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Volume 41, Number 66
Orange Classified
As Disaster Area
County’s Tobacco , Grain Crops
Suffering From Severe Drought
Orange is one of seventeen North Carolina Counties
officially listed as an agricultural “disaster area.”
The classification was announced yesterday by an of
ficial of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The,move
follows a severe drought that has hit the northern part
of the County. In some areas the last rain fell on
March 1.
Orange farmers will, under the classification, become
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Is*** By PETE IVEYgraJI
Leo Wagoner came upon his
children in the house, quietly
fishing from a garbage pail.
They had hauled the garbage
can into the den and filled it up
with water. Equipped with poles
and lines, they patiently wait
ing for fish to bite.
He asked the question a father
usually asks when some unex
pected and imponderable thing
is going on in the home. Why, he
asked, are they sitting there in
the den, fishing from a garbage
can? Who told them they could
do that?
The reply is classical also:
“Nobody ever told us we couldn’t
fish from a garbage can in the
den.” j
This is the second time Mr.
Wagoner, a former school teach
er, has run into that kind of
thing.
Years ago he discovered a
first grade pupil behind the
school house barn, smoking a
cigarette. i
"Don’t you know you’re not
supposed to smoke on the school
grounds?” he asked.
The boy explained that he was
only in the first grade and that
the regulation against smoking
had not been explained to his
class. “Nobody told me about
the rule,” he said.
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When Hugh Mulligan and Sid
Moody, the well-known feature
writers for the Associated Press,
came to Chapel Hill in the
spring, they stayed about a
week, making side trips to other
towns in the State.
They produced the widespread
story about the “Class of 1938”,.
It was published in over a
thousand newspapers, with read
ership above 80,000,000.
Mulligan and Moody are ex
cellent news craftsmen. It was
an inspiration to watch them at
work. They were at once casual
and curious, easy-going and ag
gressive in asking penetrating
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Integration Group
Holds ‘Unity 9 Meet
Hie Committee for Open Busi
ness, without a chairman and
with its leadership badly split,
is seeking to restore unity to its
ranks.
Several leaders of the segrega
tion protest organization which
has been sponsoring demonstre
-3 Families Still
In Need Os Help
This admittedly is no longer
fresh news, but there are still
three families in Chapel Hill suf
fering from lack of cooking
stoves and refrigerators.
One of the families —a mother
recently released from the hos
pital and teenage children
can’t cook for lack of a stove.
An electric stove, any sort that
will work, is desperately needed.
Another stove is needed by
a family in which there are four
smal children. The mother is
ill and soon will undergo major
surgery.
A family with six children from
2 to 12 years old needs a refrig
erator, mainly for keeping milk.
If you can help in any way,
call M 2-2321 around noon or af
ter 6 p.m. Transportation far
the appliances will he provided.
eligible for Federal assistance,
particularly on feed grains and
possibly hay necessary for win
ter silage on dairies and beef
cattle farms.
County Agricultural Agent Ed
ißames said yesterday that while
Orange farms all over the Coun
ty had suffered from inadequate
rainfall, 'the whole thing is spot
ty, with the worst over-all areas
being in the north.”
“A large area of northern
Orange is unusually dry,” Mr.
Barnes said. He made a survey
trip through the area Friday,
and the extent to which tobacco
and grain crops had been dam
aged could not be ascertained.
However, he said, "Things look
ed bad. I couldn’t get anyone to
tell me how bad, but everybody
said there would be less pound
age. And you just can’t tell about
the quality. If we got rain at
this point it would save the to
bacco.”
Orange tobacco farmers had
made what Mr. Barnes termed
“an unusual effort to raise a
high-quality crop. A State tobac
co specialist surveyed the area
the other day, and he comment
ed on the obvious effort to pro
duce good quality.”
Pastures in northern Orange
especially “look dreadful, just
burnt out and brown. They look
like they'd burn if you touched
a match to them.”
Drought damage both to to
bacco and pastures is not as se
vere in the southern portion as
in the northern part. The bulk
of Orange’s grain growers are
in the north, a large percentage
of its dairies in the south.
“The hay crop this year will
be the shortest we’ve had in
years. With the bad pastures a
lot of the farmers have fed eve
rything they can feed.” With the
hay crop short, and with normal
summer pastures severely dam
aged, many dairy and beef farm
ers are feeding their animals sil
age and hay that normally would
be used for next winter’s forage.
Federal relief is possible in
some areas, Mr. Barnes said.
“We’ve had no indication of the
extent to which we can get sur
plus grain, or at what price. In
other areas there is a reduction
of the freight rate on hay. We
don’t know if we'll get that cith
er.”
Some of the damage will be
covered by crop insurance, but
Orange is not one of the coun
ties participating in the Federal
Crop Insurance program. The
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tions here, met Wednesday night
with NAACP Attorney Floyd
McKissick of Durham, who is
also National director of CORE.
