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TUESDAY ISSUE Next Issue Friday Volume 33, No. 99 Propose Amendment To the Rural Fire Bill A!'-x McMahon, a member of a, Greater Chapel Hill hire district, ha.- drafted a proposed legislative act to provide for enlai a'jmei.' of rural fire pro tection in Ora nee County upon petition of a majority of property owners. The proposed bill would sim ply amend the present statutes, subject only to Orange County, Tobacco Meeting Set for Jan. 3rd A count)-»ide tobacco meet ing will be held at Ay rock School in Cedar Grove sow n ship Thursday night, January 3rd, at 7:30 p.m. *1 this meeting representa tives of the Slate College Ex tension Service, Oxford Exper iment Station, and North Caro lina Tobacco Stabilization Co operative, will present their views on the tobacco situation. The 20' cut m the allot ments for 1957 and the un certainly about the best va riety of tobaeco to plant, makes this meeting one of the most important to be held in a long time. All tobacco farmers are invited to attend. Breen Appointed on isory Committee l'l-of. Fletchei M Green, of the I'diversity, has been appointed a member of an advisory group of historians to aid a Senate committee in designating the five senators in American history "who have contributed most sig-, mficantly to the development of our country.” Portraits of the senators chosen— none of whom can be living persons will be placed, m the Senate Reception Room. i The Senate committee, whose chairman is John\\ Kennedy of Massachusetts, includes Senators Gird H. Russell, Mike. Mans field, Styles Bridges, and John \V. Bricker. The advisory com mittee of historians is headed by I’rof. Allan Kevins, of Columbia University. Academy Honors 2 IINC Professors Two University of North Caro liria professors were among the scientists elected In the fellow ship in the New York Academy of Sciences. The two were l>r. Edward C. Cut non Jr. and Dr. John <iuliok. In i urnen i> a professor and <han man of the Department of IVdiatrirs in the School of Modi •no Before coming to IJNC, he was connected with the Harvard and Yale Medical schools, lie has done extensive research in the fold of infectious diseases. 11l Uulick is an assistant pro se or of anthropology. He fs a o director of the Cross-Cul tural Laboratory and a research associate in the Institute for Re search in Social Science. Jtalle is currently heading a wYidy of life on the Cherokee Indian reservation. Social Security Taxes Going up On January Ist Orange County workers as well, as every salaried person through- 1 out the nation, will begin paying’ more social security taxes as of January 1. Call it a pay cut or call it a nest egg for old age, social se curity taxes will come out of one's weekly or monthly earn ings. The workers’ tax will be ad vanced one quarter of one per cent —up from two to two and one-quarter per cent. Simultan eously, employers’ taxes will be Advanced the same margin to the same total amount. Pamphlets are being mailed employers, of three types of labor- general business, farm and domestic—by the Internal Revenue Service. The phamplets carry complete instructions and explanations of the Social Securi ty act provisions. Merry Christmas This December 23 issue of the Chapel Hill Weekly is pub lished in advance in order that employes of the Weekly might enjoy Christmas with their families. The Weekly family thanks you for this indulgence and wishes you a Merry Christmas. 5 Cents a Copy and providing as follows: "The area of any fire pro -1 lection district may be increased by including in the boundaries ■ any adjoining territory upon the 1 application of the owner or a majority of the owners of the 'territory to be included, the ananimou recommendation in • writing of the fire protection ■ cotnmi-sioners of said district, the approval of a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation fur nishing fire protection to the district, and the approval of the board or boards of county com missioner' in the county or coun ties in which said fire protection : district is located." Mr. McMahon's proposed bill has been sen: to the Orange County Board of Commissioners for their consideration. In an accompanying letter to the board, Mr. McMahon wrote: "At your invitation, I appeared before you on December 11 to discuss the possibility of amend ing the law relating to rural fire protection districts, to provide an :additional means of enlargement if the tcriitorv of tich a district through an election procedure, I Hunt ioned i., you that my opinion, it might be simpler to provide for the enlargement upon ’.be petition et a majority of the owners of property. This would be better than the present statu tory requirement, which requiresj that all of the property owners : sign the petition, and it would be less expensive and less cum bersome than an election proce dure, where only a few property owners might be involved. "You thought well of the idea ,of a majority petition, and at your request I have drafted the enclosed bill to so provide. In my, opinion, it would probably be; best to submit this to the Gen eral Assembly in the form of a local act applicable only toj Orange County, for we have no idea what the situation is in other counties that might be af fected. If other counties think well of our solution to the prob lem, they could add themselves to our act, but we would not be in the position of advocating this j on a state wide basis, when we do not know the situation else-; where.” Everett Cheek Wins Speaking Prize Everett (heck, of I.emola harms in the < alvander com munity, h;is been judged second place winner in North Carolina in the .Spencer Chemical Com pany'.