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'EAR, NO. 95 Chapel Hill News Leader 0 3. Vith The News in Chapel Hill, Carfboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1958 EIGHT PAGES THIS ISSUE I Hiliians May Get Yule Bonus iblic Library May Open Doors Before Christmas )el Hill residents may new service may be in opera- pecial Christmas pres- tion before Dec. 25. s year. Officials of the “It all depends on whethei of trustees of the new we get the final shelving put up library think that the before then,” Mrs. Richmond Bond, IBRARY OPENING NEAR- {>!ays the sign which will go jrary may be opened before -Mrs. Gerald MacCarthy, librarian for Chapel Hill's new public libra- up soon in front of the facility in the old Hill House on Franklin St. Christmas. News Leader Photo >fOPLE n Brief OLDSTEIN OF THE TAR ontinues to collect after laurels. He was placed on e INS and the UPI All- n teams at end. In our anyone who leaves him off ig a mistake. A1 is one of re football players . . . who 'St both offensive agility ensive toughness. JBORO'S BUSINESS AND onal Woman’s Club has red assistance to the Chap- Junior Service League in the ninth annual Empty : Fund a success. Miss Bet- Hayes is general chairman fillsboro group. RICHMOND BOND OF rary Board says she has any manifestations of in- 1 the new facility. One idy, when overhearing Mrs. Iking of the subject, said, I can’t wait. This is the vn I’ve ever lived in that lave a public library.” TWENTY MEMBERS O^ Orgera’s Nursery School eir Christmas caroling year. The children went anger scene located at ic Temple on W. Frank- s morning and sang, ght. Holy Night” as part rogram. MCIAL OF THE POWER asked by this reporter if ephones were knocked ay nighi when an auto- a nower pole on Durham “Not manv of them, be- IV of them were being 11 us and complain about !r being cut off.” Chopel Hill Cage Tearns Open Season Tomorrow Chapel Hill’s senior boys and girls basketball teams open their 1958-59 season tomorrow night at the high school gymnasium. Game time for the first game, between girls’ teams, will begin at 7 p.m. The opponent is Garner. In the girls’ game, the local coach, Mrs. King Kouns, will be counting cn seven returning lettermen to give her a good nucleus for a start ing six. The returnees are Toby Andrews. Betsy Fitch, Brenda Harward, lursday, Dec. 4 p. m. — University Meth- r. _ Pharmacy Wives stitute of Pharmacy for ham. PTSA, Chapel Hill High torium. J'riday, Dec. 5 —, Community Club gen- ag, music program by String Quartet, Institute W- — Carolina Playmakers ook Homeward, Angel, [all. iturday, Dec. 6 — “Look Homeward, >morial Hall. iunday, Dec. 7 - Les Petites Musicales, i Theatre. — “Look Homeward, morial Hall. CHHS Candy Sale Underway; Proceeds To Scholarship Fund one high school student from Chapel Hill is sent to a foreign country for study each year, and a foreign stu dent is brought to the local high school. The candy sale, which is being conducted from door to door and in the downtown area, will continue through Dec. 15. The candy is being sold for $.50 per quarter pound. If all of the 300 boxes are sold, the school treasury will be increased by $2700. Denny Named Mason Head University Lodge 408, AF and AM, has named Emery B. Denny, Jr., local attorney, as new lodge master, succeeding Bill Durham. Mr. Denny and other new officers will take office sometime in Jan uary. Also elected at the meeting Mon day night were Hezekiah Dobson, Jr., senior warden; Henry Lee Fer guson, junior warden; Joseph Page, treasurer; and John H. Hinson, sec retary. Mr. Page and Mr. Hinson were reelected to their positions. Mr. Durham was named to a three-year term on the board of trustees. Bars of “The World’s Finest Chocolate” are now being sold by Chapel Hill High School students. The entire student body is taking part in the Student Council project, which is the largest money-raising program of the year. Proceeds from the sale will go to the school scholarship fund, visual aid equipment, athletic equipment and maintenance, and the American Field Service exchange student pro gram. According to a student spokesman, the money for the AFS will go to to alleviate some of the AFS costs and possibly bring an additional foreign students to the local high school. Under the present program Two Santenced For Wire Theft Two Carrboro Negroes were found guilty in Chapel Hill Recorder’s Court Tuesday for stealing a large quantity of scrap wire from the University Water Plant and were sentenced to serve 60-day sentences on the roads. Frank Alston and Thomas