FRIDAY
ISSUE
Next Issue Tuesday
Vol. 34, No. 35
Democrats of
Orange County ,
Will Organize
Democrats of Orange
County’s 16 precincts will j
meet tomorrow (Saturday), \
May 5, to organize and elect 1
delegates to the County,
Democratic Convention, I
which will be held a week ;
from tomorrow on May 12. I
County Democratic Chair- I
man Bob Forrest of Hills
boro this week issued the !
call for the precinct sessions
to be held at 2 p. m. at all
the precinct polling places,
except Hillsboro. The Hills
boro precinct meeting will
be held in the Courthouse
at the same hour.
Chairman Forrest also set
the time for the May 12
County Convention at 2 p.
m. at Hillsboro Courthouse.
Precinct meetings are held
each general election year,
according to Mr. Forrest.
All registered Democrats in
the various precincts are
eligible to attend and vote
for the committee members
and delegates to the county
convention. The county con
vention will name a chair
man and delegates to the
state convention.
l Each precinct has a five
' member executive commit
tee as well as chairman,
vice-chairman, secretary and
convention delegates.
Carolina Pharmacy
To Be Restaurant
The Carolina Pharmacy, until
recently a combination eating
place and pharmacy, is under
going change. Miss Helen I>u
guid, who was the pharmacist,
has left Chapel Hill to take
charge of the ■' v Show
m Kinston as pharmacist, and;
Mrs. Kuby Grogan remains in
charge of the Carolina Pharmacy, j
which she is busy transforming
into a restaurant only.
Mrs. Grogan plans to sell the|
drugs remaining in the pharm
acy department and enlarge the
seating capacity of the premises,
since the eating clientele is grow
ing rapidly. She also intends to
) change the name, hut is not yet;
certain what the new name will;
he. The changes should be com
pleted soon, Mrs. Grogan said.!
Miss Duguid and Mrs. Grogan j
have been partners in the husi-|
ness since they purchased it from;
Phiiiip Lloyd a year ago. Prior;
to that they operated a farm on
the Pittsboro Road. For a num-;
her of years Miss IJuguid was a
pharmacist at Eubank’s Drug
Store.
.
Visits in Carrboro
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Stokes of
Winston-Salem, visited their son
and family, the Rev. and Mrs.;
uJlenry B. Stokes, and Julia and)
Stokes at their home oni
T’oplar Street in Carrboro last
weekend.
Cltapel MlllnoteS
The Weekly’s managing edi
tor Joe Jones taking off for
a Georgia vacation in a mile
long Cadillac, his brother’s.
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The stairway leading down
to the Tempo" Room, East
Franklin Street’s latest bev
erage shop, still displays wall
paper with a kiddie motif —
a hangover from the days
when it was the Baby Shop.
Have Your Say:
Do You Like Our Christmas Candles?
Folks in the Chapel Hill-Carr
boro community always have a
lot to say about the village’s
Christmas decorations when the
familiar candles and Christmas
trees are erected in November of
each year.
This year the Chapel Hill-Carr
boro Merchants Association,
which puts up the decorations, is
inviting everyone to put in his
two cents worth of comment in
May—so there will be plenty of
time to act on worthy sugges
tions.
The association has polled its
members on the subject of street
decorations, and is now in the
process of polling men’s civic
clubs. All clubs and groups in
the community are invited to poll
Beauty Abounds in This Bream
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lit ania. played by Mrs. June Albans of Chapel Hill, is
shown above with two fairies, Mrs. Barbara Bounds and her
daughter, Bobbie Bounds, both of Chapel Hill, in a scene from
the Carolina Playmakers’ production of “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream,” which opens at the Forest Theatre here tonight (Fri
day) for a three-night run. The production will be repeated
tomorrow and Sunday nights. Curtain time is 8:30 o'clock.
