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Grid Game For Schools
With schools of the communi
ty so badly in need of capital
funds, why not have a UNC
football game for their benefit
each year. See Page Two Edito
rial.
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'^APEL mUL, NORTH CA^OUNA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1955
$4.50 The Year By Mail
EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE
flOPLE
In Brief
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‘Jiti
'S'SilJ
P»'d(
tiiiif
CllJ
lo drivers HEREABOUTS
witness the passing of
L era in tocal automo-
Lg, it>ll be the erection of
llight traffic signal at the
of McCauley and Pittsboro
„ marking the first non-
U street in town to be so
I The University Service
have the new stoplight and
Let it in a f®'® after
Ly checking it. We’re now
koplight town, counting the
i Carrboro. The one soon to
Ld at the dangerous Main
bsemary Streets intersection
le No. 19-
Lectors for the olym-
y at the Notre Dame game
jay drew a wide range of
jid addenda out of the card-
collection containers they
i along the aisles in the
[lands. Out of the estimated
total collection, Jaycees
t Co-Chairman Frank Block-
■„ said they got several five-
bills, a couple of hundred
, a mountain of pennies, and
aspirin tablets and transfer
Prize of ’em all, he said,
lOU for $1,000 — “if Caro-
ins.” The total was several
ffliat was realized last year.
Trustees Considering
Resignation, UNC Split
Guard Unit
Seen Ouf
District Committees Favor
'Fhe execulive ronriiiinee of the l.i.XC trii.slee.s met lo-
ta\ at t .e f>o\etnors nlfire in Raleigli witli three main tasks
on )ts agenda:
1. lo aiiive at a final decision on the resignation of
Gordon Gray as president of the* i
Greater University. Johnsey of its Raleigh bureau say-
2. To choose a committee to certain tru-stees favor abo-
i find a successor, meantime to be- ^tion of the office of president
stow full powers on the acting would substitute an administra-
president, J. Harris Purks. | control by the Board of High-
3. To debate a proposal to ob-' Education whose chairman is D.
tain better coordination of the I®’
Greater University units at Chapel ^ ^ same art,c e said there was
Hill, Raleigh, and Greensboro un- f ^ break up
der the State Board of Higher Ed- P'-‘;Sent consolidation and re-
iication i the three units at Chapel
I ^ ' Hill, Raleigh ,and Greensboro to
is e-vpected that President their original identities.
Gray’s resignation will be formally , University officials would not
accepted, but about his successor comment today on these proposals,
there is some uncertainty. It is pointed out that any action
known that a number of trustees taken would have to be approved
wish not only to give full powers first by the full Board of Trustees
to Acting President Purks but to gnd then by the General Assembly,
elect him president when the full jf recalled that during the
board meets.
Would End Presidency
The Greensboro News yesterday
last legislature a bill was intro
duced to restore independence to
each of the three University units,
contained a long articles by Arthur ' but did not pass.
COLLIER COBB SR., AND
ilary Cobb should be credited
community’s only house-
|s patriotic enough lo display
lory in front of a private
on the occasion of the ob-
ice of Veterans Day last Fri-
Ithough the flags are still
downtown on many national
s, the old practice of citi-
lutting out the flag at home
to be dying out.
ilUS BALDWIN HAS, WITH-
[doubt, the snazziest new bike
ill’s a bright red and white
lar Huffy Radio Bike, a-nd
what it says—a bike with
I'ye radio on it. Cre..ted
stir'along Main Street yes-
morning as he pedaled
with music wafting from un
handle bars. The radio has
lial on it and an ignition key
:king it. Another proud pos-
of one of the $100-plius
ledes is Curtis Barbee.
FIREMEN ANSWERED A
10 alarm sounded) about mid-
g on .Saturday to toe Sigma
ouse on Fraternity Court,
if meat cooking on a stove
10 full and the grease over-
, blazing up on the stove,
cut off the gas. Fire went
le firemen went back to the !
without ary’a bite of the
'Uie victuals.
the police force
to extend its thanks to the
or more helpful citizens who
in to help handle the
and traffic on Sunday night
the scene of the bad wreck
jowned power pole on Strowd
The thronging hundreds of
'od people around the area
■h finite a jam that these
lielped to handle.
