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line and ten in
g a two-week
j|led here Thurs-
; timely discov-
3 D. Allan Mac-
Pitttsboro Road
damage to the
re Department
s morning they
clues as to the
icendiary artist
who is suspected of having set
eight other fires on University
property since Jan. 9. The best
chance of catching the culprit, they
admitted, will be if and when he
strikes again.
In the Thursday evening inci
dent the likelihjod existed that
the arsonist was still in the Mac-
Pherson heme on Pittsboro Road
di.scovered the flames and put
them out about 6:30 p.m. Fire
Chief J. S. Boone and Capt. G. S.
Baldwin found the second blaze—
a burning curtain in the rear of
the living room—when they tour
ed the home shortly after their ar
rival on the scene.
They said that it obviously had
been set only a few minutes be
fore, though the fire at another
rear door to the home in an ad
joining room seemed to have
gained greater headway before
being put out.
Dr. and Mrs. MaePherson and
their son Carl told police they
locked the home when they left
for supper about 6:10 p.m. It was
about 6:30 when Jake Conners
noticed the flames at the den
door while he and his wife were
driving out Westwod Drive at the
side of the MaePherson home.
Mr. Conners said he went across
to Robert Lester’s home to have
the Fire Department called, then
ran back to the MaePherson’s and
scattered the fire, which was
burning on a table, the floor, and
on a French door curtain. It ap
peared possible that these flames
could have had a single starting
place—likely the curtain. The den
door was closed, but not locked, he
said.
After the Fire Department
personel arrived smoke was
smelled in another room, and
the burning curtain discovered
in the living room.
There a television set had been
pulled away from the door hold
ing the burning curtain, and the
door had been left open. Damage
from both fires was termed com
paratively light.
Zhapel Hill News Leader
). EIGHT
Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1958
SIX PAGES THIS ISSUE
PLE
ief
WHO VIEWED
involved in yes-
ragedy at Collins
about the most
aginable, it was
one re.spect by
the same place
ar ago. In that
a Raleigh sales-
w’aen his Chapel
t the road as it
:e. j imped the
lattened on the
butment on the
■ whole car was
1 height of the
H.4YS OF AKK-
ess to the Press
at Duke Friday
! a quip on the
?k of it—on li
ng. He recalled
taiiou attendant
what the ’’MC”
ss) on his license
that do you think
returned Rep.
se?” asked the
URE A G A I N
suspect's in the
ts of two weeks
tly not involved
ht*s incendiary
llan .MaePherson
r thing about
oolice noted, was
ept the internes’
e in an almost
-from Mac Pher-
all, to Carolina
Hill Annex, and
true 180 degrees.
RS OVER THE
ed the shades of
um price-cutting
curb-side signs
3er gallon rates
y and Saturday
n Carrboro and
3t. Lowest today
in off-brand gas.
lilable rumor is
pped over here
in. Durham.
. PATROLMAN
pU and Deputy
e up to Trenton,
r an extradition
there Thursday
Brown, 24, and
former Chapel
wanted here for
■'being arrested
ps from an auto
woman is want-
arge. If the ex-
s successful the
rehended recent-
be brought back
le officers.
J THE MARCH
ycees’ roadblock
;. last Saturday
gallon bucket of
iuals about $375,
totalling of the
s in the annual
. There were no
r tokens put in
iroject chairman
ed.
ro AUCTION
arbecue supper
e sponsored by
Junior Service
February 13, at
Country Club
p.m. All pro-
the League’s
clinic in the lo-
. Tickets, now
league member,
;d in advance,
le at the door.
News Leader Captures
Two N.C. Press Awards
NUMBER NINE — The ninth suspected arson attempt in the
community this month was discovered Thursday evening, almost ex
actly two weeks to the minute after the disastrous Swain Hall fire.
Above may be seen the light damage that was caused by the flames
in one of two blazes at the D. A. MaePherson Home on Pittsboro Rd.
NEW PAl ROL CAR DELIVERED—One of two new Plymouth patrol cars recently purchased by
the Town of Chapel Hill is readied for service by T iwn Mechanic Marshall Duncan while Patrolman W.
F. Hester looks on. The two cars, equipped with ov ji size brakes and alternators, as well as a more
powerful engine, were purchased from Yates Motor Co., cn its bid of $2,909 including the trade-in of a
1957 Ford patrol car. The Town will now have.fo ;r regular patrol cars in service. News Leader Photo
North Carolina Press Association
Awards for excellence of its
features and editorial page have
been won by the News Leader for
1957.
