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Private recreation group is to be officially dissolved $11,500tobegiventdTowrr • V The eight-year-old privately-1 owned Chapel Hill-Carrboro Roc-' reation Center Cory, will be (formally disolved at the end of calendar 1064, according to May or Sandy MoCUanXodi, acting head of the non-profit local group. The organization was formed in 1066 shortly after » referen dum to set op » pnfettr went <io» tax district here was avert ed by the voters. Major He el amroch said that the approxi mately $11,500 remaining in the corporation’s treasury would he given to the Chapel Hitt Recre ation Commission. It was pro vided in the formal organization of the private group that if it ever ceased to exist its funds (would go to the Town of Chapel Hill, he noted. Raised about $25,00 in its fund drive program in 19W the Corporation raised $1*000 at this has hiea aMi ibuadhv m the Ihnstend family past greyest* which let used in the town's public recreation pro gram. Hie funds were original ly intended for construction of a privately - owned recreation center building. Chapel Hill Recreation Com mission Chairman Albert Gra ham said his group had voted to put $2,000 of the newly-acquired funds for planning at a rccrea *io« center proposed for con afnactfon an a 3Pacre section of the 120-erre Chapel Hill Scalar town. This project is subject to a district recreation referendum scheduled to be held at the time of municipal elections nest May. A meeting of the Recreation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce was" held last week to discuss plans for promoting pas sage of the referendum issue and construction of the bond mnaneied . - ■xecreetioB • facilities. procraar .be undertaken, accord ing to the following estimated Stadium, rntm* nermtim* # Christmas holidays plans have bean set up by meet public agen ciep and business firms through out the eedatf. - U Chapel Hill moat stores will be dosed Christmas Day and Set' urday. Some have planned sales for Saturday, however. Banks and postodfioee are ex pected to follow this schedule, to<\ as will fee Merchants Asso ciation office. The Chapel Hill and Carrboro Town Halls will be c lowed Thursday, Friday and Fri day. Stores in Hillsborough general ly will observe a fcwoday holiday —Friday and Settsrdtagr. County offices will fee closed Thersdsy, Friday, and" Saturday also, and will reopen on Monday morning, Dec. M. TTwfca—students left far home at tkeend «f class periods last Friday. Their schedule will resame ea the morning af Horn day, Jan. 4 In accordance with a statewide ■ngrecawrt * all banks and savings and. loan institutions will be closed on Dees 26. Chapel Mil Town Manager Bob' art Peck said; there would be no residential garbage collection on Friday and Saturday. Garbage collections in Chapel Hill will be slightly curtailed this week. Ony one residence pickup will be made Wednesday. Busi ness collections will be made daily through Thursday. No col lection will be made on Christines Day. ' The U. S. Postoflfice Depart ment will take an unusual three day holiday ever the Christmas weekend, in the wake of the big gest flood el Yuletide mail in its histery. H is the first time a three-day interruption has ever been de clared on regular mad service. Authoritiee^noted that the fact that .Christmas fefc cm Friday!# the unique reason for the holiday on that day and Saturday, Sunday being a regular holiday. Ibis means there will be no THE NEWS OF ORANGE COUNTY Vol. 72, No. 51 Dec. 23, 1964 Published Every Thursday In The Year By The News, Inc. Subscription Kates Payable la Advance: fit Orange and Ad joining Counties, $2.50, plus 3% Sales Taa; Otherwise in U. S. $4; Overseas $5.50. Second date Fbalaj?# paid at HUlsbannifh'. It o. mm, mi Chapel MU. N. C 27514. - .• ■■ ■■ local delivery of mail, except for special delivery matter, and no window service in the postooEftces However rural mail routes will be carried Saturday on their reg ular eehedtde, and incoming and outgoing mails will be posted as •usual. Mail will also be posted in patron boxes at the postofifices according to the regular schedule, it-wos-notM.- - In Chapel Hill Postmaster Paul Cheek expressed his thanks to the general, public tor their co operation during the Christmas mailing rush. “We’ve had the best cooperation this year that we’ve ever had through people sending their Christmas mail ear ly. We’ll deliver every piece of mail in the building by ChriaCaut Postmaster Cheek noted that volume otf mail from Dee. 1 through Monday of thi* week , (.Dec,. 