Other Chapel Hillians who will be seen in the Shakespeare
comedy are Miss Gloria lli Costanza, Mrs. Mary Smith, Kai
Jurgensen, Walter Smith, Miss Dee Casey, Miss Gretrhen Fink,
Mrs. Ann Smith, Mrs. Hope Heifers, and Miss Judy Brown.
Planning Board Recommends Rezoning of
Durham Road Property for Ford Garage
The Chapel Hill Planning "and
Zoning Board recommended this
week that certain property adja
■ cent to and near Radio Station
, WCHL he classified as suburban
commercial.
The recommendation will be
i transmitted officially to the
i f’lmr) of 41dermen for cppruval
Ijor disapproval at its regular
i; meeting on May 14.
The recommendation directly
and immediately affects two pe
jtitioners - Crowell Little and
iGeddie Fields Jr. Mr. Little pro
poses to build a 12,000 square
foot building for Ford sales and
j service on property on the side
of the radio station toward
Chapel Hill. Mr. Fields’ property
is a triangular shaped area lying
;on the other side of the radio
{station toward Durham. Both are
on the south side of the Durham
Road.
; op position to the rezoning was
(heard by the board, hut it unani
mously voted for a reclassifica
t ion.
In other action Chairman
Frank Umstead appointed an
| architectural review committee
j composed of Henry Royall, a
member of the board, and L. J.
j Phipps, J. P. Harland, Miss Eliza
jbeth Branson and Jack Pruden.
The zoning board will not meet
again until May 15 at which time
it will receive a report from its :
consultants on development needs;
iof the central business district'
and suburban commercial dis
tricts.
The hoard also approved its
White t russ Meeting
The Advisory Board of the
White Cross Community announ
ces its third efficiency meeting
tomorrow (Saturday) at the
Community Building. At 5 o’clock
there will he a baseball game
and contests for the youngsters
such as catching the greased
pig and a guinea race. A basket
picnic supper will he served
stalling between 6:80 and 7:00
n. m. After supper there will
be a lecture on some phase of
j agricultural efficiency and a lo
icai talent program.
their members and let the Mer
i chants Association know the re
i suits, and individuals are urged
> to drop a postcard to the asso
i ciat'ion at Box 127 expressing
' their tastes.
These questions may be help
ful:
| Do you favor retaining the pres
ent candle decorations, and
( would you like to see more of
, them?
Do you favor adding a differ
ent type of decorations, or pub
i stituting a new theme for the
; candles?
i Do you like the idea of the
: Christmas shopping season -pa
i rade, community sing and square
1 dance?
The Chapel Hill Weekly
5 Cents a Copy
annqal report which will be form
ally/ turned over to the Board
of Aldermen on Monday, May
14. The report reviews the work
:of the board for the past year
1 and discusses current and future
; expenditures.
In connection with its genera!
land development plan fur Chapel
FI ill and environs, the hoard said
lin the report that it had com
pleted the following studies; (1)
a revision of the economic base
study, (2) a revision of the pop
ulation forecast, (8) a survey of
land use, and (4) a preliminary
plan for lesidential development
in the area.
“By the end of the present
fiscal year,” the report continues,
"a plan for the central business
district and recommended stand
ards and policies for suburban
commercial zones will he received
by the board from its consult
ant.”
In addition to its major proj
ects, the hoard reported that it
supplied assistance to the School
Board, in the study of sites for'
a new elementary school on the
north side of town.
Baseball Here Tomorrow
Wake Forest will play the
University in a baseball game
at Emerson Field here tomorrow
(Saturday), beginning at 3 p. m.
Mrs. Grey Culbreth Wins a Blue Ribbon
Mrs. Grey Culbreth stands beside a table setting which
she prepared for the Oakview Garden Club’s spring flower
show last week. The setting, which won a blue ribbon, feature*,
a floral decoration of bachelor buttons and rrape foliage.
