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In Brief
row OF COLON, N.
iving a
trailer truck loaded
pounds of bricks, met
tisliap on Justice Street Mon-
[ternoon. His truck, sliding
ys in the mud on one of
Kips m
the first block of the
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, STPTEMBER 23, 1954
Carter Joins
Faculty Here
Five Cents The Copy
EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE
I landed in the bottom across
L, completely blocking it
lurs. Seven thousand bricks'
be re-loaded onto another
I Mr. Yow was headed the
Lay anyhow. His point of
L was on parallel Barclay
Irboro branck bank
lees Hubert - eville and
luanita Sturdivant will get
Say in court next week.
_rai court in Durham that is.
pll be called to testify in the
Hof John Bowling Byrd and
jLamm, charged with the
Is robbery of the bank.
IpLE on THE STREETS
Homing scarcely seemed
Int of the fact that it’s the
lay of fall, autumn having
|at 5:48 a.m. — Still as many
bats and cotton dresses in
Ice as fall outfits.
Ital telepathy must
jbeen working yesterday
Ig when Mrs. Nathan 'Wo-
bhoned this office to place
Iscription order for her
■er, Sally, at St. Catherine’s
1 in Richmond. During the
tation her husband called on
[her phone in the office to
fihe same order.
Wators at the best
bn main .street—the power
excavating at the Belk’s
file on West Franklin — are
a different feature tiie.se
the diggers struck Pp.^rn^'V
|rear corner of the lot and:
Jiiling’s in progress. j
[council, former may-I
papel Hill, once the owner j
|Durham Sun, and generally j
[fivant in a pessimistic era, |
|9 this v't-rk. —Shovjed-
partet*than his' questi'onercT
pining to offer any words of |
appropos of the occasion. |
|SURE AS FALL ARRIVES]
|n so do the football lattery
fetors. —A couple have been
|d their expected haunts yes-
1,and todav. And they’ll all
Iv be in full swing at the
lid stands by Saturday morn-
Roy E. Carter, Jr. has ioined
the staff of the School of Journa-
ism of the University as an as
sociate professor. He holds the
B. A. from Port Kays Kansas
State College, and M. A. from
the University of Minnesota, and
the Ph. D-. in Mass Communi
cation Research from. Stanford
university.
He has worked on the Wichita
3eacon, San Antonio Express,
aid Big Spring Herald as a re
porter and rewrite man; on the
Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise)
as city editor, news editor, and
editorial writer; on the Minnea
polis Star as editorial writer, and
as Pacific Coast editor lor Radio
Reports. He has written exten
sively for trade, agricultural, and
industrial publications.
Prof. Carter has taught at
Hutchinson (Kan.) High School;
Jhio Wesleyan University, where
le was chairman of the depart-
inent of journalism; the Universi-
.y of Minnesota, and Stanford,
A'here he has been acting assoc-
ate professor since 1952.
Prof Carter will teach news
writing and country newspaper
production and will initiate re-
earch projects in the research
• nd graduate division of the
School of Journalism.
V
LEAD SCOUT FINANCE DRIVE—Among leaders In the Orange
County Boy Scouts finance drive to be conducted next month are
(left to right) Bill Cherry, Crowell Little, chairman, and Tom Mur-
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IS
New Rural Zoning
★ ★
Fire District Vote
Commissioners Being Printed 7
To Be Given New Map of Community Ready
To Be Distributed In Few Days
Body Organized
★ ik
Assured Here
'Umstead Is
Local Petitions
Dreaded Cattle
Disease Kil’s 15
With the securing of a few
more signatures the commit
tee seeking a special election
on tax - supported suburban
fire protection service will
present its case to the county
commissioners.
The Rev. Robert C. Master-
ton of Whitehead Circle,
chairman of the unofficial
suburban group, , said last night
An outbreak of black leg, a ; often the dead cow is the first sign that he hoped to have petitions
dreaded disease almost always : noted of the disease. Its distinguish- now being circulated in seven su-
fatal to cattle, has struck on several i ing characteristic is an air pocket burban neighborhoods turned in
farms in southern Orange County
and at least 15 cows have died in
the past week.
County Agent Don S. Matheson
said the disease had struck cattle
in several herds on five or six
farms west of the University Lake
and near Antioch Church.
Both Drs. Vine and Vanderbilt,
veterinarians, have confirmed the
diagnosis of the disease and recom
mended that all cattle within a two-
mile area of this outbreak be
vaccinated.
