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j Formas osai»«Btb, Ill- LC Adv ila Ending' Seen ef IPEL HILL’S years in the inteer Depart- eight-degree •ing the Mon- d-whipped fire IS' probably a an occasion. 0 years, when narked the Pi fire in 1952. lied that when ■r burned one O’s it was “so rly a cord of :eet trying to Currier-lves Original Sold At Auction? An old print purchased for a ing project in the Chapel Hill chased it for a few dollars. examine it. It will take a while few dollars at a benefit auction Schools. She said she purchased After looking it up in Warman’s to establish its status definitely.” here last week is likely worth $1,- the print, along with several oth- guide to the valuation of prints Mrs. Kyser, informed of the 000 or more, according to an early ers, in a small shop in California he realized that it might be an print’s potential worth, said to- investigation. several summers ago. original Currier and Ives worth day that she was “delighted with Mrs. Kay Kyser donated the At the sale last Thursday even- more than $1,000, inasmuch as it the prospect of a Cinderella end- Currier and Ives color print of ing H. W. Carroll, antique dealer bore the same inscriptions as the jj^g- League’s project. The “The American National Game of and owner of the Blackberry original prints of more than a g highly - successful af- Baseball” at the Junior Service Farms establishment north of century ago. netted Tn excess of $500— League to be sold to the highest here, noticed that the print was “I think it’s really too good to ’ ^ tv, bidder at the League's auction for a comparitively rare subject in the be true,” said Mr. Carroll, “but more than enoug o inance e the benefit of its remedial read- Currier and Ives series and pur- as a dealer I must continue to reading project. Chapel Hill News Leader Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas I SMITH WAS FIFTH YEAR, NO. 15 a short while aver at Proes- ar Jlaleigh. In lents for the aarter busloads Carolina-State Raleigh, he’d at the Restau- trip. Somehow al orders Car- ith the checks ks. Needless to ’t pull off un- olved. CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958 10 PAGES THIS ISSUE |E PROBABLY le told uncount- ;ons in advance is intention not nembers to be |)n the Reynolds before this lover to the PA him not to call olayers. (They flow.) Apparent- adio mike near words uninten- cast for all lis- Wandering Troubador Toni Gauer Is New Settler In This Community By AL ELMER (For The News Leader) Switzerland’s wandering trouba dor. Toni Gauer, is a recent and most unusual addition to the cul tural life of Chapel HiU. The 37-year-old lecturer and en tertainer who has presented his pro gram before audiences in all the 43 states has now settled in a new home in Glen Heights. His unique program features the fascinating Swiss “hand harmonica” (an accordion-like instrument hav ing buttons instead of piano keys), a selection of songs from the Swiss provinces, and many different Swiss yodels. Appeal Bewildering Mr. Gauer takes justifiable pride in the success which his show IfROM a press has met. He is, hoivever, slightly ] g that the dap- bewildered at its appeal, coach has been nal Barbers As- the nation’s 10 1957. He’s fea- 3 barbers’ trade is in mighty Ha States in 1946 after attending col lege in Switzerland where he graduated as a bookseller and pub lisher. “My first job here,” he said, “was Ohio Wesleyan University. It was there I got into irty present profes sion.” Liked His Yodelling “My friends had a remarkable in one of the world’s largest book- interest in Switzerland,” he recalled, shops—in New York City.” “and constantly asked me questions "Shortly aitevwards. 1 entered (See TONI GAUER, Page: 6) “I was amazed at the accept ance it received,” he recalled, “aU I have done is try to present an authentic picture of Swiss life —and never purely to entertain.” A simple, authentic presentation smuch as the is undoubtedly just what the public luminaries such likes and wants if past records are Nixon, Nelson any criterion of judgment. kTO Commander “I have presented my program id. Chapel HUI before approximately four million )n is a member people in the United States, Can- isory council of ada, Mexico, Alaska and Europe,” and likely had he estimated, “and have given over th the selection, four thousand performances.” Why Moved Here The conversation moved to his de cision to setle in Chapel Hill. “I had appeared in various towns and cities throughout North Carolina in the past several years,” he said, “and had taken a particular liking to the state.” “On several occasions I was told I should visit Chapel HUI.” he con ow of capitalism more I thought about it the more