FRIDAY ISSUE Next Issue Tuesday Volume 33, No. 94 JSBrr ft \ 8 JhH -VI SBgmmL JSHjAji |JH A flmj& vl jA v ■ |^^K££-V,t Staff Photo by Bill Prouty EXCHANGE (LI U ELECTS—The Exchange Club nf its annual organizational meeting held Tuesday night elected its new officers and set a date for its Christmas party. New officers are (I. to r.) seated: Dr. Hill l*oe, treasurer; Cap!. Hill lilakc, vice-president; Dr. Duncan Get singer, president; and Doug Vates, secretary. Standing (I. to r ) are: J. C. Parsons. John Webb and Nello Clark, new Hoard of Control members. Ihe Christmas party, at which the new officers will be installed and the Kxchangeite of the 1 ear will be named, has been set for Saturday. De cember 22, at J. C. Parsons' place on the Hy pass Highway. High School Cagers to Open With Southern Here Tonight Chape! Hill High School opens its basketball season tonight (Friday) when it meets Southern lAtch School in the Tin Can in first of 20 games scheduled for this winter. The Wildcats, who finished up in third place in the District 111 play last year, will start a veteran team of all letternien against Coach Jimmy Blake's. Counts, who fin ished in fifth place in league standings for last season. The game will he Chapel Hill’s first, while it will be the second of >* - -NiW* fXm "•*. •• ' . .?*vl*ar ; 7. f'alvndar of . EVENTS l r .- I i diiinmi—Mint mn f iff i Friday, December 7 • If p.m.—Dougald MacMillan speaks to Community Club at Institute of Pharmacy. • 2:15 p.m.—l'aul Green speaks at Bull’s Head tea in Wilson Library. • <>ls p.m. N. C. Botanical Club meets at Lenoir Hall for dinner and address by Rogers McVaugh of the University of Michigan. • h p.m.—Community Carol .Sing at Lutheran Church. • M p.m. INC swimmers vs South Carolina, Woollen Gym. Saturday, December 8 • 3 p in. W restling triple head or at Woollen Gym. UNC frosh vs Washington & Lee, and UNC varsity vs W. & L. and W'ake Forest. Sunday, December 9 • 4:30 p.m. Samuel Selden leads "A Christmas Carol” in the lMayinakers Theatre. • 8 p.m. Petite Musicale at Graham Memorial. • « p.m. Laymen’s Fellowship meets at United Church par ish house. jr Monday, December 10 • 6 .10 p.m. Boy Scout chair men meet at Lenoir Hall. • 8 p.m. Women’s Auxiliary of ( hapel of the Cross meets at parish house. • 8 p.m.—Presbyterian Women of the Church to meet at church. • 8 p.m.—Basketball, C.H.H.S. vs. Southern, in High School Tin Can. Special Schedule At Post Office Beginning tomorrow (Satur day) and lasting through De cember 22, the Chapel Hill Poet Office will give extra service for the benefit of Christmas mailers, it is an nounced by Postmaster Paul heek. The parcel post window will be open all day tomorrow, from 9 to 6 p.m., instead of closing at I p.m. as it usual ly does on Saturdays. Stamps *iil also be available at that window throughout tomorrow afternoon. And on the follow ing two Saturdays, December 15 and 22, both the stamp window and the parcel post window will be open all after noon. Also, beginning Monday, De- j cember 10, the stamp window and parcel post window will open' daily at 8 a.m., inateail of the usual 0 a.m., and will continue to do so as long aa business warrants it. 5 Cents a Copy the year f r Southern, which lost 58-18 to lloxboro Tuesday night. Stalling for Coach Bob Col ton’s five will lie Merle Teague and Randy Blackwell at the for wards; Frank Weaver and Eddie Claik at the guards; and Gordon Neville at center. Clark, Teague and Neville are seniors, while Weaver is a junior and Black well is a sophomore. Backing up the starting five and likely to see some action during the game arc J'aul Cheek, Tommy Burns and Hunter Tilgh man, centers; Wayne Poe, Paul Houston and Willie Fischer, fo wards; and Dennis Lee, Neil Clark and Bobby Madry, guards. The Wildcats, who should make themselves felt in the District 111 race, will be led Gy the six foot, four inch Neville, who will' I>• a strong candidate for all conference honors this season. If Neville gets expected support from some of his less experienced mates, the Wildcats could make a real race for the title. In a preliminary game, begin-' ning at 7 p.m., a Chapel Hill team composed of eighth and ninth Mi.idr nlayt i , will take n trie bout hern Jaycee team The schedule, which includes: games toi both the boys' and girls’ teams, follows: Dec. 7, Southern, Here; Dec. 10, Cary, Away, De< 11, Garnet, Away, Dec, la, Oxford, Here. Jan. 2, Hillsboro, Here; Jan 8, Northern, Here; Jan. 11, In quay, Away; Jan. IK, Giaham, Here; Jan. 22, Uoxboro, Away; Jan. 25, Southern, Away; Jan. 2'.