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Volume 41, Number 81
UNC To Celebrate
170th Birthday
Saturday Morning
Playwright Paul Green Will
Deliver Principal Address
Paul Green, prize-winning dramatist and playwright,
will speak at the University’s observance of its 170th
birthday Saturday at 11:15 a.m. in Hill Hall auditorium.
Mr. Green, one of the nation’s outstanding literary
figures, will address faculty, trustees, alumni, students
and visitors on the anniversary of the cornerstone
laying of Old East Building, Oct. 12, 1793.
Chancellor William B. Aycock will preside. The Glee
TOWN
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saw By PETE IVEY awn®
A best-seller in Europe is the
book on dogs by Dr. Lou Vine.
Mr. and Mrs. Arpad von Lazar
of Chapel Hill were in Switzerland
and Austria in August. Brows
ing in bookstores and window
shopping, they saw the book
“Hunde tn Mein Leben.” The
book seemed to crop up every
where.
Looking closely, they saw that
it was the German for “Dogs in
My Life" by veterinarian Lou
Vine of Chapel Hill.
* * *
Many choice, but enigmatic,
remarks are overheard. One of
them was spoken by dramatist
Tom Patterson. He has written
pageants, one of them in the far
west.
“How in the world can you
write dialogue for a play that has
more than 40 horses in it?” he
asked.
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A speaker at the University’s
Medical Lectures on the kidney
last Saturday, biologist Roy
Forster of Dartmouth, took a
poke at politicians who sometimes
sound off in ridicule of science
research with lower animals.
Congressmen have been known
to hold up titles of science re
search supported by the govern
ment-such as "Bonelessness of
the Jellyfish,” or “How to Cure
Asthma in the Octopus.”
Why, the Congressman will ask,
is good money being spent to
find out why a jellyfish has no
bones? And who cares if an
octopus catches asthma? Or gout,
for that matter?
Perhaps it ought not to be
necessary to answer such char
ges. But they persist from time
to time. Some newspaper edi
torial writers, when they have
nothing better to do, often take
off in deploring taxpayers’ money
being spent on research like
“What Kind of Noise Annoys an
Oyster” and “The Emotional
Problems of the English Spar
row.”
Dr. Forster showed how some
simpler forms of animals have
certain bodily functions that are
related to the same things in
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SCENES
Chapel Hill policemen delighted
with brand-new badges, bigger
and radically different from the
old ones. . . . Town’s 1914 Model-
T fire engine parked on Colum
bia Street, poised to strike at the
first sign of combustion, moving
one Townsman to observe, “It
would be great for dousing cigar
butts”... Novelists JOHN KNOW
LES and REYNOLDS PRICE
sampling the Zoom-Zoom’s con
tinental cuisine. . . . Sonic boom
early this morning setting plate
glass windows and downtown
merchants to vibrating. . . .
AUNT FANNIE McDADE, now
past 100, taking an early morning
stroll around her front lawn on
Cameron Avenue. ... A large
contingent of the Town’s lawyers
striding purposefully down Frank
lin Street. . . . Resident com
plaining that police apparently
were tracking him all over Town
due to the accidentally gutty
roar of his small foreign car
License plate tally report: count
now up to 47 (including plates
from three foreign countries),
the latest finds being USA Eur
ope (extremely rare), Montana,
Utah and Oklahoma. . . . SPERO
DORTON making an agonizing re
appraisal of his" chances in the
1964 Gubernatorial campaign.
Club of the University, directed
by Prof. Joel Carter, will sing.
There will be an academic
procession by the faculty, begin
ning from the Old Well at 11
a.m.
An honorary degree will be
awarded during the ceremonies.
The name of the recipient will
be announced at that time.
In observance of University
Day, classes will be dismissed
after 11 o’clock.
The birth of UNC has be
come legendary.
The men who set out to find a
place to build the University of
North Carolina lay beneath the
shade of e giant poplar tree.
They had stopped after a long
trip, were now rested, and they
had reached a decision. This
was the spot. Here would be de
veloped the state university.
The year was 1789. Four years
later, in 1793, the cornerstone
of the first building, Old East,
would be constructed.
But on this day, they watched
a bird that flew nearby. The
bird seem entranced. Flying
to and fro, the bird seem fixed
on a certain grassy place be
neath an oak tree.
The men stood and looked.
What they saw astonished them.
A snake was poised in the grass
and was weaving back and
forth. The snake was charming
the bird.
The bird flew closer and clos
er. Then one of the men threw
a rock. The snake glided through
the grass and from the scene.
The bird flew away.
