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FRIDAY ISSUE Next Issue Tuesday t Vol. • 4, No. 2 Annexation to Be Discussed By Aldermen The Board of Aldermen is scheduled to meet Monday flight and consider annexa tion proposals which would increase Chapel Hills area by 68 jht cent by taking in the six residential areas of (ireenwood, (lien Lennox, Oakwood Drive, Roberson Drive, the Ridgefield devel opment and the Country Club-Laurel Hill Road sec tion. No unfavorable comment has been received from either the aldermen or resi dents on the proposed an nexation, Town Manager Thomas Rose reported this! week. At the board’s December meeting, Mr. Ruse submitted a report on the proposals pointing out that annexation of the would increase the town’s area from 1,190! acres to 2,000 acres, its-pop-i illation from 9,500 to 11,810; persons and its annual reve nue by $62,261. "The whole area would! probably pay it's own way inj the year after annexation,”l he said. Property evalua tion would .increase from $16,291,000 to $22,000,000 an d to w n - expenditures would incr ea s e about; $61,882, from $27 1,951 'to $,‘586,835 a year. If the board decides to go ahead with the annexation, Mr Rose said, a public hear ing on the proposal would be held in early February. In the event that 15 per cent of property owners do not ob ject to the annexation, the board would bring the areas into the municipality by a simple vote. Otherwise an election would be required. Only one aspect of the projiosal seemed to cause slight worry. Taxes on pnqe erty in the areas would not be forthcoming to the town for about 18 months. The taxes would not be listed un til January, 1956. would not be made until er tax notices are sent out dur ing the following October. However, Mr. Rose said that with a proposed bond issue to help meet required capital im provements in ,I he au-ie. the ex pense of maintaining .services ifi the ureas would he met. Capital improvements, - -in. the four areas would total $280,000. Within l,d months after annexa tion, expenditure.-, for sewage; systems in the (ireenwood, Oak-; wood Drive, and Uogerson Drive areas would total $14,0tl(). ■Mayor Oliver K. ( unwell will not he afjje to attend the meeting. He will he in I.os Angeles for a; meeting of the National Cijllegi-j ate Athletic Association. ' Mrs. flrubak Takes Tax Collector Jolt Mr.-. Donald iirabak, a native of Chapel Hill and formerly town clerk here, returned to Work at the Town Hall this week to, take Over the duties of Mrs* Herman Ward, tax-collector. Mrs. Ward, who is expecting a baby, has been given a leave of absence. , Mrs. iiraba-k ar.d her husband, an electrician, live at 301 North Columbia Street. They have been living Jacksonville, North Carolina, for the past year. For a year and a half prior to August,’ ltis4, Mrs. Hrabak worked in the administrative of fice as Town Clerk before the employment of Mrs. Mary Love joy* . Bible Study Meeting The first of a series of sturiie.- sponsored by the Community 1 Church of Chapel Hill will be •held at 8 p.m. Monday,. January l 9, in the library room' of the Y, M. C.- A. building. Preston i H. Epps will discuss the Book i of Acts. The public is invited. 1 This meeting will be the first ] in a series of six. ‘ Epiphany Services Today Holy Communion will be helo : at 7 a.m. and 10 am. today (Friday), the Feast Day of the Ephiphany, at the Chapei of th i Cross. AigiiH ‘Wid en' Rose nya ry Street^ Town of Chapel Hill laborers figuratively widen narrow Rosemary Street from Henderson to Church Streets by erect- i i sing no parking signs Police have been passing out warning ! tickets to violators, hut yesterday (Thursday) the Si tab was imposed for the first lime. . Local School Boatd Defers Action on State's Integration Recommendations By l.yn Overman Monday night tin* Chapel Hill School Board members discussed but took no ac tion on the recommendation from the State Advisory Committee on Integration that school boards stay studies on integration by lo cal advisory committees. The fact that Chairman Carl Smith was absent seemed to stop them cold. After C. \Y, Davis, sec re-, tary of the hoard, read brief ly. very briefly, from the letter he received from the state committee, the niein-j hers of the hoard wanted to) know “how far are we along) djn this thing now,” as Grey, ( ulby. t h put it. in ri ply, Gordon Blackwell informed them that the nominating committee they; appoint ed at tla ir last meet - j ing to name members for j such a local advisor;, com jmittee, had actually, and in; i fact, been appoint ed. But his next statement )"But it hasn’t met '—soften ed tin- impact of this sudden realization and set the 1 course of action for the next) jfour minutes. Mr. ('ulhreth suggested | that perhaps the whole ; thing -'should, just i>e put, off! ■ another month, until' their Smith Sets Sights on SIO,OOO Goal as He Launches County's Polio Campaign The 19.