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CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1954
Crib Or TV?
“Wanted—a baby crib.” Also
—“will swap TV set for sewing
machine.” —Just two of many
classified opoprtunities, see page
7
Mail
in^rief^ Hubert Hogans' House Hit By Fire/'
Carrboro Rural Service is Tightened
Five Cents The Copy
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
Irank maddry, deputy
I ff and law enforcement officer
fjnge County for the past 2t
-etired as a deputy last weel
i-n to full-time farming a'
;p,e in the Orange Church
pity. Defeated by Odell
In in the Democratic primar'
fnr this office last spring, Mr.
y yesterday expressed his
■jeation to the people of the
[y for their support of him
P^lls and for their friend-
nd assistance through his
■r-century as a law enforce-
it|lticer.
ONGRESSMAN carl dur
pwent out to his old White
|ss|home Tuesday afternoon tc
je his mother to the polls. Story
hat she always worries abou'
being re-elected, an especially
ir the fact that there are usually
iiv'votes for his GOP opponent
he'white Cross precinct.
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A fire originating in a chimne
lue caused serious damage Mon
day night at the home of Mr and
Mrs. Hubert Hogan at Hogan’s
Lake, four miles north of town.
The house was saved through
the combined efforts of n-cighbors,
who used three hose lines at the
house, and the Carrboro Volunteer
Fire Department, which answered
'he alarm. Will Farrell, elderly
Negro, who works on the Hogan
farm, discovered the fire , aroun-d
9 o’clock that night while the Ho
gans, and their neighbors, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry S. Hogan, were in
Hillsboro, at the livestock market.
Mr. Henry Hogan and Mrs. Ho
gan, followed by the Hubert Ho
gans, arrived home a few minutes
later, and with the help of friends
and other neighbors, moved ou>
furniture in the endangered rooms
and brought the fire under con-
aIgREMLIN of some sort j the main floor of the small
loose underneath the photo "’^ngle-story frame house. Howev
er, the fire continued to burn in
between the walls and in the attic,
and it was not brought under con
trol there until after the Carrboro
tire truck arrived
Mrs. Hogan said last night that
they were “really lucky” the dam
age was not disastrous, and she
thanked the firemen and neighbors
for their help.
Jim Efland. Chairman R. O. For
rest was out of town and not in
attendance.
Iphoto on page 2 of Monday’s
L of the News Leader. He put
Tong caption material under
Iplcture and the mistake slip-
I by unnoticed. Thus the photo
|eral Elecrtic Home Econo-
f'demonstrating cooking arts
nior Service League hos-1
Rmi's. Bernice Ward, Mrs
Fitch, and Mrs. F. N. Cleave-'
fand Program Chairman Mrs. -
Ifrice, was captioned to the
that “Ji^^rjjpervice Leag-
|eposit Ih Recreation ;
The sani'eypaption is be-
I run under the right picture
jtwe hope! ;
IlCTOR BOWLES OF THE UNI-|
fcjpayroll department is the
ihted winner of the 21-inch ' lauiulied Monday, is mounting steadily as contestants for a
television set which Speedee! u)')-) CiLewolet begin canvassing the connnnnity.
The automobile, to be purchased from Harriss-Conners Chevrolet,
« The Town of Carrboro’s volun
teer fire department will be unable
to answer alarm calls in the
future from out-of-town persons
who are not subscribers of the
.town’s recently set-up rural fire
plan.
j An ordinance providing for a
I district to the south, west, and
horth of town wuthin which the de
partment might,answer calls from
j persons who paid an annual fee
and contracted for such services
was set up by the town commis
sioners last June However, only
eight persons have signed up for j
this service to date.
On Monday evening the depart
ment answered an alarm to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Hogan, about four miles north of
town, although the Hogans were
not subscribers to the plan. Town
officials explained that the list of
subscribers was not immediately,
available when this call came- in,
so the volunteers answered the
alarm, rather' than lose valuable
time necessary to get this list.
