MONDAY ISSUE Next Issue Thursday Vo!. 36, No. 59 * * *> - ..iB | «*■ ■ William Donald Carmichael An Editorial HV LOUIS GRAVES My first acquaintance with William Donald Car michael, who died Saturday night, was in September 1892. That was when he came to the University as a freshman. He was 19 years old and I was 9. I knew him well from the beginning of his college career. There were only about 250 students in the Uni versity then. All of them were acquaintances of mine because I was always roaming around the campus. But I knew Billy Carmichael better than most of them be cause he used to come to my mother’s boarding house, where the Carolina Inn is now, to call on a certain lovely young woman, Margaret McCaull. They were married soon after his graduation from the University. The eldest of the four sons who survive him is now Vice-President of the University. Ten years is a big difference in age when one person i* 19 and tin other is 9, and Flill endeared himself by taking me int.?> his companionship as an equal. As the years go on, 10 years is a difference tnat is as nothing. Our friendship lasted throughout his life, and it flourished with more strength than ever after he retired from business and came to live in Chapel Hill. Everybody who knew him loved him. It is no wonder, for he was gentle and kind and altogether lovable. No body ever had a sweeter nature. I look back upon our friendship as one of the great treasures of my life. Hoard Os County Commissioners m Gives Final Approval To Budget The Board of County Commis sioners gave item-by-item ap proval Friday night to the coun ty's 1959-60 budget Although the total budget figure has not been drawn up. County Accountant Sam Gattis estimated it will be in the neighborhood of $1,350,000 The budget is based on a new chopel hill Scenes MILS ROBERT R CLARK wax ing nostalgic about Baltimore, her native city . . Visitors at More head sundial enjoying rose gar dens, which apparently will keep right on blooming all summer . Unique animal that hangs out at Michael’s Grill: Cat with white face and black nose . . . MRS. STURGIS LEAVITT driving through traffic as expertly and breezily as she did in 1910 . . . ISABEL WLNSETTE bemoaning loss of Shields' store; now she’ll have to walk clear out to West Franklin to get groceries ' ~ Weather Report Warm and humid with scatter ed showers. High Low Thursday 99 71 Friday 90 71 Saturday 93 72 Sunday 91 79 The mating urge comes late to (fee goldfinch, which now haags ita cuplike nest la a big thiatla or even a stalk or corn. Another late Beater Is the cu- ckao, hatter known as U>« raid crow. Tho moaning dove aests early and lata, from March to Septea*or. 5 cents a Copy tax rate of 95 cents on the SUM) property valuation, which was approved by the board earlier last week The bulk of the tax revenue—estimated at 68 cents per tax dollar—will go toward the school program Most of Friday night session was devoted to action on re quested salary increases for county employes and officials The board approved the follow ing salary increases Recorder’s Court judge from $2,250 to $2,400, solicitor of Re corder’s Court from $1,950 to $2,000 The county farm agent, two assistant farm agents and the Negro farm agent received raises of SIOO a year each. The county home agent, her assist ant and her secretary were giv en a yearly increase of SSO each The Negro home agent was giv en a SSO a year increase and her secretary got a $43 increase The county accountant’s salary was increased from $5,500 to $5,750. *» -'•*"*«* The county sheriff received a raise from $4,425 to $4,800, and the veterans service officer was increased from $3,000 annually to $3,120. The salary of the register of deeds was increased from $4200 to $4400, and the clerk of su perior court from $4,800 to $5,000 A Capital Reserve Fund which eventually may put the school program on a pay-as you-go basis was set up by the board The capital reserve plan, sub mitted by Commissioner Donald Stanford, will contain an initial amount of $125,000 from the 1959-00 budget. The board speci fied that this fund will be made available to the Chapel Hill schools for construction of a •ix-claasroom addition at Glen wood School and the pure has* of • site for a proposed dew school building. The Chapel Hill Weekly Serving the Chapel Hill Area Since lfl2:t W. D. Carmichael, I NC Benefactor, Passes At Age 86 William Donald Carmichael, 86-year-old father of Consolidated University Vice President and Finance Officer William I). Carmehael Jr., and uncle of the late UNC football coach Jim Tatum, died in Chapel Hill a| 7 p.m. Saturday after a heart attack. Requiem mass was held for Mr. Carmichael this morning (Monday) at the St. Thomas More Catholic Church; he was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery. Mr. Carmichael had made his home in Chapel Hill since n:s retirement in 1943. but he filled the preceding 70 years with a wide variety of energet ically undertaken and consist ently successful activities .