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Plan for 50 Years
Why not a long range school
plan to take care of all of the
State's children and . those to
come, as well. See Editorial com
ment, page two.
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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, ifSS
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A Blaze From The Gas Vent ...
And A Boy Learns About Matches
LEY BROUGHT
painted statuette
teer from the an-
ford Breeders As-
>ay at the Roanoke
ir Jackson on Sat-
D first prize award
Judging contest in
I 300 of the state's
participaterT. Mr.
' of the JL Polled
here — scored 100
100 points in the
MTH SOME CASU-
he statistics on the
One small boy learned the
hard way not to play with
matches.
At noon Thursday, a tanker
was unloading 6,000 gallons of
igaiSfO'ne at Pendergi)-ft’s At
lantic Service Station. Owner El
mer Pendergrafl looked up and
noticed that the vent pipe which
releases air from the under
ground tanks was blazing fierce
ly.
He ran around to the side of
the station. About 25 other peo
ple iWho were standing around
ran everywhere. A small boy
sped up Main Street to Carr-
horo.
The driver the gas truck
closed the valve, to the tank
as Mr. Pendergraft grabbed a
fire extinguisher and put out the
flames.
The little colored boy stopped
at Andrews-Riggsbee to catch
his breath. Someone noticed he
was burned slightly and sent
him to Dr. Hooker. He told Dr,
Hooker that he was burned at
Andrews - Riggsbee. Andrews-
Riggsbee said Sir!”
Then he' said he was in the
men’s room down at Pender-
graft’s station when somebody
turned a gas hose upon him. This
story also failed to convince
those concerned.
Finally he admitted he had
been sitting on the curb at th?
station, striking matches—while
the tanks were being filled.
Luckily, no one was seriously
injured, and the fire was ex
tinguished successfull^\ But this
corner is willing to bet that
there’s one small boy in towm
who will think twice before he
strikes another match.—K. Clark
)f the recently*ad-
'ngress, as record
on the front of the
the Congressional
ived in this office.
in session 801
■ed to 465 for the
might be logically
mate passed 1.555
jmpared 1,236 in
!ve.r, there were a
y bills introduced in
only 1.865 in the
Which took 13,960
n the Congression-
m
: TOOT ON THE
li fire horn about
day was an unin-
|i of the change
fire call system
|ffect on noon Sat-
through a slip-up
■/ere changing the
' one of the four
)oxes. No alarms
/stem yet.
ELL CLAYTON
Dallas Long and
lave received writ-
ion from Ray Ab-
'BI chief, for their
auto thieves near
n. As a result of
ch began with the
: G-Man stated, “a
had been in op-
lyears vvas broken
;tolpn autos recov-
Welfare Posf
Is Resigned
By Mrs. Parker
BULL IN BETTER DAYS —’Good Old Landslide B/ grand
prize-winning Ayreshire bull owned by Hugh Wilson of Orange
Grove, is seen with Mr, WiHon shortly after the six-year-old animal
swept all honors In his class at the 8tate Fair last year.
News Leader Photo
'landslide's' Last I ib@r:
'V
|y|tON. OWNER OF
neater, emphasizes
fiquor con.fiscatsd
at his establLsh-
ly an employee in
ly-used closet. Mr.
lie had made peri-
|)f his Theater, but
to inspect this
||i steps to see that
this will never
Illy of his theaters.
Bull Butts Dairy Farmer;
Inflicts Serious Injuries
Orange County Welfare Super
intendent Mrs. Jane Parker will re
sign her Job in the near future
to become Executive Secretary of
the Family Service Association in
Durham.
The exact date of her resigna
tion had not been set today, pend
ing the selection of her successor,
however it was understood that
she would assume her new duties
sometime next month. She has
been Superintendent of the Orange
County Department since 1954
and will succeed William Moyni-
ban, who is leaving Durham to-
mororrow to accept a Family Ser
vice Post in Nashville, Tenn.
A resident of Chapel Hill and
wife of John A. Parker of the Un
iversity’s city and regional plan-
nin faculty, Mrs. Parker bolds both
the B. A. and M. A. degrees in
social work from the University
here. Prior to her UNC work she
attended Radcliffe College and
Simmons 'College in Massachusetts.
