." His Final Performance of Christmas Play Is Slated for This Thursday Evening The second and final perform ance of the Pulpit Players’ pro duction of Stephen Vincent Ben et’s Christmas play, “A Child Is Born,” will be given at 8 p.m. Thursday, December 15, at the Baptist Church. The public is ir.vited. A contribution received at the exit doors after the play Scholarship: An Editorial spired the qualities and pur posefulness and spirit which have been identified with the progress of North Carolina.” The counties where the scholar ships are to be awarded com prise what is known as the “Old Imperial Fifth Congressional Dis trict” (“old” because the state’a congressional districts have since been rearranged.) Mr. Brooks tells why he chose this area for the benefaction. He was bom in Person county and represented the county in the state senate. In 1896 he was a Presidential elector from Person and Gran ville counties. He was solicitor of the 9th judicial district, com posed of a majority of the count ies of the congressional district. He served ae Congressman from the district. He has practiced law in every one of the eleven counties. Naturally, he says, he has a special attachment to the people of the district. Mr. Brooka says that his mot ive for the gift of the scholar ships was due largely to his “knowledge that had I not been the recipient of a loan of fifty dollars 1 would not have been able to attend the University. It is my intention that other* have the *ame opportunity. I believe that for many it will provide the incentive which will enable them to realize otherwise | unattainable goals.” The Weekly delights to join in the general tribute of ad miration and gratitude to Mr. Brooka for his magnificent gift. Never have a man’s goodwill and generosity found a bettor {form of expression. The Chapel Hill Weekly 5 Cents a Copy tone of voice, Mrs. Jordan re called later, “sounded as if the earth would blow up or some thing if I was late.” She mention ed the phone call to her hus band. "What do you suppose I’ve done now?” she asked him. But secretly, she suspected that “something was up,” as she put it later. Something was up. When the 'Jordant arrived at Dr. Vine's hospital on the Durham Road, they found out what it was: a three and a half month old New foundland puppy—a gift from 35 individuals and families in Chapel Hill to Mrs. Jordan in recognition and appreciation of her work with the Humane So ciety. To understand why a New foundland puppy—which weighs 20 pounds now but will eventual ly reach as much as 140 or 150 pounds—was chosen for the gift, will be used to further the work of the Pulpit Players. Directed by Mrs. Louise La ment, the play has a distinguish ed and experienced cast composed of Earl Wynn as the Innkeeper; Mrs. Lament, the Innkeeper’s wife; Norman Cordon, the Nar rator; Harry E. Davis, Joseph; Walter Spearman, Disrnas the Thief; Henry Cheney, the Roman Soldier; Gloria Di f’ostanzo, Sar ah a servant, and Clarissa Joyce as Leah, another servant. The Pulpit Players are spon sored by the Chapel Hill Baptiit Churoh’g Religious Drama Com mittee, which is composed of John W. Parker, chairman; Jus tice Haswell, J. O. Bailey, Mra. Auburn Harris, and Mrs. B. L. Ward. The first performance of the play was given Sunday evening. Gaither Will Speak Here This Evening Profeasor J. B. Gaither of State College will apeak at a meeting of the Chapel Hill Branch of the American Associ ation of University Women at 8 p.m. today (Tuesday) in 301 Car roll Hall. A member of the college’s Fab ric Development Department, Mr. Gaither will speak on the new synthetic fabrics, discussing their manufacture, wearability, and care. A graduate of State Col lege, the speaker was formerly connected with the Cone Export Company and Cone Mill* of Greensboro. The program will be preceded by a coffee hour and a brief business session. School Holiday Chapel Hill schools will be diemiaMd at 2:30 p.m. oa Fri day of this week for the Christ mas holidays. Classes will bt resumed oa Moaday, Jsaaary 1 CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1955 we will have to look to the past. For more than 15 years, Mrs. Jordan has been the prime mov er of the local Humane Society. She was taking care of Chapel Hill’s stray and sick animnla before any sort of forma) or ganization ever existed. For HOt of those years, she had as tmr constant companion a 145-pound black Newfoundland dog namod Rebel (Mrs. Jordan, herself weighs only slightly more than 90 pounds, and the two made a striking and unusual picture on the campus and the streets of the village). Rebel died at the age of 12 in the summer of 1954. His death, brought on by asthma and the lingering effects of a bout with encephalitis, was premature; Newfoundlands have a life ex pectancy of 18 to 20 years. W. A. White, who, with Dr. Vine, initiated the movement to obtain the new puppy for Mrs. Jordan, said Thursday the idea came to him because he thought Mrs. Jordan looked “so lonesome” after Rebel’s death. He was look ing for a