- speaking contest for 19,‘iti. Henry S Hogan, Chairman of the Orange County Supervisors of the Neu.-e Rivet Soil t’unserva lion Di.-lrict, announced today. “My Soil Conservation District It.- Value to My Community” was tin 1 subject this year in the annual contest. in his speech Everett • heck tra ed the development of agri eiilture on the headwaters of the N’euse Itiver and the erosion at tendant upon a clean cultivation system of farming. A purebred Ayrshire dairy herd is now the main enterprise Harry Davis to Speak Harry Davis will fly to Chi cago next Thursday to speak at a national meeting of the Ameri can Educational Theatre Confer ence at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. ; His topic will be “The Cherokee Festival.” Mr. Davis has been director of Kermit Hunter’s “Un to These Hills,” every summer since it opened there in 1950. #< 9 f> ~---*- § i. j- hI,.M »-/.•,1r, t,y IJi jP; outy SEC OND BOND WINNER—A. J. Altemueller, a director of the Chapel Ilill-Carrboro Merchant*) Association, presents a SI 00.00 U. 8. Savings bond to Mrs. Corneilus T. Kay lor of Cedar i Drove Road, who was adjudged the winner in the second phase of the “Bhop In Chapel Hill Contest” sponsored by the merchants and the Chapel Hill Weekly. Mr. Altmueller is manager of | Andrews-Henninger Company, at which store the picture was 1 taken. The Chapel Hill Weekly <! Billy Arthur Orville I>. Campbell Bobby Moore Frank Range Mrs. Viola Barrett Mrs. Helene Ivey Alex Noell Norman Smith Billy Bowman Louis Graves Mrs. Madge Oakley Raymond Smith _ % Charlton Campbell John W. Johnson Tal Poole 0. T. Watkins Mrs. Ruth Campbell Joe Jones Bill Prouty Roger Wright Cashier’s Office Is i Decorating Champ > i Winners in the annual Christ - mas decorating contest at N. < . t Memorial Hospital have been named. > First place winner was the : hospital cashier’s office. Run Criers up were the Physical Ther japy Department and East Nurs ling Station on the third floor lof the hospital. on the farm operated by Everett, hi- brother, Lewis, and father I. I! Cheek, Alfalfa and pasture, irrigated as needed, now make safe use of lolling land once subjected to ero-iun by cultiva tion. Now m Mediterranean Augustine Angline \ itale, ra dioman seaman, I SN, son of Mi lut her Tripp, Route I, Chapel Hill, departed from Nor folk, Vii., Nov Id aboard the guided missile heavy .cruiser CHS Boston, The ship will join the lith Fleet in the Mediterranean. Patterson Makes Letter Aiex M. Patterson, son of Cap , tain and Mrs. A. M. Patterson of Chapel Hill, has received his monogram “M” in varsity soccer at the Mercersburg Academy at Mercersburg, Pa. Due Tax Refund The name of Thomas Burnett i of 157 East Franklin Street has i been listed by the Internal Reve ■ nue Service at Greensboro as • being entitled to a Federal tax refund. CHAPKL HILL. N. C„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1956 Volunteer Workers Donate 1,000 Hours Each Month to N. Memorial Hospital If the value of time was coni pitted at the minimum wage id' jsl |ier hour, approximately sl, •too lit time is given monthly to the N. C Memorial Hospital by volunteer workers. ’rills time is donated by both individuals and civic groups of the community. About 100 voi unt -cis take part in the program .each month. In addition to the regului work >f the Woman’s Auxiliary, the Red Cross, through its Cray I .tidies, cooperate, and coordi nates its services with those of the Auxiliary. Many organizations take part in the volunteer work at the hospital. The largest number of working hours are donated by the church groups of < Impel Hill and Carrhoro. The local garden clubs lake the tti.sk of flowet arrangements foi tin hospital a ■ wejl as helping with Christmas decorations. Tiie Junior Service League gives time and equipment to the children’s section of the hospital. Tile Y Teens made tray favors jttt Halloween. The wives of the Chemistry faculty did this job it Thanksgiving. The wives of the I’harmacy students have pre pared the favors that were to be placed on the food trays at I Christmas. The Community Club of Chap el Hill has helped to collect arid catalog the books for the hos pital library. i In addition to these groups That serve in these areas of spe cial interest, there are other groups that render valuable service from time to time. Among these are the Girl Scouts, the Y- Teens and The girls of the Uni versity YWCA. The Hospital Bandage Room is one area where many of the volunteers work. This room is operated every week day and some nights and any person who can give service to this area is welcomed here. Two information desks are maintained by volunteer workers n the clinic area. Both Gray Ladies and Pink , Ladies work in the clinic proper. , Pink Ladies is the name given Mark Pines -fnr&Thinning | John Whitfield of White Cross, I Dr. Bryan N. Roberts of Hills boro, and Hubert Carter of Buck norrt have had pines marked for thinning and improvement cut ting by the farm forester. 