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Volume 41, Number 96
Gator Bowl Charter
Trains & Buses Set
Jacksonville Hotel And Motel
Accommodations Going Fast
A chartered train is being made up in Raleigh to take
Tar Heel football fans to the Gator Bowl Dec. 28, and
negotiations are under way with two other railroad
lines to charter two other trains.
Seaboard Airline Railroad has assigned one car to
the special train, which will leave Raleigh for Jackson
ville Friday night, Dee. 27. Other cars will be added as
reservation requests come in.
Joe Augustine, executive
TOWN
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What is the Number One Thing
that Chapel Hill mothers and
fathers can do, or say, to incite
improvement in their children—
especially in their attitude and
demeanor in school.
Clyde Pressley, principal of
Guy Phillips Junior High School,
gave a tip at the PTA meeting
last week. Prior to open house
tpurs at Phillips Junior High, Mr.
Pressley, in good form and hu
mor, said there is one home
training lesson that parents can
teach their children that will hold
them in good stead in their edu
cation.
With bated breath, the parents
waited to hear. Would Mr.
Pressley advise us to help with
the home work? To make sure
they get to school on time and
regularly? To qdmonish them on
conduct and sassy ways? To get
a tutor?
"One of the things you can
teach them at home." said the
principal, “is to learn how to
pick up their feet.”
Modern youth has away of
shuffling along. It shortens the
life of shoe leather, as well as
puts extra wear and tear on rugs
and floors.
* * *
Another Pressleyism was quot
ed by one of the parents, who
mentioned that the principal had
praised Chapel Hill children like
this: "They have brains, and it
would be well if they always had
ambition to match.”
* * *
The University now has some
thing that every teen-age girl
desires—a phone of its own.
Before now, the University has
not had a central number.
People outside the Town and
the State were often puzzled.
They asked to speak to the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and the
operator’s reply would be: “To
whom do you wish to speak
there? What school or depart
ment?”
• * *
You can call Duke University,
or University of Chicago, or Har
vard, and get a number for the
over-all institution.
And now the University here
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SCENES
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Sportsman abandoning his car,
still moving, to bolt for the Gator
Bowl ticket line in front of Wool
len Gym . . . TED DANZIGER
batting practically 1.000 in his
objections to Planning Board pro
posals. . . . New Health Affairs
information officer DEMONT
ROSEMOND greeting friends with
the savoir faire of a native . . .
Sure sign es approaching Christ
mas: fragments of a shattered
piggy bank in a vacant lot on
East Rosemary .... Potential
Gubernatorial candidate SPERO
DGRTON planning to test the
political climate in Florida .'. . .
Community Chest campaign offi
cials looking glum and grim ....
Youngster running nearly the
length at Franklin Street keep
ing ifcreast of Santa Claus in yes
terday’s parade .... Carr boro
Mayor C. T. ELLINGTON visit
ing his sick chihuahua at Vine's
Vet Hospital .... Citizens
scrambling all over Town for
Time, Newsweek and Life-sell
ing out as fast as they came in
.... Chapel Hill’s moet sophisti
cated moonshiner reporting that
Me batch of home-brew had pass
ed the taste test
The Chapel Hill Weekly
director of the Merchants
Association, said negotiations had
started with Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad to form another charter
ed train at either Rocky jMount or
Fayetteville, and with Southern
Railroad to form a third train
starting from Greensboro.
The total price of a seat on the
Raleigh train and admission to
the Gator Bowl game is $35.
Checks should be made payable
to Continental Travel Agency,
which is handling all reserva
tions, and sent to Box 689, Chap
el Hill. Reservations are being
handled on a first-come, first
served basis, and about 6,000
game tickets are left of the 12,000
originally made available here
by Gator Bowl officials.
The $35 price includes trans
portation to Jacksonville, to the
Bowl from downtown Jackson
ville, back to toe train after the
game, and back to Ar
rival in Jacksonville will be ear
ly Saturday morning, arrival in
Raleigh will be early Sunday.
The maximum number of cars
will be twenty, Mr. Augustine
said. Each car seats 52 people.
Other hapel Hillians have been
making other arrangements to go
to the Gator Bowl. One Trail
ways bus has already been char
tered, and Trailways also an
ticipates toe UNC Band to char
ter three or four buses, and other
private parties to more
buses. H. C. Pearce, manager
of the Oiapel Hill Bus Station,
said charter bus arrangements
must be made within the next
three days, because Trailways
must cut off charters to keep
on hand enough buses for its
normal peak holiday passenger
loads.
Mr. Pearce said a 38-passeng
er bus with a bathroom would
cost $596.20 to go to Jacksonville
and back for two, three, or four
days. The same driver would
stay with the bus throughout the
trip.
