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_'wo Good Notes
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A . V gain in a Steinway piano,
and a green and yellow para
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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1956
EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE
■ver :
CHECK WRITING
jso-called Mrs. Joe
m local dry goods
It stores Thursday
|l time in many
ess community has
La.st time it was
trs. A. P. Harris,”
hree grocery stores
liar manner.
IWILLIAM H. BOR-
-known Negro mini-
alniost didn’t make
a sermon at the
unday interdenom-
-es here yesterday.
Atlanta made him
schedule which
him in- at Raleigh-
Ile finally arrived
ir the services, sch-
at 4 in Chapel Hill,
ie late for his ap-
he made it in time
sermon, then left
night after speak-
ent group. The au-
t 300 in the Chapel
about evenly divi-
hites and Negroes.
I 1
III?
if
4
sIB!
Sentiment Over Annexation
IsTaking Shape-Pro And Con
W^'i
Opposition Seems To Be Based
In Lock Of Town's Information
■as
HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS—Betsy Fitch, Chapel Hill
School freshman and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Fitch, is
crowned Sweetheart Queen of Chapel Hill High School by Ka
Smith, last year's Queen, at Saturday night's annual Sweetheart
Ball, sponsored by the School yearbook, in the Carrboro School
, THE NAME PRIT-
otor Company has
to the Crowell Little
my. Mr. Little and
d purchased the firm
“ New Technician
auditorium. Other candidates for queen are {standing, left to
right) Alice Jean Riggsbee, Judy Ferguson, Sarah Cole, Tina
Demerritt—maid of honor, Kittsu Greenwood, Sandy Williams,
and Rebecca Partin.
News Leader Photo
Mrs, Schadt
[vever a year ago Mr.
i out Mr. Pritchard’s
'e firm.
WEAVER SUS-
ken neck last night
i a wreck on Airport
is car struck another
:n by Garland Henry
Jr., 21-years old
arcc, Hillsboro. Mr.
ilso suffered possible
The other party
■J. Investigation of the
icomplctc.
ORCEMENT OFFIC-
!g warily the hundred.’.
ISC plates on cars all
imunity. The deadline
3f 1956 plates expire:-
ty, February 15, after i
delinquents will be'
court penalty.
) OFFICIALLY AS A
in our almanac (print
an), but Febi’uary 13,
:r Lincoln’s Birthday,
observed as a holiday
U in these, parts, it
lostoffice reports likc-
GO'P administration
on- hasn’t asked them
for the day, either.
Iveek from Wednesday,
will indeed be a local
ly, in commemoration
ion’s Birthday.
H DALE DAVIS, JUDY
Judy Bradshaw, who
econd and third places
irculosis essay contest
-Thoro School recently,
d over their prizes to
Library. At a recent
.Mrs. Sturgis Leavitt,
g the local Tubercu-
.ation, and School Com-
Lloyd Senter, made the
cience books — and the
I presented them to the
JEFS On Fage Eight)
Mrs. Lillian Schadt has been ap
pointed as a technician with the
District Health Department here,
succeeding Charles Wells.
In her new duties, according to
District Health Officer Dr. 0.
David Garyin, ghe will test sam
ples of ail milk sold in the four-
county District. Mrs. Schadt’s hus-
hancl, Everett W. Schadt. is work
ing toward a doctorate at the Un
iversity and is on the faculty of
the School of Business Administia-
tion.
The holder of an M. S. Degree
in Bacteriology from the Universi
ty of Texas, Mrs. Schadt was' a
‘cchnician for the Farmer's Dairy
Cooperative here from 1948 until
1951* while her husband was pre
viously here on the business ad-
Heart Attack Takes Life
Of George Livas; 52
One of the community’s best-
known businessmen, restaurateur
George T. Livas, died suddenly
last night from a heart attack.
A 52-year-old native of Turkey,
Mr. Livas had been attending a so
cial gathering with his family at
the Greek Orthodox Church in
Durham, when he fainted. He w'as
rushed to Watts Hospital' where
he died about 10 o’clock.
The owner and proprietor of the
Carolina Coffee Shop, he had been
an active worker in community ci
vic projeeb for a 'ii.!mb^r4>f y-L^ars.
He was in good health until the
time of his deatlh.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock from
Born in Andrianople, Thrace, I
then Turkey on December 30, 1903,
he was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Livas. In May, 1921, he j
came to this country from Turkey '
to visit some friends, but decided
to remain in America. After about
a year in New York he moved,
south, coming to Chapel Hill to I
w'ork in the Carolina Confection- ’
ery, run by Gus Pavlakis on the
site of the presenjt Coffee Shop.
