TUESDAY
ISSUE
Next Issue Friday
Vol. 34, No. 32
Workers Are
Given Awards
By Foundation
Four members of the
Orange County chapter of
the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis have
been presented Awards for
Outstanding Service for
more than 15 years work
each in the fight against the
disease. They are E. C.
Smith, Dr. William P. Rich
ardson, Dr. James B. Bul
litt and Dr. 0. David Gar
vin. All are from Chapel
Hill.
Miss Elizabeth Branson
and Mrs. George Shepard
were honored for more than
a decade of work each in
the chapter. Presented
awards for five years’ par
ticipation were Mrs. Russell
M. Grumman of Chapel Hill
and Mrs. Lucius Brown of
Hillsboro.
The award-winners re
ceived an attractive Certifi
cate of Recognition signed
by Basil O’Connor, volun- 1
teer president of the Foun
dation, and a service pin em
blazoned with the numeral
representing the appropriate
years of service. The awards
were presented by W. R.
state Foundation
representative, at the annual
meeting of the chapter Sun
day afternoon.
At the meeting, Crowell
Little was elected chairman
to succeed Carlyle Shepard.
Lucius Brown u’as elected
vice-chairman, and Mrs. Wil
ljam Aycock and Douglas
.Fambrough were re-elected
as secretary and treasurer,
respectively.
E. C. Smith, March of
Dimes drive chairman, re
ported that tho $10,063 qu»»-
ta was exceeded by S2OO.
Mr. Fambrough reported
that the present bank bal
ance was $5,677, that $3,576
was spent on county patients
who contracted polio during
1955 and that $7,659 was
spent on patients who had
disease prior to 1955.
™ Other reports were made
by Mrs. John Parker, wo
men’s actvities; Roland Gi
duz, public relations; and
Dr.-Garvin, medical advisory
committee.
Jeremy North Will
Speak at Bookshop
Jeremy North, bookman and
editor from Durham, will speak
at a Pull’s Head Bookshop tea
tomorrow (Wednesday) in the
assembly room of the University
Library, on "The Antiquarian
Bookseller Down the Ages.”
Andrew Horn, UNC Librarian,
will introduce North, who will
speak at 3:45 p.m. A native of
England, North came to North
Carolina last year from Rhode
Island, where he had been living
for eight years.
As a young man North travel
ed extensively, studying at Wit
tenberg College in Ohio and at
Oslo University, Norway. Dur
ing the ’3o’s he was editor for
the Country Life publishing firm.
After World War II service he
came to America.
American Home Department
The Community Club’s Ameri
can Home Department will meet
at 3 p. m. Thursday, April 26,
with Mrs. William Neal at 406
Ransom Street. The speaker will
be Mrs. J. R. Buchanan, chair
man of the American Home De
partment of the North Carolina
Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Grading Begun
Bulldozers went to work yes
terday to reduce the ground
level of the Chapel Hill Pek
ing Association’s lot on the
corner of North Columbia and
■ Bast Rosemary Streets. When
the grading is completed, the
lot will be paved and opened
for commercial public parking.
Work la scheduled for the
■our future oa construction of
a retaining wall for the as
sociation's property purchased
from the American Legion on
Rosemary Street. That lot will
bo available for commercial
perking on o monthly sad
weekly rental keels.
A Little Talk... A Little Singing
Carolina Inn Is the Scene of Gathering
Os Descendants of William Horn Battle
If you are well along toward old age—say, as far along as
sixty—you have no doubt said as 1 have, and we have both
no doubt heard other aging persons say: “It looks as if you
never see your friends any more except when you go to a
funeral.”
You go to the church and the cemetery, and during the rites
and as you go back home you reflect upon how deeply you had
become absorbed in the daily round of your life, and how
you had let time pass, until it mounted up to a large part of a
lifetime, maybe twenty, thirty, forty years, with your hardly
ever seeing, and hardly ever even exchanging a letter with or
telephoning to, this mar. or woman whom you used to know well.
But it is likely that your reflection and self-reproach lead
to little or no change in your conduct. The daily round has got its
grip tight on you and before long you will be going to another
funeral and saying the same to yourself all over again.
My old friend and University classmate of 1902, Ivey F.
