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5, JAMES TAYLOR, PACK ' iFmpty Stocking Fund box townie Troop, unvvitlingly ■' a valuable donation to. a '.family- After turning in the Vthe Institute of Pharmacy [Lvered that her wriM u atch iissing. A search of the home to turn it up, so she went and looked in the Clu iM.mas .fljgje it was, down n one of the box. Happily, she jved this unintentional dona- iasonal prophets op the lents might note with Interest j-hile Thursday, the lir'.t day jjter is theoretically the short ly of the year by tradition. isnT entirely the case this Ladies Birthday Alma- A ih^vs that beginning with last \t] yand continuing through this ing’Friday thereTl officially be °»er nine hours and 49 min- between sunrise and sunset. ,tho table is officially from to 4:51 p.m.) However, g and setting times varj !e or so each day. ^UTY FIREMEN PITCHED iday morning to put out a in!a trailer owned by Marvin rood off McMaster Streef ethe dwelling unit was wreck the flames, the firemen sa’- wo adjoining trailers and a > by bringing this blaze unde; ol. The fire was just out (he town limits so the regula; rtmei’t couldn’t answer tlu n.iTlie alarm Friday night wa' e Howard Weeks residence o’" Rosemary. Nothing serious Fire confined to a stove IE HILL MOUSE IS AGAIN orjsale, and apparently finally lis time. The Andy Kinghorns run the three-year-old down I I tourist home for owner John I t Trotter, plan to move to Ca nia as soon as the building's Likelihood is that the prop- ^pll b,e bought for, business o|;s and the beautifully-lur huiuiing, rortj .ftn'w.n,-, a'.,- lasf vear a -sorority was in ■ ted ill buvinff n. fLtOW CAME INTO THE OF before on Hr.iciav morninc iete with an oddity we’ve nev- asfa rat trap, on rwnich twr leekir.H mice had beei l^sin It eo I Ij He left, af bfiefly Uispiaving his trophy, iriwe coma get ms name or psticulars on tne pnenomena EMPTY STOCKING FUND have been particularly df td with the response to needy in the local papers. One case they had over 25 calls front ions wanting to “adopt” the if family. (In most cases there hr more than a single famil.i lie,circumstances li.sted in th written up in the papers.) encouraging this year are th' contributions, which are about io last year’s total. lONALD E. NAILE, UNC STU- from Salisbury, is the winnei [llie 14-inch portable GE tele _oct given away by William' Station on Saturday night e was drawn from. over ips in the box. Though Mr. 'asn t at his Cobb Dormitory its assumed he’s home for holidays and will be back his prize. Alternate win (names drawn, in case the ^Sne hadn’t been valid, were , Bruce Strowd and T. .1. lafti.s of Carrboro. STUDENTS AT CHAPEL %h received a Christmas from themselves at their y program before the last week.. It was a big for the school, purchased of their Snack Shack u, ^'^OBABLY no news to ormarrowed local residents They hadn't realized it until the season of the Yuletide was upon them ^recently, but the Chapel Hill Sea Scouts, planning to sell holly to raise funds for their newly-organized Ship here, have discovered the evergreen plant has no berries this year. Game Protector Bob Logan said he'd been unabie to find any hol ly in this area with berries on it, except where the trees had been sheltered from the freezes last spring. MRS. B. B. LACOCK, "MiTCHIE", AND "DANNY' News Leader Photo After Hit-Run Injuries, . . Dog On Wheels Is Getting Around OK ed. the mercury dropped to its season—11 degree.s— ” Av. And a bulletin was s morning warning of approaching cold wayp ^^i^pected to hit this area An 11-year-old “dog-on-wheels” is recovering in good spirits and health from paralyzing hit-and-run njuries last summer. ’Victim is. “Mitchie,” ll-year-old purebred Boxer owned by Mrs. Blaney B. Lacock of .Route One. This extraordinary canine, a- pa- Mec/fc/ne Fund I Is Established A memorial fund for the bene fit of (lie University School of , .viedicine and dedicated to “the health of the people ok North Car olina’’ (las, .h.een...established here, with Mrs. ■■Mfldv^d B'oi'de.nC''Hanes: ? of Winston-Salem the initial (10Ti':’'j tributor — $.l,000,lin heno.r ,pf Dr. | Donnell Borden Cobb of. Golds-' )oro, who died Nov. 12 of ii heaiT’. ‘ , ',-1' attack. ; „■ Maj, L.’.F. 4lcfjenckm of' G.iiechs™ boro, president of the N. C.