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C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1948 Price: $2 A Year; r,c Single Copy Eight Pages This Week Iuture UNO Expansion oses Many Problems or Chapel Hill Area I Emphasizing that the most serious problems lacing the liversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today ■arisc'from ■ sudden very large expansion of the institution, members of visiting committee of the Board of Trustees, making their »ort at a meeting of the full board in Raleigh, Monday, were aboslute^agreement that the.need for careful planning for ure expansion has become “immediately acute.” “These problems,” the bdard reported, "in our judgment 1 for careful, intelligent, and, in most cases, prompt action the trustees, the university administration, and the legis iire at its next session.” , j The members declared they j not believe the enrollment of e university has “by any bans’' reached its peak. Last II there were 10,000 applica nt for admission at Chapel II. (The enrollment is now er 7,000—almost twice as -ge as before the war.) It >uld be short-sighted to as me that in a very few years r enrollment will not reach e 10,000 figure.” IVERSITY OVERCROWDED hey pointed out that that ins “the entire community is gerously over - crowded in •king and living quarters, and fry utility is dangerously over ied.’ J Faculty salaries, the. report Riphasized, must be raised. He have attempted to lin a big league staff With linor feague salaries . . . but we Innot continue to depend upon Kyalty of the faculty and the Yarm of Chapel Hill to operate university;” ’hey reported that 100 regular ulty members resigned between 0 and 1948, among them one in, two directors of the Univer r Press; 23 professors, four as iate professors; 22 assistant pro sore, and 43 instructors. ASONS ARE FINANCIAL The primary reason for these ses have been financial—sub? ntially higher salaries else ere, it was pointed out. “Each the persons involved expressed ;ret in leaving but each felt* he ed his family a /Tt-gliei'' 3eg.ee financial security than could be pected here,” the report said. .Of the professors, the report Ient on, one was a Kenan pro issor at $5,000, and he went to exas at $7,500. The other 22 rew salaries'not exceeding $4, [DO, and they left for salaries angisig from $25,000 to $5,000. fhe associate /professors drew ilaries ranging from $8,000 to tl 0,000. SEARCH NEEDS FUNDS rhe report also suggested an. in case of $50,000 a year to the iduate school,,.for-.organized re _rch, “This/is a conservative ;ure based oil careful depart - ntal estimates and we believe will attract hundreds of thou ids of dollars to research. It is able of increasing our wealth rnillions.” 'he committee * recommended members aTTaculty members be given jtvel expenses to attend meetings | learned societies and "thus keep Ireast of modem thought in their |rticular fields.” lousing for faculty headed the Jysical needs listed for the nni rsity. — Emphasizing the point that any new faculty members have en obliged to leave because they ■uldn’t find homes, the com Jttee pointed out that there have en -long waiting .lists of faculty Embers With families seeking living quarters. SOME LIVE IN TRAILERS ‘“Of these, some live in single rooms by themselves and have' their-families living in neighboring towns,vsome live fn barracks; a few. live in trailers; a few with inde pendent means or with a rare de gree of bravery buy houses at thrice the 1939 price; a few com muie from Durham or Hillsboro; some resign:” It was also pointed out that many have turned, down offers in the various growing departments of the university becaflse they know in advance that there will be no place for them to live here. One solution suggested^vas "to authorize the university to construct apartment buildings and individual houses which could pay for thejnsetves^'wej* a long period of time. “In the absence qf special enabling legislation the university is not permitted by law to borrow money for any purpose,” it was pointed out. “However, it would seem permissable for the uni versity to lease land to a pri vate corporation for a term- of 50 years. This corporation could borrow the money neces sary to pay construction costs.” STUDENT NEEDS LISTED The sectiorujsf the report de voted to students stressed the need for less crowded ^classrooms so that the student may benefit by improved teaching conditions. Al though, the report "said, “students and the entire faculty and admin tStratJOfTWive done very wall un der the present conditions," the overall quality of teaching and less crowded classrooms, are ur gently recommended. The report also questioned the advisability of suspending class' es on Saturdays, explaining that a mass exodus of students from Chapel Hill over the weekends Was a distraction from studies | and dangerous from the point of highway accidents. Church Notices PresbyteHanr Ghurch