ilocratic Primary Saturday To Climax Campaigns For Votes
Chapel Hill News Leader
Light Voting
Is Anticipated
In 19 Precincts
A Democratic Primary campaign
N , CARRBORO AN- which has generated little steam
•afternoon alarm on will reach its climax at the ballot
home of Rose Milli- boxes in the -county’s 19 voting
Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas
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FIFTH YEAR, NO. 42
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1958
TEN PAGES THIS ISSUE
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n undetermined ori-
iroom. Much of the
ire and clothing was
the flames spread to
IS before they were
SUPERINTENDENT
was honored—among
parties—at a private
night given by 15
e School Boards that
rith him since he
•e in 1945. Following
e Carolina Inn Pine
ap gave him a testi-
signed by all living
he various boards.
5 him a clock radio.
GHT’S CIVIC CLUB
him Mr. Davis was
d as the program
he evening. Flabber-
mientarily protested,
i in amazment as
preceding 50 years
j unfolded in a care-
program.
MOND RECALLED
■. Davis used to work
3 office at Hillsboro
i 'had to deliver jars
down to Orange cus-
Dry Forks, Va. —In
ling the event later
ministrator admitted
had a lot to do with
and some other, bor-
'irginia.”
ERS OF HOGAN’S
the lake will be open
lal use of townspeo-
id swim as they have
3 this summer. These
tes were abused so
this spring, so that
lad to be closed for
a’s Lake, through the
3 Hogan families and
f the citizenry, has
inch a part of local
irt sidewalks.
'HO LIVES ON THE
ly bet a fellow teach-
the other day that
low his lawn in two
latest took place night
dth a number of in-
nis looking on as
ay wlio took the chal-
vo minutes overtime,
let But since
rs have come foi'ward
1 the wager and the
lawn job booked for
rai weeks.
LICK, CHHS SENIOR
a $2,000 scholarship
a Washington, D. C.,
ets, was on Dave Gai’-
low this morning with
students who receiv-
lolarships. Vice-presi-
Iso appeared on the
8 presented him with
ion for his “outstand-
urthering understand-
he peoples of the
Mr. Nixon found Sue
rth Carolina, he said,
Duke, you know, and
to have you there.”
ns Plan
Bx Sale
To House
f the Damon Lodge
8 Knights of Pythias
louse-to-house sale of
Tuesday through Fri-
throughout the com-
;y and Bill Fowler,
airman, said the pro-
s sale would go to-
lefit of the Pythian
lyton. Five boxes of
rill be sold for one
will be made from 7
1.
lirmen are heading
leams in the lodge,
ers are to be treated
the losers.
V HANKIE SALE
ma Club will begin
set around the mid-
the house-to-house
cal hankies and dis-
ceeds from the sale
le club's sponsorship
! Chapel Hill School
boxes of hankies,
ipenser, will be sold
sllar, according to
en Potter, who will
by Sam Wilburn,
wis and Jim Falcon-
precincts Saturday.
Voters will nominate, unless
there be no majority in the 7-man
county commissioner race, a Sher
iff, a State Senator, a member of
the Board of Education, and three
members of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Polls will be open at the usual
precinct voting places from 6:30
to 6:30.
A total vote somewhat less than
the 5,200 cast in the 1956 Primary
is expected.
There is no state-wide Democrat
ic Primary this year, no Republi
can contest, am} several Democrat
ic incumbents, including Congress
man Carl T. Durham, Representa
tive John Umstead, and others,
are without opposition.
Chief individual races are be
tween incumbents and challengers
for Sheriff and State Senator.
Sheriff Odell Clayton is being op
posed by Chaides Johnston, Chap
el Hill service station operator,
who tried for the post also in 1954.
Senator Edwin S. Lanier faces the
challenge of Attorney Harold Ed
wards, also of Chapfel Hill.
Seven candidates are seeking
three seats on the . Board of Com
missioners, including incumbents
Dwight M. Ray, Henry S. Walker,
and Donald McDade, and four oth
er challengers, Clarence D. Jones
of Hillsboro, Hugh M. Wilson of
Bingham township, James W.
Cheshire of Hillsboro and Mrs,
Jesse West of Carrboro.
Voters must choose between
Ross Porter of Hillsboro and Carl
M. Ellington of Carrboro for the
nomination to the county board of
education. John Thomas Wilder
and Richard Bateman are vying for
the constable’s post of Hillsboro
township.
Next Move Up To County On Schools
School Group
Elects Senter
In Carrboro
Lloyd Senter, one of two hold
over members on the five-member
Carrboro School Advisory Commit
tee, has been elected Chairman of
this group.
At its organizational meeting
night before last the Committee al
so elected John Davis, a newly-ap
pointed member, as its Secretary.
County Schools Superintendent G.
Paul Carr presided over the session
pending the election of officers.
The group did not discuss the
problem of Carrboro area pupil
assignment to Chapel Hill schools.
