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Office: E. Main St., Carrboro ^ li"9 I , 49, C nil! I Chapel Hill News Leader Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas Masking Defeat The vain attempts by the fed eral government to mask as an American success the defeat of the IJ, S. at the NATO meeting- in Paris are discussed by the editor. See page four. , NO. ONE TELEPHONE 8-444 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1958 EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE ue Chief To Be Speaker vards Banquet On Jan. 20 /enue Commissioner elected by a secret committee o£ if Raleigh will be the local civic leaders, aker at the Jan. 20 Two new awards will also be 1 Service Award and given this year—^one to the oul- it Banquet of the standing boss Of a Jaycee, and an- Jaycees. other to the outstanding first-year the affair were an-member of the club. Rer-inients of ay by Walt Baucom.both honors have been chosen by r'man for the Club. He the Club Board of directors. Villiam Cochrane, a Other awards to be given will bo ber of the Club nov; for the five Key Men in the Club, tary to U.S. Sen. W. the Participation Award to the group’s most active member, a would be master o+' or the program. Membership presentation to for the occasion will , „i „ , ,. an ex-Jaycee. and a number of ing and- pre.sentation munity’s outstanding certificates of appreciation to lo- or 1357, who is being cal business firms and individuals. Masonic Lodge Invites Public To Installation OPLE Brief ER TO MR. AND Res of Route One be- Wallace E. Caldv/ell of Chapel t child bora in the Hill, Past Grand Master of Mason,? Memorial Hospital in North Carolina, will formally t 10:52. The child, as install the officers of University weighed five pounds, Lodge No. 408 of Masons here in ilf ounces. The Gates’ public ceremonies at 8:30 p.ni. her children—Ronnie, Monday. and Billy, three. Tne Lodge will be opened for a stated communication at 7:30 p.m. RD STAFF AT THE before the open installation. Mar- ed their empty wait- shal for the ceremonies will be E. y rooms through New G. Haraington, Past Master of the d all day yesterday— Lodge. ening. Toda.y there Durham will succeed Lloyd Jie.s “in the hopper" Riggsbee as Lodge Master for the st year the first baby coming year. Other recently-eleci- rs. Paul Lee of Hills- officers who will be installed are Emery Denny Jr., Senior War den; Hezikiah Dobson, Junior War den; Joe Page, Treasurer; and John Hinson, Secretary Carrboro Mail Delivery Set Jan. 25; Patrons Must Give Address Change The Carrboro Postoffice has been There will be no parcel post de- Migli. autliorized to establish city delivery livery at present. All first class Due to sparsity of population, the .service, effective Jan. 2K. The serv- mail for delivery witliin the town following .streot.s will not be eligible ice will be on a one tri-p daily basis, will be increased from the present foi- city dc.'li\ery service: Fidelity except Sundays and other days ex- two cents to tliree cents, per ounce. St.: Barnes St.; Roberson St.: Spar- eluded by I'cgulations. Delivery area boundaries are as rows Pool Rd.: Willard St.: Mul- No soi-viee will be given to any follows: West Main to High and berry St.: Mill Rd.: Guthrie Ave.; residence unlil a irrail receptacle Westview, East Main to Chapel Hill Wallers Hoad: and Hill St. and house numbers liavc been pro- City Limits; South Greensboro to tlowe\'er. ])ei’sons living on these \i(led. I'.ligiblo pati^ons. including Floyd Wiiliam.s Residence: North .streets desiring service may install those uo\\- served by Chapel Hill Greensboro to and inc[udin,g lian- a rural l,ype mail box on the de- rural routes but who will be served na: Hillsboro Road to Calvin Burch li\-cry route and be eligible for by Carrboro. nima come to the residence; Poplar (Weaver Road) delhery. Carrboro Postoiiice and file a to Blackwood .Drive: Jones f'erry Bids for onc-lialf liour daily clumge of addres?i before delivery Road to Alfred Barbee Residence: vcliicle hire will be accepted until will liegin, and Merritt Mill Road to Lincoln ,]an. 10. Dr. William Poe Named Exchangite Of The Year A SAFER YEAR—STATISTICALLY—One of Orange County's last traffic accidents in 1957—a year in which