of Hillisboro Rev. Irving E. Birdseye, minister Sunday schpob at 10:00 a. m. Mrs. Pari Davis will have the Bible story period. „ •Worship at 11:00 a. m. Mrs. S. Strudwick; organist— Sermon ' topic - - “The Living Christ,” the second sermon in the present Lenten series on the Apos tle’s Creed. r . - - The Youth Fellowship will meet at the church at 6:30 p. m. Thursday at 7:30 p. m. the ses sion will meet at the home of S. Strudwick. LAYMEN’S LEAGUE The Laymen’s League will meet at the agricultural building at 7 p. m. on Tuesday, February 24. harge Is Made That Cabs ike Fees In Had Weather jChapel Hill—A resolution was ■opted by the town board o£ al fcrmen at the meeting Monday ght calling for a special commit e to investigate the locaT^axi cab ftmpanies in view of complaints lorn several people 4n Chapel pi of the unauthorized increase taxi fares during the recent bad .eathpr. iThough the fare was set by or Inance to be 25 cents within the |ty limits, some cabs charged 50 lounty Schools teopen Monday Orange county schools re opened Monday morning after being closed for four consecu tive days and eight days in all luring the recent snowy and icy , leather. Superintendent Glenn Proffitv •id the school buses were mak ig their trips regularly and not [xpertencing. too much trouble getting over the rural roads. '*The highway ,'Ofew in the »unty has cooperated In every **y possible In Making it pos !‘ble for the school buses to tra rOfSe the rural reads.” he said. cents and added 25 cents to the other standard rates. The commit tee, made up of Gilbert fthy. town manager, and two other members of the bo,ard, Pi L. Birch and Obit Davis, were al^o instructed to find out il all of the requirements are being met for legal operation of cabs, such as liability insurance. Two veterans requested permits from the board of aldermen to op erate taxi cabs 'in Chapel Hill un der the name of Veteran Cabs. A‘special eommittep is consider ing the requests of two students for off-premises sale of beer. If it is granted, they will operate in the small store room adjacent to the Carolina Cab company offices. . All of the necessary motions and resolutions for the bond is sue were adopted by the board, and the date for the bond elec , tion was set for Tuesday, Apr.l 6. The goal of $260,C|)0 wdl in clude* $200/000 for ''•additional^ "sewage disposal plant and hne* $25,000 for machinery and equipment, and $35,000 for street repairs and p#ving. •* - A proposed ordinance for the establishment of a planning and zoning board for the town of Chapel Hill is under consideration by the board. Home Beauty Contest To ' Be Conducted The home beautification con test which attracted so rjjuch in terest in the county last year will again be sponsored by the Hillsboro branch of the Dur ham Bank and Trust company, according to S. A. Johnson, vice president, provided a sufficient number of farmers enter. Last year there were' 50 contestants. The prizes will be: first, $100 savings bond; second, $25 sav ings bond; third, $10 cash. This contest wrll be open to any Orange county farmer who 'receives 90% of’ their income from the farm. Contestants must file application by March 1. The contest will be Judged bn the percentage of improvement made ip general appearance of the farm home and ground^ the landscaping and painting of the buildings and the Improvement of appearance by minor changes In cohtsruction, such as under pinning, etc. Application blanks can be had by writing to the county home agent, Hillsboro. The Rev. Irving E. Birdseye of Hillsboro, chairman of the over seas relief drive, issued the fol lowing statement this week con cerning the drive in Hillsboro: In spite of the bad weather which caused the house-to-hoUse canvass for overseas relief to be postponed both by Chapel Hill and Hillsboro, the results were gratifying. Clothing was the chief item that began to fill the com munity hut in Hillsboro where the Girl Scouts have been sorting things in preparation for ship ment. However, there are still some things to be brought to the community center from the coun ty schools and a truck will visit them this Friday to complete the drive. The Orange county committee and the state committee join with the church world "'service to thank you all for your generous help and assistance in the^ campaign. The trucks of several merchants in Hillsboro were manned by the representatives of the Exchange and Lions clubs and by the Boy Scouts of Hillsboro and West Hillsboro. If anyone would still like to sendeomething overseas through this channel, bundles can be left at the Hillsboro community cen ter behind the Methodist church, at the Presbyterian manse, or the office of the News. Contributions of money to de fray-the expense of, shipment will also be greatly appreciated. Such contributions c5n be made through your pastor or sent to the Orange County Overseas Relief Chair man, Box 372, Hillsboro. ~ Late Listers