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Volume 41, Number 98
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MWtft By PETE IVEY
Tar Heels who will eat gator
jowls and blackeyed peas in hon
or of the New Year are also ex
amining the travel schedules
from North Carolina to Jackson
ville. They are bound for the
Gator Bowl Game, December 28.
One enthusiastic fan suggested
that the Battleship North Caro
lina, now harbored at Wilming
ton, be fitted for a voyage to
Jacksonville, transporting 4,000
Or more Carolina alumni and
followers to Jacksonville.
“The battleship is big enough
for every«>e to travel comfort
ably overnight from Wilmington
to Jacksonville,” he said. "They
can eat and sleep aboard, stay
there in port while the game is
going on, as well as have the
vessel as the gathering place for
a tremendous UNC reunion.”
After the game is over, the
voyagers can go back to the ship,
and take a leisurely cruise back
to Wilmington, he said.
That sounds fascinating, but
unfortunately the battleship can’t
easily be moved. That is, it’s
very difficult, and expensive, to
get it going. It is tied up at a
dock, and getting up steam, pre
paring it for a voyage would be
a large undertaking. When the
ship was brought from Philadel
phia Navy Yard to Wilmington,
it was towed by smaller vessels,
and the cost was tremendous.
However, that does not detract
from the realization that it is a
glorious idea. Wouldn’t it be
wonderful to have the Battleship
North Carolina put out from Wil
mington, flags flying, guns shoot
ing, thousands of North Carolina
alumni aboard singing “Hark the
Sound of Tar Heel Voices.”
Despite the difficulties involv
ed, we have great faith in the
abilities of Hugh Morton, presi
dent-elect of the Alumni Associa
tion, who is also the promoter,
of the Battleship in North Caro
lina and is owner of Grandfather
Mountain. Maybe Hugh some
how can get the ship ready mi
raculously for the Gator Bowl
crowd.
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Wilmington alumni are not
waiting for travel by ship. In
stead, they are promoting a spe
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Voter Registration
Campaign Mapped
A torchlight parade and other
plans to promote voter registra
tion J among the Chapel Hill-Carr
boro Negro population were an
nounced at a public meeting Mon
day night.
John B. Dunne, local organizer
of the registration campaign, and
Shelton Sparrow, member of the
County Elections Board, discussed
the coming elections and answer
ed questions concerning the voter
registration drive at a meeting
at Orange Savings and Loan.
According to Mr. Dunne, the
campaign will b e conducted
SCENES
WILLIAM PEACOCK still dog
gedly bicycling to work up the
long hill from Glen Lennox . . .
Carrboro Mayor C. T. ELLING
TON extending hospitality of the
Town by passing out chewing
gum to all present at the Com
missioners’ meeting last night. . .
FRED RINGROSE of Fayette
ville rolling a 721 set (All Star
Lanes' first set over 700) in
NCPBA traveling league competi
tion Sunday .... Ad executive
BILL STAUBER searching high
and low for a gent named
SMYTH. Anybody named SMYTH.
(Somebody sent him a tie taste
fully decorated with the name.)
.... Almost everybody guessing
low on the pile of pennies at
Central Carolina's branch bank
in Eastgate. An expert in tucß
matters vows the total is some*
where between 4,000 and M.OOO
.... Eastgate supermarket
checkout girl weak-kneed after
her third (or fourth) shot at col
lege boards .... Insurance sales
man JEFF NEWTON momentari
ly shifting his base of operations
from the Carolina Coffee Shop to
Colonial Drug Store.
Midtown Recreation
Center Is Approved
Town Will Take Over Operation
Os Roberson St. Swimming Pool
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Swimming Pool Association
formally asked the Town to assume operation of the
Roberson Street pool Monday night.
In a petition presented to the Board of Aldermen the
Association, represented by president Adolphus Clark,
requested that a formal presentation ceremony be ar
ranged.
Also requested were provisions that the Association’s
.Referendum
Registration
Starts Dec. 21
Registration for the January 14
Statewide referendum on Legisla
tive redistricting will begin Sat
urday, Dec. 21.
Registration books in Chapel Hill
and Carrbcro will be open at the
polling places on that Saturday,
and and December 28 and Janu
ary 4. Challenges Day will be
Saturday, January 11, and the ref
erendum will be on Tuesday, Jan
uary 14.
In the referendum, voters will
decide whether to amend the
State Constitution to increase the
Senate from 50 members to 70 and
reduce House membership from
120 members to 100.
The referendum will be the
same as a general election, per
mitting absentee ballots. Applica
tions for absentee ballets must
be submitted in writing to Sam
T. Latta, chairman of the Or
ange County Board of Elections,
Hillsboro.
