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^)r. 'Newspaper Service CHft In Chapel Hill •wV Dial 8444 Chapel Hill News Leader Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas Words Aptly Spoken Adlai Stevenson says the na tional administration is “rattled” and the editor comments on the opinion. See page 4. tUME 1 NUMBER 7 $4.50 PER YEAR BY MAIl. CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1954 FIVE CENTS PER COPY EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE nd Meet Planned In Zoning ''tew Date Set For lune 26; Attendance oor At First One j second hearing on the pro- ^ ®d land use restrictions (zoning lations) for the Town of Carr- will be held June 26. ' le towk commissioners invited public to a hearing on this lion 1 matter in the Carrboro School itoriUm Monday night. How- j , only a handful of people j ed up, and all of them were di- y interested in the sole con- ®ist;ersial part of the proposal. iSki) involved whether the 300- mijii strip bordering Main Street iousa Laurel Street to the Ilills- lade? Highway intersection should oned as residential or business erty. bfiSIveral businessmen who run ,Ejl5ijDlishments in this area nat- :y wanted the section zoned isiness property while the few lie who have homes in this ijlh territory wanted it to be a ''lential zone. The strip in tion includes property for feet on both sides of the it. ,ie Carrboro zoning commis- had left it as residential lerty and it was so proposed ^#Aie hearing on Monday. How- in light of the expressed isition to this proposal, the d of commissioners scheduled June 26 hearing, at which public reaction will be ht on the zoning of this sec- as business property. This on will be held at 8:30 p.m. I . le school auditorium. >ree zones are provided for he proposed regulations: (1) jsiness zone, to include rough- 11 property on Main Street for stance of at least 150 feet on sides; (2) an industrial zone, iclude property on both sides the railroad tracks and the around Fitch Lumber Co.; ^ iS) a residential zone — all / aining property. their monthly meeting Tues- nioht the commissioners dis- (jl^ed the zoning matter only y fly. ■ since they planned to until after the second hear- dtytl! before formally considering enactment or rejection. ° •" — Durham Road Dairy Is Merged; All Producers Will Be Retained Heavy Increase Asked For Schools / The merger of the Durham Road Dairy with the Beatrice Fine Foods Company, a nation-wide dairy products firm, was announced to day by T. R. Harward, proprietor and founder of the local dairy. Mr. Harward started the dairy 38 years ago, in 1916 at its present location on the Durham Road, one mile east of town. ,ile said yester day that all of the personnel of his firm would be retained and that the organization of the plant would continue as it has in the past. Be atrice Fine Foods, operating na- Honally under the trade name of “Meadow Gold” dairy products, has it.s headquarters in Chicago. The 16 Orange and one Chatham County dairy farmers who supply the Durham Road Dairy milk will continue to do so for the new management, Mr. Harward empha sized. He said that the milk would continue to be processed and dis tributed from the local plant, for the time being, at least. As a result of the merger the dairy will be able to offer a great ly increased line of dairy products, the proprietor pointed out. Includ ed will be ice cream, cheesees, but ter, and eggs. The present plant of the dairy, which includes automatic process ing equipment for milk, was built in 1942. In January of last year the operation was changed over from glass bottles to cardboard containers. Following are other members of the organization, all of whom will continue with it: David P. Henry, manager, who has been with the firm since 1929; Lewis Proctor, wholesale route manager, an em ployee for 30 years; Argel Wom- ble, retail route salesman for over 20 years, and Brack Vaughan and Henry Morris, both route men. Retention Of 20-Cent Tax A "Must Superintendent Outlines Uses Segregation Resolution For Tax Funds Superintendent of Schools Charles W .Davis last night “justi fied” the local school administra tion’s seeking retention of the $.20 supplementary school tax in this listrict. Resolved, that the Chapel Hill School Board recognizes as the law of the land the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States concerning the unconstitutionality of segregation by race in the public schools; «f s? And further that the Board, together with the administrative staff of the schools, will immediately initiate studies and planning looking toward practicable adjustment to this new interpretation of the Constitution; Capital Request $75,000; !j Almost $400,000 is Asked 'Charlie Bad Eye' And Wife Lose At Their Day In Court Charles Atwater, better known as Charlie Bad Eye, and wife woke up one Sunday night last April to find that an in truder was in their home on South Merritt Mill Road. When Nora, Charlie’s wife, turned on the light, she was sure she rec ognized the man and exclaimed: “Willie Sanders, what you doin’ in my