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cord Seen On Non-District Pupil Assignment Controversy ^ :aPel Hill News Leader Leading With The News in Chapel Hiil, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas R, NO. 44 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1958 EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE OPLE Brief WHO HAS UNDOUBT- ied the most dastard- ai vandalistic act here- mighty long time is the )ke into one of Col. e’s Dairyland Farms it was parked at the tation the other night. he steal some of the ' poured it in the jnk. —And even Dairy- Golden Guernsey fouls u’etors! I’LY HE WAS ALSO low who stole a half- uins off the rental he Glen Lennox Ser- then ripped all the off the office doors d floor of the Lennox lOESX T SEEM LIKE aliber of fellow who ».jV[onday broke into [1 player Chuck Hart- I in Emerson Stadium, i^d just, before com- jme Monday and found bf clothing and other iCts mis.sing. The haul ^ suits, a watch, . a big load of addi- g apparel, ILL SCHOOI, BOARD re apprised Monday total cost of holding sftl May 20 merger Carrboro-White Gross ), By state statute the nust foot this bill, In- jurse, is the pay for legal advertising s, and printing, HSIDE CHAPTER OF Teachers Association ring Superintendent of Valuable Chippendale Chairs Stolen From Chapel Sanctuary Commencement weekend thieves which is now believed to be in a a gift, presented ^by apparently stole a pair ,of altar New York museum. Chairman G]-ey Cul- chairs—valued at about $200 apiece Since the cliiirch is alw'ays open, Board s Monday night the old, Chapdl of the 'Cross one can onlv guess whether the as a $50 savings bond. pe^e. ■ chairs were hidden by pranksters immediate reaction, • These chairs, of Chippendale de- or stolen S.uiday night, “We find delight and apprecia- gig„ velvet seats, were in it hard to believe anyone would vish they d done some- jjjg sanctuary of the chapel on eith- steal from the sanctuary of a children instead! gi^jg gf Their disap- church,” a member said, “but since MARSHALL J. CORI- pearance was discovered early the church buildings have been ori'iediy watching the Monday morning by William Me- thoroiJghly searched, we can only day ^afternoon, final- cauley, the church sexton, come to this conclusion.” )out 5:30 p.m. that it Appraised vsome years ago as ori- icession was already in front of the Bell , when it began rain- exercises had to be foollen Gym. landing ather SUNDAY' PAPER DRIVE The J a y c e e ,s semi-monthly scrap paper drive will be staged throughout the community this Sunday afternoon. Householders are asked to have. their paper tied in bundles at Hie curb by 1 p.m. Matt Thompson Jr., chair man of the pick-up, said it was being staged this week-end in stead of at the customary end of the month date because of a commitment to the buyer of the paper. PRESBYTERIANS PICTURED—Framed through an empty bal cony window in the burned skeleton of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church are worshippers at the formal groundbreaking ceremonies Sunday for the Church's new student center and educational wing. It will be built on the site on which they are standing. News Leader Photo New Petition Filed To Join Chapel Hill A new petition for annexation of a small contiguous area now in the Carrboro district to the Chapel Hill school district without a vote of the peopie has been fUed with the Orange County Board of Education, The area tor which annexation is requested is the property lying on both sides of Homestead road from the point where^ that road leaves the Chapel Hill school district to the point where it internets witli Highway 36. No action was taken at Monday’s meeting on the petition wlWch con tains 44 names, including 20 land- owners. the board deciding tliat this matter will be considered along v.'ith the whole Carrboro district as signment problem. Also at Monday’s meeting, the school board heard a delegation of Hillsboro citi/.ens urge the leasing /of Orange Speedway property for use as a high school athletic field. The board indicated sympathy with the proposal and pursuant to the board’s suggestion. Superintendent G. P. Carr met Tuesday night with members of the delegation, local school officials and committee members to outline details to b'e included and i steps , to be followed in negotiating the lease. ACCEPT CARRBORO SCHOOL—The newiy-cuiripieted lO-ciassroom Carrboro Elementary School has been accepted from the contractors by the Count/ Board of Education, subject to a few minor con struction details. Above may be seen the administration and elementary classroom wings of the build ing, while below is a section