\ir. C'anmcfiaei was born on January to. 1873. of a long line of Scotch-Insh stock His fore bears settled near Cape Fear and later moved to South Carolina His father was Captain William I) Carmichael, a veteran of the Civil War Hi> mothei was Agnes Carolina Harlee A native of Little Hock, S C . Mr Carmichael entered the University in 1892. and as an un dergraduate was manager of the football and baseball teams • during the same year, 1896 was President of the Athletic Club one year, worked for the student newspaper and maga zine, and was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity and the (iimghouls. During Mr Carmichael's un dergraduate days very few stu dents left the campus on week ends Durham was two hours away by buggy and there were no busses Furthermore, there were few amusements on cam pus, other than the two yearly German Club dances one in October and one in February Football, baseball, and tennis were the only sports at the time, too; and tennis had not yet become an intercollegiate sport Louis Graves, contributing editor of The Weekly. ti;V n a freshman.' said Mr. Grave-.. "The University only had about 250 students then Mr Carmichael came to the t diversity to study law but before graduation he learned to admire Dr Edwin A Alderman, then head of the Department of education land later President of the University • so much that he decided in favor of teaching instead of law, and consequently, following his graduation in 1897, began a 15-year tour of service with the Durham City Schools, during six of which he acted as Superintendent He was then manager of the Liggett and Myers plant in Dur ham for 14 years, then moved to New York as Vice President of Liggett and Myers in charge of advertising, where he remained for 17 years He served on the University’s Board of Trustees during the twenties; he headed the Alumni Association's activities in the New York area in 1932; he was made an honorary member of Beta Gamma Sigma, scholastic fraternity in the University’s School of Commerce, in recogni tion of his business leadership, he made contributions to the Emergency Student Loan Fund in 1932, when 500 depression stricken students were on the Merchants Plan Picnic Wednesday Team managers Bucky Rose mond and Tommy Gardner re ported this wdeekend they have almost completed drawing up their team rosters for the soft ball game which will open the annual Merchants Association picnic Wednesday afternoon The game will begin at 3 p.m. at Hogan's Lake For those who aren't interested in softball, other lakeside activities will be provided, including water sk.lng and horseshoe pitching. The Merchants Association estimates that at least 150 people and possibly more will attend the afternoon and evening ac tivities. From Hogan's Lake, the out ing will move to the Homestead Community Cepter near' the lake, where the picnic supper wilt be served. There will be bingo games after supper. CHAPEIL HILL, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 27. 1959 verge of having to leave the Uni versity. he contributed to the construction of Woollen Gym nasium and to the conver sion of Person Hall into an art museum. As permanent Presi dent of the Class ot 1897, he was prominent in the Alumni Annual Giving program. However, retirement to Chapel Hill did not at all render Mr. Carmichael inactive. Cntii the last few years he attended all athletic contests, and was one ot the donors whose assistance made possible the beginning of educational television. He contri buted the land for the Catholic Church in Chapel Hill and also donated to the erection of the building He is survived by four sons; William D Carmichael Jr ; Cartwright Carmichael of Dur ham, and Robert H. and H. Martin Carmichael, both of New York City. Mr Carmichael loved to sit with friends on the porch or in the lobby of the Carolina Inn, where heMived during his re tirement. and reminded them that he courted his wife, the laie Margaret Mcßobert Mc- Caull who died in 1924 > under the big tree on the Carolina Inn corner. When the weather was fine, one of his particular en joyments was taking walks throu*!