Newfoundland puppy himself, and he made arrange ments to get two from a breeder in New Palestine, Indiana. The litter was whelped on August 27. The sire is named Morui’a Big Ben and the dam Moral’a Fogo Dutch. Mr. White named his puppy “Sultan," and the Jordans have chosen "Prince” as the name of their new dog. In addition to the Whites and the Vines, those who chipped in to buy the puppy for Mrs. Jordan were Floyd Hunter, Isa bel Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Nsgelschmidt, Mary Nies, Mr. and Mrs. Jock Britt, Phil Schin han, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Teague, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cameron, Mrs. C. H. Burnett, Mrs. 8. Forbus, Mrs. John Gillan, Mrs. R. C. Wade, Mrs. Eunice Tyler, Dr. and Mrs. Kemp Jones, Arthur Goodwin, Charlie Price, Billy Pip kin, Gen. and Mrs. M. Pearson, Dr. Carson Ryan, Chief W. T. Sloan, Capt. E. E. Hazlett, G. T, Schwenning, Bill Sloan, Lam bert Davis, J. S. Tippett, Earl Hartsell, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Stoudemire, Mrs. W. H. Mays, Dr. and Mrs. Fred Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Hudson, Carola Mitchum, Jan Williamson, and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Caldwell. Playmakers’ Latest Direction, Sets and Mrs . Fitz-Simons Spark 4 Blood Wedding’ Marlon Fitz-Simons of Chap el Hill led the Carolina Play makers through a fast-paced and successful performance of Federico Garcia Lorca’s trage dy, "Blood Wedding,” last night in the Playmakers Thea tre. The play will be repeated at 8:30 tonight through Fri day evening. Kai Jurgensen did a smooth job of directing the heavy drama and James Riley’s sets, as usual, were excellent. Mr. Riley faced quite e task on thia production six scene changes. He * accomplished it Bus Drivers Will Not Go on Strike As They Planned A threatened strike of 28 student school bus drivers who petitioned school offi cials for a sls a month raise will not be carried out on January 4 as predicted, ac cording to C. W. Davis, Chapel Hil! school superin tendent. At the end of last week at least 10 of the students who threatened to strike if not given a 75 cent per day raise had withdrawn their names from the petition. , Mr. Davis said the spokes man of the group had been “relieved” of his job. His office reported the student as Giles Homey. Sixteen of the drivers were operating buses to Chapel Hill’s high school and elementary school. Twelve of the group were trainees. Mr. Davis said that in his opinion, the boys had been “misled” and have changed their minds about carrying out their threat. “We con sider the matter closed,” he said. Auxiliary Members To Visit Hospital The Chapel Hill American I.egion Auxiliary has been in vited to a coffee hour at the Veterans Hospital in Durham from 2 to 4 p.m. tomorrow (Wed nesday) and to the official open ing (by department officers) of the Auxiliary’s Christmas gift shop at the hospital on Decem ber 15. Members of the Chapel Hill unit will man the gift shop on December 16, from 9:30 to 4:30 p.m. (first ahift) and from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (MWal shift). Those wishing to go to (hirham with the group are asked to call Mrs. D. M. Horner Jr., secretary, at 9-5887, or Mrs. J. C. Heitman, president, at 9-6523, and indicate whether they need transportation or will provide transportation in their curs for others. Lutherans Choose Their New Officers Dr. John C. Herion, Marvin E. Woodard, J. C. Fox, and Edward Hernasek were elected to three year terms on the Church Coun cil of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church at a recent meeting of the congregation. Pastor Wade F. Hook has an nounced the results of elections held for congregational offices in 1956. The Church Council named Carl S. Blyth of 120 Ham ilton Road as president; John C. Herion, Airport Road, vice-presi dent; Edward Bernasek, 123 Ham ilton Road, secretary; Marvin E. Woodard, Box 1195, Chapel Hill, treasurer, and Mrs. V. G. Thomp son, 306 Pritchard Avenue, fi nancial secretary. Notice to Christmas Mailers in order to give Christmas mailers a better break, the stamp window and parcel post window at the Chapel Hill Post Office are now being opened at 8 o’- clock every morning, an hour earlier than the uaual time. This special Christmas-time achedule was begun yesterday and will continue as long as the Christ mas rush is on, it is announced by Postmaster Paul Cheek. Ed Wivee Dinner The Ed Wives will hold their annual Christmas dinner on Wed nesday at 7:30 p.m. in the curr iculum library at Peabody Hall. with polished ease. The sets are starkly simple, and pro vide a strikingly dramatic back ground for the play without detracting from the characters. If this drama affects you as it did me, you will be aitting on the edge of your seat, chew ing your fingernails (if you are the fingernail-chewing type) through all three acta. The undertones of tragedy creep into the production early In Act I, and the tension of the show increases as each succeeding