A motion was passed that all
committee meetings be held in the
Carrboro School, but the time of
.meetings was not set.
Commencement Concert
Is Set By Choral Club
The annual commencement con
cert at the University will be given
in Hill Music Hall on Sunday at
8:30 p.m. ,
Under the direction of Joel Car
ter, the Chapel Hill Choral Club
and the University ‘Symphony Or
chestra will combine to present
Brahms’ German Requiem.
Soloists will be Donna Kelly,
soprano, and Edgar vom Lehn, bar
itone.
Local Board
Hasn't Changed
Earlier Stand
Next move in the non-dis
trict pupil assignment contro
versy in Chapel Hill appears
to be up to the County School
Board, inasmuch as the Chap
el Hill Board is apparently
liolding firmly to its projaosal
of last weekend.
This would call for the as
signment of all Carrboro and
White Cross pupils to Chapel Hill
schools under the present plan, sub
ject to the payment of $30 annual
tuition by each pupil. To date the
County Board has refused to act on
this proposal.
To Meet Monday
However, at its regular meeting
Monday morning in Hillsboro the
entire local pupU assignment mat
ter will undoubtedly be discussed,
inasmuch as a number of parents
of Carrboi’o and White Cross pupils
have already applied to the Coun
ty Board for the individual release
of their children to attend the Chap
el Hill school^.
As of Tuesday morning the
Chapel Hill Schools System be
gan accepting applications for as
signment to its schools next year
from persons outside the Chapel
Hill District—including pupils now
attending Chapel HiU Schools from
(See NEXT MOVE, Page 6)
Call News Leader For Vote Returns;
Or Corne To Office And Check Chart
Election returns will be given out by telephone and posted on a chart in front of the News Lead
er office in Carrboro on Saturday night.
The general public, and all candidates in particular, are invited to join in front of the newspaper
office at 311 E. Main St., in Carrboro, for this occasion.
The voting results from each precinct will be posted on a bulletin board in the parking lot beside
the office, as the returns are received.
Results will also be available via telephone —call 8-444— until midnight. It is not expected, how
ever, that any returns will be available until about 8 p.m.
Retiring Schools Superintendent Feted ...
Civic Clubbers Give Davis Surprise Of His Life
His fellow Kiwanians joined
with members of the Rotary Club
here last night in a surprise pro
gram honoring retiring Chapel
Hill Superintendent of Schools C.
W. Davis.
Kiwanian Dr. Mike Berkut was
in charge of the hour-long review
which featured a “This Is Your
Life” presentation about Superin
tendent Davis. At the end he was
given a desk set and a large clock
by the two clubs. School Board
member R. E. Jamerson made the
presentation.
Rosemond Remembers
Tom Rosemond, a classmate of
Mr. Davis’ at Hillsboro High School
in 1913, recalled how the latter
came to Hillsboro from the old
Frog Level School near White
Cross. In high school he won in
terscholastic athletic recognition
in shotput and high jumping
events.
He entered the University
here where he continued as a
track star, but left school in
1918 to ojin the Naval Air Corps.
Spike Saunders showed through
a projector photos of Mr. Davis
at the University and in the
Navy.
After the war he became a
school administrator in Burlington 'THEY LIKE CHARLIE’ — Rotarians and Kiwanians of Chapel Hill, meeting jointly last evening,
for a few years before moving to surprised retiring Chapel Hill Schools Superintendent C. ,W. Davis with a special program tracing his
Roanoke Rapids where he became entire life. Above Kiwanian Tom Rosemond (left), one of Mr. Davis' high school classmates in Hills-
Superintendent and remained un- jjoro, reminisces on their earlier times together. News Leader Photo
til 1945. Miss Clara Hearne of By-
num, a teacher there for Mr. Da
vis’ entire tenure, praised his ad-
Hine Southern Orange Precincts Checked . .
nainistration highly and termed
him “an outstanding teacher and
a leader of young people.’’
Gobbel Compares
J. T. Gobbel, Chairman of the
Chapel Hill School Board when C.
W. Davis was brought here in 1945,
recalled that the system then had
44 teachers and two buildings, .'as
compared to 104 teachers and five
buildings now.
The program was closed with
a tribute from the Rev. Charles
Hubbard, who said "I have never
heard a student express any
thing except admiration and the
deepest respect for C. W. Davis."
The hdnoree himself, responding
to the program, said “I’d heard
Chapel Hill would be a difficult
place for my job, but I haven’t
found it so. The people here are
intensely interested in their
schools. I take no credit for the
growth during my 13 years here.”
Electorate Increased Five Per Cent
In Last Registration, Survey Shows
Despite the apparent light inter
est locally in Saturday’s Demo
cratic prirhary election, the num
ber of new voters added to the of
ficial rolls in the nine southern
Orange precincts during the recent
registration period equals about five
per cent of the total figure of 8,682.
