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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23
The Meaning OF One Simple Phrase
Remains The Only Hope For Us All

dren and are still too young to know
that rockets are anything other than
toys.
You read about the Big Two in The
Bahamas, but the significance is elusive
and perhaps you begin wondering what
sort of Christmas the President will have
and what Santa Claus will bring Caro-
line
You nod drowsily during the television
panel discussion on foreign affairs,
catchinga word or phrase now and then,
not at all because you want to but only
because you think you ought to, then be-
come all eyes and appreciative ears when
someone switches the channel to Perry
Como singing white Christmas"
You would think from the way we act,
particularly at this time of year, from
our trivial concerns and small delights,
that we are a superficial people, i'm
mature, and a little insensitive. Perhaps
we are, compared with those who live
directly under the gun and who must, if
they are to continue living, be gravely
concerned and completely aware.
But, to our credit, we are not trying
to bury anybody or to superimpose our
image on the rest of the globe.
Regardless of the tinsel and the holi-
day air, our prevailing mood honestly
is one of peace on earth, good will toward
men. The meaning of that simple phrase
is what must be understood first, because
in the end it is the only hope for all of us.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23
CHRISTMAS

"Chapel Hill is Illuminated for
Christmas as it never was be-
FORE" the Weekly reported in its
last issue of 1927. Ever since
the University's electricity de-
partment opened a place on the
main street a year or so ago, and
called into play its ohms, am
peres, volts, and what not, to
make itself look like the Edison
Company in New York, the bus
mess center has been getting
brighter
Shop front decoration was stim-
ulated that year. Food, cloth
ing, toys, books, stationery, mu-
sical instruments, candy, fruit,
china, glass, kitchenware were
laid out in windows, reflect
ing the Christmas lights hung up
and down the street. One mer-
chant brought in a decorator to
paint a picturesque background
for display.
Christmas eve a community
Christmas tree was lit up and
presents were distributed to chill
dren by Santa Claus. Citizens
were asked to bring contributions
for the poor to the tree, to be
distributed later by the Kings
Daughters. At the same time,
World War veterans were warned
that the deadline for application
for adjusted compensation insur-
ance was December 81, and the
school boiler burst. The Play
makers held Twelfth Night rev.
els, dressed in sheets and equip
ped with candles.
Ten years later, in 1887, things
were not so sprightly. The De-
preston had hit and was gradu-
ally wearing off, but the effects
of the money shortage were still
being felt. Advertising lineage
was low in the Weekly. The last
issue of 1887 was only six pages
long, and none of 1925 merry
glitter of prosperity shone through
the news. The Rotary Club gave
a Christmas party for forty un-
derprivileged children, and the
Post Office delivered Christmas
packages on Christmas day, but
there was no other Christmas
news. The Charlotte News, try
ing to drum up circulation, ad-
vertised in the Weekly. And a
week before Christmas five
people were killed in an automo-
bile collision on the Pittsboro
Road.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23
Frdnkmcense And Myrrh

And when they had opened
their treasures, they presented
unto Him gifts; gold, and frank
incense, and myrrh."
Thus st. Matthew describes
the first Christmas gifts of all,
brought to the Christ Child by
wise men from the East" Each
of the gifts was rare and. es-
pecially in Biblical times, truly
a treasure.
Among the gifts, the value
and beauty of gold is most
readily apparent to modern
readers. Then, however, its
worth was even greater, for it
was still more rare and precious
than it is today. Archaeological
diggingS in ancient Troy, Crete
and Egypt have revealed that
articles of gold were usually
royal treasures.
Since st. Matthew says the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23

wise men were from the East.
their gold may have come from
the mines of Indian Mysore.
Frankincense and myrrh, while
less familiar today, have modern
uses.
Frankincense, or "Oblibanum."
is a gum resin which flows
from tree wing on
bare rocks in the mountains of
southern Asia and northeast
ern Africa. 1t was formerly u.s.
ed in medicine but is now chief
ly employed as incense in Catho-
lie churches and Indian and
Chinese temples.
Myrrh is the popular name
for a gum resin obtained from
a small gray-barked tree which
grows in Arabia and adjacent
Africa. From earliest times it
has been used for making in
cense and other perfumes.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23
Looking Back-