-kiediit cal Foundation Inc., cited tiie don ation by Mrs. Hanes and also the •ontributions by other donors in .nemory of Dr. Cobb as “an especi ally fitting beginning of the me- norial fund” which will be a part if the UNC Medical Foundation triareh in his breed, would be an invalid but for an ingenious har ness for his rear legs which are supported on a pair of wheels in a miniature carriage-borne brace. He can get around the Lacock farm quite well on this rig and with but two months practice can already outrun his mistress when he chooses to do so. A well-trained, affectionate,' and valuable show dog, “Mitchie” was struck by a hit-and-run auto near Goldston Drive on the Greensboro liighway late on the night of July 18. He and bi-s son, five-year-old Danny, slipped from the hou.s,e early that evening and.w.co; found in, lhi#Tmi'&dlc- of the road about 11:45 p.m. by a passing motorist. “Danpy”.was standing guard ov er the.-prostratb. form ol the old er, and, would let ho One but a .i^’inan appiioach them. She took them to Dr. Vine’s Animal Hospi tal where Mitchie was found to have-three broken vertabrae ' and incurable paralyzing on his rear legs. After a period of convalescence he was able to drag around the house a bit by flopping his rear end about behind his forelegs, but he seemed doomed to invalidism unles a contrivance could be made to carry his hind legs. I The unusual custom-made har- 'ness was built by the Gann Ma- I chine -Shop in Durham and has en abled him to return home and get around much as he used to when it’s hooked up. ! “He’s a wonderful dog. and I just i couldn’t stand the thought of los- i ing him,” s.aid Mrs. Lacock. “About I the only thing he can’t do now is : dance with me like he used to , do.” Eagle Scout Honor Court Set Thursday An Eagle Court ol Honor will be held on Thursday at 8 o’clock in the a.ucVtoriuin of the Insti tute of Pharmacy for five Chapel Hill Boy Scouts. The Rev. Charles Hubbard will make the presenta tions. Of the I'ive boys who will receive the "rank of Eagle, top rank in Scouting, four are members of Chapel’s Troop 39. They are: Tom my Butler. Allen Smith, Joe Bur- ket, and Robin Ga'llagher. Ben Potter, Jr., member of 'Troop 9, is the fifth Boy Scout slated to be come an Eagle at the Thursday evening ceremonies. Parents and friends of Scouting in the community are invited to at tend the occasion. Following the presentations a reception will be hold honoring the recipients. Monday 4 p.m. Garden Club Christmas Party, Mrs, L. J.-Phipps, 315 Pitts- boro Street. , , ' 8 p.m. Mary-Martha Class, klrs. j f. G, Greer, 303 Country Club Road i i Tuesday j 8 p. m. Oakview Garden Club, Mrs. R. E. Dickinson, 20 Howell i Lane. ' | 8 p. m. Y-'Teens Carol Party, | Re.c Center. ^ 8 p. m. Court of Honor, Institute of Pharmacy Building, , I Wednesday i 8 p. m. Samuel^ Selden reads | “Carol”, Negro Community Center. ; ^ocfurnal Invader No Doubt Ended Up In Gourmet's Cook Pot Reciltors Name John Foushee John Foushee has succeeded Herb Wentworth as President of the Chapel . Hill Board of Real tors. Other, new officers of the g.'oup. chosen at a recent mec/- ing, are Bill Hobbs, succeeding Mr. Foushee as vice-presid*ent; Wilbur Kutz,. succeeding Dick Young as secrelary-trea.Surer; and ■'Tommy-Thompson,'Vhd Mrs. Sara' Olsen, ncvv directors of the oi-- ganization. 0-ganized two years ago, the local Board has 10 members and is affiliated with the North Car olina and National Associations of Real Estate Boards. Yule Biz Picking Up Coristmas shopping business ' throughout the community was re- ^ ported to be picking up today as , fhe season entered its final week. ! ! For the final six shopping days before Ch.lstmas local stores will be open until 9 o’clock each night except Saturday, Christmas Eve. Most business houses will obervm a full holiday next Monday, De cember 26, as they will also on the following Monday, January 2. Reports from the Merchants As sociation office were that business varied from fair to excellent among stores that stayed open late last Friday night. There were par ticularly heavy crowds of shoppers .seen at Rose's Five And Ten-Cent 5tore and in Belk-Leggett-Horton Company. It was also noted that most eat ing establishments would be closed for varying periods through the holidays. Cafe Mouza, Michael’s Grill, and Kalts Grill will stay open all through the vacation per iod. Carolina Coffee Shop will be closed Saturday, Sunday and Mon day, and Gooch’s Cate will close Ohri.stmas eve and reopen Decern her 28. 'The Goody Shop will be closed until Friday and will also be closed on Christmas Day. 