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■ > ■- [Newspaper Service Dial 8444 Office; In Street, Carrboro Chapel Hill News Leader Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas Definite Policy A more definite policy of an nexations to the municipality is needed, according to the editoral- ist on page 4. 1 NUMBER 23 $4.50 The Year By Mail CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1954 Five Cents The Copy EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUB •Sst Ik Muirhead Favorable To Annex idea ★ ★ School Board Asks Election By Public fmi '* Would Change Present Mode Of Selection Fired Profs' Case Against College May Be Switched To Rowan County .1 ADDITION TO FAMILY—Pepe Gonzales, an eight-months-old AAexican burro, has won the hearts of ^11eW masters, Martha (left), 10,.Lisa (seated) eighi, and Kyle, six, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd tin Hidden Hills. Mr. Hunter had the animal Slipped from Laredo, Texas, last week. News Leader Photo ipe Gonzales, A Mexican Burro mes To Join The Floyd Hunters A unique and quite useful pet— week while there to visit his sis- i Mexican burro—Is now part of ter. By name Pepe Gonzales (“John !' his natural diet is a little bit of grain each day. And, of course, the Hunter family in Hid- Smith”, in Spanish), the eight- children let him nuzzle a sugar months-old onimal has completely lump quite frequently. The Hunt ers keep him nearby in the Bur- lage’s old tool shed at night, i Of course, there are a few draw backs to the ownership of such an unusual pet, too. Like an alarm, clock, Mrs. Hunter says, at 7 o’clock each morning Pepe lets out a fine, healthy “Hee-Haw.” In fact, his “Hee-Haw” at unsheduted in tervals during the day is usually the herald of some change in events in the neighborhood, such ! as the arrival of a visitor or per- j haps an approaching change in the weather. ' He Was Unscheduled, Too His entire appearance in Chapel Hill was quite an unscheduled .Floyd Hills. I. Hunter, who’s been at Stan- i captured the hearts of the Hunt- University doing research for ers, young and old alike, since his ' past two months, purchased arrival here last Sunday, jackass in Laredo, Texas, last Although still considered only ! a baby, he’s very friendly to child- I ren, and will allow them to ride him now. When he reaches ma turity he’ll be able to carry a bur den of as much as 250 pounds. In ! Mexico and Hatin countires, of j course, the burro is the chief beast I of burden. He has a life expect ancy of 35 years! Useful, Too He’s proving to be a pretty use ful animal this summer, too, as well as being very little trouble to keep. The Hunters keep Pepe The Chapel Hill School Board this week started ma chinery rollino- to make its membership elective, instead of semi-appointive as it’s been by state statute. : By unanimous vote the six- j man body voted to have Board Chairman Carl Smith and board member Donald Hayman ask Orange County Rep. John W. Um- stead Jr. to introduce into next lanuary’s General Assembly an enabling act to make the board ' be elected by the registered vot-1 ers of the school district. ! As it is presently set up, the board is in one sense self-perpetu-' ating. Its members are elected; jointly by the school board and i the board of aldermen of the town, in recent years it’s been the} practice of the mayor to invite i suggestions from the public and I '’’•om its own membership forj school board members. But in prac tice, the persons suggested by the, school board itself have always! been elected. j Have Been Considering It By LOUIS KRAAR The battleground for the legal struggle between the fired hus band and wife professor team and he added. Catawba College may be shifted to Rowan County—if the college has its way at a hearing next week. Catawba College attorneys are contending that the former pro fessors, Mr, and Mrs. Christopher J. Thomas, are not bona fide resi dents of Orange County. The col lege lawyers declared that the Thomases moved to this County from Rowan “only a few days prior to the institution” of their suR I against the college. They further : charged that the former music teachers don’t have the intention : of making their “permanent dom- j idle” in Orange County. 1 The Thomases are suing Cataw- I ba College for what they call an I unfair dismissal. They were dis ! charged in 1952 for alleged I loyalty to the college’s administra tion. This spring the American As sociation of University Professors —after a two-year investigation— declared that the Thomases “did had been smeared when they re ported. I thought that would ’ot the best way to get unsmeared,' We had no other reason to stay in Salisbury after what the college did.” It is believed that since the Thomases were discharged by al- (See LAWSUIT, Page 8) Abernethy's Music Store Sold To Kemp Nye As Of Yesterday Ab’s place, more formally known as Abernethy’s Music and Furnish ings, changed hands at noon yesterday. Its new owner is Kemp 3. Nye, who’s been manager of the firm for many years. The main street music store, which started out 