I (JLJU.II ISSUE Next Issue Friday Vol. 33, No. 83 Halloween Party For Children Set New President .. M £/■' JHkWp«>h. J. W. Moffitt of Chapel Hill was installed as president of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Hospital Accountants at its quarterly in stitute last Wednesday at -Rex 110 pitai, Raleigh. Formerly vice president of the association, Mr. Moffitt is hospital relations "di lector of Hospital Saving Asso coition, the Blue ( ro - and Blue Shield J'lari with headquarters in Chapel Hill. The association in which he hold office is coiil- T . , f ho pilal adrnilii 1 1 atm controller -, accountant . and Blue 1 doss personnel. Mr. Moffitt, who attended I’NC, resides with hr family at 7'.t'.t Old Mill Road. Lutheran Synod to Meet Here Friday The 70th semi-annual conven tion of the Eastern Conference of the United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Curolina will he held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church here Friday. The pensions will begin with the celebration of the Holy Com munion at 10 a. in. The sermon will he given by the Kev. John A. I 'less of Lexington, The afternoon speakers will he the Kev, George F. Schott, Jr. arid the Kev, R, W. Hah i. ( i ,- ulty inefnhcrs of thS Lutheran 'lneo logical Southern Seminary at Columbia, S. C. The lay delegates from Chapel Hill will he A T Miller Jr. and .1, C. Fox. Community Club to W Hear Sharpe The Community Cluh will meet at .'I p.m. Friday, Noverniier 2, at. the Institute of I’harmaey building Judge Susie Sharpe, ■ pei ial judge of tlie Western I list net of North Carolina, will speak on “Laws Affecting the Women of North Carolina.“ Mem hers may hrtntf.-Ruests. Mrs. J. F. LeClair has charge of the pro gram. Licia Albanewe to Sinj? on Thurwlay Liria Albaneae, prims donna soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, will present a program f. concert and operatic works Memorial Hall here on Thursday at 8 p.m. One of the Metropolitan Opera’s reigning sopranos, ahe is an annual vleltor to the Han Francisco Opera and re turns every yeer to La Hcala in Milan, Italy. The soprano ie also well known for her recital work. One dollar will be charged for etudent wivee and two dol lars for faculty and towns people. It’s a Very Small World Martha Belle Caldwell, daughter of Mr.-and Mrs. Wallace Caldwell of Chapel Hill, took an archeological trip from the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece, to in th# northern section of that country last week. Suddenly she was hailed by a young man. He was Krnmett Pendergraph, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pendergraph of Rt.l, Hill, who is installing cotton mill jhaehinery in Levadia. *nls wife and daughter Were with him. When Martha Belle returned to Athens, she noted that the Sixth Fleet was in. In a short time, she learned that the fleet was there seeking her. lose Edward, vdio was executlva officer of the NROTU in Chapel Hill four yea A ago, was commander of the fleet. Having lived next door to the Caldwells when the Edwards were here, he decided to look up Martha Belle in Athens. It is at I/evadia that are found two well known springs. The Spring of Memory has nil its water piped to the town and the children of levadia have the reputation for having the best memories in the country. The other is the Spring of Forgetful ness, and it was tha miafortune of Wallace Caldwell to be very thirsty whan ha waa at that apring in 1881. Ha drank of the water and blamea that for hia forgetting name*. 5 Cents a Copy > Hey kids, it’s Halloween time Wednesday but before you start on your house-to-house “trick or treat” don't forget the Jaycee Halloween carnival in the Fow ler’s Food Store parking lot. The carnival, scheduled to be gin at 7 p.m., will last until 9 o’clock and will feature many games, a wishing well, an apple bobbing contest, a house of hor rors, a merry-go-round, a pop corn stand, a live pony pulling a cart for those who wish to ride, and a costume judging party. Claude Wheeler of the Jayeees said that they were going to split the kills up into three age groups and give a prize to the child with the best handmade costume in each group. Parents of the children may park in the Bulk's parking lot and they too will be given a prize if they are the parents of the child with the best costume. Kids, this is all free, so hitch yourself to a broomstick and land in the parking lot Wednesday night for lots of fun. Aldersgate Pledges $24,000 to lid if ice More than $21,000 has been pledged