TUESDAY ISSUE Next Issue Friday Vol. 32, No. 50 County Board Working This Week on New Tax Schedule The Orange County Board of Commissioners last night % Monday) began work on the 1956-57 budget with every intention of holding the tax rate to 70c per SIOO valuation. The Commissioners last week completed hearings from various county depart ments on budget requests for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Last night the board sat down and began going o'.er the estimated needs. They hope to complete the pob this week in order that some action may be taken at the July meeting next / Monday, July 2, if possible. r One of the commissioners said yesterday that the con census of the board is to hold the rate at 70c. That still would be an increase of eight cents over the 1955- 56 rate of G2c. But it is es timated that at least eight cents will be needed to pay interest on school bonds to lOt sold before January or on short term bond revenue an ticipation notes which might be marketed immediately in place of the bonds. In addition to the schools, other county departments have requested budget in creases for the coming year. The commissioners, how ever, hope that the increased property valuation will bring in sufficient revenue to meet what requests they will ap prove. County Accountant Sam v'iattis told the Weekly yes tei.'tfty morning that he be-! lieveu the final total of prop erty values in Orange Coun ty woulu .be around $78,-' 000,000, whf'di would be an increase of over the past year, jit least, that * the figure v'he commis sioners will be Urfng when they discuss esti mates and the rate this week. Mr. Gattis' explained that the values In all the townships, except Chapel Hill, have been checked and totaled, but that kt is impos sible to give the accurate figure until Chapel Hill is completed. -• Two Brothers Are Here From Iceland Peter Petursson, J 4 years old, and his brother Harold, 12, ar rived in Chapel Hill last. Wed nesday from Reykjavik, Iceland, to visit their parents, Dr. and Mrs Km a Petursson. They came to North Carolina by tram from New York City, where they had docked the day before aboard the MS Codafoss. ]>r. Petursson came to Chapel Hill from Reykjavik in January «rs this year for a one-year ap pointment as a fellow in neuro logic medicine in the Univer sity’s School of Medicine. Attends Ohio Meeting Mrs. Raymond Adams was at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio,! from June 14 to Ik at the annual j meeting of the U. S. Section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. St. Peter’s Day Services Holy Communion will be ob served on St. Peter’s Day, Fri day, June 29, at 6:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. at the Chapel of the Cross. Chapel Millnotei Paaaerby saying “How're things?" to town employee dwho walks up and down side walks and gutters spearing bits of paper with nail on end of stick and receiving reply as follows: "My business is good —neiWr saw so much trash be fore." Man waiting to get chest x-ray in Health Department trailer parked on Franklin Street saying to friend walk ing by: "Better get in Line. Chapel Hill’s Undefeated Tennis Team Is Gunning for Championship m i > , j * «_■*, -vy, ■. s , v ; A v «*, . *\ ;■ . %-9m\ 'v" I t y yflgySjgg I 4 - *» k ; t r rj^^P' rW|i w 1 ? Mcmbe is <»f the Chapel Hill Tennis Club shown above are (left to fight) H. S. McGinty, Bill Lee, Dudley Cowden, Henry T. Clark Jr., John 'I apley, Ted Sharpies*. A. M. Jordan and Norman Jarrard. The club he* been runner-up for the champ Robert Marshall Dunn of Orange County Showed Great Skill In Becoming North Carolina's Champion School Bus Driver By Charlie Robson Orange County school bus driv ers did wonderfully well in the first annual School Hus Roudeo driving skill and safety compe tition ipijrtiplated here this past week. Robert Marshall Dunn, driver fur the Aycock School in northern Orange County, won the state championship for male drivers, and Jean Bradshaw, driver for White Cross School and recent graduate of the Chapel Hill High School, is girls’ cham pion for the district composed of Orange, Person, and Durham Counties. Alice Faye Pritchett of Greensboro, winner