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MONDAY ISSUE Next Issue Thursday Vol. 35, No. 34 CHAPEL HILL CHAFF By Louis Graves I would not have known that a picture by a Chapel Hillian had appeared in the New York Times if Miss' Mary Thornton had not told me about it. She referred me to the drama section of the issue of April 20 (Sun day a week ago). There 1 saw a giant advertisement of the new play, “Jane Eyre,” illustrated by one of the drawings that Mrs. Ul rich Sonnemann, the former Miss* Nell Booker, made for the edition of Charlotte Bronte’s novel published a few years ago. The play is to have its New York open ing this coming Thursday, May 1, at the Belasco the atre. Mrs. Sonnemann, daugh ter of the late John M. Booker, professor of English in the University and great granddaughter of President Kemp B. Battle, was grad uated here in 193 b and took her M.A. degree in 1940. It was when she was an artist in New York that she illus-i trated "Jane Eyre.” Now living in Washington, she c,,rnes here on frequent vis-! its to her mother. ,* * * I have never known a more devoted University alumnus than Thomas Vi-j cente Llorens of Palma Sor iano, Oriente, Cuba. Year after year since his gradu ation 47 years ago he has come back to roam around the village and the ci*Jpus and to call on old- ime friends. He and his wife were here last week. They came to at tend the reunion of the 1910-1914 track squad of which Mr. Llorens was a < Continued on Page 2) Children’s Puppet Show The children of Mrs. Irene Gil more’s third grade at the Chapel Hill Elementary School will pre sent a poppet show based on Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite at 1:30 p m tomorrow (Tuesday> in the school auditorium. The show is given in connection with the children's concert by the North (Carolina Symphony on Wednesday m Memorial Hall. - | Carrboro Committee Meeting The Carrboro Citizens Commit i tee for Better Schools will meet at 8 p m this Thursday at the Carrboro Elementary School audi torium. The people of Carrboro and White Cross are invited to be present. EVENTS Maadajr, April 28 • 7:30 pin.. Public hearing on question of parking meters, Town Hall. • 7:30 p.m., UNC Chapter of American Association of Uni versity Professors meets, More head Building. Tuesday, April 28 • 11 am., Cancer Society's movie, "Time and Two Women,” wom en only, free admission, Varsi ty Theatre. • 1 p.m., Gordon Blackwell speaks at Faculty Club luncheon, Caro lina Inn. • 1:30 p m.. Children in Mrs. Gil more’s third grade give puppet show. Chapel Hill Elementary School auditorium. • 7:30 p.m., Abdullah and Issa Ommidvar of Iran speak and show films, Graham Memorial. • 8 p.m., League of Women Vot ers meets, UNC Library's as sembly room. • I p.m., John G. Kunstmann gives Humanities Division Facul ty lecture, Carroll Hall. Wednesday, April 38 • 2 p.m.. Children's concert by N. C. Symphony, Memorial Hall. • 8:30 p.m., Concert by North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Hall. Thar May, May 1 e 10 am., Public invited to spe cial session of Recorder’s Court. Town Hall. 6 Cents a Copy Ifl^HT jlfc ’al ■-"WBk +*■■ #J\|: Jk JH| ■r . z wm MB | MRS. LOUISE JEFFERSON Chapel Hillian Elected President 01 State Music Club Federation Mrs Louise Jefferson of Chapel' Hill was elected president of the North Carolina Federation of Mu sic Clubs last week at its conven turn in Gastonia. She has long been active ia the Federation's affairs and has been a leader in the work being dene for the en 'couragement of young musicians in the Chapel Hill public schools. In her acceptance speech at the convention. Mrs Jefferson pledged her devoted attention to the work of the Federation and expressed faith in the organization's future progress. Another Chapel Hillian. Mrs. Kemp Cate, was elected corre sponding secretary of the Federa tion Other new officers are George E Perry of Greenville, third vice-president, and Mrs Charles Burgin of Valdese, chap lain. The officers were installed by Mrs. J. Kenneth Pfohl of Winston- Salem. national chaplain of the Federated Music Clubs Mrs. Ronald Arthur Dougan, na tional president, was a special guest at the convention. She brought greetings and congratulat ed the North Carolina Federation for its excellent work She urged greater service on the part of every member ’’lf we become mature,” she said, "our greatest satisfaction comes wKh giving more than we