of orange county
*Chapel Hill, Hillsboro, Carrboro—Between and Beyond
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1963 24 tAGES
VOL. 71, NO. 41
DESPITE THE INCREASING
ly closer relations and coopera
tion between Duke and Carolina,
there is some old-fashioned com
fort in the realization that the
sprawling empire of Duke has
not yet extended into the sanc
tuary of Chapel Hill. Somehow
through the computer machinery
that posted the tax billing for
the Town of Chapel Hill, a Duke
Forest tract in the McDuffie
Church community was billed for
Chapel Hill taxes. This and a
■ number of other accounts simi
larly billed in error were formal
ly released by the Chapel H'll
Town Board this week.
MR. AND MRS. ALEX McMA
hon of Chapel Hill returned from
an 18-day vacation in Europe at
midnight Monday. Mr. McMahon,
general counsel for the N. C.
Assn, of County Commissioners,
acted as delegation host for the
recent Tar Heel public officials
tour behind the Iron Curtain. Af
ter it ended Oct. 9 Mrs. McMahon
met him in Berlin and they went
to Vienna, Innsbruck, Venice
(just before the landslide-flood
tragedy in Longaone, Italy), Flor
ence, Naples and Rome. On the
Iron Curtain trip, Mr. McMahon
said, he had the most graphic
impressions in Moscow where he
found the most marked contrast
to life as it exists in the western
world.
THE OLD JUNE HARMS
home place now being torn down
across from V the Chapel Hill
schools downtown pre-dates the
memory of a number of local
citizens asked about It yesterday.
But the original structure—which
stood on the adjoining lot where
Obie Davis’ service station is now
located — may have been con
structed in a time when nails
were mighty scarce. The largest
old timbers in the house were
joined with wooden pegs.
A LOCAL SPOKESMAN FOR
Interstate Investors said this weel
that construction of a six-story
hotel will proceed immediately
on the site of the old Harris home
place (see above paragraph) and
that completion is expected some
time late next year. The $1%
million project (total including
land cost) may have a large ban
quet hall as an additional floor
on top. Removal of the houses
on the Rosemary St. side of the
tract, where a parking lot will be
located, is scheduled later.
WHILE STILL IN CRITICAL
condition, Jim Peck, 21-year-oki
son of Chapel Hill Town Manager
and Mrs. Bob Peck, was reported
to be showing some improvement
late yesterday at Memorial Hos
pital. He is being treated for in
juries received shortly after mid
night Saturday when his car ran
off the highway neair Cary while
he was returning to Chapel Hill
with a friend.
AKERS NOAH MANRING,
Chatham County man murdered
by his step-son last Sunday night,
as he allegedly prepared to kill
his wife, was charged several
years ago in Orange County with
manslaughter. The charges stem
Circulation Today
7,651
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ORANGE COUNTY
med from a post-midnight high
speed accident on the new
Greensboro Highway at the Col
lins Creek bridge 13 miles west
! of Chapel Hill. One passenger
was permanently crippled and
: another person involved was kill
I ed. The case against Manring was
continued in Orange County Su
perior Court nearly three years
ahd then dropped.
ORANGE COUNTY’S GUBER
natorial hopeful, West Hillsboro
storekeeper Raymond Stansbury,
was recently given a warning
from the State Board of Alcohol
ic Control, it was learned last
weekend. State ABC Chairman
Victor Aldridge said that two
ABC agents picked up a man
near Stansbury’s store on a re
cent Sunday and that the man |
said he had just purchased beer j
at Stansbury’s place. Rather than j
bring a formal charge, Mr. Aid- j
ridge reported a warning letter |
was sent.
HEAD ANNUAL APPEAL—Leaders in the $43,000 fund drive for the 1064 Chapel Kill Community
Cheat, solicitation for which will begin tomorrow, are (seated, left to right): Mrs. Sterling Stoude
mire residential division co-chairman; Chest Executive Secretary Mrs. J. D, Webb. Campaign Chair
man Sandy McClamroch; (standing) Health Affairs Division Chairman Dr. Robert Zeppo; Treasurer
Tommy Gravitta; Campus Co-Chairman Sim Wilde; and Negro Division Co-Chairman Hubert S. Rob
inson. Not shown are Residential Co-Chairman Mrs. W. D. Carmichael III, Business Co-Chairman
Bob Simpson and Bob Boyce, Campus Co-Chairman Earle Wallace, Carrboro Chairman the Rev. Cal
vin Rains; and Negro Division Co-Chairmen C. A. McDougle and R. D. Smith.
Cited
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1 HONOR FOR CARUTHERS — Runners-up for the title of
'Young Couple of the Yeer* as chosen by the North Carolina State
Grange and cited at the group’s annual convention in Statesville
\ast weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Caruthers. The Orange
County dairyman and his wifa are soon above at their farm home
in the Cedar Grove community with their children, Susan, Kathy,
and Carol.