Lewis, now living in Charlottesville as a retired University of
Virginia professor of biology, is one man whose thoughts on this
subject led him to do something about it. He decided he would '
have, not as an incident to obsequies but just for the purpose of !
everybody’s having a merry time, an assembly of relatives, and !
husbands and wives and sons and daughter of relatives, and a
few close friends with no ties by blood or marriage. So, at mid
day dinner in the Pine Room of the Carolina Inn this last Sun
day there came together a company of some of the deseendants
of William Horn Battle.
(W'lliam Horn Battle was the founder of the' University |
Law School. He taught law here from 1845 to 1868 and from j
1876 till his death in 1879. He was the father of Kemp Plummer j
Battle, President of the University from 1876 to 1891, professor of
history from 1891 to 1907, and emeritus professor from 1907 till j
his death in 1919. Residents of Chapel Hill who are descended
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Oahview Garden Club’s Flower Show
Scheduled for Thursday of This Week
The Oakview Garden Club's
third annual spring flower show,
entitled "A Lifetime of Flowers*
will be held from 4 p: m. to 9
p. m. Thursday, April 26, at the
Church of the Holy Family. En
tries will be accepted only from
11 a. m. to 1:15 p. m. Thursday.
Judging will begin at 2 p. m.,
and all entries must be removed
between 9 p. m. and 10 p. m.
Persons not members of the
club are invited to enter exhibits
in two classes: (1) Horticulture
specimen or collection and (2)
Unrestricted arrangement class.
Coots in t-Vj M,i,' be provided for
the horticulture specimen or col
lection class.
Cubs Win 2 Games,
Play Durham Next
The Carrboro Cubs semi-pro
baseball team, two fresh wins'
under its belt, travels to Durham
tomorrow (Wednesday) to meet
the Durham Bees. If the Cubs
win this one, they will post a
record of four straight wins. The
Bees are now enoying a six-game
winning streak.
On Thursday night, the Cubs
defeated Swepsonville there, 12-
6. Lloyd McKnight was the win-'
ning pitcher. The game was tied
up in the bottom of the third
inning and remained that way
until Carrboro broke things wide
open with six runs in the top
of the sixth.
On Saturday afternoon, the
Cubs captured an 11-4 victory
over Hillsboro. Tom Maultsby
was on the mound all the way
for the winners. Frank Scott,
Fenno McOinty and Maultsby
paced the hitters with two each,
and McGinty registered the first
homerun of the season for the
team.
Pre-School Registration
Pre-school registration will be
held today (Tuesday) at the
Glen wood, Chapel Hill Elemen
tary, and Northside schools.
It will he from 9 a. m. to noon
at Chapel Hill and Glen wood
and from 7:46 a. m. to II a. m.
at Northside. AH unregistered
children who will be six years old
by October 15 this year and who
plan to enter school in the fall
must register today. They must
be accompanied by one parent.
Birth certificates of the children
must be produced.
Attend AAUW State Meeting
Mrs. Earl Wynn, Mrs. T. M.
Andrews, Miss Ruth RoettingerJ
and Mrs. Thomas Winborne were
in Raleigh last Saturday to rep
regen* the Chapel Hill branch of
the >,merican Association of Uni
versity Women. Mrs. Guy John
son is vice-president of the state
division; Mra. Paul Guthrie is
the new state chairman of the
education committee, and Mrs.
Marjorie Applewhite is the re
tiring chairman of the atate leg
islative committee.
Army Sergeant Graduates
Army Sergeant First Class
Benjamin F. Miller, 28, recently
was graduated from the 82nd
Airborne Division’s Jumpmaster
School at Fort Bragg. Mr. Millar
is the son of William D. Millar,
Rests 8, Chapel Hill.
The Chapel Hill Weekly
6 Cents a Copy
liy Louis Graves
The standard system of judg-
Jing will be used: A blue ribbon
’ for first place, a red for second,
► a yellow for third, and one or
■ more whites for honorable men
. tion.
i For further information about
. the show call Mrs. Hilda Mos
, fitt at 8-1391.
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Celebrated Botanist Here
; Kdgar T. Wherry, celebrated
i botanist from the University of
s 1 Pennsylvania and president of
:the Southern Appalachian Botam
. cal Club, was the guest of Mr.
