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
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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.
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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.
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’ 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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