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I prNewspaper Service. Dial 8444 ^ in Street, Carrboro Office; Chapel News Leader ''SIM Hoiijl voa^O- CO- Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas "Afterthought At UN" On the opening of United Nations Week, the Rev. S. T. Habel comments on “God As An Afterthought” at the UN. See Pastor’s Paragraphs, P. 6. Five Cents The Copy CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1955 S4.50 The Year By Mail EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE EOPLE In Brief I October 26-- j Joint Session irei ^ndiJ le aJ ^1 pen LISTON, SON OF MRS. hston of Pritchard Avenue, U( he picked up a hand L in a drainage ditch bc- Carr Street on Saturday. His L reported it to police yes- | [ and they investigated, only j L that it had been thrown j Uto the water-filled ditch ! Shane had set it down at j to. The police couldn’t find £ a long search, but young U Mason did, and turned it L the officers. It was indeed L grenade, and the police | m to the ROTC for detona- Lw Tong it’d been there no Lid tell. It wasn’t very rusty, |g been protected from the I by an oily film. I ladies of THE SCOUTS' » field day event on Sat- t had figured on signalling [all-hour time periods during lay via bugle call. But the ^■ailable buglers were scouts, b| of them were taking paid ' tRush, Director Art Bennett td to give signals via a shot- flast, and started out doing ^owever it seems there were hunters in the area and they signals in confusion during iorning. Solution in the after session; A. double blast on msy every half hour. UTHERN ORANGE COUN- lird auto death of the month 110th in the County this year ■red early Saturday morn- len Mrs. Katherine Allen of Im died at Memorial Hos- of injuries received in a on the Durham Road last m night. She’d developed pia in addition- to multiple pd a fracture. Mrs. Allen was ite to work at Carrboro Mills her auto collided with an ling vehicle near Brady’s. ^-MONTHS-OLD NEGRO Carolyn Joyce Harris, daugh- [ Mrs. Katy Harris of Har- ! died about 10 o’clock Sat- niarn-ijng in her bed at home, y Coroner George Canada les the cause to have been ialion. The prematurely-bo-rn 1 had been quite ill earlier, mother had fed the child 7:30, then gone to the gro- ilore leaving her mother with Md, who never made any f. Altwm brother survives. QUESTION OF FIRE lion [service for the newly- I Greater Chapel Hill Fire it came up again in con- m with the unchecked burn- fT. M. Greene’s rental house far Orange Church on Fri- light. However, this house lOT in the Fire District. The Is about a half-mile south W W. UMSTEAD JR., nan ,of the State Hospitals ! nf Control, didn’t go to ko over the weekend to (ally investigate the accident • Slate Hospital for Negroes ■rti a number of women were in fahiiig from a truck. He “St night the matter Vould properly be taken up by card’s executive committee meeting to be arranged my during the week of No- 110. I ■KS WHO'VE been SAVING Inrning right from the Dur- ^nad onto the bypass be- tion MCnL, traveling over nmpy clii-t; trail, are now stymied. The State ay Department has put up a at each end and removed '®t at the bypass end. .Never - — the enterprising **npled with driver impa- I will finci 3 short cut. • WYCEES' recent sur- ’ toys interested in Cub tm-n-ed out 109 white wanted to be Cubs, already 120 in or.gan- an s in the community. In ‘tore were 90 Negro boys proper age category who a^Cub organization. armchair financial J^red the solution to the Chapel Hill’s traffic wor- an day; if^ve all of the a-^ly 2,00 student-own- a at the University listed purposes here. Assum- ff’^age valuation of $1,000, ‘Ug in over $20,000 an- 'Town, which il " tois dough into ad- ming and traffic-easing “ buy student An Important Day-- tote°h5d'Tw H “'"'•""'“■-social Secaril, Coorti.aUoa mp ov s to S'”"”'; ■" cPPCrtPPlty lor stole inployees to adopt a retirement system which will provide larser andTlu^Tr”' ‘“f bcno«S proposed plan, we will have an income if we retire or if we become