Are Urged To .. Report Taxes All Orange county citizens who have not listed their taxes were urged this week by Ira, Ward, county tax accefunfant, to do so at once. - "Many people in the county have not yet listed; their taxes,” Ward said. County employees were making a • check of the lists this week in order to de termine how many taxpayers in the county have not listed for 1948. Teaching Hospital Plans At UNC Are Materializing i ChSpdt Hill—Plans for {he con struction of a teaching hospital al 1 the University of North -Caroling i to be established in conjunctior with a four-year medical school ' for which funds were appropriated by the 1947 legislature, are rapid ly materializing, according to a comprehensive report which Chancellor Robert B. House has mailed to the trustees of the uni versity. The university has just been notified by R. G. Deyton, assistant director of the state budget bureau, that the bureau has al lotted money for the employment of architects ^o make plans for the training hospital. * -- ARCHITECTS PLANS Under the provisions of the Hill Burton act providing $500,000 in federal funds toward the project, the architect’s plans must be sub mitted to the state medical care commission by May 15 and must have the approval of the commis sion and then the approval of the United States public health service by July 1 Chancellor House pointed out. Collier Cobb Jr. of Chapel Hill, chairman of the trustees building committee, says the negotiations for architects' services have been Virtually completed and probably will be announced early next week. Chancellor House’s report re vealed that, in line with. the.trus tee action, Dr. W. Reece Berryhill, who has served as dean of the twQ--year school and director of medical education, staffing and building. Statement Of Thanks Is Issued Lucius Brown, president of the Hillsboro Exchange club, Tuesday issued a statement of thanks to all those who helped in the%'o duction of “Fur\ For You,”^the profits'of which afNt being applied to a wading pool fund for Jfills boro youngsters. Brown’s statement follows: * “We wish to express our ap preciation to everyone taking part in and attending “Fun For You” last week. Your work and at tendance under such adverse weather condi tons showed a com munity spirit that Hillsboro should "be proud of. Qur thanks go also to Clarence Walters and the state highway, crew for havingthe streets in such good condition.” , Those who took part the-pres entation were Steve Allison, Carl Davis, Ira"Ward, Charles S. Hub bard, Irving_E. Birdseye, Mollie Smith, J. Dumont Eskridge, Clar ence Jones, Mrs. Martin Hender son, Norfleet,.Webb, Remus Smith, Charles Walker Jr,, C. B. Parris, William Mitchell, Mrs. Harry D. Hollingsworth, Robert Tyson, X.nnnjp Tyson Havwood King, Bill Whitey ,.„Wilson, Clarence Hines;'Eadre Hines, Jeanette Mil lert_ Carolyn Collins, Patricia Johns, Nell Walker, “Eleanor Parker, Hilda Scott, Jackie Whit akery-Betsy Forrest, Frances Rose mond, Nancy Cox, Bobby Par lier, Mather Howerton and others. Broughton Speaks To Law Association | : Chapel- Hill--Former. Governor J. Melville Broughton Spoke on “The Lawyer in the Court Room” in the Playmaker theater Wednes day evening, under the auspices of the University LaW School as sociation. --— ■ ■ ■■■» - Carolyn Guthrie Is Contest Winner Chapel Hill—Miss Carolyn Guthrie won first prize in the March of Dimes letter contest last week. She was given a radio-phonograph combination from the Carolina Sports Srop, the prize she chose from the list of 10. ' ^ Other winners in the contest were Phillip Brogden, Janet Merritt, Mrs. M. T. Daniel; Mrs. Maud Price, Mrs. Robert S. Swain, Marian Stoudemire, Robert Rolnik, doyce Oakley, and H. Eugene Braswell. Wading Pool Fund Will Get Profits Carrying on its campaign to col lect funds for a wading pool, the Hillsboro Exchange club this week announced plans to stage a basket ball game between the Carolina Clwvns and the Hillsboro high school at a date to be announced The Carolina Clowns compose a comedy team of football stars at the University of North Carolina and features Charlie Justice, Car olina’s triple-threat tailback, and other stars from last season’s team. Included among the players on the team are Justice, Art Weiner, great pass catching end, Joe Wright, blocking back and co captain last year, Chan High smith, co-captalh two years ago, Max Spurling and Jack Fitch. Randolph Brown of Hillsboro is also a member of the team. Dr. Marion B. Roberts, Caro lina. supporter and alumnus of the university, has indicated to the Exchange club that he would feed the team on the night of the game. Further pjans on the game will be announced next week. Chapel Hill Recarder’s Court -Chapel Hill^-In the recorder’s court of February 16, Charlie Hackney, Negro, was charged with drunkenness and the defrauding of a taxi out of his ,$10, fare. Hack ney . was' adjudged not guilty of the- second