Any resident of Chapel Hill
Township eligible to vote in the
Chapel' Hill School Board elec
tion last spring is eligible to. vote
in the refendum without re-reg
istering, unless he has changed
his precinct since the School
Board election.
New residents of Chapel Hill
can find out their precinct, reg
istrar, and polling place by call
ing Elections Board secretary
Clyde Carter, 933-2137.
through three different communi
cation channels in order to reach
all members of the community:
communication, through organi
zation, and door-to-door.
“We hope to reach the mass
of people by passing out leaf
lets in the churches and by giv
ing out leaflets for children to
take home from school.” said Mr.
Dunne. “Also we hope to have a
torchlight parade, complete with
a band and speakers, the night
before the registration books
open.
“There are also plans to use
the Negro and white church or
ganizations. We hope the Negro
churches and various fraternal
organizations will stress the im
portance and significance of vot
ing and registering. We are also
looking for volunteers to do pap
erwork, typing and many other
odd jobs and we hope that many of
the local white organizations will
help us in getting the campaign
organized.
“We have divided the Negro
community into five major areas
for door-to-door canvassing. Each
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Lake Forest Area Downzoning Is Laid To Rest
The Board of Aldermen laid to
rest a proposed downzoning of
9.6 acres adjacent to Lake Forest
and Coker Hills at its Monday
night meeting.
The Aldermen accepted unani
mously a Planning Board rec
ommendation that C. A. Elling
er's request for RA-10 zoning on
his acreage between, Durham and
Old Oxford Roads be denied.
Mr. Ellinger had told the Plan
ners he had no immediate plans
for development of the property.
However, he wished it to be re
zoned from Agricultural In order
to make plans accordingly. „
Other Planning Board recom
mendations referred to the Al
dermen for action did not have
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beautification club continue it's
work in improving appearance of
the pool’s grounds; that better
lighting be provided ;that a pol
luted creek near the grounds be
improved; that a cover for the
pool filter be provided; and that
a roof be constructed over the
bleachers.
The Town agreed to accept
ance of the pool, pending ar
rangements for details of the
, transfer.
In another recreation develop
ment, the. Aldermen accepted
“with thanks” an offer by Ted
Danziger of the basement of the
Strowd Building for use as a
community recreation center.
The basement will provide
around 2,500 square feet for use
as a center, end will in large
measure replace Umstead Rec
reation Center as the Town’s
chief recreation facility.
Mr. Danziger will lease the
basement to the Recreation
Commission at a rental of $1
per square sot per year and
in turn will donate the rental to
the Recreation Department for
its use in supDorting recreation
al activities. The lease is con
tingent on the Town’s providing
adequate restroom facilities and
installing a new ceiling in the
area.. Eddie Mann told the
Aldermen that the ceiling, using
volunteer labor, would cost
around sll2. Conclusion of the
arrangement will be made In
the near future.
In other business the Aider
men voted to pay $119.50 in in
terest premiums on off-street
parking bonds which will sup
port construction of off-street
parking on three lots on East
Rosemary Street. Hie Aldermen
had some difficulty finding funds
for the premium, since the Town
contingency fund has been virtu
ally depleted. Finally they de
cided to transfer the money
from the Dog Control Fund, a
$550 budget item used to pay
Dr. Lou Vine for handling stray
dogs.
Town Manager Robert Peck
also reported that landowners in
the vicinity of a proposed radial
road in the Morgan Creek area
were refusing permission, at a
ratio of- about 2-1, for State
Highway Dept, surveying teams
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Cameron On Campus
To Become One-Way
Cameron Avenue from the Caro
lina Inn to Raleigh Street will be
come a one-way street today and
will remain so for about a month
while the University excavates
for new telephone and electrical
lines.
One lane of traffic going east
will be open. Director of Opera
tions J. S. Bennett said the bulk
of the line laying would be done
i during the University’s Christmas
holidays. Present lines running
under Cameron are inadequate
to handle the load. Mr. Bennett
said. The new power transmis
sion line will triple the capacity
of the old one to about 7,200 volts.
Eventually the line will also be
run down Raleigh Street to Wool
len Gymnasitan. However, this
is not scheduled until the Cam
eron Avenue project is completed.
quite such smooth sailing.
An amended recommendation
designed to eliminate parking
in required front yards in re
gional and suburban commer
cial zones was postponed for fur
ther study. The Planners had
amended their original recom
mendation after Restaurateur
Ted Danzigcr had objected to a
provision that would have elim
inated any parking within ten
feet of public rights-of-way. Mr.
Danziger recommended that in
instances where buildings were
located closer to a public right
of-way than 10 feet, parking be
permitted up to the building line.
