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Why is it that the fellow who has an hour to kill always spends • it “with somebody who doesn’t? M*x*mmammmsm%!&#. **» iiSss^aJl Volume 39. Number 56 F,:i r ■ ■ mm *i^KLy| f ■ I n^ms^m ■ W ■ ■ f * - *m-'w .f| ML - /VLl sT|*# :>:A wm liff Bk 1 ■ Vicki Armfield With Pizza And Hot Diggity C ombo In Background 0.p.1 Hill CHAFF . . t By Joe Jones A Chapel Hill woman who loves cals says she finds it expensive to get rid of the kittens her cats produce with equinoctial regular ity. She can't always give them away and she isn’t the type; to take them out somewhere on the highway and drop them. “Dr, Vine charges two dollars edtch to put them to sleep." she said "J hate to pay it but don't know anything else to do.” A letter received last week from a kinswoman who lives on • dairy farm in northern Virginia says kitten disposal is no longer any problem in that area When I visited there some ago I saw twenty-five cats hanging around the cow barn at milking time awaiting their sliaie of milk In a recent ex change of letters I asked about "he cats. "Maybe I should wait a few more days,” said the reply, “then 1 could give a more accur ate account of the cat population, for we ll have a bumper crop of kittens shortly l>ast summer the pups killed five kittens and this spring I blamed a stray dog lor the death of the long-haired black cat then one yellow one disappeared and ! gave two oth ers away. A gray cal produced three lovely yellow kittens, and the way she handled them makes a long story I II tell you some time if you remind me." Not much so far on how to get of kitte.»s. That information "tame in the letter's second para graph, which follows: Several years ago a man from Taneylown, Md., came here in a fetiock with crates and cages and asked if we had any extra cals or dogs He-left his card, as he col lects for a medical lalwratory, and so when we have extras 1 just drop turn a card and he soon shows up. and he even pays fifty < Continued on Page 2) Scenes 1 Srsa&MKMiMMNMMMMMIIiiNMMi Two eid-time Tar Heels with their gray heads together over breakfast at Carolina Inn cafe teria: HKRMAN WEIL and DR. WILLIAM JACOCKS .... Long est legs ill town: DELOS O'DAN fjlEL's .... Interested and alert observer of the passing scene: EOB VARLEY standing in door way of his store ... Champion dawdlers: Trecmen in orange shirts and helmets .... Ever cheerful: 808 RUSH, telephone trouble bhooter . . . J A. PAGE SR. and J. A. PAGE JR. in front yard of senior s home watching workmen saw up giant hollow oak that had to be felled: old oaks pass and new ones grow to re place Ihem . . Intensive necking just before curfew in cars parked on sidewalks in front of sorority houses on East Franklin and Hillsboro Streets . . . One ot the prettiest spots in town: Well kept back lavm of President Fri day's house .... FRED MOSS, UNC pharmacy student working this summer at Sutton’s, appar ently enjoying his job hugely. 5 Cents a Copy fc Hot Diggity Day’ Most Successful Hot Diggity Day Friday, was an overwhelming success, accord ing to several merchants and memliers of the Promotion < om mittee which organized the an nual sale A bigger crowd ot shoppers and a bigger volume of sales than last year were reported lrom several sources A* usual, a small crowd of dot hard*' sp« it the —meni nuts mi* Belk's, and earlv in the morning, a little groun of people gathered in Iron! of Bobbins, all eager to snap up tn st-come-first-serve hat - gains. Throughout the day Hot Diggity hostesses Massed out nickels from troth local hanks for parking meters up and down East Frank lin Street In the afternoon pizza and suit drinks were passed out, the pizza Council Endorses Combined Chest The Community Council en dorsed a pi. n for a combined t hapel Hill-Carrhoro Chest Drive, gave final approval to the ( host s merger with the Red Cross drive, and turned down a request lor money from the Carrboro Swim ming Pool Association al its Thursday night meeting Wiley Franklin, a member of tiie Carrhom Commisioners was present to discuss the possibility of both towns jetting together on the Chest Drive Mr. Franklin said he felt the Carrber© Commissioners were in favor of such a plan Several members of the Community Coun cil will meet with Carrboro lead ers In about two weeks to work out a plan of action. The idea for such a merged drive had been broached by Col. Holland Robb. Milton Loomis and George Coxhcad at the Carrboro Commissioners’ meeting last Tuesday night. These three arc representatives of the Com munity Council. Mr. Coxhead is chairman of