offense by Judge H. A. Whitfield. For drunkenness he was sentenced to be confined in the Orange county" jail for one month to worjc the roads ■ of the state. The sentence, however, was suspended for two years on good behavior. Rufus Jones, Negro, disorderly conduct and assault, four months sentence, suspended for three years on Condition tharhe pajrtosU and remain "out of. Chapel Hill and Carrboro during The three-year period. m William H. Barbee,., improper lights? called and failed; Clyde McCleod, resident of Broadway, drunkenness, called and failed; Erwin Lloyd, Negro, drunken ness, $5 fine and costs; Albert S. Root Jr., resident of Raleigh, run through red light, costs; . - - Herman Wolff Jr., resident Of Raleigh, speeding, costs; .William Wright, drunkenness, nol pros with leave; Raymond -Edwards, Negro, drunkenness, costs. Three County Schools To Hold Conservation Speaking Contest This is the third year that the] North Carolina Bankers associa tion has sponsored a public speak- • ing contest in.the high schools of the state. The schools of only a few. counties were invited to "enter the contest, the first year. Last year about one-half of the coun ties of the state were included. This year the schools of all the 100 counties are receiving invita tions to take part ip the speaking contest. The subject that the bank ers association has chosen for the contest is Soil Conservation, Orange county will have three, school to take part in the contest, namely, Hillsboro, Chapel Hill, and Aycock schools. The contest is for high school students, and each school will hold a prelimi nary contest in order to select the representative of each school. The date for the school preliminary contest is the fifst week in March. Aboqt one week later these school iyjnners rwill come together for a ‘county contest. The winner ip the county^.contest will go on to the district contest, and finally these winners will enter the state .-con test where each contestant* will' be a guest of the N. C. Bankers as sociation. ' To make it more interesting?, prizes are being offered all the way from the school winner on up to the state winner. Here in Orange county the Hillsboro branch,' Durham Bank and Trust company is donating $5, and the Chapel Hill bank is giving $17.50. These donations will provide first prizes of $5, and second prizes of $2.50 for the three schools pf the county. For the county prize the Farmers Mutual Exchange is giv ing a $25 savings bond. I According to Henry Hogan, chairman of the - Orange county soil conservation committee, and member of the Neuse River soil conservation district “-supervisors committee, » better- subject could -rtbt have been chosen by the North Carolina, Bankers association. Mr Hogan says "Poor Soil,* PogtJEe* •pie’ is all too true.' The USbA [council, composing the , agrftul tufakagencies of thq county, name ly, the'Extension agents, the AAA, the soil conservation service, and the vocational agricultural teach ers are sponsoring the: contest in the county, and its committee to work out all details is composed cf'R. L, Mohler, soil conservation service, chairman, A. K. Mc Adams, the AAA secretary, E. P. Barnes, assistant county ^gent, and the vocational agricultural teach ers of the county, E. R. Dowdy, Hillsboro, G. A. Munn, Ay cock, and C. K. McAdams, Chapel Hill. One Man Is Dead, Another Missing,-' Third Is Injured One man is dead, a second is in a Durham hospital and a third is missing as a result of a fighTSaturcfay near tTfrivefsiry Station in Kno township. • I he dead man is Paul Phillips, who came to Orange sev eral months ago from l>ake Junaluska; the injured person is Wilson Honeycutt in whose home thedeath occurred; and the missing man is Hill Stanley -whom the sheriffs department has •not been aide to locate. Sheriff Sam Latta said Wednesday morning that no charges had yet. been preferred, indicating- that the department was waiting until Honeycutt recovered sufficiently to give a more detailed description ofcthe fight, Phillips was knifed in the presence of Honeycutt's five children.in a one-room log house near University Station. Latta said that Honeycutt, his wife and five children lived, cooked, and ate in the one-room house. A second room was attached to the log cabin, but it had a dirt floor and was.not used by*the family. The fight occurred, Latta sauL when Phillips allegedly attacked Honeycutt with a knife during a drinking session. Stanley, the missing man, is said to have beat Phillips off Honeycutt with a.kitchen stool. Honeycutt is then alleged to have attacked Phillips with the same knife__ lips was dead and Honeycutt was in seridus Condition. Phillips’ body was shipped to L-ake Junaluska Sunday night for hnrial. , ________.li„:. —,----——— --—— Expect To Reach Community Fond Total This Week Chapel Hill—The $7,500 goal in Chapel Hill’s first Community Fund drive, comprising an appeal for .