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Chapel Hill News Leader
Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas
Important
Today, says tiie editor, is a
mighty important day for Chap
el Hill and Carrboro. Just the
first of September? That’s not
all.
I NO. 70
Five Cents The Copy
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT'EMBER 1, 1955
$4.50 The Year By Mail
EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE
401
««)KKING, POLICE-led
J automobiles filled
Mschool students well-
ported the Bill Grice
pt of town this morning as
pellHill High School coach
past eight years left for
ca|eer at Oberlin College, morning said
afford to let
0. 3. Forenaan
Moamootli, SI.
Co.
EO
In Brief
resent,ative Car! Durham:
Nations Can't Drift
Into Atomic Warfare
,VEN FULL OF OATMEAL
left to bake a little too
luse'the sounding of fire
all jnumber 26 at mid
today. The firemen and ' sat
ers
, By FRED POWLEDGE
Congres,sman Carl Durham, home
after attending the “Atoms for
Peace” conference in Geneva, this
he feels “we can’t
the nations of the
world drift into an atomic war.”
Also, Representative Durham,
called for a turrfng cf efforts
toward education of nuclear physi
cists.
The Sixth District Congressman
on his porch in khaki pants
building in Greensboro Friday,
attended the Democratic rally and
made a speech in Winston-Salem
Saturday, helped dedicate Um-
stead State Park on Sunday and
has made numerous business trips
since then.
"Hear The Hound Dogs"
He’s looking forward to visits
downtown and around Orange
County — “That’s what I love” —
and says “I want to listen to the
Duke Increases Power
To Electric System Here
, . hound dogs run a fo.x a while ”
sped to an apartment and a s.nort-sleeved shirt while two Mr. Durham termed the “Atoms
[block of North Street, kittens played. He has been a busy for Peace” meeting in Geneva a
^■dashed m the house man—got home from the Switzer- “very impressive” gathering to de-
land meeting last Tnursday, helped , termine “peaceful uses and conti-ol
^new Internal Revenue: (See CARL DURHAM, Page 8)
dedicate
'Ay
diversity student in edu-
today began working at
pel[lill Town Hall as part-
laXKi^stant to Town Manager
D.Jose. He succeeds Gor-
tshner, also a UNC stu-
I [ quit
lor the Town this
is deep in the job of I
bills by October 11
Rosemond Is Nominated
For Lt. Gov. Of Kiwanis
cookies out of the
furnt cookies but no
damage. Early Monday
j[he Carrboro firemen
an alarm on Fidelity
icross from the ball park
lulrning pile of wood was
extingui-shed.
! I Tom Rosemond, owner of Elec- i
1)R(D. conn of ZEBU-j trie Construction Company and a
Past President of the Chapel Hill'
Kiwanis Club, has been nominated,
by local Kiwanians for lieutenant i
governor of the Fifth Division ofi
the Carolina District of Kiwanis. i
^ His candidacy was presented at|
recently after i the local club’s meeting night be-!
past I fore last on unanimous recom- i
Conn, a book-keeper and | mendation of the board of diree- I
Carolina Power and Light j tors. There are 11 clubs in this j
division and nine divisions in the:
district that comprises the two i
Carolmas. The local club also
nominated Mr. Rosemond for this
same orfice last year. To date
there are no other announced can
didates. The division will vote on'
this office at a caucus to be held
in Haw River this month and the
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GIFTS FOR GRICES—Harvey Bannett (left), presents a new piece of luggage to departing Chapel
Hill High School Coach BUI Grice who's leaving ToJay for a new coaching job at Oberlin College, Ohio.
The gift from the Kiwanis Club was given at Tuesday evening's meeting of the civic club. Mrs. Grice
holds the coffee pot she was given. News Leader Photo
in Tribute: 'Got Most Out Of His Boy'...
The University Service Plants i.s
increasing the amount of power it
buys from the Duke Power Com
pany by 10 per cent, effective to
day.
Because of the recent and er-
pected continual grovvth of the
town, and .as a precaution again.st
any po.'sible breakdown in the
generators at,' the Univeihity h
power plant, about 30 per cent of
the local power will now be sup
plied through Duke, instead of
20 per cent as in the past.
Larger transformer.s were in
stalled at the local power plant
this week to take care of the in
creased load from Duke, which
will be stepped up from a capacitx
of 4,500 kilowatts to 10,000. 'I'he
electi'icity from Duke feed.s over
44,000 volt high tension lines from
the Eno Power Station 13 miles
north and is reduced in the trans-
'■--omi.s to the 7,200-volt lines lo
cally.