interested I be- TON, FORMER came—the strain of travelling con- merican Federa- tinuously through the years had who retired to been terrific,” he said, and I had ill, proved to be become more and more interested in settling somewhere.” “I liked Chapel HiU immediately and decided this was the place.” Can Settle Permanently? Didn’t the nature of his work re- quire that he travel constantly, we U,L1ANS TESTI- nesses yesterday Ilommunist Chief ireensboro. They W. Straley and M. Jones. Both they had never ;e with Scales as I HUI heard him Burned School Seeking Books For New Library An appeal for new books to replace the entire library of the Central High School for Negroes in Hillsboro, destroyed by fire last Friday morning, has been issued by School Principal A. L. Stan- back. “All types of books will be wel come,” said Mr. Stanback. “We lost the entire library of more than 4,000 volumes that were col lected over a period of more than 20 years.” Donations of books may be left at the office of attorney L. J. Phip ps in Chapel Hill, or at tlie News Leader office, 311 E. Main St., Carrboro. In the event donors are unable to bring their books to the collection points they are asked to telephone the News Leader office, 8-444. WOMAN'S HOME GUTTED—Call Fireman 'Top' Jackson, on ladder, rips out an opening under the eaves of Mrs. Betty Freeman's home on Basnight Lane, during the late Monday afternoon fire which sub- stantialy .wrecked the three-room frame dwelling. Nows Leader Photo Elderly Woman Is Burned ... Heating Defects Cause Three Fires Heating defects in local dwell- About 5 p.m. Monday the Chapel gions of - the three-room frame ings have accounted for three Hill Fire Department sounded call dwelling. The additional smoke alarms to date this week. number 214 in answering an alarm and water damage was heavy. Fire One home was virtually destroy- to the residence of Mrs. Betty Chief J. S. Boone said the flames ed and a woman seriously injured, Freeman at 210 Basnight Lane. stemmed from the vicinity of an while damage was substantially re- Icy winds whipped the flames stricted in the other two instances, generally through the upper re- Writer JamesS. T rippett Dies At Home Today TONI GAUER - AND MRS. GAUER News Leader Photo by Herb Gupton jry for the jiews- cm Page 6) Heart Fund Army' Plans Sunday Solicitation Here Police Issue Final Warning On ^58 Licenses Quite a number of local motorists are currently inviting court cita- .’ir.ns- and fines by failing to have 1958 state and municipal license plates displayed on their autos, ac cording 10 Chapel HiU and Carrboro ■ police authorities. ^ Chapel Hill Capt. William D, ' Blake and Carrboro Chief J. Alvin ^ Williams both stressed that their ,, patrolmen had been instructed to ' crack down on violators of the re- quirement that the new tags be a, shown on all motor vehicles after ^ last Monday, Feb. 17. I There have been no arrests yet I on these charges, they said, but added that unless the situation im proved promptly there would be some. For failure to display the state tags violators may be cited to court and fined a minimum of court costs if found guilty. In case of municipal license tag violations a one dollar traffic violation ticket M'Ul be issued. WhUe the supply of Chapel Hill li cense plates has been momentarily Nashville exhausted, all persons who have James Sterling Tippett, writer of chUdren’s books and University Ex tension Division education teacher, died at his home in Greenwood here at 6 a.m. today. The 72-year-old author-educator had been seriously ill for several weeks. Graveside services wUl be held in Scotland, Conn., when wea ther permits. Mr. Tippett helped in Ibo e.stab- lishment of the 12-year public school program in the State of North Car olina, and had done extension teach ing all over the state. Surviving are his wife, a sister, Mrs. Ola Seagraves Of Dittimar, Mo,, and several nieces and ne phews. College In Missouri A native of Memphis, Mo., Mr. Tippett was the son of the late Ever- et and Mary Montgomery Tippett. He received the B.S. degree from Teachers College JAMES S. TIPPETT News Leader Photo of Columbia Chapel Hill’s 1958 Heart Fund spouse,” said Eugene B. Crawford asked? Would there be enough work campaign will reach a climax here Jr., President of the Durbam-Orange applied for them have been assigned in any one place for liim to stay Sunday when approximately 150 res- County Heart association. numbers in a new shipment of sev- ebruary 20 permanently? " idents will move door-to-door in “Heart Fund proceeds are used eral hundred tags which are ex- macy Wives, In- ..j considered those problems,” every residential area collecting to support the crusade against the pected to