Since Monday’s alarm the list of
rural fire service subscribers has
been posted inside the town’s new
f’>e truck, the office explained,
.nissioners R. J. M. Hobbs and' and the members of the
Fire District
Vote Deferred
For New Board
The people of the Chapel Hill
svburban areas who have peti
tioned for formation of a fire pro
tection tax district must await the
formation of the new Board of
Commissioners before securing,
definite actoin on the calling of
the'requested referendum.
A tax not to exceed lOe per $100
;aIuation was proposed by the
{roup sponsoring the petitions
vhich were signed by more than
lalf of the 400 land owners in the
ireas to be covered. A total of
3,700 people live in the proposed
-listrict comprising the suburban
n;eas of ■ Chapel Hill,
The Rev. R. C, Masterton, a res-
dent ol Whitehead Circle, one the
chief sponsors of the movement,
and Attorney E. B. Denny appear
ed before the board at the Mon-
lay meeting to press for action
)n the plan. They talked to Com-*
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Interest Is Mounting
In Subscription Drive
dpart-
ment have been instructed to re
spond to alarms in the future only
if they are to subscribers on this
list.
GUEST LEADERS MEETING—Division leaders of the Chapel Hill
Community Chest campaign, being conducted^ throughout the com
munity this week, met for a luncheon yesterday noon in the Episco
pal Parish House, to compile early returns for the TO-agency drive.
Left to right, around the table, are R. D. Smith, of the Negro residen
tial division; Fred Weaver of the campus division; Philip P. Green Jr.
Chest director; Church Hauser, publicity director; Roy Holsten of
the- campus division; Mrs. John Manning of the residential division;
and Kermit Knudtson of the Hospital division.
News Leader Photo
Pythians Lodge
Reorganizing
Knapp Building Bids, Opened Here Yesterday,
Total About $850,000; Officials Are Happy
Always Appointed First . . .
gave away to a luckv
jint at its drawing last Fri-
OF THE EARLIEST
n record locally fell here
night, but it was only a
:« waJ so srtiall’that Max
iders, weather observer at the
plant, could find no record
in his instruments. It follow-
fhunder and lightning squall,
-timers say it has been more
years since a snow came
dy in November, and are
)hj ng more to come. It is a
that the community gets a
dshow about every fifth year,
none of comsequence has fallen
tejjast five.
A reorganizational meeting for
Iiitei-^st in the Xews Leader .sub.sci'ipti()u ca'nipaigii, being Knights of Pythias Lodge here
' 4r , • . ‘ ' will be held Monday evening at 8
o’clock in the American Legion
Hut. ,
, , ■ r. > • ■ Otis Pendergraft and Dewey
I Marshall, who have been active in
$600.00, third .$250,00 and fourth $150.00. Any contesUnt not winning
to reactivate the secret
one of the tour big big prizes will receive 20 per cent commission on . „ „ i i, *
,, , . , , r , . . , - - fraternal order here, said that
all sales provided he sells at least two a week during the campaign
Carl Durham To Play Big Role
In Next Session Of Congress I
Erection Of Four-Story Colonial Structure
On Raleigh Road Site Is To Be Started Soon
Low bids totalling about .SiSrgi.ooo lor ilic roti.strtit tiuii
ol the Joseph Painter Knajip lluilding, tolionse the Institute
ol (lo\ennnent.were ojiened here ye.sterda\ ttlternoon.
Lnivci'sity ollicials .said they were generally pleasctl with
the bids, and -it’s expected the eontrtuts will he let withiti ;t
'With the return of the Demo- until 1938 when he was nominated ' couple of weeks. Construction work^
crats to power in the House of: for Congress as a result of a party a| the site near the corner of
Representatives the role of Sixth deadlock over nominee when the Raleigh Road and Country Club
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cBiaH
Number Of Openings
4 The newspaper would like, .to ha,vq..cpntest.ants in .eacb^section of
Orange county and there are still some sections not represented. You
should enter the contest i ntime to get your name printed in the first
list of contestants.
■"Can’diHMes are urged to come to the new'spaper office at onece to
meet the campaign manager and get first-hand information on the con
test He w'ill be available in the office on "Vi^ednesday and Saturday be
tween the hours of 10 a.m and 7 p.m.
