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Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

SOME 50 REPORTERS and cameramen went ont n the ws,
with Pres Kennedy he began his congressional campaign with
"a whwind tour of South Dakota Colorado and California
In South Dakota the Democrats think George Mcovern
Gently director OF Food for good chance to beat Sen
Joseph Botum O appointed I'LL place Of the late Sem
FRANCIS Case In Colorado Sen John Carroll faces tough fight
70 WIN reelection over aggressive Republican challenger
refer H. Domlnlck who rSt-ermer the House but
obviously young man in hurry.
The state of California the great prize eight additional
seats in the House gained through 1860 census count and with
Democratic Gov Edmund Brown challenged by former
Pres. Nixon
Brown had mllon-vote margin William F.
knOwland then Senate Republican leader when he won his first
term 1888, but he isn't kidding himself thinking has
q prospective miiOn-v0te margin Nixon.
The President kept his trip nonpoca every observable
public He welcomed by Republican governor Archie
NJ Gubbud Pierre d. from other platforms Mr. Kennedy
acknowledged the of Republican members of the House
and Senate who flew to appear with him. Se Thomas Kuche
OF California transported home presidential plane
the damse ceremonies where Mr. Kennedy
augurated Central Valley project
TO SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT observed the amenities how
is not to deny that he had political purposes mind His
trip was test run for the hot ahead when Congress
has quit last and the candidates begging for presidential
help.
dogma that no President can transfer popularity to
local candidate, but Mr. Kennedy may be believing the
dogma right On the treeday swing he talked
and states gaspg for and power and there
Democratic candidates who filed protests Republican Senator
Gordon Aot of Colorado felt important to be present when
the President Pueblo and flew out together with
Republican members of the House, by commercial plane Ao
isn't even up for election this year.
The President obviously pleased the crowds that greeted
him, and he went into them to shake hands with
and hidren-and the broad smiles broke their faces
, they did in 1860.
The strain of two years in Office does not show in his face
his smile readily he takes the jostngs with good humor
and the Secret Service guards be driven half of their
minds he occasionally gets himself surrounded by swarmns
citizens worth who knows how many votes each.
THE PRESIDENT wants votes in the House of Repre-
entaves and the White House has made clear that he doesn't
intend surrender despair because the historical pecedents
that Republican gains likely Mr. Kennedy politician who
thinks he alter precedents.
He has allowed to be known that he will be back In
California at least and maybe twice. for direct campaigning
in behalf of Gov. Brown From the former Vice President Ia
cidentaly single word of ueance during the two
MIR. Kennedy in the sae He reported resting
at his hOmeo
The President got report that in 19 western states the Demo-
seemed have good chance pick IS House seats
Back Washington day LATER careful Republican said
talk of reoaning control of the House
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01
brookhaven
News
Mrs. Cecile Brown
kep0rte,

AAA0s SCClAC OAVWA
Reporter
LAST RITES: Funeral SER
vices were held for Mrs. M. l..
Jones, Sunday August 26, 1862,
at 200 P. M. from New Hope
Church. Rev. Pearl Jackson Of
ficiated, interment in the New
Hope Cemetary.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Simmons
and Mrs. Fearl B. Williams mo-
tored to McComb and attended
the revival services at the Mt.
Olive Baptist church, last We'd
nesday night. After church
they visited the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Aaron Varnado and
enjoyed a delicious repast.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01
TyIertoWn News

Mr.. and Mrs. George Ham
mond of New Orleans, La, Wis.,
tied in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willie Simmons last Sunday.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Y-Teen Overnight Party
Thursday, September 80
All Y-Teens are invited to
spend the night at the Y. w.
c. A. on Thursday, September
80. Bring your midnight snack
and linen.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Hollie Booth of
Bassfietld, Miss, have arrived
to be in their work as members
of the ]. j. Gulledge High
School faculty and are at home
in the Wallace Allen residence.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