>6 Orange County March I of Dimes drive got under way this week as letters requesting \ contributions were mailed to county residents. '1 he. goal for the annual driye, which is be ing dimmed by E. Carrington! Smith, is SIO,OOO. The letters, voicing an.appeal from Mr. Smith to the people"! of the county to “contribute as much as you can,’’ were folded and mailed under the super- 1 vision of Miss Mary Frances Kellam. “For the first time in history, contributions from people al.l over! the United States have resulted in the production of a vaccine J to prevent a "vicious disease. The largest vaccine trial in the his tory of medicine showed that Salk vaccine, when properly man ufactured and tested, is safe and effective in preventing paraly tic polio. This accomplishment was made possible only because people like you have contributed your dimes and dollars so gen erously in previous March ol times campaigns," the letter says. Mr. Smith pointed out in the letter that the battle against infantile paralysis must be con .inued because of the possibility The Chapel Hill Weekly 5 Cents a Copy next meeting since Mr. Smith was not present. "What’s hat k of this tem porary delay, I have no idea,” said Mr. Blackwell. Then he added that from newspaper reports “Carl” seemed “lukewarm” to the idea that a local advisory committee be set up at ail. "But you can't take that at face, value,” said Mr. Cul breth, referring to the news paper reports. Mr. Blackwell aiui Mr! lull l.reth discussed this for a* mo ! merit while -'other members watched and listened, j Then Mr. ( ulbreth suggested I that pet haps the board could get advice from local organizations “informally” arid not neces • '.l rily set up an advisory com . : mittec. However "Mr. Blackwell lie ) in-vt-d that it is not the wisest) ' course to “assume that we ran iget the advice informally.,.” Ami with that statement the; ’ll " . 101 l I I.'lc.i 8.1, wiiethei not tin- hoard' 'will go ahead with its. plans-to) I .-et up a local committee re- \ [ maiiied a question to be answered I m-xt month, or the next, oi per , lie.ps the next. i vev< i Mi Davis, school! superintendent. aid after the) [meeting, that peihaps tlie none j Teating committee will remain in) I it.-, inactive state until further, |action* hy the state advisory com-, [ nutter, - it N a state thing,”* he aid. “Perhaps it should be han dled by the state.” • (o' others being stricken with i polio, because aid for polio pat-1 !i< iits from previous years, is needed, and because polio re search must he- kept going to : | improve preventive techniques ■ land to find ways to improve 1 u are-for those already stricken ' with polio. I “Polio l, still expensive,” the j letter concludes. “Every peiwon 1 must do his or her part, and again this January we ask you to join the millions of Americans who are giving their dimes and ' dollars to fight polio in 1956.” | j! Community Club to Hear Talk by Cook O. V. Cook, associate iihrarian of the University Library, will speak at 3 p.m. today (Friday) at a meeting of the Chapel Hill Community Club at the Institute of Pharmacy building on Church Street. His topic will" be “The Origin and History of the Book.” It wili be the club's first meet ing in 1956. Mr. Cook has made distingu- 1 ished contributions in the fieh >f rare boo’ks, incunabula, am he history of books and print- ' :ng. CHAPEL HILL. N. C.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1956 The Mpp.hl Way fu <•<> Visiting Collier Cobb called me on the telephone one day last week and said, "How would you and your wife like to fly down to Columbia?’.’ "We’d like it just fine,” I said. "When do we go?” "Suppose we pick you Up |at your house at ten o’clock | tomorrow morning?” he j said, and 1 answered, "We’ll | be ready, on the dot.” i My wife, sitting near and | overhearing my part of this | dialogue, demanded to know jwhat 1 was committing her j to. When 1 told her she was delighted. Collier had been I telling us th*Lt the next*time he and J<fn\ went jto Columbia on ht .business : rrandin the cotnpahy plane (with [Jerry piloting) they j Would to take us aiqng, and we\ had been eagprly iwaiting- the trip. 1 When we next j morning the clouds lookeil i menacing and we were tear ful lest . the flight would have to he called .off; but in a little while the out look was much brighter and Jerry ha 1 learned from the weather -foleasters that fly jintf conditions between here (and t olumhia were expected to In* good. At the Horace Williams; lirport two miles north of ; town we were greeted by ! ihe custodian, Charles Mar ,.in lale the plane, a Bonan-I /.a wit h four seat s, was wheeled out of the hangar;' Collnr and my wife took the rear seats and I sat up! n front with Jerry; and presently we were in the air headed southwest. It seemed no time at all, after we had been looking down on Chapel Hill *ndj the University, before Jerry j was pointing out the Haw River. Then we were over Pittsboro, and we saw Siler* )( ity off to the right, (Continued on page 2) Locals Win Third Conference Game Chapel Hill High School won! j its third consecutive conference j basketball victory by knocking! jOxford from the unbeaten ranks,! ! It' to ;il, here Wednesday nigi.t Ed ( lark and dim Dosfu.*r led j j the 'scoring with 13 points each,! I Black well got it, Weaver (> and | NVviili a Check wa., t;.<• utlux local playtr. Oxford girl, defeated ( hapel Hill 17 to 30. Roy -tei and Hack , ney -cm ed ;1 1 and 12 pointx re- [ pi etively, fitch-2 and Green | wood and Proctor *1 eacli. Other) i pinyei s were ’ 7 eager, Shepard, J l.augiion. Whitehead and .Evans. I The loeal Javee.x defeated Ox-| d 32 to with every local 1 player scoring, liny were Burn.-, i I Balk'i 2, Houston 2, Black-; j well 8, ( lark h, Hackney I and May nor 4. < hap- I Hill High .Seim 3 divided a basketball* twin bill with Hills boro High there Tuesday night,, the local Wildcats winning their I second straight conference • vie -' jtory, 52 to. 28. But the 1 hapel Hill gills were downed by the 'Hillsboro sextet, G1 to 40 Clyde Campbell, (Jhit'pel Hill’s stellar guard,' suffered an in jured wrist that may keep him out of the next two games. He had scored 10 points prior to being hurt. (Jordon Neville’s 12 points was high for both' teams. Other players and points scored were ( lark 4, Swinker 3, Black well 5, Weaver 8, Poe 2, Dosher 6, Smith 2, Teague, Goodrich and Weaver. Hackney led Chapel Hill girl’s scoring with 13 points. Others were Fitch 12, Royster 4, Green.-) wood !), Proctor 2, Evan,, Baug han, Shepard and Yeager. I . League ( nit Meetings Unit meetings of the (.’hapel Hill League of Women Voters will be hels next week as follows: Unit No. 1 January 10 at 10 a.m. with Mrs. Robert Lester on Pittsboro Road; Unit No. 2 January 11 at 8 p.m. at the Town Hall; Unit No. 3 January 12 at 2:30 p.m. with Mrs. Carson Ryan on Mason Farm Road; Unit No. 4 January 12 at 8 p.m. with Misses Lucy Morgan and Eunice Tyler at their home on Goose neck Road. * ’ Chapel Mill Cliu[[ \ L.G. 1 Persons who have not en- I. gaged in athletics, women! | especially, often express as tonishment at the exactness) ,|with which former athletes) , :an recall the details of I ;games which they played in) l or looked at long ago.l heard a friend of mine say once,) | speaking of her husband: "He . can’t .remember- that 1 asked him to go by the grocery and get a loaf of 8 bread, or he says somebody jmet him on the street and sent a message to me but he: ’ can’t remember who it was, 1 but when 1 hear him talking with one of his friends about a football game he saw for ty years ago he can name every one of the players and, describe all the plays from beginning to end.” 1 was reminded of this when 1 was rummaging I through some desk drawers one day last week and came . across a letter from my dear old friend, the late Joel I). W hitaker. Here in the Uni versity in the 1890’s he was as famous a football player as Charlie Justice was half; ja century later. It has been said in some) j football chronicles th-at ().! iMax Gardner' was the only! man who was captain of j both the University and the, N. (' State football teams,! ibut