house?” The intruder answered not, but vanished by the way be had come —- the back door. Willie Sanders was brought to trial in Hillsboro Superior Court on Tuesday on a charge of breaking and entering with intent to rob. Willie had no law yer but conducted his own case, and the accusations exchanged between him, and the Atwaters kept the courtroom in high hu mor even on a steaming day. Charlie, who does a small hauling and contracting busi ness, testified that he had been robbed four times in the last several years, and that he was tired of it. He hinted that San ders had crept into his house to make the fifth. Sanders said he had called on business, he and Charlie having teamed up for yard work around town. He hinted there was spite in the case, and said Nora had called him a po lice pimp and ordered him to keep away from her house. San ders admitted he had come a- round the next day to discuss the matter, carrying a sawed- off shotgun he had “picked up in passing”. He won his case. Sanders’ wife, Daisy, works behind the counter at the Car olina Inn cafeteria, and a court room crowded to suffication showed the keen interest of the colored community in the case. Gray Calls Oppenheimer Case 'Most Difficult Assignment' 1 O S P I T A 11 Z E D 1V>day's register of patients 1 Memorial Hospital includes le folloiwing local persons: P. Andrews, Mrs. Fred Briles, ela Kay Cherry, Sarah Coun- ^ Mrs. D. L. Dixon, B. D. Dodson, u . Franklin Ellisor, Mrs. Nathan d anks, Mrs.' William Farrington, Lriam Foushee, E. C. Hunter, m\s Johnson, Basil Jones, Mrs. fe.uel C. Jones, E. W. Knight Jr., P'1 Blount MacLeod, Gary Pic- Jerry Lee Ray, Harvey L. th, Philip Sparrow, Chai’lie •Ml* and Mrs. C. C. Sugg. ‘The most difficult assignment I’ve ever had.” That’s how University President Gordon Gray described his recent seven-weeks’ job as chairman of the three-man federal board that conducted the inquiry into the af fairs of atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer. In their lengthy re port the board recommended that Mr. Oppenheimer be barred from further contact with the atomic secrets he helped discover, on the grounds that he might be a secur ity risk. Back in Chapel Hill this y?eek, Mr. Gray seemed considerably* re lieved to be through with his diffi- ieult task. He said he could not comment on the merits of the case hself while it was still under con sideration by the Atomic Energy Commission—the body to which his board’s recommendations were directed. In answer to many ques tions about it, he said he could ■efer only to the lengthy public re port of his group. It is understood that copies of this report are to be prepared for distribution here to University personnel. Mr. Gray appeared eager to im prove on the public’s understand ing of the case. His feeling was that few persons would be able to fully understand the situation with out reading the entire report: “It’s something that’s pretty difficult to condense in stories in the press.” By previous agreement the three- man group had decided not to dis cuss the casd. •riji ii4 Id-Time Favorites And Crop Of New Ones pen 7th Xnnual Folk Festival Here Tonight jllliirolina Folk Festival old-time jn, Hcrites, including Orange Coun- jl,SS„ and a “crop of new musi- i^)ji|,s and dancers,” will be on ^ jjjjid for the opening perform- ...L,: of the seventh annual Festi- in Kenan Stadium tonight. * ccording to Festival Director ^°''^:om Lamar Lunsford, the fam- ministrel of South Turkey 3k, the three-day event will ititute “the greatest aggrega- of bid-time musicians in the th.” It continues through Sat- ly night. llj,erformances wiU begin each ibM; iit at 8 o’clock. They will be i in Memorial Hall in case of Sponsored by the North Car- j J jja Folklore Council, purpose jj'jhe festival is to “recapture the ^,l(Ural values in our traditional nil fiBrican music, dancing, and jilrfadry and to present them in unspoiled best.” mong the performers sched- I to appear are 10 or 12 dance |ps, including the LaGrange 'ers, winners of the State Fair C Festival in 1953; the Duplin I y Square Dance team; a from Alleghany County; the (jNE Foot and Fiddle Dance B. L. LUNSFORD . .festival director Club; Orange County’s “Wildcat” and “Wildcat’s Kittens” dance teams; the Scottish Highlanders from Fayetteville; the Chowan Ramblers, and several local high school groups. James Ward of Bingham Town ship is leader of the Wildcat dance team and Donald Bowden, also of Bingham, is leader of the Wildcat Dance Kittens. Other local per formers include Miss Myra Maude McCauley of Hillsboro, who will lead a children’s dance group; Ed Norwood’s string band; Robert Butner string band from Chrr- boro; Mrs. Laura Bradshaw, pio neer in ballad singing in the White Cross community, and Miss Rebecca Patterson, accordionist of near Mebane. Dr. A. P. Hudson of the Uni versity English Department, vice- chairman of the Folklore Council, will present one of his students, Mi.sk Margaret Underwood of Greenboro, who sings many of the traditional ballads of the State. Plans', also have been made, for audience participation in the sing