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Hr Newsfjaper Service "Di Dial 8444 'tl Office: ^Main Street, Carrboro fielilL, Chapel Hill News Leader Leading WiUi The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas Endorsing Notes? The government is in the posi tion of endorsing private enter prise now, says Congressman Carl Durham. The editor agrees. See page 4. iUME 1 NUMBER 13 $4.50 The Year By Mail CHAPEL HILL ,NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 19S4 Five Cents The Copy EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE tPEOPLE i In Brief YCEES ARE PLANNING THE th annual weekend fishing trip tanker’s Island a week from Saturday, July 10. Bill Meade charge of the trip, to be made bartered bps from Chapel Hili. it 35 Jaycees and their friend:^ a number of ex-Jaycees are cted to make the trip. IIL THAYER, GROWER EX- Idinalre. of 212 Carr Street s spending a vacation with and five children at Montreat. ,|ved a 12-inch, two-and-a-half Id Chittenden Royal Yellow Vsh in a carefully - packaged at Montreat this week. The I ty vegetable gourd was a 1 of his labors in his garden, ' borne out in his vacation by Easley. I APPARENTLY SANE AND f'y woman walKed into Face in fj Lennox the other day, took a pencil and began pinging ;he various glasses on the ^es by the show window. She t seeking glasses—for a child’s istra no less—in B-flat, A, and / martini, an old fashionc '^ihe bought ’em all, well satis- Frari 'll A> PRETI Y WELL FED UP '^:it,” furniture man E. A. n told the board of aldermen ^hnday night. He was referring ■^e disturbance he suffered at tore from prisoners hollering jail of the Town Hall next The Mayor and aldermen— even the police — said they fed up, too. But what, the 1 wondered, could it do about spokesman for the aldermen the addled Mr. Brown: “The is not allowed to chloroform ners who become intoxicated create a disturbance.” Mr. n suggested that the town Iproof the side of the jail that .... 4^ 4 NEVER OWNED A CAR—N. A. Stanton, Route 2 farm'sr who never owned a car, makes the four mile wagon trip from his farm to town twice a week. People are in too big a hurry nowadays, Mr. Stanton feels. Wagon travel isn’t always the most comfortable mode of transportation — especially in this hot weather, he says—but it's getting him where he wants to go. News Leader Photo On A Four-Mile Wagon Ride . . . Autos Don't Ever Worry 'Kote' A Single Bit, But Still: "Everybody Wants To Gc>Too Fast LFE NEILL, A GUY WHO 's seemed enthusiastic about i, and editor of The Daily Tar last year, left for a stretch e. Army last Saturday, report- 0 Ft. Jackson, S. C. After sev- veeks of his helping the News Sr get started, we certainly him.—A mighty capable fel- that Corporal Neill. M. SWEET PACKED HIS and wallet) yesterday and re- d to Asheyille. The yeteran oneer had completed a week vice-daily auctions, attended 1 estimated 10,000 persons, in ig off the $50,000 stock of Og- Furniture Co. Everybody ed , pleased; bargain - happy mers; employees, the receiver le firm; and those involved, thought the stock brought a y good price, all in all. “How do you come along on these hot days?” The grizzled old man sat squarely on the plank seat of the wagon and looked up .casu ally at the umbrella, anchored on a stanchion over his head. ‘“Well, it does get mighty hot up here,” he answered slowly. “I reckon it needs some linseed oil or something on it. It’s po‘w- erful hot out on the road.” Noah Alexander Stanton was half-way through his semi-week ly house-to-house eggs and pro duce rounds in the community, heading into Carrboro. The cov ered grocery basket of eggs un der the seat was the only evi dence of his intentions for the da^y. E.wvi 'oehind “Kate,” his sturdy looking mule, he’d left home,—^“four miles north of the courthouse uptown”—at 8 that morning. The sizzling sum mer sun was now directly over head. “They call it the old Byrd place. You know where the rail road to Blaek’ood Station runs down ’cross the road near Orange Church—well it’s ’bout a mile down there. I got three cows to milk, two milk goats, and a few hogs, and then I come on in, ’bout twice a week.” "Always In A Hurry" “Yeah, it seems like people are always in a hurry these days. —iHOw ITl be 7 come July 18. I can’t move around too fast. But you know, I believe that’s a whole lot of what’s wrong with people nowadays. Every body wants to go too fast. “I try, to drive my wagon well over on my side of the road, and 1 haven’t been hit by a car since we moved, over here four years ago. I never have- owned a car. But they do worry me some. Old Kate here, they don’t worry her — car could back right up into her and she wouldn’t care. “It was over there on Guess Road near Durham, just ’fore I moved out here. Fellow came along and.hit me square in the back of the wagon. Tore it all TO pieces and knocked me 20 feet. He was drunk and didn’t have any insurance, and wasn’t s’posed to be on the road no how. But I never did get a cent out of it.” “Well I came here from Marl boro County, South Carolina. ’ *iad four sisters in Durham. Then my first wife died and left me with three children.