Mitchell were arrested Saturday afternoon by Officer A. L. Pendergrass and charged with stealing 277 pounds of copper wire from the University facility Friday night. They alleged ly sold the material to a firm in Durham. The Wire was valued by water plant authorities at $90. chairman of the board, said to- very soon. day. She said that the way things When the opening is definitely were progressing, the doors to the set, Mrs. Bond said, plans are to library—first ever for this Uni- have an “open house” some after- versity town—may be thrown open noon to introduce the new facility to the public. Hill House Location Much shelving has already been put in place at the library’s new home in the Hill House on Frank lin St., next to the Franklin St. School. Patrons will enter the four- room library from a door at the left of the building. This week, Mrs. Bond, Mrs. Ger ald R. MacCarthy, librarian, and Mrs. Benjamin White, a volunteer worker, are filling the shelves al ready constructed with books. While Mrs. Bond is not certain ex actly how many books will be available at the onset, she can count on a nucleus of 2,000 do nated articles and others from the Hyconeechee Regional Library, of which the new local facility is a pqrt, and from the State Library. The Hyconeechee library will furn ish mostly children’s books, while the state library will provide about 500 volumes of adult literature. In addition, the library, with ap propriated town funds, has ordered subscriptions to various magazines and periodicals. And the federal government will provide $3,000 for purchase of office equipment and books. Offices Adequate? While the present space will be adequate for a beginning, Mrs, Bond sees the day when the rooms will be out grown. Adult books are to be in the front room, library offices and juvenile literature in the middle room, and additional child’s books in a smaller back room. A kitchen is the fourth room. Mrs. Bond says a “little reserve space” is being saved in tlje de decorated rooms to take care of initial expansion. Soon after the opening, Mrs. Bond says, it is planned to start a “Chapel Hill Library Guild” for local persons who wish to copf-i- bute money and supplement the li brary’s grapt from the town. Also, a special memorial section will be established for those wishing to remember loved ones by dedicat ing a book. The Chapel Hill Public Libra ry will emphasize children’s lit erature and "popular" books generality unavailable at the Uni versity Library, which is princi pally a teaching and research facility. Mrs. Bond feels the local li brary will ‘supplement’ the Univer sity library, which for many years has been the only lending book facility here. “The University Library is gen erous and hospitable,” Mrs. Bond said, “but has almost more than it can do with so many more stu dents.” She said the local library will be able to “borrow” books when requested by patrons. Chapel Hill is the only town of its size in North Carolina without a library. Extensive study and sur veys — one by the Community Council last year headed by Mrs. Bond—established the need. Then, last summer, the Board of Aider- men approved a $4,600 grant for its establishment. Interest among citizens is appar ent. One man donated some 300 Joanne Lloyd, Cheryl Harville, Dawn Culton, and Barbara Hack ney. Coach Bob Culton’s quintet will be seeking a second straight victory over the Garner club. Coach Culton has declined to name starters, saying instead that “seven Or eight” boys will carry the load. This group includes Subir Roy, Brick Oettinger, Bill Bowerman and Mon tie Milner, returning lettermen. The Willcats had an 8-8 record last year. While Elephant Sale Scheduled On Dec. 12 The Chapel Hill Exchange Club will hold a “White Elephant Sale” on Friday, Dec. 12, at Stancell Mo tor Co., Franklin St. The sale will be conducted from 7 until 9 p.m., with proceeds going to crippled children. The club col lected a big store of salable goods in two townwide pickups. books even before the library was approved. “This is a big step for Chapel Hill,” Mrs. Bond said. M. J. Hakan Gets Position On Plan Board M. J. Hakan was appointed this week to fill out the unexpired term of Stacy Neville on the Chap el Hill Planning Board. The action was taken by the Or ange County Commissioners, upon a recommendation from the local planning unit. Haken is currently a member of the board but is mov ing out of the city limits. Hakan’s successor will be named by the Board of Aldermen. In other action Monday, the county board reappointed tax list ers. They