Together with James Gust he op
ened the Coffee Shop in 1929. j
.Mr. L'jva.s was long active in the '
cl'fori. ■ of civic and charity organ!-
zalions in the community. He was :
a chairman of the local campaign
for the N. C. Symphony Society
and a worked in the Heart Fund
A member of University.,
Lodge No. 408 of Mason.s and Uni-1 ,g„gtcry, situated
versity Chapter 264 of the Eastern '
Star, he was also in the Chapei
the Episcopal Chapel of the Cross,
ministration faculty. For the past with the Rev. George Stefani^ of drive,
three years he has been City Man- Raleigh and the Rev. Mr. -Papa-
agei of Thomasville. They arc no.v.iambro of Charlotte officiating, as-
living at 817 Pittsboro Road. | sisted by the Rev. David W. Yates,
Mrs. Martha Whittinghill has Rector of the Chapel of the Cross.'Hill Athletic Club and a director
joined the District staff a.s s-nior , Burial wili follow in the Chapel of the University National Bank,
public health nurse in the Chapel | Hill Cemetery. | He was a member of the Greek
Hill office, as of today, Dr. Gar-1 Pallbearers will be Tom Rose-
vin said. Mrs. Garvin has re-join- mond. Edwin S. Lanier, Werner P.
Friedcrich, Obie Davis, Carl Dur
ham, and Mike Vassiliadcs of Dur-,
ham. i
The Board of Directors of the
Merchant.? Association has recom
mended that stores be closed from :
3 until 4 o’clock, the funeral hour. |
It has been requested by the family
that tributes be made in the form
of contributions to the Greek Or
thodox Church of Durham.
cd the District staff as a part-time
X-Ray technician, he saiej.
WESTERN UNION MEET
B. G. Dopson, District Superin
tendent of the Western Union Tel
egraph Co., of North Carolina and
Virginia, held a sgles and manage
ment meeting in the Carolina Inn
here on Friday. Twenty two dis
trict and local managers and em
ployees attended the sessions.
Orthodox Church of Durham and
active in the affairs of the Ahepa
Society. Surviving, in addition to
his wife, arc two daughters Elaini,
17, and Katherine, 14; a silver,
Mrs. George Vassiliades of Dur
ham; two sisters, Miss Efterti Li
vas and Miss Anastasia Livas- of
Athens, Greece: a brother, Christ-, , u •
odoulos Livas of Athens; John Pav- haU-cleared and plots are being
DUKE DUCATS
All seats will be reserved for
the Carolina-Duke game to be
played here February 24. Stu
dents, employees and faculty
n>embers who are pass book hold
ers must exchange their books
for tickets. Pass book holders
whose names begin with the let
ters M through Z will have pri
ority and may pick up their tic
kets February 16 through 20. Any
tickets remaining on February
21 will be distributed on a first
come, first served basis.
New Cemetery
Jyla About Done
Building of drives and landscap
ing work is being completed on
Chapel Hill’s new Memorial Cem
etery on the Durham Boulevard.
The top three sections of the
on a gently
rolling grassy. hillside, are now
open, their layout having been
finished recently by landscape
architect Hunter Jones of High
Point. Town Manager Thomas D.
Rose said there arc about 325 plots
in these sections, with about four
graves to a plot., To date there
have been only about a half-dozen
burials in the new graveyard,
pending the completion of work
on the site.
The 22'acre area is already about
HOSPITALIZED
Today's register of patrents I
at Memorial Hospital includes |
James Baldwin, A. D. Barnes,
Earl Gerr, Miss Catherine Henley,.
D. J. Herring, Mrs. Herbert Lloyd,
Martitia Parker, Mrs. M. B. Sandi-
fer, Jr., Darnell Thompson, Mrs.
Robert Tuck and John Womble.
lakis, a brother-irr-law, of Durham:
and his motherin-law, Mrs. Evdoxie
Pavlakis, of the home.
Forced Landing Gives Chance
For Traditional Hospitality
A Philadelphia industrialist
learned about the traditional
hospitality first hand last week
end.
Vice-president of a large elec
tronics firm, Alvin Cadvvallader
was flying his personal plane
Monday
iiatholic Women's Guild,
imghoul Road.
Tuesday
111. • Needlecraft work-
Gilhert Kelso, 104 Carr
a. Faculty Newaomers'
chcad Faculty Lounge.
Mozart Chamber Music,
Dental Dames, Library
Room.
kecenl Grads. Mrs. il. E.