—I ’bout had to remarry. Me and my second wife, we’ve had four, more.” The old man leaned forward on his seat and rested his chin in his knee. This was an oasis in a long day of his business as usual. The cars whizzing by on the busy street didn’t faze him a bit. His voice picked up as he relaxed a bit and went on talk ing. “ . . . Now not to change the subject, but what do you think about us and Russia. ’Spose we’ll get in a war?—Seems to me like the leaders of our country are afraid of ’em now. It’s just like if you and me was to have a argument, and start to fight. The , one got in the first lick would have the best chance.” “Now we’ve got to be ready and I don’t see’s we’ve got any- // thing we need to be scared for. . . . You know what I mean. They’re not up to no good, but I can’t see’s we’ve got anything to be scared about.” ARCHIE DANIELS RETIRES Archie Daniels retired yesterday after 14 years as studio manager in the University’s art department. In a ceremony at Chancellor House’ office, attended by lead ing University officials, he receiv ed a certificate of honor and the title of Hi^^aorary Curator Emeri tus, also a staff membership for life. Archie announced that at his home in Honeymoon Retreat -— so named because of the newly weds who have started life therd, which is back of Amity Lane, off Rosemary Street — he will con tinue his painting and craft work. He built his house and workshop with his own hands. He will soon have a one-man show of original paintings. HOSPITALIZED Today's register of patients at Memorial Hospital includes the following local persons: G. S. Baldwin, Mrs. Joseph Black, Mr. Fred Briles, Wayne Lamar Gotten, Robert Lee Hardi son, Miss Catherine Hendley, Mrs. Cora B. Herndon, Lina Rose Ivey, Chauncy Johnson, Lillie C. Jones, James Thayer Lloyd, Sheila Diane Mauer, Walter Edward Smith, Daniel Monroe Tread, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C. Suggs, V. G. Thomp son, Mrs. ' Roosevelt Turrentine, Donnie Blake Ward, Linda Whar ton, Wallace Womble. H 4 V- c. ■ ^ ■ iW i NEW ROTARY OFFICERS — Outgoing Rotary President Burt iktr lait night turned his gavel over to James H. Davis, new presi- At of the group. Officers installed at the civic club's meeting last , »ht are (left to right) Moyle Johnson, treasurer; Andrew C. Shear- director; Thomas D. Rose, vice-president; Mr. Davis; Mr. Linker; idrih ShdffWr, secretary; Greer, serijeant-at-arms; and Vic Hug gins, director. Absent were directors Samuel T. Habel and Chauncey Crutcher. Mr. Linker automatically becomes a member of the board of directors for the eommg year. Club fellowship chairman Jim Phipps reported last night the club had had visitors this past year from 22 of the 48 states and seven foreign countries. ■ ■ ' i'lfcws .Xfeldw J&lioio English Youth Sends Sketch Barry Hughes, the 16-year old English student who’ll come here on the American Field Service scholarship next fall, has sent an interesting sketch of' his life to his sponsors in the project in Chapel Hill. The exact date of his arrival is not yet known. He'll stay with the J. E. Adams family and be a senior at Chapel Hill High School. Sponsoring the project here are the Quakers, Masons, Kiv/anis, Ro tary and Altrusa Clubs, Jaycees, Interdormitory and Interfraternity Councils, anS the Community Church. Excerpts from the sketch that Barry sent are: ‘T was born on July 28, 1938, in the typical Lan cashire town of Colne; typical in that its main industry is textiles and that, as a consequence there are many ugly factories. It is in one of these, incidentally, that my father is works manager. “My first four years hold noth ing but memories of the war; rel atives killed in battle or blitz; planes passing overhead; taking cover in air-raid shelters or behind the nearest object. “I am quite certain that my own outlook would be considerably widened as a result of a period spent living in a foreign country 'Sidewalks To Fold Up' Next Monday, July 5 The business community will figuratively roll up its sidewalks next Monday and take an After- the-Fourth holiday. Since Inde pendence Day falls on Sunday, almost all merchants will