the deaths in auto accidents were halved and the wrecks reduced by a total of 19—was this unusual Chapel Hill smasK-up on Monday morning, in which the station wagon, driven by Mrs. Marvin Matheson of Chapel Hi|l, was struck by a pick-up truck entering E. Rosemary St., and careen ed into the parked milk truck as shown above. (News Leader Photo) County's Auto Traffic Death Rate Is Cut In Half During Past Year Orange Seventh In Eastern N.C. In Five-Year Business Growth Dr. Williaiu. B. Poe. local chiro- pracler. has ‘won the Exchangeitc- oi-the-Year award given by the Chape! Hill Exchange Club. Members, of the group voted Quarterly hy secret ballot on the recipient of this award during the past'year. It was presented last Friday a; the group’s annual ladies night bi;.nquet in the American I.egion flulrhouse by Lee Settle of itlebane.. Past State President of Excharege Clubs. Dr. ■ Poe. a charter member of the four-year-old Club, has heid most offices in it and is the oii'.’- rent Vice President, St.ale, E.x- change Chibs Frc.sidenl Frank Ray of PffillslKH-o installed Dr. Poe and cthcif newly-elected officers of the , , Clu'fc/ for the coming year. The encouraging development ot the past Preside:it; Orange County citizens cut their automobile fatality rate in half dur ing 1957. ■ And, therein may lie the most N ANSWERED THE the old year about on ^ec. 31. R could „ , . the following officer appointments ighty disastrous end „ , . „ . , ,, for the coming year: Henry Fer good year from tlior „ . ® , ire- loss. The alarm ta Psi fraternity (St. uherc so,me fuel- oil floor of tlie furnace lit fire while a jani- the water heater, he fi 'jonien caught me and quickly put )AY NIGHT, SHORT- :ht, the district fire d to a trailer at 202 here a budding blaze s doused with little ig Inspector Howard e trailer was illegal- 5 lot, and the owner Orange County ranks seventh tlie service and professional busi- The new Master also announced ,0^houg the 43 counties of eastern nesses such as barber and beauty North Carolina in the growth of its shops, stock and real estate brokers, business firms during the past five First among the 43 counties in uson Senior Deacon- A1 Brandon, according to statistics releas- percentage business firms growth Junior Deacon; Mac Sparrow and ®‘-* Raleigh office of Dun during this five-year period is Dare •limmy Diggs. Stewards, Ralph Weaver, Tyler; J. C. Williams. Coac'h; and Alton Riley, Chaplain. Refreshments will be served fol lowing the installation. 365 days, in the view of many, in eluding the members of the highway patrol. Patrolman T. P. SniUli. who noted the reduction yesterday, was lavish ill his praise of local drii-ers. who have cooperated to make tlie life saving reduction possible. Only seven people were killed on DR. WILLIAM B. POE and Bradstreet, Inc. County .with 58.5 per cent. Follow The figures show tlial in Nov. 1952 iiig in order are Pamiico, Onslow there were 327 businesses listed Columbus. Craven, Nasli. Orange, during .the past year as- compared in Orange, as compared to 388 in' and Carteret Counties. to 15 in 1956. one,of tlie worst years growth on record in this respect. Co:? Durham. Treasurer: George Spransy, Secretary; and Board of Citfitrol members Charlie Stancell George Cannefax, and Lester F'odey. Mr, Settle presented one-vear mn-fect attendance pins to 13 of marked the second year in a row (he 40 members of the Club, Stancell. Bill Ray, Jim Parker, Nel- lo Clark, John W’ebb, Wallace W'il Hams, C. M, Carroll, George Can- Public Offered Short Course On Income Tax An income tax short course to be offered at tlie University during the next three months will be taught by Pi'of, Harold Q. Langendcrfer of ilu: School of Business Administra tion. Prol. i.aiigenderfcr. who is as sistant dean and a.ssociate profes SOI- in tlie school, is a certified pub lic- accountant and holds a Ph.D. degree in business adniini.stratioh. In the night class, to begin Jan. 16 and continue throiigli March 211. he will cover all pliases of prepar ing personal income tax returns. Special attention to the new tax laws and revisions will be given during llie 20 lioiirs of instruction. Tlie UNC Extension Division i.s .sponsoring the course, intended primarily for tax consultants