AL POLITICIANS WERE
ap front for the Democratic
y with Party Chairman
hitler in Lenoir Hall Friday
There wasn’t much intra-
talk, though the Orange-
®ce senatorial race was rum-
about a bit—with nothing
enough to pass on coming
'flit the best reportable tib-
ifnered there — and it’s not
'k lot of startling news —
■at Stevenson will be a shoo-
the party presidential nom-
th according to a Tar Heel
aoie down from the nation’s
Wildcats Finish Season
With Orphanage Win
The Chapel Hill Wildcats played quarter for the initial TD on a
one of their better games of the 15-yard run. Tommy Goodrich
■10-game football season in defeat- scored once each in the second and
ing 0.xford Orphanage 25-12 there fourth quarters and freshmai'
Friday night, ending the current Baldy Williams took a handof'
year’s play with a record of four around right end in the thin
wins, lour losses, and two ties, quarter to break loose for a 60
“All in all we’ve had a good yard scoring run.
year,” said Coach Bob Culton. The
Failure to tind a (iu;dii.ied
medical oil ice,' to take com"
mand ol ilie .'joth .National
(iuard I)i\i.sion medical bat
talion tliat was to be set np
liere has ellectixely erased the
rommnnity's ch.fnces of b;ivin2,'
the outfit organized in Chapel
Hill or Orange County.
A spokesman for the Division
said in Raleigh today that the
proposition was now as good as
dead here, at the end of a year’s i
.-ain quest for a person to head ■
the unit. ITie Guard proposition
w'as first aired here at a public
meeting on November 1 of last
year, at which time ti'iere seemed
to be considerable interest in the
unit’s being located here.
Lt. Col. Clarence Shinier, ope
rations and training officer for the
Division in Raleigh, said that since
then several qualified doctors have
been interviewed here for the com-
nander's job, but none have .been
viliing to accept the Guard’s of
fer. Except for the selection of
■he top man, Lf. Col. Shinier ad-
nitted, there would be no prota-
em in locating the battalion here.
Meanwhile, since at least one
)ther North Cai’olina community
s particularly anxious to land this
irganization. Chapel Hill can ef-
ectively consider its chances for
tetting it “dead,” according to the
d’ficer, unless it suddenly produce.s
1 battalion commander.
School Area Merger
] Women Pushed For School Job;
i Ellington Is Temporary Head
Vote
22-Acre Site
Is Purchased
At least three Carrboro citizens
The Orange County Board of |
Education yesterday completed the j have been formally
purchase of its 22-acre site for a
to fill the vacancy of the District;
new school in Carrboro, climaxing ■ School Committee le t y e
an activity which has been in pro-1 signation of Walter Clark, the eist
cess for the past two years
-1
while chairman.
Total purchase price was $17, i Meanwhile, Carl Ellington, a
100. The final tract for which a veteran member of the boarci,
is serving as acting chairman by
team finished in fifth place in the
District Three Conference, and may
wind up in fourth if Durham Coun
ty beats Graham this week. A score
Basketball Five
Opens Practice
Annual Scout
Meeting Set
Wednesday
vote of the three remaining mem
bers. i
A petition recommending the
appointment of a women and .sug-
check was set to be delTx'ered yes
terday was purchased from M. W.
Andrews, 3.7 acres, for $4,250.
The site for the new school is lo
cated to the north and east oU Mrs. Ralph
Clark Street m Carrboro in w t •
IS known as the I. S. Weaver su,> ^
division and will require the clos-M . _ . .
ing of three designated streets.
Weaver, Ash and Elm. A part of
names, largely
I Board of Education last Friday,
bight. The petition contained 26;
the area is already served by sew-
a.ge facilities of the town.
The fii-st tract was purchased
from Herman Lloyd and Eric Ne
ville, nine acres, for $5,000 in Ap
ril 1954; another tract of seven
acres from H. H. Weaver and
wife for $5,500, and a third tract
from P. L. Senter, 2.35 acres for
$2,350.
members of the
group which is pushing the propo
sal to merge Carrboro school dis-
, trict with the Chapel Hill admini.s-
trative unit.
The District School committee
has recommended the appointment
of Llovrl Senter. local druggist and
civic leader.
