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'lixed With Sheer Terror . . )oc/e Jr.'s Plane Crew Cited In Landing Crippled Craft iker crew icte Jr.’s., ase, Ark., Strategic a result jl landing Y 20, 1958 CHAPEL HfLL NEWS l^BApEII PAGE THREI 30 Now In New Methpdi$|Bc>dy; Formation Set Easter Siindoy Air Force ervice, is of Chapel C. State t for a de a suc- I minutes craft was' ;main air- g an even rcraft had )f high oc- ight return of ing of tlie led flyers ^ir Forces Oth Strate- Iron Com- ; Gorham, utine early LT. JACK McDADE JR. t 900 feet failure of ind order- )n. Before list could iber tour the plane )o heavy remaining by jettisoning his wing tanks, then was able to obtain safe airspeed and altitude before landing. In a letter to Mr. McDade here the young officer stated that when the second engine went out he found it was “impossible to fly on two engines theoretically or otherwise! Luckily we had a good airspeed and I called for fuel dump and tip tank jettisoning. By this we eliminated 24,000 pounds in four minutes. “This saved our lives, most like ly, as the airplane began to carry its own weight and we had about i 1,900 feet of altitude then. The | crew reacted just great. There was no questioning of what I was calling lor. We spent 11 minutes ! in the air and after we landed you I could hear a- big sigh of relief : throughout the airplane, mine be- ; ing the largest sigh.’’ “My Squadron Commander . . . > was completely speechless. He just! stammered and stuttered and final ly said, “It can’t be done Mac, you’re kidding,’’ According to the charts we had landed an airplane that was 10,000 pounds too heavy to fly . . . “So it was the fii'st time for the Squadron and I’ve enjoyed being a small hero all week. The more 1 think about it though, the less I think it is worth it. Few people know that things like this occur frequently in the Air Force, yet the civilian air lines get all excited oyer losing one engine. “Any way, to sum it up, it sure puts gray hairs on your head. Fly ing is nothing but hours , of sheer boredom mixed with a few of stark terror!’’ The Rev. A. Mickey Fisher, pas- i ed, until the organizational meet- tor of the newly-organized North | ing Easter SundayAJ. Floyd Am- Chapel Hill Methodist Church, has | mons has been appointed church announced that Easter Sunday, j treasurer until that time. “We April 6, has been named as the hope to have our Sunday School official organization day for the church. and Women’s Society of Christian Service organized .some time in The first services of the new | March,” the feev. Mr. Fisher said, church were held last Sunday in The present name of the church the basement of the parsonage at 18 William Circle. “In spite of the snow and extremely cold weather,”, the Rev. Mr. Fisher said, “we had a very good group.” He added that the congregation now has 30 mem bers. Church members completed re novations in the parsonage base ment before last Sunday and have finished installing pews and a pulpit. A piano has been secured,, also. No church officials will be elect- Personal Mention (Phone 8444 For Contributions To This Column) Otis M. Crawford, 73 Passey Away In Dunn is a geographical designation, the Rev. Mr. Fislier said. A new name, probably taken froni some person or event important in Methodist j history, will be determined at the j organizational meeting. | “We are in the process of in- | vestigating land lyhich is available j as the site for pur church build-1 ing,” the Rev. Mr. Fisher stated. “However, we will meet in the parsonage probably for lo^st, another year.” Church News I At St. Paul A^.E-i Christian Science „. Christian Science Services wiU be j Dr. R. S. Singleton of PhUade Iphia, held Sunday at 11 a.m. in Carroll j pa., will be the Special gue|Bt/speak- Hall. The fact that all things are possible to God will be brought out in the Lesson-Sermon entitled “Mind,” Nursery service will be provided during the church hour. Sunday School will meet at 9:30 a.m. Merchants Express Optimfsm On Trade Promotion Fund Drive ly reduced 000 pounds Members of the Merchants Asso ciation Trade Promotions Commit tee are this week winding up their fund campaign to finance eight dif ferent sales events during the com ing year. Committee Co-Chairman Carlton Byrd said that most of the contri butions and pledges had been re ceived, but that a few solicitors were still completing their rounds. In all he expected there would be over 100 business contributors, each making pledges of from $12 up to $175 for the current year's program. About $4,000 has been budgeted for the financing of these events. Mr. Byrd said he felt certain that