County Agent Matheson said
under the skin, whcih gives ado him by October 1 so that they
crinkly sound when touched. j could be presented to the county
Matheson said the disease is not ^commissioners at their October 4
a new one. In heavy livestock pro- meeting.
ducing areas, the calf is usually
vaccinated when born. When the
Election Required
According to state law an elec-
disease strikes it is usually in the setting up of a fire
young cattle. j protection district must be order-
Among those who have lostl^d by the county commissioners
cattle this week are Clyde Bowden, receipt of a petition calling for
Vv'allace Lloyd, Aubrey McLennon from 15 per cent of the
and Hillary Ivey. :property owners in a specifically-
Dr. Vine said today there is no i^^’-^ig'^ated territory. The Rev. Mr.
danger to human beings from the Masterton estimated there were a-
disease, either in milk or beef' ^00 property owners in the
(.gfUe. j territory proposed for this district
and as of last night about 180 had
The first comprehensive and
accurate map of the entire
community to be prepared for
public distribution in the last
decade will be available here
within a few daj'S.
Prepared under the direc
tion of hte Merchants Assoc
iation, the 18-by-24-inch scale
drawings will be available
through members of the As
sociation or at the Association
office. Early prints of the maps
were displayed at a meeting
of the Association board of di
rectors bn Monday evening.
Altogehter 10,000 are now be
ing printed by the Colonial
Press.
Members of the Association
will be leigible to purchase
them and have them over
printed, if they desire, with
their business firms specially
marked on them, or other in
formation as they might desire
added.
Compiled by engineer John
R. Cove and drawn by Robert
J. Ayers, associated with Gove,
the map is printed on a scale
of one inch to 800 feet. It in-
icludes all of the towns of
Chapel Hill and Carrboro as
well as suburban areas on the
south to the bypass highway,
.on the east through Glen Len
nox, Airport development on
the norht, and just past the
New Chairman
Frank G. Umstead, resident
of the Airport development,
has been elected chairman of
the newly - organized Town
Planning Board Enlarged for
Chapel Hill and suburban
areas.
The 10-men body chose
Umstead as its first chair
man at an organizational
meeting here Tuesday night. He
west boundary of Carrboro on succeeds S. H. Hobbs Jr., who ha.s
the west. It covers an area |been chairman of the Town Plan-
roughly three and one-half |ning Board as it was constituted
miles wide and two and one-
half miles deep.
An aSIphebe(tizied frnctex to
134 public bu'ildingp and'
I 1^1 I II** {signed petitions asking the elec-
Glenwood School Addition Cost
WI^^-IIVVWVI 200 signatures when the docu-
, ~ mm m ments were placed before the
Being Re-Checked By Thompson
ROY CARTER
'No Comment'
A rechecking of the cost of
building the projected six-class
room addition at the Glenwood
Elementary School is being made
by. the low .bidder-.on the pro
ject, O. G. Thompson of Burling
ton, to see if the total cost can be
brought down low enough to
proceed with the new construc
tion this fall.
The, school board’s building
Questioned about the racial committee, of which Grey Cul-
segregation matter in the new. breth is chairman, has been auth-
town cemetary early this week, ‘ orized to accept the revised bid
town officials from the Mayor right it it’s decided the job can be
j down the line had no comm.ent. 1 done with the money available.
KE hands on the CAMPUS They didn’t say so, but the obvious I The total of low bids on the job—
hthe ones in all the build-
[pperated off a central cir-
|wimg around crazily durin.g
afternoon’s electrical
pNobody can exactly explain
lenomena and a few clocks
(still “off” yesterday.
N GRAVES REPORTS
left from in from of his
flee at 111 Battle Lane of an
P’e solid brass shin’s lantern
re during the middle of last
pe electric wires were snip
es! above the lantern and ‘he
|e works carted awav, Nahmal
|ieion leads to Carolina stud-
ffince classes opened about
lie. and the house is on the
pi the campus.
indication was that no changes in: S83.378—ran about $18,000 over
the present set-up at the cemetery the amount anticipated by the
are contemplated. j school board when bids were
iThe Rev. Charles Jones, in a opened last Friday,
Sunday sermon at the Community
Church, protested the setting up oi
don from the county this year.
commissioners.