'The Ranch House and Vilage Grill will bd open through December 27, ex cept tor Christmas Eve and the West Franklin Street Luncheonette will close on the day after Christ mas. Deadline—Tomorrow, , , YuleDisplays Going Up; Some Early Ones Listed The immhcr of homes lo l)c judged in tomorrow night’s •News Leader Outdoor Ohristmas I.ighting- (;t)nte.sc increased greatly during the weekend with the setting up of many dis- plays by honseliolds iti all parts of the eommunitv. Judges frotn the Ohapcl Hill Oarden Cilnb tvill tour throtighoit! Olripel Hill. Oarrboro, Olcn l.ennox and the surrounding suburban areas this* ^ Tuesday night to select the wiu- . phiuips' on East Rosemary ners of $40 in cash prizes being stj-eet. offered by tour local business firms 1 Considerable attention has been Senter’s Drug Store, Bennett And | attr-acted by Wilbur Kutz' Nativity scene at the entrance to his home on Strowd Hill. In Greenwood and on Oakwood and Rogerson Drives many doorways are strikingly de corated for the Oakview Garden Club’s door contest. Window painting is displayed at the Harvey Daniell resdienee on Purefoy Road and a colorful door way scene has been set up at the Roy Armstrongs on West Univer sity Drive. Mrs. Louise Von Glahn's home on Woodland Avenue is spruced up with candle lights in the win dows and a large lighted tree at the street. A number of newer homes in the community have made good use of large picture windows for display centers. On Oak Avenue in Carrboro a colorful Santa Claus and fireplace display has been erected in front of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed gar Riggsbee. The Claiborne Oakleys on Pine Street have a welLlighted door and window display, as do the Joe Ri- binsons on Barclay Road. Blocksidge, Rose’s Five And 'Ten Cent Store, and Pace. While the judges hope to visit every part of the community, householders who wish to have their displays judged are asked to telephone the News Leader office (8-444) today or tomorrow in order to be certain that the judges view their homes. In Glen Lennox there are quite a number of door and window dis plays already up to be judged both in the over-all community competition and for a $25 Savings Bond being given by the Glen Len nox management. Deadline in the Glen Lennox Judging is also to morrow night. Some Displays Listed Among some of the more inter esting lighting displays already erected are the four beautifully lighted trees, backed by blue win dow candles, at the Ralph Mar shalls’ on Tenney Circle. Now' a local tradition are the .big out door lighted trees at the Norman Cordons’ on Glenburnie and the Wallace Caldwell relates that hs was at ease watching the TV set at his home on East Rosemary Street night before last when his next door neighbor, Ed Bilpuch, came in and said there was a strange animal in the wdstoria arbor over his porch. Taking a flashlight out to look .at this phenomena. Mr. Caldwell j found ,iust what he'd suspected— a large possum' perched in the I vi.ne. Mrs. Bilpuch, upset by the i presence of the nocturnal prow- I le.', wanted him removed, so the police W'ere notified. ., Three patrolmen came in re- soonse to the call and Patrol man W. F. He.ster, an old hand at po.ssum catching, reached up and grabbed the animal by the .tail and caried the trespasser away. It was given to a friend w'ho is a gourmet of possum meat. Ni.ght-Lme invasions of resi dential neighborhoods hare by possuni.s on the prOwl are not too infrequent. They come in from the nearby woods and rummage around refuse and wdll go after | tiny birds, squirrels, or chickens, 'i On occasions in the past the po lice have caught possums at Louis Graves’ and Moddy Dur ham's. JOHN FOUSHEE Wootten-Moulton Phot' NO 'ADVENTURE' PROGRAM The American Adventure Series program scheduled to be carried over the NBC network this Thurs day evening will not be broadcast in order that a special Chrislma.s program may be aired. Bruce Strowd, Pioneer Auto Dealer, Civic Leader, Passes Here Friday P tl’- PACKING STOCKING FUND BOXES—Mrs. Fred Weaver (left). Chairman ole Junior Servic gue-sponsored Empty Stocking Fond campaign, he'ped her co-workers pack eral hundred Ch mas boxes for needy Orange County families. Others shown are Mrs. Frank Klinober / Mrs. Walter Tice, and Mrs. L. L. Vine. NcL i Atws Leader Photo Empty Stocking' Needs Beig Filled stitute 'harmacy or in Hilis- boio, die New Courthouse storero'Mrs., Fred Weaver cha,rmafte campaign. ,u-ges any per who have failed to ir-r gift boxes fo the institutcbarmacy. do so im- mediately .CTmii,. amiiy come and arrd find noli... 