and for citizens who need assistance with tax problems. Information and -'I'ow, -'Bill Blake. CoV Durham. Orange Coumy highways and siroels Herb Holland. Dr. Poe, Charlie nefax, and 'vVilliams. nefax. and George Spransy. It ‘’OgisL'ation procedure may be ob tained from Short Course, Box 10.50, of perfect attendance for Dr. Poe, Chapel Hill, and Messrs. Holland. Carroll. Ca:j- November, 1957—an 18.6 per cent In the entire region increase. The count lists only man- of 12.2 per cent from -22,666 listings ufacturers, wholesalers, and retail- in 19.52 up to 25,422 in 1957 is rec- ers and does not include some of orded. UNC Symphony Chorus To Give Publication Of Hospital List Concert Tues. By Administration Tax Listing And License Sales Ritual Is Opened Here Today Effective today MeiTlH-ial Hos- jected to their names being pub- On Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. the Pdal has discontinued its practice lished on this list. As a result the ed of this violation University Music Department wdll of releasing the names of most lo- matter was taken to an administra- ^57 in '56 efore the fire alarm, present the final concert in the fall cal persons for publication in this tive advisory committee, w'hich is likely if the viola- semester series of Tuesday Even- newspaper, he said. ing Concerts. The performance, to be licld in Hill Hall, w’ill feature bj' people w'ho felt it an invasion of their privacy.” Hospital Director Dr. Robert R. ,, Cadmus, questioned this morning AX LIST TAKER L. U*® University Chorus, soloists, and business was brisk University Symphony Orcliestra criticisms of it ling moment this Uo”eggei”s symphonic psalm new' tax listing of- David.” Wilton Mason of the es Motor Co show- University Music Department will al. Ben Pritchard musical director. The list, which has been given m his W. Cameron The first performance of (this f'^® Pcess since the Hospital open- Je the first to list, "'ork took place in a Small Swiss ®*^’ contained the names of five town and tow'n- village on June 11, 1921, where it P®i’so'’s who asked that their names .’c been kept busy, "'^s such a success that extra per- '^® ^®^*^ “Pf includ- t day is usually a lormances had to be given. In a ®’^ names of obstetrical or psy- sliort while it had brought world- ®>'iatric patients, or others in the wide fame to its unknow'n com- discretion of the Hospital adminis- poser, and has now' become one of ■ the few' twentieth-century works to Dr. Cadmus said that the Hos- become a standard part of the great pifal bad received oral and w'ritten complaints from persons who ob- recommended the practice be ceas ed. This proposal w'as upheld by the University New's Bureau, Dr. Cadmus said. ‘ Six of the fatalities occurred in the rural area.s. only one in tow'ii. according to Smith, all of them be ing in separate accidents. There.' were no multiple-fatality accidents. The amiuul ritual of property' list- befw'een 9 a.ni. and 5 p.m. In 1956, 14 occurred in the county,, R>i' taxes and tlie purchase of Chapel Hill license plates will only one in town, auto license plate began this morn- also be sold tlii'ougli tlie .Motor Club, Total accidents also took a drop ’ps in Chapel Hill and Cai-rboro. but the prior purchase of the stale in 1957, nineteen fow'er mishaps oc- a-'" well as all over Orange County, tags is required. Chapel Hill and curring than in 1956. Tliere were For Chapel Hill Tow'iiship and tlie C’arrboi'o license plates can be 138 accidents of all types on the Town of Chapel Hill the listings are bought at the Town Halls in both county highways as compared to being taken in the show'’room of twwn.s, too. Yates Motor Co., at 419 W. Frank- lin St., instead ot at the Chapel Lill Town Hall as in the past. On certain days ot the month Tow'ii- Dr. N. P. Zarzar will speak on ship List Taker L. R, Cheek will Palestine and refugees at the Sun- at Ollier places in the Town- day afternoon meeting ot the Cos Term On Roads Given Fugitive In Auto Chase COSMOPOLITAN CLUB Farm Census Data Vital To Planning Reception Set For New Gym Friday Night Tw'enty-nine teachers of the Cliap- be ship to accept listings, in accord- mopolitan Club in the Wilson Li- aiic-e w'lth a schedule advertised brary Assembly Room at 4 o’clock, on Pago Seven of this new'spaper. Refreshments will be served. Listing iioiirs are from 9 a.m. un- ^ ROY PENDERGKAPII DIES A fugitive who fled on fool after a nine-mile 90-inile-an-hoiu- chas.e by local police has been sentenced to the roads on four different traf fic vjolalioii charges. ’I’oni Noell. 