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Chapel Hill News Leader
Leading WHh The News in Chapel Hill, Canboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas
Good For Baby Sitter
“l certainly did get response
to my 60-cent baby-sitting ad.
Plea.se cancel it.” telephoned the
coed who's earning money tor
a car by this part-time job.
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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1957
SIX PAGES THIS ISSUE
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kins, WHO’S
easures 125 Feet High
Big Pecan Tree
Still Bearing As
-Perhaps Tallest In County,
It Nears four-Score Age
Bypass Road-Bed Grading At Vn Mark;
Acceptance Seen This Time Next Year
for business in
{'ostunic jewelry
11 a call to Mrs.
igJit. But by the
iucceeded in put-
cEill—ubmit 3:00
caiiceUetl it. T.bc
be Mexican capi-
ly. But 'Jic hotel
was sUiyIng was
destroyed, lie
turn tiere aboilt
nonth.
ns J'AXS C'A\
: comparison be*
iHtle in big-time
ikevrise football,
clicek fm’ -
for M'innins tiie
ill Philadelphia,
ansas City last
niversi y—In it.s
it year—bj-ought
hare of the take
amc game and
.oma .... The
course, is the
that can see a
ccinipared to a
HUlsboro's biggest and tallest tree
imdoubt-edly one of the Comity’s
largest, too—is atili bcaiing as it
nears the eslLniaicd four-score years
age.
’I’hough .some limbs and leaves ap
pear to be withering, the majestic
(del pecan tree in the back yard of
the David K Patterson residence
sho'.v.s protnisc of bearing a fair-
si/cd crop of nuts again this fall.
THE IlirNGAH-
trained here last
ally '‘clisappenr-
t returned from
went with Coach
is manager, Mi-
Ticipatc in the
ional track meet
jcr&tood that he
ome back to the
;ed in his Ameri-
iAU and Sports
is hoping to be
laneiitly in this
^ER jh., and
L^hapel Hill pull-
' to win the jim-
.singles titles in
la Tennis Toiir-
. Charlie easily
I’s Billy Stone,
r won over Dur-
6-3. 6-4.
UGBTORE NOW
Ford Ranchero—
away auto that’s
truck, The new
ly last M'eek rc-
icp as a delivery
lits Ihe spot for
Mr. Sloan.
OF KIRKWOOD
at he’s “editing
^ kinsman, Sam-
ark Twain b and
Jar from readers
• who may have
d stories dealing
lumorist.”
Four Feet Thick
The tree was measured to be 125
ltd ;all about 10 years ago, and
teems to have grou’ii some since
iheti. .Vbout. four feet in diameter,
it's believ^ed to have been planted
in the yard, along witli another dit
.fercnt variety of pecan sapling, in
the early ’30's.
tki: other tree, scarcely half its
si/c. stands alongside Mrs. Pat
terson’s kiiidcrgartcji house a few
yards away from its tinvering com
panion. It bears a long, paper-shell
pecan. Wliilc it's a good nut, Mr.
Patterson says, it scarcely com
pares with the rich, chunky tlilck-
shelled product of the big tree.
“Everybody says they’re the best
nuts thev ever ate,” said Mr. Pat
terson.
Some seasons the crop off this
.single tree has been as large as
nine bushels, while other years it’s
been as small as a peck. It’s undei'-
filood tliat it was sent from Alabama
to Hillsboro’s James Webb family,
which built the large frame post-
Civil War house. The Patterson.?
bought the home and .moved into it
in 1919 following Mr. Webb’.s death.
■’An old colored man once told me
that his brother had planted every
tree in this yard, ’ said Mr. Patter
son.
Cement Strike Slews
* Work On Structures
BIGGEST TREE—David E. PaHerson of Hillsbca, and two
boys standing with him, are barely visible in front of the 125-foot
pecan tree—said to be the largest tree in Hillsboro—-which is in his
back yard. News Leader Photo
Smiling And Confident Clara
Wins N. C. Baseball Beauty Title
In Garden, Barn Area
The tree, located in a former gar
den area of the yard, has probably
flouri.shed more because of manure
fertilization given plants that grew
near its sweeping boughs, Mr Pat-
lerson .suggested. Another factor that
may have figured in its growth is
its location on Ihe Webbs’ old barn
yard.
'Hie old Webb tree took second
place to a huge water oak on the old
Ruffin homestead in Hillsboro until
ithc latter tree blew down in a
storm several years ago.
In all its j'cars tlic big pecan has
i>c^'cr been struck by lightning. “The
neighbors said that during Hurri
cane Hazel it looked like it was
going all to pieces," Mr. Patterson
recalled. “But all that blew off of
it was a mess of small limb.s and
twigs."
