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Brief
rhVH KIWAN^LVS'S
will Mage their an
ting this Wednesday
m the Carolina Inn.
liosts lor the oc-
i! to yo a Jong way
ioa,-t Cornish game
Knvanians fed ’em
lER roui.D HWE cciitly sct'up employee clavssi- cecs.
n o the North Caio- ticatioii plan and seeking au Btuce iVTartindalc, general chair-
of Pliarraacj' .w oe :icroiS-lhc-board direct salary mai of the May 18 event, said tliiit
a cordiig, t) the jjureysc tor stale tvovkcrs ‘W porsen rvho will not have
^ accumulated lor turned over to tiic o'' *>“r 20th birthday
by August 15, the date of the na
tional iloacl-lL-O finals in Washing-
l(ji, D. C., will be eligible to en-
KET, NEWLV-AP.
Hdll Dirc' tor ’of C v 1
:>’ng ti) really acti-
zntion I'ca’ly. Plans
wi’l he announced
iirer ho confers with
Pmso Dirc-ct'^r Wah
;s:*oro. Mr. Mask t
cio amateur d:era-
wly-Organized Elecfronics Industry Is To Be Set Up Here
spaper Service
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Office:
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arrboro
Chapel Hill News Leader
Tiame-Out, Inc/
Plant Planned
By Don Barrie
Forman
mouth. Ill.
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Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY^ APRIL 15, 1957
SIX PAGES THIS ISSUE
Unit Protests Classification
Petitioners Ask
Pay Increases
'Across Board'
Teen-Age Road-E-O Set May 18;
Jaycees Sponsor Driving Event
Petitiuns with tlic names of
.0JO University employeCvS a!-
The Teen-Age Road-K-O driving milted to drive his own car in the
bill contest will be staged locally contest. The local winner is to be
for the .first time this year under given a trip to the state Road-E 0
FiMt d, and protesring the re- spon.iorship of ihg Chapel FiiU .lay- finals in Monroe on June 1 and 2.
to 10,000 .ro'nts
m-^mhefshi.'^ in the
Senter has a-^ciimu*
>00 through h’s h'’st’-
D shirt Governor of
^ ^ General Assembly in Raleigh
today or tomorvoiv.
Several hundred signers’
names were,on an earlier petition
presented to the House of Kepre-
mitativps on Thuv.sday by Orange
'■’ounly Rep. John W. Um - cad Jr.
ho documcnlH were sent on to the
House Apprcprialion.s Committee,
which is censidering the pay raijo
wcposal.
Spf^nsorH By Local Assn.
A, Tpokesman for the local Area
'-tx-A of the/North Carolina State
Phpployees Association, which ij
OF KINGS MILL 'poHsoidiig-ihe campaign, as out-
ood, Tcm'nded by linedi in the pclitien, said that a
■•rdh a'^-counted f r minihcr of. faculty menibors had
loined mainlenancc and aclminis-
ration employees hwe in signing
u'ditioii, the I’uJI text of which
follows:
“Wo. the un Icrsigncd state cm-
»’nye,\;. respectfully petition the
General A 'iembly, as follows:
/First, w* solemnly protest
the plan of classification of em-
nloy^e*-- of the University at
Chapel HIM recently prepared by
the State Personnel Department.
We feel it is unfair, unreason-
and will result in great eon-
fusion and dissatisfaction.
‘'Second, we point out that far
from favoring the low-salaried
group a ■ promised by the Person
nel Department formula, this clas
sification and salary adjustm'ent
would have exactly the opposite
effect. Wc again request that what
ever you give H.s, you give us
Tj’aight across the board, straight
I'rom you to us, and not through
Ihc Personnel Department or any
agency.”
North Carolina's entrant in the
national contest will be in the
running for the three top awar ds
of scholarships for $2,000, $1,-
500, and 51,000. May 13 has been
sot as the deadline for local en
tries.
A.s.'Lsting ]\!r. Marlindale in slag-
tcr. Time and place of the local ing the Road-E-0 here will bo
contest will ae announced later, he Walts Poe, Charles Hodson, and
Red Altcmncllei-, elig'ibUily and
Written Quii, Too ^ cerlU’ication; Bill Stewart, Bill
The cornpelUion will consist of Wright, and Kim Partin, judging,
a written quiz and; IhCj perform- Charles Manor, prizes and awards,
ance. of four obstacle-type exer- and Ty Boyd, Roland Giduz, Herb
ci • in cars to he provided by the Hidland, and Marvin MiUhe.son,
Jaycees. No cm rant will be per- (See- ROAD-E-O, Page Siiv)
Ecfstsr Sunrise Service Set
of the Total of 16
reived on Sa U 'd-iy
'i.'.h'ol D’s'rict. d’gc-
■inct Rcgim'ar Af ,s.
would’ve had a
qriet da'- if th s
-istcred to vegis er.
