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(3/ f Newspaper Service Dial 8444 ain.Street^ Carrboro Office: Chapel Hill News Leader II, NO. 88 0. J.'Foreman Co. Monmouth, W- Adv. Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surroundipg Areas Poverty Pose ■ The fiscal report to the Gov ernor shows that North Carolina is not so poor as she’s sonoetime made out to be. See Page Two for editorial comment. Five Cents The Copy CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1955 $4.50 The Year By Mail PEOPLE In Brief spirited an entry as was in Friday afternoon’s Chapel Hill High School .coming parade., was George a, Durham Sun carrier, who leered to bring up the rear of of m.u'ch, riding on his paper-f-iStooned bicycle. KS WHO HAPPENED TO t at the moment were de- id hrlhe striking sight of twin o'pr I comet-like vapor trails out behind a pair of jet i that winged eastward across ite afternoon skies yesterday, h a few moments the setting (it the silver bodies on two e five planes just right so ,ey shone as speeding scar ed streaks on the cloud!e,ss of the sky. IAKING OF HEAVENLY inena, Planetarium Manager jenzano reminds local sky ers to be on the lookout for r showers in the southeast- ight skies this month—prob-. about a week. As many as J-dozen meteors an hour may en in what is known as the lid” .meteor shower. A con ing factor to visibility will e absence of the moon from eavens. FREDERICK CREIGHTON nan, physicians, traveller, Seun.and author, who is the of two other authors, is back apartment on West Frank- Ircct after a faw days in jrial Hospital. He is resuming riling labors, but has time to is friends. ALBANS ESCAPED IN- in a car accident as he was ig hopie on the Pittsboro ■ay shortly after midnight day. He swerved his auto to a car in front that was pre- Ho turn into a private drive, chicle overturned, damaging ip and .side. ESTIMATED 160 PERSONS on the Art Guild’s contem- homes tour Saturday after- visiting all except one of the skieirecs that wore to be-open Ihe recasion. The Milton .ful- undnial new modernistic now being built off Country Rohd, was taken off the tour request of the architect, who hat in its present incomplete it would not show' off his to good advantage. EPOSTOFFICIp EMPLOYEES get a holiday .t|i#;:Friday for 'ans Day, anriotriTCes Postmas- ’aul Cheek. There’ll be no ow service and no deliveries, Pt for special delivery. How- incoming and outgoing mails le posted as usual., E CONTINENI^t; TRAVEL c.v has leased the quarters of lerrimac Shop on East Frank- Sheet, effective February 1. out on West Franklin Street ler business change that’s im- St is Murdock’s Jewelers, now g a going-out-of-business sale, understood that Nick Watts, S' of the building, plans to a fast-service dry cleaning fiishment there in the near im ■ m Carrboro Capital Sum Status Is Sought; Board Chairman Submits Resignation Clark Requests I* % > • ■ « • HOMECOMING QUEEN.$—S.hown on the Student Council float in the Chapel Hifl High School Homecoming parade is the queen and her four honor attendants, elected by vote of the student body last week. Left to right Becky Buckner, Butch Me Knight, Betty Hayes (standing), Katherine Livas, and Ef.aini Livas, the queen. News Leader Photo Counter Actions Filed By Both Sides In Beating Case; Trial Set For Today Counter civil suits were filed in that they beat the wife of the Or- Hill.sboro today in connection with ange Grove dairy farmer, the beating two weeks ago of Mrs. Notice of intention to institute a Hugh Wilson. $50,000 civil suit for . personal in- A preliminary hearing on kid- juries and damages to character napping charges in this case, and was filed by Mrs. tVilson against trial for assault, w'as pending this Mrs. Sally Atkinson, Mrs. Cora auernoon in Orange County Re- Bejester, and Mrs. Alice Ince. The eorder’s Court for three women tliree were in court today aw'aiting who admitted to sheriff’s deputies the calling of the criminal cases Lincoln High' Finish Season Wifh 8-0 Undefeated Record before Judge L. J. Phipps. At the same time it was revealed Smith Cites School 'Musts' ' A bond issue or an increase in the tax rate Ls a ■‘must'’ if local school needs are to be met, School Board Chairman Carl Smith told the Glenwood Parent-Teacher As sociation on Thursday evening. I Air. Smith reviewed the $1,076,- 000 in capital needs of the local system for the next five years, pre sented the current dilemma of the schools here, and explored the melhods by w'hich these needs may be mot. In his talk the Board Chair man voiced strong criticism of two ; local members of the County Board I of Commissioners—Edwin S. La- I nier and Dwight Ray. i He scored these two for their (failure to support the Chapel Hill I unit’s capital outlay request. Ac- i knowlcdging the shortage of funds j for this purpose, Air. Smith count- j ered that “Until they increase taxes i or allow a bond issue the respons- i ibilUy; w'ill rest with the commiss- j ioners.” j Minimum Already Exceeded i He recalled that the estimated iinininmm need of the Chapel Hili ! schools for 26 additional classrooms during the next five years had al- that a $30,000 civil suit for aliena- ready been exceeded by three tion of affections had been filed by rooms over the prediction for this Airs, Atkinson against Airs. Wilson, year’s requirements. This year, he In a third legal action today pointed out, there are II6 more Airs. Whison’s attorneys issued ar-' pupils enrolled than had been pre- re.st and bail papers against the dieted by, the school census ol last three defendants. This maneuver is | spring, which did not take into ac- taken for the purpose of prevent- ! count the growth of the communi- ing the departure of a defendant i ty. At the Glenwood School there in a civil ease and requires the,i are as many as 38 children in some posting of $250 bond by each ot) grades. Air. Smith said.