*, < ary, Here. Feb. 1, Garner, Here; Feb. 5, Oxford, Away, Feb. 8, Hillsboro, Away; Feb, 12, Oxford Orphan age, Here; Feb. 15, Northern, Away; Feb. FJ, Fuquay, Here; Feb. 20, Graham, Away; and March 1, Roxboro, Here. Prints on Exhibit An exhibit of prints from col lections in the Wilson Library are on view at Person Hall. They are from the Jacocks Collection, the Burton Emmett Collection, and the General Graphic Arts Collection. * 17 Children Enter Coloring Contest p Seventeen children from Chapel Hill and surrounding area have so far entered the Chapel Hill weekly coloring contest. The contest consists of color ing any of ten drawings about Christmas and Santa Claus that will appear in the Weekly. The first drawings were in the No vember 27 issue and additional drawings will he in each issues of the Weekly. The contest ends December 17. Today’s cartoon to be colored is on page 5. The winner will receive a $25 U. S. Savings Bond. The next ten best colorings will be pre sented handsome world globes. 1 Youngsters who have entered the contest so far include: Mike Poole, Johnny Carroll, Laura Anne Yarbro, Doleney Weaver, Hank Brandis, Cam Schinhan, Katherine Taylor, Ann Burnham, Patti Swann and Deb- ! hi* Poole, all of Chapel Hill. AI vis Lloyd of Route 3, Hills-! boro; Wallace Poteat and Hubert O’Daniel of Route 1, Chapel Hill; Stella Doudy of Route 3, Chapel Hill; Joan Elmore and Margarine Wade both of Route 1, Efland; and David E. Fein of Durham The Chapel Hill Weekly To Advisory Board On Atomic Energy \\. 1) Carmichael Jr., vice president of the Consolidated University, has been appointed chairman of the 25-member state advisory committee on atomic energy development in the South.| Mr. Carmichael was named to! the post Tuesday by Governor Hodges, and then joined in a Wednesday luncheon attheMore-j head Planetarium for Admiral Lewis Strauss, chairman of the 1 nation’s atomic Energy Commis-J sion, who was a guest of Rep. Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill.! Mr. Durham is chairman of the' Joint Congressional Atomic En ergy Committee. The visit of Admiral Strauss to the state was in connection withj 1 developing atomic energy re-] search in the South, especially in the Triangle Research Group of Duke, UNC, and N. C. State. In company with Governor Hodg es and Mr. Durham, Admiral Strauss visited the nuclear re-1 actor at N. ('. State. A number of prominent Tar Keel educators and business men were present at the luncheon here, including University Presi-, dent W. Friday, Collier Cobh Jr, Di I lent y T. < lai k, < E Teague, A. H. Shepard, Everett I*. Palinuticr, ami William M. Whybuin, the latter acting Uni versity provost who was named by the governor to a sub com millet* on development in the state. John Dasheill to Speak in New York John F. Dashiell will he on the program of the annual conven tion of the American Association for the Advancement of Science! from December 2b to 29 in New York. On a symposium on "Science ami Ethics" he is to read u paper entitled “The Place if Facts in a World of Values.”, ! 1 As vice-president of the North Carolina Academy of Science, 1 Mr. Dashiell will also serve as I one of the representatives of the i academy at the Academy Con- , (erence. i 1 R.F.D. s The contest is open to all chil- I (Iren through ten years old that I live in Orange and Chatham coun ■ ties. . The prizes, in all cases, will be' : awarded on the basis of neatness,] si originality and imagination inj ■ color selection. I Ten drawings will appear in i the Weekly but children do not) i have to enter all drawings. Theyj j may enter as many us they wish i and as many versions of the! {same drawings. The more entries i that a boy or girl enters the' • more chances he has of winning.] Here are the rules in brief: 1. The contest is open to all Orange and Chatham county {children through ten years of age. 2. Color pictures with crayons,' pencil or paints. 