I and Mrs. H. R. Totten Friday
■ night and spent most of the
day Saturday studying the plants
in the University herbarium. He
came to North Carolina to attend
the meeting of the club at Duke
; University in conjunction with
meetings of other botanical so
'|Cieties and the Association of
1 Southern Biologists.
Latin American Students to Be Guests
At April Meeting of Legion Auxiliary
The April meeting of the.
Chapel Hill American Legion!
Auxiliary will be held at 8 p. m.l
tomorrow (Wednesday) at the
home of Mrs. W. G. Fields at 138 j
Pittsboro Road (near Eben Mer-|
ritt’s service station). The nomi
nating committee will present its
slate of officers for the coming
I year.
Freedom Talks to
Be Held Thursday
John M. DeGrove of the UNC ,
Political Science Department will
lead the Freedom Agenda discus-!
sion on individual liberty and
national security at the Episco
pal parish house Thursday night
at 8 o’clock.
“The Federal Constitution and'-
the States" is the discussion
topic. 1
i
The Freedom Agenda discus- ]
sions have been arranged by the
Freedom Agenda Project, which (
is sponsored by 12 Chapel Hill
and University civic, religious ,
and social organizations. |
Attend Music Club Luncheon
Representatives of the Chapel
Hill Music Club who attended
the district luncheon last Thurs-|
day in Raleigh at the Sir Walter
Hotel during the 40th convention
of the North Carolina Federation
of Music Clubs were Mrs. Arthur
Winsor, Mrs. Kemp Cate, MrsJ
W. A. Bollard Jr., and Mrs. Viola
Barrett. In the absence of the
president, Mrs. Louise Barrett,
Mrs. Winsor read the report of
the newly organized Chapel Hill
club.
Date of Schools’ Opening
The Chapel Hill public schools
will open for the next academic
year on Wednesday, September
5, it is announced by Superin
tendent C. W. Davis. Many par
ents, Mr. Davis said yesterday,
have been calling to find out
the opening date so they can
plan summer sojourns and vaca
tions that will permit them to
get their children back to school
an time.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 24. 1956
Plans Completed
For Country Club
Plans were completed over
the weekend for letting the
contracts to build an addi
tion to the present Chapel
Hill Country Club and also
rebuild the present nine
hole golf course. Both are
expected to be ready for use
by early fall.
According to Charles
Shaffer, president of the
club, the total expansion pro
gram will cost approximate
ly SIOO,OOO. About half of
the needed funds will be bor
rowed, and the balance of
the money will be raised
through the sale of bonds to
present and future members.
To date over $15,000;
worth of bonds have been
; sold. On Saturday, George
| Watts Hill of Durham agreed
to personally underwrite the
project for $35,000. “It is
through the generous aid of
| Mr. Hill that we are able to
'commence the project earl
jier than anticipated,” Mr.
i Shaffer stated. “We appreci
ate his interest.”
S Mr. Shaffer also stressed
that both old and new mem
bers will be urged to pur
chase bonds that will be re
tired within 10 years and
bear interest at the rate of
four per cent. He also men
tioned that anyone interest
ed in Chapel Hill and the
country club would be allow
ed to purchase bonds wheth
er they are now members or
would oe members in the
future.
The present membership
of the club is 161. The ex
pansion program will make
it possible to take in around
140 social members and 150
golf members. Social and
golf memberships will be
separate.
Finley and Loving of
Charlottesville, Va., recently
redesigned the golf course.
The construction will be un
der the direction of George
Cobb, well known golf ar
chitect, who now makes his
home in Chapel Hill.
I Mrs. Jean Keller, child welfare
I chairman, will describe plans for
! the unit’s 1955-56 child welfare!
project. The Auxiliary’s Child!
I Welfare Month is April, a time;
j when special attention is given'
to the needs of children.
Mrs. Fannye ilinshaw, chair
man of the unit’s Pan American!
committee, will introduce guests!
from Latin American countries!
who are here attending the Uni
versity, and a short paper on
Haiti will be read. In announcing
this phase of the meeting, Mrs.
