A tall ctately girl is merely a
long lanky girl with money.
Vol. 38. No. 18
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•\oung Chapel Hill Negroes
•Protest At Lunch Counters
By Dwayne Walls
The sitdown strike in protest,
to segregated lunch counter
service erupted in Chapel Mill
this week, with Lincoln High
School students and white Uni
versity students conducting sep
arte demonstrations.
The demonstrations were start
ed Sunday night by a small
group of students at Lincoln High
School. By noon yesterc*y the
movement had spread to a group
of University students, and only
a severe snow storm prevented
increased demonstrations report
edly on an inter racial basis
Demonstrations by the Negro
youngsters were concentrated at
four businesses <• ."rest Franklin
Street particularly Colonial I
Drug Store They started Sunday !
night and continued Monday and !
Tuesday evenings.
Carolina student joined by
students lioin Duke and North
a Carolina College in Durham,
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CHAFF
' liy l-ouis Craves " "
I met Clyde Eubanks on
the sidewalk in front of his
drugstore when he came out
of church Sunday. We chat
ted about tins and that and
I complimented him on his,
look of pood health and pood
.spirits, (lie will he S'.) this
coming' April 2a ) I thought
I would give him a big sur
mise when I pointed to my
car, a green Ford sedan,
Which was shirring bright
Mjfor one of its |*oriodical
overhauling* by Dick Dur
ham down at Crowell Little’s 1
and said:
“Look at myll l
old car. It’s a I Dll model.” I
“I’ve got you beat one
year— mine’s a 1940,” he
said and pointed to a car
which was a green Ford
coupe. ‘Tve run it over !tO,-
000 miles and it’s still in
good order.”
I said I didn't know how
many miles my car had run
-cause the speedometer
tracked up several years ago
and I hail never had it re
storer!. Each of us had had
one engine put. in since he
had bought his car, and each
told about 'how the mech
anics who overhauled his
were astonished at its good
performance through so
many years.
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The birth of a prince in
I»ndon is a topic which
anybody would say hardly
belongs in a column about
Chattel Hill and its people,
hut. since everybody every
where seems to Is; so keenly
I uteres ted in it I will set
down a few facts that are
pertinent to a conversation
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6 cents a Copy
Mushing Down Airport Road
staged their demonstration short
ly after noon yesterday at How
ard Johnson s restaurant on the
Durham Boulevard
The ' strike was short lived,
however The group of students,
estimated variously between 25
and 50 and reportedly about
evently divided between Negro
and white students, left the
restaurant alter the manager
threatened them, with arrest
The students promised to return,
but the snowstorm thwarted
their efforts
The group reportedly had plan
ned to join forces later with the
Negro high school demonstrut
ors here.
One of the leaders in the
I >Mung Negro demonstrations,
Itp/oning Recommended
Prat Court Okayed
By Planning Board
For the second time in two
months the Planning Hoard roe
ommended Tuesday nighl that
tin Cameron Pittsboro Mi < alley
Ransom Street, bloc k he rezoned
lor fraternity use and that the
I block he developed as the long
I saught fraternity court
The recommendation was giv
j en approval after the board
heard a report from Chairman
Frank I instead that the I ruvci
sity has decided to take an active
role in helping to develop the
fraternity court.
From the I'lnnning Hoard the
rec ommendation will he returned
to the Hoard of Aldermen, where
it is expected to receive action
March 14
Hut whatever action the aldei
men take on the recommenda
tion, it is still highly unlikely
that Iraternities will he inov
,t ing into the block directly west
| of the campus in the immediate
j future
j Even if the aldermen approve
j the recommendation, no (rat
. ernities would be permitted to
,| huild in the block until the pro-
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Cone: A Clarinet
Jimmy Ford, 12 s’C'arH old, worked for a long' time
. carrying: j>a|*‘r« and doing chores to earn enough money
: to help his parents buy him a clarinet, and a year and
a half ago he got it: a brand new, S2OO Bundy clarinet,
I wooden, with reeds and a case. Jimmy had his name put
, on the case and set about learning to play the clarinet.
Just recently he became proficient enough to join
the junior high school band, and a week ago last Tues
! day the clarinet was stolen.