1 Planetarium Open Wednesday | The M ore head Planetarium, 1 which has been closed Christ mas Eve and Christmas Day, will reopen Wednesday, December 26, with the 8:30 p.m. performance of "SUfoaf Bethlehem.” to volunteer workers other than (Iray Ladies because of the pink smocks they wear. These work ers are trained by the nurse in charge so that they may be of ; maximum help in relieving nurses of jobs which do riot require such specialized training. The Department of Pediatrics has been one of the chief in torests of the Junior Service League. The League has spent hundreds of dollars in making the play room attractive and us able The girls of the YWCA aid here in feeding the children (during meal time. New Blacktopping Is Laid on Bast Rosemary Rev hi lacing of Rosemary Street i between Hillsboro and Ninth IStieet ua- done last Thursday and I■ inlay by T. A. Loving and Company of Goldsboro. Also get ting a coat of blacktop was one block of North Boundary Street. The work, which was hid for ' in September, was late in ’get Ring- started- because of had (Weather, according to Town Man ager Tom Rose. Meantime, the work of widen ing Henderson Street beside the Post Office, and additional work on Rosemary Street, the con tracts for which have been award ed to the William Muirhead Com-' i Music Workshops To Be Held Here I Two workshops for community leaders who will conduct prepara tory classes for children’s con i certs by the North Carolina Sym i phony Orchestra have been ar i ranged for January and Febru ary by the University Extension Division in cooperation with the , North Carolina Symphony So ciety. First workshop will be Satur day morning, January 12, for persons in communities where the Little Symphony will play children’s concerts. Second workshop is scheduled for Saturday morning, February , 16, and is designed for leaders of the larger communities in 1 which the Full Symphony will play. Both workshops will be held in Chapel Hill’s Glenwood Elementary School. Mrs. Fred B. McCall, director of the children's concert division of the Symphony Society, Will conduct the workshops. P. O. Box Kents Due 1 Post office box rents are now > due and payable before Janu s ary 1 for the first quarter of Hillsboro Contest « Won By Jack Rays/ The Jack Rays won the resi-j dential Christmas decorations 1 contest grand prize in Hillsboro, | the judges announced last week. | Other winners included Mr. } and Mrs. Nat Ellis, and Mr. and ( Mrs. Marion Allison, religious t theme; Mr. and Mrs. (’. B. Parris ( and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bivins,! yards; Mr. and Mrs. Herman , Strayhorn and Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Crabtree, homes. Honorable men- 1 lion was accorded Mrs. Betty Sue Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Mel- t via Dixon, Miss Margaret Lane, and Mr. and Mrs, Marshall Cates Jr. puny, is temporarily held up i pending a deed in favor of tln* Town of Chapel Hill fur the 10 I feet of land which the U S. Government lias donated for the; • street-widening operation. Rental Pictures Due Jan. 2 The Person Hall Art Gallery’s ' rental pictures due in January must t»e returned by not later i than the second day of the month, as usual. The gallery, ; now closed for Christmas, will 1 he open Thursday and Friday, December 27 and 28. Library Reopens Wednesday University Library, which has 1 i been closed for Christmas, will I eopen tomorrow (Wednesday). ! Krom then through Saturday, |December 29, the library’s hours ’ (will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ■m*m _ i *—— ~ Mb W* * IB * jiutl Photo by Bill Prouty CoI.OKING CONTEST WINNER—PauI Desrosiers receives the $23 l S. Savings Bond which he won by taking first place i*i the Chapel Hill Weekly’s annual Christmas coloring contest, i The bond is being presented by Mrs. Madge Oakley, the Week ’ ly’s secretary. With Paul are hia three brothers, Bruce (at left), L who won the contest last year, David, and little Mark. 'The boys jD_a ear ‘ n County; other rates on page 2 Christmas Spirit Upon Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL . CHAFF By Joe Jones For a few moments the other day Miss Lib Hender son and Miss Marilynn Floyd thought they were going: to get a nice fat pig for Christ mas. A truckload of pigs was ahead of them when they were driving toward Chapel Hill on the Raleigh Road. As they passed Glen Lennox they saw one of the pigs jump out of the truck and run. “Let's stop and catch him.” Miss Henderson said .excitedly. But just then they saw a man and two boys hop from another car and take |off after the animal, which was racing across a ffeld be side the road. Seeing they had missed their chance of catching the pig, the young women re sumed speed and overtook and halted the truck and told 1 its driver what had happen ed, thinking he might want to go back for the lost pig. But