* the University campus, which he loved. - CL,„I 11,11 CHAFF By Louis Graves “Don’t forget—” And 1 said to myself: “Good heavens! What next ?” The words had not been in a severe tone. Indeed, they had been as gentle as possible. Blit this was at the end of one of those days—'they come along for everybody—when for some reason things haven’t been going so well. A day when you have been disappointing or irritating yourself in one way or another. You know you have been forgetting things you ought to have remembered ever since you got up in the morning, and at such a time “don’t for get,” which at best are two of the least cheering words in the language, make a pec liarly depressing imprint upon the human soul. Then the sentence was fin ished. Complete, it was as follows: “Don’t forget, the oat meal is cooling out on the kitchen porch.” All of a sudden the world turned bright and happy. Fortune was smiling on me again. Tastes in food are infin itely varied. You hear prais es bestowed on ail manner of meats and vegetables and sauces and salads and des serts and fruits. But from the general silence on the subject of oatmeal I gather that very few people share my passion for this humble dish. In my boyhood I hated it. After being a spoiled child, allowed to eat what I likpd, I was sent to the Bingham School at Asheville (long since gone out of existence). • Continued on Pag* 2) y, 5 < ’lfif TCTTTiTiffI if ! ian a*-. -W tB mmj ■■* WEEKLY PHOTO SILL PROUTY Football Players Bringing Casket From Church Coach Tatum Laid To Rest Among Chapel Hill Scenes He Loved So Well Jim Tatum was laid to rest here Saturday within a couple of long touchdown runs of where he had hoped to achieve his greatest success. Big Jim’s oversize copper casket was lowered gently be neath a shade tree in Chapel Hill Cemetery—within earshot of the Bell Tower and the Satur day afternoon roar from Kenan Everbody Listened W hen Jim Talked F » cs By BILLY CARMICHAEL 111 In the family he was known as "The Bull." He never came to the house announced. You could hear the screech and squeal of his tires a quarter of a mile away. Jim drove as he lived. He’d arrive late any night “to get on the couch.” That meant he wanted someone to talk to. By this time of night he’d worn out everybody else in the community, hut he still wanted to cram a few more hours of living into that day. It was as if there was no tomorrow. As if he knew the deadline that lay ahead of him. Jim would go up to my father’s room and sit for several hours in a small chair that was hardly ade quate for his massive frame. Occasionally, he would rise from his chair to give special emphasis to his point. Then he’d drop hack into his chair again. Mother had to have the springs fixed twice. Jim often claimed that Daddy went to sleep on him. My father told him he was just closing his eyes to concentrate on what “The Bull" was saying. Even the Carmichaels mostly listened when Jim was around. If Jim didn’t drop by, he’d cal! any time of the day or night. Jim had an unlisted telephone. But he gave the number to all his friends. That meant more people had it than had copies of the Cha|H*l Hill telephone book. In an evening he’d talk to Miami, Minneapolis and McColl. On Sunday after a game he’d talk to six dif ferent sportswriters, give them all a different angle or quote, and still have fresh material for hs televsion show. Jim loved to laugh. He loved to eat. He loved Chapel Hill and Carolina. He loved to talk. He loved to play golf. He loved the contest. “Winning isn’t everything,” he said, “it's the only thing.” Some people misunderstood this. But Jim knew what he meant. Whether you were doctor, lawyer or Indian chief, you should never settle for being anything less than the best doctor, the best lawyer or the best Indian chief. Jim loved people. He loved to live. Then sud denly he died. . And now there’s emptiness everywhere. In every place and every heart this big, wonderful, fascinating guy ever touched. My father has a tribute he likes to salute folks with—'“May the good Lord take a liking to you, but not too soon.” Well, the good Lord’s taken a liking to Jim, but I can’t blame Him. Everybody else who ever knew him did the same. But I’m warning Them up in Heaven: They’ll be getting up a little earlier in the morning and working a Ittle later every night. It won’t be long before he’s got the place organized. And I can hear him now, saying: “Heaven Isn't everything, it's the only thing.