and subscribed to the Aldersgato Methodist Church building fund, Campaign (’bail man (Iran Childress reported at a congregational dinner at (lien wood Klimentaiy School Sunday night. About 00 members of the church attended the affair, which was under the direction of Mr Robert V ( ox The Rev. A. Kiin ey King, pastor, spoke briefly. It is hoped that construction of the church can be started oil the C. S. 601 by-puss highway in Januai y. Church Objects to t Itezonintf Property AII' proposals for changes in the Chapel Hill zoning ordinance, [heard by the Hoard of Aldermen Friday night, were referred to!' [the I’lunning Hoard for their ap : pi oval or disapproval at It special I meeting on Tuesdtty, Jioveiubn • j The principal written objection Ito any of tlie proposals was that! filed by Chapel Hill Baptist Church in the matter of le/.oningl it he old K. A. Kiihanks property! ion South Columbia Street lulju cent to the church. The church objects to making tlie area bust rie.-.s property. After its hearing, the dunning Hoard will make rccoinmcndu ! t ion to the aldermen at their regular meeting on November 12. The mutters considered Friday night Were: 1 V. I Moody, which would re/.one a tract of laud on the* Airport dtoud from residential to t subuihun commercial. 2 T M Crecn Jr and C Haul ■ Koherta, which wbuld re/.one a Itch acre tract on the Taylor , Creen farm on the Airport ICoud i from agricultural to KA 20 real | delitial. 3. J H. Ellis, which would re- j zone property on the Durham Highway from residential to business. 4. C. K. Stephens, administra tor of the Hudson estate, which c would rezone lots off the' Dur- j ham Koad from residential to , business. ( 6 Service Insurance and Keal- j ty Company, which- would re-L zone the north aide of Rosemary Street from a point 830 feeU east of North Columbia Street to the west aide of Henderson Street, from KA-fl residential to J business The petition was signed by Maurice K. Newton, Dun can M. Getainger, Grover C. (Continued on Page 8) me uiapcriilll VVWJiuy Prize Winner Lockhart*s a Busy Man i * j 'Pii I*l Hi t > Hill J’routy Johnny Lockhart, hefting a .'{o-pound broadbreasted bronze gobbler on Ins turkey range on Route 1, Durham, is a busy man these days as “Turkey Hays,” Thanksgiving and Christmas, near Johnny, carrying on the work of his father, the late John 1 r. Hendersons ' collection of Sliaw on the same date. On November HI, Mr Hen derson will giie n lecture on Sliaw in the l ibrary of ton gross at Washington, D ( Weekly” calls it “cine of the great biographies of our time. IAI in from Ibe uiifiouiH ciiu'iit i" ‘Hriulcrson in a • coinl mil IN icy ,MarKiiyr ol this Rift **'i man who has alth, Mrs, Dolan will succed Mrs. Elizabeth P. Brocker, also of Chapel If ill. Mrs. Brocker was named to the board of direc tors. Dr. Burns Presides Dr. W. T Burns, a Chapel Hill dentist, presided at the annual two-day meeting of the Third District Dental Society, of which he is president, *■ at Greensboro during the weekend. Attends Drama Meeting Thomas MeE. Patterson, aaso ciete profesaor in the University Department of Dramatic Art, was in Austin, Texas, last weekend for a meeting of the Southwest ern Theatre Conference. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1956 flock, which is down to about '-’,OOO hens and at the present time, /rum its original 2,000, will he /old to retail cus tomers throughout the Chapel- Hill Pulliam area by the first of the year. Mr. Lockhart grows miirli of his own grain for the tin keys, but from September hroiigli December the birds must be given cim me rein I feed. Mr. Lockhart ay., bis dressed hens average about 11 pounds and the ■obblcrs about 2d pounds. and more rationalized ardor.’ Hi nder oil’s relationship with the In h genius was in fact unique?- During his lifetime, Shaw him self authorized Henderson to write his biography, providing him with all assistance. Hender son is so tho'roughly familiar" with Shaw’s feelings, niotiva-, lions, table talk . . that he in jists himself into the hook as did Boswell. The lesull is schol arly, brilliant, interesting.” S‘ The hook will include more than! 100 1 1lurstri.tions covering Shaw’sj entire life of 94 years. Among its 600,000 words will he tit),ooo hy Shaw himself, many never, before published. All-Out Effort Planutd for Friday by Community Chest's Volunteer Workers < ImpH 11 illians at <- roiiir tn h;ts«’ (<> roll lii I m It* a fourth tnuri* than they did lad year if tin < ominuiiity ( hr *t r«»u1 t»f s’Ji, dd7.f)7 i.s