FRIDAY
ISSUE
Next Issue Tuesday
Vol. 34, No. 29
Zone Petition
Turned Down
By Aldermen
At a rather lengthy meet
ing last Monday night, the
Board of Aldermen indulged
in a considerable amount of
talk, examined a fair amount
of business, and atcomplish
some,tangible action.
First on the agenda was
a public hearing involving
a rezoniug petition from
Messrs EJlis, Broadway and
Crisp requesting that cer
tain property on the north
side of the Durham Boule
vard opposite Whipple’s Es
so station be changed from
its present RA-20 and agri
cultural status to suburban
commercial. .1. K. Ellis, rep
resenting a proposed motel
and restaurant, appeared
with a prior recommenda
tion' from the Planning
Board that the rezoning re
quest be denied. The Aider
men upheld the Planning
Board’s decision on the
grounds that a rezoning in
that area would defeat the
Planning Board’s purpose of
keeping the approach to
Chapel Hill free of unsightly
commercial ventures.
Alderman Paul Wager,
£lO moved this action by
the Board, explained that
while he di 1 not think a mo
tel and restaurant would be
unsightly, the establishment
of such a business would cre
ate a precedent permitting
other businesses to roost on
that stretch of road, with,
foreseeably, the ultimate
marring of the now attrac
tive introductory phases of
the road from Durham to
Chapel Hill.
Following the public hear
ing, Floyd Hunter presented
an oral petition to the Board
concerning the annexation of
Hidden Hills. Mr. Hunter
stated that the residents of
Hidden Hills were now 100
per cent in favor of becom
ing part of the town, and
suggested that a move
g|oward annexation of the
area might be made simul
taneously with the May 26
annexation election.
Alderman Paul Wager
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Oakview Club Will
Meet Monday Night
The April meeting of the Oak
view Garden Club will be held
at H p.m. Monday, April 16, at
the Church of the Holy Family.
Mrs. Dudley Cowden will have
charge of the program, during
whi c h flower arrangements
brought by club members will
he discussed in relation to the
standards to he used in the
club’s spring flower show from
4 p.m. to D p.m. Thursday, April
26, at the Church of the Holy
Family.
Members of the club met last
Monday evening at the home of
Mrs. Richard Young at 211 Flem
ington Road to make niches for
flower arrangements and other
exhibits in the show.
Paul Robertson Is
On Tour of State
Paul H. Robertson of Chapel
Hill, State Commander of the
American Legion, is traveling
throughout North Carolina this
week in connection with the Le
gion’s special membership cam
paign. Accompanied by other
state officers of the organiza
tion, he will visit all the North
Carolina Legion’s towns. There
are 35 districts.
This week has been designat
ed as the Legion’s Membership
Campaign Week, and special ef
forts are being made to bring
the department’s membership to
a record high.
Mrs. Haithcock Returns
Mrs. Annie Haithcock has re
turned from a ten-day trip dur
ing which she visited her son
in-law and daughter, Lieutenant
and Mrs. Angus E. Wootten of
Fort Benning, Ga. She and the
Woottens and their four children
■pant several days at an Army
rest camp on the Gulf of Mexico
hi Florida. They had a good time
flaking, swimming and loafing.
Merchants’ Group
Announces Plans
For Mother’s Day
The Trade Promotions
Committee of the Chape!
Hill-Carrboro Merchants As
sociation met Wednesday to
formulate final plans for
community Mother’s Day ac
tivities. The observance falls
on Sunday, May 13, this
year.
Special registration forms
will be available at all mem
ber firms of the Merchants
Association and the Trade
Promotions Fund for chil
dren to enter their mothers
in the drawings which will
be held. Members of fratern
ities and sororities and resi
dents of dormitories may en
ter their housemothers.
The first drawing will be
held on May 2, when three
mothers will be selected as
winners. On May 9 three
more names .will be drawn,
and the six names will be
entered in a further drawing
to determine the order in
which prizes will be award
ed.