arrive soon, y he answered thoughtfully. “Al- contributions to fight the heart dis- heart and blood vessel diseases con- ilty Newcomers though I have no guarantees or real eases. The “army” is led by 29 cap- ducted by the North Carolina Heart WUliam Friday’s basis for thinking so—it’s my con- tains, and Mrs. Bruce Strowd is Association and the American Heart nee Kulp speaks, yjetion that I’ll be able to get chairman of the collection which Association, with which it is affili- Hali enough work in North Carolina and be carried on from 1 to 5 p.m. ated. A major portion of the money wship tor School surrounding regions to enable me similar Heart Sunday collections received remains in the area and will be made by more than l.OOO.OOO the state in which it is collected. the University of Missouri and did consultant in the Lincoln School furtiier graduate work at the Teach ers College of Columbia University. In 1939 the Tippetts moved to Chapel Hill froifi Greenville, S. C., where he had been curriculum ad viser of the Parker School. Previously he had taught in the public schools of Missouri, been Principal of the Demonstration Division since 1939. School of the George Peabody Col- Tenn.; a teacher University; a professor of educa tion at the University of Pittsburgh: on the summer school faculty of the University of California; and a visiting professor at the University oil heater in a front room. 'In Fair Condition' Mrs. Fi'eeman was seriously in jured and suffered burns on the legs and back. She was reported in “fair” condition at Memorial Hospital today. Authorities have not yet been able to talk with the elderly woman to, learn more about how the fire started. In dousing the flames the De partment stretched a hydrant line to a fire truck and fed two hoses out of the truck. Earlier that day—about 2 p.m.— a general alarm was sounded in Carrboro that brought the volun teer dept, to Roy Lee Atwater’s house at 404 Broad St. However the flames were extinguished be fore the firemen arrived. About .12:35 11.131. yesterday an other alarm was sounded for a fire at 129 S. Graham St., a house owned by E. A. Brown. Chief Boone said that the flames were quickly extinguished, causing some- damage around the chimney, wells and ceiling near a heat stove. Officials \ Back Vote On Schools The two County Commissioners (See TIPPETT, Page 6) 1 Baptist Church SATURDAY SCHOOL ibruary 21 ^omen of United ke sale, Fowler's tball. Chapel Hill /s. Roxboro girls, tball. Chapel Hill Roxboro, CHHS 'ebruary 22 jetball, UNC vs. t Gymnasium ight Cosimopoli- ;se Dance,” Cobb nt lounge ibruary 23 ipolitan Club, Wil- nbly Room Dramatique pro- Cocktail Party,” ebruary 24 lunity Club Block- Mrs. R. C. Bose’s lapel Hill Garden Pharmacy volunteers in thousands of commun- and, in addition, much more comes ities throughout the nation at the into this area from the American same time. Heart Association. Last year the “With public understanding of the medical centers of Duke, Carolina heart and blood vessel diseases and Bowman Gray received $67.00,0 more widespread than in any pre- for research projects.” vious year, and with growing recog nition of the need tor research to provide vital answers to the heart problem, we , expect generous re- Mr. Gauer came to the United World Prayer Services Set Here Tomorrow The World Day of Prayer, spon sored by the World Council of Churches, will be observed in Chapel Hill at the Episcopal Funeral services were held yes- successive year. Chapel of the Cross tomorrow, afternoon for Knox V. iJlatt- The former director of the Um- with special services at 10 a.m. ^ suddenly at his versity student union and Um/ers- , . home^n Aberdeen on Monday. Ser- ity instructor said today tha^ Theme for the observance is ^ conducted at the First non-profit entertainment 01 gam- “The Bread of Life.” The offering Aberdeen and nation’s fourth season, to be corn- will be divided between the for- j Rpthesda Plowed with a concert here next eign and home missions of the week, was a financial success. National Council of Churches, sup- Cemetery, Mr. Matthews was owu- gygjjig fQj. 1958-59 season will porting the interdenominational er of the Aberdeen Packing Plant, j^g announced shortly, he said, ministry of the Uited States, Alas- , Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Re- niembers of the Series Board ka and Puerto Rico. becca Tate Matthews; two daugh- g£ Directors and most of the of- Classes will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. in the Chapel Hill Schools this Satur day, to make op for the day missed because of bad weather earlier this week. Principal Jos eph M. Johnston said that the school cafeteria would not be open on Saturday. of North