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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
People in Davie Circle.
HilEcrest. and Strowd's
Hill Receive Annexation
Proposal from the Town

The town government has
made a proposal to the people
who live in Davie Circle, in Hill
crest, and on both sides Of the
Durham highway on Strowd's
Hill for the extension Of the
town limits to embrace the area
where these people live.
The boundary Of the area pro-
posed to be annexed runs from
the towns eastern boundary near
Mrs. Larry Films home east
ward to the brook in Battle Park
down along the brook to Bolin
creek, up the creek to the one
mile bridge on the Durham high
way, up the Durham highway
about a couple Of hundred yards,
westward along an extension of
the towns north boundary, and
along the towns east boundary
to the point Of beginning.
The area contains about 275
acres, or about 33 per cent of the
area within the present limits of
the town. It's estimated popula-
tion is $50. It contains 105 build
ing units (almost all Of them
homes). The property within it
is valued for taxation at $494,-
900.
Mayor Lanier and Town Man
ager Rose, representing the town
government, have given the dwell
lers in the area complete infor-
nation about the plans for mu-
nicipal services to be rendered
in the area.
The law provides that the area
may be annexed hg actiOh Of the
aldermen unless they receive q
petition for an election from 16
per cent of the people in the area
or from 15 per cent Of the people
in the town. If an election is held,
annexation, to become effective,
must be approved by q majority
vote both in the town and in the
area proposed to be annexed.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Pianist to Live Here

Hans Barth, the pianist, and his
wife and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lii
lian Barth, are coming here to live.
The Randall Mcleod house, three
miles south Of Chapel Hill on the New
Lystra road, was sold to them, through
Kemp B. Cole, day before yesterday.
Mrs. Lillian Barth will occupy the
house in October. Mr.. and Mrs. Barth
will join her in the spring.
The Barths became acquainted with
Chapel Hill recently, when the pianist
gave recital at Duke University, and
decided 1t would be q nice place TO
live. One of Mr.. Coles friends In the
real estate business in Durham In
troduced them to him.
Mr.. Barth has become well known
not only by his piano recitals in New
York and other cities throughout the
country but by his invention, described
as "the worlds first portable quarter
tone piano" He collaborated with the
late George Gershwin in a quarter
tone composition and played It at
Carnegie Hall. He Is the author Of
many compositions and Of the book,
"Technie," for piano students.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
The Fowler Reunion

About 100 descendants Of the late
James Washington Fowler and Mar
tina Fowler attended the annual Fow-
Ter reunion Sunday at Hogan's lake.
Those present included James and
Martha Fowler's IL children (6 sons
and 8 daughters).
The program included an invocation
by Rev. John M. Cline and remarks
on the family history by Col. N. B.
Fowler Of Durham who, along with his
three sons, served in World War ii.
Some of the other guests were the
Marvin Fowler family Of Durham
Mrs. C. r. Brooks Of Concord, former
" Miss Rachel Fowler Of Chapel Hill ;
Mrs. ]. T. Fowler and the Robert l..
Fowlers and J. s. Fowlers Of Chapel
Hill, and w. j. Gooch Of near Dur
ham, who, at S5, was the oldest person
present.
One Of the most enjoyable features
Of the occasion was the ice-water and
ice-lemonade provided In two large
barrels brought to the picnic BY Ed
Powell, whose mother was the late
Mrs. Emma Fowler Powell.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Children's Library

All the children Of the community
are invited to make use Of the Mary
Bayley Pratt children's library lat the
elementary school), which will be
open from 9 am. to noon from Tues
day through Saturday, beginning
Tuesday, July 4, and lasting through
August 20. This summer library SER
vice, sponsored by the Community
Chest, is free, except that there Will
be a fine Of one cent per day for eacn
overdue book.
The program will include story
hour conducted at 10 am. every Bat
urday by Miss Jane Wilson, superin-
tendent Of the Durham city schoo'
libraries and children's story teller for
radio station WDuK.
This summer the.s will be ne"
registration for all borrowers. Appli-
cation blanks for older children must
be signed by their parents. Parents OF
pre-school children are ssked to &C
company them TO the library on their
first visit and sign up for them. MRS
w. E. Davis is the librarian.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
A Statement about Town Extension

