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A vn Office; >semary Street | ip Office: Chapel Hill News Leader foreman Co. ith. I”, «8 id'/. Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Corrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas Seeds Of War “The worst thing about the Suez situation i.s that it con tains seeds of war,...” See edi torial comment, page four. CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 195S TELEPHONE 8-444 SIX PAGES THIS ISSUE >PLB rief OD FAMILY RE 'S ago from a 10- imping trip which ipon on July 28. slept out, visiting , at Lake Ontario, Conn., N. J., Dcl- ngton, D. C. Got and their tenants r Dogwood Acres to camp out here rj'. Mr. Wood Ex- )f the N. C. Heart reports that all ler, Fred, George, g in age from 13 ■e excellent camp- took .care of his id all pitched in res. Umstead Sees Bi-Radal Groups As Key ^ To State s School Intergration Problem Urges Favorable Vote KE JUST ABOUT sm again when \vS one of those chain lil the other day. uck Prayer,” it is i sentence prayer talk for the chain, i’re not supposed this new gimmick, apies of the letter, 0 friends, adding “ bottom of a list And see what s after . . .” A ‘JOYFUL NOISE*—Former members of the N .vy Pre-Flight School Band which was formed and stationed here from 1942-44 had their first reunion Saturday at the Negro Community Centgr — their home during their war-time stay in Chapel Hill. Ab )ut 20 of the original 45 members were on hand for the occasion. Most of them are now bend directors in North Carolina public schools and colleges. Above, former Bandmaster J. C. Parsons, now an as istant U. S. District attorney in Chicago, leads his charges in the “Start And Stripes Forever" during an impromptu concert that featured the reunion. News Leader Photo After 10 Yesrs . . , UNCOVERED A che iii a popcorn f night. Acting on ':ked the popcorn iollywood Theater Tuit jars and sev- it, A quantity of seated In one jar, Patrolman Albert iother jar was ap- in a strong-smell- t. Robert Snipes, , was arrested and iing the purveyor 1 refreshments. Navy Pre-Flighi Band Has Reunion At Community Center On Saturday Ten years after it was disbanded following the end of World War II, members of the Nat^y Pre-Flight School Band, held their first re union here Saturday in the Negro Community Senter. J. C. Parsons, Bandmaster of the 45-man group during its four years of existence, said about 20 men, mpst of them with their .wives and families, were here for the occa sion. Mr. Parsons was director of from Negro music instructors and den, W. H. James of Durham, John college students in the state, most Herring of Newport News, Richard of them being at A and T College oergens of Little River. . Charles at the time. At the present time Wood of Rocky Mount. Otto Harris more than half of them are band of Tbomasville, MTIliam Reader of directors in ths state. Charlotte, and Thomas Gavin of Among these present fdr the all- Fayetteville, day reunion here were the follow- Others present included Robert ing band directors and music in- Brewer of Winston-Salem, Roger structors; Walter Carson, Richard Holt of Chicago, John Clay of Rox- Jones, W. T. Gibbs Jr., and J. C. boro, William Cole of Durham, . , , Morgan of Greensboro; Robert Tate Benny Lakin of Durham, hnd Mr. music for the Negro public schools „ u 1. a Virginia Huey Lawrence of Ay- Parsons. rr GOT QUITE A turned home from imeeting Thursday pectant father in he walked Into his gang of his male for him, fulij'- him w’ith a “stork It they did, indeed, ropriate gifts for nd conducting a , society games, all ^ dismay of the hon- le guests for this lion were Messrs. Mann. Tom, Good- rd, M. B., Merritt, ISAY NEVILLE lery material along she went to open r of Precinct Five 1' hool on Saturday, f alified voters were when she arrived f new registrants jjjj of the day was so lever eimn got her out of the car. One j|j* Saturdays for reg- ( able to get a fine ans shelled. It* in Greensboro when the band was formed in 1942 as an experimental project. As^ign^d New Dw»y It marked the first time that Negroes had been assigned to any duty except mess boys in the Navy. At the end of the war Mr. Parsons went back to school under the GI Bill of Rights and attained a law degree. He is now an assistant IJ.S. Dstrict Attorney