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Out Of Their Shells
Referring to tne Presbyterian
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rs.i'OLUME 1 NUMBER 5
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la 5;
graduating Ceremonies Being Held
1! I
;ii Three Local Schools This Week
Chapel Hii! High To
Hold Ceremonies On
Friday; 76 Graduate
iharles Phiilips, director o,
'Wic Relations for the Woman’s
esle!
lege in Greensboro, will speak
't tomorrow night’s commence
nt exercises for Chapel Kill
school.
, 'he rites will be held in the
"gi?
h school auditorium at 8 p.m
don Blackwell will introduce
speaker. School Board Chair-
1 Carl Smith will present di-
mas to 76 graduating seniors,
1 special awards will be given to
r students. These will be the
mnis Citizenship Award, the
.0 Rotary College Scholarship,
fy Altrusa Club’s $100 Scholar-
j, and the new Jaycees’ en-
ved cup for the class valedic-
‘*”^an.
**»'he Rev. Charles Hubbard of the
versity Methodist Church will
5 the invocation and the high
iOol glee club, under the direc-
1 of Milton Bliss, will sing,
'oday is the last official day of
Principal Turbyfill To
Present 31 Diplomas
At Carrboro Tonight
Thirty-one pupils will be gradu-
-ited from the eighth grade of
Carrboro Elementary School in
formal commencement exercises in
the school auditorium at 8 o’clock
tonight.
The students themselves will
conduct the exercises and the
school principal, Thomas Turby
fill, will award the diplomas. Car
olyn Woods, president of the gradu
ating class, will give the welcome
and Patricia Lacock will read the
class history. Rudy Barker will de
liver the farewell address. Mar
garet West, seventh grader, wil!
accompany the class in se\'eral
songs they will sing on the pro-
gi’am.
Here are members of the class:
Rudy Barker, Bobby Blake, Mon
roe Bowden, Thomas Boyd, (Tommy
Burns, Jackie Durham, James Free
land, Kenneth Horton, Steve Lloyd,
Ken Ray Rigg.sbee, Joe Ray, Mi-
, , , , ehael Riggsbee, Johnny Squires,
ses at the school, and exams; Robert Glosson,
be over tomorrow. Studen s toward Hackney, Katherine Ash-
[ return to all six local schools,Barbara Crain, Mary Ruth
nrday noon to pick up their re- Carolyn Glenn, Agnes
cards. Classes will resume! Hines, Delores -Jones, Doris King,
^ ■ ' Patricia Lacock, Dolores Pepper,
Lucille Snead, Agnes Ward, Sandra
Williams, Martha Williams, Car
olyn Woods, and Kathleen El-
dridge.
.t the new Glenwood School no
iing exercises have been sched-
1 but end of the year cere-
lies have been held in indi-
lal class rooms at various times
week. There will be no com-
icement exercises for North-
School, since the uper grades
);his school meet in the Lincoln
h School. The annual Northside
ool operetta was held several
iks ag.o Lincoln High School
imencement exercises will be
1 there tomorrow night.
. reception for the new gradu-
and their families and friends
be held at The Porthole im-
fliately following the commence-
iit exercises tomorrow night
Sarah Umstead, director of
J Chapel Hill Recreation Center,
jn charge of the affair. An in-
lal dance at the Recreation
Iter will also follow the exer-
|s.
loncert Series
iroup To Pick
leads Tonight
Officers will be elected and the
|iporary organization set up at
meeting of the steering com-
^Jee of the Chapel Hill Concert
■ies in Graham Memorial at 8
lock tonight.
nmmy Wallace, director of the
iversity student union, is the
erim chairman of the steering
nmittee, but a temporary pres-
nt of the organization, and sev-
32 To Get Diplomas
From Lincoln High;
Northside Is Host
Thirty-two students will receive
their diplomas tonight at 8 o’
clock when Lincoln High School
holds' grf.duation ceremonies in
the auditorium of Northside Ele
mentary School.
The Senior Class will pi'esent a
pageant, “How Shall I Go?” as
the main part of the graduation
program. Valedictorian Robert
Winston will speak on “Let Us
travel” and Salutatorian Alyce
Hargraves will talk on “What
Counts.” Robert is the grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Burn
ette, and Alyce is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hargraves.
Getting their degrees will be
Katheryn Faust, Alyce Hargraves,
Mamie Sanford, Elaine Norwood,
Ruth Strowd, Venus Edwards,
Gracie Nevilles, Margaret Nev
illes, Jean Mason, Louise Carver,
Eddie Cotton, Betty Noell.