’Phey were presented to the new.s-
paper Thursday evening by Uni
versity President Bill Friday at
tr.e annual awards night program
for the Midwinter Press Institute
liere. This brouglit to nine the num
ber of awards won by this new.s-
paper during the four years of its
existence to date.
Shown Ill Window Display
A window display of all of the
certificates and plaques. presented
by the Press Association, as well
a= a lay-out Of newspapers and
mounted photos, has been set up
in ' the show window of Foister’s
Camera Store.
Following is complete list of
(he awards won to date in (he
statewide competition among the
semi-weekly newspapers:
1954—First place, features
1954—Second place, photography
1954— Honorable mention, editorial
page
1955— Third place, photograpliy
1956— Third place, photography
1955— Second place, editorial page
1956— First place, features
1957— Second place, editorial page
1957—Third place, features
In this year’s competition the
News Leader placed second in the
editorial page judging behind the
Smithfield Herald, the same as it
did last year. Third place went to
the Stanly News and Press,
Won In Features, Too
For the features judging this
newspaper won third place among
the 17 entries judged, the first two
places going to the Stanly News
and Press and the Hertford Coun
ty Herald.
(See AWARDS, Page 6)
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New Baptist Church Meeting Caiied
Baptists of the Chapel Hill eom-
raunity interested in the organiza
tion of a new church here will
meet 'Wednesday evening at 8 o’-
clcok at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Mpffitt, 799 Old Mill Rd.
'Plans for the formation of the
netv congregation were made this
morning at a meeting in Durham
of Yates Baptist Association of
ficials and local persons.
At the Wednesday meeting, to
which the public is invited, it is
ex:pec‘i,ecl that more definite plans
for the organization of the new
church will be discussed.
Property for a ctiurch building
is already available for the group
upon its constitution into a church.
Several months ago the Yates As
sociation purchased a three and
one-half acre tract in the Conner
Ridge development on the bypass
highway’,. The Association made the
purchase in anticipation of the or
ganization of a church to serve
that section of the community.
Work toward the organization of
a second Baptist Church in Chap
el Hill is being carried on by a
group of local Baptists in coopera
tion with the Church Extension
Committee of the Yates Associa
tion, according to Mr. Moffitt.
Pantomime Circus To Perform
A company of seven master
mimes and Lotte Gosler who cre
ated, produced, and stars in her
own Pantoiriime Circus—a world-
acclaimed dance uproar, will ap
pear here Thursday evening at 8
o’clock in Memorial Hall under the
auspices of the Chapel Hill Con
cert Series.
“For Humans Only” is the of
ficial title of the Circus’ current
season production, which is on a
cross-country tour. Its director.
Lotte Goslar, has been called “the
greatest mime of our time.” Fred
die Albeck, a Danish giant whose
patter, songs, and buffoonery pro-
■ide a running comment on the
bedlam he surveys, is a featured
artist in “For Humans Only.”
Admissions to the performance
will be by season ticket, though
remaining seats are still avail
able by ticket purchase at Dan-
ziger’s, Kemp’s, Graham Memor
ial, or Memorial Hall.
Prof. George Coffman
Dies In Massachusetts
:Funeral services will be held in
Wilton, Mass., on Wednesday, for
George Raleigh Coffman, 77, who
died recently at his home in New
ton, Mass.
A member of the University fac
ulty from 1930 until his retirement
in 1951, Prof. Coffman was a Ken
an Professor of English and form
er head of that department.
Surviving is Mrs. Coffman.
NUMBER TEN — Moments after the flames were extinguished
at a rear doorway in the den of the MaePherson home Thursday
night, a blazing curtain was discovered at the rear of the living room
in the house. A slight soot mark may be seen over the French door
•where the curtain was jerked down.
Get More Phones
PRESS AWARDS TO NEWS LEADER—UNC President William
C. Friday (right) presents to News Leader Managing Editor Roland
Giduz the newspaper's two awards for excellence during the past
year at the N. C. Press Association's Press Institute awards night pro
gram here on Thursday night. News Leader Photo
To Prevent Delays
On Calls In Future
.Additional .straio'ht-line tele
phones have been installed in
the Clhapel Hill Police and
Fire Departments to prevent
recurrences of busy telephone
lines which recently delayed
response to local fire alarm
calls.
Two additional telephone
numbers have been installed on a
rotary system hook-up in both de
partments. When one number is
busy an incoming call will auto
matically be switched on to another
number.
