of orange county
—Chapel Hill, Hillsboro, Carr boro—Between and Beyond
/OL. 70, NO. 17
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1962
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REMEMBER THAT TEMPEST
in-a-teapot over the cupola atop
the Chapel Hill Town Hall . . .
And how the aldermen decided
to have it repaired, repainted,
and let it stand as an architec
turally significant part of the 25
year-old building. —Well, a car
penter’s examination of the de
caying wooden belfry has reveal
ed that the best thing that can
be done to it is to completely
raze it—and then build a new
one if it is so desired.
THE CHAPEL HILL ALDER
men, by the way, will hold a spe
cial meeting next Tuesday after
noon to discuss the possible pur
chase^ of some mid-town property
on E. Rosemary St. behind the,
downtown stores as a municipal
ly-run off-street parking lot.
Revenue above expenses from
parking meter operation is cur
rently earmarked for such a pur
pose. At their meeting Tuesday
the Board will also discuss an
architect’s proposal for construc
tion of a new fire station and
remodeling of the existing town
hall.
DK. ARCHIBALD HENDER
son continues in critical condi
tion at Memorial Hospital, ac
cording to a report late- yester
day, though he has been report
ed in a slightly improved! “fair”
shape several times lately. The
_ 84-year-old Kepan professor of
mathematics at the University
- suffered a stroke at home sev
era! months ago and Has beep
bed ridden since. He entered Me
morial Hospital two weeks ago.
HIS PROFESSION MOMEN
tarily slipped up on him. That
was the observer’s analysis of the
joking comment by WCHL radio
owner Sandy McClamroch as he
presented a color TV to Rep.
John Umstead at the community
get-together last week. “I’m- sor
ry it’s not a radio,” he announc
ed. “but here’s a color TV set we
hope will give you many evenings
of enjoyment.”
IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO MR.
Umstead at the banquet in his
honor, his college room-mate
- Frank-Graham .recalled the night
the two of ’em joyously tolled
the South Building bell all night
in jubilation over Carolina’s
gridiron victory over Virginia.
“That may have been true," Mr.
- - -Umstead recalled later, “but we
were freshmen and I know there
was an upperclassman standing
by me to see to it that 1 pulled
that rope.’1
THE RUMOR WAS FLYING
around the state yesterday that
.- 'Hospital- - Saving of Ghapel- -HiH
and Hospital Care of Durham
were about to merge. This "was
stoutly denied by HSA here. One
explanation suggested for the ru
mor’s cropping up was that the
Durham organization was recent
ly approved for Blue Shield. Hos
pital Saving has carried this for
the last 17 years. Another rumor
that was spiked is that HSA has
bought a large suburban tract and
plans to build on it imminent
ly. At the same time it was noted
that Hospital Saving has grown
nearly 70 per cent since building
-• its present quarters in 1951, and
indeed might move some day.
AS AN INDICATION OF THE
current hazard from forest fires,
County Forester John Harris said
that day before yesterday he saw
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a scrub blaze sweep right across
;a thick green patch of pasture
land, the flames feeding on the
dead brown grassy beneath the
i green surface. %
| COUNTY DOG WARDEN
Cashe Boggs has a vocal helper
: for his dog calling duties. It's a
| real tooting horn, fashioned from
an old cow horn. Cashe says it’s
good for calling trained dogs,
and that the sound will carry as
far as several miles under prop
er conditions.
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It's that day for dogs..
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ATTENTION DOG OWNERS!—Orange County Dog Warden Cashe Boggs is all set. to give the required
annual rabies vaccination to "Skippythree-year-old collie-shepherd dog owned by Rosalyn (center), 10, and
eight-year-old Jocelyn Moore, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Randy Moore of Ridgefield Park, Chapel Hill.
Mr. Boggs will be at Aitdrews-Riggsbee Tractor Co. in Carrboro all day today'for the final day in this area
of his schedule rabies clinics. He noted that dog owners have been particularly laggard in having their pets vac
cinated this year. He's given shots to 1,300 dogs to date—several hundred less than at this same time, last year. Dog
owners who fail to have this done through hit^jor a vet erinarian by next Monday, May 1, are subject to prosecu
tion and a court fine, he warned• The $1.00 price will go up to $1.50 after April 30. Violators will then be given
a three-day warning before prosecutions may be made.—News Photo.
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