ing of some of the best and most genuine North Carolina folksongs. Dan Patterson, UNC English grad uate student from Greensboro, something of an authority on old spirituals, will lead the singing of “Palms of Victory.” Other fav orites will be “Lazy John” and “Old Veen.” Speaking before the Rotary Club, Mr. Davis gave a breakdown of how the extra money gained by [his step would be used. Then he cited comparative statistics on the school situation five years ago and oday,- to back up his contention that this money is so badly needed. ‘I feel that the retaining of the $ .20 local tax is justified,” and Mr. Davis, “because of the many ’terns in our school budget that •he state does not pay for.” Asked about school problems in light of the recent Supreme Court race decision, Mr. Davis answered, “We’re part of the state school system. When the state tells us to move (on the basis of the court lecision) that’s when we’ll move. I don’t know when the decision will be put into effect.” Proceed With Some Building As to construction plans in light of the decision, Mr. Davis said that where a school situation would not be affected by it, the school board planned to go ahead with previous ly-planned building. The proposed Glen wood School addition, funds for which have been asked in next year’s capital outlay budget, was cited as an example. One plan that will be altered now is the school board’s proposed five-year building plan, which would cost over a million dollars. This was presented to the county commissioners last year for their future guidance. “We’ell have to completely re-think this now,” the .school administrator said. Here's the way Mr, Davis pre sented the proposed use of the additional supplementary school tax money: Last year the vailuation of property in the Chapel Hill Spe- cial School District was $14^ 297,000. This year it will be $28,900,000. The tax brought in $28,900 last year, and if it's re tained at the current rate if will bring in $57,800. The local school system has 78 teachers, each receiving a $102 annual salary supplement from this source. This stipend would be doubled to $204 annually. This increase would account for $7,- 956 of the $28,900 additional available money. Five, teachers would be added to the faculty, at a total cost of $17,500 a year. One teacher each would be taken on at the Gleh- wood and Chapel Hill Element ary Schools, a librarian at North- side Elementary School, and two teachers for rem'edial work with retarded students. The operating expenses bud get would be increased $1,174 a year, fixed charges, $1,391, and maintenance $1,000. Here are the five-year compari sons that Mr. Davis cited for the Rotarians: Overall current expenses budget (’48-’49) $102,970; (’53-54) $346,- 976—an increase of 128 per cent. Next year’s budget request is just under $400,000. 380. Outside District Pupils enrolled—(’48-’49). white, 784, Negro, 669; (’53-54) white, 1,202, Negro 919. Altogether 380 of the present pupils come from outside this district. Annual cost per pupil—(’48-’49) $117, (’53-’54) $163, an increase of 38 per cent. Number of teachers — (’48-’49) white 38, Negro 21; (’53-’54) white 46, Negro 32—an overall increase of 53 per cent. Teacher’s pupil load — (’48-’49) white, 26 pupils per teacher; Ne gro, 32 pupils per teacher; (’53-’54) white 26, Negro 29. Both of these categories are below the state av erage and the state board recom mendations. And further that the Board will look for guidance to the offi cials of the State of North Carolina, especially the State Board of Education and the State Department of Public Instruction, as we attempt to effect a period of orderly transition to adjust with as little disruption and difficulty as possible in the provision of edu cation of high quality for the children of all races. A substantial increase in current expenses and more than doub ling of the outlay budget have been asked by the Chapel Hill School Board for the coming year. The board also will ask the county commissioners to retain the present $ .20 supplementary school tax. It has also passed unani mously a resolution to comply with the national law, as it may be formulated regarding the outlawing of racial segregation in the pub- -♦lic schools. The full text of this resolution and the one regarding Pool Tobies Here Again; retention of the present supple mentary tax are carried in the ad joining columns of this page. These and the board’s budget requests to- the county commissioners, were 20-Cent Tax Resolution ‘■ocaiedinOM The Chapel Hill School Board wishes the community to know that it is strongly requesting the County Commissioners to keep the supplementary school tax for the Chapel Hill School District at 20 cents on the $100 valuation. The Commissioners have the re sponsibility of setting this tax at their July meeting. The School Board has given careful study to current operating needs of the five schools under its jurisdiction. If the school tax is kept at 20 cents, the Board feels that for the first time it will be possible to operate the schools on better than a hand to mouth