TUESDAY
ISSUE
Next Lnae Friday
Vol. 34, No. 34
Student Group
Says Restrict
Auto Owners
The University’s 50-mem
ber Student Legislature has
unanimously approved a rec
ommendation that owner
ship of automobiles by cer
tain groups of students be
prohibited. It was under
stood that the recommenda
tion was endorsed by Dean
of Student Affairs Fred
Weaver and sent through
the office of the Chancellor
of the University to be de
livered to the Board of Trus
tees.
The Visiting Committee
of the Trustees will discuss
the report on May 16 and
the full board will receive it
on May 28.
The student report, drawn
by a Traffic Advisory Com
mission appointed by newly
elected student president
Bob Young, made the fol
lowing recommendations:
1. Freshmen entering the
University in the fall of
1956 and thereafter be re
stricted from keeping auto
mobiles in Chapel Hill dur
ing their freshman year.
2. Beginning in the fall of
1957, sophomores w ho do not
wiaintain a “C” average dur
ing their freshman year be
restricted from keeping cars
in Chapel Hill.
3. Violators of traffic reg
ulations, be tried by a Uni
versity traffic court, with
fines going to the student
government treasury.
4. All student car-owners
be required to pay a regis
tration fee of $2.50 per year,
the receipts to be used for
enforcement of regulations
and construction of parking
facilities.
The Commission added
that it felt its recommenda
tions were only a partial so
lution to the problem.
‘Chile Hot* Playing
At Memorial Hall
“Chile Hot,” an original musi
cal comedy presented by the Uni-!
vtrsity’s Sound and Fury drama
organization, opened at 8 1
o’clock last night in Memorial j
Hall and will continue tonight
(Tuesday) and tomorrow night
at the same time.
The musical has a South Amer
ican theme, and is entirely stu
dent-written, including the mus
ic and lyrics. Jack Spooner, a
senior studying television, wrote
the script, and Miss Jane Ed
wards, an English major, is the
director. Both appear in the show.
Attend Convention
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Notting
ham attended the convention of
Quality Motor Court Operators;
at Charlotte during the weekend.
Mr. Nottingham operates the
University Motor Court here.
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The Chancellor
By I .ouis ’Graves
I am setting down a few
facts about University
Chancellor Robert Burton
House to go along with the
portrait by the Weekly’s
staff artist, William G. Man
gum.
When I start to write any
thing about a person as Avell
known in the community as
Mr. House I say to myself:
“What is there new I can
tell about him? Everybody
already knows it all.” But
after a moment’* thought I
realize this is wrong. Chapel
Hill's population is constant
ly changing and growing,
and a great many men and
women who have come here
in recent years may know
little or nothing about a man
whose career is familiar to
others among us. Not only
that, but children’s growing
up has added a big element
to the population that is ma
ture enough to have become
'acquainted with, and to take
an interest in, the record of
a fellow citizen.
Naming figures is of
course nothing but a guess,
but I wouldn’t be surprised
if there are today five or
six thousand people in
Chapel Hill who have come
here or grown up here since
there has appeared in print
more than maybe a mere
incidental mention of the de
lightful book, “Miss Sue and
the Sheriff,” that Mr. House
wrote about his father and
mother.
Whoever is moved by this
mention of mine to get the
The Chapel Hill Weekly
5 Cents a Copy
book and read it will, I am
sure, call down a blessing on
my head.
Something else that a
great many people don’t
know about Mr. House is
what happened to hipi in the
First World War. He had
been graduated from the
University here and had
gone to Harvard for ad
vanced studies. Because he
was in Massachusetts when
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First Deadline for
Mother’* Contest
Today (Tuesday) is the last
day mothers may be entered as
contestants in the first of two
drawings for “Outstanding Moth
ers of 1956” in Chapel Hill and
Carrboro.
Children and adults may regis
ter the names of mothers with
any merchant in both communi
ties and at as many stores as
they desire. Tonight all the
names will be collected, and from
them three names will be drawn.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) the
registration starts all over for
the second drawing to be held
on May 9. Again the names may
be entered at as many places
as desired.
On May 10 the names of the
six selected mothers will be plac
ed in a hat and the final draw
ing for the coveted honors held.
Gift certificates ranging from
SOO down to $lO, engraved gold
pins, and corsages will be award
ed the finalists. The six selected
mothers will attend the May 10
drawing, to be held in the office
of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Merchants Association. The trade
promotion committee of the as
sociation is sponsoring this con
test in conjunction with Mother’s
Day, May 13.