of the primary classroom building, showing the outside entrances and play areas by each room. News Leader Photo Continuation Of Segregation Anticipated Board Postpones Pupil Assignment rain, and proceed- ginaj English Chippendale made in “We will be most grateful for any assistance in the recovery of Speed Over 100 Nets $75 Fine A police car chase at a speed in excess of 100 miles an hour here brought a $75 fine to a local speed er. the UNC graduation i79o_ the two chairs were given to the chairs,” the Rev. David Yates be held m Kenan the church by Charles Peter Mai- j-ector of th. t year the outdoor jett, who lived in Chapel Hill dur ing the Civil War. His great-great- granddaughter, Miss* Sallie Foard MacNider, is a member of the same g^t question HAM — One of five fathers named by a littee appointed by ts Association is Po- f E. Durham. A na- je County, he attend- el Hill High School, n the class of 1942. I on the local police returning from war- in the Air Force. 1 is married to the a Lloyd and they — Eddie, 10, and months. A member och Baptist Church, tive as an Exchange and American Leg- he News Leader saf- sf the community's dads! . Photo by Lavergne church. The chairs were probably the end chairs of a set of seven, one of Student Editors From Russia Visiting Here Six Russian student editors will be on campus today and tomor row, as part of a student exchange arranged by the United States National Students 4ssociation. The six editors arived yester day and will observe the Univers ity, Stkte College, and certain phases of Durham and Raleigh life ' as part of their 30-day tour of the United States. Averaging in age from 28 to 38, the Russian guests edit stu dent and youth publications in various parts of the Soviet Union. The editors will today have breakfast with several members of the faculty, and then will tour the campus, including the gym nasium, hospital, library, chem istry building, physics building, a women’s dormitory, and the of fices of The Daily Tar Heel and student government. The group will participate in a student government discussion, which will be followed by a church group luncheon. The editors will then go to Durham to meet Mayor E. J. Evans and tour Liggett and Myers cigarette factory. They will appear at a press conference in Chapel Hill at 4 p.m. in Graham Memorial, and will appear on television over WUNC-TV at 6:15 with Don Fur- tado, student body president, and Allard K. Lowenstein, former president of the -United States Students Association, All pupil/assign|n)en,ts, to ChapeJ, __ the. oyer-all assignment, by renew- Chairman Culbreth said he had Hill schools fdr the' cofhifig year ing*:; the ' policies adopted for the been notified by the Division High- have been postponed, pending, the past fwo years. way Engineer that a new road link- settlement of: the/controversy" over. ' iBoard Chairman Grey Culbreth ing Airport Rd, to the Estes Hills assignment of County system pu- announced that the annual re-or- School would be built and ready pils to Chapel Hill. ganization of the Board was j)lan- for use by live time the School is While the overall-all pupil assign- ned for its next meeting, at which completed, ment matter was discussed, by the time he said he would like ,to re- There was considerable discussion Pleading guilty in the Chapel Hill Board at its Monday evening meet- Chairman. also on the necessity for traffic Recorder’s Court, was former Uni- mg. it was generally agreed that Ti'e Mary Bayley Pratt Library and pedestrian safety pre-cautions church, said. “They versity- of North Carolina student it was “not practical to proceed Association s gift of its books to on streets leading to this School, are worth much more than their Michael Slagle Conley, 20, of Char- v/ith it” undl the Carrboro-White Chapel Hill School System was In addition the group agife-ed to intrinsic value to our congregation, itston, W. Va. Patrolman Lindy Cross ■ assignment matter was set- generally as “a reason- continue its campaign to have Mc- Their return will be accepted with- Pendergrass said that when he „ i propo.sal” but action was def- Master St. extended through to tied. It s expected, of course, that fered until otirer persons concern- Nunn St., so as to improve access segregation will be maintained in, ed could be heard from. to Northside School. stopped Conley’s late model sports car after a posUmidnight chase 6n- the bypas-s highway the driver told him he’d just had a new motor put in his car and w'as “trying it out.” The policeman said he noticed Further consideration of a pro- Conley’s car pass at a high rate Merchants Considering Benches On Sidewalks Electrical Code