include R. C. Compson, Cedar Grove, A. E. Wilson, Little River, H. R. Heath, Cheeks, R. J. Smith, Jr., Hillsboro, Mrs. J. D. Griffin, Eno, Jeter Lloyd, Bingham, and Lemuel Cheek, Chapel Hill. Mrs. Gibson Named To Head Carrboro Unit New officers of the Carrboro Civic Club were elected and in stalled at the Club meeting held Tuesday night. The new officials are Mrs. J. S. Gibson, president; Mrs. Carl El lington, vice president; Mrs. Earl Settlemire, secretary; and Mrs. Henry Tilley, treasurer. Mrs. Ellington is retiring pres ident of the group. A Christmas program was given at the meeting by Miss Blanche Glenn of the School of Public Health. She gave, a reading of “The Man Who Owhed the Stable.” Two of the Club’s main projects are the care and maintenance of the Well Baby Clinic and the Carrboro Public Library. The Clinic is a monthly project, which includes the provision of the building, aid to the nurses, and the recent renovation of the building with new stoves and ad ditional heating facilities. The Club will hold a rummage sale in the Lloyd-Ray Hardware store on Friday. Active membership in the Club includes about 15 persons. Carrboro To Welcome Santa Claus Carrboro citizens will gather Fri day night to welcome Santa Claus and ring in the Christmas season with carol singing. Santa Claus, in an open car, wiU tour through the town starting at 7 p.m., tossing candy to children. The procession will start on Weaver and Greensboro Sts., and then go to the lawn of Plant No. Two, where the community sing will be con ducted. Choirs of the • Baptist and Meth odist churches will participate in the singing. At the mill grounds, Christmas lights will be turned on for the first time this year. It will be the first such observ ance held in Carrboro in a number of years. One parade official said that “a lot of enthusiasm has been A POWER POLE WOUL-D FIT HERE—The indention on front of this late model car is no ilew design ... it came from a power pole, w|iich the car hit a few minutes earlier Tuesday night. The car was driven by University student Linden Winburn. The pole was knocked over, causing a blackout in East Chapel Hill for some 40 minutes shortly after midnight. (Police Photo) Power Blackout Caused When Car Smashes Pole Weather REPORTS Clearing and cooler today. Not so cool tonight and windy. Friday, mostly cloudy, becoming clearer in the afternoon. High today, 55- 60. Low tonight, 40-45. High tomor row, 55. NAMES IN THE NEWS—This quartet were among newsmakers this week. Left to right are F. Lloyd Noell, Hillsboro attorney who was named new solicitor of the Orange Cqunty Recorder's Court to replace Roy Cole; Ross Porter, taking his oath as a new member of the County Board of Education; Mrs. Henry S. Walker of St. Mary's, voted outstanding home demonstration leader in the county for 1958; and Emery Denny, Jr., Chapel Hill, named master of the local Ma sonic lodge. LOOK, FOLKS, HERE HE IS!—The young Boy Scout in the foreground gives the good news to on lookers at Chapel Hill's annual Christmas parade here Monday night . . . Santa Claus and his reindeer troupe is approaching. The Santa float was the last in a 19-unit procession which attracted almost 10,- 000 persons—the majority being children, naturally—to Franklin St. Following the parade, local stores remained open until 9 p.m. They will remain open late again tomorrow night. News Leader Photo « Regional Shopping Center Change Approval Asked By Planning Board The Chapel Hill Planning Board has recommended to the Board of Aldermen approval of an amend ment to the zoning ordinance which would include regional shopping center restrictions. It also has recommended approval of the amendment. * The action was taken at a busy Tuesday night meeting which also saw the planners decide to investi gate possible adjustments in space requirements for fraternities, and to ask residents of a section of Rose mary St. whether they would con sider rezoning their properties from fraternity zoning back to residential. The regional shopping center ordinance would provide for con* trols on shopping areas intermedi- ato between a concentrated busi- I’css section and highway shopping centers. It would also give the pianners and the town council tighter rein on such enterprises. The amendment would set mini mum acreage at 25 and restrict the I’ezoning to one side of a highway. Developers would also have to make tlieir plans in conformity with town plans and get council and Planning Bo^d approval of these plans. Mod ifications in plans would also go un der extensive