71 Dogwood Acres.
Wednesday
Basketball. Varsity vs.
est. Woollen Gym.
Thursday
Landscaping workshop,
Logsdon, 204 Laurel Hill
Dollar Days To Be Held
Here Friday, Saturday
^ ‘am Colgrave lecture, 103
Hall.
G. S. Troop 137, Carrboro
b hut.
Arts and Crafts Depart
rs. Doris Grosskreutz, 61
Drive.
Basketball, Lincoln High
/J igton, Northside Gym.
February Dollar Days, the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchants
Association's first sales event of
the current year, will be staged
by merchants throughout the
community this Friday and Sat
urday.
As the first of eight trade
promotions to be staged by the
Association during 1956, Feb
ruary Dollar Days will feature
reduced price values and regu
lar stock, as well as many speci
al purchase .bargains in stores
throughout Chapel Hill and,
Carrboro. The program is being
planned under the direction of
the Trade Promotions Commit
tee of the Association, Carlton
Byrd, Chairman.
Dollar Days window streamers
are being distributed to mem
ber stores in the Merchants As
sociation and four street ban
ners in downtown Chapel Hill
and Carrboro, in Glen Lennox,
and on the Durham Road, will
further herald the event.
Oliver Watkins, Committee
member in charge of this event,
said this morning ‘T have talk
ed with many different mer
chants about our February Dol
lar Days this week, and I know
they arc going to offer some
really terrific values. This is the
first time We have staged such
a sales event in the winter. 1
believe we will have communi
ty-wide cooperation in making
it a success.”
This Thursday’s issue of the
Chapel Hill News Leader will
carry a comprehensive guide to
Dollar Days values in its ad
vertising from local stores.
South last Thursday afternoon
when fog closed in and he was
forced to find an emergency
landing field. After contacting
three major airports in mid-
Carolina and finding them clos
ed i-n and after narrowly miss
ing the Durham TV tower in the
dense soup, he picked out the
Don Mathesons’ Berry’s Mill
farm alfafa field northeast of
Hillsboro and attempted an
emergency landing, breaking his
propeller and part of a wing tip
in the process.
At the invitation of the Math
esons he spent the night in their
home while his uncle in Wins
ton-Salem brought a mechanic
the next day to repair the dam
aged parts. He took off from the
alfafa field about 5 o’clock Fri
day afternoon, not greatly dam
aged by his experience but
grateful, indeed, to his hosts for
their hospitality after his nar
row escape.
sold. As set up 'by the board of
aldermen last year, the co.st of the
plots will be on the basis of $40
a.grave for Chapel Hill residents
and S80 for persons.out of town.
The charge for the old Chapel Hill
Cemetery plots, few of w'hich are
now left, was $20.
Beauty Pageant
Plans Are Set
Preliminary announcement on
the forthcoming Miss 'Chapel Hill
Beauty Pageant have been sent out
to potential sponsoring organiza
tions for entrants by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
M. H. Jennings Jr., Pageant
Chairman, said, the affair would
be stag^cd on April 4 in Memorial
Hall As in the past entrants will
be accepted by sponsoring clubs in
town or by University sororities,
dormitories, 9r fraternities. Mr.
Jennings emphasized that for pur
poses of the beauty queen selec
tion on a national basis a college
coed is considered a resident of the
community where she attends
school.
Winner of the local beauty pag
eant will repilcscnt Chapel Hill
in the state finals of the Miss
Sentiment fur and against the proposed annexation of
a large east-side area tf) eorporate Chapel Hill liecanie inoic
vocal over the week-end with the sounding of the first pub
lic opposition to the idea by suburban residents.
Basis of the opposition, it seemed, was at present center
ed in the lack of concrete proposals by the Town to the 2,300
suburban residents as to what, exactly, annexation, would mean to
them in terms of benefits and taxes. The board of aldermen will dis
cuss the matter at its meeting in the Town Hall tonight. T'A'o weeks
from tonight a legal public hearing on the annexation is scheduled
before the board.
It's expected that the annexation! would not be effected in any
event before December 31/ since residents of the area proposed for
annexation would not be placed on the Town's tax rolls until the
annual listing period next January.
This procedure was follow’ed in the last annexation—that of
Wcstwood'Forest Hills in 1952. To bring in the four areas now under
consideration would increase the size of Chapel Hill by 68 per cent,
and the property valuation by 35 per cent, according to preliminary
surveys by Town Manager Thomas D. Rose. The approximately 810
acres in Laurel HilLCountry Club, Greenwood, Glen Lennox-Rogerson
and Oakwood drives, and Ridgefield, would bring the size of the town
up to an even 2,000 acres.