The Green Grove M. B.
church just closed their revival
week. The Rev. B. Hubbard of
Utica, Miss. wah the guest min
lister. Fine services each night
with two for baptism. On last
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Dillon of
Hickory, La, were guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Forrest,
Saturday evening of last week.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Mr.. @. D. Huey of New Or
leans, La, was a guest of his
cousin, Mrs. Jewell CHM, last
Friday.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Miss Selais Allen, a very fine
Sunday School and BTU. work
er, is happy to report of her
being second prize winner at
the Sunday School and B. T. U.
Congress, August 7, s and 9,
1862 at Raymond, Miss. The
amount of money raised $500.
May the Lord bless her for the
entire service.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Burley Dillon
and Mr.. Sidnely Mayes spent
Tuesday evening in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jewell CHM.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Mines. Mamie Moss, Lizzie
Varnado, Eugene CHM and
Messers. Seth CHM, Sr. and
Seth CHM, Jr., visited Mr.. Lewis
Gutter in Beacham's hospital
over the weekend.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Thomp-
son, the son of Mrs. Irene San
ders, and three children of Oak
land, Calf, are here visiting
his mother, sisters and brothers
and other relatives and friends.
1t has been many years since he
has been home. Good luck to
the family.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Mr.. Jesse Barnes and family
of Chicago, ILL.,, spent the week
here as guests of Miss Lille
Lundy and Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
Buckles.
Jackson advocate., 1962-09-01

Mrs. Mamie Moss returned
last Thursday from a trip to
Gulfport. While there she Wis
tied her niece, Mrs. Lillene
Washington, of Biloxi, Miss.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11

hearing on minimum housing.
Adopted an ordinance pro-
hIbiting the drainage Of storm
water into the sanitary sewer
system. MFR. Peck said the week
ends extremely heavy rains had
carried a great deal Of mud into
the sewer system through storm
sewers which were ernptying into
sanitary sewers. He said this
accumulation Of mud hindered the
sewage filtering process.
An ordinance was adopted pro-
hibiting the connection Ct roof
drains and other storm drains to
sanitary sewers. and requiring
tina, present connections between
the two kinds Of sewers be sew
cred within five days after notifi-
cation.
Agreed TO forego $l88 % in
interest which has accrued to
George Doak's contested street
assessment. and accept full pay.
ment in settlement. The assess
ment has been in litigation for a
considerable time without actual.
~ coming to a trial. and Mr.
Doak recently offered to pay the
assessment if he could be relieved
OF the interest charge
Agreed to place AOs6.67 in
Orange Savings and Loan Assoc
iation to let the money draw in
1erest The money was obtained
from sale Of the last street. i'm
provement note.
Adopted an amendment to
he subdivision ordinance setting
regulations for curb and gutter,
paving, sewer lines. and septic
tanks.
Adopted a formal resolution
requesting Federal 701 funds for
urban renewal planning approx.
ed contract for the planning
with the State Conservation and
Development Department and
approved Planning Board re-
quest that q $3.50 overage in
the Planning budget be added TO
next years budget to help pay
Chapel Hills $500 matching pay
ment for the 7Ol funds. The funds
will be used to procure topo-
graphical maps Of the Chapel
Hill planning district.
Adopted a resolution issuing
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11
Chapel Hill Chaff
Continued from Page i.

supply John Terres, the noted
nature writer who lives 10 Chap
eI Hill thinks the birds in the
Chatham roost are from the north
and that the robins that nest here
winter farther south He says
the present roost is the greatest
concentration Of land birds he's
ever seen
One Of Orange County's big
gest robin roosts formed in Janu-
ary Of 1887 in d wooded swamp
eight miles northwest Of Chapel
Hill That years Jan q issue
Of the Weekly described il at
length Here are excerpts from
the article, written by Louis
Graves
Nobody can do more than make
q guess al the number Of robins
in the roost There are great
clouds Of them, and the rustling
Of their wings makes a sound
like q wind. and their voices a.
they settle down in the trees
for the night sound like a heavy
rain falling
Soon after the birds arrived
in the county. officials Of the u
S, Biological Survey and the
State Department Of Conserya-
tion and Development were call
ed upon 10 protect them from
men and boys who, with flash
lights and clubs. killed them. put
them in sacks, and sold them as
food in Durham and Burlington
for two cents apiece.
Several Million Robins RooSt
in Orange County" was the head
line in the Raleigh News and OBJ
server last Monday And the
article began: An estimated rs
to 100 million robins have selected
several square miles Of scrub
pine in Orange County as their
roosting place.
From rs TO 100 million is laying
il on pretty thick Wednesdays
News and Observer carried an
article about the roost by Phil
lips Russell. After remarking on
the impoSsibility Of enunerating
the birds. and quoting a farmer
as guessing a hundred million
and a student OF orDitholoRy as
giving an estimate Of a hundred
thousand, Mr.. Russell wrote:
Probably a census would show
the number to be somewhere be-
tween these two figures. Certain
ly the estimate Of a hundred
thousand seems too low.
Edmund Taylor, with whom ]
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11
: Major Traffic Changes
tcOutinssd from Page u

