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In Chapel Hill . .. . Howard E. Thompson gets schools head post Howard Elliott Thompson will succeed Dr. Joseph Johnston as Chapel Hill Superintendent of Schools on July 1. Dr. Johnston, who announced his resignation in March, will join the State Department of Public Instruction Aug. 1. Mr. Thompson, Principal of Wilkes Central High School in North Wilkesboro since 1953, was the School Board’s top\ choice. Chairman Dr. J. Kempton Jones stated the Board felt fortu nate in securing Mr. Thompson because of his broad experience in school planning and construc tion.” Chapel Hill, currently con structing a new elementary school, plans renovation" of an other in June, and building of a new junior high and high school, as well as an addition to the Es tes Hill Elementary. During Mr. Thompson’s tenure at North Wilkesboro, a large schol construction program was completed there. Mr. Thompson attended Albany Academy in Albany, N. Y., Cen tral High School in Syracuse, Penn State University, Spring field College at Springfield, x Mass. (B.S. 1938), Ohio State Un iversity (M.A. 1940), and the Uni versity of North Cirolina (Ph.D, 1952). His doctoral dissertation was on sehoolhouse planning-. A commander in the USNR, fir. Thompson has taught at Springfield College, Cedarville College in Ohio, Missouri State Teachers College, Western Caro lina College and at Appalachian State Teachers College, He has had public school teaching ex perience at feethlehem Central Schools in Delmar, N. Y.. and at Plattsburg, N ,Y. Members ^ of the Methodist Church, the Thompsons have a daughter, Toni, who will be a MORE READING FOR LESS MONEY You’ve heard a lot about the rare books at the Intimate. In this ad vertisement we want to talk about the plain good reading your spare change will buy in our Old Book Corner. SHELF. Here’s a batch Q*7 of good old non-fiction // C books — not first edi tions, but sound good copies of titles of real value for amuse ment -of -acholarship. If a book doesn’t sell in three months here, it moves down to the SHELF. Here, you’ll find good non-fiction, i JL\t in copies showing a bit more wear, plus, now and the*, a used copy of a recent best seller. Any book that stays here for three months drops on down to the SHELF, This is most fiction, including both recent book club titles and old time favorites that de lighted your grandmother. If you find three that you like, we’ll make it a dollar for the set. Come Treasure-Hunting Today! THE INTIMATE BOOKSHOP 119 East Franklin Street Chapel Hill Open Till 10 P.M. ■ HOWARD E. THOMPSON senior next year in the UNC School of Nursing, and a son, Scott, who will be in the ipth grade. Mrs. Thompson is a grad uate of Miami University, Miatai, Ohio. Ruth F. Shaw to give Finger painting show (Ruth Faison Shaw will give an exhibition of her finger paint ing this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, from 1 to 6 p. m. in the garden of her home 'on Es tes Drive. ? A special panel of pictures toy children will also be shown. “The important thing about finger painting is the concept of spon taneous creation,” the artist stat ed. Many of these artists feel this is a major part of their ap proach. Finger painting preced ed Pollaiks painting without a brush. The public is invited to view the display. _ . Mrs. Foster is wed to Prof. A. R. Coleman Mrs. George H. ,i Louise Hud son) Foster, of 16 Flemington Road, Glen Lennox, and Prof. Almand Rouse Coleman, of the Graduate School of Business Ad ministration of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, yere married on Monday, May 21, in the Church of the Holy Family, by the rector, the Rev. Loren Mead. The couple, with their respec tive children, plan to make Char lottesville, Va, their home after Mrs. Coleman completes a pro gram of medical technology in the Department of Pathology of the UNC Medical School. . 5* Mrf. Waterbury writes recipe for good cbwn “ What makes a good clown? Who were some of the famous clowns? Why do clowns often wear wigs?” These and other questions are answered in an ar ticle entitled ‘“The Story of Clowns, by Dorothy R. Water bury of Chapel Hill in the June 1962 issue of “Grade Teacher,” a magazine widely used by tea chers as a resource for mater rials at all grade levels. “The Story of Clowns” brief ly touches upon the early appear ances of downs in Greek and Roman plays and reviews their part in later English and Amer ican drama, down to modem times. Among celebrated Amer ican clowns, past and present, occur such names as Fred Stone, Joe E. Brown, Red Skelton and the inimitable Emmet Kelly. During the current year ‘Grade Teacher” has published the fol lowing stories by Dorothy R. Wa terbury: “Whistling Felipe,” bas ed on a setting in the Canary Is lands; “The Hole in the Tulip Tree,” a North Carolina Story; “A Surprising Jump,” an inci dent in Greece; “Tamache’s Treasure,” relates to life on the Island of Trinidad. It is available at the Wilson Library of the University. Look upon every day as the whole of life, not merely as a section; and enjoy and improve the present without wishing, through haste, to rush on to an other. —Jean Paul Richter A wrong motive involves de feat. —Mary Baker Eddy | Mau Is- not made for defeat RjtP: —Ernest Hemingway . SSv. 1 /V Sy. \i '/ / ■ / 4 '/AV/ WENTWORTH & SLOAN JEWELERS ■ CHAPEL HILL MY SINCERE THANKS j -X For The Support Given Me By The People Of Orange County Ju The Democratic Primary _ THOMAS D. COOPER JR. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE DISTRICT 10-A SOLICITOR » TRAVELERS CHECKS' Don’t take a chance on ruining your next vacation by losing your money or be ing unable to cash w check in a strange community. Take along loss-proof, good any where travelers checks from Centra} Carolina Bank. ANOTHER REASON CENTRAL CAROLINA IS YOUR FULL SERVICE BANK IN CHAPEL HILL AND HILLSBORO
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