FRIDAY ISSUE Next Issue Tuesday Vol. 34, No. 13 Annexation Is To Be Settled By an Election This week the Board of Aldermen settled conclusive ly the long-pending question of an annexation referendum by providing for a special registration ot and a special j election by qualified out-of town voters to decide either j for or against annexation of | outlying residential areas without waiting for a pe tition requesting that such an election be arranged. laist Monday night’s meet ing of the Aldermen heard an oral statement by C. (). Cathey, a University profes sor living on Country Club Road', that the people in outlying areas wanted to vote on the matter. Backed by professors Robert \ oitle also of Country Club Road, and George Harper, of Ledge Lane (which runs off Coun try Club Road to the north- Vast), Mr. Cathey requested that out-of-town citizens, be given some assurance that, either by petition or by im mediate action of the Board, they would be given the op portunity to vote on annexa tion. The Board gave them such assurance by taking formal action to the effect that the County Board of Elections would be asked to provide for a special regis tration since the number of qualified voters in outlying districts is at present un known. An election would follow for those registrants who qualified as voters, and the necessity for a petition calling for an election would thus be obviated. This move solves two prob lems, one being the uncer tainty of how many quali fied voters there are out side the town but in the im mediate Chapel Hill area, the other being, ultimately, the annexation question it self. Town Manager Thomas Rose informed the Aldermen at the meeting that the registra tion would cost about SIOO. The registration and election will be engineered in the following man ner: The Hoard of Aldermen will agree with the C ounty Hoard of • Elections on a registration. This registration must he ap proved by the Elections Hoard, and the registration must be conducted under their supervis ion, though the town does have the right to determine how long the registration books will re main open. After approval, the Town is required to hold the registration not less than 60 days from the date of approval. The actual election would, of course, be held as soon after the registration as possible. At the present no decision lias been made as to when or where the registration and elec tion will he belli. Chapel Hill Mayor Oliver Cornwell stated earlier this week that he hoped the whole operation would he completed sometime this spring. Town Manager Thomas Hose is collecting information pertinent to registration, elec tion, and annexation, which will he mimeographed and distribut ed. When the election is held it will he on an “all or nothing" basis; either all five areas in question will be annexed, or none of them will be. The public hearing scheduled for February 27th at Town Hall will he held as planned for the purpose of giving the public as much information as it wants concerning any aspect of the annexation question. Miss Shepard Honored Miss Carolyn Shepard, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Shep ard, made the Dean’s List for the semester just ended and has been elected a member of the senior class’s dance committee for the senior ball on June 2 at the Woman’s College in Greens-: boro. Hird Club Meeting The Chapel Hill Bird Club will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb., 19, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Breckenridge at 108 Pick ard Lane. The speaker will be Miss Lunette Barber of the North Carolina Wildlife Division. Queen Betsy Fitch Is Crowned « 11 qjttr :i Mm y , «■ Miss Betsy Fitch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Fitch, is shown being crowned Sweetheart queen of Chapel Hill High ’ School by Miss Ka Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, who was last year’s Queen. At right is Miss Tina Demeritt, , runner-up in the contest for the 19.'>ti title. The crowning of the . new queen took place Saturday evening in the ( arrboro School auditorium at the annual hall sponsored by “Hillife,” student yearbook at Chapel Hill High School. Other candidates lor Queen were Miss Alice Jean Kiggsbee, Miss Judy Ferguson, Miss 1 Sarah Cole, Miss Kittsu Greenwood, Miss Sandy Williams, and > Miss Rebecca Partin. L Dollar Days Are to Be Observed Here , And in Carrboro Today and Tomorrow Merchants all over Chapel Hill and (’arrboro were get * ting ready yesterday for ’ "Dollar Days,” which will * begin a two-day run when 1 stores open this (Friday) 1 1 morning. The sale will he in effect in all sections of the com munity, including Glen Len ' nox. It is the first of eight ‘ town-wide promotions plan ' ned for this year by the! ’ Chapel Hill-Carrboro Mer ’ chants Association. All types of businesses,' including apparel and de ' partment stores, furniture 1 and appliance stores, ser vice establishments and “ groceries, are cooperating in I i