IGXS OF SPRING
or Clyde Squires:
up in Mrs W. B.
yard on Ros'inary
day, took (ff and
'wn the b^ock bc-
4 b g tree. "fM g t
minutes telling mo
su’d Mr. Squires,
: apiarist-that is.
avoe.ation.
CORNIVELL OF
rf 1 ini opposition
i-'-tdecli. n for about
!?ck. Percy Quinlan.
Par Heel .Sandwch
he Town Hall late
and officially filed
5 M y 7 ohetions.
orning he went by
siatcmont of fil-
(. hurehes of Clia.pcl Hill and Crun*-
•]x)ro will spon' or a sunrise East r
worship service at fi o’clock this
Sunday at the Lawson Golf Couiv e.
The Rev. J, Paul Edwards of the
Carrboro Method’st Cbiirch. P e -
ident of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
M'nistcr’a! AH-=ociaLion. and the Rov.
M'uvice Kickier of the Ephoop 1
Church of C e Holy Family, ChaT-
nm of the' A.ssocialion'.? Sp'wi J
Iv.'crts'Cotrmi tee, will conduct the
-cwices.
A b •a.ss ensemb’e Tom th:. Chap
el Hill Htgh Schl'oi band will pro
vide sp:?c.-ial mn-ic and accompaiii-
rrent ' for the hymns.
Silent Prayer Period
Asked For Hun'" ’rians
A two-mini-te period of silent
prayer for the Hungarian p€"ple
will be observed bore on Friday
al n k.rn.
Mayor 0. K. Cornwell has asked
a'l residents of the community to
:oin in the Jayece-sponsored oc-
ca.sion by offering two mnutys of
silent prayer, during which local
clnirch bells v'lh be tolled.
The Hev. .1. Kimsey King of
The Alder.sga'c Methndist Church
i,-; chairman of tiK‘ Good Fridl^
observance for the Jaycees. ‘‘Now'
v.e can help the Hungarian peo
ple,” said the Rev. Mr. King.
'ACADEMY' AWARD FOR SENTER—W. J. S nith. Secretary of the N. C. Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation and its Academy of Pharmacy, presents to C arrborc civic leader and pharmacist Lloyd Senter
(right) his certificate as the seventh person to be inducted into the 18-months-old Academy. The cere
mony took place at Thursday evening s Lions Club meeting. Academy memberships are awarded on the
basis of points given primarily for pharmacists' civic activities, 10,000 points being required for mem
bership. Mr. Senter’s award was brought about mainly through his activities as Liens District Governor,
News Leader Photo
Only 16 Register For School Voting
kTIlOl.iMAN E. S
he hit upon £
Cites 'Misunderstanding'
spokesman I'or the local
hi-anch of the Employees Associa-
ion, which has over 400 members,
ra-iii" yesterday -aid today "There is quite a bit of
ould have resulted misunder.standlns; about this pro-
er. He was invest'- posal, but no one has ,vet been able
r-olPs'on that was 'o expJain it to ii, satisfactorily.”
Under the bill as currently
pi rpased within the classifica
tion system, he said, many local
employees would be "frozen" in
their .resent salaries, in that
they wbuld already be drawing
a higher salary than the classifi
cations would provide.
Clifton Beckwith of Raleigh
e Chatham Couu y State Secretary of the Association,’
tower. Tile drive:- was here today conferring with hr
and charged with cal Association representatives on
kless driving. the matier.
the road on the
highwsv near .4u-
's, when' a car
to the scene, and
P’st the pile-up,
moments later by
'so narrowly avoid-
■ehiclcs. Mr. Robin-
second car and
ad Savs .
formation' Spread
Pet. Pay Increase
V W. U.MSTEAD
d;-un!t will mean revocation of U-
iscussJon the bi 1
left to the disc e-
Jd2e as to wheUitr logislatiou would have meant
0 revoked in flrimk- 'k R when a peison was convicted
was tab'ed in the drunlsen driving his lawyer would
majority. This always t'lken the pos ton that
iciion of drivng person could not make a liv-
•ng i-n’ess he v.'as allowed to drive
as many of th.em do when pler.diiig
a case before a jury.
mer feday. Cold-
scattared light
ht 40-45. Tomor-
^alr.
fh Low Rainfall
7
3U
.00
1
45
.00
40
.12
,)
.00
Would License Drunk Driving
To have parsed tlrs hill wou'd
have for aU 'm'ents and purposes
licensed drunken driving when a
iperson used his or her car in go
ing to and from work or in per
forming the duties of their job. As
is my usual practice in all matter.^
afiecting highway safety I vigorous-
Iv opposed this legislation. Having
been tabled there is no chance th t
fScc (NDUSTRY. Poge Sir)
tutiU -of lb Chapel Hill Schooi
Di.slrict residents living outside the
Town of Chapel Hill became eligi
ble to vote in the May 7 School
District elections a.s registration
books opened on Saturday.