in Chicago. The Band was housed in the Negro Community Centef. which was completed for its u'e. Dur ing Its two years in Chapel HIM the unit performed for a number of community occasions in addi tion to providing music and drill esprit for the. Pre-Fight School. Mr, Parsons recalled that when O. 0. Kessing Commandant of the School here was transferred he re quested that the Band be sent to his new post in the Pacific with him. However, the n'ew assignment was only partially completed and the Band ended up at Pearl Harbor for the remainder of the war. Most Wers At .AAT The original band was formed But Jtigt Bpfpflv . Friday Again Comes Saturday; This Time It's Baby Mary Howell For the second consecutive time this past weekend a Fri day came on Saturday. It appeared more, likely for a while that the second Friday would come, more appropriate ly, on a Friday this time. But nature ran it's course and once again a Friday came on Satur day, hut just barely. There wa.s no miX-up in days involved. Quite simply, the oc- ca.sion was the birth of Mary Howell Friday to UNC Acting President and Mrs, William C. Friday at 12:20 a.m. Saturday in Memorial Hospital here. The bahv takes her middle name for Mrs. Friday, the former Ida Howell. of Lumberton. The Friday’s other child, adopted d,aughter Frances, ar rived four years ago last March , —also on a Saturday. On Proposed Changes The key to eventual solu tion of the integration prob lem in North Carolina's pub lic schools lies in the appoint ment of bi-racial citizens com mittees, according to John W. Umstead, influential veteran member of the Genera'l As' sembly from Chapel Hill. Speaking before the Can- boro Lions Club on Thurs- dav fvpning. Mr. Umstead declared ’that Chapel Hill has gone farther to ward this goal to date than al- mo.st any other community in the’ state in having such a group. Ke was referring to thc^ 27*mcmber Citizens School Committee, ap pointed under direction o£ the Chapel Hill School Board last spring. Mr. Umstead spoke out strongly in favor of the passage of the pro posed Constitutional Amendments for operation of the public schools that will be voted upon in the Sept. 8, special election. He sup ported the Pearsall Plan as present ed and passed by last month's special session of the General As- somblv. and re-emphasized his stand in his talk here. **We need to do something to take the schools situation out of the hands of the extremists,” said Mr. Umstead. “And I feel that these (the amendments pro posed in the Pearsall Plan) do just that. It is absolutely neces sary that some such pUi# as this he passed now because the peo ple In a large part of North Car olina are not going to accept any mixing of the races at the pre sent time." The primary benefit, in the pro gram that will become law if pass ed in the Sept. 8 election, a.s seen by Mr. Umstead, is that ‘ it would give those interested in preserving the schools as well as peace and harmony in the community an op portunity to work out something more satisfactory^” The bi-racial committeesy he suggested, would be the main means to this end. See Few Closings Mr. Umstead predicted . that very, few and possibly no schools” Wildcats' Season Ticket Sale Starts Season tickets for the Chapel Hill High School Wildcats' five home games this season went on sale today under auspices of the the Carrboro Lions Club. A'll games will be played on 'Friday evenings at 8 o’clock in the Carrboro Lions Park. While the single admission price is a dollar a game, the combination ticket is again being offered for $3.00. Members of the Lions Ciub are now selling the tkkets on an individual basis and they’ll also be sold through high school stu dents after classes begin n-ext week. A goal of 500 tickets has been set for this season's sale. Here's the home schedule for the Wildcats: Sept. 7, Selma; Sept. 28. South ern High (Durham County); Oct 12, Graham; Oct. 26. Rox- boro; and Nov. 9, Oxford Orphan age. READY FOR OPENER—Returning leftermen on the Chapel Hill High School football squad will form the backbone of the team when the Wildcats open their 10-game season against Selma here next week. Left to right (kneeling), they are Tommy Buns, end; Clark Rogers, tackle; Tommy Hogan, tackle; Haywood Pendergrass, guard; Charles Todd, center; Sammy