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At Gravely Sanatorium: Less of That Unjelled Atmosphere
By J. A. C. Dunn
Gravely Sanatorium is a busy
place. The corridors are long
and spotlessly clean, the rooms
are tidy and comfortable and
spotlessly clean, the offices are
brisk and shining. People are
moving around all the time, up
and down the corridors, in and
out of the rooms, from Door to
Door. There is less of that un
jelled atmosphere peculiar to hos
pitals; Gravely is not as tense
as an emergency room, or as un
settled as a regular hospital
ward. A visitor does not feel,
in Gravely, as if every face he
saw were wondering “how soon
I will I be out?” Most Gravely
patients know they are in for
a fairly prolonged stay, and re
act accordingly.
A chat with Miss Helen Hyde,
I the Director of Special Services
in the Sanatorium, uncovered
some interesting facts about life
in a Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
| Miss Hyde has a sensitive thumb
: on all the activities inside Grave
ly—she supervises the patients’
diversion, vocation, rehabilitation,
and apiritual guidance. Ist short,
she makes Gravely patients hap-
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1956
Chapel Mill ChaU
L.G.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Prichard Eaton, who spent
the winter here, set out in
their car last Friday for
their home in the Berkshire
mountains of western Mass
achusetts. I have this bul
letin from Mr. Eaton, writ
ten on a postcard that bears
a picture of beautiful Guil
der Pond on the Mount Ev
erett Reservation near the
town of Mount Washington:
“Fair all the way north
and got home at 3:30 Sun
day. This morning (Mon
day the 23rd) woke to see
3 inches of new snow on the
ground. Elise was distinctly
annoyed. So were the poor
birds.”
That reminds me of what
I have heard of Miss Esther
Conant’s trip to Boston. The
day for which she scheduled
it, Wednesday, April 11,
sounds like spring but was
about as nasty a day as we
had all winter —a cold rain
falling and a sharp wind
blowing. This bitter weather
was one more reason for the
many friends she had made
here to hope, you might say
even pray, for her to post
pone her departure.
If she had been going by
train or automobile she
might have done so, hut she
had bought a seat on a plane
for Boston, and a seat on a
plane is something not light
ly to he wasted. If you’re a
measurably confident air
traveler you’ll take the air
port people’s word for
whether or not the flying
will he safe. The Eastern's
agent at the Raleigh-Dur
ham airport said that all
weather reports indicated
safety, so flight No. 76 to
Boston would go ahead as
usual.
The Eatons took Miss
Conant over to the airport
and she hoarded the plane
in a slanting, biting rain and
a wicked wind. Her first let
ter to a friend here brought
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At Plemmona Inauguration
In last Friday’s paper two men
were omitted from the list of
Chapel Hillians who were official
representatives of colleges and
universities at the inauguration
of William 11. Plemmons as presi
dent of Appalachian College.
They were William H. Peacock,
who represented Maryville Col
lege, and William E. Rosensten
gel, who represented Northeast
Missouri State Teachers College.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith were
omitted from the list of Chapef
Hillians the Weekly’s reporter
saw at the inauguration.
Enters Duke Hospital
Carlton Byrd, manager of Belk-
Leggett-Horton, Inc., in Chapel
Hill, entered Duke Hospital in
Durham last (Monday) night for
minor surgery.
Miss Hyde, as bad form to call 1
> tuberculosis “TB” as it is to call i
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. til thorough medical workups
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New Officers Elected By Hospital Auxiliary
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New officers and chairmen of the North Carolina Memorial Hospital Auxiliary smile hap
pily as they face the year to come, having just been able to donate $5,000 to the Hospital for
air-conditioning rooms and wards for critically ill patients. As they stand, left to right, they
are: Mrs. Ethel G. Fore, chairman of volunteers for the admitting office; Mrs. Gordon Black
, well, member-at-large on the executive board; Mrs Clarence Heer, recording secretary- Mrs
Ernest Wood, first vice-president; Mrs. W. W. Pierson Jr., president; Mrs. Frederic E. Nimmcke’
co-chairman of the hospital shop; Mrs. Raymond Kaighn, chairman of volunteer services• Mrs’
W. Reece Berryhill, social chairman; Mrs. William Stewart, publicity chairman; and Mrs. David
Davis, chairman of public relations. Mrs. William C. Friday, second vice-president was absent
at the time the picture was made. (UNC Photo by J. B. Clay.)
‘A Midsummer Night's Dream ’ Opens for
3-Day Run in Forest Theatre Friday
The Carolina Play-makers’ an
nual outdoor spring production,
“A Midsummer-Night’s Dream,"
to l>e given this coming Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday, will mark
the third time that this Shakes
pearean comedy has been pre
sented by the UNC drama group.
All three performances will be
given at 8:30 p. m. in the Forest
Theatre.