Haul Huger Killed In Airplane Crash j Capt. Paul L. Huger, 32, son . of Mr. and Mrs Walter W. Huger,! was killed Tuesday when his! jT-33 jet trainer crashed near , Moody Air Force Base in Val-j dosta, Ga., where he was, sta-( ; tinned. He was a veteran of 03 » combat missions in the Pacific! ) in World War 11. A native of| Chapel Hill and a graduate of j f the University, he is survived by r his parents, his wife, the former | Miss Dorothy Blocksidge of| j Chapel Hill, and a son, Walter. Capt. Boger returned to Chap el Hill after the war and re j entered the University, graduat- I ing in 1948 with-a B. S. in com- I meree. He was recalled to active , duty in 1950. Hospital Needs Magazines Memorial Hospital is in need of increased supplies of cur- I rent magazines for distribution to patients and for the waiting I rooms. The types most in de , mand are Life, Holiday, Look, ( Esquire, Coronet, Reader’s Dj-j , gest, women’s magazines, popu-! jlar science magazines, and men’s ■ I magazines about sports of all’ j kinds. Donations of such peri odicals may he left at the in formation desk at the hospital’s 1 . mam entrance. ! Mrs. Henson in Hospital Mrs. Huldah Benson entered! Memorial Hospital last Tues-j day and was to have had arc operation later in the week. Methodist Church Supper The Aldersgate Methodist; Church will have a covered dish supper at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. j 19, at the Glen wood School. Catholic Communion Sunday Catholic Communion Sunday will be observed at the 10 a.m. i Mass on February 19 at Gerrard Hall. Change of address on your paper should reach us at least a week in advance, so you won’t miss an issue. The Chapel Hill Weekly 5 Cents a Copy the event. The season’s freshest styles, creations and goods will be offered at bargains. A great many of the val ues to be offered will be found in advertisements in today’s Weekly. Retirement Policy Is Set by Trustees Administrative officials of the University, on reaching the age of 65, will, according to action taken by the University Trustees Executive Committee, he re quited In retire. The resolution will take effect beginning July 1, 1957. Administrative ofticiuls thus jietned could he given teaching {positions or other duties sub-; | ject to the approval of the r.xecutive Committee. Officials this ruling would affect I (and tin resolution's effects ex- I tend to all three iiietnher-insti- j tutiun.s of the consolidated ( in- j \irsity) are presidents, chancel-1 slurs, deans, directors, librarians,! land business officers. Exceptions could, of course, be made by the {Executive Committee. The resolution putting this ipolicy into action is printed in I full as follows: “That effective July 1, 1957, |for ’all administrative officers in the University of North Carolina having attained the age of 65 by that tiate, and on July 1 of suc ceeding years for all administra tive officers having attained the age of 65 in the previous 12 months, retirement from their administrative positions shall he automatic, but without prejudice to the use of the persons so retired in teaching, full-time or part-time, or in any other full time or part-time duties, provid ed these duties are either beyond 'the,scope of administrative posi tions which the members have vacated, or clearly subordinate |to them, and approved by the Executive Committee "of the Hoard of Trustees.” Concert Tuesday Night Mozart’s “Requiem” and the motet “Exuitate, Jubilate” will! he sung at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. I'il, in Hill Hall by a 125-voice (combined chorus composed of the j Men’s Glee Club, the University (Mixed Chorus, ami the Chapel I Hill Choral Club, accompanied !by the University Symphony Or- 1 chestra aand directed by Joel i Carter. i Kiwanians Hear Dr. Sorrow Dr. Mitchell Sorrow spoke on| heart diseases at this week’s meeting of the- Kiwanis Club. He was introduced by the Rev. Charles Hubbard. Orville Camp bell, president of the club, pre sided over the meeting, which was attended by an inter-club visitation team of four members of the Pittsboro Kiwanis Club. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1956 Pnrk-for-Pay Lot To Start Operation The Chapel Hill Parkin# Association will operate an attended commercial park ing lot in the vacant area opposite the Carl Smith Building on North Columbia Street sometime in the near future. Carl Smith, repre senting the association, told the Board of Aldermen Mon day night that the vacanti space would be closed soon for improvements. It has been in use for many months as a free public parking lot.; Further parking action taken by the board was the passing of a motion by Bill Alexander to restrict park ing on West Franklin Street from Church Street to Ken an Street to one hour. The additional parking re strictions which were recom mended to the Board of Ald ermen by the Planning Board were referred in last Monday night’s meeting of the Aldermen to their streets committee for