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Main St., rboro Address; Chapel Hil ■u»- TsV'* Chapel H ILL News Leader Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas "Trap" The use oh the word, “trap,” in these days when women out number men and the supply of husbands is getting scarce has caught the attention of the edi tor. See Page Two. TELEPHONE 8-444 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1958 SIX PAGES THIS ISSUE PLE rief UCENSK PLU- partieiilar about on their tags had i hurry. Toe sop- • Bi." Ic'.tCj'K on ,lcd by the end ding to U’C clerk itor Club license ncoll Motor Co. chasers—whetlier r not—wilt gel n all there arc in .slock locally, ig the sales for d one-half days gs and 263 Cliap- RE ON THEIPi the hope that a ICC Incident may 1 Christmas Eve mix-up between ■iegro youngsters loniunity Center, some recurrences that time, too. ALREADY AN- in the new year, illiam Warnoek's wliei-e the alarm auso of a chim- fxt day, early in Greene Electric :aused by a faul- ;d a work bench; morning to 101 a chimney fire, my case. Actilal- of the old year Eve at the John m St, This, too, . but of little con- i THE CHAPEL will present spe- ipcnveiglit repli- II to the players m of 1917 during Thursday moni- President Vic the Tar Heels' the then arch in 1917 «'as Car- ijjiver this foe in plaj’crs on this Qwynn and Gen. ONE OF THE ties in its retail the 1946-56 de figures .iust re- Tax Research |am. incidentally, gain with a 393 s compared to cent increase, poultry industry this period ac- art for the busi- CARL DURHAM, aided for Wash- isked his opinion ;d-about Gaither the country’s de- id he’d read the that concerned im but that he to get excited COUNTY WEL- 0 delighted with apcl Hill"s Aicx ill “;ivt Cliairman of Board, and arc r Chapel Hill’s seniee on this w giving to all 10 come into the 'nefit of proper c under tiicir aincs of "Alcx- idria." O.AIMISSIONERS rely routine ses- lieariug reports ials and dclcga- ing petitions. A Sinai Road east eared before the Iraiiees that tlicy in the Chapel Engineer Tom Jtlic priortics for »1 Disirict. This cl will meet witli I'ision Engineer tilss tc priorities 2iits in the Coun- New Drug Store Opening Today In Glen Lennox George \V. Harris, a resident of Glen Lennox, opened the new Glen Lennox Pharmacy in the Glin ..ennux Shopping Center today. Tnc nt.r biioiua.ss is located in the ciuarters fornicriy cecupied by The Lennox .Shop in the suburban shopping center. A uadv: of IJu’ham and a 1.9.53 pharmacy graduate of the Uni versity here. Mr. Harris has prac ticed pharmacy in Kinston and Durham. Mrs. Harris is the firmer Susan Wallace of Pennsylvania and they have two daughtei's. Ilonr.s for Ihc new drug store will be 8;30 a.m. until 9 p.m. on we'k days and 9 a m. until 5 p.m. Simda'rs. Mr. Harris said that a 24 hour daily prescription service would be p 'ovided through a night emoraf'n''y telephone. The Glen Lennox Postal Station will continue to be operated in the ne-" hi's’ness as it W'as in The Lennox Shop. Zoning Law Violation Is Charged In Case Of Non-Conforming Business Monday. January 6 8 p.m. — Faculty Wives of the School ot Business Administration, Carroll Hall 8:30 p.m, — Installation cere monies, Masonic Hall Tuesday, .January 7 1 p.m. — Faculty Club luncheon, Carolina Inn 7;30 p.m, — Plvilolngical Club. Wil son Library Assembly Room 8 p.m. — Carrboro Civic Club, Club Hut 8 p.m. — Basketball, UNC vs. William and Mary-. Woollen Gym nasium ,8 p.m. — Neighborhood meeting of Girl Scout leaders, Community Center Wednesday, Januaiw 8 2;30 p.an. — Community Club Rug Workshop, Mrs. M. S. Brecken- rklge’s 8 p.m. — Education Wives, Room 207, Venable HaU 8 p.m. — Abba Eben. Carolina Forum lecture. Hill Hall 8 p.m. — Edgar Thompson lec tures on the Negro, Wilson Library Assembly Room Tlmrsday, Janiiai’y 9 8 p.m. — Chapel Hill Elementary School PTA, school 8 p.m, — Basketball, UNC vs. Virginia, Woollen Gymnasium GRANT FOR POLIO PATIENTS—The Univers 403 from the March of Dimes. Shown here are Mar of Medicine. The equipment they are examining is a for the treatment ot polio patients. Paul C. Butler of Dimes, is shown here on the left. The others are, I therapy student; Crowell Little, Chapel Hill, Chairm Foundation for Infantile Paralysis: Miss Rachel L. py of the School