Mechanics
Of Election
Is Question
CARL ELLINGTON
The County Board has taken no
action on the vacancy and plans
none in the immediate future
cording to spokesmen.
ac-
Bonds For All I
In County Jobs
Are Approved
Election and installation of new
The Board of Commissioner-:
Nfonday approved a blanket bond
for ail county employees, offering
PLAYER OF WEEK
Tommy Ho^an, Wildcat tackle
who has probably racked up more
playing time this season than
any other member of the squad,
has been named the final Player
Of The Week for Chapel Hill
High. He saw 60 minutes of ac
tion against Oxford Orohanaqe
on Friday. His coach said of him
"You. don't always see him dur
ing the game.—He's usually at
the bottom of the pile."
i Basketball practice for Chapel
Hill High School opened today on
the heel of the end of the gridiron
.sfeasoTi. The cagers’ first game i.s
about two week? away, being tenta
lively set for December 2.
j Two games are still to be com
pleted on the 20-game schedule, 16
of which will be within the con
ference. Coach CuRon said that he
was trying to sd up a 12-game Jay-
vee schedule, too.
Prospects are excellent for the
team, which last year won out in
Icout officer.? for Orange County Protection up to .$5,000 on each em-
vill highlight the annual meeting ployee.
if adult leaders of Scouting and ' .A bill will be sought from bond-
heir wives to be held Wednesday -v.^ companies' on tois' blanket
d 6:30 p.m. at Chapel Hill Baptist bond. For the past year or so only
' the consolation bracket of the Ea"t
in each quarter featured the Wild- playoffs. Five lettermen will
cat victory Friday night. It vzas returning from this champion-
the final game on the team for Co- squad—iGordon Neville, Gor-
Captains Gene Smith and Richard Blackwell, Clyde Campbell,
Gunter, Ross Jervis, Reggie Head, gdijie Clark, and Frank Weaver.
Charlie Ross, Ronnie Lackey, Giles Practices are being held in the
Tnirch.
The meal will be a “pot luck"
Hipper.
Special awards will lie made to
uliilt leaders for their contribution
'0 Scouting during the year and
a new 4-year program for Orange
County Scouts will be announced,
the theme of which is “Onward
For God and My Country.” All
mini.sters of the county have been
invited to attend.
the elective officials have been un
der bond as required by law. i
j Mrs. Jane Parker told the com-
: missioners her budget for boarding
home care would be overspent by
$1,310 by the end of the fiscal year
at the present rate of expcnciiturf;
[ Road Superintendent Clarence
Walters met with the commission
ers and advised them that streets
being built by John W. Umstead in
the new Colonial Heights resident-
(See BONDS, page S)
Homey, and Clyde Campbell, who’s fiigh school tin can as the team
been in the injured }ist all sea- niembers, with the help of some
son. The coach expects to be in of the football players, are sand-
good shape on manpower next ing the floor and painting the in-
season, with 16 lettermen expect- terior. The heat furnace, wLich re
ed to return. ! cently brought condemnation
Turkey Bingo Is Set
Th is Thursday, Friday
The American Legion and the
Carrboro Lions Club will snon?nr
separate Turkey Bingo parties this
of week.
Jimmy Turner ended
drive the building, is also being repair-; On Thursdav ovenina beginning
that began at midfield in the first ed.
Committee Report Is Expected
On Annexation Of Ridgefield
|te
h Leader Co. Files
'^'er In Debnam Suit
^'«VS Leader Company, Inc.,
'‘5 of this new'spaper, to-
'■ will fiig gjj answer to a
wought against it by radio
. 7 Debnam of Ra-
'' ® seeks $100,000 damages
action brought in Wake
Mperior Court.
J suit, Mr. Debnam charges
libeled in this news-
■■ account on September 30,
ao death of author James
_ ^ onswer to the charges
l ''s Leader Company denied
.nations of libel made by
• oain and denied further
ad suggested in its news
' Debnam contributed
to Mr. Street’s death.
The Ridgefield annexation pro
position will be the main matter
expected to come before the Chap
el Hill aldermen at their regular
meeting at 7;30 this evening in the
Town Hall.
It’s likely the matter will come
before the board in the form of a
report from Finance Committee
Chairman Paul Wager, whose group
met last week with the owners of
the 30-acre bypass real estate de
velopment, to discuss a sewer lines
installation proposal in connection
with the annexation idea. Town
Manager Thomas D. Rose had an
annexation ordinance ready for the
board’s consideration at its last
meeting, so it’s seen possible that
final action in this could be forth
coming tonight.
