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Chapel Hill. Hillsboro, Cairboro VOL. 70. NO. 14 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL. N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL S. 1942 24 PAGES f % § i A BELFRY, BUT NO BELL IS - in the freshly-erected steeple of the new Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church. The bell will cost $2,500 —a purchase not immediately contemplated by the congregation in light of the more than $900,000 investment in the total church plant without this. As hundred; craned their necks to watch erec tion of the 45-foot spire on the steeple yesterday afternoon the usual jokes about: taking up a col lection went the rounds . . . An<f despite dire warnings from the sideline experts all wen: quite well on the job. ANENT THE STEEPLE EREC tion, too, Presbyterian Church pastor the Rev. Vance Barron as sures Methodist brethren at the outset that his flock does not in tend to challenge them in steeple height. The peak of the 139-foot spire, .it is readily granted, is about 30 ifeet lower than the taper atop the > nearby Methodist Church. Np particular concern was given the steeple height, he explained. It was simply con structed according to the recom mendations of the architect in Philadelphia. ONE OF THOSE ACCIDENTAL athletic rarities—a hole-in-one— scored by Chapel Hill veterinar ian Dr. Lou Vine on the thifd hole at Chapel Hill Country Club last Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. Vine were in a Scotch foursome with Mr, and Mrs. Bill Esau when he teed off with a seven iron and X placed his. ball neatly in jthe cup •.150 yards aewaY " "'——r—-r ASK ANYBODY WHO’S RAD pa*t experience with such and iie-H likely shake his head when you ask about the county zoning proposal. Opposition to the mea sure outside of Hillsboro is vig orous, even while the County Planning Board is in the process of revising and moderating the comprehensive land use plan on the basis of suggestions and com plaints aired in hearings to date. PARLIAMENTARY PROCE dure problems beset Chapel Hill School Board Chairman Dr. J. Kempton Jones during a business discussion in the Board meeting 'Monday hightT Dr.' "Jones, who voluntarily dote not vote on Board business except to break tie votes, received a motion made by Dr. Fred Ellis. Hearing no second to the proposal—which he viewed favorably—he proposed to second it himself. Roberts Rules were called into force, and it was pointed out that to legally make his second the chairman would have to vacate the chair—and to Dr. Ellis, who is vice-chairman. —The point having been made and agreed upon as proper pro cedure, the second was forthwith accepted — though the motion failed to carry. > Circulation Today 7,267 99 PCT. DISTRIBUTED IN ORANGE COUNTY T Both sides appeal decision in Duke Power line case —Story on Page 3 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ' ★ ★ ★ Spire sired... FREE SHOW—Over 1,000 persons looked on as sidewalk superintendents during the free show provided yesterday afternoo n by the construction crew that placed the 45-foot spire atop the steeple of the new Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, krom ground level to the tip oj the gold-plated cast aluminum cross is 139 feet. The deli• cate two hour operation went off without a hitch. School Board reveals proposals for utilizing added tax money —Story on 2
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