Highway business zoning urged around Chapel Hill by realtors A new classification of com mercial zone—“highway commer cial”—was proposed by a com mittee of the Chapel Hill Board of Realtors in a meeting held (Monday night between realtor representatives, the District Plan ning Board, and the Chapel Hill aldermen.. . E. J. Owens, President of the Board of Realtors, presented the proposed new zone as the con census of an informal committee of the realtors, representative of about half that Board’s member ship. “Highway commercial” would be more restrictive than the existing suburban commercial zone. As a matter of policy the Foushee-Olsen PfcALTY CO. MACS TV SERVICE GALLS ANTENNAS INSTALLED COLOR TV SERVICE AUTO RADIO Transistor Radio Repair Batteries — Phono Needles DIAL 4683 - 2531 NITE 3725 planners and aldermen are not re-zoning any more property tc suburban commercial. Specifier uses and set-back requirements would be embodied in the high ly commercial zone, as envision ed by the realtors. In they addition they proposec that the Durham Road, Plttsttorc Road, and N.C. Highway 8( North, be re-zoned to Highway Commercial and/or the more re strictive Regional Commercial classification throughout the zon ing jurisdiction. Any property owner in the Highway Commer cial area could have his land re zoned back to residential classi fication hy^simply asking for it. At the end of the two-hour Additional dog vaccinations An additional schedule of dog vaccination clinics to be conduct ed by the County Deg Warden during the remainder cf this month, were ordered 'by toe Board of County Commissioners Monday. The board discussed at length the new program of rabies clinics inaugurated this year which has been carried but by the county’s two veterinarians administering 3-year live vaccine at slightly in creased rates from the previous years practice. This year’s clinic iours have been considerably shortened and,' according to the Judge Smith elected by new jurists group Judge W. Marshall Smith of the Orange County Recorder’s Court was elected Vice-President Sf the North Carolina Associa tion of County and Municipal Judges at the organizational meeting of that body this past weekend at the Institute of Gov. eminent in ,Chapel .Hill. lAlbout '35 judges from across the state attended the sessions: Judge Smith, a Chapel Hill at torney, was also vice-chairman of the committee that organized the Association under sponsor ship of the North Carolina Bar KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 86 PROOF 6 YEARS^ OLD $3.95 4/5 QUART $2.50 PINT , discussion, there has been much I confusion over the changes. ! George Lucas of Hillsbor ! cugh, Route T.vo, complained the clinics were not working out 'to suit the people and Cuy are un c'sgjsy. ©og Warden Cashe Boggs con firmed this in his report to the Bcaid, said he doubted half the dogs in the county had been vac cinated. He was instructed to work out a nsw schedule with Dr. 0. D. Garvin, Health Officer, under whose department the dog program is carried out, and con duct additional clinics himself to sat. rlfy the people. meeting the realtors agreed t put their proposal in writing t< )j submit to the planners for their ► I consideration. >■% for a lifetime of proud possession < $79.50 14K Gold-filled OMEGA the peerless accuracy of Omega has won for it an international reputation as “the watchmakers’ watch.” Holder of high observatory awards.. - official timepiece of Olympic Game* (Rome I960):., a gift of incomparable distinction. Wentworth & Sloan JEWELERS _ «> 167 E. Franklin Tel. 942-4469 Best Wishes to KENAN OIL COMPANY For the Success of the Beautiful New COLONIAL Churtwi St. at Tryon PHILLIPS SERVICE Hillsborough' M e AAe,P,r.°.ud u HaYe Serv#d A* General Contractor For This Beautiful New Addition to Hillsborough's Business Section. ODIS JOHNSON BUILDING CONTRACTOR Rt. 1, Mebane, N. C. Phone 563-3437

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