scene relentlessly carries yea to the inevitable Chapel Mill Chaff 1.1. Mrs. Margaret Degges of Heath Springs, S. C., a re cent visitor in Chapel Hill, says she is almost sure to find somebody kin to her no matter where she goes. “My great-grandfather,” she said, “was a widower with ten children who mar ried a widow with ten chil dren. Many of his ten took husbands and wives from among their stepmother’s ten, and their descendants are well scattered through out the country.” When asked if their num ber included anybody in Chapel Hill, she said, “Oh, yes, Claiborne Jones.” Both Mrs. Degges and Mr. Jones have added appreci ably to the line. He has con tributed three descendants and she four, including twins. * * * Jim Phipps may be Chapel Hill’s champion footbaN fan, having attended every Caro lina home game for the last 34 years, but he has a close second in Floyd M. Durham, who has missed only three home games in that time. If anybody besides Mr. Phipps can beat that we’d like to know about it. Mr. Durham used to be seen down on the field walk ing back and forth on tlje sidelines when he worked for the University’s Department of Athletics, but in recent years he has watched the games from up in the stands. He now works for the Carrboro Woolen Mills, where he has charge of per sonnel. Mr. Durham told me aM|M$ his attendance record wlfcf||M he was seated acroes the table from me last week at the Merchants Association banquet at the Carrboro Baptist Church. What made him think of it was that he had read in the Weekly (Continued on page 2) Elementary School Children Plan to Sing Christmas Carols This Thursday The children in the first six grades at the Chapel Hill Ele mentary School will give their annual performance of Christ mas carols on Thursday, Decem ber 15, in the school auditorium. The primary grades (Ist, 2nd, and 3rd) will sing at 10:15 a.in., and the upper grades (4th, sth, and 6th) at 2 p.m. A Christmas play, "The Princess With a Hun dred Dolls,” with a cast made up of some of the children, will be given at both performances. The play’s theme song, “Ring ing Bells,” is an original com position by Frances Smith and Nancy Burns. Mrs. Fred McCall, who has charge of the two pro grams, and Mrs. John Lamont, director of the play, are working together to integrate the music, dancing, and singing. The accom panist will be Miss Nelle Cheek of the school’s faculty. AH parents and friends of the school children are invited to at tend either or both of the per formances and to join the children in singing familiar Christmas songs as a finale. The 10:45 program will include Eloise Johnson’s "In a Manger;” "Jesua Horned in Bethlehem,” a Virginia folk aong; "Band of Angela,” a Carolina spiritual; "Marching Song of the Shep j herds," a Slovak folk aong; Graca Materva’s "Santa’s Sleigh;’’ |"Round the Christmas Tree,” a climax of Act 111. The play ia never slow-moving, and the final curtain is rung down in approximately two hours. You won’t believe you have been in the theatre that long. There is not space here to day to credit the rest of the members of the cast individually, it is sufficient to say thsy all did fine jobs. Unless you have an instinct ive aversion to tragedy, or ob ject to dramas of passion and violence sp near Christmas, you won’t want to miss “Blood Wedding.”—C.H. $4 a Year4n County; other rate* on page 2 Empty Stocking Fond Drive Extended Through Saturday; Hundreds of ‘Adoptions' Still Required for Needy Families The Junior Service League is extending its Empty Stocking “adopt a family" week through December 17 because to date only 174 of the 400 needy families have been taken for adoption. Will you please help meet this desperate need by calling Mrs. Gordon B. Cleveland, 3656, and choosing your family? Boxes may be taken to the Institute of Pharmacy, at Rosemary and Church Streets, any day from 1 to 5 p.m. Local Schools Will Get $68,000 From State Bond Money Chapel Hill schools should re ceive about "one-third’’ or $68,- 000 of funds allocated to Orange County from 25 million dollars in state school bond funds by the State Board of Education; C. W. Davis, Chapel Hill dis trict school superintendent, said Friday that he had not received any official word from the county school board about the allocation. However, he added that if the money is distributed by the coun ty board on a per pupil basis as specified by the state board, Chapel Hill sffould receive about one-third of the allocation. Paul Carr, county school su perintendent, was unavailable for comment on the allocation last week. From the first 25 million of the $56 million bond issue, Chapel Hill schools received $64,878 of $130,454 allocated to Orange County. During the past year, enroll ment in Chapel Hill’s schools has increased by at least 100 stu denta. Mr. Davis said a special meet ing of th# school board might ho called in the near future for the purpoee of setting up machinery for tho two million dollar school boad election in which votan tqrtaavotors* Altruaa Club Dinaer The