I Jimmy was at band practice just before lunch and
, went to the school cafeteria after band practice, leaving
his clarinet and his music books in an alcove just out
side the cafeteria. After lunch he went to take an
! examination he had missed while sick, and when he came
back the clarinet, the case, the extra reeds, and the
r music books were all gone from the alcove.
Jimmy intended to keep on with his clarinet work.
He envisioned becoming skillful with the clarinet, then
’ buying a saxophone and learning that too, and then
, later on playing for college dance bands to earn money.
There is a reward offered for information about
, help him get it back. He needs it.
The Chapel Hill Weekly
18-year-old Lincoln senior Harold
Foster, said the demonstrations
would he resumed next week
with adult Negro leadership He
said the group organized Tues
day night and acquired legal
counsel also.
The demonstrations started
apparently without adult parti
cipation and without any organ
izatmn He said the first group
oi demonstrators, were entirely
high school students, but an
other leader in the group was
Hilliard Caldwell. 23 an cm
ployee ol the Fmversity
Monday night's - action, when
a group of 75 to 100 ol the young
Negroes picketed on the side
walk in front ol Colonial Drug
(Continued on page 4)
posed fraternity court plan is
developed and approved by the
Fniversity, the I'lnnning Hoard
and the Hoard of Aldermen
I iidei ideal conditions Mr
I instead noted, the liateimly
court plan c ould he sent through
channels, and an actual huild
mg peinot could In- seui tlnoog
its channels, so that a lialermly
conceivably could start iirgotiat
ing lor property in a matter of
several months
Hut In added that this is un
likely "There arc too many
questions unanswered, ' lie aid,
' and too many (ac tor s that still
haven t been formulated parti
cularly the I niversity's role iri
the development plan;
And residents ol the block,
who firmly resisted the re/.oiung
proposal at a public hearing lasi
week, have assurance that they
will be permitted another op
por t unity to express themselves
Hcfore any building permit c an
be issued to a fraternity to con
struct a house in the block, a
public hearing will have lo he
held on the request.
Svrrinfi Ihe Chapel Hill Area Since If 12.'1
CHAPEL HILL, N. (’.. THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1960
8-Inch Snow Blankets Chapel Hill
Snarling Traffic, Fraying Tempers
Schools Close,
Business Idles
|{y .f. A. ('. Dunn
With striking suddenness, a March snowstorm coat
ed the Chapel Hill area with eight inches of snow
yesterday.
I he snow began at eleven o'clock in the morning,
and almost immediately cars were skidding and traffic
clogged. As the eyes of the town widened with amaze
ment, the snow fell and fell and fell, and by five o’clock,
six hours after it began falling, six inches had ac
cumulated.
Once more the town rang with the snap, crackle and
I
Carrboro
Planning
C Os C
A drive was launched Monday
night to organize a chamber ot
commerce for Carrboro
The meeting in the Carrboro
School, was called hy Calvin
Burch and attended by about 40
l an boro businessmen.
licorge Vincent, a realtor
f mmia i ly u! Chapel Hill and now
opei .itmg in Pittsboro, attend
ed I tie meeting to explain tne
organization process and tune- j
tuiii of a chamber of commerce
Pittsboro recently established
stub a chamber; Mr Vincent
is acting as its secretary
"I tie object of a chamber of
commerce is to forward the wet
lure oi the community, in all di
iei tions said Mr Vincent l!
is not in competition with the
iiiei chant association Chambers
of ( oinmeree and merchants as
social ions work together, lint
do not infi urge on each other s
activities
In addition it is not a civic
i lub. One ol the things we vc
been trying to do in PiUsboro
I, get the cobweb of wiles from
over the ■ street so you can see
Hu courthouse first impressions
at a community often make a
difference in your selling Also,
'Continued on page 1i
Voter Interest
Still Luke •narm
The largest single bond issue
in the town s history will be ilc
cider! by <.'lmpel Hill voters Tucs
day m what appears to lie an
atmosphere, ol only lukewarm
interest
All the money, a total ol
ikio, wili lie used for municipal i
improvements streets, sewei I
facilities and extension of tin
Town Hall,
Hot the voters will he given
the choice of approving each of
the four proposals separately
Mayor Ollje Cornwell and mem
bets ol the Hoard of Ablet men
have expressed a confidence that
the entire issue will be approved,
hut town ullieials also are con
corned about the lack of voter
interest in the issue.
