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of orange county Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Carrboro—Between and Beyond HILLSBOROUGH AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1963 28 PAGES VOL. 71, NO. 51 m: *g 1 Orange ■ <S T • • « Pealings j II TlTifT Tfirnr i» i HMMHHI—liaii iVITM I DEPENDING ON THE OCCA sion and the locale Santa Clans has traveled by many unique methods — such as airplane, hel icopter, and speed boats, in ad dition to his traditional reindeer sleed. But on Monday night he entered the local scene in a truly unique manner at the Chapel Hill Fire Department’s annual party for firemen and their families. On a spur of the moment inspi ration Santa, replete with sack of toys, was ushered stealthily up to the second floor of the gleaming new fire station build ing, then suddenly, and with a resounding ho-ho-ho bounded in to the waiting throng of kids in the engine room bellow py sliding down the brass pole. HUNDREDS OF PERSONS came by the rtfew $80,000 Chapel Hill Central Fire Station daring the open house last Sunday after noon, to victor the new facilities and partake of refreshments. Among the attractions were the free kiddie rides given an the 1913 original Chapel Hill find truck. The youngsters were haul ed around several blocks in loads of eight at a time until the wea ther got so cold they had to stop the service. Another attraction, {•in' keeping with whatt;;|&{alleged j to be the Japanese tea house mo ! tif of the building, Was Mrs. -Rei i ko Clark, a native Japanese worn ! an and local resident, who was j present in homeland costume to greet visitors and offer toed tea, if they didn’t want Cokes or cof fee. A SPECIAL FLAG WAS HUNG from a mast erected at the mid town intersection for every one i fifth portion of the Chapel Hail- j j Carrboro Community Chest that ;was raised. Since the drive pass | cid four-fifths, four “C” flags went up the' pole. The marking on the fifth flag was to be kept secret until it was flown. But | since the drive stalled at the 85 per cent mark, it won’t be flown. For such incidental intelligence as it may be worth, this fifth flag would have read “Thanks!” (More DEALINGS, page 12) i /.V7 ERl\ATIONAL FLAVOR—Airs. Reiko Clark, Jafiane.se native and resident of Carr boro, lent an international flavor to the often house for Chapel Hill's new $80, ooo central lire station last Sunday, offering tea to visitors. Above, she meets 11 -year old Sarah Crabtree, daughter of Fire Capt. Eric Crabtree (center). AN EDITORIAL Law breakers cannot become conscience of this community (See related editorial on Editorial Page, Section Three) A group of youths who have erroneously cloaked themselves with the mantle of the conscience of this com munity have on repeated nights during this past week violated the state trespass and arrest laws on the premise, of several restaurants in Chapel Hill. However well intentioned these persons may be, they cannot legitimately assume, as indeed they have so as sumed, that whatever they do in the name of civil rights is all right whether it be in violation of long-standing laws of this state or not. ■* In deliberately defying the laws that yet preserve certain rights toprivate property owners, they charge that they cannot feel bound by laws which they believe to be wrongly applied. They oppose racial discrimination and racial segregation, and they cite the defiance of the Martin Luther King movement in Birmingham as their guide. They would, they declare with almost pitiful piety, “free” Chapel Hill. Progress toward goal ... Chapel Hill is a tolerant community, and as such ii has seen through diligent efforts of many local citizens ol good will the gradual elimination of almost all racial dis crimination in private business service in this community It has not yet, however, seen all such barriers fall, for there are certain private citizens who have chosen to exercise their private property rights in serving only those whom they wish to serve. And so long as the law of die land permits them to dc this, there is nothing that any other law-abiding citizen can legitimately do about it except to urge through law abiding means diat the person with whom he does not agree change his practices. Chapel Hill is not at all perfect. Indeed it is not lit erally the Southern Part of Heaven, for it is not so pom pous as to feel itself so without fault as those who flout the law in the name of civil rights do. Have many concerned citizens . . . But Chapel Hill has a reservoir of deeply-concerned citizens, persons who have no peer in' their love for their comrsunity and in their belief in die brotherhood of man. It ie these citizens, who through continued, quiet, and deliberate effort will in due time and with good will bring about die elimination of racial discrimination that yet lingers in this community. Quite admittedly Chapel Hill has ills that need com (iEditorial continued on Page i) Youths stage sit-ins for in row —Story on Page 3 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Two person killed in separate wrecks —Story on Page 2 FROM OLD HILLSBOROUGH—Cos turned members of the Hillsborough Gar den Club express their seasonal sentiments on the side of their car in the recent Hills borough Christmas parade. Left to right they are Ann Shope, Hillsborough eighth grader, Mrs. WHliam Hopewell, and Mrs. J. M. Shope, hostess for the Orange County | Historical Museum. . .. ' r r“
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