^projects, should be reached soQh if all the canvassers com plete their solicitations this week and do a thorough job, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Green, co-chairmen of the campaign, said. —— Urging that fell canvassers in the residential areas complete their work . right away, Mr. and Mrs. Oft en announced at the same time that $ canvass of the business firms would be made this week for the first time. Shell Hettinger jhas accepted the chairmanship of the campaign for the business section, and his as sistant are Clarence Oakley, Eu gene Strowd, Mrs. Milton Aber nethy. Jack Jnpmann, * James "DaVis and Hruce Whitmire. — News of Eno. >. By Mr*. L. B. Haithcock The W. M. U.—B. A.’s- -G. A:'s and Brotherhood met jointly at the church Thursday night. ~~~ 7 Mrs. L. B. Blackwood is at home after undergoing a major opera tion at Watts hospital Mrs. Lantham Latta and son, Paul, were visitors of Mrs. Fannie . Womble Sunday. _ Mrs. Alfred Snipes of Hillsboro visited her brother, Tom Lloyd, Sunday. - Mr. and Mrsv W. B. Haithcock and son, Tim, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Haithcock in Macon, N. C., Sunday. • , Mr and Mrs. J. GT Thomas of Danville, Va., visited Mr. Thomas' nephew, Paul E. McKee, . Mr. and Mrs. Walter Talley and daughter, Carolyn, of Durham visited Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Trues dale Sunday. G. A. Cates has returned home j from McPherson hospital. Mrs.- Margaret Wright, sister of j L. H. Cox, is a patient at Watts ' hospital where she underwent an operation? Clifton Merritt is seriously ill at his home. ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Womble announce the birtli of a son, Wyatt Donald, on February 9 at Watts hospital. Mrs. Womble is the for _mcrlM-rss Helen Montess Walker of Cedar Grove. * The PoUyuuna club will: be honored Friday night at 7:30‘by Mrs, L. H. Cox, Mrs. G D: Clay ! ton and Mrs. Howard Cox. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Eldon F. Matteson ■ nn i -e the birth of a daughter. I Martha Ajane, on February 5 at I Duke hospital. Mrs. Matteson is I the former Miss. Marjorie Brown. [.Martha Anne was born on the 46th f wedding anniversary ' .of her 'mother’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bcpwn Sr. She is the thihd member, ofthe family born on that day. The other two are Herman Hooker -Brown- Jr. and Maude Brown._ , . .< \ . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coleman announce the birth of a daugh ter, Vivian Elizabeth, on February 14 at Duke hospital. ~ man is the former Mist stmts. Frank Graham J- ■ » Is Welcomed On His Return Chapel Hill—Dr. Frank Graham was received by a welcoming dele gation of students at his home when he returned to Chapel Hill Saturday night..Sunday the uni versity band under the direction of Earl Slocum led the student? to the president’s house to play and sing the school songs. Cheer leaders led the group in cheers, and, Student Body President Tom, Eller made a welcoming speech. President Graham, whp Was the United States member of the United Nations Security Council's committee on good offices in In donesia, resigned from the post last Friday. President Truman thanked him personally for the splendid job’ which he and the two other members of the committee have done in working out a truce between the Dutch and Indo nesians^ Senator Morse of Qre gon made a speech an the senate praising Graham arid’ his service to the country. • , v' ' Tine Is Extended To Make Reports J. S. Compton, chairman of the Orange county committee, stajed this- week that an exten sion of time for filing of per formance report* under the agricultural conservation pro gram has been received. Instead of February 15, as a Closing date, farmers in th# county now hav# until February 28 in which to file a report on Athe practice* carriec^f out last year. • . Only about 85% of the farm ers in the county have filed per formance reports to date, whereas Mr. Qormpton states that probably 1,050 farmer* have participated itr the 1847 program either by carrying out some;' of~the practices through the use of conservation ma terials. j- This extension of time will give these farmers a chance to come to the county office and complete their,- report on 194? practices. Orange County Recorder’s Court Monday, February 16: Laurence Mitchell, alias Jim Bo Mitchill, public drunkenness, $5 and costs;. .Lacy-Curry, drunk and disorderly, assault with deadly weapon, $5 and costs; Marshall Costner, drunk and disorderly, assault with a deadly weapon, $25 and costs; Hubert R. Ring, redness driving, costs; Arthur E., Syke Jr., passing a vehicle without clear vision of 500 feet, $10 and costs. Ballard Returns John P. Ballard. Hillsboro in surance agent and president of the Hillsboro Merchants associa tion, returned over the weekend from Hartford. Conn., where he had, been attending a five-week Insurance school.
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