Contestants' are to make their subscription reports at these times.
The paper cannot stress too strongly the importance of this personal
contact'with the campaign manager, who can give the contestants many
valuable pointers.
There is no element of chance in the prizes involved in the cam
paign, All prizes and commissions will be won on votes. Each subscrip-
FIRE, BELIEVED TO HAVE . tion a solicitor sells by Saturday, November 13, counts more votes than
ted from a defective coal any time thereafter.
e in an upstairs apartment of. Carrier boys cannot take part in the campaign but will delivei the
Sophia Johnson’s home on' paper to customers w'ho subscribe through solicitois. ’They wull be paid
Titt Mill Road this morning,' directly from the office. This will eliminate the necessity of the carrier
cxten.sive damage to house boy collecting each week from the customer.
furniture before fire fighting I All rural communities should be represented with an active con
's from Chapel Hill and Carr- testant. Those interested in converting their leisure hours unto profit-
several informal meetings have'
been held recently in preparation
4‘or the regular reorganization of
the group, which went out of ex
istence here a few years ago.
Past members of this lodge,
members of lodges elsewhere, and
persons who would like to become
Pythians, are invited to attend
Monday evening’s meeting.
wofl
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could extinguish the flames.
TA LIZ ED
's register of patients
fmorial Hospital includes
Joseph Black, John Black-
tVilliam BrinkKouse, Mrs.
lurnham, Jacob Campbell,
■ Creel, James A. Duke, Mrs.
Farrell, Miss Catherine
K'F. B. Horton, Jr., Howard
!>ii, P. R. Perry, Mrs. Louis
I William Potts, Jr., Jerry Rem-
' Laura Roberts, W. H. Scott,
• ^gg, Arthur Summerlin,III,
David, and Mrs. Thomas
Tilliams.
Chest Returns
Hit 25% Mark
Explorer Scouts
Are Meeting Here
Chapel Hill will play host again
this fall to the annual Explorer
Vocational Conference when more
than 500 Explorer Scouts and their
District Congressman Carl Durham regular nominee died
of Chapel Hill will be more import-1
over in Congressional af
fairs.
Mr. Durham will begin his ninth
consecutive term in the House
when Congress convenes this win
ter. He’ll definitely be at least a
vice -chairman of .both the Armed
Services Committee and Joint Com
mittee on Atomic Energy, both
posts which he held until the last
session.
By law the chairmanship of the
powerful Atomic Energy Commit
tee alternates between the Efouse
and Senate, so that the new chair
man, if there’s a Democratic Sen-
leaders arrive here today to j either Senator Russel!
spend three days on the Carolina ’ Georgia, Anderson, of New
campus learning about vocations Mexico, or Pastore, of Rhode Is-
and aptitudes needed for job op- Lnd. However, all of them have
portunities other important chairmanships a-
Sessions will cover almost eve^’y '^alLble to them which they might
able and enjoyable work are urged to send their name and address to field of endeavor from medicine,^'-^'^®-
the News Leader asking for a receipt book and full campaign supplies .law, engineeri>ig an'l agriculture Mr. Duiham was acting chairman
These will be furnished immediately. 1 to television. Each young man will Atomic Committpo
The campaign will be concluded December 18, so the sooner you 'ake an aptitude test designed to „ during the last
enter the better start you can get. The drive was especially planned for
spare time work, extending over a period of six weeks from today.
Don’t delay for that Chevrolet, cash awards, and commissions! You 'four lecture-demonstrations giving
show in what field'he is best suit- GOP-controlled Congress when a
ed. After the te.st h? will attend deadlock developed over the elec
tion of the chairman. As the rank-
working in your own community and authorized to get subscriptions i him career
-and no one loses! j recognized experts
anywhere, may be one of the winners-
information from House member of the group.
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h.ursday, November 4
P p.m. High school pep rally,'
I Center
^ Norman Thomas speaks, |
ft#
P-i^i
f Football, Lincoln High vs.
L Lions Park.
P-.m. Orange Country Club '
M Town Hall.