observe a holiday on the day after. The Merchants Association di rectors have recommended that all stores remain closed for the entire day on Monday, but stay open all day next Wednesday. Both local banks will also ob serve Monday as a legal holiday. Acting Postmaster H. D. Strowd said the windows at the postoffice would be closed all day Monday. There will be no rural or city mail deliveries, but outgoing mail will be dispatched as usual and mail will be posted to local boxholders on the cus tomary schedule. I Obie Davis Building New Service Station Obie Davis is to have a new and larger filling station at his place on West Franklin Street op posite the elementary school. Workmen will begin demolishing the old station Monday. It is one of the oldest in town, having opened about 24 years ago. Obie was the first individual operator there. Previously the station wr^ operated by Standard Oil, which owns the lot. , The new place will have a great ly enlarged space for handling cars, well set back from the street. The office will be built on the west side of it in Colonial style. BARRY HUGHES KIWANIS PICNIC The Kiwanis Club had a picnic supper Tuesday evening at the new Orange Church in the White Cross community. The women of the church served them all they could eat of a meal built around filed chicken and country ham. No for mal program was held. Job Classifying, Pay Scale By Town To Mean Higher Pay The newly-adopted job classification set-up and pay scale of the Town of Chapel Hill will mean higher pay for all police and firemen—effective today—and regular raises for satisfactory performance of duties. Two new policemen are to be hired as soon as possible, to bring the department to a total of 13 men and two part- ISI I -" - “: iti'ili ^ .iff 1111: “ pliii ' * FRONT YARD BOOBY TRAP—Max Saunders and his family on Oakwood Drive looked out on a 20-foot chasm in front of his house for several months recently during the agonizing process of havin. a sewer line installed on the street. Above, children peer over the brink of the unguarded hole. The job is almost finished now, aimo.st eight months past the original contract date. News Leader Photo Sewer Line Job Is Almost Finished 'By ROL)fNp"*6lDU2 ''’'"'' ' What began as a cooperative effort—with good feelings, high hopes, and $30,000 .contributions in hard cash—has In nally borne somewhat bitter fruit out on Oakwood and Rog- erson Drives. The money was put up by about go jproperty owners on the two suburban streets, following a series of public meetings in the Town Hall in the pressed the Oakwood-Rogerson De time Negro patrolmen. Thus, by August, there should be four reg ular policemen on duty for each of the three eight-hour daily shifts. Most Significant Si'ap The classification plan was a- dopted by the aldermen Monday night. Mayor Edwin S. Lanier termed it “the most significant and encouraging step taken by the Board in a long time.” It’s the result of sevaral months study by the aldermen and George Esser and Donald Hayman of the Insti tute of Government. Through it. the latter two men say. Chapel Hill police and firemen are brought to a par scale of most )ther towns of this size. The lengthy ordinance is aimed it clarification of the duties of ach member of. the two depart- neAts, removal of uncertainty on heir future salaries, improved norale, and more systematic bud getary planning and administra- ion of the police and fire depart- meiits. It includes an estimated begin ning salary, with provisions for increases based on satisfactory performances of duty after six and 12 months. Then town mana ger may grant three more raises within each man’s classification, during established periods of time. Here's Police Department Here’s what it will mean in the police department. The 1953-54 payroll was $29,185. This year it will be $36,775—an increase of $6,889, which of course includes the salaries of the two new patrol men. The starting annual salary for a recruit will be $2,520 and the maximum in the department is $4,200. Increases of from $56 to $281 are provided for the com ing year for each member of the police force. In the fire department the pay roll will be up $892, from $17,826 i last year to $18,720 this year. The six firemen will get increases of from $117 to $185 this coming year. The starting annual salary for a new, fireman has been set at $2,280 and the maximum for the department under the plan is $4,080. spring of last year. The project was the installation of a sanitary velopment Committee to make the Stegall Construction Company get sewer system in an area which 1 committee itself, T.