28-year-oId Negro of Route One. pleaded guilty to all cliarges in Recorder's Court here Tuesday, and was sentenced to four cencurrent four-months roads terms by .ludge William S. Stewart. Pa-. olmen W. F. Hester and Albert L. Pendergrass charged him with speeding, reckless driving, and fail ing to heed a siren., He w'as also convicled on an earlier charge of improper equipment on an auto. Patrolman W. F, Hester told the court he .noticed Noell’s car speed ing toward tow n on the- Aii-port Rd. on Dec. 29, and gave chase. The fleeing auto doubled back tlirougli iiortheni Chape) Hill and back out 4S GOpD, TOO, AT otor Club office in Co., where there's people waiting all repertoire auto license plates, have been incon- Jving to go back to agents to have their ected to correspond gistration cards. Lo- boing offered more s with the prefixes Quiet Prevails During Holidays cl Hill high school and junior high noon and 1 p.m, until 5 p.m. and school w'ill be honored at a recep- ^ penalty may be assessed all per- tion Friday at 8 p.m.. in the new who fail to list their property Funeral services for Roy Reames high school gymnasium -this month, thb local and county of- Pendergraph. 73, w'ho died Friday' The reception has been planned Hcials announced. , night, w'erc held in Walker’s Fu- by t.he High School and Junior High In Cari'boro the citizenry will not ’'®i'3L Home Chapel Moiida.v at 2 Orange County’s farm landowii- Parent-Teacher-Stuijent Association be required to list their properly P-™- H'e Rev. Leon Cheek of Airpoi-t F{d., with the tw’o police- ers, as are' others throughout the as an opportunity for the parents to foi Tow'ii taxes, since these listings Uethel Baptist Church. Burial was ehasiiig in separate cars State, are asked to cooperate during meet and talk informally w'ith the are taken from County records. .. -^oi’iah Chijrch Cemetery. January in the state’s 1958 Tow'n- teachers. Town and slate license plates also Ua>lbearers were. Clai'ence Dixon, ship Farm Census, Tlje program for the evening in- went on sale locally' today' and will rank Maddrey. Grey Moody'. Alvis The annual census w'ill be taken eludes an introduction of each teach- be available through Feb. 15. The Uixoii, Floy'd. Massey and George a:; farmers list their 1958 taxes. Tax et- by Joseph M. Johnston, tiigh state tags may be piircliased at the listers cooperate in the undertaking School Principal, folloyved by a so- Carolina Motor Club office in Stan- so that needed data may be ob- cial period with refreshments. cell .Motor Co.. 112 W. Franklin St. tallied concerning North Carolina January 3 1 classes resume imunity Club, Insti- •'}' January 4 asketball. UNC vs. Voollen G.vmnasium January 5 nopolUan Club, Wil- lembly' Room . January 6 imunity Club Jewel- Workshop, Mrs. R. Installation cere- i.odge Tlie Christmas and New' Year holidays were observed through out Orange County in generally quiet and staid fashion, accord ing to law- enforcement officers. The holiday period w'as marked by the absence of any serious ac cidents on the highways, and per sonal violence appeared at a min- miim. One man, an Etland Route 1 resident, Dallas Bean, was charg ed with hitting his 16-year-old son, Tommy', on the head w ith a ham mer during a ’ family fuss” on Clii'istmas eve. The assault wound required eight stitches and Bean was released under $500 bond. A Highway 86 man, Marvin Har ris. according to officers, slapped his wife on Friday after Christ inas, but he a|)i)aieully got the worst of it when she belted him back with a chair, opening a 4- stitch gash on his head and send ing him to to jail on a charge of assaulting a temrje. He's still there in default of bond. One break-in w-as reported (0 the Sheriff’s department. William McCulley, 26-year-old Etlaiid Ne gro, has been arrested and charg ed with breaking into Forrest & Forrest Store at Efland and steal ing change from the casli register and coke machine. Entrance was made