Is Altered posal to set out benches on the busi ness district sidewalks is to be giv en by the Public Relations Commit tee of the IVIerchants Association. The group's Board of Directors referred the matter to its commit tee on Monday evening. Referred to the Traffic and Parking Committee was a proposal to hand out com plimentary parking tickets to visi tors to Chapel Hill. ot speed while he was on routine night patrol, coming out of the The Orange County Board of .Coim- Electrical Ordinance which became sheds, poultry houses or other farm mlssioners amended its . recently psv effective on February 1, 1938 has outbuildings where not more tlian Ridgefield development. During the '-^^Bshed Electrical Ordinance at caused inconvenience and^ hardship six outlets for both lights and pow- ensuing two-mile chase, he told the meeting to elinuinate, two on many citizens of Orange County er are involved and where -said qut- court, he had to drive over than “hardship” provisions which have in that said ordinance required a buildings are not designed, intended 110 miles an hour, according to the widespread criticism in the licensed electi-ician to install ex- oi- used as dwelling quarters, patrol car speedometer. • areas. . tensions of wires to outbuildings Further amend said ordinance by The amendments eliminated the near dwelling houses. striking out the last nine words inx CHILDREN NEED PIANO requirement for a permit and in- NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RE- Subsection 1 ot oecnon 4, said The seventh floor pediatrics ward spection in certain farm installa- SOLVED that a new provision be words being as follows: '‘who shall at Memorial Hospital needs a piano tions and the further requirement added to Section 3, Permits and In- be on the job at all times.” for the use of the children and vol- that a licensed electrician be “on spections, known as Subsection 1-c, In other actions, the commission- The group cJso approved the lo- unteer workers in recreation. Any- 'ithe job at all times.” ' to read as follows: ei's heard routine reports from the cal organization of the National Re- one who has an old piano who would The formal resolution of the No permit or inspection shall be various' county departments and -■'^-'isociation, and discuss- be willing to donate it for this pur- board embodying the changes was required for the installation of continued their examlnatiin of bud- e aving a UNC student represen- pose is asked to call Mrs. Jacobs as follows: light or power lines from existing get requests iireparatory to adopt- tative on tli_ Board. at the hospital. WHEREAS, the Orange County duly approved installation to barns, 'eg the annual budget later this ^ month. School Board Re-Hires Teacher At Junior High In Face Of Citizens' Protest And Testimonials In the face of eloquent professional testimonials and a mass pro test from more than 100 parents, the Chapel Hill School Board has reversed the decision of its teacher committee not to re-hire a junior high school teacher. , A citizens movement in the interests of retaining eighth grade teacher Berry Vause in the local school system next year mushroomed acorss the community early this week and resulted in a mass meeting with the school board Tuesday night. Agree To Renew Contract In Private Session After listening to a half-hour of praise for Mr. Vause and protests against the failure to re-hire him, the Board in executive session agreed late Tuesday night to renew his contract. The hearing before the Board followed an organizational meet ing in the High School Library in which 103 persons signed an en dorsement of the history and science teacher who was allegedly notified of the school board committee's action last Friday—the last day of school. The Rev. Vance Barron, elected chairman of the gro.up, said he understood that when Mr. Vause went to pick up his final pay check for the year last Friday, he was informed of the Committee's recom mendation that he not be re-hired and that it was suggested that he quietly resign. Vause Not Connected With Action Dr. William G. Morgan,, speaking before the School Board, em phasized that “Berry Vause has nothing to do with all of this. He said night before last he had decided to let this drop. I suppose I am primarily responsible for this gathering, since I talked to two other people about it—and since then I have done nothing taut answer the telephone (about this matter). I think Mr. Vause would have dropped out of sight if he had not been urged to remain.” Earlier Dr. Morgan declared "There are definite criticisms of Mr. Vause, but they ail add up to small things—not serious enough to justify