Friday, November 5
Pm Football, UNC Freshmen
^'T'.land, Kenan Stadium.
Pm. Carl Smith lecture. Car-1
flail. '
1%. UNC
Court.-
m. “Best To You” broad-
“how, lower quadrangle
5>lurday, November 6
^®otball, Carolina vs.
"^rolina, Kenan Stadium.
Sund,
pep rally and par-
, he’s just about its most experienc-
/ ed and active member.
j
! He won- re-election over his Re
■ publican opponent. Attorney Rufus
Hayworth, of High Point, by about
a seven-to-one margin generally in
the four-county di.strict Incident
ally, Mr. Durham has first been ;
appointed to each of the four elec-1
five offices which he’s held for the j
last 36 years consecutively. At the !
end of World War I he was ap-'
pointed to the local school board |
for Orange County Training Scbn^^l. j
j later winning at election. In 1922 .
' he was appointed to the town |
I board of aldermen, then later j
■ elected, serving there till he was I
j named to the county board of com-!
! missioners in 1932. , He wpn elec-'
I tion and re-election to this bodv '
Returns in the Community
Chest campaign were coming in
slowly today, Chairman Philip
P. Green reported this morning,
with $6,675, or about 25 per
cent of the $24,721 goal now
being turned in or pledged.
According to fragmentary re
ports this morning, partial con
tributions broken down into
divisions were: Residential,
Mrs, John T. Manning, (partial
returns from five captains),
$1,500; Campus, Fred Weaver,
$1,-160; Special Gifts, 0. K.
Cornwell, $1,950, with about 16
per cent contacted; and Negro
division, R. D. Smith, $865. G.
A. McDougle, associate director
of the campaign, announced a
contribution of $109 from the
local Prince Hall Lodge of
Masons and $105 from the facul
ty at Lincoln High School.
Residental captains in the
drive are to convene at the Par
ish House next Tuesday at lg:30
p. m. for final reports, Mrs.
Manning said.
After praising his solicitors
and volunteer personnel this
morning. Green said ‘1 would
Road should begin within a few
days thereafter. But the four-story
:brick Jiuildingi pri^bably won’t be;
1 complete before 1956, 1
I KnapJ) Foundation appropriated
I $500,000 for the construction of the
j new building, contingent on the
slate’s matching this figure. This
was done by the last session of the
.General Assembly. It’s expected
that the total cost will be just
about .$1,000,000 when the struc
ture i.s completly furnished
I Two Low Bids
! Two contractors submitted low
jhids on the job, dependent on
I what alternates are adopted in the
j construction They were J. M.
j Thompson qf Raleigh and Coble
j Construction Company, which is
i now engaged in a big expansion
; project fob E. J. Reynolds Co. in
, Winston-Salem. The approximately
! $850,000 total included estimnte.s
j on heating, plumbing, electrical
j ventilating, elevators, and land-
! .scaping contracts, in addition to
i the general contract and tlie fee of
I architect George Watts Carr of
Durham.
I Before the contract is let by the
building and grounds comm'ittee of
the board of trustees the figure.'-'
and alternate proposals will be
I studied by the local administration
and the state budget bureau.
The T-shaped building will be
constructed behind the Institute’s
State Hi,ghway Patrol barracks,
I which will be leveled lor a parlc
Demos Sweep
To Easy Win
In Elections
There were no upsets in 'fucs-
day’s general election in Orange
County and voters stayed away
from the polls in droves.
Democrats swept to the expect
ed victories in every race and
Republican opposition appeared
more feeble than previously on
the ba.sis of incomplete returns
coming into this newspaper and
the Board of Elections.
Final tabulations on the voting
will not be known until after the
Board of Elections canvasses the
returns this morning at 11 o’clock
at the county courthouse.
Ileavie.st voting in the county
was at Hillsboro where 807 voted
for Sheriff, Odell Clayton, the
Democratic candidate for this pos!
cd the ticket for all contests, se-
‘uring 2,899 votes in the 15 pre
cincts which had turned in votes
by last night.