examination. The Planning Board made the following recommenda tions: (1) The elimination of several parking places on the east side of North Co lumbia Street between the entrance to Sloan’s parking lot and the corner of East Rosemary Street, as a safe ty measure and to facilitate the smoother flow of traf fic at this corner. (2) The installation of left turn lanes on Pittsboro Road for south bound traf fic to make entrance into M emorial Hospital’s parking lot easier; also the elimina tion of parking on the west side of Pittsboro Road be tween McCauley Street and University Drive. (3) The installation of left-turn and straight-ahead lane signs for south bound traffic on the Pittsboro Road at the entrance to Vic tory Village; also the elim ination of parking for lot) feet on the west side of the road at this intersection. These recommendat ions, which will be examined in (be near future by the I t ‘ I streets committee of the Board of Aldermen, were among other suggestions made by Planning Engineer W . F. Babcock ot N. C. State College in a comprehensive report on ( Impel 11 ill’s traf fic situation to the Planning Board. Verdi Opera to He Broadcast Tonight Verdi’s “Otello” will be broad cast on radio station WTN< - FM’s “Let’s Listen to Opera”; program at 8 o’clock this (Fri-! day) evening, with Norman Cor don as commentator. The per formance, directed by Arturo Toscanini, will be on Victor Rec ords and played by the NBC, Orchestra. The cast includes Ramon Vinay as Otello, Hcrva Nelli as Desdemona, and Giusep pe Vaidengo as lago. Comedy Thursday Night “Willie’s Weekend,” a comedy in three acts, will be given at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Chapel Hill High School auditorium by members of the junior class. Black Mountain Pianist to Give First ‘Petite Musicale’ of Semester Sunday The first “Petite Musicale” , of the spring semester will be < given at 8 o’clock Sunday in < the main lounge of Graham Memorial at the University. j, The artist, Eugene Hudson, will present a piano recital of;, Scarlatti, Schubert arid Havel. 1 Mr. Hudson, now working with William S. Newman, is a native of Black Mountain, and has beern interested in piano since the agei of five. < He has studied under Ervin Bodky, of Brander’s University, John Sinclair, Martha Biggers, and is at present with Mr. New man. Not limiting himself to the piano, Mr. Hudson has also stud ied the organ and presently ii Chapel Mill Chaff L.G. Sometimes you read some -1 thing, written incomplete seriousness, so funny that -you doubt if Mark Twain !or George Ade or James Thurber or any celebrated! i humorist could havtj possi bly thought up anything to :equal it. This is called un conscious humor, and if you 'are a writer the disturbing j thought may occur to you |that once in a while you may ;perpetrate something of the j sort yourself. As with prosej 'and verse, so with paint ings, drawings, and sculpt ures. What could be funnier (than some of the so-called works of art, created with !profoundly serious purpose,! I that yttu see iu museums in these days? The New York Times pub-' ! lished a fashion suppl*|*nent. {illustrated in brilliant colors |with the most remarkable ! specimens of women’s ap parel. It happened that, shortly before 1 saw this dis-{ play, 1 got Wycie King, the distinguished caricaturist who has come to live in Chapel Hill, to show me an album of pictures he had done for a Philadelphia ■ newspaper; and l remember • ed the delightfully humor ous illustrations that he us . ed to make for stories in - the Saturday Evening Post. When 1 had riffled through the pages of the Times fash ion supplement, now and jthen calling my wife’s at- Itention to some startling .creation, I said: “Wyncie King could try ten years and never succeed in draw ing anything as funny-look ing as these hats." * * * At the Inn last Saturday evening somebody asked, “Do you suppose the camel lias have begun to bloom in Charleston yet ?” Everybody in the company thought it couldn’t be; surely not yet,! for February was only a (Continued on I’age 2) * I Windsor and West Announce Formation Os Wes Win Real Estate Company Here ‘ R. G. Windsor and Walter West ■ have announced the formation of i new real estate company to be known as Wes Win, Incorporat ed, and replacing the R. G.