During the meeting two who
had resigned from the COB exec
utive committee were reinstated.
They included Harold Foster,
who was ousted as COB chair
man last weekend and Pat
Cusick, director of the COB
civil disobedience workshops.
The Wednesday night confer
ence was described as a "unity
meeting" during which new
goals were discussed. Mr. Fos
ter said the group discussed
broadening its scope. “In the
future there will he definite ac
tion toward voter registration
and general civic improvement."
Besides the reinstatements,
three vacancies on the execu
tive committee were filled. The
executive committee is expected
to name a new chairman at an
other meeting today.
Demonstrations were resumed
here last week with two side
walk marches and scheduled
street march down Franklin.
* In a sidewalk march at noon
Friday. 53 persons participated.
There were about 35 in another
sidewalk march Friday after
noon. The street march was
scheduled to begin at do**) yes
terday.
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PUTTING UP A FRONT Two
businesses on Franklin Street are pet
ting a new front. The businesses are
1 TheH’B Bakery and University Florist.
The new front will be of Colonial de
Search Starts Soon
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For New Chancellor
UNC President William C. Fri
day will set machinery in mo
tion sometime, this month to
choose a successor to Chancellor
William B. Aycock.
Mr. Friday announced last
week that he would appoint a
committee which will be charged
with considering possible re
placements and recommending
Mr. Aycock’s successor to the
UNC Board of Trustees.
The Committee, he said, would
consist of fifteen or sixteen mem
bers, including representatives
from the faculty, the Board of
Trustees and University Alumni.
An organizational meeting of
the group will be held some time
in early September.
Mr. Friday will request the
committee, once its deliberations
are complete, to submit to him
a list of three choices for the
position. He indicated that the
list would probably be in his
‘Policemen’s Fund’
Has Nearly SI,OOO
The Chapel Hill “Policemen’s
Fund” has reached nearly SI,OOO.
Joe Augustine, director of the
Chamber of Commerce which
established the fund as a com
munity gesture of appreciation to
the Police Department, said the
drive would be wound up possibly
within a week. The drive is still
considerably short of the goal,
however. ‘
The Chamber had hoped to
raise enough money to permit
the policemen to proceed with
construction of a SIO,OOO building
at their recreation area. About
ss,ooo will be needed for financ
ing to be arranged on the bal
ance.
Members of the Police Depart
ment already have purchased a
tract of land off the Hillsboro
Road and have built an access
road, cleared trees, dug a well
and brought in electricity. The
new building would serve as a
recreation center.
Most of the contributions so far
have come from merchants and
civic clubs. Individuals wishing to
contribute may make checks pay
able to Policemen's Fund, Cham
ber of Commerce, and mail than
to Policemen’s Fund, Chamber of
Commerce, P. O. Bax 127. Contri
butions are deductible for tax
purposes.
Serving the Chapel Hill Area Since 1923
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1963
hands by early spring. Under
procedures outlined in the Uni
versity’s Administration Code,
Mr. Friday will nominate the
new Chancellor from the list.
His nomination will be presented
to the full board of the Univer
sity Trustees at their 1964 Spring
meeting.
Mr. Friday said the commit
tee in the course of making its
choice would hear petitions and
requests from all interested par
ties, including representatives
from the student body. A student
representative will not be ap
pointed to the selection commit
tee itself, however.
Full notice of procedures for
the committee will be announc
ed at the time the membership
of the committee is announced.
The committee is expected to
interview, candidates for the
Chancellorship both at Chapel
Hill and at other institutions and
locations as they are deemed
necessajy.
The hew Chancellor will be
named by May, 1964.
Mr. Aycock announced his
resignation from the position
last July 8. He stated at the time
that he would return to full-/
time teaching duties as a pro-!
fessor in the University School'
of Law, effective September,
1964. He has served as top ad
ministrator in Chapel Hill since
1957.
Admission Standards Raised By UNC
Minimum qualifications for ad
mission to the University for
students entering later than May,
1964, have been raised, Consoli
dated University President Wil
liam C. Friday has announced.
The new standards will apply
to all three campuses of UNC,
Chapel Hill, Greensboro, and Ra
leigh.
The changes were made at the
recommendation of the faculty's
Advisory Committee on Admis
sions and Records after a study
of admission statistics for the
pest several years. Comparion
of last year's freshman class
with the year before documented
the steady rise in quality of
UNC’s applicants.
The College Entrance Exam
ination Board’s scholastic apti-,
tude tests, known popularly as
"College Boards." will continue
sign, with planters in front of the dis
play windows. Exterior renovation also
is being done at Wentworth & Sloan
Jewelry Company and at Chapel Hill
Laundry. & Cleaners on Franklin.