But the post-World War II boom
completely changed the compare.
lively sombre tone Of Christmas
in 1887 to jollity in 1947. The
Weekly ran a four-colum draw
ing of a Christmas scene by Viii.
liam Meade Prince on the front
page, and throughout the paper
little news items indicated that
Christmas was good time that
year: an American Legion party.
a Dairy Coop party, an adver-
tisement for gift subscriptions of
the Weekly, stores staying open
until 8 at night, a movie of Dick
ems Christmas Carol shown
at the Carolina Theatre, dances,
Chris mas sings, caroling
throughout the village, an open
house at Graham Memorial
Christmas day, and various
church carol services. The mer-
chants were advertising (chuck
roast cost 81 cents a pound), and
one merchant offered free de-
livery service during the Christ
mas season. The Intimate Book.
shop was asked to mail Music
for the Man Who Enjoys Ham,
let," by B. B. Haggin, as gift
to man who was spending
Christmas at the North Pole with
an Arctic expeditionary force.
In 1857 the Weekly advised
people to observe the holly, which
"decked the grounds, if not the
halls" near Morehead Plane
tarium. Advertisements were big
and numerous. Carol sings had
come to be called concerts, and
organizational Christmas parties
dotted the town from end to end.
Howard Yandle demonstrated the
newest toys to fascinated chill
dren at Sutton's, and E. Caring
ton Smith left town for the holi-
day. The banks declared divid-
ends. The Weekly ran a brief
news story informing readers
where to eat out on Christmas
day. and the Chapel Hill Coun-
try Club planned a formal New
Years Eve party. Station WCHL
broadcast "The Complete Mes
siah." 1t was announced that
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt would
speak in Chapel Hill January II,
and a turkey could be bought for
80 cents a pound. Even Jeff's
Campus Confectionery, which is
not ordinarily thought of as be-
ing in the Christmas gift busin-
ess, placed ad in the paper SIM
ply and straightforwardly wishing
the town a Merry Christmas.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23
BILLY ARTHUR

l finally got up on top of the
hill to get a pre-Christmas hair
cut, and to finance it | visited
the Bank of Chapel Hill. There
was Mrs. Lonas Williams in her
same office dishing out cold cash
for hot check.
And over at j. B. Robbins there
was Ace busy as ever but solici-
tous as to how things were going
on at the bottom of the hill.
At last l had sufficient nerve.
| went inside the Carolina Bar
Der Shop. Y. 2. Cannon, who
hadn't stopped talking for three
months, quit when he saw me.
Il was coming out to your
store" he finally spoke.
But" Harvey Bennett inter-
rupted, "he heard you had edu-
cational toys and knew that was
no place for him.
| said | wanted a haircut to last
through Christmas.
Then, cut his throat" said
Red Marley.
| decided to leave that place
to finish my Christmas SHOPPING.
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always do my Christmas shop
ping late. That way l avoid the
crowds who do theirs early.
When Christmas comes, my
wife and | divide the work. She
signs the cards, and | sign the
checks. The family trims the
tree and me. And l know why
they call it a white Christmas.
When / see the bills | turn white.
My Missus didn't want much
Tor ChriStmas-only a little radio
with a new car built around it.
But | went to a department
store to get her a present, and
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23
A Needed Break In Educational Routine

been a spice-filled, party-time
break in the academic grind for
many generations of college stu
dents. For most, it means a time
of reunion with f a mily and
friends. For many, it means a
short time of relaxing in fa-
miliar surroundings which some
times become remote in the
questioning, cropping growth of
the college years.
1t is a time for extra work
and extra money to those who
help pay for their own education
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23