A light green tablecloth and alternating green and roae nap
kins form a background for blue glasses, candles and gift
• packages, yellow plates, and dark wooden candlesticks. The
screen is green with spattered gold.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1956
Only 2 Saturdays
Left to Register
(See map of precinct boundaries
on page 5)
Prospective voters in the
special annexation election
of the Town of Chapel Hill
May 26 were reminded yes
terday that only two more
Saturdays, tomorrow includ
ed, remain for them to reg
ister anew for the special
vote on annexation, accord
ing to officials of the Orange
County Flections Board.
They the registra
tion reminder yesterday, be
cause on the first registra
tion day last Saturday only
33 people signed up to vote
—22 i.n Ward 3 at Woollen
Gym and 11 in Ward 5 at
Glemvood School.
To be eligible to vote in
the annexation election, one
must be a resident of the
»
areas, which are proposed
to become a part of the Town
of Chapel Hill, and meet
other qualifications for bal
loting.
The special registration in no
way affects registering to vote
in the Democratic primary, which
will be held on the same day. If
one voted in the 1954 primary
or general election, or in this
year’s school bond referendum,
he need r.ot re-register. If he
I did not vote in either and chooses
ito vote in the primary May 26,
he must meet the following re
quirements and register: Resi
dence of one year in North Carol
jlina and JO days in Orange Coun
ty, age 21 years or over, a born
or naturalized citizen of the U.
S., and able to read and write,
Persons desiring to register
may do so at the polling "places
jin Chapel Hill and Carrboro to
| morrow and next Saturday from
|U a. m. to sunset, or with the
j registrar at his home or place!
of business in the interim.
The lulling places and regis
trars are: Chapel Hill Precincts
—No. 1, Town Hall, Mrs. Henry
. Royall, registrar; -No. 2, Student
Hut at Presbyterian Church, J.j
IA. Warren, registrar; No. 3,
Woollen Gym, Harold Walters,
registrar; No. 4, Cone House at 1
Chapel llii! High School, Mrs
Irene Scruggs, registrar; and No.I
15, Glenwood School, Lind
say Neville, registyfr; Carrboro|
Town Hill, W. n. Ray, regis
trar.
At Memorial Hospital
Among local persons listed as
patients at Memorial Hospital on
l Thursday morning were Lewis
Cole, Mrs. James Crabtree, G. J.
j Dixon Jr., Mrs. Mary Halperin,]
Mrs. Callie Lloyd, Miss Nettie)
Lloyd, Mrs. Nora Lloyd., Dr. Al
jbert McCreery, E. 1). Nrarkham,
Mrs. Frank Moore, Mrs. Julia;
Nunn, J. \. Parker, Betty Pear :
son, G. S. Taber 111, and R. A.
Worn Lie.
Dormitory President
Tish Harrer of Chapel Hill
has been elected president of
Smith Dormitory.
Chapel Mill ChaH
L.G.
It happened that I drop
ped into Harry’s Grill late
one afternoon last week only
a few minutes after Harry
Muckiin, the proprietor, had
been stricken suddenly ill.!
Dr. Kemp Jones was in a
rear room with him at the
time and presently he was
taken to the hospital. Last
Friday’s issue of the paper
told of how his sister, Mrs.
Harry Stern, hastened here
from Baltimore to help Mrs.
Macklin with the work in
the restaurant, fell when
stepping out to the side
walk, and broke hqr hip. She
underwent an operation (the
kind in which the sections of
a bone are fastened together
with silver plugs) and will
be in the hospital several
weeks longer.
The double stroke of bad
luek brought the kin flock
ing from Baltimore to
Chapel Hill to give the com
fort of their presence and
whatever help they could.
Mr. Stern, told by telephone
of his wife’s accident, came
by airplane. The next arrival
was Mrs. Stern’s sister, Mrs.
Kd Adler, and she set to
jvvork immediately as Mrs.
jMacklin’s partner -in - toil.