I.4e4.
The average hourly traffic at
Rosemary and Church Street, at
which no lane or signal head
changes would be made. is l,5ss.
AT Franklin and Raleigh
Streets. a setback left turn stop
lire would be employed. Three
lanes would be provided on
Franklin Street going both direc-
tions, but stop lines for the left
turn lanes would be set back from
the crosswalk about fifteen feet
Average hourly traffic at
Franklin-Raleigh is 2.730.
No changes would be made at
The intersection OF the Durham
Road and Estes Drive. Average
traffic there is l.902.
Al West Franklin and Graham
Streets at the Colonial Storel,
three lanes would again be pro
pided for both directions on
Franklin. and again the left turn
stop line would be set back fif-
teen feet from the crosswalk
There would be one signal head,
as there is nov
Average hourly traffic at
Franklin- Graham is 2.022.
And al West Franklin and Nal
lette Streets two lanes would be
provided for both directions on
Franklin Street, with no other
changes
Average hourly traffic there is
2.oa2
Where changes in traffic light
timing are recommended, the
changes are presently being
made
Where additional traffic lights
are recommended, action will be
postponed until the Town is in
position to purchase the lights
Town manager Robert Peck
said the recommended changes in
traffic lanes would be effected
gradually, as the paint delineat-
ing the present lanes wears out
Where major construction, such
as at the South Road-South Col
uInbia Street intersection, is rec.
ommended, Mr. Peck said the
Town would probably have TO buy
the recommended traffic lights
but that ne would try to persuade
the State to undertake the con-
struction
The recommended all-parallel
parking on Franklin Street would
not be put into effect Mr. Peck
said, until we get some good
off f-street parking. F"
The average hourly car-countS
At intersections we're made on
the basis Of an 9 am 70 10
p.m. count
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11

NC 54. there would be a right
turn. left turn. and two straight
lanes for west bound lup the hill
NC s4 traffic: and three lanes
Tor east bound NC 54 traffic.
The car-count here is 1870,
most Of il travelling toward Cha
pei Hin.
AT Columbia and Franklin
Streets a third lane for right
turns would be added in front Of
Sl0sn's Drug Store Parking from
the Sloan corner would be elm
mated along Franklin for $50
Zee, toward the Post Office. and
from that point on would be
parallel only
The Columbia Franklin car
count Is 1916, even more than
the Columbis-South Road inter
section
Al Columbia and Rosemary
Streets there is presently . right
turn lane for northbouDd toward
HilIsboTol Columbia traffic. This
lane would be removed and given
to souihbound Columbia traffic
instead since most Columbia
Street traffic at this intersection
comes toward the town There
would still be only one signal
head
The Columbia Rosemary car
count is 1890
AT Franklin Street and Hender.
son Street the Post Office inter
section the signal head on the
mm-Franklin island would be re-
moved and transformed into
left turn stop-and-go for east
bound Franklin traffic turning
onto Henderson, and another
stop and 20 for straight east
bound traffic The permanent
right turn green for west bound
Franklin traffic would be re
tanned and the stop p-and-go for
straight west bound traffic would
be retained The signal head face
now controlling traffic from Hen
derson onto Franklin would be
moved to the campus side Of
Franklin Street making five sig
nal heads in all instead Of the
present four The drlve,up mail
box in front Of the Post Office
would be eliminated and two
lanes of traffic would move vest
or Franklin from the Post Office
The Franklin Henderson car
count is 2,JO8, most Of II heading
away from the business block
A left lane and d Strslght.right
lane would be painted on Hender
son Street leading into Rosemary
Street from the Post Office,
though there would still be only
one signal head
Average hourly traffic here is
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11
Billboards :
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highway.
As for highway billboards. town
attorney J @ LeGrsnd informed
the Aldermen that the General
Outdoor Advertising Co had
abandoned its attempts to keep
its dozen or so billboards up in
the Chapel Hill area after the
Aldermen announced last month
their intention Of going TO court
over the matter
General Outdoor had contested
Chapel HiH's actlen to have the
highway bilIboards removed. be.
gun some months ago The
Towns action followed General
Outdoors failure to comply with
a 1855 ordinance requiring the re.
moYal Of the signs within five
years
General Outdoor made a cou1-
er-proposal which was declined
by the Town. The matter seemed
TO be headed straight for court
But Mr.. LeGrsDd said Monday
that John T Manning. General
Outdoors attorney, had offered
to sign an agreement to remove
the signs by July if the Town
would drop its intended suit
The terms Of General Outdoors
offer are that ii will relocate
its signs by July ] TO whatever
places are permissible under the
present coming ordinance
Mr.. LeGrand recommended ac-
ceptance Of the offer. The Board
accepted it. The peace treaty is
now being drawn up.
Other sign companies whose
signs are in violation of the ord
nance will be afforded the same
length Of time to remove their
signs.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11
Talk With Robert House
scOntinued frusn Page u