The first name drawn of
the final six will receive S6O
in gift certificates from lo
cal merchants. In order, the
others will receive gift cer
tificates totaling SSO, S4O,
S3O, S2O and $lO. In addition,
each of the mothers will re
ceive a corsage and a medal
lion inscribed with the date?
the occasion, and her initials.
Carlton Byrd of Belk-Leg
gett-Horton, chairman of the
Trade Promotion Committee,
is in charge of the Mother’s
Day promotion.
New Village Officials
Four new officials of Victory
Village, sworn in at this week’s
meeting of the Victory Village
Board of Directors by Hoard
chairman Pete Gurns, are Jess
Butler, vice-president; Mrs. Char
lotte Hughes, recording secre
tary; George Dodson, treasurer;
and Yates Dodson, parliamen
tarian.
Japanese Prints Shown
An exhibition of Japanese
prints will be on display through
April. 29 at the Person Hall Art
Gallery here. The gallery has a
small number of Japanese prints,
origi na Is and reproductions,
which may he purchased by stu
dents and the public during regu
lar office hours of the Art De
partment.
Playmakers Plan “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream” in University’s Forest Theatre
William Shakespeare's “A Mid
summer Night’s Dream” will be
given by the Carolina Playmakers
at k:3O p.m. Friday, Saturday,
arid Sunday, May 4,5, ami 6,
ia the Forest Theatre. It will
be the Playmakers’ final pro
duction of the academic year
James M. Riley, technical di
lector for the Playmakers, will
direct the play and design the
settings. The stage manager will
he William B. Eaton of Winchest
er, Va., with Sarah Cannon of
Canton as his assistant. Light
ing will he executed by Lewis
Goldstein of Baltimore, Md., and
costumes by June Craft of Pfaff
town.
Heading the large cast will
he Dick Newdick of Augusta,
Maine, as Puck; James Sechrest
of Thomasville, av Lysander;
Gloria Di Costanzo r>f Chapel
Hill, as Hermia,* A1 Gordon of
Greensboro, as Demetrius; Louise
Elementary School
Plans Registration
Parents whose children - are
to enter the Chapel Hill Elemen
try School on West Franklin
Street in September for the
first time have been mailed
blanks to be filled out by a
physician.
Pre-school registration will be
held at the school from 9
a.m. to noon Tuesday, April 24.
A child must be six years old on
or before October 16 of this year
to be eligible to register.
Presbyterian Women’s Meeting
The Presbyterian Women of
the Church will meet at 3:30
p.m. Monday, April 16, in the
church parlors. The Rev. Harry
Smith will take part in the pro
gram. - j
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A College Student Takes Time
To Tour the I'.S.A. on a Hike
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—Photo by Chuck Hauser
Bicyclist Dan Douglas is shown posing in the center of
the University campus as he stopped in Uhapet Hill last
weekend on his way around the country. He goes to school
at San Jose State C ollege in California.
By Chuck Hauser
He was a blond, sun-burned
young man, and he rode into
Chapel Hill on an English bi
cycle. Fastened to the handle
bars were a rolled sleeping bag
and a portable radio. On the
baggage shelf over the rear
wheel was an aluminum suit
case hearing the red paint le
gend, “Touring USA.”
And that’s exactly what Dan
Douglas is doing
Dan is 21 years old, and he
completed his junior year at San
Jose State College in California
at the end of January. He de
cided he ‘wanted to do some
traveling before he entered his
last year of academic life, so
he postponed the start of his
senior year until September and
bought himself a bicycle.
He set off from San Jose on
February 1, pedaling south. He
went as far as he could go with
out entering Mexico, then turned
east, following roughly the con
tours of the southern United
Fletcher of Birmingham, A|a.,
a. Helena; Jane Albans of Chap
el Hill, as Titania; and Russell
l ink of Jamaica, N. Y., as Ober
on.
Theseus and Hippolyta, around
whose marriage the events of
the play take place will he
portrayed by Jim Potter of Golds
boro and Mary Smith of Chapel
Hill. Carl Williams and Jim Po
teat, both of Charlotte, will play
Philostrate and Fgeus.