Jean Wright, Annie Jones, Loo
mis Pendergraph, Ernestine Pow
ell, Ernestine Cole, Marilyn Lawr
ence, Robert Winston, Joe Cald
well, Lilbert Hargraves, Cletus
Clark, Harvey Burnette, Marion
Smith, Milton Bynum, Rufus Mi
nor, James Perry, Prince Taylor,
Eugene Atwater, Waymah Har
graves, Joe Morgan, and Robert
Parrish.
(A picture of the graduates i;
on page 6.)
"ioyal, Discreet, BUT . .
Gordon Gray, Alumnus^ Son
Make Oppenheimer Decision
The pre.sident ot the Con- sociations have reflected a serious
-oliclated University of North
Carolina and a man whose
son attended (lie Univeisity
at Chapel Hill tvere the two
panel members whose majori
ty ruling Tuesday declared
scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer
should be barred from consulta
tion on the atomic secrets he help
ed discover.
Although found to be a “loyal”
and “discreet” citizen Dr. Oppen
heimer is considered a security
risk.
UNC President Gordon Gray
disregard for the requirements of
the security system.
“2. We have found a suscepti
bility to influence which could
have serious implications for thV
security interests of the country.
“3. We find his conduct in the
hydrogen bomb program suffici
ently disturbing as to raise a doub'
as to whether his participation, if
characterized by the same atti
tudes in a government program
relating to the national defense
would be clearly consistent with
the best interest of security.
“4 We have regretfully con
and Thomas A. Morgan, former, eluded that Dr. Oppenheimer ha;
nresident of the Sperry Corpora
tion, are the two men. Both are
North Carolinians.
The third panef member is Dr.
Ward V. Evans, chemistry profes
sor of Loyola University of Chi
cago. Dr. Evans dissented vigor
ously.
Mr. Morgan's son, Thomas .Jr.,
graduated from the University in
1939. Mr. Gray graduated in 1930.
Mr. Morgan, Sr., gave the Uni
versity president an air lift re
cently when business caused him
' to pass over the state. He touched
11 other officers will be named; at Raleigh-Durham airport
^ight. Permanent officers will ^ the company plane and gave
elected next fall at a meeting | jjj. Qj.^y a ride back to Washing-
all charter members of the; tpri.
4-1 pi of a corporation. j and Mr. Gray said
rhe steering committee will be | ^^ur considerations were the
nposed of 11 persons: A Presi-; .^niitroTiing’
,it vice - president, secretary,!
T. We find that Dr. Oppenhei-
ones in their con-
^ ‘ i rcr the president of the
diversity student body, the chair-! j
mn of the Student Entertainment
less than candid in several
instances in his testimony befor;
this board.”
Today’s Raleigh News & Observ
er calls the Gray and Morgan de
cision a “Contribution to Confus
ion”, and says editorially tliah
“many North Carolinians and oth
er Americans .... will have i
hard time making sense out of
their verdict. They hold that,
though this scientist who know.
most and has contributed most tr
atomic develoment is clearly
loyal citizen”, he should be barr
ed frotti participation in further
atomic energy development.”
The Greensboro News also ex
presses doubts about the Gray
Morgan verdict, saying: “There i
a strong element of the absurd ir
attempting to separate the ma*
who probably knows most about
the atom from its secrets — tha'
is, it would be absurd if it were
mmittee, and the director of |
fcaham Memorial. Douglas Fam-
j,?>ugh has already been elected ^
|asurer and Mr. Wallace, secre-
|y. The committee will meet in
laham Memorial again Sunday
'jht to make its final plans for
:ting up its permanent organi-
Dumb Rabies Is Discovered
In Two Local Cocker Dogs
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1954
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Uncle Sam Colors Up
The U. S. post office is giv
ing up that drab olive drab col
or for its vehicles and hence
forth paint jobs will be in red,
white, and blue, the local office
has been informed.
The office here has two
trucks, both of whose paint jobs
are in good shape, according to
an employe. When they are re
painted and when new vehicles
are received the new color
scheme will be applied.
No reason was given for the
order.
Political Battle Lines Are Forming Fast
For Sheriffs Runoff Election June 26
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Outdoor Pool
Reception Set
For Saturday
An evening reception for degree
candidates, their families and
friends, and faculty will be held
from 9 to 10:30 p.m, Saturday at
Kessing Pool, the University’s out
door swimming pool. It will be
nart of the commencement week-
md festivities.
Alumni Secretary J. Maryon
Saunders emphasized today that
“this is a community affair and
we want all of these people to
participate.”
There will be an exhibition In
the pool by four Chapel Hill girls
demonstrating the historical de
velopment of the swimming stroke.