The Planners incorporated Mr.
Danziger's suggestion into their
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HELP—Mr. and Mrs. Dean Clark
went shopping. They took their son,
Jeffrey. Ordinarily, when shopping,
Jeffrey investigates low level cracker
boxes and,, at Mother’s shoulder alti
tude, the chewing gum racks. But it is
Christmas time, and cookies and gum
have been eclipsed by all the crackly
Tar Heels Will Be Honored
At Banquet Saturday Night
A banquet with the flavor of a
coronation feast will be held for
Carolina’s Gator Bowl-bound Tar
Heels here Saturday night.
The occasion will honor Coach
Jim Hickey, his staff and his
players, beginning at 6:45 at
Lenoir Hail. Some 450 guests are
expected.
A limited number of tickets are
now available for Chapel Hill
townspeople and other backers of
the team. They are available at
$2.50 and can be purchased at
the Merchants Association office
or at the Sports Information Office
at Fetzer Fieldhouse.
Harry Mehre, widely quoted
humorist from Atlanta, will be
the principal speaker. Mehre. who
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recommendation, which had qrig-'
inally been intended only to elftn
inate parking in front yards. The
proposed regulation drew criti
cism from Alderman Gene
Strowd and Town Manager Rob
ert Peck.
"I’m afraid at the present time
we couldn’t enforce this if we
passed it," Mr. Peck said. He
said that in several cases en
forcement of the regulation would
eliminate all parking for a num
ber of establishments doing busi
ness In the Planning Area.
The Aldermen also granted a
Planning Board request for fur
ther time to study its sign size
setback formula. ....
paper and the spools of endless bright
ribbon. So that’s Jeffrey’s shopping
project for December: help in the gift
wrapping department. Mrs. Clark
seems to be taking Jeffrey’s efforts in
good humor. Mr. Clark may have to be
led to a seat and fanned. Color Jeffrey
determined.
writes a column for the Atlanta
Journal, is an ex-Notre Dame
player who served under Knute
Rockne. He formerly coached at
Georgia.
A number of special awards will
be given Carolina'players on the
basis of their individual prowess
during the highly successful 1963
season, which netted 8 wins, 2
losses in 10 games.
“As for the meal,” said George
Prillaman, director of the foot
ball menu and boss of the cam
pus eating operations, “it will
be one of the finest ever served
from our kitchens."
Mr. Prillaman’s entre will be
Bird of Paradise with Rock Corn
ish Game Hen. Said he; “It’s a
Another Planning Board rec
ommendations, intended to elim
inate a discrepancy between two
sections of the ordinance estab
lishing sideyard requirements
and building heights in regional
and suburban commercial zones,
drew opposition from Planning
Board Chairman Ross Scroggs,
who was not present when the
recommendation was adopted.
Assistant Town Manager Don
Archer had noted in a letter to
the Aldermen that two sections
of the zoning ordinance permit
ted construction of buildings up
to the property line in suburban
and regional commercial zones,
but also required a sideyard
meal which many New York res
taurants would charge $25 to
serve.”
The University Music Depart
ment will furnish special music
for the program and the entire
corps of cheerleaders will be pres
ent.
Besides the varsity and frosh
squads, a number of high school
prospects will be here as special
guests.
Members of the Chapel Hill
Athletic Club, who have been in
vited to attend with their wives,
are asked to call Justice Has well
at North Carolina National Bank
by tomorrow afternoon to make
ticket reservations. Only 70 tick
ets to the Club and reservations
will be necessary. The cost to
Athletic Club members also is
$2.50 per plate.
Less Than
Gator Tickets Left
Os the 12,391 tickets received
by the University for.the Gator
Bowl, less than 3,000 remain. The
deadline for returning unsold tick
ets to the Gator Bowl is Saturday,
but it appears now there will be
none to return.
The report is that no tickets are
available in Jacksonville.
The Athletic Office at Chapel
Hill hopes to (ill orders and mail
all tickets late this week.
equal to the height of the build
ing, up to 90 feet.
• The Planners originally were
to recommend that die section
permitting construction of build
ings up to the property line be
stricken from the list of permit
ted uses for regional and sub
urban commercial zones. Mr.
Danzigcr had also objected to
this, and requested that the Plan
ners recommend that no side
yard be required in the two zones
except where they adjoined a
residential district. The Plan
ners incorporated the suggestion.
At Mr. Scroggs’s request the
recommendation was referred
back to the Planners for further
consideration.