The comic rustics will be play
ed by Walter Smith of Chapel
Hill, as Bottom; Kai Jurgensen
of Chapel Hill, as Quince; Paul
McCauley of Fayetteville, as
Snug; John Srieden of Tenafly,
N. J., as Flute; Ted Parker of
Clinton, as Snout, and John Whit
ty of New Bern, as Starveling.
VA Hospital to Honor Volunteer Workers
An invitation from Dr. James
S. Glotfelty, manager of the Vet
erans Administration Hospital in
Durham, has been addressed to
Mrs. John C. Heitman, president
of the Chapel Hill American Le
gion Auxiliary as follows:
“It pleases me to tell you
that you have earned a VA award
for your volunteer services at
this hospital.
“You are cordially invited and
urged to attend a Volunteer Ser
vice Recognition Ceremony Mon
day evening, April 16th, at 7:30
o’clock, at which time you and,
your fellow workers will he hon
ored and presentation of awards
will be made.
“The ceremony will be held'
in the conference room (D-3008)
on the third floor of the hospital.
Immediately following, the Staff
Advisory Committee will serve
refreshments in the recreation
lounge.
“The recognition ceremony this
CHAPEL HILL. N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1956
States. When he reached Tal
lahassee, Florida, he headed up
the east coast. He arrived in
Chapel Hill last weekend, much
tanner than when he started and
23 pounds lighter.
“Three years of college is a
long stretch," he explained to his
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
brothers at the local chapter
home on Fast Franklin Street.
“1 decided 1 needed a vacation,
and I wanted to see if 1 _could
make a' long trip on a hike.”
Dan’s parents are presently
living in Yokosuka, Japan, where
his father, a Naval officer, is
stationed. His folks are keeping
up with his trip as closely as they
can, and so is his fiancee, Miss
Marlene Wallsten, who is a stu
dent at Washington State College
in Pullman.
The trip so "Tar has cost Dar.
between $l5O and $175, and he
believes tie will have spent no
more than $375 when tie winds
up his 8,000-mile travels at the
end of five and a half months.
How does tie travel so cheap
ly? The sign on the rear of his
suitcase is the key. People who
see him along the way invite
him in for meals and ask him
to spend the night with them.
Sometimes automobile traveleis
stop on the road and tell him
where they plan to camp out for
the night, and he joins then,
when he reaches their destina
tion.
Another money-saver is his
fraternity membership. There are
ATO houses on most major col
lege campuses all over the coun
try, and Dan usually schedules
such college stops on his itiner
ary.
Has had weather affected him?
He’s been lucky, Dan says. He
only ran into rain on two days
—once between Macon and At
lanta, Georgia, and once between
Columbia, South Carolina, and
Rockingham, North Carolina.
Dan averages 100 miles a day,
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year will have added meaning
as April' 16th marks the tenth
anniversary of VA volunteer ser
vice. During the week of April
16-21, volunteers from over 400
VAVS organizations will be hon
ored throughout the nation—at
VA Hospitals, on TV, radio, and
in newspapers. The following TV
network programs in connection
with the anniversary have been
arranged by the Veterans Ad
ministration:
“Wide, Wide World,” NBC-TV
Sunday, April 16, 4 to 5:30 p.m.
“Medic,” NBC-TV (Tentative)
Monday, April 16, 9 to 9:30 p.m.
“We shall look forward to
having you with us on April
16th.”
Mrs. Heitman extends a cordial
invitation to all members of the
Chapel Hill unit to attend the
recognition service and to ar
range to view the TV programs
aa listed above.
Presbyterians
Top taonl In Urlve
A goal-topping total of
$109,901 has been pledged
in the Chapel Hill Presby
terian Church’s drive for
funds for the expansion of
the church building. The goal
was SIOO,OOO. There was
much rejoicing when the
above announcement was
made Monday evening by
W. E. Thompson, campaign
chairman, at a victory din
ner attended by the 85 work
ers who took part in the
drive.
Os the total amount, Mr.
Thompson said, $100,445
was pledged by church mem
bers and friends, and $8,156
by Presbyterian students in
the University. The total
represented 214 pledge cards
from members and friends
and 292 pledge cards from
students.