this year s Chest Drive. Mr Franklin indicated he felt Carrboro had some obligation to lend its support to the Chest Drive because Carrboro receives Cher’ Funds lor some projects, particularly recreation "I liiink the majority, and particularly the younger people, arc in favor of joining the drive,” said Mr Frrnklm. Chairman Rcbb of the Com munity Council announced he had signed a lengthy agreement with the Chapel Hill Chapter of the American Red Cross calling for merger with the Chest Drive. This represents the combining of Chapel Hill's two largest drives. If Carrboro were to join in with the Chest program, this would also then include the Carr boro Red Cross drive. "We couldn’t get them into too tight an agreement. So what we tried to do was compromise a littfe and get something that would pass. Including them in the budget strengthens the Com The Chapel Hill Weekly Serving the Chapel HUM Area Sinee 102.*# from two tables, the drinks from three dispensers on Franklin Street. Tlu* soft drinks ran out before all corners were sab.-hed, and about .‘t.ooo slices of pizza were distributed. The Dirk Kearns combo plus recording .tar guitarist Joe Tan ner performed lor two hours in front of Bobbins during the after noon, dr awing a sizeable crowd iDTtodlTig nwsbsy ' George -fair nada George accompanied the combo with a solo jitterbug-shag Also during the afternoon Mrs Wilma Popsidero’s Precisionettes performed on the corner of Co lumbia and Franklin Streets. Broiling July heat seemed to offer no deterrent to shoppers, who thronged the streets thnlfb’li mit the day, and created traffic jams requiting extra effort on the part ot police miiiiil* Chest Drive,” said Col. Robb Mi Covhead added. “What we're goui" to have lo do is bend a hilie lo gel them in. They're k a.e nable people just like we are' A molion by Council member Whid Powell "to accept the Red (uoss in the 1962 Community ( hesl Drive and to approve the agreement between the Chapel Hill Chapter of the American Red Cross and the Community Chest of Chapel Hill," passed unanimously The molion was (Continued on Page 2) Demos Urge Parly Loyalty By DAVIS B. YOUNG l-'olivc Orange County Demo crats gathered at the Schley Grange outside of Hillsboro Fri day night and heard repeated challenges tor increased “party loyalty " The picnic gathering was spon sored t>y the County YIX'. High-ranking North Carolina Democratic Party officials were on hand including: Wallace Hyde, executive secretary of the state party organization. Mrs, Martha McKay of Chapel Hill. National Committee oman; Bill Staton, National Committeeman; Frank Crane, Commissioner of Labor; and Sam Irhnson, president of the North Carolina YIX'. Chapel Hdl was represented by Carl Durhem, former Sixth District Congressman; John Um slcad. Orange County representa tive to the General Assembly; Oscar twing. former official in the Truman administration; Judge L J. Phipps, chairman of the county Democratic Executive Committee, and Bob Cox, chair man of Democrats, Past, Present, and Future. The speakers used an authentic tree stump for a speaker’s plat form. T’ve never spoken from a real stump before,” said Hr. CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY. JULY 17, 1961 K Dr. IVMiavran Cels dilation Dr. Edward G McGavran. dean ol the University School oi Public Health, has been presented with the Golden Anniversary Citation of the North Carolina Public Health Association. This year marks the ikith an niversary of the founding of the association, and tli i s special award was created estiecially to be presented to Dr. McGavran Grace Daniel, president til the association, said the citation went to the dean "to express our ap preciation for the devoted service, leadership and inspiration given to all members of the North Ca rolina Public Health Association." The citation, engraved on gold paper, reads: “The North Caro lina Public Health Association presents this Golden Anniversary Citation lo Edward G McGav ran. M l)., M P H. —Teacher Leader—Prophet, in recognition of and appreciation for his .sig nificant contributions and devoted service lo public health in North (Continued on Page 2) Johnson. The program was preceded by a picnic supper of hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans and potato salad. "We've got plenty of hot dogs left, so come on back through the line." was a repeated cry from 'lie anxious hosts who didn't want any food left over. Mr. Hyde, a salaried full-time Power Goes Out A small limb knocked out pow er in the northeast part of Chap el Hill for hall an hour this morn ing. The