| Windsor Real Estate and Mott 1 gage Company. Mr. Windsor is president of the new company, and Mr. West is vice-president. They are its principal stock holders. Others with the firm are Hal Wilson, insurance handler, who will he graduated in June from the UNC School of Business Administration, where he is maj oring in insurance; Jack Vernon, real estate salesman; Mrs. Joyce , Windsor, who recently left em ployment at the University to join the office staff of the cum jpany, and Sid Hoots, Univer sity grailuate, who is training here with the firm to open a j branch office for it in Winston 'j Salem. in announcing plans for the new firm, Mr. Windsor said: “We Communion Service Planned The Community Church of Chapel Hill will hold its quarter ly observance of Communion this i Sunday morning, Feb. 19. The I Communion service will follow ( the regular 11 o’clock worship service in Hill Hall. engaged as organist for the Church of the Holy Family in Glen Lennox. He has presented! recitals, in addition to his work at the University, at Black Mountain, Asheville, Chapel Hill, and has appeared on WUNC-TV. His program is as follows: Do minico Scarlatti, Sonatas in D Major, F Major, and D Minor; Franz Schubert, Imprompteaus 1 through 4; Maurice - Ravel, Kig audon, Menuet and Toccata from “Le Tombeau De Couperin.” This is the first in this se mester’s series of Petite Mqsi cales; the second, to he given on March .4, features Patsy Ann Melton, mezzo-soprano of the Miami Opera Guild. — - ■ Lanier Enters Race to Represent I Orange-Alamance in State Senate: I Umstead Files to Keep House Seal Representative Is Serving Bth Term John W. Umstead, Orange County’s Representative in the '-Gerwral Assembly for the f>ast 16 years, has filed for re-election to his seat in the House of Representa tives. Mr. Umstead announced yesterday that he had mailed his filing fee for the Demo cratic primary on May 126 j to S. T. Latta Jr., chairman! !of the Orange County Board of Elections. In addition to serving the last eight terms in the> I House, Mr. Umstead was in the Senate for the ses sions of 1931 and 1939. He has served on all major com mittees of both the House land the Senate, and during (the 1955 session was chair man of two committees— Mental Institutions and Uni versity Trustees. Also during the 1955 ses sion, Mr. Umstead was a member of the following committee#: Appropriations (he served on the important Joint Appropriations Sub committee which did the bulk of the work of ham mering the present state budget into shape), Health, . Higher Education, Insur-: i ance, Penal Institutions, Pro-! positions and Grievances,! and Public Welfare. Mr. Umstead is chairman of the State Hospitals Board of Control and is a member of the executive committee of the University of North . Carolina Board of Trustees. , In a statement issued this week regarding his candi dacy, Mr. Umstead said: "Due to my long term of . service in the General As sembly and the experience will handle all phases of the real f estate business, including sales, . land development, property man agement, insurance, mortgage . | loans, and contractors' bonds. We expect to offer the most complete s real estate service in Chapel , Hill.” Mr. West is a graduate of - Northwestern University and of the University of Virginia’s | School of Law. ‘ All Seats Reserved For Duke-UNC Tilt ; All seats for the Carolina- Duke basketball game al Woollen ’ Gym Friday night, February 24, will be reserved. Passbook hold ers must claim their tickets to -day (Friday), Saturday, and 1 Monday, ' and persons whose names begin with the letters M through Z will be given pri ority. Beginning Tuesday morn - ing, all remaining tickets will he on a first-coine-first served basis. f L_ ’ Legion Auxiliary Meeting , . The American Legion Auxili , ary will meet at 8 p.m. Wednes , day, Feb. 22, at the home of Mrs. D. M. Horner, its first vice-president, at 40 Oak wood Drive. Mrs. Arthur Ward, the unit’s treasurer, will he co-host , ess. A program on "George Washington,” “The History of the Flag,” and “Flag Courtesy” ' will be directed by Mrs. Henry . 1 Whitfield, the unit’s Arnerican lism chairman. A social hour will [follow. , , Mary-Martha Class - The Mary-Martha Class of the DChapel Hill Baptist Church will 1 meet at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. I 20, with Mrs. J. S. Boone at 30 - Oak wood Drive. Associate hos i tesses will be Mrs. Lydia Gib son, Mrs. Daphne Hayes, Mrs. L. T. Jernigan, Mrs. J. T. Lloyd, Mrs. R. A. Jolly, and Mrs. Thom ' as Winborne. The meeting is r being held a week earlier than l scheduled so it won’t conflict e with the revival series at the Baptist Church. $4 a \ear in County; other rates on page ir*'i EDWIN s. LAMER 1 ' •.'■ , : ' ■ .JmBB • , J jg§> 11 j "HiPfe'W ’ ■MI Jmßmk JOHN UMSTEAD that 1 have gained thereby, , I feel that I can render a ( service to the people of Or . ange County and the people k of the state ac a member l of the 1257 :I'.us*- of Repre sentatives. “1 shall continue my in terest in all legislation that concerns the welfare of our ■ people, with special empha sis on education at all levels, , mental and general health, and penal institutions.” No one has announced his intention to oppose Mr. Uni . stead for re-election, and as far as can he seen at this ptime, no opposition is ex- Jpectedr ! Why burn Named i Provost of UNC William M. Why lAirn was f appointed acting provost of the f University last Monday by the i University trustees executive committee. Mr. Why burn was the head of the Mathematics De partment here until last Wednes day, when he assumed his new (• post. " Mr. Whyburn came to Chapel . Hill