on Christmas night by- breaking the glass on a door. Chief George Hunt of Hili.sboro said he was particularly pleased with the behavior ot all during the holiday season, said he saw- “not a single drunk’’ on local streets Ihroii.ithout the period. agriculture. The census is required by law' and the state Department of Agri- eulture and boards of county com missioners are charged with the i-esponsibility of carrying it out. All agricultural agencies cooperate in the stalew'ide survey. The information obtained is held ill confidence and used only tor the purpose of compiling accurate sta tistics oil land use, crop acreages Jenkins Takes Flying Holiday To Get More Public Records CHANCELLOR TO SPEAK Chancellor William B. Aycock will be the speaker at the Faculty Club luncheon meeting next Tues day at 1 p.m. in the Carolina Inn. and livestock numbers. A University professor of political and k'.'v records w'hich can-bo used science has been making a flying by research people, are as.scmblod holiday trip between Christmas and ai the Univcrsily Library. The Jeu- Jan. 9 to fill in minor gaps in one kins project was sponsored by the (.f the world’s’ most complete list- Congressional Library, iiigs of public records. Approximately "33 miles” ot rec- Prol. William S, Jenkins, director ords are coiiccntratecl in one small ket at the corner of E. Main and of Ike Bureau of Public Records space of about 30 cubic feet in the Greensboro St. in Cai'i'boro is go- and Rcseai'cli, i.s traveling by air, Louis R. Wilson Library at Chapel ing on a cash and carry basis. David S, Weaver, director of tlie touching Los Angeles, San Fran- Hill. Researchers are saved time Store owners R. O. Andrews and N. C. Agricultural Extension Serv' cisco. San Diego, and otJier Cali- and money by coming to Chapel E. ]., Riggsbee said that no ice, advised farmers not to confuse foniia places, as well as visiting Hill to gather essential information chases would be cliarged the animal North Carolina Town- libraries and .public officials in rc-quired in certain types of investi- delivered ship Farm Census with the Federal Cliicago, Salt Lake City, Denver, g.'itioii. governments ^jeneral agricultural New' Orleans and Phoenix. Arizona. On his present trip. Prof. Jon- ctn.sus e\)ery five years. “TlirougU He has collected at Chapel Hill over kins i.s making coiifaets to get a few: greater savings on quality food.” the annual North Carolina Farm -a period of 15 years a eolleetion ot missing parts in his total collec- The store has been operating in Census said Weaver, “we have the the ' Records of the States'” on lion. He is making brief speeclies Cai-rboro for the past 22 years A maehinei-y for obtaining vital sta- microfilm. at several places and carries with formal announcemenl of the chaiige- tistical data that helps keep this Major and minor dociimeiits relaf- him a traveling c.xhibit showing over in policy is c-arried in an ad- righl road, agricul- ing to the stales and to (lie iiationat facus about (he Bureau of Public \erti.semeiit mi page eight of this g()\-eniment. including sessions law.s l-tecords and Researcli. issue. Andrews-Riggsbee Gro. Changes To Cash-Carry Effective today. Jan. 2, the An- d'-ew's-Riggsbee gr.oeory supermar- pur- aiid none explaining tliat “Our new casli and carry policy w ill en able us lo offer tiie public even According to the policeman Noell diove lip to 90 miles an hour and .swerved to the left frequently to pi event Hie patrol car from passing him. Near Lockhart’s Turkey Farm he .stopped, and jumped out of his ear and fled, leaving in the vehicle Hobart and Myrtle Noell and Annie i!ae Morrow. He wa.s arrested at his home the next night by local officers. Asked \'liy he wouldn't stop w:hen chased, he said merely he w-as “scared to death.” Noell had been previously sought as a .sirspect in the theft of a truckload of lumber near , Hills- boro before Chrisfmas. ■ * Fail- and quite cold toda.v. to night and tomorrow'. Low- tonight 12-18. Saturday mostly sunny and warmci'. slate liiral oil the Tluu'sday Friday Saturday Sunday .Monday Tuesclay Wed iicsday High 47 56 58 ,56 '.50 48 54 Low .36 2(i 28 31 26 22 Rainfall ..50 .04 .00 .26 .00 .00 • .12
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