Get Pov/er Simultaneously
Utiliiies Supe. intendent Grey
Culbreta. in explaining tlie situa-
lion. noted that local power and
Duke power is now fed into the
system here simultaneously. Re
cent .growth cf the town ha.s been
such that if one of the two local
generators failed the Duke power
might be insufficient to carry the
system at its peak use. Mr. Cul-
5reth said th.it one of the main
■eason.s for the Ifniversity’s con
tract with Di^ke w'as to have a safe
guard source ot elect icily in ca.se
,)f a local failure.
Though the new capacity may
not be immediately needed, be
said, the new installation will en
able the local system to build for
the future. f
Murder ChargedToTrlo
Jailed In Tew Death
Bill Grice Is Honored At Testimonial
j
i By Kiwanis; Leaves For Oberlin Today
Warrants charging murder were
I issued late yesterday afternoon
i again.st the three Durham teen-
I agers being held in Oran,ge County
jail in connection with the death
of Mrs. Alva Matthews Tew, the 39-
year-old Durham woman whose |
body was found floating face |
downward in Clearwater Lake near |
[KS ON ROSEMARY
rding to the results of
|o far, are overhwelm-
br of the proposal to
Ireet,
Kiwanians of Chapel Hill rtagecl | outstanding.”
an all-out testimonial honoring de- j Mayor O. K.
High
Cornw-ell suggested
Of 135 pio^rty ^ formal election will be held at the
Town Manager Rose j .
jI*,' 'vl X O V1. 1V L
ecent mailing on this i
had replies to date
convention in
|id almost all of ’em
|of this idea, for which
piond -money has- be-eii
Rose said he in-
ait a while for more
ifore making any tabula-
ir the alderman.
•Last heard from
Mrs. Louis Graves were
Paris for two days in
Ifhey plan to spend two
Eigland before returning
bout October 20.
II
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■Winston-
Salem October 3 and 4.
A native of Orange County and a
Kiwanian for 19 years, Mr. Rose
mond was local president in 1944.
He has attended the yearly inter
national conventions a number of
times and has also been extremely
active in the local group’s youth
work. An Episcopalian and a Ma-
tom rosemond
Wootten-Moulton Photo
University Lodge No. 408 of Ma
sons.
Guy Raw'ls of Raleigh in the
incumbent lieutenant governor for
the fifth division. Among local
Kiwanians who have held the of
fice in the past are Russell Grum
man, Dr. William B. Richardson,
parting Ciiapel Hill High School j it ^vas quite a tribute to Mr. Grice
Coach Bill Grice at ther meeting | that Oberlin had sought him out.
here Tuesday evening. j He recalled that Kiwanis Pre.sidcnt
The affair included te.^limonials j H'ck .Jamorson and Carolina Coach
by a number of Coach Grice’s' George Barclay—also a guest at
friends, associates, and former pu-1 bhe meeting—had both been call-
pils, gifts for him and his wife j ■““
The Gric-i’s left todav for Ob^r-i
lin, Ohio, where he will be assis
tant football coach and phys.cal
education in.structor , at Oberlin
College. He has been at Chapel
Hill for the past eight years. His
successor Bob Culton and; Mis.
Culton were also guests at the Ki-
wanis dinner.
' ed as coaches to Oberlin from here
in the pa.st, ’ Bill has earned it,”
said the Mayor, “and I congratu
late him on earning the opportuni
ty to go tiiere.”
Compliments Culton
Mr. Grice, speaking himself.
(Sec BILL GRICE. Page 8)
son, he is also a Past Master of and J. Maryon Saunders.
AND MRS. JOHN McNER-
faithful spectators at
ofithe Chapel Hill alder-
bey’re the only regular at-
at the board’s meetings
tban newspapermen and
with specific business. Be-
saping them well-informed
government business, the
iQ'sjfeel their observations
boird meetings provide
in interesting evening. —
better’n the old standby
they feel.
CONNERS IS THE ONLY
fo know anywhere who has
conditioned pickup truck.
his new Cameo Carrier,
fur transporting his bosses
forth from his home in
“ro to Harriss - Conners
here, incidentally, Mr.
» Conners have bought the
beet house in Westwood
wove here on October 1.
Parking Meeting Set For
NextWednesday Night
A public meeting for business
men interested in the Chafyel Hill
Parking Association, Incorporat
ed’s, proposed off-street parking
lot for customers of East Franklin
Street stores has been called for
next Wednesday evening.
Herb Wentworth, organizer of
the newly-incorporated group,
said the meeting would be held at
8 o’clock in the courtroom of the
Town Hall. At that time, he said,
the proposed constitution and by
laws would be edopted and direc
tors elected for the balance of the
calendar year.
The corporation was recently
chartered with $100,000 authorized
capital stock to sell at $100 a
share. No officers were given in
the charter organization, which
vvas formed through attorneys |
Emery B. Denny Jr., and Egbert!