or their own expensive college
entertainment.
The Christmas vacation is
many things to many students,
and because it is, it looks like
a permanent entry ca the college
calendar. There is much cur
rent discussion about running
colleges and universities full
time, about reducing summer
vacations and about students TAX
ing college more seriously, but
in spite of it, few voices have
been raised recently against the
Christmas holiday of two weeks
duration.
At one time, some rs years
ago, the holiday wasn't quite so
sacrosanct. In 1887, the Massa-
chuSettS Institute of Technology
did away with Christmas vaca-
tion, and for its action, was
flooded with abuse from the stu
dent body. The senior class,
however, had the final say and
voted with the administration to
cut out the Christmas vacation
so that everyone could finish the
school year in May instead of
June as was the case in most
other institutions of note. Their
reason was practical = the stu
dents couldn't handle the diff
cult course of study prescribed
by NIT in the hot summer days
of June.
Except for such maverick al
terations, the holiday calendars
for colleges and universities all
over the nation remain pretty
much the same.
Thanksgiving recess usually
begins on the Tuesday or We'd
nesday before Thanksgiving and
ends in time for classes to start
on the Monday following the hol-
day.
Christmas is next with its mass
exodus from the campus toward
home wherever it might be. The
Christmas holidays usually begin
four or five days before Christ
mas and continue through jan
uary 2 date which presses
dangerously close to the last
quarters of bowl games.
After Christmas there is
break from studying about the
end of January or the first of
February for those students on
a semester system Of operation.
This break, following exams, is
short and ranges from four days
to a week in different colleges
Of the region.
If a student could move from
place to place in rapid success
sion, he could find local holidays
which would keep him out of
class for another week or two
of the year. AT Louisiana uni
versitieS, students get an an
nual Mardi GraS holiday on the
Tuesday before Ash Wednesday;
at many private and public uni
verSities there is a claSs-free day
in honor of homecoming, and at
other colleges there is an Easter
holiday which precedes or fol-
lows spring vacation.
For summer school students
there is the Fourth of July holi-
day and in some cases, the Labor
Day holiday. Few schools inter-
rupt classes for birthday holi-
days anymore, but the World Sc
ries has been known to cut
drastically into class schedules.
Year-round school may be an
essential for higher education
in the future, but even if it is,
there should be breaks in the
routine to give relief from what
amounts to a 24-hour, concentrate
ed job of learning.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23
By WINFRED L. GOODWIN
Director. Southern Regional
Education Board

Twas the night before Christ
mas and all through the South,
the colleges we're empty except
for the mice. Human occupants
had long since taken to the ma
tion'S skies and highways in the
traditional transportation mael-
strom which announces Christ
mas vacation.
The Christmas holidays have
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23
BILL PROJ7TY

It was many years ago in toy
shop when when | was a little
boy.
Red paper bells swung from
the ceiling, joined together by
entwined green and red rope
bunting. In one corner of the
long narrow shop was a Christ
mas tree loaded with all sorts
of shiny decorations, topped with
sparkling star of Bethlehem.
Along the center of the store,
from front to rear, there was a
low counter covered with red.
white and green crepe paper and
groaning under the weight of
scores of fascinating toys!
To my brothers and me this
was veritable wonderland, like
nothing we'd ever seen before.
AS we walked slowly around the
counter ogling the toys in wide
eyed admiration, Mother and Dad
followed us along taking mental
notes of the items which especi-
ally appealed to each of us.
One toy fascinated me beyond
description. 1t consisted of an
erector set type of a frame in
whose center there was attach
ed funnel which was suspended
over a short span of train track.
On the track was a train en-
gine and four Or five coal type
cars. Below the funnel was a
mechanism into which sand flow
ed from the tunnel. When the
mechanism was full of sand. it
would dump the load into a car
just to the brim and then cut off
automatically. l was mesmerized
by that toy, and there was moth
ing in the whole wide world that
| wanted quite so much.
This was the night before
Christmas Eve and I didn't sleep
a wink. All | could do was to
dream about that sand loader
and the mysterious manner in
which it would cut off just when
the car was filled.
The next night l went to bed
as soon as | could after supper.
in the belief that the earlier |
went to sleep the sooner would
come the morning - and Santa
Claus.
Il II
The next morning We young'uns
rushed down the stairs and into
the living room, and there under
meath the tree were the toys we
had so admired at the toy shop
only two nights before. Santa
had been unbelievably good to
us, and had brought us just what
we had wanted!
After nearly forty-five years,
the memory Of that Christmas
morning is as clear in my mind
as If it had happened YESTERDAY
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23

