Reicf Roberts is re-elected Neuse officer
Reid Roberts of Route One,
Hillsboro, has been re-elected as
a supervisor of the- Neuse River
&>il and Water Conservation Dis
trict, Henry S. Hogan, Chairman
Of Orange County’s supervisors,
announced today.
* As a District Supervisor, it will
be Roberts’ responsibility to help
carry out the District’s duties as
signed to it by the North Caro
lina General Assembly.
Among these are entering into
... agreements with landowners to
furnish help in carrying out ero
sion control and prevention; to
... make available to land occupiers
materials or equipment as will
assist in carrying out conserva
tion practices; to develop annual
goals and plans for reaching
these goals for soil conservation
work; to request agencies whose
duties are such as to render as
sistance in soil afid water con
servation to set forth the assist
ance available; to develop com
prehensive plans for the District
and bring such plans to the at:
tention of the landowners, and
to conduct surveys and investiga
tions relating to soil and water
conservation.
The Neuse River Soil and Wa
ter Conservation District was or
ganized in 1939. Of the 37 in the
state, only six were chartered
earlier.
. The District Governing board
is made up of three supervisors
from each of the five counties
composing the District, Orange,
Durham, Wake, Wilson, and
Johnston. The supervisors are
Letters to
the Editor
COHEAD IS THANKED
Mr. George L. Coxhead,
Chairman Chapel Hill
Community Chest Drive,
Chfpel Hill, N C. r
Dear Mr. Coxhead:
I am writing at the direction
of and on the behalf of the Com
munity Council of Chapel Hill to
express officially and publicly
what we have previously told you
concerning our indebtedness to
you for your conduct of the
1961 Community Chest Campaign
Drive in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
. • area. -- -
In preparing for and conduct
* Ing this campaign you displayed
the highest qualities of leader
ship and organizing ability as
Well as setting an example of
good citizenship which we would
all do well to emulate. While the
campaign did not fully reach its
goal in the amount of funds to
be raised the amount pledged ex
ceeds by a considerable margin
anything that has previously
been attempted td Chapel Hill
and Community Council consid
ers the results a great success.
Without your enthusiasm and
drive and your willingness to de
— vote long and arduous- hours to
this purely voluntary undertak
ing the campaign would never
have reached the fine results that
it did. I realize also that the sup
port of the many fine people
who volunteered to help you was
essential to your success and I
hope you will extend to each of
them the thanks of the Commu
nity Council and of the people
of Chapel Hill whom we endeav
or to represent,-,™.; .*
Again let me say that we wish
SEASONS
GREETIMS
TO O'UR COOD FRIENDS)
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CARRBORO
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to extend to you and to your
helpers the heartfelt thanks and
commendation of the Community
Council for the fine 1961 Com
munity Chest Campaign.
Sincerely,
Holland L. Robb
Chairman, Chapel Hill
Community Council,
1961-62
thanks on chest
To Hie Editor:
Let me take this opportunity,
to thank your paper for its fine
cooperation in publicizing the
1962 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Com
monty Chest Drive. You have
been very patient and generous
with your space and it has meant
a great deal to the success of the
large amount raised this year.
Also, let me thank the more
than 500 volunteer workers who
helped to raise approximately
$48,500 which is considerably
more money J:han has been raised
by any single drive in Chapel Hill
in the past. To these conscienti
ousand diligent workers go the
credit for the success of this
drive.
Sincerely yours,
........ Gearge.LCoxhead ...
Chairman, Chapel Hill
Community Chest
* SERVICE
CHRISTMAS MORNING
The Christmas story will be
read and Christmas hymns sung
in a service at 10:30 a.m. Christ
mas morning at the Chapel Hill
Community Church on Purefoy
Road. There will be no sermon
and the service will be no
longer than children can enjoy.
Anyone in the community wish
ing to join others in a joyous
expression of thankfulness is
invited.
E. M. ADAMS TO SERVE
E. M. Adams, professor and
chairman of the Department of
Philosophy at the University,
will serve as a member of the
executive committee at the an
nual meeting of the American
Philosophical Association: East
ern Division, to be held Dec.
27-29 in Atlantic City, N. J.
Faculty members also attending
the meeting will be Associate
Prof. Mason L. Saunders and
Assistant Professors Eugene C.
Luschei, John P, Dreher, and
Richard A. Smyth.
WILBUR CURRIE . . . When
Wilbur H. Currie last served in
the Senate in 1959 he led the fight
for more substantial welfare ap
propriations for the aged. Gov
.ernor Sanford has named him to
a Welfare-Study Committee- and
he is a good man for the place.
elected for three year terms, one
supervisor in each county being
elected each year.
C. W. Stanford and Henry Ho*
gan are the other two supervisors
from Orange County.
Rudolph Howell, of Smithfield,
is Chairman of the Neuse River
Soil and Water Conservation Dis
trict.
Extra shows planned for the Planetarium
There will be no perform
ances of “Star of Bethelehem”
at the Morehead Planetarium
here on either Christmas Day
or Tuesday following, but the
Planetarium will be open on
Christmas Eve, Sunday, Dec. 24.
Four shows will be given that
day at 2, 3, and "4 and 8:30 p.m.
After » the two-day Christmas
holiday, the inspiring pageant
will be resumed on Wednesday,
Dec. 27.
Program for the remainder of
Christmas week, Dec. 27-31,
will be at 8:30 nightly, and at
matinees on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday at 1 and 3 p.m.,
on Saturday at 11 a.m.,j3 and. 4
p.m., and on Sunday at 2, 3
and 4 p.m.
The 13th annual presentation
of “Star of Bethlehem” will end
Jan. 8.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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At this season of the year, it is our sincere wish that happiness and prosperity
find their way into the homes of all our friends, and remain with them through
out the year.
WENTWORTH & SLOAN
E. FRANKLIN ST.
CHAPEL HILL
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f S“d yo!?? and ^ «» New Year bring you every
££3^3=^ thing you* heart desires, —
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