Then came Mrs. Ronnie
Moss, niece of Mr. Macklin
and Mrs. Stern, and Mrs.
Macklin’s brother, Samuel
Feldman. Assembly was fol
lowed by dispersal as the
Stern-Macklin skies began
to brighten. Mr. Macklin was
discharged from the hospital
Saturday and went back to
jwork Monday.
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One of the poems I
learned by heart in my
school days in the 1890’s
;W»i* William Cullen Bryant’s
j“Thanatopsis.” If I tried
to recite it now I’d get stall-,
ed soon alter the beginning,
.‘To him who is in love of!
nature,” etc.; but through
the years my memory has
clung tight to the final four
(Continued on Page 2)
Knter Mothers In
Robbins’ Contest
Entries for the J. B. Robbins
i House of Fashion special Moth
jer’s Day contest, now being held
in addition to the Chapel Hill
<'an boro Merchants Association
j contest, tire still being accepted,
land will he accepted until mid
night, Tuesday, May 8.
The contest will select two,
“Mothers of the Year,” each will
be awarded a SIOO wardrobe. One
j mother will represent the campus,
I the other the village.
The procedure for entering a
mother in tlfe contest is as fol
lows; To J. B. Robbins, Box 1107,
Chapel Hill, write a letter nomi
nating your choice and explain-j
ing why you think your nomi-l
nee should win, including as much
information about her as pos
sible. The contest Will not bej
judged on the quality of the let-j
ters, hut on the qualifications of
the mothers nominated. The vil-j
lage “Mother of the Year” will!
'>e chosen from Chapel Hill, Carr-;
boro, and environs, and the fam
ous mother will he a dormitory,
fraternity or sorority house
mother.
Mrs. J. J. Keller Jr. I
i
To Head Auxiliary
Mrs. John J. Keller Jr., has
been elected president of the!
Chapel Hill Unit of-the Ameri- 1
can Legion Auxiliary. She sue-1
ceeds Mrs. John C. tleitman,
who will become district com
mitteewomen and second vice
president of the local unit.
Other officers elected were:
Mrs. D. M. Horner, first vice
president; Mrs. Ruby Mellette,!
treasurer; Mrs. Norman Jackson,
recording secretary; Mrs. Alta'
Singleterry, historian; Mrs. Fred;
Varley, chaplain; Mrs. Troy Hern-j
don, corresponding secretary; and!
Mrs. Arth.ir Ward, sergeant at
arms.
The election was held at the
home of Mrs. W. G. Fields with
Mrs. Herndon as co-hostess.
' Miss Inez Belyesinsa, a Ful
bright exchange student at the
University, spoke to the group
on customs and education in the
Philippine Islands, her native
home.
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11. S. Mc(iinty (left), president of the ( hapel Hill-C'arrhoro Merchants Association, pre
sents orchid corsages and engraved medallions to two of the first three winners of the anno
tation's 1958 Mother’s Bay celebration. At center is Mrs. Myra Lauterer, and at right i»
Mrs. P. (i. Phialas. In the foreground is the pile of more than 1,600 entries for the first of
the two drawings.
The first three mothers to be
honored in the 1956 Chapel Kill-
Carrboro Merchants Association
Mother’s Day celebration have
been selected, and entries are
now being turned in at a rapid;
rate for the second drawing of
three mothers.
The three winners are Mrs.;
I*. G. Phialas of Flemington
Road, who was entered at Belk-
Leggett-Horton by her son Mark;!
Mrs. Ruth B. Pendergrass of!
Carrboro, entered at Rose’s by
her daughter Carole; and Mrs.
Myra Lauterer of Pritchard
Avenue, entered at J. B. Hob
bins by Mrs. C. E. Rush.