Participating under Coach Ralph
Casey will be Susan and Vicki
Greulach, Gretchen Fink, and
Penny Martin. Dave Mclnnis, ris-
mg UNC sophomore on this year’s
freshman swimming team from
Sumter, S. C., will give a diving
exhibition. Tlie two activities will
(ast from about 9:30 to 10 o’clock.
Coach Casey says.
A sjmiphonette from tlie Uni
versity Symphony under the direc
tion of Conductor Eai'l Slocum,
vill play on the terrace across
from the pool. The University
Vonien’-s Club will be hostess.
Maddry Gets
Some Backing
From Johnston
SCOTT SUPPORTERS—They seemed pretty 'enthusiastic when they turned out to cheer on Kerr
Scott at his Orange County fish fry near Orange Grove last month. But a few of Chapal Hill's Scott-for-
Sehate boosters, shown above at the fish fry with their canddiate, have been wearing a large collective
smite since their candidate won Saturday's primary election. Left to right are Mrs. William S. Stewart,
"Pokey" Alexander; Mrs. James Street; Mr. Scott; Mrs. Roland MacClamroch; James Street, and Wil
liam S. Stewart, Mr. Scott's Orange County campaign manager. News Leader Photo
Credits Clean Campaign . . .
Scoff Supporters Are Somewhat Surprised
Over Candidate's Strong Showing Locally
The June 26 runoff election for
county sheriff took shape quickly
last night as Charles W. Johnston
gave his qualified support to Dep
uty Frank C. Maddry.
The 50-year-old officer from tha
Orange Church community ran 442
votes behind Odell Clayton in last
Saturday’s Democratic primary. Al
though Clayton got about 40 per
cent of the votes cast in this bal
loting, he failed to a get a major
ity through votes that went to
Johnston and Willie Laws of near
Hillsboro.
Mr. Maddry said last night that
he had written a formal letter to
Elections Board Chairman Edwin
J. Hamlin calling for the run-off
election between Clayton and him.
Here is the final official break
down of the vote in the sheriff’s
race: Clayton, 2,434; Maddry, 1,993;
Johnston, 1,330; and Laws, 324.
Maddry "Best Man"
Asked last night who he would
support in the run-off, Mr. John
ston said he personally intended to
vote for Mr. Maddry. “While I feel
myself that he is the best man for
the job,” said Mr. Johnston, “I do
not feel that I have the right to tell
my supporters how to vote.” The
losing candidate asked that his sin
cere appreciation be expressed to
the persons who voted for and sup
ported him in the primary and the
campaign before it.
Leaders of the Oi'ange County
Scott-for-Senate campaign here
seemed to be pleasantly surpris
ed this week at the unusually
strong showing their candidate
cosmopolitan community
Salmon To Vie
With Barbecue
At Reunion
The big salmon, flown fresh
rom the Pacific northwest will
compete with North Carolina bar
becue at the reunion Saturday, |
vhen the “depression baby clas-
■es” of ’32, ’33, ’34, and ’35 gath-i
•■r for their 20-years after genera-
ion reunion.
The first mad dogs of the year mother had left home about three
;ion next fall. Contracts have were reported in the community weeks before, after showing sim,
•eady been signed to have tour last weekend. Veterinarian Dr. L. 1 .ilar symptpms, ar^ had neve
Tactions in the series during L. Vine said yesterday that one been seen again. Dr Vine fe)
3 1954^5 school year. Subscrip- dog had died from dumb rabies aft-j sure this animal would be dead
ns to the series will be sold the er being confined at his animal hos-; by that time, also from dumb ra-
The huge salmon will be a part
r the gala reunion gathering
through the courtesy of William
R. Eddleman, Gaston County na
tive and now a leading attorney,'
of Seattle. Mr. Eddleman request-1
ed permission of the reunion ar-
angements committee to donate;
he fish. L. E. Breslin, steward at|
be Carolina Inn, promised to pre- i
'are the salmon and have themj
s centerpiece attractions at the
eunion picnic on Saturday night;
it the Chapel Hill Country Club. |
Mr. Eddleman promises that his
ish will be larger than Billy Ar-
hur, a popular member of the
•eunion committee.
The Chapel Hill community is
well known for its cosmopolitan
citizenry.
It has remained, however, for
Judge L. J. Phipps who volun
tarily manned the old registra
tions books to help misplaced
voters find their proper niche
during the Democratic Primary
election last Saturday, to discov
er just how cosmopolitan the
community is.
Eligible voters here include
persons born in each of the 100
counties of North Carolina ex
cept three, each of the 48 states
except Nevada and in 43 foreign
countries.
viously thought he would- do so
by such a substantial margin.