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WEDNESDAY
ISSUE I
Published Every Sunday and Wednesday
Sports And Music
Programs Pushed
Paved Playgrounds At AH Schools
Also Suggested To Education Board
Two requests, a hint, and some none too gentle prod
ding Monday night set the Chapel Hill Sfchool Board in
vestigating the possibility of music and athletic pro
grams at Guy B. Phillips Junior High, and paved play
grounds at all Chapel Hill schools.
One request came from Estes Hills PTA president Dr.
Ira Fowler, He asked for the Board’s “approval and sup
port” of a paved playground at Estes Hills. Another came
from Dr. David Mitchell. He
suggested that the Board “get
back into the music business”
in the Junior High School.
The hint came from Guy B.
Phillips principal Clyde Pressley.
He quietly gav the board a peek
at the benefits of organized juni
or high athletics.
The prodding came from Board
members Ed Tenney and Ben
Perry. They peppered the meet
ing with a hail of motions, many
of them abruptly withdrawn and
re-worded, favoring music, ath
letics, and playgrounds. The
problems of money and fairness
to all schools in the system made
discussion of each matter lively.
Music: i
—fV Mitchell said he didn’t
know why he was in front of the
Board “except that I got to talk
ing with some of my patients’
mothers, and I thought a highly
enlightened place like Chapel Hill
would have a band program, but
1 find it doesn’t.”
He suggested a part-time mu
sic program in the Junior High
School, to get both Junior and
Senior High schools “back into
the music business.”
Mr. Pressley said that m his
experience a junior high music
program would offer a great
deal, would need financial as
sistance, but would “contribute
to school morale” and would de
velop student areas of interest.
He said he wouldn’t aim such
a program at producing “master
musicians,” but "one thing the
junior high is indebted to young
sters to do is to give them some
thing they can do and get satis
faction from”
He said he would envision such
a program as extracurricular at
first, though “anything worth
having as an activity at the
school should be part of the reg
ular program.”
Starting a music program in
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Weather Report
Cloudy and cool tomorrow with
more rain.
High Low
Sunday 62 33
Monday 47 29
Tuesday . 50 27
A thin rime was on the edge
of the pond this week and lasted
until near noon. Before long it
wiß be possible to skate empty
beer cans across the ice.
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Coming This Sunday
808 LACEY, CAROLINA’S fabulous pass
catching end and the Tar Heels’ first Associa
ted Press All-America since Charlie Justice
made it in 1949 is the talker in one of J. A. C.
Dunn’s talk pieces.
★★★ ★ ★ ★
ONE OF CHAPEL HILL’S newest organizations
is the Inter-Church Council for Social Service,
a group of volunteer workers whose sole aim
is to help those who help themselves.
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THE CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC Library celebrat
es its fifth birthday Sunday and, like any
five-year-old, is still growing like a weed.
Weekly Women’s News Editor Paquiia Fine
tells the remarkable story.
★★★ ★ ★ ★
You’ll find them in this coming Sunday’s issue
of the Chapel Hill Weekly, along with a full page
of book news and reviews, and the latest news of
the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community. Be sure to
get a copy. Also can be used for housebreaking
pets.
New Auction
Planned For
School Land
The Chapel Hill School Board
will try again to sell the West
Franklin Street school property.
The Board held a public auc
tion of the property in Novem
ber, but no bids were received.
The Board at its meeting Mon
day night agreed to try “one
more time" to sell the property,
which consists of 9,3 acres fac
ing Franklin Street and contains
five buildings, one of them the
Chapel Hill Seni3r High School.
One reason the new auction
was agreed to is that the Board
has placed the property in the
hands of a realtor. At the first
auction the Board was acting as
its own real estate agent. The
realtor must be in a legal posi
tion to negotiate with prospective
buyers, and haggling is illegal
unless the sale has been official
ly opened with a bona fide bid.
Another reason the Board is
still interested in selling is that
potential customers still seem to
exist.
“There does seem to be more
interest (in the property) than
before the auction,” said School
Board chairman Grey Culbreth.
“As of this moment I am con
vinced there is more interest
than there was two months ago.”
He said he did not know who
constituted the “interest” or,
monetarily speaking, how much
“interest” there was.
At the November auction a
representative of the Little Con
struction Co. of Charlotte was
present and had been expected
to bid, but did not. Wien no
bids at all were received the
Board was left without a legal
basis for private negotiation. Mr.
Culbreth said J. Q. LeGrand, the
Board's attorney, had advised
him to be sure to get at least a
bid of sl, to enable private ne
gotiation subsequent to the auc
tion.
A new resolution to sell the
property was adopted, and the
legal machinery preceding the
auction will be set in motion. The
auction date has not been set yet.
The Board had considered
million to be a fair price for the
property before last month’s auc
tion.