Edwin Laner the members the board Of aldermen p l.
Obie Davis Fitch Robert Fowler r. j. NJ Hobbs and
the audi
Peacock have the following statement addressed ITO the
People of the Community of Chapel Hill"
limits established in 1859 The 1850 u Census
Chapel including University who live inside
limits 9l69
There believe people excluding University students living
the Community of Chapel Hill outside the limits than living
limits that the boundaries of Chapel Hill
should extended believe the feasible bring section
by section the adjacent
As municipal definite obligation sub
NOW effectively along with all the related facts
gather the question the adabiy feasibility extending
limits To that either there little justification
for having municipality Chapel Hill which
municipal there equity for the and
wisdom for the future the existing of hanoorated and
half-unincorporated!
"The studied which
this extension of the limits summarized this
the people Of this community the basis Of this join hands
Aldermen
and helpful to all concerned this municipal problem the
nicpas ability and the peoples individual and the
communitys future welfare"
The statement Introductory
data with
Circle HiIcrest, and Strowds Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Public Invited to See Radio Show Staged in
Communication Center by English Teachers

English teachers from all over the
state will attend the 9th annual North
Carolina English Institute here and at
Duke from Monday through Wednes-
day Of next week Two high lights of
the meeting viii be showing of the
groups literary map of North Carolina
and the presentation Of an Indepen-
dence Day radio program.
The radio show, an original docu-
mentary drama, "The Meaning of the
Word" written by John Ehle and Ro-
bert Schenkkan, will be staged at 7 p.
m. Tuesday h the University's COM
munication center by the English
teachers with The cooperation Of staff
members Of the center, the music de-
partment and the summer session, and
viii a I'm. over WPTF.
Tbs aize the meaning
Of freedom as Interpreted by number
Of North Carolina authors and will in
clude the recorded voices Of Carl Sand
berg and Paul Green.
Wilton Mason composed the music,
which will be directed by Carl Perry.
Monte Howell, Jr., composed and will
play the organ music. The cast will
include Earl Wynn, Hurley Parrish,
James Mead, John Clayton, Bill Mac
Ilwinen, and Mrs. Robert Schenkkan.
The program will be directed and pro-
duced by Arthur Briskin.
Everybody is invited TO come to the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
The Travels Of the SHOWS

Mrs. Stewart 7. Peet, and her two
sons, 6-year-old Stewart and 3-year-old
Henry, are here on q visit to her moth
er, Mrs. Charles G. Snow. They left
Detroit at $40 Monday morning on .
plane that landed them at the Raleigh
Durham airport at 1O:44. So, 1t was .
3-hours- and -34-minutes trip The train
trip would have taken 80 hours, with
three changes :. Bob Snow is at Low
ry Field, Denver, for an Air R.O.T.C.
training course, He end five other
boys went from here by automobile !.
Charles Snow is on geology field
trip with base ct. Emory and Henry
College In Virginia.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Lay House Struck

Lightning struck, with q loud crack,
at Mrs. George W. Lays house in the
Glen last Sunday soon after Mrs. Lay
and Miss Alice Stevens, who lives with
her, had finished their evening meal.
The electric cable leading to the kitch-
en- range was short-circuited. The in
sulating rubber took fire, and sudden
ly the kitchen was filed with cloud
Of smoke. Mrs. Lay, who is 30 years
old, rushed through the smoke and
turned Of the switch on the porch.
Electricians came and repaired the
damage.
Reporting the incident to the editor,
Mrs. Paul Green, Mrs. Lays daugh-
ter, said: II think Mother rather re-
lished the excitement
Mrs. Lays SOth birthday celebration
June was attended by her SON, Henry
Lay, and his wife and three children.
Of Lake Charles, La; her daughter,
Mrs, Charles A. White, and Mr.. White
and five Of their seven children, Of
Greenville; her daughter, Mrs. Lytle
Zuber, Of Columbus, Ohio; and the
Paul Greens.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Emory to Address Flyers

Samuel T. Emory Of the Universi-
ty's geography department win deal
with the. Korean situation in q talk On
geo-politics he will give at pm.
Monday in the New East building at
9 meeting Of the Chapel Hill Flight Of
the 9942nd Air Force Reserve. Flight
meetings are open TO all air reservists,
and points can be earned by reservists
taking part in activities Of the organi-
zation. These points may be accumu-
lated toward promotions In the reserve,
az well as toward retirement.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Moody Durham /.
Is Honored by
Town Officers