How much of Scott’s support
could be traced back to the scars
of the senatorial primary four
years ago is hard to pin-point.
But it's quite possible that a
good many local voters remem
bered tlui bitterness of the Gra
ham-Smith campaign of 1950 and
took this into consideration at
the polls.
The Scott forces also had a
head start on their opposition
in Orange. Their candidate op
ened his campaign in Chapel
Hill last winter with his state
ment of the code of campaign
ethics which he intended to fol
low. Then MI'S. Charles W. Stan
ford of Bingham Township was
named as state, co-chairman for
women in the Scott campaign.
Mr. Stewart was appointed a
short while later and set up a
county-wide organization.
Joseph H. Jones Dies
Penland On Monday
made in the six local precincts.
In every one the Squire from
Haw River had at least a ■ two-
to-one margin over his main op
ponent, Lennon, without count
ing the votes of the other five
candidates. The totals were 2-
119 for Scott and 760 for Len
non in the five Chapel Hill pre
cincts and Carrboro. About the
same margin held true in the
county.
County Scott Manager Willi
am S. Stewart said last night
that he felt “the people of Or
ange County responded to the
clean type of campaign Mr. Scott
conducted.” He said he thought
the former governor would car
ry the county, but had not pre-
Chapel Hill Area To Take Part
In Nation-Wide Alert June 14
Chapel Hill and the surrounding area will take part in a nation
wide Civil Defense alert for 24 hours starting June 14.
The alert will last from 10 a.m. June 14 until 10 o’clock the
next morning.
Chapel Hill’s part in the simulated attack, according to a rec
ommendation by the Chapel Hill Civil Defense Advisory Council,
will be manning its observation posts, planning for 500 to 1,000
evacuees who mi.ght be sent to tlie town in case of a real attack,
and meeting of Civil Defense workers for organization and coordi
nation of their tasks.
At the Advisory Council’s meeting it was pointed out that
allhou.gh North Carolina does not have a critical target area, any
city of 40 to 50 thousand or more inhabitants might be a good
target. ...
The . council reported the mission of Chapel Hill is one of
supporting others with first aid, rescue and fire-fighting squads,
and by the care of large numbers of evacuees from critical target
or disaster ai'eas.
Persons who have volunteered to assist in the alei’t will be
called upon to report to their section chiefs on the evening of
June 14 for discussion of organization and plans.
Mr. Johnston said he talked to
Mr. Maddry night before last. From
his observation at that time, he
said, he felt Mr. Maddry would be
“quite able physically to handle
the duties of the office of sheriff.”
Mr. Maddry was generally con
ceded to be the leading contender
in the four-way race when he suf
fered a heart attack on May 10. He
was treated in Watts Hospital for
three weeks and came home last
Sunday. He said last night that his
physician, Di'. Isaac Manning, had
told him he could resume his regu
lar work within two or three
months at the most.
Clayton Carries Nine
Mr. Clayton carried nine of the
19 precincts in the county—all of
them areas north of Chapel Hill.
Mr. Johnston and Mr. Maddry split
the local precincts, Maddry cap
turing four and Johnston two. Ovei
the entire county Mr. Maddry wor
in seven precincts and Mr. John
ston in three.
H. Broadwell of Hillsboro, sixth
man in the twelve-way race for the
five seats on the board of county
commissioners, can call for a run
off against Dwight Ray of Carrboro
if he wants to. He said night before
last he hadn’t decided whether or
not to do so and he has until Sun
day to make his decision.
Mr. Broadwell recevied 2,361
votes to 2,398 for Mr. Ray—a dif
ference of only 37 votes.
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ids On New
Y!oqd Called
HILLSBORO — Bids v.dll be op
ed in Raleigh next Tuesday for
ill (8 miles of grading, paving and
•uctures for the new road
,0pm New Hope to the point just
*^tith of Hillsboro..
The new stretch of road when
mpleted will shorten the distance
ira Chapel Hill to Hillsboro
pital, and that another one un- bies.
undoubtedly was dead by that He cautioned persons about
time from the same cause. i handling ddgs showing these
, , ^ svmntoms. “The natural impulse
Both dogs belonged ° jg to put your hand in the dog’s
Cole, who lives several miles out
on
the Flat Bridge Road (nqar
mouth to see if a bone is caugh'
in his throat,” he said. “But this
Dogwood Acres). Dr. Vine said dangm'ous. The rabies^i-
Mr. Cole brought a coc er span carried in saliva and the
iel puppy to his hospital late last
wmek for treatment. The animal’s
lower jaw w'as hanging open, but
he appeared quite docile. Dr. Vine
said he suspected the dog had ra
bies, and confined him, and that
he shortly die?!.
