Decision on downtown parking lot
changing on bond attorneys^ word
Construction of a municipal
revenue-bond financed parking
Jot in mid-town Chapel Hill was
hanging in the balance yester
day,- pending a recommendation
from the Town’s bond attorneys
in New York.
An $80,000 revenue bond issue
was .approved for the town ear
lier this month, the funds to be
used for the purchase of land oh
«;R Rosemary St. behind the main
business block downtown, and
construction of a mitered park
ing lot on the land.’ However,
purchase of two of the three
tracts involved, from Mrs. Fred
eric Coenen and Walter Creech,
became involved in further ne
i, gotiations this week.
At a special meeting this past
Monday the aldermen agreed to
a $1,500 increase in the price of
the CreecbCoenen tracts for loss
i; of revenue ahd additional ex
penses to them as present -own
ers. Mrs. Coenen also noted that
i she bad let living quarters in the
MfflWPlihit' apartment building to
'University students for the re
i mainder. of ; this school .year,
f v Whether or not the municipal-,
ity could, postpone construction
of the parking lot until the ten
New meeting ;
schedule set '
for aldermen
(Provision ..for ..the second
monthly regular and for special
meetings ~of the Chapel Kill*
Board of Aldermen, were (chang
ed by a resolution adopted at
last Monday’s special meeting of
the Board.
Under its terms the Board will
henceforth have its regular
meetings at 7:30 p.m. in the
Town Hall on the second Monday
and the' Tuesday following the
fourth Monday in each month.
For the past two or< three years
the second meeting each month
had been set for the fourth Tues
day.
Under this schedulo the Board
occasionally had its second meet
ing gnly eight days after the
* first one. Such would have , been
? the case this week, had not the
* new schedule been -adopted. Un
der its terms the aldermen will
have their second meeting for
Cptober next. Tuesday at 7^30
pin.
The new schedule also provid
ed that the second meeting in
. the months of February, May,
.August and November be held
immediately following the quar
terly zoning hearings scheduled
on the fourth Mondays of these
months.
It was furthermore provided
ithat special mee ings of the
Board could be called by the
r Mayor, Town! Managers, or any
two members of the Board at
any time, but that all members
of the Board and .the Mayot
would have at least five hours
p-ior written notice of such meet
ings.
< THE -NEWS
OF ORANGE COUNTV
VoL*7J%-Jfoi. 41 Oct: 24, 19©
Published Everjr Thursday In
The Year By The New*. I#
«'tion Rates Payable 6*
i); In Orange and Ad
Counties, $2.50, plus
es Tax; Otherwise in
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id Chapel Hill. N. C.
ants moved, or take over all of
the land except that at this time
became a legal question, which
was referred to the bond attor
neys. ^trwn Manager Bob Pltcfc
said yesterday that he felt the
terms of the bond issue would
likely have to be changed, though
he had not yet had a reply to
the town’s inquiry of the bond
attorneys.
Immediate construction had
earlier been planned off the prop
erty, with the idea that the lots
could be in use for parking by
Jan. 1, 1964.
On $25,000 «*t involved . .
Town puts up $10,000
toward right-of-way
A $10,000 contingency appro
priation from, the Town.of Chap
el Hill will make possible a di
rect four-way comer intersection
of Estes Drive with Richards Rd.
at Durham Road.
The Richards Read, now- undej
construction from Durham Road
eastward-teethe' U* S. •'MMJ01 by
pass highway, could not Make a
direct corner‘meeting with Estas
Drive at its signalled iutcrsee
tioni with1 Durham- Road because
a; pressure» regulating t station for
The Gas Co. stood in the way.
»■. At a special -meeting of the
Chapel Hill aldermen on Monday
afternoort Mayor Samtf'MeClatn.
rocb-wnd a lfetfer f»m Gas Co.
Resident. Bv" El Zeigier who did
-~---—--iate.L torn Wi
, it would cost approximately $25,
.000 to move the station to a new
location. He said that his own
firm would pay $10,000 of this j
cost. A $5,000 contribution has
.been offered. .from a private,
soucce. The Town Board then
agreed to appropriate the re
maining needed $10,000 to se
cure the needed right-of-way.