Carolina in its School of from this community have both Education and through the Exten- gone on record a.s favoring the proposed holding of an election on „ . i ,1 , *• 1 I 1 the joining of the Carrboro School Prior to that tune he had been j Attendance Area to the Chapel Hill Special School Tax District. Asked their stands on this mat ter, both Commissioner Donald M. Stanford of Chapel Hill and Commis sioner Dwight Ray of Carrboro said that in light of the sentiment ex pressed in Carrboro for an election on. the issue of the “merger” they feit that the Carrboro citizens should be given the opportunity to vote on the matter. Neither man commented on how he felt about tlie issue it- On Publication Of 'Maggie—Now' . , . 'The Book Of My Middle Years/ Says Betty Smith Of New Novel Betty Smith tagged her new Chapel Hill writer was interview- novel “Maggie—Now” as the ed by Helen O’Connell. The lat- “book of my middle years” in a ter noted incidentally, in introduc- television interview on the date ing the celebrated authoress that of the new book’s publication yes terday. Appearing briefly on Dave Gar- roway’s NBC “Today” show yes terday morning in New York, the S. MATTHEWS' BROTHER DIES Funeral services were held yes- Concert Series Re-Elects Wallace James C. M'^allace has been re- ing year are Mrs. Walter Golde Presidents; Mrs. Douglas M. Fam- elected President of the Chapel and Miss Elizabeth Branson, Vice- brough. Executive Secretary; Hill Concert Series for the third she had realized a half-million Petition Action Pending dollars from her first successful ^ petition signed by 341 Carrboro novel, “A Tree Grows In Brook- School Area residents has been 2yn.” presented to the County Board of Harper and Brothers of New Education and is awaiting action York has published “Maggie— group. Now,” a novel centered in Brook Mrs. Joe Philips and Mrs. J. A. Warren are in charge of arrange- ters, Miss Faye Matthews of Dur- fjggrg were re-elected at Dramatiques pro- j^ents for the observance. Nurs- ham and Miss Iris Matthews of Fay- Boards’ annual elections meeting Cocktail Party,” s,ervice for mothers with small etteville; two sons. Van and Bob, Monday, upon their presentation children will be available at the Both of Aberdeen; one sister, Mrs. on a slate by Nominations Com- , of Women Voters morning service and permission j .j, culton of New Bern; and two mittee Chairman Edward G. Dan- Manning Hall for parking in the Morehead Plan- . T RaII • I' I t Kaaa brothcrs, Ufa of Aberdeen and ziger. J. Spencer Beil otarmm parking lot has been .■ Hall Courtroom granted by the Police Departmenl. Sam of Chapel Hill. The other ofticers ioi tie James H. Davis, Assistant Secretary; Douglas M. Fambrough, Treasurer; Mrs. Lawrence London, Tickets Chairman; Mrs.’ Louise Jef ferson, Program Advertising Chair man; Miss Elizabeth Branson, Pu blicity Chairman; and Talent Com mittee—airs. Walter Golde, Chair man, and Mrs, Isaac Taylor, Will iam Hunt, James Davis, Mrs. R. H. Wettach, and James Wallace. All of the above were re-elected for the coming year to the group’s lyp of the early 1900s. The book whs selected by the Literary Guild for distribution to its members next month. ■Mrs. Smith told the television audience yesterday that she usual ly attends to her writing duties Sponsored by a local citizens committee, the petition seeks the holding of an election on joining the two scliool areas which would put (he Chapel Hill district sup plementary school tax into effect in the Carrboro area. If the County Board of Education about two hours daily—generally approves this petition it may ask from six util eight a.m. Household the County Commissioners to call duties are more important to her tliis election and Uie commissioners than the writing, she added—ex- would be required to do so. The cept when she is nearing “the end Citizens Committee has expressed (of writing) of a book.’’ The interviewer asked Mrs. Smith for her opinions on chil dren. The writer replied that to day’s children “aren't disciplined enough," and that “parents are (See OFFICIALS, Page 6) 20-meinber Board of Directors, in afraid that their children will get addition to the following: Walter neurotic.” JIMMY WALLACE Golde, Miss Cornelia Love, Mrs. Athol Burnham, Norman Cordon, Miss Emily Pollard, Dr. Shelton Burman, and UNC students Joel Fleishman and Bob Borden. The mtolier of two children her self, she then added as an after thought—“But if everybody were sane and not neurotic where would our writers and geniuses come from?” Partly cloudy and cool today and tomorrow, with low tonight 20-25. High Low Rainfall Monday 28 6 .00 Tuesday 19 5 .00 , ■Wednesday 24 8 .00
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