srrnca experience was with a
Yankee rezimenf-I'd been at
Harvard when the war started,
and 5ust enlisted from up there
| was never in the big action
tlley sent me hack to be an in
stTucscr at Cssnp Gordon in
Ge0rgss-hIl my regiment went
over and fa@k over frurn the
Marines and fourh, all the way
through to the ATTriS,ice We
were ID IN the Vosges mountains
that's .k0an Of Arr country OLD
mountains, ] liyed BSe a son with
. Freneh family IN Liifol le
Grzuxs-the big foc' was an Of
Fcer . second hea.enaH- il you
csn cali that an officer
He seasoned his tongue with
pulls on the pipe for 3 few
moments
I'm going sc ssi a1nund and
read and write ard nc; commit
myself to anything ne SAID
When you retire j, seems
everybody thinks you re avail
able and thcy have plans for sou
I'm going To dD some Of the
things ! haven't nao chance 10
DO. things that go on around here
I'm going 70 re. among the
young life. TIE students !
wouldn't think Of living anywhere
else I'm going to write some
things, nothing in particular. and
study had thirty one Years Of
administrative work here and fiye
years Of teaching It's taken me
sixty-five years to get a pro
iessorship I ENJOY teaching huge
Is I've been teaching English 2i
Chsueer Milton Shakespeare
Ard I've been teaching q section
III Greek literature ard a section
in Roman literature Maybe the
Extension @f keeg me teaching
in eng o. these evening college
courses one rloh, week that
sort Of .hing That viii gjse ne.
an excuse not to write I've al
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11
Board To Extend District

$1S5. 900 in bonds to pay the
SIs5, 900 note due for street i'm
provements. The note is due next
month.
The resolution. which had to
be read aloud in its entirety. was
quite a few pages long and con-
tanned complicated legal wording
MIR. LeGrand, who is famous
for his reading aloud speed. was
given the job Of reading the
resolution
AT the time there were only
four people, two Of them report
ers, present at the meeting be-
sides the Board. All in attendance
sat back TO listen to Mr. LeGrand
Mr. LeGrand started reading
and continued without pause until
he reached the end Of the resolu-
ion. drawing breath only occas-
ionally. Very few Of the words
he spoke we're completely intel
ligible.
He completed his reading in
four minutes and fifteen seconds.
c"That's not bad, he said, when
informed Of his time.)
TIN not sure heard you
right, said Mr.. Giduz when Mr.
LeGrand finished. "Wouid you
mind saying that again."
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11
Retirements Announced :
Continued from Page u