21) was also * record — f % million piecea* ^ Last year’i Word total for this same period was 2.2 million pieces, ' -> center,,J80,00<H swimming pool, $60,Q(k); parr area, $10,000; parking area, $5,00$; furnish ings, $20,00$; cost of land, $26, 000; and improvements to Rob erson St. recreation ©enter building, $20,000. He said that federal funds might he available for planning and development of the project and for acquisition of the land. f-v V . Dr. Meyer urged that fine m tion committees be aet up fee the folBnvisg ipuapoees: Parr ing—with son nMiita -fret tin from the Research Triangle Re gional Planning Commission and the N.C. Recreation Commission, and municipal and county attor neys. V - ■ : Legislative — with members, of the local government bodies, the school system, and. the coubl ty’s legislators, to arrange pas Membership now over 400 . . at chamber banquet University Chancellor Paul Sharp will be the speaker lor the annual banquet of the Chap el Hill-Carrtooro Chamber ot Commerce on Peb. 22. At that time the Chamber of Commerce ‘Wan of the Year” award w4Ct be made for 1904, and officers for 1066 installed. Chancellor Sharp’s predecessor in office, William B. Aycock, woe the first annual winner of this award at the Chamber’s charter membership (banquet last winter. About 500 persons are e» pec ted to attend the afflair, to ibe held as an evening banquet in the "Ranch Rouse, according to Chamber Executive Director Joe Augustine. Be noted that the the Chamber currently had * membership of 400, as com pared with 175 at the time of last year's first annual meeting. Officers for 1085 will be cho sen by the 21-member Board o< Directors at its meeting in Jan urary. Earl Somers, Social Com mittee Chairman, is in charge of arrangements for the annual meeting. Merchants to install off icers on January 25 Officers fm the com in* yew will be Installed faff the Chapel Hill - ramhnrn. Merchants Assn, at their annual banquet on Jan. At that , win sue. Bw Fitch J5r. as Preel the tm >.m. af Deposit refunds given to 387 customers of focal utilities fit will be “Merry Christmas” for 387 customers of University Service Ptauts who wt mfuud* ed their deposits to the tune of $4,360, an avreage of about $10 apiece, in the annual credit cneomng wtuiiMu hi tnwr lerter a« aewasvwvv^p * “Dear Customer; “Enclosed te our check for $- which is a refund of your deposit with the University Service Plants. “We shall continue to require deposits from new customers when they apply for utility sop* view. However, an annual re view of accounts will be made and permanent residents who' have been prompt in paying their accounts and have estab lished a satisfactory general credit rating will be their deposit*. “Thaiik you for your coopera tion and patronage.” John Cox, Commercial Man ager, issued the cheeks last (weekend to both business and residential accounts, following * thorough check Of both tele phone Mid light and water rec ords at the downtown office. A majority of the local utili ties customers have now been re funded their original deposits for electric and water sendee, Cox pointed out. The practice was be gan three years ago, and now al most all customers except those who an poor credit risks or are been given refunds ha fulL (air La The Ranch House. (Merchants Association Execu tive Director Joe Augustine said the Rev. Thomas Haggai, High Point, would he the speaker for the occasion mi the topic "A Minister of God in the Market Place.” On the same program the fourth annual recipient of the ‘Were!«m of the *%■*" «ward will he announced, last (Last year's winner was re tired druggist Clyde Eubanks. Other new officers of the group me First Vice-President John Ml Foushee, Second Vice President Bernard Whitefleld, and Directors Bill Locke, Bern ice Ward, Jhn Heavner, Crowell little, and KB Maclhvinen. Sertoma Club fetes wives at Yule party The annual Laches’ Night Christmas Party for members of the Sertoma Club and their wives •was held this past Saturday ev^ ning at Watt’s Grill. Dinner was fallowed by dan** ing and the singing of carols with a guest orchestra providing the music. Dr. (Millard -Burt, District “ t enter of Sertoma and Dean Methodist College was the guest of hence. Dr. Burt was accom panied by his wife. Two new members. Keith Lewis and Robert Gibson were inducted into the Club by Dr. Burt. Business As Usual To IXtitne # Few * , . NURSES at Memorial Hospital POLICEMEN at Town Hall - FIREMEN at Airport Road SERVICEMEN throughout the world They are all people who like to be homy wifh Mtnjy-tfwrily fcwt - whose duty requires they be on the job. ON CHRISTMAS DAY, if you turn a faucet, flip a light switch or place a phone call UNO Service Plant personnel will be at their post making sure PURE WATER-INSTANT POWER-PROMPT CAIXS help make vonr 'V-' '
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