Confident and .smiling, Chapel
Hill’s Clara Tucker captured the
beauty title of Miss North Carolina
Semi-Pro Baseball in competition
with six other finalists at the state
semi-pro tournament in Roxboro
Saturday night.
The 19 yeur^old switchboard op
erator at Memorial Hospital and
contest entrant of the Carrboro
Cubs brought home a personally-
inscribed loving cup, presented to
her by the Roxboro Exchange
Club. She made quite a hit with
the ball park audience on Satur
day, as she did the previous week
end when she sang for the fans.
Clara offered to sing again while
the judges were deliberating, but
time didn’t permit.
The seven entrants were driven
in a parade from downtown Rox
boro into the ball nark, following
cars in which were Miss North
Carolina—Elaine Herndon of Hur
ham. and Miss Roxboro — Pats,'-
Li-'iig.
After being named winner of the
contest Miss Tucker was crowned
by her predecessor, Margaret Wood
of Fuquay. She w^as escorted to
the contest by the Cubs’ business
manager Frank Scott and by Mis.s
;Claudia Cannady.
(iinditijg (>r liir r()a(i-l)e(i tor
Ciiiapcl Hill - (lan bo!()-s ncAV
I-mile .soutinvc.st !)ypaj5S.
iiiglnvav i.s no^v ahoui llircc-
louvtlis (ompk'io. acovdinn' to
a report today inmi the Di-
\ i.sion Knginccr'.s olficc in
( d CCIIsboi o.
However, work on the Idglw
wa\' bridge.'' ami oincr sinic-
tures is expected to be held up iii-
oefinitely because of the nationwidti
strike of c('inont workers. At this
lime tl:e slracturos work is about
:in p{'r cent complete, liridge.s will
be buili over the Jones Ferry and
Smith Level Road and a tunnel
Linder the Pittsboro Road, where
Uie neu' bypass connects to its ex
isting link south of town.
May Accept Next Suimner
.A l.lighway Departmem spokes-
■uan said lha! because of the delay
hi the structures work he could
'..jivc “no definite idea” for tlu^ over
all completion of llie job. However,
he suggested that it would be at
Joast n(‘xi winter before Ihc paving
contract could be let. and sometime
iH'xl spring before this.work would
hv. started. Possibly, he said, the
road, mlghi be accepted for u.se by
iiiis time next year.
Contracts totalling $1.32,1)09 have
already been let on the job—a
S2.5.2.4})! grading contract to tlie
Grannis and Sloan firm of Fayet-;
teville, and a $179,842 contract to
tlu' Wilson Construction Co., of
Salisbury.
The roadway will have a 2l foot
width, though the. type of surfacing
ha^ not yet ■ been decided, it will
have dual’ lanes for traffic at two
ini.ersection.s—llu' .Toners Ferry Road
crossing and , its connection with
U. S. 1-5-501 soiiih.
.•Vi the latter place, the beginning
of the new link, there will pe dual
lanes for 1.500 feet, extending un
der the Pilt.sboro Road. The High
way Department spokesman said
that access to the road will likely
be limited in the dual-lane sections.
I'he Jones Ferry Road is ciirrent-
(See BYPASS, Page 6)
Grid Tickets
On Public Sale
Starting Today
s Fast Action Frees
tgers Caught In Belt
ivc Chapel Hill
H three-year-old
fi'om a painful
rsday evening
)mmy Huckabec.
Lelia Rezner of
According to
iremen. the boy
1 toy w'hicli liad
iiitomatic wash-
liis hand became
md was jammed
s instanlly shut
pff. but efforts to move the machine
to free the boy were in vain. A call
was put into the Chapel Hill Fire
Department, where members of the
.Deparfment's force of call men were
meeting.
Within fi\’c minutes the firemen
had arrived on the scene, succeeded
in moving out the u'ashing machine,
and cutting the belt to free the boy’s
fingers. He was taken to Memorial
Hospital for treatment of the sev
erely bruised hand.
Renovations Planned
flina Inn This Summer
Tickets for the six Carolina home
football games this fall went on
sale to tiie general public today and
will be sold without restriction here
after. Vernon Crook, business man
ager of athletics, announces.
nie sale to the general public ori
ginally was scheduled to open July
15 but was delayed. So far tickets
have been sold only to members of
Ihc Educational Foundaiioti and
alu.mni.
North Carolina opens its season
here with N. C. State on Sept. 21.
Other home games are Clemson.
Sept. 28; Navy. Oct. .5; Tennessee.