To Be Announced
While it may not be necessary
to know the new numbers to reach
the Departments under this sys-
Service Initiated Saturday ...
Carrier Mail Delivery Is Started In Carrboro
SOME BIRD!—Sam Ray, state highway employee of the New
Hope community, assisted by his son, Sam, Jr., shows off the T8-
pound-12-ounce wild turkey which he bagged early Saturday morn
ing in the woods along New Hope Creek. The bird, about six-years-
old, has a beard nearly 12 inches long. Mr. Ray, who has now shot
his limit of two turkeys for the season, says 'the woods were full
of 'em.' News Leader Photo
Carrier delivery of mail in Carr-
boro was started on Saturday morn,
ing, with about 235 patrons receiv
ing mail in the initial rounds of tlie
two new local routes.
Carrboro Postmaster Claiborne
Oakley said there were about 800
possible residential and business
stops in the city delivery limit.s of
the new carrier system. In the past,
he said, about 500 families have re
ceived their mail at the postetfiee
either through the lock boxes or
general delivery.
More To Apply
The Postmaster said- he felt cer
tain that most of them would
choose to relinquish their boxes and
get the once-a-day home delivery
soon after they saw the postmen
passing their homes. To get the
home delivery a patron will have
to make formal application for de
livery to his street address, the
postmaster said.
Hired as carriers for the two
routes have been Staraes Weaver
and Ronald Pickett. Mr. Weaver,
formerly employed with Carrboro
Mills, has the main route in the
northwest sector of town general
ly bounded by Main and Greens
boro Streets. He’ll make a single
walking trip of a little over 10
miles during each of his daily de
liveries.
The other route—a part-time
proposition—is being carried by
Ronald Pickett, local dry cleaning will set out' delivery bundles for To Set Pick-Up Times
firm employee. Mr. Pickett will himself and the other carrier in The daily pick-up times for tlie
handle the southeast sector of town, the nine collection and relay boxes new red-w'hite-a;id-blue combination
which contain about a third of the that liave been spotted around ibe mail and relay boxes have not yet
delivery customers. In addition he town.
(See MAIL, Page 6)
tern, municipal officials said they
W’anted to make them as widely
known as possible as , soon as the
new system is mechanically per
fected. Meanwhile, calls on the old
telephone numbers will go through
as in the past, or be switched onto
the new' numbers automatically.
Fire Chief J. S. Boone said that
in the near future be hoped it
would be possible to eliminate the
■ sounding of the fire horn atop the
Town Hall in the event of all gen
eral alarms. Purpose of tlie horn,
as originally installed, was to
notify volunteer firemen of the
neighborhood of the alarm through
the coded numbers as sounded on
the alarm.
However, since the corps of 15
call firemen was set up last spring
to replace the volunteers, the Town
has installed radio receivers in most
of the call firemen’s homes, thus
lessening the need for the general
alarm horn.
When it becomes apparent that
the radio alarm to the call firemen
will effectively replace the horn
alarm, and if the State Fire Insur
ance Rating Bureau will permit it.
the Chief said lie hoped to abandon
the fearful-soutiding horn.
Horn Draws Crowds
Its sounding during the recent
rash of arson-suspect fires has serv
ed to draw huge crowds to the fire
scenes, hampering the efforts of
firemen and inspectors seeking in
formation on the incendiary blazes.
Chief Boone reminded the pub
lic that it is against a state law
to enter the same block as a fire
truck. If traffic congestion as in
the past continues at fire scenes,
the Chief said, it may become ne
cessary to make arrests on this
charge.
Though the publication of the new
48-ean alarm code in the local
phone directory has been halted—in
an effort to decrease congestion at
alarms—the Fire Chief emphasized
(See TELEPHONES, Page 6)
Considerable cloudiness and cool
START MAIL DELIVERY IN CARRBORO-
— — — —On hand for the initiation of city mail delivery service
in Carrboro on Saturday morning were (left to right) Chapel Hill mail, carrier Raymond Perry who was
a volunteer assistant for the occasion; Postal Inspector Hoyle Beam of Raleigh; Carrboro Postmaster
Claiborne Oakley; and the new Carrboro carriers S arnes Weaver and Ronald Pickett.
■ News Leader Photo
today, with scattered rain.
Tomor-
row cloudy and cool.
High
Low
Rainfall
Thursday
49
24
.00
■Friday
48
24
.07
Saturday
45
32
1.54
Sunday
52
29
.00