basis. Some of the needs that have gone unmet for years can then be handled. The Board recognizes that the most pressing needs of the lo cal schools are for capital investment funds to meet critical needs in the school building program. However, the finapcing Of these needs, must be handled through the appropriation of funds by the county and the state. There is therefore no conflict between the request to keep the tax at 20 cents for. operating expenses and the fact that building needs are so great. The budget for current operating expenses of the local schools, which is being submitted to the County Commissioners, shows that, if the tax is kept at 20 cents, the school program will be strengthened in the following ways: addition of several teach ers so as to reduce the size of some classes; addition of profession al librarian service for the Negro schools; addition of guidance and counseling service; addition of special teachers to work with re tarded and'handicapped children, both Negro and white; special adnntiod to reading deficiencies; increase in sala^..of, gU teachers ‘SO that the local schools can continue to attract and keep teachers of high competence; increase in budget for maintenance, repairs, and equipment, especially for the old white and Negro elementary buildings. *. In conclusion, the School Board, wishes the public to know that it is convinced that it is imperative for the welfare of the schools that the school tax be kept at the relativel'y low figure of 20 cents and that this is the wish of the vast majority of the tax payers of the district. It feels that the Commissioners, two of whom live outside this district, should not disregard the recommendation of the local School Board which is responsible to the people of the district. The first pool tables in Chapel Hill since before World War II will be in business Monday in the University’s student union. Workmen this morning finished putting together four new tables, to be located in the Rendezvous Room in the basement of Graham Memorial. They will be in opera tion from noon until the student union closing time. Rates will be in line with those charged com mercially. The last time pool tables were located in town were those pre-1 war ones in Graham Memorial, j They went out of operation due to a lack of business. By law it is prohibited to lo cate pool tables “within five miles of the University” without the permission of the president. This has been secured so these are le gal. Prior to the GM installation the closest game of billiards was to be had at a country store about five miles out the Raleigh Road. passed in a meeting of the school board Monday night. "Got To Have It" Board Chairman Carl Smith termed the $75,000 capital outlay item in the proposed budget “a reasonable request. We’ve just got to have it,” said Mr. Smith. Last year the commissioners shaved the local board’s $50,000 capital outlay request to $30,000. This figure has been steadily decreased for the last five years, the money going into county projects such as the new county courthouse and the property revaluation program. Last year at budget-time the com missioners promised to increase this amount for 1954-55. Merchants Set Monday Meet If the $75,000 request is approv ed the board expects to be able to build a six-classroom addition at Glenwood ■ Elementary School and a high school gymnasium. The location of such a gvm mav be affected by the Supreme Court segregation decision. Of the $75,- 000, $47,000 is earmarked for these two construction projects and $28,000 for general mainten ance. Control of solicitations of busi- University's Swimming Pools Open For Recreation Tomorrow Swimming classes for college students and recreational swim ming in general begin tomorrow, and children’s classes start Monday at the University’s two pools. , In order to use the pools college s*:udents must have a physical edu cation privilege card. Non-students must have , a swimming- ticket, which may be purchased at the cashier’s office in the basement of South Building for $3 for children and $4 for adults during the first term of summer school. All swim;, mers must have a doctor’s certifi cate stating they are physically fit to participate. Instruction is offered free and no registration for the classes is required. Coach Ralph Casey, who is in charge of the general pro gram, said today, “All they have to do is report at the listed times. Those wanting additional informa tion should contact me at 3431.” Coach Casey said the outdoor pool would be used basically for recre ation and the indoor pool for in struction. Advanced classes for children v-zill be taught by Dave Howard and Joanna Scroggs. Adult classes will be supervised, by Frances Kellam and Mike Ronman. The recreational pool schedule for adults and children accompa-i nied by adults: Noon to 5:45 p.m. cn Monday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. For recreational swimming for children unaccompanied by adults: Noon to 1 p.m. on Monday through Saturday, and 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday through Sunday. Instruction period for children who have reached their fifth birth day: 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on Monday through Friday. Advanced instruction for children is from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Saturday. Instruction for adults is from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday through Friday. nessmen, plans for a local chamber of commerce, and the credit bureau situation will be discussed at a general membership supper meet ing of the Merchants Association Monday night at 7 o’clock at The Pines Restaurant. Association President Herb M^'entworth recently appointed a special commitee to examine the dues and membership policies of the State Merchants Association, and this group is also expected to make a report Monday. Members of the committee are R. B. Todd, Vie Huggins, E. C. Smith, and Grady Pritchard. The board of direcetors has rec ommended that the annual picnic for association members, their employees and families, be held at Camp New Hope on Wednesday afternoon, June 28. It has also been recommended that the association office be closed on Wednesday afternoons during the summer while downtown businesses are also closed. UNC MEN APPOINTED Three graduates of the Univer sity have been appointed to posts in the state and national govern ment in the last week by Gov. William B. Umstead. They are new U. S. Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr.; Carlisle Higgins, new associ ate justice of the State Supreme Court to succeed Ervin, and La bor Commissioner Frank Crane. 105 Chapel Hillians Have Civilian Defense Jobs It’s estimated that the total .costs bf' the two btiildling objectives will be $175,00. The state has al ready earmarked $64,000 out of last fall’s statewide $25,000,000 school bond issue for this purpose. The board hopes to get a like sum, to make the total of $175,000, when the second $25,000,000 of the bond issue is allocated to e- mergencv need areas. Building Program Hanging Meanwhile the fate of the board’s projected $1,000,000 build ing objective for the next five years will be hanging in large part on the Supreme Court race decision outcome. “This can com pletely change our local needs,” said Mr. Smith. “It could even mean we’ll need less for capital outlay.” Mr. Smith also urged retention of the $ .20 district school tax supplement “because I. sincerely think the people here want it.” This will amount to increasing the tax a great deal, since it probably would be almost halved, if main tained at the present proportion, under the newdv - establioViod re valuation of county property. ’• The board is also asking, an in* crease from $350,000 to $399,997 in its proposed current expense budget for next year. Out of this $92,027 would be paid from local sources and the remainder by the state. This request is based on the retention of the $ .20 school tax supplement. If it’s not aprov- ed the board may have to work over its figures again. For More Teachers, Pay Hike The $50,000 increase being sought in the current expense bud get would go primarily toward the hiring of eight additional teachers and the doubling of the present $102 annual salary .supple ment. For Town's Part In National Alert Monday One hundred and five citizens of Chapel Hill have jobs assigned to them for the town’s part in the na tional civil defense alert next Mon day and (Tuesday, Col. Thomas F. Taylor, director, announced today. Col. Taylor said Chapel Hill has three missions (all of them on Mon day) in the alert: 1. To man the air- ground observation post from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Monday. 2. To open and to operate Civil De fense headquarters and the head quarters of each division from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday. 3. To have all civil defense volunteers report to their respective division headquarters at 8 p.m. on Monday to discuss plans for the execution of any task which may be assigned them. The alert alarm (three minutes of short blasts) will be sounded at 7:45 p.m. and the all-clear signal (three long blasts) will be sounded at 10 p.m. The national alert will be on from 10 o’clock Monday morning until 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. Civil defense is civilian prepar ation for protection in case of enemy attack or catastOphe. Cbl. Taylor said the following people have volunteered their ser vices and are assigned as follows: To civil defense director at the Town Hall at 8 p.m. for staff and miscellaneous duties, staff: James A. Branch, Roland Giduz, Donald Stanford, William J. Ogburn, Ever ett S. Wilkinson Jr., Joe Tyson, Earl M. Yande Jr., Roland Mc- (See VACANCIES OPEN, page 3) Partly cloudy today and tonight with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Sunny and hot tomorrow with widely scattered late afternoon thundershowers. Expected low tonight near 70. Expected high tomorro.w around 85. High Low, Monday 89 53 Tuesday 95 63 Wednesday 95 63 About one-tenth of an inch of rainfall was recorded at the fil ter plant last night. i*' 17:} afe H^l'r W’" W' V' ,