Nov. 2; South Carolina, Nov, 9: and
Virginia. Nov. 30.
Miami. Maryland. Wake Forest
and Duke are the away games this
season.
Season tickets will be delivered on
]5urcliase with tickets to individual
games to be mailed later.
• fireplace in the
c Carolina Inn,
the University,
iin for visitors, a
MIXED
«r of patients
ipltal include:
ater, Robert H.
he Couch, Miss
IMllie Lee Ellis,
Je, C. AV. Gard-
leath, Dr, David
IHam Kirkland,
’d, J. R. Ma.son,
-til Charles C.
ly. Miss Alice
L. Willis, Miss
Jacques Hardre
1
tovn halt for the State, and a home
for returning sons and daughters of
Alma Mater.”
Maintaining this tradition of serv
ice and friendliness is a full time
job for the staff of the Carolina Inn.
But beyond these traditional extras,
the Inn is first and foremost a hotel,
and the summer months provide no
periods of relaxation.
Same Pattern Ycar-lloiind
“We operate on the same pattern
in summer as we do in winter,
says manager L. B. Rogerson. “We
lose a little business in the summer
because the dorms are open to peo
ple coming here for special courses
and meetings-. We don’t have that
competition during the regular schoid
sessions,” he said.
Ttvo big conventions have been
(See CAROIdNA INN. Pa^e 6)
Good Results Noted
in Scrap Paper Drive
Jaycecs of Chapel Hill picked up
iniorc than 10 tons of scrap paper
donated by local householders yes-
.terday
The bi-monthly drive was “one of
ihe best staged yet,” according to
Club President Monk Jennings. The
box car load of paper, when sold
in Durham, is expected to net the
Club between $100 and $150. de
pending on the market at the tune
of sale. -About 2-5 Jaycees carried
out the drive in nine different truck
teams.
“The regular givers to the drive
seemed to have more paper this
time than last.” said project ehair-
anan .Matt Tlionipson. “We appreci
ate very much tlieir help in saving
this for our hi-mnnihly pick-up '
NOW SHE'S 'MISS BASEBALL' — The newly-crowned Miss
North Carolina Semi-Pro Baseball, Chapel Hill's Clara Tucker, sits on
her beauty throne at the state semi-pro baseball tournament in Rox
boro where she won the title over six other finalists on Saturday
niqhl. Miss Tucker represented the Carrboro Cubs. Standing is Sylvia
Capps, representing Norlina, who was runner-up in the competition.
. . , . , . Photo.Hiram Elam
SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS—Vocational agricu Iture teachers from this area returned to school for
two days here this past weekend, studying tractor maintenance at a special course conducted at the Chap
el Hill High School Shop Building. Left to right are I. C. Yagel of Chapel Hill High; District Vocational
Agriculture Educational Supervisor E. N.; Meekins of Raleigh, A. W. Wilson of EM Whitney School, Ala
mance County; L. A. Freeman of Altamahaw-Ossippee School, Alamance County; and C. C. Tart of Stovall
School, Granville County. News Leader Phul.o
But Not For Long . . .
Chapel Hill $250,000 Richer Today
The To\vn of Chapel Hill is a
qimrier-millioii dollars richer , this
tfiiorning than il was wlipn the Tbwn
Hall opened on Saturday morning.
But ;hL‘ nt‘V',-foitiKl Acalth will be
iinighty short-lived, according to
Town Manager Thomas D. Rose.
The money—a check for $250,000—
came on Saturday in a three-eent
stamped envelope addressed to
“Miss” Mai’y Lovejoy, the Town.
Clerk.
Mrs. Love,joy opened the letter to
find the check, made out to the
Town with a covering letter, from
the State's Local Government Com-
mi.ssion. It wa.s secured by a four
months bond anticipation note, sold
by the Town tlnough the Commis
sion on July 16 to tlie Bank of North
Wilkcsboro.
The check was deposited in the
Bc'-nk of Chapel Hill, but within the
next day or so its size, will have
dwindled to an estimated $10 or
$15,000.
The bulk of it will go into repay
ments for sewer lines to official or
ganizations tor property owners in
a number of recently-annexed cast;-
.side developments,' as provided bj"
contractual agreements between
Hicsc organizations and the Town.
The remain!',g money is to be used
(or improvements to .the Town’s
sewage disposal plant. •
The $250,000 represents half the
total of funds approved for bond
Issues by the Town’s voters in a
special referendum last spring. The
present note may be renewed for
as long as five years ' bedore ihe
bonds themselves must.,actually be
sold.
