Chestdrive reports 12 pet. of goal in; appeal ends Mon. The 1962 Chapel Hill Com munity Chest-Red Cross fund appeal for $55,000 stood at 12 per cent of its goal, according to a mid-weak report here yesterday. Drive Chairman George Cox head said the reports were about what he expected for this stage of the eight-agency appeal, which is scheduled to continue through next Monday. A survey of contributions to date showed they were averaging more than combined gifts had in the past for the Chest and Red Cross separately. These two campaigns are combined for the first time this year. ~ Yesterday’s report showed a total of $6,708 received a date— most of it in cash. Chairman Coxhead singled out the Cheru strand firm for commendation on the basis of its $1,557 gift for local employees, as compared to about half of this sum last year. This year’s objective is about 20 per. cent higher than that for 1961. It includes agency budgets as follows: Red Cross—$10,900; Association for Aging, $150; Boy Scouts, $6,718; Girl Scouts— $3,820; Holmes Day Nursery— $4,450; Humane Society—$700; Recreation Commission—$17,526; Y-Teens—$1,981; and for a Com munity Council study of com munity needs—$2,700. CHAPEL HILL COMMUNITY CHEST-RED CROSS Division Business Main Campus Hospital Health affairs Other health effairs areas Negro Community Residential CAMPAIGN PROGRESS Pledged Pledged „_last year t^is year $ 8.853.00 $13 039 00 5,627.00 8,500.00 4,386.00 3.397.00 3.160.00 . 12,843.00 7,000.00 5,500.00 4,000.00 17.000.00 $38,236.00 $55,000.00 Report to date $2,227.00 997.00 287.00 85.00 3,112:50 $6,708:56 Orange County’s first observ ance of National Farm-City Week will be here on Friday, Nov. 17. The national observance begins FLAGS FOR PACK 828 Cub Stout Pack 828, sponsored by Aidersgate Methodist Church, met Thursday evening, October SB, in the church fellowship room. Cubmaster Fred Hawkins pre sided. In celebration of United Nations week the boys marched into the' meeting, each carrying a flag he had made. Halloween night the flags were used again in the UNICEF parade at East gate Shopping Center. j Courage is that virtue which champions the cause of right -—Cicero *• ' ■* 1 • "'c' ■ . ranged by the Hillsboro Garden Club and Orange County home demonstration clubs. The Po mona Grange and other granges in the couniy «will provide re freshment. 'A great leader and a great man' . . . Dr. Charles Mad dry is awarded Exchangedes golden deeds book Dr.-Charles Maddry, who chop ped wood for JO cents an hour to earn money to attend the Univer sity of North Carolina, was hon ored by the HUkboro Exchange Club last Thursday night as its 1981 choice for the Book of Gold en Deeds. ; Dr. Maddry was described by G, C. McBane in his presentation as an Orange County native who later became one of the great world leaders of the Baptist de nomination during his service as executive secretary of the For eign Missions Board of the South ern Baptist Convention. A resident of Hillsboro since 1951 when he returned after re tirement to fill out an interim pastorate in the church in which he began his career 50 years ear lier, Dr. Maddry was born three miles north of Chapel Hill April 10, 1876. “He is a great leader and a great man. It is his type that has made this country strong,’.’ said Mr. McBane in his citation which included many anecdotes from the career of the noted Baptist minister. He was described as a builder throughout his life. Dr. Maddry’s work in building schools, homes, hospitals and colleges around the world was cited by Mr. McBane, who noted also that he had been honored with four doctorate de grees by colleges and universities, including his own alma mater, UNC, Wake Forest, Baylor, and Stetson. In 1901, according to McBane, Dr. Maddry was elected Orange County Superintendent of Schools while still a student at UNC. He remained out of school during 1902, but went back in 1903 while serving as county school superin tendent and pastor of five , churches. He won oratory honors as a UNC senior while speaking on the deplorable condition of public schools of the county and sue ceeding in awaking the people to the needs of the time, according to McBane’s citation. Later in his | reminiscenses, Dr. Maddry noted there were 53 white schools and 24 Negro schools in Orange Coini | ty during 1902 and the highest | salary paid was $30 per month, 1 for a 2Vi month term, i Dr. Maddry served as secre tary of the Baptist Foreign Mis sions board from 1932 until 1949. After retirement, when the local Baptist church lost its pastor, Dr. Maddry returned to Hillsboro to bring warring factions together and to launch and complete an other huge building program be fore beginning a second retire ment a few years ago. -—-—_—_—. ...— GOLDEN DEEDS CITED—G. C. McBane, right, presents Dr. Charles Maddry, noted Baptist leader, the Exchange Club's 3;ok of Golden Deeds citation at the club's meeting last Thursday evening at Colonial Inn. About 160 memberships in . . . Pool project pending; decision due in week The Chapel Hill Exchange Club’s membership campaign for a local swimming pool project stood at a little over the half-way mark this week as the pre-an nounced Nov. 1 deadline for the drive passed. , A spokesman for the group said that 160 person had signed pledges for $150 apiece toward construction of the projected $45 000 pool. A goal of $300 mem berships had been set. The memberships to date would bring in $24,COO. Heiib Holland, co-chairman of the campaign, said the non-profit corporation’s directors would meet within a week to decide upon one of three courses of action: (1) Construction of a smaller pool; <2) proceed with construction as planned by borrowing money as necessary" while additional mem berships are obtained; or (3) abandon the drive and refund all cash and pledges. CREATIVE lypLEOWEEN ARTISTRY-Representing a new generation of artists, pipesmoking Becky Beeston of Chapel Hill xuas among more than 1,000 youngsters who turned out for the Jaycees’ Halloween Carnival for chil "• I jf*- . ' _£ ' ■ . ■ • i • ■ dren Tuesday night in Tastgate. Above she shows her auislic skill in -the store window .decorating competition. { News Ph0to^A