Reports from the precinct reg
istrars this week showed there vvere
395 new registrations during the
period the books were open for this
purpose earlier this month. Figures
from the 10 Northern Orange pre
cincts were not immediately avail
able.
M^ny Switched Parties
In light of the recent campaign on
the part of local Republicans to get
members of their party who have
been registered as Democrats to
switch their registrations to their
true political leanings, it’s impos
sible to estimate how many of the
new registrations are actually new
voters.
As a matter of area interest, here
is a table of registrations and af
filiations for these nine local area
precincts, on the basis of reports
this week from registrars:
The above figures of cour'se show
that Democi-ats outnumber Repub
licans and independents together on
the voting books of these nine pre
cincts by belter than 12 to one.
Not So In General V'otes
Of course the voting picture in
national elections by no means re
flects this disproportionate picture.
A very great many Democrats ob
viously cross party line's to narrow
the margin.
(See ELECTIONS, Page 6)
Tightest Fiscal Picture
Is Seen For Chapel Hill
Precinct
Rep.
Ind.
Dem.
New Regs.
Total Reg.
Chapel Hill 1
101 ■
33
1,012
62
1,146
Chapel Hill 2
78
38
865
48
981
Chapel Hill 3
148
37
1,381
65
1.566
Chapel Hill 4
(est.)
1,200
42
1,239
Chapel Hill 5
120
45
1,116
93
1,281
Carrboro
5
4
1,610
50
1,619
White Cross
56 ■
22
288
15
366
Cole’s Store
19
183
14
202
Rock Springs
82 (Ind. also)
200
6
282
Totals
609
219
7,855
395
8,682
“The tightest financial situation
in years” is facing Chapel Hill
according to the views of munici
pal officials.
Funds for a public library, park
ing meters, and the possibility of
raising the tax rate are three in
ter-twined financial problems fac
ing the Finance Committee of the
Board in its budgetary delibera
tions.
«
The Committee is expected to
recommend a new budget to the
full board at its June 9 meeting.
night zoning hearing to present
further data in favor of a $4,600
appropriation for a Chapel Hill
Public Library.
Several Board members seemed
to feel that a tax rate increase of
about two cents over the present
$ .95 would be necessary to make
this appropriation.
■While some revenue for traffic
maintenance purposes might be
realized from' parking meters if Chairman for the observance
they’re installed, the Board mem
bers agreed that necessary salary
Jack Lasley Appointed
State UN Day Chairman
Acting for thg^ Community Coun- hikes and paturally - expanding
ciTs Library Committee, M r s. town services would make the fis-
Richmond Bond appeared before cal picture very tight unless tlj^e
the Board following the Monday tax rate is upped.
Jack Lasley, Chapel Hill at
torney, has been named State
of
United Nations Week next Oct. 19
through' 25 by Gov. Luther Hod
ges.
Mb. Lasley is former Chairman
of the local branch of the Ameri
can Association for the United
II notonly clean up government. HI clean up all
the campaign posters!" c. Danlel Jor The Xe.s Leader
About 150 To Get Diplomas In Local Rives
Over 150 Chapel Hill and Carr- Chapel Hill High, exercises are be- Lincoln High School commence-
boro students will graduate tonight ing encouraged by the Jaycees to ment exercises will be held to-
and tomorrow night at commence- join at the Chapel Hill Parking night at 8 p.m. in the LHS gymtor-
ment exercises for Carrboro Ele- Association lot downtown for a ium.
mentary School, Lincoln High barbecue ^upper beforehand from
School and Chapel Hill High 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Curb service will
School. also be offered for persons who
Tomorrow evening, immediately wish to take plates home,
following the CHHS graduation at The Rev. William B. Hall, Pas-
8 p.m. in Hill Hall, the Senior Re- tor of the Wilmington Presbyterian
ception will be held at Graham Church, will be. the speaker and
Memorial lounge. All seniors, par- diplomas will be awarded by
ents and friends are invited. Chapel Hill School Board Chair-
Families planning to attend the man Grey Culbreth.
Natons and is currently on the
Executive Committee of the State
Council of the AAUN.
He estimated that with the early
planning for this program that is
being started this year, there
would be upwards of 250 local
observances of UN Week in North
Carolina next fall.
Locally, Mr. Lasley revealed.
Mayor O. K. Cornwell of Chapel
Hill has appointed Mrs. Raymond
Adams as Chairman of the local
UN Day observance.
Forty-eight students' will gradu
ate from Carrboro School tonight
at 8 p.m. Preston Epps of the Uni
versity Department of Classics will
give the commencement address
and Reid Suggs, principal, will
award diplomas.
Marshals for the occasion will be
Gloria Partin, Carl Lloyd, Nancy
Ray and Charles Riggsbee,
Weather
REPORTS
Fair and
cooler
today
and to-
night, with
low
tonight
50-56.
Fair and warmer tomorrow.
High
Low
Rainfall
Monday
80
63
,49
Tuesday
73
46
.00
Wednesday
79
57
.00