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of orange county —Chapel Hill, Hillsboro, Carrlwro—Between and Beyond VOL. 70, NO. 2 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL. N. C.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 11, 1962 20 PAGES A FULL-SCALE SUMMIT DE bate is in toe offing for the next meeting of the Chapel Hill aider men over removal or repair of the wooden cupola atop the Town Hall. The question came up at the tail end of Monday night’s Board meeting during consideration of needed repairs to the decorative structure atop the 24-year-old building. The decision on aesthe tics or economy was postponed pending gathering of more facts. ONE PARTICULAR SLICK SPOT on the Greensboro highway west Of Chapel Ijill was particularly dangerous from the standpoint of accidents last year. During rainy spells in two-months period last fall there were eight wrecks at this place five miles west of Carrboro where tar has worked Tip to the surface of the highway for a sizeable stretch. Whenever it rains this creates an unusually slippery spot that makes driving hazardous for even the wary driver. POUR PERSONS WERE FINED $10 and costs in Orange County Recorder’s Court on Monday for failing to list property for 1961 County taxes. Judge L. J. Phipps allowed the prosecution to be dropped against seven others. Those found guilty were also re quired to list their property for taxes. About three dozen such cases are yet to be heard. AMENT LAST WEEK’S PEAL ing on half of Hillsboro’s credit. report requests being out-of-town, <we now note that the latest bulle tin of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchants Association goes men farther, in' pointing out that 80 per cent of^ll of its credit reports arte made to out of town business firms and credit bureaus. I The local Association asked the ' same question: “Does this mean i . . . that 6$ per cent of our po- j tential customers are going to t other towns to shop?” A AND ANENT THE COUNTY commissioners’ decree that all dogs must be listed for property j tax purposes—not just- license! County Tax Supervisor has sug- [ gested that an ordinary pooch ! be” valued at $5 for this purpose. r MOKE ON FINANCES: THE | Daily Tar Heel of yesterday car- j ries a story on interviews with local bankers which showed that UNC students write an average of 90 rubber checks every day worth $1,000. The bankers said the situation was much worse than ever before. In many many cases this year warrants have been is sued for trials before a local Justice of the peace. THE NEW YEAR'S BABY Derby in Orange County was won by Cheryl Denise Stone, second More PEALINGS, Page 5 W PCT. DISTRIBUTED IN ORANGE COUNTY * purchase—we note that the Wake Circulation Today 4 GREENWOOD IN THE WHIT E-Greenwood, home place of the Paul Greens at the end of Green wood Road in Chapel Hill, urns a picture of white pastoral beauty yesterday following the twu-im li show fall that blanketed Orange County. -Come on out - - the snow's tine! • • • SNOW SPIRITE’S GREETING—With the infectious enthusiasm of a del ghted five-year-old, Mary Howell Friday, daughter of University President and Mrs. Willi on C. Friday, took to the outdoors yesterday as the snowfall ceased.
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