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>EI(, Aain Newspaper Service Dial 8444 Office: Street, Carrbofo Chapel Hill News Leader 1, number 50 Leading V/ith The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas $4.50 The Year By Mail ~ Turkey Time It’s (Turkey Time again, what with Thanksgiving only three weeks away. For good buys in turkeys,. see ads in this issue. CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1954 Five Cents The Copy EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK itro Votes Offered To Eorly lews Leader Drive Workers * Irest in The News^ Leaders or renewal subscriptions if they ; those who plan to enter the contest do so without delay to compete un- Extra Cash subscription do not win one of the four major rffi which officially opens prizes, provided they remain ac- I is mounting daily as candi- live until the close of the cam- re spurred on by the Grand paign on Dec. 18. ' of a beautiful new 1955 ' The News Leader would liketo [olet 2-door sedan purchased have contestants in- every com- iHarriss-Conners Chevrolet, munity served by this newspaper I and adjoining territory not repre- Leviously announced in ad-. sented. All rural communities to the automobile, which should be represented with an ae on display soon, over $1, live contestant. Those interested Ibeing offered in cash prizes, in extra cash converting their of second prize in the leisure hours into profitable and will receive $600.00, third er.joyable work are urged to send [winner will get $250 and in their name to The News Leader, I place winner $150. j Chapel Hll, N. C. ,requestng a re- News Leader points out, ’ eeipt book and full campaign sup-i. that solicitors will r.- ' plies. These will be furnished im- j receiving, io per cent commission on mediately. j W en you subscribe to one of the dollar collected on ouUi new i The management suggests that i (See EXTRA VOTES, Page 8). der the first and biggest extra vote offei'. There is an equal chance for all. The go-getter will have no tro uble securing credit or votes. The campaign officially opens to day and the first list of contestants will appear in Thursday’s paper. Be sure to send in your name if you want extra cash for Christmas and be among the early workers. Carrier Boy As we have said before the car rier boys will deliver the paper where there is carrier service and will be paid the same amount from WILLIAM M COCHRANE vAf'V- WILLIAM B. WHITLEY 1^1 EOPLE In Brief SWISHING WELL FOR KIDS me Jaycees’ community Hallo- tlparty was a great success. Two Chapel Hill Men Named To Staff Of Senafor-Elect T\\’() (ihapcl Hillians—W’illiani M. Clocdiraiie and AV illiain I>. AVliitley—will move to W’a.shiiioion along' with Senator- elect \V. Kerr Scott this month to ,ser\'e on his .stall. It’s expected that Mr. Scott will take olTice on November 24—the day after the N. C. elec--^ Legion Stages 36th Birthday Members of Chapel Hill Ameri can Legion Post- No. Six observed the 36th birthday of the post Wed- j nesday with an open house for ! Korean and World War II veterans ' at the University here. ^ The Legion Auxiliary members served punch and a birthday cake. | Paul Fenner, of the Winston-Salem j office of the Veterans Administra- i tion, Vs'ho is also a member of the state and national rehabilitation | committees of the Legion, spoke | on the benefits and program of tho | Legion. Tom Hawkins, of Mebane, a past state vice-commander of the Legion, spoke on the -veterans’ home loan program Paul R'obert- son presided in the absence of Commander Bill Grice. University student veterans are especially invited to join the post Co’mmander Grice said. Meeting times are the first and third Mon days of each month at 8 p. m., in the Legion Hut on East Rosemary Street. is* ' V “ 1-' c - ,V i M Iml 111 mi Prospects ^Good^ For Success Of Community Chest Campaign i tions board officially certifies the ministrative director, an associate / I returns of votes in last Tuesday’s: public law and gov-; Rev. J. C. Burnett Named Prospects for; a .succc.ssiul Community Chest cant-! general election. Mr. Cochrane will: managing editor of j Head of Neqro Council paign were ".good tins morning, according to I)ri\'e Chair-! ^e his private secretary and ; „p , rnvernment” the In-' King to the report of pro- |o-chairman Dick Young be- man Philip P. Creen, fr. . The lo-agency drive tvill likely be completed in a lew ist Thursday night’s meeting j days, he said, if returns come in*- i , , i,- dub. Children by the hun-|as expected on the basis of pre-1reported. The $9,-. cured an apartment in Ma.5hinMoir ^ acquainted with many pro-', crowded around to go fish-; liminary reports from the various 000 figure did not include latestThm?