this goal would be successfully reached. > In making the solicitation the Committee and the Association’s Board of Directors was divided into two teams—one headed by Monk Jennings and .the other by Joe Au gustine. Mr. Augustine’s team, in gaining the highest total of pledges tor the third successive year, is to be treated to a steak dinner, tenta tively set for March 10, at the ex pense of the losing team. Methodist Topic The sermon topics for the North Chapel Hill Methodist Church during Lent will be based on the major beliefs of the Christian faith. The topic for this Sunday, “How Do You Picture God?,” by the Rev. A. Mickey Fisher, is based on the Apostles’ Creed. On this Sunday, a fellowship hour beginning at 10:15 will precede tlie 11 a.m. worsliip , service. er this Sunday at the H alroi. wor ship service at St. Paul’p’ AME Church. The Men’s, Chongs and Youth Choir will provide the! music. The Rev. T. P. .t>uhart, phstor, has issued, a cordial invitation j to all friends' of the church' to afeend. s. C. H. Campbell returned home to Raleigh today after a two-day visit here with her daughter, Mrs. Lewis Bratton, Mr. Bratton and their new son. J Id e Hoenig is attending the Southern Retail Furniture Association’s salesmanship and home fimnishings course this week in High Point. Mr. Hoenig is associated with Johnson-Strowd-Ward. ^ Ai’s. Robert Masterton has returned from a week’s visit in Wilmington. - P.fc. and Mrs. Alfred H. Gilbert will be here through this weekend visiting their parents while Pfc. Gilbert is on a delay en route from his previous station at Fort Devens, Mass., to a new post with the Signal Corps at Camp Kilmer, N. J. ? itrs. Grafton Carlisle will return home tomorrow after a two weeks’ visit here with her daughter, Mrs. Alex Vavoulis. ISrs. Howard Munch and her daughter, Dr. Mary Munch, are spending this month in Europe. , Mrs. Jesse Basnight, Mrs. Pat Pope, Mrs. B. A. Hoft and Mrs. Pat Owens were in Durham for a fashion and luncheon Tuesday. Miss Julia Voorhis will be home from 'Valdese this weekend to ■visit her mother, Mrs. S. S. Voorhis. Mrs. Collier Cobb Sr. and Miss Mary Cobb are vacationing now in Florida. ■ F. O. Bowman returned last night from Atlanta, Ga., where he had been at a business meeting since last Monday. ' Mr. and Mrs. Harris Purks of Raleigh, former Chapel Hillians, visited friends here Tuesday. Mrs. Purks has gone on to Florida for a three weeks’ visit with her mother. : - Mrs. Robert Griffith of Virginia Beach, Va., and her son, Gary, are here visiting her sister, Mrs. Edward Bilpuch, and Mr. Bilpuch. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ogden were in Monroe last weekend for the wedding of Mrs. Ogden’s sister. Miss Dorothy Duncan, to Luther Hodges. Jy. on Saturday. ‘ Ray Strong, the Rev. Harvey Carnes and S. H. Basnight were in Elon College last Sunday for a national fellowship meeting of the Con gregational Christian Church. Mrs. Gales Perry visited her husband in Washington, D. C., last week end. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 for Otis Min- nis Crawford, 73, who died Wed nesday morning at the home of hi.s daughter, Mrs. L. A. Warren Jr., in Dunn, where he had made his, home for several months. A retired contractor, Mr. Craw ford was a former Chapel Hill resident. He had been in declin ing health for several months. Surviving are two daughters, ■ Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Russell Kieffer of Tucson, Ariz.; two brothers, John Crawford of Chapel Hill and Walter Crawford of Havelock; three sisters, Mrs. Recie Andrews of Chapel Hill, Mrs. Ernest Reynolds of Charlotte and Mrs. Enrique Smith of Atlanta, Ga.; and nine grandchildren. Old Book News We have just bought in collections on these subjects: English Literature Gardening Music North Carolina South Carolina Old Medicine Don’t miss your pet item! THE INTIMATE BOOKSHOP of Jebbvaih's. Vil^tTiess^ A delegation , of: 22 • members the Chapel Hill ;congregation Jehovah’s Witnessef. wUl' attiend the semiannual circuit ; assembly in Eii-» zabeth City next wseekend,. Feb. 2»- March 2, headed byi Frank Haristem, presiding minister.'. The assembly, the first for 19^, .-will be lield ! Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Hoft spent last Friday in Kinston visiting the Ed j ' Gardners. 