John C. Heitman, president of
the Auxiliary, said:
‘‘Pan American study was
i adopted as a national activity of
the American legion Auxiliary
,in 1940, with the idea of en
couraging our members to know
about our neighbors to the south.
Each year in April we study a
different country among those in
Central and South America and
the West Indies. This year it is
Haiti. No country has a more
colorful or interesting history.
Its people are friendly and its
way of life is a mixture of the
primitive and the sophisticated."
Getting Ready for Oakview Garden Club’s Spring Flower Show
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Two members of the Oekvtew Garden Chib, Mrs. Dick Young (left) and Mrs. Charlie Stan
cell, are shown patting the finishing touches on one of the flower display niches the dub mem
bers have been making for the organisation’s annas! spring flower show, to bo hold from
1 4 p.m. to • pjn. Thursday, April M, at the Church of the Holy Family. The public is invited
to the show, which will have three divisions and a latest MO daman.
Chapel Ml ChaU I
J. J. !
When I was at the Grail
banquet Thursday evening
at the Carolina Inn I was
reminded of a narrow escape
I had when being initiated
into the order one night
about 25 years ago on a
University athletic field.
We neophytes were taken
to the center of the field,!
blindfolded, faced in differ
ent directions, and com
manded to run at top speed.
As we ran, a Grail member
ran behind each one of us
administering whacks with
a paddle. After we had run
what seemed a long way a
Imember left standing in the
middle of the field shouted
the command to halt.
Our blindfolds were then
removed. The night was a
dark one, but not too dark
for me to see a football goal
'post a yard or two in front
'of me. It gave me a turn. If
I the man in the middle of the
field had shouted a second
later than he did, 1 would
have smashed into the goal
post. With that paddle wield
er behind me I was travel
ing at my best speed. It
would have been quite a col
lision.
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A University student from
Ahoskie says nobody knows
how his town got it.wname
or what it means or where
it came from. Some people
claim it is an Indian word
meaning “old dead horse ly
ing on a hot dry plain.”
Anybody wondering about
it may as well also wonder
why Kinston isn’t Kingston,
there being many Kingstons
in the U. S. but only one
Kinston. But that won’t pu*-
zfe people who go by the
World Almanac, which does
not recognize the existence
of a Kinston, not even in
Lenoir County. The 1956
edition of the World Alma
nac and Book of Facts, as
did previous editions, gives
the name of the North Caro
lina town as Kingston.
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When Mayor V’oit Gilmore
of Southern Pines was here
i last week I asked him the
result of the dispute between
his town’s women and its
| new Colonial Store,
i “Right now the women
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Chris Gillin Winner
Os Athletic Honor
Chris Gillin, son of U. N. C.
anthropology professor John Cil
lin and Helen Gillin, is the new
physical fitness champion of the
Hill School, Rittstown, Pa.
"Amassing a total of 698 points,”
says the school paper, “Chris
tian Gillin bettered the 629-point
record that George Hell set last
year. His point total sets a new
record in the history of the
school’s competition in all-around
physical fitness.”
Chris, who is in his last year
at the Hill school, also won his
letter last fall as a member of
the varsity soccer team and this
spring is a member of the track
team, representing the school in
the pole vault and the two-mile
events.
Changes Planned in the Division of
Health Affairs; Memorial Hospital
Will Be Placed Under Med School
Change in the organizational structure of the Division of Health Affairs at the
University was announced yesterday by Chancellor Robert B. House, with approval
of Acting President William Friday and the unanimous approval of the health affairs
committee of the Board of Trustees. Chairman of the committee is Victor S. Bryant of
Durham.
Memorial Hospital be placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the
Cancer Drive’s Big Push to Be Thursday
A house-to-house canvass of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for
the benefit of the Orange County Unit of the American Cancer
Society will be conducted by the Jayeees Thursday night.
Campaign Chairman Monk Jennings hopes the response^,will
ba generous in order that the $7,000 campaign quota can be met.
The Jayeees are assuming responsibility for the campaign in
the two communities, and Donald M. Stanford has set up the !
rural soliciting organization.