- twn-vear^oM Tla’ii^bter i facing municipalities and! Whitley, his press secretary. | "Popular Government, the In-^ Mr. and Mrs. Whitley, who live ! stitute’s monthly publication. | on Hill street, have already se- Mr. Scott said of him: “He is I with their two-year-old daughter, j in about two weeks. Mr. Cochrane said he hadn’t yet secured quar ters in Washington, but would join Mr. Scott on the day he is |(or small prizes. Eagerly they’d j division heads. As of this morn- receipts through Campus Division fthc buckets on a line and | ing a little over $9,000 in cash and Fred W^eaver and Hospital jver the walled bootK “Fins; pledges has been officially re- I kids but tough on the boys; ported as turned in, however Mr, reported Dick. “We rec-! Green said he was certain that,®®"' _ i =wnrn in mv familv will follow |id for the next year’s party j considerably mdre than t h i s j A final round-up of solicitations | jater Jbber buckets be used instead amount had been taken in by so- in the business district is planned j ^ native of Newton Mr Coch- liuckets. today by Joe Robbins, chairman been on the staff of" the of this division. Mrs. John Man-1 Institute of Government here since ning, head of the residential divis-| 1941. At present he is its ad- said that reports from the-; OF THE PHONE REPAIR fixing an instrument in ■pel Hill house after Wed- Is storm. Woman on the par- picked up the receiver to la call. He explained he was Ithe phone, would be through lew minutes. Irked woman 1 season this fall were the follow- n't wait Chapel Mill Students Are Pledged To Frats ^mn, ..... ...... ....; Among Chapel Hill students ; aproximately 200 solicitors in this; HOmSCOm I HQ v/ho were pledged to fraternities; ®®^bon were still , coming in slovv-j » LJ * L* C La 1 following the end of the rushing However, final totals from this! At High bCllOOf with, a - down- followed bVl Sts. to the Morehead Planetarium but continued to ‘. mg' |he received off the hook, j map calmly told her— i Robert A. Ross Jr. Jyou can hold that receiver C-mega; Donald Half ^ |g as you want, but I can’t Raymond A. Jolly Jr. and Wil-i termination date for the' phone until you hang up liam Thomas Powell—Kappa Al- ^ likely be set tomorrow | 'U can’t call till I do.” — pha; Peter lally got the pitch and hung Chi Alpha; William Galen Ho-bbs heads and captains for the resi- , ^ ^ I-Phi Delta Theta; Allen Wil-. dential campaign. This will be held “ - . ,yp_ liams—St. Anthony Hall; and Bill at 12:30 p.m. in the Episcopal Par- Frankh.i fire in the history of the Merritt—Theta^Chn '.‘^'1^°“!!: inity occurred on Thursday; I I I j.* O* I J I band wdll lead the line of march, in]firemen from both Chapel ^ChlOOi jUP’OriatlV©S f ICK©0 followed by floats and decorated d Carrboro answered, and * cars of various clubs, classes and % took care of, the alarm at Superlatives among the senior' Most courteous, Dan Carroll and , civic groups. Teddy Moore is in ^ ophia Johnson’s house on Chapel Hill High School Martha Ann Cheek; be.st students, charge of the parade, which is be- it Mill Road. All of the trucks ‘ ,, , , , u , Richard Hall and Dorothy Moore; ing managed by the high school [on duty at the site of the were recently elected by secret bal- Signified, John Adams and ! student council. burning demonstration for lot of the class. Martha Ann Cheek; te*achers’ pets, | Miss Martha Ann Hubbard, on investigators school onj Ten of the 28 superlative cate- jg^n Adams and Alvcne Williams; , daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Street in Carrboro when the ggpy winners will not be announ-; teachers’ pests, John Hanft and ; Charles Hubbard and a CHHS j eed until next spring, however, the ' Janelle King; laziest, Bobby freshman, wall be crowned Home 'H| BOARD OF ALDERMEN ' others are: Most talkative, Sam-' Thompson and Kathryn Robenson; ike up two important matters ^^y and Janelle King: quietest,; best w'orkers, Jimps Davis and Pa- [meeting tonight- Considera-' Larry Durham and Polly Black-1 tricia Shores; most cooperative, of a policy for improvement wood; cutest, Barry Hughes and, Dick Jackson and Betty Harrell;, n.n-iri.nf ling) of sidewalks in the town; Vickie Turner; most naive, Tony i most talented, Dick Jackson and ^ smPh iunL loaneT/r ajmotion to invite the Towns Womack and Edith Winegeart; wit- Nancy Tilson; biggest flirts, S?m-, ov Sandra Win'""! larrboro and Hillsboro and the tiest, Dan Fowler and Cecilia Hus- my Ray and Peggy Hinson; j 'Commissioners to join them bands; class babies, Barry Hughes dressers, Bobby Thompson and ^ ' lonsoring the establishment and Sandra Kednocker. Nancy Davis. ^ medical battalion of the ’ National Guard Division suburban persons alike because of his extensive research in this field. | I am mighty glad to get his ser-j vices because of this background, I a background