'fnere will be almost no empty stockings in Orange County this year thank.s to the great gen erosity of hundreds of people who have contributed quanti ties of toys, food, clothings, over $825 in cash, and adopted 250 families as of the end of last week. Over the past weekend mem bers of the Junior Service League have filled boxes for the 150 unadopted families. They were able to give quite amply due to the generous response through out the County. Beginning today families re ceiving boxes will pick them up either in Chapel Hill at the In- led ithi t’s Sht tomorrow. CUTTEN HAS OFFER- ^ORge Him silver collection, aJf finest such collec ted Purcha.se in the , States today,” to the State 'ctor Archives ijigjl . '-'"n’lstopher Crittenden ‘ the most valuable col- ‘n the South today. The of- at the State Literary Association meeting e and a committee was to r.aiso Qie necessary GAME POSTPONED Friday evening's scheduled basketball games in the high school tin can between Chapel Hill and Oxford High School were postponed until December 30 because of the failure of the furnace in the tin can. The var sity, jayvees, and girls teams were all scheduled to play. MOREHEAD ENTRIES The deadline for entries in the University’s Morehead Scholarship competition is Jan. 7. The scholar ships will be for study in graduate or professional schools here. Ap plications may be filed with the University Scholarship Committee. Bruce St.owd, member of a pio neer Chapel Hill family and the town’s first automobile dealer, died Friday morning at 6 o’clock in Memorial Hospital at the age of 64. • He had been taken there the night before. Though in poor health lately because of an asth matic heart condition he had con tinued to be active in running the affairs of his HereFord Farm in the Mann’s Chapel Community o Chatham County. Hundreds of persons, cutting across all walks oi life in the com munity, attended t.ie funeral ser vices on Saturday afternoon in the University Methodist Church. Interment in the Chapel Hill , Cemetery fallowed. The Rev. Ex-1 cell Rozzelle of High Point, former ; past.er of the Church, officiated at ; the rites and was assisted by the ; Rev, Charles Hubbard, pastor. j In eulogizing Mr. Strowd the 1 Rev. Mr. Rozzelle, a close friend of [ the deceased’s for many yea' s, de- (See STROWD, Page 8) Negro Family Burned Out On Friday Fire destroyed the home and all belongings of Grover Webb’s family in the Orange Grove Community (Route T.iree, Hills boro) early Friday afternoon. Mrs. Webb was home with her cight-months-old son about 1 p.m. when she noticed the wall of their four-room log home had caught tire from a flue on the coal heater. She first tried un successfully to put it out with water, then went to seek help at the home of her brother-in-law, John Webb, next door. Her hus band, a brick niason, was at work in Raleigo at the time. When she returned the house was filled with smoke and burn ing briskly, and there was lit tle the neighbors, could do to stop t'ne fire. They made two trips in.side and rescued a sew.ing macoine and washing machine before exploding shotgun sheets forced them to .stay ouLside and Drive On For Household Goods watch the house, built by Mr. Webb about four years ago, be consumed in flames. Nothing else was saved. •HI Fair and much colder tonight and tomorrow. High today 48-55; low tonight 15-23. High tomorrow in the low 30s. BRUCE STROWD IN HIS FIRST FORD News Leader Photo Contributions of household goods for the Negro family that was burned out last Friday af ternoon are being coordinated through the Empty Stocking Fund. Mrs. Fred Weaver, Chairman of the Fund, said that clothing and food would be made avai lable' from stock already contri buted to this drive. Donations of household articles will be wel comed and may be le^t at the Empty Stocking Fund headquar ters in the Institute of Phar macy Building on Church Street. Persons who care to make direct contributions may choose to call Marlon Foushee, father of Mrs. Grover Webb, at 9-7368. Mr. Fou shee said that all contributions would be deeply appreciated by the family. High Low R’fall Thursday 54 19 .00 Friday 41 15 .00 1 Saturday 45 11 .00 1 Sunday 47 24 .02 ADMISSIONS 'fhe University Admi.s.sions Of fice will be closed from Dec. 22 to Dec. 26, according to an an nouncement yesterday. Before and after those dates, the office will observe u.sual working hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. : P. it t;’i i- if it lil
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