Mr. Pearce afro said the How
ard Johnson Motel in Jackson
ville, with which Trailways is
connected, was already full for
the Gator Bowl weekend.
William S. Johnson, general
manager of the Jacksonville Area
Chamber of Commerce, said ho
tel and motel reservations there
should be made immediately. He
said overnight accommodations
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Post Office Rush
Hasn’t Started Yet
The Christmas rush has not yet
begun in the Post Office, but
postal activity accelerated.
Parcel post has increased, al
though this may in part be the
result of two holidays last week:
a day of mourning for President
Kennedy, and Thanksgiving.
Stamp sales have increased also.
Mail receiving tables will be
set up in the Post Office lobby
in front of toe letter slots when
warranted—probably about Dec
ember 16.
Lake Forest, Coker Hills Area Rezoning Rejected
A proposed downzoning in the
area of Coker Hills and Lake
Forest received a mild rebuff
from the Planning Board last
night.
The request came from C. A.
Ellinaer who owns approximate
ly 9Vi acres between Durham
Road and the two subdivisions.
Mr. Ellinger told the Board he
had "no definite plans" for sub
division and development of his
land. “I Just wanted to see what
zone I was in before I made any
definite plans." he said.
He had requested that the pro
perty be re-zoned from Agricul
tural to RA-10. Hie request had
been presented in a public hear
ing before the Aldermen and the
Planners last week.
Two residents of the area ob
jected to the proposed re-zoning.
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Santa Claus Arrives In Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Labor Leader
Claims Work
Basic Right
By DIANE HILE
The 35-hour work week and a
' large public works program
are the solutions to toe labor
problem, according to labor
leader James B. Carey who de
fended the “Job as a Property
Right” in last night’s Gaston
lecture in Carroll Hall.
“A man should have a job as
a property right in a society
that is concerned with human
ity, with individuals and their
economic security,” said Mr.
Carey, “not in a society that
tries to ignore six million un
employed and 38 million im
poverished citizens. Serious and
drastic economic measures must
be taken to solve unemployment
problems, and prominent among
these measures should be a
large public works program and
the establishment of a 35-hour
week throughout industry.
' ’ “A 35-hour work week ought
to be enforced. People should
not be able to take more than
their share of jobs by working
in the day and then ‘moonlight
ing,’ taking an extra job at
night. It’s a crime to deprive
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The heavy rush in Christmas
mail usually starts about 10 days
before Christmas with outgoing
mail. Before toe rush is over
incoming and outgoing mail will
have become equal, and toward
the end of the rush most of the
Post Office’s activity will con
cern incoming parcel post, usual
ly after about December 18.
Postmaster Paul Cheek urges
all postal patrons to mail parcels
at least two weeks before Christ
mas to assume their being deliv
ered by Christmas Day.
One of them, Charleton Strange,
a resident of Old Oxford Road,
said he had 25 signatures on a
petition objecting to the change.
"We object to anything lower
than RA-20," Mr. Strange said.
"We feel this would be detri
mental to property values. The
line has to be drawn somewhere,
and this could change the whole
outlay of the area. This move
could lead to undesirable devel
opment.”
Bob Anderson, representing the
directors of the Lake Forest As
sociation. said he felt the request,
if granted, would constitute spot
zoning, since the property doe*
not adioin any existing RA-10
zone. Re-zoning would also lead
to increased traffic congestion in
the area, already heavy with
predominantly RA-20 zoning.
Serving the Chapel Hill Area Since 1923
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1963
Hundreds Line Franklin St.
For Annual Yuletide Parade
The annual Chapel Hill-Carr
boro Christmas parade opened
toe shopping season here yester
day. Hundreds lined Main Street
in Carrboro, where toe parade
started, and Franklin Street-to
watch toe floats and the bands
and Frank Cain’s nursery rhyme
caricature heads trcop the length
of both towns’ business sections.
T.ie parade, set about two hours
earlier in the evening than in
past years, seem jo draw just
as many spectators as it always
has, possibly more, in spite of a
biting cold that came with sun
down.
The parade was preceded by
a man selling balloons. Behind
him in rapid order came the
Chapel Hill Fire Department’s
Model T fire engine bearing a
good word for the Chief James
Stewart's junior fire marshall
program; the Lincoln High
School Band quick-stepping with
customary energy; and a small
group of people carrying "Give
Freedom for Christmas” placards
around their necks handing out
leaflets to the spectators. The
leaflets, had not been planned by
the Merchants Association, which
sponsored the parade.
Interspersed among the Long
Meadow Dairy float, the Coca-
Cola float, the Beta .Sigma Phi
Sorority float and a horse and
buggy were Mr. Cain’s nursery
rhyme characters, the costumes
worn by Chapel Hill Y-Teens.