Moody Durham, who has re-
signed as clerk of the Chapel
Hill Recorders court after 20
years service, was honored in a
ceremony held for him Monday
at his last session of the court.
Planned by other municipal Of
ficials as a surprise to Mr.. Dur
ham, the ceremony began when
Mayor Ed Lanier interrupted
Judge John Manning as he was
about to open the first case on the
docket. Rising from the audience,
the mayor said:
"Your honor, / should like to
charge that after 20 years serv-
ice as clerk of this court, Mr..
Moody w. Durham has resigned.
further charge that he is guilty
of 20 years of conscientious serv-
ice to this municipality"
When Mr.. Durham had an
swered the charge with a plea of
nolo contendere, Mayor Lanier,
with the courts agreement, pass
ed double sentence on him.
First, he announced that the
aldermen had elected Mr.. Dur
ham assistant judge of the court,
to preside over it's sessions when
ever Judge Manning WIS absent ;
then he presented him with an
engraved silver plate IS . token
of the town governments graft
tude for his services. He said the
plate was q gift from the court,
members of the fire and police
departments, the aldermen, and
all other officials and employees
of the town.
In accepting the gift, Mr.. DUR
ham said On
ship with n
joyed the cooperation all Of you
have shown me. From the depths
of my heart | appreciate your
gift, not for its intrinsic value
but for the spirit behind the CIV
ing of it,"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
SsiHIng season to Begin Tomorrow

No SEEMING viii be permitted in
Orange county this summer except in
the Emo river, Game Warden Bob
Logan said yesterday in announcing
that the seiniHs season would open
tomorrow, July I, and continue
throughout July and August, Sundays
excepted. All ssInes must be licensed
and marked with tags obtained from
Mr.. Logan, whose address Ia lO3 North
street. Chapel Hill. Persons convicted
Of seining on Sunday win BE- subject 70
. fine of not less than $500 or more
than $500.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Miss Glass Leaves

Another one Of those separations
that sadden hearts in Chapel Hill came
about this month when Miss Lettie
Glass retired after teaching 36 years
ir the elementary school. She has gone
to live. with her sister in Greensboro
No teacher ever in Chapel Hill was
more loved and admired by children
and parents than she was. Men and
women throughout North Carolina and
in other states, who were taught by
her in the first grade, hold her in deep
affection. The influence that she ex-
erted upon them, by her thoroughness,
her patience, and her sympathetic un-
derstanding, is incalculable.
On Miss Glass's last day In school,
when she was in her grade room with
her pupils, bouquet, a gift from the
community, was presented to her.
Mayor Lanier spoke Of her long and
devoted service and Of Chapel Hills
high esteem for her.
The bouquet, designed by James
Davis, had for its center . great
creamy-yellow orchid from Judge
Ways famous greenhouse at Southern
Pines. Deity folded, In loops Of ribbon
we're United States savings bonds with
which citizens had supplemented the
orchid.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Jack Fowler Changes Store Name

The name Of Jack FowIer's home
and auto appliance store on West
Franklin street has been changed from
BlackwoOd Associate Store to FowIer's
Home and Auto Supply Store. II win
continue to be operated by Mr.. Fowler
and will sell B. r. Goodrich tires, and
auto appliances and other Goodrich
merchandise The store also includes
watch and shoe repair departments.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Omissions This Week

The cut in the size Of the paper this
week, because of the printshop holiday,
has compelled US 10 omit reading mat
ter and advertisements which we
would otherwise publish. Among dds
omitted are those Of the Service In
Surance and Realty Co., John Foushee,
and Cole Dawson. All three have real
estate listings at their Offices.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Frances Green. in "Born Yesterday"

Miss Frances Greene, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor NJ. Greene Of l4b
East Franklin street, has the role OF
the manicurist in the Carolina Play
makers production Of Born Yestsr-
day" Carson Kanin's famous comedy,
to be given July IS, IA, Is, and 10 In
the Playmakers theatre. She has had
theatre experience both here and In
Jacksonville, N. c., where she had 9
leading role IN the high school senior
play.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Chapel Hill Chaf