James M. Riley of the Play
makers’ staff is directing the
new production of Shakespeare’s
story of morals and fairies in
volved in love complications.
Heading the large cast are Mrs.
Jane Albans, Chapel Hill, who
played the lead in “Ondine” last
fall, as Titania; Dick Newdiek,
Augusta, Me., as Puck; and Rus
sell Link, Jamaica, N. Y., Oberon.
The cast includes Jim Potter,
Goldsboro, us Theseus; Mrs. Mary
Smith, Chapel Hill, as Hippolyta;
James Sechrest, Thomasviile, as
Lysander; Gloria Di Costanza,
Chapel Hill, as Hermia; A1 Gor-
Twelve Beauties Compete Thursday for
‘Miss Chapel HilT Title and Honors
“Miss Chapel Hill,” who will
represent the community in the
annual state-wide Juycee-spon
sored “Miss North Carolina” con
test this year, will be chosen
at Chapel Hill High School Au
ditorium Thursday night, begin
ning at 7 o’clock.
Twelve Chapel Hill and Uni
versity beauties will compete for
the honor. They and their talents
are: Misses Carol Mason, Chapel
Hill, reading; Evelyn Ann Mat
thews, Chapel Hill, painting;
Joan Norwood, Chapel Hill, read
ing; Jo Anne Knott, Oxford,
piano; Joan Willsey, Norfolk,
dancing; Libby McDowell, Wake
Forest vocalist; Shirley Carpen
ter, Oakboro, piano; Mary Bat-
have been completed. A thorough
medical workup involves exami
nation and observation culminat
ing in a definite medical diag
nosis. Simulutaneously, the pa
tient is orientated into hospital
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don, Greensboro, as Demetrius;
Louise Fletcher, Birmingham,
Ala., as Helena; Carla Williams
and Jim Poteat, both of Char
lotte, as Philostrate'and Egeus;
Walter Smith and Kai Jurgen
sen, both of Chapel Hill and
members of the UNC faculty, as
Bottom and Quince; Paul Mc-
Cauley, Fayetteville, as Snug;
John Sneden, Tenafly, N. J., as
Flute; Ted Parker, Clinton, as
Snout; and John Whitty, New
Bern, as Starveling.
The fairy attendants to Queen
Titania are two mother and
daughter pairs, Mrs. Lanita
Stuart and Megan Stuart, Ral
eigh, and Mrs.: Barbara Bounds
and Bobbie Bounds, of Chapel
Hill; Dee Casey, of Chapel Hill;
Nancetta Hudson, of Goldsboro;
Mrs. Anne Smith, Mrs. Hope
Heifers, and Gretchen Fink, all
of Chapel Hill.
Ladies, lords and attendants
iii the court are Marilyn Walker,
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ten, Mt. Gilead, vocalist; Dickie
Pickerell, Whiteville, musician
and vocalist; Doris Adkins, Rich
mond, dancing; Sylvia Sue Yel
ton, Bakersville, writing; and
Elinor Cowing, Chapel Hill, cead
i*ig. g
The judges will be Red Gur
ganus of Williamston, state
president of the Jaycees; Bucky
Snyder, High Point, past Jay
cee state president; and Charles
Cooper, prise winning' photo
grapher of the Durham Herald.
The day’s events for the con
testants will begin at 3 p.m.
Thursday when they will parade
through Chapel Hill. At 5 p.m.
they will sit down with the
judges at dinner at the Ranch
House, where they will be judged
on poise, etiquette, and person
ality.
At the High School auditorium,
they will make three appearances
—in bathing suit, evening gown,
and talent offering. Five final
ists will he selected from the
12 and will be asked pertinent
questions on world affairs and
and ambitions and their answers
will determine “Miss Chapel
Hill” and runner-up.
“Miss Chapel Hill” will re
ceive a S2OO scholarship to any
school of her choice, and a gown
and bathing suit of her selection
which she will wear in the state
wide contest at Morehead City
July 26-28. The state winner will
compete in the “Miss America”
contest at Atlantic City later in
the summer.
For their appearances at the
High School Auditorium, Pokey
Alexander will be master of cere
monies. Tickets for the event
will be sl. Monk Jennings is
chairman of the contest this
year.
Chapel Millnotei
Taylor Green dreaming there
was a new baby at his house;
last one of his five children
was born 27 years ago.
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Mas ia bedroom slippers, pa
jamas, and blue lounging robe
standing in side door of Pres
byterian Church at 11:30 Sun-
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Phone Call Brings
Antarctic Message
Mrs. Isaac M. Taylor heard the
voice of a stranger when she
got out of bed to answer the
telephone at 4:30 a m. one day
last week. The caller said he
was Stanley Johnson of Greens
btoro, that he was a “ham” (ama
teur radio operator), that right
then he was in communication
with Mrs. Taylor’s husband on
the Antarctic continent, and
would she like to send him a
message. Mrs. Taylor gave Mr.