University Power Plant re ported that the limb, less than half an inch in diameter, fell oa a transformer at S!3 East Rose mary Street at about 1*:45 a.m. Power was off in aa area oa the north side of East Frank! ia Street from Columbia Street east ward. The combined efforts of Pow er Plant workmen. Chapel Hill workmen who arrived at tho scene in two trucks, and a Chap el mil policeman to direct traf fic restored power at 11:M a.m. Petitions Are Circulated Protesting School Lines Hearing Scheduled July 26 Glen wood opponents of tho new first grade school district hnes will begin circulating petitions the old Glcnwood School Dis trict this week? The petiiionr are not objections to, the school board's decision to begin assignment of first graders on a geigrapmc rather than racial basis, which will inte grate all the Town's elementary schools Instead, they are ob jecting to the districting, which placed much of Carrboro s Negro population in the Glenwood dis trict The group's petition is as follows: "We, whose names appear on the attached pages, respectfully call to the attention of the Chapel “ a School Board the following in- L-quitable definition by the School Board of tin pupil assignment area determined by the School Board with reference to the Glen wood School. This area was re cently enlarged by the School Board to encompass additional colored population to eliminate such from the Carrboro School district area in response to criti cism of and pressure by the lat ter area. "We wish ly this means to make the School Board and the public cognizcnt of the fact that we do not approve such action and to register ottr opposition to it as a matter of policy and to protest the continuation of such an unreasonable determina t, of areas by the Schuol **• s' " "We have the fixed pinion fiat school integration is a problem common to all and should be faced and ultimately solved by the School Board giving equal consideration to all areas in volved and without undue im position upon any area and Hit* persons and v alues of pro|»erty therein. We strongly feel that the Glenwood School district area, by reason of its enlargement, is the subject of such imposition. At this tunc, we do not pro pose to request action on the part of the School Board or to take action of another nature, but choose to wait and see the practical effects of this imposi tion prior to making any further decision as to future action on our part, if any This will enable the School Board and others the opportunity to make reassign ment* under tiie reassignment policy stated in its letter ot duly 13, 1961, addressed to parents conferred and real rather than imaginary ” The petition also included a diagram of tlic entire school dis trict, showing the enlargement of the Glenwood district in com parison with the other districts. The present district lines will make Glenwood the most highly integrated elementary school, with 21 to 23 Negro students <( onlinued on Page i< employee of the state organ ization. lit into those who claim to he loyal Democrats but twit the party to support the opposi tion Speaking about recent guber natorial appointments, which as a party official "I have had Ihe opportunity to check,” Mr. Hyde said. "We’re reaching down the line ami making sure thhy're all Democrats And this is the way back to real old party loyalty Mrs. M ;Kay, longtime Chapel Hill rebident ami now the highest ranking woman in the state Democratic Party, was the only one of the speakers to deviate from the call tor “party loyalty ” She spoke on President Kenne , dy’s legislative program and challenged the gathering to “write your Congressmen and Senators tonight and urge their support of the President's pro gram.” She asked, “Where do we come in? We have been called urbaniz ed, suburbia, homogenized, tele vised. status seekers, etc. Many things are far from what they _ shouH be. Yet Democratic lead ers have always believed the American people could respond to a crisis ” Mrs. McKay Mid “Freedom is (Continued on pafe •) Opponents To ‘Wait And See ’ '’-jv.j-vv-t* -- : . v. ■• :. A.