of the girls' state championship, is the sister of Miss Kathryn Pritchett, assistant Home Demonstration Agent in Orange County. The contest originated wilti the Governor’s Traffic Safely Council and was effected by the Traffic' Safety Division of the State Highway Patrol as a part of its program to promote safer driving in North Karolina. The actual competition was super vised by (lie North Karolina Mo tor Carriers Association which has "been holding similar contests among truck drivers for many, years. This, however, is the first; League Endorses TV Political Program An all out summer educational project preparatory to the coin ing national elections will he launched by WUNC-TV, Channel 4, on Sunday, July L Adlai Stevenson and Kates Ke fauver, the top contenders for the Democratic presidential nom ination, will join an assay of na tional political leaders as “stars" in a new educational television film series starting at 2:00 p. m. The series, “Prelude to the Presidency,” is designed to ex plain and evaluate the presiden tial nominating process. The Chapel Hill Chapter of the League‘of Women Voters is en dorsing this series, together with another political program, "Hats in the Ring.” “Hats in the Ring" is telecast twice each Wednesday first at 2:00 p.m. and again at 9:00 p. m. "The League is grateful to educational television for the op portunity of bringing these pro grams to the public,” Mrs. Ef raim Rosenzweig, publicity chair man cf the Chapel Hill chapter, said today. “The league of Wo men Voters is vitally interested in our government, and puts forth information without parti san influence. That is what these programs do.” In addition to “Prelude to the Presidency” and “Hat* in the Ring,” Channel 4 will telecast a aeries called "American Politics •ach Thursday at 9 P* »•« ing July I#. „ “Prelude to the Presidency, which begine Sunday on Channel 4, features special iuWrviews The Chapel Hill Weekly 5 Cents a Copy time a school bus driving com petition lias been held in North Carolina, and the first Roadeo of its kind in the country. But the Roadeo was not a single ev«jnt taking place here at Chapel Hill; it was a series of contests organized from local through state level, and the finals here last week were its climax. Several months ago the princip als of all the schools in North Carolina were asked to rate their school Inis drivers as potential candidates in the Roadeo. They were requested to make the fol lowing considerations in consul tation with the chief school bus mechanics and others who so pervised the bus drivers: ( 1) Skill of driver in operating Inis. (2) Courtesy as related to pas sengers and other motorists. (.'() Ability to maintain discipline and handle any such problems as may arise in normal course of his duties. (4) Employing safe prar tires in ill phases of discharging his duties as a school bus driver. (5) Cleanliness and mechanical condition of school bus through out entire school year, (ti) Driv ing record as it pertains to the operation of vehicles other than a school bus. (7) Attitude toward Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois; < lifforil 1.. Case of New Jersey; Hubert H imphrcy of Minnesota; James H. l>uff of Pennsylvania; arid George 11. Bernier of Ohio. Henry Cabot Lodge, James Far ley, former national chairman of the Democratic party ,and Mayor David L. Lawrence of Pittsburgh will also appear in the! series. Local Raequeteers Heat Durham, 8-1 Chapel Hill defeated Durham, 8-1, Sunday in an Eastern Caro lina Tennis Association match. 0 The nummary; John Tapley (CH) defeated Bob Fairey, 6-3 6-1; Henry Clark (CH) defeated Jim Jones, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2; H. S' McGinty (CH) defeated Jim Gib bons, 6-0, 6-1; Bill Lee (CH) de feated Bill Griffith, 6-2, 6-2; Dud ley Cowden (CH) defeated Joe Holloway, 6-1, 6-4, Mike Tred-, more (D) defeated Bob Moore, 6-3, 6-0. Doubles: Norman Jar rard and T. M. Jordan (CH) de feated Fairey and Gibbons, 7-6, 6-6; Tapley and McGinty de- I lea ted Treamore and Griffith, 8-6, 6-3; I-ee and Cowden de jfeated Holloway and McMilan, 6-0, 6-2. Kay Proctor in New York Kay Proctor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Proctor, }s