School and Legion Auxiliary Officials
Will Name Delegates to Girls State
The following members of the :
Girls State committee of the i
Chapel Hill American Legion I
Auxiliary will hold a meeting i
with Principal Wesley Noble of ;
the High School and his commit- '
tee to select two girls to repre
sent Chapel Hill at the 17th an- I
nual Tar Heel Girls State to be i
i held June 17 to 22 at the Wo-.<
man’s College in Greensbpro un-|
der the sponsorship of the North .
Carolina department of the Aux
iliary: Mrs. Nancy Humphreys
and Mrs. Franklin Delano Hor- (
ner, co-chairmen, and Miss Betty
Marks. Others present to help
make the ’selections will be Mrs.
John C. Heitman, president of
•he Auxiliary, and Mrs. Henry
A. W’hitfield, chairman of its
Americanism committee.
The two girls will be choseni
A Nice Letter From Ann Arbor, Michigan
Copies of the 56-page special,
edition issued last fall by the |
Weekly were recently mailed out!
to the parents of all members of
the University’s freshman class.
Among the letters of apprecia-j
tion from parents of freshmen
was the following frpm Welden
P. Hare of Ann Arbor, Michigun:|
“I wish to thank you for the ,
special edition of the'Chapel Hill
Weekly which I received a few
days ago.
“Mrs. Hare and I were in
Chapel Hill last fall to visit our
son who is a freshman on the
campus and we were favorably
impressed with both your town
and the University. We of course,
had a double pleasure in looking'
over your special edition, for
could refresh our memories of a
pleasant visit.
“Our town, the seat of the
University of Michigan, is simi- ,
lar in many respects to your
town, although it is larger and
somewhat industrialized. I am
really happy to say that our
son thinks U. N. C. and Chapel
Hill are ‘the greatest’ even
Anne Rogers to Speak
Miss Anne Rogers, formerly
of Chapel Hill and now a mem
ber of the English faculty at
Salem College, will be the guest i
speaker at the April meeting of j 1
I the Davie Poplar Chapter of theji
I). A. R. at 3:30 tomorrow (Wed- <
nesday) afternoon at the home
of Mrs. R. J. M. Hobbs at 250
iGlandon Drive. Her topic will i
be “Old Salem —Yesterday and ,
Today."
Carrboro P.T.A. to Meet
The Carrboro Parent-Teacher
Association will meet tonight
(Tuesday) at 8 o’clock at the
school. An Art and Craft Ex- 1
hibit and Hobby Show will feature 1
the program. *
$4 a Year in County; other rates on page 2
from the High School’s junior
class. “It is recommended that
they rank in the upper third of
their class scholastically,” says i
an announcement of the meeting.
"They need not be related to
members of the Legion Auxiliary,!
but it is askd that war veterans';
daughters be given preference if
other qualifications seem equal."
The Tar Heel Girls State was
established in 1940 by the North
Carolina Department of the Aux-|
iliary as an Americansm project!
|to give North Carolina high
school girls an opportunity to
study and practice citizenship in
a democracy. Its aim is to dc- :
velop a deeper sense of respon-i
sibility as. a citizen and to give
instruction in the makeup and
| operation of the State govern
i ment.
! though he likes his home town
. too.
“So, thanks again for your
kindness in sending the special
' edition to us and please accept
jour congratulations lor having
done such a fine job in all re
-1 spects for your community.”
To Dedicate Scout
Hut Thursday Night
The 20 x 30 foot Boy Scout
Hut, built by the Carrboro Lions
Club for Scout Troop 45 at Carr
boro will be formerly opened
and dedicated Thursday night.
Built at a cost of $3,800 with
much of the materials and labor
donated by the Lions, the build
ing will first be inspected, start
ing at 7:30 p.m., and then pre
sented and dedicated at 8:15 p.m.
The ceremony will be held in the
Carrboro School Auditorium, A
square dance will follow.
Program Chairman is J. Sul-!
livan Gibson, and Ralph Howard
is troop scoutmaster. Carl El-j
lington was chairman of the 1
building committee.
Traffic Safety Movies
Jimmy Stewart is the star of
a specially prepared traffic safe
ty movie being shown this week
at the Carolina Theutre. It is
one of three short films on traf
fic safely to be shown here and
throughout the state this sum
mer. Dick Powell and Jack Webb
are in the other two. The three
films were made in Hollywood
for Governor Hodges' Traffic
Safety Council.