Haywood.
Mr. Wentworth said that seven
directors would probably be elect
ed, and the five-man steering
committee’s recommended bylaws
and constitution would be present
ed for adoption. Persons who have
subscribed to at least one share
of stock may vote and be nomin
ated for office, he said.
While special invitations are
being sent to East Franklin Street
businessmen, Mr. Wentworth em
phasized that anybody interested is
invited to attend. The site of the
proposed lot has not yet been se
lected but several are under con
sideration, according to Mr. Went
worth.
Present Gifts
Toastmaster Bill Stewart intro
duced the speakers who paid tri-
but to the guest of honor. At the
end of the program Harvey Ben
nett presented a piece of luggage
to Coach Grice and a coffee pot to
Mrs. Grice from the Club.
Jimmy Neville and Tom Maults-
by. Carolina football .stars who
started out under Grice, recalled
some of the incidents during their
days on the grid team. “He gets
everything possible out of his
boys,” said Mr. Maultsby. Recall
ing the words of Durham sports
editor Jack Horner, Mr. Neville
labeled the retiring coach “truly
TOBACCO HOUSE BURNS
Rooney Chambers, living about
eight miles south of Chapel Hill
on the Farrington Road, lost a
tobacco barn by fire about 1
o'clock yesterday morning. The
cause is unknown. The barn con
tained 546 sticks o* tobacco in
process of curing.
Amateur Photo Winners
Named By Con test Judge
Winners of the News Leader’s
first two-weeks amateur photo
contest were announced today by
Contest Judge Wallace Patterson.
The judging was extremely close
in some of the three classifica
tions, Mr. Patterson said, pointing
out that the winning photos were
judged again this year, as was done
last .summer, on the basis of idea
and composition as much as on
photographic skill and ejarity of
the picture.
In the “People” classification
the winner was Mrs. C. D. Jones of
Hillsboro who submitted a snap
shot of two children sampling
fudge as they made it. Honorable
mention in this category went to
Mrs. B. L. Smith of 404 Patterson
Place, who submitted several note
worthy entries.
Mrs. H. E. Kennedy’s entry of
a dog watching a TV set, entitled
“Engrossed In Channel Four” was
judged the best entry in the “Pets”
classification. And in the judging
for “Scenes” the entries of Milo
.4. Crawford of 73 Maxwell Road
were deemed by far the best. His
winning entry was a seascape with
the sun shining through the clouds.
Each of the three winners may
claim their prizes of three dollars
in photo merchandise at Foister’s
Camera Store and their entries
will be considered for the grand
prize judging at the end of the
next two two-week
winning photos in this first con-
te.st will be printed on the pic
ture page of Monday’s issue of the
News Leader.
Entries for the second contest
which is now under way are en
couraged, and may be mailed to
the News Leader or left at Eois-
ter’s Camera Store. There’s no en
try fee and all prints may be re
claimed at the end of the contest.
Chapel Hill Wednesday morning
of last week.
The trio had been bold by Sher
iff O. It. Clayton for investigation
since last Friday.
An autopsy report filed with the
Sheriff Monday listed the cause of
death as drowning.
(See MURDER, Page 8)
Labor Day Will Be Observed
As Holiday In The Community
Next ^ionday, Labor Day, will ^ day and the hoard of education at
be observed as a holiday general-1 8 p.m. Tuesday.
One scheduled event not to be
postponed is the annual sale of
propel ty for delinquent 1954 Coun
ty taxes. This will be held at the
courthouse door in Hillsboro at
noon Mnfidit;.. Deith and
rarely take a holiday” is the old
adage known to all and Ibis Labor
Day will be no exception in this
respect.
ly throughout this community and
Orange County.
The Merchant.s Association 1ms
recommended that stores be closed
all day, although beginning next
Wednesday' IbC' Associ.ation
recommended that they .stay open
all day instead of closing at .1
p.m. as they have boon doing dur
ing the summer.
Postmaster J. Paul Cheek said
there would be no window service
or deliveries of mail in Chapel
Hill on Labor Day, but incoming
and outgoing mails would be post
ed as usual.
The municipal offices in Chapel
Hill and Carrboro, as well as tlie
banks, will observe the occasion
as a legal holiday. University em
ployees arc scheduled for a holi
day, with skeleton crews operating
contests. The i Carolina Inn, physical plant i
and other full time operations ot
the school. Memorial Hospital
plans to keep a full staff on hand,
according to an official.
The County Boards of Commiss
ioners and Education, and the
Chapel Hill School Board, all of
which usually meet on the first
Monday of the month, have post
poned their meetings. The com
missioners will meet at 10:00 Tues-
I r:.
