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of orange county —Chapel Hill, Hillsboro, Carrboro—Between and Beyond VOL. 70, NO. 48 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1962 24 PAGES . * i Orange Pealings THERE IS GENERAL DtS dain on the part of almost all civilized residents of Chapel Hil] in wake of the downright crude and execrable themes that dom inated the student float entries in the ‘Beat book’ parade or Tuesday. The entire communitj) enjoys the spirit of the pre-Duke . game week, and the parade is i high point of this season. Bui , without a doubt the parade this year hit an all-time low in abom inable and inappropriately filthy ideas that infantile and unimag inative students so mistakenly thought were clever. There were some pleasing exceptions, ol „„„ course, such as the one shown in the photo at the right. But it is to be hoped that the Pi Kappa Aipha sponsors and/or the UNC administration will positively see to it that good taste is exercised in the future if the parades are to be continued. THE COUNTY COMMISSION ers themselves have the duty of choosing" ' successor for the four-year term of Commissioner Donald McDade, who died yester day. Clerk of Court Edwin M. Lynch originally appointed Mr. McDade, to succeed Claude Pope (whom he also appointed) upon his death. But under general legislation enacted in 1959 this authority was transferred to the commissioners themselves. SAM RAY OF THE NEW Hope community, scouting atQund the countryside for game prospects yesterday, came across a suspicious looking mechanism is a box, which he imagined may have falien from a plane. Capt. James R. Milligan of the Air Force ROTC unit in Chapel Hill went out and checked; found it was a U. S. Weather Bureau radiosonde—a gadget used in •weather checks. A tag on it showed it had been released by balloon in Greensboro Aug. 2, and descended in Orange via parachute. The ’chute was no where to be found, but the gad get itself was shipped back, ac cording to directions. THE CHAPEL HILL-CARR boro Ministerial Association re - cently put out a three-fold pam phlet listing all local churches by denominations, their minis ters and. hours of services. II lists, by the way, 28 churches in 13 denominations and faiths. The folders are available at the office of the Chapel Hill-Carr boro Merchants Association. JOHN “SARGE” KELLER, call man for the Chapel Hill Fire Dept., had quite a time try ing to rig the surprise gift pre sentation for former Chief J. S. Boone at the firemen’s banquet recently He had to call the Boone residence to tip off Mrs. Boone and make certain she’d have her husband present for the occasion. —Seems that ev ery time* he telephoned Chief Boone himself would answer im mediately. “Sarge,” not wanting to tip his hand, would hoarsely mutter “wrong number,” and keep on calling till he finally contacted the Mrs. on first try. •More PEAUNGS, page 12, sec. H Circulation Today f 7,568 99 PCT. DISTRIBUTED IN ORANGE COUNTY 4' • • • BUBBLE DANVERS - Coeds tn black tights made like bubble dancers as they tossed bubbly balloons from their float to carry out the theme of their entry in the annual ‘Beat Dook’ parade, staged through the UNC campus and downtown on I uesday afternoon: 7 his u<as one of the more elaborate of the nearly three dozen spe cially-constructed student floats in the parade. Donald McDade succumbs to hospital heart attack —Story, comment on Pag* 2 Feeling is mutual... THANKSGIVING FOR WHOMr - Bre r gobbler and his master of the moment, Kenneth Strayhorn of the New Hope community, both show in their attitudes that they take: Thanksgiving mighty seriously — but have op posite points of view as to who should celebrate Thanks giving. All in the spirit of the day, though, they make up a seasonal theme for the photographer. —r 1 Hillsboro man goes berserk in town hall; officials threatened —See story on Page 2 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Glen Lennox owners given . - -~:r~-—Tr-eMBr—;*—■t’ • 'S'j- ■■ valuation cut -See story on Page 3 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 75-bed convalescent home given approval in new project here .■ *y i —See story on Page 4
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