of Medicine and Dr. William P. R chairman of the school's Rehabilitation Committee. ity School of Medicine faas received a grant of $237,- ch of Dimes officials and personal of the UNC School Hubbard underwater .walking tank, which is used Southern Pines, State Chairman of the March of eft to right, Shirley Cloninger of Dallas, physical an of the Orange County Chapter of the National Nunley, instructor in the Section of Physical Thera ichardson, professor of preventive medicine and UNC Photo by J. B. Clay March Of Dimes Opens The Orange County March of Dimes for the relief of infantile paralysis opened to;'ay , again un der the direction of E. Carrington Smith. The campaign chairman said that the drive in northern Orange County would be handled by Sher iff Odell H. Clayton, G. Paul Carr will be in charge of the drive in the County School System. Last year the campaign netted about $10,000, according to Mr. Smith. He said that a mail appeal would be sent out this week to all local residents. It will include a return envelcpe for contribu tions, he noted. Miss Sarah Um- stead is in charge of the mailing. On Jan. 25 the Chapel Hill Ja.v- $77,000 Hike In Construction Noted In 1957 A warrant charging a violation^ of the local zoning ordinance has been drawn against two men who have opened a garage and auto parts business across from a new residential devciepment .just west of Carrboro. Chapel Hiil Building Inspector Howard Siowart said that the charge, to be heard in the Chapel Hill Recorder's Court, cites W. H. Rav and a nartiier named Sccarce, bolli of Alamance Countv, wilh V’oiating a nart of the zoning code ” h'ch nrovirles lha( a non-confo'-m- ing nsc earn''! be resumed after h-ine .abandoned for as much as lP,o davs. Poc-iHenls of the AVestview res idential .'subdivision, across the street from the biwipeas location on fh" G”e''nsb''rn H'gh"'av have Toinod in the ''roteef peeording to A'^r. Ste'''art. He said that .62 resi dents of the ayna had signed a statement that the nronoi'ty had not been used for hnsinoos piir- p'-s'-.s for the nnst 1"'o •'•eai-s. .A metal gar'iee bnilritno- was on l-nU in the onriv- 19‘0’s bv AW, T AT.. Art.,ms for the rmnnooe of renairing- bjs eriiiin- ment. Tliis wa.s before the district zoning ordinance went into ef fect. Since that time the property has been zoned for residential use only. Subsequently the tract was sold to Leroy King of Burlington, who has leased it to the two men who have opened the auto business on it. REP. CARL T. DURHAM , Now 20 Years In Congress . . . Consta-uction in the Greater Chap el Hill Zoning District increased cees will stage the traditional road about $77,100 over the previous year block on a downtown street lo to a total of $2,926,010 during 1957. solicit contributions to the drive, e survey of tlie year's building Mrs. George Barclay will conduct permit.s sliowed here today, the Mothers’ March house-to-house Biggest:: month during the year campaign, also at the end of the month, Mr. Smith said. Fear For Future Of America Cited By Cox In Award Entries “A fear for America’s future” seemed to prevail among the lead- of listening, looking, and reading was Sept^'mber, when building to talling $28iL500 was started. By con trast, the: final mouth of the year, w ith only six projects totalling JjJ.- 800, was the lightest. P'ollowing are construction per mits for December as issued by Building Inspector Howard Stew- The secret that the many hours Mark Buinaham; alterations to ing entries for the past year’s na- revealed to me,” he said, “was to John. Cassell dwelling, Pittsboro St.; tionwide Freedoms Foundation raise in my mind the question— $2,590. awards, according to Chapel Hill’s Bob Cox, one of the 28 jurors who selected the winners at Valley Forge, Pa., recently. PHILOI.OGICAL CLUB Professor B. L. Ullman of the De partment of Classics will present a paper entitled “AVhy You Can Buy A Copy Of Catullus Today,” at tlie meeting of the Philological Club Tuesday, at 7;30 p.m. The meeting wili be held in the Library Assembly Room. All faculty members, graduate students, and members of tlieir families liavc been invited. Refreshments will he served. STUDENT AAIVES CLUB Dr. Sidney S, Chipman, Professor of Maternal and Child Health and Clinical Professor of Pediatries, will speak to the Student AVives Club Tuesday uiglit in the Victory Village Nursery. All .sludcnts wives ha\c been urged to attend. The local civic leader, consider- ered a likely candidate for the Presidency of the U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, said his week of judging the Freedoms Foundations awards '“on the basis of who has done the most for are we getting so wrapped up with ^ucy Cyaig; move and repair security that W'e can't remember dwelling, S. Merritt Mill Rd.; $4.