UNC Looks
For Record
Enrollment
A record enrollment of 10,300
to 10,500 students is expeejed at
the University this fall.
The 2,000-member freshman
class is about 300 students larger
than ever before. It includes 22
coeds in the General College un
der a new policy that opened
non-speeialized programs to first
year women students.
Dormitory rooms designed for
two occupants probably will op
en with three students, accord
ing to Housing director James
Wadsworth. However, he said he
expects the overcrowding to be
eliminated as students drop out
of school or seek off-campus
lodging.
Thirty new courses, mast of
them in the departments of his
tory, education and zoology, will
bring the total University offer
ing to 2,200 courses.
Soon after the students return
to the campus, ground will be
broken to enlarge Woolen Gym
nasium. Nine new married stu
dent apartment buildings will be
open by fall.
The University has already
announced that no more rooms
are available in women's dormi
tories. Dean of Women Katherine
Carmichael has asked Towns
people with suitable rooms for
rent to make them available to
graduate women students.
to be one of Carolina’s admission
crJeria. These examinations
consist of two tests, one on verb
al aptitude, end one on mathe
matical aptitude. Top score on
each of these is 800.
In the fall of 1962 UNC fresh
men made an average score of
505 on the verbal section and
546 on the mathematical. In the
fall of 1361. the scores were 497
on the verbal and 530 on the
mathematical.
In the past, a prospective stu
dent could not be admitted to
the University without a special
review of his records unless tiie
total of the mathematical and
verbal scores was at least 750.
The new standard is 800, with a
minimum score of 350 on each
of the test’s two sections.
Carolina's other major stand
out! tor admission to Carolina is
In New District
Redistricting Plan
Would Help Orange
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Top UNC Officers
Given Pay Raises
Several officials of the University at Chapel Hill
were among the 105 State executives awarded pay raises
Friday by the advisory Budget Commission. The raises
are effective Sept. 1.
Those from Chapel Hill included in the list are:
Dr. Henry T. Clark, director of the Division of Health
Affairs, from $20,000 to $22,000.
UNC Chancellor William Aycock, from $18,500 to
$20,000. (Chancellors at the other two branches of
the University got the same increase.)
Donald Anderson, the Consolidated University’s vice
president for graduate studies and research, from
$18,500 to $19,500.
A. H. Shepard, business manager of the Consolidated
University, from $14,000 to $15,000.
J. A. Branch, .comptroller and business manager at
Chapel Hill, from $13,700 to $14,200.
The Advisory Budget Commission is responsible for
the pay of the State’s top officials. Other State em
ployees, whose pay is controlled by the Personnel Coun
cill and the pay schedules of the Personnel Act, received
a $lO-a-month increase from the General Assembly.
House Member Will
Be Picked Sept. 3
The Orange County Democrat
ic Executive Committee will
meet on Sept. 3 to name a suc
cessor to Judge L. J. Phipps as
a member of the State House of
Representatives.
The dinner meeting will be
held at the General Sherman
Restaurant, near Hillsboro, be
ginning at 7:30. The 57 members
of the Executive Committee will
be guests of Judge Phipps, who
is also Orange's Democratic
chairman.
Judge Phipps was appointed to
the State House seat during the
1963 General Assembly, suc
ceeding veteran Rep. John Um
stead. Mr. Umstead resigned be
cause of his health. Judge Phipps
resigned from the General As
sembly this summer in order to
serve as North Carolina Com
mander of the’American Legion.
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Mostly fair today.
High Low
Wednesday 83 66
Thursday 81 56
Friday 83 56
Saturday 88 60
The unseasonably cool weather
last week signaled one thing: the
arrival of the new air-condition
ing system. As soon as it turns hot
again, the system will be turned
off and field-stripped for inspec
tion.
the “predicted grade average,”
a mathematical formula for com
paring applicants’ entire pre-col
lege records, including the Col
lege Board scores. At Carolina,
the numerical points assigned to
grades are. an A equals four
points, a B three, and so on un
til an F, for failure, equals zero.
The minimum predicted grade
average for admission under the
old system was 1.4, or a little
better than a D. A student must
have an over-all four years’ av
erage of 2.0, or C, to graduate
from Carolina. Under the new
system, applicants must have a
predicted average of 1.6, or a lit
tle less than a C, for admission.
Freshmen are required to earn
an average of at least 1.25 to
return for the sophomore year.
"What this predicted grade
average standard means," said
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The Legion does not permit its
Commander to hold elective pub
lic office.
Judge Phipps said the official
call for the meeting would be
mailed early this week to Exec
utive Committee members. On
the Executive Committee are
the chairmen and vice chair
men of the County's 25 voting
precincts, plus seven designated
members. A majority of those
present end voting will determine
the new Representative. Gover
nor Sanford's approval of the
Executive Committee choice is
mandatory. t
. Judge Phipps said he would
* remain neutral in the selection
ol his successor. Although he has
declined to comment on the
possibility, the Judge has been
mentioned as a possible candi
date for the 1965 General As
sembly in next spring’s primary.