“All of this indicates there
was an enthusiastic response
to the challenge of the cam
paign,” said an announce
ment of the results sent in
bulletin form to members of
the church. “The participa
tion from the congregation
was almost total in number,
and the final goal was
achieved by the willingness
of so many to make truly
sacrificial gifts.
“The general attitude at
the victory celebration was
one of gratitude to God, with
a growing conviction that
God is leading and support
ing us in this undertaking.
“Our thanks are due to so
many that it is impossible to
list names. This was an en
deavor in which all who were
asked to serve did so with
an amazing devotion and
faithfulness. Out solicitors,
who ~re all busy men and
women, put in many long
hours finding people and
telling the story of our
plans.
“The final total cost of
our building program is still
j unknown, but we assume it
will cost more than we think.
We will, therefore, continue
to give others an opportun
ity to share in this program,
as they join with us in the
ministry of this congrega
tion.”
Architects Will Tour Chapel Hill and
University Campus Tomorrow Afternoon
Members of the South Atlan
tic District of the American In
stitute of Architects will tour
Chapel Hill and the University
tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon.
In convention at Durham and
Raleigh this weekend, the archi
tects will come to Ghapel Hill for
a luncheon at the Carolina Inn
Saturday noon. Acting Univer
sity President W. C. Friday will
he one of their guests.
In the afternoon there will
he two tours. One group of
members will go by bus and
another will walk, visiting and
inspecting structures of archi
tectural interests. Both tours will
end at the Morehead Planetarium
where the members will view
the annual exhibit of the Uni
versity’s Department of City and
Carrboro Rummage
Sale Begins Today
A rummage sale will be held
by the Carrboro P.T.A. from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today (Fri
day) and tomorrow in the vac
ant store building next door to
the five and ten cent store in
Carrboro. An announcement of
the two-day event says:
“Bring your outgrown items
and white elephants and pick
up something you can use.”
Clothing and other articles
for the rummage sale will be
called for if the givers will call
Mrs. Hackney at 8-2772 or Mrs.
Baker at 8-0767. Or donated
articles may be left at the office
of the Carrboro School.
Bridge Club Entertained
Mrs. H. C. Pearce entertained
her two-table bridge dub Wed
nesday evening at her home at
96 Hamilton Road. Those present
in addition to the regular mem
ber* included two guests, Mrs.
Adam Thorpe and Mrs. Thomas
U Sells. /
Chapel Mill Chad
\
L.G.
When I met J. P. Harland,
the archaeology professor,
in the post office last Fri
day 1 asked him if it were
true, as I heard, that he had
given up his plan to go on
an excavating trip to Asia
Minor and Cyprus; He said
yes, it was. The reason, it
won’t be hard for anybody
to guess, is the terrorism in
Cyprus and the disturbed
conditions in general in that
part of the world.
Mr. Harland has had a run
of bad luck in the years he
has chosen for digging
around among ancient tem
ples, tombs, and arenas in
Greece and adjacent islands.
In 1914 he was trapped in
the First World War and
had to prolong his stay in
Europe for several weeks
before he could get home.
During this period he was
not able to be at his exca
vation sites. On his 1921
trip he was not interfered]
with. His next trip was in
1926. He was married then
[and one day in Athens he
and Mrs. Harland suddenly
found themselves in the
midst of a-rebellion of troops
who were angry because
their pav had been reduced.
The cracking of rifles from
around corners and the spat
tering of bullets on the pave
ment persuaded the Har
lands to take refuge in a
school building. The rebel
lion was quelled in a few
hours and did not have any
serious effect on the archae
ological work. But important
plans in connection with the
mission of the summer of
1939 were spoiled by the
opening of the Second World
War.
Mr. Harland has no idea
how long the trip planned
for this summer will have
to be postponed. He hopes
no longer than a year.
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Sometimes Vic Huggins
and I exchange remarks,
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Bird Cluli Meeting
The Chapel Hill Bird Club will
meet at 3 pan. Sunday, April
15, at the W. 1). Sanders home
at 606 Coulidge Street.