Carroll, end; Paul Cheek, end;' (standing) Baldy Williams, halfback; Tommy Goodrich, fullbtick; Wayne Poe, end; Ruffin Harville, quarterback; Rudy Barker, quarterback; and Bobby Blake, guard. Missing is halfback Bobby Costello. News Leader Photo Fire District Pact Approval Seen written contract proposal for. said he was favorably impressed , ary fire fighting equipment- would ever bf' closed because of -of the assets of the District in re the pas.sage of the proposed amend ments. “A lot of people think MEN AND THE will hold a public ling of three areas je from RA-20 to iought for an area town on the Dur- Glendale Develop- 'hange from RA-10 >he rezoning of an I Road from RA-6 umercial is also be- TownsToGet About $36,000 For Roads Use 282 Sign Up To Vote Saturday; Total Here Now Is About 6,448 they’re votiiin on whether they’ll cinse the schools next year, he said. “That’s not the Question.” The speaker pointed out that the options proposed in the Pearsall Plan couldn’t be tred until a Ne gro wa.s admitted to a white school, and noted that this couldn’t be done anywhere in the state, at the earliest, before the school boards make pupil assignments for the 1957-,'58 school terms. And, in the event a Negro applied to some board and was refused, the chan nels of appeal, as. set up by la'w, could lead to the U. S. Supreme fire protection in the Greater with the recommendations, which Chapel Hill Fire District has been will go to the 'Board committee of presented to a committee of the Paul Wager, Gene Strowd, and Chapel Hill aldermen. Kenneth Putnam before the alder- As earlier explained, the agree- men act upon them next month, ment basically provides that the To date the Fire District has paid Town of Chapel Hill would assume $5,544 on its $11,698 fire truck. Two more annual payments of $3,- turn for giving it fire protection. 077 are still to be made, and these The detailed proposal was drawn would he assumed by the Town, up by the newly-organized three- if the proposed agreement is ac- man Fire District Commission, of cepted. . which Alex McMahon is Chairman. H provides that: All fire district Town Manager Thomas D. Rose HOSPITALIZED Today'* register gf pathnt* •r Memorial Hospital includes tax money collected for 1955-56 be turned over to the Town, ex cept for money paid in the down payment on the truck; all taxes collected in 1956-57 and future years of the .contract be given to the towm; that the Town take title Mrs. Lucy Alston, Fred Tony Barbee, Jr.. Lawrence R. Bose- man, Brenda Delores Burnett. Jamison Grani.s Butler, Mrs. Chari- Court, a process that could take as ^y Bynum, Jacob Campbell, Alex- triick; that the town answer all calls in the District with necess- Saturday brought a rush of last Saturday, 40; Number Two—837, day registrants to the Chapel Hill 45; Number Three—1,200,83; Num- and Carrboro precinct headquar- ber Four—1,000, 45; Number Five ters, according to the six registrars, —1,400, 25; Carrboro 1,400. 75 for all of whom reported a busy day. .entire period. A total of 282 newly-qualified long as a year or two. In addition to urging passage of the school amendments, Mr. Umstead sounded an appeal for better Nearo school facilities in (See UMSTEAD, Page 2) ander B. Coxe, Mrs. T. J. Edwards, W. Harris, John Henry Hinson, Jr., Robey A. How'ard, Mrs. Victor Humphreys, James C. Jones, Mrs. Mac. D. Williams and Andrew Womhle. voters w’erc entered on the books ■with the largest number for a single precinct, 83, being register ed in Three by Harold Walters. ’{It ii iar anniversa- ed slaj'ing of Miss Aug. 29, 1931, will iming IVednesday. owner of the Market on W. the town line was eath and left near ■oh. Hobert Lee of nd innocent of the ng a sensational 1952. Chapel Hill and Carrboro will shortly receive about $36,000 as their share of $6,000,000 allocated Saturday’s entries brings the total to 400 North Carolina mnnicipali- number nf registered voters in the tailes for f " stee”tr during"°the current fiscal The folloiving are approximate streets during me Jigures as reported by the regis- "'"xhe fund comes from a half- trars: Number One-Total, 1,000. cent levy out of the state gasoline f tax and is disbursed on the basis of per capita population and non state system mileage in the munic- B,alley To teach ipalities On this basis the