Romp to 1»«* readied,l Walt Haiieoin, ihairinaii of tin fund nti mp t umpaißii, .said \ r.slfi day 1 “We Heed at lea I a *2f» pt*l ‘•••lit iIM i eanr m eontrihut ioii.h to 'make up the dilfeiehei* hetweeii l«nt yc.ii't rollt « I ioii.n and the ' 1 String Quartet to Perform Tonight A new composition by Amcii cun composer William Hoskins •if Jacksonville, Fla. will he pic rented by the University String Quartet at H p m., tonight (Tties day) in Hill Music Hull. It will be open to the public without charge. I ’’The new ‘Hiring Quartet' composition was started some years ago," Edgar Alden, first violinist for the University String Quartet, said. “But Mr. Hoskins revised it this summer for pres entation at Mars Hill College's first American Composers Festi val.” | Other members of the Univer sity String Quartet include Doro-“ thy Aiden, viola, Mary Gray Clarke, cello, and Jean Heard, violin. Mr. Alden is chairman! of instruction in string tnstru- 1 merits at UNC. Mrs. Alden has’ 1 developed a program of string 1 instruction in the (dispel Hill school system. Mrs. Heard, whose husband is a professor of political acience at IJNC., has .lived in Chapel Hill since 11)60 and is the mother of four children. She was gradu ated from Juiliisrd School of Music and studied with Mis cha Mischakoff, internationally known violinist heard at the first ronrert of the Tuesday Evening Series. Miss Clarke is an instructor in cello and first cellist in the U.N.C. Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared as soloist on vari ous occasions in the five years she has been in Chapel Hill. Part in Hay Suzanne Davis of Chapel Hill haa ona of the parts In "Andro clea and the Lion," to be present ed here November 14-18 by the Carolina Playmaker*. ChapeMill ChaU By Joe Jones W. 0. Lacock, who has |been running a shoe shop in j Chapel Hill for forty-one years, claims that automo biles have made hip changes' in the shoe repair business. “They’ve knocked hell out of it,” he says. "People used to walk and wear their shoes out. but now everybody .rides and their shoes last forever." Mr. Lacock said U. S. Con gressman Carl Durham of jChapel Hill was a good ex ample of what he was talk ing about. "Mr. Durham used to get his shoes half-soled every :month or so,” Mr. Lacock said. "That was when he lived on Cameron Avenue and walked back and forth to his job at Eubanks’ Drug Store. Now he rides almost everywhere he goes, and his shoes hardly ever need fix ing." * * * , Lilly Hub Cowman, 'hut rodder nonpareil, says the most guineas he ever saw in his life were standing on the highway when he turned the first sharp curve on the Hol low Rock Road on his way to 1 ttirham the other day. “Must have boon at least twenty live," Hilly Hob said. "Taking their time walking across the road, and l didn’t sot* them till 1 was almost in tin* middle ot the tloek. 1 did some real quick braking and eased in among the whole gang without touch ing a one. 1 could hear them chattering all around me and even under the car. Yon know how silly they sound." j Billy Hob imitated the 1 hadn't heard any jlately, but his imitation re minded me forcefully that i they do sound silly. Then he imitated the way his car (Continued on Pago 2) .budget which lias been set —fin this year," in - said. Last year $22,088 PH of a goal of $2i»,73.'t was collected for the ■nine agencies under the Com muiiity ( lust lliis year there (it- 111 lo.'al agencies which will receive benefits from Chest funds. The Community Chest drive will begin with a lug "Community ( ties! Day” Friday Chest wot k 7*Xu will go all-out on thut dm jto collect as lunch of the goal as ! possible, Mr Hniicom said. Division chairmen arc now working to have evciytlfing icatly for the "Chest Day," ho isnid, "Worker me receiving in structions lo call on every home and business in Chapel Hill and its suburbs Friday. They arc going nil out to get in touch iwitti all the people." "The campaign is being ar ranged so that people will lie called on only once to contribute." he said. i "We only hope that the con tributors will see the need of giving 26 per cent more than .they did Inst year. This goal must be reached if the 10 agen cies nre going to continue their high standard of service to Cha pel Hill. "Give once for all, nnd give enough. Your contribution is I needed If the Community Chest goal is to he reached." Comic Strip Kditor Named for Luxon When Norval N. Luxon, dean of the University’s School of Journalism, taught Journalism at Ohio State one of his stu dents