this is not correct. Joe! Whitaker was captain of N. (’. State in 1893 and 1891.' He came here in 1895 and played quarterback. Harris! I’. < oilier was elected ca[v tain for 1896 but could not fill the position because he, along with some other bad boys, ha’d been doing too' much drinking and gam 'bliiqj, after the 1895 football I season and were had up be fore the faculty and dis jmissed. Whitaker was cho sen by the team to be cap tain but after the third game of the season a dislocated 1 shoulder forced him to re sign. He was succeeded by (Continued on page 2) Association to Meet The quarterly meeting of the Association f o Aging and Com j inunity'Relationship will he held •it G.miner Hull at the Cnivei I •■'ity Tuesday. A panel on) | "Happiness and Health" will lie! mirth i .it'"i bv iii. Wallet S. M< M iellan of tin- Cniveisity Medical j School. Methodist ) oulh Services The Junior Department of the Methodist Chuleh will iiave it., ifiist worship and recreation ~i-r vici .3 I I* oi. Snn(i.<{.. J uiuaiy iB. I in* Intel no iilate .M y F. will meet at 5 p in 'Sunday, with Ichoii prarlii, afterwards, and I tin* Seruoi M *i f at 5:30 j p.m. Sunday Boys Score Hit as Speakers at Rotary Club Meeting ISL; - Hf. • These four boys talked about Chapel Hill civic affaire in which they are interested Wednesday evening at the Kotary Club meeting at the Carolina Inn. The speakers (I. to r.) and their topics are David Nash son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Nash, “I s Chapel Kill Go ing to Dogs?;” Bill Koe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roe, “The Hec is a Wreck;” Charlie Shaffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaffer, ‘The Tin-Can Situation,” and Sammy (label, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Samuel T. Hatiel, “The Parking Situation in Chapel "Will.” The boys were a smash hit and received terrific ovations from their audience. All either 13 or 14 years old, they had been studying public Bpeaking since September in private classes con ducted by Mrs. Louise Lamont. This was their first public appearance. In commenting on their successful public debut, Mrs. Lamont said, “The opportunity to apeak on public affairs helps to train these young man as future leaders.’’ (Photo by Brinkhous) Friday Named Acting President of University; Purks to Be Higher Education Board Chairman; But--Will Jim latum Be New Football Mentor? ,i n A j""'" , ' tral ''’" athletic transition,, at the University shared the soptligh on the local scene this week. A new aetnfg president was appointed to succeed the sexm :,"wh' r Y?;jT x 4 pr : s " i, ;" t ?* a »•»» «•><*« just „ mw) , m who would be the t niversitv s football coach and could the Tar Heel basketballen hold their high national rating. Will Jim Tatum be the next football coach? Can the Ta-r Heels keep up their torrid basketball pace? The answers to both will come this week end, if not ibefore. Jim Tatum is expected here today (Friday) for on the-ground-talks, for which Ihe has obtained permission from the president of Mary land University. He has been in Company with Athletic Director Chuck Erickson and Dean A.. W. Hobbs, chair man of the UNC Athletic Council, in Miami, Fla., for. several days. In fact, they delayed their return to Chap el Hill To stay longer with Mr. Tatum in Florida. The Tatum story could break today (Friday), be cause the National Collegiate Athletic Association meets jin Los Angeles next week, and tin coaches association Jwith it. Carolina would like to be represented by a foot ball coach at those sessions. But there’s basketball in terest here, too. Carolina j bounced back into the win (column by trouncing Ixtuisi ianu State University here | Tuesday night, 95 to 69, to [justify being ranked fourth and titth in two national ; ratings; However, the Tar Heels meet Wake Forest there to morrow (Saturday) night,! and the Deacons are tough! fuf *Hiiyom* on their small) home court. In eleven games the Dea cons have averaged scoring) 78.5 points and giving up) 76.8 points. The Tar Heels; in nine games have averaged scoring 80 points and giv-i ' School Boards to Discuss Machinery For March 20 Election on Bond Issue Tlte_y impel Hill Set UK/ I Board 1 1 lan to meet with tin* County, [School Board next week to ills-! I "U s trie creation of committees) 'v. hieh will -et up machinery for 