3. Several color versions of the i >ame picture may be sent in on] the picture as it appears in the 1 | paper. 4. Prizes will be awarded on the basis of neatness, accuracy and originality. The judges’ de cision will be final. 6. Families of the Weekly’s employes and judges will not be eligible to enter the contest. CHAPEL HILL. N. C.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1956 Price of Coffee Is Coming Down Coff«v prices are moving down in and. .Carr boro groceries, a surtTr- revealed th s week after announcement • f wholesale price reductions ly principal suppliers. Both chain and independent store managers -aid that of tie so-called premium companies. Maxwell House had put out a new price sheet, and that usual y other coffee houses follow in line' in this area. Ernest Riggsbeo of Andrew -- Riggsbee Grocery in Carrbor > and Vance Hogan of Fowlers hood Store said that the new Maxwell sheet indicated a price drop of at least three cents per pound. Manager Hill Alexander ■ f the A & 1* Store and Dennis Williams of the Glen Lennox Colonial Store said the lower prices would be reflected in com pany and special brands. It is possible, all grocers said, that the price reductions may be Selden to Read Dickens ’ Carol Samuel Selden, chairman of the I'W Department of Dra matic Art and director of the Carolina Haymakers, will pre sent his traditional reading of Charles Dickens' beloved clas sic, “A Christmas Carol," on Sunday afternoon at 4 ;U> o’clock in the Play makers Theatre. Students, faculty members, townspeople and particularly children are invited to attend the program, sponsored by the Play makers. The annual reading of the famous Christmas story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim was be gun at Chapel Hill by Fred erick H. “Proff” Koch, founder of the Playmukers. During his lifetime "Proff" gave 278 readings of the story all over America, including four per formances ut Town Hall in New York City. Since Mr. Koch's death, Mr. Selden has been giving the annual reading both in Chapel Hill ana oisr c towns in North Carolina. Preceding the performance and forming interluudes be tween the staves of the story, edited by Mr. Selden, selected recordings of Christmas music will be played Philological ( tub Meeting The Philological Club wilt meet at 7:50 pm. Tuesday, December 11, in the faculty lounge of the Morehcad Planetarium Profes sor Lawrence A Sharpe <>f the I nivei sity s Romance l anguages Department will present a paper on "Some Highlights of Portu guese Literature. ” All facu tty members and graduate students are invited. Only Five More Days Remain to Adopt A Family to Make Happy at Christmas Only five more days remain to adopt a family for the Empty Stocking Fund. | As of December l, only 150 adoptions had been made of a possible 000 destitute families. One still has time to adopt a family, buy for it, ami deliver the boxes to the old Institute of Government building on East Franklin Street to make certain some unfortunate families have, at least, a happy Christmas. Here are descriptions of three most destitute families whom you may help: Mr. L. is sixty-two years old. About ten years ago he and his wife took into their home a hoy who had been abandoned by his mother. Shortly after this Mrs. |L. died. Mr. L. arranged for the boy to be cared for while he worked. When the boy en tered school it was apparent he was far from normal. Mr L. No Decision Here On Higher Interest Whether Chapel Hill banks will hike their interest rates on savings deposits was pure specu lation yesterday. The Federal government this week authorized insured banking institutions throughout the na tion to increase their interest rates on savings up to 3 per cent, which represents a one-half of one per cent raise. Local bankers said the govern ment authorization had not been considered by their boards of di rectors, and, in any event, any decision on the matter would be in the light of individual bank* ing policies and earnings. 