was Milton Caniff, now a famous cartoonist and the author of the well-known dally comic strip, "Steve Canyon." C'hnpel llillians who read the strip in the Kaleigh News and Observer or the Durham Hun have noticed that one of Its cur rent characters is a newspaper editor named Luxon. When Dean Luxon waa ashed if he thought the “Steve Canyon" editor was named for him, ha replied, *T guess so. Caniff haa a habit of naming hia characters after people he haa known la real life." Bill Friday Unanimous Choice for Presidency The right man was selected for the presidency of the Consolidated Univer sity. So spoke the Board of Trustees— unanimously— on Friday at Raleigh when they elected William C. Friday president of the three-fold institution. Victor Bryant of Durham, chairman of the selection committee, nominated Mr. Friday, saying that under his presi dency the University would "face a new, glorious era with a new and capable leadership” under which the traditions will not he abandoned but will be pro jected into a modern age.” jMII? Governor Luther 11. Ilodges, left, and Victor S. Bryant of Durham, right, pose with Mr. and Mrs. William Friday after Mr. Friday's election as president of the Consolidated I imersity of North Carolina last' week. Mr. Bryant was chairman of the trustees' committee which selected Mr. Friday for the job. (Photo Courtesy of the Raleigh News and Observer.) Friday Speaks to Trustees After his election, Mr Friday! addressed tin- trustees us follows: Twenty-five years ago, in a special message lo the General Assembly on the proposed legis I latioit providing for the consoli j dution of our three institutions. Governor O. Max Gardner ob-j served that this act would "make! possible, ultimately, the united support of North Carolina behind' nTtO great, unified, coordinated and intelligently directed educational enterprise." That wus his dream for our l! niversfty. These twelity-flve years have been a lime ot progress and accomplishment Our institu tions have achieved a high degree ol coordination. They have intelligent direction. In thinking hack ovet these twenty five years, the names of many non conn- to mind: Frank Junior Service League Effects Plans For 7th Annual Empty Stocking Fund (tigaui/.ution nnd plans for the /tli annual Empty Stocking Fund, which provides Christmas for ineedy families in Orange County, haw been effected by Mrs. Don aid Stanford, chairman of this year’s worthy effort. Letters have been sent to civic and social organizations ex plaining again tlie "adopt a fam ily’’ plan which has been used for the past two years. Mrs. Stanford also is urging everyone to start their Empty Storking planning now to make Christmas a memorable one even for the less fortunate people. Seven years ago the Junior Herviee league, in eooprrntion with the County Welfare Depart ment, began providing food, toys, clothing snd money for numerous needy families in Orange County who would have had no Christ Old-Time Chapel Hillians Stop By to Visit Sisters and Scenes of Childhood Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pritchard of Lore City, Ohio, were here last week on a visit to Mr. Pritchard’s sisters, Mis. Clyde Eubanks and Mrs. K.O.E. Davis. They left Friday to continue their way south and will spend tha winter in Florida. Mr. Pritchard, 72, and his two sisters are the last of ten chil dren of the late Mr.- and Mrs. W. W. Pritchenl of Chape] Hill. The family wait brought up the big old wooden house on Pritchard Avenue* now occupied by Zeb Council. In those days ths area from the Pritchard house on out beyond what is now Nobis Heights had no houses on ft and was known as Pritchard Field, a name old-timers still call it by. Aa a boy, J. W. Pritchard be cama interested in telegraphy a ear in County; other rates on page 2 Governor Hedges told the trustees after they voted that “we made no mis take here today." He welcomed the new president with “great enthusiasm and a wonderful look to the future .... He has done a great job in every way (as acting president)." One of the seconding speeches was made by Rep. John W. Umstead of Chapel Hill, a member of the trustees executive committee. After the election, Mr. and Mrs. Fri 'dav were congratulated by the i its members filed by individually. jCruhum. Gordon Cray, Charles i Woollen, William Carmichael,- Logan Wilson, Harris l'urks, WU , jliam Whyburn, Julius Frost, \V. C. Jackson, Edward Graham,i: |W. W Pierson, John Lockhart,' Kobe it House, L. B. Kogerson, , Claude Teuguo, E. C. Brooks/ (John llarrdson, Carey HostianJ Finn Bowen and Graves Vann.! '.Fioiu then minds, t|, e j r hearts,l I and thetv hands we have gotten I unselfish and devoted leadership.