Regional Planning and see
“Easter, the Awakening,”
current Planetarium presenta
tion.
James M. Webb, Ghapel Hill
archiitect and member of the
institute, has charge of local
arrangements.
To Attend Maryland Event
Dr. Zack J. Waters, a native
of Moyock and for a number of
years a physician at - Salisbury,
Md., will he the official repre
sentative of the University when
a new president is inaugurated
at the Maryland State Teachers
College, Salisbury, Md., this
Sunday.
John Scott Trotter Here
John Scott Trotter, the tele
vision musician and hand director
as well as a Chapel Hill property
owner, is spending a week here.
He will return to California Mon
day. Mr. Trotter is a graduate
of the University.
Boy Scout Camporee Is Set for Today
The Boy Scouts’ catnporee, or
iginally planned for last Friday
but postponed because of rain,
has been re-scheduled for to
day (Friday) according to Bill
Kiser, camping committee chair
man for the Orange District. In
setting the new date Mr. Kiser
announced that insofar as pos
sible all original plans for the
event would he followed.
“About the only change will
he some re-shuffling of adult
personnel in supervisory assign
ments. The general plan and se
quence of activities will be the
same as before, and the boys
are assured a fine camping ex
perience if the weather is good,”
Mr. Kiser explained.
Scout troops will arrive at the
camping area between three and
four o’clock in the afternoon and
remain until after lunch on Sat
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Chapel Hill Tahes Advantage
Os Spring Weather to at Last
Finish Tree-Planting Program
The Armstrong Tree Ser
vice Inc. of Chapel Hill this
week completed implement
program approved last year
by the Board of Aldermen.
Young trees have been
planted in the East Frank
lin Street business district
and in other business and
Saturday Last Day
For Candidates to
Enter May Voting
Only one candidate, Donald M.j
Stanford of Chapel Hill, seeking!
nomination for County Commis-j
siuner—posted his filing fee to]
enter the May 26 Democratic pri-j
mary this week., .
The deadline for filing is noon*
tomorrow (Saturday). The Board
of Elections will convene at Hills
boro Courthouses at 11:30 a. m.
and at noon will certify the can
didates.
Mr. Stanford’s formal entry
raised the total number of Demo
cratic candidates to 10. A Repub
lican ticket is expected to be en
tered, and it is almost certain
that other Democrats will come
out before the deadline tomor
row.
The other candidates who had
previously filed were Edwin S.
Lanier and John Manning of
Chapel Hill and Edwin Hamlin
of Hillsboro for the State Sen
ate; John W. Uinstead of Chapel
Hill for House of Representa
tives; K. J. M. Hobbs and Hugh
Wilson of Chapel Hill and Otis
Evans of Hillsboro, Route 3, for
Board of Commissioners; John
Hawkins of Cedar Grove for the|
Board of Education; and Vernon
Burch of Chapel Hill for town
ship constable.
Mr. Stanford is a dairy farmer
in Bingham Township, but re
sides in Chapel Hill. He is a
graduate of the Chapel «iigb
School and the University here,
and is a past president of the
Orange County Young Demo
crats. He also is a member of
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church,
the Jaycees, and the White Cross
Efficiency Program. He is chair
man of the latter.
.
Dramatic Festival
Opened on Campus
The 33rd annual drama festi
val of the Carolina Dramatic
Association got under way in
Chapel Hill yesterday (Thurs
day) and will continue through
Saturday night. Twenty-one half
hour productions will be present
]ed by North Carolina schools,
colleges and community theatres,
the best to receive awards.
Featured speaker of the festi
val will he Christopher Critten
den, director* of the N. C. Dept,
of Archives und History at Ral
eigh, who will speak at 11 a.m.
Saturday on “History and the
Playwright.”
Performances of plays will be
in the Carolina l’laymakers
Theatre.
Attends Azalea Festival
Miss Ola Andrews, Miss Agnes
Andrews, and Miss Nelle An
drews attended the Azalea Festi
val at Wilmington last week.