That story was handed down
around Chapel Hill by a woman
who kept a boarding house. She
got it, she said, from a reliable
North Carolinian who had heard
it, from one of the founders of
the University. No other docu
mentary evidence can be found
which gives any credence to
the story. It may or may not
be authentic.
If it did happen, one may won
der what is the symbolic signifi
cance of a snake trying to
charm a bird just after a party
of men determined the site of
the University? And what is the
meaning of the abortive attempt
to capture the bird that is,
the throwing of the rock to
drive away the snake?
This is just one of the stories
about the University and its
early days stories people tell
about this time of year when
the University' celebrates tits
birthday.
Coming This Sunday
THE ANNUAL CHAPEL HILL House Tour
sponsored by the Art Guild is becoming known
throughout the State as a showcase of gracious
living. Weekly Women’s News Editor Paqui
ta Fine gives a preview of some of the homes
on this year’s tour.
★★★ ★ ★ ★
CAROLINA’S TAR HEELS will be at Maryland
Saturday for an Atlantic Coast Conference
game, and Billy Carmichael will be on hand
to cover the action and the coaches’ post
game comments.
★★★ ★ ★ ★
ANDREW TURNBULL whose biography of F.
Scott Fitzgerald won acclaim throughout the
literary world is in Chapel Hill doing research
on another giant Thomas Wolfe. W. H.
Scarborough tells about the latest Turnbull
foray in a Book Page feature.
★★★ ★ ★ ★
You’ll find them all in this coming Sunday's
issue of The Chapel Hill Weekly, along with
columns by Billy Arthur, Bill Prouty, Pete Ivey
and Bob Quincy, plus the latest news of the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro community. Be sure to get
a copy. Also useful for making dress patterns. '
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POLICEMEN’S FUND Merchants Associa
tion president T. L. Kemp presents Chapel Hill Po
lice (Jhief W. D. Blake with a check for $2,500, ac
cumulated during recent weeks from contributions
to the Merchants Association’s Policemen’s Fund
drive. The Chapel Hill Police Department will use
School Fees
Might Be
Realigned
School Superintendent How
ard ard Thompson will confer
with Chapel Hill school princi
pals to make necessary realign
ments in the schools’ fee sys
tern.
Dr. Thompson told the School
Board at its meeting Monday
night that some of the schools’
programs could not operate
without fees. The slightly er
ratic nature of some aspects
of the fee system is partly the
result of mis-labeled fees, Dr.
Thompson said. The "physical
education” fee at Guy B. Phil
lips Junior High and Lincoln
High, for example, is actually
for buying uniforms. Pupil pur
chase of uniforms at the two
schools is of particular concern
to Board member Dr. Richard
Peters, who objects to Phil
lips athletes being allowed to
buy second-hand uniforms,
while Lincoln athletes are re
quired to buy new uniforms.
The Board also reiterated its
disapproval of “arm-twisting”
requests for money, sent to par
ents from teachers via students.
The work books and other items
for which money is sometimes
requested are nominally op
tional, but in effect arc manda
tory if a child is not to be plac
ed in the position of being the
only member of his class who
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Serving the Chapel HiU Area Since 1923
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1963
Road Is Proposed To Solve
Merritt Mill Area Problem
Orange County Commissioners
Monday advanced a new proposal
involving building a new road—
tc solve the persistent problem of
pedestrian traffic on Merritt Mill
Road.
Commissioner Gordon Cleve
land proposed and said he will
explore extending Cameron Ave
nue in Chapel Hill beyond the
town limits and connecting it to
Johnson Street. Most of the
proposed road would involve a
new roadbed.
It was the second time in as
many months that the Commis
sioners officially considered the
problem, which has concerned
Chapel Hill and Carrboro town
boards, the Chapel Hill School
Board, and the Commissioners.
About 500 school children walk
on Merritt Mill Road td Lincoln
High School and Frank P. Gra
ham Elementary School. The chil
dren must walk on narrow and
sometimes non-existent shoulders
or the pavement of the narrow
road.
Right-of-way difficulties have
stymied a solution for more than
two years., Also contributing to
the problem is the fact that most
of the road lies outside the town
limits of both Chapel HUI and
Carrboro.
In advancing the idea (if a new
road, Mr. Cleveland said previous
efforts to gain a sidewalk right-
Hearing Held
By Carrboro
The Carrboro Board of Com
missioners last night held a pub
lic hearing on enlargement of the
Carrboro Planning Area to in
clude a strip of land along High
way 54.
Residents of an area west of
Carrboro had requested annexa
tion of the area a month ago.