Johnson a message for her hus
band, and Mr. Johnson repeated
to her on the phone some of
the things Dr. Taylor was tell
ing him over the wireleje ft«|
Antarctica. One of them was
that the wind was blowing at
75 miles an hour and that this
was quite usual there.
Dr. Taylor is at the McMurdo
Bay base of the Byrd expedition.
Winter is beginning there now,
and the expedition will be physi
cally isolated from the rest of
the world till November, when
planes will arrive bringing mail
and supplies from the United
States. At that time, also, Dr.
Taylor and other members of
the group will move from Mc-
Murdo Bay across much of the
continent to a region near the
South Pole.
Through the medium of Mr.
Johnson, Dr. Taylor told his
wife that everybody at McMurdo
Bay were well and safe. Mrs.
Taylor, who lives to the south
of town near the Route 15 By
pass, told a friend yesterday
that considering the way peo
ple drive on the Bypass she
wouldn’t be surprised if her hus
band were safer in Antarctica
than he would be driving from
home to work here in Chapel Hill.
Program Announced for the 1956-57
Concert Series; Tickets Now on Sale
The 1966-57 program of the
Chapel Hill Concert Series was
announced yesterday conincident
with the opening of season ticket
sales.
Beginning October 10, the Con
cert Series will feature Eileen
Farrell, soprano, to be followed
by the Chicago Opera Ballet on
January 22, the Obernkirchen
Children’s Choir on February 21,
and Witold Malcuzynaki, pianist,
on March 28.
Ail the programs will be given
in Memorial Hall.
Mra. A. 8. Winsor, chairman
of the membership committee,
said that it “is definitely ad
vantageous to purchase season
tickets. This method assures one
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Next Issue Friday
Society Offers
$5,000 Gift to
Air Condition
Rooms of Sick
Five thousand dollars is
being donated by the N. C
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
to air-condition rooms and
wards for critically ill pa
tients, according to an an
nouncement made last week
by Miss Elizabeth Branson,
co-chairman with Mrs. Fred
eric E. Nimmcke of the Aux
iliary’s Hospitality Shop.
The money has been made
available from profits made
by the Shop, where maga
zines, candies, cigarettes,
gifts, and other sundries are
sold for patients and their
families.
The shop is staffed chief
ly by faculty wives and the
increasing number of older
people who have retired to
live in Chapel Hill from its
membership of almost two
hundred women. Net worth
of the shop was listed as
►58,680.09.
It is anticipated that in
stallation of the air-condi
tioning will begin soon, at
the discretion of the Hos
pital authorities.
In the absence of the re
tiring president, Mrs. Flet
cher Green, on account of
illness, Mrs. Russell Grum
man, constitution and by
laws chairman, presided.
New officers elected were:
Mrs. W. W. Pierson Jr., pres
ident; Mrs. Ernest Wood,
Ist vice-president; Mrs. Wil
liam C. Friday, 2nd vice
president ; Mrs. Clarence
Heer, recording secretary;
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responding secretary; Mrs.
E. McG. Hedgpeth, treas
urer; and Mrs. Gordon
Blackwell, member-at-large.
Committee chairmen were
promptly appointed, as fol
lows: Mrs. Raymond Kaighn,
volunteer services; Mrs. Wil
liam Stewart, publicity; Mrs.
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Fellowships Given
UNC Faculty Men
Bee Story on Page 6
The Southern Fellowship Fund,
Inc., of Chapel Hill yesterday an
nounced awards to young faculty
members of the University to
engage in advanced study and
research.
They are: Hal H. Ballew,
Shasta M. Bryant, John M. De-
Grove, Morton Y. Jacobs, John
F. Mahoney, Lawrence F. Mans
field, Henry C. Randall, Dana
P. Ripley, Diffee W. Standard,
Edward D. Terry, and Carl C.
Moses.
of a fine seat for all four at
tractions and offers an oppor
tunity for substantial financial
savings.”
Reserved memberships for the
entire series are $7.50 and un
reserved memberships are $6.50.
“Season tickets should be ord
ered immediately,” Mrs. Winsor
said. “Check or money order
should accompany all mail orders,
which should be addressed to
Chapel Hill Concert Series, Box
80, Graham Memorial, Chapel
Hill.
“The program we are offering
for the third season of the Con
cert Series is one of the best
diversified talent available,” Mrs.
Winsor added.