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Newspaper Service S/fvl /■»in Street, Carrboro Office: Chapel Hill News Leader NO. 102 Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas No Bargain Basenaents “Bargain basement ss-hould have no place in the state’s educational structure.” The South can take a lesson from this editorial, Page Four. Five Cents The Copy CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1955 EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE loved (iij, J Moluti j OB In [y WOULDN'T SAY PRE ■ where they got it, but two Negro boys did a good in selling holly — with in front of the Bank of Ipill just before Christmas. Id like wild holly, all right, a good growth of berries, a good price, too: $.35 a fpOSTOFFICE PERSONNEL that Ihe Yuletide takes ace, far and away, for the of greeting cards sent by ^sidenis. New Year’s, East- Valentine’s Day scarcely any appreciable difference volume of mail dispatched, [say, but Mother’s Day defin- I carries the nc.xt highest load l-eeting cards. They attribute [of course, not as much to lo- ;esidenls, as to the 7,500 UNC fenfs, nearly all of whom seem tjaithfiil about remembering her day. rilER PRIME CORNER ss location is on the sale In downtown Chapel Hill. Old filling station (and fion, too) site at West Rose- ' ana Columbia Streets, own- I foe Motor Company. Town bfiers will be delighted to see Md name building torn down I property is sold. They’re ho- I tor the erection of a struc- [in keeping with the ad,1oining -style Town Hall and Smith Jense, Atom Budgets Overshadow Election Thoughts For Carl Durham The issues of national defense and atomic dnergy spending will overshadow his prospects for re- election when Sixth District Rep. Carl T. Durham returns to Capi tol Hill for the opening of Con gress next Tuesday. Faced with a serious challenge only in 1944. from candidate Ralph Scott of Bur- ' $40 Billion For Defense ungton in his bid for a tenth con- I Discussing several forthcoming' Joint Committee on Atomic Ener- secutive term as Congressman national issues at his home here , gy. Rep. Durham will continue as u om this four-county district, the today, Mr. Durham said that one I its vice-chairman, and will succeed 63-yc-ar-old solon seemed more of his primary concerns would be j to the cnairrnanship in the 195/ concerned with business that will j with the national defense budget, session if the Demoerats remain come before the vital Armed Ser-1 which might likely be in for a in power. The other two original vices and Atomic Energy Commit-i five-billion dollar hike up to members are Sen. Bourke Hicken- tees than with politics. However, around $40,000;000,000. The House looper of Iowa and Rep. Chet Hci- Cipposed for re-election each with the total expenditure prob- bienmum except once since his ably being approved at around first appointment to Congress in $1,500,000,000' — about the same 1938, Rep. Durham coasted to an as this year’s figure. He noted that easy seven-to-one victory over H. this was a seven-fold increase from C. Sprinkle of Durham in last the original budget in 1946 of year’s primary. He was unopposed about $200,000,000. Now one of the three original members of tlie powerful 18-man ' |jS'" '5/ ^ 1 he said today that he would def initely wage an active campaign Armed Services Committee, of | lifield of California. Sen. Clinton which he is Vice-Chairman, will ’ Anderson of New Mexico is the for re-election, though the spring- weigh the Presidents’ requests for! present chairman, time season for vigorous politick-! major .item in the nation’s, Rep. Durham’s potential chair ing before the May primary would I . i mansbip of this all-important , • 1 /• I li^mphasis m the atomic energy Committee is one of his primary undoubtedly come as legislation ... f j began rolling in Congress. mi FOUR LIVE SHEEP IN Cutz’ Nativity Scene Christ- Splay program, he predicted, will swing reasons for seekig re-election, he more toward its peace-time uses, ^ said. Billing Change Is Made For Electricity, Water A change in the billing period the congestion caused in the utili- for approximately two-third of the ' ties office early each month by electric and water customers of the University Service Plants will go into effect next month. Victor Bowles of the Utilities Accounting Department said it would make possible more efficient service on the part of the billing on Strowd Hill have department in that more recent id as much interest from meter readings would be billed itdrs as has the elaborately and payments recorded closer to iipjmanger scene itself. They the time of each billing period, loaned by a sheep owner near Notices of the change are being ', and have been getting sent out to persons who will be ent aplenty in their new affected by the change in Decem- As long as the lights are her utilities bills. The system is at night, Mr. Kutz says, already used by power