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isjgi: 'Slji Newspaper Service Dial 8444 ■i Office: Aain Street, Carrboro Chapel Hill News Leader Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas More Businesslike? Should the present fiscal ar rangements between the town and University be continued in definitely? See editorial on Page 4. IME 1 NUMBER 12 $4.50 The Year By Mail CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1954 Five Cents The Copy EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUB culty Melon Munching Team Beats Students S Annual Town-University Festival On Friday )9arbara Stone, Bass elected Queen, King By LOUIS KRAAR termelon Festival Queen ira Stone and her king, as- ^t football coach Marvin Bass, ^d over a crowd of more 4,000 townspeople, students acuity members at the Uni ty’s annual summer meloA Friday night under Davie ir. i crowning of Miss Stone and climaxed the affair, coming ijiyiafter the crowd had downed i after melon off a huge driven right under the jfteOf the 400 melons, the par- •"mts ate over half of them. f inistration members and alike let down their aca- hair and came in sports Chancellor Robert B. .jl^, picked up his baby grand Uer and square danced w^tb s Bob Cole’s Country Boys d out hillbilly music from a huge wooden platform e- in front of Alumni Build- ':h spot of the evening came a niusical combo of faculty dministration members took ilatfbrm. Chancellor House d harmonica, Roy Arm- j^, director of admissions, an ocarina, Roy Holsten, dean of students, banged !;ums, ErneM L. Mackie, dean ^ards, strummed a mandolin, Johnson alternated between dangle and cymbals and Guy ps, head' of the summer 1, joined in on the maracas. d the children were there, reds of them. At one point le program many of the ;sters jumped on the wooden and gathered about Graham jrial Director Jim Wallace, was performing on the piano, kept advancing toward him he finally had to stop play- Wallace stood up and, look- it the kids, exclaimed, “My is Wallace, not Hans Christ- Andersen.” The grownups, d. team of faculty members, in- ng acting Dean James Par- of the Business Administra- School, Housing Director Jim worth, Mrs. J. R. Skretting, E dean of women’s office, Re- i Department Head Bernard , and Ed French of the ad- ons office, beat a group of nts in a watermelon eating st. Chapel, Hill Mayor Ed La- University Provost Harris J. 5 and Bob Grimes ,a student, id the competitio.n. "Gypsy Dancer" young lady from India, Pu- Bose, did a native dance, ng’ a cosmopolitan touch to iolksy gathering. A little boy to his mother saying, “Isn’t gypsy a nice dancer?” And mother explained to her !g son about a far-off land d India. ter it was all over, and the were on the way home and students were on the way to Y;. Court for a square dance, couple who were obviously lomers to Chapel Hill were d talking: /hat kind of poplar tree is tvie Poplar? I never heard of kind of wood,” the man said, id -his wife told him who Da- was. le man laughed at his error then said, “What other town ve know of where you could o something like this. It was y swell.” And it was. m ISP ACTING DSAN JAMES PAS^iSH of the University's Business Administration School digs into a ' watermelon (top) along with over 1,000 Chapel Hillians and students who attended the annual melon fes tival under Davie Poplar Friday night. Student Bo Thorpe (inset, lower right) croons a popular song as ad mirers of the younger set look on and listen. Mayor Ed Lanier and others (lower left) chuckle at water melon eating contest, cheering the faculty team, wh oh beat student .watermelon eaters. News Leader Photo PEOPLE In Brief NON - SEGREGATION; Lamont Norwood, living on Route 3, owns a female beagle which has ac cepted a kitten to take nourish ment along with the pups. Carrboro Youth Is Charged With Assaulting His Father Cops Working On Break-in At Ab's Place Chapel Hill police are work ing on the strange case of a break-in and theft at Milton Abernathy’s record and radio shop on East Franklin street next to the Presbyterian Church lot. Involved were a myterions telephone cAll and the return of the stolen ob ject—a radio se^' Last Tuesday night he- tween midnight and morning some one hurled a .stone into Abernathy's, display window, broke the glass, and made a- tvay with a hundred - dollar radio set. Abernethy discov ered the theft the next morn ing and informed the police, but clues were scarce. That night Abernethy was call ed on the telephone at his home on North Columbia Street. The voice was a strange one, but it sounded like a young man’s voice, possibly a college student’s. It said; “I want to return your radio set—the one taken out of your front window. And I’m spi-ry a- bout the damage to your glass and all. I want to pay. for it.” Abernethy ■ was not. sure, wheth er he was being victimized by a hoax, but he said he would like to have his radio back and would be glad to have a refund of the expense incurred in repairing the smashed window. The voice said; “I’m getting rid of the