while they were telling him the man and boys who had chased the pig drove past, and it was assumed by all that they had caught it and had it hidden in their car. I * * * tr 4 A nurse who is often on night duty at Memorial llos- ! pital says some advertise ments may be a lot of hot air but that she believes the cosmetic ads that proclaim the lasting qualities of cer tain brands of lipstick. “I've seen many women brought in here from auto- , mobile accidents,” she said. “They may be unconscious, covered with blood, or have (Continued on Page 2) Kun.xtmann, (oenen Kiev led John G. Kunstmann of the Uni versity has been e lee ted chair man of the regional chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German. Also dur ing the Atlanta meeting Dr. i Frederic E. Coenen, professor of German at UNC, was elected ;secretary of the German Section of SAMI,A for the year 195(1-57. I In Field Training Sgt. Nelson B. iiigsbee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Krodie Rlgsbee of Chapel Hill, recently participated; in a field training exercise with the 11th Airborne Division in Germany. A squud leader in | Company C of the division’s i 511th Infantry Regiment, Ser-; geant Rigsbee is a 1953 gradu ate of Lincoln High School. Weekly Offices Closed The offices of the Chapel Hill, Weekly will be closed all day Christmas Day. They will be open for business again Decern-1 her 2fi for the publication of the I December 28 issue. TUESDAY ISSUE Next Lssue Friday The spirit of Christmas is up ; on us. Anxious children are awaiting Santa Claus, hungry relatives are anticipating sumptuous feasts over which mothers are now j laboring, and tired clerks are serving procrastinating fathers who have just remembered to 1 purchase last-minute gifts. ■ The devout are planning . Christmas church attendance, and j tired postal clerks are antici pating a holiday of rest. 1 The tempo of Chapel Hill life ■ has steadily increased as Christ mas approached. University stu ( dents have departed for home, , but our own who attend colleges elsewhere have arrived here for the holidays. Many Chapel Ilillians have . gone elsewhere to spend Christ . mas with loved ones. And loved I ones have come to Chapel Hill to spend Christmas with relatives and friends. I They will find Chapel Hill | quieter than usual for the holi . days. Almost everything will be closed on Christmas Day in ob -1 servance of the birth of Christ, ‘ and public offices, including the 1 University’s, will have an extra . day. Some employes will be around, however, on a staggered holiday schedule. I One or *jvo restaurants and ! the theatresXvill be open Christ . mas Day, and some restaurants ■ and service establishments may I be closed several days longer. But. generally, it will be business as usual on Wednesday in local . establishments. Already some . have planned post-Christmas , sales, beginning Wednesday next, j But. again, we ask if this is of consequence. After all, the ! important thing we celebrate is that almost 2,000 years ago Jesus ; was born, that he dwelt on earth . for a time with men, and that his teachings have altered the his tory of the world. Episcopal, Catholic Churches to Have Yuletide Services Religious services in Chapel Hill on Christmas Day will be held in the Catholic and Episco pal churches. The Catholic Church will hold its usual midnight mass on Christmas Eve and two masses at 8 and 10 a.m. on Christmas Day at Gerrard Hall. A Christmas Eve service will he held at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Family at 11:30 p.m., anil on Christmas Day at 10 a.m. there will be Holy Com munion and blessing of the chil dren. Holy Communion and services will also be held at the Episcopal Chapel of the Cross at 8 and 10 | a.m. on ( ’hr is tmas Day. "Old Medicines Are Presented School The University School of Phar macy Museum has recently re -1 ceived a donation of three pack -1 ages of old patent medicines. The medicines were given by W. L. Lamar of Denton. This is Mr. Lamar’s second such dona tion of old patent medicines this year. j One package is labeled Mystic 1 Oil of Joy. The manufacturer claimed the product would "kill , pain in man or beast.” Another is a package of Lane’s Brain Re lief Cures. The third is Mur phee’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Cure. Mr. Lamar discovered the old remedies during a recent trip in Alabama. Greens Visit Boston Mr. and Mrs. Paul Green have gone to Boston to visit their children and grandchildren: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Green, Jr., with three daughters (home, Weston); Byrd and her husband, Dr. Sam j Cornwell, with four daughters (home, Winchester); Betsy and her husband, William Moyer, with 'a daughter and a son (home, Wayland); and Janet and her husband, Herbert Lauritzen, (home, Brooklyn, N. Y.). Mr. and Mrs. Greer will spend Christ mas at the Wellesley Inn in j Wellesley, a suburb of Boston. Putnams on Colony Court Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Putnam and their children, Harriet, Ce cile, Kenneth Jr., and Janice, have moved from Ransom Street to Colony Court into the house they recently bought from Rob ert Hardison. Their new tele-