j Jlttofi ot ©tang? Count?
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 45, 1959 SECTION ONE, PAG* 9
Carrboro commissioners discuss
plans for new municipal building
The Carrboro Commissioners
Tuesday night discussed the pos
ible cost of remodeling the old
Carrboro School as a municipal
building.
'• When definite estimates for the
job can be calculated on the basis
of the' town engineer’s estimates,
the figure will be added to the
$30,000 the town bid for the build-:
ing. and the total put up for a
municipal bond referendum, ac
cording to Mayor R. B. Todd.
! 90 days for vote »
He noted the election would
have to be hekr within 90 days of
last Sept. 15 when the' Town’s
high bid for the property became
final. It has4been previously esti
mated that the bond issue would
run around $50,000.
Also at Tuesday's meeting a
delegation of merchants, ap
peared to ask that police service
be provided for the town be- j
tween 1 and 7 a.m.—winch are
at present off-duty hours for
the town policemen. Mayor
Todd Said the Board planned to !
“try to work something out.”
Residents of Crest St. in the
Knolls Development asked the
municipality to assume mainten
ance of that portion of their street
which is in town. They agreed to
circulate a petition dedicating an
addition eight feet of land on each
side of the street as right-of-way.
The commissioners discussed
a survey of annexation possibil
ities for the town currently be
ing made through the Institute
of Government by William Hold
ford.
Presbyterian dedication Sunday
to feature preacher to Harvard
The Rev. George Buttrick,
preacher to Harvard Universi
ty, will be here for dedica
tion services of the recently
completed student center and
educational wing of the Ciiapel
Hill Presbyterian Church this
Sunday.
The 5 pan. program to
held in the Fellowship Hall
the $375,000 building will be
preceded by an open house
affair. beginning at 3 o’clock.
s. sr
'No real deceit seen* ■ .
Welfare funds repaid
in duel benefit case
Charges against two elderly wel
fare recipients in Chapel Hill tajve
been no! prossed in the Chapel
Hill Recorder’s Court following
repayment in full of •about $2,200.
Orange County Welfare 'Superin
tendent Mrs. Jane Parker said “I
don’t think there was any real
• deliberate deceit involved in the
case. Rather it seemed to be a
matter that they didn't under
stand.”
The situation was uncovered
after it was found that the .re
cipients, Robert Cole and a re
lative, Lena McDougald Cole,
were receiving social security
funds as well as old age assist
ance through the County Welfare
Department.
Welfare benefits were halted in
S, Mrs. Parkef safc^ and the
s were1 fepak! in Kill recent-.*
ly. Following this- Ghapel HiH Rec
order's Court Solicitor recom
mended 9 nol pros in the case.
TMs was- allowed by fy&tP JWi
liam S. Stewart.
Mrs. Parker said this was not
the only instance in which dupli
cate benefits had been discovered
in the County. She noted that the
Welfare Department was check
ing up ekwety on such possibili
ties through personal inquiries and
investigation of social security and
unemployment benefit records,
"Almost all persons are very
truthful in reporting ttjeir re
sources,” she said.
Auto assault, shooting
culprit being sought
Law enforcement officers were
today tracking down a-driver who
allegedly attempted to run over a
University student afid then shot
at him with a pistol.
The assault was reported by
Kole Kortner, who told officers
that a 1955 model Bel Air Chev
rolet bore down on him on the
campus near his dormitory late
last Friday night. As it passed j
him, he said he bit the car .with
his umbrella, knocking off the
Bel Air medallion on die side of
the car, and possibly breaking a
window.
A moment later, he declared,
the auto halted and backed up,
and somebody fired four or five
i pistol shots at him, then drove off.
Exchangeites going
to Roxboro tomorrow
Exchangeites of Chapel Hill and
v Roxboro will meet jointly tomor
row evening there before the Chap
el* Hill High-Roxboro f o o t b a 11
game. J
* It will be the third year for the
^annual meeting of the two clubs,
hceordtfjg ~ttr President George
Spransy of theTocaT~|roup.
Spransy also announced that an
Exchaagettes Club was being form
ed for wives of the Club members.
About; an Hour later ine su»« m
reported he saw the car drive by
him again at a high rate of speed
near Cobb dormitory.
Police today said thy were mak
ing some progress in tracking
down the owner of the fugitive
car.