24 years ago in the Mr. Smith said the school board loyalty. had been considering this mov-e for a good while. At the meeting* of the State School Board Associ ation here last spring it was brought out that very few city school units now had boards not 'Only Resid'ance" “Chapel Hill is the only resi dence I have,” Mr. Thomas told the News Leader yesterday. “Mrs. Thomas and I returned to Salisbury (site of the college) this elected by the public at large. This spring when we heard the AAUP convention also went on record was getting ready to give us a (See SCHOOL BOARD, Page 8) report. We wanted to be where wo Intimate Bookshop, had come to be a widely-known, and at times a controversial institution in town, and. indeed over the entire South. Its owner-originator, Milton A. Abernethy, said he would continue to live here, but was retiring iroin (Jij-! business. Mr. Abernethy said he would devote his main efforts to the handling of the real estate which he owns here. He’ll still own the building, too, which houses his store and the Intimate Bookshop, which he sold to Paul Smith in 1949. “Ab’s” has become a well-known establishment through the years as a place where customers could come in and browse as long as they wished. Mr. Abernethy himself has become the subject of much com ment in the press in recent yearsi (See ABERNETHY’S, Page 8) 1 KEMP B. NYE EOPLE lln Brief THE SIGHT OF THE COLLIER pbb Jr.’s car parked on their front siriack up against the house, ekend, puzzled passersby. b'asion wasn’t revelry or slit seems. But the family ng for an extended beach Om! And parking at the door- ade loading easier. ' s& ^P^IEND, WHO EVIDENTLY ( the power of the press, vnites News Leader that he and his fe are leaving town on a few staked out on a chain in the; front .event, too. Mrs. Hunter and the yard and he contentedly munches the fast-growing grass, keeping it chopped to an even, low level: Peculiarly, though, he’s eating only the thin Johnson grass, since that’s all he’s been used to in the desert country. But before long ays vacation trip. Will we please! un^joubtedly come around to psfrain from writing anything appetite for the choicer, wide- about it,, he asks, so as not to make] grass of this country. ^is house an easy prey fauders—Glad to comply! for ma- e f JOHN P. MCKNIGHT OF SHEL- and a late Chapel Hiilian— J as been appointed deputy public (fairs officer of the U. S. Em- ssy in Rome. The brother of hiversity Prof. Bill McKnight, he as formerly been chief of the S. Information Service there as all as (an A.P. correspondent in !ome.' yit;,, STURGIS E. LEAVITT, UNI b!).' ) I ersity professor of Spanish and jandyman extraordinaire, has put W|his summer to mighty good use. ^rst he scrubbed down the entire .jPutside of his two-story house, and Male’s now finishing up a profession- r»ti,'looking repainting job—all by himself. All he requires in addition to children had np suspicion of what was in store for them as they awaited Mr. Hunter’s return from the West this week. Then Satur day night, Mr. Hunter, en route from Laredo by car, phoned from. Mobile to say that he’d bought the burro and shipped it by Rail way Express to Chapel Hill. It would probably arrive, he spec- (See MEXICAN BURRO; Page 8) News Leader Sponsors Contest For All Amateur Photographers An amateur photo contest, open to all camera fans in Orange County, will be sponsored by the News Leader during the next six weeks, with photo equipment and cash awards being offered as prizes. o There will be three separate categories in the contest: People— babies, young people and adults; Scenes—natural scenes and still life; and Animals—pets or any other animals. Three separate contests-will be held at two-week intervals, with entries being acceptable beginning today. The winning photos in each classification will be printed in the News Leader each two weeks and the person who submits them will be given $3 in film, flash bulbs or other merchandise from Foister’s Camera Store. The three grand winners at the end of the contest will then each receive in addition a $5 cash award. Judges for the contest will be Wallace Patterson, head of the Memorial Hospital photo departmeni; and Sam Boone, in charge of (he University Library photo reproduction laboratory. Both of the judges have had wide general experience as professional photogra phers. All entries must be black and white photographs, and negatives must be available, though they need not be^submitted. Pictures for entry in the competition may be mailed to Tfie News Leader, Box 749, Chapel Hill, or brought to the newspaper office on Main Street in Carrboro. Or they may be left at Foister’s Camera Store in down town Chapel Hill. There is no charge for entering the contest. It’s open to persons of all ages, everybody who likes to take pictures— whether wdth a box camera or a high-priced fine-lens camera—is urged to enter his work. The winning entries and those judged worthy of honorable men tion will b.e displayed, in Foister’s Camera StorCj and all entries may be re-claimed by the entrants at the end of the