- 4. • , TT 14.1. wHch felt caught in the middle; District Health Officer Dr. O. Da- , ^ ° and the contractor—along with the vid Garvin had termed a health which he sub-contracted menace to the community.” the job in vain. Local Shoplifter Is Caught After Two Years At Large The law finally caught up this veek with Walter McLaurin, ad mitted accomplice to shoplifting n Chapel Hill clothing stores two years ago. The 33-year-old Negro was nabbed when he slipped into Winston - Salem to visit his fam- ly. Authorities there returned him to Chapel Hill on a grand larcency warrant drawn against him several months ago. A de tective in Winston-Salem said the fugitive was head of the bigge.>^ shoplifting ring in the state at the time of the thefts here. Police Captain William D. Blake said here last night that Mc Laurin admitted the daylight stealing of clothing from Julian’s College Shop and Jack Lipman’s store, along with a female ac- .cpsapiice. steltrMiiie aoods, he said, while he waited in a car nearby. They had a foot locker in the car in which they conceal ed their loot. The day after the theft here ATU agents in Winston - Salem, making a liquor raid on a house there, came across the Chapel Hill clothing in a foot locker. La bels and hangers, still on the clothing, showed where it came from. McLaurin and his accom plice were absent. The police sought him in vain till this past week when he came back to Winston-Salem from Dar lington, S. C. He’s now being held in the county jail in Hillsboro in default of $1,000 bond, having been bound over for Superior Court trial by Justice of the Pfedoe Pdul Through a legal agreement with the Town of Chapel Hill the newly-formed Oakwood - Rogerson Drive Development Committee planned to have sewer lines in stalled "on these streets and con nected to the town’s sewer sys tem near Glen Lennox. The same plan had been carried out earlier in nearby Greenwood. But it meant more in the Oakwood - Rog erson area where the tight clay soil was preventing the success ful operation of septic tanks. Some ?anks were constantly overflowing and sewage even flowed in the- roadside' ditches sometimes. ^ That was over a year ago — and many painful and costly inci dents ago. Yesterday a contrac tor’s truck lumbered down Oak- wood Drive, perhaps for the last time, and began to move out the big machinery that had been used for the job. The last section o' the mile and a half of line hac’ been laid the day before and a bout half of the homes in the neighborhood were already con nected to it. But the “job” is still far from done. Claims against the Stegall Construction Company of Marsh- ville—primarily a bridge - build ing firm—now total several thou sand dollars for damages done to Oakwood - Rogerson property in the last year or so. Some of the claims are for cash damages, oth ers for repairs to property. All are being made on the basis of agree ments in the contract with Ste gall. The Development Committee is now in the process of consolidating these claims. Needless to say, everybody’s pretty well fed up with the whole business, although some of the difficulties couldn’t be helped. The situation has, how- lever, caused a three-way division I among persons concerned with the sewer line instaUation. There.’s.the [group of property owners who Fair and warm tonight. Partly cloudy and hot, with chance of afternoon thundershowers to morrow. Expected low tonight, near 70. Expected high tomor row, mid-90's. High Low Rain Monday ._4. 97 65 .00 Tuesday- .- -88 - 54 .00 V/eclaesday _ 00 .00 Here's Why Here are some of the events which have kept Oakwood in a stew during the last year or .so. —To begin with the property own ers kicked in an average of about $350 apiece for the main line, ex pecting then to pay perhaps an extra couple of hundred to extend the line on their own properties and annual fees to the town of two and one-half times the irk- - town sewer rent. Their elected commttee let the contract to Stegall on June 6 of ’ast year. The contract called for completion of the job by early November — almost eight months ago. Stegall found It had inadequate machinery. Then they ran into per sonnel difficulties and—rock in the ground. Dirt was piled on lawns. Trees were injured. Prop erty owners complained to the committee that all of this was be ing done in violation of Stegall’s contract. The committee members replied that they were doing all they could to remedy the situation. Sublet To Isley Stegall became discouraged in October and sublet the work to B. R. Iseley and Sons of Burling ton. Iseley, used a lot of dyna- (See OAKWOOD, page 8)
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