^ the three. It was charged "in this* action that the defendants were in- ' - f 1. AT CATHOLIC GROUNDBREAKING—William D. Carmichael Sr., donor of the two lots on Gimghoul Road on which the new Catholic Church is to be built here, performs the symbolic rite of groundbreaking whiie the local parish members look on at special ceremonies held at the site of the $180,000 building yes terday afternoon. At the left (seated) is Prof. Emeritus Frank Cameron, long a copgregational leader, .while at the right is the Rev. John A. Weidinger, local parish priest. SPITALIZED Today's register of patfents %morial Hosoital includes p' L. P. Andrews, W. L. Bur C- C. Edwards, Miss Cathe Henley, s. Hoffman, C. S ® and Noah Stanton, Jr. By Floyd "Jake" Hogan ] The Lincoln High Tigers closed their ’55 football season on Fri day afternoon with a victory against Pinkney High at Carthage 26-0. This gave Lincoln a record of eight wins and. no defeats. Quarterback Douglas Clark’s 36- yard pass to Bobby Norwood for 19 yards in the first period brought Lincoln out into scoring position. Then on a fumble recovered by Lincoln in the second period, Clark passed to Nonvood for eight yards and Rufus Bynum, driving through the line, gave Lincoln a 13-0 half time score. In the third period Lincoln was held out of scoring position, but came back in the fourth period to gain two touchdowns. Ray Lyde caught a pitch out from Cleveland Atwater on the Pinkney 40 yard line, Lyde carried to the 20 and was brought down. Then Bynum carried to the 18 on a handoL from Quarterback Johnson, who passed from the 18 to Lyde v/ho was brought dowm on the one. On a pitchout from Johnson, Lyde carried through the line for a touchdown. Rufus Bynum made another hard drive through the line for the extra point. Robert Weaver set up a touch down in the last few minutes of the game by intercepting a pun, on Lincoln’s 40. Fullback Gcorg'i McCauley carried down to the 45 and James Atwater drove 55 yards for the last touchdown. The Lincoln High Line held Pinkney down on their 20 yard line. Mickey Farrington. .Joe Dale Minor and William Nunn lead the Lincoln line in tackles. Lincoln will enter the play-olf for the 1955 state champs. tending to dispose of their proper ty. I They are charged by Mr. Wilson : with the kidnapping and assault against his wife on October 23 when one of them came to the Wil son house and asked Mrs. Wilson to come to the assistance of Air. Atkinson. Airs. Wilson, a nurse, went with this person, who was lat er joined by the other two. The fhre admitted beating her near the Atkinson home, charging that Airs. Wilson had been having an affair with Mr. Atkinson—a charge which both Air. and Mrs. Wilson have vigorously denied. He criticized Mr.. Ray as one who “has not show any sympathy to our schools and has not been willing to increase the county tax rate to support them.’’ Mr. Lanier', ho said, voiced no objections to the Chapel Hill program before dis cussing it in the commissioners’ budget meetings,. “He had worked with us, but apparently someone changed his mind. He’s neser given any explanation except that until I they had a solution to the race j problem he would not be willing to increase taxes for our school needs. T think our situation is desperate enough that we must have more money, regardless of the race is sue.” Wildcats Lose 22 To 0 ! n H o TO © c o m i n g C o n t e st The Henderson Bulldogs spoiled Chapel Hill's homecoming Friday night with a hot first half in freez ing temperature, scoring three touchdowns and adding a third quarter safety for a 22-0 victory. The Bulldogs coasted after the half as Coach Red V/ilson substi tuted fi-eely In emptying the bench in using ail 37 players dressed for the game. Charlie Johnson scored twice on a one-yard plunge and a 50-yard sprint and AI. J. Jackson hauled back a punt 59 yards for the other touchdown. Johnson added two ex- Wreck On Strowd Hill Disrupts Power In Town Claiborne Hunsuckle of Durham has been charged with drunken and reckless driving and property damage in connection with a spec tacular accident last night that dis rupted electric power for most of the town. The 42-year-old defendant was released from jail about 10 o’clock jailed. Ncxne of them had injuries explode in a brilliant shower of more serious than minor cuts, ac- sparks. cording to Hospital authorities, i The license number