'he March 20 election on the- I proposed two million dollar school bond i -lie to finance im pi o , eluents to ( hapel Hill and . ountv school.,. - : -*Z~ "It is urgent that we get our,: organizations set up to work with the county hom'd,” said I \\ Davis, I impel Hill school upei intendent. Mr, Davis said the two Irtianis! would try to meet together in! n) a dear in ( ounty; other rates on page ; JiHHHHV * * * WILLIAM C. FRIDAY J. HARRIS I*l KkS ing ur 69.6. The figures are jexciUkive of the LSU game. Wake Forest leads the ACC in field goal shooting ac curacy. » Back to football. It’s a j fact Mr. Tatum, has already ! been offered the job, either (officially or unofficially, and: (Continued on Page li • hapel ■ Hill ,either *>n M mday ior Thursday of next week. He 'urged all memliers.of tin- Chapei; Hill School Board to be present) at the meeting. At the hoard's monthly meeting Monday night, the member.-, agreed to employ hvin Yagel of Princeton as vocational agruul lurtil teacher at the ( impel Hill: ■j High School to replace Kay Size | more, who lias resigned Mr. Y'agel, who ha- had considerable, ( experience in teaching and farm ! | woi k it* John-ton ( ount ;, i ex peeled to begin teaching at the iiigii school in Fei'ruar.y FRIDAY ISSUE Next Issue Tuesday ■J Harris Purks, proves! and acting .president o! ;the Consolidated University .was appointed director o! [the State Board of Highei Education day before yester day. and William C. Friday .secretary to the University was named acting president The respective appoint ments, made by the Statt Board of Higher Educatiol and the executive committee of the University trustees, ! will take effect on or before March 1. Meantime, the committee of trustees was continuing its search for a permanent 'president after canvassing names and capabilities of .some possible candidates in [ a Tuesday session at I Raleigh. \ ictor S. Bryant, chairman, said the candi dates’ list is incomplete, more names are to be added, and all trustees have been asked to suggest candidates to succeed Gordon Gray, re signed. Mr. Gray had en dorsed Mr. Purks for. the | presidency, but Mr. Purks | almost immediately elim inated himself. He explained that several years ago he and his wife had decided he would never seek the presi dency of any university “for strictly (leraonal reasons.” Mr. Purks, who will have headquarters in Raleigh, told the board he was aware “that thia is y very import ant position . . . one will) great responsibility. In this particular capacity I will have a chanue to serve the entire state.” The higher education jboard, created by the last ) General Asembly w ill have a leading role in shaping the 'course of higher education in the state, and supervising bind coordinating all the j State’s higher learning in.Ai- I tut ions. His election was unani mous by the education (Continued on Page Ij C hristmas Show To ( lose Monday “Star of Bethlehem,” the cur rent, offering ut the ’ Morehead Planetarium, will close softer the ,8:30 p.m. performative Monday, January 9. An entirely new and' ) different program will be pre j seated, beginning Tuesday, Jan luury 10. ___ j .Since'it opened in late Novem jher, the annual tribute to Christ ina-; has been witnessed by more ‘than 11,000 persons. It is ex ; pei ted to attract hundreds more during the coming and final week end when eight performances are scheduled. In addition to the regular 8:30 p.m. daily perform ance, there will be matinees ut 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday ami at 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Sunday. Probably the largest single production offered by any Plane tarium in the world, “Star of Bethlehem” this year was wit ne.v-ed by more than four score* > huivh and school groups. Chapel MUlnote* The day before Christmas, Bill Giduz, four-year-old sen of Mr. and Mrs. Rolund Giduz, threw his father’s pipe up on the porch roof. When his moth- I er asked him how he was go ! ing to get it down he said, j “Santa Clause can pick it up j and bring •it with him when he comes down the chimney tonight.” • * * Unusual Chapel Rill occa sion: Sixteen women at party and not one smoking. * * * When asked why he didn’t come in the house when called a little boy told his mother that his teacher had told the pupils to stop a minute on a pretcy starry night and talk with God.