She was employed by the Or
ange County Welfare Department
as a child welfare worker for
four years before becoming Sup
erintendent. A member of the Na
tional Association of Social Work
ers and the American Public Wel-
far-h Association, Ishe has served
for four vears as Secretary of the
Commu-'tity Council here. The
Parkers have two sons, 18 and 21.
School Set
This Wed.;
3,000 Seen
J'he Irecdom of summer rec
reation will u'ive way to the
I'outine of classe.s thi.s Wed
nesday mornino; when the six
local public: scliools will open
lot the 1956-57 school year.
Oil the opening day o£
classes last year a total of a,-
742 pupils reported — an increase
of 180 over the previous year. Ex
pectation.'! for the coming year, on
the basis of new registrations and
past increase.s, are tiiat about 3,-
000 will be enroJled for the new
term.
SCHOOL DAZE Sandra Williams, speculating on the end of a restful summer away from the class
room grind, finds her mind wandering to thoughts of proms and football games again as she realiies
the start of the new school year is but three days a'vay. Nearly 3,000 local children will fiock to the
six public schools of the community We.dnesday mo ning as the 1956-57 term opens. Sandra — the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duke Williams of Lindsay Street — will be a Junior at Chapel Hill High.
News Loader Photo
327 Bads Now In Service
Hospital Passes Fourth Birthday;
Has Served 48,000 Patients
39 Township Persons
Draw Court Jury Duty
BUS' NEW BOOK,
’ will go *on sale
Published by the
igrew out of Mrs.
love of animals,
:antasy of a small
for understanding
birds and animals
1 a mystery.
IFS RUSSELL'S
E'aphy of Thomas
ferson. Champion
nd," will be out
a today. Hedearch
ihis lifp and time
seven 01
to Mr. Kussell. Ti
1 !ia( I WHS getting
i started. T would
itlie neiwe to be-
“Good Old Landslide B” is de.s-
tined for the deep freeze and
dairy farmer Hugh M. Wilson of
Orange Grove is destined for sev
eral' weeks in the Hospital as a re
sult of a farm accident late Friday
afternoon.
Mr. Wilson was cheeking the
ground stake on his six-year-old
grand prize-winning Ayreshire bull
when the animal suddenly turned
his horns on him, butting him
severely to the ground. For a pe
riod of five to 10 minutes the 1.800
pound .bull snorted, gored, and
butted at Mr. Wilson as the latter
grasped ever closer to his nose
ring.
A former Carolina boxer of six-
feet-plus, Mr. Wilson was still no
match for the maddened animal
and was making little progrtss in
effecting his ovvn rescue when his
father, E. M. Wilson, arrived on
the scene. Finally, as Mr. Wilson
grasped the nose ring he directed
his father—the 84-year-old former
headmaster of Haverford School—
to jab the bull with a pitchfork.
This distracted the animal long
enough for the victim of his attack
to scamper to safety.
Mr. Wilson said it was the first
time the bull had ever turned on
one of his keepers. “I’ll pull
through all right.” he said, “hut
that bull—he’s gonna become beef
steaks right away.”
Freshman Cgmp
To Have 730;
Opens Mondpy
Memorial Hospital celebrated its
fourth birthday yesterday.
.,-Th.e Hospital fi^st opened on
Sept. 2, 1952. At that time 76 beds
were available for patients. To
day 327 beds are in service.
On Sunday a birthday cake was
served to Hospital personnel tak
ing their dinner in the cafeteria.
Small birthday cakes were placed
on each tray that is sent to the
patients’ room.
Since opening four years ago, the
Hospital has served 48,000 individ
ual patients.
During the past year a total of
63,000 visits were made to the
Ho.spitaTs outpatient department.
The emergency room received 5,-
700 patients during the same per
iod.
Last^ year 9,120 patients spent
a total of 87,354 days in the Hos
pital. Chesp patients came from
every one of the’100 counties, in
North Carolina. A^total of 3,434
operations’ w'ere performed dur
ing that period and 624 babies
were delivered.
There has been a comparative
light turnover of personnel during
the four years of the hospital’s
existence. There are 82 of the orig
inal employees still on the payroll,
among them are the director and
associate director of the hospital,
Dr. Robert R. Cadmus and E- R-
Crawford Jr.