receive." • 2 p m, to 5 p m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p m.. Home and Garden Tour sponsored by Oakview Garden Club. e 7 30 pm. Public meeting of Chapel Hill Association for Ag ing, Wilson Library's assembly room. e 8 p.m., Carrboro Citizens Com mittee for Better Schools meets at Carrboro School. e 8 p m., Phi Mu Alpha concert of compositions by UNC music students, Hill Hall. * e » p m., Attorney General Mai colm Seawell gives Heck Lec ture. Manning Hall. • • « Morehead Planetarium: ‘‘Things That Fall From the Sky,” 8 30 p.m. daily plus 11 am., 3 pm., Sat.; 3 p.m., I p.m. Sun. • * • Carolina Theatre: Mon., ”St. Louis Blues.” Nat King Cole. Ear tha Kitt, Cab Calloway; Tue., "California,” Ray Milland. Bar bara Stanwyck; Wed., "The Song of Bernadette,” Jennifer Jones. Varsity Theatre: Mon., “Albert Schweitzer;” Tue., "Operation Mad Ball,” Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kevace; Wed.. “Jutaal,” Glenn Ferd. Erneet Bargain#; Thur , ”12 Angry Men," Henry Foods. Lee J. Cobb. The Chapel Hill Weekly Services Held For Mrs. Hubert Hogan Funeral services for Mrs Mary McGirt Hogan, 47, wife of Hubert T. Hogan, were conducted Satur day afternoon at the Orange Meth odist Church by her pastor, the Rev, Vance Barron, pastor of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church Burial was in the Orange Method ist Church cemetery. A daughter of Mrs M R. Mc- Girt of Chapel Hill and the late Mr M R. McGirt, Mrs Hogan died Friday morning in Memorial Hospital after a long illness Survivors include her husband, her mother, a brother, Malcolm R. McGirt of Chapel Hill, and three sisters, Mrs Paul Johnston of Chapel Hill, Mrs Art Weiner of Summit, N. J , and Mrs George T Byers of Clovis, New Mexico. Luxon, Journalism Dean Here, Is Honored By Newspaper Editors Norval Neil Luzon, dean of the University’s School of Journalism, was elected to Distinguished Serv ice Membership in the American Society of Newspaper Editors at the society's recent convention in Washington. The society is composed of six hundred editors of daily news papers Mr. Luxon is the ninth journalism director to be elected a Distinguished Service Member. There are fourteen editor mem bers Mr Luxon, a native of Ohio, will he 50 years old on May 16. He took the B. S and the M A. degrees at Ohio State University and the Ph D degree at the Uni versity of California He was in the Navy Reserve from 1817 to 1919 After service on newspapers in Columbus and Canton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, he became in structor in jorunalism at Ohip State He was professor of Work Is Exhibited By Pottery Pupils A display of work done by the pupils in Mrs. Bally Prange's pot tery class is on view in display cases in the basement of the More head Planetarium and will con tinue there through May 17. Those whose work is being shown include Mrs. Marilou Curtis, Mrs. Lois Filley, Mrs. Betty Rip py. Mias Ann Garst, and Miss Carolyn Slack. All are beginners. Mrs. Prange’s pottery class meets once a week at her home in Sherwood Forest. Mrs. Jeheeee BsrapsraHig Mrs. Guy Johnson is recuperat ing at her home on Westwood Drive after her recent illness In Metnorigl JieepiteA* Serving the Chapel Hill Area Since M 923 CHAPEL HILL, N. C., MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1958 Should Chapel Hill Get Public Library? Community Leaders Think We Do And Are Now Working On This Problem By Mary Frances O. Schinhan i i Editor's note: This is the first of a series of articles Mrs. Schin han is writing for the Weekly about the town’s library situation.) Are there enough books readily available to everyone in Chapel Hill, the educational and cultural center of the State? The answer may be surprising. Are there books and reading material enough for referring, lending, or just "browsing” to meet the de mands of the whole, ever-changing population in this area? Is there 1 a wide variety of books within easy reach of both University and non-University people, business citizens, the retired people and others who have chosen Chapel Hill as the ideal community in which to live from a wide field, of children in summer when schools are closed? Community leaders here, great |ly aware now of both the chang ing town and the changing times, are concerned because we do not as yet have a public library to | help meet the needs and reguests of the cosmopolitan population. Mrs l). C. Phillips, who is the President of the Community Club of Chapel Hill, said last week, ■j “The prophet of old said. My ! people are destroyed for lack of | knowledge.’ Today, the theme of the General Federation of Wo men's Clubs is Knowledge is Pow er We need more and better lib raries in order that we may have ; better informed citizens as we face an uncertain future.” Chapel Hill, as the University town, a unique community, is look ed up to as a model by other towns in the state. But we are, at the same time, the only town of its size without a public lib rary. The Budget Committee of the Board of Aldermen now has the proposal for a public library for Chapel Hill as presented by the Community Council; the Council’s request has come after long-stand ing studies and efforts on behalf of a library made by such lead ing organizations as the AAUW, the League of Women Voters, the Junior Service League, the Com munity Club, and others (and the concern of some of these groups goes back to the 1920’5), For less than $5,000, as request ed of the Town, a library could be started. The town has on hand SIOO,OOO in non-tax funds, the source from which library support (Continued on Page 8> journalism there for eleven years and during part of that time was assistant to the president. He came here as dean of the School of Journalism in 1953 Sigma Delta Chi, the Journalism fraternity, gave him in 1939 its Distinguished Service Award for Resear ah in Journalism. Two years ago he went to Paris as a delegate to the United Na tions’ international experts' meet ing on Professional Training for Journalism. Among his books are “News Magazines of the 19th Century” and “The Reporter and the News.” MISS CHAPEL HILL CROWNED~Mta« PUf Jebaaen. UNC esed from Askeber* (center) le shewn shortly after being preelalaaed "Mtoe Chapel HID” Tharsday eight by Mias Jeamo Aldridge (toll), who she —reedal as goeen. At right to Mtos Btotas Herndee at Pur faun, reigning Mtoe North Carolina, who was ana of lb* jndgao far the toealiMew, held at Ihe High Ceheel AadMertnm. Mtoe Pnß MaAntay e* Mend and Mtoe Gad Mtanleh as Adnata. On.. ataeennZ at the Ualrorsdr.ienh dart and nsaand wnans>np peedtann itapaUvslpv Registration For School Election To End May 17 Registration in Carrboro and White Cross for the May 20 school merger and special 15-cent school tax election will continue through May 17. People in Carrboro can register at the home of Mrs. Luther Stur divant on Hillsboro Road from 9 a m to 0 30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and at the Carrboro Town i Hall this coming Saturday and on Saturday, May 10. The books will also be at Town Hall May 17 for challenge of the vote only. People in White Cross czm regis ter at the home of Mrs. Thomas V Teer ■Mondays through Fridays and at the Grange Hall this com ing Saturday and May 10 from 9 a m to ti 30 pm. May 17 will be vote challenge day at the Grange Hall for White Cross cit izens. Anyone who wishes to vote in the May 20 election must register in the Carrboro or White Cross registration Iwoks during this time since the boundaries for this election in no way conform with other political boundaries. Symphony Is To Perform Here Wednesday Night ■ The annual performance of the North Carolina Symphony in Cha pel Hill will be this Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock in Memorial Hall. The orchestra will present a program of symphonic music under the direction of Benjamin Swalin, and the soloist will be so prano Helen Boatwright The con cert is open to all members of the North Carolina Symphony Society. A children's concert will be held in Memorial Hall at 2 pm. on Wednesday. There will lie an ad mission charge of $1 for adults, and children from local schools in [grades 1 through 6 will be admit [ ted free. The children will par ticipate in several numbers with the Symphony The Orchestra will open its eve ning concert with Sibelius' The Swan of Tuonela, and Chausson’s Symphony in B flat major. After a brief intermission. Miss Boat wright will sing Handel's “if God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us” from the Messiah; Mozart's “Batti. Batti” from the opera Don Giovanni, and Tschaikowsky's ‘The Letter Scene’’ from the op era Eugen Onegin The Symphony will conclude the program with Debussy's Festivals and Strauss symphonic poem, Don Juan. Leaves (or Florida Mrs. A. S. Lawrence left Mon day for Fort