*g_ >r:.i>ggr*gr^ ~ a. > -aft. m n m .ti a ya JBSbK ~ "y y ysL yHiL, ! x ' BBL i < & jr • - <•, , */ - Integration Opponents Hear Denny Counter Petition Circulated A second group of Glen wood re sidents is expected to meet to night to rally support tor the re cent School Board decision to in tegrate Chape! Hill’s schools. *Tht group began circulating pa t ttions- iit * be-oid-t>Je6 wfiftdLSchool ■ District Saturday to measure the community-wide feeling alniut the School Board's action The petition slates: Recognizing that we must pro vide for the orderly development ol a pupil assignment plan which recognizes the legal rights of ra cial minorities and which at the same time observes the moral ob ligation to provide an orderly and peaceful school environment in which children can tie educated, we, the undersigned, wh o le heartedly support the action of the School Board in assigning children to schools outside of their normal areas for the pur pose of minimizing overall so cial tensions and thereby making (Kissible more orderly transition to the newly required pattern " A core of about 12 to 15 Glen wood residents is organizing the action, according to Mrs. lohn Thibaut. But she said the group prefers not lo lie named at this time , "We (eel it would lie a mistake to give names now. Must of ail we do not want to have a big fight among neighbors We just want to quietly get support We are trying to feel our way and do what we think is right The whole thing is we want lo he helpful, not harmful. We do nol want to < Continued on Page 2 » Y*wrJr\ ■ 1 )■ ■ $ V • I'T (I W mfS ' mimt JH H If yIHNI^ STATON ON THE STUMP—Demo cratic National Committeeman Bill Stat on, center, is standing on an actual (stump from which speeches were made at Friday night’s YDC rally at the Schley Grange outside of Hillsboro. Others in the picture from left to right are: Allen Watkins, president of the Orange County YDC; Mr*. Martha McKay, national committeewoman; Judge L. J. Phipps, I The Highma Paid f Newspaper Circulation 1 | In Orange €mmty. I 1 J PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDA / __ —— "a.'X ■, -i...-:. ■ ;.■,■■■■ , " ",11 < Citizens Briefed On Legal Redress By LARKY SMITH A group of Carrboro and Chap el Hill citizens met at Carrboro Town Hail Thursday night to learn their legal rights in oppos ing lust week's School Board de cision to be gw geographic axsigtt - meat iffl'wc ilw,* gra&e level, The group of 60 to 70 express ed strong disapproval of the School Board decision which will integrate every elementary school in the district Under the new geographic lines, Carrboro will gel eight to 10 Negro pupils; Glcnwood. 21-25; Estes Hills, 11; and Northsnle. 12 white children. At the Carrboro meeting. Chap el Hill attorney Emery Denny ex plained the legal paths open to the uuiiv idual parents under ex isting State laws and reviewed the development of Slate laws re- Weathcr Report | Continued hot and humid ex pected tomorrow. Thursday !HI 8H Friday ho 69 Saturday 91 70 .Sunday 91 6H A real Irog-stranglcr hit Chapel Hill at 6 p.m. Wednesday when a hall-inch of lain fell in 50 min utes. Water filled the street and overflowed the eurb onto the side walk in the middle of the main business block of East Franklin. Mrs. Walter Spearman reported she couldn't see to drive and had to pull oft the road. Said it was the hardest rain sbe'u ever seen. chairman of the county Democratic Ex ecutive Committee; Wallace Hyde, ex ecutive secretary of the state party or ganization ; Mr. Statou; F rank Crane, Commissioner of Labor; Carl Durham, former Sixth District Congressman; John Umatead, Orange County represen tative to the General Assembly; and Sam Johnson, president of the North Carolina YDC. luting to school integration. There is no simple answer." Mr. Denny said, “There is no way we can take any single step and undo what has been done by the School Board, First oi aR to •stEihca workfarthe Alternatives which are avail able to the parents, he said, are requests for reassignment grants-in aid from the State, peti tion for a vote under the local op tion provision of the Pearsall Plan, withdrawal from school, and establishment of private schools. He reminded that notices of as signment for first graders were being mailed Thursday and Fri day and that parents had 10 days in which to request reassignment. The School Board has called a special meeting for Wednesday, July 26, to consider applications for reassignment. Mr. Denny suggested that any parents who apply for reassign ment of their children use the suggested reasons listed in the notice of assignment. Among them are: the child is in a ra cial minority, general racial ob jections, live closer to another school, and other members of the family attend another school. He pointed out the School Board members have announced they will "look favorably” on requests for reassignment fur these rea sons. After the initial request for re assignment is considered. Mr. Denny told the group, the School Board must notify the parents of (Continued on Page 2)
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