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^PITALIZED
register of patrents
""“rial Hospital includes
MEasley, Mrs. Wharton
.fs^eorge Henry, Herbert
[■iBruce Martindale, Mrs.
Dr, Arthur Prange and
Strowd.
Enrollment Of About 2,700 Is Seen
In Schools; Announcements Made
An enrollment of about 2,700 is
expected at the six local schools
when classes start next Wednes
day.
Schools were busy making plans
for opening this morning. Start
ing time is 8:30 a.m. for Chapel
Hill Elementary School, 8:20 a.m.
for Glenwood School.
Meanwhile, Superintendent of
Chapel Hill Schools C. W. Davis
and Lincoln High School Principal
C. A. McDongle signed a joint
statement that graduates of Lni-
prcbably be started “in the very
near future.” j
The statement came, wrote Mr. I
Davis and Mr. McDouglc, after I
“several persons interested in the I
of
ourney Has Over 50 Entries
* X ^ 4/-vni
50 entries were on
®orning for the Second
t |Pel Hill Amateur Golf
’ *Ps> to be played off
Course here this
*)■ Golf
were join-
the Jaycee
entrants
tournament
^the event, Fred Aber-
oted the field would
I the 73 participants
ol last year, when Archie Meekins ■ on Sunday evening. The tourna-
the winner with a low score! raent will be open to anjbodj who
Abernathy said the lives or works in the community
was
of 142. Mr.
course would not be closed to the
public during the tourney play
offs on Sunday and Monday and
noted that entries would be ac
cepted through 9 a.m. Sunday.
If the field of entrants is large
enough he said the Jaycees would
stage a picnic for the participants; Course Clubhouse
coin, contrary to rumor, will be i future of graduates of Lnicoln
able' to enter any Negro college of | High School have asked the ques-
their choice, ard that “construction ! tions, ‘Will our graduates be able
of proper assembly facilities” will j to attend college?’ ‘Will they have
' to go five years?’ ‘What is the
rating of Lincoln High School?’ ”
Reason: No Auditorium
Such questions, they said, were
‘‘brought about because of the ac
tion of tke Southern Association
of Secondary Schools and Colleges
in dropping Lincoln High from
the approved list of secondary
schools due to the lack of proper
Bonds Are Sold
For Interest
Of 2.45 Pet.
Town officials seemed well
pleased with the sale of a $102,000
bond issue this week to First Se
curities Corporation of Durham at
an average interest rate of 2,45
per cent.
The bonds will go for the pur
chase of 10 piece of motor equip
ment, the sale of whieh has al
ready been completed subject to
the issuing of the bonds, and the
installation of new .storm and
sanitary sewer line.s in the town.
W. E. Easterlnig of the Local Gov
ernment Commission in Raleigh,
which sold the bonds on Tuesday,
told 'I’own Manager D. Rose he
felt it was “a pretty good sale.”
According to Mr. Rose the in
terest rate of 2.45 is about the
same as the average of that on
the .$301,001) principal the town
was previously paying off, though
it seemed to be slightly higher
than some more recent issues. He
said, however, that he, too, felt
this latest sale was quite satisfac-
loi'y.
I Old of the $102,000 authorized
the Town has already contracted
! for the motor equipment purchase
; of aliout $36,000. About ,$7,000 in
I fire equipment is soon to be
I bought, and the total issues for the
' sanitary sewers and storm .sewei's
I are $15,000 and $40,000 respec-
j lively. Out of the total of $190,000
! in bonds atijirovcd by the town’s
i voters last May only a $50,000 is-
I sue for curl) and gutter installa-
j tions and $38,000 for the widen
ing of Rosemary Street remain to
be sold.
and trophies will be given for
both the net and gross winners.
Entry fee of $2.50 covers greens | asscnibly facilities,
fees for both days and entry j gg state of North
blanks are available at the Town ^ Carolina is concerned,” the slate-
and Finley Golf ment says, “the rating of Lincoln
' (See ENROLLMENT, Page 8)
and Campus
COURT ON THE SIDEWALK—Judge W. S. Stewart held Recorder's Court on the sidewalk Tuesday
as Durham youths Don R. Conklin and Gerald M. Hoke were tried for speeding. Conklin, in the driver's
seat of the automobile, is crippled and could not come Into the court room. Hoke is shown at far right.
Others are, left to right. Clerk of Court B. J. Howard, Highway Patrolman E. S. Robinson, Solicitor
Emery Denny Jr. and Judge Stewardt. Ncw.s Leader rliolo
Cleari.ng and cooler tonight,
with expected low in upper 60s.
Friday, generally fair and mild,
with high in low 80s.
High Low Rainfall
Monday 85 68 .00
Tuesday 86 67 .00
Wednesday 87 70 .00