A tall ctately girl is merely a long lanky girl with money. Vol. 38. No. 18 * :%Mjm tnusg. *j”— •\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, f l CL,, el 11,11 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. * * * 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 (Continued On Page 2) 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- I I 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 I I On The Inside t * Hilly Arthur <> H Hill I'routy 5 IS Hits ol Chapel Hill 4 Editorials 2 IS Extracurricular 2 Joe Nagelsehmidt 4 IS Movies 2 Sports 5 Want Ads 7 am**’ |£n ‘ l'--22f£’’■„. •■ •' <JtMJli* ’ ' - ,l ' , s r fiftk I .Jim vmßßctbl, B A * B JB 4 JsHHr R ] ft /i B? ®W SiP Henry _ Shaffer .jgf " r sflHK&&* r ■■>;.*■ BBk. '^ffijftP 1 jHHßp§|jsk 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."

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