as Kenan professor of math , ematics and head of the Depart ment in 1948. Previous to that » . he had been President of Texas _ Tech College from 1944 to 19 48 j (he is a native of Lewisburg, 5 Texas), and had taught at South j Park Junior College in Beaumont, .1 Texas, Texas A & M, Harvard, _ 1 and the Los Angeles branch of{ I the University of California. In j 1944-45 he was first, vice-presi-! dent of the Mathematics Associa jtion of America. He has written {a number of articles and co i authored several mathematical * hooks. . j ' fj P. K. Strowd Visits Here | P. E. Strowd of Anoka, Minn., * a native of Orange County, is 1 visiting Mrs. M, A. Strowd here and other relatives in this area. He is 79 years old and says he . has never been sick a day in his life. A widely traveled man, ’ he has been around the world j several times. Exrhungites Hear Snfith Carl Smith spoke on financial investments at the weekly r meet-! e ing of the Exchange Club at 1 Watts Grill Tuesday night. C. 1 i. M. Carroll, Doug Yates, and; } Herb Holland reported on the - state educational conference in - Statesville last week. ’ D. A. H. Meeting The Davie Poplar Chapter of » the D. A. R. will meet at 3:30 i p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, in the t University Library's assembly b room. Washington’s Birthday patriotic moviaa will be shown. * fcj FRIDAY ISSUE Next issue Tuesday LeGrand Announces I He Will Hot Rani Edwin S. Lanier, who i» serving his first term as M member of the Orange Coun-I ty Board of Commissioners! yesterday announced hia candidacy for the Orange! Alamance seat in the StatJ Seriate. He will seek th« Democratic nomination for! the post in the May 26. pri-l mary election. I Following Mr. Lanier's an! nouncement, town attornej! Jack LeGrand, who has beer! mentioned as a possible can! didate for some time, toll! the Weekly that “due to pro! fessional and other consider! ations he would not be m candidate." I Mr. Lanier, who is director! of the Central Records Os! five of the University here! will oppose John Manning! of Chapel Hill and Ed Ham! lin of Hillsboro in the pri-l mary. Other persons report! ed to be considering enter! ing the race are Countjl Commissioner Sim Eflan<! and K. O. Forrest. 1 The latest candidate to an! nounce for the empty Sen! | ate seat is former mayon of Chapel Hill and a former! member of its Board of All dermen. He resigned as may-1 or to assume his post as a| commissioner. 1 Mr. Lanier withheld hisl announcement for several weeks so he could request! permission from the exec-| utive committee of the Uni-| versity Board of Trustees] to run for the Senate seat] while he held his job with] the University. That permis-] sion was granted on Monday.] Mr. Lanier’s statement] follows: 1 am grateful for my opportun-J ities for public service on the] Orange County Hoard of Com] missioners. There 1 have tried] to act at all times with fairness] and vision. However, 1 believe] there is a larger opportunity] for service to the people of Or | ange, Alamance, and the State| in the 1957 session of the Legis lature. That alone has prompter: my decision to seek a seat ir the State Senate. The 1957 Legislature will fact many new and difficult question? about some old subjects among them: Education, Highways anc Safety, Health, Taxation, Water Agricultural and Industrial prob lems, Prison System, Countie? and Town’s local legislation. 1 am deeply interested in thost questions, and l want to hel; with them in any way 1 can in harmony with the people's de sires. 1 firmly believe the trowe! and level are more constructive tools than the hatchet—l want Ito help build, not tear down. In all matters of local legislation (county and town) 1 believe in preserving to local government the maximum of “home rule’ {consistent with the wider State i interest. J promise you I will work diligently, dig for and study facts relevant to each ques tion I may face, and consider carefully the people’s wishes and j views before making decisions. My experience in farming, edu cation, and local government should make it possible for me to serve well the people of Or ange and Alamance in the Legis lature. I will use whatever com mon sense and experience I have to do a good job. To the most of my strength and light' 1 will do everything possible and feasible to help promote i the best economic and education-; al interests of all the people in ! Orange and Alamance—and o( ull the people in North Carolina. if I ain nominated and elected! 1 will, of course, resign front Jthe Hoard of County Commis sioners in December, 1956; also! I will be on leave of absence without pay from my duties with the University of North Carolina a sacrifice 1 would accept in th< belief that membership in tl| ihr General Assembly would -givf me an additional opportunity ts serve Orange and'Alamanei Counties—and air of North Can olina—in waya I otherwise coula never have. - •• ~ 'J

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