Altrusa Club will hold its annual Christmas dinner for the University’s foreign students at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, December 15, at the Carolina Inn. Mrs. Russell Grumman will speak. Mexican folk song, and “Christ mas Dance Song,” a Swedish carol. a As a special opening feature of the afternoon program, a brass ensemble from the Chapel Hill School Band, directed by Joseph Wood, will play a chorale from J. S. Bach’s ‘‘Christmas Ora torio,” especially arranged for this performance by Mr. Wood. Other numbers on the afternoon program will be ‘‘Salutation Car ol," a 15th century English carol; Bach's ‘‘Song for Christmas;” “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” American Negro spiritual; “Mary Had a Baby,” South Carolina folk song; “Pat a Pan,” French carol; "Carol of the Shepherds,” Bohemian folk song, and “While By My Sheep," German carol. Children in the cast of the play are Laura Ranson, Rene Lacock, Judy Hogan, Gay Warren, Ceci Putnam, Julia Richardson, Mar tha Harrington, Mary Sue Sal vey, Sara Jo Walker, Gail Poe, Carol Simmons, Clyde Milner, Scott Parker, Karen Jurgensen, Kay Ogburn, and Haskel Fitz- Simona. The school will be decorated with the traditional creche in the front hall and with an exhibit of dolls which are being brought by children. All the teachers have been at work on music and art committees. The decorating com mittee is headed by Mrs. Pat Millman as teacher chairman and Mrs. Joanne Sneed as art super visor. Mrs. James Wadsworth is responsible for putting up the creche. The coordinator of the antire program Is Miss Mildred Mooneyhan, principal of the school. Y-Teens to Go Caroling Tne Y-Teens will go Christ mas caroling on Tuesday, Dec ember 20, to the homes of shut ins all over the village. The group will meet at the Recreat ion Center at 8 p.m. Needlecraft Workshop The Community Club's needle craft workshop will meet at 10:90 a m. today (Tuesday) at the home of Mrs. George Grosskreutfc at $1 Oak wood Drive. . «**•— e*a win nm FVMijF Under the direction of Mrs. Bernard Boyd, the Lea gue is setting up a booth on Franklin Street in front of Andrews-Henninger store in order to collect money, gifts of clothes and toys, and non-perishable food. As there will be some “unadopt ed” families at the end of the drive, the League will use these donations to fill boxes for them. Women of the Chapel Hill churches have generously of fered their services and will man the booth each day from 9 to 5 o’clock. Also, baskets have been placed in the grocery stores for great er convenience in contribut ing non-perishable food. Mrs. Weaver has announced that to date contributions of $155 have been received, but if all the empty stockings are to be filled, many more cash contributions will be needed. In Hillsboro contributions of food, toys, and clothes are to be taken to the New Court House storeroom by Dec. 14. Can you resist the appeal from the following Empty Stocking case: Mrs. S. U an 88-year-old wom an who lives alone ia a log cab in isolated in the woods. Her six her husband have •wna Os a US par mealh OM Age Assistance grant. Mrs. S. spends much of this income for firewood, for her one-room csbin Is heat ed only by a fireplace. She has no stove so also does her cook ing in this fireplace. The chim ney is badly in need of repair. Mrs. S.’s cabin is infested with rats which sometimes get into her food supply. She keeps a stick by her bed with which she taps on the floor at night to scare the rats away. M rs. S. needs clothing very badiy. The only clothes that she has now are those she made for herself when she was still able to see well enough to sew. She also made the cotton quilts which are on her bed. She cannot af ford a warm blanket. Mrs. S. needs almost every thing. She would appreciate any thing that she received through the Empty Stocking Fund. Call 3656 if you wish to help. Carrboro Children Will Give Program The children from several grades of the Carrboro School will give a Christmas program at the December meeting of the Carrboro I*. T. A. at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 15, in the school auditorium. All parents and friends are invited. The ‘ program will include Christmas devotions by Mn. Maddry's and Mrs. Petit's second grades; a playlet by Mn. Alex ander’s third grade; musk by the Rhythm Band composed of the two first grades under the direc tion of Mrs. Studebaker and Mn. Cates and also by Mn. Mary Ellen Bierck’s instrumental music class; and group carol singing directed by Gwendolyn Womble end With Mn. James Phillips at the piano. Mn. Hugh Holbrook Here Mn. Hugh Holbrook, the moth er of Mn. George Barclay, mov ed here from Van Wert, Ohio, about a month ago and ia making her home at 41 Maxwell Road. She formerly lived here when her childnn wen attending the Un ivenity. Chapel Millnotei Light from window* of J. P. Harland home streamlgg through the pines. Real Christ massy. see Student asking for frei re fill of five-sent cup es coffee at Carolina Pharmacy. Polite ***** P*OW