Never since have l had hap
pier hour or experienced a great
er thrill than on that lOng-ago
Christmas day. 1t was the full
fillment of a dream, and I've
believed in Santa Claus ever
since.
On Tuesday morning millions
upon millions of youngsters all
over the country will be expert
encing Santa Claus-many for the
first time. True, many, probab-
ly most of them will not be get
ting exactly what they wanted
Santa to bring them, and a few,
a pitiable few will be getting
nothing at all. To those who get
their presents, Santa will become
one of the greatest experiences
in their lives, just as he was in
mine.
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Yet, there are those (fortun-
ately not as vocal as they once
Were) who would deny little chill
dren this dream, saying that we
should not perpetuate such a fan
taSy, lest the children suddenly
awaken to the fact that their
parents have been lying to
them all along. Presumably this
would have an adverse effect up
on normal child-parent relation
ships.
Fortunately, however, this SEN
timent is now all but dead, and
mainly so because man will not
easily divest himself of one Of
his rarest privileges-that of CIV
ing to those whom he loves. And
the Santa Claus tradition greatly
enhances and facilitates our op-
portunity for giving and, at the
same time, receiving praise for
giving, which can only rarely be
entirely unselfish. But through
Santa, Christmas giving is less
selfish than most, because it is
st. Nicholas who gets the adora-
tlon from the children, which
would otherwise be lavished upon
the parents.
1T is more blessed to give
than to receive" said He in the
celebration of whose birth we
name the Season and give the
gifts. And again, Suffer the
hItle cnlldren to come unto me,
and forbid them not; for such
is the kingdom of Cod"
1t is difficult to imagine that
lie Who said these things would
not approve of Santa Claus and
for all the good for which he
stands, and for little children re-
ceiving joyous gifts.
And it is difficult for me to
imagine what could have pos
slbly taken the place of Santa
Claus in my life, both as re-
ceiver and as a .giver of gifts.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-23

After nearly forty-five years.
the memory Of that Christmas
morning is as clear in my mind
as if it had happened yesterday.
Evening star., 1962-04-17
By the Associated Press

Senator Kefauver, Democrat
of Tennessee, said today he ex-
poets to begin hearings on steel
industry pricing practices In
about six weeks.
Senator Kefauver. chairman
of the Antitrust and Monopoly
Subcommittee, gave the esti-
mated starting time after a
visit to Attorney General Rob-
ert F. Kennedy.
He and Senator Gore. Demo-
crat of Tennessee. who has pro-
posed legislation for some Gov
ernment regulation of basic
industry prices, had scheduled
their meeting with Mr.. Ken
nedy in advance Of last weeks
steel price drama, to discuss a
Federal court appointment.
Senator Kefauver said sub
poenas issued by his commit
tee to steel company officials
are due to be returned within
80 days.
He said another week or two
will be necessary to prepare for
the hearings.
Senator Gore said the sub
ject of his proposed legislation
was touched on during the
meeting with Mr.. Kennedy.
II suggested that the lesson
learned (by last weeks develop
ought to result not in
punitive action but in corrective
action" he said.
Shortly after the announced
Evening star., 1962-04-17
Robt. Kennedy Meets
Kefouver on Steel Quiz

withdrawal Of the price in
creases which had aroused the
ire of the administration, the
Attorney General said this
action by the steel companies
would have no effect on his
order for a grand jury probe Of
industry leaders.
Earlier in the day a proposal
for creation of a commission to
look into steel industry policies
and needs in the aftermath Of
the Cancelled price increase, vas
discussed at the weekly break
fast meeting of Democratic
congressional leaders with
President Kennedy.
There was nothing to indi-
cate, however, that any pri-
ority tag was put on the plan,
advanced by Senator Hum
phrey Of Minnesota, the acting
Senate Democratic leader.
Reports from the breakfast
session indicated that a variety
of subjects entered the talk,
mostly in their relation to
Mr.. Kennedy's successful fight
against the steel price rise.
Speaker McCorm a ck de-
scribed Mr.. Kennedy as very
pleased with the results" of
that effort.
Senator Humphrey said he
mentioned the steel study COM
mission proposal to Mr.. Ken
nedy and hopes to discuss it
See STEEL, Page AS
Evening star., 1962-04-17
Police Put Stool Pigeon
On TeIetype for Home
Failed to Heed Warning

disappeared through a fifth
floor window.
Acting Missing Pigeon Bureau
Detective Sergt. Gertrude Goet-
tel and Secretary Mrs. Julie
Hansch rushed up the stairs
and found the bird painting be-
hind the departments tele-
phone switchboard. He drank
thirstily when offered a saucer
of water.
Mrs. Hansch read off the
pigeons leg-band Identification
and Sergt. Goettel called the
Interior Departments wild
life division. In minutes, its
bird-banding section turned up
Mr.. Yokell's name.
A District Health Depart
ment office in the same build
ing offered a temporary refuge
for the tired pigeon. He
shifted from one foot to the
other and Mr.. Yokell told The
Star by phone what the bird
was supposed to have been
doing all this time.
Mr.. Yokell, secretary of the
Bergen County Homing Pigeon
Club, said eight clubs sent birds
down by truck. Maybe the
one you have down there got
nervous in his basket before
they released him, but he was
supposed to have been in a
race.
Actually that bird belongs
to another club member" Mr..
Yokell said, but if he were
mine, I'd advise him not to
! bother about coming home"
Evening star., 1962-04-17