Also to be presented at tonight’s
meeting will be the annual report
of Auditor Erie E. Peacock, a
formal ordinance on parking re
strictions at five places around
town, as authorized by the aider-
men at their last meeting, repairs
‘.,0 the Negro Community Center,
nd a report from the Planning
loard.
at 7:30 the Legion will stage its
annual Bingo in the Legion Hut
on East Rosemary Street with
prizes of turkeys, hams, and fruit
cakes being offered. D. M. Horner,
chairman of the affair, said that
profits would go into the Post’s i
building fund. j
On Friday night at 7:30 the Lions '
will stage their Bingo event in the i
Carrboro School auditorium. I
Today's Fund Facts
COMMUNITY
CHEST
STANDING
Goal
. .$25,733.00
Pledged
$21,375.45
Needed
. $ 4,357.55
Percentage of Goal Reached:
83%
Division Breakdown
Residential
,$7,303.00
Campus . . ..
_ $1,899.00
Business, Professional ,$3,035
Health Affairs
.... .$1,871.75
Negro
. .$3.005 15
Special Gifts
... $4,261.50
CHARLIE MARTINDALE
. . . flagging ’em in
Planes Continue For
Home Football Games
Charlie Martindale guided a the Notre Dame game. “This aint
twin-engine plane from High Point anything,” said Mr. Martindale as
up to the parking line at the Air- he completed the semaphore di
port while light craft from Char- reclions to the pilot. “I had 97 of
lotte executed its landing and ’em come in on me at the Texas
taxied around. j game four years ago. There was
It was Saturday afternoon, with- eight circling in the pattern while
in an hour before the kick-off of I was parking one.”
That’s a record that hasn’t been
I he pos.silrilitv oi a vote ou
tlie merger ol ilic Carrboro
and White Cros.s School IJis-
tricts with Chapel Mill and a
proposed district-xvide rax .sup
plement of i ',c loomed larger
today as result ol Ittst Friday
night’s meeting of the two district
committees and interested citizens
with the Orange County Board of
■ Education.
I Sentiment expressed by commit
teemen Friday night indicated a
preponderance now in favor of
submitting the question to the
people for their decision. Mechan
ics of the election, however, seemed
to be a major hurdle to overcome.
An attorney general opinion and
recommendations from the Insti
tute of Government are being
sought prior to another meeting
of the groups scheduled for W''ed-
nesday night, at which time a
definite decision may come.
Two Questions
Discussion last Friday night cen
tered around two pivotal questions:
(1) Whether or not a vote can
j be called to decide two issues at
j the same time, i.e., joining/Chapel
Hill with its 20c limit supplemen
tary tax, or staying in the county
sy.stem with a proposed 15c tax
i supplement.
(2) Whether or not the two dis
tricts, Cari'boro and White Cross,
could vote simultaneously, or would
have to vote separately.
On' motion of Raymond Andrews,
.seconded by Ernest Hearn of the
Carrimro group, the committees
voted for the Superintendent of
Schools to query the Attorney
General for answers to the legal
aspects of the questions and con
sult the Institute of Government
for advice as to their practicality,
N meeting was set for Wednesday
night to hear the results.
Favor Merger
.M Friday’s meeting the White
Cross committee reported results
of a poll at the nrevious evening's
PTA meeting of that .school on the
general suhiect with the following
re.sults: 16 for joining the Chapel
Hill unit: two for paving a 15 cents
siinplement tax and remaining in
the county; 11 for doing nothing;
11 in favor of paving private tui
tion to Chapel Hill; and 12 re-
lusod to indicate any opinion.
Present in addition to members
of the two school committees and
the county board were Dr. and
Mrs. Claude Baker, Mr. and Mrs.
Raloh Check, Mrs. M. E. Wood
ward, Mrs. Bessie Mann, H. Dob
son and Mrs. Jesse West.
Getting 'Tons' of Letters . . .
Roger White, Publisher, Finding Job Has Burdens
hospitalized
Today's register of patients
et Memorial Hospital includes
Estella
Roger White’s newly-publicized
interest in Seattle and the State
of Washington has apparently
made him the most popular con
temporary Tar Heel in the Gate
way to the Pacific Northwest.
The 13-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. William White of Patterson
Place has been receiving—as he
recently wrote his Seattle news
paper publisher—“tons of letters,
post cards, and other kinds of
information. You were certainly
right when you said it was a bur
den to be an associate publisher.”
All of the writei's, including the
Governor of the state, Seattle s
mayor, school chilren, housewixes,
and businessmen, have heaped con
gratulations on him and most have
offered the hospitality of their
homes if he would travel across the
continent for a visit.
This continuing reactiou had its
.'IS'
Linda Campbell, Miss , ■ . /
Council J F Dashiell, C. C. Ed-; ^oots in Roger’s unusual interest
I wards S. N. Foushee, Miss Gath- state of Washington, which,
1 erine Henley Alexander S. Hoff- said, dates hack several year.?.