The Orange Representative
chosen by the Executive Com
mittee on Sept. 3 wil serve in
the special session of the Legis
lature which Governor Sanford
is expected to call this fall to
consider Senate redistricting.
Among those who have been
mentioned frequently in connec
tion with the appointment are
former Rep. Umstead, Hillsboro
newspaper publisher Ed Hamlin,
YDC President Fred Cates of
Hillsboro, County Commissioner
Gordon Cleveland ol Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill Precinct Chairman
Bill Merritt, Orange Parly Sec
retary Earle Wallace, and
Orange Grove Precinct Chair
man Hugh Wilson.
Charles Bernard. UNC Director
of Admissions, “is that a stu--'
dent who makes the minimum
College Board total score of 800
must be well within the upper
half of his graduating class to
quali'y for Carolina. The lower
he ranks in his high school class,
the higher his College Board
scores must be.”
Last year, 91 per cent of UfiC’s
freshmen were in the top half
of their graduating classes in
high school, as compared with 85
per cent the year before. Over
half of the 1962 freshmen were
in the top quarter of their high
school class.
Last year, Carolina bad fresh*
men from 96 of North Carolina’s
100 counties. Out-of-state stu
dents, limited to 15 per cent of
the undergraduate student body,
came from all over the world.
Senate Seat
Every Other
Legislature
Orange County will send a
State Senator to the General As
sembly with greater frequency,
if Gov. Terry Sanford's propos
ed re-disfribution of the Senate’s
representation is adopted.
Gov. Sanford’s plan calls for
Orange, Durham and Person
Counties to form the new 18th
Senatorial District, to be repre
sented by two Senators. The 18th
under the plan would be one of
ten districts represented by two
senators.
In an explanatory report ac
companying his recommenda
tions, Gov. Sanford noted that
in effect the old 14th Senatorial
District remains intact, except
that Orange has been substitut
ed for Granville County. The dis
trict will have e total popula
tion of 181,359, or 444 persons less
than the median ratio of one
senator for each 91,123 persons.
Orange together with Ala
mance County presently consti
tutes the 16th Senatorial District,
represented by one Senator. The (
two counties had. a combined
population of 128,644, and under
the optional rotation system us
ed by the two counties, Ala
mance sent a senator to Raleigh
three times to Orange’s two
times.
State Senator Ralph Scott of
Alamance presently represents
the District. Orange elected Ed
Lanier (now State Insurance
Commissioner) to the 1955 and
1957 sessions of the General As
sembly. Prior to that Alamance
had chosen the senator for the
1949, 1951 and 1953 sessions. Sen.
Scott served in the 1961 and 1963
Assemblies, and would be eligible
to return for the 1965 Assembly.
Governor Sanford's report
states that “Alamance is entitl
ed to be a district, so that leaves
Orange to find a new home.
Orange and Durham have much
in common, so add Person, and
you have the Old 14th with
Orange in for Granville, with
two Senators and a population
of 181,359.” The ratio of Sena
tors to inhabitants will be one
to 90,679.
Within the new district, Dur
ham would probably retain its
present Senator full-time, with
Orange and Person alternating
for election of the other. Since
Orange has about 16,000 more
population than Person a system
similar to the old rotation be
tween Alamance and Orange
might be used.
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SCENES
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Guests at Villa Tempesta be
mused by barefoot waitress. . . .
Novelist BETTY SMITH coping
smoothly with the hubub at
tending publication of her latest.
. . . Patrons of a downtown beer
parlor eyeing a State ABC agent
with open hostility at closing
time. ... JOE NAGELSCHMIDT
making grandiose plans for be
coming an amateur printer (an
increasingly popular hobby, ac
ebrding to “The New Yorker”).
. . . Resident of Justice Street
astounded at the ease with which
his two Siamese cats routed a
full-grown Weimaraner. . . .
Chapel Hill attorney attempting to
leave on vacation, being delayed
by client, ordered by his wife
to tell client to come back next
week, all the way from Michi
gan. . . . JIM MOUSMOULES
taking friends on a tour of the
foundations of his king-size new
home in Pinebrook. . . . Chair
man of one of Chapel Hill’s num
erous committees trying in vain
to round up a quorum. . . . Stu
dent sitting on one of the bench
es in front of Battle-Vanoe-Pet
tigrew inspecting Franklin Street
pedestrians with field glasses.
. . . Chapel Hill linguist noting
that “wral” is about as dose as
you can come to the Russian
equivalent for “liar”. . . . JOE
JONES, of the UNC Alumni As
sociation office, up at the crack
of dawn for an early start on a
Saturday of golf at Finley.