companies |ep on eating, apparently ih many other nearby communi- "tliat it’s still daylight. The ties. i lo be dismantled and the xhe change will also eliminate eturned tomorrow. j : 1 BEGINS THE 15TH Louis Graves’ green Ford till looks good and runs well. two round trips a day, he |this period made at least 'ips to his office. A visitor e saw Louis flying by, t understand why a man 100 per cent American ep one car 15 years and I know what office he was for. ON DANIEL, UNC JOUR- ■raduate who has been the k Times’ Moscow corres- ,-has returned to New York int of his health and is as- ) the Times’ foreign edi- rts the Under The Dome of the Raleigh News & Ob- '. “E. C.” was formerly edi- the Tar Heel here. His dis- from Russia have often oted in this paper. EL HILL DOGS WILL to'have three tags to tin- 'H their collaij' if they’re to abiding canines this com- |jear. Their rabies shot and Truck Driver Delivers Fire To Fire Station long lines of persons waiting to pay their bills. This new system will involve a cycle billing, where by a third of the customers will be billed about the 11th of each month, another third about the 21st, and the remainder at the same time as they now receive their bills — at the end of the month. A minor change is being made in the bill form to make it a stub bill. Under the present system, where by all bills are sent out at the month’s end, some meter readings are as much as three weeks old. However in this new plan the date of the reading wili be within a few days of the billing. The three billing groups are be ing set up on toe basis of the ap proximately two dozen meter read ing routes. The route name is car ried underthe customer’s name on each bill. Routes “A” through “J” will be billed on the 11th; Routes “K” through ‘T” on the 21st, and “U” through “Z” at the same time MONDAY HOLIDAY Local business houses and pub lic offices will observe a holiday again this coming Monday, Jan uary 2. The closing .will be ob served as well by the banks, pos*- offices, and town offfices. Busi nessmen were glad to declare the holiday to give 'em a chance to follow the football bowl games on radio and TV in their homes. The Wednesday afternoon clos ing of groceries will continue in effect next week, despite the Monday closing, it was announc ed, with the exception of Fow ler's Food Store which will re main open all day Wednesday. Classes will resume in the public schools of the community on Monday, although University classes will not begin until the following day. NEW EAGLE SCOUTS—SRown at the special Eagle Scout of Honor last Thursday, the five Chapel Hill youths) to achieve the highest rank in scouting are (left to right) Ben Potter Jr., Troop Nine; and Joe Burket, Robin Gallagher, Allen Smith, and Tommy Butler, all of Troop 39. Standing behind is William S. Stewart, Scoutmaster of Troop 39, hosts for the occasion, and the Rev. Char les Hubbard, who gave the charge to the new Eagles. News Leader Photo Five Scouts Are Awarded Eagle Badges Tax Listing Will Begin Tuesday NSfin |d|Hill license tags will be ame as usual. The new tag vear will be a county lic- ^ill not as bad as the Town where a dog has to have Rs. Ihubert meacham of jin’s Chapel Community has ihe loss' of her maroon I'hile shopping in Durham fhristmas Eve. It had no iden- she said, but contained article which she would much to get back. It was bill! Sle refund DEADLINE Saturday, December 31, Ihe final deadline for re box holders to claim refunds, postal author- ' warned today. A refund of *’$•22 is available at the ’ window for up to two box. s p I T A L I Z E D ay s register of patrents 'niorial Hospital includes M. Allen, James Thomas C. L. Diggs, Mrs. Cleton ’ C. C. Edwards, Mrs. Harris, Miss Catherine 1 Richell Johnson, Mrs. /Lowe, c; S. Partin, Oltie Mi.s. W. B. Stovall and Ward, P(js Firemen extinguished the i at present, flames on a truckload of burn ing trash late Tuesday after noon in one of the more unusual Diazes they’ve fought this year. Hubert Atwater Jr., private garbage collector in the commu nity,, discovered that trash in his heavily-loaded truck was burning while he wsa en route to the town dump late Tuesday afternoon. Two persons drove ahead of him to notify the fire men that he was coming and he then turned around and drove his flaming truck back through town to the fire department. Ilis flaming load of trash was a sen sational sight as he sped through town. The Town’s new fire truck had been pulled out in front of the station and the flames were quickly exitnguished with no da mage being caused. Cause of the fire was attributed to hot ashes which had been dumped in with trash. On Christmas Day about 1 p.m. the Fire Department answered an alarm to a vacant lot by James Riggsbee’s at 512 Whit aker Street A grass fire, believ ed set by children playing with fireworks, was quickly extin guished. Postal Authorities Say Boy Admits Mail Theft