on his ’52 Tile police received complaints Chevrolet corresponding with that last night of a man and a woman given by the complainant. On their fighting in a car driving east release last night the parents had through town, and also of a wo-; no statement or admissions to man’.s falling out of a car down-; make, town. Heading out East Franklin ! in response to the complaint. Pa- ' Traffic for a mile on either side last night on $500 bond, and or dered to appear for trial in Re- i trolmen A. L. Pendergrass and of the wreck piled up quickly af- corder’s Court here next Monday, j Gene Cozart arrived at the top of ter the wreck, as officers routed He, his wife, and their four-year-; Strowd Hill in time to see the ; cars around via the Raleigh Road. old son Henry Leon were all given first aid treatment at Alemorial Hunsuckle auto plow through -the power pole at the first curve down Power was- shut off for about an , hour and a half in most of the the vicinity of the accident. Utili ties Superintendent Grey Culbreth said some telephone service might not be restored until late today .since a 200-pair cable was damaged. It was the greatest disruption of service here since Hurricane Haz el. The fire department pressed its emergency power generator into use so that the police department’s radio contact could be maintained, and by midnlghL the road had been cleared by fast-working Uni- tra points for a 20-0 first half lead. Id the opening minutes of the third quarter. Danny House bowled Lhrough to nail Ross Jervis in the end zone for a safety and the final two points of the night. The play of the Bulldogs in the first half was the only hot thing about the game as fans built fires along the sidelines in an effort to combat "the bitter cold. When the End Paul Cheek was named Player Of The Week by WCHL's secret committee for his good performance in Friday evening's game. He'll receive a gift certi ficate from the Town and Camp us for his efforts. Hospital before Hunsuckle was (the hill and the 7,200-volt lines , town and for nearly three hours in j Service Plants crewmen. learns went out for the rest pe riod, the question was whether the Bulldogs were on their way to an other high-scoring exhibition. Ruffin Flarville was the work horse for the' Wildcats, caiTying 17 times but netting only 18 yards. Tommy Goodrich had the most yardage for the losers with 37 yards on a dozen tries while Bob by Costello carried twice for 22 yards. Chapel Hill winds up its 1955 I season at Oxford Orphanage this I Friday night, with the Wildcats being favored in the final contest. Appointment Of A Woman \ Pr.\ cfMnmjucc Ironi Clan b()r() this morning (jueried the (ionnlv School lio-crd on the .stains -oi’ the Shrj.ooo eai- niarked lor a new C'.arrhoro , School se\ eral years ago. as i.l)oard inendtcrs Hayed the i joining ol the dri\'e hjr the 'new .school wilii the suggested merger ol' tlie OhapcI Hill and (larrhoro Scdiool Districts. I .\t the same time the hoard ' received the resignation of Walter Clark .Jr., chairman of the Carr boro School Advisory Committee for the past 18 months. No action ^ was taken on Mr. Clark’s letter i pending the consideration of poss- I ible successors. The PTA delega- ! tion—as well as Air. Clark in his I letter of resignation—brought up i the' possibility of the County i Board’s naming a woman as Air. j Clark’s successor. 1 The Chapel Llill and County School Boards were to meet joint ly this afternoon to discuss their capital needs program with the idea of taking them before the County Commissioners to ask for a bond issue later in the day. $65,000 Question In answer to the PTA delega tion’s $65,000 qoestion, beard mem bers explained that the money was available to be appropriated for this purpose. But they said they considered it “unfortunate” that the drive for a new Carrboro School has been linked with the (See CARRBORO, Page 8) WALTER CLARK JR. ---/CV- Occasional light rain early to-, night followed by partly cloudy and cool. Cooler tomor row. High today 65; low tonight near 40. High tomorrow in the mid 50s. High Low Rainfall Thursday 60 43 .10 Friday 55 34 .00 Saturday 54 25 .00 Sunday 66 29 .00 M- -v,. rt Ml ^tfHEARED OFF—The rear bumper of the Claiborne Hunsuck- Wo rests on the stump of the 7,500-volt power line pole on Road, which it sheared off at 6:50 p. m. last evening, the town into darkness. A SIGHT TO BEHOLD!—Hundreds of spectators, most of them riding in the autos which piled up for a mile on either side of tne Durham Road wreck last night, walked up to the scene to look cautiously at the battered auto, lying amidst the fallen power and telephone lines. The three occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne Hunsuckle and their tour-year-old son, are still inside the vehicle, awaiting removal to an ambulance. News Leader Photo f N r t * '■. ’'-il'j • I ; ■ HOSPITAL-BOUND—Four-year-old Henry Leon Hunsuckle is cradled in the arms of an ambulance attendant, bound for Mem orial Hispital where examination showed he was suffering nothing more than a laceration on the head.
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