So fur therg have been no lor
urns or public meetings to discuss
the bond proposal such as wete
held several years ago when the
last large bond issue was ap
proved
However, several ol the alder
men and Town Manager Tom
Rose have spoken before civic
clubs to outline the project
y*» mwtmmiimmrmsmn
i Weather Report jj
(older and partly cloudy to
morrow.
Monday j| 55
Tuesday 38 2«
Wednesday 20 23
To the very day, yesterday's
eight-inch snow came nn the Xlrd
anniversary of Chapel Hill's
greatest snowfall of the century,
ft was on Mareh 2 of 1«27 that
the town was hurled under more
-than two feet of snow that closed
the University and paralyzed «H
traffic. Not a newspaper reached
Chapel Hill that day, i
Winter's Still Here
| dink of lire chains, and the
| whine of spinning, chainless tires
j The town's .snowplows went to
j work on the roads in the after
noon and housewives hopefully
swept snow from their Iront door
steps, hut to no avail; the snow
came down so fast that any at
tempt to remove it was futile
Hy early evening, when the
mow changed to sleet rumors
began to circulate of snow para
lysis in South Carolina. Vir
ginia. and various other places
including Alabama During the
evening a wind came up. slant
ing the sleet straight under hut
brims and plastering it on wind
shields.
All evening the snowplows con
tinued working ami cars con
i.lined stranding themselves on
the highway for ,« driver ex
t rcising noianal caution, average
, running time at dusk on Itose
i mary Street between downtown
j ( hapel Hill and the center of
rj'tugo was about fifteen min
utes For those who didn't
make it, the towns wreckers
spent much of the night running
here and there to pull motorists
out of snowdrifts
This morning, however, the
police reported that no serious
incident had occurred as a result
of. the snow other than numerous
minor bumper and fender scrap
es Several ears were strand
eil mi Franklin Street and a
small bulldozer cleared the
sidewalk
All the schools closed today,
except the University, which re
mained active enough not only
to hold classes, hut to turn in a
lire alarm from Alumni Huild
mg at eight or lock ill lln morn
mg- a wastebasket caught on
lire, iui damage was done
Several country dwellers, un
aide to get home Wednesday
evening took one look at the
snow Hus morning and went
right out .11111 bought toothbrush
es, anticipating extended all
setiee Irani home
Hy late this morning the town
was fuming at the inconvenience
of the snow, depressed by the
weatherman's portent ol ram,
angry because the car was stuck
or getting a sniffle from wet feet,
and thoroughly sick of winter
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Hits ol Chapel Hill 4
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Extracurricular 2
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WILSON SCHINIIAN STANFORD
Wilson, Scliinlian, Stanford
In Kace For County Hoard
A three way race for the two
vacant scats on the Hoard ot
County Commissioners developed
tins week when two more candi
dates announced they will file
lor election to the hoard
The two latest candidates are
Hugh It Wilson, who lives in
Bingham Township near Chapel
I Hill and Chapel Hill busmess-
I man Philip C Schinhan
Incumbent Commissioner Don
ald Stanford, who had announc
j ed earlier that he would run for
; re-election, also filed for the
May 2tt Democratic Primary
In prepared statements an-
il) (Jet Awards
-V (Impel Hillians
Morehead Scholars
I hreo high school students
from Chapel Hill wi re awarded
Morehead Scholarships to the
Fniversity today The three,
with 40 others, are among the
largest group yet chosen for
the foul year, all expense schol
ar ships
The three local hoys are David
P Henry 11. Thomas I* Henley,
| and Charles M Shaffer, Jr.
Their scholarships are each
valued at (1,250 a year and last
for four years
Henry, 17 years old and the
son of Mr and Mrs David P
Henry of Colonial Heights, is a
senior in Chapel Hill High School.
He is president ot the student
council, was a finalist in the
national merit scholarship com
petition, is a meml>er ot the Na
tional Honor Society, and is co
captain of the football, basket
ball, and trac k learns Last year
he was president of his class and
a delegate to Hoys' State
Henley, also 17, is the son of
Mrs. Herltort Carlisle Henley
Sr and the late Mr Henley, of
Route 3, Chapel Hill He is a
senior at Pittsboro High School,
a member of the Beta Club and
I on this year's Yearbook staff.