liv ing with her aunt, Mrs. A. R. Johnson, whila working in New York this summer. She will en ter the University in September CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1956 iontship of the Eastern Carolina Tennis Association for the last four >ears and shows proniiat of winning the title this year, ha\tng already beaten last year's champ, Raleigh, hy a score of 5-3. Ihe club has won six matches this year, losing none. | his responsibility as a school 1 ous driver. (8) Ability to get along with students, mechanics, prin cipals, etc. (9) Consistency in maintaining schedule und keep . ing records. Jean Bradshaw and Marshall i Dunn both received the highest J possible ratings from their prin jcipais, Mrs. Blanche S. Mattox |of the White Crass School and Mr. Jesse L. McDaniel of Ay cock High School. Their records .were then checked hy the law; enforcement sections of the High i way Patrol for any violation ofl the law or demonstration of un safe driving at any time. On June Edwin S. Lanier won the Democratic nomination for State Senator and Donald M. Stanford won a seat on the Orange County Board of I Commissioners in the second primary Saturday. According to the unoffi cial returns. Mr. Lanier, Uni versity student aid officer, defeated John M. Manning, j Chapel Hill attorney, by a vote of 2,211 to 1,853. The same unofficial re turns showed that Mr. Stan ford, a Chapel Hill dairy farmer, defeated the incum ! bent Sim Efland, business man and farmer of Efland, iby a vote of 2,072 to 1,865. ' The returns will be can vassed and made official to day (Tuesday) at Hillsboro. The unofficial tabulation ap pears elsewhere on this page of the Weekly today. Mr. Lanier, a former may jor of Chapel Hill who is now half-way through his first four year term as a mem ber of the Board of Com missioners, came from be hind to defeat Mr. Manning who was high man in the first primary. In so doing, Mr. Lanier lost only five— Efland, I’atterson, Chapel Hill 1.3, and s—of the coun ty’s 19 precincts. On the other hand he captured To lar’s, Caldwell, Cheeks, Hills boro, University, and Cole’s Store, which had been lost to either Mr. Manning or to E. J. Hamlin in the first primary. In defeating Mr. Efland, who is completing his third term on the Hoard of Com missioners, Mr, Stanford car ried only eight of the pre cincts, but those by wide pluralities. They were Pat terson, White Cross, Carr boro and Chapel Hill’s I through 5. Both Mr. Lanier and Mr. Stanford yesterday express ed their appreciation for the support accorded them in both primaries. ‘‘l am deeply grateful, and will work for the best interests of all of Orange County," said Mr. Stanford. He will take of fice in December. Mr. Lanier, who will rep resent both Orange and Ala mance Counties as senator in the 1957 General Assem bly, also said he was "grate ful" for the vote and sup port. "1 shall try hard to de serve their trust and re spect,” he added. Monkey Story Hour Planned for Today A “monkey ykiry hour,” for I'hililren from four to right years old, inclusive, will be held at 3 j>. m. today (Tuesday) at the Mary Bayley Pratt Children's Li brary on the second floor of the • Chapel Hill Klemuntary School an Fast Franklin Street. Stories about monkeys will be told by Kathy Writ! and Roger White. On display will be Miss Eliza ' beth Raney's collection of mon keys made of porcelain, china, bronze, and other materials. The Mary Bayley Pratt Chil dren’s* Library is open from 2 p. m. to 8 p. m. every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. All chil dren, including those of pre school ege, ere invited to use its facilities. Return From England Miss Josephina Ntggti and her mother, former reaidenta of Chapel Hill, are here visiting Mr. and Mrs. John W. Parker. They recently returned from a year in England, where Miss Niggli taught at the University * of Bristol, and on the continent. In the last few weeks before re turning to America they travel ed in Spain, Italy, France, and 1 Greece. They plan to spend most ( of the summer in Mexico. Going to Msaeecfcnestle Ray Jolly Jr. will laave June i 29 for Massachusetts, whore he i will begin working et-Cwnp Bpa-