The nursery rhyme characters
traveled in groups. Somewhat
more thinly spread throughout
the parade were the Dunn
Clowns, from Dunn, who partici
pated in last year’s Christmas
parade here for the first time.
The three bands in the parade
—Lincoln, and Northern and Sou
thern High bands of Durham
leaned heavily on their own ar
rangements of “Jingle Bells.”
Ann Clayton of Hillsboro, Miss
Orange County, rode in a con
vertible. and Croft Business Col
lege of Durham entered a float
embellished with chilly girls in
fur coats.
“There is no compelling factor
leading anyone to recommend
re-zoning to a higher density.”
“I wonder if the owner would
object to higher zoning,” Board
member R. D. Smith asked.
“I reject RA-20," Mr. Ellinger
replied.
Board member Dr. Ray Bums
also opposed the downzoning be
cause it would produce increas
ed traffic on the area’s already
overloaded roads.
“I think these areas should be
set up as zones.” Board member
Whid Powell said.
Town Manager Robert Peck
noted however that if a person
desired to farm on land used for
agricultural purposes, he needed
agricultural zoning to permit
maintenance of animals.
“Isn't it true in the absence
Mann Film Laboratories
740 Chatham Rd.
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Also the parade were Brow
nies, elves entered by the Junior
Service League, the Chapel Hill
Recreation Department’s Baton
Corps, and Anita Wilkinson’s
♦■Strutters, from Durham.
Holiday Business
Prospects ‘Good’
The 1963 Christmas shopping
season, which officially opened
in Chapel Hill-Carrboro with the
Christmas parade yesterday, is
one week shorter this year. Mer
chants are generally optimistic
about holiday business, but they
know what they’re up against,
particularly those who depend
on the Christmas season for a
sizeable portion of their annual
business.
"We’re going to have to go
along pretty good or we’ll be.
hurting,” said Merchants Asso
ciation president T. L. Kemp.
Mr. Kemp said signs of good
business were more students than
last year; the fact that students
usually brought Christmas shop
ping money back to Chapel Hill
from Thanksgiving holiday; and
the stock market’s heartening
rise after plummeting the week
end President Kennedy was as
sassinated.
On the other hand: the assas
sination damaged business for
a few days <"We’U have to make
that up too"), and the short
three-week shopping season puts
the pressure on. “Our, only pro
blem is time, whether we can
get <the necessary trade) all in
before Christmas.”
Merchants Association execu
tive director Joe Augustine was
a good deal more optimistic. He
said most merchants he had
ed to seemed to feel that toe)
stock market's fast recovery aX
ter the assassination, both in this
of some compelling reason we
have opposed downzoning. I fail
to see any compelling reason for
this. The owner might realize
just as much money from larger
lots." Board member James Wal
lace said. Mr. Wallace then mov
ed that the Board not recom
mend the re-zoning to the Board
of Aldermen.
The Planners also tackled their
mathematical formula for de
termining the size and setback
of signs in regional and suburban
commercial zones, and quickly
found that the sum of the squares
of the other two sides of the
issue didn’t agree with existing
circumstances.
Restaurateur Ted Danziger ob
jected to adoption of the formu
la because, he said, it would per
mit him a sign of only 16 square
Santa Claus brought up the
rear, followed by a Civil Air Pa
trol emergency communications
vehicle broadcasting “The Night
Before Christmas” over its pub
lic address system.
country and abroad, indicated a
return to normal and renewed
faith in domestic and foreign
markets.
He said most merchants had
bigger and better inventories
than last year, that North Caro
lina was ahead of toe national
average in economic develop
ment, and that new Ohapel Hill
businesses and individual mer
chants' innovations in merchan
dising showed the Town’s busi
ness was still on the upswing.
One possible psychological jus
tification for expecting a Christ
mas business season as good as
or better than last year’s: "The
tensions resulting from the as
sassination may result in a sort
of spree atmosphere. People
may well decide not to hold on
to their money so much this
year, to escape and relax from
the tensions, .“s a defense
mechanism, but it may work
out that way.”
Naturally, merchants attract
customers with attractive mer
chandise. For shoppers with a
zany turn of mind, however,
there are items available some
what off the beaten gift track.
At Danziger's Old World Gift
Center you can buy brass or
copper bells suitable for use on
either cattle or sleighs. You can
also buy Grecian urns.
—.For the man who does his par
tying on the wing, Town and
Campus offer? a portable bar
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feet in front of his Ranch
House Restaurant, and 16 feet
would permit room enough for
only three letters of the restaur
ant's name—if the sign were to
be legible. An adequate sign
would have to be located behind
the building.
Board member Whid Powell
ventured the opinion that the
formula would in re
gional commercial zones, and the
remainder of the Board concurr
ed that the formula needed fur
ther study.
