new
Chapel Hill’s municipal admin
istration has been reorganized for
the next two years with Joe
Page‘being named interim- mem
ber of the Board of Aldermen
and Mrs. Harold Walters, Mayor
Pro-Tgm.
'Newly-elected town officials
took their oaths of office Monday
night as retiring Mayor 0. K.
Cornwell turned over his duties to
former Alderman Sandy Mc
Clamroch. Recorder’s Court
Judge William S. Stewart admin
istered the oath for four-year
terms to re-elected Aldermen
Mrs. Walters, Paul Wager, - and
Hubert S. Robinson.
The New Board immediately
and unanimously elected Page to
fill out the remaining two years
in Mayor McClamroch’s term as
alderman. Page, a downtown bus
inessman and civic leader, is a
long-time resident of Chapel Hill
and placed fourth in the alderman
ic elections recently in which three
Board members were chosen.
f Ask annexation
Residents of the Knolls develop
ment appeared before the board
to again request annexation of
tfteir neighborhood to the munici
pality. Town Manager Thomas D.
Rose was directed to make a new
study of the area to determine
the costs and tax revenue in
volved in such an annexation.
Elmer Oettinger, speaking for
Oakwood Drive residents, asked
for relief from a drainage prob
lem resulting from the recent
installation of curbing. The
matter was turned over to the
Town Manager for action. The
petition of Burlage Drive resi
dents to have iiieir street front
age curbed was granted.
The Board ordered that the
practice of receiving and paying
out nan-support monies ordered
by the local court, through the
Clerk of Court’s office be halted
and referred it to the County Wel
fare Department as the appropri
ate agency to handle the matter.
Seek cost figures
Specific information on right
of-way costs for additional area
needed in the Raleigh Road wid
ening project was asked by the
aldermen before they would
agree to share any of the costs
with the state.
Town Manager Rose announced
that South Road and S. Colum
bia St. between South Rd. and
downtown was to be re-surfaced
by the State shortly. Tapered
widening of the west side of
Country Club Rd. in the block
between South Rd. and Gimghoul
Rd. was approved in keeping with
the current widening of N. C.
Hwy. 94 by the State. *
$38 per pupil budget also discussed » . . -
Controversy over county schools
architect selection continuing
The long regime of Archie R.
Davis as county school architect
continued under fire Tuesday
night at a meeting of the Board
of Education called to choose the
architect for the new Orange
High School'at Hillsboro.
As a result of/the opposition the
Board for a second time post
poned the architect’s selection
after a motion that would eli
minate Davis from consideration
for the job failed through lack of
a second.
Citizens join Brown
Delmar Brown, Board member
leading the fight on Davis, had
the backing of some 10 to 12
Hillsboro area citizens, most of
whom joined in the discussion on
the architect and standards of
school construction prior to the
submission of the motion.
Following the failure of
Brown’s motion, Gordon Cleve
land, board member from Chap
el Hill, formally moved that
the Board make further study,
inspect more buildings and
“perhaps” invite a number of
architects to consult with the
As Cornwell retires . .
Mayor is given fishing outfit
for seeing all town 'angles'
“I hope we’ve made the Town
a better place in which tcf live.”
With a few brief, sincere words
retiring Chapel Hill Mayor 0.
K. Cornwell prepared to relin
quish his seat in the center of
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the U-shaped Board of Aldermen
table on Monday night.
His honor was interrupted with
a request to present a special
order of business “from the
Streets, Cemetery, Finance, and
Recreation Committees” by Al
derman Roland Giduz.
The Mayor was then read the
following statement, and pre
sented a fresh-water rod and reel
set from the-'Board and Town
officials:
“To his honor, Oliver Kelly
Cornwell, upon his retirement
after 10 years public service to
the Town of Chapel Hill as Al
derman and Mayor:
“We rejoice with you on this ]
occasion in the accomplishments
of the past decade.
“We express our appreciation
in the name of the citizens of*
this town for the years of unsel
fish devotion to duty you have
given.
“We are grateful for your ex
traordinary ability as an admin
istrator — as the symbol of
Chapel kill's municipal integrity.
“You have served ably. You
have asked for and deserve a
rest.
“As a symbol of your ability to
see all “angles” of any town
problem, in keeping with your
love of all sports and outdoor re
creation and in token of our
thanks for all you have done and
meant to us, your associates
present to you this rod and reel
outfit in token of our deeply felt
gratitude.”
As he accepted the testimonial
gift, the Mayor, in a twinkling of
parting good fellowship, thanked
his colleagues on the Board and
allowed—“As a matter of fact,
1 kfnd of hate to quit.”
TO HEAR ROI ROGERS
The Tar Heel La Sertoma Club
of Chapel Hill will meet with
Mrs. G. M. Greenfield at 322 W.
University Drive next Tuesday at
& p.m. to hear Roi. Rogers. hair
stylist, discuss npy hair sty^.
and make-up. Merriers ar<| ask;
ed to bring cafqei^ )ood far th'e
cancer’-family. “ * ■
board before masking a selection,
Davis has been the architect on
all schools constructed in the
County system since the war with
the exception of the Carrboro
school, "where patrons put up a
successful fight to use another
architect.
Reasons for opposition
Chief opposition to Davis seems
to center around the wide vari
ance in square-footage cost on
buildings he has designed in the
county, a general feeling on the
part of some that the county is
not getting the best job for its
money, that lack of competition
for the job has resulted in an in
ferior product, and a general
dissatisfaction with some aspects
of schools he has built in the
County.
A number cl architects have
expressed interest in the Or
ange County work since the
fight on Davis began, it was
reported.
In ether actions the Board dis
cussed several aspects of the
new budget now being prepared,
giving preliminary consideration
to policies to be evolved in the
light of the Commssloners’ advice
that the school budget should be
prepared on the basis of $38 per
pupil and the increases which
would fall on the county in the
event the legislature adopts the
“B” budget, or Sanford educa
tional proposal;
Agreed to consult a landscape
architect in connection with the
improvement of the appearance
of the Cameron Park school and
set a time for meeting with him
next Monday at 2 p.m.
KEEP WHITE CROSS OPEN
The following letter was pre
sented to the Orange County
Board of Education at its meet
ing on Monday night. I believe
a number of citizens in Orange
County will give it a sympathetic
reading. I have asked-Dr. Ryan's
permission to send you the let
ter.
Charlotte Adams
Chapel Hill
County Board of Education
Chairman, Charles W. Stanford
Dear Friends:
A number of us here in the
Chapel Hill area are concerned
over possible action with regard
to the White Cross School.
Would it not be possible to con
tinue operation of this school
desegregated, as the parents re
quest?
As you Itnow, of course, the
Pearsall plan assures the right
of communities to express their
desires with respect to their own *•
schools.
W. Carson Ryan
Kenan Professor of Edu
cation Emeritus Univer
sity of N. C.
GODFREY TO SPEAK
Dr. James L. Godfrey. Dean of
the Faculty of the University,
will speak at the Faculty Club
luncheon on Tuesday at 1 p.m.
at the Carolina Inn on “Some
Personal Views of the Univer
sity.” £ '
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the graduate
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