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t n. liLL News Leader Tuition Principle Adopted ■Jews in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surroundina Areas ■ I For Out-Of-District Pupils ju.ng With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1958~ EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE Wilmington Minister To Talk At Graduation Graduation exercises for Chapel of Schools C. W. Davis and di- iflill High School will be held Fri- plomas will be presented by Chap- day, May 30, at 8 p.m. in Hill Hall el Hill School Board Chairnxan with the Rev. William B. Hall, Grey Culbreth. Eighty-seven sen- Mipister of the Wilmington Pres- iors will receive graduation cer- byterian Church, as the speaker, tificates. Policy Decided In Secret Meet Of School Body of all six Board member.s. They a legal agreement between the were: "(li That the principle of Chapel Hill and County Boards, and charging tuition for non-resident pupils attending sciiool in the Chap el Hill Unit be adopted subject to tuition fliarge will he le vied on ail pupils iroin the . . ^V'liite Cii'o.s.s and ('.arrhoLo The invocation and benediction Marshals for the ceremonies wiil Scluiol -Vttend ince \rea.s who will be given by the Rev. Samuel be Jimmy Jamerson, Don Atwater, ^ ‘ ^ , T. Habel, Pastor of the Universi- Ronald Wright, Gerald Farrell, s m f le . ui|ie ty Baptist Church. The Chapel Toby Andrews, Betsy Fitch, and '*^"1 next year, aeeord- Hill High School Chorus under Linda Sturdivant. ^ polu) adopted last direction of Mrs. Patricia White The Rev. J. Paul Edwards, Pas- Hight hy an executive .session will-provide the music. tor of the Carrboro Methodist yieetinti oi the C.hapel Hill The Rev. Mr. Hall is to- be in- Church, will deliver the baccajap- School hoard, troduced by Senior Class Presi- reate sermon this Sunday at 8 p.m, dent Tammy Lefler. Awards are to in the U n i v e r s i t'y Methodist be presented by Superintendent Church. The terms of the tuition and time hy whii;li all non- entenarian Sentiment Blacknell . . . age 10:5 as of Iasi Sunday ... — lliis y’s oldest citizen . . . looks out from eyds dimmed )f liurdshij) . . . l>ui with a cheery' view to the . ‘I'm gonna try to make it anolhei hundred if tells his friends . . . And he speaks with sincerity lys 7 don’t reckon there’s a man in the world any an lam . . . even though / have to sit aroiind and othin.’ . . . From the shade of a 'tree in front of . . . a mile north of town . . . he looks out across he ploughed barefoot behind a mule . . . as re- Ion r years ago . . . And he recalls with pleasure f married life . . . and 17 children—most of them close by his home . . . The 'fen Cum maud merits, s Blacknell, are what he lives by ... 7 don’t rec- iepl all of 'em, but I've tried,’ he says . . . ‘And low but one man -who could keej/ 'em all.’ News Leader Photo Vignette Lincoln Graduation Set May 29 The Lincoln High School Com- held Sunday at 5 p.m. in the gyni- niencement activities for gradual- torium. Dr. .Tames D. Roberts, us ing seniors began last w'eek with sociate professor of religious edu- the Aw'ards Program Friday in the cation at Shawt, University, w'ill be the featured speaker. Commencement will be' next Thursday, May 29, at 8 'p-nn. in the gymtorium. The last day of schoc' will be Friday, May 30. gymtorium. The seniors will present their Class Night program^ tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. in the LHS gym torium. Senior Vesper Services w'ill be district pupil assignments must be made are subject to the recom mendations of a special committee of the Chapel Hill School Board and also to .'Such w'ritten agreement 'as m.ay be made on the matter be- tw'e-en the Chapel Hill and Orange County School Boards. This was the explanation of Chapel Hill Board Chairman Grey Culbreth this morn ing. on the basis of last night's special meeting of the Board. Two Motions The minutes of last night’s ses sion show that , tw'o motions were adopted—both by unanimous action subject to subsequent action of the Chapel Hill Board as to the amount of tuition to be charged; and (2) That the Board Chairman be authorized and directed to ap point a committee to discuss the matter of assignment of pupils with the County School Board and to make recommendations to the Chapel Hill Boai-d regarding as signments of non-resident pupils and tuition charges to be paid by thelm, and that one possible (See SCHOOL BOARD, Page 8) MRS. LAMPLEY CHOSEN — Mrs. Pearl S. Lampley of 600 W. Rosemary St., who for 25 years has taught in the Northside Ele mentary School, has been select ed Woman of the Year by the Northside P.T.A. She will be honored at a reception given by the P.T.A. and the community on May 26 at Northside School at 8 p.m. The public is invited to attend. School Merger Is Soundly Defeated 71ie proposed iiieiuer of the ('.aii boro and While Choss School .Attendance .Areas with the Cihapel Hill Special School District teas soundly deleated day hetore yesterday hy a three- to-two proportion. Follotving- is the ollicial bK^akdown ot Noting in the two special precincts: ■ Registered Voting Pet. Voting For Against Plurality Carrboro 1330 1226 92.1 