Mrs. Philip Randolph's first
name is Alma, and it is by that
name that she has always been
called bA the girl who recently
became heNdaughter-in-law. Her
son, Philip, Jr., has always called
her Mother.
Her first letter to the couple
after their marriage went
smoothly enough until she got to
the very end. Then she was in a
Quandary. How should she sign
the letter? If it had been written
to either her son or her daugh-
ter-in-law alone the signature
would have been either Mother
or Alma, depending on which one
she was writing to. But how to
sign when she was writing to
both of them jointly-this puz-
zled her. After a little thought
she came to a decision, and / have
never known Of a problem that
was solved more beautifully. She
signed the letter Alma Mater.
A few days ago | saw an in
vention that will be a great boon
to book-mailers. 1t is called q
jiEy-bag, evidently because a
jiffy is all the time it takes to
slip a book in and fasten. The
bag is simply a padded catalogue
envelope. The tough paper of
which the envelope is made is
double, with lightweight but
adequate padding in between.
You slip the book in at one end,
then you close that end up either
by stapling or by punching a hole
and running a string through.
got my first sight of one of
these containers when / received
q book from a New York pub
lisher. On the back of the con-
ltaAler | saw the line. "Jitfy Book
Bags, Hillside, ". j." 7 sent the
concern an inquiry at once, and
later | placed an order for some
|of the 81a x l4i4-inch bags. ]
am delighted with them. Now
that I have used a jiffy-bag, and
have found out what a wonder
full convenience it is, | like to tell
people about 1t,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30

communication center Tin Swain hall)
at Z pm. and see the show performed
and then to hear it broadcast from
WPTF by delayed transcription. After
the program, the literary map will be
on display at Hill Music hall.
Clifford r. Lyons, head Of the Uni
versity's English department, will be
the chief speaker at the institutes
opening session Monday morning at
the Naval Armory. At the Monday
evening session Chancellor R. B. House
will speak informally on his personal
reading experiences.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Methodist wOmsa to Nest

The Woman's Society Of Christian
Service will meet at 4 pm. a. the Meth
Odist church. Mrs. J.. 8. Hsnninger will
report On the W.s.C.s. conference held
reeently IN Henderson. An invitstion
Is extended 10 the women q the Orange
church and the CarFbcr0 church snd
90 summsF visitora.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Madrys Out Of the State

r. w. Madry was at Ann Arbor,
Mich. this week for the annual conven-
ton of the American College Public
Relations Association. Tom Bost, Jr.,
Of Wake Forest, went with him. Mrs.
Madry has gone to Kentucky with Mr.
and Mrs. Westray Hazard. Bob, Jr.,
is at camp.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Miss Rsbskah HussinS in Nashville

Mrs. Victor Huggins and her daugh-
ter, Rebekah, who is TO be married
July 12 to William Roy WalstOn. are
in Nashville, N. c., visiting Mr.. Walls
toms parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Walls
ton, and attending q series Of parties
being given there for Miss Huggins.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Ccwden spent
last weekend in Charlotte, where Mr..
CUwasn ptuysd in the invitation tennis
tournament ct tine Charlotte Country
Club. They left Tuesday for LOuisyills,
Ky. where Mr.. cowden i playing in
ths southsFn tennis tournament,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Ruth Logan IN Hospital

Ruth Logan, s-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert p. Logan Of North
street, underwent a. eye operation
Tuesday at Duke hospital. Sha will be
there several more days.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30

Attired informally for the hot
weather, Phillips Russell paused brief
ly one day last week, on the way from
his suburban home to the campus, to
pose for this pencil sketch by Selby
Harney, executive officer Of the Nor
folk, Va, Chamber of Commerce, who,
accompanied by his wife, came here
to attend q University institute. II
anybody says that Mr.. Harney dis
played generous spirit in making him
look maybe a little younger than he is,
Mr.. Russell can be counted on to be
magnanimous and not to cherish q
grudge against the mean-spirited COM
mentator.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
HsIsn Phillips 70 Marry

Mr. and Mrs, Guy d. Phillips have
announced the engagement Of their
daughter, Helen Wilson Phillips, 70
Augustus WaehIngton Graham, Srd,
son Of NJ. and Mrs.. A, W. Graham,
W., q Oxgcrd. The wedding viii take
plaee here August 5 In the Baptist
church.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Mis-. MOOnsyhan Going to New York

Miss Mildred Monaghan, principal
Of the elementary school, will leave
tomorrow for New York, where she
will attend summer school at Colum-
bia University. Her address there e
international House, 500 Riverside
Drive. New York 27, N. Y.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Geology Field Trip Next Week

A geology field trip 10 western North
Carolina and the TeRneasse Valley win
BE sponsored from Jelly I to . By the
UniveTsity's extension division and The
department Of 6sology and geography.
Anybody wishing III ~ should call
Russell Grumman 81 F-tTi.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
AItrussns . Give ssAoIaEshIp

The Chapel Hill AItrusa Club is
making plans y swaRd 4 college Schol-
nrShip % an Orange county siFL
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Post o6Ies 70 Close July 4

the post o1Ias win y closed III day
Tuesday, July 4. Thers VIII BE- 10 town
or country dsliyprisa, but incoming
mail win ~ put up III tho h0xaa, An
usual.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30
Orange County Vote