The election probably couldn’t
be held before February since a
waiting period of 90 days is re-
Mr. Smith said he doubted that
a call for new bids on, the pro- November
ect would be asked. In cubic 2 ,pneral elections. If the propos-
footage the original building af'cai-j-ie.s the commissioners will
cost $9.47, while the new esti- authorized to assess the prop-
mate for a unit about half the gj-j-y owners of the district from
ize of the first project—is $11.- ^ qi to $ .10 per $100 property
'4. valuation for fire protection pur
poses.
Almost All Favor
before being changed in struc
ture under the terms of a 1953
legislative enabling act.
The new board has the ticklish
churches, numbered alongside Ijoh of trying to draft another su-
black afesimiles on the map, | burban zoning ordinance for pre
will be printed at the bottom sentation to the board of aider-
men. Twice before opposition to
measures of this type from cer
tain rural areas has stalled the .
enactment of proposed suburban
land use ordinances.
Now 10 kembers
However, under the terms of
the latest enabling act the new
board has 10 member.s—five from
inside Chapel Hill and five from
the hexagonal - shaped district,
which excludes Carrboro, outside
the municipality. The in - town
members were elected by the
board of aldermen. They are Stu
art Chapin, Hobbs, Gene Strowd,
Frederic Claveland, and H. S.
Royall. The out-of-town members,
. . , . , , , , named by the county commission-
A lormal written report to the public on the proposed gj-g Conner, Sandy Mc-
of the map on its back side.
A numbered and lettered sys-
tem-^similiar to highway maps
—is marked on its sides for
help in locating the street,
which will also be listed in the
indext The names of streams,
creeks, and outlying neighbor
hoods are imprinted directly
on the map.
Public Report About Chamber
Will Be Given By Committee
quired after any other election,!commerce for this community is to be prepar- clamroch, Glen T. Snipes, ’Wal
ed by the chamber of commerce organization committee lace Womble, and Mr. Umstead.
within the next few days. All were named to five-year terms.
Whid Powell, .Chairman of the committee, formed last O^ker officers the new board e-
snrin.g bv the Merchants Association, said his group would fkis week were Luke^ Con-
meet late this week to begin prep-^~
vice chairman; and Stuart
Meanwhile the board is re
shuffling its table' of priorities
or building needs during the j
next few years to present this ton said, almost everybody he has project made by the committee
statement to the state board' of contacted has been not only in and authorized it to call a public
After re-surveying the bids in
for
one area for Negroes and another!^ special meeting this week,
other races ” i Chairman Carl Smith said
he felt the estimates were rea-
FII^E CALL j sona'ble, but hoped that with a
Volunteers of the Carrboro Fire changes in plans for play
aration of a printed brochure to’ break- Chapin, secretary,
contain this renort The board of committee proposed that] The board has no aulhority in
directors of the Merchants Asso- ^^-SOO go toward a chamber di- .suburban zoning other than to
elation on Monday night accepted >^®®tor’s salary, $2,400 for an as-;draw up a proposed ordinance,
To date the Rev. Mr. Master-'a detailed report on the chamber distant and H,20() toi of ice rent, which must have a public hear-
Several hundred dollars would go ..ug before its membership before
for furniture and office equip- being presented to the aldermen.
iducation as a part of its' re- favor of the election but in favor meeting soon to further discuss , , , . n must then have another pulilic
quest for capital outlay money on of this method of fire protection, the matter. ^ bearing before the aldermen be
an emergecy .basis out of the re- An earlier move on the part of | The emphasis of the commit communities w ic ave suc-^lore this body can either approve
■naining $25,000,000 in state bond the town to consider offering su-dee’s presentation to the Mer- or reject it.
(See FIRE DISTRICT page 8) chants Association was that the that individual personal Tuesday night’s meeling was
project must be a community un- memberships should be solicited ^the tirst regular one held by the
dertakin'J — a joining of private Perhaps on a basis of one-tenth j board since the naming of the
citizens “as individuals with bus- ®''® ®®"t of the person’s prop- rural members. The group voted
iness and professional people - ®i'‘Y valuation. to work in three areas toward the
to be a success. Mr. Powell re-1 Campbell Gives Aims drawing up of a new ordinance.
Commttee member Orville, To Draw Up Map
money.
Now Beginning Its Second Year,
Hospital IsAt Half Capacity
viewed the committee’s progress j
in 20 meetings since last spring
Campbell, discussing the aims of I One group is to draw up a map
Ihursday, September 23
riPm. High School Pep Rally,
!®«ion Center.
Football, Lincoln High
p,. Henderson Institute,
Lions Park.