Hie Board also tackled amend
ment of parking requirements In
regional commercial zones to
eliminate a clause that permits
parking in required front yarda.
A suggested amendment would
eliminate the wording which per
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$
I WEDNESDAY 1
ISSUE I
Published Every Sunday and Wednesday
Ghest Campaign
Is 15 Pet. Short
Re*Canvassing Now Under Way;
Agency Budgets Might Be Cut
Contributions to the Community Chest stood at about
85 per cent of the campaign goal today, with the prospect
that all agency budgets would have to be cut.
Pledges and cash contributions to date total $36,-
521.64, for 84.9 per cent of the $43,000 goal.
By divisions, the breakdown is: Residential, $13,-
321.73, for 85.9 per cent; Campus, $6,853.07, for 85.7
per cent; Business, $9,104.50, for 75.8 per cent; and
Health Affairs, $6,792.34, for 93.2
per cent. --
A total of $250 in untabulated
contributions also had been . re
ceived, bringing toe over all total
to $36,521.64.
The Business Division is now
conducting a re-canvass and ef
forts also are being made to cov
er areas that might have been
missed.
Anyone who has not been so
licited and who wishes to contri
bute is asked to call the cam
paign secretary, Mrs. J. B. Webb,
at 967-7089, or the campaign chair
man, Mayor Sandy McClamroch,
at 968-4484.
Mayor McClamroch pointed out
this morning that the number of
contributors was considerably less
than in previous years. So far
this year, about 2,100 contribu
tions have been received. For the
last three years, there were be
tween 2,706 and 2,800.
As contributions stand now, all
Chest agencies will receive 15 per
cent across-the-board cuts in their
1964 budgets. Agencies support
ed wholly or in part by the Chest
are Boy and Girl Scouts, Y-Teens,
Society for Aging and Communi
ty Relations, Holmes Day Nur
sery. Animal Protection Society,
Red Cross, Recreation program,
and Carolinas United.
The Community Council will
meet on Doc. 12 to receive a re
port on the Chest campaign and
consider what budget cuts will be
necessary.
Weather Report §
Partly cloudy and continued
cold.
High Low
Sunday 48 25
Monday 51 27
Tuesday 48 31
Chapel Hill lawns glisten with
frost in the early morning, and
(he sun-washed sands of beaches
near Jacksonville are urgently
calling.
Coming This Sunday
I ONE OF THE MOST MOVING tributes to Presi
dent Kennedy was the one delivered on Thanks
giving Day in New York City by Frank Gra
hhm, former president of the University'and
now a United Nations mediator.
★★★ ★ * *
THE MILD-MANNERED COACH of the Caro
lina basketball team is the talker (although
somewhat circumspectly) in one of J. A. C.
Dunn’s talk pieces.
★★★ ★ ★ ★
A WOMAN WHO HAD NEVER baked or iced a
cake until her marriage has become one of
Chapel Hill’s pastry experts. She is the sub
ject of a profile by Weekly Women’s News
Editor Paquita Pine.
★★★ ★ ★ ★
You’ll find them in this coming Sunday’s issue
of The Chapel Hill Weekly, along with columns
by Bob Quincy, Pete Ivey, Bill Proutr and Billy
Arthur, plus the latest news of the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro Community. Be sure to get a copy. Also
can be used to cover windshields against snow
and ice. |
Community
Center Funds
To Be Sought
The Chapel Hill Housing Auth
ority agreed Monday night to ask
the Federal Housing Authority in
Atlanta to reserve $12,000 for a
proposed multi-purpose commun
ity building. The building will be
part of the Authority’s proposed
low-rent housing project.
The Authority voted unanimous
ly to request the funds on the
recommendation in a sub-com
mittee report submitted by Auth
ority members Mrs. Robert Mace
and Dr. Sidney Chipman.
However, toe subcommittee
felt that its report was incom
plete because of three problems,
as yet unsolved, concerning the
design and uses of the multi
purpose structure: (1) the Auth
ority is undecided whether to
build a separate multi-purpose
structure, or to expand the pres
ent Roberson Street Community
Center; (2) there is a lack of
information concerning the need
for social services by underpriv
ileged families in the area; and
(S) the Authority is undecided
as to the types and number of
community programs that can
and will be held in toe proposed
building.
The subcommittee recommend
ed a complete investigation of
these problems within the next
year. Reports from the Orange
County Welfare Department, the
District Health Officer, toe Li
brary Board and the Home Eco
nomics Extension Aid represen
tative stating their need and de
sire to carry on many of their
future programs in the proposed
buildings were also read by the
committee.
The Ohapel Hill Recreation
Commission, however, felt that
the Authority would be wiser to
turn the money toward the ex
isting community center rather
than another building.