Deaths
MISS BESSIE L. McBROOM
Funeral services were held'
for Miss Bessie L. McBroom, 88,
of the Schley Community yes
terday afternoon at 2 o’clock in
the New Sharon Methdist Church
with the Rev. L. H. Schmitz,
pastor, aonduating. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Miss McBroom died Tuesday
morning in Duke Hospital.
Surviving are one sister. Miss
Mamie McBroom of She home;
five brothers, Coy McBroOm of
(the home. Garland and Vernon
both of Durhani, and
d Erpie Mc^ropj^
fllsboro.
What'a yuwe-rgwwtion; Ji—ifa.
rBOUt Hilt or the County,
md you don't know the answer,
<ou may. telephone the News of
Dr.; Buttrick will" also preach
at the morning worship ser
vices for the church at 11
a.m. in Hill Hall and give an
address on “The Church and
the University” at 7:30 p.m.;
also in Hill Hall. .
At the dedication service
the new building will be pre
sented to the congregation by
Ralph T. Marshall, Chairman
of the Building Council.
Church minister the Rev.
Vance Racron will give tbe
acceptance.
Also participating in tHe
dedicatory program will be the
Rev. Harold * J. Dudley, Ra
leigh, Executive Secretary ©f<
tiie Synod of North Carolina
and President William C. Fri
day of the Consolidated Uni
versity
Dr. Buttrick, a native of
England, has been minister of
the Madison Ave. Presbyterian
Church in New . York City.
Since 19S5 he has been Pro
fessor of Christian Morals and
Preacher to the University at
Harvard.
Game twitched to Oxford . . .
Rain forces delay
in stadium opening
Rain yesterday postponed com
I pletion of the lights installation at
Hillsboro's new football stadium
at Orange Speedway.
Thus, for the third time this year,
the high school gridders have had
to transfer home games to their
opponent’s field. ' .
Hillsboro was scheduled to .open
the home season here Friday night
under the lights of their new stad
turn in a contest with Oxford Or
phanage and homecoming festivi
ties ware planned to coincide. The
gstae has been re-scheduled for
tonight (Thursday) at the Orphan
age.
Cameo Construction Company of
Sanford, the contractor, was ori
ginally delayed in. beginning, its
■work by the last hurricane with
swept through South Carolina.
However, installation work began
Monday, and would have been com'
pleted by Friday had , not rain
halted all work yesterday.' Con
Hillsboco advertising
unpaid taxes for 1958
The Hillsboro board of com
missioners last week voted to be
gin advertising unpaid 1958 taxes
today and conduct delinquent tax
(sales on Saturday, November.7.
In another getion the board
opened bids and awarded con
tract for purchase of a new In
ternational pickup truck to Or
ange Farm* Equipment Company
foe $1254.79.
struction of concrete stands and
preparation of the field has been
completed for some time.
Plans now call for opening the
new field and the home season
with Oxford High here next Fri
day night, October 23.
Development
(Continued From Page 1}
In all there are nine such areas /
covering 66 of the 100 counties.
The area development movement
began' in 1900, now contains over
800 communities.
Begins with family
According to John Crawford of
State College, who has been- ac
tive. in other areas in this field,
area development begins with the
family who strives to increase its
income, moves then into the
community which wants to grow
stronger and make improvements,
then into the county which has
resources to be developed, then
into the area where work and
progress is made which would be
deniedIndividual- Courity/
and then/ iinally, to the state
where .agencies are available-far
additional help. , , ; >
la seme areas communities
within the counties compete
for prizes In community devel
opment and tho entire area
works together in promoting
the area as a suitable place, for
industry, a good place m which
to thro, and its roc root tonal ...
and tourist facilities.
------—* - n:
115 N. Columbia S».
Member Of
National Academy-of Ballet
CLASSES NOW . w
in BALLROOM Dancing
The Following Schedule To Begin In October:
5th & 6th Beginning — 1 st & 3rd Friday — 7^8 p.m.
7th & 8th Beginning—1st & 3rd Friday-*8:15 - 9;30 p.m.
5th & 6th Intermediate — 2nd & 4th Friday —i- 7-8 p.m.
7th & 8th lntermed.fc-2nd & 4th Friday—8:15 - 9:30 p.m.
Phone
9-5626
I f No
Answer
8-6847
Adult Classes Every Thursday
Evening—8:30 p.m.
. . 11 » .... ■ '.. ~~