that gives him a non-political approach to some of the state’s most pressing prob lems.” A 1941 law graduate of UNC, Mr. Cochrane also holds an LLM degree from the Yale Uni-j versity Law School where he did research in public health law in 1 1950-51. j Mr. Whitley, a journalism grad- i uate of the University, is a politi- j cal reporter for the Durham Morn- ■ ing Herald and wms publicity man- I number of persons have made do-' Homecoming Weekend for Cha- I nations directly to Chest Treas- fd Hill High School will begin , j. ^ Scott during his cam- Alpha Tau ; Walt Baucom and to Mr., Friday afternoon mi Mr. Scott during his cam Tchi Psi; i Green. • ■ ^ fown parade, to b ' the Oxford Orphanage football game and a dance at the Recre- Pollander—Lambda gj- g luncheon meeting for division Center. Tiie parade will leave the Carr-' i.S' for the Democratic nomina tion last spring. The Rev. J. C. Burnett has been elected President of the Chapel Hill Council on Negro Affairs for the coming ye^ar, suc ceeding Kenneth Jones. The election was held last W'eek by the Council’s executive committee and the new officers are to be installed at a mass meeting of the community some time this month. The Rev. Mr. Burnett, a plastering contractor, preaches at a Winston-Salem church on Sundays. Other new officers of the Council are Edwin Caldwell, UMSTEADS DURING CAMPAIGN—William B. Umstead (left) is shown with his older brother, Orange County Rep. John W. Umstead at his last political appearance in the county during his cam paign for governor in the November, 1952, primary 'election. The occasion was the barbecue and rally at the Hillsboro Speedway. News Leader Photo Community Mourns Death Of Gov. Umstead Chapel Hillians and the entire 1 clock at Trinitv Methodist Church I Tar Heel state mourned today the I death of its first citizen, Governor I William B. Umstead, who died vice-president, who was re-elect- j yesterday morning at Watts Hos ed; Chester Bynum, secretary, I Piiai- re-elected; and Fred Edwards, j A graduate of the University in treasurer, succeeding Dr. Charles ! ihe class of 1916, he was always in Durham. Governor Umstead was the first Congressman from the Sixth Dis trict when it was formed in 1932 and served three' terms before re tiring in 1938. He was succeeded by the incumbent Representative W. Thompson. very close to Chapel Hill and | Carl Durham, who was a close KACHERGIS SERVES George Kacnergls. associate pro- . lessor of art at the University, served last weekend as a member of the jury to select winners and The executive committee of j Orange County. The sight of the j friend of his since their days at I Governor’s “No. One” limousine in I Carolina together, ithe University community was not! In tribute to Governor Umstead, 'at all uncommon since his inaugu-i Mr. .Durhais,. , tl'js -r'-niog-, ration as the -state’s chief execu-j “There is a word, I think, that pro-’’ live in 1952. ! perly describes William Umstead The Rev. Charles S. Hubbard of i and his approach to problems of the University Methodi.st Church 1 state and nation; Courage. His ad- wRl assist the Rev. C. D. Bar- | ministration has cooperated fully Clift in officiating at funeral ser-! with every agency of the federal (See GOVERNOR, Page 8) the Council passed a resolution putting the Council on record as , “expressing its deep apprecia tion to Mr. Jones for leading the organization and bringing out the best in it for the past two years.” BOOKS ON DISPLAY A permanent display of current j vices tomorrow morning at 11 o ilonday, November 3 > I- Board ot aldermen, Town I- Knights of Pythias organ- pi meeting, American Le- American Legion old collection. fuesday, November 9 ' George Barclay speaks, ! ' Club, Carolina Inn. | iP.ra. Newcomers Club, Car-; 111. Jdnesday, November 10 | p.m. John Harden speaks at jcad Bookshop Tea. |P.m. Playmakers present ping Shore,” Playmakers j^ursday, November 11 • Credit Women’s Breakfast psses Night Banquet, Caro- iP.m. Boy Scouts District It. Camp New Hope. Parent-Teacher Associa- ^^.'hapel Hill Elementary UNC-South Carolina |'30 tlnaham Memorial. iPm. Playmakers present ping Shore,” Playmakers parking lot The high school prizes in the annual ex- books published by the University j " "— hibition sponsored by the South of North Carolina Press is now on ' ^ I , • IL I n Carolina Guild of Artists, in exhibit in the lobby of the Univer-1 .