radio and I want you to come and get it?” . “Where,” said Abernethy. “In the Tar Heel box on Lau rel Hill road.” Abernethy, still skeptical, call edj the police department, which | S t Sergeant Durham to the box aed, d large metal recepfaclo used by delivery men working for the Tar Heel, the student news paper. Durham found the radio set where the voice said it would be —in the box. It was apparently undamaged, but Durham took it to the police station for inspec- Clayton Gets Record Vote As Demo Sheriff Nominee Hillsboro Ex-Deputy Gets 2,618 Votes; Maddry 1,900 L ODELL CLAYTON THE ANNUAL PICNIC given by Hospital Savings to its em ployes took place Friday night at Hogan’s Lake. Swell food was fur nished by the ladies of Bethel Church. Pre^sident E. B. Crawford was among those present. ■ Raymond Jones of Carrboro was released on bond last evening aft er being charged with stabbing his father during a Saturday night dispute. , The 20-year-old youth, a recent ly discharged Korean war veter an; has been booked for assault with intent to kill Millard Jones, his father. A hearing in his case has been tentatively set for to-, morrow morning in Recorder’s Court, depending on the condition of the elder Jones. and come over and talk to him. He said that the boyTeplied he’d kill anybody that came near him, and kept backing pff, and got in to the house before he (Williams) could apprehend him_. According to the officer the boy barricaded himself in the house and dared anybody to come in after him-. Meanwhile, Chief Wdlliams said, somebody came up and told him there was a man down the street “bleeding to death.” The officers said they drove about 200 yards PSYCHIATRIC TRAVEL. Dr. George C. Ham went last week to Atlanta to attend a meeting of fgj. hearing tomorrow He was reported to be recover- ^ toward town. and picked ujj ing from a slash on the right arm Jones, who was standing be- and a stab through -the palm of gj^jg (-j-ig j-gad, holding his injured his left hand at Memorial Ilospi-. They took him to the hospi tal this morning. It was not returned to the house, known at that time whether or not he would be released in time Board Has Heavy Docket For Tonight The board of aldermen will plow through a heavy agenda to night, in addition to the adoption of the $240,000 town budget for 1954-55. A docket of at least 13 items will face the board. Chief among them may be the letting of con tracts for hard surfacing about two miles of recently curbed and guttered streets in the town. The William Muirhead Construction Co. of Durham was low bidder on this job with contract pledge of $26,900 when the bids were open ed Friday. Nello Teer of Durham was next lowest with a bid of $27,700. Other bidders were F. D. Cline of Raleigh and_ Thompson- Arthur IPavihg Co. of Greensboro. Some street patching is to be iii- cluded with the paving jobs. The funds will come from anticipated receipts from the State’s Powell Bill Fund appropriation, to be re ceived in September. Here are some of the other mat ters the boiard is to take up to- County Voting Box Score Riding a tide of enthusiasm for his candidacy in Hills' bOro and the rural precincts of Northern Orange, and aided ' j by the usual summertime political apathy in Chapel Hill, j Odell H- Clayton easily won the second primary Democratic j nomination for Sheriff on Saturday. 4 The 39-year-old Hillsboro native piled up a 718-vote *. majority over the veteran deputy, - ’ Frank C. Maddry, of the Orange Church community, a policeman I and deputy in Chapel Hill for the ' past 25 years. The six heavy voting precincts . in Chapel Hill and Carrboro poll ed only 1,218 votes among them, while Hillsboro alone cast 1,283 ballots, three fourths of them for Clayton. Voting Unusually Heavy The voting was unusually heavy for a second primary throughout the rural areas, and may have set a new record in Orange County for second primary voting. Alto gether, 4,516 votes were record ed, with three precincts actually exceeding their first primary vote and the remainder of the rural polling places closely approximat ing their voting of May 29. A complete tabulation of the voting by precincts may be found in the^ adjoining column of today’s edi tion. In winning the party nomina tion, which is as good as election in Orange County, Mr. Clayton polled more votes in the second primary than he did in the first when he led Mr. Maddry by 442 votes. His total Saturday was 2,- 618 as compared to Mir. Maddry’s 1,900. He carried 10 precincts and Mr. Maddry nine. Mr. Maddry’s personal popular ity and long service in the more heavily - populated Chapel Hill artra Iflade him the 'leading candi date in the race following Sheriff S. T. Latta’s decision not tD seek another term. He suffered a se vere setback to his chances on Clayton Maddry Chapel Hill 1 .. .. 51 114 Chapel Hill 2 .. 35 134 Chapel Hill 3 - .. 32 88 Chapel Hill 4 .. _ 51 128 Chapel Hill 5 _ - 58 76 Hillsboro .. 975 308 Carrboro 83 386 Patterson 8 80 Cole’s Store „ 50 43 Rock Spring .. 