1 c\ . • • , n practically all brands 1 t\v the weekend. The price reduction on the re ,tai!P vel f the favorite break fusi howl ago follows a whole -a.e puce cut by large suppliers a-t weekend. The reduction was caused by record production of , raw ffev this year. CHAPEL HILL CHAFF By Louis (iraves 4 I have never known any other couple to have for a baby sitter such an exalted person as the one who serves Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaf fer. When they were return ing from a dinner to the Sir Walter hotel in Raleigh one night last week and 1 met them in the lobby, 1 learned that the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court was up in their room taking care of their child tor them. The explanation of why Chief Winborne is willing, indeed eager, to perform this service free for the Shatters whenever the opportunity offers is that their child is his grandchild. » * * Mrs laithrop Morehead recently gave me several newspapers of 58 to 54 years ago iIB9B to 1902) contain ing reports of Yirginia-Car elina football games. She found them among the things left by her late hus band. my fellow student of that era. One was the Rich mond Dispatch recording the game on Thankgiving Day 1902. That was the last foot ball game 1 ever played in a. I 1 looked through the ac count of it hoping to find that 1 had distinguished my self in some way. It was a vain search, though. The re porter evidently saw no sparkle in my performance, and I must say there is noth ing in my memory to refute this judgment. The score Was a tie. 12 to 12. On the front page of the Dispatch was a three-col umn-wide. drawing of Wil liam I' Jacocks in the act of making a 35-yard run. The caption said that this was (< ohtihut'andy McClumroch. president; Monk Jennings, director; Hill Hobbs, vice president; and Mrs. Jane W hitefi*fd.„secretar> - treasurer. Other officers elected pi ; lur ‘‘ included Raymond Andrews, Carlton Bvrd and Rav Jollv. directors; anu i.. j t nipps, attorney. Merchants Elect Sandy McClamroch President Sandy McCiamroch was elected president of the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Merchants Association at its annua business meeting Monday evening at the Carolina Inn. He succeeds H. S. McGinty. Bill Hobbs was elected vice-pres ident to succeed Edward Dan xiger. New directors elected were Raymond Andrews, Monk Jen nings, and Kay Jolly for three year terms and Carlton Byrd for a two-year term. Members of the Advisory Board re-elected for a one-year term are C. E. league, J. S. Bennett and John l instead. Also re-elected were Mr*. Jane Whitefield, secretary treasurer; C. Whid Powell, state director, and L. J. Phipps, attor ney. The annual event, a dinner meeting, was presided over by Vice-President Danziger in the absence of President McGinty, who was ill. Orville Campbell asked the blessing, and Mrs. Whitefield read the minutes Commissioners to Meet on Tuesday The Orange County Board of Commissioners will meet at the Chapel Hill Town Hall Tuesday night at 8 o’clock for organi zation and possible discussion of two matters affecting the local area. One involves changes in the tatute governing the Chapel Hill I'ire District and the other per tains to a proposed recreation bond referendum. Because of the annexation to the town of certain areas former ly within the fire district, changes in the statute have been pro posed. The commissioners on Monday decided to await further information and a full hoard be fore acting. The same decision was reached after < hapel Hill Jayceea pre sented their proposal (or a refer-, enduin oil a $250,000 bond issue for improvement of the Robinson! Street Community Center and construction of another. The matter was presented by William S. Stewart, und the Rev. Charles Hubbard, a member of [tile State Recreation Commis sion, also spoke briefly. The commissioners more than likely on Tuesday will set the date for a public hearing at which both proponents and opponents will be heard. It. J. M. Hobbs, who is chair man of the commissioners and who was sick last Monday, is said to be improved and la ex netted to he able *n attend *he meeting on next Monday night in s nigum o was re ferred because of his illness. Methodist Women’s Meeting Miss York Kiger of the Eden ton Methodist Church in Raleigh will have charge of the Christ mas program of the Walter Pat ten Circle of the University Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Mon day, December 10, ut the home of Mrs. ii. S. McGinty on Koose- I velt Avenue. Needierrafl Workshop to Meet The Community