J^hHdret If die and leave young V ears nf’ 1 fi, dependent husband years of age, they will have an income. To Consider Zoning Bill over 65 We beheve that the proposed plan will be good for the Univer- s.ty. It will enable the University to compete with other public institutions, and private business for the services of excellent teach ers and staff members. Practically all of the leading institutions hye, or are trying to get, retirement plans which with Social Security. are coordinated We think that the proposed plan will benefit the community. We have all witnessed families left without adequate financial when the father has died. , In order that all eligible voters may vote without loss of personal time,.all department and division heads of the University have been authorized by the Administration to permit voters to vote on Uni versity time. Arrangements have been made so that voting may be done without a great deal of interference with regular duties. It IS important that all eligible voters vote. Failure to Vote will count as a negative vote. Stick-Up Man Gets $20 In Hold-Up At Motel Better coordination of the ope ration of the suburban and local zoning ordinance will be discuss ed at a joint meeting tomorrow evening of the Chapel Hill aider- men, and District Planning Board and Board of Adjustment, Build ing Inspector P. L. Burch, and Philip P. Green of the Institute of Government staff who has ad vised on the setting up of the land use restrictions bill. The aldermen will hold a special meeting tonight for a formal hear ing on the requested annexation of the 30-acre Ridgefield develop ment on the ea.st side ol the by pass highway. The four owners of the tract have made a proposal to the town seeking the installation of sewer lines in their development . dependent of the annexation. The | hearmg will be held at 7:30 p.m.! in the Town Hall. ] At tomorrow evening’s joint, meeting of the board various forms- j D. D. Carroll, Chairman, j aod procedures in connection with Information Committee : fhe carrying out of the new zon-j ing ordinance will be discussed.'i The session is being called at the request of the Planning Board. means RESIDENTIAL CHEST SOLICITORS—The nineteen residential area captains in next months 1956 Community Chest campaign met at the home of Mrs. Walter Spearman, residential solicitations chairman, to receive campaign materials and plan for the Novem ber 1 to 9 drive. Left to right are Mrs. George Harper, Mrs. Hew- son Michie, Mrs. John Clayton, Mrs. Spearman, Mrs. E. E. Hazlett, Mrs. J. C. Lyons, Mrs. Allan Hurlburt, Mrs. Clarence Philbrook, Mrs. George Doak, Mrs. Thomas Farmer, Mrs. W. D. McCutcheon, Mrs. Mark Hanna, and Mrs. N. P. DiCostanzo. Absent are Mrs. W. J. Ogburn, Mrs. Whid Powell, Mrs. R. W. Madry, Mrs. Preston H. Epps, Mrs. E. A. Brecht, Mrs. Albert Coates, and Mrs. Marvin L. Granstorm. News Leader Photo PAPER BAG DRIVE A young armed bandit held up $20—all the money on hand at the University Lodge Motel early that time. Then, he continued, the ■ yestierdl.y morning and made a thief made him go to the room he i clean getaway with $20. j had signed in for and tried to ' Shortly after 11 a.m. today the lock him in, which he could not thief walked into the police sta- do. Mr. Hardy said he saw the car lion at Laurinburg and gave him- driving away as he ran out of the ■ self up, telling the officer on duty room when the robber left, but he j there that he had robbed the Chap- couldn’t get a description of the [ el Hill motel yesterday. He gave car. | his name as Edward Thrower, 23. E, E. VJILLIAMS DIES E. E. Williams, 74, of Carrboro died last night 'while attending services at the Church of God. Funeral arrangements are in complete. The Student Council of the Chapel Hill Elementary School is sponsoring a paper bag drive this week tor the PTA Thrift Shop.' Any persons willing to contribute paper bags are asked to leave them at the Elemen tary School, or take them di rectly to the Thrift Shop. Chest Organization Rounded Out By Naming Campus, Town