Chapel Hill, Hillsboro, Carrboro—Between and Beyond-—
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1962
Orange
Peaiings
OUT OF SEVERAL DOZEN IN
rem tax sale cases the Coun
ty Tax Collector has set up to
date, only one parcel of real es
tate has actually been bought by
a private owner at auction. In
that case, it is reported, the to
tal amount bid, plus all the de
linquent taxes that had to be
paid, just about equaled what
the land was worth. The next
such auction sale will be Sept.
29.
TAX COLLECTOR ORTENSE
Dickson said almost all delfii
quents pay up before the sale is
'Taw requires wslx
months wailing period before
• the county can advertise tax-de
linquent real property for sale.
And then, only property at least
18 months delinquent may be
sold. However, a buyer can ob
tain a clear title to this land
when it’s sold at auction if he
pays up all taxes due. This
lengthy process has been started
now on several hundred delin
quents, and tax auction sales will
be held at regular intervals just
as fast as tax officials can pro
cess these cases, Mrs. Dickson
says.
THERE HAS NOT TO DATE
been a single applicant for reas
signment to another school in
Chapel Hill during the newly-ad
vertised period for pupil trans
fers which opened Sept. r~apd
will, cldse this 4 Saturday; Sept;
15. Over 150 transfer applications
were, turned in during the ini
tial 10-day period set up in mid
summer. The School JBoaxC.a
greed to re-advertise and have
a second such period in response
to protests aired at. the time.
. But in the wake of the hulla
balloo now, they’re yet no takers
for the opportunity in this new
period.
AS OF YESTERDAY THERE
were 35 Negro pupils in four
predominantly white schools in
the Chapel Hill System. This is
a decrease of two from last
year, despite the School Board’s
stepped-up policy of geographic
assignment for all elementary
sehocl grades. There were under
stood to be no white pupils in
the Lincoln, Frank Graham, and
Northside Schools, though a
number of them received auto
matic geographic assignments to
* the latter two, then elected to
transfer to oher schools wihin
the Board’s assignment policy.
EASTGATE SHOPPING CEN
ter apparently has a trademark
now, in keeping with the Madi
son Ave. idea for all mature
.... .Shopping, „ centers,,wit .smartly
designed interior , lighted sign,
posted along the bypass high
way. Another like it is reported
ly to be put up on the Durham
Road side. The “trademark” in
cludes a red, pink, yellow, and
orange circle beneath the blue
lettered sign. Red circle is ap
propriate, one wag noted, since
the sign is posted immediately
behind the ABC Store, and in
South Carolina a red circle auto
matically denotes a retail liquor
•utlet.
IT WILL BE COUNTRY HAM,
red - eye gravy, eggs, grits and
<Se* PEALINGS, page 10)
Circulation Today
7,568
99 PCT. DISTRIBUTED IN
GRANGE COUNTY
proposed zoning changes
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Swapping helmets,.
NEW FIRE CHIEF NAMED - James Stewart (seated) will become Chapel
Hill Fire Chief this Sunday, succeeding / S. Boone, Chapel Hill fireman for the
past 34 years and chief since 1955. Stewart has been Assistant Chief in Chapel Hill
since last June. His promotion to Chief was made by Town Manager Robert Feck
at the request of Boone, who was in turn named Assistant Chief.
Double ^shifting is found un-necessary
at 2 schools; enrollment over 4,128
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