Books will be open again in the
cinct voting places between 9
a.m. and 9 p.m.
All Chapel Hill residents who
register for the Town elcction.s will
aiHcmatkally become eligible to
vote in the School District elec
tions, and person^* already regisr
vote in the School District elec
tion, in which five candidates
are seeking the four seats at
stake on the six-member Board.
In the North Precinct at Iho
Chapel Hill Town Hall Registrar
Mrs. Henry llcyali reported that d:stribi|o!-ship for the Lord-Taber
three Chapel Hill election precinct tered on the Town's voting books on Saturday only two persons were Ganand-gua, N. Y., also on
will likewise be eligible to vote in registered. South Precinct Regis-
ncy*()!■”a11 ized indus
try, “I’laine-Oiu I'ire J^rnlec-
tioii. Inc./’ will se set up in
the Ghapcl Hill area in tlie
near Inturc, it ^vas annonneed
tins morning; l)y Don Lar-
lic oi Clfiapel Hill, President
of the Clorporation.
Ml’. Bari'ic said that ilic
firm will in.stail and laler manu
facture .all types of clccti'onics ui-
slallations, with particular emphasis
on installing electronic and alarm
s.\’stems on military bases. At the
presenr time pat’nts aire being
.-'i’ciired cn some of the apparatus
v\liich is to be manufactured, he
5 aid.
Ill Electronics Many Years
.Mr. Barrie, a Californian, moved
to Chapel Hill with Mrs. Barrie—
the former Frar-ces Harris of Chap
el Hill—fj’oni Los Angeles, about
four years ago. He has l)een en
gaged in eleclrojiics work his en
tire life and holds several patents
on such devices.
Recently he comi)lctcd the in-
stMlatlin • of a comp’a?^.e fire
protection system for the 51th
Fighter (Defense) Squadron at the
Greater Pittsburgh Airii-ort. under
ontract to the Harold Smi'h and
Son firm of Washington, D. C.
As presently planned the indus-
Itw w.'.uld employ about JO persons
in the manufacture of its products,
W''hich w'il include a dry fire ex
tinguisher ior heme and offee u=c.
recording to Air. Barrie. It will also
distribute all types of firo equip
ment aiifl el.'cLrimic s y .s t e m s
'hroughout the country.
‘Non-Smol-estack’ Industry
Mr. Barrie emphasized that he
definitely w^anted the plant to be
in the Chaj>el Hill community, and
that it would ])e a “non-smoke-
stack” type of operation.
"We plan to buy land here
within six or eight months aiid
build a colonial type building on
it tliat will be a credit to the Vui-
versity jomniunily.” He added:
"We are del.ghled at the pro.specl
of h'wuting the operation here. I
love Clr-ipcl ft ill and have never
before found a place like it."
•At the present lime the corpora
tion has Its headquarters in Dur
ham It was locently granted a
'headquarters this Saturday from 9
a.m. until 6-p.m.
This Saturday v/ill also be the
first cf two. successive Saturdays
for registration of new voters for
the biennial Town elections, also
to be held May 7. Qualified new
voters may register in the pre-
both elections without resgistcring
anew.
However, any person living in
the District outside of Chapel
Hill will have to re-regisfer this
Saturday to become eligible to
trar Mrs. A.'T. Miller at tlie M’ool-
len G3'mnasium lobby said that she
registered four person..-. Mrs. Lind
say Neville, Registrar for the East
Precinct at the Glenw’ood School,
said she registered 10 persons.
Postal Snarl Solution Seen Soon;
Delivery Deluge Is Expected Today
Chapel HTl and 'Carrboro ci-tizcn.s lion of mall. All in all though, he
seemed to take hi stride the cur- saM. the'-e \va.? no doubt that a
tailment o[ postal service here and saving in postoffice operational
over ihe country on Saturday. ■ cc-st's w-as realized by the SatU M y
Chapel Hill Postmaster Paul closing.