Club’s Needle craft Workshop will meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 11, with Mrs. Alfred F. Linde at 220 Glandon Drive to stork OR I'luilt squares. Members should ! bring suitable material, if possi ble. $4 a Y ear in County; other rates on page 2 which included an announcement of 21 new members, bringing the total membership to 155. The proposed slate of officers, unani mously elected, was presented by < rowell Little, chairman of the Nominating Committee. A high-light of the meeting was the presentation of a gift from the Association to Miss Barah I'mstead, director of the Recreation Center, for her un selfish service to the commu nity. The gift was presented by Carlton Byrd, chairman of the Trade Promotions Committee, who said, “This is a token of recognition to a young lady who has done more for Chape! Hil's than anyone else 1 know of. She never declines to serve her conj inuni!'', { »«y he bus b-eri a tre-' me rule us * p to the merchants. What we need in Chape) Hill is more people like Miss Sarah Urn stead." The following two amendments to the Association’s Constitution were unanimously approved: (1) That the bylaws of the Association be extended to read that the President’s report be made at the January meeting and that an installation service of officers be observed at the January meeting. (2) That the bylaws of the Association he extended to read that a permanent nominating committee composed of the Pres ident and the immediate two past Presidents be formed. Twenty-Three Boy Scouts Are Honored At Ceremony at County Court House i Twenty-three hoys received promotions and five others merit badges at the Hoys Scout Orange | District Court of Honor held in Hillsboro last Sunday. Donald Neville of Carrboro re ceived merit badges for citizen ship, business, camping, hiking, | gardening, life saving, swim ming, public speaking, nature and marksmanship. Ed Kenny of Troop 9, Chapel Hill was promoted from First ('lass Scout to Star Scout and Hill Miahoc of Troop 45, Carr boro, was advanced to Life Scout. William Hester, Alvis Poe, Hil bert Godfrey all of Troop 45, Carrboro, and Edward Norris of Troop 4.48, Hillsboro, were ‘ad vanced to First Class Scouts. J. P. Ward, Harry Williams, Larry Sturdivant, David Sturdi vant, Kenneth Strowd, Danny Pickett, Steve O’Daniel, Hilly Mann, Wrcnn Davis, Billy Davis and Warren Atwater of Troop 803, White Cross; Craig Allison, Joe Eskridge, Johnny Midgett and Jimmy Parsley of Troop 438, Hillsboro, were advanced to Sec ond Class Scouts. Gene Hay of Troop ,45, Carr boro, and Ed Kenny were ad vanced to Star Scouts. Others receiving merit budges were William Hester, Hill Mis hoe, Gilbert Godfrey, and Gene Ray, all of Carrboro. The advancement award, based • >n advancement points and at tendance at Court Honors, was won by Troop 438 of Hillsboro with Troop 803 of White Cross a close second. The meeting was held In the Orange County Courthouse and simulated a regular session of thg county court. Bommt Sawjrur, E. M. Lynch, Only IS Shopping Days Till Christ mas MISS S Alt AH UMSTEAD h—— Btwkhprn (grange Monday A meeting to explain ' Orange County Blue Rib Farm and Home Program wi* held at the Buckhorn Gr Hall Monday, at 7:30 the meeting the motion p which was made this met of local community i tie* will be shown. Community Chest at $1 W‘ A total of $17,800 collected in the I'uiiiniutW drive. The goal is ., alt Baucom, campaign chairman, said yesterday that the workers are now going hack to all on all persons missed in the original canvass. and Odell Clayton, all of Hills boro, served as presiding judge, court clerk, and bailiff, respec tively. Ed Harnes of Hillsboro was narrator for awards and Paul Carr, Ed Hamlin, I)r. Robert Murphy, Ira Ward, and C. D. Knight all of Hillsboro, present ed the awards. Troop 438 of Hillsboro was host troop for the meeting. Jess Dedmond of Chapel Hill, Chairman of the Orange District Advancement Committee, also took part in the program. MB |KCp ... CANDIDATE William 8. Stewart, Judge es Recorder’s Court for the Town of Chapel Hill, yesterday announced Us candidacy .fur reduction in next May’s municipal balloting. Hu said the anaeuneement wan made at this time hucanee es namenmu inguirioa from friedds Ml to y* llltlrtilM.