Workers Merchants Decline Student Autos Stand Fifty-one Campus Captains for'^' the Community Chest Drive have been chosen, Roy Armstrong, Cam pus Chairman, announced today. He has called a meeting for 4:35 p.m. next Monday in Gerrard Hall Non-Local Employees' Chest Gifts Sought Chapel Hill residents who at which time the volunteer mem- [ work in other places were ask- A special committee of the I “The Merchants Association will , I Merchants Association, appointed; be very glad to help or cooperate noni.r,, ur TT r-i T 1 P. f T • Greensboro detectives came here | to consider the University stu-! in any manner possible with the Wa hf'm f ^ to 'I toere was any dent traffic and automobile' pro.b-1 University in its problem.” ^usnect " connection between this a simular | lem. has declined to take a standi This special committee was ap- TT ■ -a , ‘ Il^lford; the situaC^^^ ! pointed following a recent meet- versity student who was night Trom -the■desc;'ipti-a offered .thS i T bv, mg . pi ,the,:Associat>on chrectors clerk when the stick-up occurred told polfce''-■ William D ' f^f toent Crowell at which University Trustee John shortly before 2 a.m., said the rob- Blake, they could not establish any fT" her was a white man, about 20- link. ^ ; nett released the following state- years-old, five-feet-lOinches, dark Except for the Carrboro bank ’ toaai’: curly hair, thin face, and wore a robbery last year it was the first i Committee appointed by light brown coat and sweater. armed hold-up in the community the President of the Merchants He said the man asked for ac- 'in over 20 years, the last one hav- Association met and discussed the comodations and he told him he ’ ing been the sensational Ashley | condition of the commun- had a late cancellation he could Penn case in 1934. j lly' to'® phase of student cars, give him. The man signed in un- Police Patrolmen Skippy Ethe- i “I ^It that it was a University der the name of James Martin of ridge, Amos Horn, and Howard ^““^1 solely its responsibili- Charlotte. As Mr. Hardy look- Pendergraph responded to Mr. ed up to take him to his room he Hardy’s call to the police station j “The local merchants are mak- W. Umstead noted that the trus tees executive committee was con sidering the student auto and parking problem.. He invited the merchants to take a stand on the matter if they so desired. The efforts to provide adequate ibers will receive instructions and I kits. I Campus workers and their lo- j cations are: Captain Joseph Ger- rity, Air Force ROTC; Miss Cowles, University Press; ,0. V. Cook, Li brary; ■'Frank West, Monogram Club; 0. M. Powers, Lenoir Hall;; Nelson Callahan, Duplicating De partment; J. E. Wadsworth, Hous ing Office; A. F. Jenzano, More- head Building; James C. Wallace, Graham iVleiuoriai; Glen Haydon, Hi.il Hall: Ray Ritchie, Book Ex change and other stores. L. B, Rogerson, Carolina Inn; Earl Wvnn, Swain Hall; Mrs. Fran ces Lytle, Personnel and Loan Fund Office; J. M. Galloway, Place ment Office; John Couch, Davie Hall; John Allcott, Person Hall and ed today by J. A. Branch, Gen eral Chairman, of the Commun ity Chest Drive, to contribute to the Chapel Hill Community Chest. “We hope that every resident of Chapel Hill, Glen Lennox, and vicinity will participate in the 1956 Community Chest by contributing to the Fund which supports nine Chapel Hill agen cies,” Mr. Branch said. “If the wage-earner is asked 'j ■ „ -- , , 1 elation, started by a number of ■said the man was aiming a pistol and went to the Lodge, however;*^'"" every effort possible to pro-i , i, * f at him and told him to give him they said they were able to find |''"tole adequate parking facilities/* mere an s or e pui all the money in the cash drawer, no trace of the fleeing bandit after ’ and to lighten the traffic on the Pose of setting up off-street park- The clerk said he gave him the a lengthy search of the area. I streets. | ing space. parking facilities” mentioned ini t at ou- i ta- , ; Art Department; Mrs. ShuTey Pier-1 the Committees statement