such drastic action as had been taken." Mr. Vause, now completing his second year of teaching here, came to Chapel Hill from teaching posts at Mooresville and Micro. The precise charges against him by the Board’s Teacher Commit tee were never made public. But all of several of the protesting citizens who had talked with Board members insisted that they could find out only “small reasons” and were assured there were none others. Some Reasons Stated Some of these reasons as brought out were (1) Smoking in a coat closet instead of in the principal’s office—a teacher regulation; (2! (See VAUSE, Page 8) Friday, June 6 7 p.m. - Summer school welcom. ing party, Y-Court Sunday, June 8 3 p.m. — Chapel Hill Swim Club, Kessing Pool Monday, June 9 9 a.m. — Chapel Hill Recreation Department tennis class organiza tional meeting. University Tennis Courts ‘ TO PAVE BYPASS The Nellow L. Teer Co. ol Dur ham won .a contract for $251,683 to pave the three-mile southwest bypass around Carrboro, when bids were opened and contracts let to low bidders by the State Highway Commission in Raleigh yesterday. County, Local Boards Seem In Agreement Tlie Oranoe ' County and 'Chapel Hill Seliool Boards Iiave apparenty reached ai.t^ree- nient on the solution to the controversy on assi.i’nment of Carrboro - W'hite Cross area pupils to the local school sys- ,.tein. In a special nieetino- last evenino- the.. County Board agreed basically to the terms earl ier proposed by the Chapel l^ill Board, whereby the County pupil assignment was made to Chapel Hill on a tuition basis “subject to approval- as to each student by the Chapel Hill -Board.” When this proposal receives for ma! approval from the Chapel Hill Board, it is expected that a formal agreement to this effect will be drawn up and signed by the two Boards. > Follows Board Last night’s County Board meet ing in Hillsboro followed a con ference here yesterday afternoon between officials of the County and Chapel Hill School Systems. Prior to that time the Chapel Hill Board had set June 14 as the final dead line for reaching an agreement with the County. In the absence of such by that datte the Chapel Hill ' Board planned to proceed with setting up its schools to educate only Chapel Hill District pupils next fall. Chairman Grey Culbreth of the Chapel Hill Board this morning said he ivas pleased to learn of the County Board’s action, ajid expected that his group would meet soon to consider the latest proposal from the County. As he now apderstcod it, he said, he felt the agreement would be quickly reached. This means—assuming the agree ment is consummated — that all White Cross-Carrboro area pupils, except those who customarily have attended one of the two public schools established in those areas for grade one through eight, may now attend the Chapel Hill Dis trict Schools next year on a tuition basis. S30 Is Set The Chapel Hill Board has set $30 per pupil as the tuition fee, and is currently accepting these individual -pupil applications. About 70 have been received to date, according to Superintendent of Schools C. W. Davis. Last year thers were 458 Carrboro- White Cross pupils in the Chapel Hill System schools. Following is the text of the County -Board’s motion, passed unanimously last evening: “Inasmuch as the Chapel Hill Board of Education has failed to act upon the request of the Or ange County Board to submit this mutual problem to the State Board of Education for settlement, this Board -wishes to submit the follow ing proposal: “Pursuant to the authority vest ed in this Board by G.S. 115-176, the Orange County Board of Edu cation hereby assigns to the Chap el Hill City Board of Education for the school year 1958-59 all stu- (See AGREEMENT, Page 8) White Cross-Carrboro Teachers Are Re-Hired Seventeen teachers in the'Carr boro and White Cross Schools have had their contracts renewed for the coming school year by the Orange County School Board. At Carrboro School they are Reid Suggs 'who has recently re signed). Mrs. Sarah E. Roberson. Mrs. Ophelia H, Andrew, Mrs. Sue Erwin Pulver, Mrs. Eva L, Blaine, Mrs. Constance B. Strupe. Mrs. Kay P. Ro.gers, Mrs. Virginia M. Grantham. Mrs. Corinne L. Ed- mundson, Mi.ss Agnes Andrews, Mrs, Helen L. Petit, Mrs. Loula L. Maddry, Mi.ss Claudia M. Cates and Mrs. Nannette M. McCook. White Cross School — Mrs. Blanche S. Mattox, Mrs. Patty J. Bynum and Miss Margaret Stan ford. Weather REPORTS Partly cloudy and warm today and tomorrow, with widely scat tered thunder showers beginning tomorrow. Low tonight mid-60’s. High Low Rainfall Monday 84 64 .00 Tuesday 87 63 .00 -Wednesday 74 59 .00
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