I man F J LeClair, Mrs. H. J. Following a friend’s letter (o the
M^er, C. s'. Partin and Mrs. Floyd publisher of the Seattle Post-ln-
1 Pearce.
telligencer this fall, the Chapel
ROGER WHITE
. And His Newspaper
Hill lad was named an associate
publisher of the metropolitan dai
ly, given a year’s free subscriptior,
to it, and a year's advance sal an
of one dollar.
Story Started It
j A story and photo of Roger, car
: ried in the Seattle paper abou'
two months ago, started the flood
of correspondence eastward. “I
; don’t know how I got interested
in Washington, but I did,” wrote
Roger, “and now 1 like it bettej-
than any place.” He read.s thf
Post-Intelligencer daily, and fol
: lows the events of the city and
' state through its pages with a fa'-
I keener interest than an eighth
i grader customarily shows in cur
rent events of his region.
Local happenings in Seattle, eon
1 rhfion.s around the state, and ever
the community life as reflected ir
■ the newspaper ads, are all grisf
for Roger White’s mil! of know
ledge on the northwest state. A
i corner of his room at home is
appropriately graced with a pic
ture of Mount Rainier and ntber
I scenes and mementoes of the State, i
Soon after the original story on
him appeared in the Post-Intelli
gencer, Roger began receiving the
topped yet at the University’s Hor
ace Williams Airport, still, the
trend to fly to football games
seems to be on the increa.se. This
past weekend there were two 26-
pa.ssenger DC-Three’s from Ohio
flown in for Notre Dame fans, and
a half-dozen other planes from
„ ., . . . , Cherry Point, Winston - Salem,
Ian mail which has scarcely dimi- charlotte, High Point, and around
lished since. Wrote Governor Ar
thur B. Langlie: “It was heart-
.varming to hear about you, Roger.
We are, of course, delighted tliat
vou have been inspired by the
historic lore and natural beauty
)f this northwest corner of Amer
ica.”
the state. Frank Leahy, former
Notre Dame coach, and Mrs. Lea
hy, came in on a plane from Roa
noke. Local taxis wait at the air
port before each home game to
take the passengers lo the Sta
dium.
One of the old standby arrivals
about 45 minutes before each game
is the Jones Pork Sausage adver-
Nsing plane. The pilot flies in
! from Washington, his sign folded
He lands briefly at the Air-
Mayor Offers Courtesies
Mayor Allan Pomeroy of Seat-
Te, who enclosed a key-to-the-city
courtesy card, was scarcely less,
’ordial. “It is my sincere hope that i .
during my tenure of office you j 7’’' feet
will bo able to make your planned high
'dsit to Seattle, and I trust that on
that trip you will include a tour i fu
Irom dragging the sign on the
Eight Jaycees Attend
Goldsboro Convention
Eight Chapel Hill Jaycees at
tended the Second Quarterly Board
Meeting convention of the N. C.
Jaycees yesterday and Saturday in
Goldsboro.
They were Bob Cox, National Di
rector for N. C., who was general
supervisor of the conduct of the
meeting, Club President Gran
Childress, Collier Cobb III, Sandy
McClamroch, Monk Jennings, Lin-
dy Sparrow, .George Rettie, and
Claude Wheeler. Wives who made
the trip were Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs.
Jnnings, and Mrs. McClamroch.
About 400 Jaycees and their
wives attended the sessions at the
Hotel Goldsboro. Governor Hodges
addressed the closing banciuet ye.s-
lerday on the Jaycees newly-en
acted small industries project.
i sign out on the ground. Upon tak
ing off he climbs sharply to keep
- ' .-r-7v-
n{ the Mayor’s office.” he wrote.
An entire elementary school
grade wrote him individual letters,
which included several extremely
friendly notes from girls. A widow
whose adopted home is Seattle
keeps up a regular correspondence
ground any more than necessary.
(See ROGER WHITE, page 8)
MRS. MERRITT'S MOTHER
Mrs. W. E. Merritt was called
to Conway this morning because
of the death of her mother, Mrs.
A. B. Johnson, who suffered a
heart attack several days ago.
Considerable cloudiness and
mild tomorrow with widely
scattered showers. High today
70; low tonight upper 50s. High
tomorrow in upper 60s.
High Low Rainfall
Thursday
51
31
.87
Friday
60
38
.12
Saturday
72
38
.00
Sunday
82
45
.00
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e.