* Goodbya, old friend! Stadium. The colorful and sometimes controversial coach had died at 10 40 p.m Thursday on the other side of the hill above the stadium, of what doctors at Memorial Hospital described as an overwhelming virus infection Completely unlike the way he bad lived for 40 years. Sunny Jim died quietly, after lapsing $4 a Year in County; other rates on page 2 into a coma several hours ear lier His death was mourned by ON THE INSIDE Other stories and pictures on Jim Tatum are on pages 4 and 5. Editorial comment is on page 2. '. * ! hundreds of sports figures and educators who had known him during his 25-year career. His fellow coaches and former play ers came to Chapel Hill from all parts of the nation to pay their last respects to a tnan who had become one of the most widely known football coaches in the country Since his graduation at the University in 1935 he had achiev ed one of the most enviable records in the -port, winning too games, losing 35 and tieing seven. Across the street from where he was buried. Sunny Jim had planned to start practice ses sions Sept. 1 for what he ex pected to be his greatest season since he returned to his beloved Chapel Hill three years ago to rebuild the University's football program The eulogy was delivered by the Rev. Charles S Hubbard in the University Methodist Church. But it would be as ac curate to say the funeral service was held on sun-drenched Frank lin Street, for there were more people standing in solemn trib ute along the street than the huge church could accommodate. Mrs. Tatum could not attend the services. She is a patient at Memorial Hospital, recovering from the effects ot the same virus which killed her husband Two of the Tatum children also were hit by the virus, but re covered without hospitalization. Proposed Extension Os Carrboro Boundaries Discussed By Citizens At a meeting in the auditorium of the new Carrboro school last Friday night, a group of some 30 Carrboro residents from outside the Carrboro city limits elected a committee to present to the Carrboro Aldermen their views on the possible extension ol the Carrboro city limits. Calvin Burch, who arranged the gathering, stated at the out set that Carrboro Mayor K. B. Todd and the entire Carrboro Board of Aldermen were in fav or of extending the city limits into the area west of Carrboro and that the outlying residents who would be included by the annexation ought to be aware of the possible benefits and probable results of such a move uetore they agreed to be an nexed. Mr. Burch explained that the proposed Carrboro boundary would "go along North Greens boro Street to the Hillsboro Hoad, out the Hillsboro Road to the Bud Weaver place, over to route 54 and along Route 54 to the bypass, and then down to Merritt Mitt Bond " "1 (ten want to fn into flans' boro or Chapel HiU or anyplace,” .-"fT Income fcpeadj mostly oa o«L jxrt. The eulogy was delivered in the quiet, conversational tone of a man who knew Jim Tatum in timately, and in ihe words cf his minister the illustrious coach had a better record as a Chris tian thaii he had as a winning football coach. ‘ He could have had a record better than he had if he had been less a gentleman, less a Christian," said the Rev. Mr. Hubbard "But 1 know, and the men who worked with him know, that Jim kept a lot of boys on the squad who he knew would never make the first team. He felt those boys needed an edu cation ." In his eulogy to the colorful coach. Mr Hubbard recalled Mr. Tatum’s famous remark that winning isn’t the most import ant thing. It's the only thing." "Jim is a man who has taught us that there is more to be said for his statement,” Mr. Hub bard added. He worked hard at winning fairly and honestly " Jim Tatum, as his minister knew him. was the type of man who "strove to do his best—even though it got him into trouble at times—and all he asked of anyone was that they do their best " "He made his will the domin ating factor in his life His in spuation was in his friends, his family and in God "He was a man admired by men who know men, a gentle man all his life, a Christian who loved his Lord and his church.” A squad of his football play ers moved Jim Tatum's big casket out of the church and over to the shady lot in the cemetery. And a man standing under another tree nearby recalled the big man's words when he came back to Chapel Hill in 1956: "It's like Ole Br'er Rabbit coming back to the briar patch." continued Mr. Burch, “unless I know what benefits there'll be. The reason I called this meeting is that 1 was afraid someone would get a petition out and get it all signed up and get the ques tion (of annexation >to a vote be fore we have a chance to talk. If it came to a vote tomorrow I don't know which way I'd go. But since they want us in Carr boro, that puts us in a position to bargain with them. “One thing I believe is that Carrboro people who spent their own money to improve the land out beyond the city limits ought to be reimbursed if that land is annexed by the town. I also believe that in case of any fu ture improvement, a person should know what he’s going into before he makes any plans. “I think we should elect a committee to deal with the Al dermen and represent us in this matter.’’ The committee as it was final ly accepted: Tom -Goodrich, Carl Ellington, John Boom, Mrs- Ruth West, Bryant Hack aogr, Earl Set tie mire, who was afttentad chairman by the com ttritta* -ember* themselves, and Raymond Pender graph.