205 East Franklin St. Open Till 10 PM I ■. ^ Original Lee Document Is Acquired By Library at p. W. Moore High iSchool. Junior Service Fashion Show-Lu n nls ay The Litter tNDER-PUSS, blue ribbon society "Since my owner has been sup- OMFORT for my comfort station, sy that I have known what real . It's no longer necessary for me t reluctant about taking my place It receiving lines." nd much more absorbent than and ordinary litters. Keeps cats veeter smelling—Get it today at UGGINS ARDWARE The Chapel Hill Junior Service League will have a luncheon and fashion show' next Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 300 E. Rosemary St., honor ing new members. Models, for, the event, will *e Mrs. Kay Kyser,, who is in clumge of models. Mrs! M. L., Atkins, jMrs. D. L. Coxhead, Mrs. R. W. iHolsten, Mrs. D. G. TakbfeL Mrs. L, L. Vine, Mrs! F. H. ■Weaker, Mrsj Bernard Fashions will be from Belk-Leg- I gett-Horton Co. and Mrs. Earl Wynn i will be commentator. Mrs. Thomas i B. Winborne is chairman of the I fashion show. She is being assisted by Mrs. D, A. Martin and Mrs. J. A. Cates. Boyd, Mrs. W. J. Ogburn sand Mrs. Lindsay NevUle. An original Robert E. Lee doc ument, recently brought to light for the first time, has been ac quired by the Southern Histroical Collection of the University Li brary. 'The paper, which concerirs Lee’s endorsement of a railroad through the Shenandoah Valley, is the original draft of the testimonial read by Lee before the Mayor, City Council and a mass meeting of Bal timore citizens on April 22, 1869. This draft was given by Lee to Colonel Edmund Pendleton in Bal timore. It came to the Southern His torical Collection from the estate of Mrs. Edmund, Pendleton Coles of Charlotte. Crar// how prayer can heal Free Lecture Entitled CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: "The Divine Solution to Every Human Problem" by Jules Cern, C.S. of New York City Member of the Board of Laetureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, In Boston, Massachusetts. Feb. 27~Thursday—8 P.M. The Playmakers Theatre, on campus. Chapel Hill, N. C. 1 RESERVED I SEAT 1 I I I If this is the first i Christiaa Science . lecture you have I ■ /nr— ■ I attended, ve will I i aav* • (tMf %H,T * I oesA lux I you in tbe audi- I toHnaa nu^ tea | minutea heIore,the . leeture. Just pee- | •ant lUa eeapon j ^ any nAn . at I Joel Carter To Sing With Raleigh Oratorio Prof. Joel Carter of the Univers ity Music Department will sing the role of Jesus in Bach’s “St. j Matthew Passion,” to be present ed iby the Raleigh Oratorio Socie- NORMAN ELIASON Eliason To Talk On Bede Age Tuesday Night ty ‘this Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church. Several members of the Uni versity Symphony Orchestra will be playing in the orchestra for this j)erformance. Prof. Norman E. Eliason of the University Department of English will deliver the Faculty Humani ties lecture at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Room 106, Carroll Hall. The subject of his address will be “The Age of Bede.” His lec ture, centering around the eighth century churchman and historian Bede, falls within the range of Dr. Eliason’s special interest, the language and literature of Eng land in Anglo-Saxon times. A native of Minnesota, Prof. Elia son holds a Ph,D. from The Johns Hopkins University. He became a member of the UNC Department of English in 1946 after having taught at the University of Indi ana and the University of Florida. Two years ago he was Fulbright Guest Professor at Innsbruck, Aus tria. Prof. Eliason is autlior of the book, “Tarheel Talk,” an account of North Carolina vocabulary and idioms published by the UNC Press. The Faculty Humanities lectures are sponsored by the undergrad uate Division of Humanities which for more than 12 years has pre sented faculty members in lec tures to which students and, the public are invited. CONTINUATION SALE Because Of The Snow, Severe Cold And Transportation Difficulties, We Are Continuing Our Dollar Day Sales Event Friday and Saturday, February 21 & 22 FOR Noy©lly Gift Items Millinery 00 $loo$2oo Jersey Blouses & Sweaters 'WELL-GROOMED' AWARD—Mrs. Charles Dolan (left), receivfS from her beauty operator Mrs. Joyce Bordeaux of the Carolina ^au- ty Shop a $25 certificate upon being elected Chapel Hills Well- Groomed Lady' from among nominees presented by members of the local chapter of the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Asso ciation, sponsors of the observance here of National Beauty Saloo News Leader Photo by Herb Gupton $1 Values To $10.95 Values To $5.98 Flannel ^ ^ \^hite Uniforms Qq^^is & Pajamas ^ 1 ^ I $900 Values To $5.95 00 $200 Discontinued Styles Values To $7.98 Values To $6.95 DISCOUNT ON ANY PURCHASE Of $10.00 Or More All New Merchandise (Except Shoes) HALF PRICE ON COATS-SUITS DRESSES EVENING DRESSES Complete Sale Ends This Saturday There Will Be No Further Reductions, This Season Of Chapel Hil
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