He is musically active, has held
various class oil ices, and also
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
nouncing their candidacies, all
three of the c andidates cried the
critical problem of public schoool
financing as the foremost item in
their campaign platforms.
Mr Wilson sard he is concern
ed also about the low pay lor
some county employees—parti
cularly in the shrill! s depart
ment
Mr Schinhan called for in
dustrial as well as educational
development of the county's prf*
tentials
Outlining a specific proposal
for raising more money lor pub
he school support in the county.
attended Hoys' Stale, when he
was Lieutenant (iovernor Ath
letically, lie is football co cap
tain, has been captain of the |
Pittsboro High basketball team
lor the past two years, and par |
tic quite s in varsity baseball and |
track
Shatter is a senior at Wood
berry Forest School in Virginia
He is 111. the son of Mr and
Mrs Charles M. Shatter of (inn
ghoul Hoad At Woodberty For
est he is a prefect, class sec
retary and treasurer, a member
of the Senior Council and the
Public Speaking Honor Society,
and on the yearbook and school
paper .staffs lie is also co-cap
tain of the football team, and
captain ol the basketball and
tennis teams. Hi* ployed in the*
North Carolina Invitational Ten
nis Tournament last summer,
and is active in the Chapel Hill
Tennis Club
John Motley Morehead, who
made the awards, announced that
over a quarter ol a million
dollars is expended for all 4'l
scholarships, each ol which has
a four ye ar value ol )5,000 lor
students inside North Carolina,
slightly more for out ol state
students to cover out-of-stale
tuition lee
Today’s Press Run
4.300
Mr Stanford said all state-own
ed property in the county should
be evaluated when the next
county vide tax revaluation is
made in IlMia
Outlining a specific proposal
for raising more money for pub
lic school support m the county.
Mr Stanford suggested that the
stale assume more responsibility
in local school financing
In recent years, he said, the
state has' not „lluv ted sintleient
money to maintain certain school
operating expenses as required
by state law
We must look into the area
of tax exempt property as an
other possible source," he said.
I have said previously that it
takes twice as much from each
taxpayer to meet county obliga
tions because half of the property
in the county is tax exempt "
As the first step in a possible
move to lax the University’s
large holdings in the county, Mr.
j Stanford further suggested that
' all stale owned property in the
county should he valuated when
the county wide revaluation is
made in l%T>
In addition to his school financ
ing proposal, Mr Stanford also
| stated
"The most important program
facing the Orange County Hoard
of Commissioners in the next
four years will he, without doubt,
the financing .of school needs Os
approximately one and a half
million dollars spent by the Coun
ty last year, over two-thirds of
it went to schools Other agency
needs in the county will no
doubt increase, too, hut due to
the fact that they constitute only
one third of the budget these
needs can be met
“Sources of revenue* determine
what County Commissioners can
do In the last three years, tigs
tax rate has increased 32 per
cent in the county, and in Cha
pel Hill it has increased 40 per
cent Certainly we must continue
< Continued cm page 4i
Scenes
Children swarming Varsity
Theatre for special cartoon show
for Heart Fund DICK DON
NAN resting in his childrens’
wagon on Franklin Street while
they complete their shopping . . .
Some Chapel (Lilians who took
their children to the circus in
Kaleigh Sunday afternoon SAM
TAYbOlt, MOKKIS UPTON,
HILL AbKXANDFK, JIM LFWIS
and DICK LKVIN . . . Sidewalk
superintendents enthralled by
bulldozer operations across from
Post Office . . Dinner for in
ternational students ut Fellow
ship Hall: a success that lar
exceeded expectations . . Town
buzzing with Morehead Scholar
ship awards to three Chapel Hill
boys, DAVE HKNHY, CHARLIE
SHAFFER and TOM HENLEY
. . . Smiling from atop an avalan
che of work ALBERT GRAHAM
. . . Shopping on Franklin Street
and looking as chic as ever: JO
HARRIS . . . Localites forming
car pools to go to Greensboro to
see "My Fair Lady."