The drawing was Iwld Tues-
Moving to Raleigh
Oscar J. Coffin is applying
for retirement as professor of
journalism in the University
and he and Mrs. Coffin will ;
give up on the first of June
the University house on l’aik"
Place in which they have lived
for many years. They will live
in Raleigh with Mrs. Coffin’s
sister, Mrs. A. A. Dixon, in I
the winter and will continue to i
spend the summer and will j
probably spend part of the fall j
also in Mrs. Coffin’s family :
home in Waynesville.
Spend Weekend in Fairfax
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Phillips
spent the past weekend in Fair-!
fax, Va., with Mrs. Phillips’ sis--
ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and;
Mrs. J. B. Armfield and family.
They were accompanied by Mr.!
Phillips' sister, Mrs. B. F. Mof-'
fitt, and Mrs. Phillips’ sister,!
Mrs. E. G. Shugart, of Owens- 1
boro, Kentucky.
Enter State Tourney
Linda Lackey, Jean and Jackie,
Rigsbee, who were winners in!
the Regional Baptist Training j,
Union Work Tournament two!
weeks ago, will participate in
the Stale Tournament at Fort
Caswell this summer.
Scholarship Winner
Molly Cameron, daughter of ,
Mr. and Mra. E. A. Cameron
and a senior at Chapel Hill
High School, is the winner of
a scholarship to the college of
her choice from the National
Merit Scholarship Corporation.
She has not yet decided where
she will ante* school in the
fall. (See story on page 9.)
$4 a Year in County; other rates on page 2
!day night. On Wednesday morn ;
ing Mrs. Lauterer and Mrs. Phia-|
las reported to the Merchants!
Association office to receive or
chid corsages and engraved sii-|
jver medallions. Mrs. Pendergrass
could not be present, but her)
(initial prizes were sent to her.j
Anyone may enter a mother!
in the drawing, and a mother!
may be entered in any number!
of stores. Bkmks are available
’ at all member firms of the Mer
chants Association. No purchase
must be made to obtain an en
-1 trance blank, which can be filled
out in less than a minute. The
deadline for the final drawing
is \ o’clock next 7 'ueriay after-
All Precincts in County Are Organized
To Support the Governor's Candidacy
Orange is one of the first—
and possibly the first—county
in North Carolina to set up a
jfullscale political organization on
the precinct level to support the
candidacy of Governor Luther
Hodges for re-election. The Gov
ernor will he on the ballot for
the Democratic nomination on
May 20, and if sueessful will
jgo on to the general election
jin November.
j The co-chairmen for the Hod
iges campaign in Orange County
are L. J. Phipps in Chapel Hill
land R. O. Forrest in Hillsboro,
j Co-vice-chairmen are Mrs. Robert
Karl Hughes of Cedar Grove and
Mrs. George Nicholson of Chapel
Hill.
! The following committees have
| volunteered to support the Gov
jcrnor’s candidacy in the precincts t
indicated:
Chapel Hill No. 1: T. B. Creel,'
Gran Childress, Mrs. Frank IJm
stead, Mrs. W. H. Fugleman
and W. K. Merritt.
Chapel Hill No. 2: Collier Cobb
;.Sr., E. B. Crawford, Kenneth
it. Cheek, Miss Sarah Umstead
ami Mrs. G. S/ Franklin.
Chapel Hill No. 3: Sandy Me-
Clamroch, Miss Harriet Herring,
W. M. Alexander, Gordon B.
Cleveland and F. S. Hudson.
Chapel Hill No. 4: J. Q. Le-j
Grand, Mrs. 1,. J. Phipps, Mrs.!
George Nicholson, Mrs. G. E.j
Shepard, W. E. Thompson and
W. L. Sloan.
Chapel Hill No. 5: W. M. !
Geer, Mrs. ltalph Blackwood, Or-!
ville Campbell, J. M. Penny and
Kenneth M. Mclntyre. j
Carrbono: I). M. Ray, Mrs. Jj
L. West, W. E. Williams, Mrs.:
Bruce Riggsbce and R. B. Todd, j
Hillsboro: Ben G. Johnson.'