A lO-year-old boy has admitted rifling mail boxes at residences in Victory Village recently, accord ing to postal authorities here. The case was reported to the Chapel Hill Postmaster and turned over to postal inspectors for dis position. It was understood that no large amounts of money were in volved in the thefts and that pos sibly more than ot)e boy was in volved. Special Honor Court Is Held For Awards Five Chapel Hill Boy Scouts have been presented with Eagle badges of rank at a special court of , honor in their behalf. They were Benjamin Potter Jr., of Troop Nine; and Allen Smith, Jie Burket, Tommy Butler, and Robin Gallagher, all of 'Troop 39. The Scouts’ mothers pinned their badges on them at the ceremonies held last Thursday evening in the Institute of Pharmacy auditorium. Orange District Scout Executive Rip Collins reported that, of the 49 Eagle Scouts in the entire Oc- cdiieechee Council now, nine were in Chapel Hill and seven df them in Troop 39. Scouts. I troop scribe. Allen Smith is a^ Roy Armstrong was Chairman j Troop 39 patrol leader and is a of the Court and the Board of Re- member of the Order of the Ar- view was comprised of A. R. Ben-! row. Joe Burket has been a Scout nett, Harold Weaver, and Otway j for over five years, during which Brown. Noel Houston spoke on the time he has been a Den Chief and program and the colors were pre sented by the Troop 39 color guard with David Hill as bugler. The Rev. S. T, benediction. assistant patrol leader. Tommy Butler, a scout for near ly three years, is a patrol leader Habel gave the and member of the Order of the [Arrow. Robin Gallagher has been Ben Potter, a scout for nearly on the staff at Camp Durant and is four years, is a patrol leader and a Troop 39 patrol leader. Herb Holland Is Named As Exebangeite-Of-Year J. Herbert Holland, President- ^ Elect of the Chapel Hill Exchange William S. Stewart, Scoutmaster has been named Exchangeite of Troop 39, host for the occasion, of-the-Year by vote of his fellow was in charge of arrangements, | iQiub members. 'WTW' t and also presented the Eagle Scout badges. District Commiss ioner Frank Umstead gave the Eagle Promise and the Rev. Charles i Hubbard, the Charge to Eagle a 111*1 He will succeed Pat Pope as' Pre-! sident of the local civic group on •January 1. At the Club’s Christ mas party in the Chapel Hill Coun try Club President Pope announced Mr. Holland as Exchangeite-Of-The -Year and presented him with mo- nogrammed cuff links and/ tie pin.' The Club members voted on this award at the end of each quarter during 1955 and the totals were compiled for the annual award. Lee Settle of Mebane, Past Pre sident of the N. C. Exchange Clubs Association, inAalled the follow ing i956 officers, in addition to j Mr. Holland: Whid Powell, vice- president; Dr. Duncan M. Getsin- ger, secretary; Lester Foley, trea surer; and Vernon Lacock, Red Tyler, and Jack Golden, board of control. Charlie Stancell was in charge of the Christmas party, attended by I .w. How Come?—Lots More Mail Coming To CH Than Going Out Outgoing mail at the Chapel Hill ii^Si (See FIRE, Page Eight) A FAMILY PROJECT—Mrs. Bo Shepard, accompained by her children, Carolyn and Bo, spent their Christmas morning in distributing newspapers and flowers to patients at Memorial Hospital in a unique project sponsored by the Red Cross Gray Ladies. A iove, they're visiting with Mike Tatum, patient from Elizabethtown. News Leader Photo Postoffice this month exceeded the previous Christina.s season’s re ceipts by nearly five per cent. While there was no method of | definitely establishing the number of pieces of mail ha'ndlcd, Post master J. Paul Cheek estimated that about 400,000 pieces were sent during December through Christmas Eve'. i The annual listing of property for tax6.:r will begin Tuesday morn ing in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and over the County. In Chapel Hill' Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Cheek will be in the board room of the Town Hall from 9 to 5 on most days during the month to accept listings in Chapel Hill Township. A schedule of appoint ments for listings is carried on Page Seven of this issue of the News Leader. Listings for the Town of Chapel Hill are to be made in the Town I Hall at the eame time as the Coun ty listings are taken. In Carrboro j it will be unnecessary to list pro perty for municipal taxes since j these listings will be copied from . the County lists. I Each list taker has already been furnished by Tax Supervisor Sam Gattis special books, showing the values of the various automotive ve hicles and farm equipment as well as schedules of valuation of a number of other types of property. Taxpayers throughout the coun ty are urged to list their taxes early during the month to avoid the last minute rush that always develops toward the end of the month. about 95 Club members and their All real estate and personal