GOVERNOR'S TALK
Gov. Luther Hodges whI deliv
er a public address here tomor
row night in behalf of the pro
posed Constitutional admend-
ments to be voted upon Septem
ber 8. The address will be given
at 8:15 p.m. in Carroll Hall.
;ht
MN GLENN, A
infantile paralysis,
rged from Watts
I convalescing at
0. Although there
1 of paralysis, she
B to enter school
-^cording to her
^cy Glenn Thomp-
mm
If*
• HARRY TRU-
. Clifton Daniel,
fifth annual News
titers Conference
fW. He’s the North
'11 probably re-
ftde big news when
.largaret Truman.
35 well-known in
'S long before he
■is daughter’s hand
^ is a top-flight
The New York
The annual YMCA • sponspred
voter to express his convictions
dents at the University will open
'next Monday at Camp New Hope.
Approximately 130 freshmen are
expected to take part in the four-
day program, which w'ill be di
rected by Bob Leonard, a Junior
from Hendersonville. Thirty up
perclassmen will be on hand to
act as counselors.
Freshman Camp precedes the or
ientation program of testing, tours
arid assemblies for all new stu
dents, to he held Sept. 13-19. Fall
semester classe~s will first meet
on Thurday, Sept. 20.
Included among the administra-
H.ve and faculty members who will
takp part in the discussions at
Freshman oamp th's vear are Act
ing Frasident William Friday,
Dean Johnson of General College,
Chancellor Ro.bert B. House,
C'ach Jim Tatum and Roy Arm
strong, direcor of admissions.
The names of 39 Chapel Hill
Township persons arc included
among 51 Orange County residents
who have ’drawn jury duty ,fpr
the civil term of Superior Co-urt
beginning Sept. 24. They are:
Pauline E. Pullen, D. B. Decker,
Jr., Jessie C. Carter, D. P. Costello,
Norma P. Poe, Cl R. Crutche, Vin
ginia P. Sharpe, Jhomas.-Mitchell,
Lucille N. Eastman, Lieta M. Mar-
rotto: Bland MoPre, Mary Joan
Williamson, L. C. Davis,,. Marion
Seiler, Jack Eiggshee, Arthur Fink,
-Jorrme M. PiJarski. Marks Mitas,
Thomas H. Ray, Mrs. Nancy Hen
derson, Mbs. -Blanche Hancock, R.
R. Rains.
Tommie J- Regan, George Rad-
man, R. B. Perkins, M. D. Williams,
Dorothy Granger, Blake W. Wilson.
Mrs. Lilian B. Golde, Christian Cui-
hreth, Jacques Hardrc, Earl H.
Harlsell, Jr., Clyde Thompson, J.
R. Ellis, T. W. Goodrich, Eddie
Philips, J. W. H. Cheek, and Chas.
F. Poston.
Urges Full Attendance
Superintendent of Schools C. W.
Davis urged parent.s to be sure to
have their children on hand for
the opening of. the year, noting
that teacher assignments for the
next year will be made on the bas
is of average attendance figures
fer the first few days of this year.
Orientation for new pupils at
Chapel Hill High School wi!i' be
held in the school auditorium at
10:30 tomorrow morning. The
schooi bell will ring at 8:20 Wed
nesday morning, and short class
sessions will be held for the
initial day so that school will let
out at noon.
Pupils at Chapel Hill Elementary ,
School were asked by Principal
Miss Mildred M. Mooneyhan to
bring their $3.00 .supply fee on
Wednesday and to report directly
to their rooms, which will be iden
tified by signs. She predicted that
about 650 pupils would attend her
school.
Cafeterias in all schools will not
open until Thursday—the first day
of regular classes.
■ At the High School, Principal
Wesley Noble .said that about 425
would register there. Lincoln High
fri-incipal C. A. McDougle predict
ed an attendance of slightly over
400 uftd Northside School Principal
James Peach was expecting 615,
Mr, Peace noted that the supple-
mei‘tary book and supply fee this
year .would be S2 50 per pupil and
the school accident insurance
premium .$1.50.
Reid Suggs, Principal of the
Carrhoro School, predicted an at- ,
tendance of 475—which will crowd
the school to the limit. A total of
400 pupils are expected at Glen-
wood Flemenlary School this year,
according to Principal Ray Kiddoo.