43 59 Efland 315 86 University - 159 78 St. Mary’s 72 22 Caldwell .. 159 61 Tolar’s 127 40 Carr .. 75 11 Cedar Grove .. .. 139 27 White Cross 36 97 Cheek’s .. 150 80 TOTALS 2,618 1,900 lion. It is still tiiei'e. ^ night; Petition for street lights Abernethy has two opinions a- on Hill and Jones Streets; request bout the theft. One is that the for paving of Clark Court; ap- set was too “hot” to be kept. That proval of the sale of some U. S. is, it is invested with more gad-; government bonds in which the gets and controls than usual and 1 town invested; consideration of is more expensive than the set | an ordinance to prohibit the lo- normally bought for occasional > cation of residential . trailers in use. The .unusual face of the set I the town; adoption of a classifi- might make it easily identifiable. | cation and salary scale for pol?ce The other theory is that the and firemen; adoption of the pri- thief was either drunk or carry- [ vilege license rate schedule for mg out a “prank”. | 1954-55; consideration of the spe- Nothing has been seen of any cial cemeteries committee report; pay for the damage done. j and several committee reports. May 10, however, when he was stricken with a heart attack which hospitalized him until after the first primmary and kept him in bed at home until the early part of last week. Clayton's Background Mr. Clayton is 39 years of age, a veteran of four and one-half years service in World War II, two of them in the European theater of operations. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. John Clay ton of ■Hillsboro -and is' imiTied to the former Miss Louise Rob erts, daughter of Deputy Sheriff W. R. Roberts and Mrs. Roberts. He received his education in Hills boro schools and at Elon College and served as a deputy for seven years under Sheriff Latta. New Trailways Bus Caravan Is To Stop Here Tomorrow Part of a fleet of 100 brand new Carolina Trailways diesel bus ies will stop here tomorrow morning. They will be on display for public inspection in front of the high school from about 11;15 to 11;30. H. C. Pearce, manager of the^" OF EVEHTS Monday, June 26 m. — Bridge Tournament, n Memorial. .m. — Board of Aldermen, Hall. m.—James Haar, Art Winsor concert. Hill Hall. m. — Free movies. Forest e. Tuesday, June 29 .m.—Trailways buses on dis- ligh school. .m. — Vivien Harvey piano t. Hill Hall. Wednesday, June 30 .m. — University Woman’s eception, Graham Memorial. Thursday, July 1 o.m.—Baseball, Legion team nceyville. Lions Park '34- ~ EvaiSxciiitic seiwices. state chairmen connected witli the mental health research proj ect sponsored by the Southern Re gional Education Board. He went on to Cleveland to attend a meet ing of the American Association of Professors of Psychiatry. Dr. D. Wilford Abse went to the same meeting. ' Cruising When Called Carrboro Police Chief J. A. Wil- Still Barricaded There they roand young Jones still barricaded now brandishing a shotgun toward anyone who ap' boro with Patrolman Junior Clark ‘^er, Clyae, were called to the about 10; 15 Saturday night when he received a radio call to the Jones residence on North Greens boro Street Extension- On arrival there he said he saw scene, and succeeded in entering the house to talk to him. After about 15 minutes his bro ther talked him into giving up. Chief Williams said, and his bro- Raymond Jones approaching the ther brought him out and turned car, coming from the woods near him over to the police. The fugi- the house, a butcher knife in his 1 tive was released from jail late on $1,000 HOSPITALIZED Today's register of patients at Memorial Hospital includes the following local persons: Mrs. Joseph Black, Mrs. Fred Briles, Charity Bynum, C. G. John son, C. T. Lloyd, Sheila Mauer, Walter Smith, Daniel Snead, P. K. Sparrow, Mrs. Lawrence Stump, Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Sugg, Mrs. Roo sevelt Turrentine, Donnie Ward, Linda V/harton, V/allace V/ouible. 103 Temperature Is Hit Here On A Hot Sunday The Chapel Hill community saw a heat record for June ap proached yesterday when the temperature reached 103. The record is 104, reached June 30, 1945. At that, the community v/as sornewhat better off than Ra leigh which had 104 degrees, but was warmer than Greensboro, where the official temperature was 102.4. Sunday dawned clear and hot, but the temperature was some what mitigated during the morn ing by occasional breezes. These, however, died out in the after noon. Luckily, a mass of cooler air flsatfed in durins the night. JOSEPH DOLLAR IN GERMANY Pfc. Joseph D. hand. Mr. Williams said he asked' yesterday afternoon I Dollar, son of Mr. I the boy to put down the knife | bond, j and Mrs. E. A. I Dollar of Route 3, I is now stationed I w i t h the 5 9th Field Artillery Battalion in Pirmasins, Germany. He arrived in Germany April 25. Status Of Main Street Section Debated At Zoning Hearing Businessmen squared off against residents at Saturday night’s second hearing on the Carrboro zoning ordinance, held before the town commissioners in the elementary school auditorium. Mayor