* We must be mindful of the hundreds of devoted faculty and staff members who by splendid teaching, scholarly research and administrative service, have es talilished for our institutions the world-wait* reputation they enjoy. And, we must recall the spirit • j and enthusiasm of our student j ’.gem-rations that have contrilnil | /cd much to tin- progress we have mas otherwise. Each year the project lias grown Tin* adoption plan, by which or gani/.ntloiiN, neighborhood groups ami individuals adopt a family and provide for it, will be used tins year. Hut clothing will be eliminated from tin* boxes. Do nations of clothing are still want ed lipt distribution will be done by the Welfare Department to insure thut the needs of each individual will he met. Members of Mrs. Stanford's committee are; Correspondence, Mrs. Wilhum Joyner; campus, Mrs. George V. Taylor; county, Mrs, Jesse HaMiiight; unadopted families, Mrs. Cherles Johnston; publicity, Mrs. David Hawkins; treasurer, Mrs. Charles Gotta chalk; emergencies, Mrs. Dewey Doraett Jr.; and advisor, Mrs. Frank Klingberg. by watching It R. Best, Chapel Hill's first telegraph operator, ■ending and receiving massages in hia office on the second floor of the building that now houses Sloan’s Drug Store. Telegraphy borame his profession. Now re tired, he is called back every year to send out reporta of the World Meries baseball games as they are played. Both this year and last year he handled the Dodgers-Ynnkees World Series games in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard are now relaxing and enjoying life to the fullest. They stay at their home in Ohio during the summer and in the fall take off on a leisurely automohils Journey to whatever place they have decid ed to apend the winter in. Last yaar It was Arizona, thi* year Florida. Next Issue Friday made. It is fitting on this day, and 'at tins occasion, we look back to revu-w and appreciate anew ■ all that has been done for us. You, as Trustees, have gather ed again to set a course for our future. You are here to fulfill ji'uur responsibility, under the [law, of electing a president and, [thereby, placing in his bands the jadminiatrelivu of our University ( under the guidance and direction of your general policy declara tions. Sou have chosen to invite me to assume this great and important responsibility, and I humbly accept your election, pledging you, in so doing, my full strength and capabilities lit working in the interest of these institutions. In accepting this position, I do so with the understanding filial you nre joining with our Um-ulties, stuff members and with ime in actively working for the 'continued growth and develop ment of these Institutions. You I hold a position of puhlit) trust ! given you by the people of our date, through the General As sembly, to see to it that these institutions meet their obliga tions, their challenges, and their opportunities. We, in the Uni versity, have the delegated duty ito curry forward the work of 'these institutions and to insure tlie greatest level of excellence nttuinubie. Together, we have a duty to all of the people of North Carolina to meet these responsibilities sipiarely and without hesitation. This means that we must keep always en atmosphere of free dom responsible freedom —in which our faculties and students may study anti work. Ai Gover nor Hodges said recently, "The University of North Carolina has a great tradition and repu tation for defending the right* of all people to express their views however much they may differ. That tradition must be kept alive in all its glory," To this, i wholeheartedly subscribe, We meet work to provide adequate resources for our in stitutions. We need increased salary funds to retain our dis tinguished facultiea end to at tract new faculty members to meet enrollment demands. W* must greatly strengthen oar libraries. We muat stimulate researeh end provide the equip ment and material needed hy our facultiea nnd students. In all our endesvors, we must I seek the highest levels of ex cellence. Finally, the University must deserve the positive and constructive support of all the people of North Carolina. We hsve a challenging oppor tunity before us. We are enter ing un era of great accomplish ments if we but put our minds, our hearts snd our hands to th* task. With your willingness to (Continued on Pag* I)