One-Act Plays
To Be Given
This Weekend
Three new one-act plays will be
given premiere product ion.s in i.he
Playmakers 'llu^atre on Friday and
Saturday evenings tiiis week at 8
o'clock.
iMi
Partly cloudy, wariu and humid
today and tomorrow, with widely
scattered afternoon thunder show
ers. Low tonight aixiund 65.
. High Low Rainfall
Tluirsday 79 / 59 .01
Friday : 82 5'§ .00
pSaturday '/ 85 GG .00
Sunday ■ 83 , Gl .00
. SeleclLMl as the best scripts writ-
len in Prof. John W. Parker’s Uni
versity .playwriting class last term.
“Bid Time Return" and “A Mid
summer Tonic,’’ both by James Po-
tcat of Charlotte, and “April in the
AIoou” by Lewis Ennis of Delray
Beach, Florida, will comprise the
bill.
As tisual on these occassions the
audience will be invited to coni-
imeiit on tlie plays and the produc
tions after each is shown.
State Employees Unit To Meet
Thursday To Elect Officers
Officers I'or the coming year
will be chosen at a meeting of the
local unit (Area Six-A) of the
North Carolina State Employees
Association at 7;30. Thursday
evening in Gerrard Hall.
E. A. “Sparky” Dollar, current
President of the group, urged all
interested University and slate
employees to attend the session,
whether they are at present mem
bers of the group or not. At this
lime there arc about 450 mem
bers in the Area Six-A unit.
Clifton Beckwith of Raleigh, the
Association’.^ Executive Secretary,
and Ralph Monger Jr., of Sanford.
.Association President- will also be
present for The meeting and arc
expected to'-.speak. A-- discussion
and question session is |>}anii-:;d on
the recenMy-inaugurated classifi
cation and pay scale plan, which
the Association opposed.
In addition, elocLibn of dele
gates to the'annual convention of
the Association, to be held in
early September in Durham, is al
so planned.
Other incumbent oHicers of the
local Area are George Stan.sbury,
Vice-President; and Max Saunders,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Student directors are Philip Fi-sclr
cr of Boston, Mass., Uo.se Lily Sol-
ler of the Philippine Island.s. juid
Lewis Ennis of Delray Beach. Flori
da. The stage managers aie Eliza-
beih Bolton of Chapel Hill. Glenn
Koll of Erwin, and T.arry Thorp of
Rocky Mount.
Cliapel Hillians appearing in Ihfi
casts include Myra Lauicrcr. Bar
bara Bounds, Gloria Di COvStanzo.
Peter Sinclair. Dee Casey and Bob-
bi Bounds.
University students .and Junior
Playmakers completing tlic casts
are Charles Oakley, Susan Dorris,
Jane Morgan, Ruth Young, WIHiam
Sills, Andrea- Mayiand. Nancetta
•Hudson. John Whitty, Sam Baker,
I.ewi.s Ennis, Emily Jackson. Joan
Tyler and Russell Link. i
Sets foi’ these productions were
designed by Ed Massengill, Russell
Link and John Wliillv. 1
Cubs Seek To Recoup From Two Losses
Attempting to recoup from a
pair of losses this past weekend,
the Carrboro Cubs will continue
in the State Semi-Pro Bas’Sball
Tournament at Ptoxboro this Thurs
day when they face the Dixie All-
Stars at 6 p.m.
Now in the losers bracket of
the month-long double-elimination
tournament, the Cubs will have to
win all of their remaining games
to stay in the play. The tourney
will end about Aug. 17.
On Saturday evening, suffering
from the ab.-s-cuice of catcher Jim
my Love, the CiibS lost to Pea
Ridge. 12-0. in a five-inning con
test. Don Sain started for the
locals and was relieved by IJoyd
McKnight in the fourth. For the
Cubs—no run.s. three hits, and
eight errors. For Pea Ridge—12
runs. 10 hits, and one error. A big
six-run third inning accounted for
half the victors’ total.
On the night before the Cubs
lost out in -the last half of the
ninth inning as the Eastern All-
■Stars beat them 5-3 at Lynchburg,
Va. The score was tied at 3-up
when an All-Star hatter connected :
for a home run with a man on =
base. A1 Pons led the Culi.s in j
batting with two hits.
Frank Scelt .started the game as :
the Cubs' pitcher, being relieved
after the sixth by Chuck Hartman.
It was Scott’s first trial on the
mound for his team in about tw'o
years, and his team was ahead 3-2 *
w'hen he went out. The locals had
seven hits and committed one er
ror. the .-vlLStars getting five hits
and bfing guilty of three errors.