Town of Chapel Hill 140, based on 22.96 miies streets; and Carrboro will receive $6,426 on the basis miles of local streets. At Univ. Of Istanbul of its 5.56 / lanta nurses Cadmus, Director ispital, will address jraduate education * nursing on Sept, °n "Continuity in lion for Better Pa- need paper bags The Portnt-Tearhor tion’s Thrift Shop on W. lin St. will open for the yeer this Wednesday lo o’clock. The Thrift Shop Com mittee has issued a call jr P brown paper bags to b* articles purchased „ Persons .who them to the onoP' asked to bring ' Prof. J. 0. Bailey of the UNC English Department has just been advised by the State De partment that he has been ap pointed to teach next year at the University of Istanbul and Robert Junior College for the coming year. He will teach courses in English literature in both institutions. Prof, and Mrs, Bailey will leave Chapel Hill September 9 for Washington where they will he briefed by the State Depart ment. They expect to sail from New York on or about Septem ber 12, Enrollment Hike Of300 Is Seen At University v.h.rU^^* SLIP Joe Ingram, 23-year-old Negro of Route One, was pinned under his truck .when the wM h was T t o' *own on Friday afternoon. The vehicle, rnsideThe w k P'"* 0"“' rolled over, trapping the driver in was released from Memorial Hospital after his er said he lo 1 A*‘Ortmg to investigating of leers Howard Pendergraph and Mann Norris the driv- the ctpel H l7r r . " his seat flew open. He was hauling slabs for the Qhapel Hill k. Co.,, from a point near the sce.ie of the accident News Leader Photo Final examinations ended the suntmer session at the Universi ty last week, but in le.ss than a month some 7,000 students are expected to enroll for the fall semester. Roy Armstrong, Director of Admissions, said he expects an increased enrollment of around 300 students over last year. Dormitories open September 13 and classes begin September 20 after a two-day registration peiy iod, September 18 and 19. Fresh man and transfer orientation will be held September 13-17. Registration will close at UNC September 22. ^ With increased enrollments constantly facing UNC, plans have been made to build more dormitories. At present, UNC’s facilities can not meet all the housing needs. Housing for mar ried students is critical. Last semester saw more than 1,400 married students enrolled while UNC housing was available for only 365 families. The increased enrollment has taken place even with a more selective screening policy which includes tests on college apti tude, English and algebra. REGISTER NEW PUPILS Princ!0.als in the Chape! Hi!! Public Schools wiil be in their offices from 9 a.m. until noon this Wednesday to register pupils who will be attending ths local schools for the first time this fall.' Classes will begin on Wed nesday of next week, Sept. 5. Partly cloudy, warm and humid through tomorrow with widelv scattered afternoon show ers. High today, 89; low tonight, middle 60s, High tomorrow, near 90. High 72 81 87 ' 82 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Low Rainfall 68 .00 81, ,00 61 .00 57 .00 That the contract be for tv'O years, subject to renewal; and that the teritory o-f the Fire District may be increased upon petition of property owners who wish to be annexed to it and upon unanimous agreement of the Fire District CQmmissloners, and County Com missioners, and the Chapel Hill Aldermen. Patterson Tgkes Over As Head Of NROTC Capt. Alex M. Patterson has be gun his duties as professor of naval science and commanding of ficer of the Naval Reserve Offi cers Training Corps Unit at the to the truck and assume the re- University, succeding Col. Robert maining indebtedness on the Carter Buans who has been named chief of staff of the Second Marine Division at Camp Lejeune. Capt. Patterson is a native of Raeford. and was graduated from the U. S. Naval, Academy in 1927. Prior to reporting to Chapel Hill, he was Assistant Chief of Staff of the Caribbean Command at Quarry Heights, Canal Zone, Capt. Patterson is married to the former Miss Mary McBryde of Lumberton. They have a daughter, Mr.s. Thomas J. Sabiston, wife of an Army major stationed at Ft. Rucker, Ala., and a son who is a rising .senior at the Mercershurg Academy in Pennsylvania.
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