Myers. Florida, where she will spend two weeks with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Lawrence. Mrs. Lawrence is making the trip by airline. Hi * PHIS Hi a. 9 II ■ f H SSifc WjK**wP' i M 41 A- M f #h H-- IrIM f ■ s. A M jL WEEKLY PHOTO BILL PROUTY GREETS WELL WISHERS-Mr. Clyde Eubanks smiles hap pily on his 87th birthday as be recalls old days In Chapel HIU and greets friends who came by his store to wish him well. Mr. Eubanks, who has been in the drug business here continuously for the past 66 years. Is the oldest active druggist in the state. He drives his car ; to work every day and is In excellent health. According to his son. Haul, who has been associated with his father for many yean In the 1 business. Mr. Eubanks' only bobby is work. Advantages 01 School Merger Discussed By Carrboro Citizens By Helene Ivey "We want to discuss all angles of this question without displaying any tempers,” said Odell Barham, j chairman, as he opened the meet ing of the Carrboro Citizens Com imittee for Better Schools last Thursday evening. The meeting had been arranged "to clarify questions regarding the issues of the May 20 school merger and special school tax election” and to discuss the prob lems involved Although some of the people just listened, those who spoke dis played no tempers. Questions were raised end discussion en sued. Considerable interest was expressed in the new junior high school in Chapel Hill and how it will meet the needs of Carrboro children. Mrs. C. T. Kaylor, in answer to a question about the advantages of the merger of the Carrboro and Chapel Hill schools, said there was a fourfold advantage. First, the curriculum would be expanded. The principal and the librarian would be hired on a full time basis and the teachers could teach the children more. Aslo art, music, physical education, and special education could be meaningful parts of the school Secondly, the curriculum would be geared to the high school that the children eventually attended Like the other children in the Chapel Hill School District, the Carrboro children would have been prepared for the high school pro gram and would not have to lag Mrs . Herbert Watson Is Selected As The Mother 01 The Year In Carrboro A native of Carrboro who has lived there all of her life and the mother of three children. Mrs. Herbert Watson Jr. has been cho sen as the Carrboro Mother of the Year by the Chapel HiU-Carrboro Retail Merchants Association. Mrs. Watson along with Mrs. Bessie R. Buchanan, house mother at Spen cer Hall, and a Chapel Hill mother have been selected by the Merchants Association in obser vance of Mother's Day. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S E. Oakley, who still live in Carrboro, Mrs. Watson was edu cated in the Carrboro and Chapel rliill schools. She married Mr. {Watson, who works at (be Uni versity’s Book Exchange, and the couple have three small children The oldest la Herbie, 10, followed by Kathy, 8, and Vivian. IS months. Mrs. Watson Is very active in church work, being a member of the Carrboro Methodist Church. She now works with older youth in the church, sings in the choir, and is active in the Woman's Society for Christian Service. Be sides being a program leader in her missionary circle, Mrs. Wat son tries to help out in any way ■he can around the church. Her Interest in missionary work has caused her personally to help sup port a worker in Liberia. Africa. In other dvic activities, Mrs. Watson helped In the recent Ameri can Rad Croat drive in the local area and la active la the Carr boro Elementary School Parent- Teacher Association. She has been secretary-treasurer for the PTA tar three yean, and this year aha to chairman of the spiritual $4 * Year in County; other rates on page S [behind for months and even years as is now the case. Thirdly, the geographic situation makes merger a logical step, she said. She pointed out that Carr (Continued on Page 8) Upset Publicist Dick pope of Cypress Gar deni. Fla., promoter and pub licist (or the beauty spots of that resort state, waa consid erably upset when he was here the other day (or the press phetegrapher’s convent Isa ”i’as getting set of law* to (apt as I can,” he said, ••nfhate on a $ o’clock plaae. Chapel HIM Is the prettiest place I've seen, and U I stay here aay longer 1 might not want to leave at all. Se I’m going while I still have the resistance." PTA Plans Final Spring Meeting The