—Chapel Hill, Hillsboro, Carr boro—Between and Beyond—
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1960 20~PAGES *"
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HAS ORANGE COUNTY BEEN
properly supporting its schools
over the past decade? By way of
answer the Citizens School Fin
ance Study Committee report
points up significantly that while
the cost of living has risen 25
-per cent since 1950, the Countys
per pupil allocation for school
current expenses has increased
145 per cent — or frota $11.87
per pupil up to $29.07 apiece
last year.
NOTING THE UNDERCUT
rent for a district-wide capital
improvements bond issue elec
tion in Chapel Hill, the School
_ Study report recommends just
this — if a County-wide $1.5 mil
lion bond vote should be called
-*=- and failed to pass. The entire
report is a 3 carefully-compiled
fact-filled valuable document;
and is “must” reading for any
body interested ih action toward
improvement of the county’s pub
lic schools.
MOW DO YOU GET YOUNG
sters interested in summer jobs
nowadays? In Chapel Hill there
are delivery routes for The News |
going begging. Whil|T these are
right easy jobs, in which the
carrier doesn’t even have to leave
his neighborhood, the boys and
girls in so«many territories just
aren’t interested in a little extra
spending money. Add proof of
the Age of the Affluent Society
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF
it were your job to assign the
three Negro pupils to classrooms
at EStes Hills Elementary School
in Chapel Hill this fall? —Put
’em all in the same class, or
' place one in each of the three1
first grade rooms? There are ar
guments for and against both
plans.
AND A CHECK AT THE OF
fice of County Clerk of Court
Edwin Lynch in Hillsboro yes
terday showed that no pa
pers had yet been filed to halt
the University’s plan to fluoridate
the local water supply. Manning
Simons of Chapel Hill recently
stated that he planned to seek a
temporary restraining order
against Hie fluoridation plan.
J. MAR YON SAUNDERS, UNCj
alumni secretary, has been re-1
elected chairman of the Chapel |
Hill Red Cross Chapter for the j
year 1960-61.
Other officers for the come- j
ing year are Calvin Burch, Carr !
boro, vice chairman, and John
Wettach, treasurer.
Circulation Today
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ORANGE COUNTY
IN THE GOOO OLD SUMMER TIME — that's
tha them* thousands of folks all ovar Orange
County ware enjoying this week, which began
with a long July 4th holiday weekend. Typical
of other communities. Chapel Hill community
citizens, youngs and old, enjoyed an old-fash
ioned holiday fete replete with outdoor eating.
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a ball gam* and the traditional fireworks. Above
a small portion of the crowd lines up for the
pood old American custom of eating and typical
ly there was plenty- for all. Bill Harrison and
daughter, and Dr .and Mrs. Richard Richardson
are recognized in the forefront of the line. Two
more rolls for me, ma’m.
News Photo by Chips Weaver
Parents of 5 Negro students appeal
assignments by Chapel Hill board
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