Mrs. Carl Davis, Otto King, Mrs.
Jackson Ke-elected
Legion Commander
Norman F. Jackson was re
elected commander of the Chapel
Hill post of the American Legion
at its annual election Wednesday
night at the Legion Hut on Rose
njary Street.
Other officers elected were:
Charles Johnson, first vice-com
mander; John J. Keller Jr., sec
ond vice-commander; and Robert
Rush, service officer.
Other officials of the post are
appointive, and Mr. Jackson will
select those sometime within the
next two months and before his
installation for a second tern.
FRIDAY
ISSUE
Next Issue Tuesday
I noon. Three additional mothers’
i names will be drawn at that time,
and the winners will receive cor
| sages and medallions.
On Thursday, May 10, the six
j winners’ names will be placed in
ju hat and drawn out one at a
i time to establish the order in
which prizes will be awarded,
j First place winner will receive
jsfio in gift certificates, and sec
ond through sixth place winners
will receive SSO, S4O, S3O, S2O
• and $lO in gift certificates.
The drawing is being conduct
ed by the Trade Promotion Com
• mittee of the Merchants As
: sociation, under the chairman*
- shiprbf Carlton Byrd. *
R. O. Forrest, Mrs. S. M. Gattis.
Bonner D. Sawyer, F. E. Joyner,
Mrs. Clarence Jones, W. John
Clayton, Marion Allison and E.
i H. Kennedy.
Tolars: Neal Sumner, Mrs. Neal
Sumner, Mrs. J. E. Hawkins,
■ Clyde T. Roberts and A. H.
i Hawkins.
I Rock Springs: W. M. Snipes,
Mrs. W. M. Snipes, Miss Saline
Sykes, C. W. Lloyd and J. M.
Snipes Jr.
University: W. P. Andrews,
I Mrs. J. B. Griffin, J. C. Trues
. dale, Mrs. B. F. Spooner and
. J. Marvin Ray.
I Carr: E. C. Conklin, Mrs. L.
J. Rogers, W. H. Wade, Mrs. J.
Knox Woods and W. M. Ward.
Cedar Grove: Donald R. Mc-
Dade, Mrs. Robert Earl Hughes,
jG. M. Long, Z. C. Burton and
Mrs. R. .Harris Pope.
Efland: M. P. Efland, Mrs. J.
M. Howard, Mrs. Turner For
rest, Frank Pratt and J. L. Ef
land.
Caldwell: A. E. Wilson, Mrs.
Elizabeth C. Murray, Clyde Wal
ker, (J. L. Blalock and Mrs. Clyde
Roberts.
Patterson: L. A. Hogan, Char
lie Hogan, Mrs. A. J. Altemueller,
J. R. Whitfield and A. C. Weaver.
White Cross: J. T. Whitfield,
Miss Martha Lloyd, F. M. Ward,
Mrs. T. J. Bradshaw and Mrs.
iC. W. Stanford.
Cheeks: Ben F. Wilson, Mrs.
Ben F. Wilson and Henry Heath.
Coles Store: Luther Sharpe,
Mrs. Mitchell Lloyd and Mrs.
Winston Stray horn.
{ St. Mary’s: Henry Walker,
Mrs. Henry Walker, Reid Rob
erts and Mrs. C. T. Walker.
Postal Receipts Up
In First 4 Months
Receipts at Chapel Hill Poet
Office for the first four months
of 1956 were 14,748.91 higher
than during the corresponding
period last year. Postmaster
Paul Cheek announced yester
day.
Stamp sales for the period
ending April 30 this year
amounted to 388,198.17, com
pared with 383,449.33 in the
name four months of 1933, Mr.
Cheek reported. It represents
a gala of slightly mom than
firi percent, which is ahosrt
the asms percentage 1 ift
of 1333 over 1334 for the oa«m
four-month period.