Mr. Cole told him that the dog’s
disease can be contracted simply
by putting your hand in a rabid
animal’s mouth.”
“In cases of dumb rabies the
dog acts quite normal, but can’t
close his mouth. In cases of fur
ious rabies they are more vio
lent.”
Joseph Howard Jones, father of
Irs. Eugenia Rakestraw Babylon
f Chapel Hill, died of a heart at-
3ck Monday morning in Penland.
le was 90 years old.
A retired businessman and rail-
'oad official, he had been living
lere with his daughter for about
a year. At the time of his death
he was visiting his grandson, .John
Babylon, at the Appalachian School
at Penland.
Memorial services were conduct-
■•d at the Episcopal Chapel of the
"ross yesterday afternoon at 5
I'clock. Surviving, in addition to
Mrs. Babylon, is a sister, Mrs. Fred
Becker, of Lima, Ohio. Joel Carter
was a cousin of Mr. Jones.
BAPTISTS' GUEST PREACHER
Sewer System Is Proposed
For North Carrboro Suburb
The Rev. Henry Brown Stokes,
minister of the First Baptist!
Church of Hartsville, Tenn., will |
be the guest preacher at the Carr
boro Baptist Church this Sunday.
He will preach at both the 11 A.
M. and 8 P. M. services. A picnic
supper will be held at the church
for the entire congregation at 5:30
P. M. A native of 'Winston-Salem,
the Rev. Mr.'Brown is a graduate
of the University of North Caro
lina and 'Wake Forest College.
Plans for a sanitary sewer S5'S
tern for the north-side suburban j
area of Carrboro were drafted at
a public meeting in the Carrboro
Baptist Church last night.
"Walter Clark Jr. was elected
chairman of a -committee of citi
zens from the area to organize
their plans. The group w'ill meet
again Monday, night and wall pre
sent its ideas to the Carrboro Town
commissioners some time before
the new town budget is made up
on June lo.
SPORT ITEM
PAGLIACCI ON FRIDAY
“I Pagliacci” by Leoncavallo,
with Mario Del Monaco as Canio,
will be played on Norman Con
don’s weekly opera program over
Station WUNC tomorrow night at
8:30 P. M.
The Greensboro tennis team re
cently defeated Chapel Hill, 6-3,
for its first wdn of the season,
having previously lost to the Car
olina freshmen. Jason Zenakis,
rated no 2 player in his native,
country Greece, lost the second
of three sets to a Greensboro play
er. Mr. Zenakis teaches philoso
phy at UNC.
Dobson and Carrboro Town Engi
neer John Gove will consult with
the committee in getting up the
system. The district to be served
includes about 60 households on
Pine, Oak, and Cheeks Streets,
and parts of Greensboro Street
and Hillsboro highway.
Merchants To
Keep Office
In Tankersley
Among other members of the
committee, elected from the 30
persons who attended the meet
ing, are Wimpy Andrews, Tom
Goodrich, A1 Brandon, and .Jim-
rny Hearn. Mayor J. Sullivan Gib-
: son and several members of the
: board of eommissioners were at
I the meeting and spoke encourag-
i ingly on the prospects for the
’ group’s reaching some agreement
with the town on getting sewer
service.
District Sanitarian Hezekiah.
The citizens of this area would
form an organization to build a
sewer according to town specifi
cations, and this would be linked
to the towm sanitary sewer lines.
Then the suburban residents
would pay. a regular annual sewer
rent — although a higher one—
in the same manner as residents
inside the corporate limits.
BOND SALES LISTED
With the purchase of $22,905.50
in U. S. Savings Bonds between
January and April this year.
Orange County attained 25 per
eent of its quota for 1954. Pres
ently, there are 6.8 million dollars
worth of savings bonds outstanding
in the county.
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Contrary to earlier plans, the
office of the Merchants Associa
tion will not move to the Colonial
House on West Rosemary St.
By action of the Board of Direc
tors Monday night, the associa
tion will continue to maintain of
fices in the Tankersley Building.
Announcements will be made lat
er in the summer of a new site,
the board said. The office was
scheduled to have been moved
Tuesday.
The executive board recom
mended that merchants close on
Monday, July 5, to give employees
a long Fourth of July weekend, '
and remain open the following
Wednesday instead of observing
the summer Wednesday closing
hour of 1 p.m.
The board voted 'that associa
tion members, their families, and
members’ employees should have
a picnic^ on a Wednesday after
noon toi be designated, at Camp
New Hope.