- that we’re here because we were 900. willing to take a chance?” Percy H. Quinlan; erect garage, 43 Rogerson Drive $3X). Mrs. AA'illiam Henderson; altera- State Game Ticket Priority System Noted The next Carolina basketball game with reserved seats will be with N. C. State in AA'^oollen Gym nasium on AA:'ednesday, Jan. ,15. A priority in seating will be giving to persons whose names start with the letter N through Z for three days, Jan. 6-7-8. Vernon Crook, business manager of ath letics, has announced. Any tickets remaining Tburs- day morning will go on a first come first served basis to anyone who applies. No Primary Opposition In Sight . Carl Durham Returns To Capitol Hill Today Sixth District Congressman Carl Durham flew back to AALashington this morning to resume his duties on Capitol Hill. Now in his 2011i year as the Democratic representative from the four - county Durham-Orange- Alamance-Guilford District, Air. Durham will wield considerable in fluence in the coming Congress, as one of the veteran members of the House. He is Chairman and one of the few charter members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and a Vice-Chairman of the House Armed Forces Commit tee. Underlying most of the entries, he declared, seemed to be a fear dwelling, AVoodland Avc., $2,500. L. G, Tripp; erect dwelling, Hills- mg the Club members also voted $19-500. L. G. Tripp; ei-ect on Key Men Awards, to be given hwelliug, Hillsboro Rd., for H. H. for America’s, future.” At the Thursday evening meet- Merchants Association Plans Expansion Of Several Services America’s heritage” was one of to five outstanding local Jaycecs King; $7,000. the ‘'most revealing and moving at the group’s annual Distinguish- J- E. McLeod: erect two cxperiehces of ray life.” ed Service Award and Bosses Night room dwelling, Lake Forest Banquet here on Jan. 20. division; $18,000. An incumbent Vice-President of the U. S. Jaycecs, Mr. Cox was ask ed to serve with other national leaders in civic and legal circles in naming the winners in college pro grams, movies, pultlic addresses, and community programs—four of the many fields in which the awards will be announced short ly. He spoke on his experiences at the Valley Forge judging at the meeting of his home town Jay cecs here Tluirsday ni.ght. six- sub- New Year's Eve Acts Charged To Four Boys the Death Claims Willie Meacham; Passes At 90; Rites Yesterday Funeral services were held yes terday for AVilliam Alanly “Grants” Alcacliam, 90, of the Alann’s Chap- ' Vi IFF BURCH I ek in Hillsboro i honeymoon, re- an tliis morning ontestant on the 1 Price Is Right" si 5 tliis evening, .'hen lie and his arolyii Strayliorn Uled le TA^ sliow on Paac Six) el community, who died at his home Friday aftcrncon. One of the oldest citizens in the area, the pcg-lcggcd nonagen arian passed his 90lh birthday last July 19 in good spirits, though he readily told cne and all ’’I been expectin' to die next A'eok for years.'' Born on the site of the Old Ced ar Grove Alethodist Church in Or- ane County in 1867, he was never farther than a county away from his final h-me in northern Chat ham with the Hubert Alcacham "amily. Jle is survived by Hubert ATeacham, Auburn Meacham, Airs. New Year’s Eve vandalism re- selves were not present at portedly admitted by four local teen- dance, tlie police reported . age boys has resulted in their ar rests oil charges of malicious mis chief. Tlirc'e of the defendants will be tried in the local Recorder's Court, and the case of a fourth, 15-years- oki. will be heard in the County's private Juvenile Court. Police Capt. William D. Blake The desiruction included damage said the four ali admitted partici- estimated at more than $.59 to a paling to varying extents in acts juke box, and the breaking of sev- of destruction