While there they visited their
brother, W. H. Andrews, and
his family.
B’nai B’rith Names Officers
The Chapel Hill B’nai B’rith
Lodge has elected the following
officers for 1956-57: Joseph Port
noy, president; Victor Masket,
vice-president and secretary, and
Rabbi Efraim Rosenzweig, treas
urer.
urday.
A feature of the overnight
outing will be a campfire pro
gram this evening at which an
nouncement will be made of win
ners of ticket sales competition
in connection with the recent
Scout exposition in Raleigh.
Students Tour Libraries
Library science students from
the University have just con
cluded a tour of libraries in the
Washington and New York area,
beginning at the Library of Con
gress, going to military, univer
sity and public libraries. The
United Nations Library and the
Princeton University Library
were among those visited. Among
the students participating were
Robert Brooks, of Carrboro and
Mrs. Helen Hstdee and Mrs.
Emma Pohl, of Chapel Hill.
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Next Isaac Tuesday
residential areas of the vil
lage.
All the trees were pur
chased last fall, but arrived
here too late to be placed
out. They have been pro
tected during the winter
months, and the transplant
ing the town’s tree-planting
week.
One tree which was replac
ed in the downtown area
some weeks ago was on the
town’s list, but was private
ly planted. The Dank of
chapel Hill, wnich lost the
eim at its trout uoor to the
violence of Hurricane Hazel
[in October of 1954, obtained
a young elm and located it
|in the lonely plot of earth
in front of the bank building.
l’he tree-planting program
is based on recommenda
tions made by a volunteer
committee headed by Wil
liam H. Plemmons. The com
mittee submitted its report
in February of 1955, and it
took many months after
that for the young trees to
be purchased.
The plans called for trees
to be placed at numerous lo
cations scattered throughout
the community.
Lucile KUiott to
Leave for England
Miss Lucile Elliott and Miss
Lucy Evans will leave Monday
j for.,a.few days in New York prior
ito Miss Eliott's sailing for Eu
rope aboard the Italia on April
20.
In London Miss Elliott, who
recently retired from her pof'
is bbrarigp of
School of Law, will spend six
weeks looking up books to be
bought for the University. She
has made a bibliography of legal
research material suitable for
all social science divisions of the
University and will ferret out
London hook shops where such
material may be obtained at the
most reasonable prices. In the
course of this work she will in
terview librarians and visit sec
ond-hand book stores. A $3,000
sum donated by Friends of the
University Library and Univer
sity alumni will be used for the
purchase of the books.
While in London Miss Elliott
'will reside at the Penn Club,
| which is near the British Museum
[and is operated by the Society
lof Friends (Quakers). After her
'six weeks there she and her
[sister, Mrs. Herbert von Beck
jerath, will travel in European
countries and will then go to
Mrs. von Beckerath’s home in
Bad-Godesberg, Germany, where
Miss Elliott plans to spend three
years.
Benefit Performance
Erroll Garner and his trio will
appear for the benefit of the
Chapel Hill Recreation Center
at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19,
in Memorial Hail under the ’spon
sorship of the University’s Pan
hellenic Council and Inter-Frat
ernity Council. Tickets, at $1
each, are on sale at the YMCA,
the Town and Campus Store,
Kemp’s Record Shop, the Caro
lina Sport Shop, and the Recrea
tion Center.
Church Supper Tomorrow
A benefit supper will be held
from 6:30 to 7:30 tomorrow
(Saturday) evening at the Carr
boro Methodist Church. The pro
ceeds will go into the church’s
building fund.
To Observe Youth Week
The Carrboro Baptist Church
will observe Youth Week Sun
day at the 11 a.m. worship ser
vice. Lloyd Pendergraft will
preach. The young people will
teach the Sunday School classes.
Chapel Mill note 4
Intent lady customer exam
ining the jeweled t wastebaskets
on display at Huggins Hard
ware.
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The reversed placement of
the national and state flags
outside the proscenium in Me
morial Hall.
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Old Dally Tar Heels scat
tered untidily on the ground
around the delivery box at
Greenwood Road.