above Government; I apparently refer to the recently- formed Chapel Hill Parking Asso-, Max Saunders, Filter Plant. E. W. McKnight, Power Plant: John Mellinger, Nash Hall; J. C. or expected to contribute to the United Fund Drive in the city where he is employed, we hope that he will remember his home community, at least to the ex tent of splitting his contribu tion between the two places.,” the Fund Chairman said. ♦ Nineteen women who will lead the house-to-house campaign of the 1956 Community Chest No- v'oniber 1-9 have been named by Mrs. Walter Spearman, ’ Chairman of the Residential Division. They will be assisted by lieu tenants, selection of which is now in progress, Mrs. Spearman said. It is the goal of the Residential Division to visit every home in the community seeking contributions to the $25,733 Chest total which supports nine Chapel Hill agen cies; ' “The success of the Chest Drive depends on our volunteer workers and we are delighted at the re sponse of the women of the com- muniiy. to' Mi's. Spearman’s appeal RACE FELLOWSHIP MEET Scouts In Orange Gold Rush Earn $60 In Prizes Boy Scouts of Orange District j Arthur Bennett, chairman of the: ond place, team led by Chips | Culbreth ,Bob Hawkins, Ed John- earned about $60 for themselves ' event for the sponsoring Kiwanis Weaver, Troop 39, flashlight prizes; j son, J. C. Johnson, Floyd Hatcher, or their troop treasuries in Sat- Club, presented the participating third place, team leader Terry; John Fox, Ralph Howard, Joe Gal- urday’s second annual Gold Rush' award, a large nugget trophy, to Stapleton, Troop 9, small flash-1 loway, Ed Steytler, Bill Hamnett, field day event. ! Robert L. Hawkins, Scoutmaster of light awards; and fourth place,! Wayne Raver, Don Dewey, W. H. Eighty-three Scouts participated i the Baptist-sponsored Troop 826, i Harvey Rheinhardt, Hillsboro, team i Branch, Harold Weaver, Charles in the all-day seoutcraft contest, j for his troop’s having had 83 per i leader, waterproof match case i Hubbard, Ray Barnes, and Andy held near the old iron mines two ; cent of its members entered in the | pribes. | Shearer. miles north of town. The members Rush. | The five-man teams were made Mr. Bennett expressed his ap- of the’ 15 competing teams were , The individual team prizes were [ up on the basis of the scout’s predation to the Kiwanis, Rotary, given imitation nuggets, redeem- ’ awarded as follows by Mr. Bennett: j ranks so that each team would be ! and Carrboro and Hillsboro Lions able at $ .10 apiece, depending on First place, earning 44 out of 45 ' more evenly matched. Scoring ^tobs for providing the prizes and Morrow'. Venable Hall; Frank W. Hanft, Law School; Herman 0. Thompson, Pharmacy School; Miss See CAMPUS—Page 8 Mrs. Gobbel's Mother Passes In Spencer Mrs. J. D. Carter, mother of Mrs. J. Temple Gobbel, died sud denly last night at her home in Spencer. In addition to Mrs. Gobbel, one son, Dan Carter, of Spencer, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren survive. J. H. Wheeler, Durham banker and lawyer, will speak cn “Pro gress in Desegregation" at the monthly meeting of the Inter- Racial Fellowship for the Schools Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Parish House of the Chapel of the Cross, Dr. George Penick, President of the Fellowship, an nounces. Mr. Wheeler is cur rently Treasurer of the N. C. Council on Human Relations. for .. assistance.” J. A. Branch, General Chairman, said today. The Residential Captains and the areas under their direction are: Mrs. Nestore di Costanzo, Mt. Bolus-Airp>rt Road; Mrs. W. J. Ogburn, Hidden Hills-Outer Dur ham Road; Mrs. Whid Powell, Strowd Hill- Plillcrest-Davie Cir- ! cle; Mrs. J. C. Lyons, Gimghoul- Glandon Drive; Mrs. George Harp er, Laurel Hill; Mrs. W. D. Mc Cutcheon, Oakwood - Rogerson; Mrs. Hew'son Michie, Glen Lennox- Northern Section; Mrs. John Clay ton, Glen Lennox- Southern Sec tion; Mrs. George Doak, Green- See TOWN—Page 8 HOSPITALIZED j Today's register of patfenrs I ef Memorial Hospital includes I Ward Burnette, Carl