Douglas Dixon Here
Staff Sergeant Douglas Dixor
of the Air Force is spending a
month’s furlough with his moth
er, Mrs. Clarence Moore of Lind
say Street in Carrboro, and othei
relatives. He recently returned
from two years of duty in Japan
and will report soon for duty
as an instructor in the Air Force
ROTC unit at Penn State.
To Give Show Friday
Rehearsals are being held
nightly this week for “State
Fair,’’ which will be presented
by the Senior Class at Chapel
High School Friday night at 8
o’clock in the school auditorium.
School Board Meeting
The annual meeting of Dis
trict 7 of the N. C. District
School Boards Association will
be held at Cameron Park School
at Hillsboro next month. The date
has not been set.
Grshsms Move ia New York
Mr. and Mrs.. Frank P. Gra
ham, formerly' at the Fairfax
Hotel on Eaat Mth street, New
York, have mowed to itt Beat
57th street. Their tslepheoe num
ber ia MU 1-0711
TUESDAY
ISSUE
Next Issue Friday
'dean of the School of Medi
cine.
Other actions which do
not affect the fundamental
administrative structure of
the Health Affairs Division
include employment of a fis
cal agent to be responsible
to the business manager of
the University, and authori
zation of a code to guide the
structure, function and poli
cies of the division. The ac
tion taken is subject to ap
proval of the Board of Trus
tees.'
No changes were made in
the personnel heading the
six-fold Health Center which
includes the School of Medi
cine, School of Pharmacy,
School of Public Health,
School of Nursing, School of
Dentistry and School of
Nursing.
! The director of the hos
pital will be a department
head in the School of Medi
cine. The change is scheduled
tto become effective between
July I, 1956 and July 1,
1957.
Director of the Division
of Health Affairs is Dr.
Henry T. Clark Jr. L)r. W.
Reece Berryhill is dean of
the School of Medicine, and
1 Dr. Robert R. Cadmus is
. director of the hospital.
I Chiefs of the other schools
■ are Dr. E. A. Brecht, dean of
: the School of Pharmacy;
Dr. E. G. McGavran, dean
of the School of Public
Health; Dr. John C. Brauer,
dean of the School of Den
tistry, and Miss Elizabeth
L. Kemble, dean of the
School of Nursing.
Register Now for
Mothers’ Contest
From now until May 2nd chil
dren and adults of Chapel Hill
and Carrboro are invited to regis
ter mothers’ names with the
merchants of the community for
the Mother’s Day contest being
held by the Chapel Hitl-Carrboro
i Merchants Association.
On May 2nd all entered names
will be collected and three names
; drawn. These three mothers will
1 be honored with a corsage and a
gold medallion pin with the mo
ther’s initials on the front and
“Outstanding Mother of 1956*
on the back.
A second drawing will be held
tfn May 9th and three more
mothers will be similarly honor
ed.
On May 10th the six chosen
mothers will attend the drawing
at the Merchants Association of
fice for gift certificates. The gift
certificates will be for 60, 50,
40, 30, 20 and 10 dollars each.
Anyone with a mother is urged
to register her name with a
Chapel Hill or Carrboro mer
chant.
A second drawing will be held
tfn May 9th and three more
mothers will be similarly honor
ed.
Miss Carol Kay Honored
A miscellaneous shower was
given for Miss Carol Ray last
Thursday evening at her home
on Oak Avenue in Carrboro. Miss
Ray, who will be married May 5,
received many beautiful and use
ful gifts. The hostesses were
Mrs. Willie Neville and Mrs. Gil
bert Godfrey, who arranged the
party as a surprise to Miss Ray.
Glee Club Concert Tonight
The UNC Men’s Glee Club and
University Chorus will present
a concert in Hill Hall tonight
(Tuesday) at 8 o’clock. Joel Cart
er will conduct Admission is
free, and the public is invited.
Chapel MillnoteS
Christmas in April in Chapel
Hill as merchants are polled
on what type of Yule Decora
tions an desired for next De
cember.
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Two Negro boys riding past
the Carolina Inn on a real
tandem Mcyele loaded deem
with bait can and bimhee flak
ing priea, grinning.