P’®' Baha’i Religious Group
H Hall.
JPfiday, September 24
AAUW Bake Sale,
Pood Store.
r;®' Sale, Congregational
Ban Church Hut.
I®' English Club, Graham
lal.
Football, Chapel Hill vs.
County.
jaiurday, Sepfember 25
; Football, Carolina vs N.C.
f^enan Stadium.
1^' Public reception, Graham
(lai.
Sunday, September 26
^“ Cosmopolitan Club, Uni-
Library Assembly Room.
|r'®- Rental Society recep-
Taham Memorial.
II TV™' international Polk
|Hillel House. '
^iday, September 27
Carden Club, Institute of
Pcy.
|F®. Meeting of parents in'-
in
new Cub Scout pack,
fist Church.
Department answered an alarm at | ground landscaping, plumbing!
3:15 Tuesday afternoon to an'pipes, and millwork, the cost
apartment house at 203 Oak Ave-1 could be brought down to a figure
nue. A trash-burning fire in an; that the board could affoi d.
outdoor fireplace had gotten out | About $65,000 is available from
of control and was spreading to the I state bond money and an addi-1
field around the yard. The blaze tional amount may he taken out
was quickly extinguished. I of the capital outlay appropria-
North Carolina Memorial
Hospital—now entering its sec
ond year of existence—is main-'
taining an avera-ge of about
200 patients, roughly half of'
its ultimate capacity in beds.
The actual anniversary dat
of the opening of the hospital
slipped by unnoticed by the
Approval, Criticism Well Mingled
Avoidance Of Waste, Duplication, Emphasized
In Findings Of University's Management Study
Approval and criticism are 1 the hospital staff is large while
pretty well mingled in the report | the bed occupancy is relatively
of the Cresap, McCormick and low, and that at present there
Paget management study which ■ exist two employees per patient
for some two years has been oh- j whereas a one to one ration
serving University policies and where as a one to ton ratio
methods here. | The firm which prepared the
Excerpts from this report con-1 report consists of “management
tain a number of recommenda-’ engineers” with offices m New
tions and suggestions for improve- | York. It is expected that the re-
ment Two that are considered port will be taken up and discuss-
imnni-tant are first that the Cha- i ed at the next meeting of the
pel Hill chancellor’s load of dut- j Faculty Council early in Octoben
ies be lightened by the creation | Large space is also given to
of vice-fhancellorships, notably | the matter of a^^emic person-
of academics and of student af-1 nel at Chapel Hill, where it is
fairs' It is also suggested that I pointed out that___118. piiofessors
the present administrator
school system of the State.
In research activities it is noted
that administration from a top
level authority standpoint is
weak, and the setting up of a
campus research council i s
recommended. In all cases it is
recommended that assessments
lor overhead in reasearch pro
jects should not be overlooked.
As regards graduation instruc
tion, it is recommendedt that the
office of consolidated graduate
dean 'be -discontinued, that a
graduate dean at each unit toe
created and that the use of one
health affairs (Dr. Henry T.
Clark ) he made a vice-chan-
celloc. A seend recommendation
is that the General College and
the College of Arts and Sciences
be combined.
Considerable space in the re
port is given to the division of
Health Affairs. One suggestion
relates to the desirability of a
hospital visiting board. Another
that special endowment funds
be sought lor the medical school
and hospital. It is remarked that
of, receive 82 different rates of
■pay. State College and 'Woman’s
College have higher upper limits
in sararies. There is a heavy
turnover among assistant pro
fessors, and a lack of organized
promotions and increments. Sab
batical leaves are not granted
at any of the three University
units.
Likewise there is some criti
cism of admissions policies and
of the asserted fact that a lack
graduate school catalog lor all
..onoHpL nublin on Seotember and reported optimistically on the ^^® chamber, noted some of the of the full area embodied in the
“ public n p pro.spects for successful forma-’ better-; enabling act, with the help of ac
tion of a chamber educational opportunities, rial photographs recently secured
Financial Expansion housing conditions, public re- from the federal government. This
Financially the chamber of ^^Lions within and without the group will also review studies al-
commerce would be a consider-' publication of broch-, ready made of long-range plan-
able expansion over the existent other written informa- ning for this region.