The area, nine-tenths of a mile
in length, joins the Carrboro Plan
ning Area at Morgan Creek. As
outlined, the strip will extend to
a depth of 280 feet on each side
of the and will extend
the Planning Area nine-tenths of
a mile westward. Landowners
along the stretch requested inclu
sion in order to prevent what
they termed "undesirable devel
opment.” The land would be
zoned RA-20, if annexed.
No opposition to the move was
registered at the hearing, and
the Commissioners referred the
petition to the Carrboro Planning
Board for recommendations.
The Commissioners also set a
second public hearing for Nov
ember 5 at 7:30 in the Town Hall,
to hear two additional re-zoning
petitions. One, from William T.
Durham, requests that his prop
erty on Jones Ferry Road be re
zoned from residential to indus
trial. The other, from Rudolph
Hardee, requests re-zoning of his
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the money for a down payment on a recreation build
ing on its land off NC 86. Funds are no longer being
solicited in the drive, but contributions are still wel
come. Checks should be made payable to Policemen’s
Fund and addressed to Policemen’s Fund, Box 127,
Chapel Hill,
of-way along Merritt Mill Road
seemed hopelessly bogged down
and even if achieved, such a side
walk might not be the best solu
tion.
Mr. Cleveland's proposal would
extend Cameron Avenue west
ward and Johnson Street north
ward until the two join. The sou
thern end of Johnson Street then
would be connected to the Lincoln
Noon Or Evening ,
They’re Marathon
Almost by tradition. Chapel Hill
School Board meetings are end
less. The Board goes over each
session's agenda with all the
thoroughness of a Scot looking for
a lost dime on a prairie. This
takes time.
At the Board's meeting Monday
night Superintendent Howard
Thompson suggested a change
from night meetings to lunch meet
ings. Speaking off the cuff before
the meeting began, Dr. Thomp
son had mentioned a school sup
erintendent he knows whose board
meets at lunch in a school cafe
teria, and who abruptly signals
the end of each meeting by hav
ing dessert served.
Dr. Thompson did not envision
commanding the Chapel Hill Board
that sharply, but did suggest
to the Boaid that lunch meetings
would shorten what are now al
most interminable evening ses
sions.
But Board member Dr. Richard
Peters said he had open-heart
surgery and other commitments
scheduled for every weekday
lunch hour through January.
A Talk With Dr. Frederick C. Mays
Dr. Frederick C. Mays is the
new Dean of the UNC School of
Public Health.
By J. A. C. DUNN
Frederick Mays is tall and
clean. His nearly white hair is
combed into gentle waves with
care, arid his hands and nails
look as if they have just emerg
ed from pre-operational scrub
up. His black shoes arc almost
new and scrupulously shined. He
wore dark blue trousers, a sub
dued tartan sport jacket, a white
shirt with French cuffs, and an
intricately patterned tie with a
turquoise background, all evi
dently a balance between dean;
ish dignity and casual comfort!
Dr. Mays’ office is dusted
with clinical care. The papers on
High School property, a matter of
a few hundred feet.
In other business, the Commis
sioners instructed County Admin
istrator Sam Gattis to investigate
the cost of purchasing freezers for
storing butter, a commodity now
available under the federal sur
plus food program.
Welfare Director James Wright
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Board chairman Grey Culbreth
suggested an automatic adjourn
ment hours of 10 p.m. as an al
ternative.
Dr. Peters said that was accept
able to him, but Board member
Edwin Tenney said it was not.
“We should take care of all press
ing business,” he said.
It was pointed out to Mr. Ten
ney that a simple vote of the
Board could waive the adjourn
ment hour during any meeting,
but Mr. Tenney did not think the
proposal a wise one.
The matter was called to a
vote. ‘‘Aye,’’ came a chorus of
voices. “No,” said Mr. Tenney. .
“Then we’ll just leave you
here,” said Mr. 'Culbreth.
Mr. Tenney muttered a motion
that the automatic adjournment
rule take effect in 1969.
“When does your term on the
Board expire?” Mr. Culbreth ask
ed.
“1969,” said Mr. Tenney.
“That’s what I thought,’’ said
Mr. Culbreth, who has been at
tending marathon Board meetings
for upwards of a 'dozen years.
the desk are arranged in neat
stacks. The ashtrays are not on
.Jy emptied, they are washed.
Dr. Mays does not look cap
able of sprawling in an ungain
ly luxury of relaxation. He has
an air of tightly controlled pre
cision ki his even, pleasant
voice; in the disciplined perfec
tion with which his clothes hang;
in the behavior of his hands,
which do not toy with a cigar
ette or rub his chin or tug his
ear or tensely intertwine fingers.
