The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-25
Thanks at Christmas Time

have been helpful 10 make better com
munty, We want to say thank you al
this Christmas time We are also deep
~ grateful for the assistance rendered
the Weekly staff throughout the year.
The municipal employees al the
Town hall have served the community
well. They nave continued TO keep Cha
pei Hill q nice, quiet, peaceful commu-
nifty. The Police Department personnel
ilas given great service IN protecting
our children and in their ever alertness
to prevent crime The men in the Fire
Department have remained awake at
night that we might sleep in peace. The
members of the Board Of Aldermen and
our Mayor have given much time toward
making Chapel Hill a better place in
which to live.
The school teachers and other staff
members as well az that sefless group,
the school board have dedicated their
time that our children might have
better education and that their schools
be made and kept safe and wholesome
The telephone operators have patient
ly rendered fine service, helping the peo-
communicate with their friends, bust
nesses, and other centers Of interest.
The garbage collectors have been
ever faithful in making their rounds,
that our homes may be safe and plea
SAINT The utility workers spent days
and nights making repairs that power
and telephones may be used.
The Jaycees brought Chapel Hin
national recognition not only by supply
ing a national Jaycee president, but by
bringing the national boys tennis
teurnament here Their community
wsrk seems to be their chief aim in
life.
The many civic clubs that have so
generously donated to the blind, the
sick. the crippled, the needy and to
the community at large deserve our
thanks.
To the fine citizens who gave time
and money through the Community
Chest, the Recreation centers and other
health and welfare organizations that
help promote better health and better
living, We want TO say thank you. The
new library board and study committee
deserve special citation.
To the churehmen and others who
have tried to ameliorate race relations
and community relations We owe much
The Human Relations Board and the
recreation boards and commissioners
have done work in this respect
The University and its staff, andS
particularly the librarians, have been
instrumental in keeping this charm
ing community and an interesting com
manity.
The Weekly feels particularly CRATE
full for the vast amount Of information
University personnel gave not only as
news but as background material for
editorials-in this respect the Institute
of Government and Political Science
staff members have been more than
generous.
Finally we want TO thank the Mer-
chants Association and the fine pro-
gressive merchants of this community
for helping the community and the
Weekly throughout the year. The re-
markable service rendered by our mer-
chants has been recorded in the news
papers and magazines throughout the
country and even in foreign lands Here
at home their unusual strv.se is almost
taken for granted, but people from
Winston Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh
and Durham come here to buy because
there is nothing like this elsewhere in
the South" they say. The active Mer-
chants Association has maintained good
leadership for the growing community.
Te all those mentioned and to the