Check said today that while ail #
nationally would be remedied by
this weekend, in light of appro-
priafrHn steps already taken by
Congi-ess. , ,
and rural earrier.s had a lioli-
Saturday. in keeping with the
Postmaster Oeneral's orders, ihcy
h.id to have extra help today to
make up for the extra accumula-
41 Drawn As Jurors
For Civil Court Term
. Had To Refuse
Quite a niiml>er of -persons te'e-
p.ioned and called at the postoffice
to inquire about the situation and
to try to get their mail, Mr. Ch:>ck
'loted, but all mail requests liad
to be refused.
He predicted that the situation
A’eunwh'le,- ih- pUbTc wu1l -be af
forded w'indow' 'service, in the Chap-
el Hill post-offee onlj?- from 9 until
o:J0 p,.m . Monday through Friday,
instead of the regular nine-hour
period from 9 until 6.
Third-Class S'mvcr
.Miothcr p-.'it.^l S-'ow^-dowu as the
fSec POi.S'TAL, Paf7c Six)
electronic and a’arm system in-
(tii.stry. .\s planned tiy Mr. Barrie
Mie ' “Flamc-Oiit” organization will
c..nl>ody a sales force acro.ss the
coiiiilry of 60 or more persons.
Chnriered In State
He said (odav that he had just
’■elurned from A'lianii. Fla., where
lie has been for the pa.st two months
oiganizing the corporation. It was
(.•hartered in \orth Carolina earlier
this monih with $100,000 authorized
capital .stock and wdh .Mi.ss Annie
J.ciui'ie Rcavc.s, financier of Eu-
faula. Ain,, ATi-s Jiiduh Barrie of
Las Angeles--Air. Barrie's sisttif.
, .r>ul Air, Barr;e himsrlf, an in-
corporato’'s,
C'irreiit’y, Mr. B''iTle said, he
is fillteg nut forms for bidding on
ctecfronic end fire tanitroi sys
tems for m.'rt'>rv installations all
rc’nss the country. Some of the
timis verk will be classified by
the fedc’al government as "top
secret," he said.
"We have some very ' ambitions
j'lans for this firm," Mr. Barrie
said, "but we want to build sound
ly and move ahead cautiously, so
that we can grow .soundly."
SCOUTS AT ‘CIRCUS'—Chapel Hill Boy Scout Trcop 39's eight-
man signal'tower erecting team topped off its demonstration in Sat
urday night s Occoneechee Council Scout Circus at Raleigh with the
displaying of big "UNC V signs for the Tar Heels' basketball cham
pionship. The boys can put up the 20-foaf tower In five minutes.
Shown atop their completed product are (clockwise, starting^ at
top left) Bob Spearman, Vance Barron, Bill Graham, Billy Black
wood, Johnny AMcott (back to camera): Charlie Lefler, David Rad
ford, and Scott Parker. Assistant Scoutmaster Ed Johnson was in
charge of the team. More than 200 boys from Orange County Scout
units participated in the Circus.
Forty-one persons from Chapel
Hill Township are among the 70
Orangor County residents who.-ie
names have been drawn for jury
duty during tlic one-week civil
term of Orange County Superior
Court beginning Alonday, April 29,
in Hillsboro.
They are: W. J. Hall, E. L. Petit,.
Aiillard Whitley, E. C. Kirkland,
Charlie Maddox, Charlie Sparrow.,
William Burn-ett, S. AI. B. Coulling
Hi, John K. COLighlen, E. D. Pal-
matier. Clarence E. Philbrook. W.
B. Partin, Allie Brooks Petty. Wm,
H. Short. T. A. Peaiwn, Barbara
Cleaveland, Ben Sehrieber, J. D.
Scarlett. Frances W. Crook, Mac S.
Armstrong, C. L. Alarks, Julia B.
Yaj'bor-ough.
Don J. Bettingcr, James G. Clark,
H. Charles Holloway Jr., av. N.
Slack, Grace S. Poe, John F. Craw
ford. Alarian J. Rosenzweig, Joseph
Bradley Stroup, Edwin S. String-
ham, Raymond Eugene Strong, E.
. Strayhorn, M. A. Turner. Vern
on S. Skyes. Howard Tapp, Robert
E. Strayhorn. Albert Suskin, Fred
M'. Tcare, Joseph W. Straley, and
Lcui.^a M. Alacisaae.
ur '■ request for a fown-vride clean-
P r L/ e "?:! Coker Garden Cub-sponsored garden tour. Above, Street De-
partment employees saw up a dead tree on North Street which was removed as a
part of the campaign.
ISews Lcaticr Photo