C. Edwards, their proficiency in performing' possible nuggets, team led by Mike assignments at each of the nine Culbreth, Troop 39, whose team stations on the Gold Rush. i received sheath knife prizes; sec- rnged from 32 up to 44 pointsa. Judges for the event were Char les Napier, Jim Watson, Howard to Long Meadow Farms and Knight- Cmpbell Hardware for assistance inproviding the awards and re freshments. a town license plate [I'asisi' a year Kenneth Harris, Mrs. Robert Is- f uneral services will be held: aacson, Mrs. James Pearson, James in Spencer and burial will be in Thrift, Mrs. Melvin Webb, Mrs. the Chapel Hill Cemetery tomor- | Walton Williams, Fletcher Yates row at 3:30 p.m. and Mrs. Beatrice Towell. Widely scattered showers to night and turning cooler. Tues day clearing and cooler. High today 80; low in the upper 40s. High tomorrow in mid 60s. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday High 67 75 71 68 Low Rainfall 37 .00 40 .00 49 .00 37 .00 winners in 'GOLD RUSH'—First place team in Saturday's Orange District Boy Scouts' Gold Rush field day event, held at the old iron mines near the airport, stand ready to receive their first place awards of sheath knives from the Rev. Charles Hubbard. Lit to right, members of the team are Mike Culbreth, team leader from Troop 39, Bill Graham, David Radford, Charles Lloyd, and Minor Davis. Shown behind the Rev. Mr. Hubbard, other adult leaders tor the event are Arthur Bennett (partially hidden and Charles Milner. in Sunday Afternoon Beating. . . , Three Orange Women Arrested On Assault, Kidnapping Charges Kidnapping and assault charges However they - wore continued lor j turned from morning church se.r- ttave been filed against three two weeks so that Mrs. Wilson vices and asked his wife Orange County women in con-; could be present. a reg- ,1 u ,• I " I istered nurse, to come to the At- ntoction with the beating of an j Arrested By kinson home, a mile away near O.ange Grove woman yesterday. | All three were arrested by the , Union Grove Church, to assist Dairy^ farmer Hugh M. Wilson ■ deputies last evening and taken ' Mr. Atkinson who was last night swore out warrants al- | to the Chapel Hill police station ; Wilson left with leging the felony and misdemean- where they. were charged or against Mrs. Sally (George) ’ held. Soon thereafter W. I. Suitt, ill. Mrs. her, but as the and car arrived at the road the otlier Atkinson and her two daughters Mrs. Cora (Stanley) Bejester and Mrs. Alice Ince. According to in formation given Sheriff’s Deputies Earl Bush and W. E. Clark Jr., the trio allegedly enticed Mr. Wil son s wife to leave her home by a fraudulent reason and then held her by force in their auto, taking her to the Atkinson home where ■farmer of near Orange Grove, signed $1,500 bond for each wo man and they were released. According to the officers the trio adanitted that Mrs. Wilson was taken by them in Mrs. At kinson’s car early yesterday after noon and was subsequently beat en. The deputies said the three women charged Mrs. Wilson with they whipped her. Mrs. Wilson is having an affair with Mr. Atkin- no-w in the University Infirmary recovering from shock and minor injuries from having been beaten. Tne cases were scheduled for trial in Orange County Recorder’s Court at Hillsboro this morning. son — an allegation which both Mr. and Mrs. Wilson emphatically denied to day. Mr. Wilson reported to the of- two women jumped in the car and then all three began assailing Mrs. Wilson and threatening to beat her, which they did after ar riving at the Atkinson house, Mr. Wilson reported. Found At Atkinsons He said he went to the Atkin sons shortly thereafter “to see what was wrong with George” and met his wife, in the company of the three women, coming up to the house from the tobacco barn. After he left with his wife, Mr. Wilson told authorities, she un- ficers that Mrs. Atkinson came' folded to him the tale of the beat- to their home soon after they re- ! ing. 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