Rep. Umstead reports . . /
Substitute bill would
give students right
to vote at college
By Rep. John Umstead
The Sanford school program
was explained in detail on Tues
day and Wednesday afternoons
by Mr. Herring, who is Chairjnan
of the State Board of Education
and a member of the, Board of
Higher Education.
Mr. Herring, in my opinion,
knows more about public educa
tion in N. C than any man in
the state and his explanations of
the $70 million dollar program
were helpful tn this committee.
No voting/took place while Mr.
Herring was explaining the de
tails of the program.
On Thursday afternoon the
committee began voting on the
program item by item. The on
ly change of any importance
that was made was to eliminate
the two extra days which had
been proposed by the State
Board of Education. All other
changes involved very . little
money and no danger whatever
to the overall program. After dis
cussing item by item and voting
on each item it was perfectly
evident that the Sanford forces
had strength enough to put
through the approval of the Sub
committee.
At this point Senator Stone,
of Rockingham, made a motion,
that we approve the whole pro
gram with tho changes that
had been made up to that time.
This motion carried by an over
whelming vote and the San
ford proposal for quality edu
cation will go to the big com
mittee with only minor changes
made.
Of interest to many readers of
the News of Orange County was
a hearing on Tuesday morning on
Senate Bill 191. Several Chapel
Hill people came to the hearing
to express their opposition to the
Bill. Among them were L. J.
Phipps, Chairman of the Demo
cratic Executve Committee "for
I Orange County and Mrs. George
Nicholson, a member of the State
Democratic Executve Committee
The opposition so impressed
the members of the committee'
that they wanted to vote on it
without waiting until the next
meeting. All committees have a
rule that there will be no vote
taken on the day of a public
hearing. The proponents of the
Bill were the State Board of Elec-,
tions represented by Mr. Max
well.
He said that the Bill was an
attempt to clarify the present
law, but, in my opinion, which
was shared by many members
of the committee, the bill
would make the situaton more
confusing than it is at the pres
ent time.
Since the meeting on Tuesday
several of us who are interested '
in this matter of student voting |
have prepared a substitute Bill
which will be presented at a
meeting-of the committee next
week. I am quoting to the read
ers the substitute Bill as drawn:
•
“Section I. Amend G. S. 163-25, [
subsecton g. by adding a new
paragraph thereto, to read asi
follows: “College students, or
other students, who remove to a
county in this State other than
the county of residence of their ■
parents for the purpose of at
tending a college or other school,
and who otherwise meet resi
dence requirements for voting
purposes, shall be entitled to de
clare their reside and register
and vote in the county in which
they are attending such college
or other school.’V
In my opinion the substitute
i Bill will pass the House and
then be approved by the Sen
ate. There is nothing confusing
: about it and it would leave no
i room for argument as to the
rights of students to vote.
At the suggestion of Judge
William S. Stewart I introduced
I a Bill which makes the punish
ment for public drunkenness r
j bit more severe for the Chapel
; Hill area. Judge Stewart assured
me that the Bill was needed and
of course, he should know more
about this matter than anyone
else.
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Central Carolina Farmers Exchange j
I Hillsboro and Corrboro j
. citizens awards given
_Last week ten boys and girls
of the West Hillsboro and Aycock
Schools were awarded Jr. Amer
ican Citizen citations and pins by
their sponsoring organization,
Davie Foplar Chapter, DAR,
Chapel Hill. Miss Mary Cobb pre
sented! he awards.
These boys and girls demom
strated qualities or dependability"
and leadership to the satisfaction
of the faculty and the student
body, and rendered services for
the promotion of justice, Ameri
canism and character among fel
low students.
Junior Citizens at W. Hillsboro
School are Linda Kay Bivins and
David Beaver.
Aycock School: Linda McKee,
Kenneth Roberts, Carolyn Berry,
Dickie Porterfield, Libby Allison,
Dennis Ward, Dianne Anderson
and Ausborne Nickles.
Mrs. R. W. Isley, who is chair
man of the Jn American Citizens
Committee of Davie Poplar Chap
ter entertained the Chapter vis
itors and her fellow tachers at a
tea in her home at Cedar Grove.
HEAR DR. BOYD
The Chapel Hill Association for
Aging and Community Relation
ships will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m.
in the University Library, As
sembly Room to hear Dr. Bernard
Boyd *of the UNC religion depart
ment faculty speak on Appear
ing to Go Further.” Officers for
the coming year will also be
elected. A social hour will follow.
EXCHANGE DANCE SET
The annual spring dance for
the Chapel Hill Exchange Club
will be held this Saturday night
at the Country Club. George Poe
is in charge of arrangements for
the affair.
Win poster contest
Gordon Cole, of Cameron Park
School, was judged 1st place win
ner in the 6th Grade Conserva
tion Poster contest of the Grhnge *
County Schools, last week. Janet
Clayton, Ay cock School, wan
second place in the county, and
Donna Tatum, West Hillsboro
School won 3rd. The poster con
test was sponsored and prizes
furnished by Orange County’s Su
pervisors of the Neuse River Soil
Conservation District.
SYD ALEXANDER CITED
Dr. S. B. Alexander, ass&tant
administrator of the University
of North Carolina Division of
Health Affairs* was advanced to
fellowship in the American Col
lege of Physicians at the annual
convocation of the college May
10 at Miami Beach. This is, the
highest honor bestowed by the
College of Physicians.
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