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Historical commission sets initial meeting October 12 ' State Department of Archiv es and History Director Chris topher C. Crittenden of Ra leigh and Jame* Gray of Win ston-Salem, President of Old Salem, Inc., Trill be speakers •'at'the organisational meeting of the Historic Hillsborough Commission on Saturday, Oct. 12. The meeting in the Orange ’’fttuaty Courthouse will be fol lowed by a luncheon at St. '"Matthews Episcopal Church Parish House, through the courtesy of the, tuusDoroug Society. The 27 mem bers of the Commission, tainted by the Geteral sembiy last spring, were cbfttly appointed by «ov. ry Sanford. Dr. Robert J. Mur phy of Hllsboro was named Chairman. The meeting will open at 10 a.m. with a welcome by Dr. Murphy and the invocation by the Rev Edwaid F. Smith of. the Hillsborough Methodist Church. Dr. Crittenden will on robbery wave around ChapdHHill Chapel flill peliee detectives said they were working on new laads yesterday morning towards the solving of a wave of burglary and break-ins, which have total led eight to date this month. Sgt. Howard Pendergraph said that in most of the robberies ob jects that could be easily sold of pawned—such as watches, guns a radio—were stolen. In every School buses in smaslvup; driver relieved A Chapel Hill school bus driver was relieved of his duties imme diately following a rear-end col lision with another bus last Mon day afternoon. R. D. Smith, supervisor of Cha pel Hill school buses, took this action against William Scott, 17, driver of School? Bus No. 68, which was loaded with about 30 children when it struck the rear* end of Bus No. 18, The accident occurred about 3:45 p.nt. on Air port Rd. at Clark. Rd. " Both buses were headed north, going from Chapel Hill High School to Phillips JuniorHigh School to pick Up homeward bound pupils. Thetead bus' (No. 19), driven by Jterrygpaa»Odt had stopped to allow « vehicle ii front of it. driven by gwgamau Willie Johnson, to turn lefj into his place of business. Mr. Smith said about 8700 damage was sustained by -the-see ond bus when it} ran into th first one. Thf driver and onegir were taken to Memorial ileOptta for checking, then releaSed'7'’Tht ~ bus asubs.itute driver last year, wa relieved of his duties immediate ly, and was also charged by Cba pel Hill police wit* following an other vehicle too closely;' flier was very little damage to th lead bus. t THE NEWS OF ORANGES COUNTY Vol. 71, No. 39 Sept. 26. 1963 Published E\ery; Thursday to The Year: By The News.dnp Subscription- Rates Payable to AdtHraeeJ: 1^ WaSge hnd AdM •toitriag ^owtttos,1 ufMO nlu*; OttawwiSe to JJ. S.‘ Ml Overseas $8.59. Entered As Second Class . tar In The Postoffices at HilU twro And Chapel Hill. N C instance the buildings were en tered while all occupants were -gone. Most entries were in the day-time, Sgt. Pendergraph said The most recent one occurred at 402 Whitaker St., the’home ol Fannie Snipes, who discovered her home had been burglarized when she returned from workinj on Tuesday. Missing from hei home was a shotgun, watch, and radio. The padlocked front dooi was forcibly entered by wrench ing the hinges loose. Three rental cottages on the first block of North St. were en tered and various small object! stolen during the Carolina*Vir ginia football game last Satur day. Early on the evening oi Sept. 15 the Clyde Eubanks home on-W. Cameron Ave. was entered while the Eubanks were out to dinner. Four shotguns were tab en. On Sept'.'-18, Jack Green toM investigating officers, his horn* on Pritchard Ave. Extension wad broken into while he^was at work and a redi®, movie camera,, and some film taken.' Prof. E; G. Markham reported that • his Mu* on telltwest thrcle was entered WuUC IRrWn Owl OX lOWU DPtWcCli Sept. 8 and ' IE and a camera, Held glasses, and two suits taken. ft A.^McDOuglelownd , -- - - speak on “Launching a New Commission” and W. Sj Tarl ton, State Superintendent of Hisorte Sites, on “Hillsbor ough—an Historic Art*.’’ “Bas ic Research on Histone Hills borough” will be presented by Mrs. A. G. Engstrom of Hills borough. The Commission will be en tertained at a social hear in the - Murphys’ heme prior to the 1:30 p.m. luncheon. Speak - er for this occasion will be Mr. Gray. At the 3 p.m. afternoon session, also is ’ the Parish House, Dr. Murphy will speak on "Chief Restoration Prob « lems in Hillsboro” and 'brief meetings of commi tees of the Commission will be held. Ask review of action .* . Citizens Hay hiring pdlicy by the town The personnel hiring practices of the Town of Chapel Hill were sOtarply challenged by Dr. and ■ Mrs. T. Franklin Williams at the Board of Aldermen’s meeting night before last. Representing several signers of .a letter of p otest, they asked that reconsideration of applica tions be given for the part-time job of Assis ant Director of the i Roberson St; Recreation Center ! They also sought a-general re view of the town's personnel-hir ing policies. In a half-hour discussion of the matter the aldermen let the de cision of Town Manager Bob Peek and Recreation Director Compton Shelton stand with regard to the woman hired for the recreation post. The Williams said they 8M not fed! the job had been filled according to ^generally accepted personnel practices,’’ especially in that ope un-successful- appli cant allegedly was refused mi in terview with Recreation Direc or Shelton. | - Thd Town Manager declared that he felt the best person had t been hired for tb*partf«fl*r job. * In other matters of business By Hillsboro Merchants' Association ... Industry o£ the year to be cited at banquet Officers tor me coining yw unced arid MlMafl ed and the local "Industry of ’fRa Y«»r'’<t»onored at tha an neal membership banquet Of the HtUabOro Merchants Asso ciation and Chamber of Com • meese -mitt Wednesday. More than 100 businessmen and their guests are expected - for the 7 p.m. affair in the Colonial Inn, according to Ex ecutive Secretary Mrs. William DorOeff. Spoabor Oar the occasion will bo Judge Coleman Cates of Burlington. The program is being planned by the House Committee, composed of*Mrs. Marshall Catos Jr., and Mrs. Remus Smith Jr. Piedmont Packing Co. will be honored as the Industry of the Year in a ceremony to be arranged by Dalton Lofrin. Khotrman of * the Association's Industrial 3 Appreciation < Coasmintteo. President Renees Smith Jr. •#dh«nake a report orf-fftr past the aldermen heard a report from Regional Planner Lucien Faust that a detailed traffic study, in volving extensive vehicle count ing on Ideal streets, would he made during the first three weeks of October. He also introduced David Slater, who has succeeded ^Charles Turner as planning as-1 sistant for the local Planning Board. ~ 1 year's ntmtics before turning over the kndenhipt of the geeup -to the newlyeleeted President, John M. -Robert* of Gravely Tractor Co. The pro* gram chairman noted that door prises will be given out during the evening and a special sur prise feature staged. Bank merger to become effective after tomorrow Merger of The Bank Of Chapel Hill into North Carolina Nation al Bank has been approved by the U. S. Comptroller ol Cur rency, effective as of the close of business tomorrow (Friday). In granting approval. Comp troller James J. Saxon said, . i this merger is in the public interest.” 4* Consummation of thfc merger will make Chapel Hill the 12th North Carolina city in which NCNB operates. It will bring the bank’s total number of offices to 65. According to June 30 figures of the two, institutions, the com bined deposits will be $545,915, 000 with total resources of $638, 030,000. STUDENT WIVES TO MEET The UNC Student Wives Club will meet Tuesday at 8 p. m. m Graham Memorial's Roland Parker Lounge^ All interested student wives were invited to attend this first business meet-, ing of the new year. Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey . A Blend . fre k'^r *«.«* P*.l.tl. touiwiiil iiNivcu - cutcmMn 4/SCI. ‘TOT BOURBON DE LUXE DISTILLERY COMPANY, LOUISVILLE, 1FNTUGKY. 86 PROOF. CONTAINS 49% <W*AIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. rm THROU* H «R!r>AY FRF;* TV $ri 5 R M. FRIDAY Hf»T *>7 *
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