The Orange county vote for U. s.
Senator last Saturday, by precincts,
was as follows:
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-30

Total for North Carolina, as report
ed to date: Smith 2TT,S62, Graham,
25s,355.
Evening star., 1950-07-06
Body Of Unidentified Man Found In {. & 0. Canal

The body of an unidentified
man, about IS, was found floating
in the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
early today.
Police said no marks of violence
were found on the body. which
was found by Lawrence Mason,
2285 M street NV, as he was
walking down the towpath. Mr..
Mason saw the body at a point
almost directly beneath Key
Bridge between Thirty-fourth and
Thirty fifth streets.
Evening star., 1950-07-06
Amforg Ships Load
Of Filing Cabinets 10
Soviet Embassy Here
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 6.-Amtorg
Trading Corp, Soviet purchasing
agency, six of whose officials were
indicted last year for failure to
register as foreign agents, has
shipped van load of filing cabi-
nets to the Soviet Embassy in
Washington.
A Brooklyn moving concern said
one of it's trucks, loaded with 5H2
to tons of cabinets, left Am
torg's 210 Madison avenue Offices
for Washington Tuesday night.
No reason for the transfer OF
documents was disclosed, but in
the Embassy they would not be
subject to subpoena.
Two of the firms trucks were
seen at the Russian Embassy in
Washington yesterday, but an
official of the concern said only
one carried Russian property.
The other, he said, had a load
destined for other points and
probably accompanied the truck
to the Embassy to help unload.
Agency Plans to Move.
Amtorg's offices here said the
agency is to move to smaller quar-
ters at 40 West Thirty-seventh
street. Last December it was re-
ported that Amtorg would aban-
don its ne-story office building
on Madison avenue and seek one
about one-third as large.
Its 10-year lease on the Madison
avenue building expired last April
80, and the agency's staff is down
to 25 or 80 employees from the staff
of TOO it had three years ago. Its
volume of exports to Russia was
reported to have dwindled to
about So million a year, compared
with $100 million annually before
the cold war.
Pleaded No Defense.
Amtorg and it's indicted officials
registered with the Attorney Cen
eral a few days after the .indict-
ment was returned in Washington
last October. The agency pleaded
no defense before Judge Alex
ander Holtzoff in District Court
in Washington. Judge Holtzoff
imposed suspended $4,000 fine.
At that court session United
States Attorney George Morris
Fay told the court the State De-
partment had recommended dis
missal of the indictment against
the Amtorg officials themselves, on
the ground that such action would
serve the best interests of this
country in the conduct of its for
eign affairs.
Evening star., 1950-07-06
.3o-Yeor-OId Father
Held on Incest Churqe

A 39-year- -old father of four
girls who identified himself to po-
lice as an insurance district man
ager today was held for the grand
jury, charged with having In
cestuous relations with his 18-
year-old daughter.
The defendant is listed as Don
Mcdonald, who lives with his wife
and daughters at 1900 Chesapeake
street NV. Mcdonald waived a
hearing on the advice of his law
yer. Joseph McMenamin. before
Judge Walter J. Casey in Municipal
Court.
He later posted $4,000 bond.
Evening star., 1950-07-06

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20. but it's equally "at home" in
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problem. It's quiet and economi-
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Evening star., 1950-07-06
California Boasts
Biggest Cone Spruce
BY the As,oeiated Press

FRAZIER PARK, Calif.-How
big is the biggest big cone spruce
in the world? Any ranger here
abouts can tell you, for it stands
in the Pleito camp grounds of Los
Padres National Forest nearby.
The tree is % feet, lis inches
in circumference and, although its
top is broken off. it stands 116 feet
high: Rangers estimate it contains
$4,000 board feet. enough for q
seven-room house.
Evening star., 1950-07-06

There were no Identification
papers in the mans clothing.
The man. over 6-feet tall and
weighing about ITS pounds, was
wearing a red and blue plaid
blazer type jacket. brown trousers
and brown shoes. police said. He
had reddish brown hair.
Evening star., 1950-07-06
BY the Associated Press

SAIGON, Indo- China, July g.
French military sources said to-
day that a strong force of pro-
Communist Wet Mini rebels at
tackled French positions in the
Bentre region, so miles south of
Saigon. two nights ago and cap
tured two small forts.
The attack was the first major
action undertaken by the Wet
Mimi in Cochin China in two