490 723 233 White Cross 304 268 93.7 75 193 118 Totals 1634 1494 91.43 565 916 351 The turnout of jter cent of the total registered electorate of i,r)‘54 was considered the highest proportionate vote recorded here in many years. — - - — Well-organized factions on both sides of the issue and Nveeks of bitter campaigning obviously ac- OPLE Brief Civitans Club Chooses Lane For President James F, Lane was elected Pre.s- ident of the Chapel Hill Civitan Club Tuesday evening, succeeding John Chase. He will be installed in of fice next July. Other officers elected at that VKO CALLED THIS ly night to learn the rns—and there must I thousand -callers— ■ queries in many in 's: “Did White Cross Carboro?” “Who got tim-e were Elmer Oettinger, First active Young Democrats. A resi Staton Talk To Feature YDC Supper William L. Staton, a past presi dent of North Carolina Young Democrats, will be the principal speaker at the Orange County YDC Supper to be held tomorrow night at 7 o’clock at Brady’s rest aurant in Chapel Hill. The affair is being planned as an informal get-together for the county YDC organization and an opportunity for candidates in the Democratic Primary to attend and be presented. Arrangements will be made for 150 to 200, according to Lucius Cheshire of Hillsboro, county YDC president. Staten is one of the state’s most Chapel Hill or Carr- Vice-president: Harold Walters, this gem “Who won Serond Vice-president; Earl' Tyn- Jili or Carrboro?” Secretary; and Sheldon White, couldn’t answer these Treasurer. out the vote Elected as Directors were Wil- who in- ff- Ale.xander, Gordon Cleve land, Dwight Galloway and Earl NVynn. Albert Coates was guest speaker ! gave ch person OMNISCIENT FORE- cted the outcome of mightly close. One iader Business Mana- lin—who on Monday 3d envelope a predic- 550. He only missed by 31, and was pro- lear to the actual out- to 565. A member of Citizens Committee egistratio-n lists Mon- 1 predicted his group nitted votes in Carr- he was within a the actual 490 total. HILL POSTMASTER in the wake of the chain money scheme, at this promotion is of the postal lottery ivs. It doesn’t matter of participants are itside of the H mails, . As long as the val- 5y) are mailed, the ci-iminal violation of nd regulations. S CREATED AS BIG 5 North Carolina did y ladies’ night pro- ;ht. The state’s beau- a grand reception to nd comic speech rou- itarian Jim left the lively amazed as he the banquet hall in wives of the 90 Ro- ig each by her first eluding most of their !. —Mrs. Jim explain- tio trick. The judge ilephant’s memory. THE NEWS LEAD- .vas not allowed to sit light’s School Board loard Chairman would r. explaining that he for the whole Board r. It Nvas the second ir this newspaper has secret session on the ILFS 0)1. Page 8} dent of Sanford, he is a graduate «f Wake Forest Law School and serves as city attorney for the Lee County community. Tickets for the occasion may be obtained from Cheshire, Miss Betty June Hayes, national YDC committeewoman, Charles B. Hod- counted for the unusually large vote —^though extremely heavy ballot ing had been expected. Compare To Other Elections By comparison only 80 per cent of the electorate voted in the Chap el Hill municipal elections last year. And this was thought to be a heavy vote in a briskly-contest ed campaign. Chapel Hill 's special Formal statements in the wake working for the best interest of referendum on public recreation of Tuesdaj'’s schoo-l area merger our children. last year brought out 85 per cent election have been issued by the “The Council plans to hold of the 2,026 registered voters,, and Carrboro School Development monthly meetings and any citizen this, too, was thought at the time Council and the Carrboro Citizens in the. Carrboro and White Cross to be a record. Opposing Merger Vote Groups Make Formal Public Statements Committee for Better Schools—op posing factions in the referendum. Shelton Sparrow, Chairman of the School Development Council, stated today: “The Carrboro School Develop ment Council wishes to thank the School District who is not a mem ber and believes in local school autonomy will be invited to join our organization. We will have a meeting in the near future to dis cuss and plan our immediate and long range program.” Further analysis of the totals shows that 61.3 per cent of the voters cast their ballots against the merger proposal — defeating it by a total of 351 votes. A number of factors seemed to figure in the outcome of the voting. On the basis ot issues in the cam paign it would seem that citizens of Carrboro felt they might lose their identity and the identity ot for the meeting. He talked on the origin and organization of the In- and other active members of stituto of Government. the club. HONOR SCHOOL SUP'ERINTENDENT^The staffs of the Chapel Hill Elementary and High Schools and of Glenwood School joined night before last to stage a reception in honor of retiring Superin tendent ot Schools C. W. Davis. Highlight of the occasion was the presentation to him and Mrs. Davis of a complete set ot outdoor furniture and cooking equipment. Also present for the occasion— a surprise guest—was their daughter, Carolyn Davis, (right), a