J. Sullivan Gibson presided over the hearing, which was attended by about 75 interested persons. The group was con cerned with only one part of the entire three-zone ordlfiance; The question of whether the section on Main Street from the school to the highway 54-86 intersection should be zoned as business or residential property. They were about evenly divided on this question, and the com missioners will have to resolve it when they take up the proposed ordinance at their next regular meeting on July 13. Naturally the merchants who had establishments in this area wanted it zoned as business property and the residents thought it should be a residential zone. If it’s zoned as residential property the businesses will be re stricted from future expansion—except by special permission of the board of adjustment. Chapel Hill Union Bus Station, said there would be between sev en and 10 busses in the group They are now en route from the General Motors factory in Detroit to the Trailways headquarters in Raleigh. Mr. Pearce said the new busses were designed for greatly increas ed passenger comfort through'the addition of several features: They do not have metal springs, like conventional motor vehicles, but actually ride on a pillow of air. Six-foot tinted glass picture win dows line the sides of the bus. Over-all seating capacity has been decreased while the individual seat space per passenger has been increased. Legion Team Rebounds; Beats Yanceyville, 7-5 still dazed from its last two jarring defeats, the local Amer ican Junior Legion team cam^ back fighting to hand Yancey- Romie Pendergraft Dies; Funeral This Afternoon Funeral services will be held at the Chapel Hill Baptist Church this afternoon at 4 o’clock for W. Romie Pendergraft, well-known barber, who died Thursday morn ing at Memorial Hospital follow ing a short illness and several years of declining health. He was 55. The Rev. James 0. Gansler and the Rev. John R. Green will oL ficiate. Burial will follow in the Chapel Hill cemetery. Mr. Pen dergraft was a barber in the Car olina Barber Shop for 30 years until his retirement a couple of years ago. Second Lt. William R. Pender graft Jr., who was recently sent to a new Army station in Germa ny, flew home this weekend for the funeral. Another son, T-Sgt. Harry Pendergraft, who has been stationed with the Air Force in Guam, was expected in today. Oth er survivors are Mrs. Pendergraft, the former Velma Blackwood, and Penny Martin Sets Swmming A/teet Record Penny Martin, rising senior at Chapel Hill High, set a meet rec ord in the Southern Peach AAU Swimming Meet this past week end at LaGrange, Ga. Her winning., time over a large field of entrants i!i the 220-yard junior national back stroke event was three minutes, six and two- tenths seconds. She and Vicki Greulach and several University students represented the Chapel Hill Swimming Club at the meet, held at the Callaway Mills pool on Friday and Saturday. Penny also placed second in the 100-yard back stroke, and third in the 200-yard backstorke. She entered the 100-yard freestyle but did not place. , ' riN Vicki entered the 440 and 880- yard freestyle, the 200-yard indi vidual medley, and the 200-yard breast stroke. They went to the meet with Bob Ousley, former UNC swimmer and coach, now at High Point. The tentative schedule for the team for the remainder of the summer is: Columbia (S. C.) Meet, July. 9 and 10; Kinston, weekend of July 17; High Point Senior Meet, weekend of July 24; and High Point Age Group Meet, weekend of July 31. Coach David • Howard is still hoping for a dual meet with Ra leigh which would give more of the younger swimmers a chance for competition. ville a 7-5 defeat there on Satur day. The^ Chapel Hill team collect- ^ daughter, Nancy, both of the ed 15 hits. home; and a sister, Mrs. Clyde Ervin handled the pitching un- carroll and a brother, T. L. Pen- til the eighth, when Neville took dergraft, both of Durham, Rt. 1. over and stopped a rally cold by striking out three batters with the bases loaded. The Legionaires had been beaten by Graham, 15-0 and by Bprlington 3-2 in recent games. Wednesday they will travel to Raleigh, and Thursday will tang le with Siler City, low first in the league. A new 1954 Chevrolet will be given away to some lucky ticket holder at Thursday’s game, which iwill be played in the Carrboro Lions Park at 8 p.m. Members of Chapel Hill Legion Post No. 6 and the Jayce'es have been selling tickets to the game all month. Profits from this venture will go toward the purchase of uniforms for the team. Pallbearers will be Y. Z. Can non, W. H. Fogleman, P. R. Per ry, D. D. Marley, W. D. Sizemore, and Harvey Bennett. ^leather Reports^ Fair and not quite so hot today and tomorrow. Possible widely scattered thundershowers today and tomorrow. High today, 88; low tonight, 65. Temperature at 10 a.m. today, 78; Trumidity, 50%. High Low Rain Thursday 90 63 .00 Friday 93 56 .00 Saturday 99 69 .00 Sunday. _..._....103--..79 -.00 •
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