Dr. LasIey, professor in the
mathematics, department. has a
longer teaching career than any
other member Of the faculty. He
entered the University in 1906 at
the age of "a. Upon his gradua-
ton in 1910, he became an in
structor. Later, he received the
MA. degree here and the PhD.
degree at the University Of Chi
cago. He also studied at Johns
Hopkins University. He is CO.
author of three mathematics
textbooks
DR.. Heath is a professor Of
economics in the School of Busi-
ness Administration. He joined
the faculty here in 1925. A ma
tive of Kansas, he received his
Alb degree at the University Of
Kansas. He received his MA
degree and PhD. degree from
Harvard.
Prof Blee is a native Of Mis-
souri,. She received her educa-
ton and training in public health
nursing at the University Of Mis-
souri,. Vanderbilt University and
St Josephs Hospital School of
Nursing in Kansas City She
ioined the faculty here in l94l
and became a professor in the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11
Snow White
Continued from Page II

Hospital for burns. Another stu.
dent reported his coat burned.
Jackie Mills, a saleslady at
J. B. Robbins, was observed at
z yesterday morning playing in
the snow outside her house in
pajamas. Mrs. Mills comes from
Florida and had never seen snow
before.
Meetings were cancelled be-
cause of the weather. A meeting
of the Recreation Commission
scheduled for last night was re-
scheduled for January ls at 8
pm. in the Town Hall. A meet.
ing Of the Committee on Funds
for School Improvement, also
scheduled for 8 pm. last night,
will be rescheduled later.
With schools out. some little
boys went around from house to
house making pocket money SHOW
cling walks. Attempts to build
snowrnen we're made, but the
snow was too shallow to permit
much success in this field.
Some businessmen didn't quite
get their shops open on time, and
some plumbers had their hands
full answering calls to repair
frozen water pipes.
Reports seemed to indicate a
slight drop in the tire chain
business and an improvement in
mud and snow tire trade.
The towns tow.trucks barely
bad a chance 10 cool off all day,
and at Stanceu Motor Co. fewer
than forty 1852 license plates
we're sold-in contrast TO previous
average daily sales of between
800 and 500.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11

went out to sec the spectacle, be.
lieveS hundred thousand is an
under estimate With Edmund
and me we're Arnold Brecken-
ridge and Nelson HairSton. The
four OF US penetrated deep into
the densely wooded swamp We
stood motionless for minutes at
time while clouds of birds de-
scended into the pines and cedars
all around US Now and then
they almost blotted out the view
OF the sky We would walk on
and still We we're in the midst Of
robins.
The puzzling quality Of the
noise made by the birds is indi.
Gated by Mr. Russells effort to
describe it At $50 pm, the
swamp was giving out metallic
echoes comparable to the sound
Of rain on q thousand tin roofs,
or the surf pounding on a gravel
ed beach, or train Of empty
freight cars passing over a shall
low culyert Interspersed were
sounds as Of a forest suddenly
catching fire or a line OF trucks
rumbling over high bridge as
the birds forsook one tree for an
other. Pines and cedars rocked
back and forth with the weight of
the birds, branches cracked, and
the corridors Of the long wet
swamp hummed with an even,
steady metallic note"
Edmund Taylor, who made a
circuit OF the roosting area, eSti-
mates il at about $50 yards long
by 200 yards wide, or about %
acres.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11
Tuition
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these conditions we're met in Mr..
Birminghsm's request except the
States approval Of the Twadell
School.
Inspection Of private schools
for State approval is currently
under way.
Mr.. Birmingham made his
request after the integration Of
schools in the Chapel Hill School
District last summer. The Chapel
Hill District includes Carrboro.
The Birmingham children we're
originally assigned TO the Carr.
boro Elementary School.
Mr.. Birmingham said at the
time Of his request he intended
to keep his children in the Twa-
dell School until they finished the
elementary grades, at which
time he would send them to pub
lie school in Chapel Hill.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11

Use The Weekly's Want Ads.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11

Use the Weekly Classified Ads
for the best results.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-01-11

School Of Public Health in 1858.
Prof. Hay Is a native of Ohio.
She received her B.A. degree at
Ohio Wesleyan and also attended
Western Reserve University and
Lakeside Hospital School Of
Nursing in Cleveland. She joined
the School Of Public Health fac
ulty in l94I.