grad uating senior at the Woman's College in Greensboro. News Leader Photo The following is a statement citizens of the Carrboro and White from the Citizens Committee for Cross School Districts for the in- Better Schools, as released by terest shown in Tuesday’s election chairman Odell Barham: by voting more than 90 per cent “The Carrboro Citizens Commit- their schools by changing their ad- of the i egisu.red voters. We deep- lee for Better Schools recently com- ministrative headquarters f r o m ly appreciate the voters who sup- pieted a campaign for a school Hilisboro to Chapel Hill, ported us in making the anti mer- district merger. Although the vote Expected In White Cross ger majority so successful. was unfavorable, the Citizens The vote of better than two-to-oue “Our Council was organized as Committee feels that many people against the merger in the White a permanent organization for the are more aware than ever before Cross precinct was generally ex betterment of our school by of the growing need for whole- pected by observers ot the cam- cooperating with the Local School hearted public support of the paign. but in that area the matter Advisory Committee and others (See STATEMENTS, Page 8) , (See MERGER VOTE, Page 8) County Candidates InvitedToSpeak On Same Platform Monday Night Sr.; Clerk of Count—Edwin Lynch; Register of Deeds — Betty June Hayes; State House of Representa tives—John W. Um.stead Jr.: and (See CANDIDATES. Page 8) All candidates seeking Orange County offices in the May 31 Demo cratic primary have been invited to attend a public meeting where they may speak and be available Many Chapel Hillians To Join Casts Of Outdoor Dramas For The Summer Fifteen Chapel Hillians, including a number of University students, will take part, as players or staff members, in -.several of the many Roosevelt will be given for the cen- out-door dramas in the nation this tc-nnial at Dickinson. N. D. In addi- part of Robert E. Lee. James Armacost, UNC graduate Thomas Patterson’s new play, student in drama, will be at Wil- ‘ Old Four-eyes,” on Theodore liamsburg, Va., to work on “The 'HOW ABOUT A POPPY, BUDDY?'—With a winsome, selling smile, Barbara Keller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Keller Jr., reminds the public that 'Poppy Day' for the benefit of the child welfare and rehabilitation project of the American Legion Auxiliary will be staged this Saturday. The symbolic buddy poppies, made by veterans hospital patients, will be sold by volunteers on the streets of Chapel Hill. News Leader Photo summer. , Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis will return to Cherokee for their ninth season next month, he as director College, of “Unto These Hills,” she as cos tumer. Foster Fitz-Simmons will be going to Cherokee in two capaci ties. He will play an important role —^that of Major Davis, and will also supervise the choreography for the show. Earl Wynn will also be in “Unto These Hills,” acting the part of the Indian “Drowning Bear.” David Peterson will be another of the Playmakers group in the Cherokee company. Several To Mantco Manteo will claim several residents for the summer as members of the cast and company tor Paul Green’s “The Lost Colony.” Mrs. Irene Smart Rains, who has done the costumes for a number of yeai’s. will .again return. Richard Newdick and William White, grad uate students in drama at the Uni versity. and John Whitty, UNC stu dent, will also be working in this symphonic drama. Sam Selden is the Director of Paul Green’s new drama, “The Confederacy,” which will open at Virginia Beach, V’a., this summer. Robert Sonkowsky, a University student, will be there to play the tion to Nvorking on his drama, he will be teaching at Montana State Common Glory’’ and “The Found ers.” Taylor Williams and Page Wil liams will work on “Horn in the NVest” at Boone this season. for questions here next Monday evening. The session will be held at 8 p.m. in the Chapel Hill Elementary School under sponsorship of the Chapel Hill League ot Women Voters. Those seeking an office which is contested will be given the fir.st opportunity to speak, it was an nounced. FoMowing is the full slate of pri mary candidates: Sheriff — Odell Clayton and Charles Johnston; County Commissioners (three to be elected) — Dwight Ray, Mrs. Jesse NV-est, Henry Walker, Clarence Jones, Hugh Wilson, Jame.s Chesh ire Jr., and Donald McDadc; Board ot Education—Boss Porter and Carl Ellington; Co'’oner—Allen Walker •m Sunny land warm today, be coming cloudy tonight. Nvith low 60-65. Considerable cloudiness to morrow and not so warm, with scattered showers. High Low; Rainfall 82 61 .00 81 63 .00 78 59 .09 Monday Tue.sday Wedne.sdav • *IHVn* Iftf mms ■ '\ CHAPEL HILL HIGH ELECTS—Spirited campaigning preceding election ot student body officers for the coming year was climaxed at Chapel Hill High School by the voting on Tuesday. Chosen by the more than 500 students were (left to right) Betsy Fitch, Head Cheerleader; Subir Roy, President; Sue Ham, Treasurer; Pete Range, Vice-President; Ann Himelick, Chief Justice of the Honor Council; and Iris Wooten, Secretary. 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