guests. Charles Etheridge and his property is required to be listed ■Combo played for the cabaret! taxes and all male persons be- tween the ages of 21 and 50 are re quired to list polls during the same time. In connection with the listing farm owners or tenants are re quired to furnish facts about farms which is for information only and is not used for tax purposes. For Incoming mail isn’t counted in- instance, the tax lister must be dividualiy, either, he noted, but informed the acreage of each crop Chapel Hillians received far more harvested during the calendar year mail than they sent. This fact holds number of cows, sows and true not only for the Christmas i'^ns on a farm January, 1956^ must season, but the year ’round, the reported, as well as the number Postmaster said. As evidence, he People living on the farm on cited that the local postoffice re- 1. All of the infor- turned 5,000 empty mail bags last Elation is confidential but is need- yea;-, all of which had contained . making up various agricul- ' tiiral reports for the counties in HERB HOLLAND News Leader Photo (See MAIL, Page Eight) UNC Faculty Members Are Attending Holiday Meetings Across The Nation Professional meetings to be held ment, attended along with seven C. Lyons, Jacques Hardre and N., meetings in Chicago of the Ameri- during the Christmas holidays in ' colleagues: Clifford P. Lyons, Nor-1 B. Adams. Prof. Wiley, as chair- can Association of Teachers of cities from New York to Los An geles and Chicago to Houston drew approximately 100 faculty mem bers from the University. As in years past, the Modern Language Association’s annual meeting attracted some of the lar gest delegations from the Depart ments of English, Romantic Lan- guags and Germanic Languages. Seventeen professors from the three departmnts took part in the sessions on December 27-29 in Chi cago. Prof. Doiigald MacMillan, cliairman of the English Depart- man Eliason, George M. Harper, man of the Bibliography Commit- Ernest W. Talbert, Peter G. Phia- las, Robert B. Voitle and Robert Pratt. Eliason will serve as chairman for the Old English Group, presid ing at its sessions, while Profs. Talbert and Phialas will participate in a special panel talk on renais sance studies. Professor Lyons will attend as a member of the Exec utive Council of the Association. Romance Languages represen tatives included Profs. W. L. Wiley, S. E. Leavitt, S. A, Sloudemire, J. tee, reported to the French Ren aissance literature section. Prof. Lyons read a paper before the section on French 17th centu ry literature. Profs. Leavitt, Stou- demire, Hardre and Adams hold office on advisory committees, or or with individual language groups allied with the Association. Three German professors at tending the MLA session are John G. Kunstmann, George S. Lane and Herbert W. Reichert. Profs. Kurist- niann and lieichert also ailended ' Allen ,)r., Charles Henderson Jr, German. Prof. Lane took part in the gathering of the Linguistic Society of America, as did Instruc tor Walter W. Arndt and of the American Philological Association. OTHERS IN CHICAGO Other Chicago meetings attract ing UNC delegations were the American Philological Association and the Archaeological Institute of America December 28-30. Eight members of the Classics Depart ment there were Prof, and Chair man B. L. Ullman, Profs. Walter Albert 1. Suskin, J. P. Harland, an. Preston H. Epps, Instructor Tal bot R. Selby and Fellow Eddie E. Best. Profs. Allen and Henderson pre sented papers on the program, and Prof. Ullman appeared as a Past President of the Association. La-\v School personnel are at the December 28-30 gathring, also in Chicago, of the Association of American Law Schools. From UNC are Dean Henry Brandis Jr., Profs. William B. Aycock, M. S. Brcckenridge, John P. Dalzell, Frank W. Ilanft, M. T. Van Ilccke and Mi.s.s M;ii'y Olivci', law lihi-ai'i- Prof. Van Hecke was installed as association president during the convention, Dean Brandis became chairman of the Committee on Ac ademic Freedom and Tenure, and Prof. Aycock joined the Curricu lum Committee. SOME IN NEW YORK Several large New York meet ings were attended by University staff, mainly in the areas of bus iness and statistics. Nine profes sors and research assistants from the Department of Statistics are at joint meetings'December 27-31 (See FACIII.TY, Page FAghl.) the state. This year, for the first time,, dog owners will be given a county dog license when the dog is listed and wearing of the tag received from the tax lister is mandatory at all See Tax Listing, page 8 Weather fepo^ Considerable cloudiness and slowly rising temperature tonight and Friday. Some occasional light rain likely tonight and tomorrow. High today 45; low tonight in the mid 30s. High tomorrow in the upper 40s. High I.ow R’fall Monday 72 35 ,00 'I’uesday 46 24 .00 Wednesday 30 12 .OQ
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