Merchants Association Mr Row- **^® community, and en-1 Another committee will work
jell compared the present ’ $8,000 couragement of Chapel Hill-Carr- out a draft of the proposed zon-
ibudget of the Association with a’,''®™ P'^®® retire. |ing ordinance. Phillip P. Green
'possible $15,000 for the chamber, Jr. of the Institute of Government
about two-thirds of which would ! TEACHERS AT ROTARY staff will be advisor to this group,
'come from business and profes-1 Fifty teachers comprising almost ■ . committee will arrange
jsional persons. Dues of present the entire faculties of-the Chapel ’^c’Siborhood meetings in the ar-
whole operation running piet- ^igj^ijers of the Association would Hill Elementary Schools and the *^*^*^^ the proposed zone,
.. .+c condiderably more under the Glenwood Elementary School were purpose of getting ideas
Chamber setup, he said, in return ' guests last night of the Rotary I
for the greatly increased services. Club.
2. However, Hospital Director
Dr. Robert R. Cadmus said the
event was celebrated by the
hospital personnel with a buf
fet supper in the hospital cafe
teria and the sending out of
small birthday cakes on pat
ients food trays on that day.
The activation of the hospi
tal is proceeding about on
schedule as originally planned,
Dr. Cadmus said, with the
three units be considered.
Throughout the report, as so
far quoted, the emphasis is on
avoidance of waste, duplication,
and non-coordination. It is point
ed out in extenuation of criticisms
that the remarkable growths at
Chapel Hill and State College
have craeted many new and un
expected problems in administra
tion, teaching, and student affairs.
The firm’s recommendations as
concerns the University Code were
of cordination exists between the; approved by the board of Trueests
University and the secondary 1 on Feb. 22.
ty smoothly now. When it’s
operating at full capacity a
ratio of about two and one-half
staff members per in-patient
will be required. At present,
he added, there are roughly
600 persons on the staff, includ
ing those working in the out
patient department.
In about a month, he said,
the University will take over
from the contractor the five-
story 75-.bed psychiatric wing
now being completed on the
rear side of the hospital build
ing. It’s expected that equip
ment will be insatlled and the
'staff organized and ready to
accept patients in this final
part of the presently-planned
physical plant around the end
of this year.
The hospital itself is equip
ped to handle 411 in-patients,
the psychiatric wing an ad
ditional 75, and Gravely Sana
torium, which operates separ
ately, 100. a
from residents of these areas on
what kind of ordinance they
; would like. ,
Scott Jarreff Going To WTVD
To Get AP Award On Tuesday
Scott Jarrett, program mana
ger at Station WCHL since ft be
gan operations 20 months ago.
FOOD SALE TOMORROW
The Women’s Fellowship of the
Congregational Christian Church
will have a food sale tomorrow
afternoon at 5 o’clock at the hut
behind the church on Cameron
Avenue.
v.dll become an announcer for
television station WT’VD in Dur
ham beginning next Monday.
He ^nd Mrs. Jarrett and their
son, Scott, Jr., will continue to
live in Chapel Hill, he said. In
his new job he will be in charge
of the five-minute weather show
at 6:10 each evening, in addition
to general announcing duties.
HOSPITALIZED
Today's register of pafrents
at Memorial Hospital includes
SCOTT JARRETT
director of the station, when this
department is set up.
On Tuesday evening, he will
receive an award at a/ .banquet
at the Cai’olina Inn. Presented
by the Associated Press, it will
be a superior rating in the com
mentary division of the first an
nual North Carolina A. P. Broad
casters contest for excellence in
news broadcasting. It is toeing
given for his 12:30 daily com
mentary program. Mr. Jarrett
came to Chapel Hill from Station
WRVA in Richmond, Va.
. S. IT. Alston, M. K. Ber-
kut, G. W. Branch, Miss Nannie
Burnett, Patricia Ann Cotton,
T. B. Creel, Mrs. David Dixon,
J. Addison Duke, Mrs. Alice
Fearrington, Mrs. W. P. Fear-
rington, B. C. Garr, R. M.
Grumman, Evelyn Harris, Mrs.
Elmer C. Hunter. M. H. Jones,
R. H. McFarland, W. ' G. Mor
phis, Howard Odum, 11. F. Pen-
dergraft, A. C. Pickard, Brant
ley H. Smith, C. C. Suggs, Jan
ice Wade, Deborah Leary Welt.
Sunny and mild today; fair and
rather cool tonight. Tomororw fair
and somewhat warmer. Expected
low tonight near 50. Expected high
tomorrow low 80's.
High Low Rainfall
Monday 85 69 .21
Tuesday 93 63 .00
Wednesday 89 53 .00
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