Qence at mldmornlng as ne
talked to a group of women on
a prayer pilgrimage.
She Strode toward the arch
bishop as he led the group in
prayer on the expansive lawn
in front of his residence and
then fell to her knees.
After she left the scene, Mrs.
Gaillot said she did not back
down on her stand for segre-
cation, but I wanted him to
admit before God that in his
heart he did not want to inte-
CRATE"
II told him that l knew in
his heart he had nothing to
do with my accommodation, F"
she said, speaking Of her ex-
pulsion from the church by the
archbishop's order yesterday.
Political leader Leander Perez,
sr., and Jackson Ricau, official
of the pro-segregation Citizens
Council, were communicated
with her.
Restrained by 2 Women
IT beg you before God" she
said on her knees in front of
the 85-year-old prelate. Ito
look up to heaven. Between
you and God you know that
it's Gods law to segregate. !"
She tried to get closer to
the archbishop but two women
restrained her-"Satan inter-
vened and they wouldn't let
me get close to him."
"I asked for his blessing and
I didn't get it," she said. Satan
Evening star., 1962-04-17
BY WILLIAM r. BASHAM
Star Staff Writer

At $40 pm. yesterday Wash
ington police flashed an inter-
state teletype:
"Police Department, Pa
ramus, N. ].
Re: Eugene Yokell,
322 Apring Valley road,
Paramus, N. ].
Please notify above sub
ject that bird bearing band
BCH-1617-61-AU is appar~
emily unable to continue
flight. Please advise"
It seems that BCH-1617-61-
AU is supposed to be a homing
pigeon, but apparently he can't
fly his way out of a paper bag.
BCH (etc0, scheduled to set
down in Paramus Sunday after
noon, called it quits somewhere
along the line and made his
way to the Missing Persons
Bureau. He was one of 2,500
pigeons released here Sunday
morning for what was to be
q routine six-hour flight to
New Jersey.
But after 81 hours the
non-homing pigeon was still
in town. His flight ended
yesterday afternoon when he
flopped exhausted against g
window sill of the bureau al
police headquarters. AS de-
tectives looked up, BCH (etc)
headed out over a court yard
gained a little altitude anc
Evening star., 1962-04-17
Other OAR News on Pages B-6-s

Other OAK News on To9es o-o-o
on Gen. Walkers PRO Blue"
troop information program was
mot approved" by the office
of the chief of information of
the Department of the Army.
Maj. Roberts was invited to
make two appearances at the
OARS list Continental Con-
gress this week in Constitution
Hall.
His speech was slated for
Thursday afternoon, and he
was asked to lead the delegates
in the Americans Greed to-
night. His request for per-
mission to lead the creed was
approved by the Army, he said.
Maj. Roberts will appear on
the platform tonight with Sem
ator Strom Thur1nond, who in
spired the current Senate in
quiry into "muzzling" of
military officers.
The South Carolina Demo-
crat will speak on Policies of
Paralysis" He is expected to
discuss findings to date of the
inquiry into ''muzzling" by the
Senate Armed Services Pre-
paredness Subcommittee, Of
which he is a member. Gen.
Walker testified before the sub
committee earlier this month.
Mai. Roberts has forwarded
copies of his speech and the
Evening star., 1962-04-17

Army's letter to Senator Thur
mond. He submitted the speech
for approval two months ago.
He was told last Saturday it
was diSapproved.
Censorship Of the military"
is one of the subjects proposed
by the OAR Resolutions Com
mittee for presentation to the
Congress.
Controversy over troop in
formation and indoctrination
led to the custer of Gen. Walker
as commander of the oath In
fantry Division in West Ger
many, and his subsequent
resignation from the Army. He
was accused Of making "inflam-
matory and derogatory state
ments" about past public Of
ficials, including former Presi-