at the social hall of eral chairs and candlestick holders. Expansion of several services during 1958 is being planned by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Alerch- ants Association. Association Secretary Airs. Jane AA'hitefield announced today that effective Jan. 20 a third person would be added to the office staff, to give particular emphasis to the Association's collection service in its Credit Bureau. On Feb- 1 a full six days per week schedule will be adopted for office hours, which wili be ex tended from 9 a.m. until 5;30 p.m., Alonday through Saturday. Another expanded service will be in the line of secretarial work, in cluding addressing, mimeograph ing, and sending, promotional let ters. Credit courses are to he .spoii- s'.u'cd by store owners and credit managers and work on careers in retailing is to be started with high school students. A monthly bulle tin sent to members will list deeds of trust, chattel mortgages and oth er matters of public record.s, plus clianges oi address and n-owcomers names and addresses. AAdiile he hasn’t revealed his political interition.s for this elec- lions year, it's a foregone conclus ion that he'll seek his 11th two- year lerm. and as of this date he has no opposition in sight, in the 1956 .Democraiic primary he handily defeated Alamance dairy man Ralph Scott. By tradition the Tar Heel Con- ressmen generally agree on the dates when they'll announce their candidacies or political intentions some time shortly after the open ing of Congress. Air. Durham said his word on this matter would come from Washington. He has remained in Chapel Hill for the past two months since his return from the International Atomic Energy Congress in Vien na, which was followed by a tour of aiomic installations in Europe. During the past week he has de livered speeches in Durham, Bur lington. and Greensboro. Partly cloudy and not quite so cold today and tomorrow, with low tonight in mid-20’s. High Low Rainfall Thursday 50 17 .00 Friday 37 15 .00 Salurday 39 15 .00 Sunday 33 9 .00 Charged in the case were Phil Ordway, a first-year student at the University from Chapel Hill, Hun- ler Tilghman, a Chapel Hill High School senior. Gary Chapman, a sophomore, and the 15-year-old boy, als a sophomoi'C. Cobb Dormitory following a New Year's Eve dance sponsored there by tile Chapel Hill High School Y- Tcens orgaiiization. The boys them- Policc said the boy.s admitted they had : been drinking wliisky before the incidents occurred, "around 1 a m. on Jan. 1. Sommer Is One Of 12 From U,S, Selected For West German Tour Clemens Sommer of the Univer- •sity faculty has been invited by the West German Government to bo one ot a dozen visiting American edu cators to tour cities and institutions Alvin Cannady. and Mrs, Flonnie Germany. WILLIE 'GRANTS' MEACHAM . . . On Doth Brrllulay . . . News Leader Photo Poythress, all his children, who |live in tlie area. His wife, the former Lula King of Chatham County, died 14 years ago. Four generations of his des cendants survive, including 23 grandchildren and 36 great grand children. Air. Alencham had been seriously ill for about six weeks. Prof. Sommer, who teaches the history of art, will leave by plane next Saturday from New Y'ork. The touring group ot Americans will include librarians, artists, so- Prof. Sommer and tlie others, a.s a piu't of a program of adult educa- tiin in Germany. They will go first to Bonn and will visit Berlin, Miinicli, Stuttgart and other places, and will have op portunities to meet and talk witli other professionals in tlieir several fields of work. Prof. Sommer has been a inem- dologists and otlier humanities and lier of the faculty of the University liberal arts specialists. They will at Chapel Hill since 1939. He ro- leturn to tlie United States Feb, 13. ccived his Ph.D. degree at the Uni- The Department of State of We,st versity of. Freiburg in Germany in Ccniiaiiy is.sued tlie iuvilatiou to hilt). • :z; - NEW YEAR'S BABY—Cynthia Lee Gates, seen with her mother, Mrs. Willie Gates of Route One, became the New Year's first baby at Memorial Hospital at 10:52 a m. last Thursday, Jan. 2. The Gates' New.s l.eader Photo have three other children—sons Ronnie, 10, Kent, four, and Billy, three.
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