The total vote lor the day,
,vhcn all returns are in, will likely
be something less than 4000 votes
out of a total of over 12,000 pos
sible.
The County Ticket
In the race for county and dis
trict offices on the basis of 15
ing lot. iTo be of colonial architec- ' P”ocincts, Odell Clayton defeated
like to ask solicitors and other ^ harmony with other build-' G- M'. Sparrow 2,899 to 674; Betty
key personnel to make an all-
out effort to push our goal over
the top as the end of Ihc week
nears. The goal must be reach
ed or many worthwhile Chapel
Hill service agencies will suf
fer.”
! ings on the campus, the new struc- U^yos beat J. Thayer Lloyd
! lure will be several times the size \ 2926 to 569 and L. M, Lynch
! of the present 20-year-old building ' eomlortably topped Doris MacAd-
, and will include a dormitory with I 1407 to 259, the latter race
, a capacity of about 75, to house i witli only 9 precincts reported.
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Legion Clothing Drive
Planned Monday Night
Country Club
Meets Tonight
Totals in the race for county
commissioner in 15 precincts wei'e:
Edwin S. Lanier 2845; Henry S.
Walker 2829, Sim Efland 2727,
R. J, M. Hobbs 2773, Dwight M.
722 and
persons attending courses offered
by the Institute, an auditorium,
classrooms, and administration
offices
The final disposition of the pre
sent Institute building on East; Ray 2848, Eric Neville
Franklin Street hasn’t been decid-! A. G, Crawford 687.
ed but it’s expected it will house j J. W. Umstead Jr. for the House .
the offices of the Consolidated | of Representatives, Ralph II. Scott
Members of an-d other persons University administration, which i.s I for the Senate of N. C., William
Orange now in the South Building. j Murdock for district Solicitor, and
1.4. H. Walker fpr Coroner were
(See DEMOS SWEEP, P. 8)
interested in the new
Country Club are to meet at 8:45
this evening in the Town Hall to ROBINSON HONORED
make further plans for the build-/ Councilman Hubert Robinson,
ing of the new club. i Sr. will attend a meeting of the /
Sandy McCIamroch, temporary: Psi Phi chapter of the Omega '
' A clothing drive for the relief /
; of hurricane victims in the coastal
i areas will be conducted Monday
' evening by members of Chapel Hill
Post No, Six of the American Le-
i gion. All Legionaires are asked to ! President of the argamzation, said, Psi I>hi Fraternity in a program
j meet at 7:30 p. m., at the Legion >Hicers would be | observing its national achieve-^
Hut. elected and further reports would: ment week at Winston-Salem | Mostly cloudy with occasional
Persons anywhere in the com- ^® I'^aid fiom the thicc com-; Teachers College on Sunday. jrain tonight and tomorre-'w. Some-
munity who have donations of i mittees now set up membeiship,i Robinson, along with five other warmer tomororw, with low
clothing for this cause are asked ; planning, and nominations. ■ Negro councilmen from North tonight in the 50's and high tomor-
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awiTING “OLD HIC.KORY"—Among principa Is in the organization of the medical battalion of the
ORGANIZI -nia'Hickory" Division here, shown at the initial public meeting on this matter
To rig^t) Col. (Ret) F. C miyie Shephard a long-time officer In the division.
osmopolitan Club, Uni-: Mlyor'^EdwIn S, Lanier; Mai. Gen. C.aude Bowers -
' Shimer, bis administrative assistant.
vember 7
division commander, of Warrenton; and Lt. Col. C. B.
New.s Leader Pholo
to telephone Paul Robertson at | ^he slate of officers will be Carolina cities, will be honored
6576 or Johnny Colones at 85432 ! P*'®®®'^*-®*^ Liy the nominating com-'with a certificate of merit in'
before Monday night anrl Le^^ion-Lnittee, sonsisting ot Gone Strowd, recognition of the achievement Monday
aires will call for their donations chairman, Jerry Hudson, and Hap they have made toward the pro-, Tuesday
liial night I P(‘n'\'. gros.; of the Negro race. Wednesday
row in the middle 50's. v ;
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