Chapel Hill Elementary School Parent Teacher Associa tion will have its last meeting of the school year at 9 p.m. Thurs day, May S, at the school. After a brief meeting in the auditorium, the parents and teach ers will go to the school halls. There they will view the exhibit of examples of the children's art work and be served refreshments. ’* m MRS. HERBERT WATSON JR. and character education commit tee. tyra, Watson would like to be even more active in church and civtM uctivitlee if she had the tim^’But besides her three chil dren she cares for her nephew, Stern Qbkley, after school each day and all through the summer: For hobbies Mrs. Watson is moat interacted in sewing and garden, ing. She makes all of bar chil. dreg's clothes, even including spoil epats for her little boy. About the Carrboro Mother of the Year award, Mrs. Watsoa said Ihe fall very unworthy of the honor, but that she was extreme ly grateful “I feel now that tbto award to • cballengo for mo to bn even a batter mother,” An PwESLe** 1 *: A £ street a ** Public Hearing Tonight Parking Meters To Be Discussed By Town Citizens The Chapel Hill Board of Aider men will hold a public hearing to night at 7 30 in the courtroom of the Town Hall on the subject of parking meters for the business district of the town. A tentative ordinance has been drawn up on the matter of meters, and the al dermen previously have indicated | that they are essentially in favor of the idea. A detailed plan for parking me ters in Chapel Hill was submitted ! to the aldermen by the Town Plan ning Board several months ago. The reason for installing meters, according to the planning board's recommendation, was to eliminate j congestion and traffic hazards in I the downtown area and to provide | a source of revenue for further i off street parking areas, i Some concern was shown by the J aldermen about "earmarking” the revenue from the meters for fu :ure off-street parking. However, it has been pointed out several times by legal authorities that me ter revenue must specifically go for this purpose. No organized opposition to the parking meter recommendation has arisen to datl, but there have been several complaints submit ted to the Board of Aldermen by individual citizens. The Chapel Hiil-Carrboro Merchants Associa tion held a meeting in order to take a stand on the meter issue, but a quorum was not present for the group to take a vote. vi- Local Publications Are Prize Winners Two Chapel Hill High School publications, the “Proconian” and the "Hilllfe,” were selected an their respective honor award groups at the 29th annual conven tion of the Southern Interscholas tic Press Association in Lexing ton, Va., last weekend. Some 280 publications were entered in the newspaper and yearbook categor ies by the 152 schools represented at the convention. The “Proconian” won its honor award in the group of schools with [enrollments of 401 to 650 students. It is published twice monthly. The editor this year is Virginia Hardi son, and Jessie Belle Lewis is the faculty adviser The Chapel Hill High School yearbook, the “Hillife,” is edited this year by Patricia Hunter, and the faculty adviser is Mrs. Berna dine Sullivan. chapel hill Scenes deecriblng in a weed ea two what your hr toads ate say ing, thinking, and doing ~ . | SPIKE SAUNDERS with a hoarse voice during the Alumni Assembly but nevertheless keep ing things going smoothly at tha Carolina Inn mooting. . .HAL BIERCK with a stack of books at the Alumni Annual Giving session, explaining to alumni this to what their money hap helped UNC to do. . .JIM GODFREY, discussing j positive thinking and predict!}* that all Rotarians will henceforth banish negative thinking after the lecture last week by Rotary apeak er NAPOLEON HILL . .JOHN PARKER transferring his office from Abernethy Hall to the Green Room at the Play makers Theater during the progress of the Dra matics Festival. . NORVAL LUX ON wearing a May Day smile. . . DICK CALHOON and BILL NO LAND being congratulated for their new book which they did in collaboration with ARTHUR WHITEHALL, now in Japan. . . ROBS SCROGGS with camera at the Old Well, getting the ripest pictures of flowers in full bloom for a color picture. . DEE WILEY acting as perfect heat to visiting humanities rieHfetffi to the Ren aiieance Conference. .JAJMQBB reeding ettH of ttm gunh® papers at thejian^^M^^gEb
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