XOwn Manager Bob -Peck said
he >felt. it suite likely that the
State Ifighway Commission would
contribute some part o£ the need
ed sum to the town. As soon as
the necessary property transfers
.can be .arranged and the equip
ment moved, the re-routing of
the /oad will be carried ouV the
1 aldeween Weotold.
-—-%■—ims—*—Si—w—s—
tEhadfeerof GormtieNtt
charter membership
campaign under way
A charter membership cam
paign for the newly-organized
Chapel n Hill-Can boro Chamber
of Commeivft- was started -yester
day, under the sponsorship of
the local * Merchants Association!
The three-day drive will vena
tomorrow, and a wind-up lunch
eon meeting of the sponsoring
committee is scheduled on Mon
day. All, persons, and firms sign
ed up in this initial drive will
be voting members of the com
munity-wide organization, and
Will be eligible to participate in
its first annual elections meet
ing, to be held next month.
* A follow-up drive for a wide?
and- more all-inclusive mem-bed
ship throughout the communi 4
is tb be held next spring, it was
announced by Joe Augustine, Ex
ecutive Director of the Mer
chants Association.
In explaining the Chamber
concept he stneSed that “This il
not simply a glorified trade as
sociation,'. We. need' an aH-epqpni
passing organisation that can prc
mote and speak tot the entiv
community —> not-just* -.its mei
chant or business interests, Man
chamber-type programs wool
go Jar beyond those of ,the- axis' •
ing Merchants Association.”
The group’s corporate by-law s
provide for both individual men
berships at $10 a year and bus -
ness-professional memberships ip
multiples of $25 annually. , Hoi|
oraiy non-voting members may
be elected by the Chamber's
Board .of Directors on the basis
of their contributions to thh
community.
if. Members of the charter mem
bership committee, encompassing
representatives from the rpra!
areas; -eembero*; the University
,and Chapel Hill, include Sior
| Jennings, Walt Baueom, Emery
Denny Jr., Ira Ward, Sandy Mc
'Clamroch, S y d Alexander,
See CHARIER, Page 4
School holiday Friday
explained by officials
A holiday will bo observed to
morrow (Friday) for most of the
Schools in the Chapel Hill and
Orange County piiblie school sys
tems so that teachers can attend
the 10-cbunfy East Central Dis
trict meeting of the North Caro
lina Education Association in
Durham.
The superintendents of the two
systems, Howard Thompson in
Chapel Hill and Paul Carr in
Hillsboro, said they were anxious
to explain the background of the
holiday, which for the first time
this year, did not fall during
State Fair Week. Ordinarily,
they said, the meeting is set for
the Friday of the -Fair week so
that pupils will have a holiday
for the Fair coinciding with the
teachers meeting. For some un
known reason, they said, the
meeting was set a week later this
year.
However, they emphasized, this
holiday was taken into consider
ation in the planning of the.
standard 180-day school year, and
is not one of these days, thus
will not have to be made up at
any time: Thus eeacners win -not
receive any salary for this day,
though it is recommended that
they attend the meeting, the su
perintendents noted.
Tomorrow’s holiday will be for
the predominantly white pupil
schools in the county. La’er In
| the fall, the officials pointed out,
a holiday will be set for the Ne
i -rro schools, to coincide with the
meeting of the North Carolina
Teachers Association.
Neither the County nor the
Chapel Hill System had a State
Fair holiday last week.
FIRST BAPTIST REVIVAL
Dr. Thomas Bland will be the
preacher for the Revival Services
ai First Baptist Church in Hills
boro, next Monday, Oct. 28
through Nov. 3. Dr. Bland, a na
tive of Carpboro, is professor of
Christian Ethics at Southeastern
Baptist. Theological Seminary at
Wake Forest. Services will begin
each evening at 7:30. A nursery
will be provided at*all the serv
ices to enable parents of nursery
age children to attend.
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