competition. So don’t be afraid to enter. Look through those favorite prints you have at home, stuck away in a drawer dr in your album. Or keep your camera handy in the next few days to record those memorable scenes that you’ll want to keep forever. You may have a winner! V. '• A.. - • . J?' % -'Know Those Faces Anywhere,' Says Bank Manager; 2 Caught MJSS ;MARY GILSON WRITES 'in Boston that she’s “very happy ecause I think I am going to be allowed to go back to Chapel Hill W- • . . But this is not sure.” wrote of having seen the Ar- Finks there recently, and Jji^^ined to be in her usual good “I would know those faces any where”, said Hubert Neville, man ager of the Carrboro branch of the Bank of Chapel Hill today when shown pictures of the two men arrested in connection with the hold-up of July 28 whereby the bank lost $9,085.06. “The women I don’t know a- bout,” he said, referring to the pictures of Elsie Wicker McKee and Hazel Smith McKee who have been held as material witnesses. “I didn’t see them, or any car. Mrs. Juanita Sturdivant, his as sistant, was equally positive, but said she had seen only the older of the two men in question. “That older fellow did all the talking, and he carried the gun,” “He just said ‘lady’,” declared Mrs. Sturdivant. John Bowling Byrd, 42, of 806 Eva St.. Durham and Herman (See BANK ROBBERS, Page 8) X Thursday, August 5 8 p.m.—Gerald Johnson speaks, Carroll Hall. Friday, August 6 8 p.m.—Square dance, “Y” Court. Saturday, August 7 8 p.m.—Chapel Hill Dons vs. Greensboro Redwings, Lions Park. Sunday, August 8 8 p.m.—Community Sing, Gra- / m A Glen Lennox Could Become Part Of Town As far as he’s concerned. William Muirhead said this week he has no objection to the annexation of Cilen Len nox to corporate Chapel Hill if an equitable agreement can be reached on certain im provements Glen I,ennox iias installed. The big IP’ in this case in volves tens of thousands of dollars in Glen Ivnonx’s invest ment in a sewer outfall line and the paving of streets in the huge suburban apartment center. Mr. Muirhead, contacted at his Dur ham home, said he thought town authorities should sit down and talk the matter over with him in an effort to reach such an agree ment. If accord were reached on the sewer line and street paving matters, he emphasized, he’d have no objections at- all to an annex^ tion by mutual consent. How It Came Up The whole matter of Glen Len nox annexation came up for pub lic consideration recently in light of requests for annexation studies in the Country Club and Knolls developments and after a request from Glen Lennox for a price from the town for garbage dump ing rights at the town’s sanitary fill disposal lot. In a lengthy statement on the whole anne.xation problem. Mayor Edwin S. Lanier said he very defi- nit-ely thought Glen Lennox snould become a part of this municipal ity. To annex this section would also mean annexing Greenwood & Oakwood and Rogerson Drives — areas in which interest in this pos sibility has already been ex pressed. However, until this week tne official stand of the management of Glen Lennox—which is the core of the whole suburban area — was (See GLEN LENNOX, Page 8) 'Full House' Is Seen For Glen Lennox Soon Glen Lennox—for all practical purposes—will be complete*/ filled by the first of next month. That isn't to say that there will be an occupant living in all 440 apartments on that date. But just about every apartment will be accounted for in being prepared for occupancy, leased and awaiting a new tenant, or pending the moving out of an old tenant. Glen Lennox Rentals Manager C. E. McIntosh said that many applicants for apartments now are having to be put on the wail ing and tentative lists, depend ing on the type of quarters they, desire. It appeared to be a pretty sure bet, he said, that they'd be ''full up" this fall. she said. , , i Mrs. Sturdivant indignantly de- ham Memorial, nied that this man called her | 8 p.m. - Community drama “honey” as printed in some pa-. group. University Library Assem- pers. ’ IblyRoom. YOU CAN WIN—Cash awards and photo merchandise are being offered as prizes in the big News Leader amateur photo contest which begins today. Simple, easy-to-make photographs—such as those shown here, may win for you. There are three classifications, as illustrated here—top (Animals), (above) People—Babies, young people, and adults, and (left) scenes—natural and still life. Read the contest rules above. ,v Sunny and hot today, and ra ther humid. Fair and warm to night. Tomorrow fair and hot. Expected low tonight, 70. Expect ed high tomorrow, low to mid-. 90's. High Low Rain Monday 93 66 .10 Tuesday 93 67 1.29 ■Wednesday ... 90 66 .00 HOSPITALIZED Today's register of patients at Memorial Hospital includes Penelope Holloway, Mrs. J. H. Bussey, Helen Davis, Mrs. J. D. Farrar, Bessie Foushee, L'Uio Jones, Mrs. Barbara Kelly, E. E. Peacock, Mrs. Sam Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Sugg, Mrs. John. Trice, Miss Linda Wharton, Betty J. Wil liamson, and Mrs. John W. Wilk inson.
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