study. And, should the developer fail to follow plans or meet obligations, the town would have the power to re zone or cut back the property. J. T. Dobbins, chairman of the Board of Adjustment, appeared be fore the board and said his group has experienced difficulties with “general inconsistencies” in space requirements for University frater nity houses. He illustrated by noting that many fraternities and sorori ties are situated in old homes hous ing sometimes 10 or fewer people, when the frats need almost 30 to break even. A study of the situation was ordered. A petition from Novelist Betty Smith to rezone her home at Rose mary and Hillsboro Sts. from RAIOA (fraternity) to RA6 (residential) was approved, and the group de cided to contact landowners on the north side of Rosemary St. from the telephone exchange to Miss Smith’s home to see if the same rezoning is desired. As it is, the en tire section is zoned for fraternities, but there are no fraternity houses there. A petition from Theodore Dan- ziger for rezoning to suburban commercial of an area on. Old Air port Rd. for a neighborhood shop ping center was approved with little comment. It now goes to the council for final action. The group also recommended ap proval of amendment to the town’s ordinance on signs which would per mit them at highway shopping cen ters. Heretofore, they have been limited to business, industrial, and suburban commercial areas. Rezoning of a plot for a street in Clark Hills Subdivision, re-referred to the planners by the council for study, was approved, with the nota tion that the plot be designated, temporarily, as an unassigned re- ci'eation area. Attorney James Far- low, representing the subdivision, told the board of difficulties in co ordinating the plot with roads in Lake Forest Estates, which adjoins. Publishing Firm, Writer Sued For Libel The Chapel Publishing Company, publishers of The Chapel Hill Week ly, and C. Phillips RusseU have been named defendants in a civil action charging libel, filed in the Orange County Superior Court. Plaintiff in the suit is the News Leader Company, Inc., publisher of the Chapel Hill News Leader. Rus sell is a former editor of the News Leader. Basis of the action is a statement written by Russell and published by the Chapel Hill Weekly last Au gust in which, among other things, it was charged “two stockholders have usurped control of the man agement of the paper and its fin ances” and that the paper has been placed in receivership. The plaintiff charges that portions of the statement are “false, libelous and defamatory” and that they were published with “actual malice on the part of each of the defendants and in a wanton disregard of and indifference to the plaintiff’s rights and to the effect of said publication on the plaintiff's business .and busi ness reputation.” Actual and punitive damages to talling $75,000 are sought by the plaintiffs. A University student escaped ser ious injury but put out the lights for hundreds of other Chapel Hill resi dents Tuesday night when his car plowed into a power pole on ■ Dur ham Rd. Chapel HiU police identified the driver of the car as Liriden Terry Winburn, University senior from Conway, S. C. They said his car smashed into the pole a few min utes before midnight. The pole was knocked to the ground and the car listed as a total loss. In fact, the car appeared as though it had been spiked down the middle of the hood, like a cannon. Officials of the University Service Plant said that residents in an area east of Rosemary and East Frank lin Sts. were left without power for about 40 minutes. Residents of the area immediate ly surrounding the accident site, hear Howell Lane, were without electrical power untli 5 a.m. in the morning. Heating devices electrically oper ated were shut off, of course, but it was not a cold night. Sunday night, the temperature was down to 17 degrees. Winburn was released from N C Memorial Hospital after treatment. Fire Damages Station Here Considerable damage to the in terior of a Carrboro service sta tion was done this moriiing by a fire which started, firenien report ed, when gasoline being used to clean a floor was ignited. Firemen answered the call at 11:15 a.m. today at the Elmer Pen- dergraft station on West Franklin St. Most of the damage, the fire men said, occurred in the garage section, where the floor was being cleaned. SHERIFF HOSPITALIZED Sheriff Odell Clayton entered W’atts Hospital for observation Mon day after being sworn into office for a new term.
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