A detailed financial study of the proposition was presented to
the Board in December by Mr. Rose, and he said today that he hoped
the Board would expand this data and distribute it to all residents
of the area now under consideration as soon as pMossible. Such a
brochure was given to suburbanites brought into town in both the
Strowd Hill and Westwood annexations, both of which were by mutual
consent and no objection whatsoever from the out.vide areas.
The first public opposition to the present proposal was sounded
this past weekend by Mrs. W. D. Carmichael Jr., of the Laurel Hill
neighborhood/, who said that she and a number of other persons
were considering the circulation of a petition calling tor an election
on the matter. "We are just talking about it at this time/" she said.
"Wc have no plans formulated yet, but will tell our side after
discussing the matter further among ourselves. As yet we haven't been
able to get all of the facts on this matter, and we’d like to talk to
Town officials before deciding on a petition.” Mrs. Carmichael said
she wao not prepared to give any specifice grounds for opposing the
aiinexation at thi.s time, however.
A resident of Greenwood who .declared he was also against the
propasal as affairs now stand emphasized that he had "not as many
specific objections a de.’ire to have certain questions answered to
nui satisfaction.”
rrincipallv among ihcse questions he listed were’ a pledge from
Iho tow'n as to when municipal benefits such a.s fire hydrant Jinc.s.
sewer lines, garbage protection, street paving, and street lights, would
be extended. “What will the Town do, and in what period?” was his
over-all: query.
"All we want is the assurance that we'll receive equal service
to persons nrw in town within a period of time that will make it
beneficial for us to join Chapel Hill. —The only lever we have to
get the benefits that will offset the higher cost of coming in to
town is some definite agreement on these things."
There arc three legal methods whereby the annexation might be
effected; (1) By mutual consent, as in the past. If no petition from in-
town or suburban residents comprising 15 per cent of the qualified
voters is presented to the Board by the time of the February 27 hear
ing, the annexation could be made by simple vote of the board. (2)
A special election of in-town and .=?u'burban residents, as required on
petition of 15 per cent of the voters in either section. In this case a '
majority a favorable vote would be necessary in both sections. (3) A
•special referendum- on the proposal either in the suburban area or in
the suburban and town areas, which could be ordered by the alder
men if they desired, in the absence of any petition calling for an
election.
It appeared quite possible/ In light of the already-voiced objec
tions/ that the aldermen could choose to follow this latter course,
in which case a special registration of voters would be ordered in
the area proposed for annexation.
Meanwhile, a local real estate-insurance firm which favors the
annexation, has drawn up figures to show the advantages of the pro
posal. A financial breakdown of the in-town sewer, property tax,
sewer, and garbage fees, as opposed to those out of town, in all as-
.ses^'Cd valuations from $2,500 up to $50,009 property valuations has
been- prepared by C. W. Powell and H. W. Wentworth of Colonial In
surance and Realty Company. They said they would be glad to pre
pare and explain these figures to anybody who would call them.
Here are some sample figures as presented by them:
Storm Sewer
Work Is Set
By Aldermen
Further municipal improvements
as authorized in la.st spring’s $190,-
000 municipal bond issue will be
discussed by the board of alder-
ment this evening.
In addition^ the board is expect-
e to consider further the proposed
annexation of the east-side areas
on which a formal hearing is to be
held two weeks from tonight.
Regarding the bond issue im
provements, Town Manager Thom
as D. Rose said he would present
to the board the results of a sur
vey he had made, on needed storm
sewer installations in the munici
pality. A total of $40,000 was allo
cated for this purpose in the bond
issue.
Mr. Rose said he would suggest
eight major storm sewer projects
to the board and several smaller
ones, all of which arc expected to
total about $30,000 as presehtiy
proposed.
The aldermen will also consider
a request from the local bar to
change the weekly meeting date
of the Recorder’s Court from Mon
day to Tuesday. At the request
of Judge William S. Stewart the
meeting time was changed from
Tuesday to Monday several months
ago, primarily for the convenience
of highway patrolmen who have
a day off on Tuesdays. It was un
derstood that the local attorneys
felt there were fewer conflicts
with other courts on Tuesdays-
Mozart Concert
Set On Tuesday
A concert of chamber works by
Mozart will be presented in Hill
Hall tomorrow at 8 p.m. The first
of the second semester Tuesday
Evening Serie^, this program is
open to the public without charge.
Violinists Edgar Alden, Jean
Heard; violaist Dorothy Alden; and
’cellist William Klenz, will be
heard in two string quartets, K.