Five Golfers Close For Lead
In Amateur Links Tournament
The Third Annual . Chapel
Hill Amateur Golf Chainpion-
ship.s got off to a fine start—
despite faltering weather con-
Vote Conviction
On The Ticm',
Race Body Asks
BUILDING PAGE HOLIDAY
The News Leader's Building
Page which usually appears pn
Monday look off for Labor Day.
See next Monday's issue for an
informative article on the new
residence of Dr. and Mrs, H. S.
Willis.
“f'S, Page 6}
U|S COACH—Tom Maultsby, six-foot 212-pound
tar heel Carolina football team, from Chapel Hill, is
senior tackle for Emmett Cheek — himself a former
seen with Carolina football player. The Tar Heels opened
Chapel Hill Hig a Saturday morning. News Leader Photo
regular practice sessions on
Tuesday
10:30 a.m. Orientation,
Hill High School.
8:15 p.m. Gov. Hodges’
Carroll Hall.
Wednesday
8:30 p.m. C i t v and
schools open.
Chapel
address,
Coimtv
An appeal for every registered
roted. to express his convictions
at tile pells September 8 was is
sued today by the Interracial
Fellowship for the Schools. Speak
ing for the Fellowship, Sam Boyd
and, the Rev. David Yates. Co-
Chairmen, stated:
“Our group, which is interrac
ial ii membership, w3,s founded
on the conviction that we should
begin working toward the aboli
tion of racial segreagation in pub
lic education both because justice
demands it and because th^ su
preme law «f our land requires it.
^ “We do not regard desegroga-
fion of the schools as something
we cannot avoid—we look upon it
as a positive and long-needed step
toward the realization of Christian
■teachings and American' democrat
ic ideals.
“It is our belief that the consti
tutional amendments to be accept
ed or rejected this Saturday de
serve the grave consideration of
everyone. No matter how they de
cide, we urge all registered voters
to go to the polls and vote as
their consciences guide them.” •
ditions-^at Finley Golf Course
yesterday morning.
Trophy awards 'vere present
ed to the winning linksmen at
2:30 this afternoon—too late for
inclusion in this issue of the
News Leader. A field of about
60 players was entered in the
four-flight playoffs, staged un
der soensership of the Chapel
Hill Jaycees.
As of the end of the first
round of . the 36-hoIc tourney
yesterday afternoon Eve men
were tied within two strokes of
each other for the lead in the
low gross -Ycanes. They were
Sam Patrick, the leader with a
75; Gordon Perry .Jr., and How>-
ard Culbreth, both at 76; and
Roy Rtg.gsbee and Cliff .Jones,
both with 77’s.
The winners received eight
permanent trophies in addition
to the annual rotating awards
for the low gross and low net
scorers. Winners and yunners-
' lip in each flight were presented
the permanent awards.
GROCERY HOURS
Local grocery stores y/ili be
closed this Wednesday afternoon
with the exception of Fowler’s
Food Store, .which will be ooen.
Most other business houses in
town will resume their all-day
hours effective this Wednesday.
Partly cloudy and warm today
and tomorrow with chance of
few shower? or fhunder showers.
Fair and mild tonight. Low 65;
high tomorrev/, 89.
High Low Rainfa.l
Thursday
89
64
,00
Friday
91
67
.00
Saturday
92
68
.00
Sunday,
92
70
.00
HOSPITALIZED
r4»'44'.tYr of
at Mflmorjfll
Mrs. Lucy Alston, Fred T. Bar
bee, Jr., Mrs. C. E, Burnett, Mrs.
Woodward Byers, Jacob Campbell,
Jasper Cole, Jr. Mrs. T. J. Edwards,
Mrs. Nicholas Eliadis, Curtis G. Ho
gan, Robert McCleery, Mrs. Fred
Massey, S'liss Virginia O’SuHiyan
and Mrs. Noah Smith.
fine FISHING— John Manning (left) and Dr. E. M. Hedgpel
cap ure top honors among a group of local fishermen on a weel
show^ffL^* Camp Bryan place, Mr. Mannir
shows off h.s seven.pn,„,H h,,. ....r,,,. p,
string of bass, o ..
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