He has an atmosphere of deep
inner peace, but with no over
tones of lethargy.
‘ I’m not a stanger to Chapel
Hill," he said; He has known Dr.
E. G. McGavran for many years,
and his ancestors came from
Virginia, the. Carolinas, and
WEDNESDAY
I ISSUE ■ I
Published Every Sunday and Wednesday
Franklin Street
School Property
Will Go On Sale
♦School Board Agrees To Call
Public Auction For Nov. 12
The Chapel Hill School Board will offer the Frank
lin Street school property for sale on November 12.
The Board agreed at its meeting Monday night to
advertise the sale. Board attorney J. Q. LeGrand said
advertisement would begin next week. At the same
time, the Board began considering the need for im
mediate planning to replace the Chapel Hill Senior
High School and the West Frank
lin School should the property be
sold.
Board Chairman Grey Cul
breth said he and Mr. LeGrand
had compiled a description of
the property as best they could
from a map. The property is
comprised of about half a dozen
old tracts, he said.-4»ne of them
bought some time ago from the
University. He said that tracing
the deeds to these tracts had
not been easy, and that one deed
traced back to 1855 had been
so vague that the boundaries
of the land it involved were de
scribed only by the names of
owners of neighboring tracts.
However, Mr. Culbreth said
the boundaries of the school
land had been pinned down with
suf icient accuracy to warrant
a legal advertisement for sale.
The school property is 620 feet
across its Franklin Street front,
720 feet on its east side, 600
feet on its west side, and com
prises about 9.3 acres.
School Superintendent How
ard Thompson asked the Board
to set a definite date on which
to decide whether the school
property ‘would be sold, and
consequently replaced, or re
tained and renovated.
Dr. Thompson said he wanted
to stop maintaining the fwo
school buildings simply by “slap
ping on a little paint,” if they'
were not to be sold, and that
furthermore he had $7,000 bud
geted for a new heating plant
for the West Franklin School
and did not know whether to
spend it.
The Board told Dr. Thomp
son that such a decision could I
not be made until it was seen
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Rec Center
Is Possible
The Chapel Hill Housing Auth
ority may include a recreation
center in its plans for a new-unit
low-cost housing project.
At its monthly meeting Monday
night the Authority discussed the
possibility of a center as describ
ed and authorized by the federal
Public Housing Authority.
The recreation center would be
built with federal funds to be op
erated and maintained by the
local Housing Authority. The
building would have 1,000 square
feet (25 by 40 feet).
The Recreation Commission
and other agencies would be able
to use the center.
Mrs. Ruth Metz and Dr. Sidney
S. Chipman, Authority members,
were appointed as a committee
to dedde on other appropriate
agencies that might be interested
in the plan and to report to the
Authority at its December meet
ing.
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JAMES H. SHUMAKER
Weekly Editor
Is Appointed
Chapel Hill Weekly publisher
Orville Campbell today announc
ed the appointment of James
H. Shumaker as editor of the
paper.
Mr. Shumaker has been gen
eral manager of the Weekly
since 1959, when he left the
Durham Morning Herald to
come to Chapel Hill.
Mr. Campbell said Mr. Shu
maker has been largely respor
stole for the production of the
newspaper and for its editorials
for the past several months;
that his editorials had been
widely read and reprinted; and
that the appointment would
formally place Mr. Shumaker
in the editor's position.
Mr. Shumaker was managing
editor of the Durham Morning
Herald when he became general
manager of the Weekly in May
of 1959. Prior to that time he
had worked for the Associated
Press in Charlotte and hod done
free lance writing. He served with
the United States Air Force in
Europe during World War 11, and
later attended the University
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Weather Report J
Generally fair tomorrow.
High Low
Sunday 77 39
Monday 80 39
Tuesday 85 51
This is quite possibly one of the
screwiest seasons in modern his
tory: 85 degrees in mid-October
and the Yankees lost it in four
straight.
Tennessee. There is a Dr. Fred
Mays in Maysville, S. C., and
other Mayses are scattered ov
er the Southeast.
Like UNC president William
Friday, Dr. Mays has a new
speak word he uses frequently.
Mr. Friday's is "ongoing.” Dr.
Mays’ is “outreach." He used it
three times in fifteen minutes of
talking about public health; out
reach of opportunity, outreach
of the UNC School of Public
Health.
"One thing that made this job
attractive to me is the Univer
sity’s attitude toward public
Health. When I came down here
they had me see Mr. Friday and
Chancellor Aycock and Dr.
Clark, and they all spoke of the
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