^©|©CrlOri vJt * OSl'maS'f©r Charleston'. sity Library. j May Run Afoul Of Party Snag Selection of a new postmaster cants are Democrats and some Rc- foi Chapel Hill may run afoul of publcans. the Democratic-Republman snarL The normal procedure would be m Washington. Although a Repub- f,, ^he County Republican Com- liean would normally be appoint- ,„ittee to recommend one or more ed during a Republican national the applicants qualified by the administration, the recentlj^elect- Civil Service Commission. The e emocia ic enate may fail to president would appoint one of confirm him. ; • x , • : these persons and his taking of- Infoimed souices on the proce-; fice would then be subject to con- dure in filling postmastership va- firmation by the Senate. Of course eartcies see this as a definite pos-; the President v/ould propose a sibilty in the Chapel Hll case, S Republican to the Senate and which could result in Acting Post- j that’s where the hitch may occur, master J. Paul Cheek’s continuing The Senate quite often follows in office for an indefinite period, the wishes of the Senators from -01 pel haps through onother gen-; the State concerned in such mat- I ters, and it’s quite possible that coming Queen in half-time cere monies at the game by Principal M'esley Noble. Her attendants will be Miss Cla'ice Merri't, senior Ka; atts,t NC,EA Program Planned For PTA On Thursday The legislative program of the Norih 'Educational Ass.oc-, I iation will be reviewed at the mee 1 ing of the Chapel Hill Elementary and High School Parent-Teacher Association, to be held in the Ele mentary School Auditorium Thurs- i dav evening at 8 o’clock. I The diseus.sion is :xeing planned j by Warren Baecht, president of the j local unit of the NCEA and should I be of interest to all parents and oral election. ‘ teachers. Some of the legislative j objectives of the NCEA are ap propriations sufficient to provide special service teachers where needed and adequate funds for the operating costs of the schools: better salary schedules for teach ers; and an extended term of two weeks for teachers and principals : to allow time for proper planning ; and preparation for the opening : of school each year. ; After the meeting, parents will ; have an opportunity to visit the i elementary school rooms and plans will be provided for high school ' and junior- high parent.s to meet teachers of their children. PIGS AT LARGE—Residents of tha Strowd Hill neighborhood got a start yesterday morning on seeing a pair of hefty Spotted Poland China sows—mother and daughter—contentedly rooting around yards on Icwer Roosevelt Av'anue. They're shown above, with a couple of the more curious neighborhood children making a daring approach, in T. C. Moore's yard where they found a haven of acorns. They'd escaped from Dr. L, L. Vine's pen at the bottom of tlv. hill and were easily rounded up and shooed back to their sty after several hours of freedom. News Leader Photo The Civil Service Commission in' the Tar Heel Senaors would not Washington announced on Satur- favor a GOP appointee. day that seven persons, including 1 Mr. Cheek, had applied for the job vacancy created here last May when Postmaster William S. Ho-! gan died. The deadline for appli-' cations was last Tuesday, so one' p,;, of these seven will be proposed to; moderate I'amperatures to- fill the vacancy^ ■ Besides Mr, Cheek the appli-; 32 Expected high tomorrc.w, up- cauts are Leon C. Cheek and De-1 per 60's wey King, both long-standing em-1 High ployees of the post office here; Thursday 50 now; J. F. Crawford, Johnson Hay-1 Friday 51 es Linney, Kenneth Putnam, and Saturday 51 Max Weaver. Some of the appli-’ Sunday 56 Low Rainfall 25 .00 39 .91 ■ 33 .00 25 .00 Southern Orange County Voting Box Score County Commissioner O WHATSIT?—Mrs. Charles Poston of Longview Street, an or chid fanci'ar, was delighted recently when an unpretentious small cactus she had set out, began to bloom. She brought it indoors and soon it bloomed out In the unusual star-shaped bloom shown above. —Only trouble is she doesn't know what the name of the plant is, and wonders if any readers do. New.'^ T.eader Photo, CLOSED THURSDAY The Chapel Hill oostoffice will be closed all day Thursday in ob servance of Armistice Day. In coming and outgoing mails will be dispatched as usual but th'are will be no deliveries in town except for special delivery mat ter and perishable goods. Mail will be posted in boxes as usual. Precinct Chapel HilT'NoTir Chapel Hill No” 2^!’ Chapel Hill NoT s i” I Chapel Hiir Nor~4 T ; Chapel Hill~No75 ' :Carrboro ' jWhte Cross ' Cole Store ; I TOiTAT.S Sheriff o Register Of Deeds Clerk Of Court Congress 95 299C 2982 2903 2907 2993 46 40 123 53 118 IT : 118 44 124 41 36 1 224 45 236~ "34“ ~!“^37“ “34““ “”246"“ 49 50 1 297 46 321 “40' “'“301““ “"40"“ ““320“ 67 67 245 69 277 “49" “'“"261“ “60“ “285“ 69 70 ; 190 78 212“ 54 : 198 " “61 215“" 151 113 246 117 “267 98 ' 249 105 271 25 21 1 96 26 102“ 15 ' 96 “l7“ “101“ 11 12 ; 64 7 10 54 “ll 61“ 744 709 3065 674 2981 ^ 572 “1"2917“ "624““ “2988"“( U S. Senate 134 325 245 94 392 57 2829“" / 1831
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