499 in D Major and K. 46.5 in C
Major.. Mr. and Mrs. Alden, and
Mr. Klenz will be joined by Earl
Slocum in a quartet for Flute and
Strings, K. 285.
OUTSIDE TOWN
Assessed
Fire,
Taxes
Sewer
Garbage
Total
Valuation
E. C. Ins.
Rent
$ 2,500
$ 15.50
$, 21.00
$30.00
$36.00
$102.50
$10,000
$ 62.50
$ 84.00
$30.00
$36.00
$212.00
$25,000
$1.55.00
$210.00
$30.00
$36.00
$431.00
$40,000
$248.00
$336.00
$30.00
$36.00
$650.00
INSIDE TOWN
Assessed
Fire,
Taxes
Sewer
Auto
Total
Difference
Valuation
E. C. Ins.
Rent
Tags
$ 2,500
$ 7.50
$ 44.75
$12.00
.$1.00
$ 65.25
$37.25 less
$10,000
$30.00
$179,00
$12.00
$1.00
S222.00
$10.00 over
$25,000
$75.00
$447.50
$12.00
$1.00
$535.00 $104,50 over
$40,000
120.00
$716.00
$12,00
■$1.00
$849.00 $199.00 over
Oxford Loses
To CH, 67 37
Chapel Hill High with three vic
tories in a row now behind it,
will face Southern High of Dur
ham County tomorrow night in
Durham.
The Wildcats took their eighth
win in 12 District games Friday
night when they defeated Oxford
Orphanage, 67-37, in an Eastern
Class AA District Three meet. Jim
Dosher led the local cagers’ attack
with 16 points. Chapel Hill reserv
es got to see plenty of action from
the second quarter on to the final
whistle.
In the preliminary game, Leah
Fitch paced the Chapel Hill sex
tette with 17 points for a 48-34
victory over the Orphanage girls.
Starting for the girls were:
Hackney, Greenwood, Fitch, Yea
ger, Shepard and Laughon. Start
ing line-up for the boys: Clark,
Weaver, Neville, Teague and Dos
her.
KENFIELD 15 BACK !
John Kenficld, veteran Caro
lina tennis coach, is back home af
ter a hospital siege, and expects to
be back at work within a few days.
He is convalescing from a heart dis
turbance. It was said that his ill
ness at no time was considered v'as the third-place runner-up in
serious, but he has been away fjjo-m ^ ^ ^ t summer’s North Carolina
his office for some time.
In addition to their figures, they noted nine specific 'advant
ages of Insid-e Over Out" as follows: (1) Voice in town government;
(2) town fire protection; (3) town police protection; (4) town garbage
collection; (5) town sewer lines—or re-lmbursement if lines already
installed; (6) possible house-to-house mail delivery;,(7) curb and gut
ter installation if desired, on an individual property owner assess
ment basis; (8) hard surfaced roads at no extra cost if curb and gut
ter are installed; and (9) street lights.
The subuPban tax rate of S .84 is broken down as follow.s: $.62
County rate, $.12 Chapel Hill School District supplement, and $.10
Fire District tax. The $1.69 rate for Chape/ Hillians is divided as fol-
America Pageant this summer. In ' lows: $ .95 Town rate, $ .62'County rate, and $.12 School District Sup
the last two years the winners of piementary Tax.
According to Mr. Powell and Mr. Wentworth the greatest immed
iate saving a suburban property owner would realise by annexation
would be in fire insurance rates—after hydrant lines were extended.
This rate would drop from $ .54 per $100 to $ .22. A 250 per cent re
duction would go into effect on sewer rent, too, since the outside
basic rate of $30 is two and one-half times the in^own $12 annual
rate. In addition, the minimum garbage collection fee of $36 annual
ly charged by private collectors would be eliminated for in-town res
idents.
DENTAL DAMES
Dr. Leonard Palumbo wili speak
in connection with two films- on
cancer to be shown at the Tuesday
meeting of the Dental Dames at
8 p.m. in the Library Assembly
Room.
Miss Chapel Hill have reached the
finals of the state event. Miss
Chapel Hill of 1954, Barbara Ann
Stone, was second runner-up for
Miss North Carolina and the cur
rent Miss Chapel Hill, Joan Brown,
last summer’s
I beauty pageant.
Generally fair with liHls
change in temperature today and
tonight. Increasingly cloudy to
morrow. High today in the SOs;
low tonight in the 30s. High to
morrow near 60.
High Low Rainfall
Thursday
62
33
,00
Friday
55
39
.02
Saturday
64
39
.58
Sunday
52
32
.03